{"title": ["Ukraine accuses government interpreter of spying for Russia - BBC News", "Facebook ditches fake news warning flag - BBC News", "Damian Green: Vendetta or architect of his own downfall? - BBC News", "Priest Laurence Soper jailed for sexually abusing boys - BBC News", "Poundland removes Twinings tea from 'Naughty Elf' ad - BBC News", "UK car production driven down by fall in domestic demand - BBC News", "GCHQ cyber-spies 'over-achieved' say MPs - BBC News", "Commonwealth Games: Birmingham announced as host of 2022 event - BBC Sport", "Ramaphosa vows to fight South Africa corruption - BBC News", "Born in the wrong place for good schools? - BBC News", "Business Live: FTSE closes at all-time high - BBC News", "One teen has been campaigning to end period poverty - BBC News", "Damian Green sacked after 'misleading statements' on porn claims - BBC News", "Hospitals to cancel ops to cope with winter surge - BBC News", "North Korea defection: Warning shots as soldier crosses border to South - BBC News", "Brexit: Be more patriotic about cheese, says Michael Gove - BBC News", "Errington's Dunsyre Blue cheese recalled over listeria concerns - BBC News", "Hunt: Green sacking 'very sad moment' - BBC News", "Jonghyun: K-pop stars carry SHINee singer's coffin - BBC News", "'No 10 knew' of Damian Green claims in 2016, says Kate Maltby - BBC News", "MP Mark Garnier cleared of breaking ministerial code - BBC News", "Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians - BBC News", "Laura Kuenssberg on Damian Green sacking - BBC News", "Philippines ferry carrying 251 capsizes - BBC News", "Toys R Us staves off collapse after rescue talks - BBC News", "Damian Green: PM's university friend and political ally sacked - BBC News", "Stepfather jailed over boy's water park drowning - BBC News", "Chocolate poisoning risk to dogs at Christmas - BBC News", "Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her - BBC News", "Catalonia election amid crisis with Spain over independence - BBC News", "Kaci Sullivan: 'I gave birth as both genders' - BBC News", "IMF downgrades UK growth forecast on Brexit uncertainty - BBC News", "Aldi stabbing: Woman dies in Skipton supermarket attack - BBC News", "PM's deputy Damian Green denies inappropriate behaviour claim - BBC News", "Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians - BBC News", "US finds against Bombardier in Boeing dispute - BBC News", "Theresa May seeks to reassure UK's Polish residents - BBC News", "Virgin Trains West Coast strike called off - BBC News", "Sea turtle found tangled in floating cocaine bales - BBC News", "Catt Sadler: US TV host quits over equal pay dispute - BBC News", "Collapse of rape trials appalling, says attorney general - BBC News", "Damian Green: Timeline of his downfall - BBC News", "Sofa surfers: The young hidden homeless - BBC News", "Eating disorder care in Northern Ireland under review - BBC News", "Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' - BBC News", "Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens US aid recipients - BBC News", "Finsbury Park mosque attack suspect pleads not guilty - BBC News", "Frozen embryo record parents on 'miracle' baby - BBC News", "Cost of global disasters 'jumps to $306bn in 2017' - BBC News", "Nigel Farage defends Donald Trump's Britain First tweets - BBC News", "Ashes: Shaun Marsh puts Australia in control of second Test in Adelaide - BBC Sport", "Hawaii tests nuclear warning siren - BBC News", "South Korea boat collision leaves 13 dead - BBC News", "MP Nadine Dorries defends 'shared password' tweet - BBC News", "Children's commissioner may consider legal action over Universal Credit - BBC News", "Triple talaq: India considers jail for 'instant divorce' - BBC News", "Rak-Su: Boy band beat Grace Davies to win X Factor 2017 - BBC News", "Barclays axes free Kaspersky product as a 'precaution' - BBC News", "Saudi Arabia's House of Cards - BBC News", "Wiltshire Police find eleven people locked in lorry - BBC News", "Chief vet defends support of larger hen cages - BBC News", "Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6Music show to end - BBC News", "Pontiac Silverdome stadium fails to implode near Detroit - BBC News", "Whirlpool tumble dryers: MPs' anger as replacement ends - BBC News", "A new model for social mobility? - BBC News", "Motorway PC stops van from falling off bridge - BBC News", "Lottery win means couple can marry after 30-year engagement - BBC News", "Daisy Ridley denies wanting to leave Star Wars movies - BBC News", "Labour peer Lord Bassam to repay travel expenses - BBC News", "Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United - BBC Sport", "Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine after sex abuse claims - BBC News", "Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company - BBC News", "West Midlands Police release footage of M6 crash - BBC News", "Social mobility: The worst places to grow up poor - BBC News", "Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News", "Russia-Trump: President hits out at FBI over Russia inquiry - BBC News", "North Korea: US in race to address threat, says HR McMaster - BBC News", "Ireland's Late Late Toy Show surprise - BBC News", "Pledge to boost mental health support in schools - BBC News", "'Supermoon' brightens up skies for stargazers - BBC News", "Alternative for Germany: Police and protesters clash over meeting - BBC News", "Tony Blair: Brexit puts NI peace process at risk - BBC News", "Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News", "Samuel Berkley: Family of teenager killed on M67 'heartbroken' - BBC News", "Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United - BBC Sport", "Star Wars: The Last Jedi takes $450m on opening weekend - BBC News", "Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport", "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: World 10,000m champion Mo Farah wins - BBC Sport", "Appeal over death of Commons deputy speaker's daughter - BBC News", "Birmingham crash: Victim Imtiaz Mohammed 'was on last job' - BBC News", "Deaths of Canada billionaire Barry Sherman and wife 'suspicious' - BBC News", "Sydney man charged with being 'economic agent' for North Korea - BBC News", "Bradley Lowery: Award for Sunderland mascot at BBC Sports Personality - BBC Sport", "December shopper footfall down 'significantly' - BBC News", "The Apprentice: Lord Sugar surprises viewers with final result - BBC News", "Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News", "Brexit: Theresa May says she 'will not be derailed' - BBC News", "Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plans - BBC News", "Brent PCs critically hurt after being hit by Maserati - BBC News", "The beautiful flower with an ugly past - BBC News", "Santa Barbara evacuated as Thomas flares up again - BBC News", "François Gabart: French sailor slashes around the world solo record - BBC News", "Hundreds of sausage dogs don Christmas jumpers in Leeds - BBC News", "Chile election: Conservative Piñera elected president - BBC News", "Birmingham crash: Very harrowing scene, say police - BBC News", "Self-exclusion scheme in betting shops flawed - BBC News", "Switzerland funicular: World's steepest railway opens - BBC News", "Heart of Midlothian 4-0 Celtic - BBC Sport", "ARA San Juan: Argentina navy chief sacked after loss of submarine - BBC News", "ANC: Zuma pleads for unity as party picks new leader - BBC News", "Uber driver arrested after Briton murdered in Lebanon - BBC News", "Birmingham crash: Six dead in 'horrific' smash - BBC News", "Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport power cut strands thousands - BBC News", "Pensions: Automatic saving to start at 18 under new plans - BBC News", "Defence budget: New equipment at risk over MoD savings 'doubts' - BBC News", "Australia's first same sex wedding takes place - BBC News", "Austria country profile - BBC News", "Ban sale of mini mobile phones, justice secretary says - BBC News", "Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies - BBC News", "Ashes: England face defeat as Australia inch closer to winning back urn - BBC Sport", "Funicular railway: Switzerland launches world's steepest service - BBC News", "Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five - BBC News", "Campaigners threaten legal action over 'abortion pill' - BBC News", "Rocket rumbles give volcanic insights - BBC News", "Police investigate four baby deaths at South Korea hospital - BBC News", "Trump Putin call: CIA helped stop Russia terror attack - BBC News", "Five drivers traced over fatal Tulse Hill hit-and-run - BBC News", "Liver surgeon Simon Bramhall marked initials on patients - BBC News", "Leeds crash: Boy, 15, admits causing deaths - BBC News", "Disney set to seal $60bn 21st Century Fox takeover - BBC News", "Meghan Markle to spend Christmas with Queen at Sandringham - BBC News", "Couple jailed for plotting Birmingham terror attack - BBC News", "Chris Froome: Cyclist facing questions over adverse test result - BBC Sport", "Facebook and Twitter: Nine Russian Brexit ads found by inquiries - BBC News", "More than 20,000 meals bought for homeless people - BBC News", "LinkedIn hosted jihadist lectures, Blair institute reveals - BBC News", "Westminster rape trial: Samuel Armstrong 'victim gave story to press' - BBC News", "Donald Tusk calls Brexit talks a furious race against time - BBC News", "Armed forces veterans to get ID to recognise 'sacrifice' - BBC News", "Water bills set to fall by up to £25 from 2020 - BBC News", "Donald Trump tumbles to earth with a bump - BBC News", "Baby born with heart outside chest - BBC News", "Baby born with heart outside body 'doing well' - BBC News", "Spurs player in global teacher prize shortlist - BBC News", "Who will blink first? - BBC News", "Ceredigion Apprentice winner's product recall - BBC News", "Alabama Senate election: Roy Moore faces verdict of voters - BBC News", "NHS to fund baby Oliver's US heart operation - BBC News", "Vice chancellors' pay: Universities to sign new 'fair pay' code - BBC News", "Vote defeat will lead to 'compressed timetable' - BBC News", "Roy Moore: The eyes of the world are on Alabama election - BBC News", "Toni Mascolo, co-founder of salon chain Toni & Guy, dies - BBC News", "Ryanair pilots to strike before Christmas - BBC News", "US Federal Reserve raises interest rates again - BBC News", "Star power: Princes turn out for Star Wars premiere - BBC News", "Theresa May 'dancing to EU's tune' over Brexit, says Farage - BBC News", "Salford house fire 'targeted attack' - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Pair in court over murder of three children - BBC News", "New York bombing suspect Akayed Ullah warned Trump on Facebook - BBC News", "Doug Jones: The Democrat who upset Alabama Senate race - BBC News", "Roy Moore's skittish escape on horseback - BBC News", "DR Congo crisis: On Kasai's hunger road - BBC News", "UVF killer Haggarty shot Catholic to hide double life - BBC News", "US ready for North Korea talks without preconditions, says Tillerson - BBC News", "Row over 'smell of cannabis' police stops - BBC News", "Myles Bradbury: Victim 'destroyed’ by Addenbrooke's abuse doctor - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Lia Pearson dies in hospital - BBC News", "Labour reprimands Kezia Dugdale over I'm a Celebrity - BBC News", "USA Today editorial says Trump unfit to clean Obama's toilet - BBC News", "Warmer Arctic is the 'new normal' - BBC News", "Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein: Salma Hayek alleges he threatened to kill her - BBC News", "Drone smugglers caught on camera - BBC News", "Ed Sheeran picks up MBE at Buckingham Palace - BBC News", "Deptford double murder: Strangled father was sex offender - BBC News", "Daisy Ridley: Social media is bad for mental health - BBC News", "Brexit 'affecting London's talent pool' - BBC News", "Middle East media reacts to 'slap of the century' - BBC News", "Trump says US recognises Jerusalem: The speech in full - BBC News", "Liverpool 7-0 Spartak Moscow - BBC Sport", "Stanley Johnson: 'Is Boris still foreign secretary?' - BBC News", "Anger at Chancellor's disability employment comments - BBC News", "Storm Caroline disrupts travel and closes schools - BBC News", "Dexter Fletcher to direct Freddie Mercury biopic - BBC News", "Brexit: PM urged not to let Eurosceptics 'dictate' talks - BBC News", "UK City of Culture 2021: Coventry wins - BBC News", "Why Jerusalem matters - BBC News", "Irish border: New draft Brexit plan could break deadlock - BBC News", "Senator Al Franken to resign amid sexual misconduct claims - BBC News", "Coveney stands firm on Irish Brexit position - BBC News", "Uber's licence suspended in Sheffield - BBC News", "Hamilton musical wows first London audience - BBC News", "$450m 'Leonardo painting' heads to Louvre Abu Dhabi - BBC News", "Labour's Lord Bassam to quit as chief whip over expenses - BBC News", "Person of the Year: Time honours abuse 'silence breakers' - BBC News", "Brexit border talks entering critical 24 hours - BBC News", "Oxford student Lavinia Woodward fights suspended sentence - BBC News", "'Stark' increase in overweight youngsters - BBC News", "Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crown - BBC News", "Ian Paterson: Independent inquiry into breast surgeon - BBC News", "California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee as new blaze spreads - BBC News", "Man 'cements microwave to head' in Wolverhampton - BBC News", "Poppi Worthington inquest: Expert casts doubt on abuse theory - BBC News", "Impact assessments of Brexit on the UK 'don't exist' - BBC News", "UK City of Culture: Broken train causes MP's rush to Hull - BBC News", "Cheers and a sing-song: Australian MPs back gay marriage - BBC News", "Bitcoin breaks through the $16,000 mark - BBC News", "Primark removes 'dangerous' Christmas candle from sale - BBC News", "School attendance and absence: The facts - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Johnson to urge Iran to free prisoner - BBC News", "David Davis questioned over Brexit impact assessments - BBC News", "Man saves rabbit from California wildfires - BBC News", "HMS Queen Elizabeth: UK's biggest warship commissioned - BBC News", "HMS Queen Elizabeth: Royals attend aircraft carrier ceremony - BBC News", "Fashion models expose sexual harassment - BBC News", "California wildfires surround LA freeway - BBC News", "What Trump's Jerusalem decision means for peace - BBC News", "UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News", "India newborn 'mistakenly' declared dead passes away - BBC News", "Sean Rigg death: Police will not face charges, CPS rules - BBC News", "Mohammed Abdallah guilty of joining Islamic State - BBC News", "I should be home-schooled, but I spent 10 months on Xbox - BBC News", "Ballon d'Or 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win fifth award - BBC Sport", "Ladbrokes Coral in talks over takeover by GVC - BBC News", "Terrorists have nowhere to hide, says defence secretary - BBC News", "Momentum under investigation by Electoral Commission - BBC News", "Prince Charles bomb plot: Real IRA leader jailed - BBC News", "South Live: Thursday 7 December - BBC News", "Jerusalem: Trump move prompts negative world reaction - BBC News", "Croydon tram crash: Report says driver 'probably dozed off' - BBC News", "Swimmers brave icy sea in Porthcawl on Christmas Day - BBC News", "Queen's message pays tribute to London and Manchester - BBC News", "Mum hopes royal photo can pay for university - BBC News", "Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas Eve Mass - BBC News", "Skiers in French Alps lift ordeal at Chamrousse - BBC News", "M40 crash: Two men die and four people injured - BBC News", "Field Farm Fisheries' 'no Polish' sign taken down - BBC News", "Moscow subway bus crash kills four people - BBC News", "Tembin: Storm weakens as it nears southern Vietnam - BBC News", "Twitter #joinin campaign by comic Sarah Millican helps lonely - BBC News", "White Christmas for some areas of UK - BBC News", "Serena Williams to make comeback in Abu Dhabi after giving birth - BBC Sport", "Police watchdog investigates fatal crash - BBC News", "Burglars steal £2,000 of Christmas presents - BBC News", "Carles Puigdemont: The man who wants to break up Spain - BBC News", "TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News", "Meghan Markle to spend Christmas with Queen at Sandringham - BBC News", "China's huge new amphibious aircraft takes flight - BBC News", "Bethlehem Christmas: Church of the Nativity hosts pilgrims - BBC News", "Vitaly Mutko: Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban - BBC News", "Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? - BBC News", "The iPhone at 10: How the smartphone became so smart - BBC News", "Lost Mac the monkey returned to toddler for Christmas - BBC News", "Heather Menzies-Urich, The Sound of Music's Louisa von Trapp, dies - BBC News", "Russia elections: Hundreds vote to nominate Navalny - BBC News", "SPD crash: Car rammed into German political party's HQ - BBC News", "Archbishop Welby condemns populist leaders in Christmas sermon - BBC News", "Catalonia election: Spain's King Felipe warns separatists - BBC News", "The Royal Family attend church in Sandringham - BBC News", "The Queen's Christmas message - BBC News", "Meghan Markle joins royals for Christmas service - BBC News", "Cambridge burglary victim reunited with photo - BBC News", "Bob Givens: Bugs Bunny animator dies aged 99 - BBC News", "Trump Turnberry will no longer get business rates relief - BBC News", "Kabul blast: Suicide attack near Afghan intelligence HQ - BBC News", "Tunisia bans UAE Emirates airline from landing in Tunis - BBC News", "Catalan political landscape as divided as ever - BBC News", "How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - BBC News", "Wagamama apology for 'don't be sick' staff notice - BBC News", "Jodie Whittaker makes first Doctor Who appearance - BBC News", "Ashes: Tom Curran to make England Test debut on Boxing Day at MCG - BBC Sport", "Homeless tuck into Christmas dinner at Euston Station - BBC News", "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: A royal shake-up - BBC News", "Slender Man stabbing: Girl gets 25 years in mental hospital - BBC News", "N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News", "'Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexit - BBC News", "Boris Johnson says UK wants better relations with Russia - BBC News", "Big Ben to chime for Christmas and new year celebrations - BBC News", "Poundland removes Twinings tea from 'Naughty Elf' ad - BBC News", "Boris Johnson: Poor UK relations with Russia a tragedy - BBC News", "North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News", "Eric Schmidt steps down as boss of Google owner - BBC News", "Amazon apologises for 'threats' to customer - BBC News", "Starvation in Sanaa: 1,000 days of Yemen's civil war - BBC News", "Christmas getaway: 'Frantic Friday' as thousands set off by road and rail - BBC News", "Russian politicians dismiss PM's 'election meddling' claims - BBC News", "Johanna Young 1992 murder: Key to case 'in local area' - BBC News", "Hospitals to cancel ops to cope with winter surge - BBC News", "MI5 warnings on Brexit, terror and Russia - BBC News", "Frozen embryo record parents on 'miracle' baby - BBC News", "Curbs on plastic bottle and packaging waste sought by MPs - BBC News", "Arsenal 3-3 Liverpool - BBC Sport", "Birmingham Crash: Hundreds attend taxi driver's funeral - BBC News", "'No 10 knew' of Damian Green claims in 2016, says Kate Maltby - BBC News", "MP Mark Garnier cleared of breaking ministerial code - BBC News", "Typhoon fighter jets intercept prime minister's plane in exercise - BBC News", "Rape conviction quashed over new Facebook evidence - BBC News", "Antibiotic use in meat revealed by UK supermarkets - BBC News", "Melbourne attack an isolated incident, says PM Turnbull - BBC News", "Theresa May accuses Vladimir Putin of election meddling - BBC News", "Sweetie: 'Girl' chatbot targets thousands of paedophiles - BBC News", "Australian WW1-era submarine found after 13th search mission - BBC News", "Australia methamphetamine seizure 'worth a record A$1bn' - BBC News", "Catalonia election amid crisis with Spain over independence - BBC News", "UK cyber-defence chief accuses Russia of hack attacks - BBC News", "Aldi stabbing: Woman dies in Skipton supermarket attack - BBC News", "PM's deputy Damian Green denies inappropriate behaviour claim - BBC News", "Italian 'ambulances of death' worker arrested - BBC News", "Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder suspect charged - BBC News", "Ed Sheeran (and Beyonce) have Christmas number one - BBC News", "Banbury mother dies after raising £40,000 for sons - BBC News", "I'm more than 'Madame Brexit' - Theresa May - BBC News", "Ladbrokes Coral bought by online rival GVC - BBC News", "Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' - BBC News", "Brexit transition deal is urgent, say select committee MPs - BBC News", "Liver surgeon Simon Bramhall marked initials on patients - BBC News", "Grenfell family: 'You feel like a prisoner living here' - BBC News", "UK must tackle loneliness, says Jo Cox Commission report - BBC News", "Hurricane Harvey rainfall 'weighed 127bn tonnes' - BBC News", "Deporting EU rough sleepers from UK unlawful, High Court rules - BBC News", "Black Friday lifts UK retail sales in November - BBC News", "Cannabis and vaping more popular than smoking among US teens - BBC News", "Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court - BBC News", "Watch BBC coverage of the Grenfell Tower memorial - BBC News", "MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar - BBC News", "Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Dublin City award - BBC News", "If Brexit was a video game - BBC News", "Grenfell Tower fire memorial service: As it happened - BBC News", "Scottish income tax rises to be unveiled - BBC News", "Brexit: UK in Erasmus student scheme until at least 2020 - BBC News", "The priceless pictures that survived Grenfell fire - BBC News", "Vice chancellors' pay: Universities to sign new 'fair pay' code - BBC News", "US Federal Reserve raises interest rates again - BBC News", "Net neutrality rules weakened by US regulator - BBC News", "Haemophilia A trial results 'mind-blowing' - BBC News", "Grenfell fire: Families and survivors remember victims at St Paul's memorial - BBC News", "France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two - BBC News", "Grenfell memorial: Key moments - BBC News", "Grenfell fire: Worrying number of PTSD cases among survivors and locals - BBC News", "Concern over 'remote supervision' of offenders by phone - BBC News", "NHS in England told to reveal avoidable deaths data - BBC News", "Special-needs pupils 'struggle' with new tests - BBC News", "Ashes: No evidence of corruption in third Test after fixing claims - ICC - BBC Sport", "Theresa May 'dancing to EU's tune' over Brexit, says Farage - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Man in court charged with murder - BBC News", "UVF killer Haggarty shot Catholic to hide double life - BBC News", "Britain First's Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen arrested - BBC News", "Bank sees boost from Brexit progress - BBC News", "Grenfell Fire: Grief remains raw at St Paul's memorial - BBC News", "White House contradicts Tillerson on North Korea, adding to confusion - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Lia Pearson dies in hospital - BBC News", "Labour reprimands Kezia Dugdale over I'm a Celebrity - BBC News", "Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein: Salma Hayek alleges he threatened to kill her - BBC News", "Geminid meteor shower dazzles over northern hemisphere - BBC News", "Drone smugglers caught on camera - BBC News", "Who are the dual nationals jailed in Iran? - BBC News", "Man stripped in 50-hour kidnap ordeal in Thornton Heath - BBC News", "Snow in UK: Your photos of the wintry scenes - BBC News", "Portugal's Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has heart transplant - BBC News", "Beirut protests: 'Jerusalem remains a rallying cry' - BBC News", "Icy conditions forecast for Monday - BBC News", "Ashes: Ben Duckett suspended from playing on England Lions tour - BBC Sport", "Plymouth Pryzm nightclub deaths: Tributes paid to teenagers - BBC News", "Teachers call for ban on energy drinks in schools - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Prisoner caught in Iran power struggle - BBC News", "Iraq declares war with Islamic State is over - BBC News", "Why Jerusalem matters - BBC News", "How hot is it where you are? - BBC News", "Johnson in 'frank talks' on jailed Briton Zaghari-Ratcliffe - BBC News", "Jerusalem clashes: Sheltering in a sweet shop - BBC News", "Australian town driven batty by flying foxes - BBC News", "Max Clifford dies in hospital aged 74 - BBC News", "Firefighters' surprise role in Perth Theatre panto - BBC News", "Nobel Peace Prize winner Ican warns nuclear war 'a tantrum away' - BBC News", "Two young Devon men die after 'taking drugs at Plymouth Pryzm nightclub' - BBC News", "Qatar buys 24 Eurofighter Typhoon jets in £6bn deal - BBC News", "California's Thomas Fire scorches area larger than New York City - BBC News", "Village sold for 140,000 euros - BBC News", "Egypt uncovers ancient tombs at Luxor - BBC News", "Brexit: David Davis wants 'Canada plus plus plus' trade deal - BBC News", "James DeGale v Caleb Truax: American wins IBF super-middleweight title - BBC Sport", "German spy agency warns of Chinese LinkedIn espionage - BBC News", "Jailed Max Clifford has cardiac arrest after prison collapse - BBC News", "What Trump's Jerusalem decision means for peace - BBC News", "UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News", "Man Utd v Man City: Owen Hargreaves tips Romelu Lukaku for key derby role - BBC Sport", "Memorial marks 80 years since Castlecary train disaster - BBC News", "UK snow: Weather brings travel disruption - BBC News", "Amber snow warning issued for Sunday - BBC Weather", "In Your Face: China’s all-seeing state - BBC News", "I'm A Celebrity 2017 winner revealed - BBC News", "Heavy snow and flooding hits homes, roads and rail - BBC News", "Singer Chris Rea collapses on stage - BBC News", "North Korea: Urgent need to open channels, UN says after visit - BBC News", "Ashes: England's Ben Duckett poured drink over James Anderson in Perth bar - BBC Sport", "Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City - BBC Sport", "Two-year degrees to lower tuition fees - BBC News", "UK snow: Power and travel disruption across country - BBC News", "Actress Zaira Wasim: I was molested on flight - BBC News", "Netanyahu: Palestinians must face reality over Jerusalem - BBC News", "Johnny Hallyday: Huge crowds gather to say farewell - BBC News", "Honduras election: Opposition requests annulment - BBC News", "Nigel Farage defends Donald Trump's Britain First tweets - BBC News", "Man proposes after breaking ankle on Newquay coastal path - BBC News", "Take Belfast 'Troubles' taxi tour - BBC News", "Kezia Dugdale says Celebrity jungle was 'political gamble' - BBC News", "Australia same-sex marriage: MP proposes in parliament - BBC News", "MP Nadine Dorries defends 'shared password' tweet - BBC News", "Asthma sufferers urged to wear scarves in cold to stop attacks - BBC News", "Brexit: DUP won't accept deal that 'separates' NI from UK - BBC News", "X Factor final: The winner is... - BBC News", "Leo Varadkar: 'We need firm guarantees on no hard border' - BBC News", "Nelson Mandela funeral: 'Millions misspent' - BBC News", "South Korea and US stage 'largest' air drill - BBC News", "Privacy regulator warns MPs over shared passwords - BBC News", "Rak-Su: Boy band beat Grace Davies to win X Factor 2017 - BBC News", "Wiltshire Police find eleven people locked in lorry - BBC News", "Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood legend, dies at 79 - BBC News", "Men sought over gay apology attack on Jubilee Tube train - BBC News", "Army dogs faced with being destroyed reprieved - BBC News", "Brigitte Macron names France's first baby panda - BBC News", "Theresa May statement at Brexit news conference - BBC News", "Jorja Smith wins Brits Critics' Choice - BBC News", "Ashes: England take late wickets for faint hope against Australia in Adelaide - BBC Sport", "Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92 - BBC News", "Pontiac Silverdome stadium fails to implode near Detroit - BBC News", "Venezuela unveils virtual currency amid economic crisis - BBC News", "Met police chief condemns ex-officers' Damian Green porn claims - BBC News", "Motorway PC stops van falling from bridge in Yorkshire - BBC News", "Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United - BBC Sport", "Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine after sex abuse claims - BBC News", "Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company - BBC News", "Child sex abuse inquiry: Priest 'tried to control' investigation - BBC News", "Brussels 'unusually optimistic' ahead of May visit - BBC News", "Man dies after being hit by police car in Haringey on 999 call - BBC News", "Tortured by Syrian extremists 'who received UK aid' - BBC News", "Taiwan rainbow 'lasts record-breaking nine hours' - BBC News", "Facebook creates 800 jobs as it opens new London office - BBC News", "West Midlands Police release footage of M6 crash - BBC News", "Nazi-salute man drove at curry shop owner in Harrow - BBC News", "The vet treating homeless people's dogs - BBC News", "HMP Swaleside: Inmate injured during disturbance - BBC News", "'Shame and anger' at plastic ocean pollution - BBC News", "The 'peace diamond' of Sierra Leone - BBC News", "Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News", "Russia-Trump: President hits out at FBI over Russia inquiry - BBC News", "Poppi Worthington inquest: No 'natural causes' pathologist says - BBC News", "'Supermoon' brightens up skies for stargazers - BBC News", "Malta arrests 10 over Caruana Galizia car bomb murder - BBC News", "UK foreign aid money 'diverted to extremists' in Syria - BBC News", "UK and EU Brexit talks latest - BBC News", "Alex Hales: England batsman not charged by police and available for selection - BBC Sport", "Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News", "Jon Venables: Bulger killer anonymity breach complaint - BBC News", "Reggie Yates leaves Top of the Pops after 'offensive' Jewish slur - BBC News", "Queen's message pays tribute to London and Manchester - BBC News", "Lewis Hamilton apologises for 'boys don't wear dresses' remark - BBC News", "Mum hopes royal photo can pay for university - BBC News", "North Korea missile developers hit by US sanctions - BBC News", "Ashes: David Warner hits century on opening day of fourth Test - BBC Sport", "Moscow subway bus crash kills four people - BBC News", "Tembin: Storm weakens as it nears southern Vietnam - BBC News", "The time when America stopped being great - BBC News", "Twitter #joinin campaign by comic Sarah Millican helps lonely - BBC News", "White Christmas for some areas of UK - BBC News", "Briton Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for drug smuggling - BBC News", "Shoppers immune to Boxing Day sales fever - BBC News", "Vitaly Mutko: Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban - BBC News", "Is university free speech under threat? - BBC News", "Heather Menzies-Urich, The Sound of Music's Louisa von Trapp, dies - BBC News", "Police break up Westfield Stratford fight - BBC News", "Police officer and woman killed in Sheffield crash - BBC News", "Oxford Street panic: Woman hurt after 'shots fired' false alarm - BBC News", "'Rocket Man' lands in Seoul - BBC News", "Growing up a prisoner in a cult - BBC News", "White Christmas sweeps US states - BBC News", "Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Southampton - BBC Sport", "NUS 'right to have no platform policy' - BBC News", "Archbishop Welby condemns populist leaders in Christmas sermon - BBC News", "The Queen's Christmas message - BBC News", "Meghan Markle joins royals for Christmas service - BBC News", "The Royal Family attend church in Sandringham - BBC News", "China power tower flattened in demolition - BBC News", "Shoppers stay home for Boxing Day sales - BBC News", "Royal Christmas photograph reaction 'overwhelming' - BBC News", "Leicestershire's Christmas pork pie tradition - BBC News", "Oxford historians object to empire project - BBC News", "Jodie Whittaker makes first Doctor Who appearance - BBC News", "Boxing Day dippers brave chilly coastal waters for charity - BBC News", "Laura Plummer's sister: Drug crime 'was a kind gesture' - BBC News", "Ian Paterson: Surgeon's victims 'may have been missed' - BBC News", "Homeless tuck into Christmas dinner at Euston Station - BBC News", "Bijan Ebrahimi: Police 'failed' murdered man for years - BBC News", "Star Wars: The Last Jedi takes $450m on opening weekend - BBC News", "Grenfell Tower fire: safety rules failing, says review - BBC News", "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: World 10,000m champion Mo Farah wins - BBC Sport", "Appeal over death of Commons deputy speaker's daughter - BBC News", "Cyril Ramaphosa is elected ANC leader - BBC News", "Deeside fire: Gateway to Wales Hotel blaze probe begins - BBC News", "Twitter suspends Britain First leaders - BBC News", "Trump: Russia and China ‘rival powers’ in new security plan - BBC News", "UK plan to tackle plastic waste threat - BBC News", "Birmingham crash: Victim Imtiaz Mohammed 'was on last job' - BBC News", "The Apprentice: Lord Sugar surprises viewers with final result - BBC News", "Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "First female Bishop of London appointed - BBC News", "Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News", "Rebecca Dykes: Family of embassy worker describe her as 'irreplaceable' - BBC News", "Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plans - BBC News", "Wayne Rooney 'really enjoying' community service - BBC News", "Twitter's hate speech rules are expanded - BBC News", "BBC and Guardian sued over Paradise Papers leaks - BBC News", "Bijan Ebrahimi murder: 'Institutional racism' by council and police - BBC News", "Liverpool jail: The worst conditions ever seen, says report - BBC News", "Cameron House fire: Two dead and three treated in hospital - BBC News", "Lebanon country profile - BBC News", "Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Mo Farah wins top award - BBC Sport", "Chile election: Conservative Piñera elected president - BBC News", "Bijan Ebrahimi's sister: 'Shocking institutional racism' - BBC News", "Ikea's tax affairs to be investigated by the EU - BBC News", "Mobile phone and broadband services need 'radical improvement' - BBC News", "Uber driver arrested after Briton murdered in Lebanon - BBC News", "Advertising Standards considers inquiry into Amazon Prime - BBC News", "Steroid abuse 'raising health risk for thousands' - BBC News", "Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport power cut strands thousands - BBC News", "Bijan Ebrahimi murder: PCs 'failed to act on victim's complaints' - BBC News", "Ashley Jensen 'devastated' after husband Terence Beesley's sudden death - BBC News", "Washington train crash: 'We could feel cars crumpling' - BBC News", "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Sir Mo Farah 'shocked' to win - BBC Sport", "Gateshead man, 84, chases off knife-wielding burglar - BBC News", "Princess Charlotte to start nursery school in January - BBC News", "Ofcom to investigate BBC climate change interview - BBC News", "Manchester Airport: Heavy fog and runway 'defect' suspends flights - BBC News", "Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water - BBC News", "Live: The BBC's Brexitcast podcast - BBC News", "As it happened: Amtrak train plunges on to US highway - BBC News", "Birmingham Royal Blood gig phones theft man jailed - BBC News", "The 'completely childish' man hanged for murder - BBC News", "RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US Suffolk airbase - BBC News", "Jay-Z halts show for fan who survived cancer - BBC News", "'Nice' Australian was a 'loyal agent' for North Korea - BBC News", "Ban sale of mini mobile phones, justice secretary says - BBC News", "Wendy Thomas jailed for people smuggling to UK - BBC News", "Russia meddled on Twitter after UK terror attacks, study says - BBC News", "Depression: 'I kept my head down to survive the day at work' - BBC News", "UK suicide rate shows largest drop for 20 years - BBC News", "Ashes: Australia thrash England in Perth to regain urn - BBC Sport", "Funicular railway: Switzerland launches world's steepest service - BBC News", "Trump Putin call: CIA helped stop Russia terror attack - BBC News", "Amtrak Washington train crash: Aerial footage of the scene - BBC News", "Brexit deal: As it happened - BBC News", "So, did 'soft Brexit' just win? - BBC News", "Middle East media reacts to 'slap of the century' - BBC News", "Primary school evacuated after fire breaks out - BBC News", "Man held over House of Lords disturbance - BBC News", "Man charged over rocket launcher snowman in Londonderry - BBC News", "Anorexic student Averil Hart 'failed by every NHS body' - BBC News", "Brexit deal: 'fair to the British taxpayer' - BBC News", "Fake pants seized in Christmas crackdown on counterfeits - BBC News", "Storm Caroline: 'Worst Isle of Man snow since 2013' - BBC News", "Brexit deal: Theresa May buys breathing space - BBC News", "Millions 'stolen' in NiceHash Bitcoin heist - BBC News", "Brexit: Business calls for more clarity over deal - BBC News", "UK City of Culture 2021: Coventry wins - BBC News", "Why Jerusalem matters - BBC News", "Mohammed Abdallah jailed for joining Islamic State - BBC News", "Brexit deal: Theresa May's agreement with Brussels - BBC News", "Senator Al Franken to resign amid sexual misconduct claims - BBC News", "Irish border: New draft Brexit plan could break deadlock - BBC News", "Uber's licence suspended in Sheffield - BBC News", "Coveney stands firm on Irish Brexit position - BBC News", "Call for lung health screening in top football clubs - BBC News", "Brexit border talks entering critical 24 hours - BBC News", "Transplant baby Charlie Douthwaite 'rejecting heart' - BBC News", "M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures - BBC News", "Northern: Bailiffs pursued rail firm over passenger compensation - BBC News", "Adams family gang member pays back £730,000 - BBC News", "California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee as new blaze spreads - BBC News", "Brexit: Issue that nearly scuppered border talks - BBC News", "Wormwood Scrubs prison sees 'surge in violence' - BBC News", "Irish border: May in Brussels for crucial Brexit meeting - BBC News", "'Samurai sword' attack leaves three dead at Tokyo shrine - BBC News", "Impact assessments of Brexit on the UK 'don't exist' - BBC News", "Man 'cements microwave to head' in Wolverhampton - BBC News", "Universities could be accused of 'mis-selling courses' - BBC News", "Vaginal mesh ban 'a retrograde step', surgeons say - BBC News", "Fake goods worth millions seized ahead of Christmas - BBC News", "Primark removes 'dangerous' Christmas candle from sale - BBC News", "School attendance and absence: The facts - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Johnson to urge Iran to free prisoner - BBC News", "Jail for cleaning fluid attack robbers - BBC News", "Man saves rabbit from California wildfires - BBC News", "Brexit deal gives Theresa May what she needs - for now - BBC News", "Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride after hitting $17,000 - BBC News", "What Trump's Jerusalem decision means for peace - BBC News", "UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News", "HMS Queen Elizabeth: UK's biggest warship commissioned - BBC News", "DUP leader Arlene Foster welcomes Brexit deal - BBC News", "Amber snow warning issued for Sunday - BBC Weather", "Kevin Spacey 'groped Norwegian king's son-in-law' - BBC News", "I should be home-schooled, but I spent 10 months on Xbox - BBC News", "Vaccination plea after Halesworth boy's meningitis death - BBC News", "Ballon d'Or 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win fifth award - BBC Sport", "Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change - BBC News", "'Sufficient progress' will see Brexit trade talks begin - BBC News", "Stormzy is BBC Music's artist of the year - BBC News", "Can Theresa May fix Brexit border problem? - BBC News", "Brexit deal: Difficult days ahead as DUP says 'no' - BBC News", "First tax havens blacklist published by EU - BBC News", "Malta blogger murder: Three charged with Caruana Galizia killing - BBC News", "Tory MP Heidi Allen in tears during universal credit debate - BBC News", "BBC to help students identify 'fake news' - BBC News", "Criminal record check did not spot hammer attack carer threat - BBC News", "Manchester Arena attack 'could have been stopped' - BBC News", "Chicken nugget post had the most retweets in the UK in 2017 - BBC News", "Stepfather pleads guilty over boy's water park drowning - BBC News", "Child exploitation: Live streaming an 'urgent' threat - BBC News", "Brexit: DUP won't accept deal that 'separates' NI from UK - BBC News", "Leo Varadkar: 'We need firm guarantees on no hard border' - BBC News", "Facebook: Now for young children too - BBC News", "Nelson Mandela funeral: 'Millions misspent' - BBC News", "Ex-police officer demands Damian Green retracts 'lie' claim - BBC News", "Bamboozled by Brexit? - BBC News", "6,500 people buy crumbling castle - BBC News", "How does government get out of Brexit linguistic hole? - BBC News", "One in five patients regularly misses GP appointments - BBC News", "Profumo affair model Christine Keeler dies aged 75 - BBC News", "Peers debate education's role in society - BBC News", "Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood legend, dies at 79 - BBC News", "Mother of Briton killed in Syria speaks of 'hero' son - BBC News", "'I beat type 2 diabetes with 200-calorie drinks' - BBC News", "Army dogs faced with being destroyed reprieved - BBC News", "Police officer dies in motorbike crash with pensioner - BBC News", "Brigitte Macron names France's first baby panda - BBC News", "North Korea crisis: UN political chief in rare visit to Pyongyang - BBC News", "Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92 - BBC News", "Labour attacks 'embarrassing' Brexit talks - BBC News", "Northern Ireland and England schools in global top 10 for reading - BBC News", "Castleford woman, 98, plays donkey in care home nativity play - BBC News", "IUCN Red List: Wild crops listed as threatened - BBC News", "Catalan arrest warrants withdrawn by Spain's Supreme Court - BBC News", "Manslaughter charges over takeaway allergic reaction death - BBC News", "Storm Caroline to hit Scotland followed by snow for wider UK - BBC News", "Germany train: Collision near Düsseldorf injures dozens - BBC News", "Nazi-salute man drove at curry shop owner in Harrow - BBC News", "Ashes: Joe Root gives England hope of winning second Test in Adelaide - BBC Sport", "How UK's birds are being affected by a changing climate - BBC News", "John Oliver tackles Dustin Hoffman over harassment allegations - BBC News", "'Shame and anger' at plastic ocean pollution - BBC News", "The 'peace diamond' of Sierra Leone - BBC News", "IOC prepares to decide whether to ban Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics - BBC Sport", "Google pledges 10,000 staff to tackle extremist content - BBC News", "McDonald's hijab row: Teenager says apology 'not enough' - BBC News", "Posing as a schoolgirl to expose online groomers - BBC News", "Thailand speedboat deaths 'could have been prevented' - BBC News", "Second attempt at Pontiac Silverdome demolition succeeds - BBC News", "Jeremy Hunt hits out at Facebook kids' app - BBC News", "Ocean plastic a 'planetary crisis' - UN - BBC News", "Ventura fire: Thousands evacuated in southern California - BBC News", "Russian doping: IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics - BBC Sport", "Jon Venables: Bulger killer anonymity breach complaint - BBC News", "Reggie Yates leaves Top of the Pops after 'offensive' Jewish slur - BBC News", "Bryan Singer: Director fired from Freddie Mercury film - BBC News", "Syria war: Situation in Eastern Ghouta at 'critical point' - BBC News", "Star Wars actor Alfie Curtis dies aged 87 - BBC News", "LA-Tokyo flight turns back after passenger 'boards with wrong ticket' - BBC News", "Lewis Hamilton apologises for 'boys don't wear dresses' remark - BBC News", "Ukraine crisis: Exchange of hundreds of prisoners takes place - BBC News", "Drug-smuggling Briton Laura Plummer in 'bad prison' - BBC News", "Rihanna's cousin shot dead in Barbados on Boxing Day - BBC News", "North Korea missile developers hit by US sanctions - BBC News", "George Michael's family urge fans to 'raise a glass' - BBC News", "Grenfell firm to pass responsibility for homes to council - BBC News", "The time when America stopped being great - BBC News", "Syria war: Children living under air strikes in Eastern Ghouta - BBC News", "Elephant born on Christmas Day in Planckendael Zoo, Belgium - BBC News", "Why no-one heard the Grenfell blogger's warnings - BBC News", "Syria war: UN rebukes Russia and Iran over evacuations - BBC News", "Briton Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for drug smuggling - BBC News", "Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City - BBC Sport", "Tesla's Elon Musk promises pick-up truck and new features - BBC News", "Celtic's Jonny Hayes suffers broken leg in clash with Dundee's Josh Meekings - BBC Sport", "St Petersburg supermarket blast injures at least 10 shoppers - BBC News", "Arthur Collins admits hiding mobile phone inside crutch in prison - BBC News", "Syria war: Eastern Ghouta medical evacuations begin - BBC News", "Ashes: Alastair Cook makes century on day two at the MCG - BBC Sport", "Police officer and woman killed in Sheffield crash named - BBC News", "Police break up Westfield Stratford fight - BBC News", "Oxford Street panic: Woman hurt after 'shots fired' false alarm - BBC News", "Hammond challenged to release Brexit studies - BBC News", "Growing up a prisoner in a cult - BBC News", "Police officer and woman killed in Sheffield crash - BBC News", "White Christmas sweeps US states - BBC News", "UK weather: Snow causes travel delays and power cuts - BBC News", "Shoplifters taking under £200 worth of goods 'not pursued' - BBC News", "HMRC employs farmyard ducks to 'niggle' taxpayers - BBC News", "Pennsylvania woman gets $284bn electricity bill - BBC News", "Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Southampton - BBC Sport", "Fighter pilot 'debriefed' after near miss with RAF helicopter - BBC News", "Snow in the Lake District - BBC News", "London commuter trains survey: 37% think service is worse - BBC News", "Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool to sign Southampton defender for world record £75m - BBC Sport", "World Cup 2018: Vitaly Mutko leaves role as chief organiser - BBC Sport", "Damaged Scottish reef 'biggest of its kind' - BBC News", "Corey Lewandowski accused of sexual assault by Joy Villa - BBC News", "Shoppers stay home for Boxing Day sales - BBC News", "Royal Christmas photograph reaction 'overwhelming' - BBC News", "Prince Harry on Meghan Markle's first royal Christmas - BBC News", "Crocodile found walking Melbourne street on Christmas Day - BBC News", "UK snow: Images of wintry scenes - BBC News", "Stricken Russian cargo ship 'to move to Southampton' - BBC News", "Boxing Day dippers brave chilly coastal waters for charity - BBC News", "Laura Plummer's sister: Drug crime 'was a kind gesture' - BBC News", "Snow affects UK airports, roads and homes - BBC News", "'Zero real wage growth' forecast for 2018 - BBC News", "Prince Harry grills Barack Obama in quickfire quiz - BBC News", "Major NHS trust put in special measures - BBC News", "The world's youngest island - BBC News", "Lactalis baby milk in global recall over salmonella fears - BBC News", "Snow in UK: Your photos of the wintry scenes - BBC News", "Snow in Europe triggers transport chaos - BBC News", "Huntington's disease trial test is 'major advance' - BBC News", "Icy conditions forecast for Monday - BBC News", "Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'could bring measure of closure' - BBC News", "Skin betting: 'Children as young as 11 introduced to gambling' - BBC News", "Beirut protests: 'Jerusalem remains a rallying cry' - BBC News", "Plymouth Pryzm nightclub deaths: Tributes paid to teenagers - BBC News", "Three children die in suspicious house fire in Salford - BBC News", "New York Port Authority attack: Man held after Manhattan blast - BBC News", "Megan Bannister: Friend calls for 'duty to help' law - BBC News", "How hot is it where you are? - BBC News", "Manchester derby: Jose Mourinho has water & milk thrown at him in row, Mikel Arteta cut - BBC Sport", "Venezuela opposition banned from running in 2018 election - BBC News", "Akayed Ullah: What we know about New York Port Authority attacker - BBC News", "Zaira Wasim: Indian man held after star 'molested' on flight - BBC News", "Max Clifford dies in hospital aged 74 - BBC News", "Mesh risks not passed on to doctors - BBC News", "UK snow: Forecasters predicting coldest night of year - BBC News", "Buckingham Palace arrest: Man held 'trying to climb wall' - BBC News", "Saudi Arabia to allow cinemas to reopen from early 2018 - BBC News", "Putin announces Russian troop withdrawal from Syria during visit - BBC News", "Oxford teacher investigated for 'misgendering' to sue school - BBC News", "Brighton shoplifter sues Sussex Police over Taser arrest - BBC News", "Landmark Huntington's trial starts - BBC News", "California's Thomas Fire scorches area larger than New York City - BBC News", "Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease - BBC News", "Qatar buys 24 Eurofighter Typhoon jets in £6bn deal - BBC News", "Nobel Peace Prize winner Ican warns nuclear war 'a tantrum away' - BBC News", "Trump sex harassment accusers demand congressional inquiry - BBC News", "St Davids Christmas Mud Run: 17 people with hypothermia - BBC News", "German spy agency warns of Chinese LinkedIn espionage - BBC News", "Josh Homme: Queens of the Stone Age frontman kicks female photographer - BBC News", "UK snow: Weather brings travel disruption - BBC News", "Huntington's disease: Anger over access to specialist nurse - BBC News", "Mt Hope installed as 'UK's highest peak' - BBC News", "In Your Face: China’s all-seeing state - BBC News", "I'm A Celebrity 2017 winner revealed - BBC News", "Major Forties oil pipeline to be closed for repairs - BBC News", "Corrie Mckeague: Landfill search for missing airman ends - BBC News", "Keith Chegwin: 'True telly legend' dies aged 60 - BBC News", "Harassment survey: 'I'm a waitress but I feel like a sex worker' - BBC News", "Theresa May says Brexit deal 'good news' for all voters - BBC News", "UK snow: Power and travel disruption across country - BBC News", "Golden Globes: Christopher Plummer nominated for Kevin Spacey role - BBC News", "Birstall house explosion: Three hurt in gas blast - BBC News", "Netanyahu: Palestinians must face reality over Jerusalem - BBC News", "Margaret Hodge repays £2.97 after Garden Bridge apology - BBC News", "Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City - BBC Sport", "Church apology over Bishop George Bell abuse inquiry - BBC News", "'Youthquake' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries - BBC News", "UK must tackle loneliness, says Jo Cox Commission report - BBC News", "Sky and BT sign channel sharing deal - BBC News", "Met Police to conduct urgent review after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "'Shocking apathy' to fraternity drinking at Pennsylvania university - BBC News", "Backlash over 'stay with abuser' posts shared by Essex Police - BBC News", "Schools told not to dismiss sexual harassment 'as banter' - BBC News", "Minimum price 'would increase cost of 70% of alcohol' - BBC News", "Ryanair in union offer to avoid Christmas strikes - BBC News", "Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court - BBC News", "Driver dies after school bus crash in Aberdeenshire - BBC News", "Student Liam Allan 'betrayed' after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "Brexit: UK in Erasmus student scheme until at least 2020 - BBC News", "Corrie Mckeague: Reward to find missing airman doubles - BBC News", "Almost half of under-25s 'never use a condom with a new partner' - BBC News", "US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say - BBC News", "Brexit: Relief for Theresa May but a hard road ahead - BBC News", "Hillsborough officer not charged over horse burn claims - BBC News", "Net neutrality rules weakened by US regulator - BBC News", "Disabled man's cancer care criticised - BBC News", "Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News", "Boy, four, left on school bus tried to walk home - BBC News", "Brexit: Move to head off another Tory rebellion - BBC News", "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on 19 May 2018 - BBC News", "France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two - BBC News", "Grenfell fire: Families and survivors remember victims at St Paul's memorial - BBC News", "Grenfell memorial: Key moments - BBC News", "Ashes: Steve Smith hits 92 not out on second day of third Test - BBC Sport", "BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news - BBC News", "Star system has record eight exoplanets - BBC News", "Grenfell fire: Worrying number of PTSD cases among survivors and locals - BBC News", "Special-needs pupils 'struggle' with new tests - BBC News", "Brexit: EU leaders agree to move talks to next stage - BBC News", "HS2 redundancy pay 'shocking waste' of taxpayer cash - BBC News", "Tulse Hill hit-and-run: Police release CCTV images - BBC News", "Salford fatal fire: Family 'won't be broken' - BBC News", "Britvic confirms Norwich factory closure - BBC News", "Unilever sells margarine business to KKR for £6bn - BBC News", "Grenfell Fire: Grief remains raw at St Paul's memorial - BBC News", "Million Britons miss out on 'decent' broadband speeds - BBC News", "Brexit: EU leaders set to move talks on to next stage - BBC News", "Fall pensioner, 95, waits six hours for ambulance - BBC News", "Tewkesbury homes without water after pipe burst - BBC News", "Geminid meteor shower dazzles over northern hemisphere - BBC News", "N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News", "Tropical Storm Tembin: Rescuers search for victims - BBC News", "Philippines Tropical Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao - BBC News", "Boris Johnson says UK wants better relations with Russia - BBC News", "Big Ben's iconic bongs return - BBC News", "Bruce McCandless, who made first untethered space flight, dies at 80 - BBC News", "Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder-accused Neville Hord in court - BBC News", "London Zoo fire kills aardvark 'and meerkats' - BBC News", "Syria war: Assad 'may evacuate cancer children' from Eastern Ghouta - BBC News", "'Remarkable' truffle discovery on Paris rooftop raises hopes of more - BBC News", "Daphne du Maurier's Cornish home listed - BBC News", "North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News", "Amazon apologises for 'threats' to customer - BBC News", "Turkey blunder 'a potential dementia sign' - BBC News", "'World's ugliest pig' caught on camera - BBC News", "'Lonely' WW2 veteran's Christmas card plea answered - BBC News", "Conductor Charles Dutoit denies 'forced physical contact' claims - BBC News", "Arsenal 3-3 Liverpool - BBC Sport", "London Zoo 'devastated' by aardvark fire death - BBC News", "Tesco: No edible food will go to waste by February 2018 - BBC News", "Military keeping UK safe, PM says in Christmas message - BBC News", "Typhoon fighter jets intercept prime minister's plane in exercise - BBC News", "San Francisco: Man arrested over 'Christmas terror plan' - BBC News", "Melbourne car attack: Australia police charge man - BBC News", "Hidden camera captures rare pig thought extinct - BBC News", "Stephen Crabb MP cleared over harassment claims - BBC News", "Sweetie: 'Girl' chatbot targets thousands of paedophiles - BBC News", "Theresa May's Christmas 2017 message to the Armed Forces - BBC News", "Philippines country profile - BBC News", "Miss America leaked emails: CEO Sam Haskell and three others quit - BBC News", "Devon beach lifeguard's double life rescuing refugees - BBC News", "Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder suspect charged - BBC News", "Ed Sheeran (and Beyonce) have Christmas number one - BBC News", "GP warns Santa to 'give sherry a miss' - BBC News", "Garry Monk: Middlesbrough part company with manager despite victory - BBC Sport", "'Pay-per-mile' scheme for HGVs considered - BBC News", "I'm more than 'Madame Brexit' - Theresa May - BBC News", "Cancer Research award for 'Christmas miracle' boy - BBC News", "Sanremo tornado: Huge waterspout forms off Italian coast - BBC News", "Officer accidentally Tasers partner - BBC News", "Russia-Trump: Who's who in the drama to end all dramas? - BBC News", "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wow Nottingham crowds on first joint visit - BBC News", "Kaspersky Labs: Warning over Russian anti-virus software - BBC News", "World Cup 2018: England boss Gareth Southgate 'will not write off' tournament - BBC Sport", "Jeremy Bowen: 'Why I testified against Praljak' - BBC News", "'Suicide pact' trial: Natasha Gordon found guilty - BBC News", "Welsh and Scottish health ministers call for folic acid in flour - BBC News", "PM 'cheering on' Debbie McGee on Strictly Come Dancing - BBC News", "Britain is braced for a cold snap overnight amid snow and sleet - BBC News", "How Theresa May's handling the Trump tweet row - BBC News", "'Escape' artist rescued after failing to escape - BBC News", "Southampton University in new pay row - BBC News", "Parents 'face tension at UK borders over surnames' - BBC News", "Morrisons data leak: Supermarket liable for staff details breach - BBC News", "Trump, Twitter and his 'filter bubble' - BBC News", "Police chief 'was told of Damian Green pornography claims' - BBC News", "Net migration falls by more than 100,000 after Brexit vote - BBC News", "Portsmouth hospital missed lung cancer cases - BBC News", "GQ editor Dylan Jones criticises cover star Jeremy Corbyn - BBC News", "Nasa footage shows lightning from ISS - BBC News", "Oxford University raises £750m from biggest bond issue - BBC News", "Sammy Wilson warns Brexit talks may jeopardise DUP-Tory deal - BBC News", "Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'needs a diverse panel' - BBC News", "Supermarkets 'raise the price of Christmas biscuits' - BBC News", "Pope uses the 'R' word - BBC News", "Irish border: Brexit committee says solution doubtful - BBC News", "Damian Green computer porn claims: 'Thousands' of images viewed - BBC News", "London Olympic Stadium taken over by mayor Sadiq Khan - BBC News", "World Cup draw: England face Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G - BBC Sport", "Scottish railway station is least used in Britain - BBC News", "Pope Francis uses term Rohingya in Bangladesh meeting - BBC News", "Commonwealth Games 2022: Birmingham made to wait as three cities offer 'updates' - BBC Sport", "Latest updates: East Midlands Live Friday 1 December 2017 - BBC News", "RBS to close one in four branches and shed 680 jobs - BBC News", "Gay prayer for Prince George remarks 'unkind and destructive' - BBC News", "Bad Sex in Fiction: US writer Christopher Bollen wins - BBC News", "'Homeless stranger was my long-lost brother' - BBC News", "Thomas Cook plans to close 50 stores - BBC News", "Crowds shout at ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn at court - BBC News", "Damian Green says computer porn allegations are 'political smears' - BBC News", "Birmingham family releases CCTV of hit-and-run death - BBC News", "Caerphilly loan shark who targeted 116 victims jailed - BBC News", "Bryan Singer: Illness forces director to stop work on Freddie Mercury film - BBC News", "Bob Spink found guilty of election fraud - BBC News", "Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News", "Daniel Corneille jailed for Sheerness traffic warden attack - BBC News", "David Dearlove jailed for 1968 Paul Booth murder - BBC News", "Labour leader calls bankers speculators and gamblers - BBC News", "Boy, 5, found drowned after being 'left to go off alone' - BBC News", "Potsdam Christmas market evacuated as device found - BBC News", "Brexit offer 'must be acceptable to Ireland' - BBC News", "Making a Murderer: Court upholds Brendan Dassey conviction - BBC News", "Grammar schools 'contrary to common good' - Archbishop of Canterbury - BBC News", "Who are the dual nationals jailed in Iran? - BBC News", "Boris Johnson under pressure over jailed mum in Iran case - BBC News", "So, did 'soft Brexit' just win? - BBC News", "Man stripped in 50-hour kidnap ordeal in Thornton Heath - BBC News", "California wildfires: Businesses face ruin as blaze rages - BBC News", "Uber settles defamation lawsuit filed by Indian rape victim - BBC News", "Portugal's Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has heart transplant - BBC News", "Man charged over rocket launcher snowman in Londonderry - BBC News", "Will Gompertz reviews Charles II: Art & Power ★★★★☆ - BBC News", "Brexit deal: 'fair to the British taxpayer' - BBC News", "Iraq declares war with Islamic State is over - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson meets Iranian counterpart - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Prisoner caught in Iran power struggle - BBC News", "Brexit deal: Theresa May buys breathing space - BBC News", "Brexit deal: Theresa May's agreement with Brussels - BBC News", "Johnson in 'frank talks' on jailed Briton Zaghari-Ratcliffe - BBC News", "Brexit: Watching the deal unfold in Brussels - BBC News", "Saakashvili: Ex-Georgia leader detained by police in Kiev - BBC News", "Dustin Hoffman faces new sex abuse allegation from co-star - BBC News", "Johnny Hallyday: Huge crowds gather for France's 'Elvis Presley' - BBC News", "M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures - BBC News", "Northern: Bailiffs pursued rail firm over passenger compensation - BBC News", "California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee as new blaze spreads - BBC News", "What does first-phase Brexit deal mean for NI? - BBC News", "Adams family gang member pays back £730,000 - BBC News", "Firefighters' surprise role in Perth Theatre panto - BBC News", "Two young Devon men die after 'taking drugs at Plymouth Pryzm nightclub' - BBC News", "Vaginal mesh ban 'a retrograde step', surgeons say - BBC News", "Egypt uncovers ancient tombs at Luxor - BBC News", "Israel strikes Gaza Hamas sites after rocket attacks - BBC News", "Why British Muslims care about Jerusalem - BBC News", "Jail for cleaning fluid attack robbers - BBC News", "UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News", "Amber snow warning issued for Sunday - BBC Weather", "Kevin Spacey 'groped Norwegian king's son-in-law' - BBC News", "North Korea: Urgent need to open channels, UN says after visit - BBC News", "Vaccination plea after Halesworth boy's meningitis death - BBC News", "Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change - BBC News", "Ashes: England's Ben Duckett poured drink over James Anderson in Perth bar - BBC Sport", "'Come out in class - if you want to', teachers urged - BBC News", "US lawmaker Trent Franks quits over 'surrogacy' talks with aides - BBC News", "Johnny Hallyday: Huge crowds gather to say farewell - BBC News", "Stormzy is BBC Music's artist of the year - BBC News", "Liberal Democrats 'broke EU referendum finance rules' - BBC News", "'Extra £450m funding' for police in England and Wales - BBC News", "Virginia woman mauled to death by her dogs, police say - BBC News", "Cyril Ramaphosa is elected ANC leader - BBC News", "Gender pay gap: Brexit and Transport departments have most work to do - BBC News", "Anti-doping investigation begins into claims over Justin Gatlin's coach & athletics agent - BBC Sport", "Matthew Petersen: Quiz-flunking Trump judge nominee withdraws - BBC News", "Twitter suspends Britain First leaders - BBC News", "Trump: Russia and China ‘rival powers’ in new security plan - BBC News", "Cameron House Hotel fire investigations continue - BBC News", "Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News", "Justin Gatlin: Sprinter 'shocked' by allegations about coach & athletics agent - BBC Sport", "Surviving period poverty with 'socks and tissue' - BBC News", "Uber a danger to public safety, warns union - BBC News", "Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "Amtrak Washington train crash: Aerial footage of the scene - BBC News", "May and Trump discuss Brexit, Yemen and Israel in phone call - BBC News", "HR McMaster weighs in on North Korea nuclear threat - BBC News", "Mexico bus crash: Tourists killed in Quintana Roo state - BBC News", "BBC and Guardian sued over Paradise Papers leaks - BBC News", "Liverpool jail: The worst conditions ever seen, says report - BBC News", "Jonghyun: Note shows K-pop star's struggles with depression - BBC News", "Cameron House fire: Two dead and three treated in hospital - BBC News", "Grandparents plead for girl abducted by ill mother - BBC News", "Sarah Palin's son charged with domestic assault on father - BBC News", "Newhaven school fire: Two girls and a boy arrested over arson - BBC News", "Could drugs delay the diseases of ageing? - BBC News", "Sheffield arrests over 'alleged UK Christmas terror plot' - BBC News", "Contaminated blood report 'full of lies' - BBC News", "Christmas attack: German government admits mistakes in aftermath - BBC News", "Boeing and Bombardier set out defence in trade row - BBC News", "Birmingham crash victim Kasar Jehangir jailed over police chase - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein: Ex-assistant criticises gagging orders - BBC News", "Meryl Streep defends herself against Rose McGowan criticism - BBC News", "New approach promises early warnings of soggy summers - BBC News", "Washington train crash: 'We could feel cars crumpling' - BBC News", "Impoverished healthcare at squalid Liverpool prison, report says - BBC News", "Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day - BBC News", "Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water - BBC News", "RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US Suffolk airbase - BBC News", "As it happened: Amtrak train plunges on to US highway - BBC News", "Raheem Sterling: Police charge man with racially aggravated common assault - BBC Sport", "Wendy Thomas jailed for people smuggling to UK - BBC News", "Government says diversity target for judges is 'wrong way' - BBC News", "Mum carrying terminally-ill baby 'to be a donor' - BBC News", "HMS Queen Elizabeth: Royals attend aircraft carrier ceremony - BBC News", "Couple killed in Cameron House Hotel fire named - BBC News", "Cyber-attack: US and UK blame North Korea for WannaCry - BBC News", "Metropolitan Police review of rape cases evidence - BBC News", "Toys R Us future in UK plunged into doubt over pension scheme - BBC News", "Jeremy Corbyn: We'll probably gain power next year - BBC News", "Jerusalem as capital is 'declaring war' - BBC News", "Russia election: Putin to run again for president - BBC News", "Disability sport: Prosthetic feet help amputees snowboard - BBC News", "Malta blogger murder: Three charged with Caruana Galizia killing - BBC News", "Storm Caroline upgraded to amber warning - BBC News", "Gang members trafficked 'vulnerable' teen to deal drugs - BBC News", "Tory MP Heidi Allen in tears during universal credit debate - BBC News", "Brexit: PM urged not to let Eurosceptics 'dictate' talks - BBC News", "BBC to help students identify 'fake news' - BBC News", "Jerusalem's Temple Mount/ Haram al-Sharif explained - BBC News", "Stepfather pleads guilty over boy's water park drowning - BBC News", "Trump moves to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital - BBC News", "Why Jerusalem matters - BBC News", "Person of the Year: Time honours abuse 'silence breakers' - BBC News", "Man accused of sharing Prince George photo 'in terror guide' - BBC News", "Labour's Lord Bassam to quit as chief whip over expenses - BBC News", "Ex-priest Laurence Soper guilty of sexually abusing boys - BBC News", "Google Amazon row leads to restricted YouTube access - BBC News", "Profumo affair model Christine Keeler dies aged 75 - BBC News", "Peers debate education's role in society - BBC News", "Dorothea Bate: Carmarthen scientist gets blue plaque - BBC News", "Turner Prize 2017 winner announced - BBC News", "Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crown - BBC News", "Nissan to trial robo-taxis in Japan - BBC News", "Clara Amfo replaces Reggie Yates on Christmas Top of the Pops - BBC News", "UK electoral system faces 'perfect storm' of threats, says watchdog - BBC News", "Police officer dies in motorbike crash with pensioner - BBC News", "Poppi Worthington inquest: Expert casts doubt on abuse theory - BBC News", "What makes Jerusalem so holy? - BBC News", "Impact assessments of Brexit on the UK 'don't exist' - BBC News", "Bitcoin breaks through the $16,000 mark - BBC News", "Man remanded in custody over alleged plot to kill PM - BBC News", "Poundland owner Steinhoff sees its shares crash by 63% - BBC News", "Labour attacks 'embarrassing' Brexit talks - BBC News", "Ashes: Australia beat England by 120 runs to take 2-0 lead in series - BBC Sport", "Giant box to save 'rotting' Mackintosh house - BBC News", "Shopping centres sold in £3.4bn deal - BBC News", "Man arrested after fight outside Parliamentary bar - BBC News", "California wildfire: News crew helps save trapped horses - BBC News", "David Davis questioned over Brexit impact assessments - BBC News", "Johnny Hallyday: France's 'Elvis Presley' dies at 74 - BBC News", "Serena Williams has entered Australian Open, says tournament director - BBC Sport", "California wildfires surround LA freeway - BBC News", "Payout after woman was kept alive against her will - BBC News", "Banks should end unplanned overdraft charges, charity says - BBC News", "Cambridge News: Paper apologises over headline gaffe - BBC News", "Dolby estate gives Cambridge University Cavendish lab £85m - BBC News", "'My double life going to work from a homeless hostel' - BBC News", "'Santa's bone' proved to be correct age - BBC News", "Argentina stolen baby reunited with relatives 40 years on - BBC News", "Sean Rigg death: Police will not face charges, CPS rules - BBC News", "Posing as a schoolgirl to expose online groomers - BBC News", "McDonald's hijab row: Teenager says apology 'not enough' - BBC News", "Warning over eating raw dough due to E. coli risk in flour - BBC News", "Jeremy Hunt hits out at Facebook kids' app - BBC News", "Ventura fire: Thousands evacuated in southern California - BBC News", "Russian doping: IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics - BBC Sport", "PC James Dixon: Tributes paid to 'hugely respected' officer killed in crash - BBC News", "Jerusalem: Trump move prompts negative world reaction - BBC News", "Liverpool 7-0 Spartak Moscow - BBC Sport", "N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News", "Peru's ex-President Fujimori taken from jail to hospital - BBC News", "Tropical Storm Tembin: Rescuers search for victims - BBC News", "Philippines Tropical Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao - BBC News", "M40 crash: Two men die and four people injured - BBC News", "Field Farm Fisheries' 'no Polish' sign taken down - BBC News", "North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News", "London Zoo fire kills aardvark 'and meerkats' - BBC News", "Syria war: Assad 'may evacuate cancer children' from Eastern Ghouta - BBC News", "Tropical Storm Tembin: Bridge damage hampers rescuers - BBC News", "Serena Williams to make comeback in Abu Dhabi after giving birth - BBC Sport", "Be 'proportionate' with anti-social powers, councils told - BBC News", "TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News", "UK's Christian heritage stressed in PM's Christmas message - BBC News", "China's huge new amphibious aircraft takes flight - BBC News", "Army halts plans to ditch 'Be the Best' slogan - BBC News", "Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? - BBC News", "Lost Mac the monkey returned to toddler for Christmas - BBC News", "The iPhone at 10: How the smartphone became so smart - BBC News", "'Lonely' WW2 veteran's Christmas card plea answered - BBC News", "Rachel Johnson to take part in Celeb Big Brother - BBC News", "Military keeping UK safe, PM says in Christmas message - BBC News", "Tesco: No edible food will go to waste by February 2018 - BBC News", "Russia elections: Hundreds vote to nominate Navalny - BBC News", "Strictly's Bruno Tonioli in tears on Desert Island Discs - BBC News", "Catalonia election: Spain's King Felipe warns separatists - BBC News", "Bob Givens: Bugs Bunny animator dies aged 99 - BBC News", "MPs hit back at abusive Christmas messages - BBC News", "Trump Turnberry will no longer get business rates relief - BBC News", "London Zoo reopens after aardvark and meerkats die in fire - BBC News", "Free boarding school places for care system pupils - BBC News", "Tunisia bans UAE Emirates airline from landing in Tunis - BBC News", "Philippines country profile - BBC News", "How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - BBC News", "Ashes: Mitchell Starc hits back at James Anderson comments - BBC Sport", "Wagamama apology for 'don't be sick' staff notice - BBC News", "Miss America leaked emails: CEO Sam Haskell and three others quit - BBC News", "Leaders pay tribute to festive workers - BBC News", "Drug dealer arrested after mistaking police car for taxi - BBC News", "Philippines mall fire: Bodycam shows blaze inside - BBC News", "Vice admits 'boy's club' culture fostered sexual harassment - BBC News", "GP warns Santa to 'give sherry a miss' - BBC News", "Garry Monk: Middlesbrough part company with manager despite victory - BBC Sport", "Philippines mall fire: At least 37 feared dead in Davao - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband 'sitting by the phone' - BBC News", "Skiers in French Alps lift ordeal at Chamrousse - BBC News", "Trump UK visit expected in new year, US ambassador says - BBC News", "The world's youngest island - BBC News", "France: Migrants at the frozen border - BBC News", "Birstall house explosion: Woman dies in hospital - BBC News", "Labour clears MP Clive Lewis of sexual harassment - BBC News", "Snow in UK: Your photos of the wintry scenes - BBC News", "Snow in Europe triggers transport chaos - BBC News", "Westfield shopping centres bought in $25bn deal - BBC News", "Skin betting: 'Children as young as 11 introduced to gambling' - BBC News", "UK forecast: Lying snow, ice and freezing fog - BBC News", "Three children die in suspicious house fire in Salford - BBC News", "'Worrying alarm call' for world's birds on brink of extinction - BBC News", "Heat-not-burn tobacco 'is a health risk' - BBC News", "Investigation ordered into 'misleading' festive tickets - BBC News", "Web pioneers plead to cancel US net vote - BBC News", "Michael Gove: I'll make Brexit work for animals too - BBC News", "New York Port Authority attack: Man held after Manhattan blast - BBC News", "Llanelli woman's nudist dating site £50,000 fraud - BBC News", "How hot is it where you are? - BBC News", "After Weinstein, Trump sexual misconduct accusers demand action - BBC News", "'Monster' fatberg to go on display in museum - BBC News", "Margaret Hodge repays £2.97 after Garden Bridge apology - BBC News", "Netflix defends A Christmas Prince tweet - BBC News", "Trump, Twitter and his 'filter bubble' - BBC News", "Donald Tusk calls Brexit talks a furious race against time - BBC News", "UK inflation rate at near six-year high - BBC News", "Alabama Senate election: Roy Moore faces verdict of voters - BBC News", "Baby born with heart outside body 'doing well' - BBC News", "Ceredigion Apprentice winner's product recall - BBC News", "Renting a home: How much space will £100 buy you? - BBC News", "UK forecast: Cold temperatures, ice and freezing fog - BBC News", "NHS to fund baby Oliver's US heart operation - BBC News", "Toni Mascolo, co-founder of salon chain Toni & Guy, dies - BBC News", "UK snow: Forecasters predicting coldest night of year - BBC News", "Will change to organ donor rules mean more transplants? - BBC News", "Keaton Jones: Bullied boy's family faces backlash - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Five questioned over child deaths - BBC News", "Ryanair pilots to strike before Christmas - BBC News", "Oxford teacher investigated for 'misgendering' to sue school - BBC News", "Brighton shoplifter sues Sussex Police over Taser arrest - BBC News", "Salford house fire: Officer's 'heart breaks' for family - BBC News", "Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease - BBC News", "Trump sex harassment accusers demand congressional inquiry - BBC News", "Fears grow across the Atlantic over Brexit fallout - BBC News", "Salford house fire 'targeted attack' - BBC News", "Brexit: Right-to-stay forms 'will only take minutes' - BBC News", "UK service sector growth slows while prices rise - BBC News", "New York bombing suspect Akayed Ullah warned Trump on Facebook - BBC News", "Roy Moore's skittish escape on horseback - BBC News", "DR Congo crisis: On Kasai's hunger road - BBC News", "Row over 'smell of cannabis' police stops - BBC News", "Tyson Fury free to resume boxing career after compromise reached with Ukad - BBC Sport", "Corrie Mckeague: Landfill search for missing airman ends - BBC News", "Keith Chegwin: 'True telly legend' dies aged 60 - BBC News", "Facebook to overhaul Irish tax scheme - BBC News", "Inflation tracker: Will you feel the pinch this Christmas? - BBC News", "Budget 2017: The endless living squeeze - BBC News", "Theresa May says Brexit deal 'good news' for all voters - BBC News", "Marine flare explodes at Waterbeach recycling centre - BBC News", "Woman 'just left to die' in Tulse Hill hit-and-run - BBC News", "UK snow: Travellers struggle as icy conditions persist - BBC News", "One Culture: two generations - BBC News", "Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport", "Salford fatal fire: Family 'won't be broken' - BBC News", "Unilever sells margarine business to KKR for £6bn - BBC News", "US tax bill: Republicans agree sweeping changes - BBC News", "Aberdeen school bus crash driver named by police - BBC News", "Deaths of Canada billionaire Barry Sherman and wife 'suspicious' - BBC News", "Former PM takes on UK-China investment role - BBC News", "December shopper footfall down 'significantly' - BBC News", "Holy cow! 'Stormy' the cow makes a break from live nativity - BBC News", "Tewkesbury homes without water after pipe burst - BBC News", "What is in Republican tax plan? - BBC News", "Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News", "Matthew Petersen: Trump's nominee for judge flubs law test - BBC News", "Fall pensioner, 95, waits six hours for ambulance - BBC News", "The beautiful flower with an ugly past - BBC News", "Santa Barbara evacuated as Thomas flares up again - BBC News", "US Republican tax plan: What you may have missed - BBC News", "Disabled man's cancer care criticised - BBC News", "Tewkesbury: Most homes reconnected with water after burst pipe - BBC News", "Brexit: UK must not be EU 'colony' after Brexit - BBC News", "ARA San Juan: Argentina navy chief sacked after loss of submarine - BBC News", "ANC: Zuma pleads for unity as party picks new leader - BBC News", "Ashes: Steve Smith double century puts Australia in control - BBC Sport", "'Shocking apathy' to fraternity drinking at Pennsylvania university - BBC News", "Salford fire deaths: Siblings 'will be buried side-by-side' - BBC News", "Weinstein 'derailed my career' Sorvino says after Peter Jackson claim - BBC News", "Boy, four, left on school bus tried to walk home - BBC News", "Brexit: EU leaders agree to move talks to next stage - BBC News", "Brexit: Relief for Theresa May but a hard road ahead - BBC News", "Austrian far-right joins coalition led by PM Sebastian Kurz - BBC News", "South Africa's ANC leadership battle: Top candidates - BBC News", "Corrie Mckeague: Reward to find missing airman doubles - BBC News", "Australia's first same sex wedding takes place - BBC News", "North Korea must earn right to talks, says US Secretary of State Tillerson - BBC News", "Austria country profile - BBC News", "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on 19 May 2018 - BBC News", "Student Liam Allan 'betrayed' after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies - BBC News", "Britvic confirms Norwich factory closure - BBC News", "Brexit: Move to head off another Tory rebellion - BBC News", "Rocket rumbles give volcanic insights - BBC News", "King Michael: Romania bids farewell to former monarch - BBC News", "Uber used undercover agents, court letter says - BBC News", "Royal Court U-turn over play axed amid harassment claims - BBC News", "Five drivers traced over fatal Tulse Hill hit-and-run - BBC News", "'Selfieccino' - Putting your face on a coffee - BBC News", "Liam Allan trial: Why disclosure failings can prove crucial - BBC News", "Christmas comes earlier in the UK, data shows - BBC News", "Virginia woman mauled to death by her dogs, police say - BBC News", "Metropolitan Police review of rape cases evidence - BBC News", "GCHQ cyber-spies 'over-achieved' say MPs - BBC News", "Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News", "Surviving period poverty with 'socks and tissue' - BBC News", "Wild animals in travelling circuses banned in Scotland - BBC News", "Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News", "Commonwealth Games: Birmingham set to host 2022 event - BBC Sport", "One teen has been campaigning to end period poverty - BBC News", "UK homes to get faster broadband by 2020 - BBC News", "Damian Green sacked after 'misleading statements' on porn claims - BBC News", "Brexit: Be more patriotic about cheese, says Michael Gove - BBC News", "London: Banks and passporting rights after Brexit - BBC News", "Father's paternity pay rights tested at tribunal - BBC News", "Paul Flynn v Michael Gove over £350m Brexit figure - BBC News", "Grenfell children deliver the alternative Christmas message - BBC News", "Homelessness in England 'a national crisis', say MPs - BBC News", "UN Jerusalem vote: US 'will be taking names' - BBC News", "Damian Green: PM's university friend and political ally sacked - BBC News", "Sheffield arrests over 'alleged UK Christmas terror plot' - BBC News", "Christmas attack: German government admits mistakes in aftermath - BBC News", "Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court - BBC News", "Stepfather jailed over boy's water park drowning - BBC News", "Brexit: Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein suggests second vote - BBC News", "Post Office secures £370m funding from government - BBC News", "Contaminated blood report 'full of lies' - BBC News", "Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her - BBC News", "Mohammed Awan jailed for 10 years for terror plot - BBC News", "UK 'Christmas terror plot': Police searches resume - BBC News", "What's wrong with Rome's Christmas tree? - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein: Ex-assistant criticises gagging orders - BBC News", "IMF downgrades UK growth forecast on Brexit uncertainty - BBC News", "Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day - BBC News", "Brexit 'affecting London's talent pool' - BBC News", "Sesame Street to help Syrian refugees - BBC News", "Derailed US train lacked automatic safety system - BBC News", "Collapse of rape trials appalling, says attorney general - BBC News", "EU laws do not cover Sharia divorce, says ECJ - BBC News", "Catt Sadler: US TV host quits over equal pay dispute - BBC News", "Ex Met detective: Sex cases review will highlight police cuts - BBC News", "Rail strikes due in new year over RMT guards row - BBC News", "Mum carrying terminally-ill baby 'to be a donor' - BBC News", "Heather North, the voice of Scooby-Doo's Daphne, dies at 71 - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant Zelda Perkins speaks to BBC - BBC News", "Dolphin pod living year-round off coast of England - BBC News", "Gifts for babies spending Christmas in hospital - BBC News", "BBC to air more religious programming - BBC News", "MPs debate general topics - BBC News", "Raheem Sterling: hooligan admits racially aggravated attack on Man City winger - BBC Sport", "Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens US aid recipients - BBC News", "Sea turtle found tangled in floating cocaine bales - BBC News", "Brexit: UK plans to soften impact on European banks - BBC News", "Sanremo tornado: Huge waterspout forms off Italian coast - BBC News", "Russia-Trump: Who's who in the drama to end all dramas? - BBC News", "Ashes: Australia on top after day one of second Test in Adelaide - BBC Sport", "N Korea threat prompts Hawaii nuclear siren test - BBC News", "Kaspersky Labs: Warning over Russian anti-virus software - BBC News", "Major fishing nations agree Arctic moratorium - BBC News", "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wow Nottingham crowds on first joint visit - BBC News", "David Cameron: We 'didn't solve' dementia cost challenge - BBC News", "Southampton University in new pay row - BBC News", "Hawaii tests nuclear warning siren - BBC News", "Honduras election: Army given more powers to quash unrest - BBC News", "Parents 'face tension at UK borders over surnames' - BBC News", "Children's commissioner may consider legal action over Universal Credit - BBC News", "Rugby League World Cup: Australia beat England 6-0 to retain trophy - BBC Sport", "Rugby League World Cup: England face Australia in Saturday's final - BBC Sport", "Barclays axes free Kaspersky product as a 'precaution' - BBC News", "Chief vet defends support of larger hen cages - BBC News", "New heart for eight-week-old Charlie Douthwaite - BBC News", "Whirlpool tumble dryers: MPs' anger as replacement ends - BBC News", "How Pussy Riot turned to protest art - BBC News", "A new model for social mobility? - BBC News", "Motorway PC stops van from falling off bridge - BBC News", "Pope uses the 'R' word - BBC News", "Lottery win means couple can marry after 30-year engagement - BBC News", "World Cup draw: England face Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G - BBC Sport", "Reality Check: Will Republican tax plan hurt Trump? - BBC News", "US Republican tax plan: What you may have missed - BBC News", "Dalston bus ticket clash: Eight police officers injured - BBC News", "Social mobility: The worst places to grow up poor - BBC News", "Five Northampton cat deaths linked to 'Croydon cat killer' probe - BBC News", "Crowds shout at ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn at court - BBC News", "Egyptian lawyer jailed for saying women in ripped jeans should be raped - BBC News", "Israel targets Syrian military base - Syrian state TV - BBC News", "Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News", "The strange animal jargon spoken by business people - BBC News", "Car hits pedestrians after Brixton 'altercation' - BBC News", "Alternative for Germany: Police and protesters clash over meeting - BBC News", "How much of your salary is spent on rent? - BBC News", "Murderer William Kerr arrested after absconding from prison - BBC News", "Bryan Singer: Illness forces director to stop work on Freddie Mercury film - BBC News", "Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News", "Samuel Berkley: Family of teenager killed on M67 'heartbroken' - BBC News", "David Dearlove jailed for 1968 Paul Booth murder - BBC News", "Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United - BBC Sport", "Brexit offer 'must be acceptable to Ireland' - BBC News"], "published_date": ["2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-21", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-03", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-17", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-13", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-07", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-25", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-22", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-14", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-10", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-04", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-26", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-18", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-08", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-05", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-27", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-11", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-15", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-23", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-01", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-09", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-19", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-06", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-24", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-12", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-16", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-20", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02", "2017-12-02"], "authors": [["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], [], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"], [], ["https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews"]], "description": ["A senior government interpreter is arrested in Kiev amid claims he passed information on.", "The social network will no longer display a warning icon next to disputed stories.", "Was a former officer after \"payback\" when he disclosed details about a 2008 probe into Damian Green?", "Laurence Soper, 74, is the fourth man convicted of sexual assaults on children at the London school.", "The discount chain has removed box of the brand's tea from an ad after the company complained on Twitter.", "Car manufacturing output for the UK market drops by 28%, while production for export rises.", "The UK's ability to cyber-attack other countries has improved says a Parliament committee report.", "Birmingham will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the most expensive sports event to be held in Britain since London 2012.", "The new ANC leader pledges \"radical economic transformation\" for South Africa.", "There is a widening gap in access to good schools, with the north of England falling further behind.", "The FTSE 100 closed at an all-time high, up 1% with mining stocks featuring prominently.", "Amika George, 18, wants free menstrual products to be given to pupils on free school meals.", "The PM's deputy is asked to resign after making \"inaccurate statements\" after pornographic material was found on his Commons computer.", "Bosses say the move is needed to prepare for the early January spike in demand, but surgeons complain of short notice.", "The soldier appeared at a checkpoint in the South in thick fog, but a search party was in pursuit.", "Prices will go up if the UK leaves the EU without a deal but not if people buy British, says Michael Gove.", "Errington's Dunsyre Blue was named as the most likely source of an E.coli outbreak last year.", "Jeremy Hunt says Damian Green clearly breached ministerial code but that it is a sad moment.", "K-pop fans around the world have been mourning the 27-year-old, who took his own life this week.", "Kate Maltby raised concerns about Damian Green's conduct with aides but Theresa May says she was not told.", "Theresa May said \"a line should be drawn under the issue\" following a Cabinet Office investigation.", "Eyewitness Jim Stoupas describes a vehicle hitting pedestrians in Melbourne.", "Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code.", "Passengers say strong winds and waves meant the vessel started taking on water - and quickly sank.", "Last-minute talks with pension watchdog secure £9.8m pension fund injection, but stores will close.", "A profile of Theresa May's close ally, who has been sacked after he breached the ministerial code.", "Paul Smith had initially denied letting five-year-old Charlie Dunn wander off.", "Chocolate poisoning is a risk to the family dog over the festive season, vets are warning.", "Damian Green's resignation leaves the prime minister a lonelier figure.", "Updates and expert analysis as Spain's restive region elects a new parliament amid a crisis over independence.", "Kaci Sullivan's second child came after he began to transition and start living as a man.", "The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty.", "Terrified shoppers screamed as the woman was stabbed in the store in Skipton during the afternoon.", "Senior minister Damian Green denies claims by a Tory activist that he acted inappropriately.", "A driver who hit pedestrians has \"mental health issues\" but no known terrorism links, police say.", "The Commerce Department's findings on Wednesday could lead to trade duties of almost 300%.", "Speaking in Warsaw, the PM says encouraging people to stay in the UK after Brexit is a key priority.", "Unions call off a planned strike for Friday and action on a number of days in January.", "The US Coast Guard tries to save the animal tangled in line connecting bales of cocaine in the Pacific.", "Catt Sadler says she found out she earned about half as much as her male co-host at E! News.", "Two young men were cleared after Met Police officers failed to disclose crucial evidence.", "The events and allegations that led to Damian Green being sacked as First Secretary of State.", "Almost one in 10 young people rely on goodwill for a bed for weeks on end, says BBC research.", "Patients battling eating disorders in Northern Ireland often have to leave the country for treatment.", "The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he is hopeful his wife will be released soon.", "The US leader says countries thinking of voting against the US in a UN vote could lose financial aid.", "Darren Osborne denies killing one man and injuring others by driving a van into worshippers near a mosque.", "Tina Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years.", "Hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires caused much of the estimated $306bn losses, a report says.", "The ex-UKIP leader says the \"outrage from the liberal elite\" is out of proportion to what happened.", "England face a battle to stay in the second Ashes Test after a Shaun Marsh century puts Australia in command in Adelaide.", "The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.", "A fishing boat overturns after colliding with a 336-tonne tanker off the South Korean coast.", "Nadine Dorries said she shared her log-in passwords with all her staff, triggering security questions.", "Scotland's children's commissioner says the rollout of Universal Credit may be impacting on youngsters' human rights.", "The Indian government is proposing a three-year jail sentence for men who use \"triple talaq\".", "Grace Davies faced boy band Rak-Su in the Sunday night final of the ITV singing contest.", "The bank emailed 290,000 customers on Saturday following warnings about Russian security software.", "The kingdom has always been conservative, but now Saudi Arabia is seen breaking with the past.", "Police were called after banging noises were heard coming from the back of the lorry.", "On Twitter, Nigel Gibbens says the pens are a \"necessary defence\" against bird flu.", "The Pulp singer has fronted a Sunday show since 2010; his slot will now be filled by performer Amy Lame.", "Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome stadium is still standing after Sunday's planned demolition didn't go to plan.", "Whirlpool ends a scheme that had offered cut-price replacements for tumble dryers linked to a fire risk.", "Could a new scheme to help talented students into prestigious US universities show a way to increase social mobility?", "The vehicle was in danger of tumbling to the ground before PC Martin Willis arrived on the scene.", "A £1m Lotto win not only saved a couple's house, it allowed them to get married.", "The British actress says her role is \"awesome\" and she has no plans to give it up.", "The party's chief whip in the Lords says he has not been told he broke the rules but will repay.", "Manchester City come from behind to win their 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham.", "The New York opera house investigating multiple claims of misconduct involving the conductor.", "A bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an attempt to extort from DHL.", "A lorry crashes into two cars when its driver 'falls asleep' at the wheel on the M6.", "Former industrial towns, rural and coastal areas fare worst in \"spiral of ever-growing division\".", "Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term.", "In a Twitter tirade, the president issues a fresh denial that he tried to obstruct an FBI investigation.", "National security adviser HR McMaster says North Korea is the \"greatest immediate threat to the US\".", "Adam and Kayla's visit to the show left the audience \"in bits\". Here's why.", "The government promises to bring in new mental health support teams and improve waiting times.", "The moon appeared larger and brighter in the sky, as it moved closer to Earth.", "Police use water cannon and batons as Alternative for Germany delegates gather to choose leaders.", "Free movement across the Irish border is central to the Good Friday Agreement, former PM tells BBC.", "Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis.", "Samuel Berkley, 14, played for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle.", "Manchester United end Arsenal's run of 12 home league wins despite Paul Pogba being sent off in a thrilling encounter.", "It is the second biggest grossing opening weekend in North America.", "Pep Guardiola says Kevin de Bruyne is helping Manchester City become \"a better institution\" after his display in the win over Spurs.", "Sir Mo Farah is voted Sports Personality of the Year 2017 after winning his third successive world 10,000m title.", "Natalie Lewis-Hoyle's father, the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle, said her death was \"devastating\".", "Imtiaz Mohammed, who had six children, had called his wife to say he was on his way home.", "Barry and Honey Sherman were discovered in the basement of their Toronto home by an estate agent.", "Chan Han Choi, 59, is arrested and charged with breaching sanctions and weapons laws.", "Bradley Lowery, the six-year-old Sunderland mascot who died from cancer, will be recognised with the Helen Rollason Award at Sunday's BBC Sports Personality show.", "The bad weather and rise in online shopping are both factors in the drop, retail researchers say.", "The latest series of The Apprentice came to an end on Sunday night - with a surprise result.", "What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean?", "The prime minister writes in two Sunday newspapers that she has \"proven the doubters wrong\".", "Ryanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday", "The two officers were returning to their police car when they were struck.", "How the cornflower has become the centre of a political controversy in Austria.", "Strong winds drive the Thomas fire - now California's third-biggest on record - towards the coast.", "François Gabart cuts more than six days off the record for fastest solo sail around the globe.", "Hundreds of Dachshunds wearing Christmas jumpers gather for a walk in a Leeds Park.", "Sebastián Piñera returns to serve as Chilean president for a second term, after a clear second-round win.", "A crash in Birmingham in which six people have died is a tragic incident just before Christmas, police say.", "A self-exclusion scheme for addicted gamblers has been put to the test - and been found wanting.", "The specially designed barrel-shaped carriages rotate as it ascends precipitous mountain slopes.", "Hearts end Celtic's 69-game, 585-day unbeaten domestic run with a stunning Scottish Premiership victory at Tynecastle.", "Adm Marcelo Srur is sent into retirement following criticism of the operation to rescue the submarine.", "South Africa's governing party is picking a new head after a bitter leadership battle.", "Rebecca Dykes, a British embassy worker in Beirut, was strangled and sexually assaulted, police say.", "A seventh person was critically injured in the accident in Birmingham involving multiple vehicles.", "A handful of flights depart from the world's busiest airport after an overnight shutdown.", "An extra 900,000 young people could automatically save into a workplace pension under the plans.", "MPs warn plans for new military equipment - including warships and jets - could be at risk.", "Australia's first same sex wedding takes place, eight days after legislation is passed.", "Provides an overview of Austria, including key dates and facts about this central European country.", "The tiny devices are designed to evade prison body scanners, the justice secretary says.", "The renowned scientist behind BBC Two's The Great Egg Race died on Friday, his family says.", "England face defeat in the third Ashes Test after closing day four on 132-4 in their second innings, still 127 runs behind.", "Special barrel-shaped carriages allow the floors to tilt as it climbs.", "A search continues for 15 people missing, after five died in a village in the south of the country.", "An anti-abortion group opposes plans to allow women to take medication to end a pregnancy at home.", "Scientists install sensors at the Kennedy Space Center that would normally be used to monitor volcanoes.", "Family members say they had concerns about the health of the infants before they died.", "Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information provided.", "The drivers of two lorries and three cars have been spoken to after a woman was struck and killed.", "Simon Bramhall admits marking his initials on the livers of two transplant patients.", "Five people - including three boys - died when the stolen car they were in hit a tree in Leeds.", "A sale of Rupert Murdoch's entertainment assets could be confirmed as soon as Thursday, reports say.", "Recently engaged Ms Markle and Prince Harry will attend the church service at the Sandringham estate.", "Ummarayiat Mirza and his wife Madihah Taheer were sentenced to 16 years and 10 years respectively.", "Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome is asked to provide more details after adverse findings show he had double the allowed level of a legal asthma drug in his urine.", "Twitter says it has also identified six referendum-related ads believed to be funded by Russia.", "The pre-paid meals were donated within 10 hours of a campaign being launched to help feed Scotland's rough sleepers.", "Lectures and essays by Islamist extremists have been shared on the Microsoft-owned social network.", "Jurors hear a woman allegedly raped by an MP's aide gave the story to the Sun and the Mail.", "The European Council's president urges EU countries to show \"unity\" in the next phase of talks.", "The move could see driving licences of 2.5 million ex-military personnel stamped with a \"V\" symbol.", "Water bills in England and Wales will fall by between £15 and £25 a year from 2020 onwards, the regulator Ofwat says.", "The president no longer has an aura of invincibility, neither have the Democrats' problems gone away.", "How a baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.", "A baby born in Leicester with her heart beating outside her body is said to be doing well after three operations.", "A PE teacher, who plays for Spurs, is shortlisted in a competition to find the world's best teacher.", "The government faces a potential defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill.", "Ceredigion Apprentice winner Alana Spencer is recalling products over health risks.", "President Trump's populist brand faces a test as he backs a Republican accused of child abuse.", "Oliver's parents had so far raised £130,000 of the £150,000 needed for the life-saving operation.", "University leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which will be published in the next few weeks.", "Labour's Keir Starmer calls the government defeat over the Brexit bill \"humiliating and entirely avoidable\", as David Davis says it will have the effect of compressing the timetable on the UK's exit from the EU.", "Roy Moore's bid for the US Senate was controversial long before he faced sexual misconduct claims.", "Italian-born hairdresser who built his south London salon into a global chain dies", "Some passengers face disruption after 79 Dublin-based pilots and others around Europe plan walkouts.", "The US central bank has moved to increase interest rates for the third time this year.", "William and Harry joined cast and crew of The Last Jedi at London's Royal Albert Hall.", "Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage criticises \"Theresa the appeaser\" as MEPs back move to next phase of talks.", "A house fire in Salford which killed three children was a \"targeted attack\", police have said.", "A man and a woman are accused of murdering three children who died in a house fire in Salford.", "Akayed Ullah, 27, faces a series of terror charges over Monday's bus terminal attack in New York.", "The former lawyer who painted Alabama blue for the first time since 1992 in the fight for a Senate seat.", "Roy Moore's skittish escape happened after he appeared at an Alabama polling site to cast his vote.", "Fergal Keane reveals the crisis in DR Congo's Kasai region, where millions face starvation.", "Loyalist paramilitaries decided who would carry out a shooting by flipping a coin, a court hears.", "But hours later the White House says Trump's views \"had not changed\" and N Korea must first disarm.", "Some officers disagree with guidance not to search people purely because they smell of cannabis.", "The blood cancer specialist used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims and was jailed for 22 years.", "Three-year-old Lia Pearson died after the fire - thought to have been a targeted attack - in Salford.", "Scottish Labour gives its former leader a written warning over her appearance on the reality TV show.", "USA Today's unusually savage opinion also charged the president with an \"utter lack of morality\".", "The reliably frozen Arctic is history, say scientists who warn of an unprecedented rate of warming.", "Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced.", "The Hollywood mogul said sexual allegations made by the Mexican actress are \"not accurate\"", "The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons.", "The singer is honoured at Buckingham Palace for services to music and charity.", "The murders of Noel Brown and his daughter Marie could be linked to a sex attack in 1999, police say.", "The Star Wars actress says becoming famous has made her reconsider how she lives her life.", "The chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank says the capital will \"take hits\" from Brexit.", "Many regional newspapers condemn the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.", "The full text of the US president's speech in which he recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.", "Philippe Coutinho scores a hat-trick as Liverpool thump Spartak Moscow to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time since 2009.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.", "Disability groups call for apology after Philip Hammond's comments on disabled people and work.", "Rail and ferry services are cancelled and dozens of schools are closed as the storm passes.", "Bafta-nominated Dexter Fletcher will take on Bohemian Rhapsody following the firing of Bryan Singer.", "Theresa May is urged not to allow Eurosceptic MPs in her party to \"dictate the terms\" of the talks.", "It will hope to get a major boost from hosting the year-long celebration of arts and performance.", "The city's importance explained, as the controversial US embassy move to the city goes ahead.", "There are \"serious ideas\" on the table, a source says, as talks over the Irish border go into the night.", "The Democrat admits no wrongdoing, calls himself a \"champion of women\" and attacks President Trump.", "Talks to end an impasse continue, with the European Council chief set to address the issue on Friday.", "The taxi app firm failed to respond to official requests about its management, the city council says.", "The first UK performance of the Broadway hit leaves audience members singing the musical's praises.", "Salvator Mundi, reputedly by Leonardo da Vinci, was sold for a record sum in New York this month.", "Lord Bassam is to stand down in New Year amid scrutiny of his travel claims.", "Women and men who broke silence on sexual harassment and abuse are named Time's Person of the Year.", "EU and UK sources suddenly sound more cheerful - but the DUP are not yet fully on board.", "\"Extraordinarily able\" Lavinia Woodward was given a suspended term for stabbing her boyfriend.", "The highest rise in carrying excess weight occurs between the ages of seven and 11, data suggests.", "An algorithm developed by the DeepMind team claims victory against a world-beating AI chess program.", "Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched operations on his patients.", "Some 200,000 residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared for a new blaze in San Diego", "Fire crews took an hour to free the man who \"could have suffocated\" in the prank.", "There was no clear evidence of sexual abuse, a pathologist tells the toddler's inquest.", "Labour calls it a \"shambles\" but David Davis says impact assessments would be of \"near zero\" use.", "Dozens of passengers were aboard the 09:48 London to Hull service when the engine failed.", "Same-sex marriage will become legal in Australia after MPs passed a historic bill.", "The digital currency has seen its value more than double in the last month in a volatile journey.", "The move comes after a mother raised concerns about the potential fire hazard on Facebook.", "Why do pupils not attend school? BBC Stories has been finding out.", "The foreign secretary's trip to Tehran will see him urge the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.", "Brexit Secretary David Davis had previously said the government had done 57 studies on 85% of the UK economy about the impact of Brexit.", "Footage captures the moment a motorist stops to rescue a wild animal amid California wildfires.", "The Queen described \"HMS Queen Elizabeth\" as the best of British technology and innovation", "Captain Jerry Kyd said the commissioning of the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was \"a proud day\".", "Models who have been sexually harassed while working tell the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme their stories.", "Drivers filmed the flames on the 405 near Bel Air, as firefighters continue to battle the blaze.", "The BBC's Lyse Doucet explains what the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital means for peace.", "Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off.", "The baby was handed over in a plastic bag but his parents saw him move on their way to his funeral.", "The family of Sean Rigg, who died at Brixton police station, call the decision \"shameful\".", "Mohammed Abdallah received help to travel to Syria from his brother in Manchester.", "After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out.", "Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Lionel Messi on five Ballon d'Or awards by winning the 2017 title.", "The UK's biggest High Street bookmaker is in \"detailed\" talks about being taken over by online rival GVC.", "British armed forces will \"bring destruction\" to jihadists, says Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson.", "The Electoral Commission is investigating Labour-backing Momentum over spending at the 2017 election.", "Dissident republican jailed for more than 11 years for plotting attack during prince's visit to Ireland.", "All the latest headlines from across Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.", "Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital is met with a wave of disapproval.", "A report into the crash which killed seven people claims \"stronger windows\" could have saved lives.", "The Porthcawl Christmas morning swim is in its 53rd year and takes place on Sandy Bay.", "In her Christmas broadcast, she hails emergency service workers and those caught up in 2017 tragedies.", "Karen Anvil's image, which she put on Twitter, was liked almost 4,000 times and stoked media interest.", "The Pope will give his traditional \"Urbi et Orbi\" (\"to the city and the world\") address on Monday.", "At least 150 people are evacuated after being trapped for several hours in gondolas in Chamrousse.", "One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11.", "The owner of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught Polish anglers stealing fish.", "It ploughed into a subway entrance, leaving at least four people dead, Russian media say.", "Storm Tembin killed at least 240 people when it battered the Philippines on its way to Vietnam.", "Launched by comedian Sarah Millican, the hashtag hopes to bring people together on Christmas Day.", "Light snowfall has been recorded by the Met Office in Cumbria and parts of south Scotland.", "Former world number one Serena Williams will play her first match since giving birth in September in Abu Dhabi next week.", "A man dies after a BMW being followed by a police car crashes into a bus stop in Liverpool.", "Children's toys, games, clothes and food were among the items stolen from an Oxford house.", "Catalonia's sacked President, Carles Puigdemont, has bet everything on a split from Spain.", "The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways.", "Recently engaged Ms Markle and Prince Harry will attend the church service at the Sandringham estate.", "China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong.", "Christians from around the world gather at the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve.", "Vitaly Mutko, who has stood down temporarily, was banned from the Olympics for life over doping.", "The arguments nearly a century ago over the use of leaded petrol.", "Tim Harford tells the surprising story of how the iPhone became a truly revolutionary technology.", "People began a race to unite toddler Finn with Mac the monkey in time for Christmas.", "Heather Menzies-Urich's son Ryan said she was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago.", "Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gather to nominate him for presidential elections.", "A man crashed into the entrance of the SPD's headquarters in Berlin on Christmas Eve.", "The Church of England's most senior cleric focuses on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of \"populist leaders\" in 2017.", "Felipe VI of Spain says separatist leaders must act responsibly after their election success.", "Prince Harry and fiancee Meghan Markle, join the Queen at church in Sandringham.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.", "Crowds gather to watch the Royal Family arrive at the Christmas church service in Sandringham.", "Susan Horrod, 70, always kept the photograph of her late husband in her handbag.", "Bob Givens was behind the design of many of the 20th Century's most famous animated characters", "The US president's golf resort in South Ayrshire had previously received business rates relief of more than £100,000.", "Ten people were killed in the bomb blast near the compound in the capital Kabul, officials say.", "The move comes after Tunisian women reported being stopped from boarding flights to the Gulf nation.", "The regional election fails to quell calls for independence from Spain, Kevin Connolly reports.", "Designed in 1775, the S-bend was key to the flushing toilet, and public sanitation as we know it.", "Noodle chain manager took \"highly unusual approach\" over festive staff shortage fears in London branch.", "The actress is the first female Doctor to appear in the BBC TV programme.", "Surrey pace bowler Tom Curran will make his England Test debut against Australia on Boxing Day, replacing the injured Craig Overton.", "Euston Station in London has become a banqueting hall for 200 homeless people on Christmas Day.", "The actress can now help modernise the monarchy alongside Prince Harry.", "The Wisconsin teen was convicted of helping stab a classmate to please the horror character in 2014.", "US ambassador Nikki Haley says a UN Security Council resolution sends a clear warning to North Korea.", "The 'iconic' design will replace the burgundy passports that have been in use for almost 30 years.", "Boris Johnson and Sergei Lavrov clash over cyber-attacks but also trade jokes after talks in Moscow.", "The iconic clock will temporarily resume service on December 23 until New Year's Day.", "The discount chain has removed box of the brand's tea from an ad after the company complained on Twitter.", "Boris Johnson is the first UK foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years.", "As missile tests become more frequent, how do South Korea, Japan and the US plan to stop an attack?", "The executive chairman of Google-owner Alphabet will remain on the board as a technical adviser.", "Amazon has apologised to a customer, who believed he was sent coded death threats by an employee.", "After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, 8 million people are at risk of starvation.", "Some train companies are urging passengers to travel by Saturday as maintenance work halts trains.", "The UK PM said Russia was trying to \"undermine free societies\" in the West and \"sow discord\".", "Johanna Young was 14 when she disappeared from home in Watton at Christmas in 1992.", "Bosses say the move is needed to prepare for the early January spike in demand, but surgeons complain of short notice.", "A rise in terror attacks in Europe has brought the UK closer to its European partners despite Brexit, says MI5.", "Tina Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years.", "MPs want deposits on plastic bottles and a higher levy on packaging to protect the seas from pollution.", "Roberto Firmino earns Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter in which Arsenal score three goals in just five minutes.", "Huge crowds were at Birmingham Central Mosque for the funeral of 33-year-old Imtiaz Mohammed.", "Kate Maltby raised concerns about Damian Green's conduct with aides but Theresa May says she was not told.", "Theresa May said \"a line should be drawn under the issue\" following a Cabinet Office investigation.", "Theresa May watched the manoeuvre from the cockpit during her journey from Cyprus.", "A 26-year-old man jailed in 2013 for rape has his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.", "M&S, Waitrose and Asda all publish the figures as part of a drive to cut the use of antibiotics.", "Australia's prime minister says the attack was \"shocking\" but there were no known extremist links.", "The PM says Russia is trying to \"undermine free societies\" in the West and \"sow discord\".", "Automated chatbot \"Sweetie\" can handle thousands of conversations and send warnings to perpetrators.", "The discovery of the first Allied submarine lost in World War One solves Australia's oldest naval mystery.", "Eight men are arrested over the largest seizure of the drug in national history.", "Updates and expert analysis as Spain's restive region elects a new parliament amid a crisis over independence.", "Russia is accused of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors.", "Terrified shoppers screamed as the woman was stabbed in the store in Skipton during the afternoon.", "Senior minister Damian Green denies claims by a Tory activist that he acted inappropriately.", "The Sicilian suspect injected air into patients' veins to earn cash from a funeral parlour, police say.", "Mum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was stabbed while working at the Skipton store on Thursday.", "The British singer tops the festive chart with Perfect after holding off a challenge - from himself.", "Sam Kyme wanted a new life for her boys with her sister's family in Australia after her death.", "The PM insists she is \"in it for the long-term\" and shrugs off claims she has had a bad year.", "The UK's biggest High Street bookmaker is bought by GVC, owner of Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo.", "The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he is hopeful his wife will be released soon.", "Treasury Select Committee says “temporary standstill agreement” will be necessary to ease business concerns.", "Simon Bramhall admits marking his initials on the livers of two transplant patients.", "Matthew Price meets Grenfell families six months on from the fire", "Commission set up by murdered MP Jo Cox says nine million adults in the UK are affected.", "Scientists established how much rain fell by measuring how much the Earth compressed during the storm.", "A Home Office policy of deporting EU nationals found sleeping rough must stop, the High Court rules.", "Deals on electrical household appliances boosted sales in November, official figures suggest.", "Some 15% of students had used marijuana, 12.1% had vaped but only 5% had smoked, found a study.", "Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour.", "A memorial service for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire is held at St Paul's Cathedral", "Medecins Sans Frontieres' estimate far exceeds the official figure and includes more than 700 children.", "Dublin City Council votes to revoke Aung Sang Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award.", "The government lost a key vote, and it's a big deal.", "A service at St Paul's Cathedral was held to honour the 71 victims of the fire.", "The finance secretary is expected to announce tax increases for middle and higher earners.", "Theresa May confirms UK participation in student exchange will continue for a period after Brexit.", "Paul believed the photos of his late mother had been destroyed in the Grenfell Tower blaze.", "University leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which will be published in the next few weeks.", "The US central bank has moved to increase interest rates for the third time this year.", "A US regulator votes to ease restrictions preventing ISPs prioritising some services' data over others'.", "Doctors use gene therapy to correct the defect that causes haemophilia A.", "Royal Family members joined the bereaved at the London memorial to pay tribute to the 71 victims.", "At least four children died and at least 18 people were hurt in the collision in southern France.", "Survivors of the tower fire which claimed 71 lives attend a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral.", "A unique NHS service helping Grenfell survivors has found high levels of mental trauma.", "Widespread use of the practice in England and Wales is not acceptable, says watchdog report.", "Most NHS trusts in England will publish information on deaths caused by failings in patient care by 2018.", "Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates.", "There is \"no evidence\" that the third Ashes Test between Australia and England has been \"corrupted\", says the International Cricket Council.", "Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage criticises \"Theresa the appeaser\" as MEPs back move to next phase of talks.", "A third person charged over the deaths of four children has appeared in court.", "Loyalist paramilitaries decided who would carry out a shooting by flipping a coin, a court hears.", "Jayda Fransen re-arrested after appearing in court while Paul Golding was arrested outside the courtroom.", "The Bank of England says progress in Brexit talks is likely to boost household and business confidence.", "There were a huge range of emotions at the St Paul's Cathedral service to remember the 71 Grenfell fire victims.", "The secretary of state appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department.", "Three-year-old Lia Pearson died after the fire - thought to have been a targeted attack - in Salford.", "Scottish Labour gives its former leader a written warning over her appearance on the reality TV show.", "Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced.", "The Hollywood mogul said sexual allegations made by the Mexican actress are \"not accurate\"", "If you missed the annual Geminid meteor shower, cameras captured the celestial display over China.", "The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons.", "An unknown number are in prison, with some serving long sentences and others sentenced to death.", "Police are trying to track down the gang of men responsible for the \"vicious and prolonged attack\".", "Snow has fallen across the UK, causing disruption for some and fun for others. Here are some of your photos.", "Salvador Sobral, who won this year's contest for Portugal, is doing well, surgeons in Lisbon say.", "Protests against US President Donald Trump's controversial decision turn ugly again in Beirut.", "BBC Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the weather for Monday and Tuesday.", "England Lions batsman Ben Duckett is suspended from playing for the rest of their tour of Australia after pouring a drink over James Anderson in a Perth bar.", "The teenagers, who are suspected to have taken ecstasy, were found collapsed in the early hours.", "A teaching union compares energy drinks to “legal highs” and says pupils are consuming them in “excessive quantities.”", "The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering.", "PM Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi troops are now in complete control of the country.", "The city's importance explained, as the controversial US embassy move to the city goes ahead.", "Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.", "Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during meeting.", "People shelter in a sweet shop amid protests after Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital", "Residents of an Australian town are being overwhelmed by thousands of flying foxes.", "Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.", "Impromptu stage appearance after smoke alarm disrupts first performance at revamped Perth Theatre", "Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Ican's Beatrice Fihn appears to refer to the North Korean crisis.", "An 18-year-old man was being questioned by police following the pair's deaths in hospital.", "The move will help safeguard thousands of jobs at BAE Systems, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.", "The Thomas fire is the fifth largest blaze in recorded state history and has grown significantly.", "A German village is sold for a bargain price at auction", "A mummy dating back about 3,500 years is among items discovered in the two tombs.", "The Brexit secretary says he wants a tariff-free trade deal, as Labour suggests paying for market access.", "James DeGale says he will \"go back to the drawing board\" after his shock defeat by American Caleb Truax at London's Copper Box Arena.", "Germany's spy agency says China is using the site to gather information on politicians.", "The disgraced former celebrity publicist collapsed in prison in Cambridgeshire.", "The BBC's Lyse Doucet explains what the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital means for peace.", "Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off.", "Romelu Lukaku could be the most important player on the pitch in Sunday's Manchester derby, says Owen Hargreaves.", "A snowstorm and a signal error left 35 people dead and 179 hurt in North Lanarkshire in 1937.", "Motorists are warned of \"treacherous\" road conditions in many parts of the UK.,", "A warning has been issued by the Met Office advising significant snowfall on Sunday", "China has been building what it calls \"the world's biggest camera surveillance network\".", "The winner of the ITV show was crowned by Ant and Dec on Sunday evening.", "Heavy snow and flooding hits roads and rail and leaves about 900 homes without power.", "The 66-year-old singer-songwriter, whose hits include Driving Home for Christmas, is in hospital.", "After the visit, North Korea said it has agreed to better communication with the UN in future.", "Ben Duckett is dropped from an Ashes tour game and also suspended after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.", "Jose Mourinho says Manchester United's title hopes are \"probably over\" after their 2-1 loss to \"lucky\" Manchester City.", "Jo Johnson wants to change a system where three-year degrees have \"crowded out\" anything else.", "Weather affects travel and leads to power cuts, with hundreds of schools set to stay closed on Monday.", "Indian star Zaira Wasim, 17, says she was touched inappropriately on a flight from Delhi.", "Israel's prime minister says Jerusalem has \"never been the capital of any other people\".", "Hundreds of leather-clad bikers follow the French singer's coffin down the Champs-Elysees.", "The main opposition contender accuses electoral authorities of tampering with the results.", "The ex-UKIP leader says the \"outrage from the liberal elite\" is out of proportion to what happened.", "John Dardis didn't let his injury spoil the romance - popping the question while waiting for paramedics.", "As Brexit looms, we visit Belfast's peace walls, and meet those working to unite both sides in uncertain times.", "The former Scottish Labour leader was the second person to leave the I'm a Celebrity camp.", "Tim Wilson addressed his partner directly during a debate on legalising same-sex marriage.", "Nadine Dorries said she shared her log-in passwords with all her staff, triggering security questions.", "This can help to warm up winter air before it is breathed in and reduce the risk of an attack.", "Arlene Foster has said the DUP will not allow a Brexit deal that allows 'regulatory divergence' from the UK.", "Host Dermot O'Leary reveals the name concealed in a gold envelope.", "Leo Varadkar says UK had agreed a form of words on border, and Ireland is disappointed at lack of deal.", "Money earmarked for schools and hospitals was used for commemorative T-shirts, a report says.", "North Korea accuses them of \"begging for nuclear war\", days after it fired its 'highest' missile.", "The Information Commissioner's Office says it is making enquiries about MPs giving staff their logins.", "Grace Davies faced boy band Rak-Su in the Sunday night final of the ITV singing contest.", "Police were called after banging noises were heard coming from the back of the lorry.", "The veteran actor starred in major Bollywood hits as well as several British and US films.", "Two men put the victim in a headlock and strangled him until he apologised for being gay.", "The Ministry of Defence planned to destroy the dogs because it said they were too aggressive to rehome.", "The French president's wife got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in her country.", "Theresa May says there will be more Brexit talks this week and she is \"confident that we will conclude this positively\".", "The sensitive, streetwise soul of Jorja Smith has earned her the Brits Critics' Choice award.", "Australia finish day three of the second Ashes Test with a lead of 268 runs after an England batting collapse in Adelaide.", "\"I only saw her last Monday,\" says the star, who was estranged from his mother for several years.", "Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome stadium is still standing after Sunday's planned demolition didn't go to plan.", "President Maduro says the Petro crypto-currency will be backed by the country's oil and gas wealth.", "Cressida Dick says confidential information should be respected and that there could be prosecutions.", "The vehicle was hanging over the bridge on the A1 in Yorkshire.", "Manchester City come from behind to win their 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham.", "The New York opera house investigating multiple claims of misconduct involving the conductor.", "A bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an attempt to extort from DHL.", "Former Ampleforth College head teacher Father Leo Chamberlain denies influencing a boy's parents.", "Brussels is in an upbeat mood as the UK PM arrives for Brexit talks, says the BBC's Katya Adler.", "The car had been on a 999 call and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene in Haringey.", "The Nour al-Din al-Zinki group in Syria took funds through a UK-backed project, BBC Panorama finds.", "Taiwan's Chinese Culture University says the phenomenon breaks the record held by the UK.", "US social media giant says 2,300 people will work for the company in the UK by the end of 2018.", "A lorry crashes into two cars when its driver 'falls asleep' at the wheel on the M6.", "The court heard Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" during a drunken rampage in Harrow.", "Jade Statt was inspired after walking past a rough sleeper and his dog on a night out.", "Riot-trained \"Tornado\" squad officers were called in to deal with violence among inmates on one wing.", "Scientists working on the BBC's Blue Planet II series talk of their dismay at the spread of discarded plastic.", "Half of the proceeds from the sale of the 709 carat gem will be invested in the local community.", "Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term.", "In a Twitter tirade, the president issues a fresh denial that he tried to obstruct an FBI investigation.", "Dr Alison Armour told an inquest she believed Poppi had been sexually assaulted.", "The moon appeared larger and brighter in the sky, as it moved closer to Earth.", "Prominent blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a bomb attack which shocked the nation.", "A foreign aid scheme is suspended by the government, following a BBC Panorama investigation.", "Rolling updates as the UK and the EU seek to make a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland border.", "England batsman Alex Hales will not face a criminal charge over an incident outside a nightclub in September and is available for selection.", "Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis.", "There is a worldwide ban on publishing anything revealing Jon Venables' current identity.", "The presenter says he will not take part in this year's holiday specials after offensive remarks.", "In her Christmas broadcast, she hails emergency service workers and those caught up in 2017 tragedies.", "The Formula 1 driver appeared to say the boy's outfit makes him \"so sad\" in an Instagram video.", "Karen Anvil's image, which she put on Twitter, was liked almost 4,000 times and stoked media interest.", "The two men, both key missile developers, are said to be among Kim Jong-un's most trusted aides.", "David Warner and Steve Smith help Australia close on 244-3 on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG.", "It ploughed into a subway entrance, leaving at least four people dead, Russian media say.", "Storm Tembin killed at least 240 people when it battered the Philippines on its way to Vietnam.", "A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern day USA, but were there historical clues that pointed to his unexpected victory?", "Launched by comedian Sarah Millican, the hashtag hopes to bring people together on Christmas Day.", "Light snowfall has been recorded by the Met Office in Cumbria and parts of south Scotland.", "Laura Plummer is jailed for three years after being accused of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt.", "Previous spending and the income squeeze will hit the traditional Christmas season, a survey suggests.", "Vitaly Mutko, who has stood down temporarily, was banned from the Olympics for life over doping.", "London School of Economics students set up a Free Speech Society in response to what they say is increasing censorship on university campuses. What's behind the row?", "Heather Menzies-Urich's son Ryan said she was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago.", "Footage shows officers separating teenagers at a London shopping centre during the Boxing Day sales.", "The officer was responding to a call out when his vehicle was in collision with a car on Christmas Day.", "Met Police officers cordon off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser.", "Meet the leading impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.", "", "Snow storms sweep states from Midwest to Northeast, breaking snowfall records in some parts.", "Harry Kane grabs another hat-trick and breaks the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year as Tottenham thrash Southampton.", "Nearly two-thirds (63%) of university students believe the National Union of Students is right to have a \"no platforming\" policy, a Victoria Derbyshire programme survey suggests.", "The Church of England's most senior cleric focuses on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of \"populist leaders\" in 2017.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.", "Crowds gather to watch the Royal Family arrive at the Christmas church service in Sandringham.", "Prince Harry and fiancee Meghan Markle, join the Queen at church in Sandringham.", "Footage from state TV shows a power grid tower brought down in Hubei Province.", "Fewer people went bargain hunting, following Black Friday discounts and online shopping.", "Mother who snapped hugely popular picture of royals hopes to use proceeds for daughter's education.", "Experts believe the pork pie was developed as a portable snack for hunters.", "Up to 60 academics say they oppose \"the agenda\" of a project assessing the ethics of empire.", "The actress is the first female Doctor to appear in the BBC TV programme.", "Thousands of swimmers, many in fancy dress, brave the chilly waters around the English coast.", "The sister of jailed Briton Laura Plummer tells the BBC her crime was born out of kindness.", "Ian Paterson was jailed for 20 years for wounding with intent after needless operations.", "Euston Station in London has become a banqueting hall for 200 homeless people on Christmas Day.", "Bijan Ebrahimi was considered an \"attention seeker\" when he reported crimes against him, the police watchdog says.", "It is the second biggest grossing opening weekend in North America.", "The leader of a review into building regulations after Grenfell is 'shocked' by safety practices.", "Sir Mo Farah is voted Sports Personality of the Year 2017 after winning his third successive world 10,000m title.", "Natalie Lewis-Hoyle's father, the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle, said her death was \"devastating\".", "South Africa's deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is the new leader of the ANC.", "Nearly 50 guests were evacuated as fire tore through the Gateway to Wales Hotel in Deeside.", "The leader and deputy of a far-right British political group's Twitter accounts are frozen.", "He outlines \"four pillars\" of new plan, which no longer labels climate change a threat.", "A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove.", "Imtiaz Mohammed, who had six children, had called his wife to say he was on his way home.", "The latest series of The Apprentice came to an end on Sunday night - with a surprise result.", "Liam Allan's trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.", "The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior female bishop appointed by the Church of England.", "What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean?", "The family of Rebecca Dykes, killed in Beirut, have spoken of their loss.", "Ryanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday", "The Everton striker said he was made to feel welcome at the garden centre where he is working.", "There are more ways to be banned from Twitter as it expands what it considers hateful behaviour.", "The law firm says the BBC breached confidentiality by misusing and publishing details within the documents.", "A report finds evidence of \"institutional racism\" in the case of murdered refugee Bijan Ebrahimi.", "Some prisoners live in dirty and dangerous cells that should be condemned, a leaked report says.", "Three other people, including a child, were treated in hospital after the blaze at the Cameron House Hotel.", "Provides an overview of Lebanon, including key dates and facts about this Middle Eastern country.", "Watch as Sir Mo Farah wins the 2017 Sports Personality of the Year award.", "Sebastián Piñera returns to serve as Chilean president for a second term, after a clear second-round win.", "The sister of murdered Bijan Ebrahimi welcomes a report which found evidence of institutional racism.", "The Commission says Ikea may have been given an unfair tax advantage in the Netherlands.", "The head of the UK's Infrastructure Commission says mobile phone and broadband coverage is deplorable.", "Rebecca Dykes, a British embassy worker in Beirut, was strangled and sexually assaulted, police say.", "Advertising standards watchdog has had complaints about Amazon delivery promises and may investigate.", "British heart doctors are warning that thousands of people who misuse anabolic steroids are putting themselves at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes.", "A handful of flights depart from the world's busiest airport after an overnight shutdown.", "Three police officers and a PCSO failed to act on complaints of a disabled man 48 hours before he was brutally murdered, a court hears.", "Actor Terence Beesley, 60, was found collapsed at his home in Somerset.", "Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below.", "Sir Mo Farah says he was shocked to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017 and \"never thought I would win having come so close before\".", "The elderly occupant refused to hand over cash to the intruder, police say.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter will attend the London school in the new year.", "It's the regulator's first investigation since taking over responsibility for BBC standards.", "Heavy fog and repair work on a runway at Manchester Airport led to all flights being temporarily suspended.", "The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.", "Live: The BBC's Brexitcast podcast", "There are reports of fatalities after the train fell from a bridge on to the road in Washington state.", "A total of 53 phones were recovered by police after the show at the Arena Birmingham.", "One of the last two men hanged in the UK was mentally unstable - but his lawyers didn't plead diminished responsibility. So was it a miscarriage of justice?", "US personnel respond as a man drives through a checkpoint near to an aircraft at RAF Mildenhall.", "Jay-Z halted a concert in California for a fan who has survived cancer twice.", "Further details have emerged about the man accused of being an economic agent for North Korea.", "The tiny devices are designed to evade prison body scanners, the justice secretary says.", "Wendy Thomas hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK via the Channel tunnel.", "A study accuses Russian-linked Twitter accounts of exploiting four terrorist attacks to divide the UK.", "People would rather talk to their colleagues about sex and money worries than mental health problems, says survey.", "Rates fell for both men and women, although men still account for three-quarters of cases.", "Australia regain the Ashes with an innings-and-41-run win over England in the third Test in Perth.", "Special barrel-shaped carriages allow the floors to tilt as it climbs.", "Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information provided.", "Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge in Washington state after a train derailed.", "Updates as they came in after European Commission recommended \"sufficient progress\" had been made in Brexit talks.", "The government and the EU might be claiming success today – but as Donald Tusk said, the tough stuff starts now.", "Many regional newspapers condemn the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.", "More than 30 firefighters are tackling the blaze at Cairneyhill Primary School near Dunfermline.", "Police arrest a man in the House of Lords after a debate is interrupted by shouting.", "The window display appeared at a republican group's office in Londonderry in October.", "University student Averil Hart's family say she starved herself to death in 10 weeks.", "The Prime Minister said the deal has been struck after 'some tough conversations'", "Authorities are using Calvin Kleins and humorous videos to warn consumers over Christmas counterfeits.", "Travel difficulties and safety issues as a result of the \"worst snow storms since 2013\".", "No 10 has reached a critical short-term goal, and moved on from embarrassment to a temporary conclusion.", "Hackers targeted a Slovenian mining exchange in order to steal thousands of Bitcoin.", "Despite news of a \"breakthrough\" deal, companies want certainty about EU citizens living in the UK.", "It will hope to get a major boost from hosting the year-long celebration of arts and performance.", "The city's importance explained, as the controversial US embassy move to the city goes ahead.", "Mohammed Abdallah received help to travel to Syria from his brother Abdalraouf, who set up a Manchester \"hub\".", "Reality Check examines some of the key lines in the agreement document.", "The Democrat admits no wrongdoing, calls himself a \"champion of women\" and attacks President Trump.", "There are \"serious ideas\" on the table, a source says, as talks over the Irish border go into the night.", "The taxi app firm failed to respond to official requests about its management, the city council says.", "Talks to end an impasse continue, with the European Council chief set to address the issue on Friday.", "Three in 10 elite footballers may be affected by exercise-induced asthma, a study has found.", "EU and UK sources suddenly sound more cheerful - but the DUP are not yet fully on board.", "Charlie Douthwaite was the youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list.", "The road was shut in both directions for more than four hours amid concerns for a man on a bridge.", "A passenger won a legal case against Northern, but was left waiting for about £300.", "Terry Adams had previously claimed paying back the money would breach his human rights.", "Some 200,000 residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared for a new blaze in San Diego", "BBC Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler analyses the government's handling of the Irish border.", "Inspectors find areas of the west London jail are strewn with litter, which is attracting rats.", "Details of a new proposal are expected to be set out within the hour following the meeting.", "The attack, said to have been sparked by a succession feud, leaves three people dead.", "Labour calls it a \"shambles\" but David Davis says impact assessments would be of \"near zero\" use.", "Fire crews took an hour to free the man who \"could have suffocated\" in the prank.", "Young people are taking out loans to pay for fees without effective help or advice, a watchdog says.", "Many women benefit from the use of vaginal mesh and they should have a choice, surgeons say.", "The Border Force warns shoppers to be on the look-out for counterfeit products.", "The move comes after a mother raised concerns about the potential fire hazard on Facebook.", "Why do pupils not attend school? BBC Stories has been finding out.", "The foreign secretary's trip to Tehran will see him urge the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.", "The pair used the ammonia to target \"petite women\" who would not be able to fight back.", "Footage captures the moment a motorist stops to rescue a wild animal amid California wildfires.", "The EU-UK deal leaves a lot of questions unanswered but it goes some way to securing Theresa May's position.", "Trading in the digital currency remains volatile after hitting a new record high on Friday.", "The BBC's Lyse Doucet explains what the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital means for peace.", "Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off.", "The Queen described \"HMS Queen Elizabeth\" as the best of British technology and innovation", "DUP leader Arlene Foster says substantive changes to proposed text for a deal with the EU were made.", "A warning has been issued by the Met Office advising significant snowfall on Sunday", "The King of Norway's former son-in-law accuses Spacey of groping him at a Nobel Peace Prize concert.", "After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out.", "The parents of a boy, six, who died from meningitis B have called on all children to be vaccinated.", "Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Lionel Messi on five Ballon d'Or awards by winning the 2017 title.", "The head of the Catholic Church calls for a better translation of a phrase about temptation.", "EU Commission says Brexit discussions can move on to the next phase, as \"sufficient progress\" has occurred.", "The grime artist caps a huge year by taking home the main prize at the 2017 BBC Music Awards.", "The PM needs to square the Democratic Unionists, the Dublin government and her own party. And smartish.", "Unionists are sceptical border trade harmonisation may be the thin end of an Irish unity wedge.", "Saint Lucia, Barbados and South Korea are among 17 territories labelled as tax havens by Brussels.", "Anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia died in an explosion in October.", "Conservative MP Heidi Allen was in tears after Labour's Frank Field's speech.", "Kamal Ahmed and Tina Daheley are among BBC journalists who will take part in events targeted at pupils.", "A carer who attacked a 90-year-old with a knife and hammer had a previous assault conviction.", "The Manchester Arena bomber had been a \"subject of interest\" of the security services, a review says.", "Because seemingly we can all relate to man who \"needs his nuggs\".", "Charlie Dunn's stepfather Paul Smith had denied any wrongdoing when the five year old drowned in a pool.", "Sex offenders learn how young people communicate online and use this to abuse them, police say.", "Arlene Foster has said the DUP will not allow a Brexit deal that allows 'regulatory divergence' from the UK.", "Leo Varadkar says UK had agreed a form of words on border, and Ireland is disappointed at lack of deal.", "The world's largest social network launches Messenger Kids, its first app aimed at children under 13.", "Money earmarked for schools and hospitals was used for commemorative T-shirts, a report says.", "A police officer who says he found pornography on a Westminster computer is threatening legal action.", "Get back to basics with the issues behind the talks - and the people they affect.", "Internet users join forces to buy Mothe-Chandeniers chateau in France, hoping to restore it.", "Mark Devenport outlines negotiating alternatives to raiding a thesaurus for synonyms for \"regulatory alignment\".", "Missed GP appointments cost the NHS time and money and a study reveals the extent of the problem.", "The model, who made headlines after her affair with a cabinet minister in the 1960s, dies aged 75.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury leads a debate in the House of Lords on boosting education, with contributions from peers such as Lord Sacks and Lord Adonis.", "The veteran actor starred in major Bollywood hits as well as several British and US films.", "The mother of a British man killed in Syria has spoken of her \"hero\" son, who she tried to persuade to come home.", "Isobel was one of 300 people on a trial that reversed type 2 in nearly half of patients.", "The Ministry of Defence planned to destroy the dogs because it said they were too aggressive to rehome.", "PC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car near Hare Hatch.", "The French president's wife got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in her country.", "Jeffrey Feltman's visit to Pyongyang is the first by a United Nations senior official in six years.", "\"I only saw her last Monday,\" says the star, who was estranged from his mother for several years.", "The PM has days to get Brexit talks back on track after the DUP objects to Irish border proposals.", "Both Northern Ireland and England have reached their highest point scores in reading tests taken in 50 countries.", "A 98-year-old woman is playing the donkey in her first nativity play in Castleford.", "Wild relatives of modern crops deemed crucial for food security are threatened with extinction.", "The Supreme Court says Carles Puigdemont and others have shown a willingness to return to Spain.", "Megan Lee, 15, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died after suffering an allergic reaction to takeaway food.", "High winds have been forecast for Scotland and snow for other parts of the UK after the storm passes.", "A passenger train crashed into a goods train near the city of Düsseldorf, emergency services say.", "The court heard Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" during a drunken rampage in Harrow.", "Joe Root's 67 not out gives England hope of winning a compelling second Ashes Test but Australia remain favourites.", "Migratory birds are arriving in the UK earlier each spring and leaving later each autumn, a study shows.", "John Oliver and Dustin Hoffman have a heated discussion about allegations made against the actor.", "Scientists working on the BBC's Blue Planet II series talk of their dismay at the spread of discarded plastic.", "Half of the proceeds from the sale of the 709 carat gem will be invested in the local community.", "The eyes of the sporting world will be on the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday for its decision on whether Russia will be at the 2018 Winter Games.", "YouTube's CEO says some users are exploiting the Google-owned website to \"mislead or even harm\".", "The 19-year-old Muslim student was told by a security guard that her hijab was a \"security threat\".", "How going undercover as a 14-year-old revealed the dangers children using streaming apps can face.", "The husband of a woman who died when a speedboat capsized hopes \"appropriate lessons can be learned\".", "At first the demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome didn't go as planned.", "The health secretary told the social network to \"stay away from my kids\" with its app for under-13s.", "Life in the seas risks irreparable damage from the ever-increasing tide of plastic waste, the UN's head of oceans has warned.", "The fast-moving fire is bearing down on the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula.", "The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.", "There is a worldwide ban on publishing anything revealing Jon Venables' current identity.", "The presenter says he will not take part in this year's holiday specials after offensive remarks.", "Bryan Singer says the studio fired him after he fell ill while filming Bohemian Rhapsody.", "The ICRC says life for ordinary people trapped in a besieged rebel-held area is becoming impossible.", "Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill pays tribute to man who provided \"one of the most memorable scenes\".", "Model Chrissy Teigen live tweets as her flight is turned back to LA after four hours.", "The Formula 1 driver appeared to say the boy's outfit makes him \"so sad\" in an Instagram video.", "It was one of the biggest swaps of prisoners since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014.", "Laura Plummer is transferred to a notorious jail in Egypt, her family has said.", "The singer posts a tribute to her cousin and calls for an end to gun violence.", "The two men, both key missile developers, are said to be among Kim Jong-un's most trusted aides.", "George Michael's family pay tribute to the former Wham! frontman a year after his death.", "Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation manages almost 10,000 homes in west London.", "A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern day USA, but were there historical clues that pointed to his unexpected victory?", "Syrian government forces are trying to starve rebels into submission and those suffering include children.", "Within 25 minutes, it was making its first steps.", "One man foresaw, very clearly, the risk of a devastating fire in Grenfell Tower. He wrote about it in a blog, but no journalists were there to follow it up.", "A key official says the failure to get seriously ill people out of a revel enclave shows \"impotence\".", "Laura Plummer is jailed for three years after being accused of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt.", "Manchester City move 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League as Raheem Sterling scores the only goal in a dominant display away at Newcastle.", "Elon Musk promises a pick-up truck and a range of new features for existing Tesla vehicles.", "Celtic confirm Jonny Hayes sustained a broken leg in a challenge which also left Dundee's Josh Meekings on crutches.", "President Putin describes the explosion at a popular store in St Petersburg as a terrorist act.", "Arthur Collins wanted to make calls to his pregnant ex-girlfriend, reality TV star Ferne McCann.", "Four critically-ill patients are evacuated from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, outside Syria's capital.", "Alastair Cook hits an unbeaten century as England close on 192-2 on the second day of the fourth Test, 135 runs behind Australia.", "PC Dave Fields and Lorraine Stephenson died in the collision in Sheffield on Christmas Day.", "Footage shows officers separating teenagers at a London shopping centre during the Boxing Day sales.", "Met Police officers cordon off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser.", "MPs claim they will be \"hamstrung\" if they do not get to see the Treasury's Brexit analysis.", "", "The officer was responding to a call out when his vehicle was in collision with a car on Christmas Day.", "Snow storms sweep states from Midwest to Northeast, breaking snowfall records in some parts.", "There are ice warnings across the UK as flights are cancelled and motorists face hazardous conditions.", "Retailers warn a rise in shoplifting is partly fuelled by police not investigating smaller thefts.", "Two farmyard ducks have been reminding people to pay their tax - but have now retired to the country", "A woman gets a shock of her life after receiving an erroneous electricity bill for $284,460,000,000.", "Harry Kane grabs another hat-trick and breaks the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year as Tottenham thrash Southampton.", "Navigation error is blamed for US fighter pilot's near miss with a helicopter in Snowdonia.", "This footage from a drone shows heavy snowfall in the Lake District.", "A survey reveals 37% of Londoners think national rail services have worsened in the last 12 months.", "Southampton's Virgil van Dijk will join Liverpool on 1 January for £75m - a world record for a defender.", "Russian deputy prime minister Vitaly Mutko steps down from his role as chief organiser of next summer's World Cup in Russia.", "Divers estimate that about 250 million flame shells exist on the bed of a Highlands loch where dredging caused damage.", "Singer Joy Villa files charges against the president's former campaign manager.", "Fewer people went bargain hunting, following Black Friday discounts and online shopping.", "Mother who snapped hugely popular picture of royals hopes to use proceeds for daughter's education.", "Prince Harry says his fiancee's first Christmas with the Royal Family was \"fantastic\".", "Police think a 1m (3.2ft) freshwater crocodile found wandering the streets is likely an escaped pet.", "Snow has fallen in parts of the UK, causing disruption but it's not all gloom as your pictures show.", "The 13 crew members are reported to be safe and well and remain on board the vessel.", "Thousands of swimmers, many in fancy dress, brave the chilly waters around the English coast.", "The sister of jailed Briton Laura Plummer tells the BBC her crime was born out of kindness.", "Several roads and thousands of homes have been affected by snowy weather conditions in the UK.", "Britain's pay squeeze will end, but a meaningful pay rise remains out of sight, says research group.", "Prince Harry grills former US president Barack Obama in a quickfire quiz.", "Health regulator NHS Improvement announces the step after trust chairman, Lord Kerslake, resigns.", "Scientists think Hunga Tunga Hunga Ha'apai might hold clues on where to look for life on Mars.", "Britain and China are among the countries affected by the recall of baby milk formula products.", "Snow has fallen across the UK, causing disruption for some and fun for others. Here are some of your photos.", "Hundreds of flights are cancelled in the Netherlands and Belgium.", "It could be faster and cheaper than current methods, researchers say.", "BBC Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the weather for Monday and Tuesday.", "Hearing the voices of the bereaved and survivors is \"of great importance\", the lead counsel says.", "Gamers as young as 11 bet using virtual weapons within video games which are then exchanged for cash.", "Protests against US President Donald Trump's controversial decision turn ugly again in Beirut.", "The teenagers, who are suspected to have taken ecstasy, were found collapsed in the early hours.", "Three men and a woman are arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in the blaze.", "A Bangladeshi man is being held after a blast wounded several people at Port Authority bus terminal.", "A friend of Megan Bannister says the men who gave her drugs \"treated her like trash\".", "Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.", "Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has water and milk thrown at him and Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta suffers a cut head in a post-match row.", "President Nicolás Maduro says the three main opposition parties cannot compete against him in 2018.", "The 27-year-old reportedly came to the US from Bangladesh seven years ago.", "The Indian man was identified with help from the airline, Air Vistara, after Zaira Wasim complained.", "Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.", "A major medical company failed to tell doctors the full extent of some of the risks posed by mesh implants.", "Snow and ice warnings are extended, with temperatures expected to drop as low as -15C overnight.", "Police said the man was arrested after he stepped over an outer fence and tried to climb a wall.", "The measure is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform programme.", "Russia begins withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, as President Putin visits the country.", "Joshua Sutcliffe was investigated for referring to a pupil who identifies as a boy as a girl.", "Paul McClelland, who was arrested four years ago in Brighton, is suing Sussex Police for damages.", "The first trial of a drug correcting the underlying defect that leads to Huntington's disease has started at University College London.", "The Thomas fire is the fifth largest blaze in recorded state history and has grown significantly.", "Scientists say it could be the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years.", "The move will help safeguard thousands of jobs at BAE Systems, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.", "Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Ican's Beatrice Fihn appears to refer to the North Korean crisis.", "Three women repeat claims the president groped, fondled, forcibly kissed and humiliated them.", "A woman breaks her ankle and 17 runners collapse with hypothermia at a Christmas Mud Run.", "Germany's spy agency says China is using the site to gather information on politicians.", "The rock star says he is sorry for kicking the female photographer, who says he did it on purpose.", "Motorists are warned of \"treacherous\" road conditions in many parts of the UK.,", "Simon Clark was diagnosed with the condition in 2003 but cannot utilise services of specialist nurse.", "Scientists re-measure the tallest mountains in the Antarctic territory claimed by Britain.", "China has been building what it calls \"the world's biggest camera surveillance network\".", "The winner of the ITV show was crowned by Ant and Dec on Sunday evening.", "The Forties pipeline's owner Ineos says that, despite pressure being reduced, a crack has extended.", "RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was last seen in September 2016 during a night out in Suffolk.", "The veteran TV presenter has died aged 60 after a long illness, his family says.", "Two in five UK women say they have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at work, a BBC survey finds.", "Theresa May tells MPs the agreement should reassure both Leave and Remain supporters.", "Weather affects travel and leads to power cuts, with hundreds of schools set to stay closed on Monday.", "Other nominees for the Golden Globe awards include Helen Mirren and Judi Dench.", "Two people are airlifted to hospital with \"significant\" injuries and another suffers minor injuries.", "Israel's prime minister says Jerusalem has \"never been the capital of any other people\".", "Labour's Margaret Hodge tells MPs she is sorry for breaching rules about Parliamentary resources.", "Jose Mourinho says Manchester United's title hopes are \"probably over\" after their 2-1 loss to \"lucky\" Manchester City.", "Former Bishop of Chichester George Bell was accused of sexual abuse decades after his death in 1958.", "Oxford Dictionaries says the word, coined in the 1960s, sums up millennials driving political change.", "Commission set up by murdered MP Jo Cox says nine million adults in the UK are affected.", "BT will supply its sports channels to Sky, while selling Sky's Now TV service to its customers.", "A judge calls for an investigation after vital phone evidence was disclosed at the last minute.", "Penn State allowed \"sadistic\" rituals and failed to protect its students, a blistering report finds.", "The social media posts have been described as sending an \"incredibly dangerous message\".", "The Women and Equalities Committee said new guidance was a \"belated step in the right direction\".", "There will be sharp increase in the cost of alcohol if a minimum price is introduced, say researchers.", "The airline says it will recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid industrial action at Christmas.", "Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour.", "Several children escaped with minor injuries after a school bus crashed on the outskirts of Aberdeen.", "Police are accused of failing to disclose vital phone records to the defence before the trial.", "Theresa May confirms UK participation in student exchange will continue for a period after Brexit.", "RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was last seen in September 2016 during a night out in Suffolk.", "Public Health England launches a new campaign to get more people thinking about using condoms.", "She is accused of taking out fraudulent bank loans and buying bitcoin to funnel cash to IS.", "Theresa May's team will be happy phase one of Brexit talks are over but the way ahead could be fraught.", "The mounted officer and a farrier were accused of lying about fans burning a horse with cigarettes.", "A US regulator votes to ease restrictions preventing ISPs prioritising some services' data over others'.", "The family of disabled man Ian Shaw were told he was dying - now he is responding well to cancer treatment.", "What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean?", "The four-year-old was left on school transport in a bus depot and then tried to find his way home.", "Theresa May looks set to avoid another defeat after proposed changes to Brexit bill, the BBC understands.", "In a break with royal tradition, the wedding is being held on a Saturday rather than a weekday.", "At least four children died and at least 18 people were hurt in the collision in southern France.", "Royal Family members joined the bereaved at the London memorial to pay tribute to the 71 victims.", "Survivors of the tower fire which claimed 71 lives attend a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral.", "Australia captain Steve Smith hits an unbeaten 92 as the hosts finish the second day of the third Test on 203-3 - still 200 runs behind England.", "Fran Unsworth is appointed the new BBC director of news, replacing James Harding, who leaves in 2018.", "Nasa finds a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.", "A unique NHS service helping Grenfell survivors has found high levels of mental trauma.", "Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates.", "Theresa May welcomes \"important step\" and calls for \"rapid progress\" on transition discussions.", "Overpayments totalling £1.76m were made to 94 people, a committee of MPs says.", "The 29-year-old victim died after being struck by four vehicles on a pedestrian crossing in London.", "The children's mother remains in hospital in a coma \"bandaged from head to foot\".", "The manufacturer of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot is to move manufacturing to three other sites.", "The Anglo-Dutch firm is selling brands including Flora and ProActiv to the private equity giant.", "There were a huge range of emotions at the St Paul's Cathedral service to remember the 71 Grenfell fire victims.", "Many Britons still struggle with slow broadband, finds report from communications regulator Ofcom", "Theresa May was applauded by European counterparts at a dinner on Thursday, ahead of the EU decision.", "A 95-year-old man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip.", "About 10,000 homes and businesses are without water and schools are closed in Tewkesbury.", "If you missed the annual Geminid meteor shower, cameras captured the celestial display over China.", "US ambassador Nikki Haley says a UN Security Council resolution sends a clear warning to North Korea.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.", "Tropical Storm Tembin brings flash floods and mudslides to the southern island of Mindanao.", "Boris Johnson and Sergei Lavrov clash over cyber-attacks but also trade jokes after talks in Moscow.", "The moment the Great Bell of the Elizabeth Tower's hourly chimes resumed for the festive period.", "In February 1984, Bruce McCandless pushed off from the Space Shuttle and drifted alone into space.", "Neville Hord, 44, has been charged with stabbing supermarket worker Jodie Willsher, 30, to death.", "Staff from the zoo were treated for injuries and one person taken to hospital in the blaze.", "Seven children could be brought from a besieged suburb if Syria's president agrees, a charity says.", "A 21g truffle found in a Paris roof garden raises hopes that more could be grown in the city.", "The riverside home that inspired Daphne du Maurier's first novel is given Grade II listed status.", "As missile tests become more frequent, how do South Korea, Japan and the US plan to stop an attack?", "Amazon has apologised to a customer, who believed he was sent coded death threats by an employee.", "Seeing relatives for the first time in a while could be an opportunity to spot signs of confusion.", "Conservationists capture the first footage in the wild of the endangered Javan warty pig", "Former Royal Marine Ted Owens gets dozens of cards after a friend's Facebook plea.", "Charles Dutoit says allegations by women of \"forced physical contact\" have \"no basis in truth\".", "Roberto Firmino earns Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter in which Arsenal score three goals in just five minutes.", "A nine-year-old aardvark has died after a fire at London Zoo, with four meerkats also presumed dead.", "The supermarket giant says its 2,654 stores will no longer throw away food that is fit to be eaten.", "PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops.", "Theresa May watched the manoeuvre from the cockpit during her journey from Cyprus.", "The man allegedly discussed with undercover agents targeting San Francisco over Christmas.", "A former Afghan refugee faces 18 counts of attempted murder after the incident in Flinders Street.", "Scientists have filmed one of the world's rarest, and 'ugliest', pigs in a forest in Indonesia.", "Former Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb cleared of breaching Tory party rules.", "Automated chatbot \"Sweetie\" can handle thousands of conversations and send warnings to perpetrators.", "PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops.", "Provides an overview of Philippines, including key facts about this South East Asian country.", "Four executives resign after the leaking of misogynistic emails about contestants.", "Beach lifeguard Richie Heard works in Devon in the summer and saves refugees in the winter.", "Mum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was stabbed while working at the Skipton store on Thursday.", "The British singer tops the festive chart with Perfect after holding off a challenge - from himself.", "The head of the Royal College of GPs said we can all help Father Christmas get fitter this year.", "Championship side Middlesbrough part company with manager Garry Monk despite a victory hours earlier.", "The transport secretary says it would help ensure UK and international drivers pay for road upkeep.", "The PM insists she is \"in it for the long-term\" and shrugs off claims she has had a bad year.", "Brave three-year-old Ceylian survived surgery to remove a tumour half the size of his brain.", "It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city.", "Bodycam video has been released showing the moment it happened in Ohio.", "It was just like House of Cards. Or maybe Game of Thrones. Trump-Russia was the only drama that mattered.", "Well-wishers in Nottingham come out in force to welcome Prince Harry and his new fiancee.", "The government issues a new warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.", "Manager Gareth Southgate says England \"cannot go to a World Cup and not try to win it\", as they prepare for Friday's draw.", "How the BBC's Jeremy Bowen ended up in court with a war criminal who has died after taking poison.", "Natasha Gordon entered a suicide pact but left Matthew Birkinshaw to die alone.", "The Welsh and Scottish health ministers want Jeremy Hunt to act to reduce neural tube defects in babies.", "Theresa May says her constituent is doing very well on BBC dance show.", "Forecasters predict further wintery showers over parts of eastern England and Scotland.", "The PM seeks to make her point about Donald Trump's retweets - without causing a diplomatic crisis.", "A Belgian performance artist is cut free after spending 19 days chained to a marble block.", "Vice-chancellor Sir Christopher Snowden was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year.", "MP says children's passports should include parents to avoid \"suspicion\" when their surnames differed.", "Thousands of current and former employees claim the supermarket failed to keep their data safe.", "The US president follows just 45 other Twitter users - all of whom agree with him, most of the time.", "Sir Paul Stephenson says he was told material was allegedly found on Damian Green's computer in 2008.", "Net migration was down by nearly a third to 230,000 in the year since the referendum, figures show.", "A national review is taking place after the failings were uncovered by the health watchdog.", "Dylan Jones says it was 'as difficult as shooting any celebrity,' prompting a Twitter backlash.", "Nasa releases footage captured over China, Korea and Japan of \"lightning, city lights and fishing boats\".", "Oxford University has turned to private investors in a record-breaking bond issue.", "The party says any attempt to \"placate Dublin and the EU\" will threaten its support for the UK government.", "Bereaved relatives say they will not attend the inquiry unless a more diverse panel is appointed.", "Supermarkets hike the price of Christmas biscuit selections as butter prices soar, according to a report.", "While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.", "The UK government's plan for the border is \"untested and speculative\", the Brexit committee says.", "An ex-detective says he was \"shocked\" at the amount of porn found on a computer in Damian Green's office.", "Sadiq Khan says a \"catalogue of errors\" by his predecessor Boris Johnson led to the conversion costs soaring.", "England have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia.", "Only 24 passengers used Barry Links station, between Dundee and Carnoustie, in 2016/17.", "He had refrained from referring to the refugees as Rohingya on his earlier visit to Myanmar.", "Birmingham may need to wait until next year to find out if it will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.", "The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.", "The state-backed bank says there has been a big drop in branch use as more people bank online.", "An Anglican minister says people should pray George is blessed with \"the love of a fine young gentleman\".", "He won for his third novel The Destroyers, for a love scene set on a Greek island.", "Siblings separated for 25 years have been reunited after one spotted the other in a Wigan churchyard.", "The travel company says the proposed closures will affect up to 400 staff.", "Trump's former National Security Advisor has admitted lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia.", "Damian Green, a key ally of Theresa May, says claims by an ex-police officer are \"completely untrue\".", "Relatives of Krishna Devi Droch hope publishing the shocking images will lead to the capture of her killer.", "The court heard he sued some victims in the civil court, claiming loans to \"friends\" were not repaid.", "Work on the new Freddie Mercury biopic is suspended while the director deals with a health issue.", "Former Tory and UKIP politician Bob Spink was found guilty of permitting false signatures on a nomination form.", "Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis.", "The traffic warden suffered a fractured shoulder when he was assaulted by the defendant.", "David Dearlove swung his 19-month-old stepson by his feet and smashed his head on a fireplace.", "Jeremy Corbyn retaliates after Morgan Stanley says a Labour government could be a bigger risk than Brexit.", "Charlie Dunn was pulled from a lagoon by children after being left alone \"for hours\", a court hears.", "The device filled with nails and wires was sent to a shop near a Potsdam Christmas market.", "European Council President Donald Tusk says \"the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin\".", "The case of Brendan Dassey and his uncle became the subject of a Netflix documentary.", "Justin Welby calls on the government to have an inclusive approach to the future of education.", "An unknown number are in prison, with some serving long sentences and others sentenced to death.", "When the foreign secretary arrives in Iran, some nifty diplomatic footwork will be required.", "The government and the EU might be claiming success today – but as Donald Tusk said, the tough stuff starts now.", "Police are trying to track down the gang of men responsible for the \"vicious and prolonged attack\".", "The fire, which has forced thousands from their homes, has damaged swathes of avocado farmland.", "A woman raped by a driver in Delhi says executives got her medical records after doubting her story.", "Salvador Sobral, who won this year's contest for Portugal, is doing well, surgeons in Lisbon say.", "The window display appeared at a republican group's office in Londonderry in October.", "A show about Charles II, and the artistic legacy he left but is it a right-royal success?", "The Prime Minister said the deal has been struck after 'some tough conversations'", "PM Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi troops are now in complete control of the country.", "The foreign secretary is pressing for release of dual nationals, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.", "The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering.", "No 10 has reached a critical short-term goal, and moved on from embarrassment to a temporary conclusion.", "Reality Check examines some of the key lines in the agreement document.", "Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during meeting.", "The BBC's Adam Fleming shares how he watched the last-minute Brexit deal unfold from Brussels.", "Mikheil Saakashvili's detention comes days after he was freed from police custody by his supporters.", "Actor Kathryn Rossetter says she suffered an \"abusive experience\" during a Broadway play in 1984.", "Paris comes to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of fans pay tribute to a French icon", "The road was shut in both directions for more than four hours amid concerns for a man on a bridge.", "A passenger won a legal case against Northern, but was left waiting for about £300.", "Some 200,000 residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared for a new blaze in San Diego", "John Campbell assesses to what extent the first phase of Brexit talks offer all things to all people.", "Terry Adams had previously claimed paying back the money would breach his human rights.", "Impromptu stage appearance after smoke alarm disrupts first performance at revamped Perth Theatre", "An 18-year-old man was being questioned by police following the pair's deaths in hospital.", "Many women benefit from the use of vaginal mesh and they should have a choice, surgeons say.", "A mummy dating back about 3,500 years is among items discovered in the two tombs.", "Tension rises following President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.", "After Donald Trump officially recognised the city as Israel's capital, UK Muslims tell us why that matters.", "The pair used the ammonia to target \"petite women\" who would not be able to fight back.", "Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off.", "A warning has been issued by the Met Office advising significant snowfall on Sunday", "The King of Norway's former son-in-law accuses Spacey of groping him at a Nobel Peace Prize concert.", "After the visit, North Korea said it has agreed to better communication with the UN in future.", "The parents of a boy, six, who died from meningitis B have called on all children to be vaccinated.", "The head of the Catholic Church calls for a better translation of a phrase about temptation.", "Ben Duckett is dropped from an Ashes tour game and also suspended after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.", "Heads urged to offer more support to LGBT teachers to be their \"authentic selves\".", "Republican Trent Franks is the third lawmaker to resign in three days over sexual harassment claims.", "Hundreds of leather-clad bikers follow the French singer's coffin down the Champs-Elysees.", "The grime artist caps a huge year by taking home the main prize at the 2017 BBC Music Awards.", "The Electoral Commission fines the Lib Dems £18,000 over the way spending was reported.", "More government cash pledged but portion of council tax for policing could rise.", "Police release graphic details after rumours of a murderer on the loose swept through the rural town.", "South Africa's deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is the new leader of the ANC.", "The Brexit and transport departments have the most work to do to narrow the gap, a new report suggests.", "Athletics anti-doping officials begin an investigation into allegations about world champion sprinter Justin Gatlin's coach and an agent.", "Matthew Petersen was unable to answer basic legal questions when senators quizzed him.", "The leader and deputy of a far-right British political group's Twitter accounts are frozen.", "He outlines \"four pillars\" of new plan, which no longer labels climate change a threat.", "Two people died and a couple and their baby were rescued from the blaze at the hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.", "Arthur Collins threw the corrosive substance at revellers at the East London nightclub in April.", "World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin is \"shocked and surprised\" at doping allegations made against his coach and an agent.", "A Scottish government pilot project is helping women who can't afford sanitary products.", "The GMB Union tells Westminster Magistrates' Court it has evidence Uber drivers work \"excessive hours\".", "Liam Allan's trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.", "Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge in Washington state after a train derailed.", "The phone call is their first since a spat over the US President's re-tweeting of anti-Muslim videos.", "Donald Trump's national security adviser says the US is committed to a resolution of the crisis.", "At least 12 died and 18 were injured when the bus overturned on a trip to an ancient Mayan ruin.", "The law firm says the BBC breached confidentiality by misusing and publishing details within the documents.", "Some prisoners live in dirty and dangerous cells that should be condemned, a leaked report says.", "A friend of Jonghyun, the K-pop star who died on Monday, posts what she says was his final note.", "Three other people, including a child, were treated in hospital after the blaze at the Cameron House Hotel.", "Elliana Shand's grandfather says her mother, who has schizophrenia, is a \"very good mum, just not very well\".", "The former vice-presidential nominee's son is charged over a confrontation involving a firearm.", "Three 13-year-olds were questioned after a blaze at a former school in Newhaven, East Sussex.", "Scientists in the United States believe it may be possible to delay the diseases of ageing.", "Four men were arrested during raids involving counter-terror police and an Army bomb disposal unit.", "Government officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal, the BBC can reveal.", "Victims' relatives say they were not given timely information and were billed for autopsies.", "Boeing and Bombardier trade verbal blows over claims that the Canadian company gets state aid.", "Kasar Jehangir was one of six people killed in the multi-car crash in Birmingham.", "Zelda Perkins wants UK law to change, 19 years after accusing the film mogul of trying to rape a colleague.", "The Oscar winner says she \"didn't know\" about Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuse.", "Researchers develop a new technique to give a more accurate advance forecast for summer weather.", "Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below.", "Whistleblowers tell BBC News prisoners have died and others injured due to poor care.", "Patricia Aldridge says she won't be giving up her job at a care home for the elderly.", "The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.", "US personnel respond as a man drives through a checkpoint near to an aircraft at RAF Mildenhall.", "There are reports of fatalities after the train fell from a bridge on to the road in Washington state.", "Police charge a man with racially aggravated common assault in relation to an alleged attack on Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling.", "Wendy Thomas hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK via the Channel tunnel.", "The justice secretary rejects a recommendation to set targets to get more ethnically diverse judges.", "Hayley Martin's unborn daughter has no kidneys as a result of a fatal rare genetic disease.", "Captain Jerry Kyd said the commissioning of the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was \"a proud day\".", "The two men were guests at Cameron House Hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond when the blaze broke out.", "The WannaCry malware hit hospitals, banks and businesses across the world last May.", "It follows the collapse of two rape cases in a week, after police failed to disclose vital evidence.", "The Pension Protection Fund says it will vote against the retailer's restructuring plan.", "The Labour leader tells Grazia magazine \"I'm ready to be prime minister tomorrow\".", "Palestinian general delegate to UK says Jerusalem as capital is 'declaring war'.", "Victory in next year's election would mean that Mr Putin could lead the country until 2024.", "Reporter Kat Hawkins tried out prosthetic feet designed for skiing and snowboarding.", "Anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia died in an explosion in October.", "The Met Office forecasts winds gusting up to 90mph over parts of northern Scotland on Thursday.", "The Met Police says it is the first conviction of a so-called \"county lines\" crime.", "Conservative MP Heidi Allen was in tears after Labour's Frank Field's speech.", "Theresa May is urged not to allow Eurosceptic MPs in her party to \"dictate the terms\" of the talks.", "Kamal Ahmed and Tina Daheley are among BBC journalists who will take part in events targeted at pupils.", "Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell explains the significance of Jerusalem's flashpoint holy site", "Charlie Dunn's stepfather Paul Smith had denied any wrongdoing when the five year old drowned in a pool.", "Latest updates and reaction as President Trump speaks about the status of Jerusalem.", "The city's importance explained, as the controversial US embassy move to the city goes ahead.", "Women and men who broke silence on sexual harassment and abuse are named Time's Person of the Year.", "Husnain Rashid, 31, is accused of creating Telegram \"channels\" to assist terrorists by providing tips.", "Lord Bassam is to stand down in New Year amid scrutiny of his travel claims.", "The attacks took place on boys at St Benedict's School in Ealing in the 1970s and 80s.", "Google plans to stop Amazon's Fire TV devices being able to use YouTube from the start of 2018.", "The model, who made headlines after her affair with a cabinet minister in the 1960s, dies aged 75.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury leads a debate in the House of Lords on boosting education, with contributions from peers such as Lord Sacks and Lord Adonis.", "Dorothea Bate is believed to be the first woman scientist employed by the Natural History Museum.", "Lubaina Himid says her victory will make a difference to people who have supported her over the years.", "An algorithm developed by the DeepMind team claims victory against a world-beating AI chess program.", "Self-drive taxis will be tested in Japan next spring and could be on the roads by early 2020s.", "The Radio 1 DJ replaces Reggie Yates, who's stepped down from hosting the festive specials.", "Russian meddling and local council cuts are just two factors undermining credibility, the watchdog says.", "PC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car near Hare Hatch.", "There was no clear evidence of sexual abuse, a pathologist tells the toddler's inquest.", "As tensions increase between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, the BBC's Erica Chernofsky explores what makes the city so holy.", "Labour calls it a \"shambles\" but David Davis says impact assessments would be of \"near zero\" use.", "The digital currency has seen its value more than double in the last month in a volatile journey.", "Court hears of a plan to bomb Downing Street security gates before trying to kill Theresa May.", "The boss of Steinhoff, which owns Poundland and Harveys, quits amid probe into accounting irregularities.", "The PM has days to get Brexit talks back on track after the DUP objects to Irish border proposals.", "England's fightback in the second Test comes to nothing as Australia power to a 120-run win in Adelaide and a 2-0 Ashes lead.", "A plan to rescue Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece - The Hill House in Helensburgh - is unveiled.", "Bullring shopping centre owner Hammerson is to acquire rival Intu, owner of Manchester's Trafford Centre.", "A Commons employee was arrested on suspicion of GBH and another taken to hospital after the incident on Tuesday evening.", "A CBS News reporter and her crew were asked to help evacuate a ranch as flames spread in California.", "Brexit Secretary David Davis had previously said the government had done 57 studies on 85% of the UK economy about the impact of Brexit.", "Nicknamed the French Elvis Presley, he sold 100 million records in a career that spanned six decades.", "Serena Williams enters the 2018 Australian Open in January, according to the tournament's director.", "Drivers filmed the flames on the 405 near Bel Air, as firefighters continue to battle the blaze.", "Brenda Grant tried to pull tubes out of her arm after being put in a nursing home, her family says.", "Banks should do more to identify customers who struggle to repay debts, a charity says.", "The paper accidentally put instructions to writers on the cover instead of a story about a \"sex lair\".", "The donation comes from the estate of famed sound pioneer and Cambridge PhD student Ray Dolby.", "As the number of homeless children hits a 10-year-high, a mother and daughter tell of their double life.", "Christmas comes early for researchers as a fragment of bone is confirmed to date from the era of St Nicholas.", "Born while her mother was in captivity, the 40-year-old woman only found out about her identity now.", "The family of Sean Rigg, who died at Brixton police station, call the decision \"shameful\".", "How going undercover as a 14-year-old revealed the dangers children using streaming apps can face.", "The 19-year-old Muslim student was told by a security guard that her hijab was a \"security threat\".", "US food chiefs have updated guidelines after investigating an E. coli outbreak caused by flour.", "The health secretary told the social network to \"stay away from my kids\" with its app for under-13s.", "The fast-moving fire is bearing down on the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula.", "The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.", "PC James Dixon, whose wife is heavily pregnant, died in a collision on the A4 in Berkshire.", "Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital is met with a wave of disapproval.", "Philippe Coutinho scores a hat-trick as Liverpool thump Spartak Moscow to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time since 2009.", "US ambassador Nikki Haley says a UN Security Council resolution sends a clear warning to North Korea.", "The 79-year-old has low blood pressure and an abnormal heart rhythm, his doctor says.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.", "Tropical Storm Tembin brings flash floods and mudslides to the southern island of Mindanao.", "One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11.", "The owner of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught Polish anglers stealing fish.", "As missile tests become more frequent, how do South Korea, Japan and the US plan to stop an attack?", "Staff from the zoo were treated for injuries and one person taken to hospital in the blaze.", "Seven children could be brought from a besieged suburb if Syria's president agrees, a charity says.", "Some 200 people have died in flash floods and mudslides brought by Tropical Storm Tembin.", "Former world number one Serena Williams will play her first match since giving birth in September in Abu Dhabi next week.", "Home Office tells councils in England and Wales to avoid using anti-social orders on the \"vulnerable\".", "The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways.", "In their Christmas messages the prime minister and the Labour leader praise those who help others.", "China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong.", "The 'Be the Best' slogan and crest depicting crossed swords, a crown and a lion, will stay.", "The arguments nearly a century ago over the use of leaded petrol.", "People began a race to unite toddler Finn with Mac the monkey in time for Christmas.", "Tim Harford tells the surprising story of how the iPhone became a truly revolutionary technology.", "Former Royal Marine Ted Owens gets dozens of cards after a friend's Facebook plea.", "Journalist Rachel Johnson, who is the sister of Boris Johnson, will take part in the first all female Celeb Big Brother.", "PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops.", "The supermarket giant says its 2,654 stores will no longer throw away food that is fit to be eaten.", "Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gather to nominate him for presidential elections.", "The Strictly judge breaks down as he dedicates a Beatles song to lost friends and relatives.", "Felipe VI of Spain says separatist leaders must act responsibly after their election success.", "Bob Givens was behind the design of many of the 20th Century's most famous animated characters", "Tory Zac Goldsmith tweeted a card he received which wished him a \"cancerous New Year\".", "The US president's golf resort in South Ayrshire had previously received business rates relief of more than £100,000.", "An aardvark and probably four meerkats died and staff needed medical treatment.", "Local authorities will work with charities to put forward pupils for bursaries and scholarships.", "The move comes after Tunisian women reported being stopped from boarding flights to the Gulf nation.", "Provides an overview of Philippines, including key facts about this South East Asian country.", "Designed in 1775, the S-bend was key to the flushing toilet, and public sanitation as we know it.", "Injured Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc hopes that his replacement Jackson Bird \"sticks it up\" England in the fourth Ashes Test.", "Noodle chain manager took \"highly unusual approach\" over festive staff shortage fears in London branch.", "Four executives resign after the leaking of misogynistic emails about contestants.", "Scotland's party leaders use their Christmas messages to thank emergency service workers and volunteers.", "A man carrying 1,000 joints jumped in the back of a police car looking for a ride, Danish police say.", "At least 37 people are feared dead in the blaze that swept through a shopping centre in Davao.", "The punk magazine-turned-media empire faces accusations of workplace harassment and sexism.", "The head of the Royal College of GPs said we can all help Father Christmas get fitter this year.", "Championship side Middlesbrough part company with manager Garry Monk despite a victory hours earlier.", "At least 37 people are believed to have been trapped in a burning mall in the city of Davao.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says he hopes she could be freed within a fortnight.", "At least 150 people are evacuated after being trapped for several hours in gondolas in Chamrousse.", "Woody Johnson says the president will visit in 2018 despite \"ruffled feathers\" over recent tweets.", "Scientists think Hunga Tunga Hunga Ha'apai might hold clues on where to look for life on Mars.", "Migrants attempt to cross from Italy to France through the mountains in sub zero temperatures.", "Two others were also injured when two houses collapsed in the blast on Monday morning.", "Clive Lewis says he is \"very pleased to be able to put this behind me and move on\".", "Snow has fallen across the UK, causing disruption for some and fun for others. Here are some of your photos.", "Hundreds of flights are cancelled in the Netherlands and Belgium.", "French property firm Unibail-Rodamco hopes to launch Westfield shopping centres in new markets.", "Gamers as young as 11 bet using virtual weapons within video games which are then exchanged for cash.", "There will be lying snow, ice and freezing fog for many during the morning, the BBC's Carol Kirkwood says.", "Three men and a woman are arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in the blaze.", "Seabirds such as the kittiwake are being pushed to the brink of extinction, say conservationists.", "The new tobacco products are safer than cigarettes but not risk-free, say UK experts.", "Customers have been sold tickets for trains that will not run or will be disrupted, a watchdog says.", "An influential group calls for a controversial vote on net neutrality due this week to be cancelled.", "The environment secretary publishes legislation to recognise animal feelings in UK law.", "A Bangladeshi man is being held after a blast wounded several people at Port Authority bus terminal.", "A naturist is duped by a woman saying she needed cash for a cow insemination business.", "Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.", "More than a dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Now, in the moment of #MeToo, how do they feel?", "A slice of a monster fatberg, clogging up London's sewers, is going on display in a museum.", "Labour's Margaret Hodge tells MPs she is sorry for breaching rules about Parliamentary resources.", "The platform sent a tweet addressing the \"53 people\" that have watched the film 18 days in a row.", "The US president follows just 45 other Twitter users - all of whom agree with him, most of the time.", "The European Council's president urges EU countries to show \"unity\" in the next phase of talks.", "Inflation hits 3.1% as the squeeze on household incomes continues.", "President Trump's populist brand faces a test as he backs a Republican accused of child abuse.", "A baby born in Leicester with her heart beating outside her body is said to be doing well after three operations.", "Ceredigion Apprentice winner Alana Spencer is recalling products over health risks.", "The equivalent of a small garden shed in London, but five times that in Bradford.", "There will be cold temperatures, ice and freezing fog for many, the BBC's Carol Kirkwood says.", "Oliver's parents had so far raised £130,000 of the £150,000 needed for the life-saving operation.", "Italian-born hairdresser who built his south London salon into a global chain dies", "Snow and ice warnings are extended, with temperatures expected to drop as low as -15C overnight.", "The government is proposing a big change by moving to a system of \"presumed consent\" in England.", "The family of bullied Keaton Jones, who has had support from A-list celebs, is being accused of racism and money grabbing.", "Three children died in the suspicious Salford fire and a three-year-old is in a critical condition.", "Some passengers face disruption after 79 Dublin-based pilots and others around Europe plan walkouts.", "Joshua Sutcliffe was investigated for referring to a pupil who identifies as a boy as a girl.", "Paul McClelland, who was arrested four years ago in Brighton, is suing Sussex Police for damages.", "\"Words cannot describe\" how a family feels after losing three children in a house fire, police say.", "Scientists say it could be the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years.", "Three women repeat claims the president groped, fondled, forcibly kissed and humiliated them.", "US think tank warns nearly all UK's trading relationships with Europe will be worse after March 2019.", "A house fire in Salford which killed three children was a \"targeted attack\", police have said.", "And a UK minister says decisions on EU nationals' applications shouldn't take more than two weeks.", "Service sector firms increased prices at the fastest pace for nearly 10 years last month, a survey suggests.", "Akayed Ullah, 27, faces a series of terror charges over Monday's bus terminal attack in New York.", "Roy Moore's skittish escape happened after he appeared at an Alabama polling site to cast his vote.", "Fergal Keane reveals the crisis in DR Congo's Kasai region, where millions face starvation.", "Some officers disagree with guidance not to search people purely because they smell of cannabis.", "Tyson Fury is free to resume his boxing career after reaching an agreement over a backdated two-year doping ban.", "RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was last seen in September 2016 during a night out in Suffolk.", "The veteran TV presenter has died aged 60 after a long illness, his family says.", "The advertising giant is to change its tax arrangements in about 30 countries after a similar move in the UK.", "From smoked salmon to smartphones, 2017 is shaping up to be an expensive Christmas for consumers.", "The Budget downgrades for economic growth and productivity mean we could see stagnant wages until 2025.", "Theresa May tells MPs the agreement should reassure both Leave and Remain supporters.", "The marine flare goes off as a worker at a recycling centre is sifting through waste.", "The 29-year-old was hit by four vehicles on a pedestrian crossing and none of the drivers stopped.", "Wintry conditions continue to cause delays for travellers as hundreds of schools remain closed.", "A Ghanaian father and son rebuild their relationship after a stint in prison pulled them apart.", "Pep Guardiola says Kevin de Bruyne is helping Manchester City become \"a better institution\" after his display in the win over Spurs.", "The children's mother remains in hospital in a coma \"bandaged from head to foot\".", "The Anglo-Dutch firm is selling brands including Flora and ProActiv to the private equity giant.", "Senate and House lawmakers reveal final details of the biggest change to the US tax code in 30 years.", "The family of Ian Fordyce have described him as \"well known and popular with everyone he met\".", "Barry and Honey Sherman were discovered in the basement of their Toronto home by an estate agent.", "David Cameron is to lead a £750m fund to improve links between Britain and China, the government says.", "The bad weather and rise in online shopping are both factors in the drop, retail researchers say.", "A live nativity scene led to a police chase when one participant managed to break out twice in a day.", "About 10,000 homes and businesses are without water and schools are closed in Tewkesbury.", "After weeks of lobbying and vote-trading, one of the biggest tax changes in US history is about to happen.", "What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean?", "Matthew Petersen's hearing goes wrong quickly when a Republican senator poses basic legal questions.", "A 95-year-old man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip.", "How the cornflower has become the centre of a political controversy in Austria.", "Strong winds drive the Thomas fire - now California's third-biggest on record - towards the coast.", "The Republican plan is filled with targeted perks despite promises to simplify the code.", "The family of disabled man Ian Shaw were told he was dying - now he is responding well to cancer treatment.", "Severn Trent Water says most of the 10,000 customers cut off in the Tewkesbury area have now been reconnected.", "Conservative backbenchers are split over the terms of a transition period once the UK leaves the EU.", "Adm Marcelo Srur is sent into retirement following criticism of the operation to rescue the submarine.", "South Africa's governing party is picking a new head after a bitter leadership battle.", "Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh put Australia in control of the third Ashes Test in Perth with huge centuries.", "Penn State allowed \"sadistic\" rituals and failed to protect its students, a blistering report finds.", "The uncle of four siblings who died after a house fire says he hopes they get the \"funeral they deserve\".", "Peter Jackson says he 'blacklisted' Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd on Harvey Weinstein's advice.", "The four-year-old was left on school transport in a bus depot and then tried to find his way home.", "Theresa May welcomes \"important step\" and calls for \"rapid progress\" on transition discussions.", "Theresa May's team will be happy phase one of Brexit talks are over but the way ahead could be fraught.", "The president approved a coalition involving the Freedom Party for the first time since 2005.", "The strengths and weaknesses of the top two candidates battling to lead South Africa's ruling party.", "RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was last seen in September 2016 during a night out in Suffolk.", "Australia's first same sex wedding takes place, eight days after legislation is passed.", "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson toughens his stance after earlier offering talks with no preconditions.", "Provides an overview of Austria, including key dates and facts about this central European country.", "In a break with royal tradition, the wedding is being held on a Saturday rather than a weekday.", "Police are accused of failing to disclose vital phone records to the defence before the trial.", "The renowned scientist behind BBC Two's The Great Egg Race died on Friday, his family says.", "The manufacturer of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot is to move manufacturing to three other sites.", "Theresa May looks set to avoid another defeat after proposed changes to Brexit bill, the BBC understands.", "Scientists install sensors at the Kennedy Space Center that would normally be used to monitor volcanoes.", "Thousands of people and European royals gather for the state funeral in Bucharest.", "A covert unit at Uber snooped on competitors and regulators, says a letter released by a US court.", "The Royal Court will stage Rita, Sue and Bob Too following accusations of censorship.", "The drivers of two lorries and three cars have been spoken to after a woman was struck and killed.", "The selfie cappuccino cafe, where customers can sip on a portrait of their own face.", "The BBC's Clive Coleman gives his analysis of the collapse of Liam Allan's rape trial.", "Brits are searching for Christmas earlier and more often than other countries, data shows.", "Police release graphic details after rumours of a murderer on the loose swept through the rural town.", "It follows the collapse of two rape cases in a week, after police failed to disclose vital evidence.", "The UK's ability to cyber-attack other countries has improved says a Parliament committee report.", "Arthur Collins threw the corrosive substance at revellers at the East London nightclub in April.", "A Scottish government pilot project is helping women who can't afford sanitary products.", "MSPs unanimously back legislation banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland.", "Liam Allan's trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.", "Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.", "Amika George, 18, wants free menstrual products to be given to pupils on free school meals.", "Homes and businesses to have a legal right to demand access to high-speed broadband by 2020.", "The PM's deputy is asked to resign after making \"inaccurate statements\" after pornographic material was found on his Commons computer.", "Prices will go up if the UK leaves the EU without a deal but not if people buy British, says Michael Gove.", "Could the City of London remain the financial centre of Europe after Brexit?", "The case could determine whether firms have to pay new fathers the same as mothers.", "A Labour MP challenges Michael Gove over the Vote Leave campaign's use of the £350m figure.", "Children who survived June's fire will speak of family and home in a message broadcast by Channel 4.", "The government's approach to tackling the issue is \"unacceptably complacent\", a group of MPs warn.", "Donald Trump threatens to cut aid to states opposed to his recognition of the city as Israel's capital.", "A profile of Theresa May's close ally, who has been sacked after he breached the ministerial code.", "Four men were arrested during raids involving counter-terror police and an Army bomb disposal unit.", "Victims' relatives say they were not given timely information and were billed for autopsies.", "The ride-hailing firm had argued that it was an information society service.", "Paul Smith had initially denied letting five-year-old Charlie Dunn wander off.", "Lloyd Blankfein tweets that many want a \"confirming vote\" on a \"monumental and irreversible\" decision.", "About £160m of the money will go to village branches, but unions condemn a \"slash-and-burn\" of services.", "Government officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal, the BBC can reveal.", "Damian Green's resignation leaves the prime minister a lonelier figure.", "Dentistry student Mohammed Awan is the brother of so-called Islamic State suicide bomber Rizwan Awan.", "Four men remain in custody after counter-terror police raids in Sheffield and Chesterfield.", "Tourists and locals have described it as \"mangy\", \"sickly\" and \"plucked\".", "Zelda Perkins wants UK law to change, 19 years after accusing the film mogul of trying to rape a colleague.", "The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty.", "Patricia Aldridge says she won't be giving up her job at a care home for the elderly.", "The chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank says the capital will \"take hits\" from Brexit.", "A $100m grant is going to bring Sesame Street characters to help traumatised refugee children in Syria.", "The US train that crashed on a bend did not have anti-speeding technology, investigators say.", "Two young men were cleared after Met Police officers failed to disclose crucial evidence.", "Europe's top court says countries must decide whether to recognise so-called \"private divorces\".", "Catt Sadler says she found out she earned about half as much as her male co-host at E! News.", "Former Met Police Det Insp Hamish Brown says \"there has to be some give somewhere\" when police are faced with cuts.", "RMT members at six train operating companies plan a series of new year strikes.", "Hayley Martin's unborn daughter has no kidneys as a result of a fatal rare genetic disease.", "Heather North provided the voice of \"danger-prone\" Daphne Blake from 1970 to 2003.", "Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant on what happens after you sign a non-disclosure agreement.", "A pod of 28 bottlenose dolphins is found to be permanently living off the south-west coast of England.", "A couple whose son spent his first Christmas in hospital are giving presents to premature babies.", "The corporation pledges to \"raise our game\" on religion in mainstream shows.", "At Christmas adjournment debate in the Commons, MPs raise any subject they are interested in.", "A convicted football hooligan is jailed for a racist attack on Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling.", "The US leader says countries thinking of voting against the US in a UN vote could lose financial aid.", "The US Coast Guard tries to save the animal tangled in line connecting bales of cocaine in the Pacific.", "European banks operating in the UK will be able to carry on as usual after Brexit, the BBC learns.", "It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city.", "It was just like House of Cards. Or maybe Game of Thrones. Trump-Russia was the only drama that mattered.", "Australia make 209-4 on a rain-shortened opening day of the second Ashes Test against England in Adelaide.", "For the first time since the Cold War, the US state tests its nuclear alert.", "The government issues a new warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.", "A new deal protects stocks in Arctic waters becoming more accessible because of global warming.", "Well-wishers in Nottingham come out in force to welcome Prince Harry and his new fiancee.", "Former PM tells the Financial Times there needs to be a way to meet \"catastrophic\" care costs.", "Vice-chancellor Sir Christopher Snowden was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year.", "The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.", "A curfew is imposed and the army and police get extra powers after Sunday's disputed vote.", "MP says children's passports should include parents to avoid \"suspicion\" when their surnames differed.", "Scotland's children's commissioner says the rollout of Universal Credit may be impacting on youngsters' human rights.", "Australia edge out England in a tight and nervy Rugby League World Cup final to retain the trophy.", "England face odds-on favourites and defending champions Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday at 09:00 GMT.", "The bank emailed 290,000 customers on Saturday following warnings about Russian security software.", "On Twitter, Nigel Gibbens says the pens are a \"necessary defence\" against bird flu.", "Charlie Douthwaite was the youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list.", "Whirlpool ends a scheme that had offered cut-price replacements for tumble dryers linked to a fire risk.", "Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina is behind the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition in London.", "Could a new scheme to help talented students into prestigious US universities show a way to increase social mobility?", "The vehicle was in danger of tumbling to the ground before PC Martin Willis arrived on the scene.", "While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.", "A £1m Lotto win not only saved a couple's house, it allowed them to get married.", "England have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia.", "The president says the Republicans' plan for massive tax cuts won't benefit him. Is that true?", "The Republican plan is filled with targeted perks despite promises to simplify the code.", "Eight officers were injured and three people arrested after police were confronted by a crowd in east London.", "Former industrial towns, rural and coastal areas fare worst in \"spiral of ever-growing division\".", "Five mutilated cats have been found in the Northampton area, prompting warnings from police.", "Trump's former National Security Advisor has admitted lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia.", "Nabih al-Wahsh said it was a \"national duty\" to rape and harass women who wear ripped jeans.", "Syria says Israel attacked an army position outside Damascus and two missiles were destroyed.", "Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term.", "A bestiary of business terms explained - from sharks and bear markets to unicorns and zebras.", "Two groups argued shortly before several pedestrians were hit by a VW Golf in Brixton, south London.", "Police use water cannon and batons as Alternative for Germany delegates gather to choose leaders.", "Tenants living in London see twice as much of their salary going to their landlord than those in the North.", "William Kerr was apprehended after being spotted in Ipswich town centre by a member of public.", "Work on the new Freddie Mercury biopic is suspended while the director deals with a health issue.", "Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis.", "Samuel Berkley, 14, played for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle.", "David Dearlove swung his 19-month-old stepson by his feet and smashed his head on a fireplace.", "Manchester United end Arsenal's run of 12 home league wins despite Paul Pogba being sent off in a thrilling encounter.", "European Council President Donald Tusk says \"the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin\"."], "section": ["Europe", "Technology", "UK", "London", "Business", "Business", "Technology", null, "Africa", "Family & Education", "Business", "Newsbeat", "UK Politics", "Health", "Asia", "UK Politics", "Glasgow & West Scotland", null, "Asia", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", null, null, "Asia", "Business", "UK Politics", "Leicester", "Science & Environment", "UK Politics", "Europe", null, "Business", "England", "UK Politics", "Australia", "Business", "UK Politics", "Business", null, "US & Canada", "UK", "UK Politics", "UK", null, "UK", "Middle East", "UK", null, "Business", null, null, null, "Asia", "UK Politics", "Scotland politics", "India", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", null, "Wiltshire", "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "UK", "Education & Family", "Leeds & West Yorkshire", null, "Newsbeat", "UK Politics", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Europe", null, "Family & Education", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "US & Canada", null, "Health", "UK", "Europe", "UK", "US & Canada", "Manchester", null, "Entertainment & Arts", null, null, "England", "Birmingham & Black Country", "US & Canada", "Australia", null, "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", "Business", "London", "Magazine", "US & Canada", "Europe", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", null, null, "Europe", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "Africa", "UK", "Birmingham & Black Country", "US & Canada", "Business", "UK Politics", null, "Europe", "UK", "UK", null, null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "Scotland", "Science & Environment", "Asia", "Europe", "London", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Leeds & West Yorkshire", "Business", "UK", "UK", null, "Technology", "Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland", "Technology", "England", "UK Politics", "UK", "Business", "US & Canada", null, "Health", "Family & Education", "UK Politics", "Mid Wales", "US & Canada", "England", "Family & Education", "Parliaments", "US & Canada", "UK", "Business", "Business", null, "UK Politics", "Manchester", "Manchester", "US & Canada", "US & Canada", null, null, "Northern Ireland", "US & Canada", "UK", "Cambridgeshire", "Manchester", "Scotland politics", "US & Canada", "Science & Environment", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", null, null, "London", "Entertainment & Arts", "Business", "Middle East", "Middle East", null, null, "UK", "Highlands & Islands", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "Northern Ireland", "Business", "Entertainment & Arts", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "Oxford", "Health", "Technology", "Birmingham & Black Country", "US & Canada", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Cumbria", "UK Politics", "Humberside", null, "Business", "UK", "Stories", "UK", null, null, null, "Hampshire & Isle of Wight", "Entertainment & Arts", null, null, "UK", "India", "London", "Manchester", "Magazine", null, "Business", "UK", "UK Politics", "Europe", "Hampshire & Isle of Wight", "Middle East", "London", "South East Wales", "UK", "UK", "Europe", "Europe", "Oxford", "Oxford", "Europe", "Asia", "UK", "UK", null, "Liverpool", "Oxford", "Europe", "Business", "UK", null, null, "Europe", "Business", "Business", "Sussex", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Europe", "UK", "Europe", null, null, "UK", "Cambridgeshire", "US & Canada", "Scotland politics", "Asia", "Africa", "Europe", "Business", "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "UK", "UK", "US & Canada", null, "UK", "UK Politics", "UK", "Business", null, "Asia", "Business", "UK", null, "UK", "UK Politics", "Norfolk", "Health", "UK", null, "Business", null, "Birmingham & Black Country", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", "UK", "Derby", "Business", "Australia", "UK Politics", null, null, "Australia", "Europe", "Technology", "England", "UK Politics", "Europe", "York & North Yorkshire", "Entertainment & Arts", "Oxford", "UK Politics", "Business", "UK", "Business", "Birmingham & Black Country", "UK", "UK", "Science & Environment", "UK", "Business", "US & Canada", "Northern Ireland", null, "Asia", "Europe", null, "UK", "Scotland politics", "UK Politics", null, "Family & Education", "Business", "Technology", "Health", "UK", "Europe", null, "UK", "UK", "Health", "Family & Education", null, "UK Politics", "Manchester", "Northern Ireland", "Northern Ireland", "Business", "UK", "US & Canada", "Manchester", "Scotland politics", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", null, null, "Middle East", "London", "UK", "Europe", null, null, null, "Devon", "Health", "UK", "Middle East", null, "UK", "UK", null, null, "England", "Tayside and Central Scotland", "Europe", "Devon", "Business", "US & Canada", null, "Middle East", "UK Politics", null, "Europe", "UK", null, "UK", null, "Glasgow & West Scotland", "UK", null, null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Wales", "UK", "Asia", null, null, "Family & Education", "UK", "India", "Middle East", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", null, "Cornwall", null, "Scotland politics", "Australia", "UK Politics", "Health", null, null, "Europe", "Africa", null, "Technology", "Entertainment & Arts", "Wiltshire", "India", "London", "Leicester", null, null, "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "UK Politics", null, null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Europe", "UK", "Europe", "London", null, "Asia", "Business", null, "London", null, "Kent", "Science & Environment", null, "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "Cumbria", "UK", "Europe", "UK", "UK Politics", null, "US & Canada", "Liverpool", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", "UK", "UK", "Asia", null, "Europe", "Asia", "US & Canada", "UK", "UK", "Humberside", "Business", "Europe", "Education & Family", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Sheffield & South Yorkshire", "London", null, null, null, null, "Education & Family", "UK", null, "UK", null, null, "Business", "UK", null, "Oxford", "Entertainment & Arts", "England", null, "Birmingham & Black Country", "UK", "Bristol", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", null, "England", null, "North East Wales", "Technology", "US & Canada", "Science & Environment", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Entertainment & Arts", "London", "London", "UK Politics", "UK", "Business", "Liverpool", "Technology", "UK", "Bristol", "UK", "Glasgow & West Scotland", "Middle East", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", null, "Business", "Business", "UK", "Business", "Newsbeat", "US & Canada", "Bristol", "Entertainment & Arts", null, null, "Tyne & Wear", "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", "Manchester", "Science & Environment", null, "US & Canada", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Stories", "Suffolk", null, "Australia", "UK", "South East Wales", "Technology", "Health", "Health", null, null, "Europe", null, "UK Politics", "Business", "Middle East", "Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland", "UK Politics", "Northern Ireland", "Suffolk", null, "Business", "Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin", "UK Politics", "Technology", "Business", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Manchester", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "Business", "Northern Ireland", "Health", "UK Politics", "Tyne & Wear", "Devon", "Leeds & West Yorkshire", "London", "US & Canada", "Northern Ireland", "London", "UK Politics", "Asia", "UK Politics", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Family & Education", "Health", null, "UK", "Stories", "UK", "London", null, "UK Politics", "Business", null, "UK", null, null, null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Magazine", null, null, "Europe", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "Northern Ireland", "Business", "Europe", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "London", "UK", "Newsbeat", "Leicester", "UK", null, "Europe", "Technology", "Africa", "UK", null, null, "Northern Ireland", "Health", "UK Politics", "Parliaments", "India", "UK", "Health", "Leicester", "Berkshire", null, "Asia", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "Family & Education", null, "Science & Environment", "Europe", "Lancashire", "Highlands & Islands", "Europe", "London", null, "Science & Environment", "Entertainment & Arts", "Science & Environment", null, null, "Technology", "London", null, "Manchester", null, "UK Politics", "Science & Environment", "US & Canada", null, "Liverpool", "Entertainment & Arts", "Entertainment & Arts", "Middle East", "Entertainment & Arts", "US & Canada", "UK", "Europe", "Humberside", "Newsbeat", "Asia", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", "US & Canada", null, null, "Stories", "Middle East", "Humberside", null, "Technology", null, "Europe", "London", "Middle East", null, "Sheffield & South Yorkshire", null, "London", "UK Politics", null, "Sheffield & South Yorkshire", null, "UK", "UK", "Business", "US & Canada", null, "Suffolk", null, "London", null, null, "Highlands & Islands", "US & Canada", "Business", "UK", null, "Australia", "UK", "Hampshire & Isle of Wight", "England", null, null, "Business", null, "Health", null, "Business", "UK", "Europe", "Health", null, "UK", "Technology", null, "Devon", "Manchester", "US & Canada", "Leicester", "UK", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "US & Canada", "India", "England", "Scotland", "UK", "UK", "Middle East", "Middle East", "Oxford", "Sussex", "Health", "US & Canada", "Health", "Business", "Europe", "US & Canada", "South West Wales", "Europe", "US & Canada", "UK", "Foyle & West", "Science & Environment", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland", "Suffolk", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", "UK Politics", "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", "Leicester", "Middle East", "UK Politics", null, "Sussex", "UK", "UK", "Business", "London", "US & Canada", "Essex", "UK Politics", "Business", "Business", "Northern Ireland", "NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland", "London", "UK Politics", "Suffolk", "Newsbeat", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "Liverpool", "Technology", "Health", "UK Politics", "Highlands & Islands", "UK Politics", "UK", "Europe", "UK", null, null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Science & Environment", "UK", "Family & Education", "UK Politics", "Business", "London", "Manchester", "Norfolk", "Business", "UK", "Technology", "UK Politics", null, "Gloucestershire", null, null, null, "Asia", "UK Politics", null, "US & Canada", "York & North Yorkshire", "London", "Middle East", "Europe", "Cornwall", "Asia", "UK", "Health", "Science & Environment", null, "Entertainment & Arts", null, null, "UK", "UK", "UK", "US & Canada", "Australia", null, "Wales politics", null, null, "Asia", "US & Canada", null, "York & North Yorkshire", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK", null, "UK", "UK Politics", "Leicester", null, null, "US & Canada", "UK", "UK", null, null, "Cambridgeshire", "Health", "UK Politics", "UK", "UK Politics", null, "Family & Education", "UK Politics", "England", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "UK", "Hampshire & Isle of Wight", "UK Politics", null, "Family & Education", "Northern Ireland", "UK", "Business", null, "UK Politics", "UK Politics", "London", null, "Tayside and Central Scotland", "Asia", null, "Nottingham", "Business", "UK", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Business", null, "UK Politics", "Birmingham & Black Country", "South East Wales", "Entertainment & Arts", "Essex", "US & Canada", null, "Tees", "Business", "Leicester", "Europe", "Europe", "US & Canada", "UK", "Middle East", "UK Politics", "Business", "London", "US & Canada", "US & Canada", "Europe", "Northern Ireland", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Middle East", "UK Politics", "UK", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", "UK", "Europe", "Europe", "Entertainment & Arts", "Europe", "Devon", "Leeds & West Yorkshire", "US & Canada", "Northern Ireland", "London", "Tayside and Central Scotland", "Devon", "Health", "Middle East", "Middle East", null, "London", "UK", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Asia", null, "Europe", null, "Family & Education", "US & Canada", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "UK", "US & Canada", null, "UK Politics", null, "US & Canada", "Technology", "US & Canada", "Glasgow & West Scotland", "London", null, null, "Business", "London", null, "UK Politics", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "UK", "UK", "Asia", "Glasgow & West Scotland", "UK", "US & Canada", "Sussex", "Health", "England", "Health", "Europe", "Business", "Birmingham & Black Country", "Entertainment & Arts", "Entertainment & Arts", "Science & Environment", null, "Liverpool", "Berkshire", "Science & Environment", "Suffolk", "US & Canada", null, "South East Wales", "UK", "Humberside", "Hampshire & Isle of Wight", "Glasgow & West Scotland", "US & Canada", "UK", "Business", "UK Politics", null, "Europe", null, "Europe", "Highlands & Islands", "London", null, "UK Politics", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "Leicester", "Middle East", null, "US & Canada", "Lancashire", "UK Politics", "London", "Technology", "UK Politics", "Parliaments", "South West Wales", null, "Technology", "Technology", "Entertainment & Arts", "UK Politics", "Berkshire", "Cumbria", "Middle East", "UK Politics", "Business", "UK", "Business", "UK Politics", null, null, "Business", "UK Politics", null, null, "Europe", null, null, "Coventry & Warwickshire", "Business", "Cambridgeshire", "Cambridgeshire", "Family & Education", "Family & Education", "Latin America & Caribbean", "London", null, "London", "Health", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", null, "Berkshire", "Middle East", null, null, "Latin America & Caribbean", null, "Asia", "Oxford", "Oxford", "Asia", "London", "Middle East", "Asia", null, "UK", "Business", "UK Politics", null, "UK", "Business", "Sussex", "Business", null, "Newsbeat", "UK", "UK", null, "UK", "Europe", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "Scotland politics", "London", "Family & Education", "Africa", "Asia", "Business", null, "UK", "US & Canada", "Scotland politics", "Europe", null, "US & Canada", "UK", null, "Asia", "UK", "Europe", "UK", null, null, "Leicester", "UK Politics", "UK", "Europe", "Business", "Technology", null, "Manchester", "Science & Environment", "Health", "UK", "Technology", "UK Politics", "US & Canada", "South West Wales", "UK", null, "Family & Education", "UK Politics", "Technology", "US & Canada", "UK Politics", "Business", "US & Canada", "Health", "Mid Wales", "England", null, "England", "UK", "UK", "Health", "Newsbeat", "Manchester", "Business", "Oxford", "Sussex", null, "Health", "US & Canada", "Business", "Manchester", "UK Politics", "Business", "US & Canada", null, null, "UK", null, "Suffolk", "Entertainment & Arts", "Business", "Business", "Business", "UK Politics", null, "London", "UK", null, null, "Manchester", "Business", "US & Canada", "NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland", "US & Canada", "UK", "UK", null, "Gloucestershire", "Business", "UK Politics", null, null, "Magazine", "US & Canada", "Business", "Health", "Gloucestershire", "UK Politics", "Latin America & Caribbean", "Africa", null, "US & Canada", "Manchester", "Entertainment & Arts", "Highlands & Islands", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", "Europe", "Africa", "Suffolk", null, "Asia", "Europe", "UK", "London", "UK", "Norfolk", "UK Politics", "Science & Environment", null, "Technology", "Entertainment & Arts", "London", null, null, "UK", "US & Canada", "UK", "Technology", "London", null, "Scotland politics", "London", null, "Newsbeat", "Business", "UK Politics", "UK Politics", null, "UK", null, "UK", "UK", "Middle East", "UK Politics", "England", "Europe", "Business", "Leicester", "Business", "Business", "Health", "UK Politics", "Sheffield & South Yorkshire", "England", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Business", "Berkshire", "Business", "Family & Education", "US & Canada", "UK", "Europe", "US & Canada", null, "England", "Humberside", "Entertainment & Arts", null, "England", null, "Entertainment & Arts", "Parliaments", null, "Middle East", null, "Business", null, "US & Canada", null, "US & Canada", "UK", "World", "UK", "UK", "Family & Education", null, "Latin America & Caribbean", "UK Politics", "Scotland politics", null, null, "UK", "UK", "Tyne & Wear", "UK", null, "Education & Family", "Leeds & West Yorkshire", null, null, null, "US & Canada", "Business", "London", "Family & Education", "Northampton", null, "Middle East", "Middle East", "UK Politics", "Business", "London", "Europe", "Business", "Suffolk", "Entertainment & Arts", "US & Canada", "Manchester", "Tees", null, "Europe"], "content": ["Stanislav Yezhov (centre) pictured between Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and UK Prime Minister Theresa May\n\nUkraine's main security agency has arrested a senior government translator and accused him of being a Russian spy.\n\nStanislav Yezhov, who accompanied the country's prime minister on numerous trips, was detained in Kiev on Wednesday.\n\nThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Mr Yezhov had gathered information about government activities.\n\nIn July, he was part of a delegation that visited UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street.\n\nA statement posted on the SBU website [in Ukrainian] said: \"Law enforcers found that an official was recruited by Russian intelligence agencies during a long-time foreign mission.\"\n\nThey said Mr Yezhov, who is facing charges of treason, used \"special equipment\" to gather information which he then passed on to his Russian handlers.\n\nUkraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman posted about the arrest on his Facebook page.\n\nHe said Mr Yezhov was \"an official in the government's secretariat who was working in the interests of the enemy state [Russia] for a long time\".\n\nHe worked in the cabinet of ministers where he would have had access to sensitive government information. Prior to this, he served as a translator for Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jonah Fisher This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe SBU did not directly refer to Mr Yezhov but he was named by other senior officials.\n\nAnton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the interior minister, said Mr Yezhov had \"worked for the Russian special services for at least two years.\"\n\n\"It is known that he was recruited by the Russian special services during his work at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington several years ago,\" he said.\n\nA photograph taken in early July shows Mr Yezhov standing in between the UK and Ukrainian prime ministers as they walked down a corridor in Downing Street.\n\nAnother image seen by the BBC shows him leaving through the front door of the prime minister's residence.\n\nLast year, Mr Yezhov visited the White House where he translated for Mr Groysman during talks with former US Vice-President Joe Biden.\n\nTensions between Ukraine and Russia have escalated in recent years.\n\nIn 2014, Mr Yanukovych - who was pro-Moscow - was driven from power by violent protests in Kiev. Russian-backed forces then seized control of the Crimean peninsula, which is officially part of Ukraine.\n\nThe continued presence of the Russian fleet at the port of Sevastopol in Crimea has also been a focus of tension between the countries. In 2008, Ukraine demanded that Moscow not use the fleet that is based there during its conflict with Georgia.", "Facebook no longer displays red warning icons next to fake news stories shared on the platform, as it says the approach has not worked as hoped.\n\nIn December 2016, the site started showing a \"disputed\" warning next to articles that third-party fact checking websites said were fake news.\n\nHowever, it said research suggested the \"red flag\" approach actually \"entrenched deeply held beliefs\".\n\nIt will now display \"related articles\" next to disputed news stories.\n\n\"Academic research on correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image, like a red flag, next to an article may actually entrench deeply held beliefs - the opposite effect to what we intended,\" Facebook's Tessa Lyons wrote in a blog post.\n\nInstead of displaying a warning icon in the news feed, it will instead \"surface fact-checked articles\" and display them next to disputed stories.\n\nFacebook said it had tested the approach and found that although the new approach did not reduce the number of times disputed articles were clicked on, it did lead to them being shared fewer times.\n\nPeople who do try and share a disputed article are showed a pop-up with links to fact-checked sources.\n\nFact-checked articles will be given more prominence\n\n\"Using language that is unbiased and non-judgmental helps us to build products that speak to people with diverse perspectives,\" Facebook's designers said.\n\n\"Just as before, as soon as we learn that an article has been disputed by fact-checkers, we immediately send a notification to those people who previously shared it.\"\n\nCritics say social networks should face regulation if they do not tackle the spread of misinformation and propaganda.\n\n\"What Facebook is trying to do is respond to pressure that it should be treated as a publisher, rather than a platform,\" said Tim Luckhurst, professor of journalism at the University of Kent.\n\n\"I think that argument is dead. They are a publisher, so it is not enough to offer people a menu of other related stories.\n\n\"We have a generation of people that are so anti-establishment and sceptical of evidence-based news, we need regulation of the type imposed on broadcasters since they first emerged.\"\n\nProf Luckhurst said he was \"appalled\" by Facebook's argument that it was different from traditional media.\n\n\"They usually raise the objection that they cannot be regulated because they're international. Well so is the BBC, so is CNN.\"\n• None Fake news - is Facebook doing enough?", "Damian Green (right) described Bob Quick's claims as \"disreputable political smears\"\n\nAllies of Damian Green are said to regard his dismissal as the culmination of a nine-year vendetta by police, orchestrated by Bob Quick, the former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner.\n\nMr Quick oversaw a controversial investigation in 2008 into leaks from the Home Office which led to Mr Green's arrest, a raid on his Westminster office and the seizure of his parliamentary computers.\n\nThe Scotland Yard officer faced such heavy criticism over the inquiry that when he made a security blunder in April 2009, inadvertently revealing details of an anti-terror operation, support for him quickly drained away and he resigned.\n\nImplicit in the suggestion of the \"vendetta\" theory is that the first secretary of state's dismissal was somehow \"payback\" by Mr Quick for that career-ending leaks inquiry.\n\nBut the reality is that Mr Green was the architect of his own downfall.\n\nOn November 4, as the Sunday Times presses rolled with the exclusive story, confirmed by Mr Quick, that pornography had been found on Mr Green's work computers, the MP tweeted a statement dismissing the claims in the strongest possible terms.\n\nThe story was \"false\", said Mr Green, who described the allegations as \"disreputable political smears\" from a \"tainted, untrustworthy... and discredited\" officer.\n\nFurthermore, police had \"never suggested to me improper material was found\", he wrote.\n\nMr Green's statement was a calculated, but high-risk, gamble, apparently intended to recast the pornography claims in the light of a police feud and deflect attention on to Mr Quick's motives.\n\nAnd for a while it worked.\n\nIndeed, a week later, when the Met Commissioner at the time, Sir Paul Stephenson, told the BBC that he too had been aware of the pornography find, the cabinet minister repeated his assertion that he had never been told about \"improper material\" on his parliamentary computers, claiming again that the disclosure was being made for \"ulterior motives\".\n\nBut as the Cabinet Office inquiry has now established, Damian Green's statements were \"misleading and inaccurate\".\n\nIn fact, as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged, his former colleague \"lied\".\n\nMr Green knew about the pornography all along: police had told his lawyers in 2008 and then discussed it with him in 2013.\n\nOnly Mr Green can explain why he denied all knowledge of the material.\n\nMr Hunt suggested on the Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, it was something \"he didn't mean to say\", but Mr Green said it twice, which indicates it was rather more than a slip of the tongue.\n\nHis vehement protestations of innocence and counter-accusation against Bob Quick had the effect of ratcheting up the row when it might have served his interests better to dampen it down.\n\nDamian Green leaves his London house a day after standing down\n\nNeil Lewis, the detective who had inspected Mr Green's computers in 2008, was so angered at the minister's remarks that he contacted Mr Quick to offer support and made himself available to the Cabinet Office inquiry.\n\nThe inquiry never contacted Mr Lewis to give evidence, fuelling his concerns that it would not be able to establish the full facts about the pornography and might result in a whitewash.\n\nAs a result, the former police IT specialist later agreed to a broadcast interview.\n\nMr Lewis's decision to speak out, together with Mr Quick's public statements, are now being investigated by the Information Commissioner, who will assess whether they broke data protection laws.\n\nA number of senior politicians and police officers believe the two men breached their duty to keep confidential information gleaned during the course of a police inquiry.\n\nBut it is unclear if the pair, who claim they have acted in the public interest, have done anything illegal. They cannot face internal disciplinary sanctions because they have retired from the police service.\n\nBesides, the focus of this saga remains on Damian Green.\n\nAfter all, it was his conduct that sparked the revelations.\n\nDamian Green in his parliamentary office after his arrest in 2008\n\nAnd given that the Conservative MP now admits knowing about the claims pornography had been found on his work computers there are searching questions about what he did or should have done with that information.\n\nIf, as he alleges, he had not downloaded or viewed the material himself, did he inform the parliamentary authorities that his computers had been improperly accessed or hacked by someone else?\n\nDid Mr Green tell David Cameron that his computers' security may have been compromised when the former prime minister appointed him to the Home Office in 2010?\n\nAnd was Theresa May informed about it when Mr Green was her policing minister between 2012 and 2014, and later when she rejuvenated his political career by bringing him into the cabinet?\n\nThere may be wider issues for the police - particularly where the boundaries lie between maintaining confidentiality and exposing alleged wrongdoing. But that should not detract from the bigger questions facing a cabinet minister who failed to tell the truth.", "Laurence Soper fled to Kosovo in a bid to avoid prosecution for abusing the boys at St Benedict's School in west London\n\nA Catholic priest who abused boys at a London school in the 1970s and 1980s has been jailed for 18 years.\n\nLaurence Soper, 74, fled to Kosovo with £182,000 from the Vatican bank in a bid to avoid prosecution for abusing boys at the independent St Benedict's School, in Ealing, where he taught.\n\nHe was extradited to face 19 charges of indecent and serious sexual assault against 10 former pupils.\n\nHe is the fourth man to be convicted of molesting children at the school.\n\nSentencing, Judge Anthony Bate said Soper's conduct was \"the most appalling breach of trust\" and he had \"subverted the rules of the Benedictine order and teachings of the Catholic Church\".\n\nHe said the former abbot and headmaster's life would now be \"overshadowed by the proven catalogue of vile abuse\".\n\nAn Old Bailey jury took 14 hours to find Soper guilty of all charges on 6 December.\n\nLaurence Soper was a senior priest at the Catholic school\n\nProsecutor Gillian Etherton QC told how the victims were subjected to \"sadistic\" beatings by Soper for \"fake reasons\" and on many occasions \"with what can only have been a sexual motive\".\n\nThe \"reasons\" included kicking a football in the wrong direction, failing to use double margins and using the wrong staircase.\n\nSt Benedict's apologised for the \"serious wrongs of the past\" while Ealing Abbey said: \"We apologise to everyone who is affected by the crimes Soper committed.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his victims. We admire them for their courage in coming forward as witnesses.\"\n\nSoper's victims, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were supported by relatives in court when he was sentenced.\n\nOne victim suffered from nightmares and flashbacks after the abuse, but chose not to come forward out of fear of more beatings, the jury heard during the trial.\n\nAnother victim said he was left faithless and suicidal.\n\nIn a statement read out in court, he said he wanted to be a vet or pilot before his life was ruined.\n\nHe said he began drinking to \"numb the pain of what was happening to him\".\n\nHaving been brought up a strict Catholic, he said he had since lost his faith, adding: \"I have tried countless times to take my own life - I just could not cope.\"\n\nSoper is the latest in a string of men to face allegations relating to their work at St Benedict's.\n\nIn 2010, Abbot Shipperlee announced an independent review of safeguarding arrangements, policies and procedures.\n\nThe following year, Lord Carlile produced a damning report calling for tougher rules to protect all faith pupils and stripped monks of control at the school.\n\nSoper resigned as an abbot at the £5,000-a-term school in 2000 and moved to Rome, during which time victims started to come forward.\n\nHe then skipped bail and spent six years living in Kosovo, with a European Arrest Warrant issued for his extradition.\n\nJudge Bate said: \"You have been a clandestine sex offender since your early 30s. Your disgrace is complete.\"\n\nSoper was attacked while on remand at Wormwood Scrubs prison, the court heard. He is now being held in segregation for his own protection.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Poundland has removed the image of a box of Twinings tea from a controversial social media advert after the company complained on Twitter.\n\nThe campaign displayed a toy elf in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll in front of a box of Twinings Classics tea.\n\nTwinings tweeted that the picture \"misuses our product\".\n\nThe picture has reappeared, but without the box of Classics Selection tea and a caption: \"Spot the difference?\"\n\nPoundland refused to comment on the change, but all the previous offending pictures had disappeared from Twitter by 17:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nTwinings tweeted about the Poundland campaign: \"We had no involvement in this and... it is obviously not reflective of our brand values.\"\n\nPoundland has been running its \"Naughty Elf\" adverts since the beginning of December.\n\nThey have included tableaux of a toy elf in a hot tub with naked dolls and another of the toy elf playing strip poker.\n\nThe campaign has divided opinion on Twitter, with some praising it as \"brilliant\", others damning it as \"outdated misogyny\".\n\nMany tweets speculated that Poundland's Twitter Feed had been hacked.\n\nHowever, Poundland confirmed the adverts were genuine.\n\nMarketing Director Mark Pym said: \"The love on Facebook has been overwhelming, and that's because it connects with our shoppers.\n\n\"We're proud of a campaign that's only cost £25.53 and is being touted as the winning marketing campaign this Christmas!\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Advertising Standards Authority confirmed they had had eight complaints about the advertising campaign, all on Thursday, claiming that it was offensive and unsuitable to be seen by children.\n\nHe said: \"Because the complaints have only just come in we will assess them and then decide whether there is a problem, and whether the advertisements need to be investigated.\"", "The number of cars built in the UK last month fell by 4.6% compared with a year earlier, driven down by a sharp decline in domestic demand.\n\nNearly 161,500 vehicles were made in UK factories in November, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).\n\nBut output for the domestic market fell by 28.1%, as a result of \"Brexit uncertainty\" and \"confusion over diesel taxation\", the SMMT said.\n\nThe SMMT figures showed that of the 161,490 cars produced last month, 24,276 were for the UK market, while 137,214 were shipped overseas.\n\nExports reached their highest proportion of output so far this year at 85%.\n\nHowever, the SMMT said production for the home market \"continued to falter\" and fell for the fourth month in a row.\n\nEarlier this month, SMMT car registration figures showed that the number of cars sold in the UK fell for the eighth consecutive month in November, declining by 11.2%.\n\nSMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: \"Brexit uncertainty, coupled with confusion over diesel taxation and air quality plans, continues to impact domestic demand for new cars and, with it, production output.\"\n\nHe added that it was good to see exports grow last month, but \"this only reinforces how overseas demand remains the driving force for UK car manufacturing.\n\n\"Clarity on the nature of our future overseas trading relationships, including details on transition arrangements with the EU, is vital for future growth and success.\"\n\nThe number of cars made so far this year is down 2% compared with the same period last year at 1.57 million.\n\nProduction for the home market has fallen by 9%, while production of vehicles for export is flat.", "GCHQ can detect the work of hackers around the globe\n\nThe UK has substantially increased its hacking capabilities in recent years, an official report says.\n\nThis includes the ability to attack other country's communications, weapons systems and even infrastructure.\n\nThe details were revealed in the annual report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, which oversees the work of intelligence agencies.\n\nIt said GCHQ had \"over-achieved\", creating double the number of new offensive cyber-capabilities expected.\n\nThe report said GCHQ's allocation of effort to develop hacks had increased \"very substantially\" from 2014.\n\nThe programme of developing the capabilities is divided into three tranches and GCHQ said that it had just finished the first. \"We… actually over-achieved and delivered [almost double the number of] capabilities [we were aiming for,\" an official from the agency told the committee.\n\nThe details of the successes are classified in the public version of the report.\n\nSuch capabilities could, in theory, be used to retaliate against others' cyber-attacks. The report comes a day after the Foreign Office publicly blamed North Korea for the Wannacry attack, which hit the NHS in May 2017.\n\nNot all the projects at GCHQ have been as successful. One - codenamed Foxtrot - was designed to deal with the spread of encryption.\n\nIt is described as an \"equipment interference programme to increase GCHQ's ability to operate in an environment of ubiquitous encryption\" and is considered critical to the agency's work.\n\nHowever, it was reported to have suffered a number of delays.\n\n\"The task has become more complex, the skills shortage has become more apparent,\" GCHQ told the committee.\n\n\"It is our number one priority and our number one worry.\"\n\nAnother priority was Project Golf - an effort to enhance its supercomputing capacity. GCHQ said this project was also critical but on track to be operational early next year.\n\nFor years the intelligence community, like much of government, has struggled with IT projects designed to facilitate the sharing of information.\n\nMI5's Alfa programme, described as crucial to the core business of managing information, is said by the committee to have faced major problems. It added that \"significant risks\" remained to its successful delivery.", "Last updated on .From the section Commonwealth Games\n\nBirmingham has been named host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the most expensive sports event to be held in Britain since the London Olympics.\n\nThe city's bid was the only one submitted to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) by the deadline of 30 September, after it was chosen ahead of Liverpool as Britain's candidate.\n\nThe CGF initially deemed the city's bid was \"not fully compliant\".\n\nHowever, it has now been confirmed as the host of the £750m event.\n\nWest Midlands mayor Andy Street described the announcement as a \"fantastic Christmas present for our region\".\n\nThe bidding process has been beset with problems, with the South African city of Durban awarded the Games in 2015 before being stripped of the event because it did not meet the CGF criteria.\n\nAfter Birmingham's bid was initially deemed to not meet the necessary criteria, previously interested cities such as Victoria in Canada and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia were given another two months to apply, but none came forward.\n\nBirmingham's organisers will now move forward with plans to build the UK's largest permanent athletics stadium, supplemented by four indoor arenas.\n\nThe decision will also enable the council to pursue the purchase of land for the athletes' village in Perry Barr, one of the city's northern suburbs.\n\nThis will be the third time the Commonwealth Games has been held in Britain since the turn of the century, after Manchester and Glasgow staged the event in 2002 and 2014 respectively.\n\nThe Games are expected to take place between 27 July and 7 August 2022.\n\nLouise Martin, president of the CGF, said Canada, Malaysia and Australia have all expressed interest in hosting the Games in 2026 or 2030.\n\nMaking the announcement at a school in Birmingham, Martin told pupils the Games would \"celebrate diversity, create opportunities and drive business links\".\n\n\"With its rich history, cultural diversity, youthful dynamism and ambitious spirit, Birmingham embodies all that we cherish about the Commonwealth,\" she said.\n\n\"We want this to be a brand new chapter in Birmingham's history, and we want you to be part of that.\"\n\nCulture secretary Karen Bradley said Birmingham will put on a \"brilliant Games that will showcase the best of Britain to the world and make the entire country proud\".\n\nA central aspect of the bid was a proposal to increase the capacity of Alexander Stadium.\n\nThe venue, which is already used to host Diamond League athletics events, will expand from 12,000 to 50,000 for the Games, with a permanent capacity of 25,000.\n\nIn addition, a new aquatics centre will be built at Sandwell for swimming, Para-swimming and diving events.\n\nIt is thought the government will pay 75% of the cost of hosting the Games, with the other 25% - about £180m - raised locally.\n\nBirmingham City Council leader Ian Ward has said the bid will not affect the council's provision of public services. A 'hotel tax' is one idea reportedly under consideration.\n\nIan Metcalfe, head of Commonwealth Games England, told BBC Sport the Games will be funded by private backers as well as local and national public funds.\n\n\"It's an extraordinary opportunity for the city and region to showcase itself to the world at a time when we will be leaving Europe and the relationship with our Commonwealth neighbours will be even more important,\" he said.\n\nCouncillor John Hunt, the leader of the Liberal Democrats at Birmingham City Council said: \"I and my colleagues talked intensively to local residents over about the Games. We found opinion equally divided. Some were enthusiastic, some were hostile because of the costs and the disruption and many wanted to ensure the Games leave the area with better facilities and better services.\"", "Cyril Ramaphosa is one of South Africa's wealthiest politicians\n\nThe new leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged to fight corruption and pursue a policy of \"radical economic transformation\".\n\nClosing the party's conference, he said tackling unemployment and poverty should also be key party policies.\n\nMr Ramaphosa was elected on Monday to succeed President Jacob Zuma as party leader.\n\nHe is in a strong position to become president at elections in 2019.\n\n\"This conference has resolved that corruption must be fought with the same intensity and purpose that we fight poverty, unemployment and inequality,\" he told delegates at the end of the five-day conference.\n\n\"We must also act fearlessly against alleged corruption and abuse of office within our ranks.\"\n\nHe said that the party had approved the seizure of land without compensation, but he cautioned against undermining the economy and food production.\n\nIt was a long wait for Cyril Ramaphosa's speech, which had been scheduled for Wednesday morning. When he finally made it at around midnight, he congratulated his party on having emerged from conference \"united\".\n\nBut there are many who point to issues like the alleged disappearance of 68 votes, cast for the powerful position of secretary general, and argue that splits in the party could well deepen.\n\nMr Ramaphosa's choice of words on the land issue was interesting. They reflect the careful tightrope the ANC is trying to walk: Addressing the concerns of the majority black population, whilst trying to assuage the business community and allay comparisons to its neighbour Zimbabwe.\n\nThere was also the expected condemnation of corruption in government and so-called state capture. What was not expected was his swipe at corporate corruption, and thinly veiled reference to the recent Steinhoff scandal.\n\nAgain this is indicative of the delicate balance Mr Ramaphosa is trying to achieve. He wants to let investors know he is serious about correcting the issues of the recent past, and convince black voters that he will equally address the mistakes of white-owned businesses.\n\nThe ANC has been under pressure to redress disparities which mean white farmers still own much of the best land in South Africa, more than two decades after the end of apartheid.\n\n\"This conference has resolved that the expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution,\" he said.\n\n\"It has also been resolved that we ensure we do not undermine the agricultural production or the economy - that is what is important.\"\n\nMr Ramaphosa praised his defeated rival for the ANC leadership, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What advice should South Africa's ruling party take on board?\n\nThe leadership battle caused fierce political infighting, raising fears that the party might split before the 2019 election.\n\nPresident Zuma has been embroiled in a series of corruption scandals - he denies any wrongdoing - and support for the ANC has declined in recent elections. However, it still gained more than 50% of the national vote in local polls last year.\n\nAnalysts say Mr Ramaphosa may move to sack Mr Zuma in the coming weeks, however this would need the backing of the party leadership.\n\nIn a separate development, the ANC conference passed a resolution to direct the government to downgrade the South African embassy in Israel to a liaison office.\n\nIt described the move as a \"practical expression of support to the oppressed people of Palestine\".\n\nEarlier this month, US President Donald Trump caused widespread controversy when he announced the US would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocate its embassy there from Tel Aviv.", "The report warns that regional gaps in good schools have grown wider in recent years\n\nThere is a widening geographical divide in access to high-performing schools in England, says a report from the Education Policy Institute.\n\nBetween 2010 and 2015, London took an increasing share of the secondary schools where pupils were most likely to make good progress.\n\nBut the report says areas in the North and North East were being left behind.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said social mobility plans would help chances to be spread more evenly.\n\nThe report picks up on concerns about social mobility now being increasingly affected by where families live - with disadvantaged youngsters in London having a much better chance of going to good schools than similarly deprived pupils in other parts of the country.\n\nDavid Laws, the think tank's chairman and a former education minister, said the widening inequality was \"shocking\".\n\nIn this study, \"high-performing\" schools are not those with the best exam results or rated as outstanding or good but those that are in the top third for how much progress pupils have made since starting secondary school.\n\nThe report says that a number of London boroughs are stretching further ahead in the density of such schools.\n\nHarrow, Hillingdon, Brent, Ealing and Camden are among those with the greatest increases in such schools with a high level of value added.\n\nAmong the 20 top authorities by this measure, 16 are in London.\n\nThe authorities with a decreasing number of such high-performing schools are clustered in the North and Midlands, including Blackburn, Derby, Wirral, Warrington and Dudley.\n\nYoung people in Blackpool and Hartlepool are named as having the least access to local secondary schools where pupil progress is in the top third by national standards.\n\nThe analysis shows how levels of deprivation are not necessarily linked to the availability of high-performing schools.\n\nHaringey has 29% of pupils eligible for free school meals, but has among the country's highest densities of successful schools, in terms of value added.\n\nThis measure of disadvantage is higher than any of the bottom 10 authorities with the least availability of good value-added schools.\n\n\"It is shocking to see that over recent years the access to high-quality secondary school places in England has become even more unequal,\" said Mr Laws.\n\n\"In one-fifth of local areas, children cannot access quality secondary school places. government rhetoric about spreading opportunity is not being matched by experience in areas such as the North, North East and parts of the Midlands.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said: \"The answer of course is pretty simple.\"\n\nHe said schools needed better funding, to be able to recruit high-quality teachers and to have a longer-term approach to keeping the best teachers and head teachers.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said that a new plan to promote social mobility was designed \"to make sure opportunities are spread evenly across the country\".\n\n\"That's why we are targeting the areas that need the most support through the £72m opportunity areas programme, and by investing £280m over the next two years to target resources at the schools most in need to improve their performance and deliver more good school places.\"", "And we'll keep you signed in.", "After seeing a news article about some girls in Leeds who missed school because they couldn't afford menstrual products, one teenager took it upon herself to change things.\n\n\"I'm still at school and to imagine what it would be like to miss a week of school every month is what really got to me,\" says 18-year-old Amika George.\n\n\"So I started a petition and called it #FreePeriods.\n\n\"The idea is that everyone on free school meals would get free menstrual products.\n\nAmika George is calling for free menstrual products for those on free school meals\n\n\"I think some people will say they are really cheap, but it's easy to forget that you need to meet those costs every single month for several years in your life.\n\n\"So in the long run it adds up.\"\n\nAmika organised a protest opposite Downing Street where celeb speakers - including Adwoa Aboah, Aisling Bea and Daisy Lowe - called on Theresa May to provide free menstruation products for those already on free school meals.\n\nShe says the government has been \"dismissive of period poverty\" because it says schools have discretion over how they use the money in their budget.\n\n\"We all know schools are incredibly stretched for money and budgets are being cut,\" says Amika.\n\n\"But also there's still a lot of taboo around periods.\n\n\"It's something that doesn't make any sense to me as to why a completely natural process that half the world's population goes through is unspeakable and scary and disgusting.\n\n\"And that is something that really needs to change.\"\n\nIf given the chance to talk to the prime minister, Amika would say: \"There are girls missing school for up to a week every month and that's damaging the economy because it means those girls are less likely to get amazing jobs.\n\n\"There are people who are suffering from extreme poverty in the UK and it's awful she's not done enough to combat that.\n\n\"I'd say my solution of providing free menstrual products to all girls on free meals would work.\"\n\nThe government says it's invested more than £11bn since 2011 to help schools support their most disadvantaged pupils.\n\nIn a statement, it told Newsbeat: \"Current guidance to schools on relationship and sex education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation.\"\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code.\n\nHe was \"asked to quit\" after he was found to have made \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nHe also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel uncomfortable in 2015.\n\nLaura Kuenssberg said the PM \"had little choice but to ask him to go\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor said the departure of a close friend left Mrs May a \"lonelier figure\".\n\nMr Green, 61, who as first secretary of state was effectively the PM's deputy, is the third cabinet minister to resign in the space of two months - Sir Michael Fallon and Priti Patel both quit in November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May \"will miss his advice, will miss his support\" - Laura Kuenssberg on Damian Green sacking\n\nIn her written response, Mrs May expressed \"deep regret\" at Mr Green's departure but said his actions \"fell short\" of the conduct expected of a cabinet minister.\n\nLike Mrs May, Mr Green campaigned for Remain in last year's EU referendum and had been a leading voice in Cabinet for a \"softer\" Brexit.\n\nHe had been under investigation regarding allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards journalist and Tory activist Ms Maltby. He denied suggestions that he made unwanted advances towards her in 2015.\n\nHe also denied that he had either downloaded or viewed pornography on a computer removed from his Commons office in 2008 and said police had \"never suggested to me that improper material was found\".\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Green said statements he made about what he knew about the pornography could have been \"clearer\", conceding that his lawyers had been informed by Met Police lawyers about their initial discovery in 2008 and the police had also raised the matter with him in a phone call in 2013.\n\n\"I apologise that my statements were misleading on this point,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Mr Green had \"lied\" about \"a particular incident\" and that was why he had to go but it was a \"sad moment\".\n\nAsked if his departure left Theresa May more isolated, he said \"leadership is lonely\" but she had shown \"extraordinary resilience in very challenging circumstances\" and was someone \"who is capable of taking very difficult decisions\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was shocked\": Former detective constable Neil Lewis speaks to the BBC\n\nAn official report by the Cabinet Office found that public statements he made relating to what he knew about the claims were \"inaccurate and misleading\" and constituted a breach of the ministerial code.\n\nThe report also found that although there were \"competing and contradictory accounts of what were private meetings\" between himself and Ms Maltby, the investigation found her account \"to be plausible\".\n\nHer parents, Colin and Victoria Maltby, said in a statement they were not surprised to find that the inquiry found Mr Green to have been \"untruthful as a minister, nor that they found our daughter to be a plausible witness\".\n\nThey praised their 31-year-old daughter for her courage in speaking out about the \"abuse of authority\".\n\nMs Maltby is not commenting on Mr Green's resignation until she receives more details from the Cabinet Office.\n\nDamian Green was a confidant of the prime minister for many years\n\nDamian Green has never been a politician with a huge public persona, or even a hugely well-known character.\n\nBut he was an extremely important ally of Theresa May. Not just a political friend but a genuine one, close to her for decades.\n\nThe government, so the joke in Westminster goes, has become \"weak and stable\", with number 10 taking back some control of the agenda in recent weeks.\n\nSo it is not likely that Mr Green's exit will suddenly unleash another bout of turmoil.\n\nBut the prime minister clearly took this decision very seriously.\n\nShe is a politician who guards her views, her own persona very closely. To lose one of the few who understood her, who she trusts, leaves her a lonelier figure.\n\nIn her reply, the PM said while the report had found his conduct to have been \"professional and proper\" in general, it was right that he had apologised for making Ms Maltby \"feel uncomfortable\".\n\nAddressing breaches of the ministerial code, she added: \"While I can understand the considerable distress caused to you by some of the allegations made in the past few weeks, I know that you share my commitment to maintaining the high standards that the public demands of ministers of the crown.\n\n\"It is therefore with deep regret that I asked you to resign from the government and have accepted your resignation.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Helen Catt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Helen Catt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Green's political future has been in question since Ms Maltby claimed in an article in the Times that the minister \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015 and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message which left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\".\n\nMr Green, an acquaintance of the journalist's parents, said the claims were \"hurtful\" and \"completely false\".\n\nKate Maltby's account was found to be plausible, the report says\n\nBut they were referred for investigation by top civil servant Sue Gray - who is examining other claims that emerged during a swirl of allegations about harassment and other misconduct at Westminster.\n\nThe inquiry was subsequently expanded to consider claims that legal pornography was found on a computer removed from Mr Green's office in the House of Commons in 2008.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt was one of a number of possessions seized by the police during a controversial inquiry into the leaking of official documents by a civil servant to Mr Green, at the time a shadow Home Office minister under David Cameron.\n\nMrs May, who has known Mr Green since they were contemporaries at Oxford, brought him into the cabinet after she became PM in 2016 and promoted him to first secretary of state in July.\n\nSince then, he has played a substantial role behind the scenes chairing key cabinet committees and has also deputised for Mrs May at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nIt is not clear who will replace him in those roles but unconfirmed reports have suggested there will be no announcement until the New Year, with Parliament due to go on recess on Thursday.\n• None Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her", "Hospitals across England have been told to cancel non-emergency operations in the new year to prepare for a post-Christmas surge in patients.\n\nThe first weeks of January are often the busiest of the year with winter illnesses peaking, combined with the growing day-to-day demand in A&E.\n\nSo an emergency panel of NHS bosses is urging hospitals to cut back on their routine work, such as knee and hip ops.\n\nThey hope it will give hospitals some breathing space to cope.\n\nPublicly, no figure is being put on the number of operations that should be put off, although the BBC understands hospitals are working on the basis of doing 10% fewer.\n\nThat would mean in the region of 15,000 operations not taking place in the first two weeks of January.\n\nThe panel has suggested hospitals use the staff freed up by the move to set up \"hot clinics\" staffed by experts in conditions such as respiratory illness to take the pressure off A&E.\n\nThe directive is the first to be issued by the NHS National Emergency Pressures Panel, a new group of senior doctors, nurses and managers set up to advise NHS England.\n\nCan't find your health trust? Browse the full list Rather search by typing? Back to search\n\nIf you can't see the NHS Tracker, click or tap here.\n\nPanel chair Prof Sir Bruce Keogh said it would be sensible for hospitals to curtail the amount of planned work they are doing until at least mid January.\n\n\"NHS staff are working flat out to cope with seasonal pressures and ensure patients receive the best possible care.\n\n\"However, given the scale of the challenge, hospitals should be planning for a surge that comes in the new year by freeing up beds and staff where they can to care for our sickest patients.\"\n\nHe said this would reduce the need for last-minute cancellations which were unfair on patients.\n\nIt comes as figures released on Thursday showed pressures had already started building.\n\nThe weekly bulletin from NHS England showed over 1,000 beds were closed because of the vomiting bug Norovirus - nearly 10% of the hospital bed-stock - while ambulances were increasingly likely to find themselves delayed when they dropped off patients at A&E.\n\nPauline Philip, the NHS national director for emergency care, said it was a sensible move.\n\nShe also urged hospitals to make the most of the extra £350m winter funding provided by the government, which was released into the system last week.\n\nAnd she added: \"There is still time for the public to play their part by ensuring they have their flu jab and by using local pharmacies and NHS 111.\"\n\nProf Derek Alderson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, welcomed the move as it provided clarity over what should be done as pressures grow.\n\nBut he said it was still pretty \"short notice\" for those patients who face having their operations cancelled.\n\nAnd he urged hospitals to prioritise cancer treatment and other planned operations that, if cancelled, would harm patients.", "The DMZ is one of the world's most heavily guarded strips of land\n\nSouth Korea's military has fired warning shots at North Korean guards searching for a soldier who defected.\n\nThe North Korean soldier had walked across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) shortly after 08:00 (23:00 GMT Wednesday).\n\nHe had emerged from thick fog at a checkpoint, said the South's military.\n\nHe is the fourth North Korean soldier to defect this year. The incident comes weeks after one of the most dramatic defections in recent times.\n\nIn that incident, on 13 November, a soldier was shot as he fled across to the southern side of the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the village of Panmunjom.\n\nThursday's incident took place at a checkpoint in the mid-western frontline, said Roh Jae-cheon, spokesman for South Korea's joint chiefs of staff.\n\nHeavy fog had descended on the area, limiting visibility to about 100m (110 yards), he told reporters. But as the North Korean soldier approached the post, his movements were picked up on surveillance equipment.\n\nMr Roh added that the defector was taken into custody and was \"safely secured\". Authorities are now investigating what drove him to make the crossing.\n\nThe soldier, thought to be 19 years old, was carrying an AK-47 rifle, reported The Korea Herald citing the military. No gunfire was exchanged at the time.\n\nBut shortly after his crossing, a group of border guards from the North approached the border, appearing to search for their comrade, according to South Korea's defence ministry. South Korean soldiers fired about 20 warning shots.\n\nOfficials said the sound of gunshots coming from the North was heard about 40 minutes later, although no bullets were found to have crossed the border.\n\nHeavy fog had descended on the checkpoint, said South Korea's military\n\nVery few North Korean defectors risk crossing to the South via the DMZ.\n\nOne of the world's most heavily guarded strips of land, the DMZ is a thin buffer zone between the two Koreas and is fortified on both sides with barbed wire, surveillance cameras, electric fencing and landmines.\n\nLast month's defection saw a soldier drive a jeep right up to the border, in a dramatic escape captured on surveillance cameras.\n\nHe ran across to the South in a hail of bullets from North Korean guards.\n\nShot five times, the soldier collapsed in a pile of leaves on the South's side, and was later rescued by South Korean soldiers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A rare instance of a defector fleeing through the demilitarised zone was captured on CCTV in 2017\n\nHis recovery was closely tracked by South Korean media. He was released from intensive care and is reported to have written a thank you note to the doctors who treated him.\n\nTwo other North Korean soldiers defected, also via the DMZ, in June this year in separate incidents. Only one soldier defected last year.\n\nThe total number of North Koreans who directly defected to the South has also risen to 15 this year, compared to five last year, according to official figures reported by Yonhap news agency.\n\nHundreds more defect through China, before making their way to the South.\n\nIn a separate announcement on Thursday, South Korea's unification ministry said two defecting North Koreans had been found on a fishing boat in the South's waters.", "Michael Gove has hit back at claims the price of cheddar cheese will go up by 40% if Britain leaves the EU without a trade deal.\n\nThe environment secretary said that would not happen if consumers started buying more British cheddar.\n\n\"I am deeply concerned about your unpatriotic attitude towards cheese,\" he joked to the Labour MP quizzing him.\n\nHe said his department was \"very pro UK cheddar\" - and Britain's dairy farmers would respond to what the market wants.\n\nHis attempts to show off his knowledge of cheddar, by naming varieties such as \"Montgomery or Lincolnshire Poacher\", were cut short by environment committee chairman Neil Parish.\n\nBritain currently imports \"lots of cheddar\" from Ireland, the Commons environment committee was told, but if it leaves the EU without a trade deal and goes to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules it will face tariffs on that product of 40%.\n\nThat meant prices in British shops would go up by 40%, Labour's Angela Smith claimed.\n\nMr Gove said it would be important to have these WTO tariffs if Britain left without a deal to prevent British farmers being undercut by cheap food imports - but he insisted the price of cheddar would not rise by 40%.\n\nMr Gove has criticised standards in US chicken farms\n\nAgriculture minister George Eustice told the environment committee: \"What would probably happen, if everybody put up such a tariff wall, is that we would consume more of the cheese we produce, rather than send it to Ireland, and Ireland would be selling us less cheese.\"\n\nThe UK currently exports £320m of cheddar to Ireland every year and imports £389m of cheddar, he told the committee (Ireland accounts for about 80% of all cheddar imports, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board).\n\nMr Gove suggested going to WTO rules was as likely as \"a tsunami hitting the South West of England\" and the government did not want to do it - but he told the MPs that his department was planning for such an eventuality.\n\nHe said that if it happened it would lead to higher food prices in the shops, but also more export opportunities for farmers. Mr Eustice quoted research by the Resolution Foundation that under WTO rules retail prices might rise by 4.3%.\n\nMr Gove also suggested he could block a post-Brexit trade deal with the US if it included allowing the import of chlorine-washed chickens.\n\nHe said it was a matter of animal welfare rather than food safety - saying American chicken farmers were \"less respectful of the birds\" - and Britain would need to be \"assertive\" in trade talks.\n\nHe claimed his department \"punches above its weight\" and has \"extra muscle\" in Whitehall so it would be able to insist on keeping its chicken and other food standards.\n\n\"The Cabinet is agreed that there should be no compromise on high animal welfare and environmental standards,\" he said.\n\nIn response to Mr Gove's comments the pro-Remain Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, of the Open Britain group, said Mr Gove's comments meant \"a trade deal with Trump's America won't be happening anytime soon\".", "A cheesemaker that was named as the most likely source of an E.coli outbreak last year has recalled one of its products over listeria fears.\n\nSouth Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese is recalling a batch of Dunsyre Blue after listeria monocytogenes was found by a wholesaler.\n\nHealth experts said it was the likely source of an outbreak of 26 cases of E. coli O157 last year.\n\nOne of the cases was a three-year-old girl, who later died.\n\nThe Crown Office later said there was no evidence available to link the cheese with the child's death in September 2016\n\nFood Standards Scotland has now said Errington Cheese Ltd has \"voluntarily\" recalled a batch of Dunsyre Blue after listeria was detected.\n\nThe batch number involved is J9, it said.\n\nThe food standards body advised people who had bought the product not to eat it.\n\nThey said customers should return it to where it was bought for a full refund.\n\nSymptoms caused by Listeria monocytogenes can be similar to flu and includes high temperature, muscle ache or pains, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea.\n\nIn rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.\n\nOlder people, pregnant women and babies are at most risk.", "Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called the sacking of Damian Green a \"very sad moment\".\n\nMr Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies was fired for breaching the ministerial code after he was found to have made \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nJeremy Hunt told the Today programme it was clear Mr Green had been sacked because he had breached the ministerial code.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nK-pop's biggest stars have led the procession for the funeral of singer Jonghyun who took his own life this week aged 27.\n\nJonghyun, whose real name was Kim Jong-hyun, was the lead singer of one of the biggest K-pop groups, SHINee.\n\nHis bandmates and others from the pop group Super Junior carried his coffin, dressed in all black.\n\nHis death has sparked waves of grief among fans with thousands visiting the hospital where his body was held.\n\nA note believed to have been sent by him to a friend spoke of his struggles with depression and fame.\n\nIt said he was \"broken from the inside\" and that \"the life of fame was never meant for me\".\n\n\"What else can I say more. Just tell me I've done well. That this is enough. That I've worked hard. Even if you can't smile don't fault me on my way.\"\n\nThe procession on Thursday left the Asan Medican Centre in Seoul with one of Jonghyun's band mates and his sister at the front.\n\nThe pallbearers carried the coffin to the hearse which was then driven to the private funeral. Only family members and friends attended.\n\nBut hundreds gathered at the hospital for a final farewell.\n\nJonghyun's sister carried a picture of him and walked ahead of the casket\n\nJonghyun was found unconscious in a Seoul apartment late on Monday. He was taken to hospital where he was declared dead.\n\nInvestigators said no post-mortem examination would be performed on his body and later ruled it a suicide.\n\nEarlier this week, SHINee posted an emotional tribute on their official Twitter account, saying in Korean: \"Jonghyun, who loved music more than anyone.... Forever, he will be remembered.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SHINee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nConceived in South Korea in the 1990s as a Western-Asian hybrid, K-pop is now a multi-million dollar industry.\n\nIt is at the forefront of the so-called Korean Wave - the spread of Korean music, drama and film across Asia and worldwide.\n\nSHINee were founded in 2008 as a five member group under SM Entertainment, and quickly rose to become of the biggest K-pop boy groups.\n\nOver the past years, SHINee recorded several albums in Japanese and in 2017 sold out the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome and part of their Japan tour. Earlier this year, they also played their first North American tour.\n\nDepression is more than just feeling a bit down for a few days. It is an illness which, at its most severe, can leave people feeling that life is no longer worth living. It can cause physical symptoms such as headaches, sleeplessness and constant tiredness which may last for months and months.\n\nPeople with depression can also feel anxious, irritable and agitated on a daily basis but it affects everyone differently and only in rare cases is it a reason for violence against others.\n\nIf people admit their symptoms and talk to someone about their feelings, depression can usually be treated but the biggest barrier to getting help is often stigma and the fear of disclosing mental health problems.\n\nIf you are feeling emotionally distressed, here are details of organisations in the UK which offer advice and support.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nKate Maltby, who claims Damian Green made inappropriate advances to her, says she told a senior Downing Street aide about his behaviour in 2016.\n\nThe MP, who denies the claims, was sacked from the cabinet on Wednesday.\n\nThis came after an inquiry found he had broken the ministerial code over \"misleading\" statements after pornography was found on his computer.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said she was not aware of the claims about Mr Green until last month.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Cyprus, she said she had first read about them in an article by Ms Maltby in the Times newspaper.\n\nShe said: \"I recognise that Kate Maltby was obviously extremely distressed by what happened. Damian Green has recognised that and he has apologised. I think that is absolutely the right thing to do.\"\n\nShe has said it is important that people working in Parliament feel they can bring forward any concerns they have to be \"treated seriously\".\n\nThe Cabinet Office investigation into Mr Green was prompted by her allegations that Mr Green had \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015, and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message.\n\nThe inquiry was later widened to include the claims about legal pornography being discovered on his computer after a police raid on his Commons office in 2008.\n\nSpeaking after the inquiry, which concluded that her evidence was \"plausible\", Ms Maltby told the BBC she had not told many people about the alleged incident at the time - except her parents - as she \"wondered if it was a one-off\".\n\n\"Eventually I spoke to a very senior and long-serving aide of Theresa May,\" she added.\n\nWhen giving evidence to the inquiry, she told its head, Sue Gray, that Downing Street was aware of her allegations \"to the best of my knowledge\".\n\n\"I was aware that he was the deputy prime minister and I was aware that No 10 knew about it.\"\n\nMs Maltby said she had never called for Mr Green's sacking, but wrote her article because she wanted to change the culture of Downing Street.\n\n\"This whole story has been about power,\" she said. \"Damian Green became a very, very powerful person.\n\n\"I was aware that there seemed to be improper mixing of mentorship and sexual advance within the Conservative party in his case.\"\n\nMr Green was sacked after making \"misleading\" statement about pornography found on his computer\n\nMs Maltby added: \"My actions in this have never been guided by the quest to claim scalps, to force resignations to end people's careers.\n\n\"We need an end to the era in which the sexual exploitation of younger people is the sort of peccadillo of a politician.\n\n\"That is tolerated by those in power and perhaps exploited to enforce party discipline but not to actually do any good.\"\n\nA Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The Cabinet Office conducted a thorough investigation into a number of allegations about Damian Green.\n\n\"The PM has made it clear that everyone should be able to work in politics without fear or harassment - that is why she has brought forward a new code of conduct for the Conservative Party, and set up a cross-party working group to make recommendations about the Houses of Parliament.\"\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Mrs May reiterated her personal \"sadness\" at sacking her close ally Mr Green but said it was \"absolutely right\" that he had apologised to Ms Maltby.\n\nAlthough Mr Green was sacked over his statements about the pornography on his computer, he used his resignation letter to also apologise to Ms Maltby, who was a family friend.\n\n\"I deeply regret the distress caused to Kate Maltby following her article about me and the reaction to it,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I do not recognise the events she described in her article, but I clearly made her feel uncomfortable and for this I apologise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was shocked\": Former detective constable Neil Lewis speaks to the BBC\n\nMeanwhile, former senior police officer Bob Quick and retired detective Neil Lewis, who told the BBC he had been \"shocked\" by the contents of Mr Green's office computer, are being investigated for possible breaches of the Data Protection Act.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police, who referred the case to the data regulator, said the pair were under investigation over the \"apparent disclosure to the media of confidential material gathered during a police investigation in 2008\".\n\nConservative MPs are angry about the alleged actions of the two retired detectives, with Jeremy Hunt claiming they \"did not sit comfortably in a democracy\" - something, he added, Theresa May \"had made clear\" in her letter to Mr Green.\n\nBoris Johnson said the actions of the police \"had the slight feeling of a vendetta\", and needed to be investigated further.", "Some of the accusations date back to 2010 - before Mark Garnier was a minister\n\nMP Mark Garnier has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code after a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nInternational trade minister Mark Garnier was also said to have used derogatory language to his secretary and asked her to buy sex toys in 2010.\n\nThe investigation concluded there was \"no evidence\" to suggest he had broken the rules.\n\nTheresa May said \"a line should be drawn under the issue\".\n\nThe Conservative MP said he did not intend to comment on the outcome of the inquiry.\n\nThe allegations regarding his secretary, Caroline Edmondson, from before he was appointed a minister in 2016, came to light in October.\n\nMs Edmondson, who now works for another MP, told The Mail on Sunday he had given her money to buy two vibrators at a Soho sex shop and called her \"sugar tits.\"\n\nMr Garnier told the paper: \"I'm not going to deny it, because I'm not going to be dishonest. I'm going to have to take it on the chin.\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office investigation said there was \"no dispute about the facts of the incident\", but there was \"a significant difference of interpretation between the parties\", leaving a member of staff \"distressed\".\n\nA No 10 spokesman said: \"It was not his intention to cause distress, and Mr Garnier has apologised unreservedly to the individual.\n\n\"On that basis, the prime minister considers that a line should be drawn under the issue.\"\n\nThe announcement comes a day after Mrs May sacked her First Secretary of State, Damian Green, for breaching the ministerial code.\n\nHe was asked by the PM to quit after making \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nMr Green also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel uncomfortable in 2015.\n\nIt made him the third cabinet minister to leave the table in recent weeks, following the resignations of Sir Michael Fallon and Priti Patel.", "Jim Stoupas describes what happened after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne.\n\nAustralian police have arrested two people. Emergency services quickly arrived on the scene.", "Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code.\n\nHe was \"asked to quit\" after he was found to have made \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements about what he knew about claims pornography was found on a computer in his office in 2008.\n\nHe apologised for this and for making writer Kate Maltby feel uncomfortable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA ferry carrying 251 people has capsized in stormy seas off the east coast of the Philippines.\n\nLocal fisherman and rescue boats saved more than 200 of those on board - but at least four people died and seven are missing, the coastguard says.\n\nPassengers say large waves and strong winds meant the vessel started taking in water near the island of Polillo - and quickly sank.\n\nRescuers said they were hampered by heavy rain and big waves.\n\nThe ferry was carrying 251 people when the accident occurred\n\nCoastguard spokesman Armand Balilo said the ferry had capacity for 280 people and had not been overloaded.\n\n\"We believe the weather was a big factor [in the accident],\" he added.\n\nBoat accidents are relatively common in the Philippines, which frequently experiences storms.\n\nTropical Storm Tembin is forecast to hit land early on Friday and people travelling home for Christmas had been warned to do so earlier than usual.", "Toys R Us has staved off collapse after creditors backed a rescue plan for the UK retailer.\n\nIt follows last-minute negotiations with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to secure a £9.8m injection into the company's pension fund.\n\nHowever, the rescue plan entails closing 26 of its 105 UK outlets, putting 800 jobs at risk, although no stores will close until spring 2018.\n\nToys R Us employs 3,200 staff in total in the UK.\n\nThe retailer's creditors met on Thursday to vote on the rescue plan, which hinged on a resolution of the pension deficit. Toys R Us's UK staff pension scheme has a deficit of more than £25m.\n\nThe PPF said the new offer from the company was composed of a payment of £3.8m in 2018, with a further £6m promised over 2019 and 2020.\n\nThe vote saw 98% of Toys R Us creditors backing the arrangement.\n\nToys R Us will continue to trade under its company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which is a step short of going into administration.\n\nSteve Knights, managing director of Toys R Us UK, said: \"The vote in favour of the CVA represents strong support for our business plan and provides us with the platform we need to transform our business so that we can better serve our customers today and long into the future.\n\n\"All of our stores across the UK will remain open for business as normal until spring 2018. Customers can continue to shop online and there will be no changes to our returns policies or gift cards across this period.\"\n\nThe company sells largely from warehouse-style stores at the edge of towns, but says these are now \"too big and expensive to run\". It is also finding it hard to compete against online toy retailers.\n\nThe chain said that, as part of the CVA proposal, a number of these stores had been identified for closure.\n\nIt said talks with employees would start in the New Year.\n\nToy's R Us's parent company in the US is in formal bankruptcy protection proceedings. Recent reports suggest it is considering closing between 100 and 200 stores in America.\n\nFigures released earlier this week show its US business lost $623m (£466.5m) in the quarter to the end of October, compared with $156m for the same period a year ago.", "Damian Green has been a confidant of the prime minister for many years\n\nDamian Green was one of the prime minister's closest allies in government. A university friend, he entered Parliament at the same time as Theresa May.\n\nBut now he has been sacked from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministerial code.\n\nMr Green was a leading Conservative figure for 20 years and had been a friend of the prime minister since they were at Oxford university together in the 1970s.\n\nThey entered Parliament together in 1997.\n\nLater, he served in the Home Office during the coalition government.\n\nAfter she became Tory leader in June 2016, Mrs May brought the 61-year old into her cabinet and a year later named him as her effective deputy by giving him the title of first secretary of state.\n\nSince then, the former journalist, who campaigned for Remain in the EU referendum, has been a vital cog in a government beset by divisions and infighting over Brexit.\n\nHe has played a substantial role behind the scenes chairing key cabinet committees and, more publicly, deputised for Mrs May at Prime Minister's Questions as recently as last week.\n\nHe spent much of his early political career in the backroom, but the MP for Ashford in Kent has twice hit the headlines in a big way over the past decade.\n\nHis political future has been in question since journalist and Conservative activist Kate Maltby suggested, in an article in November for the Times, he had behaved inappropriately towards her.\n\nThe 31-year old claimed the minister \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015 and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message which left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\".\n\nMr Green, who is an acquaintance of the journalist's parents, said the claims were \"hurtful\" and \"completely false\".\n\nBut they were referred to the Cabinet Office for investigation by a top civil servant amid a swirl of allegations about harassment and other misconduct at Westminster.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Green apologised to Ms Maltby for making her feel \"uncomfortable\".\n\nThe civil servant's inquiry also considered claims that legal pornography was found on a computer removed from Mr Green's office in the House of Commons in 2008.\n\nDamian Green and his wife, Alicia Collinson, have two daughters\n\nMr Green, shadow immigration minister at the time, was arrested in November 2008 and was held for nine hours as part of a Scotland Yard inquiry into a Home Office leak.\n\nThe arrest was described as disproportionate and flawed by two inquiries in 2009 and no charges were brought against him.\n\nMr Green, who is married to barrister Alicia Collinson and has two grown-up daughters, has always strenuously denied that he either viewed or downloaded any pornographic material on his Commons computer.\n\nBut, in his resignation letter, he said he should have been clear that police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008 about the pornography, and the police raised the matter again in a phone call in 2013.\n\nAlthough it took Mr Green a comparatively long while to make it to the cabinet table, he is no stranger to being close to the centre of power - giving up a successful career in newspapers and broadcasting to work as an official in John Major's Downing Street in the early 1990s.\n\nThe Welsh-born politician was on the Tories' pro-European wing, having refused to rule out the UK one day joining the euro, long after many of his colleagues had done so.\n\nBut unlike EU diehards such as Ken Clarke and Lord Heseltine, who also campaigned on the remain side in the 2016 referendum, he has been on something of a journey and has taken a more pragmatic approach to Brexit.", "Charlie Dunn was pulled from the Blue Lagoon children's pool at Bosworth Water Park\n\nThe stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.\n\nPaul Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of Charlie Dunn.\n\nCharlie, who could not swim, was found in a pool at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July 2016.\n\nSmith, 36, of Tamworth, denied letting the boy wander off alone for more than two hours but changed his plea during a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.\n\nPaul Smith and Lynsey Dunn from Tamworth, Staffordshire, were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court\n\nThe boy's mother, Lynsey Dunn, 28, also of Tamworth, Staffordshire, had a charge of manslaughter dropped.\n\nShe was given an eight-month suspended sentence after she admitted neglecting Charlie in a separate incident in 2015, when a neighbour prevented him driving a toy car onto a main road.\n\nThe court was told Smith was heard swearing and blaming others after Charlie - who was placed on the child protection register in 2012 - went missing while unsupervised.\n\nCharlie was left to \"fend for himself\" in a pool which had signs warning that children must be supervised.\n\nOne father who was in the pool had to explain to another parent that Charlie was not his son, Mrs Justice Jefford recounted.\n\nThe court heard Smith has 10 previous convictions for 28 crimes and was a \"person of interest\" to Staffordshire social services.\n\nThey had become involved with Charlie when he was 14 months old and put a child protection plan in place for him.\n\nMary Prior QC, prosecuting, said Smith \"had a status of being a risk to children\", but there was no evidence of Charlie having come to harm when the plan became effective.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is now conducting a serious case review into Charlie's death.\n\nIn sentencing, Mrs Justice Jefford said she did not doubt the defendants \"had genuine love and affection for Charlie\", but said Smith was \"completely indifferent\" to the boy's \"whereabouts and safety\".\n\n\"This was not a case in which there was an isolated and momentary lapse in care and supervision,\" she said.\n\nThe judge also praised three boys, aged 10, 11 and 12, who pulled Charlie from the pool, saying it \"must have been a horrific experience for them\".\n\nSmith was sentenced to five years and two months for manslaughter, with a consecutive two-year term handed down for threatening to petrol-bomb the home of a witness.\n\nHe was also given a further four months for driving while disqualified.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dogs have been known to snaffle chocolate decorations, gifts and advent calendars\n\nChocolate poisoning is a risk to the family dog at Christmas, say vets.\n\nThey warn that dogs are four times more likely to fall ill from eating chocolate at this time of year.\n\nA study found hundreds of cases of dogs needing veterinary treatment after stealing chocolate Santas, selection boxes, chocolate oranges and even a mug of hot chocolate.\n\nVets are trying to get the message across that the confectionery should be kept out of reach of the family pet.\n\nWhile dogs like the taste of chocolate, it can make them ill, even in small quantities.\n\n''The take home message is firstly to make sure that people recognise that chocolate is a potential problem and to be vigilant with their chocolate gifts over the holiday period,'' said Dr Philip Jones, lecturer in veterinary epidemiology and public health at the University of Liverpool.\n\n''If their dog does get access... to make sure that they contact their veterinary surgeon.\n\n''And also before they contact their veterinary surgeon to have an estimate of how much chocolate and what type of chocolate the dog has eaten.''\n\nThe chemical theobromine, found in cocoa beans, is broken down more slowly in dogs. This can lead to sickness, increased heart rate, agitation, seizure, and, occasionally, death.\n\nElectronic health records from 200 veterinary practices - about 10% of the total number in the UK - were analysed for the study, between 2012 and 2017.\n\nThe research found chocolate intoxication was four times more likely at Christmas than on a normal day. The risk was half that at Easter, but there was no difference on Valentine's Day and Halloween.\n\nVomiting was the most common symptom of chocolate poisoning, followed by agitation and increased heart rare.\n\nYounger dogs were more likely to snaffle chocolate and fall ill. In most cases, only small amounts were consumed. However, there were exceptions, such as when a dog ate a large number of Easter eggs hidden in a garden for a children's party.\n\nTreatment for poisoning depends on the amount of time that has passed since the dog ate.\n\nThe dog may be given medicine to induce vomiting and activated charcoal to stop further absorption of the toxic substance.\n\nThe dog may then need fluid therapy and further medication to combat toxic effects on the heart.\n\nThe study is published in the journal, Veterinary Record.", "As Theresa May was just ending her year in a better place than her team could have imagined, her deputy has been forced to depart from government, despite his continued insistence that he has done nothing wrong.\n\nDamian Green has never been a politician with a huge public persona, or even a hugely well-known character.\n\nBut he was an extremely important ally of Theresa May. Not just a political friend but a genuine one, close to her for decades.\n\nThe government, so the joke in Westminster goes, has become \"weak and stable\", with number 10 taking back some control of the agenda in recent weeks.\n\nSo it is not likely that Mr Green's exit will suddenly unleash another bout of turmoil.\n\nBut the prime minister clearly took this decision very seriously.\n\nHis friends in government had believed that he would have been cleared, with one minister telling me today, \"he'll be fine\".\n\nAfter the prime minister received the initial report on Monday from the Cabinet Office official Sue Grey, who found flaws in his account, Mrs May asked for further advice, calling in her independent adviser, Sir Alex Allan.\n\nHe then, in turn, concluded that there had been breaches of the rules. With that, Mrs May had little choice but to ask him to go.\n\nBut just as Damian Green's friends say it is a disappointment for him, still insisting that he has done nothing wrong, so too it is a political blow for the prime minister.\n\nShe is a politician who guards her views, her own persona very closely. To lose one of the few who understood her, who she trusts, leaves her a lonelier figure tonight.", "We are now pausing our live coverage following Thursday's election in Catalonia.\n\nA pro-Spanish unity party has won the most seats but separatist parties will together be able to form a majority in parliament.\n\nThe results are a setback for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who had imposed direct rule over the region after its illegal independence declaration.\n\nFor the latest updates see our main news story.", "Kaci Sullivan, from Missouri, first gave birth five years ago, before beginning to transition and start living as a man.\n\nLast month, he gave birth again after seven days in labour.\n\nKaci conceived with partner Steven after a break from taking male hormones.\n\nWatch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.", "The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty.\n\nThe Fund expects growth of 1.6% this year, down slightly from its previous forecast of 1.7%. It expects growth to slow further next year, to 1.5%.\n\nIMF chief Christine Lagarde said uncertainty over the Brexit deal was causing UK firms to delay investment plans.\n\nShe also said rising inflation, caused by the fall in the pound, and stagnant wages were squeezing spending power.\n\nMs Lagarde said that the government had made \"significant progress\" in reducing the deficit.\n\nBut she added that relative to growth in the rest of the world, \"the UK is losing out as a result of higher inflation, pressure on wages and incomes and delayed investment\".\n\n\"If you look at investment alone, with 2.1% of GDP in investment, with the global economy as it is, and the space the UK economy has in that global economy, it should be rolling at 6%.\"\n\nI asked Christine Lagarde at the launch of the IMF report how she responded to critics who said the IMF had been too gloomy before the referendum.\n\nIt's worth reproducing her answer in full.\n\n\"The numbers that we are seeing the economy deliver today are actually proving the point we made a year and a half ago when people said, you are too gloomy,\" she said.\n\n\"We were not too gloomy, we were pretty much on the mark, I mean within 0.1% or so - our forecast actually turned out to be the reality of the economy.\n\n\"Sterling has depreciated, inflation has gone up, wages have been squeezed as a result, and investments have been slowed down and are certainly lower than where we would expect them to be.\"\n\nYes, there are many positives in this report on record high employment and praise for progress on those Brexit talks.\n\nBut the big takeaway is this.\n\nIn a world of strong global growth, the IMF stands by its analysis that the UK economy has suffered since the referendum.\n\nMs Lagarde said that increased productivity was key to increasing living standards and that a new trade deal could help restore productivity levels in the UK.\n\nShe said: \"The shape of the new agreement with the EU will affect productivity performance through its implications for trade, investment and migration.\n\n\"The higher are any new barriers to the cross-border flow of services, goods and workers, the more negative the impact would be.\"\n\nHowever, Ms Lagarde also said: \"Brexit has the potential to reshape the structure of the UK economy. The impact will depend on the nature of the final agreement and may take many years to fully materialise.\"\n\nBrexit supporter and economist Ruth Lea said that while the fall in value of the pound had squeezed incomes, it had also helped exports.\n\nMs Lea, who is economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, also said that inflation was likely to fall, which would help company and household finances.\n\nThe IMF has made dramatic changes to its growth forecasts for the UK since the Brexit referendum. Immediately after the vote in June 2016, it slashed its forecast for 2017 from 2.2% to 1.3%.\n\nIt then revised it sharply upwards at the start of this year, but since July has been steadily cutting it again.\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said: \"The IMF has today played the role of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to remind the chancellor that the last seven years of Tory economic failure is undermining our economy.\n\n\"As the IMF rightly points out, despite strong global growth, UK economic growth is revised down, and business growth is down despite Tory tax giveaways to big business; while working households this Christmas are struggling with rising prices and lagging wages.\"", "Shoppers at the store spoke of \"hearing screams\"\n\nA woman who was stabbed in an Aldi supermarket, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has died.\n\nThe 30-year-old was attacked at the store in Keighley Road at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nShoppers were left terrified, with one witness saying everyone \"screamed and ran up and down\". The witness also said she had \"never been so scared\".\n\nA 44-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, North Yorkshire Police said.\n\nA force spokesman said: \"The suspect was initially detained by brave members of staff and public, before he was arrested by officers who were quickly on scene.\n\n\"He was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder, but it has now turned into a murder investigation despite the efforts of medics to save the victim.\"\n\nHe added that they were not in a position to identify the victim at this stage, but her family was being supported by specialist officers.\n\nThe store was busy with shoppers at the time, and one said: \"I just saw the aftermath, I was so scared I ran off.\n\n\"All the staff were racing about,\" she said, adding police vans arrived on the scene within minutes.\n\nIn a statement released on Friday, Aldi said the store would be closed until further notice to allow police to carry out investigations.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are working with the police following an incident at our Skipton store.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, has said allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female activist are \"completely false\".\n\nMr Green has instructed libel lawyers over the claims, the BBC understands.\n\nTory activist Kate Maltby wrote in the Times that he \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015, and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message.\n\nThe cabinet secretary is to investigate whether Mr Green broke the ministerial code.\n\nMs Maltby, 31, a writer and academic, said Mr Green, 61, said he had sent her the text message after she posed in a corset for the Times.\n\nAccording to her article in the paper, it read: \"Long time no see. But having admired you in a corset in my favourite tabloid I felt impelled to ask if you are free for a drink anytime?\"\n\nThe encounters left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\", she wrote.\n\nMr Green, now first secretary of state, and Theresa May's effective deputy, said he had known Ms Maltby since 2014 and the pair \"had a drink as friends twice-yearly\".\n\n\"The text I sent after she appeared in a newspaper article was sent in that spirit - as two friends agreeing to meet for a regular catch up - and nothing more,\" he said.\n\n\"This untrue allegation has come as a complete shock and is deeply hurtful, especially from someone I considered a personal friend.\"\n\nHe also denied the claim he put his hand on Ms Maltby's knee.\n\nAsked about the claims in the Times as he left his home on Wednesday morning, Mr Green told reporters: \"All these allegations are completely false.\"\n\nThe ministerial code requires ministers to \"behave in a way that upholds the highest standards of propriety\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 live, Small Business Minister Margot James said there was no need for Mr Green to resign during the cabinet secretary's investigation.\n\n\"I've read the article in the Times today, and I certainly don't think that it warrants anyone's resignation, temporary or otherwise, in my opinion,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. William Hague tells Today he hopes Westminster is entering an era of greater accountability\n\nIt comes as allegations and rumours relating to sexual harassment and abuse by MPs swirl around Westminster.\n\nOn Tuesday, Labour confirmed it had launched an independent inquiry into claims that activist Bex Bailey, 25, was discouraged by a party official from reporting an alleged rape at a Labour event in 2011.\n\nShe told the BBC she had waived her anonymity to urge changes to the way such cases are handled.\n\nIn a separate case, an anonymous woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by an MP on a foreign work trip last year told the Guardian her allegations were not taken seriously.\n\nEarlier this week, a spokesman for Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon confirmed he was once rebuked by a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner.\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC has seen a list, thought to have been compiled by staff and researchers at Westminster, detailing a range of mostly unproven allegations about 40 Conservative MPs and ministers.\n\nAmong the claims are a number of serious allegations of inappropriate behaviour with junior members of staff, the use of prostitutes and affairs between MPs.\n\nThe government has promised urgent action to improve the handling of complaints about the way MPs' staff are treated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash happened on Flinders Street at a busy crossing in the centre of the city\n\nThe man who deliberately drove a car into a crowd in Melbourne is a drug user with mental health issues but no known terrorism links, police say.\n\nThe Australian citizen of Afghan descent was taken into custody after a struggle at the scene of the incident.\n\nThe car the 32-year-old was driving hit a number of pedestrians on Flinders Street, a busy thoroughfare in the city centre, said Victoria Police.\n\nFourteen people have been injured, with several in a critical condition.\n\nA second man, 24, was arrested after being seen filming the incident. He had a bag of knives with him, police added.\n\n\"It is now believed he had no links to the incident, however he is still assisting police with inquiries,\" they said.\n\nThe driver was arrested by an off-duty police officer. Police say he was the only person in the car.\n\nThe officer sustained shoulder and hand injuries during the arrest and was taken to hospital.\n\nThe driver was also taken to hospital, under police guard.\n\nPolice arrested this man at the scene\n\nThe white SUV struck pedestrians just after 16:30 local time (05:30 GMT).\n\nWitness Jim Stoupas, who runs a business nearby, told the BBC: \"It just barrelled through a completely full intersection of pedestrians. There was no attempt to brake, no attempt to swerve.\"\n\nHe added: \"I saw probably five to eight people on the ground with people swarming around them [to help]. Within a minute, I think, there were police on site, so it was very, very speedy.\"\n\nAmbulance Victoria said in a statement that a child of pre-school age with serious head injuries was among those taken to hospital.\n\nAnother witness, Lachlan Read, told the Herald Sun the whole incident lasted about 15 seconds.\n\n\"He has gone straight through the red light at pace and it was bang, bang, bang. It was just one after the other,\" he said of the moment the vehicle started hitting people.\n\nRossella Belardi told the BBC she was coming out of Flinders Street Station when she saw people running. \"Many people were on the floor and smoke was coming out of the car.\"\n\n\"Police and the ambulance service were incredible,\" she added. \"They came immediately out of nowhere.\"\n\nPolice have cordoned off the area by Flinders Street station\n\nPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Twitter that the investigations had begun, and sent \"thoughts and prayers\" to those affected.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Malcolm Turnbull This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe leader of the Australian opposition, Bill Shorten, also tweeted about the \"shocking scenes\" and praised the emergency services.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Bill Shorten This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn January, six people died when a man drove a car into pedestrians on Bourke Street.\n\nAfterwards, city authorities installed concrete blocks in various locations - including on Flinders Street - hoping to prevent vehicle-based attacks.\n\nIn September, a 15-year-old boy dressed in black combat gear was seen driving erratically down nearby Swanston Street.\n\nAfter a confrontation with police he was subdued with a Taser outside Flinders Street Station. Police later said it was not a terrorist incident.\n• None 'Car ploughed into us at 60mph' Video, 00:00:41'Car ploughed into us at 60mph'", "Parts of Bombardier's C-Series planes are made in Belfast\n\nThe US has ruled that Canada's Bombardier received government subsidies and sold C-Series jets below cost in the US, a step likely to lead to steep tariffs.\n\nThe US Commerce Department investigated the aerospace firm's US sales after a petition from rival American company Boeing.\n\nThe conflict has the potential to lead to job losses in Northern Ireland.\n\nBombardier said it was \"deeply disappointed\" in the decision.\n\nThe dispute has contributed to escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada.\n\nThe fight stems from a 2016 sale of 75 C-Series jets to Delta Air Lines. Boeing claims Delta paid $20m per plane, well below an estimated cost of $33m and what Bombardier charges in Canada.\n\nBombardier employs about 1,000 people in Belfast linked to the C-Series.\n\nThe Unite union in the UK called the Commerce Department decision \"nakedly political\", adding it had the potential to \"crush jobs, not only in Northern Ireland but in the US too\".\n\n\"More than 50 percent of C-Series components are sourced from the US, where the supply chain sustains 22,000 US jobs. The economic impact of these tariffs would be felt in communities on both sides of the Atlantic,\" said Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner.\n\n\"Boeing is using its meritless complaint as cover to close the US market, which is one of the biggest in the world, to new entrants such as Bombardier's C-Series aircraft.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Commerce Department's final determination on Wednesday set trade duties of about 292% - slightly lower than a preliminary finding.\n\nThe inquiry now moves to the US International Trade Commission, which will examine if the dumping and subsidies caused injury to Boeing. It is expected to make a final decision in February 2018, which would trigger the duties.\n\nThis week, Canada's ambassador to the US warned that it might take the fight to the World Trade Organization, if the US continues to side with Boeing.\n\nEarlier this month Canada scrapped plans to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, underlining Canada's anger over the trade challenge.\n\nOn Wednesday, Bombardier said the Commerce Department had not taken into account Bombardier's plan to build a facility in the US, as part of a planned partnership with Airbus.\n\n\"This facility will provide US airlines with a US-built plane thereby eliminating any possibility of harm due to imports,\" said spokesman Mike Nadolski.\n\n\"Unfortunately, the Commerce Department decision is divorced from this reality and ignores long-standing business practices in the aerospace industry, including launch pricing and the financing of multibillion dollar aircraft programs.\"\n\nThe Commerce Department said it will collect the duties from the importer, if the US commission finds against Bombardier.\n\nDelta has said it plans to move forward with the order, but does not expect to pay the tariffs.", "Theresa May was in Poland to sign a defence treaty with the country\n\nTheresa May has sought to reassure Polish people living in the UK that they are still welcome after Brexit.\n\nSpeaking on a trip to Warsaw to sign a new defence treaty with the country, the PM said the one million Polish residents were a \"strong part of [UK] society\".\n\nShe promised a \"simple\" and \"easy\" process to get \"settled status\" to remain after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe trip comes after Mrs May sacked one of her closest allies, Damian Green.\n\nShe asked him to leave after he made \"misleading\" statements about claims pornography was found on his parliamentary computer.\n\nSenior members of the cabinet, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Chancellor Philip Hammond and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, have joined her on the visit.\n\nThe prime minister told the bilateral summit in the Polish capital it was a \"key priority\" for her visit to \"give assurance\" to Polish nationals living in the UK that \"we want them to stay\".\n\n\"That's why we worked so hard to get a deal with the EU earlier this month, to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK,\" she added.\n\nMrs May said there would be certain requirements, such as the length of time a person has been in the UK, to achieve \"settled status\", but residents will be given a \"significant period\" to apply.\n\nShe added: \"We value Polish citizens and other EU citizens in the UK. They have made a life choice, we want them to be able to continue with that life choice.\"\n\nThe PM recently wrote to the 980,000 Poles in the UK urging them to stay in the country after Brexit, reassuring them that the process of applying for settled status will be quick and inexpensive.\n\nThe two leaders signed the defence treaty before giving speeches, saying it was a \"powerful symbol\" of co-operation.\n\nDowning Street said it was only the second such agreement the UK has with a European ally, after France.\n\nIt provides a framework for enhanced co-operation in training, information sharing, defence procurement and joint exercises between the Nato partners.\n\nThe UK has also backed an initiative to blunt Russian propaganda in the region.\n\n\"Poland matters greatly to the UK,\" Mrs May said. \"I am determined that Brexit will not weaken our relationship with Poland. Rather, it will serve as a catalyst to strengthen it.\"\n\nMrs May has also announced that the UK is to provide £5m of funding to a joint UK-Polish plan to counter Russian misinformation in the region.\n\nPart of the money will go towards supporting Belsat, a Polish-funded TV channel broadcasting in Belarus, one of Russia's closest allies in the region.\n\nLast month, Mrs May said Moscow was seeking to \"sow discord\" in the West by meddling in elections and mounting cyber attacks against critical infrastructure.\n\nTheresa May with Poland's former Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, who was replaced by Mateusz Morawiecki earlier this month\n\nHer visit comes hours after the EU announced disciplinary measures against Poland, accusing the country of undermining the independence of its judges.\n\nDowning Street said Mrs May would raise her concerns with new Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, but she told a press conference constitutional issues were \"primarily a matter for the country concerned, not the EU\".", "Virgin Trains says planned strikes by the RMT and TSSA unions on Virgin Trains West Coast have been called off.\n\nStrikes were due to take place on Friday and on four days in January.\n\nThe company said it would try to run a full service on Friday, but warned there could be some cancellations.\n\nVirgin advised customers to check the timetable before travelling. However, the revised timetable is not due to go live on its website until the early hours of Friday morning.\n\n\"We'll do everything we can to run a full service on Friday, but because the strike has been called off at the last minute there may be some cancellations,\" said Phil Whittingham, managing director for Virgin Trains on the west coast.\n\n\"We'll be working hard to make sure our customers can make it home as quickly and easily as possible for Christmas.\"\n\nThe strike was over pay, with the RMT seeking a \"suitable and equal\" pay offer for train managers and on-board catering workers on the West Coast route from Glasgow to Euston to that given to drivers.\n\nRMT general secretary Mick Cash said a breakthrough had been made in talks with the company and the offer, as yet unspecified, was good enough to be put to union members.\n\nTSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes said: \"I am pleased Virgin has finally seen sense, come back to the negotiating table, and made an offer sparing our passengers further disruption at... Christmas.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "With rope wrapped around its neck, this loggerhead sea turtle became part of a US Coast Guard rescue effort in the Pacific Ocean.", "Catt Sadler has worked at the network for more than a decade\n\nUS TV news presenter Catt Sadler has quit her role with E! News after learning that she earned about half of what her male co-host does.\n\nSadler, who has worked at the network since 2006, said an executive had made her aware of the pay gap.\n\nIn a statement, she said she subsequently asked for \"what I know I deserve and [was] denied repeatedly\".\n\nShe made her final appearance on the network on Tuesday, fronting daytime programme Daily Pop and later E! News.\n\nSadler said in a post on her website: \"There was a massive disparity in pay between my similarly situated male co-host and myself. He was making close to double my salary for the past several years.\"\n\n\"How can I remain silent when my rights under the law have been violated? How can we make it better for the next generation of girls if we do not stand for what is fair and just today?\" she added.\n\nShe added that she had wanted to stay in her job but \"the decision was made for me and I must go\".\n\nIn a tweet, Sadler said it had been a \"difficult day\" but thanked her fans for sending supportive messages.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by catt sadler This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, an E! spokesperson said: \"E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender. We appreciate Catt Sadler's many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the female presenter of one of Australia's most prestigious TV news shows moved to a rival channel amid reports that she had been denied pay parity with her male co-presenter.\n\nLisa Wilkinson, 57, announced that she was joining Channel Ten's The Project because the Nine Network had been \"unable to meet her expectations\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe collapse of two rape cases in one week was an \"appalling failure\" of the criminal justice system, Attorney General Jeremy Wright has said.\n\nTwo young men were cleared when it emerged that Met Police officers had failed to disclose crucial evidence.\n\nAround 30 rape cases about to go to trial are to be reviewed immediately and \"scores\" more will be looked at.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick admitted that police and prosecutors had made mistakes.\n\nShe said the 30 cases would not be reinvestigated, but would be reviewed to make sure everything that should have been disclosed had been.\n\nThe police have a duty to disclose any material to the defence that might support their case. If disclosure fails, innocent people go to jail, says the BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman.\n\n\"We need to learn lessons,\" Ms Dick told BBC Radio London, and insisted her officers were professional and fair with a \"very complex job\" to do.\n\nIsaac Itiary was charged with raping a child in July but the case collapsed\n\nThe trial of student Liam Allan, 22, was thrown out at Croydon Crown Court last week.\n\nThe case collapsed three days into the trial when the police were ordered to hand over phone records showing the alleged victim had pestered Mr Allan for casual sex.\n\nDays later, another prosecution case collapsed against Isaac Itiary, who was facing trial at Inner London Crown Court, accused of raping a child.\n\nHe was charged in July but police only disclosed \"relevant material\" in response to his defence case statement as his trial was about to start.\n\nThe same Met Police officer had worked on both men's cases. He remains on full duty.\n\nThe Met said it would review both these cases separately, as well as carrying out the wider review of other live rape cases.\n\nJustice minister Dominic Raab said it was \"absolutely right\" for the Met to carry out the review, adding: \"The basic principle of British justice is at stake.\"\n\n\"The proper disclosure obligations in these two cases have not been discharged, and that is deeply worrying,\" he told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"This is not a new thing. It should be made easy by technology,\" he added.\n\nThe cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary are very different.\n\nAs far as Mr Allan is concerned, the Met has accepted the case \"clearly went wrong\".\n\nCrucial information was disclosed to defence barristers so late that the trial was already well under way.\n\nIn Mr Itiary's case, procedures appear to have been followed, though it's possible police could have acted more quickly.\n\nWhat the cases have done is shine a light on the importance of following disclosure rules.\n\nUndoubtedly the squeeze on resources, with cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service and policing and a national shortage of detectives, together with the increased caseload for sexual offences units, have played their part.\n\nAn inspection report this year also pinpointed inadequacies in training and supervision.\n\nSome see the problems as a direct result of a misplaced culture of \"believing\" the victim, where police don't look for or withhold contradictory evidence - but that's an assertion for the attorney general's inquiry to examine.\n\nLast week, Attorney General of England and Wales Jeremy Wright ordered a review to look at disclosure processes - including codes of practice, guidelines and legislation relating to sex offences and other crimes - which is expected to report back next year.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Wright said the two cases of the young men were \"obviously appalling failures of the criminal justice system\".\n\n\"We need to understand and understand urgently what went wrong in those cases,\" he said.\n\nHe added that there were already concerns about the disclosure system due to the large amounts of digital information that needed filtering and sifting to find evidence that ought to be disclosed.", "Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet following claims that pornography was found on his office computer.\n\nHere is a timeline of how Home Office leaks in 2008 sparked an investigation which would lead to his downfall.\n\n8 October 2008: The Cabinet Office calls the Metropolitan Police to investigate after a series of leaked official documents from the Home Office are published in national newspapers. The leaks, about illegal immigration and other issues, embarrass the Labour government. Damian Green is the Conservatives' immigration spokesman at the time.\n\n19 November 2008: Junior Home Office official Christopher Galley is arrested in connection with the leaked documents. No charges were brought against him, although he was later sacked.\n\n27 November 2008: Mr Green is arrested and held by the Metropolitan Police for nine hours on suspicion of \"conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, and aiding and abetting, counselling or procuring misconduct in a public office\". His home and his offices in Kent and parliament are searched. He is released on bail.\n\n2 December 2008: Scotland Yard announces an urgent review of its handling of the leaks probe.\n\n8 April 2009: The officer in charge of the inquiry into the leaks, Bob Quick, is forced to resign over an alleged security breach. He was widely criticised by Tory MPs for the raid of Mr Green's offices.\n\n16 April 2009: The Crown Prosecution Service announces Mr Green and Mr Galley will not face prosecution.\n\n17 June 2009: A parliamentary inquiry is announced into the arrest of Mr Green.\n\n19 August 2009: Mr Green hails a police decision to remove his DNA from a national database as a \"small but significant victory for freedom\".\n\nKate Maltby says Damian Green made inappropriate advances towards her\n\n31 October 2017: Theresa May asks Whitehall's top civil servant to investigate allegations that Mr Green, now First Secretary of State, made inappropriate advances towards journalist and activist Kate Maltby in 2015 - which he denies.\n\n1 November 2017: Ms Maltby writes in the Times that Damian Green \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015, and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message. The 31-year-old writer and academic says the encounters left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\". Mr Green says he had known Ms Maltby since 2014 and the pair \"had a drink as friends twice-yearly\". He said the text he had sent to her was meant to be friendly and \"this untrue allegation has come as a complete shock and is deeply hurtful.\" He denies touching her knee in 2015.\n\n4 November 2017: Bob Quick tells the Sunday Times pornography was found on one of Mr Green's parliamentary computers during the 2008 inquiry into the home office leaks. Damian Green says: \"This story is completely untrue and comes from a tainted and untrustworthy source. The police have never suggested to me that improper material was found on my Parliamentary computer, nor did I have a 'private' computer as has been claimed.\"\n\n6 November 2017: The Cabinet Office investigation is expanded to include Mr Quick's allegations.\n\n11 November 2017: Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson says he had been aware of allegations about pornography being found on Mr Green's office computer. Mr Green says: \"I reiterate that no allegations about the presence of improper material on my parliamentary computers have ever been put to me or to the parliamentary authorities by the police. I can only assume that they are being made now, nine years later, for ulterior motives.\"\n\n1 December 2017: Former Scotland Yard detective Neil Lewis tells BBC News he was \"shocked\" by the amount of pornography on a computer seized from Mr Green's office in 2008, adding that the material had not been illegal.\n\n4 December 2017: The head of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, condemns retired officers Neil Lewis and Bob Quick over their allegations, saying all officers had a duty to protect sensitive information they discovered.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Damian Green speaking to reporters outside his home in his constituency of Ashford\n\n5 December 2017: Mr Quick calls on Mr Green to retract his \"deeply hurtful\" allegations that he lied about finding \"vast amounts\" of pornography on the MP's computer.\n\n18 December 2017: Theresa May receives the report on Damian Green's conduct by Cabinet Office official Sue Gray.\n\n20 December 2017: Theresa May sacks Mr Green from the cabinet after the inquiry found he breached the ministerial code over \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements he made on 4 and 11 November which suggested he did not know pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Green said statements he made could have been \"clearer\", conceding that his lawyers had been informed by Met Police lawyers about their initial discovery in 2008 and the police had also raised the matter with him in a phone call in 2013.\n\nThe report also found that although there were \"competing and contradictory accounts of what were private meetings\" between himself and Ms Maltby, the investigation found her account \"to be plausible\".", "Sam: \"It takes pretty much every day of my life, trying to find out where I am going to be staying\"\n\nSam does not know where he will be sleeping tonight.\n\nNow 23, he says he first became homeless at 15 because of a family breakdown and has been in and out of bedsits, hostels and supported accommodation ever since.\n\n\"I've stayed at friends' in the past - I've never really had my own actual flat,\" he says.\n\n\"I've slept rough quite a few times but most of the time when I've slept rough I have not actually slept.\n\n\"I just wander round because I can't really shut off when I'm out in the cold.\"\n\nThis week a committee of MPs called homelessness a \"national crisis\", highlighting more than 9,000 rough sleepers and 78,000 families in temporary accommodation in England alone.\n\nSam drifts between friends' sofas, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping in and around Leyland in Lancashire. Young people like him do not always show in official statistics - but new UK-wide research for the BBC found:\n\nAt The Key drop-in centre for young homeless people in Leyland, Ian, 25, says he has been sofa-surfing for seven years.\n\nHis days revolve around a few hours at the drop-in centre.\n\nOtherwise, he walks the streets for hours, trying to stay warm and then heads to a mate's house in the evening.\n\n\"I end up spending a few hours there. Then I would finally ask him if I could stay the night. If he says yes I would stay there.\"\n\nHe says he feels a burden on his friends.\n\nSometimes he says he runs out of friends he feels able to ask and has to sleep out.\n\nThe most common reasons for young people resorting to friends' sofas included parents being unable or unwilling to provide housing, extended family being unable to help and splitting from a partner.\n\nOn the phone, looking for a room\n\nIan has been offered a friend's flat for the next three weeks.\n\nSam, who has spent time in prison, has come to the drop-in centre to make calls to try to find a room for the night.\n\nOn the coldest nights, the local council will find him somewhere to stay but that ends as soon as the temperature rises above zero.\n\n\"It takes pretty much every day of my life, trying to find out where I am going to be staying.\n\n\"It doesn't feel like it ever ends. I feel quite drained with it all.\"\n\nHe is on medication for depression. Sam says not having an address means he can't register with a GP to get the mental health support he needs.\n\nDepression affects Ian too and both young men say it's hard to study or look for work without an address.\n\n\"I feel like I'm going round in circles and circles and circles,\" says Ian.\n\n\"All I can do is keep trying.\"\n\nUrsula Patten, operations director at The Key, says sofa surfers should definitely be considered homeless.\n\n\"You are homeless if you haven't got a place you can stay on a consistent basis - somewhere that you can call home.\"\n\nShe says about 70% of the homeless young people on the charity's books have sofa-surfed before running out of options and seeking help.\n\nBut she believes that with the right support there is no reason why homeless young people should not have hope for the future.\n\n\"It's just a phase in your life. You may have got lost but you've got strengths. Everybody's got strengths. And I would say go and get some support and somebody to help you find your direction in life because you can attain great things.\"\n\nThe charity Centrepoint said the BBC data corroborated its own research, carried out in 2014 by Cambridge University.\n\nCo-author Anna Clarke said: \"Sofa-surfing is a not uncommon experience for young people in housing difficulties.\n\n\"It is really useful to have this kind of evidence on something that's inherently difficult to quantify.\"\n\nAnd Centrepoint chief executive Seyi Obakin said it was crucial to \"dispel the myth that there is anything fun or easy about sofa-surfing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five things about being homeless\n\n\"Goodwill is the only thing keeping too many young people from sleeping on the UK's streets.\n\n\"It's frightening just how many are trapped in a cycle that is detrimental to their health, sees them struggle to keep up in education, and where outstaying their welcome can mean becoming exposed to dangers no-one should have to face.\"\n• None 'I sofa-surfed after being kicked out of home on Christmas Day' - BBC Newsbeat\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Struggling to cope with an acute eating disorder is tough enough, but imagine if the hospital treatment you need is only available hundreds of miles away.\n\nThat's what it's like for many patients in Northern Ireland, who have to leave the country, their family and friends.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe tells the BBC: \"Formally, on the system, she's eligible to be released at any point.\"\n\nBritish-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible for early release, her husband has said.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 5 Live that an Iranian judiciary database had listed her as \"eligible for release\".\n\nHe said her lawyer was \"hopeful\" when he visited her in prison on Wednesday.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016 after being accused of spying - charges she denies.\n\nHer family have always maintained she was on holiday with her daughter.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said his wife's case had previously been marked as \"closed\", so the status change was \"great news\".\n\n\"Part of me is trying not to get too hopeful and just to keep calm just in case there is more to come,\" he said.\n\n\"But he (her lawyer) was clearly hopeful. He told her that it's a matter of finalising paperwork and it might be days to weeks rather than tomorrow morning.\n\n\"But definitely it feels like the end is much closer in sight.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he felt there was a \"change of the tide\" since Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson travelled to Iran, as since then a second case against his 37-year-old wife was postponed and then cancelled.\n\n\"And now suddenly the database is shifting and saying eligible for early release,\" he said.\n\n\"She's still in prison but everything is feeling very positive.\"\n\nMr Johnson was in Iran for talks earlier this month and pressed for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release on humanitarian grounds.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016\n\nHe had been accused of risking an additional five years being added to her sentence when he told a parliamentary committee that she had been in Iran to train journalists.\n\nIn November, he apologised in the Commons, retracting \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nHampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq said the news had given the family a \"glimmer of light\".\n\n\"It has given Nazanin a real boost of positive energy, and now we wait impatiently to see what happens next,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Although we do not want to celebrate prematurely, it would be the perfect Christmas gift to see Nazanin released and back with her family where she belongs.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said part of him was still hoping his wife would be home in time for Christmas.\n\n\"Definitely hopeful, we will be singing our carols with great gusto,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism.\n\n\"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,\" he told reporters at the White House.\n\n\"Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care.\"\n\nHis comments come ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution opposing any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nThe draft resolution does not mention the US, but says any decisions on Jerusalem should be cancelled.\n\nFourteen states backed a similar motion on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on Monday\n\nEarlier, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned member states that President Trump had asked her to report on \"who voted against us\" on Thursday.\n\nPresident Trump and Ambassador Haley are trying to use American muscle rather than diplomacy to convince countries to vote their way. From Washington's perspective, recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and deciding to move its embassy there is its sovereign right.\n\nBut that's not how the majority of countries at the United Nations see it.\n\nThe strongest repudiation came, unsurprisingly, from Washington's critics.\n\nMeanwhile, many US allies are brushing off the tough rhetoric as an empty threat.\n\nA senior diplomat told me it was clear that the Trump administration was determined to take a stand for Israel at the UN, but he doubted that Washington would cut aid to, say, Egypt - which sponsored the failed Security Council measure on which the General Assembly draft resolution is based.\n\nWhat is certain is that the US will be isolated in the General Assembly on Thursday as the rest of the world once again tells President Trump that it does not agree with his decision on Jerusalem.\n\nThe status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\n\nIsrael occupied the east of the city, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nThe Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state and its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nIsraeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised internationally, and all countries currently maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. However, President Trump has told the US state department to start work on moving the US embassy.\n\nThe 193-member UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states, who condemned Mr Trump's decision to reverse decades of US policy earlier this month.\n\nThe Palestinians called for the meeting after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution, which affirmed that any decisions on the status of Jerusalem were \"null and void and must be rescinded\", and urged all states to \"refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the holy city\".\n\nThe other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft, but Ms Haley described it as an \"insult\".\n\nThe non-binding resolution put forward by Turkey and Yemen for the General Assembly vote mirrors the vetoed Security Council draft.\n\nThe Palestinian permanent observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, said he hoped there would be \"overwhelming support\" for the resolution.\n\nBut on Tuesday, Ms Haley warned in a letter to dozens of member states that encouraged them to \"know that the president and the US take this vote personally\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nikki Haley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those countries who voted against us. We will take note of each and every vote on this issue,\" she wrote, according to journalists who were shown the letter.\n\n\"The president's announcement does not affect final status negotiations in any way, including the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem,\" she added. \"The president also made sure to support the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites.\"\n\nMs Haley echoed the warning on Twitter, writing: \"The US will be taking names.\"\n\nPalestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused the US of intimidation.\n\n\"We see that the United States, which was left alone, is now resorting to threats. No honourable, dignified country would bow down to this pressure,\" Mr Cavusoglu told a joint news conference in Ankara on Wednesday before travelling to New York.", "Darren Osborne pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder\n\nThe man accused of the Finsbury Park attack in June has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder.\n\nDarren Osborne, 48, is accused of deliberately driving a hired van into worshippers near the Muslim Welfare House in north London.\n\nOne man, Makram Ali, was killed and 11 other people were injured.\n\nMr Osborne, from Cardiff, appeared via video-link from Belmarsh prison in south-east London.\n\nIt was the first time he has been asked to answer the charges against him.\n\nSpeaking in a clear voice, he pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Ali, 51, and not guilty to attempting to murder others at the junction of Seven Sisters Road and Whadcoat Street in Finsbury Park.\n\nHis trial will start on 22 January at Woolwich Crown Court.", "US couple Tina and Benjamin Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years.", "Hurricane Maria caused extensive damage in Puerto Rico which is still struggling to rebuild\n\nDisasters in 2017 caused losses of $306bn (£229bn), according to estimates from insurance giant Swiss Re.\n\nThe figure represents a 63% jump from last year, and is well above the average of the past decade.\n\nThe Americas was hardest hit, with hurricanes in the Caribbean and southern US, earthquakes in Mexico and wildfires in California.\n\nDespite the rise in the financial cost of disasters, there was no significant increase in the loss of lives.\n\nSwiss Re said more than 11,000 people died or went missing in disaster events in 2017, which is similar to 2016's figure.\n\nA report by the firm's research arm Sigma found insured losses amounted to $136bn (£102bn) - more than double last year's total and the third highest on record.\n\nHurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria together caused insured losses of about $93bn (£70bn) according to the the report.\n\nBut Swiss Re said the insurance industry had demonstrated that it could cope very well with such high losses, despite gaps in protection remaining.\n\n\"If the industry is able to extend its reach, many more people and businesses can become better equipped to withstand the fallout from disaster events\", said Martin Bertogg, head of catastrophe perils at Swiss Re.", "Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Nigel Farage has defended Donald Trump's retweeting of inflammatory tweets by saying he can't have known what he was doing.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval (day two of five)\n\nEngland face a battle to stay in the second Ashes Test after a Shaun Marsh century put Australia in command on day two in Adelaide.\n\nMarsh ended on 126 not out, taking Australia to 442-8 declared with the help of Tim Paine (57) and Pat Cummins (44).\n\nEngland spent 149 overs in the field after winning the toss and when they came to bat, facing an Australia attack armed with a pink ball under the floodlights, it seemed like a recipe for the top order to be blown away.\n\nThe tourists lost Mark Stoneman, lbw to Mitchell Starc for 18, before rain arrived to wipe almost 19 overs off the day.\n\nEngland closed on 29-1, 413 behind, with Alastair Cook on 11 and James Vince yet to score.\n\nWith Australia 1-0 up after a 10-wicket win in Brisbane, it is no exaggeration to say England's hopes of retaining the Ashes are already under huge threat, especially as the next Test comes in Perth, where England have not won since 1978.\n• None Ashes at stake seven days into series - Jonathan Agnew column\n\nThis Test, the first day-nighter in Ashes history, was earmarked as a must-win for England in their bid to defend the urn.\n\nThe pink ball, floodlights and often-wet weather seemed ideal to be exploited by the likes of James Anderson and Stuart Broad.\n\nBut after Joe Root became the first captain in 25 years to field first at the Adelaide Oval, England bowled poorly on day one and paid the price on day two.\n\nThough England improved on their first-day display, they spent most of Sunday in the field thanks to a combination of lucklessness and Marsh's admirable occupation of the crease.\n\nIt always seemed likely that Australia would declare and give England a difficult evening period to try to survive.\n\nThe home crowd had already been buoyed by some late Marsh hitting and were eager for English pain when Starc began delivering the ball at 93mph.\n\nWith England initially scoring freely, both sets of fans were vocal, only for Stoneman to be pinned by a searing Starc delivery that would have demolished leg stump.\n\nIn the end, England were pleased to see the rain.\n\nMarsh's call-up for the first Test was met with derision by some who feel he has been given too many opportunities at this level.\n\nSince making his debut six years ago he has only won 25 caps and this is his eighth recall.\n\nHowever, the left-hander made an important half-century in Brisbane and followed it up with a fifth Test century of grit, patience and potentially huge significance in the context of the series.\n\nWith Australia 209-4 overnight, Marsh, on 20, saw Peter Handscomb trapped leg before by Broad in the first over of the day, but built stands of 85 with Paine and 99 with Cummins.\n\nWicketkeeper Paine, himself a controversial recall, counter-attacked for a third first-class half-century in three weeks after going three years without passing 50. Two of those scores have come against England.\n\nCummins took 37 balls to get off the mark but took 44 runs off his next 53 with cuts and hits through the leg side.\n\nAt the other end, Marsh repeatedly left outside the off stump, scoring with clips off his toes, cover drives and the occasional cut.\n\nWhen he reached three figures he ran towards the Australian players and staff assembled on the boundary with his helmet off and bat raised.\n\nAnd, when the declaration was imminent, he took Broad for 14 from three deliveries to further tread England into the dirt.\n\nImprovement comes too late for luckless England\n\nThings could have been different for England had they started day one in the manner in which they began day two.\n\nBroad, with a ball only an over old, immediately found seam movement to pin Handscomb in front, celebrating with a roar at the batsman.\n\nEngland were still arguably bowling too short, but they were also without good fortune.\n\nThey beat the bat with regularity and Anderson had two lbw decisions overturned in as many overs. Marsh, on 29, and Paine, on 24, were both reprieved by height.\n\nCraig Overton, impressive on debut, eventually had Paine fall into the trap of hooking to deep square leg and Broad induced a mis-timed pull from Starc.\n\nBut, as the ball moved less in the middle session, any hope that England had of running through the tail was dashed by Cummins, who followed up the 42 he made at the Gabba.\n\nHe punished the disappointing Moeen Ali, the off-spinner struggling on a day when he was also hit for a huge six over mid-wicket by Paine.\n\nThe lowest point of England's day was a calamitous drop of Marsh, slip Cook and gully Vince colliding after Chris Woakes found the shoulder of the bat.\n\nAnd even after Overton had Cummins held at third man, Nathan Lyon swiped the same bowler for six in a stand of 32 with Marsh that came in only 22 balls.\n\n'England remain confident' - what they said\n\nEngland head coach Trevor Bayliss: \"The players are confident, there's a good feeling in the dressing room.\n\n\"Shaun Marsh showed it's possible to score runs out there. A lot of their batters made starts and there's a long time left in the game.\n\n\"It's up to one or two guys to go out there and make a big score, not just a 40 or 50.\"\n\nAustralia's Shaun Marsh: \"I haven't thought about all the incidental noise about my selection for the team.\n\n\"Six months ago I wasn't sure whether I'd be back here. I'd always dreamt of getting back in. I've just tried to come in and feel nice and relaxed.\n\n\"I've felt good about my game the last three or four months.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special: \"England didn't bowl well. They bowled 1.6m shorter than Australia and that is the problem.\n\n\"When you win the toss and bowl you have got to make sure you capitalise and bowl the right length.\n\n\"The pitch is playing well. The batsman should feel they can get runs.\"\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone", "The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.\n\nThe resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear programme.\n\nPyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuclear test.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt least 13 people have died after a fishing boat collided with a 336-tonne tanker and capsized off South Korea's west coast.\n\nTwo others were missing, South Korea's coast guard said, as a search and rescue operation continued.\n\nThe chartered fishing boat, the Seonchang-1, had been carrying 20 passengers and two crew during a fishing tour at the time of the crash.\n\nFootage from the scene showed the upturned boat being searched by divers.\n\nNavy helicopters and dozens of ships were taking part in the search southwest of Incheon, near Yeongheung island.\n\nSeven people were taken to hospital for treatment. The captain of the 10-tonne fishing boat was among the missing, according to one report from AFP.\n\nThere were no reported injuries on board the 336-tonne fuel tanker.\n\nThe coast guard took seven people to hospital\n\nSouth Korean news agency Yonhap said the collision happened nine minutes after the boat departed from the shoreline, possibly as the two vessels passed each other under a bridge.\n\n\"There's no specific problem related to weather conditions, sailing reports or other (pre-departure) preparations,\" a coast guard official told reporters. \"We are investigating how the accident happened.\"\n\nCold water temperatures may also have contributed to casualties, the official said.\n\nThe accident is believed to be the worst in South Korea since 15 people died on a fishing tour near Jeju in 2015.\n\nThe year before, a passenger ferry capsized and more than 300 people died, most of them school children on an outing.\n\nThe ship, the Sewol, was raised from the sea bed earlier this year.", "A Conservative MP has defended her cyber-security arrangements after revealing she shares her login passwords with all her staff.\n\nNadine Dorries said this included \"interns on exchange programmes\", triggering a backlash on Twitter.\n\nIn response, she said she was a backbench MP who did not have access to government documents.\n\nThe Mid Bedfordshire MP had been defending Conservative First Secretary of State Damian Green.\n\nA Cabinet Office inquiry is examining claims pornography was found on a computer in Mr Green's Parliamentary office.\n\nHe denies watching or downloading pornography on his computer.\n\nMs Dorries was questioning a retired police officer's claim that Mr Green must have been responsible for material found on his computer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rory Cellan-Jones This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe defended herself in subsequent tweets, saying her team were responding to hundreds of emails every day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA fellow MP, Nick Boles, tweeted that he shared his password with his staff for the same reasons.\n\nMs Dorries later tweeted that she was \"flattered\" by people thinking she would have access to \"government docs\", adding: \"Sorry to disappoint!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJim Killock, of the Open Rights campaign group, said: \"On the face of it, Nadine Dorries is admitting to breaching basic data protection laws, making sure her constituents' emails and correspondence is kept confidential and secure. She should not be sharing her log-in with interns.\n\n\"More worryingly, it appears this practice of MPs sharing their log-ins may be rather widespread. If so, we need to know.\"\n\nHe urged MPs' staff and former staff to get in touch with his campaign \"if they have knowledge about insecure data practices in MPs' offices\".", "The children's commissioner told BBC Scotland he cannot rule out legal action on the issue\n\nScotland's children's commissioner has said he may consider legal action over the Universal Credit rollout if it further disadvantages young people.\n\nBruce Adamson said poverty was the biggest human rights issue facing children in Scotland.\n\nHe told the BBC reforms to the benefits systems could be resulting in some children going without basics like a warm home and hot meals.\n\nThe UK government said Universal Credit was helping people improve their lives.\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said the system was \"working\" and that as a result of Universal Credit people were \"moving into work faster and staying in work longer than under the old system\".\n\nThe controversial measure, which is being rolled out across the UK, brings six existing benefit payments into one.\n\nIt faced criticism over claims some people had to wait six weeks for their first payment, contributing to a rise in debt, rent arrears and evictions.\n\nChancellor Philip Hammond announced changes aimed at speeding up claim times in his autumn budget last month.\n\nMr Adamson said he was engaging with ministers, from the both the UK and Scottish governments, about the impact the benefit changes were having on the human rights of children and young people.\n\nHe called for \"political leadership\" on the issue, but said he could not rule of the possibility of legal action in the future.\n\nIn an extended interview broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday, the children's commissioner said: \"Poverty is the biggest human rights issue facing children in Scotland at the moment.\n\n\"And there's a number of issues around the way in which Universal Credit is calculated and how it is paid. But this leads to a much, much deeper issue. We are talking about the rights of children and the right to benefit from social security.\n\n\"We are talking about things like having a warm and secure place to live, having regular hot, nutritious meals and also the ability to access things like transport to get to school and to enjoy social and cultural activities that we know are so important to their development.\"\n\nAsked if there was any prospect of legal redress in Scotland, Mr Adamson said: \"While we don't have the Convention on the Rights of the Child within our domestic law yet, we do have the Humans Rights Act which brings in the European Convention on Human Rights and the courts look very closely if a state falls below that minimum standard required, where the state fails to provide those basics of life.\n\n\"So certainly if children in Scotland aren't getting those basic things then legal action may be the way to take this forward. But it's not the best way.\"\n\nHe added: \"We really need political leadership here and we need to make sure that we are never in a situation where children are going without the basics that they need.\"\n\nThe Unite union organised a day of action on Universal Credit on Saturday, with demonstrations held around Scotland\n\nThe DWP spokesman said no-one who needed support had to wait six weeks.\n\nHe added: \"In December, claimants can request an advance of up to 50% of their first payment and a further 50% in January if they need it, repayable over 12 months.\n\n\"Universal Credit lies at the heart of our commitment to help people improve their lives and raise their incomes. It provides additional, tailored support to help people move into work and stop claiming benefits altogether.\"\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Brexit Minister Mike Russell said he thought the Scottish government would be \"very sympathetic\" to potential legal action against Universal Credit if it infringed the human rights of children.\n\nHe said: \"The approach of the UK government on social security and welfare is truly appalling. It is impoverishing people. It is leading to despair.\n\n\"I think anybody who is standing up against that and arguing for a practical resolution, to what are awful, ideological problems being brought by the Tories, I think deserves all the support he can get.\"\n\nOn Saturday, a day of action, organised by the Unite union, saw demonstrations staged at various locations around Scotland protesting against changes to the benefits system.\n\nYou can listen again to the extended interview with Children's Commissioner Bruce Adamson on the BBC iplayer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Divorce by a man saying \"talaq\" three times was declared unlawful in August\n\nHusbands who attempt \"instant divorce\" could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India.\n\nThe traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying \"talaq\" (divorce) three times - in any form, including email or text message.\n\nIt was declared unconstitutional by India's Supreme Court in August, but officials say it has continued since.\n\nThe proposed law also provides for fines and support for affected women.\n\nThe draft Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill has now been sent to regional governments for consultation.\n\nIt would explicitly ban \"triple talaq\", in line with the Supreme Court ruling, and lay out procedures legal procedures for a \"subsistence allowance\" and custody arrangements, the Press Trust of India said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThose provisions have been made \"to ensure that in case the husband asks the wife to leave the house she should have legal protection,\" it quoted a high-level official as saying.\n\nUnder the current draft, people suspected of the offence would not be eligible for bail.\n\nIt would also ban the practice in any form - including in writing, or by text message.\n\nIndian news outlets said the legislation is due to be considered during the winter parliamentary sessions, which begins in mid-December.\n\nMuslims are India's largest minority group, and it is one of a few countries where the practice of triple talaq - which has no basis in the Koran - has survived.\n\nThe Supreme Court ruling came after five women petitions the court, arguing the traditional practice violated their fundamental rights.\n\nThe court ruled 3-2 in their favour, and labelled it \"un-Islamic\".", "Rak-Su have been named the winners of the X Factor 2017.\n\nThe Watford-based group beat Grace Davies in the final of the ITV singing competition - the first boy band to win since the show started in 2004.\n\nRak-Su thanked viewers for voting for them, while their mentor Simon Cowell hailed them as \"stars\".\n\nProceeds from Rak-Su's winners' single Dimelo will go to children's hospice charities Together For Short Lives and Shooting Star Chase.\n\nThe track, a duet with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy, was first performed during Saturday's show.\n\nX Factor judge Cowell also praised runner-up Grace Davies, describing her as \"really an outstanding, outstanding artist\".\n\nSimon Cowell described runner up Davies as \"outstanding\"\n\nThe finalists performed several original songs during their appearances on X Factor, marking a change in the show's approach this year.\n\nIn the ratings battle, however, the first part of the X Factor final - which was shown on Saturday night - lost out to Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nThe BBC dance contest's quarter final had an average audience of 9.7 million, while the first night of the X Factor final averaged 4.4 million viewers. The two shows overlapped for just over an hour on Saturday.\n\nIt was a similar story on Sunday night, when they overlapped for 40 minutes, with an average audience of 5.2 million for the second part of the X Factor final and 10.3 million for Strictly.\n\nBoth Rak-Su and Davies previously had songs played by BBC Introducing before auditioning for the X Factor.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Barclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky anti-virus products to new customers following an official warning about Russian security software.\n\nThe bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers on Saturday to say the move was a \"precautionary decision\".\n\nUK cyber-security chiefs are warning government departments not to use software from Russian companies for systems relating to national security.\n\nBarclays said it treated the security of its customers \"very seriously\".\n\nA spokesman for Kaspersky said it was \"disappointed\" that Barclays had discontinued its offer to new customers.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre - the UK's authority on cyber security and part of GCHQ - is writing to all government departments telling them Russian security software could be exploited by the Kremlin.\n\nBut officials stressed they were not saying members of the public or companies should stop using Kaspersky products, which are used by about 400 million people globally.\n\nBarclays told customers it would no longer offer free Kaspersky software \"following the information that's been shared in the news\" - but advised people with the software already installed that they did not need to take any action.\n\nIt wrote: \"The UK government has been advised... to remove any Russian products from all highly sensitive systems classified as secret or above.\n\n\"We've made the precautionary decision to no longer offer Kaspersky software to new users.\n\n\"However, there's nothing to suggest that customers need to stop using Kaspersky.\"\n\nIt went on: \"At this stage there is no action for you to take. It's important that you continue to protect yourself with anti-virus software.\"\n\nThe 290,000 people who received emails from Barclays are all online banking customers, who had downloaded Kaspersky in the past decade as part of a 12-month free trial offered by the bank.\n\nMany of these customers, who could include individuals employed by the government, could have ended their subscription once the free trial ended.\n\nIan Levy, the NCSC's technical director, said there was no evidence the guidance to government departments should apply to the wider public.\n\n\"For example, we really don't want people doing things like ripping out Kaspersky software at large as it makes little sense,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for Barclays said: \"Even though this new guidance isn't directed at members of the public, we have taken the decision to withdraw the offer of Kaspersky software from our customer website.\"", "Saudi Arabia is seeing dramatic developments after decades of slow change. Modernisation, women’s rights and squaring up to Iran are all on the agenda, driven by the kingdom’s new, young crown prince. BBC Arabic's Ahmed Zaki tells us why it has suddenly happened.", "Cafe owner David Thomas said he was told the occupants were in an area of the lorry trailer which was not refrigerated\n\nEleven people, including six children, were found locked in the back of a lorry in a lay-by.\n\nFirefighters cut the locks after police were called to reports of banging from inside the vehicle, which was parked at Willoughby Hedge on the A303 at West Knoyle on Saturday afternoon.\n\nThe Home Office said immigration enforcement officers found 10 Iraqi nationals and one Afghan national.\n\nPolice said the driver was helping with inquiries but had not been arrested.\n\nThe driver of the lorry had been returning to Taunton from Belgium and had stopped for lunch at a roadside cafe.\n\nDavid Thomas, who runs the cafe, said the driver could not open the back doors because they had been glued shut.\n\nHe said the occupants had been \"pretty lucky\" because part of the lorry was refrigerated.\n\n\"The compartment they were in contained a few pallets of rather expensive Belgian chocolate and was at a normal temperature,\" he said.\n\n\"I understand from the driver if they'd been in the front compartment that was quite well-chilled so they would have had a few problems there.\"\n\nPolice were called to the Willoughby Hedge lay-by on Saturday afternoon\n\nA Wiltshire Police spokesman said the adults found in the lorry were being kept in custody overnight and would be handed to Home Office officials on Monday.\n\n\"We are currently working with colleagues from the Home Office Immigration Department as our inquiries progress,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Where someone has no right to remain in the UK, we will take action to remove them,\" a Home Office spokeswoman added.\n\nWiltshire Council said it was working with its partner agencies \"to provide support and help to those involved\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Battery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012\n\nSome cages for hens provide a \"necessary defence\" against bird flu, the government's chief vet has said.\n\nIn a tweet, Nigel Gibbens said the larger pens, which replaced so-called battery cages in 2012, have welfare benefits and offer more space.\n\nIt comes after 10 leading British vets, who believe caging hens is unethical, said his \"brazen endorsement\" was \"extremely disappointing\".\n\nThey said the restricted space was \"seriously detrimental to welfare\".\n\nBattery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012. The ruling said that if laying hens were to be held they must be in enriched - also known as colony - cages instead.\n\nThe enriched cages provided extra space to nest, scratch and roost and the guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is that each bird in an enriched cage must have at least 750 square centimetres of space.\n\nThe minimum for battery cages was 550 square centimetres.\n\nDespite the banning of battery cages, a number of leading retailers have announced that they are moving towards selling free-range eggs only.\n\nBut at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference in October, Mr Gibbens called this a \"regrettable move\" and said cages \"have a lot going for them\".\n\nCriticising him in a group letter to the Times, 10 vets said overcrowding and restricted space were \"seriously detrimental to welfare\".\n\n\"Hens in cages cannot carry out fundamental species-specific behaviours\", they added.\n\nThe group dismissed his claims about protection against bird flu saying there are other options to manage the threat and urged the chief vet to take a \"more progressive position\".\n\nMr Gibbens later defended his view on Twitter and said: \"Free range risks disease that is really bad for welfare.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NigelGibbensChiefVet This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Defra spokeswoman said: \"Enriched cages offer less exposure to the threat of bird flu during an outbreak than free range systems, and provide more floor space and more height than battery cages.\"", "Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6 Music show will finish at the end of December, the Pulp frontman has announced.\n\nHis weekly Sunday Service programme was launched in January 2010.\n\nCocker, who has periodically taken breaks from his radio show to pursue other projects, has been absent from it since July.\n\nHe will return to present five last programmes, finishing on 31 December. From 7 January, the slot will be filled by Amy Lame for a new show.\n\nCocker said: \"It's not goodbye, it's just farewell.\n\n\"We wanted to say farewell properly and so we're going to do a run of five extra-special shows throughout December, starting this Sunday.\n\nThe head of 6 Music, Paul Rodgers, said Mr Cocker had been an integral part of the station's development and called the show \"a real mould-breaker\".\n\n\"Jarvis will always be an important part of the 6 Music family and we are looking forward to him returning to work on new projects with us,\" he added.\n\nLame said she would miss Cocker but her new show was a \"dream come true\".\n\n\"I can't wait to get cracking, connect with listeners, and keep the alternative spirit of music and culture alive and well.\"", "The planned partial-demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome stadium near Detroit has failed.\n\nThe stadium, once home to the Detroit Lions NFL team, has been empty for a decade.\n\nIts staged demolition was due to begin with an implosion on Sunday, but while footage showed plumes of smoke rising, the building remained standing.\n\nLocal media quoted officials as saying the stadium was \"built a little too well\".", "MPs are demanding to know why the white goods manufacturer Whirlpool ended a product replacement scheme for dangerous tumble dryers.\n\nThe Commons business committee says one million of the defective machines remain in UK homes.\n\nLast week, a coroner blamed a fault in a Whirlpool dryer for a 2014 fire that killed two men in north Wales.\n\nThe firm says it is still offering free repairs, but ended a £50 offer for a replacement machine after demand fell.\n\nThe affected machines include dryers manufactured under the Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Swan or Proline brands between April 2004 and October 2015.\n\nAfter problems with the machines first emerged, Whirlpool initially told customers that the dryers were safe to use but should not be left unattended, but later said the machines should be unplugged until they could be repaired.\n\nWith growing waiting lists for a repair, the company then said it would allow customers to purchase a replacement dryer for the reduced price of £50.\n\nThe Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has written to Whirlpool, asking why it has now chosen to end this replacement scheme.\n\nCommittee chairwoman Rachel Reeves accused the US manufacturer of \"falling significantly short of their responsibilities\" and asked why boss Ian Moverly failed to mention the end of the replacement scheme when he gave evidence to her committee in October.\n\nWhirlpool said anyone with an affected dryer was still eligible for a free repair, and should contact them immediately to arrange it.\n\nIt said in a statement: \"After two years of extensive measures to raise awareness, the number of consumers coming forward has fallen sharply.\n\n\"This suggests that few affected appliances remain in service.\"\n\nIt told customers who still owned one of the appliances it was \"never too late\" to get in touch.\n\nDoug McTavish and Bernard Hender died in the fire at the flat in Llanrwst\n\nIt continued: \"Previously, consumers who wished to upgrade their products to a newer model were offered the additional option of a brand-new dryer in exchange for a small contribution to the total cost.\n\n\"The scheme has now ended due to a fall in demand.\"\n\nThe coroner from the inquests into the deaths of Doug McTavish and Bernard Hender in Llanrwst, north Wales, told Whirlpool that it had to \"take action\".\n\nHe said the fire was caused \"on the balance of probabilities\" by an electrical fault with the door switch on the dryer.\n\nHe described evidence presented at the inquest by Whirlpool as \"defensive and dismissive\" and said the company's approach was an \"obstacle\" to finding steps to prevent future fires.\n\nHis final report has been sent to the company, which has until 26 December to respond.\n\nConsumer group Which? criticised both Whirlpool and the government, which it called on to step in.\n\nThe company's managing director of home products and services, Alex Neill, said: 'It is completely unacceptable that Whirlpool has shut down its replacement scheme for these dangerous tumble dryers.\n\n\"It is irresponsible that despite one million households potentially still using an affected machine, Whirlpool seems unwilling to do everything possible to deal with this issue.\n\n\"The government must step in and force Whirlpool to fully recall the remaining tumble dryers.\"", "Ben Hopkins is heading for a US university\n\nOn the steps of Downing Street, Theresa May pledged to promote social mobility, to make Britain a country that works for everyone.\n\nShe pointed out that a white working-class boy is currently less likely than anyone else to go to university, and that the privately educated dominated the \"top professions\".\n\nHer cabinet has the highest proportion of state-educated ministers since Clement Attlee was prime minister in 1945.\n\nJustine Greening is the first education secretary to have been wholly educated at a comprehensive school.\n\nHowever, promising social mobility and delivering it are different things, as previous governments have learned.\n\nFor decades now, the charity the Sutton Trust has been the standard-bearer for social mobility in Britain, developing schemes to help pupils from less advantaged backgrounds gain access to elite universities, and helping them into the professions.\n\nThe trust's chief executive, Lee Elliot Major, said the Brexit vote underlines the need for a broader policy now, as it exposed a divided country.\n\nMany areas which voted Leave are those same areas where opportunities are fewest.\n\nMr Elliot Major said: \"The political vote that we saw was a direct consequence of social immobility.\"\n\nOne of the Sutton Trust's newest schemes, in partnership with the Fulbright Commission, helps teenagers to apply to American universities and win scholarships to pay the fees.\n\nIt is very competitive. There are 10 applicants for every place.\n\nJust 61 British students are going to the US on the scheme this year.\n\nBen Hopkins, aged 18, from the village of Wheaton Aston in Staffordshire, will soon be heading for Bowdoin in Maine, where he has won a scholarship. It is one of the most highly rated liberal arts colleges in the US, with fees of $62,000 (£48,000) a year.\n\nBen Hopkins worried whether he would fit in at Oxford\n\nBen does not come from a privileged background. His father is a machinist, his mother a teaching assistant.\n\nNeither went to university. The family live in a modest, though immaculate, home, on the outskirts of the village.\n\nSouth Staffordshire is one of the more affluent parts of the Midlands, with a lower rate of unemployment than the national average.\n\nIt is a Conservative area. Nearly 65% voted Leave on 23 June. Those I spoke to cited fears over immigration.\n\nBen's mother, Tracy, told me he had always been very committed to his schoolwork, and he perseveres until he gets something right: \"He's a perfectionist.\"\n\nShe said she wasn't a \"tiger mother\". Ben had always set his own pace. Both parents are very supportive of their son and proud of his achievement.\n\nBen told me his teachers had helped him greatly. Some gave up their own free time to give him extra lessons.\n\nHe was a pupil at the local comprehensive, Wolgarston High, in the nearby market town of Penkridge. It is rated \"good\" by Ofsted, and improving. It currently gets some of the best A-level results in South Staffordshire.\n\nEvery year, some pupils go to Russell Group universities, and sometimes students go to Oxford or Cambridge.\n\nHowever, Ben told me that when he visited Oxford he wondered whether he would fit in, as so many students seemed to have gone to private school.\n\nHeadteacher Philip Tapp says there is very little in the local area to inspire and raise aspirations\n\nAdam Simmonds, head of sixth form at Wolgarston High, said others occasionally felt the same, as there is a strong sense of community in this part of South Staffordshire, and some 18-year-olds do not want to leave.\n\n\"Sometimes it's a powerful draw, their experiences in this locality, and they don't want to give that up to go to, well any university, actually,\" he said.\n\n\"We've had students with three As at A-level who've decided to stay at home because they like staying at home.\"\n\nThough Stafford is just over an hour from London by train, Ben had only visited the capital once before he went for the Sutton Trust assessment.\n\nThe school headteacher, Philip Tapp, said he was working to arrange more trips for all students. He said there was very little in the local area to inspire and raise aspirations.\n\nSo what made Ben such an exception? His family, his teachers and ultimately, himself. No-one told him about the Sutton Trust: he discovered it online.\n\nAdam Simmonds described Ben, outgoing head boy, as an \"elder statesman\" of the school whom everyone respected and felt they could talk to.\n\nLee Elliot Major, chief executive of the Sutton Trust, urged the new government to consider how to extend social mobility to help more people.\n\nHe said; \"We can pick talent and then catapult it into opportunity, as with our US programme where you have amazing young people who are going to the Ivy League and other leading universities.\n\n\"But what about those areas that are left behind? What about the children who don't go on those programmes? And I think no-one at the moment has got the answer to that.\"\n\nThe new government is considering reversing the ban on new grammar schools, as a way of promoting social mobility. But that's controversial - many argue it will not work.\n\nDavid Skelton, of the conservative think tank Renewal, said he thought a more sophisticated and complex approach was needed now. He said: \"1950s England should not be our model.\"\n\nHe suggested more streaming in schools could be effective, and he endorsed the comments of the new minister for skills, Robert Halfon, who has said apprenticeships should be more highly valued and more could be done to improve vocational and technical training, such as that provided by university technical colleges.", "PC Willis said he held onto the van to stop it toppling over a bridge\n\nA police officer held on to a van to stop it falling as it teetered on the edge of a motorway bridge.\n\nThe driver was trapped inside when PC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire.\n\nWriting on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to the vehicle to stop it \"swaying in the wind\".\n\nPC Willis, known as Motorway Martin to his followers, said he couldn't \"begin to describe [his] relief\" when firefighters arrived.\n\nA view from below the bridge shows the van's precarious position\n\nThe van ended up in the precarious position when it came off the road near the border between North and West Yorkshire.\n\nPosting on Twitter, PC Willis described how he tried to stabilise the vehicle with the driver still trapped inside.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Motorway Martin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPC Willis was praised by colleagues for his swift action.\n\n\"Your superman cape isn't in this photo though! Must have come off in the fracas!,\" PC Adam Pace‏ tweeted.\n\nPC Willis he said he was relieved to see West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue arrive at the scene", "A couple who have been engaged for 30 years can finally marry after a £1m lottery win.\n\nTony Pearce, 66, and Deb Gellatly, 58, from Southend, have never been able to afford the cost of a wedding.\n\nThe Lotto raffle prize means they can clear their debts and finally get married.", "Daisy Ridley has denied reports that she wants to give up the role of Rey at the end of the current series.\n\nDaisy will be in the latest movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi and is due to be in the ninth episode.\n\n\"When I did sign up, I did sign up for three films and that's where I sort of saw the story ending,\" she said.\n\n\"I think everyone has perhaps taken that as me going, 'I don't want anything to do with it' which is vastly untrue because this is awesome.\"\n\nDaisy said it was meaningful that Rey features as the leading female role in a film produced by a major firm, Walt Disney Studios.\n\nShe also hailed director JJ Abrams who introduced Rey in the first instalment of the new era, The Force Awakens.\n\nEarlier this year, it was announced that JJ would return to direct Star Wars: Episode IX which is expected to be released December 2019.\n\n\"JJ has always put brilliant females in his things,\" Ridley said. \"So I think it was wonderful and then the fact it came from a big studio says a lot too, and I think there's a big change already.\n\n\"Obviously there's still a long way to go.\"\n\nAccording to research by the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film, women account for just 29% of lead solo roles and 37% of major roles in the top 100 grossing Hollywood films of last year.\n\nStar Wars: The Last Jedi will debut in cinemas on the 15 December.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "A Labour peer is to repay parliamentary travel expenses after accepting it would have been \"more appropriate\" not to have claimed the money.\n\nThe Mail On Sunday reports Lord Bassam, Labour's chief whip in the Lords, claimed the cost of travelling to and from his home in Brighton since 2010.\n\nHe also got an annual £36,366 allowance for overnight stays in London.\n\nLord Bassam said he had not been told rules were breached, but would not submit such claims again.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday reported Lord Bassam was making an hour-long train journey between his home on the south coast and London, claiming about £6,400 a year in expenses to cover train tickets and taxi fares.\n\nBut according to the paper, as chief whip and because his main home is not in London, Lord Bassam is one of a small number of front bench peers entitled to the Lords office holders allowance.\n\nThe payment is included in his salary and designed to cover \"expenses in staying overnight away from their main or only residence\".\n\nIn a statement Lord Bassam said: \"With my home outside of London, I have been in receipt of the relevant office holders allowance for the opposition chief whip in the Lords.\n\n\"At the same time, in accordance with rules laid down by the House, I have claimed costs for my regular travel to and from Parliament.\n\n\"While I have not been advised that any breach of the rules has taken place, waiving the right to such travel claims would perhaps have been a more appropriate response on my part.\n\n\"I will not be submitting any further claims in this way, and instead use the office holders allowance to cover those additional costs. I will also discuss with House officials the steps necessary to repay previous travel claims.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester City came from behind to win a record-equalling 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham at Etihad Stadium.\n\nAngelo Ogbonna's header on the stroke of half-time put the lowly Hammers ahead, but Nicolas Otamendi responded with a predatory finish shortly after the break.\n\nDavid Silva won it for City, acrobatically converting a Kevin de Bruyne pass with seven minutes left.\n\nVictory meant Pep Guardiola's side re-established their eight-point lead over Manchester United, who they play at Old Trafford next Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\nThey also equalled the longest winning run within a top-flight season, matching Sunderland and Preston (1891-92), Arsenal (2001-02) and Chelsea (2016-17).\n\nWest Ham, though, have set a club record for the fewest points after 15 Premier League matches - they have just 10.\n\nThe Londoners had their chances - as well as Ogbonna's goal, Michail Antonio almost pounced when Ederson spilled the ball, and Manuel Lanzini forced the goalkeeper to save at his near post.\n\nBut it always looked as though City's pressure would tell and, shortly after De Bruyne's free-kick was palmed away, Gabriel Jesus skipped through and slid the ball to Otamendi, who scored.\n\nLeroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, De Bruyne and Jesus had further chances before Silva won it for the home side, but there was still time for the Hammers to go close, with Diafra Sakho shooting just wide after Marko Arnautovic pulled the ball back.\n• None Analysis: Total belief, squad unity and late goals - who can stop Man City?\n\nCity leave it late to win - again\n\nSilva's strike made this the fourth game in a row City have won thanks to a goal scored in or after the 83rd minute. Sterling had scored the past three, having also hit an injury-time winner at Bournemouth in August.\n\nA home victory always looked the likeliest result, with City extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to 28 matches.\n\nThey were made to fight for the points, though, and Silva's late winner was one of 18 shots they had in the second half.\n\nWhile City have been in full flow for much of the season, they have also shown their resilience - taking a league-high 10 points from losing positions.\n\nPrior to their late winners against Huddersfield last month and now West Ham, City had won only one of their past 30 games in which they had been behind at half-time.\n\nThat combination of silk and steel has taken them eight points clear at the top, and it will take something special to stop them.\n\nDespite the defeat, there was plenty for Hammers boss David Moyes to take heart from as his side kept the league leaders at bay for almost an hour.\n\nThe first half was particularly encouraging and, though a deflected strike from Silva extended Adrian, West Ham had better chances through Antonio and Lanzini.\n\nThey looked defensively solid and confident in their gameplan, and Moyes' only disappointment will be they could not keep it up.\n\nJesus' half-time introduction made a difference, but Sane, De Bruyne and Silva - who had not been at their best in the first half - also began to influence things.\n\nCity had had six shots to the Hammers' four prior to that, but Adrian was forced into a string of saves as the hosts bombarded his goal in search of a winner.\n\nAdrian, who came in as Joe Hart was unable to face his parent club, was a standout performer but the Hammers had opportunities of their own despite the absence of strikers Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez.\n\nAnd the agonising nature of this defeat was summed up by the reaction of former City defender Pablo Zabaleta when Silva's shot hit the back of the net.\n\nDavid Moyes speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: \"I have to say it was a really good effort. We defended much better today. We've worked a bit on it, we had one day where we could prepare.\n\n\"We needed our goalkeeper to play well. He got both hands to most things. I thought most of it was outside the box. I have to say we did a really good job.\n\n\"What a chance we have to make it 2-2 late on. My feeling was I thought we deserved it (to equalise). You get results in different ways and it looked as though we might have got one today. For long parts of the game we were in with a chance.\"\n\nPep Guardiola speaking to Match of the Day: \"We started really well but we lost our patience. We didn't have any rhythm because Adrian was taking 30 seconds every time.\n\n\"It was similar to the last few games, in the second half I thought we would score. They played 10 players inside the box, it was almost impossible.\n\n\"It's a big victory. It showed what we are. We had two strikers in the second half and that helped, it was a big lesson for me. We created more with two.\n\n\"We spoke a lot about defending set-pieces but they are taller. It will happen again next week against United so we have to try and concede fewer set-pieces.\"\n\nRecord-equalling success and record-breaking disappointment - the best of the stats\n• None City have equalled the longest winning run within a top-flight season.\n• None City's haul of 43 points from 15 games is a joint top-flight record, level with Tottenham in 1960-61 (converted to three points for a win).\n• None West Ham's total of 10 points from 15 games is their lowest in the Premier League and lowest in the top-flight since 1976-77 (nine, converted to three for a win).\n• None Since his debut for City in September 2015, De Bruyne has provided 35 assists in the league - more than any other in the big five European leagues.\n• None Jesus has been directly involved in 21 goals in his 24 Premier League appearances so far (15 goals, 6 assists).\n• None Ogbonna scored his first goal in the big five European leagues, in his 144th appearance.\n\nWest Ham return to London Stadium to face Chelsea on Saturday (12:30 GMT) in the first of two successive home games - with Arsenal to come afterwards.\n\nManchester City travel to Ukraine to take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and return to league action against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday (16:30).\n• None Adrián (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Diafra Sakho (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.\n• None Substitution, West Ham United. André Ayew replaces Michail Antonio because of an injury.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 2, West Ham United 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "James Levine was also a conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra\n\nNew York's Metropolitan Opera says it has suspended the renowned conductor James Levine following allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nThe Met said Mr Levine, 74, would not appear this season and it had appointed a law firm to investigate his actions.\n\nThree men have now accused Mr Levine of abusing them decades ago when they were teenagers.\n\nMr Levine, who was music director at the Met for 40 years, has not commented publicly on the accusations.\n\nHe retired for health reasons in 2016 but has continued to work with the opera as music director emeritus.\n\nThe Met announced on Saturday it was investigating a claim based on a 2016 police report in which a man accused Mr Levine of abusing him as a teenager in the 1980s.\n\nPeter Gelb, general manager of the Met, told the New York Times on Sunday that it had decided to suspend its relationship with the conductor and cancel his forthcoming engagements after learning of the accounts of two other men who described similar sexual encounters beginning in the late 1960s.\n\n\"While we await the results of the investigation, based on these news reports, the Met has made the decision to act now,\" Mr Gelb said in a statement on Twitter, adding: \"This is a tragedy for anyone whose life has been affected.\"\n\nThe Times said the Met had been aware of the police report since last year. However, Mr Levine had denied the accusations and the Met had heard nothing further from police, the newspaper added.\n\nThe accusations follow a series of sexual abuse and harassment claims made against high-profile figures in the entertainment industry.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Metropolitan Opera This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAn Illinois police report, seen by the New York Times, said one of the alleged victims claimed that the abuse began in 1985 when he was 15 and Mr Levine was 41, and continued until 1993.\n\nDuring his career Mr Levine has conducted more than 2,500 performances at the Met.\n\nHe made his debut there in June 1971 with Puccini's Tosca, becoming principal conductor in the 1973-74 season and music director in 1976-77.\n\nHe conducted 85 different operas and also worked with the Three Tenors - Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo.\n\nHe has struggled with Parkinson's disease and other health issues and now conducts from a motorised wheelchair.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Germany is on high alert for attacks following last year's fatal attack on a Christmas market in Berlin\n\nPolice investigating a bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday say it was not terrorism but an attempt to blackmail the shipping company, DHL.\n\nThe nail bomb was sent in a parcel to a pharmacy near a market in Potsdam.\n\nPolice performed a controlled explosion on the device, which was full of explosives but had no detonator.\n\nAfter scanning a QR code on the package, police found that those involved demanded millions of euros to not set the bomb off.\n\n\"The good news is it that we can say, with all likelihood, that the package was not aimed at the Christmas market,\" Brandenburg's Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schröter said.\n\nBut he and others warned that there might be more such attempts. Police said a similar package was sent to an online trader based in Frankfurt an der Oder recently.\n\nGermany is on a heightened terror alert, a year after 12 people died in an Islamist attack at a Berlin Christmas market.\n\nOfficials have warned people to call the police instead of opening suspicious packages.\n\nThey said people should watch out for smudges, visible wires and unfamiliar or missing return addresses.\n• None Germany attacks: What is going on?", "Footage has been released of the moment a lorry driver crashed into stationary cars on the M6 at 43mph.\n\nThe 47-year-old driver, from Liverpool, told police at the scene, \"I think I went to sleep for a moment\".\n\nHe admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months.\n\nWest Midlands Police said the two car drivers were treated for broken bones and back and neck injuries.\n\nMidlands Live: Man continued to be questioned in murder probe; Homes evacuated after grenade found", "Rhythmical Mike is a successful performer - but says his schooldays were \"a nightmare\"\n\n\"You've got this - the whirlwind that you're in - is the beginning of something wonderfully new - for you.\"\n\nRhythmical Mike, a 24-year-old East Midlands poet, performs his work to pupils at Lovers' Lane Primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire.\n\nIt's an area where many children face big challenges and, according to a new State of the Nation report from the Social Mobility Commission, their educational and career prospects are too often limited from the outset.\n\nIt ranks all 324 local authorities in England in terms of the life chances of someone born into a disadvantaged background and it debunks the notion of a simple North-South divide.\n\nInstead, it says, there is a \"postcode lottery\" with \"hotspots\" (shown in orange on the map below) and \"cold spots\" (shown in blue) found in all regions.\n\nThe report highlights a \"self-reinforcing spiral of ever growing division\", with children in some areas getting a poor start in life from which they can never recover.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nMap created with Carto. If you can't see the map, tap here.\n\nWest Somerset sits at the bottom of the league table, with average wages less than half those in the best performing parts of London.\n\nThere are some surprises, with wealthy areas such as West Berkshire, Cotswold and Crawley performing badly for their most vulnerable residents.\n\nThe report explains that wealthy areas can see high levels of low pay, with poorer young people at risk of being \"somewhat neglected\", particularly if they are scattered around isolated rural schools\n\nConversely, some of the most deprived areas are \"hotspots\", providing good education, employment opportunities and housing for their most disadvantaged residents.\n\nThese include London boroughs with big deprived populations such as Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.\n\nIn Kensington and Chelsea half of disadvantaged teenagers make it to university, but the figure for the same group in Barnsley, Hastings and Eastbourne is just 10%.\n\n\"London and its hinterland are increasingly looking like a different country from the rest of Britain,\" says Alan Milburn, who chairs the Social Mobility Commission.\n\n\"It is moving ahead, as are many of our country's great cities.\n\n\"But too many rural and coastal areas and towns of Britain's old industrial heartlands are being left behind economically and hollowed out socially.\"\n\nLarge variations were also found within Scotland and Wales, although the data is not directly comparable with that for England, says the report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Not many opportunities\": People in the town of Newark share their experiences\n\nThe East Midlands is the English region with the worst outcomes for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, says the report - and within the East Midlands, Newark and Sherwood is the worst performing local authority.\n\nIn Newark, only 43% of children are ready for school when they start Reception, compared with 52% nationally, the research finds.\n\nAnd by adulthood only 21% are in professional or managerial roles, compared with 51% in Oxford.\n\nMike, real name Mike Markham, has been a poet for about six years, running his own company and playing at festivals, supporting stars like Rizzle Kicks and Russell Brand.\n\nFor him, school was a really negative experience. He feels he failed there.\n\n\"It was a nightmare,\" he says, but believes overcoming his early difficulties helped him succeed later in life.\n\n\"Anybody can achieve anything,\" is his message to the children.\n\nHe believes that, despite class structures, the world is changing.\n\n\"I think you've just got to be driven, you've got to be inspired you've got to be inspiring.\"\n\nEfforts to improve social mobility need to start early, says the report\n\nThe children themselves have big ambitions.\n\n\"I want to be a boxer. I want to get to the highest level and be a professional,\" says one boy.\n\n\"I want to be a heart surgeon and to do that I am going to have to get into the best universities there are and I've just got to try and pass all my exams,\" says a girl.\n\nBut head teacher Jenny Hodgkinson says too many parents are caught between low pay and rising living costs and are working so hard simply to put food on the table, that they often lack time and energy to focus on their children's schooling.\n\n\"There's a lot of challenges facing families at the moment,\" she says.\n\n\"In terms of working more than one job, people with low income aren't time rich.\n\n\"They want to do the best for their children and they work ever so hard but they don't always have the resources to do what they need to.\"\n\n\"It can be difficult trying to earn a living in this town,\" says parent Sian Mclachlan.\n\nIn the town centre, one young woman complained of few opportunities for young people.\n\n\"If there's a good job going it will be gone within a week or so,\" she adds.\n\n\"I've got job security,\" says one young man. \"But I could be doing a lot more. I took better money where I should have gone to college - but you're not really pushed in this area.\"\n\nThe school is making great efforts to improve children's mental health, resilience and self-esteem, along with extra reading support and individual mentoring.\n\nIt is working to draw in families, with classes to improve parents' basic skills which can help improve attitudes to education and boost their children's attendance.\n\nMs Mclachlan says workshops on CV writing, job interviews and money management are also on offer.\n\nBut the report warns of \"mind-blowing inconsistency\" in efforts to improve social mobility.\n\n\"Tinkering around the edges will not do the trick,\" says Mr Milburn.\n\n\"The analysis in this report substantiates the sense of political alienation and social resentment that so many parts of Britain feel.\"\n\nHe wants \"a new level of effort to tackle the phenomenon of left-behind Britain\" and urges the government to increase spending on regions that most need it.\n\nFor example, estimates suggest that the North of England is £6bn underfunded compared with London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alan Milburn: \"Your chances of getting on really depend on where you're born and where you live\"\n\nEducation Secretary Justine Greening said the findings underlined \"the importance of focusing our efforts in more disadvantaged areas where we can make the biggest difference\".\n\n\"We are making progress. There are now 1.8 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010. Disadvantaged young people are entering universities at record rates and the attainment gap between them and their peers has narrowed.\n\n\"We are also boosting salaries through the introduction of the National Living Wage, creating more full-time, permanent jobs and investing £9bn in affordable housing. Taken together, this won't just change individual lives, it will help transform our country into a fairer society.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle \"one of the biggest challenges\" facing the UK\n\nAll four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a \"fairer Britain\".\n\nEx-Labour minister Alan Milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had \"little hope\" the current government could make the \"necessary\" progress.\n\nThe government was too focused on Brexit to deal with the issue, he said.\n\nThe government said Mr Milburn's term had come to an end and it had already decided to get some \"fresh blood\" in.\n\nThe commission is charged with monitoring the government's progress in \"freeing children from poverty and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential\".\n\nIn his resignation letter to Theresa May, published in The Observer, Mr Milburn said he did not doubt her \"personal belief\" in social justice, but he saw \"little evidence of that being translated into meaningful action\".\n\nHe said individual ministers, such as the education secretary, had shown a deep commitment to social mobility.\n\nBut it had \"become obvious that the government as a whole is unable to commit the same level of support\".\n\nNeither, according to the former Labour minister and his colleagues on the board who include a former Conservative education secretary.\n\nTheir frustration demonstrates the extent to which Brexit is all-consuming for the government.\n\nLeaving the EU is taking up so much time, energy and effort that there is little capacity for anything else to get done.\n\nEven on an issue which is a personal priority for the prime minister.\n\nMr Milburn, a former health secretary, took up his role at the commission in July 2012, under the coalition government led by David Cameron and Nick Clegg.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, he said divisions in Britain were becoming wider - pointing to the ongoing squeeze on wages.\n\nThe government lacked the \"bandwidth\" to tackle social division while also dealing with Brexit, he said, describing his task as being like \"pushing water uphill\".\n\nMr Milburn said Education Secretary Justine Greening had been a \"champion for the cause\" and had wanted him to stay in post - which Ms Greening, who also appeared on the show, would not be drawn on.\n\n\"He has done a fantastic job, but his term had come to an end and I think it was about getting some fresh blood into the commission,\" she said.\n\nShe denied the government lacked the will to tackle inequality, but admitted more needed to be done.\n\nIn a report published last week, the commission said economic, social and local divisions laid bare by the Brexit vote needed to be addressed to prevent a rise in far right or hard left extremism.\n\nIt said London and its commuter belt appeared to be a \"different country\" to coastal, rural and former industrial areas, with young people there facing lower pay and fewer top jobs.\n\nThe resignations come as Mrs May, who entered Downing Street in July 2016 promising to tackle the \"burning injustices\" that hold back poorer people, faces questions over the future of senior minister Damian Green - who is effectively her second in command - and is under pressure as Brexit talks continue.\n\nIn an interview in the Sunday Times, Mr Milburn said: \"There has been indecision, dysfunctionality and a lack of leadership.\"\n\nTheresa May pledged to \"make Britain a country that works for everyone\" when she became PM\n\nThe government said it was making \"good progress\" on social mobility and focusing on disadvantaged areas.\n\nIt said it had already told Mr Milburn it planned to appoint a new chair and would hold an open application process for the role.\n\nIt said it was committed to fighting injustice \"and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to go as far as their talents will take them\".\n\nIt highlighted its increase of the national living wage, cuts in income tax for the lowest paid and doubling of free childcare in England.\n\nThe process of appointing a new chairperson and commissioners would begin as soon as possible, it added.\n\nThe other board members standing down include deputy chair of the commission and Tory former education secretary Baroness Shephard.\n\nPaul Gregg, a professor of economic and social policy at the University of Bath, and David Johnston, the chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation charity, are also leaving.\n\nShadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett said the resignations came as \"no surprise\".\n\n\"As inequality has grown under the Tories, social mobility has totally stalled,\" he said.\n\n\"How well people do in life is still based on class background rather than on talent or effort.\"\n\nMr Milburn said he would be setting up a new social mobility institute, independent of the government.", "Donald Trump's presidency has been overshadowed by the inquiry into collusion with Russia\n\nDonald Trump lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn.\n\nIn a Twitter tirade, Mr Trump said the FBI's reputation was \"in tatters\".\n\nHis attack came amid a flurry of developments in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the US election.\n\nMr Trump denies that his team colluded with Russia to get him elected.\n\nReports emerged over the weekend that Mr Mueller, a former FBI director, had dismissed an FBI officer from the investigation during the summer after he was discovered to have made anti-Trump remarks in text messages.\n\nThe president seized on the officer's dismissal, tweeting: \"Report: 'ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE' Now it all starts to make sense!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Mueller said the officer was dismissed from the investigating team as soon as the messages were discovered.\n\nMichael Flynn, the president's former national security adviser, announced on Friday that he was co-operating with Mr Mueller's investigation, in return for pleading guilty to a lesser charge.\n\nThe former general admitted lying to the FBI and has been offered a reduced sentence of six months. Analysts say the deal indicates that Mr Flynn has incriminating information about one or more senior members of the Trump administration.\n\nIn a series of tweets posted on Sunday morning, Mr Trump again attacked his former rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton, who was investigated by the FBI ahead of the election after it emerged she had used a private email server to conduct state department business.\n\nNo charges were brought against Mrs Clinton or her team.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nIn another tweet, the president accused ABC News of \"horrendously inaccurate and dishonest reporting\", after one of the network's reporters acknowledged making an error in a story about the president.\n\nChief investigative reporter Brian Ross reported that Mr Trump was a candidate when he directed Michael Flynn to make contact with Moscow.\n\nHe later corrected his report to say Mr Trump was president-elect when he gave the order to Mr Flynn. Mr Ross has been suspended by the network for four weeks.\n\nThe president fired Mr Flynn in February for misrepresenting the nature of his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak to Vice-President Mike Pence.\n\nThen-FBI director James Comey alleges that in a private meeting the day after Mr Flynn was fired, the president asked him to show leniency to the dismissed aide, saying, \"I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.\"\n\nMichael Flynn was sacked in February, just 25 days after taking the job\n\nMr Comey took notes immediately after the meeting and shared copies with senior FBI officials. President Trump fired Mr Comey in May.\n\nTweeting on Sunday, Mr Trump issued a fresh denial that he had pushed Mr Comey to drop the investigation into Mr Flynn.\n\n\"I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLegal experts say Mr Trump could theoretically have obstructed justice if he had attempted to have the FBI investigation into Mr Flynn squashed.\n\nThe president's surprising admission in a tweet on Saturday - that he knew Mr Flynn had lied to the FBI when he fired him - contradicted his own account from the time, and may have added weight to accusations that he obstructed justice.\n\nWhite House lawyer John Dowd later told the Axios news website that he had drafted the controversial tweet and sent the text to White House social media director Dan Scavino.\n\nThe revelations soured what should have been a celebratory weekend for the president, after his sweeping tax reform bill scraped through the Senate early on Saturday morning.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HR McMaster: 'There isn't much time left' to address threat from North Korea\n\nWhite House national security adviser HR McMaster says the US is \"in a race\" to address the threat from North Korea.\n\nThe potential for war is increasing every day but armed conflict is not the only solution, he told a defence forum.\n\nHis comments came three days after North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile test in two months, in defiance of UN resolutions.\n\nThe latest missile flew higher than any others previously tested, before falling into Japanese waters.\n\nTensions have heated up in recent months over the north's continued development of its nuclear and missile programme, in spite of global condemnation and international sanctions. Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test in September.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A statement read on North Korean state-run TV blamed the \"reckless nuclear war mania of the US\" for any possible escalation\n\nThe Pentagon was also reported to be scouting sites on the west coast of America to deploy extra defences, amid claims from North Korea that its latest missile could reach the whole of continental United States.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's national security adviser gave his unscripted comments at a forum in California on Saturday.\n\n\"There are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict, but it is a race because he's getting closer and closer, and there's not much time left,\" Mr McMaster said, in reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How could war with North Korea unfold?\n\nHe singled out China, urging the Beijing government to enforce a total oil embargo on the north to make it difficult to fuel missile launches.\n\n\"We're asking China to act in China's interest, as they should, and we believe increasingly that it's in China's urgent interest to do more.\"\n\n\"You can't shoot a missile without fuel,\" he added.\n\nNorth Korea, meanwhile, has accused the US and neighbouring South Korea of being warmongers ahead of large-scale joint air exercises between the two allies that begin on Monday.\n\n\"It is an open, all-out provocation against the DPRK [North Korea], which may lead to a nuclear war any moment,\" an editorial in the ruling party's Rodong newspaper said.\n\nNorth Korea said the Hwasong-15 missile it fired on Thursday, which reached an altitude of 4,475km (2,780 miles) and flew 950km in 53 minutes, could have been tipped with a \"super-large heavy warhead\" capable of striking the US mainland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. North Korea said in November its latest missile was capable of reaching Washington DC\n\nHowever, while analysts agree the missile could have travelled more than 13,000km on a standard trajectory and reached the US, they have cast doubts over whether the missile would have been able successfully to carry a heavy warhead that distance.\n\nThey do not believe North Korea has mastered the technology to prevent the warhead from breaking up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.\n\nReuters news agency reported on Sunday that research was under way to locate new sites on the US west coast for the possible installation of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) anti-ballistic missiles, similar to those already deployed in South Korea to protect against potential attacks from the north.\n\nIt quoted two congressmen, who said the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) was aiming to install extra defences, although no details on locations or timing were given.\n\nHowever, the MDA, which is part of the US defence department, says it has not yet received instructions to deploy Thaad systems.\n\nTwo Thaad systems have already been deployed to South Korea and the US Pacific territory of Guam, which is 3,400km from Pyongyang.\n\nIn August, Kim Jong-un announced plans to fire medium-to-long-range rockets towards Guam, where US strategic bombers are based alongside more than 160,000 US citizens.\n\nThaad systems are able to shoot down short and medium-range ballistic missiles in the terminal phase of their flight using hit-to-kill technology where kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead.", "The Late Late Toy Show is Ireland's biggest TV event of the year. When Adam and Kayla came on the show, they left the audience \"in bits\". Here's why.", "Children and young people in England are to be able to access mental health support at school or college under government plans to improve services.\n\nThe proposals include introducing a four-week waiting time for youngsters needing specialist support and new mental health support teams in schools.\n\nIt is hoped around one in four schools in England will have this provision in place by 2022.\n\nCampaigners say it was welcome, but overdue and \"only a start\".\n\nThe issue of young people's mental health has long been of concern, with parents, charities and healthcare professionals warning that families are not getting the support they need.\n\nAccording to new NHS figures, around one in 10 girls aged 16 or 17 were referred to specialist mental health services in England last year.\n\nThe new measures are part of a £300m investment by the Departments of Health and Education.\n\nFor 18-year-old Sienna (not her real name), the onset of an eating disorder and depression five years ago has meant she has been in and out of hospital units, sometimes for long periods.\n\nFor her, the main frustration with the current system has been the lack of joined-up care.\n\n\"One of the things is that I've had no continuity, because I've been sent to quite a lot of units and stuff and had different teams. I've never had one person that's been there the whole way.\n\n\"It's all very mixed up. It feels really out of control and like I've not got one person - I've just been sent to loads of different places, I've been given bits and bobs, but it doesn't all fit.\n\n\"It would have been helpful if I could just have had someone from the start or had a therapist that sort of stayed with me, some continuous treatment that isn't literally just putting me in hospital and keeping me alive and then discharging me.\n\n\"I've never had anything that's sort of continuous, so how do I know what works?\"\n\nSienna says she felt while the symptoms of her anorexia were addressed, the underlining issues causing them were not.\n\nRachel says her other children have also suffered\n\n\"I just feel like I've never been properly treated for the mental side - they just sort of put me in hospital when my physical side's bad and they don't treat anything else, and then they wonder why it keeps happening, why I have to keep going back into hospital.\"\n\nFor her mother Rachel, the visits to various hospitals - on one occasion 300 miles away from home - have left her in need of therapy.\n\n\"It's the most horrible feeling when you have your daughter or your young person taken away from you.\n\n\"It feels like you've had your heart ripped out. You keep going and you keep going to do all you can to aid their recovery and you travel wherever you've got to travel.\n\n\"It's so tough leaving them somewhere where you don't know the staff and getting on a plane or in a car travelling all those miles back home. It's difficult for them and it's excruciating for the family really left behind.\"\n\nSarah Brennan, chief executive of the charity Young Minds, said while the government's green paper was very welcome, it was \"still only a start\".\n\n\"What we want to see is a long-term strategy for children and young people's mental health.,\" she said.\n\nMs Brennan said a postcode lottery in provision must also be addressed.\n\nThe green paper will be published on Monday and will be followed by a 12-week consultation period.\n\nThe Local Government Association has previously said that it wanted it to \"deliver the root and branch reform\".\n\nIts chairman, Cllr Richard Watts, said: \"We cannot continue with a system that is leaving thousands of children and families in distress\".\n\nHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: \"Around half of all mental illness starts before the age of 14, so it is vital children get support as soon as they need it - in the classroom.\n\n\"If we catch mental ill health early we can treat it and stop it turning into something more serious.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Justine Greening added that prevention and addressing mental health issues early was key.\n\n\"It actually really affects young people's learning when they're not able to engage at school as much as we want them to,\" she said.\n\n\"So it's about more expertise on the doorstep for schools, better organisation between schools and the health service and improving the waiting time steadily so that young people can get faster care.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The \"supermoon\" rising above Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.\n\nSkywatchers have enjoyed spectacular views of this month's \"supermoon\" - when the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky.\n\nThe supermoon phenomenon happens when the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as a perigee Moon.\n\nThe Moon circuits the Earth in an elliptical or oval orbit - a supermoon occurs when the perigee Moon is also a full Moon.\n\nThe supermoon was the last opportunity to see one in 2017.\n\nThe moon loomed above Yeadon, in Leeds\n\nTo observers, the Moon appears about 7% larger and 15% brighter, although the difference is barely noticeable to the human eye.\n\nLast year the Moon made its closest approach to Earth since 1948 - it will not be that close again until 25 November 2034.\n\nNasa has called this weekend's sighting the first in a \"supermoon trilogy\" over the next two months, with others to come on 1 January and 31 January.\n\nDecember's full Moon is traditionally known as the cold Moon.\n\nThe full Moon on Sunday afternoon - when it sits opposite the sun in the sky - was 222,761 miles from Earth, closer than its average 238,900 miles.\n\nThe supermoon over the Christmas light trail at Blenheim Palace\n\nThe supermoon has also been seen over a lighthouse in South Shields, South Tyneside.\n\nThis Moon's elliptical orbit means that its distance from Earth is not constant but varies across a full orbit.\n\nBut within this uneven orbit there are further variations caused by the Earth's movements around the Sun.\n\nThese mean that the perigee - the closest approach - and full moon are not always in sync.\n\nBut occasions when the perigee and full moon coincide have become known as supermoons.\n\nThe supermoon was visible around the world, with this view coming from Washington\n\nThis picture of the supermoon was taken in Jakarta, Indonesia", "Five demonstrations were planned to coincide with the AfD convention on Saturday in Hanover, said reports\n\nSeveral people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the city of Hannover.\n\nProtesters were trying to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's first conference since it entered parliament after September's elections.\n\nOnce the delayed conference began, delegates elected Alexander Gauland as co-leader along with Jörg Meuthen.\n\nBoth hardliners, their election suggests the party is continuing its march further to the right.\n\nGeorg Pazderski, the party's regional head in Berlin and a relative moderate, failed to get delegates' backing for the leadership.\n\nAfD won 12.6% of the vote in Germany's federal elections in September, becoming the third biggest force in the Bundestag after the centre-right and social democrat SPD.\n\nThey had never entered the federal parliament before but are now eyeing a real chance of becoming Germany's main opposition party.\n\nIf Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat alliance agrees a coalition deal with Martin Schulz's social democrats, AfD with 94 MPs would become the biggest non-government party.\n\nWith temperatures near freezing, Hanover police used water cannon, batons and pepper spray to clear a path for the 600 delegates.\n\nOne demonstrator's leg was broken after he chained himself to a barricade, while an officer was hit on the hand by a flying bottle.\n\nTen protesters were taken into custody.\n\nA total of five demonstrations were scheduled in the northern city on Saturday. Some 6,000 people joined a pro-immigration rally in the city centre and another rally called by trade unions was expected to draw thousands later.\n\nWhen the conference got under way an hour late, Mr Meuthen hailed delegates for helping the party achieve national success within five years of being founded.\n\nHe said the party was attracting support from voters put off by the other parties' \"pathetic childish games\" amid an ongoing struggle to form a coalition government.\n\nThe party has veered to the right since its inception as an anti-euro force, promoting anti-immigration and anti-Islam policies in its election campaign.\n\nBut this sharp turn has created tension within its own ranks, with former co-leader Frauke Petry quitting within days of the election.\n\nThe delegates on Saturday confirmed the AfD's rightward trajectory, backing Mr Gauland, the leader of the parliamentary party, for the co-leadership.\n\nMr Gauland, who has pledged to stop \"the invasion of foreigners\" into Germany, said he had \"allowed my friends to convince me to step in\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Post-war politics of Germany: A history of division and unity\n\nDelegates defeated a motion to install Mr Meuthen as the AfD's only president,\n\nThey are also due to elect a new executive board to decide the ideological direction of the party and debate policy motions.", "The Good Friday Agreement is \"at risk because of Brexit\" after the UK leaves the EU, former prime minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.\n\nUK and Irish membership of the EU was \"central\" to the 1998 deal, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.\n\nFree movement on the border had been key to reaching an agreement, he said.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) Simon Coveney warned against a hard border becoming the \"collateral damage\" of Brexit.\n\nMr Coveney, who is also Ireland's foreign minister, told BBC One's Andrew Marr show that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were \"uniquely vulnerable and exposed to a potentially bad outcome\" from Brexit.\n\n\"We cannot allow some kind of collateral damage or unintended consequence of Brexit to [be] the recreation of a border on the island of Ireland,\" he said.\n\nMr Blair said the prospect of a hard border posed \"real challenges\" to the peace process and it was difficult to see how the issue would be resolved.\n\nThe ex-PM, who helped orchestrate the Good Friday Agreement, said that the UK and Ireland's EU membership made it \"easy\" to appease nationalist feelings in 1998.\n\nThe free movement of people, goods and an open border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland was \"part of that expression that the island of Ireland was together\", he said.\n\nBut there are concerns that Brexit could lead to a \"hard border\" like that seen before the Good Friday Agreement - for example, by reintroducing customs checks between the two countries.\n\nConservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg insisted the UK government was opposed to reintroducing a hard border - but said the Irish government or EU could make a \"political choice\" to impose one.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr: \"If the Irish and EU wish to impose a border that would be a matter for them, but they don't have to do it, it is a question of political choice.\"\n\nMr Blair said: \"If you end up with a hard border, obviously that causes tensions.\n\n\"It doesn't mean that you should abandon the Good Friday Agreement, but it poses real challenges to it.\"\n\nHe urged negotiators to overcome the \"conundrum\" of creating a hard border between the UK and the rest of Europe, while preventing one from re-emerging between Northern Ireland and the South.\n\nBrexit negotiators have said that the Common Travel Area between the two countries, which predates the EU, will remain in place.\n\nMr Blair said Theresa May and Philip Hammond were trying to negotiate the \"fundamentally unnegotiable\" by leaving the EU, while also trying to maintain preferential treatment in the EU's common market.\n\n\"They're trying to negotiate getting out of the single market, but recreate all of its benefits,\" he said.\n\n\"That's not going to happen.\n\n\"The risk is, frankly, you end up with a muddle and the worst of both worlds.\"\n\nMr Blair, who was speaking about housing policies proposed in a new report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, also blamed Brexit for distracting the government from the \"huge problem\" of housing supply.\n\n\"The whole of the political class, as it were, is simply centred on Brexit,\" he said.\n\nHe proposed a series of policies designed to tackle the housing crisis - including a new \"land value tax\" which would see the value of underlying land taxed instead of property.\n\nHe also said there would be \"no extra money\" for the NHS through Brexit.\n\nTony Blair and the former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern signing the Good Friday Agreement in 1998\n\nHowever, he said Mrs May was \"right\" to criticise US President Donald Trump's recent tweeting of far-right videos.\n\nHe said it was the \"minimum\" she could have said - considering she needs to cooperate with the US.\n\nYou can hear the full interview with Tony Blair at 13:00 GMT on Radio 4's The World This Weekend.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.\n\nOn Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn \"in the barrel\", to borrow a line from Trump confidant Roger Stone. The former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about December 2016 conversations he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak and pledged to \"fully co-operate\" with Mr Mueller's ongoing investigations.\n\nMr Flynn has admitted he misled the FBI about his discussions regarding new sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration following evidence of alleged meddling in the 2016 election.\n\nThere had been hints this was coming, after word last week that Mr Flynn's defence lawyers had stopped co-operating with the Trump legal team. The president's own scattershot behaviour on Twitter this week could also have been a key tell, like a trick knee acting up before a big storm.\n\nSo why is this being billed as a major development in the ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia? Let us count the ways.\n\n1) Trump's inner circle has been breached\n\nIt is difficult to overstate the significance of this felony plea deal. Mr Flynn was a close adviser and confidant of Mr Trump throughout the 2016 presidential race. He was a surrogate for the candidate on television and enjoyed a prominent speaking role at the July Republican National Convention. He had a pivotal role in Mr Trump's presidential transition.\n\nThe role of national security adviser in the White House, which Mr Flynn assumed upon Mr Trump's inauguration, is one of the most senior positions in any administration, responsible for being the key conduit between the sprawling US military and intelligence bureaucracies and the president. It is a post that has been held by the likes of Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.\n\nMr Trump was so partial to Mr Flynn that he was praising him as a \"wonderful man\" who had been \"treated very, very unfairly by the media\" just days after firing him.\n\nNow Mr Flynn could be going to jail - and, more importantly, could be sharing damaging information about the Trump inner circle he inhabited for so long.\n\nAccording to the \"Statement of the Offense\" filed by the special counsel's office, Mr Flynn is testifying that he had contact with Trump transition team officials before and after his fateful December 2016 conversation with Ambassador Kislyak. \"Members of the transition team,\" the document relates, \"did not want Russia to escalate the situation after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions on the Russian government\".\n\nThese conversations came more than a month after Mr Trump had won the presidency. Mr Flynn had already been announced as the national security adviser in the incoming White House - a top post in the president's inner circle.\n\nThe next big question is who exactly were the unnamed senior members of the presidential transition team. Some US news outlets are naming Jared Kushner and former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland. Others seem to indicate it was Mr Trump himself. Eventually, Mr Flynn - and Mr Mueller - will have to lay their cards on the table.\n\nMr Flynn's assertions about his conversations with the transition team run directly counter to statements made by Mr Trump in a February press conference in which he said Mr Flynn was acting against orders when he reached out to Mr Kislyak.\n\nIn fact the White House said at the time that the president dismissed Mr Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice-President Mike Pence about his Russian contacts. The true nature of Mr Flynn's conversations with Mr Kislyak first came out thanks to leaks to the press of information gleaned from government surveillance of Mr Kislyak.\n\nIf Mr Flynn has evidence corroborating his account of December contacts with the Trump transition team - which was headed by Mr Pence himself - the White House's explanation for its handling of the Flynn situation, denials of knowledge and all, starts to crumble.\n\nMr Flynn appeared in court in front of Judge Rudolph Contreras\n\nAnyone in the president's inner circle who told the FBI or Mr Mueller's investigators that they weren't privy to Mr Flynn's activities, when there is evidence that they knew, would be open to another round of charges of lying to the FBI.\n\nThe White House response, at least so far, seems to be that Mr Flynn is a lying liar who lies.\n\n\"The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year,\" White House lawyer Ty Cobb wrote in a press statement. \"Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr Flynn.\"\n\n4) Mr Mueller could be building an obstruction of justice case\n\nDust off that old political saw that \"it's not the crime, it's the cover-up\". While Mr Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador is questionable, given that he was undercutting Obama administration policy efforts, it is probably not illegal.\n\nWhat is illegal, however, is obstruction of justice. Former FBI Director James Comey has testified that on 14 February - the day after Mr Flynn was sacked - Mr Trump urged the director to back off his investigation into Mr Flynn during a private Oval Office meeting.\n\nIf the president knew that the ongoing law-enforcement inquiry would discover Mr Flynn had been acting under orders - either by the president or a member of his transition team - that could be the kind of motive that would help support an obstruction of justice charge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Michael Flynn became entangled in Russia probe\n\n5) Only the tip of the iceberg?\n\nThere were a lot of rumours and allegations floating around about Mr Flynn before Friday's plea deal news. The special counsel's office was reportedly looking into Mr Flynn's Obama-era work as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. It was scrutinising his 2015 trip to Russia, paid for by the Kremlin-backed RT network, and his undisclosed lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests.\n\nThe charge brought against him, however, was solely related to his December 2016 phone conversations with Mr Kislyak. Although it comes with a possible five-year prison sentence, Mr Mueller hardly threw the book at the former national security adviser. Is this all there is?\n\nMr Mueller is primarily tasked with investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Mr Flynn was a senior adviser to and advocate for Mr Trump's presidential bid. Does the relative modesty of the charges against Mr Flynn indicate he may be offering information directly relevant to this inquiry?\n\nMr Flynn's plea deal is just one piece of a much larger puzzle the special counsel office is trying to solve.\n\nIn October Mr Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a top aide with White House ties, on money laundering charges predating their involvement with the Trump campaign.\n\nHe also struck a plea deal with former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who told prosecutors he lied about his own contacts with Russians.\n\nEach move is distinct and not directly related - at least not yet. A some point we are going to learn whether Mr Mueller is building a larger case against the Trump campaign out of these legal moves - or that the sum total of his efforts is nibbling around the edges.\n\nAs the president likes to say, stay tuned.", "The family of a teenager who died after he was hit by a car on a motorway said they are \"completely heartbroken\".\n\nSamuel Berkley, 14, was found on the hard shoulder of the M67 in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in a critical condition at about 17:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nHe had been struck by a BMW and later died in hospital. The driver stopped at the scene and spoke with police.\n\nSamuel's family said he was a \"fun, outgoing and friendly boy\" and a \"talented footballer\".\n\nHe lived at home with his parents in Denton and was described as having \"many friends\" at Audenshaw School, where he studied.\n\nThe teenager had started playing for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle to his brother's new daughter.\n\nPolice had to shut the motorway for several hours\n\nThe motorway was shut for several hours on Friday while officers carried out investigations.\n\nSgt Lee Westhead, from Greater Manchester Police, said officers were working to \"uncover how this happened and piece together the moments before the collision\".\n\nHe appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United ruthlessly punished defensive errors to become the first side to win a league game at Arsenal since January in one of the matches of the season so far.\n\nJose Mourinho's side were reduced to 10 men late on when Paul Pogba was sent off for a dangerous tackle and they were aided by a stunning goalkeeping display by David de Gea throughout.\n\nBut they did telling damage early on when Antonio Valencia pounced on a loose Laurent Koscielny pass to drill the opener, before Jesse Lingard side-footed a second after robbing Shkodran Mustafi to link smartly with Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.\n\nThe strikes meant United had scored as many goals in 11 minutes as they had in eight away fixtures against the Premier League's so-called 'big six' clubs.\n• None What happened in the Premier League on Saturday?\n• None Watch: Pogba hopes injuries will cause Man City to slip up\n\nAn end-to-end first-half, which delivered 20 shots on goal, saw Arsenal hit the woodwork through Alexandre Lacazette and Granit Xhaka during a frenetic goalmouth scramble, before De Gea denied Hector Bellerin, Sead Kolasinac, and spectacularly prevented a Lukaku own goal.\n\nThe Spaniard could do nothing about Lacazette's simple finish on 48 minutes but after Lingard had hit the post in a breathless start to the second half, De Gea produced an unbelievable double save from Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez.\n\nHis heroics maintained the advantage during an opening 15 minutes to the second half which saw United have just 26% of possession, but Lingard was on hand to tap in a third on 63 minutes after good work by Pogba.\n\nPogba was dismissed when he mistimed a tackle to effectively stamp on the back of Bellerin's leg, and the Frenchman will now miss the Manchester derby next Sunday.\n\nBut his moment of woe felt merely a footnote in a riveting encounter which moved second-placed United to within five points of their city rivals.\n\nMourinho has garnered a reputation for defensive set-ups on trips to the league's traditional big clubs but his side went after their hosts early on, hounding possession high up the pitch to great effect.\n\nTheir opening two goals owed much to slack use of possession by the home side but needed clinical finishes, notably when Martial cleverly flicked into the path of Lingard for the second.\n\nThe reward for their adventure secured a first win for Mourinho in his past 12 away fixtures against the 'big six'.\n\nHe could be forgiven for not enjoying seeing Arsenal fire 33 shots at goal and said he later told De Gea - who equalled the league record for saves in a match - he had witnessed the \"best from a goalkeeper in the world\".\n\nArsene Wenger also labelled De Gea \"absolutely outstanding\" but while his brilliance points to United riding their luck at times, they were impressive in offering a balance between defence and attack.\n\nNemanja Matic was consistently well placed, never more so than when blocking a goal-bound Aaron Ramsey shot with the score at 2-0.\n\nAnd the presence of the defensive midfielder once again freed Pogba, who in bursting into the box to lay on Lingard's second now has five assists this season, surpassing his four in the previous campaign.\n\nWhether Mourinho will choose to live so dangerously against Manchester City next week remains to be seen, but those watching from a neutral stance would be fortunate to see a game as good as this one again.\n\nWenger spoke of a \"good performance\" and \"impeccable attitude\" from his players but he will be familiar with this feeling.\n\nOnly twice in 18 meetings with Mourinho has he got the upper hand and the charitable way in which his side gave away goals will not sit well.\n\nKoscielny's cross-field pass and Mustafi's indecision ultimately left a mountain to climb if Arsenal were to record a 12th straight home win in the league.\n\nThe ease with which Pogba sauntered into the area to create a third just as Arsenal were seeking to build on Lacazette's goal also smacked of weakness.\n\nArsenal can justifiably feel aggrieved by a penalty shout that was turned down late on when Danny Welbeck was caught by Matteo Darmian but by that point, the 10 men of United had finally managed to calm a frantic affair.\n\nWenger's side drop out of the Champions League qualification places into fifth. They were superb going forward at times and will scratch their heads as to how they only found the net once but, not for the first time, it was at the other end where their shortcomings showed up.\n\nIt was a magnificent game of football. We have talked about Manchester City going forward but what we saw at times from Manchester United was equally as good.\n\nThey were just breaking, too quick and too sharp with their pace and their power. They went after Arsenal, put them under pressure and wanted to get behind their defence, and Arsenal could not cope with their one- or two-touch football.\n\nIt was great to watch, and Manchester United were too good and too clever for Arsenal. Superb.\n\nI think De Gea is the best goalkeeper in the world. He was brilliant.\n\nI think it is a red card. It looks terrible. It was dangerous and he was endangering his opponent.\n\nArsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: \"David de Gea was man of the match by a clear mile.\n\n\"We played well but there is nothing more frustrating when you have that quality of performance and nothing to show for it at the end. The attitude was impeccable until the end. But you cannot make the mistakes we made at the beginning.\"\n\nManchester United manager Jose Mourinho said: \"I loved the way my team played and fought. Arsenal played in some period amazing attacking football - creating difficulties for us.\n\n\"But I have to say that my players deserve all the great words. I don't know so many in English but amazing, phenomenal, fantastic. They deserved three points.\"\n• None Arsenal suffered their first home league defeat since losing 2-1 to Watford in January.\n• None Manchester United have won more Premier League away games at Arsenal than any other side (8).\n• None David de Gea made 14 saves in the game, the joint-most in a Premier League game since 2003-04, when Opta started collecting this data. Vito Mannone and Tim Krul have also made 14 saves in a fixture.\n• None Paul Pogba has scored four goals and assisted six more in his past nine Premier League appearances.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored more home goals in the Premier League this season than any other player (six).\n• None Paul Pogba received his first red card in league competition since May 2013 for Juventus v Palermo\n\nArsenal will follow Thursday's Europa League home game against BATE Borisov (20:05 GMT) by visiting Southampton on Sunday, 10 December (13:30). Manchester United need a point at home against CSKA Moscow to progress in the Champions League on Tuesday (19:45) and then host Manchester City on Sunday, 10 December (16:30).\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette tries a through ball, but Nacho Monreal is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt saved. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.\n• None Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.\n• None Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The Last Jedi had the second biggest grossing opening weekend in North America\n\nThe latest Star Wars film generated more than $450m (£337m) in global ticket sales on its opening weekend.\n\nThe movie dwarfed its nearest rival - the computer-animated comedy Ferdinand, which took $13m (£10m).\n\nThe total for The Last Jedi includes $220m (£165m) from box offices in the US and Canada, placing the film second in the all-time list for North America.\n\nIt trails behind the 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened with a record-breaking $248m (£185m).\n\nIn third place, the Disney/Pixar animation Coco brought in just over $10m (£7.5m) during its fourth weekend in North American cinemas.\n\nStar Wars: The Last Jedi is the eighth instalment of the 40-year-old space saga and is directed by Rian Johnson, whose credits include Brick and Looper.\n\nDaisy Ridley stars as Rey, a survivor toughened by life on a harsh planet\n\nIt sees Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher reprise their roles as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.\n\nBritish actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyega also return from The Force Awakens.\n\nThe film has been widely praised by critics, and has a score of 93% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes.\n\nWill Gompertz, the BBC's Arts Editor, gave it four out of five stars and said it was \"packed with invention, wit, and action galore\".", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPep Guardiola said Kevin de Bruyne is helping Manchester City become \"a better institution\" after the playmaker put in an inspired performance to help his side outclass Tottenham for a 16th successive Premier League victory that stretched their lead to 14 points.\n\nIlkay Gundogan, in for the absent David Silva, headed City in front from a corner after 14 minutes and the only surprise was that it took until 20 minutes before time until man-of-the-match De Bruyne's powerful shot extended their advantage.\n\nGabriel Jesus struck the post with a penalty after Jan Vertonghen fouled De Bruyne but Raheem Sterling crowned a sweeping move with a simple finish to put the game well and truly out of Spurs' reach.\n\nSterling then took advantage of Eric Dier's mistake to walk in the fourth for his 15th goal of the season before Spurs - for whom Harry Kane and Dele Alli were lucky not to get red cards from referee Craig Pawson for challenges on Sterling and De Bruyne respectively - pulled one back in stoppage time through Christian Eriksen.\n\nBoss Guardiola singled out De Bruyne for praise as he highlighted the Belgium international's work without the ball, calling it \"a good example for the young players, for our academy\".\n\n\"They know how good Kevin De Bruyne is and when they see how he runs and fights without the ball, that is the best example,\" added Guardiola.\n\n\"He helps us to be a better club, a better institution for the future, because that is what we want to do. His performance, I have no words to describe what he has done with the ball.\n\n\"And overall, without the ball, he is able to make pressure from 40 metres to the goalkeeper. And when that happens, the people who are behind him think 'if that guy runs like this, I have to run as well'.\"\n\nHow can anyone stop Manchester City?\n\nIt is the question being asked on a weekly basis - and no-one is any nearer finding the answer after another imperious performance from a City side who are surely now too far ahead to be caught in the Premier League title race.\n\nJose Mourinho went for a cautious approach with Manchester United in Sunday's derby at Old Trafford and was unpicked by the magic of David Silva as City won 2-1.\n\nSilva was absent here and Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham adopted a more positive outlook - but this time the brilliant De Bruyne was the inspiration as another method was tried and failed against Guardiola's almost flawless side.\n\nCity swarmed all over Spurs, with goalkeeper Hugo Lloris often put under pressure in possession and in the end it was quite simply all too much for Pochettino's side, as it has been for pretty much everyone this season.\n\nOnly Everton have taken a point against City this season with a 1-1 draw in the second league game of the season at Etihad Stadium - and it is difficult to see how this winning run can be stopped as they play with such threat and variety.\n\nEven when City are threatened, Guardiola has successfully solved a problem which dogged his first season at the club with the acquisition of an excellent goalkeeper in Brazilian Ederson.\n\nWhen Spurs looked dangerous for a brief period at the start of the second half, Ederson made a superb flying save to his right from Harry Kane.\n\nIf there is a weakness in this City side no-one has yet found it.\n\nSilva may have been missing but this Manchester City side has more than enough brilliance to rely on one player - and it was De Bruyne who orchestrated the destruction of Spurs.\n\nThe Belgian had simply too much in his armoury, even shrugging off Dele Alli's crude challenge which left the England midfielder fortunate only to get a yellow card from referee Pawson.\n\nIndeed, De Bruyne turned his anger on Spurs, scoring City's second shortly after with a shot that was too fierce for keeper Lloris, drawing a foul from countryman Jan Vertonghen to earn the penalty that Jesus missed and playing a part in setting up the third for Sterling.\n\nSpurs, like many before them, found that if they closed down one option, Manchester City found another.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all was De Bruyne, now a world-class talent in a truly outstanding team.\n\nGuardiola added: \"The performance of Kevin de Bruyne, you cannot imagine how good he plays with the ball, but he runs like a player in the Conference league - it is easier for the manager and the club.\"\n\n'His feet are like paintbrushes'\n\nFormer Arsenal defender Martin Keown on Match of the Day:\n\nKevin de Bruyne's feet are like paintbrushes, he's an artist. He's a thinking footballer, so creative, he creates chances for everyone and he'll take his own when he gets them.\n\nHe'll work hard for you as well. Young kids watching this, he's not admiring passes. He wants to get after things, there's an energy and desire in his football.\n\nHe wants to work hard, he's giving his manager everything, he's on fire - the world is his oyster at the moment. He's taking people out of their seats. The calibre of football he's playing is outstanding.\n\nSpurs disappoint again - Alli most of all\n\nSpurs were yet again found wanting on their travels against a team they had hoped to be challenging for the Premier League title.\n\nAs at Manchester United and Arsenal this season, Spurs never looked like securing the sort of statement victory that suggests they could bridge the gap from Premier League runners-up last season to champions this term.\n\nSince they won 2-1 here in February 2016, they have not won in 10 away games against other teams in the so-called \"big six\", losing six and drawing four.\n\nIt is a telling statistic - although Pochettino is unlikely to believe it is because his players are struggling to climb a psychological barrier.\n\nOne of the most disappointing aspects of this defeat was the lack of impact from Alli, whose main contribution was that spiteful tackle on De Bruyne.\n\nHe was a peripheral figure and was roundly booed by City's fans when he was unsurprisingly substituted late on.\n\n'Thanks to the club for these amazing players'\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"They have good quality, but we played really good to beat one of the strongest teams in the Premier League.\n\n\"Without the ball we are a humble team.\"\n\nOn City's record winning run: \"Since August we are so happy and I admire the most the way we play without the ball - thank you to the club to provide me with these amazing players.\n\n\"We are on a good streak, but in three days we have another one.\"\n\nTottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: \"I think it was a good experience for the team, when you win and play well you maybe don't learn, so you must learn this type of game. We have a lot of positive things, because we played a team in very good form with very good momentum.\n\n\"It wasn't bad at the start, but the way we conceded from a corner was a big mistake and a massive present for them. When you play a team in very good form, you cannot give away these gifts.\n\n\"When you're playing a team with good quality, if we take risks, we give them the possibility of making chances. We tried to play, but they were better, we have to congratulate them. So far, they are the best team in England.\"\n\nCity prove again to be Lloris' bogey side\n• None Guardiola is still three victories away from his best-ever winning streak in league football as a manager - 19 consecutive wins with Bayern Munich between October 2013 and March 2014.\n• None Since taking over at White Hart Lane in August 2014, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has enjoyed just one victory in his 18 Premier League games away to the 'big six' (W1 D6 L11).\n• None Tottenham's first shot on target came in the 55th minute, the longest they've had to wait in a Premier League game this season.\n• None Tottenham directed just two shots on target in the game, compared to Manchester City's 11, the biggest negative difference for the Lilywhites in a Premier League game since December 2013 against Liverpool (-10).\n• None Sane has been directly involved in 11 goals in eight Premier League home games this season (five goals, six assists), more than any other player.\n• None De Bruyne has been directly involved in 14 goals in his 15 Premier League appearances since the start of September (six goals, eight assists).\n• None Gundogan's opener was the 200th Premier League goal Lloris has conceded (203 in total now); 25 of them have come against Manchester City.\n\nCity are at Leicester on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup quarter-final (19:45 GMT) and then host Bournemouth in the league next Saturday at 15:00. Tottenham are at Burnley next Saturday (17:30).\n• None Relive the action from the Etihad Stadium\n• None Goal! Manchester City 4, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 4, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leroy Sané. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Sports Personality\n\nWorld 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017.\n\nThe 34-year-old, a four-time Olympic champion, won his third successive world 10,000m gold medal in London in August - despite almost falling twice late in the race.\n\nHe becomes the first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002.\n\nWorld Superbike champion Jonathan Rea was second and two-time Paralaympic champion Jonnie Peacock third.\n\nFarah, who could not be at the ceremony in Liverpool, was presented the award on video link by stepdaughter Rhianna.\n• None 'I can't stop staring at the trophy' - Farah shocked to win\n• None How the night unfolded in pictures, video and on social\n\nFormer Liverpool and Scotland striker Kenny Dalglish announced the award at a sold-out Echo Arena after a public vote.\n\nFarah, who was at the Sir Mo Farah Track in London, looked genuinely surprised to be named the winner before the video link cut out.\n\nFormer sprinter Michael Johnson stepped in to say a few words on Farah's behalf.\n\n\"It's well deserved,\" the American four-time Olympic champion said. \"This year he came into his home championships, his last race on the track, and still delivered.\n\n\"Over the years he's dominated, he's out there by himself and always got the tactics right.\"\n\n'I cannot believe I have won'\n\nFarah, one of 12 contenders for the award, has been shortlisted five times before and enjoyed his previous highest finish of third in 2011.\n\nAfter the show went off air, Farah spoke to those inside the arena.\n\nAppearing close to tears, Farah said he was shocked to win because of the quality of the other athletes up for the award.\n\n\"It is pretty amazing and hard to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't imagine I was ever going to win this but anything can happen. If you work hard you can achieve your dreams.\n\n\"I am sorry I could not be there. My kid has been not well.\n\n\"I just cannot believe I have won.\"\n\nA third successive World Championships 10,000m gold medal was the highlight of a year in which Farah also won a world 5,000m silver, missing out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row.\n\nThe Somali-born Londoner received a knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in November.\n\nHe bowed out from his track career with a 5,000m victory at the Diamond League event in Zurich in August, and will now concentrate on road races.\n\nFarah took the prize with 83,524 votes - 2,957 more than second-placed Rea, while Peacock took third with 73,429, just 18 more than boxer Anthony Joshua.\n\nAfter moving to England aged eight to join his father Mukhtar, the young Farah's talent was soon spotted (1/6)\n\nNorthern Ireland's Rea became the first rider to clinch three successive World Superbike titles, breaking American Colin Edwards' 15-year record for the number of points scored in a season.\n\nHe was also made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\n\"To be called out not third, and then second was incredibly strange, and a big surprise,\" Rea told BBC Sport NI.\n\n\"I had a word with my wife beforehand and she asked me if I was nervous and I was like 'no not really'. I was just happy to be here. I never in my wildest dreams believed that people would get behind me that much and it's an incredible way to cap 2017.\n\n\"It's been a dream come true to win not one world championship but now three on the bounce and to cap it off at the end of the season with this, before I start my preparations for 2018, is just incredible.\"\n\nThird-placed Peacock won the T44 100m final in London in 10.75 seconds for his second world title after success in Lyon four years earlier.\n\nThe two-time Paralympic champion, who had his right leg amputated below the knee as a five-year-old after contracting meningitis, also became the first disabled contestant in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show this year.\n\n\"It's been a slightly strange year for me and tonight has been absolutely surreal,\" he told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"I think watching everybody do their piece, you see the incredible athletes we have in this country.\n\n\"Every single person I was saying 'right, they're above, so are they' - just incredible names - so yes, it was a bit of a shock.\"\n\nHelen Rollason Award: Sunderland fan and club mascot Bradley Lowery, whose bravery touched the hearts of many people, died aged six from a rare form of cancer in July.\n\nYoung Sports Personality of the Year: Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden helped England win the Under-17 World Cup and took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.\n\nUnsung Hero: Volunteer Denise Larrad for her fundraising work. The 55-year-old has had one sole aim - to get the people of Hinckley in Leicestershire active.\n\nLifetime Achievement: Former heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic gold at London 2012 and a silver at the Rio Games four years later.\n\nOverseas Sports Personality of the Year: Tennis player Roger Federer won the award for a record fourth time after claiming his eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam in 2017.\n\nCoach of the Year: Sprint coaches Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm helped GB's men's 4x100m team to World Championship gold.\n\nTeam of the Year: England women's cricket team produced a stunning fightback to beat India and win the World Cup in July.\n\nNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds opened the show in Liverpool and then later introduced the Unsung Hero award with a cover version of the Beatles classic All You Need Is Love.\n\nRea arrived on stage on his superbike, while, like Farah, contenders Johanna Konta, Lewis Hamilton and Chris Froome joined on video link.\n\nHowever, Farah's son Hussein stole the limelight when the runner was interviewed in the build-up, desperate for cuddles with his world champion dad and drawing a laugh from the crowd back in Liverpool as stepdaughter Rhianna stepped in on child-minding duties, only for Mo's microphone to then fall off.\n\nThere were plenty of other former winners present at the Echo Arena, from Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to Sir Steve Redgrave.\n\nAnd Liverpool's finest were also in attendance, boxer Tony Bellew and new Everton manager Sam Allardyce on hand to present the Team of the Year prize.", "Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, was found unconscious at an address in Beeches Road, Heybridge\n\nThe daughter of the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle has died, prompting an appeal for information about her final hours.\n\nNatalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, was found unconscious at an address in Heybridge, near Maldon, Essex, on Friday morning.\n\nHer mother, Maldon councillor Miriam Lewis, said her daughter's phone was missing and urged anyone who spoke to her the night before to contact police.\n\nMr Hoyle, Labour MP for Chorley, said the family was \"truly devastated\".\n\nHe wrote on Twitter: \"Our family will never be the same without our loving granddaughter, sister & aunty. Thank you for the kind support we've received, it is overwhelming.\"\n\nMs Lewis asked anyone contacted by \"Natty\" on Thursday night to get in touch with police and said that her daughter's phone had possibly been left on a train from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich.\n\nShe wrote on Facebook: \"It is with unbearable sadness that I have to announce the sudden death of my beautiful, much-adored daughter Natalie.\n\n\"Natalie is my only child, my mini-me. Please help me find out what happened to her in the hours before her death.\"\n\nEssex Police said the death was \"not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Father-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed, described as a hard-working family man, was killed in the crash\n\nA taxi driver killed in a \"horrific\" six-car crash in Birmingham was on his last job of the night, his brother has said.\n\nImtiaz Mohammed, 33, who had six children aged under 15, was one of six people killed in the accident in Edgbaston in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nHis two passengers were among those who died.\n\nTwo men in another car - Mohammed Fahsha, 30, and Tauqeer Hussain, 26 - died at the scene.\n\nThe men, from Small Heath, Birmingham, and a 25-year-old man, died when they were thrown from the Audi they were travelling in.\n\nA 22-year-old man, who was also in the car, is in a serious condition at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.\n\nCrash investigators are trying to piece together what caused the pile-up, on Belgrave Middleway.\n\nThree men in the Audi, including Mohammed Fahsha, 30, pictured with his baby nephew, and Tauqeer Hussain, 26, known as Tox to his family, died at the scene.\n\nThe family of Mr Mohammed, who had five daughters and one son, said his death came the day before his daughter's fourth birthday.\n\nHis father, Ihktiar, said the \"very close\" family had been devastated by the loss and he had \"woken up crying\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A mourning father says the family was worried over his son's taxi-driving job\n\nHe said his grandchildren had gone to school as usual, adding that the younger of the children have not yet been told of their father's death.\n\nHe said: \"I am very sad, this is a tragedy for everyone - for my family and also for the other families as well.\n\n\"It is a sad day and a sad time.\"\n\nMr Mohammed added his son's work as a driver had \"worried the family\" and he had been hoping to get security work in the new year.\n\nPeople have been leaving tributes near the scene of the crash, including flowers with a card saying: \"To Mum, I love you loads. \"Life isn't going to be the same without you.\"\n\nImtiaz Mohammed (left) had called his wife to say he was on his way home just before the crash\n\nHe said his \"heart sank\" when police knocked on his door at 05:00 GMT and he \"knew there was something wrong\".\n\n\"I thought to myself, 'which of my sons is hurt',\" he said.\n\nThree vehicles were directly involved in the accident on Belgrave Middleway in the early hours of Sunday\n\nThe scene of the accident was described as \"harrowing\"\n\nThe victim's younger brother, Noorshad Mohammed, said Imtiaz called his wife just before the crash, to tell her he was on his way home.\n\nThe 32-year-old said: \"It was his last job of the night. That was the last time she spoke to him.\"\n\nThe taxi driver's employer, Castle Cars, said it was \"shocked and devastated\" to learn of Mr Mohammed's death.\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who worked with him and he will be greatly missed.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and all the other families affected by this tragedy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Officers were dealing with \"a very harrowing scene\", Supt Sean Phillips said\n\nA 43-year-old female passenger in Mr Mohammed's taxi was confirmed dead at the scene of the crash, which happened on the underpass where Belgrave and Lee Bank Middleway meet.\n\nHer male companion, 42, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.\n\nThe first car in the crash sustained extensive damage but, \"astonishingly\", the man and woman inside managed to get out with relatively minor injuries, an ambulance service spokesman said.\n\nFour men in the third car had all had been thrown from the vehicle\n\nThree other cars were caught up in the crash and suffered minor damage trying to avoid it.\n\nMichelle Brotherton, from the ambulance service, said crews had dealt with 13 patients.\n\nAs well as those who died and the man in a critical condition, four people were taken to Heartlands Hospital where their condition is believed to be non-life threatening.\n\nA further two patients were \"discharged on scene\".\n\nWest Midlands Police said all victims were from the Birmingham area and specialist officers were supporting their families.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by West Midlands Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice said they were following various lines of investigation including the condition of the road when the crash happened.\n\nAt a press conference Supt Sean Phillips said it was \"too early\" to speculate on the cause of the accident.\n\n\"It will take some time to unpick and just understand exactly what's happened. It would be unfair for me to speculate at this time,\" he said.\n\nHe said the road had been gritted at 17:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nSam Lad, who lives in a flat overlooking the crash site, said people regularly used the road for racing.\n\nHe said: \"Lots of young people use that road as a competition, I see lots of people speeding.\"\n\nAn online fundraising page been set up for the families of those killed, through the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal. It has raised more than £5,500.\n\nTwo people escaped with minor injuries from the crash\n\nThe stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street was closed while officers investigate.\n\nThe road has two lanes either side and a 40mph speed limit.\n\nAnother resident who lives opposite said: \"This road is really dangerous. Young kids like to challenge themselves and go really fast.\n\n\"I can't believe six people have died, and so close to Christmas and New Year.\"\n\nThe road had been gritted at 17:00 GMT on Saturday, police say\n\nArea Commander Jason Campbell, of West Midlands Fire Service, said the crash site was \"spread over some distance\".\n\nWest Midlands Police described dealing with the aftermath of the crash as \"very difficult and upsetting\".\n\nA senior officer criticised the \"lack of humanity\" of people who took photographs and filmed at the scene.\n\nChief Inspector Stuart Bill said it was \"disappointing\" that people chose to \"disrupt\" emergency services rather than help.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by C/Insp Stu Bill This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSergeant Alan Hands, from the force's Collision Investigation Unit, said: \"We are still trying to establish exactly what happened and our thoughts remain with the families who have lost-loved ones.\n\n\"We aware of distressing images of the scene circulating on social media and we would ask the public to not share them and instead pass any footage to us to assist our investigation.\"\n\nAny witnesses have been asked to contact West Midlands Police.", "Honey and Barry Sherman were renowned for their charity fundraising\n\nA Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as \"suspicious\".\n\nThe bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement by an estate agent, reports said.\n\nMr Sherman was the founder and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic medicines around the world.\n\nHe was one of Canada's richest men and a prominent philanthropist.\n\nThere was no sign of forced entry to the property, police said in a statement Friday evening. Local media reported that investigators were not searching for a suspect at this time.\n\nDetective Brandon Price told Canadian broadcaster CBC that investigators were still trying to determine if there was foul play involved.\n\nPolice gave few details and did not confirm the identities of the deceased. However, they were named locally by friends and by officials who reacted with shock at the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Justin Trudeau This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I am beyond words right now,\" Ontario's Health Minister Eric Hoskins said on Twitter.\n\n\"My dear friends Barry and Honey Sherman have been found dead. Wonderful human beings, incredible philanthropists, great leaders in health care.\"\n\nSenator Linda Frum presented the couple with a Canadian 150th anniversary medal in late November, awarded to Canadians for \"generosity, dedication, volunteerism and hard work\".\n\n\"Today I am gutted by the loss of Honey and Barry Sherman. Our community is steeped in grief. I am heartbroken,\" she said.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his condolences to the couple's family and friends.\n\nThe bodies, covered in blankets, were removed from the house in north-east Toronto\n\nThe house was on sale for C$7m ($5.4m; £4m)\n\nA police spokesman said emergency services were called to the house just before noon on Friday.\n\n\"The circumstances of their death appear suspicious and we are treating it that way,\" said Constable David Hopkinson.\n\nThe couple had recently put their luxury home up for sale and their bodies were found by an estate agent who was at the property to prepare it for an open-house viewing, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported, citing a family member.\n\nApotex said in a statement: \"All of us at Apotex are deeply shocked and saddened by this news and our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time.\"\n\nThe couple had four children.\n\nMr Sherman founded Apotex Inc in 1974 and the firm says it is now the seventh biggest generic drug maker in the world.", "It is the first time anyone has been charged under Australia's Weapons of Mass Destruction Act\n\nA man has been arrested in Sydney for allegedly acting as an economic agent for North Korea, Australian Federal Police (AFP) have said.\n\nChan Han Choi, 59, has been charged with brokering illegal exports from the country and discussing the supply of weapons of mass destruction.\n\nPolice allege he has broken both UN and Australian sanctions.\n\nThe case against the suspect, who has lived in Australia for more than 30 years, is a first for the country.\n\nNever before has someone been charged under the country's 1995 Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act.\n\nPolice say there was evidence that Chan Han Choi had been in contact with \"high ranking officials in North Korea\".\n\nThey allege he had brokered services related to North Korea's weapons programme, including the sale of specialist services including ballistic missile technology to foreign entities, in order to generate income for the North Korean regime.\n\nChan Han Choi also was charged with brokering the sale of coal from North Korea to groups in Indonesia and Vietnam. He is facing six charges in total after being arrested at his home on Saturday night.\n\nThe arrest was made in the Eastwood area of Sydney on Saturday\n\nIn a Sunday news conference, police confirmed the man was a naturalised Australian citizen of Korean origin who had been in the country for over 30 years.\n\nThey described him as a \"loyal agent\" who \"believed he was acting to serve some higher patriotic purpose\".\n\nBut police insisted the man's actions did not pose any \"direct risk\" to Australians, with the actions occurring offshore.\n\n\"I know these charges sound alarming. Let me be clear we are not suggesting there are any weapons or missile component that ever came to Australian soil,\" AFP Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said.\n\n\"Any individual who attempts to fly in the face of sanctions cannot and will not go unnoticed in Australia.\"\n\nThe suspect could face up to 10 years in prison and has been denied bail.\n\nIn October the Australian government said they had received a letter from North Korea urging Canberra to distance itself from the Trump administration.\n\nPyongyang had previously warned that Australia would \"not be able to avoid a disaster\" if it followed US policies towards Kim Jong-un's regime.", "Last updated on .From the section Sports Personality\n\nBradley Lowery, the boy whose bravery touched the hearts of many people, will be honoured at Sunday's BBC Sports Personality of the Year show.\n\nThe Sunderland fan and club mascot, who died aged six from a rare form of cancer, has been named the winner of the Helen Rollason Award.\n\nThe award, for achievement in the face of adversity, is in memory of the BBC presenter who died of cancer in 1999.\n\nIt will be presented to Bradley's parents, Gemma and Carl, in Liverpool.\n• None Meet the contenders for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017\n\nBradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nBut his positive attitude and cheery smile won him admirers across the world and he became \"best mates\" with Sunderland's former striker Jermain Defoe.\n\nWell-wishers raised more than £700,000 last year to pay for him to be given antibody treatment in New York, but medics then found his cancer had grown and his family was informed his illness was terminal.\n\nAfter his death in July 2017, Bradley's parents, who are from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, said: \"He was our little superhero and put the biggest fight up but he was needed elsewhere.\"\n\nBournemouth striker Defoe said: \"Every time I saw him was a special feeling. He was my best friend.\"\n\nBradley became known worldwide following an appeal that led to him receiving 250,000 Christmas cards from countries as far away as Australia and New Zealand.\n\nIn December 2016, he met England manager Gareth Southgate and Match of the Day pundit Gary Lineker at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year event in Birmingham.\n\nBradley then won the programme's December goal of the month award after he took a penalty before Sunderland's game against Chelsea.\n\nHe also appeared as a mascot for Everton, with the club donating £200,000 to the Bradley Lowery Foundation set up in his honour, and was visited in hospital by a number of Sunderland players.\n\nA dream came true in March when he was mascot for the England team at Wembley Stadium before a World Cup qualifier where Defoe scored in a 2-0 win over Lithuania.\n\nHe was also given honorary 41st place in the racecard for the Grand National at Aintree in April.", "The number of people out shopping in the UK in the first two weeks of December fell \"significantly\" compared to last year, retail researchers say.\n\nAnalysis firm Springboard found a 4.9% decrease in footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets.\n\nBad weather and rise in online shopping were both factors in the decline, according to Diane Wehrle.\n\nThe figures come as a retail analyst said it expected shops to make big discounts in the week before Christmas.\n\nConsultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) said it was anticipating more retailers to be discounting in the week leading up to Christmas than during the Black Friday weekend.\n\nSpringboard's analysis for this month - up to 14 December - showed that the number of people visiting shops compared to the same period last year fell by 4.9% - almost three times the 1.7% decrease in 2016.\n\nMs Wehrle said last week's snow had a \"clear impact\" on footfall, but was just one of a number of factors.\n\nShe said: \"The reasons are associated with budgetary constraints, due to inflation and the recent interest rate rise, but also due to the heavy discounting in November.\n\n\"Black Friday pulled spending forward, thereby impacting on customer activity in December. And of course all of this is set against a backdrop of a continuing rise in online spending.\"\n\nShe added that while online spending accounts for about 15% of total retail spending, it is rising approximately 10% year on year.\n\nMeanwhile, PwC said it expected retailers to make big discounts in the final week before Christmas to convince shoppers to keep spending throughout the festive period.\n\nThe firm has analysed the number of promotions advertised in shops and online during November and December for the past seven years.\n\nIt found that many of the retailers offering promotions during the Black Friday weekend in late November returned to full price sales by the beginning of December, before relaunching discounts in the lead up to Christmas.\n\nLisa Hooker, consumer markets leader at PwC, said: \"As we rapidly approach Christmas itself, we are already seeing an uptick in promotional activity as retailers try to attract customers through their doors and clear festive stock.\"\n\nEarlier this week it was revealed that Black Friday helped retail sales to grow by 1.1% last month - despite average prices rising faster than average wages.\n\nThe six weeks from the end of November to the start of January account for up to half of any major retailer's annual profits.\n\nHave a bad Christmas, and you'll have a bad year.\n\nAdd in falling real incomes because inflation is high and wage growth is modest, and retailers are especially nervous this year.\n\nSo that's why some of them are offering decent discounts in the very fortnight before Christmas that they need to maximise their margins (profits). And the reason? Competition.\n\nThe rivalry on - and offline - between retailers is intense. No flash sale by a large company, will go unmatched by its rivals.\n\nAnd consumers, thanks to the internet, are now increasingly aware of sudden discounting. So bargains don't go a-begging.", "Who could choose between Sarah Lynn and James White?\n\nThe latest series of The Apprentice has reached a surprise climax.\n\nLord Sugar has chosen both finalists to be his business partners, for the first time in the BBC show's history.\n\nThe business mogul said he \"genuinely couldn't decide\" between sweet firm owner Sarah Lynn, 35, and James White, 26, who runs an IT recruitment company.\n\nAs a result, both candidates receive a £250,000 business investment and 50/50 partnership with Lord Sugar, who called them \"fantastically skilled people\".\n\n\"This particular year, I'm going to double my investment,\" Lord Sugar told them.\n\n\"I'm going to start a business with both of you.\"\n\nUsually, Lord Sugar gives £250,000 to just one winner.\n\nAccording to the BBC, this surprise double \"hiring\" does not constitute a format change.\n\nBut some fans were unhappy with the conclusion and reacted strongly on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by James 🦉 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother felt the candidates in the final weren't up to scratch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Justine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut not everybody minded the twist.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by 🌹 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Dr Leah This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAn audience of 6.5 million tuned into the final to see Lynn, from London, go up against White, from Birmingham.\n\nOver the course of the 12-week series, the pair had seen off 16 other candidates to compete with each other for the privilege of becoming Lord Sugar's business partner.\n\nThe final episode saw Lynn and White pitch their business plans to Lord Sugar and his panel of experts.\n\n\"It is quite obvious that there are two fantastically skilled people there,\" said the 70-year-old magnate before reaching his decision.\n\n\"Deciding on a winner was the most difficult decision I have had to make in all 13 series of The Apprentice to date,\" said Lord Sugar in a statement.\n\nLord Sugar (centre) reached his decision after consulting Karren Brady and Claude Littner\n\n\"James and Sarah were extremely impressive and their proposed business plans were very different but equally strong.\n\n\"I genuinely couldn't decide between them, so after deliberating long and hard, I decided to stump up £500,000 and invest in them both.\"\n\nLynn said she felt \"shocked and amazed\" to be declared the joint victor alongside White, who said it was \"very, very humbling\" to be Lord Sugar's business partner.\n\nThe investment will allow the pair to build their respective confectionery and recruitment businesses.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.\n\nAs a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.\n\nHere are some of the key phrases from that document.\n\nDon't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolved before negotiations on a withdrawal agreement come to an end.\n\nThat means the financial settlement, citizens' rights and of course, the Irish border.\n\nSufficient progress is not the end of the story, but the text also makes it clear that there will be a concerted effort to lock in what has been agreed so far - and that if the EU detects any reluctance or backsliding from the UK then that will have a negative effect on discussions about the future.\n\nTheresa May has already agreed that a transition of about two years will take place under existing EU rules and regulations, but the EU's text makes crystal clear what it believes that means.\n\nThe UK will have to accept all EU law (that's what the acquis means) including new laws passed during the transition itself.\n\nBut it will no longer have a seat at the table when those laws are made. To put it brutally - the UK will, for a while, become a rule-taker rather than a rule-maker.\n\nBoth sides talk of a strictly time-limited transition period, so there doesn't appear to be much appetite at the moment for extending it.\n\nQuite what happens if a future trade deal isn't ready by the end of the transition, a scenario many experts think is quite possible, will have to be debated in the future.\n\nDuring the transition, the UK will have to accept the full jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and all four freedoms - including the freedom of movement of people.\n\nThe EU says the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union during a transition, while the UK insists that it will leave both on Brexit day.\n\nThis could become a semantic argument, because by accepting all rules and regulations - in other words, the status quo - the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union whether it likes it or not.\n\nThe British government has suggested that some things - like dispute resolution mechanisms - could change during the transition as agreement is made on future co-operation. But there's little appetite in the EU for that - in its view, you're either in or you're out.\n\nThe EU 27 stress that they want a close partnership with the UK in the future, but here they are setting out the limits of what they could mean.\n\nThe further away the UK wants to be from the rules and regulations of the single market the less access it will have - there is no such thing as partial membership.\n\nThis gets us back to the unresolved debate about what \"full alignment\" at the Irish border really means in practice.\n\nThe phrase \"preserve a level playing field\" is important too. The EU is anxious to ensure that the UK doesn't try to undercut the EU in any way by having looser regulations in certain key areas, and, if it does, then there will be consequences.\n\nEU negotiators won't have the authority to start discussions with the UK on future relations (including trade and also things like security and foreign policy) until another set of guidelines is adopted in March 2018.\n\nThat gives the two sides not much more than six months to agree the text of a broad political declaration on the outlines of the future relationship.\n\nThe EU hopes to get that finalised by October 2018, but it emphasises that formal trade negotiations can only begin after the UK has left the EU.\n\nInformal contacts on what the future might look like are probably taking place already, but the EU is still waiting for greater clarity from London about what exactly the UK government hopes to achieve in the long term.\n\nThe UK is trying to be as ambitious as possible about what can be done before Brexit actually happens. The EU, though, emphasises that trade talks will have to continue long after the UK has left.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The prime minister has said the government is \"proving the doubters wrong\" with its Brexit negotiations.\n\nEU leaders agreed talks can move on to the next stage in the new year, shortly after Theresa May suffered her first Commons defeat on Brexit.\n\nWriting in two Sunday papers, she vowed she would \"not be derailed\" from securing an \"ambitious\" deal.\n\nLabour's Diane Abbott told the BBC the Brexit negotiations were \"a mess\" and were causing concern.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Express, Mrs May said the last 10 days had \"marked a watershed\" in the Brexit process and that the government would now \"begin to build that new, deep and special partnership\" with the EU.\n\n\"This is the exciting part of the negotiations and there is no limit on our ambition and creativity,\" she said.\n\nShe said talks would now start on the implementation period for Brexit and the future of trading relationships.\n\n\"Amid all the noise, we are getting on with the job,\" she added.\n\nCabinet ministers are due to discuss their stance on the relationship they want with the EU - the UK's \"end state\" - in the coming days, but some ministers are thought to favour a closer alignment than others.\n\nForeign Secretary Boris Johnson, who was a leading voice in the referendum Leave campaign, has argued that the UK cannot mirror EU law in the long term.\n\nThe EU's guidelines for phase two of the negotiations say the UK would \"continue to participate in the customs union and the single market during the transition\" - a period of up to two years after the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 - and remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.\n\nMr Johnson said if the UK ended up being forced to mirror EU laws \"we would have gone from being a member state to a vassal state\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Diane Abbott says she does not want a second referendum on a final Brexit deal\n\nHe said the UK needed \"something new and ambitious, which allows zero tariffs and frictionless trade\" but maintains the freedom to \"decide our own regulatory framework and own laws\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke said any final trade deal between the UK and EU must \"maximise\" access to the EU market.\n\n\"We are not looking for an EEA-type (European Economic Area) arrangement so that, essentially, it's continuity as far as the end state is concerned,\" he said.\n\n\"But it is also important that we maximise our access to the European markets, that is really important to the UK.\"\n\nLib Dem Leader Sir Vince Cable told BBC Radio 5live it was difficult to say where the prime minister stood on what the UK's final \"end state\" relationship with the EU would be.\n\nHe told Pienaar's Politics that his impression, in his five years working with Mrs May during the 2010-2015 coalition government, when she was home secretary, was that she was \"not terribly interested in economic matters\".\n\nHe added that that \"makes her quite difficult to place\" on whether she would prefer a close single market-type arrangement, the so-called Norway model, or a \"more distant\" variant like Canada.\n\n\"I've no idea how she would react to that because she was preoccupied, I would say, obsessed with, immigration as an issue and that was her job\".\n\nMeanwhile, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott was asked whether Labour would back a Norway-style deal for the UK.\n\nNorway is not in the EU but has access to the single market, in return for a financial contribution and accepting the majority of EU laws.\n\nShe said Labour was \"not conducting this negotiation\" but it would not back anything \"that damages jobs and the economy\".\n\nPressed on whether the UK may have to make payments to get access to the single market, she replied: \"We may have to do so, but we have to see how the Tories' negotiations go\".\n\nThe prime minister lost in the Commons earlier this week when MPs - including 11 from her own party - voted to give Parliament a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal struck with Brussels.\n\nFollowing the vote, there were calls for the Tory rebels to be deselected by the party and some received death threats.\n\nTory peers Baroness Altmann and Baroness Wheatcroft have written in the Observer that such threats \"are worrying symptoms of the toxic atmosphere which has been created in our country\" and the Lords would be \"unlikely to be receptive to bullying over a restricted timetable or vigorous whipping to toe the party line\".\n\nBut former chancellor Ken Clarke, who was among the 11 rebels, said reports of de-selection threats were \"all nonsense\".\n\n\"I think it's caused by all the rubbish that keeps appearing in the right-wing newspapers, which have completely lost their heads over the whole thing,\" he said.", "Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had always refused to recognise pilots' unions\n\nThe Impact union, which represents Irish-based pilots, has agreed to meet Ryanair's management on Tuesday ahead of the planned action on Wednesday.\n\nIt follows Ryanair's decision on Friday to recognise unions, in a bid to avert strikes across its European operations.\n\nUnions in other countries had already halted action, but Impact said Irish pilots wanted more clarification.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the union said: \"Impact has this evening suspended a planned one-day strike of Ryanair pilots next Wednesday after company management agreed to recognise the union as the representative of Irish-based pilots.\n\n\"The union has agreed to meet management on Tuesday evening, but says it is available to meet sooner.\n\n\"The union asked management to release its Ryanair pilot representatives to prepare for and attend the meeting.\n\n\"The union acknowledged the principled determination of Ryanair pilots.\"\n\nThe airline has offered to recognise trade unions for the first time after pilots in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal threatened walkouts.\n\nRyanair said on Saturday that it would meet the German pilots' union for talks on Wednesday.\n\nThe airline's chief operations officer, Peter Bellew, confirmed the planned meetings in a social media post on Saturday, saying \"let's keep talking\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Bellew This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Dublin-based airline announced on Friday that it would recognise the unions \"as long as they establish committees of Ryanair pilots... as Ryanair will not engage with pilots who fly for competitor airlines\".\n\nIt is the first time Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has extended such an invitation to union leaders in the 32 years the company has been flying.\n\nBritain's Balpa union said on Saturday said it had accepted Ryanair's offer to represent British-based pilots, but only if the TUC federation of British trade unions was allowed to attend future talks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ryanair tells Today the airline is moving to recognise unions as it's \"time for change\"\n\nFriday's announcement led to Italian pilots' union Anpac and Portuguese union Spac calling off strike action due to take place next week.\n\nPilots in Germany had voted to take industrial action some time during the Christmas period.\n\nGerman union Vereinigung Cockpit said the onus was now on Ryanair to \"prove that this announcement is serious\".\n\nIn Spain, there are no strikes planned for pilots but ground staff unions have not ruled out action on 30 December.\n\nIn October, Mr O'Leary wrote to his airline's pilots to offer them better pay and conditions after Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights.\n\nThe carrier admitted it had \"messed up\" the planning of its pilots' holidays.", "The two PCs were struck on the A406 North Circular Road near Dog Lane in Brent Park\n\nTwo police officers were critically injured after they were hit by a Maserati while walking back to their vehicle in north-west London.\n\nThe two PCs were returning to their marked car on the A406 North Circular Road in Brent Park, Neasden, at about 03:40 GMT when they were struck.\n\nThe male driver of the white luxury car was arrested at the scene.\n\nScotland Yard said one officer remained in a critical condition while the other was seriously injured.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Brent MPS This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesperson said the officers, both aged in their 30s, had been at the location assisting with inquiries into an unrelated matter.\n\nThey said the male officer was critically injured while the female officer sustained a number of fractures and is in a serious but stable condition.\n\nA woman who was inside the Maserati was also taken to hospital but was not seriously injured.\n\nThe driver, aged in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to provide a breath specimen.\n\nMet Commissioner Cressida Dick said her \"thoughts and prayers are with my officers\".\n\n\"It is incidents such as this that act as a stark reminder of the uncertainties of police work and the dangers that officers face every day,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It looks simple - a pretty blue cornflower - but this plant is causing controversy in Austria. It's the chosen flower of the far-right Freedom Party, even though it was once associated with the Nazis.\n\nDieter Dorner takes a long sip of his Gemischtes, a mix of dark beer and lager, and smiles.\n\nWe are sitting in an inn in Untersiebenbrunn, a little town east of Vienna, where he is a councillor for the far-right Freedom Party. Over a meal of sausage, chips and locally grown white asparagus, he tells me about a planned dance.\n\nIn true Austrian fashion, it's to be a ball - the local Freedom party's first Cornflower Ball, Der Kornblumenball.\n\n\"We've never had a Freedom Party Ball in Untersiebenbrunn before,\" he explains. \"So we said to ourselves, let's do something, let's have a ball. The band will play dance music. My favourite is the slow waltz.\"\n\nThe ball was arranged last September, but the timing is felicitous, because these days the Freedom Party in Untersiebenbrunn has a lot to celebrate. In the first round of voting in Austria's presidential election in April, 53% of people here voted for the Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer.\n\nDotted through the town's leafy streets are the blue Freedom Party campaign placards and posters for the Kornblumenball, featuring a silhouette of a dancing couple in evening dress.\n\n\"Hasn't there been some controversy about the blue cornflower?\" I ask. \"Something to do with the Nazis?\" Dieter shakes his head. \"The cornflower is simply the Freedom Party flower and we like it,\" he says.\n\n\"To discuss what happened 80 years ago, or what didn't happen or perhaps happened doesn't bring us forward. There is certainly nothing deliberately nasty about it.\"\n\nBut other Austrians are not so sure.\n\n\"The cornflower is a complicated symbol,\" Vienna historian, Bernhard Weidinger, tells me. \"It was the German Kaiser Wilhelm's favourite flower, and was used by pan-German nationalists in the 19th Century.\n\n\"Then between 1934 and 1938, when the Nazis were a banned party in Austria, it was the secret symbol they used to wear in order to recognise each other.\"\n\nNowadays, it's traditional for Austrian MPs to wear a flower in their buttonholes at the opening of parliament, he explains. The colour of the Freedom Party is blue, so they wear a cornflower.\n\n\"You are not a neo-Nazi if you wear a cornflower,\" he continues. \"But it is fair to say that the Freedom Party cultivates a certain ambivalence when it comes to the past.\"\n\nTheir presidential hopeful, Norbert Hofer, continues to face sharp criticism about his occasional choice of floral decoration. In response to a question last week, he declared that he wanted nothing to do with the Nazis, and wouldn't let them take away things like the cornflower.\n\nThe Freedom Party has moved on a long way from the heyday of its firebrand leader, Joerg Haider, who died in a car crash in 2008. Back in the 1980s and 90s, Haider openly praised aspects of the Third Reich. These days, Freedom Party members who veer in that direction are quickly silenced or removed from their posts.\n\nA day or so later I fall into conversation with a young man called Michael, in a park in Vienna.\n\nIt's a balmy spring evening, the chestnut trees are in bloom, and in the distance a jazz band is playing a free concert on an open-air podium. \"What do you think about the Freedom Party and the cornflower?\" I ask.\n\n\"I hate those people,\" he replies. \"And the cornflower isn't great. But you know, I'm not quite as worried about their attitude towards the past as I am about their attitude to what's going on now. Their barely-concealed racism, their rhetoric against Muslims and refugees is really wrong.\"\n\nA demonstrator at an anti-Hofer rally in Vienna holds up an image of the cornflower\n\nHe looks around at a family playing with their well-groomed dogs. \"And the other thing that bothers me,\" he says, \"is that they are working on people's fears and encouraging our worst instincts. Like Donald Trump does. Austria is better off than most countries in the world. It's safe - and in general life is pretty good here. But to hear the Freedom Party talk, you'd think we were living in some desperately difficult country.\" He shrugs.\n\nI think back to my conversation with Dieter in the comfortable little town of Untersiebenbrunn. I had asked him if the Freedom Party was deliberately stirring up fears to gain votes.\n\n\"We don't create people's concerns, we express them,\" he had said. \"We're worried about our future. When you have a lot, you also have a lot to lose.\"\n\nSubscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox", "Firefighters are dropping red flame retardant to try to quench the flames\n\nAuthorities in California have issued new evacuation orders as a huge wildfire flares up again in Santa Barbara County.\n\nMeteorologists said fresh northerly winds were likely to drive the flames from the fire - named Thomas - towards the Pacific coast.\n\nThe blaze, the state's third largest on record, has now burnt almost 1,000 sq km (405 sq miles) since 4 December.\n\nTwo people are reported to have died as a result of the fire.\n\nFire apparatus engineer Cory Iverson was killed tackling the blaze last week, along with a woman, Virginia Rae Pesola, who was in a car crash as she evacuated.\n\nThe resurgence of strong \"sundowner\" winds combined with low humidity forecast for Sunday could fuel the flames and has prompted new mandatory evacuation orders for several Santa Barbara communities, including hillside homes in Montecito and Summerland.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SBCountyOEM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe fire has crossed the San Ysidro canyon, dashing firefighters' hope that it could be contained.\n\nMore than 8,000 firefighters are now tackling the blaze, which has destroyed about 1,000 structures including some 750 homes. The cost of the operation is now $104m (£78m), said Reuters news agency.\n\nUsing helicopters and planes to drop fire retardant on the flames, firefighters have managed to contain 40% of the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Drew Tuma This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. François Gabart was welcomed back to France by a flotilla of local boats escorting him home\n\nA French sailor has set a new world record for the fastest solo round-the-world navigation, beating the previous time by more than six days.\n\nFrançois Gabart finished his circuit of the globe early on Sunday, in a time of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds.\n\nHe completed the journey non-stop, confined to his trimaran sailing yacht since 4 November.\n\nGabart broke the record set by his countryman Thomas Coville last year.\n\nThe record was held at one stage by British national Dame Ellen MacArthur.\n\nGabart's new record has yet to be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, which will check the ship's GPS data before confirming the result.\n\nGabart celebrated aboard his trimaran as he reached port in Brest\n\nHe crossed the finish line near the western limit of the English Channel at about 01:45 GMT, before turning his ship homeward.\n\nCapturing the drama just ahead of the finish, Gabart said in a video recorded in front of an on-board computer monitor: \"The little blue bit is us, the red line is the finish. We should cross it any time now, the computer says 30 seconds.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by trimaranMACIF This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThen he reported: \"I've just crossed the finish line. It's pretty crazy. It's pretty unreal. I'm a bit overwhelmed. Just now I couldn't move I was at such a loss about what to do next. I'm in the dark. There are cargo ships and fishing boats around me. It's a pretty weird atmosphere and at the same time it's pretty extraordinary...\n\n\"I'm proud and happy to have made this pretty voyage around the planet.\"\n\nAs he arrived in the town of Brest in France's north-west several hours later, his yacht was escorted into port by a host of local boats in celebration of his accomplishment.\n\nGabart's success is partly down to good luck with weather, which can dramatically influence sailing speeds.\n\nFrançois Gabart spent 42 days alone on his ship\n\nAFP news agency reports that, while chasing the global speed record, Gabart broke several others for solo racing, including the fastest navigation of the Pacific and the longest distance covered in 24 hours - 1,575km (851 miles).\n\nBut his 30m (98ft) boat was also custom-designed for the purpose, using the latest technology, and reached speeds of 35 knots (65km/h) during the journey, it said.\n\nGabart posted photos and video on social media frequently during his 42 days at sea, sharing his sunset views or his success at fishing with fans.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by francoisgabart This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWell-known sailor Michel Desjoyeaux told the AFP news agency it was not surprising that Gabart had broken Coville's record.\n\n\"The one thing we can be sure of is that Francois has a faster boat than Thomas had and if they raced head-to-head then he would be faster,\" he said. \"And he has spent a great deal of time on a multi-hull and is completely unafraid of high speeds.\"", "Hundreds of Dachshunds wearing Christmas jumpers have taken part in a festive frolic around a park in Leeds.\n\nThe event saw 288 pets gather in Roundhay for the annual walk organised by the Yorkshire Dachshund Group.", "Sebastián Piñera will serve as president for the second time\n\nA conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastián Piñera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off.\n\nLeft-winger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated his opponent on his win and his return to the presidency after a four-year gap.\n\nWith nearly all votes counted, Mr Piñera polled more than 54%.\n\nIt is a clear move to the right for the country, which is currently led by socialist President Michelle Bachelet. She had backed Mr Guillier.\n\nAbout 14 million were eligible to vote in the ballot, including, for the first time, Chileans living abroad.\n\nHowever, voter turnout was low, at 48.5%. It had been thought that a high turnout would favour Mr Guillier.\n\nMr Piñera called for unity after his victory:\n\n\"Chile needs agreements more than confrontations,\" he said. \"The paths of the future unite us. Sometimes the stories of the past separate us.\"\n\nReaching out to his opponent, Mr Piñera added: \"I want to talk to him about the points we agree about.\"\n\nMr Guillier recognised his \"harsh defeat\" in the election while congratulating his opponent\n\nBillionaire businessman Mr Piñera won the first round of votes by a large margin, when the number of candidates reduced from eight to two for a final run-off.\n\nHe has already governed the country from 2010 to 2014, when he ended two decades of uninterrupted centre-left rule. But the former president and his Chile Vamos coalition had only a slim lead in the most recent opinion polls before Sunday's election vote.\n\nHe had the support of the business community, promising to lower taxes to get the economy growing again.\n\nDuring his campaign, he promised to rein in the reforms brought in by President Bachelet, while his opponent Mr Guillier, on the other hand, campaigned on the back of her legacy.\n\nWhile President Bachelet's progressive agenda has won plaudits abroad, her popularity plummeted during her second term, due in part to a 2015 corruption scandal involving her daughter-in-law.\n\nThis year, however, the president overcame conservative opposition to successfully ease Chile's strict anti-abortion laws.\n\nConservative critics say Ms Bachelet pushed her reforms too far. She was unable to seek re-election under the country's constitution.\n\nAs votes closed, projections indicated a victory for Mr Piñera, causing celebration among his supporters\n\nMr Guillier represents six parties in a left-wing coalition. He beat former president Ricardo Lagos for the Socialist Party nomination in April 2017, promising to continue Ms Bachulet's reforms.\n\nA decade ago, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Venezuela were all governed by left-wing leaders.\n\nBut in recent years, conservatives have come to power in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, and Venezuela's \"Bolivarian Revolution\" has come under severe pressure with anti-government protesters taking to the streets for months. The win by Mr Piñera further consolidates that trend.", "Six people have been killed in a multiple-vehicle crash in Birmingham.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference, Supt Sean Phillips from West Midlands Police said it was a \"very harrowing scene\".", "The Gambling Commission is to investigate the findings of a BBC 5 live report which found flaws in a scheme designed to help problem gamblers.\n\nAddicted gamblers can sign up to be self-excluded from betting shops near where they live, work and socialise, to help reduce or stop their gambling habit.\n\nBBC reporter Rob Cave put this scheme to the test, by self-excluding himself from 21 betting shops in Grimsby. He then went undercover, visiting them all to see if he was recognised.\n\nRob was able to place bets in 16 shops before he was finally recognised and asked to leave. Rob says: \"It begs the question - is a piece of paper with a name and a photograph on it, enough of a solution to help those who want to stop gambling when the fun stops.\"\n\nIn a statement, The Association of Bookmakers said: \"We accept that the current self-exclusion scheme is not without flaws however we are continually developing improved systems.\"\n\nThis clip is taken from 5 live Investigates on 17 December 2017. Have you got something you want investigating? We want to hear from you. Email us.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The floors adjust to the slope as the funicular climbs\n\nThe world's steepest funicular railway has opened to the public in Switzerland.\n\nSpecially constructed cylindrical carriages have been used to ensure that passengers can stay upright on the incline.\n\nThe floors tilt, adjusting to the slope as the funicular climbs at a gradient of 110% at its steepest point.\n\nThe railway runs from the town of Schwyz up 110m (328ft) to the car-free Alpine village of Stoos.\n\nThe Stoos Bahn took 14 years to build - two years longer than scheduled - at a cost of 52m Swiss francs (£40m; $53m).\n\nBut Ivan Steiner, spokesman for the railway, said the project's completion had made everyone \"very proud\".\n\nIn mountainous Switzerland, where children regularly use cable cars to get to school, the line will connect communities as well as provide a new tourist attraction, reports the BBC's Imogen Foulkes.\n\nShould potential passengers feel fainthearted, they can be reassured that the journey lasts just four minutes.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic's 69-game unbeaten domestic run was ended in emphatic style as they were stunned 4-0 by Hearts in the Scottish Premiership.\n\nThe defeat at Tynecastle is the champions' first domestic loss since a 2-1 reverse at St Johnstone on 11 May 2016 - 585 days ago - and Brendan Rodgers' first as Celtic manager against Scottish opposition.\n\nThe streak began under Rodgers' predecessor Ronny Deila when Motherwell were thrashed 7-0 on the final day of the 2015-16 season.\n\nIn beating St Johnstone 4-0 in early November, Celtic surpassed their own 100-year-old British record of 62 domestic games without defeat.\n\nCeltic, who Rodgers led to the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League treble last season, remain top of the league table by two points, with a game in hand over second-placed Aberdeen.\n\nHearts had not scored three or more goals in a league match since a 4-0 thumping of Hamilton Academical in March.\n\nCraig Levein's men have conceded just 19 league goals this season, four more than Celtic, who have the best defensive record in Scotland's top flight.\n• None Celtic record may never be beaten - Rodgers\n• None As it happened: Hearts hammer Celtic to end 69-game run\n\nCeltic's unbeaten domestic run (all but one under Brendan Rodgers)\n\nSixteen-year-old Harry Cochrane and former Rangers striker Kyle Lafferty slammed home first-half goals as Hearts dominated the early skirmishes.\n\nManuel Milinkovic seized on a dreadful error from Jozo Simunovic to prod in a third early in the second half.\n\nCeltic piled forward, but it was Hearts who struck again, Milinkovic netting from the penalty spot.\n\nRodgers' side may well go onto claim the Premiership title but they were given a football lesson by a dogged and devastating Hearts, who were in no way flattered by the scoreline.\n\nThe hosts were dynamic and effective from the first whistle, pressing the Celtic defence at every opportunity and denying them the time and space to pass out from the back.\n\nCentre-back Dedryck Boyata and goalkeeper Craig Gordon were particularly unsettled, with the latter charged down by Don Cowie in his own goalmouth.\n\nAnd - after Lafferty, Christophe Berra and Ross Callachan had fired off target - Kieran Tierney's slip allowed Cowie to pilfer possession on the right wing, and slide the ball inside to Cochrane.\n\nThe teenager, making just his fifth start, took one touch on the 18-yard line before rifling a low left-foot effort beyond Gordon.\n\nThe Celtic goalkeeper produced a fine reaction save to divert Milinkovic's volley over the crossbar two minutes later, but it was a temporary reprieve.\n\nAgain, the champions surrendered possession, Milinkovic robbing Callum McGregor and sending Lafferty galloping into open space up the right flank.\n\nFrom the angle of the area, the Northern Ireland striker drove his shot across Gordon and into the back of the net via the inside of the post.\n\nThe half-time whistle blew with Celtic, uncharacteristically sloppy on the ball and outfought all over the pitch, trailing 2-0, and the refurbished Tynecastle a raucous cauldron of delirium.\n\nThe visitors' slackness continued after the break, as Simunovic allowed a speculative Connor Randall clearance to bounce over his head and into the path of the gleeful Milinkovic, who rounded Gordon and slotted from close range.\n\nUnder Rodgers, Celtic had never faced a three-goal deficit on domestic duty. They cascaded forward, with the manager introducing highly-rated French striker Moussa Dembele to assist Leigh Griffiths in attack.\n\nIt was Griffiths' vicious curling effort that gave Jon McLaughlin his first serious test of the afternoon, the Hearts goalkeeper tipping the ball smartly over the bar.\n\nOn came another Celtic striker, Odsonne Edouard this time, but spearheaded by their magnificent captain Berra, the hosts' defence repelled everything Rodgers and his team could throw at them.\n\nAnd it was Hearts who completed their remarkable triumph - the Gorgie side's biggest over Celtic since 1895 - when Gordon unnecessarily felled the speeding Ross Callachan in the box, Milinkovic striking low and decisively from 12 yards.\n\nAt full-time, Rodgers gathered his players in a huddle. Their run could not last forever, but few would have predicted its demise in such chastening fashion. Now, this group of players faces the challenge of responding to defeat by a Scottish opponent for the first time in 19 months.\n• None Attempt blocked. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt missed. Anthony McDonald (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.\n• None Manuel Milinkovic (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Attempt missed. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.\n• None Attempt missed. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Heart of Midlothian 4, Celtic 0. Manuel Milinkovic (Heart of Midlothian) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Craig Gordon (Celtic) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Penalty Heart of Midlothian. Ross Callachan draws a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Cole Stockton replaces Kyle Lafferty because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Adm Srur (right) is seen here with President Macri last month\n\nThe head of the Argentine navy has been sacked following the loss of a submarine and its crew in the South Atlantic last month.\n\nThe defence minister placed Adm Marcelo Srur in retirement on Friday night, it has emerged.\n\nThe ARA San Juan disappeared with 44 crew on board after reporting an electrical problem off the coast of Patagonia.\n\nAn international search operation has failed to locate the vessel.\n\nSome ships are still searching in an area where a loud noise was recorded in the hours following the disappearance - possible evidence that the submarine imploded.\n\nPresident Mauricio Macri has created a special independent commission to investigate the disappearance of the submarine, following criticism about the handling of the operation.\n\nThe commission will comprise three submariners - one the father of one of the disappeared crew.\n\nDefence Minister Oscar Aguad has promised the investigation will be \"transparent\" and will have an unlimited budget.\n\nThe crew of the ARA San Juan comprises 43 men and one woman\n\n\"We ask that they always tell us the truth, that they keep us informed about what's happening,\" said Jorge Villareal, father of missing crew member Fernando, according to Efe news agency.\n\n\"We just find things out through the media.\"\n\nAdm Srur, 60, was appointed by President Macri in January 2016.", "Mr Zuma said his ANC party was at a \"crossroads\"\n\nSouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called on the African National Congress (ANC) to stop infighting as it decides who will next lead the party.\n\nMr Zuma warned the future of the ANC was under threat, with South Africans \"not happy\" with it.\n\nThe main contenders to succeed him are the deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma's ex-wife.\n\nWhoever wins is likely to succeed Mr Zuma as South African president.\n\nBut their bitter leadership battle has raised fears that the ANC could split before national elections in 2019.\n\nPresident Zuma can remain head of state until those elections. He has been in office since 2009 and South Africa limits the presidency to two five-year terms.\n\nThe leadership contest is expected to be a close one, with legal challenges a possibility.\n\nAddressing delegates at the beginning of a gathering to decide the next ANC leader, Mr Zuma said their movement was at a \"crossroads\".\n\n\"Petty squabbling that takes us nowhere needs to take back seat, our people are frustrated when we spend more time fighting among ourselves instead of solving the daily challenges they experience,\" he said.\n\nLast year's disappointing results for the ANC in local elections, Mr Zuma said, \"were a stark reminder that our people are not happy with the state of the ANC\".\n\nThe leading candidates are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa\n\nPresident Zuma, 75, has been the focus of much controversy and has survived several votes of no confidence in parliament.\n\nHe faces numerous corruption allegations but denies any wrongdoing.\n\nIn his final speech as ANC president, he asserted that \"theft and corruption\" were as prominent in the private sector as they are in government. He added that \"being black and successful is being made synonymous to being corrupt\".\n\nHe lashed out at the media, which he said was not \"impartial and fair\". He also targeted the judiciary, arguing that the courts should have no role in deciding internal party matters.\n\nFor the leadership, President Zuma is backing his 68-year-old former wife, Ms Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran politician in her own right who has been critical of the enduring power of white-owned businesses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What advice should South Africa's ruling party take on board?\n\nMr Ramaphosa, 65, has spoken out strongly against state corruption and has the backing of the business community.\n\nRecent news that he had a modest lead in the polls was quickly reflected by a rise in the financial markets.\n\nJacob Zuma came out fighting in his speech, hitting out at his critics both inside and outside the party.\n\nIt seemed like no one was spared - from ANC members who voted with the opposition to try and remove him, alliance partners who have booed him and called on him to stand down, to \"counter-revolutionary forces\" he said were intent on reversing the progress made since 1994, when apartheid was brought to an end.\n\nIndeed, that idea of malevolent forces working to bring down both him and the ANC was a thread that ran right through his speech. Mr Zuma placed his fight against his opponents within the wider framework of the fight against apartheid.\n\nHe ended his speech by saying \"I tried my best\", and of those who tried to bring him down \"I bear no grudges\". He then led the room in song.\n\nThis was Jacob Zuma in his element: a rousing speaker, a fierce opponent, delivering cutting rebukes with charm and charisma.\n\nMore than 5,000 delegates are taking part in the four-day ANC elective conference at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg.\n\nA vote on the new leader is expected on Sunday.\n\nThe first major engagement for the new leader will be the party's anniversary celebrations on 8 January.\n\nThe ANC has governed South Africa since the first democratic election more than 20 years ago.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Harding says a question remains whether the ANC is in terminal decline, and what that might mean for South Africa's stability and its future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ANC was the party of Nelson Mandela but have people lost faith under Jacob Zuma?", "Police in Lebanon have arrested an Uber driver in connection with the murder of a British woman in Beirut.\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy in the city, was found by a motorway on Saturday.\n\nThe arrested man was 35 and has served several prison sentences, a senior Lebanese security source told the BBC.\n\nMs Dykes had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and the man is expected to be charged with rape and murder later this week, police sources said.\n\nHer family said in a statement: \"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. We are doing all we can to understand what happened.\"\n\nMs Dykes, who is believed to have been 30, had been working in Beirut as the programme and policy manager for the Department for International Development since January 2017.\n\nIt is thought she spent Friday evening at a going-away party for a colleague in the popular Gemmayzeh district of Beirut.\n\nAfter leaving the bar at about midnight it appears she was abducted. Her body was found close to a motorway on the outskirts of the city.\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes was found near a main road outisde Beirut\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Lebanese authorities and confirmed an arrest had been made.\n\nThe suspect was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning after police reportedly traced his car on traffic management CCTV.\n\nAn official told the Reuters and AFP news agencies the preliminary investigation had showed Ms Dykes's killing \"was not politically motivated\".\n\nThe Gemmayzeh district of Beirut where Rebecca Dykes was last seen alive is well-known for having some of the city's best and most expensive bars and restaurants.\n\nThere is normally a relaxed atmosphere. It is a neighbourhood where foreign aid workers, diplomats and journalists mingle with wealthy Lebanese often into the early hours of the morning.\n\nDespite the chaos seen elsewhere in the region, Beirut in recent years has been regarded as relatively safe. That is why this murder has left the international community so shocked.\n\nAfter a late night out, many people would previously have thought nothing of catching one of the cabs that ply the streets, or calling for an Uber.\n\nFor a short while, anyway, that is likely to change. People will be more careful about how they get home. Beirut may be relatively safe but - as in any big city across the world - this murder is a reminder of the dangers.\n\nJosie Ensor, the Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Beirut, says the case has left foreign residents in the city unsettled.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, she said Beirut was a \"very tight-knit community, so when something happens to one person, it feels quite close\".\n\nMs Ensor, who was due to attend the same party on Friday evening, added Ms Dykes \"had just landed on her feet in Beirut and was starting to make friends and getting to know the city\".\n\nHugo Shorter, the British Ambassador to Lebanon, said the whole embassy was \"deeply shocked\" and \"saddened\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hugo Shorter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes were paid to Ms Dykes in the House of Lords on Monday.\n\nFormer Conservative MP Lady McIntosh said: \"The loss of Rebecca Dykes in these circumstances is felt very deeply.\n\n\"And can we pay tribute to the work that she and the all Dfid team do, often in very dangerous circumstances, particularly at this time of year, for humanitarian purposes?\"\n\nThe International Development Minister Lord Bates added: \"It's obviously a very distressing time, particularly for Becky's family, but also for the people who worked with her.\n\n\"It reminds us of the sacrifice which is made by over 1,200 Dfid personnel who work around the world, often in the most difficult and dangerous of environments.\"\n\nA Dfid spokesman said: \"Our thoughts are with Becky's family and friends at this very upsetting time.\n\n\"There is now a police investigation and the Foreign Office is providing consular support to Becky's family and working with the local authorities‎.\"\n\nRebecca Dykes had been working in Beirut since January 2017\n\nPrior to her posting in Beirut, Ms Dykes worked with the Foreign Office as a policy manager for its Libya team and as an Iraq research analyst.\n\nAccording to her LinkedIn profile, she studied anthropology at the University of Manchester, and had a master's in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London.\n\nShe was a former pupil of Malvern Girls' College and Rugby School, and had also taught English at a Chinese international school.\n\nMs Dykes had reportedly been due to fly back to the UK for Christmas. She says on social media that she is from London.", "A taxi driver and two passengers were among those killed in the crash in Birmingham\n\nSix people have been killed in a \"horrific\" crash in Birmingham.\n\nThree vehicles were involved in the accident on Belgrave Middleway, near Edgbaston, at about 01:00 GMT.\n\nThree men in one car died at the scene and a fourth is critically injured in hospital. The driver of a taxi and his two passengers were also killed.\n\nWest Midlands Police described dealing with the wreckage as \"very difficult and upsetting\" and said officers were investigating how the crash happened.\n\nThree vehicles were involved in the accident on Belgrave Middleway, while another three were damaged trying to avoid it\n\nThe road has been closed and police have appealed for witnesses.\n\nThe first car in the crash had suffered extensive damage but, \"astonishingly\", the man and the woman inside managed to get out with relatively minor injuries, an ambulance service spokesman said.\n\n\"The second vehicle, a black cab, was on its side. Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the driver and he was confirmed dead at the scene.\"\n\nThe taxi driver has been named locally as father of six Imtiaz Mohammed, who worked for Castle Cars.\n\nThe female passenger was also confirmed dead at the scene, while her male companion died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Officers were dealing with \"a very harrowing scene\", Supt Sean Phillips said\n\nThere were four men in the third car, and all had been thrown from the vehicle, the ambulance spokesman said.\n\n\"Tragically, three of them were confirmed dead at the scene.\"\n\nThe fourth was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is in a critical condition.\n\nBlue tents can be seen where forensic teams are working\n\nPolice are working to reopen Belgrave and Lee Bank Middleway by Monday morning\n\nThree other cars were caught up in the crash and suffered minor damage trying to avoid it.\n\nMichelle Brotherton, from the ambulance service, said her staff had dealt with 13 patients in total.\n\nAs well as those who died and the man in a critical condition, four people were taken to Heartlands Hospital where their condition is believed to be non-life threatening.\n\nA further two patients were \"discharged on scene\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by West Midlands Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSupt Sean Phillips said the police officer in charge of the investigation had described the wreckage as \"very harrowing\".\n\nHe said it was \"too early\" to speculate on the cause of the accident.\n\n\"It will take some time to unpick and just understand exactly what's happened. It would be unfair for me to speculate at this time,\" he said.\n\nHe confirmed the road had been gritted at 17:00 GMT the previous evening.\n\nMetres of police cordon tape and a number of vehicles have been used to seal off the road, and blue forensic tents can be seen below in the underpass.\n\nThe cordon stretches at least 100 metres either side of the Middleway and I can see numerous police officers.\n\nAs locals find out what happened, they all say how tragic it is that six people should die so close to Christmas.\n\nIt is not yet known what caused the crash, but people are telling me there has long been a problem with speeding and racing on this road and the adjoining Bristol Street.\n\nA car involved in a separate crash nearby just a week ago is still on the side of the road.\n\nThe accident happened below the underpass on the A38/Bristol Road, where Belgrave Middleway meets Lee Bank Middleway.\n\nThe stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street has been closed and is likely to remain so throughout Sunday, police said.\n\nThe wreckage was described by police as \"harrowing\"\n\nOne resident who lives opposite said she woke at about 02:00 and saw the emergency crews.\n\n\"This road is really dangerous. Young kids like to challenge themselves and go really fast,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't believe six people have died, and so close to Christmas and New Year.\"\n\nThe road has two lanes either side and a 40mph speed limit.\n\nPolice have said it \"will take some time to unpick\" what caused the crash\n\nArea Commander Jason Campbell, of West Midlands Fire Service, described it as a \"horrific\" incident.\n\nHe said the crash site was complex and \"spread over some distance\".\n\nAny witnesses have been asked to contact West Midlands Police.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by West Midlands Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n• None Very harrowing scene, say police. Video, 00:00:22Very harrowing scene, say police", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers reacted with delight when the lights came back on\n\nPassengers at the world's busiest airport faced a second day of disruption on Monday after a power cut led to hundreds of cancellations.\n\nAtlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport lost power on Sunday, affecting tens of thousands of people.\n\nPassengers were left in darkened terminals or on board planes.\n\nPower was restored overnight and a handful of passenger flights resumed just after 06:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Monday.\n\nHundreds of other flights, however, were cancelled.\n\nThe airport is the world's busiest, handling more than 250,000 passengers and almost 2,500 flights every day. But during its first hour of operation on Monday morning, fewer than a dozen commercial flights departed.\n\nA number of cargo flights had operated during the partial shutdown.\n\nMany hundreds of flights have been cancelled\n\nThousands remain stranded in the airport awaiting rescheduled flights. In a statement, the airport said it had distributed more than 5,000 meals to waiting passengers.\n\nSecurity processing began at about 03:30 local time, it said, but those with tickets dated Sunday would need to reprint them to pass through checkpoints.\n\nThe airport advised passengers to check the status of their particular flight directly with their airline.\n\nIn a statement, the airport confirmed it had suffered a power cut shortly after 13:00 on Sunday.\n\nMany flights scheduled to arrive from other airports were diverted elsewhere, or held at their departure airport.\n\nGeorgia Power, which supplies the airport's electricity, said it believed a fire at an underground electrical facility had caused the power cut. Officials said a piece of its switchgear could have failed and started the fire, causing cable damage.\n\nPower was fully restored to the airport around midnight on Sunday.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by cheforhire82 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAtlanta's mayor confirmed the fire's cause was under investigation, and apologised to the thousands affected.\n\nA number of major airlines, including United, Southwest and American Airlines, completely suspended their operations on Sunday. Each had at least some flights scheduled to depart Monday.\n\nImages shared on social media showed passengers waiting in darkness. Some reported being stuck on board aircraft for six hours.\n\nOne passenger, Jannifer Lee, was travelling to Minnesota from Florida with her 10-year-old pet rescue cat Penny.\n\nHer first flight was stuck for almost four hours at the gate.\n\nMs Lee and her cat spent four hours stuck at the gate on her connecting flight from Florida\n\n\"I was hoping to have a really smooth flight, especially with a cat,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I've only ever flown with her for two or three hours before, not a 12-hour journey! I guess animals can be a lot more resilient than people.\"\n\nShe and thousands of others were left stranded without information from airlines about onward travel.\n\n\"There was a lot of confusion on the flight, because the national news knew more about the situation than we did,\" Ms Lee said.\n\nAnother passenger, Naomi Harm, was stranded on the tarmac on a Delta flight from Sacramento, California.\n\nShe told the BBC that airline staff had kept the passengers in good spirits by communicating regularly and handing out any food and drinks they had available.\n\nShe said one passenger seated close to her had been escorted down to the aircraft's cargo area to give insulin to his diabetic pet dog in the hold by an air marshal.\n\nAfter almost four hours she was guided out in darkness after portable steps were found for them to disembark.\n\n\"Inside the terminal there were thousands all over, children crying,\" she said. \"The air conditioning wasn't working and it was very hot inside.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Naomi Harm This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe local police department confirmed it had sent extra officers to help the airport with the situation.\n\nAbout 30,000 passengers were reportedly affected by the power cut.\n\nAtlanta is located within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US population, making the city a major port of entry into the US and a common stopover for travel within the country.\n• None Why do so many people hate US airports?", "Waiters are among the workers who have been enrolled in recent years\n\nEvery worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace pension unless they opt out, under government plans to extend its automatic enrolment scheme.\n\nAt present, the scheme means employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over and earning above £10,000 into a pension.\n\nMinisters hope to reduce the minimum age to 18 in the mid 2020s, and say it will affect about 900,000 young people.\n\nThe system has been credited with ensuring more prepare for older age, but it means extra costs for employers.\n\nIt has been introduced gradually since October 2012.\n\nWork and Pensions Secretary David Gauke told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show there had been \"greater saving for pensions\" since automatic enrolment came into effect.\n\n\"We want to extent that to young people under 22.\n\n\"I think we will get more people into the habit of saving.\"\n\nHe admitted increases in contributions from next year \"might put people off\", but added \"the evidence is that opt-out rates have been lower than people predicted\".\n\nOlly Browning, 21, welcomed the encouragement to save, adding that pensions had \"not really crossed my mind yet\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I think especially in London, [I have] moved jobs quite frequently, tend not to stay in one place too long, so pensions have always sort of been lower down the list of things I've been conscious of.\"\n\nHowever, one industry figure was unimpressed by aspects of the Department of Work and Pensions' wider pensions review.\n\nEx-pensions minister Steve Webb, director of policy at pensions firm Royal London, said: \"There are some great ideas in this review, including starting pension saving at age 18 and making sure that every pound that you earn is pensionable.\n\n\"But the proposed pace of change is shockingly lethargic.\n\n\"Talking about having reforms in place by the mid 2020s risks leaving a whole generation of workers behind.\"\n\nUnless they are already signed up to a workplace pension, a slice of a worker's pay packet is automatically diverted to a pension savings pot, which is invested until retirement.\n\nTheir employer also makes a contribution, as does the government.\n\nIndividuals have the option to opt out if they wish to, although that will mean losing the employers' contribution.\n\nAnyone on a short-term contract, working where an agency pays their wages, or who is on maternity, adoption or carer's leave should still be eligible.\n\nThe total minimum contribution is currently set at 2% of earnings (0.8% from the worker, 1% from an employer, and 0.2% as tax relief from the government).\n\nFrom April 2018, it will increase to 5% of earnings (2.4% from the worker, 2% from the employer, and 0.6% as tax relief).\n\nFrom April 2019 onwards, it will rise to 8% of earnings (4% from the individual, 3% from the employer, and 1% as tax relief).\n\nThe plan to lower the starting age follows a review of the system.\n\nThose earning less than £10,000 can ask their employer to enrol them.\n\nIona Bain, founder of the Young Money blog, said the move was still inadequate in solving a long-term pension crisis for the young.\n\nShe said that school leavers, facing a \"storm of financial pressures\", should have the same National Living Wage as those aged 25 and over, if they were expected to contribute into a pension.\n\nThe move will require legislation, as will the proposed other changes to the system including:\n\nThe proposals will cost employers an extra £1.4bn a year, and the government an extra £600m in tax relief a year.\n\n\"Requiring employers to contribute from the first pound of earnings, will mean that, by 2019, hundreds of thousands of small employers will have to pay up to £180 more per employee each year,\" said Mike Cherry, national chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses.\n\nMore than nine million people in the UK have been automatically enrolled into a pension so far, adding to the 10.8 million already contributing to a workplace pension.\n\nHowever, the average proportion of earnings put into an investment-based defined contribution pension has fallen from about 9% of earnings before auto-enrolment, to 4% now.\n\nThe DWP's review, led by industry representatives, estimated that 12 million people are not saving enough for their retirement, representing 38% of the working age population.", "Nine Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft are among the vehicles the MoD is due to purchase\n\nPlans to buy new military equipment - including warships and jets - could be under threat, as MPs expressed \"serious doubts\" over whether the Ministry of Defence can afford them.\n\nThe Commons Defence Select Committee says the department will struggle to find the £7.3bn in savings required to pay for the new hardware.\n\nIt said the MoD had proved \"incapable\" of making such savings in the past.\n\nThe MoD said it was making \"good progress\" on its efficiency target.\n\nThis latest report echoes a warning from January of this year from government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office.\n\nThe cross-party committee of MPs backed the findings of the NAO that the defence equipment plan was at \"greater risk\" than at any time since 2012.\n\nIn 2016, the government pledged to spend £178bn on new military equipment over the next 10 years.\n\nBut that is on the assumption it can also find £7.3bn of efficiency savings - on top of £7.1bn previously announced - by selling off property and other efficiencies.\n\nThe committee chairman, Conservative MP Julian Lewis, said this was now \"extremely doubtful\" from an \"already stretched budget\".\n\n\"This will inevitably lead either to a reduction in the numbers of ships, aircraft and vehicles or to even greater delays in their acquisition,\" he added.\n\nBut the MoD said that in the face of \"intensifying threats\", its £178bn equipment plan \"continues to deliver the cutting-edge kit to keep the UK safe\".\n\nThe new equipment covered by the plan includes eight Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy, new mechanised infantry vehicles and nine Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft.\n\nEight Type 26 frigates will be bought by the MoD as part of its £178bn equipment plan\n\nThe committee also called for clarity on the \"difference between genuine improvements and efficiency\" and cuts to \"personnel, equipment and capability\".\n\nDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson has already been warned of a Tory revolt over cuts to army numbers and naval capability, and suggested he will be asking the chancellor for more money.\n\nThe Cabinet Office is currently carrying out a defence and security review which is due to report by the end of the year.", "Earlier this month Australia's marriage equality law came into effect.\n\nThe first weddings were expected in the new year to allow for a 30 day notice period, but this couple was given an exemption allowing them to legally wed.", "Austria was a major imperial power in Central Europe for centuries in various state guises, until the fall of its Habsburg dynasty after World War One.\n\nBut its position at the geographical heart of Europe, and its neutral status during the Cold War between Nato and the Soviet bloc, maintained the much-reduced country's strategic significance.\n\nAustria is now a member of the European Union, though not Nato, and an enduring legacy of its decades of post-war neutrality can be seen in the large number of international organisations that call its capital Vienna their home.\n\nThese include the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Opec, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.\n\nFor much of the post-war period, so-called \"grand coalition\" governments of left and right wing parties have ruled Austria, although the Social Democrats led by Bruno Kreisky ruled alone in the 1970s.\n\nMore recently, the centre-right People's Party ruled in coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, but this coalition collapsed in May 2019 after a scandal involving the leader of the Freedom Party.\n\nAlexander Van der Bellen was first elected as president in the December 2016 re-run of a highly polarised election earlier that year, defeating Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party.\n\nVan der Bellen - a Green Party politician running as an independent - had won a extremely narrow victory in the initial run-off vote against Hofer in May, but the result was annulled because of vote-counting irregularities.\n\nIn October 2022, Van der Bellen was re-elected president, taking 57% of the vote in the first round. Freedom Party candidate Walter Rosenkranz came second with 18% of the votes, far short of what Hofer received in 2016.\n\nInterior Minister Nehammer took over on as chancellor and leader of the conservative People's Party in December 2021, following months of turmoil after the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.\n\nMr Kurz's departure was a condition for the Green Party to remain in the governing coalition, pending a corruption investigation. Foreign Minister Alexander von Schallenberg was chancellor in the interim, but resigned to make way for Mr Nehammer when the later assumed the post of People's Party leader in December.\n\nAustria's public broadcaster, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), has long-dominated the airwaves. It faces competition from private TV and radio broadcasters.\n\nCable or satellite TV is available in most Austrian homes and is often used to watch German stations, some of which tailor their output for local viewers.\n\nA daily newspaper is a must for many Austrians. National and regional titles contest fiercely for readers.\n\nFor much of the post-war period, so-called \"grand coalition\" governments of left and right wing parties have ruled Austria\n\n1278 - The Habsburg Rudolf I of Germany acquires the duchies of Austria and Styria after defeating his rival, King Ottokar II of Bohemia, at the Battle on the Marchfeld.\n\n14th and 15th Centuries - Habsburgs acquire other provinces neighbouring the Duchy of Austria.\n\n1526 - After the Battle of Mohács, Bohemia and the part of Hungary not occupied by the Ottomans comesunder Austrian rule.\n\n16th and 17th Centuries - Ottoman expansion into Hungary sees frequent conflicts between the two empires.\n\n1529 - Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent launches the first siege of Vienna. The besieging Turkish army retreats amid the snowfalls of an early winter.\n\n1683 - Second siege of Vienna. The city is freed after two months when the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and those of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under King John III Sobieski decisively defeat the Turkish army.\n\n1699 - The Treaty of Karlowitz, which ends the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) results in most of Hungary coming under Austrian control.\n\n1713 - The Pragmatic Sanction. Edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure the Habsburg lands - the archduchy of Austria, kingdom of Hungary, kingdom of Croatia, kingdom of Bohemia, duchy of Milan, kingdom of Naples, kingdom of Sardinia and Austrian Netherlands - could be inherited undivided by his daughter, Maria Theresa.\n\n1792-1815 - Austria engages in war with revolutionary and them Napoleonic France.\n\n1804 - The Empire of Austria is proclaimed, replacing the Holy Roman Empire which is dissolved two years later.\n\n1815 - Austria emerges from the Congress of Vienna as one of Europe's great powers.\n\n1848-49 - Hungarian revolution. This is eventually defeated with the aid of Russian forces, but leads to a constitutional government being founded in Hungary, which is now in a personal union with the Austrian emperor.\n\n1867 - The defeat leads to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishing the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states.\n\nIn the latter half of the 19th Century, ruling Austria-Hungary becomes increasingly difficult in an age of emerging nationalist movements in Europe.\n\n1908 - Following the Young Turk revolution in Turkey, Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, nominally part of the Ottoman Empire. The move provokes strong resentment in Serbian pan-Slav circles.\n\n1914 - The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip triggers the outbreak of World War One.\n\n1914-18 - Over one million Austro-Hungarian soldiers die in the war, which leads to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the end of Hapsburg rule.\n\n1933 - End of the republic, Chancellor Dollfuss suspends parliament and sets up autocratic regime\n\n1934 - Government crushes Socialist uprising, backed by the army. All political parties abolished except the Fatherland Front.\n\nImprisonment of Nazi conspirators leads to attempted Nazi coup. Dollfuss assassinated, succeeded by Kurt von Schuschnigg.\n\n1938 - The Anschluss (union): Austria incorporated into Germany by Hitler. Austria now called the Ostmark (Eastern March).\n\n1945 - Soviet troops liberate Vienna. Austria occupied and partitioned into four occupation zones by Soviet, British, US and French forces. Vienna is also divided between the four occupying powers.\n\n1955 - Treaty signed by Britain, France, US and Soviet Union establishes an independent but neutral Austria - a convenient buffer between the West and the Soviet bloc. The four powers withdraw their troops. Austria joins the United Nations.\n\n1986 - Ex-UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim elected president, despite controversy over his role in the German army in World War Two.\n\n1999 - Far-right Freedom Party led by Joerg Haider wins 27% of vote in national elections.\n\n2000 - International outcry as People's Party forms coalition government with Freedom Party. EU imposes diplomatic sanctions before ending it seven months later on grounds it is counter-productive.\n\n2011 - Otto von Habsburg - the last crown prince of Austria - is buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna amid much of the pomp associated with the days of the empire.\n\n2013 - Austrians vote to keep compulsory military service in a referendum.\n\n2017 - Government agrees to ban Islamic full-face veils in courts, schools and other public spaces.\n\nMozart's home town of Salzburg. Austria is seen by many as the birthplace of classical music\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This MoJ picture shows how small the phones - which are often smuggled internally - can be\n\nOnline retailers should ban the sale of miniature mobile phones designed to be smuggled into prisons, the justice secretary has said.\n\nDavid Lidington said the devices were advertised as being able to go undetected by the body orifice security scanners used in England and Wales.\n\n\"Beat the BOSS\" phones can be bought for £25, but are reportedly changing hands for up to £500 inside jails.\n\nAbout 20,000 illicit phones and Sim cards were recovered by guards in 2016.\n\nIt is estimated that up to a third of mobiles found are \"beat the BOSS\" phones, the Ministry of Justice says.\n\nSome as small as a lipstick, the mini mobiles are readily available from online marketplaces.\n\nThey are marketed as being virtually metal-free and therefore able to beat the detectors anyone entering a prison must pass through.\n\n\"It's pretty clear that these miniature phones are being advertised and sold with the purpose of being smuggled,\" Mr Lidington will say in a speech on Monday.\n\n\"I am calling on online retailers and trading websites to take down products that are advertised to evade detection measures in prisons.\"\n\nMobile phones, which are banned in prisons, can be used to facilitate more crime and intimidate victims from behind bars, the Ministry of Justice says.\n\nIt says it has invested £2m in detection equipment, including portable detection devices, which can be used to find mobiles in prisons.\n\nIt is has also acquired new powers to block specific phones from accessing communications networks.\n\nMini phones are listed for sale on websites including Amazon, Gumtree and eBay.\n\nEBay said it had made the decision to stop selling them some months ago and would make sure the justice secretary was aware it was \"already going above and beyond\" ahead of his intervention.\n\nThe firm said it would continue to manually remove any items that slip through.\n\nThe BBC has also contacted Amazon and Gumtree for comment.\n\nJust as those of us \"on the outside\" can't live without our phones, in prison they have become ubiquitous, prized possessions.\n\nThey are used to organise the lives of inmates intent on continuing illegal activity, be that the smuggling of contraband into prisons or ongoing criminal activities outside.\n\nPrison staff can't listen to mobile phone calls as they do legitimate calls that prisoners make to their families.\n\nMini phones like those worrying the justice secretary were among the material seized from a gang recently jailed for smuggling £1m of prohibited items into jails.\n\nAnd they're even harder for prisons to stamp out because they can be hidden inside people's bodies - hence the need for body orifice - or BOSS - scanners.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe German-born inventor and professor, famed for hosting BBC Two's long-running science show The Great Egg Race, died of heart failure on 15 December, his family said.\n\nA former advisor to the European Space Agency, he became emeritus professor at London's Brunel University, working on projects linked to ageing populations.\n\nHis son Laurence paid tribute to his humour, curiosity, and enthusiasm.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Laurence Wolff said his father had \"touched so many people through his ingenuity in terms of his inventing... and his great belief in educating about science and technology\".\n\nHe had a \"natural sense of fun and he knew that was also a way of engaging people... People would stop him in the street... and they would say, 'you got me into science'\".\n\nA Jewish refugee, Wolff moved to the UK from Berlin at the age of 11 on the day World War Two broke out in September 1939.\n\nAfter attending school in Oxford, he worked in haematology at the city's Radcliffe Infirmary, where he invented a machine for counting patients' blood cells.\n\nHe later went on to graduate from University College London with a first-class honours degree in physiology and physics.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laurence Wolff says his father had a sense of humour, curiosity and enthusiasm\n\nWolff moved into television in 1966, first appearing on the BBC's Panorama programme with Richard Dimbleby, where he produced a pill that could measure pressure, temperature and acidity.\n\nHowever, he was best known for hosting BBC Two's The Great Egg Race from 1977 until 1986 - instantly recognisable for his trademark bow tie and eccentric hairstyle.\n\nThe show challenged contestants to invent useful objects with limited resources.\n\nFriends and colleagues also recalled his love of practical jokes, particularly one instance when he arrived at his 80th birthday party on a scooter propelled by fire extinguishers.\n\nWolff was an emeritus professor at Brunel University\n\nProfessor Julia Buckingham, vice-chancellor and president of Brunel University, said: \"Heinz's remarkable intellect, ideas and enthusiasm combined to make him the sparkling scientist we will so fondly remember.\n\n\"He was a wonderful friend and supporter to staff and to students - and an inspiration to all of us.\"\n\nBrunel colleague Professor Ian Sutherland added: \"There was nothing he loved more than having a team of people around him, devising completely new ways of doing things.\"\n\nAlongside his television appearances, Wolff continued in his efforts to advance human progress through his scientific work.\n\nHe was made an honorary member of the European Space Agency in 1975, and his work into how humans could survive hostile space environments led to Dr Helen Sharman becoming the first British astronaut and the 15th woman in space in 1991.\n\nWolff balanced his mischievous curiosity with serious scientific research\n\nLaurence Wolff said this space work - known as Project Jupiter - had been greatly valued by his father, who wished to \"inspire young people\" and use science to \"entertain as well as educate\".\n\nHe also described how Heinz Wolff's early interest in science had been stoked by his own father, who had him taking part in chemistry experiments at the age of four.\n\nHe added: \"The person that people saw when they met him was the person we knew at home. His sense of humour, his curiosity, his enthusiasm. That was our father.\"\n\nWolff was also a strong supporter of local charities throughout his life, including spending more than 25 years as a trustee, and then Life President, of the Hillingdon Partnership Trust.\n\nHe was married to his wife Joan until her death in 2014, and is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThird Ashes Test, Waca (day four of five) England trail by 127 runs with six wickets remaining\n\nEngland's battle to save the Ashes will go into the final day of the third Test after rain brought an early end to day four in Perth.\n\nThe tourists had reached 132-4, still 127 short of making Australia bat again, when the weather intervened at the Waca.\n\nAustralia earlier declared on 662-9 in their first innings, a lead of 259.\n\nEngland were required to bat for the best part of five sessions to escape with a draw, yet lost Mark Stoneman, Alastair Cook and Joe Root cheaply.\n\nThey were steadied by James Vince, who made his second Test half-century before being bowled by a wonderful delivery from Mitchell Starc.\n\nAt 2-0 down in the series, England must not lose at a ground where they have not won since 1978 to avoid surrendering the urn at the earliest opportunity.\n\nRain threatened for much of a grey, blustery day in Perth, but a brief shower before tea was all that came before heavier rain arrived 45 minutes before the scheduled close.\n\nEngland's task of batting throughout Monday will not be helped by the cracks running down the length of the pitch, but more bad weather is forecast.\n• None Is this the ball of the 21st century?\n• None 'I can't see a great deal of longevity in his career' - Cook form concerns Swann\n\nAt 60-3, still 199 behind, England were in danger of being beaten inside four days.\n\nJosh Hazlewood, bowling an immaculate line, had Stoneman caught behind before Cook and Root fell.\n\nBut Vince batted beautifully, defending with a straight bat and playing his usual handsome shots through the off side - 48 of his 55 runs came in boundaries.\n\nHe was undone by a magical delivery from Starc, bowling his left-armers from round the wicket.\n\nAngled in, it straightened off a crack in the surface to take the top of off stump. Vince was perhaps guilty of playing too square, but there was no legislating for how much the ball moved.\n\nDawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow, who both made centuries in the first innings, had started to score more freely when the rain arrived, and it is they who will be together when play begins at the earlier time of 02:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPrior to this series, the feeling was that the inexperienced nature of England's top five would mean they needed major contributions from their two senior batsmen, Cook and Root.\n\nHowever, with both registering 14 in the second innings, their combined total for the series is 259. Not only has Australia captain Steve Smith made more on his own - 167 more in fact - but so too has Malan.\n\nCook, England's all-time record runscorer playing in his 150th Test, has managed just 83 in six innings.\n\nOnce again he did not look in especially poor touch, but presented a leading edge to Hazlewood, who took a fine diving catch. Cook is now without a half-century in 10 Test innings.\n\nRoot has made two half-centuries in the series without converting them into something meaningful. He has also had to marshal a team being beaten on the field and distracted by a string of issues off it.\n\nHis shot here was poor. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon's first delivery was incredibly wide, with Root's uncontrolled drive resulting in an edge that was held at slip.\n\nSpeaking on Test Match Special, former England off-spinner Graeme Swann said of Root: \"Joe's dismissal disappointed me. He just meekly wafted his bat at it.\n\n\"When you're England's best player and you're trying to save the game, it's a bizarre shot. It's unusual from Joe.\n\n\"There's no difference between Joe and Steve Smith in terms of ability. Yet Steve Smith is so much more prolific than Root.\n\n\"It's because the captaincy suits Smith. He's really flourished. To me, that's not Joe's way. I think he was made captain because there was a lack of choice.\"\n\nEngland toiled on Saturday, taking only one wicket as Smith helped himself to a double century and Mitchell Marsh a big ton of his own. The tourists earned rewards on Sunday, with James Anderson nipping the ball around.\n\nMarsh was lbw to the second delivery of the day for 181, Smith dismissed in the same manner for 239, both to Anderson.\n\nWhen Starc was run out in strange circumstances - Tim Paine, the subject of an lbw appeal, set off, leaving his partner stranded as Vince ran in from gully - England had taken three wickets for 12 runs.\n\nPaine, though, overturned being given out leg before to Anderson and went on to make an unbeaten 49, sharing 93 with Pat Cummins, who added 41.\n\nCummins was yet another lbw victim of Anderson's and, after Lyon holed out to the Lancashire man, Australia declared.\n\nBy then, they had made their biggest Ashes total on home soil and Stuart Broad had figures of 0-142, the worst of his 112-Test career.\n\nA sorry tale - stats of the day\n• None Australia's 662-9 declared was their highest total against England on home soil and their ninth highest against any country\n• None England spent longer in the field - 179.3 overs - than any other side in a Test at Perth\n• None Broad's figures were the joint second most expensive without taking a wicket by an England bowler against Australia\n• None Five England bowlers conceded more than 100 runs, for only the third time in history\n• None This could be the sixth time a team have lost after making 400 in the first innings of a Test\n\n'We're still fighting' - what they said\n\nEngland bowler James Anderson: \"It's been a long few days. We're still fighting, we're still in the game. We've got a lot of hard work to do. We're going to keep believing and come tomorrow with a strong attitude.\n\n\"It's not gone our way with the ball - two of their guys played outstandingly well and we didn't bowl quite as well as we could. The cracks did a bit more today so there was some more encouragement.\n\n\"Yesterday was a tough day for us but we kept going all day. Sometimes you have to take your hat off to the opposition.\"\n\nEngland batsman James Vince: \"We will try to put the rain to the back of our minds.\n\n\"We have two guys at the crease who spent a lot of time there in the first innings. It's slightly different conditions, but we have to have belief that we can stay in the series.\n\n\"It will be tough, there will be good balls flying around, but these two showed in the first innings they can occupy the crease for a long time.\n\n\"Hopefully we'll get off to a good start in the morning.\"\n\nAustralia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood, speaking to BT Sport, on regaining the Ashes: \"We feel pretty close but we're never too sure unless it happens.\n\n\"We're pretty confident. Hopefully we can finish them off.\"", "The world's steepest funicular railway has opened in Switzerland.\n\nRotating carriages mean people stay upright while ascending the mountainside.", "The area in Chile's lake district is sparsely populated\n\nA landslide caused by torrential rain has killed at least five people in southern Chile and has destroyed dozens of houses.\n\nFifteen people are missing in the remote village of Villa Santa Lucía in the country's lake region, popular with tourists.\n\nPresident Michelle Bachelet has declared a state of emergency in the area.\n\nThousands remain without electricity and cut off from the rest of Chile.\n\n\"I have ordered rescue workers to put all the resources necessary towards protecting the people of Villa Santa Lucia,\" said Ms Bachelet.\n\nMost of the village was destroyed by the landslide\n\nPart of the valley where the village lies, some 1,100km (690 miles) south of the capital, Santiago, was engulfed by a huge amount of mud from surrounding mountains.\n\nLocal media reported that the region had experienced unusually heavy rain for the previous 24 hours.\n\nDozens of people have been airlifted and taken to the neighbouring town of Chaitén.\n\nThe village is near Corcovado National Park, popular with tourists for its volcanoes, fjords and forests.\n\nThe mud has blocked roads linking the area to the rest of Chile\n\nThe mudslide happened on Saturday morning, on the eve of the run-off election to choose Chile's next president.\n\nThe authorities say the vote is going ahead as planned.\n\nSome 14 million Chileans are eligible to choose between the centre-right candidate, Sebastián Piñera, and Alejandro Guillier, who is endorsed by Ms Bachelet.", "Women could take a second pill at home away from medical supervision\n\nAnti-abortion campaigners claim they have \"no alternative\" but to mount a legal challenge if the Scottish government approves plans for women to take abortion medication at home.\n\nThe Society of the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC), said it had already sought legal advice.\n\nIt said it had been assured \"a good chance of success\".\n\nThe Scottish government said it had worked hard to ensure women could always access clinically-safe services.\n\nIn October the chief medical officer told health boards the drug misoprostol could be taken outside a clinical setting.\n\nDr Catherine Calderwood said it was \"significant progress\" that women in Scotland who are up to nine weeks pregnant could take the second dose of the drug at home if they wanted, saying this would allow them \"more privacy, more dignity\".\n\nCampaign groups including Engender, Amnesty Scotland and Rape Crisis Scotland welcomed the move, while Prof Lesley Regan, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) described it as \"admirable\".\n\nMisoprostol is sold under the brand name Cytotec, among others\n\nBut the SPUC's John Deighan claimed that the potential health risks for women were \"horrific\".\n\nHe said: \"There would be no medical oversight and this development will result in dreadful threats to women's health.\"\n\nSPUC said it had received detailed legal advice from an advocate who specialises in human rights cases, who said that under the law the medication could not be taken without some form of medical supervision.\n\nThe advocate stated: \"In my view, the taking of the abortifacient drugs must be done under the supervision either of a registered medical practitioner, or by some other suitable member of staff who is acting under the control of a medical practitioner.\n\n\"It cannot be done by a patient unsupervised, at home or elsewhere.\"\n\nHe added: \"As the approval anticipates the patient administering the drug to herself without medical supervision, that approval proceeds upon a misdirection as to the requirements of the 1967 Act, and is accordingly unlawful.\"\n\nThe tablet will be given out at a clinic but can be taken at home\n\nMr Deighan added: \"Our advice is clear and we really have no alternative but to challenge these proposals which go to the core of our beliefs in the right to life for unborn children and the health and wellbeing of their mothers.\"\n\nThe government plans are not a change to abortion law but to powers available within the Abortion Act 1967.\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"We've worked hard to ensure women are always able to access clinically safe services.\n\n\"Scotland is the only part of the UK to offer women the opportunity to take misoprostol at home, when this is clinically appropriate, a decision that allows women to be in control of their treatment and as comfortable as possible during this procedure.\"", "An \"upside down volcano\" (L) and an \"upside down rocket\" (R)\n\nWhat do volcanoes and rockets have in common?\n\n\"Volcanoes have a nozzle aimed at the sky, and rockets have a nozzle aimed at the ground,\" explains Steve McNutt, a geosciences professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.\n\nIt explains why he and colleague Dr Glenn Thompson have installed the tools normally used to study eruptions at the famous Kennedy Space Center.\n\nComparing the different types of rumblings could yield new insights.\n\nIn the case of rockets, the team thinks their seismometers and infrasound (low-frequency acoustic waves) detectors might potentially be used by the space companies as a different type of diagnostic tool, to better understand the performance of their vehicles; or perhaps as a way to identify missiles in flight.\n\nIn the case of volcanoes, the idea is to take the lessons learned at Kennedy and fine-tune the algorithms used to interpret what is happening in an eruption.\n\nIt might even be possible to develop systems that give early warnings of some of the dangerous debris flows associated with volcanoes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Glenn Thompson and Steve McNutt: \"Kennedy has strong signals to test equipment \"\n\n\"It all started really as a way to test and calibrate our equipment,\" says Glenn.\n\n\"We don't have any volcanoes in South Florida - obviously. But Kennedy provided some strong sources, and it also gave our students the opportunity to learn how to deploy stations and work with the data.\"\n\nThe team has now recorded the seismic and acoustic signals emanating from about a dozen rockets.\n\nMost have been associated with launches; a few have been related to what are called static fire tests, in which the engines on a clamped vehicle are briefly ignited to check they are flight-ready.\n\nBut perhaps the most fascinating event captured so far was the SpaceX pad explosion in September 2016.\n\nThis saw a Falcon 9 rocket suffer a catastrophic failure as it was being fuelled.\n\nMany people will have seen the video of the spectacular fireball. But Glenn's and Steve's equipment caught information not apparent in that film.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor example, they detected more than 150 separate sub-events in the infrasound over the course of 26 minutes.\n\nThese were likely individual tanks, pipes or other components bursting into flames.\n\nOf course, the SpaceX explosion was an unusual occurrence, and it is the more routine activity that most interests the team. And some clear patterns are starting to emerge in their study of \"upside down volcanoes\".\n\n\"As the rocket gets higher and higher and accelerates, we see a decrease in the frequency in the infrasound - that's basically a Doppler shift because the source is moving away from us,\" says Steve.\n\n\"And then you get a coupling of the signal in the air into the ground and this produces seismic waves recorded on the seismometer.\n\n\"So, we get some common features between the infrasound and the seismometer, but then there's a little separation of the energy between the two.\"\n\nA deadly pyroclastic flow heads down the flanks of the Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat\n\nThere is a lot still to learn, but the pair think they can distinguish the different types of rockets - to tell a Falcon from an Atlas from a Delta.\n\nThere are subtle but significant divergences in their spectral signatures, which almost certainly reflect their distinct designs and modes of operation.\n\nWhere in particular the rockets could have instruction for volcano monitoring is in describing moving sources.\n\nA rocket is a very well understood physical process. Its properties and parameters - such as the size of the nozzle orifice, the thrust, the trajectory and the distance - are all precisely known.\n\nThe related seismic and acoustic signals should therefore serve as templates to help decipher some of the features of eruptions that share similar behaviours.\n\nGood examples of rapid movement in the volcano setting are the big mass surges like pyroclastic flows (descending clouds of hot ash/rock) and lahars (mud/ash avalanches).\n\nAn objective of the team is to improve seismometer and infrasound systems' characterisation of these dangerous phenomena.\n\nThis could lead to useful alerts being sent to people who live around volcanoes.\n\n\"Assuming you can find a few safe places to put your instruments that are reasonably close, you'd get your advance warning,\" said Steve.\n\n\"What you'd be doing then is getting the time and the strength of the signal and then watching it evolve to figure out which direction it's going.\n\n\"If you can do that successfully then you can forecast with a couple of minutes in advance things like lahars and pyroclastic flows downstream.\"\n\nGlenn added: \"I worked on [the Caribbean island of] Montserrat during the crisis from 1995 to 2011, and we did have a rudimentary system even then for tracking the pyroclastic density currents coming down the slopes of the volcano.\n\n\"It wasn't quite a real-time application, but we hope with this kind of work that we can improve those algorithms and make them more of an automated alarm system.\"\n\nThe equipment at Kennedy has been temporary, but the team is looking for a permanent installation.\n\nLike everyone, Glenn and Steve are particularly looking forward to the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy vehicle in the New Year.\n\nThe Heavy should produce nearly 23 meganewtons of thrust at lift-off, more than any rocket in operation today.\n\nIt is sure to make for some interesting seismic and infrasound signals.\n\nGlenn Thompson and Steve McNutt detailed their work here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police are investigating the deaths of four newborn babies who died within 90 minutes of each other in an intensive care ward in South Korea.\n\nThe babies all went into cardiac arrest while lying in incubators at Seoul's Ewha Womans University Medical Centre.\n\nStaff performed CPR but efforts to revive the babies were unsuccessful, a hospital official said.\n\nFamily members told local media they were concerned about the health of the infants before they died on Saturday.\n\nThey said the babies all had bloated stomachs and difficulty breathing. Hospital staff say they do not know what caused the cardiac arrests but told police they did \"not seem to have originated from a contagious cause.\"\n\nOfficials said the four babies had already died by the time police arrived at the hospital, which is in the Mok-dong area of western Seoul.\n\nThe 12 remaining babies who were in the intensive care unit at the time of the incident have either been discharged or transferred to other hospitals.\n\nPolice have been searching the hospital. They said autopsies are expected to be conducted on Monday to determine the babies' cause of death.\n\nSouth Korea has spent about $70bn (£53bn) trying to boost the country's birth rate over the past decade, handing out baby bonuses, improving paternity leave and paying for infertility treatment.", "Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, US and Russian leaders say.\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.\n\nThe attack was allegedly planned to take place on Saturday, Russia says.\n\nA White House statement said \"terrorists\" were captured prior to an attack \"that could have killed large numbers of people\".\n\nRussia's FSB security service said in a statement on Friday that it had detained seven members of a cell of Islamic State supporters and seized a significant amount of explosives, weapons and extremist literature.\n\nThe cell was planning to carry out a suicide attack at a religious institution and kill citizens on Saturday, the FSB statement said (in Russian).\n\nThe group was preparing explosions targeting the cathedral and other public places in Russia's second city, the Kremlin statement said on Sunday.\n\nMr Putin told Mr Trump that Russia's special services would hand over information on terror threats to their US counterparts, it added.\n\nMr Putin had asked the US president to pass on his thanks to the CIA director and the operatives involved, both countries said.\n\nUS intelligence agencies, including the CIA, believe that Russia tried to sway last year's US presidential election in favour of Mr Trump - claims rejected by the Republican.\n\nA special counsel is investigating whether anyone from the Trump campaign colluded.\n\nThe two leaders most recently met at a summit in Vietnam last month\n\nWhile Mr Trump categorically denies colluding with Russia, he has talked about the importance of working together \"constructively\".\n\nSunday's conversation between the two presidents marks the second time the two men have spoken in a week.\n\nOn Thursday they discussed North Korea and Mr Trump thanked Mr Putin \"for acknowledging America's strong economic performance\" in his annual press conference, according to the White House.\n\nThe White House said that the two leaders agreed in Sunday's phone call that the co-operation was \"an example of the positive things that can occur when our countries work together\".\n\nAn explosion on St Petersburg's metro system in April killed at least 13 people and is thought to be linked to jihadists.\n\nReturning militants from Syria pose a real threat to Russia, the head of the FSB was quoted as saying on Tuesday.\n\nSecurity services had already prevented 18 terrorist attacks in 2017, Alexander Bortnikov said in comments reported by Itar-Tass news agency.", "The victim was hit on a pedestrian crossing on the South Circular Road\n\nFive drivers who may have been involved in a hit-and-run which killed a woman in south London have all been traced.\n\nThe 29-year-old Polish national was hit by a lorry on a pedestrian crossing on Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, on Monday.\n\nIt is thought she was then struck by another lorry and up to three cars. None of the drivers stopped at the crash site, the Met said.\n\nThe identity of the victim, who was staying in Wandsworth, has not yet been released.\n\nA post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.\n\nThe 49-year-old driver of the first lorry was interviewed under caution earlier in the week.\n\nThe driver of the second car - a 52-year-old man - was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and released under investigation.\n\nPolice said the drivers of the first car and second lorry have now been spoken to, as has the driver of a third car which officers believe may also have struck the woman.\n\nNone of the three have been arrested.\n\nThe force is appealing for witnesses to the crash, which happened at about 06:50 GMT and when the lights were on green.\n\nActing Det Sgt Alastair Middleton, said: \"Even though we have traced all the vehicles that we believe were involved, I continue to appeal for anyone who witnessed the collision and the moments afterwards to contact us immediately.\n\n\"We are particularly interested in any dashcam footage that may have captured some of the incident before or after the collision.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A surgeon who marked his initials on the livers of two transplant patients has admitted assault by beating.\n\nSimon Bramhall, 53, committed the offences at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February and August 2013.\n\nThe liver, spleen and pancreas surgeon was suspended later that year.\n\nHe pleaded guilty to two charges at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced at the same court on 12 January.\n\nHe denied the more serious charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm - a plea which was accepted by prosecutors.\n\nTony Badenoch QC said the case was \"without legal precedent in criminal law\".\n\nBramhall, who came to attention in 2010 when he transplanted a liver saved from a burning aircraft into a patient, was suspended when the branding was discovered by another surgeon.\n\nLiver surgeons use an argon beam to stop livers bleeding, but can also use it to burn the surface of the liver to sketch out the area of an operation.\n\nSimon Bramhall covered his face as he left Birmingham Crown Court\n\nBramhall was suspended from Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2013\n\nIt is not believed to have been harmful to the liver and the marks normally disappear.\n\nIn one case it appears the organ was already damaged and as a result did not heal itself in the normal manner, allowing the marks to be seen.\n\nMr Badenoch said it had been a \"highly unusual and complex case, both within the expert medical testimony served by both sides and in law.\"\n\nHe said what Bramhall had done was not isolated and required \"some skill and concentration\".\n\n\"It was done in the presence of colleagues,\" he said.\n\nHis actions were carried out \"with a disregard for the feelings of unconscious patients\", the prosecutor added.\n\nBramhall resigned after a disciplinary hearing with University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust in May 2014.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after his suspension he admitted he had made \"a mistake\".", "Clockwise from top left: Ellis and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, Robbie Meerun, Anthony Armour and Darnell Harte\n\nA 15-year-old boy has admitted causing the deaths of five people who were killed when the stolen car they were in hit a tree in Leeds.\n\nEllis, 12, and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, died along with Darnell Harte, 15, Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, both 24, in the crash on 25 November.\n\nThe boy, who cannot be named, appeared at Leeds Crown Court by video link.\n\nHe pleaded guilty to five counts of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nThe three boys and two men died when the Renault Clio they were in crashed into a tree in Stonegate Road, Meanwood, at 21:55 GMT.\n\nThe stolen car hit a tree on Stonegate Road in Meanwood\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said the car had been stolen in the Headingley area of the city hours earlier.\n\nA force spokesman previously said officers found a scene of \"complete carnage\" when they arrived at the crash site on a residential street about three miles north of Leeds city centre.\n\nThe boy was remanded in custody for reports to be prepared ahead of sentencing, which is expected to take place on 26 January.\n\nFloral tributes were placed close to the scene in the days after the crash\n\nSix people were in the car when it crashed on 25 November\n\nDuring the 20-minute hearing, several people in the public gallery wept as the guilty pleas were entered.\n\nJudge Peter Collier QC, the Recorder of Leeds, told the boy a custodial term was \"inevitable\" and he was warned to expect a lengthy sentence.\n\nInquests into the deaths were opened and adjourned at Wakefield Coroner's Court on Monday.\n\nThe Renault Clio struck a tree at speed, causing car parts to be strewn over the road and pavement\n\nPolice closed the road for several hours to allow forensic investigations to be carried out\n\nDavid Holderness, from the Crown Prosecution Service, described the incident as a \"truly shocking crime\".\n\nHe said: \"The defendant acted in a supremely dangerous way, driving erratically and at great speed in a residential area.\n\n\"Tragically his victims paid the price of the driver's utter irresponsibility with their lives.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rupert Murdoch with his third wife, Jerry Hall\n\nWalt Disney is close to confirming a deal to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for about $60bn, reports say.\n\nThe sale would include the 20th Century Fox film studio and the Sky and Star satellite broadcasters in the UK, Europe and Asia.\n\nDisney was left as the front runner after Comcast, the NBC owner, dropped out of the race on Monday.\n\nThe Financial Times said talks about the price were continuing on Tuesday.\n\nCNBC reported that Fox and Disney were on a \"glide path\" for an announcement on Thursday, according to people familiar with the negotiations.\n\nThe Murdoch family was said to favour a deal with Disney because it would rather be paid in the entertainment giant's shares than Comcast stock.\n\nA deal with Disney could also face fewer US regulatory hurdles, although it is extremely unlikely to be waved through.\n\nAlso in question is what will happen to 21st Century Fox's bid to buy the 61% of Sky that it does not already own.\n\nThe deal is already under scrutiny by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is expected to publish its provisional findings in January.\n\nIt is not clear whether Disney will continue with the takeover if it buys the 39% stake from 21st Century Fox as part of the wider transaction.\n\nMatthew Horsman, analyst at Mediatique, told Variety magazine that the CMA is likely to continue probing the deal. \"They've done all the work. I'm pretty sure they're going to announce a decision,\" he said.\n\nHow 21st Century Fox fits into the Murdoch empire\n\nThe assets being sold by Fox include its FX and National Geographic cable channels, 22 regional US sports networks and the company's stake in the Hulu streaming platform in the US.\n\nIt would also add to Disney's extensive film and television library, with movies such as Avatar and Deadpool, as well as small screen hits including The Simpsons and Modern Family.\n\nThe Fox broadcast network, Fox News and Fox Sports would remain under the Murdochs' control.\n\nAs well as its film studio, Disney also owns the ESPN sports network and cable channels.\n\nMr Murdoch's decision to sell most of Fox has surprised many commentators given his desire to continually expand his media empire over the past five decades.\n\nTalks were understood to have been held between the two companies in November but did not result in an agreement.\n\nShares in Disney rose 0.5% in New York on Tuesday, valuing the company at $162bn, while 21st Century Fox added 1%, valuing it at $62.6bn.\n\nFox shares have jumped by close to a third over the past three months.", "Meghan Markle will spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Queen and other senior members of the Royal Family, Kensington Palace has confirmed.\n\nMs Markle and Prince Harry, who announced their engagement last month, are expected to attend the traditional Christmas Day church service on the Queen's private estate in Norfolk.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will also spend Christmas Day there.\n\nThe prince and American Ms Markle are due to marry in May next year.\n\nIt is tradition for the Royal Family to attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church on 25 December.\n\nThe Royal Family will gather for Christmas lunch at Sandringham House\n\nTypically, hundreds of well-wishers gather along the route to the church to catch a glimpse of the Queen and other royals.\n\nSome of the younger members of the family speak to the public and receive bouquets of flowers.\n\nLater, they all return to Sandringham House for Christmas lunch, before watching the Queen's Christmas Day address in the afternoon.\n\nIn step with German tradition, the family exchanges presents on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas Day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A married couple have been jailed for planning a terror attack in Birmingham.\n\nUmmarayiat Mirza, 21, and his wife Madihah Taheer, 22, were sentenced to 16 years and 10 years respectively.\n\nAn intelligence operation had led to Mirza's arrest at gunpoint in March. Woolwich Crown Court head the couple, from Birmingham, had been planning a knife attack and had looked at targets, including the city's central synagogue.\n\nMirza's sister, Zainub, was jailed for 30 months for sharing propaganda.\n\nMirza was thought to have been planning a rampage for just days after the Westminster Bridge attack.\n\nHis wife had brought him a large knife and the couple had fantasised about a life in the territories of the so-called Islamic State.\n\nHe had pleaded guilty to preparing terrorist acts while Taheer was convicted of the same charge.\n\nZainub Mirza admitted five counts of disseminating terrorist publications by sending her brother IS videos on social media.\n\nPassing sentence, Judge Christopher Kinch QC said Ummarayiat Mirza had made \"inexorable progress\" from enthusiasm for terrorism acts to training, sourcing of a weapon and researching a target.\n\nHis 16-year term comes with an additional five years on licence, during which he could be returned to jail if he reoffends.\n\nMadihah Taheer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.\n\nHe described the case as a \"personal tragedy\" for Taheer as the trial began when her first child was only five months old but said she had been a willing partner at every stage of the plan.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nChris Froome is facing questions after returning an \"adverse\" drugs test at the Vuelta a Espana.\n\nThe Team Sky rider had double the allowed level of legal asthma drug Salbutamol in his urine.\n\nCycling's world governing body the UCI wants more details from the team but says Froome is not suspended.\n\nThe Briton, 32, says he increased his dosage but it was within the legal limits and the UCI is \"absolutely right\" to ask questions.\n\nFroome says he took his team doctor's advice to up his inhaler use after his asthma symptoms got worse during the Vuelta.\n\nHe became the first Briton to win the three-week race around Spain and it followed his Tour de France victory in July.\n\nHe was notified of the \"adverse analytical finding\" on 20 September 2017.\n\nThe urine test, taken on 7 September, showed levels of the drug, Salbutamol, which is commonly taken for asthma, were at 2,000 nanograms per millilitre (ng/ml).\n\nThat compares to the World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada) threshold of 1,000 ng/ml.\n• None 'The ambiguity in this is huge' - special BeSpoke podcast\n\nThe use of Salbutamol is permitted, without the need of a therapeutic use exemption (TUE), but only within certain doses.\n\nNo other samples taken from Froome during the race needed further examination.\n\nThe organising body of Vuelta said it will \"await the UCI's official conclusions\" before any further action, adding its position is one of \"extreme caution, as it hopes for this issue to be resolved as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThe information has only come to light following a Team Sky statement on Wednesday, issued on the back of recent media reports.\n\nThe UCI also published details of its investigation on Wednesday.\n\nThe UCI says analysis of Froome's A and B samples shows levels which exceed the limit.\n\nTeam Sky insist the rider inhaled no more than the permissible dose.\n\nFroome, who has suffered with asthma since childhood, says he welcomed the investigation.\n\n\"It is well known that I have asthma and I know exactly what the rules are. I use an inhaler to manage my symptoms (always within the permissible limits) and I know for sure that I will be tested every day I wear the race leader's jersey.\n\n\"My asthma got worse at the Vuelta so I followed the team doctor's advice to increase my Salbutamol dosage. As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose.\n\n\"I take my leadership position in my sport very seriously. The UCI is absolutely right to examine test results and, together with the team, I will provide whatever information it requires.\"\n\nTeam Sky boss Dave Brailsford said they are co-operating fully with the investigation.\n\n\"There are complex medical and physiological issues which affect the metabolism and excretion of Salbutamol. We're committed to establishing the facts and understanding exactly what happened on this occasion.\n\n\"I have the utmost confidence that Chris followed the medical guidance in managing his asthma symptoms, staying within the permissible dose for Salbutamol. Of course, we will do whatever we can to help address these questions.\"\n\nWhat the UCI says\n\nThe UCI says it is investigating Froome's case under organisation's anti-doping rules.\n\n\"The anti-doping control was planned and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the UCI, in charge of defining and implementing the anti-doping strategy in cycling.\n\n\"The analysis of the B sample has confirmed the results of the rider's A sample and the proceedings are being conducted in line with the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.\n\n\"As a matter of principle, and whilst not required by the World Anti-Doping Code, the UCI systematically reports potential anti-doping rule violations via its website when a mandatory provisional suspension applies.\n\n\"Pursuant to Article 7.9.1. of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the presence of a Specified Substance such as Salbutamol in a sample does not result in the imposition of such mandatory provisional suspension against the rider.\"\n\nLast week former UCI chief Brian Cookson said Team Sky should have its reputation \"reinstated\" following unproven doping allegations and questions over its use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) - permission to use otherwise-banned substances when there is a proven medical need.\n\n\"I don't think anyone should be surprised when a professional sports team pushes the rules right to the very limit,\" Cookson said.\n\nIn November, UK Anti-Doping completed its investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at Team Sky and British Cycling.\n\nThe 14-month inquiry was looking into claims a 'mystery' medical package delivered for Sir Bradley Wiggins at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2011.\n\nUkad said it had been \"unable\" to prove the package contained a banned substance.\n\nWiggins had sought TUEs to use banned anti-inflammatory drug triamcinoclone for allergies and respiratory issues before the 2011 Tour de France, his 2012 Tour win and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.\n\nWiggins, British Cycling and Team Sky always denied any wrongdoing.\n\nLike Wiggins, Froome was named in leaked medical records by the Russian hackers Fancy Bears as one of the athletes to use TUEs during competition.\n\nThe documents claimed he was given the exemption for the asthma drug prednisolone in May 2013 and April 2014.\n\nEarlier this year, the rider admitted he rejected a TUE for his asthma during his Tour de France win in 2015.\n\nWhat now for Froome?\n\nThe greatest cyclist in the world and arguably Britain's most successful current sports star - now faces a fight to salvage his reputation. Such has been Froome's domination of his sport, and his use of medication to treat his asthma, he has repeatedly been forced to insist he is clean, and infamously faced abuse from some roadside spectators during the 2015 Tour de France. He has also been a vocal critic of \"abuse\" of TUEs.\n\nSome observers have made the point that Froome made no mention or seemed to show any signs of \"acute asthma symptoms\" or illness during the Vuelta. Some are also surprised at Froome's announcement two weeks ago that he was riding next summer's Giro d'Italia when he privately knew that this situation could mean he may be banned for the race. But others will remain confident and hopeful that he can satisfactorily explain the elevated levels of Salbutamol, and continue his lucrative career that has earned him a £4million a year contract with Team Sky. Certainly, there will be much at stake when the UCI rules.\n\nThis could also be yet another blow to Team Sky too. Already under pressure over their use of TUEs, last month a UK Anti-Doping investigation into a mystery delivery to former rider Sir Bradley Wiggins concluded, but made clear that a lack of medical records meant that there was no evidence to back up the team's version of events.\n\nThat episode was damaging enough, but this could be much, much worse. Not just for Froome and his team, but for the whole of the sport too.\n\nWhat about previous Salbutamol use in cycling?\n\nItalian rider Diego Ulissi got a nine-month ban in 2014 for having 1920ng/ml in his test results.\n\nHis countryman Alessandro Petacchi was banned for a year for a reading of 1320ng/ml in 2007.\n\nBut riders have also been able to successfully explain adverse analytic findings. Leonardo Piepoli avoided a ban in 2007.\n\nShould Froome not be able to similarly successfully explain the anomaly, he could be stripped of his Vuelta title and may be unable to ride in May's Giro d'Italia - as he seeks to become just the third rider to win three successive Grand Tours - or defend his Tour de France title in July.\n\nAccording to the NHS, Salbutamol is used to relieve symptoms of asthma such as coughing, wheezing and feeling breathless.\n\nIt works by relaxing the muscles of the airways into the lungs which makes it easier to breathe.\n\nSalbutamol comes in an inhaler, which is usually blue.\n\nIf people are unable to use an inhaler, Salbutamol can be given as tablets, capsules or syrup.\n\nWada introduced strict dosage regulations for 2017 for several asthma drugs - including Salbutamol - over concerns about the increase in use among athletes.\n\nSeveral medical studies have suggested there is no enhancement in performance for an athlete inhaling Salbutamol.\n\nDr Tom Bassindale, an anti-doping scientist at Sheffield Hallam University, now expects Froome to have laboratory tests to try to explain the abnormal result.\n\n\"The regulations allow the athlete to go through a controlled experiment where he will replicate the dosage taken and try so show why his body might have a different physiological make-up which gave the result,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\nBut he said he was surprised that such a common drug as Salbutamol had caused this issue.\n\n\"I wouldn't anticipate a few extra puffs on an inhaler would have any performance-enhancing effect,\" he added.\n\n\"The drug can have similar effects to drinking coffee - your heart beats faster, it can give you a quick boost like caffeine.\"\n\nDr Bassindale said there are a number of reasons why the test result could have been so high - but the main explanation in athletes would be dehydration.\n\n\"When the body is dehydrated, it can increase the concentration of the drug in the system,\" he said.\n\n\"Hours out riding a bike through the mountains might have that effect. But, having said that, Froome has been a professional athlete for some time and hasn't had any issue like this before.\"\n\nWhy do so many elite athletes have asthma?\n\nTop athletes are more likely to have asthma than the general population.\n\nThis is down to the large volumes of air they breathe in through their mouths when exercising at high intensity over long periods of time.\n\nWhen the air is cold and dry, this can trigger asthma-related symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest, also known as exercise-induced asthma. Cyclists are particularly at risk because of the high aerobic element of the sport. Air pollution getting into the airways out on the road can also be a trigger.\n\nResearch suggests that around 35-40% of British Olympic cyclists use an inhaler, compared with 21% of the Olympic team as a whole and 9% of the general population.\n\nIf asthma is already diagnosed in elite athletes, then intensive exercise can make it worse - but if it is properly treated, the condition should not prove a disadvantage.", "Facebook says its investigation into Russian attempts to influence the Brexit vote has determined the activity amounted to just three adverts.\n\nTwitter says its own inquiry has linked six ads promoting referendum-related content on its platform to Russian sources.\n\nThe Electoral Commission had asked the social media giants for the data.\n\nBut an MP who had also demanded the review has said he is dissatisfied with Facebook's response.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFacebook said it had looked into activity by accounts and pages it had previously tied to a Russian organisation called the Internet Research Agency.\n\nIt said the Brexit ads had cost less than $1 (75p) in total to post, and had reached no more than 200 UK-based viewers over four days.\n\nThe Kremlin has previously denied trying to meddle in the referendum.\n\nAn earlier investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 US presidential election found more than $100,000 had been spent on 3,000 Facebook adverts, placed by the Internet Research Agency.\n\nIn January, the US Director of National Intelligence identified the same agency as a vehicle for spreading misinformation.\n\nIn a letter to the Electoral Commission, Facebook said: \"We strongly support the commission's efforts to regulate and enforce political campaign finance rules in the United Kingdom, and we take the commission's request very seriously.\"\n\nBut Damian Collins, MP and chair of the digital, culture and media select committee was not impressed.\n\n\"Facebook responded only with regards to funded advertisements to audiences in the UK from the around 470 accounts and pages run by the Russian based Internet Research Agency, which had been active during the US Presidential election.\n\n\"It would appear that no work has been done by Facebook to look for Russian activity around the EU referendum, other than from funded advertisements from those accounts that had already been identified as part of the US Senate's investigation.\n\n\"No work has been done by Facebook to look for other fake accounts and pages that could be linked to Russian-backed agencies and which were active during the EU referendum, as I requested.\"\n\nTwitter later issued its own response to the Electoral Commission.\n\n\"Among the accounts that we have previously identified as likely funded from Russian sources, we have thus far identified one account - @RT_com - which promoted referendum-related content during the regulated period,\" it said.\n\nThe account in question is run by the state-funded broadcaster RT, formerly known as Russia Today.\n\nTwitter added that a total of $1,031.99 had been spent on six referendum-related ads during the campaign.\n\nIn a speech in November, the prime minister accused Russia of spreading fake news, meddling in elections and mounting a sustained campaign of cyber-espionage.\n\nTheresa May made no specific mention of any meddling in the EU referendum, but there has been mounting pressure from politicians for an investigation into any attempts to interfere in the vote.\n\nA study by academics in the UK and US suggested that tens of thousands of Russia-based Twitter accounts, many of them apparently automated, had posted tweets about the EU vote during the campaign.", "The vouchers enable meals to be provided for homeless people\n\nMore than 20,000 pre-paid meals were bought for homeless people within 10 hours of a festive campaign being launched.\n\nItison began its fourth annual festive fundraiser for Social Bite on Tuesday.\n\nWithin 10 hours, 20,668 vouchers had been donated to help feed rough sleepers in Scotland.\n\nOn Saturday, about 9,000 spent the night in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh as part of Sleep in the Park, organised by Social Bite.\n\nJosh Littlejohn, co-founder of Social Bite, said: \"Before our first Itison fundraiser in 2014, we were a small social enterprise and often ran out of food donated through our pay-it-forward scheme, and would have to turn people away or ask them to come back later.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Organisers say Sleep in the Park was about more than raising money\n\n\"After the first Itison fundraiser ran, we were completely blown away by the response - over 32,000 vouchers were donated, allowing us to provide meals not just on Christmas Day but right throughout the year.\n\n\"Each year it gets bigger and bigger and since it launched we've never had to turn away a single person which is just incredible.\"\n\nLast year, 75,755 vouchers were donated on Itison, allowing Social Bite to provide hot meals for homeless people throughout the year.\n\nThe food firm's Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen cafes will open their doors to serve rough sleepers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to serve dinners with all the trimmings.\n\nAll the money raised will go to Social Bite.\n\nLiam Gallagher, John Cleese and Deacon Blue performed at Sleep in the Park.\n\nOli Norman, chief executive of Itison, said: \"Around 18 of us took part in Social Bite's Sleep In The Park at the weekend and that teeny glimpse into what it's like sleeping in the freezing cold highlighted just how wrong it is that in this day in age, people are still having to sleep rough in such treacherous conditions.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Four lectures by the deceased cleric Anwar al-Awlaki were among the material found\n\nLectures by a radical Islamist cleric linked to the 9/11 attacks and other jihadist content have been discovered on LinkedIn.\n\nThe business-focused social network was alerted to the issue after an investigation by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.\n\nThe Microsoft-owned business has since removed the material.\n\nBut it faces criticism for not having taken a more proactive stance ahead of the discovery.\n\nAccording to the former prime minister's research body - whose remit includes counter-extremism - some of the documents had been on LinkedIn for eight years.\n\nThe researcher who made the discovery, earlier this month, said there had been no obvious way to flag the problem to the technology company, and ultimately relied on the Times newspaper to bring it to Microsoft's attention.\n\n\"Platforms must ensure that sufficient, effective reporting mechanisms are in place,\" Mubaraz Ahmed told the BBC.\n\n\"The likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Google have taken demonstrable and effective steps to counter terrorists' use of the internet, but other platforms must not ignore the risks or become complacent.\"\n\nA total of 18 jihadist documents uploaded between 2009 and 2016 were discovered by Mr Ahmed on LinkedIn's Slideshare service.\n\nSlideshare allows LinkedIn members to show each other documents and presentations\n\nBefore they were removed, they had collectively attracted more than 21,000 views.\n\nThe authors included Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American cleric who met two of the 11 September 2001 hijackers before their attack, as well as being linked to other plots before his death in 2011.\n\nThey also featured Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Syrian-born preacher who once lived in the UK and has claimed to have helped radicalise one of the killers of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.\n\n\"These aren't exactly obscure [jihadist] ideologues,\" said Mr Ahmed.\n\nMicrosoft is a member of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, which was set up in June to co-ordinate how technology companies tackle extremist content posted to their sites.\n\nBritish politicians are currently considering following Germany's lead in introducing laws to fine such companies if they fail to take down extremist material fast enough.\n\n\"Where there's an audience, there's an audience for hate - LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or wherever,\" said Dr Bernie Hogan, from the Oxford Internet Institute.\n\n\"[But] it's exceedingly tricky [to police] because go too far and you trample rights.\"\n\nA spokesman for LinkedIn said it did provide a way for the public to report concerns, but acknowledged that it might need to make this clearer.\n\n\"We do not tolerate or permit activity on our site that violates our terms of service, including hate speech, violence and threats,\" he said.\n\n\"Within Slideshare, a Report Content option is present on the statistics tab of each presentation.\n\n\"We will review the placement of the reporting function to ensure it is more easily found. We are grateful for this issue being brought to our attention.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Samuel Armstrong has claimed what happened took place with \"full consent\"\n\nA woman who claims she was raped by an MP's chief of staff in Westminster gave the story to journalists hours after the alleged attack, a jury has heard.\n\nSamuel Armstrong, of Danbury, Essex, denies two charges of rape and two of sexual assault on 14 October 2016.\n\nSouthwark Crown Court heard the woman sent a message to her boyfriend.\n\n\"Keeping you in the loop. I've given it to Harry Cole who works for the Sun. It will either be in the Mail on Sunday or the Sun front page on Monday,\" it said.\n\nJurors were told the message was sent 15 hours after the alleged assault, and a later message said: \"The media already knew so this is my way of controlling it to ensure I get a sympathetic writer.\"\n\nWhen Sarah Forshaw QC, defending, asked the woman, a parliamentary worker in her 20s, about the messages, she insisted she did not sell the story and explained it had been a friend who spoke to the Sun.\n\nShe said: \"I really didn't want my identity to come out and it was a state where I had absolutely no control in the event, so I wanted a little bit of control.\"\n\nThe court has heard claims the attack happened in the early hours in the Westminster office of South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay after the woman fell asleep there after a night drinking.\n\nThe woman said Mr Armstrong, 24, of Copt Hill, called her a \"bitch\" and raped her twice after she turned down an invitation to go back to his flat in Clapham, south London.\n\nIt is claimed the attack happened in the Westminster office of South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay\n\nMs Forshaw suggested the woman became distressed when she tried to leave Westminster after having consensual sex with Mr Armstrong.\n\n\"When it was over you were not upset with him at all, were you?\" she asked.\n\nBut the woman answered: \"Yes - I was completely confused and devastated in the truest sense of that word.\"\n\nThe woman admitted sending a request to Mr Armstrong to follow him on Twitter in September 2017 but said it was an accident.\n\nMs Forshaw suggested to the victim she had told a lie at the time, but once she had told it she couldn't take it back, and the woman told her she was \"incorrect\".\n\nThe defence lawyer also put it to her that everything that happened in Mr Mackinlay's office was with her consent, but the woman answered: \"No, absolutely not.\"\n\nMr Armstrong's defence lawyer suggested the woman became distressed as she left\n\nThe court has heard the pair were at the sports and social bar on the evening of 13 October, before they went to the roof garden terrace to see Big Ben.\n\nJurors heard they later went to the leader's terrace in the Lords' office to drink wine, before taking a bottle back to Mr Mackinlay's office in the Norman Shaw building.\n\nThe court heard suggestions the pair mutually kissed as they danced to jazz music in the office, before they had consensual sex - a claim the woman denied.\n\nShe also denied a suggestion she had swept papers on to the floor so they could continue on a desk.\n\nMs Forshaw said to the woman: \"Far from being unhappy during this sexual encounter, you and he were chatting during sex?\"\n\nThe defence barrister asked the woman if she remembered Mr Armstrong saying something like \"how does the size suit the lady?\" - but the alleged victim replied \"no\".\n\nMs Forshaw added: \"You said that it suited you well. Do you remember that?\"\n\nThe woman again replied: \"No.\"\n\nJurors heard from cleaner Vincent Ble who said the woman was \"shaking and crying\" when he saw her.\n\nHe said she held on to him while his manager called the police.\n\nAnd the jury heard the phone call made on the parliamentary network in which the sobbing woman told an officer she was \"forced upon\", before she added: \"I got taken back, I don't know.... and I've just had sex and I really, really didn't want to.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Donald Tusk said the EU needed to show \"unity\" in the next phase of talks\n\nThe UK and the EU face a \"furious race against time\" to finalise Brexit talks before March 2019, the head of the European Council says.\n\nDonald Tusk urged EU leaders to show unity as they try to negotiate what the future relationship will look like and to set up transitional arrangements.\n\nThe EU is set to agree this week that enough progress has been made so far to move on from the first phase of talks.\n\nThe UK has been told not to \"backtrack\" on last week's divorce deal.\n\nThe comment from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier came after UK Brexit Secretary David Davis suggested the divorce agreement unveiled by Theresa May amounted to a \"statement of intent\" rather than a binding agreement.\n\nMr Davis - the UK's Brexit secretary - said he was quoted out of context.\n\nBut European Parliament negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said the \"unacceptable remarks\" would harm \"good faith\" in the process.\n\nThe UK is set to leave the EU in March 2019, two years after Mrs May served formal notice of Brexit.\n\nBoth sides hope to finalise a deal by October 2018 on the future relationship, including trade, so the UK and European Parliaments have time to vote on it before the UK leaves.\n\nIn his formal letter on Tuesday inviting leaders to this week's EU summit, Mr Tusk told the 27 member states: \"This will be a furious race against time, where again our unity will be key.\"\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Davis said guarantees on the Northern Ireland border - included in a joint EU-UK report published on Friday - were not legally binding unless the two sides reached a final deal.\n\nBut he told LBC Radio on Monday they would be honoured whatever happened.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said the first-phase deal on the Northern Ireland border, the divorce bill and citizens' rights did not strictly have the force of law.\n\n\"But we see the joint report of Michel Barnier and David Davis as a deal between gentlemen and it is the clear understanding that it is fully backed and endorsed by the UK government.\"\n\nThe Brexit secretary's comments at the weekend about the legality of what's been agreed so far between the UK and the EU have been widely noted in Brussels, and a handful of member states have brought them up with me.\n\n\"To say we are annoyed is putting it too strongly, though,\" said one diplomat. \"This is the sort of stuff we expected,\" said another. \"It's never good when someone questions an agreement 24 hours after it was done,\" a third official suggested.\n\nThis forms the backdrop to the discussion taking place among EU ministers about the European Council's draft guidelines for Phase 2 of the Brexit talks.\n\nBut it is not clear if it will lead to any changes to the draft text that will be discussed by leaders on Friday morning. The document already states in its first paragraph that progress in phase 2 of the talks is contingent on commitments from phase 1 being kept.\n\nMr Verhofstadt has tabled two amendments for MEPs to debate on Wednesday, one of which says Mr Davis's comments risk undermining \"the good faith that has been built during the negotiations\".\n\nAnother amendment calls on Britain to \"fully respect\" last week's Brexit deal and ensure it is \"fully translated\" into a draft Withdrawal Agreement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Guy Verhofstadt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd at a press conference in Brussels, he said the UK must \"stick to its commitments\" and put them into a draft Withdrawal Agreement \"as soon as possible\" if there is to be progress in the second phase of talks.\n\nMr Davis replied with two tweets of his own, promising to work with Mr Verhofstadt to allay his concerns:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by David Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by David Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe European Parliament gets a formal vote on the final Brexit deal but it has also been holding debates and issuing resolutions throughout the process to make its voice heard.\n\nMr Verhofstadt has introduced the amendments alongside the leaders of four other European Parliament political groups.\n• None May: Brexit deal 'good news' for everybody", "British armed forces veterans could have their driving licences stamped with a \"V\", as part of plans to improve the recognition of their service.\n\nThe move, similar to a US scheme, could see 2.5 million ex-military personnel issued with the new licence to \"clearly distinguish\" them as veterans.\n\nThe card would give holders easier access to specialist services and to offers, including retail discounts.\n\nPM Theresa May said veterans deserved \"recognition for their sacrifice\".\n\nThe scheme, to be announced by the prime minister later, could be implemented in the early 2020s.\n\nMrs May will say the card will be the first universally recognised ID for veterans in the UK and will create a new proof of service for veterans.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence is working with the Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to adapt the design of the current driving licence.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Theresa May This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Theresa May\n\nThe idea came from Veterans Minister Tobias Ellwood, who said it would improve the recognition of veterans.\n\nThe Conservative MP for Bournemouth East said: \"As a former soldier, I am aware of the personal attachment with the service ID.\n\n\"Carried at all times it becomes symbolic of the responsibility and there is a strange sense of loss when upon departing the armed forces, it is taken from you.\n\n\"I'm delighted this initiative, which sits in the Armed Forces Covenant, will help us all better recognise our veterans and their service to our country.\"\n\nDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson said he hoped the card would become \"a badge of honour\" for veterans.\n\n\"I hope this ID will become a badge of honour for the veteran community,\" he added.\n\nThe proposed scheme is similar to one in the US, where ex-service personnel receive a veterans' card containing their names, photo and details of medals.\n\nThe card is also used to access some healthcare benefits.\n• None Not enough help on jobs for veterans", "Household water bills in England and Wales will fall by between £15 and £25 a year from 2020 to 2025, the regulator Ofwat has pledged.\n\nA forthcoming price review will give water companies less wiggle room to recover the costs of debt and equity from customers, the regulator said.\n\nOfwat was criticised by an influential government committee in 2016 for overestimating water firms' costs.\n\nWater UK, said it was a \"tough challenge from Ofwat\".\n\nConsumers can look forward to a real terms fall in water bills, Ofwat said.\n\nSince privatisation in 1989, water bills have risen above inflation by about 40%, leading to a debate about whether privatisation works for that industry.\n\nThe regulator's chief executive, Cathryn Ross, told the BBC: \"We have an early view on the financing costs that we're going to enable companies to recover from their customers.\n\n\"That's the biggest single driver of the bill. Financing costs are about a third of the average bill.\"\n\nShe said those financing costs for water companies had come down from 3.74% in 2014 to 2.4% now, and that difference can be passed on to customers.\n\nBut companies are allowed to add the cost of inflation on to bills.\n\nSo from 2020, customers will be paying less than they would have been paying had the price controls not been set at that level by Ofwat, but there may not be an actual, noticeable fall in the bill.\n\nMichael Roberts, Chief Executive of Water UK, said Ofwat's review would be \"tougher for some companies than others\".\n\nHowever, he added: \" The industry has a strong track record in providing customers with a world class product and service.\n\n\"We've cut bills, increased help for the less well-off, and reduced leakage by a third, and we are committed to achieving even more for customers in the future.\"\n\nThe final Ofwat price review will be published in 2019.\n\nJeremy Corbyn has a simple remedy for the perceived excessive profits and underperformance of water companies - nationalisation.\n\nOfwat's answer is not so easily digestible - 260 pages of dense regulatorese, full of catchy concepts like the \"weighted average cost of capital for appointee companies\".\n\nThe headline savings promised, just £15 to £25 a year from an average bill in the five years from 2020, will also not set many hearts racing.\n\nOfwat's problem is that the companies it regulates have by and large prospered despite its successive attempts to crack down on returns.\n\nSevern Trent, the largest quoted water company - one that has shares listed on the stock exchange - has promised its shareholders dividends of inflation plus 4% for the foreseeable future, an astonishing return for what is a low-risk utility stock.\n\nOfwat needs to find a much sharper tool if its solution, rather than Mr Corbyn's, is to catch the public imagination.\n\nMs Ross said nationalisation would be a political decision, but that since privatisation, water firms had invested £140bn.\n\n\"There has to be a question about whether government would do that if that were to land on the public balance sheet, but of course, government can borrow more cheaply,\" she said.\n\nIn a price review, Ofwat looks at the costs of financing that water firms face; the costs of service, such as how much it costs to transport water or treat it; and it looks at how water firms can improve their service.\n\nIn 2016, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said Ofwat had consistently overestimated water companies' costs.\n\nMs Ross said the regulator had taken a view in 2009 of what the financing costs would be, and \"actually the financing costs were a lot lower than that, and that's really why the MPs were criticising us\".\n\n\"We've taken that on board, and that's why today... we're taking a tougher line,\" she added.\n\nThe Consumer Council for Water, a watchdog, said an Ofwat decision to get rid of a cap on rewards for beating performance targets \"could open the door to bill instability\" after 2019.\n\nTony Smith, the watchdog's chief executive, said: \"This could hand companies an opportunity to claw back some of the money they would be unable to get through lower financing costs and it could lead to bill increases which many customers view as rewards for doing the day job.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Trump had urged supporters to vote for Mr Moore\n\nFor Roy Moore it looks like the next time he saddles up his horse it will be to ride off into the sunset.\n\nThe maverick Christian conservative who enjoyed the full-throated support of Steve Bannon, the slightly-more-tempered endorsement of Donald Trump and the outright antipathy of certain sections of the GOP, has failed in the reddest of red states. So how much should be read into this defeat?\n\nNeedless to say - and understandably - most of the attention will fall on the humiliation this represents to Donald Trump, but the bigger loser is his erstwhile White House head of strategy Steve Bannon. Alabama was to be the Petri dish for next November's mid-term elections.\n\nAlabama would show that rabble-rousing, right-wing, anti-establishment, swamp-draining insurgents could take on the Republican Party grandees in primary races and then cruise to victory afterwards in the main election against the Democrats.\n\nRoy Moore's (R) defeat is a blow to Steve Bannon (L) and his insurgent campaign\n\nWell Mr Bannon got one out of two. Yes, Roy Moore beat Luther Strange to win the Republican nomination - but he lost where it mattered. And that is calamitous for Mr Bannon.\n\nThis is a result where you can be sure the Republican establishment will be savouring a Bannon defeat almost as much as the Democrats are rubbing their eyes in wonderment at their victory.\n\nMr Bannon, the self-declared Leninist wanting to rip down the walls of the establishment, looks a weaker man today. Not finished by any means, but certainly undermined.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What the Alabama upset will mean for Donald Trump's agenda\n\nDonald Trump, aside from finding himself on the losing side - which his opponents will revel in - will now find getting legislation through the Senate much more difficult. There will now be 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats.\n\nIt means the awkward squad in the GOP now have much more leverage over legislation. Senators Flake and Corker, who are standing down and loathe Donald Trump, will need to be courted rather than abused by the president. Those of a more liberal bent might seek to rein in the president's more far-reaching proposals.\n\nMr Trump's gut instinct got him the Republican nomination against all the odds and won him the presidential election.\n\nBut on Alabama he's now found himself on the losing side - twice. First backing Luther Strange and then, after he lost, getting behind - and more importantly sticking with - Roy Moore even when it became clear he was a political liability after repeated allegations of sexual abuse against teenage girls emerged.\n\nWhy this matters is that for two years now Donald Trump seems to have defied the laws of political gravity. Say what you like, insult who you like, do what you like, and when Newton's Law is suspended no harm will come to you.\n\nBut suddenly this president is no longer operating in a weightless environment. He has tumbled to earth with a bump. This is important. When someone seems invincible but turns out to be mortal after all, it will affect how your friends and enemies approach you. They might become less fearful.\n\nThe Democrats still have plenty of problems that need addressing\n\nNow let's say a word about the real winners in all this, the Democrats. After a dreadful 18 months they have a victory to crow about. They have won in Alabama. Alabama, for goodness sake. Surely this is the platform for sweeping the board at the mid-terms! Taking back control of Congress. A hammer blow to the Trump presidency.\n\nAll I would say to that is - steady. This was not a decisive vote for Democratic Party politics, this was a referendum on Roy Moore.\n\nAnd given the accusations against him, and given the number of prominent people who came out to say they had no reason to disbelieve his female accusers (the president's daughter, Ivanka, the Senate majority leader, the House Speaker to name but three), Mr Moore ran Doug Jones incredibly close.\n\nAnd what is it the Democrats stand for? Are they the party of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? What is their distinct economic message? How do they win back the blue collar workers (and a lot of other groups besides who went over to Donald Trump in 2016)?\n\nThe Democrats are right to bask in their success today. Why wouldn't you? But the problems that led them to lose in November 2016 have not gone away with their astonishing victory in Alabama.", "How a baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Against the odds: The story of baby Vanellope\n\nA baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.\n\nVanellope Hope Wilkins, who has no breastbone, was delivered three weeks ago by Caesarean section.\n\nShe has had three operations to place her heart back in her chest.\n\nThe condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few cases per million births, of which most are stillborn.\n\nThe hospital says it knows of no other case in the UK where the baby has survived.\n\nHer parents, Naomi Findlay, 31, and Dean Wilkins, 43, from Nottingham, say Vanellope is \"a real fighter\".\n\nNaomi said: \"It was a real shock when the ultrasound showed that her heart was outside her chest and scary because we didn't know what would happen.\"\n\nThe couple paid for a blood test which showed there were no chromosomal abnormalities and that made them determined to continue with the pregnancy.\n\nDean added: \"We were advised to have a termination and that the chances of survival were next to none - no-one believed she was going to make it except us.\"\n\nNaomi said having a termination was \"not something she could do\".\n\n\"To see, even at nine weeks, a heartbeat - no matter where it was. It was not something I was going to take away.\n\n\"In a way her strength gave me a strength to keep going,\" she added.\n\nVanellope had been due on Christmas eve but was delivered by Caesarean section on 22 November in order to reduce the chances of infection and damage to the heart.\n\nThere were around 50 medical staff present including obstetricians, heart surgeons, anaesthetists, neonatologists and midwives.\n\nMinutes after her birth, Vanellope's chest was covered with a sterile bag to keep her heart moist and reduce the risk of infection\n\nWithin 50 minutes of birth, the baby was undergoing the first of three operations to put her heart back inside the body.\n\nIn the most recent surgery, Vanellope's own skin was used to cover the hole in her chest.\n\nFrances Bu'Lock, consultant paediatric cardiologist, said: \"Before she was born things looked very bleak but now they are quite a lot better - Vanellope is doing really well and has proved very resilient.\n\n\"In the future we may be able to put in some internal bony protection for her heart - perhaps using 3D printing or something organic that would grow with her.\"\n\nA handful of children in the United States have also survived this condition.\n\nAmong them is Audrina Cardenas who was born in Texas in October 2012.\n\nShe also had surgery to place her heart back inside her chest and was sent home after three months.\n\nAudrina was given a protective plastic shield to cover her chest.\n\nGlenfield Hospital says Vanellope still faces \"a long road ahead\" - the major risk being infection.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baby born with heart outside body goes home\n\nThe next step is to take her off a ventilator, which is being used to aid her recovery from surgery.\n\nDean Wilkins said: \"She defying everything - it's beyond a miracle.\"\n\nThe couple named Vanellope after a character in the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\".\n\nNaomi said: \"Vanellope in the film is a real fighter and at the end turns into a princess so we thought it was fitting.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eartha Pond has made the final 50 in a competition for the world's best teacher\n\nA London teacher who raised £100,000 for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire and who plays top-level football has been named in the top 50 shortlist for the annual Global Teacher Prize.\n\nEartha Pond is a finalist in the $1m (£750,000) teaching competition.\n\nThe PE teacher, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur Ladies, is assistant vice-principal at the Crest Academy in Neasden, north-west London.\n\nShe says it's great to see the value of teachers' work being recognised.\n\nThe teachers in the final 50 are from 33 countries, in a competition run by the Varkey Foundation with the aim of raising the status of the teaching profession.\n\nMs Pond, who trained as a teacher six years ago, has helped to run Girls Allowed clubs in schools, encouraging young women to take part in sport.\n\nAs a footballer she played for Chelsea and Arsenal before signing for Spurs - and in teaching she has also been a top performer, with a strong record in results in sports qualifications.\n\nAs a teacher, she says \"every day is a lesson\". And combining teaching with football, she says can feel like trying to live the lives of two people.\n\nShe lives close to the site of the Grenfell Tower fire - and says that when she saw what had happened she began to raise funds.\n\n\"I hoped to raise £5,000,\" she said. But in the end she collected £80,000 and then a school's sports day and support from local businesses took the total to £100,000.\n\n\"It's my community, it was a natural reaction, my people needed help,\" she says of the efforts to support survivors.\n\nMs Pond is one of four teachers from the UK in the top 50, in a shortlist drawn from more than 30,000 nominations.\n\nThe winner will be presented next year with their prize at a ceremony in Dubai.\n\nLast year's winner was Maggie MacDonnell, who teaches at a remote village school in the Canadian Arctic and who has campaigned about the problem of youth suicides in the Inuit community.\n\nThe winner was announced by a video-link with astronauts on the International Space Station and with a message from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.\n\nSunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation, congratulated the finalists and said: \"We intend to keep this momentum going as our journey continues to return teachers to their rightful position as one of the most respected professions in society.\"", "Brexit Secretary David Davis is trying to steer the EU bill through Parliament - Dominic Grieve wants to amend it\n\nAnd the prospect of defeat takes on a whole new meaning for governments who don't have majorities. In other times, it's not that unusual for governments to lose votes on amendments, take stock and then alter their legislation.\n\nIt's part of the system, however messy it gets. But Theresa May's government, without a majority of its own, has been marked by trying to avoid defeat in the Commons by folding, budging, or making new promises to avoid losing actual votes (caveat - the government has lost opposition day debates, when they have refused to vote at all, but it's a very different picture on getting their own business done).\n\nFor vulnerable governments, to lose is potentially much more dangerous than the odd defeat for governments who are secure in the level of their support.\n\nIt's in that context that the government faces a potential defeat on Wednesday on the Withdrawal Bill and must weigh up its best course of action.\n\nThe legislation has been grinding its way through the Commons for weeks. Tory rebels have threatened to vote against the government on a few different occasions.\n\nThis time however, with the rebellion led by one of the most unlikely troublemakers, the former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, they really do mean business.\n\nAnd while the government today has sought to say ministers are listening, government sources say they are looking to do what they can to make peace - as things stand tonight, it's feasible that the prime minister will be beaten in the Commons tomorrow night. Yes, a possible defeat on the eve of the European Council.\n\nThe dispute (for once!) is pretty simple. A group of Tories, including former ministers and lawyers, are demanding a legal guarantee that MPs have a chance to vote on the terms of the final Brexit deal before we leave, what they say is a vital piece of democratic oversight.\n\nYes, the government has already promised MPs a vote, but the rebels and the opposition parties want the promise to be enshrined in law as soon as possible. The government has already conceded the principle, they say, given that there is going to be another bill (yes another one) relating to the final deal.\n\nBut for now, ministers, who are listening, and the government whips frantically trying to talk the rebels down, don't want to budge or give up their resistance to the proposed change.\n\nMeanwhile Labour is pushing the Tory rebels finally to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.\n\nThe role of Labour's small band of Brexiteers will be vital too. There are suggestions that for a couple of them, the temptation to defeat the government could override their consistent positions of voting with the government on Brexit. And the sums are so finally balanced every vote will count. One of the leading rebels said \"it really may come down to the twos or threes\".\n\nA ministerial statement is expected in the morning that could contain more concessions to the rebels, or at least restate and package up the guarantees the government has already put forward.\n\nThe situation could change rapidly, with another potential rebellion melting away. But the government may well have to budge, again, if they want to avoid defeat. It might have to be Theresa May and her ministerial team who blink this time.", "Alana Spencer toasts her Apprentice victory with Lord Sugar in December last year\n\nApprentice winner Alana Spencer's cake company has had to recall almost all of its range because of health risks.\n\nFood Standards Agency investigators said Ridiculously Rich by Alana inaccurately labelled its products.\n\nSome allergens were not listed and others were \"not correctly declared\", the agency said.\n\nA spokesman for the Aberystwyth company insisted only products sold online - less than 10% of its business - had been inaccurately labelled.\n\nBut the FSA's advice to the public does not distinguish between products the company sells online or through retail and wholesale outlets.\n\nIt warned that people with an allergy to soya, egg, peanuts, wheat, barley, oats or sulphites were at risk.\n\nThe FSA identifies inaccurate labelling on seven of the eight cakes and bars currently advertised for sale on the Ridiculously Rich by Alana's website.\n\nThe one product not highlighted as a risk by the FSA - spiced apple flapjack - is sold in mixed boxes with brandy butter brownies, which are on the list.\n\nThe warning only applies to products made before 1 December this year.\n\nThe company's spokesman said it had now corrected its labelling and contacted everyone who had bought its products to invite them to return their purchases free of charge for a replacement or refund.\n\nNo-one has yet returned any products, the spokesman said. He declined to disclose the number of items sold with inaccurate labels.\n\nCoeliac UK put out an allergy warning on twitter\n\nOn its website, the FSA listed the products with inaccurate labelling and advised customers: \"If you have bought any of the above products and have allergies to soya, peanuts, nuts, eggs and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat, barley, oats (gluten), milk and/or a sensitivity to sulphites do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.\"\n\nAn FSA spokesman said it was working with the company and Ceredigion council \"to ensure that clear allergen information is available to consumers who may have purchased products with inaccurate or insufficient information.\"\n\nMs Spencer was unavailable for comment, her company's spokesman said, as she was \"filming\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"Lord Sugar was made aware of the situation immediately.\n\n\"He's spoken to Alana and is satisfied she has put the right measures in place to avoid a situation like this again.\"\n\nLord Sugar was made aware of the problem \"immediately\"\n\nMs Spencer, 25, shot to fame last year when she won BBC television's The Apprentice.\n\nHer victory in the 12th series of the show secured her a £250,000 investment and a 50/50 business partnership with Lord Sugar.\n\nThe company's range includes brownies, flapjacks and fudge cake and products cost £12.99 for a box of six.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe polls have closed in Alabama, where a firebrand Republican conservative is battling for a Senate seat against a Democrat hoping for a huge upset.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's populist brand will be tested after he backed Roy Moore, who denies allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.\n\nMuch of the Republican establishment has distanced itself from the 70-year-old former Alabama judge.\n\nThe race between Mr Moore and Democrat Doug Jones is too close to call.\n\nThe Republican candidate has said homosexual activity should be illegal and argued against removing segregationist language from the state constitution.\n\nBut it is sexual abuse claims against him by a number of women, some when they were teenagers, that have made Washington conservatives baulk.\n\nOne accuser alleges Mr Moore molested her when she was 14.\n\nThe scandal has put an Alabama Senate seat within reach of Democrats for the first time in more than two decades.\n\nElections are rarely competitive in Alabama. It's the kind of place Republicans might as well weigh their votes rather than count them, such is the party's dominance here.\n\nThis special election has upended all the normal expectations and still, at this late stage, remains too close to call.\n\nDemocrat Doug Jones can win if he manages to galvanise the black vote in cities such as Birmingham and Montgomery.\n\nRoy Moore, his Republican rival, could easily lose if those rural, white, church-going conservatives stay at home amid the allegations against him.\n\nWhatever the outcome, the repercussions will be felt beyond Alabama.\n\nIf the Republicans lose, their Senate advantage contracts to just one vote.\n\nIf they win, their candidate is likely to face months of ethics inquiries, and an outside chance of being expelled from the Senate.\n\nFor the Democrats, a win would bolster their bargaining power in Congress, and place control of the Senate within definite grasp at next year's mid-term elections.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Tuesday, the world's press were waiting as he emerged on horseback from woodland to a ballot station.\n\nHe said people should \"go out and vote their conscience\".\n\nMaking his final pitch on election eve, Mr Moore reiterated his denials, again questioning why his accusers had kept quiet for 40 years while he had held various political offices.\n\nSpeaking alongside Mr Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, in front of a crowd that chanted the president's slogan \"Drain the Swamp\", Mr Moore drew heavily from the Bible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kayla Moore: \"One of our attorneys is a Jew\"\n\n\"I want America great,\" he said, \"but I want America good and she can't be good until we go back to God.\"\n\nMr Moore was joined at Monday's rally by his wife Kayla, who said separate allegations last week that her husband was anti-Semitic were \"fake news\".\n\n\"One of our attorneys is a Jew, we have very close friends who are Jewish,\" she said.\n\nIn an automated phone message on Monday, Mr Trump's voice warned voters that his agenda would be \"stopped cold\" if Mr Moore lost.\n\nBut many other leading Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have kept arm's length from their party's candidate, or shunned him altogether.\n\nWithout mentioning Mr Moore by name, Republican former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, an African-American who grew up in Alabama, urged her home state to \"reject bigotry, sexism, and intolerance\".\n\nRichard Shelby, Alabama's other senator, said on Sunday the state \"deserves better\" than Mr Moore.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roy Moore: How Alabamans are defending the accused judge\n\nA Democratic lawmaker has sent a letter to the Senate urging steps to protect teenagers working in the chamber's page programme from Mr Moore's \"predatory conduct\".\n\nMr Jones, a 63-year-old former prosecutor, denies opponents' claims he will be a \"puppet\" of the Democratic congressional leadership.\n\nHe is lauded for helping convict two Ku Klux Klan members who bombed a black church in 1963 in Birmingham, killing four girls.\n\nBut Mr Jones' support for abortion rights is toxic to many Christian conservatives in Alabama.\n\nAfter casting his ballot on Tuesday morning, he predicted: \"I don't think Roy Moore is going to win this election.\"\n\nFormer President Barack Obama has recorded an automated phone message for Mr Jones.\n\n\"This one's serious,\" Mr Obama told voters in his call. \"You can't sit it out.\"", "Oliver's heart condition causes his pulse to race dangerously fast\n\nThe family of a baby boy who have been fundraising for him to have life-saving heart surgery in the US has been told the NHS will now fund his treatment.\n\nDoctors in Boston have agreed to operate on Oliver Cameron, who was born with a rare heart tumour, after his first birthday in January.\n\nEarlier, his parents warned time was running out to raise the £150,000 needed for his treatment.\n\nThe NHS said it would pay because the procedure was not available in the UK.\n\nLydia and Tim Cameron, from Wantage in Oxfordshire, have already raised £130,000 for the surgery to have Oliver's tumour removed.\n\nThey have not indicated what they intend to do with the funds raised.\n\nPreviously doctors advised that to maximise Oliver's ability to recover his parents should ideally wait until his first birthday but, if his condition worsened, he may require the operation immediately.\n\nA statement from NHS England said it had \"agreed to fund Oliver's treatment abroad\" because there was \"not currently a surgical service in the UK with experience of treating this exceptionally rare condition\".\n\nOliver's condition - cardiac fibroma - is extremely rare and the number of patients with this type of tumour in England is estimated to be in single figures.\n\nHe needs around-the-clock care to stabilise his heart rate and an implant under his skin sends readings back to specialists at Southampton General Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment since doctors in Oxford discovered the tumour.\n\nSpecialists in Southampton said removing the tumour would be \"extremely high risk\" because there was limited experience in treating his condition in the UK so they had decided to support his parents' bid to find treatment elsewhere.\n\nThe NHS said it was also discussing whether a UK surgeon might accompany Oliver to Boston to learn from the surgeons in the US so the innovative surgery could \"potentially be offered in the UK in future\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "University leaders have been under pressure over high salaries\n\nUniversity leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which is expected to be published in the next few weeks.\n\nUniversity representatives held a meeting with minister Jo Johnson on Wednesday where they accepted the need for more accountability.\n\nIt follows fierce criticism of university leaders over claims of excessive senior pay, with the head of the University of Bath stepping down.\n\nMr Johnson says \"public confidence\" over pay had to be restored.\n\nThe universities minister met leaders of Universities UK, the Russell Group and the Committee of University Chairs - with Mr Johnson calling for more restraint over pay.\n\nIt is understood that a \"fair remuneration code\" will be published in January for university leaders, by the Committee of University Chairs.\n\nMr Johnson told university leaders that there must be a more transparent and independent system for the setting of senior salaries - and an end to the \"upwards ratchet in pay\".\n\nHe set out a series of requirements, including that vice chancellors must not sit on the committee that decides their pay.\n\nJo Johnson has told universities they need to restore public confidence\n\nThere will also have to be disclosure of benefits, such as subsidised housing and expenses.\n\nThe size of pay gaps between university heads and academic staff will also have to be published.\n\n\"It is vital that pay arrangements command public confidence and deliver value for money for students and taxpayers,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nUniversities, under increasing public pressure and protests from their own academic staff, say they also want to \"rebuild public confidence\".\n\n\"We agree more needs to be done to ensure the process for deciding senior pay is viewed as open and accountable,\" a Russell Group spokesperson said.\n\nThe group of leading universities says it is backing \"a new code to ensure pay-setting arrangements are as rigorous and transparent as they can be\".\n\nUniversities UK said \"competitive pay is necessary to attract first rate leaders\" but a new code would be a \"welcome step\".\n\n\"As universities receive funding from taxpayers and through student fees, it is reasonable to expect pay decisions to be fair, accountable and justified,\" said a Universities UK spokesman.\n\nMr Johnson last week warned the university sector that it needed to get pay under control - and that a new regulator would be used to enforce this.\n\nThere have been a series of protests over vice-chancellors' pay in recent weeks - including at the University of Bath, the University of Southampton and at Bath Spa.\n\n\"Has there been a problem? Most definitely,\" said Mr Johnson last week. But he said universities now recognised the need to answer public concerns about value for money.\n\n\"I think they really are starting to get it.\"", "Labour's Keir Starmer has called the Brexit vote, in which the government was defeated over amendment 7 last night, a \"humiliating and entirely avoidable defeat\".\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary asked for a reassurance that the government will not seek to overturn the decision at report stage during Brexit questions in the Commons.\n\nDavid Davis said the effect of the vote was to see the powers available under section 9 deferred until after Royal Assent is given to the government's yet to be introduced Withdrawal and Implementation Bill.\n\nHe said it would have the effect of compressing the timetable.\n\nThe government wants to see a working statute book, as we leave the EU, he said, but as always we take the House of Commons view seriously.\n\nKeir Starmer called on the government to drop amendment 381 - this is the amendment which will put the date of exit on the bill.\n\nRather than repeat last night's debacle, \"drop this gimmick\", he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many in Alabama still back the controversial Republican candidate\n\nSexual misconduct claims against an already-controversial candidate have thrust a US Senate race into the global spotlight - and highlighted divisions between President Trump and top Republicans.\n\nQuestion: Just how interested is the world in the Alabama election tomorrow?\n\nAnswer: A reporter from Moldova is down there. It's pretty much all you need to know.\n\nNews organisations from foreign countries love stories about America that expose its weaknesses. They always have done.\n\nIt can sometimes be explained as schadenfreude, an almost indecent glee when things are perceived to have gone wrong in the world's superpower.\n\nThe riots in Ferguson, the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crash, and now the Alabama race.\n\nThose reporters would not normally fly to the Deep South to cover a mere US Senate race, especially one that should have been a straightforward Republican win in this conservative state.\n\nThen again, you don't often get a candidate who believes homosexuality should be illegal, Muslims should be banned from serving in Congress and the last time America was great was when there was slavery.\n\nMoore supporters packed a barn to hear him speak earlier this month\n\nI deliberately omitted the sex allegations there because his record, even without serious claims of child molestation (which he denies), make him extreme, even by the standards of conservative, evangelical, Southern politicians.\n\nThe world's press probably would not have descended on Alabama for Tuesday's vote had it not been for the sexual harassment stories, but they should have done.\n\nThis was a fascinating story of America before that.\n\nAnd it's a fascinating indication of the state of American politics today.\n\nThe Alabama race has split the Republican party. Donald Trump this weekend recorded a phone message in support of Roy Moore and at a rally in Florida urged Alabamians to vote for him. The president warned the Trump agenda could be at risk if the Democrats win the seat and reduce the Republican's already-narrow majority in the Senate.\n\nThe failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this year proved how fragile the party's control of the Senate is. They desperately want to avoid a similar fate when it comes to upcoming votes on tax cuts.\n\nYet, other top Republicans, including the sitting senator for Alabama, have said they can't vote for Mr Moore because of the allegations against him.\n\nSenator Richard Shelby is popular in the conservative state so it will be interesting to see whether his denunciation of Mr Moore has an impact at the polls.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPlenty of Alabamians are sticking by the candidate.\n\nRoy Moore has what's been described as an almost \"cult-like\" following in Alabama.\n\nHe's the ultimate beneficiary of today's tribal politics. His supporters believe he embodies Christian values, will stand to bring the Bible back into politics and is prepared to defy politicians in Washington.\n\nThey see him as a true conservative who will consistently fight their side in America's bitter culture wars. But it's not his faith nor his opposition to abortion, immigration, and government that make him exceptional by US standards.\n\nRoy Moore has attracted controversy throughout his career\n\nOver the years he has said things that can in total fairness be described as discriminatory, things that might have been expected to kill a political career. And yet his aspirations have thrived and he may well be about to become an American senator.\n\nIn 2006, Mr Moore wrote an editorial comparing the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf. The piece argued Muslims should not be allowed to serve in the US Congress.\n\nIn a television interview in 2005 he said he believes \"homosexual conduct should be illegal\".\n\nMoore has also said Vladimir Putin, who says it's his duty to stop gay marriage, may be right on the issue.\n\nDespite America's formal separation of church and state, Mr Moore believes \"god's laws are always superior to man's\".\n\nHe says Christianity should be favoured by the state.\n\nIn 1997, he suggested a link between teaching evolution in schools and drive-by shootings.\n\nDemocrat Doug Jones hopes to upset the odds in this deeply conservative state\n\nAnd, yes, he told an African-American at a rally during this campaign that America was last great during the time of slavery \"when families were united - even though we had slavery\".\n\nAll that made the Alabama race extraordinary even before eight women came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. One of them says she was just 14 at the time he allegedly assaulted her.\n\nIn the #MeToo moment that was what really got the world's attention.\n\nBut think about all the other things Mr Moore has said and this story should have grabbed our headlines from the beginning.", "Toni & Guy opened their first salon in Clapham during the 1960s\n\nThe co-founder of the hairdresser chain Toni & Guy - Giuseppe \"Toni\" Mascolo - has died at the age of 75.\n\nMr Mascolo and his brother, Gaetano 'Guy' Mascolo, opened their first salon in south London in 1963.\n\nOffering an \"Italian style\" hairdressing service, the unisex salon grew into an international brand and staple of the British high street.\n\nMr Mascolo, who was the chief executive of the firm, died on Sunday surrounded by his family.\n\nThe Mascolo family were Italian immigrants who arrived in England in the 1950s They settled in Clapham, south London, where the brothers opened their first salon.\n\nHairdressing ran in the family and Mr Mascolo senior - a celebrated hairdresser in his own right - taught all four of his sons to cut hair from a young age.\n\nFounded during the \"swinging sixties\", Toni and Guy offered a unisex service that appealed to both men and women, in contrast to traditional barber shops and woman-only hair salons.\n\nCelebrities such as composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and singer Dusty Springfield were among the famous faces who frequented the salon.\n\nThe firm opened its first central London salon in London's West End in 1973.\n\nShortly afterwards two more Mascolo brothers, Bruno and Anthony, helped propel the family business into an international brand.\n\nSince then Toni & Guy has grown to comprise two global, franchised hair salon groups, with 475 shops in 48 countries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by TONI&GUY This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nToni Mascolo was awarded an OBE for services to hairdressing in 2008 and in 2012 was honoured by the Fellowship of British Hairdressers with a lifetime achievement award\n\nHe is survived by wife Pauline, brothers Bruno and Anthony, children Sacha, Christian and Pierre, and many grandchildren.", "Ryanair passengers face disruption to their Christmas travel plans after pilots and crew announced industrial action in a bid to win union recognition and better conditions.\n\nIn Ireland, 79 pilots based in Dublin will strike for one day on 20 December.\n\nThe airline, which does not recognise unions, said they represented about 28% of its Dublin-based captains.\n\nMeanwhile, Ryanair pilots and cabin crew in Italy plan to strike for four hours on 15 December.\n\nThe airline said last week it would \"ignore\" the Italian move, claiming staff rarely heeded calls to walk out.\n\nPilots based in Portugal and Germany also plan industrial action.\n\nCockpit, the German pilots' union, said its Ryanair members would strike for better pay and conditions if the airline refused to begin talks, but vowed not to disrupt flights over Christmas.\n\nRyanair said it would \"not deal with or recognise\" the German union \"regardless of what action - if any - takes place\".\n\nUnions have long argued that their airline fails to offer pilots the same pay and conditions as its rivals.\n\nImpact, the Irish pilots' union, said the dispute was \"solely about winning independent representation for pilots in the company\", said official Ashley Connolly.\n\nThe union warned of further strikes if Ryanair failed to reach agreement with its members.\n\n\"Ryanair will deal with any such disruptions if, or when they arise, and we apologise sincerely to customers for any upset or worry this threatened action... may cause,\" the company said.\n\nIt said the Dublin staff who planned to strike were a \"small group of pilots who are working their notice and will shortly leave Ryanair, so they don't care how much upset they cause colleagues or customers\".\n\nAnalysts at Goodbody said although there were deep divisions between pilots and Ryanair management, the \"headlines are worse than the reality on the ground\" they wrote in a note.\n\nIn September Ryanair said more than 2,000 flights would be cancelled this winter after it rearranged pilots' rosters to comply with new aviation rules.\n\nLater that month it announced 18,000 further flights would be cancelled over the winter season, affecting more than 700,000 passengers.\n\nRyanair chief executive Michael O'Leary wrote to its 4,200 pilots to apologise for the changes to their rotas and urged them not to leave the airline.\n\nHowever, this week it warned Dublin pilots they would lose agreed benefits by striking.\n\nMany of the airline's pilots have joined unions following the cancellations, but Ryanair said it could legally decline to negotiate with them.", "Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen has raised interest rates three times this year\n\nThe US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25%, the third rate rise in 2017.\n\nThe US central bank said the move, which was widely expected, underscores \"solid\" gains in the US economy.\n\nOfficials also boosted their economic forecasts, projecting 2.5% growth in GDP in 2017 and 2018, due in part to planned tax cuts.\n\nThe Fed said it anticipates three further increases in rates next year, unchanged from its previous forecast.\n\nThe decision to raise interest rates, raising the cost of borrowing, takes the Fed farther away from the ultra-low rates it put in place during the financial crisis to boost economic activity.\n\nThe Fed is targeting a range of 1.25% to 1.5% for its benchmark rate. But a majority of officials said they expect interest rates above 2% will be appropriate next year.\n\nThe shift in policy comes as the US economy gains strength.\n\nUS economic output has increased at an annual rate of more than 3% in recent quarters, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% last month - the lowest rate since 2001.\n\nFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who is stepping down from her post in February, said the economy, labour market and financial system have grown stronger under her watch.\n\n\"There's less to lose sleep about now than has been true for quite some time, so I feel good about the economic outlook,\" she said.\n\nMs Yellen said policymakers expect the economy to get a further lift from a package of tax cuts - one of President Trump's central campaign promises - and those expectations were factored in when they revised upwards their predictions for economic growth.\n\nThe Fed is now forecasting 2.5% GDP growth in 2018, compared to a forecast it made in September of 2.1%.\n\nWhile Congress and President Trump's Administration continue to wrangle over tax reform, the Fed had to judge what the final outcome of that political process would mean for the economy. Inevitably there is a lot of uncertainty in there but they have concluded that it would provide a boost over the next three years.\n\nThe Fed's policy makers expect somewhat stronger growth than they did in September. Janet Yellen said that reflected a view in the committee that the reforms would stimulate consumer spending and business investment.\n\nBut there has not been much change in what the Fed's policy makers think of the longer term prospects. The Fed publishes information showing the range of expectations that its policy makers have. The middle of that range for long term growth is unchanged at a rather modest 1.8%.\n\nDespite the acceleration in growth, members of the Federal Open Markets Committee said they expect interest rate increases to remain gradual - in part, a sign of ongoing concerns that inflation has remained below the Fed's 2% target.\n\nMs Yellen said she continues to believe the lacklustre inflation growth is due to one-off factors, such as declines in costs for mobile phone plans.\n\nBut she said the Fed will continue to watch those numbers and \"if necessary, re-think\" what is determining them.\n\n\"There's work undone there,\" she said.", "William and Harry joined cast and crew of Star Wars: The Last Jedi at London's Royal Albert Hall.", "The former UKIP leader suggested the UK had caved in over the \"divorce bill\" and citizens' rights\n\nThe UK has \"danced to the EU's tune\" during the Brexit negotiations, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has claimed.\n\nIn a debate in Strasbourg, he called the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, \"Theresa the appeaser\", saying she had \"given in on virtually everything\".\n\nThe European Parliament later voted to endorse an agreement struck by the UK and European Commission which is set to move the talks on to their next phase.\n\nBut MEPs also insisted the UK must honour the commitments it has made.\n\nAmid concerns about whether Friday's agreement on citizens' rights, the Northern Ireland border and the so-called \"divorce bill\" is legally binding, Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit spokesman, said he had been reassured the UK would not \"back-track\" on its commitments.\n\nThe agreement should be converted into a legal text in weeks, not months, he added.\n\nIn a symbolic but politically significant vote, the European Parliament backed the European Commission's view that sufficient progress had been made on so-called divorce issues to move to talks covering a transition phase and the EU's future relations with the UK.\n\nThe EU's negotiator Michel Barnier said there was \"no going back\" on Friday's agreement - which is expected to be rubber-stamped by all other 27 EU members later this week.\n\n\"It has been noted and recorded and is going to have to be translated into a legally binding withdrawal agreement,\" he said.\n\nDuring the debate, several MEPs criticised the UK's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, for suggesting in an interview on Sunday that the first-phase agreement was more of a \"statement of intent\" than a \"legally enforceable thing\" - comments he has since backed away from.\n\nGerman Christian Democrat MEP Manfred Weber, who leads the centre-right EPP group, said the remarks were \"not helpful\" for building trust between the two sides.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Farage - who has campaigned for 20 years to take the UK out of the EU - also attacked the British government, saying Mr Barnier \"didn't need\" to make many concessions to Theresa May.\n\n\"I'm not surprised you're all very pleased with Theresa the appeaser - who has given in on virtually everything,\" he said.\n\n\"She has danced to your tune all the way through this. You must be very, very happy indeed.\"\n\nWarning of a further betrayal of Brexit voters, he said the prospect of a two-year transition after the UK left in March 2019 would be the \"biggest deception yet\", meaning the UK would have left the EU \"in name only\".\n\n\"I think Brexit at some point in the future may need to be refought all over again,\" he added.\n\nBut defending the British prime minister, Conservative MEP Syed Kamall said both sides had needed to make compromises and concessions in order to \"avoid a no-deal situation\".\n\nImportant progress had been made, he added, when both sides \"understood the need for flexibility and focused on building a better future rather than looking back at the past\".\n• None Rebel Tory: I'll stand up and be counted", "A house fire which killed three children was a \"targeted attack\", police have said.\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died, while Lia, three, and mother Michelle, 35, remain in hospital.\n\nMs Pearson's son, Kyle, and a friend both escaped from the home, in Salford, before fire crews arrived.\n\nSix people have now been arrested, after a 25-year-old man was held on suspicion of murder.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Words cannot describe\" how a family feels after losing three children, police say.\n\nMichelle Pearson is in a serious condition in hospital\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller of Greater Manchester Police said detectives believe the attack was targeted after collecting CCTV from the area.\n\n\"We now have a much deeper understanding of the devastating events which lead to the tragic deaths,\" he said.\n\nCh Supt Miller said relatives of the family have been left \"completely devastated\".\n\n\"The loss of a child in any circumstance is unthinkable, to lose three in such deplorable circumstances words cannot describe.\n\n\"My heart breaks for them, it really does.\n\n\"We're doing all that we can to get them the answers they quite rightly deserve.\"\n\nTwo men, aged 19 and 20, arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on bail, as has a 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nOfficers visited the house in Jackson Street, Walkden, a few hours before the blaze, which happened at about 05:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice confirmed there had been previous incidents at the family's home.\n\nThe case has been referred by GMP to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which confirmed an investigation had started.\n\nIt feels it is \"necessary to independently investigate the circumstances of this incident in relation to the force's actions\".\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police were filmed leading one of the suspects away after his arrest\n\nThe children's schools have paid tribute to them.\n\nDemi Pearson was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford, which featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester.\n\nHead teacher Drew Povey said everyone at the school was \"truly devastated\".\n\n\"Team Harrop mourns alongside the relatives and friends of those whose lives were needlessly and mercilessly taken from them. The spirit of Salford cannot and will not be crushed. We will work together to comfort and rebuild those lives that have been forever changed,\" he said.\n\nEmma Henderson, head teacher at Bridgewater Primary school, said the school is consoling pupils and their families.\n\n\"Our school is very much part of this special community and understands the intense pain experienced at this senseless loss of precious life,\" she said.", "Three children aged 14, eight and seven, died in the blaze\n\nTwo people charged with murder over the deaths of three children in a house fire in Salford have appeared in court.\n\nZak Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, Salford were also charged with arson and four counts of attempted murder.\n\nThey were remanded in custody until their next appearance.\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died in the blaze on Monday. Their mother Michelle and a three-year-old remain in hospital.\n\nMr Bolland, of Blackleach Drive, and Ms Brierley, of Worsley Avenue, did not apply for bail and are listed to appear at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday.\n\nTwo men, aged 19 and 20, arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on police bail.\n\nA 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has also been bailed.\n\nThe three-year-old, who cannot be named due to their age, is in a critical condition in hospital following the fire at a property in Walkden, which broke out at about 05:00 GMT.\n\nMs Pearson, 35, has been heavily sedated and has not yet been told about the deaths of her children.\n\nTwo 16-year-olds - who also can not be named for legal reasons - in the house at the time of the blaze managed to escape.\n\nGreater Manchester Police confirmed there had been incidents at the family's home prior to the blaze and it had referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nThe head teacher at the school Demi attended said she was a \"really good kid\"\n\nDrew Povey, head teacher at Harrop Fold School, Worsley, which Demi attended, paid tribute to the popular pupil.\n\nHe said she was a \"really good kid… fun-loving… and funny\".\n\n\"I don't know anyone that didn't really get on well with her… and it was the same outside of school as well,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Akayed Ullah emigrated to the US with his family in 2011\n\nThe man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald Trump just before the attack.\n\n\"Trump you failed to protect your nation,\" it read. The post by Akayed Ullah was revealed in charges filed by federal prosecutors on Tuesday.\n\nThey say the 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant carried out the bombing inspired by the Islamic State group.\n\nHe wounded himself and three others in Monday morning's attack.\n\nMr Ullah is accused of blowing up a crude device strapped to his body in an underpass at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal during the rush hour.\n\nThe New York Police Department (NYPD) tweeted that he was facing state charges including criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a \"terroristic threat\".\n\nThe federal charges, announced later on Tuesday, include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place.\n\nAccording to the federal complaint filed by prosecutors, Mr Ullah said after his arrest: \"I did it for the Islamic State.\"\n\nHe also told investigators he had been motivated by American air strikes on IS target, the document says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe complaint says Mr Ullah used materials that included Christmas lights to make the device. It was affixed to his body with Velcro straps.\n\nA search of the suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn \"revealed metal pipes, pieces of wire and metal screws, which were consistent with the bomb materials recovered at the scene,\" prosecutor Joom Kim told reporters.\n\nHe said the suspect \"admitted that he began researching how to build bombs about a year ago, and had been planning this particular attack for several weeks\".\n\nHe selected the location and timing \"to maximise casualties\", Mr Kim added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded\n\nMr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011 from the Chittagong area of Bangladesh.\n\nThe Bangladeshi government says he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September. The visit lasted about six weeks, his uncle told the Associated Press news agency.\n\nMr Ullah's wife did not join him in the US. She and other family members are now being questioned to try to understand how he was radicalised.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has said Monday's attack, which followed a terror attack in Manhattan in October that killed eight people, \"highlights the urgent need... to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people\".\n\n\"America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country,\" Mr Trump added.", "Alabama is a deeply conservative place, as its voting record amply demonstrates.\n\nUntil Doug Jones came along the state hadn't picked a Democrat for the US Senate since 1992 - and even that man, Richard Shelby, went on to defect to the Republicans.\n\nBut on 12 December Mr Jones, 63, painted the old red seat blue when voters chose him to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions's former berth.\n\nSo what do we know about the man who fought and beat Republican Roy Moore for the heart of Dixie?\n\nMr Jones' victory has been credited to an unusually high turnout of black voters\n\nWhen Mr Jones beat seven other candidates to win the Democratic primary in August 2017, it was the entry pass to a seriously tough fight. But he would argue he's used to those.\n\nGordon Douglas Jones, known as Doug, studied political science at the University of Alabama, followed by law at the state's Samford University in 1979. He rose to prominence in 1997, when Bill Clinton named him US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.\n\nThen in his forties, Mr Jones secured a string of high-profile prosecutions, including those of two Ku Klux Klan members who bombed a Baptist church in Birmingham in 1963, killing four black schoolgirls.\n\nThe Baptist church at 16th Street had been a centre for civil rights activities in Birmingham, Alabama\n\nHe was also linked to the indictment of Eric Rudolph, who killed an off-duty police officer in a 1998 attack on a Birmingham abortion clinic.\n\nThis record has helped Mr Jones present as a candidate for our violent times, where white nationalists are raising their banners unafraid on the streets of America.\n\n\"Sadly, the pattern of violence as a response to hope has reasserted itself,\" he wrote in the Huffington Post. \"We saw it in the Charleston church massacre in 2015. We saw it on display in Charlottesville this past August. We've seen it in the attacks on mosques and synagogues, and against the LGBT community. We see it in the hostility toward the Latino community.\n\n\"We cannot sweep this violence under the rug. We must address the forces that lead to it and prosecute those who perpetrate such acts.\"\n\nSupporters of Mr Jones saw him as a moderate, a foil to Roy Moore's Bible-bashing\n\nThough Roy Moore's evangelical fervour grabbed more attention, Mr Jones is also a Christian - specifically, a Methodist. He has worshipped at the same church for more than 30 years, and has said the message of Christianity should be one of fairness and inclusivity, not extremism.\n\nPolitics took an early hold on Jones, who began his career as a staff counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, working for Alabama Senator Howell Heflin.\n\nFrom 1980 he spent four years as an Assistant US Attorney, then from 1984-97 worked for a criminal defence firm in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2013, he co-founded his own firm - Jones & Hawley.\n\nMr Jones counts former Vice President Joe Biden as an old friend, having led his 1988 presidential campaign in Alabama. Mr Biden said of him at an October 2017 rally: \"I can count on two hands the people I've campaigned for that have as much integrity, as much courage.\"\n\nHe added that Mr Jones \"helped remove 40 years of stain and pain from this state\" with the church bombing convictions.\n\nFrom the off, Mr Jones was aware he was facing poor odds in Alabama, which backed Donald Trump in 2016 with a 28-point landslide.\n\n\"They have told me time and again that this race is a long shot,\" Mr Jones said of the problem. \"Well, folks... When you are on the right side of history and the right side of justice, you can do anything.\"\n\nThe delicacy of the task was complicated by allegations against Mr Jones's anti-establishment opponent, Roy Moore. The gun-toting Republican faces several claims of historic sexual misconduct with underage girls, which he denies.\n\nRoy Moore is facing allegations of sexual abuse, which he denies\n\nMr Jones's campaign adverts have worked to paint him as the ethical choice for Alabama, even as prominent national Republicans broke ranks to refuse Mr Moore their votes.\n\nSome ads featured self-declared Republican voters voicing their support for Mr Jones with the words: \"Don't vote for the party. Vote for the man.\"\n\nThe New York Times reported in mid-November that Democrat cash had funded nearly $2m (£1.5m) in TV adverts for Mr Jones, while Mr Moore had spent only about $300,000.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Doug Jones This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolicy-wise, Mr Jones has pitched himself as a moderate Democrat, calling for an increase in the minimum wage, but also lower corporate taxes \"to try to get reinvestment back into this country\".\n\nHe supports renewable energy, but is hawkish on the need for increased defence spending, saying it will protect the US and shore up Alabama's economy.\n\nOn healthcare, a key divide between Republicans and Democrats, he opposes the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, but wants changes to the existing \"broken\" system.\n\nWhile President Trump has stoutly supported Roy Moore, national stars of the Democratic Party waited until the last minute to descend on Alabama, to avoid spooking voters with their liberal associations.\n\nOn the eve of the election, reports said former President Barack Obama had recorded a robo-call - an automated telephone call to Alabama households - urging the public to back his man.\n\nFormer President Barack Obama stepped in at the final hour to rally voters for Doug Jones\n\n\"This one's serious,\" Mr Obama said in the message, according to CNN. \"You can't sit it out.\"\n\nOther senior Democrats who have spoken for Mr Jones include Ohio congressman Tim Ryan, and John Lewis, a revered civil rights leader who was one of the original Freedom Riders and led a famous protest march from Selma in Alabama.\n\nNew Jersey Senator Cory Booker, a rising Democrat star considered a possible 2020 presidential candidate, made the trip to Alabama in person, declaring: \"I'm here to try and help some folk get woke. Democracy is not a spectator sport.\"\n\nMr Jones has proved he is capable of causing a stunning upset in the ruby red Yellowhammer state. Now he'll be returning to work for the federal government for the first time since making his name with the church bombing prosecutions.", "The Republican candidate arrived at an Alabama polling site on horseback - but had trouble leaving the same way.", "Fergal Keane reveals the crisis along a road in the Democratic Republic of Congo that threatens hundreds of thousands.\n\nNearly half a million severely malnourished children are at risk of starvation in the country's Kasai region.\n\nThe UN has just declared the crisis in DRC as the highest level of emergency - the same as Yemen, Syria and Iraq.", "The most senior loyalist ever to agree to become a so-called supergrass volunteered to kill a Catholic to cover up the fact he was an informer.\n\nSean McParland died after being shot while babysitting in Belfast in 1994.\n\nThe Ulster Volunteer Force was to decide the identity of the killer by flipping a coin, Belfast Crown Court heard.\n\nBut Gary Haggarty volunteered to be the \"primary gunman\" because he feared he was suspected of being a police agent.\n\nThe intended target was a relative of Mr McParland, who was 55.\n\nHaggarty, an ex-commander of the UVF's north Belfast unit, was working as a paid Special Branch agent at the time of the killing.\n\nHe worked as an informer for 13 years.\n\nIn January 2010, he offered to become a supergrass - officially referred to as an assisting offender - and offered to give evidence against other UVF members he said were also involved in the crimes he committed.\n\nHaggarty, 45, a long-time police informer, has pleaded guilty to 202 terror offences, including five murders, as his part of a controversial state deal that offered a significantly reduced prison term in return for giving evidence against other terrorist suspects.\n\nThe two-day sentencing hearing is expected to conclude on Thursday.\n\nHaggarty is likely to be given mandatory life sentences for each of the murders he has admitted.\n\nBut he will also receive a significant reduction in his sentence in return for the amount of information he has provided as an assisting offender.\n\nMr Justice Colton will make that decision based on the information put before him during the hearing.\n\nIt is not clear when the sentence is likely to be imposed.\n\nHaggarty is to be the star prosecution witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering Catholic workmen Gary Convie and Eamon Fox in Belfast city centre in May 1994.\n\nBut before he can give evidence he must first be sentenced for his own crimes.\n\nGary Haggarty was the commander of the Ulster Volunteer Force's north Belfast unit\n\nThat formal process began on Wednesday when a prosecution lawyer outlined some of the details of Haggarty's confessions to police.\n\nIn one of the biggest and most complex cases undertaken in Northern Ireland, he was interviewed by detectives more than 1,000 times and the information he gave them ran beyond 12,000 pages.\n\nThe extent of his criminal activities is staggering.\n\nAs well as pleading guilty to 202 crimes, he asked that 301 others be taken into consideration.\n\nIn addition to the killing of Sean McParland, he also admitted the murders of:\n\nRelatives of some of the victims were in court on Wednesday as a prosecution lawyer spent more than four hours outlining the extent of Haggarty's activities.\n\nHe included harrowing details of some of the incidents.\n\nThe judge was told how three of Sean McParland's young grandchildren ran screaming from his house in Skegoneill Avenue when the UVF burst in to kill him.\n\nEamon Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead while eating their lunch at a building site in 1994\n\nIn police interviews, Haggarty said he shot the 55-year-old in the chest from close range.\n\nHe had planned to fire another five bullets into his chest, but could not do so because his gun jammed.\n\nThe prosecution lawyer said Haggarty, who was promoted within the UVF after the shooting, expressed regret during interviews after agreeing to become a supergrass.\n\n\"He said he is sorry, it was the wrong person killed, he is sorry for the kids that were there,\" said the lawyer.\n\nThe court was also told that Haggarty acknowledged that two more of his victims, Eamon Fox and Gary Convie, were innocent men and not republicans as claimed by the UVF at the time.\n\n\"He said he did not believe they were republicans, but just soft easy targets,\" added the lawyer.\n\nKieran Fox, one of Eamon Fox's six children, was one of the relatives in court as the details of Haggarty's litany of crimes was outlined, and welcomed the admission.\n\n\"To hear that Haggarty has admitted before they actually carried out the shooting that my dad and Gary were both innocent, that they were not republicans as they claimed at the time, it was nice to hear that part,\" he said.\n\nThe court also heard harrowing details about the extent of injuries to John Harbinson.\n\nThe dead man's son was also in the public gallery but left shortly after details of the injuries were described.\n\nHaggarty was involved in abducting Mr Harbinson, but told police he thought he was going to be beaten and shot in the legs, rather than killed.\n\nThe hearing will continue on Thursday, when a lawyer representing Gary Haggarty will outline details he gave his police handlers during 13 years as an informer.\n\nHe is said to have provided information on:\n\nProsecutors have said Haggarty's evidence is insufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of obtaining a conviction against 11 other suspected UVF members and two former police intelligence officers, allegedly his then handlers.\n\nThe police bristle at the very mention of the word supergrass, because of its association with a series of high-profile trials in the 1980s.\n\nHundreds of republicans and loyalists were convicted on the word of informers and suspects who agreed to give evidence in return for reduced sentences, new identities and lives outside Northern Ireland.\n\nThose deals were done at a political level, with the details kept secret.\n\nTechnically, those individuals were assisting offenders but they became known as \"touts\" and \"supergrasses\" in communities.\n\nThe system collapsed in 1985 because of concerns about the credibility of the evidence provided by the supergrasses.\n\nMembers of the judiciary complained that they were being used as political tools to implement government security policy.\n\nA change in law in 2005 implemented safeguards for trials of that kind.", "Rex Tillerson arrives at the Atlantic Council policy forum to discuss North Korea\n\nThe US is \"ready to talk any time\" with North Korea without preconditions, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.\n\nHis statement appeared to shift the US position away from previous demands that North Korea must disarm before any talks can be held.\n\nBut hours later the White House said President Donald Trump's views on North Korea \"had not changed\".\n\nNorth Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons technology has led to heavy US-led sanctions against the regime.\n\nSeparately, the UN's political chief Jeffrey Feltman, who recently visited Pyongyang, told reporters that North Korean officials felt it was \"important to prevent war\".\n\nChina and Russia both welcomed Mr Tillerson's comments. The Chinese foreign ministry hoped there would now be \"meaningful steps towards dialogue and contact\" between the US and the North.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said: \"Such constructive statements impress us far more than the confrontational rhetoric that we have heard up to now.\"\n\nDiplomatic relations between the US and North Korea have been strained by recent North Korean nuclear and missile tests, and by a war of words between Mr Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.\n\nSpeaking at the Atlantic Council policy forum on Tuesday, Mr Tillerson said the US \"simply cannot accept a nuclear armed North Korea\".\n\nAppearing to soften the US stance towards potential future talks, he said: \"Let's just meet and let's talk about the weather if you want and talk about whether it's going to be a square table or a round table if that's what you're excited about.\n\n\"Then we can begin to lay out a map, a road map, of what we might be willing to work towards.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How could war with North Korea unfold?\n\nBut he insisted that there needed to be a \"period of quiet\" first, without any nuclear or missile tests.\n\nHe added that economic and diplomatic sanctions would continue until \"the first bomb drops\", and Mr Trump still wanted China - Pyongyang's main economic ally - to cut off oil supplies to North Korea.\n\nMr Tillerson also said China had made contingency plans to accommodate North Korean refugees in the event of a conflict, a major concern for China.\n\nSeveral hours after his comments, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement to reporters saying Mr Trump's views \"have not changed\".\n\n\"North Korea is acting in an unsafe way not only toward Japan, China, and South Korea, but the entire world. North Korea's actions are not good for anyone and certainly not good for North Korea.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, North Korean state media said Kim Jong-un had vowed his country would become \"the strongest nuclear power and military power in the world\".\n\nSpeaking at a munitions industry conference, he cited North Korea's recent launch of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15 as a \"great historic victory\".\n\nThe UN's Jeffrey Feltman said that while senior North Korean officials did not offer any commitments, they had agreed that discussions should continue.\n\n\"They agreed that it was important to prevent war,\" he said, in his first briefing since his four-day trip last week.\n\n\"We've left the door ajar and I fervently hope the door to a negotiated solution will now be opened wide.\"", "A row has broken out over advice given to police in England and Wales telling them not to stop and search people only because they smell of cannabis.\n\nIt was first given to police last year and was reiterated by an Inspectorate of Constabulary report on Tuesday.\n\nThe advice says officers should look at other factors like behaviour as well.\n\nBut some officers, including the chief constable of Merseyside Police, said they disagreed. The College of Policing said it plans to review the guidance.\n\nPolice officers can use stop-and-search powers if they have \"reasonable grounds\" to suspect someone is carrying items such as drugs, weapons or stolen property.\n\nLast year, they were given new guidance by the College of Policing that the smell of cannabis on its own would not normally justify stopping and searching someone or their vehicle.\n\nBut the Inspectorate of Constabulary said many officers were unaware of the guidance and it is now urging forces to encourage officers to not rely on a smell alone.\n\nHowever, Chief Constable Andy Cooke, of Merseyside Police, said he would not be giving that advice to his teams.\n\nHe tweeted: \"I disagree. The guidance in my view is wrong and the law does not preclude it.\n\n\"Smell of cannabis is sufficient to stop search and I will continue to encourage my officers to use it particularly on those criminals who are engaged in serious and organised crime.\"\n\nMatt Locke, of Northumbria Police, described the guidance as \"inconsistent\", adding that it was \"a bit of a dog's dinner\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Locke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother police officer, from North Yorkshire Police, tweeted: \"If I smell cannabis on someone or coming from a vehicle then I'll conduct a search. I don't think there's a cop in this land that wouldn't.\n\n\"Recently not only had that led to me seizing quantities of cannabis, but also arresting drivers showing with it in their system.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Josh Bourne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMike Cunningham, HM Inspector of Constabulary, responded to questions on social media about the guidance by saying the smell of cannabis \"can be reasonable grounds\" to search but it will be \"for the officer to explain\".\n\nHe added that the advice \"encourages multiple grounds\" to merit a stop and search.\n\nThe row came after the Inspectorate of Constabulary analysed more than 8,500 stop and search records and found almost 600 were conducted solely because police could smell cannabis.\n\nSearches based on other grounds, such as the suspect's behaviour, result in more arrests, the report said.\n\nAt the heart of this row is an important question: are too many people being needlessly stopped and searched for drugs?\n\nThe Inspectorate report drops a heavy hint that they are.\n\nIt says police carried out 3,698 searches, 43% of the sample, because officers believed a suspect had drugs on them for their own use, even though drug possession offences may not be \"priority crimes\".\n\nThe watchdog is concerned about this, firstly, because drug possession searches are not necessarily the best use of police time; and secondly, because they appear to affect ethnic minority groups disproportionately.\n\nThat's one of the key reasons why the Inspectorate has reinforced the College of Policing guidance on stop and searches, including the advice about smelling cannabis - even though it's caused a stink.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Danny Shaw This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by College of Policing This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 4 by College of Policing\n\nThe report said it was \"troubling\" that black people were eight times more likely to be stopped than white people.\n\nAt the same time, black people were less likely to have illegal substances found on them than white people.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said it was looking at why young black men were disproportionately stopped.\n\nThe NPCC said stop-and-search powers were important \"with rising knife and gun crime\", as well as being a deterrent for people considering carrying out acid attacks.", "Myles Bradbury was sentenced to 22 years in prison for abusing child patients\n\nThe mother of a child abused by a paedophile hospital doctor says her son has been \"destroyed\" by what happened.\n\nMyles Bradbury was jailed for 22 years in December 2014 after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.\n\nThe hospital has agreed a number of payouts with Bradbury's victims.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, the mother of one victim said her son had had to be taken out of education and she fears he could kill himself.\n\nThe mother, who lives in Norfolk, said her son was taken out of education completely a few years ago and now spends most of his time in complete seclusion.\n\nAged between 10 and 12 when he was abused, the teenager has felt unable to see a doctor since the revelations about Bradbury first emerged three years ago, his mother said.\n\nThe pen used by Bradbury also had a small camera just above the clip and could be plugged into a computer to download the footage\n\n\"Myles Bradbury destroyed our beautiful boy's life,\" his mother said.\n\n\"So much so that I can't see any way that he'll ever recover.\n\n\"He is so bad that we live in fear of him committing suicide.\n\n\"We have to watch him 24 hours a day. The first thing we do every day when we wake, we check to see that he is still alive. If he is a bit late getting up we are worried that he will have done something terrible.\n\n\"It is completely heartbreaking. He hides away pretty much all day and refuses to leave the house.\n\n\"Whilst he has us around I hope he will be okay, but I feel that if we were not around, he'd do something awful.\"\n\nBradbury visited an orphanage in Swaziland in 2012 as part of a team helping 300 children\n\nBradbury, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.\n\nThe blood cancer specialist used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims.\n\nThat device was found to hold 170,425 images of \"boys partially clothed... none indecent\", Cambridge Crown Court heard at the time of his sentencing.\n\nThe images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital.\n\nRenu Daly, of Hudgell's solicitors, said although some claims have been settled with the hospital, eight cases relating to child victims were ongoing, including some in which the victims suffered \"catastrophic psychological injuries\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A three-year-old girl has become the fourth child to die after a house fire which also killed three of her siblings.\n\nLia Pearson was left critically ill after the blaze in Walkden, Salford, on Monday. She died in hospital.\n\nDemi, 15, died at the scene on Jackson Street. Her brother and sister, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died later in hospital.\n\nPosting on Facebook, Sandra Lever, who described Lia as her \"beautiful granddaughter\", said she \"had passed away peacefully\".\n\nTwo people have been charged with the murder of the three older children.\n\nZac Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, Salford, were also charged with arson and four counts of attempted murder.\n\nOne of the charges of attempted murder is likely to be changed to murder following Lia's death, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nMr Bolland and Ms Brierley were remanded in custody when they appeared before magistrates.\n\nAny new charges would be heard when they next appear at Manchester Crown Court, police added.\n\nBrandon and Lacie died in hospital on Monday\n\nTwo 16-year-olds - who can not be named for legal reasons - in the house at the time of the blaze which broke out at about 05:00 GMT managed to escape.\n\nGreater Manchester Police confirmed there had been incidents at the family's home prior to the blaze and it had referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nMichelle Pearson is in a serious condition in hospital\n\nFour children aged 15, eight, seven, and three, died in the blaze\n\nDemi Pearson, 15, was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford\n\nDrew Povey, head teacher at Harrop Fold School, Worsley, which Demi attended, paid tribute to the popular pupil.\n\nHe said she was a \"really good kid… fun-loving… and funny\".\n\n\"I don't know anyone that didn't really get on well with her… and it was the same outside of school as well,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ms Dugdale made no comment to journalists when she returned to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday afternoon\n\nScottish Labour has given its former leader a written warning over her controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.\n\nBut the party said Kezia Dugdale would face no further disciplinary action after her stint on the reality TV show.\n\nMs Dugdale flew into Glasgow Airport from Australia just before midday.\n\nShe then met party bosses, including her successor Richard Leonard, and was formally reprimanded over her \"unauthorised absence\".\n\nMs Dugdale later arrived at Holyrood in time for a vote at 17:00, and made no comment to waiting journalists when she left the chamber a short time later.\n\nA statement subsequently released by Scottish Labour said Ms Dugdale had been interviewed by its parliamentary group executive.\n\nMs Dugdale insisted she had used her time in the jungle to promote Labour values\n\nThe statement added: \"Following a discussion between Richard Leonard, Kezia Dugdale, and the group executive, it has been decided that the group will reprimand Ms Dugdale by way of written warning. She will not face further action.\"\n\nIt quoted Ms Dugdale as saying that she had \"deep regret\" that her appearance on the reality show had \"caused issues in the first weeks of Richard Leonard's leadership\", and that she was now \"getting back to work\".\n\nMs Dugdale, who faced criticism over her three-week absence from the Scottish Parliament while appearing on the show, had earlier said it was \"good to be back\" in Scotland as she arrived at the airport,\n\nThe MSP was the second contestant to be voted off the ITV show, which was won by Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo.\n\nShe spent a week in Australia after being evicted from the jungle - and has pledged to donate a percentage of her appearance fee to charity, but has not said exactly how much.\n\nShe took her seat in the Holyrood chamber in time for a vote at the end of the day's business\n\nVoting statistics released by the programme showed that Ms Dugdale won just 1.67% of the votes on the day she was evicted.\n\nAs she arrived in Glasgow, Ms Dugdale said the experience was one she was never going to forget.\n\nThe politician, who remained in Australia until after the programme's final on Sunday, had said she wanted to use her appearance to reach out to young people about political values.\n\nAsked if she felt she had in fact promoted Labour values she replied: \"I did so in the jungle and will continue to do so.\"\n\nMs Dugdale arrived back in Glasgow earlier on Wednesday after three weeks in Australia\n\nMs Dugdale, who was not suspended despite fierce criticism from some within Scottish Labour, has acknowledged she has \"a bit of work to do to make amends\".\n\nShe previously told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme it was difficult to seek approval for her appearance on the show during the leadership contest between Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar.\n\nThe election, triggered by her resignation in August, was won by Mr Leonard - who immediately expressed his disappointment at Ms Dugdale's decision, which was made public just hours before the leadership result was announced.\n\nMr Leonard said at the time that the party would consider suspending Ms Dugdale - but UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he did not believe suspension would be appropriate.\n\nAfter being voted out on the jungle, Ms Dugdale said: \"I do understand that it's controversial, I do understand there are lots of people at home that are unhappy that I've taken part in this programme and I've got a bit of work to do to make amends.\n\n\"But please don't doubt the fact that I'm devoted to the Labour Party, I love my job and I think I'm better-placed to do it for a long time now having had this experience.\"", "The editorial board of USA Today has said President Donald Trump is \"unfit to clean the toilets\" in Barack Obama's library or shine George W Bush's shoes.\n\nThe scathing editorial comes after Mr Trump claimed a female senator \"would do anything\" for campaign cash - words which some regarded as sexual innuendo.\n\n\"Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low,\" the newspaper added.\n\nUSA Today is not known for publishing such blistering editorials.\n\nOne of the nation's highest-circulated newspapers, it usually includes an \"opposing view\" column with each opinion piece.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut during the 2016 election, the newspaper broke its tradition of not endorsing a presidential candidate by publishing an editorial outlining why, it argued, Mr Trump was \"unfit for the presidency\".\n\nAlthough USA Today did not endorse his challenger Hillary Clinton, it told their readers to vote \"just not for Donald Trump\".\n\nIts latest editorial came a day after Mr Trump tweeted that New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand had \"come to my office 'begging' for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them)\".\n\nMrs Gillibrand earlier this week called on Mr Trump to resign over allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Leeds is calling on Congress to open an inquiry into President Trump\n\nBy Wednesday, five other Democratic senators had joined her call.\n\nUSA Today responded: \"A president who would all but call Sen Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W Bush.\n\n\"This isn't about the policy differences we have with all presidents or our disappointment in some of their decisions.\n\n\"Obama and Bush both failed in many ways. They broke promises and told untruths, but the basic decency of each man was never in doubt.\"\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Mr Trump was referring to political corruption in his tweet about the New York senator, and dismissed the notion that his words were sexist.\n\n\"I think only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way,\" Ms Sanders told Tuesday's daily press briefing.\n\nThe USA Today piece goes on to describe Mr Trump as \"uniquely awful\", and having an \"utter lack of morality, ethics and simple humanity\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by People This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNearly 60 congresswomen have urged Congress to investigate claims against Mr Trump of sexual harassment and groping.\n\nMr Trump said this week Democrats were seeking to capitalise on \"the false accusations and fabricated stories of women who I don't know and/or have never met. FAKE NEWS!\"\n\nThe White House press secretary later qualified the president was only referring to three Trump accusers who appeared at a news conference on Monday.\n\nThat clarification came after one accuser offered photographic evidence of her meeting Mr Trump in December 2005.\n\nThe former writer for People Magazine claims Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and \"forc[ed] his tongue down my throat\" when she interviewed him at his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 2017 'Arctic Report' showed that sea ice more than four years old has largely disappeared in the Arctic\n\nA warming, rapidly changing Arctic is the \"new normal\" and shows no signs of returning to the reliably frozen region of the past.\n\nThis is according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Arctic Report Card.\n\nDirector of the administration's Arctic Researcher Program, Dr Jeremy Mathis, said the region did a great service to the planet - acting as a refrigerator.\n\n\"We've now left that refrigerator door open,\" he added.\n\nDr Mathis was speaking at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans, where Noaa presented its annual summation of Arctic science.\n\nThis is the 12th report the administration has produced. And although it pointed to \"a few anomalies\" in a recent pattern of warming in the Arctic region, Dr Mathis said: \"We can confirm, it will not stay in its reliably frozen state.\"\n\n\"The thing I took that had the most resonance for me was we're able to use some really long-term records to put the Arctic change into context - going back more than 1,500 years.\n\n\"What's really alarming for me is that we're seeing the Arctic is changing faster than at any rate in recorded history.\"\n\nThe speed of change, Dr Mathis added, was making it very hard for people to adapt.\n\n\"Villages are being washed away, particularly in the North American Arctic - creating some of the first climate refugees,\" he said.\n\n\"And pace of sea level rise is increasing because the Arctic is warming faster than we anticipated even a decade ago.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Which cities might flood as the ice melts?\n\nScientists say it is clear that human-induced climate change is contributing to making the Arctic a warmer and more dynamic place.\n\n\"When we look at the darkening of the Arctic,\" said Dr Mathis, \"reflective, icy surfaces are melting to reveal darker surfaces that absorb more of the Sun's energy.\n\nGreening Arctic: Vegetation in the tundra is becoming 'bigger and leafier'\n\n\"So it probably only took a little bit of human-induced change to start the Arctic down this cascading pathway; a little bit of ice melting led to a little bit of warming, which led to more ice melting, which led to more warming.\n\n\"And now we're seeing an acceleration - a runaway effect that may eventually be a catastrophic runaway effect starting to take hold in the Arctic.\"\n\nOceanographer and retired US Navy Rear Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, who was appointed by the Trump Administration as acting administrator of Noaa, was asked during the Arctic report presentation about the response of the White House to the findings.\n\nMany scientists viewed President Trump's recent decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement as clear evidence of his scepticism about human-induced climate change.\n\nHe said that the White House was \"addressing and acknowledging it and factoring it in to their agenda\".\n\nDr Mathis added that information coming from this report was \"beyond reproach\".\n\n\"They're facts. Facts weighted in thousands and thousands of scientific measurements that have been validated and peer reviewed by a community of experts working in the area for decades.\n\n\"Policy-makers can use those facts as they see fit.\"", "The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.\n\nFrantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.\n\nWe saw cabinet ministers take MPs aside - for just a quiet chat of course - in the closing moments of the vote.\n\nAnd during the voting, which always takes about 15 minutes, some of those who were tempted tweeted that they had decided to abstain - the last minute promise from the minister, Dominic Raab, had changed their minds or delayed the clash.\n\nWe saw as one of the possible rebels, a new Scottish MP, Paul Masterton, was cajoled by the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson (the chief whip until weeks ago) - then after the conversation, picked up his mobile phone and tweeted that he was going to abstain. But the arm twisting and arguments failed.\n\nAs the MPs who count the votes made their way to the Speaker's chair, the opposition teller made their way to the outside of the despatch box.\n\nIt's a physical signal of telling MPs who has won before the official announcement takes place. As that happened the House of Commons erupted - well at least the Labour side.\n\nMinisters looked like they felt sick. The deputy speaker had to call for silence so the chamber could hear the actual result.\n\nTotal silence, and then disbelief as the result was read out. The government had been beaten after all, by only four votes.\n\nIt's the first time that Theresa May has been defeated on her own business in the Commons. She has to front up in Brussels tomorrow with other EU leaders only hours after an embarrassing loss in Parliament.\n\nBeyond the red faces in government tonight, does it really matter? Ministers tonight are divided on that. Two cabinet ministers have told me while it's disappointing it doesn't really matter in the big picture.\n\nIt's certainly true that the Tory party is so divided over how we leave the EU that the Parliamentary process was always going to be very, very choppy.\n\nBut another minister told me the defeat is \"bad for Brexit\" and was openly frustrated and worried about their colleagues' behaviour.\n\nIt's possible too that it was a miscalculation that could have been avoided. Had the minister at the despatch box put forward the concession even a few hours earlier, that tiny number of votes might have gone the other way.\n\nThis is only the first big piece of legislation related to our withdrawal from the EU and it has run into trouble.\n\nAnd one of the leading Tory rebels predicted the government will have to drop one of its other plans, to put a Brexit date in the withdrawal bill, next week.\n\nThe broader risk for May is not just that she will have to budge on this particular issue, but that the small group of rebels in the Tory party is strengthened by actually having had this kind of impact - and the opposition parties are already emboldened.\n\nTheresa May had been having her first good week in many, many months. That brief respite just might have come to an end.\n\nStephen Hammond, one of the rebels, has just been sacked from his position as deputy Conservative Party chairman. Tonight, no-one is playing nice.", "Salma Hayek, seen here promoting Frida in 2003, which she starred in and co-produced\n\nActress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled \"monster\", alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her.\n\nWriting in the New York Times, Hayek said Weinstein once told her: \"I will kill you, don't think I can't.\"\n\nDozens of actresses, including Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have accused Weinstein of harassment or assault.\n\nWriting in the New York Times, Hayek, 51, described working with the film mogul on what she called her \"greatest ambition\" - telling the story of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.\n\nShe wrote that, after striking a deal with Weinstein for the rights of the film that would eventually become 2002's Frida, she was forced to repeatedly refuse sexual advances.\n\n\"No to me taking a shower with him.\n\n\"No to letting him watch me take a shower.\n\n\"No to letting him give me a massage.\n\n\"No to letting a naked friend of his give me a massage.\n\n\"No to letting him give me oral sex.\n\n\"No to my getting naked with another woman,\" she wrote.\n\nShe went on to accuse him of threatening to shut the film down unless she filmed a nude sex scene with another actress.\n\n\"I had to take a tranquilizer, which eventually stopped the crying but made the vomiting worse,\" she wrote of her emotional turmoil at filming a scene she thought unnecessary.\n\n\"As you can imagine, this was not sexy, but it was the only way I could get through the scene.\"\n\nWeinstein's spokeswoman said in a statement: \"Mr Weinstein does not recall pressuring Salma to do a gratuitous sex scene with a female co-star and he was not there for the filming.\"\n\n\"All of the sexual allegations as portrayed by Salma are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account of what transpired.\"\n\nFrida would eventually gather six Oscar nominations, including a Best Actress nod for Hayek.\n\nMr Weinstein has been accused of rape, sexual assault and harassment, but has \"unequivocally denied\" any allegations of non-consensual relationships.", "The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. The ringleader, Craig Hickinbottom, organised the flights from behind bars. He's been sentenced to an extra seven years and two months in jail.", "Ed Sheeran has picked up his MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe singer was awarded his gong for services to music and charity.", "Marie Brown and Noel Brown were found dead on 4 December\n\nA father who was found strangled along with his adult daughter at his London home was a convicted sex offender, police have said.\n\nNoel Brown, 69, and Marie Brown, 41, were found in Deptford on Monday.\n\nPolice said a link to the 1999 sex attack was an \"obvious line of inquiry\" but they had no evidence that revenge was the motive for the murders.\n\nThey also revealed Mr Brown's attacker had tried to dismember his body. No arrests have been made.\n\nPolice have stepped up patrols in the area following the murders.\n\nPolice say Noel Brown had been to a betting shop on the last day he was seen alive\n\nThe bodies were found after Ms Brown's family reported her missing when she failed to come home after going to check on her father.\n\nPolice said Mr Brown had served a long prison sentence for the sex attack.\n\nDet Supt Paul Monk said there were \"no signs of forced entry to the property\" and police were trying to establish \"if the suspects or suspects were known to Noel and if Marie disturbed them.\"\n\nPost-mortem examinations found she and her father died as a result of strangulation.\n\nDet Supt Paul Monk said it was \"a deeply distressing time for Noel and Marie's family as they come to terms with their loss.\"\n\nHe said Mr Brown was \"well known and liked locally\" and was last seen alive on 30 November in his local betting shop, Paddy Power, in Deptford High Street.\n\n\"There has been speculation that his murder was as a result of a large gambling win, however at this time there is no evidence to suggest this was the case,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Daisy Ridley deleted her social media after becoming famous\n\nStar Wars actress Daisy Ridley says becoming famous made her delete her social media.\n\nThe 25-year-old, who stars as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, quit Instagram earlier this year.\n\nIn an interview with Radio Times, she says she did it because of how bad it is for mental health.\n\nRidley says: \"The more I read about teenage anxiety, the more I think it's highly unhealthy for people's mental health.\"\n\nShe adds: \"It's such a weird thing for young people to look at distorted images of things they should be.\"\n\nRidley's big break came in 2014 when she was cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Before that she had only had minor roles in Casualty and Mr Selfridge.\n\nShe says her \"life suddenly got a bit different\" after being cast in the sci-fi film franchise.\n\n\"I'm definitely recognised more, but I find the whole taking pictures thing weird,\" she says.\n\n\"I'd prefer to have a conversation than someone asking for a picture, but I guess people feel the need to prove they've had the interaction through social media.\"\n\nRidley with her co-stars Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega and director Rian Johnson.\n\nRidley deleted her social media in September, following the likes of celebrities like Adele, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, who have all deleted their accounts in the past after being overwhelmed by the online world.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're preparing for the worst', says Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters\n\nThe UK's ability to attract talent is already suffering, following the vote to leave the EU, according to the boss of the UK's fifth-largest bank.\n\nStandard Chartered is \"preparing for the worst\" from Brexit, chief executive Bill Winters told the BBC.\n\nThe UK-headquartered bank is in the process of turning its Frankfurt branch into a subsidiary requiring additional capital, licences and staff.\n\nHe said this was \"inconvenient and expensive\" and will damage London.\n\n\"London will take hits in the context of Brexit… I think big parts of the euro-denominated corporate banking business will be forced into Europe.\n\n\"It's possible that through the Brexit negotiations that there is some sort of extended passporting rule [ability of banks to sell services across Europe from a UK base] but none of us are expecting that quite frankly, or preparing for that.\n\n\"We have to prepare for the worst… let's hope for the best, but we're prepared for the worst.\"\n\nMr Winters said he would be happy to take the tens of millions of pounds he has spent on Brexit contingency planning and \"flush it down the toilet\" if it meant he could carry on as before and maintain the bank's current structure.\n\nThe mood music from the UK has already affected the bank's ability to attract the best and brightest talent according to Mr Winters.\n\n\"We have already had some setbacks for the talent pool in London through the restriction on student visas. That's already a problem.\n\n\"Some of the best talent that we can have in the UK marketplace is coming from students that have chosen to study here and then stayed for some extended period afterwards… We've noticed that's been impacted already.\n\n\"More through a sense from non-UK [people] that this might not be such a hospitable place any longer - it's more psychological than contractual.\"\n\nOfficial numbers bear this out. After a decade of uninterrupted growth, applications from EU students for places at UK universities dropped by more than 7% last year, according to UCAS, even though their right to stay on and work is, as yet, unaffected.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said it was taking action to provide certainty for students.\n\n\"We have confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course,\" they added.\n\nBill Winters says US President Donald Trump is wrong to allow China to grow its economic influence\n\nStandard Chartered is not a High Street bank here in the UK.\n\nIt is probably best known here as Liverpool FC's shirt sponsor but it is a well-known financial brand in Asia, the Middle East and Africa and has a front row seat when it comes to financing global trade and investment.\n\nIt provides advice and cash to grease the wheels of commerce within and between some of the world's fastest-growing markets.\n\nFormer Wall Street banker Mr Winters is convinced the US under Donald Trump is making a big mistake in allowing China to grow its global economic influence in areas from which the US is retreating - as demonstrated when it dropped out of a trade mega deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership.\n\n\"They're creating effectively a multi-regional trading bloc creating these markets in much the same way that the US and UK created markets in Europe after the Second World War during a period of so much devastation.\n\n\"They are creating markets where they will be less dependent on Europe…the US is taking itself out of some of the key discussions for them and then actual trade agreements where the US could continue to have an extremely benevolent influence that it has had for decades. I think we have got to be extremely careful about that - and the UK does as well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Winters understands risk. He was part of a major report into the stability of the UK financial system commissioned by the government after the financial crisis. He believes the banks are much more secure than they were a decade ago but that has presented another type of risk.\n\nA lot of banks have seen their profitability, their earning power reduced.\n\nThey have been forced to hold more shock-absorbing money in reserve and that has meant their earning power per pound of the capital they set aside has diminished.\n\nMeanwhile, technology companies are coming along and doing lots of the things banks like to charge for - like foreign exchange and making payments - and doing them more cheaply and conveniently.\n\nMany experts think banking's next crisis is the competition from nimble tech firms that don't have all the expense associated with being a bank.\n\nThis is one reason why many banks' shares (including Standard Chartered) - are trading at roughly half the price they appear to be worth on paper.\n\nThe idea that banks can't make enough money may seem perverse but any business that can't earn a sufficient return on the capital provided by investors is ultimately doomed as investors will take their capital away.\n\nMr Winters, however, is confident that banks are here to stay.\n\n\"For my thirty five years in banking I've started every year with people saying there is some enormous competitive threat looming - and they are right - there always is. But if you serve your customers as best you can you will stay relevant\"", "Headlines in Arab and Turkish newspapers are crowded with strident criticism and expressions of dismay in response to President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nThose in the Israeli press welcome the move, saying it should never have taken decades to happen.\n\n\"Thank you Mr President for this brave and historic decision. Thank you for applying your famous common sense to such a critical declaration on such a crucial issue,\" says one commentator in the Israeli newspaper, Yisrael Hayom.\n\nAnother, in Maariv, says Trump \"broke the fear barrier\".\n\n\"It is time to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” says Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth\n\n\"Trump is right: The world's refusal of 70 years to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been a stupid mistake,\" says a commentator in Yedioth Ahronoth. \"The claim that the speech harms the peace process is untenable, because there is no peace process.\"\n\nThe paper printed the full text of Mr Trump's speech, dubbing it \"The Jerusalem Declaration\" - echoing the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which expressed the British government's support for a Jewish national home in Palestine and paved the way for Israel's creation.\n\n\"Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and in the same breath watered down the American commitment to the two-state solution,\" says an editorial in the broadsheet Haaretz. \"It is clear that America will not 'rescue Israel from itself' and will not bring about the end of the occupation.\"\n\nThe view from the Palestinian territories is rather different. A headline in the Palestinian Authority-owned newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah calls the US move the \"slap of the century\".\n\nPalestinian Al-Hayat al-Jadidah featured the announcement prominently on its front cover\n\nAn editorial in the paper warns that \"the gates of hell will be opened in the region\", echoing a statement made by the Islamist group Hamas.\n\nThere are also calls for effective and measured responses.\n\n\"Why should we not launch a calm intifada (uprising) and return to long-lasting negotiations?\" asks one commentator in the pro-Fatah Al-Ayyam newspaper. \"It would be better for us to wager on our political achievements and not on a third intifada.\"\n\nA commentator in the pro-Hamas biweekly Al-Risalah echoes this: \"We should reject the US and Israeli pressure, and move to enhance Palestinian national reconciliation until we achieve national unity. The least we can do is to concentrate all our energies and to overcome our differences in order to protect Jerusalem and reject the new US decision.\"\n\n\"For you, the city of prayer, I pray\" - Al Jazeera responded to the speech by showing the Fairouz song, Flower Among Cities\n\nThe main Arab TV news channels are running special coverage of the announcement, reporting on the international reaction and reflecting on Jerusalem's place in Arab culture.\n\nAn evocative song by the well-known Lebanese singer Fairouz, Flower Among Cities, has been played by some channels, including Al Jazeera. In it Fairouz sings about the loss of Jerusalem, and about the Palestinians' hope that they will one day return to it.\n\nAl Arabiya TV showed footage of a Christmas tree with its lights turned off in Ramallah\n\nAt the top of its morning bulletin, the Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV cited the kingdom's official response expressing its \"deep regret\" over Mr Trump's decision and urging his administration to reconsider.\n\nIt highlighted demonstrations and strikes being held by Palestinians and reported that the lights on Bethlehem's Christmas tree had been switched off in protest.\n\nIn Egypt, Al-Dustur's front page says: \"Announcing the death of the Arabs\". Another daily complains that \"Trump gives what he doesn't own to those who don't deserve it\".\n\nIn Turkey, articles accuse Trump of going \"crazy\" and \"pouring petrol on fire\".\n\nBBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump says his Jerusalem decision is in the best interest of peace\n\nUS President Donald Trump announced in a speech on Wednesday that Washington was officially recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Here is the full transcript of what he said, as released by the White House.\n\nWhen I came into office, I promised to look at the world's challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. Old challenges demand new approaches.\n\nMy announcement today marks the beginning of a new approach to conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.\n\nIn 1995, Congress adopted the Jerusalem Embassy Act, urging the federal government to relocate the American embassy to Jerusalem and to recognise that that city - and so importantly - is Israel's capital. This act passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago.\n\nYet, for over 20 years, every previous American president has exercised the law's waiver, refusing to move the US embassy to Jerusalem or to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital city.\n\nPresidents issued these waivers under the belief that delaying the recognition of Jerusalem would advance the cause of peace. Some say they lacked courage, but they made their best judgments based on facts as they understood them at the time. Nevertheless, the record is in. After more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. It would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result.\n\nTherefore, I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nWhile previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering.\n\nI've judged this course of action to be in the best interests of the United States of America and the pursuit of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. This is a long-overdue step to advance the peace process and to work towards a lasting agreement.\n\nIsrael is a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to determine its own capital. Acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition for achieving peace.\n\nIt was 70 years ago that the United States, under President Truman, recognised the State of Israel. Ever since then, Israel has made its capital in the city of Jerusalem - the capital the Jewish people established in ancient times. Today, Jerusalem is the seat of the modern Israeli government. It is the home of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, as well as the Israeli Supreme Court. It is the location of the official residence of the prime minister and the president. It is the headquarters of many government ministries.\n\nFor decades, visiting American presidents, secretaries of state, and military leaders have met their Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem, as I did on my trip to Israel earlier this year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nJerusalem is not just the heart of three great religions, but it is now also the heart of one of the most successful democracies in the world. Over the past seven decades, the Israeli people have built a country where Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and people of all faiths are free to live and worship according to their conscience and according to their beliefs.\n\nJerusalem is today, and must remain, a place where Jews pray at the Western Wall, where Christians walk the Stations of the Cross, and where Muslims worship at al-Aqsa Mosque.\n\nHowever, through all of these years, presidents representing the United States have declined to officially recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. In fact, we have declined to acknowledge any Israeli capital at all.\n\nBut today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. This is nothing more, or less, than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. It's something that has to be done.\n\nThat is why, consistent with the Jerusalem Embassy Act, I am also directing the state department to begin preparation to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This will immediately begin the process of hiring architects, engineers, and planners, so that a new embassy, when completed, will be a magnificent tribute to peace.\n\nIn making these announcements, I also want to make one point very clear: This decision is not intended, in any way, to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the Israelis and a great deal for the Palestinians. We are not taking a position on any final status issues, including the specific boundaries of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, or the resolution of contested borders. Those questions are up to the parties involved.\n\nThe United States remains deeply committed to helping facilitate a peace agreement that is acceptable to both sides. I intend to do everything in my power to help forge such an agreement. Without question, Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive issues in those talks. The United States would support a two-state solution if agreed to by both sides.\n\nIn the meantime, I call on all parties to maintain the status quo at Jerusalem's holy sites, including the Temple Mount, also known as Haram al-Sharif.\n\nAbove all, our greatest hope is for peace, the universal yearning in every human soul. With today's action, I reaffirm my administration's longstanding commitment to a future of peace and security for the region.\n\nThere will, of course, be disagreement and dissent regarding this announcement. But we are confident that ultimately, as we work through these disagreements, we will arrive at a peace and a place far greater in understanding and co-operation.\n\nThis sacred city should call forth the best in humanity, lifting our sights to what it is possible; not pulling us back and down to the old fights that have become so totally predictable. Peace is never beyond the grasp of those willing to reach.\n\nSo today, we call for calm, for moderation, and for the voices of tolerance to prevail over the purveyors of hate. Our children should inherit our love, not our conflicts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Palestinians and Israelis react to US plan to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital\n\nI repeat the message I delivered at the historic and extraordinary summit in Saudi Arabia earlier this year: the Middle East is a region rich with culture, spirit, and history. Its people are brilliant, proud, and diverse, vibrant and strong. But the incredible future awaiting this region is held at bay by bloodshed, ignorance, and terror.\n\nVice-President Pence will travel to the region in the coming days to reaffirm our commitment to work with partners throughout the Middle East to defeat radicalism that threatens the hopes and dreams of future generations.\n\nIt is time for the many who desire peace to expel the extremists from their midst. It is time for all civilised nations, and people, to respond to disagreement with reasoned debate - not violence.\n\nAnd it is time for young and moderate voices all across the Middle East to claim for themselves a bright and beautiful future.\n\nSo today, let us rededicate ourselves to a path of mutual understanding and respect. Let us rethink old assumptions and open our hearts and minds to possible and possibilities. And finally, I ask the leaders of the region - political and religious; Israeli and Palestinian; Jewish and Christian and Muslim - to join us in the noble quest for lasting peace.\n\nThank you. God bless you. God bless Israel. God bless the Palestinians. And God bless the United States. Thank you very much. Thank you.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nPhilippe Coutinho scored a hat-trick as Liverpool became the fifth English club to qualify for the last 16 of this season's Champions League with a thumping victory over Spartak Moscow at Anfield.\n\nJurgen Klopp's Group E leaders came into the game knowing they needed to avoid defeat to be sure of reaching the knockout stage for the first time since 2008-09 - and Coutinho gave them the lead with a fourth-minute penalty after Mohamed Salah was fouled by Georgi Dzhikiya.\n\nThey doubled their advantage after a superb move 11 minutes later, Coutinho tapping home from Roberto Firmino's pass.\n\nFirmino netted himself to make it 3-0 at half-time, and Sadio Mane's sublime volley extended the lead.\n\nCoutinho completed his first hat-trick for the club with a deflected shot, and Mane added the sixth before Salah completed the rout.\n\nLiverpool's victory means this is the first time five English teams have qualified for the Champions League last 16 in the same season.\n\nChelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham will join the Reds in Monday's draw at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.\n\nAsked if his side would be a threat in the last 16, Klopp said: \"If we perform like this, if we are that clinical, then yes.\n\n\"If we perform like this then it is obviously a threat, 100%.\"\n• None Read more: English teams dominate - but can one of them win it?\n• None Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's Football Daily podcast: 'The Premier League is back'\n\nThis is a huge result for Liverpool, who failed to advance from the group stage on their previous two appearances - in 2009-10 and 2014-15.\n\nKlopp's side were close to qualifying last month, but Guido Pizarro poked home in the third minute of added time as Sevilla came from 3-0 down to snatch a dramatic draw.\n\nThere was no second-half collapse this time as the Reds produced another attacking masterclass to ensure they progress in Europe's most prestigious club competition.\n\nSpartak had held the Reds to a draw in Moscow but were blown away on Merseyside as Klopp once again unleashed Coutinho, Salah, Firmino and Mane from the start.\n\nThe quartet had scored 12 of their team's 16 goals in five previous group games - and they were once again in ruthless mood.\n\nDzhikiya clumsily hauled down Salah to allow Coutinho to score before the Brazilian made it 2-0 after finishing a delicious move started by Mane and involving Salah and Firmino.\n\nFirmino made it six goals in as many group games before the goal of the night by Mane - an exquisite volley from James Milner's inch-perfect cross.\n\nCoutinho's hat-trick goal came from a deflected shot off Salvatore Bocchetti before substitute Daniel Sturridge teed up Mane for the sixth and Salah pounced from close range for the seventh.\n\nHaving beaten Brighton 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, Liverpool have now scored 12 goals in two games.\n\nWho can Liverpool face in the last 16?\n\nLiverpool emerge from the group unbeaten but despite finishing top and being seeded they could still face a European heavyweight in the next round.\n\nAmong the unseeded teams the Reds could face are holders Real Madrid, five-time winners Bayern Munich and Italian champions Juventus.\n\nThey cannot face a team from the same country so will avoid Chelsea, and also cannot be drawn against Sevilla, who advance from Group E as runners-up following a 1-1 draw with Maribor.\n\nThe other teams they could be paired with are Swiss club Basel, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto.\n\n\"I don't mind too much who we get - usually I always get Real Madrid so we will see,\" added Klopp.\n\n\"There are a lot of really strong teams. This year is quite special. Not often you can face Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but Juventus and all the others.\n\n\"We will not be happy when we see who we face in the next round, but we will be ready.\"\n\nAnalysis: 'Great on the eye - but it gets hard now'\n\nLiverpool can score goals and that's the hardest part of the game - but coming up against opposition in the next round their defence might struggle.\n\nYou can still see Liverpool scoring but will they be strong enough at the back to deal with that quality?\n\nLiverpool are great on the eye but it starts to get hard now.\n• None Coutinho's penalty was Liverpool's fastest goal in a Champions League game at Anfield (three minutes 51 seconds).\n• None Spartak have lost 23 of their past 29 Champions League away games (W5 D1).\n• None Liverpool became the fourth English side to top their Champions League group this season - it is the first time since 2006-07 that four English teams have finished first in a single group campaign.\n• None Klopp's team are now unbeaten in their past eight Champions League games, winning three and drawing five.\n• None Salah has scored more goals in all competitions this season than any other Premier League player (18).\n\nLiverpool will look to cement their place in the Premier League's top four when they host neighbours Everton in the first Merseyside derby of the season at Anfield on Sunday (14:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Attempt saved. Fernando (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 7, Spartak Moscow 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James Milner with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.\n• None Attempt missed. Lorenzo Melgarejo (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrey Eshchenko.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Philippe Coutinho tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The Chancellor has been criticised by a disabled charity for saying high levels of disabled people in the workforce may have had an impact on productivity.\n\nSpeaking to the Treasury Committee, Philip Hammond said the UK should be \"extremely proud of high levels of participation by disabled people\".\n\nBut he said that may have had an impact on the UK's overall productivity.\n\nDisabled charity Scope called for an apology, saying the comments were \"unacceptable and derogatory\".\n\nLast month the government announced plans to get a million more disabled people into work within a decade.\n\nAnna Bird, director of policy and research at Scope, said Mr Hammond's comments \"fundamentally undermine the government's policy and the ambition set out by the prime minister just a week ago\".\n\nShe called on him urgently to withdraw the remarks.\n\nOffice for National Statistics figures show that disabled people remain twice as likely to be unemployed as their able-bodied peers.\n\nLabour MP Marsha de Cordova, shadow minister for disabled people, tweeted: \"As a disabled person I am shocked and appalled that Philip Hammond is trying to blame me and other disabled people for the Tories' economic failure.\n\n\"He should apologise immediately for this disgraceful comment.\"\n\nShe said the disability productivity gap had been \"stuck at 30 odd percent\" since 2010 and she called for a massive investment strategy and education programmes.\n\nSophie Morgan, a disability rights campaigner and presenter, expressed her anger on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by sophie morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe was joined by inclusion expert Mik Scarlet, who responded to Mr Hammond by documenting his journey to work.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mik Scarlet This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Travel is disrupted due to high winds, and low-lying areas of coastline are hit by large waves\n\nRail and ferry travel has been disrupted and dozens of schools have been shut in Scotland due to Storm Caroline's strong winds.\n\nThe Met Office has amber \"be prepared\" and yellow \"be aware\" warnings in place for Thursday's storm for Scotland.\n\nYellow warnings have been issued for snow, ice and wind on Friday and Saturday for large parts of the UK.\n\nSome rail services have, however, now been restored as the worst of the storm moved away.\n\nThe West Highland line re-opened and speed restrictions were lifted on Inverness - Aberdeen route.\n\nA bus came off a road in Orkney as high winds hit the islands\n\nMountaineering Scotland has reported gusts reaching 116mph on the summit of Cairn Gorm mountain in the Cairngorms.\n\nWinds gusting to 91mph have also been recorded at Dounreay nuclear site in Caithness, which was closed for the day at 13:00 because of the bad weather.\n\nHigh winds in Orkney have seen wave heights of up 45ft (14m) being recorded at the European Marine Energy Centre's Billia Croo wave test site.\n\nThe Met Office updated its yellow warning for snow and ice on Thursday to include southern Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAn image of Storm Caroline captured by the University of Dundee Satellite Receiving Station\n\nScrabster Harbour in Caithness where winds have been gusting to 91mph\n\nThe ferry, Hamnavoe, leaving Scrabster in Caithness for Orkney on Thursday morning\n\nA railway track at Patterton was blocked by a trampoline\n\nAll schools on Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra in the Western Isles have been closed to pupils as a precaution.\n\nElectricity company SSE Networks confirmed power has been safely restored to more than 11,500 customers.\n\nThe main areas affected were the Western Isles, north west Highlands, Caithness, Moray, north east Aberdeenshire, Orkney and Shetland.\n\nAs of 16:00 about 4,600 homes remained without power, mainly in Caithness, Orkney and Shetland.\n\nThe company said teams were working to restore power where it was safe to do so.\n\nIn the Highland Council area, more than 50 schools, which include nurseries, primary and secondary schools, were closed because of the weather.\n\nA council spokeswoman confirmed Wick Campus - including Wick High School, Newtonpark Primary School and High Life Highland Leisure facilities - will remain closed on Friday after the gym roof was damaged.\n\nAll schools in Orkney were closed from 11:30.\n\nIn Shetland, where police have warned of debris on roads in Lerwick and issues affecting the A970, all schools were closed from lunchtime and will remain shut on Friday.\n\nTwo schools in Moray were also closed early because of the weather.\n\nSandbags in Macduff on the Aberdeenshire coast following warnings of high tides, strong winds and large waves\n\nWork to clear up debris from a wind-damaged tree in Inverness\n\nA wet and windy scene on Shetland where all schools closed from lunchtime\n\nRail services between Glasgow Central and Neilston were disrupted for almost two hours after a trampoline blew onto the track at Patterton in East Renfrewshire.\n\nAt the height of the storm, the bus company Stagecoach said it had to suspended its services in the north of Scotland.\n\nFerry operators Caledonian MacBrayne and Serco Northlink warned of continuing disruption to routes on Scotland's west and north coasts.\n\nFerry sailings to and from Shetland were cancelled on Thursday night.\n\nSerco Northlink is also advising customers that both of Friday's passenger sailings from Lerwick and Aberdeen are under review with a high probability of cancellations.\n\nThe crew of the ferry Hamnavoe that left Scrabster in Caithness earlier on Thursday, had to seek shelter in Scapa Flow in Orkney having been unable to berth in Stromness.\n\nA seal in wind-blown sand at Newburgh beach in Aberdeenshire\n\nDue to concerns about large waves during the storm, all personnel have been taken off the North Sea platform Ninian Southern off Shetland and production shut down.\n\nCairnGorm Mountain snowsports centre near Aviemore was closed on Thursday because of the expected high winds.\n\nBlustery conditions at Invergordon in an image taken by BBC Weather Watcher Winkers\n\nIt has emerged that, as the storm approached Scotland, bad weather caused a gangway connected to a North Sea oil platform to separate from an accommodation vessel.\n\nThe gangway between the Safe Boreas and the Mariner platform east of Shetland automatically disconnected due to worsening weather conditions.\n\nStatoil said no-one was injured, but it did leave 36 workers, who were on the neighbouring Noble Lloyd Noble rig unable to get back to the accommodation vessel. They made the short journey on Thursday morning by helicopter.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fletcher's appointment followed the departure of Singer, who was accused of being \"unreliable\"\n\nDirecting duties for Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury film biopic, have been taken on by Eddie the Eagle's Dexter Fletcher, after the firing of Bryan Singer.\n\nThe actor turned Bafta-nominated director was previously set to direct the Mercury film only to leave the project in 2014.\n\n20th Century Fox said production would resume next week.\n\nRami Malek will play the Queen singer in the film.\n\nIt is expected to be released in December 2018 as planned.\n\nThe troubled project has faced a series of setbacks since it was first announced in 2010.\n\nSinger's departure was confirmed this week, with a source attributing his exit to \"a pattern of unreliable behaviour on set\".\n\nThe Usual Suspects director said he was disappointed to leave the film, which he described as \"a passion project\".\n\nIn a statement issued through his lawyer, Singer said he had asked for time off to deal with a \"pressing\" family matter.\n\n\"Unfortunately, the studio was unwilling to accommodate me and terminated my services,\" he continued.\n\nFilming has been taking place in the UK, with Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello and Gwilym Lee starring as Queen's other members.\n\nBefore turning to directing, Fletcher was best known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and ITV's Press Gang.\n\nHe made his directorial debut in 2011 with urban drama Wild Bill, for which he was nominated for a Bafta Film Award, and also directed Sunshine on Leith in 2013.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Downing Street has insisted it is still confident of a first-phase Brexit deal before next week's summit\n\nTheresa May has been urged not to allow Eurosceptic MPs in her party to \"impose their own conditions\" on negotiations amid signs of fresh Tory infighting.\n\nNineteen Tory MPs who back a \"soft Brexit\" have written to her saying it is \"highly irresponsible\" for anyone to dictate terms which may scupper a deal.\n\nIt follows some Tories backing the DUP's decision to oppose a draft deal on the future of the Irish border.\n\nThe PM has spoken to the DUP's Arlene Foster to try to break the deadlock.\n\nThe DUP says there is \"more work to be done\" if it is to agree to plans for the future of the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic after Brexit - a prerequisite for talks to move on to their next phase.\n\nIrish PM Leo Varadkar, who also spoke to Mrs May on Wednesday, said he was willing to consider any new proposals, suggesting the UK might put something forward within the next 24 hours.\n\nAnd the BBC understands the ambassadors of the 27 EU member states, who received an update from chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier on Wednesday, are \"waiting for something from London\" in the next 48 hours.\n\nThe BBC's Adam Fleming said Mr Barnier and the member states agreed there must be clarity within 48 hours for them to have enough time to consult with their capitals about draft guidelines for phase two of the talks.\n\nAt a summit next week, European leaders will decide whether enough progress has been made in the negotiations on Ireland, the UK's \"divorce bill\" and citizens' rights so far to open trade talks.\n\nIn their letter, the 19 MPs - who largely backed Remain in the 2016 referendum - say they support the PM's handling of the negotiations, in particular the \"political and practical difficulties\" relating to the Irish border.\n\nBut they hit out at what they say are attempts by some in their party to paint a no-deal scenario in which the UK failed to agree a trade agreement as \"some status quo which the UK simply opts to adopt\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\n\"We wish to make it clear that we are disappointed yet again that some MPs and others seek to impose their own conditions on these negotiations,\" the MPs, including former cabinet ministers Stephen Crabb, Dominic Grieve, Anna Soubry and Nicky Morgan - write.\n\n\"In particular, it is highly irresponsible to seek to dictate terms which could lead to the UK walking away from these negotiations.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt urges the PM to \"take whatever time is necessary\" to get the next stage of negotiations right.\n\nOn Tuesday, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith argued the time was fast approaching for the UK to consider walking away from the talks if the EU did not allow negotiators to proceed to the next phase - in which future trade and security relations will take centre stage.\n\nThe suggestion of \"regulatory alignment\" between Northern Ireland and the European Union and any continuing role for the European Court of Justice has also concerned some Eurosceptic Conservative MPs.\n\nOn Monday Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party - whose support the PM needs to win key votes at Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU.\n\nThe DUP said the proposals, which aimed to avoid a \"hard border\" by aligning regulations on both sides of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, were not acceptable.\n\nThis has left the UK government racing to find an agreement suiting all sides in time for next week's summit.\n\nThe Irish PM said he was willing to consider any new proposals from the UK\n\nThe DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds said the Irish government, which has said it wants firm guarantees that a hard border can be avoided, was playing a \"dangerous game\" with its own economy.\n\nAt a press conference with his Dutch counterpart on Wednesday, Irish PM Leo Varadkar insisted he wanted the talks to move beyond consideration of divorce issues to the future.\n\n\"Having consulted with people in London, she (Theresa May) wants to come back to us with some text tonight or tomorrow,\" he said. \"I expressed my willingness to consider that.\"\n\nIn a separate development, Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested the UK could pay the so-called Brexit bill, regardless of whether or not there is a subsequent trade agreement with the EU.\n\nHe told MPs on the Treasury Committee he found it \"inconceivable\" that the UK would \"walk away\" from its financial obligations as \"frankly it would not make us a credible partner for future international agreements\".\n\nOn the issue of the divorce bill, a No 10 spokesman said the government's position remained that \"nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and that applies to the financial settlement\".\n\nReports have suggested the UK has raised its financial offer to a figure of up to 50bn euros (£44bn).", "The winning city was announced in the current UK City of Culture, Hull\n\nCoventry has been chosen to be the UK's City of Culture for 2021.\n\nThe bid team said their plans were \"about changing the reputation of a city\" as well as hosting a year of cultural celebration.\n\nThe title is awarded every four years and Coventry will hope to emulate the success of Hull, which is UK City of Culture this year.\n\nThe other places in the running for the title were Swansea, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland.\n\nCoventry is the birthplace of Philip Larkin, one of England's finest poets, electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and best-selling author Lee Child. It's also the home of the Two Tone ska movement through bands like The Specials and The Selecter.\n\nVenues will include Warwick Arts Centre, the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum and the Belgrade Theatre, which launched the Theatre In Education movement in 1965. It's also the home of the UK's first Shop Front Theatre and boasts the UK's largest free family music festival with the Coventry Godiva Festival.\n\nCoventry's bid team said the city had \"constantly reinvented itself to survive\".\n\nIt has suffered from the decline of its status as the heart of the British motor industry, and it was devastated by bombing during the World War Two.\n\nIt will hope to learn from Hull, whose status as UK City of Culture has boosted the local economy by an estimated £60m.\n\nHull has also seen more than £1bn of investment since being chosen to hold the 2017 title four years ago, and the year's artistic programme has been a hit with both residents and critics.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK City of Culture: Five things about Coventry\n\nLaura McMillan, manager of the Coventry City of Culture Trust, said the economic impact would \"be huge for the city and the West Midlands\".\n\n\"This is a win for Coventry, a win for young people and a win for diversity,\" she said.\n\n\"It's been a bid by and for the people of Coventry. It has brought so many people and organisations together and this is just the start.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Coventry2021 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArts minister John Glen said it was \"an incredible opportunity for Coventry to boost investment in the local economy, grow tourism and put arts and culture centre stage\".\n\nHe said: \"In 2017 I have seen the truly transformative effect this prestigious title has had on Hull.\n\n\"The city has embraced City of Culture and in doing so has demonstrated how culture, the arts and heritage can bring communities together. I look forward to seeing what Coventry has in store in 2021.\"\n\nHe also congratulated the unsuccessful towns and cities for their \"excellent\" bids.\n\nCoventry will be the third UK City of Culture - after Hull and Londonderry, which held the title in 2013.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by pauline black This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Jim Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs part of the prize, Coventry will have access to a £3m Heritage Lottery Fund grant.\n\nThe UK City of Culture scheme is separate from the European Capital of Culture. The UK was due to have a turn choosing a city to hold that title in 2023, with Leeds, Dundee, Milton Keynes, Belfast/Derry and Nottingham all bidding.\n\nBut the European Commission recently confirmed that the UK will lose the right to have a host city after it leaves the EU in 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The controversial US embassy move to Jerusalem is going ahead amid celebration and protest. The BBC's Yolande Knell explains why the city is so important.", "Disagreements remain over how the Irish border should be treated after Brexit\n\nBrexit negotiations are continuing into the night in a fresh push to reach agreement over the Irish border.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has been told there are \"serious ideas\" on the table that the different parties are broadly content with.\n\nAdditional wording has been added to reassure the DUP, whose opposition on Monday led to talks breaking down.\n\nUK PM Theresa May could travel to Brussels early on Friday if a deal is reached.\n\nEuropean Council President Donald Tusk is due to make a statement at 0650 GMT, prompting speculation that a deal is close.\n\nEuropean Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas tweeted: \"We are making progress, but not yet fully there,\" adding: \"Tonight more than ever, stay tuned.\"\n\nBut a Democratic Unionist Party source urged caution, saying the team were \"still working\".\n\nAll sides want progress on the issue ahead of a crucial summit next week, so talks can move on to the future relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhat happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been among the key sticking points in Brexit negotiations.\n\nOn Monday, the DUP - whose support the UK prime minister needs to win key votes in Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU.\n\nThey included aligning regulations in Northern Ireland with those in the Republic so as to avoid border checks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"However many times you phrase it, we're not going to be making any comment\"\n\nThe DUP insists it will not accept any agreement in which Northern Ireland was treated differently from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, on the other hand, which is an EU member, wants a guarantee that there will be no hard border between it and Northern Ireland after Brexit.\n\nThe UK, which is due to leave the EU in March 2019, wants to open talks on a new free trade deal as soon as possible.\n\nThe EU will only agree to discuss this when it judges that enough progress has been made on the \"separation issues\" - the \"divorce bill\", expat citizens' rights and the Northern Ireland border - that have been the subject of negotiations so far.\n\nSo the UK is trying to settle the Northern Ireland border issue before EU leaders meet next week.\n• None Johnson to EU: 'Go whistle' over exit bill", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Franken attacked Donald Trump and Roy Moore in his resignation speech\n\nDemocratic Senator and ex-comedian Al Franken has said he plans to quit \"in the coming weeks\" after string of sexual harassment allegations.\n\n\"I am proud that during my time in the Senate that I have used my power to be a champion of women,\" the Minnesota senator said from the US Senate floor.\n\nHis speech came a day after nearly 30 Democrats called on him to resign.\n\nHe would be the most prominent lawmaker to resign amid a wave of misconduct claims against high-profile figures.\n\nMeanwhile, the US House of Representatives Ethics Committee launched sexual harassment investigations into two Republican congressmen.\n\nTrent Franks of Arizona announced he was resigning as the inquiry was announced.\n\nMr Franken arrived at the Capitol holding hands with his wife\n\nHe acknowledged having made two female congressional aides \"uncomfortable\" by asking them about surrogacy when he and his wife faced infertility.\n\nThe committee also said it would investigate Blake Farenthold, who used $84,000 (£62,000) of taxpayers' money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit with his former spokeswoman.\n\nOver in the Senate, Mr Franken told his colleagues on Thursday: \"Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate.\n\n\"I may be resigning my seat but I am not giving up my voice.\"\n\nThe former Saturday Night Live comic and two-term senator has apologised to several women who have accused him of groping and sexual harassment, but he faced mounting pressure to step aside after a new allegation surfaced on Wednesday.\n\nMr Franken said some of the claims against him \"are simply are not true\", but added that women \"deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously\".\n\nHe also referenced the sexual misconduct allegations that have been levelled against President Donald Trump and Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.\n\n\"I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Franken is not the only US politician to have found himself engulfed by sexual harassment in recent weeks.\n\nOn Tuesday, Michigan Democrat John Conyers announced he would resign amid claims of sexual harassment made by his congressional aides.\n\nSeven women have come forward to accuse Mr Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court judge, of sexual misconduct decades ago.\n\nSeveral Democratic female senators - including some who called for Mr Franken's resignation a day earlier - hugged the lawmaker after his speech.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bernie Sanders This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar thanked Mr Franken on Facebook, calling him a \"friend to me and many in our state\".\n\n\"Nothing is easy or pleasant about this,\" she wrote, \"but we all must recognise that our workplace cultures - and the way we treat each other as human beings - must change.\"\n\nThe decision to fill the vacancy left by Mr Franken will fall to Democratic Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who said in a statement he has not determined who will replace him.\n\n\"I extend my deepest regrets to the women who have had to endure their unwanted experiences with Senator Franken,\" he said.", "European Council president Donald Tusk is to make an announcement about Brexit at 06:50 GMT on Friday\n\nThe core Brexit issues on which Ireland reached agreement earlier this week are not changing, the country's foreign minister has told the Irish parliament.\n\nDublin would look at new proposals but its core position needed to remain intact, said Mr Coveney.\n\nNegotiations between the UK government, the European Commission and the Irish government continued on Thursday.\n\nEuropean Council president Donald Tusk is now due to make an announcement about Brexit at 06:50 GMT on Friday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK and EU failed to strike a deal in Brexit talks when the DUP objected to the wording of a text on the future operation of the border.\n\nIt is unlikely the current phase of negotiations will be wrapped by the end of Thursday, says the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nThere is no sense of any real momentum in the talks, despite the hard work of all sides, she told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\nThe real difficulty for UK PM Theresa May is that disagreement on a post-Brexit Irish border has sparked division within the Conservative Party on the differing versions of Brexit that could be tolerated by different parties, she added.\n\nThe DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds MP left talks with representatives on the Conservative Party in Whitehall earlier on Thursday evening without comment.\n\nDublin's core issues are protecting the Good Friday Agreement, maintaining the integrity of the European single market and the all-island economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Would you notice if you crossed the Irish border? (Video from 2017)\n\nMr Coveney told the Dáil (Irish parliament) on Thursday morning that sensitive negotiations were ongoing and he would not make any statement that might create difficulties.\n\nBut he was insistent the Republic would not support anything that might lead to a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\n\"The Irish government's position hasn't changed,\" he said.\n\nThe Irish government has demanded a written agreement from the UK that there will be no return to a hard border - one involving checkpoints or barriers - after Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier, the Irish prime minister said the UK government planned to suggest a new wording for a Brexit deal on the Irish border within the next 24 hours.\n\nLeo Varadkar said he had spoken by phone to UK PM Theresa May on Wednesday, adding that he wanted to move things forward and had indicated his willingness \"to consider any proposals that the UK side have\".\n\n\"Ultimately, it is up to them to come back to us, given the events that happened on Monday,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\" a deal had not been reached, after the UK had agreed a text that met Irish concerns.\n\n\"I want us to move to phase two - if that is possible - next week, but the absolute red line that has been there for some time remains,\" he said.\n\n\"My responsibility as taoiseach (Irish PM) is to protect our fundamental national interest and that is the rights of Irish citizens in Ireland and Britain, and also the avoidance of a return to a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.\"\n\nThe EU has agreed that Brexit talks cannot proceed to phase two - dealing with trade - until the Republic of Ireland is satisfied with a UK guarantee on the border issue.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said it will not accept any agreement in which Northern Ireland is treated differently from the rest of the UK.\n\nMrs May's Conservative Party currently relies on the support of the DUP's 10 MPs to keep its minority government in power at Westminster.\n\nEarlier, veteran Conservative MP Ken Clark said the government had made a \"pig's ear\" of the border negotiations.\n\n\"They agreed this regulatory compliance on both sides, which is what a free trade deal requires, but unfortunately they didn't make it clear that's the whole of the United Kingdom,\" he said.\n\nTaoiseach Leo Varadkar had a 15-minute phone call with Theresa May on Wednesday\n\n\"I quite understand that in Ulster people don't want a different arrangement from the whole of the United Kingdom and to have new protectionist barriers on the Irish Sea.\"\n\nHe added: \"They should have kept the DUP completely in the loop and discussed it with them and explained it with them as it went along.\n\n\"It's no good just reaching agreement with the taoiseach and then present it to the DUP who appear to have got the idea that somehow this was a special arrangement for Ulster.\"\n\nThe chair of Westminster's Brexit committee, Labour MP Hilary Benn, said it was right to describe Monday's deal collapse of as \"a shambles\".\n\nHe was speaking on a visit to the Irish border as part of a one-day fact-finding mission.\n\nA group of 14 cross party MPs are meeting local business leaders in County Armagh as well as representatives from the police, customs, and staff from the North-South Ministerial Council.\n\nMeanwhile, Sinn Féin's leader north of the border, Michelle O'Neill, said there could not be any \"rollback\" by the Irish government on its position, urging Dublin to be \"very alert\".\n\nMrs O'Neill added that the DUP did not represent the \"majority view\" in Northern Ireland.", "Uber has had its licence suspended in Sheffield after it failed to respond to official requests about its management, the city council has said.\n\nThe firm, also fighting a ban in London, can still operate in Sheffield until 18 December and can appeal against the decision, the council said.\n\nIf it decides not to appeal, the suspension will come into force.\n\nUber said that an \"administrative error\" by the council was to blame and hoped to resolve the issue soon.\n\nUber is still fighting its ban in London after it lost its licence there in September.\n\nTransport for London, which has criticised the firm's record over reporting criminal offences and carrying out driver background checks, decided not to renew Uber's London licence after it deemed the firm \"unfit\" to run a taxi service.\n\nA Sheffield City spokesperson said: \"Uber's licence was suspended last Friday (29 November) after the current licence holder failed to respond to requests, made by our licensing team, about the management of Uber.\n\n\"We received a new application, for a licence to operate taxis in Sheffield, from Uber Britannia Limited, on 18 October 2017 which we are currently processing.\"\n\nThe council said an operator's licence could not be transferred and that the new application would be dealt with by the council's licensing department.\n\nAn Uber spokesperson said: \"We informed Sheffield City Council on 5 October that we would need to change the name on our licence as the named individual would soon be leaving the company.\n\n\"The council told us they couldn't change the name on the licence, as most other councils have done, and that we would instead have to apply for a new one.\"\n\nUber said it had submitted an application for a new licence which was still being processed.\n\n\"While we are in regular contact with the council, we did not receive the correspondence the council refers to as they sent the letters to an incorrect address,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We hope this administrative error can be quickly resolved so we can continue serving tens of thousands of riders and drivers in Sheffield.\"\n\nUber added that if the new application could not be approved by 18 December, the firm would of course appeal against its suspension.", "The first UK performance of Broadway hit Hamilton has left audience members singing the hip-hop musical's praises.\n\nSelf-proclaimed \"theatre addict\" Alex Packer called the performances from the London cast \"faultless\", and Jen Waller called the evening \"truly special\".\n\nThe Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye said it had been \"the best first preview of a musical [he'd] seen since Miss Saigon\".\n\nIn the Telegraph, meanwhile, Veronica Lee said the show at the Victoria Palace theatre \"went without a hitch\".\n\nThe opening of the show had been put back a fortnight, due to delays in the venue's extensive restoration.\n\nPreviews continue until 21 December, when the Tony-winning musical will have its official opening night.\n\n\"Saw the first performance of @HamiltonWestEnd tonight and it literally blew my mind,\" tweeted \"serial theatregoer\" Daniel Lewis.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Daniel Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis sentiments were echoed by David Cambridge, who said he felt \"so privileged to see the very first UK performance\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by David Cambridge This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFirst staged in New York in 2015, Hamilton uses hip-hop and rap to tell the life story of one of America's founding fathers.\n\nThe role of Alexander Hamilton is played in London by Jamael Westman, a 25-year-old Rada graduate with only two other professional stage credits to his name.\n\nRachelle Ann Go, Rachel John and Christine Allado play \"the Schuyler sisters\"\n\nAccording to the Evening Standard, whose editor George Osborne was among Wednesday's audience, Westman gives \"a superlative performance\".\n\n\"He absolutely smashed it,\" agreed Frank Ikenye on Instagram. \"Wouldn't think this was only his 3rd production.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by frankikenye This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHamilton is already one of the hottest tickets in London, prompting its producers to bring in a paperless ticketing system to combat touts.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The painting has been cleaned and restored from the image on the left to the one on the right\n\nA 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the museum has said.\n\nThe newly-opened museum announced the news without specifying whether it had bought the painting at auction this month.\n\nMedia reports say it was purchased by a Saudi prince.\n\nThe work - known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) - was sold in New York for a record $450m (£341m).\n\nIt was the highest auction price for any work of art.\n\nThe unidentified buyer was involved in a bidding contest, via telephone, that lasted nearly 20 minutes.\n\nThe New York Times reported that it was bought by Saudi prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud, citing documents the newspaper had reviewed.\n\nLeonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence.\n\nSalvator Mundi, believed to have been painted sometime after 1505, is the only work thought to be in private hands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Louvre Abu Dhabi museum opened earlier this month in the United Arab Emirates.\n\nIt cost £1bn to build the museum over the past 10 years.\n\nIt holds 600 artworks permanently and 300 loaned from France. The museum pays Paris hundreds of millions of dollars for this as well as for the use of the Louvre name and managerial advice.", "Labour's chief whip in the House of Lords is to stand down in the New Year following criticism of his expenses.\n\nLord Bassam has referred himself to the standards watchdog and agreed to repay the cost of travel to and from his Brighton home since 2010.\n\nThe peer, who also had a £36,366 allowance for staying overnight in London, says he has not been told he has broken any rules.\n\nBut he said it would have been \"more appropriate\" not to claim the money.\n\nLabour said Lord Bassam, who is a member of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, would make way once a successor had been elected in January or February.\n\nA spokesman said the peer had already referred himself to the Lords standards commissioner to determine whether he had broken the peers' code of conduct.\n\nAfter the Mail On Sunday reported Lord Bassam claimed the £6,400 annual cost of travelling to and from his home in Brighton, the former leader of Brighton Council said he would not submit such claims again.\n\nAccording to the paper, Lord Bassam is one of a small number of front bench peers also entitled to the Lords office holders allowance. This is because of his role as chief whip and because his main home is not in London.\n\nThe payment is included in his salary and designed to cover \"expenses in staying overnight away from their main or only residence\".\n\nIn a statement, Lord Bassam said: \"With my home outside of London, I have been in receipt of the relevant office holders allowance for the opposition chief whip in the Lords.\n\n\"At the same time, in accordance with rules laid down by the House, I have claimed costs for my regular travel to and from Parliament.\n\n\"While I have not been advised that any breach of the rules has taken place, waiving the right to such travel claims would perhaps have been a more appropriate response on my part.\n\n\"I will not be submitting any further claims in this way, and instead use the office holders allowance to cover those additional costs. I will also discuss with House officials the steps necessary to repay previous travel claims.\"", "Clockwise from top: Actor Ashley Judd, pop singer Taylor Swift, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, corporate lobbyist Adama Iwu and Isabel Pascual, a strawberry-picker from Mexico (not her real name)\n\nTime magazine has named \"the Silence Breakers\" - women and men who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment - as its \"Person of the Year\".\n\nThe movement is most closely associated with the #MeToo hashtag which sprung up as allegations emerged against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nBut Time says the hashtag is \"part of the picture, but not all of it\".\n\n\"This is the fastest-moving social change we've seen in decades,\" editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said.\n\nHe told NBC's Today programme that it \"began with individual acts of courage by hundreds of women - and some men, too - who came forward to tell their own stories\".\n\nTwo celebrities are featured - Ashley Judd, one of the first to speak out against Mr Weinstein, and pop singer Taylor Swift, who won a civil case against an ex-DJ who she said had grabbed her bottom.\n\nThey are shown alongside Isabel Pascual, a 42-year-old strawberry picker from Mexico (not her real name); Adama Iwu, a 40-year-old corporate lobbyist in Sacramento; and Susan Fowler, 26, a former Uber engineer whose allegation brought down Uber's CEO.\n\nBut many more people are identified as part of the movement behind the cover shot.\n\nThis \"moment\", the magazine says, \"doesn't have a leader, or a single, unifying tenet. The hashtag #MeToo (swiftly adapted into #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTambien, #Ana_kaman and many others), which to date has provided an umbrella of solidarity for millions of people to come forward with their stories, is part of the picture, but not all of it...\n\n\"The women and men who have broken their silence span all races, all income classes, all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe.\"\n\nBut, it says, collectively they have helped turn shame into outrage and fear into fury, put thousands of people on to the streets demanding change, and seen a slew of powerful men held accountable for their behaviour.\n\nThose featured include Tarana Burke, the activist who created the #MeToo hashtag more than a decade ago, the actor Alyssa Milano who helped it explode on social media last October, actor Terry Crews, a group of hotel workers who have filed a lawsuit against their employer, State Senator Sara Gelser, an anonymous hospital worker who fears losing her job if she speaks openly, and Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News journalist whom Donald Trump accused of having \"blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever\" after she moderated a debate during the presidential campaign.\n\nIronically, President Trump - whose election Ms Kelly said was a \"setback for women\" that helps explain the #MeToo movement - was named as runner-up for Person of the Year this year, having been given the title last year.\n\nIn 2006, the Person of the Year was simply \"You\", reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content.\n\nThe magazine's tradition - begun in 1927 as \"Man of the Year\" - recognises the person who \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\".\n\nThe great majority of people selected have been individuals - but by no means all. In 2014, \"Ebola fighters\" were recognised while in 2011 \"The Protester\" acknowledged the significance of the so-called Arab Spring.\n\nIt was in 1950, the magazine explains, that the \"mould was broken\" and \"The American fighting-man\" was chosen, to be followed by Hungarians in 1956 and later on Scientists, Americans under 25 and Mr and Mrs Middle America.\n\nIn 2006, the Person of the Year was simply \"You\", with a mirror cover design, reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content.", "Not yet. But, but, but, after two days where it has felt that there has been very little movement indeed, tonight, the atmosphere has changed.\n\nWell-placed sources on the EU and UK sides sound suddenly cheerful.\n\nNew language to add to the agreement that failed to persuade the DUP at the start of the week has been discussed approvingly in London, Brussels and Dublin.\n\nAnd on Thursday evening, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's spokesman posted this:\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut the DUP, who blocked the deal on Monday, humiliating Theresa May, are not yet fully on board.\n\nUntil their support can be guaranteed, don't expect Theresa May to get on the plane.\n\nThey are no strangers to taking their time, and making the most of their maximum moments of leverage.\n\nIt is possible that Theresa May could, by Friday evening, have been to Brussels and back, and have an agreement approved that would allow the Brexit talks to move on to the next phase.\n\nIt's also possible that this latest plan will fall foul of her Belfast allies and indeed, some figures in her own party.\n\nA senior source told me on Thursday: \"If she can't solve it in the next couple of days, how could she solve it in the next month?.\"\n\nThe next 24 hours are critical not just to the talks, but to Theresa May's future.", "Lavinia Woodward had ambitions to become a surgeon\n\nAn \"extraordinary\" University of Oxford student who avoided jail for stabbing her boyfriend is trying to appeal against her suspended sentence.\n\nLavinia Woodward, 24, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding at Christ Church college after drinking heavily.\n\nJudge Ian Pringle QC suspended her 10-month jail sentence and at an earlier hearing said he believed immediate custody would damage her career.\n\nShe has now applied for permission to take her case to the Court of Appeal.\n\nThe case prompted a debate about inequality in the criminal justice system after Judge Pringle deferred her sentence to give her a chance to prove she was no longer addicted to drugs and alcohol.\n\nHe had described Woodward as \"an extraordinarily able young lady\" and said sending her to prison would damage her hopes of becoming a surgeon.\n\nIn his sentencing remarks he said there were \"many mitigating features\" of the case, and she had shown \"a strong and unwavering determination\" to rid herself of her addictions.\n\nWoodward has voluntarily suspended her studies at Oxford until the end of her sentence, when she will face a disciplinary procedure if she decides to return.\n\nWoodward stabbed her then boyfriend in the leg with a breadknife\n\nOxford Crown Court heard Woodward attacked her then boyfriend, whom she met on dating app Tinder, while he was visiting in December 2016.\n\nShe became angry when he contacted her mother on Skype when he realised she had been drinking.\n\nShe threw a laptop at him and stabbed him in the lower leg with a breadknife, also injuring two of his fingers.\n\nWoodward then tried to stab herself with the knife before he disarmed her.\n\nJudge Pringle said Woodward faced a possible maximum sentence of three years in prison for a \"category two\" offence of unlawful wounding.\n\nThe Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) rejected three complaints against Judge Pringle in connection with the case.\n\nA judge must now look at Woodward's application and decide whether to grant her permission to appeal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is a \"stark\" increase between the ages of seven and 11 in the proportion of children in the UK who are overweight or obese, new data suggests.\n\nThe study of nearly 12,000 children found 25% were overweight or obese at age seven, rising to 35% at 11.\n\nBetween 11 and 14, there was little change, however, which researchers say may be because children of this age are making more of their own food choices.\n\nCampaigners are calling for more action on weight issues in younger children.\n\nResearchers from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) at the UCL Institute of Education analysed information on nearly 12,000 of the children taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study, who were born in 2000 and 2001 and have had their weight and height measured at the ages of three, five, seven, 11 and 14.\n\nRates of excess weight varied by nation, with nearly 40% of young people in Northern Ireland obese or overweight compared with 38% in Wales and 35% in both Scotland and England.\n\nThe levels showed little change up to the age of seven, but then made a big jump in the next four years.\n\nAt the age of seven, 25.5% of the boys were overweight or obese - but this proportion rose to 36.7% four years later.\n\nWith the girls, 23.7% were carrying excess weight at seven - but 33.9% were overweight or obese at 11.\n\nHowever, at 14 the boys' proportion had dropped to 34.1%, while the girls' had risen slightly to 36.3%.\n\nThe data, which was collected between January 2014 and March 2015, also revealed a link between young people's weight and their mothers' level of education.\n\nNearly 40% of 14-year-olds whose mothers had no qualifications above GCSE level were overweight or obese, while the proportion was 26% among those whose mum had a degree or higher qualifications.\n\nAlso, children who were breastfed as infants, and those whose parents owned their own home, had lower odds of carrying excess weight at 14.\n\nDr Benedetta Pongiglione, co-author of the study, told the BBC that while it did not investigate the reasons for the levelling off in rising obesity in 11- to 14-year-olds, trends suggested why this had occurred.\n\n\"We know that that age of early to mid adolescence is a time where children start to make more decisions on their own, which can imply different... physical activity, diet and other choices,\" she said.\n\n\"Peer pressure also plays a bigger role in their lives.\n\n\"From what we observe, maybe the time between seven and 11 is when parents take most of the decisions.\"\n\nProf Mary Fewtrell, nutrition lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Caroline Cerny, from the Obesity Health Alliance, both called for restrictions or a 21:00 watershed on junk-food advertising.\n\nProf Fewtrell said a range of measures should be considered, including \"statutory school-based health education in all schools and robust evaluation of the soft drinks and sugar reduction programme\".\n\nMs Cerny said it had to be made \"easier for families to make healthier choices\".\n\nShe added: \"Children can see up to nine junk-food adverts in just 30 minutes while watching their favourite shows, and we know this influences their food choices and how much they eat.\"\n\nProf Emla Fitzsimons, another co-author of the study, said: \"Children who are overweight or obese face an increased risk of many health problems later in life, including cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes.\n\n\"There is still a worryingly high proportion of young people in this generation who are an unhealthy weight.\"\n\nThe government has plans to try to cut childhood obesity, with a tax on sugary drinks coming into force on 1 April 2018.\n\nIndependent think tank the Centre for Social Justice has suggested it follows the example of Amsterdam, which is the only European city to have lowered obesity rates in the past five years with a variety of programmes - mainly through schools.\n\nChildhood obesity rates have also fallen in New York after a poster campaign on the subway system.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch.\n\nThe firm's DeepMind division says that it played 100 games against Stockfish 8, and won or drew all of them.\n\nThe research has yet to be peer reviewed.\n\nBut experts already suggest the achievement will strengthen the firm's position in a competitive sector.\n\n\"From a scientific point of view, it's the latest in a series of dazzling results that DeepMind has produced,\" the University of Oxford's Prof Michael Wooldridge told the BBC.\n\n\"The general trajectory in DeepMind seems to be to solve a problem and then demonstrate it can really ramp up performance, and that's very impressive.\"\n\nDeepMind has previously won a series of Go games against some of the world's top human players\n\nDeepMind has previously defeated several of the world's top human players of the Chinese board game Go, as well as teaching itself how to play video games including Pong and Space Invaders.\n\nThe London-based team is currently trying to develop a system that can beat humans at the space strategy game Starcraft, which is seen as being an even more complex challenge.\n\nGoogle is not commenting on the research until it is published in a journal.\n\nHowever, details published on Cornell University's Arxiv site state that an algorithm dubbed AlphaZero was able to outperform Stockfish just four hours after being given the rules of chess and being told to learn by playing simulations against itself.\n\nIn the 100 games that followed, each program was given one minute's worth of thinking time per move.\n\nAlphaZero won 25 games in which it played with white pieces, giving it the first move, and a further three in which it played with black pieces.\n\nThe two programs drew the remaining 72 games.\n\nDeepMind described the level of performance achieved as being \"superhuman\".\n\nGoogle highlighted that Stockfish 8 had previously won 2016's Top Chess Engine Championship. The software was first released in 2008 and has been built on by volunteers in the years since.\n\nThe open source project has been beaten by another program, Komodo, in two major computer chess challenges this year.\n\nEven so, one human chess grandmaster was still hugely impressed by DeepMind's victory.\n\n\"I always wondered how it would be if a superior species landed on earth and showed us how they played chess,\" Peter Heine Nielsen told the BBC.\n\nAlphaGo Zero's latest achievements do not rest on chess alone.\n\nThe paper says it was also triumphant in the Japanese board game Shogi versus a leading artificial intelligence program named Elmo, after two hours of self-training.\n\nThe AlphaZero algorithm won 90 games, drew two and lost eight.\n\nFurthermore, after eight hours of self-training it was also able to beat the previous version of itself at Go - winning 60 games and losing 40.\n\nShogi is sometimes known as Japanese chess\n\nProf Wooldridge noted that all three games were fairly \"closed\" in the sense they had limited sets of rules to contend with.\n\n\"In the real world we don't know what is round the corner,\" he explained.\n\n\"Coping when you don't know what is coming is much more complicated, and things will get even more exciting when DeepMind moves on to more open problems.\"\n\nThe University of Bath's AI expert Prof Joanna Bryson added that people should be cautious about buying too deeply into the firm's hype.\n\nBut she added that its knack for good publicity had put it in a strong position against challengers.\n\n\"It's not only about hiring the best programmers,\" she said.\n\n\"It's also very political, as it helps makes Google as strong as possible when negotiating with governments and regulators looking at the AI sector.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An independent inquiry is to be held into the malpractice of breast surgeon Ian Paterson, who carried out hundreds of botched operations.\n\nIt will aim to learn lessons from the case and improve care, the Department of Health said.\n\nPaterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent in April after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court. He had his initial 15-year jail term increased to 20 years in August.\n\nThe inquiry will begin in January.\n\nThe DoH said the scope of the inquiry was likely to consider:\n\nHealth Minister Philip Dunne said: \"Ian Paterson's malpractice sent shockwaves across the health system due to the seriousness and extent of his crimes, and I am determined to make sure lessons are learnt from this.\"\n\nPaterson, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, was jailed in May after an eight-week trial.\n\nPaterson was found guilty of wounding patients at Spire private hospitals\n\nThe court heard from nine women and one man who were treated in the private sector at Little Aston and Parkway Hospitals, run by Spire Healthcare, in the West Midlands between 1997 and 2011.\n\nHis sentence was increased by Court of Appeal judges who found his initial sentence was unduly lenient.\n\nOne of Paterson's victims, James Fernihough, welcomed news of the inquiry, but said: \"I think it's a bit late, it should have been looked into a long time ago.\"\n\nMr Fernihough, 43, of Wall Heath, West Midlands, who had three lumpectomies in 12 months but later learned the procedures were unnecessary, added: \"This should never happen again.\"\n\nThe inquiry follows a pledge by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in which he committed to hold a \"comprehensive and focused inquiry\".\n\nIt will be informed by the victims of Paterson and their families and chaired by the Right Reverend Graham James, Bishop of Norwich.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in California as firefighters battle several raging wildfires.\n\nGovernor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Diego on Thursday after a new blaze spread from 10 acres to 4,100 acres in just a few hours.\n\nThree firefighters have been injured and about 500 buildings destroyed.\n\nOne death has been reported - a woman's body was found in a burned-out area in Ventura County.\n\nBut an official told the Ventura Country Star newspaper that the death, in the town of Ojai, may have been the result of a car crash not related to the fire.\n\nOn Friday, US President Donald Trump issued a state of emergency in California, which will free up funding to \"help alleviate the hardship and suffering that the emergency may inflict on the local population\".\n\nAbout 5,700 firefighters have been battling the brushfires, officials have said, with firefighters drafted in from neighbouring states to help.\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County remains the largest, burning 180 square miles so far\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County to the north of Los Angeles remains the largest of the blazes and has spread as far as the Pacific coast.\n\nIt has consumed 180 square miles (466 sq km) since it broke out on Monday, and destroyed more than 430 buildings, fire officials said.\n\nA BBC correspondent in Ojai says the blaze is burning in the hills all around and more than 100 fire engines have been seen driving through the town centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CAL FIRE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Reuters news agency photographer in San Diego county, site of the Lilac fire, described seeing propane tanks under houses explode like bombs.\n\nSome 450 elite racehorses in the area were let loose from their stables to escape to safety, the Associated Press news agency reports. Officials say at least 25 thoroughbreds died in the blaze.\n\nBy Thursday afternoon local time, California's fire service said the blaze had forced the evacuation of 189,000 residents.\n\nFirefighters rescued both a work of art and the family Christmas tree from this Bel Air home\n\nMost homes in Bel Air cost millions of dollars\n\nCalifornia is entering its fifth day battling dangerous wildfires driven by extreme weather: low humidity, high winds and parched ground.\n\nAuthorities have issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called \"extremely critical fire weather\".\n\nThe powerful desert-heated Santa Ana winds have been fanning the flames.\n\nBoth the The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Getty Center museum announced that they would reopen on Friday.\n\nFirefighters battling the Skirball fire had slept at the Getty overnight on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air\n\nOne in four schools in Los Angeles were also closed.\n\nIn the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air, firefighters were seen removing artwork from luxury homes on Wednesday as the Skirball Fire raged.\n\nThe neighbourhood is home to celebrities and business leaders from Beyonce to Elon Musk.\n\nSinger Lionel Richie cancelled a Las Vegas performance for Wednesday evening, saying he was \"helping family evacuate to a safer place\".\n\nAn estate and vineyard owned by Rupert Murdoch also suffered some damage.\n\nThe media mogul said in a statement: \"We believe the winery and house are still intact.\"\n\nThe Los Angeles Times said Mr Murdoch paid nearly $30m (£22m) for the property four years ago.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lionel Richie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother blaze north of Los Angeles, the Creek fire, was 20% contained and covered some 15,323 acres.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Crews took an hour to free the man\n\nAn internet \"prankster\" had to be freed by firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave oven.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said it took an hour to free the man after they were called to a house in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton.\n\nFriends had managed to feed an air tube into the 22-year-old's mouth to help him breathe, the service said.\n\nWatch Commander Shaun Dakin said the man \"could quite easily have suffocated or have been seriously injured\".\n\nThe fire service said the mixture had been poured around the man's head, which was protected by a plastic bag\n\nMr Dakin said: \"He and a group of friends had mixed seven bags of Polyfilla which they then poured around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag inside the microwave.\n\n\"The oven was being used as a mould and wasn't plugged in. The mixture quickly set hard and, by the time we were called, they'd already been trying to free him for an hour and a half.\"\n\nCrews from the technical rescue team helped with taking the microwave apart, he added.\n\n\"It took us nearly an hour to free him,\" added Mr Dakin.\n\n\"All of the group involved were very apologetic, but this was clearly a call-out which might have prevented us from helping someone else in genuine, accidental need.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some important items were lost or never recovered, including Poppi's last nappy and her pyjama bottoms, the inquest heard\n\nAn expert witness has cast doubt on suggestions toddler Poppi Worthington was sexually abused in the hours before her death.\n\nDr Nat Cary, a consultant forensic pathologist, told the inquest there was no clear-cut evidence of trauma implying third-party involvement.\n\nHis evidence contradicted the findings of Dr Alison Armour, who was called as a witness earlier in the week.\n\nPoppi died suddenly at a house in Barrow on 12 December 2012.\n\nNo-one has been prosecuted.\n\nAlthough he did not carry out his own post-mortem examination, Dr Cary said he had formed his opinion after studying photographs and slides.\n\nHe told the hearing in Kendal he discounted Dr Armour's assertion that marks found near Poppi's fallopian tube were bruises from sexual penetration.\n\nDr Cary said they were \"of no consequence\" and would have occurred naturally in the five days between the youngster's death and her examination by Dr Armour.\n\nAlthough he said he could not \"absolutely exclude\" penetration, Dr Cary said he would have \"expected very obvious injury and there wasn't anything of the sort\".\n\nHe said he could not be sure how the 13-month-old had died.\n\nThere could have been an \"element of asphyxia\" but there was no sign she had struggled against restraint, he said.\n\n\"Just because you don't find a natural cause it doesn't mean there isn't one,\" he said.\n\nHe told Leslie Thomas QC, representing Poppi's father Paul Worthington, there was no evidence of a criminal act directly or indirectly causing Poppi's death.\n\nThe presence of blood \"needs to be explained\" but there was only the \"possibility that something happened\", he said.\n\nDr Nat Cary (seen here at a crime scene in Ipswich in 2006) said Poppi's death was not necessarily criminal just because it was unexplained\n\nIn answer to further questions, he said it was not possible to say whether an injury to Poppi's leg was deliberate or accidental and, if the latter, whether it was not witnessed by a parent or seen but ignored.\n\nThe coroner David Roberts asked Dr Cary if Poppi's case affected the way he now carried out his work in other cases.\n\nWould he, for example, look for marks like those seen in Poppi, he asked.\n\nDr Cary said: \"Yes, I would have a better look than I used to.\"\n\nThe sheet from the double bed where Poppi was placed at the time of her collapse was not recovered, the inquest heard\n\nThe inquest was told earlier that vital evidence from Poppi's final hours was lost or never found by police.\n\nCatherine Thundercloud, a retired Cumbria Police officer, said it would have been \"imperative\" to get statements from people in the house and Poppi's aunt, Tracy Worthington, as quickly as possible.\n\nShe had been asked to review the evidence as part of an Independent Police Commission Complaint (IPCC) investigation.\n\nSheets, equipment and gloves used by paramedics and hospital staff should have been retained, she said.\n\nBut a number of these items had not been kept, the inquest has heard.\n\nAlison Hewitt, counsel for the coroner, asked Ms Thundercloud what officers should have known before they searched the house.\n\nMs Thundercloud said they should have had first accounts from the parents and details from hospital staff about what had happened.\n\nThe inquest has heard the first police search began before first accounts had been gathered from Mr Worthington.\n\nPaul Worthington has always denied harming his daughter\n\nMs Thundercloud said: \"Unless you've read what he said you can't do a proper strategy.\"\n\nShe said those failures may have resulted in \"vital evidence being lost\".\n\nThe account from Mr Worthington would have shown the pyjama bottoms, which have never been found, were needed, she said.\n\nMr Worthington's laptop and both parents' mobile phones should also have been seized, she said.\n\nMs Thundercloud said there had been \"a lot of failings by police\" and \"missed opportunities\" in the first two days of the investigation.\n\nA proper log of the investigation was not kept so it was \"very difficult\" to see \"the rationale of what was done and not done,\" she said.\n\nIn 2016, High Court family judge Mr Justice Peter Jackson ruled Poppi was probably sexually assaulted by her father shortly before she died.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.\n\nMr Davis said the usefulness of such assessments would be \"near zero\" because of the scale of change Brexit is likely to cause.\n\nHe said the government had produced a \"sectoral analysis\" of different industries but not a \"forecast\" of what would happen when the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said impact assessments were urgently needed while the SNP called it an \"ongoing farce\".\n\nMr Davis said a \"very major contingency planning operation\" was in place for Brexit.\n\nOpposition MPs have been on the trail of the \"Brexit impact assessments\" for months. And when David Davis told them they didn't exist, they were quick to highlight some similar-sounding studies he had referred to in the past:\n\nDowning Street told journalists: \"We have been clear that the impact assessments don't exist. They're a specific thing in Whitehall terms. We think we have complied with the terms of the motion.\"\n\nAt Wednesday morning's Brexit committee hearing, chairman Hilary Benn asked whether impact assessments had been carried out into various parts of the economy, listing the automotive, aerospace and financial sectors.\n\n\"I think the answer's going to be no to all of them,\" Mr Davis responded.\n\nWhen Mr Benn suggested this was \"strange\", the minister said formal assessments were not needed to know that \"regulatory hurdles\" would have an impact, describing Brexit as a \"paradigm change\" of similar impact to the financial crash, which could not be predicted.\n\n\"I am not a fan of economic models because they have all proven wrong,\" he said.\n\nDavid Davis has probably not done the Brexit cause a huge bundle of good this morning. First, his frank admission that no impact assessments have been completed will inevitably be seized on by critics to argue Team May simply haven't done the basic spadework.\n\nSecond his suggestion that he doesn't have the resources for this, and anyway some of the work his officials have done wasn't much good, is hardly a ringing endorsement of his Brexit department.\n\nThird, Mr Davis probably didn't help his own reputation by telling the committee he had been handed two chapters of the 850 pages of analysis but hadn't read them. At times Mr Davis even chided the committee over the time they were taking.\n\nFair enough the Brexit secretary had a cold - but at times he sounded thoroughly frazzled and cheesed off. Not a great look.\n\nThere has been a long-running row over the government's Brexit studies and their publication.\n\nMPs have been pushing for the documents to be published, and on 1 November the Commons passed a motion to release \"Brexit impact assessments\" to the Brexit Committee of MPs.\n\nIn response, the government said this motion \"misunderstood\" what the documents actually were, but has since provided an edited set of reports to the committee.\n\nDavid Davis said the impact of Brexit on different sectors had not been assessed\n\nMr Davis told the MPs this represented \"getting as close as we can to meeting what we took to be the intent of Parliament\".\n\nA \"quantitative economic forecast of outcome\" does not exist, he said. \"That is not there. We have not done that. What is there is the size of the industry, the employment and so on.\"\n\nMr Davis also said there was no \"systematic impact assessment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn asks: \"Do they exist, or don’t they?\"\n\nDuring PMQs, Prime Minister Theresa May repeated Mr Davis' line that \"sectoral analysis\", not \"impact assessments\" had been drawn up, adding that the government would not give a running commentary on the negotiations.\n\n\"This really is a shambles,\" Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said.\n\nLater, Chancellor Philip Hammond was asked whether the Treasury had produced analysis of the potential economic impact of Brexit.\n\nHe said his department had \"modelled and analysed a whole range of potential alternative structures between the EU and the UK, potential alternative arrangements and agreements that might be made\".\n\nAppearing before the Treasury Select Committee, he suggested these could be made public when a Brexit deal has been agreed, but said to do so at this stage would be \"deeply unhelpful to the negotiation\".", "The London to Hull service broke down between Peterborough and Grantham\n\nThe arts minister had a last-minute rush to announce the next UK City of Culture after the train he was on was stranded for hours.\n\nJohn Glen MP revealed Coventry as Hull's successor live on The One Show, but his train from London to the city broke down near Peterborough.\n\nDozens of passengers were aboard the 09:48 service, with Hull Trains blaming a \"catastrophic engine failure\".\n\nHull Trains apologised to those on board the service.\n\nThe BBC previously reported Phil Redmond, chair of the UK City of Culture panel, was to fill in for the MP due to his delayed journey, but Mr Glen arrived in Hull in the nick of time.\n\nPassengers were helped off the stricken train and moved on to another\n\nEngineers initially thought the train had struck something, but it later emerged it had suffered engine problems.\n\nA Hull Trains spokesperson said: \"We have now been able to move passengers on to another train which will take them to Peterborough and on to their destinations.\"\n\nIn a tweet, the Conservative MP for Salisbury praised the staff onboard the service for being \"magnificent\" and said he had filled his time by writing Christmas cards. ;\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by John Glen MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Same-sex marriage will become legal in Australia after MPs passed a historic bill.\n\nThe result follows a decade of often bitter debate on the issue and a controversial national poll.", "At the start of the year Bitcoin was valued below $1,000\n\nBitcoin has breached the $16,000 mark, extending the digital currency's record-breaking surge.\n\nThe cryptocurrency began the year below $1,000 but continues to rise despite warnings of a dangerous bubble.\n\nAccording to Coindesk.com, Bitcoin reached $16,663.18 (£12, 358.35), having soared over 50% in a week.\n\nThe new high comes days before the launch of Bitcoin futures on two exchanges, including the world's largest futures exchange, CME.\n\nSpread betting firm CMC Markets said the rise had all the symptoms of a bubble market, warning \"there is no way to know when the bubble will burst\".\n\nThere are two key traits of Bitcoin: it is digital and it is seen as an alternative currency.\n\nUnlike the notes or coins in your pocket, it largely exists online.\n\nSecondly, Bitcoin is not printed by governments or traditional banks.\n\nA small but growing number of businesses, including Expedia and Microsoft, accept bitcoins - which work like virtual tokens.\n\nHowever, the vast majority of users now buy and sell them as a financial investment.\n\nThe digital currency's rapid ascent from around $1,000 at the start of the year has put it in the spotlight.\n\nCritics have said Bitcoin is going through a bubble similar to the dotcom boom, whereas others say it is rising in price because it is crossing into the financial mainstream.\n\nFinancial regulators have taken a range of views on the status of digital currencies and their risks.\n\nThe UK's Financial Conduct Authority warned investors in September they could lose all their money if they buy digital currencies issued by firms, known as \"initial coin offerings\".\n\nBut last week a US regulator agreed to let two traditional exchanges, CME Group and CBOE Global Markets, begin trading in Bitcoin-related financial contracts.\n\nThe announcement from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that it will allow investors to buy and sell \"future\" contracts in bitcoins - an agreement to buy the crypto-currency, for example, in three months time at a certain price - was seen as a watershed moment for Bitcoin.\n\nCambridge Global Payments director of global product and market strategy Karl Schamotta said that move was behind the latest rally: \"The perception in households around the world that the CME and the CBOE are providing legitimacy to Bitcoin is really what is driving the massive rally here.\"\n\nBut Leonhard Weese, president of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, said the rise in Bitcoin's value was \"mostly motivated by fear of missing out and greed\".\n\nBitcoins are created through a complex computer process known as mining, and then monitored by a network of computers across the world.\n\nA steady stream of about 3,600 new bitcoins are created a day - with about 16.5 million now in circulation from a maximum limit of 21 million.", "The £5 Christmas candle began to burn an hour after it was first lit\n\nA picture of a Primark candle bursting into flames has gone viral, after a mother-of-three took to Facebook to raise awareness of the potential hazard.\n\nJenny Ferneyhough purchased the £5 candle - which she said developed into \"massive flames\" after an hour of burning - in Manchester on Saturday.\n\nThe 33-year-old's Facebook post has been shared 145,000 times.\n\nPrimark said it is removing the product from sale and investigating the matter.\n\nMrs Ferneyhough, a Manchester City Council benefits officer, said she lit the candle - in the shape of a Christmas tree - after putting her three children to bed.\n\nShe said the flame had spread from the wick to the whole candle within an hour.\n\nJenny Ferneyhough, left, was with her husband Evan when the candle burst into flames\n\nShe said: \"Obviously everyone knows not to leave a flame unattended, but if you went to the loo, a couple of seconds later it could have burst into flames.\n\n\"If it [develops into] a massive flame when anything else is around it, it could be very dangerous.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she added that she was especially concerned about people lighting the candle \"around neighbouring decorations\" during the festive period.\n\nMrs Ferneyhough sent the pictures to Primark, who replied to say they were \"very concerned\" about the discovery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Primark This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA company spokesperson has since said the product is being removed from sale, while the complaint is investigated \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Ferneyhough said she was \"reassured\" by the massive response she had received to her post, less than 24 hours after posting the picture.\n\nShe added the main reason for sharing the pictures was to raise awareness of the potential issue with the candle, and to stop people from lighting it unattended.\n\n\"My husband went into the Manchester store to take a picture of the packaging, and a mum and her daughter said they'd seen the photo I shared of it in flames,\" she added.\n• None This is how to pronounce Primark", "The overall pupil absence rate is 4.5%, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education. One in 10 of those school children are classed as \"persistently absent\".\n\nA persistently absent child is one who misses school for at least 10% of the time.\n\nSecondary schools had a higher rate of persistent absence than primary schools. And overall, unauthorised absence, whether persistent or not, also increased.\n\nSuch statistics are just one of the reasons the BBC Stories team decided to look behind the numbers to make a series of films about why children don't attend school.\n\nTaking to the streets in cities across the country, the team asked children themselves why they skipped classes. They gave a range of reasons including anxiety, depression, bullying and having little interest in the subjects they are taught.\n\nMany said they wanted more support at school and some wished they could go back and \"just start all over again\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'School's dead man, it's the same lessons every day'\n\nAccording to the Department for Education's latest statistics, sickness was the main reason for absence in the autumn 2016 and spring 2017 terms. But illness rates remained the same as the previous year at 2.7%. Unauthorised absences, however, rose, including unauthorised family holidays.\n\nIt is important to note that overall school absences in England declined since the same period a decade earlier, as did the percentage of pupils who were persistently absent.\n\nBath and North East Somerset is one of England's wealthiest local authorities\n\nBut what's most surprising is where truancy was at its highest. While high deprivation indicators based on health, crime, education and crucially income are commonly linked to high truancy, a closer look shows this isn't necessarily the case.\n\nBath and North East Somerset is one of England's wealthiest local authorities, according to deprivation indices, but it had one of the highest levels of truancy in 2015 to 2016.\n\nAt the other end of the scale Manchester, a city which ranks highly on deprivation levels, had one of the lowest levels of truancy.\n\nManchester had one of the lower levels of truancy\n\nIf you compare middle income areas, again there are contrasts. Norfolk and Herefordshire are very similar overall when you look at health, crime, education and income but the truancy rate in Norfolk in 2015 to 2016 was much higher than in Herefordshire.\n\nSo, how reliable is the data? Pupil absence in England is measured at local authority level and deprivation by district so we can only look at the picture as an average with variation within each area.\n\nWales, Scotland and Northern Ireland record pupil absence in different ways.\n\nIn Wales, overall absence increased in 2016 to 2017 from the previous year - unauthorised absence and persistent absence also increased. However, persistent absenteeism in Wales was less than half of what is was eight years earlier.\n\nIn Scotland, attendance rates are recorded only once every two years. In 2014 to 2015, the overall attendance rate improved since the previous report but the unauthorised absence rate also increased.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the overall attendance rate in 2015 to 2016 remained unchanged from the previous year at 94.6%.", "Boris Johnson will urge Iran to free British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from jail when he visits Tehran.\n\nThe foreign secretary is expected to travel to Iran in the next few days.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been in prison since April 2016 after being accused of spying. She denies the claim.\n\nSupporters of the 38-year-old from London say that she recently had a health assessment to see if she was fit enough to remain in prison.\n\nMr Johnson's Tehran trip will see him raising the cases of other dual nationals being held in Iran.\n\nHe will also discuss British concerns over Iranian involvement in conflicts in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Yemen.\n\nIn November Mr Johnson apologised in the Commons after telling a committee of MPs that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been teaching journalism in Iran.\n\nHe retracted \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nCritics complained that the foreign secretary's initial comments could lead to her five-year jail term being increased.\n\nMr Johnson met her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, in November to discuss calls for her to be provided with diplomatic protection.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been visiting Iran with her daughter Gabriella when she was arrested\n\nMr Ratcliffe told BBC News his wife was due back in court on Sunday to face possible new charges and it was important Mr Johnson would be in Iran around the same time to \"make clear that he thinks Nazanin is innocent and should be home with her family\".\n\nHe said: \"I don't know if I'm expecting him to be able to unlock it all, and she comes out with him, but it can only be a good thing that he is there\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he had wanted to accompany Mr Johnson but the Foreign Office felt his presence would be \"too political\".\n\nWhen Boris Johnson arrives in Tehran this weekend, the foreign secretary will be required to perform some nifty diplomatic footwork even before he comes to address the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nFor relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran are delicate at the best of times.\n\nIt is only six years since a mob stormed and sacked Britain's embassy in Tehran.\n\nAnd to some in Iran, Britain will always be seen as the \"Little Satan\", a former imperial power that meddles in their country's affairs at America's bidding.\n\nBoth the UK and Iran have now restored diplomatic relations. But good relations are a work in progress.\n\nSo this visit, Mr Johnson's first, is designed above all to stabilise what has at times been a difficult relationship, a trip that was planned long before the case of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe became a frontline political issue.\n\nThe mother had been visiting Iran with her daughter Gabriella when she was arrested last year.\n\nThe child has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran for the last 20 months.\n\nMr Ratcliffe has not seen his daughter during his wife's incarceration.\n\nThere were concerns about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health after lumps in her breasts were discovered but those were found to be non-cancerous.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe and Boris Johnson met at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in November\n\nIn November Mr Ratcliffe said: \"She talks about being on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I absolutely believe that's true.\n\n\"I think it's important I don't exaggerate anything in the media and I'm not melodramatic, but she is in a difficult place.\"", "The government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.\n\nMr Davis had previously said the government had done 57 studies on 85% of the UK economy about the impact of Brexit.\n\nBBC News had a look in its archives.", "Footage has captured the moment a man stopped his car to rescue a wild rabbit from wildfires in California.\n\nThe incident took place on 101 freeway in La Conchita.\n\nMore than 150 homes have been destroyed in the Ventura area, near Los Angeles, and 50,000 people evacuated.", "The biggest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy has been officially commissioned.\n\nAt a ceremony in Portsmouth, the Queen described \"HMS Queen Elizabeth\" as the best of British technology and innovation.\n\nThe ship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Queen has officially welcomed the UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, at a ceremony to commission it into the Royal Navy fleet.\n\nThe monarch boarded her namesake ship in Portsmouth to see the Royal Navy White Ensign raised on the vessel for the first time.\n\nPrincess Anne, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones also attended.\n\nThe ceremony took place on the giant hangar deck of the £3.1bn carrier.\n\nHMS Queen Elizabeth and its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales are the most expensive in the Royal Navy's history.\n\nHMS Queen Elizabeth sailed into Portsmouth in August following extensive preparations at the naval base.\n\nThe navy initially estimated both ships would cost £3.5bn to build but the total figure was revised to £6.2bn.\n\nAbout 3,700 guests attended the event, which came more than three years after the vessel's official naming ceremony in Rosyth when the Queen broke a bottle of whisky on its hull.\n\nDuring the ceremony, the commissioning warrant was read, and the Blue Ensign, which has been flying from the ship until it is formally handed over to the Royal Navy, was replaced with the White Ensign, raised by 20-year-old Able Seaman Ellie Smith from Hull.\n\nAddressing the assembled guests and ship's company, The Queen described the ship as \"the most powerful and capable ship ever to raise the White Ensign\".\n\n\"At the forefront of these responsibilities will be the men and women of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, supported by the Army, Royal Air Force and by coalition partners.\n\n\"As the daughter, wife and mother of naval officers, I recognise the unique demands our nation asks of you and I will always value my special link to HMS Queen Elizabeth, her ship's company and their families,\" she said.\n\nThe White Ensign was raised to symbolised the ship's commissioning into the fleet\n\nAdmiral Sir Philip Jones, said: \"We have been on a long, complicated - but committed - journey to get to this point and commissioning the ship is a key milestone.\n\n\"The point of the big grey ship is it's enormously big, flexible, capable and adaptable.\"\n\nAs part of the ceremony, a 8ft-long (2.44m) cake replica of the ship was cut. As is traditional, it was carried out by the youngest member of the ship's company - Callum Hui, 17 - and the captain's wife Dr Karen Kyd.\n\nCallum Hui and Dr Karen Kyd cut the cake at the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth.\n\nThis is a big day for the Royal Navy. A chance to look to the future and, at least for a moment, forget about recent defence cuts and fears of even more.\n\nAfter successfully completing her sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth will be commissioned into service. For the first time she'll raise the White Ensign - officially becoming a Royal Navy Warship. But, this is still another milestone not the end of her journey.\n\nFlight trials will begin next year and her first proper deployment with jets on board isn't planned until 2021. It's also still not clear how many of the new F35 jets she'll carry.\n\nCertainly fewer than the 36 she was built for, with each jet costing around £100m. The Royal Navy believes the carrier - the first of two - will be a potent symbol of British military power. But it's already struggling with limited resources.\n\nCapt Jerry Kyd called the ceremony the \"culmination of a number of years of real excitement\".\n\nHe said: \"The first sailing from Rosyth was only nine months ago, we have come a long way.\n\n\"The first entry into Portsmouth was in the summer and here we are today accepting the ship into Her Majesty's fleet formally.\n\n\"So, it is right at the top, it is the latest milestone, many more to come, but hugely exciting and a very proud day.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe 900ft-long (280m) carrier cannot currently deploy planes but F-35B Lightning fighter jets are due to make their first trial flights from the carrier's deck next year, with 120 air crew currently training in the US.\n\nPreparations for the arrival of the flagship of the fleet and its 700-strong company led to more than 20,000 items, ranging from a human skull to sea mines, dredged up from Portsmouth Harbour.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said specialist dredging vessels had removed 3.2 million cubic metres of sediment - equivalent to 1,280 Olympic swimming pools - during the dredging operation carried out to deepen the harbour mouth to enable the Queen Elizabeth to reach Portsmouth naval base.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The fashion industry is failing to deal with the problem of sexual harassment, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told.\n\nIn the UK, professional agencies represent about 12,000 models.\n\nThe Association of Model Agents (AMA) said member agencies \"do everything within their power to protect them\".\n\nHere are some of the models' stories.\n\n\"One example I can think of was for a jeans brand. I turned up at the shoot, got the clothes on, got my make-up done, and then the make-up artist then left and I was left with the photographer.\n\n\"And we did the shoot and I went to the bathroom for a break. I came back and the photographer was on his knees, where I was supposed to be standing, and I stepped in and he just grabbed me by the legs and wanted me to then perform an act on him.\n\n\"And I just froze. I think the trouble is that you just freeze in these situations as it came out of nowhere.\n\n\"I didn't tell anyone about it, I just went on the bus home, shaking.\n\n\"My first thought was 'Am I going to get paid for this now?' as he might go and tell my agent and then I wouldn't get paid for it, so I just kept quiet.\"\n\n\"I was sexually assaulted by a stylist on a well known hair brand.\n\n\"He grabbed me by the throat, grabbed me in-between my legs, and he told me my body was disgusting.\n\n\"I couldn't get out, I didn't have keys, I didn't have a phone. I pushed him away when he tried to kiss me.\n\n\"He ended up masturbating lying next to me.\n\n\"I told his boss, but he didn't do anything because I hadn't gone to the police.\n\n\"He's still working now in the industry with female models, around models all day.\"\n\nOther accounts from models who did not want to be identified:\n\nThe Association of Model Agents said member agencies had \"a huge duty of care to their models and do everything within their power to protect them.\n\n\"We do not send them to meetings at hotels or private addresses with clients or photographers who we do not know.\n\n\"Further, we do our best to educate models on what is and is not appropriate, professional behaviour.\"\n\n\"There was a pretty popular photographer who wanted to shoot me. But because we were in separate states, he wanted me to send nude photos of myself to him.\n\n\"I remember him asking me and me kind of knowing, 'I know I don't know much about the industry yet, but I'm pretty sure I don't have to send you a nude photo for you to be able to tell what type of model you want.'\n\n\"I tried to appease him but do it my way and I sent him photos of myself in my bikini. And he lashed out at me via text message, saying, 'If you aren't ready for the real modelling world, don't waste my time.'\n\n\"A photographer came to shoot me in my home town. As we were scouting for a location, he asked me to pull the car over.\n\n\"I'm still young, still 17-18, and he kissed me. And I remember being like, 'This is not OK.'\"\n\nWatch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.", "Homes are being consumed by large fires spreading across the southern California countryside.\n\nFirefighters are tackling the blaze as residents flee the affected areas, but attempts at controlling the spread of the fire have been unsuccessful.\n\nDrivers filmed the flames from their cars on the 405 near Bel Air.", "Tearing up convention, US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.\n\nThe BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet breaks down what the decision means for Middle East peace.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWeather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and \"cut off\" some rural areas.\n\nThe Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, northern England and parts of the Midlands.\n\nA few centimetres of snow is likely but up to 20cm is possible in some areas.\n\nThere are yellow \"be aware\" warnings for parts of the country, with an amber \"be prepared\" alert in place on Sunday.\n\nThe Midlands, Wales, northern and eastern England and the far north of Scotland are most likely to have heavy snow early on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to BBC Weather, a 10cm spread of snow will initially mount in the Midlands and eastern England, before gradually becoming lighter and patchier throughout the day and into Sunday evening.\n\nBirmingham Airport have warned passengers travelling on Sunday morning to allow more time for their journey as a result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Birmingham Airport This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile southern parts of England and Wales could face heavy rain and gale force winds of up to 70mph (112km/h), the Met Office said. Icy surfaces are likely to be an \"additional hazard\", it added.\n\nHighways England have urged drivers to \"prepare for every eventuality\", recommending they carry warm clothing, food, drink, required medication, boots, a shovel and a torch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Highways England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTemperatures are likely to reach lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, particularly in rural areas.\n\nThe heaviest and most frequent snow showers are forecast to affect mainly north east Scotland.\n\nOn Sunday \"there is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe Met Office have issued yellow and amber weather warnings for Sunday\n\nOnly a small proportion of power cuts affecting homes and businesses across the Midlands, south west England and south Wales are related to the weather, Western Power Distribution said.\n\nAll current outages are set to be restored by 23:00 GMT on Saturday, ahead of further possible power cuts on Sunday due to the expected snowfall.\n\nMeanwhile in Scotland, where 18,000 households had been without power, electricity supplies have been restored.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHighways officials have reported \"hazardous\" driving conditions and police in Shropshire in the West Midlands advised against driving unless \"absolutely necessary\".\n\nThere are delays to some flights at Manchester Airport and it advises passengers to check with their airline before travelling.\n\nThe final day of Lincoln Christmas market has also been cancelled over safety concerns about the expected snowfall.\n\nIn the Brecon Beacons, one family made the most of an opportunity for a snowball fight\n\nBut it still was not cold enough for trousers in Greater Manchester\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The incident sparked outrage and a debate over the quality of private healthcare\n\nA premature baby who was \"mistakenly\" declared dead by doctors in India's capital Delhi has died in another hospital where he was being treated.\n\nThe doctors at the privately run Max Hospital had pronounced the baby dead hours after his twin, who was stillborn on 30 November, at 22 weeks.\n\nThe parents said the baby was alive while on their way to his funeral.\n\nTheir father told reporters that he would not take the child's body home unless the two doctors were arrested.\n\nThe incident sparked outrage and a debate over the quality of private healthcare which is often costly.\n\nThe two doctors were fired by the hospital on Sunday after an inquiry. The hospital also sent its condolences to the parents after hearing that the baby had died.\n\n\"Our deepest condolences are with the parents and other family members. While we understand that survival in extreme preterm births is rare, it is always painful for the parents and family. We wish them the strength to cope with their loss,\" it said.\n\nThe state health minister, Satyender Jain, has said the hospital's licence could be cancelled if a probe found it guilty of medical negligence.\n\nThe Delhi police said on Wednesday that it had transferred the case to its crime unit.\n\nThe incident came to light when the parents noticed one of the babies squirming inside the plastic bag that doctors had placed the infants in.\n\nAccording to the twins' grandfather, the stunned family rushed the newborn to a nearby hospital where they were told that their baby was still alive, local media reported.\n\nThis was the second instance in recent months where a private hospital in India has been called out for negligent care. Last month, a girl died of dengue fever in another hospital and the parents allege they were overcharged for her treatment.", "Sean Rigg died from a heart attack in police custody in 2008\n\nFive police officers will not face prosecution after the death of a mentally ill man in custody, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ruled.\n\nSean Rigg's family said it was \"shameful\" the CPS had upheld its decision from 2016.\n\nThe musician, 40, died from a heart attack at Brixton police station in south London in 2008.\n\nIn 2012 an inquest jury found that police used \"unsuitable\" force after arresting Mr Rigg.\n\nThe CPS chose not to authorise charges against any of the officers last year because the evidential threshold was not met.\n\nA review began at the request of Mr Rigg's family.\n\nMr Rigg's sister, Marcia Rigg, said in a family statement: \"It is shameful that the CPS should yet again find there is insufficient evidence.\n\n\"After years of vigorous campaigning to highlight the flaws in this wretched and unfair judicial system, there is no justice in the UK for families like mine.\n\n\"Any hope has been crushed.\"\n\nIn the weeks before his death Mr Rigg, who had paranoid schizophrenia, had not taken his medication.\n\nMarcia Rigg believes the police have not been held accountable over her brother's death\n\nHe was held down for eight minutes in the \"prone position\" after his arrest in Balham for attacking passers-by and officers in August 2008. He fell ill in a police van and died in custody.\n\nThe Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Met Police are still liaising over whether any officer has a misconduct case to answer.\n\nDaniel Machover, the family solicitor, said: \"As the police continue to pose a danger to those suffering from mental ill health, it is saddening that the CPS has failed to bring charges that would help to bring about change and accountability.\"\n\nA CPS spokesperson said: \"A full review of the evidence, including new material provided by the IPCC, was undertaken by a specialist CPS prosecutor who was not involved in the original decision.\n\n\"The review has now concluded and has upheld the original decision not to authorise charges in relation to the death of Mr Rigg, on the basis that the evidential test in the code for crown prosecutors is not met.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said in a statement: \"The MPS has been notified by the Crown Prosecution Service that the decision not to prosecute any police officer in connection with the death of Sean Rigg has been reviewed and upheld.\n\n\"The MPS has responded to the IPCC about its findings in relation to whether any officer involved has a case to answer for either misconduct or gross misconduct. We await the IPCC's further response and continue to liaise in line with the regulations that govern police conduct matters.\n\n\"We will do all we can to progress matters as quickly as possible.\"", "Mohammed Abdallah will be sentenced on Friday\n\nA British man has been found guilty of travelling to join so-called Islamic State in Syria.\n\nMohammed Abdallah received help from his brother Abdalraouf, who set up a \"hub\" of communication for would-be fighters from his home in Manchester.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard the 26-year-old intended to meet three fellow jihadis in Syria.\n\nAbdallah, of Westerling Way, Moss Side, Manchester, was convicted following a trial lasting more than four weeks.\n\nHe was found guilty of possessing an AK47 gun, receiving £2,000 for terrorism purposes and membership of IS.\n\nAbdallah was remanded into custody until his sentencing on Friday.\n\nThe jury heard the defendant was assisted by his disabled younger brother Abdalraouf, who was previously jailed for helping other members of the same network.\n\nAbdalraouf Abdallah has been in a wheelchair since he was injured in Libya at the age of 18\n\nAbdalraouf was left paralysed after he was shot while taking part in the 2011 Libyan uprising.\n\nHis brother was outed as an IS fighter last year when an IS registration document listing him as a \"specialist sniper\" was leaked to Sky News by a defector.\n\nThe court heard how the defendant arrived in Britain as a refugee at the age of three after his family fled the Gaddafi regime in Libya.\n\nAbdallah went to Burnage High School in Manchester and also attended Didsbury Mosque, where Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi was also known to have worshipped, it can now be reported.\n\nAbdallah previously said he failed to pass any exams and was \"not particularly religious\", preferring to spend time drinking and smoking cannabis.\n\nAbdallah's IS registration document was translated into English and analysed by detectives\n\nIn 2011 the brothers joined the \"Tripoli Brigade\" and during a bloody battle against the Gaddafi regime, Abdalraouf was shot and paralysed from the waist down.\n\nJurors were shown video footage of both siblings handling heavy Russian-made machine guns on vehicles in Libya.\n\nIn the summer of 2014, Abdallah headed to Syria via Libya with fellow Libyan Nezar Khalifa, 27, the jury heard.\n\nProsecutor Mark Heywood QC said they planned to join IS with former RAF serviceman Stephen Gray, 34, and Raymond Matimba, 28, who were also from Manchester.\n\nGray was turned away in Turkey, but Matimba eventually caught up with the others and recently appeared in footage with the late IS killer Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John.\n\nIn 2016, Sky News received files from an IS defector which listed Abdallah as a specialist sniper with expertise with the \"Dushka\", a Russian heavy machine gun, and fighting experience in Libya.\n\nFormer RAF serviceman Stephen Gray also tried to enter Syria but was turned away in Turkey\n\nHis record, which had the IS flag in the top right-hand corner, listed his former occupation as \"supermarket vendor\", although jobless Abdallah told jurors he got by in Britain by stealing and selling cannabis.\n\nThe form listed Manchester recruiter Raphael Hostey, aka Abu Al-qaqa Al Britani, as a reference for Abdallah, as well as a \"family friend\", the Libyan narrator of an IS video entitled Demolishing Borders.\n\nGiving evidence, Abdallah denied swearing allegiance to the jihadist group, claiming he went to Syria to help deliver $5,000 to the poor.\n\nHe said someone else must have filled out the registration form without his knowledge.\n\n\"It's true I refused to swear allegiance. They did send me to prison,\" Abdallah told the court.\n\n\"I was threatened with being beheaded. I was shot at. I was hit. I had bruises and a black eye.\"\n\nMohammed Abdallah is thought to be the man on the back of this truck in TV footage taken during fighting in Libya\n\nAbdalraouf Abdallah, then aged 18, is also thought to have appeared in TV footage showing fighting in Libya\n\nHe denied knowing the man behind the Demolishing Borders IS video but admitted he knew Hostey through the Didsbury mosque.\n\nAbdalraouf Abdallah and Gray were arrested in Manchester in November 2014.\n\nIn 2016, Abdalraouf Abdallah was found guilty of assisting others in committing acts of terrorism, and terror funding and jailed for five and a half years.\n\nGray, of Whitnall Street in Manchester, admitted three terrorism offences, including his attempts to travel to Syria, and was jailed for five years.\n\nFellow Mancunian Hostey, described as an \"inspirational figure\" for would-be jihadis, left the UK in 2013 and is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in 2016.\n\nIt can now be reported that Abdallah's trial was delayed in the wake of the attack on the Manchester Arena over reported links with Abedi, who attended the same mosque as the defendant and Hostey.\n\nHe too had Libyan parents, lived in Manchester, and had travelled to Libya before returning to the city to plan the May 22 attack on an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mohammed spends his days playing computer games and looking after his granddad. He's only 14, but he hasn't been to school since December. The idea was to home school him - but things didn't quite work out like that, reports the BBC's Sue Mitchell.\n\nHe lives in a spotlessly clean Bradford semi-detached house, with pale wood flooring and deep, comfortable sofas. His mother works part time as a nursery nurse and his father is a taxi driver.\n\nHis mum admits she is totally out of her depth.\n\nShe says she agreed to try to educate Mohammed herself at the suggestion of his school, after he was excluded for bad behaviour. She wanted to keep him out of the only alternative, a pupil referral unit.\n\nMohammed wasn't opposed to the idea at first. \"I thought it would be good because I wouldn't mix in with bad children,\" he says.\n\nBut it was harder than he expected. \"My mum isn't a proper teacher, she just helps nursery kids. She's not a teacher for maths, science and English. I couldn't learn from her.\"\n\nHis dad, who works long hours, tells him that he is squandering his life opportunities. \"He says: 'You've just ruined your chances' - that I could have had a good education and done my GCSEs and had a good life, but now I've wasted that,\" Mohammed says.\n\nMany families say home schooling works well for them. But Mohammed is one of a growing number of children who find themselves falling out of the state education system, according to Richard Watts, the chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People's Board.\n\nHe says it's increasingly common to hear of schools \"effectively putting a lot of pressure on parents to home educate their kids to get them off their rolls, particularly when exam time comes around\".\n\nMohammed was only 13 when he was excluded from school for setting off fireworks in the corridor with other boys. \"We went to a meeting, but they said there's no way of him coming back to the school,\" says his mum.\n\nMohammed had already been in trouble with the school authorities for fighting. \"At school he thought they ganged up on him and called him names, trying to provoke him. Mohammed is really quiet, but if he hasn't done nothing he'll be upset by it,\" his mother says.\n\n\"When Mohammed first settled into secondary education he was good. I think it's that he finds it hard to settle down and so much depends on his friendship group.\"\n\nBy year nine it became clear that he would no longer have a place in mainstream education. It was either home education or a place at the same pupil referral unit that his older brother had attended. His family didn't want him getting into the same bad crowds as his brother.\n\nSo when the school suggested home education as the only alternative, Mohammed's mother readily agreed. \"I never knew about the home schooling. I'm not that very educated myself and I'm not good with computers,\" she says.\n\nThe council had suggested a home education website. \"We had a few links but because of my home life situation and working I hadn't enough hours. He'd be depressed every morning and I'd put him on the home education website but it wasn't working for him,\" says Mohammed's mum.\n\nWhen she tried to get Mohammed out of bed to work, he refused.\n\nNow she doesn't bother trying and he passes his time helping his granddad, who has a serious lung condition and needs round-the-clock care.\n\nFor a brief period he attended Raising Explorers, an after-school facility in Bradford that tutored Mohammed for a couple of hours a week.\n\n\"It was hard to start over and not mess about and think about what I'm doing and to concentrate,\" he says.\n\n\"When I first went to the after-school club I was new, my background was different and I made mistakes. I got put on report and was doing good, but when people disturb me I just get annoyed and retaliate back,\" he says. He was excluded for brawling with another boy.\n\nMohammed says he regrets the bad behaviour that lost him his place in a mainstream school.\n\n\"I used to go to school and do stupid things I didn't think it would come to this, I thought I'd just do it a bit and I'd have a chance. I was falling behind at school anyway, but now that I don't have school I won't have any education for my GCSEs. I do think about my future - it's not going to be good.\"\n\nOut of School, Out of Sight is broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday 4 October on BBC Radio 4, or listen again on iPlayer\n\nAbdur Rahman, who runs a project working with excluded youngsters, says that like Richard Watts he is coming across an increasing number of cases where parents are persuaded to home educate, yet don't have the capacity to do so.\n\n\"These schools don't ask about the ability of parents to teach - that isn't part of the discussion. Schools work like businesses and it isn't about looking out for the child, it's about saying to Mum and Dad that: 'This is what you have to do because your child isn't engaging and it will keep you out of trouble.' It's a strategy that the schools are increasingly using.\"\n\nThe inspection of home education is carried out by local government officials, but it is a voluntary register and although numbers are thought to be growing, there is no real idea of how many families are doing this. It's because so little is known about the extent and quality of home education, that Lord Soley recently introduced a private members bill aimed at bringing in a mandatory registration system.\n\nHe says that there are concerns about the quality of education some youngsters are receiving. There is also a cost for schools who take back pupils like Mohammed when home education hasn't worked.\n\n\"These pupils who fall behind have disruption to their own education outcomes, but then if they go back into schools they cause problems across the board as they try to catch up. It isn't helping them and it isn't good for the schools when it doesn't work,\" he says.\n\nBradford Council is currently discussing school options with Mohammed and his family. A spokesman says the details of individual cases cannot be discussed, but any parent has the right to choose to home educate their child at any stage of their formal education.\n\n\"Local authorities can give advice but have no role in deciding whether this should happen,\" the spokesman continues.\n\n\"When the local authority becomes aware of an electively home-educated child, we offer a home visit or to meet at another venue. The local authority has no statutory duty to monitor the quality of home education on a routine basis. However, we always work to keep contact with parents to ensure our information about the child is kept up to date.\n\n\"All parents of electively home-educated children can contact our home education team at any time and parents can apply to the local authority for a school place at any point. The local authority will always look to work with the district's schools to find a solution which works for the child and their parents.\"\n\nMohammed's mum is currently trying to get her son back into school.\n\n\"I want him to do his GCSEs and go further, to study and move on to what he wants to do - instead of just finishing with no qualifications in a cruel world. I want him to try hard and I've told him, but there's nothing else I can do. Mohammed says he'll do anything to go back to school and to study,\" she says.\n\nMohammed agrees. He says he desperately wants to be back in the classroom.\n\n\"When I used to go to school I used to be around other children and I was happy. Now I'm by myself and it's just boring alone, I don't like it.\"\n\nJoin the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nReal Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time - and the second year in a row.\n\nVictory took the 32-year-old Portugal international level with 30-year-old Argentine Messi, who won the most recent of his five awards in 2015.\n\nMessi's ex-Barcelona team-mate Neymar, now at Paris St-Germain, was third.\n\nLast season, Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and their first La Liga title since 2012.\n\nRonaldo added the 2017 Ballon d'Or to those he won in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016, and Messi is the only other recipient of the award since 2009.\n\n\"This is something I look forward to every year,\" he said, after receiving the award on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.\n\n\"Thanks to my Real Madrid team-mates. And I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level.\"\n\nThe 2016-17 campaign was a stellar season for the former Manchester United player.\n\nAfter helping Portugal win Euro 2016, he scored 42 goals for Real in all competitions as they won their 33rd La Liga title and 12th European Cup.\n\nHe scored twice in a 4-1 Champions League final win over Juventus and netted 25 times in 29 league games as Los Blancos finished three points ahead of Barcelona.\n• None Quiz: How well do you really know Messi and Ronaldo?\n\nWhat is the Ballon d'Or?\n\nThe Ballon d'Or is voted for by 173 journalists from around the world.\n\nIt has been awarded by France Football every year since 1956, but for six years it became the Fifa Ballon d'Or in association with world football's governing body and was awarded to the world's best player.\n\nHowever, Fifa ended its association with the award in September 2016.\n\nAt Fifa's awards in October, Ronaldo was named the world's best male player and also named in the Fifpro World XI.\n\nHow did Premier League players do?\n\nChelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante was the highest-placed Premier League player, finishing eighth. The France international won his second successive top-flight title last season and was named both the PFA and Football Writers' player of the year.\n\nTottenham striker Harry Kane, the only Englishman on the shortlist, finished 10th, Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne was 14th and Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard was 19th.\n\nLiverpool forward Sadio Mane was 23rd while team-mate and playmaker Philippe Coutinho was 29th.", "Gambling giant Ladbrokes Coral is in \"detailed\" talks over a takeover by online rival GVC over a deal that could value the group at up to £3.9bn.\n\nUnder the proposals, GVC - which owns the Bwin and Sportingbet brands - would hold 53.5% of the combined group.\n\nLadbrokes Coral became the UK's biggest High Street bookmaker following last year's merger of Ladbrokes and Coral.\n\nThe maximum price GVC will pay will depend on the outcome of the government's review of gaming machines.\n\nLadbrokes Coral shares jumped 23% on news of the talks, while GVC's were up by 4%.\n\nThe Department of Culture, Media and Sport has said it will cap the size of stakes gamblers can make on fixed-odds betting terminals, amid concerns they may harm vulnerable people.\n\nMinisters proposed that bets on the machines be cut from a maximum of £100 a spin to somewhere between £2 and £50.\n\nGVC and Ladbrokes Coral said that the review could impact on the profitability of Ladbrokes Coral's UK business.\n\nUnder the proposed takeover deal, GVC will pay 160.9p for each Ladbrokes Coral share, which would value the company at £3.1bn.\n\nHowever, if the outcome of the government's review of gaming terminals is favourable to the gambling industry, and imposes a higher limit on fixed odds bets, then GVC will pay Ladbrokes Coral shareholders a so-called \"contingent value right\" (CVR) of up to 42.8p per share. When added to the original payment, this could value the company at up to £3.9bn.\n\nThe takeover of Ladbrokes Coral could go ahead before the government announces the result of its review. Following the outcome, GVC would then pay the CVR to Ladbrokes Coral shareholders.\n\nGVC and Ladbrokes Coral have previously held talks about a takeover, but they broke down.\n\n\"GVC got lucky at the third attempt and Ladbrokes Coral shareholders can count their winnings,\" said Neil Wilson, senior market analyst at ETX Capital.\n\n\"Whilst this deal was always likely, most had thought GVC would wait until the government's triennial review of fixed odds betting terminals was finished before it would happen.\"\n\nThe \"tie-up has always made sense\", he added.\n\nIsle of Man-based GVC \"has little debt and has the global and fast-growing online presence, Ladbrokes Coral has the physical footprint, High Street name and sports book\".\n\nUnder takeover rules GVC now has until 4 January to decide whether to make a firm offer for Ladbrokes Coral or to withdraw.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson: \"We want to drive them out of Iraq and Syria\"\n\nThe UK will \"bring destruction\" to those who fight for so-called Islamic State, the defence secretary has said.\n\nGavin Williamson said British armed forces were \"making sure terrorists have nowhere to hide\" across the globe.\n\nSpeaking at the commissioning of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, he said UK forces were driving IS out of Iraq and Syria.\n\nHe earlier told the Daily Mail: \"Quite simply, my view is a dead terrorist can't cause any harm to Britain.\"\n\nMr Williamson had said no British citizen who has fought for so-called Islamic State should be allowed back into the UK.\n\nAt least 800 Britons have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight for IS and 130 of those have been killed in conflict.\n\nMr Williamson, who took over as defence secretary last month, said the £3.1bn carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was \"part of our armoury\" in dealing with terrorism.\n\n\"We will be able to deploy her any place in the globe,\" he said.\n\n\"We will destroy and bring destruction to these evil death corps such as Daesh and that's what British forces have continuously been doing.\"\n\nHe said it was important for the UK to tackle terrorism in \"ungoverned spaces\" abroad, after forces had spent the last few years driving jihadists from Iraq and Syria.\n\n\"We've also got to be realistic, as where we have taken territory from them: Where are they going to go? Where are they going to try and strike Britain next?\" he said.\n\nReyaad Khan, from Cardiff, was killed by an RAF airstrike in Syria\n\nSpeaking to the Mail, Mr Williamson said British fighters who had fled to other countries would be found and stopped from returning to the UK, adding that there would be no \"safe space\" abroad for them either.\n\n\"We have got to make sure that as (they) splinter and as they disperse across Iraq and Syria and other areas, we continue to hunt them down,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Killing all jihadists is \"not a serious grown up policy response\", says Lord Macdonald\n\nLord Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, said suggesting dead terrorists could not cause any harm to Britain was a \"juvenile response\".\n\n\"We can't simply say that everyone who has gone to Iraq will be hunted down and killed,\" he told BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme.\n\nMr Williamson's predecessor Sir Michael Fallon said in October that British IS fighters in Syria and Iraq had made themselves \"a legitimate target\" who could end up on \"the wrong end of an RAF or USAF missile\".\n\nHis comments came after it was reported that British IS recruiter Sally-Anne Jones had been killed in a US drone strike in Syria in June.\n\nAnd Rory Stewart, the minister for international development, said the \"only way\" to deal with British IS fighters in Syria is \"in almost every case\" to kill them.\n\nHe said they can expect to be killed because of the \"serious danger\" they pose to the UK's security.\n\nMax Hill QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, said there should be some allowance for \"young and naive\" individuals who were \"simply brainwashed\", for example as teenagers, but insisted that even these people should be prosecuted if they committed serious criminal offences.\n\nUnder British and international law, an aspiration to eliminate all known British IS recruits will take a little more consideration than simply launching a drone laden with fire-and-forget missiles.\n\nIn war, soldiers have immunity from prosecution for killing on the battlefield, unless they have committed a war crime. But the UK is not at war with the IS network - so the same immunity is not automatically available for counter-terrorism purposes.\n\nThere has to be some other legal basis for justifying the killing.\n\nTwo years ago, the government sent a three-paragraph letter to the United Nations Security Council setting out the case for killing Cardiff extremist Reyaad Khan.\n\nThat strike was legal under the \"inherent right of self-defence\", it said, because the 21-year-old had been directing \"imminent armed attacks\".\n\nMPs have pushed for more information on the decision-making process, that some critics say could amount to an unreviewable secret power to launch \"extra-judicial executions.\"", "The Electoral Commission is investigating whether the Labour-supporting Momentum group broke finance rules during the 2017 general election.\n\nThe elections watchdog says its probe will consider if Momentum's returns included accurate donation information.\n\nIt said questions over compliance risked harming voter confidence.\n\nMomentum said: \"Much of the Electoral Commission investigation refers to a series of administrative errors that can be easily rectified.\"\n\nIt said it would fully comply with the investigation.\n\nThe grassroots movement was set up to support Jeremy Corbyn's successful 2015 leadership bid and now campaigns for Labour.\n\nIt was registered as a non-party campaigner during the snap 2017 general election in June.\n\nBob Posner, the Electoral Commission's director of political finance, regulation and legal counsel, said: \"Momentum are a high profile active campaigning body.\n\n\"Questions over their compliance with the campaign finance rules at June's general election risks causing harm to voters' confidence in elections.\n\n\"There is significant public interest in us investigating Momentum to establish the facts in this matter and whether there have been any offences.\"\n\nThe Electoral Commission said the investigation would look at whether or not Momentum accurately recorded donations and payments relating to the 2017 campaign.\n\nIt would also consider whether a return failed to include all invoices and payments of more than £200.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Posner said: \"Once complete, the commission will decide whether any breaches have occurred and, if so, what further action may be appropriate, in line with its enforcement policy.\"\n\nUnder rules in place since 2000, non-party campaigners who wish to undertake \"targeted spending\" - intended to influence people to vote for one particular registered political party or any of its candidates - have to do so within prescribed limits.\n\nThe limits - £31,980 in England, £3,540 in Scotland, £2,400 in Wales and £1,080 in Northern Ireland - applied during the regulated period 9 June 2016 to 8 June 2017.\n\nRegistered non-party campaigners are only entitled to spend above these limits if they have the authorisation of the political party they are promoting, the commission said.\n\n\"It is an offence to spend above the statutory limits without the party's authorisation,\" it said. \"Should the party provide authorisation for a higher spending limit, any spending by that non-party campaigner up to that limit would count towards the party's national spending.\"\n\nMomentum said it \"put a lot of effort and resources into detailed budgeting and financial procedures during the election to ensure full compliance\".\n\n\"Our election campaign was delivered on a low budget because it tapped into the energy and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of volunteers across the country.\n\n\"We have a good working relationship with the Electoral Commission, and will fully comply with the investigation going forward.\"", "Prince Charles visited County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland in May 2015\n\nA dissident republican leader who plotted a bomb attack during Prince Charles' visit to Ireland has been jailed for more than 11 years.\n\nSeamus McGrane 63, from Little Road, Dromiskin in County Louth was found guilty of directing terrorism and membership of an illegal organisation.\n\nMcGrane had pleaded not guilty at Dublin's Special Criminal Court.\n\nHe was secretly recorded discussing explosives and a target of \"military significance\" in a Dublin pub.\n\nPassing a sentence of 11-and-a-half years in prison, the judge said McGrane's previous conviction for IRA membership was an aggravating factor.\n\nHis case is linked to that of Donal Ó Coisdealbha, who was sentenced to five-and-a-half years last December.\n\nSeamus McGrane was found guilty of directing terrorism and membership of an illegal organisation\n\nHe was convicted of possession of explosives in the run-up to Prince Charles' May 2015 state visit to the Republic.\n\nMcGrane met Ó Coisdealbha a number of times in the Coachman's Inn pub near Dublin airport early in 2015 to plan a bomb attack.\n\nPolice had installed listening devices and McGrane was recorded discussing strategy and experiments with explosives, as well as his involvement in training people in the dissident movement, whom he had sworn in as members.\n\nDetectives heard McGrane instructing Ó Coisdealbha to \"reactivate\" a man he called \"the science graduate\" so as to get advice on explosives.\n\nMcGrane was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin\n\nHe told him to contact somebody whom he called the \"motorbike man\" to collect the explosives, to clean out the cylinder and return the bike, but not to dispose of it.\n\nMcGrane also told Ó Coisdealbha the target was to have \"military significance\" and he referred to someone \"coming on the 19th\" - the same day Prince Charles arrived in Ireland.\n\nThe recordings heard him refer to an attack on Palace Barracks - the MI5 headquarters in Northern Ireland - on 12 April, 2010, and to a bomb on a railway line.\n\nThe presiding judge said that there was \"the clearest evidence of directing an illegal organisation\".\n\nThe judge said that police had discovered \"a veritable arsenal of weapons and explosives substances\" in hides on land adjoining McGrane's house, which included ammunition, a revolver, mortar parts and bomb making components.\n\nOnly one other man has been convicted for directing terrorism in the Republic of Ireland - Michael McKevitt who was jailed for 20 years in 2003.\n\nIn a landmark civil case in 2009, the High Court in Belfast ruled McKevitt and three other men were responsible for the 1998 Omagh bomb that killed 29 people and unborn twins.\n\nMcKevitt did not face criminal charges in relation to the Omagh bombing.", "Video caption: CCTV footage of Simon Smith walking in Reading on Saturday when a bus hit him. CCTV footage of Simon Smith walking in Reading on Saturday when a bus hit him.\n\nA man will appear in court after a double-decker bus hit a pedestrian on a pavement in Reading.\n\nCheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, from St Johns Road, Wallingford, has been reported for summons for dangerous driving, Thames Valley Police said.\n\nCCTV footage from 24 June, showing Simon Smith being knocked down in Gun Street before getting up and walking into a bar, went viral.\n\nMr Senghor is due to appear at Reading Magistrates' Court on 14 December.", "US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv has been met with a wave of disapproval.\n\nLeaders from within the Arab and Muslim worlds, and from the wider international community, were swift to criticise the move. Some warned of the potential for violence and bloodshed as a result.\n\nThe status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.\n\nThe city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.\n\nIsrael occupied the sector, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.\n\nThe Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and according to 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nMr Trump said his decision was a \"recognition of reality\", and that the US was \"not taking a position on any final status issues\".\n\nPresident Mahmoud Abbas said the decision was tantamount to the US \"abdicating its role as a peace mediator\".\n\n\"These deplorable and unacceptable measures deliberately undermine all peace efforts,\" he said in a speech broadcast after Mr Trump's announcement.\n\nHe insisted that Jerusalem was the \"eternal capital of the state of Palestine\".\n\nThe leader of the Islamist movement Hamas, Ismail Haniya, called for a new \"intifada\", or uprising.\n\n\"The American decision is an aggression against our people. It's a declaration of war against our Palestinian people,\" he told a news conference in Gaza.\n\n\"We should call for and we should work on launching an intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy,\" he added.\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the US announcement was a \"historic landmark\" and that Mr Trump's decision was \"courageous and just\".\n\nMr Netanyahu said the speech was \"an important step towards peace, for there is no peace that doesn't include Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel\". The city had \"been the capital of Israel for nearly 70 years\", he added.\n\nIn a speech on Thursday, he said: \"President Trump has inscribed himself in the annals of our capital for all time.\"\n\n\"His name will now be linked to the names of others in the context of the glorious history of Jerusalem and our people... We are already in contacts with other countries that will declare similar recognition,\" he said, adding: \"It's about time.\"\n\nTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the move, saying it was \"throwing the region into a ring of fire\".\n\n\"What do you want to do Mr Trump? What kind of an approach is this? Political leaders exist not to create struggles but to make peace,\" he said.\n\nHis Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter that \"the decision is against international law and relevant UN resolutions\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSaudi Arabia's King Salman told Mr Trump by telephone on Tuesday that the relocation of the embassy or recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital \"would constitute a flagrant provocation of Muslims, all over the world\".\n\n\"The US move represents a significant decline in efforts to push a peace process and is a violation of the historically neutral American position on Jerusalem.\"\n\nThose views were echoed by Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who warned against \"complicating the situation in the region by introducing measures that would undermine chances for peace in the Middle East\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nThe Arab League called it \"a dangerous measure that would have repercussions\" across the region, and also questioned the future role of the US as a \"trusted mediator\" in peace talks.\n\nIran said the decision risked a \"new intifada\", or uprising. Its foreign ministry said the US had clearly violated international resolutions.\n\nMeanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah called for joint efforts to \"deal with the ramifications of this decision\" and a Jordanian government spokesman said Mr Trump was violating international law and the UN charter.\n\nLebanon's President Michel Aoun said the peace process would be set back decades, while Qatar's Foreign MinisterSheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said the move was \"a death sentence for all who seek peace\".\n\nPope Francis said: \"I cannot silence my deep concern over the situation that has emerged in recent days. At the same time, I appeal strongly for all to respect the city's status quo, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions.\"\n\nUnited Nations Secretary General António Guterres said President Trump's statement \"would jeopardise the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians\".\n\nMr Guterres said Jerusalem was \"a final status issue that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties\".\n\nSuch negotiations must take \"into account the legitimate concerns of both the Palestinians and the Israeli sides,\" he said.\n\nThe European Union called for the \"resumption of a meaningful peace process towards a two-state solution\" and said \"a way must be found, through negotiations, to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of both states, so that the aspiration of both parties can be fulfilled\".\n\nEU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the announcement \"has a very worrying potential impact.\"\n\n\"It is a very fragile context and the announcement has the potential to send us backwards to even darker times than the ones we are already living in,\" she added.\n\n\"The worst thing that could happen now is an escalation of tensions around the holy places and in the region because what happens in Jerusalem matters to the whole region and the entire world.\"\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Mr Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital was \"regrettable\". He called efforts for \"avoid violence at all costs.\"\n\nGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel's spokesman said on Twitter that Berlin \"does not support this position because the status of Jerusalem can only be negotiated within the framework of a two-state solution\".\n\nBoth China and Russia also expressed their concern that the move could lead to an escalation of tensions in the region.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May said her government disagreed with the US decision, which was \"unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region\".\n\n\"The British embassy to Israel is based in Tel Aviv and we have no plans to move it,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Our position on the status of Jerusalem is clear and longstanding: it should be determined in a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states. In line with relevant [UN] Security Council Resolutions, we regard East Jerusalem as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.\"\n\nLabour Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said the move was \"reckless\" and had taken a \"hammer blow\" to the peace process. \"He is setting it back decades,\" she added.\n• None Jerusalem is Israel's capital, Trump to say", "Seven people were killed when a tram derailed near to Sandilands in November 2016\n\nThe driver of a tram which derailed in Croydon had probably dozed off moments before the fatal crash, an official report has found.\n\nSeven people died and more than 50 were injured in the derailment in south London in November last year.\n\nThe Rail Accident Investigation Branch also found action was not taken following a similar speeding incident just days before the tragedy.\n\nThe 174-page report has made 15 recommendations to improve tram safety.\n\nThese include the creation of a dedicated safety body for UK tramways, a better understanding of risk of trams and the introduction of stronger windows and doors on trams.\n\nInvestigators say all the fatalities and many of the serious injuries were caused by passengers being thrown out of carriage windows.\n\nThe tram was running from New Addington to Wimbledon via Croydon, and was on the approach to Sandilands tram stop soon after 06:00 on 9 November 2016.\n\nA previous report said although the speed limit approaching the junction was 12mph, the tram had been travelling at an estimated speed of 45mph.\n\nInvestigators found the tram derailed while travelling at three-and-a-half times the speed limit\n\nThe report said the most likely cause for the driver not applying the brakes was \"a temporary loss of awareness of the driving task during a period of low workload, which possibly caused him to micro-sleep\".\n\nIt adds: \"It is also possible that when regaining awareness, the driver became confused about his location and direction of travel.\"\n\nTests found no drugs or alcohol in the driver's system and no medical abnormalities were identified in him.\n\nSimon French, RAIB's chief inspector of rail accidents, added: \"There is no direct evidence of the driver closing his eyes or being asleep.\"\n\nWhen interviewed as part of the investigation, the driver said he had \"no recollection\" and \"couldn't explain what happened\", according to Mr French.\n\nA criminal investigation is being led by the British Transport Police (BTP) who arrested the driver on suspicion of manslaughter.\n\nThe 43-year-old man, from Beckenham, remains on bail, a BTP spokesman said.\n\nThe RAIB report also found management were not aware of previous incidents involving late braking on the approach to Sandilands.\n\nSome of this was down to a \"reluctance of some drivers to report their own mistakes\", the report said.\n\nOn 31 October a passenger raised concerns about a tram which went \"too fast\" round a bend near Sandilands.\n\nThe driver of that tram applied the hazard brake, but the driver did not report the incident.\n\nThe RAIB said on Thursday, that tram \"came close to coming off the tracks.\"\n\nPeople were \"ejected\" from the carriage and some became trapped and crushed as the speeding tram ground to a halt, the report found.\n\nThe RAIB is advising tram operators throughout the UK to make sure windows are fitted with stronger glass.\n\nLondon's Transport Commissioner Mike Brown said: \"Since the incident we have introduced a wide range of additional safety measures to make sure such a tragedy can never happen again.\n\nA stone plinth has been built as a memorial to the victims\n\n\"These include new signage and warning systems for drivers, additional speed restrictions, enhanced speed monitoring and an upgrade of the CCTV recording system.\n\n\"An in-cab driver protection device has been trialled and is now fitted to every tram, meaning that any sign of driver distraction or fatigue results in the driver being alerted immediately. Work to install a system to automatically reduce tram speeds if required is also underway.\"\n\nThe Croydon tram service is run on behalf of TfL by Tram Operations Limited, a subsidiary of FirstGroup.\n\nTim O'Toole, FirstGroup's chief executive officer, extended his condolences to the victims and added: \"The RAIB concluded that management of fatigue was not a factor in the incident, nor did a speeding culture contribute to it.\n\n\"Nevertheless, over the past year we have taken a series of actions, working closely with TfL on whose behalf we operate the system, to implement additional measures including enhanced speed monitoring and restrictions, improved signage and renewed guidance on fatigue management.\"\n\nWhat is totally damning is how fundamentally broken the reporting and complaints process was at the tram operator run by First Group.\n\nDrivers were afraid to report for fear of recriminations and when passengers complained - such as after a speeding incident on 31 October just 10 days before the crash - the investigation was glacial.\n\nThe families of those who died are heartbroken and outraged that opportunities to stop speeding incidents were missed.\n\nIn fact, the complaints procedure has been deemed so broken, TfL has taken it away from FirstGroup and brought it back in house.\n\nAgain this will raise huge questions about the fragmentation of the transport industry and I'm sure questions about the role of privatisation and companies operating concessions on behalf of public bodies.\n\nDespite the RAIB publishing its findings, there are still other separate investigations being carried out in parallel with each other.\n\nTfL has commissioned its own probe into the disaster, while the Office for Road and Rail (ORR) is looking at whether there were any health and safety breaches which contributed to the crash.\n\nIn response to the report, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: \"This was a preventable accident, seven people lost their lives and they shouldn't have done so. It's really important we learn lessons.\"\n\nThe driver's union ASLEF's Finn Brennan said tram drivers still have a \"fear\" of being sacked if they \"report being tired or sick\".\n\nHe added \"management culture\" at Tram Operations Ltd meant mistakes were not listened to and acted on properly.\n\nSarah Jones, MP for Croydon Central, said: \"Our first thoughts will always be for the victims' families.\n\n\"They will be reliving this tragedy yet again, and it will be another difficult day for them. The most important thing we can do for them is show that lessons have been learned and make sure this never happens again.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Swimmers went in all types of fancy dress\n\nAbout 1,200 people braved icy sea waters to take part in one of the UK's largest Christmas Day swims.\n\nThe Porthcawl Christmas morning swim is in its 53rd year, and took place on Sandy Bay.\n\nThis year's theme is \"Father Christmas\" in memory of Jack Bridge, who was the swim's original Santa.\n\nDave King, who is the chairman of the committee which organises the event, said: \"We are very pleased with how it went.\"", "The Queen has paid tribute to London and Manchester in her Christmas Day message for their handling of this year's terror attacks.\n\nShe said it was a \"privilege\" to meet the concert attack survivors in May and stressed both cities' \"powerful identities\".\n\nThe monarch also remembered the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nIn the year of her 70th wedding anniversary she praised the Duke of Edinburgh's support.\n\nDespite missing the Christmas morning service last year due to illness, the Queen spent this year at Sandringham with the Royal Family including Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle.\n\nLooking back over 2017, the Queen reflected fondly on her relationship with Prince Philip amid his decision to \"slow down a little\".\n\nShe said: \"I don't know that anyone had invented the term 'platinum' for a 70th wedding anniversary when I was born. You weren't expected to be around that long.\"\n\nThis summer Prince Philip retired from his programme of public engagements, although he has continued to attend some events involving the Queen.\n\nIn the broadcast, the Queen also praised her husband's \"unique sense of humour\".\n\nShe recorded this year's Christmas message to the Commonwealth a few days ago in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe message's main theme is the importance of home, which she describes as a place of \"warmth, familiarity and love\", with a \"timeless simplicity\" and \"pull\".\n\nSurrounded by family photographs and a picture of newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Queen said her family \"look forward to welcoming new members into it next year\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child in April. while the prince and Ms Markle will wed in May.\n\nOn a table, alongside photographs of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, were two pictures of the Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh, one of which was taken on their wedding day in 1947 and the other from their anniversary in November this year.\n\nThe Queen was dressed in an ivory white dress by Angela Kelly, which she first wore for the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant in 2012.\n\nThe Queen and Prince Philip celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in November\n\nShe also expressed gratitude towards emergency service workers in a year of \"appalling attacks\" and highlighted the \"extraordinary bravery and resilience\" of survivors.\n\nReferencing the Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the lives of 71 people, the Queen described it as \"sheer awfulness\".\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who died and those who lost so much, and we are indebted to members of the emergency services who risked their own lives this past year saving others,\" the Queen said.\n\nFive people: four pedestrians and a police officer, were killed in the Westminster Bridge attack in March.\n\nIn May, the Queen visited victims of the bombing at Manchester Arena, in which 22 people died. A suicide bomber struck as they left the venue following a performance by US singer Ariana Grande.\n\n\"I describe that hospital visit as a 'privilege' because the patients I met were an example to us all,\" she said.\n\nThe Queen visited victims of the bombing at Manchester Arena in May\n\nThe following month, eight people died when three men in a van ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a knife attack in nearby Borough Market.\n\nLater that June, a man died when a hired van ran into worshippers near the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, north London.\n\nThe Queen's Christmas message was broadcast at 15:00 GMT on BBC One, and can be watched again on iPlayer.", "A mother who snapped a lucky photograph of four smiling royals is hoping its sale will help her fund her daughter's university education.\n\nKaren Anvil, 39, from Watlington in Norfolk captured a beaming Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Sandringham.\n\nThe image, which was posted on Twitter, was liked almost 4,000 times and stoked mainstream media interest.\n\nMs Anvil told the BBC reaction to the picture has been \"bizarre and bonkers\".\n\nMs Anvil and her 17-year-old daughter, Rachel, have been to spot the Royals at their annual Christmas Day service a couple of times before.\n\nShe said that, while suffering from an illness last year, she promised her daughter they would go to St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham this Christmas.\n\nShe said: \"Sky News was on and we were looking at the crowds. My daughter said 'I'd love to do that'.\n\n\"'I said 'next year, when I'm better we'll go'. And so I took her.\"\n\nMs Anvil admitted she had a \"fan-girl\" moment while with her daughter Rachel, 17\n\nAsked how she got the Royals to look at the camera and capture the shot every photographer dreamt of, Ms Anvil admitted her secret was attracting their attention,\n\n\"I'm just very bubbly by nature and I was with my daughter and I got a bit excitable, I suppose.\n\n\"I was just sort of shouting and I just went 'Merry Christmas!' like an idiot. I was fan-girling.\n\n\"That's all I said and got them to look.\"\n\nMs Anvil posted the image on Twitter at about 11:00 GMT and got thousands of likes. Her previous record was just five likes.\n\nFour hours later she was still receiving messages asking for permission to use the picture - and advice from other Twitter users telling her to negotiate a price.\n\nShe said: \"At first I said oh yeah sure. Have the photo. I know nothing about that.\"\n\nBut soon afterwards she was flooded with suggestions to copyright the photograph and earn some Christmas Day cash.\n\n\"The thing is - and I hate to play the single mum card - I'm a single parent, I work two jobs, which I'm proud of and I've always worked.\n\n\"Now I want to save money for my daughter for uni and if I can do that, and can get that opportunity that's amazing.\"", "Many migrants, the pontiff said, were being forced to flee from leaders who \"see no problem in shedding innocent blood\"\n\nPope Francis has urged Roman Catholics not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants \"driven from their land\", during Christmas Eve Mass.\n\nThe pontiff compared them to Mary and Joseph, recounting the Biblical story of how they travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem but found no place to stay.\n\nHe has made defence of migrants around the world a major theme of his papacy.\n\nThe Pope is set to give his traditional \"Urbi et Orbi\" (\"to the city and to the world\") Christmas address on Monday.\n\n\"So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary,\" he told worshippers who gathered in St Peter's Basilica on 24 December.\n\n\"We see the tracks of millions of persons who do not choose to go away but, driven from their land, leave behind their dear ones.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Church of the Nativity hosts pilgrims on Christmas Eve\n\nPope Francis, the leader of roughly 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, is himself the grandson of Italian migrants. He said many of today's refugees were fleeing from leaders who \"see no problem in shedding innocent blood\".\n\nThere are more than 22 million refugees worldwide. The latest cross-border influx involves the Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar. The Pope visited Myanmar last month and later met members of the Muslim minority who had sought refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.\n\nThe Pope stressed that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere.\n\nNuns watch a Christmas Eve procession at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem\n\nChristians celebrated Christmas morning Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built on the site where tradition says Mary gave birth to Jesus.\n\nThere were fewer pilgrims than usual in the West Bank town this year. The town has seen clashes in recent weeks between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli army, after President Donald Trump's contentious decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nAt Midnight Mass in Bethlehem, local Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa condemned President Trump's decision and said Jerusalem could not be a city of peace if people were excluded.", "The cause of the breakdown has not been established\n\nAt least 150 people have been rescued after being trapped for several hours in ski lift gondolas in the resort of Chamrousse in the French Alps.\n\nA vast rescue operation was launched after the lift broke down at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) and was completed by 17:30, AFP said.\n\nNo-one was injured during the incident.\n\nRescuers reached the top of each gondola and released the skiers through the roof hatch before lowering them to the ground.\n\nThe skiers had been suspended around 25m (82ft) above the snow before ropes were used to bring them down.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Morgane Goulot This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEach gondola has space for about 10 people.\n\nThe cause of the breakdown has not been established.\n\nThe ski lift - built in 2009 to replace a cable car and two chairlifts - connects the town of Chamrousse to the summit of the Croix de Chamrousse, 2,250m above sea level.", "Four people involved in the crash were taken to hospital\n\nTwo men have died in a crash involving five vehicles that closed part of the M40 in Oxfordshire for several hours.\n\nOne vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11, near Banbury, at 23:40 GMT on Saturday.\n\nA 60-year-old man from Oxfordshire and a 29-year-old man from Warwickshire died.\n\nThe M40 was shut in both directions overnight for about three hours but has since reopened.\n\nThames Valley Police said the victims' next-of-kin had been informed.\n\nAnother man was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries, and three people were treated for minor injuries.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThe ambulance service, fire service and Highways England all attended the scene with police.\n\nCh Insp Henry Parsons said: \"Our thoughts are with both men's families at this difficult time.\n\n\"We would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the collision who has not yet spoken to police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Polish fisherman Rado Papiewski wants to have the sign removed\n\nThe owner of a fishery which displayed a sign banning Polish and \"Eastern bloc\" anglers says it has been taken down after his family received threats.\n\nBilly Evans of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught anglers stealing fish. He said he now may also shut the fishery.\n\nPolish fisherman Rado Papiewski raised more than £10,000 for a private prosecution to have the sign removed.\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission says the sign was unlawful.\n\nIt had warned it would take \"enforcement action\" if necessary.\n\nMr Evans told the BBC: \"The sign has been removed because of threats to my family.\n\n\"I am not in the country. I will decide what to do on my return. I may close it to all public long term.\"\n\nMr Evans said the fishery, in Launton, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, was closed as usual for the winter but would remain so until further notice.\n\nHe added: \"I do not tolerate thieves, wherever they come from.\"\n\nBilly Evans (pictured in 2009) said there had been threats to his family\n\nMr Papiewski, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, runs a project called Building Bridges, for the Angling Trust, which aims to \"educate and integrate\" anglers from other countries.\n\nThe project website explains that anglers from countries such as Poland have traditionally caught fish \"for the pot\", whereas in Britain anglers generally return fish to the water.\n\nHe believes the sign was is in breach of the Equality Act 2010.\n\nWriting on his crowdfunding page on Thursday, he called its removal a \"big step in the right direction and we are now seeking written confirmation that they have changed their policy and that all anglers are welcome on the site, regardless of their race or nationality\".\n\nHe said his legal team were taking the matter \"forward\" and said he would \"provide a further update early in the New Year\".\n\nAn EHRC spokeswoman said it had written to the fishery to advise it to take it down.\n\n\"It's right to challenge such out-of-date practices and any business that believes this is acceptable should think again before they find themselves facing legal action,\" she said.\n\nRado Papiewski has crowdfunded more than £10,000 to pay for legal fees\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bus hit the entrance of a pedestrian underpass in Moscow\n\nA bus left a road in Moscow before ploughing into a subway entrance, leaving four people dead and 11 injured, Russian officials say.\n\nFootage shows people scattering as the bus ran down wide steps before being brought to a halt by the tunnel's roof.\n\nThere is no suggestion it was a terror attack. Russian investigators said the driver told police the vehicle had started to move suddenly.\n\nHe tried to apply the brakes but they did not work, the investigative committee said. The crash happened in icy conditions.\n\nAll those killed in the crash were knocked down by the bus, which had been at a standstill before it drove on to the pavement and careered down the steps of the underpass.\n\nThe victims included a woman in her thirties and a teenager. Health officials said two of the injured were in a serious condition.\n\nInterfax news agency reported that the bus was not even a year old. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters at the scene that an inspection of the entire Moscow bus fleet had been ordered.\n\nThe driver is being held by police\n\nIt is not the first deadly incident at the station\n\nSecurity camera footage broadcast on Russian television showed a number of people being struck by the bus as it went down the steps of the metro station in the west of the city.\n\nA preliminary examination showed the driver of the bus was sober, news agencies said. He has been held by police.\n\nIn July 2014, 21 people were killed when a train derailed near the same station after braking abruptly.\n\nMonday is a normal working day in Moscow, where the Orthodox Christmas will be celebrated on 7 January.", "People were earlier evacuated from the Vietnamese province of Ben Tre\n\nA tropical storm that was threatening southern Vietnam has weakened and is expected to dissipate within 48 hours.\n\nThe Weather Prediction Center says Storm Tembin, with wind gusts up to 58mph (93km/h), is 170 miles south-southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, and is moving westward.\n\nNearly a million people were earlier told to prepare for evacuation and some 70,000 were moved from low-lying areas.\n\nTembin killed at least 240 people as it swept through the Philippines.\n\nRescuers are searching for more than 100 people still missing.\n\nBridges and roads on the southern island of Mindanao were destroyed or blocked by landslides, while nearly 1,000 houses were wrecked and many rice fields washed away.\n\nIn Vietnam, the government earlier ordered oil rigs and vessels to be secured and warned that about 62,000 fishing boats should not go out to sea, Reuters news agency reports.\n\n\"Vietnam must ensure the safety of its oil rigs and vessels,\" Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was quoted as saying. \"If necessary, close the oil rigs and evacuate workers.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island\n\nIn the southern province of Bac Lieu, residents from a fishing village were moved to different schools that have been turned into shelters.", "People spending Christmas Day alone are finding company thanks to a Twitter campaign called #joinin.\n\nLaunched by comedian Sarah Millican several years ago, it encourages people to use the hashtag and link with one another so as not to feel lonely.\n\nPeople from around the world have already begun to tweet with their experiences.\n\n\"The main rule is to be kind,\" said Millican. \"We're all here for each other.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sarah Millican This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of tweeters explained why they were on their own on Christmas Day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Spanna This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Anth This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by QuirkyT This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 5 by Jessica This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 6 by Maggie is NOT Merry 🎄 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 6 by Maggie is NOT Merry 🎄\n\nWhilst some shared their sadness, others were positive about their situation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 7 by rbaldy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 8 by ❄ mrs snow ❄ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 9 by Tim.A.Roberts This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 10 by ° This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd there were reminders of the people spending Christmas Day alone to help us all.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 11 by Cat This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe campaign will run throughout the day. Just use the hashtag #joinin when tweeting to be part of it.", "A white Christmas in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders\n\nIt has officially been a white Christmas in the UK for some, with areas of Cumbria and the south of Scotland recording light snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office confirmed the snowfall in Spadeadam, Cumbria, at about 22:00 GMT.\n\nIn a tweet, the forecaster added that parts of the south of Scotland were \"also seeing rain turn to snow\".\n\nMore wintry showers are expected, with the chance of up to 10cm of snow on the highest ground in Scotland.\n\nThe last officially white Christmas was recorded in 2014, when parts of the Northern Isles in Scotland had some snowfall.\n\nA white Christmas used to be defined as the sighting, by a professional meteorologist, of one snow flake falling on the roof of the London Weather Centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Met Office has widened the rule to include other parts of the country.\n\nHowever, the snow still must be seen by a professional to count.\n\nThe Met Office has warnings covering southern, central and eastern Scotland and the most northern parts of England.\n\nMet forecaster Mark Wilson said the temperature would turn colder on Boxing Day, with averages of 2C and 4C in Scotland, and between 7C and 9C in the south of the UK.\n\nIt is also alerting people in Wales and central England to expect rain and snow from 18:00 GMT on Boxing Day until 11:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nPersistent rain moving east, from Wales into England, is likely to turn to snow early on Wednesday.\n\nMost of the UK enjoyed a mild Christmas Day, although it has been wet in some areas.\n\nThe highest temperature - of 12.5C - was recorded in Hawarden, Flintshire, in north-east Wales.\n\nIt failed to match the Christmas Day record of 15.6C in Killerton, Devon in 1920.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nSerena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth.\n\nThe American, 36, will play world number seven Jelena Ostapenko in an exhibition match on 30 December during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.\n\nWilliams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams, said she was \"delighted to be returning to the court\".\n\nShe gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian in September.\n• None Bumps, boobs and bouncing back - an athlete's path through pregnancy\n\nFormer world number one Williams has not played since winning the Australian Open in January.\n\nCoach Patrick Mouratoglou said in November that no decision had been made over whether Williams would play in the season's first Grand Slam.\n\nAustralian Open director Craig Tilley has said Williams is \"very likely\" to defend her title at the 2018 tournament, which starts on 15 January.\n\nRanked 22nd in the world, she would not need a wildcard.\n\nRafael Nadal, Milos Raonic and Stan Wawrinka have pulled out of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, which runs from 28-30 December.\n\nLatvian Ostapenko, whose match against Williams will be the first between women to be played at a tournament first staged in 2009, said: \"It is a huge honour to be part of that history.\"", "The BMW was being followed by police when it crashed into a bus stop killing the front seat passenger\n\nThe police watchdog is investigating after a man died when the BMW in which he was a passenger crashed into a bus stop when being pursued by police.\n\nIt happened at the junction of Prescot Road and Bell Street in Old Swan, Liverpool, at 04:35 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe man in his 30s was the front seat passenger and later died in hospital. The driver was detained at the scene.\n\nMerseyside Police said officers were working to confirm the passenger's identity and tell his next of kin.\n\nThe case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.\n\nAn IPCC spokeswoman said: \"We were notified of a fatal road traffic incident in Liverpool this morning by Merseyside Police.\n\n\"We have begun an independent investigation as initial information suggests the collision was preceded by a short police pursuit.\n\n\"We have deployed an investigator to the scene and police post incident procedures.\"\n\nThe BMW crashed at the junction of Prescot Road and Bell Street in Old Swan, police said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thieves stole £2,000 worth of Christmas presents and dumped the wrapping paper in the street, police have said.\n\nThe burglars took children's toys, games, food and clothes from an unoccupied bedroom in a property in Walton Street, Oxford.\n\nThe goods were stolen in the early hours of Christmas Eve and police have appealed for witnesses.\n\nThames Valley Police officers said the men would have been carrying five large bags of items at the time.\n\nPC Rebecca Nightingale said: \"Christmas presents were opened and wrapping paper dropped in the street following the burglary.\"\n\nThe police did not release a description of the culprits.", "Mr Puigdemont is not the first Catalan leader forced to leave the region\n\nCatalonia's sacked President Carles Puigdemont has spearheaded the region's peaceful drive for independence from Spain.\n\nIn defiance of the law and Spain's constitution, he has pushed forward in the hope of international recognition.\n\nBut his zeal for secession has put him on a collision course with Spain's authorities, which outlawed the independence referendum held in Catalonia on 1 October.\n\nBut the result on 21 December was bad news for Madrid. The separatists won a slim majority, even though a pro-unity party came top.\n\n\"[Rajoy] has only demonstrated a greater mobilisation of Catalans, greater votes,\" Mr Puigdemont said, calling for negotiations with the Spanish PM.\n\nHe was speaking in Brussels, having fled there with four ministers after declaring independence.\n\nThe election result proved that his campaigning via videolink from Brussels had worked.\n\nBut the village baker's son from Girona faces the weight of Spanish law if he returns to Spain. The separatist leaders are accused of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.\n\nBorn in Amer in 1962, Carles Puigdemont grew up under the dictatorship of Gen Francisco Franco and was taught in Spanish at a Church-run boarding school, but spoke Catalan at home like others of his generation.\n\nJoan Matamala, a few years his senior at the school, remembers the boy everyone got on with, even the older pupils.\n\nBookseller Joan Matamala went to school with Carles Puigdemont\n\nMr Matamala runs a bookshop, Les Voltes, that has been promoting Catalan language and culture in Girona for 50 years.\n\nThe young Mr Puigdemont did not come over as a natural leader at the time, but he was someone you did not forget, he says.\n\n\"Despite the difference in age, he was a role model for others,\" Mr Matamala remembers.\n\nAs a young man, Mr Puigdemont had a passion for his native tongue, going on to study Catalan philology at the local university and polishing colleagues' copy when he first found work at the city's newspapers.\n\nMiquel Riera worked with him, often late into the night, at the fiercely pro-independence paper now known as El Punt Avui.\n\nMiquel Riera worked with Carles Puigdemont at the pro-independence newspaper now known as El Punt Avui\n\n\"Right from the start he was very interested in new technology and the internet,\" says Mr Riera. This may have fed Mr Puigdemont's awareness of social media, which was crucial in promoting the referendum campaign.\n\n\"He's a man who makes friends easily and remembers them,\" says Mr Riera, whose 25-year-old son, he says, was bruised on the chest by a police rifle butt at a polling station at the 1 October referendum.\n\nMr Puigdemont served as mayor of Girona from 2011 until 2016 when he was elected regional president of Catalonia.\n\nThere is no denying his star appeal among his supporters, who clamour to take selfies with him at rallies and avidly follow his social media accounts, which he curates himself.\n\n\"Mr Puigdemont has been absolutely key to bringing Catalonia to where we are now,\" said Montse Daban, international chairperson of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots pro-independence movement.\n\n\"An absolute and positive surprise for Catalan citizens\" - Montse Daban describing the impact of Puigdemont\n\nBut in the eyes of Spain's government, the Catalan leader has ruthlessly created a crisis, burning all the bridges in order to make a unilateral declaration of independence.\n\n\"Democracy is not about voting - there are referenda in dictatorships too,\" a Madrid government source told the BBC. \"Only when you vote with guarantees according to the law is it a democracy.\"\n\nImages of violence at the polling stations in October's banned referendum caused an international outcry.\n\nBut the source said this was \"150% part of Puigdemont's plan\".\n\n\"It's unfortunate because it was a trap. There's no doubt it looks bad for the Spanish government.\"\n\nMr Puigdemont talks the language of independence in a way his more cautious predecessor, Artur Mas, did not during the dry-run referendum of 2014, which was also banned by Madrid.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after the 1 October referendum, Mr Puigdemont said: \"I think we've won the right to be heard, but what I find harder to understand is this indifference - or absolute lack of interest - in understanding what is happening here. They've never wanted to listen to us.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police were filmed violently tackling voters and appearing to pull a woman by her hair\n\n\"How can we explain to the world that Europe is a paradise of democracy if we hit old women and people who've done nothing wrong? This is not acceptable. We haven't seen such a disproportionate and brutal use of force since the death of the dictator Franco.\"\n\nHe calls for mediation - something the Spanish government says is unacceptable.\n\nA Madrid source dismissed the idea, telling the BBC it would be \"mediation between the Spanish government and part of the Spanish state\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFrom Brussels, Mr Puigdemont has watched as his Catalan allies back home have been placed in Spanish custody to face trial.\n\nHe has been mocked by some for not going to Madrid along with them and placing himself in the hands of Spanish justice.\n\nOne cartoon apparently being circulated on the Whatsapp messaging app shows him, with his distinctive mop of hair and glasses, hiding out in a box of Belgian chocolates.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Pascal Hansens This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Mr Puigdemont told Belgian TV he was not hiding from \"real justice\" but from the \"clearly politicised\" Spanish legal system.\n\nLast year Spain issued then dropped European arrest warrants against him and his four colleagues in Belgium.\n\nBut he was arrested in Germany on 25 March while travelling back to Brussels from a conference in Finland. The European arrest warrant against him had been reissued two days earlier, apparently taking him by surprise.\n\nGermany must now decide whether to extradite him to Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, the man from Girona is keeping the cause he holds so dear, Catalan independence, squarely on the doorstep of the European Union.", "It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.\n\nShe is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?\n\nNo. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours setting the table and doing the dishes and well over two hours preparing and cooking food.\n\nShe is not unusual, because it is 1965 and at that time, many married American women - even those with an excellent education - spent large chunks of their day catering for their families.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world in which we live.\n\nWe know about Mary's day - and those of many others - because of time-use surveys conducted around the world. These diaries reveal precisely how different people use their time.\n\nFor educated women, the way time is spent in the US and other rich countries has changed radically over the past half a century.\n\nWomen in America now spend around 45 minutes per day in total cooking and cleaning up. That's still much more than men, who spend only 15 minutes a day doing such tasks. But it is a vast reduction from Mary's four hours.\n\nBehind this shift is a radical change to the way the food we eat is prepared, as seen by the introduction of the TV dinner in 1954.\n\nPresented in a space-age aluminium tray, and prepared so that everything would require the same cooking time, the \"frozen turkey tray TV dinner\" was developed by a bacteriologist called Betty Cronin.\n\nShe worked for the Swanson food processing company, keen to find ways to keep busy after the business of supplying rations to US troops had dried up.\n\nBut of course the TV dinner was only part of a panoply of changes, wrought by the availability of freezers, microwaves, preservatives and production lines.\n\nFood had been perhaps the last cottage industry: something that would overwhelmingly be produced in the home.\n\nBut food preparation has been industrialised - outsourced to restaurants and takeaways and to factories that prepare ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals.\n\nAnd the invention of the industrial meal - in all its forms - has led to a profound shift in the modern economy.\n\nHow we spend on food is changing.\n\nIn 2015, US consumers spent more money on food and drink outside their home than on groceries for the first time\n\nAmerican families spend increasingly more outside the home - on fast food, restaurant meals, sandwiches and snacks. Only a quarter of food spending was outside the home in the 1960s.\n\nThat has steadily risen over time and in 2015 a landmark was reached: for the first time, Americans spent more on food and drink outside the home than at grocery stores. The British passed that particular milestone more than a decade earlier.\n\nEven within the home, food is increasingly processed to save the chef time and effort: bagged chopped salad, pre-grated cheese, jars of pasta sauce, individual permeable tea bags, meatballs doused in sauce and chicken that comes plucked and gutted.\n\nEach new innovation would seem bizarre to the older generation.\n\nI have never plucked a chicken and perhaps my children will never chop salad. All this saves time - serious amounts of time.\n\nWhen the economist Valerie Ramey compared time-use diaries in the US between the 1920s and the 1960s, she found that surprisingly little had changed.\n\nWhether women were uneducated and married to farmers, or highly educated and married to urban professionals, they still spent similar amounts of time on housework across those 50 years.\n\nIt was only in the 1960s that this pattern began to shift.\n\nBut surely the innovation responsible for emancipating women was not the TV dinner, but the washing machine?\n\nThe idea is widely believed and is appealing. A frozen TV dinner does not really feel like progress, compared to home-cooked food.\n\nThe washing machine was innovative, but did not save much time\n\nBut a washing machine is clean and efficient and replaces work that was always drudgery. How could it not have been revolutionary?\n\nHowever, the revolution wasn't in the lives of women, it was in how lemon fresh we all started to smell.\n\nAs Alison Wolf argues in her book The XX Factor, the evidence is clear that the washing machine did not save a lot of time, because before washing machines, we did not wash clothes very often. When it took all day to wash and dry a few shirts, people used replaceable collars and cuffs or dark outer layers to hide the grime.\n\nIn contrast, when it took two or three hours to prepare a meal, someone had to take that time. There was not an alternative. The washing machine did not save much time, and the ready meal did, because we were not willing to starve, but we were willing to stink.\n\nThe availability of ready meals has had some regrettable side-effects.\n\nObesity rates rose sharply in developed countries between the 1970s and the early 21st Century, at much the same time as these culinary innovations were being developed. This is no coincidence, say health economists. The cost of calories has fallen dramatically, not just in financial terms but also in terms of time.\n\nConsider the humble potato. It has long been a staple of the American diet, but before World War Two potatoes were usually baked, mashed or boiled. There's a reason for that: roast potatoes need to be peeled, chopped, par-boiled and then roasted. French fries or chips must be finely chopped and then deep fried.\n\nOver time, however, the production of fried sliced potato chips - both French fries and crisps - was centralised. French fries can be peeled, chopped, fried and frozen in a factory and then refried in a fast-food restaurant or microwaved at home.\n\nObesity rates have risen sharply since the large scale industrialisation of food production\n\nBetween 1977 and 1995, American potato consumption increased by a third, almost entirely because of the rise of fried potatoes.\n\nEven simpler, crisps can be fried, salted, flavoured and packaged to last for many weeks on the shelf. But this convenience comes at a cost.\n\nIn the US, calorie intake by adults rose by about 10% between the 1970s and the 1990s. Not as a result of more calorific regular meals but because of increased snacking - usually of processed convenience food.\n\nPsychology - and common sense - suggest this should not be a surprise.\n\nExperiments by behavioural scientists show that we make very different decisions about what to eat depending on how far away the meal is. A long-planned meal is likely to be nutritious, but when we make more impulsive decisions, our snacks are more likely to be junk food than something nourishing.\n\nThe industrialisation of food - symbolised by the TV dinner - changed our economy in two important ways. It freed women from hours of domestic chores, removing a large obstacle to them adopting serious professional careers.\n\nBut by making empty calories ever more convenient to acquire, it also freed our waistlines to expand.\n\nThe challenge now - as with so many inventions - is to enjoy the benefit without also suffering the cost.", "Meghan Markle will spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Queen and other senior members of the Royal Family, Kensington Palace has confirmed.\n\nMs Markle and Prince Harry, who announced their engagement last month, are expected to attend the traditional Christmas Day church service on the Queen's private estate in Norfolk.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will also spend Christmas Day there.\n\nThe prince and American Ms Markle are due to marry in May next year.\n\nIt is tradition for the Royal Family to attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church on 25 December.\n\nThe Royal Family will gather for Christmas lunch at Sandringham House\n\nTypically, hundreds of well-wishers gather along the route to the church to catch a glimpse of the Queen and other royals.\n\nSome of the younger members of the family speak to the public and receive bouquets of flowers.\n\nLater, they all return to Sandringham House for Christmas lunch, before watching the Queen's Christmas Day address in the afternoon.\n\nIn step with German tradition, the family exchanges presents on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas Day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "China's huge new amphibious aircraft has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong.", "Christian pilgrims from around the world have attended a Christmas Eve Mass at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.\n\nFewer people than usual were in the West Bank town because of increased tensions between Palestinians and the Israeli army since US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nDuring the Mass attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa said: \"Jerusalem is a city of peace, there is not peace if someone is excluded.\"\n\nEarlier, Palestinian scouts played bagpipes during an annual march towards the church.", "Vitaly Mutko will remain the chief organiser of the 2018 football World Cup\n\nRussia's most senior football official has temporarily stood down as he fights a ban given for state-backed doping.\n\nVitaly Mutko was banned from the Olympics for life in early December having been accused of running a huge Olympic doping programme.\n\nMr Mutko said he would stand down as president of the Russian Football Union while he contests the ban.\n\nHe has always denied taking part in doping but Russia was banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.\n\nMr Mutko will continue to carry out his role as the chief organiser of next summer's football World Cup in Russia.\n\nWhistleblower Vitaly Stepanov, a former Russian anti-doping agency worker, told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Mr Mutko, a former sports minister, \"created and ran\" Russia's \"state-directed\" doping programme.\n\nMr Mutko, he said, \"received help from other state officials\" including \"Vladimir Putin's authorisation of a decree that required urine and blood samples carried by foreign anti-doping inspectors to be approved\".\n\nMr Mutko was also directly implicated in the McLaren report, an independent investigation looking into whether the Russia state backed doping in sport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. IOC president: An 'unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympics'\n\nMr Stepanov's testimony, made public in early December, led to Russia's ban from the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.\n\nRussian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in the Games under a neutral flag.\n\nMr Mutko, one of Russia's deputy prime ministers, said that he would step down \"so that our organisations are not disturbed during the legal investigation\". He said he was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.", "Leaded petrol was safe. Its inventor was sure of it.\n\nFacing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and washed his hands in it.\n\n\"I'm not taking any chance whatever,\" Midgley declared. \"Nor would I... doing that every day.\"\n\nMidgley was - perhaps - being a little disingenuous. He had recently spent several months in Florida, recuperating from lead poisoning.\n\nSome of those who'd made Midgley's invention hadn't been so lucky, which is why reporters were interested.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world in which we live.\n\nOn the Thursday of the week before Midgley's press conference, at a Standard Oil plant in New Jersey, a worker named Ernest Oelgert started hallucinating. By Friday, he was running around the laboratory, screaming in terror.\n\nOn Saturday, with Oelgert dangerously unhinged, his sister called the police. He was taken to hospital and forcibly restrained. By Sunday, he was dead. Within the week, so were four of his colleagues - and 35 more were in hospital.\n\nNone of this surprised workers elsewhere in Standard Oil's facility. They knew there was a problem with tetraethyl lead.\n\nAs Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner note in their book Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution, the lab where it was developed was known as \"the loony gas building\".\n\nNor should it have shocked Standard Oil, General Motors or the DuPont Corporation, the three companies involved with adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline.\n\nAn aerial photograph of DuPont's Deepwater factory site, where tetraethyl lead was developed\n\nThe first production line in Ohio had already been shut down after two deaths. A third plant elsewhere in New Jersey had also seen fatalities. Workers kept hallucinating insects - the lab was known as \"the house of butterflies\".\n\nBetter working practices could make tetraethyl lead safe to produce. But was it really sensible to add it to petrol, when the fumes would be belched out on to city streets?\n\nAbout a century ago, when General Motors had first proposed adding lead to petrol - in order to improve performance - scientists were alarmed. They urged the government to investigate the public health implications.\n\nMidgley breezily assured the surgeon general that \"the average street will probably be so free from lead that it will be impossible to detect it or its absorption\", although he conceded that \"no actual experimental data has been taken\".\n\nGeneral Motors funded a government bureau to conduct some research, adding a clause saying it had to approve the findings.\n\nThe bureau's report was published amid the media frenzy over Oelgert's poisoned workmates. It gave tetraethyl lead a clean bill of health and was met with some scepticism.\n\nUnder pressure, the government organised a conference in Washington DC in May 1925. The debate there exemplified the two extremes of approach to any new idea that looks risky, but useful.\n\nIn one corner: Frank Howard, vice-president of the Ethyl Corporation - a joint venture between General Motors and Standard Oil. He called leaded petrol a \"gift of God\", arguing that \"continued development of motor fuels is essential in our civilization\".\n\nDr Alice Hamilton argued the benefits of adding lead to petrol were outweighed by the risks\n\nIn the other corner: Dr Alice Hamilton, the country's foremost authority on lead.\n\nShe argued leaded petrol was a chance not worth taking. \"Where there is lead,\" she said, \"some case of lead poisoning sooner or later develops, even under the strictest supervision.\"\n\nHamilton knew that lead had been poisoning people for thousands of years. In 1678, workers who made lead white - a pigment for paint - were described as suffering ailments including \"dizziness in the head, with continuous great pain in the brows, blindness, stupidity\".\n\nThe Romans used lead in water pipes. Lead miners often ended up mad or dead - and some correctly intuited that low-level, long-term exposure was also unwise.\n\n\"Water conducted through earthen pipes is more wholesome than that through lead,\" wrote the civil engineer Vitruvius, 2,000 years ago. \"This may be verified by observing the workers in lead, who are of a pallid colour.\"\n\nMany societies still grapple with the general question on which Howard and Hamilton disagreed: how much pollution is a price worth paying for progress?\n\nThere's some evidence that as countries get richer, they tend initially to get dirtier and later clean up.\n\nEconomists call this the \"environmental Kuznets curve\", and it makes intuitive sense. If you're poor, you prioritise material gains. As your income grows, you may choose to spend some of it on a nicer, safer environment.\n\nThe Roman civil engineer Vitruvius warned against the dangers of lead 2,000 years ago\n\nBut was lead-free petrol really such an expensive luxury? True, the lead additive solved a problem: it enabled engines to use higher compression ratios, which made cars more powerful.\n\nHowever, it was not the only way to solve the problem.\n\nEthyl alcohol had much the same effect and wouldn't mess with your head, unless you drank it. Midgley knew this, having combined petrol with practically every imaginable substance, from iodine to camphor to melted butter.\n\nWhy did the petrol companies push tetraethyl lead instead of ethyl alcohol? Researchers who have studied the decision remain puzzled. Cynics might point out that any old farmer could distil ethyl alcohol from grain. It couldn't be patented, or its distribution profitably controlled. Tetraethyl lead could.\n\nThe US didn't tax lead in petrol until the 1970s, then finally banned it as part of clean air legislation, as the country moved down the far side of the environmental Kuznets curve.\n\nTwo decades later, in the 1990s, rates of violent crime started to go down. There are many reasons why this might have happened, but the economist Jessica Reyes had an intriguing thought.\n\nChildren's brains are especially susceptible to chronic lead poisoning. Is it possible that kids who didn't breathe leaded petrol fumes grew up to commit less violent crime?\n\nReyes could test her hypothesis: different US states phased out leaded petrol at different times.\n\nBy comparing the dates of clean air legislation with subsequent crime data, she concluded that more than half the drop - 56% - was because of cars switching to unleaded petrol.\n\nOther researchers have found similar links between lead water pipes and urban homicide.\n\nYou can put a dollar figure on the value of crime reduction, Reyes found. It's about 20 times higher than the cost of de-leading petrol - and that's before you count other downsides of children breathing lead, like worse performance in school.\n\nHow did the US get this so wrong for so long?\n\nAsbestos continued to be widely used in construction despite the emerging evidence of its dangers\n\nIt's a tale of disputed science and delayed regulation, much like you could tell about asbestos, or tobacco, or other products we now know slowly kill us.\n\nThe problem is that people who want to ban things aren't always disinterested visionaries like Hamilton. Sometimes they're obstructive cranks. The only way to tell the difference is by conducting studies.\n\nAnd, as Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner point out, \"For the next four decades, all studies of the use of tetraethyl lead were conducted by laboratories and scientists funded by the Ethyl Corporation and General Motors\".\n\nAnd what of the scientist who first put lead in petrol?\n\nBy all accounts, Midgley was a genial man who may even have believed his own spin about the safety of a daily tetraethyl lead handwash.\n\nBut, as an inventor, his inspirations seem to have been cursed. His second major contribution to civilisation was the chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC, which improved refrigerators, but destroyed the ozone layer.\n\nIn middle age, afflicted by polio, Midgley applied his inventor's mind to lifting his weakened body out of bed. He devised an ingenious system of pulleys and strings. They tangled around his neck, and killed him.", "On 9 January 2007, one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet announced something new - a product that was to become the most profitable in history.\n\nIt was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has defined the modern economy.\n\nThere is the sheer profitability of the thing, of course: there are only two or three companies in the world that make as much money as Apple does from the iPhone alone.\n\nApple may not have sold the first smartphone, but the iPhone represented a quantum leap compared with earlier models, and its version became an object of desire for most of humanity.\n\nThere's the way the iPhone transformed other markets - software, music, and advertising.\n\nBut those are just the obvious facts about the iPhone. And when you delve more deeply, the tale is a surprising one. We give credit to Steve Jobs and other leading figures in Apple - his early partner Steve Wozniak, his successor Tim Cook, his visionary designer Sir Jony Ive - but some of the most important actors in this story have been forgotten.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world we live in.\n\nIt is broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.\n\nAsk yourself: what actually makes an iPhone an iPhone? It's partly the cool design, the user interface, the attention to detail in the way the software works and the hardware feels. But underneath the charming surface of the iPhone are some critical elements that made it, and all the other smartphones, possible.\n\nThe economist Mariana Mazzucato has made a list of 12 key technologies that make smartphones work: 1) tiny microprocessors, 2) memory chips, 3) solid state hard drives, 4) liquid crystal displays and 5) lithium-based batteries. That's the hardware.\n\nThen there are the networks and the software. So 6) Fast-Fourier-Transform algorithms - clever bits of maths that make it possible to swiftly turn analogue signals such as sound, visible light and radio waves into digital signals that a computer can handle.\n\nAt 7) - and you might have heard of this one - the internet. A smartphone isn't a smartphone without the internet.\n\nAt 8) HTTP and HTML, the languages and protocols that turned the hard-to-use internet into the easy-to-access World Wide Web. 9) Cellular networks. Otherwise your smartphone not only isn't smart, it's not even a phone. 10) Global Positioning Systems or GPS. 11) The touchscreen. 12) Siri, the voice-activated artificial intelligence agent.\n\nApple's designer Sir Jony Ive has been widely lauded for his contribution to the iPhone's success\n\nAll of these technologies are important components of what makes an iPhone, or any smartphone, actually work. Some of them are not just important, but indispensable. But when Mariana Mazzucato assembled this list of technologies, and reviewed their history, she found something striking.\n\nThe foundational figure in the development of the iPhone wasn't Steve Jobs. It was Uncle Sam. Every single one of these 12 key technologies was supported in significant ways by governments - often the American government.\n\nA few of these cases are famous. Many people know, for example, that the World Wide Web owes its existence to the work of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He was a software engineer employed at Cern, the particle physics research centre in Geneva that is funded by governments across Europe.\n\nAnd the internet itself started as Arpanet - an unprecedented network of computers funded by the US Department of Defense in the early 1960s. GPS, of course, was a pure military technology, developed during the Cold War and opened up to civilian use only in the 1980s.\n\nOther examples are less famous, though scarcely less important.\n\nSmartphones have all benefited from government investment in technology\n\nThe Fast-Fourier-Transform is a family of algorithms that have made it possible to move from a world where the telephone, the television and the gramophone worked on analogue signals, to a world where everything is digitised and can therefore be dealt with by computers such as the iPhone.\n\nThe most common such algorithm was developed from a flash of insight from the great American mathematician John Tukey. What was Tukey working on at the time? You've guessed it: a military application.\n\nSpecifically, he was on President Kennedy's Scientific Advisory committee in 1963, trying to figure out how to detect when the Soviet Union was testing nuclear weapons.\n\nSmartphones wouldn't be smartphones without their touchscreens - but the inventor of the touchscreen was an engineer named EA Johnson, whose initial research was carried out while Johnson was employed by the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, a stuffily-named agency of the British government.\n\nThe work was further developed at Cern - those guys again. Eventually multi-touch technology was commercialised by researchers at the University of Delaware in the United States - Wayne Westerman and John Elias, who sold their company to Apple itself.\n\nTouchscreen technology has gone on to drive the development of tablet computers\n\nYet even at that late stage in the game, governments played their part: Wayne Westerman's research fellowship was funded by the US National Science Foundation and the CIA.\n\nThen there's the girl with the silicon voice, Siri.\n\nBack in the year 2000, seven years before the first iPhone, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, commissioned the Stanford Research Institute to develop a kind of proto-Siri, a virtual office assistant that might help military personnel to do their jobs.\n\nTwenty universities were brought into the project, furiously working on all the different technologies necessary to make a voice-activated virtual assistant a reality.\n\nSeven years later, the research was commercialised as a start-up, Siri Incorporated- and it was only in 2010 that Apple stepped in to acquire the results for an undisclosed sum.\n\nIncreasingly sophisticated lithium-ion batteries have been essential for smartphone growth\n\nAs for hard drives, lithium-ion batteries, liquid crystal displays and semiconductors themselves - there are similar stories to be told.\n\nIn each case, there was scientific brilliance and plenty of private sector entrepreneurship. But there were also wads of cash thrown at the problem by government agencies - usually US government agencies, and for that matter, usually some arm of the US military.\n\nSilicon Valley itself owes a great debt to Fairchild Semiconductor - the company that developed the first commercially practical integrated circuits. And Fairchild Semiconductor, in its early days, depended on military procurement.\n\nOf course, the US military didn't make the iPhone. Cern did not create Facebook or Google. These technologies, that so many people rely on today, were honed and commercialised by the private sector. But it was government funding and government risk-taking that made all these things possible.\n\nThat's a thought to hold on to as we ponder the technological challenges ahead in fields such energy and biotechnology.\n\nSteve Jobs was a genius, there's no denying that. One of his remarkable side projects was the animation studio Pixar - which changed the world of film when it released the digitally animated film, Toy Story.\n\nEven without the touchscreen and the internet and the Fast-Fourier-Transform, Steve Jobs might well have created something wonderful.\n\nBut it would not have been a world-shaking technology like the iPhone. More likely it would, like Woody and Buzz, have been an utterly charming toy.\n\nTim Harford is the FT's Undercover Economist. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy was broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.\n\nCorrection: An earlier version of this story suggested the iPhone was the first smartphone, but other smartphones had predated its launch in 2007.", "Mac was flown to Knock to join Finn who is spending Christmas in Ireland\n\nA lost toy monkey has been returned to its two-year-old owner after a race to reunite the pair for Christmas.\n\nFinn Regan-Alexander left the toy on an Aer Lingus plane after the family flew from Gatwick to Knock to visit relatives on 19 December.\n\nAfter Finn's mother Louise tweeted an appeal, \"sightings\" of Mac were reported in pubs, planes and lost and alone in Glasgow.\n\nThe real Mac was found and flown to Knock by the airline.\n\nThe tweet appealing for help in finding Mac was shared more than 1,500 times - with many sharing their own experiences of lost cuddly toy heartbreak.\n\nSome children, including a seven-year-old boy, offered to send their own soft toys to Finn.\n\nMac went missing when the family, from Camberwell, south London, travelled to visit Mrs Regan-Alexander's parents.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Louise This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArchitect Mrs Regan-Alexander said a TV producer saw the appeal on the BBC News website and realised she had seen Mac - who wears a green tunic made out of an old sock and has two sticking plasters to match his owner's grazes - on the plane.\n\nAfter that sighting, airline staff alerted to Mac's plight managed to trace the toy and arrange its belated holiday trip to Ireland.\n\nMrs Regan-Alexander said: \"Mac was flown back in time for Christmas.\n\n\"Thanks to everyone who provided their online support and shared their own stories of love and loss.\n\n\"To all the children who offered Finn their monkeys, I hope Santa is listening.\"\n\nMac the monkey has clothes made out of a sock and sticking plasters to match his owner's grazes\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Heather Menzies, second right next to Julie Andrews, has died aged 68\n\nHeather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died aged 68.\n\nHer death was announced by the estate of the musical's creators, Rodgers & Hammerstein, on Monday.\n\nShe was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago and died on Christmas Eve, news site TMZ quoted her son Ryan as saying.\n\n\"She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest,\" he told TMZ.\n\nBorn Heather Menzies in Toronto, she was 15 when the musical film was released in 1965. It went on to win 10 Oscars, including best picture.\n\nShe played the mischievous third Von Trapp child Louisa, but her later television and film appearances did not hit the same heights.\n\nAt 23, she posed nude for Playboy magazine under the headline The Tender Trapp, a decision she said horrified her Presbyterian parents, who were originally from Scotland.\n\nShe married actor and film producer Robert Urich in 1975, but he died in 2002.\n\nAmong those to pay tribute were Kym Karath, who played Gretl in the film.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kym Karath This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by The Sound of Music This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by The Sound of Music\n\n\"Heather was part of 'the family',\" Ted Chapin, of the Rodgers & Hammerstein estate, said.\n\n\"Heather was a cheerful and positive member of the group, always hoping for the next gathering. We are all lucky to have known her, and she will happily live on in that beautiful movie. We will miss her.\"\n\nHer death comes 14 months after that of Charmian Carr, who played the eldest Von Trapp daughter Liesl.\n\nFrom L to R: Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa von Trapp), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) at the 50th anniversary of the film in 2015", "Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gathered in Moscow to nominate him for presidential elections.\n\nBut the authorities say that because of a criminal conviction, which he says is politically motivated, he will not be allowed to stand.", "The driver crashed into the entranceway of the Social Democratic Party's Berlin headquarters\n\nA man rammed a car into the headquarters of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin on Christmas Eve, police have said.\n\nThe crash happened at around midnight local time (23:00 GMT). The driver, a 58-year-old man, was believed to be the only person injured.\n\nThe driver told police he had intended to kill himself, Berlin police said.\n\nOfficers found petrol canisters and lighter fluid inside the car, according to local reports.\n\nInvestigators were treating the incident as a possible arson attempt and also revealed that the man had earlier left a bag containing gas canisters in front of the headquarters of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democrat CDU, a few minutes' drive away.\n\nThere was no indication that the man, who was slightly injured in the crash, was an extremist, Berlin media said.\n\nIt was unclear whether the Social Democrats had been holding a function inside the building, known as the Willy Brandt House, at the time.\n\nAlthough a fire broke out, the building's sprinkler system put it out.\n\nThe SPD governed in a \"grand coalition\" with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats between 2013 and 2017, but its leaders vowed to end the alliance in September, when the party got its worst results since 1949.\n\nChancellor Merkel has since been unable to form a majority government with other parties, and the SPD has agreed to \"open-ended\" talks on a possible new coalition.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas Day sermon to focus on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of \"populist leaders\" in 2017.\n\nPreaching to worshippers at Canterbury Cathedral, the Most Rev Justin Welby compared the Holy Family to modern-day refugees.\n\nHe also contrasted Jesus with \"populist leaders that deceive\" their people.\n\nHis Catholic counterpart, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, called for a rejection of \"radical individualism\" in society.\n\nPreaching at the Sung Eucharist service, the Archbishop said that the nature of power meant those who have it, seek to hold on to it.\n\nHe said: \"In 2017 we have seen around the world tyrannical leaders that enslave their peoples, populist leaders that deceive them, corrupt leaders that rob them, even simply democratic, well-intentioned leaders of many parties and countries who are normal, fallible human beings.\"\n\nHe condemned terrorist atrocities and those who claimed that terror was \"the path to freedom in God\".\n\nLike the Pope the Archbishop drew parallels between the Nativity story and the migrant crisis.\n\nHe said: \"[The Holy Family] flee as refugees, like over 60 million people today.\n\n\"Yet their story is the beginning of ours, it is an invitation to lives of freedom, found through God's freely offered love.\"\n\nIn his midnight homily, the Roman Catholic Church's most senior cleric in England and Wales warned of \"radical individualism\" in society and said there was \"conflict in the air, not dialogue\".\n\nCardinal Nichols added he hoped Christmas would bring \"green shoots of hope\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the Christmas midnight Mass in Westminster Cathedral, London, Cardinal Nichols said: \"In social media there's a barrage of views and once a statement or claim is made there's immediately a counterclaim, and the mode of exchange is conflict.\"\n\nHe added that society needs \"to get over that notion that faith in God and reason are somehow opposed\".\n\nHe said \"the heart has reasons that the mind doesn't always understand\".\n\nWhen asked about the part that religion plays in conflicts, he maintained faith was not the primary reason for unrest in places like the Middle East.\n\n\"Even the conflict in Northern Ireland; reading of it it that it was essentially about religious faith, is an inadequate rather superficial meaning.\n\n\"Most conflicts are about power and territories and borders and wealth,\" the cardinal said.\n\n\"Often religious identity is in there in the mix but I don't think for the most part it is the key issue.\"", "The king of Spain has issued a renewed call for unity amid the ongoing fallout from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum.\n\nIn his Christmas message, Felipe VI urged the people of Catalonia to choose coexistence rather than confrontation.\n\nHe did not directly mention the leaders of the Catalan separatist movement.\n\nIn the wake of October's referendum in the region, the king heavily criticised those spearheading Catalonia's independence movement.\n\nSome Catalans were angered by this, and the fact that he made no mention of the heavy-handed Spanish police operation to block the vote.\n\nBBC Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly says the king's core underlying message about the importance of national unity remains unchanged, but his Christmas broadcast was more cautious and conciliatory.\n\nThe king said the politicians elected to the Catalan parliament this week - which included a narrow separatist majority - had to \"face the problems that affect all Catalans, with respect to plurality and bearing in mind their responsibility to the common good\".\n\n\"The road cannot lead again to confrontation and exclusion, which as we already know generate nothing but discord, uncertainty and discouragement,\" he said from his Madrid residence.\n\nHe praised what he called Catalonia's openness and creative spirit.\n\nCarles Puigdemont is calling for talks with the Spanish leadership\n\nThe leader of the bloc of separatist parties which won a majority in Thursday's election, Carles Puigdemont, remains in Brussels - a fugitive from the Spanish judicial authorities who have arrested and tried several key separatist leaders in the wake of the illegal referendum.\n\nMr Puigdemont has called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to meet him.\n\nOur correspondent says Mr Rajoy clearly has no intention of responding to this.", "The Queen and members of the Royal Family have been to church on the Sandringham estate for the traditional Christmas carol service.\n\nPrince Harry's fiancee, Meghan Markle, also attended, which is not usual as protocol stipulates that only partners who are married into the family are invited along.", "Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message to the people of the Commonwealth.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan Markle joined the Royal Family for the Christmas service\n\nPrince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle has joined the Royal Family for the Christmas Day service at the Queen's Norfolk estate.\n\nThe couple arrived at a carol service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham along with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nThe Queen returned after missing last year's service due to a heavy cold.\n\nPrinces Philip and Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall also attended, along with other members of the family.\n\nAfter the service, Ms Markle joined members of the family in greeting the crowds - some of whom had been waiting outside since 05:00 GMT.\n\nThe Queen waved to the crowd after the service\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle spoke to members of the public\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are expecting their third child, smiled at the crowd.\n\nIf royal tradition from previous years was followed, the family will have exchanged presents on Christmas Eve and awoken to a stocking of small gifts and fruit at the end of their beds.\n\nThe Queen and Prince Phillip also attended an early Holy Communion service at the church.\n\nThey will return home for a traditional turkey lunch, before watching the Queen's speech together.\n\nPrince Charles spoke to the crowds outside the church\n\nThis year, the Queen will pay tribute to London and Manchester for the manner in which they dealt with this year's terror attacks, as well as praising the Duke of Edinburgh for his support in the year of the couple's 70th wedding anniversary.\n\nMeghan Markle arrived at the church on the Sandringham Estate looking every inch the future royal.\n\nShe walked along in the heart of her new family between her fiance Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nShe smiled at the crowd, which in some places, was five deep, some of whom had queued from 2.40am to be a part of the royal Christmas celebrations.\n\nWhen they left church, Meghan and Harry walked over to a couple of ladies who had been waiting.\n\nMeghan smiled as Prince Harry complimented them on their Christmassy coloured clothes and told them the royal children were so excited it was hard to keep them under control.\n\nThe Americans in the crowd were especially thrilled to see her, mainly from the bases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath, happy at the prospect of one of their compatriots marrying into a British institution in May next year.\n\nOne was so excited that he brought an engagement ring all the way from Wisconsin for his girlfriend and proposed to her in the queue. She said yes!\n\nA crowd of around 200 were waiting for the family's arrival from early morning.\n\nA number of Americans from nearby RAF Lakenheath made the journey to see the family and their new addition.\n\nLindsey Wells, from Nebraska, said it was \"intriguing\" and \"exciting\" that Ms Markle was marrying into the Royal Family, and she wanted to see them in person.\n\nPrince Edward joined his sister, Princess Anne, on the short walk\n\nSophie, Countess of Wessex, was also in attendance\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor one couple from Texas the wait outside the church took on extra significance. Michael Metz proposed to girlfriend Ashley Millican - and she accepted.\n\nMiss Millican told the Press Association: \"I had no idea. I was definitely very surprised. I never thought he would ask me right before we were about to see the Royal Family for the first time!\"\n\nMr Metz added: \"It was pretty tough to keep secret as I was so excited. It's memories to cherish forever.\"\n\nMichael Metz and Ashley Millican marked the service with a proposal of their own.", "The photo found floating in the River Cam by a rower on the water showed a smartly-dressed couple\n\nA woman who had a precious photo of her late husband stolen in a distraction burglary has been reunited with it.\n\nSusan Horrod, 70, had her handbag containing the photo stolen from her home in Milton, Cambridge.\n\nRower Stephanie Creasey spotted a piece of cardboard floating in the River Cam and fished it out, seeing it was a 1960s photo of a glamorous couple.\n\nA Facebook post found the owner and the photo was returned, with Mrs Horrod's family describing it as \"amazing\".\n\nMrs Horrod had her handbag containing the photo stolen from her home in Milton, Cambridge\n\n\"It's amazing to have it back in such good condition,\" said Mrs Horrod's son Martin, 42, also from Milton.\n\n\"My mother is particularly pleased to get the photo back as it was an original.\n\n\"There was actually no water damage - the frame had disintegrated but the photo remained intact. It looks perfect.\"\n\nAnother potential clue was a stamp on the back with the photographer's name\n\nThe picture shows Mr Horrod's mother and father at a friend's wedding in Cambridgeshire and is a particularly fond memory of hers.\n\n\"Mum is always telling stories about why she remembers it,\" he said.\n\n\"There were a few photos that she liked to take everywhere with her to keep them safe, and that was one of them.\"\n\nMs Creasey, a teacher who lives in Chesterton, Cambridge, has been rowing for eight years but said she had never come across such an interesting object in the water before.\n\n\"I'm really interested in old photos and social history, and I thought I'd share the photo on a Facebook page called Cambridge in the Good old Days 1960s,\" she said.\n\n\"Less than an hour after I'd shared it, someone recognised the man in it as a former colleague of hers.\n\n\"I managed to make contact with the woman's family and eventually took the photo back to her.\"", "Bob Givens redesigned the Bugs Bunny character for Warner Bros. in 1940\n\nBob Givens, the animator best known for his redesign of Bugs Bunny, has died aged 99.\n\nGivens' career spanned over 60 years and he worked as an animator for companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera.\n\nGivens also drew cartoon characters such as Tom & Jerry, Daffy Duck, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Popeye.\n\nHis daughter, Mariana Givens confirmed his death on her Facebook page earlier this month.\n\nGivens' first role, in 1937, was at Disney where he worked on Donald Duck and Snow White cartoons.\n\nHe joined Warner Bros in 1940 where he became famous for his work on the Bugs Bunny character.\n\nPrevious drawings were said to be \"too cute\" for the cartoons the company wanted to produce.\n\nGivens' redesign became the first official design for the lead character of the Looney Tunes franchise, making him a famous name in the industry.\n\nHe served in the US army during the World War Two, before returning to the animation industry. Givens' career spanned over 60 years.\n\nOn social media, many paid tribute to Givens' work.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Josh Cogan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther Twitter users responded by posting GIFs of their favourite Givens animations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by FilmNoirHolland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n• None What we learned from the Disney expo", "Donald Trump's Turnberry resort in South Ayrshire is now above the cut-off point for tax relief\n\nA Scottish golf resort owned by US President Donald Trump will no longer qualify for a controversial tax break.\n\nA change in the Scottish government's recent budget will remove Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire from a business rates relief scheme.\n\nThe Sunday Herald revealed the resort is now above the cut-off point with a rateable value of £1,650,000.\n\nScotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay introduced measures in February to help hospitality businesses.\n\nThe move was in response to growing pressure to intervene to help struggling restaurants and hotels cope with the first revaluation of the rateable value of businesses since 2010.\n\nMr Mackay faced calls to reform the transitional business rates relief scheme after it emerged in August that Trump Turnberry had benefited by £109,530 for 2017/18.\n\nIn response to a wider review of the business rates system, Mr Mackay announced in September that the transitional scheme would continue next year for \"all but the very largest hospitality properties\".\n\nDocuments published alongside the draft Scottish budget earlier this month state it will only apply for hospitality properties with a rateable value up to £1.5m.\n\nAccording to the Scottish Assessors Association website, Trump Turnberry is now above the cut-off point with a rateable value of £1,650,000.\n\nMr Trump bought Turnberry in 2014 but stepped away from the family business empire after being elected US president.\n\nHis other Scottish golf course, on the Menie estate in Aberdeenshire, did not qualify for relief because it is defined as a golf course rather than a hotel.", "Security forces sealed off the area after the attack\n\nTen people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the compound of Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, officials say.\n\nAnother five people were injured when the attacker, who was on foot, blew himself up as agency employees were on their way to work.\n\nThe victims included women whose car was going past the area at the time of the blast, reports said.\n\nSunni Muslim militant group Islamic State said it was behind the attack.\n\nThe director of hospitals in Kabul said the number of casualties could rise.\n\nThe number of such bombings in Afghanistan has grown in recent months:\n\nLast week, Islamic State (IS) also targeted a training centre belonging to the intelligence agency. The jihadist group has been active in Afghanistan since January 2015.", "Tunisia has banned Emirates airline from landing in the capital Tunis after a number of Tunisian women were prevented from boarding its flights.\n\nThe move comes amid widespread anger in Tunisia, with rights groups condemning \"racist and discriminatory\" measures.\n\nThe transport ministry said the measure would stay in place until Emirates was able to \"operate flights in accordance with law and international agreements\".\n\nThe UAE said \"security information\" had caused the delays.\n\n\"We contacted our Tunisian brothers about security information that necessitated taking specific procedures,\" Emirati Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said on Twitter on Sunday.\n\n\"We highly value Tunisian women and respect them,\" he added.\n\nTunisian government officials said the UAE had banned Tunisian women from flying to or transiting through its territory.\n\nOn Friday the Tunisian government said it had asked the UAE ambassador to clarify what was happening and had been told that the measures had been temporary and had already been lifted.\n\nLocal media reported that Tunisian women had been blocked from boarding Emirates flights to Dubai over several days.\n\nAccording to AFP news agency, some Tunisian women said their journeys to the UAE had been delayed and some that their visas had to undergo additional examination.\n\nTunisia has been trying to improve relations with the UAE that were damaged by its 2011 revolution.\n\nTunisia's Ennahda party - part of the governing coalition - also has links to Qatar, which has been cut off by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain over its alleged support for terrorism.", "Pro-independence parties can one again form a majority in parliament\n\nThe voters of Catalonia went to the polls for the fourth time in four years on Thursday and once again produced a result which demonstrates how deeply divided their society has become.\n\nThe result provoked an outpouring of joyous relief from supporters of parties who want independence from Spain.\n\nThey just about hung on to their narrow overall majority in the parliament although the number of seats under their control fell from 72 to 70.\n\nThey say this was a victory won under duress.\n\nThe leader of one separatist party, Oriol Junqueras, was in solitary confinement in a Spanish prison when he was re-elected.\n\nThe head of another - the deposed former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont - was in self-imposed exile political in Brussels from where he told his supporters: \"The Spanish state has been defeated, the independence movement has won. This is a majority that wants a referendum.\"\n\nBut Catalonia's political landscape remains crowded and complicated and it is hard to see a way forward through it.\n\nSeven parties will be represented in the new parliament, none of them with more than a quarter of the overall vote.\n\nThe largest of them, Ciudadanos (Citizens), is a unionist movement - in other words it's as determined to keep Catalonia's links with Spain as its rivals are to break them.\n\nThe party leader, Inés Arrimadas, said: \"We'll see how a coalition can be formed. We have a very unjust law in Catalonia so that the pro-independence parties can have a majority (in parliament) that they don't have on the street.\"\n\nUnionists argue that the voting system is biased against them because the pro-independence parties have strong support in small towns and in villages, where it takes fewer votes to win a seat than it does in Barcelona, where a majority favours staying with Spain.\n\nBut the reality is it's very hard to see how Ms Arrimadas has any realistic chance of forming a government when the numbers are stacked against her - however narrowly.\n\nInés Arrimadas's Citizens party won the biggest number of seats but will struggle to form a government\n\nAt the party's \"victory\" rally in the centre of Barcelona, one of her supporters, Natalia Ferrer told me she thought Ciudadanos had done well enough to make it impossible for its rivals to push for immediate independence.\n\nAs she put it: \"I am so happy that we have shown to the rest of Europe and the rest of the world that not everyone in Catalonia is against Spain... there are a lot of people here who want to be part of Spain.\"\n\nAnd there, of course, is the problem.\n\nOne lesson from Thursday's election is that if you keep asking the same people more or less the same question then you'll keep getting, more or less, the same answer.\n\nAnd here is a further layer of complexity, in case this didn't seem complicated enough.\n\nThe real loser in this latest Catalonian election was a man who wasn't even standing, the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.\n\nHe is an unwavering opponent of the separatist movement and it was his decision to impose direct rule from Madrid after October's illegal referendum.\n\nSpain has an independent judiciary, of course, but it's also on Mr Rajoy's watch that opposition leaders from Catalonia have been sent to prison - and could yet face 30-year jail sentences for rebellion and sedition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look at the key players in Catalonia's regional election\n\nIt was Mariano Rajoy's decision to call these latest elections and it seems clear that he was gambling that the constitutional crisis of the past few months would have eroded the support for independence.\n\nThat gamble has failed and now he has to decide how to deal with jailed or exiled leaders who have demonstrated again that they have a popular mandate.\n\nHe is the man who would presumably have claimed a share of the victory if unionists here had won and on that basis, his is the defeat.", "\"Gentility of speech is at an end,\" thundered an editorial in London's City Press, in 1858. \"It stinks!\"\n\nThe stink in question was partly metaphorical: politicians were failing to tackle an obvious problem.\n\nAs its population grew, London's system for disposing of human waste became woefully inadequate. To relieve pressure on cess pits - which were prone to leaking, overflowing, and belching explosive methane - the authorities had instead started encouraging sewage into gullies.\n\nHowever, this created a different issue: the gullies were originally intended for only rainwater, and emptied directly into the River Thames.\n\nThat was the literal stink - the Thames became an open sewer.\n\nCholera was rife. One outbreak killed 14,000 Londoners - nearly one in every 100.\n\nCivil engineer Joseph Bazalgette drew up plans for new, closed sewers to pump the waste far from the city. It was this project that politicians came under pressure to approve.\n\nThe sweltering-hot summer of 1858 had made London's malodorous river impossible to politely ignore, or to discuss obliquely with \"gentility of speech\". The heatwave became popularly known as the \"Great Stink\".\n\nIf you live in a city with modern sanitation, it's hard to imagine daily life being permeated with the suffocating stench of human excrement.\n\nFor that, we have a number of people to thank - but perhaps none more so than the unlikely figure of Alexander Cumming.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations that helped create the economic world.\n\nA watchmaker in London a century before the Great Stink, Cumming won renown for his mastery of intricate mechanics.\n\nKing George III commissioned him to make an elaborate instrument for recording atmospheric pressure, and he pioneered the microtome, a device for cutting ultra-fine slivers of wood for microscopic analysis.\n\nAlexander Cumming's S-bend was crucial in the development of the flushing toilet\n\nBut Cumming's world-changing invention owed nothing to precision engineering. It was a bit of pipe with a curve in it.\n\nIn 1775, Cumming patented the S-bend. This became the missing ingredient to create the flushing toilet - and, with it, public sanitation as we know it.\n\nFlushing toilets had previously foundered on the problem of smell: the pipe that connects the toilet to the sewer, allowing urine and faeces to be flushed away, will also also let sewer odours waft back up - unless you can create some kind of airtight seal.\n\nCumming's solution was simplicity itself: bend the pipe. Water settles in the dip, stopping smells coming up; flushing the toilet replenishes the water.\n\nWhile we've moved on alphabetically from the S-bend to the U-bend, flushing toilets still deploy the same insight.\n\nRollout, however, came slowly: by 1851, flushing toilets remained novel enough in London to cause mass excitement when introduced at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace.\n\nUse of the facilities cost one penny, giving the English language one of its enduring euphemisms for emptying one's bladder, \"to spend a penny\".\n\nHundreds of thousands of Londoners queued for the opportunity to relieve themselves while marvelling at the miracles of modern plumbing.\n\nIf the Great Exhibition gave Londoners a vision of how public sanitation could be - clean, and smell-free - no doubt that added to the weight of popular discontent as politicians dragged their heels over finding the funds for Joseph Bazalgette's planned sewers.\n\nMore than 170 years later, about two-thirds of the world's people have access to what's called \"improved sanitation\", according to the World Health Organization, up from about a quarter in 1980.\n\nBut that still means two and a half billion people don't have access to it, and \"improved sanitation\" itself is a relatively low bar.\n\nIt \"hygienically separates human excreta from human contact\", but it doesn't necessarily treat the sewage itself.\n\nFewer than half the world's people have access to sanitation systems that do that.\n\nThe economic costs of this ongoing failure to roll out proper sanitation are many and varied, from health care for diarrhoeal diseases to foregone revenue from hygiene-conscious tourists.\n\nThe World Bank's Economics of Sanitation Initiative has tried to tot up the price tag.\n\nAcross various African countries, for example, it reckons inadequate sanitation lops one or two percentage points off gross domestic product (GDP), in India and Bangladesh over 6%, and in Cambodia 7%.\n\nOpen sewers are a common sight in Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya\n\nThe challenge is that public sanitation isn't something the market necessarily provides. Toilets cost money, but defecating in the street is free.\n\nIf I install a toilet, I bear all the costs, while the benefits of the cleaner street are felt by everyone.\n\nIn economic parlance, that's a \"positive externality\" - and goods that have positive externalities tend to be bought at a slower pace than society, as a whole, would prefer.\n\nThe most striking example is the \"flying toilet\" system of Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya.\n\nThe flying toilet works like this: you defecate into a plastic bag, and then in the middle of the night, whirl the bag around your head and hurl it as far away as possible.\n\nReplacing a flying toilet with a flushing toilet provides benefits to the toilet owner - but you can bet that the neighbours would appreciate it, too.\n\nContrast, say, the mobile phone. That also costs money, but its benefits accrue largely to me. That's one reason why, although the S-bend has been around for 10 times as long as the mobile phone, many more people already own a mobile phone than a flushing toilet.\n\nIf you want to buy a flushing toilet, it also helps if there's a system of sewers to plumb it into, and creating one is a major undertaking - financially and logistically.\n\nJoseph Bazalgette, standing top right, views the Northern Outfall sewer being built below the Abbey Mills pumping station in 1862\n\nWhen Joseph Bazalgette finally got the cash to build London's sewers, they took 10 years to complete and necessitated digging up 2.5 million cubic metres (88 million cubic ft) of earth.\n\nBecause of the externality problem, such a project might not appeal to private investors: it tends to require determined politicians, willing taxpayers and well-functioning municipal governments.\n\nAnd those, it seems, are in short supply. According to a study published in 2011, just 6% of India's towns and cities have succeeded in building even a partial network of sewers. The capacity for delay seems almost unlimited.\n\nLondon's lawmakers likewise procrastinated- but when they finally acted, they didn't hang about. As Stephen Halliday recounts in his book The Great Stink of London, it took just 18 days to rush through the necessary legislation for Bazalgette's plans. What explains this sudden, impressive alacrity?\n\nThe Houses of Parliament, photographed in 1858, the year of the Great Stink\n\nA quirk of geography: London's Parliament building is located right next to the River Thames.\n\nOfficials tried to shield lawmakers from the Great Stink, soaking the curtains in chloride of lime in a bid to mask the stench.\n\nBut it was no use. Try as they might, the politicians couldn't ignore it.\n\nThe Times described, with a note of grim satisfaction, how MPs had been seen abandoning the building's library, \"each gentleman with a handkerchief to his nose\".\n\nIf only concentrating politicians' minds was always that easy.", "Restaurant chain Wagamama has apologised after a manager warned workers they face disciplinary action for calling in sick over Christmas.\n\nA note on a rota at one of its London branches said it was the responsibility of ill staff to find colleagues to cover shifts.\n\nWagamama said the manager \"feared team member shortages\" and \"regrettably decided to take this highly unusual approach\", which is not company policy.\n\nA note beneath the rota states: \"No calling in sick! may I remind you that if you are unable to come in for your shift it is your responsibility [underlined] to find someone to cover your shift (as per contract and handbook).\n\n\"Calling in sick during the next 2 weeks will result in disciplinary action being taken\".\n\nWagamama insisted the rule was \"strictly not company policy\", and said it was an \"isolated incident\" at its North Finchley restaurant.\n\nA spokesman for the Unite Hospitality union said: \"To threaten workers with disciplinary action for being sick is not just morally reprehensible, it may be unlawful under the Health and Safety Act and Equality Act as it discriminates against those with long-term physical or mental health conditions.\"\n\nThe pan-Asian chain, which has been owned by the London-based private equity firm Duke Street Capital since 2011, has more than 100 branches across the UK.\n\nA Wagamama spokesperson said: \"Following reports of a notice posted in our North Finchley restaurant we can confirm this was an isolated incident and is strictly not company employment policy.\n\n\"The manager involved feared team member shortages over the festive period and regrettably decided to take this highly unusual approach.\n\n\"As a company we treat all our team with the greatest respect and understand and appreciate the hard work they all do. We sincerely apologise for what has happened and wish all our team members and customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.\"\n\nThe person who brought the rota to Unite Hospitality's attention is a friend of someone who works at Wagamama in North Finchley.\n\n\"They sent me that picture,\" he told the BBC. \"They didn't want me to share it at all. But my blood was boiling. I needed to do something about it.\n\n\"I don't believe it is company policy. It might have been an idea of the manager because he doesn't know the law.\"\n\nThe rota was put up at Wagamama's branch in North Finchley\n\nHe said the note attached to the rota could be \"dangerous for the health and safety of people\".\n\n\"If you force people to work when they are sick they can poison the food. There is something very wrong.\"\n\nHe said many of the staff at that branch were young workers from Eastern Europe and \"maybe they are scared to lose their jobs or they don't know the law themselves\".\n\nThe Green MSP for the West Scotland region, Ross Greer, was one of the first people to post a photograph of the rota on Twitter, writing: \"That's the end of my custom with @wagamama_uk. Treat your staff with some respect.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ross Greer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n@dtaylor5633 also expresses concern about the potential health risks.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Taylor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe rota note has led a #boycottwagamama campaign on Twitter, with people voicing concern the policy may lead to sick workers undertaking shifts.\n\nHowever, other people say customers should not \"vilify a whole company\" because of an issue related to a single branch. Former employees in other branches have also taken to social media to say they have not experienced similar practices.", "Jodie Whittaker as she appeared at the end of Twice Upon a Time\n\nJodie Whittaker has made her debut as the first female Doctor in the Christmas special of Doctor Who.\n\nGiven the role in July, the actress succeeds Peter Capaldi to become the 13th Doctor.\n\nThe 35-year-old Broadchurch star said she was \"beyond excited\" to take up the role and the offer had been \"overwhelming, as a feminist\".\n\nWhittaker will fully begin her role next year alongside Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole.\n\nCapaldi, who has had the role since 2013, regenerated at the end of the episode to become Whittaker's character.\n\nWhen she was appointed, Whittaker told fans not to be \"scared\" by her gender.\n\n\"It's more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Actress Jodie Whittaker reveals four facts about herself\n\nActress Jenna Coleman returned as Doctor Who companion Clara Oswald in the Christmas programme alongside David Bradley.\n\nBradley playing the first Doctor, originally played by the late William Hartnell, while Pearl Mackie returned as companion Bill Potts.\n\nIt was the last episode for Potts and the show also marked an end for the programme's writer Steven Moffat, who has stepped down after seven years.\n\nHe has been replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall.\n\nFans reacted to Whittaker's introduction and Capaldi's departure on Twitter, with some praising the Doctor's gender.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Frances loves Kat 🥀 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOthers meanwhile were supportive of the actress's roots.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ben ♸ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElsewhere, Whittaker's predecessor in the role had a few words of comfort for one young fan who was sad to see his favourite Doctor depart this week.\n\nNine-year-old David McGilloway, from Londonderry, found a letter from Capaldi in his Christmas stocking, which read: \"The new Doctor always becomes your favourite and the one that goes... well, he never really goes...\"\n\nAfter all, the Doctor is for life - not just for Christmas.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Brian McGilloway This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIf you missed Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time you can watch it on iPlayer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCoverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app\n\nSurrey pace bowler Tom Curran will make his England Test debut against Australia on Boxing Day.\n\nThe 22-year-old replaces the injured Craig Overton for the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.\n\n\"He's a feisty character and he gets the ball to move around a bit,\" said England captain Joe Root.\n\n\"He's always in the contest. At no point will he hide away from any challenge. If times become hard he will give it everything.\"\n• None Lehmann to step down as Australia coach after 2019 Ashes\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone\n\nThe void left by Overton, who has a fractured rib, could have been filled by fellow fast bowlers Jake Ball or Mark Wood.\n\nThere was also the option to hand a debut to 20-year-old leg-spinner Mason Crane, but that would have meant changing the balance of the attack.\n\nEngland have decided against making further changes, despite having already lost the Ashes, with Australia holding an unassailable 3-0 lead.\n\n\"This is the best side to win on this surface,\" said Root. \"Other guys are looking for form, and looking to turn things round, and they have an opportunity to do that this week.\n\n\"It's a great opportunity on such a big stage. It's an Ashes Test, with so much to play for.\"\n\nAustralia have also been forced into a change as Mitchell Starc's heel problem has resulted in a recall for fellow paceman Jackson Bird.\n\nBorn in Cape Town, Curran is the son of former Zimbabwe, Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire all-rounder Kevin.\n\nSpotted by former Surrey captain Ian Greig, the brother of ex-England skipper Tony, Curran moved to England to attend Wellington School in 2012.\n\nSoon after, his father collapsed whilst jogging and died at the age of 53.\n\nCurran remained at Wellington and made his Surrey debut in 2013, qualifying to play for England on residency grounds in 2015.\n\nHis younger brother Sam, a 19-year-old all-rounder, is also a Surrey regular, while a third brother, 21-year-old Ben, is a batsman who has played for four county second XIs and MCC Young Cricketers.\n\nTom Curran, capped in three Twenty20 internationals and a single one-day internationals, was added to the Ashes squad following an injury to Steven Finn, who himself made the trip to Australia after Ben Stokes was made unavailable.\n\nIn the tour game against a Cricket Australia XI before the third Test, he served notice of his batting talent by making an unbeaten 77. His bowling is lively, without being express, and contains the variety of a youngster reared on limited-overs cricket.\n\n\"He's skilful and a real competitor,\" added Root. \"It's a great chance for him - what a great occasion to start playing Test cricket.\n\n\"He never shies away from a challenge. It gives us a chance to see what he can provide at this level.\"\n\nThe build-up to the fourth Test has again involved the trading of opinions, both from within and outside the respective teams.\n\nFormer Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that Root acted like a \"little boy\" in the aftermath of his side's third Test defeat in Perth.\n\n\"He's entitled to his opinion,\" Root told BBC Sport. \"Obviously I think that is a load of rubbish.\n\n\"He doesn't see how we go about things behind the scenes, or how I go about things up close and personal. It's important I go about my things in my own way.\"\n\nMeanwhile, England seamer James Anderson said on his BBC Tailenders podcast that Australia's pace attack has \"problems\" beyond their first-choice trio of Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.\n\nIn response, Starc said he hopes that his replacement Bird \"sticks it up\" England in Melbourne.\n\nAnd Aussie captain Steve Smith said of Anderson's comments: \"That's rubbish, to be honest.\n\n\"Does he know that much about Australian domestic cricket? I'm not sure. I know there's plenty of guys who could come in and really do a job for us.\"\n\nAfter losing 5-0 in 2013-14, England are looking to avoid a second consecutive whitewash in Australia and a third in 11 years.\n\nThe tourists are also on a run of eight successive Test losses down under, having never previously lost nine on the trot.\n\nIn addition, they are on a losing sequence of seven Tests away from home, dating back to the trip to India at the end of 2016.\n\n\"It's been bitterly disappointing that we haven't been able to get a win yet,\" Root told BBC Sport. \"The mindset and desire within the team is for us to go and do that.\n\n\"We won't be happy until we leave this trip with a win under our belts. We won't be changing the way we go about things in terms of effort or energy.\n\n\"We won't be tailing off and we'll trying to turn those strong positions into winning ones.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Guests were given goodie bags filled with essentials\n\nIt's no ordinary commuter Monday at Euston Station in London.\n\nThe last train left at 23:00 on Sunday and the passengers are home - but the concourse is busy with people sitting down to a Christmas Day feast.\n\nAn arrivals board reads: \"Special notice: Network Rail invites you to Euston Station. Merry Christmas!\"\n\nFor the first time, the transport hub has become a homeless shelter for 200 people - as one of many public spaces that normally lie empty on Christmas.\n\nSome 45 volunteers have worked overnight to transform the station ready for a banquet of smoked salmon, soup, a roast, and Christmas pudding.\n\nNext to barred ticket terminals and a shut WH Smith, Boots and Paperchase, tables and chairs are decorated with red poinsettias.\n\nSharon has come to Euston for some company on Christmas Day\n\nOne of today's guests, Sharon, says she has worn her best dress for the occasion.\n\n\"My support worker Christine told me about this a couple of weeks ago,\" she says.\n\n\"I knew I didn't have anything to do. I would be at home on my own and at times you're lonely, especially at Christmas.\"\n\nSharon, who moved to London from the US two decades ago, says she had to give up work as a retail manager because of a leg injury, but hopes to return next year.\n\n\"I'm on the mend, I'll definitely be dancing today!\"\n\nAbout 120,000 people pass through Euston every day, making it Britain's fifth-busiest train station, according to ticket sales data.\n\nBut today is more relaxed; cheers erupt as a pianist plays Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.\n\nIt's a novelty for those who normally work at Euston, including station manager Joe Hendry.\n\n\"I initially didn't think it would be possible,\" he says.\n\n\"But turning up to work today at 06:30 this morning and seeing everyone here - it's wonderful.\n\n\"We have a big local homeless population here, so I've seen some familiar faces.\"\n\nJay, originally from Cork, moves from place to place in the area, and is currently living in an abandoned solicitors' office.\n\n\"If I wasn't here I'd be in the office - there's 20 of us - we would try and have a good time,\" he says.\n\nJay squats in local properties, and says he would otherwise be unable to afford a Christmas dinner\n\n\"We got tickets for today - it's nice to have something to do, we have bare cooking facilities and don't have much money for nice food.\"\n\nOutside the station, people - many clutching blankets and shopping bags - are trying to get entry to the dinner, which is ticket-only and tightly guarded by Euston's security staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Network Rail's Steve Naybour: \"Santa came last night\" to Euston\n\nThe event was the brainchild of a group of Network Rail workers, including Steve Naybour, who was inspired by the Glastonbury Festival's use of vacant fields.\n\n\"Every year the festival uses fallow ground that would otherwise be unused - in a similar way, we thought about how we can use our empty stations,\" he says.\n\nSteve's used to working over Christmas - and has a shift on Boxing Day - but says today is different.\n\n\"It's amazing to see the concourse looking so festive, which would normally be packed with commuters.\"\n\nVolunteers prepping the alcohol-free four-course meal tweeted their efforts using the #EustonChristmas hashtag.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by St Mungo's This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Streets Kitchen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNearly 50 different businesses and organisations have donated items - including food, drinks and thermal clothes - to the event.\n\nMr Naybour says he has been \"blown away\" by the generosity, adding: \"We've got a whole department store of clothes we're waiting to give out.\"\n\nTwo hundred children from schools in the local area have made Christmas cards to give to the guests, while local kitchens have opened up to help volunteers prepare the meal.\n\nCharity volunteer Jon Glackin says empty buildings should be used as shelters\n\nJon Glackin, from the charity Street Kitchen, says he \"jumped at the chance\" to help. \"People we've known over the years are coming along,\" he says.\n\n\"Something we've always tried to highlight is empty buildings, for feeding people, for sleeping and for shelters,\" adds Jon.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This is no ordinary royal engagement.\n\nMeghan Markle brings something different to the British Royal Family.\n\nShe is American, divorced, an actress and mixed race.\n\nShe is also a campaigner with a variety of humanitarian interests and won't want her marriage to limit her ability to speak out and support various causes - particularly those of gender equality.\n\nAs an advocate for UN Women, Ms Markle has worked on helping young girls reach their leadership potential. When she was first approached about working with the United Nations the Suits star insisted on undertaking a period of \"work experience\" first.\n\nIn her own time she shadowed Elizabeth Nyamayaro, a senior advisor at UN Women. Elizabeth was impressed by the intelligence, commitment and curiosity of the actress.\n\nThe pair have since worked together closely on a number of UN missions and Elizabeth has no doubt that her friend and colleague will thrive in her new royal role.\n\n\"Her ability to listen, her passion for other people, wanting to create social change with that level of platform can only be a positive thing. She'll be fine, she'll be great in fact.\"\n\nMs Markle addressed gender issues at the One Young World forum in Canada\n\nBut the media coverage of the relationship in its early days unsettled sections of the British press and its readers.\n\nPrince Harry even took the unprecedented step of issuing a public statement asking for privacy and describing some of the coverage as having \"racial undertones\".\n\nMuch was made of his fiancée's upbringing in Los Angeles, with the area described as gang-infested and a place riddled with racial tension.\n\nHowever, Ms Markle actually grew up in a very middle class neighbourhood of Los Angeles and attended a private Catholic school.\n\nBut in many ways she is an outsider.\n\nPrince Harry isn't following a traditional path - he's not marrying the daughter of a grand aristocratic family.\n\nHis wife-to-be now has to negotiate her way through the British aristocracy, in a similar vein to her future sister-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nIt is an experience American nutritionist and author Julie Montagu knows well, as the future Countess of Sandwich.\n\nBorn and brought up in Illinois, she married the son of the Earl of Sandwich and is now Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.\n\nShe splits her time between London and the family estate, Mapperton, in Dorset.\n\n\"Even now I still get things wrong,\" she told me. \"The British upper classes have their own way of doing things. But as an American I bring my optimism, positivity and work ethic into the mix which I believe is hugely important.\"\n\nMs Markle is joining a family and entering a world unlike anything she has previously experienced. Yes it brings with it great privilege. But it also means a lack of privacy and the acceptance of a public life. As an actress she may find herself well equipped to deal with the scrutiny ahead.", "Morgan Geyser (L) and Anissa Weier (R) were 12 at the time of the crime\n\nOne of two US girls convicted of a 2014 stabbing to honour the horror character Slender Man has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.\n\nAnissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree homicide, but claimed she was mentally ill at the time.\n\nShe and Morgan Geyser lured a classmate into a Wisconsin wooded park where Geyser stabbed her 19 times as Weier stood by. The victim survived.\n\nAll three girls were 12 at the time.\n\nThe victim was found crawling from woods by a cyclist near the city of Waukesha, a western suburb of Milwaukee. She had stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso.\n\nWaukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren on Thursday sentenced Weier to the maximum punishment of 25 years in a psychiatric institution.\n\nThe sentencing is retroactive to the date of the crime in May 2014, which means she will be committed until the age of 37.\n\nWeier and Geyser told investigators that they believed they had to kill their victim in \"dedication\" to Slender Man, a fictional horror website character.\n\nBefore her sentencing, Weier told the judge: \"I do hold myself accountable for this and that I will do whatever I have to do to make sure I don't get any sort of delusion or whatever again.\n\n\"I want everybody involved to know I deeply regret everything that happened that day. I know that nothing I say is going to make this right and nothing I say is going to fix what I broke.\"\n\nHe is a skinny, shadowy figure, who has appeared in photos, drawings and articles across the internet.\n\nSome claim he has tentacles emerging from his back and most say he wears dark clothes and has a pale face.\n\nThe schoolgirls involved in the attack in Waukesha say there were inspired after reading about him in a creepypasta, a short online story designed to shock or scare the reader.\n\nSlender Man first appeared on the internet in 2009.\n\nEric Knudsen from Florida created the character in response to a call for submissions from the online forum SomethingAwful and posted the picture of the figure behind a crowd of people.\n\nEarlier this year Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in a deal with prosecutors to avoid a prison term.\n\nShe is scheduled to be sentenced in February. Prosecutors have asked that she be sent to a mental hospital for at least 40 years.", "US ambassador Nikki Haley said a unanimous UN Security Council resolution sent a clear warning to North Korea that further missile tests would invite more punishment.", "British passports will change from burgundy to blue after Britain leaves the EU, the Home Office has said.\n\nImmigration Minister Brandon Lewis said he was delighted to return to the \"iconic\" blue and gold design which came into use almost 100 years ago.\n\nThe new passports will be issued to those renewing or applying for a passport from October 2019.\n\nBurgundy passports were first issued in 1988. The EU has never compelled the UK to change the colour of its passport.\n\nFormer UKIP leader Nigel Farage responded to the announcement by tweeting \"Happy Brexmas!\"\n\nHe added: \"In the 2016 referendum, we wanted our passports back. Now we've got them back!\"\n\nBut Labour MP Mary Creagh tweeted: \"No-one under 45 will have owned a blue passport, and most will think they're not worth £50 billion and crashing the economy.\"\n\nMr Lewis told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he knew many Remain voters who still had an \"attachment\" and \"speak fondly\" of the blue passport.\n\nDid Brussels force the UK to change the colour of its passport? No.\n\nThe European Union has never had the power to force the UK to change the colour of the British passport.\n\nDumping the blue for burgundy was a decision taken by the UK in the 1980s after the then EEC (European Economic Community) member states tried to harmonise designs to make life easier for travellers and border officials.\n\nSo this wasn't a decision forced on the UK by Brussels Eurocrats. Ministers could have ignored it.\n\nCroatia retained its blue passport after it joined the EU in 2013.\n\nSome countries in the EU have a burgundy passport like Italy (left), but Croatia retained its blue passport (right) after joining the union in 2013\n\nIn a similar vein, the EU has never had the power to order the UK to remove references to Her Majesty The Queen from the passport. It is still a British document, but with added EU wording to guarantee freedom of movement.\n\nThe only legal requirement to harmonise EU passports related to security standards, part of a global governmental effort to combat forgery.\n\nIf the EU wanted passports to change in any other way, the plans would need each government to agree.\n\nTory MP Andrew Rosindell, who campaigned to bring back the blue passport, tweeted: \"A great Christmas present for those who care about our national identity - the fanatical Remainers hate it, but the restoration of our own British passport is a powerful symbol that Britain is Back!\"\n\nHowever, many other people have mocked the announcement on social media.\n\nSimon Blackwell, a comedy writer, said: \"Why do we need any colour passport? We should just be able to shout, \"British! Less of your nonsense!\" and stroll straight through.\"\n\nAccording to the Passport Index, 76 countries have blue passports, including a number of former colonial and Commonwealth countries, such as Australia, the United States, Canada, India and Hong Kong.\n\nSeveral Caribbean countries also have blue passports, including Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines.\n\nIn Europe, people from Iceland and Bosnia and Herzegovina both carry blue passports, while it is also a popular colour in central and south America - Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela are among those that have them.\n\nStig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, tweeted: \"I've just spent the last 10 minutes screaming 'Take that you burgundy symbol of EU oppression' at my passport.\n\n\"It just stares insolently back, as if it is an inanimate and merely functional object and its colour doesn't matter.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by John O'Farrell This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe new passports will also have updated security features to protect against fraud, Mr Lewis said.\n\nThe Home Office said there was no need for British passport holders to do anything ahead of their current passport renewal date, adding that the changes would be introduced in phases.\n\nWhen the UK leaves the EU in March 2019, burgundy passports will continue to be issued but with no reference to the European Union.\n\nThe blue passports will be issued later the same year, after a new contract for their production is negotiated.\n\n\"Leaving the EU gives us a unique opportunity to restore our national identity and forge a new path for ourselves in the world\", Mr Lewis said.\n\n1414: The first version of the passport - 'Safe Conducts' was introduced during the reign of King Henry V (seen here at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415).", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson says the UK's relations with Russia are \"not on a good footing\" but he wants them to improve, after talks in Moscow.\n\nRussia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused the UK of making \"insulting\" statements ahead of the meeting.\n\nBut he said he trusted Mr Johnson and they had agreed on the need to work together on the UN Security Council.\n\nMr Johnson is the first UK foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years.\n\nMr Lavrov said it was no secret that Britain's relations with Russia were at a \"low point\".\n\nAnd he accused Britain of making a series of \"aggressive and insulting\" public statements ahead of their meeting, saying Russia had done nothing to justify being seen as an aggressor in relation to its actions in Ukraine and Syria.\n\n\"I cannot recall any of Russia's actions that would be aggressive in relation to the United Kingdom. We did not blame London for anything,\" said Mr Lavrov.\n\n\"On the contrary, we have heard accusations, even insultingly formulated - that we support the criminal regime in Syria, that we are aggressors, that we are occupiers, we annex other territories.\n\n\"And all this despite the fact that on all the regional issues in question, and on many others, all information about what our position is, what it is based on, is regularly provided.\"\n\nThe pair also clashed over Russia's alleged attempts to interfere in elections in the West, following UK Prime Minister Theresa May's warnings about the risks of Russia's \"sustained campaign of cyber-espionage and disruption\".\n\nDespite the differences between London and Moscow, both sides have an interest in improving what is a poor relationship.\n\nThere are several issues where both Britain and Russia sometimes disagree but want more dialogue.\n\nOn Syria, the UK wants to help shape any future political settlement while Russia needs western money to help rebuild the country.\n\nOn North Korea, both Russia and the UK want to find ways of de-escalating the crisis prompted by Pyongyang's ballistic missile programme.\n\nAnd on Iran, both sides want to do what they can to protect the deal they helped negotiate to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.\n\nSo Friday's meeting may have allowed both sides to rehearse their differences - and the veteran Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, gave as good as he got from the comparative novice foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.\n\nBut it also allowed them to crack a few jokes and build a relationship that they could need in the years to come.\n\nThis was not a reset or a return to business as usual but the opening of a channel of communication that in recent years has been as frozen as the Moscow winter.\n\nAhead of the meeting in Moscow, the UK government said Mr Johnson would warn Russia to stop cyber-attacks which threaten Britain's national security or face retaliation of a similar kind from the UK.\n\nBut Mr Lavrov accused Mr Johnson of being a \"hostage\" of untrue Western narratives on the issue, insisting Russia had not meddled in elections in other countries.\n\nMr Johnson said there was \"abundant evidence\" of Russian interference in polls in the US, Germany, Denmark and France.\n\nBoris Johnson stands in front of Saint Basil's cathedral in Red square in Moscow\n\nAnd takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\n\nMr Lavrov hit back by telling Mr Johnson he himself had said Russia had not interfered in Britain's general election and Brexit referendum.\n\nMr Johnson interrupted his Russian counterpart to add: \"Not successfully.\"\n\nMr Lavrov said the evidence produced so far of Russian attempts at interference amounted to no more than the spending of \"a few kopecks\" on social media adverts.\n\n\"I think you have made all this up in your Western community and unfortunately right now you are hostage to this subject, it is very difficult for you to climb down from the fence you have climbed.\"\n\nHe also criticised Britain for cutting off ties with Russia's FSB security agency over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London, saying the UK authorities had refused to hand over information in the case.\n\nHe said government criticism of British politicians who speak to Russian media outlets, such as the RT television channel, damaged the reputation of the UK as \"the cradle of democracy\".\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged the \"difficulties\" in relations with Russia, adding: \"It is a regrettable state of affairs but it should not preclude co-operation.\"\n\nThe UK foreign secretary said they had identified common ground on issues such as North Korea, Syria and trade - and said the UK and Russian security services should co-ordinate ahead of next year's World Cup.\n\nAs the mood at the press conference relaxed, Mr Lavrov said: \"I trust Boris and I trust him to an extent that I am ready to call him BorIs [Russian-style pronunciation] rather than BOris.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he adopted the approach Ronald Reagan had taken with Mikhail Gorbachev: \"Trust, but verify.\"\n\nAnd he joked that his trust was so great that he had handed his coat with \"everything in my pockets, secret or otherwise\" to Mr Lavrov when he arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building.\n\nMr Lavrov joked back: \"I can say that there was nothing in the pockets of Boris's coat\", to which Mr Johnson responded in surprise: \"So you have searched it already?\"\n\nMr Johnson's trip follows Prime Minister Theresa May's accusation last month that Russia was trying to \"undermine free societies\".\n\nHer criticisms were repeated by Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre, who said that Russia was \"seeking to undermine the international system\".", "Big Ben is to temporarily chime again over the festive season.\n\nThe Great Bell, housed in the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, will resume service from 9am on December 23 until 1pm on New Year's Day.\n\nIts hourly bongs were controversially halted in August until 2021 to ensure the safety of workers carrying out repairs on the tower.\n\nKeeper of the Great Clock, Steve Jaggs, said Big Ben's return would allow it to remain a \"focal point\" of celebrations.\n\nHe said that the chimes, most recently reactivated for Armistice Day in November, would continue to be rung for special occasions during its four-year restoration period.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBig Ben last fell silent in 2007 and before that, for major refurbishments between 1983 and 1985.\n\nIn operation for 157 years, the clock face and surrounding tower is currently clad in scaffolding.\n\n\"This essential programme of works will safeguard it for future generations, as well as protecting and conserving the Elizabeth Tower,\" Mr Jagg added.\n\nThe decision to silence the Great Bell sparked \"concern\" and criticism from MPs and Prime Minister Theresa May.\n\nIn response, the House of Commons said it would look again at the duration of the project and the scope for hearing the bell's famous bongs more often.\n\nThe full splendour of Big Ben is currently concealed by scaffolding\n\nThe estimated cost of repairs have now doubled to an estimated £61m, well above the original £25m repair costs, parliamentary authorities have said.\n\nThey expressed disappointment at the spiralling bill and said it would be analysed as part of the review.", "Poundland has removed the image of a box of Twinings tea from a controversial social media advert after the company complained on Twitter.\n\nThe campaign displayed a toy elf in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll in front of a box of Twinings Classics tea.\n\nTwinings tweeted that the picture \"misuses our product\".\n\nThe picture has reappeared, but without the box of Classics Selection tea and a caption: \"Spot the difference?\"\n\nPoundland refused to comment on the change, but all the previous offending pictures had disappeared from Twitter by 17:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nTwinings tweeted about the Poundland campaign: \"We had no involvement in this and... it is obviously not reflective of our brand values.\"\n\nPoundland has been running its \"Naughty Elf\" adverts since the beginning of December.\n\nThey have included tableaux of a toy elf in a hot tub with naked dolls and another of the toy elf playing strip poker.\n\nThe campaign has divided opinion on Twitter, with some praising it as \"brilliant\", others damning it as \"outdated misogyny\".\n\nMany tweets speculated that Poundland's Twitter Feed had been hacked.\n\nHowever, Poundland confirmed the adverts were genuine.\n\nMarketing Director Mark Pym said: \"The love on Facebook has been overwhelming, and that's because it connects with our shoppers.\n\n\"We're proud of a campaign that's only cost £25.53 and is being touted as the winning marketing campaign this Christmas!\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Advertising Standards Authority confirmed they had had eight complaints about the advertising campaign, all on Thursday, claiming that it was offensive and unsuitable to be seen by children.\n\nHe said: \"Because the complaints have only just come in we will assess them and then decide whether there is a problem, and whether the advertisements need to be investigated.\"", "Boris Johnson says it is \"a tragedy\" that the UK's relationship with Russia isn't \"on a good footing\".\n\nThe foreign secretary held a press conference with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on his visit to Russia.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nuclear N Korea: What do we know?\n\nNorth Korea's nuclear weapons programme has progressed faster than predicted, threatening the security of nearby nations – and potentially the United States.\n\nThe US envoy to the United Nations put it simply: \"Despite our efforts over the last 24 years, the North Korean nuclear programme is more advanced and dangerous than ever.\"\n\nAnalysts tend to agree that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is seeking a nuclear deterrent rather than an all-out war - but other nations are not taking chances.\n\nSo how do you defend against a politically isolated state with nuclear ambitions, when diplomacy, it appears, simply does not work?\n\nThe other half of the Korean peninsula has a long history of preparing to defend itself from its northern neighbour. The two countries are technically still at war, having never signed a peace treaty when the Korean War ended in 1953.\n\nThe Thaad system - seen here in testing - is one of several anti-missile defences\n\nOne key part of its defensive line is the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a region 250km (155 mile) long and 4km (2.5 mile) wide that separates the two nations, guarded by thousands of soldiers, lined with barbed wire fences, and filled with landmines.\n\nBut it is believed that North Korea's People's Army - with more than a million regular soldiers and millions more reserve troops - has drilled extensively on how to invade across the border.\n\nAnd the heavy land border fortifications do nothing, of course, to prevent a missile strike.\n\nFor a while, it was thought that Thaad - the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - might be South Korea's best counter to a nuclear attack.\n\nThaad, funded by the South's military ally the United States, is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles as they descend in the final phase of a strike. The complex technology was first deployed in May 2017, and has been successfully tested.\n\nBut the politics of South Korea's relationship with the North means its rollout has not been easy.\n\nNorth Korea and its only ally China both see Thaad as a provocation, and many South Koreans living near the places its was deployed fear it could be seen as a military target.\n\nThe South's new president, President Moon Jae-in, suspended the rollout of the system in June, saying an environmental impact analysis was needed.\n\nBut in light of recent nuclear tests, the South's defence ministry has now said it will deploy the four remaining Thaad launchers that had been delivered, in addition to the two already operational.\n\nAt its closest point, Japan is just a little over 500km (310 miles) from North Korea - well within striking distance.\n\nIn August, Pyongyang fired a missile directly over Japan, in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an \"unprecedented\" threat to his country.\n\nThe close proximity of the two nations means that Japan has only minutes to respond to any launch. During the August missile test, people had about three minutes from receiving the emergency warning until the missile flew overhead. Many only learned about the threat later in the day.\n\nIn terms of defence options, Japan utilises the Patriot missile system which, like Thaad, is designed to shoot down incoming missiles. But it has a limited operational range, making it effective at defending key locations - and not the entire country.\n\nBut Japan does not have to worry about land invasion to the same extent North Korea does, and at sea, it has other options at its disposal.\n\nJapan, South Korea, the United States are among the countries with the Aegis naval defence system.\n\nAegis is yet another anti-missile system, but unlike Thaad or Patriot defences, it can also be deployed to ships patrolling the seas in the region.\n\nA test missile fired by the US on August 29, left, was shot down by the Aegis system similar to the file photo, right\n\nThose battleships come equipped with powerful radar which could detect the launch when deployed near the North Korean coast. They are also fitted with guided missiles, and could attempt to shoot down the incoming missile - or share its tracking data with another missile defence system closer to the target.\n\nThere are a handful of problems with the system, though. Aegis ships need to be deployed in the right place at the right time - and while they have been tested extensively, they have never been used to defend against an actual launch.\n\nFor years, the best defence for the US was its sheer distance from North Korea - some 5,000km (3,100 miles) to Alaska and almost 9,000km to San Francisco. But rapid advancements mean that distance might no longer be far enough.\n\nNorth Korea's military wants the capability to shrink a high-yield nuclear warhead to fit on an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM). In theory, that would allow Pyongyang to strike the United States.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See the US anti-missile system in action\n\nAfter its latest test, North Korea claimed it had managed to shrink the warhead, posting photos of what it said was a hydrogen bomb - in keeping with a Washington Post report from early August.\n\nThat means the US is now reconsidering its missile defences, with President Trump having ordered a review of the entire system.\n\nIt already has detection and interception systems. But critics believe that the US system is far from reliable, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus wrote in July.\n\nIn the foreseeable future, only a handful of its interceptor missiles will be available to deal with the potential North Korean threat, he said.\n\nAnd it also has to worry about its overseas territory of Guam - a key military outpost in the Pacific which has been singled out by North Korea as a threat to be \"contained\".\n\nThat island already has a Thaad system deployed, but state media says Kim Jong-un has already been briefed on strike plans - and is waiting to see the next US actions.", "The executive chairman of Google owner Alphabet is to step down in January, the company has announced.\n\nEric Schmidt, who has been with the tech giant since 2001, will remain on the board as a technical adviser on science and technology issues.\n\nMr Schmidt has played a key role in the development of Google from a small California start-up to the global business it is today.\n\nAlphabet said it expected to appoint a non-executive chairman.\n\nIn a statement Mr Schmidt said \"the time is right in Alphabet's evolution for this transition\".\n\nHe added that in recent years he had spent a lot of his time on science and technology issues and philanthropy and he would expand that work.\n\nGoogle was founded as an internet search company in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.\n\nMr Schmidt joined the company as chief executive in 2001, becoming chairman in 2011.\n\nIn 2015 Google restructured and the new parent company was called Alphabet with Mr Schmidt becoming chairman.\n\nAlphabet has more than 70,000 employees worldwide, and owns Google Search, Maps, Ads, Gmail, Android, Chrome, and YouTube.\n\nJoe Beda, chief technology officer of technology firm Heptio and a former Google employee, said: \"He helped them mature into the powerhouse business it is today without throwing away the uniqueness that was Google during those early days.\"\n\nAlphabet board member John Hennessy said Mr Schmidt had been \"tremendously effective and tireless in guiding our board, particularly as we restructured from Google to Alphabet\".\n\nGoogle still makes up the most of Alphabet's revenue and income.\n\nHowever, the group also includes the so-called Other Bets unit, which includes the Waymo driverless car business and the Project Loon WiFi-enabled weather balloon venture.\n\nMr Schmidt said the Alphabet structure was \"working well\", and \"Google and the Other Bets are thriving\".", "Amazon has apologised to a customer who was emailed what he felt were \"coded death threats\" by a call centre worker.\n\nMichael Jacobson received five book recommendations including Death, Follow You Home and Suicide's An Option, he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours.\n\n\"We have zero tolerance for any misuse of customer data and have apologised to the customer,\" Amazon, which offered Mr Jacobson a £50 goodwill gesture, said.\n\n\"The individual involved no longer works for Amazon,\" it told the BBC.\n\nMr Jacobson, a former special constable in London, first contacted Amazon's help centre after experiencing delivery issues with a package he had ordered in October.\n\nMr Jacobson was sent book recommendations including Death, Follow You Home and Death Made Me\n\nHe told You and Yours: \"Later that afternoon I checked my emails, and I'd received five, all from Amazon.\"\n\n\"They were all ostensibly book recommendations but the titles were pretty ominous and threatening, and I was pretty taken aback and I joked with my girlfriend, who I was with at the time, about it being a death threat.\"\n\nHe added: \"The more I looked into it, I realised that they had actually been sent manually by an employee at Amazon rather than via an algorithm.\"\n\nThe books were Death, Follow You Home, The Denial of Death, Death Made Me, and Suicide's An Option.\n\nMr Jacobson suspected the recommendations had been sent by an individual, which made him feel anxious about his safety.\n\n\"I was concerned, because as soon as I realised that this had been sent by an individual rather than by a computer, it meant an Amazon employee had access to my personal information.\"\n\nAfter getting in touch with Amazon to report the issue, they investigated and found the book recommendations had been sent by a then employee in India.\n\nIn an email to Mr Jacobson, Amazon said: \"On this occasion, an isolated individual was using the 'share page' function on our site to send you the emails in question.\n\n\"We are taking this matter very seriously,\" the company added, saying also that \"corrective actions have been taken internally both in relation to the agent who instigated the emails, and subsequent service failures\".\n\nDespite the investigation by Amazon, Mr Jacobson, who felt intimidated by the emails, says he feels the matter has not been handled well.\n\n\"At no point did (Amazon) say, we're confident you're not in any danger, this individual is thousands of miles away,\" he said.\n\n\"They told me none of that, which I was not happy about.\"\n\nYou and Yours is on BBC Radio 4 weekdays 12:15-13:00 GMT. Listen online or download the programme podcast.", "After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, 8 million people are at risk of starvation.", "Thousands of travellers have hit the UK's roads and railways at the start of the Christmas getaway on what was billed as \"frantic Friday\".\n\nAn estimated 1.3 million Christmas drivers were expected to add to the usual end-of-week traffic.\n\nBristol Airport cancelled flights after a plane came off the runway and several train lines reported disruption.\n\nHowever, road delays were less severe than predicted, with the RAC suggesting many may travel on Saturday instead.\n\nMany of Britain's mainline routes will be partially shut in the coming days as Network Rail carries out its biggest ever Christmas engineering programme.\n\nWith Paddington station completely closed between Christmas Eve and 27 December, Great Western Railway is urging passengers to get to their Christmas destination by the end of Saturday \"at the latest\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Association of British Travel Agents said 4.5 million people were expected to travel abroad in coming days.\n\nIt said airports, ports and international train stations would be exceptionally busy and advised people to begin their journeys earlier than usual.\n\nAbout 260 rail engineering projects will cause disruption to trains during the Christmas period.\n\nEarlier South Western Railway blamed sickness among train crew for the cancellation of some services on Friday.\n\nOn Southern, there have been delays to journeys between East Croydon and Milton Keynes, Redhill and Reigate, London terminals and Tattenham Corner, and London Bridge and East Grinstead.\n\nScotRail has been suffering delays and cancellations between Stranraer/Ardrossan Harbour and Kilmarnock/Glasgow Central after a train derailment in a depot.\n\nBut Virgin trains as running a full timetable on the West Coast mainline after a planned strike was called off.\n\nFlights in and out of Bristol Airport were suspended after a plane carrying 25 people came off the runway. The runway is now not expected to reopen until 23:00 GMT at the earliest.\n\nA post on the airport's Twitter feed apologised for the disruption and thanked customers for their \"continued patience.\"\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe RAC said: \"Friday has turned out to be slightly less frantic than it first looked although things are hotting up this evening as holiday traffic is competing with commuters and commercial traffic.\"\n\nIt said it had attended 9,000 breakdowns - 15% higher than the seasonal norm.\n\nIt warned that drivers might have altered their plans, increasing the risk of serious delays on Saturday.\n\nEarlier, the M1 was hit by three serious incidents with a vehicle fire closing three northbound lanes.\n\nThe M40 southbound was closed earlier between junction 10 (Brackley) and junction nine (Bicester), after a lorry caught fire.\n\nWitnesses said the vehicle was carrying bottles of beer which exploded due to the heat.\n\nHowever, according to Highways England, the disruption has now cleared. Some stretches of the M40 remain slow due to road works.\n\nBeer bottles were reported to be exploding on the M40 after the lorry carrying them caught fire\n\nA \"roadworks embargo\" is in place on English motorways and major A roads until 00:01 on 2 January in a bid to ease festive congestion.\n\nMany lanes are open and temporary speed restrictions are lifted. However, 27 sets of roadworks, covering a total of 122 miles, are staying in place because it would be too dangerous to lift them.\n\nIn Wales, no roadworks are taking place over Christmas and the New Year, other than essential or emergency work.\n\nCoach operator National Express is running extra services over the festive period.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'\n\nSenior Russian politicians have dismissed accusations by Theresa May that Moscow has meddled in elections and carried out cyber-espionage.\n\nOn Monday night, Mrs May accused Moscow of \"planting fake stories\" to \"sow discord in the West\".\n\nShe said Vladimir Putin's government was trying to \"undermine free societies\".\n\nRussian senators accused the UK PM of \"making a fool of herself\" with a \"counterproductive\" speech.\n\nBut the top US diplomat in the UK, Woody Johnson, said countries engaging in such behaviour needed to be \"called out\".\n\nPresident Donald Trump's newly appointed ambassador to the UK told BBC News that Mrs May \"probably has evidence\" of Russian meddling and she had \"every right\" to draw attention to it.\n\nMrs May's comments, at the Lord Mayor's Banquet at London's Guildhall, were in contrast to those of US President Donald Trump, who last week said he believed President Putin's denial of intervening in the 2016 presidential election.\n\nThe Russian Embassy in the UK hit back at her criticism on Twitter and described her remarks as \"fake news\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by MFA Russia 🇷🇺 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlexei Pushkov, a Russian senator involved in media policy, said: \"The world order that suits May, with the seizure of Iraq, war in Libya, the rise of IS and terrorism in Europe, has had its day. You can't save it by attacking Russia.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Wood Johnson on Mrs May's comments: 'She probably has evidence to indicate that that was the case'\n\nLeonid Slutsky, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of Russia's Parliament, said: \"Russia, like the UK, is by no means striving to bring back the Cold War. We are ready to develop a mutual dialogue and partnership relations.\"\n\nHe added: \"In this case, I completely disagree with the statement that Russia is allegedly trying to undermine the international system of rules.\"\n\nAnd Frants Klintsevich, deputy chairman of the defence and security committee in the Parliament's upper house, said: \"May has done more damage to herself than to us, making a fool of herself in the eyes of the world community and once again raising Russia's profile.\"\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is due to visit Russia next month.\n\nIn what Mrs May described as a \"very simple message\" for President Putin, she said he must choose a very \"different path\" from the one that in recent years had seen Moscow annex Crimea, foment conflict in Ukraine and launch cyber-attacks on governments and parliaments across Europe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Boris Johnson told MPs about Russian meddling in UK elections\n\nRussia could be a valuable partner of the West but only if it \"plays by the rules\", she argued.\n\n\"Russia has repeatedly violated the national airspace of several European countries and mounted a sustained campaign of cyber-espionage and disruption.\n\n\"This has included meddling in elections and hacking the Danish Ministry of Defence and the Bundestag among many others.\n\n\"We know what you are doing and you will not succeed. Because you underestimate the resilience of our democracies, the enduring attraction of free and open societies and the commitment of Western nations to the alliances that bind us.\"\n\nShe said that as the UK left the EU and charted a new course in the world, it remained absolutely committed to Nato and securing a Brexit deal which \"strengthens our liberal values\", adding that a strong economic partnership between the UK and EU would be a bulwark against Russian agitation in Europe.\n\nThere are some countries in Europe that believe the West should engage more closely with Russia.\n\nThey argue the European Union and the United States should better understand Russia's point of view, its belief that it is threatened from all sides.\n\nAnd that more should be done to accommodate this sense of vulnerability, by softening Nato's approach and reducing sanctions.\n\nWell, not Theresa May. In a speech in the US in February, the prime minister spoke of the need to \"engage but beware\" of Russia. She has now switched the order and the focus is very much on beware.\n\nShe believes that President Putin should be called out for the threat that she believes he poses both internationally and in the UK.\n\nThe Electoral Commission is investigating claims that Russia used social media to meddle in the Brexit referendum.\n\nSo Mrs May is willing to engage with Russia - she is sending the foreign secretary to Moscow next month.\n\nBut she also wants Russia to know that Mr Johnson will come with a clear message that its destabilising activities will no longer be tolerated.\n\nMr Johnson, who will be making his first trip to Russia as foreign secretary in December, has said the UK's policy to Russia must be one of \"beware but engage\" following a decade of strained relations.\n\nHe told MPs earlier this month that he had not seen any evidence of Russia trying to interfere in British elections or the 2016 Brexit vote, in which Moscow has insisted it remained neutral.\n\nIn her speech, Mrs May said the UK would \"take the necessary action to counter Russian activity\".\n\n\"We do not want to return to the Cold War or to be in a state of perpetual confrontation.\n\n\"As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has the reach and the responsibility to play a vital role in promoting international stability.\n\n\"Russia can, and I hope one day will, choose this different path. But for as long as Russia does not, we will act together to protect our interests and the international order on which they depend.\"", "Johanna Young's parents Robert and Carol want closure 25 years on\n\nPolice investigating the murder of a teenager 25 years ago remain convinced someone in the area where she died holds the key to the case.\n\nJohanna Young was 14 when she went missing from her family home in Watton, Norfolk, on 23 December 1992.\n\nHer partially-clothed body was found covered in scratches and face down in water on Boxing Day.\n\nInvestigating officer Marie James said: \"I am convinced the answer lies within the community of Watton.\"\n\n\"I'm quite sure that there is someone out there, whether they used to live in Watton or have since moved on, that has information that may unlock this case,\" said Det Insp James, of Norfolk Police.\n\nA post-mortem examination revealed Johanna - whose body was found close to Griston Road in Watton - died from drowning and a fractured skull.\n\nA fresh appeal in 2014 saw two people arrested and bailed but police said there was \"insufficient information to prove those individuals' involvement\".\n\nHer partially-clothed body was found covered in scratches and face down in water on Boxing Day, on 1992\n\nJohanna had left home, where she lived with her parents Carol and Robert and siblings Daniel and Emma, at 19:30 GMT on 23 December.\n\nWhen she did not return home that night, her parents assumed she was with friends or her boyfriend Ryan Firman.\n\nBut, she failed to turn up for her paper round on Christmas Eve and the police were called.\n\nAfter her body was recovered, investigations targeted local men and although three people were arrested and questioned, no charges were brought.\n\nMr Young, 64, said they would \"finally get closure\" if the case was solved.\n\n\"You live in hope that someday something will happen,\" added Mrs Young, 61.\n\nA cryptic letter was sent to the Eastern Daily Press soon after Johanna was found dead\n\nJohanna's body was found after a dog walker came across one of her trainers in undergrowth near the body.\n\nThere was no evidence of a sexual motive, police said.\n\nSoon after Johanna was found dead, a cryptic letter was sent to the Eastern Daily Press, featuring a drawing of a girl, a youth, a motorcycle, the date and naming Griston Road.\n\nIt is believed a \"young man\" with a motorcycle was seen in the area on the night she went missing, police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hospitals across England have been told to cancel non-emergency operations in the new year to prepare for a post-Christmas surge in patients.\n\nThe first weeks of January are often the busiest of the year with winter illnesses peaking, combined with the growing day-to-day demand in A&E.\n\nSo an emergency panel of NHS bosses is urging hospitals to cut back on their routine work, such as knee and hip ops.\n\nThey hope it will give hospitals some breathing space to cope.\n\nPublicly, no figure is being put on the number of operations that should be put off, although the BBC understands hospitals are working on the basis of doing 10% fewer.\n\nThat would mean in the region of 15,000 operations not taking place in the first two weeks of January.\n\nThe panel has suggested hospitals use the staff freed up by the move to set up \"hot clinics\" staffed by experts in conditions such as respiratory illness to take the pressure off A&E.\n\nThe directive is the first to be issued by the NHS National Emergency Pressures Panel, a new group of senior doctors, nurses and managers set up to advise NHS England.\n\nCan't find your health trust? Browse the full list Rather search by typing? Back to search\n\nIf you can't see the NHS Tracker, click or tap here.\n\nPanel chair Prof Sir Bruce Keogh said it would be sensible for hospitals to curtail the amount of planned work they are doing until at least mid January.\n\n\"NHS staff are working flat out to cope with seasonal pressures and ensure patients receive the best possible care.\n\n\"However, given the scale of the challenge, hospitals should be planning for a surge that comes in the new year by freeing up beds and staff where they can to care for our sickest patients.\"\n\nHe said this would reduce the need for last-minute cancellations which were unfair on patients.\n\nIt comes as figures released on Thursday showed pressures had already started building.\n\nThe weekly bulletin from NHS England showed over 1,000 beds were closed because of the vomiting bug Norovirus - nearly 10% of the hospital bed-stock - while ambulances were increasingly likely to find themselves delayed when they dropped off patients at A&E.\n\nPauline Philip, the NHS national director for emergency care, said it was a sensible move.\n\nShe also urged hospitals to make the most of the extra £350m winter funding provided by the government, which was released into the system last week.\n\nAnd she added: \"There is still time for the public to play their part by ensuring they have their flu jab and by using local pharmacies and NHS 111.\"\n\nProf Derek Alderson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, welcomed the move as it provided clarity over what should be done as pressures grow.\n\nBut he said it was still pretty \"short notice\" for those patients who face having their operations cancelled.\n\nAnd he urged hospitals to prioritise cancer treatment and other planned operations that, if cancelled, would harm patients.", "Berlin has been remembering those hurt and killed in a terror attack on a Christmas market this time last year\n\nMI5 has had to reassure its European partners about co-operation since the Brexit referendum, the head of the security service says, but the twin fears of terrorism and Russia has meant that European countries still want the UK's help.\n\nWith a marked increase in the number of attacks in Europe, the committee said the government should be more forthcoming on any potential risks associated with Britain leaving the EU.\n\nThe annual report of the Intelligence and Security Committee provides the most detailed overview of the work of Britain's spy agencies.\n\nThe committee, chaired by Dominic Grieve MP, said that the last two years had seen a rise in attacks in Europe leading to questions over the capability of some countries to deal with the threat.\n\nThat had led to closer co-operation between different intelligence and security services.\n\nEuropean mechanisms played an essential role in the UK's national security, the committee said, and it urged the government to outline its assessment of the risks of the UK's departure from the EU and the measures it is putting in place.\n\nOne question the committee asked head of MI5 Andrew Parker was whether he was confident that Brexit would not have an impact on counter-terrorist work.\n\n\"Yes and no,\" he replied. \"There are two parts to this.\n\n\"My life has got more difficult since the referendum because of the need to invest reassurance time with all of our European partners, but the thing that is driving the quality of those relationships currently is the darkness of the threat and the common concern about it.\n\n\"Half of Europe is scared of terrorism and the other half is scared of Russia and both halves want us to help them.\"\n\nMr Parker said this would not change with Brexit since much of the national security work was outside of the EU anyway.\n\nHowever, he said his \"hesitancy\" was because there were certain issues which were within EU competence and might be affected by the negotiations, in particular those that relate to data-sharing across borders.\n\nHead of MI5 Andrew Parker says his life has got harder since the UK voted to leave the EU\n\nA witness from GCHQ also said it had concerns as to how European data-sharing would work after Brexit with the likely need for some kind of arrangement to share data in a way which accords with European privacy concerns.\n\n\"That's a policy issue way beyond intelligence, actually, but it will have big implications for us, so getting that right is important,\" the individual told the committee.\n\nMI5 said the most striking shift in counter-terrorist work in the last five years was the rise in what is called \"high-risk casework\" - referring to individuals who have received terrorist training or are attempting to procure the means to carry out an attack, but who may not yet have a current attack plan.\n\nIt is also estimated that more than 300 UK individuals who went to join so-called Islamic State remained in the Middle East and might pose a threat if they returned to the UK.\n\nOverall, it is thought 6,000 European fighters travelled out to fight with IS.\n\nThe annual report also points to the breadth of concerns for the agencies.\n\nMI5 told the committee that Northern Ireland represents the \"most concentrated area of terrorist activity probably anywhere in Europe\", with terrorist activity disrupted on a weekly basis.\n\nDissident republicans conducted 16 attacks on national security targets in 2015/16, they say.\n\nNorthern Ireland-related terrorism accounted for about 18% of MI5's operational and investigative resources. 64% is devoted to what is called international counter-terrorism (largely Islamist-related activity from groups like IS and al-Qaeda).\n\nMI5's work on hostile state activity, including counter-espionage, counterproliferation and protective security, accounts for around 18% of its effort.\n\nRussia has risen up the list of priorities in recent years.\n\nMI6 described the Russian state as \"formidable adversaries\" to the committee.\n\n\"They clearly are operating to risk thresholds which are nothing like those that the West operates,\" MI5 said.\n\nOfficials described a number of steps taken to protect the UK's political system from the kind of attack allegedly seen in 2016 in the US, including tracking the major known perpetrators and ensuring individuals involved in politics had access to security advice.\n\nSo far there are few signs of the close working relationship with the US being affected by the Trump administration, the committee says, although the agencies are aware of the potential risks, especially if campaign talk of returning to waterboarding of detainees was to actually become policy.\n\n\"Any significant change in US policies relating to detainee treatment would pose very serious questions for the UK-USA intelligence relationship,\" MI6 said.\n\nOne other revelation came in the report.\n\nMI6 - which spent £798,000 on external consultants to review its structure - is increasing accommodation through refurbishment of Vauxhall Cross. And for Britain's spies, that means they will have to start hot-desking.", "US couple Tina and Benjamin Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years.", "People should pay a deposit for using plastic bottles in an attempt to protect the seas from the \"devastating effects\" of plastic pollution, MPs say.\n\nThe House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) also wants free public drinking water fountains.\n\nAnd it says firms using plastic packaging should pay more for the waste they create.\n\nThe government says it is consulting with industry on a deposit scheme, and charges for single-use plastics.\n\nBut the MPs say ministers need to review society's relationship with plastics as a whole.\n\nThey are proposing a sliding scale of taxes on plastic packaging.\n\nThey want suppliers of hard-to-recycle complex plastics to be charged most and firms using simple easy-to-recycle packages to pay least.\n\nThe MPs are trying to tackle the rising tide of plastic waste in the ocean, which has been described by UN Oceans Chief Lisa Svensson as a \"planetary crisis\".\n\nEAC Chair Mary Creagh MP said: \"Urgent action is needed to protect our environment from the devastating effects of marine plastic pollution which, if it continues to rise at current rates, will outweigh fish by 2050.\"\n\nShe added that the current levy on plastics producers only raised a fraction of the cost of dealing with plastic waste.\n\n\"Packaging producers don't currently have to bear the full financial burden of recycling their packaging,\" she said.\n\n\"By reforming charges, the government can ensure that producers and retailers will have financial incentives to design packaging that is easily recyclable - or face higher compliance costs.\"\n\nThe committee also proposes a minimum 50% recycled plastic content in plastic bottles to stimulate the recycled plastics market.\n\nMichael Gove said he'd been moved by images of plastic pollution on the Blue Planet series\n\nThe Recycling Association strongly supports rules prompting packaging firms to simplify packaging and use fewer different types of plastics.\n\nThe Green Party's Amelia Womack said: \"We need to design out waste from the very start of the consumer chain. That means ending production of single-use plastics while providing the infrastructure to enable corporations and individuals to recycle close to 100% of the items they use.\n\n\"Second, we need to invest in alternatives to plastic. There is a slowly rising network of zero-waste shops across the UK and companies like Splosh and Lush create products designed to have a limited or no impact on the environment.\n\nSainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe said \"tokenistic measures\" - such as introducing plastic-free aisles in stores - were not the answer to reducing plastic use.\n\n\"It needs a holistic solution,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"Whether that's recycling to make sure there are common recycling standards across the UK, whether it's the plastics we use.\"\n\nHe said Sainsbury's had reduced its plastic use by 30% since 2006 - but insisted plastic \"does perform a purpose\" for certain products.\n\n\"One of the things that is commonly cited is 'why do we put plastic on cucumbers' - it extends the life of those products,\" he said.\n\nThe government says it's taking the plastics waste problem very seriously - the Environment Secretary Michael Gove told me he's considering a four-point plan.\n\nMr Gove said he'd been moved by images of plastic pollution on the Blue Planet series.\n\nMinisters are consulting with firms on a deposit scheme for bottles, and on charges for single-use plastics.\n\nSome firms are highly sensitive to consumer pressure on the issue: Lucozade announced it would change the complex packaging on its bottles after being exposed as a recycling \"villain\" by BBC News.\n\nThe British Plastics Federation was unavailable for comment.\n\nLocal authorities are wary about any plans that would raise costs for them.\n\n\"It's crucial that local authorities are consulted on the introduction of any new plastic bottle deposit return scheme,\" said Councillor Martin Tett, the Local Government Association's Environment spokesman.\n\n\"If councils are to be given the responsibilities to facilitate such a service, it must be matched in funding and resources so that councils are able to successfully implement it.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nRoberto Firmino's powerful finish earned Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter that had seen Arsenal score three goals in just five second-half minutes.\n\nThe Gunners had been trailing 2-0 after Philippe Coutinho scored his first headed league goal in England before Mohamed Salah added a second early in the second half with a deflected strike.\n\nBut Arsenal suddenly came alive as Alexis Sanchez headed in Hector Bellerin's cross from close range before Granit Xhaka's thumping strike was too powerful for Simon Mignolet's weak save.\n\nBarely two minutes later Mesut Ozil put Arsenal ahead with a neat clip over Mignolet.\n\nPlay swung from one end of the pitch to the other at blistering pace, with both sides looking capable of scoring with every attack.\n\nBut it was Liverpool who had the final say in one of the most thrilling Premier League encounters in years as Petr Cech could only take the sting out of Firmino's shot and the ball bounced over the line.\n\nThe point meant Liverpool held onto fourth place, with Arsenal remaining fifth - a point behind the Reds.\n• None Re-live the thrilling encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool\n\nHow a crazy six minutes panned out\n\nThis had looked like being a routine win for Liverpool after a dominant first half.\n\nThey led through Coutinho's clever header and should have had more but for some uncharacteristically wasteful finishing by Sadio Mane and Salah.\n\nHowever, it was not long until the Premier League's top scorer had his 15th of the season, and so began an incredible six minutes...\n\n52 mins: Salah races on to Firmino's superb pass and makes it 2-0 with a deflected finish. Arsenal, who have not had a single shot on target, look beaten.\n\n53 mins: Out of nowhere, Arsenal are back in it. Sanchez is well placed to nod in Bellerin's cross from close range.\n\n56 mins: What's going on!? Arsenal are level! Xhaka tries his luck from 25 yards and the ball fizzes through Mignolet's hand.\n\n58 mins: Goals! Goals! Goals! Arsenal are ahead as Ozil is on to Alexandre Lacazette's backheel before clipping the ball over Mignolet.\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not too keen on the 'Fab Four' nickname that has been given to his attacking quartet of Coutinho, Salah, Mane and Firmino, but he might have to develop an acceptance for it as they continue to dominate the headlines.\n\nThree of them scored in this game and, in truth, all four should have been on the scoresheet, with Mane going for the acrobatic with a first-half scissor kick with Cech beaten.\n\nThe quartet have now collectively accounted for 29 of Liverpool's past 34 goals and while the Reds' attacking strength cannot be questioned - they have scored at least three goals in their past four Premier League away games - the defence can.\n\nLiverpool had conceded 16 goals in their first nine league games and while they had stemmed the tide in the games since the 4-1 defeat by Tottenham at the end of October, familiar frailties arose in this encounter as players switched off after conceding, while Mignolet should have done better with Xhaka's effort.\n\nA tale of two halves for Arsenal\n\nDavid de Gea's saves against Arsenal for Manchester United earlier this month appeared to have had a long-lasting impact on the Gunners.\n\nSince Jose Mourinho's side beat them 3-1 at the start of the month - with De Gea making 14 saves that day - Arsenal had struggled to convert shots into goals, having 56 attempts in the three Premier League games before Liverpool's visit, putting 12 of those on target and scoring just twice.\n\nIt was more of the same in the first half of this game as Mignolet enjoyed once of the easiest 45 minutes of his career. Arsenal managed just one shot - and that was wide of goal - but all that changed in the second half as they scored from all but one of their shots on target.\n\nThe Gunners were no doubt helped by Liverpool's poor defensive performance, but Arsene Wenger praised the character of his side to stage such a fightback.\n\n\"In the first half we were paralysed and frozen,\" said Wenger. \"We gave too many balls away and looked second best everywhere.\n\n\"In the second half we have shown quality, character and played at our level.\"\n\n'Point is the minimum we deserve'\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: \"You need to be angry with yourself, not sad or insecure. We came back into the game and scored our third. The point is the minimum we deserve. Because of the intensity of the game it was not easy to create clearer chances. When you get a point at Arsenal it is usually OK but after this give me a few minutes to get there.\n\n\"Three goals at Arsenal should be enough. We defended most of the time pretty well. We did not give space away. After they score the first and the second, it is not easy but we need to deal with these situations better.\"\n• None There have been 27 goals scored in the past five Premier League meetings between these teams (10 for Arsenal, 17 for Liverpool) at an average of 5.4 per game.\n• None Liverpool have scored 54 away goals in all competitions in 2017, their most in a calendar year since 1982 (66).\n• None There were just 388 seconds between Mo Salah putting Liverpool 2-0 ahead and Mesut Ozil scoring to make it 3-2 to Arsenal.\n• None Arsenal have conceded seven goals in two league games against Liverpool this season - in only one Premier League campaign have they conceded more against an opponent (10 against Man Utd in 2011-12).\n• None Since Jurgen Klopp's first Premier League match in charge in October 2015, Liverpool's games have seen 279 goals scored (174 for, 105 against), more than any other club.\n• None Philippe Coutinho has been involved in 16 goals in 11 away matches in all competitions (nine goals, seven assists).\n• None Coutinho scored his 53rd goal for Liverpool in all competitions - however, this was his first headed goal for the Reds.\n• None Roberto Firmino has been involved in eight goals in his past five Premier League appearances against Arsenal (five goals, three assists).\n• None Firmino has also scored and assisted in each of his past three Premier League games against the Gunners.\n\nArsenal have a bit of time to enjoy the Christmas break. They are next in action on 28 December when they travel to Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT). Liverpool, meanwhile, have a shorter turnaround because they host Swansea on Boxing Day (17:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum following a fast break.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. James Milner tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Imtiaz Mohammed has been described as a \"happy, loving and friendly guy\" by his family\n\nThe funeral has been held for a taxi driver who was one of six people killed in a crash in Birmingham.\n\nImtiaz Mohammed had called his wife to say he was on his last job of the night shortly before the six-vehicle crash on Lee Bank Middleway on Sunday.\n\nHundreds gathered to celebrate his life in what was described as a \"peaceful and sobering service\" at the Central Mosque.\n\nThe mosque is just a few hundred yards from the scene of the accident.\n\nMr Mohammed, 33, had six children aged under 15. His death came the day before his daughter's fourth birthday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAfter the funeral and burial, mosque chairman Muhammad Afzal said: \"Hundreds of people attended and we prayed both for the assembly and for Imtiaz, may he rest in peace.\n\n\"People are very upset because in Birmingham this was the worst road accident we've had for many years.\n\n\"A lot of people are asking for some review of the speed limits and what safety measures can be put in place on the road, so that this does not happen again.\"\n\nThe funeral at Birmingham Central Mosque is on the same road where six people died\n\nThe taxi driver's father, Ikhtiar Mohammed, said: \"This is a tragedy, a tragic accident.\n\n\"I am sorry for my son who has lost his life and I am sorry for the others who have also lost human beings, like us.\n\n\"God bless them, and God bless my son.\"\n\nThe two passengers in the taxi, 43-year-old Lucy Davis, from Kingstanding in Birmingham, and 42-year-old Lee Jenkins, who worked at University Hospitals Birmingham, also died.\n\nMother Lucy Davis, 43, was described by her family as a \"beautiful Lady in Red\"\n\nTauqeer Hussain (L) and Mohammed Fahsha (R) were two of six crash victims\n\nKasar Jehangir, 25, Tauqeer Hussain, 26, and 30-year-old Mohammed Fahsha were killed when the Audi they were travelling in collided with the taxi.\n\nA 22-year-old friend, also a passenger in the car, is in a serious condition in hospital.\n\nA petition has been launched calling for better safety measures on Lee Bank Middleway, following the crash\n\nMore than 21,000 people have signed a petition calling for better safety measures on the Middleway.\n\nIt will be delivered to Birmingham City Council, calling for speed cameras in the underpass close to where the crash happened and for barriers to be placed along the dual carriageway.\n\nThe council said it will look into the petition, but said before Sunday, there had only been one serious accident in the last three years on the road.\n\nA police investigation into the crash is continuing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nKate Maltby, who claims Damian Green made inappropriate advances to her, says she told a senior Downing Street aide about his behaviour in 2016.\n\nThe MP, who denies the claims, was sacked from the cabinet on Wednesday.\n\nThis came after an inquiry found he had broken the ministerial code over \"misleading\" statements after pornography was found on his computer.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said she was not aware of the claims about Mr Green until last month.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Cyprus, she said she had first read about them in an article by Ms Maltby in the Times newspaper.\n\nShe said: \"I recognise that Kate Maltby was obviously extremely distressed by what happened. Damian Green has recognised that and he has apologised. I think that is absolutely the right thing to do.\"\n\nShe has said it is important that people working in Parliament feel they can bring forward any concerns they have to be \"treated seriously\".\n\nThe Cabinet Office investigation into Mr Green was prompted by her allegations that Mr Green had \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015, and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message.\n\nThe inquiry was later widened to include the claims about legal pornography being discovered on his computer after a police raid on his Commons office in 2008.\n\nSpeaking after the inquiry, which concluded that her evidence was \"plausible\", Ms Maltby told the BBC she had not told many people about the alleged incident at the time - except her parents - as she \"wondered if it was a one-off\".\n\n\"Eventually I spoke to a very senior and long-serving aide of Theresa May,\" she added.\n\nWhen giving evidence to the inquiry, she told its head, Sue Gray, that Downing Street was aware of her allegations \"to the best of my knowledge\".\n\n\"I was aware that he was the deputy prime minister and I was aware that No 10 knew about it.\"\n\nMs Maltby said she had never called for Mr Green's sacking, but wrote her article because she wanted to change the culture of Downing Street.\n\n\"This whole story has been about power,\" she said. \"Damian Green became a very, very powerful person.\n\n\"I was aware that there seemed to be improper mixing of mentorship and sexual advance within the Conservative party in his case.\"\n\nMr Green was sacked after making \"misleading\" statement about pornography found on his computer\n\nMs Maltby added: \"My actions in this have never been guided by the quest to claim scalps, to force resignations to end people's careers.\n\n\"We need an end to the era in which the sexual exploitation of younger people is the sort of peccadillo of a politician.\n\n\"That is tolerated by those in power and perhaps exploited to enforce party discipline but not to actually do any good.\"\n\nA Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The Cabinet Office conducted a thorough investigation into a number of allegations about Damian Green.\n\n\"The PM has made it clear that everyone should be able to work in politics without fear or harassment - that is why she has brought forward a new code of conduct for the Conservative Party, and set up a cross-party working group to make recommendations about the Houses of Parliament.\"\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Mrs May reiterated her personal \"sadness\" at sacking her close ally Mr Green but said it was \"absolutely right\" that he had apologised to Ms Maltby.\n\nAlthough Mr Green was sacked over his statements about the pornography on his computer, he used his resignation letter to also apologise to Ms Maltby, who was a family friend.\n\n\"I deeply regret the distress caused to Kate Maltby following her article about me and the reaction to it,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I do not recognise the events she described in her article, but I clearly made her feel uncomfortable and for this I apologise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was shocked\": Former detective constable Neil Lewis speaks to the BBC\n\nMeanwhile, former senior police officer Bob Quick and retired detective Neil Lewis, who told the BBC he had been \"shocked\" by the contents of Mr Green's office computer, are being investigated for possible breaches of the Data Protection Act.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police, who referred the case to the data regulator, said the pair were under investigation over the \"apparent disclosure to the media of confidential material gathered during a police investigation in 2008\".\n\nConservative MPs are angry about the alleged actions of the two retired detectives, with Jeremy Hunt claiming they \"did not sit comfortably in a democracy\" - something, he added, Theresa May \"had made clear\" in her letter to Mr Green.\n\nBoris Johnson said the actions of the police \"had the slight feeling of a vendetta\", and needed to be investigated further.", "Some of the accusations date back to 2010 - before Mark Garnier was a minister\n\nMP Mark Garnier has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code after a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nInternational trade minister Mark Garnier was also said to have used derogatory language to his secretary and asked her to buy sex toys in 2010.\n\nThe investigation concluded there was \"no evidence\" to suggest he had broken the rules.\n\nTheresa May said \"a line should be drawn under the issue\".\n\nThe Conservative MP said he did not intend to comment on the outcome of the inquiry.\n\nThe allegations regarding his secretary, Caroline Edmondson, from before he was appointed a minister in 2016, came to light in October.\n\nMs Edmondson, who now works for another MP, told The Mail on Sunday he had given her money to buy two vibrators at a Soho sex shop and called her \"sugar tits.\"\n\nMr Garnier told the paper: \"I'm not going to deny it, because I'm not going to be dishonest. I'm going to have to take it on the chin.\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office investigation said there was \"no dispute about the facts of the incident\", but there was \"a significant difference of interpretation between the parties\", leaving a member of staff \"distressed\".\n\nA No 10 spokesman said: \"It was not his intention to cause distress, and Mr Garnier has apologised unreservedly to the individual.\n\n\"On that basis, the prime minister considers that a line should be drawn under the issue.\"\n\nThe announcement comes a day after Mrs May sacked her First Secretary of State, Damian Green, for breaching the ministerial code.\n\nHe was asked by the PM to quit after making \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nMr Green also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel uncomfortable in 2015.\n\nIt made him the third cabinet minister to leave the table in recent weeks, following the resignations of Sir Michael Fallon and Priti Patel.", "The jets also refuelled from the prime minister's plane during the training exercise\n\nTwo Typhoon jets armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted Theresa May's plane on its return to the UK from Cyprus as part of a training exercise.\n\nTheresa May watched pilots carry out the manoeuvre - a rehearsal for a suspected hijacking scenario - from the cockpit of the RAF Voyager.\n\nThe jets, scrambled from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, also hooked up to the PM's plane for air-to-air refuelling.\n\nMrs May was returning from a two-day trip to Poland and Cyprus.\n\nThe fighter jets pulled up alongside the converted Voyager at 17,000 feet, and tipped their wings as part of the exercise.\n\nPilots from 3 Squadron and 11 Squadron performed the manoeuvre.\n\nThe jets each took on four tonnes of fuel during the exercise, at 600kg-a-minute.\n\nThe Typhoons are the sort of jets that would be used to intercept foreign planes illegally entering British airspace and the exercise demonstrated how the RAF's Quick Reaction Alert would work.\n\nMrs May was said to have spent the rest of the journey working on papers from her ministerial Red Box and relaxing with a sudoku number puzzle.\n\nTheresa May visited RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on her way back to the UK from Poland\n\nShe said: \"Witnessing the unique skill of the RAF at first hand is an absolute privilege and demonstrates that the British Armed Forces are the finest in the world.\n\n\"The work they do is admirable and impressive and I want to take this opportunity to thank them for everything they do to keep us safe.\"", "Mr Kay was jailed in 2013 for four and half years after a trial at Derby Crown Court\n\nA man jailed for rape four years ago has had his conviction overturned after new Facebook evidence emerged.\n\nDanny Kay's sentence was quashed by the Court of Appeal after deleted messages were found in an archived folder backing his version of events.\n\nThe 26-year-old had denied rape at Derby Crown Court in 2013 but was jailed for four-and-a-half years.\n\nJudges ruled on Thursday the new evidence supported his claim the sex was consensual.\n\nThe messages showed that jurors at the trial had been given an \"edited and misleading\" picture of the conversation between the pair, the court heard.\n\nIn his ruling, Mr Justice James Goss said: \"We have come to the conclusion that, in a case of one word against another, the full Facebook message exchange provides very cogent evidence both in relation to the truthfulness and reliability of (the woman) ... and the reliability of (Mr Kay's) account and his truthfulness.\"\n\nJudges heard police asked the woman to retrieve Facebook messages that they had exchanged.\n\nThree pages of messages had been printed and the woman, who cannot be identified, told jurors she had deleted some to free up storage space.\n\nShe had said there had been little contact after sex, but defence lawyers argued the new evidence showed otherwise.\n\nThe ruling comes after a Conservative MP's chief of staff was cleared of rape after saying sex was consensual.\n\nIn another high-profile case, charges against 22-year-old student Liam Allan were dropped after police failed to reveal vital phone evidence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Three UK supermarket chains have published figures on the amount of antibiotics used by their farm suppliers, in an effort to cut use of the medicines.\n\nMarks and Spencer, Waitrose and Asda have all revealed the quantities of antibiotics in meat and dairy produce.\n\nCampaigners have called on all supermarkets to follow their lead.\n\nOveruse of antibiotics can cause drugs resistance leading to the prevalence of superbugs such as MRSA.\n\nEngland's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies warned in October that if antibiotics lost their effectiveness it would \"spell the end to modern medicine\".\n\nThe campaign group, the Alliance To Save Our Antibiotics, which was founded by charities Sustain, Compassion in World Farming and the Soil Association welcomed the move by the supermarkets, saying it was a good start.\n\nCoilin Nunan, scientific advisor to the Alliance said: \"The publication of this data should help drive average use across the farming industry down, as it illustrates the extent to which many other producers are still overusing antibiotics, despite recent cuts.\n\n\"We are also calling for all supermarkets to publish antibiotic-use data by farming system, so that consumers can compare free-range and organic farming with indoor farming and intensive systems.\"\n\nFigures from all three supermarket chains show they are ahead of industry-wide targets on chicken farms.\n\nMr Nunan said Marks and Spencer figures showed their pig and chicken farmers were using less than one quarter of the UK averages.\n\nHe said antibiotic use in Waitrose's pig and chicken suppliers was about one third or less than industry averages and use in turkeys was about one sixth of the average.\n\nAsda's figures showed its suppliers' usage was less than half the industry average for chickens, and for turkey it was less than a quarter but their pig survey was still in progress, he added.\n\nInformation on the different sectors is not comprehensive and varies in detail so it is not always possible to make direct comparisons.\n\nThe supermarkets follow industry standards set by the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance which represents organisations involved in the food chain.\n\nThe UK Veterinary Antibiotics Resistance and Sales Surveillance Report 2016, released in October, showed sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals dropped by 27%, achieving a government-set target two years early.\n\nTesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi do not at present publish data on antibiotic use.\n\nLidl said: \"We are committed to meeting sector targets and fully support the disclosure of antibiotic usage, however we believe that it is important to support suppliers through the development of a centralised, industry-wide approach.\"\n\nMorrisons said it was \"open-minded\" about publishing data. Tesco said it had a comprehensive plan to reduce antibiotic use, \"including measuring and publishing progress against our commitments\".\n\nThe British Retail Consortium, which represents the big supermarkets, said all its members advocated the responsible use of antibiotics and were working to reduce usage without any detrimental effect on animal welfare.\n\nIt's director of food policy, Andrew Opie, said: \"All our members are collaborating with their suppliers to determine what data is available and the best way to communicate progress.\"", "Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said an attack involving a car in Melbourne was a \"shocking crime\" but an \"isolated incident\".\n\nOn Thursday, a 32-year old man drove his car into pedestrians on Flinders Street, injuring 19 people.\n\nPolice have said the driver had a history of mental illness and drug abuse but no known extremist links.\n\nHe had \"attributed his actions to perceived mistreatment of Muslims\", said a senior officer.\n\nThe man, who was arrested at the scene by an off-duty officer, is an Australian citizen of Afghan descent who arrived in Australia under a refugee programme.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash happened on Flinders Street at a busy crossing in the centre of the city\n\nAt this stage there were \"no known links to any political issues, or any links to extremist groups\" but he added that \"nothing should be ruled out\".\n\nActing Chief Commissioner Shane Patton earlier said the man was known to have a mental illness. He was on a treatment plan but had missed an appointment on Thursday.\n\nWhen interviewed by police he \"spoke about dreams, he spoke about voices\", said the chief inspector, \"but he also did attribute some of his actions to the poor treatment of Muslims\".\n\nMr Turnbull confirmed that nine foreign nationals were among the injured.\n\nAccording to media reports, these include three South Korean tourists, as well as tourists from China and Italy, India, Venezuela, Ireland, and New Zealand.\n\nSeveral of the injured remain in critical condition, one pre-school aged child is reportedly stable.\n\nOn Friday morning, streets in the city centre reopened and trams were operating as usual.\n\nPolice said a second man arrested at the scene was released and expected to be charged with possession of cannabis and a controlled weapon.\n\nThe charges are not linked to the car attack.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'\n\nTheresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage.\n\nAddressing leading business figures at a banquet in London, the prime minister said Vladimir Putin's government was trying to \"undermine free societies\".\n\nMrs May said it was \"planting fake stories\" to \"sow discord in the West\".\n\nWhile the UK did not want \"perpetual confrontation\" with Russia, it would protect its interests, she added.\n\nHer comments are in stark contrast to those of US President Donald Trump, who last week said he believed his Russian counterpart's denial of intervening in the 2016 presidential election.\n\nForeign Secretary Boris Johnson is due to visit Russia next month.\n\nIn a major foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet at London's Guildhall, which Mrs May described as a \"very simple message\" for President Putin, she said he must choose a very \"different path\" from the one that in recent years had seen Moscow annex Crimea, foment conflict in Ukraine and launch cyber attacks on governments and Parliaments across Europe.\n\nRussia could be a valuable partner of the West but only if it \"plays by the rules\", she argued.\n\n\"Russia has repeatedly violated the national airspace of several European countries and mounted a sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption.\n\n\"This has included meddling in elections and hacking the Danish Ministry of Defence and the Bundestag among many others.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Boris Johnson told MPs about Russian meddling in UK elections\n\n\"We know what you are doing and you will not succeed. Because you underestimate the resilience of our democracies, the enduring attraction of free and open societies and the commitment of Western nations to the alliances that bind us.\"\n\nShe said as the UK left the EU and charted a new course in the world, it remained absolutely committed to Nato and securing a Brexit deal which \"strengthens our liberal values\", adding that a strong economic partnership between the UK and EU would be a bulwark against Russian agitation in Europe.\n\nThere are some countries in Europe that believe the West should engage more closely with Russia.\n\nThey argue the European Union and the United States should better understand Russia's point of view, its belief that it is threatened from all sides.\n\nAnd that more should be done to accommodate this sense of vulnerability, by softening Nato's approach and reducing sanctions.\n\nWell, not Theresa May. In a speech in the US in February, the prime minister spoke of the need to \"engage but beware\" of Russia. She has now switched the order and the focus is very much on beware.\n\nShe believes that President Putin should be called out for the threat she believes he poses both internationally and in the UK.\n\nThe Electoral Commission is investigating claims that Russia used social media to meddle in the Brexit referendum.\n\nSo Mrs May is willing to engage with Russia - she is sending the foreign secretary to Moscow next month.\n\nBut she also wants Russia to know that Mr Johnson will come with a clear message that its destabilising activities will no longer be tolerated.\n\nMr Johnson, who will be making his first trip to Russia since becoming foreign secretary in December, has said the UK's policy towards Moscow must be one of \"beware but engage\" following a decade of strained relations.\n\nHe told MPs earlier this month that he had not seen any evidence of Russia trying to interfere in British elections or the 2016 Brexit vote, in which Moscow has insisted it remained neutral.\n\n\"We will take the necessary action to counter Russian activity,\" Mrs May added.\n\n\"But this is not where we want to be and not the relationship with Russia we want.\n\n\"We do not want to return to the Cold War or to be in a state of perpetual confrontation.\n\n\"As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has the reach and the responsibility to play a vital role in promoting international stability.\n\n\"Russia can, and I hope one day will, choose this different path. But for as long as Russia does not, we will act together to protect our interests and the international order on which they depend.\"\n\nResponding to Mrs May's speech, former Labour cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw - who has been raising the issue of Russian interference in UK elections for nearly a year - tweeted: \"Asking why May suddenly acknowledging Russian interference now having stonewalled for months.\"\n\n\"The international system of rules must be saved not from Russia but from the advocates of intervention, coups and regime change. Russia will not accept those 'rules',\" he tweeted.\n\n\"The world order that suits May, with the seizure of Iraq, war in Libya, the rise of IS and terrorism in Europe, has had its day. You can't save it by attacking Russia.\"\n\nIn Mrs May's speech, she also said the authorities in Myanmar - formerly known as Burma - must take \"full responsibility\" for what \"looked like ethnic cleansing\" of the Rohingya people in Rakhine province.", "Paedophiles are being targeted online by an automated chatbot that makes them think they're talking to a 12-year-old girl.\n\nThe \"Sweetie\" project first made headlines in 2013. It can now handle thousands of simultaneous conversations and send perpetrators warning messages.", "It's taken 103 years of searching but the wreck of Australia's first naval submarine has been found.\n\nThe HMAS AE-1 was the first Allied submarine lost in World War One.", "Six men were arrested at a dock near Geraldton, in Western Australia\n\nAustralian police have arrested eight men over the nation's largest ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine.\n\nThe haul, estimated to have a street value of A$1bn (£600m; $800m), was uncovered when police raided a dock in Western Australia, authorities said.\n\nPolice have charged the men, each of whom faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.\n\nCrystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, has been described as the most damaging illicit drug in Australia.\n\nThe 1.2-tonne (2,650lb) bust was larger than the previous record seizure, made in Melbourne in April.\n\n\"We are very pleased that 12 million hits of methamphetamine will be off the streets over the Christmas [and] new year period,\" said Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.\n\nSix men were arrested at a dock near the city of Geraldton, while two were arrested in Perth. All are Australians aged between 33 and 52.\n\nThe drugs were intercepted about 400km (250 miles) north of Perth\n\nThe arrests happened after 59 bags containing the drugs were loaded from a boat, Valkoista, into a white van on Thursday, Australian Federal Police said.\n\nIn 2015, Australia's government established a national taskforce to tackle the growing use of ice.\n\nThe move followed a report by the Australian Crime Commission that found ice posed the highest risk to communities of any illegal substance.", "We are now pausing our live coverage following Thursday's election in Catalonia.\n\nA pro-Spanish unity party has won the most seats but separatist parties will together be able to form a majority in parliament.\n\nThe results are a setback for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who had imposed direct rule over the region after its illegal independence declaration.\n\nFor the latest updates see our main news story.", "The National Cyber Security Centre said the UK's energy sector had been targeted\n\nOne of the UK's cyber-defence chiefs has accused Russia of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year.\n\nCiaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), added that Russia was \"seeking to undermine the international system\".\n\nHis comments were made at an event organised by the Times newspaper.\n\nAhead of the speech, the paper reported that one of the attacks had targeted the UK's power supply on election day.\n\nThe Russian Embassy in London said it was concerned the assertions were misleading.\n\nThe NCSC was established about a year ago. Last month, it revealed that it had already classed a total of 590 attacks - from a variety of perpetrators - as being \"significant\", and that more than 30 incidents had been judged serious enough to require a cross-government response.\n\nMr Martin's accusations follow Prime Minister Theresa May's own claim that Russia had \"mounted a sustained campaign of cyber-espionage and disruption\".\n\nThe NCSC chief referenced this in his own speech.\n\n\"The prime minister made the point on Monday night - international order as we know it is in danger of being eroded,\" he said.\n\n\"This is clearly a cause for concern and the NCSC is actively engaging with international partners, industry and civil society to tackle this threat.\"\n\nHowever, Russia has suggested the accusations are \"non-transparent and biased\".\n\n\"We would be interested in finding out the details and seeing the original findings on which the statements are based,\" the country's London embassy said.\n\n\"It would be most unfortunate to see [Britain] informed by wrong intelligence.\"\n\nThe London-based National Cyber Security Centre was launched in October 2016\n\nTo coincide with its event, the Times also published details of a new study into how Russia used Twitter to influence 2016's Brexit referendum.\n\nThe research indicates that more than 156,000 Russia-based accounts - many of them automated bots - mentioned #Brexit in original posts or retweets in the days surrounding the vote.\n\nMany were in favour of the UK leaving the European Union, but a minority were pro-Remain. The academics involved believed the posts were seen hundreds of millions of times.\n\nOne of the researchers told the BBC that social media was providing Russia with a relatively cheap way to spread its propaganda.\n\n\"Ukraine experienced [a similar] information war in 2014 - and if it worked in Ukraine it can also work in Western democracies,\" said Prof Sasha Talavera from Swansea University.\n\n\"One can use it to split society and marginalise groups. Social media nowadays is a powerful tool.\"\n\nHe added that some form of regulation of the large social media firms might now be required.\n\nThe Guardian reports details of a separate University of Edinburgh study that also presents evidence of Russia using Twitter to sway opinion in the lead-up to the Brexit vote.\n\nThe Kremlin has previously denied trying to meddle in the referendum.\n\nBut the chairman of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Damian Collins, said he now wanted Twitter to share examples of tweets linked to a Russian \"troll factory\", known as the Internet Research Agency, about British politics.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shoppers at the store spoke of \"hearing screams\"\n\nA woman who was stabbed in an Aldi supermarket, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has died.\n\nThe 30-year-old was attacked at the store in Keighley Road at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nShoppers were left terrified, with one witness saying everyone \"screamed and ran up and down\". The witness also said she had \"never been so scared\".\n\nA 44-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, North Yorkshire Police said.\n\nA force spokesman said: \"The suspect was initially detained by brave members of staff and public, before he was arrested by officers who were quickly on scene.\n\n\"He was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder, but it has now turned into a murder investigation despite the efforts of medics to save the victim.\"\n\nHe added that they were not in a position to identify the victim at this stage, but her family was being supported by specialist officers.\n\nThe store was busy with shoppers at the time, and one said: \"I just saw the aftermath, I was so scared I ran off.\n\n\"All the staff were racing about,\" she said, adding police vans arrived on the scene within minutes.\n\nIn a statement released on Friday, Aldi said the store would be closed until further notice to allow police to carry out investigations.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are working with the police following an incident at our Skipton store.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, has said allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female activist are \"completely false\".\n\nMr Green has instructed libel lawyers over the claims, the BBC understands.\n\nTory activist Kate Maltby wrote in the Times that he \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015, and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message.\n\nThe cabinet secretary is to investigate whether Mr Green broke the ministerial code.\n\nMs Maltby, 31, a writer and academic, said Mr Green, 61, said he had sent her the text message after she posed in a corset for the Times.\n\nAccording to her article in the paper, it read: \"Long time no see. But having admired you in a corset in my favourite tabloid I felt impelled to ask if you are free for a drink anytime?\"\n\nThe encounters left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\", she wrote.\n\nMr Green, now first secretary of state, and Theresa May's effective deputy, said he had known Ms Maltby since 2014 and the pair \"had a drink as friends twice-yearly\".\n\n\"The text I sent after she appeared in a newspaper article was sent in that spirit - as two friends agreeing to meet for a regular catch up - and nothing more,\" he said.\n\n\"This untrue allegation has come as a complete shock and is deeply hurtful, especially from someone I considered a personal friend.\"\n\nHe also denied the claim he put his hand on Ms Maltby's knee.\n\nAsked about the claims in the Times as he left his home on Wednesday morning, Mr Green told reporters: \"All these allegations are completely false.\"\n\nThe ministerial code requires ministers to \"behave in a way that upholds the highest standards of propriety\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 live, Small Business Minister Margot James said there was no need for Mr Green to resign during the cabinet secretary's investigation.\n\n\"I've read the article in the Times today, and I certainly don't think that it warrants anyone's resignation, temporary or otherwise, in my opinion,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. William Hague tells Today he hopes Westminster is entering an era of greater accountability\n\nIt comes as allegations and rumours relating to sexual harassment and abuse by MPs swirl around Westminster.\n\nOn Tuesday, Labour confirmed it had launched an independent inquiry into claims that activist Bex Bailey, 25, was discouraged by a party official from reporting an alleged rape at a Labour event in 2011.\n\nShe told the BBC she had waived her anonymity to urge changes to the way such cases are handled.\n\nIn a separate case, an anonymous woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by an MP on a foreign work trip last year told the Guardian her allegations were not taken seriously.\n\nEarlier this week, a spokesman for Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon confirmed he was once rebuked by a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner.\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC has seen a list, thought to have been compiled by staff and researchers at Westminster, detailing a range of mostly unproven allegations about 40 Conservative MPs and ministers.\n\nAmong the claims are a number of serious allegations of inappropriate behaviour with junior members of staff, the use of prostitutes and affairs between MPs.\n\nThe government has promised urgent action to improve the handling of complaints about the way MPs' staff are treated.", "Police on the Italian island of Sicily have arrested an ambulance worker suspected of killing people to earn money from a funeral parlour linked to the mafia.\n\nThe man is alleged to have injected air into the veins of at least three terminally ill patients as they were transported back to their homes.\n\nHe is said to have been paid €300 (£265) for each corpse.\n\nItalian media have dubbed it the \"ambulances of death\" scandal.\n\nPolice arrested the man after a contact, said to be a reformed mafia member, gave details to authorities in the city of Catania and to an investigative TV programme. The ambulance worker is charged with voluntary homicide.\n\nIt is alleged that the suspect injected air into the veins of patients - causing them to die of an embolism - as they were being transported back to the small inland town of Biancavilla.\n\nThe 42-year-old man is said to have then taken advantage of grieving families by recommending a funeral agency linked to the Sicilian mafia, from which he gained a commission.\n\nReports suggest the scheme could have been operating since 2012 and there could have been many other victims.\n\nInvestigators say they have looked into dozens of deaths in Biancavilla but only 12 have so far been deemed \"meaningful\" and only three have been presented to an investigating magistrate.", "Jodie Willsher was working at the the Keighley Road Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, when she was stabbed\n\nA 44-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death in an Aldi supermarket.\n\nMum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was attacked as she worked in the Keighley Road store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, at 15:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nShe sustained multiple serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, North Yorkshire Police said.\n\nNeville Hord, from Skipton, has been remanded in custody and is to appear at York Magistrates' Court on Saturday.\n\nMalcolm Willsher described his wife as \"lovely and warm and always had a smile on her face\".\n\nHe added: \"She was amazing, beautiful and a lovely person. She was a doting mother and a loving wife.\"\n\nTributes have been paid to 30-year-old Jodie Willsher\n\nAldi said the store would be closed until further notice to allow police to carry out investigations.\n\nColin Breslin, regional managing director at Aldi, said: \"Jodie was a much loved and popular colleague.\n\n\"We are all deeply shocked and saddened by this incident. Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time.\"\n\nMatthew Barnes, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said the company was \"doing everything we can to support our people and all those affected during this difficult time\".\n\nFlowers were left in the supermarket car park, with friends describing her as \"a truly lovely woman and very popular\".\n\nFlowers have been left outside the Aldi store in Keighley Road\n\nPolice have appealed for a \"brave witness who restrained the suspect\" to come forward.\n\nThe man, believed to be in his sixties, was wearing a flat cap and a two-tone light and dark walking jacket.\n\nOfficers believe he was shopping with a woman who has short light-brown hair and was wearing a light-coloured, possibly grey, jacket.\n\nThe force said: \"He was the first person to try and intervene and was involved in a sustained struggle.\n\n\"They appear to have left the store before the emergency services arrived.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheeran said he felt \"very proud and happy\" in a video message\n\nEd Sheeran has beaten off competition from Eminem - and himself - to land his first UK Christmas number one single.\n\nPerfect - which he released in three separate versions in a bid to clinch the Christmas crown - had faced a challenge from Eminem's River, on which Sheeran provides guest vocals.\n\nBut the rapper ended in second place, while Wham's Last Christmas came third.\n\nIn a video message, the British singer said securing the Christmas top spot was \"an actual dream come true\".\n\nThe video for Perfect riffs on Wham's classic Last Christmas clip\n\n\"I'm very proud and happy,\" he said. \"Thank you so much and have a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy new year.\"\n\nSheeran's domination of the Christmas chart was all but assured after he released a new version of his doe-eyed ballad with Beyonce.\n\nThat version drove most of his sales - though chart rules mean Beyonce is denied a credit on the Christmas number one, with Sheeran's original counted as the lead track.\n\nEminem's River took an early lead on streaming services but faltered as the week went on.\n\nFans had hoped to send Last Christmas to number one to mark the first anniversary of George Michael's death.\n\nDespite support from ITV's This Morning and Michael's ex-bandmate Andrew Ridgeley, however, the song failed to beat its original chart position of number two.\n\nBack in 1984, it was denied the top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? charity single.\n\nAs has become tradition, yuletide standards by Mariah Carey and The Pogues have returned to the Top 40 off the back of huge streaming figures.\n\nThere are 16 Christmas songs in the Top 40, among them such classics as Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee and Wonderful Christmastime by Sir Paul McCartney.\n\nThe presence of lesser-known tracks, like Ariana Grande's Santa Tell Me and Elton John's Step Into Christmas, can be explained by their prominent placing in Spotify's Christmas is Coming playlist.\n\n\"By and large, the most popular ones are the ones featured on the front page of Spotify,\" chart analyst James Masterton told the BBC.\n\n\"It exposes the amount of influence the application has over the singles market.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by MariahCareyVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nMariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You was the UK's favourite festive song on Spotify this year.\n\nAnd it's not just an advent phenomenon. Data released by the BPI this week showed Carey's classic had been played 16,000 times in the first week of July.\n\nAccording to Spotify, the most popular day for streaming seasonal songs was 13 December, when 13% of all music played in the UK was Christmas-themed.\n\nIn the album chart, Eminem's album Revival did manage to dislodge Sheeran's Divide.\n\nIt is the star's eighth UK number one album in a row, with his six previous studio albums and the 2005 greatest hits collection Curtain Call all making the top spot.\n\nLed Zeppelin and Abba are the only other artists to accumulated eight consecutive number one albums in the UK.\n\nRevival's first week sales are the second highest of 2017, behind Divide.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sam Kyme made a plea through her friends to keep her sons out of care\n\nA woman with motor neurone disease who raised more than £40,000 to enable her sons to live with her sister in Australia has died.\n\nSam Kyme, 34, from Banbury, could no longer talk, but made the plea through her friends on a crowdfunding website.\n\nThe cash will be used to fund the funeral, plane tickets, and legal and school fees.\n\nSister Pippa Hughes said she passed away on Thursday \"knowing everything is sorted for her kids\".\n\nMs Hughes lives in Australia and it was her sister's \"last wish\" that her sons Joey and Harry could live with her there.\n\n\"It's amazing how life can change in a year,\" Ms Hughes said.\n\n\"This time last year it was Christmas and we were all together and this year it's completely changed.\n\n\"There was no warning, you just never know what's going to happen.\n\n\"We've got a few days now to scream and shout and cry, but Christmas, we're going to make it for Sam.\"\n\nSam dreamed her boys would have a new life in Australia after her death\n\nFriend Susanna Howard said Ms Kyme died \"peacefully with her family around her\".\n\n\"The family are deeply saddened but also relieved that she is no longer suffering,\" she said.\n\n\"We know that Sam would like everyone to celebrate her life by raising a glass to her and her family at this festive time.\"\n\nSam Kyme (left) was diagnosed four months after this picture was taken with her sister Pippa Hughes\n\nMs Kyme was diagnosed in April and told she had months to live. Within two months she could no longer speak.\n\nMs Howard said she had been \"battling to be here for Christmas\" so she could \"spend it with her boys and family\".\n\n\"My greatest fear is not that I am dying - it is the welfare of my boys,\" Ms Kyme's message had said on her crowdfunding page.\n\n\"I fear that Joey and Harry will go into care,\" it continued.\n\nMs Hughes said the funds meant the family could \"all move to Oz, start a new life together, while never forgetting Sam\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Theresa May has insisted she is more than \"Madame Brexit,\" having been given the title by Poland's prime minister.\n\nShe said there were \"other things\" she wanted to achieve apart from delivering a successful exit from the EU - such as improvements to education and training.\n\nAnd she insisted she was \"in it for the long-term\", shrugging off suggestions she had had a bad year.\n\nThe prime minister was speaking to reporters during a visit to UK troops stationed in Cyprus.\n\nMrs May gained her new nickname on Thursday, after holding talks in Warsaw with Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.\n\nMr Morawiecki told their joint press conference: \"As Madame Brexit has said, Brexit is Brexit.\"\n\nMrs May said she had been amused by the comment.\n\n\"You might have noticed I smiled when I heard the translation of Mrs Brexit or Madame Brexit,\" she told reporters.\n\n\"Look, I am going to deliver on Brexit. That is undoubtedly the case, but I am doing other things as well. If you look at the changes we are making on skills, education and training for example.\n\n\"The industrial strategy which actually was talked about with the Poles as well… and global Britain.\"\n\nShe said she had completed a number of foreign trips in the run up to Christmas \"promoting the UK both in trading terms, but also our role in defence and security\".\n\nAsked if she would characterise 2017 - a year which saw her lose her Commons majority in a snap election she had called - as one of the most difficult years of her career, Mrs May highlighted her recent breakthrough in Brexit talks.\n\n\"If you look at what's happened over the past couple of months we have made sufficient progress on the Brexit negotiations, we have had a good Budget that is building a Britain that is fit for the future.\n\n\"What we've put into the Budget in terms of funding for the health service but also housing is really important for the future of this country.\n\n\"We have had the industrial strategy, which I see as an absolutely crucial plan and part of actually ensuring that our economy does meet the needs of the future and is providing the jobs of the future for the people in the UK.\"\n\nShe said she was \"optimistic\" about making progress on defence and security, as well as trade, \"as we go into phase two of Brexit negotiations\".\n\n\"What we want to achieve is in the interests of the EU27 as well as ours,\" she added.", "Gambling giant Ladbrokes Coral has agreed to be bought by online rival GVC in a deal worth up to £4bn.\n\nUnder the deal, shareholders in GVC - which owns the Bwin, Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo brands - will hold 53.5% of the combined group.\n\nLadbrokes Coral became the UK's biggest High Street bookmaker following last year's merger of Ladbrokes and Coral.\n\nThe company has about 3,500 High Street outlets and employs more than 25,000 staff.\n\nGVC - which has 2,800 employees - has grown rapidly in recent years through a number of takeovers, most notably that of Bwin.party in February last year.\n\nThe final worth of the deal is dependent on the government's review of gaming machines known as fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).\n\nThe Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said it will cap the size of stakes gamblers can make on FOBTs, amid concerns they may harm vulnerable people.\n\nMinisters have proposed that bets on the machines should be cut from a maximum of £100 a spin to somewhere between £2 and £50.\n\nGVC and Ladbrokes Coral have said that the review could hit the profitability of Ladbrokes Coral's UK business.\n\nUnder the terms of the deal, for each share that Ladbrokes Coral shareholders own, they will get 32.7p in cash and 0.141 ordinary GVC shares, plus a \"contingent value right\" worth up to 42.8p.\n\nThe size of this contingent entitlement will be decided by the outcome of the DCMS review.\n\nGVC chief executive Kenneth Alexander described the takeover deal as \"a truly exciting prospect\".\n\nLadbrokes Coral chairman John Kelly said the tie-up with GVC would \"improve the customer experience, drive faster online growth and build a more diverse and extensive international portfolio of businesses\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe tells the BBC: \"Formally, on the system, she's eligible to be released at any point.\"\n\nBritish-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible for early release, her husband has said.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 5 Live that an Iranian judiciary database had listed her as \"eligible for release\".\n\nHe said her lawyer was \"hopeful\" when he visited her in prison on Wednesday.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016 after being accused of spying - charges she denies.\n\nHer family have always maintained she was on holiday with her daughter.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said his wife's case had previously been marked as \"closed\", so the status change was \"great news\".\n\n\"Part of me is trying not to get too hopeful and just to keep calm just in case there is more to come,\" he said.\n\n\"But he (her lawyer) was clearly hopeful. He told her that it's a matter of finalising paperwork and it might be days to weeks rather than tomorrow morning.\n\n\"But definitely it feels like the end is much closer in sight.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he felt there was a \"change of the tide\" since Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson travelled to Iran, as since then a second case against his 37-year-old wife was postponed and then cancelled.\n\n\"And now suddenly the database is shifting and saying eligible for early release,\" he said.\n\n\"She's still in prison but everything is feeling very positive.\"\n\nMr Johnson was in Iran for talks earlier this month and pressed for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release on humanitarian grounds.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016\n\nHe had been accused of risking an additional five years being added to her sentence when he told a parliamentary committee that she had been in Iran to train journalists.\n\nIn November, he apologised in the Commons, retracting \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nHampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq said the news had given the family a \"glimmer of light\".\n\n\"It has given Nazanin a real boost of positive energy, and now we wait impatiently to see what happens next,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Although we do not want to celebrate prematurely, it would be the perfect Christmas gift to see Nazanin released and back with her family where she belongs.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said part of him was still hoping his wife would be home in time for Christmas.\n\n\"Definitely hopeful, we will be singing our carols with great gusto,\" he said.", "Theresa May must urgently agree a transitional deal with EU counterparts, say MPs\n\nAn influential group of MPs has urged Britain and the European Union to agree a \"status quo\" transition period following Britain's departure from the EU.\n\nThe Treasury Select Committee said that the temporary arrangement should be agreed as quickly as possible to ease business concerns over a \"no deal\" Brexit.\n\nThe committee's report said it \"strongly supported\" the prime minister's push for a comprehensive free trade deal which would keep borders as \"frictionless\" as possible.\n\nBut it said in order to reach that point, an implementation period would be necessary where the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was likely to retain supremacy over UK laws.\n\n\"An agreement between the UK and EU27 on 'standstill' transitional arrangements is now urgent,\" said Nicky Morgan, the Conservative chairwoman of the committee who campaigned for Remain before the referendum.\n\n\"The consequences of failing to reach an agreement are dramatic and damaging.\"\n\n\"Many businesses will begin to prepare for a 'no deal' outcome - moving jobs and activity, and incurring potentially unnecessary expenditure - early next year,\" said Ms Morgan.\n\n\"Transitional arrangements must therefore be straightforward enough to negotiate in a matter of weeks.\n\n\"This may well include accepting EU rules beyond those of the single market and customs union and it is likely to involve retaining, on a temporary basis, the jurisdiction of the ECJ, and the direct effect and supremacy of EU law.\n\n\"That is a price worth paying for stability and certainty after 30 March 2019.\"\n\nThe government has said that it may agree to a strictly time-limited implementation phase after Brexit.\n\nBritain would leave the EU customs union and the single market but would retain equivalent rules.\n\nMrs May has argued that if there is an agreement with the EU, it may mean the UK \"will start off with the ECJ governing the rules that we are part of\".\n\nAnd in her Florence speech in September the prime minister said an implementation period could last two years.\n\nNicky Morgan says transition arrangements should be negotiated \"in a matter of weeks\"\n\nEarlier this week, Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said that there was now a \"furious race against time\" to negotiate implementation arrangements and the framework for a new free trade deal.\n\n\"We are ready to move to the second phase, which will expand discussions to cover transition and the framework for the future relationship,\" he said on Monday.\n\nThe select committee said a transition deal could be followed by a further \"adaption period\" for some sectors such as financial services.\n\n\"The difference between a 'no-deal' scenario and the temporary preservation of the status quo is dramatic,\" said John Mann, a Labour member of the committee who supported Britain leaving the EU in the run up to the referendum.\n\n\"A 'no-deal' scenario would be damaging to both sides; a 'standstill' transition is in the interests of both the UK and the EU27.\"\n\n\"In particular, a 'standstill' transition would mitigate the major risk that Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom's Customs Declarations Service [a new system for controlling the flow of goods across borders] is not ready in time for 30 March 2019.\n\n\"If this project were to fail, the committee remains to be convinced that contingency plans exist to avoid the severe disruption to goods that would occur in an unplanned 'no-deal' scenario.\"\n\nMany members of the financial services sector also support an implementation period.\n\nMiles Celic, chief executive of the financial services sector lobby group TheCityUK, said that both sides would suffer if implementation arrangements were not agreed.\n\n\"Now that talks seem likely to move on to the second phase, EU and UK negotiators must not delay discussing a transitional deal,\" he said.\n\nIt's not just London that would suffer without a transition, says Miles Celic\n\n\"The longer it takes, the less value it has.\n\n\"Many firms are already well underway with their contingency plans.\n\n\"Those which remain are ready to press 'go' early in the new year.\n\n\"There is still time to slow or adapt these plans, but without progress soon, it may be too late.\n\n\"This isn't just about business leaving the UK.\n\n\"It is about the very high risk of jobs, capital and inward investment leaving Europe.\n\n\"The resulting fragmented markets will be of benefit to no-one, with costs likely to increase for customers right across the continent.\"\n• None Fears grow across the Atlantic over Brexit\n• None So, did 'soft Brexit' just win?", "A surgeon who marked his initials on the livers of two transplant patients has admitted assault by beating.\n\nSimon Bramhall, 53, committed the offences at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February and August 2013.\n\nThe liver, spleen and pancreas surgeon was suspended later that year.\n\nHe pleaded guilty to two charges at Birmingham Crown Court and will be sentenced at the same court on 12 January.\n\nHe denied the more serious charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm - a plea which was accepted by prosecutors.\n\nTony Badenoch QC said the case was \"without legal precedent in criminal law\".\n\nBramhall, who came to attention in 2010 when he transplanted a liver saved from a burning aircraft into a patient, was suspended when the branding was discovered by another surgeon.\n\nLiver surgeons use an argon beam to stop livers bleeding, but can also use it to burn the surface of the liver to sketch out the area of an operation.\n\nSimon Bramhall covered his face as he left Birmingham Crown Court\n\nBramhall was suspended from Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2013\n\nIt is not believed to have been harmful to the liver and the marks normally disappear.\n\nIn one case it appears the organ was already damaged and as a result did not heal itself in the normal manner, allowing the marks to be seen.\n\nMr Badenoch said it had been a \"highly unusual and complex case, both within the expert medical testimony served by both sides and in law.\"\n\nHe said what Bramhall had done was not isolated and required \"some skill and concentration\".\n\n\"It was done in the presence of colleagues,\" he said.\n\nHis actions were carried out \"with a disregard for the feelings of unconscious patients\", the prosecutor added.\n\nBramhall resigned after a disciplinary hearing with University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust in May 2014.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after his suspension he admitted he had made \"a mistake\".", "Hotel living has been a struggle, says Mohammed Rasoul\n\nIt is only when you walk through the door of the hotel room that you even begin to understand what life has been like for so many of the survivors, six months on from the Grenfell fire.\n\nStacked along a short corridor, past the wardrobe and door to the bathroom, they've piled up cases and boxes. Clothes on top. It's tidy, but a squeeze.\n\nThis is the room that grandpa sleeps in.\n\nThen through the door into the adjoining room. You can't open it fully because of the single camp bed on the other side. Push through, however, and you're in another room, the same size.\n\nThe single bed is for dad - Mohammed. A double is shared by mum, son and daughter. They are five and two years old respectively, and there's little space in which to play.\n\nThey say there's nowhere for Mohammed's wife Munira to cook, so most of the time they get take-away meals. The plastic boxes are stacked up neatly on the side, ready to be washed.\n\nFor the last six months this is how the Rasoul family has lived.\n\n\"It's a struggle,\" says the father, Mohammed Rasoul. \"At first, immediately after the fire you think, 'Oh, OK, hotels, we'll be comfortable for a while.' But the novelty soon wears off when you realise it's the place you're going to be living in.\n\n\"It comes to the point where you feel like a prisoner living in here.\"\n\nMohammed's father had lived in the Grenfell tower for 37 years. Now 86, he has vascular dementia, and he's confused.\n\nThey have been offered a new home, but not close to where they used to live.\n\n\"All we want is to be rehoused in the same area. We want to be there back in the community, with our friends, my son's school,\" he says.\n\nTake the underground from the stop close to Mohammed's hotel, change at Notting Hill, and in half an hour you can be at another hotel, which is currently home to Rashida Ali and her 10-year-old daughter Hayam.\n\nThe council needs to find homes for 208 Grenfell families\n\n\"I have lots of nightmares. Sometimes I cry in the middle of the night and wake my mum and she calms me down and she says 'Don't worry, at least we're safe.'\n\n\"I don't feel safe when I'm by myself or like in a closed room and there's no escape next to me. I just feel I can't breathe.\"\n\nHayam and her mother are about to move into temporary accommodation. Rashida didn't want that initially, because she preferred not to have to uproot them twice. But she's decided to move, for her daughter's benefit.\n\n\"She needs to pack her stuff everyday, open suitcase, close suitcase, tidy up because this is not our home. We live in a hotel but it feels like we are homeless.\"\n\nLike many she says she doesn't trust the council to deliver on their promise to move people into permanent homes when a suitable one comes up.\n\n\"The system keeps changing,\" she says. \"I'm worried if I sign this (temporary accommodation contract) in a few months I'm not going to be allowed to move out.\"\n\nMost of those made homeless by the fire are still in hotels - 28 of them are families with children.\n\nThe council wants to move people out into temporary flats. The Alves family has taken up the offer.\n\nMiguel Alves says it allows them \"to have a family life, to have meals together.\"\n\nMiguel was one of the few leaseholders in the Grenfell Tower - he bought his flat in 2001 - and had 15 years of his mortgage left to pay. That adds another layer of complication.\n\nDespite all he's gone through, he says he's having to fight to get the council to accept his demand that the new home he eventually moves into will be the same size with the same number of bedrooms as his Grenfell flat.\n\n\"I asked for a meeting, and they take one week, nobody answers my emails.\"\n\nThis lack of communication isn't a one off. At a recent council meeting one woman - Lidia, whose elderly mother lived on the top floor and who survived because she was away that night - said she had had 11 different housing officers assigned to her in the last six months.\n\nLidia's hands and legs were shaking uncontrollably with stress as she spoke. Many say the delays and uncertainty are taking a mental toll.\n\nAny local authority would be stretched by the task that faces Kensington and Chelsea Council.\n\nIt needs to find homes for 208 households. It has set aside £235m to do that. It takes time to buy properties.\n\nLawyers representing the former residents are striving to ensure that the new tenancy agreements and leaseholds match exactly the terms and conditions people had in Grenfell.\n\nThe council's director of housing, Maxine Holdsworth, says she \"gets a huge amount of positive feedback about our frontline housing officers and how supportive they've been\".\n\nWhat then about the charges that officers change, that communications are difficult?\n\n\"Every single household has their own dedicated housing officer,\" she replies. \"I would be confident that if someone rang up today their call would be answered they would get to speak to their housing officer.\"\n\nThe deputy leader of the council admitted last week that he felt embarrassed about the speed of the rehousing process.\n\nBack down the Tube line, in the Rasoul family's hotel room they are keeping their spirits up, somehow.\n\n\"I'm OK,\" says Mohammed. \"I have my moments, but there's so much that needs to be dealt with, so many things going on.\n\n\"It's not just our housing issues, it's our personal issues, living here. No personal space, the kids have to go to sleep at certain times, lights out for the children. But we stay positive.\"\n\nAnd when he thinks about the home that he has lost?\n\n\"All my childhood memories, moments of happiness, laughter, food being enjoyed, my children being born there. I dare not delve into it too much, I know that will just break me.\"", "The government should create a national strategy to combat loneliness, says a report by a commission set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox.\n\nThe commission, formed by the MP before she was killed in her constituency in 2016, calls for the appointment of a minister to lead action on the issue.\n\nIt says loneliness is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and affects nine million UK people.\n\nThe government says new initiatives will be announced next year.\n\nThe report acknowledges that government action alone cannot solve the problem.\n\nHowever, it says: \"Tackling loneliness is a generational challenge that can only be met by concerted action by everyone - governments, employers, businesses, civil society organisations, families, communities and individuals all have a role to play.\n\n\"Working together we can make a difference.\"\n\nThe report is calling for the Family Test, a measure of assessing the effect of government policies on stable families, to become a family and relationships test.\n\nThe cross-party commission was established by Mrs Cox when she was Labour MP for Batley and Spen.\n\nIt continued its work after she was murdered outside her constituency office in Birstall, West Yorkshire in June 2016.\n\nThe commission has been working with 13 charities including Age UK and Action for Children to come up with ideas for change.\n\nThe report will be presented in Birstall on Friday by the joint commission chairs, Labour MP Rachel Reeves and the Conservative's Seema Kennedy,\n\nThey will be joined by Mrs Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater.\n\nMrs Cox set up the commission before she was killed in 2016\n\nThe joint chairs said: \"We know that loneliness will not end until we all recognise the role we can play in making that happen.\n\n\"Jo always looked forwards, not back. She would have said that what matters most now are the actions, big and small, that people take in response to the commission's work.\"\n\nThe report's release will coincide with the launch of three Royal Voluntary Service projects set to tackle loneliness and isolation in Mrs Cox's former constituency.\n\nThe schemes - partly financed by the Jo Cox Fund set up in her memory - will include lunch clubs, activities, and workshops as well as a new Community Connections Programme.\n\nThis will \"match up volunteers with lonely people in the area\" according to Royal Voluntary Service's Chief Executive Catherine Johnstone, acting as a practical template for the commission's recommendations.\n\nThe government said it welcomed the commission's work and tackling social isolation and loneliness is of \"huge importance\".\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"A number of government initiatives already help to reduce loneliness, such as improved mental health support and funding to create new green spaces for communities, but we are committed to doing more and look forward to setting out plans in the new year,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roads turned to rivers across Houston as Harvey hit\n\nScientists have weighed the water that fell on Texas during the record-breaking Hurricane Harvey in August.\n\nThey calculate, by measuring how much the Earth was compressed, that the Category 4 storm dropped 127 billion tonnes, or 34 trillion US gallons.\n\n\"One person asked me how many stadia is that. It's 26,000 New Orleans Superdomes,\" said Adrian Borsa from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\n\nHis numbers were released as other scientists stated that this year's big hurricanes had a clear human influence.\n\nHarvey, Irma and Maria ripped through the US Gulf states and the Caribbean, leading to widespread flooding and wind damage.\n\nResearchers told the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here in New Orleans that the heavy rainfall seen in Harvey was very likely exacerbated by the extra warming associated with increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.\n\nSea surface temperatures were particularly high in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico this hurricane season. Warm ocean water acts as a fuel for the storms.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's James Cook found a scene of devastation in Rockport\n\nHarvey devastated parts of the Texas coastline because it stalled, concentrating its deluge in a very narrow region. It was one of the heaviest precipitation events in recorded hurricane history.\n\nStandard rain gauges saw upwards of 1,270mm (50 inches) of precipitation in places. But these were point measurements and Dr Borsa attempted to get a much broader view by assessing how much the Earth moved in response to the weight of overlying water.\n\nThis was detected by a network of high-precision GPS stations, which registered the vertical displacement of the land. \"It's like you sitting down on a mattress - it depresses; you stand up and it rebounds. The Earth behaves very similarly, like a rubber block.\n\n\"So the Earth is recording the effects of the loads acting on its surface.\"\n\nThe GPS network is dense enough that a very wide picture of activity can be discerned. \"It gives us a holistic view, not just point measurements,” Dr Borsa told BBC News.\n\nWhat is especially smart is that the system can see the immediate change after the storm as water runs off the land through rivers, but also captures the much slower effect of water removal through evaporation, driven by the warmth of the Sun. This takes several weeks.\n\n\"One of the big deficiencies in our models is that evapotranspiration - that's the Sun and plants doing their things - is not currently directly observed, and it's half of the total water budget. I think GPS is going to be able to provide very useful information about this.\"\n\nAt the same AGU gathering, the American Meteorological Association revealed that its annual report on extreme weather events had identified three that would “not have been possible” without the influence of human-induced climate change.\n\nThese were: the record-breaking global temperatures in 2016; the 2016 heat wave across Asia and the high ocean temperatures measured off the coast of Alaska.\n\nThese were events that happened because “we have created a new climate,” said National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) climate scientist Stephanie Herring.\n\nThe report also concluded that other heat waves around the world were made more intense by climate change and that Arctic warming was “most likely” not possible without it.\n\nThe coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef and other marine ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean were also amplified by “human-caused warming of the ocean”.\n\nThe research is primarily based on comparing models, or simulations, of our climate. “We run a model that shows what the world looks like today and we can validate those models against what is actually happening,” explained Dr Herring.\n\n“Then we compare it to a model of an ‘alternative world’ in which - theoretically - climate change never happened; as if humans didn’t emit greenhouse gases since the industrial revolution.\n\n“So we can look at a world with climate change and a world without it.”\n\nHarvey's rain could have filled 26,000 New Orleans Superdomes", "A Home Office policy of removing EU citizens found sleeping rough on UK streets is unlawful and must stop, the High Court has ruled.\n\nA judge said the measure, introduced last year, was discriminatory and broke freedom of movement rules.\n\nCampaigners brought the case on behalf of three men facing removal.\n\nThe government said it was disappointed by the ruling - which applies to people from the EU and European Economic Area - but would not be appealing.\n\nThe Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) at Lambeth Law Centre, which took out the judicial review, said the decision would affect hundreds of people.\n\nIt said the Home Office had been carrying out \"regular raids\" on locations where officials believed they would find European nationals who could be deported.\n\nIn her ruling, the judge, Mrs Justice Lang, also said the Home Office was wrong to have used the raids as a chance to verify whether the rough sleepers were abusing their right to reside in another European nation.\n\nPILU said the High Court had shown itself willing to protect the rights of a vulnerable group, adding: \"Homelessness cannot humanely be dealt with by detaining or forcibly removing homeless people.\"\n\nThree men facing removal orders from the Home Office were selected as \"test cases\" for the hearing:\n\nThe judge said the order should be dropped against Mr Gureckis, while Mr Cielecki is now expected to appeal against his. The order against Mr Perlinski was withdrawn in November after he began living with a relative.\n\nShe said \"rough sleeping, even accompanied by low level offending such as begging, drinking in a public place and other street nuisances, would not be grounds for removal\" and the Home Office's \"less favourable\" treatment of rough sleepers from outside the UK could not be justified.\n\nThe Home Office said the EU's Free Movement Directive allowed member states to impose restrictions on people in certain situations, including where there were concerns about security, public health, or fraud.\n\nIts lawyers had argued the operations to remove the rough sleepers were a \"sensible and lawful approach\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We will consider carefully what steps are necessary to ensure we reflect the judgment in future enforcement.\"\n\nHe added that most of the people removed under the measure had not exercised their rights to residency in the UK when required and were therefore unlawfully in the country.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Matthew Downie from the homeless charity Crisis, who gave evidence against the Home Office, said the policy had been \"brutal and indiscriminate\". He said in many cases people had been taken away from help they were getting to resolve their homelessness.", "Black Friday helped to propel retail sales 1.6% higher in November from a year earlier, official figures suggest.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that retailers had reported a particular uplift in sales of electrical household appliances.\n\nHowever, analysts said that Black Friday had distorted sales and retailers faced challenging conditions.\n\nThe ONS said that the quantity of food bought in November fell by 0.1% compared to the same month last year.\n\nHowever, the amount of money spent jumped by 3.5%, reflecting a rise in food prices that has contributed to the increase in inflation, which is now at a near six-year high of 3.1%.\n\nIn non-food sales, clothing and footwear rebounded from a slump in October to rise 2.3% in November from a year earlier. Department stores, however, saw their sales fall by 0.9% which the ONS said \"continues a recent pattern of slowdown in this sector\".\n\nAlex Marsh, managing director of Close Brothers Retail Finance, said: \"The final run up to Christmas may prove more difficult than usual for retailers as they battle low consumer confidence amid increasing inflation and a squeeze on wages.\"\n\nBlack Friday is an import from the US, where it takes place on the day after Thanksgiving and is regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping period.\n\nSamuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said: \"The surge in retail sales in November does not signal broader consumer strength.\"\n\nMr Tombs said Black Friday meant the strength in November retail sales \"merely reflected people bringing forward purchases that they otherwise would have made in December or January to November, due to the discounts available\".\n\nMonth-on-month, sales rose by 1.1% in November from October, which was ahead of analysts' forecasts for 0.4% growth.\n\nIan Geddes, head of retail at Deloitte, said that \"on the surface\" the data was \"promising\".\n\nBut he said: \"The next 10 days of pre-Christmas sales will be crucial for retailers. Trading is likely to peak on Friday 22 December, particularly for purchases of food and drink as consumers prepare for festive hosting.\n\n\"However, profitability is another matter and margins are under intense pressure.\"", "US teenagers are using marijuana and vaporisers more than they smoke cigarettes, a government study shows.\n\nSome 15% of high school students said they had used marijuana within the previous 30 days, found the report for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.\n\nAnd 12.1% of students said they had used a vaping device. But only 5% had smoked cigarettes.\n\nOne in 10 high school seniors said he or she had vaped marijuana at least once in the past year.\n\n\"It's much higher than I expected,\" said Richard Miech, the University of Michigan researcher who led the study, of the cannabis vaping figure.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe findings suggest cannabis use is up about 1% overall among teenagers.\n\nNearly a quarter of students said they had vaped, smoked or eaten marijuana in the previous year.\n\nOne in 17 high school seniors said he or she had used marijuana every day.\n\nDr Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said: \"These are teens that are supposed to be learning at school.\n\n\"When you're stoned, you can't learn much.\"\n\nSome students surveyed said they used vaporisers to smoke nicotine or flavouring, instead of marijuana.\n\nThe study suggests this as a possible reason why daily cigarette smoking among 17 and 18-year-old students was down to 4.2% this year from a recorded high of 24.6% in 1997.\n\nSome 43,703 students aged between 13 and 18 years old in public and private high schools were questioned for the study.", "Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour\n\nThe deputy leader of far right group Britain First has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident at a Belfast peace wall.\n\nJayda Fransen, 31, from Anerley, south-east London, was charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.\n\nShe appeared briefly at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Friday morning.\n\nMs Fransen was arrested on Thursday after appearing in court in Belfast over a separate incident.\n\nShe was released on bail and is due to appear in court again next month.\n\nAfter bail was granted, Ms Fransen's supporters in the public gallery cheered and applauded.\n\nShe raised her arm in the air as they cheered.\n\nAmong her supporters was Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First.\n\nThe charge against Ms Fransen relates to comments she is alleged to have made in a video online that was filmed at a peace wall in west Belfast.\n\nFriday's charge stems from an incident at a peace wall on 13 December.\n\nPeace walls are used to separate Catholic and Protestant residents in Northern Ireland, in areas where tension between the two communities can run high.\n\nThe police objected in court to Ms Fransen being given bail. A PSNI detective told the court that \"our objection is that she's going to commit further offences\".\n\nHowever, the judge granted her bail on the condition that she did not go within 500m of any demonstration or procession in Northern Ireland.", "A memorial service for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire is held at St Paul's Cathedral, six months on from the fire.", "Among the refugees are many young children\n\nAt least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.\n\nBased on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than Myanmar's official figure of 400.\n\nMSF said it was \"the clearest indication yet of the widespread violence\" by Myanmar authorities.\n\nThe Myanmar military blames the violence on \"terrorists\" and has denied any wrongdoing.\n\nMore than 647,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August, MSF says.\n\nThe aid group's survey found that at least 9,000 Rohingya died in Myanmar, also known as Burma, between 25 August and 24 September.\n\n\"In the most conservative estimations\" at least 6,700 of those deaths have been caused by violence, including at least 730 children under the age of five, according to MSF.\n\nPreviously, the armed forces stated that around 400 people had been killed, most of them described as Muslim terrorists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere have been plenty of detailed reports by journalists and researchers, based on interviews conducted with refugees, which make it hard to dispute that terrible human rights abuses took place at the hands of the security forces.\n\nBut many of these reports focussed on the worst cases; there are several media reports about a massacre at one village called Tula Toli. Some Rohingya I interviewed told me they had fled in fear of violence, but had not actually experienced it.\n\nThis well-researched figure by MSF suggests the operation conducted by the military was brutal enough to raise the possibility of taking a case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity.\n\nThe problem would be that Myanmar has not ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC and is not bound to co-operate with it. Bringing a case would require the approval of all five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and China has until now given its full support to the Myanmar government's handling of the crisis.\n\nThe military crackdown began on 25 August after Rohingya Arsa militants attacked more than 30 police posts.\n\nAfter an internal investigation, the Myanmar army in November exonerated itself of any blame regarding the crisis.\n\nIt denied killing any civilians, burning their villages, raping women and girls, and stealing possessions.\n\nThe mostly Muslim minority are denied citizenship by Myanmar, where they are seen as immigrants from Bangladesh. The government does not use the term Rohingya but calls them Bengali Muslims.\n\nThe government's assertions contradicted evidence seen by BBC correspondents. The United Nations human rights chief has said it seems like \"a textbook example of ethnic cleansing\".\n\nMSF says the experiences recounted by refugees were \"horrific\"\n\n\"What we uncovered was staggering, both in terms of the numbers of people who reported a family member died as a result of violence, and the horrific ways in which they said they were killed or severely injured,\" MSF Medical Director Sidney Wong said.\n\nAmong the dead children below the age of five, MSF says more than 59% were reportedly shot, 15% burnt to death, 7% beaten to death and 2% killed by landmine blasts.\n\nMany refugees have been subject to brutal violence\n\n\"The numbers of deaths are likely to be an underestimation as we have not surveyed all refugee settlements in Bangladesh and because the surveys don't account for the families who never made it out of Myanmar,\" Mr Wong said.\n\nIn November, Bangladesh signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of the refugees.\n\nMSF said the agreement was \"premature\" pointing out that \"currently people are still fleeing\" and reports of violence have come even in recent weeks.\n\nThe group also warned there was still very limited access for aid groups into Rakhine state.\n\nThe Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority who have long experienced persecution in Myanmar.", "Aung San Suu Kyi has faced widespread criticism over her reluctance to acknowledge the military violence, which the UN has called a \"textbook example of ethnic cleansing\".\n\nDublin City Councillors have voted to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award.\n\nMusician Bob Geldof handed back his Freedom of Dublin award last month to protest against the inclusion of Ms Suu Kyi on the honours list.\n\nShe has been accused of ignoring the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims; half a million have fled to Bangladesh following recent violence.\n\nSome 59 councillors backed the motion, with two against and one abstention.\n\nThe Dublin City councillors also agreed to remove Sir Bob Geldof's name from the roll of honour, after he returned his Freedom of Dublin City scroll to the council last month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bob Geldof hands back his Freedom of the City award", "Rebel MPs have defeated the government in a vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill - the bill that'll take the UK out of the EU.\n\nBut Esther Webber tells us why it's not quite game over for Brexit.", "Maria Jafari, who lost her father in the fire, told the Press Association: \"It's very, very hard. Still she (my mother) cries, every day, every second when we are talking about our father, all the memories come out again. It's six months and it's still very hard for us.\n\n\"I wish nobody could have this in the whole life, in the whole world, I wish nobody would have to go through all these things.\"", "Derek Mackay will be presenting his second draft budget as Scottish finance secretary\n\nScotland's finance secretary is expected to confirm income tax rises for middle and higher earners when he unveils his draft budget for next year.\n\nDerek Mackay will say the increase in taxation is needed to raise more money to help protect public services.\n\nIt will see many people in Scotland pay more income tax than those on the same salary elsewhere in the UK.\n\nBut First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that 70% of taxpayers will pay no more than they do at present.\n\nThe Scottish government was given powers over income tax rates and bands last year.\n\nMr Mackay is also expected to promise extra money for the NHS, childcare, education and the police in his budget statement in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon, and to give details of pay rises for public sector workers.\n\nAnd he will outline a package of plans designed to boost business, including more extensive broadband provision.\n\nBut the most significant measure will be an increase in income tax, which comes after Ms Sturgeon suggested it was time for higher earners to pay a \"modest\" amount more.\n\nDerek Mackay and Nicola Sturgeon published a discussion paper on income tax last month\n\nBBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor says he expects the 20p rate for lower earners to be frozen, but that there may be a new tax band created that would see those earning above about £30,000 pay more.\n\nThe government has hinted that the top 45p rate of tax for those earning more than £150,000 will not be raised to 50p, as some opposition parties have called for, but may go up by a smaller amount.\n\nBusiness leaders have warned that Scotland cannot afford to be associated with higher taxation than other parts of the UK.\n\nBut most people will pay no more tax than they do now - because the median salary in Scotland is £24,000.\n\nNobody likes paying income tax. Nobody likes paying more income tax. Therefore, the draft budget is potentially a challenge in terms of public support.\n\nIt is particularly a challenge given that the largest opposition party to the SNP are the Conservatives and the Conservatives will mount a very, very strong attack based upon any tax changes whatsoever.\n\nMr Mackay will seek to rebut that by accusing the Conservatives of hypocrisy - by saying that they demand spending on pet projects while at the same time demanding tax restraint.\n\nAgain, it will depend on what the public hears with regard to this - whether they listen to the government or whether they listen to the opposition, the Conservatives.\n\nMSPs will get their first chance to vote on the plans in the new year, with the minority SNP government needing support from at least one opposition party in order to pass the budget.\n\nEconomic forecasts from the new Scottish Fiscal Commission will be published alongside the draft budget for the first time.\n\nExperts have warned that the budget comes at a \"crucial\" time for Scotland's economy, which they say is \"stuck in a cycle of weak growth\".\n\nMs Sturgeon and Mr Mackay set out a series of possible income tax models last month, with many of them adding additional tax bands to those currently in place across the UK.\n\nThe various models were estimated to raise up to an additional £290m - less than 1% of the Scottish government's total budget, which was about £33bn last year.\n\nMr Mackay has conceded that the budget is \"set within a challenging context\", although he points the finger at \"continued austerity\" from Westminster.\n\nHe has highlighted analysis showing Holyrood's resource grant falling by £200m in real terms for the coming year - although the Conservatives contend that the block grant from the UK government is increasing overall, due to extra funds for capital spending.\n\nThe finance secretary said: \"The budget will bring forward key measures to protect public services like our NHS against the worst effects of UK budget cuts and continued Brexit uncertainty, and deliver a growth package to support the economy, unlock innovation and drive increased productivity.\n\n\"This will be a budget that is good for taxpayers, good for public services and good for business. It is a budget that will deliver for Scotland.\"\n\nMSPs will get their first chance to vote on the plans in the new year\n\nOpposition parties will ultimately be key as the minority SNP government will need support from at least one in order to pass its budget, with the final vote due in February.\n\nThe Conservatives have consistently argued against tax rises, and as such are highly unlikely to be persuaded to back Mr Mackay's budget.\n\nTory finance spokesman Murdo Fraser used a Holyrood debate on Wednesday to quote the SNP's manifesto back at them, saying the party had \"absolutely no mandate\" to increase the basic rate of tax.\n\nHe said 65% of the electorate had backed parties which had pledged not to increase the basic rate of tax - the SNP and Conservatives - and that the budget was about \"whether politicians can be trusted to keep their promises\".\n\nScottish Labour has called for \"radical decisions\" in the budget to tackle poverty, with new leader Richard Leonard saying Mr Mackay must not \"just tinker around the edges\".\n\nLabour has also repeatedly raised the issue of funding for local councils, which Mr Mackay has insisted will be \"fair\".\n\nThe Scottish Greens - seen as the most likely party to back the SNP on the budget - have set out priorities including \"progressive changes to income tax\", a move to \"reverse the cuts\" to local budgets, an above-inflation rise in public sector pay and investment in low-carbon infrastructure.\n\nThe Scottish Lib Dems, meanwhile, have called for \"specific, targeted investment\" with a particular focus on education, as well as action to tackle the \"woeful gap in the numbers of new mental health staff being trained\".", "The UK will continue to take part in the Erasmus student exchange programme until at least the end of 2020, the prime minister has said.\n\nTheresa May praised Erasmus+ and confirmed the UK would still be involved after Brexit in March 2019.\n\nWhether it is involved long term is among issues likely to be discussed during the next stage of negotiations.\n\nErasmus+ sees students study in another European country for between three and 12 months as part of their degree.\n\nThe prime minister is in Brussels where she will have dinner with EU leaders on Thursday.\n\nOn Friday, without Mrs May, they are expected to formally approve a recommendation that \"sufficient progress\" has been made in Brexit negotiations so far to move them onto the next stage.\n\nMrs May agreed a draft deal with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week which would mean the UK would continue its funding of EU projects, including Erasmus, until the end of this EU budget period in 2020.\n\nIf EU leaders approve the draft deal, Brexit negotiations can begin on the next phase, covering the future relationship between the UK and EU and a two-year transition or implementation deal from March 2019. It is not clear whether this would include Erasmus+.\n\nMrs May said that British students benefitted from studying in the EU while UK universities were a popular choice for European students.\n\nSpeaking during a discussion on education and culture at the summit in Brussels, she added: \"I welcome the opportunity to provide clarity to young people and the education sector and reaffirm our commitment to the deep and special relationship we want to build with the EU.\"", "Paul escaped from the sixth floor of Grenfell Tower.\n\nHe believed photos of his mother - who died of a brain tumour in 2010 - had been lost, along with a jewellery box.\n\nBut he has now been able to retrieve them.\n\nWatch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.", "University leaders have been under pressure over high salaries\n\nUniversity leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which is expected to be published in the next few weeks.\n\nUniversity representatives held a meeting with minister Jo Johnson on Wednesday where they accepted the need for more accountability.\n\nIt follows fierce criticism of university leaders over claims of excessive senior pay, with the head of the University of Bath stepping down.\n\nMr Johnson says \"public confidence\" over pay had to be restored.\n\nThe universities minister met leaders of Universities UK, the Russell Group and the Committee of University Chairs - with Mr Johnson calling for more restraint over pay.\n\nIt is understood that a \"fair remuneration code\" will be published in January for university leaders, by the Committee of University Chairs.\n\nMr Johnson told university leaders that there must be a more transparent and independent system for the setting of senior salaries - and an end to the \"upwards ratchet in pay\".\n\nHe set out a series of requirements, including that vice chancellors must not sit on the committee that decides their pay.\n\nJo Johnson has told universities they need to restore public confidence\n\nThere will also have to be disclosure of benefits, such as subsidised housing and expenses.\n\nThe size of pay gaps between university heads and academic staff will also have to be published.\n\n\"It is vital that pay arrangements command public confidence and deliver value for money for students and taxpayers,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nUniversities, under increasing public pressure and protests from their own academic staff, say they also want to \"rebuild public confidence\".\n\n\"We agree more needs to be done to ensure the process for deciding senior pay is viewed as open and accountable,\" a Russell Group spokesperson said.\n\nThe group of leading universities says it is backing \"a new code to ensure pay-setting arrangements are as rigorous and transparent as they can be\".\n\nUniversities UK said \"competitive pay is necessary to attract first rate leaders\" but a new code would be a \"welcome step\".\n\n\"As universities receive funding from taxpayers and through student fees, it is reasonable to expect pay decisions to be fair, accountable and justified,\" said a Universities UK spokesman.\n\nMr Johnson last week warned the university sector that it needed to get pay under control - and that a new regulator would be used to enforce this.\n\nThere have been a series of protests over vice-chancellors' pay in recent weeks - including at the University of Bath, the University of Southampton and at Bath Spa.\n\n\"Has there been a problem? Most definitely,\" said Mr Johnson last week. But he said universities now recognised the need to answer public concerns about value for money.\n\n\"I think they really are starting to get it.\"", "Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen has raised interest rates three times this year\n\nThe US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25%, the third rate rise in 2017.\n\nThe US central bank said the move, which was widely expected, underscores \"solid\" gains in the US economy.\n\nOfficials also boosted their economic forecasts, projecting 2.5% growth in GDP in 2017 and 2018, due in part to planned tax cuts.\n\nThe Fed said it anticipates three further increases in rates next year, unchanged from its previous forecast.\n\nThe decision to raise interest rates, raising the cost of borrowing, takes the Fed farther away from the ultra-low rates it put in place during the financial crisis to boost economic activity.\n\nThe Fed is targeting a range of 1.25% to 1.5% for its benchmark rate. But a majority of officials said they expect interest rates above 2% will be appropriate next year.\n\nThe shift in policy comes as the US economy gains strength.\n\nUS economic output has increased at an annual rate of more than 3% in recent quarters, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% last month - the lowest rate since 2001.\n\nFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who is stepping down from her post in February, said the economy, labour market and financial system have grown stronger under her watch.\n\n\"There's less to lose sleep about now than has been true for quite some time, so I feel good about the economic outlook,\" she said.\n\nMs Yellen said policymakers expect the economy to get a further lift from a package of tax cuts - one of President Trump's central campaign promises - and those expectations were factored in when they revised upwards their predictions for economic growth.\n\nThe Fed is now forecasting 2.5% GDP growth in 2018, compared to a forecast it made in September of 2.1%.\n\nWhile Congress and President Trump's Administration continue to wrangle over tax reform, the Fed had to judge what the final outcome of that political process would mean for the economy. Inevitably there is a lot of uncertainty in there but they have concluded that it would provide a boost over the next three years.\n\nThe Fed's policy makers expect somewhat stronger growth than they did in September. Janet Yellen said that reflected a view in the committee that the reforms would stimulate consumer spending and business investment.\n\nBut there has not been much change in what the Fed's policy makers think of the longer term prospects. The Fed publishes information showing the range of expectations that its policy makers have. The middle of that range for long term growth is unchanged at a rather modest 1.8%.\n\nDespite the acceleration in growth, members of the Federal Open Markets Committee said they expect interest rate increases to remain gradual - in part, a sign of ongoing concerns that inflation has remained below the Fed's 2% target.\n\nMs Yellen said she continues to believe the lacklustre inflation growth is due to one-off factors, such as declines in costs for mobile phone plans.\n\nBut she said the Fed will continue to watch those numbers and \"if necessary, re-think\" what is determining them.\n\n\"There's work undone there,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is net neutrality and how could it affect you?\n\nRestrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator.\n\nThe Federal Communications Commission voted three to two to change the way \"net neutrality\" is governed.\n\nInternet service providers (ISPs) will now be allowed to speed up or slow down different companies' data, and charge consumers according to the services they access.\n\nBut they must disclose such practices.\n\nAhead of the vote, protesters rallied outside the FCC's building to oppose the change.\n\nMany argue the reversal of rules introduced under President Barack Obama will make the internet less open and accessible.\n\nThe decision is already facing legal challenges, with New York's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, announcing he will lead a lawsuit challenging the FCC's decision.\n\nMr Schneiderman accused the watchdog of failing to investigate possible abuse of the public commenting process. He said as many as two million identities, some of dead New Yorkers, were used to post comments to the FCC website.\n\nDuring the hearing, FCC commissioner Mr Michael O'Rielly hit back at those claims, saying staff had been able to determine and discard comments that were illegitimate.\n\nThursday's proceedings in Washington were halted for about 15 minutes after a security alert forced an evacuation of the FCC's chamber, the final twist in a bitter and at times vitriolic debate.\n\nThe hearing was briefly suspended because of a security alert that occurred while chairman Ajit Pai was speaking\n\nThe FCC's chairman, Ajit Pai, argues the changes will foster innovation and encourage ISPs to invest in faster connections for people living in rural areas.\n\nHe refers to the change as \"restoring internet freedom\".\n\nTechnically, the vote was to reclassify broadband internet as an information service rather than telecommunications.\n\nThe consequence of this is that the FCC will no longer directly regulate ISPs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: What do people know about net neutrality?\n\nInstead jurisdiction will pass to another regulator, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Its key responsibility will be to check that the companies disclose if they block data, throttle it or offer to prioritise traffic, rather than stopping such behaviour.\n\nOne criticism of this is that US consumers often have few if any ISPs to choose between. Moreover, opponents of the change claim it could take years to address any misbehaviour.\n\n\"I dissent to this legally-lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate-enabling, destroying-internet freedom order,\" said Democrat commissioner Mignon Clyburn ahead of the vote.\n\nBut fellow commissioner Mr O'Rielly, a Republican, said fears over the end of net neutrality were a \"scary bedtime story for the children of telecom geeks\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBritish doctors say they have achieved \"mind-blowing\" results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A.\n\nPatients are born with a genetic defect that means they do not produce a protein needed to stop bleeding.\n\nThirteen patients given the gene therapy at Barts Health NHS Trust are now off treatment with 11 producing near-normal levels of the protein.\n\nJake Omer, 29 from Billericay, Essex, was on the trial and says he feels like he has a new body.\n\nLike 2,000 other people in the UK, his body could not make clotting factor VIII.\n\nA minor injury used to cause severe bleeding. He remembers losing two front teeth as a child and bleeding for days afterwards.\n\nEven the impact of walking would lead to bleeding in his joints and eventually cause arthritis.\n\nJake has needed at least three injections of factor VIII a week for most of his life.\n\nBut in February 2016, he had a single infusion of gene therapy.\n\nJake told the BBC: \"I feel like a new person now - I feel like a well-oiled robot.\n\n\"I feel I can do a lot more. I feel my body allows me to do more.\n\n\"I don't think I would have been able to walk 500m without my joints flaring up, whereas now I think sort of two, three, four-mile walk - I could quite easily achieve that.\"\n\nThe first time he knew it had worked was four months after the therapy when he dropped a gym weight and bashed his elbow.\n\nHe started to panic, but after icing the injury that evening, everything was normal the next day.\n\nIt contains the instructions for factor VIII that Jake was born without.\n\nThe virus is used like a postman to deliver the genetic instructions to the liver, which then starts producing factor VIII.\n\nIn the first trials, low doses of gene therapy had no effect.\n\nOf the 13 patients given higher doses, all are off their haemophilia medication a year on and 11 are producing near-normal levels of factor VIII.\n\nProf John Pasi, who led the trials at Barts and Queen Mary University of London, said: \"This is huge.\n\n\"It's ground-breaking because the option to think about normalising levels in patients with severe haemophilia is absolutely mind-blowing.\n\n\"To offer people the potential of a normal life when they've had to inject themselves with factor VIII every other day to prevent bleeding is transformational.\"\n\nAn analysis of the first nine patients on the trial was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.\n\nLarger trials are now imminent to see if the therapy can truly transform the lives of patients.\n\nIt is also uncertain how long the gene therapy will be effective.\n\nLiz Carroll, the chief executive of The Haemophilia Society, said: \"Gene therapy is a potentially game-changing treatment.\n\n\"Despite world-leading treatment standards in the UK many still suffer painful bleeds leading to chronic joint damage.\"\n\nHowever, she warned there was a wide variation in who responded to therapy, which still needed to be explained.\n\nGene therapies are likely to be spectacularly expensive. However, the current cost of regular factor VIII injections is about £100,000 a patient per year for life.\n\nJake says the therapy should help him live a full life with his family: \"It's going to allow me as my boys grow up to be more active with them, to kick footballs about, to climb trees, to hopefully run around the park with them, not be someone who has to worry.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSurvivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family and PM Theresa May.\n\nBereaved families, survivors and rescue workers were joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.\n\nBishop of Kensington Graham Tomlin said he hoped the tragedy would represent a \"time we learnt a new, better way\".\n\nThe commemoration, marking six months since the tragedy, also gave thanks to all those who assisted at the time of the fire and since - including the emergency services, recovery teams, the community, public support workers and volunteers.\n\nArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and singer Adele were also among the more than 1,500 guests.\n\nThe families of victims held photographs of their loved ones outside the cathedral\n\nSinger Adele attended the service, among more than 1,500 guests\n\nAs the memorial began, a Green For Grenfell banner adorned with a heart was carried into the cathedral.\n\nOpening the service ahead of a minute's silence, Dean of St Paul's Dr David Ison said: \"We come together as different faiths as we remember those whose lives were lost.\"\n\n\"Be united in the face of suffering and sorrow,\" he added.\n\nHe said the UK grieved \"at the unspeakable tragedy, loss and hurt of that June day\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall joined the congregation\n\nSix months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.\n\nUnderneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral are still homeless.\n\nAnd while those who died in the fire were remembered, there was also comment on what has taken place since - and what more importantly still needs to be done.\n\nFamilies held photographs of victims of the fire, while voice recordings from people at the scene of the fire were played to the congregation.\n\nThe Al-Sadiq and Al-Zahra Schools Girls' Choir then sang out the words: \"Never lose hope.\"\n\nGraham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington and organiser of the memorial, told the congregation: \"Today we ask why warnings were not heeded, why a community was left feeling neglected, uncared for, not listened to.\"\n\nBut he said he looked ahead to the New Year with \"hope\" of change from \"a city that didn't listen\".\n\nHe said he hoped the word \"Grenfell\" would change from a symbol of \"sorrow, grief or injustice\" to \"a symbol of the time we learnt a new and better way - to listen and to love\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBefore the service, Bishop Tomlin told the BBC: \"There was a very strong desire within the local community to have the service here, because faith is very important to a lot of people in the local area, and that can bring a real sense of strength to people.\"\n\nOne of those in attendance was Tiago Alves, who escaped the blaze with his family.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast his thoughts would be with bereaved families during the \"emotional\" memorial: \"Today is a day not about survivors; today is purely about the bereaved, their families and the loved ones they have lost.\"\n\nHe said the memorial would bring back a lot of awful memories for many people, but added: \"The reason we are doing this today is so that people never forget - we want people to remember.\"\n\nFamilies stood on the steps of St Paul's after the service\n\nMany held white roses along with photographs of loved ones\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall also attended the service\n\nA young girl lights a memorial candle among tributes laid for the victims\n\nPortobello Road Salvation Army Band and St Paul's Cathedral Choir performed during the service, and the Ebony Steel Band, frequent performers at the Notting Hill Carnival, played a verse of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.\n\nAt the end of the service, bereaved families and survivors left the cathedral in silence, holding white roses.\n\nClarrie Mendy, who lost her cousin Mary and Mary's daughter, Khadija Saye, in the fire, said the memorial was \"what the community needs, what the survivors need\".\n\n\"It is a very emotional day,\" she said. \"I just hope everybody will get something from it.\"\n\nCouncillor Elizabeth Campbell, leader of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, did not attend the service, after some families said they did not want the council there in an official capacity.\n\nHowever, a minute's silence was held outside the town hall in High Street Kensington as the memorial service began.\n\nThe final death toll from the fire was put at 53 adults and 18 children, including stillborn baby Logan Gomes, following an arduous process of recovering and identifying remains from the block.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tiago Alves, who escaped the blaze with his family, attended the service\n\nEarlier, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the force would do \"whatever it takes\" to bring to justice anyone who had committed a criminal offence linked to the fire.\n\nMs Dick said officers would investigate \"meticulously, fairly and fearlessly\", but said she would be \"vey surprised\" if the criminal investigation was completed within the next 12 months.\n\nScotland Yard has previously said it will be considering both individual and corporate manslaughter charges.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash\n\nA train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead.\n\nAt least 18 people were injured, some of them critically, after the crash on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont.\n\nThe bus had picked up pupils from a nearby secondary school before it was hit by a train travelling at about 80km/h (50mph).\n\nPictures from the scene showed the bus split in two by the force of the crash.\n\nTrain operator SNCF said witnesses had reported seeing the barriers at the level crossing down at the time of the collision, although that was not confirmed.\n\nThe bus, which had left the Christian Bourquin College in Millas, was on the crossing when it was hit by the train, which was travelling from Perpignan. Visibility was described as good.\n\nFour children died at the scene on Thursday. At one point local authorities said two 11-year-old girls had succumbed to their injuries on Friday morning, but later denied this report.\n\nSome 30 people were on the regional train at the time.\n\nPictures from the scene showed the school bus sheared in two\n\nInvestigators are waiting to interview the driver of the bus. She was slightly injured in the crash. The train driver also escaped serous injury.\n\nCarole Delga, president of the Occitanie regional council, said the level crossing had been upgraded recently and appeared to have been in very good condition. \"The level crossing was very visible,\" she said. SNCF said it had an automatic barrier with standard signals and was not considered particularly dangerous.\n\nBut the grandmother of an injured 11-year-old girl who had been on the bus told a very different story. The girl said the barrier had not come down but remained raised. \"The red lights that normally flash did not come on,\" she said. \"The [bus] driver went through and stopped half way, and that's where the train crashed into it.\"\n\nRail operator SNCF has modernised level crossings across France in recent years, following numerous accidents, the BBC's Chris Bockman reports from Toulouse.\n\nMore than 150 emergency workers and four helicopters were deployed as part of the rescue effort.\n\nTransport Minister Elisabeth Borne called the crash a \"terrible accident\" and Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer was due to visit a counselling centre set up at the Christian Bourquin College on Friday.\n\nA statement from the education minister's office said he would visit \"to support students, families, teachers and the entire educational community\".\n\nIn a tweet, French President Emmanuel Macron offered his condolences: \"All my thoughts for the victims of this terrible accident involving a school bus, as well as their families. The state is fully mobilised to help them.\"", "Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family.", "A large proportion of the people living in buildings close to Grenfell Tower show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), six months after the tragedy, which killed 71 people, the NHS says.\n\nCaused by very stressful or distressing events, PTSD can lead to nightmares and flashbacks, with sufferers often feeling isolated, irritable and guilty.\n\nSo far, about 1,000 people have been screened for symptoms, with the number of PTSD sufferers at the highest end of a range of expectations after comparing it to other recent tragedies such as terror attacks.\n\nOverall, the NHS believes that as many as 11,000 people - including survivors, witnesses and the bereaved - could be suffering from the psychological impact of the fire, which took many hours to be brought under control.\n\nIt anticipates that thousands of these people will need therapy.\n\nA special team of more than 50 therapists and 20 outreach workers has been established, called the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service, in what the NHS says is its largest ever mental health response to a traumatic event.\n\nMore than 500 people have already attended sessions with NHS therapists to treat symptoms of anxiety and PTSD. So far, 150 children have completed or are having continuing therapy.\n\n\"I'm not coping,\" one woman told an outreach worker.\n\nShe lives in a flat in what is known as the walkways - right next to the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower, a potent and ever-present symbol of the fire.\n\nHer eyes filling with tears, she said she was having flashbacks and was struggling to sleep but had begun to get therapy, which was helping.\n\n\"I thought I would cope, but I can't because the tower is still there. It's a big reminder, which you can't forget.\"\n\nThe outreach work involves teams of NHS staff going door to door, working outwards from Grenfell Tower.\n\nThey ask each person how they are feeling and look for signs of trauma. If appropriate, they complete an on-the-spot PTSD questionnaire.\n\nThey call it \"street-screening\", and so far staff have screened about 1,000 people living close to the tower.\n\nThe rates of PTSD picked up by the screening range from 75% of those screened in the buildings nearest the tower to 40% in buildings a little further away.\n\nBut rates vary considerably from building to building.\n\nThe plan is to continue street-screening outwards from the tower until the PTSD rate drops.\n\nBut there are dozens of high-rise buildings, some miles away from Grenfell Tower, that had a clear line of sight to the burning building, and whose residents may also have been affected.\n\nThe teams have also screened survivors from Grenfell Tower, most of whom are still living in hotels. I joined two outreach workers as they spoke to one survivor.\n\n\"I'm feeling down, not depressed, but down.\"\n\n\"Is that every day, every other day, or for several days?\"\n\nThe man lived on the 13th floor, with his wife, son and daughter. The whole family survived.\n\nThe other family members are getting counselling, but he felt he didn't need help. Six months on, he's now changed his mind.\n\nThe family owned a leasehold flat in the tower, and he says the continuing process of seeking compensation from Kensington and Chelsea Council has made him feel increasingly anxious.\n\n\"I tried to prove to myself that I can manage without [counselling], but I think it's the right time now to ask for help.\n\n\"I've felt a bit sad, and I don't want to give up just because I'm not well. I have the feeling it's better to give up - that's the reason I'm going to accept some help.\"\n\nKensington and Chelsea Council says it is doing all it can to ensure survivors and local residents have access to the mental health support they need.\n\nThe outreach team is dealing with numerous logistical challenges, including incomplete lists of survivors living in temporary accommodation and frequently changing council key-workers who are meant to be the main point of contact with survivors.\n\nThe team has even had to provide therapy to key-workers who have themselves become traumatised by their work.\n\nThe Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is the first response of its kind\n\nIt's all been an unusual challenge for the NHS.\n\n\"I think the outreach model is completely unique,\" said Emma Kennedy, from the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service.\n\n\"Seeking out people, bringing them in, and walking through the journey of therapy with them, hasn't been tried in any other service in terms of disaster response.\"\n\nPeople who score highly enough under the street-screening tool for PTSD or anxiety are referred to therapists for counselling, often a course of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or another talking therapy.\n\nShe said many had not been able to process their memories of what had happened on the night of the fire, because of the extreme stress they had been under as they had tried to escape the burning building.\n\n\"The memory evolves like a multi-sensory video which can be re-triggered at any time.\"\n\n\"People might start to get clips of what they saw, what they heard - even smelt, tasted, felt - on that night coming back to them in the months and years afterwards, and that can be very distressing.\"\n\nOne Grenfell resident now experiences those feelings whenever he goes downstairs.\n\n\"They actually smell smoke, and have the same fear they felt that night.\"\n\nTreating PTSD of this type involves a process known as reliving - having the patient talk through these experiences in minute detail in order to update the memory in a safe environment.\n\nI joined one patient, who asked to remain anonymous, during a CBT session. He witnessed the fire and lost three close family members in it.\n\n\"When doing therapy, you're basically writing down what you've got in your head, but you're also re-writing what you've got in your head in a way that you're able to deal with,\" he said.\n\n\"It most definitely put things into perspective for me, in terms of filtering the important thoughts and using them to move forward with my life.\"\n\nMany people living in the area say the constant physical presence of the gutted shell of the tower itself triggers flashbacks.\n\nAlastair Bailey, a consultant clinical psychologist who runs the adult part of the service, says it's a very difficult reminder for people.\n\n\"There's been a lot of support in the local community, and that's a really helpful thing.\n\n\"But there's another thing which is not so helpful in terms of developing trauma, and that's called rumination, which is going over what's happened to you again and again. Both things have occurred.\"\n\nThe service expects to continue offering therapy for years to come, as PTSD can sometimes take years to develop.\n\nAbout £7m has been budgeted for the NHS health response this year, and up to £10m will be needed next year.\n\nThe Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is a free and confidential NHS service for children and adults affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nYou can access the service at The Curve, 4 Bard Road, W10 6TP between 10:00 and 20:00 every day.\n\nYou can also call 0800 0234 650 (lines open 24/7), email cnw-tr.spa@nhs.net or if you are deaf or have a hearing impairment, you can use the Next Generation Text Service on 18001 0800 0234 650.\n• None Self refer to the Grenfell health and wellbeing service The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of offenders given community sentences are being supervised via a phone call every six weeks, the chief probation inspector has said.\n\nIn a report, Dame Glenys Stacey said widespread use of the practice in England and Wales was \"not acceptable\".\n\nThe findings also revealed some junior probation officers had 200 cases at once. Dame Glenys said poor supervision was \"a risk to the public\".\n\nThe government said supervision by phone was only for low-risk cases.\n\nBut it acknowledged that improvements were needed to raise the standard of probation services.\n\nThe government's probation reforms, known as Transforming Rehabilitation, launched three years ago and split offender supervision between a state-run service and 21 privately-operated companies.\n\nIt created the National Probation Service (NPS) to deal with high-risk offenders, while Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were assigned low and medium-risk cases.\n\nAn offender given a community sentence may be required to undertake unpaid work or attend a government-sanctioned programme.\n\nIn her annual report, Dame Glenys said the government's probation reforms had created a \"two-tier and fragmented\" system in which the private companies were \"struggling\" and she questioned whether the probation system could \"deliver sufficiently well\".\n\nDame Glenys Stacey became the chief probation inspector in March 2016\n\nIt revealed some offenders were only met once before being placed on \"remote supervision\" by private probation providers.\n\nThat could amount to no more than a telephone call every six weeks, with no further face-to-face meetings taking place.\n\nInspectors said the calls were little more than \"checking in\" and made it difficult to assess any change in the risk posed to the public.\n\nThese arrangements are allowed under the terms of the contracts, but the report emphasised that face-to-face work was vital.\n\nIt also found that inexperienced probation staff were responsible for monitoring 200 offenders each, when the recommended maximum number is 60.\n\nDame Glenys said: \"I find it inexplicable that, under the banner of innovation, these developments were allowed.\n\n\"We should all be concerned, given the rehabilitation opportunities missed, and the risks to the public if individuals are not supervised well.\"\n\nJacob Tas, chief executive of social justice charity Nacro, said there had been almost daily reports of problems and called for the government to act \"urgently\" to address failings.\n\nIt is hard to see this report as anything other than a damning indictment of the probation reforms introduced in 2014, by Chris Grayling, when he was justice secretary.\n\nThe 113-page document details how the privatised part of the new system simply is not functioning properly, with unmanageable caseloads and supervision-by-phone the most glaring examples.\n\nThe significance of these failings should not be under-estimated.\n\nSuccessful rehabilitation hinges on having a relationship of trust between offender and probation officer. That is exceptionally difficult if they are not in regular face-to-face contact.\n\nThe findings will also do little to inspire confidence in community sentences at a time when the government is encouraging judges and magistrates to consider non-custodial alternatives to the more costly option of imprisonment.", "The NHS in England is to become the first healthcare system in the world to publish figures on avoidable patient deaths, the health secretary has said.\n\nBy the end of 2017, some 170 out of 223 trusts will publish data on deaths they believe could have been prevented.\n\nIt is estimated there are up to 9,000 deaths in hospitals each year caused by failings in NHS care.\n\nThe Department for Health said it wanted to ensure the NHS learned lessons from every case.\n\nThere is no standard definition of an avoidable death and each hospital trust makes its own judgment.\n\nThe data released by the organisations will include details of reviews and investigations into deaths, and information on any action taken as a result.\n\nAs part of the release from more than three quarters of England's trusts, families of patients will also be given full explanations over relatives' deaths.\n\nThese explanations, the department says, will be used to support bereaved relatives and carers, and will ensure they are treated with empathy, compassion and respect.\n\nOut of a total of around 240,000 deaths in hospital, the government says there are between 1,200 and 9,000 deaths each year caused by problems with care.\n\nTwo cases highlighted by the government are that of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk and one-year-old William Mead.\n\nIn 2013, Connor Sparrowhawk died in the care of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust at Slade House in Oxford. The trust has accepted his death was \"entirely preventable\".\n\nMeanwhile, an NHS England report into the death of William Mead said he might have lived if 111 call handlers had realised the seriousness of his condition.\n\nWilliam, from Cornwall, died of blood poisoning after a chest infection.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents trusts in England, said it was \"right\" that patient safety was made a priority.\n\n\"It is important this work is carried forward in the spirit of learning and sharing good practice, rather than recriminations,\" he said.\n\nSome avoidable deaths are deemed to have occurred among terminally-ill patients who might have lived longer if they had spent their final weeks at home - and Mr Hopson added too many patients were still dying in hospital.\n\nAnnouncing the roll-out, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said each trust was being asked to use the same methodology to determine whether a death was preventable or not.\n\nBut he added the data released could not be used to rank trusts against each other because of different reporting procedures used when mistakes happened.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today: \"It's about hospitals creating a culture which makes it easy for staff on the frontline to say, 'look, something went wrong; I think it could have had a different outcome and we need to learn from this so it doesn't happen again'.\"", "Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in England are dropping further behind their classmates in national primary school tests, statistics show.\n\nThe gap between SEN pupils and their peers has risen from 48 percentage points in 2016 to 52 this year.\n\nThe figures are revealed in school league tables, published by the Department for Education (DfE), showing the results of about 16,000 primaries.\n\nHead teachers say special-needs education funding is in crisis.\n\nThe government statistics show 18% of children with SEN reached the expected level in reading, writing and mathematics, compared with 70% of their peers without special needs.\n\nAlthough SEN pupils' results edged upwards on last year, when 14% made the grade, their non-SEN peers boosted their results more dramatically from 62% to 70%.\n\nTeachers have been warning that pupils with special needs, such as mild autism or dyslexia, would struggle in the tougher tests introduced last year.\n\nA National Association of Head Teachers' spokesman said it was \"one of those situations where money is the solution and schools need the government's help\".\n\nThe tables also showed disadvantaged pupils still perform far worse than all other pupils in England, with around half passing the tests, compared to nearly two-thirds of non-disadvantaged.\n\nThe gap between the two groups of pupils is now as wide as it was in 2012 at about 20 percentage points.\n\nHowever, there does appear to be a small catch-up (one percentage point) in poorer pupils' attainment on 2016 when the tougher tests were introduced and results for all pupils dipped significantly.\n\nNAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said: \"This data is a useful indication of school performance but it is not the whole story. One thing it does do, though, is confirm what NAHT has been saying for a long time about social mobility.\n\n\"Raising the Key Stage 2 standard (Sats test) was not going to help close the gap. The issues that underpin inequality reach far beyond the school gates and exist throughout the communities that schools serve.\"\n\nBut Schools Minister Nick Gibb hailed the achievements of pupils and teachers, saying they had responded well to the more rigorous curriculum.\n\nThis set of pupils was the first to benefit from the government's new approach to phonics, he said.\n\n\"Pupils are now leaving primary school better prepared for the rigours of secondary school and for future success in their education,\" Mr Gibb added.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nOverall, pupils have scored better in their Sats results than last year, which was the first year of the new tests.\n\nThe DfE said this was partly because of \"increased familiarity\" with the new tests.\n\nThere was a nine percentage point increase in the proportion of black pupils passing the tests, to 60% - just one percentage point behind the national average and white pupils.\n\nThe top five local authorities were all London boroughs, with Richmond upon Thames at the top, Kensington and Chelsea coming second and Bromley third.\n\nThe inner city boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Hackney have claimed the fourth and fifth spots.\n\nIn 1999, Hackney, which had been one of the worst performing boroughs, became the first local education authority to be taken out of council control.\n\nIn this year's tests across England, local authority schools slightly outperformed academies and free schools, with 62% of their schools reaching the expected standard compared with 61% of academies and free schools.\n\nIn all, 511 schools - 4% of the total - have fallen beneath the government's expectations or \"floor standard\", where fewer than 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics and the school did not achieve sufficient progress scores in all three subjects.\n\nThis is an improvement on last year, where 665 - 5% - primaries were found wanting.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThere is \"no evidence\" that the third Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth has been \"corrupted\", says the International Cricket Council.\n\nThe Sun claimed Indian bookmakers offered to fix aspects of the match.\n\n\"We have now received all materials relating to The Sun investigation,\" said Alex Marshall, the ICC general manager anti-corruption.\n\n\"There is no indication that any players in this Test have been in contact with the alleged fixers.\"\n\nThe Test started on Thursday at 02:30 GMT, with Australia leading 2-0 in the series. They will regain the Ashes if they win any of the final three matches.\n\nThe Sun reported that a gang, working with an Australian called 'the Silent Man', was charging up to £138,000 to influence the game.\n\nNo England players were named as being involved but the gang claimed to have recruited one former Australian player.\n\nEngland captain Joe Root, who said he had been \"made aware\" of the claims, told BBC Test Match Special: \"It's very sad that this has been written about.\n\n\"We've got to focus on this Test match and do everything we can to win it.\"\n\nAustralia skipper Steve Smith said: \"As far as I know, there's nothing that's been going on or anything like that. There's no place for that in our game.\"\n\nIt is unclear how the bookmakers proposed to fix the Test, although, according to the newspaper, one told Sun investigators he could \"get players to follow 'scripts' - such as how many runs would be scored in a session, or an innings, when a wicket will fall and what a team would do if it won the toss\".\n\nMarshall added: \"We take the allegations extremely seriously and they will be investigated by the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit working with anti-corruption colleagues from member countries.\"The allegations are wide-ranging and relate to various forms cricket in several countries, including T20 tournaments.\"\n\nAn England and Wales Cricket Board statement read: \"We are aware of these allegations and there is no suggestion that any of the England team is involved in any way.\"\n\nCricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said: \"Cricket Australia, the ICC and the England and Wales Cricket Board have a very strong stance against corruption.\n\n\"Any credible allegations will be taken very seriously. We have a zero-tolerance approach to corruption and we take seriously any allegation that threaten to undermine the integrity of our sport.\"\n\nBased on the information in the dossier received from the newspaper, Sutherland said: \"There's no evidence, substance or justification to suspect that this Test match or the Ashes series as a whole is subject to corrupt activities.\"\n\nHe said Cricket Australia had \"full confidence\" in its players.\n• None What difference does an extra 5mph make for a fast bowler?\n• None Cruel comedy and eviscerations - England's misery at the Waca", "The former UKIP leader suggested the UK had caved in over the \"divorce bill\" and citizens' rights\n\nThe UK has \"danced to the EU's tune\" during the Brexit negotiations, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has claimed.\n\nIn a debate in Strasbourg, he called the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, \"Theresa the appeaser\", saying she had \"given in on virtually everything\".\n\nThe European Parliament later voted to endorse an agreement struck by the UK and European Commission which is set to move the talks on to their next phase.\n\nBut MEPs also insisted the UK must honour the commitments it has made.\n\nAmid concerns about whether Friday's agreement on citizens' rights, the Northern Ireland border and the so-called \"divorce bill\" is legally binding, Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit spokesman, said he had been reassured the UK would not \"back-track\" on its commitments.\n\nThe agreement should be converted into a legal text in weeks, not months, he added.\n\nIn a symbolic but politically significant vote, the European Parliament backed the European Commission's view that sufficient progress had been made on so-called divorce issues to move to talks covering a transition phase and the EU's future relations with the UK.\n\nThe EU's negotiator Michel Barnier said there was \"no going back\" on Friday's agreement - which is expected to be rubber-stamped by all other 27 EU members later this week.\n\n\"It has been noted and recorded and is going to have to be translated into a legally binding withdrawal agreement,\" he said.\n\nDuring the debate, several MEPs criticised the UK's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, for suggesting in an interview on Sunday that the first-phase agreement was more of a \"statement of intent\" than a \"legally enforceable thing\" - comments he has since backed away from.\n\nGerman Christian Democrat MEP Manfred Weber, who leads the centre-right EPP group, said the remarks were \"not helpful\" for building trust between the two sides.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Farage - who has campaigned for 20 years to take the UK out of the EU - also attacked the British government, saying Mr Barnier \"didn't need\" to make many concessions to Theresa May.\n\n\"I'm not surprised you're all very pleased with Theresa the appeaser - who has given in on virtually everything,\" he said.\n\n\"She has danced to your tune all the way through this. You must be very, very happy indeed.\"\n\nWarning of a further betrayal of Brexit voters, he said the prospect of a two-year transition after the UK left in March 2019 would be the \"biggest deception yet\", meaning the UK would have left the EU \"in name only\".\n\n\"I think Brexit at some point in the future may need to be refought all over again,\" he added.\n\nBut defending the British prime minister, Conservative MEP Syed Kamall said both sides had needed to make compromises and concessions in order to \"avoid a no-deal situation\".\n\nImportant progress had been made, he added, when both sides \"understood the need for flexibility and focused on building a better future rather than looking back at the past\".\n• None Rebel Tory: I'll stand up and be counted", "Four siblings died as a result of the fire and their mother is in a coma in hospital\n\nA third person charged with murder over the deaths of four children in a house fire in Salford has appeared in court.\n\nDavid Worrall, 25, of no fixed address, who has also been charged with arson and attempted murder, appeared before Manchester and Salford magistrates.\n\nHe will appear at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, alongside Zak Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, who face similar charges.\n\nFour siblings aged three to 15 died as a result of the blaze on Monday.\n\nDemi Pearson, 15, died at the scene on Jackson Street in Walkden. Her brother and sister, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died later in hospital.\n\nTheir mother Michelle, 35, is in a coma in a serious condition in hospital and unaware of their deaths.\n\nThe fire started at the house on Jackson Street in Walkden at 05:00 GMT on Monday\n\nTwo 16-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, managed to escape the blaze, which broke out at about 05:00 GMT.\n\nMr Worrall spoke only to confirm his name, age, nationality and that he was of no fixed address. He is accused of four counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson with intent to endanger life.\n\nMr Worrall, Mr Bolland and Ms Brierley have all been remanded in custody until the preliminary hearing on Friday.\n\nBoth Mr Bolland and Ms Brierley were due to appear at the crown court on Thursday but their hearing was postponed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The most senior loyalist ever to agree to become a so-called supergrass volunteered to kill a Catholic to cover up the fact he was an informer.\n\nSean McParland died after being shot while babysitting in Belfast in 1994.\n\nThe Ulster Volunteer Force was to decide the identity of the killer by flipping a coin, Belfast Crown Court heard.\n\nBut Gary Haggarty volunteered to be the \"primary gunman\" because he feared he was suspected of being a police agent.\n\nThe intended target was a relative of Mr McParland, who was 55.\n\nHaggarty, an ex-commander of the UVF's north Belfast unit, was working as a paid Special Branch agent at the time of the killing.\n\nHe worked as an informer for 13 years.\n\nIn January 2010, he offered to become a supergrass - officially referred to as an assisting offender - and offered to give evidence against other UVF members he said were also involved in the crimes he committed.\n\nHaggarty, 45, a long-time police informer, has pleaded guilty to 202 terror offences, including five murders, as his part of a controversial state deal that offered a significantly reduced prison term in return for giving evidence against other terrorist suspects.\n\nThe two-day sentencing hearing is expected to conclude on Thursday.\n\nHaggarty is likely to be given mandatory life sentences for each of the murders he has admitted.\n\nBut he will also receive a significant reduction in his sentence in return for the amount of information he has provided as an assisting offender.\n\nMr Justice Colton will make that decision based on the information put before him during the hearing.\n\nIt is not clear when the sentence is likely to be imposed.\n\nHaggarty is to be the star prosecution witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering Catholic workmen Gary Convie and Eamon Fox in Belfast city centre in May 1994.\n\nBut before he can give evidence he must first be sentenced for his own crimes.\n\nGary Haggarty was the commander of the Ulster Volunteer Force's north Belfast unit\n\nThat formal process began on Wednesday when a prosecution lawyer outlined some of the details of Haggarty's confessions to police.\n\nIn one of the biggest and most complex cases undertaken in Northern Ireland, he was interviewed by detectives more than 1,000 times and the information he gave them ran beyond 12,000 pages.\n\nThe extent of his criminal activities is staggering.\n\nAs well as pleading guilty to 202 crimes, he asked that 301 others be taken into consideration.\n\nIn addition to the killing of Sean McParland, he also admitted the murders of:\n\nRelatives of some of the victims were in court on Wednesday as a prosecution lawyer spent more than four hours outlining the extent of Haggarty's activities.\n\nHe included harrowing details of some of the incidents.\n\nThe judge was told how three of Sean McParland's young grandchildren ran screaming from his house in Skegoneill Avenue when the UVF burst in to kill him.\n\nEamon Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead while eating their lunch at a building site in 1994\n\nIn police interviews, Haggarty said he shot the 55-year-old in the chest from close range.\n\nHe had planned to fire another five bullets into his chest, but could not do so because his gun jammed.\n\nThe prosecution lawyer said Haggarty, who was promoted within the UVF after the shooting, expressed regret during interviews after agreeing to become a supergrass.\n\n\"He said he is sorry, it was the wrong person killed, he is sorry for the kids that were there,\" said the lawyer.\n\nThe court was also told that Haggarty acknowledged that two more of his victims, Eamon Fox and Gary Convie, were innocent men and not republicans as claimed by the UVF at the time.\n\n\"He said he did not believe they were republicans, but just soft easy targets,\" added the lawyer.\n\nKieran Fox, one of Eamon Fox's six children, was one of the relatives in court as the details of Haggarty's litany of crimes was outlined, and welcomed the admission.\n\n\"To hear that Haggarty has admitted before they actually carried out the shooting that my dad and Gary were both innocent, that they were not republicans as they claimed at the time, it was nice to hear that part,\" he said.\n\nThe court also heard harrowing details about the extent of injuries to John Harbinson.\n\nThe dead man's son was also in the public gallery but left shortly after details of the injuries were described.\n\nHaggarty was involved in abducting Mr Harbinson, but told police he thought he was going to be beaten and shot in the legs, rather than killed.\n\nThe hearing will continue on Thursday, when a lawyer representing Gary Haggarty will outline details he gave his police handlers during 13 years as an informer.\n\nHe is said to have provided information on:\n\nProsecutors have said Haggarty's evidence is insufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of obtaining a conviction against 11 other suspected UVF members and two former police intelligence officers, allegedly his then handlers.\n\nThe police bristle at the very mention of the word supergrass, because of its association with a series of high-profile trials in the 1980s.\n\nHundreds of republicans and loyalists were convicted on the word of informers and suspects who agreed to give evidence in return for reduced sentences, new identities and lives outside Northern Ireland.\n\nThose deals were done at a political level, with the details kept secret.\n\nTechnically, those individuals were assisting offenders but they became known as \"touts\" and \"supergrasses\" in communities.\n\nThe system collapsed in 1985 because of concerns about the credibility of the evidence provided by the supergrasses.\n\nMembers of the judiciary complained that they were being used as political tools to implement government security policy.\n\nA change in law in 2005 implemented safeguards for trials of that kind.", "Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding outside the courtroom in Belfast on Thursday\n\nThe deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been re-arrested after appearing in a Belfast court over a speech she gave in the city.\n\nJayda Fransen, 31, of Anerley, south-east London, was in court over two charges relating to behaviour intended to or likely to stir up hatred.\n\nHer lawyer told the court that she intended to plead not guilty.\n\nBritain First leader Paul Golding, 35, was also arrested outside the courtroom before the hearing.\n\nMr Golding was accompanying Ms Fransen to the hearing.\n\nThe police confirmed they have arrested a 35-year-old man as part of their investigation into the \"Northern Ireland Against Terrorism\" rally in August.\n\nIt is believed Ms Fransen has been re-arrested over social media posts she made from a peace wall in Belfast on Wednesday.\n\nPeace walls are used to separate Catholic and Protestant residents in areas where tension between the two communities can run high.\n\nThe Britain First leader Paul Golding was alongside his deputy as she arrived at court.\n\nBut instead of accompanying her into the courtroom, Mr Golding was detained by detectives and taken to a nearby police station.\n\nBritain First supporters holding a demonstration outside the court building\n\nMs Fransen spoke only once in the dock - to confirm she understood the charges against her.\n\nA small group of supporters were in Belfast Magistrates Court - and after Ms Fransen was re-arrested, they staged a short but angry demonstration, holding placards and chanting in front of the media gathered outside the building.\n\nThe police confirmed that a 31-year-old woman had been arrested as part of an investigation into \"an incident at a peace wall\".\n\nMs Fransen, whose anti-Islamic social media posts were retweeted by US President Donald Trump in November, appeared in the dock at Belfast Magistrate's Court on Thursday.\n\nThe court ordered her not to go within 500m of any demonstration or parade in Northern Ireland as part of her release on bail.\n\nA detective told the court that a \"Free Speech for Jayda\" rally was planned to take place last weekend and was postponed because of snow.\n\n\"We have concerns there would be further offences and also concerns about public order,\" the detective said.\n\nProsecutors has also sought curbs on Ms Fransen's social media use but the judge expressed doubts over whether the court's jurisdiction extended that far.\n\nMs Fransen is due to return to court on 9 January.", "The Bank of England says confidence among households and businesses is likely to be supported by last week's progress in Brexit talks.\n\nLast week the European Union agreed that sufficient progress had been made in Brexit negotiations to allow progress to the next stage and to put in place a transition period from 2019.\n\nThe Bank said that would reduce the likelihood of a \"disorderly\" Brexit.\n\nBank policy makers have also agreed to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5%.\n\nIn minutes from the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the Bank said that since its previous meeting in early November there had been two \"significant events\": the Autumn Budget and progress in Brexit talks.\n\nLast week's agreement between the UK and the European Union would \"reduce the likelihood of a disorderly exit, and was likely to support household and corporate confidence,\" the MPC said.\n\nHowever, it said the reaction of households, businesses and markets to developments on Brexit talks \"remain the most significant influence on, and source of uncertainty about, the economic outlook\".\n\nSince their last meeting, members of the MPC have also assessed the potential impact of the November's Autumn Budget.\n\nThey believe it will lift the level of GDP by 0.3% by 2020, as Chancellor Philip Hammond eased up on austerity measures.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index hit 3.1% in November, the highest rate in nearly six years.\n\nThat rise above 3% means Bank of England governor Mark Carney has to write to the government and explain why inflation is so far above the target of 2%.\n\nThat letter will be revealed along with the Bank's next Quarterly Inflation report, next February.\n\nThe MPC today repeated its view that inflation was \"likely to be close to its peak\".\n\nThe Bank argues that the main reason behind rising inflation has been the decline in value of the pound, which fell sharply in June 2016 when the UK voted to leave the European Union.\n\nAlthough the pound has recovered in recent months, it is still about 10% lower against the dollar and the euro, which makes imported goods, food and raw materials more expensive.\n\nLast month the MPC decided to raise interest rates for the first time in 10 years.\n\nIt attributed the 0.25% rise to record-low unemployment, rising inflation and stronger global growth.\n\nIt also indicated there would be two more rises over the next three years.\n\nIn the minutes from its latest meeting the Bank said \"modest\" increases in interest rates would be needed over the next few years, but repeated previous promises that those rises would be \"gradual and to a limited extent\".\n\nHigher interest rates have a big impact on the economy.\n\nOf the 8.1 million households with a mortgage, 3.7 million - or 46% - are on either a standard variable rate or a tracker rate - which generally move in line with the official bank rate.\n\nA move higher can also give savers a lift as High Street banks generally have to raise their rates of interest.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSix months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.\n\nUnderneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral are still homeless.\n\nAnd while those who died in the fire were remembered, there was also comment on what has taken place since - and what more importantly still needs to be done.\n\nOn a cold and crisp December morning, there was a noticeable silence around St Paul's as people stopped to reflect.\n\nThe poignant lull continued as survivors, friends and families of those affected by the fire quietly began to make their way into the cathedral.\n\nThis silence was only broken when the majestic bells of St Paul's tolled across the City of London at 10:30.\n\nAt the same time a spontaneous ripple of applause broke out from the crowd as firefighters made their way up the cathedral steps.\n\nMany held white roses along with photographs of loved ones\n\nIt was a sign of the gratitude for the efforts of the emergency services on the night of 14 June.\n\nThe bells continued to chime for 30 minutes, a mark of respect to the 71 who died in Grenfell Tower.\n\nAnd it is clear why the survivors chose St Paul's, a cathedral where so many services of national significance have taken place over the years.\n\nOne mourner, Damel Carayol, 55, who lost his 44-year-old cousin Mary Mandy in the fire, said the service was needed and the venue fitting.\n\nThe service was held at St Paul's Cathedral, in central London\n\n\"It recognises the tragedy on a national level,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a step, but the biggest step will be accountability.\"\n\nAnd while the service was being held it became apparent that the anger and uncertainty on display in the aftermath of the fire remained.\n\nThere are currently dozens of households still stuck in hotels.\n\nOutside St Paul's, Prof Chris Imafidon said he knows of 20 people who lost everything in the fire.\n\n\"It is a very sad day,\" he said. \"But the families want a service from the council, not a church service.\n\n\"This is just a big distraction from the fact that six months on many families are still homeless and will be spending Christmas in a hotel,\" he said.\n\nThere was another moment of reflection after the service finished.\n\nHundreds of relatives and survivors gathered on the steps of St Paul's, displaying single white roses and photographs of those who perished.\n\nSome survivors then went straight back to their hotels.\n\nBut there was then a range of emotions on display as others moved on to St Paul's churchyard.\n\nVisibly upset, they hugged and consoled each other, while some continued to vent their anger and speak of feeling neglected.", "Rex Tillerson is reportedly an increasingly marginalised figure as secretary of state\n\nUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department, after suggesting the US had softened its position on talks with North Korea.\n\nMr Tillerson said on Tuesday that he was ready to open dialogue with Pyongyang, without preconditions.\n\nBut within a day, the White House and State Department had reiterated the administration's hard line, stressing that North Korea must first commit to abandoning its nuclear weapons.\n\nThe mixed messages mark the third time in recent months that Mr Tillerson has been publicly at odds with the White House.\n\nSpeaking at a policy forum in Washington DC on Tuesday, the secretary of state told the audience: \"We've said from the diplomatic side we're ready to talk any time North Korea, would like to talk, and we're ready to have the first meeting without precondition.\"\n\nHe added: \"Let's just meet and let's talk about the weather if you want and talk about whether it's going to be a square table or a round table if that's what you're excited about.\"\n\nIn response to the remarks, an unnamed White House official told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday: \"The administration is united in insisting that any negotiations with North Korea must wait until the regime fundamentally improves its behavior.\n\n\"As the secretary of state himself has said, this must include, but is not limited to, no further nuclear or missile tests.\"\n\nAnd Heather Nauert, a spokeswoman for the State Department, tweeted to reiterate the administration position that preconditions apply regarding North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nShe said: \"Our policy on #DPRK has not changed. Diplomacy is our top priority through our maximum pressure campaign.\n\n\"We remain open to dialogue when North Korea is willing to conduct a serious & credible dialogue on the peaceful denuclearization, but that time is not now.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How could war with North Korea unfold?\n\nThe contradiction is the latest clash between the White House and the secretary of state.\n\nIn August, then-White House advisor Sebastian Gorka criticised Mr Tillerson after the secretary of state attempted to moderate President Trump's remarks on North Korea.\n\n\"The idea that Secretary Tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply nonsensical, it is the job of Secretary Mattis, the secretary of defence, to talk about military matters,\" Mr Gorka told the BBC.\n\nThen in September, after Mr Tillerson said he had established direct lines of communication with Pyongyang, the president accused the secretary of \"wasting his time\".\n\n\"Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!\" Mr Trump tweeted.\n\nMr Trump has been widely reported to be considering replacing Mr Tillerson, a former chief executive of energy giant Exxon Mobil. But the president has called the reports fake news.\n\nMr Tillerson has also defended the Obama administration deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, which Mr Trump has railed against and sought to overturn.", "A three-year-old girl has become the fourth child to die after a house fire which also killed three of her siblings.\n\nLia Pearson was left critically ill after the blaze in Walkden, Salford, on Monday. She died in hospital.\n\nDemi, 15, died at the scene on Jackson Street. Her brother and sister, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died later in hospital.\n\nPosting on Facebook, Sandra Lever, who described Lia as her \"beautiful granddaughter\", said she \"had passed away peacefully\".\n\nTwo people have been charged with the murder of the three older children.\n\nZac Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, Salford, were also charged with arson and four counts of attempted murder.\n\nOne of the charges of attempted murder is likely to be changed to murder following Lia's death, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nMr Bolland and Ms Brierley were remanded in custody when they appeared before magistrates.\n\nAny new charges would be heard when they next appear at Manchester Crown Court, police added.\n\nBrandon and Lacie died in hospital on Monday\n\nTwo 16-year-olds - who can not be named for legal reasons - in the house at the time of the blaze which broke out at about 05:00 GMT managed to escape.\n\nGreater Manchester Police confirmed there had been incidents at the family's home prior to the blaze and it had referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nMichelle Pearson is in a serious condition in hospital\n\nFour children aged 15, eight, seven, and three, died in the blaze\n\nDemi Pearson, 15, was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford\n\nDrew Povey, head teacher at Harrop Fold School, Worsley, which Demi attended, paid tribute to the popular pupil.\n\nHe said she was a \"really good kid… fun-loving… and funny\".\n\n\"I don't know anyone that didn't really get on well with her… and it was the same outside of school as well,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ms Dugdale made no comment to journalists when she returned to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday afternoon\n\nScottish Labour has given its former leader a written warning over her controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.\n\nBut the party said Kezia Dugdale would face no further disciplinary action after her stint on the reality TV show.\n\nMs Dugdale flew into Glasgow Airport from Australia just before midday.\n\nShe then met party bosses, including her successor Richard Leonard, and was formally reprimanded over her \"unauthorised absence\".\n\nMs Dugdale later arrived at Holyrood in time for a vote at 17:00, and made no comment to waiting journalists when she left the chamber a short time later.\n\nA statement subsequently released by Scottish Labour said Ms Dugdale had been interviewed by its parliamentary group executive.\n\nMs Dugdale insisted she had used her time in the jungle to promote Labour values\n\nThe statement added: \"Following a discussion between Richard Leonard, Kezia Dugdale, and the group executive, it has been decided that the group will reprimand Ms Dugdale by way of written warning. She will not face further action.\"\n\nIt quoted Ms Dugdale as saying that she had \"deep regret\" that her appearance on the reality show had \"caused issues in the first weeks of Richard Leonard's leadership\", and that she was now \"getting back to work\".\n\nMs Dugdale, who faced criticism over her three-week absence from the Scottish Parliament while appearing on the show, had earlier said it was \"good to be back\" in Scotland as she arrived at the airport,\n\nThe MSP was the second contestant to be voted off the ITV show, which was won by Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo.\n\nShe spent a week in Australia after being evicted from the jungle - and has pledged to donate a percentage of her appearance fee to charity, but has not said exactly how much.\n\nShe took her seat in the Holyrood chamber in time for a vote at the end of the day's business\n\nVoting statistics released by the programme showed that Ms Dugdale won just 1.67% of the votes on the day she was evicted.\n\nAs she arrived in Glasgow, Ms Dugdale said the experience was one she was never going to forget.\n\nThe politician, who remained in Australia until after the programme's final on Sunday, had said she wanted to use her appearance to reach out to young people about political values.\n\nAsked if she felt she had in fact promoted Labour values she replied: \"I did so in the jungle and will continue to do so.\"\n\nMs Dugdale arrived back in Glasgow earlier on Wednesday after three weeks in Australia\n\nMs Dugdale, who was not suspended despite fierce criticism from some within Scottish Labour, has acknowledged she has \"a bit of work to do to make amends\".\n\nShe previously told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme it was difficult to seek approval for her appearance on the show during the leadership contest between Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar.\n\nThe election, triggered by her resignation in August, was won by Mr Leonard - who immediately expressed his disappointment at Ms Dugdale's decision, which was made public just hours before the leadership result was announced.\n\nMr Leonard said at the time that the party would consider suspending Ms Dugdale - but UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he did not believe suspension would be appropriate.\n\nAfter being voted out on the jungle, Ms Dugdale said: \"I do understand that it's controversial, I do understand there are lots of people at home that are unhappy that I've taken part in this programme and I've got a bit of work to do to make amends.\n\n\"But please don't doubt the fact that I'm devoted to the Labour Party, I love my job and I think I'm better-placed to do it for a long time now having had this experience.\"", "The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.\n\nFrantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.\n\nWe saw cabinet ministers take MPs aside - for just a quiet chat of course - in the closing moments of the vote.\n\nAnd during the voting, which always takes about 15 minutes, some of those who were tempted tweeted that they had decided to abstain - the last minute promise from the minister, Dominic Raab, had changed their minds or delayed the clash.\n\nWe saw as one of the possible rebels, a new Scottish MP, Paul Masterton, was cajoled by the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson (the chief whip until weeks ago) - then after the conversation, picked up his mobile phone and tweeted that he was going to abstain. But the arm twisting and arguments failed.\n\nAs the MPs who count the votes made their way to the Speaker's chair, the opposition teller made their way to the outside of the despatch box.\n\nIt's a physical signal of telling MPs who has won before the official announcement takes place. As that happened the House of Commons erupted - well at least the Labour side.\n\nMinisters looked like they felt sick. The deputy speaker had to call for silence so the chamber could hear the actual result.\n\nTotal silence, and then disbelief as the result was read out. The government had been beaten after all, by only four votes.\n\nIt's the first time that Theresa May has been defeated on her own business in the Commons. She has to front up in Brussels tomorrow with other EU leaders only hours after an embarrassing loss in Parliament.\n\nBeyond the red faces in government tonight, does it really matter? Ministers tonight are divided on that. Two cabinet ministers have told me while it's disappointing it doesn't really matter in the big picture.\n\nIt's certainly true that the Tory party is so divided over how we leave the EU that the Parliamentary process was always going to be very, very choppy.\n\nBut another minister told me the defeat is \"bad for Brexit\" and was openly frustrated and worried about their colleagues' behaviour.\n\nIt's possible too that it was a miscalculation that could have been avoided. Had the minister at the despatch box put forward the concession even a few hours earlier, that tiny number of votes might have gone the other way.\n\nThis is only the first big piece of legislation related to our withdrawal from the EU and it has run into trouble.\n\nAnd one of the leading Tory rebels predicted the government will have to drop one of its other plans, to put a Brexit date in the withdrawal bill, next week.\n\nThe broader risk for May is not just that she will have to budge on this particular issue, but that the small group of rebels in the Tory party is strengthened by actually having had this kind of impact - and the opposition parties are already emboldened.\n\nTheresa May had been having her first good week in many, many months. That brief respite just might have come to an end.\n\nStephen Hammond, one of the rebels, has just been sacked from his position as deputy Conservative Party chairman. Tonight, no-one is playing nice.", "Salma Hayek, seen here promoting Frida in 2003, which she starred in and co-produced\n\nActress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled \"monster\", alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her.\n\nWriting in the New York Times, Hayek said Weinstein once told her: \"I will kill you, don't think I can't.\"\n\nDozens of actresses, including Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have accused Weinstein of harassment or assault.\n\nWriting in the New York Times, Hayek, 51, described working with the film mogul on what she called her \"greatest ambition\" - telling the story of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.\n\nShe wrote that, after striking a deal with Weinstein for the rights of the film that would eventually become 2002's Frida, she was forced to repeatedly refuse sexual advances.\n\n\"No to me taking a shower with him.\n\n\"No to letting him watch me take a shower.\n\n\"No to letting him give me a massage.\n\n\"No to letting a naked friend of his give me a massage.\n\n\"No to letting him give me oral sex.\n\n\"No to my getting naked with another woman,\" she wrote.\n\nShe went on to accuse him of threatening to shut the film down unless she filmed a nude sex scene with another actress.\n\n\"I had to take a tranquilizer, which eventually stopped the crying but made the vomiting worse,\" she wrote of her emotional turmoil at filming a scene she thought unnecessary.\n\n\"As you can imagine, this was not sexy, but it was the only way I could get through the scene.\"\n\nWeinstein's spokeswoman said in a statement: \"Mr Weinstein does not recall pressuring Salma to do a gratuitous sex scene with a female co-star and he was not there for the filming.\"\n\n\"All of the sexual allegations as portrayed by Salma are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account of what transpired.\"\n\nFrida would eventually gather six Oscar nominations, including a Best Actress nod for Hayek.\n\nMr Weinstein has been accused of rape, sexual assault and harassment, but has \"unequivocally denied\" any allegations of non-consensual relationships.", "Each December, the Geminid meteor shower illuminates the night sky with a massive display of shooting stars. Cameras over China captured the peak of the show.", "The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. The ringleader, Craig Hickinbottom, organised the flights from behind bars. He's been sentenced to an extra seven years and two months in jail.", "The plight of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for almost six years in Iran on spying charges, focused attention on Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency being held in the Islamic Republic's prisons.\n\nIran does not recognise dual nationality, and there are no exact figures on the number of such detainees given the sensitive nature of the information. Some of the most prominent are:\n\nMorad Tahbaz and fellow conservationists were using cameras to track endangered species when they were arrested\n\nThe 67-year-old businessman and wildlife conservationist, who also holds American and British citizenship, was arrested during a crackdown on environmental activists in January 2018. His Canadian-Iranian colleague, Kavous Seyed-Emami, died in custody a few weeks later in unexplained circumstances.\n\nThe authorities accused Tahbaz and seven other conservationists of collecting classified information about Iran's strategic areas under the pretext of carrying out environmental and scientific projects.\n\nThe conservationists - members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation - had been using cameras to track endangered species including the Asiatic cheetah and Persian leopard, according to Amnesty International.\n\nUN human rights experts said it was \"hard to fathom how working to preserve the Iranian flora and fauna can possibly be linked to conducting espionage against Iranian interests\", while a government committee concluded that there was no evidence to suggest they were spies.\n\nBut in October 2018, Tahbaz and three of his fellow conservationists were charged with \"corruption on earth\", which carries the death penalty. The charge was later changed to \"co-operating with the hostile state of the US\". Three others were charged with espionage, and a fourth was accused of acting against national security.\n\nAll eight denied the charges and Amnesty International said there was evidence that they had been subjected to torture in order to extract forced \"confessions\".\n\nIn November 2019, they were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to 10 years and ordered to return allegedly \"illicit income\".\n\nHuman Rights Watch denounced what it said was an unfair trial, during which the defendants were apparently unable to see the full dossier of evidence against them.\n\nThe Court of Appeals reportedly upheld Tahbaz's convictions in February 2020.\n\nUN human rights experts warned in January 2021 that Tahbaz's health had continuously deteriorated during his imprisonment and that he had been denied access to proper treatment.\n\nIn March 2022, then-UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Tahbaz had been released from Evin prison on furlough.\n\nThe announcement came on the same day that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and fellow British national Anoosheh Ashoori were released by Iran and allowed to return to the UK.\n\nHowever, Tahbaz was returned to Evin just two days later. The UK Foreign Office said the Iranians had told them it was so that he could be fitted with an electronic ankle tag.\n\nHe was not allowed to resume his furlough and subsequently went on hunger strike for nine days to protest against his continued detention.\n\nHis daughter Roxanne said in April 2022 that he had \"made it very clear that he feels abandoned\" by the UK government.\n\nThe Foreign Office said Iran \"committed to releasing Morad from prison on an indefinite furlough\", but had \"failed to honour that commitment\".\n\nIn August 2023, Tahbaz was taken out of Evin and moved to house arrest along with three other Americans - including Siamak Namazi and Emad Shargi - after the US and Iran agreed a prisoner exchange.\n\nIn return for allowing them and a fifth American already under home confinement to leave, the US will reportedly release five Iranians jailed there and allow Iran to access $6bn (£4.7bn) of assets frozen in South Korea.\n\nSiamak Namazi was arrested in 2015 and later sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges\n\nSiamak Namazi, 51, worked as head of strategic planning at Dubai-based Crescent Petroleum.\n\nHe was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in October 2015, while his father Baquer, 86, was arrested in February 2016 after Iranian officials granted him permission to visit his son in prison.\n\nThat October, they were both sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Revolutionary Court for \"co-operating with a foreign enemy state\". An appeals court upheld their sentence in August 2017.\n\nTheir lawyer said they denied the charges against them. He also complained that they had been held in solitary confinement and denied access to legal representation, and had suffered health problems. Siamak is also alleged to have been tortured.\n\nBaquer was released to house arrest on medical grounds in 2018, but his health continued to deteriorate. His sentence was commuted to time served in early 2020, but he was only allowed to leave Iran for medical treatment in October 2022.\n\nIn January 2023, Siamak went on a week-long hunger strike to protest against the failure of the US to free him and other dual nationals despite President Joe Biden's promise to make bringing them home a top priority.\n\nSeven months later, Siamak was again released to house arrest in anticipation of a prisoner exchange agreed by the US and Iran.\n\nHis brother, Babak, said in response: \"While this is a positive change, we will not rest until Siamak and others are back home; we continue to count the days until this can happen.\"\n\nThe Iranian-American businessman and his wife moved to Iran from the US in 2017.\n\nShargi, who is 58, was initially detained by the Revolutionary Guards in April 2018, when he was working in sales for Sarava, an Iranian venture capital fund. He was released on bail that December, when officials told him that a court had cleared him of spying charges that he had denied. However, authorities refused to return his passport.\n\nIn November 2020, Shargi was summoned by a Revolutionary Court and told that he had been convicted of espionage in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison, his family said. He was not imprisoned immediately and was released on bail ahead of an appeal.\n\nIn January 2021, Iran's judiciary spokesman said an unnamed \"defendant\" facing spying charges had been arrested as he attempted to leave the country while on bail. It came a week after a state-backed news agency reported that Shargi had been detained while trying to cross Iran's western border illegally.\n\nHis daughters wrote in the Washington Post in April 2021 that he was \"trapped in terrible conditions\" in prison and that he had only been allowed a couple of short, monitored phone calls.\n\nIn August 2023, Shargi was released to house arrest in anticipation of a prisoner exchange between the US and Iran.\n\nHis sister, Neda, said in a statement: \"My family has faith in the work that President Biden and government officials have undertaken to bring our families home and hope to receive that news soon.\"\n\nAhmadreza Djalali was sentenced to death in October 2017\n\nThe 51-year-old specialist in emergency medicine was arrested in April 2016 while on a business trip from Sweden.\n\nAmnesty International said Djalali was held at Evin prison by intelligence ministry officials for seven months, three of them in solitary confinement, before he was given access to a lawyer.\n\nHe alleged that he was subjected to torture and other ill-treatment during that period, including threats to kill or otherwise harm his children, who live in Sweden, and his mother, who lives in Iran.\n\nIn October 2017, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted Djalali of \"spreading corruption on Earth\" and sentenced him to death. His lawyers said the court relied primarily on evidence obtained under duress and alleged that he was prosecuted solely because of his refusal to use his academic ties in European institutions to spy for Iran.\n\nTwo months later, Iranian state television also aired what it said was footage of Djalali confessing that he had spied on Iran's nuclear programme for Israel. It suggested he was responsible for identifying two Iranian nuclear scientists who were killed in bomb attacks in 2010.\n\nIn February 2018, Sweden confirmed that it had given Djalali citizenship and demanded that his death sentence not be carried out. He had previously been a permanent resident.\n\nIn November 2021, Djalali's wife, Vida Mehran-Nia, said he had been informed by prison authorities that he faced imminent execution. He spent five months in solitary confinement, awaiting execution, until April 2021, when he reportedly was moved to a multi-occupancy cell.\n\nJust over a year later, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said Djalali's death sentence was \"final\" and was \"on the agenda\" of authorities.\n\nHe also insisted that the case was not linked to the war crimes trial in Sweden of former Iranian judiciary official Hamid Nouri, who was sentenced to life in prison over what prosecutors said was his leading role in the mass executions of Iranian opposition supporters in 1988.\n\nDjalali's wife and human rights groups have said Djalali is a \"hostage\" who Iran is threatening to execute in an attempt to negotiate a swap for Mr Nouri.\n\nNahid Taghavi was an advocate for women's rights in Iran\n\nThe 68-year-old retired architect, who is a German-Iranian dual national, was arrested at her apartment in Tehran in October 2020 and accused of \"endangering security\".\n\nShe was placed in solitary confinement at Evin prison and not given access to lawyers, German diplomats or members of her family, according to her daughter Mariam Claren.\n\nTaghavi was repeatedly subjected to coercive questioning without the presence of lawyers, according to Amnesty International. Interrogators reportedly asked her about meeting people to discuss women's and labour rights, and possessing literature about those issues.\n\nIn August 2021, she was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran of \"forming a group composed of more than two people with the purpose of disrupting national security\" and \"spreading propaganda against the system\". She was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison.\n\nTaghavi had denied the charges, the first of which was apparently related to a social media account about women's rights, and Amnesty said the trial was \"grossly unfair\".\n\nMs Claren wrote on Twitter that her mother \"did not commit any crime. Unless freedom of speech, freedom of thought are illegal\".\n\nShe has said her mother has been denied adequate healthcare by prison and prosecution authorities, despite doctors saying in September 2021 that she needed surgery on her spinal column.\n\nIn July 2022, Taghavi was granted urgent medical leave from prison for treatment for back and neck problems. She was sent back to Evin four months later.\n\nA fellow inmate in the prison warned in June 2023 that Taghavi's life was \"in danger\" following a further 220 days in solitary confinement.\n\n\"The pain is so severe that it can be clearly seen on her face. She can barely get out of her bed,\" a message posted on human rights activist Narges Mohammadi's Instagram account said.\n\nThe 64-year-old researcher at Sciences-Po university in Paris is a specialist in social anthropology and the political anthropology of post-revolutionary Iran, and has written a number of books.\n\nAt the time of her arrest in Tehran in June 2019, she was examining the movement of Shia clerics between Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, and had spent time in the holy city of Qom.\n\nAdelkhah was accused of espionage and other security-related offences.\n\nShe protested her innocence and after going on hunger strike, she was admitted to hospital for treatment for severe kidney damage.\n\nProsecutors dropped the espionage charge before her trial began at the Revolutionary Court in April 2020. The following month, the court sentenced Adelkhah to five years in prison for conspiring against national security and an additional year for propaganda against the establishment.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sentence and demanded her release.\n\nIn October 2020, due to what Sciences-Po called her \"health circumstances\", Adelkhah was released on bail and allowed to return to her home in Tehran.\n\nHowever, Iran's judiciary announced in January 2022 that it had returned Adelkhah to prison, accusing her of \"knowingly violating the limits of house arrest dozens of times\". French President Emmanuel Macron called the decision \"entirely arbitrary\".\n\nIn February 2023, Adelkhah Adelkhah was released from Evin prison after three and a half years in detention.\n\nHowever, Iranian authorities refused to return her identity papers, making it impossible for her to leave the country or resume her work as a researcher.\n\nJamshid Sharmahd with his wife (L) and daughter, Gazelle\n\nSharmahd, 68, who lived in the US, arrived in the United Arab Emirates in July 2020 and was awaiting a connecting flight to India when he disappeared. It is believed that he was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai and then forcibly taken to Iran via Oman.\n\nThe following month, Iran's intelligence ministry announced that it had arrested Sharmahd following a \"complex operation\", without providing any details. It also published a video in which he appeared blindfolded and confessed to various crimes.\n\nIn February 2023, Iran's judiciary said Sharmahd had been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran after being found guilty of \"spreading corruption on Earth through planning and leading terror operations\".\n\nIt alleged that he was the leader of a terrorist group known as Tondar and that he had \"planned 23 terror attacks\", of which \"five were successful\", including the 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz in that killed 14 people.\n\nTondar - which means \"thunder\" in Persian - is another name of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (KAI), a little-known US-based opposition group that seeks to restore the monarchy overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.\n\nAccording to Amnesty International, Sharmahd created a website to publish statements from the KAI, including claims of explosions inside Iran.\n\nHe also read out statements in radio and video broadcasts.\n\nHowever, he denied his involvement in the attacks, saying he was only a spokesman, and rejected all accusations during his trial.\n\nAmnesty said Sharmahd told his family that he had been tortured and subjected to other ill-treatment in detention, including by being held in prolonged solitary confinement.\n\nHe also told them that he had been denied adequate healthcare, with access to medications required for his Parkinson's disease delayed routinely.\n\nIn July, Sharmahd's daughter Gazelle told the BBC that he could be executed at any time.\n\n\"They're killing him softly in solitary confinement in this death cell. But even if he survives that, they're killing him by hanging him from a crane in public,\" she said.\n\nThe accountant was an adviser to the governor of Iran's central bank and was a member of the Iranian negotiating team for the country's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, in charge of financial issues.\n\nHe was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in August 2016 just before he was due to board a flight to Canada, and was accused of \"selling the country's economic details to foreigners\".\n\nIn May 2017, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted Dorri Esfahani of espionage charges, including \"collaborating with the British secret service\", and sentenced him to five years in prison.\n\nThat October an appeals court upheld Dorri Esfahani's sentence, despite then-Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi insisting that he was innocent.\n\nDorri Esfahani was due to complete his sentence in 2022, but there were no reports of his release.\n\nDalili is a retired Iranian merchant navy captain who is a US permanent resident.\n\nHe has been detained in Iran since April 2016, when he visited Tehran to attend his father's funeral. He was later convicted of \"collaborating with a hostile state\" and sentenced to 10 years in prison.\n\nIn August 2023, his son, Darian, said he was not part of the prisoner exchange deal between the US and Iran.\n\n\"He feels betrayed. He is demoralized. He believes that the US would bring back anyone that they want to bring back,\" Darian told Reuters news agency.\n\nA US state department spokesman declined to tell reporters why Dalili was not included, but did reveal he had not yet been declared \"wrongfully detained\" - a designation that would mean the department dedicated more resources to their case and assigned it to a presidential envoy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of two men wanted in connection with the kidnap and burglary\n\nA man was stripped naked, beaten and tied up in a kidnapping ordeal that lasted 50 hours.\n\nThe 24-year-old victim was lured to a house in Thornton Heath, Croydon by two acquaintances, where he was set upon by an armed gang.\n\nHis keys were taken by the gang who burgled his parents' home.\n\nAs well as the man's £9,000 Rolex watch, a significant amount of cash was taken from the property in Sydenham, south-east London, police said.\n\nThe captors had previously forced the man to ring his parents and make a ransom demand for his release, which they could not pay.\n\nOn Wednesday, which was the third evening of the hostage ordeal, the victim was taken by car to a Metro bank cash machine in North End, Croydon, so he could withdraw money.\n\nHis tormentors waited in the vehicle, apparently out of fear of being captured on CCTV, giving the man an opportunity to escape.\n\nDet Sgt Samuel Bennett, of the Croydon Criminal Investigation Department, said: \"This was a vicious and prolonged attack of a nature that thankfully is very rare.\n\n\"It has left the victim utterly distraught and traumatised.\"\n\nThe entry of two suspects into the home of the victim's parents was captured on CCTV. The footage has now been released by police in a bid to identify them.\n\nDetectives have also named two other men they want to speak to in connection with the man's ordeal - two brothers, Ali Dervish, 28, and 19-year-old Sinan Dervish.\n\nAli Dervish is among the suspects wanted in connection with the kidnap and burglary\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Presha Taneja took this photo of driving conditions while stuck near junction 20 of the M25.", "Salvador Sobral missed a week of Eurovision rehearsals due to his heart condition\n\nPortugal's celebrated Eurovision Song Contest winner, Salvador Sobral, is recovering in hospital after undergoing a heart transplant.\n\nSurgeons at the Santa Cruz Hospital in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, said the 27-year-old was \"doing well\".\n\nSobral, who suffered from a longstanding heart condition, won this year's contest with the love song Amar Pelos Dois (Love for Both of Us).\n\nIt was the first time Portugal had taken the title.\n\n\"The surgery went well,\" said surgeon Miguel Abecasis, quoted by the Publico daily (in Portuguese).\n\n\"He was very well prepared. He is a young man who understood the difficulties of this type of procedure.\"\n\nMr Abecasis said that before Friday's operation the singer had wished him \"good luck\".\n\nThe recovery would take a long time, Mr Abecasis added, but said that if all went well, Sobral would have \"a completely normal life\".\n\nThe singer had to wait several months until a suitable donor was found, Publico reported. He announced in September that he was taking a break from performing.\n\nSobral's winning ballad, written by his older sister, Luisa, made him a national hero in Portugal.\n\nHe described it as \"an emotional song with a beautiful lyrical message and harmony - things people are not used to listening these days\".", "Protests in the Lebanese capital Beirut against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel have turned ugly again, with youths throwing stones at the US embassy.\n\nThe BBC's Martin Patience reports from the scene as police use tear gas to disperse the crowd.", "BBC Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the forecast for Monday and Tuesday, and lists the parts of the UK which saw the most snow on Sunday.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland Lions batsman Ben Duckett has been suspended from playing on their tour of Australia after pouring a drink over James Anderson in a Perth bar.\n\nDuckett, 23, has also been fined and issued with a final written warning over his conduct as an England player.\n\nThe Lions will play three Twenty20 matches against Perth Scorchers and Duckett will remain with the squad.\n\nHe was dropped from England's two-day game against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth over the weekend.\n\nThe Northants left-hander, who has played four Tests, was set to play at Richardson Park after a number of the Ashes party were rested.\n• None Listen: England should be trying to win respect - Agnew\n• None Duckett dropped after pouring drink over Anderson in bar\n\nOn Thursday, Duckett was at a bar in Perth with members of the Lions and senior squads, who were not under a curfew.\n\nThere is no suggestion 35-year-old Anderson, who has played 131 Tests and is England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, has done anything wrong.\n\nThough England coach Trevor Bayliss described the incident as \"trivial\", team management were left furious at another off-field misdemeanour.\n\nIn September, all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested following an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub and is waiting for a Crown Prosecution Service decision on whether he will be charged.\n\nAt the beginning of the Ashes tour, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow was accused of 'headbutting' Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft.\n\nThough both described that incident as \"without malice\", England were subsequently placed under a midnight curfew.\n\nAfter Duckett's indiscretion occurred on the first night the curfew was lifted, Bayliss said he was \"fed up\" of having to address off-field matters.\n\n\"I might review who is in the team,\" said Bayliss. \"They can't keep making the same mistakes.\n\n\"Most of the guys are fine, but somewhere along the line some of the guys have to pull their heads in.\"\n\nFollowing an investigation led by Lions coach Andy Flower, Duckett is not being sent home but has been fined what the England and Wales Cricket Board describes as the \"maximum allowable amount\" for a Lions player - thought to be about £1,500.\n\nHowever, his place on the Lions tour of the West Indies could now be under threat. A new squad will be named for the trip that begins at the end of January.\n\nOn Sunday, England all-rounder Moeen Ali said England's players know their behaviour must improve.\n\n\"We're all grown men and we should know how to behave,\" said Moeen. \"The individual needs to be responsible for his own behaviour.\"\n\nTaken in isolation, this was a minor event that ordinarily might not have come to light.\n\nBut, after the Bairstow and, in particular, Stokes incidents, England are battling to restore a damaged reputation.\n\nNot only that, but it is yet another distraction on a tour when all of the home players, media and fans will pounce on any weakness.\n\nEngland management were fuming on Saturday and are considering ending careers of those they think are repeat offenders.\n\nPerhaps it would have been harsh to send Duckett home, but he and everyone else who wants to play for England have been served with the most final of warnings.\n\nEx-England spinner Monty Panesar, a former Northants team-mate of Duckett, speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek\n\nBen Duckett's probably thinking: 'I wish I hadn't done that.'\n\nHe likes the odd drink to relax, but I think this is out of character. He looks up to senior figures, so he's probably devastated right now knowing he's done something out of line which nobody expected him to do.\n\nWe don't need any more incidents like this. I hear it was the same bar as Jonny Bairstow greeted Bancroft, so maybe they should avoid that bar.\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone", "Aaron Reilly (left) and Joshua Brock and were found unconscious at the Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth\n\nTributes have been paid to two 19-year-old men who died after apparently taking drugs at a nightclub.\n\nAaron Reilly and Joshua Brock were found unconscious at Pryzm in Plymouth in the early hours of Saturday,\n\nThe teenagers, who police said thought they were taking ecstasy, died later in hospital.\n\nThe club was evacuated and an 18-year-old man was arrested by Devon and Cornwall Police. He has been released under investigation, the force said.\n\nThe family of Mr Reilly, from Newton Abbot, described him as \"a much-loved son, brother, grandson and boyfriend\" who loved skateboarding and playing computer games.\n\nHis younger brother Kian said: \"My brother was one of the most responsible people I ever knew and everything he achieved I was so proud of, but I was so envious of his talent.\n\n\"I can't believe he was taken from me and my family from one silly mistake, just trying to have fun on a night out with his best mates.\"\n\nHundreds of young people had been attending a gig by the Swedish dance artist Basshunter when the pair collapsed\n\nMr Brock, from Okehampton, was described as \"a loving son to Steve and Sandra, an inspirational brother to Liam and Demelza and a loyal mate to all his friends\".\n\n\"Joshua was in his third year studying for a diploma in aircraft engineering at the Flybe Training Academy in Exeter when his life was cut short,\" the family said in a statement.\n\n\"He was the kindest, most helpful person you could hope to meet and had a great sense of humour.\n\n\"His main hobby was keeping fit and eating healthily, so what happened that night is so totally out of character as he was always against drug taking in any shape or form. One moment of madness led to this tragedy.\"\n\nOn Saturday, the nightclub described the deaths as \"tragic and very sad\", adding that staff were co-operating with the police investigation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of the UK's largest teaching unions is calling for schools to ban energy drinks from their premises.\n\nThe NASUWT is warning about caffeine levels in the drinks, describing them as \"readily available legal highs\" which can contribute to poor behaviour.\n\nIt follows a report by academics, seen by 5 live investigates, calling on the government to consider making the sale of the drinks illegal to under-16s.\n\nBut the British Soft Drinks Association says the drinks have been deemed safe.\n\nAcademics from FUSE - the Centre for Transitional Research in Public Health in the North East - found children as young as 10 are buying energy drinks because they are \"cheaper than water or pop\".\n\nChildren told them they buy the drinks for as little as 25p, and that they choose energy drinks to \"fit in\" or \"look tough\".\n\nThey also found that the drinks are targeted at young people online in pop-up adverts, on TV, in computer games, and through sports sponsorship.\n\nA typical energy drink contains 32mg of caffeine per 100ml and cans carry warnings saying they are \"not recommended for children\".\n\nA single 500ml can contains 160mg of caffeine, equivalent to around two shots of espresso coffee.\n\nThe researchers highlight European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidance which recommends an intake of no more than 105mg caffeine per day for an average 11-year-old. They also point out that young people in the UK are among the highest consumers of energy drinks in Europe.\n\nFigures from the British Soft Drinks Association show sales of energy drinks increased by 185% between 2006 and 2015, equating to 672 million litres consumed in 2015, and a total market value of over £2bn.\n\nDarren Northcott, NASUWT national official for education, said: \"Teachers have registered concerns with the NASUWT about the contribution of high energy drinks to poor pupil behaviour as a result of pupils consuming excessive quantities of these drinks.\n\n\"They are popular among young people who often think they are just another soft drink, and young people and parents are often not aware of the very high levels of stimulants that these drinks contain.\n\n\"They are readily available legal highs sold in vending machines, supermarkets and corner shops.\"\n\nHe added: \"The evidence of the impact of these drinks, including that uncovered by 5 live, is compelling and serves to emphasise that further action needs to be taken.\n\n\"The NASUWT has always been clear that drinks with high levels of sugar should not be sold on school premises. It is time to look again at the School Food Standards, and the enforcement of the standards, to make sure that every school in the country is free of highly-caffeinated soft drinks, as well as those that are high in sugar.\"\n\nVictoria Stean, from Milton Keynes, started consuming energy drinks when she was 16 and was soon drinking around seven 500ml cans a day.\n\nShe said: \"I was definitely hooked. I would have a can for breakfast, another one mid-morning, and several in the afternoon.\n\n\"It took me a while to wean myself off energy drinks. I would get headaches if I didn't drink them. Since I have stopped drinking them I have lost weight and my vision has improved again.\n\n\"Ironically, I also have more energy now and I sleep better.\"\n\nVictoria was able to lose half her body weight after she stopped drinking around seven 500ml cans of energy drinks a day.\n\nNorman Lamb, chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee and a former Liberal Democrat health minister, said: \"The potential health risks and impact on sleep of energy drinks is something I would like the committee to consider evidence on in the new year.\n\nHe added that \"given epidemic levels of consumption among under-16s we have to consider banning the sale of these drinks to that group\".\n\nIn a statement, the British Soft Drinks Association, which represents manufacturers, said: \"Energy drinks and their ingredients have been deemed safe by regulatory authorities around the world.\n\n\"In 2010 we introduced a voluntary Code of Practice to support consumers who want to make informed choices. In 2015 this was updated to include more stringent guidelines around marketing and promoting, including reference to in and around schools.\"\n\nThe Food Standards Agency said: \"The FSA reviews guidance when significant new work in the subject area becomes available. Our current guidance was developed following the European Food Safety Authority's assessment of caffeine in 2015.\"\n\n5 live Investigates: Energy Drinks is broadcast on Sunday 10th December 2017 at 11am GMT. If you've missed it you can catch up on the iPlayer.\n\nHave you got something you want us to investigate? We want to hear from you. Email us.", "The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering for a young woman, her husband and their baby girl.\n\nEighteen months into a five-year sentence, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces the prospect of up to 16 years in an Iranian jail.\n\nIt is also, however, a story of an internal power struggle in Iran, as well as of the nation's deeply difficult relationship with the UK.\n\nTo understand how she fits into this, the first thing to examine is the timing of her arrest. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in April 2016, a few months ahead of the first anniversary of Iran's historic nuclear deal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe accord, on which President Hassan Rouhani had staked his reputation, was bitterly opposed by elements of the powerful Revolutionary Guards.\n\nThey had often benefited financially from the sanctions regime. They were adamant that the nuclear deal must be seen as a failure, that it had changed nothing and that compromise with the West was a fruitless exercise.\n\nArrests of a number of Iranians with dual nationality came about in this context:\n\nIran is in the grip of an ideological power-struggle, with two competing world views.\n\nPresident Rouhani came to power promising to open Iran up to the world; the supreme leader, the Revolutionary Guards and the judiciary have a far more hardline position, both in relation to how the country should be run as well as its foreign relations.\n\nAll the arrests were seen as an attempt by the Revolutionary Guards to undermine not just the president, but the very process of thawing relations with the West.\n\nOf the three dual-national prisoners arrested after the deal was agreed, only one has since been released: Ms Hoodfar was sent home a few months later on what the Iranians called \"humanitarian grounds\".\n\nThe only significant difference between her case and Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's was their nationalities: one was half-Canadian, the other half-British.\n\nTo Iranian minds, the UK is viewed with almost unique suspicion. Indeed, in 2009 the supreme leader said that of all the world's \"arrogant powers\", the UK was the \"most evil\".\n\nTo understand why, one must go back to the 1953 coup-d'état that overthrew nationalist Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, returning the autocratic Shah to power. Behind it were the British and American intelligence agencies.\n\nAlmost 300 people were killed in the streets of Tehran after protesting against the prime minister's removal in a US- and British-organised coup in 1953\n\nThis led to deep-rooted suspicions of the West's intentions; once the Shah was ousted by the Islamic Revolution of 1979, those suspicions became open hostilities. Relations have never really recovered.\n\nOver the years there have been a number of key points, notably the 1989 fatwah calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie. His book, The Satanic Verses, was denounced as blasphemous by the supreme leader; he called on Muslims around the world to try and kill Rushdie. The controversy led to a severing of diplomatic ties, which were not repaired until 1998.\n\nIn 2007, 15 British Royal Navy personnel were detained off the South Coast of Iran. They were paraded on TV, a show of power by Tehran, but ultimately released under diplomatic pressure.\n\nThe 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was followed by peaceful street protests, which the supreme leader accused the West of encouraging. A number of staff at the British embassy were arrested and forced to sign confessions.\n\nIn November 2011, relations deteriorated further. After the UK increased sanctions on Iran, the parliament voted to expel the British ambassador. Before he could pack his bags, members of the hardline Basij militia ransacked the British embassy in Tehran. It did not re-open until 2014.\n\nBut, it is not just the British government that has been viewed with great hostility. Western media, most notably the BBC's Persian Service, has long been regarded with deep distrust, fear and often hatred by the hardline Iranian establishment.\n\nFor years Persian Service journalists have been harassed and intimidated by the Iranian authorities. Two months ago all the assets of 150 BBC staff, former staff and contributors were frozen for \"conspiracy against national security\".\n\nAnd here we come to the final part of the story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Many years ago, she worked for BBC Media Action, the charitable wing of the BBC. Although it has no direct connection to the BBC's Persian service, it has been used as evidence that she was in Iran for political reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt is, therefore, for this reason that the recent comments by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were so controversial, and potentially damaging.\n\nBy stating that she was involved in \"training journalists\", he has given ammunition to those elements of the establishment who view her as just another example what the supreme leader described as \"an infiltration project\" by the West.\n\nAll the while, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe languishes in Tehran's Evin jail. Her daughter, who has now forgotten how to speak English, can only see her for an hour-and-a-half a week. Meanwhile her husband Richard suffers in London.\n\nThe future of a family, half-British, half-Iranian, has been torn apart by the suspicion and distrust caused by their own countries' pasts.", "Recapturing Mosul was the bloodiest conflict - for both combatants and civilians\n\nIraq has announced that its war against so-called Islamic State (IS) is over.\n\nPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.\n\nThe border zone contained the last few areas IS held, following its loss of the town of Rawa in November.\n\nThe US state department welcomed the end of the \"vile occupation\" of IS in Iraq and said the fight against the group would continue.\n\nIraq's announcement comes two days after the Russian military declared it had accomplished its mission of defeating IS in neighbouring Syria.\n\nThe jihadist group had seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, when it proclaimed a \"caliphate\" and imposed its rule over some 10 million people.\n\nBut it suffered a series of defeats over the past two years, losing Iraq's second city of Mosul this July and its de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria last month.\n\nSome IS fighters are reported to have dispersed into the Syrian countryside, while others are believed to have escaped across the Turkish border.\n\nThis is undeniably a proud moment for Mr Abadi - a victory that once looked like it might only ever be rhetorical rather than real.\n\nBut if the direct military war with IS in Iraq is genuinely over, and the country's elite forces can now step back after a conflict that's taken a huge toll on them, it doesn't mean the battle against the group's ideology or its ability to stage an insurgency is finished - whether in Iraq, Syria or the wider world.\n\nAttacks may be at a lower level than they once were, but Iraqi towns and cities still fall prey to suicide bombers, while the conditions that fuelled the growth of jihadism remain - even in the territory that's been recaptured.\n\nMr Abadi said on Saturday: \"Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I therefore announce the end of the war against Daesh [IS].\n\n\"Our enemy wanted to kill our civilisation, but we have won through our unity and our determination. We have triumphed in little time.\"\n\nThe Iraqi armed forces issued a statement saying Iraq had been \"totally liberated\" from IS.\n\n\"The United States joins the government of Iraq in stressing that Iraq's liberation does not mean the fight against terrorism, and even against Isis [IS], in Iraq is over,\" she added.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated Mr Abadi on a \"historic moment\" but warned that IS still posed a threat, including from across the border in Syria.\n\nLast month, the Syrian military said it had \"fully liberated\" the eastern border town of Albu Kamal, the last last urban stronghold of IS in that country.\n\nOn Thursday, the head of the Russian general staff's operations, Col-Gen Sergei Rudskoi, said: \"The mission to defeat bandit units of the Islamic State terrorist organisation on the territory of Syria, carried out by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, has been accomplished.\"\n\nEstimates of civilian deaths in Mosul alone vary wildly, with one figure as high as 40,000\n\nHe said Russia's military presence in Syria would now concentrate on preserving ceasefires and restoring peace.\n\nThe collapse of IS has raised fears that its foreign fighters will escape over Syria's borders to carry out more attacks abroad.\n\nCivilians flee as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul in March 2017", "The controversial US embassy move to Jerusalem is going ahead amid celebration and protest. The BBC's Yolande Knell explains why the city is so important.", "Compare the temperature where you are with more than 50 cities around the world, including some of the hottest and coldest inhabited places. Enter your location or postcode in the search box to see your result.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart have spoken \"frankly\" in Tehran about jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nHe met Mohammed Javad Zarif to urge her freeing on humanitarian grounds, along with other dual nationals held in Iran.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Tehran since April 2016, after being accused of spying, a charge she denies.\n\nHer husband, Richard Ratcliffe, spoke of his \"hopes and fears\", telling the BBC \"it could go any which way\".\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016\n\nIn what was described as \"a useful meeting\", Mr Johnson and the Iranian foreign minister talked for two hours in Tehran on a range of subjects including the nuclear deal, as well \"obstacles in their relationship\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has tweeted his support for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, calling on Mr Johnson to do \"everything he can to secure her release\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sadiq Khan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on a visit to see her parents with her baby daughter Gabriella.\n\nAfter the arrest her daughter's passport was confiscated and for the last 20 months she has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran.\n\nThe case was further complicated when Mr Johnson erroneously told a parliamentary committee in November that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran to train journalists.\n\nThe foreign secretary later apologised in the Commons, retracting \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why one mother's personal plight is part of a complicated history between Iran and the UK (video published August 2019 and last updated in October 2019)\n\nReports suggest Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe could appear in court on Sunday to face new charges and possibly have her sentence doubled as a result of Mr Johnson's comments.\n\n\"His fate and her fate have been aligned a little bit, and he is now in Iran battling for her,\" her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told the BBC. \"It's a case of 'watch this space'\".\n\nHe said he believed Mr Johnson's \"charm and presence\" in Iran would \"make a difference\", but the situation remained very unclear.\n\n\"It's all up in the air,\" said Mr Ratcliffe. \"We're holding on to the good bits - it could go any which way.\"\n\nHe said he wanted his wife to be with her family in the UK for Christmas but he was not expecting her to be on the foreign secretary's plane when Mr Johnson returns to the UK on Monday.\n\nHe added: \"Fingers crossed it can be solved by Christmas, which means in the week or so afterwards there might be a happy outcome.\"\n\nAs Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif shook hands on their way into talks it could have seemed routine.\n\nBut there was nothing routine about this encounter. The foreign secretary looked uncharacteristically tense, and with good reason.\n\nHis mission - to improve relations - point to Britain's continuing support for the Iran nuclear deal, while at the same time being critical of Iran's actions in Yemen and Syria.\n\nAnd, hardest of all, argue for prisoner releases, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a case many accuse him of damaging by loose talk last month.\n\nBoris Johnson will say nothing at all publicly while in Iran, such is the sensitivity of his visit.\n\nBut in one good sign, Iran's foreign minister confirmed Mr Johnson should be able to meet President Rouhani on Sunday.\n\nWe should not expect immediate consequences, but Iran is in little doubt of the importance the British side attaches to getting Ms Zahari-Ratcliffe home.\n\nRelations between the UK and Iran have long been difficult. Mr Johnson's visit is only the third by a British foreign minister to Iran in the last 14 years.\n\nThe Foreign Office would not confirm the names or number of other dual nationals being held, saying their families had asked for their cases to be kept out of the public domain.\n\nSpeaking ahead of his visit, Mr Johnson said the talks would cover the \"bilateral relationship and I will stress my grave concerns about our dual national consular cases and press for their release where there are humanitarian grounds to do so\".\n\nLast month, the Free Nazanin Campaign said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had suffered panic attacks, insomnia, bouts of depression and suicidal thoughts and had been given a health assessment.", "After Donald Trump said the US will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, here is what life is like for one business.", "Residents of one town in North Queensland are being overwhelmed by bats.\n\nThey're demanding action to deal with a situation they call \"the stuff of nightmares\".", "Max Clifford had been serving an eight-year jail sentence for sex offences\n\nDisgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.\n\nClifford collapsed in his cell at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire on Thursday and again on Friday, his daughter said. He was taken to hospital where he suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nHe had been serving an eight-year sentence for historical sex offences.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said as with all deaths in custody, there would an investigation by the ombudsman.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Our condolences are with Mr Clifford's family at this difficult time.\"\n\nHis daughter Louise, 46, had told the Mail on Sunday that Clifford first collapsed in his cell on Thursday when he was trying to clean it, adding: \"It was just too much.\"\n\nShe said he collapsed again the next day and was unconscious for several minutes, and after seeing a nurse was transferred to a local hospital where he suffered a cardiac arrest on Friday.\n\nDuring his trial he accused his victims of being fantasists\n\nThe Ministry of Justice confirmed Clifford died in hospital on 10 December.\n\nIn May 2014, Clifford was jailed after being convicted of eight historical indecent assaults on women and young girls under Operation Yewtree - the Met Police investigation set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.\n\nDuring this trial, evidence was heard about Clifford's manipulative behaviour, including how he promised to boost the careers of aspiring models and actresses in return for sexual favours.\n\nAfter his convictions, he continued to protest his innocence.\n\nThe Court of Appeal was due to hear his case appealing against his sentence in the New Year.\n\nClifford's lawyer, John Szepietowski, said his death meant there were a number of unresolved legal issues.\n\nHe said Clifford had been suing News International and Mirror Group Newspapers for allegedly hacking his phone.\n\nHis daughter Louise supported him through his trial\n\nThe lawyer also said Clifford was being sued by a number of women who claimed he had sexually assaulted them.\n\nMr Szepietowski said his legal team would meet in the coming days to decide whether Clifford's criminal appeal case should continue.\n\nHe said Clifford had been receiving legal aid for the appeal, after being declared bankrupt earlier this year and having to sell his Surrey home to pay his debts.\n\nDuring his long career as a publicist, Clifford, who started his own company at 27, looked after press and publicity for a mixed range of clients such as Marlon Brando, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali and Jade Goody.\n\nHe claimed he had helped to launch the career of The Beatles by sending press releases about their debut single, Love Me Do, when record company bosses were unsure about the group's potential.\n\nHigh-profile clients came to him because of his connections in the tabloid press - while journalists turned to Clifford to provide stories.\n\nHowever, after 50 years in the showbiz industry allegations against him began to emerge.\n\nIn a Facebook post following the announcement that Clifford had died, former X Factor winner Steve Brookstein, claimed Clifford had \"orchestrated a media hate campaign\" against him.\n• None The rise and fall of Max Clifford\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "They're behind you! Firefighters on stage during the Perth Theatre pantomime\n\nThe first performance at Perth Theatre in four years defied all expectations when two real-life firefighters appeared on stage.\n\nA smoke alarm mid-way through Aladdin on Saturday forced the evacuation of the Edwardian theatre which has just had a £16.6m refurbishment.\n\nAfter checks to the building, the show resumed with one of the actors carried back on stage by the firefighters.\n\nThe theatre management blamed a \"snagging\" fault for the alarm.\n\nGwylym Gibbons, chief executive of Horsecross Arts which runs the theatre, said: \"There was a lovely moment when the firefighters came on stage, carrying one of the cast members.\n\n\"The beauty of pantomime is that you can adapt it to the moment - and everyone got back into the panto spirit.\"\n\nThe theatre's 500-seat B-listed Edwardian auditorium has been closed for four years while it was restored to its former glory.\n\nA new 200-capacity performance studio has also been created to encourage new writing, music and dance.\n\nThe Edwardian auditorium has been restored to its former glory\n\nThe refurbishment includes a new box office, cafe, bar and shop\n\nArtistic director Lu Kemp said the cast became accustomed to dealing with unforeseen events during rehearsals.\n\nShe said: \"It's been hilarious. At times we've had rehearsals where a couple of builders with a very long pipe will walk through the room.\n\n\"But it's nothing that's ever got in the way of rehearsals: it's just added an extra layer of hilarity to the whole event.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ican's executive director Beatrice Fihn (right) said nuclear disaster may be a \"tantrum away\"\n\nThe world faces a \"nuclear crisis\" from a \"bruised ego\", the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) has warned in an apparent reference to US-North Korea tensions.\n\nAccepting the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday, Ican's executive director Beatrice Fihn said \"the deaths of millions may be one tiny tantrum away\".\n\n\"We have a choice, the end of nuclear weapons or the end of us,\" she added.\n\nTensions over North Korea's weapons programme have risen in recent months.\n\nThe open hostility between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership under Kim Jong-un has at times descended into personal attacks this year.\n\nSpeaking at the ceremony in Oslo, Ms Fihn said \"a moment of panic\" could lead to the \"destruction of cities and the deaths of millions of civilians\" from nuclear weapons.\n\nThe risk of such weapons being used, she added, was \"greater today than during the Cold War\".\n\nIcan, a coalition of hundreds of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), has worked for a treaty to ban the weapons.\n\nPrior to presenting the prize on Sunday, Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen offered a similar warning, saying that \"irresponsible leaders can come to power in any nuclear state\".\n\nMs Reiss-Andersen commended Ican which, she said, had succeeded in highlighting the dangers of nuclear weapons as well as trying to eradicate them.\n\nMs Reiss-Andersen also acknowledged the contributions of Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing and now an Ican campaigner.\n\nMs Thurlow, who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building at the time, said that most of her classmates, who were in the same room, were burned alive.\n\n\"Processions of ghostly figures shuffled by,\" she said on Sunday. \"Grotesquely wounded people, they were bleeding, burnt, blackened and swollen.\"\n\nMr Trump has warned that North Korea's government will be \"utterly destroyed\" if war breaks out.\n\nWhite House national security adviser HR McMaster said last week that the potential for war with North Korea was increasing every day.\n\nIn November, Pyongyang said it had tested a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching the whole of continental United States.\n\nIcan, formed in 2007 and inspired by a similar campaign to ban the use of landmines, has made it its mission to highlight the humanitarian risk of nuclear weapons.\n\nA coalition of hundreds of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the Geneva-based group helped pave the way for the introduction of a UN treaty banning the weapons, which was signed this year.\n\nWhile 122 countries backed the treaty in July, the talks were notably boycotted by the world's nine known nuclear powers and the only Nato member to discuss it, the Netherlands, voted against.\n\nOnly three countries, the Holy See, Guyana and Thailand, have so far ratified the treaty, which requires 50 ratifications to come into force.", "Two 19-year-old men have died in hospital in the early hours after apparently taking drugs at a nightclub.\n\nThey were found unconscious at the Pryzm club in Plymouth, where hundreds of young people were attending a gig by the Swedish dance artist Basshunter.\n\nPolice said the teenagers, from Okehampton and Newton Abbot, were thought to have taken MDMA.\n\nThe club was evacuated and an 18-year-old man was arrested by Devon and Cornwall Police.\n\nAt about 02:00 GMT the poorly men were taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.\n\nThe two men were believed to have taken the recreational drug MDMA\n\nDet Insp Julie Scoles said the two who died were part of a larger group who took the drug.\n\n\"We have located the rest of the group who are thankfully showing no ill-effects at this time,\" she said.\n\n\"I am urging the public, especially those going out and planning to take recreational drugs, to be aware of this incident and think twice before taking any unknown substance - there is always a risk when taking drugs and the only way of staying safe is to avoid drugs altogether.\"\n\nNext-of-kin have been informed, but formal identification of the victims has yet to take place and police have asked anyone with any information to contact them.\n\nThe nightclub said the deaths were \"tragic and very sad\", and staff were co-operating with the police investigation.\n\nA statement said: \"We are devastated by the events of this morning where two young men tragically lost their lives, and we would like to extend our thoughts and condolences to the families and friends at this very sad time.\"\n• None The rise in strength and popularity of ecstasy\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BAE makes the Eurofighter Typhoon at its Warton plant\n\nA £6bn deal to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar will help safeguard thousands of UK jobs.\n\nBAE Systems employs about 5,000 people in the UK to build the fighter jets, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.\n\nQatar's purchase of 24 jets includes a support and training package from BAE, with deliveries due to start in 2022.\n\nThe deal was announced in Doha by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah.\n\nMr Williamson said it was a \"massive vote of confidence, supporting thousands of British jobs and injecting billions into our economy\".\n\nAn RAF Typhoon at the Akrotiri base in Cyprus\n\nBAE chief executive Charles Woodburn said the contract, worth £5bn to the company, was the start of a long-term relationship with Qatar and its armed forces.\n\n\"This agreement is a strong endorsement of Typhoon's leading capabilities and underlines BAE Systems' long track record of working in successful partnership with our customers,\" he said.\n\nThe Typhoon entered service with the RAF in 2007 to replace the ageing Tornado fleet.\n\nAlthough the Qatar order secures the production of the Typhoon at BAE into the next decade, it will not stop the 2,000 job cuts announced in October from going ahead.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBAE has suffered amid declining military spending among major Nato members, but remains a key contractor on the world's most expensive defence programme, the US-led F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project.\n\nThe UK's deal with Qatar also includes an agreement with MBDA for Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Raytheon's Paveway IV laser-guided bomb.\n\nQatar signed a letter of intent in September to buy the 24 jets from BAE.\n\nIt is the ninth country to buy the Typhoon, with other customers including Saudi Arabia. Talks about a second batch of sales to the kingdom are ongoing.\n\nIn June countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE severed diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ben Rich updates the situation on the California wildfires\n\nThe most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than New York City.\n\nThe Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has consumed 230,000 acres (930 sq km) in the past week.\n\nFanned by strong winds, it has become the fifth largest wildfire in recorded state history after it grew by more than 50,000 acres in a day.\n\nResidents in coastal beach communities have been ordered to leave.\n\nSatellite imagery shows the vast Thomas Fire, north of Los Angeles, which has spread as far as the Pacific coast\n\nOn Sunday, firefighters reported that 15% of the blaze had been contained but were forced to downgrade that to 10% as it continued to spread.\n\n\"This is a menacing fire, certainly, but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control,\" Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.\n\nThousands of firefighters are working round the clock to tackle the blaze, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.\n\nThe containment operation is not only being hampered by dry winds. It is proving challenging for firefighters because of the location and mountainous terrain.\n\nFirefighters face challenging conditions to contain the Thomas fire\n\nAn analyst with the California fire protection department, Tim Chavez, said the emergency services were struggling because \"a hot interior\" was in parts practically meeting the ocean, making access difficult.\n\n\"It's just a very difficult place to fight fire,\" Mr Chavez said, adding: \"It's very dangerous and has a historical record of multiple fatalities occurring over the years.\"\n\nThe other fires hitting California are largely controlled, but 200,000 people have evacuated their homes and some 800 buildings have been destroyed since 4 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Thomas fire has the potential to be one of the worst in California's history\n\nEvacuation orders were issued overnight on Sunday for parts of Carpinteria close to Los Padres National Forest, about 100 miles (160km) northwest of Los Angeles.\n\nForecasters said wind speeds were expected to increase throughout the day, before dying down again overnight.\n\nThe local fire department tweeted pictures of a wall of flames advancing on homes on the outskirts of Carpinteria early on Sunday morning.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SBCFireInfo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA member of the emergency services in Carpinteria said he would continue working alongside his colleagues until the fire was under complete control.\n\n\"What they did last night was amazing,\" firefighter Michael Gallagher said, adding: \"They saved this entire community.\n\n\"We've been up, I'm at 29 hours straight, every other day... we are exhausted, but they're not coming off until this is done.\"\n\nMeanwhile, actor Rob Lowe, who lives in Santa Barbara, a city of close to 100,000 people, tweeted that he was praying for his town as fires closed in.\n\n\"Firefighters making brave stands. Could go either way. Packing to evacuate now,\" Lowe added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rob Lowe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCalifornia has spent the past seven days battling wildfires. Six large blazes, and other smaller ones, erupted on Monday night in southern California.\n\nThe Thomas Fire - named according to where it started, near the Thomas Aquinas College - is by far the largest of the fires.\n\nThey swept through tens of thousands of acres in a matter of hours, driven by extreme weather, including low humidity, high winds and parched ground.\n\nThe authorities issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called \"extremely critical fire weather\", while US President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency.\n\nOn Saturday, California Governor Jerry Brown described the situation as \"the new normal\" and predicted vast fires, fuelled by climate change, \"could happen every year or every few years\".\n\nSeveral firefighters have been injured, but only one person has died - a 70-year-old woman who was found dead in her car on an evacuation route.\n\nThere are also fears the blaze will seriously hit California's multi-million dollar agricultural industry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air", "The village of Alwine in Germany goes under the hammer and sells for a bargain price.", "The mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from the New Kingdom\n\nArchaeologists in Egypt have displayed items, including a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs in the ancient Nile city of Luxor.\n\nThe mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from Egypt's \"New Kingdom\", about 3,500 years ago.\n\nThe tombs lie in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis, an area famed for its temples and burial grounds.\n\nIt is close to the Valley of the Kings where many of ancient Egypt's pharaohs were buried.\n\nEgypt's antiquities ministry said that the tombs had been discovered by a German archaeologist in the 1990s, but were kept sealed until recently.\n\nThe identity of the mummified body is not known but the ministry says there are two possibilities.\n\nIt could be a person named Djehuty Mes, whose name is engraved on one of the walls, or it could be a scribe called Maati whose name - and the name of his wife, Mehi - are written on funerary cones, officials said.\n\nThe other tomb was only recently \"uncovered\" and has not yet been fully excavated, the ministry said.\n\nIn September, archaeologists discovered the tomb of a royal goldsmith near Luxor.\n\nThe tomb, which also dated back to the New Kingdom, contained a statue of the goldsmith Amenemhat, sitting beside his wife.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Davis: \"No deal means we won't be paying the money\"\n\nBrexit Secretary David Davis says the UK wants to secure a free-trade deal with no tariffs when it leaves the EU.\n\nHe described it as \"Canada plus plus plus\" - a reference to the free trade deal struck between Canada and the EU.\n\nBut unlike the Canada deal, he wants financial services included in the tariff-free area, he told Andrew Marr.\n\nLabour says the UK should \"stay aligned\" to the EU after Brexit and could pay to access the single market like Norway.\n\nThe Conservatives claim this would \"mean billions of pounds going to the EU in perpetuity\" and the UK \"being forced to obey rules over which we have no say\".\n\nCanada's deal with the EU, signed last year, removes the vast majority of customs duties on EU exports to Canada and Canadian exports to the EU but without paying for access to the single market.\n\nBut Mr Davis said he wanted a \"bespoke\" deal with the EU and was aiming for \"overarching\" agreement with no tariffs, that included the service industries - which are a key part of the British economy.\n\nReferring to some of the EU's trade deals, he said: \"We'll probably start with the best of Canada, and the best of Japan and the best of South Korea and then add to that the bits that are missing which is the services.\"\n\nHe said the odds of the UK exiting without a deal had \"dropped dramatically\" following Friday's joint EU-UK statement in Brussels.\n\nBut he stressed that the deal struck by Theresa May on Friday to move to the next phase of talks was a \"statement of intent\" and not \"legally enforceable\".\n\nAnd if the UK failed to get a trade deal with the EU then it would not pay its divorce bill, which the Treasury says will be between £35bn and £39bn.\n\nBut the Irish government said that as far as it was concerned the agreement signed on Friday between the EU and the UK was binding.\n\n\"The European Union will be holding the United Kingdom to account,\" the Irish government's chief whip told RTE.\n\n\"My question to anybody within the British government would be, why would there be an agreement, a set of principled agreements, in order to get to phase two, if they weren't going to be held up? That just sounds bizarre to me,\" Joe McHugh told RTE Radio's This Week.\n\nMr Davis stressed in his Marr interview that the UK was committed to keeping a \"frictionless and invisible\" Irish border and it would \"find a way\" to do this if there was a \"no deal\" Brexit.\n\nMrs May signed an agreement on Friday ruling out the return of a \"hard border\" on the island of Ireland, protecting the rights of EU and UK citizens and agreeing a formula for the divorce bill.\n\nEU leaders are now expected to recommend starting the next phase of Brexit talks at a summit on Thursday.\n\nMr Davis stressed Friday's agreement was conditional on getting a trade deal, agreements on security and foreign affairs, as well as the two-year transition period the UK wants after if officially leaves the EU in March 2019.\n\nFriday's agreement includes a fallback position if the UK fails to get a trade deal, which proposes full regulatory \"alignment\" between the EU and the UK.\n\nThis clause had been diluted at the insistence of the Democratic Unionist Party, which fears Northern Ireland would be separated from the rest of the UK, and move closer to Ireland, if it had to adopt EU rules to keep goods flowing across the border.\n\nBut there is still controversy, and confusion, over what \"full alignment\" would mean in practice, with some Brexiteers fearing the UK would have to continue to abide by EU regulations on agriculture and other issues after Brexit and would not be able to strike its own trade deals.\n\nMr Davis has said \"full alignment\" would apply to the whole of the UK, not just Northern Ireland, but the Sunday Telegraph said Conservative Brexiteers had been reassured that it was \"non-binding\" and had been included to secure Ireland's backing for the deal.\n\nPushed to explain what it meant, Mr Davis told Andrew Marr: \"We want to protect the peace process and we also want to protect Ireland from the impact of Brexit for them. This was a statement of intent more than anything else.\"\n\nThe Labour party has ruled out remaining in the EU single market and customs union if it wins power.\n\nBut the party's shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted a partnership with the EU that \"retains the benefits of the single market and the customs union\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer suggested the UK could pay for single market access\n\nThe EU has asked for more clarity from the UK on what it wants from trade talks. But today it was the opposition who gave more details than ever before.\n\nSo far Labour has said, if in power, it would stay in the single market and customs union in a transition period.\n\nBut now the shadow Brexit secretary has talked about the benefits of staying in alignment with the EU in the longer term.\n\nAnd he has even suggested he'd be willing to pay for the type of single market access that Norway enjoys.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has raised the possibility of staying in a form of customs union.\n\nThat might restrict the ability to do global trade deals but - as she puts it - she doesn't want to \"kybosh\" trade with the EU.\n\nFor the Conservatives in the short term it's a political gift - they can portray Labour as rule takers who are prepared to pay far more to Brussels than their divorce settlement.\n\nBut it's more likely a sign that \"creative ambiguity\" across the political spectrum could be unsustainable when serious trade talks begin.", "James DeGale says he will \"go back to the drawing board\" after his shock defeat by American Caleb Truax at London's Copper Box Arena.\n\nDeGale lost his IBF world super-middleweight title as Truax won 114-114 115-112 116-112 on the cards.\n\nThe Briton was as short as 1-100 with some bookmakers as he fought for the first time since January.\n\n\"There's something missing in the ring,\" said 31-year-old DeGale, who had shoulder surgery in July.\n\nTruax, 34, offered constant pressure and rocked DeGale in the fifth as a stiff right drew gasps in the venue.\n\nDeGale, timid for large parts, rallied late on but Truax took the title.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 live after the fight, DeGale - who suffered his second professional defeat - added: \"I honestly did [think I'd won], I've got to go back to the drawing board.\n\n\"My nose is blocked again, I've got to sort it out. The shoulder - I had serious reconstruction - there's no pain but I'll have to go back, have a look and see. I've probably rushed back to be honest, maybe I should have waited till next year.\"\n\nHe added: \"I'm going to speak to Al Haymon [his boxing advisor] later, maybe I can get a rematch.\"\n\nTruax, who extended his record to 29-3, said: \"All week all I heard was who he's going to fight next. Well guess what? Those fights are mine now.\n\n\"I'd love to [fight in the UK again]. I'm staying until Wednesday - if anybody sees me, buy some pints.\"\n\nTruax sank to his knees on the bell and was convinced he had landed arguably the biggest shock the sport has seen this year.\n\nWhile DeGale had questions to answer following shoulder surgery in July and having suffered ear and dental damage in drawing with Badou Jack in January, he was expected to shine against the 34-year-old, who was contesting a world title for the second time.\n\nBig money bouts with WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves, or other stellar names at the weight such as Callum Smith or Chris Eubank Jr will likely now have to wait and afterwards DeGale said he hoped for a rematch.\n\nShortly after the fight, Groves tweeted: \"Call it a day, mate, you ain't got it no more.\"\n\nEubank Jr wrote: \"After all the trash talk and disrespectful comments James DeGale you go and put on a display like that! All I can say is WOW! You have properly let down British Boxing #Shameful.\"\n\nMinnesota's Truax achieved his goal in the sport of paying off his student debt with this bout but he will leave the UK with so much more thanks to a game fighting style which unsettled DeGale from the second round onwards.\n\nDeGale, 31, found himself backed to the ropes consistently and while there were flurries of good work, Truax's solid straight shot rocked his head in the third and a left hook landed crisply in the fourth.\n\nBut it was the fifth where trouble really arose for the champion. He was bloodied and Truax delivered variety with good body work, a clean uppercut and later ramrod right.\n\nBBC Radio 5 live's ringside pundit Adam Booth pointed to DeGale showing \"immense signs of distress\" as he offered little in return.\n\nEarlier in the year, DeGale told BBC Sport he did not want too many more battles like he shared with Jack in January. But he had no choice but to dig in and take punishment as this slipped away from him.\n\nTwo counter lefts in the seventh gave DeGale hope he had stemmed the flow but the challenger still walked his man down, digging a right hook into the left abdomen in the eighth.\n\nA good body shot from the 2008 Olympic champion briefly threatened to save him in the 10th but Truax was not to be denied as he dished up DeGale's second career loss.\n\nCaleb Truax on BBC Radio 5 live: \"He was sleeping and now he's going to have nightmares about me.\n\n\"All week all I heard was who he's going to fight next. Well, guess what, those fights are mine now. I'd love to [fight in the UK again]. I'm staying until Wednesday - if anybody sees me, buy some pints.\"\n\nBBC pundit and world-level trainer Adam Booth: \"An hour ago James was world champion and thinking about unifying belts. Now he's being asked if he's a has-been former champion and it's brutal. It's easy for us to say we know what he can do and he didn't do it tonight, so he can't do it anymore. That's not necessarily the case.\"\n\nElsewhere on the night, IBF world featherweight champion Lee Selbyclaimed a wide points win against Mexico's Eduardo Ramirez to all but seal an all-British dust up with Leeds' Josh Warrington early in 2018.\n\nSelby could not lose his title after Ramirez failed to make weight for the bout which was supposed form part of a world-title double header. But the 30-year-old excelled nonetheless, showcasing evasive footwork to move to 26 wins from 27 fights.\n\nWBO European light-heavyweight champion Anthony Yarde became the first man to stop the durable Nikola Sjekloca, completing the win with impressive combinations in round four.\n\nAnd heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois took his record to six knockouts from six fights with a second-round stoppage of Wales' Dorian Darch.", "Germany's domestic intelligence agency says China used Linkedin to target at least 10,000 people\n\nChina is using fake LinkedIn profiles to gather information on German officials and politicians, the German intelligence agency (BfV) has said.\n\nThe agency alleges that Chinese intelligence used the networking site to target at least 10,000 Germans, possibly to recruit them as informants.\n\nIt released a number of fake profiles allegedly used for this purpose.\n\nBfV head Hans-Georg Maassen said the accounts show China's efforts to subvert top-level German politics.\n\n\"This is a broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies,\" he said.\n\nChina has denied similar allegations of cyber espionage in the past and has not yet responded to the German allegation.\n\nThe BfV published eight of what they say are the most active profiles used to contact German LinkedIn users. They are designed to look enticing to other users, and promote young Chinese professionals -who do not exist.\n\nSpy chief Hans-Georg Maassen says the accounts show an attempt to infiltrate German politics\n\nSome of the accounts include \"Allen Liu\", said to be a human resources manager at an economic consultancy, and \"Lily Wu\", who reportedly works at a think tank in eastern China.\n\nThe BfV says both accounts are fake.\n\nThe agency is increasingly worried that Chinese intelligence is using the method to recruit high-ranking politicians as informants.\n\nThey asked users who believed they had been targeted by suspect accounts to contact them.\n\nLast year, the BfV said they had detected \"increasingly aggressive cyber-espionage\" including \"intensifying\" attempts to influence September's parliamentary elections.\n\nThey said the hacker group known as \"Fancy Bear\" or APT28 was especially active - and it is believed to be controlled by the Russian state.", "Clifford is serving an eight-year jail sentence for sex offences\n\nDisgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has suffered a cardiac arrest in hospital after collapsing in prison.\n\nThe 74-year-old had been serving eight years in a Cambridgeshire jail for historical sex offences.\n\nIt is understood he collapsed in his cell last Thursday while trying to clean it, then again the following day.\n\nHis daughter Louise told the Mail on Sunday he was in the critical care unit and was in a \"bad way\".\n\nA Prison Service spokesperson said the safety and welfare of people in custody was its \"top priority\". Clifford was serving his sentence at HMP Littlehey.\n\nHis daughter said that he was trying to clean his prison cell when he collapsed, adding \"it was just too much\".\n\n\"Next day he collapsed again and was unconscious for several minutes - though he doesn't know how long.\n\n\"He was seen by a nurse, who insisted he must be transferred to a local hospital. That's where he had his cardiac arrest, later on Friday.\"\n\nIn May 2014, Clifford was jailed after being convicted of a number of charges under Operation Yewtree - the Met Police investigation set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.", "Tearing up convention, US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.\n\nThe BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet breaks down what the decision means for Middle East peace.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWeather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and \"cut off\" some rural areas.\n\nThe Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, northern England and parts of the Midlands.\n\nA few centimetres of snow is likely but up to 20cm is possible in some areas.\n\nThere are yellow \"be aware\" warnings for parts of the country, with an amber \"be prepared\" alert in place on Sunday.\n\nThe Midlands, Wales, northern and eastern England and the far north of Scotland are most likely to have heavy snow early on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to BBC Weather, a 10cm spread of snow will initially mount in the Midlands and eastern England, before gradually becoming lighter and patchier throughout the day and into Sunday evening.\n\nBirmingham Airport have warned passengers travelling on Sunday morning to allow more time for their journey as a result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Birmingham Airport This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile southern parts of England and Wales could face heavy rain and gale force winds of up to 70mph (112km/h), the Met Office said. Icy surfaces are likely to be an \"additional hazard\", it added.\n\nHighways England have urged drivers to \"prepare for every eventuality\", recommending they carry warm clothing, food, drink, required medication, boots, a shovel and a torch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Highways England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTemperatures are likely to reach lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, particularly in rural areas.\n\nThe heaviest and most frequent snow showers are forecast to affect mainly north east Scotland.\n\nOn Sunday \"there is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe Met Office have issued yellow and amber weather warnings for Sunday\n\nOnly a small proportion of power cuts affecting homes and businesses across the Midlands, south west England and south Wales are related to the weather, Western Power Distribution said.\n\nAll current outages are set to be restored by 23:00 GMT on Saturday, ahead of further possible power cuts on Sunday due to the expected snowfall.\n\nMeanwhile in Scotland, where 18,000 households had been without power, electricity supplies have been restored.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHighways officials have reported \"hazardous\" driving conditions and police in Shropshire in the West Midlands advised against driving unless \"absolutely necessary\".\n\nThere are delays to some flights at Manchester Airport and it advises passengers to check with their airline before travelling.\n\nThe final day of Lincoln Christmas market has also been cancelled over safety concerns about the expected snowfall.\n\nIn the Brecon Beacons, one family made the most of an opportunity for a snowball fight\n\nBut it still was not cold enough for trousers in Greater Manchester\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nManchester United's Romelu Lukaku could be the most important player on the pitch in Sunday's Manchester derby, says ex-England player Owen Hargreaves.\n\nAfter joining United from Everton for £75m in the summer, Lukaku hit seven goals in his first eight league games but has scored only twice since.\n\nHargreaves, who played for both Manchester clubs, believes another element of his game will be crucial.\n\n\"United will need to get out of defence through Lukaku,\" he said.\n\n\"Everyone said before he came to the club that his hold-up play was not good enough for a top, top player but in the past few weeks it has been much better.\n\n\"United need that so they can get players up the pitch. He could be the most important player in the game.\"\n\nUnited are second in the Premier League, eight points behind their city rivals.\n\nPep Guardiola's side boast the most prolific attack in England's top flight, having scored 46 goals in 15 games.\n\nUnited, meanwhile, have the best defence. They have conceded just nine goals, with only one of those at Old Trafford.\n\nJose Mourinho's side adopted a cautious approach in their 0-0 draw at Liverpool in October, and Hargreaves believes they will have to be more adventurous against City if they are to retain hopes of winning the title.\n\n\"United have to win,\" said the 36-year-old, who played for United from 2007-2011 before spending a season at City\n\n\"A draw is good for City. How many points are they going to drop over the rest of the season? They've already won the league so the goal for them is to make some noise in the Champions League.\n\n\"It is more a must-win game for United. If City win, the title race is over.\"\n\nIs Pep in for the long run?\n\nGuardiola is in his second season as City manager - and his first was mixed.\n\nHe won his first 10 matches in charge before a streak of six games without a win - the worst run of his managerial career - as City finished third.\n\nBut the Spaniard has revitalised the squad, and Hargreaves expects him to be City manager for years to come.\n\nHe said: \"Manchester City were building towards Pep for a long time and I think some of the players that went there before were his mould - the likes of Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling.\n\n\"I would say Pep, with how young the squad is in terms of the players he is signing, that's a long-term project.\n\n\"It is hard to think where he could go. He has done Barcelona and Bayern Munich, he isn't going to Real Madrid, so there is only really Paris St-Germain or a national team. I think he will be there for a long time.\"\n\nHargreaves does not think the same can be said for Mourinho's spell at Old Trafford.\n\n\"If he wins the league, he could fancy a different challenge, or if doesn't work out and United are not in a position where they are pushing City then you could imagine him going after a few years.\"\n\nA good game to be without Pogba?\n\nUnited will be without midfielder Paul Pogba on Sunday as he serves the first game of a three-match suspension following his sending-off at Arsenal.\n\nThe France international has been hugely influential for the Red Devils this season, but Hargreaves feels United may thrive without him.\n\nHe said: \"For Pogba, you would have to argue the weakest part of the game is defending. As much as he is irreplaceable, for this one-off game Mourinho might not mind having someone more defensive in.\n\n\"Pogba may help with that out ball and the ability to play a precise pass, but in terms of the defensive structure and being disciplined I don't think anything will change for Mourinho, he will demand they defend as a group, break and play on the counter.\n\n\"City will dominate the game but Watford and Arsenal had control of their games against United and were beaten comfortably.\"\n\nWe asked you to create your starting XI from the combined squads of Manchester United and Manchester City, and from almost 90,000 teams selected, this was the most popular.\n\nCity midfielder Kevin de Bruyne was the most-picked player, closely followed by United goalkeeper David de Gea.\n\nJohn Stones narrowly missed out on taking one of the centre-back berths, and while United's Antonio Valencia was among the top 11 most-popular players, he failed to make the cut because City's Kyle Walker was by far the most selected player at right-back and right wing-back.\n\nRaheem Sterling has been in superb form for City, and he was the highest-ranked attacking player to miss out on the XI, with United midfielder Nemanja Matic also falling just short of the team.\n\nData recorded from 00:01 GMT on Wednesday, December to 12:00 GMT on Friday, 8 December.", "One of Britain's worst train crashes is to be remembered in a memorial service.\n\nThe Castlecary rail disaster cost 35 people their lives in a freezing snowstorm on a December Friday night in 1937.\n\nAnother 179 were hurt in the tragedy when an Edinburgh to Glasgow express ploughed into a stationary train just west of Castlecary village.\n\nAn inquiry found a signalling error led the driver of the express to believe the line was clear.\n\nThe crash happened in the evening of 10 December 1937 as the express from Edinburgh Waverley was travelling at high speed in a blizzard.\n\nBoth the express and the other train, from Dundee, were bound for Glasgow's Queen Street Station.\n\nThe Edinburgh to Glasgow train crashed into the back of a stationary Dundee train heading for Queen Street\n\nThirty five people died and 179 were injured in the disaster\n\nThe Dundee train was running late and had stopped at signals outside Castlecary Station when the express train rammed into the stationary carriages.\n\nAn investigation after the incident found a signaller error was to blame, with driver error and challenging weather conditions contributing factors.\n\nFor years the disaster was remembered by the local people in Castlecary with a makeshift memorial by the side of the railway.\n\nBut, keen to create a fitting tribute to those who died and those who helped in the aftermath of the terrible tragedy, Castlecary Community Council created a permanent memorial in 2007, made from railway sleepers, pieces of track and a wheel from a piece of rolling stock.\n\nIt is at this memorial that the victims of the disaster will be remembered on Sunday evening.\n\nOfficial documents from the time of the disaster\n\nSecretary of the community council Albert McBeath said the memory of the tragedy endured despite the passage of time.\n\n\"I knew a lot of people who remembered and had seen the aftermath,\" she said.\n\n\"It must have been horrendous, in one of our worst winters, the temperature was -20C.\n\n\"I moved to the village 30 years ago and have always heard people talking about it.\n\n\"Even now, they have grandparents who remember what happened after the crash.\"\n\nFalkirk councillor Billy Buchanan will be joined for a short service by the Provost of North Lanarkshire to remember those who lost their lives.\n\nThey will also pay tribute to a later crash in 1968 which saw the loss of two men.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "With nearly 500 schools closed across Wales, families had a chance to enjoy the winter landscape, like this snow-covered wood, near Mold Image caption: With nearly 500 schools closed across Wales, families had a chance to enjoy the winter landscape, like this snow-covered wood, near Mold\n\nResidents in Ruthin, north Wales, woke up to an idyllic white canvas of snow on Monday morning Image caption: Residents in Ruthin, north Wales, woke up to an idyllic white canvas of snow on Monday morning\n\nOn Sunday, snowfall caused treacherous conditions in places, leading some people to abandon their cars on the side of the road Image caption: On Sunday, snowfall caused treacherous conditions in places, leading some people to abandon their cars on the side of the road", "Parts of England and Wales fall under an amber 'be prepared' weather warning on Sunday. Significant snowfall is forecast with impacts for travel expected. Louise Lear explains the potential impacts.", "China has been building what it calls \"the world's biggest camera surveillance network\". Across the country, 170 million CCTV cameras are already in place and an estimated 400 million new ones will be installed in the next three years.\n\nMany of the cameras are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. The BBC's John Sudworth has been given rare access to one of the new hi-tech police control rooms.", "Georgia Toffolo has been named the winner of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.\n\nThe shocked reality star, known as Toff, was crowned by Ant and Dec on Sunday evening after more than nine million votes were cast.\n\nShe was odds-on favourite to win the ITV show, but said: \"I am so taken aback. Is this real?\"\n\nFormer Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas came in second place, with radio and TV presenter Iain Lee coming in third.\n\nToff, 23, is known for appearing on E4's Made in Chelsea, joining in the seventh series. She also works for The Lady magazine and is head of events for think tank Parliament Street.\n\nThe I'm A Celebrity final attracted an average of 9.2 million live viewers on Sunday night. It was ITV's third biggest audience of the year - behind the series' launch show and the One Love Manchester concert - with a 41% share of the total TV audience.\n\nThe Strictly Come Dancing results show earlier in the night had more viewers however, with an average of 11.1 million viewers; while the final episode of Blue Planet II attracted an audience of 10.36m.\n\nJamie Lomas came second in the ITV series\n\nToff's fellow campmate Stanley Johnson - father of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - said: \"I knew she was going to make it. I said right from the start that Toff is the one.\"\n\nThe winner said her favourite moment of the show was going to collect water with Johnson, with whom she struck up a strong friendship.\n\nShe follows in the footsteps of previous Queens of the Jungle Scarlett Moffatt and Vicky Pattinson.\n\nMoffatt, who won last year's series, said: \"It's girls like you that make me feel proud to be a young woman. I am so proud of you.\"\n\nIain Lee was voted into third place by the public\n\nAfter her win, Toff welcomed the prospect of earning money on the back of her appearance on the show, admitting: \"I haven't paid my rent.\"\n\nShe told Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan she wanted to take a shot at presenting, saying: \"I want to do what you guys do. I want to try it. Who knows?\"\n\nToff also said she wanted to \"do good\" with her win, saying: \"There are so many worthy causes that I would love to get involved with.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bethan Hiscocks, a teacher from near Sennybridge, says \"there's not much chance of getting out\"\n\nHeavy snow, flooding and high winds have caused widespread disruption across Wales.\n\nSennybridge, near Brecon, Powys, has seen the highest snowfall in the UK - about 30cm (12ins) - and hundreds of homes are without power.\n\nRoads have been shut, some rail routes were blocked and police have advised people not to travel unless necessary.\n\nNurses in the Cardiff and Bridgend area have been asked to work extra shifts.\n\nCardiff and Vale Health Board made a social media appeal to boost staff numbers at its University Hospital of Wales and Llandough sites.\n\nA yellow \"be aware\" warning remains in place for much of Wales until 23:55 GMT, while a warning for ice for the whole of Wales has been issued for Monday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis car overturned on the A487 at Rhiw Penglais near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion on Sunday\n\nA tree hits a camper van on the A40 in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, but no-one was injured\n\nSnow settles on the Guardian of the former Six Bells colliery site, near Abertillery in Blaenau Gwent\n\nA snow stick shows 20cm of snowfall in the Brecon Beacons\n\nMeanwhile in Carmarthenshire, Coleg Eidyr, a residential college for people with learning disabilities at Rhandirmwym, near Llandovery, is without heat and electricity.\n\nAmong the roads closed, is the A4233 Maerdy Mountain Road between Aberdare and Maerdy in Rhondda Cynon Taff, while two milk tankers which came off the road in Llanilar, near Aberystwyth, had to be pulled free by tractors.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gareth Wyn Jones This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany roads were treacherous, including the A470 near Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons\n\nNorth east Wales was particularly badly hit with snow, like here at Chirk Castle, near Wrexham\n\nDerwen Gam near Aberaeron, Ceredigion, is looking picture postcard perfect\n\nEarlier on Sunday, two women were carried to safety by fire crews after their car became stuck in water at Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, while a stream broke its banks at Margam Village in Port Talbot.\n\nFlood water also left cars submerged in the capital and Vale of Glamorgan area with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service reporting water half way up vehicles.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by SWP_Roads This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWestern Power Distribution has said hundreds of homes in mid, west and south Wales are without power and advised residents to access its power cut map online.\n\nScottish Power customers across north Wales can check supply status using its postcode checker.\n\nTwo milk tankers which came off the road in Llanilar near Aberystwyth on Sunday had to be pulled free by tractors\n\nThe 10:20 GMT flight from Cardiff to Amsterdam was cancelled and Cardiff Airport has advised all passengers to check its live flight information.\n\nA number of rail services have also been affected and Arriva Trains Wales has advised commuters to check if services are still running before travelling.\n\nPowys, Monmouthshire, Flintshire and Wrexham councils have already confirmed some schools will be closed on Monday, with warnings more could follow.\n\nDetails of any school closures are available on council websites.", "Chris Rea is currently touring around Europe and the UK\n\nSinger Chris Rea is said to be in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing during a performance.\n\nFans posted on Twitter that they saw the 66-year-old \"fall backwards\" mid-song at the New Theatre Oxford.\n\nRea, who is known for his hits \"Driving Home for Christmas\" and \"Road to Hell\", is on tour to promote his new album.\n\nA concert due to take place in Brighton on Sunday has now been cancelled. A decision has not yet been made on a concert due in Bournemouth on Tuesday.\n\nDarren Fewins, who was in the audience in Oxford, said Rea had been on stage for about 45 minutes when he collapsed halfway through a song.\n\nHe told the Press Association that Rea, who was born in Middlesbrough, was \"playing the best I have ever seen\" before his fall.\n\nSouth Central Ambulance Service said it was called at 21:30 GMT to an incident at the venue and that one patient had been taken to hospital.\n\nStaff at the theatre tweeted that they \"appreciate everyone's patience\" and will update people with news when they have it.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by New Theatre Oxford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by New Theatre Oxford\n\nRea had his pancreas removed in 2001 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.\n\nHe suffered a stroke in 2016, but recovered to launch an album in September and embark on his tour around Europe from October.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast in August this year that he still felt the effects of the stroke.\n\n\"I'm fine when I'm sitting down. I've just got a little bit of balance - it's a bit dodgy, just in case anyone thinks I'm drunk on-stage.\"", "A top UN official told senior North Korean figures there was an \"urgent need\" to keep channels open to avoid the risk of war, the organisation says.\n\nThe statement follows a visit to Pyongyang by Jeffrey Feltman, the highest-level trip by a UN official to the isolated nation in six years.\n\nNorth Korea says it has agreed to regular communication with the UN.\n\nTensions over the North's weapons programme were raised further after a fresh ballistic missile test last week.\n\nNorth Korea said it was its most advanced missile yet, capable of reaching the continental US.\n\nThe test was the latest in a series of nuclear and missile tests conducted in defiance of UN sanctions.\n\nSouth Korea and the US have meanwhile been carrying out large-scale military drills in a show of force.\n\nOn Sunday, South Korea said it will join the US in imposing fresh sanctions against the North.\n\nTwenty North Korean firms and 12 individuals have reportedly been added to a South Korean blacklist, which will take effect from Monday.\n\nThe move by Seoul, its second set of unilateral sanctions in a month, was designed to cut off international sources of funding for North Korea's nuclear missile programme, a foreign ministry official in Seoul said.\n\nThe measures are in addition to those imposed by the UN Security Council.\n\nThe UN continues to operate in North Korea, with programmes providing food, agricultural and health aid but the last visit by a senior official was back in 2011.\n\nAfter the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Mr Feltman met senior North Koreans all agreed \"the current situation was the most tense and dangerous peace and security issue in the world today\", according to the statement.\n\n\"Noting the urgent need to prevent miscalculations and open channels to reduce the risks of conflict, Mr Feltman underlined that the international community, alarmed by escalating tensions, is committed to the achievement of a peaceful solution,\" it added.\n\nNorth Korean state media earlier said current tensions were \"entirely ascribable to the US hostile policy\".\n\nSome of latest pictures released by North Korea showed Kim Jong-un on Mount Paektu, the country's highest peak\n\nBut in its reporting of Mr Feltman's trip, KCNA also said both sides agreed on \"communication through visits at different level on a regular basis in the future\".\n\nBefore leaving for Pyongyang, Mr Feltman held talks in China, North Korea's historic ally and main trading partner.\n\nDespite calls from other world leaders for restraint, this year has seen US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hurl insults at each other, both at one time saying the other was mad.\n\nUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson though has said that lines of communication are open between the two sides.\n\nNorth Korea argues nuclear capabilities are its only deterrent against an outside world seeking to destroy it.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nBen Duckett was dropped from Saturday's Ashes tour game after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.\n\nThe 23-year-old batsman, part of the England Lions squad, was due to play against a Cricket Australia XI as a number of the senior party were rested.\n\nOn Thursday, he was socialising with Lions and senior squad members, who were not under a curfew.\n\n\"It's trivial, but in the current climate not acceptable,\" said coach Trevor Bayliss.\n\nAnderson, who has played in 131 Tests, is England's all-time leading wicket-taker and there is no suggestion the 35-year-old did anything wrong.\n• None Listen: England should be trying to win respect - Agnew\n• None Ballance fails to press England case as he fails in Perth\n\nIn September, England all-rounder and vice-captain Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm after an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.\n\nThen, at the start of the Ashes tour, Jonny Bairstow was accused of 'headbutting' Australia's Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar.\n\n\"Everyone has been warned about how even small things can be blown out of all proportion,\" added Bayliss.\n\n\"I'm disappointed. With what we have had to go through already with these problems, it is not acceptable.\"\n\nDuckett has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation that will be led by Lions coach Andy Flower.\n\n\"Andy will look after his player and if anything needs to be said or done with the first team, we'll handle that,\" added Australian Bayliss.\n\n\"I'm not sure what more I can say to the players. I'm sure there will be some stern words from above.\"\n\nWhen asked if he is \"fed up\" about having to address off-field matters, Bayliss replied: \"Very much so. I'm here to coach the team and I end up spending most of the time trying to explain behaviour that the boys have been warned about.\"\n\nThe latest indiscretion involving the England team is thought to have left management incredibly angry.\n\nThere is a feeling trouble usually centres around the same small group of players and that they could pay with their place in the squad, even if that weakens the overall strength of the team.\n\n\"I might review who is in the team,\" said Bayliss. \"They can't keep making the same mistakes.\n\n\"Most of the guys are fine, but somewhere along the line some of the guys have to pull their heads in.\"\n\nNorthants left-hander Duckett averages 15.71 in four Tests for England, the last of which was against India in November 2016.\n\nHe was replaced in the England team for the game at Richardson Park by Joe Clarke.\n\nEngland are 2-0 down in the Ashes series and will relinquish the urn if they are beaten in the third Test in Perth, which begins on Thursday.\n\nThe Ashes squad had been placed under a curfew after the incident between Bairstow and Bancroft came to light during England's 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Brisbane.\n\nThough both Bairstow and Bancroft described the occurrence as \"without malice\", England's players were subsequently required to return to their hotel by midnight.\n\nThat curfew was lifted for the first time on the night of Duckett's indiscretion.\n\nIt is understood that no members of the public were involved and England team security were present.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side's title hopes are \"probably\" over because referee Michael Oliver failed to award them a penalty in their 2-1 loss to \"lucky\" Manchester City.\n\nPep Guardiola's team stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points and became the first team to win 14 successive English top-flight games in a single season.\n\nCity took the lead their vast superiority deserved when man-of-the-match David Silva hooked home from close range after confusion at a corner on 42 minutes, only for United to be handed a lifeline in first-half stoppage time when poor defending from Nicolas Otamendi and Fabian Delph allowed Marcus Rashford to steal in for a composed finish.\n\nOtamendi made amends nine minutes after the break when Romelu Lukaku - who had a poor game - lashed at a clearance in the area and the City defender pounced on the rebound to score.\n• None Has Mourinho lost the battle with Guardiola?\n• None My Barcelona philosophy is working in England - Guardiola\n\nMourinho's post-match focus centred on an incident in the 79th minute, when Ander Herrera went down in the box under a challenge from Otamendi and was booked for diving.\n\n\"My first reaction is I feel sorry for Michael Oliver because he had a very good match but unfortunately he made an important mistake,\" Mourinho told BBC Match of the Day.\n\n\"The result was made with a big penalty not given. That would have been 2-2.\n\n\"Michael was unlucky because it was a clear penalty.\"\n\nAsked whether the title race was over, Mourinho replied: \"Probably, yes. Manchester City are a very good team and they are protected by the luck, and the gods of football are behind them.\"\n\nBefore Sunday's game, Mourinho had suggested City's players go down too easily - something Guardiola dismissed, along with the Portuguese's assertion United should have had a penalty.\n\n\"Last season it was the same - we won here and it was the referee. Today as well,\" Guardiola said.\n\n\"Yesterday he spoke about the referee. We are an honest team. We had 65% ball possession, which means we wanted to play. We came here and did that.\n\n\"It's not true that my players go down easily. That is not an argument I believe.\"\n\nSunday's result ended United's 40-match unbeaten run at home - which stretched back to City's win here in September 2016.\n\nCity, who have dropped only two points in their first 16 league games, had opportunities to extend their lead but it was keeper Ederson who made the decisive late intervention with a miraculous double late save from the luckless Lukaku and substitute Juan Mata.\n• None Podcast: Is the Premier League title race over?\n\nIs the title race over?\n\nIt is a brave call to declare the title race over in early December - but the statistics and evidence are piling up to suggest the chase is on for second place behind City.\n\nCity will effectively have to lose four games while all of their rivals need to keep winning, tough to see with Guardiola's team having won every league match since Everton took a point at Etihad Stadium in the second game of the season.\n\n\"We are still in December. If we have 11 points when we play the second derby in April then maybe I will tell you that we have the title,\" said Guardiola, who was full of praise for his side's performance.\n\n\"We won at Old Trafford again, that is why I am the most pleased and of course for the three points,\" he added. \"We played good, with a lot of courage. I'm so satisfied.\"\n\nThe trip to Old Trafford, and the renewal of old rivalries between Guardiola and Mourinho, was the most eagerly awaited game of the season between the two teams at the top of the table and was seen as the acid test of City's apparent infallibility.\n\nThose looking for cracks in the Guardiola armour pointed to City having to secure three wins against Huddersfield Town, Southampton and West Ham United with late, late goals.\n\nIf City's confidence had been shaken at all by having to fight for victories, there was no sign here as they played with a composure and positivity that was a level above United.\n\nThere can be no doubt City were deserved winners and even showed the street wisdom of champions to run down the clock in the closing seconds, to the fury and frustration of Old Trafford.\n\nThe title race may not be over - but there was no escaping the feeling a crucial blow has been inflicted on United and the rest of City's pursuers.\n\nSilva may be small in stature but he stood head and shoulders above every other player in the intense heat of this game.\n\nThe Spaniard may now be 31 but it is little wonder City were so delighted to secure him on a new contract until 2020.\n\nSilva showed again why he deserves to be ranked as a Premier League great, and one of the finest players to play for City.\n\nHe had more time on the ball than any other player, the hallmark of class, and always seemed to have more options in possession than any other player.\n\nSilva pounced for City's crucial first goal, held his own in the physical exchanges and even shrugged off a heavy bang to the head in a clash with United's Marcos Rojo.\n\nIt was a complete performance from a world-class player.\n\nCity fans stayed in their seats long after the final whistle, delivering a taunt that had echoed around Old Trafford throughout this landmark victory.\n\n\"Park The Bus, Park The Bus, Man United…\" was the chant that was met with a muted response from the home support, who had seen City show more attacking intent and flair than Mourinho's side could muster.\n\nUntil a predictable late charge, this was a strangely muted display from United. Their need for victory was arguably greater than City's as they started the game with an eight-point deficit, but they spent much of the first half on the back foot.\n\nMourinho's line-up demonstrated attacking intent with the inclusion of Lukaku, Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial. United also missed the power and influence of Paul Pogba, suspended after his red card at Arsenal.\n\nIt was still a surprise, however, to see City so comprehensively dominant from the opening exchanges and United were barely able to believe their luck that they went in at half-time on level terms.\n\nLukaku's lack of confidence and touch did not help and there was an element of good fortune about Ederson's late saves - but there was no doubt United did not push hard enough for victory and were second best.\n• None This was just the second time a team has scored more than one goal in the Premier League at Old Trafford against Mourinho's Manchester United (also City in September 2016, 2-1).\n• None Mourinho has lost nine matches in all competitions against Guardiola, more than against any other manager.\n• None United posted a 35% possession figure, their lowest at Old Trafford in the Premier League since 2003-04 (when Opta started collecting this data).\n• None Rashford has been involved in 11 goals in 12 games in all competitions at Old Trafford this season (six goals, five assists), more than any other United player.\n• None Otamendi is now the top-scoring defender in the Premier League this season (four goals).\n• None Lukaku has scored just five goals in his past 40 Premier League appearances against the 'big six'.\n\nUnited welcome Bournemouth to Old Trafford on Wednesday at 20:00 GMT and are at West Brom on Sunday, 17 December at 14:15.\n\nCity travel to Swansea on Wednesday (19:45), before hosting Tottenham on Saturday (17:30).\n• None Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.\n• None Ashley Young (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue.\n• None Delay in match Ederson (Manchester City) because of an injury.\n• None Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic tries a through ball, but Juan Mata is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Ashley Young tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "More students will be encouraged to take degrees in two years\n\nStudents in England are going to be offered degrees in two years with a £5,500 saving in tuition fees, says the universities minister Jo Johnson.\n\nUndergraduate courses will be condensed into \"accelerated\" degrees, with fees 20% less than a three-year course.\n\nMr Johnson said he wants to \"break the mould\" of a system in which three-year degrees have \"crowded out\" any more flexible ways of studying.\n\nThe Office for Fair Access says the plan could help to widen opportunities.\n\nBut Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said there was no evidence that \"squeezing three years of learning into two will stop the huge drop in part-time students or lead to better outcomes\".\n\nInstead she said that in effect it would mean that for each of the two years of study, tuition fees would be more expensive than the current £9,250, at about £11,000 per year.\n\nThe idea of a two-year degree had been proposed earlier this year - but this latest version has moved further towards making it cheaper for students.\n\nStudents would take the same number of units and have the same amount of teaching and supervision, but degree courses would be delivered in one less year.\n\nAs well as reduced tuition fees, students will save on a year's living costs and will be able to start working a year earlier - a package which Mr Johnson says could cut costs by £25,000.\n\nIt would also be cheaper for the government, which would have lower tuition fee loans to fund, with this fee arrangement intended to be available from autumn 2019.\n\nIt is part of Mr Johnson's push for more value for money for students - after concerns that students did not think they were getting good value from their tuition fees.\n\nIt comes ahead of a wider review of fees and university funding expected in the next few weeks.\n\nJo Johnson says universities have to address value for money for students\n\nThe minister says the level of tuition fees for two year courses strikes the \"right balance\" between the fixed costs for universities, where the teaching hours will be the same as a three-year course, and a reduction for students for less time on campus.\n\nThere have been previous attempts to promote two-year degrees, but Mr Johnson said the numbers currently taking them were \"pitiful\", with only 0.2% of students on such accelerated courses.\n\n\"I think this reflects that the incentives in the system are completely skewed against it.\"\n\nThe minister said he wanted to promote a more diverse and flexible set of choices at university level - in a market currently dominated by the traditional three-year, residential degree.\n\nNumbers of mature students have been declining in recent years - and Mr Johnson says that the two-year degree model could be a much more practical option for them.\n\n\"This policy will be particularly attractive for mature students who are looking to change their skills and adapt to changes in the economy - and who might want to go through higher education at a faster pace,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson said that if universities saw students being attracted by such courses, there could be a \"snowball\" effect which would result in such courses becoming widespread.\n\nThe universities minister says he wants to move beyond being \"stuck with a system that has increasingly focused on offering only one way of benefiting from higher education\".\n\nMr Johnson said he \"massively supported\" new providers such as Sir James Dyson's engineering institute, which he said provided the kind of innovation that had been \"sorely missing in the system\".\n\nThis is a high-quality, work-focused project, where students learn alongside leading engineers - and where students do not pay tuition fees.\n\nNick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said that \"making two-year degrees more makes sense\", particularly as a way to support mature students.\n\nBut he warned that this would mean a higher charge per year in fees than the current three-year degree.\n\nAnd Mr Hillman warned that \"it remains an open question whether there is sufficient support in Parliament for a higher tuition fee cap for a minority of courses\".\n\nProf Les Ebdon, head of the Offa access watchdog, backed the calls for such fast-track courses.\n\n\"Accelerated degrees are an attractive option for mature students who have missed out on the chance to go to university as a young person,\" said Prof Ebdon.\n\n\"Having often battled disadvantage, these students can thrive in higher education and I hope that now many more will be able to take up the life-changing opportunity to get a degree.\"\n\nThe proposal was supported by Sir Anthony Seldon, vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, an institution which already offers two year degrees.\n\n\"Two years are the ideal solution for those students who want to get on with their degree and forsake three-month summer holidays,\" said Sir Anthony.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scenes of fun and frustration over wintry showers\n\nHeavy snow has led to power cuts and disrupted air, rail and road travel in many parts of the UK.\n\nThe deepest snow recorded was 30cm (12in) in Sennybridge, near Brecon, while High Wycombe saw 17cm.\n\nSnow is forecast to remain in Northern Ireland and Scotland but give way to icy conditions overnight elsewhere. Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warnings for ice affect England and Wales.\n\nHundreds of schools across England and Wales will be closed on Monday.\n\nFlights have been disrupted at several airports, including Heathrow, where snowploughs were used to clear the runways.\n\nHeathrow remains open but says the de-icing of aircraft is resulting in some delays and cancellations. But passengers flying into the airport have also said they are experiencing delays in disembarking from planes.\n\nElectricity supplier SSE said about 5,400 homes in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire remain without power after snow and wind saw tree branches coming into contact with overhead cables.\n\nIts engineers are working to carry out repairs but because of \"continuing issues with access to fault locations\" about 800 homes in Oxfordshire will remain without power overnight. The company is serving free hot food and drinks to affected customers.\n\nAcross the Midland, South West England and Wales, about 9,000 properties served by Western Power Distribution were affected by power cuts. The company says it is working to restore power overnight.\n\nBuckinghamshire County Council and Shropshire Council say the majority of their schools will be closed on Monday because of the snow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The forecast is for icy conditions on Monday\n\nThere have been similar announcements in Denbighshire, Birmingham, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, while Hertfordshire County Council says some of its schools have taken the decision to shut.\n\nMeanwhile, drivers have been advised by police to avoid non-essential journeys.\n\nThe scene on the A40 near Sennybridge in Powys\n\nTemperatures reached lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, falling to as low as -14C (6.8F) in isolated rural areas.\n\nAn amber warning for snow was extended on Sunday to cover Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex but areas including Liverpool and South Yorkshire were downgraded to a yellow \"be aware\" warning.\n\nThe Met Office's yellow weather warning for snow and ice on Monday\n\nThe Met Office says ice is likely to be the \"main hazard\" over the next 24 hours as it issued a further yellow \"be aware\" warning for snow and ice in Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt warned of icy surfaces on Monday in Wales and in the Midlands, East of England, London and the South East, the North West, South West, and Yorkshire.\n\nOvernight temperatures into Monday are forecast to be between -1C and 1C in built-up areas but as low as -10C in the countryside.\n\n\"Ice is expected to form across many places overnight into Monday morning. Some injuries are likely from slips and falls on icy surfaces as well as icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths,\" the Met Office said.\n\n\"As well as this lying snow from Sunday will continue to be a hazard leading to longer and potentially hazardous journeys.\"\n\nIt said some snow may fall over parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire on Monday morning but it was not expected to settle.\n\nThe snow failed to stop the three Premier League matches going ahead - although ground staff were on hand during the Liverpool v Everton derby\n\nThe snow showers have swept across London\n\nA gritter ploughs the quiet roads in the Peak District\n\nWhile this dog owner in Leicestershire braves the cold\n\nA picturesque view was captured in Derwen Gam near Aberaeron, in Wales\n\nHill walkers made the most of the bright skies over Ben Lawers in Perthshire\n\nThe Edward Carson statue in Belfast was barely visible through the snow\n\nBut plenty of people were out and about in central London", "Ms Wasim shared her experience on her Instagram account, which has almost 400,000 followers\n\nAn actress who starred in Bollywood's biggest film says she was molested on a flight between Delhi and Mumbai.\n\nZaira Wasim, 17, said a \"middle-aged man\" had repeatedly moved his foot up and down her neck and back while she was \"half-asleep\".\n\nShe documented the incident on Instagram and tried to film the man's behaviour but said it was too dark.\n\nThe airline, Air Vistara, said it was carrying out a detailed investigation into the incident.\n\nA suspect has been arrested, Indian media reports say, but his identity has not been disclosed.\n\nMs Wasim posted on her Instagram account early on Sunday. \"I was sure of it,\" she wrote. He kept nudging my shoulder and continued to move his foot up and down my back and neck.\"\n\nShe said she blamed the turbulence at first but was later woken by the man's foot touching her neck.\n\nMs Wasim shared a video of herself after the flight, in which she was visibly upset. \"This is terrible,\" she said. \"No one will help up if we don't decide to help ourselves.\"\n\nZaira Wasim made her acting debut in Dangal, the top grossing Bollywood movie of all time\n\nLast year, Ms Wasim made her acting debut in Dangal, which became the top-grossing Bollywood movie of all time.\n\nShe was awarded the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement earlier this year by India's President Ram Nath Kovind.\n\nAir Vistara said on Twitter that staff had not become aware of the incident until the plane was on its descent to Mumbai but it apologised for what Ms Wasim had experienced.\n\n\"We have zero tolerance for such behaviour,\" its statement read.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Vistara This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn recent months, a growing number of women have spoken out about their experiences of sexual harassment.\n\nIt followed a campaign encouraging victims to share their stories of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour under the #metoo hashtag.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael's prime minister has said Palestinians must \"get to grips with\" the reality that Jerusalem is Israel's capital in order to move towards peace.\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem had been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and had \"never been the capital of any other people\".\n\nHe spoke amid ongoing protests in the Muslim and Arab world at a US decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital.\n\nViolence flared near the US embassy in Lebanon and elsewhere on Sunday.\n\nIn Jerusalem itself, a Palestinian was arrested after stabbing and seriously wounding an Israeli security guard at the central bus station.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Netanyahu: Paris is the capital of France, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel\n\nSpeaking in Paris after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Netanyahu said efforts to deny the \"millennial connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem\" were \"absurd\".\n\n\"You can read it in a very fine book - it's called the Bible,\" he said. \"You can read it after the Bible. You can hear it in the history of Jewish communities throughout our diaspora... Where else is the capital of Israel, but in Jerusalem?\n\n\"The sooner the Palestinians come to grips with this reality, the sooner we will move towards peace.\"\n\nMeanwhile a spokesman for the US Vice-President, Mike Pence, strongly criticised the Palestinian Authority, saying it was \"unfortunate\" that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet Mr Pence on his forthcoming trip to the region.\n\nIn Egypt, the country's top Muslim and Christian clerics have also cancelled scheduled talks with Mr Pence in protest at the US move.\n\nThere has been widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump's decision - announced on Wednesday - to reverse decades of US neutrality on the status of Jerusalem which cuts to the heart of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.\n\nThe city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.\n\nIsrael has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.\n\nSunday has seen a further raft of protests at the US move:\n\nIn Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a large rally in Istanbul he would not abandon Jerusalem to a state that \"kills children\".\n\nMr Netanyahu said the Turkish leader had \"attacked Israel\".\n\n\"I'm not used to receiving lectures about morality from a leader who bombs Kurdish villages in his native Turkey, who jails journalists, helps Iran go around international sanctions and who helps terrorists, including in Gaza, kill innocent people,\" he added.\n\nMr Erdoğan has described Jerusalem as a \"red line\" issue for Muslims and warned Turkey could end up severing diplomatic ties with Israel over the issue.\n\nTurkey and Israel only restored diplomatic relations last year, six years after Turkey cut ties in protest at the killing of nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists in clashes with Israeli commandos on board a ship trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.", "Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to bid farewell to the French rock star Johnny Hallyday, who died this week.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the singer in a eulogy at the Madeleine church.", "Opposition parties in Honduras have formally demanded the annulment of last month's presidential election.\n\nThe main opposition contender, Salvador Nasralla, accused the electoral authorities of tampering with the results in favour of the incumbent, Juan Orlando Hernández.\n\nOfficial results show that Mr Hernández won the vote by a narrow margin, but a partial recount is under way.\n\n\"We are not making a simple demand,\" said Mr Nasralla.\n\n\"The whole world knows what has happened and I do not believe the world will allow Honduras be robbed of the people's will,\" he added.\n\nThe partial recount was requested by the regional body, the Organisation for American States (OAS).\n\nIt said that the electoral court must check a number of alleged irregularities before announcing a result for the 26 November poll.\n\nVotes from nearly 5,000 ballot boxes are being tallied again. Officials say results are due to be announced by Monday.\n\nMr Nasralla had established a five-point lead over Mr Hernández on the first day of counting.\n\nBut the gap began to close after a computer problem was reported at the vote tallying centre in the capital, Tegucigalpa.\n\nGovernment supporters say the opposition should accept defeat\n\nThousands of people took to the streets in rival demonstrations over the past two weeks. Human rights group Amnesty International says 14 people died in days of clashes.\n\nThe government imposed a curfew, which was lifted after on Friday, as violence was controlled.\n\nThe electoral tribunal has until 26 December to publish the result of the election.", "Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Nigel Farage has defended Donald Trump's retweeting of inflammatory tweets by saying he can't have known what he was doing.", "Suzannah Newham said yes to John Dardis\n\nA man's romantic proposal plans were almost ruined when he fell and broke his ankle on a coast path - but he popped the question anyway, while waiting for emergency services.\n\nSuzannah Newham said yes as John Dardis lay on wet ground unable to move, Newquay Coastguard said.\n\nRescuers had some \"great banter\" with the Bristol pair while fitting a splint and administering pain killers.\n\n\"He literally fell for her,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe couple were said to be staying at Mawgan Porth near Newquay for the weekend and had gone for a coastal walk when Mr Dardis slipped on wet ground.\n\nHowever, he decided to carry on with his plans to propose despite suffering a broken ankle in the fall.\n\nThe rescue team carried John Dardis across fields to an ambulance\n\nThe groom-to-be posted a picture on Facebook of his ankle in a cast next to a bottle of champagne and thanked the rescuers for their \"great banter\" after the accident on Saturday morning.\n\nSuzannah Newham showed off her ring on the way to the hospital\n\nRegie Butler, Newquay Coastguard rescue officer, said: \"It was an unfortunate accident but John was very stoic.\n\n\"The best man's got the best speech to give now.\"", "Since the Good Friday agreement was signed in 1998, marking the end of 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, relationships between Catholics and Protestants have improved.\n\nBut in some areas, peace walls are still in use to separate the two communities.\n\nThese walls have now become an attraction for tourists visiting Belfast.", "Kezia Dugdale said she knew appearing on I'm A Celebrity would be a \"political gamble\".\n\nThe former Scottish Labour leader, known as Kez on the ITV show, was the second person to be evicted from the Australian jungle.\n\nMs Dugdale said she expected criticism but would be coming home \"with my head held high\".\n\nShe faced a backlash after it emerged she joined the reality show without permission from the Labour Party.\n\nThe MSP lasted 11 days in the camp.\n\nThe Edinburgh and Lothians MSP had asked for three weeks off from Holyrood business but did not reveal her plans to go on the show.\n\nNew leader Richard Leonard initially had said he was \"not persuaded\" that his predecessor should be punished, despite his own \"personal disappointment\" and strong criticism from others in the party.\n\nScottish Labour later announced that Ms Dugdale she would not be suspended from the party.\n\nHowever, she will be interviewed on her return to parliament and will \"have the opportunity to present her account of events.\"\n\nMs Dugdale was expected to be paid tens of thousands of pounds, part of which she said she would be donating to charity, along with her MSP's salary for the time she is away.\n\nIn an interview with ITV's Lorraine, she said: \"I always knew it was going to be a big gamble for me politically.\n\n\"I know I'm going back to a good deal of criticism and I will take that face on. I've got to have a lot of conversations with people but I'm going back with my head held high.\n\n\"I came out here to do what I wanted to do. I love my job, it's a great privilege to be a Labour politician and I fully intend on continuing to do it for a very long time.\"\n\nThe 36-year-old said she appeared on the programme to show young viewers that not all politicians were like fellow camper Stanley Johnson, who is Boris Johnson's father.\n\nIn her exit interview she told presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly she wanted to use the appearance to talk about the things she cared about.\n\nShe added: \"And to take on the myth that every politician looks like Stanley - old, white, male, pale and stale. I wanted to show that there is a variety of people out there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will you marry me? Australian politician proposes to his partner in parliament\n\nAn Australian MP has proposed to his partner during a parliamentary debate on legalising same-sex marriage.\n\nTim Wilson's proposal to Ryan Bolger, who was sitting in the public gallery, was met with a loud \"yes\" - reaffirming a commitment they made nine years ago.\n\nThe House of Representatives began debating the bill on Monday, five days after it was passed in the Senate.\n\nMr Wilson is believed to be the first MP to propose on the floor of the house, officials said.\n\n\"In my first speech, I defined our bond by the ring that sits on both of our left hands. They [the rings] are the answer to the question we cannot ask,\" an emotional Mr Wilson said in his speech.\n\n\"So there is only one thing left to do. Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?\"\n\nThe question drew cheers and applause. The speaker congratulated the pair, before confirming that Mr Bolger's response had been officially recorded in Hansard.\n\nTim Wilson proposed to his partner, who was sitting in the public gallery\n\nMr Wilson said the protracted national debate on same-sex marriage had been the \"soundtrack\" to their relationship.\n\nEarlier, the government MP spoke about his own experience growing up as a gay teenager and struggling with a stigma surrounding homosexuality.\n\n\"This bill rams a stake into the heart of that stigma and its legacy,\" he said.\n\nMr Wilson is among 77 MPs who will speak on the bill. A vote is likely to happen this week unless there are significant amendments.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Long-time same-sex couples on what a law change would mean for them\n\nConservative politicians are expected to suggest amendments to the bill, such as additional exemptions for celebrants who refuse to marry same-sex couples. The Senate rejected such amendments in its debate last week.", "A Conservative MP has defended her cyber-security arrangements after revealing she shares her login passwords with all her staff.\n\nNadine Dorries said this included \"interns on exchange programmes\", triggering a backlash on Twitter.\n\nIn response, she said she was a backbench MP who did not have access to government documents.\n\nThe Mid Bedfordshire MP had been defending Conservative First Secretary of State Damian Green.\n\nA Cabinet Office inquiry is examining claims pornography was found on a computer in Mr Green's Parliamentary office.\n\nHe denies watching or downloading pornography on his computer.\n\nMs Dorries was questioning a retired police officer's claim that Mr Green must have been responsible for material found on his computer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rory Cellan-Jones This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe defended herself in subsequent tweets, saying her team were responding to hundreds of emails every day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA fellow MP, Nick Boles, tweeted that he shared his password with his staff for the same reasons.\n\nMs Dorries later tweeted that she was \"flattered\" by people thinking she would have access to \"government docs\", adding: \"Sorry to disappoint!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJim Killock, of the Open Rights campaign group, said: \"On the face of it, Nadine Dorries is admitting to breaching basic data protection laws, making sure her constituents' emails and correspondence is kept confidential and secure. She should not be sharing her log-in with interns.\n\n\"More worryingly, it appears this practice of MPs sharing their log-ins may be rather widespread. If so, we need to know.\"\n\nHe urged MPs' staff and former staff to get in touch with his campaign \"if they have knowledge about insecure data practices in MPs' offices\".", "Covering the mouth and nose can help to warm up air being breathed in by those with asthma\n\nAsthma sufferers are being encouraged to wear a scarf over their nose and mouth to prevent asthma attacks this winter.\n\nBreathing in cold, damp air can make the airways tighten and trigger an attack in three out of four people, charity Asthma UK says.\n\nThis can leave people coughing, wheezing and gasping for breath.\n\nThe charity's #Scarfie campaign says \"a scarf can save a life\" but it's not a replacement for asthma medicines.\n\nFour million people with asthma in the UK say that breathing in cold winter air makes their asthma symptoms worse.\n\nEthan Jennings, who is nearly four, and from Lancashire, has had severe asthma symptoms since he was a baby. In one year, he was rushed to hospital 17 times for treatment.\n\nHis dad, Trevor, says winter is always a bad time for him.\n\nEthan was 11 months old when he first started gasping for breath\n\n\"When it gets cold, it's bedlam, he's more prone to colds and that brings out his symptoms.\"\n\nThe winter when he turned one was particularly awful - \"we nearly lost him\", Trevor says.\n\nEthan spent a week in hospital fighting for his life having been given all available treatments.\n\nSince then, he has responded better but his parents know that they have to be particularly vigilant in winter.\n\n\"I'm just waiting to hear a cough. He hasn't yet got the vocabulary to tell me his chest is tight, but that is coming.\n\n\"In the meantime, anything we can do to protect him when he's outdoors - we do it.\"\n\nDr Andy Whittamore, clinical lead at Asthma UK and a practising GP, said just going outside on a cold day could be life-threatening for many people with asthma.\n\n\"Living in the UK means that cold weather is impossible to avoid over winter, but if people have asthma, simply wrapping a scarf around their nose and mouth can warm up the air before they breathe it in, reducing their risk of having an asthma attack.\n\n\"We are urging everyone - whether they have asthma or know someone that does - to share the message that something as simple as a scarf could save a life.\"\n\nIn the UK, 5.4 million people have asthma and just over one million of them are children.\n\nLast year, 1,410 people died from asthma - 14 were children.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party will not accept any Brexit deal that \"separates\" Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.", "Rak-Su were crowned the winners of the X Factor final beating Grace Davies.\n\nThe group from Watford will release Dimelo with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\" that an anticipated deal on Brexit was not reached on Monday.\n\nHe said Ireland could not go into a second phase of Brexit talks without \"firm guarantees that there will not be a hard border in Ireland\".\n\nMr Varadkar said the UK had agreed a text that met Irish concerns.\n\nHowever, he was then later told that the British government was not in a position to conclude \"what was agreed\".\n\nThe taoiseach told a press conference in Dublin that earlier on Monday, he had been in touch with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk and confirmed to both Ireland's agreement on the form of words about the Irish border.\n\nBut the deal did not go ahead.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said the deal broke down after the DUP refused to accept UK concessions on the Irish border issue.\n\nIrish ministers say the border is \"more than a customs issue\" and must be handled sensitively\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May is understood to have broken off from talks with Mr Junker to speak to DUP leader Arlene Foster.\n\nIt happened after the DUP leader had held a press conference saying her party would \"not accept any form of regulatory divergence\" that separates Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nHowever, Downing Street sources insist it was not only the intervention by the DUP that meant a deal was not concluded.\n\nThe DUP insists NI must leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the UK\n\nIt is understood that there are still differences of opinion over citizens' rights, the role of the European Courts after the implementation period and also over the technicalities of the Irish border.\n\nThe UK was reportedly prepared to accept that Northern Ireland may remain in the EU's customs union and single market in all but name.\n\nAt her press conference on Monday afternoon, Mrs Foster accused Dublin of trying to change the 1998 Belfast Agreement without unionists' consent.\n\n\"We will not stand for that,\" she said.\n\n\"The prime minister has told the House of Commons that there will be no border in the Irish Sea and the prime minister has been clear that the UK is leaving the EU as a whole and that the territorial and economic integrity of the UK will be protected,\" said the DUP leader.\n\nThis is the latest in a series of meetings between Theresa May and EU officials\n\nThe Irish prime minister told a news conference that it \"would not be helpful\" for him to attribute blame for the breakdown in agreement.\n\nWhen asked about the DUP's influence with the UK government, Mr Varadkar said that although they are the largest party in Northern Ireland, and their views have to be taken into account, they \"don't represent the majority of people in Northern Ireland\".\n\nHe added that the majority of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU during the Brexit referendum.\n\nThe Irish government had been seeking guarantees from the UK that there would be no customs checks on the border with Northern Ireland after Brexit and movements of goods and people would remain seamless.\n\nJohn O'Dowd, Sinn Féin, accused the DUP leader, Mrs Foster, of putting party political needs ahead of border issues.\n\n\"It appears from the leaks of the paper that were presented today - and we will examine the paper in its totality - that there is certainly a significant section of the UK government who are prepared to treat us different because they either understand the unique circumstances of this island or they accept that these talks are going nowhere until this matter is dealt with,\" he said.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May has been meeting key EU figures in an attempt to hammer out a deal ahead of a summit in 10 days time.\n\nMr Tusk represents the leaders of the other 27 EU members, who all need to agree for there to be a move to the next phase of talks.\n\nThe UK voted for Brexit last year and is due to leave in March 2019, but negotiations have been deadlocked over three so-called separation issues: the status of expat citizens, the \"divorce\" bill and the Northern Ireland border.\n\nThe Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement was reached on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland about how NI should be governed.\n\nThe agreement aimed to set up a nationalist and unionist power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.", "Four years have passed since South African hero Nelson Mandela died\n\nSouth Africa's corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago.\n\nAccording to the report, 300m rand ($22m; £16m) was redirected from a development fund to help with costs.\n\nIt had been earmarked for things like \"sanitation, the replacement of mud schools and the refurbishment of hospitals,\" the report stated.\n\nInstead, the authorities allegedly spent it on items like $24 T-shirts.\n\nAllegations of misuse first emerged in 2014, months after Mr Mandela's funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape, in December 2013, which was attended by heads of state from around the world.\n\nNow, nearly four years after Mr Mandela's death at the age of 95, the country's public protector, Busi Mkhwebane, has asked President Jacob Zuma to pursue the allegations further using the special investigations unit.\n\nThe 300-page report describes how officials in the Eastern Cape pocketed funds, ignored basic rules, and inflated costs.\n\nMr Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being charged with trying to overthrow the apartheid government\n\nMs Mkhwebane described the failure to follow regulations on the spending of public money as \"very scary\" and \"appalling\", according to South Africa's Mail&Guardian newspaper.\n\n\"It is very concerning that we can use a funeral to do such things,\" she told a press conference. \"How do you charge or escalate prices or even send an invoice for something you have not delivered?\"\n\nMs Mkhwebane said disorganisation had a role to play in the misuse, but also hit out at how South Africa's ruling ANC party had apparently issued instructions to officials on how the money should be spent.\n\n\"There are invoices we are showing with letterheads from the ANC. And monies were paid but again services were not rendered,\" she was quoted as saying by South Africa's EyeWitness News.\n\nShe added: \"We are hopeful whoever has committed these acts will be taken to task.\"\n\nThis is not the first scandal to surround official events commemorating the apartheid struggle hero's life.\n\nThe man tasked with providing a sign language interpretation at the memorial service was accused of making up gestures, while a fight for control over Mandela's legacy within his own family mired the last months of his life.", "This is the US's largest deployment of stealth fighter jets to South Korea.\n\nTens of thousands of South Korean and American troops are involved in the annual exercises.", "The MP Nadine Dorries wrote on Twitter that all her staff had her login details\n\nThe UK's data privacy regulator has cautioned MPs about sharing work computer passwords.\n\nIt follows tweets by three Conservative Party MPs over the weekend claiming that they had provided their staff with access to their login details.\n\nSharing passwords is not a breach of the UK's Data Protection Act.\n\nBut the law says that \"appropriate\" security measures concerning personal data must be in place and that those with access must be properly vetted.\n\n\"We're aware of reports that MPs share logins and passwords and are making enquiries of the relevant parliamentary authorities,\" the Information Commissioner's Office said in a tweet of its own.\n\n\"We would remind MPs and others of their obligations under the Data Protection Act to keep personal data secure.\"\n\nIt added a link to a guide outlining the types of safety measures that should be enforced.\n\nThe issue was raised by Nadine Dorries - the member of parliament for mid-Bedfordshire - who posted on Saturday evening that her team logged into her computer using her login details \"everyday\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe had made the point in order to cast doubt over claims that First Secretary of State Damian Green must have been responsible for viewing pornography allegedly found on his computer. The minister denies the accusation, but has faced calls to resign.\n\nNick Boles - MP for Grantham and Stamford - followed up saying that he had shared his password with his four members of his staff, so they could deal with letters and emails from constituents.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nick Boles MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd Will Quince - who represents Colchester - said that he had given his login to his office manager, adding that he did not always lock his machine to allow other team members access.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Will Quince MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 3 by Will Quince MP\n\nThe House of Commons Staff Handbook explicitly states that its employees must not share their passwords, but the rule does not appear to cover logins of the MPs themselves.\n\nEven so, some politicians have stressed that they do keep their details private.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Peter Grant MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 5 by Melanie Onn MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSecurity experts have expressed concern about the suggestion that password-sharing is commonplace among MPs and their staff.\n\nTroy Hunt blogged about a variety of alternative ways to share access to emails and other documents without providing full access to a computer's contents.\n\nAnd the consultant Graham Cluley suggested: \"it should worry us all if the very people who are tasked with legislating on internet privacy and security issues are proving to be so utterly clueless\".", "Rak-Su have been named the winners of the X Factor 2017.\n\nThe Watford-based group beat Grace Davies in the final of the ITV singing competition - the first boy band to win since the show started in 2004.\n\nRak-Su thanked viewers for voting for them, while their mentor Simon Cowell hailed them as \"stars\".\n\nProceeds from Rak-Su's winners' single Dimelo will go to children's hospice charities Together For Short Lives and Shooting Star Chase.\n\nThe track, a duet with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy, was first performed during Saturday's show.\n\nX Factor judge Cowell also praised runner-up Grace Davies, describing her as \"really an outstanding, outstanding artist\".\n\nSimon Cowell described runner up Davies as \"outstanding\"\n\nThe finalists performed several original songs during their appearances on X Factor, marking a change in the show's approach this year.\n\nIn the ratings battle, however, the first part of the X Factor final - which was shown on Saturday night - lost out to Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nThe BBC dance contest's quarter final had an average audience of 9.7 million, while the first night of the X Factor final averaged 4.4 million viewers. The two shows overlapped for just over an hour on Saturday.\n\nIt was a similar story on Sunday night, when they overlapped for 40 minutes, with an average audience of 5.2 million for the second part of the X Factor final and 10.3 million for Strictly.\n\nBoth Rak-Su and Davies previously had songs played by BBC Introducing before auditioning for the X Factor.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Cafe owner David Thomas said he was told the occupants were in an area of the lorry trailer which was not refrigerated\n\nEleven people, including six children, were found locked in the back of a lorry in a lay-by.\n\nFirefighters cut the locks after police were called to reports of banging from inside the vehicle, which was parked at Willoughby Hedge on the A303 at West Knoyle on Saturday afternoon.\n\nThe Home Office said immigration enforcement officers found 10 Iraqi nationals and one Afghan national.\n\nPolice said the driver was helping with inquiries but had not been arrested.\n\nThe driver of the lorry had been returning to Taunton from Belgium and had stopped for lunch at a roadside cafe.\n\nDavid Thomas, who runs the cafe, said the driver could not open the back doors because they had been glued shut.\n\nHe said the occupants had been \"pretty lucky\" because part of the lorry was refrigerated.\n\n\"The compartment they were in contained a few pallets of rather expensive Belgian chocolate and was at a normal temperature,\" he said.\n\n\"I understand from the driver if they'd been in the front compartment that was quite well-chilled so they would have had a few problems there.\"\n\nPolice were called to the Willoughby Hedge lay-by on Saturday afternoon\n\nA Wiltshire Police spokesman said the adults found in the lorry were being kept in custody overnight and would be handed to Home Office officials on Monday.\n\n\"We are currently working with colleagues from the Home Office Immigration Department as our inquiries progress,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Where someone has no right to remain in the UK, we will take action to remove them,\" a Home Office spokeswoman added.\n\nWiltshire Council said it was working with its partner agencies \"to provide support and help to those involved\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shashi Kapoor acted in more than 150 films\n\nKapoor, who acted in huge hits like Deewar and Kabhie Kabhie, had been ill for some time and was in hospital.\n\nHe was a member of the Kapoor dynasty, which has dominated the Hindi film industry for decades.\n\nHe won several national film awards and was awarded the Padma Bhushan civilian honour by the Indian government in 2011. He also acted in a number of British and American films.\n\nKapoor died at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in the western city of Mumbai.\n\n\"Yes he has passed away. He had kidney problem since several years. He was on dialysis for several years,\" his nephew, actor Randhir Kapoor, told Press Trust of India. The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning, he said.\n\nThe actor was married to late English actress Jennifer Kendal, with whom he set up Mumbai's iconic Prithvi Theatre in 1978. His sister-in-law is British actress Felicity Kendal.\n\nKapoor began his career as a child actor and appeared in more than 150 films, including a dozen in English. He became known internationally for his roles in Merchant Ivory productions like \"Shakespeare-wallah\" and \"Heat and Dust\".\n\nIn 2015, he was given the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema.\n\nKapoor was known for his charming smile and was often described by his fans as the \"handsomest star ever\". He had a huge fan following among women.\n\nHe was cast alongside superstar Amitabh Bachchan in some of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters of the 1970s and 1980s, and the two actors played brothers, best friends or rivals.\n\nHis comment in Deewar - \"Mere paas maa hai\" (But I have mother's support) - during a tense confrontation with screen-sibling Bachchan tops the list of best Bollywood lines for millions of fans around the globe.\n\nOver the years, it has found its way on to merchandise like shoulder bags, coffee mugs and cushion covers.\n\nAs news of his death spread, fans took to social media to express their grief and pay tributes, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Narendra Modi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by WAGH $AGAR 🇮🇳 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Aamir Khan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Shashi Tharoor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British Transport Police have released images of two men they want to speak to over the attack\n\nPolice are searching for two men after a teenager was attacked on a Tube train and forced to apologise for being gay.\n\nThe 19-year-old had been travelling with friends on the Jubilee line in south-east London on 21 October when he was verbally abused by two men.\n\nOne of them put him in a headlock while the other took his phone and threatened to stab him. He was then strangled until he said sorry for being gay.\n\nThe British Transport Police (BTP) said \"hate crime would not be tolerated\".\n\nThe group that included the victim were dressed in fancy dress and had been travelling between West Ham and North Greenwich when the attack occurred.\n\nAfter the men released the teenager they gave him back his phone but got into a fight with the rest of the group, police said.\n\nA 25-year-old woman suffered bruising after she was punched and pushed to the ground.\n\nIn a statement, the BTP said: \"We won't tolerate behaviour where someone is targeted because they are perceived to be different, or made to feel uncomfortable on their journey.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of the dogs, Dazz, was featured in MoD publicity shots at the Defence Animal Centre\n\nTwo retired army dogs which faced being destroyed because they were too aggressive to rehome have been saved, the BBC understands.\n\nKevin and Dazz, both Belgian shepherds, were deployed in Afghanistan and were retired from frontline service in 2013.\n\nThe dogs are based at the Defence Animal Centre in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.\n\nForeign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan wrote to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday to call for a reprieve.\n\nThe MoD has assured their dog handlers that they could be saved.\n\nA third animal, a police dog named Driver, who was also at risk, could also be rehomed.\n\nSir Alan, the MP for Melton and Rutland and Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, said: \"It is very good news, as long as they have a good home, which also guarantees safety for people.\n\n\"We are all happy for Kevin and Dazz and also good luck to Driver.\"\n\nHe said they were \"hero dogs who have fought fearlessly alongside our soldiers\" and any danger to people \"must be proven\".\n\nThe dogs have been trained to show aggression which makes rehoming difficult\n\nFormer soldier turned author Andy McNab launched an online petition, which has more than 370,000 signatures and will be delivered to the centre in Melton Mowbray.\n\n\"Service dogs have saved my life on numerous occasions,\" he said.\n\n\"Dogs like Kevin, Dazz, and Driver are an asset when they are serving but they are even more of an asset when they are retired.\"\n\nThe Belgian shepherds went on patrol with troops in Afghanistan and were used for their aggression.\n\nThe MoD had said: \"Wherever possible, we endeavour to re-home them [dogs] at the end of their service life.\n\n\"Sadly, there are some occasions where this is not possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brigitte Macron got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in France.\n\nThe wife of the French president is also the panda's \"godmother\".\n\nIn a speech, she later said France had been \"proud and happy\" to host the pandas from China and that the cub was a symbol of the countries' historic ties.", "Theresa May said the two sides had been \"working hard\" and \"negotiating hard\" but differences remained on two issues.\n\nSpeaking after Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, the UK Prime Minister said they would meet again this week, and she was \"confident that we will conclude this positively.\"", "R&B singer Jorja Smith has won the Brits Critics' Choice award, singling her out as one to watch next year.\n\nThe 20-year-old, who comes from Walsall in the West Midlands, beat two other newcomers, Mabel and Stefflon Don, to the prize.\n\nThe award, which recognises \"the future stars of British recording talent\", has previously gone to Adele, Emeli Sande and last year's winner, Rag N Bone Man.\n\n\"This is such a special way to end the year,\" said Smith.\n\nThe singer, who took fourth place on the BBC Sound of 2017, was working in a Starbucks less than two years ago when she posted her first single, Blue Lights, on SoundCloud.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jorja Smith performs So Lonely for the BBC Music Sound of 2017\n\nA soulful, semi-autobiographical look at her childhood in the West Midlands (it references the number four bus she used to catch home) it quickly earned shout-outs from Stormzy, Skrillex and Drake - who put her on his More Life mixtape earlier this year, alongside the likes of Kanye West and Young Thug.\n\nThe Canadian R&B star also invited Smith on stage during his concerts at London's O2 arena and the Barclays Center in Birmingham. After the second show, the pair popped out to a local Co-Op to buy sweets, to the surprise of fans.\n\nThis year, she has released two smooth-but-streetwise singles, Teenage Fantasy and On My Mind, both of which were named \"Hottest Record In The World\" by BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac.\n\nSmith said she \"couldn't believe\" she'd been given the Critics' Choice award, which is chosen by a panel of music industry experts - including critics, record label employees and the heads of the UK's biggest radio stations.\n\n\"It's been an unforgettable 2017 during which I've fulfilled so many of my dreams,\" she said.\n\n\"And to be part of an all-female shortlist alongside Mabel and Stefflon Don, who've both had incredible 2017s, makes it even better!\n\n\"There's lots more to come in 2018 from all of us and I will do my best to make it another memorable year.\"\n\nThe Critics' Choice prize is the first accolade to be announced before the official Brit Awards ceremony, which will take place at London's O2 Arena on 21 February, 2018.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland tore into the Australia top order late on the third day of the second Ashes Test to give themselves faint hope of a remarkable escape in Adelaide.\n\nJames Anderson and Chris Woakes took two wickets each to reduce the home side to 53-4.\n\nThat, though, is still a lead of 268 after the tourists were bowled out for 227.\n\nThrough a combination of poor strokes, excellent Australian bowling and some even better catching, England slumped from their overnight 29-1 to 142-7.\n\nRespectability was earned by a stand of 66 between Chris Woakes (36) and debutant Craig Overton, who added 41 not out to the three wickets he took in Australia's first innings.\n\nThe England batting effort was made all the more lamentable by the way their bowlers performed after the hosts opted not to enforce the follow-on.\n\nEngland will have to cause more dramatic damage on the fourth day so they are not left with a notional run chase or a rearguard attempt to bat for a draw.\n\nEither will be severely hampered by the likelihood of Australia having two opportunities to bowl in evening sessions under floodlights.\n\nIf England are beaten, they will travel to the Waca in Perth, a ground where they have not won since 1978, knowing that defeat would hand the Ashes to Australia.\n• None Is England's glimmer of hope well founded? Ashes analysis\n• None Listen to TMS highlights on loop throughout the day\n\nEngland arrived at the Adelaide Oval on Monday knowing they needed to get as close to Australia's total as possible.\n\nInstead, James Vince was out to the fourth delivery he faced, the first of four wickets to fall in a morning session that appeared to have put the match beyond the visitors.\n\nWhen Australia were not being gifted wickets by poor strokes, they created moments of magic - Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc both took incredible catches off their own bowling.\n\nIt took Overton and Woakes to bravely set an example to the top order, both men withstanding a barrage from the home pacemen.\n\nAnd, curiously, England's thrilling display with the ball late in the day only served to increase the frustration of their poor first-day effort after Joe Root won the toss and asked Australia to bat.\n\nEngland were full of the intent they lacked on Saturday, Anderson particularly brilliant in swinging the pink ball under the lights.\n\nCameron Bancroft was caught behind and Usman Khawaja trapped leg before.\n\nWoakes had David Warner held at second slip and, after Steve Smith successfully overturned being given out lbw to Anderson, he could not avoid a similar fate from the Warwickshire man.\n\nIt was wonderful theatre in the Adelaide night but, despite England's late surge, their earlier failings have left them well behind in this match.\n\nFor almost two days, Australia built their large first-innings total through patience, application and occupation of the crease.\n\nIt was something England could not replicate.\n\nOf the six men from the top seven to fall on Monday, only Alastair Cook and Dawid Malan can feel like they did not play a part in their own downfall.\n\nVince's shot, an attempted backfoot drive at Josh Hazlewood in the second over of the day, was woeful, matched by Root's flash at Pat Cummins.\n\nCook was batting nicely until he edged Lyon to slip to depart for 37, while Malan received a beautiful delivery from Cummins and gloved behind.\n\nMoeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow were the victims of the two brilliant return catches, but both were playing uppishly. Moeen poked at Lyon, Bairstow drove at Starc.\n\nIt required the guts and doggedness of Woakes and Overton to drag England towards 200, both standing up to bouncer after bouncer and pouncing on the rare opportunities to score.\n\nWoakes eventually miscued a pull off Starc, with the swift departures of Stuart Broad and Anderson leaving the impressive Overton unbeaten.\n\nAustralia's attack twice ran through England's tail in their 10-wicket first Test victory and here they exhibited the skills that deserted the tourists over the first two days.\n\nWhen they were not purposely bowling short with the intention to intimidate, their three pacemen bowled the full length that England could not find.\n\nCummins was especially dangerous with movement off the seam. He and Starc were hostile, while Hazlewood also came close to 90mph.\n\nAt the other end, off-spinner Lyon found the turn and bounce that eluded Moeen, while also providing precious control.\n\nThe highlights were the catches taken by Lyon and Starc.\n\nFirst Lyon leapt goalkeeper-style across the pitch to snare Moeen in his left hand with his body almost parallel to the ground.\n\nThen Starc stuck out a right hand to parry Bairstow's drive upwards, taking the rebound with the ball behind him.\n\nAustralia got a touch ragged when faced by Woakes and Overton, overdoing the short bowling.\n\nBut, after Starc got Woakes with the third caught-and-bowled of the innings, Lyon accounted for Broad and Anderson to end with 4-60.\n\n'We're still in the game' - reaction & analysis\n\nEngland all-rounder Chris Woakes, speaking to Test Match Special: \"We fought back nicely but are still behind in the game. It is good to see a fightback and we showed good character and put them under pressure.\n\n\"We could have had a better day with the bat. We have played a few loose shots as a batting unit. We have to bat for longer periods and make the bowlers come back and bowl three, four or five spells.\n\n\"When you build a partnership and work as a pair it gets easier. When you first go to the crease it is tough but it is Ashes cricket - you expect it to be tough.\"\n\nEngland's James Anderson: \"We're a long way behind in the game so we can't over-attack in the field. We've got an outside chance. We've got a lot of work to do.\n\n\"We gave it absolutely everything and we've come away with four wickets, which we're delighted with. We attacked where we could, bowled as full as we could and we got the rewards.\n\n\"We've got some very frustrated players in the dressing room. We should have got more runs than we did.\"\n\nBBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special: \"I am frustrated that England didn't run in like this on the first morning. There has been real intent and energy but they were already over 200 behind.\"", "Elton John poses with his mother in 2002\n\nSir Elton John says he is \"in shock\" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.\n\n\"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning,\" he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.\n\n\"I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock. Travel safe, mum. Thank you for everything.\"\n\nSir Elton, who was born Reginald Dwight, was Ms Farebrother's only son.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by eltonjohn This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlthough his father - a flight lieutenant in the RAF - was a trumpeter in his spare time, it was his mother who ignited his love of pop music.\n\nAn avid record collector, she brought home music by artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and supported Sir Elton throughout his career.\n\nBut they fell out over a \"petty\" argument in 2008, when Sir Elton asked her to sever ties with two old friends, Bob Halley and John Reid.\n\nMr Halley had worked for Sir Elton for three decades, first as a driver then later as a personal assistant, before he resigned as part of a series of changes Sir Elton was making to his team.\n\nMr Reid, who had been Sir Elton's manager and briefly his lover, helped the musician become one of the world's most famous - and richest - performers, but they too fell out.\n\nSir Elton and David Furnish, pictured here last month, have two children together\n\n\"I told him: 'I'm not about to do that and drop them,'\" Ms Farebrother told the Daily Mail.\n\n\"Then to my utter amazement, he told me he hated me. And he then banged the phone down. Imagine! To me, his mother!\"\n\nMs Farebrother told the newspaper at the time that she had never met her grandsons Zachary and Elijah, who Sir Elton and his partner David Furnish fathered through IVF with an American surrogate mother.\n\nFor her 90th birthday, Ms Farebrother hired an Elton John tribute act to perform.\n\nHer son got in touch soon after, sending her white orchids to celebrate the milestone.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by eltonjohn This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut their relationship was still strained. Sir Elton told Rolling Stone that his mother had not called him to say thank you after the bouquet arrived.\n\n\"To be honest with you, I don't miss her,\" he said. \"I look after her, but I don't want her in my life.\"\n\nHowever, the pair appear to have fully reconciled this year, after Sir Elton recovered from a potentially fatal bacterial infection.\n\n\"Dear Mum, Happy Mother's Day!\" he wrote on Instagram in February. \"So happy we are back in touch. Love, Elton xo\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The planned partial-demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome stadium near Detroit has failed.\n\nThe stadium, once home to the Detroit Lions NFL team, has been empty for a decade.\n\nIts staged demolition was due to begin with an implosion on Sunday, but while footage showed plumes of smoke rising, the building remained standing.\n\nLocal media quoted officials as saying the stadium was \"built a little too well\".", "President Maduro made the announcement during his weekly TV and radio programme\n\nVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency in a bid to ease the country's economic crisis.\n\nHe said the Petro would be backed by Venezuela's oil, gas, gold and diamond wealth.\n\nOpposition lawmakers, however, poured scorn on the plan.\n\nVenezuela's economy has been hit by falling oil revenue and the plummeting value of its existing currency, the bolivar.\n\nPresident Maduro has also railed against US sanctions which he describes as a \"blockade\".\n\nIn a televised announcement on Sunday, Mr Maduro said the new crypto-currency would allow Venezuela \"to advance in issues of monetary sovereignty, to make financial transactions and overcome the financial blockade\".\n\n\"The 21st Century has arrived!\" he added to cheers from supporters.\n\nHe gave no details on how, or when, the new currency would be launched.\n\nOil has long been the mainstay of the Venezuelan economy\n\nThe move follows increasing global interest in the crypto-currency Bitcoin.\n\nA US regulator recently said it would let two traditional exchanges begin trading in Bitcoin-related financial contracts, although the digital currency continues to prove volatile.\n\nVenezuela owes an estimated $140bn (£103bn) to foreign creditors and economists suggest Mr Maduro is looking to try to pay them with Petros as he seeks to restructure the country's debt.\n\nOpposition lawmakers insisted the proposed currency would need the backing of the National Assembly, and some doubted it would ever happen.\n\n\"It's Maduro being a clown. This has no credibility,\" opposition lawmaker and economist Ángel Alvarado told Reuters news agency.\n\nVenezuela has historically relied on its oil wealth to support its economy but a decline in oil prices has sent the country into economic and political crisis.\n\nThe US and European Union have imposed sanctions, citing repressive policies by the government.\n\nLast month, Russia agreed to restructure $3.15bn (£2.4bn) in debt owed by Venezuela. The deal allows Venezuela to make \"minimal\" repayments on its Russian obligations over the next six years.\n• None Venezuela's debt problem: To default or to pay", "The head of the Metropolitan Police has condemned retired officers over their claims about finding pornography on Conservative Damian Green's computer.\n\nCommissioner Cressida Dick said all officers had a duty to protect sensitive information they discovered.\n\nShe said the Met was investigating whether an offence had been committed and that there could be a prosecution.\n\nFirst Secretary of State Mr Green denies watching or downloading pornography on his computer.\n\nThe allegations were first made last month by former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Bob Quick, who led a 2008 inquiry into Home Office leaks which saw Mr Green's Commons office being searched.\n\nMr Quick made his claims after the Cabinet Office launched an investigation into accusations of inappropriate behaviour by Mr Green towards journalist Kate Maltby, which the MP has described as \"completely false\".\n\nAnd then on Friday, retired Met detective Neil Lewis said \"thousands\" of thumbnail images of legal pornography had been found on Mr Green's parliamentary computer in 2008.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio London, Ms Dick said: \"All police officers know very well that they have a duty of confidentiality, a duty to protect personal information.\n\n\"That duty in my view clearly endures after you leave the service.\n\n\"And so it is my view that what they have done based on my understanding of what they're saying... what they have done is wrong, and I condemn it.\"\n\nOfficers come across sensitive information every day, the commissioner said, and \"know full well\" it is their duty to protect it.\n\nShe declined to give a \"running commentary\" on the Met's investigation - which is running parallel to the Cabinet Office probe - into whether confidential information has been disclosed.\n\nShe added: \"I can say that we are reviewing...to see whether any offences have been committed.\"\n\nMs Dick told LBC there \"could be a prosecution\" but that this would be for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide.\n\nBBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said a prosecution under the Data Protection Act - which includes a public interest defence - was a possibility, although he added that things were at a very early stage.\n\nThe Met is currently reviewing the circumstances of the case and has not launched a full investigation, he added.", "A police officer held on to a van to stop it falling from the edge of a motorway bridge.\n\nPC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire and the van driver was trapped inside.\n\nWriting on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to the vehicle to stop it \"swaying in the wind\".\n\nPC Willis, known as Motorway Martin to his followers, said he couldn't \"begin to describe [his] relief\" when firefighters arrived.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester City came from behind to win a record-equalling 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham at Etihad Stadium.\n\nAngelo Ogbonna's header on the stroke of half-time put the lowly Hammers ahead, but Nicolas Otamendi responded with a predatory finish shortly after the break.\n\nDavid Silva won it for City, acrobatically converting a Kevin de Bruyne pass with seven minutes left.\n\nVictory meant Pep Guardiola's side re-established their eight-point lead over Manchester United, who they play at Old Trafford next Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\nThey also equalled the longest winning run within a top-flight season, matching Sunderland and Preston (1891-92), Arsenal (2001-02) and Chelsea (2016-17).\n\nWest Ham, though, have set a club record for the fewest points after 15 Premier League matches - they have just 10.\n\nThe Londoners had their chances - as well as Ogbonna's goal, Michail Antonio almost pounced when Ederson spilled the ball, and Manuel Lanzini forced the goalkeeper to save at his near post.\n\nBut it always looked as though City's pressure would tell and, shortly after De Bruyne's free-kick was palmed away, Gabriel Jesus skipped through and slid the ball to Otamendi, who scored.\n\nLeroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, De Bruyne and Jesus had further chances before Silva won it for the home side, but there was still time for the Hammers to go close, with Diafra Sakho shooting just wide after Marko Arnautovic pulled the ball back.\n• None Analysis: Total belief, squad unity and late goals - who can stop Man City?\n\nCity leave it late to win - again\n\nSilva's strike made this the fourth game in a row City have won thanks to a goal scored in or after the 83rd minute. Sterling had scored the past three, having also hit an injury-time winner at Bournemouth in August.\n\nA home victory always looked the likeliest result, with City extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to 28 matches.\n\nThey were made to fight for the points, though, and Silva's late winner was one of 18 shots they had in the second half.\n\nWhile City have been in full flow for much of the season, they have also shown their resilience - taking a league-high 10 points from losing positions.\n\nPrior to their late winners against Huddersfield last month and now West Ham, City had won only one of their past 30 games in which they had been behind at half-time.\n\nThat combination of silk and steel has taken them eight points clear at the top, and it will take something special to stop them.\n\nDespite the defeat, there was plenty for Hammers boss David Moyes to take heart from as his side kept the league leaders at bay for almost an hour.\n\nThe first half was particularly encouraging and, though a deflected strike from Silva extended Adrian, West Ham had better chances through Antonio and Lanzini.\n\nThey looked defensively solid and confident in their gameplan, and Moyes' only disappointment will be they could not keep it up.\n\nJesus' half-time introduction made a difference, but Sane, De Bruyne and Silva - who had not been at their best in the first half - also began to influence things.\n\nCity had had six shots to the Hammers' four prior to that, but Adrian was forced into a string of saves as the hosts bombarded his goal in search of a winner.\n\nAdrian, who came in as Joe Hart was unable to face his parent club, was a standout performer but the Hammers had opportunities of their own despite the absence of strikers Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez.\n\nAnd the agonising nature of this defeat was summed up by the reaction of former City defender Pablo Zabaleta when Silva's shot hit the back of the net.\n\nDavid Moyes speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: \"I have to say it was a really good effort. We defended much better today. We've worked a bit on it, we had one day where we could prepare.\n\n\"We needed our goalkeeper to play well. He got both hands to most things. I thought most of it was outside the box. I have to say we did a really good job.\n\n\"What a chance we have to make it 2-2 late on. My feeling was I thought we deserved it (to equalise). You get results in different ways and it looked as though we might have got one today. For long parts of the game we were in with a chance.\"\n\nPep Guardiola speaking to Match of the Day: \"We started really well but we lost our patience. We didn't have any rhythm because Adrian was taking 30 seconds every time.\n\n\"It was similar to the last few games, in the second half I thought we would score. They played 10 players inside the box, it was almost impossible.\n\n\"It's a big victory. It showed what we are. We had two strikers in the second half and that helped, it was a big lesson for me. We created more with two.\n\n\"We spoke a lot about defending set-pieces but they are taller. It will happen again next week against United so we have to try and concede fewer set-pieces.\"\n\nRecord-equalling success and record-breaking disappointment - the best of the stats\n• None City have equalled the longest winning run within a top-flight season.\n• None City's haul of 43 points from 15 games is a joint top-flight record, level with Tottenham in 1960-61 (converted to three points for a win).\n• None West Ham's total of 10 points from 15 games is their lowest in the Premier League and lowest in the top-flight since 1976-77 (nine, converted to three for a win).\n• None Since his debut for City in September 2015, De Bruyne has provided 35 assists in the league - more than any other in the big five European leagues.\n• None Jesus has been directly involved in 21 goals in his 24 Premier League appearances so far (15 goals, 6 assists).\n• None Ogbonna scored his first goal in the big five European leagues, in his 144th appearance.\n\nWest Ham return to London Stadium to face Chelsea on Saturday (12:30 GMT) in the first of two successive home games - with Arsenal to come afterwards.\n\nManchester City travel to Ukraine to take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and return to league action against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday (16:30).\n• None Adrián (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Diafra Sakho (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.\n• None Substitution, West Ham United. André Ayew replaces Michail Antonio because of an injury.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 2, West Ham United 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "James Levine was also a conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra\n\nNew York's Metropolitan Opera says it has suspended the renowned conductor James Levine following allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nThe Met said Mr Levine, 74, would not appear this season and it had appointed a law firm to investigate his actions.\n\nThree men have now accused Mr Levine of abusing them decades ago when they were teenagers.\n\nMr Levine, who was music director at the Met for 40 years, has not commented publicly on the accusations.\n\nHe retired for health reasons in 2016 but has continued to work with the opera as music director emeritus.\n\nThe Met announced on Saturday it was investigating a claim based on a 2016 police report in which a man accused Mr Levine of abusing him as a teenager in the 1980s.\n\nPeter Gelb, general manager of the Met, told the New York Times on Sunday that it had decided to suspend its relationship with the conductor and cancel his forthcoming engagements after learning of the accounts of two other men who described similar sexual encounters beginning in the late 1960s.\n\n\"While we await the results of the investigation, based on these news reports, the Met has made the decision to act now,\" Mr Gelb said in a statement on Twitter, adding: \"This is a tragedy for anyone whose life has been affected.\"\n\nThe Times said the Met had been aware of the police report since last year. However, Mr Levine had denied the accusations and the Met had heard nothing further from police, the newspaper added.\n\nThe accusations follow a series of sexual abuse and harassment claims made against high-profile figures in the entertainment industry.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Metropolitan Opera This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAn Illinois police report, seen by the New York Times, said one of the alleged victims claimed that the abuse began in 1985 when he was 15 and Mr Levine was 41, and continued until 1993.\n\nDuring his career Mr Levine has conducted more than 2,500 performances at the Met.\n\nHe made his debut there in June 1971 with Puccini's Tosca, becoming principal conductor in the 1973-74 season and music director in 1976-77.\n\nHe conducted 85 different operas and also worked with the Three Tenors - Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo.\n\nHe has struggled with Parkinson's disease and other health issues and now conducts from a motorised wheelchair.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Germany is on high alert for attacks following last year's fatal attack on a Christmas market in Berlin\n\nPolice investigating a bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday say it was not terrorism but an attempt to blackmail the shipping company, DHL.\n\nThe nail bomb was sent in a parcel to a pharmacy near a market in Potsdam.\n\nPolice performed a controlled explosion on the device, which was full of explosives but had no detonator.\n\nAfter scanning a QR code on the package, police found that those involved demanded millions of euros to not set the bomb off.\n\n\"The good news is it that we can say, with all likelihood, that the package was not aimed at the Christmas market,\" Brandenburg's Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schröter said.\n\nBut he and others warned that there might be more such attempts. Police said a similar package was sent to an online trader based in Frankfurt an der Oder recently.\n\nGermany is on a heightened terror alert, a year after 12 people died in an Islamist attack at a Berlin Christmas market.\n\nOfficials have warned people to call the police instead of opening suspicious packages.\n\nThey said people should watch out for smudges, visible wires and unfamiliar or missing return addresses.\n• None Germany attacks: What is going on?", "Allegations of sex abuse at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire are being probed by the independent child sex abuse inquiry\n\nPolice raised concerns that the head of a Roman Catholic boarding school tried to \"control\" a child sex abuse investigation, an inquiry has heard.\n\nA former North Yorkshire detective said officers were \"excluded\" from inquiries at Ampleforth College in 1995 and 2002.\n\nBut former head teacher Father Leo Chamberlain denied influencing a boy's parents during a phone call in 1995.\n\nHe told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse there had been \"no skulduggery\".\n\nThe Catholic Church is one of 13 public organisations being scrutinised by the inquiry, which is being headed by Prof Alexis Jay.\n\nDet Supt Barry Honeysett said he had told Fr Chamberlain in 2003 that he did not trust the private school, because alleged victims of abuse had been spoken to by staff before police were called in.\n\nMr Honeysett, who led an inquiry into abuse at Ampleforth College, said: \"The issue was largely around the delay in the police becoming involved.\n\n\"A direct approach had been made to the victim which I felt was inappropriate.\"\n\nEarlier in the hearing, the priest was questioned about another policy officer, Det Sgt Hartnett, who was involved investigating allegations at Ampleforth.\n\nLead counsel to the inquiry Riel Karmy-Jones put it to Fr Chamberlain that Det Sgt Hartnett believed the priest was trying to \"control the investigation\".\n\nFr Chamberlain, who began working at the school in 1961, said the suggestion was \"completely subjective\".\n\nHe said he had to spoken to the boy's parents to inform them of the situation and in doing so, had \"made no obstruction\" to the police inquiry.\n\nFather Leo Chamberlain taught at Ampleforth College from 1961 to 2003\n\nEvidence was heard that the Abbott of Ampleforth, Fr Timothy Wright, went to visit a complainant of child sex abuse, causing mistrust between the Church and North Yorkshire Police.\n\nSpeaking via video link, Fr Chamberlain - head teacher at Ampleforth between 1992 and 2003 - said police thought there was a conspiracy between him and Fr Wright \"to close the matter down\", which he said was not the case.\n\nFr Chamberlain told the inquiry that during the 1980s, a teacher who had abused pupils would \"be got rid of and it was thought wrongly that to keep it all very quiet was in the best interests of the victim\".\n\nAn earlier hearing was told the former head teacher was warned about employing Fr Piers Grant-Ferris - who was later jailed for abusing boys.\n\nGrant-Ferris, who the pupils had nicknamed \"Pervy Piers\", was convicted of 20 counts of indecent assault in 2006.\n\nThe inquiry was shown a letter by a psychologist employed by the school, Elizabeth Mann, who wrote in 2003 that Grant-Ferris and a second monk posed a risk to pupils.\n\nAt the time, Fr Chamberlain said he thought it was safe to employ Grant-Ferris in the abbey's shop, which he had described as \"something of a goldfish bowl\", regularly visited by guests and students.\n\nHe told the inquiry: \"Because it was a very visible place I thought well, we could probably make it work. But I think I could have been wrong about that.\"", "Theresa May will hold talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker\n\nBrussels is in an upbeat mood. Which is rather rare when it comes to Brexit.\n\nIn fact, I've been taken aback by the positive tone of my many conversations.\n\nSuddenly, after hearing endless EU complaints about perceived foot-dragging by London during these grey and grumpy months of Brexit negotiations, EU diplomats spoke to me this weekend of \"movement\", \"traction\" and a \"lack of negativity\" in the frantic last-minute talks ahead of Monday's visit by Theresa May.\n\nOf course, this might all be misplaced optimism. After all, as both the UK and EU love to point out, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and that won't be until autumn next year but...\n\nWhat's at stake here is not a final Brexit deal but whether Brexit negotiations can now widen to include talk of a transition deal and the future shape of EU/UK relations (in or out of the single market and customs union etc).\n\nThat depends on whether the EU deems that \"sufficient progress\" has been made on citizens' rights, Ireland and the financial settlement.\n\nDiplomats reached broad agreement on money and citizens over the weekend.\n\nThere is strong opposition to a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland\n\nI understand some sovereignty issues are still outstanding on citizens' rights but one EU source told me: \"The Brits gave us pretty much everything we asked for.\"\n\nDublin wants written assurances from Downing Street that the Good Friday Agreement will be protected and that there will be no re-introduction of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe search for political wording acceptable to all sides continued throughout the night.\n\nBrussels deemed it a good omen on Sunday when Arlene Foster, the leader of the DUP - a unionist party in Northern Ireland that supports Theresa May's government in Westminster - said she was in favour of a \"sensible Brexit\".\n\nThe EU has told member state Ireland that it has the final say in any part of the Brexit agreement that pertains to the Irish border but Prime Minister Leo Varadkar seems loath to use his veto.\n\nIn trade terms alone, Ireland believes it has more to lose than any other EU country, if there is a no-deal scenario post-Brexit.\n\nThis is why so much is riding on Monday on Theresa May's lunch with EU Commission chief Jean Claude Juncker.\n\nBlood, sweat and tears of negotiating teams aside, the prime minister's personal assurances will be sought in Brussels, on Ireland and other matters.\n\nIf all goes smoothly, a joint UK-EU report is being drawn up for publication later in the day to lock in all Brexit understandings agreed to date.\n\nA sure sign that the commission is feeling confident is Jean-Claude Juncker's invitation to European Parliament representatives to meet ahead of Theresa May's arrival.\n\nThe parliament is particularly exacting when it comes to citizens' rights and it has a Brexit deal veto.\n\nThe European Commission president clearly feels he has enough in his pocket to get them on board.\n\nAll EU sources I have spoken to described themselves at the very least as \"cautiously optimistic\" ahead of the prime minister's arrival.\n\nSo much so, that EU diplomats tell me they're already debating the \"what next?\"\n\nWhat mandate should the lead EU negotiator Michel Barnier be given by Europe's leaders at their mid-December summit if there is a green light to proceed to Brexit Phase 2?\n\nThere is heated debate right now as to whether Mr Barnier will first be instructed to talk transition deals with the UK and only later - in March next year - have his mandate widened to include negotiations on the future shape of EU-UK relations, which would touch on trade, of course.\n\nBrussels may be feeling Brexit-buoyant at the start of the day but if all goes according to their plan - and that, I stress, is by no means a fait accompli - there will be pockets of disgruntlement amongst those in the UK who view the government as caving in to EU demands and amongst EU countries like Germany that are more cautious than the EU Commission about leaping in to the realms of Brexit Phase 2.", "The crash happened on Seven Sisters Road on Sunday evening\n\nA pedestrian has died after being hit by a police car on an emergency call in London.\n\nOfficers gave first aid at the scene in Haringey but the man in his 40s was pronounced dead.\n\nThe crash occurred at 18:45 GMT on Sunday on Seven Sisters Road close to the junction with Elizabeth Road.\n\nThe Directorate of Professional Standards and the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been informed, the Met Police said.\n\nOne local shopkeeper, Mehmet, said: \"I was with two or three customers, and I heard a big noise outside.\"\n\n\"We saw that a police car had hit a person. We saw the police car stop, and two officers got out and tried to resuscitate him.\"\n\nHe said a number of people had been struck by vehicles nearby in the past.\n\n\"I think the council should put a zebra crossing in. People are often crossing and the road is very busy, and it's very dangerous for them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The extremist Syrian group Nour al-Din al-Zinki took funds through a UK-backed foreign aid project, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.\n\nTaxpayers' money was diverted to Zinki via the Free Syrian Police scheme.\n\nThe government has suspended funding while it investigates the allegations.\n\nUK users can watch the full BBC Panorama investigation on BBC iPlayer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This may be the longest-lasting rainbow ever\n\nA rainbow may be a wondrous sight but for most people it's also a fairly fleeting one.\n\nBut last week, professors and students of the Chinese Culture University in Taipei's mountains were treated to one that lasted for nine hours.\n\n\"It was amazing… It felt like a gift from the sky... It's so rare!\" said Chou Kun-hsuan, a professor in the university's Department of Atmospheric Sciences.\n\nProf Chou and a second professor, Liu Ching-huang, led the efforts to document the rainbow with the help of the department's students and the campus community.\n\nRainbows typically last much less than an hour\n\nTheir observations, pictures and video recordings showed the rainbow lasted from 06:57 until 15:55 - eight hours and 58 minutes.\n\nIf confirmed, it would shatter the previous record for the longest-lasting rainbow, set in Yorkshire, England, on 14 March 1994.\n\nThat rainbow was recorded as lasting six hours, from 09:00 to 15:00, according to the Guinness World Records.\n\nRainbows typically last much less than an hour, according to the Guinness website.\n\nThe rainbow lasted from 06:57 until 15:55 - eight hours and 58 minutes - the university said\n\n\"After four hours, we mobilised all our students and began to notify everyone in the school to take pictures and send us pictures,\" Prof Chou said.\n\n\"When we broke the previous record after passing six hours, I was hardly able to stay seated for lunch; it was around lunchtime. I was so excited; I wanted to make sure we captured the rainbow. But then it did something even more incredible; it went on to beat the previous record by another three hours!\"\n\nThe professors and department were ready to capture the rainbow because they had recorded a rainbow lasting about six hours the previous Monday, Prof Chou said.\n\nThe department is now gathering all the evidence to apply for the Guinness record.\n\nSuch atmospheric conditions are common in winter in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range\n\n\"With the 10,000 pictures we took in our department alone, and the many more taken by others on campus and people living nearby, I'm confident we can prove to Guinness second by second that this rainbow lasted for nine hours,\" Prof Chou said.\n\nThe conditions that made the rainbow last so long were a seasonal north-east monsoon that trapped moisture in the air, forming clouds; sunlight and a relatively slow wind speed of 2.5-5 metres per second.\n\nSuch atmospheric conditions are common in winter in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range, where the campus is located, making it an ideal place for spotting long-lasting rainbows, Prof Chou said.\n\nHe added: \"I plan to contact the Taipei City tourism department to promote this, 'you can see a nine-hour rainbow in Taipei in the winter, it's amazing! Come to Taipei!'\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tech giant opens its biggest engineering hub outside the US\n\nFacebook is opening a new London office that will allow it to create 800 new UK jobs in 2018.\n\nBy the end of next year about 2,300 people will work for the social media company in the UK.\n\nThe office will be Facebook's biggest engineering hub outside the US, and opens during its tenth year in the UK.\n\nNicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's Europe, Middle East and Asia vice-president, said the company was \"more committed than ever to the UK\".\n\nShe said Britain's \"entrepreneurial ecosystem and engineering excellence\" made it an ideal location for technology firms.\n\nThe seven-floor building at Rathbone Place, near Oxford Circus in central London, was designed by Frank Gehry, the architect best known for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.\n\nIt will accommodate engineers and developers as well as marketing and sales teams.\n\nThe building will also house a dedicated incubator space for start-ups, called LDN-LAB.\n\nUK-based start-ups will be invited to take part in three month programmes designed to help kickstart their businesses.\n\nFacebook experts from disciplines including engineering, product and partnerships will work with the companies as part of the initiative.\n\nJulian David of techUK, which represents 950 technology firms in the UK, welcomed a world-leading company such as Facebook investing in London despite the uncertainties surrounding Brexit.\n\nChancellor Philip Hammond said Facebook's decision to expand in London was a \"sign of confidence\" in Britain.\n\n\"The UK is not only the best place to start a new business, it's also the best place to grow one,\" he added.", "Footage has been released of the moment a lorry driver crashed into stationary cars on the M6 at 43mph.\n\nThe 47-year-old driver, from Liverpool, told police at the scene, \"I think I went to sleep for a moment\".\n\nHe admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months.\n\nWest Midlands Police said the two car drivers were treated for broken bones and back and neck injuries.\n\nMidlands Live: Man continued to be questioned in murder probe; Homes evacuated after grenade found", "Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" before using his van as a weapon\n\nA supporter of the far-right group Britain First gave a Nazi salute and drove at a curry house owner during a drunken rampage in London.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" before using his van as a weapon outside Spicy Night in Harrow on 23 June.\n\nThe 48-year-old window fitter was heard to say \"I'm going to kill a Muslim. I'm doing it for Britain\".\n\nHe pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and beating his wife.\n\nProsecutor Denis Barry said: \"Mr Zakrocki had plainly, during the course of that afternoon, had far too much to drink.\n\n\"During the course of that evening he assaulted his wife, drove off in his work vehicle, insulted a series of passers-by and then drove his vehicle at the owner of a curry house, breaking the window of the curry house.\n\n\"It's plain that his conduct is very likely to have been motivated by his views about our diverse society.\"\n\nThe drunken rampage took place at the Spicy Night restaurant in Harrow\n\nThe attack happened on the anniversary of the Brexit vote.\n\nThe court heard he had also said at the time: \"This is how I'm going to help the country. You people cannot do anything.\"\n\nFollowing his arrest by armed officers, a Nazi coin was found in his pocket and copies of Britain First newspapers and flyers at his home in Harrow.\n\nMr Barry said Zakrocki had been \"fixated\" by Muslims and had made donations to Britain First in the past.\n\nThe court heard Zakrocki's van mounted the pavement twice before making contact with restaurant owner Kamal Ahmed.\n\nThe windows of the curry house were also smashed during the attack, some of which was caught on CCTV.\n\nJonathan Lennon, defending, said Zakrocki had \"not intended to kill anybody\".\n\nZakrocki will be sentenced later.\n\nFurther charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having a knife in Northolt Road, Harrow, were ordered to lie on file.", "Jade Statt helped set up Street Vet after a meeting with one rough sleeper and his dog.", "The violence was contained in one wing, the Prison Service said\n\nAn inmate has been injured during a disturbance at a jail that led to riot officers being called in.\n\nSpecialist \"Tornado\" squad officers were brought in at HMP Swaleside, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on Sunday.\n\nA small number of inmates on one wing were involved in the violence, which has since been \"successfully resolved\", the Prison Service (PS) said.\n\nAlmost a year ago, up to 60 inmates took over part of the prison for 12 hours.\n\nOn the latest incident, the PS said: \"We do not tolerate violence in our prisons and are clear that those responsible will be referred to police and could spend longer behind bars.\"\n\nIn September, a report revealed there had been an \"unacceptable escalation of instability\" at the jail.\n\nThe HM Inspectorate of Prisons said there had been too many assaults on both staff and prisoners and the smuggling of weapons was an issue.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wandering albatrosses scour the oceans for food to bring back to their chicks\n\nScientists who advised the Blue Planet II documentary team say they feel \"shame and anger\" at the “plague of plastic” impacting the natural world.\n\nEven in the remote waters of Antarctica, they have found evidence of plastic killing and harming seabirds.\n\nWandering albatrosses – which have the longest wingspan of any birds alive today – are thought to be especially vulnerable.\n\nNesting on the barren islands of South Georgia, they feed their young by scouring thousands of miles of ocean for squid and fish but often bring back plastic instead.\n\nThe final episode of what has become the most-watched TV programme of the year explores how the oceans are threatened by human activities including overfishing and pollution.\n\nIt will be broadcast on Sunday 10 December.\n\nThe final programme in the series will look at some of the threats facing the oceans\n\nIn a particularly moving scene, Dr Lucy Quinn, a zoologist, is seen checking albatross chicks on Bird Island where she was the British Antarctic Survey’s winter manager for more than two years.\n\nOne chick that Dr Quinn found dead and later dissected was killed because a plastic toothpick that it swallowed had pierced its stomach.\n\nOthers had regurgitated plastic items including cling film, food packaging, cutlery and parts of bottles.\n\nDr Quinn told me: “I feel real shame and anger that it’s humans who have caused this problem.\n\n\"It’s really sad because you get to know the birds and how long it takes the parents, away for ten days at a time, to collect food for their chicks and what they bring back is plastic.\n\n\"And what’s sad is that the plague of plastic is as far-reaching as these seemingly pristine environments.\"\n\nLucy Quinn seen checking albatrosses on Bird Island, part of South Georgia\n\nIt's not known how many albatross chicks in Antarctica die from plastic pollution every year – it's thought to be fewer than the losses suffered by Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll in the Pacific .\n\nBut on Bird Island, predators often eat dead chicks before the researchers can reach them – and the suspicion is that the effect of the plastic goes beyond the direct killing of seabirds.\n\nAccording to Dr Quinn, the threat is more insidious, weakening birds as they waste energy trying to digest plastic, which has no nutritional value, and potentially poisoning them as chemicals are released when the plastic breaks down in their stomachs.\n\nResearch at the other end of the world into a smaller relative of the albatross – the fulmars of the North Sea – shows that while plastics may directly kill seabirds, it is the debilitating effects of the waste that could be more serious.\n\nIf a human had ingested the equivalent plastic volume as the average fulmar does (L), it would fill a lunchbox (R)\n\nStudies of fulmars found dead on beaches or caught accidentally by fishermen – which Dr Quinn has also been involved in – show that from 2010-2014, UK fulmars were found to contain on average 39 particles of plastic weighing a total of 0.32 grams.\n\nIn an unsettling image, the volume of space taken up by that plastic in a fulmar’s belly is the equivalent in a human stomach of the contents of a typical lunchbox, and usually the plastic is made up of consumer items used just once and then thrown away.\n\nMost shocking is the effect of party balloons, released in a moment of celebration, but then catching the eye of a fulmar searching for food.\n\nDr Quinn remembers one occasion when she dissected one of the birds.\n\n\"I couldn’t believe my eyes, seeing a balloon in the bird’s oesophagus, which would have killed it, along with cling film, toothbrushes and packaging – I feel extremely sad for the birds and impatient to do something,\" she said.\n\nThe plastic may be undermining the fulmars’ health, which could affect their ability to breed - with long-term implications for the population as a whole.\n\nCayman Trough: Plastic debris has descended to the deepest parts of the world's oceans\n\nThe threat from plastic waste is not limited to pieces that are visible – bottles, bags and other items break down into minute fragments, or \"micro-plastics\", which enter the food chain in every corner of the ocean.\n\nScientists from the University of Newcastle even identified tiny fibres in the smallest creatures living in the deepest part of the Pacific, the Mariana Trench.\n\nDr Jon Copley, of the University of Southampton, who joined the Blue Planet submarine filming in Antarctica, says that although he did not spot any plastic in the polar waters, he has been shocked by its presence elsewhere.\n\n\"When I've seen plastic in the deep ocean - such as a bin liner we found near deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough - there's an initial shock and disappointment that our rubbish has got here before us as explorers.\n\n\"But then there's the realisation that our everyday lives are more connected to the deep ocean than we perhaps think.\n\n\"Every piece of plastic rubbish has a story, so it also makes me wonder about the chain of events that led to that particular item ending up in the deep ocean, and whether any of those events could have been prevented.\"", "The government of Sierra Leone has auctioned a 709 carat rough diamond, named the 'peace diamond', which will benefit its people.\n\nHalf of the proceeds from the sale of the diamond will go directly towards bringing clean water, electricity, schools, medical facilities, bridges and roads to the community where the stone was discovered.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle \"one of the biggest challenges\" facing the UK\n\nAll four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a \"fairer Britain\".\n\nEx-Labour minister Alan Milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had \"little hope\" the current government could make the \"necessary\" progress.\n\nThe government was too focused on Brexit to deal with the issue, he said.\n\nThe government said Mr Milburn's term had come to an end and it had already decided to get some \"fresh blood\" in.\n\nThe commission is charged with monitoring the government's progress in \"freeing children from poverty and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential\".\n\nIn his resignation letter to Theresa May, published in The Observer, Mr Milburn said he did not doubt her \"personal belief\" in social justice, but he saw \"little evidence of that being translated into meaningful action\".\n\nHe said individual ministers, such as the education secretary, had shown a deep commitment to social mobility.\n\nBut it had \"become obvious that the government as a whole is unable to commit the same level of support\".\n\nNeither, according to the former Labour minister and his colleagues on the board who include a former Conservative education secretary.\n\nTheir frustration demonstrates the extent to which Brexit is all-consuming for the government.\n\nLeaving the EU is taking up so much time, energy and effort that there is little capacity for anything else to get done.\n\nEven on an issue which is a personal priority for the prime minister.\n\nMr Milburn, a former health secretary, took up his role at the commission in July 2012, under the coalition government led by David Cameron and Nick Clegg.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, he said divisions in Britain were becoming wider - pointing to the ongoing squeeze on wages.\n\nThe government lacked the \"bandwidth\" to tackle social division while also dealing with Brexit, he said, describing his task as being like \"pushing water uphill\".\n\nMr Milburn said Education Secretary Justine Greening had been a \"champion for the cause\" and had wanted him to stay in post - which Ms Greening, who also appeared on the show, would not be drawn on.\n\n\"He has done a fantastic job, but his term had come to an end and I think it was about getting some fresh blood into the commission,\" she said.\n\nShe denied the government lacked the will to tackle inequality, but admitted more needed to be done.\n\nIn a report published last week, the commission said economic, social and local divisions laid bare by the Brexit vote needed to be addressed to prevent a rise in far right or hard left extremism.\n\nIt said London and its commuter belt appeared to be a \"different country\" to coastal, rural and former industrial areas, with young people there facing lower pay and fewer top jobs.\n\nThe resignations come as Mrs May, who entered Downing Street in July 2016 promising to tackle the \"burning injustices\" that hold back poorer people, faces questions over the future of senior minister Damian Green - who is effectively her second in command - and is under pressure as Brexit talks continue.\n\nIn an interview in the Sunday Times, Mr Milburn said: \"There has been indecision, dysfunctionality and a lack of leadership.\"\n\nTheresa May pledged to \"make Britain a country that works for everyone\" when she became PM\n\nThe government said it was making \"good progress\" on social mobility and focusing on disadvantaged areas.\n\nIt said it had already told Mr Milburn it planned to appoint a new chair and would hold an open application process for the role.\n\nIt said it was committed to fighting injustice \"and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to go as far as their talents will take them\".\n\nIt highlighted its increase of the national living wage, cuts in income tax for the lowest paid and doubling of free childcare in England.\n\nThe process of appointing a new chairperson and commissioners would begin as soon as possible, it added.\n\nThe other board members standing down include deputy chair of the commission and Tory former education secretary Baroness Shephard.\n\nPaul Gregg, a professor of economic and social policy at the University of Bath, and David Johnston, the chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation charity, are also leaving.\n\nShadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett said the resignations came as \"no surprise\".\n\n\"As inequality has grown under the Tories, social mobility has totally stalled,\" he said.\n\n\"How well people do in life is still based on class background rather than on talent or effort.\"\n\nMr Milburn said he would be setting up a new social mobility institute, independent of the government.", "Donald Trump's presidency has been overshadowed by the inquiry into collusion with Russia\n\nDonald Trump lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn.\n\nIn a Twitter tirade, Mr Trump said the FBI's reputation was \"in tatters\".\n\nHis attack came amid a flurry of developments in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the US election.\n\nMr Trump denies that his team colluded with Russia to get him elected.\n\nReports emerged over the weekend that Mr Mueller, a former FBI director, had dismissed an FBI officer from the investigation during the summer after he was discovered to have made anti-Trump remarks in text messages.\n\nThe president seized on the officer's dismissal, tweeting: \"Report: 'ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE' Now it all starts to make sense!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Mueller said the officer was dismissed from the investigating team as soon as the messages were discovered.\n\nMichael Flynn, the president's former national security adviser, announced on Friday that he was co-operating with Mr Mueller's investigation, in return for pleading guilty to a lesser charge.\n\nThe former general admitted lying to the FBI and has been offered a reduced sentence of six months. Analysts say the deal indicates that Mr Flynn has incriminating information about one or more senior members of the Trump administration.\n\nIn a series of tweets posted on Sunday morning, Mr Trump again attacked his former rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton, who was investigated by the FBI ahead of the election after it emerged she had used a private email server to conduct state department business.\n\nNo charges were brought against Mrs Clinton or her team.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nIn another tweet, the president accused ABC News of \"horrendously inaccurate and dishonest reporting\", after one of the network's reporters acknowledged making an error in a story about the president.\n\nChief investigative reporter Brian Ross reported that Mr Trump was a candidate when he directed Michael Flynn to make contact with Moscow.\n\nHe later corrected his report to say Mr Trump was president-elect when he gave the order to Mr Flynn. Mr Ross has been suspended by the network for four weeks.\n\nThe president fired Mr Flynn in February for misrepresenting the nature of his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak to Vice-President Mike Pence.\n\nThen-FBI director James Comey alleges that in a private meeting the day after Mr Flynn was fired, the president asked him to show leniency to the dismissed aide, saying, \"I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.\"\n\nMichael Flynn was sacked in February, just 25 days after taking the job\n\nMr Comey took notes immediately after the meeting and shared copies with senior FBI officials. President Trump fired Mr Comey in May.\n\nTweeting on Sunday, Mr Trump issued a fresh denial that he had pushed Mr Comey to drop the investigation into Mr Flynn.\n\n\"I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLegal experts say Mr Trump could theoretically have obstructed justice if he had attempted to have the FBI investigation into Mr Flynn squashed.\n\nThe president's surprising admission in a tweet on Saturday - that he knew Mr Flynn had lied to the FBI when he fired him - contradicted his own account from the time, and may have added weight to accusations that he obstructed justice.\n\nWhite House lawyer John Dowd later told the Axios news website that he had drafted the controversial tweet and sent the text to White House social media director Dan Scavino.\n\nThe revelations soured what should have been a celebratory weekend for the president, after his sweeping tax reform bill scraped through the Senate early on Saturday morning.", "Poppi Worthington was blue and not breathing when she was brought to hospital\n\nThere were no natural causes to account for the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington at her Cumbria home, a pathologist has told an inquest.\n\nThe toddler died suddenly at a house in Barrow, early on 12 December 2012. No-one has ever been prosecuted.\n\nIn evidence to an inquest into Poppi's death, Dr Alison Armour said she believed Poppi was sexually assaulted.\n\nDr Armour also said she had suspected Poppi had been physically abused before she started to examine her body.\n\nDr Armour said: \"I think it is very important to state in this case the autopsy revealed no natural causes to account for Poppi Worthington's death.\"\n\nShe said her conclusions were based on all of her findings which were \"in keeping\" with Poppi suffering a penetrative injury.\n\nWhen asked if there was anything she had seen that contradicted her conclusion.\n\nHowever, she maintained the \"mechanism\" of Poppi's death remained \"unascertained\".\n\nShe said it would be wrong to say that a penetrative injury alone caused the death, but she believed it happened and it may have been a contributing factor.\n\nGillian Irving QC asked Dr Armour: \"Is the reality five years on that we really are never going to know the cause of death of Poppi Worthington?\"\n\nDr Armour said: \"I do appreciate the mother wants a cause of death, but there are some times when we cannot give a cause of death.\n\n\"We have to to be sure, we cannot speculate.\n\n\"I know it would bring closure to your client, but I cannot give it, not even on the balance of probabilities.\n\n\"There isn't enough for me to sure.\"\n\nThe double bed where Poppi was placed at the time of her collapse\n\nThe inquest had heard a detailed account of the various tests done on Poppi during the post-mortem examination carried out by Dr Armour.\n\nThe Home Office pathologist said she did find evidence of an \"upper respiratory tract infection\" which was consistent with Poppi's parents claims she was \"a bit snuffly\" and had a cold.\n\nShe also said she found a \"tiny focus\" of pneumonia in Poppi's lungs, but it would not account for Poppi's death.\n\nDr Armour, who has been a Home Office pathologist for 30 years, was asked about bright red blood, known as frank blood, found in Poppi's nose.\n\nShe said a cause could not be given for certain, but it can be found in cases of smothering or suffocation.\n\nEarlier, Dr Armour told the inquest in Kendal, that an X-ray revealed the child had leg fractures.\n\nBoth of Poppi's parents have said they could not explain the fractures and did not believe they were causing her pain.\n\nCounsel for the coroner, Alison Hewitt, asked Dr Armour if she had expressed concern about child abuse before carrying out her post-mortem examination - a comment Det Sgt John Carton claimed he had heard the Home Office pathologist make.\n\nDr Armour confirmed she made the remark having been \"very concerned\" by the fractures revealed by a full body X-ray and skeletal survey.\n\nThe sofa on the ground floor of the family home where Poppi Worthington was resuscitated\n\nShe added: \"I think the phrase might have been: 'In cases where there are fractures with no history of accidental trauma and it is picked up at the time of the death of a child, this is strongly suspicious of child abuse'.\n\nDr Armour carried out the post-mortem examination at the Royal Children's Hospital in Manchester. Poppi weighed 10.7kg and was 81cm tall.\n\nThe Cumbria force has been criticised for its handling of the investigation by the police watchdog.\n\nThe new inquest was ordered after a seven-minute hearing in 2014 determined Poppi's death was \"unascertained\".\n\nIn 2016, High Court family judge Mr Justice Peter Jackson ruled Poppi was probably sexually assaulted by her father shortly before she died.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The \"supermoon\" rising above Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.\n\nSkywatchers have enjoyed spectacular views of this month's \"supermoon\" - when the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky.\n\nThe supermoon phenomenon happens when the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as a perigee Moon.\n\nThe Moon circuits the Earth in an elliptical or oval orbit - a supermoon occurs when the perigee Moon is also a full Moon.\n\nThe supermoon was the last opportunity to see one in 2017.\n\nThe moon loomed above Yeadon, in Leeds\n\nTo observers, the Moon appears about 7% larger and 15% brighter, although the difference is barely noticeable to the human eye.\n\nLast year the Moon made its closest approach to Earth since 1948 - it will not be that close again until 25 November 2034.\n\nNasa has called this weekend's sighting the first in a \"supermoon trilogy\" over the next two months, with others to come on 1 January and 31 January.\n\nDecember's full Moon is traditionally known as the cold Moon.\n\nThe full Moon on Sunday afternoon - when it sits opposite the sun in the sky - was 222,761 miles from Earth, closer than its average 238,900 miles.\n\nThe supermoon over the Christmas light trail at Blenheim Palace\n\nThe supermoon has also been seen over a lighthouse in South Shields, South Tyneside.\n\nThis Moon's elliptical orbit means that its distance from Earth is not constant but varies across a full orbit.\n\nBut within this uneven orbit there are further variations caused by the Earth's movements around the Sun.\n\nThese mean that the perigee - the closest approach - and full moon are not always in sync.\n\nBut occasions when the perigee and full moon coincide have become known as supermoons.\n\nThe supermoon was visible around the world, with this view coming from Washington\n\nThis picture of the supermoon was taken in Jakarta, Indonesia", "Police in Malta have arrested 10 Maltese nationals in connection with the car bomb murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.\n\nPrime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters that police operations were under way in the town of Marsa, and the Bugibba and Zebbug areas.\n\nCaruana Galizia was killed close to her home on 16 October in an attack which shocked the country.\n\nThe 53-year-old was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption.\n\nThe government offered a €1m (£890,000; $1.2m) reward for information about her murder.\n\nInternational experts, including from the FBI, were called in to help in the investigation.\n\nPolice and troops are being used in the security operation, with roads blocked and a patrol boat deployed.\n\nMr Muscat said some of the detainees were already known to the police while others had criminal records.\n\nWhen asked if the eight arrested had participated in the murder, or if they also included the mastermind, Mr Muscat would not comment, Malta Today reports.\n\n\"I have a clear idea of what they did and who they are but I cannot give out more details at this time,\" he said.\n\nOn her Running Commentary blog, Caruana Galizia had relentlessly reported on alleged corruption among politicians across party lines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Borg Cardona: \"My friend has been killed there\"\n\nWith a career spanning more than three decades, she was \"one of Malta's most important, visible, fearless journalists\", in the words of former Home Affairs Minister Louis Galea.\n\nHer funeral was attended by hundreds of people but the tiny EU state's leaders were barred by her family.\n\nHer three sons refused to endorse the reward and called on Mr Muscat to resign for failing to uphold \"fundamental freedom\".\n\nThe editors of eight of the world's largest news organisations, including the BBC, called for the European Commission - the EU executive - to investigate the murder.\n\nIn response, Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the commission, urged the authorities to leave \"no stone unturned\" in the case.", "The Free Syrian Police project is run from Gaziantep in Turkey, just across the border from Syria\n\nThe government has suspended a foreign aid project after a BBC Panorama investigation found taxpayers' cash was being diverted to extremists in Syria.\n\nOfficers from a UK-backed police force in Syria have also been working with courts carrying out brutal sentences.\n\nA UK government spokesman said it takes allegations of co-operation with terrorist groups \"extremely seriously\".\n\nAdam Smith International, the British company running the project, said it strongly denies the allegations.\n\nThe Free Syrian Police (FSP) was set up following the uprising in Syria, to bring law and order to parts of the country that were controlled by opposition forces.\n\nAdam Smith International (ASI) has been running the project since October 2014.\n\nBritain was one of six donor countries paying for the project, which provides community policing to the rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa provinces.\n\nIt is intended to be an unarmed civilian police force, and not co-operate with extremist groups, but Panorama has found examples where that was not the case. Some of Panorama's allegations against the project include:\n\nForeign Secretary Boris Johnson announced in April that the UK would commit a further £4 million to the UK-funded Access to Justice and Community Security (AJACS) scheme that supports the FSP.\n\nASI says the FSP is an unarmed community police force that brings the rule of law and safety to millions of people in a war-torn country.\n\nAn ASI spokesman said it \"strongly refutes Panorama's allegations\".\n\n\"We have managed taxpayers' money effectively to confront terrorism, bring security to Syrian communities and mitigate the considerable risks of operating in a war zone,\" he said.\n\n\"ASI has managed the project successfully alongside our partner in an extremely challenging, high-risk environment under the close supervision of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and five other governments.\"\n\nThe company says it uses cash to fund the police because there is no practical alternative - and that the British government is aware of the payments.\n\nA police station in Koknaya was supposed to be the base for 57 officers - but ASI staff could not find any police officers during a visit in 2016\n\nPanorama has obtained ASI documents that show dead and fictitious people were on the police payroll.\n\nOne police station in Koknaya in Idlib province was supposed to be the base for 57 police officers. But the documents show that when ASI's staff visited in September 2016, they couldn't find a single officer.\n\nASI said officers were accounted for on subsequent visits. The company has now suspended the payment of all salaries at the Koknaya police station.\n\nIt said it had identified very few examples across Syria where deceased officers had remained on the salary list.\n\nThe documents also show how some police officers in Aleppo province were forced to hand over cash to the extremist group - Nour al-Din al-Zinki - in control of the area.\n\nAn ASI report from July 2016 warned that 20% of all police salaries were being handed over \"to pay for the military and security support that Zinki provides to the five FSP stations located areas under its control\".\n\nAs well as handing over a cut of British aid money to Zinki, the police had also worked with a Zinki court \"by writing up warrants, delivering notices, and turning criminals over to the court\".\n\nThe police cooperation has continued despite allegations of torture and summary executions involving the court at al-Qasimiyeh.\n\nTory MP Crispin Blunt, former chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said the FSP should not be supporting extremist courts.\n\nHe said: \"You've got people being sentenced to death for homosexuality.\n\n\"Clearly that is completely and utterly unacceptable by any standard and the idea that British taxpayers' money was associated with that would of course be wholly abhorrent.\"\n\nASI says it has strict guidelines in place to ensure detainees are treated fairly and humanely, and that payments to the police stations which were paying Zinki were stopped in August 2016. It says donor governments were kept fully informed.\n\nA road near Sarmin - where two women were stoned to death in the presence of FSP officers\n\nPanorama also discovered that the Free Syrian Police provided support for courts run by the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda - Jabhat al-Nusra - which handed out extreme punishments.\n\nPolice officers were present when two women were stoned to death near Sarmin in December 2014. Sources have told Panorama the officers closed the road so that the execution could take place.\n\nASI says the police officers who attended the stoning were not formally under FSP control and have since been removed.\n\nPanorama has also seen evidence that al-Nusra handpicked police officers in two stations in Idlib province.\n\nASI says that the officers imposed by al-Nusra were detected in under two months and that payments to the station were then stopped.\n\nThe company says the payments in question only amounted to $1,800 (£1,340) and did not come from British government funds. But ASI didn't explain how they could be sure when the whole project is funded by cash.\n\nA UK government spokesman said: \"We take any allegations of co-operation with terrorist groups and of human rights abuses extremely seriously and the Foreign Office has suspended this programme while we investigate these allegations.\n\n\"We believe that such work in Syria is important to protect our national security interest but of course we reach this judgment carefully given that in such a challenging environment no activity is without risk.\n\n\"That's why all our programmes are designed carefully and subject to robust monitoring.\"\n\nYou can see more on this story on Panorama, Jihadis You Pay For on BBC One at 7.30pm on Monday 4 December and afterwards on iPlayer.", "Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been talking to the BBC about today's Brexit developments.\n\nShe says no-one wants to see a hard border on the island of Ireland and suggests the \"unhealthy influence\" of the DUP at Westminster was a major factor in the apparent failure to finalise an agreement.\n\nIf the concept of a distinct status for Northern Ireland is borne out in the final phase one agreement, she says \"this will change everything\".\n\nQuote Message: The bottom line is the UK government appears to be accepting parts of the UK can effectively stay within the single market, so if that's good enough and possible enough for Northern Ireland there's no reason why it can't be the case for Scotland.\" The bottom line is the UK government appears to be accepting parts of the UK can effectively stay within the single market, so if that's good enough and possible enough for Northern Ireland there's no reason why it can't be the case for Scotland.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland batsman Alex Hales will not face criminal charges over an incident outside a nightclub in Bristol in September and is available for selection, the England and Wales Cricket Board says.\n\nHe had been with all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm.\n\nHales, 28, was not arrested but was interviewed under caution by police and was not considered for selection.\n\nHe could still be punished by the ECB.\n\nThe ECB's internal disciplinary process is on hold until any criminal proceedings against Stokes are concluded.\n\n\"Alex Hales will now be considered for England selection,\" the ECB said in a statement.\n\nHales is a one-day and T20 specialist, who last played Test cricket in August 2016 and could return for the limited-overs leg of England's tour of Australia.\n\nEngland will play a five-game one-day series against Australia in January, before a triangular Twenty20 series against New Zealand and Australia in February.\n\nThe ECB has also allowed Hales to play in the inaugural T20 Cricket League in Dubai from 21 to 24 December.\n\nStokes was arrested after a night out that followed England's victory over West Indies in the third one-day international.\n\nVideo footage emerged which allegedly showed him in a brawl in the early hours of the morning.\n\nA man suffered a fractured eye socket in the incident on 25 September.\n\nIn the aftermath, Hales, who voluntarily helped police with their inquiries, was left out of the fourth ODI along with Stokes.\n\nThe ECB then announced Stokes and Hales would not be considered for selection until further notice.\n\nOn 29 November, Avon and Somerset Police said it had completed its investigation and sent the findings to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide if Stokes would be charged.\n\nWith a decision not to be made for several weeks, Stokes seems unlikely to play in England's current Ashes series in Australia.\n\nHowever, he can play domestic cricket in any country and signed for Canterbury last week after travelling to New Zealand to visit his family.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.\n\nOn Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn \"in the barrel\", to borrow a line from Trump confidant Roger Stone. The former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about December 2016 conversations he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak and pledged to \"fully co-operate\" with Mr Mueller's ongoing investigations.\n\nMr Flynn has admitted he misled the FBI about his discussions regarding new sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration following evidence of alleged meddling in the 2016 election.\n\nThere had been hints this was coming, after word last week that Mr Flynn's defence lawyers had stopped co-operating with the Trump legal team. The president's own scattershot behaviour on Twitter this week could also have been a key tell, like a trick knee acting up before a big storm.\n\nSo why is this being billed as a major development in the ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia? Let us count the ways.\n\n1) Trump's inner circle has been breached\n\nIt is difficult to overstate the significance of this felony plea deal. Mr Flynn was a close adviser and confidant of Mr Trump throughout the 2016 presidential race. He was a surrogate for the candidate on television and enjoyed a prominent speaking role at the July Republican National Convention. He had a pivotal role in Mr Trump's presidential transition.\n\nThe role of national security adviser in the White House, which Mr Flynn assumed upon Mr Trump's inauguration, is one of the most senior positions in any administration, responsible for being the key conduit between the sprawling US military and intelligence bureaucracies and the president. It is a post that has been held by the likes of Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.\n\nMr Trump was so partial to Mr Flynn that he was praising him as a \"wonderful man\" who had been \"treated very, very unfairly by the media\" just days after firing him.\n\nNow Mr Flynn could be going to jail - and, more importantly, could be sharing damaging information about the Trump inner circle he inhabited for so long.\n\nAccording to the \"Statement of the Offense\" filed by the special counsel's office, Mr Flynn is testifying that he had contact with Trump transition team officials before and after his fateful December 2016 conversation with Ambassador Kislyak. \"Members of the transition team,\" the document relates, \"did not want Russia to escalate the situation after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions on the Russian government\".\n\nThese conversations came more than a month after Mr Trump had won the presidency. Mr Flynn had already been announced as the national security adviser in the incoming White House - a top post in the president's inner circle.\n\nThe next big question is who exactly were the unnamed senior members of the presidential transition team. Some US news outlets are naming Jared Kushner and former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland. Others seem to indicate it was Mr Trump himself. Eventually, Mr Flynn - and Mr Mueller - will have to lay their cards on the table.\n\nMr Flynn's assertions about his conversations with the transition team run directly counter to statements made by Mr Trump in a February press conference in which he said Mr Flynn was acting against orders when he reached out to Mr Kislyak.\n\nIn fact the White House said at the time that the president dismissed Mr Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice-President Mike Pence about his Russian contacts. The true nature of Mr Flynn's conversations with Mr Kislyak first came out thanks to leaks to the press of information gleaned from government surveillance of Mr Kislyak.\n\nIf Mr Flynn has evidence corroborating his account of December contacts with the Trump transition team - which was headed by Mr Pence himself - the White House's explanation for its handling of the Flynn situation, denials of knowledge and all, starts to crumble.\n\nMr Flynn appeared in court in front of Judge Rudolph Contreras\n\nAnyone in the president's inner circle who told the FBI or Mr Mueller's investigators that they weren't privy to Mr Flynn's activities, when there is evidence that they knew, would be open to another round of charges of lying to the FBI.\n\nThe White House response, at least so far, seems to be that Mr Flynn is a lying liar who lies.\n\n\"The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year,\" White House lawyer Ty Cobb wrote in a press statement. \"Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr Flynn.\"\n\n4) Mr Mueller could be building an obstruction of justice case\n\nDust off that old political saw that \"it's not the crime, it's the cover-up\". While Mr Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador is questionable, given that he was undercutting Obama administration policy efforts, it is probably not illegal.\n\nWhat is illegal, however, is obstruction of justice. Former FBI Director James Comey has testified that on 14 February - the day after Mr Flynn was sacked - Mr Trump urged the director to back off his investigation into Mr Flynn during a private Oval Office meeting.\n\nIf the president knew that the ongoing law-enforcement inquiry would discover Mr Flynn had been acting under orders - either by the president or a member of his transition team - that could be the kind of motive that would help support an obstruction of justice charge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Michael Flynn became entangled in Russia probe\n\n5) Only the tip of the iceberg?\n\nThere were a lot of rumours and allegations floating around about Mr Flynn before Friday's plea deal news. The special counsel's office was reportedly looking into Mr Flynn's Obama-era work as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. It was scrutinising his 2015 trip to Russia, paid for by the Kremlin-backed RT network, and his undisclosed lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests.\n\nThe charge brought against him, however, was solely related to his December 2016 phone conversations with Mr Kislyak. Although it comes with a possible five-year prison sentence, Mr Mueller hardly threw the book at the former national security adviser. Is this all there is?\n\nMr Mueller is primarily tasked with investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Mr Flynn was a senior adviser to and advocate for Mr Trump's presidential bid. Does the relative modesty of the charges against Mr Flynn indicate he may be offering information directly relevant to this inquiry?\n\nMr Flynn's plea deal is just one piece of a much larger puzzle the special counsel office is trying to solve.\n\nIn October Mr Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a top aide with White House ties, on money laundering charges predating their involvement with the Trump campaign.\n\nHe also struck a plea deal with former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who told prosecutors he lied about his own contacts with Russians.\n\nEach move is distinct and not directly related - at least not yet. A some point we are going to learn whether Mr Mueller is building a larger case against the Trump campaign out of these legal moves - or that the sum total of his efforts is nibbling around the edges.\n\nAs the president likes to say, stay tuned.", "Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger\n\nA potential breach of a court order which prevents the identification of one of James Bulger's killers is being investigated, the Attorney General's Office has confirmed.\n\nJon Venables, now 35, was convicted of killing two-year-old James in Merseyside in 1993, along with Robert Thompson.\n\nThe pair were released in 2001.\n\nThere is a worldwide ban on publishing anything revealing their current identities.\n\nA spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: \"We have received a complaint that the anonymity order has been breached and we are investigating.\"\n\nA High Court injunction prohibits the publication of any images or information claiming to identify or locate the pair- even if it is not actually them.\n\nThe order also covers material published on the internet.\n\nIn 2013 two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the killers of James Bulger received suspended jail sentences for being in contempt of court.\n\nVenables was recalled to prison last month after being suspected of having child abuse images on his computer.\n\nIt is the second time he has been sent back to jail for the same suspected offence.\n\nHe was first recalled in 2010, following his release in 2001 after serving eight years for the murder of James, aged two, in 1993.\n\nJames Bulger was two when he was abducted and killed in 1993\n\nOn 12 February 1993, James - just a few weeks before his third birthday - was reported missing by his mother from outside a butcher's shop in the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, Merseyside.\n\nCCTV images revealed he had been lured away by Venables and Thompson, both then aged 10.\n\nHis body was found two days later on a railway line.\n\nThompson and Venables were arrested and charged within days. They were both convicted at Preston Crown Court of James's murder, in November 1993.\n\nIn 2001, the pair were released - with new identities - from secure children's homes on life licence, meaning they can be recalled at any time.", "Reggie Yates was due to present the Christmas and New Year TOTP specials with Fearne Cotton\n\nReggie Yates will not host this year's Top of the Pops holiday specials after making \"ill-considered remarks\" in a podcast interview.\n\nYates apologised last month for using the phrase \"fat Jewish guy\" to refer to managers in the music industry.\n\nHe has now tweeted to say he has \"taken the decision to step down\" from hosting the music shows, which were due to air on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.\n\nThe presenter added that he apologised \"unreservedly to the Jewish community\".\n\nIn the Halfcast Podcast, hosted by DJ Chuckie Lothian, he had used the phrase while praising artists who chose to remain independently managed, adding: \"They're managed by their brethren.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by REGYATES This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn his latest statement on Twitter, he said his words \"reinforced offensive stereotypes\" and that the comment was \"no reflection on how I truly feel\".\n\nThe host, who also presents The Insider series for BBC Three, was due to present this year's holiday specials of long-running show Top of the Pops with Fearne Cotton.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"We take these issues very seriously and Reggie is in no doubt about the BBC's view of his comments.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Queen has paid tribute to London and Manchester in her Christmas Day message for their handling of this year's terror attacks.\n\nShe said it was a \"privilege\" to meet the concert attack survivors in May and stressed both cities' \"powerful identities\".\n\nThe monarch also remembered the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nIn the year of her 70th wedding anniversary she praised the Duke of Edinburgh's support.\n\nDespite missing the Christmas morning service last year due to illness, the Queen spent this year at Sandringham with the Royal Family including Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle.\n\nLooking back over 2017, the Queen reflected fondly on her relationship with Prince Philip amid his decision to \"slow down a little\".\n\nShe said: \"I don't know that anyone had invented the term 'platinum' for a 70th wedding anniversary when I was born. You weren't expected to be around that long.\"\n\nThis summer Prince Philip retired from his programme of public engagements, although he has continued to attend some events involving the Queen.\n\nIn the broadcast, the Queen also praised her husband's \"unique sense of humour\".\n\nShe recorded this year's Christmas message to the Commonwealth a few days ago in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe message's main theme is the importance of home, which she describes as a place of \"warmth, familiarity and love\", with a \"timeless simplicity\" and \"pull\".\n\nSurrounded by family photographs and a picture of newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Queen said her family \"look forward to welcoming new members into it next year\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child in April. while the prince and Ms Markle will wed in May.\n\nOn a table, alongside photographs of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, were two pictures of the Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh, one of which was taken on their wedding day in 1947 and the other from their anniversary in November this year.\n\nThe Queen was dressed in an ivory white dress by Angela Kelly, which she first wore for the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant in 2012.\n\nThe Queen and Prince Philip celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in November\n\nShe also expressed gratitude towards emergency service workers in a year of \"appalling attacks\" and highlighted the \"extraordinary bravery and resilience\" of survivors.\n\nReferencing the Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the lives of 71 people, the Queen described it as \"sheer awfulness\".\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who died and those who lost so much, and we are indebted to members of the emergency services who risked their own lives this past year saving others,\" the Queen said.\n\nFive people: four pedestrians and a police officer, were killed in the Westminster Bridge attack in March.\n\nIn May, the Queen visited victims of the bombing at Manchester Arena, in which 22 people died. A suicide bomber struck as they left the venue following a performance by US singer Ariana Grande.\n\n\"I describe that hospital visit as a 'privilege' because the patients I met were an example to us all,\" she said.\n\nThe Queen visited victims of the bombing at Manchester Arena in May\n\nThe following month, eight people died when three men in a van ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a knife attack in nearby Borough Market.\n\nLater that June, a man died when a hired van ran into worshippers near the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, north London.\n\nThe Queen's Christmas message was broadcast at 15:00 GMT on BBC One, and can be watched again on iPlayer.", "Lewis Hamilton has apologised for making \"inappropriate\" comments in a video in which he appeared to mock his nephew's princess dress.\n\nIn an Instagram video, which has since been deleted, the Formula 1 driver says \"boys don't wear princess dresses\".\n\nHe was criticised on social media for the clip, which was apparently filmed on Christmas Day.\n\nThe 32-year-old tweeted his \"deepest apologies\", saying he loved that his nephew \"feels free to express himself\".\n\nThe video, posted on his Instagram story, shows Hamilton speaking to the camera before turning it on his young relative.\n\n\"I'm so sad right now. Look at my nephew,\" he says.\n\nThe camera then shows the boy wearing a pink and purple dress, while holding a toy magic wand.\n\nHamilton asks him: \"Why are you wearing a princess dress? Is this what you got for Christmas?\"\n\nThe young boy starts laughing as the British racing driver continues: \"Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas? Boys don't wear princess dresses.\"\n\nIn response to the video, founder of anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label Liam Hackett tweeted: \"Disappointing to see somebody with such a huge platform use it to publicly shame and attempt to undermine a small child.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Imraan Sathar of discrimination support charity Stay Brave UK, called for the driver to be stripped of his MBE.\n\nHamilton later apologised for his behaviour and said it was \"really not acceptable\" to marginalise or stereotype anyone.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A mother who snapped a lucky photograph of four smiling royals is hoping its sale will help her fund her daughter's university education.\n\nKaren Anvil, 39, from Watlington in Norfolk captured a beaming Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Sandringham.\n\nThe image, which was posted on Twitter, was liked almost 4,000 times and stoked mainstream media interest.\n\nMs Anvil told the BBC reaction to the picture has been \"bizarre and bonkers\".\n\nMs Anvil and her 17-year-old daughter, Rachel, have been to spot the Royals at their annual Christmas Day service a couple of times before.\n\nShe said that, while suffering from an illness last year, she promised her daughter they would go to St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham this Christmas.\n\nShe said: \"Sky News was on and we were looking at the crowds. My daughter said 'I'd love to do that'.\n\n\"'I said 'next year, when I'm better we'll go'. And so I took her.\"\n\nMs Anvil admitted she had a \"fan-girl\" moment while with her daughter Rachel, 17\n\nAsked how she got the Royals to look at the camera and capture the shot every photographer dreamt of, Ms Anvil admitted her secret was attracting their attention,\n\n\"I'm just very bubbly by nature and I was with my daughter and I got a bit excitable, I suppose.\n\n\"I was just sort of shouting and I just went 'Merry Christmas!' like an idiot. I was fan-girling.\n\n\"That's all I said and got them to look.\"\n\nMs Anvil posted the image on Twitter at about 11:00 GMT and got thousands of likes. Her previous record was just five likes.\n\nFour hours later she was still receiving messages asking for permission to use the picture - and advice from other Twitter users telling her to negotiate a price.\n\nShe said: \"At first I said oh yeah sure. Have the photo. I know nothing about that.\"\n\nBut soon afterwards she was flooded with suggestions to copyright the photograph and earn some Christmas Day cash.\n\n\"The thing is - and I hate to play the single mum card - I'm a single parent, I work two jobs, which I'm proud of and I've always worked.\n\n\"Now I want to save money for my daughter for uni and if I can do that, and can get that opportunity that's amazing.\"", "Ri Pyong-chol (L) and Kim Jong-sik (R) are reportedly among Kim Jong-un's most trusted aides\n\nThe US has placed sanctions on two North Korean officials it says have led the development of nuclear missiles.\n\nThe US treasury named the two men as Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol, and said both were \"key leaders\" of North Korea's ballistic missile programme.\n\nThe UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday in response to ballistic missile tests.\n\nNorth Korea said the move was \"an act of war\" and tantamount to a total economic blockade.\n\nThe new US sanctions will block any transactions by the two men carried out in the US, essentially freezing any American assets they may have.\n\nBoth men are regularly photographed alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at missile launches.\n\nIn the past year, the country has tested ever more ambitious types of missile, and says it can now reach the entire continental United States.\n\nRi Pyong-chol has been photographed laughing with Kim Jong-un\n\nA Reuters investigation in May said that the two men, along with weapons developer Jang Chan-ha, were handpicked by Kim Jong-un and were very popular with him.\n\nTheir behaviour around him, Reuters said, \"is sharply at variance with the obsequiousness of other senior aides, most of whom bow and hold their hands over their mouths when speaking to the young leader\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How could war with North Korea unfold?\n\nThe news agency reported that Ri Pyong-chol was a former air force general educated in Russia and that Kim Jong-sik was a veteran rocket scientist.\n\nThey were both among 16 North Koreans placed under UN sanctions on Friday.\n\nThe UN sanctions came in response to Pyongyang's 28 November firing of a ballistic missile, which the US said was its highest yet.\n\nIn response, North Korea's official KCNA news agency said: \"The United States, completely terrified at our accomplishment of the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, is getting more and more frenzied in the moves to impose the harshest-ever sanctions and pressure on our country.\"", "Australia opener David Warner struck a century as England endured a tough time in the field on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.\n\nWarner dazzled with some fine strokeplay in a one-sided morning session against an England side that looked flattened after surrendering the Ashes in Perth.\n\nThe tourists fought back and Warner could have been dismissed on 99, only for Tom Curran to be denied his maiden Test wicket when replays showed that he had overstepped.\n\nStill, Warner was dismissed shortly after reaching three figures and England had an opening when Australia were reduced to 160-3.\n\nBut, under a cloudless sky and on a flat surface, home captain Steve Smith made an unbeaten half-century to guide Australia to 244-3 in front of a crowd of 88,172.\n\nEngland, already 3-0 down, are looking to avoid a second successive Ashes whitewash down under and third in 11 years.\n\nCurrently on an eight-match losing streak in Australia, they have never previously lost nine consecutively.\n\nAfter a lacklustre start, the touring pacemen grew into the day but Moeen Ali posed no threat.\n\nAnd, ultimately, Joe Root's men are in urgent need of early wickets on day two to prevent Australia from racking up another huge total.\n• None How day one unfolded in the live text\n\nThe swashbuckling manner in which Warner played during the morning session made run scoring look much easier than it later proved to be and set an ominous tone for England.\n\nThe left-hander, faced with boundary sweepers on both sides as early as the fourth over of the match, punched through mid-off, cut, and whipped off his pads, all whilst running with urgency.\n\nBefore his scoring was checked, there was a prospect of a century before lunch, but instead he had to settle for 83 of the 102-0 that Australia reached by the interval.\n\nEngland, however, got a grip on scoring in the afternoon. Warner saw Cameron Bancroft pinned leg before by Chris Woakes for a painstaking 26 and spent eight overs in the 90s.\n\nThe tourists' pressure looked to have paid off when Warner, one short of three figures, attempted a pull off Curran and top-edged to Stuart Broad at mid-on.\n\nAs England celebrated, the big-screen replay of Curran overstepping brought a huge cheer from the home fans that was superseded one ball later when Warner nudged into the leg side and launched a sustained and emotional celebration to mark his 21st Test ton.\n\nCurran's error was not too costly, with Warner on 103 when he followed one that James Anderson got to move away, resulting in an edge to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.\n\nAfter losing the toss in scorching heat and on a surface that initially seemed perfect for batting, England were always in danger of enduring a difficult day.\n\nTheir new-ball bowling was nothing more than adequate and, as Warner showed his intent to score, the tourists were subdued for large parts of a morning that was barely a contest.\n\nTo their credit, they improved immeasurably after lunch. The pace attack had the control to bowl to packed off side fields and Australia's scoring slowed on a pitch that increasingly revealed itself to be two-paced.\n\nFrom piling on more than 100 before lunch, Australia could only add 43 for the loss of two wickets in an attritional afternoon session.\n\nCurran impressed with seam movement and slower balls and, after tea, Broad ended a personal run of 69 wicketless overs by having Usman Khawaja caught behind.\n\nOff-spinner Moeen, though, remains a concern. A doubt on the morning of the match because of a finger injury, his six overs cost 35 runs and forced Root to turn to Dawid Malan's part-time leg-spin.\n\nFor their improvement and endeavour, England have only three wickets and are facing a huge challenge to get back into this match.\n\nTheir biggest concern is the continuing presence of Smith, who has already made two big hundreds in this series. The skipper has scored a century in each of the past three Boxing Day Tests and has not been dismissed in Melbourne since 2014.\n\nSmith shared an unbroken stand of 84 with Marsh, the subject of big Broad lbw appeals from the first two balls that he faced, one of which was unsuccessfully reviewed.\n\nThe world's number one batsman helped himself to an unflustered, problem-free half-century with the minimum of fuss. There was the occasional boundary through the off side, but scoring mainly came with tucks off the pads.\n\nHis scores in first-innings in this series are 141 not out, 40, 239 and now an unbeaten 65.\n\nSmith saw off three overs with the new ball alongside Marsh, who has 31, and Australia have a platform from which they can bat England out of the game.\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"David Warner was fantastic. England had triggered his mindset into being negative with the way they've bowled this series. He's thought, 'I'll see off Broad and Anderson' and that's affected his game.\n\n\"From the first over today, however, Warner came out with more positivity and that's the best way he plays.\n\n\"He's a wonderful player to watch when he bats like he did today.\n\n\"I've always felt there is something there in this pitch for the bowlers. Go back to 1998 and 2010 when it did plenty on the first day. You don't get too many draws at the MCG.\n\n\"I can't see this Test match being a draw either so England are going to have to bat very well in their first innings.\"\n\nEngland seamer James Anderson, speaking to TMS: \"It was a long day, we didn't start well or adjust to conditions. It was a flat, slow wicket and we bowled too many bad balls and let them get away.\n\n\"But the way we came back in the second session was very impressive. The pace of the pitch didn't help us, but we stuck to our task well and just didn't get the breaks at the end.\n\n\"It was not ideal to lose the toss but we were due to lose one. We're still in the game. We need to bowl really well with the new ball tomorrow to get some breakthroughs.\"\n\nAustralia opener David Warner, speaking to BT Sport: \"It was a hard fought day. England brought it back in the afternoon and bowled fantastic when the ball reversed but towards the end we got on a bit of a roll and as we have seen over the last couple of years Steve Smith comes in makes it look very easy.\n\nOn his century: \"I am obviously pleased but disappointed I didn't manage to go on. We talk about cashing in but I felt I let myself and the guys down. Credit to Jimmy he bowled fantastic in that spell.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bus hit the entrance of a pedestrian underpass in Moscow\n\nA bus left a road in Moscow before ploughing into a subway entrance, leaving four people dead and 11 injured, Russian officials say.\n\nFootage shows people scattering as the bus ran down wide steps before being brought to a halt by the tunnel's roof.\n\nThere is no suggestion it was a terror attack. Russian investigators said the driver told police the vehicle had started to move suddenly.\n\nHe tried to apply the brakes but they did not work, the investigative committee said. The crash happened in icy conditions.\n\nAll those killed in the crash were knocked down by the bus, which had been at a standstill before it drove on to the pavement and careered down the steps of the underpass.\n\nThe victims included a woman in her thirties and a teenager. Health officials said two of the injured were in a serious condition.\n\nInterfax news agency reported that the bus was not even a year old. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters at the scene that an inspection of the entire Moscow bus fleet had been ordered.\n\nThe driver is being held by police\n\nIt is not the first deadly incident at the station\n\nSecurity camera footage broadcast on Russian television showed a number of people being struck by the bus as it went down the steps of the metro station in the west of the city.\n\nA preliminary examination showed the driver of the bus was sober, news agencies said. He has been held by police.\n\nIn July 2014, 21 people were killed when a train derailed near the same station after braking abruptly.\n\nMonday is a normal working day in Moscow, where the Orthodox Christmas will be celebrated on 7 January.", "People were earlier evacuated from the Vietnamese province of Ben Tre\n\nA tropical storm that was threatening southern Vietnam has weakened and is expected to dissipate within 48 hours.\n\nThe Weather Prediction Center says Storm Tembin, with wind gusts up to 58mph (93km/h), is 170 miles south-southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, and is moving westward.\n\nNearly a million people were earlier told to prepare for evacuation and some 70,000 were moved from low-lying areas.\n\nTembin killed at least 240 people as it swept through the Philippines.\n\nRescuers are searching for more than 100 people still missing.\n\nBridges and roads on the southern island of Mindanao were destroyed or blocked by landslides, while nearly 1,000 houses were wrecked and many rice fields washed away.\n\nIn Vietnam, the government earlier ordered oil rigs and vessels to be secured and warned that about 62,000 fishing boats should not go out to sea, Reuters news agency reports.\n\n\"Vietnam must ensure the safety of its oil rigs and vessels,\" Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was quoted as saying. \"If necessary, close the oil rigs and evacuate workers.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island\n\nIn the southern province of Bac Lieu, residents from a fishing village were moved to different schools that have been turned into shelters.", "A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern-day America, but were there historical clues that pointed to his unexpected victory?\n\nFlying into Los Angeles, a descent that takes you from the desert, over the mountains, to the outer suburbs dotted with swimming pools shaped like kidneys, always brings on a near narcotic surge of nostalgia.\n\nThis was the flight path I followed more than 30 years ago, as I fulfilled a boyhood dream to make my first trip to the United States. America had always fired my imagination, both as a place and as an idea. So as I entered the immigration hall, under the winsome smile of America's movie star president, it was hardly a case of love at first sight.\n\nMy infatuation had started long before, with Westerns, cop shows, superhero comic strips, and movies such as West Side Story and Grease. Gotham exerted more of a pull than London. My 16-year-old self could quote more presidents than prime ministers. Like so many new arrivals, like so many of my compatriots, I felt an instant sense of belonging, a fealty borne of familiarity.\n\nEighties America lived up to its billing, from the multi-lane freeways to the cavernous fridges, from the drive-in movie theatres to the drive-through burger joints. I loved the bigness, the boldness, the brashness. Coming from a country where too many people were reconciled to their fate from too early an age, the animating force of the American Dream was not just seductive but unshackling.\n\nUpward mobility was not a given amongst my schoolmates. The absence of resentment was also striking: the belief success was something to emulate rather than envy. The sight of a Cadillac induced different feelings than the sight of a Rolls Royce.\n\nIt was 1984. Los Angeles was hosting the Olympics. The Soviet boycott meant US athletes dominated the medals table more so than usual. McDonald's had a scratch-card promotion, planned presumably before Eastern bloc countries decided to keep their distance, offering Big Macs, Cokes and fries if Americans won gold, silver or bronze in selected events. So for weeks I feasted on free fast food, a calorific accompaniment to chants of \"USA! USA!\"\n\nThis was the summertime of American resurgence. After the long national nightmare of Vietnam, Watergate and the Iranian hostage crisis, the country demonstrated its capacity for renewal. 1984, far from being the dystopian hell presaged by George Orwell, was a time of celebration and optimism. Uncle Sam - back then, nobody gave much thought to the country being given a male personification - seemed happy again in his own skin.\n\nFor millions, it really was \"Morning Again in America\", the slogan of Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign. In that year's presidential election, he buried his Democratic opponent Walter Mondale in a landslide, winning 49 out of 50 states and 58.8% of the popular vote.\n\nThe United States could hardly be described as politically harmonious. There was the usual divided government. Republicans retained control of the Senate, but the Democrats kept their stranglehold on the House of Representatives. Reagan's sunniness was sullied by the launch of his 1980 campaign with a call for \"states' rights\", which sounded to many like a dog-whistle for denial of civil rights.\n\nRonald Reagan on the campaign trail in 1979\n\nHis chosen venue was Philadelphia, but not the city of brotherly love, the cradle of the Declaration of Independence, but rather Philadelphia, Mississippi, a rural backwater close to where three civil rights workers had been murdered by white supremacists in 1964. Reagan, like Nixon, pursued the southern strategy, which exploited white fears about black advance.\n\nStill, the anthem of the hour was Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA and politics was not nearly as polarised as it is today. Even though the Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill reviled Reagan's trickle-down economics - he called him a \"cheerleader for selfishness\" and \"Herbert Hoover with a smile\" - these two Irish-Americans found common ground as they sought to act in the national interest.\n\nBoth understood the Founding Fathers had hard-wired compromise into the governmental system, and that Washington, with its checks and balances, was unworkable without give and take. They worked together on tax reform and safeguarding Social Security.\n\nThe country was in the ascendant. Not so paranoid as it was in the 1950s, not so restive as it was in the 1960s, and nowhere near as demoralised as it had been in the 1970s.\n\nHistory is never neat or linear. Decades do not automatically have personalities, but it is possible to divide the period since 1984 into two distinct phases. The final 16 years of the 20th Century was a time of American hegemony. The first 16 years of the 21st Century has proven to be a period of dysfunction, discontent, disillusionment and decline. The America of today in many ways reflects the dissonance between the two.\n\nIn those twilight years of the last millennium, America enjoyed something akin to the dominance achieved at the Los Angeles Olympics. Just two years after Reagan demanded that Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall, that concrete and ideological barricade was gone. The United States won the Cold War. In the New World Order that emerged afterwards, it became the sole superpower in a unipolar world.\n\nA Berliner celebrates in front of the Berlin wall on 15 November 1989\n\nThe speed at which US-led forces won the first Gulf War in 1991 helped slay the ghosts of Vietnam. With a reformist leader, Boris Yeltsin, installed in the Kremlin, there was an expectation Russia would embrace democratic reform. Even after Tiananmen Square, there was a hope that China might follow suit, as it moved towards a more market-based economy.\n\nThis was the thrust of Francis Fukuyama's thesis in his landmark 1989 essay, The End of History, which spoke of \"the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government\".\n\nFor all the forecasts Japan would become the world's largest economy, America refused to cede its financial and commercial dominance. Instead of Sony ruling the corporate world, Silicon Valley became the new high-tech workshop of business.\n\nBill Clinton's boast of building a bridge to the 21st Century rang true, although it was emergent tech giants such as Microsoft, Apple and Google that were the true architects and engineers. Thirty years after planting the Stars and Stripes on the Sea of Tranquillity, America not only dominated outer space but cyberspace too.\n\nThis phase of US dominance could never be described as untroubled. The Los Angeles riots in 1992, sparked by the beating of Rodney King and the acquittal of the police officers charged with his assault, highlighted deep racial divisions.\n\nIn Washington, Bill Clinton's impeachment exhibited the hyper-partisanship that was changing the tenor of Washington life. In the age of 24/7 cable news, politics was starting to double as soap opera.\n\nYet as we approached 31 December 1999, the assertion that the 20th Century had been The American Century was an axiom. I was in the capital as Bill Clinton presided over the midnight celebrations on the National Mall, and as the fireworks skipped from the Lincoln Memorial down the Reflecting Pool to illuminate the Washington monument, the mighty obelisk looked like a giant exclamation mark or a massive number one.\n\nThe national story changed dramatically and unexpectedly soon after. While doomsday predictions of a Y2K bug failed to materialise, it nonetheless felt as if the United States had been infected with a virus. 2000 saw the dot-com bubble explode. In November, the disputed presidential election between George W Bush and Al Gore badly damaged the reputation of US democracy.\n\nWhy, a Zimbabwean diplomat even suggested Africa send international observers to oversee the Florida recount. Beyond America's borders came harbingers of trouble. In Russia, 31 December 1999, as those fireworks were being primed, Vladimir Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin.\n\nThe year 2001 brought the horror of September 11th, an event more traumatic than Pearl Harbor. Post-9/11 America became less welcoming and more suspicious. The Bush administration's \"war on terror\" - open-ended conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq - drained the country of blood and treasure.\n\nThe collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and the Great Recession that followed, arguably had a more lasting impact on the American psyche than the destruction of the Twin Towers. Just as 9/11 had undermined confidence in the country's national security, the financial collapse shattered confidence in its economic security.\n\nWith parents no longer certain their children would come to enjoy more abundant lives than they did, the American Dream felt like a chimera. The American compact, the bargain that if you worked hard and played by the rules your family would succeed, was no longer assumed. Between 2000 and 2011, the overall net wealth of US households fell. By 2014, the richest 1% of Americans had accrued more wealth than the bottom 90%.\n\nTo many in the watching world, and most of the 69 million Americans who voted for him, the election of the country's first black president again demonstrated America's capacity for regeneration.\n\nAlthough his presidency did much to rescue the economy, he couldn't repair a fractured country. The creation of a post-partisan nation, which Obama outlined in his breakthrough speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, proved just as illusory as the emergence of a post-racial society, which he always knew was beyond him.\n\nDuring the Obama years, Washington descended into a level of dysfunction unprecedented in post-war America.\n\n\"My number one priority is making sure President Obama's a one-term president,\" declared then-Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, summing up the obstructionist mood of his Republican colleagues. It led to a crisis of governance, including the shutdown of 2013 and the repeated battles over raising the debt ceiling. The political map of America, rather than taking on a more purple hue, came to be rendered in deeper shades of red and blue.\n\nBeyond Capitol Hill, there was a whitelash to the first black president, seen in the rise of the Birther movement and in elements of the Tea Party movement. On the right, movement conservatives challenged establishment Republicans. On the left, identity politics displaced a more class-oriented politics as union influence waned. Both parties seemed to vacate the middle ground, relying instead on maximising support from their respective bases - African-Americans, evangelicals, the LGBT community, gun-owners - to win elections.\n\nThroughout his presidency, Barack Obama continued to talk about moving towards a more perfect union. But reality made a mockery of these lofty words. Sandy Hook. Orlando. The spate of police shootings. The gang-related mayhem in his adopted home of Chicago. The mess in Washington. The opioid crisis. The health indices even pointed to a sick nation, in which the death rate was rising. By 2016, life expectancy fell for the first time since 1993.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US election: Relive the wild ride in 170 seconds\n\nThis was the backdrop against which the 2016 election was fought, one of the most dispiriting campaigns in US political history. A battle between the two most unpopular major party candidates since polling began, ended with a victor who had higher negative ratings than his opponent and in the end, three million fewer votes.\n\nJust as I had been on the National Mall to ring in the new millennium in 2000, I was there again on 20 January 2017, for Donald Trump's inaugural celebrations. They included some Reagan-era flourishes. At the eve of the inauguration concert, Lee Greenwood reprised his Reaganite anthem God Bless the USA, albeit with a frailer voice.\n\nThere were chants of \"USA, USA,\" a staple of the billionaire's campaign rallies - usually triggered by his riff on building a wall along the Mexican border. There was also an 80s vibe about the telegenic first family, who looked fresh from a set of a primetime soap, like Dynasty or Falcon Crest.\n\nThe spectacle brought to mind what Norman Mailer once said of Reagan, that the 40th president understood \"the President of the United States was the leading soap opera figure in the great American drama, and one had better possess star value\". Trump understood this, and it explained much of his success, even if his star power came from reality TV rather than Hollywood B-movies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Cockerell: The parallels between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump\n\nYet Trump is not Reagan. His politics of grievance, and the fist-shaking anger it fed off, struck a different tone than the Gipper's more positive pitch. It played on a shared sense of personal and national victimhood that would have been alien to Reagan.\n\nIn the space of just three decades, then, the United States had gone from \"It's morning in America again\" to something much darker: \"American Carnage\", the most memorable phrase from Trump's inaugural address.\n\nIt is tempting to see Trump's victory this time last year as an aberration. A historical mishap. The election all came down, after all, to just 77,744 votes in three key states: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. But when you consider the boom-to-bust cycle of the period between 1984 and 2016, the Trump phenomenon doesn't look so accidental.\n\nIn many ways Trump's unexpected victory marked the culmination of a large number of trends in US politics, society and culture, many of which are rooted in that end-of-century period of American dominion.\n\nConsider how the fall of the Berlin Wall changed Washington, and how it ushered in an era of destructive and negative politics. In the post-war years, bipartisanship was routine, partly because of a shared determination to defeat communism. America's two-party system, adversarial though it was, benefited from the existence of a shared enemy. To pass laws, President Eisenhower regularly worked with Democratic chieftains such as House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson.\n\nReforms such as the 1958 National Defense Education Act, which improved science teaching in response to the launch of Sputnik, were framed precisely with defeating communism in mind.\n\nMuch of the impetus to pass landmark civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s came from the propaganda gift Jim Crow laws handed to the Soviet Union, especially as Moscow sought to expand its sphere of influence among newly decolonised African nations.\n\nPatriotic bipartisanship frayed and ripped after the end of the Cold War. It was in the 1990s the then-Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole started to use the filibuster more aggressively as a blocking device. Government shutdowns became politically weaponised.\n\nIn the 1994 congressional mid-terms, the Republican revolution brought a wave of fierce partisans to Washington, with an ideological aversion to government and thus little investment in making it work. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the first Republican to occupy the post in 40 years, personified the kind of abrasive partisan that came to the fore on Capitol Hill.\n\nGrudging bipartisanship was still possible, as Clinton and Gingrich demonstrated over welfare and criminal justice reform in the mid-1990s. But this period witnessed the acidification of DC politics. The gerrymandering of the House of Representatives encouraged strict partisanship, because the threat to most lawmakers came from within their own parties. Moderates or pragmatists who strayed from the partisan path were punished with a primary challenge from more doctrinaire rivals.\n\nBy the 112th Congress in 2011-2012, there was no Democrat in the House more conservative than a Republican and no Republican more liberal than a Democrat. This was new. In the post-war years, there had been considerable ideological overlap between liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats. In this more polarised climate, bipartisanship became a dirty word. One leading conservative thinker and anti-tax campaigner, Grover Norquist, likened it to date rape.\n\nWould Congress have impeached Bill Clinton, ostensibly for having an affair with an intern, had America still been waging the Cold War? I sense not - it would have been seen, in those more serious times, as a frivolous distraction. When Congress moved towards impeaching Richard Nixon it did so because Watergate and its cover-up truly rose to the level of high crimes and misdemeanours.\n\nClinton's impeachment signalled the emergence of another new political trend: the delegitimisation of sitting presidents. And both parties played the game. The Democrats cast George W Bush as illegitimate because Al Gore won the popular vote and the Supreme Court controversially ruled in the Republican's favour during the Florida recount.\n\nThe Birther movement, led by Donald Trump, tried to delegitimise Barack Obama with specious and racist claims that he was not born in Hawaii. Most recently, the Democrats have cast aspersions on Trump's victory, partly because he lost the popular vote and partly because they allege he achieved a Kremlin-assisted victory.\n\nOver this period, the political discourse also became shriller. Rush Limbaugh, after getting his first radio show in 1984, rose to become the king of the right-wing shock jocks. Fox News was launched in 1996, the same year as MSNBC, which became its progressive counterpoint. The internet quickened the metabolism of the news industry and became the home for the kind of hateful commentary traditional news outlets rarely published.\n\nHome foreclosures skyrocketed at the end of the last decade\n\nMaybe the Jerry Springerisation of political news coverage can be traced to the moment the Drudge Report first published the name Monica Lewinsky, \"scooping\" Newsweek which hesitated before publishing such an explosive story. The success of the Drudge Report demonstrated how new outlets, which didn't share the same news values as the mainstream media, could establish brands literally overnight. This lesson was doubtless learnt by Andrew Breitbart, an editor at Drudge who founded the right-wing website Breitbart News.\n\nThe internet and social media, trumpeted initially as the ultimate tool for bringing people together, actually became a forum for cynicism, division and various outlandish conspiracy theories. America became more atomised.\n\nAs Robert D Putnam identified in his 1995 seminal essay, Bowling Alone, lower participation rates in organisations such as unions, parent teacher associations, the Boy Scouts and women's clubs had reduced person to person contacts and civil interaction.\n\nEconomically, this period saw the continuation of what's been called the \"Great Divergence\" which produced stark inequalities in wealth and income. Between 1979 and 2007, household income in the top 1% grew by 275% compared to just 18% growth in the bottom fifth of households.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Clinton-era was a period of financial deregulation, including the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the landmark reform passed during the depression, as well as legislation exempting credit default swaps from regulation.\n\nDisruptive technologies changed the workplace and upended the labour market. Automation, more so than globalisation, was the big jobs killer during this phase. Between 1990 and 2007, machines killed off up to 670,000 US manufacturing jobs alone.\n\nThe Rust Belt rebellion that propelled Trump to the White House has been described as a revolt against robots, not that his supporters viewed it that way. Encouraged by the billionaire, many blamed increased foreign competition and the influx of foreign workers.\n\nThe opioid crisis can be traced back to the early 1990s with the over-prescription of powerful painkillers. Between 1991 and 2011, painkiller prescriptions tripled.\n\nAmerica seemed intoxicated by its own post-Cold War success. Then came the hangover of the past 16 years.\n\nOver the past few months, I've followed that same westward flight path to California on a number of occasions, and found myself asking what would an impressionable 16-year-old make of America now. Would she share my adolescent sense of wonder, or would she peer out over the Pacific at twilight and wonder if the sun was setting on America itself?\n\nWhat would she make of the gun violence, brought into grotesque relief again by the Las Vegas massacre? Multiple shootings are not new, of course. Just days before I arrived in the States in 1984, a gunman had walked into a McDonalds in a suburb of San Diego and shot dead 21 people. It was then the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.\n\nWhat's different between now and then, however, is the regularity of these massacres, and how the repetitiveness of the killings has normalised them. What was striking about Las Vegas was the muted nationwide response to a gunman killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.\n\nOnce-shocking massacres no longer arouse intense emotions for those unconnected to the killings. A month on, and it is almost as if it didn't happen.\n\nWhat would she make of race relations? Back in 1984, black athletes such as Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses and Michael Jordan were unifying figures as they helped reap that Olympic golden harvest. Now some of America's leading black athletes are vilified by their president for taking a knee to protest, a right enshrined in the First Amendment. These athletes now find themselves combatants in the country's endless culture wars.\n\nWhat would she make of the confluence of gun violence and race, evident in the spate of police shootings of unarmed black men and in the online auction where the weapon that killed Trayvon Martin fetched more than $100,000?\n\nCharlottesville, with its torch-wielding and hate-spewing neo-Nazis, was another low point. So, too, were the president's remarks afterwards, when he described the crowd as including some \"very fine people\" and implied a moral equivalence between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Trump said versus what I saw - by the BBC's Joel Gunter\n\nI was at the news conference in Trump Tower that day. An African-American cameraman next to me yelled out \"What message does this send to our children?\" The question went unanswered, but concerned parents ask it everyday about Donald Trump's behaviour.\n\nWhat about the monuments debate? The last civil war veteran died in 1959, but the conflict rumbles on in various guises and upon various proxy battlefields, as America continues to grapple with the original sin of slavery.\n\nBut what if she landed in the American heartland, rather than flying over it? Coastal separateness can sometimes be exaggerated, but it would be a very different experience than Los Angeles. In the Rust Belt, stretches of riverway are crowded again with coal barges, and local business leaders believe in the Trump Bump because they see it in their order books and balance sheets.\n\nIn the Coal Belt, there's been delight at the rescinding of Obama's Clean Power Plan. In the Bible Belt, evangelicals behold Trump as a fellow victim of sneering liberal elites. In the Sun Belt, close to the Mexican border, there's wide support for his crackdown on illegal immigration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn many football stadiums, she would hear the chorus of boos from fans who agree with the president that the take-the-knee protests denigrate the flag. In bars, union branches and American Legion halls, you'll find many who applaud Donald Trump for \"telling like it is\", refusing to be bound by norms of presidential behaviour or political correctness.\n\nThere are pointers of national success elsewhere. The New York Stock Exchange is still reaching record highs. Business confidence is on the up. Unemployment is at a 16-year low. Of the 62 million people who voted for Trump, a large number continue to regard him more as a national saviour than a national embarrassment.\n\nIn many red states, \"Make America Great Again\" echoes just as strongly as it did 12 months ago. Trump has a historically low approval rating of just 35%, but it's 78% among Republicans.\n\nIn the international realm, it's plausible foreign adversaries fear the United States more under Trump than Obama, and foreign allies no longer take the country for granted. The so-called Islamic State has been driven from Raqqa. Twenty-five Nato allies have pledged to increase defence spending. Beijing, under pressure from Washington, appears to be exerting more economic leverage over Pyongyang.\n\nHowever, America First increasingly means America alone, most notably on the Paris climate change accord and the Iranian nuclear deal. Trump has also Twitter-shamed longstanding allies, such as Germany and Australia, and infuriated its closest friend Britain, with rash tweets about crime rates and terror attacks.\n\nHis labelling of foes such as Kim Jong Un as Little Rocket Man seems juvenile and self-diminishing. It hardly reaches the Reagan standard of \"tear down this wall\". Indeed, with North Korea, there's the widespread fear that Trump's tweet tirades could spark a nuclear confrontation.\n\nFew countries look anymore to Trump's America as a global exemplar, the \"city upon a hill\" Reagan spoke of in his farewell address to the nation. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is routinely described as the leader of the free world, the moniker bestowed on the US president since the days of FDR.\n\nThe Economist, which trolls Trump almost weekly, has described Chinese President Xi Jinping as the most powerful man in the world. American exceptionalism is now commonly viewed as a negative construct. \"Only in America\" is a term of derision.\n\nRonald Reagan used to talk of the 11th commandment - No Republican should speak ill of another Republican. So it is worth noting that some of Trump's most caustic and thoughtful critics have come from within his own party. Senator Jeff Flake called him \"a danger to democracy\".\n\nBob Corker described the White House as an \"adult day care centre\". John McCain, a frequent critic, has railed against \"spurious, half-baked nationalism\". George W Bush sounded the alarm about bigotry being emboldened and of how politics \"seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication\", without specifically naming the current president.\n\nTrump's determination to be an anti-president has arguably had a vandalising effect on the office of the presidency, and to civil society more broadly. Artists have boycotted the White House reception held ahead of the annual Kennedy Center Awards, a red letter night in the country's cultural calendar.\n\nThe Golden State Warriors were disinvited from appearing at the White House after their championship win because of the take-the-knee protest. It's new for these kinds of commemorations to become contested.\n\nTrump has even politicised one of the commander-in-chief's most solemn acts, offering condolences to the families of the fallen. It led to an indecorous row with a war widow. Small wonder long time Washington watchers, on both the right and left, consider this the nastiest and most graceless presidency of the modern era.\n\nThe corollary is the historical stock of his predecessors is rising. When the five living former presidents appeared together in Texas earlier this month they were greeted like a group of superheroes donning their capes for one final mission. It speaks of these unreal times that George W Bush is spoken of fondly, even wistfully, by long-time liberal foes.\n\nTrump's claim he could be just as presidential as Abraham Lincoln is one of the more comical boasts to come from the White House. Then there are the falsehoods, the \"alternative facts\" and attacks on the \"fake media\" - his label for news organisations such as the New York Times and Washington Post, whose reporting has rarely been better. Recently he has even threatened to revoke the licences of networks whose news divisions have published critical stories. To some it has shades of 1984, but Orwell's version.\n\nAs for Morning in America, it has a new connotation - checking Trump's Twitter for pre-dawn tweets. The president commonly starts the day by lashing out at opponents or mercilessly mocking them. The new normal, it is often called. But it seems more apt to call it the new abnormal.\n\nThere is an extent to which America is politics-proof and president-proof. However bad things got in Washington, my sense has long been that the US would be rescued by its other vital centres of power. New York, its financial and cultural capital. San Francisco, its tech hub. Boston, its academic first city. Hollywood, its entertainment centre.\n\nAdrienne Mccallister, director of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality business development at Google, speaks during a launch event\n\nBut Los Angeles is reeling from the Harvey Weinstein revelations, the Uber scandal has shone a harsh light on corporate ethics in the tech sector and the Wells Fargo affair has once again shown Wall Street in a dismal light.\n\nUS universities dominate global rankings, but its top colleges could hardly be described as engines of intergenerational mobility. A study by the New York Times of 38 colleges, including Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, showed that students from the top 1% income bracket occupied more places than the students from the bottom 60%. Of this year's intake at Harvard, almost a third were the sons and daughters of alumni.\n\nAutomation will also continue to be a jobs killer. One study this year predicted that nearly 40% of US jobs will be lost to computers and machines over the next 15 years. Spending time in the Rust Belt valleys around Pittsburgh last year I was struck by how many taxi and Uber drivers used to work in the steel industry. Now America's one-time Steel City is a centre of excellence for robotics and where Uber is road testing its driverless cars.\n\nThere's still truth in the adage that America is always going to hell, but it never quite gets there. But how that is being tested. Presently, it feels more like a continent than a country, with shared land occupied by warring tribes. Not a failing state but not a united states.\n\nAs I've travelled this country, I struggle to identify where Americans will find common political ground. Not in the guns debate. Not in the abortion debate. Not in the healthcare debate. Not even in the singing of the national anthem at American football games. Even a cataclysmic event on the scale of 9/11 failed to unify the country.\n\nIf anything it sowed the seeds of further division, especially over immigration. Some Americans agree with Donald Trump that arrivals from mainly Muslim countries need to be blocked. Others see that as an American anathema.\n\nWhen I made my first journey to the US all those years ago I witnessed a coming together. Those Olympic celebrations were in some ways an orgy of nationalism, but there was also a commonality of spirit and purpose. From Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue performed on 84 grand pianos to a polyglot team of athletes bedecked with medals.\n\nFrom the pilot who flew around the LA Coliseum in a jet pack to the customers who left McDonald's with free Big Macs. There was reason for rejoicing. The present was golden. America felt like America again.", "People spending Christmas Day alone are finding company thanks to a Twitter campaign called #joinin.\n\nLaunched by comedian Sarah Millican several years ago, it encourages people to use the hashtag and link with one another so as not to feel lonely.\n\nPeople from around the world have already begun to tweet with their experiences.\n\n\"The main rule is to be kind,\" said Millican. \"We're all here for each other.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sarah Millican This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of tweeters explained why they were on their own on Christmas Day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Spanna This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Anth This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by QuirkyT This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 5 by Jessica This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 6 by Maggie is NOT Merry 🎄 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 6 by Maggie is NOT Merry 🎄\n\nWhilst some shared their sadness, others were positive about their situation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 7 by rbaldy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 8 by ❄ mrs snow ❄ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 9 by Tim.A.Roberts This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 10 by ° This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd there were reminders of the people spending Christmas Day alone to help us all.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 11 by Cat This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe campaign will run throughout the day. Just use the hashtag #joinin when tweeting to be part of it.", "A white Christmas in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders\n\nIt has officially been a white Christmas in the UK for some, with areas of Cumbria and the south of Scotland recording light snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office confirmed the snowfall in Spadeadam, Cumbria, at about 22:00 GMT.\n\nIn a tweet, the forecaster added that parts of the south of Scotland were \"also seeing rain turn to snow\".\n\nMore wintry showers are expected, with the chance of up to 10cm of snow on the highest ground in Scotland.\n\nThe last officially white Christmas was recorded in 2014, when parts of the Northern Isles in Scotland had some snowfall.\n\nA white Christmas used to be defined as the sighting, by a professional meteorologist, of one snow flake falling on the roof of the London Weather Centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Met Office has widened the rule to include other parts of the country.\n\nHowever, the snow still must be seen by a professional to count.\n\nThe Met Office has warnings covering southern, central and eastern Scotland and the most northern parts of England.\n\nMet forecaster Mark Wilson said the temperature would turn colder on Boxing Day, with averages of 2C and 4C in Scotland, and between 7C and 9C in the south of the UK.\n\nIt is also alerting people in Wales and central England to expect rain and snow from 18:00 GMT on Boxing Day until 11:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nPersistent rain moving east, from Wales into England, is likely to turn to snow early on Wednesday.\n\nMost of the UK enjoyed a mild Christmas Day, although it has been wet in some areas.\n\nThe highest temperature - of 12.5C - was recorded in Hawarden, Flintshire, in north-east Wales.\n\nIt failed to match the Christmas Day record of 15.6C in Killerton, Devon in 1920.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karl Turner MP: \"This is a... decent, honest, hard-working Hull woman, who was simply naive\"\n\nA British woman has been convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt and jailed for three years.\n\nLaura Plummer, 33, was arrested after she was found with the Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, on 9 October.\n\nPlummer, from Hull, claimed the painkiller, legal on prescription in the UK but banned in Egypt, was to treat her Egyptian partner's back pain.\n\nHer family said her lawyers had lodged an appeal. Plummer previously said she had \"no idea\" the tablets were illegal.\n\nPlummer's mother Roberta Synclair, who was in court for the hearing, told the BBC: \"I'm still in shock after today's verdict. It's difficult and I can't believe it after waiting for two months.\"\n\nShe said her daughter has now been moved to another police station ahead of her move to prison.\n\nLaura Plummer said the prescription pills were for her partner Omar Caboo\n\nThe family has previously said Plummer had no idea that what she was doing was illegal and was just \"daft\".\n\nThey said she did not try to hide the medicine, which she had been given by a friend, and thought it was a joke when she was taken aside by officials.\n\nPlummer was detained on arriving at the Red Sea resort of Hurghada for a holiday with her partner, Omar Caboo.\n\nHer sister Rachel Plummer said: \"My mum's obviously devastated. She's out there by herself.\"\n\nIt is not clear when an appeal against her sentence might be heard.\n\nShe said: \"We're just hoping. Even half of that would be better. Anything less than three years. She doesn't deserve that.\"\n\nTramadol is a strong painkiller used to treat moderate to severe pain.\n\nIt is a class C drug and is only available in the UK with a prescription from a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional.\n\nAs a class C drug, it is illegal for anyone else to supply Tramadol, to have it or to give it away, even to friends.\n\nHer other sister Jayne Synclair said Plummer had only been trying to help her partner.\n\n\"She was taking those tablets to help her man who had been in an accident,\" she said.\n\n\"He did not even know she was bringing them. She was doing it to be kind. How can you be sentenced to three years just for being kind?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jayne Sinclair, sister: \"She's on the verge of a mental breakdown\"\n\nReacting to news of the sentence, Karl Turner, MP for Hull East, said the court's decision was \"devastating\" for Plummer and her family.\n\nHe said: \"Laura, most of all, will be absolutely devastated. She's not been well lately, she's sleep deprived and she's been very anxious\n\n\"I think it's a damning indictment about good sense and fair play.\"\n\nMr Turner accepted Plummer had been naive but was \"decent, honest and hard-working\".\n\n\"[She was] going to visit her partner in Egypt, taking what she thought was a painkiller and no more than that,\" he said.\n\n\"It clearly is a banned substance and whilst we must respect the law of other countries there must be good sense and fair play as well.\"\n\nA Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: \"We will continue to provide assistance to Laura and her family following the court ruling in Egypt, and our embassy is in regular contact with the Egyptian authorities.\"", "Traditional UK Boxing Day sales will suffer owing to spending on Black Friday and the squeeze on incomes, a survey suggests.\n\nThe majority of shoppers (56%) who took part in the survey for BBC Radio 4 think Boxing Day sales have lost their appeal.\n\nOnly a handful said they planned to get up early for a sales bargain.\n\nSome 37% of people surveyed expect to spend less this Boxing Day owing to spending on Black Friday.\n\nThe survey of 1,000 shoppers was carried out for Radio 4's You and Yours by consumer analysts, Savvy Marketing. It found four out of 10 of people made a purchase during the Black Friday sales this year compared with three out of 10 in 2016.\n\nSatwinder and Jyoti Matoo from Leeds go shopping together every weekend. They told You and Yours they would not be getting up early to go shopping this time.\n\n\"The sales are on every day now. You can buy sale stuff whenever you like. I have queued up before on Boxing Day and I've got some bargains, but this year I'm going to stay in bed,\" said Satwinder.\n\nCatherine Shuttleworth, from Savvy Marketing, said: \"The data shows that people spent more money this Black Friday than last year and people can't spend that money twice, so the Boxing Day sales will suffer.\n\n\"Shoppers expect things to be discounted because times are tough and family spending isn't as flexible as it has been.\"\n\nFestive cheer has been in short supply for retailers this season. Consumer spending has fallen for the third month in a row, according to analysis from Visa. The credit card company predicts the UK will see its first fall in overall Christmas spending by consumers since 2012.\n\nMs Shuttleworth said retailers needed to get as many people into their shops as possible. \"If there aren't any deals, shoppers will go elsewhere, so sales are like a drug which retailers can't get off,\" she said.\n\nDespite this apparent addiction to discounting, 62% of people surveyed thought that constant sales devalued the brand of a shop.\n\nOnline retailer Jenny Parker sells 180 different brands through her website. She agreed that year-round sales were detrimental.\n\n\"If you look at the brands which are doing well, they don't have blanket discounts. They are strategic about their pricing and when they go into sale,\" she said.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said other factors such as the weather, the timing of Christmas Day or the health of consumers' incomes could affect how much was spent during post-Christmas sales. Many more people were shopping online, it added.\n\nRachel Lund, head of retail insight and analytics at the British Retail Consortium, said: \"Our data shows that sales of non-food products in the two weeks after Christmas are typically 20% to 30% lower than the average in the weeks leading up to Christmas.\"\n• None Would you sleep in your favourite shop?", "Vitaly Mutko will remain the chief organiser of the 2018 football World Cup\n\nRussia's most senior football official has temporarily stood down as he fights a ban given for state-backed doping.\n\nVitaly Mutko was banned from the Olympics for life in early December having been accused of running a huge Olympic doping programme.\n\nMr Mutko said he would stand down as president of the Russian Football Union while he contests the ban.\n\nHe has always denied taking part in doping but Russia was banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.\n\nMr Mutko will continue to carry out his role as the chief organiser of next summer's football World Cup in Russia.\n\nWhistleblower Vitaly Stepanov, a former Russian anti-doping agency worker, told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Mr Mutko, a former sports minister, \"created and ran\" Russia's \"state-directed\" doping programme.\n\nMr Mutko, he said, \"received help from other state officials\" including \"Vladimir Putin's authorisation of a decree that required urine and blood samples carried by foreign anti-doping inspectors to be approved\".\n\nMr Mutko was also directly implicated in the McLaren report, an independent investigation looking into whether the Russia state backed doping in sport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. IOC president: An 'unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympics'\n\nMr Stepanov's testimony, made public in early December, led to Russia's ban from the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.\n\nRussian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in the Games under a neutral flag.\n\nMr Mutko, one of Russia's deputy prime ministers, said that he would step down \"so that our organisations are not disturbed during the legal investigation\". He said he was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.", "Students at the London School of Economics set up a Free Speech Society in January in response to what they say is increasing censorship on university campuses. Now students are voting on whether the society should be banned. What's behind the row?\n\nUniversities have long been considered places for debate and for ideas to be challenged, but alongside that they are also meant to be places where minorities of all kinds can feel safe, comfortable and not sidelined in a way they may be elsewhere.\n\nThese two ideals are currently causing conflict on campuses, fuelled by concepts such as \"safe space\" and \"no platforming\" - used by students with a view to gathering and having discussions without views or opinions that are deemed offensive or threatening.\n\nSo how can these terms best be defined?\n\n·No platform asserts that no proscribed person or organisation should be given a platform to speak, nor should a union officer share a platform with them.\n\n·A safe space is an accessible environment in which every student feels comfortable, safe, and can get involved free from intimidation or judgment.\n\nThe National Union of Students (NUS) has an official no platform list which includes the BNP and Al-Muhajiroun, but individual unions and student groups can decide their own. Some recent decisions have caused a stir.\n\nFeminist writer Julie Bindel was banned from speaking at Manchester University's student union last October as they said her views on transgender people could \"incite hatred towards and exclusion of our trans students\".\n\nAnd at Canterbury Christ Church University, an NUS rep refused to share a platform with gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, whom she regarded as having been racist and \"transphobic\".\n\nThis decision and others are still being rowed about online - free speech advocates calling \"censorship\", but others arguing safe spaces allow free speech for those shut down throughout history.\n\nBrendan O'Neill is one of those who think this all amounts to censorship - the editor of current affairs magazine Spiked Online held a conference last week on the issue.\n\nHe first campaigned against no platform while at university two decades ago - then it was only used against racists and Zionists.\n\n\"We argued that if you censored these groups, there's nothing to stop the censorious logic from spreading and encapsulating more and more people - and that's exactly what happened.\n\n\"When you accept the idea that some thoughts are too dangerous to have in public life, there's nothing to stop other thoughts from being swallowed up.\"\n\nBut NUS president Megan Dunn said: \"It's simply not the case that they are banned or censored, it's just whether they are invited to a students' union to speak or not. This is about students' unions, they're democratic organisations.\"\n\nThe Free Speech Society was started at LSE in January in reaction to incidents including the suspension of the rugby team for handing out sexist leaflets. On Friday, in what they describe as an ironic move, students are voting on whether the society should be banned.\n\nIts head, Charlie Parker, believes freedom of expression is being stifled.\n\n\"Free speech has always been there to help and protect minorities - if you look at gay rights movements, civil rights movements, feminism, all the great progression under these movements was made possible through the use of freedom of expression,\" he said.\n\nBut many students argue that safe spaces are in place to make sure all students have a voice.\n\nRayhan Uddin, Labour Society black and minority ethnic officer at LSE says safe spaces are useful in certain circumstances to allow repressed voices to speak.\n\n\"Clearly we have some problems when it comes to structural barriers for certain groups. And if women and ethnic minority students on campuses want to self-organise to help overcome some of the barriers they face, I would say all power to them,\" he said.\n\nMegan Dunn of the NUS said it has to listen to students when they find some views threatening\n\nThe National Union of Students said it has to listen to students when they say they find others' views threatening.\n\n\"There have certainly been moments in my education when I have been uncomfortable, my views have been challenged - I think most of us will be able to draw a distinction between times we have been uncomfortable and times we have felt threatened,\" Ms Dunn said.\n\n\"Some people would say opinions are threatening to them, and we have to be able to listen to that view as well.\"\n\nThe debate continues but the one thing that everyone I spoke to agreed on is that they want everyone to have a voice at university - they just disagreed about how best to achieve that.\n\nThe Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:15 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.", "Heather Menzies, second right next to Julie Andrews, has died aged 68\n\nHeather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died aged 68.\n\nHer death was announced by the estate of the musical's creators, Rodgers & Hammerstein, on Monday.\n\nShe was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago and died on Christmas Eve, news site TMZ quoted her son Ryan as saying.\n\n\"She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest,\" he told TMZ.\n\nBorn Heather Menzies in Toronto, she was 15 when the musical film was released in 1965. It went on to win 10 Oscars, including best picture.\n\nShe played the mischievous third Von Trapp child Louisa, but her later television and film appearances did not hit the same heights.\n\nAt 23, she posed nude for Playboy magazine under the headline The Tender Trapp, a decision she said horrified her Presbyterian parents, who were originally from Scotland.\n\nShe married actor and film producer Robert Urich in 1975, but he died in 2002.\n\nAmong those to pay tribute were Kym Karath, who played Gretl in the film.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kym Karath This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by The Sound of Music This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by The Sound of Music\n\n\"Heather was part of 'the family',\" Ted Chapin, of the Rodgers & Hammerstein estate, said.\n\n\"Heather was a cheerful and positive member of the group, always hoping for the next gathering. We are all lucky to have known her, and she will happily live on in that beautiful movie. We will miss her.\"\n\nHer death comes 14 months after that of Charmian Carr, who played the eldest Von Trapp daughter Liesl.\n\nFrom L to R: Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa von Trapp), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) at the 50th anniversary of the film in 2015", "Police have dealt with a disturbance at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London.\n\nAn eyewitness told the BBC the incident happened during the Boxing Day sales, when two groups of teenagers began \"pushing and shouting\".\n\nNearby shops closed their shutters, while shoppers gathered above the scene to watch events unfold.\n\nThe Met Police said officers said they attended at around 14:30GMT, and \"groups causing the disorder were dispersed\".\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Westfield Stratford said the \"minor disturbance\" had been resolved.", "The collision happened on the A57 between Coisley Hill and Moss Way\n\nA police officer and a 61-year-old woman died in a crash on Christmas Day.\n\nThe 46-year-old officer was responding to an incident when the marked BMW 3 Series he was driving was in collision with a Citroen C3 on the A57 in Sheffield.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said the officer died at the scene and the woman, who was a passenger in the second vehicle, died in hospital.\n\nThe collision happened near to Coisley Hill at about 20:15 GMT.\n\nA force spokesman said the officer was responding to an \"immediate incident\" when he was in collision with the silver Citroen which was travelling in the opposite direction.\n\nThe woman who died was from Sheffield, he added.\n\nA 63-year-old man who was driving the Citroen was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said the officer died at the scene of the crash on the A57 in Sheffield\n\nAssistant Chief Constable of South Yorkshire David Hartley, said: \"On behalf of the force I'd like to offer my sincere condolences to all of those left bereaved by this terrible tragedy - our thoughts, love and support are extended to all those affected.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to support them through this difficult time.\"\n\nHe went on to pay tribute to the officer killed in the collision.\n\n\"We have lost a friend and a colleague from our police family in this incident,\" ACC Hartley added.\n\n\"The officer has been with us for 12 years and was a passionate, professional and universally liked officer.\n\n\"His colleagues, and everyone across the force, are devastated by what has happened.\"\n\nThe force said the collision had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police were called to Oxford Street on Boxing Day\n\nA woman was injured when shoppers fled from London's Oxford Street after false reports of shots being fired.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police were called to the scene at 16:50 GMT and cordoned off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser.\n\nThe police said that a woman received \"non-life threatening injuries\" as a result of a fall.\n\nThey added there was \"nothing to indicate\" that shots had been fired or a crime committed.\n\nOfficers cordoned off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser\n\nThe BBC's James Waterhouse, who is at the scene, said two witnesses told him they saw three women run into the window, knocking displays over as they tried to leave.\n\nHe said a police officer told him \"it was an accident\" and said that \"there was a panic and someone tried to get out on the inside\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by James Waterhouse This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOne shopper spoke of \"craziness in House of Fraser\" on Twitter, adding that she had \"never been in a stampede before\", while another one posted there was a \"stampede of people running\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Julia Dixon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC World Service reporter Faith Orr, who was passing by the scene in a taxi, said a \"huge window\" was \"completely smashed\" and that people had been evacuated.\n\nHouse of Fraser told the BBC the store has now fully reopened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, police were called to reports of disturbances at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London.\n\nOfficers attended at about 14:30 on Tuesday and \"groups causing the disorder were dispersed\", a Met Police spokesman said.\n\nA man was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, the force added.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Westfield Stratford said the \"minor disturbance\" had been resolved.\n\n\"The centre was not evacuated and is trading normally,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Meet Dragon Kim, the leading impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and find out how people react to him in different countries.", "At exactly 11:15, the front door of a council flat in Brixton opened. Two women stepped out on to a quiet residential street.\n\nThe younger woman, Rosie, had an awkward gait. Her movement was stiff and clunky, as though she simply wasn't used to walking any distance. In fact, she had spent the past 30 years - her whole life - in captivity.\n\nNow she was ill and needed urgent medical attention.\n\nBorn into a “collective”, she was not allowed to see a doctor, had never been allowed outside alone and had been told that if she tried to leave she would spontaneously combust and die.\n\nWorried she might not survive her illness, on 25 October 2013, Rosie and another woman, Josie, sneaked out.\n\nWaiting for them just round the corner were members of an organisation that helps people who have been abused, trafficked or enslaved. Along with the police, they had helped organise the escape.\n\nIt soon became apparent that Rosie and 57-year-old Josie weren't the only women who lived in the flat, and when police officers returned they met Aisha - a 69-year-old woman originally from Malaysia. At first she didn't want to leave, but as they talked, she changed her mind.\n\nIn the weeks that followed, it became clear how extraordinary their life had been.\n\nAll three women seemed extremely frightened, often referring to an all-powerful force called Jackie, which they believed might seek retribution or cause them terrible harm. They were terrified of electricity, which they called “eeee” and seemed anxious that household appliances might blow up or explode.\n\nAs they revealed details of their existence and Rosie gradually became more confident, she decided to change her name to Katy, inspired by the lyrics of Katy Perry's song, Roar, which is about a woman overcoming a difficult relationship and finding her voice.\n\nKaty's own story, and everything she had managed to overcome, proved far stranger than anyone could have imagined.", "Snow has swept US states from Midwest to Northeast, breaking snowfall records in some parts.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nHarry Kane grabbed another hat-trick and broke the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year as Tottenham thrashed Southampton at Wembley.\n\nThe Spurs and England striker headed home his 37th league goal of 2017 on 22 minutes to surpass Alan Shearer's landmark, which was set during his time at Blackburn in 1995.\n\nKane then added two more either side of half-time to bring his total for the year - for both club and country - to 56, two more than Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi.\n\nBefore Kane's third, Dele Alli had made it 3-0 on 49 minutes when he drilled in from outside the area, before setting up Son Heung-min two minutes later, who powered a confident finish past Fraser Forster.\n\nSouthampton, without top scorer Charlie Austin, got off the mark when Sofiane Boufal struck low under Hugo Lloris, and Dusan Tadic added a second with a lofted effort.\n\nDespite a second-half recovery, Saints never looked like spoiling the Spurs party and have now gone a month without a win in the Premier League.\n\nSpurs, meanwhile, stay fifth after Liverpool beat Swansea 5-0 in Tuesday's late kick-off.\n\nIt was an impressive display from Mauricio Pochettino's side, but the game will always be remembered for Kane's record-breaking day, as he cemented his status as one of the top flight's most prolific strikers.\n\nSpeaking about his 22-year record being taken, Shearer tweeted: \"You've had a magnificent 2017, Harry Kane. You deserve to hold the record of most Premier League goals in a calendar year. Well done and keep up the good work.\"\n• None Kane reached his goal-scoring record in 36 games - six fewer than Shearer in 1995\n• None The 24-year-old has scored more league goals this season than Bournemouth, West Brom, Swansea, Crystal Palace, Brighton and Huddersfield\n• None He is the first player in Premier League history to score six hat-tricks in a single calendar year\n• None Kane has scored eight Premier League hat-tricks, as many as Thierry Henry and Michael Owen - only Alan Shearer (11) and Robbie Fowler (9) have more in the competition.\n• None Kane has scored 56 goals in 52 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham and England in 2017. He is Europe's top scorer over the past 12 months in the five major countries (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France)\n• None The Spurs striker has now scored 96 Premier League goals for the club - one off Teddy Sheringham's record\n\nSouthampton had drawn three and lost three of their past six games and arrived at Wembley without two key players in Austin, who is injured and suspended, and Virgil van Dijk, who was left out of the squad again amid reports of a January exit.\n\nThey looked overwhelmed at times and contributed to Tottenham's dominance.\n\nPierre-Emile Hojbjerg fouled Danny Rose on the edge of the area and gave away the Christian Eriksen free-kick which led to Kane's opener.\n\nAnd Nathan Redmond's mistake in the Spurs half gifted the hosts possession and their counter-attack finished with Son's strike for 4-0.\n\nSouthampton, three points above the relegation zone in 13th, were able to recover some pride as they twice beat a stuttering Lloris, but it was too little, too late.\n\nMauricio Pellegrino's side face more tough tasks ahead, with an away trip to Manchester United up next.\n\n\"We were a little bit unlucky because in the second half we were close to going 1-2 but once we conceded the third one the game was gone,\" said Pellegrino.\n\n\"I want to see a team with character fighting and playing for the ball. Sometimes you do well, sometimes you do not but the minimum is to show this from the beginning. The wrong thing is we waited until the Tottenham goal to react.\"\n\nOn Van Dijk's omission, the Southampton boss added: \"We know that around Virgil there will be a lot of speculation. You will have to wait until January, I pick the best for my team right now. That is my decision.\"\n\nWhile Kane will quite rightly dominate the headlines, there were some other stand-out performances for the hosts.\n\nAlli ended his two-month goal drought in the Premier League when he turned on Oriol Romeu and struck a sweet strike from distance, while Son was rewarded for his all-round display with a well-executed finish.\n\nSpurs now have five wins from their past six matches in all competitions, and Pochettino wants their form to continue into 2018.\n\n\"We are ambitious but I am happy that we finished the year in a very good way,\" said the Argentine.\n\n\"For next year? We must win - win every game. The mentality is so important for us.\"\n\nSouthampton are back in action on Saturday, 30 December against Manchester United at Old Trafford (17:30 GMT), while Spurs return in 2018, when they travel to Swansea on Tuesday, 2 January (19:45)\n• None Attempt missed. Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.\n• None Dusan Tadic (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt missed. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dele Alli.\n• None Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 5, Southampton 2. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sofiane Boufal. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Nearly two-thirds (63%) of university students believe the National Union of Students is right to have a \"no platforming\" policy, a survey suggests.\n\nThe policy means people or groups on a banned list for holding racist or fascist views are not given a platform to speak on student union premises.\n\nAnd 54% of 1,001 students asked thought the policy should be enforced against people who could be found intimidating.\n\nThe NUS said the policy allowed free speech without intimidation.\n\nComRes interviewed 1,001 UK university students online for the survey, commissioned by the Victoria Derbyshire programme, with data weighted by course year, university type and gender.\n\nThe NUS official no platform list contains six groups including the BNP and Al-Muhajiroun, but individual unions and student groups can decide their own.\n\nThe Victoria Derbyshire programme broadcast a special programme on the issue of no platform on Monday. If you missed it you can catch up here.\n\nThe NUS said it was proud of the policy and that the poll results showed students recognised it was important to stand up to racism and fascism.\n\n\"In the past, students have been physically harmed and tragically even killed as a result of such organisations coming on to campuses and inciting hatred. That is why no platform was introduced in the first place, to keep students safe in a very real sense,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"Our policy does not limit free speech, but acts to defend it by calling out violence, hate speech, bullying and harassment, which allows debate to take place without intimidation. Students' unions are champions of debate on campus, in fact a recent survey showed zero out of 50 students' unions had banned a speaker in the past year.\"\n\nIn recent years, individuals believed to be sexist, transphobic or rape apologists have also been banned from speaking at universities.\n\nIt is argued these speakers would threaten a \"safe space\", which is described as an accessible environment in which every student feels comfortable, safe and can get involved free from intimidation or judgment.\n\nAt Canterbury Christ Church University, an NUS rep refused to share a platform with gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, whom she regarded as having been racist and \"transphobic\".\n\nResponding to the charge, he told the Victoria Derbyshire programme's debate on no platforming: \"I simply say where is the evidence for that claim? I've asked all my accusers, none of them can provide a single bit of evidence.\n\n\"This is what is particularly offensive about some aspects of student politics today - people make false, baseless allegations to try and discredit their opponents.\"\n\nFeminist writer Julie Bindel was banned from speaking at Manchester University's student union last October as students said her views on transgender people could \"incite hatred towards and exclusion of our trans students\".\n\nShe told the debate: \"Thirteen years ago I wrote an article which some transgender activists took offence at. Since then it's been like an anti-feminist witch-hunt against me. I am no platformed by a couple of committees within the NUS and I'm constantly described as being like Hitler. It's deeply offensive but we don't have the right not to be offended.\n\n\"I don't mind students not inviting me, but other students get really fed up with me not being invited. I get more emails each week from feminist students who want to hear me speak on how to end men's violence.\"\n\nWatch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas Day sermon to focus on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of \"populist leaders\" in 2017.\n\nPreaching to worshippers at Canterbury Cathedral, the Most Rev Justin Welby compared the Holy Family to modern-day refugees.\n\nHe also contrasted Jesus with \"populist leaders that deceive\" their people.\n\nHis Catholic counterpart, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, called for a rejection of \"radical individualism\" in society.\n\nPreaching at the Sung Eucharist service, the Archbishop said that the nature of power meant those who have it, seek to hold on to it.\n\nHe said: \"In 2017 we have seen around the world tyrannical leaders that enslave their peoples, populist leaders that deceive them, corrupt leaders that rob them, even simply democratic, well-intentioned leaders of many parties and countries who are normal, fallible human beings.\"\n\nHe condemned terrorist atrocities and those who claimed that terror was \"the path to freedom in God\".\n\nLike the Pope the Archbishop drew parallels between the Nativity story and the migrant crisis.\n\nHe said: \"[The Holy Family] flee as refugees, like over 60 million people today.\n\n\"Yet their story is the beginning of ours, it is an invitation to lives of freedom, found through God's freely offered love.\"\n\nIn his midnight homily, the Roman Catholic Church's most senior cleric in England and Wales warned of \"radical individualism\" in society and said there was \"conflict in the air, not dialogue\".\n\nCardinal Nichols added he hoped Christmas would bring \"green shoots of hope\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the Christmas midnight Mass in Westminster Cathedral, London, Cardinal Nichols said: \"In social media there's a barrage of views and once a statement or claim is made there's immediately a counterclaim, and the mode of exchange is conflict.\"\n\nHe added that society needs \"to get over that notion that faith in God and reason are somehow opposed\".\n\nHe said \"the heart has reasons that the mind doesn't always understand\".\n\nWhen asked about the part that religion plays in conflicts, he maintained faith was not the primary reason for unrest in places like the Middle East.\n\n\"Even the conflict in Northern Ireland; reading of it it that it was essentially about religious faith, is an inadequate rather superficial meaning.\n\n\"Most conflicts are about power and territories and borders and wealth,\" the cardinal said.\n\n\"Often religious identity is in there in the mix but I don't think for the most part it is the key issue.\"", "Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message to the people of the Commonwealth.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan Markle joined the Royal Family for the Christmas service\n\nPrince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle has joined the Royal Family for the Christmas Day service at the Queen's Norfolk estate.\n\nThe couple arrived at a carol service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham along with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nThe Queen returned after missing last year's service due to a heavy cold.\n\nPrinces Philip and Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall also attended, along with other members of the family.\n\nAfter the service, Ms Markle joined members of the family in greeting the crowds - some of whom had been waiting outside since 05:00 GMT.\n\nThe Queen waved to the crowd after the service\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle spoke to members of the public\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are expecting their third child, smiled at the crowd.\n\nIf royal tradition from previous years was followed, the family will have exchanged presents on Christmas Eve and awoken to a stocking of small gifts and fruit at the end of their beds.\n\nThe Queen and Prince Phillip also attended an early Holy Communion service at the church.\n\nThey will return home for a traditional turkey lunch, before watching the Queen's speech together.\n\nPrince Charles spoke to the crowds outside the church\n\nThis year, the Queen will pay tribute to London and Manchester for the manner in which they dealt with this year's terror attacks, as well as praising the Duke of Edinburgh for his support in the year of the couple's 70th wedding anniversary.\n\nMeghan Markle arrived at the church on the Sandringham Estate looking every inch the future royal.\n\nShe walked along in the heart of her new family between her fiance Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nShe smiled at the crowd, which in some places, was five deep, some of whom had queued from 2.40am to be a part of the royal Christmas celebrations.\n\nWhen they left church, Meghan and Harry walked over to a couple of ladies who had been waiting.\n\nMeghan smiled as Prince Harry complimented them on their Christmassy coloured clothes and told them the royal children were so excited it was hard to keep them under control.\n\nThe Americans in the crowd were especially thrilled to see her, mainly from the bases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath, happy at the prospect of one of their compatriots marrying into a British institution in May next year.\n\nOne was so excited that he brought an engagement ring all the way from Wisconsin for his girlfriend and proposed to her in the queue. She said yes!\n\nA crowd of around 200 were waiting for the family's arrival from early morning.\n\nA number of Americans from nearby RAF Lakenheath made the journey to see the family and their new addition.\n\nLindsey Wells, from Nebraska, said it was \"intriguing\" and \"exciting\" that Ms Markle was marrying into the Royal Family, and she wanted to see them in person.\n\nPrince Edward joined his sister, Princess Anne, on the short walk\n\nSophie, Countess of Wessex, was also in attendance\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor one couple from Texas the wait outside the church took on extra significance. Michael Metz proposed to girlfriend Ashley Millican - and she accepted.\n\nMiss Millican told the Press Association: \"I had no idea. I was definitely very surprised. I never thought he would ask me right before we were about to see the Royal Family for the first time!\"\n\nMr Metz added: \"It was pretty tough to keep secret as I was so excited. It's memories to cherish forever.\"\n\nMichael Metz and Ashley Millican marked the service with a proposal of their own.", "The Queen and members of the Royal Family have been to church on the Sandringham estate for the traditional Christmas carol service.\n\nPrince Harry's fiancee, Meghan Markle, also attended, which is not usual as protocol stipulates that only partners who are married into the family are invited along.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Fewer people have hit the UK's Boxing Day sales this year as Black Friday discounts and savvy online shoppers lowered turnout.\n\nShop visits dropped by 4.5% up to 5pm compared with last year, according to research group Springboard.\n\nDiane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said that although it had expected a downturn, \"the scale of the drop is greater than expected.\"\n\nShe said: \"What we have seen in the last couple of years is a structural shift in the Christmas trading period.\"\n\nWhile Black Friday sales have changed the way people shop in the UK, Ms Wehrle said the impact was particularly felt this year, as retailers began discounting a week before 24 November and carried on right up until Christmas.\n\n\"The hotspots for Christmas trading around Boxing Day and New Year's Day are dissipating,\" she said.\n\nOn the upside, Springboard said early indicators pointed to a strong rise in online shopping for the full 24-hour Boxing Day period.\n\nIt expects internet transactions to surpass last year, when they rose by 6.2%.\n\nBut Ms Wehrle said that people were increasingly looking online for bargains before they visited a store or deciding to \"click and collect\".\n\nAs a result of this targeted shopping, there is less window-shopping and fewer spur-of-the-moment purchases.\n\nFootfall on UK High Streets fell by 5.8%, while in shopping centres, it tumbled by 4% in the first 17 hours of Boxing Day.\n\nChris Daly, chief executive at the Chartered Institute of Marketing, said: \"Gone are the days of setting the alarm at 06:00 to be first in line for the Boxing Day sales, something borne out by the footage of quiet shopping centres up and down the country.\"\n\nHowever, Hammerson, the property group that owns a number of Britain's largest shopping centres, said that about 600 people were lining up to grab bargains at the retailer Next's store in Birmingham's Bullring. Queues began forming there at half past midnight.\n\nOver the long term, Ms Wehrle believes that shopping habits in the UK have changed for good, with people looking for more of a \"leisure experience\" when they hit the stores.\n\n\"If people go out to eat, they don't have money to spend in the shops,\" she said.", "Ms Murdoch's photograph has now been seen by millions of people\n\nA mother has been \"overwhelmed\" by the response to her photograph of four smiling royals, which appeared on the front of numerous national newspapers.\n\nKaren Murdoch, of Watlington, Norfolk, captured a beaming Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Christmas Day at Sandringham.\n\nHer image made the front pages of the Sun, Daily Mail, Mirror, Star, Daily Telegraph and Express newspapers.\n\nMs Murdoch, 39, said reaction to the picture has been \"bizarre and bonkers\".\n\nShe is hoping to use any proceeds from the snap to fund her daughter's studies. She says she now has an agent working on her behalf.\n\nThe amateur photographer told BBC Breakfast: \"It was pure luck - I took it on an iPhone and it was a great photograph.\n\nAsked how she got the Royals to look at the camera and capture the shot every photographer dreamt of, Ms Murdoch, who calls herself Karen Anvil on Twitter, said the secret was attracting their attention.\n\nBoth Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge are looking directly into the camera with relaxed and natural smiles.\n\nMs Murdoch admitted she had a \"fan-girl\" moment while with her daughter Rachel, 17\n\nMs Murdoch posted the image on Twitter at about 11:00 GMT on Christmas Day - and got thousands of likes. Her previous record was just five.\n\nFour hours later she was still receiving messages from media organisations asking for permission to use the picture. Other Twitter users advised her to negotiate a price.\n\nArthur Edwards, royal photographer at The Sun and veteran of more than 200 royal tours, was also at the scene - and happily admits Ms Murdoch's image was the best of the day.\n\nHe told the BBC News website: \"Getting all four of them lined up like that - it was a stunning snap.\n\n\"It was pot luck her being in the right spot, but she still got the photo.\n\n\"I rang her up to congratulate her on getting the front page of the Sun today.\"\n\nHe added: \"We had probably the 20 best photographers in the country there, and she's scooped us all.\"\n\nMs Murdoch is now directing enquiries to a photographic agent.\n\n\"Now I want to save money for my daughter for uni and if I can get that opportunity that's amazing,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope this will help, because she wants to go into some form of nursing.\n\n\"I want to be able to support her as her mum.\"\n\nMs Murdoch has tweeted that the Daily Mail paid her £50 to use the image online.", "Turkey with all the trimmings was undoubtedly on the Christmas Day menu for millions of Brits.\n\nBut in Leicestershire, thousands will have also tucked into a pork pie - for breakfast.\n\nThe county's tradition is said to date back to when members of the aristocracy decamped to Melton for hunting season.\n\nIt is believed the pork pie was developed as an on-the-go snack for hungry hunters.", "The Ethics and Empire project is being hosted by the McDonald Centre based at Christ Church college\n\nUp to 60 Oxford University academics have signed a letter in opposition to \"the agenda\" of a project assessing the ethics of empire.\n\nThe programme is led by Prof Nigel Biggar, who claimed in a recent article in The Times, there are aspects of empire Britain can be proud of.\n\nIn a letter, published in The Conversation, the academics expressed their \"firm rejection\" of his views.\n\nProf Biggar said none of the academics had raised their concerns in person.\n\nThe Ethics and Empire project aims to explore ethical questions of empire, which it has argued are not currently explored, because \"most reaches\" of academic discourse believe \"by definition empire is imperialist\" and \"wicked\".\n\nIt will seek to measure apologies and critiques of empire against historical data from around the world, Prof Biggar said.\n\nProf Nigel Biggar is Regius Professor of moral and pastoral theology at Oxford University\n\nThe letter's signatories said the ideas and aims of the project are not representative of Oxford scholarship and were \"too simplistic to be taken seriously\".\n\nThey added they would also not be engaging with the programme because it consists of closed invitation-only seminars.\n\nIn response, Prof Biggar said \"in the current illiberal climate such discussion is only possible in private\" as \"enemies of free speech and thought would disrupt it\".\n\nHe added any of the academics would be at liberty to refuse an invitation, but they \"would not close the discussion down\".\n\nCommon Ground, a student group that aims to examine Oxford's \"colonial past\", has also criticised Prof Biggar and the project.\n\nIt said the University of Oxford should not \"stand idly\" in the face of his \"apologies for colonialism\".\n\nA university spokesperson said \"arguments and differing approaches\" are to be expected, and defended Prof Biggar as an \"entirely suitable\" person to lead the \"valid evidence-led academic\" project\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jodie Whittaker as she appeared at the end of Twice Upon a Time\n\nJodie Whittaker has made her debut as the first female Doctor in the Christmas special of Doctor Who.\n\nGiven the role in July, the actress succeeds Peter Capaldi to become the 13th Doctor.\n\nThe 35-year-old Broadchurch star said she was \"beyond excited\" to take up the role and the offer had been \"overwhelming, as a feminist\".\n\nWhittaker will fully begin her role next year alongside Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole.\n\nCapaldi, who has had the role since 2013, regenerated at the end of the episode to become Whittaker's character.\n\nWhen she was appointed, Whittaker told fans not to be \"scared\" by her gender.\n\n\"It's more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Actress Jodie Whittaker reveals four facts about herself\n\nActress Jenna Coleman returned as Doctor Who companion Clara Oswald in the Christmas programme alongside David Bradley.\n\nBradley playing the first Doctor, originally played by the late William Hartnell, while Pearl Mackie returned as companion Bill Potts.\n\nIt was the last episode for Potts and the show also marked an end for the programme's writer Steven Moffat, who has stepped down after seven years.\n\nHe has been replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall.\n\nFans reacted to Whittaker's introduction and Capaldi's departure on Twitter, with some praising the Doctor's gender.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Frances loves Kat 🥀 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOthers meanwhile were supportive of the actress's roots.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ben ♸ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElsewhere, Whittaker's predecessor in the role had a few words of comfort for one young fan who was sad to see his favourite Doctor depart this week.\n\nNine-year-old David McGilloway, from Londonderry, found a letter from Capaldi in his Christmas stocking, which read: \"The new Doctor always becomes your favourite and the one that goes... well, he never really goes...\"\n\nAfter all, the Doctor is for life - not just for Christmas.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Brian McGilloway This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIf you missed Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time you can watch it on iPlayer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hundreds of people raced into the North Sea off the Norfolk coast\n\nBoxing Day dips have attracted thousands of swimmers and spectators around the English coast.\n\nDippers have dashed into the chilly waters off beaches in Northumberland, Tyneside, Wearside and Dorset, among others.\n\nMany were fundraising for charity dressed as Father Christmas, nuns, elves, Christmas puddings and turkeys.\n\nSea temperatures were estimated to be about 8.9C (48F) in the north and 11.1C (52F) in the south.\n\nSome people braved the sea dressed as Redcar’s famous Lemon Tops\n\nCostumes ranged from simple swimming costumes, wetsuits and sports gear to something more... complicated\n\nConditions were \"the roughest they have been for a number of years\" at Tynemouth Longsands, with swim time limited to 10 minutes, according to participants.\n\nRun by the North Sea Volunteer Lifeguards, the dip first took place in 1999.\n\nSwim veteran Geoff Wade said it was a \"great way to clear your head after the excesses of Christmas\".\n\n\"It felt warmer to me but it was my wife's first time and she didn't think the same,\" he said.\n\nThe Tynemouth dip had a time limit, just in case anyone needed it\n\nSome brave Tynemouth dippers didn't even need fancy dress costumes to keep warm\n\nRNLI Lifeboat operations manager Dave Cocks said the Redcar dip had had \"as many spectators as we've ever seen\".\n\nThe weather was \"bright but cold\" and there had been \"lots of young and old doing the dip\", he said.\n\nPeople might run into the water but it's slower work getting out again\n\nJade Thirlwall, who is a member of pop band Little Mix, returned to her home town of South Shields to raise funds for a local charity at the Little Haven beach dip.\n\n\"My great-aunty Norma, she passed away last year from pancreatic cancer so it means a lot to me to do what I can,\" she said.\n\nLittle Mix singer Jade Thirlwall was raising money for local charity Cancer Connections\n\nNearly 200 people dipped at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on the Northumberland coast, with local lifeboat volunteers and coastguard teams providing safety cover.\n\nJust as many spectators watched their efforts from the relative warmth of the beach and promenade.\n\nSpeed seemed to be the trick at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea\n\nOf the annual dips one of the largest, organised by Sunderland Lions Clubs, has been held since 1974.\n\nIt attracts up to 900 dippers and raises tens of thousands of pounds for charity.\n\nAnd there is always a man in a dress... always\n\nThousands of pounds is raised for charity by dippers\n\nA 70m (230ft) swim across Weymouth Harbour on Christmas Day attracted 483 swimmers - a record number for the event.\n\nIt was started this year by Don Laker, 93, whose father inaugurated the event in 1948 with a swimming bet against a friend.\n\nWeymouth and Portland Lions Club took over running it the 1970s.\n\nThe hardy souls of Dorset braved Weymouth Harbour on Christmas Day\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A British woman convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt is \"on the verge of a mental breakdown\", her sister has told the BBC.\n\nLaura Plummer, who was found with Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, has been sentenced to three years in prison.\n\nJayne Sinclair says Laura was trying to help her Egyptian boyfriend who was in pain after an accident.", "Some victims of disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson \"may have been missed\", say survivors' campaigners.\n\nThe Breast Friends group has called on Paterson's ex-employers Heart of England NHS Foundation (HEFT) and Spire Healthcare to contact all patients.\n\nPaterson was found guilty in April of 17 counts of wounding with intent, leaving patients at risk of cancer.\n\nHEFT said of Paterson's 1,206 patients that underwent mastectomies, 675 have since died.\n\nHis employers said they will fully cooperate with a new bid to contact his former patients.\n\nPaterson, 60, worked as a consultant at Solihull Hospital from 1998 and carried out \"cleavage sparing mastectomies\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe was sentenced to 15 years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court in April. This was later increased to 20 years.\n\nThe Breast Friends group said reviews to date risk missing out victims of Paterson, who underwent general procedures, such as gall bladder removal.\n\n\"He was a general surgeon as well as a breast cancer surgeon,\" said Deborah Douglas, one of Paterson's victims.\n\n\"For me, the big thing now is how many other people were affected.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Debbie Douglas: \"He has mutilated me\"\n\nHEFT said it had not recalled all of Paterson's patients but has reviewed more than 24,000 mastectomy procedure patients' records to see if Paterson was involved.\n\nMrs Douglas, 59, said the new drive to contact patients will add figures from the private sector which will be \"a step forward\".\n\nShe added hospital bosses will be \"missing a massive trick\" if the pathology of the deceased is not reviewed to uncover the rates of cancer recurrence.\n\nBut HEFT said a review of deceased patients \"cannot repair any damage that has already been caused\" or provide \"any tangible benefit\" to survivors.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Guests were given goodie bags filled with essentials\n\nIt's no ordinary commuter Monday at Euston Station in London.\n\nThe last train left at 23:00 on Sunday and the passengers are home - but the concourse is busy with people sitting down to a Christmas Day feast.\n\nAn arrivals board reads: \"Special notice: Network Rail invites you to Euston Station. Merry Christmas!\"\n\nFor the first time, the transport hub has become a homeless shelter for 200 people - as one of many public spaces that normally lie empty on Christmas.\n\nSome 45 volunteers have worked overnight to transform the station ready for a banquet of smoked salmon, soup, a roast, and Christmas pudding.\n\nNext to barred ticket terminals and a shut WH Smith, Boots and Paperchase, tables and chairs are decorated with red poinsettias.\n\nSharon has come to Euston for some company on Christmas Day\n\nOne of today's guests, Sharon, says she has worn her best dress for the occasion.\n\n\"My support worker Christine told me about this a couple of weeks ago,\" she says.\n\n\"I knew I didn't have anything to do. I would be at home on my own and at times you're lonely, especially at Christmas.\"\n\nSharon, who moved to London from the US two decades ago, says she had to give up work as a retail manager because of a leg injury, but hopes to return next year.\n\n\"I'm on the mend, I'll definitely be dancing today!\"\n\nAbout 120,000 people pass through Euston every day, making it Britain's fifth-busiest train station, according to ticket sales data.\n\nBut today is more relaxed; cheers erupt as a pianist plays Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.\n\nIt's a novelty for those who normally work at Euston, including station manager Joe Hendry.\n\n\"I initially didn't think it would be possible,\" he says.\n\n\"But turning up to work today at 06:30 this morning and seeing everyone here - it's wonderful.\n\n\"We have a big local homeless population here, so I've seen some familiar faces.\"\n\nJay, originally from Cork, moves from place to place in the area, and is currently living in an abandoned solicitors' office.\n\n\"If I wasn't here I'd be in the office - there's 20 of us - we would try and have a good time,\" he says.\n\nJay squats in local properties, and says he would otherwise be unable to afford a Christmas dinner\n\n\"We got tickets for today - it's nice to have something to do, we have bare cooking facilities and don't have much money for nice food.\"\n\nOutside the station, people - many clutching blankets and shopping bags - are trying to get entry to the dinner, which is ticket-only and tightly guarded by Euston's security staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Network Rail's Steve Naybour: \"Santa came last night\" to Euston\n\nThe event was the brainchild of a group of Network Rail workers, including Steve Naybour, who was inspired by the Glastonbury Festival's use of vacant fields.\n\n\"Every year the festival uses fallow ground that would otherwise be unused - in a similar way, we thought about how we can use our empty stations,\" he says.\n\nSteve's used to working over Christmas - and has a shift on Boxing Day - but says today is different.\n\n\"It's amazing to see the concourse looking so festive, which would normally be packed with commuters.\"\n\nVolunteers prepping the alcohol-free four-course meal tweeted their efforts using the #EustonChristmas hashtag.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by St Mungo's This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Streets Kitchen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNearly 50 different businesses and organisations have donated items - including food, drinks and thermal clothes - to the event.\n\nMr Naybour says he has been \"blown away\" by the generosity, adding: \"We've got a whole department store of clothes we're waiting to give out.\"\n\nTwo hundred children from schools in the local area have made Christmas cards to give to the guests, while local kitchens have opened up to help volunteers prepare the meal.\n\nCharity volunteer Jon Glackin says empty buildings should be used as shelters\n\nJon Glackin, from the charity Street Kitchen, says he \"jumped at the chance\" to help. \"People we've known over the years are coming along,\" he says.\n\n\"Something we've always tried to highlight is empty buildings, for feeding people, for sleeping and for shelters,\" adds Jon.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bijan Ebrahimi was considered an \"attention seeker\" - he was told to \"shut up\" by a police officer\n\nA disabled Iranian refugee repeatedly reported death threats and racial abuse to police for seven years before being brutally murdered, a report has found.\n\nBijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and set alight on a Bristol estate amid false claims he was a paedophile.\n\nThe IPCC said he had been treated \"consistently differently from his neighbours\" in what could be \"racial bias, conscious or unconscious\".\n\nAvon and Somerset's police chief said \"we failed him in his hour of need\".\n\nMr Ebrahimi's sisters, Mojgan Kahayatian and Manisha Moores, said the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report showed \"how terrible a life he had during those last few years\".\n\nMr Ebrahimi was killed by his neighbour Lee James in Brislington in July 2013.\n\nBijan Ebrahimi was brutally murdered outside his flat in Brislington in July 2013\n\nThree days before his death, police arrested Mr Ebrahimi following complaints he had taken pictures of children near his home. However nothing suspicious was found and he was released without charge.\n\nThese false allegations led to what Mr Justice Simon called during James's sentencing \"a vigilante crime\" and \"an act of murderous injustice\".\n\nDuring the fatal attack, James repeatedly stamped on the victim's head shouting \"have some of that\".\n\nEvidence gathered by the IPCC uncovered \"poor responses\" by police for at least seven years before the murder and repeated failures to protect him or record crimes against him.\n\nIn 73 of the calls Mr Ebrahimi made between 2007 and 2013, he reported incidents of racial abuse, criminal damage and threats to kill.\n\nBut police failed to record crimes on at least 40 occasions, the watchdog said.\n\nThe report also found there was \"consistent systematic failure\" by call handlers, who breached standards on recording crimes, identifying hate offences and repeat victims.\n\nIPCC commissioner Jan Williams said: \"Bijan Ebrahimi self-identified as a victim of race hate crime, but was never recognised as a repeat victim of abuse who needed help.\n\n\"Instead, his complaints about abusive neighbours were disbelieved and he was considered to be a liar, a nuisance and an attention seeker.\"\n\nHis sister Mojgan said the family had been \"devastated\" by his death and the police had \"failed\" him.\n\n\"It was so hard to see Bijan all these years suffering and his voice never listened to,\" she said.\n\n\"He was always waiting on police, he was thinking it's their duty to care for him and protect him so he didn't think it was up to us.\n\n\"He never gave up and he always thought he was in a country that police was there to protect people and he couldn't see anything beyond that.\"\n\nBijan Ebrahimi was murdered near his home in Brislington, Bristol\n\n2007 - 9 reports made, the number recorded as a crime is unknown\n\nMs Williams said police accepted the neighbours' versions of events at face value and viewed Mr Ebrahimi as the culprit rather than the victim.\n\nShe described Mr Ebrahimi's faith in the force despite their repeated rejection of his version of events, as a \"sad, poignant fact\".\n\nThe commissioner added: \"We found evidence that Bijan Ebrahimi had been treated consistently differently from his neighbours, to his detriment and without reasonable explanation.\n\n\"Some of the evidence has the hallmarks of what could be construed as racial bias, conscious or unconscious.\"\n\nPC Kevin Duffy and PCSO Andrew Passmore were convicted of misconduct and jailed\n\nPC Kevin Duffy and PCSO Andrew Passmore were jailed last year for misconduct over their dealings with Mr Ebrahimi. They and two other police officers were also dismissed from the force.\n\nChief Constable Andy Marsh said: \"We failed [Mr Ebrahimi] in his hour of need and I am unreservedly sorry for the pain his family have suffered in the last four years.\n\n\"Some of these failings were systematic but it's important to acknowledge that the actions of a very small number of individuals had a catastrophic effect.\"\n\nBristol's elected mayor, Marvin Rees said this was \"a horrific case which highlighted the need for many things to change\". He said the city council is \"very sorry for any shortcomings that are identified\".\n\nMr Rees added he had been assured the council's current practice \"meets the needs of vulnerable people\" and that the authority would be looking \"very closely\" at the IPCC report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police has since implemented changes across its systems relating to culture, anti-social behaviour and vulnerability.\n\nPolice and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said: \"There is nothing that can do justice to the collective failure to protect Mr Ebrahimi and to treat him as a victim of hate crime.\n\n\"Over the past four years I am satisfied that the constabulary has recognised the mistakes that were made and put in place wide-reaching changes which are already embedded today.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Last Jedi had the second biggest grossing opening weekend in North America\n\nThe latest Star Wars film generated more than $450m (£337m) in global ticket sales on its opening weekend.\n\nThe movie dwarfed its nearest rival - the computer-animated comedy Ferdinand, which took $13m (£10m).\n\nThe total for The Last Jedi includes $220m (£165m) from box offices in the US and Canada, placing the film second in the all-time list for North America.\n\nIt trails behind the 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened with a record-breaking $248m (£185m).\n\nIn third place, the Disney/Pixar animation Coco brought in just over $10m (£7.5m) during its fourth weekend in North American cinemas.\n\nStar Wars: The Last Jedi is the eighth instalment of the 40-year-old space saga and is directed by Rian Johnson, whose credits include Brick and Looper.\n\nDaisy Ridley stars as Rey, a survivor toughened by life on a harsh planet\n\nIt sees Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher reprise their roles as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.\n\nBritish actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyega also return from The Force Awakens.\n\nThe film has been widely praised by critics, and has a score of 93% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes.\n\nWill Gompertz, the BBC's Arts Editor, gave it four out of five stars and said it was \"packed with invention, wit, and action galore\".", "The Grenfell Tower fire claimed the lives of 71 people in June 2017\n\nBuilding regulations are leaving room for shortcuts, the woman leading a review into fire safety after the Grenfell Tower blaze has said.\n\nIn her interim report, Dame Judith Hackitt said she was \"shocked\" by some of the practices she had seen, calling for better enforcement to \"hold to account those who try to cut corners.\"\n\nShe said a \"cultural change\" was needed instead of \"doing things cheaply\".\n\nThe government says it accepts all of the report's recommendations.\n\nThe independent review follows the 14 June fire, which killed 71 people.\n\nA final report is expected in spring next year.\n\nDame Judith's report said the fire in the west London block - in which many people also lost their homes - \"should not have happened in our country in the 21st century\".\n\nHer review is aimed at making sure similar events do not happen in the future, rather than investigating the specific circumstances at Grenfell.\n\nShe said the whole system of fire safety regulation regarding complex and high-rise buildings was \"not fit for purpose\", and left room for those who wanted to take shortcuts to do so.\n\nShe called for a whole new system of enforcement and regulation for high-rise and complex buildings.\n\nBut she added this did not mean buildings were unsafe, with major building failures \"very rare\" and many people in the housing system doing the right thing.\n\nThe six-month anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire was marked earlier this month with a silent candlelit march\n\nKey problems Dame Judith found included regulations that were too complex and unclear; a lack of clarity about roles in design, construction and maintenance and a lack of a clear system to help residents raise concerns.\n\nDame Judith said a \"tremendous amount of work\" had been done by central government and the fire and rescue service since Grenfell to reassure residents.\n\nBut she called for a culture change across the entire industry and those parts of government that oversee it.\n\nA national memorial service was also held at St Paul's Cathedral\n\nAlthough separate from the public inquiry into the tragedy, being headed by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the review will run in parallel and add to his inquiry where it can.\n\nIn a statement to MPs, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid said the government agreed there was a need for a change in culture and a more effective system \"to encourage people to do the right thing and hold to account those who try to cut corners\".\n\nHe added: \"We fully support this direction of travel that has been signalled in Dame Judith's report.\n\n\"Achieving cultural change will inevitably take time, but while Dame Judith explores these issues further, she has also identified a number of areas where we can make a start today.\"\n\nHe went on to discuss measures that the government has already taken. \"While Dame Judith continues her vital work, we are continuing to support wider work to make existing buildings safer,\" he said.\n\n\"In the past six months, we have overseen a comprehensive set of fire safety tests on cladding components and systems,\" he said, adding that fire services had now inspected every residential tower block thought to be at risk.\n\nBut Labour said the recommendations should have been implemented after a fire at Lakanal House, south London, in 2009, which left six dead.\n\nShadow housing secretary John Healey said ministers had to start acting on existing recommendations immediately, rather than waiting for the final Hackitt report.\n\nLord Gary Porter, chairman of the Local Government Association, said the report \"reinforces our warnings about the complexity and confusion in the current system\".\n\nHe said the government should take action straightaway to work with councils and the industry to take the process of reform forward.\n\nDame Judith is due appear in front of the Commons' local government committee to discuss the report.\n• None Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety- terms of reference - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Sports Personality\n\nWorld 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017.\n\nThe 34-year-old, a four-time Olympic champion, won his third successive world 10,000m gold medal in London in August - despite almost falling twice late in the race.\n\nHe becomes the first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002.\n\nWorld Superbike champion Jonathan Rea was second and two-time Paralaympic champion Jonnie Peacock third.\n\nFarah, who could not be at the ceremony in Liverpool, was presented the award on video link by stepdaughter Rhianna.\n• None 'I can't stop staring at the trophy' - Farah shocked to win\n• None How the night unfolded in pictures, video and on social\n\nFormer Liverpool and Scotland striker Kenny Dalglish announced the award at a sold-out Echo Arena after a public vote.\n\nFarah, who was at the Sir Mo Farah Track in London, looked genuinely surprised to be named the winner before the video link cut out.\n\nFormer sprinter Michael Johnson stepped in to say a few words on Farah's behalf.\n\n\"It's well deserved,\" the American four-time Olympic champion said. \"This year he came into his home championships, his last race on the track, and still delivered.\n\n\"Over the years he's dominated, he's out there by himself and always got the tactics right.\"\n\n'I cannot believe I have won'\n\nFarah, one of 12 contenders for the award, has been shortlisted five times before and enjoyed his previous highest finish of third in 2011.\n\nAfter the show went off air, Farah spoke to those inside the arena.\n\nAppearing close to tears, Farah said he was shocked to win because of the quality of the other athletes up for the award.\n\n\"It is pretty amazing and hard to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't imagine I was ever going to win this but anything can happen. If you work hard you can achieve your dreams.\n\n\"I am sorry I could not be there. My kid has been not well.\n\n\"I just cannot believe I have won.\"\n\nA third successive World Championships 10,000m gold medal was the highlight of a year in which Farah also won a world 5,000m silver, missing out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row.\n\nThe Somali-born Londoner received a knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in November.\n\nHe bowed out from his track career with a 5,000m victory at the Diamond League event in Zurich in August, and will now concentrate on road races.\n\nFarah took the prize with 83,524 votes - 2,957 more than second-placed Rea, while Peacock took third with 73,429, just 18 more than boxer Anthony Joshua.\n\nAfter moving to England aged eight to join his father Mukhtar, the young Farah's talent was soon spotted (1/6)\n\nNorthern Ireland's Rea became the first rider to clinch three successive World Superbike titles, breaking American Colin Edwards' 15-year record for the number of points scored in a season.\n\nHe was also made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\n\"To be called out not third, and then second was incredibly strange, and a big surprise,\" Rea told BBC Sport NI.\n\n\"I had a word with my wife beforehand and she asked me if I was nervous and I was like 'no not really'. I was just happy to be here. I never in my wildest dreams believed that people would get behind me that much and it's an incredible way to cap 2017.\n\n\"It's been a dream come true to win not one world championship but now three on the bounce and to cap it off at the end of the season with this, before I start my preparations for 2018, is just incredible.\"\n\nThird-placed Peacock won the T44 100m final in London in 10.75 seconds for his second world title after success in Lyon four years earlier.\n\nThe two-time Paralympic champion, who had his right leg amputated below the knee as a five-year-old after contracting meningitis, also became the first disabled contestant in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show this year.\n\n\"It's been a slightly strange year for me and tonight has been absolutely surreal,\" he told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"I think watching everybody do their piece, you see the incredible athletes we have in this country.\n\n\"Every single person I was saying 'right, they're above, so are they' - just incredible names - so yes, it was a bit of a shock.\"\n\nHelen Rollason Award: Sunderland fan and club mascot Bradley Lowery, whose bravery touched the hearts of many people, died aged six from a rare form of cancer in July.\n\nYoung Sports Personality of the Year: Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden helped England win the Under-17 World Cup and took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.\n\nUnsung Hero: Volunteer Denise Larrad for her fundraising work. The 55-year-old has had one sole aim - to get the people of Hinckley in Leicestershire active.\n\nLifetime Achievement: Former heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic gold at London 2012 and a silver at the Rio Games four years later.\n\nOverseas Sports Personality of the Year: Tennis player Roger Federer won the award for a record fourth time after claiming his eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam in 2017.\n\nCoach of the Year: Sprint coaches Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm helped GB's men's 4x100m team to World Championship gold.\n\nTeam of the Year: England women's cricket team produced a stunning fightback to beat India and win the World Cup in July.\n\nNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds opened the show in Liverpool and then later introduced the Unsung Hero award with a cover version of the Beatles classic All You Need Is Love.\n\nRea arrived on stage on his superbike, while, like Farah, contenders Johanna Konta, Lewis Hamilton and Chris Froome joined on video link.\n\nHowever, Farah's son Hussein stole the limelight when the runner was interviewed in the build-up, desperate for cuddles with his world champion dad and drawing a laugh from the crowd back in Liverpool as stepdaughter Rhianna stepped in on child-minding duties, only for Mo's microphone to then fall off.\n\nThere were plenty of other former winners present at the Echo Arena, from Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to Sir Steve Redgrave.\n\nAnd Liverpool's finest were also in attendance, boxer Tony Bellew and new Everton manager Sam Allardyce on hand to present the Team of the Year prize.", "Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, was found unconscious at an address in Beeches Road, Heybridge\n\nThe daughter of the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle has died, prompting an appeal for information about her final hours.\n\nNatalie Lewis-Hoyle, 28, was found unconscious at an address in Heybridge, near Maldon, Essex, on Friday morning.\n\nHer mother, Maldon councillor Miriam Lewis, said her daughter's phone was missing and urged anyone who spoke to her the night before to contact police.\n\nMr Hoyle, Labour MP for Chorley, said the family was \"truly devastated\".\n\nHe wrote on Twitter: \"Our family will never be the same without our loving granddaughter, sister & aunty. Thank you for the kind support we've received, it is overwhelming.\"\n\nMs Lewis asked anyone contacted by \"Natty\" on Thursday night to get in touch with police and said that her daughter's phone had possibly been left on a train from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich.\n\nShe wrote on Facebook: \"It is with unbearable sadness that I have to announce the sudden death of my beautiful, much-adored daughter Natalie.\n\n\"Natalie is my only child, my mini-me. Please help me find out what happened to her in the hours before her death.\"\n\nEssex Police said the death was \"not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC).\n\nBut who is he and what does the result mean for South Africa?", "Dozens of people were evacuated from the hotel and surrounding properties\n\nAn investigation has begun after a fire engulfed a Deeside hotel, prompting the evacuation of almost 50 people.\n\nThe blaze destroyed the first floor, roof and most of the ground floor of the Gateway to Wales Hotel on Welsh Road near Queensferry in Flintshire.\n\nThe alarm was raised at about 04:30 GMT and 60 firefighters worked to put the fire out by 12:00. Nobody was injured in the blaze.\n\nRoads and a nearby school were closed because of billowing smoke.\n\nNorth Wales fire service said all 47 guests and a member of staff had been accounted for.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stuart Millington, of the fire service, said guests were safe thanks to the smoke alarm\n\nStuart Millington, senior operations manager at the fire service, said they all got to safety after the hotel's smoke alarms went off.\n\n\"Our fire investigators are speaking to local residents and to people in the building,\" he said.\n\n\"The building is quite badly damaged and therefore their ability to get in and take their investigation safely will take some time.\"\n\nTwenty firefighters remained at the scene on Monday afternoon, damping down the building.\n\nThe fire is causing significant smoke in the area\n\nHotel guest Barbara from Heywood in Greater Manchester, who had been visiting her son to exchange Christmas presents, praised the night manager for carrying her disabled brother-in-law out of the burning hotel.\n\n\"By the time we got outside the whole roof was alight, \" she said.\n\n\"We're very, very lucky and thankfully it wasn't full. It had a lot of people in but it wasn't full. So everyone got out.\"\n\nThe Gateway to Wales Hotel - pictured before the fire - has about 40 bedrooms\n\nStacey Roberts, 26, who was staying in the hotel with her six-month-old son and partner, said: \"The alarm stopped and then started again.\n\n\"No member of staff was seen, no sprinklers went off - if it wasn't for a gentleman shouting through the corridors 'fire, fire'... I dread to think. We're all traumatised.\"\n\nDanny Lawton, who lives in a block of flats next to the hotel with his girlfriend and their baby, said he was woken at 05:00 by police banging on the door.\n\n\"When we went outside you couldn't tell it was a winter night as the heat coming off the fire was immense,\" he said.\n\n\"When we came outside the whole roof and top floor was on fire on the side facing our building.\"\n\nThe roof of the hotel has been destroyed\n\nStation Road and the exit slip road on the A494 eastbound carriageway at the A548 has reopened but traffic is reported to be slow in the area, while nearby Sealand Primary School was closed for the day.\n\nCouncillor Christine Jones, who lives on Welsh Road, said the fire must have been \"dreadful\" and \"so frightening\" for guests.\n\nA Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said it sent four ambulances, two rapid response vehicles, two duty officers and a hazardous area response team.\n\nThe fire is causing disruption on nearby roads\n• None Fire hotel guests safe 'thanks to alarm' Video, 00:00:34Fire hotel guests safe 'thanks to alarm'", "The Britain First Twitter account and that of its two leaders have been blocked\n\nTwitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech.\n\nPaul Golding, Britain First's leader, and Jayda Fransen, his deputy, can no longer tweet and their past posts no longer appear.\n\nThe organisation's official Twitter page has suffered the same fate.\n\nIt appears that three of Ms Fransen's posts that President Trump retweeted have gone from his feed as a result.\n\nThe messages had featured anti-Muslim videos and proved highly controversial when the American leader shared them in November.\n\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said it had been \"wrong for the president to have done this\".\n\nMs Fransen and Mr Golding were arrested earlier this week over separate behaviour relating to Northern Ireland.\n\nTwitter announced in October that it planned to take a tougher stance against hate symbols as well as those who posted messages that glorified or condoned violence.\n\nIt has now said that those who express an affiliation with groups that use or celebrate violence to achieve their aims will be permanently suspended.\n\nHateful imagery - such as the Nazi swastika - can still be posted, but will initially be hidden behind a \"sensitive media\" warning, that visitors must disable to proceed. However, such content will no longer be allowed on a person's profile page.\n\nThose that featured examples will be asked to remove them. Repeat violators will be banned.\n\nThe company said the move would \"reduce the amount of abusive behaviour and hateful conduct\" on the network.\n\n\"If an account's profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended,\" it explained.\n\n\"We plan to develop internal tools to help us identify violating accounts to supplement user reports.\"\n\nTwitter has promised a more robust system to appeal against decisions, but said that it was still in development.\n\nThe company is not commenting about the action it is taking against individual accounts citing \"privacy and security reasons\".\n\nThat has left it to others to play detective and report who else has been suspended. Many are using the hashtag #twitterpurge to do so.\n\nUS accounts that appear to have fallen foul of the new rules include:\n\nSeveral other members of the so-called alt-right have tweeted that fans should sign up to Gab.ai - a social network that pitches itself as a free speech alternative to Twitter - if they too are suspended.\n\nGeneration Identity, a pan-European nationalist group that opened a British branch last month, has also had its UK and Ireland Twitter account suspended.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Analysis: Trump's plan to confront - and sometimes work with - US rivals\n\nUS President Donald Trump has outlined his new national security strategy, labelling China and Russia the primary threats to US economic dominance.\n\nHis speech - which was based on his platform of \"America First\" - attacked the \"failures\" of past foreign policy.\n\nHe criticised Pakistan and North Korea, and how previous administrations approached other world powers.\n\nThe US faces a new era of competition, the US president said at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.\n\nRussia and China are \"rival powers\", he said, but the US must attempt to build a \"great partnership with them\".\n\nAs an example of this new spirit of co-operation, Mr Trump referred to a phone call of thanks he received from Russian President Vladimir Putin for intelligence the CIA provided to the Kremlin about an alleged terror plot.\n\nBut there was harsher language for Russia and China in the new National Security Strategy document itself, published before the speech, which called them \"revisionist powers\".\n\nMr Trump described \"four pillars\" to his new plan but made no mention of human rights or climate change, his critics noted.\n\nThe four themes are protecting the homeland, promoting American prosperity, demonstrating peace through strength and advancing American influence.\n\nThe 68-page document, which White House officials began work on 11 months ago, suggests a return to Mr Trump's campaign promises.\n\nIt explicitly states that \"the United States will no longer turn a blind eye to violations, cheating or economic aggression\".\n\nMr Trump will renew his call for a wall on the southern border\n\nReferring to his election victory during the speech, he said that in 2016 voters chose to \"Make America Great Again\".\n\nPrevious American leaders had \"drifted\" and \"lost sight of America's destiny\" he said, standing before a backdrop of American flags.\n\n\"Now less than one year later I am proud to report that the entire world has heard the news and has seen the signs,\" he said.\n\n\"America is coming back and America is coming back strong.\"\n\nNational security strategies are usually released without fanfare, but President Trump wanted to make an event out of this announcement, which builds on his America First campaign priorities.\n\nSo the document emphasises the economy and fair trade as security issues, as well as tough border controls and immigration policies.\n\nMr Trump's decision to call out Russia and China as global competitors reflected the wariness within his administration about these two \"revisionist powers\".\n\nThe president himself shifted quickly to talk about his recent phone calls with President Vladimir Putin, with whom he seeks a closer relationship. But the text of the document goes into quite biting detail about Russia's alleged interference in domestic politics, and about Chinese economic practices that anger the Americans.\n\nThat was part of an overall theme that emphasised competition more than co-operation in international relations.\n\nIt signalled engagement with the world rather than an isolationist retreat, but on more muscular terms than his predecessors.\n\nHe named the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal among his successes in office.\n\nMr Trump also said that wealthy countries must recognise that they need to \"reimburse\" the US for the costs of defending them.\n\nHe criticised North Korea for their repeated nuclear missile tests, and Pakistan for not doing enough to tackle Islamic extremism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe also outlined his campaign promise to build a wall on the southern border, as well as reform of the immigration visa system, which he said is necessary to defend the homeland.\n\nThe new policy stresses economic security but does not recognise climate change as a national security threat.\n\nHis predecessor Barack Obama in 2015 declared climate change an \"urgent and growing threat to our national security\".", "A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove.\n\nHe told BBC News that he wants to reduce the amount of plastic used in the UK, and to make it simpler for people to recycle.\n\nEnvironmentalists fear Mr Gove will be reluctant to set tighter rules for firms which benefit from the current use of plastics.\n\nThe Environment Secretary outlined his thoughts during an informal meeting.\n\nRecycling schemes often differ from one borough to the next, making it very confusing for households.\n\nMr Gove said he was considering introducing common standards throughout local authorities to make recycling simpler.\n\nBut Martin Tett, from the Local Government Association told BBC News that wouldn't work. He said: \"Common standards for recycling wouldn't be effective, as there is no one-size-fits-all solution to this problem.\"\n\n\"A key component is reducing the amount of unrecyclable waste we produce in the first place, which is why it's essential that manufacturers and retailers work with us to achieve this.\n\n\"What we need is packaging that is easily recyclable - this would not only make waste disposal easier for our residents, but save considerable amounts of money and energy, whilst protecting our environment.\n\nMr Gove agreed the UK must expand its capacity to recycle, especially in the light of China's decision to refuse to recycle British waste in future.\n\nIn the short term, he said, the UK would look to other East Asian nations to recycle British waste. But he said in the longer term the nation must \"stop offshoring our dirt.\"\n\nHe says he's been spurred to action by David Attenborough's Blue Planet series, which highlighted the harm to marine life from plastic litter.\n\nMr Gove says the rate of recycling needs to be improved\n\nMr Gove has already been consulting with drinks firms on a deposit scheme to cut the amount of plastic bottles finding their way into rivers and the sea.\n\nSome environmentalists doubt that plastics manufacturers, retailers, drinks manufacturers and fast food outlets will volunteer to take the measures needed to reduce the use of plastics.\n\nDr Dominic Hogg, from the Eunomia consultancy, said the plastics issue was huge, complex and urgent.\n\nHe told BBC News the problem started with industry allowing pellets used to produce plastics to escape into the environment.\n\nThen, he said there are big problems with current recycling.\n\n\"We have a variety of collection and sorting systems,\" he said. \"Not all of which generate good quality plastics. The Chinese are about to close the border on us. We have a real problem.\n\n\"We're not recycling enough plastics. We're obsessed with convenience. Too much stuff is used to deliver a product which is soon discarded - often without any recycling.\n\n\"What we're throwing is increasingly being incinerated - and incinerators are not efficient generators of electrical energy.\"\n\nMany nations are trying to tackle plastic litter. Kenya, for instance, is one of many African nations that have banned single use plastic bags. It is now about to clamp down on plastic bottles, too.\n\nPlastic waste is just one of the big issues in Mr Gove's in-tray. The Environment Secretary told me he also intended to unveil the government's long-delayed 25-year Environment Plan in the New Year.\n\nHe acknowledged that recent Brexit negotiations had delayed his plans for an early reform of fishing and farm policy in the UK.\n\nHe confessed that the Brexit deal to keep current EU policies during the transition period would make early changes extremely difficult.\n\nMr Gove said he was working with the Department for International Development (DFID) to see how UK aid money could be used to help developing nations tackle the tide of plastic waste.\n\nThis would be on the agenda for the next Commonwealth heads of governments meeting, he said.\n\nHe said he also wanted to expand the UK's world-leading network of ocean protected zones round far-flung territories.", "Father-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed, described as a hard-working family man, was killed in the crash\n\nA taxi driver killed in a \"horrific\" six-car crash in Birmingham was on his last job of the night, his brother has said.\n\nImtiaz Mohammed, 33, who had six children aged under 15, was one of six people killed in the accident in Edgbaston in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nHis two passengers were among those who died.\n\nTwo men in another car - Mohammed Fahsha, 30, and Tauqeer Hussain, 26 - died at the scene.\n\nThe men, from Small Heath, Birmingham, and a 25-year-old man, died when they were thrown from the Audi they were travelling in.\n\nA 22-year-old man, who was also in the car, is in a serious condition at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.\n\nCrash investigators are trying to piece together what caused the pile-up, on Belgrave Middleway.\n\nThree men in the Audi, including Mohammed Fahsha, 30, pictured with his baby nephew, and Tauqeer Hussain, 26, known as Tox to his family, died at the scene.\n\nThe family of Mr Mohammed, who had five daughters and one son, said his death came the day before his daughter's fourth birthday.\n\nHis father, Ihktiar, said the \"very close\" family had been devastated by the loss and he had \"woken up crying\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A mourning father says the family was worried over his son's taxi-driving job\n\nHe said his grandchildren had gone to school as usual, adding that the younger of the children have not yet been told of their father's death.\n\nHe said: \"I am very sad, this is a tragedy for everyone - for my family and also for the other families as well.\n\n\"It is a sad day and a sad time.\"\n\nMr Mohammed added his son's work as a driver had \"worried the family\" and he had been hoping to get security work in the new year.\n\nPeople have been leaving tributes near the scene of the crash, including flowers with a card saying: \"To Mum, I love you loads. \"Life isn't going to be the same without you.\"\n\nImtiaz Mohammed (left) had called his wife to say he was on his way home just before the crash\n\nHe said his \"heart sank\" when police knocked on his door at 05:00 GMT and he \"knew there was something wrong\".\n\n\"I thought to myself, 'which of my sons is hurt',\" he said.\n\nThree vehicles were directly involved in the accident on Belgrave Middleway in the early hours of Sunday\n\nThe scene of the accident was described as \"harrowing\"\n\nThe victim's younger brother, Noorshad Mohammed, said Imtiaz called his wife just before the crash, to tell her he was on his way home.\n\nThe 32-year-old said: \"It was his last job of the night. That was the last time she spoke to him.\"\n\nThe taxi driver's employer, Castle Cars, said it was \"shocked and devastated\" to learn of Mr Mohammed's death.\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who worked with him and he will be greatly missed.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and all the other families affected by this tragedy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Officers were dealing with \"a very harrowing scene\", Supt Sean Phillips said\n\nA 43-year-old female passenger in Mr Mohammed's taxi was confirmed dead at the scene of the crash, which happened on the underpass where Belgrave and Lee Bank Middleway meet.\n\nHer male companion, 42, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.\n\nThe first car in the crash sustained extensive damage but, \"astonishingly\", the man and woman inside managed to get out with relatively minor injuries, an ambulance service spokesman said.\n\nFour men in the third car had all had been thrown from the vehicle\n\nThree other cars were caught up in the crash and suffered minor damage trying to avoid it.\n\nMichelle Brotherton, from the ambulance service, said crews had dealt with 13 patients.\n\nAs well as those who died and the man in a critical condition, four people were taken to Heartlands Hospital where their condition is believed to be non-life threatening.\n\nA further two patients were \"discharged on scene\".\n\nWest Midlands Police said all victims were from the Birmingham area and specialist officers were supporting their families.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by West Midlands Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice said they were following various lines of investigation including the condition of the road when the crash happened.\n\nAt a press conference Supt Sean Phillips said it was \"too early\" to speculate on the cause of the accident.\n\n\"It will take some time to unpick and just understand exactly what's happened. It would be unfair for me to speculate at this time,\" he said.\n\nHe said the road had been gritted at 17:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nSam Lad, who lives in a flat overlooking the crash site, said people regularly used the road for racing.\n\nHe said: \"Lots of young people use that road as a competition, I see lots of people speeding.\"\n\nAn online fundraising page been set up for the families of those killed, through the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal. It has raised more than £5,500.\n\nTwo people escaped with minor injuries from the crash\n\nThe stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street was closed while officers investigate.\n\nThe road has two lanes either side and a 40mph speed limit.\n\nAnother resident who lives opposite said: \"This road is really dangerous. Young kids like to challenge themselves and go really fast.\n\n\"I can't believe six people have died, and so close to Christmas and New Year.\"\n\nThe road had been gritted at 17:00 GMT on Saturday, police say\n\nArea Commander Jason Campbell, of West Midlands Fire Service, said the crash site was \"spread over some distance\".\n\nWest Midlands Police described dealing with the aftermath of the crash as \"very difficult and upsetting\".\n\nA senior officer criticised the \"lack of humanity\" of people who took photographs and filmed at the scene.\n\nChief Inspector Stuart Bill said it was \"disappointing\" that people chose to \"disrupt\" emergency services rather than help.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by C/Insp Stu Bill This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSergeant Alan Hands, from the force's Collision Investigation Unit, said: \"We are still trying to establish exactly what happened and our thoughts remain with the families who have lost-loved ones.\n\n\"We aware of distressing images of the scene circulating on social media and we would ask the public to not share them and instead pass any footage to us to assist our investigation.\"\n\nAny witnesses have been asked to contact West Midlands Police.", "Who could choose between Sarah Lynn and James White?\n\nThe latest series of The Apprentice has reached a surprise climax.\n\nLord Sugar has chosen both finalists to be his business partners, for the first time in the BBC show's history.\n\nThe business mogul said he \"genuinely couldn't decide\" between sweet firm owner Sarah Lynn, 35, and James White, 26, who runs an IT recruitment company.\n\nAs a result, both candidates receive a £250,000 business investment and 50/50 partnership with Lord Sugar, who called them \"fantastically skilled people\".\n\n\"This particular year, I'm going to double my investment,\" Lord Sugar told them.\n\n\"I'm going to start a business with both of you.\"\n\nUsually, Lord Sugar gives £250,000 to just one winner.\n\nAccording to the BBC, this surprise double \"hiring\" does not constitute a format change.\n\nBut some fans were unhappy with the conclusion and reacted strongly on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by James 🦉 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother felt the candidates in the final weren't up to scratch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Justine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut not everybody minded the twist.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by 🌹 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Dr Leah This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAn audience of 6.5 million tuned into the final to see Lynn, from London, go up against White, from Birmingham.\n\nOver the course of the 12-week series, the pair had seen off 16 other candidates to compete with each other for the privilege of becoming Lord Sugar's business partner.\n\nThe final episode saw Lynn and White pitch their business plans to Lord Sugar and his panel of experts.\n\n\"It is quite obvious that there are two fantastically skilled people there,\" said the 70-year-old magnate before reaching his decision.\n\n\"Deciding on a winner was the most difficult decision I have had to make in all 13 series of The Apprentice to date,\" said Lord Sugar in a statement.\n\nLord Sugar (centre) reached his decision after consulting Karren Brady and Claude Littner\n\n\"James and Sarah were extremely impressive and their proposed business plans were very different but equally strong.\n\n\"I genuinely couldn't decide between them, so after deliberating long and hard, I decided to stump up £500,000 and invest in them both.\"\n\nLynn said she felt \"shocked and amazed\" to be declared the joint victor alongside White, who said it was \"very, very humbling\" to be Lord Sugar's business partner.\n\nThe investment will allow the pair to build their respective confectionery and recruitment businesses.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Liam Allan said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology from the Met Police\n\nA man wrongly accused of rape says he will sue the Metropolitan Police over its failure to disclose vital evidence that led to the collapse of the trial.\n\nLiam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe 22-year-old student said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"urgently reviewing the investigation\".\n\nThe case against Mr Allan at Croydon Crown Court was dropped after three days when the evidence on a computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nTalking to the Victoria Derbyshire programme, Mr Allan said: \"University is meant to be the best years of your life and the last two years have been spent worrying and not concentrating on anything.\n\n\"It has completely ripped apart my normal personal life.\"\n\nThe 22-year-old student had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault\n\nHe added he had not yet received any contact or an apology from the Met and found that \"disappointing\".\n\n\"I feel relief on one side, that the case is over, but now there's the stress of getting compensation and the process of suing - so it's not over completely\", he said.\n\nMr Allan faced a possible jail term of 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life had he been found guilty.\n\nHe said he felt \"pure fear\" when he learned he had been accused of rape but would never be able to understand why the accusations were made.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Right Reverend Sarah Mullally: \"For some the appointment of a bishop who is a woman may be difficult\"\n\nThe Right Reverend Sarah Mullally has been named as the first female Bishop of London, becoming the most senior woman bishop appointed by the Church of England.\n\nShe takes over the role from Dr Richard Chartres, who retired in February.\n\nLegislation to allow women bishops was formally adopted by the Church in 2014.\n\nThe Church consecrated its first female bishop in 2015 when the Rt Revd Libby Lane was made Bishop of Stockport.\n\nThe latest appointment means the former NHS chief nurse, who is currently the Bishop of Crediton in Devon, will hold the third most senior position in the Church of England.\n\nShe became a priest in 2006, and has spent over 35 years in the NHS, including being chief nursing officer for England from 1999 to 2004.\n\nBishop Sarah, 55, - who was made a dame in 2005 for services to nursing - will be the third woman to run a diocese, and will take a seat in the House of Lords.\n\nShe said: \"Having lived and worked in London for over 32 years, the thought of returning here is about returning home.\n\n\"I am often asked what it has been like to have had two careers, first in the NHS and now in the Church.\n\n\"I prefer to think that I have always had one vocation: to follow Jesus Christ, to know him and to make him known, always seeking to live with compassion in the service of others, whether as a nurse, a priest, or a bishop.\n\n\"To be given the opportunity to do that now in this vibrant world-city is a wonderful privilege.\"\n\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, described the appointment as \"wonderful news\" in a tweet.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Justin Welby ن This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe will be installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul's Cathedral in the New Year.\n\nThe position was previously held by the Right Reverend Dr Richard Chartres\n\nActing Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, also welcomed the appointment.\n\n\"Bishop Sarah's work in the public square uniquely equips her for the important outward focus that is required in leading the diocese in this great world-city,\" he said.\n\n\"She also brings strong experience of parish and cathedral life, and sees her vocational experience as nurse, civil servant, priest and bishop as a totality.\"", "The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.\n\nAs a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.\n\nHere are some of the key phrases from that document.\n\nDon't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolved before negotiations on a withdrawal agreement come to an end.\n\nThat means the financial settlement, citizens' rights and of course, the Irish border.\n\nSufficient progress is not the end of the story, but the text also makes it clear that there will be a concerted effort to lock in what has been agreed so far - and that if the EU detects any reluctance or backsliding from the UK then that will have a negative effect on discussions about the future.\n\nTheresa May has already agreed that a transition of about two years will take place under existing EU rules and regulations, but the EU's text makes crystal clear what it believes that means.\n\nThe UK will have to accept all EU law (that's what the acquis means) including new laws passed during the transition itself.\n\nBut it will no longer have a seat at the table when those laws are made. To put it brutally - the UK will, for a while, become a rule-taker rather than a rule-maker.\n\nBoth sides talk of a strictly time-limited transition period, so there doesn't appear to be much appetite at the moment for extending it.\n\nQuite what happens if a future trade deal isn't ready by the end of the transition, a scenario many experts think is quite possible, will have to be debated in the future.\n\nDuring the transition, the UK will have to accept the full jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and all four freedoms - including the freedom of movement of people.\n\nThe EU says the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union during a transition, while the UK insists that it will leave both on Brexit day.\n\nThis could become a semantic argument, because by accepting all rules and regulations - in other words, the status quo - the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union whether it likes it or not.\n\nThe British government has suggested that some things - like dispute resolution mechanisms - could change during the transition as agreement is made on future co-operation. But there's little appetite in the EU for that - in its view, you're either in or you're out.\n\nThe EU 27 stress that they want a close partnership with the UK in the future, but here they are setting out the limits of what they could mean.\n\nThe further away the UK wants to be from the rules and regulations of the single market the less access it will have - there is no such thing as partial membership.\n\nThis gets us back to the unresolved debate about what \"full alignment\" at the Irish border really means in practice.\n\nThe phrase \"preserve a level playing field\" is important too. The EU is anxious to ensure that the UK doesn't try to undercut the EU in any way by having looser regulations in certain key areas, and, if it does, then there will be consequences.\n\nEU negotiators won't have the authority to start discussions with the UK on future relations (including trade and also things like security and foreign policy) until another set of guidelines is adopted in March 2018.\n\nThat gives the two sides not much more than six months to agree the text of a broad political declaration on the outlines of the future relationship.\n\nThe EU hopes to get that finalised by October 2018, but it emphasises that formal trade negotiations can only begin after the UK has left the EU.\n\nInformal contacts on what the future might look like are probably taking place already, but the EU is still waiting for greater clarity from London about what exactly the UK government hopes to achieve in the long term.\n\nThe UK is trying to be as ambitious as possible about what can be done before Brexit actually happens. The EU, though, emphasises that trade talks will have to continue long after the UK has left.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The family of a British woman killed in Lebanon have described her as \"irreplaceable\".\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy, was found near a motorway in Beirut on Saturday.\n\nMs Dykes had been sexually assaulted and strangled.\n\nPolice in Beirut have arrested an Uber driver in connection with her death. It has emerged that he had served several prison sentences.\n\nThe man is expected to be charged with rape and murder later this week, police sources said.\n\nHer family said in a statement: \"For Becky to have her life cruelly taken away in these circumstances is devastating to our family.\n\n\"Becky is simply irreplaceable and we will never fully recover from this loss.\"\n\nMs Dykes, 30, had been working in Beirut as the programme and policy manager for the Department for International Development since January 2017.\n\nShe had been helping Lebanon to cope with the influx of refugees from the war in neighbouring Syria.\n\nIt is thought she spent Friday evening at a going-away party for a colleague in the popular Gemmayzeh district of Beirut.\n\nAfter leaving the bar at about midnight it appears she was abducted. Her body was found close to a motorway on the outskirts of the city.\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes was found near a main road outisde Beirut\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Lebanese authorities and confirmed an arrest had been made.\n\nThe suspect was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning after police reportedly traced his car on traffic management CCTV.\n\nAn official told the Reuters and AFP news agencies the preliminary investigation had showed Ms Dykes's killing \"was not politically motivated\".\n\nThe Gemmayzeh district of Beirut where Rebecca Dykes was last seen alive is well-known for having some of the city's best and most expensive bars and restaurants.\n\nThere is normally a relaxed atmosphere. It is a neighbourhood where foreign aid workers, diplomats and journalists mingle with wealthy Lebanese often into the early hours of the morning.\n\nDespite the chaos seen elsewhere in the region, Beirut in recent years has been regarded as relatively safe. That is why this murder has left the international community so shocked.\n\nAfter a late night out, many people would previously have thought nothing of catching one of the cabs that plough the streets, or calling for an Uber.\n\nFor a short while, anyway, that is likely to change. People will be more careful about how they get home. Beirut may be relatively safe but - as in any big city across the world - this murder is a reminder of the dangers.\n\nJosie Ensor, the Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Beirut, says the case has left foreign residents in the city unsettled.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said Beirut was a \"very tight-knit community, so when something happens to one person, it feels quite close\".\n\nMs Ensor, who was due to attend the same party on Friday evening, added Ms Dykes \"had just landed on her feet in Beirut and was starting to make friends and getting to know the city\".\n\nHugo Shorter, the British Ambassador to Lebanon, said the whole embassy was \"deeply shocked\" and \"saddened\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hugo Shorter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes were paid to Ms Dykes in the House of Lords on Monday.\n\nThe International Development Minister Lord Bates added: \"It's obviously a very distressing time, particularly for Becky's family, but also for the people who worked with her.\n\n\"It reminds us of the sacrifice which is made by over 1,200 Dfid personnel who work around the world, often in the most difficult and dangerous of environments.\"\n\nRebecca Dykes had been working in Beirut since January 2017\n\nPrior to her posting in Beirut, Ms Dykes worked with the Foreign Office as a policy manager for its Libya team and as an Iraq research analyst.\n\nShe had reportedly been due to fly back to the UK for Christmas.", "Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had always refused to recognise pilots' unions\n\nThe Impact union, which represents Irish-based pilots, has agreed to meet Ryanair's management on Tuesday ahead of the planned action on Wednesday.\n\nIt follows Ryanair's decision on Friday to recognise unions, in a bid to avert strikes across its European operations.\n\nUnions in other countries had already halted action, but Impact said Irish pilots wanted more clarification.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the union said: \"Impact has this evening suspended a planned one-day strike of Ryanair pilots next Wednesday after company management agreed to recognise the union as the representative of Irish-based pilots.\n\n\"The union has agreed to meet management on Tuesday evening, but says it is available to meet sooner.\n\n\"The union asked management to release its Ryanair pilot representatives to prepare for and attend the meeting.\n\n\"The union acknowledged the principled determination of Ryanair pilots.\"\n\nThe airline has offered to recognise trade unions for the first time after pilots in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal threatened walkouts.\n\nRyanair said on Saturday that it would meet the German pilots' union for talks on Wednesday.\n\nThe airline's chief operations officer, Peter Bellew, confirmed the planned meetings in a social media post on Saturday, saying \"let's keep talking\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Bellew This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Dublin-based airline announced on Friday that it would recognise the unions \"as long as they establish committees of Ryanair pilots... as Ryanair will not engage with pilots who fly for competitor airlines\".\n\nIt is the first time Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has extended such an invitation to union leaders in the 32 years the company has been flying.\n\nBritain's Balpa union said on Saturday said it had accepted Ryanair's offer to represent British-based pilots, but only if the TUC federation of British trade unions was allowed to attend future talks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ryanair tells Today the airline is moving to recognise unions as it's \"time for change\"\n\nFriday's announcement led to Italian pilots' union Anpac and Portuguese union Spac calling off strike action due to take place next week.\n\nPilots in Germany had voted to take industrial action some time during the Christmas period.\n\nGerman union Vereinigung Cockpit said the onus was now on Ryanair to \"prove that this announcement is serious\".\n\nIn Spain, there are no strikes planned for pilots but ground staff unions have not ruled out action on 30 December.\n\nIn October, Mr O'Leary wrote to his airline's pilots to offer them better pay and conditions after Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights.\n\nThe carrier admitted it had \"messed up\" the planning of its pilots' holidays.", "Wayne Rooney says his drink-drive punishment of community service in a garden centre is \"refreshing\" and \"relaxing\".\n\nRooney was ordered to complete 100 hours' unpaid work in September after admitting being nearly three times over the legal limit when stopped by police.\n\nThe former England and Manchester United captain said he was made to feel welcome and was \"really enjoying it\".\n\nThe Everton striker was banned from driving for two years in September.\n\nRooney, who earns £150,000 a week, told Talksport: \"I knew straight away I had made a stupid mistake and I have to move on.\"\n\nRooney, who said he was about halfway through the community service, added: \"I've really enjoyed doing it.\"\n\nHe said he had been working with adults with learning difficulties in a garden centre and had been \"helping them with different things they're making over Christmas\".\n\nHe added: \"Honestly, I'm really enjoying it, working with these people, and I think it's a place now where I'll certainly keep in touch with when obviously my hours are over.\"\n\nThe striker said the staff there were \"doing a fantastic job\" and made him \"feel really welcome\".\n\nAsked if he got any \"stick\", Rooney said: \"No, not at all.\n\n\"We actually don't even talk about football in there. It's a refreshing place to go and it's relaxing.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old pleaded guilty at Stockport Magistrates' Court to drink-driving following an incident in the early hours of 1 September.\n\nRooney had reportedly left a cocktail bar in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in a taxi with lettings agent Laura Simpson, 29, and later went on to take the wheel of her vehicle.\n\nPolice stopped Rooney in Altrincham Road at 02:10 BST - with Ms Simpson in the front passenger seat - after they noticed a rear light was not working.\n\nAfter failing a roadside breath test the footballer was taken to a local police station where he produced a reading of 104 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit in England and Wales is 35 microgrammes.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Twitter has not disclosed which accounts face closure as a consequence of its new rules\n\nTwitter has widened what constitutes hateful and harmful behaviour on its platform, and says it will begin enforcing stricter rules concerning it.\n\nInformation contained in a person's profile, regardless of what they actually tweet, will now be considered.\n\nThose who express an affiliation with groups that use or celebrate violence to achieve their aims will be permanently suspended, Twitter said.\n\nHateful imagery - such as the Nazi swastika - will now be hidden.\n\nA \"sensitive media\" prompt will be shown to users before they can opt to view it.\n\nBut such content will no longer be allowed on a person's profile page, and users will be asked to remove it. Repeat violators will be banned.\n\nThe company said the move would \"reduce the amount of abusive behaviour and hateful conduct\" on the network. A spokeswoman confirmed profiles would be removed, but would not give an example of an account in violation of the rules.\n\n\"If an account’s profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended,\" she explained.\n\n\"We plan to develop internal tools to help us identify violating accounts to supplement user reports.\"\n\nTwitter has promised a more robust system to appeal against decisions, but said that it was still in development.\n\nThe new rulings will also have an important exception.\n\n\"This policy does not apply to military or government entities and we will consider exceptions for groups that are currently engaging in (or have engaged in) peaceful resolution,\" the company said.\n\nThe changes had been made following consultations with Twitter's Trust and Safety Council, a group consisting of representatives from more than 40 organisations dealing with, among other things, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism and racism.\n\nTwitter has defined hateful imagery as \"logos, symbols, or images whose purpose is to promote hostility and malice against others based on their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin\".\n\nThe announcement is Twitter's latest attempt, in a difficult year for the company, to clamp down on what many people consider its most pressing issue: disgusting behaviour from a significant number of users.\n\nThe challenge for the company has been to grapple with offensive content while not being seen to censor legitimate political views.\n\nThis was recently brought sharply into view when US President Donald Trump retweeted three tweets by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of far-right group Britain First. Ms Fransen was previously convicted of religiously-aggravated harassment.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May's official spokesman said it was \"wrong for the president to have done this\".\n\nA Twitter spokesperson would not say if Britain First would fall foul of the stricter rules, adding it would not comment on individual groups or accounts.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Law firm Appleby is taking legal action against the BBC and the Guardian over their reporting of leaked documents detailing offshore tax-avoidance schemes, known as the Paradise Papers.\n\nIt is suing for breach of confidence and wants the documents disclosed.\n\nAppleby said confidential information had been taken in a \"criminal act\".\n\nThe BBC and the Guardian said they would \"vigorously\" defend the revelations, which were in the \"highest public interest\".\n\nThe leak of financial documents revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy secretly invest cash in offshore tax havens.\n\nThe papers contained details about investments made by the Queen's private estate and a tax avoidance scheme used by three stars of BBC sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys.\n\nThey also showed that Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton avoided tax on his £16.5m luxury jet.\n\nAbout half of the 13.4m leaked documents were from Appleby, one of the world's largest providers of offshore legal services.\n\nPanorama led research for the BBC as part of a global investigation involving nearly 100 other media organisations in 67 countries, after the records were passed to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.\n\nThe BBC does not know the identity of the source. Appleby says the data was taken by hackers.\n\nAppleby is also seeking a permanent injunction stopping any further use of the information, and the return of all copies of the documents.\n\nIn a statement, it said its overwhelming responsibility was to its clients and colleagues.\n\nThe BBC said its \"serious and responsible journalism\" had revealed matters which would otherwise have remained secret and that authorities around the world were taking action as a consequence.\n\nThe Guardian said the legal action was an attempt to \"undermine responsible public interest journalism\".", "Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and set alight in July 2013\n\nA police force and council \"repeatedly sided with the abusers\" of a man murdered after being wrongly accused of being paedophile, a report has found.\n\nThe Safer Bristol Partnership (SBP) found a \"collective failure\" by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council in the case of Bijan Ebrahimi.\n\nThe disabled Iranian refugee was beaten to death and set alight on a Bristol estate in July 2013.\n\nThe SBP found there was \"institutional racism\" from both parties.\n\nThe council and police say they accept the report's findings.\n\nLee James, then 24, was jailed for life in November 2013 for killing Mr Ebrahimi three days after the Iranian national was arrested following complaints he had been taking pictures of children near James's home.\n\nJames repeatedly stamped on the 44-year-old's head during the attack in Brislington, shouting \"have some of that\".\n\nWhile the SBP report said there was no evidence of any individual being intentionally racist towards Mr Ebrahimi, it did find he had been \"repeatedly targeted for racist abuse and victimisation by some members of the public\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Ebrahimi's sister Manisha Moores said the findings were \"shocking\"\n\nIt said this had been repeatedly reported to the police and the council but representatives of both organisations took the side of those who had been victimising him.\n\nHe said: \"We accept all of the findings of the Safer Bristol-commissioned independent review, including 'evidence of both discriminatory behaviour and institutional racism on the part of Bristol City Council.\n\n\"We appreciate that no amount of lessons learned or changes in practice can possibly mitigate the impact this had on Bijan and his family.\"\n\nAvon and Somerset Police, which was criticised for \"conscious or unconscious racial bias\" in the case in an IPCC report earlier this year, also said it accepted the findings.\n\n\"We failed him when he needed us the most and for that we're extremely sorry,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We continue to do everything in our power to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.\"\n\nThe phrase \"institutional racism\" was notoriously used in the 1999 MacPherson report into the Metropolitan Police's handling of the Stephen Lawrence case.\n\nNow, the Ebrahimi family say they are \"disgusted\" and \"shocked\" to see the same phrase used again - two decades later - in a report about the way Bijan was treated in Bristol.\n\nAlthough they accept that changes have been made since Bijan was murdered, his sisters say they now want more extensive changes across the UK - to make sure institutional racism is a thing of the past.\n\nThe SBP report accuses council and police officers of being \"prejudicial\" in their dealings with Mr Ebrahimi.\n\nIt said they accepted allegations against him without investigating them objectively and had not appreciated his vulnerability as a refugee.\n\nThe report said: \"As an Iranian man living in this environment, Mr Ebrahimi was disadvantaged by the inappropriate responses by Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Bristol City Council to his racist victimisation.\n\n\"Representatives of those organisations displayed a distinct lack of understanding of his plight and, accordingly, unwitting prejudice against him.\n\n\"There is therefore, based on the definition from the Macpherson report, evidence of both discriminatory behaviour and institutional racism on the part of Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Constabulary.\"\n\nThe SBP added that institutional racism was defined as \"the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin\".\n\nThe report makes 14 recommendations, including changes to the way crimes are recorded at Avon and Somerset Police and a staff awareness programme around institutional racism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Racism \"blighted\" the life of Bijan Ebrahimi, says family lawyer Tony Murphy\n\nMr Ebrahimi's sisters, Mojgan Kahayatian and Manisha Moores, said: \"No review can ever bring back our beloved Bijan but it is important that his voice has been heard.\n\n\"Bijan always said that racism must be challenged wherever it is found, including in town halls and police stations.\n\n\"Bristol City Council took nearly five years to accept that it failed Bijan and the need for change.\n\n\"This is far too long, although late is better than never.\n\n\"We will not rest until improved systems are put in place to protect other vulnerable people.\"\n\nThe family's solicitor, Tony Murphy of Bhatt Murphy, said: \"Acknowledging the institutional nature of the racism at the core of this tragedy is an essential first step towards systemic change.\n\n\"There is no reason why the council could not have taken this step much sooner and its delay has been injurious, not just to Bijan's family, but to public confidence in the council's ability to combat racism. \"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Inspectors at Liverpool jail found filthy, leaking toilets and some areas so hazardous they could not be cleaned\n\nInmates at Liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a report seen by BBC News.\n\nRats and cockroaches were rife, with one area of the jail so dirty, infested and hazardous it could not be cleaned.\n\nSome prisoners live in cells that should be condemned, says the leaked document, with exposed electrical wiring and filthy, leaking lavatories.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it didn't comment on leaked documents.\n\nPrison inspectors made what they called an unannounced visit to HMP Liverpool in September, having been made aware of concerns.\n\nWhat they found, says the report, was an \"abject failure… to offer a safe, decent and purposeful environment\".\n\nCockroaches: There was no credible plan to tackle the most basic issues, says the report\n\nThe \"highly experienced\" inspection team said they \"could not recall having seen worse living conditions than those at HMP Liverpool\".\n\nHighlighting one particular incident, the chief inspector, Peter Clarke, could not contain his exasperation.\n\n\"I found a prisoner who had complex mental health needs being held in a cell that had no furniture other than a bed,\" he said.\n\n\"The windows of both the cell and the toilet recess were broken, the light fitting in his toilet was broken with wires exposed, the lavatory was filthy and appeared to be blocked, his sink was leaking and the cell was dark and damp.\n\n\"Extraordinarily, this man had apparently been held in this condition for some weeks.\"\n\nThe inspectors found broken windows with jutting glass in cells\n\nThe chief cause of the problems, says the report, was a failure of leadership - at local, regional and national level.\n\nViolence of all kinds had increased, fuelled by the prevalence of drugs, with most inmates telling inspectors it was \"easy or very easy\" to get drugs.\n\nIn addition however, inspectors found allegations of excessive use of force by prison officers were not properly investigated by managers.\n\nSome officers are described as having a \"dismissive\" attitude to prisoners, with some staff applying \"unacceptable\" unofficial punishments, such as restricting showers.\n\nThere were more than 2,000 outstanding maintenance jobs, and only 22 of the 89 recommendations made following a poor inspection report in 2015 had been fully implemented.\n\n\"It is hard to understand how the leadership of the prison could have allowed the situation to deteriorate to this extent,\" writes the chief inspector, directly criticising the Ministry of Justice.\n\n\"We saw clear evidence that local prison managers had sought help from regional and national management to improve conditions they knew to be unacceptable long before our arrival, but had met with little response.\"\n\nMost damningly of all perhaps, the report concludes: \"We could see no credible plan to address these basic issues.\"\n\nThe report talks of a failure of leadership locally, regionally and nationally\n\n\"It's as bad a report as I've ever seen,\" said Lord Ramsbotham, a former chief inspector of prisons.\n\n\"But… how could anyone come up from headquarters, go into Liverpool and not feel ashamed about it?\n\n\"How on Earth did the head of the prison service allow the prison to get into that state?\"\n\nAsked if, in light of the report, Liverpool could be described as England's worst jail, Lord Ramsbotham replied: \"I wouldn't dispute that.\"\n\nOne recently released prisoner told the BBC: \"The cockroach problem was so bad, you can hear them gnawing at you at night.\"\n\nAnother said a leaking toilet in his cell had led to him \"waking up with the pad swimming in urine\".\n\nDarren Harley, released last summer, said his time there was like living in a tip\n\nAnd Darren Harley, released in the summer after 27 months inside for drugs offences, said the prison was \"like living in a tip\".\n\n\"If you put a dog in a place like this, people would come and take you away and lock you up for cruelty to animals.\n\n\"We're human beings. So we need to be treated right.\"\n\nHMP Liverpool may now have the unwelcome attribute of being labelled England's worst jail, but prisons across England and Wales are under pressure.\n\nUnder the coalition government, the then Justice Secretary Chris Grayling dramatically cut prison budgets and staff.\n\nSince the cuts, there has been a rapid rise in suicides, self-harm, violence and assaults within prisons.\n\nRecognising its errors, the Ministry of Justice is in the process of hiring 2,500 new prison officers by next summer.\n\nThe governor of HMP Liverpool, Peter Francis, was removed within days of the inspection visit, and last week a former officer at the jail, Pia Sinha, was appointed as his replacement.\n\nIn a statement on the failings at Liverpool, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: \"We do not comment on leaked reports.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the fire at Cameron House\n\nTwo guests have died after fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel beside Loch Lomond.\n\nMore than 200 guests were evacuated from the luxury resort after the alarm was raised at about 06:40.\n\nPolice said one person was pronounced dead at the scene while another died after being taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.\n\nA newly-married couple and their young son were taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged.\n\nPolice Scotland said the hotel, near Balloch, had been extensively damaged.\n\nPolice and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that two people had died\n\nA number of guests were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.\n\nThe three people taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow were members of the same family who were rescued by firefighters.\n\nSpeaking to the media gathered at the hotel's entrance, David McGown of the Scottish Fire and Rescue said: \"Unfortunately, and tragically, this has resulted in two people losing their life as a result of the fire.\n\n\"The fire and rescue service's condolences go out to the people involved in this tragic incident and our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the two people who lost their lives this morning.\n\n\"The fire has caused extensive damage to the central section of the hotel.\n\n\"Our crews have been working tirelessly since 07:00. We have 14 fire appliances at its height tackling this fire and more than 70 firefighters.\n\n\"As you can imagine, as well as being an absolutely tragic incident where people have lost their lives, it is an extremely complicated incident and fire to contain and will continue to do so.\n\n\"We will continue to work with partners to bring this incident to a conclusion.\"\n\nCh Insp Donald Leitch from Police Scotland said work was ongoing to establish the cause of the fire.\n\nHe said: \"Police Scotland were called to Cameron House Hotel where 200 people were evacuated from the hotel which has been partly damaged.\n\n\"One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Four were taken to hospital where one person tragically died.\"\n\nA report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.\n\nFourteen fire appliances were sent to the scene\n\nFirefighters used jets to tackle the flames and smoke\n\nSmoke rises over Loch Lomond from the fire, as seen from Balloch\n\nA guest at the hotel told BBC Radio Scotland how she initially thought the fire alarm was a drill.\n\nAinsley Huxham said: \"As soon as we left our room - I just thought it was a fire alarm, just like a practise go.\n\n\"But when we left - five stairs down from our room - we saw a whole room full of smoke and flames.\n\n\"So we had to run back down the hall, chapped on everyone's doors and shouted 'fire!'.\"\n\nEmergency services working at the scene of the fire watched by guests\n\nShe added: \"We got out within five minutes of the fire brigade getting called.\n\n\"And by the time we had got outside, the whole field was full of people.\"\n\nStaff who turned up for their shifts at the hotel during the morning were being stopped at the entrance.\n\nMuch of the interior of the main central section of the hotel, thought to be the oldest part, was visibly blackened, with upper floor windows smashed to allow the firefighters' water jets access to the flames.\n\nThe Salvation Army were in attendance to provide the emergency services with food and drink.\n\nOne woman who works in the kitchen told the BBC news website she just heard about the fire as she was getting ready for work.\n\nShe said she didn't believe the news until she came down and saw the smoke.\n\n\"It's a really lovely hotel,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm so sorry to see this.\"\n\nStewart King, general manager of the neighbouring Duck Bay Marina, said he had been down to the hotel and was shocked by the extent of the damage.\n\n\"It was very bad,\" he said.\n\nGuests were sheltered in Cameron House's Boathouse restaurant while the situation was ongoing.\n\nCameron House is one of Scotland's most luxurious hotels, with views across Loch Lomond.\n\nThe venue offers a romantic location for weddings, a championship standard course for golfers and five-star facilities for guests.\n\nThe chef Martin Wishart has a Michelin-starred restaurant at the hotel.\n\nCameron House is owned by US investment firm KSL Capital Partners, which was reported to have paid between £70m and £80m for the 132-room property in 2015.\n\nA statement on the hotel's website read: \"Due to an ongoing incident please be aware that Cameron House will remain closed to arriving guests for at least the next 72 hours.\n\n\"We would ask all guests and customers to remain patient as we work with the emergency services to establish the extent of the damage and ascertain when we will be able to re-open.\n\n\"More information will follow in due course.\"\n\nFlags were being flown at half-mast at West Dunbartonshire Council buildings.\n\nProvost William Hendrie said: \"For something like this to happen so close to Christmas is just too painful to comprehend.\n\n\"I know the staff at Cameron House will also be devastated and our thoughts also go out to them.\"\n\nAndy Roger, resort director at Cameron House, said the hotel was working closely with investigators to identify the cause of the fire.\n\n\"The safety and well-being of our guests, employees and neighbours is our first priority, and our deepest condolences are with the families of those affected.\n\n\"We are working closely with the authorities to determine the cause of the fire, and to provide support to our guests and the families of those affected.\"\n\nCameron House situated by Loch Lomond is one of Scotland's most prestigious hotels\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "With its high literacy rate and traditional mercantile culture, Lebanon has been an important commercial hub for the Middle East.\n\nIt has also often been at the centre of Middle Eastern conflicts, despite its small size, because of its borders with Syria and Israel and its uniquely complex communal make-up.\n\nShia Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Christians and Druze are the main population groups in a country that has been a refuge for the region's minorities for centuries.\n\nThe post is currently vacant. After Michel Aoun left the presidency in 2022, prime minister Najib Mikati said he would not be assuming the powers of the presidency, as they would be delegated to the council of ministers as a whole, as per Lebanon's constitution, which does not allow for an interim president.\n\nNajib Mikati, Lebanon's richest man, returned to head the government in September 2021, having served as prime minister twice before.\n\nHis appointment ended months of political paralysis, as the country struggled with a collapsing economy and nearly two years of protests demanding wholesale political reform.\n\nLebanon had been without a government since Hassan Diab resigned after a massive blast destroyed Beirut port and the surrounding area in August 2020.\n\nLebanon's broadcasting scene is developed, lively and diverse, and reflects the country's pluralism and divisions.\n\nIt was the first Arab country to permit private radio and TV. These outlets dominate the broadcasting scene and air some of the most outspoken TV talk shows in the region.\n\nMuch of downtown Beirut has been rebuilt after being devastated during the civil war\n\n1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon out of the provinces of Mount Lebanon, north Lebanon, south Lebanon and the Bekaa.\n\n1926 - Lebanese Representative Council approves a constitution and the unified Lebanese Republic under the French mandate is declared.\n\n1944 - France agrees to transfer power to the Lebanese government.\n\n1958 - Faced with increasing opposition which develops into a civil war, President Camille Chamoune asks the US to send troops to preserve Lebanon's independence. The US sends marines.\n\n1967 - Lebanon plays no active role in the Arab-Israeli war but is to be affected by its aftermath when Palestinians use Lebanon as a base for attacks on Israel.\n\n1975 - Phalangist gunmen ambush a bus in Beirut's Ayn-al-Rummanah district, killing 27 mainly Palestinian passengers, claiming guerrillas had previously attacked a nearby church. These clashes start Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war.\n\n1976 - Syrian troops enter Lebanon to restore peace but also to curb the Palestinians, thousands of whom are killed in a siege of the Tel al-Zaatar camp by Syrian-allied Christian militias in Beirut.\n\n1978 - In reprisal for a Palestinian attack, Israel launches a major invasion of southern Lebanon. It withdraws from all but a narrow border strip, which it hands over to its proxy South Lebanon Army mainly Christian militia.\n\n1982 - Following an attempted assassination of Israel's UK ambassador by a Palestinian splinter group, Israel launches a full-scale invasion of Lebanon.\n\n1982 - Pro-Israeli president-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. Israel occupies West Beirut. Phalangist militia kills thousands of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila camps. US, French and Italian peacekeeping force arrives in Beirut.\n\n1983 - Suicide attack on US embassy kills 63 people in April, and another in October on the headquarters of the peacekeepers kills 241 US and 58 French troops. US troops withdraw in 1984.\n\n1985 - Most Israeli troops withdraw apart from a \"security zone\" in the south.\n\n1988 - Outgoing President Amine Gemayel appoints an interim military government under Maronite commander Michel Aoun in East Beirut after inconclusive presidential elections. Prime Minister Selim el-Hoss forms a mainly Muslim rival administration in West Beirut.\n\n1989 - Parliament meets in Taif, Saudi Arabia, to endorse a Charter of National Reconciliation transferring much of the authority of the president to the cabinet and boosting the number of Muslim MPs.\n\n1990 - The Syrian air force attacks the Presidential Palace at Baabda and Aoun flees. This formally ends the civil war.\n\n1991 - The National Assembly orders the dissolution of all militias, except for the powerful Shia group Hezbollah. The Lebanese army defeats the PLO and takes over the southern port of Sidon.\n\n1992 - After the first elections since 1972, wealthy businessman Rafik Hariri becomes prime minister.\n\n2005 - Former prime minister Rafik Hariri is killed by a car bomb in Beirut, sparking anti-Syrian rallies and a political crisis.\n\n2006 - Israel attacks after Hezbollah kidnaps two Israeli soldiers. Civilian casualties are high and there is widespread damage in the 34-day war. UN peacekeeping force deploys along the southern border, followed by Lebanese army troops for first time in decades.\n\n2008 - Lebanon establishes diplomatic relations with Syria for first time since both countries gained independence.\n\n2012 - The Syrian civil war that began in March 2011 spills over into Lebanon in clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Tripoli and Beirut.\n\n2013 - European Union lists the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.\n\n2014 - UN says there are now more than one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon.\n\n2020 - Government quits after months of protests over falls in the value of the currency, the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, and rioting after a massive chemical explosion in Beirut's port.\n\nTourism and leisure are important to the Lebanese economy\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Sebastián Piñera will serve as president for the second time\n\nA conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastián Piñera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off.\n\nLeft-winger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated his opponent on his win and his return to the presidency after a four-year gap.\n\nWith nearly all votes counted, Mr Piñera polled more than 54%.\n\nIt is a clear move to the right for the country, which is currently led by socialist President Michelle Bachelet. She had backed Mr Guillier.\n\nAbout 14 million were eligible to vote in the ballot, including, for the first time, Chileans living abroad.\n\nHowever, voter turnout was low, at 48.5%. It had been thought that a high turnout would favour Mr Guillier.\n\nMr Piñera called for unity after his victory:\n\n\"Chile needs agreements more than confrontations,\" he said. \"The paths of the future unite us. Sometimes the stories of the past separate us.\"\n\nReaching out to his opponent, Mr Piñera added: \"I want to talk to him about the points we agree about.\"\n\nMr Guillier recognised his \"harsh defeat\" in the election while congratulating his opponent\n\nBillionaire businessman Mr Piñera won the first round of votes by a large margin, when the number of candidates reduced from eight to two for a final run-off.\n\nHe has already governed the country from 2010 to 2014, when he ended two decades of uninterrupted centre-left rule. But the former president and his Chile Vamos coalition had only a slim lead in the most recent opinion polls before Sunday's election vote.\n\nHe had the support of the business community, promising to lower taxes to get the economy growing again.\n\nDuring his campaign, he promised to rein in the reforms brought in by President Bachelet, while his opponent Mr Guillier, on the other hand, campaigned on the back of her legacy.\n\nWhile President Bachelet's progressive agenda has won plaudits abroad, her popularity plummeted during her second term, due in part to a 2015 corruption scandal involving her daughter-in-law.\n\nThis year, however, the president overcame conservative opposition to successfully ease Chile's strict anti-abortion laws.\n\nConservative critics say Ms Bachelet pushed her reforms too far. She was unable to seek re-election under the country's constitution.\n\nAs votes closed, projections indicated a victory for Mr Piñera, causing celebration among his supporters\n\nMr Guillier represents six parties in a left-wing coalition. He beat former president Ricardo Lagos for the Socialist Party nomination in April 2017, promising to continue Ms Bachulet's reforms.\n\nA decade ago, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Venezuela were all governed by left-wing leaders.\n\nBut in recent years, conservatives have come to power in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, and Venezuela's \"Bolivarian Revolution\" has come under severe pressure with anti-government protesters taking to the streets for months. The win by Mr Piñera further consolidates that trend.", "The family of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was murdered following failures by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council, has welcomed a report which found evidence of institutional racism in both organisations.\n\nThe council and police say they accept the report's findings.\n\nMr Ebrahimi's sister Manisha Moores said the findings were \"shocking\".", "The European Commission is to open an in-depth investigation into Ikea's corporate tax structure.\n\nThe Commission said Dutch-based Inter Ikea, one of the Swedish giant's two divisions, may have been given unfair tax advantages by the Netherlands.\n\nEuropean Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said all firms \"big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax\".\n\nThe EU will look at whether Ikea's tax affairs breach EU rules on state aid.\n\nUnder EU law, member states cannot give selective tax benefits to multinational groups that are not available to other firms.\n\n\"The Commission has concerns that two [Dutch] tax rulings may have given Inter Ikea Systems an unfair advantage compared to other companies,\" it said.\n\nThe move is the latest crackdown by the EU competition authority on tax deals between EU countries and multi-nationals.\n\nA spokesman for Inter Ikea Group said the way it had been taxed \"has in our view been in accordance with EU rules\".\n\n\"It is good if the investigation can bring clarity and confirm that,\" he added.\n\nThe Commission's Ikea inquiry is focused on two tax agreements between the Netherlands and Inter Ikea which it alleges \"have significantly reduced\" the firm's taxable profits in the Netherlands.\n\nNetherlands-based Inter Ikea operates the franchise business of Ikea. It collects royalties from other parts of Ikea and pays little tax on the proceeds.\n\nThe Commission says that in 2006, a Dutch tax ruling enabled Inter Ikea to pay a \"significant\" annual licence fee to another Ikea unit in Luxembourg, thereby shifting revenue to a jurisdiction where it remained untaxed.\n\nThen in 2011, after the Luxembourg tax scheme was deemed illegal, Inter Ikea arranged a second tax ruling with the Netherlands.\n\nThis ruling focused on a loan deal with an Ikea unit in Liechtenstein, which enabled Inter Ikea to shift \"a significant part of its franchise profits\" to a low-tax jurisdiction.\n\nA senior Dutch EU official said it would look at the details of the case.\n\n\"The Netherlands fully supports the Commission's work,\" they added.\n\nRichard Murphy, professor of practice in international political economy at City University, said Ikea's tax arrangements were \"unusually complicated\" and as a result, an EU probe was \"inevitable\".\n\n\"Is their level of tax disproportionate to their overall activity in a country is undoubtedly what [the European Commission] are looking at here,\" he said.\n\nThe European Commission is not so much worried about different countries in the European Union having different tax policies, in fact considering it is supposed to be one, seamless market, there are a whole range of company tax rates and policies across the EU.\n\nWhat it does not like are tax deals that are available for one type of company, huge multi-nationals, but not to everyone else.\n\nYour local High Street furniture store has enough trouble competing with the likes of Ikea, with its massive stores, name recognition, buying power and marketing budget, without Ikea also having access to tax breaks that it could never use.\n\nThat is why Ikea is just the latest in a long line of giant companies that the European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has gone after.\n\nShe has already had Amazon, McDonalds and Apple in her sights, and this is big-game hunting; Apple alone was found to have benefited to the tune of £11.5bn in unfair tax breaks.\n\nThe EU's competition chief Margrethe Vestager is worried giant firms are gaining unfair advantages over smaller rivals\n\nThe Commission has recently ordered various member states to collect billons of euros' worth of back taxes from Apple, Starbucks, Amazon and Fiat.\n\nThe European Commission is worried that giant companies gain an unfair advantage over smaller rivals which have no chance of using similar tax schemes.", "The head of the National Infrastructure Commission has called for urgent action to tackle poor mobile phone coverage.\n\nLord Adonis has written to the telecoms regulator Ofcom urging it to take action to deal with the issue.\n\nIt follows a report that one million homes have poor broadband and large parts of the UK have no 4G coverage.\n\nOn Friday Ofcom said calls and text messages could not be sent on all four mobile phone networks in 30% of the entire UK landmass.\n\nIt is not the first time Lord Adonis has criticised the state of the UK's mobile and broadband services.\n\nIn October he launched a public consultation on the quality of the state of UK infrastructure generally, but singled out mobile services as an area needing urgent attention.\n\nNow, in his letter, Lord Adonis says that Ofcom and the government need to \"put all options on the table\" to tackle coverage black spots. These should include possible legal and regulatory changes, he said.\n\nThe chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission said that it was a concern that four out of five rural homes did not have any 4G service indoors.\n\n\"In an age when access to a mobile signal is regarded as a must-have, it is deplorable that even in areas previously considered to have strong coverage, operators are still delivering such poor services that customers can struggle to make a quick phone call,\" he said.\n\n\"It demonstrates the need for urgent and radical action to tackle this issue immediately, ahead of new mobile spectrum being auctioned and 5G technology being rolled out,\" he said.\n\nThe former Labour transport secretary said significantly higher signal strengths were required to improve customer service and mobile phone companies should share masts where appropriate.\n\nThe government minister overseeing the sector agreed that industry must do more.\n\nMatt Hancock, minister for digital, said there was a \"clear need\" for rapid improvements to mobile coverage.\n\n\"We've recently removed outdated restrictions, giving mobile operators more freedom to improve their networks including hard-to-reach rural areas,\" he said.\n\n\"But industry needs to play its part too through continued investment and improvement in their networks, making sure that customers are not paying for services they don't receive.\"\n\nOfcom said it agreed that mobile coverage should urgently improve and it was setting new rules for operators' licences.", "Police in Lebanon have arrested an Uber driver in connection with the murder of a British woman in Beirut.\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy in the city, was found by a motorway on Saturday.\n\nThe arrested man was 35 and has served several prison sentences, a senior Lebanese security source told the BBC.\n\nMs Dykes had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and the man is expected to be charged with rape and murder later this week, police sources said.\n\nHer family said in a statement: \"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. We are doing all we can to understand what happened.\"\n\nMs Dykes, who is believed to have been 30, had been working in Beirut as the programme and policy manager for the Department for International Development since January 2017.\n\nIt is thought she spent Friday evening at a going-away party for a colleague in the popular Gemmayzeh district of Beirut.\n\nAfter leaving the bar at about midnight it appears she was abducted. Her body was found close to a motorway on the outskirts of the city.\n\nThe body of Rebecca Dykes was found near a main road outisde Beirut\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Lebanese authorities and confirmed an arrest had been made.\n\nThe suspect was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning after police reportedly traced his car on traffic management CCTV.\n\nAn official told the Reuters and AFP news agencies the preliminary investigation had showed Ms Dykes's killing \"was not politically motivated\".\n\nThe Gemmayzeh district of Beirut where Rebecca Dykes was last seen alive is well-known for having some of the city's best and most expensive bars and restaurants.\n\nThere is normally a relaxed atmosphere. It is a neighbourhood where foreign aid workers, diplomats and journalists mingle with wealthy Lebanese often into the early hours of the morning.\n\nDespite the chaos seen elsewhere in the region, Beirut in recent years has been regarded as relatively safe. That is why this murder has left the international community so shocked.\n\nAfter a late night out, many people would previously have thought nothing of catching one of the cabs that ply the streets, or calling for an Uber.\n\nFor a short while, anyway, that is likely to change. People will be more careful about how they get home. Beirut may be relatively safe but - as in any big city across the world - this murder is a reminder of the dangers.\n\nJosie Ensor, the Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Beirut, says the case has left foreign residents in the city unsettled.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, she said Beirut was a \"very tight-knit community, so when something happens to one person, it feels quite close\".\n\nMs Ensor, who was due to attend the same party on Friday evening, added Ms Dykes \"had just landed on her feet in Beirut and was starting to make friends and getting to know the city\".\n\nHugo Shorter, the British Ambassador to Lebanon, said the whole embassy was \"deeply shocked\" and \"saddened\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hugo Shorter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes were paid to Ms Dykes in the House of Lords on Monday.\n\nFormer Conservative MP Lady McIntosh said: \"The loss of Rebecca Dykes in these circumstances is felt very deeply.\n\n\"And can we pay tribute to the work that she and the all Dfid team do, often in very dangerous circumstances, particularly at this time of year, for humanitarian purposes?\"\n\nThe International Development Minister Lord Bates added: \"It's obviously a very distressing time, particularly for Becky's family, but also for the people who worked with her.\n\n\"It reminds us of the sacrifice which is made by over 1,200 Dfid personnel who work around the world, often in the most difficult and dangerous of environments.\"\n\nA Dfid spokesman said: \"Our thoughts are with Becky's family and friends at this very upsetting time.\n\n\"There is now a police investigation and the Foreign Office is providing consular support to Becky's family and working with the local authorities‎.\"\n\nRebecca Dykes had been working in Beirut since January 2017\n\nPrior to her posting in Beirut, Ms Dykes worked with the Foreign Office as a policy manager for its Libya team and as an Iraq research analyst.\n\nAccording to her LinkedIn profile, she studied anthropology at the University of Manchester, and had a master's in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London.\n\nShe was a former pupil of Malvern Girls' College and Rugby School, and had also taught English at a Chinese international school.\n\nMs Dykes had reportedly been due to fly back to the UK for Christmas. She says on social media that she is from London.", "Amazon's promise of next-day deliveries could be investigated amid customer complaints that it is failing to meet that pledge.\n\nThe UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is considering whether to launch a formal inquiry into Amazon.\n\nThe ASA said: \"We have received a handful of complaints about Amazon parcel deliveries and we are at the initial assessment stage.\"\n\nAn Amazon spokesman told the BBC the ASA had confirmed to it there was no investigation at this time.\n\nThe ASA said there had been five complaints since the start of the month.\n\nAmazon offers free delivery above a certain minimum spend, but express, unlimited delivery for Prime customers.\n\nIt also offers this coming Saturday, 23 December, as its final order date for Christmas orders, three days later than the Wednesday offered for non-Prime customers.\n\nThe BBC has been inundated with comments from Amazon Prime customers. Most reported problems with deliveries.\n\nGary from Farnham in Surrey, said: \"Our Amazon Prime deliveries often miss their 'next day' target. We always make a point of complaining, and are generally given a 30-day extension to our annual subscription.\"\n\nCraig from Carluke in South Lanarkshire, said his Prime orders were rarely delivered within a day: \"They offer next-day delivery but it actually takes two days to come, which also isn't part of the agreement which I pay for. Not acceptable.\"\n\nBut other customers were happy. One pointed out that it was \"unreasonable\" to expect perfection every time. \"It is a fantastic service and it is totally unreasonable to expect that things may rarely not work out,\" he said.\n\nAmazon advises customers to contact customer services if they do not receive a parcel by the estimated delivery date.\n\nThe consumer rights group Which? points out that a company missing its delivery date is in breach of contract.\n\nIt says that consumers have the right to terminate the purchase and get a full refund in that instance.\n\nIt says the first step should be to contact the retailer directly to make a complaint that a parcel has not been delivered and request they take action to remedy the situation.", "Public health experts say the use of anabolic steroids is one the rise\n\nTens of thousands of people may be at increased risk of dying early from heart attacks and strokes by misusing anabolic steroids, according to doctors.\n\nThe British Cardiovascular Society gave the warning amid concern steroids are now being taken by hundreds of thousands of people.\n\nPublic health experts say men in their teens and 20s are behind the rise.\n\nSteroids are legal to use but illegal to supply, unless you're a doctor.\n\nAs well as heart attacks and strokes, NHS guidelines show people who misuse anabolic steroids also risk health problems like infertility and mood swings.\n\nGareth Jenkins, 29, who lives just outside Cardiff says he's been using them for nearly five years.\n\n\"Everything that we do in life now carries the risk of heart attack, cancer whatever it is - so I'm going to get those risks anyway,\" he says.\n\nGareth says he doesn't smoke or drink - and that's why he feels it is ok to take steroids.\n\n\"It's still probably stupid from a medical point of view. But that's the way I choose to live my life.\"\n\nSteroid user Gareth Jenkins underwent a series of tests to find out what damage, if any, he'd done to his heart\n\nGareth agreed to be put through a series of health checks to see what, if any damage, he'd done to his body.\n\nThe tests showed the wall of his heart had thickened and the results were \"at the very edge of normal\".\n\nHearing what had happened to his heart concerned Gareth.\n\n\"I class myself as a sensible person. I don't want to push things to a point that's irreversible.\"\n\nWhile he doesn't plan to stop taking steroids immediately, he says he will aim to come off them \"in the next one or two years\".\n\nOne illegal supplier says many of his clients are young guys\n\nAnabolic steroids cause an imbalance of hormones which can damage many different organs, but in particular the heart.\n\nIf you're found guilty of supplying them you can face a prison sentence of up to 14 years.\n\nBut that hasn't stopped one man, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity, from dealing them.\n\nHe told Newsbeat there's a \"very broad spectrum of people that use steroids\".\n\n\"It ranges from young guys at 18, 19 or 20 - and they're just starting training and they're looking to bulk out for a summer holiday or just to attract the girls.\"\n\nHe says that's different to even just a few years ago - when most steroid users were in it for the long term, not just for a quick, cosmetic fix.\n\n\"These are the guys who are less aware. So you do have to tell them about the risks,\" he says.\n\nAnd that change has been recognised at professional level too.\n\n\"We're seeing now a different population of steroid users, predominantly young men who are using purely for cosmetic purposes,\" says Jim McVeigh, one of the UK's leading experts on anabolic steroid misuse.\n\nHe points to social media and advertising as being partly to blame.\n\n\"Whenever you see a man with his shirt off on TV, the chances are he'll have a quite a well defined physique,\" says Jim.\n\n\"This is something women have had to deal with for generations but this is quite a new thing for men.\"\n\nIf you've got any questions on this story check out the BBC Radio 1 Advice pages.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers reacted with delight when the lights came back on\n\nPassengers at the world's busiest airport faced a second day of disruption on Monday after a power cut led to hundreds of cancellations.\n\nAtlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport lost power on Sunday, affecting tens of thousands of people.\n\nPassengers were left in darkened terminals or on board planes.\n\nPower was restored overnight and a handful of passenger flights resumed just after 06:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Monday.\n\nHundreds of other flights, however, were cancelled.\n\nThe airport is the world's busiest, handling more than 250,000 passengers and almost 2,500 flights every day. But during its first hour of operation on Monday morning, fewer than a dozen commercial flights departed.\n\nA number of cargo flights had operated during the partial shutdown.\n\nMany hundreds of flights have been cancelled\n\nThousands remain stranded in the airport awaiting rescheduled flights. In a statement, the airport said it had distributed more than 5,000 meals to waiting passengers.\n\nSecurity processing began at about 03:30 local time, it said, but those with tickets dated Sunday would need to reprint them to pass through checkpoints.\n\nThe airport advised passengers to check the status of their particular flight directly with their airline.\n\nIn a statement, the airport confirmed it had suffered a power cut shortly after 13:00 on Sunday.\n\nMany flights scheduled to arrive from other airports were diverted elsewhere, or held at their departure airport.\n\nGeorgia Power, which supplies the airport's electricity, said it believed a fire at an underground electrical facility had caused the power cut. Officials said a piece of its switchgear could have failed and started the fire, causing cable damage.\n\nPower was fully restored to the airport around midnight on Sunday.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by cheforhire82 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAtlanta's mayor confirmed the fire's cause was under investigation, and apologised to the thousands affected.\n\nA number of major airlines, including United, Southwest and American Airlines, completely suspended their operations on Sunday. Each had at least some flights scheduled to depart Monday.\n\nImages shared on social media showed passengers waiting in darkness. Some reported being stuck on board aircraft for six hours.\n\nOne passenger, Jannifer Lee, was travelling to Minnesota from Florida with her 10-year-old pet rescue cat Penny.\n\nHer first flight was stuck for almost four hours at the gate.\n\nMs Lee and her cat spent four hours stuck at the gate on her connecting flight from Florida\n\n\"I was hoping to have a really smooth flight, especially with a cat,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I've only ever flown with her for two or three hours before, not a 12-hour journey! I guess animals can be a lot more resilient than people.\"\n\nShe and thousands of others were left stranded without information from airlines about onward travel.\n\n\"There was a lot of confusion on the flight, because the national news knew more about the situation than we did,\" Ms Lee said.\n\nAnother passenger, Naomi Harm, was stranded on the tarmac on a Delta flight from Sacramento, California.\n\nShe told the BBC that airline staff had kept the passengers in good spirits by communicating regularly and handing out any food and drinks they had available.\n\nShe said one passenger seated close to her had been escorted down to the aircraft's cargo area to give insulin to his diabetic pet dog in the hold by an air marshal.\n\nAfter almost four hours she was guided out in darkness after portable steps were found for them to disembark.\n\n\"Inside the terminal there were thousands all over, children crying,\" she said. \"The air conditioning wasn't working and it was very hot inside.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Naomi Harm This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe local police department confirmed it had sent extra officers to help the airport with the situation.\n\nAbout 30,000 passengers were reportedly affected by the power cut.\n\nAtlanta is located within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US population, making the city a major port of entry into the US and a common stopover for travel within the country.\n• None Why do so many people hate US airports?", "Mr Ebrahimi was murdered outside his flat in Brislington in July 2013\n\nThree police officers and a PCSO failed to act on complaints of a disabled man just two days before he was brutally murdered by a neighbour, a court heard.\n\nBijan Ebrahimi, 44, was killed in a vigilante attack in 2013 after he was falsely accused of being a paedophile.\n\nBristol Crown Court was told PCs Kevin Duffy, 52, Leanne Winter, 38, Helen Harris, 40, and PCSO Andrew Passmore 55, saw Mr Ebrahimi as \"a nuisance\".\n\nThey each deny a charge of misconduct in public office.\n\nThe trial follows an investigation by the police watchdog into his death.\n\nOpening the case for the prosecution, Crispin Aylett QC described the events leading up to the murder.\n\nMr Ebrahimi called the police on 11 July 2013 to report he had been attacked by his neighbour Lee James, 26, who suspected him of being a paedophile.\n\nJames, who later admitted murder, was described at the time by PC Winter to be \"foaming at the mouth\" and vowed he would \"do time to protect his children\", the court learned.\n\nMr Aylett said James was with a crowd who all took his side and \"vigilantism was in the air\".\n\nLee James (l) and Steven Morley were jailed in 2013\n\nFollowing the episode, Mr Ebrahimi was arrested but James' threats were overlooked, the court heard.\n\nMr Ebrahimi was released by police the following day, 12 July, and after returning to his home on Capgrave Crescent, Brislington, Bristol, made 12 calls to the police in the hope PC Duffy, the local beat manager, would intervene.\n\nThe prosecution claimed the officer regarded Mr Ebrahimi as a \"liar and a nuisance\" and the defendants were \"not interested\" in his complaints.\n\nThe court heard PC Duffy asked PCSO Passmore to patrol the area and Mr Passmore claimed to have spent an hour in the area.\n\n\"The truth is that he can only have driven up and down the road,\" Mr Aylett said.\n\n\"Had something been done, Lee James would have at least known the police were keeping an eye.\n\n\"This was a toxic situation that required proactive policing,\" he added.\n\n\"Instead we allege that these individuals failed Mr Ebrahimi. It's not just incompetence - we suggest they disliked Mr Ebrahimi.\"\n\nTwo days later James attacked Mr Ebrahimi outside his flat then, with help, set fire to his body.\n\nHe pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence. Accomplice Steven Morley was sentenced to four years in prison for assisting an offender.\n\nEarlier, PC Duffy told the court Mr Ebrahimi's complaints about various neighbours were always met with counter-allegations.\n\nAfter Mr Ebrahimi's death, the police watchdog interviewed PC Duffy. He told them his \"experience\" of dealing with Mr Ebrahimi \"taught\" him to \"evaluate all information\" and \"seek other accounts\" before filing a report.\n\nProsecuting, Mr Aylett added that PC Duffy's \"starting point\" was to \"disbelieve\" Mr Ebrahimi unless it was corroborated.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jensen and Beesley attended the Emmy Awards in 2008\n\nAshley Jensen has been left \"devastated\" after the sudden death of her husband Terence Beesley.\n\nThe 60-year-old died late last month at their home in Somerset. The information was only made public on Sunday.\n\nBeesley, who had starred in Victoria, married Jensen in 2007 after meeting on the set of a play. They have an eight-year-old son together.\n\nUgly Betty and Extras actress Jensen is currently starring in BBC drama Love, Lies and Records.\n\nA spokesman for Jensen said: \"Ashley is devastated and respectfully asks for privacy for her, her young child and the family at this extremely sad and difficult time.\"\n\nJensen is currently starring in BBC One's Love, Lies and Records\n\nBeesley was perhaps best known for playing Buxton in ITV's Victoria and General Bennigsen in BBC One's War and Peace.\n\nHe had also been the first actor to star as Derek Branning in EastEnders and also appeared in film London Has Fallen in 2016.\n\nHis representative said: \"It is with great sadness that I can confirm that Terence passed away at the end of November.\"\n\nThe couple met in 1999 when they appeared in a London theatre production of King Lear, marrying eight years later while Jensen was filming in America.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below in Washington state.", "Last updated on .From the section Sports Personality\n\nWorld 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah said he was in shock and \"can't stop staring at the trophy\" after being voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.\n\nThe 34-year-old had been considered third favourite by bookmakers, but topped the poll ahead of motorcyclist Jonathan Rea and Para-athlete Jonnie Peacock.\n\n\"To be honest, I'm kind of shocked. I didn't prepare any speech,\" Farah, 34, said via a video link after the show.\n\nBoxer Anthony Joshua, rated favourite to win, was just 18 votes behind Peacock in fourth place.\n\nFarah, the winner of 10 major global titles, has just moved back to England from the United States and was not in Liverpool for the awards show.\n• None Relive how Farah won Sports Personality of the Year 2017\n• None Sports Personality - the night in video, pictures and on social\n\nIn a chaotic interview from London during the programme, his stepdaughter Rhianna was alongside him, helping to take care of Farah's two-year-old son Hussein who was suffering from a sickness bug and wanting cuddles.\n\nAs the result was announced, millions of viewers saw Farah's initial delight at winning the award before the video link cut out.\n\nAfter the show, the Somali-born Londoner told the media: \"I can't stop staring at the trophy. I do owe it to the public, to the people who voted for me and supported me.\n\n\"It's incredible, amazing. To be honest with you, I never thought I would win having come so close before.\n\n\"What a night. It's been very entertaining. I've got my son pulling my mic and Rhianna shouting out. [Presenter] Gabby [Logan] was talking to me and I couldn't even hear what she was saying. I can't do two things at once - I can't.\"\n\nFarah, one of 12 contenders for the award, has been shortlisted five times before and enjoyed his previous highest finish of third in 2011.\n\n\"Over the years, I've come third, fourth, or thereabouts, and I was like 'this thing, is hard to win'. But I guess you just got to do what you've got to do and over the past 10 years I've been very lucky with the career I've had and the support I've had,\" he said.\n\n\"The people who voted at home for me and have supported me on the track - without their support it's a long road and I wouldn't have done it without them, they keep me grafting.\n\n\"It's been an incredible night. I do wish I was there. It would have been nice to give back to the people. The most important thing in my life is my family.\n\n\"My son's ill, the twins have been sick. It's been a pretty hard transition moving back from the US to here. They've been struggling a bit.\n\n\"You saw my son and, in fact, he was throwing up everywhere in the other room.\"\n\nFarah won with 83,524 votes, ahead of World Superbikes champion Rea (80,567) and Paralympic sprint champion Peacock (73,429).\n\nJoshua was fourth despite beating Wladimir Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley, and retaining his WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles with victory over Carlos Takam.\n\nFor Farah, a third successive World Championship 10,000m gold medal was the highlight of a year in which he also won a world 5,000m silver, missing out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row.\n\nThe four-time Olympic champion received a knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in November.\n\nHe bowed out from his track career with a 5,000m victory at the Diamond League event in Zurich in August and will now concentrate on road races.\n\n\"I'm looking forward to the marathon training. It's not easy, but it's exciting and you have to graft. My challenge is to compete fully in the marathon and go out as far as I can - and, who knows, get to the 2020 Olympics,\" he said.\n\nAsked if an Olympic marathon victory would top his achievements so far, he said: \"It would definitely top it. There's no athlete that's ever gone all the way up from the track straight to the marathon and been successful.\n\n\"I want to do the marathon and go all the way. If I'm in great shape and things are good, I will go for 2020.\"\n\nFarah becomes the first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002.\n\nFormer Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who received the Lifetime Achievement award, paid tribute.\n\n\"There was a bit of bit of drama at the end with the result, but I think Mo's had a fantastic year, a fantastic career,\" she said.\n\n\"It shows that he's definitely got the public behind him. He wouldn't have won otherwise. I think he will be very happy.\n\n\"He definitely deserves it and it's great to see athletics back on the top again.\"\n\nIt was a night of high emotion with the parents of Bradley Lowery given a standing ovation by the 11,000 crowd at the Echo Arena as they collected a posthumous honour.\n\nSunderland fan and club mascot Bradley, who died aged six from a rare form of cancer, was named the winner of the Helen Rollason Award.\n\nThe award, for achievement in the face of adversity, is in memory of the BBC presenter who died of cancer in 1999.\n\n\"I'm so proud to be here to collect this on Bradley's behalf,\" his mum Gemma said.\n\n\"It's amazing to know that even though he was my baby, the nation are still behind us. I can't believe he was even trending on Twitter this morning.\"\n\nBradley's positive attitude and cheery smile won him admirers across the world and he became \"best mates\" with Sunderland's former striker Jermain Defoe.\n\n\"He was only here for six years and it was a hard six years but he did so much in that short time,\" added Gemma.\n• Phil Foden helped England win the Under-17 World Cup and took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.\n• Denise Larrad for her fundraising work. The 55-year-old has had one sole aim - to get the people of Hinckley in Leicestershire active.\n• Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic gold at London 2012 and a silver at the Rio Games four years later.\n• Roger Federer won the award for a record fourth time after claiming his eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam in 2017.\n• England women's cricket team produced a stunning fightback to beat India and win the World Cup in July.", "An 84-year-old man chased a knife-wielding burglar from his house during a night-time break-in.\n\nThe elderly man, who suffered hand injuries, refused to hand over cash when the burglar entered his home in Gateshead on Sunday at 21:20 GMT.\n\nThe intruder, thought to be a young man, fled the address at Oakwood Gardens, Lobley Hill.\n\nHe was described as being about 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall, white, of medium build with black crew-cut hair and stubble.\n\nHe was wearing a black tracksuit with white stripes on the arms and a hood, Northumbria Police said.\n\nA spokesman said: \"A man entered the rear of the address and approached the occupant, an 84-year-old man, inside the house and made threats with a knife.\n\n\"The victim refused to hand over any money and chased the offender out of the house [from] where the offender made off down a back path leading under the A1.\n\n\"The victim demonstrated great bravery and courage in this incident, and thankfully he was not seriously injured.\n\n\"An investigation has already been launched and... officers are in the area carrying out house to house enquiries and viewing CCTV to help us identify the man responsible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Princess Charlotte will begin attending a London nursery school in January, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced.\n\nThe couple's daughter, aged two, will start at the Willcocks Nursery School, close to their Kensington Palace home.\n\nEarlier this year Charlotte's brother Prince George, four, started at Thomas's Battersea, an £18,000-a-year prep school.\n\nA spokesperson for Willcocks said it was \"delighted\" by the news.\n\nFees for Willcocks vary depending on age and whether a child goes to the morning or afternoon school.\n\nThe highest cost per term is £3,050 for the morning school.\n\nPreviously Prince George attended the £33-a-day Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk, near the Duke and Duchess's home in Norfolk, Anmer Hall.\n\nWhen Prince William was an infant, he attended the Minors Nursery School, which was also close to Kensington Palace.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge was one of the first members of the direct Royal Family to attend a nursery.\n\nIn 2016 he told a Vietnam talk show: \"I would like George and Charlotte to grow up being a little bit more simple in their approach and their outlook.\"\n\nThe news of Princess Charlotte's nursery comes after the royals released the photo which will feature on their Christmas card, taken by Getty Images royal photographer Chris Jackson.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge released their Christmas card photo on the day they announced Princess Charlotte would be attending nursery\n\nThe photo features Prince George and Princess Charlotte both wearing light blue, standing directly in front of the Duke and Duchess.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge is currently expecting the couple's third child, which is due in the spring.", "Interviews with former Chancellor Lord Lawson sparked complaints in 2014 and 2017\n\nMedia watchdog Ofcom has launched its first broadcasting standards investigation into the BBC since taking over as its regulator in April.\n\nOfcom will look into whether Radio 4's Today programme broke broadcasting rules during an interview with climate change sceptic Lord Lawson in August.\n\nThe BBC has admitted the item broke its guidelines and said Lord Lawson should have been challenged \"more robustly\".\n\nIt followed a 2014 interview with Lord Lawson that also breached BBC rules.\n\nAfter that appearance, the BBC's editorial complaints unit upheld complaints from three listeners that Today had given undue weight to his views and had conveyed a misleading impression of the scientific evidence.\n\nThe flagship news programme invited the Conservative peer back in August 2017.\n\nOn that occasion, he said \"official figures\" showed average world temperatures had \"slightly declined\" - but he wasn't challenged on air and that view was shown to be false by the Met Office.\n\nThe BBC admitted it should have challenged him and that the interview had breached its \"guidelines on accuracy and impartiality\".\n\nAlthough the BBC upheld the complaints again, one listener referred the matter to Ofcom, saying the BBC hadn't taken sufficient action.\n\nThat prompted the regulator - which took over responsibility for overseeing the BBC's editorial standards in April - to investigate whether the interview broke its broadcasting code.\n\nOfcom said: \"We are investigating whether this interview, which followed a similar interview in 2014, breached our rules on due accuracy and due impartiality.\"\n\nA BBC spokeswoman said: \"We have already acknowledged that we should have challenged some of Lord Lawson's statements more robustly.\n\n\"We recognise the weight of scientific consensus on climate change and the Today programme has covered the subject on many separate occasions with a range of voices from scientific backgrounds.\"\n\nIn 2011, the BBC Trust drew up guidelines saying BBC coverage should reflect the \"general agreement among climate scientists\" that the evidence is in favour of global warming caused by human activity.\n\nThat doesn't mean scientific research shouldn't be properly scrutinised or that sceptical views should be excluded from BBC programmes, according to the guidelines.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Runway Two was closed because of fog\n\nAll flights were temporarily suspended at Manchester Airport due to heavy fog and a \"minor defect\" on a runway.\n\n\"Essential repairs\" were being made to Runway One while weather conditions meant flights were \"unable to make use of Runway Two\", a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt resulted in the cancellation of a number of flights and departure delays of more than five hours.\n\nRunway One was reopened shortly after 17:00 GMT but there were still some delays due to the backlog.\n\nThe spokeswoman said passengers \"should check the status of their flights with their airline\" but added it hoped \"to have passengers on their way with minimal delays\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.\n\nDiscovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated beyond our Solar System.\n\nThe body showed no signs of \"outgassing\" as it approached the Sun, strengthening the idea that it held little if any water-ice.\n\nBut the latest findings suggest water might be trapped under a thick, carbon-rich coating on its surface.\n\nThe results come as a project to search for life in the cosmos has been using a radio telescope to check for radio signals coming from the strange, elongated object, named 'Oumuamua.\n\nAstronomers from the Breakthrough Listen initiative have been looking across four different radio frequency bands for anything that might resemble a signal resulting from alien technology.\n\nBut their preliminary results have drawn a blank. The latest research - along with a previous academic paper - support a natural origin for the cosmic interloper.\n\nFurthermore, they measured the way that 'Oumuamua reflects sunlight and found it similar to icy objects from our own Solar System that are covered with a dry crust.\n\n\"We've got high signal-to-noise spectra (the 'fingerprint' of light reflected or emitted by the asteroid) both at optical wavelengths and at infrared wavelengths. Putting those together is crucial,\" Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen's University Belfast (QUB), one of the authors of the new study in Nature Astronomy.\n\nHe added: \"What we do know is that the spectra don't look like something artificial.\"\n\nTheir measurements suggest that millions of years of exposure to cosmic rays have created an insulating, carbon-rich layer on the outside that could have shielded an icy interior from its encounter with the Sun.\n\nThis process of irradiation has left it with a somewhat reddish hue, similar to objects encountered in the frozen outer reaches of our Solar System.\n\n\"When it was near the Sun, the surface would have been 300C (600 Kelvin), but half a metre or more beneath the surface, the ice could have remained,\" Prof Fitzsimmons told BBC News.\n\nThe Gemini North observatory was used to gather observations of 'Oumuamua\n\nPrevious measurements suggest the object is at least 10 times longer than it is wide. That ratio is more extreme than that of any asteroid or comet ever observed in our Solar System. Uncertainties remain as to its size, but it is thought to be at least 400m long.\n\n\"We don't know its mass and so it could still be fragile and have a relatively low density,\" said Prof Fitzsimmons.\n\n\"That would still be consistent with the rate at which it is spinning - which is about once every seven-and-a-half hours or so. Something with the strength of talcum powder would hold itself together at that speed.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's entirely consistent with cometary bodies we've studied - with the Rosetta probe, for example - in our own Solar System.\"\n\nCo-author Dr Michele Bannister, also from QUB, commented: \"We've discovered that this is a planetesimal with a well-baked crust that looks a lot like the tiniest worlds in the outer regions of our Solar System, has a greyish/red surface and is highly elongated, probably about the size and shape of the Gherkin skyscraper in London.\n\n\"It's fascinating that the first interstellar object discovered looks so much like a tiny world from our own home system. This suggests that the way our planets and asteroids formed has a lot of kinship to the systems around other stars.\"\n\nA number of ideas have been discussed to explain the unusual shape of 'Oumuamua. These include the possibility that it could be composed of separate objects that joined together, that a collision between two bodies with molten cores ejected rock that then froze in an elongated shape, and that it is a shard of a bigger object destroyed in a supernova.\n\nArtwork: 'Oumuamua may have spent millions of years travelling the Milky Way (shown here) before its encounter with the Sun\n\nIn a paper recently published on the Arxiv pre-print server, Gábor Domokos, from the Budapest University of Technology in Hungary, and colleagues suggest that, over millions of years, collisions between 'Oumuamua and many speeding interstellar dust grains could produce the object's observed shape.\n\nProf Fitzsimmons said this idea was very interesting, and added: \"I think what we're looking at here is the initial flurry of scientists running around saying: 'How did it get like this, where's it come from, what's it made of.' It's incredibly exciting.\n\n\"I think after a few months you will see people focus down on one or two possibilities for all these things. But this just shows you: it's a symptom of what an amazing, interesting object this is... we can't wait for the next one.\"\n\nIf planets form around other stars the same way they did in the Solar System, many objects the size of 'Oumuamua should get slung out into space. The interstellar visitor may provide the first evidence of that process.\n\n\"All the data we have at the moment turn out to be consistent with what we might expect from an object ejected by another star,\" he said.\n\nBut asked about Breakthrough Listen's initiative, he said: \"If I had a radio telescope, I might give it a go.\"\n• None Asteroid to be checked for alien tech", "This video can not be played.", "We're now closing our live page following the derailment of the passenger train on its inaugural run in Washington state.\n\nA recovery operation is continuing, and officials are so far declining to provide any casualty numbers.\n\nHere's a quick recap of what we know and also latest reports in the US media:\n• more than 80 people were on board the southbound Train 501 from Seattle to Portland which was running on a new, shorter route\n• the accident on a bridge over interstate motorway I-5 happened at 07:30 local time (15:30 GMT) some 45 minutes into the journey\n• thirteen of the train's 14 carriages jumped the tracks, with some crashing onto the motorway below\n• officials say there were multiple fatalities, with the Associated Press reporting that at least six people died\n• reports say 77 people were taken to local hospitals\n• the cause of the crash is being investigated, with some reports say the train may have hit something\n• one passenger was quoted as saying that the train started to wobble a little before the crash\n• Washington governor declared a state of emergency to mobilise all resources for the recovery operation and assistance to the injured\n\nYou can still follow all the latest updates on this story and other news on the BBC News website.", "A man who stole more than 50 phones at a gig has been jailed for three years.\n\nAlin Marin, 22, of no fixed address, took the phones at a Royal Blood gig in Birmingham on 19 November.\n\nThe construction worker admitted theft and was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court earlier.\n\nA total of 53 phones were recovered by officers after the show at the Arena Birmingham, West Midlands Police previously said.\n\nThe phones were recovered after the Royal Blood gig at the Arena Birmingham on 19 November\n\nThe force said it received intelligence that suggested gig-goers had been targeted at previous performances by the band, which led to Marin's arrest in nearby Broad Street.\n\nRoyal Blood are singer/bassist Mike Kerr (right) and drummer Ben Thatcher\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "He was one of the last two men hanged in Britain. A habitual liar convicted of murdering a man who had been his friend, and perhaps his lover. But according to a leading criminal lawyer, who has viewed documents uncovered by the BBC, he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.\n\nMedical reports released to the National Archives this summer show that Gwynne Owen Evans, who was hanged in 1964 at the age of 24, had serious psychological problems. But his defence team made no attempt to enter a plea of diminished responsibility - a plea that, if accepted would have saved his life.\n\nJust after three o'clock in the morning, on Tuesday 7 April 1964, Mr and Mrs Fawcett, an elderly couple living in the village of Seaton, Cumbria, were awakened by a series of thuds, a shrill scream, and then more bumps coming from the adjoining house.\n\nMr Fawcett got up, and as he was getting dressed he saw the lights in the house being switched on, upstairs and down. Then he heard a car driving away towards the village centre. He looked out, but it was going too fast for him to make out the number plate or any other details.\n\nHe called a neighbour, Walter Lister, who walked over to the house and knocked on the door. When no-one answered, he called the police. By 03:25 a group of officers, led by Sgt Park, had entered the house\n\nThey found the occupant, John West, lying dead at the foot of the stairs, on his back and naked from the waist down. A single 53-year-old man who worked as a driver for a local laundry, West was in a pool of blood, his head covered with cuts. More blood was spattered on the walls, down the side of the stairs, and on the banister. On the floor near the body was a home-made cosh - a piece of rubber tube with a short piece of steel tube at one end, and putty at the other.\n\nSearching upstairs, police found a lightweight raincoat folded on a chair in West's bedroom. In the pocket was a lifesaving medallion inscribed \"G O Evans\", and a piece of paper with the name Norma O'Brien written on it, next to an address in Liverpool.\n\nThat tied Gwynne Evans to the murder.\n\nWhen police interviewed the 17-year-old O'Brien in Liverpool the next day, she remembered meeting Evans and seeing his medal while visiting her brother-in-law, a soldier at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, four months earlier. Evans had then been in the Army too, but had been discharged shortly afterwards.\n\nPolice learned that Evans was one of the dead man's friends. The year before he'd been seen chauffeuring him around the neighbourhood, which suggested they were close: West was very particular about his car and hardly anyone else was allowed to drive it.\n\nThey also quickly discovered that Evans was a local boy - his parents lived in Workington, just down the road from Seaton - and that until recently his name had been John Walby. He'd changed it in a third attempt to join the Army, having been kicked out twice under his original name.\n\nFrom Evans's parents police had obtained his current address, a small terraced house in Preston, 100 miles (160km) away. He was living there with Peter Allen, 21, Allen's wife and two young children. At the house, though, police found and arrested only Allen. Evans was out with Allen's wife, Mary, in Manchester. When the police tracked them down, Evans had in his pocket a wristwatch that had belonged to West, and Mary had a bloodstained shirt in her basket. It belonged to her husband.\n\nAccording to police records, Gwynne Evans quickly volunteered information about the murder - putting all the blame on Allen. He and Allen had stolen a car to drive up to Seaton to borrow money, he said, as West was an old friend who'd offered to help him in the past. Both Allen and Evans were hard up, with fines and bills to pay.\n\nAllen's wife and children came along for the drive too, and waited, asleep, outside in the car. Evans went in first, by his account, and he told police he just had a chat with West, whom he called Jack.\n\n\"I had some tea and a cheese bun and as we were talking there was a knock at the door. I honestly didn't know who it was, anyway Jack went to the door and I heard some banging. I went into the hall and I saw Peter hitting Jack with something that looked like a pipe... There was a lot of blood and I shouted to Peter, 'For Christ's sake stop it!'\"\n\nEvans insisted he hadn't hit Jack himself. \"Peter did the thumping,\" he said. Evans told police the two men had stolen bank books from West's home, and managed to withdraw £10 cash from his accounts. He said he knew the police had found his coat, with the medallion and keys in the pocket.\n\n\"If I wanted, I could have said that my coat had been stolen and my keys were in it and no judge in the country would convict me. But I am glad I have got it off my chest,\" he said.\n\nAn odd thing to say, but as further questioning would show, characteristic of Evans.\n\nThat evening, in Preston, Peter Allen was interviewed. Initially, he claimed ignorance of the murder.\n\n\"You can get a stack of Bibles in here and I'll stand on them and swear I know nothing about it,\" he told Det Supt Roberts, who was leading the investigation.\n\nBut just a few minutes later, according to the police notes, Allen struck the desk with his fist, buried his head in his arm and said, \"All right. I'll tell you. I'd like to tell the whole flipping world about it.\"\n\nHe said it started out as an innocent robbery. Sandy, as he called Evans, was to go in first, and let Allen in. But as Evans opened the front door West came out of his bedroom, and saw him. So Allen hit the older man with his fists. Then, Allen claimed, Evans gave him \"the bar\" and he set upon West with that too. Later, he revised his statement to say that Evans had also beaten West.\n\nThat evening, at a quarter to midnight, the detective superintendent interviewed Gwynne Evans. First, he asked if that was his real name. The reply was surprising.\n\n\"No, I adopted it after I found out I was born in Innsbruck in 1940 and that both my parents were German,\" Evans said.\n\nThe post-mortem showed West hadn't only been hit around the head, with a cosh - he'd also been stabbed through the heart. Initially, neither man said anything about that, but according to the police report Evans - unprompted - said: \"I don't know anything about a knife. I don't have to use a knife to kill a man. I'm an expert at judo and karate. I never hit Jack- it was Peter that did all the hitting.\"\n\nPolice found Allen's account more credible. It tallied with the crime scene. Allen said Evans had opened the door for him, and West had unexpectedly come out of his bedroom upstairs. Evans, by contrast, claimed both he and West had been downstairs.\n\nPolice thought it unlikely West would have answered the door without any trousers on, his false teeth were found on the landing at the top of the stairs, and there was blood on the wall by the staircase.\n\nJust after midnight, police interviewed Allen's wife, Mary. She said Evans had gone in first, and had come out about two hours later to get Allen. Then the two men had run out. When she asked them what had happened they said West had punched Peter - who'd punched back. Evans, she said, had told her he'd joined in.\n\nThe two men appeared in the magistrates' court a few hours later, on Thursday 9 April.\n\nMary Allen then revised her evidence, telling police Evans had stopped the car on the drive back to Preston and she'd seen him throw something away. That afternoon, she showed officers the spot, on the road between Workington and Windermere. A police dog easily found a bloodstained knife.\n\nAnd after reading a local newspaper report of the court hearing, Mary Allen remembered something else. She told police that when they'd all returned to Preston, early on Tuesday morning, Evans had said \"he never expected it to go in below the alarm clock\". She now realised, she said, that he was referring to the stab wound to the heart.\n\nAfter his appearance in court, Gwynne Evans was remanded in custody at Durham prison, where he was seen by the senior medical officer, P J Waddington.\n\nThere was no evidence of medical disorder, he wrote. Evans was \"correctly orientated\". In other words, \"He knew where he was and he was fully aware of the reasons for his arrest and his committal to prison.\"\n\nWaddington described Evans as being \"of spare physique\", just over 5ft 9in tall, with no physical ailments except flat feet and some small cuts on his face, possibly from picking pimples.\n\nIn another report the following month, he noted that from a very young age Evans had experienced psychological problems. As a boy he'd been referred to a child guidance clinic (elsewhere identified as Dovenby mental hospital) because he was \"untrustworthy, lacked moral sense, was untruthful, and inclined to steal\".\n\nEvans confused truth with fantasy. \"Evans believes that he was born in Innsbruck and his reasons for doing so are quite absurd…\" the doctor wrote.\n\nHe said he was married to a German girl, and had two children - which also seemed entirely invented.\n\nEvans claimed too that he'd been employed by Securicor for a year, and there become an expert in judo. In fact he'd only worked there for a week; he left as soon as his references had been checked, presumably because they were unsatisfactory.\n\nHe lied constantly. The doctor said these were for the most part \"prestige lies\" to enhance his standing.\n\nOn four occasions he joined the services, only to be medically discharged.\n\nEvans had enlisted at 17 in the Border Regiment, where his fabrications led to him being sent for a psychiatric assessment. \"This soldier was sent to me by his training wing officer,\" wrote one doctor, \"on account of his frequent telling of big lies which he apparently believed himself.\" His first expulsion followed four months later.\n\nIn less than a year, he signed up for another regiment, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - but here too, his lies brought about his downfall. Within three months he was before a medical board which recommended discharge on the grounds of \"personality inadequacy\".\n\nHis commanding officer remarked: \"He is a failure. He cannot make friends because of feeling superior and telling complete fairy tales all the time.\"\n\nThe following year he joined the Royal Air Force, but was quickly discharged on the grounds of \"nervous instability\". In 1963, he signed up for the Army again, under the name of Evans, but was soon found out, and discharged for the final time.\n\nWaddington, the medical officer at Durham Prison, acknowledged Evans's \"abnormal personality\" and thought most doctors would consider him an individual with a \"psychopathic personality, using this term in the broadest sense\".\n\nBut he didn't believe this amounted to an \"abnormality of mind\" that would substantially impair his \"mental responsibility for his acts and omissions\" - the legal definition of diminished responsibility under the 1957 Homicide Act.\n\nEvans's own lawyers commissioned Dr G F Duggan Keen, an experienced consultant psychiatrist, to examine him. He noted that Evans had been employed in 32 jobs, by his own account, from the age of 15, excluding the spells in the Army and RAF. Many had just lasted a few weeks, due he thought, to Evans's problems forming relationships, and excessive drinking.\n\nAfter four meetings with Evans, he said there was \"absolutely no doubt in my mind that this man is a psychopathic personality\". But he could not identify a condition or disease. He said Evans was not \"subnormal\", nor schizophrenic, nor epileptic. He too concluded that Evans's mental responsibility was not \"substantially impaired\".\n\nNeither Waddington nor Duggan Keen explained why they came to that conclusion, and this surprises Dr Tim McInerney, a consultant forensic psychiatrist at the Bethlem Royal hospital in South London, who often gives expert assessments in murder cases.\n\n\"If, as an expert now, giving advice to the courts or to a jury as to why I don't support diminished [responsibility] I would have to explain very clearly why I reached that position,\" he says.\n\nThe psychiatric reports are cursory by modern standards, running to just a few pages. Though McInerny says that was the style at the time, John Cooper QC, an experienced defence barrister and professor of law, says their brevity strikes him as a cause for concern.\n\n\"For those reports to be relied upon without them being tested, without further questions being asked of them, without further experts being used, as far as I'm concerned, is quite startling. And I would say quite startling not just to the modern eye but also at the time.\"\n\nBut these psychiatric judgements would play an important role in the events that led to Gwynne Evans's conviction - and his hanging.\n\nEvans and Allen went on trial at Manchester Crown Court on 29 June 1964. The prosecution expected Evans to plead diminished responsibility. They had lined up their own psychiatrist, Dr Begg, who had met Evans twice. Like the other doctors, he said Evans was a \"grossly psychopathic personality\", and that responsibility for his actions was impaired - but, again, not substantially.\n\nHowever, the following day, without explanation, Evans's lawyers decided to drop the diminished responsibility plea. The note on the Director of Public Prosecutions file reads simply: \"Def advise Dim Res not being raised. Dr Begg informed.\"\n\nEach man blamed the other for the murder. The evidence against Allen was much stronger - he admitted beating West and his clothes had been soaked in blood. There was no blood on Evans.\n\nThere was, admittedly, evidence incriminating Evans from Allen's wife - but she would have had good reason to try to shift the blame.\n\nEvans said he'd been friendly with West, who \"was like a father to me\", and that he would never have hurt him.\n\nHowever, both agreed they'd been ready to rob West. And unsurprisingly, Evans lied in court - and was shown to be lying.\n\nAllen's barrister undermined Evans further by suggesting he'd had sex with West just before the murder, something Evans vehemently denied, but which was supported by medical evidence. At the time homosexuality was illegal, and it's likely this would have lowered the jury's opinion of Evans even further.\n\nThe trial ran until 6 July. The prosecution argued that the men were acting \"in concert\" and it did not matter who delivered the fatal blow.\n\nWithout much deliberation the jury found both guilty of capital murder - that is, murder and robbery.\n\n\"Without diminished responsibility, on my reading of these papers, the verdict of guilty was all but inevitable,\" he says.\n\nA successful plea of diminished responsibility, on the other hand, would have saved Evans's life.\n\nEvans's mother, Hannah Walby, wrote to him in clumsy round handwriting on blue notepaper: \"Please don't give up hope yet.\" The verdict had been a great shock to her, she continued, and to his brothers and sister. \"All is being done possible, you may get a reprieve.\"\n\nAt his appeal, heard at the High Court in July, Evans's lawyers also made no attempt to argue that he was not fully responsible for his actions.\n\nInstead his barrister, Guthrie Jones QC, sought to challenge Mary Allen's evidence, on the basis that she was Allen's wife. However, the judge had flagged this up to the jury at the trial, warning them that she was not an impartial witness - so the appeal was dismissed.\n\nThe only avenue left was a reprieve.\n\nOn 24 July Evans's solicitor, John Marsham of Midland Bank Chambers in Whitehaven, Cumbria, wrote to the Home Secretary, Henry Brooke.\n\nHe pointed out that three doctors agreed Evans suffered mental impairment. He referred to a statement - not presented in court - from the father of a girl Evans had been seeing, a Mr Hampton. He'd put an end to their relationship because he had been so concerned about Evans's immaturity. He was \"completely childish in everything he did\" wrote the lawyer, \"he would make toys that a child would make and play with them for hours before pulling them to pieces.\"\n\nMarsham added that Evans had been shown in court to be a liar, which made his conviction \"inevitable\". \"Even in the witness box he could not refrain from telling stupid and unnecessary lies\" - a story about being chased by a police car, for example.\n\nThe letter was dismissed by the Home Office. Officials did nonetheless commission a final medical assessment. Three psychiatrists, Dr Pickering, Dr Mather and Prof Anderson, visited him in prison, on 27 and 28 July.\n\n\"He was a pallid slightly built young man, clearly tense, tremulous, with knitted brows throughout the interview,\" they wrote. He admitted being a habitual liar, and even lying to the doctors themselves.\n\nPrison staff also reported that he lied often, to boost his self-confidence. The governor thought him a \"happy-go-lucky extrovert liking to stand high in people's favour\". No staff thought him insane, as \"no sign of fits or transient losses or changes of consciousness were observed\".\n\nThe news that there would be no reprieve reached Evans's family. On 3 August, Mrs Walby sent a letter to the Home Secretary.\n\n\"I write to you on behalf of my son who is under sentence of Death at Manchester Prison,\" she wrote.\n\nShe said Evans had never been in serious trouble before he met \"this Preston couple\". He had been brought up in the church, a member of the choir and the Boy Scouts, she explained. She pointed out he had been friends with West for five years, often staying overnight at his house.\n\n\"My son is mentally impaired and I had him under a mental doctor at the age of 8 years but he is not a wicked boy,\" she pleaded.\n\n\"Please may God guide you to make a mercyful judgement. I remain, yours respectfully Mrs H Walby.\"\n\nThree days later, on 6 August the Home Secretary wrote in red ink on the file: \"I regret I can find no mitigating circumstances such as would justify a reprieve in either case. The law must take its course.\"\n\nThe two men were hanged, in different prisons, at the same time: 08:00 on 13 August.\n\nI came across Evans's medical reports by chance, while checking newly released files at the National Archives earlier this year. I then showed them to John Cooper QC and Dr Tim McInerney.\n\nCooper has no hesitation in saying that Evans was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.\n\n\"Evans was a vulnerable individual,\" he says. \"And that vulnerable individual was sent into court, into trial without the proper defence put forward for the jury to consider.\"\n\nThe proper defence, in his view, would have been a plea of diminished responsibility. And this plea, he argues, would have had a far greater chance of success if there had been a more thorough psychiatric examination.\n\nThe 1957 Homicide Act led to a sharp drop in the number of hangings for two reasons. One was that murder became punishable by death only when combined with other offences. This did not help Evans and Allen, because they were charged with robbery as well as murder.\n\nThe other reason was the new defence of diminished responsibility. It allowed many to escape the noose, and might have saved Evans.\n\nTim McInerney has seen one case from 1963, a double murder, where the killer - with a similar psychiatric profile to Evans - escaped trial entirely, being sent instead to a special hospital.\n\nDoctors operate on the principle of \"do least harm\", he says. So he wonders what went through the minds of the doctors who examined Evans - knowing that if they didn't support diminished responsibility, he'd be hanged.\n\nJohn Cooper also points out that in the last years of the death penalty, \"it was in essence a postcode lottery - depending on which prison you were in, as to whether you survived\". This \"adds to the macabre nature of the last few months of the death penalty\", in his view.\n\nIn 1964, Allen and Evans were the only people hanged in the UK. There were only two hangings the year before, as well. And less than a year after the two young men were executed, capital punishment was suspended in Great Britain.\n\nParliament voted to make the suspension permanent in 1969.\n\nPictures courtesy of the National Archives. Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans images copyright Mirrorpix.\n\nJoin the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.", "A man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint, getting close to an aircraft at a base in Suffolk used by the US Air Force.\n\nShots were fired by US personnel before the 44-year-old British man was overcome by staff at RAF Mildenhall.\n\nThe base was temporarily put into lockdown as Suffolk police responded to reports of what they called a \"significant incident\".\n\nPolice said the incident was being treated as trespass, not terrorism.\n\nSupt Kim Warner, from Suffolk Police, said the man, who suffered cuts and bruises, was arrested after a \"short pursuit\" and his vehicle was stopped by US security services.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The base was temporarily put on lockdown\n\nThere was \"no obvious motive at this stage\", he said, adding there was no wider threat to the public or the base and police were not looking for anyone else.\n\nThe vehicle was brought to a halt close to a US plane, an Osprey, and it was not thought there was \"any significant damage\" to the vehicle or the aircraft, Supt Warner said.\n\nSuffolk Police was notified about a breach of security at about 13:40 GMT.\n\n\"Shots were fired by US security, I don't know how many, but I do know that shots were fired,\" Supt Warner said.\n\n\"It would be fair to say some of the minor injuries were probably as a result of him being apprehended,\" he added.\n\nThe superintendent said there would now be an internal investigation by the US airbase into why guns were discharged.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Suffolk Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRAF Mildenhall is protected by Ministry of Defence police and US armed guards.\n\nThe US Air Force said in a statement it was continuing to work with local authorities.\n\nThe base is used as a transport hub by the US and is home to a fleet of refuelling aircraft and special operations forces.\n\nIt has about 3,200 military personnel, with 400 to 500 UK civilian staff employed there.\n\nThe base was one of 56 MoD sites earmarked for closure.\n\nHowever, the US Air Force said in September it was delaying plans to relocate its operations to a base in Germany until 2024.\n\nRAF Mildenhall has previously been a potential target for a terror attack against US military personnel.\n\nIn May 2016, Junead Khan was given a life sentence for preparing terrorist acts after a court heard how he used his job as a delivery driver to gather information about the base.\n\nIt's highly unusual for shots to be fired by US personnel. That said, in the past few years security has been stepped up at the US base, which now has a much tighter perimeter.\n\nYou can't just drive into the base, you have to go through what's called the '\"shed\" - your car is checked and you have to go through lots of tight security measures.\n\nRAF Mildenhall is essentially a little piece of America, with more than 3,000 US personnel based here, and there's very close co-operation between the American military police and the British civilian police.\n\nUS bases here are governed by the Status of Forces Act so there are very clear rules of engagement here, with certain protocols in place when it come to the discharge of firearms.\n\nUS personnel are allowed to fire guns, but these rules of engagement are not made public because of security considerations.\n\nThere will undoubtedly be a conversation as a result of this incident between the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence as to exactly what happened here and why guns were fired.\n• None Welcome to England's 'Little America'", "Jay-Z halted a concert in California for a fan who has survived cancer twice.", "Chan Han Choi was arrested at his Sydney unit on Saturday night\n\nFurther details have emerged about the Australian man accused of being an economic agent for North Korea.\n\nChan Han Choi, 59 was arrested in Sydney by Australian police and charged with brokering sales and discussing the supply of weapons of mass destruction.\n\nPolice allege he broke UN and domestic sanctions against the country in the first case of its kind in Australia.\n\nThey described him as a \"loyal agent\" who believed himself to be acting for \"some higher patriotic purpose\".\n\nMr Choi was born in South Korea but lived in Australia for more than 30 years and was a naturalised citizen, police said.\n\nHe is the first person to be charged under Australia's Weapons of Mass Destruction Act\n\nAccording to The Australian newspaper, the 59-year-old was a hospital cleaner who lived by himself in a rental unit in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood and was known in the local Korean Christian community.\n\nSome of his former church friends told the newspaper they had broken off their friendship with Mr Choi when he began to express support for North Korea.\n\nHe had allegedly \"turned\", and visited the rogue regime frequently, the newspaper said.\n\n\"I hated that my husband met with him and I don't like anything related to North Korea; many people are scared for their safety,\" the wife of a former friend told The Australian.\n\n\"All those trips to North Korea — he was very private and we thought it was very strange.\"\n\nThe pair said they were shocked to hear of Saturday's arrest, but weren't surprised. Mr Choi had told them that he sent his own money to North Korea, they said.\n\nHis neighbours described a man who was \"softly spoken\", \"polite\" and \"nice\", to local newspaper The Daily Telegraph.\n\nMr Choi is the first person to be charged under Australia's weapons of mass destruction act and faces six charges.\n\nPolice allege he discussed the sale of ballistic missile technology with foreign entities, and brokered the sale of commodities such as coal, in order to raise income for North Korea.\n\nHe could face up to 10 years in jail and was released on bail on Sunday.", "This MoJ picture shows how small the phones - which are often smuggled internally - can be\n\nOnline retailers should ban the sale of miniature mobile phones designed to be smuggled into prisons, the justice secretary has said.\n\nDavid Lidington said the devices were advertised as being able to go undetected by the body orifice security scanners used in England and Wales.\n\n\"Beat the BOSS\" phones can be bought for £25, but are reportedly changing hands for up to £500 inside jails.\n\nAbout 20,000 illicit phones and Sim cards were recovered by guards in 2016.\n\nIt is estimated that up to a third of mobiles found are \"beat the BOSS\" phones, the Ministry of Justice says.\n\nSome as small as a lipstick, the mini mobiles are readily available from online marketplaces.\n\nThey are marketed as being virtually metal-free and therefore able to beat the detectors anyone entering a prison must pass through.\n\n\"It's pretty clear that these miniature phones are being advertised and sold with the purpose of being smuggled,\" Mr Lidington will say in a speech on Monday.\n\n\"I am calling on online retailers and trading websites to take down products that are advertised to evade detection measures in prisons.\"\n\nMobile phones, which are banned in prisons, can be used to facilitate more crime and intimidate victims from behind bars, the Ministry of Justice says.\n\nIt says it has invested £2m in detection equipment, including portable detection devices, which can be used to find mobiles in prisons.\n\nIt is has also acquired new powers to block specific phones from accessing communications networks.\n\nMini phones are listed for sale on websites including Amazon, Gumtree and eBay.\n\nEBay said it had made the decision to stop selling them some months ago and would make sure the justice secretary was aware it was \"already going above and beyond\" ahead of his intervention.\n\nThe firm said it would continue to manually remove any items that slip through.\n\nThe BBC has also contacted Amazon and Gumtree for comment.\n\nJust as those of us \"on the outside\" can't live without our phones, in prison they have become ubiquitous, prized possessions.\n\nThey are used to organise the lives of inmates intent on continuing illegal activity, be that the smuggling of contraband into prisons or ongoing criminal activities outside.\n\nPrison staff can't listen to mobile phone calls as they do legitimate calls that prisoners make to their families.\n\nMini phones like those worrying the justice secretary were among the material seized from a gang recently jailed for smuggling £1m of prohibited items into jails.\n\nAnd they're even harder for prisons to stamp out because they can be hidden inside people's bodies - hence the need for body orifice - or BOSS - scanners.", "Wendy Thomas hid two women and a man in a car she tried to drive into the UK\n\nA woman who hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK has been jailed for people smuggling.\n\nThe Home Office said officers discovered the stowaways after stopping Wendy Thomas' car at the Eurotunnel terminal in France on 9 October 2016.\n\nTwo of them were unresponsive and were rushed to hospital.\n\nThomas, 50, of Cardiff, admitted assisting illegal immigration and was sentenced to 33 months at Blackfriars Crown Court.\n\nThe man was found under a duvet in the car's foot well\n\nThe two women were taken to hospital after being found unresponsive\n\nTwo women were found inside a large black holdall in the boot of Thomas' car and had been covered by pillows and a large soft toy.\n\nThe third passenger, a man who later claimed to be an Iranian national and was handed to the French authorities, was found hiding under cushions and a quilt in the rear foot wells.\n\nThomas' co-conspirators Adriano Bettoja-Allen, 37, and his wife Jeanette, 49, of Newport, were also sentenced for their parts in two separate \"carefully planned\" attempts to smuggle people into the UK.\n\nThe Home Office said investigations started following the arrest of Dawood Shahbeik at St Pancras International station, after he arrived on the Eurostar from Calais on 2 October 2016.\n\nText messages on his mobile phone referred to a person who had been taken to a house in Newport, while a search of his luggage revealed a damaged Iranian passport and a large amount of cash.\n\nThe pillows and large toy used to hide the three stowaways\n\nThomas was arrested a week after Shahbeik and text messages on both their phones showed they had been in regular contact with Adriano Bettoja-Allen.\n\nInvestigators found he and his wife had travelled through Calais on 2 October after meeting Shahbeik in Dunkirk.\n\nThey also found Thomas and Bettoja-Allen had travelled in separate vehicles from Folkestone, Kent, to Coquelles, France, on the same Eurotunnel train on 8 October.\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen returned to the UK less than two hours after Thomas had been stopped by Border Force officers and financial checks also uncovered a large deposit into Thomas' bank account in September 2016.\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen was jailed for five years for his part in the smuggling operation\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen admitted assisting illegal immigration and was sentenced to five years in prison.\n\nJeanette Bettoja-Allen pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to 11 months, suspended for two years.\n\nShahbeik, who also admitted the same charge, was sentenced to 18 months in prison at an earlier hearing.\n\nSpeaking after the case concluded, David Fairclough, assistant director from Immigration Enforcement's Criminal and Financial Investigation team, said: \"Adriano Bettoja-Allen was revealed by our investigations to be the common link between what initially appeared to be unconnected incidents.\n\n\"Our investigations showed that far from being opportunistic attempts to undermine the UK's border controls, the offences had been carefully planned.\n\n\"The fact that two women ended up in hospital demonstrates the dangerous lengths people smugglers will go to.\"", "The study indicated that the Russian-linked accounts were most active after the Manchester Arena attack\n\nSuspected Russia-linked Twitter accounts were used to \"extend the impact and harm\" of four 2017 terrorist attacks in the UK, a study says.\n\nCardiff University researchers have found hundreds of related messages in 47 accounts previously tied to Russia.\n\nSome posts were anti-Muslim in nature, while others were critical of those who held such views, they report.\n\nMoscow has not commented but has denied past claims it sought to meddle in Western democracies via social media.\n\nEven so, one influential MP has condemned the activity.\n\n\"It is wrong that any organisation should spread disinformation following a terrorist attack, with the purpose of spreading hatred and making worse an already desperate and confusing situation,\" Damian Collins, chair of the digital, culture, media and sport select committee, told the BBC.\n\n\"At a time when victims are still lying on the ground and loved ones are in need of clear and accurate information about the situation, the deliberate spreading of disinformation is unforgivable.\n\n\"The methods of organisations such as the Russian-backed Internet Research Agency are becoming increasingly clear. Through our inquiry into fake news, I am determined that they should be exposed.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that the researchers did not share details of the accounts with Twitter.\n\nThe social network limited itself to a brief comment: \"In each of the attacks, the tweets identified in this research represent less than 0.01% of the total tweets sent in the 24-hour period following the attack.\"\n\nCardiff University's Crime and Security Research Institute analysed millions of posts and comments gathered from various social media platforms, before honing in on 70 suspected \"sock puppet\" Twitter accounts.\n\nForty-seven of these had previously been tied to Russia by US Congressional investigators, the Russian magazine RBK and others. It was these on which the inquiry then focused.\n\nFive people were killed and 50 injured in the Westminster attack on 22 March\n\nThe researchers then determined that after:\n\nThis tally of 475 messages were reposted more than 153,000 times in total by others, the researchers determined.\n\nExamples included: \"Another day, another Muslim terrorist attack. Retweet if you think that Islam needs to be banned!\"\n\nIn one case, an account named @TEN_GOP - which presented itself as belonging to a Tennessee-based American - took issue with a photo of a woman in a hijab supposedly ignoring victims of the Westminster Bridge attack.\n\n\"She is being judged for her own actions & lack of sympathy. Would you just walk by? Or offer help?\" said the tweet.\n\nBut another Russian-linked account, @Crystal1Johnson - which appeared to belong to a civil rights advocate - took an opposing stance.\n\n\"So this is how a world with glasses of hate look like [sic] - poor woman, being judged only by her clothes,\" it posted.\n\nThe researchers highlighted that the accounts sometimes tweeted the messages directly at celebrities, including the author JK Rowling, in an attempt to get their posts noticed by their followers.\n\nOne account asked JK Rowling why she had not expressed \"outrage at the Muslim terror attack\" in Manchester\n\nIn addition, they note that several messages were directed at the English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson and UKIP's ex-leader Nigel Farage.\n\n\"The evidence suggests a systematic strategic political communications campaign being directed at the UK designed to amplify the public harms of terrorist attacks,\" concluded the authors.\n\n\"The implication is that we... should focus upon rapidly establishing what counter-measures are effective in offsetting the impact of 'soft facts' propagated by overseas interests as they seek to do the work of terrorist organisations by amplifying the capacity and capability of violent acts.\"\n\nThe researchers acknowledged that it was difficult to prove the activity had indeed been backed by the Russian authorities, but they added that they believed there were likely additional accounts they had not spotted.\n\nAnother independent researcher who has also investigated suspected Russian social media posts said more work needed to be done.\n\n\"Using fragmented datasets we have observed unusual activities on Twitter - eg an increase in the number of fake accounts spreading biased information,\" commented Prof Sasha Talavera from Swansea University.\n\n\"But we cannot comment definitively about their scale and influence without a large-scale investigation.\"", "Natalie says colleagues often don't know what to say\n\n\"I'd sit at my desk and not be able to stop the tears rolling down my face.\n\n\"A few people said, 'Are you all right, do you need to be here?' but no-one was really that interested.\"\n\nFor Natalie Hall, 36, the fear that she might lose her job or not be trusted in her day-to-day judgements was a barrier to talking openly to colleagues about her depression and anxiety disorder.\n\nBut this may not be uncommon as a survey suggests mental health problems remain a taboo in the workplace.\n\nThe poll of 2,025 UK workers by the charity Time to Change found they would rather talk to colleagues about sex or money worries than a mental health issue.\n\nWhen asked to select from a list the issues they felt they could talk openly about at work, 36% said they would open up about a physical health matter, 26% about money problems and 18% about sex - while just 13% selected mental health illness.\n\nHowever, 58% said they would encourage a colleague to open up to them, or someone else at work, if they noticed he or she was struggling with their mental health and 16% said they would raise the matter with a line manager.\n\nFor Natalie, an intelligence analyst for Northumbria Police, putting on a brave face about the state of her mental health seemed the logical thing to do.\n\n\"At work I tried to carry on because I didn't want to give up, I didn't want to be defeated and I was ashamed as well because it wasn't talked about.\n\n\"I was really worried that if I said, 'I've got depression and anxiety,' that would affect my career and my job prospects for the future.\n\n\"And, you know, would I lose my job? Would I be seen as incapable? That the judgements I make aren't rational any more, that my work wasn't trusted and that I'd be sidelined for things?\"\n\nEventually Natalie's mental health deteriorated to such an extent that she sought medical help from a new doctor and was signed off sick.\n\nNow back in the office, thanks in part to a phased return to work and a supportive line manager, Natalie says colleagues just didn't know what to say.\n\n\"Don't get me wrong, I did have support and there were some supportive colleagues, but nobody really knows what to say and how to help.\n\n\"At that point I hadn't told anybody because I was still too ashamed to say it, I felt a massive failure and so I just retreated, I was no longer really bubbly and involved in the office, I very much kept my head down, stayed hidden behind a computer screen to just survive the day at work.\"\n\nBut she says small gestures can go a long way to help a colleague who's suffering with a mental health issue.\n\n\"It's simple things - 'I'll make you a cup of tea', 'Shall we go and have a little walk?' 'Shall we get out of the office and go for a coffee?'\n\n\"And it's about someone giving up a bit of their time, not saying, 'I can make it better,' but just being there and that's what makes the difference.\n\n\"Definitely, when I was on the sick, it was those little thinking-of-you cards and the bunch of flowers that arrived in the post - those were the things that I hung on to and kept going for.\n\n\"It doesn't have to be a big project or anything, it's just taking the time to say, 'Are you all right?' and not just walk away - it's taking the time out to actually sit down and speak to people.\n\n\"In the workplace, we spend so much time at work, but do we really know what's going on in each other's lives?\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Suicide rates in the UK have seen the largest decrease in 20 years, official figures reveal.\n\nThere were 3.6% fewer suicides registered in 2016 than in 2015 - a decrease by 223 deaths from 6,188, Office for National Statistics data shows.\n\nRates fell for both men and women, although men still account for three-quarters of cases.\n\nExperts believe the drop shows suicide-prevention initiatives are helping.\n\nFor deaths registered in 2016 in the UK:\n\nMental health problems are important influences, as well as alcohol and substance misuse.\n\nRelationship breakdown can also be a factor - suicide risk is high among divorced men.\n\nBereavement and social loneliness can be contributors.\n\nFrom 1981 to 1990, men aged 75 and over had the highest age-specific suicide rate. Between 1981 and 2016, the male rate of suicide for this age group more than halved.\n\nThe Samaritans says deprivation is another link. Men from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are 10 times more likely to die by suicide than those in more affluent areas.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"There is still a lot of work to be done because suicide still kills three times more people than road traffic accidents.\n\n\"Samaritans is working hard with partners, including the NHS, other charities and local authorities, to bring these figures down further.\n\n\"Suicide is not inevitable, it's preventable and politicians, employers, health bodies and educators all have a role in identifying and supporting those most at risk.\"\n\nCall the Samaritans on 116 123 (UK and Ireland), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit the Samaritans website to find details of the nearest branch.\n\nVicki Nash, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Mind, the mental health charity, said: \"It is encouraging to see that the number of suicides appears to be falling. Not all suicides are mental-health related but the majority are and we know from previous research that there has been particular progress when it comes to people in touch with mental health services.\n\n\"We need to ensure that these are the beginnings of much longer-term trends - we lose almost 6,000 lives a year to suicide and every one is a tragedy, so despite these positive findings it is clear that we still have a long way to go.\"\n• None Zero suicide - is it achievable?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThird Ashes Test, Waca (day five of five) Australia won by an innings and 41 runs\n\nEngland surrendered the Ashes as Australia stormed to a massive win in the third Test in Perth and an unassailable 3-0 lead.\n\nNeeding 259 to make the home side bat again, the tourists lost their remaining six wickets in 34 overs to be bowled out for 218 on the fifth day.\n\nJosh Hazlewood took 5-48 for Australia, who won by an innings and 41 runs despite play being delayed by three hours because of a wet patch on the pitch.\n\nWater got under the covers during overnight rain and meant ground staff had to dry the surface with leaf blowers.\n\nHazlewood bowled Jonny Bairstow with his first delivery of the day and had Dawid Malan caught down the leg side for 54, before Pat Cummins wrapped it up by having Chris Woakes caught behind.\n\nThis is Australia's seventh win in eight Ashes series down under and a regaining of the urn after England's triumph on home soil in 2015.\n\nAustralia have also won eight consecutive home Tests against England, equalling a record that goes back to the 1920s.\n\nThey will now target a second successive 5-0 whitewash in Australia - and third in 11 years - with matches in Melbourne and Sydney still to come.\n• None I'm still the right man to coach England - Bayliss\n• None 'No hasty decisions after three games' - Root expects senior players to continue\n\nEngland's defence of the urn was damaged before they even named their squad, when all-rounder and talisman Ben Stokes was arrested for his part in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub in September.\n\nStokes did not make the trip down under, while the tourists also had to deal with the off-field distractions of Bairstow being accused of 'headbutting' Australia opener Cameron Bancroft and Lions batsman Ben Duckett pouring a drink over James Anderson.\n\nOn the field, they had opportunities. Australia were reduced to 76-4 and 209-7, yet still won the first Test by 10 wickets, while England were poor with ball and bat in the first innings of the second Test, with a recovery coming too late.\n\nIn Perth, they slipped from 368-4 to 403 all out, then saw Australia rack up 662-9 declared.\n\nTheir inexperienced players have performed admirably - Malan is their highest runscorer, Mark Stoneman and James Vince have each made two half-centuries and Craig Overton has impressed with the ball in his first two Tests.\n\nBut, Anderson aside, England's established players have disappointed. Captain Joe Root and Alastair Cook have managed only 259 runs between them and Stuart Broad's five wickets have cost 61.80 apiece.\n\nBar a transitional team being beaten by Andrew Strauss' brilliant England side in 2010-11, Australia have been dominant in Ashes matches down under for 30 years.\n\nIn the past 38 Tests against England on home soil, Australia have won 27 and lost only five.\n\nThe urn has so often been sealed at the Waca, a ground where Australia have not lost to England since 1978 and was staging its last Ashes Test - this is the fourth successive occasion that the home side have reclaimed the Ashes in Perth.\n\nHere, as in the rest of the series, Australia were more ruthless with the bat and more potent with the ball.\n\nCaptain Steve Smith averages 142, pace trio Hazlewood, Cummins and Mitchell Starc have provided a constant, fearsome threat, while off-spinner Nathan Lyon has taken 14 wickets of his own.\n\nWhen at least five members of the ground staff were trying to dry a spot at the Swan River End, on a length around a right-hander's off stump, there seemed to be a chance that no play would be possible on the final day.\n\nAs showers continued to roll in, both skippers had discussions with the umpires, who eventually decided on a resumption of 13:00 local time.\n\nEngland, 132-4 overnight and with 70 overs to bat, saw their chances of an escape evaporate almost immediately when Bairstow, perhaps mindful of the surface, tentatively played inside the line to Hazlewood and was bowled.\n\nIn reality, the cracks running down the pitch were more hazardous than the wet patch - one delivery from the unerringly accurate Hazlewood moved so much from straight that it ended up at second slip.\n\nMoeen Ali was lbw to Lyon before the resistance from the impressively assured Malan, who made his maiden century in the first innings, was ended with a gloved hook shot to wicketkeeper Tim Paine.\n\nHazlewood got his fifth wicket by having Overton caught at gully, Broad flapped at a short ball from Cummins, who then hit last man Anderson on the head.\n\nAnderson had two sets of treatment and, as Woakes tried to protect him from the strike, an attempted uppercut at Cummins ended in Paine's gloves.\n\n'I have to take responsibility' - reaction & analysis\n\nEngland captain Joe Root: \"It's bitterly disappointing. You take a lot of responsibility as captain. Fair play to Australia, they outplayed us in this game and won the key moments.\n\n\"I am proud of the way we battled, but we were outskilled. We have been in every game but not managed to drive it forwards.\n\n\"We haven't been completely outplayed we just haven't performed at that level for long periods of time.\n\n\"It's hard to take but it's part of cricket.\"\n\nFormer England batsman Geoffrey Boycott: \"Nothing we have in English cricket would have changed the result. I can't think of any player at home who could have made so much difference.\n\n\"Ben Stokes would have helped the batting and I would be surprised if he didn't score runs at some point over here because he's a good player but we've been outplayed.\n\n\"They have more pace than us, a better spinner than us and when their batsmen get in they make it count like Smith and the two Marsh's have.\"\n\nFormer Australia bowler Glenn McGrath: \"The Ashes means so much to Australian players - and you could see the emotion after that last wicket fell. They have outplayed England in most departments. It will be a special time for the boys tonight.\"", "The world's steepest funicular railway has opened in Switzerland.\n\nRotating carriages mean people stay upright while ascending the mountainside.", "Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, US and Russian leaders say.\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.\n\nThe attack was allegedly planned to take place on Saturday, Russia says.\n\nA White House statement said \"terrorists\" were captured prior to an attack \"that could have killed large numbers of people\".\n\nRussia's FSB security service said in a statement on Friday that it had detained seven members of a cell of Islamic State supporters and seized a significant amount of explosives, weapons and extremist literature.\n\nThe cell was planning to carry out a suicide attack at a religious institution and kill citizens on Saturday, the FSB statement said (in Russian).\n\nThe group was preparing explosions targeting the cathedral and other public places in Russia's second city, the Kremlin statement said on Sunday.\n\nMr Putin told Mr Trump that Russia's special services would hand over information on terror threats to their US counterparts, it added.\n\nMr Putin had asked the US president to pass on his thanks to the CIA director and the operatives involved, both countries said.\n\nUS intelligence agencies, including the CIA, believe that Russia tried to sway last year's US presidential election in favour of Mr Trump - claims rejected by the Republican.\n\nA special counsel is investigating whether anyone from the Trump campaign colluded.\n\nThe two leaders most recently met at a summit in Vietnam last month\n\nWhile Mr Trump categorically denies colluding with Russia, he has talked about the importance of working together \"constructively\".\n\nSunday's conversation between the two presidents marks the second time the two men have spoken in a week.\n\nOn Thursday they discussed North Korea and Mr Trump thanked Mr Putin \"for acknowledging America's strong economic performance\" in his annual press conference, according to the White House.\n\nThe White House said that the two leaders agreed in Sunday's phone call that the co-operation was \"an example of the positive things that can occur when our countries work together\".\n\nAn explosion on St Petersburg's metro system in April killed at least 13 people and is thought to be linked to jihadists.\n\nReturning militants from Syria pose a real threat to Russia, the head of the FSB was quoted as saying on Tuesday.\n\nSecurity services had already prevented 18 terrorist attacks in 2017, Alexander Bortnikov said in comments reported by Itar-Tass news agency.", "Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge over the I-5 highway in Washington state, after a high speed train derailed.", "Most Brexit-suppporting Tories seem to be happy about what's been agreed although some are picking the odd hole in the documents.\n\nFormer Welsh Secretary David Jones is worried about the implications if there is no agreement on how cross-border trade in Ireland is regulated.\n\nIn such a scenario, he tells Radio 4's World at One the UK will be fully aligned to existing EU single market rules relating to North-South co-operation - a situation he thinks would hamper efforts to strike trade deals with other countries after the UK leaves.\n\nQuote Message: The worry about that is of course that it could relate to very important areas such as, for example, agriculture which we would want to throw into the mix in negotiating a free trade agreement with a third country. And if this was to persist it could severely handicap our ability to enter into those free trade agreements so I think we do need to see that particular provision refined.\" The worry about that is of course that it could relate to very important areas such as, for example, agriculture which we would want to throw into the mix in negotiating a free trade agreement with a third country. And if this was to persist it could severely handicap our ability to enter into those free trade agreements so I think we do need to see that particular provision refined.\"", "The agreement commits both sides to an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic\n\n\"The test of a first-rate intelligence,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crack-Up, \"is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.\"\n\nToday the British government and the European Union are making a fist of passing that test.\n\nReading the joint report between the UK and the EU, it is clear that the most important section when considering the economics of Brexit is the section on Ireland.\n\nThe document commits both sides to an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, and that there will be \"no new regulatory barriers\" between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nIt also commits to the UK leaving the EU's single market and customs union.\n\nThese two positions appear to be in contradiction.\n\nIf Britain does become a \"third country\" - that is trading with the EU as other non-EU countries outside the single market and the customs union do - then border controls will be necessary.\n\nAnd that open border will become very much more closed.\n\nThere is at least a partial way around this conundrum.\n\nAnd it necessitates the comprehensive free trade deal the British government has said it wants.\n\nAnd at least closely mirroring customs arrangements we presently adhere to as members of the EU's customs union.\n\nThat equates for many with a \"soft Brexit\" and is the trajectory many economists argue would be best for the UK economy.\n\nThis is because, if there is no free trade agreement, it is difficult to see how Theresa May's government could maintain \"full alignment with the rules of the internal market and the customs union which support north-south co-operation [on the island of Ireland]\" which the joint report commits the PM to.\n\nAnd still say that Britain has left the EU.\n\nThis document has been described as the \"withdrawal deal\".\n\nBut it is actually far more importantly a signal of what the future might hold.\n\nAnd that appears to be a relationship where the UK closely follows the EU's single market and customs union rules despite not being a formal member of either.\n\nWhich might very well constrain Britain's ability to sign free trade deals with other countries outside the EU.\n\nThe government will have to find a way through that if it is not to make Liam Fox's job as international trade secretary redundant.\n\nAnd in its deliberate ambiguity (every side needs to be able to claim victory) today's joint agreement leaves that debate for another day.\n\nThe EU has said it wants to move urgently onto discussing and agreeing transition arrangements to be applied once Britain has officially left the union in March 2019.\n\nThat now looks like being Phase II of this process.\n\nAnd from there, onto mapping out an agreement on free trade which will be put in place after the transition period has expired.\n\nThat has been seen as good news by businesses which need clarity on the trade rules they will be required to play by.\n\nAnd the more \"frictionless\" that trade is, many believe, the better for the economy.\n\nWhat today's deal has revealed is that there is a genuine desire - it appears from both sides - to get that free trade deal nailed down.\n\n\"One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise,\" Fitzgerald wrote.\n\nToday, the UK and the EU have moved the process of Brexit significantly forward.\n\nEven if the end point is still shrouded in much uncertainty.", "Headlines in Arab and Turkish newspapers are crowded with strident criticism and expressions of dismay in response to President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nThose in the Israeli press welcome the move, saying it should never have taken decades to happen.\n\n\"Thank you Mr President for this brave and historic decision. Thank you for applying your famous common sense to such a critical declaration on such a crucial issue,\" says one commentator in the Israeli newspaper, Yisrael Hayom.\n\nAnother, in Maariv, says Trump \"broke the fear barrier\".\n\n\"It is time to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” says Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth\n\n\"Trump is right: The world's refusal of 70 years to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been a stupid mistake,\" says a commentator in Yedioth Ahronoth. \"The claim that the speech harms the peace process is untenable, because there is no peace process.\"\n\nThe paper printed the full text of Mr Trump's speech, dubbing it \"The Jerusalem Declaration\" - echoing the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which expressed the British government's support for a Jewish national home in Palestine and paved the way for Israel's creation.\n\n\"Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and in the same breath watered down the American commitment to the two-state solution,\" says an editorial in the broadsheet Haaretz. \"It is clear that America will not 'rescue Israel from itself' and will not bring about the end of the occupation.\"\n\nThe view from the Palestinian territories is rather different. A headline in the Palestinian Authority-owned newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah calls the US move the \"slap of the century\".\n\nPalestinian Al-Hayat al-Jadidah featured the announcement prominently on its front cover\n\nAn editorial in the paper warns that \"the gates of hell will be opened in the region\", echoing a statement made by the Islamist group Hamas.\n\nThere are also calls for effective and measured responses.\n\n\"Why should we not launch a calm intifada (uprising) and return to long-lasting negotiations?\" asks one commentator in the pro-Fatah Al-Ayyam newspaper. \"It would be better for us to wager on our political achievements and not on a third intifada.\"\n\nA commentator in the pro-Hamas biweekly Al-Risalah echoes this: \"We should reject the US and Israeli pressure, and move to enhance Palestinian national reconciliation until we achieve national unity. The least we can do is to concentrate all our energies and to overcome our differences in order to protect Jerusalem and reject the new US decision.\"\n\n\"For you, the city of prayer, I pray\" - Al Jazeera responded to the speech by showing the Fairouz song, Flower Among Cities\n\nThe main Arab TV news channels are running special coverage of the announcement, reporting on the international reaction and reflecting on Jerusalem's place in Arab culture.\n\nAn evocative song by the well-known Lebanese singer Fairouz, Flower Among Cities, has been played by some channels, including Al Jazeera. In it Fairouz sings about the loss of Jerusalem, and about the Palestinians' hope that they will one day return to it.\n\nAl Arabiya TV showed footage of a Christmas tree with its lights turned off in Ramallah\n\nAt the top of its morning bulletin, the Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV cited the kingdom's official response expressing its \"deep regret\" over Mr Trump's decision and urging his administration to reconsider.\n\nIt highlighted demonstrations and strikes being held by Palestinians and reported that the lights on Bethlehem's Christmas tree had been switched off in protest.\n\nIn Egypt, Al-Dustur's front page says: \"Announcing the death of the Arabs\". Another daily complains that \"Trump gives what he doesn't own to those who don't deserve it\".\n\nIn Turkey, articles accuse Trump of going \"crazy\" and \"pouring petrol on fire\".\n\nBBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.", "More than 200 pupils have been evacuated from a primary school in Fife after a large fire broke out.\n\nAt least 30 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze at Cairneyhill Primary School near Dunfermline.\n\nPupils and staff were all \"safe and well\" and were moved to a nearby church hall, Fife Council said.\n\nLocal residents were asked to keep their windows closed and stay away from Northbank Road while emergency service workers dealt with the blaze.\n\nThe fire, which broke out just after 13:00, was later contained by the fire crews, some parts of the school were badly damaged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A fire broke out in a Fife primary school on Friday lunchtime\n\nMore than 200 pupils were evacuated from the school when the fire broke out\n\nFirefighters remained at the scene on Friday evening to check for any hidden fire spread.\n\nGroup manager Richie Hall, the incident commander, said: \"It was a challenging environment but they did a tremendous job through difficult conditions to find that source, contain the fire - and then fight it.\n\n\"Their efforts meant that the fire, located in the centre of the building, was prevented from spreading any further.\n\n\"They are now searching for any further pockets of fire to ensure the building is made absolutely safe.\"\n\nMr Hall commended firefighters for their efforts in bringing the incident to a \"swift and safe\" conclusion.\n\nHe added: \"I must also pay credit to both the children and the school staff who evacuated quickly and calmly, and made their way to a place of safety.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Fife Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe children were looked after at Cairneyhill parish church hall until they could be collected by parents.\n\nThere are around 223 pupils on the roll at the primary school, with approximately 48 in its nursery, according to its website.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by SWFifePolice This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by SWFifePolice This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Peers were debating the role of education in society when shouts were heard\n\nA man has been arrested in the House of Lords after a debate was interrupted by shouting.\n\nThe man was held on suspicion of common assault and criminal damage, following the incident in the public gallery.\n\nLabour peer Lord Giddens was speaking in a debate on Friday morning when he paused as a shout was heard, noting a \"continuing disturbance from outside\".\n\nThe annual Archbishop of Canterbury's debate was about the role of education in building a flourishing society.\n\nA spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: \"At approximately 11:15am on Friday, 8 December police were called to reports of a disturbance within the Palace of Westminster.\n\n\"A man, believed aged in his 20s, was escorted from the premises by officers.\n\n\"He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of common assault and criminal damage and remains in custody at a central London police station. Enquiries continue.\"", "The window display included the message \"wishing you an explosive Christmas\"\n\nA 29-year-old man has been charged after a snowman holding a rocket launcher was painted on the window of a republican support group's office in Londonderry.\n\nThe image included the message: \"Wishing you an Explosive Christmas.\"\n\nIt appeared at the office of the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association in Chamberlain Street.\n\nThe man has been charged with two counts of permitting display of anything provocative.\n\nIt follows the appearance of the display in October.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland said the man is due to appear at the magistrates' court in Derry on 3 January.\n\nAll charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicholas Hart says his daughter Averil's \"death was avoidable\"\n\nA teenager who \"starved to death\" in a matter of weeks was failed by \"every NHS organisation that should have cared for her\", a review has found.\n\nAveril Hart, 19, died in 2012 after her anorexia rapidly worsened at university in Norwich.\n\nHer father Nicholas said in just 10 weeks she went from being fit and healthy to \"being at death's door\".\n\nThe Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found her death could and should have been prevented.\n\nThe NHS services involved say changes have been made, with one saying it accepted the report's findings.\n\nAveril Hart went to the University of East Anglia to study creative writing\n\nMiss Hart, the youngest of three sisters, from Newton, near Sudbury, became unwell after her A-levels and spent 10 months as an in-patient at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.\n\nShe was discharged to study creative writing at the University of East Anglia.\n\nMiss Hart was found collapsed at the university in December 2012 and taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital by ambulance but saw no specialist eating disorders clinician for three days after admission, by which time her condition had deteriorated.\n\nShe was transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital on 11 December.\n\nOvernight her blood sugar fell to very low levels, but she did not receive appropriate treatment for this and became unconscious, suffering brain damage. She died three days later.\n\nAveril Hart's father says his daughter \"literally starved to death\"\n\nThe ombudsman found Miss Hart did not receive \"appropriate care and treatment\".\n\n\"In addition, the local investigation into her death was wholly inadequate with the organisations involved being defensive and protective of themselves, rather than taking responsibility,\" the ombudsman's report said.\n\nMiss Hart's father Nicholas Hart, who lives in Newton, near Sudbury, said: \"As a parent I suppose it is a great relief to finally know that the words you knew were true all along and that Averil's death was avoidable.\n\n\"It is good to know that the report itself will enable other children and families to potentially not have to go through what we have been through.\n\n\"It was a needless death, it did not have to happen. It took only 10 weeks for her to go from fit and healthy to being at death's door.\"\n\nOmbudsman Rob Behrens said: \"Averil's tragic death would have been avoided if the NHS had cared for her appropriately.\n\n\"Sadly, these failures, and her family's subsequent fight to get answers, are not unique.\n\n\"The families who brought their complaints to us have helped uncover serious issues that require urgent national attention - I hope that our recommendations will mean that no other family will go through the same ordeal.\"\n\nDr Bill Kirkup, who led part of the investigation, said: \"I hope this report will act as a wake-up call to the NHS and health leaders to make urgent improvements to services for eating disorders so that we can avoid similar tragedies in the future.\"\n\nAndrew Radford, chief executive at the eating disorder charity BEAT, said: \"The PHSO report is very clear, if the eating disorder had been recognised earlier and effective and timely care was put in place, Averil Hart's death would have been prevented.\n\n\"We await a response from the Government and NHS England who must learn and take action following this tragedy, we cannot continue to fail people with eating disorders.\n\n\"We must see good, joined-up intensive home and community-based treatment for people of all ages, and in all locations across the UK. This does require the NHS to reorganise but it will deliver improved outcomes for patients and considerable cost savings to the NHS.\n\n\"It is also clear there were multiple failings across the health service in the lead-up to this tragedy, and the behaviour of each responsible part of the NHS in evading and obfuscating justice is appalling, and piled even more distress on an already distraught family. This requires further investigation and action taken to ensure it cannot be repeated.\n\n\"This tragedy demonstrates, once again, the devastation eating disorders can cause.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital said: \"We met Averil's family in 2014 to offer our sincere condolences for their sad and devastating loss.\n\n\"Since then we have taken into account the learning from this tragic event and our structure and processes have been reviewed.\"\n\nAs well has holding a black belt in karate, Averil Hart had travelled extensively\n\nA spokesman for Cambridge University Hospital said: \"The trust would like to repeat the apologies previously made to Averil Hart's family and accepts the findings and recommendations in the ombudsman's report.\n\n\"When Averil was transferred to Addenbrooke's in December 2012, she was already very unwell but her death, at that time, may have been avoided had failures in her care not taken place.\n\n\"A thorough investigation has been carried out, lessons have been learned from what happened to Averil and a number of changes made.\"\n\nThe Norfolk Community Eating Disorder unit, which was tasked with providing community care to Miss Hart, has been approached for comment but is yet to respond.\n\nThe University of East Anglia declined to comment on the report, claiming it had \"been informed that legal action is pending subject to the outcome of an inquest\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "European Union officials say sufficient progress has been made in the Brexit negotiations, meaning they can move on to trade talks with the UK.\n\nTheresa May travelled to Brussels early this morning to present proposals on the so-called divorce bill, citizens rights and the Northern Ireland border.", "Border officials have seized £1.5m worth of counterfeit Calvin Klein pants, along with fake Dyson fans, Superdry hoodies and Nike shoes.\n\nThe authorities are using the hauls to highlight the risk of buying cut-price, substandard counterfeits at Christmas.\n\nThe Intellectual Property Office is also using humour to fight the fakes.\n\nIt has created a Youtube series in which a couple sing about their 12 days of rashes, injuries and humiliation due to dodgy Christmas gifts.\n\nThe daily updates feature warnings about \"copy floppy\" boxer shorts, perfume that \"smelt like sick\" and \"risky whisky\" containing anti-freeze.\n\nEvery year dire warnings are issued over the dangers posed by fake goods, from poisonings to electrical fires.\n\nThe Intellectual Property Office hopes that by taking a more light-hearted tone they will reach consumers who have ignored their previous messages.\n\nThe couple sing about \"copy floppy boxer shorts\" and perfume that \"smelt like sick\"\n\nIn the run up to Christmas a surge in counterfeits enters the country, from designer watches to children's toys, as shoppers, keen to save money at a costly time of year, are either hoodwinked or turn a blind eye to the lack of authenticity.\n\nAnd border officials step up their efforts to block them, employing huge x-ray machines to check that the items inside shipping crates match the accompanying documents.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Millions of pounds of fake goods seized ahead of Christmas\n\n\"Counterfeiters will counterfeit anything,\" said Sean Gigg, Border Force higher officer at Southampton Dock. \"It's based on supply and demand.\"\n\n\"It can be anything from cosmetics to jewellery to watches to the latest toys but also undergarments as well.\"\n\nAmong the items seized in recent weeks are:\n\nBy highlighting the range of products seized, the authorities hope to alert consumers to the chance that if a price is too good to be true for a sought after item, the product probably isn't genuine.\n\nWhile designer handbags are perennial favourites, other faked items vary from year to year following fashions, suggesting counterfeiters have an understanding of the market to match the top retail buyers.\n\nBack in 2013 officials seized mock-versions of Beats by Dr Dre headphones and Ugg boots.\n\nIn 2015 fake - and dangerous - hoverboards were a big problem. Last year saw a lot of Harry Potter wands, Nike Air Max trainers and Pokemon, Nintendo and Minecraft cuddly toys being stopped.\n\nThe IPO said it hoped to grab attention \"rather than be seen as shaking a stick\" by trying a more light-hearted approach in its video this year, in the hope that it will be shared on social media.\n\nHowever Ros Lynch, director of copyright and enforcement at the Intellectual Property Office, said the underlying issues were ultimately very serious.\n\n\"Those involved in counterfeiting are in the business to take advantage of consumers and make huge profits in the process.\n\n\"The goods are often of inferior quality, dangerous and the proceeds can be used to fund other serious organised crime.\n\n\"Counterfeiters have a total disregard for safety or quality, and even if items look genuine at first, they may end up being a dangerous or inferior copy.\"", "Roads have been closed across the island\n\nThe Isle of Man's worst snow storms for four years have caused \"major travel disruption\" across the island, said the government.\n\nAll schools were closed on Friday as was the National Sports Centre and University College Isle of Man.\n\nThe government said the decision had been taken as a result of \"travel difficulties and safety issues\".\n\nDirector of Highway Services, Jeff Robinson said \"it's the worst weather we've seen since 2013.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've had relatively little snow since then so it's a bit of a shock to the system for us all.\"\n\nIn March 2013, thousands of livestock died on the Isle of Man after becoming buried in the heaviest snowfall for 40 years.\n\nManx farmers lost thousands of sheep and cattle during the snow storm of 2013\n\nNoble's Hospital cancelled all outpatient clinics on Friday and advised people to only attend in an emergency.\n\nTravel problems are continuing with roads closures and flight delays to and from the island.\n\nA flight to Birmingham was cancelled and a \"small number\" of flights to Belfast, Liverpool and Manchester were delayed.\n\nA spokesman at Ronaldsway Airport said some departures were held up as planes had to be de-iced.\n\nMost flights did manage to land at Ronaldsway on Friday\n\nRoad conditions have been described as \"very bad\" and the Department of Infrastructure urged people to \"stay indoors after dark if possible\".\n\nThe Isle of Man Constabulary said its control room had been inundated with calls about road closures and problems with abandoned cars.\n\nA force spokesman added: \"It's Christmas party season at the moment so we are appealing for people to be extra mindful about making travel arrangements, especially over the weekend\".\n\nAll non-urgent district nurse appointments have been cancelled, as have some GP appointments.\n\nThe government has also announced that all of its offices closed at 15:00 GMT.\n\nThe Isle of Man Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for ice and snow, which remains in place until 18:00 on Saturday.\n\nForecasters predict snow or hail showers throughout the day which will \"affect all parts of the island\".\n\nSnow led to some delays at Isle of Man Airport\n\nExtra help was drafted in to get hospital staff into work\n\nA blanket of snow covered the island including the TT Grandstand\n\nThere was deep snow near Peel", "The prime minister made her decisions on Thursday night while the No 10 Downing Street Christmas party carried on.\n\nIt isn't celebration on Friday though for her government, but relief.\n\nAnd her allies note that in those fraught hours she made the decision to go to Brussels even though the DUP had continued to make its objections known, despite the progress it had secured.\n\nThat may be a comfort to her internal critics who believe that Theresa May is all too often a prisoner of circumstance rather than a bold decision maker.\n\nAnd after a rocky few months, Downing Street can breathe out, for once, because it reached a critical short-term goal, moving on from Monday's embarrassment to a temporary conclusion.\n\nBrexit is the biggest political and policy project any British government has undertaken for many, many years.\n\nAs the leader of the government pursuing the policy, the prime minister's own record rises and falls with the progress of our departure from the EU.\n\nSimply, while No 10 always maintains that she wants to focus on domestic reforms, Mrs May's fate is intertwined with these negotiations.\n\nThe deal was sealed at an early hours breakfast meeting on Friday\n\nThe talks stumble, and so does she. The negotiators muddle through, so does her leadership.\n\nAnd the deal at dawn mutes the criticism of her inside her party, and restores some of the faith perhaps in Brussels.\n\nHad it not been struck, had she not made the decision to get on the plane, there would have been serious rumblings in her party.\n\nIt might not have been the end of her leadership.\n\nThere are plenty of hopeful leadership contenders, but few who would be guaranteed to put their head above the parapet to try to push her out.\n\nBut critical Brexiteers have been conspicuous by their absence.\n\nAnd Remainers are relieved that she has, as they see it, been firm in the face of some of their and the DUP's demands, and left the route pointing to a softer Brexit.\n\nIn truth, so much has not been agreed.\n\nThis is a document that to a large extent, resolves to solve problems and contradictions together in the future.\n\nThe document contains more ambiguities than pages.\n\nAnd as with any compromises there are some losses, and some victories.\n\nOver time those fault lines will appear. The two sides of the Tories' internal debates over Europe have not suddenly met in the middle.\n\nThe brooding clash has been delayed, again, allowing the prime minister to press on into the next phase.\n\nAnd above all, the agreements in this document may never come to pass.\n\nTruly, \"nothing is agreed until everything is agreed\".\n\nThis is a big, first, political step that allows the real journey to begin.\n\nWith this progress, however limited, Theresa May buys breathing space.", "NiceHash was targeted by hackers in the early hours of Wednesday\n\n\"Highly professional\" hackers made off with around 4,700 Bitcoin from a leading mining service, a Bitcoin exchange has said.\n\nThe value of Bitcoin is currently extremely volatile, but at the time of writing, the amount stolen was worth approximately $80m.\n\nIt said it was working hard to recover the Bitcoin for its users, adding: \"Someone really wanted to bring us down.\"\n\nThe attack happened early on Wednesday, said NiceHash's chief executive Marko Kobal. Attackers accessed the company's systems at 01:18 CET (00:18 GMT). By 03:37 the hackers, whom the company believes were based outside the European Union, had begun stealing Bitcoin.\n\nThe theft comes as the price of Bitcoin continues to surge, dumbfounding experts and stoking concerns of a bubble.\n\nHigh-stakes attacks like this are not uncommon, with several large breaches and thefts hitting Bitcoin and other related services over the past year.\n\nNiceHash is a mining service, a company that pairs up people with spare computing power with those willing to pay to use it to mine for new Bitcoin.\n\nMr Kobal appeared on Facebook Live to address concerns about the hack.\n\n\"We have not abandoned you guys,\" he said.\n\nHe explained that an employee's computer was compromised in the attack. He added that \"forensic analysis\" involving local and international authorities was taking place, but did not expand on which specific agencies were involved when asked by the BBC.\n\nThe company was heavily criticised by its users who commented in droves on Facebook. Communications were complicated further when a spoof Facebook page for the company was set up and spreading disinformation about the breach.\n\nSecurity issues involving Bitcoin and other related services are a frequent cause for concern for virtual currency traders.\n\nYou can reach Dave securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370", "Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker announce progress in Brexit talks in Brussels on Friday\n\nMore clarity on the Brexit transition is needed to stop companies proceeding with contingency plans despite the progress announced on Friday, the CBI has warned.\n\nPaul Drechsler, president of the business lobby group, said companies had begun triggering plans months ago.\n\nHowever, more detail could help suspend further action by firms, he said.\n\nSterling was trading higher at just under $1.35 and €1.15 after the announcement in Brussels.\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the \"breakthrough\" meant Brexit talks could now move on to the next phase.\n\nThe CBI's Mr Drechsler also called for \"unconditionality\" about the status of EU citizens living in the UK.\n\n\"It's an important political milestone, but clarity on transition is the most important thing from a business point of view at this stage,\" he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nThe Institute of Directors (IoD) echoed the CBI's call for certainty on the rights of EU citizens.\n\nStephen Martin, IoD director-general, said companies urgently needed certainty about the future of EU staff in the UK.\n\n\"We have grounds to hope now that our members will be able to send their employees off for the Christmas break feeling more comfortable about their status here,\" he said.\n\n\"We look forward to further clarity about what the UK's objectives are for that new relationship, as well as a firm commitment on transition in the very near future.\"\n\nThe reaction from big business organisations has been - broadly - \"phew, about time\". But it's not job done on Brexit - far from it.\n\nWhat companies say they need is certainty about future trading and customs arrangements with the EU, Britain's biggest trading partner. We are nowhere near such clarity.\n\nThe immediate priority for businesses is a temporary transitional deal that kicks in as the UK leaves the EU. Only that will stop companies continuing to implement any Brexit contingency plans to relocate staff or offices, leaders warn.\n\nSome businesses say a long-term trade deal is not needed as global rules will suit the UK just fine. The government disagrees.\n\nHowever, ministers have not yet spelled out in detail what they hope the future trading relationship will look like. It will have to do that soon.\n\nTrade talks typically take years to complete. Those talks look set to be tougher than those on the divorce which - remember - have taken longer than both sides hoped.\n\nIt took seven years for the EU and Canada to negotiate a deal, the EU's most ambitious yet. The UK hopes for an even more comprehensive arrangement than that. But there isn't seven years to spare. There are just 476 days until Brexit Day.\n\nAdam Marshall, the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said \"clarity and security\" for European employees had been the biggest priority for UK companies since the referendum vote.\n\n\"We are delighted that they, as well as UK citizens living and working in the EU, now have more clarity and can plan their future with greater confidence,\" he said.\n\nAs attention turns to trade negotiations, the BCC said companies wanted \"absolute clarity\" on the long-term deal being sought.\n\n\"Businesses want answers on what leaving the EU will mean for regulation, customs, hiring, standards, tariffs and taxes.\"\n\nThe EEF, which represents manufacturers, said the agreement was one step forward in a complex and long process.\n\nEEF chief executive Stephen Phipson said: \"We need to pin down the transition arrangements, which will be in place after March 2019, to ensure it's business as usual for companies for as long as it takes until a final deal is reached.\n\n\"Until we get to that point, many businesses will need to prepare for any and every eventuality.\"\n\nThe ADS Group, the trade organisation that represents the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, called Friday's announcement \"an important step\".\n\n\"Continued uncertainty over arrangements for a transition period benefits no-one and it is vital that both parties make formal commitments as soon as possible to a transition lasting at least two years, allowing businesses to continue to invest in our economy with confidence,\" said ADS chief executive Paul Everitt.", "The winning city was announced in the current UK City of Culture, Hull\n\nCoventry has been chosen to be the UK's City of Culture for 2021.\n\nThe bid team said their plans were \"about changing the reputation of a city\" as well as hosting a year of cultural celebration.\n\nThe title is awarded every four years and Coventry will hope to emulate the success of Hull, which is UK City of Culture this year.\n\nThe other places in the running for the title were Swansea, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland.\n\nCoventry is the birthplace of Philip Larkin, one of England's finest poets, electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and best-selling author Lee Child. It's also the home of the Two Tone ska movement through bands like The Specials and The Selecter.\n\nVenues will include Warwick Arts Centre, the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum and the Belgrade Theatre, which launched the Theatre In Education movement in 1965. It's also the home of the UK's first Shop Front Theatre and boasts the UK's largest free family music festival with the Coventry Godiva Festival.\n\nCoventry's bid team said the city had \"constantly reinvented itself to survive\".\n\nIt has suffered from the decline of its status as the heart of the British motor industry, and it was devastated by bombing during the World War Two.\n\nIt will hope to learn from Hull, whose status as UK City of Culture has boosted the local economy by an estimated £60m.\n\nHull has also seen more than £1bn of investment since being chosen to hold the 2017 title four years ago, and the year's artistic programme has been a hit with both residents and critics.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK City of Culture: Five things about Coventry\n\nLaura McMillan, manager of the Coventry City of Culture Trust, said the economic impact would \"be huge for the city and the West Midlands\".\n\n\"This is a win for Coventry, a win for young people and a win for diversity,\" she said.\n\n\"It's been a bid by and for the people of Coventry. It has brought so many people and organisations together and this is just the start.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Coventry2021 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArts minister John Glen said it was \"an incredible opportunity for Coventry to boost investment in the local economy, grow tourism and put arts and culture centre stage\".\n\nHe said: \"In 2017 I have seen the truly transformative effect this prestigious title has had on Hull.\n\n\"The city has embraced City of Culture and in doing so has demonstrated how culture, the arts and heritage can bring communities together. I look forward to seeing what Coventry has in store in 2021.\"\n\nHe also congratulated the unsuccessful towns and cities for their \"excellent\" bids.\n\nCoventry will be the third UK City of Culture - after Hull and Londonderry, which held the title in 2013.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by pauline black This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Jim Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs part of the prize, Coventry will have access to a £3m Heritage Lottery Fund grant.\n\nThe UK City of Culture scheme is separate from the European Capital of Culture. The UK was due to have a turn choosing a city to hold that title in 2023, with Leeds, Dundee, Milton Keynes, Belfast/Derry and Nottingham all bidding.\n\nBut the European Commission recently confirmed that the UK will lose the right to have a host city after it leaves the EU in 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The controversial US embassy move to Jerusalem is going ahead amid celebration and protest. The BBC's Yolande Knell explains why the city is so important.", "Mohammed Abdallah was convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey\n\nA British man who travelled to Syria to join so-called Islamic State has been jailed for 10 years.\n\nMohammed Abdallah was helped by his brother Abdalraouf, who set up a \"hub\" of communication for would-be fighters from his home in Manchester.\n\nAbdallah, of Westerling Way, Moss Side, Manchester, was convicted after a trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nHe was found guilty of membership of IS, possessing an AK47 gun and receiving £2,000 for terrorism.\n\nThe judge said Abdallah had \"bragged\" about acquiring weapons in messages and was \"totally committed\" to signing up to IS.\n\nHaving seen first-hand people being maimed and killed in Libya, he was undeterred from travelling abroad again to \"kill or be killed\" in Syria, she said.\n\n\"There is no evidence of possession of extremist propaganda material. The evidence of your mindset is to be found in your actions.\n\n\"Your commitment to violence abroad is clear and you have not shown any sign of changing your views or attitudes,\" she said.\n\nThe judge added: \"I do accept to some extent you acted under the influence of your brother.\"\n\nThe court heard Abdallah had an IQ of 68 and had a previous conviction in 2013 for assaulting a police officer while drunk or high.\n\nAbdallah's IS registration document was translated into English and analysed by detectives\n\nThe trial heard the 26-year-old intended to meet three fellow jihadis in Syria.\n\nHe was outed as an IS fighter last year when his IS registration document listing him as a \"specialist sniper\" was leaked to Sky News by a defector.\n\nIn mitigation, Rajiv Menon QC said there was no evidence Abdallah was \"on a mission\" in the two years between leaving Syria after four weeks and the time his involvement with IS emerged.\n\nMrs Justice McGowan jailed Abdallah for 10 years with five years on extended licence.\n\nThe trial was told the Abdallah brothers, who had dual Libyan nationality, joined the \"Tripoli Brigade\" in 2011 and during a bloody battle against the Gaddafi regime, Abdalraouf was shot and paralysed from the waist down.\n\nAbdalraouf Abdallah has been in a wheelchair since he was injured in Libya at the age of 18\n\nIn the summer of 2014, Abdallah headed to Syria via Libya with fellow Libyan Nezar Khalifa, 27, planning to join IS with former RAF serviceman Stephen Gray, 34, and Raymond Matimba, 28, who were also from Manchester.\n\nGray was turned away in Turkey, but Matimba eventually caught up with the others and appeared in footage with IS killer Jihadi John.\n\nIn 2016, Sky News received files from an IS defector which listed Abdallah as a specialist sniper with expertise with the \"Dushka\", a Russian heavy machine gun, and fighting experience in Libya.\n\nIt cited Manchester recruiter Raphael Hostey, also known as Abu Al-qaqa Al Britani, as a reference in Raqqa as well as a \"family friend\", the Libyan narrator of an IS video called Demolishing Borders.\n\nDuring the trial Abdallah denied swearing allegiance, saying he only went to Syria to help deliver $5,000 to the poor and someone else must have filled out the form without his knowledge.\n\nHe said: \"It's true I refused to swear allegiance. They did send me to prison.\n\n\"I was threatened with being beheaded.\n\n\"I was shot at. I was hit. I had bruises and a black eye.\"\n\nAbdallah's trial was delayed in the wake of the attack on the Manchester Arena over reported links with bomber SalmanAbedi, who attended the same mosque as the defendant and Hostey.\n\nHe too had Libyan parents, lived in Manchester, and had travelled to Libya before returning to the city to plan the May 22 attack on an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.\n\nIn 2016, Abdalraouf Abdallah was found guilty of assisting others in committing acts of terrorism, and terror funding and jailed for five-and-a-half years.\n\nGray, of Whitnall Street in Manchester, admitted three terrorism offences, including his attempts to travel to Syria, and was jailed for five years.\n\nHostey left the UK in 2013 and is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in 2016.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK and European Commission have reached an agreement that should allow them to move Brexit talks on to the next stage.\n\nHere are some of the key lines in the agreement document.\n\nSo here's the first linguistic somersault. This agreement is designed to lock in the progress made so far, and allow technical experts to continue to work on it during the second phase of talks.\n\nBut EU negotiations always work on the principle that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that raises the prospect that if the second phase runs into trouble, then what has been agreed so far could, in theory, unravel.\n\nThat is certainly not the intention on either side, but it underscores that the negotiating process still has a very long way to run - and the hardest part is still to come.\n\nThe separation agreement on citizens' rights will not fall under the direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (officially called the CJEU but commonly referred to as the ECJ) which was the initial demand from the European Union.\n\nBut the ECJ will continue to play a role, because this agreement says UK courts will have to pay \"due regard\" to its decisions on an indefinite basis.\n\nAnd for eight years after Brexit, there will be a mechanism for UK courts to refer questions of interpretation directly to the ECJ.\n\nIt is a compromise, but the sort of compromise that some supporters of Brexit will find hard to stomach.\n\nThis detail on citizens' rights is important.\n\nThe agreement will apply to anyone taking up residence before the UK leaves the EU, so people could still take the decision to move next year, or even in early 2019, and they would be fully protected by it. That option will remain open for new arrivals until the day the UK leaves - currently presumed to be 29 March 2019.\n\nIn fact the European Commission argues that the \"specified date\" should be considerably later. In an official communication to the European Council it argues that during a transition all EU citizens should have all their rights upheld. In other words, it says, the \"specified date\" should not be the actual date of withdrawal, but the final day of a transition period (potentially two years later or even longer).\n\nThere are also a lot of technical details hidden in the weeds of the agreement that remain to be negotiated, and that's why some groups representing citizens who are caught up in this dilemma are far from happy.\n\nThe reaction of the European Parliament, which has taken a tough line on citizens' rights, will be important because it has to ratify the final agreement.\n\nThis is the key phrase in the long section setting out how the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will operate after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe preference on both sides is for an ambitious free trade agreement, which will address many of the concerns that have been raised (although questions of customs duties would still have to be addressed).\n\nAs a backstop though, the UK has guaranteed that it will maintain \"full alignment\" with the EU's single market and customs rules that govern cross-border trade.\n\nIt is a form of words that everyone can (just about) live with for now, but there is plenty of tough negotiating ahead.\n\nIt's not entirely clear how full alignment could be maintained without Northern Ireland staying in the single market and the customs union, especially as there is no such thing as partial membership. It is another sign that the competing demands that have been discussed this week have been sidestepped, but not fully resolved.\n\nThis sentence about the financial settlement is a bureaucratic masterpiece, and suggests that plenty of detail still needs to be sorted out behind the scenes.\n\nFor months, the money appeared to be the most intractable issue in the withdrawal negotiations, but money is easier to finesse than borders or courts.\n\nA method for calculating the bill has been agreed, but the calculation of an exact UK share will depend on exchange rates, on interest rates, on the number of financial commitments that never turn into payments, and more.\n\nThe question of how and when payments will be made still needs to resolved, but it will be a schedule lasting for many years to come, and it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever be able to give an exact figure for the size of the divorce bill.\n\nUK sources say it will be up to £40bn, but some EU sources expect it to be higher than that. No-one can say for sure, and both sides want to keep it that way.\n\nUpdate 11 December 2017: This piece was amended to take account of the European Commission's view on the specified date for EU citizens' rights.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Franken attacked Donald Trump and Roy Moore in his resignation speech\n\nDemocratic Senator and ex-comedian Al Franken has said he plans to quit \"in the coming weeks\" after string of sexual harassment allegations.\n\n\"I am proud that during my time in the Senate that I have used my power to be a champion of women,\" the Minnesota senator said from the US Senate floor.\n\nHis speech came a day after nearly 30 Democrats called on him to resign.\n\nHe would be the most prominent lawmaker to resign amid a wave of misconduct claims against high-profile figures.\n\nMeanwhile, the US House of Representatives Ethics Committee launched sexual harassment investigations into two Republican congressmen.\n\nTrent Franks of Arizona announced he was resigning as the inquiry was announced.\n\nMr Franken arrived at the Capitol holding hands with his wife\n\nHe acknowledged having made two female congressional aides \"uncomfortable\" by asking them about surrogacy when he and his wife faced infertility.\n\nThe committee also said it would investigate Blake Farenthold, who used $84,000 (£62,000) of taxpayers' money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit with his former spokeswoman.\n\nOver in the Senate, Mr Franken told his colleagues on Thursday: \"Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate.\n\n\"I may be resigning my seat but I am not giving up my voice.\"\n\nThe former Saturday Night Live comic and two-term senator has apologised to several women who have accused him of groping and sexual harassment, but he faced mounting pressure to step aside after a new allegation surfaced on Wednesday.\n\nMr Franken said some of the claims against him \"are simply are not true\", but added that women \"deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously\".\n\nHe also referenced the sexual misconduct allegations that have been levelled against President Donald Trump and Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.\n\n\"I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Franken is not the only US politician to have found himself engulfed by sexual harassment in recent weeks.\n\nOn Tuesday, Michigan Democrat John Conyers announced he would resign amid claims of sexual harassment made by his congressional aides.\n\nSeven women have come forward to accuse Mr Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court judge, of sexual misconduct decades ago.\n\nSeveral Democratic female senators - including some who called for Mr Franken's resignation a day earlier - hugged the lawmaker after his speech.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bernie Sanders This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar thanked Mr Franken on Facebook, calling him a \"friend to me and many in our state\".\n\n\"Nothing is easy or pleasant about this,\" she wrote, \"but we all must recognise that our workplace cultures - and the way we treat each other as human beings - must change.\"\n\nThe decision to fill the vacancy left by Mr Franken will fall to Democratic Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who said in a statement he has not determined who will replace him.\n\n\"I extend my deepest regrets to the women who have had to endure their unwanted experiences with Senator Franken,\" he said.", "Disagreements remain over how the Irish border should be treated after Brexit\n\nBrexit negotiations are continuing into the night in a fresh push to reach agreement over the Irish border.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has been told there are \"serious ideas\" on the table that the different parties are broadly content with.\n\nAdditional wording has been added to reassure the DUP, whose opposition on Monday led to talks breaking down.\n\nUK PM Theresa May could travel to Brussels early on Friday if a deal is reached.\n\nEuropean Council President Donald Tusk is due to make a statement at 0650 GMT, prompting speculation that a deal is close.\n\nEuropean Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas tweeted: \"We are making progress, but not yet fully there,\" adding: \"Tonight more than ever, stay tuned.\"\n\nBut a Democratic Unionist Party source urged caution, saying the team were \"still working\".\n\nAll sides want progress on the issue ahead of a crucial summit next week, so talks can move on to the future relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhat happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been among the key sticking points in Brexit negotiations.\n\nOn Monday, the DUP - whose support the UK prime minister needs to win key votes in Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU.\n\nThey included aligning regulations in Northern Ireland with those in the Republic so as to avoid border checks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"However many times you phrase it, we're not going to be making any comment\"\n\nThe DUP insists it will not accept any agreement in which Northern Ireland was treated differently from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, on the other hand, which is an EU member, wants a guarantee that there will be no hard border between it and Northern Ireland after Brexit.\n\nThe UK, which is due to leave the EU in March 2019, wants to open talks on a new free trade deal as soon as possible.\n\nThe EU will only agree to discuss this when it judges that enough progress has been made on the \"separation issues\" - the \"divorce bill\", expat citizens' rights and the Northern Ireland border - that have been the subject of negotiations so far.\n\nSo the UK is trying to settle the Northern Ireland border issue before EU leaders meet next week.\n• None Johnson to EU: 'Go whistle' over exit bill", "Uber has had its licence suspended in Sheffield after it failed to respond to official requests about its management, the city council has said.\n\nThe firm, also fighting a ban in London, can still operate in Sheffield until 18 December and can appeal against the decision, the council said.\n\nIf it decides not to appeal, the suspension will come into force.\n\nUber said that an \"administrative error\" by the council was to blame and hoped to resolve the issue soon.\n\nUber is still fighting its ban in London after it lost its licence there in September.\n\nTransport for London, which has criticised the firm's record over reporting criminal offences and carrying out driver background checks, decided not to renew Uber's London licence after it deemed the firm \"unfit\" to run a taxi service.\n\nA Sheffield City spokesperson said: \"Uber's licence was suspended last Friday (29 November) after the current licence holder failed to respond to requests, made by our licensing team, about the management of Uber.\n\n\"We received a new application, for a licence to operate taxis in Sheffield, from Uber Britannia Limited, on 18 October 2017 which we are currently processing.\"\n\nThe council said an operator's licence could not be transferred and that the new application would be dealt with by the council's licensing department.\n\nAn Uber spokesperson said: \"We informed Sheffield City Council on 5 October that we would need to change the name on our licence as the named individual would soon be leaving the company.\n\n\"The council told us they couldn't change the name on the licence, as most other councils have done, and that we would instead have to apply for a new one.\"\n\nUber said it had submitted an application for a new licence which was still being processed.\n\n\"While we are in regular contact with the council, we did not receive the correspondence the council refers to as they sent the letters to an incorrect address,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We hope this administrative error can be quickly resolved so we can continue serving tens of thousands of riders and drivers in Sheffield.\"\n\nUber added that if the new application could not be approved by 18 December, the firm would of course appeal against its suspension.", "European Council president Donald Tusk is to make an announcement about Brexit at 06:50 GMT on Friday\n\nThe core Brexit issues on which Ireland reached agreement earlier this week are not changing, the country's foreign minister has told the Irish parliament.\n\nDublin would look at new proposals but its core position needed to remain intact, said Mr Coveney.\n\nNegotiations between the UK government, the European Commission and the Irish government continued on Thursday.\n\nEuropean Council president Donald Tusk is now due to make an announcement about Brexit at 06:50 GMT on Friday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK and EU failed to strike a deal in Brexit talks when the DUP objected to the wording of a text on the future operation of the border.\n\nIt is unlikely the current phase of negotiations will be wrapped by the end of Thursday, says the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nThere is no sense of any real momentum in the talks, despite the hard work of all sides, she told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\nThe real difficulty for UK PM Theresa May is that disagreement on a post-Brexit Irish border has sparked division within the Conservative Party on the differing versions of Brexit that could be tolerated by different parties, she added.\n\nThe DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds MP left talks with representatives on the Conservative Party in Whitehall earlier on Thursday evening without comment.\n\nDublin's core issues are protecting the Good Friday Agreement, maintaining the integrity of the European single market and the all-island economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Would you notice if you crossed the Irish border? (Video from 2017)\n\nMr Coveney told the Dáil (Irish parliament) on Thursday morning that sensitive negotiations were ongoing and he would not make any statement that might create difficulties.\n\nBut he was insistent the Republic would not support anything that might lead to a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\n\"The Irish government's position hasn't changed,\" he said.\n\nThe Irish government has demanded a written agreement from the UK that there will be no return to a hard border - one involving checkpoints or barriers - after Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier, the Irish prime minister said the UK government planned to suggest a new wording for a Brexit deal on the Irish border within the next 24 hours.\n\nLeo Varadkar said he had spoken by phone to UK PM Theresa May on Wednesday, adding that he wanted to move things forward and had indicated his willingness \"to consider any proposals that the UK side have\".\n\n\"Ultimately, it is up to them to come back to us, given the events that happened on Monday,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\" a deal had not been reached, after the UK had agreed a text that met Irish concerns.\n\n\"I want us to move to phase two - if that is possible - next week, but the absolute red line that has been there for some time remains,\" he said.\n\n\"My responsibility as taoiseach (Irish PM) is to protect our fundamental national interest and that is the rights of Irish citizens in Ireland and Britain, and also the avoidance of a return to a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.\"\n\nThe EU has agreed that Brexit talks cannot proceed to phase two - dealing with trade - until the Republic of Ireland is satisfied with a UK guarantee on the border issue.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said it will not accept any agreement in which Northern Ireland is treated differently from the rest of the UK.\n\nMrs May's Conservative Party currently relies on the support of the DUP's 10 MPs to keep its minority government in power at Westminster.\n\nEarlier, veteran Conservative MP Ken Clark said the government had made a \"pig's ear\" of the border negotiations.\n\n\"They agreed this regulatory compliance on both sides, which is what a free trade deal requires, but unfortunately they didn't make it clear that's the whole of the United Kingdom,\" he said.\n\nTaoiseach Leo Varadkar had a 15-minute phone call with Theresa May on Wednesday\n\n\"I quite understand that in Ulster people don't want a different arrangement from the whole of the United Kingdom and to have new protectionist barriers on the Irish Sea.\"\n\nHe added: \"They should have kept the DUP completely in the loop and discussed it with them and explained it with them as it went along.\n\n\"It's no good just reaching agreement with the taoiseach and then present it to the DUP who appear to have got the idea that somehow this was a special arrangement for Ulster.\"\n\nThe chair of Westminster's Brexit committee, Labour MP Hilary Benn, said it was right to describe Monday's deal collapse of as \"a shambles\".\n\nHe was speaking on a visit to the Irish border as part of a one-day fact-finding mission.\n\nA group of 14 cross party MPs are meeting local business leaders in County Armagh as well as representatives from the police, customs, and staff from the North-South Ministerial Council.\n\nMeanwhile, Sinn Féin's leader north of the border, Michelle O'Neill, said there could not be any \"rollback\" by the Irish government on its position, urging Dublin to be \"very alert\".\n\nMrs O'Neill added that the DUP did not represent the \"majority view\" in Northern Ireland.", "Asthma symptoms can be brought on by exercise in elite athletes\n\nProfessional footballers should be screened for exercise-induced asthma, researchers say, after a study found three in 10 could be affected.\n\nUniversity of Kent scientists used lung tests to identify players with symptoms and improved their fitness after treatment.\n\nElite athletes are known to be prone to asthma-related problems because of their high-intensity breathing.\n\nExperts said screening made sense and could prevent later problems.\n\nIn the study, presented at a meeting of the British Thoracic Society, 97 footballers in England from two Premier League clubs, one Championship club and a League One club had their lung health tested during pre-season.\n\nTwenty-seven players tested positive for airway or breathing problems, also known as exercise-induced asthma.\n\nTen of those had no previous history of asthma or airway problems.\n\nWhen they were treated with appropriate medication, their symptoms - such as tightness of the chest, wheezing and coughing after playing - reduced, and their lung function improved over time.\n\nThe researchers also found that their aerobic fitness and performance on the pitch improved.\n\nAirway problems can be treated using lung health screening, experts say\n\nDr John Dickinson, from the school of sport and exercise science at the University of Kent, said although top football clubs were good at screening players for heart problems, they were not carrying out tests which could identify respiratory problems - which were much more common.\n\n\"Clubs can't rely on players reporting symptoms because they are not always that obvious and sometimes they are written off as poor fitness,\" he said.\n\nThe researchers used medical tests to assess the footballers' breathing, airway function and how efficiently they could empty their lungs.\n\nThey were then able to detect asthma-related symptoms accurately and tailor treatment for those affected.\n\nImproving the health of footballers' airways also has other benefits, Dr Dickinson said.\n\n\"They are less likely to pick up coughs and colds.\"\n\nHigh rates of exercise-induced asthma have been found in other sports among elite athletes.\n\nExperts believe it may be connected to athletes exercising regularly at high intensity which means their breathing rates are also high\n\nWhen the air is cold and dry, and if there is exposure to air pollution or other allergens like pollen, this could worsen symptoms - but more research is needed to confirm this.\n\nDr Lisa Davies, consultant respiratory physician and chairwoman of the British Thoracic Society's board of trustees, said lungs were pivotal to exercise and life in general.\n\n\"In key sports, where the lungs are worked hard and are prone to repeat exposure to different and challenging internal and external conditions - it really makes sense to have lung health screening, so if there are any airway problems they can be treated.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Not yet. But, but, but, after two days where it has felt that there has been very little movement indeed, tonight, the atmosphere has changed.\n\nWell-placed sources on the EU and UK sides sound suddenly cheerful.\n\nNew language to add to the agreement that failed to persuade the DUP at the start of the week has been discussed approvingly in London, Brussels and Dublin.\n\nAnd on Thursday evening, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's spokesman posted this:\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut the DUP, who blocked the deal on Monday, humiliating Theresa May, are not yet fully on board.\n\nUntil their support can be guaranteed, don't expect Theresa May to get on the plane.\n\nThey are no strangers to taking their time, and making the most of their maximum moments of leverage.\n\nIt is possible that Theresa May could, by Friday evening, have been to Brussels and back, and have an agreement approved that would allow the Brexit talks to move on to the next phase.\n\nIt's also possible that this latest plan will fall foul of her Belfast allies and indeed, some figures in her own party.\n\nA senior source told me on Thursday: \"If she can't solve it in the next couple of days, how could she solve it in the next month?.\"\n\nThe next 24 hours are critical not just to the talks, but to Theresa May's future.", "Charlie Douthwaite had his transplant at the Freeman Hospital\n\nA nine-week-old baby who received a new heart may be rejecting the organ.\n\nA Europe-wide appeal to help Charlie Douthwaite - who was born with heart defect - was launched last month and he underwent a transplant last week.\n\nBut his father Steven Douthwaite has posted on Facebook that Charlie has had a \"rough few days\" and may be rejecting the new heart.\n\nCharlie, who has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, was the youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list.\n\nAfter his nine-hour operation at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, Charlie's mother, Tracie Wright, said the donor family had given him \"a second chance at life\".\n\nMr Douthwaite said on Facebook Charlie's blood pressure had dropped and medics suspected he had sepsis.\n\nHe also said his son had had to undergo open heart surgery again.\n\nThe post said: \"Charlie has had a rough few days - we were told this could be the first stage of his body rejecting the heart, we also found out that they believe Charlie has caught sepsis so they have started him on antibiotics.\n\n\"Terrible feeling being told that his body might of been rejecting the heart, not nice living every second of your life on edge.\"\n\nCharlie had to have open heart surgery when he was three days old, after being born weighing 6lb 5oz at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nA spokesman for the hospital said on Friday Charlie was \"stable\".\n\nBy the age of five weeks, Charlie had undergone 11 operations.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some motorists said they were stuck on the closed motorway for more than four hours\n\nDrivers were left stuck in vehicles for several hours in freezing temperatures as the M5 was shut in both directions.\n\nIt followed \"concerns for the welfare of a man\" on a bridge at junction 28, near Cullompton, at about 16:00 GMT, police said.\n\nJust after 20:40, Devon and Cornwall Police said the man had been moved from the bridge and the road was reopening.\n\nRichard Jones, said his wife and eight-week old baby were among those stuck in traffic in a \"very cold Skoda\".\n\nThe closure caused traffic jams stretching back for seven miles (11km) from the bridge, in mid-Devon.\n\nHighways England confirmed the motorway was \"fully open\" at 21:43 after work to move broken down vehicles.\n\nMany people were stranded in their cars for hours and some posted on social media to say they risked running out of fuel on the motorway.\n\nForecasters had predicted temperatures in the area would be going down to -1C during the night.\n\nPolice said the road was reopening just after 20:40 GMT\n\nSara Morgan-Broom, who was one of those stuck in the queues, said she had not moved on the motorway between 16:20 and 20:12.\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police said there were a number of breakdowns in the area and warned surrounding roads remained busy.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by DevonCornwall Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThey also tweeted that the man who had been on the bridge was now receiving support from mental health professionals.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by DevonCornwall Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Phil Davies complained about how Northern dealt with passengers on his journey and later took them to court after they failed to reply\n\nA train passenger's lengthy fight for compensation from a rail company got to the stage where bailiffs were \"pursuing them at their registered office\".\n\nPhil Davies was on a Leeds to Barnsley service which \"abandoned\" him and 40 other passengers in Wakefield due to a signal failure.\n\nHe claimed for compensation and won a legal case, but said he was left waiting for about £300 from Northern.\n\nNorthern apologised and said the \"matter had been resolved\".\n\nOn an evening train on 10 June, Mr Davies was travelling to his home in Barnsley when the line suffered signal problems.\n\nThe passenger said they were left on the platform of Wakefield Westgate with no access to toilets, with a promise of a Northern representative arranging their onward journey not kept.\n\nBritish Transport Police eventually advised passengers to walk into Wakefield and find a taxi.\n\nMr Davies said he complained, but was still waiting for a response after four weeks so began a small claims court case against the company.\n\nIn October, a court ruled in favour of his claim for £283 plus £25 court fees, as Northern did not attend the hearing.\n\nAfter two weeks, Mr Davies said the bailiffs \"automatically stepped in\" as no payment had been made.\n\n\"It's frustrating when a big corporation just snubs a consumer - we're small and insignificant.\" Mr Davies said.\n\n\"Too often, the public are fobbed off by big corporations and they simply can't be bothered. It's about challenging poor standards so they're improved.\"\n\nNorthern said it was reviewing its procedures after the legal wrangle\n\nA spokesman for Northern said: \"We apologise for any distress and frustration experienced by our customer following the incident and his subsequent contact with Northern.\n\n\"We fully accept the judgement of the court and have made contact to ensure the matter is settled. We have also made a significant offer of compensation to our customer - which is over and above the figure set out by the court.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are now undertaking a review of our processes to help ensure such situations do not happen again.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Terry Adams had argued it would breach his human rights to pay\n\nA former member of one of Britain's most notorious crime gangs has paid nearly £730,000 to settle a legal battle over his criminal assets.\n\nTerry Adams, who was associated with the north London \"Adams family\", had claimed he was too poor to pay.\n\nHe agreed to make the payment after being warned he would go back to prison if he did not, the BBC understands.\n\nAdams had argued it would breach his human rights to pay, after he was jailed for money laundering in 2007.\n\nNick Price of the Crown Prosecution Service said: \"The CPS is determined to ensure that crime doesn't pay and that criminals including Adams cannot avoid paying back what they owe.\n\n\"Our prosecutors and caseworkers have worked tirelessly to secure assets from Adams, who sought to benefit from his crimes and went to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in California as firefighters battle several raging wildfires.\n\nGovernor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Diego on Thursday after a new blaze spread from 10 acres to 4,100 acres in just a few hours.\n\nThree firefighters have been injured and about 500 buildings destroyed.\n\nOne death has been reported - a woman's body was found in a burned-out area in Ventura County.\n\nBut an official told the Ventura Country Star newspaper that the death, in the town of Ojai, may have been the result of a car crash not related to the fire.\n\nOn Friday, US President Donald Trump issued a state of emergency in California, which will free up funding to \"help alleviate the hardship and suffering that the emergency may inflict on the local population\".\n\nAbout 5,700 firefighters have been battling the brushfires, officials have said, with firefighters drafted in from neighbouring states to help.\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County remains the largest, burning 180 square miles so far\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County to the north of Los Angeles remains the largest of the blazes and has spread as far as the Pacific coast.\n\nIt has consumed 180 square miles (466 sq km) since it broke out on Monday, and destroyed more than 430 buildings, fire officials said.\n\nA BBC correspondent in Ojai says the blaze is burning in the hills all around and more than 100 fire engines have been seen driving through the town centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CAL FIRE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Reuters news agency photographer in San Diego county, site of the Lilac fire, described seeing propane tanks under houses explode like bombs.\n\nSome 450 elite racehorses in the area were let loose from their stables to escape to safety, the Associated Press news agency reports. Officials say at least 25 thoroughbreds died in the blaze.\n\nBy Thursday afternoon local time, California's fire service said the blaze had forced the evacuation of 189,000 residents.\n\nFirefighters rescued both a work of art and the family Christmas tree from this Bel Air home\n\nMost homes in Bel Air cost millions of dollars\n\nCalifornia is entering its fifth day battling dangerous wildfires driven by extreme weather: low humidity, high winds and parched ground.\n\nAuthorities have issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called \"extremely critical fire weather\".\n\nThe powerful desert-heated Santa Ana winds have been fanning the flames.\n\nBoth the The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Getty Center museum announced that they would reopen on Friday.\n\nFirefighters battling the Skirball fire had slept at the Getty overnight on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air\n\nOne in four schools in Los Angeles were also closed.\n\nIn the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air, firefighters were seen removing artwork from luxury homes on Wednesday as the Skirball Fire raged.\n\nThe neighbourhood is home to celebrities and business leaders from Beyonce to Elon Musk.\n\nSinger Lionel Richie cancelled a Las Vegas performance for Wednesday evening, saying he was \"helping family evacuate to a safer place\".\n\nAn estate and vineyard owned by Rupert Murdoch also suffered some damage.\n\nThe media mogul said in a statement: \"We believe the winery and house are still intact.\"\n\nThe Los Angeles Times said Mr Murdoch paid nearly $30m (£22m) for the property four years ago.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lionel Richie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother blaze north of Los Angeles, the Creek fire, was 20% contained and covered some 15,323 acres.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The wording of the UK's Brexit deal with the EU has finally been agreed - but negotiations were nearly scuppered this week over the tinder-box issue of the Irish border.\n\nWhen Theresa May appointed ministers to her specially formed Brexit Cabinet Committee it was an early sign that she had failed to realise the significance and importance of the Irish border.\n\nI interviewed James Brokenshire shortly afterwards and he was left having to awkwardly defend his exclusion in favour of, among others, the International Development Secretary and the Conservative Party Chairman.\n\nThe truth is, during those early stages, the Prime Minister was perhaps more concerned with keeping her own party together rather than addressing the practical problems of Brexit.\n\nThe cabinet committee was a carefully balanced selection of leavers and remainers.\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire was not appointed to the Brexit Cabinet committee\n\nBesides, she seemed to reason, if you included the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how could you exclude his equivalents representing Scotland and Wales?\n\nHowever, it did not go unnoticed in Dublin.\n\nFrom the start there has been frustration there at what they see as internal party politicking at the expense of dealing with one of the really big issues of Brexit - the border.\n\nIn the Irish government's view, since the Brexit vote, Brussels has seemed more concerned than Westminster about the implications for Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Irish government has made it clear they do not want to see a hard border in place after Brexit\n\nThere is some sense in the UK's position.\n\nThe sticking point has never been about the free movement of people but instead the transport of goods.\n\nThe final trading deal could ultimately decide whether there is a need for customs posts on the island of Ireland.\n\nHowever the Irish government is not prepared to wait until 2019.\n\nThere are currently no check points along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland\n\nAnd given that they could veto negotiations moving on to that vital issue of trade the UK has had to listen.\n\nIt was with that in mind a form of words was worked out in Downing Street to satisfy the Irish.\n\nWhat seems bizarre is that they did not keep the DUP fully informed.\n\nAmid all the hoopla and what was to be the early celebration of an apparent deal on Monday, unionists were left less-than-quietly fuming.\n\nThe DUP entered into a confidence and supply deal with the Conservatives after the general election in June\n\nFor weeks, they had been issuing pretty explicit warnings that Northern Ireland should not be treated any differently to England, Scotland or Wales.\n\nThe bluntest came from Sammy Wilson, the always straight-talking DUP MP for East Antrim.\n\nHe said anything else could ruin their relationship with the Conservative government, who rely on the Democratic Unionists' support at Westminster.\n\nSammy Wilson said Northern Ireland must not be treated differently or be left 'half in' the EU\n\n\"If there is any hint that in order to placate Dublin and the EU, they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently than the rest of the UK, then they can't rely on our vote,\" Mr Wilson announced last Thursday.\n\nRemember that was just days before the UK put forward the controversial text that derailed the whole deal.\n\nNot showing the DUP those words before Theresa May travelled to Brussels seems truly remarkable, particularly as they seemed to promise that Northern Ireland would indeed be treated differently.\n\nThey won't accept Dublin having any say in day-to-day affairs north of the Border and have even accused the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of pushing a united-Ireland agenda in these tortured negotiations.\n\nWhen security check points were in place it could add an extra hour to a round trip between Belfast and Dublin\n\nThe DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds recently set out the constitutional difficulties for the party in having Northern Ireland tied to the EU's regulations.\n\n\"Northern Ireland would have to have somebody else other than the United Kingdom speak for it and vote for it in the European Councils,\" he told me at the DUP's party conference.\n\n\"Who would that be? It would be Dublin. It would be completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThere have been many conspiracy theories touted, particularly in Belfast where the DUP's position is most clearly understood.\n\nSome commentators have written pieces saying it is just not feasible that Downing Street could have got it so wrong and there must be a negotiating ploy in play here.\n\nThe reality appears to be a lot more simple.\n\nDonald Tusk said the UK's offer on Brexit must be acceptable to the Republic of Ireland before negotiations can move on\n\nFaced with time running out and Donald Tusk reinforcing that the Irish government had the right to veto talks from moving on to phase two, negotiators came up with the best phrasing they could find.\n\nBut there is a simple problem with that - what the DUP, London and Dublin want are mutually exclusive.\n\nThe Irish government is demanding no trading differences between Northern Ireland and the Republic.\n\nThe DUP insists there can be no trading differences between Northern Ireland and Britain.\n\nAnd the British negotiating team don't want the whole UK to be tied to the EU's trading rules.\n\nNigel Dodds is the deputy leader of the DUP\n\nEarly on some seemed to think that the question of the Irish border could be easily answered because no one wanted a 'hard border'.\n\nThe practical challenges meant that was never the case and a failure to grasp that at an early stage has left Theresa May in the middle of two Brexit negotiations - one with the EU and the other with the DUP.", "Wormwood Scrubs is one of the UK's most iconic prisons\n\nChronic staff shortages, food running out and a surge in violence were among the findings of a critical prison report into Wormwood Scrubs.\n\nInspectors also found areas of the west London jail were strewn with litter, attracting rats and cockroaches.\n\nChief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke said the findings painted an \"extremely concerning picture\".\n\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the jail was recruiting staff in a bid to \"urgently\" raise standards.\n\nThe HM Inspectorate of Prisons' report said Wormwood Scrubs, which holds more than 1,200 men, had high levels of often serious violence, resulting in some significant injuries.\n\nIt also detailed how food routinely ran out in one wing, with staff having to source a half-used tray from another servery or distribute \"mountain survival\" dried food packs.\n\nPublishing the latest assessment, Mr Clarke said: \"Wormwood Scrubs is an iconic local prison serving communities in London.\n\n\"Overall, this was an extremely concerning picture, and we could see no justification as to why this poor situation had persisted since 2014.\n\n\"The governor and his team were, to their credit, working tirelessly to address the problems faced.\"\n\nThe MoJ said the prison had taken \"decisive action\" to reduce violence and was working to urgently improve conditions.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We know staffing remains an issue, so we are recruiting 120 extra officers and will cut the time taken for new recruits to begin training.\n\n\"The addition of new, senior probation staff has also led to significant improvements in resettling offenders into the community following release.\n\n\"We are pleased inspectors recognised the hard work and dedication of staff at the prison, especially in improving education and purposeful activity.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Theresa May has arrived in Brussels following overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border.\n\nThe PM and Brexit Secretary David Davis are meeting European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU negotiator Michel Barnier.\n\nDetails of an agreement are expected to be set out at a joint news conference within the hour.\n\nIf the border question has been settled, talks can move on to the future of trade after Brexit.\n\nAdditional wording is understood to have been added to reassure the DUP, whose opposition on Monday led to talks breaking down.\n\nThe leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, said on Friday she was \"pleased\" to see changes which mean there is \"no red line down the Irish sea\".\n\nA senior aide to Mr Juncker, Martin Selmayr, has tweeted a picture of white smoke - the traditional way of signalling that a new Pope has been chosen - suggesting a deal may have been agreed.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg was told last night that there were \"serious ideas\" on the table that the different parties were broadly content with.\n\nIn the early hours of Friday, the prime minister's chief of staff, Gavin Barwell, tweeted: \"Home for 3 hours sleep then back to work\", without offering any further details.\n\nAll sides want progress on the issue ahead of a crucial summit next week, so talks can move on to the future relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit.\n\nWhat happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been among the key sticking points in Brexit negotiations.\n\nOn Monday, the DUP - whose support the UK prime minister needs to win key votes in Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU.\n\nThey included aligning regulations in Northern Ireland with those in the Republic so as to avoid border checks.\n\nThe DUP insists it will not accept any agreement in which Northern Ireland was treated differently from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, on the other hand, which is an EU member, wants a guarantee that there will be no hard border between it and Northern Ireland after Brexit.\n\nThe UK, which is due to leave the EU in March 2019, wants to open talks on a new free trade deal as soon as possible.\n\nThe EU will only agree to discuss this when it judges that enough progress has been made on the \"separation issues\" - the \"divorce bill\", expat citizens' rights and the Northern Ireland border - that have been the subject of negotiations so far.\n\nSo the UK is trying to settle the Northern Ireland border issue before EU leaders meet next week.\n• None Johnson to EU: 'Go whistle' over exit bill", "The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August\n\nAn attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo.\n\nThe chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword was found at the scene, along with other knives.\n\nThe attacker's wife also took part in the ambush on Thursday evening, police say, injuring the priestess's driver.\n\nThe male attacker then stabbed his wife to death before killing himself.\n\nThe attack began when the 58-year-old priestess, Nagako Tomioka, got out of her car at the shrine and was confronted by her brother, Shigenaga Tomioka, 56, and his wife, said to be in her 30s.\n\nThe wife reportedly attacked the priestess's driver, stabbing him with a sword. The driver fled the scene, pursued by the woman. Police said there was a trail of blood down the road but the driver's wounds were not life-threatening.\n\nThe priestess suffered a deep stab wound to her chest, along with a laceration on the back of her neck, and was later pronounced dead.\n\nThe suspects then moved to another part of the shrine's grounds.\n\n\"We believe the male suspect stabbed the woman before stabbing himself,\" a police spokesman said.\n\nShinto priests attend a ritual during an autumn festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo\n\nShintoism is Japan's indigenous religion. The essence of Shinto is its spirits, or kami, to which its followers are devoted. The kami are said to intervene in human lives if treated well by followers.\n\nThe shrine is an essential part of Shinto. Along with rituals, the shrines are used to communicate with the kami. Devotees have a close relationship with their local shrine and often have a small shrine-altar at home.\n\nShinto is regarded as less of a religion, more as a way of life.\n\nThe name Shinto comes from Chinese characters for Shen (divine being), and Tao (way) and means Way of the Spirits.\n\nThere are some 80,000 shrines, and about as many Shinto priests, in Japan but female priests make up only a tiny fraction of the number.\n\nAbout 80% of Japan's population practise some form of Shinto.\n\nAccording to local media, the murders were sparked by a longstanding succession feud between the priestess and her brother.\n\nMr Tomioka had himself been chief priest of the shrine, having taken over from his father in the 1990s, according to the Asahi Shimbun.\n\nHowever, he was sacked in 2001 and their father returned to the position as main priest, installing his daughter Nagako Tomioka as the second-ranked in the shrine. It was not clear why he was removed.\n\nDuring those years, the suspect is said to have sent threatening letters to his sister and was arrested in 2006 after sending her a note saying he would \"send her to hell\".\n\nAfter their father retired in 2010, Ms Tomioka became the chief priestess, breaking with a Shinto shrine umbrella organisation after it failed to rubberstamp the succession, according to the Asahi Shimbun.\n\nThe Tomioka Hachimangu shrine dates back to 1627 and is famous for the Fukagawa Hachiman summer festival in August.\n\nAccording to its website, it was among those to start the tradition in Edo (now Tokyo) of holding sumo tournaments on its grounds to attract visitors and donations - a custom still common at many Shinto shrines.\n\nJapan's emperor and empress visited the shrine in 2012.\n• None Japan suspect 'killed nine in two months'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.\n\nMr Davis said the usefulness of such assessments would be \"near zero\" because of the scale of change Brexit is likely to cause.\n\nHe said the government had produced a \"sectoral analysis\" of different industries but not a \"forecast\" of what would happen when the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said impact assessments were urgently needed while the SNP called it an \"ongoing farce\".\n\nMr Davis said a \"very major contingency planning operation\" was in place for Brexit.\n\nOpposition MPs have been on the trail of the \"Brexit impact assessments\" for months. And when David Davis told them they didn't exist, they were quick to highlight some similar-sounding studies he had referred to in the past:\n\nDowning Street told journalists: \"We have been clear that the impact assessments don't exist. They're a specific thing in Whitehall terms. We think we have complied with the terms of the motion.\"\n\nAt Wednesday morning's Brexit committee hearing, chairman Hilary Benn asked whether impact assessments had been carried out into various parts of the economy, listing the automotive, aerospace and financial sectors.\n\n\"I think the answer's going to be no to all of them,\" Mr Davis responded.\n\nWhen Mr Benn suggested this was \"strange\", the minister said formal assessments were not needed to know that \"regulatory hurdles\" would have an impact, describing Brexit as a \"paradigm change\" of similar impact to the financial crash, which could not be predicted.\n\n\"I am not a fan of economic models because they have all proven wrong,\" he said.\n\nDavid Davis has probably not done the Brexit cause a huge bundle of good this morning. First, his frank admission that no impact assessments have been completed will inevitably be seized on by critics to argue Team May simply haven't done the basic spadework.\n\nSecond his suggestion that he doesn't have the resources for this, and anyway some of the work his officials have done wasn't much good, is hardly a ringing endorsement of his Brexit department.\n\nThird, Mr Davis probably didn't help his own reputation by telling the committee he had been handed two chapters of the 850 pages of analysis but hadn't read them. At times Mr Davis even chided the committee over the time they were taking.\n\nFair enough the Brexit secretary had a cold - but at times he sounded thoroughly frazzled and cheesed off. Not a great look.\n\nThere has been a long-running row over the government's Brexit studies and their publication.\n\nMPs have been pushing for the documents to be published, and on 1 November the Commons passed a motion to release \"Brexit impact assessments\" to the Brexit Committee of MPs.\n\nIn response, the government said this motion \"misunderstood\" what the documents actually were, but has since provided an edited set of reports to the committee.\n\nDavid Davis said the impact of Brexit on different sectors had not been assessed\n\nMr Davis told the MPs this represented \"getting as close as we can to meeting what we took to be the intent of Parliament\".\n\nA \"quantitative economic forecast of outcome\" does not exist, he said. \"That is not there. We have not done that. What is there is the size of the industry, the employment and so on.\"\n\nMr Davis also said there was no \"systematic impact assessment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn asks: \"Do they exist, or don’t they?\"\n\nDuring PMQs, Prime Minister Theresa May repeated Mr Davis' line that \"sectoral analysis\", not \"impact assessments\" had been drawn up, adding that the government would not give a running commentary on the negotiations.\n\n\"This really is a shambles,\" Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said.\n\nLater, Chancellor Philip Hammond was asked whether the Treasury had produced analysis of the potential economic impact of Brexit.\n\nHe said his department had \"modelled and analysed a whole range of potential alternative structures between the EU and the UK, potential alternative arrangements and agreements that might be made\".\n\nAppearing before the Treasury Select Committee, he suggested these could be made public when a Brexit deal has been agreed, but said to do so at this stage would be \"deeply unhelpful to the negotiation\".", "Crews took an hour to free the man\n\nAn internet \"prankster\" had to be freed by firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave oven.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said it took an hour to free the man after they were called to a house in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton.\n\nFriends had managed to feed an air tube into the 22-year-old's mouth to help him breathe, the service said.\n\nWatch Commander Shaun Dakin said the man \"could quite easily have suffocated or have been seriously injured\".\n\nThe fire service said the mixture had been poured around the man's head, which was protected by a plastic bag\n\nMr Dakin said: \"He and a group of friends had mixed seven bags of Polyfilla which they then poured around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag inside the microwave.\n\n\"The oven was being used as a mould and wasn't plugged in. The mixture quickly set hard and, by the time we were called, they'd already been trying to free him for an hour and a half.\"\n\nCrews from the technical rescue team helped with taking the microwave apart, he added.\n\n\"It took us nearly an hour to free him,\" added Mr Dakin.\n\n\"All of the group involved were very apologetic, but this was clearly a call-out which might have prevented us from helping someone else in genuine, accidental need.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Universities could be accused of \"mis-selling\" courses to teenagers who have little understanding of money matters, the public spending watchdog says.\n\nNational Audit Office head Amyas Morse said young people were taking out large loans to pay for tuition fees without much effective help or advice.\n\nIt compared the higher education market to financial products, highlighting how little regulation universities faced.\n\nThe government said its reforms were helping students make informed choices.\n\nBut the NAO report highlights that tighter rules apply to the sale of complex financial products than to universities offering courses that may well be more expensive.\n\nMr Morse said: \"If this was a regulated financial market, we would be raising the question of mis-selling.\"\n\nThe report says a student loan is likely to be a person's biggest sum for borrowing after a mortgage and will require a long-term commitment.\n\nThe average loan is expected to top £50,000 by the time it is repaid.\n\nBut the decision whether or not to go to university and which course and provider to choose is typically made at the age of 16 or 17.\n\nThese choices can have a long-lasting impact on future employment and earnings prospects, the report says.\n\nAnd where services or markets are especially complex, consumers often need additional support and protection to make good choices.\n\nThe report says the Financial Conduct Authority requires companies to disclose clearly the risks of such products to potential customers.\n\nBut for universities there are limited comparable disclosure requirements, despite the clear strong financial incentives to attract as many students as possible.\n\nMr Morse said: \"We are deliberately thinking of higher education as a market, and as a market, it has a number of points of failure.\n\n\"Young people are taking out substantial loans to pay for courses, without much effective help and advice, and the institutions concerned are under very little competitive pressure to provide best value.\"\n\nThe report also suggests only a third of higher education students say their course offers value for money.\n\nMr Morse added: \"The [education] department is taking action to address some of these issues, but there is a lot that remains to be done.\"\n\nThe report also highlights how despite increased participation by students from disadvantaged groups, they are far more likely to attend courses at \"lower ranked providers\".\n\nThe report does, however, note that students have statutory protections - including the fact repayments are based on earnings and liability is written off after a set amount of time - and that graduates earn on average 42% more than non-graduates.\n\nThe government said its student finance system removed the financial barriers for those going to university.\n\nIt is also planning a review of tertiary education to ensure a joined up system works for everyone.\n\nMeg Hillier MP, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, said the government was failing to give inexperienced young people the advice and protection they needed when making one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives.\n\n\"It has created a generation of students hit by massive debts, many of whom doubt their degree is worth the money paid for it,\" she said.\n\nBut Universities UK said universities had increased investment in teaching and learning, and that students were now reporting record levels of satisfaction with their courses.\n\n\"Graduates leaving our universities are also increasingly in demand from employers and continue to benefit from their degrees. They earn on average almost £10,000 a year more than people without degrees and are more likely to be employed.\"\n\nIt added that they would be working with the new Office for Students to ensure that students have the necessary information to make informed decisions and to ensure that competition works in the interests of all students.", "The mesh is made of a type of plastic and surgeons routinely use it in hernia repairs\n\nBanning vaginal mesh implants would remove an important treatment for some women suffering from a prolapse, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nSome women benefit from the implants and should have a choice, it said.\n\nThe health watchdog NICE is expected to recommend that the implants be banned.\n\nAround 800 women are taking legal action against the NHS and mesh manufacturers, saying they have suffered from painful complications.\n\nWhen a prolapse occurs, doctors sometimes insert a mesh into the wall of the vagina to act as scaffolding to support organs - such as the uterus, bowel and bladder - which have fallen out of place.\n\nHundreds of women have reported problems with this plastic mesh, which is made of polypropylene.\n\nProf Linda Cordozo says banning vaginal mesh is not a good idea\n\nHowever another smaller device made from the same material, called a tape, which is used to stem the flow of urine from a leaking bladder, has a much lower risk of complications.\n\nProf Linda Cardozo, a surgeon at King's College Hospital in London, said there was a misconception that all types of mesh were a problem.\n\nShe explained that she was not in favour of banning the use of mesh for prolapses.\n\n\"I don't think a total ban on anything is a good idea. It stifles the opportunity to offer the minority something that might benefit them,\" she said.\n\nDraft guidelines from NICE say the implants should only be used for research - and not routine operations.\n\nBut Prof Cardozo said that a ban would stop any further research as well.\n\n\"If mesh is banned, there will be no more clinical trials,\" said the professor.\n\n\"Banning it is a retrograde step - we will go back to how we were a century ago when we couldn't offer women a range of options.\"\n\nProf Cardozo pointed out that artificial hips and knees were not perfect when they were first introduced, but thanks to further research and progress they ended up improving lives.\n\n\"We need to be very careful that [mesh] is used in the right women by the right doctors... who have explained the risk-benefit ratio and all other types of treatment,\" she added.\n\nSome doctors did not have the skills or training to put in vaginal meshes, and the devices have been overused, the professor has argued.\n\nShe also said the debate over vaginal mesh was making some women who had had surgery unnecessarily anxious.\n\n\"They are panicking because they believe something terrible may be happening inside their body as a result of tape or mesh, but most women are problem-free,\" said Prof Cardozo.\n\nKathryn Taylor says her mesh implant has improved her life\n\nKathryn Taylor was just 35 when she suffered her first prolapse.\n\nShe was later diagnosed with a condition that had weakened the muscles around her uterus and bowel.\n\nLast year she had a second vaginal mesh implant to help keep those organs in place.\n\n\"Mesh isn't right for everyone, but it's totally changed my life for the better,\" Kathryn said.\n\n\"Without it I wouldn't be able to work and lead a normal life.\n\n\"I'd have to have a colostomy bag attached to my leg,\" she explained.\n\nStephanie Williams is waiting to have her mesh implant removed after being left in constant pain\n\nHowever campaigners, like Stephanie Williams, are protesting against all types of vaginal mesh and tape.\n\nThey are calling for more research into the types of mesh products used and their longer-term effects. They say women have not been given the full facts about the possible side effects.\n\nIn her own case, Stephanie says she didn't realise she was having a vaginal mesh implant and it has left her in constant pain.\n\n\"The word mesh was never mentioned,\" she said.\n\n\"I would not have even known what mesh meant at the time and if it was mentioned beforehand we would have looked into it before,\" she added.\n\nShe is now waiting to have her mesh removed.\n\nJohn Wilkinson, the director of devices at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said: \"Patient safety is our highest priority and we recognise some women do develop serious complications which can be very significant for the affected women.\"\n\n\"We also know many women gain benefit from these surgical procedures for what can be extremely debilitating conditions,\" he added.\n\nMr Wilkinson encouraged patients and doctors to report any complications linked with the mesh implants through the Yellow Card scheme.\n\nThe NHS has always insisted that the vast majority of procedures using mesh are a success and many women have benefitted from surgery.\n\nThe health watchdog - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - is due to make its final recommendations next week.\n\nCompanies in the US have already paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to patients.", "Ahead of Christmas, fake goods worth millions of pounds have been seized around the UK.\n\nImitation clothes, toys and gadgets are among thousands of counterfeit items seized by the Border Force.\n\nOfficers have targeted airports, ports and postal hubs to detect if imported goods are fake, banned or if the correct duty has been paid.\n\nThey are warning shoppers to watch out for counterfeit goods this Christmas.", "The £5 Christmas candle began to burn an hour after it was first lit\n\nA picture of a Primark candle bursting into flames has gone viral, after a mother-of-three took to Facebook to raise awareness of the potential hazard.\n\nJenny Ferneyhough purchased the £5 candle - which she said developed into \"massive flames\" after an hour of burning - in Manchester on Saturday.\n\nThe 33-year-old's Facebook post has been shared 145,000 times.\n\nPrimark said it is removing the product from sale and investigating the matter.\n\nMrs Ferneyhough, a Manchester City Council benefits officer, said she lit the candle - in the shape of a Christmas tree - after putting her three children to bed.\n\nShe said the flame had spread from the wick to the whole candle within an hour.\n\nJenny Ferneyhough, left, was with her husband Evan when the candle burst into flames\n\nShe said: \"Obviously everyone knows not to leave a flame unattended, but if you went to the loo, a couple of seconds later it could have burst into flames.\n\n\"If it [develops into] a massive flame when anything else is around it, it could be very dangerous.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she added that she was especially concerned about people lighting the candle \"around neighbouring decorations\" during the festive period.\n\nMrs Ferneyhough sent the pictures to Primark, who replied to say they were \"very concerned\" about the discovery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Primark This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA company spokesperson has since said the product is being removed from sale, while the complaint is investigated \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Ferneyhough said she was \"reassured\" by the massive response she had received to her post, less than 24 hours after posting the picture.\n\nShe added the main reason for sharing the pictures was to raise awareness of the potential issue with the candle, and to stop people from lighting it unattended.\n\n\"My husband went into the Manchester store to take a picture of the packaging, and a mum and her daughter said they'd seen the photo I shared of it in flames,\" she added.\n• None This is how to pronounce Primark", "The overall pupil absence rate is 4.5%, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education. One in 10 of those school children are classed as \"persistently absent\".\n\nA persistently absent child is one who misses school for at least 10% of the time.\n\nSecondary schools had a higher rate of persistent absence than primary schools. And overall, unauthorised absence, whether persistent or not, also increased.\n\nSuch statistics are just one of the reasons the BBC Stories team decided to look behind the numbers to make a series of films about why children don't attend school.\n\nTaking to the streets in cities across the country, the team asked children themselves why they skipped classes. They gave a range of reasons including anxiety, depression, bullying and having little interest in the subjects they are taught.\n\nMany said they wanted more support at school and some wished they could go back and \"just start all over again\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'School's dead man, it's the same lessons every day'\n\nAccording to the Department for Education's latest statistics, sickness was the main reason for absence in the autumn 2016 and spring 2017 terms. But illness rates remained the same as the previous year at 2.7%. Unauthorised absences, however, rose, including unauthorised family holidays.\n\nIt is important to note that overall school absences in England declined since the same period a decade earlier, as did the percentage of pupils who were persistently absent.\n\nBath and North East Somerset is one of England's wealthiest local authorities\n\nBut what's most surprising is where truancy was at its highest. While high deprivation indicators based on health, crime, education and crucially income are commonly linked to high truancy, a closer look shows this isn't necessarily the case.\n\nBath and North East Somerset is one of England's wealthiest local authorities, according to deprivation indices, but it had one of the highest levels of truancy in 2015 to 2016.\n\nAt the other end of the scale Manchester, a city which ranks highly on deprivation levels, had one of the lowest levels of truancy.\n\nManchester had one of the lower levels of truancy\n\nIf you compare middle income areas, again there are contrasts. Norfolk and Herefordshire are very similar overall when you look at health, crime, education and income but the truancy rate in Norfolk in 2015 to 2016 was much higher than in Herefordshire.\n\nSo, how reliable is the data? Pupil absence in England is measured at local authority level and deprivation by district so we can only look at the picture as an average with variation within each area.\n\nWales, Scotland and Northern Ireland record pupil absence in different ways.\n\nIn Wales, overall absence increased in 2016 to 2017 from the previous year - unauthorised absence and persistent absence also increased. However, persistent absenteeism in Wales was less than half of what is was eight years earlier.\n\nIn Scotland, attendance rates are recorded only once every two years. In 2014 to 2015, the overall attendance rate improved since the previous report but the unauthorised absence rate also increased.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the overall attendance rate in 2015 to 2016 remained unchanged from the previous year at 94.6%.", "Boris Johnson will urge Iran to free British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from jail when he visits Tehran.\n\nThe foreign secretary is expected to travel to Iran in the next few days.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been in prison since April 2016 after being accused of spying. She denies the claim.\n\nSupporters of the 38-year-old from London say that she recently had a health assessment to see if she was fit enough to remain in prison.\n\nMr Johnson's Tehran trip will see him raising the cases of other dual nationals being held in Iran.\n\nHe will also discuss British concerns over Iranian involvement in conflicts in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Yemen.\n\nIn November Mr Johnson apologised in the Commons after telling a committee of MPs that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been teaching journalism in Iran.\n\nHe retracted \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nCritics complained that the foreign secretary's initial comments could lead to her five-year jail term being increased.\n\nMr Johnson met her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, in November to discuss calls for her to be provided with diplomatic protection.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been visiting Iran with her daughter Gabriella when she was arrested\n\nMr Ratcliffe told BBC News his wife was due back in court on Sunday to face possible new charges and it was important Mr Johnson would be in Iran around the same time to \"make clear that he thinks Nazanin is innocent and should be home with her family\".\n\nHe said: \"I don't know if I'm expecting him to be able to unlock it all, and she comes out with him, but it can only be a good thing that he is there\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he had wanted to accompany Mr Johnson but the Foreign Office felt his presence would be \"too political\".\n\nWhen Boris Johnson arrives in Tehran this weekend, the foreign secretary will be required to perform some nifty diplomatic footwork even before he comes to address the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nFor relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran are delicate at the best of times.\n\nIt is only six years since a mob stormed and sacked Britain's embassy in Tehran.\n\nAnd to some in Iran, Britain will always be seen as the \"Little Satan\", a former imperial power that meddles in their country's affairs at America's bidding.\n\nBoth the UK and Iran have now restored diplomatic relations. But good relations are a work in progress.\n\nSo this visit, Mr Johnson's first, is designed above all to stabilise what has at times been a difficult relationship, a trip that was planned long before the case of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe became a frontline political issue.\n\nThe mother had been visiting Iran with her daughter Gabriella when she was arrested last year.\n\nThe child has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran for the last 20 months.\n\nMr Ratcliffe has not seen his daughter during his wife's incarceration.\n\nThere were concerns about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health after lumps in her breasts were discovered but those were found to be non-cancerous.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe and Boris Johnson met at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in November\n\nIn November Mr Ratcliffe said: \"She talks about being on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I absolutely believe that's true.\n\n\"I think it's important I don't exaggerate anything in the media and I'm not melodramatic, but she is in a difficult place.\"", "Sadik Kamara (left) and Joshua Jordan were part of a gang of five who targeted the women\n\nTwo robbers who laughed after spraying women in their faces with cleaning fluid have been jailed for 10 years.\n\nRapper Sadik Kamara, 24, known as Trizzy Trapz, and Joshua Jordan, 20, both of Newham, east London, used the ammonia to target \"petite women\" who would not be able to fight back.\n\nJudge John Dodd QC jailed them for the \"horrifying, cruel and barbaric\" crimes which he said were \"gratuitous\".\n\nBoth women they attacked suffered facial burns but were not disfigured.\n\nProsecutor Benn Maguire told the Old Bailey how the defendants were among a gang of five who set out to deliberately target \"petite women\" to rob on 10 March.\n\n\"During the robbery and undoubtedly to instil fear in the minds of their victims, the attackers sprayed ammonia into the faces of their victims,\" he said.\n\n\"Any attempt to shout for help has resulted in ammonia being sprayed into the open mouths of the female victims - cowardly in the extreme.\"\n\nThe pair were previously found guilty of using the corrosive fluid with intent to injure or cause grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey were also convicted of robbery and attempted robbery.\n\nJailing Kamara and Jordan for 10 years with four years on extended licence, the judge said: \"These are dreadful and shocking offences. You chose to rob women who would have stood no chance against you, a gang of five men.\n\n\"Even if you were unarmed, you still chose to take ammonia with you and use it against two slight women.\"\n\nIn one attack in Hackney, shopkeeper Quyen Bei, 51, fought off the raiders.\n\nFour men with faces covered were captured on CCTV as they entered the store wearing hoods and gloves.\n\nThe pair were sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday\n\nDuring the attempted robbery, Kamara squirted ammonia in Mrs Bei's face at least three times.\n\nThe other robbers, including Jordan, struggled with Mrs Bei, who was punched to the ground and kicked.\n\nShe managed to press the panic alarm despite suffering burns to her face. The gang fled empty-handed.\n\nAbout 10 minutes later, the defendants attacked a random woman in the street, the court heard.\n\nThe pair forced Vietnamese Thi Le Nguyen, 49, to the ground and one pinned her face to the pavement while the other repeatedly sprayed her face with the cleaning fluid.\n\nThey snatched her handbag and ran back to their getaway car laughing together.\n\nBottles of household cleaner containing high-strength ammonia were found nearby, clearly marked with warnings it could cause \"severe skin burns and blindness\".\n\nFollowing sentencing, Det Con Ben Kahane said: \"The level of violence used was completely disproportionate.\n\n\"The witness testimony describing how two of the suspects ran off laughing I think sums up the callous enjoyment the gang felt in targeting their victims.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Footage has captured the moment a man stopped his car to rescue a wild rabbit from wildfires in California.\n\nThe incident took place on 101 freeway in La Conchita.\n\nMore than 150 homes have been destroyed in the Ventura area, near Los Angeles, and 50,000 people evacuated.", "At 04:57 GMT Downing Street officially confirmed the wheels of Theresa May's plane were going up. The plans that had been put in place for a middle of the night dash to Brussels were going ahead.\n\nAfter many calls to DUP leader Arlene Foster in the early hours, all that was left for the prime minister was to share croissants with Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk and, finally, agree.\n\nMrs May has achieved what she wanted - the green light to move on.\n\nHad she not, she would have been in deep, deep political trouble.\n\nBut the 15 pages of the agreed joint EU-UK report, described as a \"personal success\" for Mrs May by Donald Tusk, give her what she needs for now.\n\nThere are additional guarantees for Northern Ireland and the border, but an undefined statement on \"full alignment\", if there is no big trade deal.\n\nThe implications of what \"full alignment\" means will be fought over by the two wings of the Conservative Party.\n\nOne prominent Remainer this morning was frankly delighted that line was there, believing it is an opportunity to push for continued membership of the customs union for the whole UK.\n\nThe DUP, for their part, agreed enough to move ahead. But they are clearly not happy about that particular issue, saying there is still a big debate to be had about what it really means.\n\nThe UK has agreed a future role for the European Court of Justice, which Brexiteers may object to.\n\nBut No 10 says it is temporary and narrow, and may only affect a handful of cases a year.\n\nAnd, as expected, there are no specific figures on the Brexit bill, although there are pretty chunky hypothetical commitments.\n\nThroughout the document, however, a lot is left open. This is a political agreement, not a practical one, that answers every single question.\n\nBut for Downing Street today, the important thing is that it is done. It is a big first step that goes some way to securing Mrs May's position.", "Bitcoin's value has been volatile in recent weeks\n\nBitcoin continued its rollercoaster ride on Friday, hitting a new high above $17,000 (£12,615) before falling.\n\nThe digital currency slid as low as $13,963, according to Coindesk.com, before rallying again to trade at about $15,600 on Friday afternoon.\n\nBitcoin has soared about 70% this week, with its dramatic rise being likened to a \"charging train with no brakes\".\n\nAs concerns mount, an industry group has warned plans to start Bitcoin futures trading have been \"rushed\".\n\nCritics have said Bitcoin is going through a bubble similar to the dotcom boom, but others argue it is rising in price because it is crossing into the financial mainstream.\n\n\"Bitcoin now seems like a charging train with no brakes,\" said Shane Chanel, from Sydney-based ASR Wealth Advisers.\n\nNigel Green, of financial consultancy deVere Group, said he expected Bitcoin to see-saw in coming weeks.\n\n\"Today's digital world needs crypto-currencies. One or two of the existing ones will succeed. Whether it's Bitcoin or not remains to be seen,\" he added.\n\nThe surging price of Bitcoin has been helped by the start of trading on the Chicago-based Cboe Futures Exchange on Sunday. The world's largest futures exchange, CME, will begin its Bitcoin offering a week later.\n\nTrading on futures exchanges allows investors to buy and sell contracts for the crypto-currency at a certain point in the future at an agreed price.\n\nTim McCourt, CME's global head of equity index and alternative investment products, said customers are excited but he is not certain how much interest the futures will attract in the first days of trading.\n\nHe said he will consider the launch successful if there is a balance of buyers and sellers, and market movements correspond to the underlying Bitcoin price.\n\n\"That's the larger measure of success,\" he said. \"What does the market look like - not necessarily how much does it trade.\"\n\nThe Futures Industry Association, which includes Wall Street's largest banks, brokers and traders, has written to the US regulator over concerns that the contracts were approved \"without properly weighing the risks\".\n\n\"A more thorough and considered process would have allowed for a robust public discussion among clearing member firms, exchanges and clearing houses,\" the association said.\n\nEdward Tilly, chief executive of Cboe, said he thinks the criticism is unfair.\n\nHe said his firm worked extensively with regulators to figure out how this would work. For example, the firm set up rules in the contracts to address concerns that Bitcoin's value has sometimes varied widely, depending on the exchange.\n\n\"This is a walk-before-you-run launch,\" he said. \"It is mindful that this is new to the marketplace.\"\n\nWhile Goldman Sachs is a member of the futures industry association, it is also one of the banks that will work as an intermediary to help clear Bitcoin futures contracts for some clients.\n\nA spokeswoman for the investment bank said it was evaluating the risks as part of its due diligence process.\n\nMany big investors have been reluctant to pile into the crypto-currency market unless it is regulated.\n\nHowever, the prospect of a Bitcoin futures market has raised hopes that it will be regarded as sufficiently \"regulated\".\n\nWhile Bitcoin has become more mainstream in recent weeks, many observers warn the market could be a bubble waiting to pop.\n\nMr Green added: \"Bitcoin remains a major gamble as it is very much an asset that remains in uncharted waters... an asset that goes almost vertically up should typically raise alarm bells for investors.\"\n\nEven a crash or a major correction is unlikely to pose risks to the global economy, some analysts say.\n\nWhile billions of dollars have been invested in Bitcoin, its $268bn total market value is still small compared to other asset classes.", "Tearing up convention, US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.\n\nThe BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet breaks down what the decision means for Middle East peace.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWeather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and \"cut off\" some rural areas.\n\nThe Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, northern England and parts of the Midlands.\n\nA few centimetres of snow is likely but up to 20cm is possible in some areas.\n\nThere are yellow \"be aware\" warnings for parts of the country, with an amber \"be prepared\" alert in place on Sunday.\n\nThe Midlands, Wales, northern and eastern England and the far north of Scotland are most likely to have heavy snow early on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to BBC Weather, a 10cm spread of snow will initially mount in the Midlands and eastern England, before gradually becoming lighter and patchier throughout the day and into Sunday evening.\n\nBirmingham Airport have warned passengers travelling on Sunday morning to allow more time for their journey as a result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Birmingham Airport This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile southern parts of England and Wales could face heavy rain and gale force winds of up to 70mph (112km/h), the Met Office said. Icy surfaces are likely to be an \"additional hazard\", it added.\n\nHighways England have urged drivers to \"prepare for every eventuality\", recommending they carry warm clothing, food, drink, required medication, boots, a shovel and a torch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Highways England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTemperatures are likely to reach lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, particularly in rural areas.\n\nThe heaviest and most frequent snow showers are forecast to affect mainly north east Scotland.\n\nOn Sunday \"there is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe Met Office have issued yellow and amber weather warnings for Sunday\n\nOnly a small proportion of power cuts affecting homes and businesses across the Midlands, south west England and south Wales are related to the weather, Western Power Distribution said.\n\nAll current outages are set to be restored by 23:00 GMT on Saturday, ahead of further possible power cuts on Sunday due to the expected snowfall.\n\nMeanwhile in Scotland, where 18,000 households had been without power, electricity supplies have been restored.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHighways officials have reported \"hazardous\" driving conditions and police in Shropshire in the West Midlands advised against driving unless \"absolutely necessary\".\n\nThere are delays to some flights at Manchester Airport and it advises passengers to check with their airline before travelling.\n\nThe final day of Lincoln Christmas market has also been cancelled over safety concerns about the expected snowfall.\n\nIn the Brecon Beacons, one family made the most of an opportunity for a snowball fight\n\nBut it still was not cold enough for trousers in Greater Manchester\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The biggest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy has been officially commissioned.\n\nAt a ceremony in Portsmouth, the Queen described \"HMS Queen Elizabeth\" as the best of British technology and innovation.\n\nThe ship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft.", "The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, has said she is \"pleased\" to see changes which mean there is \"no red line down the Irish Sea\".\n\nPM Theresa May said there would be no hard border and the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld.", "Parts of England and Wales fall under an amber 'be prepared' weather warning on Sunday. Significant snowfall is forecast with impacts for travel expected. Louise Lear explains the potential impacts.", "Ari Behn was married to Princess Martha Louise from 2002-16\n\nThe King of Norway's former son-in-law has accused Kevin Spacey of groping him after a Nobel Peace Prize concert.\n\nAri Behn told radio station P4 that it happened after the actor had hosted the event in 2007.\n\n\"I am a generous person, but this was a bit more than I had in mind,\" said Behn, who was married to King Harald's daughter Martha Louise until last year.\n\nSpacey has been accused of sexual abuse and harassment by a string of men and has been written out of House of Cards.\n\nA spokesman for Spacey said last month that he was \"taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment\" in the wake of the allegations.\n\nKevin Spacey, pictured before the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2007\n\nRecalling the alleged incident, Behn said: \"We had a great talk, he sat right beside me.\n\n\"After five minutes he said, 'hey, let's go out and have a cigarette'. Then he puts his hand under the table and grabs me by the balls.\"\n\nBehn said he put Spacey off by telling him: \"Er, maybe later.\"\n\nHe added: \"My hair was dark at the time, I was 10 years younger and right up his alley.\"\n\nLast month, the Old Vic theatre in London said it had received 20 personal testimonies of alleged inappropriate behaviour by Spacey while he was artistic director there.\n\nHe has faced other allegations too, with the claims leaving his career in ruins.\n\nHe has been removed from the sixth season of House of Cards, which will instead focus on his on-screen wife, played by Robin Wright.\n\nSpacey has also been replaced by Christopher Plummer in the new Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk", "Mohammed spends his days playing computer games and looking after his granddad. He's only 14, but he hasn't been to school since December. The idea was to home school him - but things didn't quite work out like that, reports the BBC's Sue Mitchell.\n\nHe lives in a spotlessly clean Bradford semi-detached house, with pale wood flooring and deep, comfortable sofas. His mother works part time as a nursery nurse and his father is a taxi driver.\n\nHis mum admits she is totally out of her depth.\n\nShe says she agreed to try to educate Mohammed herself at the suggestion of his school, after he was excluded for bad behaviour. She wanted to keep him out of the only alternative, a pupil referral unit.\n\nMohammed wasn't opposed to the idea at first. \"I thought it would be good because I wouldn't mix in with bad children,\" he says.\n\nBut it was harder than he expected. \"My mum isn't a proper teacher, she just helps nursery kids. She's not a teacher for maths, science and English. I couldn't learn from her.\"\n\nHis dad, who works long hours, tells him that he is squandering his life opportunities. \"He says: 'You've just ruined your chances' - that I could have had a good education and done my GCSEs and had a good life, but now I've wasted that,\" Mohammed says.\n\nMany families say home schooling works well for them. But Mohammed is one of a growing number of children who find themselves falling out of the state education system, according to Richard Watts, the chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People's Board.\n\nHe says it's increasingly common to hear of schools \"effectively putting a lot of pressure on parents to home educate their kids to get them off their rolls, particularly when exam time comes around\".\n\nMohammed was only 13 when he was excluded from school for setting off fireworks in the corridor with other boys. \"We went to a meeting, but they said there's no way of him coming back to the school,\" says his mum.\n\nMohammed had already been in trouble with the school authorities for fighting. \"At school he thought they ganged up on him and called him names, trying to provoke him. Mohammed is really quiet, but if he hasn't done nothing he'll be upset by it,\" his mother says.\n\n\"When Mohammed first settled into secondary education he was good. I think it's that he finds it hard to settle down and so much depends on his friendship group.\"\n\nBy year nine it became clear that he would no longer have a place in mainstream education. It was either home education or a place at the same pupil referral unit that his older brother had attended. His family didn't want him getting into the same bad crowds as his brother.\n\nSo when the school suggested home education as the only alternative, Mohammed's mother readily agreed. \"I never knew about the home schooling. I'm not that very educated myself and I'm not good with computers,\" she says.\n\nThe council had suggested a home education website. \"We had a few links but because of my home life situation and working I hadn't enough hours. He'd be depressed every morning and I'd put him on the home education website but it wasn't working for him,\" says Mohammed's mum.\n\nWhen she tried to get Mohammed out of bed to work, he refused.\n\nNow she doesn't bother trying and he passes his time helping his granddad, who has a serious lung condition and needs round-the-clock care.\n\nFor a brief period he attended Raising Explorers, an after-school facility in Bradford that tutored Mohammed for a couple of hours a week.\n\n\"It was hard to start over and not mess about and think about what I'm doing and to concentrate,\" he says.\n\n\"When I first went to the after-school club I was new, my background was different and I made mistakes. I got put on report and was doing good, but when people disturb me I just get annoyed and retaliate back,\" he says. He was excluded for brawling with another boy.\n\nMohammed says he regrets the bad behaviour that lost him his place in a mainstream school.\n\n\"I used to go to school and do stupid things I didn't think it would come to this, I thought I'd just do it a bit and I'd have a chance. I was falling behind at school anyway, but now that I don't have school I won't have any education for my GCSEs. I do think about my future - it's not going to be good.\"\n\nOut of School, Out of Sight is broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday 4 October on BBC Radio 4, or listen again on iPlayer\n\nAbdur Rahman, who runs a project working with excluded youngsters, says that like Richard Watts he is coming across an increasing number of cases where parents are persuaded to home educate, yet don't have the capacity to do so.\n\n\"These schools don't ask about the ability of parents to teach - that isn't part of the discussion. Schools work like businesses and it isn't about looking out for the child, it's about saying to Mum and Dad that: 'This is what you have to do because your child isn't engaging and it will keep you out of trouble.' It's a strategy that the schools are increasingly using.\"\n\nThe inspection of home education is carried out by local government officials, but it is a voluntary register and although numbers are thought to be growing, there is no real idea of how many families are doing this. It's because so little is known about the extent and quality of home education, that Lord Soley recently introduced a private members bill aimed at bringing in a mandatory registration system.\n\nHe says that there are concerns about the quality of education some youngsters are receiving. There is also a cost for schools who take back pupils like Mohammed when home education hasn't worked.\n\n\"These pupils who fall behind have disruption to their own education outcomes, but then if they go back into schools they cause problems across the board as they try to catch up. It isn't helping them and it isn't good for the schools when it doesn't work,\" he says.\n\nBradford Council is currently discussing school options with Mohammed and his family. A spokesman says the details of individual cases cannot be discussed, but any parent has the right to choose to home educate their child at any stage of their formal education.\n\n\"Local authorities can give advice but have no role in deciding whether this should happen,\" the spokesman continues.\n\n\"When the local authority becomes aware of an electively home-educated child, we offer a home visit or to meet at another venue. The local authority has no statutory duty to monitor the quality of home education on a routine basis. However, we always work to keep contact with parents to ensure our information about the child is kept up to date.\n\n\"All parents of electively home-educated children can contact our home education team at any time and parents can apply to the local authority for a school place at any point. The local authority will always look to work with the district's schools to find a solution which works for the child and their parents.\"\n\nMohammed's mum is currently trying to get her son back into school.\n\n\"I want him to do his GCSEs and go further, to study and move on to what he wants to do - instead of just finishing with no qualifications in a cruel world. I want him to try hard and I've told him, but there's nothing else I can do. Mohammed says he'll do anything to go back to school and to study,\" she says.\n\nMohammed agrees. He says he desperately wants to be back in the classroom.\n\n\"When I used to go to school I used to be around other children and I was happy. Now I'm by myself and it's just boring alone, I don't like it.\"\n\nJoin the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.", "The parents of a six-year-old boy who died from meningitis B have called for a wider vaccination programme.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nReal Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time - and the second year in a row.\n\nVictory took the 32-year-old Portugal international level with 30-year-old Argentine Messi, who won the most recent of his five awards in 2015.\n\nMessi's ex-Barcelona team-mate Neymar, now at Paris St-Germain, was third.\n\nLast season, Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and their first La Liga title since 2012.\n\nRonaldo added the 2017 Ballon d'Or to those he won in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016, and Messi is the only other recipient of the award since 2009.\n\n\"This is something I look forward to every year,\" he said, after receiving the award on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.\n\n\"Thanks to my Real Madrid team-mates. And I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level.\"\n\nThe 2016-17 campaign was a stellar season for the former Manchester United player.\n\nAfter helping Portugal win Euro 2016, he scored 42 goals for Real in all competitions as they won their 33rd La Liga title and 12th European Cup.\n\nHe scored twice in a 4-1 Champions League final win over Juventus and netted 25 times in 29 league games as Los Blancos finished three points ahead of Barcelona.\n• None Quiz: How well do you really know Messi and Ronaldo?\n\nWhat is the Ballon d'Or?\n\nThe Ballon d'Or is voted for by 173 journalists from around the world.\n\nIt has been awarded by France Football every year since 1956, but for six years it became the Fifa Ballon d'Or in association with world football's governing body and was awarded to the world's best player.\n\nHowever, Fifa ended its association with the award in September 2016.\n\nAt Fifa's awards in October, Ronaldo was named the world's best male player and also named in the Fifpro World XI.\n\nHow did Premier League players do?\n\nChelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante was the highest-placed Premier League player, finishing eighth. The France international won his second successive top-flight title last season and was named both the PFA and Football Writers' player of the year.\n\nTottenham striker Harry Kane, the only Englishman on the shortlist, finished 10th, Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne was 14th and Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard was 19th.\n\nLiverpool forward Sadio Mane was 23rd while team-mate and playmaker Philippe Coutinho was 29th.", "The Pope is suggesting changes to Christianity's best-known prayer\n\nPope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed.\n\nThe current wording that says \"lead us not into temptation\" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says.\n\nHis suggestion is to use \"do not let us fall into temptation\" instead, he told Italian TV on Wednesday night.\n\nThe Lord's Prayer is the best-known prayer in Christianity.\n\nThe pontiff said France's Roman Catholic Church was now using the new wording \"do not let us fall into temptation\" as an alternative, and something similar should be used worldwide.\n\n\"Do not let me fall into temptation because it is I who fall, it is not God who throws me into temptation and then sees how I fell,\" he told TV2000, an Italian Catholic TV channel.\n\n\"A father does not do that, a father helps you to get up immediately.\"\n\nIt is a translation from the Latin Vulgate, a 4th-Century Latin translation of the Bible, which itself was translated from ancient Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.\n\nSince the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has not shied away from controversy and has tackled some issues head-on, Vatican observers say.\n\nHe has previously said the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them.\n\nHe has also compared European migrant detention centres with concentration camps.", "The European Commission has said \"sufficient progress\" has been made in the first phase of Brexit talks to allow discussions to move on to Britain's future relationship with the EU.\n\nPresident Jean-Claude Juncker said he was confident the leaders of the other 27 EU members, who will meet next week, would allow the talks to progress.", "Stormzy made the transition from underground success to household name in 2017\n\nStormzy has been named artist of the year at the 2017 BBC Music Awards, capping a hugely successful year.\n\nThe south London MC, whose debut album Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime record to reach number one, beat Ed Sheeran and Lorde to the prize.\n\nHe adds it to a collection that already includes three Mobos and the Q Award for best solo artist.\n\nRag N Bone Man collected album of the year, while Foo Fighters won best live performance for their Glastonbury set.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe US band headlined the festival this June, two years after they were forced to pull out when frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg.\n\nTaking to the stage this summer, Grohl blamed the delay on \"bad traffic\", before launching into a blistering, hit-filled set.\n\nTheir performance eventually overran by 20 minutes because the crowd kept singing between songs.\n\n\"It really did just turn into this one big ball of love and energy and celebration and music,\" Grohl said as he collected the BBC Music Award.\n\n\"That's what you want every show to be, but when it's on that scale it's a big feeling.\"\n\nThis year's BBC Music Award winners pose with their trophies\n\nRag N Bone Man's prize came in recognition of his debut album Human, which is the year's biggest-selling debut.\n\n\"That's a proper good award,\" he said. \"I keep thinking at one point that someone is going to fishhook me off and tell me it's a joke, but it's not, and it's a wonderful thing to have.\"\n\nIn previous years, the BBC Music Awards have been handed out at a glitzy televised arena concert, with performances from the likes of One Direction, Little Mix and Robbie Williams.\n\nHowever, after disappointing ratings (2016's show was watched by 2.7 million people) this year's awards were handed out during a a one-hour BBC Two special titled The Year In Music 2017.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by BBC Music This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHosted by Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo, it looked at some of the year's biggest music stories, from the One Love concert in Manchester to Black Sabbath's last ever gig.\n\nStormzy, who self-released his debut album in February, has been one of the year's biggest breakout stars.\n\nThe rapper also contributed a heartbreaking verse to the Artists for Grenfell single, and collaborated with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Krept & Konan and Little Mix.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by BBC Radio 1 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"When I done the song with Little Mix, some people thought that questioned my integrity,\" he told the BBC Two show. \"I was like, 'bro, I rate Little Mix more than I rate some of your favourite rappers.'\"\n\nOn receiving his artist of the year prize, the star, whose real name is Michael Omari, said: \"I'm actually blessed to be able to say that I'm an artist that's managed to be regarded as someone that's worthy of this award.\n\n\"I don't know what the future holds for me but I'm definitely ready for it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Declan McKenna talks to BBC Breakfast about his award\n\nOne final award, for BBC Introducing artist of the year, went to rising star Declan McKenna, whose effervescent indie-pop songs address weighty topics like police brutality, transgender conversion therapy and corruption at Fifa.\n\nThe star, who first got played on radio after uploading songs to the BBC Introducing website as a 15-year-old, thanked the organisation \"for relentlessly rooting for me throughout the years\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "It is not clear if the DUP saw the final wording of the agreement on the Irish border\n\nIt is pretty clear how it all went wrong yesterday.\n\nBut as we left Brussels in the pitch black this morning we're still in the dark about what happens next, and how Theresa May can get this whole process back on track, and smartish.\n\nWhile it's not the end of the potential overall deal if the two sides can't move on to the next phase of talks at the summit next week, it is what both sides desperately want.\n\nThe longer it takes, the more risk there is of course of other parts of yesterday's draft being unpicked. The idea was, remember, to lock in the agreement so far, then get on with the rest. It isn't clear what happens next though.\n\nThere are some big political and practical questions to ask. (If you are not very interested in the minutiae of all of this, look away now.... but guess what, it's not just about a fight with her allies in Northern Ireland, but her friends and rivals around the cabinet table too).\n\n1. How can Theresa May get the DUP back on board quickly?\n\nThere is a dispute over whether or not they had seen the full text of the draft agreement yesterday.\n\nSome sources say they hadn't seen the whole thing, therefore they hadn't seen the full context of what was being said, and flew off the handle over the initial leaks from Brussels over what had been agreed, the UK government \"conceding\" on the border as MEPs outside the Commission building told us before May even arrived.\n\nWhile it's clear the DUP was in close contact with the government it is possible to believe they hadn't seen the whole text complete with the caveats, because even senior officials involved in the talks weren't allowed to have electronic copies of the document, only hard copies.\n\nAnd as there had been lots and lots of changes to the text over the weekend, it's not impossible to imagine that the final, final, final version that then emerged had not been shown in full to the DUP.\n\nOthers in government suggest the DUP had seen it all, and as we reported last night, the Tory chief whip told the PM it was all signed off. If that's the case, it is a much bigger political problem of trust for the PM, if the DUP had been kept in the loop and given their approval, but then threw their toys out of the pram.\n\nIt's not clear whether the PM and Arlene Foster will meet in the next couple of days in person, but from late last night talks between the two sides were under way.\n\nBut with such strong objections on the record now, it is very difficult to see how the DUP can just say, ok then prime minister, when we said we couldn't back it, we really meant that we could, unless there is a change in the language in the text that has already taken weeks of painful negotiation to agree. It's said there are three different policy options that could provide a fix, but this feels more like a battle of wills.\n\nAnd don't forget, there are a number of Tory MPs who agree with them. The idea of close \"alignment\", is anathema to some Conservative Brexiteers too.\n\nThere is however a very big difference between allowing Northern Ireland to choose to keep cooperating in some sectors and write that into the deal, and imposing a much bigger change where it essentially stands alone from the rest of the UK, and is pushed much closer to the EU.\n\n2. This morning it feels pretty much impossible for the other side, Dublin, to back down in any way.\n\nIrish leader Leo Varadkar, who is in the middle of a political whirlwind of his own, went public yesterday to make it clear that there was indeed an agreed text, and that there was no way that it could be unpicked.\n\nBeyond the reassurances on policy that the Irish so desired, to change tack politically and suddenly give back the concessions that appear to have been so hard won seems extremely unlikely to happen.\n\n3. It's worth pondering too whether the EU pushed the Republic of Ireland, or the Republic of Ireland pushed the EU, too hard?\n\nThe last week or so have been the moment of maximum leverage for the Republic of Ireland and they have squeezed every drop out of it. But if, with the EU's backing, they have pushed May into an impossible trap, no one will win. Several weeks ago a senior government official suggested to me that we should be worried about France and Germany underestimating the PM's political difficulties.\n\nIf the calculus became impossible for her to stay at the table, there was, they feared, no guaranteed way of her being being able to \"get back in the harness\". Because we are leaving the EU, the old expectations that the UK will always be able to keep talking, to keep going, don't apply any more.\n\n4. Is the only way out then for the prime minister to face down her allies?\n\nPerhaps, indeed, but why didn't she do that yesterday? There was not due to be a vote in Parliament on the suggested deal at the end of phase one. There was no moment on this specific issue when she required the DUP's backing. Northern Ireland is yet to receive the bulk of the billion that was promised to them after the DUP did a deal with the government.\n\nOne insider wondered aloud yesterday why she just hadn't dared them to take her on. The DUP will try to max out its influence at every stage and won't give up easily. The government knows how hard they can negotiate, after they spun out their confidence and supply agreement with No 10 over many days in the summer.\n\nBut when the stakes are high, the one thing the Northern Ireland contingent truly don't want is a Jeremy Corbyn government. And if Brexit is completely derailed, arguably that risk for the DUP and the Tories moves into view. And above all, if all the PM has really promised is voluntary alignment in some sectors that shouldn't be hypothetically impossible to agree, if she really demands it.\n\n5. The amount of trouble the prime minister is in also depends what the cabinet demands to know this morning, and what the promises over \"alignment\" really amounted to.\n\nWhile the crucial paragraphs over the Irish border did emerge into the public, the text of the whole document is still a secret.\n\nThe suspicion in some circles is that Theresa May and Olly Robbins, her top EU official, might have been suggesting that \"regulatory alignment\", where the rules in the UK mirror very closely those in the EU, was an option, not just for Northern Ireland, but for the rest of the country, or at least some sectors of the economy.\n\nThat had not been scoped out by the Brexit department, it's suggested, let alone signed off by the cabinet.\n\nRound that table, be in no doubt, there are very different views over how close the UK's \"alignment\" should be. If Brexiteers Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and others feel this morning that the prime minister somehow tried to bounce them into agreeing to a future outside the EU where the UK was permanently bound tightly to Brussels, expect fireworks at home.\n\nThat could end up being much more troublesome for Theresa May than the behaviour of the Northern Ireland party whose votes she needs.\n\nNo 10 sources say the suggestions that the PM wants alignment for the whole of the UK are wide of the mark. But Brexiteers are likely to demand reassurance.", "Unionists are sceptical Irish border trade harmonisation may be the thin end of an Irish unity wedge\n\nLast Friday, European Council President Donald Tusk visited Dublin and told British politicians that, whether they liked it or not, the key to the UK's future after Brexit lay in Dublin.\n\nThis week began with the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, reminding the EU, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Theresa May that, whether they like it or not, her party holds some cards in the Brexit game.\n\nThe DUP says it never assented to any of the wording which leaked out of the Brexit discussions, whether it be \"no regulatory divergence\" across the island of Ireland after Brexit or \"continued regulatory alignment\".\n\nThose words were meant to provide reassurance to the Irish government that, should the EU and the UK not be able to reach a trade deal, there would be a backstop that would guarantee trade across the border would continue pretty much as it does now.\n\nIt would mean Northern Ireland businesses adhering to the same standards and rules as their southern counterparts.\n\nHowever, unionists tend to view with scepticism any proposal for harmonisation of rules on either side of the border.\n\nThey are concerned such an approach may be the thin end of a wedge towards Irish unity.\n\nIn addition, the committed Brexiteers among the DUP argue that if, over time, Northern Ireland diverges from the trading regulations applied elsewhere in the UK, it could create a barrier to trade within the UK and prevent Belfast benefiting from any deals London might negotiate in the future.\n\nPerhaps if the parliamentary arithmetic had been different, the prime minister might have pushed ahead and signed a deal with the EU against the DUP's wishes.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Theresa May needs the DUP's backing at Westminster.\n\nIf she had ignored their concerns, there's little doubt that the party's 10 MPs would have sat on their hands and not supported the Conservatives in important votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill this week.\n\nGovernment negotiators have 10 days until the full European summit to try to placate the DUP and make progress towards the Holy Grail of phase two trade talks.\n\nBut that task has been complicated by the DUP's show of strength, the publication of the sensitive wording from the draft negotiating text and Leo Varadkar's public insistence that the British government had signed up to a formula which the DUP found so hard to swallow.\n\nA deadline has been missed and difficult negotiations lie ahead.\n\nIn other words, we are back in a scenario with which the DUP, with all of its Stormont experience, is very familiar.", "Saint Lucia is on the EU's 17 \"non-cooperative jurisdictions\"\n\nThe European Union has published its first blacklist of tax havens, naming 17 territories including Saint Lucia, Barbados and South Korea.\n\nA \"watchlist\" of 47 countries promising to change their tax rules to meet EU standards has also been issued.\n\nThe \"grey list\" includes several with UK links, including Hong Kong, Jersey, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, as well as Switzerland and Turkey.\n\nBoth lists have been criticised as omitting the most notorious tax havens.\n\nThe lists follow the leaking of the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers, revealing how companies and individuals hid their wealth from tax authorities around the world in offshore accounts.\n\nEU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici said the blacklist represented \"substantial progress\", adding: \"Its very existence is an important step forward. But because it is the first EU list, it remains an insufficient response to the scale of tax evasion worldwide.\"\n\nTo determine whether a country is a \"non-cooperative jurisdiction\" the EU index measures the transparency of its tax regime, tax rates and whether the tax system encourages multinationals to unfairly shift profits to low tax regimes to avoid higher duties in other states. In particular these include tax systems that offer incentives such as 0% corporate tax to foreign companies.\n\nEU members have been left to decide what action to take against the offenders. Ministers ruled out imposing a withholding tax on transactions to tax havens as well as other financial sanctions.\n\nSome states, such as Luxembourg and Malta, opposed stricter sanctions, according to officials. EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said \"stronger countermeasures would have been preferable\".\n\nPanama is one of the 17 countries listed by the EU but its president, Juan Carlos Varela, said the country was \"not in any way a tax haven\".\n\nPanama is on the EU's tax havens blacklist\n\nThe EU is encouraging member states to take what it calls \"defensive actions\" against those countries that do not reform their tax systems.\n\nThe UK-based charity Oxfam last week published its own list of 35 countries that it said should be blacklisted.\n\nOli Pearce, Oxfam's inequality and tax policy advisor, said: \"It is disturbing to see mostly small countries on the EU blacklist, while the most notorious tax havens - UK-linked places like Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Jersey and the Virgin Islands - escape with a place on the 'grey list'.\n\n\"Although we recognise this is a step in the right direction, if EU leaders let too many tax havens off the hook we'll all lose out. A place on the grey list must not mean tax havens get off scot-free.\"\n\nHowever, tax campaigner Richard Murphy said some countries on the grey list could still face heavy sanctions if they failed to reform their tax systems.\n\nHe said EU countries will be encouraged to disallow payments made to these places for tax purposes, or to charge withholding taxes on interest payments to them.\n\nThat tactic could \"utterly neuter their so-called status as 'tax neutral international financial centres' by ensuring that all monies they receive have been taxed before getting there\", Mr Murphy said.\n\n\"The EU is also saying to the UK that it is taking real measures against British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and the message is - if you go the same way as them with a similar low-tax regime after Brexit, you'll be sanctioned too.\"\n\nThe EU made exceptions for countries faced with natural disasters such as hurricanes, and put the process temporarily on hold.", "Three men have been charged with the murder of Maltese investigative journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.\n\nBrothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, aged 55 and 53, and Vincent Muscat, 55, all pleaded not guilty.\n\nThey were also accused of possession of bomb-making material and weapons.\n\nCaruana Galizia died in an explosion shortly after she left her home in Bidnija, near Mosta, on 16 October.\n\nThe 53-year-old was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption.\n\nOn Monday, police arrested 10 Maltese nationals in connection with the murder. Police operations took place in the town of Marsa, and the Bugibba and Zebbug areas.\n\nPrime Minister Joseph Muscat, who is not related to Vincent Muscat, said some of the 10 detainees were already known to the police while others had criminal records.\n\nThe Times of Malta reports that the three men who have been charged were among those arrested.\n\nA close friend of Caruana Galizia told Reuters news agency that she did not think the journalist had ever investigated the men.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Borg Cardona: \"My friend has been killed there\"\n\nThe government had offered a €1m (£890,000; $1.2m) reward for information about Caruana Galizia's murder.\n\nHer three sons refused to endorse the reward, and said they were \"not interested in justice without change\".\n\nIn her Running Commentary blog, Caruana Galizia had relentlessly reported on alleged corruption among politicians across party lines.\n\nWith a career spanning more than three decades, she was \"one of Malta's most important, visible, fearless journalists\", in the words of former Home Affairs Minister Louis Galea.\n\nHer funeral was attended by hundreds of people but the tiny EU state's leaders were barred by her family.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a pillar of Malta's democracy, her friend says\n\nInternational experts, including from the FBI, were called in to help in the investigation.\n\nThe editors of eight of the world's largest news organisations, including the BBC, called for the European Commission - the EU executive - to investigate the murder.\n\nIn response, Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the commission, urged the authorities to leave \"no stone unturned\" in the case.", "Conservative MP Heidi Allen was left in tears after Labour's Frank Field described the \"destitution\" faced by his constituents during a Commons debate about universal credit.", "Kamal Ahmed and Tina Daheley will help mentor students\n\nThe BBC is launching a new scheme to help young people identify real news and filter out fake or false information.\n\nThe project is targeted at secondary schools and sixth forms across the UK.\n\nFrom March, up to 1,000 schools will be offered mentoring in class and online to help them spot so-called fake news.\n\nBBC journalists including Kamal Ahmed, Tina Daheley, Amol Rajan and Huw Edwards will also take part in events aimed at helping students.\n\nJames Harding, the director of BBC News, said: \"This is an attempt to go into schools to speak to young people and give them the equipment they need to distinguish between what's true and what's false.\"\n\nThe move follows a year-long study, conducted by the University of Salford in conjunction with BBC Newsround, looking at how well children aged between nine and 14 can spot false information.\n\nAlthough most of the children from across all age groups said they knew what fake news was, many of them could not always distinguish between fake and real stories when presented with them.\n\nBBC Director of News James Harding: \"Some information is downright lies.\"\n\nThe term \"fake news\" was popularised by Donald Trump during his presidential election campaign last year.\n\nHe used the term to denigrate the output of the traditional news media, although it is also used to describe news stories that achieve significant traction despite being palpably false.\n\nRecent examples include a satirical story claiming that the Pope had endorsed Trump for president, which was widely circulated as an established fact.\n\nThe issue surfaced again this month when the President retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group whose authenticity was subsequently challenged.\n\nIn November, The Independent - now an online newspaper - streamed a video \"live from space\" that turned out to be footage recorded in 2015.\n\nIn July, meanwhile, a Facebook Live video purporting to show a storm was outed by social media users as a gif.\n\n\"I think that people are getting the news all over the place - there's more information than ever before,\" said Harding.\n\n\"But, as we know, some of it is old news, some of it is half truths. Some of it is just downright lies. And it's harder than ever when you look at those information feeds to discern what's true and what's not.\n\n\"But there are 'tells', there are ways that you can look at your news feed and identify a story that's true and a story that's not.\n\n\"And we think that's a skill that enables people to make good choices about the information they get and good choices in their lives.\"\n\nLast month a survey by media watchdog Ofcom found almost three quarters of children aged between 12 and 15 were aware of so-called \"fake news\" and that half of them has read a story they suspected of being false.\n\nThe BBC has set up a mailing list for those interested in finding out more about the project.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Pamela Batten suffered a fractured skull in the attack by her husband's former carer\n\nThe son of a 90-year-old woman who was stabbed in the neck by a carer with a previous assault conviction is calling for a change to criminal record checks.\n\nAbosede Adeyinka hit Pamela Batten on the head with a hammer and stabbed her at her home in Hillingdon, west London.\n\nAdeyinka was jailed for 21 years in November for attempted murder.\n\nBut Mrs Batten's son Sammy said the carer should never have been given a job because of her previous convictions.\n\nAdeyinka, who had built a relationship with the victim after she cared for Mrs Batten's husband, let herself into the house in April before pushing the elderly grandmother to the floor.\n\nThe 52-year-old pulled a hammer from her handbag and fractured Mrs Batten's skull, then plunged a knife into her victim's neck, narrowly missing her spinal cord.\n\nMrs Batten has recovered well from most of her injuries, but her son said she is now very nervous and has lost the \"happy-go-lucky\" side of her personality.\n\nSammy Batten said Adeyinka should never have been allowed to work with vulnerable people\n\nBut Mr Batten is \"angry\" and \"astonished\" Adeyinka was allowed to look after vulnerable people when her employers knew about her previous convictions for fraud and shoplifting.\n\nIt was revealed during the trial Adeyinka also had convictions for actual bodily harm and burglary.\n\nMr Batten said: \"Everyone's got to have a job, but you can't put a fox in charge of the hen house.\n\n\"What's the point of vetting someone if you then ignore the results?\"\n\nA spokesman for Adeyinka's employer Avant Healthcare said the firm undertook a \"robust\" interviewing process, including thorough referencing and criminal checks.\n\nAvant said it was not aware of the actual bodily harm conviction.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"If Avant Healthcare had been aware of an assault conviction, Abosede Adeyinka would not have been employed.\"\n\nAbosede Adeyinka was jailed for 21 years, last month\n\nThe Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) said anyone employing people to work with vulnerable adults or children should request an enhanced DBS check.\n\nIt added convictions held by police will be revealed by the enhanced check, but that this is \"subject to filtering arrangements\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Manchester Arena bomber had been a \"subject of interest\" and opportunities to stop him were missed, a review says.\n\nIts author, David Anderson QC, said it was conceivable Salman Abedi's attack, which killed 22 people, could have been avoided had \"cards fallen differently\".\n\nBut he said it was \"unknowable\" whether reopening investigations into Abedi would have thwarted his plans, adding: \"MI5 assesses that it would not.\"\n\nGreater Manchester Police said its officers would \"never stop learning\".\n\nAfter the Manchester bombing and three terror attacks in London this year, counter-terror police and MI5 conducted internal reviews. Mr Anderson carried out an independent assessments of their findings.\n\nThe reviews, which remain largely secret, are summarised in Mr Anderson's report, and show:\n\nSalman Abedi was named by police as the suicide bomber shortly after the attack in Manchester\n\nThe reviews also showed the two other attackers who had been on MI5's radar were Khuram Butt, the leader of the London Bridge and Borough Market attack, and Khalid Masood who targeted Westminster Bridge in March.\n\nButt had been identified by MI5 and the police as someone who wanted to attack the UK two years earlier.\n\nHe was still a \"live subject of interest\" who was under investigation at the time of the attack, though more for his intention to travel to Syria and for radicalising others.\n\nHe was also the main target of \"Operation Hawthorn\" - but this was suspended twice because of a lack of resources after the Bataclan attack in Paris and the Westminster Bridge attack.\n\nOperation Hawthorn had resumed and was running on the day Butt attacked.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Anderson, a former independent reviewer of terror legislation, said: \"Despite elevated threat levels, the fundamentals are sound and the great majority of attacks continue to be thwarted.\n\n\"But the shock of these incidents has prompted intensive reflection and a commitment to significant change.\n\n\"In particular, MI5 and the police have identified the need to use data more effectively, to share knowledge more widely, to improve their own collaboration and to assess and investigate terrorist threats on a uniform basis, whatever the ideology that inspires them.\"\n\nCould MI5 really have stopped the attacks?\n\nIt says not - but Mr Anderson believes there were opportunities. Given the scale of terrorism-related activity since 2013 - when the Syria crisis gave a boost to recruitment in the UK - there is no doubt that the security service has been juggling a huge numbers of cases.\n\nThe real question is whether the manpower is matched with the right data tools and relationships with other bodies to stop more of the threats before it is too late.\n\nData analysis will play an increasingly important role in trying to spot individuals who may pose a threat after years of being quiet.\n\nPerhaps the most important change to come is that MI5 may be told to share some of what it knows with other agencies - such as local councils - in the hope that people on the ground can provide the missing piece of information they need to disrupt a threat.\n\nThis raises huge cultural challenges for an organisation that necessarily operates below the radar.\n\nSome relatives of victims have given their views on the report.\n\nSteve Goodman, whose step-granddaughter 15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy was killed in the blast, said: \"The police were doing their jobs as best they could.\n\n\"Unfortunately information is not always reliable.\"\n\nDan Hett lost his brother Martyn, 29, in the explosion.\n\nIn a series of tweets said he could not \"fathom how complicated modern antiterrorism intelligence is\".\n\nHe added that the positive aspects of the emergency services' response should also be highlighted.\n\nThe home secretary said nine terror attacks had been prevented in the UK since the Westminster attack in March.\n\nIn a statement to the Commons, Ms Rudd said MI5 and the police had made 126 recommendations.\n\nThese included issues such as data sharing and analysis and how so-called \"closed subjects\" should be managed, as well as a new approach to managing domestic extremism, particularly of right-wing groups.\n\n\"We will shortly be announcing the budgets for policing for 2017-18, and I am clear that we must ensure counter terrorism policing has the resources needed to deal with the threats that we face,\" she told MPs.\n\nMr Anderson's predecessor Lord Carlile said the 126 recommendations should be \"put into effect as soon as possible\".\n\nThe Met Police said the number of dangerous, radicalised individuals was \"a major issue\".\n\nCommissioner Cressida Dick said her force needed \"to make rapid progress in implementing the recommendations, many of which require new technology, better infrastructures and resources\".\n\nFollowing the publication of the report, the prime minister's spokesman said the government would pay £9.8m in special funding to Greater Manchester Police, in relation to its response to the Manchester Arena bombing.\n\nThe Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said the report would be difficult reading for the people of his city.\n\n\"It is clear that things could, and perhaps should, have been done differently and that wrong judgements have been made,\" he said.\n\nBut, he said, it should reassure the public to know MI5 were closing in on Abedi.\n\nIt would be much more worrying if nothing had been known about the attack, he added.\n\nChris Phillips, a former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, said: \"When you look back, within terrorism, you will always find some way that we could have stopped something.\n\n\"I always equate it to spinning plates. They've got hundreds and thousands of plates spinning at any given time.\n\n\"Someone has to make some risk-assessed decisions as to who is at the top of the pile to be watched.\"\n\nThe current threat level for terrorism in the UK is severe, meaning an attack is highly likely,", "Carter told Newsbeat he couldn't believe the response to his tweet\n\nA tweet from a 16-year-old who wanted a year's free supply of chicken nuggets was the UK's most retweeted of 2017.\n\nAfter fast food chain Wendy's set Carter Wilkerson a target of 18m retweets to get the food, he tweeted: \"Help me please. A man needs his nuggs.\"\n\nAnd the internet stepped up. It's been shared 3.6m times globally and is now the most retweeted post of all time.\n\nJeremy Clarkson and Jermain Defoe also appear on the UK's 2017 list.\n\nIn April, the teenager told Newsbeat it was \"super fun\" to see his tweet get so many retweets.\n\nWendy's went on to give Carter the free supply - despite him not receiving the set target.\n\nSecond on the list was Ariana Grande responding to the terror attack at her concert in Manchester in May, which was shared 1.1m times worldwide.\n\nAfter the show she wrote: \"Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words.\"\n\nJermain Defoe's tribute to his \"best friend\" Bradley Lowery completes the top three with 240,000 retweets.\n\nAfter the six-year-old died, following a fight with a rare type of cancer in July, the footballer tweeted: \"Sleep tight little one.\"\n\nFourth on the list was a tweet from former US President Barack Obama, who captioned a picture of children from different ethnic backgrounds with a message of equality.\n\nDespite having a total of 1.1m retweets, fewer of those users were based in the UK than those who shared Jermain Defoe's tweet.\n\nFormer footballer Andy Johnson is fifth on the UK list after he supported Aaron Lennon as he battled with mental health issues.\n\nHe's closely followed by Jeremy Clarkson dabbing, a police officer who raised awareness for a suicide prevention line and Peter Crouch suggesting a picture of him with giraffes was spending \"time with family\" which all have more than 100,000 shares.\n\nThe top 10 is rounded off with a picture raising awareness of how to spot breast cancer and a tweet with a caption to a video of Jeremy Corbyn clapping his hands as he walks down some stairs.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Charlie Dunn's stepfather Paul Smith had denied any wrong-doing in relation to his death\n\nThe stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a pool at a water park has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence.\n\nCharlie Dunn, who could not swim, was pulled from the water at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July 2016.\n\nPaul Smith, 36, had denied letting the boy wander off alone for more than two hours but changed his plea during the trial at Birmingham Crown Court.\n\nCharlie's mother, Lynsey Dunn, 28, has had the same charge dropped.\n\nPaul Smith and Lynsey Dunn will be sentenced later this month\n\nShe did admit a charge of neglect in connection with Charlie after an incident between July 2014 and July 2016, in which she failed to supervise him near a busy road.\n\nDunn also pleaded guilty to a second charge of neglect in relation to another youngster, who cannot be named, after an incident in the summer of 2015.\n\nIt can also now be reported that prior to the trial Smith admitted witness intimidation in connection with another incident relating to Charlie.\n\nBoth defendants, of Glascote Heath, Tamworth, Staffordshire, will be sentenced on 20 December.\n\nCharlie was found in the Blue Lagoon children's pool at the park\n\nCharlie was found submerged in a 1.4m-deep lagoon at the busy attraction, in Market Bosworth, and pulled from the water by other children.\n\nA paramedic carried out CPR, before he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.\n\nThe court had previously heard he had been allowed to play unsupervised in the park.\n\nOpening the Crown's case on 30 November, prosecutor Mary Prior QC said: \"This case is not about parents turning their back for a minute whilst a tragedy occurs.\n\n\"We don't prosecute parents for unavoidable tragedies nor do we expect perfection in parenting.\n\n\"This is a gross failure to supervise not for seconds, and not for a few minutes, but for protracted periods of time in circumstances where the child was exposed to danger.\"\n\nThe trial was told Smith was overheard shouting he did not know where Charlie was on the day he died\n\nActing Det Insp Nikki McLatchie, of Leicestershire Police, who worked on the case, said there were about a thousand people at the park on the day Charlie drowned.\n\n\"Witness testimony showed that Charlie was left alone on numerous occasions, despite him not being able to swim,\" she said.\n\n\"Smith was looking after Charlie at the park, and his failure as a parent came with the most tragic consequences and ultimately led to his death.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'He switched his webcam on and started groaning'\n\nSex offenders are increasingly using live online streaming platforms to exploit children, police have warned.\n\nChildren need to be educated on the risks associated with streaming sites, the National Crime Agency said.\n\nIt said offenders were learning how young people communicated online and \"using this knowledge to abuse them\".\n\nIn one week, authorities identified 345 vulnerable children and arrested 192 people, 30% involving streaming, blackmail and grooming.\n\nSocial media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat all allow some form of live capability, while there are also many pure live streaming services, including Periscope, Omegle, Liveme and Lively.\n\nPolice say abusers thrive on the immediacy these live platforms offer - targeting children with tricks, dares and threats to manipulate them into nudity or sexual acts.\n\nThey called for help from parents and internet companies to help manage the evolving threat children face online.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Child Sexual Exploitation lead explains why parents need to be more intrusive online.\n\nNational Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Child Protection Chief Constable Simon Bailey said: \"We need parents and carers to talk to their children about healthy relationships and staying safe online.\n\n\"We need internet companies to help us stop access to sexual abuse images and videos and prevent abuse happening on their platforms.\"\n\nAn NCA survey found that while 84% of the 927 people who responded said they were alert to the potential dangers their children faced online, more than 30% had not spoken to their children about online safety in the last month. Almost 58% were not sure if they had adequate online security.\n\nFor many parents the world of live streaming apps is a bewildering one. Every month new ones emerge, to become the latest \"must do\".\n\nAt their most basic they allow young people to broadcast live to the world from anywhere - classroom, playground or bedroom. Some only let a limited number of people see the broadcaster, others are open to anyone using the app - and that includes predators.\n\nIt's easy to see why children like the apps. It's immediate, it seems like fun and many idolise the vloggers and Youtubers doing the same thing. The more viewers or \"likes\" the greater the affirmation for the child.\n\nAnd for tech companies? Video engages people for longer than anything else online and advertisers love that. The more video a platform can boast, the more advertisers it can attract.\n\nThe growth of live streaming apps poses a stark question for the tech industry, one underlined by the NCA campaign - when you create an app that allows children to broadcast live to the world and allows the world to talk back - is it really possible to keep them safe?\n\nIn a bid to raise awareness among children, a short animation - featuring a fictional abuser called Sam - is being launched by the NCA's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).\n\nReleased alongside the hashtag #WhoIsSam, the clip will show children and young people how offenders attempt to build exploitative virtual relationships.\n\nZoe Hilton, from the NCA, said: \"Offenders will take advantage of the fact that young peoples' inhibitions are lower online so we're also encouraging parents to talk to their children about what a healthy relationship looks like and how to spot when someone might not be who they say they are.\n\n\"As well as ensuring that privacy settings are in place on the sites and apps they use, it's so important that we have regular and open conversations with our children about being safe online and encouraging them to speak up if something is worrying them or doesn't feel right.\"\n\nUpdated guidelines have been added to Ceop's Thinkuknow website, providing parents and guardians, and children of all ages with the latest advice on keeping safe online.\n\nFurther guidelines have been issued in a report called Digital Childhood which looks at concerns and makes recommendations for specific age groups.\n\nFor example, it says parents should supervise their under-fives at all times online and suggests greater efforts should be made to stop 10 to 12-year-olds signing up to social media sites that are for those aged 13 and older.\n\nUK police forces have also increased offline intervention activity, working with schools, universities and after school clubs to increase awareness.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party will not accept any Brexit deal that \"separates\" Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\" that an anticipated deal on Brexit was not reached on Monday.\n\nHe said Ireland could not go into a second phase of Brexit talks without \"firm guarantees that there will not be a hard border in Ireland\".\n\nMr Varadkar said the UK had agreed a text that met Irish concerns.\n\nHowever, he was then later told that the British government was not in a position to conclude \"what was agreed\".\n\nThe taoiseach told a press conference in Dublin that earlier on Monday, he had been in touch with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk and confirmed to both Ireland's agreement on the form of words about the Irish border.\n\nBut the deal did not go ahead.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said the deal broke down after the DUP refused to accept UK concessions on the Irish border issue.\n\nIrish ministers say the border is \"more than a customs issue\" and must be handled sensitively\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May is understood to have broken off from talks with Mr Junker to speak to DUP leader Arlene Foster.\n\nIt happened after the DUP leader had held a press conference saying her party would \"not accept any form of regulatory divergence\" that separates Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nHowever, Downing Street sources insist it was not only the intervention by the DUP that meant a deal was not concluded.\n\nThe DUP insists NI must leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the UK\n\nIt is understood that there are still differences of opinion over citizens' rights, the role of the European Courts after the implementation period and also over the technicalities of the Irish border.\n\nThe UK was reportedly prepared to accept that Northern Ireland may remain in the EU's customs union and single market in all but name.\n\nAt her press conference on Monday afternoon, Mrs Foster accused Dublin of trying to change the 1998 Belfast Agreement without unionists' consent.\n\n\"We will not stand for that,\" she said.\n\n\"The prime minister has told the House of Commons that there will be no border in the Irish Sea and the prime minister has been clear that the UK is leaving the EU as a whole and that the territorial and economic integrity of the UK will be protected,\" said the DUP leader.\n\nThis is the latest in a series of meetings between Theresa May and EU officials\n\nThe Irish prime minister told a news conference that it \"would not be helpful\" for him to attribute blame for the breakdown in agreement.\n\nWhen asked about the DUP's influence with the UK government, Mr Varadkar said that although they are the largest party in Northern Ireland, and their views have to be taken into account, they \"don't represent the majority of people in Northern Ireland\".\n\nHe added that the majority of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU during the Brexit referendum.\n\nThe Irish government had been seeking guarantees from the UK that there would be no customs checks on the border with Northern Ireland after Brexit and movements of goods and people would remain seamless.\n\nJohn O'Dowd, Sinn Féin, accused the DUP leader, Mrs Foster, of putting party political needs ahead of border issues.\n\n\"It appears from the leaks of the paper that were presented today - and we will examine the paper in its totality - that there is certainly a significant section of the UK government who are prepared to treat us different because they either understand the unique circumstances of this island or they accept that these talks are going nowhere until this matter is dealt with,\" he said.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May has been meeting key EU figures in an attempt to hammer out a deal ahead of a summit in 10 days time.\n\nMr Tusk represents the leaders of the other 27 EU members, who all need to agree for there to be a move to the next phase of talks.\n\nThe UK voted for Brexit last year and is due to leave in March 2019, but negotiations have been deadlocked over three so-called separation issues: the status of expat citizens, the \"divorce\" bill and the Northern Ireland border.\n\nThe Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement was reached on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland about how NI should be governed.\n\nThe agreement aimed to set up a nationalist and unionist power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.", "Children can do video chats with friends and approved adults\n\nHow young is too young to be on social media?\n\nStrictly speaking, only those aged 13 and over are allowed to use Facebook. But the prevention methods are trivial, meaning more than 20 million under-13-year-olds are thought to be using the network.\n\nSo on Monday, Facebook launched its first app tailored for young users. It's a ringfenced network that needs parental approval before use, and will not - the company has promised - be used to feed data for advertising.\n\nMessenger Kids is a simplified, locked-down version of the messaging app Facebook today offers those over 13.\n\n\"Parents are increasingly allowing their children to use tablets and smartphones, but often have questions and concerns about how their kids use them and which apps are appropriate,\" said Loren Cheng, product manager for Messenger Kids.\n\n\"So when we heard about the need for better apps directly from parents during research and conversations with parents, we knew we needed to develop it alongside the people who were going to use it, as well as experts who could help guide our thinking.\"\n\nIf two children want to be friends on Messenger Kids, that friendship has to be approved by a parent for each child. Once confirmed to be safe, friends can do live video chat and send pictures and text to each other.\n\nParental controls are designed to ensure communications are safe and approved\n\nThere will also be \"a library of kid-appropriate and specially chosen GIFs, frames, stickers, masks and drawing tools lets them decorate content and express their personalities\".\n\nApproved adults can also contact children through the app - although they will get their messages through the normal Facebook Messenger app.\n\nMessenger Kids will of course collect data: the child's name, the content of the messages, and typical usage reports for how the app is used.\n\nFacebook will share that information with third parties, which must have data protection policies that comply with Coppa, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the US.\n\nFacebook has promised the data will not be used in any way to power the \"grown up\" Facebook.\n\nFacebook has added an array of effects to make the video chat more enjoyable for children\n\nThat's important - the obvious commercial benefit to this new app might be to target ads to parents based on what their kids are talking about. Or use what was discussed in Messenger Kids to target ads at teens as they graduate into over-13 Facebook.\n\nNeither of those things would happen, Facebook said. The app doesn't know specifically how old the children signing up are, so users will not be prompted to move onto Facebook when they are old enough.\n\nIf a child does decide to join full Facebook, it will be a brand new account with no data carried over from what was said on Messenger Kids.\n\nHaving youngsters graduate onto Facebook proper is of key strategic importance for the company as it seeks to make sure it is the social network of choice for the next generation of users.\n\nIf it can capture the attention of 6 to 12-year-olds before Snapchat (or some other competitor) can, then chances are those same kids will naturally progress into using Facebook as teenagers and young adults. It is this demographic causing them the most headaches right now.\n\nBut business sense aside, you have to ask: should children that young be using social media at all? Sean Parker, one of Facebook's early investors and its first president, recently opined on the negative impact of the service he helped create.\n\n“God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains,\" he said, reflecting on the small \"dopamine hit\" we get when someone gives us a \"like\" on social media.\n\nThe \"like\" mechanism is a key part of Messenger Kids - and as a society we might wonder if we want to introduce children as young as six to the concept of online peer validation. Six-year-olds should be playing with worms, not getting FOMO.\n\nOthers want broader transparency on the various privacy issues that arise from the launch of this app. Facebook's blogpost on Monday was carefully crafted to alleviate various anticipated worries, and name-dropping experts and agencies that deal with protection of children is a key part of its marketing strategy here.\n\nThere is tentative support for what Facebook is doing. The prevailing mood is that since kids are using social networks, you might as do what you can to make sure that use is safe and monitored.\n\nCommon Sense Media, a US non-profit \"dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families\", has looked extensively at the proliferation of social media use among young children.\n\n“A messenger app for kids under 13 that only parents can sign them up for sounds like a nice idea on its face,\" said James Steyer, the organisation's chief executive.\n\n\"But without clear policies about data collection, what happens to the content children post, and plans for the future, it is impossible to fully trust the platform.\n\n\"We appreciate that for now, the product is ad-free and appears designed to put parents in control. But why should parents simply trust that Facebook is acting in the best interest of kids?\"\n\nFacebook knows this move into looking after far more vulnerable users will be watched extremely closely. Any harmful content that makes its way onto Messenger Kids will be a major issue for the firm.\n\nAs YouTube found out when disturbing videos found their way onto YouTube Kids, trying to make a child-safe space is difficult - a minority of people will always be looking at ways to get around protections.\n\nThe app is only available in the US on Apple's iOS operating system initially.\n\nYou can reach Dave securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370", "Four years have passed since South African hero Nelson Mandela died\n\nSouth Africa's corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago.\n\nAccording to the report, 300m rand ($22m; £16m) was redirected from a development fund to help with costs.\n\nIt had been earmarked for things like \"sanitation, the replacement of mud schools and the refurbishment of hospitals,\" the report stated.\n\nInstead, the authorities allegedly spent it on items like $24 T-shirts.\n\nAllegations of misuse first emerged in 2014, months after Mr Mandela's funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape, in December 2013, which was attended by heads of state from around the world.\n\nNow, nearly four years after Mr Mandela's death at the age of 95, the country's public protector, Busi Mkhwebane, has asked President Jacob Zuma to pursue the allegations further using the special investigations unit.\n\nThe 300-page report describes how officials in the Eastern Cape pocketed funds, ignored basic rules, and inflated costs.\n\nMr Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being charged with trying to overthrow the apartheid government\n\nMs Mkhwebane described the failure to follow regulations on the spending of public money as \"very scary\" and \"appalling\", according to South Africa's Mail&Guardian newspaper.\n\n\"It is very concerning that we can use a funeral to do such things,\" she told a press conference. \"How do you charge or escalate prices or even send an invoice for something you have not delivered?\"\n\nMs Mkhwebane said disorganisation had a role to play in the misuse, but also hit out at how South Africa's ruling ANC party had apparently issued instructions to officials on how the money should be spent.\n\n\"There are invoices we are showing with letterheads from the ANC. And monies were paid but again services were not rendered,\" she was quoted as saying by South Africa's EyeWitness News.\n\nShe added: \"We are hopeful whoever has committed these acts will be taken to task.\"\n\nThis is not the first scandal to surround official events commemorating the apartheid struggle hero's life.\n\nThe man tasked with providing a sign language interpretation at the memorial service was accused of making up gestures, while a fight for control over Mandela's legacy within his own family mired the last months of his life.", "A former senior police officer has demanded cabinet minister Damian Green publicly retracts a claim that he lied about pornography being found on a computer in the MP's office in 2008.\n\nBob Quick said he would consider legal action against the first secretary of state if he did not do so.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Green had described Mr Quick as \"untrustworthy\" and accused him of making \"untrue\" allegations.\n\nMr Green denies downloading or watching pornography on his work computers.\n\nIn a statement issued by his lawyers, Mr Quick said: \"Damian Green called me a liar in the statement he tweeted on 4 November 2017. That is completely untrue.\n\n\"Everything I have said is accurate, in good faith, and in the firm belief that I have acted in the public interest.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am in no way motivated politically and bear no malice whatsoever to Damian Green.\n\n\"This is despite unfortunate and deeply hurtful attempts to discredit me.\"\n\nWhen he was assistant commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service, Mr Quick led an inquiry into Home Office leaks, which saw Mr Green's Commons office being searched in 2008.\n\nHaving resigned in 2009, Mr Quick made the allegations last month after the Cabinet Office launched an investigation into accusations of inappropriate behaviour by Mr Green towards journalist Kate Maltby, which the MP has described as \"completely false\".\n\nMr Green then tweeted his reaction, describing the pornography claims as \"disreputable political smears\" and accusing Mr Quick of acting in \"flagrant breach\" of his duty of confidentiality.\n\nOn Friday, retired Met detective Neil Lewis also alleged that \"thousands\" of thumbnail images of legal pornography had been found on Mr Green's parliamentary computer.\n\nBut he was condemned by the Met's Commissioner Cressida Dick, who said all officers had a duty to protect sensitive information they discovered.\n\nResponding the Mr Quick's comments on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Tory MP said: \"It would be inappropriate for Mr Green to comment while the Cabinet Office inquiry is ongoing and while the Metropolitan Police is investigating the conduct of former officers.\"", "As talks appear to have broken down, we get back to basics, and meet the people affected by the politics.", "Thousands of internet users have joined forces to save Mothe-Chandeniers chateau in France.\n\nBy contributing at least €51 (£45; $61) each, they managed to raise €500,000 needed to buy the ruined 13th Century castle.\n\nEach participant is now a co-owner of Mothe-Chandeniers, which the online community plans to restore.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster last week declared that her party was \"in constant contact\" on Brexit issues with the government\n\n\"Rubbish\" - the response from a senior DUP source when I put it to them that the party had been kept in the loop about Theresa May's Brexit deal, but got cold feet when the likes of Nicola Sturgeon, Carwyn Jones and Sadiq Khan started demanding the same special treatment for Scotland, Wales and London.\n\nLast Thursday, DUP leader Arlene Foster declared that her party was \"in constant contact on these issues with the government\".\n\nWas that via face-to-face meetings of the two parties' \"co-ordination committee\", or just via telephone conversations? If the latter, the line must have been very crackly.\n\nBut also last Thursday, the DUP loudly and publicly denounced a report in The Times which talked about the devolution of extra powers to Stormont and hinted at the possibility of customs convergence.\n\nIt wasn't exactly what the Eurocrats were working on in their draft texts.\n\nHowever, the similarity of the proposals and the vehemence of the DUP reaction should surely have alerted the negotiators to sound out the DUP first, rather than bouncing them into accepting a fait accompli.\n\nHow to get out of this hole?\n\nThe diplomats could try raiding a thesaurus to find synonyms for \"regulatory alignment\", although the DUP will now be on their guard for any cosmetic change which does not alter the thrust of the draft UK-EU agreement.\n\nEarlier, another DUP source told me unionists just wanted to be treated the same as the rest of the UK. If regulations on animal health or agriculture are good enough for Northern Ireland, went the argument, then why not for the UK as a whole?\n\nNegotiations between the UK and UK broke up without a deal on Monday\n\nThe DUP's critics are quick to point out that the party has been prepared to contemplate different regimes for corporation tax, air passenger duty and water charges. Not to mention that it doesn't back a \"one-size-fits-all\" UK-wide policy on abortion or same-sex marriage.\n\nPutting all that to one side for the purpose of this Brexit negotiation, one obvious way to resolve the current conundrum might be for the government to pledge that any \"regulatory alignment\" between Northern Ireland and the European Union will also apply across the UK.\n\nSuch a wider east-west deal would not offend the DUP's unionist sensibilities, although it might create tensions between Theresa May and some of her Conservative Brexit purists.\n\nSo you could widen out the deal. However, another approach might be to narrow down its terms.\n\nThe draft text referred to \"regulatory alignment\" in areas relevant to the Good Friday Agreement (the 1998 deal that brought to an end the 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland).\n\nThat is open to interpretation - some say the EU provided the entire context in which the 1998 Agreement was negotiated. By contrast the UK Supreme Court ruled that Brexit was not in breach of the Agreement.\n\nWe have had north-south \"areas of cooperation\" for the past 19 years.\n\nTransport is one of them, but drivers still need to stick to speed limits in kilometres south of the border and in miles per hour on the north.\n\nTourism is another area of cooperation, but airport bosses in Northern Ireland will remind you that their passengers pay duty which the Irish Republic abolished some time ago.\n\nTourism is one key area of north-south cooperation\n\nSo simply saying the magic words \"Good Friday Agreement\" doesn't mean every rule and regulation has to be the same.\n\nTwo different forms of words are now doing the rounds.\n\nLeaks from Brussels on Monday claimed a draft text said: \"In the absence of agreed solutions, the UK will ensure that continued regulatory alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support north-south cooperation and the protection of the Good Friday Agreement.\"\n\nThis would be open to the UK government to parse on the grounds of which rules are relevant to that agreement.\n\nThe Irish Times has reported another formula which has apparently been disputed by the British government.\n\nIt says: \"The UK remains committed to protecting north-south co-operation and a guarantee to avoiding a hard border.\n\n\"The UK's intention is to achieve these objectives through the overall EU-UK relationship.\n\n\"Should this not be possible, the UK will propose specific solutions to address the unique circumstances of the island of Ireland.\n\n\"In the absence of agreed solutions, the UK will maintain full alignment with the internal market, customs union and protection of the Good Friday agreement.\"\n\nThis appears more a comprehensive text, less open to interpretation and potentially creating an internal customs barrier within a post-Brexit UK.\n\nSo does the government widen the playing field across the UK or try to narrow the terms of the text dealing with Ireland?\n\nEither way it's quite a challenge to rescue this deal.", "Up to one in five patients is regularly missing GP appointments in Scotland, new research reveals.\n\nA study of more than 500,000 people in the country found poorer patients living in affluent areas were the most likely to miss an appointment.\n\n\"No-showers\" tended to be aged 16 to 30, or older than 90, according to the researchers from Lancaster, Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities.\n\nThe study findings are published The Lancet Public Health journal.\n\nThere is no centrally collected data on total number of GP appointments or how many of them are missed.\n\nThe study found 19% of patients missed more than two appointments in a three-year period.\n\nThose appointments that were booked two or three days in advance were more likely to be missed than those made two weeks in advance.\n\nDavid Ellis, of the University of Lancaster, one of the lead authors of the study, says the research has identified where doctors' surgeries need to focus their efforts.\n\n\"Some of the solutions might include practices learning to better manage patients who are more likely to not attend.\n\n\"So for example that might mean giving more appointments on the day than say, two to three days in advance.\n\n\"And because we've already got a kind of profile of what those patients might look like who are more likely to not attend, that's where the more targeted interventions could be pushed.\"\n\nBut Stockport GP Ranjit Gill believes there has been a shift in how the health service is seen by a younger \"I want it now\" generation.\n\nDr Gill says missed appointments cost the NHS time and money\n\n\"The NHS is now, for our younger population, seen as a consumer service, a bit like John Lewis and so perhaps valued differently to the way our older population see the NHS.\n\n\"I can't think of the last time one of my older patients ever missed an appointment.\"\n\nAnd Dr Gill points out that as well as the financial loss to the health service, a missed GP appointment also represents a loss of valuable time.\n\n\"We have to check for each missed appointment that there wasn't a worrying reason behind that missed appointment whether it be mental health, safeguarding issues or other welfare concerns about patients.\n\n\"That takes time and that's a lost opportunity again, for that patient and other patients as well.\"\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, says it can be frustrating for doctors when patients don't turn up to their appointments.\n\n\"Whilst practices will always try to offer appointments that are timely and convenient for patients, the current resource and workforce pressures we are facing, with GPs conducting more consultations than ever before to meet increasing demand, is making this more and more difficult.\n\n\"GP practices across the country are already implementing some successful schemes to reduce missed appointments, from text messaging reminders to better patient education and awareness posters detailing the unintended consequences of a patient not attending.\n\n\"But ultimately, we need NHS England's GP Forward View - promising £2.4bn extra a year for general practice and 5,000 more GPs - to be delivered in full and as a matter of urgency.\n\n\"And we need equivalent promises made and delivered in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so that we can deliver the care our patients need, whatever their circumstances, and wherever in the country they live.\"\n\nIn 2014, NHS England estimated that more than 12 million GP visits are missed each year in the UK.\n\nThat could cost the health service in excess of £162m per year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Christine Keeler worked as a model in the 1960s\n\nChristine Keeler, the model embroiled in the 1963 Profumo affair, has died aged 75, her son has said.\n\nSeymour Platt said Ms Keeler had been ill for several months with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"She was always a fighter, but sadly lost the final fight against a terrible lung disease.\"\n\nShe became famous for her part in the scandal, which shook Harold Macmillan's government, but her son said that fame came \"at a huge personal price\".\n\nAt the height of the Cold War, the-then teenager claimed she had an affair with Conservative cabinet minister John Profumo.\n\nShe also claimed to be in a relationship with a Russian diplomat - Eugene Ivanov, an assistant naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy - at the same time.\n\nMr Profumo was forced to resign after lying about the affair to Parliament and the scandal is considered to have contributed to the fall of the Macmillan government.\n\nMs Keeler's family said she died on Monday at 23:30 GMT at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington, south-east London.\n\nPaying tribute to his mother, Mr Platt told the BBC: \"She earned her place in British history but at a huge personal price.\"\n\n\"And regardless, we are all very proud of who she was to the end,\" he added.\n\nDouglas Thompson, the journalist and author who worked with Ms Keeler on her memoir The Truth At Last, paid tribute to a \"funny and bright\" woman, whom he described as \"one of the most honest people I have ever met\".\n\n\"She believed absolutely everything she ever said about the Profumo affair,\" he said.\n\n\"She said what she thought,\" he continued. \"I think that honesty is very surprising.\"\n\nHe described Ms Keeler as a \"victim of the time\", adding that she would probably have had her own TV show had the scandal happened today.\n\n\"The interesting thing about her is she tried to escape it,\" he said. \"I don't think she ever got away from it - that was a tragedy.\"\n\n\"She could never stop being Christine Keeler,\" he added.\n\nIn 1963, Mr Profumo told the House of Commons he and Ms Keeler were \"on friendly terms\" and there was \"no impropriety\" in their relationship, after opposition MPs voiced concerns about national security implications.\n\nEventually he admitted lying to the house and resigned as Secretary of State for War and from the Commons.\n\nMs Keeler was briefly married twice, with both ending in divorce. She had two sons.\n\nThe Profumo affair will be the subject of a BBC One drama which begins filming next year.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury rises at the end of the debate to thank members for taking part - \"so thoughtfully and so widely\".\n\n\"We need adaptability and imagination,\" he says, because needs vary, urging a reimagining of the education system.\n\nAnd that's it for today in the Lords.\n\nJoin us again on Monday afternoon for education questions at 2.30pm in the Commons - and the second reading of the Finance Bill, which enacts measures announced by the chancellor in the Budget.", "Shashi Kapoor acted in more than 150 films\n\nKapoor, who acted in huge hits like Deewar and Kabhie Kabhie, had been ill for some time and was in hospital.\n\nHe was a member of the Kapoor dynasty, which has dominated the Hindi film industry for decades.\n\nHe won several national film awards and was awarded the Padma Bhushan civilian honour by the Indian government in 2011. He also acted in a number of British and American films.\n\nKapoor died at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in the western city of Mumbai.\n\n\"Yes he has passed away. He had kidney problem since several years. He was on dialysis for several years,\" his nephew, actor Randhir Kapoor, told Press Trust of India. The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning, he said.\n\nThe actor was married to late English actress Jennifer Kendal, with whom he set up Mumbai's iconic Prithvi Theatre in 1978. His sister-in-law is British actress Felicity Kendal.\n\nKapoor began his career as a child actor and appeared in more than 150 films, including a dozen in English. He became known internationally for his roles in Merchant Ivory productions like \"Shakespeare-wallah\" and \"Heat and Dust\".\n\nIn 2015, he was given the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema.\n\nKapoor was known for his charming smile and was often described by his fans as the \"handsomest star ever\". He had a huge fan following among women.\n\nHe was cast alongside superstar Amitabh Bachchan in some of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters of the 1970s and 1980s, and the two actors played brothers, best friends or rivals.\n\nHis comment in Deewar - \"Mere paas maa hai\" (But I have mother's support) - during a tense confrontation with screen-sibling Bachchan tops the list of best Bollywood lines for millions of fans around the globe.\n\nOver the years, it has found its way on to merchandise like shoulder bags, coffee mugs and cushion covers.\n\nAs news of his death spread, fans took to social media to express their grief and pay tributes, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Narendra Modi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by WAGH $AGAR 🇮🇳 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Aamir Khan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Shashi Tharoor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jane Lyndon says she did not know her son was in Syria\n\nThe mother of a British man who was killed in Syria has spoken of her \"hero\" son, who she tried to persuade to come home.\n\nOliver Hall, 24 volunteered to fight with the YPG, the Kurdish-led armed group which has been battling against so-called Islamic State.\n\nMr Hall was killed during an operation to clear mines from Raqqa in November.\n\nJane Lyndon said \"he was a fun loving, cheeky, mischievous boy, who grew up to be a courageous and handsome man.\"\n\nMr Hall went to Bay House School, in Gosport, Hampshire, and after leaving school attended Fareham College, where he trained to be a telecommunications engineer.\n\nMs Lyndon said her son went on to work for his stepfather \"whilst still trying to find his vocation in life\".\n\nShe had no idea he was planning to travel to Syria.\n\n\"The first I knew about it was when I received a message from him saying he was abroad doing charity work.\n\n\"Ollie asked me not to be disappointed or angry with him and, in his own words, said: 'I am away for a couple of months doing voluntary work, this is something I have to do. I have never known what to do with my life but after a lot of time thinking and planning I have decided to come and do some charity work'.\"\n\nThis message was sent in August. A couple of weeks later Ms Lyndon found out he was in northern Syria.\n\n\"This was the most devastating news I could ever receive,\" she said.\n\nJane Lyndon says her son was trying to find his vocation in life\n\nIt is estimated that hundreds of Westerners have travelled to Syria during the conflict to volunteer as fighters with the US-backed YPG, which has been fighting to recapture territory held by IS.\n\nDozens of British volunteer fighters have been amongst them.\n\nMs Lyndon said she, friends and family pleaded with her son to come home but he refused.\n\n\"He stated he was an adult and he had finally found his purpose in life and was making an impact on the world,\" she said.\n\n\"I would never want another family to go through this but at the same time Ollie is my hero, I am so proud of my son and miss him greatly.\"\n\n\"Please could I ask that my family and I are now left in peace to grieve for a wonderful son and brother.\"\n\nOliver Hall had travelled to Syria in August to fight against so-called Islamic State\n\nMr Hall's body will be repatriated to the UK, and the YPG has offered its support to his family.\n\nA spokesman said he \"will always be remembered by our people\".\n\nMr Hall is the seventh British citizen to be killed with the YPG.\n\nThere will be a ceremony for him at the Smelka Border crossing in Syria, before his body is taken over the border into Iraq to begin the journey home.\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office continues to warn against all travel to Syria.", "Isobel Murray no longer thinks of herself as diabetic\n\nNearly half of patients have reversed type 2 diabetes in a \"watershed\" trial, say doctors in Newcastle and Glasgow.\n\nPeople spent up to five months on a low-calorie diet of soups and shakes to trigger massive weight loss.\n\nIsobel Murray, 65, who had weighed 15 stone, lost over four stone (25kg) and no longer needs diabetes pills. She says: \"I've got my life back.\"\n\nThe charity Diabetes UK says the trial is a landmark and has the potential to help millions of patients.\n\nIsobel, from Largs in North Ayrshire, was one of 298 people on the trial.\n\nHer blood sugar levels were too high, and every time she went to the doctors they increased her medication.\n\nSo, she went on to the all-liquid diet for 17 weeks - giving up cooking and shopping. She even ate apart from her husband, Jim.\n\nInstead, she had four liquid meals a day.\n\nIt is hardly Masterchef - a sachet of powder is stirred in water to make a soup or shake. They contain about 200 calories, but also the right balance of nutrients.\n\nIsobel told the BBC it was relatively easy as \"you don't have to think about what you eat\".\n\nOnce the weight has been lost, dieticians then help patients introduce healthy, solid meals.\n\n\"Eating normal food is the hardest bit,\" says Isobel.\n\nThe trial results, simultaneously published in the Lancet medical journal and presented at the International Diabetes Federation, showed:\n\nProf Roy Taylor, from Newcastle University, told the BBC: \"It's a real watershed moment.\n\n\"Before we started this line of work, doctors and specialists regarded type 2 as irreversible.\n\n\"But if we grasp the nettle and get people out of their dangerous state, they can get remission of diabetes.\"\n\nHowever, doctors are not calling this a cure. If the weight goes back on, then the diabetes will return.\n\n\"I will never go there again,\" says Isobel. So far, she has kept the weight off for two years.\n\nBody fat building up around the pancreas causes stress to the beta cells in the organ that controls blood sugar levels.\n\nThey stop producing enough of the hormone insulin, and that causes blood sugar levels to rise out of control.\n\nDieting loses the fat, and then the pancreas works properly again.\n\nThe trial looked at only patients diagnosed in the past six years. It is thought having type 2 diabetes for very long periods of time may cause irreversible damage.\n\nProf Mike Lean, from Glasgow University, told the BBC: \"It's hugely exciting.\"\n\n\"We now have clear evidence that weight loss of 10-15kg is enough to turn this disease around.\n\nOne in 11 adults worldwide has diabetes, and most of them have type 2.\n\nUncontrolled sugar levels cause damage throughout the body, leading to organ failure, blindness and limb amputations.\n\nTreating the disease costs the UK's NHS about £10bn a year.\n\nDr Elizabeth Robertson, the director of research at Diabetes UK, said: \"[The trial has] the potential to transform the lives of millions of people.\n\n\"The trial is ongoing, so that we can understand the long-term effects of an approach like this.\"\n\nIsobel said: \"I don't look at myself as a diabetic at all.\n\n\"You have to be fired up, you have to be prepared, but anybody can do it if you feel strongly enough.\"", "One of the dogs, Dazz, was featured in MoD publicity shots at the Defence Animal Centre\n\nTwo retired army dogs which faced being destroyed because they were too aggressive to rehome have been saved, the BBC understands.\n\nKevin and Dazz, both Belgian shepherds, were deployed in Afghanistan and were retired from frontline service in 2013.\n\nThe dogs are based at the Defence Animal Centre in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.\n\nForeign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan wrote to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday to call for a reprieve.\n\nThe MoD has assured their dog handlers that they could be saved.\n\nA third animal, a police dog named Driver, who was also at risk, could also be rehomed.\n\nSir Alan, the MP for Melton and Rutland and Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, said: \"It is very good news, as long as they have a good home, which also guarantees safety for people.\n\n\"We are all happy for Kevin and Dazz and also good luck to Driver.\"\n\nHe said they were \"hero dogs who have fought fearlessly alongside our soldiers\" and any danger to people \"must be proven\".\n\nThe dogs have been trained to show aggression which makes rehoming difficult\n\nFormer soldier turned author Andy McNab launched an online petition, which has more than 370,000 signatures and will be delivered to the centre in Melton Mowbray.\n\n\"Service dogs have saved my life on numerous occasions,\" he said.\n\n\"Dogs like Kevin, Dazz, and Driver are an asset when they are serving but they are even more of an asset when they are retired.\"\n\nThe Belgian shepherds went on patrol with troops in Afghanistan and were used for their aggression.\n\nThe MoD had said: \"Wherever possible, we endeavour to re-home them [dogs] at the end of their service life.\n\n\"Sadly, there are some occasions where this is not possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Officers said the road will remain closed for the remainder of Tuesday\n\nAn on-duty police officer and a 91-year-old woman have died following a crash on the A4 in Berkshire.\n\nPC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a car on Bath Road near Hare Hatch at 13:50 GMT.\n\nThe pensioner, who was a passenger in the car, was killed while the driver, also a woman, was taken to hospital.\n\nOfficers said the road would remain closed for the remainder of Tuesday.\n\nThames Valley Police said the next of kin of both PC Dixon and the deceased woman have been informed.\n\nA force spokesman said officers remained at the scene of the collision and had advised motorists to avoid the area.\n\nThe incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nIPCC Associate Commissioner Guido Liguori said: \"My thoughts and sympathies are with their families and friends and the colleagues of the officer at this very difficult time.\n\n\"IPCC investigators are attending the scene as part of an independent investigation to determine the circumstances which lead to the collision.\"\n\nPC Dixon was based at Loddon Valley police station, near Reading.\n\nPolice said the injuries of the driver involved are \"not thought to be life threatening\".\n\nTributes to PC Dixon have been posted in comments on Thames Valley Police's Facebook page.\n\nDaniel Ruffle said: \"Ride the sky and the clouds big man, it was a pleasure knowing you and working with you.\"\n\nBernadette Ellison said: \"God bless you Dixie, you made me laugh with your wicked sense of humour.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brigitte Macron got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in France.\n\nThe wife of the French president is also the panda's \"godmother\".\n\nIn a speech, she later said France had been \"proud and happy\" to host the pandas from China and that the cub was a symbol of the countries' historic ties.", "Mr Feltman is not expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un\n\nThe United Nations political affairs chief begins a rare four-day visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday.\n\nThe trip by Jeffrey Feltman is the first by a senior UN official in six years.\n\nNorth Korea had extended an invitation to the UN in September to visit for a \"policy dialogue\".\n\nIt comes after last week's launch of what North Korea called its \"most powerful\" intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming it could hit the US.\n\nMr Feltman, a former US diplomat and the highest ranking American in the UN, will be in Pyongyang until Friday. His visit comes as South Korea and the US conduct their largest ever round of aerial drills.\n\nA UN spokesman told reporters that Mr Feltman will be meeting senior North Korean officials including foreign minister Ri Yong-ho, and will have a wide-ranging policy discussion on \"issues of mutual interest and concern\".\n\nHe is not scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. North Korea said in November its latest missile was capable of reaching Washington DC\n\nIt wasn't until last week - the day after North Korea's latest missile test - that Pyongyang confirmed the invitation it issued in September.\n\nThe timing seems significant: Kim Jong-un had just announced his country's success in creating a nuclear force.\n\nIn the absence of any other meaningful diplomatic channels, the UN clearly believes it's important to pursue whatever opportunities exist for dialogue.\n\nOn his way to Pyongyang, Mr Feltman held talks in Beijing - no doubt interested to hear what, if anything, came out of China's latest talks with the North Korean regime.\n\nChina, a historic ally of North Korea and its main trading partner, had sent a top-ranking diplomat to Pyongyang last month for discussions with officials there.\n\nThe UN has said there are no plans at present for UN chief Antonio Guterres, who has offered to mediate in the North Korean crisis, to visit Pyongyang.\n\nThe last visit by a senior UN official was when Valerie Amos, then the UN's aid chief, travelled there in October 2011. Mr Feltman's predecessor Lynn Pascoe also visited in 2010.\n\nThe UN operates six agencies with 50 international staff in North Korea which provide food, agricultural and health aid. Malnutrition is a significant problem in the country.\n\nThe US has deployed F-22 fighter jets to take part in drills with South Korea\n\nMr Feltman's trip comes during a period of high tensions following North Korea's test launch of a missile which drew another round of international condemnation.\n\nThe US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley had said last week that if war broke out, the North Korean regime would be \"utterly destroyed\".\n\nOn Monday, South Korea and the US began a five-day air combat exercise, their largest ever involving more than 200 aeroplanes and thousands of troops.\n\nNorth Korea, which routinely condemns such drills, has called it a \"provocation\".", "Elton John poses with his mother in 2002\n\nSir Elton John says he is \"in shock\" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.\n\n\"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning,\" he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.\n\n\"I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock. Travel safe, mum. Thank you for everything.\"\n\nSir Elton, who was born Reginald Dwight, was Ms Farebrother's only son.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by eltonjohn This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlthough his father - a flight lieutenant in the RAF - was a trumpeter in his spare time, it was his mother who ignited his love of pop music.\n\nAn avid record collector, she brought home music by artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and supported Sir Elton throughout his career.\n\nBut they fell out over a \"petty\" argument in 2008, when Sir Elton asked her to sever ties with two old friends, Bob Halley and John Reid.\n\nMr Halley had worked for Sir Elton for three decades, first as a driver then later as a personal assistant, before he resigned as part of a series of changes Sir Elton was making to his team.\n\nMr Reid, who had been Sir Elton's manager and briefly his lover, helped the musician become one of the world's most famous - and richest - performers, but they too fell out.\n\nSir Elton and David Furnish, pictured here last month, have two children together\n\n\"I told him: 'I'm not about to do that and drop them,'\" Ms Farebrother told the Daily Mail.\n\n\"Then to my utter amazement, he told me he hated me. And he then banged the phone down. Imagine! To me, his mother!\"\n\nMs Farebrother told the newspaper at the time that she had never met her grandsons Zachary and Elijah, who Sir Elton and his partner David Furnish fathered through IVF with an American surrogate mother.\n\nFor her 90th birthday, Ms Farebrother hired an Elton John tribute act to perform.\n\nHer son got in touch soon after, sending her white orchids to celebrate the milestone.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by eltonjohn This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut their relationship was still strained. Sir Elton told Rolling Stone that his mother had not called him to say thank you after the bouquet arrived.\n\n\"To be honest with you, I don't miss her,\" he said. \"I look after her, but I don't want her in my life.\"\n\nHowever, the pair appear to have fully reconciled this year, after Sir Elton recovered from a potentially fatal bacterial infection.\n\n\"Dear Mum, Happy Mother's Day!\" he wrote on Instagram in February. \"So happy we are back in touch. Love, Elton xo\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour: May to blame for Brexit 'embarrassment'\n\nMinisters say no part of the UK will be treated differently in the Brexit talks as Labour branded their approach an \"embarrassment\".\n\nNo agreement has been reached with the EU after a DUP backlash against proposals for the Irish border.\n\nBrexit Secretary David Davis told MPs the government was close to concluding the first phase of talks.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster said the text of the deal was a \"big shock\" and \"it was not going to be acceptable.\"\n\nShe told the Republic of Ireland national broadcaster RTÉ that her party only saw the text on Monday morning, despite asking to see it for five weeks.\n\nTheresa May, speaking as she welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to Downing Street, said talks with the EU had \" made a lot of progress\".\n\n\"There are still a couple of issues we need to work on. But we'll be reconvening in Brussels later this week as we look ahead to the December European Council,\" she said.\n\nMrs Foster was invited to hold talks with Mrs May in London on Tuesday, but the party's Westminster leader met the government's chief whip instead.\n\nThe meeting lasted for several hours, but sources suggested to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg that there was not much sign of a breakthrough yet, with a DUP insider saying the deal needed \"radical surgery\", rather than a few word changes.\n\nA phone call between Mrs May and Mrs Foster had then been expected this evening, but sources added that it would not go ahead, suggesting it had never been arranged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019 and Mrs May is under pressure to reach agreement on the Northern Ireland border so negotiations can move forward.\n\nThe prime minister needs the support of the DUP - the Democratic Unionist Party - which is Northern Ireland's largest party and has 10 MPs at Westminster, because she does not have a majority to win votes in the House of Commons.\n\nResponding to an urgent question from Labour in the Commons on Tuesday, Mr Davis defended the controversial proposal for \"regulatory alignment\" between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - intended to avoid the need for border checks after Brexit - saying this would apply to the whole of the UK.\n\nThe DUP is unhappy about any agreement which treats Northern Ireland differently.\n\nIt would not mean \"having exactly the same rules\" as the EU, Mr Davis said, but would involve \"sometimes having mutually recognised rules\".\n\nBackbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg warned that having \"regulatory divergence\" from the EU after Brexit was a \"red line\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour's Brexit spokesman Sir Keir Starmer said that when the DUP objected to the draft agreement, \"fantasy met brutal reality\", adding: \"The DUP tail is wagging the Tory dog.\"\n\nMr Starmer also called for the government to drop its plan to enshrine the 29 March 2019 Brexit date in UK law.\n\nMeanwhile, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith suggested the UK should walk away from the negotiations if the EU does not change its position.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iain Duncan Smith: EU needs to 'back off' or 'move on'\n\nBut Tory MP and former cabinet minister, Nicky Morgan, said his comments were \"madness\" and walking away would \"betrays the futures of millions of young people and those who never wanted to leave in the first place\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicky Morgan MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe DUP has said \"it is not a question of us budging\" as the talks were between the UK and the EU\n\nDublin - which as an EU member is part of its single market and customs union - has been calling for written guarantees that a \"hard border\" involving customs checks on the island of Ireland will be avoided after Brexit\n\nIt is concerned this could undermine the 1998 peace treaty - the Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Davis said that while the \"integrity\" of the single market and customs union must be respected after Brexit, it was \"equally clear we must respect the integrity of the United Kingdom\" and individual nations could not have separate arrangements.\n\nMrs May needs to show \"sufficient progress\" has been made so far on \"divorce\" issues before European leaders meet on 14 December to decide whether to allow talks on future trade relations to begin.\n\nThe three issues that need to be resolved are the Northern Ireland border, citizens' rights and the amount of money the UK will pay as it leaves.\n\nTalks between Mrs May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker broke up without agreement on Monday, after the DUP objected to a draft agreement on the future of the Irish border.\n\nKey to the row is how closely aligned Northern Ireland's regulations will be with those of the Republic of Ireland, and the rest of the EU, in order to avoid a \"hard\" border.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Irish PM Leo Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\"\n\nIreland's deputy prime minister Simon Coveney said Dublin would not budge from its position on the border.\n\nThe EU is treating the row as a \"domestic British political issue\", BBC Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming said.\n\n\"The show is now in London,\" said a European Commission spokesman.\n\nDowning Street has insisted the border was not the only outstanding problem and disagreement remains over the role of the European Court of Justice in overseeing EU citizens' rights in the UK after Brexit.", "Almost 320,000 pupils took the tests, with girls ahead in almost every country\n\nNorthern Ireland and England are in the top 10 of the world's best primary school readers in global rankings.\n\nThe Progress in International Reading Literacy Study - known as PIRLS - shows Northern Ireland in joint sixth place, with England in joint eighth.\n\nBoth Northern Ireland and England have reached their highest point scores in reading tests taken in 50 countries.\n\nRussia takes the top place in this international education league table, based on tests taken every five years.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, in fourth, is second only to Russia among European countries.\n\nGirls are ahead of boys in almost every country taking the tests.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, praised the work of schools in England and Northern Ireland and said the results reflected \"the huge focus that schools have placed on the teaching of reading over the course of many years\".\n\nThe tests taken by almost 320,000 10-year-olds around the world, show Northern Ireland's pupils as among the highest achievers, ranked joint sixth with Poland.\n\nThe result puts them only marginally behind long-standing high achievers such as Finland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I like reading because I get smarter and smarter\" - here's what the kids make of it all\n\nWith the Northern Ireland assembly still suspended, there is no current education minister, but Northern Ireland's education department pointed to the success of a \"Count, Read: Succeed\" strategy introduced in 2011 with targets to improve literacy and numeracy.\n\nThere are no Sats tests for 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland, but pupils in the last year of primary can take transfer tests for grammar schools. It's also a system in which many places are allocated on the basis of religious faith.\n\nThe National Foundation for Educational Research, which administered the tests in Northern Ireland, says families and local communities seemed to put a \"high value on academic success\".\n\nSenior research manager Juliet Sizmur said the international comparison suggested that reading was particularly valued in Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland was ranked joint eighth, alongside Norway and Taiwan, and England's school standards minister Nick Gibb hailed the positive impact of the phonics system of learning to read.\n\n\"Our rise through the global rankings is even more commendable because it has been driven by an increase in the number of low-performing pupils reading well,\" said Mr Gibb.\n\nThis is a much higher ranking than in the international Pisa tests for secondary school pupils, run by the OECD, in which England is not in the top 20 for reading or maths.\n\nScotland and Wales did not take part in these latest PIRLS tests.\n\nComparisons with the last rankings from five years ago depend on which measures are used, says the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), which runs the PIRLS tests with Boston College in the US.\n\nThe Netherlands-based IEA says that this year England is 10th, but because \"there is no statistical significant difference\" with two countries above, they are effectively joint eighth.\n\nFive years ago, the IEA says England was ranked 11th, but as there was no statistical significant difference with US, Denmark, Croatia, Chinese Taipei, and Ireland this \"could be interpreted as a joint sixth ranking\".\n\nThe IEA's executive director, Dirk Hastedt, says that Russia's success reflects a series of education reforms and a \"lot of emphasis on academic excellence\" and much more rigour over standards.\n\nDr Hastedt says such tests reveal international trends in education.\n\nGirls are ahead of boys in almost every country taking the tests, says Dr Hastedt.\n\nHe says there are increasing numbers of children in pre-school education - and this seems to be linked to higher performance.\n\nPupils in Russia were the highest achieving in this global test\n\nThere are also signs that parents are more likely to get involved in helping their children's learning.\n\nThe national comparisons are based on representative samples of pupils, designed by researchers to reflect different regions and types of school.\n\nIn England, there were about 5,000 pupils taking the tests last year, drawn from 170 schools. In Russia, the sample was based on about 4,600 pupils in 206 schools.\n\nMost of the pupils taking the tests were aged about 10 - but there were differences depending on the sample.\n\nIn Russia and Finland, the average of those taking the tests was 10.8 years, a year older than the average age of those taking the test in Italy and France.\n\nMichael Martin, executive director of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, says that this year's results showed the importance of early years education and parental interest.\n\n\"Children whose parents had engaged them in literacy activities - reading books or playing word games - from an early age are better equipped with basic reading skills when they begin primary schools and go on to have higher reading achievements,\" said Prof Martin.", "A 98-year-old woman is playing the donkey in her first nativity play at a care home in Castleford.\n\nStaff at Newfield Lodge Care Home have teamed up with the residents to put on their first production for the public.\n\nThe cast, which includes an 87-year-old shepherd, have a combined age of nearly 350 - not counting the staff!", "Wild wheat can be bred with modern crops to boost resilience\n\nWild relatives of modern crops deemed crucial for food security are being pushed to the brink of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.\n\nMore than 20 rice, wheat and yam plants have been listed as threatened on the latest version of the IUCN's Red list.\n\nThe wild plants are being squeezed out by intensive farming, deforestation and urban sprawl, say scientists.\n\nModern crops can be crossbred with their wild cousins to safeguard foods.\n\n''To lose them would be a disaster,'' said Dr Nigel Maxted of the University of Birmingham, who is co-chair of the IUCN's specialist group on crop wild relatives.\n\n''It would be much more difficult to maintain food security without them.''\n\nCommercial crops have lost genetic diversity. They are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which may bring drought, diseases and new pests.\n\nWork is under way to breed new varieties of grains, cereals and vegetables by crossing them with tough, wild species that can grow in a range of habitats, such as mountains, deserts or salt marshes.\n\nResearchers are collecting wild relatives of crops in Nepal\n\nThese efforts rely on protecting plants related to modern food crops at the sites where they grow in the wild as well as preserving their seeds in gene banks.\n\nThe first systematic assessment of wild wheat, rice and yam has led to the listing of three types of rice, two types of wheat (used to make bread) and 17 types of yam.\n\nMarie Haga is Executive Director of The Crop Trust, an international organisation that is working to safeguard crop diversity.\n\nShe welcomed the inclusion of wild crops on the Red List.\n\n''The IUCN has high legitimacy among decision makers and the general population, so it's extremely interesting that they are putting these wild relatives on their Red List,'' she told BBC News.\n\n''I hope that will contribute to raising the awareness even further that we've got to take action, and we've got to take action now.''\n\nWild relatives of crops act as ''an insurance policy for the world'', she added.\n\nMost of the wild rice crops that are threatened with extinction grow in South East Asia, while a few are found in Africa. The wild wheat plants that are of concern are found mainly in the Near and Middle East, including war-torn areas that are off-limits to conservationists.\n\nYams feed around 100 million people in Africa alone. Paul Wilkin of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said conservation work is being undertaken to make sure that wild yam plants are available to provide food and medicines worldwide, now and in the future.\n\n''They will also be sources of key traits to breed improved, future-proof crop varieties,'' he said.\n\n''These assessments enable the most threatened species of yams and other crop wild relatives to be prioritised effectively for conservation actions.''\n\nThe economic value of crop wild relatives is put at US$115bn per year to the global economy.\n\nIn addition to wild crops, the IUCN highlighted other flora and fauna that have been added to the latest update of the Red List:\n\nBut there is a success story; kiwis in New Zealand are recovering thanks to conservation efforts.\n\nAn effort to wipe out predators such as stoats and ferrets, as well as raising chicks in captivity to release in the wild, has boosted the number of two species of New Zealand's native bird.", "Campaigning for the vote officially began at midnight\n\nA Spanish judge has withdrawn European arrest warrants for ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and four other ex-ministers.\n\nThey fled to Belgium a month ago after declaring unilateral independence in a referendum ruled illegal by Spain.\n\nDespite the move, the judge said they still faced possible charges for sedition and rebellion.\n\nRebellion is considered one of the most serious crimes in Spain, carrying a jail term of up to 30 years.\n\nSpanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llareno announced the warrant's withdrawal on Tuesday morning, citing the willingness the Catalan leaders had shown to return ahead of fresh regional elections being held on 21 December.\n\nHe said the European-wide warrant would complicate the Spanish legal probe, and its removal allows Spain to gain full control over the investigation.\n\nThe ministers turned themselves into Belgian authorities after the warrant was issued last month, but were freed after being questioned.\n\nA Belgian judge was previously expected to rule whether to extradite the ministers on 14 December. The five were fighting the move, saying they may not receive a fair trial on their return.\n\nMr Puigdemont has previously said he would return if this was guaranteed.\n\nOn Monday six Catalan ex-ministers being held in a prison near Madrid were released from prison on bail. But two others, including former Catalan Vice President Orial Junqueras, were remanded in custody.\n\nCampaigning has now officially started ahead of the new vote organised by Spanish authorities in an attempt to try and resolve the Catalonia crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the colour yellow has become contentious in Catalonia\n\nMr Puigdemont labelled the election as a choice between \"nation or submission\" while speaking on a video link from Belgium to a rally in Barcelona on Monday night.\n\nHe said voters must chose \"between Catalan institutions or dark characters in Madrid\".\n\nA seat reserved for the former leader at the event was marked with a yellow ribbon, an emblem that has become a symbol of support for the jailed politicians.\n\nAll but one of the 13 Catalan leaders sacked by the Spanish government after the independence referendum are standing for election again in the fresh vote.\n\nA new opinion poll, conducted by the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research (CIS) in late November, suggests that pro-independence parties will fall narrowly short of an absolute majority in the December election.\n\nMr Puidgemont and Mr Junqueras' pro-separatist parties are campaigning separately in the new vote, after a divide emerged over the future of the region following the nulled referendum.\n\nThe parties ran together in the 2015 election when separatist parties won an overall majority in the Catalan parliament when they won 72 seats.", "Megan Lee died two days after she was admitted to Royal Blackburn Hospital\n\nTwo men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a 15-year-old girl who suffered an allergic reaction to takeaway food.\n\nMegan Lee from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died on 1 January, two days after she was admitted to hospital.\n\nShe had eaten food from the Royal Spice takeaway in Hyndburn.\n\nMohammed Kuddus, 39, of Blackburn and Harun Rashid, 38, of Haslingden are due to appear at Blackburn Magistrates' Court on 4 January.\n\nA post-mortem examination showed Megan died from acute asthma due to a nut allergy, Lancashire Police said.\n\nRoyal Spice was temporarily closed by Hyndburn Council but is now trading under new ownership.\n\nMr Kuddus of Belper Street, Blackburn and Mr Rashid of Rudd Street, Haslingden are both charged with manslaughter, failing to discharge general health/safety duty to a person other than an employee and contravening or failing to comply with EU provision concerning food safety and hygiene.\n\nThe company that owned Royal Spice has been charged with one count of failing to discharge general health/safety duty to a person other than an employee.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An illustration of expected high winds on Thursday\n\nThe UK's next named storm has been forecast to hit Scotland on Thursday.\n\nStorm Caroline is expected to see winds gusting to 80mph near north-facing coasts, and reaching speeds of 60 to 70mph more widely in northern and north east Scotland.\n\nThe Met Office warned that the conditions could disrupt travel.\n\nSnow and freezing temperatures have been forecast for Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales on Friday and Saturday in the wake of Caroline.\n\nThe two previous named storms were Aileen in September and Brian in October.\n\nA yellow \"be aware\" warning is in place for Scotland between 08:00 and 23:55 on Thursday.\n\nYellow warnings have also been issued by the Met Office for 00:05 Friday to 18:00 Saturday.\n\nThe forecast for Thursday includes winds reaching gusts of up 60mph across northern and north east Scotland\n\nThe Met Office said snow showers were expected to become increasingly frequent over northern Scotland late on Thursday.\n\nSnow is expected to fall across many other parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and western England on Friday, with between 2cm and 5cm likely in some areas.\n\nThe Met Office said up to 20cm was possible over high ground, mainly in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nIt added: \"Icy surfaces are also likely to be an additional hazard, especially overnight.\n\n\"Strong northwest winds may cause drifting of the snow in places, with blizzard conditions possible at times across northern Scotland.\"\n\nThe Cairngorms, including its ski area, have already seen heavy snow falls in recent weeks\n\nThe wintry weather follows snow and cold temperatures experienced in parts of Scotland earlier this month.\n\nAberdeen and parts of Aberdeenshire along with Scotland's mountain ranges, including the Cairngorms and Glen Coe, have already seen heavy snow falls in recent weeks.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 40 people have been injured in a train crash near the German city of Düsseldorf, emergency services say.\n\nA passenger train collided with a freight train near the town of Meerbusch, in North Rhine-Westphalia, on Tuesday night.\n\nOf 173 people on board, seven people were badly injured and one suffered serious injuries, the Meerbusch fire department said.\n\nAnother 33 people had minor injuries and 132 were unhurt, it added.\n\nThe fire department's operation finished at around 02:20 (00:20 GMT).\n\nAll passengers had left the train in a rescue operation that at its peak involved 400 people, it said.\n\nCasualty estimates escalated rapidly overnight from an early figure of about five people.\n\nRescue efforts were hindered by a broken cable which \"posed a risk of electric shock to persons outside the train\".\n\nThe accident occurred at about 19:30, according to a statement from Germany's state-owned railway group, Deutsche Bahn.\n\nThe train, operated by a subsidiary of Britain's National Express bus company, apparently collided with a stationary cargo train on the track.\n\nA spokesman for the company told Germany's Bild newspaper that the driver had hit the emergency brake when he saw the other vehicle on the track.", "Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" before using his van as a weapon\n\nA supporter of the far-right group Britain First gave a Nazi salute and drove at a curry house owner during a drunken rampage in London.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard Marek Zakrocki shouted \"white power\" before using his van as a weapon outside Spicy Night in Harrow on 23 June.\n\nThe 48-year-old window fitter was heard to say \"I'm going to kill a Muslim. I'm doing it for Britain\".\n\nHe pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and beating his wife.\n\nProsecutor Denis Barry said: \"Mr Zakrocki had plainly, during the course of that afternoon, had far too much to drink.\n\n\"During the course of that evening he assaulted his wife, drove off in his work vehicle, insulted a series of passers-by and then drove his vehicle at the owner of a curry house, breaking the window of the curry house.\n\n\"It's plain that his conduct is very likely to have been motivated by his views about our diverse society.\"\n\nThe drunken rampage took place at the Spicy Night restaurant in Harrow\n\nThe attack happened on the anniversary of the Brexit vote.\n\nThe court heard he had also said at the time: \"This is how I'm going to help the country. You people cannot do anything.\"\n\nFollowing his arrest by armed officers, a Nazi coin was found in his pocket and copies of Britain First newspapers and flyers at his home in Harrow.\n\nMr Barry said Zakrocki had been \"fixated\" by Muslims and had made donations to Britain First in the past.\n\nThe court heard Zakrocki's van mounted the pavement twice before making contact with restaurant owner Kamal Ahmed.\n\nThe windows of the curry house were also smashed during the attack, some of which was caught on CCTV.\n\nJonathan Lennon, defending, said Zakrocki had \"not intended to kill anybody\".\n\nZakrocki will be sentenced later.\n\nFurther charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having a knife in Northolt Road, Harrow, were ordered to lie on file.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval (day four of five) England need 178 more runs to win\n\nCaptain Joe Root made an unbeaten 67 to keep England in with a slim chance of a remarkable win in the second Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide.\n\nRoot, who overturned being given out lbw and was also dropped, took his side to 176-4 in their chase of 354.\n\nIn a thrilling and dramatic evening session, he received support from Dawid Malan, who was bowled by Pat Cummins 10 minutes before the close.\n\nThat England are still in the contest is not only down to their fourth-wicket pair, but also to some fine lower-order batting in their first innings and an outstanding bowling display in Australia's second innings that continued in Tuesday's first session.\n\nAustralia, reduced to 53-4 overnight, were bowled out for 138, with James Anderson claiming his first five-wicket haul in this country.\n\nHe was backed up by Chris Woakes' 4-36 and some excellent catching as no home batsman managed to pass 20.\n\nThe tourists' momentum continued to build as an opening stand of 53 between Mark Stoneman and Alastair Cook brought Australian frustration and English optimism.\n\nBut both men fell tamely and James Vince played an awful stroke, leaving Root and Malan to battle through an intense period under the lights.\n\nRoot's continued presence gives England a small chance of pulling off a historic victory on what could be a thrilling final day, which begins at 03:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nStill, it is more likely that Australia will triumph on Wednesday, go 2-0 up and move to Perth knowing that the Ashes can be regained at the Waca.\n• None Listen to TMS highlights on loop throughout the day\n• None Bairstow receives pair of father's gloves held by fan for 39 years\n• None England require their highest successful fourth-innings chase in Tests. Their previous best is 332-7 against Australia at Melbourne in 1928.\n• None They also have to produce the highest successful chase at the Adelaide Oval, beating the current record of 315-6 by Australia against England in 1902.\n• None If England are successful it will be the 10th highest successful fourth-innings chase in Test history.\n• None Only South Africa captain Dudley Nourse against Australia in 1950 has previously lost a Test after failing to enforce the follow-on.\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"My money is still with Australia just because of the history. What England have done is given themselves a sniff. They have given everyone hope.\n\n\"There is a real air of positivity because of the way they have come back. Australia captain Steve Smith has to be thinking about 24 hours ago when he didn't enforce the follow-on. If he had the game would have been done and dusted.\"\n\nFormer England spinner Phil Tufnell: \"What an amazing Test. It was an amazing day - really good for England. They've somehow manufactured a chance. It's been enthralling, every ball. I've been down walking around the ground - everyone is on the edge of their seats lapping up the tension.\"\n\nEngland ended their 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Brisbane with the frustration of having competed strongly for three and a half days, only to ultimately be well beaten.\n\nHere, they gave Australia a two-and-a-half-day head-start that made the incredible tension of the fourth evening so unlikely midway through Monday.\n\nA poor first-day display with the ball after asking Australia to bat ultimately allowed the tourists to rack up 442-8 declared, before the tourists needed Craig Overton and Woakes to drag them from 142-7 to 227 all out.\n\nBetter batting and bowling in the first innings could have made their eventual target more manageable, rather than leave an attempt at their highest ever run chase and the 10th largest of all-time.\n\nStill, that takes nothing away from their efforts on an entertaining, competitive fourth day, where the total crowd ticked over to 173,849, a record for this ground.\n\nWhereas Monday evening's effort involved swinging the pink ball around under the lights, on Tuesday England mainly nipped it around off the pitch in warm sunshine.\n\nA slip catch by Malan and, in particular, a fine diving hold in the deep by Overton were further examples of England's extra vigour in the second half of the game.\n\nStoneman's strokeplay got England off to a fast start and, after Australia chipped away, the night-time examination of Root and Malan by the home pacemen was gripping drama in front of some raucous travelling support.\n\nAs they increasingly found ways to score, they seemed set to make it to the close, only for Cummins to intervene.\n\nAnderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, had never before managed more than four wickets in an innings in 14 previous matches in Australia.\n\nHe was culpable of bowling too short in Australia's first innings, but roared in on the third evening and followed it up when the fourth day began.\n\nIn all, Anderson bowled 22 of the 29 overs delivered from the Cathedral End, his fuller length on Tuesday ensuring the edge of the bat was always at risk when the ball moved.\n\nNightwatchman Nathan Lyon had been softened up by a Stuart Broad bouncer to the grille before he backed off and chipped Anderson to mid-off.\n\nPeter Handscomb, footwork all at sea, was given a torrid time by Anderson until he poked to third slip, where Malan took a very smart catch diving to his right.\n\nEngland were held up by Tim Paine and Shaun Marsh in the first innings, but Woakes got Paine to top-edge a pull and Overton, diving full stretch at long leg, clung on before the ball hit the turf.\n\nMitchell Starc chanced his arm to push the lead to 350, but after Marsh played across the line to a Woakes inswinger, Starc lobbed Anderson to mid-off to complete the Lancashire man's five-wicket haul.\n\nOverton bowled only one over in the session, but had last man Josh Hazlewood caught at gully as England took six wickets before the first interval.\n\nWhen England began their chase, Stoneman immediately took it to the Australia pacemen, sweetly clipping the ball through mid-wicket.\n\nAs he and Cook put on their biggest opening stand of the series, home captain Steve Smith was visibly frustrated, not helped when he opted against reviewing a Hazlewood lbw shout against Cook that would have sent the former skipper on his way for one.\n\nBut Cook played across a Lyon off-break to be leg before on review, Stoneman tamely patted Cummins to gully for 36 and Vince played an awful drive at Starc to be caught behind.\n\nAt 91-3, England were in danger of being all but beaten by the close.\n\nCaptain Root, though, was joined by the increasingly impressive Malan and, through a combination of luck, unsuccessful reviews, bravery and no little skill, they kept Australia at bay.\n\nRoot was given out lbw on 32 when he shouldered arms at Lyon, but the review system showed it to be too high.\n\nIn a torrid Cummins over, Root almost played on and survived when Smith wanted a second look at a caught behind decision, only to learn the ball flicked his opposite number's thigh pad.\n\nTwo balls later, Smith called for a failed lbw review against Malan off Hazlewood and the home captain's poor evening got worse when he dropped the left-hander on eight at slip when Lyon found the edge.\n\nThis came a day after he opted against enforcing the follow-on and saw his batsmen buckle in helpful bowling conditions.\n\nRuns began to trickle, Root in particular pushing the score along square of the wicket, all while the Barmy Army sang and taunted the home side about their lost reviews.\n\nEngland's evening got even better when a Root off Cummins drive burst through the hands of Cameron Bancroft to give the Yorkshireman another life on 52.\n\nCummins, though, had the final say, seaming one between Malan's bat and pad to take the top off stump and end the partnership at 78.\n\n'We are in a fantastic position' - what they said\n\nJames Anderson on Test Match Special: \"It is pretty even. We definitely would have taken this position after the first two or three days. We have fought really hard to get back in the game.\n\n\"We followed on from last night really well as a group and fought really hard with the bat. We spoke about not doing ourselves justice with the bat in the first innings but we have shown what can do.\n\n\"We are a good amount of runs short but are in a fantastic position. We have got batters in the shed to get us close.\"\n\nAustralia bowling coach David Saker: \"We've got a hell of a game haven't we? It's turned quite quickly but we're still in the ascendancy. Joe's innings was special but if we go bang, bang in the morning, we're well on top.\n\n\"Malan was a huge wicket for the team. Pat Cummins really deserves it. He's been the best fast bowler in this game. A really good reward for us, but for him in particular. Tomorrow he'll be a really important player for us.\n\n\"Tomorrow will be very nervy from where I'm sitting. It's easier to be a player in those situations. It's set up for a fantastic game of cricket.\"\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone", "Migratory birds are arriving in the UK earlier each spring and leaving later each autumn, a report has confirmed.\n\nSome visitors are now appearing more than 20 days earlier than they did in the 1960s, according to the state of the UK's birds 2017 report.\n\nThe swallow, for instance, is arriving 15 days earlier than 50 years ago.\n\nOngoing monitoring is essential to track the future effects of a changing climate on birds, says a coalition of wildlife organisations.\n\nThe report is by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) , the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the UK's nature conservation bodies. It pulls together data from the latest bird surveys and monitoring studies.\n\nThe report warns that there will be winner and losers in a changing world, with opportunities for some bird species but higher extinction risks for others.\n\nSome, such as the night heron, are breeding in the UK for the first time as their range expands north, while others, such as the snow bunting are in decline.\n\nDr Daniel Hayhow, lead author of the report, said familiar species such as swallows and sand martins are changing their migratory behaviour.\n\n''We need to take that almost as a warning sign,'' he told BBC News.\n\n''The report is aiming to show to people that these changes are happening and there is potential for such changes in timing to cause a mismatch between the time when the chicks need to be fed and the food that's available for them, meaning they may be less successful in their breeding.''\n\nMigratory birds such as the swallow have long been symbols of the changing seasons. But, climate change appears to be having an impact on their delicate seasonal clocks.\n\nThe UK's Slavonian grebe population declined by 61% over 25 years\n\nArriving at the wrong time, even by a few days, may cause birds to miss out on food and nesting places, which in turn affects their chances of survival.\n\nThe report found that the distribution, numbers and behaviours of birds are changing:\n\nBirds are being monitored for signs of decline\n\nDr Stuart Newson of the BTO said thousands of volunteers have submitted observations over many decades to show how birds like the cuckoo, swallow and house martin have responded to a changing climate.\n\n''Ongoing monitoring is essential if we are to track the future effects of a changing climate on our birds,'' he said.\n\nCollette Hall, monitoring officer at WWT, said it is vital to continue to monitor the bird population in the UK.\n\n''We also need to think beyond the UK and make sure that the protected site network continues to cover the right places throughout Europe and that they're monitored elsewhere as thoroughly as they are in the UK,'' she said.", "Dustin Hoffman has said he has \"the utmost respect for women\"\n\nJohn Oliver has confronted Dustin Hoffman in a tense public discussion about allegations of sexual harassment that have been made against the actor.\n\nHoffman defended himself after Anna Graham Hunter alleged he groped her on a film set when she was 17, in 1985.\n\nThe actor questioned Ms Graham Hunter's claims, asking Oliver: \"Do you believe this stuff that you're reading?\"\n\nHoffman said the HBO talk show host was not keeping an \"open mind\" and was unquestionably believing the accusers.\n\n\"I believe what she wrote, yes,\" Oliver replied. \"Because there's no point in her lying.\"\n\nThe actor countered: \"Well, there's a point in her not bringing it up for 40 years.\"\n\nOliver was hosting a panel discussion in New York to mark the 20th anniversary of Hoffman's film Wag The Dog.\n\nOliver said he wasn't sure whether to broach the subject of the allegations but decided he'd end up \"hating myself\" if he didn't.\n\nThe tetchy exchange was reported by The Washington Post, which also posted a video of part of the conversation.\n\nMs Graham Hunter published her account of her encounters with Hoffman - including diary entries she said she had written at the time in which she accused him of being a \"dirty old man\" - in The Hollywood Reporter in November.\n\nThe veteran star responded at the time by putting out a statement saying: \"I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation.\n\n\"I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.\"\n\nOliver picked him up on that line at Monday's public question-and-answer session - saying he wasn't satisfied with it because \"it is reflective of who you were\".\n\nHe went on: \"If it happened and you've given no evidence to show it didn't happen then there was a period of time for a while when you were a creeper around women.\n\n\"So it feels like a cop-out to say, 'It wasn't me.' Do you understand how that feels like a dismissal?\"\n\nHoffman replied: \"It's difficult to answer that question. You weren't there.\"\n\nAccording to The Washington Post, Hoffman accused Oliver of making an \"incredible assumption about me\", adding sarcastically: \"You've made the case better than anyone else can. I'm guilty.\"\n\nMs Graham Hunter worked as an intern on Hoffman's 1985 TV movie Death of A Salesman.\n\n\"I still don't know who this woman is,\" Hoffman said on Monday. \"I never met her. If I met her it was in concert with other people.\"\n\nThe paper's video also showed Hoffman explaining that it was normal to talk about subjects like sex within the close-knit confines of the film crew, who he said were like \"a family\".\n\nHe said: \"I said a stupid thing but I said it in the midst of the crew, and they said their stupid things. But they were sexual in terms of the humour of it. But that's 40 years ago.\"\n\nHoffman described touching his The Graduate co-star Katharine Ross on the bottom as \"nothing\"\n\nHoffman also told a story about touching his The Graduate co-star Katharine Ross on the bottom during rehearsals - an act he played down, describing it as \"nothing\".\n\nShe became angry, Hoffman explained but described that as \"an overreaction\", saying that she later apologised.\n\nThe discussion comes as Hollywood grapples with how to clean up its act amid allegations against a string of stars and executives, and was a rare example of one of those men being challenged in public.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Wandering albatrosses scour the oceans for food to bring back to their chicks\n\nScientists who advised the Blue Planet II documentary team say they feel \"shame and anger\" at the “plague of plastic” impacting the natural world.\n\nEven in the remote waters of Antarctica, they have found evidence of plastic killing and harming seabirds.\n\nWandering albatrosses – which have the longest wingspan of any birds alive today – are thought to be especially vulnerable.\n\nNesting on the barren islands of South Georgia, they feed their young by scouring thousands of miles of ocean for squid and fish but often bring back plastic instead.\n\nThe final episode of what has become the most-watched TV programme of the year explores how the oceans are threatened by human activities including overfishing and pollution.\n\nIt will be broadcast on Sunday 10 December.\n\nThe final programme in the series will look at some of the threats facing the oceans\n\nIn a particularly moving scene, Dr Lucy Quinn, a zoologist, is seen checking albatross chicks on Bird Island where she was the British Antarctic Survey’s winter manager for more than two years.\n\nOne chick that Dr Quinn found dead and later dissected was killed because a plastic toothpick that it swallowed had pierced its stomach.\n\nOthers had regurgitated plastic items including cling film, food packaging, cutlery and parts of bottles.\n\nDr Quinn told me: “I feel real shame and anger that it’s humans who have caused this problem.\n\n\"It’s really sad because you get to know the birds and how long it takes the parents, away for ten days at a time, to collect food for their chicks and what they bring back is plastic.\n\n\"And what’s sad is that the plague of plastic is as far-reaching as these seemingly pristine environments.\"\n\nLucy Quinn seen checking albatrosses on Bird Island, part of South Georgia\n\nIt's not known how many albatross chicks in Antarctica die from plastic pollution every year – it's thought to be fewer than the losses suffered by Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll in the Pacific .\n\nBut on Bird Island, predators often eat dead chicks before the researchers can reach them – and the suspicion is that the effect of the plastic goes beyond the direct killing of seabirds.\n\nAccording to Dr Quinn, the threat is more insidious, weakening birds as they waste energy trying to digest plastic, which has no nutritional value, and potentially poisoning them as chemicals are released when the plastic breaks down in their stomachs.\n\nResearch at the other end of the world into a smaller relative of the albatross – the fulmars of the North Sea – shows that while plastics may directly kill seabirds, it is the debilitating effects of the waste that could be more serious.\n\nIf a human had ingested the equivalent plastic volume as the average fulmar does (L), it would fill a lunchbox (R)\n\nStudies of fulmars found dead on beaches or caught accidentally by fishermen – which Dr Quinn has also been involved in – show that from 2010-2014, UK fulmars were found to contain on average 39 particles of plastic weighing a total of 0.32 grams.\n\nIn an unsettling image, the volume of space taken up by that plastic in a fulmar’s belly is the equivalent in a human stomach of the contents of a typical lunchbox, and usually the plastic is made up of consumer items used just once and then thrown away.\n\nMost shocking is the effect of party balloons, released in a moment of celebration, but then catching the eye of a fulmar searching for food.\n\nDr Quinn remembers one occasion when she dissected one of the birds.\n\n\"I couldn’t believe my eyes, seeing a balloon in the bird’s oesophagus, which would have killed it, along with cling film, toothbrushes and packaging – I feel extremely sad for the birds and impatient to do something,\" she said.\n\nThe plastic may be undermining the fulmars’ health, which could affect their ability to breed - with long-term implications for the population as a whole.\n\nCayman Trough: Plastic debris has descended to the deepest parts of the world's oceans\n\nThe threat from plastic waste is not limited to pieces that are visible – bottles, bags and other items break down into minute fragments, or \"micro-plastics\", which enter the food chain in every corner of the ocean.\n\nScientists from the University of Newcastle even identified tiny fibres in the smallest creatures living in the deepest part of the Pacific, the Mariana Trench.\n\nDr Jon Copley, of the University of Southampton, who joined the Blue Planet submarine filming in Antarctica, says that although he did not spot any plastic in the polar waters, he has been shocked by its presence elsewhere.\n\n\"When I've seen plastic in the deep ocean - such as a bin liner we found near deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough - there's an initial shock and disappointment that our rubbish has got here before us as explorers.\n\n\"But then there's the realisation that our everyday lives are more connected to the deep ocean than we perhaps think.\n\n\"Every piece of plastic rubbish has a story, so it also makes me wonder about the chain of events that led to that particular item ending up in the deep ocean, and whether any of those events could have been prevented.\"", "The government of Sierra Leone has auctioned a 709 carat rough diamond, named the 'peace diamond', which will benefit its people.\n\nHalf of the proceeds from the sale of the diamond will go directly towards bringing clean water, electricity, schools, medical facilities, bridges and roads to the community where the stone was discovered.", "The eyes of the sporting world will be on the International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Lausanne later on Tuesday when President Thomas Bach announces whether he and his board have banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics.\n\nFor an Olympic powerhouse nation, the hosts of the next football World Cup no less, to be cast as an international sporting pariah, would be unprecedented.\n\nBut just 66 days before Pyeongchang 2018 starts on 9 February, the signs point to Bach doing precisely that.\n\nThe German and his board will have spent the afternoon poring over the findings and recommendations of a 16-month investigation headed up by the former president of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid.\n\nHis team have been looking into the allegations of government involvement in the cheating when Russia hosted the last Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, and deciding whether there is enough evidence to conclude that this is indeed what happened, despite repeated denials.\n\nCertainly this is one of the biggest decisions the IOC has ever taken, and the most important moment yet in the doping saga that has cast a shadow over the Olympic movement. We are expecting to find out the outcome at around 18:30 GMT.\n• None 'Russia must be banned from Winters'\n\nWe have been here before...\n\nOn the eve of the 2016 Rio Games, the IOC came under huge pressure to ban the Russian team from the Olympics after an independent report by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren concluded the country had engaged in a state-sponsored doping conspiracy that benefitted 1,000 athletes across 30 sports between 2012 and 2015.\n\nDespite this, the IOC could not bring itself to do so, handing responsibility for sanctions to the various international sporting federations, meaning hundreds of athletes competed, and 56 medals were won.\n\nSo why should things be any different this time around?\n\nDespite initial fears that Bach's close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin - and a lack of proof that would satisfy legal requirements - may mean the IOC could try to swerve a ban and resort to a hefty fine as an alternative means of punishing Russia, matters first started to look bleak for the country last month.\n\nThat was when the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) decided the country's anti-doping agency Rusada was still non-compliant with its rules.\n\nThis was accompanied by a breakthrough in evidence, with Wada obtaining what it said was a Russian laboratory database which it felt corroborated McLaren's conclusions.\n\nRe-tests of Russian athletes' samples, meanwhile, resulted in a host of retrospective bans and stripping of medals, costing the country its position at the top of the Sochi 2014 medal table.\n\nTwenty five Russians have now been banned in the last month.\n\nAnd then, last week, another IOC commission, led by Swiss lawyer Denis Oswald, which has been looking into re-tests of samples from Sochi and the individual cases of alleged doping, crucially gave its full backing to evidence provided by Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, the key whistleblower in the scandal, describing him as a \"truthful witness\".\n\nHaving published its reasoned decision in the case of the cross-country skier Alexander Legkov, the commission also revealed a diary kept by Rodchenkov - the former head of the Wada-accredited anti-doping laboratories in Moscow and Sochi and a central figure in the conspiracy - was also described as \"significant evidence\".\n\nThe diary detailed alleged meetings Rodchenkov says he had with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and former Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko to discuss the doping programme.\n\nMutko has always denied being involved, vehemently rejected the suggestion that the cheating was in any way state-sponsored, and has cast the saga as a Western conspiracy, unfairly singling out Russia.\n\nWhat are the Russians saying?\n\nDespite a denial on Monday from a Kremlin spokesman, some observers believe that if the IOC follows the example set by athletics' governing body the IAAF and the International Paralympic Committee, both of which only allowed Russian athletes who could prove they were clean to compete as neutrals at the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, there could be a boycott.\n\nWith his country's presidential election looming next year, Putin may not tolerate the idea of an Olympics with no Russian flag or anthem, and order his athletes to stay at home, rather than compete under a white flag.\n\nBach, already under significant pressure from national anti-doping agencies to come down heavily on Russia, and aware of the need to be seen to act decisively and in the interests of the future of the Olympic movement following recent IOC corruption allegations, could now be ready to take that risk.\n\nPlenty of Russians would be dismayed by such an outcome.\n\n\"It would be unfair,\" former Olympic speed-skating champion and politician Svetlana Zhurova told BBC Sport from her office in the Duma, the Russian parliament.\n\n\"I cannot advise the IOC, they know better than me, but I hope they will remember about the young and clean athletes for whom this will be their first Games.\n\n\"You feel so proud when you see your flag, it's very important for yourself and your country. It has to be individual responsibility, not collective.\n\n\"Our anti-doping programmes and legislation have improved. Things have changed a lot and everyone in Russia understands that doping is evil.\n\n\"For any sport, it's very important that all countries are there and if you win you know you are the best in the world. For the IOC it's a very hard decision and I hope they calculate and make the right decision for innocent clean, Russian athletes.\"\n\nWhat is the alternative view?\n\nFormer Wada president Dick Pound told the BBC: \"I think it's a real tipping point, you've got to walk the walk as well as to talk the talk. You can't say we're at zero tolerance for doping in Olympic sport … unless it's Russia.\n\n\"I mean your credibility is shot so they've got to say we're a principle organisation, here are the facts, the conduct was unacceptable and a country acting in that manner should not be allowed to participate in the next Games.\n\n\"I think we missed an opportunity in Rio... Certainly all the recent indications are there will be strong action… this stuff in Sochi was a direct attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and the IOC president has recently been starting to focus in on that and saying this is a direct attack on the integrity of the world's most important international competition, there will have to be strong measures.\n\n\"We'll see whether he follows through.\"\n\nLast week in Moscow, as Russia tried desperately to focus on the prestige that comes with hosting the World Cup, and football's world governing body Fifa attempted to pretend none of this mattered to the credibility of their flagship event, I managed to ask Mutko directly if he expected Russia to be banned by the IOC, just four days after the draw.\n\nHe angrily suggested that the BBC and New York Times would know before him, and then suggested Russia was being unfairly criticised by the Western media, just like it was before the Sochi Games.\n\nHe spoke like a man who suspected that Russia may have run out of chances.", "Google will dedicate more than 10,000 staff to rooting out violent extremist content on YouTube in 2018, the video sharing website's chief has said.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Susan Wojcicki said some users were exploiting YouTube to \"mislead, manipulate, harass or even harm\".\n\nShe said the website, owned by Google, had used \"computer-learning\" technology that could find extremist videos.\n\nMore than 150,000 of these videos have been removed since June, she said.\n\nIn March, the UK government suspended its adverts from YouTube, following concerns they were appearing next to inappropriate content.\n\nAnd in a speech at the United Nations general assembly in September, UK Prime Minister Theresa May challenged tech firms to take down terrorist material in two hours.\n\nThe prime minister has repeatedly called for an end to the \"safe spaces\" she says terrorists enjoy online.\n\nMs Wojcicki said that staff had reviewed nearly two million videos for violent extremist content since June.\n\nThis is helping to train the company's machine learning technology to identify similar videos, which is enabling staff to remove nearly five times as many videos as they were previously, she said.\n\nShe said the company was taking \"aggressive action\" on comments, using technology to help staff find and shut down hundreds of accounts and hundreds of thousands of comments.\n\nAnd its teams \"work closely with child safety organisations around the world to report predatory behaviour and accounts to the correct law enforcement agencies\".\n\nMeanwhile, police in the UK have warned that sex offenders are increasingly using live online streaming platforms to exploit children.\n\nEarlier this year, Google announced it would give a total of £1m ($1.3m) to fund projects that help counter extremism in the UK.\n\nAnd, in June, YouTube announced four new steps it was taking to combat extremist content:\n\nCalum Chace, author of Surviving AI and The Economic Singularity, said that machine learning is developing fast.\n\n\"People are often unduly cynical about the prospects for AI because they judge it by what is possible today,\" he said.\n\n\"They forget that our machines are on an exponential growth curve: they get twice as powerful every 18 months or so. This means that we are just at the beginning of their story.\n\n\"Although YouTube's automated systems are probably among the best in the world since it is a subsidiary of Google, they need human support. For now.\"", "A woman has criticised McDonald's after she was told to remove her hijab because it posed a \"security threat\".\n\nThe 19-year-old Muslim student, who wants to remain anonymous, was approached by a security guard at a London branch of the fast food chain.\n\nMcDonald's says it has suspended the security guard and is investigating the matter. It added that the restaurant was managed and owned by a franchisee.\n\nBut the student told BBC Asian Network \"it's not enough\".\n\n\"They basically said that the security guard was employed by a third-party company and so what they're trying to say is, 'We don't condone his conduct but we can't be held responsible because we're not the people who hire them'.\n\n\"But if you're going to use a separate company you need to be aware of what kind of policies they have, especially in a city like London.\"\n\nThe student was with her friend Sabrina at the Holloway Road restaurant in north London on 30 November.\n\nIn video footage recorded on her mobile phone, a black security guard can be heard saying: \"If you just don't mind taking it off,\" to which the 19-year-old responds: \"It's not just a matter of taking it off, I wear it for religious reasons and I'm not ashamed of it.\n\n\"I live down the street,\" she adds. \"This is a hate crime.\"\n\nShe told the BBC: \"You would expect someone of colour to be more sympathetic to a minority that is persecuted.\n\n\"That just reflects how current this issue is - almost anyone could actually believe that I am a security threat.\"\n\nSabrina shared the video on Twitter, and had an overwhelming response.\n\n\"A white British national... stood up for her,\" said Sabrina.\n\n\"People on social media were praising the man who defended her.\n\n\"As a non-hijab wearing Muslim, I recognise my privilege in society.\n\n\"Discrimination that I might face isn't necessarily as overt.\n\nBut her friend said she would not be deterred from wearing the hijab.\n\n\"If you want to dress modestly, you should have the right to dress modestly and it shouldn't be politicised,\" said the 19-year-old.\n\n\"It's my choice. If I want to cover my hair, I should have the right to cover my hair.\"\n\nMcDonald's UK chief executive Paul Pomroy said in a statement: \"I am deeply sorry that this happened, and am taking the matter very seriously.\n\n\"We welcome people of all faiths and do not have any policy which restricts or prevents anyone wearing a hijab, or any other religious attire, in our restaurants.\n\n\"The restaurant involved is managed and owned by Amir Atefi, a franchisee.\n\n\"Mr Atefi is proud of his diverse workforce, and was upset and concerned to hear how one of his valued customers has been treated.\"", "A BBC investigation has found online streaming apps used by children to make live broadcasts are being infiltrated by men trying to groom them.\n\nInternet safety campaigner Qudsiyah Shah posed as a 14-year-old girl to find out what kind of dangers children could be exposed to on such services.\n\nIt comes as the National Crime Agency says it arrested more than 190 men across the UK in a single week in connection with sexual offences against children.", "Survivors were pulled from the sea after the boat capsized\n\nThe deaths of two Britons in a Thai boat crash could \"have been prevented\", the husband of one has said.\n\nMonica O'Connor, 28, and Jason Parnell, 46, drowned after the speedboat capsized in monsoon conditions near the island of Koh Samui in May 2016.\n\nDelivering a narrative conclusion, coroner Alison Mutch said the captain's decision to ignore weather warnings contributed to their deaths.\n\nAfter the hearing, Tim O'Connor said his wife's death was \"tragic\".\n\nThe couple, from Sale in Greater Manchester, had been on their honeymoon, while Mr Parnell, from Sileby in Leicestershire, was celebrating his first wedding anniversary.\n\nThirty-two people were on board when the crash - in which a German and a Chinese national also died - occurred off the coast of Thailand.\n\nThe inquest heard small boats were warned not to sail by Thailand's meteorological department.\n\nThe hearing was also told the boat's passengers had been given no safety advice, there was no individual allocation of life jackets and a decision was made to sail the boat too close to the shore.\n\nBoat captain Sanan Sridakeow was jailed for a year, and operator Limited Partnership Angthong Discovery Tour was fined 15,000 Thai baht (£342) after admitting recklessness.\n\nTim and Monica O'Connor were on honeymoon in Koh Samui when the boat capsized\n\nRecording a narrative conclusion, the senior coroner for South Manchester Alison Mutch said they \"died as a result of drowning, contributed to by the decision to operate the tour when a known weather warning was in force\".\n\nShe added that she was \"truly sorry that what should have been memorable holidays in the most positive and happy ways ended in the ways they did\".\n\nSpeaking after the hearing, Mr O'Connor said he hoped that \"appropriate lessons can be learned from today's findings to ensure no one else has to suffer the heartache and pain of losing a loved one\".\n\nHe added that the inquest process had been \"incredibly difficult, particularly with the findings outlining just how Monica's death could and perhaps should have been prevented\".", "The demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome didn't go as planned after a partial implosion failed to bring down the stadium. The second attempt proved more successful.", "Jeremy Hunt has told Facebook to \"stay away from my kids\" after it launched a new messaging app aimed at children.\n\nThe social network announced on Tuesday it was testing Messenger Kids in the US for those under 13 who cannot sign up for its full service.\n\nThe health secretary took to Twitter to condemn the new tool, saying the firm had promised to prevent under-age use of its product.\n\n\"Instead they are actively targeting younger children,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Stay away from my kids please Facebook and act responsibly!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAccording to the BBC's North America technology reporter, Dave Lee, the prevention methods to stop under-age children using Facebook are \"trivial\", meaning more than 20 million under-13-year-olds are thought to be using the network.\n\nMessenger Kids is a simplified version of Facebook's existing messaging app which needs parents to approve any contacts added by their children.\n\nOnce confirmed to be safe, friends can do live video chats, send pictures and text each other.\n\nThe firm said it offered a more appropriate app, which parents could allow their children to use on tablets and smartphones.\n\nIt has not responded directly to Mr Hunt's tweet, but in a blog post, Facebook's Loren Cheng said the company had spoken to thousands of parents and dozens of experts in child development and online safety.", "Plastic waste has a variety of detrimental effects on the environment\n\nLife in the seas risks irreparable damage from a rising tide of plastic waste, the UN oceans chief has warned.\n\nLisa Svensson said governments, firms and individual people must act far more quickly to halt plastic pollution.\n\n\"This is a planetary crisis,\" she said. \"In a few short decades since we discovered the convenience of plastics, we are ruining the ecosystem of the ocean.\"\n\nShe was speaking to BBC News ahead of a UN environment summit in Nairobi.\n\nDelegates at the meeting want tougher action against plastic litter.\n\nMs Svensson had just been saddened by a Kenyan turtle hospital which treats animals that have ingested waste plastic.\n\nShe saw a juvenile turtle named Kai, brought in by fishermen a month ago because she was floating on the sea surface.\n\nPlastic waste was immediately suspected, because if turtles have eaten too much plastic it bloats their bellies and they can't control their buoyancy.\n\nKai was given laxatives for two weeks to clear out her system, and Ms Svensson witnessed an emotional moment as Kai was carried back to the sea to complete her recovery.\n\n\"It's a very happy moment,\" she said. \"But sadly we can't be sure that Kai won't be back again if she eats more plastic.\n\n\"It's heart-breaking, but it's reality. We just have to do much more to make sure the plastics don't get into the sea in the first place.\"\n\nCaspar van de Geer runs the turtle hospital for the group Local Ocean Conservation at Watamu in eastern Kenya.\n\nHe had demonstrated earlier how uncannily a plastic film pulsating in the water column mimics the actions of the jellyfish some turtles love to eat.\n\n\"Turtles aren't stupid,\" he said. \"It's really difficult to tell the difference between plastics and jellyfish, and it may be impossible for a turtle to learn.\"\n\nOn a pin board he's compiled a grid of sealed clear plastic bags like the ones used at airports for cosmetics.\n\nHere they contain the plastic fragments removed from the stomachs of sick turtles. Half of the turtles brought here after eating plastics have died.\n\nA huge table at the hospital is laden with an array of plastic waste collected off local beaches - from fishing nets and nylon ropes to unidentifiable fragments of plastic film.\n\nMany seabirds, such as this albatross, accidentally eat plastic\n\nThere's waste from down the coast as far as Tanzania - but also from Madagascar, the Comoros Islands, Thailand, Indonesia and even a bottle from far-away Japan.\n\nThere's a score of mysterious white plastic rings which staff speculate are the rims of yoghurt pots, a plastic lighter. There are disintegrating woven plastic fertiliser bags, plastic straws - and much more.\n\nBite marks show some items like small suncream bottles have clearly been nibbled at by fish, because they look like potential food.\n\nLocal people scour the beach daily for plastic waste. They want clean beaches, and they're aware that local hotels want the same.\n\nBut along the high water line millions of the fragments of plastics are mixed in with dried sea grass, too small to be collected.\n\n\"The scale of the challenge is absolutely enormous,\" says Ms Svensson. She's backing a resolution by Norway this week for the world to completely eliminate plastic waste into the ocean.\n\nIf all nations agree to that long-term goal it'll be considered a UN success.\n\nCertainly, it sounds more ambitious than the current commitment to substantially decrease waste inputs into the sea by 2025.\n\nBut some environmentalists argue that the absence of a timetable for preventing waste is a huge failing.\n\nTisha Brown from Greenpeace told BBC News: \"We welcome that they are looking at a stronger statement, but with billions of tonnes of plastic waste entering the oceans we need much more urgent action.\n\n\"We need manufacturers to take responsibility for their products - and we need to look at our consumption patterns that are driving all this.\"\n\nIndonesia - the world's second biggest plastics polluter after China - has pledged to reduce plastic waste into the ocean 75% by 2025, but some observers doubt legal rules are strong enough to make this happen.\n\nPlastic waste is also on the agenda for this month's China Council - an influential high level dialogue in which world experts advise China's leaders on environmental issues.\n\nKenya itself has banned single-use plastic bags, along with Rwanda, Tanzania and - soon- Sri Lanka. Bangladesh has had controls for many years, especially to stop bags clogging up drains and causing floods.\n\nBut bags are just one part of the problem - there are so many other types of plastic flowing through waterways.\n\n\"The UN process is slow,\" Ms Svensson admitted. \"It could take 10 years to get a UN treaty agreed on plastic litter and a further two years to get it implemented.\n\n\"We have to progress through the UN because this is a truly global problem - but we can't wait that long.\n\n\"We need to get much stronger actions from civil society, putting pressure on business to change - they can switch their supply chains very fast. And we need more individual governments to take urgent action too.\"\n\nShe praised the BBC's Blue Planet series and urged other parts of the media to highlight the issue.\n\nMs Svensson said the ocean was facing multiple assault from over-fishing; pollution from chemicals, sewage and agriculture; development in coastal areas; climate change; ocean acidification; and over-exploitation of coral reefs.\n\n\"This is a planetary emergency,\" she said. \"I sense there is a momentum now about the need to act. We just have to be much faster.\"\n\nAs we left Watamu after Kai's joyous release, I turned back for one last glance at the Indian Ocean. A small boy tossed a plastic bottle over his shoulder into the sparkling water.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 27,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in the middle of the night as a fast-moving wildfire ripped through southern California.\n\nSeveral thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula, some 70 miles (115 km) north of Los Angeles.\n\nFirefighters warned the fire was moving so fast they were unable to contain it.\n\nFanned by high winds, the fire swept through tens of thousands of acres in a matter of hours.\n\nCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Ventura County, promising to attack the fire \"with all we've got\".\n\nIt was earlier reported that one person died in a traffic accident while trying to flee the blaze, but Ventura County Fire Capt Steve Kaufmann has since told the Associated Press that no body was found in an overturned car.\n\nOfficials said one firefighter was injured. They also said 150 structures had been destroyed, and more than 260,000 people were without power.\n\nHundreds of firefighters worked through the night to tackle the blaze, named the Thomas Fire, but fire chiefs admitted they were fighting a losing battle.\n\n\"The prospects for containment are not good. Really, Mother Nature is going to decide,\" Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen earlier told reporters.\n\nMore than 1,000 firefighters are now battling the fires, which have burned 45,500 acres. Authorities have warned of widespread smoke and advised people with health conditions, the elderly and children to stay indoors in affected areas.\n\nForecasters say ferocious Santa Ana winds and low humidity will continue for a few days, making for extremely dangerous conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by VCFD PIO This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nResidents of Santa Paula and Ventura received mandatory evacuation notices via their phones and from emergency workers going house to house.\n\n\"My son is a firefighter and I'm not going to wait around for someone to rescue me,\" June Byrum told CBS, saying her 91-year-old father, husband and dog had already left for a safe place.\n\nSanta Paula has 30,000 residents, while Ventura's population is about 110,000. Both are in Ventura County.\n\nAnother fire broke out early on Tuesday local time closer to Los Angeles, in Sylmar. Homes have been damaged and more than 400 firefighters have been deployed there.\n\nThe Ventura County fire is believed to have broken out close to Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula at some time after 18:00 local time on Monday (02:00 GMT).\n\nIt was quickly fanned by gusts of up to 70mph (115 kph) that burned through dry brush.\n\nCalifornia has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. At least 40 people were killed when fires ripped through parts of northern California's wine region in October. Some 10,000 structures were destroyed.\n\nAt least 150 structures are believed to have been destroyed by the blaze", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nRussia has been banned from competing at next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee.\n\nBut Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag.\n\nIt follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi.\n\n\"This should draw a line under this damaging episode,\" the IOC said.\n\nThe decision has been widely condemned in Russia, with some politicians urging a boycott of the Games, though other officials have welcomed the chance for 'clean' athletes to take part.\n\nIOC president Thomas Bach and his board - who made the announcement in Lausanne on Tuesday - came to the decision after reading through the findings and recommendations of a 17-month investigation headed up by the former president of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid.\n\nThe Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been suspended but the IOC said it will invite Russian clean athletes to compete in February under the name 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' (OAR).\n\nDespite repeated Russian denials, the Schmid report has found evidence of \"the systemic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and system\" which back up previous allegations of government involvement in cheating in the run-up to and during the Winter Olympics almost four years ago.\n\nBach said: \"This was an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport. This should draw a line under this damaging episode and serve as a catalyst for a more effective anti-doping system.\"\n\nThe Games in South Korea, which start on 9 February, will now be without one of the powerhouses of Olympic sport.\n• None Who gets Russia's medals in Pyeongchang?\n• None Russian doping - how we got here\n\nThis entire investigation was instigated by whistleblowing doctor Grigory Rodchenkov, who was director of Russia's anti-doping laboratory during Sochi 2014.\n\nHe alleged the country ran a systematic programme of doping and claimed he had created substances to enhance athletes' performances and switched urine samples to avoid detection.\n\nThe World Anti Doping Agency (Wada) enlisted the services of Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Dr Richard McLaren to look into the allegations.\n\nThe McLaren report concluded 1,000 athletes across 30 sports benefitted from the doping programme between 2012 and 2015.\n\nWada obtained what it said was a Russian laboratory database which it felt corroborated McLaren's conclusions, while re-testing of Russian athletes' samples resulted in a host of retrospective bans and stripping of medals.\n\nLast week, another IOC commission, led by Swiss lawyer Denis Oswald, gave its full backing to evidence provided by Dr Rodchenkov.\n\nWhat else has the IOC ruled?\n\nAs well as the Olympic Committee ban, the IOC has also decided to ban Russia's deputy Prime Minister and former Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from all future Olympic Games. He is currently the lead organiser for the 2018 World Cup, which is being staged in Russia next summer.\n\nIn his report to the IOC executive board, Schmid says Mutko, as the then minister for sport, \"had the ultimate administrative responsibility for the acts perpetrated at the time\".\n\nResponding to the report, Fifa said the IOC ruling had \"no impact\" on preparations for the World Cup.\n\nFootball's world governing body added that it \"continues to take every measure at its competitions to ensure football remains free from doping\" and every player will be tested next summer and \"the analysis of all doping samples will be carried out at Wada laboratories outside Russia\".\n• None No accreditation for any official from the Russian ministry of sport for the Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018\n• None Former Deputy sports minister, Yuri Nagornykh, is excluded from any participation in all future Olympic Games\n• None Dmitry Chernyshenko, the former CEO of the organising committee Sochi 2014, is withdrawn from the Co-ordination Commission Beijing 2022\n• None ROC President Alexander Zhukov is suspended as an IOC member, given that his membership is linked to his position as ROC president\n• None The ROC is fined 15 million dollars (£11.2 million) to reimburse the costs of the investigations and to contribute to the establishment of the Independent Testing Authority (ITA)\n• None If Russia \"respects and implements\" what the IOC has called for, the sanctions may be lifted in time for the closing ceremony.\n\nHow can clean Russian athletes get to Pyeongchang?\n\nThe IOC will allow athletes from Russia to compete individually or as part of a team in South Korea, providing they wear an OAR uniform. The Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony.\n\nA specialist panel appointed by the IOC will decide whether an athlete can compete by following these rules:\n• None Athletes must have qualified according to the qualification standards of their respective sport\n• None Athletes must not have been disqualified or declared ineligible for any violation of anti-doping rules\n• None Athletes must have undergone all the pre-Games targeted tests recommended by the Pre-Games Testing Task Force\n• None Athletes must have undergone any other testing requirements specified by the panel to ensure a level playing field\n\nAction taken so far\n• None A total of 25 Russians have so far been banned from the Olympics for life on the recommendation of the IOC commission\n• None The first part of the McLaren report was when Wada called on the IOC to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics\n• None instead asking individual sporting federations to rule on their participation\n\nWada has not called again for the IOC to ban Russia, but recently declared that the country remains 'non-compliant' with its code.\n• None Russia 'not to blame' for Sochi scandal\n\nThe IPC will make public its decision on the potential participation of Russian athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in London on 22 December.\n\nPresident of the ROC, Alexander Zhukov, said there was positive and negative news from the IOC's decision.\n\nHe welcomed the invitation for clean athletes to compete in South Korea but does not agree with the ruling that they must compete under a neutral flag.\n\n\"If, as proposed, the temporary restrictions are lifted on the last day, then on the last day Russian athletes will compete under their flag with all the athletes from the rest of the world,\" he told reporters in Lausanne.\n\nHe said a final decision on participation is still to be made.\n\nRussian politicians and athletes were united in their condemnation of the IOC decision.\n\nThe deputy chairman of Russian parliament's defence committee, Frants Klintsevich, said Russian athletes should not take part in the Olympics in 2018 if they are not allowed to compete under the national flag.\n\n\"I don't know what Russia's decision will be in the end, but in my view, a great power can't go 'incognito' to the Olympics,\" state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported him saying.\n\nIgor Morozov, another politician said \"hybrid war\" had been declared on Russia by the IOC decision.\n\nThe head of Russia's speed-skating body Alexei Kravtsov said it should be down to the athletes themselves.\n\n\"My opinion is that every athlete should decide for themselves whether to take part under a neutral flag or not,\" R-Sport reported. \"But there is an admittance procedure, and that in itself is humiliating.\"\n\nRussian bobsleigh federation president Alexander Zubkov said on Tuesday he was \"shocked\" by the decision.\n\nZubkov was stripped last month of the two gold medals he won at the 2014 Sochi Games and banned from the Olympics for life over alleged doping violations.\n\nRussian state broadcaster VGTRK has said it will not broadcast the winter Olympic games if the Russian team is not participating.\n• None Life on the run for Russian whistleblower\n\nJohn Jackson, who led Great Britain's men's bobsleigh team in Sochi in 2014, and could now be awarded a bronze medal because of Russian doping bans thanked the IOC for the ruling.\n\n\"I believe it is the correct decision to allow the clean athletes of Russia to compete under a neutral flag,\" he said.\n\nBritish sports minister Tracey Crouch tweeted that she was \"pleased\" with the announcement.\n\n\"We believe that this decision goes a long way towards protecting the interests of clean athletes,\" said Wada vice-president Linda Hofstad Helleland.\n\nJim Walden, a lawyer representing whistleblower Rodchenkov, said the decision \"sends a powerful message that the IOC will not tolerate state-sponsored cheating by any nation\".\n\n\"Dr Rodchenkov personally agrees with the IOC's determination that innocent athletes should compete as neutrals,\" he added.\n\nWhat could a Winter Olympics look like without Russia?\n\nThe Olympics ban for Russia, who had finished top of the Sochi 2014 medal table, could potentially leave opportunities for gold, silver and bronze open to several other nations.\n\nIt is not yet clear how many Russian athletes, if any, will seek to compete under a neutral flag.\n\nOther athletes are considering appeals against their doping bans.\n\nRussia were among the favourites for gold in men's ice hockey following the National Hockey League's decision to withdraw its players from Pyeongchang.\n\nAt the last six Winter Games, Russian figure skaters won 14 of the 26 gold medals available and occupied 26 of the 75 podium places.\n\n'Some concessions, but still dark day for Russia' - analysis\n\nThe punishment is unprecedented in Olympic history. This is a proud sporting superpower that uses such events to promote its image to the world. Not this time.\n\nThe hosts of next year's World Cup have just become an international pariah, with the life ban given to deputy prime minister and head of Russia 2018 - Vitaly Mutko - hugely embarrassing for Fifa - an IOC member federation.\n\nMany will say the IOC should have done this 18 months ago before the Rio Olympics, and that both they and WADA should have acted more decisively years ago when reports of Russian cheating first emerged. And could the IOC have been tougher, given the scale of the cheating and the damage done to clean athletes?\n\nThe fact that those athletes who meet the criteria and can take part will be called 'Olympic Athletes from Russia' seems a concession to the country. Why not just 'Neutral Athletes'? President Bach also suggested the Russian flag may be flown at the closing ceremony in South Korea.\n\nYet this is still a dark day for Russian sport and President Vladimir Putin is now understood to be considering whether to boycott Pyeongchang 2018 altogether and forbid any Russian athletes to compete.", "Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger\n\nA potential breach of a court order which prevents the identification of one of James Bulger's killers is being investigated, the Attorney General's Office has confirmed.\n\nJon Venables, now 35, was convicted of killing two-year-old James in Merseyside in 1993, along with Robert Thompson.\n\nThe pair were released in 2001.\n\nThere is a worldwide ban on publishing anything revealing their current identities.\n\nA spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: \"We have received a complaint that the anonymity order has been breached and we are investigating.\"\n\nA High Court injunction prohibits the publication of any images or information claiming to identify or locate the pair- even if it is not actually them.\n\nThe order also covers material published on the internet.\n\nIn 2013 two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the killers of James Bulger received suspended jail sentences for being in contempt of court.\n\nVenables was recalled to prison last month after being suspected of having child abuse images on his computer.\n\nIt is the second time he has been sent back to jail for the same suspected offence.\n\nHe was first recalled in 2010, following his release in 2001 after serving eight years for the murder of James, aged two, in 1993.\n\nJames Bulger was two when he was abducted and killed in 1993\n\nOn 12 February 1993, James - just a few weeks before his third birthday - was reported missing by his mother from outside a butcher's shop in the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, Merseyside.\n\nCCTV images revealed he had been lured away by Venables and Thompson, both then aged 10.\n\nHis body was found two days later on a railway line.\n\nThompson and Venables were arrested and charged within days. They were both convicted at Preston Crown Court of James's murder, in November 1993.\n\nIn 2001, the pair were released - with new identities - from secure children's homes on life licence, meaning they can be recalled at any time.", "Reggie Yates was due to present the Christmas and New Year TOTP specials with Fearne Cotton\n\nReggie Yates will not host this year's Top of the Pops holiday specials after making \"ill-considered remarks\" in a podcast interview.\n\nYates apologised last month for using the phrase \"fat Jewish guy\" to refer to managers in the music industry.\n\nHe has now tweeted to say he has \"taken the decision to step down\" from hosting the music shows, which were due to air on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.\n\nThe presenter added that he apologised \"unreservedly to the Jewish community\".\n\nIn the Halfcast Podcast, hosted by DJ Chuckie Lothian, he had used the phrase while praising artists who chose to remain independently managed, adding: \"They're managed by their brethren.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by REGYATES This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn his latest statement on Twitter, he said his words \"reinforced offensive stereotypes\" and that the comment was \"no reflection on how I truly feel\".\n\nThe host, who also presents The Insider series for BBC Three, was due to present this year's holiday specials of long-running show Top of the Pops with Fearne Cotton.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"We take these issues very seriously and Reggie is in no doubt about the BBC's view of his comments.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The director of the new Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been fired due to \"unreliable behaviour\".\n\nIn a statement, Twentieth Century Fox said Bryan Singer was no longer the director of the film.\n\nA source told the BBC the main reason for the firing was \"a pattern of unreliable behaviour on the set\".\n\nBut Singer said his firing came while he was ill and that the studio was \"unwilling to accommodate\" him during his illness.\n\nThe Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Singer had clashed with lead actor Rami Malek and failed to show up for filming on multiple occasions.\n\nThe studio had earlier said production had been suspended so Singer could deal with \"a personal health matter\".\n\nIn a statement issued through his lawyer to the BBC, Singer - the director of The Usual Suspects, four X-Men movies and Superman Returns - said he was disappointed not to be able to finish the film, \"a passion project of mine\".\n\nRami Malek has so far made no public comments on the latest developments\n\n\"With fewer than three weeks to shoot remaining, I asked Fox for some time off so I could return to the US to deal with pressing health matters concerning one of my parents,\" he said.\n\n\"This was a very taxing experience, which ultimately took a serious toll on my own health. Unfortunately, the studio was unwilling to accommodate me and terminated my services. This was not my decision and it was beyond my control.\"\n\nHe added that rumours of clashes with Malek, the star of the Mr Robot TV series, were not true.\n\n\"While, at times, we did have creative differences on set, Rami and I successfully put those differences behind us and continued to work on the film together until just prior to Thanksgiving,\" he said.\n\nFilming has been taking place in the UK, with Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello and Gwilym Lee starring as Queen's other members.\n\nThe movie is still expected to be released in December 2018 as planned.\n\nAs well as directing, Singer is listed as a co-producer, alongside Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, among others.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Food shortages have led to the acute malnutrition rate among children rising to 11.9%\n\nThe situation in a besieged rebel-held area near Syria's capital has reached a \"critical point\", the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned.\n\nScores of civilians have been killed or injured in the Eastern Ghouta in the past month and life is slowly becoming \"impossible\", the organisation says.\n\nAbout 500 people are waiting to be evacuated for life-saving medical care.\n\nThere are also shortages of food, fuel and medicines, and the cold weather threatens to worsen the hardship.\n\n\"Chronic disease sufferers and people with severe injuries are struggling to access care,\" said the ICRC's Middle East director, Robert Mardini.\n\n\"The sick and injured must not be used as pawns in negotiations between the different parties involved in the fighting. Medical attention must be promptly given to those who need it irrespective of who they are.\"\n\nThe 400,000 people trapped in the Eastern Ghouta are also facing a \"frightening\" food shortage and a huge increase in food prices, according to the ICRC.\n\n\"Some families can afford to eat only one meal a day, an especially sad situation for people with children. As a result, most people have been relying entirely on aid from humanitarian organisations,\" Mr Mardini said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta are among those suffering\n\nThe Eastern Ghouta has been under siege by government forces since 2013.\n\nThe area has been designated a \"de-escalation zone\" by Russia and Iran, the government's main allies, along with Turkey, which supports the opposition.\n\nBut hostilities intensified on 14 November, when the Syrian military stepped up air and artillery attacks on the enclave in response to a rebel offensive.\n\nAlthough the government agreed to truce on 28 November, the fighting has continued.\n\nLast week, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria rebuked Russia and Iran for not doing more to give aid agencies access to the Eastern Ghouta.\n\nJan Egeland told the BBC that the failure to persuade the government to allow desperately ill children to be evacuated to hospitals only 30 minutes' drive away in Damascus showed \"complete impotence\".", "Alfie Curtis, who played Dr Evazan in Star Wars: A New Hope, has died at the age of 87.\n\nThe London-born actor had also appeared in the 1980 film The Elephant Man and the 80s UK TV series Cribb.\n\nHis Star Wars character famously threatened Luke Skywalker at Mos Eisley Cantina in the first of the original trilogy in 1977, telling him: \"I have the death sentence on 12 systems\".\n\nMark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, tweeted his tribute to Alfie Curtis.\n\nHe called him a \"funny, kind\" man who helped provide \"one of the most memorable [scenes] I've ever been a part of\".\n\n\"Alfie Curtis made the #Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina scene (one of the most memorable I've ever been a part of) even MORE memorable. As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind & a real gentleman,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by @HamillHimself This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe news broke on the Comic Book Star Wars website on Tuesday evening and the cause of death has not yet been revealed.\n\nThe character of Dr Evazan did pop up briefly in the 2016 Star Wars film Rogue One, but the younger version of the character was played by Michael Smiley.\n• None The Last Jedi: The most divisive film ever?", "Chrissy Teigen live tweeted the ordeal to her 9.2 million followers\n\nA Tokyo-bound flight carrying the model Chrissy Teigen and her musician husband John Legend turned back to LA after someone reportedly boarded in error.\n\nAccording to Ms Teigen, the passenger boarded at LAX airport with a ticket for a different airline, although this was not confirmed by authorities.\n\nThe plane turned back four hours into the flight, over the Pacific Ocean.\n\nThe airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), said only that there had been a problem with a customer's \"flight arrangement\".\n\nAdonis Cutchlow, of the LAX Police, told the LA Times there had been no criminal or illegal activity on board the plane, and it was not clear why it had turned back.\n\nThe plane should have flown 11 hours to Tokyo. Instead, passengers spent eight hours in the air only to return to the same airport.\n\nAccording to a series of tweets posted by Ms Teigen to her 9.2 million followers from the plane, the passenger in question boarded the ANA flight with a ticket from United Airlines.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by christine teigen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by christine teigen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by christine teigen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by christine teigen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOnline flight tracker Flightaware showed the plane making a sharp turn over the Pacific, just over four hours out of LA, and returning.\n\nOne fellow passenger racked up 45,000 retweets and nearly 1,000 followers with a single tweet after posting a picture of the famous couple aboard the flight.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 5 by Raffy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAbout six hours after the first flight landed, Ms Teigen reported boarding another plane.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 6 by christine teigen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lewis Hamilton has apologised for making \"inappropriate\" comments in a video in which he appeared to mock his nephew's princess dress.\n\nIn an Instagram video, which has since been deleted, the Formula 1 driver says \"boys don't wear princess dresses\".\n\nHe was criticised on social media for the clip, which was apparently filmed on Christmas Day.\n\nThe 32-year-old tweeted his \"deepest apologies\", saying he loved that his nephew \"feels free to express himself\".\n\nThe video, posted on his Instagram story, shows Hamilton speaking to the camera before turning it on his young relative.\n\n\"I'm so sad right now. Look at my nephew,\" he says.\n\nThe camera then shows the boy wearing a pink and purple dress, while holding a toy magic wand.\n\nHamilton asks him: \"Why are you wearing a princess dress? Is this what you got for Christmas?\"\n\nThe young boy starts laughing as the British racing driver continues: \"Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas? Boys don't wear princess dresses.\"\n\nIn response to the video, founder of anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label Liam Hackett tweeted: \"Disappointing to see somebody with such a huge platform use it to publicly shame and attempt to undermine a small child.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Imraan Sathar of discrimination support charity Stay Brave UK, called for the driver to be stripped of his MBE.\n\nHamilton later apologised for his behaviour and said it was \"really not acceptable\" to marginalise or stereotype anyone.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Lewis Hamilton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukrainian soldiers have been reunited with their families\n\nUkraine and separatist rebels in the east of the country have exchanged hundreds of prisoners, in one of the biggest swaps since the conflict began in 2014.\n\nSome 230 people were sent to rebel-held areas in return for 74 prisoners who had been held by pro-Russia rebels in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.\n\nIt was the first swap in 15 months.\n\nThe release and exchange of prisoners was one of the points in the Minsk peace agreement, signed in 2015.\n\nThe deal has stalled since and analysts say the swap does not signify wider progress. Both sides continue to hold other prisoners.\n\nThe number of prisoners swapped was lower than initially announced after dozens of people who were meant to be returned to rebel-held territory refused to go to the other side.\n\n\"Some of them have already been released and the charges against them have been cleared by the Ukrainian authorities and then they prefer to stay in the government-controlled side,\" Miladin Bogetic, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine, told the BBC.\n\nThe operation was carried out amid tight security\n\nTwo Ukrainians - a man and a woman - opted to stay on the rebel side, AFP news agency reports.\n\nThe months-long negotiations for the exchange saw the involvement of presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine, as well as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.\n\nBuses and other vehicles carrying the prisoners assembled at the Mayorsk checkpoint near the city of Horlivka in Donetsk for the swap.\n\nIt took months of negotiations for the exchange to happen\n\nHistorian Igor Kozlovskiy, 63, who was captured by Donetsk rebels on suspicion of storing weapons, told AFP: \"I was in captivity for two years... Still a lot of prisoners remain [in Donetsk].\"\n\nThe UK government said the prisoner swap was a \"welcome step towards meeting the commitments all sides have made\".\n\nThe conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in April 2014, soon after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. The UN says more than 10,000 people have died in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.", "A British woman convicted of smuggling painkiller tablets into Egypt has already been transferred to a notorious jail, her family has said.\n\nLaura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested after she was found with the Tramadol tablets in her suitcase on 9 October.\n\nThe shop worker was jailed for three years in Egypt on Boxing Day.\n\nThe prison move had left Plummer's mother no chance to say goodbye to her daughter, her family said.\n\nPlummer was detained on arriving at the Red Sea resort of Hurghada for a holiday with her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo.\n\nShe was found to be carrying almost 300 Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in the UK but banned in Egypt.\n\nPlummer claimed the painkiller was to treat her Mr Caboo's back pain and has previously said she had \"no idea\" the tablets were illegal.\n\nLaura Plummer said the prescription pills were for her partner Omar Caboo\n\nPlummer's sister Rachel said their mother Roberta Synclair had been told her daughter would be held in police cells so she could visit her.\n\nBut the family said Ms Synclair went to the cells only to find that Plummer had already been transferred to a prison in Qena.\n\n\"Obviously that's even more devastating for my mum because she's not got to say goodbye to Laura,\" Rachel Plummer said.\n\n\"No prisons are nice but I think Qena's the bad one.\"\n\nPlummer's lawyer Mohamed Othman told the BBC he was applying for her to be moved to Qanater prison, which is closer to Cairo, and has \"better conditions\" ahead of an appeal against her conviction.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Plummer's sister Jayne Sinclair: \"She's on the verge of a mental breakdown\"\n\nHowever, reports her sister had been attacked in prison were not true, Rachel said.\n\nShe said during the trial, Plummer told her mother she couldn't wait to get back to work and \"was speaking like she was coming home\".\n\n\"All the evidence was presented to show that this was a massive mistake and Laura's intentions were as she said, just to treat Omar's back pain,\" Rachel added.\n\nBut, she said, after two hours the judges came back with the judgement and \"Laura collapsed crying, she got led away, she got taken away in this cage\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: \"We are continuing to provide assistance to Laura and her family following the court ruling in Egypt.\"\n\nTramadol is a strong painkiller used to treat moderate to severe pain.\n\nIt is a class C drug and is only available in the UK with a prescription from a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional.\n\nAs a class C drug, it is illegal for anyone else to supply Tramadol, to have it or to give it away, even to friends.", "Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after her cousin was killed in Barbados on Boxing Day.\n\nShe's been paying tribute to her 21-year-old relative - they had just spent Christmas together.\n\nRihanna added the hashtag #endgunviolence to an emotional post on Instagram.\n\n\"RIP cousin... can't believe it was just last night that I held you in my arms!\" she wrote.\n\nThe message was put up with a photo gallery dedicated to her cousin.\n\nRihanna didn't name him, but according to Barbadian news station Nation News, the victim of a shooting is 21-year-old Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne.\n\nShe went on to write: \"Never thought that would be the last time I felt the warmth in your body!!!\n\nShe also tagged his profile in the series of photos.\n\nIn February he posted a heartfelt message under a photo of the two of them together celebrating Rihanna's 29th birthday.\n\n\"Your presence in my life is a source of joy and happiness,\" he wrote.\n\nIt's believed Tavon was walking through a track by his house in St Michael, Barbados when he was approached by a man who shot him multiple times before fleeing the scene.\n\nPolice are currently on the hunt for the shooter and have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or the District A Police Station in Barbados.\n\nGun crime has been rife on the Caribbean island recently with police confirming a significant increase, with 22 out of 28 murders committed there being gun-related.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Ri Pyong-chol (L) and Kim Jong-sik (R) are reportedly among Kim Jong-un's most trusted aides\n\nThe US has placed sanctions on two North Korean officials it says have led the development of nuclear missiles.\n\nThe US treasury named the two men as Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol, and said both were \"key leaders\" of North Korea's ballistic missile programme.\n\nThe UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday in response to ballistic missile tests.\n\nNorth Korea said the move was \"an act of war\" and tantamount to a total economic blockade.\n\nThe new US sanctions will block any transactions by the two men carried out in the US, essentially freezing any American assets they may have.\n\nBoth men are regularly photographed alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at missile launches.\n\nIn the past year, the country has tested ever more ambitious types of missile, and says it can now reach the entire continental United States.\n\nRi Pyong-chol has been photographed laughing with Kim Jong-un\n\nA Reuters investigation in May said that the two men, along with weapons developer Jang Chan-ha, were handpicked by Kim Jong-un and were very popular with him.\n\nTheir behaviour around him, Reuters said, \"is sharply at variance with the obsequiousness of other senior aides, most of whom bow and hold their hands over their mouths when speaking to the young leader\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How could war with North Korea unfold?\n\nThe news agency reported that Ri Pyong-chol was a former air force general educated in Russia and that Kim Jong-sik was a veteran rocket scientist.\n\nThey were both among 16 North Koreans placed under UN sanctions on Friday.\n\nThe UN sanctions came in response to Pyongyang's 28 November firing of a ballistic missile, which the US said was its highest yet.\n\nIn response, North Korea's official KCNA news agency said: \"The United States, completely terrified at our accomplishment of the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, is getting more and more frenzied in the moves to impose the harshest-ever sanctions and pressure on our country.\"", "George Michael's family have paid tribute to the former Wham! frontman a year after his death.\n\nA note posted on his website urges fans to \"appreciate your family and friends\" and to \"raise a glass, enjoy his music and think of him fondly\".\n\nMichael died aged 53 on Christmas Day 2016 at his home in Oxfordshire as a result of heart and liver disease.\n\nHis old band's seasonal song Last Christmas returned to number three in the Christmas singles charts last week.\n\nYoung George Michael and childhood friend David in around 1967\n\nThe message, which refers to Michael using his family nickname \"Yog\", is signed \"Melanie, Yioda, Jack & David - looking up… Yog, Lesley, Anselmo, Hippy, Mo & Meg - smiling down\" and is accompanied by a childhood picture.\n\nMichael's family thank fans for having made his second solo album Listen Without Prejudice number one in the UK album charts again this year.\n\n\"This year has been a series of new and tough challenges for those of us close and loyal to Yog, not least of which was steeling ourselves this month, to hear 'Last Christmas' and 'December Song' streaming out of shops, cars, and radios, as it has done for decades, knowing he's no longer here with us, missing him,\" they say.\n\n\"This Christmas will be hard without him, but we know that we are not alone in our mourning the anniversary of his loss, and that the sadness of our wider family, and true friends, is shared by many of you.\"\n\nThe family go on to urge everyone not to hold \"important words and feelings inside\", adding: \"If you can, in his memory this year, take a moment and a deep breath and say those 'I love you's' out loud.\"\n\nListen again to Radio 2's tribute to George, one year on, and re-live our George Michael tributes live page from last year.", "The firm that managed Grenfell Tower says it will hand over responsibility for thousands of properties to the local council by the end of January.\n\nKensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) said it would \"temporarily\" give control to London's Kensington and Chelsea Council.\n\nThe council voted in September to end the contract, a month after the TMO was stripped of responsibility for managing homes in the estate around the tower.\n\nIt was heavily criticised after the 14 June fire, in which 71 people died.\n\nIn August, it was stripped of its responsibility for the management of properties in the Lancaster West housing estate, including Grenfell Tower.\n\nThen in September Kensington and Chelsea councillors unanimously voted to end the contract with the TMO, saying the firm \"no longer has the trust of residents in the borough\".\n\nThe following month, the TMO and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) said they were working together to secure an \"orderly transition\".\n\nIn a letter to residents, dated 22 December, chairwoman Fay Edwards said the TMO's board had \"reluctantly decided\" it could \"no longer guarantee that it can fulfil its obligations\" in regards to its contract with the council.\n\n\"The board has decided that it would be in the best interests of all residents that the services which the TMO currently provides are temporarily handed back to the council while it carries out consultation with you about the future management of its housing stock,\" she said.\n\nShe said the consultation \"will take some time\" and said the handover of responsibilities will take place by 31 January.\n\nThe letter continued: \"The TMO will continue to exist as an independent corporate entity and the board will continue to be accountable to its members.\"\n\nResidents demonstrated outside Kensington Town Hall after the fire, criticising the management company and the council\n\nBut Joe Delaney, who lived in a block formerly managed by the TMO and is a member of the council's Grenfell recovery scrutiny committee, criticised the decision.\n\nHe said: \"My main concern at the moment is capacity - [the council] hasn't even shown the capacity to deal with the Grenfell disaster, so how can they demonstrate that they have got capacity to bring stuff in-house at this time?\"\n\nHe added: \"And also, what precisely is KCTMO going to do during this time? It is still going to be getting money from the council to keep itself up and running, but it won't have a job.\"\n\nA council spokesman said: \"We are aware of the update from the TMO to residents and we will be writing to all residents to make sure they have clarity on next steps.\n\n\"We are clear, though, that this is only an interim measure.\"\n\nIn a letter which will be sent to residents, deputy council leader Kim Taylor-Smith said they would decide how \"you want your homes managed in future\".", "A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern-day America, but were there historical clues that pointed to his unexpected victory?\n\nFlying into Los Angeles, a descent that takes you from the desert, over the mountains, to the outer suburbs dotted with swimming pools shaped like kidneys, always brings on a near narcotic surge of nostalgia.\n\nThis was the flight path I followed more than 30 years ago, as I fulfilled a boyhood dream to make my first trip to the United States. America had always fired my imagination, both as a place and as an idea. So as I entered the immigration hall, under the winsome smile of America's movie star president, it was hardly a case of love at first sight.\n\nMy infatuation had started long before, with Westerns, cop shows, superhero comic strips, and movies such as West Side Story and Grease. Gotham exerted more of a pull than London. My 16-year-old self could quote more presidents than prime ministers. Like so many new arrivals, like so many of my compatriots, I felt an instant sense of belonging, a fealty borne of familiarity.\n\nEighties America lived up to its billing, from the multi-lane freeways to the cavernous fridges, from the drive-in movie theatres to the drive-through burger joints. I loved the bigness, the boldness, the brashness. Coming from a country where too many people were reconciled to their fate from too early an age, the animating force of the American Dream was not just seductive but unshackling.\n\nUpward mobility was not a given amongst my schoolmates. The absence of resentment was also striking: the belief success was something to emulate rather than envy. The sight of a Cadillac induced different feelings than the sight of a Rolls Royce.\n\nIt was 1984. Los Angeles was hosting the Olympics. The Soviet boycott meant US athletes dominated the medals table more so than usual. McDonald's had a scratch-card promotion, planned presumably before Eastern bloc countries decided to keep their distance, offering Big Macs, Cokes and fries if Americans won gold, silver or bronze in selected events. So for weeks I feasted on free fast food, a calorific accompaniment to chants of \"USA! USA!\"\n\nThis was the summertime of American resurgence. After the long national nightmare of Vietnam, Watergate and the Iranian hostage crisis, the country demonstrated its capacity for renewal. 1984, far from being the dystopian hell presaged by George Orwell, was a time of celebration and optimism. Uncle Sam - back then, nobody gave much thought to the country being given a male personification - seemed happy again in his own skin.\n\nFor millions, it really was \"Morning Again in America\", the slogan of Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign. In that year's presidential election, he buried his Democratic opponent Walter Mondale in a landslide, winning 49 out of 50 states and 58.8% of the popular vote.\n\nThe United States could hardly be described as politically harmonious. There was the usual divided government. Republicans retained control of the Senate, but the Democrats kept their stranglehold on the House of Representatives. Reagan's sunniness was sullied by the launch of his 1980 campaign with a call for \"states' rights\", which sounded to many like a dog-whistle for denial of civil rights.\n\nRonald Reagan on the campaign trail in 1979\n\nHis chosen venue was Philadelphia, but not the city of brotherly love, the cradle of the Declaration of Independence, but rather Philadelphia, Mississippi, a rural backwater close to where three civil rights workers had been murdered by white supremacists in 1964. Reagan, like Nixon, pursued the southern strategy, which exploited white fears about black advance.\n\nStill, the anthem of the hour was Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA and politics was not nearly as polarised as it is today. Even though the Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill reviled Reagan's trickle-down economics - he called him a \"cheerleader for selfishness\" and \"Herbert Hoover with a smile\" - these two Irish-Americans found common ground as they sought to act in the national interest.\n\nBoth understood the Founding Fathers had hard-wired compromise into the governmental system, and that Washington, with its checks and balances, was unworkable without give and take. They worked together on tax reform and safeguarding Social Security.\n\nThe country was in the ascendant. Not so paranoid as it was in the 1950s, not so restive as it was in the 1960s, and nowhere near as demoralised as it had been in the 1970s.\n\nHistory is never neat or linear. Decades do not automatically have personalities, but it is possible to divide the period since 1984 into two distinct phases. The final 16 years of the 20th Century was a time of American hegemony. The first 16 years of the 21st Century has proven to be a period of dysfunction, discontent, disillusionment and decline. The America of today in many ways reflects the dissonance between the two.\n\nIn those twilight years of the last millennium, America enjoyed something akin to the dominance achieved at the Los Angeles Olympics. Just two years after Reagan demanded that Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall, that concrete and ideological barricade was gone. The United States won the Cold War. In the New World Order that emerged afterwards, it became the sole superpower in a unipolar world.\n\nA Berliner celebrates in front of the Berlin wall on 15 November 1989\n\nThe speed at which US-led forces won the first Gulf War in 1991 helped slay the ghosts of Vietnam. With a reformist leader, Boris Yeltsin, installed in the Kremlin, there was an expectation Russia would embrace democratic reform. Even after Tiananmen Square, there was a hope that China might follow suit, as it moved towards a more market-based economy.\n\nThis was the thrust of Francis Fukuyama's thesis in his landmark 1989 essay, The End of History, which spoke of \"the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government\".\n\nFor all the forecasts Japan would become the world's largest economy, America refused to cede its financial and commercial dominance. Instead of Sony ruling the corporate world, Silicon Valley became the new high-tech workshop of business.\n\nBill Clinton's boast of building a bridge to the 21st Century rang true, although it was emergent tech giants such as Microsoft, Apple and Google that were the true architects and engineers. Thirty years after planting the Stars and Stripes on the Sea of Tranquillity, America not only dominated outer space but cyberspace too.\n\nThis phase of US dominance could never be described as untroubled. The Los Angeles riots in 1992, sparked by the beating of Rodney King and the acquittal of the police officers charged with his assault, highlighted deep racial divisions.\n\nIn Washington, Bill Clinton's impeachment exhibited the hyper-partisanship that was changing the tenor of Washington life. In the age of 24/7 cable news, politics was starting to double as soap opera.\n\nYet as we approached 31 December 1999, the assertion that the 20th Century had been The American Century was an axiom. I was in the capital as Bill Clinton presided over the midnight celebrations on the National Mall, and as the fireworks skipped from the Lincoln Memorial down the Reflecting Pool to illuminate the Washington monument, the mighty obelisk looked like a giant exclamation mark or a massive number one.\n\nThe national story changed dramatically and unexpectedly soon after. While doomsday predictions of a Y2K bug failed to materialise, it nonetheless felt as if the United States had been infected with a virus. 2000 saw the dot-com bubble explode. In November, the disputed presidential election between George W Bush and Al Gore badly damaged the reputation of US democracy.\n\nWhy, a Zimbabwean diplomat even suggested Africa send international observers to oversee the Florida recount. Beyond America's borders came harbingers of trouble. In Russia, 31 December 1999, as those fireworks were being primed, Vladimir Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin.\n\nThe year 2001 brought the horror of September 11th, an event more traumatic than Pearl Harbor. Post-9/11 America became less welcoming and more suspicious. The Bush administration's \"war on terror\" - open-ended conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq - drained the country of blood and treasure.\n\nThe collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and the Great Recession that followed, arguably had a more lasting impact on the American psyche than the destruction of the Twin Towers. Just as 9/11 had undermined confidence in the country's national security, the financial collapse shattered confidence in its economic security.\n\nWith parents no longer certain their children would come to enjoy more abundant lives than they did, the American Dream felt like a chimera. The American compact, the bargain that if you worked hard and played by the rules your family would succeed, was no longer assumed. Between 2000 and 2011, the overall net wealth of US households fell. By 2014, the richest 1% of Americans had accrued more wealth than the bottom 90%.\n\nTo many in the watching world, and most of the 69 million Americans who voted for him, the election of the country's first black president again demonstrated America's capacity for regeneration.\n\nAlthough his presidency did much to rescue the economy, he couldn't repair a fractured country. The creation of a post-partisan nation, which Obama outlined in his breakthrough speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, proved just as illusory as the emergence of a post-racial society, which he always knew was beyond him.\n\nDuring the Obama years, Washington descended into a level of dysfunction unprecedented in post-war America.\n\n\"My number one priority is making sure President Obama's a one-term president,\" declared then-Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, summing up the obstructionist mood of his Republican colleagues. It led to a crisis of governance, including the shutdown of 2013 and the repeated battles over raising the debt ceiling. The political map of America, rather than taking on a more purple hue, came to be rendered in deeper shades of red and blue.\n\nBeyond Capitol Hill, there was a whitelash to the first black president, seen in the rise of the Birther movement and in elements of the Tea Party movement. On the right, movement conservatives challenged establishment Republicans. On the left, identity politics displaced a more class-oriented politics as union influence waned. Both parties seemed to vacate the middle ground, relying instead on maximising support from their respective bases - African-Americans, evangelicals, the LGBT community, gun-owners - to win elections.\n\nThroughout his presidency, Barack Obama continued to talk about moving towards a more perfect union. But reality made a mockery of these lofty words. Sandy Hook. Orlando. The spate of police shootings. The gang-related mayhem in his adopted home of Chicago. The mess in Washington. The opioid crisis. The health indices even pointed to a sick nation, in which the death rate was rising. By 2016, life expectancy fell for the first time since 1993.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US election: Relive the wild ride in 170 seconds\n\nThis was the backdrop against which the 2016 election was fought, one of the most dispiriting campaigns in US political history. A battle between the two most unpopular major party candidates since polling began, ended with a victor who had higher negative ratings than his opponent and in the end, three million fewer votes.\n\nJust as I had been on the National Mall to ring in the new millennium in 2000, I was there again on 20 January 2017, for Donald Trump's inaugural celebrations. They included some Reagan-era flourishes. At the eve of the inauguration concert, Lee Greenwood reprised his Reaganite anthem God Bless the USA, albeit with a frailer voice.\n\nThere were chants of \"USA, USA,\" a staple of the billionaire's campaign rallies - usually triggered by his riff on building a wall along the Mexican border. There was also an 80s vibe about the telegenic first family, who looked fresh from a set of a primetime soap, like Dynasty or Falcon Crest.\n\nThe spectacle brought to mind what Norman Mailer once said of Reagan, that the 40th president understood \"the President of the United States was the leading soap opera figure in the great American drama, and one had better possess star value\". Trump understood this, and it explained much of his success, even if his star power came from reality TV rather than Hollywood B-movies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Cockerell: The parallels between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump\n\nYet Trump is not Reagan. His politics of grievance, and the fist-shaking anger it fed off, struck a different tone than the Gipper's more positive pitch. It played on a shared sense of personal and national victimhood that would have been alien to Reagan.\n\nIn the space of just three decades, then, the United States had gone from \"It's morning in America again\" to something much darker: \"American Carnage\", the most memorable phrase from Trump's inaugural address.\n\nIt is tempting to see Trump's victory this time last year as an aberration. A historical mishap. The election all came down, after all, to just 77,744 votes in three key states: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. But when you consider the boom-to-bust cycle of the period between 1984 and 2016, the Trump phenomenon doesn't look so accidental.\n\nIn many ways Trump's unexpected victory marked the culmination of a large number of trends in US politics, society and culture, many of which are rooted in that end-of-century period of American dominion.\n\nConsider how the fall of the Berlin Wall changed Washington, and how it ushered in an era of destructive and negative politics. In the post-war years, bipartisanship was routine, partly because of a shared determination to defeat communism. America's two-party system, adversarial though it was, benefited from the existence of a shared enemy. To pass laws, President Eisenhower regularly worked with Democratic chieftains such as House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson.\n\nReforms such as the 1958 National Defense Education Act, which improved science teaching in response to the launch of Sputnik, were framed precisely with defeating communism in mind.\n\nMuch of the impetus to pass landmark civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s came from the propaganda gift Jim Crow laws handed to the Soviet Union, especially as Moscow sought to expand its sphere of influence among newly decolonised African nations.\n\nPatriotic bipartisanship frayed and ripped after the end of the Cold War. It was in the 1990s the then-Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole started to use the filibuster more aggressively as a blocking device. Government shutdowns became politically weaponised.\n\nIn the 1994 congressional mid-terms, the Republican revolution brought a wave of fierce partisans to Washington, with an ideological aversion to government and thus little investment in making it work. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the first Republican to occupy the post in 40 years, personified the kind of abrasive partisan that came to the fore on Capitol Hill.\n\nGrudging bipartisanship was still possible, as Clinton and Gingrich demonstrated over welfare and criminal justice reform in the mid-1990s. But this period witnessed the acidification of DC politics. The gerrymandering of the House of Representatives encouraged strict partisanship, because the threat to most lawmakers came from within their own parties. Moderates or pragmatists who strayed from the partisan path were punished with a primary challenge from more doctrinaire rivals.\n\nBy the 112th Congress in 2011-2012, there was no Democrat in the House more conservative than a Republican and no Republican more liberal than a Democrat. This was new. In the post-war years, there had been considerable ideological overlap between liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats. In this more polarised climate, bipartisanship became a dirty word. One leading conservative thinker and anti-tax campaigner, Grover Norquist, likened it to date rape.\n\nWould Congress have impeached Bill Clinton, ostensibly for having an affair with an intern, had America still been waging the Cold War? I sense not - it would have been seen, in those more serious times, as a frivolous distraction. When Congress moved towards impeaching Richard Nixon it did so because Watergate and its cover-up truly rose to the level of high crimes and misdemeanours.\n\nClinton's impeachment signalled the emergence of another new political trend: the delegitimisation of sitting presidents. And both parties played the game. The Democrats cast George W Bush as illegitimate because Al Gore won the popular vote and the Supreme Court controversially ruled in the Republican's favour during the Florida recount.\n\nThe Birther movement, led by Donald Trump, tried to delegitimise Barack Obama with specious and racist claims that he was not born in Hawaii. Most recently, the Democrats have cast aspersions on Trump's victory, partly because he lost the popular vote and partly because they allege he achieved a Kremlin-assisted victory.\n\nOver this period, the political discourse also became shriller. Rush Limbaugh, after getting his first radio show in 1984, rose to become the king of the right-wing shock jocks. Fox News was launched in 1996, the same year as MSNBC, which became its progressive counterpoint. The internet quickened the metabolism of the news industry and became the home for the kind of hateful commentary traditional news outlets rarely published.\n\nHome foreclosures skyrocketed at the end of the last decade\n\nMaybe the Jerry Springerisation of political news coverage can be traced to the moment the Drudge Report first published the name Monica Lewinsky, \"scooping\" Newsweek which hesitated before publishing such an explosive story. The success of the Drudge Report demonstrated how new outlets, which didn't share the same news values as the mainstream media, could establish brands literally overnight. This lesson was doubtless learnt by Andrew Breitbart, an editor at Drudge who founded the right-wing website Breitbart News.\n\nThe internet and social media, trumpeted initially as the ultimate tool for bringing people together, actually became a forum for cynicism, division and various outlandish conspiracy theories. America became more atomised.\n\nAs Robert D Putnam identified in his 1995 seminal essay, Bowling Alone, lower participation rates in organisations such as unions, parent teacher associations, the Boy Scouts and women's clubs had reduced person to person contacts and civil interaction.\n\nEconomically, this period saw the continuation of what's been called the \"Great Divergence\" which produced stark inequalities in wealth and income. Between 1979 and 2007, household income in the top 1% grew by 275% compared to just 18% growth in the bottom fifth of households.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Clinton-era was a period of financial deregulation, including the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the landmark reform passed during the depression, as well as legislation exempting credit default swaps from regulation.\n\nDisruptive technologies changed the workplace and upended the labour market. Automation, more so than globalisation, was the big jobs killer during this phase. Between 1990 and 2007, machines killed off up to 670,000 US manufacturing jobs alone.\n\nThe Rust Belt rebellion that propelled Trump to the White House has been described as a revolt against robots, not that his supporters viewed it that way. Encouraged by the billionaire, many blamed increased foreign competition and the influx of foreign workers.\n\nThe opioid crisis can be traced back to the early 1990s with the over-prescription of powerful painkillers. Between 1991 and 2011, painkiller prescriptions tripled.\n\nAmerica seemed intoxicated by its own post-Cold War success. Then came the hangover of the past 16 years.\n\nOver the past few months, I've followed that same westward flight path to California on a number of occasions, and found myself asking what would an impressionable 16-year-old make of America now. Would she share my adolescent sense of wonder, or would she peer out over the Pacific at twilight and wonder if the sun was setting on America itself?\n\nWhat would she make of the gun violence, brought into grotesque relief again by the Las Vegas massacre? Multiple shootings are not new, of course. Just days before I arrived in the States in 1984, a gunman had walked into a McDonalds in a suburb of San Diego and shot dead 21 people. It was then the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.\n\nWhat's different between now and then, however, is the regularity of these massacres, and how the repetitiveness of the killings has normalised them. What was striking about Las Vegas was the muted nationwide response to a gunman killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.\n\nOnce-shocking massacres no longer arouse intense emotions for those unconnected to the killings. A month on, and it is almost as if it didn't happen.\n\nWhat would she make of race relations? Back in 1984, black athletes such as Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses and Michael Jordan were unifying figures as they helped reap that Olympic golden harvest. Now some of America's leading black athletes are vilified by their president for taking a knee to protest, a right enshrined in the First Amendment. These athletes now find themselves combatants in the country's endless culture wars.\n\nWhat would she make of the confluence of gun violence and race, evident in the spate of police shootings of unarmed black men and in the online auction where the weapon that killed Trayvon Martin fetched more than $100,000?\n\nCharlottesville, with its torch-wielding and hate-spewing neo-Nazis, was another low point. So, too, were the president's remarks afterwards, when he described the crowd as including some \"very fine people\" and implied a moral equivalence between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Trump said versus what I saw - by the BBC's Joel Gunter\n\nI was at the news conference in Trump Tower that day. An African-American cameraman next to me yelled out \"What message does this send to our children?\" The question went unanswered, but concerned parents ask it everyday about Donald Trump's behaviour.\n\nWhat about the monuments debate? The last civil war veteran died in 1959, but the conflict rumbles on in various guises and upon various proxy battlefields, as America continues to grapple with the original sin of slavery.\n\nBut what if she landed in the American heartland, rather than flying over it? Coastal separateness can sometimes be exaggerated, but it would be a very different experience than Los Angeles. In the Rust Belt, stretches of riverway are crowded again with coal barges, and local business leaders believe in the Trump Bump because they see it in their order books and balance sheets.\n\nIn the Coal Belt, there's been delight at the rescinding of Obama's Clean Power Plan. In the Bible Belt, evangelicals behold Trump as a fellow victim of sneering liberal elites. In the Sun Belt, close to the Mexican border, there's wide support for his crackdown on illegal immigration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn many football stadiums, she would hear the chorus of boos from fans who agree with the president that the take-the-knee protests denigrate the flag. In bars, union branches and American Legion halls, you'll find many who applaud Donald Trump for \"telling like it is\", refusing to be bound by norms of presidential behaviour or political correctness.\n\nThere are pointers of national success elsewhere. The New York Stock Exchange is still reaching record highs. Business confidence is on the up. Unemployment is at a 16-year low. Of the 62 million people who voted for Trump, a large number continue to regard him more as a national saviour than a national embarrassment.\n\nIn many red states, \"Make America Great Again\" echoes just as strongly as it did 12 months ago. Trump has a historically low approval rating of just 35%, but it's 78% among Republicans.\n\nIn the international realm, it's plausible foreign adversaries fear the United States more under Trump than Obama, and foreign allies no longer take the country for granted. The so-called Islamic State has been driven from Raqqa. Twenty-five Nato allies have pledged to increase defence spending. Beijing, under pressure from Washington, appears to be exerting more economic leverage over Pyongyang.\n\nHowever, America First increasingly means America alone, most notably on the Paris climate change accord and the Iranian nuclear deal. Trump has also Twitter-shamed longstanding allies, such as Germany and Australia, and infuriated its closest friend Britain, with rash tweets about crime rates and terror attacks.\n\nHis labelling of foes such as Kim Jong Un as Little Rocket Man seems juvenile and self-diminishing. It hardly reaches the Reagan standard of \"tear down this wall\". Indeed, with North Korea, there's the widespread fear that Trump's tweet tirades could spark a nuclear confrontation.\n\nFew countries look anymore to Trump's America as a global exemplar, the \"city upon a hill\" Reagan spoke of in his farewell address to the nation. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is routinely described as the leader of the free world, the moniker bestowed on the US president since the days of FDR.\n\nThe Economist, which trolls Trump almost weekly, has described Chinese President Xi Jinping as the most powerful man in the world. American exceptionalism is now commonly viewed as a negative construct. \"Only in America\" is a term of derision.\n\nRonald Reagan used to talk of the 11th commandment - No Republican should speak ill of another Republican. So it is worth noting that some of Trump's most caustic and thoughtful critics have come from within his own party. Senator Jeff Flake called him \"a danger to democracy\".\n\nBob Corker described the White House as an \"adult day care centre\". John McCain, a frequent critic, has railed against \"spurious, half-baked nationalism\". George W Bush sounded the alarm about bigotry being emboldened and of how politics \"seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication\", without specifically naming the current president.\n\nTrump's determination to be an anti-president has arguably had a vandalising effect on the office of the presidency, and to civil society more broadly. Artists have boycotted the White House reception held ahead of the annual Kennedy Center Awards, a red letter night in the country's cultural calendar.\n\nThe Golden State Warriors were disinvited from appearing at the White House after their championship win because of the take-the-knee protest. It's new for these kinds of commemorations to become contested.\n\nTrump has even politicised one of the commander-in-chief's most solemn acts, offering condolences to the families of the fallen. It led to an indecorous row with a war widow. Small wonder long time Washington watchers, on both the right and left, consider this the nastiest and most graceless presidency of the modern era.\n\nThe corollary is the historical stock of his predecessors is rising. When the five living former presidents appeared together in Texas earlier this month they were greeted like a group of superheroes donning their capes for one final mission. It speaks of these unreal times that George W Bush is spoken of fondly, even wistfully, by long-time liberal foes.\n\nTrump's claim he could be just as presidential as Abraham Lincoln is one of the more comical boasts to come from the White House. Then there are the falsehoods, the \"alternative facts\" and attacks on the \"fake media\" - his label for news organisations such as the New York Times and Washington Post, whose reporting has rarely been better. Recently he has even threatened to revoke the licences of networks whose news divisions have published critical stories. To some it has shades of 1984, but Orwell's version.\n\nAs for Morning in America, it has a new connotation - checking Trump's Twitter for pre-dawn tweets. The president commonly starts the day by lashing out at opponents or mercilessly mocking them. The new normal, it is often called. But it seems more apt to call it the new abnormal.\n\nThere is an extent to which America is politics-proof and president-proof. However bad things got in Washington, my sense has long been that the US would be rescued by its other vital centres of power. New York, its financial and cultural capital. San Francisco, its tech hub. Boston, its academic first city. Hollywood, its entertainment centre.\n\nAdrienne Mccallister, director of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality business development at Google, speaks during a launch event\n\nBut Los Angeles is reeling from the Harvey Weinstein revelations, the Uber scandal has shone a harsh light on corporate ethics in the tech sector and the Wells Fargo affair has once again shown Wall Street in a dismal light.\n\nUS universities dominate global rankings, but its top colleges could hardly be described as engines of intergenerational mobility. A study by the New York Times of 38 colleges, including Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, showed that students from the top 1% income bracket occupied more places than the students from the bottom 60%. Of this year's intake at Harvard, almost a third were the sons and daughters of alumni.\n\nAutomation will also continue to be a jobs killer. One study this year predicted that nearly 40% of US jobs will be lost to computers and machines over the next 15 years. Spending time in the Rust Belt valleys around Pittsburgh last year I was struck by how many taxi and Uber drivers used to work in the steel industry. Now America's one-time Steel City is a centre of excellence for robotics and where Uber is road testing its driverless cars.\n\nThere's still truth in the adage that America is always going to hell, but it never quite gets there. But how that is being tested. Presently, it feels more like a continent than a country, with shared land occupied by warring tribes. Not a failing state but not a united states.\n\nAs I've travelled this country, I struggle to identify where Americans will find common political ground. Not in the guns debate. Not in the abortion debate. Not in the healthcare debate. Not even in the singing of the national anthem at American football games. Even a cataclysmic event on the scale of 9/11 failed to unify the country.\n\nIf anything it sowed the seeds of further division, especially over immigration. Some Americans agree with Donald Trump that arrivals from mainly Muslim countries need to be blocked. Others see that as an American anathema.\n\nWhen I made my first journey to the US all those years ago I witnessed a coming together. Those Olympic celebrations were in some ways an orgy of nationalism, but there was also a commonality of spirit and purpose. From Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue performed on 84 grand pianos to a polyglot team of athletes bedecked with medals.\n\nFrom the pilot who flew around the LA Coliseum in a jet pack to the customers who left McDonald's with free Big Macs. There was reason for rejoicing. The present was golden. America felt like America again.", "Syrian government forces are trying to starve rebels in Eastern Ghouta into submission and those suffering include children who dream of a better life.", "Within 25 minutes, it was making its first steps.", "When fire engulfed Grenfell Tower nearly six months ago, with the loss of 71 lives, many were astonished that a London tower block could burn so quickly and with such devastating results. But one of the building's residents foresaw it all too clearly - he just couldn't find anyone to listen to his warnings.\n\nLast November, on a grey Sunday with the rain drizzling constantly outside his window, a man sat at his computer on the 16th floor of his West London tower block and began to write a blog.\n\n\"It is our conviction that a serious fire in a tower block... is the most likely reason that those who wield power at the KCTMO [Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation] will be found out and brought to justice!\"\n\nSix months later, on 14 June, London woke up to the news that a fire had blazed through Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West estate in North Kensington, killing dozens of residents. By the following night the blog had received more than two million hits.\n\n\"You know when you just get the pen and just write?\" says the blog's author. \"That's what happened that day, and looking back it's like a premonition that's so awful. I would never have written that had I known what was going to happen.\"\n\nThe man behind the blog is Edward Daffarn, a 55-year-old social worker who had lived on the estate for 16 years. He was in his flat two-thirds of the way up Grenfell Tower when the fire took hold. Luckily, a neighbour called him in time and urged him to get out. He wrapped a wet towel around his head and ran into the smoke that had already filled the building. That night he lost his home, all his possessions, and the community he loved.\n\nEdward Daffarn lost everything in the fire\n\nDaffarn is understandably emotional when reflecting on the last few months, but more than that he is angry. Angry with the way he feels Grenfell residents were treated by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation - the people who were entrusted to maintain the estate and keep its residents safe. Angry with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, which was meant to scrutinise the KCTMO. Angry with a society which didn't seem to care about people like him - people who live on housing estates - until it was too late.\n\n\"The reality is if you're on a housing estate it's indifference and neglect, two words that sum up everything about the way we were treated,\" he says. \"They weren't interested in providing housing services, keeping us safe, maintaining the estate. They were just interested in themselves.\"\n\nDaffarn and fellow Grenfell resident Francis O'Connor had been blogging on behalf of the Grenfell Action Group since 2012. They wrote about issues that concerned their tight-knit community - air pollution, the closure of the local public library, and their fears that corners were being cut during the refurbishment of the tower.\n\n\"We wanted to record for history how a community on a housing estate in the fifth richest country in the world could be ignored, neglected, treated with indifference. We never thought we could make change. We just wanted to record what was happening,\" he says.\n\nDaffarn and O'Connor shared a theory that Kensington and Chelsea - a London borough more widely known for its museums, designer shops and flower shows - actually wanted its council estates to go into decline, so that the residents would leave and expensive flats could be built in this sought-after location. For this they were described as fantasists.\n\n\"We weren't fantasists,\" he says, visibly hurt. \"We were trying to raise genuine concerns about how our community was being run down.\"\n\nThe natural consequence, he concluded, would be loss of life. Which is why on 20 November 2016, frustrated and desperate, Edward wrote the blog post KCTMO - Playing with fire!\n\n\"It is a truly terrifying thought but the Grenfell Action Group firmly believe that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord.\"\n\nA few months earlier a fire had ripped through five floors of a tower block in Shepherd's Bush, just down the road. Edward was worried that if a fire broke out in his tower block residents wouldn't know what to do. They had been given no proper fire safety instructions from the KCTMO. There were no instructions on individual floors on how residents should act in the event of a fire, there was only a recent newsletter saying residents should remain in their flats - advice which in the case of the Shepherd's Bush fire would have led to fatalities.\n\nIn March 2017 the KCTMO installed fire safety instruction notices in the entrance hallway to Grenfell Tower and outside the lifts on every floor of the building, again urging residents to \"stay put\" unless the fire was \"in or affecting your flat\".\n\nIt wasn't the first time the Grenfell blog's authors had raised concerns about fire safety.\n\nBefore the blog began, when a school was built on the only green space the residents had, they wrote to the borough pointing out that access for fire and emergency vehicles had been compromised.\n\nLater they blogged about the blocking of a fire exit with mattresses during the refurbishment and the power surges in 2013 that manifested in flickering lights, computers and stereos blowing up, and entire rooms filling with smoke. These continued for three weeks, Daffarn says.\n\n\"We were tenants we weren't fire safety specialists but we were switched on enough to feel this was important and it was not being dealt with on our estate and that's why we were blogging. It wasn't for us to tell the council what they should be doing., We were just trying to raise an alarm.\"\n\nAn alarm that went unanswered. The November 2016 blog post represented the last moment at which something might have been done to avert the disaster which followed six months later. But why didn't anyone heed or investigate Daffarn's claims?\n\nThe other side of Kensington and Chelsea - a golden Ferrari parked outside Chanel on Sloane Street\n\nHidden within the story of the Grenfell blog is another story of the decline of local media. There simply was no local press on the ground in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea scrutinising the authorities and helping to amplify the voice of people like Edward Daffarn.\n\nThe last time he had the attention of a local journalist was in 2014 when Camilla Horrox, the reporter for the Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle ran front page stories about Grenfell residents' concerns regarding the possible presence of asbestos on the site of the new school and about the power surges.\n\nShe had met Daffarn several times, and had been concerned about KCTMO's dealings with the residents of the properties it managed.\n\nBut when the newspaper was closed down later that year Horrox was made redundant and all her Grenfell articles disappeared from the web. The Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle was incorporated into a website that reports on 29 west London districts. Horrox's replacement was expected to report on three boroughs - Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham - while based in Surrey, an hour's drive away.\n\nSome residents of the borough might have been under the mistaken impression that they did have a local newspaper. In 2015 a free paper, The Kensington and Chelsea News, was established to fill the gap left by the closing of the Chronicle. But when I tracked down its reporter he explained that he was the sole reporter working on the paper, and on two other local newspapers - his salary was £500 a week and he did almost all his reporting from home in Dorset, 150 miles away. He made it to the borough only twice in two-and-a-half years, and the one story he ever published about Grenfell was from a council press release about the installation of the new cladding.\n\nLocal News: What Are We Missing? was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Listen again on iPlayer.\n\nThough he always searched for a \"good front page splash\" for each of the three editions, he also made sure to find two pages of royal stories and two pages of entertainment stories.\n\nEdward Daffarn didn't take his concerns to the media in November 2016 because he no longer thought anyone would listen. But the blog was out there for everyone to see, he points out, if only they had been looking.\n\n\"We'd been blogging for three or four years and you go back over that time there's a lot of abusive behaviour evidenced forensically about what was happening to our community, but it wasn't sexy so it never got picked up.\"\n\nFor Edward, what was going on at Grenfell wasn't just a local story, but a national one. A story about invisible people in a society that cared more about celebrity and wealth than its most vulnerable residents.\n\nClose to tears, he admonishes the nation's journalists.\n\n\"If you look back now our whole community of North Kensington, the policy that the local authority was taking every public space and privatising it, that that could be missed by the BBC, by Channel Four, by these wider news agencies... The question should be for you, why did you miss it?\n\n\"Why aren't our lives important enough for you?\"\n\nResponding to Edward Daffarn's allegations, a spokesman for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council said:\n\n\"The Tenant Management Organisation was responsible for managing and maintaining Grenfell Tower. Our residents deserve answers about what went wrong and the public inquiry will help provide these.\n\n\"We're changing our Council and the way we work with our communities, ensuring residents are at the heart of everything we do. We will provide all households from Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk with the best offer of new housing possible - and we are listening to what they want and moving at their pace.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Tenant Management Organisation declined to respond to specific allegations because of the public inquiry and police investigation into the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.\n\nHe added: \"As a resident-led organisation we want to fully understand what happened at Grenfell Tower. We recognise our responsibility to ensure that the public inquiry and police investigation processes are not hampered or undermined in any way; to that end we are co-operating fully with them and are determined to continue to help with these processes.\"\n\nJoin the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta are among those suffering\n\nThe UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria has rebuked Russia and Iran for not doing more to give aid agencies access to a besieged rebel enclave.\n\nJan Egeland told the BBC the failure to persuade the Syrian government, their ally, to allow desperately ill children to be evacuated from the Eastern Ghouta showed \"complete impotence\".\n\nAnother two civilians died this week while waiting for permission to leave.\n\nSome 400,000 people are trapped in the area, which is just outside Damascus.\n\nDozens of civilians are also reported to have been killed in air and artillery attacks by government forces in the past month, though a ceasefire is now in place.\n\nFood shortages have led to the acute malnutrition rate among children in the Eastern Ghouta rising to 11.9% - five or six times what was reported in January, and the highest so far recorded in the country since the civil war began in 2011.\n\nLimited electricity, fuel, safe drinking-water and basic sanitation services are meanwhile increasing the risk of outbreaks of diarrheal diseases.\n\nThe BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says Mr Egeland was visibly angry when discussing the inability of the UN and its partners to evacuate people with life-threatening medical conditions from an area only 30 minutes' drive from Damascus.\n\nHe listed examples of children who he said would die unless they got medical help - Noor, two months old, with a rare form of cancer; and Mohammed, 45 days old, with kidney failure.\n\n\"We made the lists of patients. We submitted the first ones in May. We resubmitted in September, October, and in November we got Russians and Iranians and Chinese and Americans and others to say they would work on this. We have collectively failed. It's not good,\" Mr Egeland said.\n\nMr Egeland, who is secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said he would press the cases of the 494 men, women and children in urgent need of medical evacuation in meetings with Russian, Iranian and US officials in Geneva.\n\nDozens of people have reportedly been killed by government bombardment in recent weeks\n\n\"My message to them is the following: if you're spending billions and billions of roubles, you have Iranian resources, and you have thousands of soldiers on the ground, and you're flying airplanes in the air, you have to be able to deliver this.\"\n\n\"If not, in my view, [you] show complete impotence, and you also show a lack of interest in humanitarian law and in saving civilian life.\"\n\nJoint UN and Syrian Red Crescent aid convoys have only been able to deliver enough food and medical supplies for 68,000 of the 400,000 civilians trapped in the Eastern Ghouta over the past two months.\n\nThat is despite the area, which has been besieged since 2013, being designated as a \"de-escalation zone\" by Russia, Iran and Turkey, which supports the opposition.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karl Turner MP: \"This is a... decent, honest, hard-working Hull woman, who was simply naive\"\n\nA British woman has been convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt and jailed for three years.\n\nLaura Plummer, 33, was arrested after she was found with the Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, on 9 October.\n\nPlummer, from Hull, claimed the painkiller, legal on prescription in the UK but banned in Egypt, was to treat her Egyptian partner's back pain.\n\nHer family said her lawyers had lodged an appeal. Plummer previously said she had \"no idea\" the tablets were illegal.\n\nPlummer's mother Roberta Synclair, who was in court for the hearing, told the BBC: \"I'm still in shock after today's verdict. It's difficult and I can't believe it after waiting for two months.\"\n\nShe said her daughter has now been moved to another police station ahead of her move to prison.\n\nLaura Plummer said the prescription pills were for her partner Omar Caboo\n\nThe family has previously said Plummer had no idea that what she was doing was illegal and was just \"daft\".\n\nThey said she did not try to hide the medicine, which she had been given by a friend, and thought it was a joke when she was taken aside by officials.\n\nPlummer was detained on arriving at the Red Sea resort of Hurghada for a holiday with her partner, Omar Caboo.\n\nHer sister Rachel Plummer said: \"My mum's obviously devastated. She's out there by herself.\"\n\nIt is not clear when an appeal against her sentence might be heard.\n\nShe said: \"We're just hoping. Even half of that would be better. Anything less than three years. She doesn't deserve that.\"\n\nTramadol is a strong painkiller used to treat moderate to severe pain.\n\nIt is a class C drug and is only available in the UK with a prescription from a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional.\n\nAs a class C drug, it is illegal for anyone else to supply Tramadol, to have it or to give it away, even to friends.\n\nHer other sister Jayne Synclair said Plummer had only been trying to help her partner.\n\n\"She was taking those tablets to help her man who had been in an accident,\" she said.\n\n\"He did not even know she was bringing them. She was doing it to be kind. How can you be sentenced to three years just for being kind?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jayne Sinclair, sister: \"She's on the verge of a mental breakdown\"\n\nReacting to news of the sentence, Karl Turner, MP for Hull East, said the court's decision was \"devastating\" for Plummer and her family.\n\nHe said: \"Laura, most of all, will be absolutely devastated. She's not been well lately, she's sleep deprived and she's been very anxious\n\n\"I think it's a damning indictment about good sense and fair play.\"\n\nMr Turner accepted Plummer had been naive but was \"decent, honest and hard-working\".\n\n\"[She was] going to visit her partner in Egypt, taking what she thought was a painkiller and no more than that,\" he said.\n\n\"It clearly is a banned substance and whilst we must respect the law of other countries there must be good sense and fair play as well.\"\n\nA Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: \"We will continue to provide assistance to Laura and her family following the court ruling in Egypt, and our embassy is in regular contact with the Egyptian authorities.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola said it is \"difficult to play\" against ultra-defensive teams after his side moved 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a win at Newcastle.\n\nRaheem Sterling scored the only goal in a dominant display by the visitors to St James' Park in which they clocked up 78% of possession and 21 shots to Newcastle's six.\n\n\"We did absolutely everything but it is difficult to play when the other team doesn't want to play,\" said Guardiola.\n\n\"In the last minutes we played in their rhythm and then it was not easy because it is not over at 1-0 - we created enough chances to win 2-0, 3-0, 4-0.\n\n\"As a manager I have to adapt. We have played teams who high press, low press, attack us. Any manager and team can play how they want. And you have to find a way to beat them.\"\n\nEngland winger Sterling poked home from Kevin de Bruyne's lobbed pass after Sergio Aguero had twice hit the woodwork in the opening half hour.\n\nRolando Aarons saw a shot cleared off the line by Nicolas Otamendi in a rare Newcastle raid forward before the break, but City should have been well clear after De Bruyne thumped the post and then side-footed wide in the second half.\n\nThe hosts showed more ambition late on and Christian Atsu teed up fellow substitute Dwight Gayle to head wide in the final five minutes.\n• None Reaction from St James' Park as leaders City march on\n\nCity were not to be denied an 18th successive league victory however as they extended an English top-flight record.\n\nThe Magpies' fifth successive home defeat leaves them a point off the relegation zone.\n\nWith the very first kick of the match, Jonjo Shelvey thumped a shot at goal which was easily gathered by Ederson. But for the next 30 minutes Newcastle did not get close to another.\n\nInstead the hosts sat so deep they were practically subterranean with lone striker Joselu playing 15 yards inside his own half.\n\nCity, brimming with confidence and well used to such tactics, sniffed out space and carved out chances regardless.\n\nBetween being denied by the frame, Aguero brought a superb one-handed stop from Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot.\n\nWhen Vincent Kompany pulled up injured, Pep Guardiola felt confident enough to replace the defender with striker Gabriel Jesus.\n\nThe home fans were reduced to cheering throw-ins as their side's possession statistic stayed stubbornly south of 20%.\n\nTo hold out would have been one of the great rearguard actions. De Bruyne ensured it wasn't to be. Allowed space and time 40 yards from goal, the Belgian scooped a sublime pass onto Sterling's instep for his team-mate's 13th Premier League goal of the season.\n\nAfter surviving a raft of City chances, Newcastle gave the leaders some concerns in the final 15 minutes.\n\nManager Rafael Benitez brought on Gayle and Atsu, urged his side to press higher and generally threw caution to the wind. A home point would have been a heist of the highest order.\n\nBenitez is the most streetwise of tacticians but the Spaniard is hamstrung by a squad that lacks the quality that comes with serious, sustained investment.\n\nThe prospect of relegation hangs over the takeover talks between owner Mike Ashley and British businesswoman Amanda Staveley that could be the key to a new era.\n\nClub legend Alan Shearer, watching for BBC Radio 5 live, described his former team as \"a Championship side playing in the Premier League\".\n\nEncounters against all-conquering City are unlikely to decide Newcastle's fate, but their next three league matches - against Brighton, Stoke and Swansea - will provide a better indication of which side of the relegation divide they will end up in May.\n\nAnother win, another milestone for Manchester City.\n\nThis was their 11th consecutive away victory, matching the record for the English top flight set by Chelsea between April and December 2008.\n\nNext on the horizon is one of their manager's own.\n\nBeating Crystal Palace away on Sunday would equal the 19 successive wins that Bayern Munich strung together in the 2013-14 season under Guardiola. No team in the English, Italian, German, Spanish or French top flights have ever managed more than that.\n\n'We have to bring someone in' - what the managers said\n\nNewcastle boss Rafael Benitez: \"We had some chances at the end, and we expected to have to defend and play counter-attack. We needed to stay compact and defend well to play like that.\n\n\"In the last 20 minutes we did what was expected, being on top of them and expecting to press high. I am really pleased with the team in terms of organisation, but we discussed we could be better on the ball in the first half.\n\n\"We have to bring someone in to help the team but still have a lot of confidence in the team.\"\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"Any manager can decide what he wants - I prefer to try to play but I respect a lot what opponents do and we have to try to discover how to attack against them.\n\n\"Always you have to expect this kind of situation - and it is not always easy to maintain that level.\n\n\"Raheem Sterling is scoring a lot and is playing good - so we are happy with that.\"\n\nNewcastle's low five at home - the stats\n• None Newcastle have lost five consecutive home league matches for the first time since October 1953.\n• None Nicolas Otamendi completed 122 passes for Man City in this match - seven more than all the outfield players of Newcastle managed combined (115).\n• None Rafael Benitez has now lost six of his past 10 home Premier League matches - he had lost six of his previous 110 before this run; 38% of Benitez's total home Premier League defeats have come this season, six of 16.\n• None Since his Premier League debut for Manchester City, Kevin de Bruyne has 36 assists - four more than any other player.\n• None In all competitions this season, only Harry Kane (24) has scored more goals than Raheem Sterling (17) among English Premier League players.\n• None The Magpies have collected 18 points from their 20 Premier League matches this season - just one more than they managed after 20 games in the 2015-16 season, when they were relegated.\n\nNewcastle play Brighton at home at 15:00 GMT on Saturday, with Manchester City travelling to Crystal Palace on New Year's Eve at 12:00.\n• None Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamaal Lascelles.\n• None Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Atsu with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester City. Nicolás Otamendi tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.\n• None Offside, Newcastle United. Paul Dummett tries a through ball, but Christian Atsu is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.\n• None Offside, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy tries a through ball, but DeAndre Yedlin is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Elon Musk tweeted about Tesla's future plans over a six hour period\n\nTesla's chief has pledged to make a pick-up truck as part of future plans for the electric vehicle-maker.\n\nElon Musk made the promise on Twitter after asking his followers for suggestions about how the firm could improve.\n\nHe said the open-backed truck would follow the Model Y - a yet-to-be detailed car, which is expected to be based on its Model 3 sedan.\n\nThat has led some to question whether the loss-making company can meet its existing commitments - which also include a forthcoming articulated lorry and sports car.\n\nMr Musk also made several promises about new features Tesla intends to add to its existing vehicles, including intelligent windscreen wipers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elon Musk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPick-up trucks are particularly popular in the US, with sales by the three leading manufacturers currently totalling about $90bn (£67bn) a year, according to data from Morningstar Equity Research.\n\nDemand for the trucks has also risen over the past 12 months, despite a drop for other types of \"light vehicle\".\n\nMr Musk had previously hinted at his plans when an image showing an obscured pick-up was briefly shown being carried on the back of its Semi lorry at a press conference in November.\n\nAn artist's drawing of a pick-up truck was displayed at the unveiling of the Tesla Semi\n\nIn his tweets, Mr Musk said the vehicle would likely be \"slightly bigger\" than Ford's bestselling F-150 pick-up to allow it to contain an unspecified \"game-changing\" feature.\n\n\"[I] have had the core design/engineering elements in my mind for almost five years,\" he added.\n\nIn addition, the entrepreneur also appeared to make several commitments to requested updates for its current vehicle range via a series of brief replies, including:\n\nIn November, the firm declared its biggest quarterly loss to date - $619m - and admitted that it was months behind schedule with Model 3 deliveries.\n\nMr Musk said that Tesla's pick-up truck was likely to be larger than Ford's F-150\n\nIt said that problems with battery assembly and steel welding were among reasons for production bottlenecks.\n\nNews agency Bloomberg subsequently warned that if the firm did not slow down its losses it would exhaust its cash reserves in 2018 unless it raised fresh funds.\n\n\"There are a growing number of people who are looking to Tesla to fulfil on its existing promises rather than make more ones,\" Paul Newton, an analyst at the IHS Automotive consultancy, told the BBC.\n\n\"It has a large number of back orders for the Model 3, and only a handful of painstakingly hand-built cars have been delivered.\n\n\"There's bound to be growing scepticism if waiting lists and waiting times grow longer while yet another new model is unveiled.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Celtic\n\nCeltic have confirmed winger Jonny Hayes suffered a broken leg in a tackle with Josh Meekings against Dundee.\n\nRepublic of Ireland international Hayes, 30, and Dundee defender Meekings, 25, both went off after coming together in a challenge.\n\nMeekings was able to hobble off but was on crutches after the game.\n\nCeltic manager Brendan Rodgers was hopeful after the game that Hayes had only suffered bruising to this shin, but tests confirmed a broken leg.\n\n\"Celtic Football Club has to report that, regrettably, Jonny Hayes suffered a broken leg during the game against Dundee at Dens Park,\" the club said in a statement.\n\n\"Jonny had surgery today and will now be out for some time as he begins the long road back to full fitness. He will make a full recovery but he's unlikely to feature again this season.\n\n\"He will receive the best care and attention throughout the months ahead, while the thoughts and best wishes of everyone at Celtic and, indeed, the whole Celtic family, are with Jonny. \"\n\nDundee boss Neil McCann reported that Meekings \"is on a set of crutches, so that is never a good sign, but hopefully it is only precautionary\".\n\n\"Josh took a really sore one on the top of his foot,\" McCann explained. \"I am hoping Jonny is OK as well. It was just one of those challenges - full steam ahead from both players.\n\n\"I felt the game should have been stopped immediately, with the noise of it, and Jonny's reaction suggested it was a bad one. But, as long as both players are OK, I won't gripe about that.\"\n\nMcCann admitted there were few positives his side could take from the game.\n\n\"It was disappointing in terms of what we have been doing with the players,\" he explained. \"We were a bit too tentative and too often took the easy option - going sideways when we needed a bit more cutting edge.\n\n\"We started to trust our game a bit after the first goal but then we gave away a really sloppy second goal.\n\n\"There was no great belief that we could get back into it in the second half.\"\n\nRodgers, meanwhile, reflected on an \"excellent performance\" that featured goals by James Forrest and Leigh Griffiths.\n\n\"It was about the hunger to win the game and I think that was pretty clear how we started the game,\" he said.\n\n\"We scored a very good goal. Great move. Great passing. Our possession was really good and we opened them up in numbers and finished off really well.\n\n\"And the second one was a great demonstration of that hunger.\"\n\nIt was the first time since September that Celtic had won three games in a row, and they will aim to extend that in their last match before a three-week winter break - an Old Firm clash with Rangers on Saturday, 30 December.\n\n\"I think we're looking pretty good,\" Rodgers added. \"I think we're looking fit and strong and focused, especially at this time of year.\n\n\"It was an important three points for us today. We'll recover now and get ready for what will be another really good game at the weekend.\"", "The supermarket in St Petersburg was quickly evacuated by police and emergency services\n\nAt least 10 people have been injured in an explosion at a supermarket in the Russian city of St Petersburg.\n\nOne person was said to be in serious condition after the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED).\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin described the blast, at the Perekrestok supermarket chain late on Wednesday, as a terrorist act.\n\nNo group has said it carried out the attack, which officials say produced a blast equivalent to 200g (7oz) of TNT.\n\nRussia's investigative committee said the home-made device was packed with lethal components.\n\nThe blast took place in an area of the shop that housed lockers for storing bags.\n\nInvestigators said they were treating the incident as an attempted murder\n\nThe property was quickly evacuated and there were no reports of a fire, but images circulating on social media in Russia showed extensive damage in an area of the store close to the tills.\n\nMr Putin commented on the blast at a military awards ceremony on Thursday. Officials had earlier suggested the attack was being treated as attempted murder.\n\nEarlier this month, the Russian president and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke by phone after information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral.\n\nAt the time, Russia's Interfax news agency reported that a group had been planning attacks at a number of sites. Several people were reportedly detained.\n\nIn April, an explosion on the St Petersburg metro system killed at least 13 people and injured more than 50 others.", "Arthur Collins admitted one charge of possession of a prohibited item while in prison\n\nA man jailed for throwing acid across a packed nightclub has pleaded guilty to hiding a mobile phone inside a crutch while in prison.\n\nArthur Collins, 25, also hid two Sim cards and two USB sticks in the medical aid while on remand at HMP Thameside.\n\nHe was being held there prior to his trial over the acid attack at a London nightclub, which injured 22 people.\n\nCollins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, appeared via video link at Bromley Magistrates' Court.\n\nHe admitted one charge of possession of a prohibited item while in prison and will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court at a later date.\n\nThe court heard Collins obtained the phone to make private calls to Miss McCann.\n\nAt the time Miss McCann was heavily pregnant with their daughter, who was born in November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of the acid attack in London club\n\nCollins' lawyer, Audrey Mogan, told the court: \"He did not have the phone for any sinister purpose.\"\n\nShe said Collins wanted to use the mobile rather than a legitimate phone he had access to in his cell which records calls.\n\nCollins and Miss McCann - who have since split - were being \"hounded by the media\" and feared recorded calls would be leaked, Ms Morgan said.\n\nThe court heard evidence was later found on the phone of calls and messages to family and friends.\n\nThe acid attack happened in Mangle E8 in Dalston in April\n\nCollins threw acid at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April and was sentenced for the attack on 19 December.\n\nHe was being held at HMP Thameside prior his trial over the acid attack.\n\nThe court heard the phone, Sim cards and USB sticks were found on 10 September when a prison officer removed the rubber stopper from the bottom of the crutch in his private shower during a cell search.\n\nProsecutor Samantha Mitchell said: \"He had been using the crutch because of an ankle injury.\"\n\nCollins was injured trying to evade police while on the run for the acid attack, which left 16 people with chemical burns and temporarily blinded three people, one of whom still suffers from blurred vision in one eye.\n\nHe told his trial at Wood Green Crown Court he did not know the bottle contained acid and said he believed it to contain a liquid date rape drug which he had snatched from two men after overhearing them planning to spike a girl's drink.\n\nBut the jury convicted him of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and nine counts of actual bodily harm in November.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Critically ill children are evacuated from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus\n\nMedical evacuations are taking place from a rebel-held area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.\n\nFour critically-ill patients were taken out of the Eastern Ghouta overnight by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent.\n\nAnother 25 should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal agreed by the government and rebels, though hundreds more are in need of treatment.\n\nSome 400,000 residents have been under siege by government forces since 2013.\n\nThe Eastern Ghouta has been designated a \"de-escalation zone\" by Russia and Iran, the government's main allies, along with Turkey, which backs the opposition.\n\nBut hostilities intensified six weeks ago, when the Syrian military stepped up air and artillery attacks on the enclave in response to a rebel offensive, reportedly killing dozens of civilians.\n\nThere are also severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines, and the cold winter weather is threatening to worsen the hardship.\n\nThe Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) announced early on Wednesday that medics had started to transfer patients from the Eastern Ghouta \"after long negotiations\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Syrian Red Crescent This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt gave no further details, but the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) later confirmed that four people with critical medical conditions had been taken with their families to hospitals in Damascus, and that it hoped that a total of 29 people would be evacuated \"over the coming few days\".\n\n\"The operation is clearly a positive step that will give some respite to the people in Eastern Ghouta, especially those who are in dire need of life-saving medical treatment,\" spokeswoman Anastasia Isyuk told the BBC.\n\n\"We hope this medical evacuation will only be the beginning of more to come, as there many more people in need. It is also vital for humanitarian organisations to reach people in Eastern Ghouta with aid on a regular basis and without conditions.\"\n\nThe Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a medical relief organisation that supports hospitals in rebel-held Syria, said the 29 patients included 18 children and four women suffering from heart disease, cancer, kidney failure, and blood diseases. The seven other patients require advanced surgery.\n\nSARC official Ahmed al-Saour told AFP news agency that the first four patients to be evacuated were \"a girl with haemophilia, a child with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a child suffering from leukaemia, and a man in need of a kidney transplant\".\n\nThe main rebel group in the Eastern Ghouta, Jaysh al-Islam, meanwhile said on Twitter that the government had agreed to the evacuations in exchange for the release of 29 of its prisoners.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mohamad Katoub This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLast week, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria, Jan Egeland, said 494 people were on the priority list for medical evacuations submitted in November.\n\n\"That number is going down, not because we are evacuating people but because they are dying,\" he said. \"We have tried now every single week for many months to get medical evacuations out, and food and other supplies in.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta are among those suffering\n\nMr Egeland said the UN had been waiting for the Syrian government to provide \"facilitation letters\" to allow ambulances and aid convoys into the Eastern Ghouta.\n\nSAMS said the area's medical infrastructure had been \"decimated\" by the government's siege and bombardment, and that only 107 doctors remained there to provide care for an estimated 130,000 children and 270,000 adults while facing a severe shortage of medical supplies.\n\nRecently, the UN reported that the rate of malnutrition in children under the age of five had increased to 11.9% - five or six times what was reported in January, and the highest so far recorded in the country since the civil war began in 2011.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nFourth Ashes Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day two of five)\n\nAlastair Cook made his first Ashes century for almost seven years to lead England's resurgence on day two of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.\n\nThe 33-year-old, in his 151st Test, reached his hundred in the final over of the day to take the tourists to 192-2, a deficit of 135 runs.\n\nThat came after Stuart Broad claimed 4-51 as the home side were bowled out for 327.\n\nAustralia, who have already secured the Ashes, looked set to push on from an overnight 244-3, with Steve Smith (76) and Shaun Marsh (61) extending their partnership past 100.\n\nBut when captain Smith became Tom Curran's first Test wicket, it began a slide that saw the hosts lose their last seven wickets for 67 runs.\n\nOn a slow surface, Cook blunted an Australia attack already without the injured Mitchell Starc and further weakened by a stomach upset suffered by Pat Cummins.\n\nThe left-hander passed 50 for the first time in six Tests, then had the good fortune of being dropped by Smith on 66.\n\nWhen England won the Ashes down under in 2010-11, Cook piled on 766 runs but has not reached three figures against Australia since the final Test of that series.\n\nHere, he played with increasing freedom as a crowd of 67,882 gradually emptied to leave the Barmy Army singing the former captain's name.\n\nCook shared an unbroken stand of 112 with successor Joe Root, who is 49 not out.\n\nOn day three, it will be the goal of the third-wicket pair, and the rest of England's batting, to earn a lead large enough to negate batting last on a surface on which the bounce could get lower.\n• None How day two unfolded at the MCG\n\nThe failure of England's senior players on this tour has been a key factor in relinquishing the urn.\n\nBefore this Test, Broad had taken only five wickets and Cook had mustered 83 runs in six innings.\n\nIndeed, ex-captain Michael Vaughan had questioned Broad's place in the side, while former spinner Graeme Swann doubted the \"longevity\" left in Cook's international career.\n\nBroad, though, responded by picking up his best figures for a year and Cook showed his trademark patience, composure and judgement to sap Australia's bowlers in temperatures in the mid-30s.\n\nThe result is a turnaround in a fourth Test where Australia were 102-0 on the first day and later, at the close, in a position from which they could have batted England out of the contest.\n\nEven if they still have plenty of work to do, England have a real opportunity to end an eight-match losing streak in Australia and escape the humiliation of another whitewash.\n\nEngland have been guilty of squandering strong positions throughout the series and they lost two wickets in very different circumstances.\n\nOpener Mark Stoneman made 15 before offering a leading edge to off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who took a wonderful, one-handed return catch above his right shoulder.\n\nAnd James Vince was lbw to Josh Hazlewood in the second over after tea for 17, with replays showing that he would have been reprieved by an inside edge had he asked for a review.\n\nCook, however, stood firm at the other end, moving his feet with certainty and showing an intent to score.\n\nThe left-hander played wonderfully straight, but also punished anything short to accumulate square on both sides of the wicket.\n\nCook's moment of fortune arrived when wicketkeeper Paine came up to the stumps to Mitchell Marsh and, from the next delivery, he edged to slip. Smith tumbled and made two grabs for the ball before it hit the turf.\n\nRoot, meanwhile, busily earned his runs off the pads and behind square on the off side.\n\nOn 93 as the final over the day began, Cook was greeted by Smith's part-time leg-spin. He bunted a full-toss for four, scampered two more, then pulled a century-clinching boundary.\n\nEarlier, England got their rewards in the field with the help of some good fortune and poor Australian batting.\n\nThe lack of pace in the pitch was highlighted by three players chopping the ball on to their own stumps, the first of which was Smith.\n\nThe skipper, 65 not out overnight, began in ominous touch and looked nailed on for a fourth successive century in Boxing Day Tests.\n\nBut, to Curran's second delivery of the day, he tried to force an innocuous short ball through the off side and disturbed his own stumps to be dismissed in Melbourne for the first time since 2014.\n\nBroad bowled with good pace on a full length and was rewarded when Shaun Marsh, who passed 50 for the third time in the series, was given out lbw on review.\n\nAustralia's tail has so often frustrated England, but after Tim Paine's breezy 24 was ended with a play-on off James Anderson, the hosts lost their last three wickets for only two runs.\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"It has been a tough tour for the senior pros but for the first time the experienced batsmen have been at the crease for a few hours.\n\n\"Throughout the whole day Cook had a mindset of challenging the bowler. The pitch played beautifully in the afternoon session.\n\n\"England are in a fantastic position and have won day two convincingly. Can they win day three?\n\n\"From what I have seen from this Australia attack and the pitch, England should have plenty to see the day out and get in front but we can't get ahead of ourselves with this England side.\"\n\nEx-England batsman Ed Smith: \"The sadness is this shows Australia's weakness. It shows if England had performed earlier they could have been beaten.\"\n\nAustralia's Josh Hazlewood, speaking to ABC: \"They are a little on top. We were a little inconsistent but it is a very good wicket. We could have bowled straighter and dried the scoring up.\n\n\"We should have pushed on to 400-plus but we lost wickets early. We definitely left runs out there.\"\n\nAsked if Australia were complacent with the bat, he said: \"You could say that. Lazy is another way. A few of the boys know that they need to be better.\"", "PC Dave Fields had served with South Yorkshire Police for 12 years\n\nA police officer and a 61-year-old woman who died in a crash on Christmas Day have been named.\n\nPC Dave Fields was responding to an incident when the marked BMW 3 Series he was driving was in collision with a Citroen C3 on the A57 in Sheffield.\n\nThe woman, who was a passenger in the Citroen, has been named as Lorraine Stephenson.\n\nIn a tribute issued by South Yorkshire Police, PC Field's family said they were \"heartbroken\" and \"devastated\".\n\n\"Dave was a loving husband and dad-of-two, who was a dedicated officer committed to his job,\" his family said.\n\n\"We are heartbroken by our loss and ask that our privacy please be respected at this devastating time.\"\n\nLorraine Stephenson also suffered fatal injuries in the collision\n\nA 63-year-old man who was driving the Citroen was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable David Hartley said PC Fields had been with the force 12 years and was \"a passionate, professional and universally-liked officer\".\n\n\"His colleagues, and everyone across the force, are devastated by what has happened,\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SouthYorkshirePolice This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSouth Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings said he was \"deeply shocked\" at the news.\n\n\"While an incident like this is difficult at any time of year, it is particularly sad at Christmas,\" he added.\n\n\"I hold the families of PC Dave Fields and Lorraine Stephenson, their relatives, friends and colleagues in my prayers at this most difficult time.\"\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said it was flying its flag \"at half-mast to mark the tragic death of PC Dave Fields\"\n\nPC Fields was also a football referee in his local area.\n\nIn a tribute on Facebook, the Sheffield Referees Association paid tribute to the officer.\n\n\"He was one of the good guys. Giving up his time to help anyone,\" it said.\n\nA Just Giving page has been set up to help raise funds for the families affected by the fatal crash.\n\nThe force said the collision had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police have dealt with a disturbance at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London.\n\nAn eyewitness told the BBC the incident happened during the Boxing Day sales, when two groups of teenagers began \"pushing and shouting\".\n\nNearby shops closed their shutters, while shoppers gathered above the scene to watch events unfold.\n\nThe Met Police said officers said they attended at around 14:30GMT, and \"groups causing the disorder were dispersed\".\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Westfield Stratford said the \"minor disturbance\" had been resolved.", "Police were called to Oxford Street on Boxing Day\n\nA woman was injured when shoppers fled from London's Oxford Street after false reports of shots being fired.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police were called to the scene at 16:50 GMT and cordoned off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser.\n\nThe police said that a woman received \"non-life threatening injuries\" as a result of a fall.\n\nThey added there was \"nothing to indicate\" that shots had been fired or a crime committed.\n\nOfficers cordoned off an area around a smashed glass window at House of Fraser\n\nThe BBC's James Waterhouse, who is at the scene, said two witnesses told him they saw three women run into the window, knocking displays over as they tried to leave.\n\nHe said a police officer told him \"it was an accident\" and said that \"there was a panic and someone tried to get out on the inside\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by James Waterhouse This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOne shopper spoke of \"craziness in House of Fraser\" on Twitter, adding that she had \"never been in a stampede before\", while another one posted there was a \"stampede of people running\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Julia Dixon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC World Service reporter Faith Orr, who was passing by the scene in a taxi, said a \"huge window\" was \"completely smashed\" and that people had been evacuated.\n\nHouse of Fraser told the BBC the store has now fully reopened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, police were called to reports of disturbances at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London.\n\nOfficers attended at about 14:30 on Tuesday and \"groups causing the disorder were dispersed\", a Met Police spokesman said.\n\nA man was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, the force added.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Westfield Stratford said the \"minor disturbance\" had been resolved.\n\n\"The centre was not evacuated and is trading normally,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Philip Hammond said releasing his analysis now would \"deeply unhelpful\"\n\nA group of Labour MPs are trying to keep pressure on the government to publish reports about how Brexit will affect the economy.\n\nThe 25 pro-Remain politicians have written to Chancellor Philip Hammond saying people \"have a right to know what the impact of Brexit will be for them and for their families\".\n\nMr Hammond has said it would be \"deeply unhelpful\" to release his analysis now.\n\nOpposition MPs have been pursuing the \"Brexit impact assessments\" for months.\n\nBut the government has said the sector-by-sector assessments they have been demanding do not exist, and has instead provided MPs with a series of documents it calls \"sectoral analyses\".\n\nSo far, MPs' efforts have mostly focused on Brexit Secretary David Davis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNow, a group of Labour MPs who are supporters of the pro-EU Open Britain group have turned their attention to the Treasury.\n\nMr Hammond said earlier this month that a \"whole range of potential alternative structures between the EU and the UK\" have been assessed.\n\nThe MPs say in their letter to the chancellor: \"Without access to the latest taxpayer-funded analysis and research, Parliament will be hamstrung in its ability to scrutinise the government's approach and to present the facts to our constituents.\n\n\"It is vital that light is shed on the modelling and analysis that the Treasury has carried out. The best way to achieve that would be for the analysis to be published in its entirety.\"\n\nSignatories to the letter to Mr Hammond include Chris Leslie, Maria Eagle, Stella Creasy and Alison McGovern.\n\nStella Creasy signed the letter to the chancellor\n\nIn response, the Treasury pointed to Mr Hammond's remarks at the time - where he said that when a final Brexit deal has been negotiated and is going before MPs, \"the maximum amount of analysis being placed in the public domain would be helpful\".\n\nHowever, at this stage it would be \"deeply unhelpful\" for the Treasury's analysis to be made public, he added.", "At exactly 11:15, the front door of a council flat in Brixton opened. Two women stepped out on to a quiet residential street.\n\nThe younger woman, Rosie, had an awkward gait. Her movement was stiff and clunky, as though she simply wasn't used to walking any distance. In fact, she had spent the past 30 years - her whole life - in captivity.\n\nNow she was ill and needed urgent medical attention.\n\nBorn into a “collective”, she was not allowed to see a doctor, had never been allowed outside alone and had been told that if she tried to leave she would spontaneously combust and die.\n\nWorried she might not survive her illness, on 25 October 2013, Rosie and another woman, Josie, sneaked out.\n\nWaiting for them just round the corner were members of an organisation that helps people who have been abused, trafficked or enslaved. Along with the police, they had helped organise the escape.\n\nIt soon became apparent that Rosie and 57-year-old Josie weren't the only women who lived in the flat, and when police officers returned they met Aisha - a 69-year-old woman originally from Malaysia. At first she didn't want to leave, but as they talked, she changed her mind.\n\nIn the weeks that followed, it became clear how extraordinary their life had been.\n\nAll three women seemed extremely frightened, often referring to an all-powerful force called Jackie, which they believed might seek retribution or cause them terrible harm. They were terrified of electricity, which they called “eeee” and seemed anxious that household appliances might blow up or explode.\n\nAs they revealed details of their existence and Rosie gradually became more confident, she decided to change her name to Katy, inspired by the lyrics of Katy Perry's song, Roar, which is about a woman overcoming a difficult relationship and finding her voice.\n\nKaty's own story, and everything she had managed to overcome, proved far stranger than anyone could have imagined.", "The collision happened on the A57 between Coisley Hill and Moss Way\n\nA police officer and a 61-year-old woman died in a crash on Christmas Day.\n\nThe 46-year-old officer was responding to an incident when the marked BMW 3 Series he was driving was in collision with a Citroen C3 on the A57 in Sheffield.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said the officer died at the scene and the woman, who was a passenger in the second vehicle, died in hospital.\n\nThe collision happened near to Coisley Hill at about 20:15 GMT.\n\nA force spokesman said the officer was responding to an \"immediate incident\" when he was in collision with the silver Citroen which was travelling in the opposite direction.\n\nThe woman who died was from Sheffield, he added.\n\nA 63-year-old man who was driving the Citroen was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said the officer died at the scene of the crash on the A57 in Sheffield\n\nAssistant Chief Constable of South Yorkshire David Hartley, said: \"On behalf of the force I'd like to offer my sincere condolences to all of those left bereaved by this terrible tragedy - our thoughts, love and support are extended to all those affected.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to support them through this difficult time.\"\n\nHe went on to pay tribute to the officer killed in the collision.\n\n\"We have lost a friend and a colleague from our police family in this incident,\" ACC Hartley added.\n\n\"The officer has been with us for 12 years and was a passionate, professional and universally liked officer.\n\n\"His colleagues, and everyone across the force, are devastated by what has happened.\"\n\nThe force said the collision had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Snow has swept US states from Midwest to Northeast, breaking snowfall records in some parts.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Homes in the Midlands, south-west England and Wales have been left without power\n\nHeavy snow and ice have disrupted road and air travel in parts of the UK and left thousands of homes without power.\n\nDrivers were at a standstill on the A14 in Northamptonshire for several hours, while a lorry crash on the M1 blocked the motorway.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice overnight across most of the UK.\n\nPassengers at Stansted Airport faced long delays as flights were suspended twice to clear snow from the runway.\n\nA spokesman for the airport said the snow had passed over and they were not anticipating any more closures. Many flights have been delayed and almost 30 outbound Ryanair flights have been cancelled.\n\nSome passengers have complained on social media that they have been stuck on planes on the ground for several hours.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Fiona Thatcher This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLuton Airport said it had to significantly reduce the number of inbound flights it was accepting.\n\nSome flights have also been cancelled and there have been delays to allow de-icing of aircraft, a spokesman added.\n\nRyanair apologised for having to cancel \"a small number of flights\" because of runway closures at several UK airports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, Western Power Distribution said about 4,000 homes were without power in the Midlands, south-west England and Wales, but that more than 25,000 customers had had their power restored since Tuesday morning.\n\nThe firm said the cuts were all snow-related and extra staff - who had been on standby for poor weather - had been called in to work to reconnect properties.\n\nScottish and Southern Electricity Networks said about 2,000 customers were still without power at 16:30 GMT.\n\nAndover and Basingstoke in Hampshire, Melksham and Swindon in Wiltshire, Newbury in Berkshire, as well as areas of Oxfordshire, had all been affected, it added.\n\nPower had now been restored to about 17,000 properties, the firm said.\n\nA lorry stuck on the A14 in Northampton\n\nSnow caused problems on the A417 between Gloucester and Cheltenham\n\nAn easyJet plane was de-iced before taking off at Luton Airport\n\nFrank Bird, from Highways England, said the worst of the conditions were now over in the West Midlands, as the bad weather had moved eastwards.\n\nHe said 2,000 tonnes of salt and grit had been put down in the region overnight, adding that treating roads was a \"battle that we are constantly fighting\".\n\nOne of those caught up in the problems on the A14 was lorry driver Simon Talbot, who told BBC News he had been stuck for more than three hours.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Two mountain walkers were rescued in Snowdonia on Boxing Day\n\n\"I've been stationary since about 02:20 GMT westbound on the A14, there is approximately 5ins (12cm) of snow we've had and I'm just stationary,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm on an incline and there are lorries and vans in front that are unable to get up the hill because of the snow. So it is just a waiting game at the moment.\"\n\nTara DeFabrizio was stuck on the road for five hours, after leaving home from Northampton at 06:00 GMT.\n\n\"It's a complete standstill. I've called my boss now to say I won't be coming in.\"\n\nShe added: \"I don't know why it's so bad this time - when we had a lot of snow two weeks ago, I got to work fine.\"\n\nThe Met Office has yellow warnings in place for ice and rain and snow\n\nHeavy snow also affected parts of the M1\n\nLorries on the A14 in Northampton\n\nSome people woke up on Wednesday to a blanket of snow\n\nHighways England said all lanes are now open on the M3 westbound between junction two and three following an earlier collision.\n\nHowever, it advised passengers to allow for extra time when travelling on the M25 clockwise, as one lane between junction 26 and 27 remains closed due to an accident.\n\nReferring to an earlier incident on the M1, Leicestershire Police tweeted there had been an accident involving a lorry, which had blocked all three lanes.\n\nThe force said the motorway had been reopened shortly after 10:00 GMT.\n\nIt added: \"Please be aware that snow is falling across the county and in some cases it is settling, causing hazardous conditions for drivers. Please take care and take the necessary precautions.\"\n\nOfficers said there have been \"long delays\" on the A34 between the M4 and A4185 in Berkshire due to the weather conditions and slow moving traffic.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Highways England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorthamptonshire Roads and Armed Policing Team (RAPT) tweeted: \"Heavy snow has started. The M1 has quickly become treacherous. RAPT on scene at a single vehicle RTC (road traffic collision).\"\n\nThree lanes of the M25 were also closed near Heathrow earlier following an accident.\n\nElsewhere, the Welsh Grand National horse race was postponed after 6cm (2.3in) of rain and snow fell on the course within 48 hours.\n\nMeanwhile, the Environment Agency currently has flood warnings in place - meaning flooding is expected - in some areas, as well as dozens of flood alerts.", "Retailers are warning that a sharp rise in shoplifting is being fuelled partly by police forces not investigating the theft of items worth less than £200.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph says persistent offenders are exploiting a change in the law that allows for more minor cases to be dealt with by post.\n\nThe government said it did not diminish the seriousness of the crimes.\n\nPolice chiefs said their focus on prolific offenders and organised crime networks was working.\n\nThe £200 threshold was introduced in England and Wales in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.\n\nThe act allows anyone stealing goods costing less than £200 to plead guilty by post - or face the magistrates' court.\n\nThey might then face a fine or up to a year in prison.\n\nBut Chris Noice, from the Association of Convenience Stores, said criminals were getting savvy as to how much they could get away with, and only half of those caught were paying their fines.\n\nHe also said there was concern that police forces were not sharing information and those that were stealing to fund a drug or alcohol addiction might not be getting the necessary help.\n\nIn February, the ACS estimated that convenience stores were losing on average £2,600 a year due to shoplifting - a record high.\n\nLast year, one shop owner in Harwich, Essex resorted to screening CCTV footage on Facebook to \"shame\" shoplifters, and almost completely cut out thefts.\n\nNottinghamshire Police is among those forces that say they are no longer able to investigate shoplifting unless violence is involved.\n\nThe area's Labour Police and Crime Commissioner, Paddy Tipping, blamed government cuts, saying: \"We can't do the job that we used to do when you've got 25% less resources.\n\n\"There are tough choices that need to be made and we need to have a debate about what can be expected of the police going forward.\"\n\nA spokesman for the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said: \"Police focus on targeting prolific offenders and organised crime networks as well as prevention measures by businesses are working.\n\n\"Forces will continue to work closely with retailers to deter shoplifters and prevent thefts from taking place.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said shoplifting was not a \"victimless crime\", coming at a cost to businesses and consumers, and should be reported.\n\nThe police were expected to take all reported crimes seriously, for these to be investigated and where appropriate, for the offenders to be taken through the courts, they added.", "Risking the accusation that the taxman himself has gone quackers, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has employed some farmyard ducks to encourage people to file their tax returns on time.\n\nThe online and billboard adverts feature a man in the bath, being niggled by a duck.\n\nInstead of quacking, the duck repeats the word \"tax\".\n\nHMRC confirmed that real ducks posed for the photos, before being retired to a bird sanctuary in Oxfordshire.\n\n\"With the January 31 deadline edging closer we want to help remind our customers to get it done so they can alleviate that niggling feeling, ensuring they can relax and not have to worry about doing their tax return,\" explained Angela MacDonald, HMRC's director general for customer services.\n\nIn the meantime HMRC revealed that more than 16,000 people spent part of their Christmas filing a tax return:\n\nEleven million people in the UK need to file self-assessment tax returns - including those who are self-employed or who have significant savings income.\n\nThose who fail to complete a return by 31 January face an automatic fine of £100. After that interest is charged on late payments.\n\nAnyone who wants to pay their bill through their PAYE code must complete a return by 30 December.\n\nEarlier this month HMRC announced plans to phase out fines for one-off offenders, although this will not be in place for several years.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An electricity bill for more than $284bn (£212bn) left a woman in the US state of Pennsylvania stunned... until she found out the amount was wrong.\n\nMary Horomanski from Erie said the latest bill showed that she had to pay the entire amount by November 2018.\n\n\"My eyes just about popped out of my head,\" she told the Erie Times-News. \"We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong.\"\n\nThe electricity provider later said the actual amount was $284.46.\n\nA company's spokesman said it did not know how the error had occurred, stating that Ms Horomanski had to pay $284,460,000,000 with a first payment of $28,176 due later in December.\n\n\"I can't recall ever seeing a bill for billions of dollars,\" Mark Durbin told the Erie Times-News.\n\n\"We appreciate the customer's willingness to reach out to us about the mistake.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nHarry Kane grabbed another hat-trick and broke the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year as Tottenham thrashed Southampton at Wembley.\n\nThe Spurs and England striker headed home his 37th league goal of 2017 on 22 minutes to surpass Alan Shearer's landmark, which was set during his time at Blackburn in 1995.\n\nKane then added two more either side of half-time to bring his total for the year - for both club and country - to 56, two more than Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi.\n\nBefore Kane's third, Dele Alli had made it 3-0 on 49 minutes when he drilled in from outside the area, before setting up Son Heung-min two minutes later, who powered a confident finish past Fraser Forster.\n\nSouthampton, without top scorer Charlie Austin, got off the mark when Sofiane Boufal struck low under Hugo Lloris, and Dusan Tadic added a second with a lofted effort.\n\nDespite a second-half recovery, Saints never looked like spoiling the Spurs party and have now gone a month without a win in the Premier League.\n\nSpurs, meanwhile, stay fifth after Liverpool beat Swansea 5-0 in Tuesday's late kick-off.\n\nIt was an impressive display from Mauricio Pochettino's side, but the game will always be remembered for Kane's record-breaking day, as he cemented his status as one of the top flight's most prolific strikers.\n\nSpeaking about his 22-year record being taken, Shearer tweeted: \"You've had a magnificent 2017, Harry Kane. You deserve to hold the record of most Premier League goals in a calendar year. Well done and keep up the good work.\"\n• None Kane reached his goal-scoring record in 36 games - six fewer than Shearer in 1995\n• None The 24-year-old has scored more league goals this season than Bournemouth, West Brom, Swansea, Crystal Palace, Brighton and Huddersfield\n• None He is the first player in Premier League history to score six hat-tricks in a single calendar year\n• None Kane has scored eight Premier League hat-tricks, as many as Thierry Henry and Michael Owen - only Alan Shearer (11) and Robbie Fowler (9) have more in the competition.\n• None Kane has scored 56 goals in 52 appearances in all competitions for Tottenham and England in 2017. He is Europe's top scorer over the past 12 months in the five major countries (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France)\n• None The Spurs striker has now scored 96 Premier League goals for the club - one off Teddy Sheringham's record\n\nSouthampton had drawn three and lost three of their past six games and arrived at Wembley without two key players in Austin, who is injured and suspended, and Virgil van Dijk, who was left out of the squad again amid reports of a January exit.\n\nThey looked overwhelmed at times and contributed to Tottenham's dominance.\n\nPierre-Emile Hojbjerg fouled Danny Rose on the edge of the area and gave away the Christian Eriksen free-kick which led to Kane's opener.\n\nAnd Nathan Redmond's mistake in the Spurs half gifted the hosts possession and their counter-attack finished with Son's strike for 4-0.\n\nSouthampton, three points above the relegation zone in 13th, were able to recover some pride as they twice beat a stuttering Lloris, but it was too little, too late.\n\nMauricio Pellegrino's side face more tough tasks ahead, with an away trip to Manchester United up next.\n\n\"We were a little bit unlucky because in the second half we were close to going 1-2 but once we conceded the third one the game was gone,\" said Pellegrino.\n\n\"I want to see a team with character fighting and playing for the ball. Sometimes you do well, sometimes you do not but the minimum is to show this from the beginning. The wrong thing is we waited until the Tottenham goal to react.\"\n\nOn Van Dijk's omission, the Southampton boss added: \"We know that around Virgil there will be a lot of speculation. You will have to wait until January, I pick the best for my team right now. That is my decision.\"\n\nWhile Kane will quite rightly dominate the headlines, there were some other stand-out performances for the hosts.\n\nAlli ended his two-month goal drought in the Premier League when he turned on Oriol Romeu and struck a sweet strike from distance, while Son was rewarded for his all-round display with a well-executed finish.\n\nSpurs now have five wins from their past six matches in all competitions, and Pochettino wants their form to continue into 2018.\n\n\"We are ambitious but I am happy that we finished the year in a very good way,\" said the Argentine.\n\n\"For next year? We must win - win every game. The mentality is so important for us.\"\n\nSouthampton are back in action on Saturday, 30 December against Manchester United at Old Trafford (17:30 GMT), while Spurs return in 2018, when they travel to Swansea on Tuesday, 2 January (19:45)\n• None Attempt missed. Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.\n• None Dusan Tadic (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt missed. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dele Alli.\n• None Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 5, Southampton 2. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sofiane Boufal. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A helicopter had to take \"immediate evasive action\" to avoid the RAF Lakenheath-based F15\n\nA US fighter pilot was involved in a near miss with a helicopter while travelling in a no-fly area.\n\nAn RAF Griffin training helicopter was flying over Snowdonia when it detected a fighter jet \"closing rapidly\".\n\nThe incident in July left the helicopter having to take \"immediate evasive action\" to avoid the Lakenheath-based F15.\n\nThe UK Airprox Board, which probes near misses, found the F15 should not have been in the Llanberis Pass.\n\nIn its report into the episode the board said the helicopter crew \"would not have been expecting such a fast-moving aircraft to be in the vicinity\" because the UK Military Low Flying Handbook states that fixed wing aircraft should not enter the Llanberis Pass\".\n\nThe report said: \"It has long been recognised by the [48th Fighter] Wing that the Llanberis Pass is not to be entered by fixed wing aircraft.\n\n\"In this case, the crew mistook the Llanberis Pass for the adjacent Nant Ffrancon Pass, which resulted in the Airprox [near miss].\n\n\"They have been debriefed accordingly.\"\n\nHowever, the board also found the wording and interpretation of current guidance for aircraft training in the Snowdonia area was ambiguous.\n\nIt currently says fixed wing aircraft \"should not\" - rather than \"shall not\" - go down the Llanberis Pass.\n\nThe board said the wording should be reviewed and made clearer to avoid any confusion.\n\nLt Elias Small, spokesman for the 48th Fighter Wing, said: \"Our pilots train every day to improve their skills, and they understand the importance of adhering to local UK flying procedures.\n\n\"Although the crew mistook the Llanberis Pass for the adjacent Nant Ffrancon Pass in this instance, we concur with the board's assessment that a review of the regulation will help reduce risk in the future.\"\n• None US jets and RAF plane in 'near miss'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This footage from a drone shows heavy snowfall in the Lake District.\n\nSnow in other parts of the UK left 14,000 homes without power.", "Londoners think national suburban rail services have got worse\n\nMore than a third of Londoners think commuter trains have deteriorated over the last year, a new survey suggests.\n\nThe YouGov poll which surveyed 1,087 people found 37% said national rail services had worsened while eight per cent said they had improved.\n\nThe findings have been described as a \"damning indictment\" of rail companies.\n\nNetwork Rail, which manages rail infrastructure, claims Londoners will benefit from a \"huge increase in rail capacity\" in the coming months.\n\nA Network Rail spokesperson said this was due to new services, new rolling stock and a £10bn taxpayer-funded investment.\n\nThe spokesperson added: \"We have the safest, fastest growing network in Europe and the railway is more reliable now than it has ever been.\"\n\nThe poll was released ahead of an average rail fare increase of 3.4% - the biggest in five years - coming into effect.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said: \"These latest figures are a damning indictment of the continuing failure of train operating companies to provide an adequate service for passengers.\n\n\"Londoners are fed up with repeated delays, cancelations and overcrowding.\n\n\"Growing dissatisfaction with private train companies shows why a further hike in rail fares this January is simply unjustifiable.\"\n\nThe mayor claimed the \"only viable long-term solution\" was for suburban rail services to be devolved to Transport for London (TfL).\n\nThat idea was backed by 61% of respondents as well as the Campaign for Better Transport.\n\nThe group's chief executive, Stephen Joseph, said the survey's findings \"chime with our own and others' research which shows that the rail services TfL controls consistently outperform most other London rail services\".\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) said in November it would \"work with TfL to explore options for transferring selected services such as the West London line to TfL\".\n\nNetwork Rail said \"improved working with TfL at times of disruption to the rail network would be helpful in redirecting passengers to other stations where they can complete their journeys.\"\n\nA DfT spokesperson said decisions on devolution were made \"based on what will make journeys better for passengers\".", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nSouthampton centre-back Virgil van Dijk will join Liverpool when the transfer window re-opens on 1 January in a world record £75m deal.\n\nThe Netherlands international had been expected to join the Reds last summer after he handed in a transfer request.\n\nBut a move fell through when Liverpool apologised for making an alleged illegal approach for the 26-year-old.\n\nThe fee is the most ever paid for a defender - Manchester City paid £52m to Monaco for Benjamin Mendy in July.\n\nVan Dijk said in a statement he was \"delighted and honoured\" to sign for the Merseyside club and accepted he had had a \"difficult last few months\" at St Mary's.\n\nHe was left out of Southampton's squad for their 5-2 Premier League defeat by Tottenham on Tuesday, prompting speculation he was set to leave the club.\n\n\"Southampton have agreed a fee that will set a new world record for a defender,\" the south coast club confirmed on Wednesday.\n\nThe player only signed a new six-year contract last year, having joined the Saints from Celtic for £13m in September 2015.\n\nHowever, Liverpool's interest in the summer prompted a transfer request from the player which saw him forced to train alone by manager Mauricio Pellegrino.\n\nHe returned to first team action in September, featuring in a win at Crystal Palace.\n\nVan Dijk's former club Celtic will benefit from the record transfer fee - the Scottish champions are understood to have had a 10% sell-on agreement on any future deal.\n\nThough he will join the club on 1 January, Van Dijk will not be able to register as a player until 2 January so will not be available for Liverpool's trip to Burnley on Monday.\n\nThe Anfield club also announced he will wear the number four shirt.\n\nThe Van Dijk fee tops the £48m release clause the Reds have agreed for RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, who will move to Anfield next summer.\n\n'Proud to join one of biggest clubs in world' - Van Dijk statement\n\n\"Delighted and honoured to have agreed to become a Liverpool FC player. Today is a proud day for me and my family as I join one of the biggest clubs in world football.\n\n\"I can't wait to pull on the famous red shirt for the first time in front of the Kop and will give everything I have to try and help this great club achieve something special in the years to come.\n\n\"I would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Les Reed, the board, manager, players, fans and everyone at Southampton.\n\n\"I will always be indebted to the club for giving me the opportunity to play in the Premier League and despite a difficult last few months, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Saints and have made friends for life at the club.\"\n\nIt has cost Liverpool an additional £15m and half a season, but manager Jurgen Klopp has finally got his man.\n\nSouthampton pulled the plug on a proposed £60m deal during the summer, such was their unhappiness at the way they were being railroaded into a transfer.\n\nHowever, the tell-tale sign Klopp knew who he wanted to address defensive deficiencies and wouldn't be changing his mind came through the fact Liverpool did not try for an alternative.\n\nAfter conceding 23 goals in 20 Premier League games so far, Klopp has been reminded often enough he needed to strengthen his defence.\n\nNow he has done it, he will hope his side can retain their attacking brilliance and close the gap to Manchester United and Chelsea and, in time, start to challenge at the very top of the Premier League table.\n\nLiverpool's desire to sign Van Dijk comes through the size of the fee, which Manchester City - who were also interested - were not prepared to match.\n\nAs for Southampton, they have got rid of a player who clearly had no wish to remain on the south coast and generated the funds that will allow them to reinforce a squad that has struggled for the past 12 months and led to speculation manager Mauricio Pellegrino is on dodgy ground.\n\nFrance full-back Benjamin Mendy moved from Monaco to Manchester City in 2017, with Kyle Walker joining Pep Guardiola's side from Tottenham in the same year.\n\nDavid Luiz joined Paris St-Germain from Chelsea in 2014, while John Stones arrived at City from Everton in 2016.\n\nVan Dijk will become the sixth Southampton player signed by Liverpool since 2014 - at a total cost of £171.5m.\n\nThe other five to have joined are: Sadio Mane (£34m), Adam Lallana (£25m), Dejan Lovren (£20m), Nathaniel Clyne (£12.5m) and Rickie Lambert (£5m).\n\nSouthampton have got one hell of a deal. Van Dijk is a good player, yes, but for £75m? No, he's not worth it at all.\n\nSouthampton could have named any price they wanted. They knew Liverpool were absolutely desperate for a centre-half. Everyone is aware they are desperate - we have seen them come up short several times this season.\n\nWhen Liverpool try and sign a goalkeeper - which they also desperately need - they will find the same thing.\n\nWe've been saying it for a number of years now - that transfer fees have gone through the roof - and this one has taken it to another level.\n\nIt seems inevitable for Southampton to lose top players every year. It must be disappointing to see so many players leave. Their scouting system has been good - they tend to sell and make profits but eventually that will back fire. They're in a relegation battle this season - they're going to have to scrap.\n\nIt's crazy money for a central defender. When he was at Celtic, a lot didn't think he was good enough for a top-six club at that time. Southampton took a chance and suddenly his fee has gone through the roof. It's a crazy fee. Southampton have been good at finding replacements, but whether they can do that again is now the question.\n\nIt has always been on the cards. It was just a case of when and for how much. Virgil has been outstanding at Southampton. I looked at him as a player who could quite literally go to any club in the world. He is that good.\n\nI would say since he came back into the side this season he hasn't quite been firing on all cylinders and looking quite as good as he was before the injury, but that could be said for the whole side.\n\nTom McCarron: £75m for Van Dijk? Football has officially gone mad; that's 1 Gareth Bale or 2 Mohamed Salah's or 315 Luke Chadwicks\n\nDavid Jennings: Just got to say... £75m... really?!\n\nAjay Yadaz: Liverpool signing Virgil van Dijk for £75m tells us something is wrong with modern football. Amazed, gutted, pathetic.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nVitaly Mutko has stepped down from his role as chief organiser for next summer's World Cup in Russia, two days after he temporarily left his post as Russian Football Union (RFU) president.\n\nRussia's deputy prime minister was banned from the Olympics for life having been accused of running a huge \"state-directed\" doping programme.\n\nMutko stood down from his RFU position on Monday while he contests the ban.\n\nAnd he has now left his World Cup role to \"concentrate on government work\".\n\nMutko said Alexei Sorokin will instead chair the World Cup 2018 organising committee.\n\n\"There is still a lot of work, but I am absolutely sure that everything will be ready on time,\" he told R Sports.\n\nThe organising committee spoke of its \"great regret\" at Mutko's decision, but added it would not affect its plans for the tournament, which starts on 14 June.\n\nFootball's world governing body Fifa said it had \"taken note of the decision\" and thanked Mutko for his work so far.\n\nWhistleblower Vitaly Stepanov, a former Russian anti-doping agency worker, told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Mutko, a former sports minister, \"created and ran\" the country's \"state-directed\" doping programme.\n\nHe has always denied being part of a doping programme, but Russia was banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.\n\nLast month, Mutko told BBC sports editor Dan Roan it was a \"huge disappointment\" there was so much focus on doping issues in the build-up to World Cup 2018.", "Flame shell beds act as a nursery for other marine life such as scallops\n\nA rare marine feature wrecked by a dredging boat has been identified as the biggest known reef of its kind.\n\nDivers have estimated that about 250 million flame shells exist on the bed of Loch Carron in Wester Ross.\n\nMinisters will now seek to make the emergency measures put in place to protect the reef permanent.\n\nIn April, a scallop dredger dragged its gear through the reef on two occasions causing damage from which it is likely to take decades to recover.\n\nFishing on Loch Carron was immediately banned and divers have been assessing the size of the reef.\n\nThey have discovered it is two-and-a-half times larger than a similar feature in Loch Alsh, previously thought to be the biggest.\n\nFishermen have urged caution on the widespread use of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) which prevent them operating in sensitive areas.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: \"This is an astonishing find and I think that we would be completely remiss not to take notice of it and to do what we can to protect it.\n\n\"The measures that get put in place for MPAs we put in place in consultation with the fishermen to make sure they are reasonable and appropriate.\"\n\nThe reef, which is inhabited by numerous other creatures, is much larger than previously thought\n\nDredging involves towing gear across the seabed to scrape-up the scallops which live there. They can also be caught in smaller numbers by divers.\n\nThe dredger which damaged the Loch Carron reef was operating legally because no protection measures existed at the time.\n\nNick Underdown, from Open Seas, said: \"Flame shells are highly sensitive to damaging fishing activities like scallop dredging and prawn trawling. It just does not make sense to tow across these fragile habitats.\"\n\nFishermen's groups have distanced themselves from the skipper's actions, saying he did not belong to any industry organisation.\n\nBertie Armstrong, from the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF), said: \"The Scottish Fishermen's Federation is foursquare behind environmental protection. We are working closely with Marine Scotland on the identification, designation and management measures for the MPA network seeking a balance with sustainable economic activity.\n\n\"Flame shells are already covered by a number of representative areas. Inclusion of additional examples of any feature will always be considered carefully, again taking due account of all the needs of fishing communities.\n\n\"SFF member associations have no objection to formalising the emergency provisions for the Loch Carron flame shell bed.\"\n\nScottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has conducted a series of dives at the site to establish the extent of the damage and the size of the reef.\n\nThe vibrant red flame shells are not normally visible as they live a few centimetres into the sand. Their beds are nursery grounds for young scallops.\n\nAfter the dredger had crossed the reef, flame shells were uprooted and scattered across the loch.\n\nBen James, from SNH, said: \"They used to be much more widely distributed and the habitat, whilst it's a firm mesh if you like, it's like fabric and it's very sensitive and easily ripped and torn apart.\n\n\"They sort of ripped the beds up and all the flame shells were exposed, and once they're exposed the flame shells die.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Corey Lewandowski pictured on Donald Trump's campaign trail in 2016\n\nA US singer has filed a sexual assault claim against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski.\n\nJoy Villa says Mr Lewandowski hit her twice on the backside during an event in Washington last month.\n\nShe told the US media she spoke to the police on Christmas Eve, having been persuaded to launch a formal complaint by friends.\n\nMr Lewandowski has not responded to US media's requests for comment.\n\nThe accusations are the latest in a long line of sexual harassment and assault claims linked to celebrities, politicians and companies, which have gathered pace in the past year, particularly following the downfall of film mogul Harvey Weinstein.\n\n\"I was initially fearful to come forward with this,\" she said, according to the Associated Press news agency. She said she did not want to embarrass Mr Lewandowski's family or hers.\n\nMs Villa, who is a vocal Trump supporter and wore a \"Make America Great Again\" dress to the 2017 Grammy Awards, was at a gathering at Trump International Hotel when she posed for a photograph with Mr Lewandowski, whom, she says, she had never met before.\n\nShe alleges he hit her once on the buttocks, and when she asked him to stop and joked about reporting him for sexual harassment, he did it again. She said he laughed, adding \"I work in the private sector\".\n\nShe said the hard slaps felt \"disgusting and shocking and demeaning\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Joy Villa This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNews site Politico first reported on the incident last week, saying they had talked to a witness who spoke out before she did.\n\nMs Villa has previously said she is considering running for Congress - and President Trump has tweeted his support.\n\nMr Trump fired Mr Lewandowski as campaign manager in June 2016.\n\nEarlier last year, he was charged with battery after allegedly yanking a female reporter out of Mr Trump's way after a campaign event. The charges were later dropped.\n\nMore on sexual assault and harassment:", "Fewer people have hit the UK's Boxing Day sales this year as Black Friday discounts and savvy online shoppers lowered turnout.\n\nShop visits dropped by 4.5% up to 5pm compared with last year, according to research group Springboard.\n\nDiane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said that although it had expected a downturn, \"the scale of the drop is greater than expected.\"\n\nShe said: \"What we have seen in the last couple of years is a structural shift in the Christmas trading period.\"\n\nWhile Black Friday sales have changed the way people shop in the UK, Ms Wehrle said the impact was particularly felt this year, as retailers began discounting a week before 24 November and carried on right up until Christmas.\n\n\"The hotspots for Christmas trading around Boxing Day and New Year's Day are dissipating,\" she said.\n\nOn the upside, Springboard said early indicators pointed to a strong rise in online shopping for the full 24-hour Boxing Day period.\n\nIt expects internet transactions to surpass last year, when they rose by 6.2%.\n\nBut Ms Wehrle said that people were increasingly looking online for bargains before they visited a store or deciding to \"click and collect\".\n\nAs a result of this targeted shopping, there is less window-shopping and fewer spur-of-the-moment purchases.\n\nFootfall on UK High Streets fell by 5.8%, while in shopping centres, it tumbled by 4% in the first 17 hours of Boxing Day.\n\nChris Daly, chief executive at the Chartered Institute of Marketing, said: \"Gone are the days of setting the alarm at 06:00 to be first in line for the Boxing Day sales, something borne out by the footage of quiet shopping centres up and down the country.\"\n\nHowever, Hammerson, the property group that owns a number of Britain's largest shopping centres, said that about 600 people were lining up to grab bargains at the retailer Next's store in Birmingham's Bullring. Queues began forming there at half past midnight.\n\nOver the long term, Ms Wehrle believes that shopping habits in the UK have changed for good, with people looking for more of a \"leisure experience\" when they hit the stores.\n\n\"If people go out to eat, they don't have money to spend in the shops,\" she said.", "Ms Murdoch's photograph has now been seen by millions of people\n\nA mother has been \"overwhelmed\" by the response to her photograph of four smiling royals, which appeared on the front of numerous national newspapers.\n\nKaren Murdoch, of Watlington, Norfolk, captured a beaming Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Christmas Day at Sandringham.\n\nHer image made the front pages of the Sun, Daily Mail, Mirror, Star, Daily Telegraph and Express newspapers.\n\nMs Murdoch, 39, said reaction to the picture has been \"bizarre and bonkers\".\n\nShe is hoping to use any proceeds from the snap to fund her daughter's studies. She says she now has an agent working on her behalf.\n\nThe amateur photographer told BBC Breakfast: \"It was pure luck - I took it on an iPhone and it was a great photograph.\n\nAsked how she got the Royals to look at the camera and capture the shot every photographer dreamt of, Ms Murdoch, who calls herself Karen Anvil on Twitter, said the secret was attracting their attention.\n\nBoth Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge are looking directly into the camera with relaxed and natural smiles.\n\nMs Murdoch admitted she had a \"fan-girl\" moment while with her daughter Rachel, 17\n\nMs Murdoch posted the image on Twitter at about 11:00 GMT on Christmas Day - and got thousands of likes. Her previous record was just five.\n\nFour hours later she was still receiving messages from media organisations asking for permission to use the picture. Other Twitter users advised her to negotiate a price.\n\nArthur Edwards, royal photographer at The Sun and veteran of more than 200 royal tours, was also at the scene - and happily admits Ms Murdoch's image was the best of the day.\n\nHe told the BBC News website: \"Getting all four of them lined up like that - it was a stunning snap.\n\n\"It was pot luck her being in the right spot, but she still got the photo.\n\n\"I rang her up to congratulate her on getting the front page of the Sun today.\"\n\nHe added: \"We had probably the 20 best photographers in the country there, and she's scooped us all.\"\n\nMs Murdoch is now directing enquiries to a photographic agent.\n\n\"Now I want to save money for my daughter for uni and if I can get that opportunity that's amazing,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope this will help, because she wants to go into some form of nursing.\n\n\"I want to be able to support her as her mum.\"\n\nMs Murdoch has tweeted that the Daily Mail paid her £50 to use the image online.", "Prince Harry discusses his fiancee Meghan Markle's first Christmas with the Royal Family.\n\nThe fifth in line to the throne was interviewed as part of his guest editorship of Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Christmas croc was found in a Melbourne suburb\n\nAustralian police are looking for the owner of a small crocodile found wandering the streets of Melbourne on Christmas Day.\n\nLocals taking an evening stroll stumbled across the reptile outside a suburban business.\n\nVictoria Police said they were initially sceptical and went to the scene expecting to find a large lizard.\n\nInstead they found a 1m (3.2ft) long freshwater crocodile \"sitting quietly on the footpath\".\n\nSnake catcher Mark Pelley was called on to handle the unusual Christmas find in the suburb of Heidelberg Heights.\n\nHe said police called him that night saying: \"There's a crocodile walking the streets and it's currently outside a medical centre.\"\n\nMr Pelley told local radio station 3AW he rushed to the scene where he found \"five police members being stared down by a decent-sized crocodile, about three and a half foot, and the crocodile wouldn't back down\".\n\nThe 1m (3.2ft) crocodile was found \"walking the streets\" of Melbourne on Christmas\n\nThe crocodile attempted to scamper off into the bushes but was caught by its tail and is now in the care of state wildlife authorities.\n\n\"We're running on the presumption that it was a pet at some stage, it's a long way from any bodies of water,\" Acting Sergeant Daniel Elliott said on Tuesday.\n\nPet owners in Victoria are allowed to keep crocodiles up to 2.5m in length.", "This image taken by Mark Toms shows that some people are still enjoying their Christmas holidays in Surrey.", "The Mekhanik Yartsev lost some of its load off Worthing before becoming stricken in the Solent\n\nCoastguards are continuing to monitor a Russian cargo ship with a \"significant list\" in the Solent.\n\nThe Mekhanik Yartsev got into difficulties off Lee-on-the-Solent on Tuesday morning.\n\nThe 13 crew members are reported to be safe and well and remain on board the vessel, which is carrying wooden pallets.\n\nSurveyors have assessed the ship and it is expected to sail to Southampton Harbour on Thursday.\n\nThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said preparations were being made to \"facilitate the arrival\" of the ship.\n\nIt had been expected to sail on Tuesday night but the move was hampered by poor weather.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 13 crew members are reported to be safe and well (Video: @SolentShipping)\n\nAlthough the vessel, which is currently off Hill Head, has developed a 20-degree list, it has power and is stable, the MCA said.\n\nIt added it was issuing navigational safety broadcasts every half hour to warn shipping in the area.\n\nLes Chapman, the Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, said the ship lost some pallets overboard before \"limping\" into sheltered water in the Solent.\n\n\"There does not appear to be any danger at all at the moment - there's no pollution, she's in a safe, stable position at a safe anchorage with a tug in attendance and a lifeboat in attendance,\" he said.\n\nHe added the weather was expected to improve and the ship would then be taken to Southampton where its cargo would be unloaded in a bid to \"right\" the ship.\n\nThe MCA said further pieces of cargo were lost from the vessel during the early hours of Wednesday and it has warned some may wash ashore.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hundreds of people raced into the North Sea off the Norfolk coast\n\nBoxing Day dips have attracted thousands of swimmers and spectators around the English coast.\n\nDippers have dashed into the chilly waters off beaches in Northumberland, Tyneside, Wearside and Dorset, among others.\n\nMany were fundraising for charity dressed as Father Christmas, nuns, elves, Christmas puddings and turkeys.\n\nSea temperatures were estimated to be about 8.9C (48F) in the north and 11.1C (52F) in the south.\n\nSome people braved the sea dressed as Redcar’s famous Lemon Tops\n\nCostumes ranged from simple swimming costumes, wetsuits and sports gear to something more... complicated\n\nConditions were \"the roughest they have been for a number of years\" at Tynemouth Longsands, with swim time limited to 10 minutes, according to participants.\n\nRun by the North Sea Volunteer Lifeguards, the dip first took place in 1999.\n\nSwim veteran Geoff Wade said it was a \"great way to clear your head after the excesses of Christmas\".\n\n\"It felt warmer to me but it was my wife's first time and she didn't think the same,\" he said.\n\nThe Tynemouth dip had a time limit, just in case anyone needed it\n\nSome brave Tynemouth dippers didn't even need fancy dress costumes to keep warm\n\nRNLI Lifeboat operations manager Dave Cocks said the Redcar dip had had \"as many spectators as we've ever seen\".\n\nThe weather was \"bright but cold\" and there had been \"lots of young and old doing the dip\", he said.\n\nPeople might run into the water but it's slower work getting out again\n\nJade Thirlwall, who is a member of pop band Little Mix, returned to her home town of South Shields to raise funds for a local charity at the Little Haven beach dip.\n\n\"My great-aunty Norma, she passed away last year from pancreatic cancer so it means a lot to me to do what I can,\" she said.\n\nLittle Mix singer Jade Thirlwall was raising money for local charity Cancer Connections\n\nNearly 200 people dipped at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on the Northumberland coast, with local lifeboat volunteers and coastguard teams providing safety cover.\n\nJust as many spectators watched their efforts from the relative warmth of the beach and promenade.\n\nSpeed seemed to be the trick at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea\n\nOf the annual dips one of the largest, organised by Sunderland Lions Clubs, has been held since 1974.\n\nIt attracts up to 900 dippers and raises tens of thousands of pounds for charity.\n\nAnd there is always a man in a dress... always\n\nThousands of pounds is raised for charity by dippers\n\nA 70m (230ft) swim across Weymouth Harbour on Christmas Day attracted 483 swimmers - a record number for the event.\n\nIt was started this year by Don Laker, 93, whose father inaugurated the event in 1948 with a swimming bet against a friend.\n\nWeymouth and Portland Lions Club took over running it the 1970s.\n\nThe hardy souls of Dorset braved Weymouth Harbour on Christmas Day\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A British woman convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt is \"on the verge of a mental breakdown\", her sister has told the BBC.\n\nLaura Plummer, who was found with Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, has been sentenced to three years in prison.\n\nJayne Sinclair says Laura was trying to help her Egyptian boyfriend who was in pain after an accident.", "Stansted Airport has been forced to close twice and thousands of homes have been left without power due to the snowy weather.\n\nPolice are also warning drivers to be careful on the roads.", "The UK's pay squeeze will end next year, but a meaningful rise in wages remains out of sight, an influential research group has warned.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation, which campaigns for fair pay, predicted inflation would no longer outpace wage growth by the end of 2018.\n\nBut it said real wage growth would still be flat and that many households were pessimistic about their finances.\n\nThe Treasury said it was \"helping families to earn more\".\n\nThe Office of Budgetary Responsibility (OBR), the government's economic watchdog, projects that when the full figures for 2017 are confirmed they will show that wages have fallen by 0.4% in real terms as inflation has soared to more than 3%.\n\nThe squeeze, caused by the fall in the pound since the Brexit vote, has contributed to weaker consumer spending and a slowdown in the housing market.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation, which based its outlook on OBR data, said the trend would worsen in the first few months of next year before levelling out.\n\nThis would result in \"zero real wage growth\" in 2018 - an improvement on 2017, but worse than any year in the three decades leading up to the financial crisis.\n\nTorsten Bell, director of the research group, said 2017 had been \"a tough year for living standards\".\n\n\"The good news is that things will get better next year. The bad news is we may only go from backwards to standing still, with prospects for a meaningful pay recovery still out of sight.\"\n\nReferencing Bank of England data, the research group added that 27% of working age households thought their financial positions would worsen in the coming 12 months - roughly the same as those who think it will get better.\n\nHowever, it noted the lowest paid workers were set for a pay rise of 4.3% in April as the National Living Wage reached £7.83.\n\nOverall, it said UK workers would not see a \"noticeable\" pay rise until December 2018.\n\nA Treasury spokeswoman said: \"We are helping families to earn more and keep more of what they earn. Our National Living Wage is delivering the fastest pay rise for the lowest earners in 20 years and we are cutting taxes for millions of people.\"", "Queen or the Queen? Boxers or briefs? Rachel or Monica from Friends? Barack Obama faces some seriously tough questions from Prince Harry.\n\nThe royal interviewed the former US president for his guest editorship of Radio 4's Today programme.", "Lord Kerslake said \"our problems lie in the way that the NHS is funded and organised\"\n\nA major London hospital trust has been placed in special measures because of funding problems.\n\nNHS Improvement announced the sanction against King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the day after chairman Lord Kerslake resigned criticising the \"unrealistic\" approach to NHS finances.\n\nThe regulator said a deficit of £92m was now forecast this year - more than twice the original £38m planned for.\n\nChief executive Ian Dalton said the position was simply \"not acceptable\".\n\nCan't find your health trust? Browse the full list Rather search by typing? Back to search\n\nIf you can't see the NHS Tracker, click or tap here.\n\n\"The financial situation at King's has deteriorated very seriously over recent months,\" he said.\n\n\"We understand that the wider NHS faces financial and operational challenges, and other trusts and foundation trusts have large deficits.\n\n\"However, none has shown the sheer scale and pace of the deterioration at King's.\n\n\"It is not acceptable for individual organisations to run up such significant deficits when the majority of the sector is working extremely hard to hit their financial plans, and in many cases have made real progress.\"\n\nThe regulator has already appointed a new interim chairman - former private health care boss Ian Smith - to replace Lord Kerslake. He will have to work with NHS Improvement's team to carry out a review and agree a recovery plan, which will be closely monitored.\n\nThe BBC understands the move comes after NHS Improvement bosses met with Lord Kerslake on Friday, when he was warned special measures would be needed given the decline in financial performance.\n\nIn a statement, Lord Kerslake said of his decision to quit: \"I do not do this lightly as I love King's but believe the government and regulator are unrealistic about the scale of the challenge facing the NHS and the trust.\n\n\"I want to pay tribute to the staff and their excellent patient care.\"\n\nKing's College said Lord Kerslake had led the hospital \"through a challenging period\"\n\nThe peer also paid tribute to the \"world-class\" care given at the hospital, especially after the Westminster and London Bridge terror attacks, in a self-penned Guardian article.\n\nHe added: \"There are undoubtedly things that I and the trust could have done better, there always are, but fundamentally our problems lie in the way that the NHS is funded and organised.\"\n\nLord Kerslake carried out a review for Labour into the Treasury last year, but has denied there was any political motivation behind his comments.\n\nLord Kerslake's comments come after the board of NHS England said targets for waiting times could not be met next year even with the extra money allocated in the Budget.\n\nComing from a figure with such high level Whitehall experience the latest criticism of the government's handling of the NHS carries some weight.\n\nKing's College Hospital has been in long-running discussions with the regulator NHS Improvement about reducing its deficit.\n\nIt's understood that it was close to being put into a financial special measures regime in which NHS Improvement staff would work alongside hospital management.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the resignation was \"embarrassing for the government\".\n\nKing's College Hospital described Lord Kerslake as a \"passionate advocate and champion\" of the trust who had a \"heartfelt commitment to staff and patients\".\n\nIt added that he had led King's \"through a challenging period which has also seen some notable successes, our response to three major incidents in London, the launch of the helipad and delivering some of the highest patient outcomes of any Trust in the UK\".", "Scientists think Hunga Tunga Hunga Ha'apai might hold clues on where to look for life on Mars.", "The global recall affects consumers in several countries including Britain, China and Sudan.\n\nFrench baby milk formula maker Lactalis has ordered a global product recall over fears of salmonella contamination.\n\nHealth authorities in France said 26 infants in the country have become sick since early December.\n\nThe recall affects products and exports to countries including Britain, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sudan.\n\nIt covers hundreds of baby milk powder products marketed globally under the Milumel, Picot and Celi brands.\n\nLactalis is one of the world's biggest dairy producers. Company spokesman Michel Nalet told AFP \"nearly 7,000 tonnes\" of production may have been contaminated, but the company is currently unable to say how much remains on the market, has been consumed or is in stock.\n\nLactalis believes the salmonella outbreak can be traced to a tower used to dry out the milk powder at its factory in the town of Craon in northwest France, according to AFP.\n\nAll products made there since mid-February have been recalled and the company said precautionary measures have been taken to disinfect all of its machinery at the factory.\n\nThe recall expands a health scare that started at the beginning of December after 20 children in France under the age of six fell sick.\n\nAt the time a limited recall was issued but regulators found the measures Lactalis had put in place to manage the contamination risk were \"not sufficient\".\n\nSalmonella bacteria can cause food poisoning and symptoms include diarrhoea, stomach cramps and vomiting.\n\nThe illness, caused by intestinal bacteria from farm animals, is dangerous for the very young and elderly because of the risk of dehydration.\n\nIt is not the first time the baby milk formula industry has been rocked by a health scare.\n\nSix babies died and around 300,000 others fell ill in 2008 after Chinese manufacturers added the industrial chemical melamine to their infant milk powder products.", "Presha Taneja took this photo of driving conditions while stuck near junction 20 of the M25.", "A traffic jam near Mülheim - one of many in snow-bound Germany\n\nHeavy snow blanketing northern Europe has caused many flight cancellations and delays at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands and Brussels airport.\n\nAbout 400 flights were cancelled at Schiphol - one of Europe's biggest airports - and about 200 in Brussels.\n\nTravellers have been advised to check flight updates at home, rather than set off for the airport in bad weather.\n\nIn Germany the heavy snow has caused many car crashes and traffic jams, as well as train delays.\n\nMore than 300 flights were cancelled on Sunday at Frankfurt airport, the busiest in Germany.\n\nThe Dutch airport at Eindhoven was temporarily closed because of the snow, and many Dutch schools remained shut on Monday.\n\nConditions improved later at Brussels airport, where planes were able to take off from one de-iced runway. But Brussels Airlines scrapped all its flights.\n\nIn the UK, dozens of flights were cancelled at Heathrow and road conditions were described as treacherous in many areas.\n\nThe heavy snow left thousands of British homes without electricity and hundreds of schools were shut on Monday.\n\nIn France 32 regions were put on an emergency \"orange alert\" footing, as a storm nicknamed \"Ana\" battered the Atlantic coast, with winds gusting as high as 150km/h (93mph). Later the alert was reduced to eight regions in the north and far south.\n\nThere were also avalanche warnings in some French Alpine ski resorts, after a metre (3.3ft) or more of fresh snow fell above 2,000 metres.\n\nNationwide at least 120,000 homes had power cuts on Monday, most of them in the Loire Valley.\n\nThe motorway section between Calais and Boulogne was closed after heavy snow in northeastern France.\n\nNot what you expect in Venice: snowflakes on the gondolas\n\nSnow also spread southwards to Italy, causing some travel disruption in northern regions.\n\nThe snow caused the closure of schools in Liguria, Piedmont and Tuscany, Italy's La Stampa daily reported.\n\nFerry services to the islands off Naples were suspended because of strong winds.\n\nVal d'Isère, France: The plentiful snow is generally good news for ski resorts", "Scientists say they may have found the world's first blood test that predicts when someone at risk is likely to get Huntington's disease and tracks how quickly damage to the brain occurs.\n\nExperts describe the early research as a \"major advance\" in this field.\n\nThe study, in the Lancet Neurology, suggests the prototype test could help in the hunt for new treatments.\n\nHuntington's disease is an inherited and incurable brain disorder that is currently fatal.\n\nAbout 10,000 people in the UK have the condition and about 25,000 are at risk.\n\nIt is passed on through genes, and children who inherit a faulty gene from parents have a 50% chance of getting the disease in later life.\n\nPeople can develop a range of problems including involuntary movements, personality changes and altered behaviour and may be fully dependent on carers towards the end of their lives.\n\nIn this study, an international team - including researchers from University College London - looked at 200 people with genes for Huntington's disease - some of whom already had signs of the disease, and others at earlier stages.\n\nThey compared them to some 100 people who were not at risk of getting the condition.\n\nVolunteers had several tests over three years, including brain scans and clinical check-ups to see how Huntington's disease affected people's thinking skills and movement as the condition became more severe.\n\nAt the same time scientists looked for clues in blood samples - measuring a substance called neurofilament light chain (NFL) - released from damaged brain cells.\n\nThey found levels of the brain protein were high in people with Huntington's disease and were even elevated in people who carried the gene for Huntington's disease but were many years away from showing any symptoms.\n\nAnd researchers found NFL levels rose as the condition worsened and as people's brains shrank over time.\n\nDr Edward Wild, at UCL, said: \"Neurofilament light chain has the potential to serve as a speedometer in Huntington's disease, since a single blood test reflects how quickly the brain is changing.\n\n\"We have been trying to identify blood biomarkers to help track the progression of Huntington's disease for well over a decade and this is the best candidate we have seen so far.\"\n\nResearchers suggest it could be more rapid and cheaper than current methods of measuring the progress of the disease, such as invasive tests of spinal fluid and brain scans.\n\nAnd they say the blood test could be particularly helpful when checking if new treatments show any signs of being able halt the progress of the condition.\n\nCommenting in the Lancet Neurology, Prof Christopher Ross and Prof Jee Bang of John Hopkins University described the study as \"remarkable\".\n\nThey added: \"The study represents a major advance in the field of Huntington's disease and neurodegeneration in general…\"\n\nBut they cautioned that it was important to carry out further, larger trials to confirm the results.\n\nScientists working on the original study agreed that further experiments were needed to fully understand the pros and cons of the test, before it could be of any help to patients.\n\nCath Stanley, chief executive of Hungtington's Disease Association, said: \"This is a ground breaking piece of research that takes nearer to having a better understanding about Huntington's disease.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the forecast for Monday and Tuesday, and lists the parts of the UK which saw the most snow on Sunday.", "Survivors are calling for a more central role in the inquiry\n\nIt is hoped the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will give \"some measure of closure\" to survivors and the bereaved, its lead counsel says.\n\nRichard Millett said hearing their voices was of \"great importance\".\n\nBut Michael Mansfield QC, representing some of the 71 victims, called for a diverse panel to sit alongside the chairman, Sir Martin Moore-Bick.\n\nHe said there was a \"distinct feeling today that those people most affected have not been included\".\n\nHe told Sir Martin: \"You yourself cannot be expected to reflect the diversity.... no one person could do that.\"\n\nSpeaking at the start of procedural hearings at Holborn Bars in London, Mr Mansfield said a broader panel would help the victims' families to \"respond and engage\" with the inquiry.\n\nSir Martin suggested creating \"a consultative panel\" instead, able to advise, but not make decisions in the inquiry.\n\nMr Mansfield said that \"would help, but... wouldn't quite solve\" the problem.\n\nSir Martin was warned that he would have to do more to win the victim's trust.\n\nSam Stein, another lawyer representing some victims said: \"The gaining of trust from survivors of a tragedy of this magnitude, whose lives have been broken and ruined by the very state that appointed you, is not easy and it will take time.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating offences including manslaughter, corporate manslaughter, misconduct in public office and breaches of fire safety regulations in relation to the fire, the inquiry heard.\n\nThe force has already gathered 31 million documents and 2,500 physical exhibits. Some 1,144 witnesses have given statements and 383 companies are part of the investigation.\n\nThe inquiry plans to deliver an interim report into the fire's causes and the emergency response by next autumn.\n\nAhead of the start of the hearings, it emerged that six months on from the fire, only 42 of the 208 families who needed rehousing after the fire have so far been moved to permanent homes.\n\nMohammed Rasoul and his family - including two young children and his 86-year-old father, who has dementia - are still living in a hotel room.\n\n\"You feel like you're a prisoner living in here,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nSpeaking about the inquiry, Mr Rasoul was pessimistic, saying: \"I personally have lost confidence in our justice system. I hope they can prove me wrong but it doesn't look like people are going to be held accountable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThree days after the fire, the prime minister twice stated - unprompted - in a BBC interview that all those affected would be rehoused within three weeks.\n\nBut last week, survivors' group Grenfell United said 118 families would still be in emergency accommodation or staying with friends over Christmas.\n\nIt said a further 48 households had accepted offers for permanent housing - but have still not been moved in, leaving them in temporary accommodation.\n\nElizabeth Campbell, leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, said \"an army of people\" had been working to get people rehoused.\n\n\"We have been buying homes in this part of London at a rate of about two a day.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour councillor Paul Mason accused Kensington and Chelsea of not caring about those left homeless\n\nShe said \"every family\" in a hotel had been offered \"alternative accommodation\" - but many had refused \"for perfectly understandable reasons\".\n\nAs the inquiry begins, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced its own investigation examining whether authorities failed in their legal obligations to residents.\n\nIt will also look at whether the government has adequately investigated the fire - including looking into the public inquiry - and expects to conclude its work in April.\n\nOn Monday the inquiry heard from several other lawyers who called for a panel to be appointed to support Sir Martin.\n\nPete Weatherby, who represents 73 individuals, said: \"Our clients are all different, they are young and old, men and women, they are of diverse heritage.\n\n\"Most of my clients are Muslim, they need an inquiry that understands their experience as much as possible.\"\n\nHe also raised concerns that companies involved may \"not act with candour\" and may become \"defensive\", and said this was delaying the release of documents to survivors and families.\n\nAnother representative of survivors, Danny Friedman QC, said people wanted the inquiry \"to be a proud and positive example of justice and equality in 21st Century Britain\".\n\nHowever, the families denied that they were trying to \"hijack\" the process by putting themselves on the panel.\n\nInstead, they believe panel members can be found with expertise in the wider social issues at stake, to give the inquiry a broader view.\n\nAdel Chaoui, who lost his cousin and her family, said: \"What we're asking for is reasonable and proportionate - particularly given that past inquiries have had a panel. We're being asked to accept a single point of judgement.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. University student Ryan Archer's love of gaming spiralled into gambling when he was 15\n\nThousands of children and young people are losing money on websites which allow them to trade virtual items, gambling experts have warned.\n\nThe Gambling Commission's annual report has, for the first time, looked at the problem of so-called \"skin betting\".\n\nThe items won - usually modified guns or knives within a video game known as a skin - can often be sold and turned back into real money.\n\nThe commission says cracking down on the industry is now a top priority.\n\nExperts say third party websites enable children to gamble the virtual weapons - or skins - on casino or slot machine type games, offering them the chance to generate real money.\n\nOverall, the report shows that around 370,000 11-16 year-olds spent their own money on gambling in the past week, in England, Scotland and Wales.\n\nMost commonly, children were using fruit machines, National Lottery scratch cards or placing private bets.\n\nBangor University student Ryan Archer's love of gaming spiralled into gambling when he was 15 and he became involved in skin betting.\n\nFour years later he has lost more than £2,000.\n\n\"I'd get my student loan, some people spend it on expensive clothes, I spend it on gambling virtual items,\" he said.\n\n\"There have been points where I could struggle to buy food, because this takes priority.\"\n\nRyan wanted to build an inventory of skins, but when he could not afford the price tag attached to some of them he began gambling on unlicensed websites to try to raise money.\n\nHe said: \"It's hard to ask your parents for £1,000 to buy a knife on CSGO (the multiplayer first-person shooter game Counter Strike: Global Offensive), it's a lot easier to ask for a tenner and then try and turn that into £1,000.\"\n\nIn CSGO, players can exchange real money for the chance to obtain a modified weapon known as a skin and a number of gambling websites have been built around the game.\n\n\"You wouldn't see an 11-year-old go into a betting shop, but you can with this, there's nothing to stop you,\" Ryan said.\n\nSkins modify the look of a gun\n\nSkins are collectable, virtual items in video games that change the appearance of a weapon - for example, turning a pistol into a golden gun.\n\nSometimes skins can be earned within a game, but they can also be bought with real money.\n\nSome games also let players trade and sell skins, with rarer examples attracting high prices.\n\nA number of websites let players gamble with their skins for the chance to win more valuable ones.\n\nSince skins won on such a website could theoretically be sold and turned back into real-world money, critics say betting with skins is unlicensed gambling.\n\nSarah Harrison, chief executive of the Gambling Commission, said: \"Because of these unlicensed skin betting sites, the safeguards that exist are not being applied and we're seeing examples of really young people, 11 and 12-year-olds, who are getting involved in skin betting, not realising that it's gambling.\n\n\"At one level they are running up bills perhaps on their parents' Paypal account or credit card, but the wider effect is the introduction and normalisation of this kind of gambling among children and young people.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the Gambling Commission for the first time prosecuted people for running an unlicensed gambling website connected to a video game.\n\nCraig Douglas, a prominent gamer known as Nepenthez, and his business partner Dylan Rigby, were fined £91,000 ($112,000) and £164,000 respectively after admitting offences under the UK's Gambling Act.\n\nThe men ran a website called FUT Galaxy that was connected to the Fifa video game and let gamers gamble virtual currency.\n\nMs Harrison said the regulator was prepared to take criminal action, but said the \"huge issue\" also required help from parents, game platform providers and payment providers.\n\nSome games providers have put more safeguards in place, but many of the sites are based abroad.\n\nVicky Shotbolt, from the group Parentzone said: \"It's a huge emerging issue that's getting bigger and bigger, but parents aren't even thinking about it.\n\n\"When we talk to people about skin gambling, we normally get a look of complete confusion.\"\n\nShe called on regulators to take more action over the issue.", "Protests in the Lebanese capital Beirut against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel have turned ugly again, with youths throwing stones at the US embassy.\n\nThe BBC's Martin Patience reports from the scene as police use tear gas to disperse the crowd.", "Aaron Reilly (left) and Joshua Brock and were found unconscious at the Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth\n\nTributes have been paid to two 19-year-old men who died after apparently taking drugs at a nightclub.\n\nAaron Reilly and Joshua Brock were found unconscious at Pryzm in Plymouth in the early hours of Saturday,\n\nThe teenagers, who police said thought they were taking ecstasy, died later in hospital.\n\nThe club was evacuated and an 18-year-old man was arrested by Devon and Cornwall Police. He has been released under investigation, the force said.\n\nThe family of Mr Reilly, from Newton Abbot, described him as \"a much-loved son, brother, grandson and boyfriend\" who loved skateboarding and playing computer games.\n\nHis younger brother Kian said: \"My brother was one of the most responsible people I ever knew and everything he achieved I was so proud of, but I was so envious of his talent.\n\n\"I can't believe he was taken from me and my family from one silly mistake, just trying to have fun on a night out with his best mates.\"\n\nHundreds of young people had been attending a gig by the Swedish dance artist Basshunter when the pair collapsed\n\nMr Brock, from Okehampton, was described as \"a loving son to Steve and Sandra, an inspirational brother to Liam and Demelza and a loyal mate to all his friends\".\n\n\"Joshua was in his third year studying for a diploma in aircraft engineering at the Flybe Training Academy in Exeter when his life was cut short,\" the family said in a statement.\n\n\"He was the kindest, most helpful person you could hope to meet and had a great sense of humour.\n\n\"His main hobby was keeping fit and eating healthily, so what happened that night is so totally out of character as he was always against drug taking in any shape or form. One moment of madness led to this tragedy.\"\n\nOn Saturday, the nightclub described the deaths as \"tragic and very sad\", adding that staff were co-operating with the police investigation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fire crews were called to the scene on Jackson Street at about 05:00 GMT\n\nThree children have died in a house fire in Salford, while a three-year-old is said to be in a critical condition.\n\nA 14-year-old girl, named locally as Demi Pearson, was declared dead at the scene, while an eight-year-old boy and a girl aged seven died in hospital.\n\nTheir mother, named as Michelle Pearson, 35, is in a serious condition.\n\nFour people have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the fire, which broke out at the house in Jackson Street, Walkden, at about 05:00 GMT.\n\nMs Pearson has been heavily sedated and has not yet been told that her children are dead, a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson said.\n\nThree men, aged 18, 20 and 23, and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody for questioning.\n\nA 24-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nGMP confirmed it had had very recent contact with the family and had visited the house in the hours before the blaze.\n\nThe case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nThe roads around Jackson Street have been cordoned off\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller said what had happened was \"the murder, using fire, of three children and we have a three-year-old girl fighting for her life\".\n\nHe said officers were \"keeping an open mind\" over whether the tragedy was related to organised crime.\n\nAppealing for any information \"no matter how small\", he added the deaths would \"devastate this family forever\".\n\nNeighbour Susan Smith said she saw the children being carried to the ambulances\n\nNeighbour Susan Smith said she heard \"people screaming and shouting and then I opened the bathroom window and it was just like if you can imagine an orange cloud and a bang and fireballs coming from the house\".\n\nShe said paramedics were \"pulling up outside our house and they were carrying the children to the ambulances\".\n\nThe four children, their mother and one other person were taken to hospital.\n\nTwo boys, aged 16, who were also in the house, were described as \"walking wounded\".\n\nIt is understood one of the boys is a family member, while the other is not related.\n\nPolice are treating the fire as suspicious\n\nGreater Manchester Fire Service said crews rescued five people when they arrived on the scene, while two people had already got out of the house.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded\n\nA man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City's main bus terminal.\n\n\"Terrorists won't win,\" Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday.\n\nThe suspect, Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, was injured by a \"low-tech explosive device\" strapped to his body, officials say.\n\nThree other people suffered minor wounds when it blew up in an underpass.\n\nA photo circulating on social media shows a man, said to be Akayed Ullah, lying on the ground with his clothes ripped and lacerations on his upper body.\n\nMayor De Blasio said he was believed to have acted alone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. NYC police commissioner: 'Suspect has burns and wounds to body'\n\nNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: \"This is New York. The reality is that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom.\n\n\"We have the Statue of Liberty in our harbour and that makes us an international target.\"\n\nThe explosion occurred at about 07:30 (12:30 GMT). Andre Rodriguez, 62, told the New York Times: \"I was going through the turnstile. It sounded like an explosion, and everybody started running.\"\n\nAnother eyewitness, Alicja Wlodkowski, told Reuters news agency that she had seen a group of about 60 people running. \"A woman fell. And nobody even went to stop and help her because the panic was so scary,\" she said.\n\nNearby subway stations were evacuated, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal temporarily shut.\n\nIt is the biggest and busiest bus terminal in the world, serving more than 65 million people a year.\n\nThe suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn is being searched, the New York Times reports.\n\nHe may have been recently working at an electrical company, according to the New York Post.\n\nMr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011. The Bangladeshi government said he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September.\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders claimed that if Mr Trump's proposed immigration crackdown had already been in place, \"the attacker would have never been allowed to come into the country\".\n\n\"This attack underscores the need for Congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that enhance our national security and public safety,\" she added during a daily news briefing on Monday.\n\nSeveral blocks of the city have been cordoned off\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Spectrum News NY1 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Megan Bannister was found lifeless on the back seat of a crashed car\n\nThe best friend of a teenager who died after taking drugs has called for a law to oblige people to seek help for someone they know is dangerously ill.\n\nSixteen-year-old Megan Bannister died while in a car driven by the men who had supplied the drugs.\n\nJason Burder, 29, and Adam King, 28, were jailed for supplying MDMA but cleared of her manslaughter.\n\nLouis King said he wanted a new law that could see people prosecuted for failing to call an ambulance.\n\n\"I was angry, I felt that Megan had not had any justice,\" he added.\n\nLouis King says Jason Burder and Adam King's sentences were not long enough\n\nLouis said Megan's death \"counted as an aggravating factor to the drugs charges but I don't think [the sentence] was anywhere near long enough\".\n\nWhat happened has prompted him to call for a change in the law.\n\n\"They gave her these drugs and then they recorded her having a completely different reaction to what they were having,\" he said\n\n\"They should have known something was wrong with her, they did know and they did nothing about it.\n\n\"It's their fault she is gone, they took away her chance of having any help.\"\n\nLouis said Burder and King \"showed none of the kindness she showed to friends, they just treated her like trash\".\n\nJason Burder (left) was jailed for eight and a half years and Adam King was sentenced to four and a half years\n\nMegan was found lying in the back of a Vauxhall Astra which had crashed near Enderby, Leicestershire, on 14 May.\n\nTheir trial heard Burder and King had given Megan ecstasy, then filmed her bad reaction.\n\nThe men, both from Leicester, then drove around buying beer and calling escorts while the teenager was left to die.\n\nThey were acquitted of manslaughter as it was unclear that their failure to seek medical help had caused Megan's death.\n\nBurder was jailed for eight and a half years and King for four and a half years.\n\nKirsten Bannister said her family's lives had been ruined\n\nLouis has started an online petition to try to have the idea debated in Parliament.\n\nMegan's sister Kirsten, who is backing the move, said she missed her sister every day.\n\n\"Megan was caring, kind and beautiful,\" she added.\n\n\"We are taking each day as it comes and we are lucky to have a big family and a big support network.\n\n\"But our lives are ruined, they will never be the same again.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Compare the temperature where you are with more than 50 cities around the world, including some of the hottest and coldest inhabited places. Enter your location or postcode in the search box to see your result.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United manager Jose Mourinho had water and milk thrown at him and Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta suffered a cut head during a post-match row.\n\nUnited were upset at what they viewed as an excessive City reaction to Sunday's 2-1 win at Old Trafford, which sent them 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League.\n\nCity's players celebrated in front of their fans after the final whistle and coaching staff tried to persuade manager Pep Guardiola to join them, but he refused.\n\nAfter the players headed down the tunnel, it is understood Mourinho made his feelings known outside the visitors' dressing room as he made his way to post-match interviews.\n\nThe City camp reacted, with Brazil goalkeeper Ederson and Mourinho exchanging words angrily in Portuguese - but Mourinho carried out his post-match media engagements as normal and made no mention of it.\n\nArteta was left with a cut after he was hit by a plastic drinks bottle, but it is not known who threw it and sources from both clubs say no punches were thrown during the incident.\n• None The incident started when Mourinho responded to what he perceived to be over the top celebrations.\n• None The row took place outside the visitors' dressing room, the door to which was open. It was noisy but lasted no more than two minutes.\n• None A one-pint milk carton - which had been left in the City dressing room for tea and coffee - was thrown at Mourinho. The United manager did not get splattered but a member of his staff was.\n• None After the row, the Portuguese went into the referees' room, which is opposite the visitors' dressing room, and then to the tunnel to do his post-match interviews.\n• None Players from both sides were talking to each other normally after they had got changed.\n\nThe Football Association announced on Monday that it will seek observations from both clubs in relation to the incident with the clubs having until 13 December to respond.\n\nThe referee, Michael Oliver, did not see the incident and did not include it in his report of the match.\n\nIn October 2004, then United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was hit by pizza thrown by Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas after a bad-tempered encounter between the sides at Old Trafford.\n\nIn the build-up to Sunday's Premier League game, City were irritated when United denied them permission to use cameras to gather footage for their £10m behind-the-scenes documentary.\n\nThe Old Trafford club said there was not enough room because of the number of rights holders wanting to attend the game.\n• None City beat United to become first team to win 14 straight English top-flight games in one season\n• None We won because he played better - Guardiola\n\nIn his pre-match news conference - and again on Sunday - Mourinho said he did not think he would be allowed to make to make a political statement on the touchline like Guardiola.\n\nThe City boss has recently worn a yellow ribbon - a symbol of protest against the imprisonment of pro-independence politicians in the Spanish region of Catalonia.\n\nMourinho also suggested on Friday that City players go to ground too easily, saying: \"A little bit of wind and they fall.\"\n\nHowever, on Sunday United midfielder Ander Herrera was booked for diving in the second half when he went down in the box under challenge from Nicolas Otamendi - though his Portuguese boss was adamant his side should have been awarded a penalty.", "Venezuelans look for their names on electoral rolls before voting in Sunday's mayoral polls\n\nVenezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, says the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election.\n\nHe said only parties which took part in Sunday's mayoral polls would be able to contest the presidency.\n\nLeaders from the Justice First, Popular Will and Democratic Action parties boycotted the vote because they said the electoral system was biased.\n\nPresident Maduro insists the Venezuelan system is entirely trustworthy.\n\nIn a speech on Sunday, he said the opposition parties had \"disappeared from the political map\".\n\n\"A party that has not participated today and has called for the boycott of the elections can't participate anymore,\" he said.\n\nIn October, the three main opposition parties announced they would be boycotting Sunday's vote, saying it only served what they called President Maduro's dictatorship.\n\nPresident Maduro says his party won more than 300 of the 335 mayoral races being contested. The election board put turn out at 47%.\n\nVenezuela has been mired in a worsening economic crisis characterised by shortages of basic goods and soaring inflation.\n\nMr Maduro's pronouncement is designed to provoke the opposition. Especially since he justified the move saying it was a condition set out by the National Constituent Assembly - a body that the opposition refuses to recognise because they say it is undemocratic.\n\nMr Maduro has lost popularity because of the worsening economic crisis. In the face of criticism, his strategy has been one of \"divide and conquer\" - find ways of weakening the opposition to make them less of a threat.\n\nAnd he hs succeeded - he has imprisoned some of the most popular opposition leaders like Leopoldo López. He has prevented others like Henrique Capriles from running for office. And now this threat - banning the most influential parties from taking part in future elections. The opposition is in crisis and Mr Maduro is gloating.\n\nMr Maduro said he was following the criteria set by the National Constituent Assembly in banning opposition parties from contesting next year's election.\n\nBut the assembly, which came into force in August and has the ability to rewrite the constitution, is made up exclusively of government loyalists. Opposition parties see it as a way for the president to cling to power.\n\nThe presidential vote had been scheduled for December 2018, but analysts say it could now be brought forward.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Your video guide to the crisis gripping Venezuela\n\nVenezuela, in the north of South America, is home to more than 30 million people. It has some of the world's largest oil deposits as well as huge quantities of coal and iron ore.\n\nDespite its rich natural resources many Venezuelans live in poverty. This led President Maduro's predecessor, Hugo Chávez, to style himself as a champion of the poor during his 14 years in office.\n\nNow the country is starkly divided between supporters of President Maduro and those who want an end to the Socialist Party's 18 years in government.\n\nSupporters of Mr Maduro say his party has lifted many people out of poverty, but critics say it has eroded Venezuela's democratic institutions and mismanaged its economy.", "The man suspected of trying to bomb New York City's main bus terminal is 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, according to New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill.\n\nHe was wearing an \"improvised, low-tech, explosive device attached to his body\", which he detonated intentionally, Mr O'Neill said.\n\nThe bomber suffered burns and other wounds and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.\n\nMr Ullah came from Chittagong, Bangladesh, and entered the US with his parents and siblings in 2011 on an immigrant visa, according to CBS News.\n\nBangladesh is not one of the six countries affected by President Trump's travel ban.\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Mr Ullah had entered the US on an F43 visa. This means he was the child of someone with an F41 visa, which is available to people who are the \"brother or sister of a US citizen at least 21 years old\".\n\nMr Trump has proposed eliminating so-called chain migration, which is when US immigrants legally bring family members into the country.\n\nMr Ullah was inspired by the Islamic State group but had no direct contact with it, law enforcement officials in the US told the Associated Press news agency.\n\nHe said he had been motivated by US air strikes on IS targets in Syria and elsewhere, the New York Times reports.\n\nHe told police investigators he had been inspired by Christmas terror attacks in Europe and selected the Port Authority bus terminal after seeing a number of festive posters on the subway walls.\n\nMr Ullah was a permanent US resident, living in Brooklyn, New York City.\n\nPolice in Bangladesh say he last visited that country on 8 September.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded\n\nHe lived in the same apartment building as his brother whom he recently worked with at an electrical company close to Port Authority, police said.\n\nThe New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission told CNN that Mr Ullah had held a taxi driver's licence from March 2012 to March 2015.\n\nHowever, he did not drive a New York yellow taxi or work for Uber.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. NYC police commissioner: \"Suspect has burns and wounds to body\"\n\nThe Inspector General of Police in Bangladesh, AKM Shahidul Haque, said Mr Ullah had had no criminal record in the country.\n\nBangladesh police are continuing to investigate Mr Ullah's background, police said.\n\nMr Ullah has, up to now, also held a clean record in the US, with just traffic violations cited by the police.", "Ms Wasim shared her experience on her Instagram account, which has almost 400,000 followers\n\nPolice have arrested an Indian man accused of molesting a Bollywood actress on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai on Sunday.\n\nZaira Wasim, 17, said a \"middle-aged man\" sitting behind her had repeatedly moved his foot up and down her neck and back while she was \"half-asleep\".\n\nShe documented the incident on Instagram and tried to film the man but said it was too dark to see his face.\n\nIndian media reports said that the man had been identified with help from the airline, Air Vistara.\n\nMs Wasim had accused the airline of not doing anything to help her when she raised the issue, but did not file an official complaint against them.\n\nShe posted about the incident on her Instagram account early on Sunday. \"I was sure of it,\" she wrote. He kept nudging my shoulder and continued to move his foot up and down my back and neck.\"\n\nShe said she blamed the turbulence at first but was later woken by the man's foot touching her neck.\n\nMs Wasim shared a video of herself after the flight, in which she was visibly upset. \"This is terrible,\" she said. \"No one will help up if we don't decide to help ourselves.\"\n\nMs Wasim made her acting debut in Dangal last year.\n\nZaira Wasim made her acting debut in Dangal, the top grossing Bollywood movie of all time\n\nShe was awarded the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement earlier this year by India's President Ram Nath Kovind.\n\nAir Vistara said on Twitter that staff had not become aware of the incident until the plane was on its descent to Mumbai but it apologised for what Ms Wasim had experienced.\n\n\"We have zero tolerance for such behaviour,\" its statement read.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Vistara This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn recent months, a growing number of women have spoken out about their experiences of sexual harassment.\n\nIt followed a campaign encouraging victims to share their stories of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour under the #metoo hashtag.", "Max Clifford had been serving an eight-year jail sentence for sex offences\n\nDisgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital, aged 74, after collapsing in prison.\n\nClifford collapsed in his cell at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire on Thursday and again on Friday, his daughter said. He was taken to hospital where he suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nHe had been serving an eight-year sentence for historical sex offences.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said as with all deaths in custody, there would an investigation by the ombudsman.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Our condolences are with Mr Clifford's family at this difficult time.\"\n\nHis daughter Louise, 46, had told the Mail on Sunday that Clifford first collapsed in his cell on Thursday when he was trying to clean it, adding: \"It was just too much.\"\n\nShe said he collapsed again the next day and was unconscious for several minutes, and after seeing a nurse was transferred to a local hospital where he suffered a cardiac arrest on Friday.\n\nDuring his trial he accused his victims of being fantasists\n\nThe Ministry of Justice confirmed Clifford died in hospital on 10 December.\n\nIn May 2014, Clifford was jailed after being convicted of eight historical indecent assaults on women and young girls under Operation Yewtree - the Met Police investigation set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.\n\nDuring this trial, evidence was heard about Clifford's manipulative behaviour, including how he promised to boost the careers of aspiring models and actresses in return for sexual favours.\n\nAfter his convictions, he continued to protest his innocence.\n\nThe Court of Appeal was due to hear his case appealing against his sentence in the New Year.\n\nClifford's lawyer, John Szepietowski, said his death meant there were a number of unresolved legal issues.\n\nHe said Clifford had been suing News International and Mirror Group Newspapers for allegedly hacking his phone.\n\nHis daughter Louise supported him through his trial\n\nThe lawyer also said Clifford was being sued by a number of women who claimed he had sexually assaulted them.\n\nMr Szepietowski said his legal team would meet in the coming days to decide whether Clifford's criminal appeal case should continue.\n\nHe said Clifford had been receiving legal aid for the appeal, after being declared bankrupt earlier this year and having to sell his Surrey home to pay his debts.\n\nDuring his long career as a publicist, Clifford, who started his own company at 27, looked after press and publicity for a mixed range of clients such as Marlon Brando, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali and Jade Goody.\n\nHe claimed he had helped to launch the career of The Beatles by sending press releases about their debut single, Love Me Do, when record company bosses were unsure about the group's potential.\n\nHigh-profile clients came to him because of his connections in the tabloid press - while journalists turned to Clifford to provide stories.\n\nHowever, after 50 years in the showbiz industry allegations against him began to emerge.\n\nIn a Facebook post following the announcement that Clifford had died, former X Factor winner Steve Brookstein, claimed Clifford had \"orchestrated a media hate campaign\" against him.\n• None The rise and fall of Max Clifford\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The mesh implants are used to ease incontinence and to support organs\n\nOne of the world's biggest medical companies failed to tell doctors and patients of the full extent of some of the risks posed by mesh implants.\n\nA BBC Panorama investigation has seen documents that show one of Ethicon's own in-house doctors warned it had not updated information on complications.\n\nIt said doctors were informed of the risks and that the company cared deeply about patient safety.\n\nOver the past 20 years, more than 100,000 women across the UK have had transvaginal mesh implants, which are used to treat prolapse and incontinence, often after childbirth.\n\nThe vast majority of women suffer no side effects but others have reported chronic and debilitating pain, with some being left unable to walk.\n\nThe plastic meshes, which are made of polypropylene - the same material used to make certain drinks bottles - are used to support organs such as the vagina, uterus, bowel, bladder or urethra which have prolapsed.\n\nThe Panorama investigation obtained insider emails that show Ethicon was warned repeatedly by one of their own in-house doctors, about the risks of mesh.\n\nIn 2008, Ethicon's associate medical director wrote to managers at the company with her concerns about the fact the information provided by Ethicon to surgeons had not been updated since 2005.\n\nShe said \"post-market knowledge\" of the products had provided much more information than was given to doctors.\n\nEthicon's own in-house doctor advised updating the information for users\n\nThe associate medical director recommended updating the \"potential adverse reactions\" section of the Instructions for Use (IFUs) for all types of TVTs (tension-free vaginal tape) it had on the market at the time.\n\nIn January 2009, she wrote again to say the information for doctors had not been updated and still referred to several complications as \"transitory\".\n\n\"From what I see each day, these patient experiences are not 'transitory' at all,\" she wrote.\n\nClaire Daisley says she is in constant pain\n\nShe struggles to walk after a simple operation to treat a weakened bladder.\n\nClaire had the mesh surgically removed but it can be difficult to take out and after the operation her pain got worse.\n\nShe now faces having her bowel removed.\n\n\"I don't want to be here any more,\" she said.\n\n\"That's how far it's taken me because sometimes you don't know if you can take the next day.\"\n\nShe is one of 501 women in Scotland now taking legal action.\n\nDr Agur addressed the Scottish Parliament on the issue of mesh implants\n\nDr Wael Agur, a consultant urogynaecologist, told Panorama that the information for use leaflet was vital for doctors.\n\n\"It's so important for me as a surgeon to understand full the risks of a medical device I'm about to implant during a surgical procedure and my first resource would be the instructions for use,\" he said.\n\n\"I would expect the manufacturer to have a comprehensive list of the adverse events and the risks within the instructions for use so I fully understand these and communicate them.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Ethicon said: \"The risks associated with the use of a permanent mesh implant were properly identified in Ethicon's Instructions for Use (IFUs).\"\n\nDocuments seen by Panorama also show that the clinical testing of the vaginal tape TVT Secur before it was put on the market only included trials in sheep and five weeks' monitoring in 31 women.\n\nCarl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, said: \"It's just unacceptable and outrageous.\n\n\"It just blatantly says we don't care about patients. We don't care about safety, we just want to get out and start making money.\"\n\nClaire Daisley struggles to walk after surgery to remove the mesh\n\nEthicon said that it empathised with those women who had suffered complications but said the company had always had the best interests of patients at heart.\n\nThe firm said that all pelvic floor surgery came with a risk and that millions of women had benefited from having treatment for incontinence and prolapse.\n\nMillions of women around the world have had transvaginal mesh implants.\n\nFor the vast majority, the surgery has been a success but thousands of women have suffered devastating consequences as a result of mesh surgery.\n\nIn some cases the damage is irreversible.\n\nMore than 100,000 women around the world are now suing the manufacturers, including Ethicon.\n\nThat includes more than 1,000 women in the UK - many of whom are also taking legal action against the NHS who they will claim failed to inform them of the potential risks.\n\nFigures compiled for Panorama show that more than 6,000 women in the UK have had mesh surgery removals in the past decade.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC forecaster Philip Avery says temperatures will plunge below zero overnight\n\nFreezing conditions are continuing to affect parts of the UK, as forecasters warn it could be facing the coldest night of the year.\n\nA fourth day of wintry weather has caused widespread disruption, affecting flights, trains and ferries.\n\nYellow Met Office warnings for snow and ice have been extended until 11:00 GMT on Tuesday. Forecasters are predicting temperatures could hit -15C (5F).\n\nHundreds of schools are to stay closed for a second successive day on Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office's weather warning covers Wales, Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, the Midlands, London and the South East of England.\n\nClear skies overnight could lead temperatures to drop lowest in Wales and central England.\n\nA low of -11.6C (11F) was recorded on Sunday night in Chillingham Barns, Northumberland, although Saturday was the coldest night of the year so far, reaching -12.4C.\n\nBBC weather forecaster Steve Cleaton said hazardous conditions would continue in the coming days, although there would be less snow than at the weekend.\n\n\"A perishingly cold night is expected as we move through Monday evening into Tuesday, with another widespread and severe frost, and temperatures plummeting to below -10C across any snowfields,\" he said.\n\nOver 350 schools in the West Midlands are to close for another day, while in Wales about 180 schools so far have said they will shut.\n\nMore than 1,000 schools didn't open on Monday - nearly 600 of those were in Wales.\n\nThis snowy Monday commute was on the A21 in Hastings\n\nA car turns around after a fallen tree blocks the A40 near Sennybridge, Wales, on Sunday\n\nMeanwhile, a trackside fire at London Waterloo added to the delays, causing major disruption to journeys to and from the station.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 1,000 homes are still without power after 140,000 were cut off on Sunday.\n\nWestern Power Distribution said 900 homes were still cut off, including more than 700 in the West Midlands.\n\nScottish and Southern Electricity Networks said 750 remained cut off in Oxfordshire.\n\nSunset over the Chiltern Hills on Monday afternoon\n\nWootton by Woodstock Primary is one of at least 183 schools in Oxfordshire which are closed\n\nSnow on the coast at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear on Monday morning\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experiences with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of trespass at Buckingham Palace.\n\nPolice said the man had stepped over a low perimeter fence and was trying to climb an outer wall on Sunday evening.\n\nHe was not found to be carrying a weapon and the incident is not being treated as terrorist related. He has been released on conditional bail.\n\nHe was also held on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance but faces no further action over this.", "Fans dressed as famous film characters at a Comic Con Arabia event in Riyadh last month\n\nSaudi Arabia has announced it will lift a ban on commercial cinemas that has lasted more than three decades.\n\nThe ministry of culture and information said it would begin issuing licences immediately and that the first cinemas were expected to open in March 2018.\n\nThe measure is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 social and economic reform programme.\n\nThe conservative Muslim kingdom had cinemas in the 1970s, but clerics persuaded authorities to close them.\n\nAs recently as January, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al al-Sheikh reportedly warned of the \"depravity\" of cinemas, saying they would corrupt morals if allowed.\n\nSaudi Arabia's royal family and religious establishment adhere to an austere form of Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism, and Islamic codes of behaviour and dress are strictly enforced.\n\nA statement issued by the culture ministry on Monday said the decision to license cinemas was \"central to the government's programme to encourage an open and rich domestic culture for Saudis\".\n\n\"This marks a watershed moment in the development of the cultural economy in the Kingdom,\" Culture Minister Awwad Alawwad said.\n\n\"Opening cinemas will act as a catalyst for economic growth and diversification; by developing the broader cultural sector we will create new employment and training opportunities, as well as enriching the kingdom's entertainment options.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A young crown prince is shaping change in the Saudi kingdom.\n\nThe ministry said the move would open up a domestic market of more than 32 million people and that it anticipated there would be more than 300 cinemas with 2,000 screens by 2030.\n\nVision 2030, unveiled by the 32-year-old crown prince last year, aims to increase household spending on cultural and entertainment activities in the oil-dependent kingdom from 2.9% to 6% by 2030.\n\n\"It is a beautiful day in #SaudiArabia!\" wrote the Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour‏ on Twitter following the announcement.\n\nUS hip hop artist Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb Khaled will perform in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Thursday, though the event is open to men only.\n\nHiba Tawaji became the first female musician to perform at a concert in Saudi Arabia last week\n\nIn September, King Salman announced that women would be permitted to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time from June 2018 - another move opposed by clerics,\n\nAnd at an economic conference attended by foreign investors the following month, Prince Mohammed declared that Saudi Arabia would once again be \"a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions, traditions and people\".\n\nSeventy per cent of the Saudi population were under 30 and they wanted a \"life in which our religion translates to tolerance, to our traditions of kindness \", he said.\n\nHe insisted Saudi Arabia \"was not like this before 1979\", when there was an Islamic revolution in Iran and militants occupied Mecca's Grand Mosque. Afterwards, public entertainment was banned and clerics were given more control over public life.\n\nPrince Mohammed has also cracked down on dissent and launched an anti-corruption drive that has seen hundreds of people, among them senior princes and prominent businessmen, detained and offered pardons in exchange for financial settlements with the state.", "Mr Putin announced the move at the Russian Hmeimim airbase in Syria\n\nRussia has begun withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday.\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin ordered the partial withdrawal during an unannounced visit to Syria on Monday.\n\nRussian support has been crucial in turning the tide of Syria's civil war in favour of government forces, led by president Bashar al-Assad.\n\nWhen asked how long it would take for Russia to withdraw its military contingent, Mr Shoigu said that this would \"depend on the situation\" in Syria.\n\nThe Russian president was met by Mr al-Assad at the Russian Hmeimim airbase near Latakia.\n\nMr Putin said: \"I order the defence minister and the chief of the general staff to start withdrawing the Russian group of troops to their permanent bases,\" according to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.\n\n\"I have taken a decision: a significant part of the Russian troop contingent located in Syria is returning home to Russia,\" he added.\n\nLess than a week after announcing he will stand for re-election, Vladimir Putin flies to Syria and declares victory. Coincidence? Probably not.\n\nSignalling the end of Russia's military operation in Syria will go down well with Russian voters.\n\nElectoral concerns apart, Moscow views its two-year campaign in Syria as a success - and not only in terms of fighting international terrorism.\n\nThe Russians have succeeded in keeping a key ally, President Assad, in power. In the process, Russia has been guaranteed a long-term military presence in Syria, with its two bases Hmeimim and Tartus. Moscow has also raised its profile across the Middle East.\n\nThen there's the global stage. The operation in Syria prevented Moscow's international isolation.\n\nRussia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 had sparked Western sanctions and earned the country, in the eyes of some Western governments, the label \"pariah state\". The Syria operation forced Western leaders to sit down and negotiate with Russia's leadership.\n\nMr Putin said that if \"terrorists raise their heads again\", Russia would \"carry out such strikes on them which they have never seen\".\n\n\"We will never forget the victims and losses suffered in the fight against terror both here in Syria and also in Russia,\" he said.\n\nHe told President Assad that Russia wanted to work with Iran, the government's other key ally, and Turkey, which backs the opposition, to help bring peace to Syria.\n\nRussia has been carrying out air strikes in Syria since September 2015\n\nLast week, Mr Putin announced the \"total rout\" of jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State (IS) along the Euphrates river valley in eastern Syria.\n\nRussia launched an air campaign in Syria in September 2015 with the aim of \"stabilising\" Mr Assad's government after a series of defeats.\n\nOfficials in Moscow stressed that it would target only \"terrorists\", but activists said its strikes mainly hit mainstream rebel fighters and civilians.\n\nThe campaign has allowed pro-government forces to break the deadlock on several key battlefronts, most notably in Aleppo.\n\nThe Syrian and Russian air forces carried out daily air strikes on the rebel-held east of the city before it fell in December 2016, killing hundreds of people and destroying hospitals, schools and markets, according to UN human rights investigators.\n\nMoscow has consistently denied that its air strikes have caused any civilian deaths.\n\nHowever, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Sunday that Russian air strikes had killed 6,328 civilians, including 1,537 children.\n\nThe UK-based monitoring group has documented the deaths of 346,612 people in total since the start of the uprising against Mr Assad in 2011.", "Joshua Sutcliffe said he apologised after the student became angry\n\nA teacher who faced disciplinary action after he referred to a transgender pupil as a girl is taking his school to an employment tribunal.\n\nJoshua Sutcliffe, from Oxford, says he was investigated after he said \"well done girls\" to a group that included a student who identifies as a boy.\n\nThe 27-year-old Christian pastor is now suing the school for constructive dismissal and discrimination.\n\nThe secondary school previously said it would be \"inappropriate\" to comment.\n\nMr Sutcliffe, who teaches children aged between 11 and 18, said the incident took place on 2 November and he apologised after the pupil became angry.\n\nHe said a week-long investigation found he had \"misgendered\" the pupil and \"contravened the school's equality policy\".\n\nMr Sutcliffe claims the school has \"systematically and maliciously\" breached his rights and he had left his job as it had made it impossible for him to continue working there.\n\nIn a letter to the head teacher he wrote: \"As a Christian, I do not share your belief in the ideology of transgenderism.\n\n\"I do not believe that young children should be encouraged to self-select a 'gender' which may be different from their biological sex.\n\n\"Or that everyone at school should adjust their behaviour to accommodate such a 'transition'; or that people should be punished for lack of enthusiasm about it.\"\n\nThe maths teacher, who is also a pastor at the Christ Revelation church in Oxford, said he tried to balance his beliefs with the need to treat the pupil sensitively.\n\nHe claimed he did this by avoiding the use of gender-specific pronouns and by referring to the pupil by name.\n\nThe state academy school where he was employed said it has received indication Mr Sutcliffe proposes to take legal action against it.\n\nIt has not received formal confirmation that he has resigned, it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul McClelland was Tasered in July 2013 in a Brighton car park as he was being arrested\n\nA man suing Sussex Police after he was Tasered has told a court the incident left him anxious and suicidal.\n\nA Taser was used on Paul McClelland in July 2013 in a car park in Brighton as he was being arrested for shoplifting.\n\nA video of the arrest was passed to The Argus newspaper at the time.\n\nIn a civil case against the chief constable of Sussex, Mr McClelland is claiming the police used excessive force in carrying out the arrest. Sussex Police has rejected the claim.\n\nSophie Khan, Mr McClelland's solicitor advocate, said he was bringing the case against Chief Constable Giles York because he believed he was Tasered unreasonably when he was surrendering and moving backwards to be handcuffed.\n\nHe was arrested in Western Road, Brighton. An internal police investigation found the force had done everything correctly and there was no evidence of misconduct.\n\nMr McClelland, 42, pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer, common assault and theft at Brighton Magistrates' Court two months later, and was given a community service order.\n\nOn Monday, His Honour Judge Simpkiss, sitting at the County Court at Brighton, was shown the video of what happened.\n\nThe court was shown the situation from three different angles, as recorded by council CCTV, a body-worn police camera, and a video filmed by a passer-by.\n\nMr McLelland admitted he had been sitting on the beach drinking strong lager before the incident.\n\nBefore he was Tasered he removed his shirt and adopted a boxing stance, shouting to police: \"Come on.\"\n\nHe agreed that he would not have behaved that way had he been sober, the court heard.\n\nHe said the pain of the electric shock was like \"death\".\n\n\"You can't breathe, it takes your breath away,\" he told the court.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The first drug that can potentially correct the underlying defect that causes Huntington's disease has been taken by patients in a clinical trial.\n\nDoctors at University College London, which is leading the study, said it was an important moment in tackling the incurable condition.\n\nCurrent medication treats the symptoms, but cannot slow or prevent the progressive damage to the brain.\n\nThe Huntington's Disease Association said the trial was \"very exciting\".\n\nThe disease is caused by the brain producing a mutant protein called huntingtin which damages and ultimately kills off brain cells.\n\nAs Huntington's progresses it leads to uncontrolled movements, behaviour changes and poor cognition. Life expectancy after diagnosis can be as short as 10 years.\n\nThe drug, known as ISIS-HTT, is from an experimental class of medicines known as \"gene silencers\".\n\nThe huntingtin gene in a patient's DNA contains the instructions for building the destructive protein.\n\nThose blueprints are carried to a cell's protein-making factories and the drug effectively kills the messenger.\n\nErrors in DNA lead to the production of the mutant huntingtin protein\n\nThe trial will be led by Prof Sarah Tabrizi, the director of the Huntington's Disease Centre at University College London.\n\nShe told the BBC News website: \"It's the beginning of quite an important journey in Huntington's disease, it is clearly very early but this is a step forward.\n\n\"The preclinical work shows that if you lower production of the mutant protein then animals recover a large amount of motor function.\n\n\"Huntington's is a really terrible disease that blights families. I know a mother whose husband and three children were affected, this would have a massive impact [if it works].\"\n\nThe trial will test the drug's safety by progressively increasing the dose in 32 patients.\n\nIt will be injected into the spinal cord of patients once a month for four months and they will then be observed for a further three months.\n\nClinicians will be ensuring there are no dangerous side-effects, such as allergic reactions, as well as measuring the impact on levels of the corrupted huntingtin protein.\n\nAt the highest doses they hope to halve levels of the protein.\n\nCath Stanley, the chief executive of the Huntington's Disease Association, told the BBC News website: \"There's a lot of different trials and avenues of research, but this is the most exciting.\n\n\"People develop Huntington's disease between the age of 30 and 50 so delaying it for a few years allows people to spend more time with family in the prime of their life.\n\n\"This is the first, potential, major breakthrough in terms of delaying symptoms of Huntington's disease, it's such an exciting step forward.\"\n\nThe drug has been developed by ISIS-pharmaceuticals.\n\nIt targets strands of genetic code called messenger RNA which carry instructions for huntingtin out of a cell's nucleus.\n\nThe drug is a manufactured stretch of genetic code that is the mirror-image of the messenger RNA that binds strongly to it to neutralising it.\n\nIn the UK, 12 in every 100,000 people have the condition.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ben Rich updates the situation on the California wildfires\n\nThe most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than New York City.\n\nThe Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has consumed 230,000 acres (930 sq km) in the past week.\n\nFanned by strong winds, it has become the fifth largest wildfire in recorded state history after it grew by more than 50,000 acres in a day.\n\nResidents in coastal beach communities have been ordered to leave.\n\nSatellite imagery shows the vast Thomas Fire, north of Los Angeles, which has spread as far as the Pacific coast\n\nOn Sunday, firefighters reported that 15% of the blaze had been contained but were forced to downgrade that to 10% as it continued to spread.\n\n\"This is a menacing fire, certainly, but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control,\" Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.\n\nThousands of firefighters are working round the clock to tackle the blaze, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.\n\nThe containment operation is not only being hampered by dry winds. It is proving challenging for firefighters because of the location and mountainous terrain.\n\nFirefighters face challenging conditions to contain the Thomas fire\n\nAn analyst with the California fire protection department, Tim Chavez, said the emergency services were struggling because \"a hot interior\" was in parts practically meeting the ocean, making access difficult.\n\n\"It's just a very difficult place to fight fire,\" Mr Chavez said, adding: \"It's very dangerous and has a historical record of multiple fatalities occurring over the years.\"\n\nThe other fires hitting California are largely controlled, but 200,000 people have evacuated their homes and some 800 buildings have been destroyed since 4 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Thomas fire has the potential to be one of the worst in California's history\n\nEvacuation orders were issued overnight on Sunday for parts of Carpinteria close to Los Padres National Forest, about 100 miles (160km) northwest of Los Angeles.\n\nForecasters said wind speeds were expected to increase throughout the day, before dying down again overnight.\n\nThe local fire department tweeted pictures of a wall of flames advancing on homes on the outskirts of Carpinteria early on Sunday morning.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SBCFireInfo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA member of the emergency services in Carpinteria said he would continue working alongside his colleagues until the fire was under complete control.\n\n\"What they did last night was amazing,\" firefighter Michael Gallagher said, adding: \"They saved this entire community.\n\n\"We've been up, I'm at 29 hours straight, every other day... we are exhausted, but they're not coming off until this is done.\"\n\nMeanwhile, actor Rob Lowe, who lives in Santa Barbara, a city of close to 100,000 people, tweeted that he was praying for his town as fires closed in.\n\n\"Firefighters making brave stands. Could go either way. Packing to evacuate now,\" Lowe added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rob Lowe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCalifornia has spent the past seven days battling wildfires. Six large blazes, and other smaller ones, erupted on Monday night in southern California.\n\nThe Thomas Fire - named according to where it started, near the Thomas Aquinas College - is by far the largest of the fires.\n\nThey swept through tens of thousands of acres in a matter of hours, driven by extreme weather, including low humidity, high winds and parched ground.\n\nThe authorities issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called \"extremely critical fire weather\", while US President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency.\n\nOn Saturday, California Governor Jerry Brown described the situation as \"the new normal\" and predicted vast fires, fuelled by climate change, \"could happen every year or every few years\".\n\nSeveral firefighters have been injured, but only one person has died - a 70-year-old woman who was found dead in her car on an evacuation route.\n\nThere are also fears the blaze will seriously hit California's multi-million dollar agricultural industry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air", "Peter has Huntington's disease and his siblings Sandy and Frank also have the gene\n\nThe defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned.\n\nAn experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, safely lowered levels of toxic proteins in the brain.\n\nThe research team, at University College London, say there is now hope the deadly disease can be stopped.\n\nExperts say it could be the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years.\n\nHuntington's is one of the most devastating diseases.\n\nSome patients described it as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and motor neurone disease rolled into one.\n\nPeter Allen, 51, is in the early stages of Huntington's and took part in the trial: \"You end up in almost a vegetative state, it's a horrible end.\"\n\nHuntington's blights families. Peter has seen his mum Stephanie, uncle Keith and grandmother Olive die from it.\n\nTests show his sister Sandy and brother Frank will develop the disease.\n\nThe three siblings have eight children - all young adults, each of whom has a 50-50 chance of developing the disease.\n\nThe unstoppable death of brain cells in Huntington's leaves patients in permanent decline, affecting their movement, behaviour, memory and ability to think clearly.\n\nPeter, from Essex, told me: \"It's so difficult to have that degenerative thing in you.\n\n\"You know the last day was better than the next one's going to be.\"\n\nHuntington's is caused by an error in a section of DNA called the huntingtin gene.\n\nNormally this contains the instructions for making a protein, called huntingtin, which is vital for brain development.\n\nBut a genetic error corrupts the protein and turns it into a killer of brain cells.\n\nThe treatment is designed to silence the gene.\n\nOn the trial, 46 patients had the drug injected into the fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.\n\nThe procedure was carried out at the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.\n\nDoctors did not know what would happen. One fear was the injections could have caused fatal meningitis.\n\nBut the first in-human trial showed the drug was safe, well tolerated by patients and crucially reduced the levels of huntingtin in the brain.\n\nProf Sarah Tabrizi , from the UCL Institute of Neurology, led the trials.\n\nProf Sarah Tabrizi, the lead researcher and director of the Huntington's Disease Centre at UCL, told the BBC: \"I've been seeing patients in clinic for nearly 20 years, I've seen many of my patients over that time die.\n\n\"For the first time we have the potential, we have the hope, of a therapy that one day may slow or prevent Huntington's disease.\n\n\"This is of groundbreaking importance for patients and families.\"\n\nDoctors are not calling this a cure. They still need vital long-term data to show whether lowering levels of huntingtin will change the course of the disease.\n\nThe animal research suggests it would. Some motor function even recovered in those experiments.\n\nPeter, Sandy and Frank - as well as their partners Annie, Dermot and Hayley - have always promised their children they will not need to worry about Huntington's as there will be a treatment in time for them.\n\nPeter told the BBC: \"I'm the luckiest person in the world to be sitting here on the verge of having that.\n\n\"Hopefully that will be made available to everybody, to my brothers and sisters and fundamentally my children.\"\n\nHe, along with the other trial participants, can continue taking the drug as part of the next wave of trials.\n\nThey will set out to show whether the disease can be slowed, and ultimately prevented, by treating Huntington's disease carriers before they develop any symptoms.\n\nProf John Hardy, who was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for his work on Alzheimer's, told the BBC: \"I really think this is, potentially, the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative disease in the past 50 years.\n\n\"That sounds like hyperbole - in a year I might be embarrassed by saying that - but that's how I feel at the moment.\"\n\nThe UCL scientist, who was not involved in the research, says the same approach might be possible in other neurodegenerative diseases that feature the build-up of toxic proteins in the brain.\n\nThe protein synuclein is implicated in Parkinson's while amyloid and tau seem to have a role in dementias.\n\nOff the back of this research, trials are planned using gene-silencing to lower the levels of tau.\n\nProf Giovanna Mallucci, who discovered the first chemical to prevent the death of brain tissue in any neurodegenerative disease, said the trial was a \"tremendous step forward\" for patients and there was now \"real room for optimism\".\n\nBut Prof Mallucci, who is the associate director of UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, cautioned it was still a big leap to expect gene-silencing to work in other neurodegenerative diseases.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"The case for these is not as clear-cut as for Huntington's disease, they are more complex and less well understood.\n\n\"But the principle that a gene, any gene affecting disease progression and susceptibility, can be safely modified in this way in humans is very exciting and builds momentum and confidence in pursuing these avenues for potential treatments.\"\n\nThe full details of the trial will be presented to scientists and published next year.\n\nThe therapy was developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which said the drug had \"substantially exceeded\" expectations, and the licence has now been sold to Roche.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BAE makes the Eurofighter Typhoon at its Warton plant\n\nA £6bn deal to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar will help safeguard thousands of UK jobs.\n\nBAE Systems employs about 5,000 people in the UK to build the fighter jets, mainly at Warton in Lancashire.\n\nQatar's purchase of 24 jets includes a support and training package from BAE, with deliveries due to start in 2022.\n\nThe deal was announced in Doha by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah.\n\nMr Williamson said it was a \"massive vote of confidence, supporting thousands of British jobs and injecting billions into our economy\".\n\nAn RAF Typhoon at the Akrotiri base in Cyprus\n\nBAE chief executive Charles Woodburn said the contract, worth £5bn to the company, was the start of a long-term relationship with Qatar and its armed forces.\n\n\"This agreement is a strong endorsement of Typhoon's leading capabilities and underlines BAE Systems' long track record of working in successful partnership with our customers,\" he said.\n\nThe Typhoon entered service with the RAF in 2007 to replace the ageing Tornado fleet.\n\nAlthough the Qatar order secures the production of the Typhoon at BAE into the next decade, it will not stop the 2,000 job cuts announced in October from going ahead.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBAE has suffered amid declining military spending among major Nato members, but remains a key contractor on the world's most expensive defence programme, the US-led F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project.\n\nThe UK's deal with Qatar also includes an agreement with MBDA for Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Raytheon's Paveway IV laser-guided bomb.\n\nQatar signed a letter of intent in September to buy the 24 jets from BAE.\n\nIt is the ninth country to buy the Typhoon, with other customers including Saudi Arabia. Talks about a second batch of sales to the kingdom are ongoing.\n\nIn June countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE severed diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism.", "Ican's executive director Beatrice Fihn (right) said nuclear disaster may be a \"tantrum away\"\n\nThe world faces a \"nuclear crisis\" from a \"bruised ego\", the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) has warned in an apparent reference to US-North Korea tensions.\n\nAccepting the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday, Ican's executive director Beatrice Fihn said \"the deaths of millions may be one tiny tantrum away\".\n\n\"We have a choice, the end of nuclear weapons or the end of us,\" she added.\n\nTensions over North Korea's weapons programme have risen in recent months.\n\nThe open hostility between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership under Kim Jong-un has at times descended into personal attacks this year.\n\nSpeaking at the ceremony in Oslo, Ms Fihn said \"a moment of panic\" could lead to the \"destruction of cities and the deaths of millions of civilians\" from nuclear weapons.\n\nThe risk of such weapons being used, she added, was \"greater today than during the Cold War\".\n\nIcan, a coalition of hundreds of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), has worked for a treaty to ban the weapons.\n\nPrior to presenting the prize on Sunday, Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen offered a similar warning, saying that \"irresponsible leaders can come to power in any nuclear state\".\n\nMs Reiss-Andersen commended Ican which, she said, had succeeded in highlighting the dangers of nuclear weapons as well as trying to eradicate them.\n\nMs Reiss-Andersen also acknowledged the contributions of Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing and now an Ican campaigner.\n\nMs Thurlow, who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building at the time, said that most of her classmates, who were in the same room, were burned alive.\n\n\"Processions of ghostly figures shuffled by,\" she said on Sunday. \"Grotesquely wounded people, they were bleeding, burnt, blackened and swollen.\"\n\nMr Trump has warned that North Korea's government will be \"utterly destroyed\" if war breaks out.\n\nWhite House national security adviser HR McMaster said last week that the potential for war with North Korea was increasing every day.\n\nIn November, Pyongyang said it had tested a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching the whole of continental United States.\n\nIcan, formed in 2007 and inspired by a similar campaign to ban the use of landmines, has made it its mission to highlight the humanitarian risk of nuclear weapons.\n\nA coalition of hundreds of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the Geneva-based group helped pave the way for the introduction of a UN treaty banning the weapons, which was signed this year.\n\nWhile 122 countries backed the treaty in July, the talks were notably boycotted by the world's nine known nuclear powers and the only Nato member to discuss it, the Netherlands, voted against.\n\nOnly three countries, the Holy See, Guyana and Thailand, have so far ratified the treaty, which requires 50 ratifications to come into force.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Leeds is calling on Congress to open an inquiry into President Trump\n\nThree women who accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct have demanded a congressional inquiry.\n\nAt a New York City news conference, the trio accused Mr Trump of groping, fondling, forcibly kissing, humiliating or harassing them.\n\nThree of them - Jessica Leeds, Samantha Holvey, and Rachel Crooks - detailed their allegations shortly beforehand live on television.\n\nThe White House said the women were making \"false claims\".\n\nMonday morning's press conference was organised by Brave New Films, which last month released a documentary, 16 Women and Donald Trump, about the claims made by multiple women.\n\nMs Leeds, Ms Holvey and Ms Crooks originally went public separately with their allegations a month before last year's US presidential election.\n\nThe claims have been given a new lease of life by the harassment scandals that have engulfed high-profile public figures since October's fall of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nOn NBC News on Monday, Ms Holvey said Mr Trump had ogled her and other competitors in 2006 at the Miss USA beauty pageant, which he owned.\n\nThe former Miss North Carolina, who was 20-years-old at the time, said \"he lined all of us up\" and was \"just looking me over like I was just a piece of meat\".\n\n\"It left me feeling very gross,\" Ms Holvey told NBC host Megyn Kelly.\n\nShe later told the reporters: \"They've investigated other Congress members, so I think it only stands fair that he [Mr Trump] is investigated as well\n\n\"This isn't a partisan issue, this is, how women are treated every day.\"\n\nMs Leeds, now in her 70s, says that when she was 38 she sat next to Mr Trump in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York and he sexually assaulted her.\n\nMs Leeds said: \"He jumped all over me.\"\n\nShe said she came forward because: \"I wanted people to know what kind of person Trump really is, and what a pervert he is.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking in 2016, Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos accuses Donald Trump of 'thrusting his genitals' at her\n\nMs Crooks said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in Trump Tower when she was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company there.\n\n\"I was shocked,\" she said. \"Devastated.\"\n\nThe White House said on Monday: \"These false claims, totally disputed in most cases by eyewitness accounts, were addressed at length during last year's campaign, and the American people voiced their judgment by delivering a decisive victory.\n\n\"The timing and absurdity of these false claims speaks volumes and the publicity tour that has begun only further confirms the political motives behind them.\"\n\nThe president rejected such allegations last year and vowed to sue the accusers, though no lawsuit has yet been filed.\n\nBut over the weekend Mr Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said his accusers \"should be heard\".\n\nSpeaking to CBS News, Mrs Haley said she was \"incredibly proud of the women who have come forward\".\n\nMeanwhile, three Democratic senators - Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York - called on Mr Trump to resign over the allegations.\n\nDuring his successful run for the presidency last year, Mr Trump was heard boasting of grabbing women's vaginas in a leaked videotape.", "Fun in the mud for most of the 200 competitors\n\nSeventeen runners collapsed with hypothermia at a charity mud run in near-freezing temperatures.\n\nTwo ambulances were called to the annual Christmas Mud Run in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, as another runner had to be stretchered off with a broken ankle.\n\nAbout 200 competitors took part in the event run by Man-Up UK on Saturday.\n\nOrganisers blamed near-freezing weather conditions and poor preparation by some of the runners taking part in the four-mile race this year.\n\nCompetitors had to wade through waist-high mud pits, clamber over obstacles and climb up rocky waterfalls during the race, which is in its eighth year.\n\nCompetitors had to run through waist-high mud and water\n\nMan-Up UK director Fintan Godkin - himself an Ironman finisher and marathon runner - said it was the first time the charity race had seen so many casualties.\n\n\"They were dropping like flies,\" he said.\n\n\"At the finish line, 17 people were reported to have signs of hypothermia. We immediately wrapped them in space blankets, duvets, anything we could get our hands on to keep them warm and gave them hot drinks.\n\n\"Some collapsed soon after crossing the line and others were collapsing in the showers.\n\n\"Of the 17, four needed further treatment from paramedics who arrived in two ambulances. One had to be taken to hospital because her blood pressure had dropped very low, but she was discharged from Withybush Hospital later that evening.\"\n\nMr Godkin said the runner who broke her ankle had fallen badly as she approached a 20-ft (6.1m) slide near the start of the course.\n\nShe was stretchered back to the race headquarters and taken to hospital.\n\nHe said temperatures on the day were between 4C and 7C. \"Not as cold as some years and certainly not cold enough for us to have considered cancelling,\" Mr Godkin added.\n\nThe course also features gruelling sections of muddy fields\n\n\"Of course, the weather was a factor because runners get cold in the mud and water, but I think people also need to look at their preparations for these kind of events.\n\n\"They need to ensure they have trained more specifically for the assault course nature of the race, not just the distance.\"\n\nHe said 25 race marshals were out on the course, almost half of whom were qualified first aiders.\n\nMr Godkin added: \"In eight years, we've had 1,750 competitors and this is the first time we've had to call an ambulance.\"\n\nA Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said it sent two ambulances to the event, while a number of people were checked over at the scene.", "Germany's domestic intelligence agency says China used Linkedin to target at least 10,000 people\n\nChina is using fake LinkedIn profiles to gather information on German officials and politicians, the German intelligence agency (BfV) has said.\n\nThe agency alleges that Chinese intelligence used the networking site to target at least 10,000 Germans, possibly to recruit them as informants.\n\nIt released a number of fake profiles allegedly used for this purpose.\n\nBfV head Hans-Georg Maassen said the accounts show China's efforts to subvert top-level German politics.\n\n\"This is a broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies,\" he said.\n\nChina has denied similar allegations of cyber espionage in the past and has not yet responded to the German allegation.\n\nThe BfV published eight of what they say are the most active profiles used to contact German LinkedIn users. They are designed to look enticing to other users, and promote young Chinese professionals -who do not exist.\n\nSpy chief Hans-Georg Maassen says the accounts show an attempt to infiltrate German politics\n\nSome of the accounts include \"Allen Liu\", said to be a human resources manager at an economic consultancy, and \"Lily Wu\", who reportedly works at a think tank in eastern China.\n\nThe BfV says both accounts are fake.\n\nThe agency is increasingly worried that Chinese intelligence is using the method to recruit high-ranking politicians as informants.\n\nThey asked users who believed they had been targeted by suspect accounts to contact them.\n\nLast year, the BfV said they had detected \"increasingly aggressive cyber-espionage\" including \"intensifying\" attempts to influence September's parliamentary elections.\n\nThey said the hacker group known as \"Fancy Bear\" or APT28 was especially active - and it is believed to be controlled by the Russian state.", "Josh Homme performing in Los Angeles where the incident happened\n\nQueens of the Stone Age musician Josh Homme has apologised after a female photographer said he kicked her in the head during a concert in Los Angeles.\n\nChelsea Lauren posted a video on social media showing Homme kicking her camera as she took pictures close to the stage on Saturday night.\n\n\"I now get to spend my night in the ER. Seriously, WHO DOES THAT?\", she said.\n\nIn a statement, Homme apologised and said he would never intentionally cause harm to someone.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by chelsealaurenla This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Lauren described the \"obviously very intentional\" incident to Variety magazine.\n\n\"I saw him coming over and I was shooting away,\" she said. \"He looked straight at me, swung his leg back pretty hard and full-blown kicked me in the face. \"\n\nShe says she will file a police report.\n\nMs Lauren posted an update to Instagram along with two photographs she had taken seconds before the incident. She said her eyebrow was bruised and her neck was sore.\n\n\"I hold nobody accountable for this but Josh himself\", she added.\n\nHomme, 44, initially issued an apology through the Queens of the Stone Age Twitter account but following criticism the singer later shared an emotional video response, which has been posted on YouTube.\n\n\"I'd just like to apologise to Chelsea Lauren. I don't have any excuse or reason to justify what I did. I'm truly sorry and I hope you're okay,\" he said.\n\n\"I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, and last night was definitely one of them,\" Homme added.\n\nIn his earlier statement, he said that he was \"in a state of being lost in performance\" when he kicked over some equipment on stage and made contact with Ms Lauren.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by QOTSA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut his post was criticised by some Twitter users, including Homme's friend, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who branded it \"weak\".\n\nMs Lauren later thanked the Queens of the Stone Age fan base for their support following the incident.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Chelsea Lauren This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJosh Homme was due to appear on the Bedtime Stories series on the BBC children's channel, CBeebies\n\nThe episodes featuring Homme will now not be aired \"until the matter is resolved\", a spokesperson for the channel said.\n\nIt is not the first time Homme has been criticised for his on-stage behaviour.\n\nIn 2008, he was accused of homophobia after insulting a fan during a concert in Norway. He had threatened to kick the fan in the face before throwing a bottle at him.", "With nearly 500 schools closed across Wales, families had a chance to enjoy the winter landscape, like this snow-covered wood, near Mold Image caption: With nearly 500 schools closed across Wales, families had a chance to enjoy the winter landscape, like this snow-covered wood, near Mold\n\nResidents in Ruthin, north Wales, woke up to an idyllic white canvas of snow on Monday morning Image caption: Residents in Ruthin, north Wales, woke up to an idyllic white canvas of snow on Monday morning\n\nOn Sunday, snowfall caused treacherous conditions in places, leading some people to abandon their cars on the side of the road Image caption: On Sunday, snowfall caused treacherous conditions in places, leading some people to abandon their cars on the side of the road", "A person with Huntington's disease has a 50% chance of passing it on to their children\n\nA Londonderry man with Huntington's disease has said it is outrageous that he cannot be seen by Northern Ireland's only specialist nurse because of where he lives.\n\nSimon Clark was diagnosed with the genetic condition in 2003.\n\nThe nurse can only provide support to people who live within the Belfast and South Eastern trust areas.\n\nThe health and social care board said that it is working to improve care pathways.\n\nHuntington's disease is an inherited and incurable brain disorder that is currently fatal.\n\nAbout 10,000 people in the UK have the condition and about 25,000 are at risk.\n\nMr Clark has said that it is \"disgusting\" that he cannot get access to the services that he needs.\n\n\"It is not fair that there is only one specialist nurse in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"There is nothing out there for us and there should be.\"\n\nHuntington's disease is passed on through genes, and children who inherit a faulty gene from parents have a 50% chance of getting the disease in later life.\n\nMr Clark is cared for by his 23 year-old daughter, Laura, who has also been told she has a 50% chance of inheriting the condition.\n\nShe told BBC Radio Foyle that she is not ready to get tested for the condition just yet.\n\nSimon Clark and his daughter, Laura, both have the Huntington's disease association logo tattooed on their arms.\n\n\"It is hard to watch my dad knowing that that might be my future,\" she said.\n\n\"There needs to be more awareness of the disease.\"\n\nThe Western Trust confirmed it is not funded by the Health and Social Care Board for a specialist nurse for Huntington's disease .\n\nThey said that patients who are diagnosed with the illness are referred to the neurology service at Belfast City Hospital for expert help and advice.\n\nA spokesperson for the health and social care board said: \"The Belfast Trust has one specialist nurse for Huntington's disease who covers the Belfast Trust and South Eastern Trust areas.\n\n\"Belfast Trust are currently recruiting a Huntington's disease adviser and are currently working with the board and the Huntington's Disease Association to agree how the region is supported.\"", "Mount Hope is more than twice the height of Ben Nevis in Scotland\n\nMt Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the UK, was recently re-measured and found to tower above the previous title holder, Mt Jackson, by a good 50m (160ft).\n\nHope is now put at 3,239m (10,626ft); Jackson is 3,184m (10,446ft).\n\nThe map-makers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) were prompted to take another look at the mountains because of concerns for the safety of pilots flying across the White Continent.\n\n\"In Antarctica there are no roads, so to get around you have to fly planes. And if you're flying planes you really need to know where the mountains are and how high they are,\" explained Dr Peter Fretwell.\n\nAs well as giving Mt Hope its new status, the reassessment has provided a more complete description of the relief across the quadrant of Antarctica claimed by Britain. This encompasses the long peninsula that stretches north towards South America.\n\nSome of its mountains have now been \"moved\" up to 5km to position them more accurately on future maps.\n\nMount Vinson, which sits just outside the British Antarctic Territory, remains the undisputed tallest peak on the continent at 4,892m (16,049ft).\n\nDr Fretwell's team is releasing its findings on UN International Mountain Day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peter Fretwell: \"If mountains are missing or in the wrong place on maps - that's dangerous\"\n\nElevation data-sets are a topic of discussion here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) - the world's largest annual gathering of Earth and planetary scientists.\n\nThe BAS group used a combination of elevation models built from satellite data to make the new mountain assessment.\n\nWhen this medium-resolution information threw up the possibility that Mt Hope had been underestimated, the researchers then ordered in some very high-resolution photos for confirmation.\n\nThese pictures, taken from orbit by the American WorldView-2 spacecraft, allowed for a stereo view of the summits of both Hope and Jackson.\n\n\"We call this photogrammetry,\" said Dr Fretwell. \"Because we know the position of the satellite so well, if we use it to take two images of a mountain that are ever so slightly offset from each other, we can then employ simple trigonometry to work out the height of that mountain.\"\n\nThe process raised Hope from 2,860m to 3,239m. The measurement technique carries an uncertainty of just 5m, so there should be no argument over the mountain's new-found superiority.\n\nThe long chain of peaks that runs down the spine of the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most spectacular landscapes on Earth.\n\nThe chain was initially built some 50-100 million years ago when an oceanic tectonic plate slid under the Antarctic continent, said BAS geophysicist Dr Tom Jordan.\n\n\"This produced volcanism and a shortening and a thickening of the crust. Then, more recently, the ice sheet and its glaciers have cut deep trenches into the Antarctic Peninsula, removing rock and depositing it offshore.\n\n\"As this mass has been removed so the whole of the peninsula has rebounded, uplifting the peaks fairly significantly,\" he explained.\n\nAt the AGU meeting in New Orleans, US researchers are showcasing very similar work - but on a much more extensive scale.\n\nDr Paul Morin, from the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota, has led an effort to re-map the elevation of both the Arctic and the Antarctic.\n\nThese projects have access to several years of WorldView images and time on a supercomputer to process all the data.\n\nThe Arctic map has an elevation point, or \"posting,\" every 2m across the region. The Antarctic map, due to be released early next year, will have the postings every 8m.\n\n\"With this availability of data, Antarctica has gone from the poorest mapped place on the planet to one the best,\" Dr Morin told BBC News. \"It makes better science cheaper and faster to achieve. And it also makes science much safer because we know where everything is.\"\n\nArtwork: WorldView-2 has one of the sharpest views of Planet Earth\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "China has been building what it calls \"the world's biggest camera surveillance network\". Across the country, 170 million CCTV cameras are already in place and an estimated 400 million new ones will be installed in the next three years.\n\nMany of the cameras are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. The BBC's John Sudworth has been given rare access to one of the new hi-tech police control rooms.", "Georgia Toffolo has been named the winner of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.\n\nThe shocked reality star, known as Toff, was crowned by Ant and Dec on Sunday evening after more than nine million votes were cast.\n\nShe was odds-on favourite to win the ITV show, but said: \"I am so taken aback. Is this real?\"\n\nFormer Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas came in second place, with radio and TV presenter Iain Lee coming in third.\n\nToff, 23, is known for appearing on E4's Made in Chelsea, joining in the seventh series. She also works for The Lady magazine and is head of events for think tank Parliament Street.\n\nThe I'm A Celebrity final attracted an average of 9.2 million live viewers on Sunday night. It was ITV's third biggest audience of the year - behind the series' launch show and the One Love Manchester concert - with a 41% share of the total TV audience.\n\nThe Strictly Come Dancing results show earlier in the night had more viewers however, with an average of 11.1 million viewers; while the final episode of Blue Planet II attracted an audience of 10.36m.\n\nJamie Lomas came second in the ITV series\n\nToff's fellow campmate Stanley Johnson - father of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - said: \"I knew she was going to make it. I said right from the start that Toff is the one.\"\n\nThe winner said her favourite moment of the show was going to collect water with Johnson, with whom she struck up a strong friendship.\n\nShe follows in the footsteps of previous Queens of the Jungle Scarlett Moffatt and Vicky Pattinson.\n\nMoffatt, who won last year's series, said: \"It's girls like you that make me feel proud to be a young woman. I am so proud of you.\"\n\nIain Lee was voted into third place by the public\n\nAfter her win, Toff welcomed the prospect of earning money on the back of her appearance on the show, admitting: \"I haven't paid my rent.\"\n\nShe told Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan she wanted to take a shot at presenting, saying: \"I want to do what you guys do. I want to try it. Who knows?\"\n\nToff also said she wanted to \"do good\" with her win, saying: \"There are so many worthy causes that I would love to get involved with.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The oil is transported to the Kinneil terminal at Grangemouth where it is processed and stabilised\n\nOne of the UK's most important oil pipelines is being closed after a crack was discovered in Aberdeenshire.\n\nThe Forties pipeline carries crude North Sea oil across land for processing at Grangemouth.\n\nThe crack was discovered last week at Red Moss near Netherley.\n\nThe pipeline's owner Ineos said on Monday that, despite pressure being reduced, the crack had extended. The Forties pipeline carries about 40% of North Sea crude oil.\n\nMore than 80 platforms will have to suspend production. The price of Brent crude rose about 2% to $64.69 a barrel amid surprise that the pipeline could be shut for about three weeks - far longer than expected.\n\nIneos said there would be a big impact on the industry but not on consumers.\n\nIneos said in a statement: \"Last week during a routine inspection Ineos contractors discovered a small hairline crack in the pipe at Red Moss near Netherley.\n\n\"A repair and oil spill response team was mobilised on Wednesday, after a very small amount of oil seepage was reported.\n\n\"Measures to contain the seepage were put in place, no oil has been detected entering the environment and the pipe has been continuously monitored.\"\n\nThe company added: \"A 300m cordon was set-up and a small number of local residents were placed in temporary accommodation as precautionary measure. The pipeline pressure was reduced while a full assessment of the situation was made.\n\n\"The incident management team has now decided that a controlled shutdown of the pipeline is the safest way to proceed.\"\n\nIneos said the shutdown would \"allow for a suitable repair method to be worked up based on the latest inspection data, while reducing the risk of injury to staff and the environment\".\n\nA spokesman for BP said: \"Ineos has been in regular contact with us since this issue came to light last week, as per protocol. Ineos requested, and we have initiated, a temporary shutdown of production through our Andrew, Etap and Bruce hubs until this is resolved.\n\n\"We will continue to liaise with Ineos and offer any support we can to help bring this situation to a successful conclusion as quickly as possible.\"\n\nDeirdre Michie, chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, said: \"We have been in touch with Ineos and are closely monitoring the situation and hope this can be resolved safely and as quickly as possible.\"\n\nA UK government spokeswoman said: \"There is no security of supply issue for fuel or gas supplies as a result of the repairs needed to the Forties pipeline. The government will continue to liaise with industry operators to monitor the situation to ensure repairs are undertaken as quickly as possible.\"\n\nEnergy consultancy Wood Mackenzie warned that even a temporary shutdown of the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) would have \"wide-reaching implications\".\n\nSenior analyst Fiona Legate said: \"FPS transports liquids from over 80 fields, including the two largest producers in the UK - Buzzard and Forties.\n\n\"Companies with fields utilising the FPS export route will suffer from reduced cash-flows during the shutdown period.\"\n\nThe FPS system runs from the unmanned offshore Forties Unity platform to the onshore terminal at Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire.\n\nFrom there an onshore pipeline transports oil 130 miles south to the Kinneil terminal, next to Ineos' Grangemouth refinery and chemical plant, where it is processed and stabilised.", "The airman was seen on CCTV pictures walking through Bury St Edmunds after a night out\n\nThe search of a landfill site for missing RAF airman Corrie Mckeague, who vanished during a night out in September 2016, has ended.\n\nPolice believe Mr Mckeague climbed into a waste bin in Bury St Edmunds and was taken away by a bin lorry.\n\nThe search of a site at Milton, Cambridgeshire, restarted in October after a search there ended earlier in the year.\n\nSuffolk Police said \"no trace\" of the airman had been found.\n\nThe force said it was \"content\" he was not in the landfill areas that had been searched and the investigation into his disappearance would continue.\n\nMr Mckeague's mother, Nicola Urquhart, said by searching the waste site the police had given her \"immeasurable peace of mind\".\n\nHis father Martin said they had a \"lifelong debt of gratitude\" to all those involved in searching for his son.\n\nThe latest landfill search focused on an area next to the original excavation site\n\nMr Mckeague, who was 23 at the time he went missing, was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016.\n\nHe was captured on CCTV entering a bin loading bay known as the Horseshoe and his phone was tracked as taking the same route as a bin lorry.\n\nPolice started a 20-week search of the landfill site in March before ending it in July.\n\nThe latest excavation has been focused on an area next to the site of the original search.\n\nDet Supt Katie Elliott said there were \"a number of theories\" about what happened to Mr Mckeague and they were \"continuing to test the evidence\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Veteran TV presenter Keith Chegwin has died aged 60 after a long illness, his family has said.\n\nThey said he had endured a \"long-term battle with a progressive lung condition\" which \"rapidly worsened towards the end of this year\".\n\nHe died at home on Monday with his family by his side, who said they were \"heartbroken\".\n\nTributes have been paid from the world of entertainment for the \"true telly legend\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Noel Edmonds pays a tearful tribute to his \"first telly chum\" Keith Chegwin\n\nChegwin was perhaps best known for hosting programmes including children's game show Cheggers Plays Pop, Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore.\n\nThe Liverpool-born star began his career as a child actor, starring in films such as Roman Polanski's Macbeth and TV shows including The Liver Birds, The Adventures of Black Beauty and Z-Cars.\n\nHe went on to appear in reality TV shows including Celebrity Big Brother.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe larger-than-life character, described by his family as \"a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend\", leaves his wife Maria and two children.\n\nChegwin had been cared for at a hospice in recent weeks.\n\nHis last tweet was posted on 28 September.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keith Chegwin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChegwin was previously married to fellow TV presenter Maggie Philbin, whom he had met on Swap Shop.\n\nPhilbin paid tribute to her former husband, saying: \"It is incredibly sad. Keith was a one-off. Full of life, generous and with a focus on things that mattered - his family.\n\n\"I saw him two months ago at his sister Janice's wedding, where he was still attempting to be life and soul of the party despite being on portable oxygen and made sure he knew how much he meant to us all.\n\n\"Our daughter Rose flew home from San Francisco to be with him over the last few weeks and I know he was surrounded by so much love from his second wife Maria, their son Ted, his sister Janice, his twin brother Jeff and his father Colin.\"\n\nFellow Swap Shop presenter Noel Edmonds said in a statement: \"I've lost my first real telly chum and I'm certain I'm not alone in shedding tears for a true telly legend.\n\n\"The greatest achievement for any TV performer is for the viewers to regard you as a friend and today millions will be grateful for Keith's contribution to their childhood memories and like me they will mourn the passing of a friend.\"\n\nRicky Gervais, who created the series Extras which Chegwin starred in, described him as a \"national treasure\".\n\nGaby Roslin, who worked with Chegwin on The Big Breakfast, described him as \"so generous and kind\" and a \"happy and joyous man\".\n\nChegwin had two children, including a daughter with his first wife Maggie Philbin\n\nJohn Craven, who worked with Chegwin on Swap Shop told BBC News that his colleague \"never lost his cool. I never saw Keith when he wasn't happy. He was a great, great character.\"\n\nHe added: \"We were great friends for many years, but we lost touch a bit and [his death] came as a huge shock for me.\"\n\nPresenter Chris Evans, who worked with Chegwin on the Big Breakfast, tweeted: \"Very sad and shocked to hear of the passing of Keith Chegwin. The king of outside broadcast.\"\n\nBobby Davro said Chegwin was \"one of the nicest guys\" in showbiz.\n\nAnd Tony Blackburn said he was \"devastated\" at the loss of his friend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Tony Blackburn This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBlackburn told BBC News that Chegwin was \"exactly the same (off air) as he was on television\" and that he never saw him with a script.\n\n\"He was the most lovely person I've ever met and I'm so sad he's no longer with us,\" he added.\n\nBreakfast presenter Lorraine Kelly said he was \"a kind, funny, brave man\".\n\nAnd Fiona Phillips, who also worked with him on breakfast TV, also paid tribute to her friend.\n\nPhillip Schofield, who presented Saturday morning show Going Live, described Chegwin as \"one of my many original Saturday morning heroes\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Phillip Schofield This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChegwin also had a hit single with I Wanna Be A Winner in 1981. The novelty hit, which was recorded by Chegwin and his Swap Shop co-hosts under the name Brown Sauce, reached number 15 in the charts.\n\nHis career fell away in the 80s and 90s and he had a well-documented struggle with alcoholism for many years. But it was revived by a stint on the Big Breakfast.\n\nHe went on to make infamous Channel 5 nudist gameshow Naked Jungle, appearing naked except for a hat - which he later described as the \"worst career move\" of his \"entire life\".\n\nChegwin - known affectionately by the nickname Cheggers - also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother, Bargain Hunt Famous Finds and Dancing on Ice.\n\nHe was due to appear in the 2012 Dancing on Ice series but had to pull out after breaking his ribs during the first day of rehearsal. He returned as a contestant the following year.\n\nHe also took part in Pointless Celebrities and Masterchef.\n\nThe disease Chegwin had is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which causes scarring of the lungs.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. These young women told the BBC about their experiences of sexual harassment at work\n\nNilufer Guler is a waitress, but says she feels more like a sex worker at times.\n\nOn the second day in a new job, a table of wealthy, suited men said they would \"buy her\" off her manager so she could eat expensive steak with them.\n\nThey asked if she had an intimate piercing and stared at her throughout their meal.\n\n\"It's so disrespectful but I couldn't complain. It's a very precarious industry,\" she says.\n\nTwo in five women in the UK say they have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at work and only a quarter of them reported it, a BBC survey has found.\n\nAmong men, one in five (18%) said they have been harassed at work.\n\nThe poll of more than 6,000 men and women, one of the largest ever conducted into sexual harassment in the workplace, suggested those who work flexibly are more likely to encounter this type of behaviour.\n\nOf those in flexible working - including those on zero hours contracts, self employed, freelancers and gig economy workers - 43% had experienced some form of sexual harassment at work.\n\nIt's a situation Camille Ukpanah from London can relate to.\n\nThe 24-year-old worked as a bartender and waitress for an agency. She says guests would make derogatory remarks towards her and her colleagues, and she once saw a man trying to pull up her colleague's skirt in a room full of people.\n\n\"The girl had to keep working otherwise she wouldn't have got paid,\" she says.\n\nWhen she went to the agency, she says she was met with a cold response.\n\n\"You explain certain things that happen but they brush it over. They would say 'if you want to leave, you can go - there are so many people looking for work.'\"\n\n\"With the use of zero hour contracts, agency work and unfair tipping schemes it's no surprise that sexual harassment is rife in the industry.\"\n\n\"They take power away from workers so that they cannot demand better conditions. They can't come forward about sexual harassment and win.\"\n\nShe says she believes there is hostility towards unions and democracy in the hospitality industry.\n\n\"This is why there's no avenue for waitresses to speak out, no process of accountability... This is why we need to form unions and work collectively to bring an end to sexual harassment and its normalisation.\"\n\nThose taking part in the survey were asked about the most common behaviours they had faced, ranging from unwelcome jokes to pornography and rape.\n\nThe public spotlight has been focused on sexual harassment since October when Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein was first accused of harassment and assault.\n\nThe story snowballed as A-listers Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Cara Delevingne added their names to a long list of women claiming Weinstein had preyed on them.\n\nThe scandal deepened as men and women shared their own experiences at the hands of powerful men in Hollywood, on TV and beyond, culminating in the #metoo Twitter campaign, which saw people across the world tell their stories.\n\nFor those who have spent decades in the workplace, the whole idea of sexual harassment at work is relatively new, but one that has prompted reflection.\n\nThose polled were asked if they agreed that: \"Looking back over my working life, I have witnessed behaviour that I now believe to constitute sexual harassment but didn't think it at the time.\"\n\nFour in 10 (42%) over-55s agreed. Among those near the start of their working lives (18 to 34-year-olds), three in 10 felt the same way.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sandy tells the BBC how a surgeon would put his hands up nurses' skirts\n\nMeg, who did not want to give her surname, said she believed change was already under way, as people had begun to talk about things as \"unacceptable\".\n\n\"A few years ago, it was just like 'oh, he's just a dirty old man and that's what happens'\".\n\nHer friend, Maureen, agreed. \"It sounds shocking but we didn't use the term assault, we were molested.\n\n\"You were molested in transport, in pubs, in social gatherings. It was normal.\"\n\nThere was a general optimism among most people surveyed that the recent scandal would bring sustained improvements in behaviour, but almost a third thought the scandals were irrelevant to people's behaviour.\n\nConfidence that things would change was highest among younger people - three quarters of 18 to 34-year-olds expected to see long-term changes in behaviour, while about a third of over-65s had their doubts.\n\nOffice worker Honey Jamie said: \"It is fantastic that so many strong women are now banding together. And they refuse to accept it.\n\n\"It's great that so many people are standing up against it, but it's sad that we still have to,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: “What we are looking for is a deal that is right for the United Kingdom\"\n\nAn agreement to move on to the next phase of Brexit talks is \"good news\" for both Leave and Remain voters, Theresa May has told MPs.\n\nShe told Parliament it should reassure those who feared the UK would get \"bogged down\" in endless negotiations or \"crash out\" without a deal.\n\nShe said the UK did not want a trade arrangement based on any other country but \"a deal that is right for the UK\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May had only just \"scraped through\".\n\nThe negotiations so far, he said, had been \"punctuated by posturing and delays\", with confusion about how legally watertight the agreements were.\n\nUpdating Parliament on the terms of Friday's phase one agreement - which is expected to be approved by the other 27 EU leaders later this week - the PM said it would see the UK pay a \"fair\" divorce bill, avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and see the rights of UK and EU expat citizens \"enshrined in UK law and enforced by British courts\".\n\nBut she said that if the UK was not able to agree a withdrawal deal with the EU prior to its scheduled exit in March 2019, \"this deal is off the table\".\n\nEarlier, the EU said that although the agreement was not strictly legally binding, the two sides had \"shaken hands\" on it with a \"gentleman's agreement\" between David Davis and Michel Barnier.\n\nOn Sunday the Brexit Secretary David Davis said guarantees on the Northern Ireland border were not legally binding unless the two sides reached a final deal.\n\nBut he told LBC Radio on Monday they would be honoured whatever happened.\n\nThe BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said the Brexit Secretary's clarification - in which he insisted one of the government's key aims was to ensure that the Northern Ireland peace process was not harmed - came after concerns in Dublin about the enforceability of Friday's phase one agreement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Davis: \"No deal means we won't be paying the money\"\n\nMr Davis said he had been taken out of context when he appeared to tell the BBC's Andrew Marr that guarantees designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland were a \"statement of intent\".\n\n\"What I actually said yesterday in terms was, we want to protect the peace process, want to protect Ireland from the impact of Brexit for them,\" he said.\n\n\"I said this was a statement of intent which was much more than just legally enforceable. Of course it's legally enforceable under the withdrawal agreement but even if that didn't happen for some reason, if something went wrong, we would still be seeking to provide a frictionless invisible border with Ireland.\"\n\nA European Commission spokesman said the first-phase deal on the Northern Ireland border, the divorce bill and citizens' rights did not strictly have the force of law.\n\n\"But we see the joint report of Michel Barnier and David Davis as a deal between gentlemen and it is the clear understanding that it is fully backed and endorsed by the UK government.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\nShe added: \"President Juncker had a meeting with Prime Minister May last Friday morning to ascertain that this is precisely the case. They shook hands.\"\n\nIn her statement to Parliament, Theresa May said she expected EU leaders to agree immediately to start talks about a two-year transition deal immediately, paving the way for continued access to the single market for a time-limited period.\n\n\"This is good news for the people who voted Leave, who were worried that we were so bogged down in the negotiations, tortuous negotiations it was never going to happen,\" she said.\n\n\"It is good news for people who voted Remain, who were worried we were going to crash out without a deal. We are going to leave but we are going to do so in a smooth and orderly way.\"\n\nThe prime minister, who also written an open letter to EU nationals in the UK, was praised by leading figures from both wings of the Tory party.\n\nOn the pro-EU side, Anna Soubry said there was \"complete unanimity\" within the party that Friday's agreement was a \"major step forward\" while Nicky Morgan said it was an \"early Christmas present\".\n\nWhile commending the PM, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who had urged her to walk away from the talks if there was no progress, sought reassurances the transition period would be used to \"implement things that have been achieved\" and \"not carry on with no change\".\n\nIn response, the PM said firms needed time to adjust and avoid the danger of a \"double cliff-edge\" change in rules - but she also said there would be changes such as EU citizens arriving in the UK having to register.\n\nFor Labour, Mr Corbyn said the government's \"shambolic\" approach was continuing with ministers \"contradicting themselves\" over whether the UK would pay a financial settlement if there was no trade deal.\n\nLib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday that the EU was unlikely to offer the UK a bespoke trade deal modelled on the one it has with Canada, but with financial services included.\n\n\"The EU has effectively ruled that option out,\" he said. \"The EU has also said if you want a Canadian-style approach you have to link it to all kind of conditions to do with state aid, environmental rules and employment rights which effectively rules out the government's philosophy of taking back control\".\n\nHis party has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill - to be considered on Tuesday - which would see \"the Norway option\" of remaining in the single market kept open as long as possible.\n\nUrging Labour MPs and \"pragmatic\" Tories to support this approach, he said it was \"inferior to where we are but it is better than the alternative of not having a close relationship with the EU\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scenes of fun and frustration over wintry showers\n\nHeavy snow has led to power cuts and disrupted air, rail and road travel in many parts of the UK.\n\nThe deepest snow recorded was 30cm (12in) in Sennybridge, near Brecon, while High Wycombe saw 17cm.\n\nSnow is forecast to remain in Northern Ireland and Scotland but give way to icy conditions overnight elsewhere. Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warnings for ice affect England and Wales.\n\nHundreds of schools across England and Wales will be closed on Monday.\n\nFlights have been disrupted at several airports, including Heathrow, where snowploughs were used to clear the runways.\n\nHeathrow remains open but says the de-icing of aircraft is resulting in some delays and cancellations. But passengers flying into the airport have also said they are experiencing delays in disembarking from planes.\n\nElectricity supplier SSE said about 5,400 homes in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire remain without power after snow and wind saw tree branches coming into contact with overhead cables.\n\nIts engineers are working to carry out repairs but because of \"continuing issues with access to fault locations\" about 800 homes in Oxfordshire will remain without power overnight. The company is serving free hot food and drinks to affected customers.\n\nAcross the Midland, South West England and Wales, about 9,000 properties served by Western Power Distribution were affected by power cuts. The company says it is working to restore power overnight.\n\nBuckinghamshire County Council and Shropshire Council say the majority of their schools will be closed on Monday because of the snow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The forecast is for icy conditions on Monday\n\nThere have been similar announcements in Denbighshire, Birmingham, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, while Hertfordshire County Council says some of its schools have taken the decision to shut.\n\nMeanwhile, drivers have been advised by police to avoid non-essential journeys.\n\nThe scene on the A40 near Sennybridge in Powys\n\nTemperatures reached lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, falling to as low as -14C (6.8F) in isolated rural areas.\n\nAn amber warning for snow was extended on Sunday to cover Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex but areas including Liverpool and South Yorkshire were downgraded to a yellow \"be aware\" warning.\n\nThe Met Office's yellow weather warning for snow and ice on Monday\n\nThe Met Office says ice is likely to be the \"main hazard\" over the next 24 hours as it issued a further yellow \"be aware\" warning for snow and ice in Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt warned of icy surfaces on Monday in Wales and in the Midlands, East of England, London and the South East, the North West, South West, and Yorkshire.\n\nOvernight temperatures into Monday are forecast to be between -1C and 1C in built-up areas but as low as -10C in the countryside.\n\n\"Ice is expected to form across many places overnight into Monday morning. Some injuries are likely from slips and falls on icy surfaces as well as icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths,\" the Met Office said.\n\n\"As well as this lying snow from Sunday will continue to be a hazard leading to longer and potentially hazardous journeys.\"\n\nIt said some snow may fall over parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire on Monday morning but it was not expected to settle.\n\nThe snow failed to stop the three Premier League matches going ahead - although ground staff were on hand during the Liverpool v Everton derby\n\nThe snow showers have swept across London\n\nA gritter ploughs the quiet roads in the Peak District\n\nWhile this dog owner in Leicestershire braves the cold\n\nA picturesque view was captured in Derwen Gam near Aberaeron, in Wales\n\nHill walkers made the most of the bright skies over Ben Lawers in Perthshire\n\nThe Edward Carson statue in Belfast was barely visible through the snow\n\nBut plenty of people were out and about in central London", "Christopher Plummer has been nominated for a Golden Globe for the role in which he replaced Kevin Spacey.\n\nThe actor took over the role in All the Money in the World after a string of sexual harassment allegations were made against Spacey.\n\nThe nominees for best drama film include Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Post, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.\n\nDame Helen Mirren and Dame Judi Dench are among the British nominees.\n\nThey are in the best actress in a comedy or musical category, alongside Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie and Emma Stone.\n\nThe Shape of Water received the most nominations of any film - with seven in total. The Post and Three Billboards each have six.\n\nIt was announced last month that Plummer would take over the role of the late oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty in All the Money in the World.\n\nAccording to Variety, Spacey had already filmed about two weeks of footage for the film, which is directed by Ridley Scott.\n\nSpacey had also appeared in a trailer which was released in September.\n\nMark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams, who also star in the movie, had to take part in reshoots for the film, which is still scheduled for release at the end of the month.\n\nBut another film in which Spacey stars, Baby Driver, attracted one nomination - Ansel Elgort is up for best actor in a musical or comedy film.\n\nGary Oldman is nominated for best actor in a drama, for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour - the film's only nod.\n\nOldman faces competition from Timothee Chalamet (for Call Me By Your Name), Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread), Tom Hanks (The Post) and Denzel Washington (Roman J Israel, Esq).\n\nAngelina Jolie gets a nomination in the best foreign language film category for her Cambodia-set drama First They Killed My Father.\n\nHer competition includes Palme d'Or winner The Square, an art world satire from Sweden that won six prizes at Saturday's European Film Awards.\n\nNicole Kidman and Robert De Niro are among the nominees in the television categories.\n\nKidman and Reese Witherspoon are both nominated for best actress in a limited series for their roles in Big Little Lies.\n\nThe show received six nominations in total - making it the most-nominated TV series this year.\n\nThe pair are up against Jessica Biel, who is nominated for her role in The Sinner, and Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, both of whom are nominated for Feud: Bette and Joan.\n\nReese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman star in Big Little Lies\n\nDe Niro is nominated for best actor in a limited series for The Wizard of Lies, alongside Jude Law for The Young Pope and Geoffrey Rush for Genius.\n\nThe category is completed by Ewan McGregor, who is nominated for Fargo, and Kyle MacLachlan, for Twin Peaks.\n\nThe 75th annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by US comedian Seth Meyers, will take place on 7 January.\n\nThe nominations were announced at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California by Kristen Bell, Sharon Stone, Alfre Woodard and Garrett Hedlund.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The blast destroyed two houses in Allington Drive in Birstall and damaged several others\n\nThree people have been hurt - two seriously - in a gas explosion at a house.\n\nPolice, ambulance and fire crews were called to a loud bang at the home in Birstall, Leicestershire, at 07:30 GMT.\n\nOne house had completely collapsed, one was partially destroyed and others were damaged. The explosion left glass and roof tiles scattered across the street.\n\nBetween 30 and 50 properties are thought to have been damaged in total in the explosion.\n\nThe fire service said three people were rescued, who were all taken to hospital.\n\nEmergency services were called to the blast site just after 07:30 GMT\n\nAllington Drive is shut and a number of houses in the street have been evacuated as a precaution.\n\nThe semi-detached property had collapsed, a neighbouring property partially collapsed and other properties had been damaged\n\nThree people were injured in the gas blast and taken to three different hospitals\n\nLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said two of the injured people were in the partially collapsed house and one was in the fully collapsed property.\n\nThe fire service said it believed there had been no fire and no reports of gas being smelt.\n\nThe gas company said it was too early to speculate on the cause at this time\n\nMatt Cane, from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, said: \"When crews arrived, they found two buildings had suffered significant structural collapse.\n\n\"We had reports of three people being missing in those buildings.\n\n\"Crews worked really hard in difficult conditions to gain access to the three people and rescue them. They have now been transported to hospital by road and air ambulance.\n\n\"One has fairly minor injuries. Two have significant injuries.\"\n\nA number of houses in the street have been evacuated\n\nTim Hargraves, East Midlands Ambulance Service duty operations manager, said: \"One patient has been taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, one patient has been taken by air ambulance to the Major Trauma Centre in Coventry, and one patient is due to be taken by ambulance to the Leicester Royal Infirmary.\"\n\nA spokesman from Cadent Gas, the collapsed home's supplier, said: \"We are currently on site and our priority at this time is to make safe and we are working with the emergency services to achieve this.\n\n\"It's too early to speculate on the cause at this time.\"\n\nA Charnwood Borough Council spokesman said: \"We were called to support the emergency services following reports of a loud bang and a house being damaged in Allington Drive, Birstall earlier this morning.\n\n\"We have sent a senior officer to the scene, an officer from our building control team and volunteers to help provide temporary emergency accommodation at Birstall Parish Council offices in Birstall.\n\n\"An officer is also visiting the scene in case people affected by the incident need short-term temporary accommodation in the coming days.\"\n\nA fundraising page has been set up to help those affected by the gas explosion\n\nTony Timson, who lives nearby, said: \"I was in bed and heard this massive explosion about 7:30.\n\n\"I quickly looked out of the window and saw debris settling on the street. I came out of the house and about 100 yards down the road was a house and a big black puff of smoke. It was completely demolished.\n\n\"We knew someone was in there.\"\n\nHe said within 10 minutes of calling the emergency services, the fire brigade was there.\n\nA fundraising page has been set up to help those affected by the gas explosion.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael's prime minister has said Palestinians must \"get to grips with\" the reality that Jerusalem is Israel's capital in order to move towards peace.\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem had been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and had \"never been the capital of any other people\".\n\nHe spoke amid ongoing protests in the Muslim and Arab world at a US decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital.\n\nViolence flared near the US embassy in Lebanon and elsewhere on Sunday.\n\nIn Jerusalem itself, a Palestinian was arrested after stabbing and seriously wounding an Israeli security guard at the central bus station.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Netanyahu: Paris is the capital of France, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel\n\nSpeaking in Paris after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Netanyahu said efforts to deny the \"millennial connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem\" were \"absurd\".\n\n\"You can read it in a very fine book - it's called the Bible,\" he said. \"You can read it after the Bible. You can hear it in the history of Jewish communities throughout our diaspora... Where else is the capital of Israel, but in Jerusalem?\n\n\"The sooner the Palestinians come to grips with this reality, the sooner we will move towards peace.\"\n\nMeanwhile a spokesman for the US Vice-President, Mike Pence, strongly criticised the Palestinian Authority, saying it was \"unfortunate\" that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet Mr Pence on his forthcoming trip to the region.\n\nIn Egypt, the country's top Muslim and Christian clerics have also cancelled scheduled talks with Mr Pence in protest at the US move.\n\nThere has been widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump's decision - announced on Wednesday - to reverse decades of US neutrality on the status of Jerusalem which cuts to the heart of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.\n\nThe city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.\n\nIsrael has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.\n\nSunday has seen a further raft of protests at the US move:\n\nIn Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a large rally in Istanbul he would not abandon Jerusalem to a state that \"kills children\".\n\nMr Netanyahu said the Turkish leader had \"attacked Israel\".\n\n\"I'm not used to receiving lectures about morality from a leader who bombs Kurdish villages in his native Turkey, who jails journalists, helps Iran go around international sanctions and who helps terrorists, including in Gaza, kill innocent people,\" he added.\n\nMr Erdoğan has described Jerusalem as a \"red line\" issue for Muslims and warned Turkey could end up severing diplomatic ties with Israel over the issue.\n\nTurkey and Israel only restored diplomatic relations last year, six years after Turkey cut ties in protest at the killing of nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists in clashes with Israeli commandos on board a ship trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.", "A senior Labour MP has apologised to the Commons and repaid £2.97 after she was found to have breached Parliament's code of conduct.\n\nDame Margaret Hodge offered a \"sincere\" apology for \"inadvertently\" breaching the rules over her review of the London Garden Bridge project.\n\nAn inquiry said the Barking MP should not have used Parliamentary resources for the review.\n\nThe £2.97 repayment was the cost of House of Commons stationery, she said.\n\nThe code of conduct states MPs should use public resources only \"in support of parliamentary duties\".\n\nThe inquiry concluded the review had not been carried out as part of Dame Margaret's parliamentary activities, because it had been commissioned by an outside body for its own purposes.\n\nThe £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees over the River Thames was abandoned following Dame Margaret's review, which was published in April.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side's title hopes are \"probably\" over because referee Michael Oliver failed to award them a penalty in their 2-1 loss to \"lucky\" Manchester City.\n\nPep Guardiola's team stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points and became the first team to win 14 successive English top-flight games in a single season.\n\nCity took the lead their vast superiority deserved when man-of-the-match David Silva hooked home from close range after confusion at a corner on 42 minutes, only for United to be handed a lifeline in first-half stoppage time when poor defending from Nicolas Otamendi and Fabian Delph allowed Marcus Rashford to steal in for a composed finish.\n\nOtamendi made amends nine minutes after the break when Romelu Lukaku - who had a poor game - lashed at a clearance in the area and the City defender pounced on the rebound to score.\n• None Has Mourinho lost the battle with Guardiola?\n• None My Barcelona philosophy is working in England - Guardiola\n\nMourinho's post-match focus centred on an incident in the 79th minute, when Ander Herrera went down in the box under a challenge from Otamendi and was booked for diving.\n\n\"My first reaction is I feel sorry for Michael Oliver because he had a very good match but unfortunately he made an important mistake,\" Mourinho told BBC Match of the Day.\n\n\"The result was made with a big penalty not given. That would have been 2-2.\n\n\"Michael was unlucky because it was a clear penalty.\"\n\nAsked whether the title race was over, Mourinho replied: \"Probably, yes. Manchester City are a very good team and they are protected by the luck, and the gods of football are behind them.\"\n\nBefore Sunday's game, Mourinho had suggested City's players go down too easily - something Guardiola dismissed, along with the Portuguese's assertion United should have had a penalty.\n\n\"Last season it was the same - we won here and it was the referee. Today as well,\" Guardiola said.\n\n\"Yesterday he spoke about the referee. We are an honest team. We had 65% ball possession, which means we wanted to play. We came here and did that.\n\n\"It's not true that my players go down easily. That is not an argument I believe.\"\n\nSunday's result ended United's 40-match unbeaten run at home - which stretched back to City's win here in September 2016.\n\nCity, who have dropped only two points in their first 16 league games, had opportunities to extend their lead but it was keeper Ederson who made the decisive late intervention with a miraculous double late save from the luckless Lukaku and substitute Juan Mata.\n• None Podcast: Is the Premier League title race over?\n\nIs the title race over?\n\nIt is a brave call to declare the title race over in early December - but the statistics and evidence are piling up to suggest the chase is on for second place behind City.\n\nCity will effectively have to lose four games while all of their rivals need to keep winning, tough to see with Guardiola's team having won every league match since Everton took a point at Etihad Stadium in the second game of the season.\n\n\"We are still in December. If we have 11 points when we play the second derby in April then maybe I will tell you that we have the title,\" said Guardiola, who was full of praise for his side's performance.\n\n\"We won at Old Trafford again, that is why I am the most pleased and of course for the three points,\" he added. \"We played good, with a lot of courage. I'm so satisfied.\"\n\nThe trip to Old Trafford, and the renewal of old rivalries between Guardiola and Mourinho, was the most eagerly awaited game of the season between the two teams at the top of the table and was seen as the acid test of City's apparent infallibility.\n\nThose looking for cracks in the Guardiola armour pointed to City having to secure three wins against Huddersfield Town, Southampton and West Ham United with late, late goals.\n\nIf City's confidence had been shaken at all by having to fight for victories, there was no sign here as they played with a composure and positivity that was a level above United.\n\nThere can be no doubt City were deserved winners and even showed the street wisdom of champions to run down the clock in the closing seconds, to the fury and frustration of Old Trafford.\n\nThe title race may not be over - but there was no escaping the feeling a crucial blow has been inflicted on United and the rest of City's pursuers.\n\nSilva may be small in stature but he stood head and shoulders above every other player in the intense heat of this game.\n\nThe Spaniard may now be 31 but it is little wonder City were so delighted to secure him on a new contract until 2020.\n\nSilva showed again why he deserves to be ranked as a Premier League great, and one of the finest players to play for City.\n\nHe had more time on the ball than any other player, the hallmark of class, and always seemed to have more options in possession than any other player.\n\nSilva pounced for City's crucial first goal, held his own in the physical exchanges and even shrugged off a heavy bang to the head in a clash with United's Marcos Rojo.\n\nIt was a complete performance from a world-class player.\n\nCity fans stayed in their seats long after the final whistle, delivering a taunt that had echoed around Old Trafford throughout this landmark victory.\n\n\"Park The Bus, Park The Bus, Man United…\" was the chant that was met with a muted response from the home support, who had seen City show more attacking intent and flair than Mourinho's side could muster.\n\nUntil a predictable late charge, this was a strangely muted display from United. Their need for victory was arguably greater than City's as they started the game with an eight-point deficit, but they spent much of the first half on the back foot.\n\nMourinho's line-up demonstrated attacking intent with the inclusion of Lukaku, Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial. United also missed the power and influence of Paul Pogba, suspended after his red card at Arsenal.\n\nIt was still a surprise, however, to see City so comprehensively dominant from the opening exchanges and United were barely able to believe their luck that they went in at half-time on level terms.\n\nLukaku's lack of confidence and touch did not help and there was an element of good fortune about Ederson's late saves - but there was no doubt United did not push hard enough for victory and were second best.\n• None This was just the second time a team has scored more than one goal in the Premier League at Old Trafford against Mourinho's Manchester United (also City in September 2016, 2-1).\n• None Mourinho has lost nine matches in all competitions against Guardiola, more than against any other manager.\n• None United posted a 35% possession figure, their lowest at Old Trafford in the Premier League since 2003-04 (when Opta started collecting this data).\n• None Rashford has been involved in 11 goals in 12 games in all competitions at Old Trafford this season (six goals, five assists), more than any other United player.\n• None Otamendi is now the top-scoring defender in the Premier League this season (four goals).\n• None Lukaku has scored just five goals in his past 40 Premier League appearances against the 'big six'.\n\nUnited welcome Bournemouth to Old Trafford on Wednesday at 20:00 GMT and are at West Brom on Sunday, 17 December at 14:15.\n\nCity travel to Swansea on Wednesday (19:45), before hosting Tottenham on Saturday (17:30).\n• None Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.\n• None Ashley Young (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue.\n• None Delay in match Ederson (Manchester City) because of an injury.\n• None Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic tries a through ball, but Juan Mata is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Ashley Young tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "George Bell was Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his death in 1958\n\nThe Church of England has apologised to the relatives of a bishop for the way it investigated child abuse claims made against him decades after his death.\n\nFormer Bishop of Chichester George Bell, who died in 1958, was alleged to have repeatedly abused a young girl.\n\nShe made a formal complaint in 1995 and, 10 years later, won an apology and compensation from the Church.\n\nA report into the handling of the case has criticised the Church's actions, describing its process as \"deficient\".\n\nThe current Bishop of Chichester the Right Reverend Martin Warner praised the \"dignity and integrity\" of Bishop Bell's accuser, but said the Church inquiry paid \"inadequate attention to the rights of those who are dead\".\n\nIn his review, Lord Carlile said the Church \"failed to follow a process that was fair and equitable to both sides\".\n\nThe allegations against George Bell were first made by the victim, known as \"Carol\", in 1995, but were not investigated or referred to the police.\n\nShe said the bishop began abusing her when she was five and molested her in Chichester Cathedral as she sat listening to stories.\n\nCarol said the abuse continued for about four years.\n\nIn 2013, she wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at which point the matter was referred to police.\n\nTwo years later the Church paid £16,800 in an out of court settlement and apologised to Carol.\n\nHowever, the \"George Bell Group\" of supporters of the former bishop sought and gained a review into how the Church arrived at that decision.\n\nLord Carlile criticised the Church response as \"deficient\" in a number of respects and said the most significant was that \"it failed to follow a process that was fair and equitable to both sides\".\n\nHe said the Church should be ready to acknowledge sexual abuse committed by the clergy - but that did not mean the reputations of the dead were without value.\n\nThe independent reviewer said even when alleged perpetrators had died there should be methodical and sufficient investigations.\n\nHe said in this case it was \"clear that the Crown Prosecution Service evidential charging standard... would not have been met\".\n\nMaking 15 recommendations, Lord Carlile concluded the Church, feeling it should be supportive of the complainant and transparent in its dealings, failed to engage in a process that gave proper consideration to the rights of the bishop.\n\nThe review recommended alleged perpetrators, living or dead, should not be identified unless adverse findings of fact are found, or it is in the public interest.\n\nIt said: \"Whereas in this case the settlement is without admission of liability, the settlement generally should be with a confidentiality provision.\"\n\nBut the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said: \"The decision to publish his name was taken with immense reluctance, and all involved recognised the deep tragedy involved. However, we have to differ from Lord Carlile's point.\n\n\"The Church of England is committed to transparency and therefore we would take a different approach.\"\n\nBishop Warner said: \"We welcome Lord Carlile's assessment of our processes, and apologise for failures in the work of the Core Group of national and diocesan officers and its inadequate attention to the rights of those who are dead.\n\n\"The emotive principle of innocent until proven guilty is a standard by which our actions are judged and we have to ensure as best we can that justice is seen to be done.\n\n\"Irrespective of whether she is technically a complainant, survivor, or victim, 'Carol' emerges from this report as a person of dignity and integrity.\n\n\"It is essential that her right to privacy continues to be fully respected.\"\n\nThe Church also repeated its apology for failing to report Carol's allegations to the police when she first came forward in 1995.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jeremy Corbyn was said to have benefited from a \"youthquake\" after a surge in support from millennials\n\nOxford Dictionaries has deemed \"youthquake\" the 2017 word of the year, reflecting what it calls a \"political awakening\" among millennial voters.\n\nIt was first coined in the 1960s by Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, who used it to describe sudden changes in fashion, music and attitudes.\n\nOxford Dictionaries said its use had seen a recent resurgence, to describe young people driving political change.\n\nOxford Dictionaries' Casper Grathwohl said it was \"not an obvious choice\".\n\nBut he said Youthquake's use in everyday speech had increased five-fold during 2017.\n\n\"In the UK, where it rose to prominence as a descriptor of the impact of the country's young people on its general election, calls it out as a word on the move,\" he said.\n\nMr Grathwohl said youthquake's use in Britain peaked during the June general election, after polls delivered a better-than-expected result for the Labour party.\n\nOxford Dictionaries said the word sounded a note of hope after what it described as a \"difficult and divisive year\".\n\nThe word of the year is a word, or expression, that Oxford Dictionaries deems has \"attracted a great deal of interest during the year to date\" and is drawn from newspapers, books, blogs and transcripts of spoken English.\n\nLast year's word, \"post-truth\", was chosen after the 2016 Brexit vote and Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.\n\nThe Oxford English Dictionary has updated its definition of youthquake to: \"A significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young.\"\n\nIt was previously defined as the \"series of radical political and cultural upheavals occurring among students and young people in the 1960s\".", "The government should create a national strategy to combat loneliness, says a report by a commission set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox.\n\nThe commission, formed by the MP before she was killed in her constituency in 2016, calls for the appointment of a minister to lead action on the issue.\n\nIt says loneliness is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and affects nine million UK people.\n\nThe government says new initiatives will be announced next year.\n\nThe report acknowledges that government action alone cannot solve the problem.\n\nHowever, it says: \"Tackling loneliness is a generational challenge that can only be met by concerted action by everyone - governments, employers, businesses, civil society organisations, families, communities and individuals all have a role to play.\n\n\"Working together we can make a difference.\"\n\nThe report is calling for the Family Test, a measure of assessing the effect of government policies on stable families, to become a family and relationships test.\n\nThe cross-party commission was established by Mrs Cox when she was Labour MP for Batley and Spen.\n\nIt continued its work after she was murdered outside her constituency office in Birstall, West Yorkshire in June 2016.\n\nThe commission has been working with 13 charities including Age UK and Action for Children to come up with ideas for change.\n\nThe report will be presented in Birstall on Friday by the joint commission chairs, Labour MP Rachel Reeves and the Conservative's Seema Kennedy,\n\nThey will be joined by Mrs Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater.\n\nMrs Cox set up the commission before she was killed in 2016\n\nThe joint chairs said: \"We know that loneliness will not end until we all recognise the role we can play in making that happen.\n\n\"Jo always looked forwards, not back. She would have said that what matters most now are the actions, big and small, that people take in response to the commission's work.\"\n\nThe report's release will coincide with the launch of three Royal Voluntary Service projects set to tackle loneliness and isolation in Mrs Cox's former constituency.\n\nThe schemes - partly financed by the Jo Cox Fund set up in her memory - will include lunch clubs, activities, and workshops as well as a new Community Connections Programme.\n\nThis will \"match up volunteers with lonely people in the area\" according to Royal Voluntary Service's Chief Executive Catherine Johnstone, acting as a practical template for the commission's recommendations.\n\nThe government said it welcomed the commission's work and tackling social isolation and loneliness is of \"huge importance\".\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"A number of government initiatives already help to reduce loneliness, such as improved mental health support and funding to create new green spaces for communities, but we are committed to doing more and look forward to setting out plans in the new year,\" she added.", "The rising cost of sports rights is behind the agreement, analysts say\n\nSky and BT have have signed a deal to sell their channels on each other's platforms.\n\nUnder the deal, BT will now supply its sports channels - which show UEFA Champions League and Premier League football - to Sky.\n\nIn addition, BT will be able to sell Sky's Now TV service - which includes Sky Sports, Sky Cinema and the Sky Atlantic channel - to its customers.\n\nThe deal comes as the firms face growing competition from online rivals.\n\nMarc Allera, the chief executive of BT Consumer, told the BBC that the deal was partly so the firms could join forces against the potential online threat.\n\n\"A lot of technology companies are coming into the market with vast budgets, and changing the market. We need to ensure our customers get the best choice,\" he said.\n\nIn a complex market, potential rivals can also be partners, he added.\n\nHe said the Sky deal was a \"clear indication\" of the importance BT attached to how digital and TV markets were converging, adding the firm would bid fiercely for exclusive content.\n\nBidding is due to begin in the next Premier League football rights auction in February, and digital giants such as Amazon and Facebook could throw their hats in the ring for streaming rights.\n\nHowever, Mr Allera said: \"I wouldn't say [the deal with Sky] takes the pressure off at all... we believe in holding exclusive rights.\"\n\nBT has spent more than £3.5bn on Champions League and Premier League football rights since 2012 in an attempt to compete with Sky.\n\nFor the 2016 to 2019 football seasons, BT agreed to pay £960m to show 42 Premier League games, and Sky agreed to pay £4.17bn to show 126 games.\n\nFor the seasons from 2019 to 2021, the number of games shown could rise to 190.\n\nBT has exclusive TV rights for Champions League games until 2021\n\nSky boss Jeremy Darroch said: \"This is great news for Sky customers who will be able to access all matches on Sky and BT channels from the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and Europa League directly with a single Sky TV subscription.\"\n\nThe new services will be available to BT and Sky customers from early 2019.\n\nAt present, BT customers can get BT TV via a box, an app, or online, and can only get a pared down version of Sky Sports.\n\nSky customers can get BT Sport at present, but only if they subscribe through BT.\n\nRichard Broughton, research director at media analysts Ampere, called the deal \"very unusual\" because of the rivalry between the two firms, but said it was a consequence of the rising costs of sports rights.\n\n\"The new rights are up for renewal very soon and this is a pre-emptive shot from both companies to limit their exposure to damage should they not get key rights and also allow them to be a little less aggressive in their bidding.\"\n\nMichael Hewson, an analyst with CMC Markets, said the BT-Sky deal seemed better for BT than Sky, \"given that Sky will take BT's sport content while BT gets Sky's sports, cinema and Sky Atlantic channel, and could even gain more access to content further down the road\".\n\nThe big online firms have been part of a seismic shift in how people access content.\n\nOn Thursday, Disney announced a deal to buy a large chunk of 21st Century Fox, including its 39% stake in Sky.\n\nMedia mogul Rupert Murdoch told Sky News he was selling Fox's entertainment assets in part due to the rise of online giants.\n\n\"[Amazon and Netflix] are growth companies... Amazon, I don't know how much they want to do. They are spending $5bn or $6bn I believe on new programmes, but it's basically to widen the appeal of [Amazon] Prime.\n\n\"Anyone who joins Prime seems to spend about $3,000 immediately on retail... you know, they are a huge disruptor if you look at what they're doing.\"\n\nHe said the new Fox company that remained would have the strength to bid for sports rights, but that all companies could be \"threatened by big nonsensical bids from the likes of Facebook\".", "Liam Allan had been on bail for two years before his trial collapsed\n\nThe Met Police is to hold an \"urgent\" review of a rape case after being accused of failing to disclose vital evidence.\n\nLiam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nA computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered Mr Allan for \"casual sex\".\n\nThe charges against the criminology student were dropped three days into the trial at Croydon Crown Court when Mr Hayes took over the case.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nThe CPS said it offered no evidence in the case on Thursday as there was \"no longer a realistic prospect of conviction\".\n\nMr Allan told the BBC he was \"overwhelmed\" at the moment, adding: \"It's a huge amount of confusion to go from being the villain to being innocent.\"\n\nHe also told The Times he had suffered two years of \"mental torture... I feel betrayed by the system which I had believed would do the right thing — the system I want to work in.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hayes said there had very nearly been \"a massive miscarriage of justice\" which could have led to Mr Allan being imprisoned for 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life.\n\nHe said the disk contained information which \"completely blew the prosecution case out of the water\", although he believed the information had not been disclosed because of \"sheer incompetence\".\n\n\"The trouble is everyone is under pressure... This is a criminal justice system which is not just creaking, it's about to croak,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC's Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman said he understood the defence had asked repeatedly for the phone messages to be disclosed, which included details saying how the alleged victim had spoken to friends about how much she enjoyed having sex with Mr Allan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman gives his analysis of the case\n\nMr Allan's solicitor Simone Meerabux said when her client was arrested he had told police about the existence of the messages but \"in spite of all that he was charged\".\n\nShe said prior to the trial the CPS had told them there was \"nothing further to disclose\" and it was only after they reiterated their request on the first day in court that the information was made available.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"", "Several fraternity members are still facing charges related to the death of Tim Piazza (centre)\n\nA committee probing the Pennsylvania State University's response to drinking in fraternities has issued a blistering report following a student's death.\n\nA grand jury found on Friday that administrators displayed a \"shocking apathy\" to dangerous levels of drinking and hazing in university social clubs.\n\nThe report claims officials knew of the dangers but did nothing.\n\nThe report says Tim Piazza, a 19 year old who died last February after binge drinking, \"did not have to die\".\n\nPenn State officials have yet to comment on the damning report.\n\nThe findings say officials \"were aware of the excessive and dangerous alcohol abuse indulged by fraternities, such that it was only a matter of time before a death would occur during a hazing event\".\n\n\"The university bears the ultimate responsibility for the failure to supervise the safety of its students involved in the fraternity system,\" the report says, adding that although the university's actions were not themselves illegal, their \"inaction set the table to allow these criminal acts to occur\", which caused Piazza's death.\n\nTim Piazza, from New Jersey, was left unconscious for hours and suffered internal injuries after falling down steps during an initiation ritual. He later died in hospital.\n\nOther members of the fraternity waited nearly 12 hours to call an ambulance, and were charged with manslaughter, although the most serious charges were later dropped.\n\nOfficials say he was fed 18 drinks in a period of one hour and 22 minutes, and that he never obtained the drinks on his own.\n\nHazing at the school, the report found, is \"rampant and pervasive\" and encourages \"sadistic\" rituals that reach \"peaks of depravity\".\n\nThe jury calls for \"profound changes on college campuses and communities in Pennsylvania\", and for universities to ensure protections for younger students wishing to join fraternities, and sororities - which together are known as campus Greek social life.\n\nOther US universities have taken measures recently to protect students who are seeking to join social clubs.\n\nOn Thursday, a University of Houston fraternity in Texas was indicted for hazing, with officials charging that students were deprived of adequate food, water and sleep during a three-day initiation event.\n\nThe president of Florida State University told the Associated Press on Thursday that there is currently no timeline for reinstating campus Greek activities there, after they were suspended in November following a student's death.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA police force has faced a backlash over social media posts that appeared to support domestic abuse victims staying with their partners.\n\nSheila's Story describes how a woman who \"knew that the abuse in her relationship was wrong\" is given help and support to stay with her husband.\n\nEssex Police apologised for the offence caused by the post's use of \"clumsy language\".\n\n\"However, the stories featured in the campaign are real stories,\" a force spokesman said.\n\n\"Our message in this campaign isn't 'stay in any relationship no matter how abusive', it's 'if something is happening in your relationship even if you've been with someone for decades there is help you can get'\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Essex Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSocial media users reacted angrily to the posts on Facebook and Twitter, with one describing them as \"idiotic\".\n\nWriter and food blogger Jack Monroe said they had \"no words for what an irresponsible, silencing, diminishing campaign this is\".\n\n\"Basically telling women to 'put up and shut up' re domestic abuse. In 2017. This is absurd,\" Monroe wrote on Twitter.\n\nAnother Twitter user remarked: \"There's no such thing as staying safe in an abusive relationship\".\n\nThe force is running the campaign in partnership with Southend, Essex and Thurrock Domestic Abuse Board.\n\nChair of the board, Dick Madden, said Sheila's Story had been \"thought very carefully about\" before being shared as part of the campaign.\n\n\"Not all domestic abuse cases are the same, and not all victims will want to leave or consider reporting to the police,\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by jack monroe |🍴📚 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Through this particular scenario, we are aiming to reach out to this audience and give them information about the support available, whatever their circumstances.\n\n\"We want to make sure victims know where to turn to for support.\"\n\nMr Madden said the campaign had been developed with domestic abuse specialists, refuges, partners and survivors of abuse.\n\n\"The message is clear: domestic abuse is never acceptable,\" he said.\n\n\"Within the comments on this particular post, there were a number of supportive comments - some from survivors who sought support and have stayed within their relationship.\n\n\"We think it is positive that the campaign has sparked a debate on a very important issue.\"\n\nCommenting on the Essex Police Facebook post, one user - who runs a relationships service in Essex - said that many older victims of domestic abuse wanted support to stay with their partners.\n\nThe campaign's message \"recognises the views of many older victims\", she said, and would hopefully encourage them \"to come forward without the fear that we are going to swoop in and make them end the relationship\".\n\n\"That may happen along the line but at least it will be done more safely than had they tried without support,\" she said.\n\nBut chief executive of Women's Aid, Katie Ghose, said the message being promoted was \"extremely dangerous\".\n\n\"It minimises the devastating impact of coercive control, and could leave women stuck in an abusive relationship and feeling that there is nowhere to turn for help,\" she said.", "Teachers should be aware of the likelihood that that harassment can spread on social media\n\nSexual harassment or violence at school should never be dismissed as \"banter\", new Department for Education guidance to schools and colleges has stressed.\n\n\"Sexting\" explicit images and videos of under-18s is illegal, it says, and girls are the most likely victims.\n\nSchools still have a duty to act if incidents outside school are reported.\n\nThe Women and Equalities Committee described the issuing of the guidance as a \"belated, but critical, step in the right direction\".\n\nIt adds that more still needs to be done to make sure girls - who are the most likely victims of sexual violence in schools according to the guidance - are \"safe and equal\" at school.\n\nThe guidance, published on the government's website on Thursday, highlights \"best practice\" but says it is for individual schools and colleges to develop their own policies and procedures. It has also launched a consultation on changes to statutory guidance - which sets out the legal duty on schools and colleges.\n\nThe new advice stresses that educational establishments should be making clear that sexual attacks and harassment \"will never be tolerated and is not an inevitable part of growing up\", warning that if it is allowed, then it can \"provide an environment that may lead to sexual violence\".\n\nBehaviour such as \"grabbing bottoms, breasts and genitalia\" is potentially criminal and must not be permitted, it says.\n\nThe advice says those accused of sexual attacks or misbehaviour also need support and may be victims of abuse and trauma themselves.\n\nTeachers should consider the ages of the pupils involved in deciding whether behaviour is harmful - particularly if there is more than two years between them, if one child is disabled or physically much smaller.\n\nIn any case of reported rape, the child accused should be removed from any classes they share with the alleged victim, \"in the best interests of both children\". Schools or colleges should do \"everything they reasonably can to protect the victim from bullying and harassment as a result of any report they have made\".\n\n\"Schools and colleges should also consider the potential impact of social media in facilitating the spreading of rumours and exposing victims' identities,\" the guidance says.\n\nThe government says a \"whole school approach\" should be taken which might include teaching pupils about healthy and respectful relationships, gender stereotyping, self-esteem and prejudice.\n\nSocial workers should be alerted if a child has been harmed and rape or assault allegations should be referred to the police. Parents should usually be informed, unless it is considered that this would put pupils at greater risk.\n\nBBC Panorama discovered that reports of sexual offences on school premises in England and Wales increased from 386 in 2013-14 to 922 in 2016-17, according to 31 police forces - including 225 rapes on school grounds over the four years.\n\nIn its report last year, the Women and Equalities Committee warned that harassment of girls in English schools was being \"accepted as part of daily life\" and must be acted upon.\n\nIts chairman, Maria Miller, said it was important that the new advice was being well promoted: \"It is well over a year since the committee called for the government and schools to make girls' safety an immediate priority and this is a belated, but critical, step in the right direction.\n\n\"The advice addresses in detail important issues that we highlighted in our report, including the need to get support from specialist services and recognising the forms that sexual harassment in schools can take.\"\n\nBut she said more long-term work was needed \"so that future generations of girls are safe and equal at school\".\n\nFor the government, Minister for Children Robert Goodwill said schools and colleges \"should be safe places\".\n\n\"All schools must have an effective child protection policy that addresses a range of issues. To support schools we have published new advice specifically on sexual violence and sexual harassment.\n\n\"We are consulting proposed changes to the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, to ensure it reflects the challenges that schools must be prepared to deal with.\"", "Introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol would push up the cost to consumers of most alcohol, not just the cheapest strong drinks, according to researchers.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a floor of 50p per unit would raise the cost of 70% of alcohol bought in shops.\n\nIt said there was a \"strong case\" for reforming alcohol duties instead.\n\nThe Scottish government is due to bring in a minimum price for alcohol in May.\n\nIt is consulting on its preferred rate of 50p per unit.\n\nA similar policy is being considered by the Welsh National Assembly.\n\nThe IFS looked at what the impact on prices would be if a compulsory minimum price of at least 50p per alcohol unit were introduced, meaning that drinks that currently cost less than that would have to go up in price.\n\nIt found the average price rise would be about 35%, but low-cost lagers would increase by 44%, while most ciders would cost 90% more.\n\nAbout 85% of lager and 80% of cider (measured by units of alcohol) are priced below 50p per unit.\n\nThe IFS said most wines, fortified wines and spirits also cost less than 50p per unit and would see their prices go up.\n\nFor example, a bottle of sherry containing 17.5 units of alcohol and sold for £7.15 by a supermarket would have to be sold for £8.75 if a minimum price of 50p per unit were introduced.\n\nTwenty cans of cider containing 44 units of alcohol, currently available for £11, would double in price to £22.\n\nThe researchers concluded that a minimum price of 50p would have a financial impact on heavy drinkers who tend to buy cheaper and stronger alcohol. But it would also affect a large number of moderate drinkers.\n\nHowever, the IFS said \"it may be better to reform duties and not have a minimum price at all\".\n\nIt said minimum unit pricing had a \"substantial disadvantage\" because the policy was \"likely to dampen competition in the retail market, resulting in increases in profits to the alcohol industry.\n\n\"In contrast, reform of alcohol duties that act to raise the price of strong products, as well as cider, is likely to raise tax revenue,\" it added.\n\nAnomalies in the current UK alcohol duty system made it \"chaotic\", it said.\n\nAt the moment, for example, EU rules mean wine and cider have to be taxed per litre, with the result they are taxed less per unit of alcohol than stronger drinks.\n\nSeparately, the tax on a litre of 7.5% beer is three times that on a litre of 7.5 % cider.\n\n\"A sensible reform that would substantially improve the system of alcohol duties would entail taxing directly the alcohol in wine and cider (a move which exiting the European Union will presumably make legally feasible) and increasing the tax on cider to bring it in line with that levied on beer,\" it said.\n\nAny change to the system of alcohol duty would be under the control of government in Westminster.", "Ryanair has said it is prepared to recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid strike disruption over the Christmas period.\n\nEarlier this week, 79 Dublin-based Ryanair pilots said they would strike for one day on 20 December.\n\nThe airline was also facing action by pilots elsewhere in Europe.\n\nRyanair has never recognised unions, but it said it would change this policy in order to avoid disruption to flights and passengers in Christmas week.\n\nIt has written to pilot unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal inviting them for talks.\n\nOn Friday afternoon, Irish union Impact, which represents pilots, said it had \"made contact with\" Ryanair management after receiving a letter from the airline.\n\n\"Impact has indicated its belief that an immediate meeting, between management and the union, is now necessary to clarify issues and make progress.\"\n\nThe union said its officials were available \"today or at any time over the coming weekend\". However, they have not called off next week's strike action in Ireland.\n\nThe UK pilots' union Balpa, which was not planning to strike next week, said it had written to Ryanair to accept the offer of talks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ryanair tells Today the airline is moving to recognise unions as it's \"time for change\"\n\nThe carrier said it would recognise unions \"as the representative body for pilots in Ryanair in each of these countries, as long as they establish committees of Ryanair pilots to deal with Ryanair issues, as Ryanair will not engage with pilots who fly for competitor airlines in Ireland or elsewhere\".\n\nRyanair chief operations officer Peter Bellew told the BBC there were \"no strings\" attached to the offer.\n\n\"The basis of what we've asked to do is the same as other airlines do around the world and within Europe, so I don't believe there's any strings there.\"\n\nRyanair called on the unions to cancel the planned strike on 20 December.\n\nHowever, Mr Bellew said the offer to hold talks about collective bargaining was not just about next week's planned strikes.\n\n\"This is about the long term. We have 4,500 pilots working for Ryanair at the moment, great aviation professionals, we need to get a basis with them to work going forward.\n\n\"We feel it's the best grounds to move forward with our workforce for the next 10/20 years where we intend to grow to be the biggest airline in the world.\"\n\nRyanair's share price fell 8.6% after the invitation to talks became public, amid investors' fears that any change could push up costs.\n\nMr Bellew said: \"I think there might be some minor changes but I don't think it's going to be material in the overall cost of the company.\"\n\nPilots in Italy had been due to strike on Friday for four hours, between 13:00 and 17:00 CET (12:00-16:00 GMT).\n\nHowever, following receipt of the letter from Ryanair, the main pilots' union, Anpac, said it had suspended its walkout.\n\nChief executive Michael O'Leary admitted union recognition would be a \"significant change\" for the airline.\n\n\"Christmas flights are very important to our customers and we wish to remove any worry or concern that they may be disrupted by pilot industrial action next week,\" he said.\n\n\"If the best way to achieve this is to talk to our pilots through a recognised union process, then we are prepared to do so.\"\n\nIn October, Mr O'Leary wrote to the Ryanair's pilots to offer them better pay and conditions after the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights.\n\nAt the time of the cancellations the airline admitted it had \"messed up\" the planning of its pilots' holidays.\n\nIn his letter, Mr O'Leary also apologised for changes that caused disruptions to their rotas and urged them not to leave the airline.\n\nAviation expert John Strickland of JLS Consulting said the idea of Ryanair recognising unions was \"revolutionary\" for the company.\n\n\"I think the company realises they need to pay more, they recognise it's a labour group who they cannot do without, they cannot simply replace pilots off the street on a short-term basis.\n\n\"There's a global pilot shortage and Ryanair is actually pretty well placed in the pecking order for pilot jobs but they have to make sure these people are on side and not inflame personal feelings with that part of the workforce,\" he added.", "Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour\n\nThe deputy leader of far right group Britain First has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident at a Belfast peace wall.\n\nJayda Fransen, 31, from Anerley, south-east London, was charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.\n\nShe appeared briefly at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Friday morning.\n\nMs Fransen was arrested on Thursday after appearing in court in Belfast over a separate incident.\n\nShe was released on bail and is due to appear in court again next month.\n\nAfter bail was granted, Ms Fransen's supporters in the public gallery cheered and applauded.\n\nShe raised her arm in the air as they cheered.\n\nAmong her supporters was Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First.\n\nThe charge against Ms Fransen relates to comments she is alleged to have made in a video online that was filmed at a peace wall in west Belfast.\n\nFriday's charge stems from an incident at a peace wall on 13 December.\n\nPeace walls are used to separate Catholic and Protestant residents in Northern Ireland, in areas where tension between the two communities can run high.\n\nThe police objected in court to Ms Fransen being given bail. A PSNI detective told the court that \"our objection is that she's going to commit further offences\".\n\nHowever, the judge granted her bail on the condition that she did not go within 500m of any demonstration or procession in Northern Ireland.", "A 68-year-old man has died after the school bus he was driving was involved in a crash with a lorry and car on the outskirts of Aberdeen.\n\nThe accident happened on the B979 South Deeside Road near Maryculter Bridge at about 07:45.\n\nThere were 13 children on the bus, of primary and secondary age. They suffered only cuts and bruises.\n\nThe bus involved was carrying pupils from Lathallan private school in Johnshaven.\n\nThe male drivers of the DAF lorry, aged 56, and red Audi A4, aged 40, were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.\n\nThey were not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries.\n\nInsp Neil Morrison said: \"Sadly the driver of the coach died of his injuries at the scene.\n\n\"The 13 on the coach were not seriously injured. They have been reunited with their parents.\n\n\"Any collision of this nature is traumatic and out thoughts are with those involved.\"\n\nThe road was closed for most of Friday\n\nHe added of the road conditions: \"It's been cold, the road surface is a consideration for us.\"\n\nLathallan headmaster Richard Toley said: \"We have been informed by Police Scotland that the driver has sadly passed away.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, he was a larger than life character who was extremely popular with our pupils.\n\n\"He will be missed by us all.\"\n\nThe road between Leggart Terrace and Netherley Road has been reopened.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam Allan talks about what it is like being falsely accused of rape\n\nA man whose rape trial collapsed after detectives failed to disclose vital evidence to the defence said he felt \"betrayed\" by police and the CPS.\n\nLiam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe 22-year-old student said his life had been \"flipped upside down\" and he wanted lessons to be learned.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"urgently reviewing this investigation\".\n\nThe case against Mr Allan at Croydon Crown Court was dropped after three days when the evidence on a computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nHe told the BBC his life had been \"torn away\" by the process, which included being on bail for two years.\n\n\"You just think the worst case scenario... People have to start planning for life without you,\" he said.\n\nMr Allan faced a possible jail term of 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life had he been found guilty.\n\nHe said he felt \"pure fear\" when he learned he had been accused of rape but would never be able to understand why the accusations were made.\n\nThe 22-year-old student had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault\n\n\"There was no possible real gain from it other than destroying somebody else's life... It's something I will never be able to forgive or forget.\"\n\nBut he said he wanted to use his experience \"to change the system\".\n\n\"This wasn't a case of people trying to prove my innocence, it was a case of people trying to prove I was guilty,\" Mr Allan said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nProsecution barrister Jerry Hayes accused police of \"sheer incompetence\" over the case.\n\nBefore the trial the defence team had repeatedly asked for the phone messages to be disclosed but was told there was nothing to disclose.\n\nMr Hayes, who demanded the messages to be passed to the defence, said he believed the trial had come about because \"everyone is under pressure\".\n\n\"This is a criminal justice system which is not just creaking, it's about to croak,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman gives his analysis of the case\n\nMr Allan's lawyer Simone Meerabux said it had been \"a very traumatic experience\" for her client.\n\nShe said it was \"amazing\" the case had got to the stage it did \"but it's not uncommon\" because of problems with disclosure.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"", "The UK will continue to take part in the Erasmus student exchange programme until at least the end of 2020, the prime minister has said.\n\nTheresa May praised Erasmus+ and confirmed the UK would still be involved after Brexit in March 2019.\n\nWhether it is involved long term is among issues likely to be discussed during the next stage of negotiations.\n\nErasmus+ sees students study in another European country for between three and 12 months as part of their degree.\n\nThe prime minister is in Brussels where she will have dinner with EU leaders on Thursday.\n\nOn Friday, without Mrs May, they are expected to formally approve a recommendation that \"sufficient progress\" has been made in Brexit negotiations so far to move them onto the next stage.\n\nMrs May agreed a draft deal with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week which would mean the UK would continue its funding of EU projects, including Erasmus, until the end of this EU budget period in 2020.\n\nIf EU leaders approve the draft deal, Brexit negotiations can begin on the next phase, covering the future relationship between the UK and EU and a two-year transition or implementation deal from March 2019. It is not clear whether this would include Erasmus+.\n\nMrs May said that British students benefitted from studying in the EU while UK universities were a popular choice for European students.\n\nSpeaking during a discussion on education and culture at the summit in Brussels, she added: \"I welcome the opportunity to provide clarity to young people and the education sector and reaffirm our commitment to the deep and special relationship we want to build with the EU.\"", "Corrie Mckeague's mother said all they have is \"theories\" but \"no evidence\"\n\nA reward offered to find missing airman Corrie Mckeague has been doubled to £100,000.\n\nMr Mckeague, who was 23 when he disappeared, vanished during a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016.\n\nOn Monday, police said they had stopped searching a landfill site after finding no trace of Mr Mckeague.\n\nHis mother Nicola Urquhart has begged people with information to come forward.\n\nShe said all the family have is \"theories\" but \"no evidence\".\n\n\"I plead to anybody involved that's spoken to us in the past, spoken to the police, to please get back in touch with us again,\" Mrs Urquhart added.\n\nCorrie Mckeague was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016\n\nThe reward has been offered by local businessman Colin Davey.\n\nThe search of the waste site at Milton, Cambridgeshire, restarted in October after a 20-week excavation ended earlier in the year.\n\nSuffolk Police said it was \"content\" Mr Mckeague was not in the landfill areas that had been searched and the investigation into his disappearance would continue.\n\nPolice have stopped searching the landfill site after finding no trace of Mr Mckeague\n\nMr Mckeague, from Dunfermline, Fife, was on a night out with colleagues from his base RAF Honington when he went missing.\n\nHe was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016 when he was captured on CCTV entering a bin loading bay known as the Horseshoe.\n\nHis phone was tracked as taking the same route as a bin lorry, which led police to believe he had climbed in a bin and been taken to the landfill site.\n\nA £50,000 reward was first offered in December 2016.\n\nIt was later withdrawn because it had not led to any new information, but was reinstated in August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A new campaign's being launched by Public Health England to get more under-25s to use condoms to prevent sexually transmitted infections spreading.\n\nIt's the first government sexual health campaign in eight years.\n\nIt comes as a survey carried out by PHE and YouGov revealed that almost half of sexually active young people have had sex with someone new for the first time without using a condom.\n\nOne in 10 had never even used one.\n\nSTIs can cause infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, swollen or painful testicles and even meningitis.\n\nPublic Health England and YouGov spoke to more than than 2,000 16-24-year-olds about their sexual health.\n\nThe main reason for not using a condom was because they said sex felt better without one.\n\nJordan, who's 19 and from Wrexham, admits he only uses them around \"half the time\".\n\nHe told Newsbeat that being drunk was one of the reasons he hadn't used one with a new partner.\n\n\"Drink definitely has an effect, because when you're drunk, you're more careless.\"\n\nThe poll found half the people who admitted to not using a condom had done so when drunk.\n\nWe also spoke to Lydia who admits she's more cautious when sober.\n\nLydia says when she's drunk she's less likely to practise safe sex\n\nBut she adds the feeling is \"not as nice\" when a partner uses a condom.\n\nBoth admit to feeling guilty the day after having unprotected sex and have visited an STI clinic to get tested.\n\nOther reasons given in the survey for not using a condom during sex included one of a couple being on the pill or having a contraceptive implant.\n\nThat's something student Ellie says is common.\n\nThe 20-year-old admits some men she's slept with are far more worried about getting her pregnant than getting an STI.\n\nEllie says men she's slept with are far more concerned about pregnancy than STIs\n\n\"It's on them then, isn't it? If it's a baby, it's them too.\n\n\"If it's an STI, it's your responsibility.\"\n\nJordan adds: \"If a girl's on the pill, then it's another way of saying 'you don't need to use a condom then'.\"\n\nIn 2016, there were more than 141,000 chlamydia and gonorrhoea diagnoses in people aged between 15 and 24 in England.\n\nJesse, who's 24, told Newsbeat he contracted both because he didn't use a condom.\n\nJesse admits he used to sleep around and didn't use protection\n\n\"It wasn't a nice experience. They caused pain in my groin and discomfort when urinating.\n\n\"The worst of it though was having to tell my previous and current sexual partner that I had contracted the STIs, so they also needed to get checked and treated.\n\nSymptoms vary but some, like chlamydia, may not even show any.\n\n\"I had symptoms, but I know there are so many people who don't have symptoms,\" says Jesse.\n\n\"Now when having sex with someone new I will definitely use a condom.\"\n\nDoctors are worried because gonorrhoea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and may become untreatable in the future.\n\nGP Dr Sara Kayat says the only way to avoid getting an STI is to use a condom.\n\n\"Whilst many STIs are symptomless, contracting them can have serious health consequences if left untreated and even lead to infertility.\n\n\"As I tell patients in my clinic every week, it's just not worth putting yourself at risk by not using a condom.\"\n\nFor more info and advice on STIs, check out the BBC Advice pages. and find out where you can get free condoms here.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Bitcoin can be purchased online or via special ATMs\n\nA New York woman has been accused of laundering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wiring the money to help the so-called Islamic State.\n\nZoobia Shahnaz, 27, was charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering and is being held without bail.\n\nMs Shahnaz was born in Pakistan and worked as a lab technician in the US.\n\nProsecutors say she took out fraudulent loans of $85,000 (£63,000) in order to buy the bitcoin online.\n\nBitcoin is an online currency. Despite not being legal tender, the value of bitcoin has rocketed this year.\n\nIt has been exploited by criminals to launder money. British authorities are pushing to increase regulation of the currency.\n\nAccording to court records, Ms Shahnaz, who lives in Brentwood on Long Island, was a lab technician at a Manhattan hospital until June.\n\nProsecutors said that Ms Shahnaz obtained a Pakistani passport in July and booked a flight to Pakistan with a layover in Istanbul, intending to travel to Syria.\n\nShe was arrested at John F Kennedy airport carrying $9,500 in cash, just under the limit of $10,000 that a person can legally take out of the country without declaring the funds.\n\nSearches of her electronic devices showed numerous searches for Islamic State-related material.\n\nMs Shahnaz faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the money laundering charges and up to 30 years for the bank fraud charge.\n\nHer lawyer, Steve Zissou, said she was sending money overseas to help Syrian refugees.\n\n\"What she saw made her devoted to lessening the suffering of a lot of the Syrian refugees and everything she does is for that purpose,\" Mr Zissou said outside the courthouse.", "Phew. After the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.\n\nStand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen.\n\nBoth sides are committed to getting an agreement.\n\nThe EU and the UK both want a deal to be done, and while there has, inevitably, been grumpiness on both sides, they have, in the main, dealt with each other in good faith.\n\nBut the fragility of the government, and the complexities of some of the issues, have meant that, on some occasions, it has felt like the prime minister might not get there. Had she not been able to get this far, there genuinely could have been questions about her future.\n\nThe conventional wisdom is that the next phase will be more complicated, even more fraught.\n\nThere are some optimists in government who believe it doesn't have to be that way - because the UK and the EU are already partners, it's a question of unpicking an existing relationship, rather than putting one together from scratch.\n\nBut there are significant contradictions to iron out, contrasting motivations, conflicting views inside the Conservative Party as well as among the EU 27.\n\nThe experience of the past few months suggests, in fact, that the way ahead will be extremely fraught and the prime minister's goal of a full agreement by March 2019 is hopeful, rather than grounded in reality.\n\nBut for today, at least, Mrs May's team can be satisfied, if only for a moment or two, that they have managed even to come this far.\n• None Brexit talks to move to next stage - EU", "The scene unfolding at the Leppings Lane terrace where Liverpool fans were standing\n\nA mounted officer and a police worker who claimed Liverpool fans burned a horse with cigarettes during the Hillsborough disaster will not face criminal charges.\n\nThe former South Yorkshire Police officer and the civilian farrier were accused of making up the story.\n\nBoth men were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) by the police watchdog.\n\nThe CPS said the families of the 96 Hillsborough victims had been informed.\n\nThe Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had submitted files on the two men following allegations about falsified evidence.\n\nProsecutors said the mounted officer had been seen on camera before the FA Cup semi-final lashing out towards fans, whom he later claimed were burning his horse with cigarettes.\n\nThe farrier, who was a friend of the officer, also described the injuries sustained by the horse.\n\nIt was alleged that the accounts were false and given to protect the officer from disciplinary action.\n\nThe CPS said the evidential threshold for a charge of perverting the course of justice had been met in relation to the farrier, but it was concluded that it was not in the public interest to charge him.\n\nIt said the evidential threshold had not been met in relation to the officer.\n\nIPCC deputy chairwoman Rachel Cerfontyne said: \"It was vitally important that allegations of such a serious nature were investigated robustly.\"\n\nSix men, including match commander David Duckenfield, are already facing prosecution for alleged offences related to the disaster on 15 April 1989 and its aftermath.\n\nOnce all criminal proceedings have concluded, the IPCC will consider whether any former officers would have had cases to answer for misconduct.\n\nEvidence supporting these findings will be set out in a final investigation report.\n\nA total of 96 Liverpool fans were fatally crushed during the stadium disaster on 15 April as their FA Cup semi-final began against Nottingham Forest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is net neutrality and how could it affect you?\n\nRestrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator.\n\nThe Federal Communications Commission voted three to two to change the way \"net neutrality\" is governed.\n\nInternet service providers (ISPs) will now be allowed to speed up or slow down different companies' data, and charge consumers according to the services they access.\n\nBut they must disclose such practices.\n\nAhead of the vote, protesters rallied outside the FCC's building to oppose the change.\n\nMany argue the reversal of rules introduced under President Barack Obama will make the internet less open and accessible.\n\nThe decision is already facing legal challenges, with New York's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, announcing he will lead a lawsuit challenging the FCC's decision.\n\nMr Schneiderman accused the watchdog of failing to investigate possible abuse of the public commenting process. He said as many as two million identities, some of dead New Yorkers, were used to post comments to the FCC website.\n\nDuring the hearing, FCC commissioner Mr Michael O'Rielly hit back at those claims, saying staff had been able to determine and discard comments that were illegitimate.\n\nThursday's proceedings in Washington were halted for about 15 minutes after a security alert forced an evacuation of the FCC's chamber, the final twist in a bitter and at times vitriolic debate.\n\nThe hearing was briefly suspended because of a security alert that occurred while chairman Ajit Pai was speaking\n\nThe FCC's chairman, Ajit Pai, argues the changes will foster innovation and encourage ISPs to invest in faster connections for people living in rural areas.\n\nHe refers to the change as \"restoring internet freedom\".\n\nTechnically, the vote was to reclassify broadband internet as an information service rather than telecommunications.\n\nThe consequence of this is that the FCC will no longer directly regulate ISPs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: What do people know about net neutrality?\n\nInstead jurisdiction will pass to another regulator, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Its key responsibility will be to check that the companies disclose if they block data, throttle it or offer to prioritise traffic, rather than stopping such behaviour.\n\nOne criticism of this is that US consumers often have few if any ISPs to choose between. Moreover, opponents of the change claim it could take years to address any misbehaviour.\n\n\"I dissent to this legally-lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate-enabling, destroying-internet freedom order,\" said Democrat commissioner Mignon Clyburn ahead of the vote.\n\nBut fellow commissioner Mr O'Rielly, a Republican, said fears over the end of net neutrality were a \"scary bedtime story for the children of telecom geeks\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian's family were told he was dying\n\nThe failure to offer a learning disabled young man cancer treatment has been described as a shocking example of health inequalities by charities.\n\nIan Shaw was sent home to die, but a doctor queried that decision after seeing his story on the BBC.\n\nIan, 35, who has since been given chemotherapy, is now doing well.\n\nThe hospital involved has said his learning disabilities had not been a factor in the decision to put him on end-of-life care.\n\nIn December 2016, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.\n\nHis parents say they were told by doctors nothing more could be done for him as the cancer had spread too far.\n\nIn February, he arrived home for what his family believed would be his final few months.\n\nIan, whose behaviour could at times be challenging, spent nearly a decade in secure units, moving between three different places.\n\nHis family believe in the units he was over-medicated and his health neglected.\n\nThey had to fight to get him moved to a supported home in the community, it was a few months after the move that the cancer was detected.\n\nHis parents believe it could have been found the year before when he was treated for a testicular swelling, if there had been a thorough investigation.\n\nIn July of this year, the BBC reported on Ian's case after it led to a call for the prime minister to appoint a commissioner to champion the rights of people with learning disabilities.\n\nSir Stephen Bubb, who had written two reports for NHS England on secure units, described Ian's case as \"all too typical\" of the continuing failures vulnerable people faced.\n\nDr Justin Wilson was watching the report on the BBC News at Six and Ten.\n\nHe is a psychiatrist who has also studied treatment of cancer in people with learning disabilities. He asked to be put in touch with the family.\n\nHe says: \"Knowing that testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers that there is, I was surprised that the decision had been made not to provide treatment and I wanted to understand what that was about.\"\n\nAs a result, a second opinion was sought about Ian's treatment.\n\n\"My concern was that perhaps judgements were made about the quality of life that he has because of his severe learning disabilities and because of the physical impact of how the cancer has spread,\" says Dr Wilson.\n\n\"I'm also clearly aware that providing cancer treatment for someone with the problems that Ian has is a real challenge.\n\n\"It is really difficult to give the best possible treatment to somebody in that situation, but my view is those challenges can be overcome.\"\n\nIan is now undergoing chemotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital - and he is doing well.\n\nA scan at the end of November showed after four rounds of chemotherapy the tumour, which had spread to his stomach, had shrunk.\n\nIan's mother, Jan, says: \"Especially when I thought there was no treatment and no cure, it was just a waiting game, but now there is hope.\"\n\nIan was a patient at Luton and Dunstable Hospital when his family were told last February that he was terminally ill and could not be treated.\n\nIn a statement, the University Hospital Trust said a course of chemotherapy had been planned but Ian's condition had then worsened.\n\nA range of experts had been consulted and it had been decided he had been too ill to undergo treatment.\n\nIt added: \"The decision was therefore taken, in consultation with his family, to start palliative care.\n\n\"The trust can confirm that Mr Shaw's learning difficulties were not a factor in the decision to move to a palliative care pathway.\"\n\nIan's family were told he was dying\n\nNHS England says it is working to reduce the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. But neither it nor the Department of Health wanted to comment on Ian's case.\n\nNHS policy is that reasonable adjustments should be made to ensure that people with learning disabilities get the medical help they need.\n\nIn Ian's case, he is put under an anaesthetic for a short time while he is given the chemotherapy.\n\nThe tumour has affected Ian's spine so he is unable to walk, but after 10 months in bed, in November he was moved into a wheelchair.\n\nIn a joint statement, the charities Mencap and Challenging Behaviour Foundation said: \"We know 1,200 people with a learning disability die every year when their lives could have been saved had they had access to good quality healthcare at the right time.\n\n\"Failures to train healthcare professionals on how to support patients with a learning disability and the refusal to involve families in key decisions about their loved one's health continue to contribute to this scandal of unequal health treatment.\"", "The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.\n\nAs a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.\n\nHere are some of the key phrases from that document.\n\nDon't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolved before negotiations on a withdrawal agreement come to an end.\n\nThat means the financial settlement, citizens' rights and of course, the Irish border.\n\nSufficient progress is not the end of the story, but the text also makes it clear that there will be a concerted effort to lock in what has been agreed so far - and that if the EU detects any reluctance or backsliding from the UK then that will have a negative effect on discussions about the future.\n\nTheresa May has already agreed that a transition of about two years will take place under existing EU rules and regulations, but the EU's text makes crystal clear what it believes that means.\n\nThe UK will have to accept all EU law (that's what the acquis means) including new laws passed during the transition itself.\n\nBut it will no longer have a seat at the table when those laws are made. To put it brutally - the UK will, for a while, become a rule-taker rather than a rule-maker.\n\nBoth sides talk of a strictly time-limited transition period, so there doesn't appear to be much appetite at the moment for extending it.\n\nQuite what happens if a future trade deal isn't ready by the end of the transition, a scenario many experts think is quite possible, will have to be debated in the future.\n\nDuring the transition, the UK will have to accept the full jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and all four freedoms - including the freedom of movement of people.\n\nThe EU says the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union during a transition, while the UK insists that it will leave both on Brexit day.\n\nThis could become a semantic argument, because by accepting all rules and regulations - in other words, the status quo - the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union whether it likes it or not.\n\nThe British government has suggested that some things - like dispute resolution mechanisms - could change during the transition as agreement is made on future co-operation. But there's little appetite in the EU for that - in its view, you're either in or you're out.\n\nThe EU 27 stress that they want a close partnership with the UK in the future, but here they are setting out the limits of what they could mean.\n\nThe further away the UK wants to be from the rules and regulations of the single market the less access it will have - there is no such thing as partial membership.\n\nThis gets us back to the unresolved debate about what \"full alignment\" at the Irish border really means in practice.\n\nThe phrase \"preserve a level playing field\" is important too. The EU is anxious to ensure that the UK doesn't try to undercut the EU in any way by having looser regulations in certain key areas, and, if it does, then there will be consequences.\n\nEU negotiators won't have the authority to start discussions with the UK on future relations (including trade and also things like security and foreign policy) until another set of guidelines is adopted in March 2018.\n\nThat gives the two sides not much more than six months to agree the text of a broad political declaration on the outlines of the future relationship.\n\nThe EU hopes to get that finalised by October 2018, but it emphasises that formal trade negotiations can only begin after the UK has left the EU.\n\nInformal contacts on what the future might look like are probably taking place already, but the EU is still waiting for greater clarity from London about what exactly the UK government hopes to achieve in the long term.\n\nThe UK is trying to be as ambitious as possible about what can be done before Brexit actually happens. The EU, though, emphasises that trade talks will have to continue long after the UK has left.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Schoolboy John Robertson relaxing at home following his ordeal last week\n\nA four-year-old boy tried to walk home from a bus depot after being left on his school bus.\n\nJohn Robertson was travelling home to North Kessock from Munlochy Primary School on the Black Isle last Friday.\n\nBut he did not get off at his stop and ended up, unnoticed, in the bus in D&E Coaches' Inverness Longman depot, about three miles and across the A9's Kessock Bridge from where he lives.\n\nThe boy was spotted close to Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium.\n\nHe told his parents he had waited onboard the mini bus after it stopped at the depot, expecting the driver to come and find him.\n\nAfter a time, still on his own inside the bus unnoticed, he managed to open the door and set out to find his way home.\n\nD&E Coaches said it was \"extremely disappointed\" by the circumstances of the incident. It has dismissed the driver for gross misconduct.\n\nHighland Council, which contracts D&E Coaches as a provider of its school transport, and Police Scotland have begun investigations into the incident.\n\nJohn's parents, Nikki and John, had thought he was late home because the school bus had been delayed by bad weather, which included snow showers.\n\nHis father was waiting for John at home where the boy should have been dropped off.\n\nJohn Robertson snr had expected his son to be dropped off at home\n\nJohn tried to make his way home after being left on a bus in a coach depot\n\nIt was the boy's fifth time taking the school bus, which takes about eight children to and from Munlochy Primary. John's parents usually take him to and from school by car, but the car had broken down.\n\nOn the previous four days, John was dropped off near the door of his home. But the bus did not appear near the flats that Friday.\n\nJohn's father initially believed this may have been because of the snow and that John had been dropped off a short distance away.\n\nWhen John still had not come home, his family called the bus company and were told that John had been dropped off. In a follow up call they were told that he had not got on the bus.\n\nJohn's parents began calling friends, family and police in an effort to find him.\n\nFamily and friends also made searches of North Kessock and Munlochy for the youngster.\n\nMr Robertson told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme he was half way through a call to police when officers received information that John had been found and was being taken to a police station.\n\nJohn told his parents that he had sat on the bus in the depot for a time thinking the bus driver would come back and find him.\n\nMr Robertson said: \"It was a mini bus, so he was able to open the door.\n\n\"He decided to get to the Kessock Bridge to get home. He said he crossed a couple of roads. Luckily two teachers found him.\n\n\"They said he was shaken up, cold and after some persuasion, because we've taught him not to talk to strangers, they managed to get him into their warm car.\"\n\nMr Robertson said he was proud of his son's actions. John has been getting a lift to and from school from a family friend since the incident.\n\nThe four-year-old thought the driver would come to find him\n\nA spokeswoman for Highland Council said: \"We are extremely concerned about this incident and we are carrying out a full investigation into the circumstances with our contracted school transport provider.\n\n\"The incident is also the subject of an ongoing police investigation.\"\n\nEarlier Black Isle councillor Gordon Adam told BBC Alba it was a concerning incident.\n\nHe said he thought the boy had fallen asleep and woke up at the depot and was not seen by the driver.\n\n\"Somehow he got himself to the stadium, which in itself is very worrying as it would have involved crossing a main road,\" he added.\n\nD&E Coaches said it had carried out its own investigation of the incident.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We are extremely disappointed at the circumstances in which a child was left on one of our minibuses going from Munlochy Primary School to North Kessock last Friday when it was parked in a yard in Inverness.\n\n\"A full internal investigation has been conducted and the driver concerned has been dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\n\"Relying on an assurance from another pupil that this child was not on the bus is unacceptable.\n\n\"All drivers are expected to check their buses at the end of the journey but this clearly did not occur in this instance.\"\n\nJohn ended up in the D&E Coaches' Inverness Longman depot\n\nIn a response to the incident, the company has introduced a new course on Driver Awareness in School Contracts as part of the accreditation process for a driver licence.\n\nLong-term employees were being given refresher courses.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"We wish to express our sincere apologies to the family of the child for the distress caused and we are extremely relieved that the child was safe and sound.\n\n\"D&E Coaches have been running school contracts for over 20 years and currently have 58 school contracts conveying 3,000 children a day to and from school.\n\n\"This is the first time anything of this nature has occurred to mar our excellent record and the new measures will enhance driver vigilance to try to ensure there is never a repeat.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government looks likely to avoid another potential Commons defeat on Brexit, the BBC understands.\n\nTory rebels have been concerned about plans to put the Brexit date and time - 11pm on 29 March 2019 - into law.\n\nBut backbenchers have tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill allowing some flexibility.\n\nMinisters are highly likely to accept the amendment in a vote next week, BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg said.\n\nIt comes as EU leaders agreed to move to the next phase of Brexit talks.\n\nTheresa May suffered her first Commons defeat as prime minister on Wednesday, as Tory rebels joined forces with Labour and the SNP to vote for a plan to give MPs a bigger say in any Brexit deal.\n\nMinisters feared they might be heading for a further defeat on Wednesday, when MPs vote on a plan to enshrine the Brexit date in law.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs had echoed Labour concerns the move could box Britain into a corner if negotiations with the EU go to the wire.\n\nSeveral Conservative MPs, including former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin, have now tabled an amendment to the bill that would give the government more flexibility over the exit day.\n\nThe new amendment seeks to allow the government to change the \"exit day\" through further legislation, if the negotiations are continuing.\n\nMinisters are likely to accept their plan, which is a change that some of the potential rebels have been asking for, the BBC understands.\n\nSenior sources are confident they can see off a defeat, after No 10 said there were no plans to take the date out of the bill.\n\nConservative MP Dominic Grieve, who led Wednesday's rebellion, told BBC Three Counties Radio: \"I am aware that the government has, I think, this afternoon tabled a further amendment for next Wednesday, which very sensibly looks like it will resolve the issue that was troubling some of us.\n\n\"If that is the case, and I am fairly confident it is, then that issue will be satisfactorily resolved.\"\n\nBernard Jenkin, a leading Tory Brexiteer, said: \"The purpose of this amendment is to avoid needless division over matters of detail when we should be supporting the PM.\n\n\"Nothing that has occurred alters the determination of the government to achieved the kind of Brexit that the PM set out in her Lancaster House speech - which takes back control of our borders, our money and our laws and our our ability to do meaningful trade deals.\"\n• None Relief for May but a hard road ahead", "The couple announced their engagement in November\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will be held on Saturday 19 May 2018, Kensington Palace has announced.\n\nThe pair confirmed their engagement in November and said the service would be at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.\n\nThe date breaks with tradition as royal weddings usually take place on a weekday - the Queen wed on a Thursday and the Duke of Cambridge on a Friday.\n\nThe wedding will be on the same day as the FA Cup Final, which Prince William normally attends as FA president.\n\nThe time of the match has yet to be confirmed, but in recent years it has taken place at 17:30 GMT.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Royal Family will pay for the wedding, including the service, music, flowers and reception.\n\nThe event will take place just a month after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to welcome their third child to the family.\n\nMs Markle will be baptised into the Church of England and confirmed before the wedding.\n\nEarlier this week, Kensington Palace announced the couple will be spending Christmas together at Sandringham with the Queen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe prince and the American actor, 36, carried out their first official engagement in Nottingham on 1 December.\n\nPrince Harry made a public appearance at Sandhurst earlier on Friday - 11 years after he graduated from the military academy - for the Sovereign's Parade.\n\nBBC Royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Saturday date was \"unusual, but not unprecedented\" and would give people the opportunity to go to Windsor for the celebrations.\n\nHe added: \"Downing Street clearly hasn't been persuaded [into giving a Bank Holiday]… these things are so ruled by precedent.\"\n\nPrince Harry and Ms Markle on their first official engagement in Nottingham\n\nReacting to the clash with the cup match, an FA spokesman said the organisation was \"delighted\" for Prince Harry and Ms Markle.\n\nHe added: \"Saturday 19 May promises to be a wonderful day with such a special royal occasion being followed by English football's showpiece event, the Emirates FA Cup Final.\n\n\"With millions coming together to watch both events at home and around the world, it will be a day to celebrate.\"\n\nThe couple visited a gallery and school in Nottingham\n\nThe prince designed her engagement ring, which features two diamonds that belonged to Princess Diana", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash\n\nA train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead.\n\nAt least 18 people were injured, some of them critically, after the crash on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont.\n\nThe bus had picked up pupils from a nearby secondary school before it was hit by a train travelling at about 80km/h (50mph).\n\nPictures from the scene showed the bus split in two by the force of the crash.\n\nTrain operator SNCF said witnesses had reported seeing the barriers at the level crossing down at the time of the collision, although that was not confirmed.\n\nThe bus, which had left the Christian Bourquin College in Millas, was on the crossing when it was hit by the train, which was travelling from Perpignan. Visibility was described as good.\n\nFour children died at the scene on Thursday. At one point local authorities said two 11-year-old girls had succumbed to their injuries on Friday morning, but later denied this report.\n\nSome 30 people were on the regional train at the time.\n\nPictures from the scene showed the school bus sheared in two\n\nInvestigators are waiting to interview the driver of the bus. She was slightly injured in the crash. The train driver also escaped serous injury.\n\nCarole Delga, president of the Occitanie regional council, said the level crossing had been upgraded recently and appeared to have been in very good condition. \"The level crossing was very visible,\" she said. SNCF said it had an automatic barrier with standard signals and was not considered particularly dangerous.\n\nBut the grandmother of an injured 11-year-old girl who had been on the bus told a very different story. The girl said the barrier had not come down but remained raised. \"The red lights that normally flash did not come on,\" she said. \"The [bus] driver went through and stopped half way, and that's where the train crashed into it.\"\n\nRail operator SNCF has modernised level crossings across France in recent years, following numerous accidents, the BBC's Chris Bockman reports from Toulouse.\n\nMore than 150 emergency workers and four helicopters were deployed as part of the rescue effort.\n\nTransport Minister Elisabeth Borne called the crash a \"terrible accident\" and Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer was due to visit a counselling centre set up at the Christian Bourquin College on Friday.\n\nA statement from the education minister's office said he would visit \"to support students, families, teachers and the entire educational community\".\n\nIn a tweet, French President Emmanuel Macron offered his condolences: \"All my thoughts for the victims of this terrible accident involving a school bus, as well as their families. The state is fully mobilised to help them.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSurvivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family and PM Theresa May.\n\nBereaved families, survivors and rescue workers were joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.\n\nBishop of Kensington Graham Tomlin said he hoped the tragedy would represent a \"time we learnt a new, better way\".\n\nThe commemoration, marking six months since the tragedy, also gave thanks to all those who assisted at the time of the fire and since - including the emergency services, recovery teams, the community, public support workers and volunteers.\n\nArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and singer Adele were also among the more than 1,500 guests.\n\nThe families of victims held photographs of their loved ones outside the cathedral\n\nSinger Adele attended the service, among more than 1,500 guests\n\nAs the memorial began, a Green For Grenfell banner adorned with a heart was carried into the cathedral.\n\nOpening the service ahead of a minute's silence, Dean of St Paul's Dr David Ison said: \"We come together as different faiths as we remember those whose lives were lost.\"\n\n\"Be united in the face of suffering and sorrow,\" he added.\n\nHe said the UK grieved \"at the unspeakable tragedy, loss and hurt of that June day\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall joined the congregation\n\nSix months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.\n\nUnderneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral are still homeless.\n\nAnd while those who died in the fire were remembered, there was also comment on what has taken place since - and what more importantly still needs to be done.\n\nFamilies held photographs of victims of the fire, while voice recordings from people at the scene of the fire were played to the congregation.\n\nThe Al-Sadiq and Al-Zahra Schools Girls' Choir then sang out the words: \"Never lose hope.\"\n\nGraham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington and organiser of the memorial, told the congregation: \"Today we ask why warnings were not heeded, why a community was left feeling neglected, uncared for, not listened to.\"\n\nBut he said he looked ahead to the New Year with \"hope\" of change from \"a city that didn't listen\".\n\nHe said he hoped the word \"Grenfell\" would change from a symbol of \"sorrow, grief or injustice\" to \"a symbol of the time we learnt a new and better way - to listen and to love\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBefore the service, Bishop Tomlin told the BBC: \"There was a very strong desire within the local community to have the service here, because faith is very important to a lot of people in the local area, and that can bring a real sense of strength to people.\"\n\nOne of those in attendance was Tiago Alves, who escaped the blaze with his family.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast his thoughts would be with bereaved families during the \"emotional\" memorial: \"Today is a day not about survivors; today is purely about the bereaved, their families and the loved ones they have lost.\"\n\nHe said the memorial would bring back a lot of awful memories for many people, but added: \"The reason we are doing this today is so that people never forget - we want people to remember.\"\n\nFamilies stood on the steps of St Paul's after the service\n\nMany held white roses along with photographs of loved ones\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall also attended the service\n\nA young girl lights a memorial candle among tributes laid for the victims\n\nPortobello Road Salvation Army Band and St Paul's Cathedral Choir performed during the service, and the Ebony Steel Band, frequent performers at the Notting Hill Carnival, played a verse of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.\n\nAt the end of the service, bereaved families and survivors left the cathedral in silence, holding white roses.\n\nClarrie Mendy, who lost her cousin Mary and Mary's daughter, Khadija Saye, in the fire, said the memorial was \"what the community needs, what the survivors need\".\n\n\"It is a very emotional day,\" she said. \"I just hope everybody will get something from it.\"\n\nCouncillor Elizabeth Campbell, leader of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, did not attend the service, after some families said they did not want the council there in an official capacity.\n\nHowever, a minute's silence was held outside the town hall in High Street Kensington as the memorial service began.\n\nThe final death toll from the fire was put at 53 adults and 18 children, including stillborn baby Logan Gomes, following an arduous process of recovering and identifying remains from the block.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tiago Alves, who escaped the blaze with his family, attended the service\n\nEarlier, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the force would do \"whatever it takes\" to bring to justice anyone who had committed a criminal offence linked to the fire.\n\nMs Dick said officers would investigate \"meticulously, fairly and fearlessly\", but said she would be \"vey surprised\" if the criminal investigation was completed within the next 12 months.\n\nScotland Yard has previously said it will be considering both individual and corporate manslaughter charges.", "Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family.", "Third Ashes Test, Waca (day two of five)\n\nCaptain Steve Smith made an unbeaten 92 as Australia forced their way back into the third Ashes Test on day two in Perth.\n\nSmith's chanceless and controlled knock took the home side to 203-3, 200 behind England.\n\nJonny Bairstow earlier completed a century for the tourists, but after Dawid Malan fell for 140, they lost their last six wickets for 35 runs in 51 balls to be 403 all out.\n\nThough Craig Overton removed both openers to leave Australia 55-2, Smith shared 124 with Usman Khawaja, who was dropped twice in his 50.\n\nKhawaja was eventually trapped lbw by Chris Woakes, but Smith remained, making batting look quite effortless in perfect conditions.\n\nEngland's lead is healthy and Australia will have to bat last on a surface showing occasional signs of variable bounce - yet Smith's continuing presence leaves the hosts with a chance of gaining first-innings parity at least.\n\nWith Australia 2-0 up, England must not be beaten at the Waca - a ground where they have not won since 1978 - in order to avoid surrendering the Ashes at the earliest opportunity.\n\nTheir efforts in the last hour were hampered by an injury to Overton, who took a blow to the ribs in trying to take a return catch off Khawaja.\n• None Reaction and analysis to second day's play\n\nSmith had seen David Warner caught behind and Cameron Bancroft pinned leg before, both by the increasingly impressive Overton, when he made his way to the crease with Australia 348 runs behind.\n\nThe captain's unbeaten 141 was the difference between the sides in the hosts' first Test win in Brisbane and though he was kept relatively quiet at the Adelaide Oval, this was Smith again looking every inch the number one Test batsman in the world.\n\nAt the Gabba he favoured the leg side; here he played handsome drives through the off side to go with one pull for six off Overton.\n\nKhawaja, scoring square of the wicket, played the supporting role until he was undone by one from Woakes that skidded and nipped off the seam.\n\nThere seemed every chance that Smith would complete a century before the close, but England stopped him from reaching three figures and it is his wicket that they will prize over all others when play gets back under way at 02:30 GMT on Saturday.\n\nHe will be joined by Shaun Marsh, who took 18 balls to get off the mark, but is coming off the back of a century of his own in Adelaide.\n\nAs well as Malan batted, the moment that he danced at off-spinner Nathan Lyon, miscued to point and was well held by diving substitute fielder Peter Handscomb can be pinpointed as when Australia began to get back in the game.\n\nFrom there, the England lower order meekly surrendered - as they have in three of the four previous innings in this series.\n\nMoeen Ali limply poked Pat Cummins to second slip, Woakes helped Josh Hazlewood to long leg and Bairstow played across the line to be bowled by Starc.\n\nOverton patted Hazlewood to short leg and a swiping Stuart Broad top-edged Starc, who ended with 4-91. The final six wickets fell in a little over 45 minutes.\n\nWith the ball, England needed Overton to show them the correct length, while James Anderson curiously did not deliver a single ball to Smith until the skipper had reached 47. Moeen has not taken a wicket with his off-breaks since the third day of the first Test.\n\nMore costly were the lives given to Khawaja - first by a diving Overton attempting a return catch when the left-hander had not scored, then by second slip Joe Root, who appeared not to see an edge off Woakes when he was on 28.\n\nAnd, late on, Marsh could have been held off Moeen by either wicketkeeper Bairstow or short leg Mark Stoneman, when the ball flew off the latter's boot but could not be gathered as both dived for it.\n\nThe early progress of Malan and Bairstow was as serene as the first evening, when Malan reached his maiden Test century.\n\nFrom 305-4 overnight, it took them 27 balls to score the first run of the day, after which Malan was once again into his trademark cover-driving.\n\nAs he did on Thursday, Bairstow ignored short deliveries and instead waited for anything overpitched to score on both sides of the wicket.\n\nWhen he reached three figures with a single off Mitchell Marsh, the wicketkeeper celebrated his fourth Test century with a 'headbutt' of his helmet, referencing the accusation that he did the same to Bancroft at the beginning of the tour.\n\nThe Malan-Bairstow partnership of 237 is an England record for the fifth wicket against Australia and, when they were together, the tourists had the chance to bat themselves into an unbeatable position.\n\nMalan was furious with himself when he gave his wicket to Lyon - rightly so, considering how Australia then turned the tide.\n\n'400 is a great effort from the guys'\n\nEngland's Jonny Bairstow, speaking to Test Match Special: \"We've got 400 on the board. From 100-4, we could have been out for a lot less than that.\n\n\"For us to get 400 from that position was a great effort from the guys.\n\n\"We're happy so far. Tomorrow the first couple of sessions are massive for us. There's no reason why we can't come out and take a couple of wickets.\n\n\"If we can take a lead into that second innings, who knows what can happen down the line?\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"That was Jonny Bairstow's best Test innings. He ducked and swayed away from the short stuff and had so much balance on the front foot. It was as good as I have seen him.\n\n\"England bowled too short again - especially Chris Woakes. He's struggling on this tour.\n\n\"England have to take every chance they get tomorrow. Concentration is key.\"\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone", "Fran Unsworth has been appointed the new BBC director of news and current affairs, replacing James Harding, who is leaving at the beginning of 2018.\n\nUnsworth is currently director of the BBC World Service Group and deputy director of news and current affairs.\n\nShe started her BBC career in local radio, before moving to Newsbeat. She went on to become head of political programmes and then newsgathering.\n\nAfter four years at the BBC, Harding is setting up his own news media venture.\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall described the role as \"one of the most demanding of any in broadcasting\", saying he was \"delighted she is taking up the role\".\n\n\"She brings a combination of excellent news judgement, authority, management knowhow, and the trust of her colleagues both in news and across the BBC,\" he added.\n\nThe job of director for news and current affairs, which has been accepted by Fran Unsworth, is undoubtedly one of the biggest in British, some would say international, journalism. It is also, by all accounts, an invitation to hell.\n\nDespite being one of the most powerful jobs in journalism, the job is not wholly, or even mainly, editorial. If you are in charge of a particular programme, or publication, the idea is that as editor you get to focus on the exciting business of editorial judgement: what stories, pictures, campaigns, headlines to use and so on.\n\nUnfortunately, the sorry financial state of much modern media means that editors' time is increasingly spent doing less fun things, like begging advertisers for money, or sacking people.\n\nAt the BBC, however, there is a whole other world of pain, and rightly too: as an organisation owned by the public, every penny has to be accounted for, and most of the decision making too.\n\nJames Harding came to the BBC from The Times newspaper\n\nUnsworth said she was \"delighted\", adding: \"We are living through a period of significant change at home and abroad. In a complex world, the BBC's journalism matters more than ever.\n\n\"I am proud to lead a team of such dedicated and talented people.\"\n\nUnsworth, who will sit on the BBC's executive committee, will take up the role at the start of the new year.\n\nIn the past year she has overseen the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s, adding 12 new global language services including Korean and Pidgin.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Artwork: the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our Solar System in number of planets\n\nNasa has found a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.\n\nIt's the largest number of worlds ever discovered in a planetary system outside our own.\n\nThe star known as Kepler-90, is just a bit hotter and larger than the Sun; astronomers already knew of seven planets around it.\n\nThe newly discovered world is small enough to be rocky, according to scientists.\n\n\"This makes Kepler-90 the first star to host as many planets as our own Solar System,\" said Christopher Shallue, a software engineer at Google, which contributed to the discovery.\n\nEngineers from Google used a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning to find planets that were missed by previous searches.\n\nArtwork: The Kepler telescope was launched to detect new worlds using the \"transit method\"\n\nThe discovery was based on observations gathered by Nasa's Kepler Space Telescope.\n\nIts parent star is very distant, lying 2,545 light-years away. But its planetary system appears to be ordered in a similar way to our own.\n\nAndrew Vanderburg, a co-discoverer at the University of Texas at Austin, said: \"The Kepler-90 star system is like a mini version of our Solar System. You have small planets inside and big planets outside, but everything is scrunched in much closer.\"\n\nTo give a sense of how close, the outermost planet in the system orbits at around the same distance the Earth does from the Sun.\n\nBecause the new world, dubbed Kepler-90i, is so much further in - it completes one circuit of its star every 14.4 days - it's estimated to have a scorching hot surface temperature of around 425C.\n\nThe machine learning technique was also used to find a new Earth-sized planet, called Kepler 80g, around a different star.\n\nSome 3,500 exoplanets - worlds circling other stars - have been documented in recent decades.", "A large proportion of the people living in buildings close to Grenfell Tower show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), six months after the tragedy, which killed 71 people, the NHS says.\n\nCaused by very stressful or distressing events, PTSD can lead to nightmares and flashbacks, with sufferers often feeling isolated, irritable and guilty.\n\nSo far, about 1,000 people have been screened for symptoms, with the number of PTSD sufferers at the highest end of a range of expectations after comparing it to other recent tragedies such as terror attacks.\n\nOverall, the NHS believes that as many as 11,000 people - including survivors, witnesses and the bereaved - could be suffering from the psychological impact of the fire, which took many hours to be brought under control.\n\nIt anticipates that thousands of these people will need therapy.\n\nA special team of more than 50 therapists and 20 outreach workers has been established, called the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service, in what the NHS says is its largest ever mental health response to a traumatic event.\n\nMore than 500 people have already attended sessions with NHS therapists to treat symptoms of anxiety and PTSD. So far, 150 children have completed or are having continuing therapy.\n\n\"I'm not coping,\" one woman told an outreach worker.\n\nShe lives in a flat in what is known as the walkways - right next to the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower, a potent and ever-present symbol of the fire.\n\nHer eyes filling with tears, she said she was having flashbacks and was struggling to sleep but had begun to get therapy, which was helping.\n\n\"I thought I would cope, but I can't because the tower is still there. It's a big reminder, which you can't forget.\"\n\nThe outreach work involves teams of NHS staff going door to door, working outwards from Grenfell Tower.\n\nThey ask each person how they are feeling and look for signs of trauma. If appropriate, they complete an on-the-spot PTSD questionnaire.\n\nThey call it \"street-screening\", and so far staff have screened about 1,000 people living close to the tower.\n\nThe rates of PTSD picked up by the screening range from 75% of those screened in the buildings nearest the tower to 40% in buildings a little further away.\n\nBut rates vary considerably from building to building.\n\nThe plan is to continue street-screening outwards from the tower until the PTSD rate drops.\n\nBut there are dozens of high-rise buildings, some miles away from Grenfell Tower, that had a clear line of sight to the burning building, and whose residents may also have been affected.\n\nThe teams have also screened survivors from Grenfell Tower, most of whom are still living in hotels. I joined two outreach workers as they spoke to one survivor.\n\n\"I'm feeling down, not depressed, but down.\"\n\n\"Is that every day, every other day, or for several days?\"\n\nThe man lived on the 13th floor, with his wife, son and daughter. The whole family survived.\n\nThe other family members are getting counselling, but he felt he didn't need help. Six months on, he's now changed his mind.\n\nThe family owned a leasehold flat in the tower, and he says the continuing process of seeking compensation from Kensington and Chelsea Council has made him feel increasingly anxious.\n\n\"I tried to prove to myself that I can manage without [counselling], but I think it's the right time now to ask for help.\n\n\"I've felt a bit sad, and I don't want to give up just because I'm not well. I have the feeling it's better to give up - that's the reason I'm going to accept some help.\"\n\nKensington and Chelsea Council says it is doing all it can to ensure survivors and local residents have access to the mental health support they need.\n\nThe outreach team is dealing with numerous logistical challenges, including incomplete lists of survivors living in temporary accommodation and frequently changing council key-workers who are meant to be the main point of contact with survivors.\n\nThe team has even had to provide therapy to key-workers who have themselves become traumatised by their work.\n\nThe Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is the first response of its kind\n\nIt's all been an unusual challenge for the NHS.\n\n\"I think the outreach model is completely unique,\" said Emma Kennedy, from the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service.\n\n\"Seeking out people, bringing them in, and walking through the journey of therapy with them, hasn't been tried in any other service in terms of disaster response.\"\n\nPeople who score highly enough under the street-screening tool for PTSD or anxiety are referred to therapists for counselling, often a course of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or another talking therapy.\n\nShe said many had not been able to process their memories of what had happened on the night of the fire, because of the extreme stress they had been under as they had tried to escape the burning building.\n\n\"The memory evolves like a multi-sensory video which can be re-triggered at any time.\"\n\n\"People might start to get clips of what they saw, what they heard - even smelt, tasted, felt - on that night coming back to them in the months and years afterwards, and that can be very distressing.\"\n\nOne Grenfell resident now experiences those feelings whenever he goes downstairs.\n\n\"They actually smell smoke, and have the same fear they felt that night.\"\n\nTreating PTSD of this type involves a process known as reliving - having the patient talk through these experiences in minute detail in order to update the memory in a safe environment.\n\nI joined one patient, who asked to remain anonymous, during a CBT session. He witnessed the fire and lost three close family members in it.\n\n\"When doing therapy, you're basically writing down what you've got in your head, but you're also re-writing what you've got in your head in a way that you're able to deal with,\" he said.\n\n\"It most definitely put things into perspective for me, in terms of filtering the important thoughts and using them to move forward with my life.\"\n\nMany people living in the area say the constant physical presence of the gutted shell of the tower itself triggers flashbacks.\n\nAlastair Bailey, a consultant clinical psychologist who runs the adult part of the service, says it's a very difficult reminder for people.\n\n\"There's been a lot of support in the local community, and that's a really helpful thing.\n\n\"But there's another thing which is not so helpful in terms of developing trauma, and that's called rumination, which is going over what's happened to you again and again. Both things have occurred.\"\n\nThe service expects to continue offering therapy for years to come, as PTSD can sometimes take years to develop.\n\nAbout £7m has been budgeted for the NHS health response this year, and up to £10m will be needed next year.\n\nThe Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is a free and confidential NHS service for children and adults affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nYou can access the service at The Curve, 4 Bard Road, W10 6TP between 10:00 and 20:00 every day.\n\nYou can also call 0800 0234 650 (lines open 24/7), email cnw-tr.spa@nhs.net or if you are deaf or have a hearing impairment, you can use the Next Generation Text Service on 18001 0800 0234 650.\n• None Self refer to the Grenfell health and wellbeing service The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in England are dropping further behind their classmates in national primary school tests, statistics show.\n\nThe gap between SEN pupils and their peers has risen from 48 percentage points in 2016 to 52 this year.\n\nThe figures are revealed in school league tables, published by the Department for Education (DfE), showing the results of about 16,000 primaries.\n\nHead teachers say special-needs education funding is in crisis.\n\nThe government statistics show 18% of children with SEN reached the expected level in reading, writing and mathematics, compared with 70% of their peers without special needs.\n\nAlthough SEN pupils' results edged upwards on last year, when 14% made the grade, their non-SEN peers boosted their results more dramatically from 62% to 70%.\n\nTeachers have been warning that pupils with special needs, such as mild autism or dyslexia, would struggle in the tougher tests introduced last year.\n\nA National Association of Head Teachers' spokesman said it was \"one of those situations where money is the solution and schools need the government's help\".\n\nThe tables also showed disadvantaged pupils still perform far worse than all other pupils in England, with around half passing the tests, compared to nearly two-thirds of non-disadvantaged.\n\nThe gap between the two groups of pupils is now as wide as it was in 2012 at about 20 percentage points.\n\nHowever, there does appear to be a small catch-up (one percentage point) in poorer pupils' attainment on 2016 when the tougher tests were introduced and results for all pupils dipped significantly.\n\nNAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said: \"This data is a useful indication of school performance but it is not the whole story. One thing it does do, though, is confirm what NAHT has been saying for a long time about social mobility.\n\n\"Raising the Key Stage 2 standard (Sats test) was not going to help close the gap. The issues that underpin inequality reach far beyond the school gates and exist throughout the communities that schools serve.\"\n\nBut Schools Minister Nick Gibb hailed the achievements of pupils and teachers, saying they had responded well to the more rigorous curriculum.\n\nThis set of pupils was the first to benefit from the government's new approach to phonics, he said.\n\n\"Pupils are now leaving primary school better prepared for the rigours of secondary school and for future success in their education,\" Mr Gibb added.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nOverall, pupils have scored better in their Sats results than last year, which was the first year of the new tests.\n\nThe DfE said this was partly because of \"increased familiarity\" with the new tests.\n\nThere was a nine percentage point increase in the proportion of black pupils passing the tests, to 60% - just one percentage point behind the national average and white pupils.\n\nThe top five local authorities were all London boroughs, with Richmond upon Thames at the top, Kensington and Chelsea coming second and Bromley third.\n\nThe inner city boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Hackney have claimed the fourth and fifth spots.\n\nIn 1999, Hackney, which had been one of the worst performing boroughs, became the first local education authority to be taken out of council control.\n\nIn this year's tests across England, local authority schools slightly outperformed academies and free schools, with 62% of their schools reaching the expected standard compared with 61% of academies and free schools.\n\nIn all, 511 schools - 4% of the total - have fallen beneath the government's expectations or \"floor standard\", where fewer than 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics and the school did not achieve sufficient progress scores in all three subjects.\n\nThis is an improvement on last year, where 665 - 5% - primaries were found wanting.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit: Theresa May says agreement is \"important step\" on the road to Brexit\n\nEU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second phase but called for \"further clarity\" from the UK about the future relationship it wants.\n\nThe first issue to be discussed, early next year, will be the details of an expected two-year transition period after the UK's exit in March 2019.\n\nTalks on trade and security co-operation are set to follow in March.\n\nTheresa May hailed an \"important step\" on the road but Germany's Angela Merkel said it would get \"even tougher\".\n\nDonald Tusk, the president of the European Council, broke the news that the 27 EU leaders were happy to move on to phase two after they met in Brussels.\n\nHe congratulated Mrs May on reaching this stage and said the EU would begin internal preparations for the next phase right now as well as \"exploratory contacts with the UK to get more clarity on their vision\".\n\nWhile securing a deal in time for the UK's exit in March 2019 was realistic, he suggested that the next phase would be \"more challenging and more demanding\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald Tusk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Theresa May This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Theresa May\n\nMrs May said the two sides would begin discussions on future relations straight away and hoped for \"rapid progress\" on a transitional phase to \"give certainty\" to business.\n\n\"This is an important step on the road to delivering the smooth and orderly Brexit that people voted for in June 2016,\" she said.\n\n\"The UK and EU have shown what can be achieved with commitment and perseverance on both sides.\"\n\nLabour's international trade spokesman, Barry Gardiner, welcomed the move forward, but said it would be a \"real problem\" for business if the EU didn't start talking trade for a further three months.\n\nHe also said his party would not put a time limit on a post-Brexit transition phase, as the expected two-year period would be \"extremely tight\".\n\nEmmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel held a joint news conference at the end of the summit\n\nThe EU has published its guidelines for phase two of the negotiations, with discussions on future economic co-operation not likely to begin until March.\n\nThe three-page document says the UK will remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and be required to permit freedom of movement during any transition period.\n\nAnd agreements on the Irish border, the so-called divorce bill and the rights of EU and UK citizens, agreed by Mrs May last Friday, must be \"respected in full and translated faithfully into legal terms as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe document says: \"As the UK will continue to participate in the customs union and the single market during the transition, it will have to continue to comply with EU trade policy.\"\n\nWhile the EU is willing to engage in \"preliminary and preparatory discussions\" on trade as part of building a \"close partnership\" after the UK's departure, this means any formal agreement \"can only be finalised and concluded once the UK has become a third country\".\n\nAfter the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.\n\nStand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen.\n\nBoth sides are committed to getting an agreement.\n\nThe EU and the UK both want a deal to be done, and while there has, inevitably, been grumpiness on both sides, they have, in the main, dealt with each other in good faith.\n\nThe document \"calls on the UK to provide further clarity on its position on the framework for the future relationship\".\n\nBut in a passage added during the past week, it invites the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to \"continue internal preparatory discussions\" on future relations rather than having to wait until March to do so.\n\nSources have told the BBC that the government is highly likely to accept an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill next week to see off another potential Commons defeat for Theresa May.\n\nConservative rebels have been concerned about plans to put the Brexit date and time - 11pm on 29 March 2019 - into law.\n\nBackbenchers, including former minister Oliver Letwin, have tabled an amendment, suggesting a change to the legislation.\n\nMinisters are likely to accept their plan, which is a change that some of the potential rebels have been asking for, the BBC understands.\n\nSenior sources are confident they can see off a defeat, after No 10 said there were no plans to take the date out of the bill.\n\nResponding to the reports, Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer wrote on Twitter: \"After a car-crash defeat on Brexit vote, rumours that PM will now U-turn on gimmick exit day amendment: forced to get a Tory MP to amend her own amendment before its put to the vote!\"\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the EU's initial priority was to \"formalise the agreement\" that had already been reached before moving forward, adding \"the second phase will be significantly harder and the first was very difficult\".\n\nPraising Mrs May as a \"tough, smart and polite\" negotiator, he said he was \"entirely convinced\" that the final agreement reached would be approved by the UK and European Parliaments.\n\nGiving his response, French President Emmanuel Macron said that in moving forward the EU had maintained its unity, protected the integrity of the single market and ensured \"compliance with our own rules\".\n\nMrs May is set to discuss her vision of the \"end state\" for the UK outside the EU at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, having suffered her first Commons Brexit defeat earlier this week.\n• None Relief for May but a hard road ahead", "A computer generated image of an HS2 train on the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct\n\nUnauthorised redundancy payments made by the state-owned company managing the HS2 rail project were a \"shocking waste of taxpayers' money\", MPs have said.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee said the firm overseeing construction of a high-speed rail line offered staff terms \"well in excess\" of authorised levels.\n\nThe MPs blamed \"weak internal processes\" at HS2 for overpayments to 94 people totalling £1.76m.\n\nAn HS2 spokesperson acknowledged \"a serious error\" had been made.\n\nThe company made the payments in 2016-17 after shedding 94 staff in a move from London to Birmingham.\n\nA combination of compulsory and voluntary redundancy schemes were offered on enhanced terms, resulting in a total bill of £2.76m, despite instructions from the Department of Transport that they should be at statutory rates, which would have incurred payments of £1m, MPs on the committee said.\n\nThe MPs' report says that HS2's chief executive at the time, Simon Kirby, had an email from the government telling him that he wasn't allowed to offer staff larger, enhanced redundancy payments when the firm relocated.\n\nBut it says Mr Kirby didn't pass that email on to anyone else.\n\nHowever, Mr Kirby - who now works at Rolls Royce - said in a statement that he had not been responsible for the decision to approve more generous severance packages.\n\n\"I did not approve the payments at issue and deny any allegation of wrongdoing,\" he said.\n\n\"I left HS2 in December last year and the decision to make senior managers redundant, and under what terms, was not made until after I left.\"\n\nMPs concluded a lack of basic financial controls at HS2 Ltd heightened the risk of fraud and financial errors, a situation it said was exacerbated by high rates of staff turnover.\n\n\"The unauthorised schemes were able to proceed because weak internal processes at HS2 Ltd prevented key decision-making and scrutiny bodies from receiving accurate information,\" the committee said.\n\nThe HS2 rail link being built between London, Manchester and Leeds, via Birmingham has already proved controversial for its impact on communities in the path of the new line, over its environmental impact and for its £55.7bn price tag.\n\nThe HS2 spokesperson said: \"HS2 is on track and has achieved a lot in its short lifespan. It has been able to do so because of our ability to have the right people in the right jobs at the right time.\n\n\"But while that was the reason for these payments it is clear that we got the process wrong and we are now putting the right systems in place to make sure that does not happen again.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesperson said: \"We have made clear to HS2 Ltd in the strongest terms that we expect them to always meet their obligations and responsibilities to the taxpayer.\n\n\"As the NAO said this was a failure in the internal process at HS2 Ltd that resulted in these payments being made without approval in place.\n\n\"The Department has received legal advice that bringing a claim against Mr Kirby for breaching his duties and responsibilities as CEO and director of HS2 Ltd would not be justified.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victim was hit on a pedestrian crossing on the South Circular Road near Norwood Road\n\nPolice investigating a fatal hit-and-run in which a woman was struck four times have released CCTV images of vehicles they believe were involved.\n\nThe victim, 29, was \"left to die\" on the pedestrian crossing, when all four drivers failed to stop, on Monday.\n\nShe was hit as she crossed Norwood Road in Tulse Hill, in south London, as the traffic went through on a green light.\n\nThe images show a white lorry - possibly a Mercedes, and a black car, similar to a Vauxhall SUV.\n\nDetectives have traced two drivers allegedly involved but are still looking for the other two.\n\nOne of the vehicles believed to be involved in the hit-and-run was a white lorry\n\nPolice are urging the driver to come forward\n\nTwo of the four drivers have been traced so far\n\nThe victim, who was Polish and staying with family in Wandsworth, was struck by one lorry, before being hit by a second lorry and two cars, the Metropolitan Police believe.\n\nShe was treated by paramedics but died from her injuries, less than an hour after she was fatally injured at about 06:45 GMT on Monday.\n\nHer family is due in the UK later, to enable her to be formally identified.\n\nPolice interviewed the 49-year-old male driver of the first lorry under caution and arrested the 52-year-old male driver of the second car on Tuesday.\n\nHe was detained on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and later released under investigation.\n\nThe Met said it was \"grateful for all those witnesses who have come forward\".\n\nBut, they are still seeking any dashcam footage from drivers who were in the Norwood Road area between 06:30 and 07:00 GMT.\n\nActing Det Sgt Alastair Middleton, of the Met Police, said: \"We continue to appeal for anyone who was passing and witnessed the collision and the moments afterwards to contact us immediately.\n\n\"Enquiries are continuing to trace the two outstanding vehicles involved. A number of actions, including the recovery of local CCTV footage are in hand. I would urge the two drivers we are yet to trace come forward and speak with my team.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The children's aunt Claire Pearson shared her memories of them\n\nThe aunt of four children who died in a house fire in Salford says the family is trying to cope with their grief but \"nothing will ever break us\".\n\nDemi Pearson, 15, and siblings Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died in the blaze in Walkden on Monday. Lia, three, died in hospital on Wednesday.\n\nClaire Pearson said: \"What's happened is tragic but it won't separate this family. We are all very close.\"\n\nHer sister and the children's mother, Michelle, 35, is in hospital in a coma.\n\nTwo men and a woman appeared in court earlier charged with murdering the siblings. They were remanded in custody until 9 March for a plea and trial preparation hearing.\n\nMs Pearson says her sister is \"an amazing woman\" and the house on Jackson Street \"was like a youth club with the amount of kids\" who would visit.\n\n\"She was such a mother to everybody else's kids as well as her own,\" she said.\n\n\"When it was family time they'd all cuddle up on the couch together, they were so close.\n\n\"Lacie was a little diva, she didn't stop dancing. Lia was obsessed with Peppa Pig. Brandon and Lacie were so close.\"\n\nThe family said they were \"dreading the day\" they have to tell Michelle \"the awful news about her babies\".\n\nLia, Demi, Brandon and Lacie died following Monday's fire, while their mum Michelle is still in a coma\n\nSpeaking of how the family feels, she said: \"You can't feel pain, you can't feel grief, you can't feel anything, you're so numb inside, it's too much to take in.\"\n\nMike Pearson, Michelle's father, said: \"The kids were just like any other kids. They were very supportive, very independent, but very tightly-knit.\n\n\"Demi was a little star. She'd been a diabetic and had problems in and out of hospital with that but nothing phased her, she was a beautiful girl.\n\n\"Brandon was quite funny, he was more like a school teacher, he was so intelligent.\"\n\nMike Pearson said Michelle Pearson is expected to be in a medically-induced coma for the next three or four weeks\n\nHe described Michelle, who they said was in critical but stable condition, as \"fiercely independent\".\n\n\"Michelle would do things her way. She loved her kids to pieces, she'd look after anyone. She was a friend to everyone,\" he said.\n\n\"She didn't have a bad word to say about anyone. She had a heart of gold, but she was nobody's fool, she'd stand her corner.\"\n\nHe said the family has recently been to church to pray for her recovery.\n\n\"She's so badly burned, she's bandaged from head to foot, she looks like a mummy and she's going to be in the medically-induced coma for the next three or four weeks,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to be a long road but hopefully she'll pull through. Whether she'll have the fight, I don't know. I'm hoping she'll get the strength from somewhere but she's lost all her babies and that's the heartbreaking thing.\n\n\"We've got to focus on Michelle and try and be there for her.\"\n\nClaire Pearson said the house on Jackson Street \"was like a youth club with the amount of kids\" who visited\n\nHe added he was \"gobsmacked\" at the support the family has received from the local community.\n\n\"The outpouring of love and support, it's been overwhelming. People have come from miles to leave flowers and teddy bears and messages of support,\" he said.\n\n\"They've been absolutely outstanding. We thank everyone for the messages and the love.\"", "Britvic co-owns the site with Unilever, which owns Colman's Mustard\n\nBritvic has confirmed it will leave its Norwich site, with the loss of hundreds of jobs in the city, in 2019.\n\nThe drinks manufacturer, which co-owns Carrow Works with Unilever, said it would transfer production of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot to its other sites.\n\nIt said it would offer employees redeployment and \"help to find alternative employment\".\n\nThe Unite union said the announcement just before Christmas was a bid to \"bury bad news\".\n\nBritvic said it currently employed 249 people at the site, which it shares with Colman's Mustard.\n\nManufacturing will instead take place at Rugby, east London and Leeds.\n\n\"Transferring production will improve efficiency and productivity and reduce our environmental impact,\" the company said.\n\nThe decision follows a consultation with employee representatives, including the GMB and Unite unions.\n\nBritvic said it would transfer production of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot to other factories\n\nChief executive Simon Litherland said: \"This was not a proposal that we made lightly and we understand that the outcome of the collective consultation process will be upsetting for our colleagues in Norwich.\n\n\"It is a sad and difficult time.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone at Norwich, past and present, for their dedication, hard work and commitment, and I would like to say again that this decision is in no way a reflection of their performance.\"\n\nThe Unite union criticised the timing of the announcement and described the closure as \"a hammer blow for the workers and the economy of Norwich in the run up Christmas\".\n\nIts national officer for the food and drink sector, Julia Long, branded the announcement as \"a classic case of trying to bury bad news\".\n\nThe move by Britvic has been mooted for several months, with fears expressed for the future of Colman's Mustard, which has been manufactured at the site since 1860.\n\nUnilever, which owns Colman's, has previously said it could shut the site if Britvic closed operations.\n\nIt is conducting its own review and is looking at three sites in the city, including staying at Carrow Works.\n\nUnilever has been approached for comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Unilever has agreed to sell its margarine and spreads business, which include Flora and ProActiv, to private equity giant KKR for €6.8bn ($8bn; £6bn).\n\nThe move follows a wide-ranging review of its business which was prompted by a takeover attempt by rival Kraft.\n\nUnilever said it would look for a buyer of the spreads business in April.\n\nAt the time, it said the firm would step up its cost-cutting, aiming for a 20% margin by 2020.\n\nIt said the margarine business was a \"declining segment\" that could be \"better managed by others\".\n\nAs well as Flora and ProActiv, it also owns I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Bertolli.\n\nPaul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, said: \"The announcement today marks a further step in reshaping and sharpening our portfolio for long term growth.\n\n\"I am confident that under KKR's ownership, the spreads business, with its iconic brands, will be able to fulfil its full potential as well as societal responsibilities.\"\n\nIt operates across more than 190 countries.\n\nThe deal is expected to be completed in the middle of next year, and is subject to regulator approval in certain jurisdictions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSix months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.\n\nUnderneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral are still homeless.\n\nAnd while those who died in the fire were remembered, there was also comment on what has taken place since - and what more importantly still needs to be done.\n\nOn a cold and crisp December morning, there was a noticeable silence around St Paul's as people stopped to reflect.\n\nThe poignant lull continued as survivors, friends and families of those affected by the fire quietly began to make their way into the cathedral.\n\nThis silence was only broken when the majestic bells of St Paul's tolled across the City of London at 10:30.\n\nAt the same time a spontaneous ripple of applause broke out from the crowd as firefighters made their way up the cathedral steps.\n\nMany held white roses along with photographs of loved ones\n\nIt was a sign of the gratitude for the efforts of the emergency services on the night of 14 June.\n\nThe bells continued to chime for 30 minutes, a mark of respect to the 71 who died in Grenfell Tower.\n\nAnd it is clear why the survivors chose St Paul's, a cathedral where so many services of national significance have taken place over the years.\n\nOne mourner, Damel Carayol, 55, who lost his 44-year-old cousin Mary Mandy in the fire, said the service was needed and the venue fitting.\n\nThe service was held at St Paul's Cathedral, in central London\n\n\"It recognises the tragedy on a national level,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a step, but the biggest step will be accountability.\"\n\nAnd while the service was being held it became apparent that the anger and uncertainty on display in the aftermath of the fire remained.\n\nThere are currently dozens of households still stuck in hotels.\n\nOutside St Paul's, Prof Chris Imafidon said he knows of 20 people who lost everything in the fire.\n\n\"It is a very sad day,\" he said. \"But the families want a service from the council, not a church service.\n\n\"This is just a big distraction from the fact that six months on many families are still homeless and will be spending Christmas in a hotel,\" he said.\n\nThere was another moment of reflection after the service finished.\n\nHundreds of relatives and survivors gathered on the steps of St Paul's, displaying single white roses and photographs of those who perished.\n\nSome survivors then went straight back to their hotels.\n\nBut there was then a range of emotions on display as others moved on to St Paul's churchyard.\n\nVisibly upset, they hugged and consoled each other, while some continued to vent their anger and speak of feeling neglected.", "Decent broadband can be hard to find in some rural areas, said Ofcom\n\nThe UK's digital divide has narrowed but more than one million homes and offices still struggle to get good broadband, says an Ofcom report.\n\nThe Connected Nations report found that about 4% of properties cannot get a broadband speed fast enough to meet their needs.\n\nLast year, about 1.6 million UK properties were in this position.\n\nSmartphone access to the net also needed to improve, it said, as many only got weak signals when travelling.\n\n\"Broadband coverage is improving, but our findings show there's still urgent work required before people and businesses get the services they need,\" said Steve Unger, Ofcom's technology chief, in a statement.\n\n\"Everyone should have good access to the internet, wherever they live and work,\" he added.\n\nThe UK's appetite for data has grown at a huge rate in the last 12 months, found the report.\n\nThe average amount of data carried across UK networks grew by 52% during that period. The average home broadband connection now carries about 190 gigabytes of data every month, it found.\n\nTelecommunications watchdog Ofcom defines decent broadband as a speed of about 10 megabits per second (Mbps) to download and one mbps to upload.\n\nAt these speeds, downloading a high-definition movie could take up to 90 minutes, said Ofcom, if no one else was using that link to the net.\n\nOfcom said the 1Mbps upload speed was becoming more critical as small businesses and families make greater use of video-sharing and conferencing, which require good upload speeds.\n\nOfcom said the problem of poor broadband was most pronounced in rural areas, where about 17% lack decent broadband.\n\nThe 10 down/one up split is the specification for Ofcom's proposed universal service offering - which every property in the UK should be able to receive, it said.\n\nMany places cannot obtain these speeds because they are in rural areas that are far from telephone exchanges or street cabinets through which broadband is delivered.\n\nMore broadly, said the report, access to superfast broadband services that run in excess of 30Mbps was improving.\n\nBy May 2017, 91% of properties could receive such a service - a small increase from last year when the figure stood at 89%.\n\nThe higher speeds were proving popular, suggested the report, with 38% of premises that can get it signing up for the service.\n\nMobile signals are often weak on road and rail routes\n\nAs well as fixed-line broadband, the Ofcom report also said mobile operators needed to work harder to give customers a better experience.\n\nNow, about 58% of premises can get a 4G signal indoors - up from 40% in 2016.\n\nHowever, it said, many people struggled to receive good coverage when they were out and about. Currently only 43% of the UK's landmass can get signals from all four mobile operators.\n\nCoverage was often poor on roads and railways, said Ofcom.\n\nIt said it was engaged in work to measure mobile connectivity on travel routes to monitor if operators are improving services for customers.\n\n\"People have never relied so much on their phones in daily life,\" said Mr Unger, adding that Ofcom's work would help to give people a more accurate picture of the quality of the service they can expect.\n\nMatt Hancock, minister for digital, said there was a \"clear need\" for rapid improvements to mobile coverage.\n\n\"We've recently removed outdated restrictions, giving mobile operators more freedom to improve their networks including hard-to-reach rural areas,\" he said. \"But industry need to play their part too through continued investment and improvement in their networks, making sure that customers are not paying for services they don't receive.\"", "The 27 other EU leaders have stressed there is still a long way to go\n\nEU leaders are expected to formally agree to start the next phase of Brexit negotiations later.\n\nIt means talks can move on to the long-term relationship between the UK and EU, days after Theresa May suffered her first defeat in the House of Commons.\n\nThe next round of talks on a transition period after the UK leaves in March 2019 could begin as early as next week.\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said this process would be \"significantly harder\".\n\nMrs May was applauded by other leaders at dinner in Brussels on Thursday night after she made a speech urging the two sides to embrace the way ahead with \"creativity and ambition\".\n\nThe European Commission has said \"sufficient progress\" has been made on the first phase to move onto discussing the framework of a future relationship - including issues such as security and trade.\n\nMr Juncker said the EU's initial priority was to \"formalise the agreement we have now\" on issues such as citizens' rights before starting negotiations on a future relationship after the UK leaves in March 2019.\n\n\"The second phase will be significantly harder than the first and the first was very difficult,\" he warned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. May: We've won 35 out of 36 votes\n\nSpeaking to reporters, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said progress had been made but there was \"much more work to be done and time is of the essence\".\n\nUnder EU rules, the prime minister will not attend the meeting where the decision is formally confirmed. She has now returned to the UK.\n\nDuring the dinner with the 27 other EU leaders, Mrs May urged them to approve an agreement to move Brexit talks on to a second phase.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam Fleming This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a brief speech, she stressed her keenness to get on with shaping a \"deep and special\" future partnership as quickly as possible, leaving no doubt that she believes she was \"on course to deliver Brexit\".\n\nShe said she made \"no secret\" of wanting to move on to the next phase and to approaching it with \"ambition and creativity\".\n\n\"A particular priority should be agreement on the implementation period so that we can bring greater certainty to businesses in the UK and across the 27,\" she said.\n\nGerman chancellor Angela Merkel has warned \"time is of the essence\"\n\nIn applauding Mrs May, Mr Juncker said her EU colleagues \"felt that she did make a big effort and this has to be recognised\" while Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said he appreciated \"her efforts and engagement\".\n\nBut Maltese PM Joseph Muscat said the UK must spell out \"very clearly\" what it wanted from its post-Brexit relationship with the EU for the talks to proceed smoothly.\n\nThe text likely to be rubber-stamped by the leaders will promise to work towards a \"framework\" for a trade deal - with a wait until March before guidelines for the way ahead are produced.\n\nThe document states that a formal free trade agreement cannot be signed until after the UK has left the EU.\n\nThe talks will first prioritise translating recent headway on the issues of citizens' rights, the Irish border and the \"divorce bill\" into a legally-binding withdrawal agreement - as well as to work out the terms for a transition period to follow the official date of Brexit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Is it game over for Brexit?\n\nThe EU leaders will stay on to discuss the eurozone as the two-day summit draws to a close - having also debated the flow of migrants over the Mediterranean and sanctions on Russia.\n\nMrs May has said the Brexit process is still \"on course\" despite her defeat in a Parliamentary vote on Wednesday night.\n\nSpeaking in Brussels, Mrs May said she was \"disappointed\" at the vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill, but the legislation was making \"good progress\".\n\nMPs backed an amendment giving them a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal struck with Brussels.\n\nMinisters are due to have their first discussion of the \"end state\" relationship between UK and the EU in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.\n\nMeanwhile, Mrs May is facing a further challenge next week when MPs vote on a government amendment to enshrine the Brexit date of 29 March 2019 in law.\n\nThe BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there was no sign so far that Mrs May was going to budge on the issue but further compromises could be \"forced on her\".", "A 95-year-old Middlesbrough man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip.", "Bottled water is being distributed from a supermarket car park in Tewkesbury\n\nSome 10,000 homes and businesses have been left without water due to a burst main.\n\nThirteen schools have also been closed in Tewkesbury, north Gloucestershire, as engineers work to repair the burst.\n\nSevern Trent Water used a helicopter and drones to locate the problem.\n\nIt apologised and confirmed \"water is gradually returning to normal for customers in Tewkesbury\" and added it \"aims to have everyone restored tonight as quickly as possible\".\n\nTens of thousands of litres of bottled water are currently being distributed across three water handout sites.\n\nThe firm said it was using tankers to inject water directly into pipes to help customers.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"As it's a wide area that's been affected, it's a complicated job to get the system back to normal and it will take a while for the pipes to refill, so please bear with us.\n\n\"There may be some intermittent supplies or poor pressure overnight while we get everything sorted.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Severn Trent This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany local supermarkets quickly sold out of bottled water as news of the outage spread.\n\nQueues quickly built up for bottled water as supermarket shelves were stripped\n\nIt is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.\n\nIn October more than 7,000 households had no water in Churchdown, Cheltenham, after a 24in (60cm) main ruptured.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Each December, the Geminid meteor shower illuminates the night sky with a massive display of shooting stars. Cameras over China captured the peak of the show.", "US ambassador Nikki Haley said a unanimous UN Security Council resolution sent a clear warning to North Korea that further missile tests would invite more punishment.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.\n\nTropical Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to many parts of Mindanao island, in the southern Philippines, before heading west.\n\nRescuers are searching for survivors and thousands of people have been evacuated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island\n\nMore than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing.\n\nStorm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to parts of Mindanao island.\n\nTwo towns badly hit were Tubod and Piagapo, where a number of homes were buried by boulders.\n\nTembin, with winds of up to 80km/h (50 mph), has passed across Mindanao and reached the resort islands of Palawan, and will now move further west.\n\nThe Philippines suffers regularly from deadly tropical storms, although Mindanao is not often hit.\n\nTembin, known as Vinta in the Philippines, started lashing Mindanao on Friday, with a state of emergency declared in some areas including the Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur regions.\n\nRegional officials quoted by the Rappler website said there were 127 fatalities in Lanao del Norte, up to 50 in the Zamboanga peninsula and at least 18 in Lanao del Sur.\n\nTubod police officer Gerry Parami told the AFP news agency that there had been at least 19 deaths in the town, which is in Lanao del Norte. The remote village of Dalama was wiped out by flash floods.\n\n\"The river rose and most of the homes were swept away. The village is no longer there,\" he said.\n\nHe said volunteers were digging through mud to try to recover bodies in the village.\n\nAnother official told AFP that at least 10 people had died in the town of Piagapo, 10km east of Tubod.\n\n\"We've sent rescuers but they're making little progress,\" Saripada Pacasum said.\n\nMore deaths were reported in the towns of Sibuco and Salug.\n\nPower cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts.\n\nAndrew Morris, from the UN children's agency Unicef in Mindanao, said in some areas there were big risks for disease, particularly for children, and restoring clean water supplies would be a priority.\n\n\"Lanao del Sur province is the poorest in the Philippines, and in the past seven months there have been around 350,000 people displaced in that province because of fighting,\" he told the BBC, referring to battles between government forces and Islamist militants in Marawi.\n\n\"So the priority yesterday and this morning has really been to check their situation.\"\n\nStorm Tembin made a second landfall on Balabac island in the Palawan archipelago and is forecast to travel west, south of the Spratly Islands, reaching southern Vietnam in about three days.\n\nThe region is still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 5,000 people and affected millions in 2013.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson says the UK's relations with Russia are \"not on a good footing\" but he wants them to improve, after talks in Moscow.\n\nRussia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused the UK of making \"insulting\" statements ahead of the meeting.\n\nBut he said he trusted Mr Johnson and they had agreed on the need to work together on the UN Security Council.\n\nMr Johnson is the first UK foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years.\n\nMr Lavrov said it was no secret that Britain's relations with Russia were at a \"low point\".\n\nAnd he accused Britain of making a series of \"aggressive and insulting\" public statements ahead of their meeting, saying Russia had done nothing to justify being seen as an aggressor in relation to its actions in Ukraine and Syria.\n\n\"I cannot recall any of Russia's actions that would be aggressive in relation to the United Kingdom. We did not blame London for anything,\" said Mr Lavrov.\n\n\"On the contrary, we have heard accusations, even insultingly formulated - that we support the criminal regime in Syria, that we are aggressors, that we are occupiers, we annex other territories.\n\n\"And all this despite the fact that on all the regional issues in question, and on many others, all information about what our position is, what it is based on, is regularly provided.\"\n\nThe pair also clashed over Russia's alleged attempts to interfere in elections in the West, following UK Prime Minister Theresa May's warnings about the risks of Russia's \"sustained campaign of cyber-espionage and disruption\".\n\nDespite the differences between London and Moscow, both sides have an interest in improving what is a poor relationship.\n\nThere are several issues where both Britain and Russia sometimes disagree but want more dialogue.\n\nOn Syria, the UK wants to help shape any future political settlement while Russia needs western money to help rebuild the country.\n\nOn North Korea, both Russia and the UK want to find ways of de-escalating the crisis prompted by Pyongyang's ballistic missile programme.\n\nAnd on Iran, both sides want to do what they can to protect the deal they helped negotiate to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.\n\nSo Friday's meeting may have allowed both sides to rehearse their differences - and the veteran Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, gave as good as he got from the comparative novice foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.\n\nBut it also allowed them to crack a few jokes and build a relationship that they could need in the years to come.\n\nThis was not a reset or a return to business as usual but the opening of a channel of communication that in recent years has been as frozen as the Moscow winter.\n\nAhead of the meeting in Moscow, the UK government said Mr Johnson would warn Russia to stop cyber-attacks which threaten Britain's national security or face retaliation of a similar kind from the UK.\n\nBut Mr Lavrov accused Mr Johnson of being a \"hostage\" of untrue Western narratives on the issue, insisting Russia had not meddled in elections in other countries.\n\nMr Johnson said there was \"abundant evidence\" of Russian interference in polls in the US, Germany, Denmark and France.\n\nBoris Johnson stands in front of Saint Basil's cathedral in Red square in Moscow\n\nAnd takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\n\nMr Lavrov hit back by telling Mr Johnson he himself had said Russia had not interfered in Britain's general election and Brexit referendum.\n\nMr Johnson interrupted his Russian counterpart to add: \"Not successfully.\"\n\nMr Lavrov said the evidence produced so far of Russian attempts at interference amounted to no more than the spending of \"a few kopecks\" on social media adverts.\n\n\"I think you have made all this up in your Western community and unfortunately right now you are hostage to this subject, it is very difficult for you to climb down from the fence you have climbed.\"\n\nHe also criticised Britain for cutting off ties with Russia's FSB security agency over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London, saying the UK authorities had refused to hand over information in the case.\n\nHe said government criticism of British politicians who speak to Russian media outlets, such as the RT television channel, damaged the reputation of the UK as \"the cradle of democracy\".\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged the \"difficulties\" in relations with Russia, adding: \"It is a regrettable state of affairs but it should not preclude co-operation.\"\n\nThe UK foreign secretary said they had identified common ground on issues such as North Korea, Syria and trade - and said the UK and Russian security services should co-ordinate ahead of next year's World Cup.\n\nAs the mood at the press conference relaxed, Mr Lavrov said: \"I trust Boris and I trust him to an extent that I am ready to call him BorIs [Russian-style pronunciation] rather than BOris.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he adopted the approach Ronald Reagan had taken with Mikhail Gorbachev: \"Trust, but verify.\"\n\nAnd he joked that his trust was so great that he had handed his coat with \"everything in my pockets, secret or otherwise\" to Mr Lavrov when he arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building.\n\nMr Lavrov joked back: \"I can say that there was nothing in the pockets of Boris's coat\", to which Mr Johnson responded in surprise: \"So you have searched it already?\"\n\nMr Johnson's trip follows Prime Minister Theresa May's accusation last month that Russia was trying to \"undermine free societies\".\n\nHer criticisms were repeated by Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre, who said that Russia was \"seeking to undermine the international system\".", "This was the moment Big Ben's iconic bongs returned, to ring across the festive period.\n\nThe Great Bell of the Elizabeth Tower fell silent in August whilst repair work was carried out.\n\nThe chimes were most recently reactivated for Armistice Day in November and will continue to be rung for special occasions during its four-year restoration period.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said.\n\nWith a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft) from the Space Shuttle.\n\n\"That may have been one small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me,\" he joked, riffing on Neil Armstrong's famous moon-landing line.\n\nArmstrong's words were in fact relayed to McCandless, who was in mission control for the moon landing in 1969.\n\nHis voice was recorded in those era-defining moments, communicating with Armstrong and his fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins as they planted the US flag on the moon.\n\n\"Oh, it's beautiful, Mike. It really is,\" McCandless said over the radio.\n\nHe died at home in California on Thursday, Nasa said. No cause of death was given.\n\n\"The iconic photo of Bruce soaring effortlessly in space has inspired generations of Americans to believe that there is no limit to the human potential,\" said Senator John McCain, who was a classmate of McCandless at the US Naval Academy.\n\nMcCandless was the youngest of 19 astronauts selected by Nasa in 1966 to join the space programme. He was 28, with a navy career that had seen him in action during the Cuban missile crisis.\n\nIt would be 1984 before he first flew to space, at the age of 46, but his untethered flight captured the imagination of a public that was becoming accustomed to space flight.\n\nMcCandless orbited at 18,000mph (29,000km/h), using a hefty jet pack to propel himself away from and then back towards the Space Shuttle.\n\nBruce McCandless pictured with his jetpack in 1982\n\nAt a post-flight news conference back on Earth, he said he had experienced no fear of flying loose from the craft.\n\n\"Once you're accustomed to seeing the Earth rushing by at four miles per second and you concentrate on the Orbiter and/or the spar as your references at hand, you feel quite comfortable flying around at the relatively slow velocities with respect to them,\" he said.\n\n\"It's sort of like two rather fast airplanes flying formation over one another.\"\n\nMcCandless had over the years been involved with the design and development of the jet pack that allowed him to fly alone, and over the radio from space he told mission control \"we sure have a nice flying machine here\".\n\nAlongside McCandless, Robert Stewart, an army colonel, also tested the jetpack, officially known as the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).\n\nDown on earth, the New York Times described their flight in a front page article as \"a spectacle of bravery and beauty\".\n\n\"Free from any lifeline and propelled into the dark void by tiny jets, they became, in effect, the first human satellites,\" the paper wrote.\n\nMcCandless went back up to space for a second mission in 1990, helping to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. In total he spent 312 hours in space, four of them flying the MMU.\n\nIn a 2015 article for the Guardian, he reflected on the photo which made him famous, noting that he had his visor down because he was looking at the sun.\n\n\"It's also one of its attractions: my anonymity means people can imagine themselves doing the same thing,\" he wrote. \"Like Neil said in 1969, I was representing mankind up there.\"\n\nMcCandless is survived by his wife, Ellen Shields McCandless, two children and two grandchildren.", "Jodie Willsher's husband Malcolm said she was \"lovely and warm and always had a smile on her face\"\n\nThe man accused of stabbing an Aldi supermarket worker to death has appeared in court charged with murder.\n\nNeville Hord, 44, from Bradford, is accused of attacking Jodie Willsher, 30, as she worked at the store in Skipton, North Yorkshire.\n\nMother-of-one Mrs Willsher suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene on Thursday.\n\nMr Hord, of Great Horton Road, was remanded by York magistrates to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 28 December.\n\nNeville Hord will appear at Leeds Crown Court on 28 December\n\nThere were no family members present in court for the short hearing.\n\nMr Hord was remanded in custody until his next court appearance\n\nMalcolm Willsher described his wife as \"lovely and warm and always had a smile on her face\".\n\nHe added: \"She was amazing, beautiful and a lovely person. She was a doting mother and a loving wife.\"\n\nAldi has said the store would be closed until further notice to allow police to carry out investigations.\n\nColin Breslin, regional manager at Aldi described Mrs Willsher as \"a much loved and popular colleague\" and said they were \"all deeply shocked and saddened by this incident\".\n\nFriends described Jodie Willsher as \"a truly lovely woman\"\n\nMatthew Barnes, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said the company was \"doing everything we can to support our people and all those affected during this difficult time\".\n\nFloral tributes have been left in the supermarket car park, with friends describing her as \"a truly lovely woman and very popular\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStaff have been injured and an aardvark and possibly four meerkats killed in a fire at London Zoo.\n\nAbout 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height in the Animal Adventure section that spread to a shop.\n\nOne person was taken to hospital and eight were treated at the scene.\n\nThe zoo said an aardvark called Misha died in the fire and four meerkats were still unaccounted for, presumed dead. The zoo was shut on Saturday but said it would reopen on Sunday.\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known.\n\nPhotographs posted on social media showed orange flames rising from the building\n\nTen fire engines went to the zoo, which sits in the capital's Regent's Park, shortly after 06:00 GMT and the fire was brought under control about three hours later.\n\nSix people were given help at the scene for the effects of smoke inhalation and two for minor injuries, London Ambulance Service said.\n\nOne person was taken to a north-west London hospital, the service said.\n\nDuty staff who live on site were on the scene \"immediately\" and started moving animals to safety, the zoo said.\n\nIn a statement the zoo said it was \"devastated\" about what had happened.\n\nIt said: \"Sadly our vets have confirmed the death of our nine-year-old aardvark, Misha. There are also four meerkats still unaccounted for, but we are now presuming these have also died.\n\n\"All other animals in the vicinity are being monitored closely by our vets, but early signs suggest they have not been affected. We will continue to monitor them over the coming days.\n\n\"We are all naturally devastated by this, but are immensely grateful to the fire brigade, who reacted quickly to the situation to bring the fire under control. \"\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nAdnan Abdul Husein said he saw the blaze from a nearby park when he was out walking his dog, and alerted zoo security.\n\n\"It didn't look like smoke just coming out of a chimney - it was quite heavy\", he said.\n\n\"As I got closer to the zoo I could see that it was actually inside the zoo so I went over to the security and told them, 'there's flames or there's smoke coming from inside there, do you know anything about it?'. And they obviously didn't have a clue.\"\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) station manager Clive Robinson, who was at the scene, said three-quarters of the cafe and shop had been affected by the fire and half of the roof.\n\nHe said: \"Firefighters worked hard to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible and to stop it from spreading to neighbouring animal enclosures.\"\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known, London Fire Brigade said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rama, 4, has lymphoma and last received medication eight months ago\n\nSyrian President Bashar al-Assad is considering a request to evacuate seven children with cancer from a besieged area, a British charity says.\n\nHamish de Bretton-Gordon, an adviser to the charity, told the BBC that Mr Assad's private office had said he would decide next week.\n\nThe children are among more than 130 needing urgent medical treatment in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta.\n\nThe Damascus suburb has been under government siege for four years.\n\nEarlier this month the Red Cross said life in Eastern Ghouta was becoming \"impossible\" and the situation there had reached a \"critical point\".\n\nThe UN has been trying for weeks to arrange medical evacuations. Dozens of civilians are reported to have died in recent government bombardments and food shortages have led to severe malnutrition.\n\n\"We understand Assad is thinking about it. And we're calling him back on Tuesday morning to speak to him direct,\" said Mr de Bretton-Gordon, who advises the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM), which operates in Eastern Ghouta.\n\n\"And if he gives us the go-ahead then the plan is that we will get to Ghouta as quickly as we can, get the children.\"\n\nThe seven children who could be evacuated include Rama, 4, who has lymphoma, is suffering from malnutrition and has a malignant tumour in her throat.\n\nRama is also malnourished and has a throat tumour\n\nThe last time she received the medication she needs was eight months ago, the UOSSM said.\n\nMr de Bretton-Gordon said the UN had told him that she and the other children could be treated elsewhere in Syria or abroad.\n\nHowever, an evacuation would not include children in Eastern Ghouta with other medical conditions, such as two-month-old baby Karim, who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a reported government attack.\n\nKarim's father, four siblings and aunt have taken care of him since his mother's death\n\nPhotos of Karim have sparked a social media campaign to raise awareness about his and the other children's plight. People in Syria and abroad have posted photographs of themselves covering their left eyes.\n\nLast month, UN humanitarian co-ordinator Jan Egeland said nine people with urgent medical needs had died in Eastern Ghouta after requests to evacuate them were denied.\n\n\"The men with guns and power on the ground are denying us access to the most vulnerable. They are attacking civilians - including massively schools and hospitals. It's been on both sides,\" he said.\n\nHe called on Iran and Russia to put pressure on Mr Assad to allow the evacuations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta are among those suffering\n\nNearly 12% of children in Eastern Ghouta are suffering from acute malnutrition - the highest level recorded in Syria since the war began - the UN says. Joint UN and Syrian Red Crescent aid convoys have not been able to deliver enough food for all 400,000 civilians trapped there.\n\nMeanwhile limits on electricity, fuel, safe drinking-water and basic sanitation services are increasing the risk of outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, the UN says.\n\nThe area has been designated a \"de-escalation zone\" by Russia and Iran, the government's main allies, along with Turkey, which supports the opposition.", "There was celebration among French foodies after a wild truffle was discovered on a Paris rooftop.\n\nThe discovery, at the base of a hornbeam tree in a hotel roof garden near the Eiffel Tower, is thought to be a first for the city.\n\nTruffles usually grow further south, in more Mediterranean climes, and are dug up by specially-trained pigs or dogs.\n\nPrices for the aromatic fungi have recently doubled to more than 5,000 euros ($6,000) a kilo.\n\nThe winter black truffle found in Paris is not the most prized of the truffle family but it is valued by chefs for use with scallops, sausage or potatoes.\n\nExperts at France's Museum of Natural History said it was remarkable the truffle had grown so far from its usual habitat.\n\n\"The discovery of this wild truffle is a wonderful example of how roof gardens and green roofs have a huge potential for urban biodiversity,\" said the museum, which revealed the find.\n\nFrederic Madre, a researcher from the museum's centre of ecology and conservation, told the AFP news agency he felt a \"great surge of joy\" at the discovery.\n\nHe said he had to resist the temptation to taste the 21g (0.75oz) fungus before handing it over for analysis.\n\nThe museum's mushroom expert, Professor Marc-Andre Selosse, said the truffle growth in a northern city was \"remarkable\".\n\n\"This shows that it could happen again and that it might be possible to cultivate truffles on Paris roofs,\" he told AFP.\n\nThe French capital is trying to increase urban gardening, aiming to transform the roofs of office buildings and other spaces into 100 acres of garden over the next two years.", "Daphne du Maurier's riverside Cornish holiday home was a shipwright's workshop before it was bought by the Du Maurier family\n\nThe Cornish holiday home where Daphne du Maurier wrote her first novel has been given Grade II listed status.\n\nThe author wrote The Loving Spirit, published in 1931, at the former boatyard on the River Fowey in Bodinnick, southeast Cornwall.\n\nAfter its publication, Du Maurier said the novel was inspired by \"the sense of freedom\" the home brought.\n\nThe house and its quay were listed by the Culture Department on the advice of Historic England.\n\nThe author is probably best known for her novel Rebecca.\n\nFerryside was bought in 1926 by the du Maurier family who transformed it into a second home.\n\nMany of British novelist Daphne du Maurier novels were set in Cornwall, a region that inspired some of the greatest novels of the 20th century\n\nDu Maurier's son, Christian Browning, said: \"My mother adored the house and fell in love with Cornwall, which was to be the backdrop of her most famous novels.\n\n\"I feel sure that she would be immensely proud that Historic England have granted Ferryside a Grade II listing.\"\n\nFerryside's transformation reflected a wider trend for second homes which began in the 19th century and has had a significant impact on Cornwall\n\nThe building was constructed of local granite in the early 1800s, serving as a shipwright's workshop, yard and quay, and is an important survivor of Cornwall's maritime heritage, Historic England said.\n\nAfter it was bought by the du Mauriers, the original quay was turned into a domestic garden, the sail loft became bedrooms and a bathroom, and the former boat store was changed into the family sitting room.\n\nThe Grade II listed status reflects the home's connection to du Maurier and its wider architectural and historical significance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nuclear N Korea: What do we know?\n\nNorth Korea's nuclear weapons programme has progressed faster than predicted, threatening the security of nearby nations – and potentially the United States.\n\nThe US envoy to the United Nations put it simply: \"Despite our efforts over the last 24 years, the North Korean nuclear programme is more advanced and dangerous than ever.\"\n\nAnalysts tend to agree that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is seeking a nuclear deterrent rather than an all-out war - but other nations are not taking chances.\n\nSo how do you defend against a politically isolated state with nuclear ambitions, when diplomacy, it appears, simply does not work?\n\nThe other half of the Korean peninsula has a long history of preparing to defend itself from its northern neighbour. The two countries are technically still at war, having never signed a peace treaty when the Korean War ended in 1953.\n\nThe Thaad system - seen here in testing - is one of several anti-missile defences\n\nOne key part of its defensive line is the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a region 250km (155 mile) long and 4km (2.5 mile) wide that separates the two nations, guarded by thousands of soldiers, lined with barbed wire fences, and filled with landmines.\n\nBut it is believed that North Korea's People's Army - with more than a million regular soldiers and millions more reserve troops - has drilled extensively on how to invade across the border.\n\nAnd the heavy land border fortifications do nothing, of course, to prevent a missile strike.\n\nFor a while, it was thought that Thaad - the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - might be South Korea's best counter to a nuclear attack.\n\nThaad, funded by the South's military ally the United States, is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles as they descend in the final phase of a strike. The complex technology was first deployed in May 2017, and has been successfully tested.\n\nBut the politics of South Korea's relationship with the North means its rollout has not been easy.\n\nNorth Korea and its only ally China both see Thaad as a provocation, and many South Koreans living near the places its was deployed fear it could be seen as a military target.\n\nThe South's new president, President Moon Jae-in, suspended the rollout of the system in June, saying an environmental impact analysis was needed.\n\nBut in light of recent nuclear tests, the South's defence ministry has now said it will deploy the four remaining Thaad launchers that had been delivered, in addition to the two already operational.\n\nAt its closest point, Japan is just a little over 500km (310 miles) from North Korea - well within striking distance.\n\nIn August, Pyongyang fired a missile directly over Japan, in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an \"unprecedented\" threat to his country.\n\nThe close proximity of the two nations means that Japan has only minutes to respond to any launch. During the August missile test, people had about three minutes from receiving the emergency warning until the missile flew overhead. Many only learned about the threat later in the day.\n\nIn terms of defence options, Japan utilises the Patriot missile system which, like Thaad, is designed to shoot down incoming missiles. But it has a limited operational range, making it effective at defending key locations - and not the entire country.\n\nBut Japan does not have to worry about land invasion to the same extent North Korea does, and at sea, it has other options at its disposal.\n\nJapan, South Korea, the United States are among the countries with the Aegis naval defence system.\n\nAegis is yet another anti-missile system, but unlike Thaad or Patriot defences, it can also be deployed to ships patrolling the seas in the region.\n\nA test missile fired by the US on August 29, left, was shot down by the Aegis system similar to the file photo, right\n\nThose battleships come equipped with powerful radar which could detect the launch when deployed near the North Korean coast. They are also fitted with guided missiles, and could attempt to shoot down the incoming missile - or share its tracking data with another missile defence system closer to the target.\n\nThere are a handful of problems with the system, though. Aegis ships need to be deployed in the right place at the right time - and while they have been tested extensively, they have never been used to defend against an actual launch.\n\nFor years, the best defence for the US was its sheer distance from North Korea - some 5,000km (3,100 miles) to Alaska and almost 9,000km to San Francisco. But rapid advancements mean that distance might no longer be far enough.\n\nNorth Korea's military wants the capability to shrink a high-yield nuclear warhead to fit on an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM). In theory, that would allow Pyongyang to strike the United States.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See the US anti-missile system in action\n\nAfter its latest test, North Korea claimed it had managed to shrink the warhead, posting photos of what it said was a hydrogen bomb - in keeping with a Washington Post report from early August.\n\nThat means the US is now reconsidering its missile defences, with President Trump having ordered a review of the entire system.\n\nIt already has detection and interception systems. But critics believe that the US system is far from reliable, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus wrote in July.\n\nIn the foreseeable future, only a handful of its interceptor missiles will be available to deal with the potential North Korean threat, he said.\n\nAnd it also has to worry about its overseas territory of Guam - a key military outpost in the Pacific which has been singled out by North Korea as a threat to be \"contained\".\n\nThat island already has a Thaad system deployed, but state media says Kim Jong-un has already been briefed on strike plans - and is waiting to see the next US actions.", "Amazon has apologised to a customer who was emailed what he felt were \"coded death threats\" by a call centre worker.\n\nMichael Jacobson received five book recommendations including Death, Follow You Home and Suicide's An Option, he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours.\n\n\"We have zero tolerance for any misuse of customer data and have apologised to the customer,\" Amazon, which offered Mr Jacobson a £50 goodwill gesture, said.\n\n\"The individual involved no longer works for Amazon,\" it told the BBC.\n\nMr Jacobson, a former special constable in London, first contacted Amazon's help centre after experiencing delivery issues with a package he had ordered in October.\n\nMr Jacobson was sent book recommendations including Death, Follow You Home and Death Made Me\n\nHe told You and Yours: \"Later that afternoon I checked my emails, and I'd received five, all from Amazon.\"\n\n\"They were all ostensibly book recommendations but the titles were pretty ominous and threatening, and I was pretty taken aback and I joked with my girlfriend, who I was with at the time, about it being a death threat.\"\n\nHe added: \"The more I looked into it, I realised that they had actually been sent manually by an employee at Amazon rather than via an algorithm.\"\n\nThe books were Death, Follow You Home, The Denial of Death, Death Made Me, and Suicide's An Option.\n\nMr Jacobson suspected the recommendations had been sent by an individual, which made him feel anxious about his safety.\n\n\"I was concerned, because as soon as I realised that this had been sent by an individual rather than by a computer, it meant an Amazon employee had access to my personal information.\"\n\nAfter getting in touch with Amazon to report the issue, they investigated and found the book recommendations had been sent by a then employee in India.\n\nIn an email to Mr Jacobson, Amazon said: \"On this occasion, an isolated individual was using the 'share page' function on our site to send you the emails in question.\n\n\"We are taking this matter very seriously,\" the company added, saying also that \"corrective actions have been taken internally both in relation to the agent who instigated the emails, and subsequent service failures\".\n\nDespite the investigation by Amazon, Mr Jacobson, who felt intimidated by the emails, says he feels the matter has not been handled well.\n\n\"At no point did (Amazon) say, we're confident you're not in any danger, this individual is thousands of miles away,\" he said.\n\n\"They told me none of that, which I was not happy about.\"\n\nYou and Yours is on BBC Radio 4 weekdays 12:15-13:00 GMT. Listen online or download the programme podcast.", "You did turn it on, didn't you?\n\nForgetting to turn on the oven for the Christmas turkey could be a sign of early dementia in a loved one, says the NHS's top dementia expert.\n\nProf Alistair Burns said becoming confused in a strange house and forgetting relatives' names may also be early signs of the disease.\n\nHe said it was important to look for changes in normal behaviour in older family members.\n\nThere is usually a rise in calls to the Alzheimer's Society in January.\n\nThe charity said this was because many people had seen relatives at Christmas gatherings and wanted advice on how to broach the subject.\n\nProf Burns, NHS England's national clinical director for dementia and older people's mental health, has drawn up a list of dementia signs:\n\nAround 850,000 people have dementia in the UK, and it mainly affects people over 65 - although it can develop earlier.\n\nIt is estimated that one in three of us will care for someone with dementia at some point in our lives.\n\nProf Burns said: \"Dementia is something that happens slowly so it may slip by unnoticed in people we see regularly.\n\n\"That's why the Christmas visit to wider family and friends is an opportunity to spot the early warning signs.\"\n\nHe urged everyone to take time to consider whether someone they know may need help.\n\nProf Burns also said a visit to a relative or neighbour who might be alone could make a huge difference to their mental health, particularly if they were lonely.\n\nBroadcaster Fiona Phillips, whose parents both had early-onset dementia, said Christmas was a \"huge benchmark\" in spotting the symptoms.\n\n\"I spent every Christmas with my parents,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nBut one year, \"we got there and I was absolutely staggered - there was no tree up, both of them were very, very stressed\".\n\nMs Phillips, an Alzheimer's Society ambassador, said her mother showed signs of dementia in her 50s.\n\nBut she noticed a change that Christmas - when her parents bought her a fluffy toy and her brother an orange ladies' jumper.\n\n\"We went into a horrible scene,\" she said. \"We knew things weren't right.\"\n\nErika Aldridge, from Alzheimer's Society, said: \"It can be difficult to know how to discuss concerns with a loved one, and there is no right or wrong way to approach this.\n\n\"Play a board game instead of watching another hour of TV, get up and take the dog for a walk or go for a family ramble instead of snoozing in the chair for an hour.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It had been feared the Javan warty pig had become extinct\n\nScientists have captured the first footage in the wild of one of the world's rarest - and ugliest - pigs.\n\nThe Javan warty pig is under such threat from hunting and habitat loss that conservationists surveying its habitat believed it might already have been driven to extinction.\n\nCamera traps have now revealed that small populations survive in Java's increasingly fragmented forests.\n\nThe team says its aim now is to protect the rare animals' habitat.\n\nThe survey was led by Dr Johanna Rode-Margono from Chester Zoo, who said she and her colleagues were \"thrilled\" to see that the pigs were still there.\n\nMotion-activated camera traps captured the images of the shy, endangered animals\n\nThe last study of these lowland forested areas was back in 2004 and revealed a \"serious decline\" in the population of the species.\n\n\"We were worried that all or most would have disappeared,\" she told BBC News.\n\nWhile these hairy, warty-faced beasts may not be Java's most photogenic residents, Dr Rode-Margono says they fulfil an important role in the forest's ecology - tilling the soil and spreading seeds as they forage.\n\nAnd in Java, Indonesia's most crowded island, they are also emblematic of the burgeoning human pressure on the country's tropical forest.\n\nThe pigs are losing habitat to deforestation for agricultural and urban development, but are also coming into direct conflict with humans. The animals are considered pests and often hunted because they raid crops.\n\n\"Hunting for sport is also a problem,\" says Dr Rode-Margono, \"and the species may be hybridising with European wild boar.\" That could result in the species being bred into extinction.\n\nMost lowland forest in Java has been cleared for building and agriculture\n\nOut of seven areas the team surveyed - using hidden, motion-activated cameras - only three had Javan warty pigs.\n\n\"That means the threat is ongoing and if we don't do anything, more and more populations will disappear,\" said Dr Rode-Margono. \"This is a big red flag.\"\n\nOne wildlife centre in Java has started a captive breeding programme for the Javan warty pigs, and the scientists hope to identify some areas where these animals could be released and protected in the wild.\n\nCaptive-bred pigs could be released into the wild if the threats to their survival can be tackled\n\n\"There is still hope,\" Dr Rode-Margono told BBC News. \"If we can manage to design some effective conservation projects, maybe we can keep them.\n\n\"For me,\" she added, \"they are not ugly - they are beautiful.\n\n\"And everything in our ecosystem is connected - every tree, every plant, every animal. They depend on each other.\n\n\"If something breaks away, something else [could] break away, and that's a chain reaction where we can't foresee what will happen.\"\n• None The forests that are falling silent", "A \"lonely\" World War Two veteran has been made \"very happy\" after being inundated with Christmas cards following a friend's Facebook plea.\n\nTed Owens, 93, a former Royal Marines Commando from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, has received dozens of cards, which he said made him \"feel young again\".\n\nAuthor Mark Llewhellin, a former Army Commando, met Mr Owens a year ago when he interviewed him and posted the request on Facebook on Wednesday.\n\nThe pair have since thanked everyone who sent the cards.", "Renowned conductor Charles Dutoit has said allegations by a number of women of \"forced physical contact\" have \"absolutely no basis in truth\".\n\nDutoit issued a statement after the Associated Press news agency reported three opera singers and a musician as saying he had forced himself on them.\n\nDutoit said he was taking legal advice and planned to defend himself.\n\nThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has cancelled its principal conductor and artistic director's appearances.\n\nThe RPO said on Friday it had \"jointly agreed\" with Dutoit that he would not appear \"for the immediate future\", following the allegations.\n\nThe Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and New York Philharmonic have been among those distancing themselves from the Swiss-born conductor.\n\nDutoit's statement read: \"The allegations made against me are as shocking to me as they are to my friends and colleagues. I do not recognise the man or the actions being described in the media.\n\n\"Whilst informal physical contact is commonplace in the arts world as a mutual gesture of friendship, the serious accusations made involving coercion and forced physical contact have absolutely no basis in truth.\"\n\nHe continued: \"I believe within this current climate, media accusations on serious physical abuse do not help society tackle these issues properly if the claims are in fact not true.\"\n\nOne of the accusations reported by AP was from retired opera singer Paula Rasmussen, who alleged that Dutoit had \"shoved my hand down his pants and shoved his tongue down my throat\".\n\nAnother singer, Sylvia McNair, alleged Dutoit \"tried to have his way\" with her at a hotel after a rehearsal with the Minnesota Orchestra in 1985, AP reported.\n\nThe four women who have made accusations against Dutoit said they felt confident to speak after Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine was suspended earlier this month after allegations against him surfaced. Mr Levine says the claims are \"unfounded\".\n\nThe RPO said the accusations against Dutoit were being \"taken very seriously by the orchestra\".\n\nIt said: \"The immediate action taken by the RPO and Charles Dutoit allows time for a clear picture to be established. Charles Dutoit needs to be given a fair opportunity to seek legal advice and contest these accusations.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nRoberto Firmino's powerful finish earned Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter that had seen Arsenal score three goals in just five second-half minutes.\n\nThe Gunners had been trailing 2-0 after Philippe Coutinho scored his first headed league goal in England before Mohamed Salah added a second early in the second half with a deflected strike.\n\nBut Arsenal suddenly came alive as Alexis Sanchez headed in Hector Bellerin's cross from close range before Granit Xhaka's thumping strike was too powerful for Simon Mignolet's weak save.\n\nBarely two minutes later Mesut Ozil put Arsenal ahead with a neat clip over Mignolet.\n\nPlay swung from one end of the pitch to the other at blistering pace, with both sides looking capable of scoring with every attack.\n\nBut it was Liverpool who had the final say in one of the most thrilling Premier League encounters in years as Petr Cech could only take the sting out of Firmino's shot and the ball bounced over the line.\n\nThe point meant Liverpool held onto fourth place, with Arsenal remaining fifth - a point behind the Reds.\n• None Re-live the thrilling encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool\n\nHow a crazy six minutes panned out\n\nThis had looked like being a routine win for Liverpool after a dominant first half.\n\nThey led through Coutinho's clever header and should have had more but for some uncharacteristically wasteful finishing by Sadio Mane and Salah.\n\nHowever, it was not long until the Premier League's top scorer had his 15th of the season, and so began an incredible six minutes...\n\n52 mins: Salah races on to Firmino's superb pass and makes it 2-0 with a deflected finish. Arsenal, who have not had a single shot on target, look beaten.\n\n53 mins: Out of nowhere, Arsenal are back in it. Sanchez is well placed to nod in Bellerin's cross from close range.\n\n56 mins: What's going on!? Arsenal are level! Xhaka tries his luck from 25 yards and the ball fizzes through Mignolet's hand.\n\n58 mins: Goals! Goals! Goals! Arsenal are ahead as Ozil is on to Alexandre Lacazette's backheel before clipping the ball over Mignolet.\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not too keen on the 'Fab Four' nickname that has been given to his attacking quartet of Coutinho, Salah, Mane and Firmino, but he might have to develop an acceptance for it as they continue to dominate the headlines.\n\nThree of them scored in this game and, in truth, all four should have been on the scoresheet, with Mane going for the acrobatic with a first-half scissor kick with Cech beaten.\n\nThe quartet have now collectively accounted for 29 of Liverpool's past 34 goals and while the Reds' attacking strength cannot be questioned - they have scored at least three goals in their past four Premier League away games - the defence can.\n\nLiverpool had conceded 16 goals in their first nine league games and while they had stemmed the tide in the games since the 4-1 defeat by Tottenham at the end of October, familiar frailties arose in this encounter as players switched off after conceding, while Mignolet should have done better with Xhaka's effort.\n\nA tale of two halves for Arsenal\n\nDavid de Gea's saves against Arsenal for Manchester United earlier this month appeared to have had a long-lasting impact on the Gunners.\n\nSince Jose Mourinho's side beat them 3-1 at the start of the month - with De Gea making 14 saves that day - Arsenal had struggled to convert shots into goals, having 56 attempts in the three Premier League games before Liverpool's visit, putting 12 of those on target and scoring just twice.\n\nIt was more of the same in the first half of this game as Mignolet enjoyed once of the easiest 45 minutes of his career. Arsenal managed just one shot - and that was wide of goal - but all that changed in the second half as they scored from all but one of their shots on target.\n\nThe Gunners were no doubt helped by Liverpool's poor defensive performance, but Arsene Wenger praised the character of his side to stage such a fightback.\n\n\"In the first half we were paralysed and frozen,\" said Wenger. \"We gave too many balls away and looked second best everywhere.\n\n\"In the second half we have shown quality, character and played at our level.\"\n\n'Point is the minimum we deserve'\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: \"You need to be angry with yourself, not sad or insecure. We came back into the game and scored our third. The point is the minimum we deserve. Because of the intensity of the game it was not easy to create clearer chances. When you get a point at Arsenal it is usually OK but after this give me a few minutes to get there.\n\n\"Three goals at Arsenal should be enough. We defended most of the time pretty well. We did not give space away. After they score the first and the second, it is not easy but we need to deal with these situations better.\"\n• None There have been 27 goals scored in the past five Premier League meetings between these teams (10 for Arsenal, 17 for Liverpool) at an average of 5.4 per game.\n• None Liverpool have scored 54 away goals in all competitions in 2017, their most in a calendar year since 1982 (66).\n• None There were just 388 seconds between Mo Salah putting Liverpool 2-0 ahead and Mesut Ozil scoring to make it 3-2 to Arsenal.\n• None Arsenal have conceded seven goals in two league games against Liverpool this season - in only one Premier League campaign have they conceded more against an opponent (10 against Man Utd in 2011-12).\n• None Since Jurgen Klopp's first Premier League match in charge in October 2015, Liverpool's games have seen 279 goals scored (174 for, 105 against), more than any other club.\n• None Philippe Coutinho has been involved in 16 goals in 11 away matches in all competitions (nine goals, seven assists).\n• None Coutinho scored his 53rd goal for Liverpool in all competitions - however, this was his first headed goal for the Reds.\n• None Roberto Firmino has been involved in eight goals in his past five Premier League appearances against Arsenal (five goals, three assists).\n• None Firmino has also scored and assisted in each of his past three Premier League games against the Gunners.\n\nArsenal have a bit of time to enjoy the Christmas break. They are next in action on 28 December when they travel to Crystal Palace (20:00 GMT). Liverpool, meanwhile, have a shorter turnaround because they host Swansea on Boxing Day (17:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum following a fast break.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. James Milner tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "London Zoo says a nine-year-old aardvark called Misha has died and four meerkats are missing, presumed dead, following a fire there.\n\nA number of zoo staff were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and shock.\n\nKeepers and security worked to keep animals safe before firefighters arrived.", "No food fit for human consumption will be wasted by Tesco's UK stores by the end of February, the retail giant says.\n\nChief executive Dave Lewis told the Daily Telegraph food waste had been \"talked about for years\" as he unveiled the plans for all 2,654 stores.\n\nUrging other chains to follow suit, he said edible food should be used for people, not go to waste.\n\nTesco, with all major UK supermarkets, has signed a commitment to cut food waste by one-fifth within a decade.\n\nThe voluntary agreement is known as the Courtauld Commitment 2025.\n\nMany supermarkets have introduced initiatives to tackle waste - such as moving away from \"buy-one-get-one-free\" offers that have been criticised for potentially increasing the amount of food thrown away in the home.\n\nEast of England Co-op recently became the first major retailer to sell food beyond its \"best before\" dates.\n\nBut Mr Lewis, who joined Tesco in 2014 from consumer brand Unilever, said the contrast between the amount of wasted food in the UK and the situation in countries suffering food shortages was \"really stark\".\n\nHe said: \"Last year we sold 10 million tons [10.2 million tonnes] of food to the British public. But even if our waste is just 0.7% of the food, that's still 70,000 tons [71,100 tonnes] of food.\n\n\"And so long as that food is fit for human consumption, I'd much prefer it to go to people than animal feed or fuel.\"\n\nThe UK throws away 8.1 million tons [8.2 million tonnes] of food a year, according to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.\n\nTesco says it cuts waste by selling surplus groceries with \"reduced to clear\" stickers and running a scheme giving unsold items to local charities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt uses an app, FoodCloud, to scan and upload surplus food that stores have at the end of the day, which is shared with registered charities that collect the food.\n\n\"That goes a long way in reducing charities' bill burdens, so they can spend the money on other things, like the cost of housing two more addicts, or providing much more needed services,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\nBut he admitted it was \"impossible\" to prevent food surpluses in supermarkets.\n\n\"In retail there will always be some surplus food,\" he said.\n\n\"No matter how sophisticated the ordering systems are, it will be impossible to perfectly match the supply and demand for every one of our shops, 365 days a year, when there's so much volatility.\n\n\"Food waste has been talked about for years but if Tesco can make this work, with all of our different stores across the country, then why can't everybody,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM praised troops for their high standards and devotion to duty\n\nThe prime minister has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the \"valiant hearts\" of British servicemen and women who are working to keep the UK safe.\n\nTheresa May said the RAF, and soldiers training and supporting Iraqi forces, have helped tackle the threat of the so-called Islamic State group in 2017.\n\nAnd she referenced troops on UK streets after terror attacks.\n\nShe praised the sacrifice of those who could not be home for Christmas.\n\nMrs May also paid tribute to the Royal Navy for helping to bring disaster relief to people in the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Irma.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by UK Prime Minister This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs May began her message by referring to the centenary commemorations for the World War One battle of Passchendaele in Belgium.\n\nShe said the nation remembered the hundreds of thousands of young men who died \"in the cause of freedom\".\n\n\"Through a century of great change since, the high standards and devotion to duty of our armed forces have remained constant,\" she said.\n\nThe prime minister added: \"Whenever you are called upon - regulars or reserves - you always give of your best and inspire us all with your service.\"\n\nBut she said the achievements of the armed forces were \"made possible by the love and support of your families\".\n\n\"Partners and children are often called on to make huge sacrifices of their own - from a change of school or job, to coping with extended periods of separation,\" she said.\n\n\"That separation is especially difficult at Christmas time, and we should all be immensely grateful for that sacrifice.\"\n\nShe added: \"This Christmas, as people across the United Kingdom celebrate this special time of year with their families and friends, we will do so secure in the knowledge that the valiant hearts of our servicemen and women, many far away from their own loved ones at this special time of year, are working to keep us safe.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mrs May visited troops at the RAF base in Cyprus, where operations against IS have been launched, and last month she met UK military personnel stationed in Iraq.", "The jets also refuelled from the prime minister's plane during the training exercise\n\nTwo Typhoon jets armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted Theresa May's plane on its return to the UK from Cyprus as part of a training exercise.\n\nTheresa May watched pilots carry out the manoeuvre - a rehearsal for a suspected hijacking scenario - from the cockpit of the RAF Voyager.\n\nThe jets, scrambled from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, also hooked up to the PM's plane for air-to-air refuelling.\n\nMrs May was returning from a two-day trip to Poland and Cyprus.\n\nThe fighter jets pulled up alongside the converted Voyager at 17,000 feet, and tipped their wings as part of the exercise.\n\nPilots from 3 Squadron and 11 Squadron performed the manoeuvre.\n\nThe jets each took on four tonnes of fuel during the exercise, at 600kg-a-minute.\n\nThe Typhoons are the sort of jets that would be used to intercept foreign planes illegally entering British airspace and the exercise demonstrated how the RAF's Quick Reaction Alert would work.\n\nMrs May was said to have spent the rest of the journey working on papers from her ministerial Red Box and relaxing with a sudoku number puzzle.\n\nTheresa May visited RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on her way back to the UK from Poland\n\nShe said: \"Witnessing the unique skill of the RAF at first hand is an absolute privilege and demonstrates that the British Armed Forces are the finest in the world.\n\n\"The work they do is admirable and impressive and I want to take this opportunity to thank them for everything they do to keep us safe.\"", "The 25-year-old had unknowingly been communicating with undercover FBI agents\n\nA former marine has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of planning a terror attack in San Francisco over Christmas.\n\nEveritt Aaron Jameson, 25, was held after allegedly discussing the plot with undercover FBI agents.\n\nCriminal documents allege he planned to target the Pier 39 area, popular with tourists in the city.\n\nAuthorities say firearms, a will and a letter claiming the attack were found during a search of his home.\n\nThe FBI criminal complaint says that the Muslim convert's letter made reference to Donald Trump's decision to designate Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nThey say Mr Jameson came to their attention in September after expressing \"radical jihadi beliefs\" and support of so-called Islamic State through social media use.\n\nThe FBI complaint said he had expressed his support of attacks, including the October 31 truck attack in New York.\n\nMr Jameson allegedly named the San Francisco's Pier 39 as a target, an area popular for its restaurants, shops and resident sea lions, because \"he had been there before and knew that it was a heavily crowded area\".\n\nThe area is an attraction because of the sea lions that frequent Pier 39's famous K-Dock\n\nInvestigators allege Mr Jameson had expressed a will to use explosives in the attack to \"tunnel\" or \"funnel\" people into a smaller area to inflict casualties. The FBI says he sought materials that could be made into a pipe bomb from an agent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jameson's father: \"It's just hard to fathom right now\"\n\nBut on 18 December Mr Jameson apparently hesitated, telling an agent: \"I don't think I can do this after all. I've reconsidered.\"\n\nA search warrant for his home was issued, where a number of firearms and related material was found.\n\nHe has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation.\n\nMr Jameson completed basic recruitment training for the US Marine Corps in 2009, but was reportedly discharged for not disclosing details of his asthma.", "The car ploughed into Christmas shoppers near Flinders Street railway station\n\nA man accused of driving his car into pedestrians in the Australian city of Melbourne has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder.\n\nFormer Afghan refugee Saeed Noori, 32, appeared before magistrates on Saturday and was remanded in custody.\n\nPolice have said they do not believe the attack terrorism related and that Mr Noori has mental health issues.\n\nTwelve people are still being treated in hospital after Thursday's incident in Flinders Street.\n\nThree are in a critical condition. Nine of the injured are foreign nationals from countries including South Korea, Ireland, Venezuela, China, India and Italy.\n\nThe broadcaster ABC said Mr Noori became emotional in court, putting his head in his hands when he saw his mother crying ahead of the brief hearing.\n\nThe magistrate called for a psychological report. Mr Noori is scheduled to be back in court on Wednesday. There was no application for bail.\n\nMelbourne police charged Mr Noori after he was released from hospital on Friday and have called the incident a \"deliberate attack\".\n\nIn addition to the attempted murder charges, he also faces one count of conduct endangering life.\n\nPolice have found no link between Mr Noori and any terrorist group. Islamist militants have used vehicles to attack people in Europe and the United States in recent years.\n\nSecurity has been stepped up around Melbourne.\n\nPolice said there would be a \"highly visible\" presence of officers at the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and England, which starts on Tuesday.", "Scientists have filmed one of the world's rarest, and 'ugliest', pigs in a forest in Java, Indonesia.\n\nThe Javan warty pig is under such threat from hunting and habitat loss that conservationists surveying its habitat believed it might already have been driven to extinction.", "The allegations made about Stephen Crabb were published in national newspapers\n\nFormer Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb has been cleared of breaching party rules following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct.\n\nThe Preseli Pembrokeshire MP was alleged to have sent explicit messages to a 19-year-old who applied for a job in his office in 2013.\n\nThe Conservative Party found his behaviour fell short but it \"did not constitute harassment\".\n\nChris Pincher MP was also cleared after allegations of inappropriate conduct.\n\nThey had been referred to a disciplinary panel, set up under a new Tory code of conduct amid a number of allegations about MPs.\n\nReferring to Mr Crabb's case, a Conservative Party spokesman said: \"Following an investigation, a panel headed by an independent QC has concluded that Mr Crabb's behaviour did not constitute harassment.\n\n\"However, it found that his behaviour in this matter was inappropriate and fell short of the standards the party expects.\n\n\"The party chairman has reminded Mr Crabb of the need to adhere to the spirit and letter of the code of conduct at all times. He accepted this unreservedly and has made a full apology.\"\n\nThe married MP, who was Welsh secretary between 2014 and 2016, was one of several contenders for the Tory leadership who lost out to Theresa May.\n\nTamworth MP Mr Pincher stood down from the whips' office and referred himself to the Tory complaints procedure following reports that he had been accused of making an unwanted pass at former Olympic rower and Conservative activist Alex Story.\n\nThe party spokesman said: \"Following media allegations, Chris Pincher referred himself to our code of conduct.\n\n\"Following an investigation, a panel headed by an independent QC considered the evidence and has concluded there has not been a breach of the code of conduct.\"", "Paedophiles are being targeted online by an automated chatbot that makes them think they're talking to a 12-year-old girl.\n\nThe \"Sweetie\" project first made headlines in 2013. It can now handle thousands of simultaneous conversations and send perpetrators warning messages.", "Prime Minister Theresa May has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the \"valiant hearts\" of British servicemen and women who are working to keep the UK safe.", "More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, but the bulk of its fast-growing population lives on just 11 of them.\n\nMuch of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms.\n\nThe Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries, and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th Century after a protracted rebellion against rule from Madrid.\n\nSpanish and US influences remain strong, especially in terms of language, religion and government. Self-rule in 1935 was followed by full independence in 1946 under a US-style constitution.\n\nThe US is a close ally and has provided military aid to help combat Islamist and communist insurgencies.\n\nThe son of authoritarian President Ferdinand Marcos won a landslide victory in the May 2022 election.\n\nHe took over from firebrand Rodrigo Duterte, who came to power in 2016 after winning over voters with promises of a no-holds-barred campaign to take on crime, drugs and corruption.\n\nPresident Marcos, known by the nickname Bongbong, enlisted Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, as his vice-president, thereby uniting two populist right-wing dynasties.\n\nPowerful commercial interests control or influence much of the media.\n\nThe lively TV scene is dominated by free-to-air networks ABS-CBN and GMA. There are hundreds of radio stations and a vigorous newspaper scene.\n\nThe constitution guarantees press freedom, but the Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.\n\nSpain's fabled galleons plied the Pacific trade route between Manila and Acapulco\n\nSome key dates in The Philippines' history:\n\n900AD - Laguna Copperplate Inscription, mostly written on Old Malay, is the earliest record of a Philippine language and the presence of writing in the islands.\n\n11th Century - Some areas become part of China's tributary system.\n\n14th Century - Indian cultural traits such as linguistic terms and religious practices began to spread in the Philippines.\n\n15th Century - Islam is first established in the Sulu Archipelago.\n\n1542 - Spanish expedition claims the islands and names them the Philippines after the heir to the Spanish throne. Three centuries of Spanish rule fail to conquer Muslim areas in the south.\n\n1896-98 - Philippine Revolution: Filipino revolutionaries fight against the Spanish colonial authorities in an attempt to win the archipelago's independence.\n\n1897 - Spanish authorities and revolutionaries sign the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, which temporarily reduces, and revolutionary officers exile themselves to Hong Kong.\n\n1898 - During the Spanish-American War, the US navy destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Spain cedes the Philippines to the US, which proclaims military rule and begins to forcibly incorporate Muslim areas.\n\n1898-1902 - Philippine-American War: Tensions arise after the US annexes the Philippines under the Treaty of Paris at end of the Spanish-American War rather than acknowledging the Philippines' declaration of independence. The war can be seen as a continuation of the Philippine struggle for independence that began in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution.\n\n1916 - Jones Act, or Philippine Autonomy Act, which has the first formal declaration by the US to grant eventual independence to the Philippines.\n\n1935 - Commonwealth of the Philippines: Philippines gains internal self-government, with the US responsible for foreign relations.\n\n1941-1945 - The Philippines are occupied by Japan during the World War Two, but are retaken by the US in bitter fighting. More than 500,000 Filipinos die during the war.\n\n1946 - The islands are granted full independence and renamed the Republic of the Philippines.\n\n1942-1954 - Hukbalahap Rebellion: Rebellion by former Hukbalahap or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (\"People's Army Against Japan\") soldiers against the Philippine government. During the Japanese occupation the Huk guerrillas created village strongholds against the Japanese. After 1945, the new Philippine government, prompted by the US disarmed and arrested the Huks for allegedly being communists. The rebellion eventually petered out in the 1950s.\n\n1965 - Ferdinand Marcos is elected president; he declares martial law in 1972.\n\n1983 - Anti-Marcos lawyer Benigno Aquino is assassinated at Manila's airport as he returns from exile.\n\n1986 - Marcos ousted in \"people power\" revolt after claiming victory over Aquino's widow in an election that many believe was stolen.\n\n2001 - President Joseph Estrada is forced out by a military-backed \"people power\" uprising.\n\n2014 - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel group signs a peace deal with the government, ending one of Asia's longest and deadliest conflicts.\n\n2017 - Islamic State jihadists attack the city of Marawi in Mindanao.\n\n2022 - Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the previous dictator, is elected president.\n\nThe Philippines capital Manila is among the most-populous and fastest-growing cities in South East Asia\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sam Haskell (pictured on the front row) watches the 2017 contest\n\nThe Miss America Organization CEO, Sam Haskell, has resigned over leaked emails that disparaged pageant contestants.\n\nThe organisation said it would accept Mr Haskell's immediate resignation. Its chairperson, Lynn Weidner and two other executives are also leaving.\n\nThe emails reportedly include vulgar references to past winners and comments about their sex lives.\n\nThe organisation's president and chief operating officer, Josh Randle, has also resigned \"in light of recent and new developments\", a spokesperson confirmed to the BBC.\n\nAnnouncing the resignation of Mr Haskell in a statement posted on its Twitter account, the Miss America Organisation (MAO) said Ms Weidner would help install a new leadership before leaving.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Miss America Org This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe announcement of Mr Haskell's resignation came only hours after the MAO put out a statement saying he had been suspended.\n\nThe Huffington Post published the alleged contents of three years of emails between Mr Haskell and other pageant officials.\n\nSome of the emails referred to Mallory Hagan, the winner of the 2013 contest\n\nThe internal emails include name-calling, slut-shaming and fat-shaming of some of the contestants who had taken part in the pageant.\n\nThe revelations caused Dick Clark Productions, MAO's television sponsor, to cut ties with the long-standing pageant.\n\nDick Clark Productions said in a statement on Friday they had been made aware of the emails \"several months ago\" and were \"appalled by their unacceptable content\".\n\nPressure for the resignation of Mr Haskell also came from 49 former Miss Americas in an open letter.\n\nA former Miss America winner, Mallory Hagan, who was mocked in some of the emails said she \"wasn't shocked, but [felt] validated by the emails\".\n\n\"For the longest time, I've tried to explain to people around me that this is happening or these things are being said,\" the winner of the 2013 pageant told NBC.\n\nGretchen Carlson, a former Miss America and a television presenter, said the alleged emails contained \"disgusting statements about women\" and \"vulgar slurs\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gretchen Carlson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Haskell said he had been \"under stress from a full year of attacks by two Miss Americas, and while I don't ever want to offer an excuse, I do want to offer context\".\n\nBut he also said the original story was \"vicious\" with \"conveniently edited emails\".", "Beach lifeguard Richie Heard spends summers working in north Devon and winters saving refugees in the Aegean Sea.\n\nHe spoke during a visit home from the Greek island of Lesbos, where he is operations manager with Refugee Rescue.\n\nHe said the sound of crying babies, stranded with their parents in boats on rocks, never leaves him.", "Jodie Willsher was working at the the Keighley Road Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, when she was stabbed\n\nA 44-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death in an Aldi supermarket.\n\nMum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was attacked as she worked in the Keighley Road store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, at 15:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nShe sustained multiple serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, North Yorkshire Police said.\n\nNeville Hord, from Skipton, has been remanded in custody and is to appear at York Magistrates' Court on Saturday.\n\nMalcolm Willsher described his wife as \"lovely and warm and always had a smile on her face\".\n\nHe added: \"She was amazing, beautiful and a lovely person. She was a doting mother and a loving wife.\"\n\nTributes have been paid to 30-year-old Jodie Willsher\n\nAldi said the store would be closed until further notice to allow police to carry out investigations.\n\nColin Breslin, regional managing director at Aldi, said: \"Jodie was a much loved and popular colleague.\n\n\"We are all deeply shocked and saddened by this incident. Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time.\"\n\nMatthew Barnes, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said the company was \"doing everything we can to support our people and all those affected during this difficult time\".\n\nFlowers were left in the supermarket car park, with friends describing her as \"a truly lovely woman and very popular\".\n\nFlowers have been left outside the Aldi store in Keighley Road\n\nPolice have appealed for a \"brave witness who restrained the suspect\" to come forward.\n\nThe man, believed to be in his sixties, was wearing a flat cap and a two-tone light and dark walking jacket.\n\nOfficers believe he was shopping with a woman who has short light-brown hair and was wearing a light-coloured, possibly grey, jacket.\n\nThe force said: \"He was the first person to try and intervene and was involved in a sustained struggle.\n\n\"They appear to have left the store before the emergency services arrived.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheeran said he felt \"very proud and happy\" in a video message\n\nEd Sheeran has beaten off competition from Eminem - and himself - to land his first UK Christmas number one single.\n\nPerfect - which he released in three separate versions in a bid to clinch the Christmas crown - had faced a challenge from Eminem's River, on which Sheeran provides guest vocals.\n\nBut the rapper ended in second place, while Wham's Last Christmas came third.\n\nIn a video message, the British singer said securing the Christmas top spot was \"an actual dream come true\".\n\nThe video for Perfect riffs on Wham's classic Last Christmas clip\n\n\"I'm very proud and happy,\" he said. \"Thank you so much and have a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy new year.\"\n\nSheeran's domination of the Christmas chart was all but assured after he released a new version of his doe-eyed ballad with Beyonce.\n\nThat version drove most of his sales - though chart rules mean Beyonce is denied a credit on the Christmas number one, with Sheeran's original counted as the lead track.\n\nEminem's River took an early lead on streaming services but faltered as the week went on.\n\nFans had hoped to send Last Christmas to number one to mark the first anniversary of George Michael's death.\n\nDespite support from ITV's This Morning and Michael's ex-bandmate Andrew Ridgeley, however, the song failed to beat its original chart position of number two.\n\nBack in 1984, it was denied the top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? charity single.\n\nAs has become tradition, yuletide standards by Mariah Carey and The Pogues have returned to the Top 40 off the back of huge streaming figures.\n\nThere are 16 Christmas songs in the Top 40, among them such classics as Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee and Wonderful Christmastime by Sir Paul McCartney.\n\nThe presence of lesser-known tracks, like Ariana Grande's Santa Tell Me and Elton John's Step Into Christmas, can be explained by their prominent placing in Spotify's Christmas is Coming playlist.\n\n\"By and large, the most popular ones are the ones featured on the front page of Spotify,\" chart analyst James Masterton told the BBC.\n\n\"It exposes the amount of influence the application has over the singles market.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by MariahCareyVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nMariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You was the UK's favourite festive song on Spotify this year.\n\nAnd it's not just an advent phenomenon. Data released by the BPI this week showed Carey's classic had been played 16,000 times in the first week of July.\n\nAccording to Spotify, the most popular day for streaming seasonal songs was 13 December, when 13% of all music played in the UK was Christmas-themed.\n\nIn the album chart, Eminem's album Revival did manage to dislodge Sheeran's Divide.\n\nIt is the star's eighth UK number one album in a row, with his six previous studio albums and the 2005 greatest hits collection Curtain Call all making the top spot.\n\nLed Zeppelin and Abba are the only other artists to accumulated eight consecutive number one albums in the UK.\n\nRevival's first week sales are the second highest of 2017, behind Divide.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A leading doctor tells Santa to swap his mince pies for some of Rudolph's carrots this Christmas\n\nFather Christmas could be doing serious harm to his health by overloading with mince pies and sherry, a leading doctor has warned.\n\nProfessor Helen Stokes-Lampard, head of the Royal College of GPs, said Santa could face a raft of health issues because of his diet and busy schedule.\n\nSome of his conditions could include gout, sleep deprivation and alcoholism.\n\nBut we can all help Santa get a bit fitter, and inspire ourselves too, she says.\n\nProfessor Stokes-Lampard said: \"He's overweight, and all of us do our bit to add to his obesity by leaving mince pies and cookies out for him, and milk or alcohol.\n\n\"If Mr Claus was a patient at my practice, I would be encouraging him to adopt a vastly healthier diet and take more exercise in the new year.\"\n\nSanta could risk 'mixing up important presents' if he has too much sherry\n\nAs well as running between houses, rather than riding on his sleigh, the professor thinks he should \"give the sherry a miss\" and share some of Rudolph's carrots instead.\n\n\"The human body can only process one unit of alcohol per hour, which means excessive consumption could make Santa drunk very quickly,\" she said.\n\n\"This not only increases the likelihood of him slipping in the snow or mixing up important presents, but could also lead to long-term issues affecting his mood and mental health.\"\n\nSo now Prof Stokes-Lampard thinks it is time for Saint Nicholas to take better care of himself and lead by example.\n\n\"Although he sets a brilliant example of good behaviour and teaches the importance of giving rather than receiving, he could probably do more to encourage healthy lifestyles - something youngsters and adults alike can benefit from,\" she says.", "Last updated on .From the section Middlesbrough\n\nChampionship side Middlesbrough parted company with manager Garry Monk hours after a 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.\n\nThe former Swansea and Leeds United boss has been replaced by academy manager Craig Liddle on an interim basis \"while a successor is appointed\", the club said.\n\nMiddlesbrough are ninth in the league and have won 10 of their 23 games.\n\nNews of Monk's departure was announced on the club's Twitter feed and comes just six months after he was appointed.\n\nMonk took charge of the club in June and was tasked with leading the side back to the Premier League following relegation last season.\n\nHe oversaw just four wins in Middlesbrough's first 13 league games but the club won six of their next 10 games to move to within three points of the play-off places.\n\nSpeaking after Saturday's win at Hillsborough, Monk said: \"That was our best away performance of the season and I thought it was a thoroughly deserved win.\n\n\"They are a good team with some quality players, but overall we dealt with their moments pretty well.\n\n\"We have to build on this and use it as a springboard. There are more things to work on and improve.\"\n\n\"I'm certain there will have been talks behind the scenes, certain someone is lined up.\n\n\"It's still an attractive job, people will be really thinking about this job because they know the chairman [Steve Gibson], he's is one of the best in the business.\n\n\"Don't get me wrong though, when things need to be changed, the chairman is ruthless and Middlesbrough Football Club comes first.\"", "The new scheme would pay to fix damage caused by lorries to roads\n\nThe government is considering a \"pay-per-mile\" scheme for lorries to cover the cost of damage to roads.\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling confirmed the current HGV levy, used to pay for wear and tear on the road network, was being consulted on.\n\nCritics say the current scheme means international drivers using the roads do not have to pay towards upkeep.\n\nBut the Road Haulage Association (RHA) said it was unfair to target lorries and it needs to see more detail.\n\nMr Grayling denied any plans for a road toll system for other vehicles for the \"foreseeable future\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the minister said it was about creating a \"level playing field\" for British and international hauliers.\n\n\"Our hauliers often complain that a continental trucker comes in with a tank full of lower duty diesel, spends several days working in the country, goes away again and pays nothing towards the use of the roads,\" he said.\n\n\"We already have a system in place that provides some limited contribution, but we're now consulting the industry.\"\n\nBut a spokesman for the RHA said he was \"worried\" about the announcement.\n\n\"Although it's good news that more money is being spent on roads, it's not right to target only lorries with a new tax,\" he said.\n\n\"This has to be revenue neutral for lorry firms. If we fail to do this, it will make us less competitive than our European counterparts.\"\n\nThe government is also consulting on a fund for work to A-roads\n\nThe news came as the government launched a separate consultation to find out which A-roads in England needed cash to bring them up to scratch.\n\nThe Department for Transport announced funding in the summer to rejuvenate the road network, but is now asking councils to apply for up to £100m per road.\n\nPriority will go to road widening projects on dual carriageways, improving road safety measure and major junction improvements.\n\nAbout 5,000 miles of A-roads across the country will be eligible for the multi-billion pound funding pot to improve the nation's strategic road network.\n\nThe consultation will last for 12 weeks, but Mr Grayling said he hoped plans to start development next year and building work to start within three years.\n\n\"We've been spending a lot of money recently on the motorways and big dual carriageways,\" he said. \"What we have not been doing is sorting out the next tier down.\n\n\"This [consultation] is all about medium-sized towns on those A-roads that have got clogged up centres, that have got lorries waiting at traffic lights, that have got pollution in the centre.\n\n\"It's about time we started to build those bypasses, improve those roads, add extra stretches of dual carriageway and focus on the next tier down of roads.\"\n\nMotorists in the UK drove 324 billion miles in 2016 - up 2.2% on the previous year - but AA spokesman Luke Bosdet said many drivers suffered a \"daily nightmare\" at notorious pinch points.\n\nAs a result, he said improvements to ease traffic flow were \"very welcome\".\n\nRAC director of motoring Steve Gooding said: \"For many businesses an economically important major road is the one that runs right up to the factory gate.\n\n\"It will be interesting to see whether the business bodies consider the government's plans to go far enough in designating the roads that matter to their members.\"\n\nBut Bridget Fox, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said the government should focus on improving major transport links, rather than overhauling major road networks.\n\nShe said the Department for Transport should apply a \"fix it first\" strategy to prioritising road maintenance, and improving public transport and cycling routes.", "Theresa May has insisted she is more than \"Madame Brexit,\" having been given the title by Poland's prime minister.\n\nShe said there were \"other things\" she wanted to achieve apart from delivering a successful exit from the EU - such as improvements to education and training.\n\nAnd she insisted she was \"in it for the long-term\", shrugging off suggestions she had had a bad year.\n\nThe prime minister was speaking to reporters during a visit to UK troops stationed in Cyprus.\n\nMrs May gained her new nickname on Thursday, after holding talks in Warsaw with Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.\n\nMr Morawiecki told their joint press conference: \"As Madame Brexit has said, Brexit is Brexit.\"\n\nMrs May said she had been amused by the comment.\n\n\"You might have noticed I smiled when I heard the translation of Mrs Brexit or Madame Brexit,\" she told reporters.\n\n\"Look, I am going to deliver on Brexit. That is undoubtedly the case, but I am doing other things as well. If you look at the changes we are making on skills, education and training for example.\n\n\"The industrial strategy which actually was talked about with the Poles as well… and global Britain.\"\n\nShe said she had completed a number of foreign trips in the run up to Christmas \"promoting the UK both in trading terms, but also our role in defence and security\".\n\nAsked if she would characterise 2017 - a year which saw her lose her Commons majority in a snap election she had called - as one of the most difficult years of her career, Mrs May highlighted her recent breakthrough in Brexit talks.\n\n\"If you look at what's happened over the past couple of months we have made sufficient progress on the Brexit negotiations, we have had a good Budget that is building a Britain that is fit for the future.\n\n\"What we've put into the Budget in terms of funding for the health service but also housing is really important for the future of this country.\n\n\"We have had the industrial strategy, which I see as an absolutely crucial plan and part of actually ensuring that our economy does meet the needs of the future and is providing the jobs of the future for the people in the UK.\"\n\nShe said she was \"optimistic\" about making progress on defence and security, as well as trade, \"as we go into phase two of Brexit negotiations\".\n\n\"What we want to achieve is in the interests of the EU27 as well as ours,\" she added.", "Ceylian Bonnet Bocher's mother had him baptised ahead of the operation as doctors feared the worse\n\nA boy hailed a \"Christmas miracle\" after surviving surgery to remove an orange-sized tumour from his brain has received a national award for courage.\n\nIt was feared Ceylian Bonnet Bocher, three, from Leicestershire, would not survive a 10-hour operation on Christmas Eve 2016.\n\nHowever, on Christmas Day he was able to sit up and open his presents.\n\nHis mother said she had him baptised ahead of the operation as the doctors were doubtful he would pull through.\n\nMarina Bonnet Bocher, who nominated her son for the Cancer Research UK award, said: \"I'll never forget [the medical staff] bringing him out of surgery into intensive care.\n\n\"They were smiling and so proud. They called Ceylian their 'Christmas miracle'.\"\n\nMrs Bonnet Bocher said she noticed her son was not walking properly in November last year and thought he needed new shoes.\n\nHis walking became worse and after a visit to a GP, Ceylian was referred for an MRI scan.\n\n\"By then he couldn't even sit up in bed without falling down,\" she said.\n\n\"The surgeon told us he'd found the biggest tumour he'd ever seen in a child that age and didn't know if it was even possible to operate.\n\n\"We were so scared we got a priest to come and baptise him before the operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital.\"\n\nCeylian was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare type of bone and soft tissue cancer.\n\nHe was able to return home to Ashby de la Zouch in January, before undergoing cycles of chemotherapy which he finished in September.\n\nHe had also visited the US, in May, to have proton beam therapy.\n\nMrs Bonnet Bocher said: \"He was so brave throughout his treatment and now our energetic boy is back, smiling from morning to evening, cycling and playing football.\"\n\nThe three-year-old was awarded the Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens Star award for bravery.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city.", "Bodycam video has been released showing the moment a police officer Tasered his partner.\n\nThe incident happened in Riverside, Ohio when the officers were attempting an arrest.", "It was more gripping than any box set we could get our hands on.\n\nOver two years, the investigations into Russian interference in the US election, and whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin, delivered daily developments and drama worthy of anything seen in House of Cards.\n\nIn the end, 35 people and three companies were charged by Robert Mueller, the special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.\n\nHere's our guide to the main characters in the four seasons of the only political drama that mattered.\n\nThis was the season in which Donald Trump, the reality TV star, took centre stage in his own political drama by launching a presidential campaign. He was supported by his family and got the attention of the Russians. The season ended with a cliffhanger - could Trump the outsider actually win?!\n\nIt's been a while since all of this happened, so let's remind you of the key players in this season.\n\nWho was he? Donald Trump, the billionaire candidate (who by Season Three is the 45th president of the United States). If you really need a refresher, here's his life story.\n\nKey plot line As Donald Trump was busy traversing the country canvassing for votes in Season One, Russia hacked into the emails of his Democratic rivals, investigators later said.\n\nThe question is why? Was the Kremlin trying to alter the outcome of the election, and what did Trump and his campaign know?\n\nSkip forward to the end of Season Four and Mr Trump stood triumphant before reporters in a Florida airport, celebrating what he called \"a complete and total exoneration\".\n\nBut in between, there was no shortage of drama or tension.\n\nWho was he? He was Trump's campaign chairman before being forced to quit over his ties to Russian oligarchs and Ukraine.\n\nKey plot line He was one of the biggest dominoes to fall. When he ended up being arrested, it was a big season-ending shocker.\n\nManafort hung around a bit in Season One, but then disappeared from view for a while.\n\nHe quit the campaign after being accused of having links to pro-Russian groups in Ukraine. He also sat in on a crucial meeting with a Russian lawyer who may have been trying to feed the Trump team classified information (more on that later).\n\nAfter an FBI raid on his home in Season Three, Manafort was found guilty on eight charges of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failing to disclose foreign banks accounts and is sentenced to 47 months in prison.\n\nIn Season Four, he agreed to co-operate with a special counsel inquiry in exchange for a reduced prison term. But then, in a twist - prosecutors claimed he breached his plea bargain by repeatedly lying to the FBI.\n\nRead more: The man who helped Trump win\n\nWho was he? The president's eldest child, who it emerged met some questionable Russians.\n\nKey plot line Donald Trump Jr's role in this unfolding saga all came down to a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer, which was set up by a music publicist (the full details of which come out in Season Three). If it sounds random, then in many ways it is.\n\nThe publicist, Rob Goldstone, offered Trump Jr a meeting with lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, promising him dirt on Hillary Clinton.\n\nThis meeting was the key to much of our plot line because it raised several key questions. Did this amount to the campaign colluding with a foreign government? Why did he agree to the meeting?\n\nWhat happened at the meeting was the scene investigators played over and over again as they tried to work out if there was any impropriety. In the end, no collusion charges were brought.\n\nDonald Trump confounded his critics by winning the presidency. But the transition was as gripping as the season before it as Trump picked his cabinet, introducing key characters to the mix.\n\nThe season ended with Trump taking the oath of office on a cold January morning - but there were more twists to come.\n\nWho was he? The granite-faced former general who later became the shortest-serving member of Donald Trump's cabinet. He resigned after not being honest about his contact with a Russian official - and was later charged with making false statements to the FBI.\n\nKey plot line Flynn was appointed national security adviser just days after the election, against the advice of then-President Obama, who warned Trump not to hire him. Flynn's starring role came in December 2016, just before Trump was sworn in, when he spoke to the Russian ambassador, Sergei Kislyak.\n\nThe Washington Post and New York Times said the men discussed Russian sanctions, and that Flynn later lied to the Vice President Mike Pence about the conversation (Mr Kislyak says the men discussed only \"simple things\").\n\nThe substance of those talks eventually led to Flynn being prosecuted as part of the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.\n\nAt the end of Season Three, in December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to making \"false, fictitious and fraudulent statements\" to the FBI about what he and Kislyak discussed.\n\nWith that, the investigation reached Trump's inner circle.\n\nRead more: Out after 23 days - who is Michael Flynn?\n\nWho was he? Many roads in this drama led back to Sergei Kislyak, the jolly and charismatic figure, who up until July 2017 was the Russian ambassador to Washington.\n\nKey plot line Kislyak's role in this drama remained unclear up to the end - but many of the players in this drama had meetings with him, and that put them in awkward spots.\n\nThe key questions for investigators were: why were they drawn to him, and what was said? The Russian ambassador spoke to both Flynn and Attorney-General Jeff Sessions - meetings which both Trump officials didn't initially acknowledge took place.\n\nAnything else we should know? Well, Russia fiercely fought back against claims on CNN that Kislyak was a \"top spy and recruiter of spies\".\n\nWho was he? Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III hovered in the background during Season One, when he was an Alabama senator and a trusted Trump adviser, but we really got to know him during Season Two, when he became Trump's nominee for attorney general, a job he kept for almost two years.\n\nKey plot line Sessions was one of several Trump aides to meet Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak, and question marks emerged over the nature of those meetings.\n\nWhen the FBI investigation focused on the Trump campaign, Sessions stood down from the inquiry, much to Trump's irritation.\n\nThat decision to step down dogged him to the end, and he was written out of the series close to the end of Season Four, when Trump forced him to resign.\n\nThat move put control of the Mueller investigation into the hands of a Trump loyalist.\n\nRead more: An attorney general dogged by scandal\n\nThis was where the drama really picked up and all the plot lines came together. A lot of the background characters we saw in Season One came back with a vengeance and the infighting got nasty - and this is when the police started circling.\n\nWho was she? A Russian lawyer with a fearsome reputation who fought against US restrictions on Russia. But was she a Kremlin stooge?\n\nDespite earlier denials, she admitted in April 2018 to being an \"informant\" for Russia's prosecutor general.\n\nKey plot line Hers was a small but crucial role - she's the one who Manafort, Trump Jr and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner met in June 2016, the details of which begin trickling out a year later in a flashback sequence.\n\nShe said the meeting was to discuss adoptions - but those who helped set it up said she was offering dirt on the Democrats and Hillary Clinton's campaign.\n\nWhile the meeting became a central plot point, whatever happened inside never actually led to any charges.\n\nThat meeting would never have happened without...\n\nWho were they? Emin Agalarov is Azerbaijan's biggest pop star, of course. Have you not heard Love is a Deadly Game? Emin helped bring Donald Trump's Miss Universe competition to Russia and the two are close enough to send each other birthday messages. His dad, Aras, is a billionaire who mixes in the highest circles of influence in Moscow.\n\nKey plot line Again in a flashback scene, we met Emin as he set the wheels in motion on that Trump Jr meeting.\n\nAn email sent to Trump Jr suggested Emin was offering information on the Democrats (Emin said he wasn't). The email also said Aras Agalarov had apparently met the \"crown prosecutor\" of Russia - a role that weirdly didn't exist - and got information on Hillary Clinton.\n\nWho was he? He became deputy attorney general under Jeff Sessions. In the TV drama of the Russia scandal, this is the sort of role that would go to a solid Broadway actor you recognise but can't put a name to.\n\nKey plot line When Sessions stood down from leading the main investigation into the Trump-Russia ties, it fell to Rosenstein to do that job. In a major plot development, he appointed a special investigator - not a popular move with the White House.\n\nRead more: Who is Rod Rosenstein?\n\nWho was he? Married to Trump's daughter, Ivanka, Kushner was the character who was seen but very rarely heard.\n\nKey plot line Amid cries of nepotism, he was given a plum White House job as senior adviser to the president with a wide-ranging portfolio. It was his contacts with the Russians during the election campaign and beyond that led investigators to circle him.\n\nIn June 2016, Kushner attended THAT meeting with Donald Trump Jr and the Russian lawyer. He said he was so bored he messaged his assistant to call him so he could leave.\n\nKushner was also another character who had repeated contact with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak - contact that he initially failed to disclose.\n\nRead more: The son-in-law with Trump's ear\n\nWho was he? A British former tabloid journalist, with a penchant for selfies in silly hats, was perhaps an unlikely addition to the cast, but in most good dramas there's always room for the slightly out-of-place eccentric.\n\nKey plot line Rob Goldstone found his way into Donald Trump's circle of trust thanks to his connections with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov.\n\nGoldstone managed the pop star, and it was he who contacted Donald Trump Jr on behalf of his client to set up that now-infamous meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016. Goldstone sent an email to Trump Jr promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.\n\nRead more: The Music Man with a love for hats\n\nWho was he? At 6ft 8in, James Comey was a towering figure, the character who gave little away about himself personally but had a huge role in this story.\n\nKey plot line He first entered this drama in Season One, when as head of the FBI he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails - just weeks before the election. Democrats blamed him for her loss, Republicans hailed him a hero. That, we thought, was the last we'd seen of him.\n\nJump ahead to Season Three, when months into the Trump presidency, Comey was fired by the new president. In true television drama style, he learned of his sacking as he was watching TV news during a trip to LA. Up to then, Comey was heading up an investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.\n\nEven by the end of the series, whether this amounted to obstruction of justice by the president remained an unresolved plot point.\n\nComey's testimony to the Senate was one of the most set-pieces in the series up to this point, as - under oath - he told politicians he was asked to pledge loyalty to the president, but refused.\n\nRead more: The FBI director who took centre stage\n\nWho was he? A former election adviser to Trump, although you'd be forgiven if you didn't remember the face. He was in only a few scenes in Season Two, but he had a massive role to play in Season Three, becoming the first person to plead guilty as part of the investigation.\n\nKey plot line In late October 2017, court documents emerged showing Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the timing of meetings with alleged go-betweens for Russia.\n\nAfter lying to the FBI, he deleted an incriminating Facebook account and destroyed a phone.\n\nHis guilty plea and co-operation with the investigation had the potential to damage the US leader because it related directly to his campaign - but in the end, it didn't do so.\n\nWho was he? The man who held the fate of the Trump presidency in his hands.\n\nKey plot line Some characters wielded a lot of power, but didn't have a starring role, such as Robert Mueller, the tall chiselled figure who was appointed as \"special counsel\" to take over the Russia investigation after the dismissal of James Comey. Mueller came from the same stock as Comey - both were former heads of the FBI.\n\nThere were no showboating scenes and powerhouses speeches from Mueller in this series - we only ever saw him studiously working in his office.\n\nThere were reports that the president considered firing Mueller at one point - but Mueller stayed in the background doing his job until the very end of the series.\n\nAfter Season Three ended with the first charges being laid down by Robert Mueller, things really sped up in Season Four. The president's fury with the special counsel investigation increased and he fired his Attorney-General. But the series ended with no charges laid against the president and a sense of victory in the White House. Might we see a spin-off series...?\n\nWho was he? OK, he wasn't Putin's chef by this point, but he once was. In Season Four, he was the man accused of spearheading Russia's attempts to interfere in the 2016 election.\n\nKey plot line A little out of the blue, Mueller announced charges against Prigozhin and 12 other Russians, accusing them of tampering with the US election by (among other things) organising and promoting political rallies in the US.\n\nIn one surreal flashback sequence, we even see the Russians trying to buy a cage large enough to hold an actress dressed as Hillary Clinton in a prison costume.\n\nRead more: Seven key takeaways from indictment\n\nWho was he? The man who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump - but who instead turned against him.\n\nKey plot line Cohen, as Trump's long-time personal lawyer, lingered around the edges of the plot for the first three seasons, but became the big player of the fourth.\n\nWhen Mueller's team began looking into Cohen's finances, they passed on their concerns to investigators in New York.\n\nThen the plot took an unexpected new turn: Cohen, a long-time Trump loyalist, flipped and began co-operating with investigators. Not only that, but he ended up giving them a lot of help in exchange for a lighter sentence.\n\nCohen ended up admitting violating campaign finance laws, committing tax evasion and lying to Congress.\n\nThe last shot of the entire series was a mournful Cohen being locked into his jail cell.\n\nWho was he? A long-time Washington political operative who acted as an informal adviser to the Trump campaign. He called himself an agent provocateur, and once defended his actions by saying: \"One man's dirty trick is another man's political, civic action.\"\n\nKey plot line Stone was one of those memorable bit-part characters in Seasons One and Two - a colourful character known for his fiery tongue, sharp suits and the Richard Nixon tattoo spread across his back.\n\nTowards the end of Season One, he appeared to let the cat out of the bag, hinting on Twitter that there was damaging information coming out on Hillary Clinton. Soon after, that information (that we later learned was found by Russia) was made public.\n\nAfter a bit of a lull in the middle of Season Four, investigators indicted Stone on seven counts of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements, although he wasn't charged with co-ordinating with Russia.\n\nAll the way through, he denied any wrongdoing. He, like the president, called the investigation a \"witch-hunt\" and once said the accusations of collusion with Russia were \"a steaming plate of bull\".\n\nText by Rajini Vaidyanathan and Roland Hughes; illustrations by Gerry Fletcher", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their 2017 visit to Nottingham\n\nMeghan Markle has had a taste of royal life, as she joined her fiance Prince Harry on their first joint official public engagement in Nottingham.\n\nExcited crowds cheered as the couple greeted well-wishers ahead of a visit to a World Aids Day charity fair hosted by the Terrence Higgins Trust.\n\nThey split up to talk to people lining both sides of their route and were given cards, flowers and chocolate.\n\nAfter the charity fair, they met head teachers at a nearby school.\n\nWell-wishers gathered in the city ahead of the visit to catch a glimpse of the couple, including Helena Bottomley, Zoe Scott and Carole Bingham, from East and West Bridgford.\n\nMs Scott said: \"We love the royals. We are genuinely happy for Harry.\"\n\n\"We all had our children at the same time as Diana [Princess of Wales] so we feel a real allegiance. She would be so thrilled,\" said Ms Bottomley.\n\nThe couple announced their engagement on Monday and are due to marry at Windsor Castle in May.\n\nOne of the people Prince Harry stopped to speak to was Julie Ball, 51, of Netherfield, who said the prince had commented on her Santa gloves.\n\n\"He said 'great gloves' and pulled one down over my fingers,\" she said. \"I said they're from Primark for £3.\n\n\"When Meghan walked past she said the same thing. She said, 'We have the same taste.'\"\n\nAnother member of the public shouted to Prince Harry: \"How does it feel being a ginger with Meghan?\"\n\n\"It's great isn't it?\" The prince replied.\n\nDickie Arbiter, former royal spokesman, told the BBC the couple took their time to talk to as many people as possible on their 30-minute walkabout.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A card designed especially for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been given to them\n\nThe couple's engagement was announced on Monday\n\nUniversity of Nottingham students Raushana Nurzhubalina, from Kazakhstan, and Jenn Galandy, from Canada, set their alarms for 06:00 GMT to get a prime spot to try to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.\n\n\"It is such an honour to see the royals,\" Ms Nurzhubalina said.\n\n\"I'm also a fan of Suits, so it is a chance to see a star of that too.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRoyal fan Irene Hardman had a goody bag ready to hand over to the couple, including copies of the local paper and two fridge magnets \"so they don't fight over it\".\n\nSpeaking afterwards, the 81-year-old said: \"I cried - she's wonderful, and it's fantastic. They're so genuine.\"\n\nThey are due to marry at Windsor Castle in May\n\nBy the time the royal couple arrived, the pavements in the Lace Market were packed.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan spent around half an hour meeting the people of Nottingham who had come out in force despite the cold.\n\nMeghan appeared very relaxed and perfectly at ease. This was her first official royal engagement with Harry and if she was nervous at all it did not show.\n\nShe smiled, she chatted, at one point she even picked up someone's glove and handed it back to them.\n\nThis was a confident first public appearance. The couple split up at points to cover both parts of the pavement and meet the maximum number of people. Meghan was happy to shake hands with the crowd and as she wasn't wearing gloves, the ring was on show.\n\nTactile with her fiancée and the crowd - it's fair to say the response from the people was overwhelmingly positive.\n\nAfter the walkabout, Prince Harry and Ms Markle went to the Nottingham Contemporary Exhibition Centre for an event to mark World Aids Day.\n\nDominic Edwards, from the Terrence Higgins Trust, told the BBC the charity was \"thrilled\" the couple had chosen to visit Nottingham, and said: \"I think it really underlines his great support for HIV as a cause.\"\n\nRoyal commentator Richard FitzWilliams, said this visit represented a link with the legacy of Princess Diana's influential work on HIV 30 years ago and was \"no coincidence\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPrince Harry has spent time in Nottingham both publicly and privately since he first met young people there in 2013, when he was exploring issues around youth violence.\n\nA year later, he established the Full Effect programme, which aims to stop youth violence in the city.\n\nAt Nottingham Academy, the couple will watch a \"hip hopera\" and meet students.\n\nThe handbag Ms Markle chose to carry on her Nottingham visit has already sold out.\n\nThe bag was made by the Scottish label, Strathberry, which said \"it was a fantastic surprise\" to see the bride-to-be carrying one of its designs.\n\nMs Markle was wrapped up in a long navy coat by Mackage - a brand also favoured by actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Eva Mendes and Blake Lively.\n\nShe wore the coat over a beige cotton, full midi skirt from British-based fashion label Joseph, priced at £595, which also sold out on the brand's website.\n\nOn Tuesday, the couple's spokesman said Ms Markle would not be continuing her work on gender with the United Nations or with other organisations and instead would start new charity work as a full-time royal.\n\nMr Knauf said she planned to focus her attention on the UK and Commonwealth.\n\n\"This is the country that's going to be her home now and that means travelling around, getting to know the towns and cities and smaller communities,\" he said.\n\nShe will also become the fourth patron of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.\n\nThe foundation is behind Prince Harry's Invictus Games - the Paralympic-style competition for injured servicemen and women and veterans - and also the mental health charity Heads Together.\n\nIt has also been announced that Ms Markle intends to become a British citizen and will work towards it in the coming years.", "The British government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments warning against using the products for systems related to national security.\n\nThe UK cyber-security agency will say the software could be exploited by the Russian government.\n\nSecurity firm Kaspersky Labs, accused in the US of being used by the Russian state for espionage, denied wrongdoing.\n\nKaspersky Labs is widely used by consumers and businesses across the globe, although they are not being advised to stop using the software, as well as by some parts of the UK government.\n\nOfficials stress they are not recommending members of the public or companies stop using Kaspersky products, which are used by about 400 million people globally.\n\nBarclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky software to customers as a \"precautionary decision\".\n\nOn Saturday, the UK bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers who had downloaded Kaspersky over the past decade - but advised those with the software already installed to take no action.\n\nA Barclays spokesman said: \"Even though this new guidance isn't directed at members of the public, we have taken the decision to withdraw the offer.\"\n\nFor it to work, anti-virus software like that sold by Kaspersky Labs requires extensive access to files on computers and networks to scan for malicious code.\n\nIt also requires the ability to communicate back to the company in order to receive updates and share data on what it finds.\n\nHowever, the concern is that this could be used by the Russian state for espionage.\n\nOfficials say the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)'s decision is based on a risk analysis, rather than evidence that such espionage has already taken place.\n\nIn the new government guidance, Ian Levy, NCSC's technical director, said: \"Given we assess the Russians do cyber-attacks against the UK for reasons of state, we believe some UK government and critical national systems are at increased risk.\"\n\nThe NCSC is understood to have been in dialogue with Kaspersky Labs and says it will explore ways of mitigating the risks to see if a system can be developed to independently verify the security of its products.\n\nIt comes amid heightened concern about Russian activity against the UK.\n\nLast month, Prime Minister Theresa May warned the Russian state was acting against the UK's national interest in cyberspace.\n\nFollowing her warning, Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the NCSC, said Russia had targeted British infrastructure, including power and telecoms.\n\n\"Beyond this relatively small number of systems, we see no compelling case at present to extend that advice to the wider public sector, more general enterprises, or individuals,\" Mr Levy said.\n\n\"Whatever you do, don't panic.\n\n\"For example, we really don't want people doing things like ripping out Kaspersky software at large as it makes little sense.\"\n\nKaspersky has faced a series of accusations in the US press in recent months.\n\nIt responded to one claim, that it downloaded classified US material from a home computer in the US, by presenting a detailed explanation of what took place.\n\nIt has always said there is no truth to the claims.\n\nEarlier this week, Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive and co-founder of the company, told me: \"We don't do anything wrong. We would never do that. It's simply not possible.\"\n\nHe denied claims the Russian state could use the company.\n\n\"It's not true that the Russian state has access to the data. There are no facts about that,\" he added.\n\nMr Kaspersky said that if he was ever asked by the Russian state to hand over data he would move his company out of the country.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC Two & the BBC Sport app from 15:00 GMT, live on BBC Radio 5 live Drive from 15:20 GMT and follow live text commentary from 13:00 GMT on the BBC Sport website.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate says his side \"cannot go to a World Cup and not try to win it\".\n\nThe draw for next summer's tournament in Russia takes place from 15:00 GMT on Friday, with the Three Lions in the second pot of seeded teams.\n\nIt will be Southgate's first major finals in charge of the national team.\n\n\"We've got to attempt to win each game, be as prepared as we can be, and see how far we can go,\" the 47-year-old told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Of course, a lot of these players are going to peak in two to four years' time, but we can't just write off the tournament. I don't think anyone in England would accept that.\n\n\"We can't go to a World Cup and not try to win it.\"\n• None England's best and worst scenarios in Russia\n• None All you need to know about the World Cup draw\n\nEngland have not won a knockout game at a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup in Germany, when they were beaten in the quarter-finals by Portugal during Sven-Goran Eriksson's reign.\n\nAt last year's European Championship, England's failure to make it past the last-16 stage cost Roy Hodgson his job as manager.\n\n\"Our last two tournaments have been a disappointment,\" said Southgate, who took over following Sam Allardyce's short-lived spell in charge last year.\n\n\"We've got to remember where we are starting from with this group of young players. But equally they're fiercely ambitious, everything is ahead of them and it's not for me to put a limit on their expectations.\"\n• None How have England improved since the 2014 World Cup?\n• None Listen: Butland should be England number one - Banks\n\nWho is Southgate desperate to avoid?\n\nA tough scenario for England in Friday's draw, which will be shown live across the BBC, would see them drawn in the same group as five-time winners Brazil, seven-time Africa Cup of Nations champions Egypt, and Serbia.\n\nAn easier draw, on paper, would see them in a group with Poland, Iran and Panama.\n\nEngland know they cannot meet Spain in the group stage, but Southgate is not focusing on who he would like to avoid.\n\n\"It's not that the draw is irrelevant but you can worry yourself silly thinking who you are going to play. We have got to be prepared to play everybody,\" he said.\n\n\"In the past we have become unstuck against teams we'd be expected to beat perhaps, and at times we have played really well against teams that might be seeded higher than us.\"\n\nHow will England acclimatise in Russia?\n\nSpread over 1,800 miles, 12 stadiums across Russia will host the 64 matches that comprise the 2018 World Cup.\n\nSouthgate confirmed England will be based in Repino, which is about 50km from St Petersburg, no matter what happens in Friday's draw.\n\n\"The longest flight is three hours, we do that on a bus journey from St George's Park for our games at Wembley, for us that's neither here nor there,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"Of course with any venue you never get absolutely everything you like but feel that's the best option for us.\"\n\nSouthgate earned 57 caps for his country between 1995 and 2004, and said he is able to draw on his experiences of playing at three major tournaments.\n\n\"Under both Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan there was a relaxed environment,\" said the former Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough defender.\n\n\"There is enough tension around tournaments anyway without the manager adding to that. It's important for the players to feel relaxed on a day-to-day basis. You are trying to maintain some normality around the bubble that is the World Cup.\n\n\"That's not easy, but I think we have a good culture within the team, a group of players who enjoy each others' company.\"", "In 2007, Jeremy Bowen testified against Slobodan Praljak – a war criminal who has died after taking poison at the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague.\n\nThis is the story of the role the BBC's Middle East editor played in the trial of one of the key figures in the Bosnian civil war.", "Natasha Gordon denied assisting in the death of Matthew Birkinshaw\n\nA woman has been found guilty of encouraging the suicide of a man she met online.\n\nNatasha Gordon, 44, had denied encouraging or assisting in the death of Matthew Birkinshaw.\n\nThe 31-year-old postman, from Walsall, West Midlands, was found dead in his car at Rutland Water in December 2015.\n\nGordon, of Paston in Peterborough, was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court. Sentencing has been adjourned to a later date.\n\nAfter the trial, Mr Birkinshaw's parents said it had been the \"longest, hardest, saddest and most traumatic two years of our lives\".\n\nMatthew Birkinshaw's parents paid tribute to their \"thoughtful, sensitive, generous and compassionate\" son\n\nThe court heard the pair made contact on an internet forum where Mr Birkinshaw spoke of ending his life.\n\nGordon had attempted to encourage six others to commit suicide and told the postman she was prepared to be his \"suicide partner\", prosecutor Tim Cray told the jury.\n\nIn a message to Mr Birkinshaw, Gordon said: \"I really can't wait to go tomorrow, I hope you do not change your mind.\"\n\nThe court heard the pair travelled to Rutland Water together but Gordon left Mr Birkinshaw because she \"couldn't go through with it\".\n\nMr Cray said: \"This is a million miles from a mercy killing. All the evidence shows she thought and talked about suicide and was prepared to tell people she'd just met that it was the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe court was told Mr Birkinshaw was in good health, part of a loving family and had a girlfriend.\n\nHis parents urged others \"who may be struggling with these feelings\" to seek out agencies that can help.\n\n\"If this message averts one tragedy, it will mean that something positive has come out of the death of such a beautiful and much-loved son,\" they said.\n\nGordon told the court she had no input into Mr Birkinshaw's decision to kill himself and he had \"wanted to die\".\n\nShe told the jury: \"Matthew offered for me to go with him, it wasn't the other way round.\"\n\nThe court heard Gordon had a history of depression and in January 2015 had attempted to kill herself.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Welsh and Scottish health ministers want Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to make it compulsory for UK suppliers of flour to fortify it with folic acid.\n\nIn a joint letter, they argue this will help reduce neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in unborn babies.\n\nFigures from Food Standards Scotland show roughly four out of five women of childbearing age in the two nations are deficient in the key nutrient.\n\nThe US and 85 other countries already have a policy in place.\n\nScotland's Health Minister, Aileen Campbell, and her Welsh counterpart, Vaughan Gething, wrote: \"Both our governments have long called for further action in this area at a UK level.\n\n\"There remains a compelling case for action across the UK to reduce neural tube defects incidence, particularly in the most socio-economically deprived areas.\"\n\nIt came after an independent Scottish review found it would not be cost-effective or practical to implement that change in Scotland alone.\n\nThe Scottish government had considered making the change last year.\n\nFolic acid occurs naturally in dark green leafy vegetables but the findings found three-quarters of women across the UK don't get enough.\n\nThe ministers said their position is supported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, where 83% of women of childbearing age have folate deficiency.\n\nGovernment advisers have recommended adding folic acid to flour for 18 years.\n\nIn the meantime, some food manufacturers have reduced the amount of folic acid they add to other foods, such as cereals, in anticipation of the fortification of flour.\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said they will carefully consider the recommendations and \"respond in due course.\"\n\nIn Scotland, 158 babies were born between 2007 and 2011 who were suffering from neural tube defects while 131 pregnancies were terminated after these were detected over the same period.\n\nA spokeswoman from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) also backed the call, saying: \"We strongly support the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid to reduce the incidence of neural tube defects in the UK, which often result in the termination of a much-wanted pregnancy.\n\n\"There are very few public health interventions which have such a strong evidence base as this one.\"\n\nAndy Wynd from the charity Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland said: \"The issue of flour fortification is particularly relevant in Scotland as more children are born with spina bifida in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK.\"\n\nCiting research from other countries, Mr Wynd said that adding folic acid could reduce neural tube defects in Scotland by some 70%.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The prime minister says she is \"cheering on\" Debbie McGee to win this year's Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nTheresa May said Ms McGee, who is one of her constituents, was \"doing very well\" in the BBC show but her rival Alexandra Burke was also \"very good\".\n\nLast year the PM backed her political rival, ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls.\n\nThe show has proved popular with politicians. Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable and former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe have both taken part in past series.\n\nMs McGee made her name as assistant to her late husband, the magician Paul Daniels.\n\nShe is a former ballet dancer and is one of the favourites to win the dancing show.\n\nThe prime minister said she had not been watching the foreign secretary's father, Stanley Johnson, on I'm A Celebrity; Get Me Out of Here.\n\nBut she told reporters, during a trip to the Middle East, she had been \"cheering on my constituent Debbie McGee in Strictly Come Dancing\".\n\nAsked if she thought Ms McGee could win, the prime minister replied: \"She's very good. Alexandra Burke is also very good, but one or two of the men seem to be quite dark horses too.\n\n\"So it is a good quality competition this year.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Snow footage from around the UK\n\nParts of the UK could face disruption on Friday morning, amid warnings of wintry showers and plunging temperatures.\n\nParts of eastern England, Kent and Scotland have been blanketed in a layer of snow, but forecasters say another 5cm (2ins) could fall in some areas.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice and snow over eastern England and Scotland.\n\nIt urged people to be careful on roads and pavements.\n\nThe warnings are in place until 10:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nOvernight temperatures will be below freezing across much of the UK, falling to as low as -8C degrees in some parts of Scotland.\n\nBBC weather presenter Rebecca Graham said the wintry showers will continue coming further inland, into the East Midlands, the South East and Kent.\n\nSnow surrounded the Angel of the North, near Gateshead\n\nNunnington Hall in North Yorkshire in the snow\n\nBradders sent this picture of a residential street in Harrogate to BBC Weather\n\nSnow fell at the coast, including at Scarborough\n\n\"There will be a mix of snow and sleet, chopping and changing between the two,\" she added.\n\nShe said icy roads may be a problem where gritters had not managed to be out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn Scotland, snow and ice caused road accidents and school closures, while a number of higher routes were closed.\n\nUnusually, snow also blanketed beaches on the east coast, creating picturesque scenes.\n\nBut a light dusting in London - which caused \"snowwatch\" to trend on social media - led some to wonder what all the fuss was about.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Vine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Pixie Lott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Clarence House This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should Donald Trump's state visit be called off?\n\nThere are many - not all of them Opposition party MPs - who frankly detest Donald Trump and all his works, who wanted to see Theresa May and her ministers come down much harder on the 45th President of the United States today.\n\nThey hoped the PM would hit back at his dismissive tweet against her in harsher language - and even announce that the president's state visit to the UK was now off.\n\nBut it's also worth noting that publicly cancelling a state visit - and remember these invitations come, at least officially, from Buckingham Palace not from Downing Street - would elevate this unprecedented and extraordinary trans-Atlantic spat into a full blown diplomatic crisis between the UK, and its most important strategic ally.\n\nThe prime minister has reason to try to avoid that. There's the strategic partnership she and the home secretary mentioned today, and there's the importance of the US to Britain's hopes of building new trading links after Brexit, which they didn't mention.\n\nThere's also the fact that Theresa May plainly felt she had made her point today without escalating this row beyond the point of no return.\n\nMrs May and her home secretary, Amber Rudd, were at pains to stress that no date has been set for a state visit no-one at Westminster now imagines will happen any time soon.\n\nYou could argue preserving Britain's influence as a global player after Brexit looks like a tough challenge.\n\nBut managing a calm and stable relationship with a president like Donald Trump looks like a task that's well beyond Theresa - and arguably - anyone else.", "A Belgian performance artist has been cut free after spending 19 days chained to a marble block.\n\nBut Mikes Poppe, who had been chipping away at the block, said he did not see his inability to escape as a failure.", "The vice-chancellor of Southampton University was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year - £72,000 more than he earned the previous year.\n\nAccounts show Sir Christopher Snowden was paid £352,000 in 2015-16, during which he was in post for 10 months.\n\nThe university said the extra reflected a full year's salary and the national higher education pay award of 1.1%.\n\nBut Sally Hunt, of the University and College Union, criticised his decision to accept the pay rise.\n\nMs Hunt, the union's general secretary, said the rise demonstrated \"once again how out of touch university vice-chancellors can be\".\n\nShe said that Sir Christopher was \"already one of the best-paid vice-chancellors in the UK, on a salary that had been publicly questioned by the universities minister\".\n\nAnd she added: \"To accept this kind of pay rise, while saying he must axe 75 academic jobs because money is tight, beggars belief.\"\n\nA statement from the university said the 1.1% pay rise was the only increase in Sir Christopher's remuneration since his appointment, and that he had declined a similar increment for 2017-18.\n\n\"The lower salary figure published for 2015-16 reflected only 10 months of his first year spent in office,\" it said.\n\n\"The vice-chancellor's salary was set and is regularly reviewed and agreed by the university's independently-chaired remuneration committee, which reports to the University Council.\n\n\"The vice-chancellor is not a member of the remuneration committee and only attends by invitation to discuss other business.\"\n\nThe university also paid £9,000 into a pension scheme from which he had opted out.\n\nThe university drew criticism from Universities Minister Jo Johnson in the summer.\n\nHe said in a speech: \"There is one institution on the south coast that has seen vice-chancellor pay rise from £227,000 in 2009-10 to £350,000 to 2015-16, which is really quite a sharp increase.\"\n\nIt comes two days after the UK's highest paid vice-chancellor Dame Prof Glynis Breakwell stepped down.\n\nThe University of Bath boss had become the focus of criticism for her £468,000 salary.\n\nLecturers had complained that her pay had risen much more rapidly than the salaries of university staff.\n\nDr Gill Rider, chair of the University Council, said: \"The University of Southampton is a world-renowned teaching and research institution with over 24,000 students, 6,500 members of staff and a turnover of £590 million per annum, less than a quarter of which comes from EU/home tuition fees.\n\n\"We recruited Sir Christopher to Southampton two years ago because we wanted an outstanding leader for the university.\n\n\"He is a hugely respected academic, knighted for his services to engineering and higher education.\n\n\"He is one of the most experienced vice-chancellors in the sector with a track record of delivering long-term exceptional results, and he is a former president of Universities UK.\n\n\"He has held international leadership roles in the private sector, including as a plc chief executive, and he has served on the prime minister's Council for Science and Technology.\n\n\"Sir Christopher brings breadth and depth of experience that is critical to Southampton's long-term success.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parents who have a different surname to their children have felt \"humiliated\" at British ports by \"over-zealous\" border officials, MPs have heard.\n\nLabour's Tulip Siddiq said she faced an \"air of suspicion\" after a holiday, as her daughter has her father's name.\n\nShe said if Brexit was to bring new passports, it would be a good time to \"iron out\" difficulties and include parents' names on children's passports.\n\nThe government said it would \"actively consider\" how to tackle the issue.\n\nBut Home Office minister Nick Hurd warned there were \"formidable difficulties\" with what was being proposed.\n\nMs Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, said a \"growing number of parents in the UK\" found holidays being \"blighted by confrontations that are both unnecessary and entirely avoidable\".\n\nIn a Commons debate on Friday, she described being stopped at the UK border before boarding Eurostar, after a trip to France, having been separated from her husband.\n\nPushing her 18-month-old daughter in a pram, she found herself being questioned about her identity.\n\n\"To my shock, the situation became quite tense. The official kept asking me for more and more documentation which I did not have and I explained over and over again that the child had my husband's last name, not my last name.\n\n\"My daughter was saying 'mama, mama' and crying because the unfortunate incident took so long, but even that didn't seem to convince the border official.\n\n\"My problem was that there was a real air of suspicion and I was made to feel like I was doing something wrong when I had just gone on holiday with my daughter and husband.\"\n\nShe said it was not only women travelling with their children but foster parents and \"numerous LGBT couples\" travelling with adopted children who had contacted her having been \"questioned mercilessly\" at borders.\n\nShe said she did not want to compromise the efforts of Border Force to tackle child trafficking, but \"thousands of British parents\" had been \"unduly harassed and interrogated by officials at the UK border\".\n\nOne constituent returned to Gatwick from a holiday with her eldest daughter from a previous marriage who had special needs. The girl was asked \"is this your mother?\".\n\nShe told Ms Siddiq it had been a \"painful\" experience \"genuinely thinking that our re-entry to the UK depended on my daughter, who has minimal cognitive ability\".\n\nAnother had been left \"humiliated\" at Stansted when border officials \"refused to believe\" her 12-year-old was her daughter.\n\n\"These stories are the tip of the iceberg,\" said Ms Siddiq. \"Children's passports were introduced in the 1990s and list the child's name, and date and place of birth only. It is high time that they were updated to reflect the changing circumstances of British families.\"\n\nShe said both parents' names could be included on children's passports which would save \"time, confusion and ultimately money at border control\".\n\nChildren should be able to grow up knowing their identity was one of their choosing and \"does not leave them treated by over-zealous border officials as criminals\", she added.\n\nMr Hurd, a father of six, said he understood the challenge of travelling with small children and that the border system should not be doing anything to exacerbate parents' \"stress\".\n\nHe said it was \"not in doubt\" that many people felt a grievance about the issue, but there were occasions where children were taken across borders which \"gave rise to safeguarding concerns\", and \"reasonable steps\" were needed to avoid putting children at risk. Questioning by Border Force officials was done \"with the best of motives\".\n\nEven if children's passports contained parents' names \"it would not provide conclusive evidence to a border officer that the person accompanying the child had the right to do so or was acting in the best interest of the child\".\n\nBut Mr Hurd said: \"Having spoken to the immigration minister, I know that he does understand the present situation is causing difficulties, particularly in cases where children have different surnames to a parent.\n\n\"Therefore I am happy to give her the commitment on his behalf that he is going to actively consider how we can take this forward.\"\n\nThe Home Office's advice on the subject says it would help single parents with a different surname to their child to have a marriage or divorce certificate with them.", "More than 5,000 current and former employees are seeking compensation from Morrisons\n\nMorrisons has been found liable for the actions of a former member of its staff who stole the data of thousands of employees and posted it online.\n\nWorkers brought a claim against the company after employee Andrew Skelton stole the data, including salary and bank details, of nearly 100,000 staff.\n\nThe High Court ruling now allows those affected to claim compensation for the \"upset and distress\" caused.\n\nThe case is the first data leak class action in the UK.\n\nMorrisons said it believed it should not have been held responsible and would be appealing against the decision.\n\nThe case follows a security breach in 2014 when Skelton, then a senior internal auditor at the retailer's Bradford headquarters, leaked the payroll data of employees.\n\nHe posted the information - including names, addresses, bank account details and salaries - online and and sent it to newspapers.\n\nSkelton's motive appeared to have been a grudge over an incident when he was accused of dealing so-called legal highs at work.\n\nAndrew Skelton worked as senior internal auditor at the company's Bradford head office\n\nHe was jailed for eight years in 2015 after being found guilty at Bradford Crown Court of fraud, securing unauthorised access to computer material and disclosing personal data.\n\nLawyers said the data theft meant 5,518 former and current employees were exposed to the risk of identity theft and potential financial loss and that the company was responsible for breaches of privacy, confidence and data protection laws.\n\nAt the High Court hearing sitting in Leeds, the judge, Mr Justice Langstaff, ruled that Morrisons was vicariously liable, adding that primary liability had not been established.\n\nAnya Proops, QC for Morrisons, said Skelton had already caused serious damage to the company and it had incurred more than £2m in costs in responding to the misuse.\n\nShe argued the extent to which an employer could be held liable for the criminal misuse of third-party data by an employee was of \"huge importance\" for individuals, businesses and organisations.\n\nFollowing the ruling, Nick McAleenan of JMW Solicitors, acting for the claimants, said the leak had caused them \"significant worry, stress and inconvenience\".\n\nHe said: \"This private information belonged to my clients. They are Morrisons checkout staff, shelf stackers, factory workers - ordinary people doing their jobs.\n\n\"We welcome the judgment and believe that it is a landmark decision, being the first data leak class action in the UK.\"\n\nAny further hearing about amounts of compensation will not take place until the company's appeal has concluded.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Although his main Twitter account has nearly 44 million followers, President Donald Trump chooses to follow just 45 other Twitter users - all of whom agree with him, most of the time.\n\nNow that seeming reluctance to expose himself to alternative viewpoints is being put forward as a possible factor in the president's decision to retweet three videos by a far-right UK group.\n\nSocial media experts call it the \"filter bubble\" - the ability to choose only the news and views that we agree with.\n\nEarlier this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned against the negative effects of the filter bubble, which he said increasingly prevented people from \"mixing and sharing and understanding other points of view\".\n\n\"It's turned out to be more of a problem than I, or many others, would have expected, \" he told the Quartz website.\n\nSometimes the bubble is automatic, created for us by a combination of our browsing history data, plus the algorithms of Facebook and Google. The end result: posts, people and stories that conform to our individual world view.\n\nSometimes we get to build our own bubble, by deliberately cutting ourselves off from dialogue with people who don't agree with us.\n\nIf Wednesday morning followed the president's typical routine, he woke up, turned on the TV and opened Twitter on his phone.\n\nAlthough the White House has refused to discuss the \"process\" by which the video was shared, most observers think it was the president who chose to retweet the video \"Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!\"\n\nThe authenticity of that video has now been challenged.\n\nThe anger deepened when it was confirmed the three videos had originally been shared by the deputy leader of an anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim group - Britain First.\n\nThey had made their way onto the president's feed - it's thought - via one of the few people the president follows on Twitter: right-wing commentator Ann Coulter.\n\nOn Thursday, she defended her retweet, telling the BBC: \"A video is a video…you don't need to fact-check it.\"\n\nMs Coulter is one of the 45 Twitter users that the president \"follows\" on his most effective communication tool - @realDonaldTrump has 43.7 million followers\n\nBut compared with his predecessor, Mr Trump follows a tiny number of other users.\n\nBarack Obama - with 94.7 million Twitter followers - follows 626,000 other Twitter users.\n\nMr Trump, on the other hand, is much more selective about who he follows.\n\nTrump also uses another Twitter handle, @POTUS (president of the United States) which follows 41 other accounts, mainly family and government departments. He tends to tweet less frequently from this account.\n\nYou can recreate the president's @realDonaldTrump feed here https://twitter.com/trumps_feed, courtesy of the Washington Post.\n\nIt may be, however, that Mr Trump does expose himself to other viewpoints, according to social media marketer Alex McCann (@altrinchamhq): \"We have to remember that he has hundreds of thousands of notifications every day of people replying to his tweets.\"\n\n\"Hopefully he does check these and get a bigger picture than presented by his curated feed of the 45 people he follows. He may have created a Twitter list as well that might give more variety, but we don't know.\" (No public lists are available on @realDonaldTrump.)\n\n\"But if he is restricting himself to 45 people that's going to create a very monotonous feed - an echo chamber of people that agree with you.\"\n\nAmelia Tait (@ameliargh), tech and digital culture writer at the New Statesman, said that compared with a \"normal\" user, Mr Trump follows very few people on Twitter.\n\n\"This isn't necessarily surprising, as he has always used the site as more of a place to talk rather than listen.\n\n\"It could have troubling implications about what he sees and interacts with, though. It's been theorised he saw the Britain First tweets via Twitter's \"in case you missed it\" tool. Had his feed been busier, he might have missed that too!\" she said.\n\nOn the @realDonaldTrump's \"following\" list are seven family members, including wife Melania, his children, and two daughters in law.\n\nHe follows four government departments, such as the Department of State, and eight Trump commercial organisations such as his main company, five golf courses and two Trump-branded hotels.\n\nCurrent and former employees include Vice-President Mike Pence, White House spokesperson Kellyanne Conway and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders also feature.\n\nThere are a smattering of \"others\", including people Mr Trump has worked with before he became president - like World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McHahon and former Apprentice star Katrina Campins.\n\nVeteran golfer Gary Player is also on this list. Player has previously praised Mr Trump's game, telling CNBC in October: \"The strength is his length, he's a long hitter. He can really get the ball out there.\"\n\nBut by far the largest subset of people and organisations that Mr Trump follows is made up of conservative journalists and TV presenters.\n\nTen of them work, or have worked, for the conservative news channel Fox News, like Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling - both of whom left Fox following allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nStaunch Trump defender Sean Hannity is also on the president's \"follow\" list.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sean Hannity This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe show Fox and Friends - thought to be a major opinion former on the president - is on the list.\n\nFox and Friends has been known to cover a story, only for the president to tweet on the same story a few minutes after the programme ends - and sometimes while it is still on air.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by FOX & friends This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Tait said: \"Trump's Twitter feed is most definitely an echo chamber, which is problematic for someone in an elected office who is ostensibly the voice of the people.\n\n\"He frequently criticises 'fake news' TV channels but has never rebutted any number of viral tweets calling him out. Is it possible he never saw them?\"\n\nHowever, Alex McCann believes that Trump is only doing what comes naturally.\n\n\"Most people gravitate towards opinions they share,\" he said. \"It might be more healthy to consume different opinions. But it will make you more angry.\n\n\"Twenty years ago our parents did the same thing - only they bought newspapers that conformed with their world view.\"\n\nBut Mr McCann believes leaders have a special responsibility to step outside of the filter bubble.\n\n\"Leaders are supposed to represent everyone,\" he said. \"Not just the people who agree with them.\"", "Former Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said the allegations against Mr Green showed \"no criminality\"\n\nA former Scotland Yard chief was aware pornography had allegedly been found on Damian Green's office computer during a 2008-9 police probe, he has said.\n\nSir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner between 2009-11, said he was briefed about the claims but regarded them as a \"side issue\".\n\nThe allegations were first made public last week by former Met Assistant Commissioner, Bob Quick.\n\nFirst Secretary of State Mr Green said his accusers had \"ulterior motives\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Porn was allegedly found to have been viewed on Mr Green's office computer after police raids in 2008\n\nMr Green, who is Prime Minister Theresa May's second-in-command, said: \"I reiterate that no allegations about the presence of improper material on my parliamentary computers have ever been put to me or to the parliamentary authorities by the police.\n\n\"I can only assume that they are being made now, nine years later, for ulterior motives.\"\n\nBut Mr Quick, who led the investigation into Home Office leaks which saw Mr Green's Commons office being searched, says pornography was found on a computer there.\n\nBoth Sir Paul and Mr Quick gave evidence to a Cabinet Office inquiry into Mr Green's conduct last week, led by senior Cabinet Office official Sue Gray.\n\nThe inquiry, which is being held behind closed doors, is also looking at a separate claim that Mr Green, made inappropriate advances towards a female Conservative activist in 2015. He also denies that allegation.\n\nDamian Green denies claims police found pornography on a computer in his office\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Sir Paul said he thought the claim about Mr Green \"wasn't relevant to the criminal inquiry\" into Home Office leaks, which began in October 2008.\n\nMr Green's home and office were searched as part of that probe and he was briefly arrested in November that year, but the then shadow immigration minister faced no further action.\n\nA review of the police inquiry found that \"less intrusive methods\" could have been used.\n\nReferring to the pornography allegations, Sir Paul said: \"I regret it's in the public domain.\n\n\"There was no criminality involved, there were no victims, there was no vulnerability and it was not a matter of extraordinary public interest.\"\n\nSir Paul added that it was not Scotland Yard's role to \"police the workplace\".\n\nThe Met declined to say whether it was helping the Cabinet Office investigate the claims, but said in a statement: \"As this is not our inquiry the MPS does not believe it is appropriate to comment upon it.\"", "Net migration is estimated to have fallen by nearly a third to 230,000 in the year to June, new figures show.\n\nIt is the first time that a full year of data has been available since the UK voted to leave the EU last June.\n\nThe figure is still short of the Conservatives' target to reduce net migration to the \"tens of thousands\".\n\nNet migration is the difference between people coming to the UK for more than a year, and the number of people leaving the UK for a year or more.\n\nIn this 12-month period, 572,000 people arrived in the UK, and 342,000 emigrated, the Office for National Statistics report showed.\n\nImmigration specifically fell by 80,000 people over the year - and three-quarters of that drop was down to fewer EU citizens coming to live in the UK, figures showed.\n\nNicola White, head of migration statistics at the ONS, said: \"The decline follows historically high levels of immigration and it is too early to say whether this represents a long-term trend.\"\n\nShe pointed to figures showing the number of people coming to the UK for a definite job has remained stable but those coming to \"look for work\", especially EU citizens, was down 43%.\n\n\"These changes suggest that Brexit is likely to be a factor in people's decision to move to or from the UK - but decisions to migrate are complex and other factors are also going to be influencing the figures,\" she added.\n\nImmigration minister Brandon Lewis said the UK was still a country able to attract the \"brightest and the best\".\n\nWith more Europeans continuing to arrive than leave, these figures showed that claims of a \"Brexodus\" were misguided, he said.\n\nHe added that his focus was on making sure businesses have access to the skills needed from Europe and around the world; ensuring a controlled immigration system and making sure people were in the UK legally, being an important part of the economy and communities.\n\nThe ONS said the 106,000 fall on the previous year's net migration figure was the largest annual decrease recorded.\n\nThis was substantially down on its high of June 2016 and now at similar levels to 2014, the ONS said.\n\nBBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani said there was a combination of factors at play.\n\n\"Anecdotally you pick up the fears around the Brexit effect,\" he said.\n\nBut the economic effects and the falling value of the pound might also be a factor, for example a Polish worker would get six zloty for every pound earned before Brexit.\n\nThat's fallen by a quarter since the referendum, he added.\n\nProfessor Jonathan Portes, of King's College, London, who works for the research group UK in a Changing Europe, said the statistics showed the country has become a \"less attractive place for European migrants\".\n\n\"Whatever your views on the impact of immigration, it cannot be good news that the UK is a less attractive place to live and work, and that we will be poorer as a result,\" he said.\n\nLord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said the figures showed a \"very welcome reduction in net migration - especially by EU citizens who do not have a job to come to\".\n\n\"It points to what could be achieved once the UK regains full control over migration,\" he added.\n\nThe Conservatives' aim since 2010 has been to reduce net migration to below 100,000.\n\nThe pledge to reduce net annual migration to the \"tens of thousands\" was in the 2010, 2015 and 2017 Tory manifestos.\n\nNeither Prime Minister Theresa May nor her predecessor, David Cameron, have come close to meeting that target.", "Inspectors also found a backlog of 23,000 X-rays at the hospital\n\nA hospital failed to spot cases of lung cancer because it did not check patients' chest X-rays properly, the Care Quality Commission has found.\n\nThe health watchdog found that three patients at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth suffered \"significant harm\".\n\nIt emerged that junior doctors complained they had been asked to carry out specialist radiology work without the appropriate training.\n\nThe CQC has now launched a review of NHS radiology services in England.\n\nAll NHS bodies have been instructed to provide details about their backlogs, turnaround times, staffing and arrangements for routine reporting of images.\n\nPortsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust said it had made an unreserved apology to the families of the three patients, two of whom have died.\n\nDuring their visit in July, CQC inspectors also found the hospital had a backlog of 23,000 chest X-rays.\n\nNone of the 23,000 images from the preceding 12 months had been formally reviewed by a radiologist or appropriately-trained clinician.\n\nDuring the visit, inspectors learned some junior doctors had been given responsibility for reviewing the chest and abdomen X-rays.\n\nProf Ted Baker, from the CQC, said \"When a patient is referred for an X-ray or scan, it is important that the resulting images are examined and reported on by properly trained clinical staff who know what they are looking for - this is a specialist skill.\"\n\nFollowing the inspection, the trust has had to put in place steps to make sure images are examined and reported on by properly trained clinical staff.\n\nIt was also tasked with providing a weekly report of the number of outstanding X-rays to the CQC and told it must notify those patients if their X-ray was held up.\n\nIn August, the CQC rated the hospital's medical care \"inadequate\".\n\nPortsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive Mark Cubbon said: \"We have issued an unreserved apology to the families of the three patients who experienced harm because of the delays to their care.\n\n\"We have carried out a thorough review of the scans and X-rays reported so far; to date nearly 50% of the backlog has been cleared and we are in touch with any patients as necessary.\"\n\nThe trust has set up a free phone helpline - 0800 7837118 - for anyone who is concerned they may be affected.\n\nThe hospital in Cosham has 975 beds and provides services to a local population of about 610,000 people.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. GQ editor tells Today it was like Corbyn was being \"pushed around like Grandpa\"\n\nThe editor of GQ has criticised Jeremy Corbyn - on the day the Labour leader appears on the magazine's cover.\n\nDylan Jones told the BBC Mr Corbyn's photo shoot was \"as difficult as shooting any Hollywood celebrity\".\n\nMr Jones claimed that despite the Labour leader's \"rock star persona\" he was \"underwhelming\" in person.\n\nThe editor faced a backlash on Twitter with Corbyn supporters and others accusing him of political bias and carrying out a \"hatchet job\".\n\nMr Jones has written in the past about his support for the Conservatives and authored \"Cameron on Cameron\" - a series of interviews with the former Tory leader before he became PM in 2010.\n\nMr Corbyn's former spokesman Matt Zarb-Cousin said Mr Jones had not been in the room for the interview and said the editor's politics were \"well known\".\n\n\"It's slightly puzzling that the editor of GQ would put Jeremy Corbyn on the cover of his magazine looking like a prime minister in waiting, only to go on the Today programme and say the complete opposite,\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jessica Elgot This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Cal Stannard This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Corbyn joins David Cameron and Boris Johnson on the list of politicians to feature on the cover of men's \"fashion and style\" magazine GQ - in his case under the headline: \"Jeremy Corbyn's hostile takeover\".\n\nAccording to Mr Jones the Labour leader was \"adamant\" he would wear a Marks and Spencer suit for the photo shoot.\n\nIn the interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Jones said: \"The actual shoot itself was quite tortuous. It was as difficult as shooting any Hollywood celebrity.\n\n\"We've shot many politicians for our cover ... but never have we encountered such a ring. Obviously [Labour director of communications] Seumas Milne and his crew are very particular gate-keepers.\n\n\"They didn't really seem to understand the process at all, didn't understand (a) that he would have to be photographed in the first place (b) that he would need to be presentable or that he couldn't just turn up in his anorak.\n\n\"When he actually turned up for the shoot it was almost like he was being pushed around like a grandpa for the family Christmas photograph. He wasn't particularly aware of what was going on. But we're very pleased with what we ended up with.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Harriet Notton This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe also said Mr Corbyn had turned down an interview with Tony Blair's former communications chief Alastair Campbell.\n\nMr Campbell, who is a regular writer for the magazine has criticised Mr Corbyn in the past - warning the party not to risk \"driving itself off a cliff\" by electing him leader in 2015. Last year he had a memorable clash on BBC Question Time with shadow chancellor John McDonnell over the future of the party.\n\nAsked whether he had fallen out with Mr Corbyn's team, Mr Jones said: \"We haven't fallen out with anyone, we are just describing the process of what we went through to get the cover, which I found very intriguing.\"\n\nThe interview, a short version of which appears on the GQ website, includes Mr Corbyn rejecting claims that he had avoided saying outright that he supported remaining in the EU in the 2016 referendum campaign.\n\nHe also said he would be happy to meet US President Donald Trump and would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin, if he became prime minister.", "Nasa has released footage of lightning strikes, captured from the International Space Station.\n\nThe film was taken as the ISS passed over China, Korea and Japan.\n\nAstronaut Randolph Bresnik said the view was from his favourite window, and showed \"lightning, city lights and fishing boats in the Sea of Japan\".", "Oxford University has raised a record amount of funding for a UK university bond issue\n\nOxford University has revealed that it will raise £750m from its first bond issue - the biggest amount raised this way by a UK university.\n\nIt is the most significant example so far of universities turning to the capital markets for investment rather than student fees.\n\nIt will mean more funds will be raised from these loans than Oxford's research funding from last year.\n\nThe university says it will use the money for improving facilities.\n\nThe bond means the university will receive funds from investors, which will be repaid after 100 years, with an annual interest rate of 2.54%.\n\nThe amount is higher than had been anticipated, after a starting point of selling bonds worth £250m. It is understood that the bond offer was heavily oversubscribed, with £2bn of funds offered by investors.\n\nIt will be seen as a long-term, low-risk opportunity for investors, but also a further shift in university finances.\n\nWith uncertainty about tuition fees and government funding, universities have increasingly begun to turn to raising money from private investors.\n\nOxford says it will give them \"confidence and freedom\" to spend on major developments, with plans to invest £1.5bn in building projects over the next 10 to 15 years.\n\nThis will be substantially bigger than any other UK university bond issue so far, but Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff and Liverpool are among the institutions which have previously raised money this way.\n\nIndividual Oxford colleges have also issued bonds, but this is the first time that the university itself has made such an offer to investors.\n\nIt means borrowing to raise cash in the short-term and paying back in the long-term, with the funds often used for capital projects, such as new buildings, libraries or overhauling facilities.\n\nIt is also likely to raise questions about richer universities using investment markets to create an even wider wealth gap with other institutions.\n\nThe Moody's credit rating agency this week gave Oxford its highest Aaa rating - citing its \"extraordinary market position\".\n\nMoody's reported that this reflected the strong demand from students, significant research funding and an endowment worth £2.6bn.\n\nThe credit rating agency said that Oxford's research income last year stood at £730m, a figure overshadowed by a single entry into the investment market.\n\nThe university's vice-chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, said the rating was \"gratifying testament to the belief of the outside world in the extraordinary institution that has been developed over the centuries\".\n\n\"It is our responsibility to ensure that we use the opportunities accorded us by this bond to pass on to our successors an even stronger university.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Any attempt to 'placate Dublin and the EU' could jeopardise DUP support for Tories\n\nDUP MP Sammy Wilson has warned that his party's deal to support the Conservative government could be jeopardised by the Brexit negotiations.\n\nHe said any attempt to \"placate Dublin and the EU\" could mean a withdrawal of DUP support at Westminster.\n\nFormer DUP leader and first minister Peter Robinson also responded, saying \"the south needs to wind its neck in\".\n\nHe said Dublin politicians had taken to \"lecturing the UK,\" doing \"significant harm to north/south relations\".\n\n\"Sensible solutions can be found and positive outcomes are more likely to be reached if a spirit of friendship and mutual understanding exists,\" he said.\n\nA story, published earlier in the Times newspaper, reported that British and EU officials could be about to seek separate customs measures for Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the European Union.\n\nThis could avoid any divergence in trade rules between Northern Ireland and the Republic.\n\nMr Wilson said that the UK government would \"have to recognise that if this is about treating Northern Ireland differently, or leaving us half in the EU, dragging along behind regulations which change in Dublin, it's not on\".\n\nEarlier on Thursday, DUP leader Arlene Foster said that the government had a \"clear understanding that the DUP will not countenance any arrangement that could lead to a new border being created in the Irish Sea\".\n\nMr Wilson said the proposal mooted in The Times report was unworkable, and revealed the DUP would be seeking clarification from the government on its accuracy.\n\nThe DUP struck a deal with the Conservative government in June, agreeing to support Tory policies at Westminster, in return for an extra £1bn in government spending for Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP signed a \"confidence and supply\" deal to keep Theresa May's government in power\n\nMr Wilson said his party will be \"making clear to the government we have a confidence and supply arrangement with them\".\n\nThe East Antrim MP added that \"if there is any hint that in order to placate Dublin and the EU, they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently than the rest of the UK, then they can't rely on our vote\".\n\nMr Wilson was speaking in a BBC interview in his East Antrim constituency on Thursday afternoon.\n\nSammy Wilson was angered by the details in the newspaper report\n\nThe DUP has consistently opposed calls for Northern Ireland to be granted \"special status\" within the EU, in a bid to resolve border issues.\n\nThe party has accused Irish nationalists of using the special status campaign as \"an opportunity separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom, with a border in the Irish Sea\".\n\nUnder the type of plan mooted in The Times report, regulations relating to customs would be harmonised on both sides of the Irish border.\n\nIt would allow a freer flow of traffic and goods, in line with the UK's aim of making the crossing as \"frictionless\" as possible.", "The Grenfell Tower fire inquiry could become a whitewash unless there is a diverse panel to oversee proceedings, survivors and bereaved families say.\n\nThey say chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick should sit with people from a range of backgrounds who understand the issues facing those affected by the blaze, in which 71 people died on 14 June.\n\nThey have started a petition calling for Theresa May to intervene.\n\nThe government said the process of considering the panel was ongoing.\n\nSir Martin's appointment as the inquiry chairman has already been criticised by residents, who say he is an establishment figure.\n\nVictims groups were further angered when the retired Court of Appeal judge said he would not appoint a member of the Grenfell community to the panel, arguing it would \"risk undermining impartiality\".\n\nAdel Chaoui, who lost four relatives in the fire, said their complaint was \"not about ethnicity\".\n\n\"It's nothing to do with whether you're black, white, Arab, whatever - it is to do with experiences,\" he said.\n\n\"(Sir Martin) is very, very good at what he does, but he does not necessarily understand us.\n\n\"At the same time, we are up against these industry bodies that are spending millions of pounds on legal resources that we are never going to get anywhere near.\"\n\nSir Martin has been criticised by some families as an establishment figure\n\nMr Chaoui said he and others would likely not attend the inquiry unless the format was changed.\n\nHe added: \"I'm really hoping the Prime Minister sees all we're asking for is a fair crack at justice.\"\n\nThe petition organisers say about 50 victims are backing the call for Downing Street to add people to the panel who have the \"breadth and experience\" of the \"big social issues\" that led to the tragedy.\n\nKarim Mussilhy, whose uncle Hesham Rahman died in the fire, said: \"We don't want to whitewash this inquiry, we don't want to feel like we're not being listened to, or belittled, or ignored just like the residents were before and after the [fire at the] tower.\"\n\nHesham Rahman's body was recovered from the 23rd floor of the tower block\n\nSir Martin has appointed three assessors to the inquiry, which will open its first procedural hearing on 11 December.\n\nOne of the assessors is from a black and ethnic minority background.\n\nBut Sandra Ruiz, who lost her niece in the tower blaze, has said the assessors have \"no decision-making capacity\".\n\n\"I think it's just a nod to what we've been asking but I don't think there's enough of a response there,\" she added.\n\nKarim Mussilhy and Sandra Ruiz are calling on Theresa May to use special powers to appoint more diverse panel members to the Grenfell Tower inquiry\n\nA government spokesman said: \"The prime minister has given a commitment to consider the inquiry panel after the chair determined what further expertise he required, and this process is ongoing.\n\n\"We would like to assure all those affected by the tragedy that legal representatives of core participants will receive all relevant evidence, be able to offer opening and closing statements at hearings, and will be able to suggest lines of questioning for witnesses.\"", "Cracking open some fancy biscuits is a welcome treat over Christmas, but this year the observant shopper might notice a hefty rise in prices.\n\nResearch by The Grocer based on data from Brandview has found price rises of up to a third on own-label Christmas biscuits sold by supermarkets.\n\nIt said five supermarkets had increased prices with shortbread and gingerbread the main victims.\n\nThe report says that a steep rise in butter prices is partly to blame.\n\nA Sainsbury's spokesperson said: \"The cost of individual products is determined by a number of factors and prices can fluctuate, both up and down, as a consequence. We remain committed to providing our customers with great quality and value every time they shop with us.\"\n\nWaitrose disputed the report's finding that its Christmas Choc Shortcake Selection (585g) had risen from £4 to £5. It said The Grocer had taken a discounted price in 2016 and the price was actually unchanged from last year.\n\nThere has been a trend this year of rising food prices, driven by the weakness of the pound which makes imported food more expensive.\n\nThe latest inflation figures showed that in October the price of food and non-alcoholic drinks rose at an annual rate of 4.1%, the highest since September 2013.\n\nButter has seen even steeper rises, which experts says reflects falling milk production.\n\nData from European Commission showed that for the year to the end of October, butter prices had risen by 47% compared to last year. In recent weeks the price has fallen a bit, which has been welcomed by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).\n\nA spokesperson for the FDF said: \"We will continue to monitor dairy market developments closely because extremes of price volatility are not helpful for UK food manufacturers or for the wider supply chain.\"", "While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Would you notice if you crossed the Irish border?\n\nIt is not possible to see how the Irish border issue can be resolved after Brexit, the influential group of MPs scrutinising the process has said.\n\nThe government wants no hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland and no customs border between the latter and the rest of the UK.\n\nBut the Committee for Exiting the EU said the proposals were \"untested\" and \"to some extent speculative\".\n\nIreland's foreign minister Simon Coveney told the BBC his country \"can't be asked to leap into the dark\" by simply accepting UK assurances.\n\nNorthern Ireland will be the only part of the UK to share a land border with an EU member state after the UK leaves.\n\nThere is currently no physical infrastructure on the border but there is concern that this will have to change after Brexit.\n\nIf the UK leaves the EU's single market and customs union, as the government intends, the Irish land border will become the external border for the EU's single market and customs union.\n\nThe Irish Republic wants Northern Ireland to keep following EU rules, so that goods can continue moving across the border - in effect, staying within the customs union and single market.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Irish Deputy Prime Minister says UK and Ireland need to agree parameters on border\n\nBut this would effectively push the customs border out into the Irish Sea, becoming an internal customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK - which the UK government rejects.\n\nIn its report, the Exiting the European Union Committee says it does not see how it will be possible to reconcile these positions.\n\nThe government has put forward two proposals, one using \"technology-based solutions\", such as pre-screening of goods and trusted trader schemes, to reduce the need for customs checks at the Irish border.\n\nThe other would involve a \"customs partnership\", with the UK leaving the single market without introducing an EU-UK border - something the UK has admitted would be \"challenging\".\n\nThe committee is urging the government to set these proposals out in more detail.\n\n\"Ministers say they don't want a border, they don't want any infrastructure,\" said its Labour chair Hilary Benn.\n\n\"We all agree with that...but self-evidently, the Irish government is not persuaded by what it has read so far.\"\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May has said the UK and Irish governments \"have the same desire\" on the border - to ensure that the movement of trade and people continues \"as now\" and that no new barriers are created.\n\nThe government added that it remained \"absolutely committed to finding a solution that works for the people of Northern Ireland and Ireland\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Any attempt to 'placate Dublin and the EU' could jeopardise DUP support for Tories\n\nBut Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said it would be hard to avoid physical checks if there were different standards for animal welfare, food safety and medical regulation on either side of the border.\n\n\"What the British government has been asking of the Irish government is 'just trust us we'll solve these issues with a broad bold trade agreement',\" he told Radio 4's Today.\n\n\"But that may not be possible, we don't know. We can't be asked to leap into the dark by opening up phase two discussions in the hope that these issues might be resolved.\"\n\nHe added: \"The area that we've focused in on is the need to give reassurance that there will not be regulatory divergence between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland\n\n\"Because if there is it is very hard to avoid a checking system.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party has warned that any attempt to \"placate Dublin and the EU\" could lead to the end of its confidence-and-supply agreement with the UK's Conservative government.\n\nThe DUP struck a deal with the minority Conservative government in June, agreeing to support Tory policies at Westminster, in return for an extra £1bn in government spending for Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Committee for Exiting the EU itself was split over the report, with five of its 21 members - four Conservatives and a DUP MP - voting to reject it.\n\nThe report also includes a call for the government to publish the likely terms of any transition period governing what will happen immediately after Brexit in March 2019.\n\nIt says it is \"essential\" that the details of the arrangements be published by the end of March so as to give businesses enough time to prepare.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Damian Green speaking to reporters outside his home in his constituency of Ashford\n\nA former Scotland Yard detective has told BBC News he was \"shocked\" by the amount of pornography viewed on a computer seized from the Commons office of senior Tory MP Damian Green.\n\nNeil Lewis examined the device during a 2008 inquiry into government leaks and has not spoken publicly before.\n\nHe said \"thousands\" of thumbnail images of legal pornography were on it.\n\nMr Green, Theresa May's deputy, has said he never watched or downloaded pornography on the computer.\n\nFellow Tory MP Andrew Mitchell defended Mr Green on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, saying: \"It is the misuse of entirely legal information to blacken the name of a serving cabinet minister.\"\n\nBut Mr Lewis said a check of the computer's internet history over a three-month period showed pornography had been viewed \"extensively\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was shocked\": Former detective constable Neil Lewis speaks to the BBC\n\nOn Tuesday, Scotland Yard confirmed its department for professional standards was examining allegations that Mr Lewis had disclosed confidential information.\n\nA statement from the Metropolitan Police said: \"Confidential information gathered during a police inquiry should not be made public.\"\n\nOn some days, websites containing pornography were being searched for and opened for several hours.\n\nMr Lewis, who retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2014, said although \"you can't put fingers on a keyboard\", a number of factors meant that he was sure it was Mr Green, the MP for Ashford, Kent, who was accessing the pornographic material.\n\nHis analysis of the way the computer had been used left the former detective constable in \"no doubt whatsoever\" that it was Mr Green, who was then an opposition immigration spokesman but is now the first secretary of state.\n\n\"The computer was in Mr Green's office, on his desk, logged in, his account, his name,\" said Mr Lewis, who at the time was working as a computer forensics examiner for SO15, the counter-terrorism command.\n\n\"In between browsing pornography, he was sending emails from his account, his personal account, reading documents... it was ridiculous to suggest anybody else could have done it.\"\n\nSimilar material had also been accessed on Mr Green's laptop, he claimed.\n\nNeil Lewis said he was \"shocked\" by the quantity of porn viewed on a computer used by Damian Green\n\nA Cabinet Office inquiry, set up last month to investigate allegations that the 61-year-old had made inappropriate advances to a political activist, Kate Maltby, is also examining the pornography claims.\n\nThe inquiry is believed to centre on the ministerial code, which sets out the standards of conduct expected of government ministers.\n\nThe code says they are expected to demonstrate \"the highest standards of propriety\" and contains reference to the Nolan Principles that holders of public office should be \"truthful\".\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Green said: \"It would be inappropriate for Mr Green to comment on these allegations while the Cabinet Office investigation is ongoing, however, from the outset he has been very clear that he never watched or downloaded pornography on the computers seized from his office.\n\n\"He maintains his innocence of these charges and awaits the outcome of the investigation.\"\n\nLabour MP Hilary Benn told Today that the evidence from Mr Lewis should be considered.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Mitchell defends Damian Green on Today over porn found on computer\n\nDespite being told about Mr Lewis's role examining Mr Green's computers, the Cabinet Office inquiry has not contacted him to give evidence.\n\nThe Cabinet Office declined to give an explanation for that, but it's thought its inquiry may have approached the Metropolitan Police directly for details about the computers.\n\nThe force has confirmed it is co-operating with the inquiry.\n\nPolice evidence tag for the computer found in Damian Green's office\n\nDuring his time on SO15, Mr Lewis worked on some of Britain's most high-profile terrorism inquiries, including the 21/7 attack on London's transport network in 2005 - when he took a lead role examining digital devices.\n\nHe also worked on Operation Miser, an investigation into Home Office leaks that began in October 2008 and resulted in Mr Green's Commons office being searched by police.\n\nMr Lewis's job on the investigation was to search for material relating to documents that had been disclosed without authorisation from the Home Office, on computers used by Mr Green.\n\nIn accordance with standard police practice, Mr Lewis carried out the examination on digital copies he had made of the computers' hard drives.\n\nWhen he ran a \"gallery view\" of images viewed on the desktop computer in Mr Green's Portcullis House office he noticed \"a lot of pornography thumbnails which indicated web browsing\", that he later confirmed by an examination of the computer's internet history.\n\nThe pornography was not \"extreme\", as some reports have suggested, and did not contain images of children or abuse, said Mr Lewis, who previously served in the Met's obscene publications unit and carried out investigations into paedophiles.\n\nThe matter was not referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision.\n\nThe former detective, who spent 25 years with the Met, said after the leaks inquiry ended he was ordered by the force to delete the data on the computer copies he had made.\n\n\"Morally and ethically I didn't think that was a correct way to continue,\" he said.\n\nThe officer erased the data, as instructed, but kept the copies knowing experts could retrieve the information if they had to. However, he now believes the items may have been destroyed.\n\nWhen he left the force after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Mr Lewis said the only police notebook he took with him was the one he had used during Operation Miser.\n\nThe notebook, seen by the BBC, contains a reference to pornography.\n\n\"This one case, Operation Miser, I have never been comfortable with,\" he said, claiming the Parliamentary authorities should have been informed about the \"extensive\" time Mr Green allegedly spent looking at pornographic material.\n\n\"If a police officer does that, or anyone else, you'd be dismissed, you'd be thrown out.\"\n\nThe MPs' code of conduct states members should always behave with \"probity and integrity, including in their use of public resources\".\n\nThe pornography allegations were first alluded to by Bob Quick, a former Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, in written evidence to a Parliamentary committee in 2009.\n\nHe said the discovery of \"private material\" on Mr Green's office computer had \"complicated\" the inquiry into Home Office leaks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Porn was allegedly viewed on Mr Green's office computer after police raids in 2008\n\nIn 2011, Mr Quick expanded on the matter in a draft statement for the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, but it was removed from the final version, only to resurface last month in a Sunday Times article.\n\nMr Green responded to Mr Quick's assertions by accusing him of spreading \"disreputable political smears\", an attack that so infuriated Mr Lewis that he approached the former counter-terrorism chief to offer his support. He even thought about contacting the cabinet minister directly.\n\n\"His outright denial of that was quite amazing, followed by his criticism of Bob Quick,\" said Mr Lewis.\n\n\"I think he [Mr Green] should have resigned a long time ago.\"\n\nSir Paul Stephenson, Met Commissioner during the leaks investigation, told the BBC he had been briefed about the pornography in 2008 but considered it to be a \"side issue\".\n\nThe Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has said it has no record of a referral being made.", "An independent review says the cost of converting the Olympic Stadium was £323million\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has agreed to take over the former Olympic Stadium amid \"financial challenges\".\n\nMr Khan says a \"catalogue of errors\" by his predecessor Boris Johnson led to the costs of transforming it into West Ham United's new ground soaring.\n\nAn independent review says the conversion cost £323m - the original estimate was £190m.\n\nMayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales said Mr Johnson left the stadium's finances in a \"dreadful mess\".\n\nThe review says that E20, the public sector company set up to run the London Stadium, is projected to make a loss of £20m next year and a total loss of £140m over its first 10 years.\n\nMr Khan claims Mr Johnson's decision to make taxpayers foot the bill means Londoners will have to shoulder the predicted loss.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan will now take over the running of the former Olympic Stadium\n\nHe will take control of the stadium in order to \"renegotiate deals\" and \"minimise ongoing losses\".\n\nMr Khan said: \"I ordered the review into the finances of the London Stadium to understand how key decisions were made about its transformation and why costs were allowed to spiral out of control.\n\n\"What has been presented is simply staggering.\"\n\nWest Ham were awarded tenancy of the stadium in 2013, however under the agreement the club would not have to pay for certain running costs.\n\nThese instead would be paid for by the taxpayer and include policing, stewarding, goalposts, corner flags, cleaners and turnstile operators.\n\nHowever, the review notes that since that deal was signed, policing and stewarding costs have \"increased notably\".\n\nWest Ham United moved to the London Stadium from Upton Park in August 2016\n\nWest Ham said: \"The concession agreement is a watertight, legally binding contract signed in 2013 in good faith by West Ham United, who remain absolutely committed to its terms for the entire 99-year duration.\n\n\"It is not in West Ham United's interests for the stadium to be not performing in line with aspiration and, as we have done ever since moving to Stratford in the summer of 2016, we continue to offer the benefit of our commercial expertise and substantial experience in managing successful stadia.\"\n\nThe club added the stadium \"craves renewed leadership\" and it welcomed \"the mayor's decision to step in and deliver this\".\n\nNewham Council said it received a business plan from E20 in October 2016 which indicated there was likely to be an \"ongoing deficit\" which could make it \"financially unsustainable\" in the long term.\n\nMr Johnson, pictured with Karren Brady, was the Mayor of London between May 2008 and May 2016\n\nAn internal review was carried out by the council at the same time the Mayor of London launched his own inquiry.\n\nReacting to Mr Khan's takeover, Sir Robin said: \"On behalf of Newham residents, I am angry that the deals and decisions made by the former Mayor of London and his administration have left the stadium finances in such a dreadful mess.\n\n\"It is regrettable that the finances of the stadium have not followed the expected course.\"\n\nHe added it was \"vital\" for Newham that the stadium remained a public asset.\n\nA source close to Mr Johnson, who was the Mayor of London between May 2008 and May 2016, rejected the criticisms.\n\nHe said: \"No other city has an Olympic legacy like London's - all seven venues on the park are in private hands, with millions of visitors a year, and a positive economic legacy for east London.\n\n\"The stadium has a secure future with athletics and football.\n\n\"The mistakes belonged to Khan's Labour predecessor Ken Livingstone and the Blair government. Signing off on a stadium fit only for athletics was a massive error. The only option for Boris was conversion to a multi-use venue.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section World Cup\n\nEngland have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia.\n\nGareth Southgate's men will begin their tournament against Tunisia on Monday, 18 June (19:00 BST) in Volgograd.\n\nThey will then face World Cup debutants Panama in Nizhny Novgorod on 24 June (13:00 BST) before playing top seeds Belgium four days later in Kaliningrad (19:00 BST).\n\nRussia play Saudi Arabia in the opening game in Moscow on 14 June (16:00 BST).\n\nHolders Germany are in Group F with Mexico, Sweden and South Korea while five-times winners Brazil are in Group E alongside Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia.\n\nThe 2018 tournament takes place in 12 stadiums across Russia between 14 June and 15 July.\n• None All the groups and fixtures\n• None 'If England don't qualify from the group, it's time to pack it in'\n• None A guide to the grounds hosting games in Russia\n• None Find out more about the 32 teams who qualified\n\n\"We need to find out more about Tunisia and Panama as we haven't been tracking them,\" Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"We know everything about Belgium. I think that will capture the imagination back home as they have so many players in our league. They have probably the best group of players they've ever had.\n\n\"My experience of tournaments is you need to get a result in all three matches. In the past we've assumed we'll be in certain rounds but we need to make sure we get out of our group.\"\n\nWho got the hardest draw?\n\nThere is not one group that obviously stands above the rest as being the toughest.\n\nIn terms of ranking positions, Group B looks the most difficult.\n\nEuropean champions Portugal, ranked third in the world, have been drawn with 2010 World Cup winners Spain as well as Iran - who went unbeaten in 10 Asian qualifying matches - and Morocco, who topped an African group that featured Ivory Coast.\n\nGroup F also looks tricky for the reigning champions. Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final in Brazil, will likely face three robust examinations against Mexico, Sweden and South Korea as they try to retain the title for the first time since Brazil did so in 1962.\n\nResurgent Brazil - thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-final in Belo Horizonte - have also been handed what looks like a quietly exacting group.\n\nAlongside Neymar's Brazil in Group E are Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia while Lionel Messi and his Argentina team-mates play debutants Iceland - who reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 - Croatia and Nigeria.\n\nEngland will know all about Belgium, given the large number of their squad who play in the Premier League. Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne of Manchester City are both enjoying superb seasons so far while Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku recently became the country's leading all-time top scorer.\n\nEngland have not lost to Belgium in their past 11 meetings - and their only defeat against them in 21 games was in 1936.\n\nThe Three Lions have met Tunisia twice before, drawing a friendly in 1990 and beating the North Africans in their opening game of the 1998 World Cup in France, a match Southgate remembers well.\n\n\"It was a fantastic day as a player to play in a brilliant occasion, our fans made an incredible atmosphere that day,\" the former defender said of the game in Marseille that England won 2-0.\n\n\"It's nice to be able to relive that.\"\n\nTunisia coach Nabil Maaloul says he \"knows all about\" England's players and when asked about whether he was happy to be in the same group as them, he said: \"Yes, and we will win.\"\n\nEngland have never met Central America country Panama and won't be familiar with their players with only three of their current squad playing in Europe.\n\nThe Panamanians sealed their place at a first World Cup at the expense of the USA when they controversially defeated Costa Rica 2-1, with Gabriel Torres' header for their first goal not appearing to cross the line.\n\nPick the order teams will finish in England's group\n\nEngland's possible route to the final\n\nIn summary, reaching the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 15 July is not going to be easy.\n\nIf England top their group, their path to the final could see them come up against Colombia, Brazil, France and then Germany.\n\nIf Southgate's side finish second then it could be Poland, Germany, Spain and then Brazil in the final.\n\nIf you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote.\n\nBBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty: England can have no excuses if there is a repeat of the embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when they failed to progress from the group phase.\n\nManager Gareth Southgate will understandably publicly exercise caution about the group with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama - but privately he and the Football Association will surely regard this as a highly satisfactory outcome.\n\nThere was certainly no need for FA chairman Greg Clarke to repeat the cut-throat gesture predecessor Greg Dyke delivered when England were drawn against Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica before the last World Cup in Brazil.\n\nBarring surprises, the final group game against Belgium in Kaliningrad is likely to decide the group winners - and this will clearly be the toughest assignment for Southgate and his team.\n\nBelgium coach Roberto Martinez has an intimate knowledge of the Premier League from his time at Wigan Athletic and Everton, while their outstanding generation of players has a heavy top-flight influence, including two performers of undoubted world class in Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne and Chelsea's Eden Hazard.\n\nTunisia, England's opponents in their opening game in Volgograd on Monday 18 June, are ranked 27th in the Fifa rankings, and will be heavy underdogs while a meeting with Panama, ranked 56th and at their first World Cup, should hold no fear.\n\nEngland's immediate fate appears to hang on that meeting with Belgium but Southgate will surely be confident of qualifying from Group G.\n\nHow far will England travel during the group stage?\n\nEngland will be based in the village of Repino, which is about 30 miles from St Petersburg (number 8, above). From there they will travel 930 miles to and from Volgograd (10) to play Tunisia at Volgograd Arena and then 600 miles to Nizhny Novgorod (3) for their game against Panama.\n\nFinally, it's a 500-mile trip to Kaliningrad (9) for their final Group G game against Belgium.\n\n\"Travel wise, the way tournaments are now, you've got to be adaptable, but our kick-off times are decent as well,\" added Southgate.\n\nIn total, England's players will travel approximately 4,000 miles during the group stage, compared to the 4,400 they covered in Brazil.", "Barry Links station is located between Dundee and Carnoustie\n\nA railway station in Angus is the least used in Great Britain, new figures have revealed.\n\nJust 24 passengers travelled to or from Barry Links station in 2016/17, according to data published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR)\n\nOnly two ScotRail trains stop at the station, which is unstaffed and has no facilities, each day between Monday and Saturday.\n\nThe station, which opened in 1851, is located between Dundee and Carnoustie.\n\nBrian Boyd, an independent councillor on Angus Council, said the station was used more than the figures suggested.\n\nHe said: \"Many people buy Carnoustie tickets but get off at Barry.\n\n\"These figures are quoted based on who buys tickets for stations and you can't buy a ticket at Barry so you buy it at Carnoustie.\n\n\"I can assure you there's at least a dozen passengers coming off each and every evening from the tea-time train at Barry.\n\n\"Yes, there aren't many trains that stop there but the figures are way out, in my opinion.\"\n\nMr Boyd, who represents the Carnoustie and District Ward, expects the station to be well-used next summer as golf fans travel to the Open Championship.\n\nHe said: \"With golf coming in 2018, it will used considerably more because it's right on the perimeter of the world-renowned golf course.\n\n\"It's an important station for the area.\"\n\nLast year's least-used station, Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire, saw its passenger figures rise from 12 to 156 over the last 12 months.\n\nThe numbers of people using at Shippea Hill have risen dramatically\n\nIt received a publicity boost when Great British Bake Off finalist Ian Cumming offered mince pies to people who disembarked at the station on Christmas Eve 2016.\n\nThe data suggested that Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley are Scotland's busiest railway stations, with 32,060,134 and 22,582,342 entries and exits respectively.\n\nLondon Waterloo maintained its title as Britain's busiest station for the 14th consecutive year.\n\nSome 99.4 million passengers used the station in the past year, up by more than 250,000 on 2015/16.\n\nFive other stations - Tees-side Airport, Breich, Kildonan, British Steel Redcar, and Reddish South had fewer than 100 entries and exits.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPope Francis has met a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.\n\nThe Pope told a group of 16 refugees at an interfaith meeting in the capital Dhaka: \"The presence of God today is also called Rohingya.\"\n\nHe refrained from using the term on his earlier visit to Myanmar, which does not regard Rohingya as an ethnic group.\n\nSome 620,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar since August.\n\nThe Pope had been criticised by rights groups for not using the term in Myanmar, whose military has been accused of ethnic cleansing by the United Nations. He had used the term before his visit.\n\nMyanmar's government rejects the term Rohingya, labelling the community \"Bengalis\". It says they migrated illegally from Bangladesh so should not be listed as one of the country's ethnic groups.\n\nIt was a poignant moment when Pope Francis met Rohingya refugees in Dhaka. One by one they went up on stage and met him. He held their hands and they each had a chance to say a few words to him. He placed his hand on the head of a little girl who was part of the group.\n\nThen in a short speech that was not part of the original programme Pope Francis used the contentious word \"Rohingya\" for the first time sending out his strongest message so far about the crisis during his visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh.\n\nBut does it really make a difference especially since he didn't use the word or speak directly about the issue in Myanmar, the country that matters? Mark Pierce from Save the Children told me his organisation would certainly have preferred the Pope to be more vocal about the crisis in Myanmar but says it is significant that he has spoken about it here in Bangladesh because it helps keep the spotlight on the plight of the refugees.\n\nAbout 3,000 refugees are estimated to have crossed over from Myanmar to Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh in the past week alone adding to the hundreds of thousands who are already there living in camps.\n\nWhile there is an agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar for the refugees to return, there are still no details of when or how this will happen.\n\nPope Francis' comment to refugees in Dhaka was made in an improvised remark and was not in his speech to the interfaith meeting.\n\n\"In the name of all of those who have persecuted you, hurt you, I ask forgiveness,\" Pope Francis told the refugees. \"I appeal to your large hearts to give us the forgiveness that we are asking.\"\n\nRights groups had urged the Pope to use the term Rohingya to back the community.\n\nHowever, he had been warned by Catholic representatives in Myanmar not to use the term for fear of alienating the Buddhist majority.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rohingya girls say they were forced into sex work in Bangladesh\n\nThe number of Catholics in Bangladesh is very small. The 350,000-strong community makes up 0.2% of the population.\n\nEarlier, the Pope ordained 16 priests at an outdoor Mass in Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan park.\n\nOn the penultimate day of his Asia trip, he told the crowd: \"I know that many of you came from afar, for a trip for more than two days. Thank you for your generosity. This indicates the love you have for the Church.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage shows the extent of sprawling camps on the Bangladesh border", "Last updated on .From the section Commonwealth Games\n\nBirmingham may need to wait until next year to find out if it will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.\n\nThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Wednesday they are \"confident\" a city will be chosen in the next four weeks but they \"will remain flexible\".\n\nBirmingham was the only interested city before the 30 September deadline but was deemed \"not fully compliant\".\n\nLast week, CGF said it had \"updates\" from Australia, Canada and Malaysia - but did not confirm any official bids.\n\nAnd the body said on Wednesday they need \"further clarification on a range of issues\" before choosing a host city.\n\nThe bidding process has been beset with problems, with the South African city of Durban originally awarded the Games in 2015 before being stripped of the event in March because it did not meet the CGF criteria.\n\nAfter Birmingham's subsequent bid did not meet criteria, the CGF extended the deadline for bids to 30 November, and said a further meeting would be held on 6 December.\n\nKuala Lumpur and Victoria are thought to be the cities involved from Malaysia and Canada respectively.\n\nIan Ward, Birmingham city council leader and chair of Birmingham 2022's bid team, said they \"are continuing to have productive discussions\" with the CGF.\n\n\"It's a hugely significant decision and we welcome the robustness of the process,\" he said. \"We look forward to a decision from the CGF in the near future.\"", "The parents of Matthew Birkinshaw said their son's death has left a \"space no-one else can ever fill\".\n\nIt follows the conviction of Natasha Gordon for encouraging his suicide in a car park at Rutland Water.\n\nThey said: \"It is impossible to put into words the effect the loss of Matthew has had on our family.\n\n\"He was everything to us and he has left a space no-one else can ever fill.\"\n\nThey added: \"It has become clear to us during this process how many people consider suicide without ever displaying any signs even to those closest to them. It has been heartbreaking to hear how when Matt needed kindness and support, he met someone who wanted to do him harm.\"", "RBS is closing 259 branches - one in four of its outlets - and cutting 680 jobs as more customers bank online.\n\nThe closures involve 62 Royal Bank of Scotland and 197 NatWest branches.\n\nRBS, which is 71%-owned by the taxpayer, said it would try to ensure compulsory redundancies were \"kept to an absolute minimum\".\n\nThe bank said use of its branches by customers had fallen 40% since 2014, but the Unite union, which represents bank staff, called the cuts \"savage\".\n\nFollowing the closures, the RBS group will be left with 744 branches.\n\nRBS's branch closure announcement is the third such this week, following Lloyds, which on Wednesday said it would close 49 branches, and Yorkshire Building Society, which said it would close 13 branches.\n\nAn RBS spokesperson said: \"More and more of our customers are choosing to do their everyday banking online or on mobile.\n\n\"Since 2014 the number of customers using our branches across the UK has fallen by 40% and mobile transactions have increased by 73% over the same period. Over 5 million customers now use our mobile banking app and one in five only bank with us digitally.\n\n\"We realise this is difficult news for our colleagues and we are doing everything we can to support those affected.\"\n\nUnite said serious questions needed to be asked about whether the closures marked the end of branch network banking.\n\nRob MacGregor, Unite national officer, said: \"This announcement will forever change the face of banking in this country resulting in over a thousand staff losing their jobs and hundreds of High Streets without any banking facilities.\n\n\"The closure of another 259 branches is savage. Why is the government signing off this alarming branch closure programme?\"\n\nRBS, like many of its competitors, says that branch use has dropped dramatically as people bank on the go.\n\nIndustry analysts CACI forecasts that typical consumers will only visit a bank branch four times a year by 2022, as virtually all transactions or paperwork can be done online, or by letter or at a post office.\n\nYet visiting a branch remains a way of life for many people - older people and small businesses particularly. A report into branch closures by Professor Russel Griggs likened losing a local branch to a \"bereavement\" for some people.\n\nSo what is being done for them?\n\nThe major banks have signed up to a protocol that ensures specially trained staff are in place to help customers find alternatives when a local branch is closing, such as using the Post Office.\n\nThey must work more proactively to support elderly and vulnerable customers, and tell communities as quickly as possible after the decision has been made.\n\nPaul Wheelhouse, Scottish Government Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, said: \"The news of further branch closures from RBS will be hugely concerning to many people in Scotland as it now not only affects, potentially, staff at RBS but also leaves large areas of Scotland, particularly rural areas, with limited branch coverage.\n\n\"While recognising that footfall in branches is falling, due to online banking, RBS, and other banks, must take into account the needs of all customers - not just those who can access and use digital services.\"\n\nThe news comes as RBS continues its rehabilitation from its state-backed bailout in 2008, prompted by the financial crisis.\n\nOn Thursday, it said it had closed its so-called \"bad bank\", which was set up to handle toxic assets stemming from the crisis.\n\nEarlier this week, RBS passed the Bank of England stress tests, having failed in 2016.\n\nIn last week's Budget, the government revived plans to sell down its stake in the bank, aiming to sell £15bn of its shares by 2023.", "Prince George is third in line to the throne\n\nA senior Anglican minister has been criticised for saying people should pray for Prince George to be gay to help the Church of England recognise same-sex marriage.\n\nThe Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth wrote a blog post urging people to pray for him \"to be blessed one day with the love of a fine young gentleman\".\n\nHis comments have been described as \"unkind\" and \"destructive\".\n\nMr Holdsworth is provost of St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow.\n\nHe is from the Scottish Episcopal Church, which voted to allow gay couples to marry earlier this year.\n\nSame-sex marriages in Anglican churches are banned in England and Wales.\n\nIn his blog post, Mr Holdsworth said that if Prince William's four-year-old son married another man in the future it would help the Church of England become more inclusive.\n\n\"A royal wedding might sort things out remarkably easily though we might have to wait 25 years for that to happen,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Who knows whether that might be sooner than things might work out by other means?\"\n\nRev Holdsworth says Prince George being gay would help the Church to become more inclusive\n\nHe told the BBC he first wrote the blog post more than a year ago but it gained traction after he tweeted it again following the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement.\n\n\"This quote seems to be getting a lot of attention because it was picked up by a number of anti-gay campaigners in the Church of England,\" he said.\n\n\"It is a shame that the happy news about the royal wedding has been hijacked in this way.\"\n\nMr Holdsworth tweeted his blog post following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement\n\nGavin Ashenden, a former chaplain to the Queen and a Christian Episcopal Church missionary bishop, said the comments were not Christian.\n\n\"To use prayer as a mechanism for wishing this on Prince George is an unkind and destructive thing to do,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"It doesn't have the prince's best interests at heart, but uses him as a gender-political football to please 1.7% of the population.\n\n\"What is especially odd and incongruous is the fact that it is suddenly OK to pray for someone to be gay, but totally unacceptable to pray for them to be free from being gay and to resume a sexuality that was in tune with their biology.\n\n\"This seems not only contradictory but hypocritical.\"\n\nSusie Leafe, the director of the conservative evangelical group Reform, was also critical of Mr Holdsworth's blog.\n\n\"I was very disappointed that he was prepared to bring a child in to this same-sex marriage debate,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"As a Christian minister he should pray for all people to come to know the love of Christ, rather than a fine young gentleman.\"\n\nThe Church of England declined to comment on Mr Holdsworth's blog post as he is a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church.\n\nRt Rev Dr Gregor Duncan, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, said: \"The comments made by Provost Holdsworth were made on his personal blog.\n\n\"As his blog indicates, the views expressed there are his personal ones.\n\n\"They do not represent an official view of the Scottish Episcopal Church nor are they ones with which I would concur. I will be discussing this matter with Provost Holdsworth.\"", "US author Christopher Bollen has won the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel The Destroyers.\n\nThe judges voted him the winner after reading a scene depicting the book's protagonist, Ian, with his ex-girlfriend on the island of Patmos.\n\nHe wrote: \"She covers her breasts with her swimsuit... The skin along her arms and shoulders are different shades of tan like water stains in a bathtub.\"\n\nBollen - editor-at-large of Interview magazine - did not attend the ceremony.\n\nWilbur Smith's War Cry was among the nominees\n\nThe Destroyers is his third novel and the judges said he \"prevailed against strong competition\".\n\nThe award, organised by the Literary Review, was presented by Carry On star Fenella Fielding at London's Naval and Military Club - also known as the In & Out.\n\nIt was established in 1993 by journalist and writer Auberon Waugh.\n\nOrganisers say the purpose of the prize is \"to draw attention to poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction\".\n\nIt does not cover pornographic or expressly erotic literature.\n\nOther nominees included Wilbur Smith's War Cry, which included a male character saying he wants to explore his lover \"like Dr Livingstone and Mr Stanley exploring Africa\".\n\nAnother shortlisted work - The Future Won't Be Long by Turkish-American author Jarett Kobek - likens sexual intercourse to a \"pulsing wave\", a \"holy burst\" and a \"congress of wonder\".\n\nAnother nominee - The Seventh Function of Language by France's Laurent Binet - features a man wooing a woman with the words: \"Let's construct an assemblage.\"\n\nIn her shortlisted debut novel Mother of Darkness, Venetia Welby wrote about a character called Tera who \"moans in colours\" as her lover approaches.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Siblings separated for 25 years have been reunited after one spotted the other in a Wigan churchyard.", "Thomas Cook has said it is planning to close 50 of its 690 stores as part of a review of its UK retail network.\n\nThe proposed closures will take place by March next year and will affect up to 400 staff at a mix of Thomas Cook and Co-operative Travel branded stores.\n\n\"We hope to redeploy a large proportion of those people,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThomas Cook says the stores affected are either close to other stores or are located where a fall in customers has hit profitability.\n\nThe firm would not disclose the location of the stores under threat.\n\nLess than half (47%) of its holidays have been booked in store this year, Thomas Cook said, while online sales in the UK grew by 27%.\n\n\"We continually review our network of stores across the UK to make sure we're offering customers the best of Thomas Cook, and it is clear that to succeed we have to operate as a truly omni-channel business,\" said Thomas Cook UK's director of retail and customer experience, Kathryn Darbandi.\n\nThe announcement comes just a week after the firm reported that earnings at its UK division had plunged by 40% in the year to 30 September.\n\nRising hotel prices, the fall in the pound and competition in the Spanish market have all affected the travel firm.\n\nA spate of fraudulent illness claims and arrangements to help customers caught up in Hurricane Irma had also pushed up costs at the company.\n\nAt the time, chief executive Peter Fankhauser promised to arrest the slide in the UK, saying it had \"implemented a set of actions to improve performance.\"", "Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI about his dealings with Russia.", "Damian Green said the allegations were from a \"tainted and untrustworthy source\"\n\nTheresa May's most senior minister has denied a claim that police found pornography on a computer in his office during a raid in 2008.\n\nFirst Secretary of State Damian Green said ex-police chief Bob Quick's claims in the Sunday Times were \"completely untrue\" and \"political smears\".\n\nAnd he said police had never told him that any improper material had been found on a parliamentary computer.\n\nMr Quick said he \"stood\" by the claim and would take part in an inquiry.\n\nMeanwhile, Conservative MP Chris Pincher has resigned as a government whip and referred himself to police following newspaper allegations about his conduct made by a party activist.\n\nThe revelations are the latest in a growing sexual misconduct scandal in Westminster.\n\nChris Pincher is the MP for Tamworth in Staffordshire\n\nOn Sunday, further details emerged about allegations against Sir Michael Fallon, who this week resigned as defence secretary over his behaviour.\n\nThe Observer reported that he quit shortly after journalist Jane Merrick told Downing Street he had lunged at her and attempted to kiss her on the lips in 2003 after they had lunch together.\n\nAnd Tory MPs Daniel Poulter, Stephen Crabb and Daniel Kawczynski have been referred to the Conservative Party disciplinary committee after media allegations about their conduct.\n\nThe allegation regarding Mr Green, who is effectively the prime minister's deputy, relates to an inquiry into Home Office leaks which briefly led to his arrest in 2008.\n\nDaniel Poulter, Stephen Crabb and Daniel Kawczynski have faced questions about their professional conduct\n\nFormer Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick said on Sunday that his officers had found pornographic material on a computer in Mr Green's Commons office after they searched it as part of their controversial investigation - which resulted in no charges.\n\nThe ex-anti-terror chief said he had made an appointment to speak to a senior official in the Cabinet Office, which last week launched an inquiry into an unrelated allegation against Mr Green, to discuss the matter.\n\n\"I bear no malice to Damian Green,\" he told BBC News.\n\nMr Quick, who quit his role in 2009 after inadvertently revealing secret documents, accepted he had not asked officers to report the matter at the time, saying they \"didn't expect to find the material\" and were in the midst of a \"very difficult inquiry with a lot of pressure to drop the case\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Marr asked Home Secretary Amber Rudd whether the centre of government was close to collapse\n\nBut Mr Green said \"the allegations about the material and computer, now nine years old, are false, disreputable political smears\", adding that they \"amount to little more than an unscrupulous character assassination\".\n\nThe Cabinet Office inquiry was triggered after journalist Kate Maltby, who is three decades younger than Mr Green, told the Times he \"fleetingly\" touched her knee during a meeting in a pub in 2015 and a year later sent her a \"suggestive\" text message after she was pictured wearing a corset in the newspaper.\n\nMr Green said any allegation that he made sexual advances to Ms Maltby was \"untrue (and) deeply hurtful\".\n\nTwo Tory MPs, Anna Soubry and Heidi Allen, have urged Mr Green to step aside pending the outcome of the investigation but Home Secretary Amber Rudd said her cabinet colleague had the right to defend himself.\n\n\"I do think that we shouldn't rush to allege anything until that inquiry has taken place,\" she told the BBC's Andrew Marr.\n\nMore generally, she said abuse of power could not be tolerated and there needed to be a \"clearing out\" of Westminster to get rid of any such behaviour.\n\nMeanwhile, Conservative MP Anna Soubry has said former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon was \"responsible for his own downfall\" amid fresh claims about his past behaviour.\n\nMs Merrick told the Observer she \"shrank away in horror\" when Sir Michael tried to kiss her when she was a 29-year-old reporter at the Daily Mail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn says there must be change following recent revelations of sexual harassment\n\n\"I felt humiliated, ashamed. Was I even guilty that maybe I had led him on in some way by drinking with him?\" she said. \"After years of having a drink with so many other MPs who have not acted inappropriately towards me, I now know I was not.\"\n\nFriends of Sir Michael have not denied the allegation, but the BBC understands that his ministerial career ended because he could not guarantee there would be no further revelations after he admitted repeatedly touching another journalist's knee at a conference dinner 15 years ago.\n\nMs Soubry praised the journalist's \"outstanding bravery\" in coming forward and said she had put her in touch with Downing Street after Ms Merrick had confided in her and Labour's Harriet Harman.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jane Merrick \"outstandingly brave\" for speaking out about Sir Michael Fallon - Conservative MP Anna Soubry\n\nTheresa May, she added, must ensure an independent complaints system immediately so victims of harassment and those accused of misconduct did not have to undergo \"trial by newspapers\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said this must be a \"turning point\" for how the whole political class behaves, telling activists that his party - under fire for how it has handled harassment and rape allegations - was not afraid to \"shine a spotlight\" on itself.\n\n\"We must say, no more. We must no longer allow women, or anyone else for that matter, to be abused in the workplace or anywhere else,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe family of a grandmother who died in a hit-and-run crash has released CCTV of the moment she was killed in the hope of catching the driver.\n\nKrishna Devi Droch, 62, was hit by a silver Vauxhall Zafira travelling on the wrong side of the road in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 9 November.\n\nShe died at the scene and the car was found burnt out two miles away.\n\nThree people arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving were released pending further inquiries.\n\nDarren Holness, 47, of Leonard Road, Handsworth, has been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nMs Droch's brother Baldev Korotania said: \"The individuals responsible are still out there and the only closure for our family throughout this difficult period is for them to be brought to justice.\"\n\nThe car hit Ms Droch as she crossed Rookery Road on her way to morning prayers.\n\nMoments earlier, it had sped through a red traffic light in Soho Road, and was being closely followed by a light green Corsa and a silver/grey Ford Mondeo.\n\nThe family has backed the release of the CCTV footage by police\n\nAll three cars - two of which had false plates - were found abandoned within 24 hours.\n\nMr Korotania added: \"Krishna was the foundation of our family, who was always there when we needed her.\n\n\"Her caring and compassionate nature will forever be missed by us.\n\n\"The grandchildren she has left behind are still waiting for her to come home.\n\n\"Although nothing can replace what we have lost, her love and care will remain in our hearts forever.\"\n\nDet Sgt Paul Hughes of West Midlands Police said: \"This tragic event has brought devastation and loss to a whole family and a larger community who knew and loved Krishna.\n\n\"We know that there were many people on Rookery Road that day, and there will be people we have not spoken to.\n\n\"I would appeal directly to them to come forward. The information you have may seem insignificant to you, but may be the piece of the puzzle we need to identify the occupants of the cars.\n\n\"I would urge those responsible to give themselves up before we come knocking at their door.\"\n\nDet Sgt Paul Hughes appealed for anyone who recognised the Zafira's number plate to come forward\n\nMr Holness is due at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on 12 December.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One victim said Sparey threatened to set fire to her house when she could not repay him\n\nA loan shark nicknamed Del Boy who charged astronomical interest to more than 100 victims has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.\n\nRobert Sparey, 55, from Caerphilly, who claimed disability benefits, handed out illegal loans of about £250,000.\n\nHe admitted illegal money lending over 20 years, along with other offences.\n\nCardiff Crown Court heard he successfully sued some victims in the civil court, claiming he had loaned \"friends\" money and was not repaid.\n\nSparey also admitted selling counterfeit tobacco and attempting to pervert the course of justice.\n\nThe court heard he made his collections in a motability car using a disabled family member as \"a front\".\n\nTim Evans, prosecuting for the Wales Illegal Money Lending Unit, said many people who end up borrowing from illegal money lenders are vulnerable and at first consider the person a friend.\n\nHe said Sparey portrayed himself as a victim of physical and financial circumstances - but seized records, which only covered the past three years, showed an estimated £264,405 in loans was to be repaid by his victims.\n\nThe loans themselves totalled £183,991 - with £61,839 the interest.\n\nOne loan was a repayment within two days of £475 on a loan of £350.\n\nMr Evans said it was difficult to know exactly how much money Sparey had made due to limited records, but about £20,000 in cash was found in his home, hidden in chocolate tins, food jars and bedroom cupboards.\n\nHe also had made large payments to credit card companies.\n\nThe court heard some victims were taken to the civil court by Sparey over the money he was owed.\n\n\"Bailiffs came to take property from [one victim's] home but she was so penniless there was nothing to take,\" Mr Evans said.\n\nSparey was found to have about £43,000 in assets - including an £18,000 caravan, two genuine Rolex watches worth £3,000, and gold jewellery and ingots valued at £1,750.\n\n\"He would open the fridge where he kept rolls and rolls of money. He used to joke that his fridge was his safe,\" Mr Evans said.\n\nThe court heard in mitigation that Sparey took more than 30 medications each day, suffered from renal failure and was at risk of having a heart attack.\n\nSentencing him, Judge Eleri Rees said: \"We've heard a catalogue of the misery you've caused.\n\n\"Not only were you preying on some of the most vulnerable in society often unable to obtain credit elsewhere… but in some cases this was accompanied by threats of violence.\n\n\"At the time you were claiming benefits you were making substantial amounts of cash.\"\n\nAfter the case, head of the Wales Illegal Money Lending Unit, Stephen Grey said: \"This is a man who portrayed himself as a victim of physical and financial circumstances.\n\n\"(He) hasn't been employed since 1990, received full council tax benefit, housing benefit, £57 per week from the mobility scheme for his car, the highest level of employment support allowance possible and was in fact making substantial amounts of money being a loan shark.\"", "Bryan Singer has been filming Bohemian Rhapsody in the UK\n\nProduction on the new Freddie Mercury biopic has been suspended so director Bryan Singer can deal with \"a personal health matter\".\n\nThe film, titled Bohemian Rhapsody, will tell the story of the late Queen frontman's life.\n\nTwentieth Century Fox told the BBC work had been temporarily halted \"due to the unexpected unavailability\" of Singer.\n\nThe director's representative said it was \"a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family\".\n\nA statement added: \"Bryan hopes to get back to work on the film soon after the holidays.\"\n\nBrian May, pictured with Freddie Mercury in 1984, is among the film's producers\n\nBoth Singer and a family member are believed to be suffering from health problems. There's no information about the nature of his illness.\n\nA spokesman for the film studio said: \"Twentieth Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on Bohemian Rhapsody due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer.\"\n\nFilming has been taking place in the UK, with Mr Robot actor Rami Malek in the lead role.\n\nThe movie is still expected to be released in December 2018 as planned.\n\nAs well as directing, Singer is listed as a co-producer, alongside Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, among others.\n\nSinger's past directing credits include The Usual Suspects, four X-Men movies and Superman Returns.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Bob Spink told the court he had collected more than 1,000 signatures in his career\n\nA former Tory MP and UKIP politician has been found guilty of election fraud.\n\nBob Spink, 69, former MP for Castle Point, Essex, committed the offences during the Castle Point borough council elections in May last year.\n\nA jury at Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of four counts of permitting a false signature to be included on a nomination form for a UKIP councillor.\n\nUKIP agent James Parkin, 38, of Canvey Island, was also convicted.\n\nHe was found guilty on two counts of the same charge.\n\nJudge Ian Graham said: \"These types of offences are taken very seriously.\"\n\nJurors heard Spink tricked \"elderly and infirm\" voters into signing the forms in April 2016, without making it clear what the documents were or which party he represented.\n\nThe court heard people in Spink's constituency signed forms believing they were petitions, and having no idea they were supporting the UKIP candidate in the Castle Point council elections.\n\nSpink claimed everything was above board; that residents knew what they were signing; and that he only introduced the topic of the local elections once he had gained their support for his campaign to become a police and crime commissioner (PCC).\n\nMr Spink told the court he had been involved in politics for 30 years\n\nThe pair were found guilty by majority verdicts. They will be sentenced in the new year. Both men were released on bail.\n\nMr Spink, from Benfleet, Essex, was Conservative MP for Castle Point from 1992 to 1997, and again from 2001.\n\nIn 2008, he defected from the Conservative Party and joined UKIP, effectively becoming its first MP.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.\n\nOn Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn \"in the barrel\", to borrow a line from Trump confidant Roger Stone. The former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about December 2016 conversations he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak and pledged to \"fully co-operate\" with Mr Mueller's ongoing investigations.\n\nMr Flynn has admitted he misled the FBI about his discussions regarding new sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration following evidence of alleged meddling in the 2016 election.\n\nThere had been hints this was coming, after word last week that Mr Flynn's defence lawyers had stopped co-operating with the Trump legal team. The president's own scattershot behaviour on Twitter this week could also have been a key tell, like a trick knee acting up before a big storm.\n\nSo why is this being billed as a major development in the ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia? Let us count the ways.\n\n1) Trump's inner circle has been breached\n\nIt is difficult to overstate the significance of this felony plea deal. Mr Flynn was a close adviser and confidant of Mr Trump throughout the 2016 presidential race. He was a surrogate for the candidate on television and enjoyed a prominent speaking role at the July Republican National Convention. He had a pivotal role in Mr Trump's presidential transition.\n\nThe role of national security adviser in the White House, which Mr Flynn assumed upon Mr Trump's inauguration, is one of the most senior positions in any administration, responsible for being the key conduit between the sprawling US military and intelligence bureaucracies and the president. It is a post that has been held by the likes of Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.\n\nMr Trump was so partial to Mr Flynn that he was praising him as a \"wonderful man\" who had been \"treated very, very unfairly by the media\" just days after firing him.\n\nNow Mr Flynn could be going to jail - and, more importantly, could be sharing damaging information about the Trump inner circle he inhabited for so long.\n\nAccording to the \"Statement of the Offense\" filed by the special counsel's office, Mr Flynn is testifying that he had contact with Trump transition team officials before and after his fateful December 2016 conversation with Ambassador Kislyak. \"Members of the transition team,\" the document relates, \"did not want Russia to escalate the situation after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions on the Russian government\".\n\nThese conversations came more than a month after Mr Trump had won the presidency. Mr Flynn had already been announced as the national security adviser in the incoming White House - a top post in the president's inner circle.\n\nThe next big question is who exactly were the unnamed senior members of the presidential transition team. Some US news outlets are naming Jared Kushner and former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland. Others seem to indicate it was Mr Trump himself. Eventually, Mr Flynn - and Mr Mueller - will have to lay their cards on the table.\n\nMr Flynn's assertions about his conversations with the transition team run directly counter to statements made by Mr Trump in a February press conference in which he said Mr Flynn was acting against orders when he reached out to Mr Kislyak.\n\nIn fact the White House said at the time that the president dismissed Mr Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice-President Mike Pence about his Russian contacts. The true nature of Mr Flynn's conversations with Mr Kislyak first came out thanks to leaks to the press of information gleaned from government surveillance of Mr Kislyak.\n\nIf Mr Flynn has evidence corroborating his account of December contacts with the Trump transition team - which was headed by Mr Pence himself - the White House's explanation for its handling of the Flynn situation, denials of knowledge and all, starts to crumble.\n\nMr Flynn appeared in court in front of Judge Rudolph Contreras\n\nAnyone in the president's inner circle who told the FBI or Mr Mueller's investigators that they weren't privy to Mr Flynn's activities, when there is evidence that they knew, would be open to another round of charges of lying to the FBI.\n\nThe White House response, at least so far, seems to be that Mr Flynn is a lying liar who lies.\n\n\"The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year,\" White House lawyer Ty Cobb wrote in a press statement. \"Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr Flynn.\"\n\n4) Mr Mueller could be building an obstruction of justice case\n\nDust off that old political saw that \"it's not the crime, it's the cover-up\". While Mr Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador is questionable, given that he was undercutting Obama administration policy efforts, it is probably not illegal.\n\nWhat is illegal, however, is obstruction of justice. Former FBI Director James Comey has testified that on 14 February - the day after Mr Flynn was sacked - Mr Trump urged the director to back off his investigation into Mr Flynn during a private Oval Office meeting.\n\nIf the president knew that the ongoing law-enforcement inquiry would discover Mr Flynn had been acting under orders - either by the president or a member of his transition team - that could be the kind of motive that would help support an obstruction of justice charge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Michael Flynn became entangled in Russia probe\n\n5) Only the tip of the iceberg?\n\nThere were a lot of rumours and allegations floating around about Mr Flynn before Friday's plea deal news. The special counsel's office was reportedly looking into Mr Flynn's Obama-era work as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. It was scrutinising his 2015 trip to Russia, paid for by the Kremlin-backed RT network, and his undisclosed lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests.\n\nThe charge brought against him, however, was solely related to his December 2016 phone conversations with Mr Kislyak. Although it comes with a possible five-year prison sentence, Mr Mueller hardly threw the book at the former national security adviser. Is this all there is?\n\nMr Mueller is primarily tasked with investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Mr Flynn was a senior adviser to and advocate for Mr Trump's presidential bid. Does the relative modesty of the charges against Mr Flynn indicate he may be offering information directly relevant to this inquiry?\n\nMr Flynn's plea deal is just one piece of a much larger puzzle the special counsel office is trying to solve.\n\nIn October Mr Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a top aide with White House ties, on money laundering charges predating their involvement with the Trump campaign.\n\nHe also struck a plea deal with former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who told prosecutors he lied about his own contacts with Russians.\n\nEach move is distinct and not directly related - at least not yet. A some point we are going to learn whether Mr Mueller is building a larger case against the Trump campaign out of these legal moves - or that the sum total of his efforts is nibbling around the edges.\n\nAs the president likes to say, stay tuned.", "A man has been jailed for two years for an attack on a traffic warden, which sent his victim crashing into the window of a restaurant, fracturing his shoulder.\n\nDaniel Corneille, 47, of Estuary Road, Sheerness, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Maidstone Crown Court and was sentenced on Thursday.\n\nThe traffic warden was issuing Corneille a parking ticket as he was blocking paving which was designed to help visually impaired people cross the road. He was also on double yellow lines.\n\nCorneille started to shout and swear at him before pushing him over, Kent Police said. He then got in his car and drove away.", "David Dearlove claimed Paul Booth was injured when he fell out of bed\n\nA man who swung his toddler stepson by the ankles and smashed his head into a fireplace has been been jailed for a minimum of 13 years.\n\nDavid Dearlove, 71, murdered 19-month-old Paul Booth at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968.\n\nPaul's brother Peter, who was three years old when he witnessed the attack after he crept downstairs for a drink, went to police in 2015.\n\nDavid Dearlove was convicted of murder and three child cruelty charges\n\nThe inquest into Paul's death in 1968 recorded an open verdict.\n\nBut in 2015, Peter went to the police after seeing a photo on Facebook of his little brother sitting on Dearlove's knee.\n\nHe said as a three-year-old he had seen Dearlove, now of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, swinging Paul round their living room and witnessed the boy's head striking the fireplace.\n\nPaul Booth was 19 months old when he died\n\nDuring the trial, Dearlove insisted Paul suffered the fatal head injury when he fell out of bed onto a concrete floor, although he told police when he was arrested in 2015 that the toddler collapsed in the living room.\n\nHe claimed he changed his story because he had forgotten the events of 1968.\n\nThe court heard Dearlove had been violent towards Peter and Paul as well as their sister Stephanie Marron who also accused him of cruelty, saying he punched her and pulled her down the stairs.\n\nPaul Booth had suffered bruising less than a month before his death\n\nA mannequin was used to show jurors how Paul Booth's injuries were inflicted\n\nHome Office pathologist Mark Egan demonstrated how the toddler could have died by swinging a doll by the ankles and banging its head on the surface of the witness box, causing some of the 10 men and two women of the jury to weep.\n\nHe also said he believed it would have taken separate blows to cause the \"z-shaped\" skull fracture on the side of Paul's head.\n\nDearlove was also convicted of three child cruelty charges.\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Males told him: \"You were a young and no doubt immature man.\n\n\"You were also a cruel man and you made the lives of those three young children a misery.\"\n\nDearlove swung Paul Booth by his ankles, smashing the toddler's head against the living room fireplace\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said it had not been able to exhume Paul's body as burial records had been lost, with the case relying on the documents prepared for his inquest at the time.\n\nIn a statement after the verdict, the Booth family said Dearlove's actions \"not only physically killed Paul but also destroyed his memory\".\n\n\"He was buried into an unmarked grave the location of which remains unknown and he was not spoken about for many years.\"\n\nDet Insp Mark Dimelow, from Cleveland Police, said the murder investigation had been \"challenging due to its historic nature\".\n\n\"I want to pay tribute to Paul's family and other witnesses who provided such an emotive testimony and I praise their bravery in having to relive events from 50 years ago,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at investment bank Morgan Stanley, telling the company it was right to regard him as a threat.\n\nHis comments came after the bank said in a report earlier this week that the risks of an incoming Labour government could be \"as significant as Brexit\".\n\nOn social media, he said bankers were the same \"speculators and gamblers\" who crashed the economy in 2008.\n\nBankers like Morgan Stanley \"should not run our country\", Mr Corbyn added.\n\nEarlier this week, Morgan Stanley's European equity team warned investors: \"For the UK market, domestic politics may be perceived as a bigger risk than Brexit.\n\n\"From a UK investor perspective, we believe that the domestic political situation is at least as significant as Brexit, given the fragile state of the current government and the perceived risks of an incoming Labour administration that could potentially embark on a radical change in policy direction.\"\n\nIn a video posted on social media Mr Corbyn hit out at bankers like Morgan Stanley.\n\n\"Their greed plunged the world into crisis and we're still paying the price, because the Tories used the aftermath of the financial crisis to push through unnecessary and deeply damaging austerity,\" he said.\n\nLabour was a \"government-in waiting,\" he said, \"so when they say we're a threat, they're right.\n\n\"We're a threat to a damaging and failed system that's rigged for the few.\"\n\nMr Corbyn also said Morgan Stanley's chief executive, James Gorman, was paid £21.5m last year and UK banks paid out £15bn in bonuses, while \"nurses, teachers, shop workers, builders, just about everyone is finding it harder to get by\".", "Before Charlie Dunn was pulled out of the lagoon his stepfather was heard swearing about not knowing where the youngster was\n\nA five-year-old boy was found drowned more than two hours after his mother and stepfather let him \"go off by himself\", a court heard.\n\nCharlie Dunn, who could not swim, was pulled from a lagoon at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire in July 2016.\n\nHis stepfather Paul Smith was overheard saying he did not know where the boy was, Birmingham Crown Court was told.\n\nCharlie's mother Lynsey Dunn and Mr Smith, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, deny causing death by gross negligence.\n\nLynsey Dunn and Paul Smith deny causing Charlie's death by gross negligence by permitting him to enter a bathing area unsupervised\n\nCharlie was pulled from the 1.4-metre deep pool, known as the Blue Lagoon, by other children, jurors heard.\n\nOpening the Crown's case, prosecutor Mary Prior QC said Charlie was supervised near the water by strangers - including a man who was mistaken for his father - after being left alone.\n\nMrs Prior told the court: \"No-one knows how it happened, no-one knows why it happened and at the time he died neither Miss Dunn or Mr Smith had any idea where he was.\n\n\"Charlie had been permitted to go off by himself. The prosecution say that Charlie died because he was not supervised by any adult.\"\n\nThe court heard Charlie was pulled from the water of a special children's pool at the park\n\nMrs Prior added that the defendants had shown \"ingrained and entrenched indifference\" at the time of the tragedy.\n\nShe also claimed they only saw Charlie during the two-hour period \"for the odd minute\" when he returned to their car for something to eat or drink.\n\nMrs Prior said: \"This case is not about parents turning their back for a minute whilst a tragedy occurs.\n\n\"This is a gross failure to supervise not for seconds, and not for a few minutes, but for protracted periods of time in circumstances where the child was exposed to danger.\"\n\nThe court also heard that a woman had told the couple in \"no uncertain terms that she was not happy that they were not supervising Charlie near to the water\" during a previous visit to the park.\n\nBoth defendants are said to have replied that Charlie \"would be all right\".\n\nIn 2015, a neighbour prevented the unsupervised toddler, then aged four, from driving a toy car on to a main road, the jury was told.\n\nMr Smith, 36, and Ms Dunn, 28, of Caledonian, Glascote Heath, both deny causing the youngster's death by gross negligence by permitting him to enter a bathing area unsupervised.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police in the German city of Potsdam are investigating a device filled with nails found next to a Christmas market.\n\nThe device, that also held batteries and wires, was sent to a pharmacy in the city south-west of Berlin.\n\nPolice initially said there were explosives inside, but then clarified there was no detonator.\n\nGermany is on a heightened terror alert, a year after 12 people died in an Islamist attack at a Berlin Christmas market.\n\nThe device was found near Brandenburgerstrasse in the centre of Potsdam, which has a number of other Christmas markets.\n\nA police spokesman said an X-ray scan was conducted on the device, which found that it had nails inside. It was then made safe.\n\nThe Interior Minister for Brandenburg, Karl-Heinz Schröter, said police were searching the area in case more devices were sent.\n\n\"We just don't know at this point if this was a device that could have actually exploded, or a fake, or a test,\" he said.\n\nMore than 2,600 Christmas markets opened across Germany on Monday. They bring in an estimated £2bn (€2.3bn; $2.7bn) of business a year.\n\nThere is an increased police presence in city centres this year and car barriers have been put up around some Christmas markets.\n\nGermany's interior ministry said this week that the risk of an attack on its territory or in Europe was \"continuously high\".\n\nIn last December's Berlin Christmas market attack, Anis Amri, a Tunisian asylum seeker, hijacked a lorry and killed its driver before ramming it into shoppers, killing another 11 people.", "Donald Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dublin\n\nThe UK's offer on Brexit must be acceptable to the Republic of Ireland before the negotiations can move on, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has said.\n\nMr Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dublin on Friday.\n\nHe said: \"The UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin\".\n\nThe European Union has said \"sufficient progress\" must be made on the Irish border before negotiations can move on.\n\n\"The Irish request is the EU's request,\" Mr Tusk said.\n\n\"I realise that for some British politicians this may be hard to understand.\n\n\"But such is the logic behind the fact that Ireland is the EU member while the UK is leaving.\n\nThe Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) said the EU was 'a family which sticks together'\n\n\"This is why the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin, at least as long as Brexit negotiations continue.\"\n\nIn a press conference with Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar, Mr Tusk said that the UK's decision to leave the EU had created \"uncertainty for millions of people\".\n\n\"The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is no longer a symbol of division, it is a symbol of cooperation and we cannot allow Brexit to destroy this achievement of the Good Friday Agreement,\" he said.\n\nThere is a lively debate about whether the Irish government has a veto over the decision - to be taken at the summit of EU leaders on 14 and 15 December - about whether Brexit talks can move to the next phase.\n\nCall it what you like, but now Donald Tusk has told us for sure that the rest of the EU will do what Ireland decides.\n\nThere was a put-down for British politicians who may find it \"hard to understand\" why this is important.\n\nBut there was some comfort for the British government: Donald Tusk shares their view that the issue of the border can only be solved when there is more clarity about the UK's future relationship with the EU.\n\nAnd Mr Tusk ended by saying \"the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin.\" Is this a hint that the Irish government's suggestion that Northern Ireland remain in the EU's single market and customs union is the answer for the whole of the UK?\n\nOr is it just a reminder that Dublin is first among equals among the remaining 27 members of the EU?\n\n\"The UK started Brexit and now it is their responsibility to propose a credible commitment to do what is necessary to avoid a hard border.\n\n\"As you know, I asked Prime Minister May to put a final offer on the table by the 4th of December so that we can assess whether sufficient progress can be made at the upcoming European Council.\n\n\"Let me say very clearly. If the UK offer is unacceptable for Ireland, it will also be unacceptable for the EU.\"\n\nThe taoiseach thanked Mr Tusk for the solidarity demonstrated by all EU partners and called the EU \"a family which sticks together\".\n\nHe said he was optimistic that a deal could be achieved by Monday.\n\nHowever, he said any UK offer must indicate how a hard border can be avoided and avoid the risk of regulatory divergence.\n\nOn Thursday, the DUP's Sammy Wilson said any attempt to \"placate Dublin and the EU\" could mean a withdrawal of DUP support at Westminster.\n\nHe was responding to reports of a possible strategy to deal with the Irish border after Brexit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Any attempt to 'placate Dublin and the EU' could jeopardise DUP support for Tories\n\nThe story suggested that British and EU officials could be about to seek separate customs measures for Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the European Union.\n\nThe DUP struck a deal with Prime Minister Theresa May's government in June, agreeing to support Tory policies at Westminster, in return for an extra £1bn in government spending for Northern Ireland.", "A court has ruled that Brendan Dassey's murder confession was voluntary\n\nA US appeals court has upheld the conviction of Brendan Dassey, whose case was the focus of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.\n\nDassey and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering a young woman, Teresa Halbach, in 2005.\n\nLast year, Dassey's conviction was overturned on the basis that his confession was coerced.\n\nBut the state asked for a review and, on Friday, judges voted 4-3 that Dassey's confession was voluntary.\n\nThe split decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in Chicago, is a big blow for the 27-year-old's hopes of being freed.\n\nOne of the judges, who voted that Dassey's confession was not voluntary, told the Chicago-Sun Times: \"His confession was not voluntary and his conviction should not stand. I view this as a profound miscarriage of justice.\"\n\nHis confession, made when he was 16, was a key factor in his conviction. He admitted helping his uncle Avery - who had already served 18 years for a crime he did not commit - rape, kill and mutilate Ms Halbach.\n\nDassey said he and his uncle Steven Avery (pictured) killed a photographer in 2005\n\nHe was sentenced to life in prison, but the documentary filmmakers cast doubt on the legal process used to convict him.\n\nIn 2016, Judge William Duffin ordered he be freed immediately after finding that investigators in the 2007 trial made \"repeated false promises\" to Dassey by assuring him \"he had nothing to worry about\".\n\nWhen considered with \"Dassey's age, intellectual deficits, and the absence of a supportive adult\", he considered the confession coerced.\n\nBut the decision in Chicago on Friday has overturned Judge Duffin's ruling. Dassey will now remain in prison pending any further appeals.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHis case received wide attention after the release of the 10-part documentary Making a Murderer in December 2015.\n\nIt investigated the killing of Ms Halbach, whose charred remains were found at Avery's car salvage yard a week after she went there to photograph a minivan for sale, and the subsequent court cases.", "Justin Welby says governments should not look to the past to improve education\n\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised grammar schools as \"contrary to the notion of the common good\".\n\nSpeaking in the House of Lords, the Most Rev Justin Welby called for education to focus on \"drawing the best out of every person\", rather than a selective approach.\n\nHe said governments should not look to the past and \"waste our time rummaging there for the solutions of tomorrow.\"\n\nThe archbishop led a debate on education, saying the country was now in a \"fourth digital revolution\" and schools had one of the \"greatest challenges\" in tackling the \"seismic shift\" when it comes to preparing children for the future.\n\nHowever, he said \"children of privilege continue to inherit privilege\" and the system was not acting in a way to help everyone.\n\n\"The academic selective approach to education, one which prioritises separation as a necessary precondition for the nurture of excellence, makes a statement about the purpose of education that is contrary to the notion of the common good,\" the archbishop said.\n\n\"An approach that neglects those of lesser ability or because of a misguided notion of levelling out does not give the fullest opportunity to those of highest ability or does not enable all to develop a sense of community and mutuality.\"\n\nHis comments have been denounced by some MPs who back the schools.\n\nConservative Andrew Bridgen told the Daily Mail: \"[Mr Welby] is obviously entitled to his own views, but the evidence is that grammar schools are a great way for under-privileged children to escape poverty.\n\n\"It is well known that they provide social mobility for the under-privileged.\"\n\nFellow Conservative MP Conor Burns also told the newspaper: \"Many grammar school provide invaluable opportunities for children from both poor and rich backgrounds, and give them the opportunities they may not otherwise have.\"\n\nIn 2016, Theresa May outlined plans to introduce a \"new generation\" of grammar schools by 2020, removing the ban introduced by Labour in 1997.\n\nHowever, after the general election in June - and without a majority in Parliament - the government scrapped the plans, saying instead they would \"look at all options\" for opening new schools, without removing the ban.\n• None Grammar schools: What are they?", "The plight of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for almost six years in Iran on spying charges, focused attention on Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency being held in the Islamic Republic's prisons.\n\nIran does not recognise dual nationality, and there are no exact figures on the number of such detainees given the sensitive nature of the information. Some of the most prominent are:\n\nMorad Tahbaz and fellow conservationists were using cameras to track endangered species when they were arrested\n\nThe 67-year-old businessman and wildlife conservationist, who also holds American and British citizenship, was arrested during a crackdown on environmental activists in January 2018. His Canadian-Iranian colleague, Kavous Seyed-Emami, died in custody a few weeks later in unexplained circumstances.\n\nThe authorities accused Tahbaz and seven other conservationists of collecting classified information about Iran's strategic areas under the pretext of carrying out environmental and scientific projects.\n\nThe conservationists - members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation - had been using cameras to track endangered species including the Asiatic cheetah and Persian leopard, according to Amnesty International.\n\nUN human rights experts said it was \"hard to fathom how working to preserve the Iranian flora and fauna can possibly be linked to conducting espionage against Iranian interests\", while a government committee concluded that there was no evidence to suggest they were spies.\n\nBut in October 2018, Tahbaz and three of his fellow conservationists were charged with \"corruption on earth\", which carries the death penalty. The charge was later changed to \"co-operating with the hostile state of the US\". Three others were charged with espionage, and a fourth was accused of acting against national security.\n\nAll eight denied the charges and Amnesty International said there was evidence that they had been subjected to torture in order to extract forced \"confessions\".\n\nIn November 2019, they were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to 10 years and ordered to return allegedly \"illicit income\".\n\nHuman Rights Watch denounced what it said was an unfair trial, during which the defendants were apparently unable to see the full dossier of evidence against them.\n\nThe Court of Appeals reportedly upheld Tahbaz's convictions in February 2020.\n\nUN human rights experts warned in January 2021 that Tahbaz's health had continuously deteriorated during his imprisonment and that he had been denied access to proper treatment.\n\nIn March 2022, then-UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Tahbaz had been released from Evin prison on furlough.\n\nThe announcement came on the same day that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and fellow British national Anoosheh Ashoori were released by Iran and allowed to return to the UK.\n\nHowever, Tahbaz was returned to Evin just two days later. The UK Foreign Office said the Iranians had told them it was so that he could be fitted with an electronic ankle tag.\n\nHe was not allowed to resume his furlough and subsequently went on hunger strike for nine days to protest against his continued detention.\n\nHis daughter Roxanne said in April 2022 that he had \"made it very clear that he feels abandoned\" by the UK government.\n\nThe Foreign Office said Iran \"committed to releasing Morad from prison on an indefinite furlough\", but had \"failed to honour that commitment\".\n\nIn August 2023, Tahbaz was taken out of Evin and moved to house arrest along with three other Americans - including Siamak Namazi and Emad Shargi - after the US and Iran agreed a prisoner exchange.\n\nIn return for allowing them and a fifth American already under home confinement to leave, the US will reportedly release five Iranians jailed there and allow Iran to access $6bn (£4.7bn) of assets frozen in South Korea.\n\nSiamak Namazi was arrested in 2015 and later sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges\n\nSiamak Namazi, 51, worked as head of strategic planning at Dubai-based Crescent Petroleum.\n\nHe was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in October 2015, while his father Baquer, 86, was arrested in February 2016 after Iranian officials granted him permission to visit his son in prison.\n\nThat October, they were both sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Revolutionary Court for \"co-operating with a foreign enemy state\". An appeals court upheld their sentence in August 2017.\n\nTheir lawyer said they denied the charges against them. He also complained that they had been held in solitary confinement and denied access to legal representation, and had suffered health problems. Siamak is also alleged to have been tortured.\n\nBaquer was released to house arrest on medical grounds in 2018, but his health continued to deteriorate. His sentence was commuted to time served in early 2020, but he was only allowed to leave Iran for medical treatment in October 2022.\n\nIn January 2023, Siamak went on a week-long hunger strike to protest against the failure of the US to free him and other dual nationals despite President Joe Biden's promise to make bringing them home a top priority.\n\nSeven months later, Siamak was again released to house arrest in anticipation of a prisoner exchange agreed by the US and Iran.\n\nHis brother, Babak, said in response: \"While this is a positive change, we will not rest until Siamak and others are back home; we continue to count the days until this can happen.\"\n\nThe Iranian-American businessman and his wife moved to Iran from the US in 2017.\n\nShargi, who is 58, was initially detained by the Revolutionary Guards in April 2018, when he was working in sales for Sarava, an Iranian venture capital fund. He was released on bail that December, when officials told him that a court had cleared him of spying charges that he had denied. However, authorities refused to return his passport.\n\nIn November 2020, Shargi was summoned by a Revolutionary Court and told that he had been convicted of espionage in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison, his family said. He was not imprisoned immediately and was released on bail ahead of an appeal.\n\nIn January 2021, Iran's judiciary spokesman said an unnamed \"defendant\" facing spying charges had been arrested as he attempted to leave the country while on bail. It came a week after a state-backed news agency reported that Shargi had been detained while trying to cross Iran's western border illegally.\n\nHis daughters wrote in the Washington Post in April 2021 that he was \"trapped in terrible conditions\" in prison and that he had only been allowed a couple of short, monitored phone calls.\n\nIn August 2023, Shargi was released to house arrest in anticipation of a prisoner exchange between the US and Iran.\n\nHis sister, Neda, said in a statement: \"My family has faith in the work that President Biden and government officials have undertaken to bring our families home and hope to receive that news soon.\"\n\nAhmadreza Djalali was sentenced to death in October 2017\n\nThe 51-year-old specialist in emergency medicine was arrested in April 2016 while on a business trip from Sweden.\n\nAmnesty International said Djalali was held at Evin prison by intelligence ministry officials for seven months, three of them in solitary confinement, before he was given access to a lawyer.\n\nHe alleged that he was subjected to torture and other ill-treatment during that period, including threats to kill or otherwise harm his children, who live in Sweden, and his mother, who lives in Iran.\n\nIn October 2017, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted Djalali of \"spreading corruption on Earth\" and sentenced him to death. His lawyers said the court relied primarily on evidence obtained under duress and alleged that he was prosecuted solely because of his refusal to use his academic ties in European institutions to spy for Iran.\n\nTwo months later, Iranian state television also aired what it said was footage of Djalali confessing that he had spied on Iran's nuclear programme for Israel. It suggested he was responsible for identifying two Iranian nuclear scientists who were killed in bomb attacks in 2010.\n\nIn February 2018, Sweden confirmed that it had given Djalali citizenship and demanded that his death sentence not be carried out. He had previously been a permanent resident.\n\nIn November 2021, Djalali's wife, Vida Mehran-Nia, said he had been informed by prison authorities that he faced imminent execution. He spent five months in solitary confinement, awaiting execution, until April 2021, when he reportedly was moved to a multi-occupancy cell.\n\nJust over a year later, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said Djalali's death sentence was \"final\" and was \"on the agenda\" of authorities.\n\nHe also insisted that the case was not linked to the war crimes trial in Sweden of former Iranian judiciary official Hamid Nouri, who was sentenced to life in prison over what prosecutors said was his leading role in the mass executions of Iranian opposition supporters in 1988.\n\nDjalali's wife and human rights groups have said Djalali is a \"hostage\" who Iran is threatening to execute in an attempt to negotiate a swap for Mr Nouri.\n\nNahid Taghavi was an advocate for women's rights in Iran\n\nThe 68-year-old retired architect, who is a German-Iranian dual national, was arrested at her apartment in Tehran in October 2020 and accused of \"endangering security\".\n\nShe was placed in solitary confinement at Evin prison and not given access to lawyers, German diplomats or members of her family, according to her daughter Mariam Claren.\n\nTaghavi was repeatedly subjected to coercive questioning without the presence of lawyers, according to Amnesty International. Interrogators reportedly asked her about meeting people to discuss women's and labour rights, and possessing literature about those issues.\n\nIn August 2021, she was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran of \"forming a group composed of more than two people with the purpose of disrupting national security\" and \"spreading propaganda against the system\". She was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison.\n\nTaghavi had denied the charges, the first of which was apparently related to a social media account about women's rights, and Amnesty said the trial was \"grossly unfair\".\n\nMs Claren wrote on Twitter that her mother \"did not commit any crime. Unless freedom of speech, freedom of thought are illegal\".\n\nShe has said her mother has been denied adequate healthcare by prison and prosecution authorities, despite doctors saying in September 2021 that she needed surgery on her spinal column.\n\nIn July 2022, Taghavi was granted urgent medical leave from prison for treatment for back and neck problems. She was sent back to Evin four months later.\n\nA fellow inmate in the prison warned in June 2023 that Taghavi's life was \"in danger\" following a further 220 days in solitary confinement.\n\n\"The pain is so severe that it can be clearly seen on her face. She can barely get out of her bed,\" a message posted on human rights activist Narges Mohammadi's Instagram account said.\n\nThe 64-year-old researcher at Sciences-Po university in Paris is a specialist in social anthropology and the political anthropology of post-revolutionary Iran, and has written a number of books.\n\nAt the time of her arrest in Tehran in June 2019, she was examining the movement of Shia clerics between Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, and had spent time in the holy city of Qom.\n\nAdelkhah was accused of espionage and other security-related offences.\n\nShe protested her innocence and after going on hunger strike, she was admitted to hospital for treatment for severe kidney damage.\n\nProsecutors dropped the espionage charge before her trial began at the Revolutionary Court in April 2020. The following month, the court sentenced Adelkhah to five years in prison for conspiring against national security and an additional year for propaganda against the establishment.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sentence and demanded her release.\n\nIn October 2020, due to what Sciences-Po called her \"health circumstances\", Adelkhah was released on bail and allowed to return to her home in Tehran.\n\nHowever, Iran's judiciary announced in January 2022 that it had returned Adelkhah to prison, accusing her of \"knowingly violating the limits of house arrest dozens of times\". French President Emmanuel Macron called the decision \"entirely arbitrary\".\n\nIn February 2023, Adelkhah Adelkhah was released from Evin prison after three and a half years in detention.\n\nHowever, Iranian authorities refused to return her identity papers, making it impossible for her to leave the country or resume her work as a researcher.\n\nJamshid Sharmahd with his wife (L) and daughter, Gazelle\n\nSharmahd, 68, who lived in the US, arrived in the United Arab Emirates in July 2020 and was awaiting a connecting flight to India when he disappeared. It is believed that he was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai and then forcibly taken to Iran via Oman.\n\nThe following month, Iran's intelligence ministry announced that it had arrested Sharmahd following a \"complex operation\", without providing any details. It also published a video in which he appeared blindfolded and confessed to various crimes.\n\nIn February 2023, Iran's judiciary said Sharmahd had been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran after being found guilty of \"spreading corruption on Earth through planning and leading terror operations\".\n\nIt alleged that he was the leader of a terrorist group known as Tondar and that he had \"planned 23 terror attacks\", of which \"five were successful\", including the 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz in that killed 14 people.\n\nTondar - which means \"thunder\" in Persian - is another name of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (KAI), a little-known US-based opposition group that seeks to restore the monarchy overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.\n\nAccording to Amnesty International, Sharmahd created a website to publish statements from the KAI, including claims of explosions inside Iran.\n\nHe also read out statements in radio and video broadcasts.\n\nHowever, he denied his involvement in the attacks, saying he was only a spokesman, and rejected all accusations during his trial.\n\nAmnesty said Sharmahd told his family that he had been tortured and subjected to other ill-treatment in detention, including by being held in prolonged solitary confinement.\n\nHe also told them that he had been denied adequate healthcare, with access to medications required for his Parkinson's disease delayed routinely.\n\nIn July, Sharmahd's daughter Gazelle told the BBC that he could be executed at any time.\n\n\"They're killing him softly in solitary confinement in this death cell. But even if he survives that, they're killing him by hanging him from a crane in public,\" she said.\n\nThe accountant was an adviser to the governor of Iran's central bank and was a member of the Iranian negotiating team for the country's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, in charge of financial issues.\n\nHe was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in August 2016 just before he was due to board a flight to Canada, and was accused of \"selling the country's economic details to foreigners\".\n\nIn May 2017, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted Dorri Esfahani of espionage charges, including \"collaborating with the British secret service\", and sentenced him to five years in prison.\n\nThat October an appeals court upheld Dorri Esfahani's sentence, despite then-Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi insisting that he was innocent.\n\nDorri Esfahani was due to complete his sentence in 2022, but there were no reports of his release.\n\nDalili is a retired Iranian merchant navy captain who is a US permanent resident.\n\nHe has been detained in Iran since April 2016, when he visited Tehran to attend his father's funeral. He was later convicted of \"collaborating with a hostile state\" and sentenced to 10 years in prison.\n\nIn August 2023, his son, Darian, said he was not part of the prisoner exchange deal between the US and Iran.\n\n\"He feels betrayed. He is demoralized. He believes that the US would bring back anyone that they want to bring back,\" Darian told Reuters news agency.\n\nA US state department spokesman declined to tell reporters why Dalili was not included, but did reveal he had not yet been declared \"wrongfully detained\" - a designation that would mean the department dedicated more resources to their case and assigned it to a presidential envoy.", "Boris Johnson's visit to Iran will be his first as foreign secretary\n\nWhen Boris Johnson arrives in Tehran this weekend, the foreign secretary will be required to perform some nifty diplomatic footwork even before he comes to address the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nFor relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran are delicate at the best of times.\n\nIt is only six years since a mob stormed and sacked Britain's embassy in Tehran.\n\nAnd to some in Iran, Britain will always be seen as the \"Little Satan\", a former imperial power that meddles in their country's affairs at America's bidding.\n\nBoth the UK and Iran have now restored diplomatic relations. But good relations are a work in progress.\n\nSo this visit, Mr Johnson's first, is designed above all to stabilise what has at times been a difficult relationship, a trip that was planned long before the case of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe became a frontline political issue.\n\nAnd when Mr Johnson sits down for a lengthy session with his counterpart, Mohammed Javad Zarif, on Saturday, there will be much else to discuss.\n\nThey will talk about the Iran nuclear deal.\n\nTehran believes it has not reaped the economic benefits it expected from the agreement it struck to curb its nuclear ambitions.\n\nBritain wants to encourage Iran to stick with the agreement despite Donald Trump's decision not to certify the deal.\n\nThey will talk about Yemen where Iran is backing the rebel Houthi forces.\n\nThe foreign secretary will want to urge Tehran not to supply missiles that the Houthis have targeted at Saudi Arabia's airport.\n\nTehran will want to see what kind of political process, if at all, is being contemplated by the Saudi-led coalition.\n\nThey will also want to talk about Iran's behaviour in the Middle East that Britain sees as destabilising.\n\nTehran will want to discuss how the West is planning to help rebuild Syria now that so-called Islamic State has been largely routed out.\n\nSo it is within the context of these debates that both sides will discuss the fate of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British Iranian mother who was arrested in 2016 and jailed for five years for vague charges of plotting against the Iranian state - charges she categorically denies.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran in 2016\n\nThe difficulty that Mr Johnson has is one of expectations.\n\nEver since the foreign secretary mistakenly told MPs that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was training journalists in Iran when in fact her family have always insisted she was on holiday, Mr Johnson has been under pressure to compensate for his error.\n\nHis erroneous remarks were used by the Iranian regime to justify fresh charges against Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nSo Mr Johnson is now under huge pressure from campaigners and her husband Richard Ratcliffe to bring her home.\n\nYet Mr Johnson will not be travelling with Mr Ratcliffe, as some had hoped might be possible.\n\nThe Foreign Office says it wants to secure a permanent family reunion, not a temporary one.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson is also not expected to visit Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe in prison, something else that was asked of him.\n\nIf the British ambassador has been refused access, why might the Iranians grant it to a visiting foreign secretary?\n\nThe problem is that there might actually be only so much that Mr Johnson can do.\n\nHe can talk to Mr Zarif until he is blue in the face.\n\nBut there are others within Iran - such as the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the ultra-conservative judiciary - who perhaps will have a greater say over her fate.\n\nThe Iranians know how much the British want to get Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe home.\n\nBeing told that again directly by Mr Johnson may not change matters significantly.\n\nSome in the UK want Mr Johnson to pay off a long standing debt owed to the Iranians in an attempt to curry favour with Tehran.\n\nThe UK owes Iran about £400m for some Chieftain tanks it promised the former Shah of Iran but never delivered after the 1979 revolution.\n\nThe problem is that this debt has nothing to do with the Zaghari-Ratcliffe case.\n\nThe UK has agreed to pay the money but can't until a legal way is found to get round the sanctions that currently make repayment impossible.\n\nThere is also the strategic reluctance to allow any linkage between the two issues.\n\nIran could pocket the money and quite legitimately refuse to release Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe because this is a debt, not a quid pro quo.\n\nThe UK is also arguing strongly that she should be released on humanitarian grounds and is reluctant for her to be caught up in some grand bargain with Tehran.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe has been campaigning for his wife's release\n\nBritain does have some cards in its favour.\n\nIt has come out strongly in favour of keeping the Iran nuclear deal, backing Tehran over Washington.\n\nThe UK has also spoken out strongly against President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nThe problem is that this is, above all, a consular case.\n\nThat means Britain can make an argument but ultimately it is Iran that will decide.\n\nTehran does not recognise the concept of dual nationality so in its eyes Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is Iranian.\n\nAnd her future is thus seen as a matter for the sovereign state of Iran.\n\nIn truth, though, this is not just any other consular case.\n\nMr Ratcliffe believes his wife is a pawn in a much larger diplomatic game, a bargaining chip whose life is being cruelly manipulated by some parts of the Iranian government to secure their political objectives.\n\nThere are occasional moments of hope.\n\nIn recent weeks a spokesman for Iran's judiciary has said that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe could be freed if she qualified for conditional release.\n\nAn Iranian health commissioner has conducted an assessment of her mental and physical well-being after she suffered from insomnia, depression and panic attacks.\n\nMr Ratcliffe says that Mr Johnson being in Iran \"can only make things better\".\n\nBut right now all his wife can look forward to is her next court appearance, which is scheduled for Sunday.", "The agreement commits both sides to an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic\n\n\"The test of a first-rate intelligence,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crack-Up, \"is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.\"\n\nToday the British government and the European Union are making a fist of passing that test.\n\nReading the joint report between the UK and the EU, it is clear that the most important section when considering the economics of Brexit is the section on Ireland.\n\nThe document commits both sides to an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, and that there will be \"no new regulatory barriers\" between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nIt also commits to the UK leaving the EU's single market and customs union.\n\nThese two positions appear to be in contradiction.\n\nIf Britain does become a \"third country\" - that is trading with the EU as other non-EU countries outside the single market and the customs union do - then border controls will be necessary.\n\nAnd that open border will become very much more closed.\n\nThere is at least a partial way around this conundrum.\n\nAnd it necessitates the comprehensive free trade deal the British government has said it wants.\n\nAnd at least closely mirroring customs arrangements we presently adhere to as members of the EU's customs union.\n\nThat equates for many with a \"soft Brexit\" and is the trajectory many economists argue would be best for the UK economy.\n\nThis is because, if there is no free trade agreement, it is difficult to see how Theresa May's government could maintain \"full alignment with the rules of the internal market and the customs union which support north-south co-operation [on the island of Ireland]\" which the joint report commits the PM to.\n\nAnd still say that Britain has left the EU.\n\nThis document has been described as the \"withdrawal deal\".\n\nBut it is actually far more importantly a signal of what the future might hold.\n\nAnd that appears to be a relationship where the UK closely follows the EU's single market and customs union rules despite not being a formal member of either.\n\nWhich might very well constrain Britain's ability to sign free trade deals with other countries outside the EU.\n\nThe government will have to find a way through that if it is not to make Liam Fox's job as international trade secretary redundant.\n\nAnd in its deliberate ambiguity (every side needs to be able to claim victory) today's joint agreement leaves that debate for another day.\n\nThe EU has said it wants to move urgently onto discussing and agreeing transition arrangements to be applied once Britain has officially left the union in March 2019.\n\nThat now looks like being Phase II of this process.\n\nAnd from there, onto mapping out an agreement on free trade which will be put in place after the transition period has expired.\n\nThat has been seen as good news by businesses which need clarity on the trade rules they will be required to play by.\n\nAnd the more \"frictionless\" that trade is, many believe, the better for the economy.\n\nWhat today's deal has revealed is that there is a genuine desire - it appears from both sides - to get that free trade deal nailed down.\n\n\"One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise,\" Fitzgerald wrote.\n\nToday, the UK and the EU have moved the process of Brexit significantly forward.\n\nEven if the end point is still shrouded in much uncertainty.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of two men wanted in connection with the kidnap and burglary\n\nA man was stripped naked, beaten and tied up in a kidnapping ordeal that lasted 50 hours.\n\nThe 24-year-old victim was lured to a house in Thornton Heath, Croydon by two acquaintances, where he was set upon by an armed gang.\n\nHis keys were taken by the gang who burgled his parents' home.\n\nAs well as the man's £9,000 Rolex watch, a significant amount of cash was taken from the property in Sydenham, south-east London, police said.\n\nThe captors had previously forced the man to ring his parents and make a ransom demand for his release, which they could not pay.\n\nOn Wednesday, which was the third evening of the hostage ordeal, the victim was taken by car to a Metro bank cash machine in North End, Croydon, so he could withdraw money.\n\nHis tormentors waited in the vehicle, apparently out of fear of being captured on CCTV, giving the man an opportunity to escape.\n\nDet Sgt Samuel Bennett, of the Croydon Criminal Investigation Department, said: \"This was a vicious and prolonged attack of a nature that thankfully is very rare.\n\n\"It has left the victim utterly distraught and traumatised.\"\n\nThe entry of two suspects into the home of the victim's parents was captured on CCTV. The footage has now been released by police in a bid to identify them.\n\nDetectives have also named two other men they want to speak to in connection with the man's ordeal - two brothers, Ali Dervish, 28, and 19-year-old Sinan Dervish.\n\nAli Dervish is among the suspects wanted in connection with the kidnap and burglary\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The wildfires have devastated parts of southern California\n\nMuch of California's avocado crop has been destroyed by wildfires that have ripped through the southern part of the state, industry experts say.\n\n\"We've lost at least several hundred acres of avocados, probably more,\" the California Avocado Commission told agriculture news site AgNet West.\n\nAbout 90% of US avocados are grown in California, and the industry is worth millions to the economy.\n\nAbout 5,700 firefighters have been battling the fires, officials say.\n\nOne death has been confirmed - that of a 70-year-old woman found in her car on Wednesday. Three firefighters have been injured and about 500 buildings destroyed.\n\nThere are now fears the fires will have serious implications for California's vast agricultural industry.\n\nLast season's avocado harvest produced a crop worth more than $400m (£300m), according to the California Avocado Commission. Much of this was grown on family-owned farms in the south of the state.\n\nA firefighter tackles a blaze at an avocado orchard near Ojai, California\n\nVentura County, which is California's largest growing region for avocados, has seen the worst of the fires with 180 square miles (466 sq km) consumed, according to officials.\n\nJohn Krist, chief executive of the Ventura County Farm Bureau, told Reuters news agency: \"A lot of that fruit everybody was looking forward to harvesting next year is lying on the ground.\"\n\nFood safety regulations mean the crop cannot be sold once it falls from the tree.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air\n\nThe fires mean the upcoming harvest, which usually takes place in February or March, is likely to be smaller than usual. However experts say it too soon to assess the full extent of the damage.\n\nElsewhere, US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency, which will free up funding to \"help alleviate the hardship and suffering that the emergency may inflict on the local population\".\n\nNearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes as firefighters battle the wildfires on several fronts.\n\nGovernor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Diego on Thursday after a new blaze spread from 10 acres to 4,100 acres in just a few hours.\n\nAuthorities have issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what they have called \"extremely critical fire weather\".\n\nThe powerful desert-heated Santa Ana winds have been fanning the flames.", "Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav was sentenced to life in prison over the rape\n\nUber has agreed to settle a US civil lawsuit with a woman who accused its executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after she was raped by a driver in India.\n\nThe lawsuit, which follows on from a crime committed in 2014, cited media reports where officials at the firm were said to have doubted her account.\n\nThe Indian woman was living in the US when she filed the lawsuit.\n\nThe Uber driver was sentenced to life in prison for the rape in 2015.\n\nIn December 2014, the 26-year-old Delhi woman, who later moved to Texas, filed a case anonymously in which she said she had been kidnapped and raped by Shiv Kumar Yadav.\n\nShe had used the Uber smartphone app to book a taxi home but said she had been taken by Yadav to a secluded area and raped.\n\nYadav was sentenced to life in prison following a criminal case in India. As well as the court case, the woman sued Uber and settled out of court.\n\nHowever, she filed a new suit in the US after reports emerged that Uber had investigated the complaint, obtained her medical records and speculated that she made up the claims to hurt the firm's business.\n\nShe alleged in the lawsuit that Uber had violated her privacy and defamed her character.\n\nThe lawsuit, which was settled in San Francisco where Uber has its headquarters, also said the company had kept a copy of the woman's medical records.\n\nSeveral media reports cited in the lawsuit said that senior staff at the ride-hailing company, including Travis Kalanick, the former Uber chief executive who was ousted in June this year, and former executives Emil Michael and Eric Alexander, had questioned the victim's account of her ordeal.\n\n\"Uber executives duplicitously and publicly decried the rape, expressing sympathy for the plaintiff, and shock and regret at the violent attack, while privately speculating, as outlandish as it is, that she had colluded with a rival company to harm Uber's business,\" the lawsuit said.\n\nAt the time the later lawsuit was filed, an Uber spokesperson said: \"No one should have to go through a horrific experience like this, and we're truly sorry that she's had to relive it over the last few weeks.\"\n\nThe plaintiff dropped Emil Michael from her complaint in October before settling the case.\n\nTerms of the latest settlement have not been disclosed.\n\nIt comes as the new CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, is trying to clean up the image of the company, which has been plagued by scandals and lawsuits.", "Salvador Sobral missed a week of Eurovision rehearsals due to his heart condition\n\nPortugal's celebrated Eurovision Song Contest winner, Salvador Sobral, is recovering in hospital after undergoing a heart transplant.\n\nSurgeons at the Santa Cruz Hospital in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, said the 27-year-old was \"doing well\".\n\nSobral, who suffered from a longstanding heart condition, won this year's contest with the love song Amar Pelos Dois (Love for Both of Us).\n\nIt was the first time Portugal had taken the title.\n\n\"The surgery went well,\" said surgeon Miguel Abecasis, quoted by the Publico daily (in Portuguese).\n\n\"He was very well prepared. He is a young man who understood the difficulties of this type of procedure.\"\n\nMr Abecasis said that before Friday's operation the singer had wished him \"good luck\".\n\nThe recovery would take a long time, Mr Abecasis added, but said that if all went well, Sobral would have \"a completely normal life\".\n\nThe singer had to wait several months until a suitable donor was found, Publico reported. He announced in September that he was taking a break from performing.\n\nSobral's winning ballad, written by his older sister, Luisa, made him a national hero in Portugal.\n\nHe described it as \"an emotional song with a beautiful lyrical message and harmony - things people are not used to listening these days\".", "The window display included the message \"wishing you an explosive Christmas\"\n\nA 29-year-old man has been charged after a snowman holding a rocket launcher was painted on the window of a republican support group's office in Londonderry.\n\nThe image included the message: \"Wishing you an Explosive Christmas.\"\n\nIt appeared at the office of the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association in Chamberlain Street.\n\nThe man has been charged with two counts of permitting display of anything provocative.\n\nIt follows the appearance of the display in October.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland said the man is due to appear at the magistrates' court in Derry on 3 January.\n\nAll charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.", "There is something hauntingly contemporary about this exhibition.\n\nIt starts with a disgruntled England, which has made a cataclysmic decision to break with an imperfect but effective Europe-entwined institution that has been the basis for the country's social, economic, and political life.\n\nWe'd be better off without 'em, is the feeling.\n\nThe Irish and Scots are not so sure, but the will of a group of charismatic and self-righteous metropolitan politicians prevails, and people are warily readying themselves for a collective leap into the dark.\n\nThe population is divided on the matter, split like a pair of cheap trousers.\n\nThe fact is this scepter'd isle is going to be run differently from now on.\n\nWe stand poised. It is mid December. But we are not in 2017.\n\nWe are in 1649 and, like it or not, the country is going to be a republic. The old monarchical system along with its network of tactical intercontinental marriages is over. Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army rule, OK.\n\nCharles I, by Edward Bower, is the first painting in the exhibition\n\nWhich brings us to the first painting in the show where we meet Charles I shortly before his execution, commissioned, apparently, by Cromwell and his chums. The incarcerated King looks wizard-like, nonchalant, and inwardly majestic.\n\nIt is a respectful seated portrait suggesting the God-fearing Parliamentarian was uncomfortable doing away with a man widely believed to be hot-wired to God.\n\nIt didn't stop him, though. As we see in an explicitly detailed image called The Execution of Charles I. This gory print became an instant blockbuster; a bloodthirsty hit both at home and throughout an intrigued and amazed Europe.\n\nAlongside it is a copy of a small book with a big title, Eikon Basilike: The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings.\n\nThis is important. It is basically a mix of memoire, prayer, and personal statement, probably - but not definitely - written by Charles I shortly before his public beheading at Whitehall.\n\nWhat is certain is the date of its publication 10 days after the event, when it quickly became a bestseller and in-turn a cunning piece of beyond the grave Royalist propaganda.\n\nMaybe the King wasn't so bad after all.\n\nMaybe he was a martyr. And look at that lovely little woodcut image of him blessing his divine son as his chosen successor. The Restoration had begun in people's minds less than two weeks into the new Commonwealth.\n\nThe exhibition then jump cuts to 1660 and the return of the exiled Charles II.\n\nThe Coronation of King Charles II in Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar\n\nBacked with parliamentary cash, the soon-to-be crowned King has been out on a shopping spree to replace all the regalia and formal royal tableware Cromwell had melted down and flogged off.\n\nIt is a fine line the young man has to walk. His purchases need to be glitzy enough to impress and cement his status and legitimacy. But they can't be as flashy as the stuff his French cousin Louis XIV buys because: a) it might go down badly with the public and cost him his head, and b) he can't afford it.\n\nHe opts for silver gilt, which nearly 360 years later still looks magnificent. The craftsmanship and quality of the plates, candlesticks, chalices, and salts are impressive. As is an exquisitely embroidered bible given to the newly restored King, signalling a more liberal, post-Cromwellian, era.\n\nThe brakes are off. Theatres are re-opened.\n\nCharles II, painted by John Michael Wright, is a powerful image of the monarchy restored\n\nCharles II takes on a coterie of lovers (including the saucily depicted actress Nell Gwyn), and poses for a huge portrait by John Michael Wright.\n\nWhat the painting lacks in terms of technique - which is quite a lot - it more than makes up for with size and visual impact. It is designed to establish the new King as the top man. We see him sitting in an elevated position, wearing the crown of state, and sporting his Order of the Garter costume under Parliament robes. He is holding his newly acquired orb and sceptre.\n\nThe idea is to hark back to Tudor and Elizabethan styles to imply stability through continuity. Frankly, he looks ridiculous; like an aging rock-star who has been allowed to rummage around in the royal dressing up box.\n\nIt sums up what quickly becomes apparent in this show, which is Charles II was not blessed with the same curatorial eye as his late father. OK he acquired some wonderful drawings by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Holbein - some of which are on display.\n\nBut when it came to the task of retrieving the great paintings Cromwell sold off, or commissioning new pictures, he comes up short.\n\nHe did make a few decent purchases.\n\nThe Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel the Elder\n\nYou'll see a very good Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting called The Massacre of the Innocents. Although, it is slightly odd in so much as there are no innocents being massacred.\n\nThere were originally, but when the Habsburg Emperor, Rudolf II, owned the painting he recognised the occupying troops as his own (specifically depicted as such by Bruegel, who was making a political point) and had all the dead babies painted out. The upshot is a scene in which women are bent over, crying their eyes out over loaves of bread and various poultry.\n\nIf you're after an exhibition stuffed to its royal gunnels with painterly masterpieces, the chances are you'll be underwhelmed by Charles II: Art & Power and should wait until January when the Royal Academy will do what he didn't and reunite much of his father's collection.\n\nIf, however, you are in the market for a richly told, thought-provoking history lesson that feels surprisingly relevant in today's Brexit Britain, with the added bonus that its central protagonist looks like Brian May from Queen, then you might consider the £11 ticket price as money well spent.\n\nCharles II: Art and Power is at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London SW1A.", "European Union officials say sufficient progress has been made in the Brexit negotiations, meaning they can move on to trade talks with the UK.\n\nTheresa May travelled to Brussels early this morning to present proposals on the so-called divorce bill, citizens rights and the Northern Ireland border.", "Recapturing Mosul was the bloodiest conflict - for both combatants and civilians\n\nIraq has announced that its war against so-called Islamic State (IS) is over.\n\nPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.\n\nThe border zone contained the last few areas IS held, following its loss of the town of Rawa in November.\n\nThe US state department welcomed the end of the \"vile occupation\" of IS in Iraq and said the fight against the group would continue.\n\nIraq's announcement comes two days after the Russian military declared it had accomplished its mission of defeating IS in neighbouring Syria.\n\nThe jihadist group had seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, when it proclaimed a \"caliphate\" and imposed its rule over some 10 million people.\n\nBut it suffered a series of defeats over the past two years, losing Iraq's second city of Mosul this July and its de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria last month.\n\nSome IS fighters are reported to have dispersed into the Syrian countryside, while others are believed to have escaped across the Turkish border.\n\nThis is undeniably a proud moment for Mr Abadi - a victory that once looked like it might only ever be rhetorical rather than real.\n\nBut if the direct military war with IS in Iraq is genuinely over, and the country's elite forces can now step back after a conflict that's taken a huge toll on them, it doesn't mean the battle against the group's ideology or its ability to stage an insurgency is finished - whether in Iraq, Syria or the wider world.\n\nAttacks may be at a lower level than they once were, but Iraqi towns and cities still fall prey to suicide bombers, while the conditions that fuelled the growth of jihadism remain - even in the territory that's been recaptured.\n\nMr Abadi said on Saturday: \"Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I therefore announce the end of the war against Daesh [IS].\n\n\"Our enemy wanted to kill our civilisation, but we have won through our unity and our determination. We have triumphed in little time.\"\n\nThe Iraqi armed forces issued a statement saying Iraq had been \"totally liberated\" from IS.\n\n\"The United States joins the government of Iraq in stressing that Iraq's liberation does not mean the fight against terrorism, and even against Isis [IS], in Iraq is over,\" she added.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated Mr Abadi on a \"historic moment\" but warned that IS still posed a threat, including from across the border in Syria.\n\nLast month, the Syrian military said it had \"fully liberated\" the eastern border town of Albu Kamal, the last last urban stronghold of IS in that country.\n\nOn Thursday, the head of the Russian general staff's operations, Col-Gen Sergei Rudskoi, said: \"The mission to defeat bandit units of the Islamic State terrorist organisation on the territory of Syria, carried out by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, has been accomplished.\"\n\nEstimates of civilian deaths in Mosul alone vary wildly, with one figure as high as 40,000\n\nHe said Russia's military presence in Syria would now concentrate on preserving ceasefires and restoring peace.\n\nThe collapse of IS has raised fears that its foreign fighters will escape over Syria's borders to carry out more attacks abroad.\n\nCivilians flee as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul in March 2017", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016\n\nBoris Johnson has held talks in Iran to press for the release of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe UK foreign secretary met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to call for the release of the mother-of-one on humanitarian grounds, along with other dual nationals.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Tehran since April 2016 after being accused of spying, which she denies.\n\nMr Johnson's first visit to Iran comes amid rising tension in the Middle East.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon he will meet the speaker of the Iranian parliament and the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.\n\nBBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said Mr Johnson is expected to emphasise Britain's continuing support for the international nuclear deal with Iran, but he will also make clear Britain's concerns about some of Iran's activities, notably in Yemen and Syria.\n\nOur correspondent said Mr Johnson's trip to Tehran - only the third made by a UK foreign secretary since 2003 - could \"hardly be more sensitive\".\n\nMr Johnson did not speak to reporters before going into the meeting with Mohammad Javad Zarif\n\nHe added that Mr Johnson had been careful to lower any expectations of imminent release for 37-year-old Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, warning that such cases are very difficult.\n\nMr Ratcliffe met with Mr Johnson to discuss his wife's case earlier this year\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested during a holiday visit to enable her parents to meet her baby daughter Gabriella.\n\nAfter the arrest her daughter's passport was confiscated and for the last 20 months she has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran.\n\nEven before Boris Johnson took off for Tehran, the foreign office wisely lowered expectations of an immediate release of the imprisoned dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe Iranians will have prepared very carefully for this visit, as they have concerns and demands of their own.\n\nIn Iran there is a pervading sense that the West is not fully living up to its side of the bargain in the 2015 Vienna nuclear deal.\n\nFlows of money through London, for example, are still restricted and the hoped-for economic dividend has failed to materialise for many Iranians.\n\nComplicating matters for Boris Johnson is the fact that there are essentially 'two Irans'.\n\nThere is the elected government, which he has been meeting today.\n\nThen there is the deep state: the Revolutionary Guards Corps, the judiciary and the intelligence and security apparatus, all of which are hostile to the West and likely to impose a hard line on any negotiations.\n\nMr Johnson was accused of risking an additional five years being added to her sentence when he told a parliamentary committee that she had been in Iran to train journalists.\n\nIn November, he apologised in the Commons, retracting \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and daughter, Gabriella\n\nMr Johnson then met with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, to discuss her case, including calls for her to be given diplomatic protection.\n\nMr Ratcliffe told The Guardian that he was \"waiting on tenterhooks, biting my nails\", ahead of Mr Johnson's visit.\n\nThere have been concerns about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health after lumps in her breasts were discovered, but those were found to be non-cancerous.\n\nTulip Siddiq, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP, said she had been told by the Foreign Office that Mr Johnson probably would not be able to secure her imminent release.\n\n\"It was made very clear that we shouldn't expect any miracles,\" the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn said.\n\nAlthough not mentioning her by name, Mr Johnson said: \"I will stress my grave concerns about our dual national consular cases and press for their release where there are humanitarian grounds to do so.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office would not confirm the names or number of other people being held in Iran, saying their families had asked for their cases to be kept out of the public domain.\n\nIn addition, the BBC has issued a statement on Twitter, urging Mr Johnson to raise the case of the BBC Persian staff during his visit.\n\nThe BBC Persian Service has long been viewed with hostility by hardline Iranians. Two months ago, Iranian authorities launched an investigation into 152 present and former journalists and staff, accusing them of conspiracy against national security.\n\nThe BBC News Press Team called upon Iran \"to stop the harassment and persecution of our staff and their families\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his statement, the foreign secretary listed topics he would raise with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, including finding a political solution to the conflict in Yemen and securing \"greater humanitarian access to ease the immense suffering there\".\n\nHe also said he would underline the UK's support for the 2015 nuclear deal - struck between Iran and six world powers - but \"make clear\" concerns over the country's activity.\n\nMr Johnson added: \"Iran is a significant country in a strategically important, but volatile and unstable, region which matters to the UK's security and prosperity.\n\n\"While our relationship with Iran has improved significantly since 2011, it is not straightforward and on many issues we will not agree.\n\n\"But I am clear that dialogue is the key to managing our differences and, where possible, making progress on issues that really matter, even under difficult conditions.\"", "The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering for a young woman, her husband and their baby girl.\n\nEighteen months into a five-year sentence, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces the prospect of up to 16 years in an Iranian jail.\n\nIt is also, however, a story of an internal power struggle in Iran, as well as of the nation's deeply difficult relationship with the UK.\n\nTo understand how she fits into this, the first thing to examine is the timing of her arrest. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in April 2016, a few months ahead of the first anniversary of Iran's historic nuclear deal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe accord, on which President Hassan Rouhani had staked his reputation, was bitterly opposed by elements of the powerful Revolutionary Guards.\n\nThey had often benefited financially from the sanctions regime. They were adamant that the nuclear deal must be seen as a failure, that it had changed nothing and that compromise with the West was a fruitless exercise.\n\nArrests of a number of Iranians with dual nationality came about in this context:\n\nIran is in the grip of an ideological power-struggle, with two competing world views.\n\nPresident Rouhani came to power promising to open Iran up to the world; the supreme leader, the Revolutionary Guards and the judiciary have a far more hardline position, both in relation to how the country should be run as well as its foreign relations.\n\nAll the arrests were seen as an attempt by the Revolutionary Guards to undermine not just the president, but the very process of thawing relations with the West.\n\nOf the three dual-national prisoners arrested after the deal was agreed, only one has since been released: Ms Hoodfar was sent home a few months later on what the Iranians called \"humanitarian grounds\".\n\nThe only significant difference between her case and Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's was their nationalities: one was half-Canadian, the other half-British.\n\nTo Iranian minds, the UK is viewed with almost unique suspicion. Indeed, in 2009 the supreme leader said that of all the world's \"arrogant powers\", the UK was the \"most evil\".\n\nTo understand why, one must go back to the 1953 coup-d'état that overthrew nationalist Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, returning the autocratic Shah to power. Behind it were the British and American intelligence agencies.\n\nAlmost 300 people were killed in the streets of Tehran after protesting against the prime minister's removal in a US- and British-organised coup in 1953\n\nThis led to deep-rooted suspicions of the West's intentions; once the Shah was ousted by the Islamic Revolution of 1979, those suspicions became open hostilities. Relations have never really recovered.\n\nOver the years there have been a number of key points, notably the 1989 fatwah calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie. His book, The Satanic Verses, was denounced as blasphemous by the supreme leader; he called on Muslims around the world to try and kill Rushdie. The controversy led to a severing of diplomatic ties, which were not repaired until 1998.\n\nIn 2007, 15 British Royal Navy personnel were detained off the South Coast of Iran. They were paraded on TV, a show of power by Tehran, but ultimately released under diplomatic pressure.\n\nThe 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was followed by peaceful street protests, which the supreme leader accused the West of encouraging. A number of staff at the British embassy were arrested and forced to sign confessions.\n\nIn November 2011, relations deteriorated further. After the UK increased sanctions on Iran, the parliament voted to expel the British ambassador. Before he could pack his bags, members of the hardline Basij militia ransacked the British embassy in Tehran. It did not re-open until 2014.\n\nBut, it is not just the British government that has been viewed with great hostility. Western media, most notably the BBC's Persian Service, has long been regarded with deep distrust, fear and often hatred by the hardline Iranian establishment.\n\nFor years Persian Service journalists have been harassed and intimidated by the Iranian authorities. Two months ago all the assets of 150 BBC staff, former staff and contributors were frozen for \"conspiracy against national security\".\n\nAnd here we come to the final part of the story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Many years ago, she worked for BBC Media Action, the charitable wing of the BBC. Although it has no direct connection to the BBC's Persian service, it has been used as evidence that she was in Iran for political reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt is, therefore, for this reason that the recent comments by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were so controversial, and potentially damaging.\n\nBy stating that she was involved in \"training journalists\", he has given ammunition to those elements of the establishment who view her as just another example what the supreme leader described as \"an infiltration project\" by the West.\n\nAll the while, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe languishes in Tehran's Evin jail. Her daughter, who has now forgotten how to speak English, can only see her for an hour-and-a-half a week. Meanwhile her husband Richard suffers in London.\n\nThe future of a family, half-British, half-Iranian, has been torn apart by the suspicion and distrust caused by their own countries' pasts.", "The prime minister made her decisions on Thursday night while the No 10 Downing Street Christmas party carried on.\n\nIt isn't celebration on Friday though for her government, but relief.\n\nAnd her allies note that in those fraught hours she made the decision to go to Brussels even though the DUP had continued to make its objections known, despite the progress it had secured.\n\nThat may be a comfort to her internal critics who believe that Theresa May is all too often a prisoner of circumstance rather than a bold decision maker.\n\nAnd after a rocky few months, Downing Street can breathe out, for once, because it reached a critical short-term goal, moving on from Monday's embarrassment to a temporary conclusion.\n\nBrexit is the biggest political and policy project any British government has undertaken for many, many years.\n\nAs the leader of the government pursuing the policy, the prime minister's own record rises and falls with the progress of our departure from the EU.\n\nSimply, while No 10 always maintains that she wants to focus on domestic reforms, Mrs May's fate is intertwined with these negotiations.\n\nThe deal was sealed at an early hours breakfast meeting on Friday\n\nThe talks stumble, and so does she. The negotiators muddle through, so does her leadership.\n\nAnd the deal at dawn mutes the criticism of her inside her party, and restores some of the faith perhaps in Brussels.\n\nHad it not been struck, had she not made the decision to get on the plane, there would have been serious rumblings in her party.\n\nIt might not have been the end of her leadership.\n\nThere are plenty of hopeful leadership contenders, but few who would be guaranteed to put their head above the parapet to try to push her out.\n\nBut critical Brexiteers have been conspicuous by their absence.\n\nAnd Remainers are relieved that she has, as they see it, been firm in the face of some of their and the DUP's demands, and left the route pointing to a softer Brexit.\n\nIn truth, so much has not been agreed.\n\nThis is a document that to a large extent, resolves to solve problems and contradictions together in the future.\n\nThe document contains more ambiguities than pages.\n\nAnd as with any compromises there are some losses, and some victories.\n\nOver time those fault lines will appear. The two sides of the Tories' internal debates over Europe have not suddenly met in the middle.\n\nThe brooding clash has been delayed, again, allowing the prime minister to press on into the next phase.\n\nAnd above all, the agreements in this document may never come to pass.\n\nTruly, \"nothing is agreed until everything is agreed\".\n\nThis is a big, first, political step that allows the real journey to begin.\n\nWith this progress, however limited, Theresa May buys breathing space.", "The UK and European Commission have reached an agreement that should allow them to move Brexit talks on to the next stage.\n\nHere are some of the key lines in the agreement document.\n\nSo here's the first linguistic somersault. This agreement is designed to lock in the progress made so far, and allow technical experts to continue to work on it during the second phase of talks.\n\nBut EU negotiations always work on the principle that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that raises the prospect that if the second phase runs into trouble, then what has been agreed so far could, in theory, unravel.\n\nThat is certainly not the intention on either side, but it underscores that the negotiating process still has a very long way to run - and the hardest part is still to come.\n\nThe separation agreement on citizens' rights will not fall under the direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (officially called the CJEU but commonly referred to as the ECJ) which was the initial demand from the European Union.\n\nBut the ECJ will continue to play a role, because this agreement says UK courts will have to pay \"due regard\" to its decisions on an indefinite basis.\n\nAnd for eight years after Brexit, there will be a mechanism for UK courts to refer questions of interpretation directly to the ECJ.\n\nIt is a compromise, but the sort of compromise that some supporters of Brexit will find hard to stomach.\n\nThis detail on citizens' rights is important.\n\nThe agreement will apply to anyone taking up residence before the UK leaves the EU, so people could still take the decision to move next year, or even in early 2019, and they would be fully protected by it. That option will remain open for new arrivals until the day the UK leaves - currently presumed to be 29 March 2019.\n\nIn fact the European Commission argues that the \"specified date\" should be considerably later. In an official communication to the European Council it argues that during a transition all EU citizens should have all their rights upheld. In other words, it says, the \"specified date\" should not be the actual date of withdrawal, but the final day of a transition period (potentially two years later or even longer).\n\nThere are also a lot of technical details hidden in the weeds of the agreement that remain to be negotiated, and that's why some groups representing citizens who are caught up in this dilemma are far from happy.\n\nThe reaction of the European Parliament, which has taken a tough line on citizens' rights, will be important because it has to ratify the final agreement.\n\nThis is the key phrase in the long section setting out how the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will operate after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe preference on both sides is for an ambitious free trade agreement, which will address many of the concerns that have been raised (although questions of customs duties would still have to be addressed).\n\nAs a backstop though, the UK has guaranteed that it will maintain \"full alignment\" with the EU's single market and customs rules that govern cross-border trade.\n\nIt is a form of words that everyone can (just about) live with for now, but there is plenty of tough negotiating ahead.\n\nIt's not entirely clear how full alignment could be maintained without Northern Ireland staying in the single market and the customs union, especially as there is no such thing as partial membership. It is another sign that the competing demands that have been discussed this week have been sidestepped, but not fully resolved.\n\nThis sentence about the financial settlement is a bureaucratic masterpiece, and suggests that plenty of detail still needs to be sorted out behind the scenes.\n\nFor months, the money appeared to be the most intractable issue in the withdrawal negotiations, but money is easier to finesse than borders or courts.\n\nA method for calculating the bill has been agreed, but the calculation of an exact UK share will depend on exchange rates, on interest rates, on the number of financial commitments that never turn into payments, and more.\n\nThe question of how and when payments will be made still needs to resolved, but it will be a schedule lasting for many years to come, and it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever be able to give an exact figure for the size of the divorce bill.\n\nUK sources say it will be up to £40bn, but some EU sources expect it to be higher than that. No-one can say for sure, and both sides want to keep it that way.\n\nUpdate 11 December 2017: This piece was amended to take account of the European Commission's view on the specified date for EU citizens' rights.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart have spoken \"frankly\" in Tehran about jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nHe met Mohammed Javad Zarif to urge her freeing on humanitarian grounds, along with other dual nationals held in Iran.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Tehran since April 2016, after being accused of spying, a charge she denies.\n\nHer husband, Richard Ratcliffe, spoke of his \"hopes and fears\", telling the BBC \"it could go any which way\".\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016\n\nIn what was described as \"a useful meeting\", Mr Johnson and the Iranian foreign minister talked for two hours in Tehran on a range of subjects including the nuclear deal, as well \"obstacles in their relationship\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has tweeted his support for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, calling on Mr Johnson to do \"everything he can to secure her release\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sadiq Khan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on a visit to see her parents with her baby daughter Gabriella.\n\nAfter the arrest her daughter's passport was confiscated and for the last 20 months she has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran.\n\nThe case was further complicated when Mr Johnson erroneously told a parliamentary committee in November that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran to train journalists.\n\nThe foreign secretary later apologised in the Commons, retracting \"any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why one mother's personal plight is part of a complicated history between Iran and the UK (video published August 2019 and last updated in October 2019)\n\nReports suggest Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe could appear in court on Sunday to face new charges and possibly have her sentence doubled as a result of Mr Johnson's comments.\n\n\"His fate and her fate have been aligned a little bit, and he is now in Iran battling for her,\" her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told the BBC. \"It's a case of 'watch this space'\".\n\nHe said he believed Mr Johnson's \"charm and presence\" in Iran would \"make a difference\", but the situation remained very unclear.\n\n\"It's all up in the air,\" said Mr Ratcliffe. \"We're holding on to the good bits - it could go any which way.\"\n\nHe said he wanted his wife to be with her family in the UK for Christmas but he was not expecting her to be on the foreign secretary's plane when Mr Johnson returns to the UK on Monday.\n\nHe added: \"Fingers crossed it can be solved by Christmas, which means in the week or so afterwards there might be a happy outcome.\"\n\nAs Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif shook hands on their way into talks it could have seemed routine.\n\nBut there was nothing routine about this encounter. The foreign secretary looked uncharacteristically tense, and with good reason.\n\nHis mission - to improve relations - point to Britain's continuing support for the Iran nuclear deal, while at the same time being critical of Iran's actions in Yemen and Syria.\n\nAnd, hardest of all, argue for prisoner releases, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a case many accuse him of damaging by loose talk last month.\n\nBoris Johnson will say nothing at all publicly while in Iran, such is the sensitivity of his visit.\n\nBut in one good sign, Iran's foreign minister confirmed Mr Johnson should be able to meet President Rouhani on Sunday.\n\nWe should not expect immediate consequences, but Iran is in little doubt of the importance the British side attaches to getting Ms Zahari-Ratcliffe home.\n\nRelations between the UK and Iran have long been difficult. Mr Johnson's visit is only the third by a British foreign minister to Iran in the last 14 years.\n\nThe Foreign Office would not confirm the names or number of other dual nationals being held, saying their families had asked for their cases to be kept out of the public domain.\n\nSpeaking ahead of his visit, Mr Johnson said the talks would cover the \"bilateral relationship and I will stress my grave concerns about our dual national consular cases and press for their release where there are humanitarian grounds to do so\".\n\nLast month, the Free Nazanin Campaign said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had suffered panic attacks, insomnia, bouts of depression and suicidal thoughts and had been given a health assessment.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister said the deal will allow more to be invested in \"priorities at home\"\n\nI had been warned to keep my phone by the bed. It rang at 05:09 here in Brussels (04:09 GMT). \"The prime minister is in the air,\" said my government source.\n\nTheresa May's motorcade arrived at the HQ of the European Commission less than two hours later.\n\nThere were hugs for all as she, her chief civil servant negotiator Olly Robbins and Brexit Secretary David Davis were met by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier, the EU's Mr Brexit.\n\nPictures were released showing the two sides enjoying fruit juice and pastries.\n\nIt was obvious a deal was being done. Why put everyone through this otherwise?\n\nAides filed into the briefing room ahead of the big news conference. They wore the opposite expressions they had had on Monday when hopes of a deal evaporated under pressure from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nThe two sides of Brexit shared juice and pastries in Brussels on Friday morning\n\nMr Juncker sketched out the agreement that had been reached: financial obligations had been clarified, the European Court of Justice would remain \"competent\" to guarantee the rights of EU nationals in the UK, and a hard border would be avoided on the island of Ireland.\n\nIt was a personal triumph for the prime minister, he said.\n\nI asked the prime minister what compromises had been made to get here. She said it had been about both sides working together.\n\nDiplomats said the display of mutual respect demonstrated that the next phase of talks will be less bad-tempered, less fraught and more collegiate now that divorce-related issues have been broadly settled.\n\nDeal: Mrs May is welcomed by Mr Juncker in Brussels\n\nLater we heard from Michel Barnier. At length.\n\nHis pride in the deal he had negotiated was evident as he explained it in painstaking detail. He gently chided journalists who had failed to grasp the complexities of the compromise on Ireland.\n\nHe reminded everyone that he had never speculated about the size of the UK's financial obligations (£35bn-£39bn, according to British estimates).\n\nMr Barnier complained that I always posed the same question about whether he was prepared to make any concessions.\n\nAfterwards I asked if he would be cracking open a bottle of champagne. \"No,\" he replied. \"You have to drink water when you are negotiating and there's still a lot of work to do.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"No champagne\" for the Brexit negotiators, who \"have to drink water\"\n\nThe scale of that work became clear as the action switched to the European Council, where the member states are represented.\n\nDonald Tusk, who will chair next week's summit of EU leaders, said this had been the easy part. Negotiating a transition deal and the outlines of a future partnership on trade, security and defence will be more difficult and had to be done within a year, he said.\n\nThe EU desperately wants the UK to clarify what kind of post-Brexit relationship it wants.\n\nSome European officials fear the debate triggered at Westminster this week by the impasse over Northern Ireland is a harbinger of the row to come as Britain tries to define its future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tusk: 'Breaking up is hard, building a new relationship is harder'\n\nFor me, the series of mini dramas I have covered for the last six months have been consolidated into 15 pages of pledges and commitments.\n\nThe draft guidelines for the second phase of the talks hint at some of the plot twists to come.\n\nBriefly it felt like Brexit was sorted. It is just starting.", "Mikheil Saakashvili is suspected of receiving financing from a criminal group\n\nFormer Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Ukraine's capital Kiev, days after his supporters freed him from a police van.\n\nMr Saakashvili, who in 2015-16 served as regional governor in Ukraine under President Petro Poroshenko, has been leading anti-corruption rallies against his former ally.\n\nOn Tuesday, he was dragged from his home in Kiev and arrested.\n\nHe has been calling for Mr Poroshenko's impeachment since his first arrest.\n\nThe authorities responded by giving him a deadline of 24 hours to hand himself in.\n\nMr Saakashvili is accused of receiving financing from a criminal group linked to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.\n\nHis detention was part of an operation \"to disrupt a plan of revenge of pro-Kremlin forces in Ukraine\", Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said on Tuesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jonah Fisher watched as Mr Saakashvili's car was surrounded by his supporters and Ukrainian police\n\nProsecutors released audio and video recordings which they say proved he had received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the criminal group.\n\nMr Saakashvili said the recordings were fake.\n\nIf found guilty, he could face up to five years in jail.\n\nMr Saakashvili also faces the threat of extradition to Georgia, where he is wanted on corruption charges. He says the accusations are politically motivated.\n\nHe was governor of the southern Odessa region for 18 months after being appointed by Mr Poroshenko in 2015.\n\nBefore moving to Ukraine, Mr Saakashvili served for almost 10 years as president of Georgia.", "Hoffman has not commented on the latest allegations\n\nA co-star of Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman has accused him of a \"horrific, demoralising and abusive experience\" while on a 1984 Broadway production.\n\nKathryn Rossetter's allegation comes a month after author Anna Graham Hunter accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct.\n\nHoffman has not commented on the latest claims in the Hollywood Reporter.\n\nIt said it had spoken to several people on the 1984 set who questioned Rossetter's account and said they had not witnessed the conduct described.\n\nThe latest allegation is one of a string made against Hollywood stars and executives, sparked by initial allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nRossetter's account was carried in a guest column in the Hollywood Reporter on Friday, as Anna Graham Hunter's allegations had been in an article on 1 November.\n\nRossetter said the alleged events had occurred on the 1984 Broadway production of Death Of A Salesman.\n\nShe said Hoffman would regularly grope her. The actor would grab her breast and then remove his hand just before a photograph was taken, she alleged.\n\nOn one night, she said, Hoffman exposed her body to the stage crew. \"Suddenly he grabs the bottom of my slip and pulls it up over my head, exposing my breasts and body to the crew and covering my face,\" she said.\n\nRossetter added: \"Night after night I went home and cried. I withdrew and got depressed and did not have any good interpersonal relationships with the cast.\"\n\nShe said: \"I considered reporting him to Actors Equity. But I was cautioned by some respected theatre professionals that if I did, I would probably lose my job and, because he was such a powerful star, any hope of a career.\"\n\nThe Reporter said Hoffman's lawyers had put it in touch with others who had worked on the set, including Hoffman's brother-in-law, Lee Gottsegen, and actors Anne McIntosh, Debra Mooney, Linda Hogan, Michael Quinlan and Andrew Bloch.\n\nThe paper said they had not witnessed the alleged misconduct and had questioned Rossetter's account.\n\nProduction stage manager Tom Kelly said: \"It just doesn't ring true.\"\n\nEarlier in the week, TV host John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman, 80, in a tense public discussion about the allegations of sexual harassment made by Graham Hunter.\n\nAt a Q&A panel for the 20th anniversary of Hoffman's film Wag The Dog, the actor defended himself, asking Oliver: \"Do you believe this stuff that you're reading?\" and saying he still did not know who Graham Hunter was.\n\nShe worked as a 17-year-old intern on Hoffman's 1985 TV movie version of Death Of A Salesman.\n\nHoffman had earlier put out a statement following Graham Hunter's allegations, saying: \"I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation.\n\n\"I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fans lined the streets to bid farewell to the 'French Elvis'\n\nHundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Paris on Saturday to bid farewell to the French rock star Johnny Hallyday, who died this week at the age of 74 after a battle with lung cancer.\n\nHis coffin was driven in a cortege down the Champs-Elysees followed by hundreds of leather-clad bikers.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the singer in a eulogy at the Madeleine church.\n\nParis was brought to a standstill by the ceremony, which was broadcast live.\n\nAs the cortege carrying his coffin left the funeral home in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, some 700 bikers took to the Champs-Elysees.\n\nPeople gathered on Place de la Concorde to pay a \"popular tribute\" to Hallyday\n\nFans ride their bikes down the Champs-Elysees as part of the tribute\n\nLarge crowds gathered to pay their respects outside the Madeleine church in Paris\n\nHallyday's white coffin was driven slowly from the Arc de Triomphe along the famous avenue as emotional fans cheered and wept.\n\nDuring the service, members of his band performed instrumental versions of his songs outside at the Madeleine church as the crowds sang along.\n\nMembers of Hallyday's band and other musicians performed as part of the ceremony\n\nHallyday's white coffin leaves the church with a picture of the singer on display at the entrance\n\nFans began to gather in the city overnight in anticipation of the country's \"national homage\" to the singer as giant screens were erected to show footage of the man known as the \"French Elvis\".\n\nNational television and radio have put out a stream of special programmes since his death on Wednesday, with Hallyday's best-known songs being played along with recordings of tributes from friends and fans.\n\nMr Macron approved Saturday's ceremony along with Hallyday's widow Laeticia amid a popular clamour for a national homage.\n\nThe French president said the singer had touched everyone's lives: \"In each of your lives there have been moments where one of his songs translated what you had in your heart, what we have in our hearts.\n\n\"A love story, a loss, a moment of defiance, the birth of a child, pain - in his voice, in his songs, in his face.\"\n\nAs Mr Macron addressed the large crowd gathered at the church, many of whom were in tears, they chanted: \"Johnny, Johnny, Johnny Hallyday.\"\n\nMany of those gathered outside the church became emotional during the tributes\n\nFans had earlier gathered outside the star's home in Marnes-la-Coquette, west of Paris\n\nSome of the musician's fans have demanded that a monument be built in recognition of his achievements.\n\nOthers have expressed disappointment at news that Hallyday is likely to be buried on the French Caribbean island of St Barts, where he had his home.\n\nOne fan, Francois Le Lay, told AFP news agency: \"We would have preferred if he was buried in Paris, but if Johnny wanted that, we will respect it.\n\n\"My wife and I will put the money aside that we would have spent going to his concerts so we can fly to Saint Barts one day.\"\n\nOn Friday, the Eiffel Tower was lit up with the words \"Merci Johnny\".\n\nAt the famous L'Olympia music venue in Paris where Hallyday once enjoyed a three-week residency to mark 40 years in show business, the singer's name was displayed as a tribute.\n\nThe Eiffel Tower displays the message \"Merci Johnny\" (Thank you Johnny)\n\nThe star, whose real name was Jean-Philippe Smet, sold more than 110 million records and starred in a number of films, including one directed by Jean-Luc Godard.\n\nHe once performed before a million people in a mobile musical cavalcade down the Champs-Elysees.\n\nHowever despite 6,000 fans chartering flights from Paris to see him play Las Vegas in 1996, he failed to crack the American or any other English-speaking market.\n\nThe singer, who was once condemned as the rock 'n' roll \"corrupter of youth\", was often referred to as \"the French Elvis\" by critics.", "Some motorists said they were stuck on the closed motorway for more than four hours\n\nDrivers were left stuck in vehicles for several hours in freezing temperatures as the M5 was shut in both directions.\n\nIt followed \"concerns for the welfare of a man\" on a bridge at junction 28, near Cullompton, at about 16:00 GMT, police said.\n\nJust after 20:40, Devon and Cornwall Police said the man had been moved from the bridge and the road was reopening.\n\nRichard Jones, said his wife and eight-week old baby were among those stuck in traffic in a \"very cold Skoda\".\n\nThe closure caused traffic jams stretching back for seven miles (11km) from the bridge, in mid-Devon.\n\nHighways England confirmed the motorway was \"fully open\" at 21:43 after work to move broken down vehicles.\n\nMany people were stranded in their cars for hours and some posted on social media to say they risked running out of fuel on the motorway.\n\nForecasters had predicted temperatures in the area would be going down to -1C during the night.\n\nPolice said the road was reopening just after 20:40 GMT\n\nSara Morgan-Broom, who was one of those stuck in the queues, said she had not moved on the motorway between 16:20 and 20:12.\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police said there were a number of breakdowns in the area and warned surrounding roads remained busy.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by DevonCornwall Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThey also tweeted that the man who had been on the bridge was now receiving support from mental health professionals.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by DevonCornwall Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Phil Davies complained about how Northern dealt with passengers on his journey and later took them to court after they failed to reply\n\nA train passenger's lengthy fight for compensation from a rail company got to the stage where bailiffs were \"pursuing them at their registered office\".\n\nPhil Davies was on a Leeds to Barnsley service which \"abandoned\" him and 40 other passengers in Wakefield due to a signal failure.\n\nHe claimed for compensation and won a legal case, but said he was left waiting for about £300 from Northern.\n\nNorthern apologised and said the \"matter had been resolved\".\n\nOn an evening train on 10 June, Mr Davies was travelling to his home in Barnsley when the line suffered signal problems.\n\nThe passenger said they were left on the platform of Wakefield Westgate with no access to toilets, with a promise of a Northern representative arranging their onward journey not kept.\n\nBritish Transport Police eventually advised passengers to walk into Wakefield and find a taxi.\n\nMr Davies said he complained, but was still waiting for a response after four weeks so began a small claims court case against the company.\n\nIn October, a court ruled in favour of his claim for £283 plus £25 court fees, as Northern did not attend the hearing.\n\nAfter two weeks, Mr Davies said the bailiffs \"automatically stepped in\" as no payment had been made.\n\n\"It's frustrating when a big corporation just snubs a consumer - we're small and insignificant.\" Mr Davies said.\n\n\"Too often, the public are fobbed off by big corporations and they simply can't be bothered. It's about challenging poor standards so they're improved.\"\n\nNorthern said it was reviewing its procedures after the legal wrangle\n\nA spokesman for Northern said: \"We apologise for any distress and frustration experienced by our customer following the incident and his subsequent contact with Northern.\n\n\"We fully accept the judgement of the court and have made contact to ensure the matter is settled. We have also made a significant offer of compensation to our customer - which is over and above the figure set out by the court.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are now undertaking a review of our processes to help ensure such situations do not happen again.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in California as firefighters battle several raging wildfires.\n\nGovernor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Diego on Thursday after a new blaze spread from 10 acres to 4,100 acres in just a few hours.\n\nThree firefighters have been injured and about 500 buildings destroyed.\n\nOne death has been reported - a woman's body was found in a burned-out area in Ventura County.\n\nBut an official told the Ventura Country Star newspaper that the death, in the town of Ojai, may have been the result of a car crash not related to the fire.\n\nOn Friday, US President Donald Trump issued a state of emergency in California, which will free up funding to \"help alleviate the hardship and suffering that the emergency may inflict on the local population\".\n\nAbout 5,700 firefighters have been battling the brushfires, officials have said, with firefighters drafted in from neighbouring states to help.\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County remains the largest, burning 180 square miles so far\n\nThe Thomas fire in Ventura County to the north of Los Angeles remains the largest of the blazes and has spread as far as the Pacific coast.\n\nIt has consumed 180 square miles (466 sq km) since it broke out on Monday, and destroyed more than 430 buildings, fire officials said.\n\nA BBC correspondent in Ojai says the blaze is burning in the hills all around and more than 100 fire engines have been seen driving through the town centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CAL FIRE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Reuters news agency photographer in San Diego county, site of the Lilac fire, described seeing propane tanks under houses explode like bombs.\n\nSome 450 elite racehorses in the area were let loose from their stables to escape to safety, the Associated Press news agency reports. Officials say at least 25 thoroughbreds died in the blaze.\n\nBy Thursday afternoon local time, California's fire service said the blaze had forced the evacuation of 189,000 residents.\n\nFirefighters rescued both a work of art and the family Christmas tree from this Bel Air home\n\nMost homes in Bel Air cost millions of dollars\n\nCalifornia is entering its fifth day battling dangerous wildfires driven by extreme weather: low humidity, high winds and parched ground.\n\nAuthorities have issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called \"extremely critical fire weather\".\n\nThe powerful desert-heated Santa Ana winds have been fanning the flames.\n\nBoth the The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Getty Center museum announced that they would reopen on Friday.\n\nFirefighters battling the Skirball fire had slept at the Getty overnight on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drivers filmed the flames from their cars near Bel Air\n\nOne in four schools in Los Angeles were also closed.\n\nIn the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air, firefighters were seen removing artwork from luxury homes on Wednesday as the Skirball Fire raged.\n\nThe neighbourhood is home to celebrities and business leaders from Beyonce to Elon Musk.\n\nSinger Lionel Richie cancelled a Las Vegas performance for Wednesday evening, saying he was \"helping family evacuate to a safer place\".\n\nAn estate and vineyard owned by Rupert Murdoch also suffered some damage.\n\nThe media mogul said in a statement: \"We believe the winery and house are still intact.\"\n\nThe Los Angeles Times said Mr Murdoch paid nearly $30m (£22m) for the property four years ago.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lionel Richie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother blaze north of Los Angeles, the Creek fire, was 20% contained and covered some 15,323 acres.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "An agreement on phase one of the Brexit negotiations between the EU and UK was reached on Friday\n\nThe UK government's guarantees on the Irish border seem to sharply limit the variety of Brexit that's now on offer.\n\nIt has pledged that, even if there's no deal, the UK, as a whole, will fully align with the rules of single market and customs union which are necessary to support north-south cooperation.\n\nThe debates on \"full alignment\" are already under way and there are also big differences of opinion on what rules actually support that cross-border cooperation.\n\nBut, at a minimum, it would seem that the UK would have to continue to follow EU rules on trade in goods and agriculture.\n\nFormer Brexit minister and Leave campaigner David Jones zoomed in on this possibility.\n\nHe told the BBC Radio 4's World at One: \"What we have got is just a commitment to try to work towards agreed solutions and if there are no agreed solutions then the clause provides that the UK will maintain full alignment with the rules of the internal market which support north-south cooperation.\n\n\"The worry about that is, of course, that it could relate to very important areas such as, for example, agriculture which we would want to throw into the mix in negotiating a free trade agreement with a third country.\n\n\"And if this was to persist, it could severely handicap our ability to enter into those free trade agreements, so I think we do need to see that particular provision refined.\"\n\nThe EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, was somewhat ambiguous in his comment.\n\n\"It's a unique situation, therefore specific solutions are needed,\" he said.\n\n\"That's a very clear line. And the UK's line is very clear too. We shall work on solutions which will be relevant only to the island of Ireland and not other parts (of the United Kingdom).\"\n\nBut if the fallback \"no deal\" position is UK-wide alignment, then doesn't it mean that the preferred option of a deep and special partnership would be something close to the Swiss or Norway option?\n\nThat sort of deal is not currently compatible with the UK's red lines.\n\nThe EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says that the present UK position would mean a trade deal would have to be along the lines as the one the EU has with Canada.\n\nThere is going to be a lot of hard negotiating to come and compromises to be made.\n\nThere is another interpretation of the deal that it still leaves the door open for a special status for Northern Ireland.\n\nTUV leader Jim Allister notes that the pledge of \"unfettered access\" for NI business to the whole of the UK internal market is not reciprocated with a promise of equal, unfettered access from GB to NI.\n\nFriday's Brexit deal allows talks to move to second stage.\n\nCould that mean that Northern Ireland would have some sort of different relationship with the single market while having preferential access to the GB market?\n\nThe DUP leadership would say no, pointing to the assurances they have received from the prime minister.\n\nSir Nick Macpherson, the former permanent secretary to the Treasury, gave a neat summary of the deal in a tweet this morning.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nick Macpherson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Terry Adams had argued it would breach his human rights to pay\n\nA former member of one of Britain's most notorious crime gangs has paid nearly £730,000 to settle a legal battle over his criminal assets.\n\nTerry Adams, who was associated with the north London \"Adams family\", had claimed he was too poor to pay.\n\nHe agreed to make the payment after being warned he would go back to prison if he did not, the BBC understands.\n\nAdams had argued it would breach his human rights to pay, after he was jailed for money laundering in 2007.\n\nNick Price of the Crown Prosecution Service said: \"The CPS is determined to ensure that crime doesn't pay and that criminals including Adams cannot avoid paying back what they owe.\n\n\"Our prosecutors and caseworkers have worked tirelessly to secure assets from Adams, who sought to benefit from his crimes and went to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "They're behind you! Firefighters on stage during the Perth Theatre pantomime\n\nThe first performance at Perth Theatre in four years defied all expectations when two real-life firefighters appeared on stage.\n\nA smoke alarm mid-way through Aladdin on Saturday forced the evacuation of the Edwardian theatre which has just had a £16.6m refurbishment.\n\nAfter checks to the building, the show resumed with one of the actors carried back on stage by the firefighters.\n\nThe theatre management blamed a \"snagging\" fault for the alarm.\n\nGwylym Gibbons, chief executive of Horsecross Arts which runs the theatre, said: \"There was a lovely moment when the firefighters came on stage, carrying one of the cast members.\n\n\"The beauty of pantomime is that you can adapt it to the moment - and everyone got back into the panto spirit.\"\n\nThe theatre's 500-seat B-listed Edwardian auditorium has been closed for four years while it was restored to its former glory.\n\nA new 200-capacity performance studio has also been created to encourage new writing, music and dance.\n\nThe Edwardian auditorium has been restored to its former glory\n\nThe refurbishment includes a new box office, cafe, bar and shop\n\nArtistic director Lu Kemp said the cast became accustomed to dealing with unforeseen events during rehearsals.\n\nShe said: \"It's been hilarious. At times we've had rehearsals where a couple of builders with a very long pipe will walk through the room.\n\n\"But it's nothing that's ever got in the way of rehearsals: it's just added an extra layer of hilarity to the whole event.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two 19-year-old men have died in hospital in the early hours after apparently taking drugs at a nightclub.\n\nThey were found unconscious at the Pryzm club in Plymouth, where hundreds of young people were attending a gig by the Swedish dance artist Basshunter.\n\nPolice said the teenagers, from Okehampton and Newton Abbot, were thought to have taken MDMA.\n\nThe club was evacuated and an 18-year-old man was arrested by Devon and Cornwall Police.\n\nAt about 02:00 GMT the poorly men were taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.\n\nThe two men were believed to have taken the recreational drug MDMA\n\nDet Insp Julie Scoles said the two who died were part of a larger group who took the drug.\n\n\"We have located the rest of the group who are thankfully showing no ill-effects at this time,\" she said.\n\n\"I am urging the public, especially those going out and planning to take recreational drugs, to be aware of this incident and think twice before taking any unknown substance - there is always a risk when taking drugs and the only way of staying safe is to avoid drugs altogether.\"\n\nNext-of-kin have been informed, but formal identification of the victims has yet to take place and police have asked anyone with any information to contact them.\n\nThe nightclub said the deaths were \"tragic and very sad\", and staff were co-operating with the police investigation.\n\nA statement said: \"We are devastated by the events of this morning where two young men tragically lost their lives, and we would like to extend our thoughts and condolences to the families and friends at this very sad time.\"\n• None The rise in strength and popularity of ecstasy\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The mesh is made of a type of plastic and surgeons routinely use it in hernia repairs\n\nBanning vaginal mesh implants would remove an important treatment for some women suffering from a prolapse, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nSome women benefit from the implants and should have a choice, it said.\n\nThe health watchdog NICE is expected to recommend that the implants be banned.\n\nAround 800 women are taking legal action against the NHS and mesh manufacturers, saying they have suffered from painful complications.\n\nWhen a prolapse occurs, doctors sometimes insert a mesh into the wall of the vagina to act as scaffolding to support organs - such as the uterus, bowel and bladder - which have fallen out of place.\n\nHundreds of women have reported problems with this plastic mesh, which is made of polypropylene.\n\nProf Linda Cordozo says banning vaginal mesh is not a good idea\n\nHowever another smaller device made from the same material, called a tape, which is used to stem the flow of urine from a leaking bladder, has a much lower risk of complications.\n\nProf Linda Cardozo, a surgeon at King's College Hospital in London, said there was a misconception that all types of mesh were a problem.\n\nShe explained that she was not in favour of banning the use of mesh for prolapses.\n\n\"I don't think a total ban on anything is a good idea. It stifles the opportunity to offer the minority something that might benefit them,\" she said.\n\nDraft guidelines from NICE say the implants should only be used for research - and not routine operations.\n\nBut Prof Cardozo said that a ban would stop any further research as well.\n\n\"If mesh is banned, there will be no more clinical trials,\" said the professor.\n\n\"Banning it is a retrograde step - we will go back to how we were a century ago when we couldn't offer women a range of options.\"\n\nProf Cardozo pointed out that artificial hips and knees were not perfect when they were first introduced, but thanks to further research and progress they ended up improving lives.\n\n\"We need to be very careful that [mesh] is used in the right women by the right doctors... who have explained the risk-benefit ratio and all other types of treatment,\" she added.\n\nSome doctors did not have the skills or training to put in vaginal meshes, and the devices have been overused, the professor has argued.\n\nShe also said the debate over vaginal mesh was making some women who had had surgery unnecessarily anxious.\n\n\"They are panicking because they believe something terrible may be happening inside their body as a result of tape or mesh, but most women are problem-free,\" said Prof Cardozo.\n\nKathryn Taylor says her mesh implant has improved her life\n\nKathryn Taylor was just 35 when she suffered her first prolapse.\n\nShe was later diagnosed with a condition that had weakened the muscles around her uterus and bowel.\n\nLast year she had a second vaginal mesh implant to help keep those organs in place.\n\n\"Mesh isn't right for everyone, but it's totally changed my life for the better,\" Kathryn said.\n\n\"Without it I wouldn't be able to work and lead a normal life.\n\n\"I'd have to have a colostomy bag attached to my leg,\" she explained.\n\nStephanie Williams is waiting to have her mesh implant removed after being left in constant pain\n\nHowever campaigners, like Stephanie Williams, are protesting against all types of vaginal mesh and tape.\n\nThey are calling for more research into the types of mesh products used and their longer-term effects. They say women have not been given the full facts about the possible side effects.\n\nIn her own case, Stephanie says she didn't realise she was having a vaginal mesh implant and it has left her in constant pain.\n\n\"The word mesh was never mentioned,\" she said.\n\n\"I would not have even known what mesh meant at the time and if it was mentioned beforehand we would have looked into it before,\" she added.\n\nShe is now waiting to have her mesh removed.\n\nJohn Wilkinson, the director of devices at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said: \"Patient safety is our highest priority and we recognise some women do develop serious complications which can be very significant for the affected women.\"\n\n\"We also know many women gain benefit from these surgical procedures for what can be extremely debilitating conditions,\" he added.\n\nMr Wilkinson encouraged patients and doctors to report any complications linked with the mesh implants through the Yellow Card scheme.\n\nThe NHS has always insisted that the vast majority of procedures using mesh are a success and many women have benefitted from surgery.\n\nThe health watchdog - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - is due to make its final recommendations next week.\n\nCompanies in the US have already paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to patients.", "The mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from the New Kingdom\n\nArchaeologists in Egypt have displayed items, including a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs in the ancient Nile city of Luxor.\n\nThe mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from Egypt's \"New Kingdom\", about 3,500 years ago.\n\nThe tombs lie in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis, an area famed for its temples and burial grounds.\n\nIt is close to the Valley of the Kings where many of ancient Egypt's pharaohs were buried.\n\nEgypt's antiquities ministry said that the tombs had been discovered by a German archaeologist in the 1990s, but were kept sealed until recently.\n\nThe identity of the mummified body is not known but the ministry says there are two possibilities.\n\nIt could be a person named Djehuty Mes, whose name is engraved on one of the walls, or it could be a scribe called Maati whose name - and the name of his wife, Mehi - are written on funerary cones, officials said.\n\nThe other tomb was only recently \"uncovered\" and has not yet been fully excavated, the ministry said.\n\nIn September, archaeologists discovered the tomb of a royal goldsmith near Luxor.\n\nThe tomb, which also dated back to the New Kingdom, contained a statue of the goldsmith Amenemhat, sitting beside his wife.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael says it has targeted sites in Gaza belonging to militant group Hamas in retaliation for rocket strikes.\n\nIsrael's military said it had hit weapons sites early on Saturday. Two people died, a Gaza hospital said, bringing the deaths in Israeli strikes and gunfire over the past day to four.\n\nThree rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza late on Friday.\n\nIsraeli-Palestinian tensions have risen since President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nWednesday's decision reversed decades of US neutrality on one of the most sensitive issues between the two sides.\n\nIsrael has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.\n\nThe diplomatic fallout over Mr Trump's move has continued, with Palestinian officials saying that President Mahmoud Abbas will refuse to meet US Vice-President Mike Pence later this month.\n\nEgypt's Coptic Church has also cancelled a planned meeting, saying Mr Trump's declaration \"did not take into account the feelings of millions of Arab people\".\n\nAt a security conference in Bahrain, the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said the Jerusalem announcement was \"a gift to radicalism\", Reuters news agency reports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On Friday, crowds gathered in Jerusalem's Old City to protest against Mr Trump's decision\n\nThere have been fresh protests in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and in East Jerusalem.\n\nEarlier on Friday, Fathi Hammad, a senior Hamas leader, said anyone seeking to move their embassy to Jerusalem was \"an enemy of the Palestinians\".\n\nSpeaking before the United Nations on Friday, US ambassador Nikki Haley said the US \"recognises the obvious; that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel\".\n\nShe said the US continued to be \"committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement\", and accused the UN of bias, saying it \"has outrageously been one of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards Israel\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Israel will never be, and never should be, bullied into an agreement by the United Nations or by any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for Israel's security,\" Mrs Haley said.\n\nIsrael had deployed extra battalions to the West Bank in anticipation of violence after Palestinian leaders called for protests after Friday prayers.\n\nThere were protests held elsewhere on Friday against Mr Trump's announcement.\n\nThousands of pro-Palestinian protesters held demonstrations in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Tunisia and Iran.\n\nFurther afield, protesters rallied in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indian-administered Kashmir and Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nJerusalem is of huge importance to both Israel and the Palestinians. It contains sites sacred to the three major monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity.\n\nIsrael occupied the eastern sector - previously occupied by Jordan - in 1967, and annexed it in 1980, but the move has never been recognised internationally.\n\nSome 330,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, along with about 200,000 Israeli Jews in a dozen settlements there. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel does not regard them as settlements but legitimate neighbourhoods.\n\nAccording to the 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, the final status of Jerusalem is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nThe last round of talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in 2014 and while the US is formulating fresh proposals, Palestinian officials say Mr Trump's announcement has disqualified the US from brokering future negotiations.", "This week US President Donald Trump said his country would officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing decades of American policy.\n\nIsraelis (predominantly Jewish) and Palestinians (predominantly Muslim) have been in conflict for years over the city.\n\nWe asked Muslims in Bradford, which has one of the UK's largest Muslim populations, whether Jerusalem matters to them.", "Sadik Kamara (left) and Joshua Jordan were part of a gang of five who targeted the women\n\nTwo robbers who laughed after spraying women in their faces with cleaning fluid have been jailed for 10 years.\n\nRapper Sadik Kamara, 24, known as Trizzy Trapz, and Joshua Jordan, 20, both of Newham, east London, used the ammonia to target \"petite women\" who would not be able to fight back.\n\nJudge John Dodd QC jailed them for the \"horrifying, cruel and barbaric\" crimes which he said were \"gratuitous\".\n\nBoth women they attacked suffered facial burns but were not disfigured.\n\nProsecutor Benn Maguire told the Old Bailey how the defendants were among a gang of five who set out to deliberately target \"petite women\" to rob on 10 March.\n\n\"During the robbery and undoubtedly to instil fear in the minds of their victims, the attackers sprayed ammonia into the faces of their victims,\" he said.\n\n\"Any attempt to shout for help has resulted in ammonia being sprayed into the open mouths of the female victims - cowardly in the extreme.\"\n\nThe pair were previously found guilty of using the corrosive fluid with intent to injure or cause grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey were also convicted of robbery and attempted robbery.\n\nJailing Kamara and Jordan for 10 years with four years on extended licence, the judge said: \"These are dreadful and shocking offences. You chose to rob women who would have stood no chance against you, a gang of five men.\n\n\"Even if you were unarmed, you still chose to take ammonia with you and use it against two slight women.\"\n\nIn one attack in Hackney, shopkeeper Quyen Bei, 51, fought off the raiders.\n\nFour men with faces covered were captured on CCTV as they entered the store wearing hoods and gloves.\n\nThe pair were sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday\n\nDuring the attempted robbery, Kamara squirted ammonia in Mrs Bei's face at least three times.\n\nThe other robbers, including Jordan, struggled with Mrs Bei, who was punched to the ground and kicked.\n\nShe managed to press the panic alarm despite suffering burns to her face. The gang fled empty-handed.\n\nAbout 10 minutes later, the defendants attacked a random woman in the street, the court heard.\n\nThe pair forced Vietnamese Thi Le Nguyen, 49, to the ground and one pinned her face to the pavement while the other repeatedly sprayed her face with the cleaning fluid.\n\nThey snatched her handbag and ran back to their getaway car laughing together.\n\nBottles of household cleaner containing high-strength ammonia were found nearby, clearly marked with warnings it could cause \"severe skin burns and blindness\".\n\nFollowing sentencing, Det Con Ben Kahane said: \"The level of violence used was completely disproportionate.\n\n\"The witness testimony describing how two of the suspects ran off laughing I think sums up the callous enjoyment the gang felt in targeting their victims.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWeather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and \"cut off\" some rural areas.\n\nThe Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, northern England and parts of the Midlands.\n\nA few centimetres of snow is likely but up to 20cm is possible in some areas.\n\nThere are yellow \"be aware\" warnings for parts of the country, with an amber \"be prepared\" alert in place on Sunday.\n\nThe Midlands, Wales, northern and eastern England and the far north of Scotland are most likely to have heavy snow early on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to BBC Weather, a 10cm spread of snow will initially mount in the Midlands and eastern England, before gradually becoming lighter and patchier throughout the day and into Sunday evening.\n\nBirmingham Airport have warned passengers travelling on Sunday morning to allow more time for their journey as a result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Birmingham Airport This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile southern parts of England and Wales could face heavy rain and gale force winds of up to 70mph (112km/h), the Met Office said. Icy surfaces are likely to be an \"additional hazard\", it added.\n\nHighways England have urged drivers to \"prepare for every eventuality\", recommending they carry warm clothing, food, drink, required medication, boots, a shovel and a torch.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Highways England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTemperatures are likely to reach lows of -10C (14F) in some parts of Scotland and Wales, particularly in rural areas.\n\nThe heaviest and most frequent snow showers are forecast to affect mainly north east Scotland.\n\nOn Sunday \"there is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe Met Office have issued yellow and amber weather warnings for Sunday\n\nOnly a small proportion of power cuts affecting homes and businesses across the Midlands, south west England and south Wales are related to the weather, Western Power Distribution said.\n\nAll current outages are set to be restored by 23:00 GMT on Saturday, ahead of further possible power cuts on Sunday due to the expected snowfall.\n\nMeanwhile in Scotland, where 18,000 households had been without power, electricity supplies have been restored.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHighways officials have reported \"hazardous\" driving conditions and police in Shropshire in the West Midlands advised against driving unless \"absolutely necessary\".\n\nThere are delays to some flights at Manchester Airport and it advises passengers to check with their airline before travelling.\n\nThe final day of Lincoln Christmas market has also been cancelled over safety concerns about the expected snowfall.\n\nIn the Brecon Beacons, one family made the most of an opportunity for a snowball fight\n\nBut it still was not cold enough for trousers in Greater Manchester\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experience with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Parts of England and Wales fall under an amber 'be prepared' weather warning on Sunday. Significant snowfall is forecast with impacts for travel expected. Louise Lear explains the potential impacts.", "Ari Behn was married to Princess Martha Louise from 2002-16\n\nThe King of Norway's former son-in-law has accused Kevin Spacey of groping him after a Nobel Peace Prize concert.\n\nAri Behn told radio station P4 that it happened after the actor had hosted the event in 2007.\n\n\"I am a generous person, but this was a bit more than I had in mind,\" said Behn, who was married to King Harald's daughter Martha Louise until last year.\n\nSpacey has been accused of sexual abuse and harassment by a string of men and has been written out of House of Cards.\n\nA spokesman for Spacey said last month that he was \"taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment\" in the wake of the allegations.\n\nKevin Spacey, pictured before the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2007\n\nRecalling the alleged incident, Behn said: \"We had a great talk, he sat right beside me.\n\n\"After five minutes he said, 'hey, let's go out and have a cigarette'. Then he puts his hand under the table and grabs me by the balls.\"\n\nBehn said he put Spacey off by telling him: \"Er, maybe later.\"\n\nHe added: \"My hair was dark at the time, I was 10 years younger and right up his alley.\"\n\nLast month, the Old Vic theatre in London said it had received 20 personal testimonies of alleged inappropriate behaviour by Spacey while he was artistic director there.\n\nHe has faced other allegations too, with the claims leaving his career in ruins.\n\nHe has been removed from the sixth season of House of Cards, which will instead focus on his on-screen wife, played by Robin Wright.\n\nSpacey has also been replaced by Christopher Plummer in the new Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk", "A top UN official told senior North Korean figures there was an \"urgent need\" to keep channels open to avoid the risk of war, the organisation says.\n\nThe statement follows a visit to Pyongyang by Jeffrey Feltman, the highest-level trip by a UN official to the isolated nation in six years.\n\nNorth Korea says it has agreed to regular communication with the UN.\n\nTensions over the North's weapons programme were raised further after a fresh ballistic missile test last week.\n\nNorth Korea said it was its most advanced missile yet, capable of reaching the continental US.\n\nThe test was the latest in a series of nuclear and missile tests conducted in defiance of UN sanctions.\n\nSouth Korea and the US have meanwhile been carrying out large-scale military drills in a show of force.\n\nOn Sunday, South Korea said it will join the US in imposing fresh sanctions against the North.\n\nTwenty North Korean firms and 12 individuals have reportedly been added to a South Korean blacklist, which will take effect from Monday.\n\nThe move by Seoul, its second set of unilateral sanctions in a month, was designed to cut off international sources of funding for North Korea's nuclear missile programme, a foreign ministry official in Seoul said.\n\nThe measures are in addition to those imposed by the UN Security Council.\n\nThe UN continues to operate in North Korea, with programmes providing food, agricultural and health aid but the last visit by a senior official was back in 2011.\n\nAfter the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Mr Feltman met senior North Koreans all agreed \"the current situation was the most tense and dangerous peace and security issue in the world today\", according to the statement.\n\n\"Noting the urgent need to prevent miscalculations and open channels to reduce the risks of conflict, Mr Feltman underlined that the international community, alarmed by escalating tensions, is committed to the achievement of a peaceful solution,\" it added.\n\nNorth Korean state media earlier said current tensions were \"entirely ascribable to the US hostile policy\".\n\nSome of latest pictures released by North Korea showed Kim Jong-un on Mount Paektu, the country's highest peak\n\nBut in its reporting of Mr Feltman's trip, KCNA also said both sides agreed on \"communication through visits at different level on a regular basis in the future\".\n\nBefore leaving for Pyongyang, Mr Feltman held talks in China, North Korea's historic ally and main trading partner.\n\nDespite calls from other world leaders for restraint, this year has seen US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hurl insults at each other, both at one time saying the other was mad.\n\nUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson though has said that lines of communication are open between the two sides.\n\nNorth Korea argues nuclear capabilities are its only deterrent against an outside world seeking to destroy it.", "The parents of a six-year-old boy who died from meningitis B have called for a wider vaccination programme.", "The Pope is suggesting changes to Christianity's best-known prayer\n\nPope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed.\n\nThe current wording that says \"lead us not into temptation\" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says.\n\nHis suggestion is to use \"do not let us fall into temptation\" instead, he told Italian TV on Wednesday night.\n\nThe Lord's Prayer is the best-known prayer in Christianity.\n\nThe pontiff said France's Roman Catholic Church was now using the new wording \"do not let us fall into temptation\" as an alternative, and something similar should be used worldwide.\n\n\"Do not let me fall into temptation because it is I who fall, it is not God who throws me into temptation and then sees how I fell,\" he told TV2000, an Italian Catholic TV channel.\n\n\"A father does not do that, a father helps you to get up immediately.\"\n\nIt is a translation from the Latin Vulgate, a 4th-Century Latin translation of the Bible, which itself was translated from ancient Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.\n\nSince the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has not shied away from controversy and has tackled some issues head-on, Vatican observers say.\n\nHe has previously said the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them.\n\nHe has also compared European migrant detention centres with concentration camps.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nBen Duckett was dropped from Saturday's Ashes tour game after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.\n\nThe 23-year-old batsman, part of the England Lions squad, was due to play against a Cricket Australia XI as a number of the senior party were rested.\n\nOn Thursday, he was socialising with Lions and senior squad members, who were not under a curfew.\n\n\"It's trivial, but in the current climate not acceptable,\" said coach Trevor Bayliss.\n\nAnderson, who has played in 131 Tests, is England's all-time leading wicket-taker and there is no suggestion the 35-year-old did anything wrong.\n• None Listen: England should be trying to win respect - Agnew\n• None Ballance fails to press England case as he fails in Perth\n\nIn September, England all-rounder and vice-captain Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm after an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.\n\nThen, at the start of the Ashes tour, Jonny Bairstow was accused of 'headbutting' Australia's Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar.\n\n\"Everyone has been warned about how even small things can be blown out of all proportion,\" added Bayliss.\n\n\"I'm disappointed. With what we have had to go through already with these problems, it is not acceptable.\"\n\nDuckett has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation that will be led by Lions coach Andy Flower.\n\n\"Andy will look after his player and if anything needs to be said or done with the first team, we'll handle that,\" added Australian Bayliss.\n\n\"I'm not sure what more I can say to the players. I'm sure there will be some stern words from above.\"\n\nWhen asked if he is \"fed up\" about having to address off-field matters, Bayliss replied: \"Very much so. I'm here to coach the team and I end up spending most of the time trying to explain behaviour that the boys have been warned about.\"\n\nThe latest indiscretion involving the England team is thought to have left management incredibly angry.\n\nThere is a feeling trouble usually centres around the same small group of players and that they could pay with their place in the squad, even if that weakens the overall strength of the team.\n\n\"I might review who is in the team,\" said Bayliss. \"They can't keep making the same mistakes.\n\n\"Most of the guys are fine, but somewhere along the line some of the guys have to pull their heads in.\"\n\nNorthants left-hander Duckett averages 15.71 in four Tests for England, the last of which was against India in November 2016.\n\nHe was replaced in the England team for the game at Richardson Park by Joe Clarke.\n\nEngland are 2-0 down in the Ashes series and will relinquish the urn if they are beaten in the third Test in Perth, which begins on Thursday.\n\nThe Ashes squad had been placed under a curfew after the incident between Bairstow and Bancroft came to light during England's 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Brisbane.\n\nThough both Bairstow and Bancroft described the occurrence as \"without malice\", England's players were subsequently required to return to their hotel by midnight.\n\nThat curfew was lifted for the first time on the night of Duckett's indiscretion.\n\nIt is understood that no members of the public were involved and England team security were present.", "Grahame Colclough: \"Nothing was whispered, rushed, or secretive\"\n\nWhen senior staff member Grahame Colclough and his partner Jon decided to get married, his head teacher made the announcement in a school assembly.\n\nShe presented gifts to the couple who had \"been together for years\".\n\n\"Nothing was whispered, rushed or secretive,\" Grahame remembers.\n\nNow, guidance from the heads' union NAHT urges all schools to be similarly supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans staff who want to reveal their sexual identities in classrooms.\n\nBilled as the first of its kind in the UK and endorsed by the campaign group Stonewall, the guidance covers key issues faced by LGBT staff - such as harassment, discrimination, bullying and lack of visibility.\n\nIt also lays out the role and responsibilities of school leaders in creating workplaces where \"staff can feel safe and be open with colleagues and with pupils\".\n\nThe NAHT says 2014 research from Manchester Business School found that individuals from sexual minority groups were more than twice as likely as heterosexuals to be bullied or discriminated against in the workplace, with knock-on effects on their physical and mental health.\n\nIt also notes that a 2016 review for the government's Equalities Office found very high levels of workplace bullying and harassment against trans people.\n\nThe guidance advises heads to take personal responsibility for promoting inclusion and tackling bullying based on sexual orientation.\n\n\"We haven't made as much progress as we should on LGBT-plus rights in schools.\n\n\"We need to change that,\" said NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman.\n\n\"Schools decide the kind of society that we have, they transform children into citizens of the world and if we aren't getting the treatment of LGBT-plus pupils and teachers right in schools then we won't be getting it right in society.\n\n\"It shouldn't take bravery to be yourself or to stand up for your colleagues' rights, but it does sometimes.\n\n\"This can have a serious impact on the mental health, happiness and motivation of school staff as well as pupils.\"\n\nThe union's equalities group chairwoman, Sally Bates, said that while some LGBT-plus staff chose not to be open about their sexual orientation, too many others kept quiet for fear of discrimination, bullying or harassment.\n\nNick Ward, director of Teach First, said he wanted a world where teachers are \"not just permitted but supported and encouraged to discuss their sexual and gender identity in order to provide what all teachers aim to provide, a role model for their students\".\n\nTroy Jenkinson, a Leicestershire primary head teacher who is open about his sexuality, said: \"It is crucial for us to get it right now in our schools so we can prepare our students for accepting diversity as they become the next generation of adults.\n\n\"In the words of one of my Year 6 pupils, 'Love is love.'\"\n\nThe NAHT wants all schools to behave like Grahame Colclough's where he says the wedding announcement was \"perfectly normal and exactly how it happens for all of the staff in our school who are getting married\".\n\nThe guidance will be published next week on the NAHT website.", "Trent Franks is accused of offering a former aide $5m to act as a surrogate mother\n\nArizona Republican Trent Franks has resigned amid an ethics investigation into claims he repeatedly asked female staff to be surrogate mothers.\n\nThe announcement came after a congressional panel said it was opening an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against Mr Franks.\n\nThe lawmaker acknowledged discussing surrogacy with two female aides when he and his wife were facing infertility.\n\nHe is the third member of Congress to resign in three days.\n\nThe Associated Press reports one of Mr Franks' former aides accuses him of offering her $5m (£3.7m) to act as a surrogate mother, repeatedly pressing her to carry his child.\n\nShe told the news agency that another female staff member had also been approached by Mr Franks about surrogacy.\n\nOne of the aides reportedly said Mr Franks retaliated against her after she turned down his alleged surrogacy requests by ignoring her and withholding assignments.\n\nA spokesman for the eight-term congressman - who has a net worth of $33m - would not comment on whether he had offered aides money to act as surrogates.\n\nMr Franks said on Thursday his resignation would take effect next month.\n\nBut on Friday he said he had decided to quit immediately after his wife was admitted to a Washington hospital \"due to an ongoing ailment\".\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, the 60-year-old Republican acknowledged \"my discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates, making each feel uncomfortable.\n\n\"I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.\"\n\nMr Franks said he and his wife, Josephine, had used a surrogate to carry their two twins.\n\nHe stood down as the House of Representatives ethics committee opened an inquiry against him into a matter that \"constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment\".\n\nRepublican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said he had advised the congressman to stand down.\n\nIn the space of one week, three members of Congress have announced they are resigning because of sexual misconduct allegations. That, in all likelihood, is just the beginning.\n\nIf the past is any guide, the worst transgressions and abuses of power come in institutions - Hollywood, the Catholic Church, the athletic department of a major state university - where authority is unchecked and accountability is limited. The halls of Congress all too often fit that description.\n\nEach congressional office is like a mini kingdom, with the member of Congress as monarch. Employees work at the \"will and pleasure\" of the elected politician. Staffers share stories of abuse - sometimes of the walk-my-dog, pick-up-my-dry-cleaning variety and sometimes much darker.\n\nThose darker stories are beginning to come to light. Journalists are digging, and there are already reports of dozens of legislators under the microscope.\n\nBoth parties are being tested. If politicians in Washington aren't sweating, they should be.\n\nThe real test, however, will come when voters head to the polls in the months ahead. Will they hold lawmakers accountable? The answer will go a long way to determining whether the #MeToo movement is a blip or if it will fundamentally reshape the Washington power structure.\n\nThe ethics committee also announced on Thursday it was investigating Texas Republican Blake Farenthold amid claims of sexual misconduct against him by a former member of staff.\n\nIt was revealed last week that Mr Farenthold used $84,000 of taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit with his former communications director.\n\nResignations of two Democratic lawmakers have shaken Washington this week.\n\nDemocratic congressman John Conyers announced on Tuesday that he will step down after multiple aides accused him of sexual misconduct.\n\nHours before Mr Franks' announcement, Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken said he too was resigning over claims of groping after several Democrats called on him to step down.", "Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to bid farewell to the French rock star Johnny Hallyday, who died this week.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the singer in a eulogy at the Madeleine church.", "Stormzy made the transition from underground success to household name in 2017\n\nStormzy has been named artist of the year at the 2017 BBC Music Awards, capping a hugely successful year.\n\nThe south London MC, whose debut album Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime record to reach number one, beat Ed Sheeran and Lorde to the prize.\n\nHe adds it to a collection that already includes three Mobos and the Q Award for best solo artist.\n\nRag N Bone Man collected album of the year, while Foo Fighters won best live performance for their Glastonbury set.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe US band headlined the festival this June, two years after they were forced to pull out when frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg.\n\nTaking to the stage this summer, Grohl blamed the delay on \"bad traffic\", before launching into a blistering, hit-filled set.\n\nTheir performance eventually overran by 20 minutes because the crowd kept singing between songs.\n\n\"It really did just turn into this one big ball of love and energy and celebration and music,\" Grohl said as he collected the BBC Music Award.\n\n\"That's what you want every show to be, but when it's on that scale it's a big feeling.\"\n\nThis year's BBC Music Award winners pose with their trophies\n\nRag N Bone Man's prize came in recognition of his debut album Human, which is the year's biggest-selling debut.\n\n\"That's a proper good award,\" he said. \"I keep thinking at one point that someone is going to fishhook me off and tell me it's a joke, but it's not, and it's a wonderful thing to have.\"\n\nIn previous years, the BBC Music Awards have been handed out at a glitzy televised arena concert, with performances from the likes of One Direction, Little Mix and Robbie Williams.\n\nHowever, after disappointing ratings (2016's show was watched by 2.7 million people) this year's awards were handed out during a a one-hour BBC Two special titled The Year In Music 2017.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by BBC Music This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHosted by Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo, it looked at some of the year's biggest music stories, from the One Love concert in Manchester to Black Sabbath's last ever gig.\n\nStormzy, who self-released his debut album in February, has been one of the year's biggest breakout stars.\n\nThe rapper also contributed a heartbreaking verse to the Artists for Grenfell single, and collaborated with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Krept & Konan and Little Mix.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by BBC Radio 1 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"When I done the song with Little Mix, some people thought that questioned my integrity,\" he told the BBC Two show. \"I was like, 'bro, I rate Little Mix more than I rate some of your favourite rappers.'\"\n\nOn receiving his artist of the year prize, the star, whose real name is Michael Omari, said: \"I'm actually blessed to be able to say that I'm an artist that's managed to be regarded as someone that's worthy of this award.\n\n\"I don't know what the future holds for me but I'm definitely ready for it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Declan McKenna talks to BBC Breakfast about his award\n\nOne final award, for BBC Introducing artist of the year, went to rising star Declan McKenna, whose effervescent indie-pop songs address weighty topics like police brutality, transgender conversion therapy and corruption at Fifa.\n\nThe star, who first got played on radio after uploading songs to the BBC Introducing website as a 15-year-old, thanked the organisation \"for relentlessly rooting for me throughout the years\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Liberal Democrats campaigned for Remain in the EU referendum\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have been fined £18,000 for breaking spending rules in last year's EU referendum.\n\nThe Electoral Commission said the party had \"failed to deliver a complete and accurate spending return\".\n\nProper receipts and invoices were not provided for 80 payments worth more than £80,000, the watchdog said.\n\nThe Lib Dems said the breaches of the rules were down to \"human error\" and that the party was taking steps so they are not repeated.\n\nThe Electoral Commission is responsible for regulating election spending and political donations in the UK.\n\nIt has recently launched several investigations into spending in last year's referendum, which resulted in a vote to leave the European Union.\n\nAnnouncing the Lib Dem fine, Bob Posner, the commission's director of political finance, said it was \"disappointing\" that the \"clear\" rules had been breached.\n\nHe added: \"Where the rules are not followed, transparency is lost which is not in the public interest or as parliament intended.\"\n\nThe commission said the Lib Dems had not provided any invoices or receipts in some cases, while in others those provided were inadequate or incomplete.\n\nThe deadline for paying the fine is 3 January, 2018.\n\nIn response, a Lib Dem spokesman said: \"The Liberal Democrats always endeavour to provide complete reports of national campaign expenses in good time and according to all of the applicable rules.\n\n\"The mistakes that have occurred in this case are a result of human error, and we are taking the necessary steps to ensure these mistakes are not repeated in future.\"\n\nMeanwhile the official Remain campaign, now known as Open Britain, has been fined £1,250 for wrongly reporting its spending.\n\nMost of this is because of payments that were added together rather than being reported individually.", "A potential £450m in extra funding for police in England and Wales in the next financial year has been announced by the Home Office.\n\nPolice and crime commissioners are to be given the power to raise the portion of council tax which goes towards policing by £12 per household annually.\n\nThat would raise £270m, while £130m for national priorities, such as firearms, would come from central government.\n\nAn extra £50m for counter terrorism has already been pledged.\n\nThe government also announced the overall grant for the 43 forces in England and Wales would remain the same in cash terms in 2018-19 at £12.6bn.\n\nHowever, opposition MPs described the main settlement for next year as a \"real-terms cut\".\n\nAlthough funding for police was protected in the 2015 spending review, police and crime commissioners have been expressing concern about increased demands on officers.\n\nIn a statement, the Home Office said next year's extra funding came after Policing Minister Nick Hurd spoke to every force about the issues they face.\n\n\"It is clear that with more victims of serious, hidden crimes such as domestic abuse, modern slavery and child sexual exploitation coming forward, this has placed greater demand on policing,\" it said.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Mr Hurd said the money amounted to a \"comprehensive settlement that makes sure police have the resources they need\".\n\nHe said the government had responded positively to requests from the police and crime commissioners for \"more flexibility\" around the level of the police precept included in council tax.\n\nMr Hurd acknowledged that the £270m increase in funding would depend on every commissioner applying to raise their precept.\n\nShadow home secretary Diane Abbott questioned whether the settlement would \"really enable police forces to meet the challenge and the reality of modern policing\".\n\nShe said: \"Since 2010 the Tories have made huge cuts to the police, 20,000 police officers have been lost and an increasing number of overstretched forces say they cannot respond to certain crimes. Further cuts in police officer numbers are now inevitable.\"\n\nIn June, London's police force, the Met, said it needed to secure more funding after being left \"stretched\" by terror attacks and a rise in violent crime.\n\nBut responding to the new announcement, London's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, said the government had \"refused to give the Met the resources they need to do their job once again\" and the policing element of council tax was likely to be increased by the maximum allowed.\n\nAndy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, said people were noticing the loss of visible policing and accused the government of gambling with public safety amid the terror threat.\n\nHe said a rise in council tax would mean some of the most deprived communities in the country would bear the \"burden of the government's failure to fairly fund policing\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announced that the largest local authorities in England would be allowed to raise council tax by up to 5.99% next year.\n\nDavid Jamieson, the Labour police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, said the settlement fell a \"long way short\" of the extra £22m his police needed.\n\nIn its statement, the Home Office said it had identified a further £100m of potential savings to be made through \"smarter procurement of everything from cars to uniform\".\n\nIt also said improving levels of productivity could see officers spend an extra hour a day on the frontline.\n\nHome Secretary Amber Rudd said: \"Taxpayers will invest more money in forces because the work our officers do to protect us is absolutely vital and we recognise demand is changing.\n\n\"However, my message to police forces is that this increased investment must mean we raise the pace of reform.\n\n\"For too long embracing digital and increasing productivity have been tomorrow's policing problems - now they are today's necessities. The government is committed to meeting this challenge and we want policing to do the same.\"", "Tonka and Pacman have since been put down\n\nPolice in rural Virginia have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was killed by her two dogs while taking them for a walk last week.\n\nFour days after Bethany Stephens, 22, was found, police held a second press conference to describe her death and refute rumours of foul play.\n\nWhen deputies found the dogs on Friday they were guarding what police at first thought was an animal carcass.\n\nBut the body was Stephens's, and police say the pit bulls were eating her.\n\nWarning: Some people may find the details below upsetting\n\n\"I observed, as well as four other deputy sheriffs observed,\" Goochland County Sheriff Jim Agnew said, \"the dogs eating the rib cage on the body\".\n\n\"The first traumatic injury to her was to her throat and face,\" he said.\n\n\"It appears she was taken to the ground, lost consciousness, and the dogs then mauled her to death,\" he added, pausing several times.\n\nSheriff Agnew said in Monday's press conference that he did not want to initially release the graphic detail, out of concern for the victim's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kristin Smith This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut after rumours began to swirl in the small town 30 miles (48km) outside Richmond, Virginia - and the sheriff was inundated with calls from concerned citizens - he chose to release the information in order to assure the public that there was not a killer on the loose.\n\nFriends had questioned what would have led the pit bulls to kill their owner who had raised them since they were puppies.\n\nOne friend told local media that the dogs were gentle. \"They'd kill you with kisses,\" Barbara Norris told WWBT News.\n\nThe two dogs - who have since been put down with the family's permission - together weighed twice as much as Stephens, who authorities described as \"petite\" and weighing 100lbs (45kg).\n\nThe dogs, named Tonka and Pacman, were found by Stephens's father after he went looking for her in a wooded area on Friday, one day after she disappeared.\n\n\"Ms Stephens was terribly, terribly injured, but it was very apparent to us that she had been dead for quite some time,\" Sheriff Agnew told reporters, adding that her bloody clothes were scattered around her corpse.\n\nHe added that her body was so badly mauled, and her injuries were \"so extensive that there was nothing left to compare bite marks to\".\n\nAuthorities say the bite marks on her head match those of the dogs, and that they were not consistent with any other type of wild animal such as a bear.\n\nThe dogs' bodies have been preserved for a post-mortem examination.", "Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC).\n\nBut who is he and what does the result mean for South Africa?", "Transport has the widest gender pay gap of any government department, with women earning 16.9% on average less than male colleagues, closely followed by the Brexit department.\n\nWomen are paid less than men across the civil service, new figures show, with a gap of 10% in seven other departments.\n\nThe lowest disparity is 3% - in the culture, media and sport department.\n\nThe UK's top civil servant, Sir Jeremy Heywood, said the data was a \"matter for concern\".\n\nBut he hailed a fall in the overall pay gap from 13.6% to 12.7%.\n\nThe pay gap does not necessarily mean women are paid less than men for doing the same job - the transport and Brexit departments suggest the figures are a result of more women in lower-paid roles and more men in the highest paid roles.\n\nThe figures show the following gender pay gaps between men and women in various departments:\n\nThe Department of Transport said its gender pay gap was mainly due to the \"large numbers of female employees in administrative grades\" among the 5,600 people employed at the DVLA, in Swansea, who do not get their salary topped up by London weighting.\n\nBut it has also traditionally been a \"very male-dominated environment\", officials said.\n\n\"There is a disproportionate representation of men due to the technical, engineering, construction and maritime skills required and lower proportions of female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects leading into those careers,\" said permanent secretary Bernadette Kelly.\n\nDavid Davis's department is dominated by men at the senior levels, figures show\n\nThe Department for Exiting the EU, which is not far behind the Transport department when it comes to the disparity between male and female wages, has nearly twice as many men in the most senior roles.\n\nIf senior roles are taken out of the figures, the mean gender pay gap drops to -0.39%, \"a negative percentage means that women are paid more than men,\" according to the department.\n\nBut, like the transport department it says it is taking steps to close the gap and believed there was already \"equal treatment for work of equal or similar value\".\n\nA DExEU spokesperson said: \"Ninety per cent of our staff are on loan from other government departments and devolved administrations, who operate their own pay scales and grading systems. These people have their base pay set by their home department, which we have no control over.\n\n\"As many staff come from departments with higher pay scales, this could have had an impact on skewing our data in terms of the mean being above the median.\"\n\nThe civil service, which employs 419,000 staff, compares favourably with the public sector as a whole, where women are paid on average 19.4% less than men and the private sector where the figure is 23.7%.\n\nAll government departments are now required to publish an annual gender pay audit under regulations introduced by Theresa May earlier this year applying to all public bodies with 250 or more employees.\n\nSir Jeremy, the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, said he was committed to improving the gender balance at all grades within the civil service.\n\n\"I am pleased to say that the overall civil service gender pay gap is narrowing although it is still a matter of concern,\" he said.\n\nBut the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said that it was wrong that women were still being \"discriminated against and undervalued\".\n\n\"While the civil service should be applauded for shining a light on its gender pay gap with this latest data, departments have a long way to go if they are serious about closing it,\" said its equality officer Zohra Francis.", "Athletics anti-doping officials have begun an investigation into what the president of the sport's governing body called \"serious allegations\" about world champion sprinter Justin Gatlin's coach and an agent.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph said an agent linked to Gatlin, Robert Wagner, offered to \"illicitly supply performance-enhancing drugs\" to undercover reporters.\n\nAnd it said Gatlin's coach, former Olympic gold medallist Dennis Mitchell, told reporters that athletes are able to get away with doping because the drugs they use cannot be detected by tests.\n\nThe paper said the journalists had posed as representatives of a film company wanting to make a sports film who were looking for a coach to train their star to look like an athlete.\n\nThe Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) - set up by the sport's world governing body the IAAF - and the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), said they had opened an investigation into the claims.\n\n\"Investigations stemming from tips and whistleblowers play a critical role in anti-doping efforts,\" Usada said in a statement. \"We are presently co-ordinating with the Athletics Integrity Unit in order to investigate these claims fully.\n\n\"As with all investigations, we encourage individuals with information to come forward as an important tool to help protect clean athletes. Importantly, individuals are innocent unless and until the established process determines otherwise. It's only fair to let due process occur before jumping to any conclusions.\"\n\nIAAF president Lord Coe said: \"These allegations are extremely serious and I know the independent Athletics Integrity Unit will investigate in accordance with its mandate.\"\n\nAmerican Gatlin, 35, who has served two doping bans, won 100m gold at August's World Championships in London, beating Usain Bolt in the Jamaican's final individual 100m race before retiring.\n\nGatlin's legal representatives said the sprinter had sacked Mitchell and said he had more than five years' worth of official drugs tests to show \"he has never tested positive for any banned substance\", the paper reported.\n\nIn a statement to the Daily Telegraph, Mitchell said: \"I never suggested in any way that any of my current athletes used any banned substances or that I was familiar with training any of my current athletes with those substances.\"\n\nWagner told the paper: \"I wasn't involved in doping. Obviously I played along because I knew what was going on. I had to get them hooked.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump's latest judiciary nominee has withdrawn his name after failing to answer basic legal questions at his Senate confirmation hearing.\n\n\"It has become clear to me over the last few days that my nomination has become a distraction,\" Mr Petersen wrote in a letter.\n\nMr Petersen was nominated as a federal judge in the District of Columbia.\n\nMr Trump had accepted his offer to withdraw, the White House said.\n\nMr Peterson, a Republican member of the Federal Election Commission, is the latest of Mr Trump's conservative judicial nominations to fail.\n\nAt the hearing, Mr Peterson stumbled over questions asked by Republican Senator John Kennedy.\n\nSenator Kennedy starts by asking Mr Petersen and the four other nominees who appeared with him: \"Have any of you not tried a case to verdict in a courtroom?\"\n\nSenator Kennedy: Have you tried a jury trial?\n\nSenator Kennedy: Have you ever taken a deposition by yourself?\n\nSenator Kennedy: Just for the record, do you know what a motion in limine is?\n\nMatthew Petersen: I would probably not be able to give you a good definition right here at the table.\n\nThe Louisiana Senator and former law professor, who still fully supports Mr Trump, openly criticised his nominee in a later TV interview.\n\n\"Just because you've seen My Cousin Vinny doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge,\" Mr Kennedy told local station WWL-TV, referring to the 1992 comedy film about a novice lawyer.\n\nMr Kennedy told the station that Mr Trump called him after learning of the exchange and agreed that Mr Peterson was too inexperienced.\n\nMr Peterson, who became the third of Mr Trump's judicial picks to flounder in just a week, said: \"I had hoped that my nearly two decades of public service might carry more weight than my two worst minutes on television.\"\n\nDespite recent setbacks, Mr Trump has made progress filling other judicial vacancies with conservative judges and notably restored the Supreme Court's conservative majority with the appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch.", "The Britain First Twitter account and that of its two leaders have been blocked\n\nTwitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech.\n\nPaul Golding, Britain First's leader, and Jayda Fransen, his deputy, can no longer tweet and their past posts no longer appear.\n\nThe organisation's official Twitter page has suffered the same fate.\n\nIt appears that three of Ms Fransen's posts that President Trump retweeted have gone from his feed as a result.\n\nThe messages had featured anti-Muslim videos and proved highly controversial when the American leader shared them in November.\n\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said it had been \"wrong for the president to have done this\".\n\nMs Fransen and Mr Golding were arrested earlier this week over separate behaviour relating to Northern Ireland.\n\nTwitter announced in October that it planned to take a tougher stance against hate symbols as well as those who posted messages that glorified or condoned violence.\n\nIt has now said that those who express an affiliation with groups that use or celebrate violence to achieve their aims will be permanently suspended.\n\nHateful imagery - such as the Nazi swastika - can still be posted, but will initially be hidden behind a \"sensitive media\" warning, that visitors must disable to proceed. However, such content will no longer be allowed on a person's profile page.\n\nThose that featured examples will be asked to remove them. Repeat violators will be banned.\n\nThe company said the move would \"reduce the amount of abusive behaviour and hateful conduct\" on the network.\n\n\"If an account's profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended,\" it explained.\n\n\"We plan to develop internal tools to help us identify violating accounts to supplement user reports.\"\n\nTwitter has promised a more robust system to appeal against decisions, but said that it was still in development.\n\nThe company is not commenting about the action it is taking against individual accounts citing \"privacy and security reasons\".\n\nThat has left it to others to play detective and report who else has been suspended. Many are using the hashtag #twitterpurge to do so.\n\nUS accounts that appear to have fallen foul of the new rules include:\n\nSeveral other members of the so-called alt-right have tweeted that fans should sign up to Gab.ai - a social network that pitches itself as a free speech alternative to Twitter - if they too are suspended.\n\nGeneration Identity, a pan-European nationalist group that opened a British branch last month, has also had its UK and Ireland Twitter account suspended.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Analysis: Trump's plan to confront - and sometimes work with - US rivals\n\nUS President Donald Trump has outlined his new national security strategy, labelling China and Russia the primary threats to US economic dominance.\n\nHis speech - which was based on his platform of \"America First\" - attacked the \"failures\" of past foreign policy.\n\nHe criticised Pakistan and North Korea, and how previous administrations approached other world powers.\n\nThe US faces a new era of competition, the US president said at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.\n\nRussia and China are \"rival powers\", he said, but the US must attempt to build a \"great partnership with them\".\n\nAs an example of this new spirit of co-operation, Mr Trump referred to a phone call of thanks he received from Russian President Vladimir Putin for intelligence the CIA provided to the Kremlin about an alleged terror plot.\n\nBut there was harsher language for Russia and China in the new National Security Strategy document itself, published before the speech, which called them \"revisionist powers\".\n\nMr Trump described \"four pillars\" to his new plan but made no mention of human rights or climate change, his critics noted.\n\nThe four themes are protecting the homeland, promoting American prosperity, demonstrating peace through strength and advancing American influence.\n\nThe 68-page document, which White House officials began work on 11 months ago, suggests a return to Mr Trump's campaign promises.\n\nIt explicitly states that \"the United States will no longer turn a blind eye to violations, cheating or economic aggression\".\n\nMr Trump will renew his call for a wall on the southern border\n\nReferring to his election victory during the speech, he said that in 2016 voters chose to \"Make America Great Again\".\n\nPrevious American leaders had \"drifted\" and \"lost sight of America's destiny\" he said, standing before a backdrop of American flags.\n\n\"Now less than one year later I am proud to report that the entire world has heard the news and has seen the signs,\" he said.\n\n\"America is coming back and America is coming back strong.\"\n\nNational security strategies are usually released without fanfare, but President Trump wanted to make an event out of this announcement, which builds on his America First campaign priorities.\n\nSo the document emphasises the economy and fair trade as security issues, as well as tough border controls and immigration policies.\n\nMr Trump's decision to call out Russia and China as global competitors reflected the wariness within his administration about these two \"revisionist powers\".\n\nThe president himself shifted quickly to talk about his recent phone calls with President Vladimir Putin, with whom he seeks a closer relationship. But the text of the document goes into quite biting detail about Russia's alleged interference in domestic politics, and about Chinese economic practices that anger the Americans.\n\nThat was part of an overall theme that emphasised competition more than co-operation in international relations.\n\nIt signalled engagement with the world rather than an isolationist retreat, but on more muscular terms than his predecessors.\n\nHe named the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal among his successes in office.\n\nMr Trump also said that wealthy countries must recognise that they need to \"reimburse\" the US for the costs of defending them.\n\nHe criticised North Korea for their repeated nuclear missile tests, and Pakistan for not doing enough to tackle Islamic extremism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe also outlined his campaign promise to build a wall on the southern border, as well as reform of the immigration visa system, which he said is necessary to defend the homeland.\n\nThe new policy stresses economic security but does not recognise climate change as a national security threat.\n\nHis predecessor Barack Obama in 2015 declared climate change an \"urgent and growing threat to our national security\".", "The Scottish Fire and Rescue service remained at the scene on Tuesday morning\n\nPolice and fire service investigations are continuing after two people died in a blaze at Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.\n\nOne person was pronounced dead at the hotel, near Balloch, while another died after being taken to hospital.\n\nA recently-married couple and their young son were rescued from an upper floor of the building by firefighters.\n\nAndrew and Louise Logan, and their son Jimmy, from Worcestershire, were taken to hospital but were later discharged.\n\nFirefighters and police remained at the scene on Tuesday morning, with the scale of the damage becoming more apparent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBBC Scotland's Andrew Black was allowed on site and said: \"The damage to the building is pretty extensive, especially the upper floors. There's a smell of burning wood and we could hear a fire alarm from part of the building still going off.\"\n\nMany of the 200 guests who were evacuated returned home while others were transferred to nearby lodges.\n\nPolice Scotland said the full circumstances surrounding the fire had yet to be established.\n\nThe BBC understands that a wedding due to take place at Cameron House hotel this weekend has been moved to another luxury hotel.\n\nA young baby was rescued by firefighters from an upper floor of the hotel\n\nIt is believed to have started at about 06:40 on Monday, and at its height 14 fire appliances and more than 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze.\n\nCameron House resort director Andy Roger offered his condolences to the families of those who died.\n\nHe said: \"Tragically, the authorities have confirmed two fatalities from the fire. In addition, three individuals were transported to the local hospital, but have since been discharged.\n\n\"The safety and well-being of our guests, employees and neighbours is our first priority, and our deepest condolences are with the families of those affected.\"\n\nThe guests were transferred to the Boathouse restaurant in the immediate aftermath of the fire.\n\nHotel guest Ainsley Huxham praised staff at the hotel for they way the looked after people.\n\n\"The staff were amazing. They got us to the Boathouse. They went to Tescos and bought us all the essentials we needed, and got the food on. They were great,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said they were working with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to try to determine exactly how the fire broke out.\n\nCameron House Hotel also said it was working closely with investigators to identify the cause of the fire.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, John Gow from forensic investigations firm IFIC, said: \"There will be a number of strands to this investigation, running in tandem.\n\n\"Obviously, sadly, there is the death investigation due to the fatalities that occurred.\n\n\"There is the origin and cause investigation which is establishing how the fire started and spread throughout the property.\n\n\"It is also likely there will be an investigation to establish if the fire precaution measures were adequate and operated as they should.\"\n\nCameron House, an 18th Century mansion, was converted into a luxury hotel and resort in 1986.\n\nIt is a popular wedding venue and houses the Michelin-starred Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond restaurant.\n\nIn a statement on its website, Cameron House said it would remain closed to arriving guests for at least the next 72 hours while it worked to assess the damage.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Arthur Collins had denied knowing the substance he threw was acid\n\nA man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub injuring 22 people has been jailed for 20 years.\n\nArthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April.\n\nThe 25-year-old admitted throwing the liquid but had claimed he believed it was a date rape drug.\n\nHe was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to 20 years in prison with an extra five years on licence.\n\nLast month he was found guilty of five counts of GBH with intent and nine counts of ABH.\n\nSentencing Collins, of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, Judge Noel Lucas QC described the crime as a \"despicable act\".\n\nJudge Lucas said: \"His defence from first to last was carefully researched and choreographed in order to explain away the evidence against him.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of the acid attack in London club\n\nCollins, he added, threw the acid \"irrespective of the persons on whom it landed\" and that \"his motivations for such a vicious course of conduct was nothing more than a perceived personal slight\".\n\nAddressing Collins, he said: \"You knew precisely what strong acid would do to human skin.\n\n\"Having thrown the acid over the club you slunk away and hid in the rear and pretended to be nothing to do with the mayhem you had caused.\n\n\"It was deliberate and calculated and you were intent on causing really serious harm to your victims.\"\n\nThe judge labelled him an \"accomplished liar\" and someone who has \"not the slightest remorse for his actions.\"\n\nCollins was in the dock wearing a suit and showed no reaction as his sentence was read out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Club acid attack victim: \"I'm not the Lauren who walked into Mangle\"\n\nA total of 22 people were injured as a result of the attack, 16 of whom suffered serious burns.\n\nOne man suffered third-degree chemical burns to the left side of the face and required a skin graft. Others had eye injuries.\n\nOne of his victims Sophie Hall, from Poole, Dorset, said she had hoped for a life sentence, but felt justice had been served.\n\nShe said after the sentencing: \"Arthur showed no signs of remorse in court. I have to live with my scars for life.\"\n\nJudge Lucas said that security at Mangle E8 was \"poor\", adding that had it been better, the injuries and offences \"might not have happened\".\n\nThe BBC has contacted the club for comment.\n\nThe attack happened in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April\n\nCollins had six previous convictions including using threatening words, possession of cocaine, drink-driving and assault, the court heard.\n\nHe was given a six-month sentence suspended for 12 months at Woolwich Crown Court for punching a man in a nightclub on 28 December 2015, and was still subject to the suspended sentence when he carried out the attack at Mangle E8.\n\nThe court also heard how he had made acid attack threats to the mother of an ex-girlfriend.\n\nThe father of Ms McCann's child referred to the attack as a \"stupid little mistake\" during Tuesday's hearing.\n\nVictims who read impact statements to the court spoke of feeling \"scared\", \"traumatised\" and \"suicidal\" as a result of the attack.\n\nThroughout the victims' statements, Collins showed little emotion.\n\nTwenty two people were injured when acid was thrown in the Mangle E8 nightclub\n\nCollins had claimed in court he had taken the bottle from a group of men with whom he had got into an argument.\n\nHe said he snatched it thinking it was a date rape drug.\n\n\"I wanted to show them the drug was gone; show them there was nothing left in the bottle.\"\n\nCCTV from inside the club shows Collins throwing acid at the men.\n\nSeemingly unaware of the mayhem caused, Collins returned to the dancefloor \"drinking, dancing, Snapchatting and having a good time\", the court heard.\n\nAt a preliminary hearing at magistrates court, the prosecutor said the incident bore \"the hallmarks of both drug-related activity and gang-related activity\".\n\nHowever, Collins and his legal team have always denied any kind of gang-related activity, insisting that there was \"not a shred of evidence\" to support the theory.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nWorld champion sprinter Justin Gatlin says he is \"shocked and surprised\" at doping allegations made against his coach and an agent.\n\nAthletics anti-doping officials have begun an investigation into what the president of the sport's governing body called \"serious allegations\" about Dennis Mitchell and Robert Wagner.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph said Wagner - an agent linked to Gatlin - offered to \"illicitly supply performance-enhancing drugs\" to undercover reporters.\n\nA video released by the Telegraph features a man the newspaper says is Wagner insinuating Gatlin is taking banned drugs, \"just like every other sprinter in America\".\n\nThe paper also said Gatlin's coach, former Olympic gold medallist Mitchell, told reporters that athletes are able to get away with doping because the drugs they use cannot be detected by tests.\n\nWriting on Instagram on Tuesday, Gatlin said he \"fired\" Mitchell \"as soon as I found out about this\".\n\nThe 35-year-old American said he is \"not using and have not used\" performance-enhancing drugs.\n\nHe added: \"All legal options are on the table as I will not allow others to lie about me like this.\"\n\nThe Telegraph said its journalists had posed as representatives of a film company wanting to make a sports film who were looking for a coach to train their star to look like an athlete.\n\nThe Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) - set up by the sport's world governing body the IAAF - and the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) said they had opened an investigation into the claims.\n\n\"Investigations stemming from tips and whistleblowers play a critical role in anti-doping efforts,\" Usada said in a statement. \"We are presently co-ordinating with the Athletics Integrity Unit in order to investigate these claims fully.\n\n\"As with all investigations, we encourage individuals with information to come forward as an important tool to help protect clean athletes. Importantly, individuals are innocent unless and until the established process determines otherwise. It's only fair to let due process occur before jumping to any conclusions.\"\n\nIAAF president Lord Coe said: \"These allegations are extremely serious and I know the independent Athletics Integrity Unit will investigate in accordance with its mandate.\"\n\nThe World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said it would monitor the AIU investigation and offer support.\n\n\"I hope that first of all that the journalists from the Telegraph will make their information available to the investigators. We will monitor and offer assistance where we can,\" said Wada president Sir Craig Reedie.\n\n\"I think the investigation will concentrate on the allegation that everybody is using performance enhancing drugs. It's an easy allegation to make but it needs to be tied down - I'm not sure the evidence exists to support it.\"\n\nGatlin, who has served two doping bans, won 100m gold at August's World Championships in London, beating Usain Bolt in the Jamaican's final individual 100m race before retiring.\n\nGatlin's legal representatives said the sprinter had more than five years' worth of official drugs tests to show \"he has never tested positive for any banned substance\", the paper reported.\n\nIn a statement to the Telegraph, Mitchell said: \"I never suggested in any way that any of my current athletes used any banned substances or that I was familiar with training any of my current athletes with those substances.\"\n\nWagner told the paper: \"I wasn't involved in doping. Obviously I played along because I knew what was going on. I had to get them hooked.\"", "Thousands of women in the UK cannot afford to buy sanitary products.\n\nResearch by the charity Plan International suggests that one in 10 girls and women - aged between 14 and 21 - in the UK has been affected at some point.\n\nA Scottish government pilot project is providing towels and tampons to those who need them through an Aberdeen food bank.\n\nTwo women tell the BBC's Scotland Editor Sarah Smith about their experiences.", "Uber drivers work \"excessive hours\", making the taxi app service a danger to public safety, a union has warned.\n\nThe GMB Union told Westminster Magistrates' Court it had evidence that Uber \"encourages and incentivises\" its drivers to work long hours.\n\nThe hearing will determine whether the union can take part in the taxi app's battle to renew its London licence.\n\nAn Uber spokeperson said it would \"shortly be introducing hours limits\" for drivers in its app.\n\nIt said that on average, drivers spent 30 hours a week logged into its app.\n\n\"We take the issue of tired driving seriously, which is why we regularly remind drivers to take rest breaks,\" Uber added.\n\nIn September, Transport for London deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service and refused to renew its licence.\n\nTaxi drivers have been campaigning against Uber, such as engaging in this \"go slow\" protest in 2014\n\nGMB representative Gerry Facenna told the court that it wanted Uber to introduce a maximum hours cap for drivers, as well as a limit on how many drivers can operate in one area at the same time.\n\n\"From a public safety point of view, being driven around London by a driver who has worked a 15-hour shift is no better than being driven around by a driver who has not had background checks,\" he added.\n\nAround 2,000 of GMB Union's members are Uber drivers.\n\nIn February 2017, the Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee heard evidence from Uber drivers who said they were forced to work long hours to cover their costs, which included the purchase of their cars.\n\nIn response to the committee's request on driver hours, Uber said last month that over a quarter of its drivers used the app for more than 40 hours a week and more than 2,000 drivers used the app for more than 60 hours.\n\nTransport for London cited \"public safety and security\" concerns - including Uber's approach to carrying out background checks on drivers and reporting serious criminal offences - for its decision to remove Uber's operating license.\n\nUber's licence expired in October but its drivers can continue to operate in the capital while it pursues an appeal.\n\nThe mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned that the appeal process could \"go on for a number of years\".", "Liam Allan said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology from the Met Police\n\nA man wrongly accused of rape says he will sue the Metropolitan Police over its failure to disclose vital evidence that led to the collapse of the trial.\n\nLiam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe 22-year-old student said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"urgently reviewing the investigation\".\n\nThe case against Mr Allan at Croydon Crown Court was dropped after three days when the evidence on a computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nTalking to the Victoria Derbyshire programme, Mr Allan said: \"University is meant to be the best years of your life and the last two years have been spent worrying and not concentrating on anything.\n\n\"It has completely ripped apart my normal personal life.\"\n\nThe 22-year-old student had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault\n\nHe added he had not yet received any contact or an apology from the Met and found that \"disappointing\".\n\n\"I feel relief on one side, that the case is over, but now there's the stress of getting compensation and the process of suing - so it's not over completely\", he said.\n\nMr Allan faced a possible jail term of 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life had he been found guilty.\n\nHe said he felt \"pure fear\" when he learned he had been accused of rape but would never be able to understand why the accusations were made.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge over the I-5 highway in Washington state, after a high speed train derailed.", "The two leaders wished each other a happy Christmas and said they would remain in \"close touch\"\n\nTheresa May has discussed Brexit and events in the Middle East in a pre-Christmas phone call with Donald Trump.\n\nIt is the first time they have spoken since last month's diplomatic spat over the US president's re-tweeting of anti-Muslim videos by a UK far-right group.\n\nNo 10 said the two agreed on the importance of a \"swift\" transatlantic trade deal after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nMrs May also reiterated her opposition to Mr Trump's plan to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nMr Trump said last month that he intended to move the country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a shift in longstanding US policy which has been criticised by European allies and much of the Arab world.\n\nThe two leaders, who last met in September, had earlier clashed over Mr Trump's apparent endorsement of inflammatory tweets posted by a senior member of Britain First.\n\nNo 10 described his actions as wrong which prompted the US president, in return, to chastise Mrs May on Twitter and urge her to focus her attention on tackling Islamic extremism.\n\nIn a summary of Tuesday's phone call, Downing Street said the two leaders had covered a range of issues, including the humanitarian situation in Yemen amid the continuing conflict in the country.\n\nNo 10 said the two leaders agreed \"on the vital importance of reopening humanitarian and commercial access to prevent famine and alleviate the suffering of innocent Yemenis\".\n\nOn Israel, the leaders discussed their \"different positions\" on the US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, agreeing \"on the importance of the US bringing forward new proposals for peace and the international community supporting these efforts\".\n\nIsrael regards Jerusalem as its \"eternal and undivided\" capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.\n\nOn the UK's future relations with Europe and the US, Downing Street said the two agreed \"on the importance of a swift post-Brexit bilateral trade deal\".\n\nIt added: \"The prime minister updated the president on the recent good progress of the Brexit negotiations, and the president set out the progress he had made on his economic agenda.\"\n\nMr Trump has repeatedly said he wants to strike a quick trade agreement with the UK after it leaves in March 2019 but experts have said it will take years to negotiate.\n\nSoon after he took office in January, Mr Trump was invited on a state visit to the UK but no date has been set for the trip amid criticism from MPs of the president's conduct and stance on key issues.\n\nIn its summary of the leaders' conversation, the White House made no direct reference to any discussion on Israel, focusing instead on the \"next steps in forging peace\" in the Middle East as well as on Yemen and Brexit.\n\n\"President Trump congratulated the prime minister on the decision by European Union leaders to move to the second phase of the Brexit negotiations,\" its statement concluded.\n\nLabour said it had taken two weeks for the British prime minister to raise her concerns about what it said was the president's \"dangerous\" policy towards Israel.\n\n\"She seems to have failed to use the opportunity to call him out for retweeting abhorrent Islamophobic material,\" a spokesman for the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn added.\n\n\"As prime minister, May has a responsibility to stand up against hate and for all communities in our country.\"", "In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Yalda Hakim, US National Security Adviser HR McMaster said that the United States has \"to be prepared, if necessary, to compel the denuclearisation of North Korea\", with or without their cooperation.\n\nDonald Trump's top security aide also gave his views on Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election and the challenge of working around Trump's tweets.", "The bus had been taking tourists to Mayan ruins at Chaccobén\n\nA bus carrying tourists from a cruise ship has overturned in south-eastern Mexico, killing at least 12 people, officials say.\n\nAnother 18 people were injured in the crash between Mahahual and Cafetal in Quintana Roo state.\n\nThe bus was taking 31 people, who were on a Royal Caribbean cruise, to the ancient Mayan ruin at Chaccobén.\n\nEight Americans died, as well as two Swedes, one Canadian, and one Mexican, Mexican media report.\n\nAmong the victims was a 78-year-old grandmother from Miami, according to US media.\n\nAnna Behar, her 11-year-old-son Daniel, and her mother Fanya Shamis, 78, all died in the crash.\n\nThe Quintana Roo state government confirmed the dead included at least one child.\n\nA spokeswoman for the US Department of State confirmed the death of multiple US citizens, and sent \"heartfelt condolences to those affected by this tragedy\".\n\nA local driver and tour guides were also said to be on the trip.\n\nThe injured were taken to four hospitals and five people were discharged, the Costa Maya bus company said.\n\nRoyal Caribbean said it had 27 guests on the bus and described the crash as \"heartbreaking\".\n\n\"Our hearts go out to all those involved. We are doing all we can to care for our guests, including assisting with medical care and transportation,\" it said on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Heather Nauert This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBus crashes are common in Mexico where people often travel along dangerous routes at night - but an accident involving the deaths of so many tourists in broad daylight is rare, the BBC Mexico correspondent Will Grant says.\n\nIt is not known what caused the crash. Photographs from the scene showed the vehicle on its side with dazed survivors sitting nearby.\n\nThe driver of the bus was taken into custody, and the cause of the crash is being investigated, local media report.", "Law firm Appleby is taking legal action against the BBC and the Guardian over their reporting of leaked documents detailing offshore tax-avoidance schemes, known as the Paradise Papers.\n\nIt is suing for breach of confidence and wants the documents disclosed.\n\nAppleby said confidential information had been taken in a \"criminal act\".\n\nThe BBC and the Guardian said they would \"vigorously\" defend the revelations, which were in the \"highest public interest\".\n\nThe leak of financial documents revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy secretly invest cash in offshore tax havens.\n\nThe papers contained details about investments made by the Queen's private estate and a tax avoidance scheme used by three stars of BBC sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys.\n\nThey also showed that Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton avoided tax on his £16.5m luxury jet.\n\nAbout half of the 13.4m leaked documents were from Appleby, one of the world's largest providers of offshore legal services.\n\nPanorama led research for the BBC as part of a global investigation involving nearly 100 other media organisations in 67 countries, after the records were passed to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.\n\nThe BBC does not know the identity of the source. Appleby says the data was taken by hackers.\n\nAppleby is also seeking a permanent injunction stopping any further use of the information, and the return of all copies of the documents.\n\nIn a statement, it said its overwhelming responsibility was to its clients and colleagues.\n\nThe BBC said its \"serious and responsible journalism\" had revealed matters which would otherwise have remained secret and that authorities around the world were taking action as a consequence.\n\nThe Guardian said the legal action was an attempt to \"undermine responsible public interest journalism\".", "Inspectors at Liverpool jail found filthy, leaking toilets and some areas so hazardous they could not be cleaned\n\nInmates at Liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a report seen by BBC News.\n\nRats and cockroaches were rife, with one area of the jail so dirty, infested and hazardous it could not be cleaned.\n\nSome prisoners live in cells that should be condemned, says the leaked document, with exposed electrical wiring and filthy, leaking lavatories.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it didn't comment on leaked documents.\n\nPrison inspectors made what they called an unannounced visit to HMP Liverpool in September, having been made aware of concerns.\n\nWhat they found, says the report, was an \"abject failure… to offer a safe, decent and purposeful environment\".\n\nCockroaches: There was no credible plan to tackle the most basic issues, says the report\n\nThe \"highly experienced\" inspection team said they \"could not recall having seen worse living conditions than those at HMP Liverpool\".\n\nHighlighting one particular incident, the chief inspector, Peter Clarke, could not contain his exasperation.\n\n\"I found a prisoner who had complex mental health needs being held in a cell that had no furniture other than a bed,\" he said.\n\n\"The windows of both the cell and the toilet recess were broken, the light fitting in his toilet was broken with wires exposed, the lavatory was filthy and appeared to be blocked, his sink was leaking and the cell was dark and damp.\n\n\"Extraordinarily, this man had apparently been held in this condition for some weeks.\"\n\nThe inspectors found broken windows with jutting glass in cells\n\nThe chief cause of the problems, says the report, was a failure of leadership - at local, regional and national level.\n\nViolence of all kinds had increased, fuelled by the prevalence of drugs, with most inmates telling inspectors it was \"easy or very easy\" to get drugs.\n\nIn addition however, inspectors found allegations of excessive use of force by prison officers were not properly investigated by managers.\n\nSome officers are described as having a \"dismissive\" attitude to prisoners, with some staff applying \"unacceptable\" unofficial punishments, such as restricting showers.\n\nThere were more than 2,000 outstanding maintenance jobs, and only 22 of the 89 recommendations made following a poor inspection report in 2015 had been fully implemented.\n\n\"It is hard to understand how the leadership of the prison could have allowed the situation to deteriorate to this extent,\" writes the chief inspector, directly criticising the Ministry of Justice.\n\n\"We saw clear evidence that local prison managers had sought help from regional and national management to improve conditions they knew to be unacceptable long before our arrival, but had met with little response.\"\n\nMost damningly of all perhaps, the report concludes: \"We could see no credible plan to address these basic issues.\"\n\nThe report talks of a failure of leadership locally, regionally and nationally\n\n\"It's as bad a report as I've ever seen,\" said Lord Ramsbotham, a former chief inspector of prisons.\n\n\"But… how could anyone come up from headquarters, go into Liverpool and not feel ashamed about it?\n\n\"How on Earth did the head of the prison service allow the prison to get into that state?\"\n\nAsked if, in light of the report, Liverpool could be described as England's worst jail, Lord Ramsbotham replied: \"I wouldn't dispute that.\"\n\nOne recently released prisoner told the BBC: \"The cockroach problem was so bad, you can hear them gnawing at you at night.\"\n\nAnother said a leaking toilet in his cell had led to him \"waking up with the pad swimming in urine\".\n\nDarren Harley, released last summer, said his time there was like living in a tip\n\nAnd Darren Harley, released in the summer after 27 months inside for drugs offences, said the prison was \"like living in a tip\".\n\n\"If you put a dog in a place like this, people would come and take you away and lock you up for cruelty to animals.\n\n\"We're human beings. So we need to be treated right.\"\n\nHMP Liverpool may now have the unwelcome attribute of being labelled England's worst jail, but prisons across England and Wales are under pressure.\n\nUnder the coalition government, the then Justice Secretary Chris Grayling dramatically cut prison budgets and staff.\n\nSince the cuts, there has been a rapid rise in suicides, self-harm, violence and assaults within prisons.\n\nRecognising its errors, the Ministry of Justice is in the process of hiring 2,500 new prison officers by next summer.\n\nThe governor of HMP Liverpool, Peter Francis, was removed within days of the inspection visit, and last week a former officer at the jail, Pia Sinha, was appointed as his replacement.\n\nIn a statement on the failings at Liverpool, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: \"We do not comment on leaked reports.\"", "\"The life of fame was never meant for me,\" the note said\n\nA note said to have been written by K-pop superstar Jonghyun has been posted on social media by his close friend, revealing a struggle with depression.\n\n\"The depression that was slowly devouring me at last consumed me,\" said the note, posted by fellow singer Nine.\n\nJonghyun, 27, was found dead on Monday in a suspected suicide.\n\nHe was the lead singer of one of South Korea's biggest pop groups SHINee. His death has triggered an outpouring of grief from fans around the world.\n\nGroups of distraught and tearful fans gathered at the Seoul hospital\n\nOn Tuesday, Nine, a member of another pop group Dear Cloud, shared on Instagram the note she said Jonghyun had sent to her, with instructions to make it public if he \"disappeared from the world\".\n\nDear Cloud's management Mymusic Entertainment confirmed to news agency Yonhap the note was posted after consultation with Jonghyun's family.\n\nIt spoke about his struggle with living in the public eye, saying \"I was broken from the inside\" and \"the life of fame was never meant for me\".\n\n\"What else can I say more. Just tell me I've done well. That this is enough. That I've worked hard. Even if you can't smile don't fault me on my way.\"\n\nHowever, no details were given as to when the note was written or sent to Nine.\n\nOn Twitter, his fans have interpreted the message as the singer's last request to them.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by juju1108 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by DeAnna This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJonghyun, whose full name was Kim Jong-hyun, was found unconscious in a Seoul apartment. He was taken to hospital where he was declared dead.\n\nAccording to news agency AFP, he had sent several text messages to his sister, including one saying \"this is my last farewell\".\n\nPolice said they would not be conducting a post-mortem examination, following a request from Jonghyun's family.\n\nOfficers said it \"looks certain\" that he had killed himself, but did not officially confirm his cause of death as they were still conducting investigations.\n\nThe singer was considered by many of his fans to be a very sensitive young man who did not embrace the hedonism that often comes with stardom.\n\nAs well as being a singer and dancer, he played a large part in songwriting and production for SHINee. He also launched a parallel successful solo career in 2015.\n\nFan Wang, a BBC Chinese journalist who worked as an interpreter for Jonghyun during a fan meeting in 2014, recalled that: \"Apart from the time he performed, he didn't talk much most of the time... the thing he cared the most about was his singing and performance.\"\n\nAnother interpreter who worked with the band told the BBC that Jonghyun \"didn't attract as much attention as other band members when he was offstage. Quiet and reticent, he was always walking behind the others.\n\n\"Yet during rehearsals, he came across as a lead singer. He took his singing and dancing rehearsals really seriously - you could tell he was a serious, grounded person.\"\n\n\"He was also very polite. Once, he'd just finished brushing his teeth when he saw me standing by the door - he hadn't even dried his mouth yet, but hurried to bow and greet me right away,\" the interpreter, who wanted to be identified only as Ms Shu, added.\n\nThe management of SHINee, SM Entertainment, released a statement saying he was \"the best artist\" and that they were \"heartbroken\" about his death.\n\nThe band also posted an emotional tribute to the pop idol on its official Twitter account, saying in Korean: \"Jonghyun, who loved music more than anyone.... Forever, he will be remembered.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by SHINee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFans were paying their respects at a funeral hall at the hospital in Seoul throughout Tuesday.\n\nSHINee's other members were there to receive mourners, who included K-pop stars such as singer BoA and members of girl group Girls Generation, reported newspaper The Korea Herald.\n\nA private funeral will be held on Thursday.\n\nAn altar with Jonghyun's portrait was set up at the hospital\n\nSHINee were founded in 2008 as a five member group under SM Entertainment, and quickly rose to become of the biggest K-pop boy groups.\n\nConceived in South Korea in the 1990s as a Western-Asian hybrid, K-pop is now a multi-million dollar industry.\n\nIt is at the forefront of the so-called Korean Wave - the spread of Korean music, drama and film across Asia and worldwide.\n\nOver the past years, SHINee recorded several albums in Japanese and in 2017 sold out the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome and part of their Japan tour. Earlier this year, they also played their first North American tour.\n\nIf you are feeling emotionally distressed, here are details of organisations in the UK which offer advice and support.\n\nDepression is more than just feeling a bit down for a few days. It is an illness which, at its most severe, can leave people feeling that life is no longer worth living. It can cause physical symptoms such as headaches, sleeplessness and constant tiredness which may last for months and months.\n\nPeople with depression can also feel anxious, irritable and agitated on a daily basis, but it affects everyone differently.\n\nIf people admit their symptoms and talk to someone about their feelings, depression can usually be treated but the biggest barrier to getting help is often stigma and the fear of disclosing mental health problems.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the fire at Cameron House\n\nTwo guests have died after fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel beside Loch Lomond.\n\nMore than 200 guests were evacuated from the luxury resort after the alarm was raised at about 06:40.\n\nPolice said one person was pronounced dead at the scene while another died after being taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.\n\nA newly-married couple and their young son were taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged.\n\nPolice Scotland said the hotel, near Balloch, had been extensively damaged.\n\nPolice and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that two people had died\n\nA number of guests were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.\n\nThe three people taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow were members of the same family who were rescued by firefighters.\n\nSpeaking to the media gathered at the hotel's entrance, David McGown of the Scottish Fire and Rescue said: \"Unfortunately, and tragically, this has resulted in two people losing their life as a result of the fire.\n\n\"The fire and rescue service's condolences go out to the people involved in this tragic incident and our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the two people who lost their lives this morning.\n\n\"The fire has caused extensive damage to the central section of the hotel.\n\n\"Our crews have been working tirelessly since 07:00. We have 14 fire appliances at its height tackling this fire and more than 70 firefighters.\n\n\"As you can imagine, as well as being an absolutely tragic incident where people have lost their lives, it is an extremely complicated incident and fire to contain and will continue to do so.\n\n\"We will continue to work with partners to bring this incident to a conclusion.\"\n\nCh Insp Donald Leitch from Police Scotland said work was ongoing to establish the cause of the fire.\n\nHe said: \"Police Scotland were called to Cameron House Hotel where 200 people were evacuated from the hotel which has been partly damaged.\n\n\"One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Four were taken to hospital where one person tragically died.\"\n\nA report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.\n\nFourteen fire appliances were sent to the scene\n\nFirefighters used jets to tackle the flames and smoke\n\nSmoke rises over Loch Lomond from the fire, as seen from Balloch\n\nA guest at the hotel told BBC Radio Scotland how she initially thought the fire alarm was a drill.\n\nAinsley Huxham said: \"As soon as we left our room - I just thought it was a fire alarm, just like a practise go.\n\n\"But when we left - five stairs down from our room - we saw a whole room full of smoke and flames.\n\n\"So we had to run back down the hall, chapped on everyone's doors and shouted 'fire!'.\"\n\nEmergency services working at the scene of the fire watched by guests\n\nShe added: \"We got out within five minutes of the fire brigade getting called.\n\n\"And by the time we had got outside, the whole field was full of people.\"\n\nStaff who turned up for their shifts at the hotel during the morning were being stopped at the entrance.\n\nMuch of the interior of the main central section of the hotel, thought to be the oldest part, was visibly blackened, with upper floor windows smashed to allow the firefighters' water jets access to the flames.\n\nThe Salvation Army were in attendance to provide the emergency services with food and drink.\n\nOne woman who works in the kitchen told the BBC news website she just heard about the fire as she was getting ready for work.\n\nShe said she didn't believe the news until she came down and saw the smoke.\n\n\"It's a really lovely hotel,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm so sorry to see this.\"\n\nStewart King, general manager of the neighbouring Duck Bay Marina, said he had been down to the hotel and was shocked by the extent of the damage.\n\n\"It was very bad,\" he said.\n\nGuests were sheltered in Cameron House's Boathouse restaurant while the situation was ongoing.\n\nCameron House is one of Scotland's most luxurious hotels, with views across Loch Lomond.\n\nThe venue offers a romantic location for weddings, a championship standard course for golfers and five-star facilities for guests.\n\nThe chef Martin Wishart has a Michelin-starred restaurant at the hotel.\n\nCameron House is owned by US investment firm KSL Capital Partners, which was reported to have paid between £70m and £80m for the 132-room property in 2015.\n\nA statement on the hotel's website read: \"Due to an ongoing incident please be aware that Cameron House will remain closed to arriving guests for at least the next 72 hours.\n\n\"We would ask all guests and customers to remain patient as we work with the emergency services to establish the extent of the damage and ascertain when we will be able to re-open.\n\n\"More information will follow in due course.\"\n\nFlags were being flown at half-mast at West Dunbartonshire Council buildings.\n\nProvost William Hendrie said: \"For something like this to happen so close to Christmas is just too painful to comprehend.\n\n\"I know the staff at Cameron House will also be devastated and our thoughts also go out to them.\"\n\nAndy Roger, resort director at Cameron House, said the hotel was working closely with investigators to identify the cause of the fire.\n\n\"The safety and well-being of our guests, employees and neighbours is our first priority, and our deepest condolences are with the families of those affected.\n\n\"We are working closely with the authorities to determine the cause of the fire, and to provide support to our guests and the families of those affected.\"\n\nCameron House situated by Loch Lomond is one of Scotland's most prestigious hotels\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jessica Richards took her daughter after she was placed into care by the local authority\n\nThe grandparents of a girl abducted by her mother, who has schizophrenia, have pleaded for her return.\n\nElliana Shand, who is four on Tuesday, and her mother, Jessica Richards, 26, disappeared from London in May.\n\nHer grandfather told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme Ms Richards was \"a very good mum\" but unwell.\n\nThe judge overseeing the case said Ms Richards could be in the grip of hallucinations and might pose a \"very real risk\" to Elliana.\n\nThe child was placed in the care of her paternal grandparents, Sean and Eileen Doyle, in May, after social services staff at Barking and Dagenham Council intervened.\n\nLast month, in an unusual move, Mr Justice Hayden released Elliana's name and photograph in the hope that someone could help locate her.\n\nThe judge, who has been overseeing Elliana's case at the family division of the High Court, said evidence showed Elliana had travelled with her maternal grandmother, Sharon Shand, to Jamaica.\n\nIt is thought she also went to the USA, Sweden and Spain.\n\nMr Doyle said they had lost track of their granddaughter in Spain but thought she could be in London.\n\n\"We've got no idea where she is, which is frustrating in this day and age,\" he said.\n\nMr Justice Hayden said Ms Richards, who has schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder, \"under stress, no longer taking her anti-psychotic mediation, perhaps in the grip of auditory hallucinations... poses a very real risk to her daughter's safety\".\n\nHe also described the relationship between Ms Richards and her daughter as very warm and affectionate.\n\n\"Her mum's a very good mum, she's just not very well. We want to find them both, but we genuinely don't know where they are,\" Mr Doyle said.\n\n\"We're grandparents. Our job is to look after our grandkids, it's a good job to have, and we just want to look after her.\n\n\"We're not at any stage trying to take her child, our job is to look after her until she's better.\"\n\nThe couple have been distributing leaflets and missing posters in areas where they think she could be, including Godalming in Surrey, north-west London and west London.\n\nMr and Mrs Doyle have urged anyone with information of Elliana's location to call the police\n\nBoth they and the judge have asked people to contact the police immediately if they know where Elliana is.\n\nAppealing directly to Ms Richards, Mrs Doyle said: \"Please give us a ring, let us hear Elliana's voice, let us know you're both OK, let's talk, we're happy to have a meeting.\"\n\nMr Doyle added: \"We know them, we know they're not bad people, we're just in a situation that's escalated out of control that has got to the highest court in the land, it's bizarre that we're even there.\"\n\nWatch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.", "Track Palin (left), an Iraq war veteran, appeared regularly with Mrs Palin at campaign events\n\nThe son of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been charged with assault and burglary after a confrontation with his father involving a firearm.\n\nPolice say Track Palin allegedly broke into his parents' Alaska home through a window on Saturday night.\n\nDocuments obtained by US media say the 28-year-old said he was on pain medication and had been drinking.\n\nHe was arrested in 2016 for allegedly punching his girlfriend.\n\nAfter he eventually pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm while intoxicated, other charges were dismissed in that case.\n\nPolice documents, published by the LA Times newspaper, said Mrs Palin called the police at about 20:40 on Saturday night (06:40 GMT on Sunday) to say her son was on \"some type of medication\" and was allegedly \"freaking out\".\n\nThe affidavit by a responding officer said they found the former Alaskan governor \"visibly upset\" at the property.\n\nMrs Palin has said previously that her son has suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder\n\nPolice say that when they arrived they had a stand-off with Mr Palin in which he moved around the house and at one stage went out onto the garage roof. They say he demanded police put their weapons on the ground and allegedly called them \"peasants\".\n\nPolice say the struggle between the two men happened after Mr Palin said he was coming to the property to retrieve a vehicle, and threatened to beat his father.\n\nTodd Palin, Mrs Palin's husband, told police he armed himself with a pistol when his son arrived, but was disarmed and was left bloodied.\n\nTrack Palin was charged by police with first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault and criminal mischief, and remains in police custody.\n\nA statement to US media from the family requested privacy, and said the Palins were unable to comment further on the case.\n\nEarlier this year his ex-girlfriend Jordan Loewe applied for a protective order against Mr Palin, having previously requested full custody of their one-year-old son.", "Two 13-year-old girls have been arrested following a fire\n\nTwo girls and a boy, all aged 13, have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a blaze at a former school.\n\nForty firefighters were sent to the former Grays School in Western Road, Newhaven, on Monday morning.\n\nThe fire ripped through the building and caused extensive damage. Thick black smoke was seen along the East Sussex coast.\n\nNobody was injured in the fire. The three teenagers have been released while inquiries continue.\n\nThe blaze could be seen along the Sussex coast\n\nAn East Sussex County Council spokesman said once the fire service and police had finished their investigations on site, it would be \"working to secure the building\".\n\nThe school closed in 2014 and later that year was declared surplus to requirements by East Sussex County Council.\n\nThe authority agreed to sell the site to a developer, which has now received planning permission from Lewes District Council to demolish the school and build housing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hilda Jaffe is still working at 95\n\nImagine having to ask a 95-year-old to slow down - well, I did. Hilda Jaffe was walking so fast there was a risk that the small group following her would be left behind.\n\nWe had just met in the lobby of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, where Hilda is a volunteer tour guide, and she was escorting us to the vast, elaborately decorated Rose Main Reading Room.\n\nHilda doesn't walk so much as stride. I know people 60 years her junior who are less nimble on their feet.\n\nIn common with other super-agers, Hilda has retained her zest for life and knowledge.\n\nHilda completes the New York Times crossword each day, belongs to two book clubs, goes to the opera, classical music concerts and the theatre.\n\nShe also goes everywhere by foot, describing New York as a \"great city for older people\".\n\nHilda on honeymoon with her late husband Gerry\n\nI asked Hilda what was the secret of her long and healthy life?\n\nShe said: \"Pick your parents; my father died at 88, my mother at 93, so it has to be genetic.\"\n\nSamples of Hilda's DNA are stored in a freezer at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.\n\nShe is among more than 600 people aged over 90 who are part of the Longevity Genes Project.\n\nThe Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library, which opened in 1911 and where Hilda Jaffe is a tour guide\n\nDr Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging, said what was striking about the group was what unhealthy lives many had lived.\n\nHe told me: \"Almost 50% of them were overweight. Many were heavy smokers, did not exercise and had unhealthy diets - they did not do what their doctors said they should.\"\n\nHis research found several genetic variants among the group that appeared to confer protection against the diseases of ageing.\n\nHe says only about one in 10,000 people is lucky enough to have these protective super-ager genes, but believes science could help the rest of us.\n\nSome pharmaceutical companies are exploring whether these genetic traits could be used to create anti-ageing drugs.\n\nFor more than 60 years metformin has been used as a very cheap first-line treatment for diabetes.\n\nNow, trials in a variety of animals have shown they live healthier, longer lives.\n\nExactly how metformin might delay the diseases of ageing is not well understood, but it appears to reduce oxidative damage and inflammation in cells.\n\nIn humans, studies have linked metformin to a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and cognitive decline.\n\nDr Barzilai, who is also deputy scientific director of the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), is planning a randomised study of 3,000 adults aged 65-79 - half will take metformin tablets each day and half a placebo or dummy pill.\n\nAbout half the $70m dollars needed has been raised; it is hoped the six-year trial will start in 2018, but this may depend on the support of one or more wealthy philanthropists.\n\nAt present, the US medicines regulator, the FDA, does not recognise ageing as a medical condition.\n\nBut Dr Barzilai says if the metformin trial was successful it would provide a proof of principle that ageing can be targeted\n\nAnd he believes better drugs will come in the future.\n\nAnother promising area of ageing research is cellular senescence - the process by which cells stop dividing.\n\nMost human cells can reproduce a limited number of times - this protects against cancer as the more cells divide, the greater the chance they will accumulate errors.\n\nCellular senescence helps keep humans predominantly free of cancer in the first half of life.\n\nBut as we age, the senescent cells accumulate, secreting inflammatory molecules that can damage neighbouring tissue and help trigger several diseases of ageing.\n\nSenescent cells congregate in tissue affected by ageing, such as the joints and eyes - and are implicated in both osteoarthritis and age-related macular degeneration.\n\nUnity Biotechnology, in California, is planning to begin human trials next year of a drug to clear senescent cells from the knee.\n\nDr Jamie Dananberg, chief medical officer, told me: \"Osteoarthritis is a key reason why it hurts to get old. Our hope is that a single injection will alleviate pain, halt and perhaps even begin to repair the knee.\"\n\nEven if the drug, which might need to be injected every few months, was partially successful, it could have huge implications for improving quality of life for those affected.\n\nUnity is also targeting eye, lung and kidney disease.\n\nThese drugs are not designed to make us live longer, but to make old age less painful and more healthy - to put more life in our years.\n\nIf they work, then more of us could emulate Hilda Jaffe and become super-agers.\n• None What are the secrets of the superagers?", "Police and the bomb disposal unit were seen outside a property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire\n\nAction has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say.\n\nFour men were arrested early on Tuesday in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.\n\nAn Army bomb disposal team cordoned off a street in Chesterfield where a 31-year-old man was arrested. Nearby homes were evacuated.\n\nThree other men aged 22, 36 and 41 were arrested in the Burngreave and Meersbrook areas of Sheffield.\n\nAll four suspects were detained on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nThey have been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. The cordon in Chesterfield was later lifted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth Fogarty lives on the street where a raid by police took place this morning\n\nThe cordon around one of the properties - the Fatima community centre on Brunswick Road in Burngreave - was extended on Tuesday afternoon and the bomb disposal unit attended.\n\nA large number of police vehicles and officers were outside the two-storey building. The main door appeared to be broken on the ground.\n\nFive raids at houses took place on Tuesday at:\n\nFour men were arrested - all at their home addresses.\n\nAt 21:30 GMT, police said searches had been stood down for the evening but would resume at the scenes in Burngreave and Chesterfield in the morning.\n\nA neighbour in Shirebrook Road, Sheffield, reported hearing \"an enormous bang\" as one of the raids took place at 05:30.\n\nCarol Perry, who lives two doors from the scene, said: \"I was asleep and then I was woken suddenly... and the house shook.\n\n\"My immediate thought was that it was an earthquake.\"\n\nA large police presence could be seen outside the Fatima community centre in Sheffield\n\nA spokeswoman from Counter Terrorism Policing North East said: \"The public may have heard a loud bang at the time as police entered one of the properties, but it was not an explosion.\n\n\"[We] would like to reassure them that it was part of the method to gain entry to the property.\"\n\nRetired Joan Miller, 63, who lives opposite the run-down house, said she looked out of her window to see many plain-clothed armed officers in the street.\n\nMs Miller said: \"[There] was very loud bang. It shook the house.\n\n\"I pulled the curtains and saw lots of armed men in the street, so I kept watching because that was quite extraordinary.\"\n\nPolice and Army activity is continuing in Chesterfield\n\nShe said the officers shouted \"very abruptly\" for people to stay in their homes.\n\nElizabeth Fogarty, who lives across the road from the house in Meersbrook, said: \"I've only recently moved up from London.\n\n\"One of the reasons we moved up north to Sheffield is because we felt quite nervous living in London with all the terrorist attacks taking place.\"\n\nThere are two types of terrorism raids in the UK. Many occur very quietly as detectives knock on the door and take the suspect into custody under normal police powers.\n\nThen there are the full-on raids where doors or windows have to be knocked in, cordons set up and the bomb squad called.\n\nSuch operations are only ever mounted because secret intelligence - perhaps from an intercepted communication and often only fragmentary - suggests there is something at a property they need to get to the bottom of.\n\nNone of which is proof that any of those who have been arrested have committed an offence - but officers now have up to 14 days, subject to court oversight, to build a case.\n\nOne of their priorities is likely to be forensically examining phones. All recent major terrorism investigations have turned on not just what officers found during searches, but what they uncovered from online lives.\n\nSupt Una Jennings of South Yorkshire Police said: \"I understand our local communities will have concerns about this morning's police activity but I want to offer my reassurance that we will continue to serve and protect the public of South Yorkshire.\"\n\nDerbyshire's Assistant Chief Constable Bill McWilliam said: \"We of course understand that police activity of this nature can be unsettling.\n\n\"However, please be reassured, the arrest we wanted to make has been made.\n\n\"Our advice remains to be vigilant, which is not different to our day-to-day advice in the current climate, but continue to go about your business as usual.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Carol Grayson's husband, Peter, died after contracting hepatitis C and HIV from infected blood products\n\nGovernment officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal that left thousands of NHS patients infected with viruses including HIV.\n\nDespite assurances that the \"inadequate\" document would be ditched, a health minister has referred to it this year, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThe government admits that the document was used for too long.\n\nThis week it will announce who will run its official inquiry into the scandal.\n\nCritics say the whole process has taken far too long and have accused the government of a \"whitewash\".\n\nCampaigners have always said that the 2006 report - originally billed by the government as an official account of how the scandal unfolded - was misleading and incomplete because original documents had been destroyed.\n\nIt has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.\n\nAt least 2,400 people died after they were given blood products that were infected with hepatitis C and HIV during the 70s and 80s.\n\nThousands of NHS patients with an inherited bleeding disorder called haemophilia were given the plasma products, which came from abroad, including the US.\n\nMuch of the plasma used to make the clotting treatment Factor VIII came from donors like prison inmates in the US, who sold their blood.\n\nCarol Grayson's husband, Peter, was one of the victims who died.\n\nShe says campaigners have challenged the Department of Health over its investigations for more than a decade.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"I had to give my career up to care for my husband for many years and I didn't have my own children because at the time I wanted to conceive, I was told I might infect the child and the advice at the time was, don't have children. So there are huge implications for families. It doesn't just impact on one person, it impacts on the whole family.\n\n\"I go from being absolutely furious and thinking everything I was brought up to believe in, you know about democracy, about justice is a lie.\"\n\nIn July, the prime minister ordered the Cabinet Office to oversee the independent investigation into how the scandal happened, after family members warned that the involvement of the Department of Health would mean it would be, in effect, investigating itself.\n\nThe BBC has now seen a series of letters from ministers and civil servants, accepting that the 2006 report (Self-Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wales) previously seen within Whitehall as a \"definitive account\", was inadequate.\n\nSir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, wrote to Liberal Democrat peer Lady Featherstone in August assuring her that the document \"has not been used by officials in recent years… and it will not be used in the future\".\n\nBut the BBC has also seen a letter written by health minister Lord O'Shaughnessy to another MP in January this year, which referenced the report and its conclusions.\n\nWhen this was brought to Sir Chris's attention, he apologised, and said there were \"some instances in recent years where the department had referred to the document\" and reiterated the assurance that the document would be taken out of use.\n\nLady Featherstone told the BBC that civil servants promised to make clear online that the document had been discredited, but this was not yet apparent.\n\nThe peer, whose own nephew died from an infection from contaminated blood products, said: \"That document is full of holes, and lies, and mistruths, and lines to take, and I went to the Department of Health to challenge the use of this document.\n\n\"I think the permanent secretary was quite genuine in his desire - he saw that the evidence proved that they couldn't use the document - and he wrote to me to assure me that this document was not being used any longer, had not been used in recent years and would never be used again in the future.\n\n\"It indicated to me that they knew it was wrong, that they must have acknowledged it was telling untruths.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"The 2006 document, Self-Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wales: A Chronology from 1973 to 1991, remained in use by the department for too long. It is no longer used.\n\n\"The infected blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s is an appalling tragedy and the government has announced an independent statutory inquiry to ensure that victims and their families finally get the answers they have spent decades waiting for.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel visits the scene soon after the 2016 attack in Berlin\n\nGermany has admitted that mistakes were made in the aftermath of last year's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that left 12 dead.\n\n\"Everything humanly possible\" was being done to help those affected and improve security, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the first anniversary of the attack.\n\nMrs Merkel has come under fire for her government's response.\n\nFamilies have said they were not given timely information and that they were sent bills for the costs of autopsies.\n\nAfter a private ceremony for the bereaved and emergency workers, Mrs Merkel said it was time to work to \"correct the things that went wrong\".\n\n\"Not only to guarantee security, but to give those whose lives were destroyed or impacted, the chance to return to their lives as well as possible,\" she added.\n\nThe chancellor also attended an event that unveiled a memorial for the victims at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz, the site of the Christmas market.\n\nSeveral family members had accused Mrs Merkel of \"inaction\", saying that she had failed to reach out to them. She met victims' relatives for the first time on Monday, and described the conversation as \"brutally honest\".\n\nLast year's attack in Berlin also left dozens injured\n\nEarlier, in an article in the Tagesspiegel newspaper (in German), Justice Minister Heiko Maas acknowledged the country was not \"sufficiently prepared\" for the consequences of such an attack, saying: \"For this we can only apologise to the victims and surviving relatives\".\n\nHe proposed the creation of a government co-ordination office to improve communication with victims of future attacks and called for a change in the law so that all victims could be treated and compensated equally, regardless of their nationalities or the circumstances of the attack.\n\nTributes are paid to the victims of the attack at the market in Berlin\n\nA report commissioned by the government and released last week cited a number of failures in the response to the attack, including delays in confirming the identities of the victims to their relatives.\n\nA separate report in October revealed \"gross mistakes\" by German police and security services.\n\nAnis Amri, a Tunisian asylum seeker who drove a lorry into the crowded market, was shot and killed in Italy four days after the attack.", "Parts of the C-Series jet are produced by workers at Bombardier's Belfast plant\n\nBoeing and Bombardier traded verbal blows on Monday over claims by the US planemaker that the Canadian company receives massive subsidies.\n\nThe two sides appeared before the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in the latest round of their bitter row.\n\nBoeing accused Bombardier of harming sales of its 737 aircraft and urged the ITC to support tariffs on its rival.\n\nBut Bombardier, which makes wings in Belfast, said Boeing makes \"money hand over fist\" from the 737.\n\nBoeing claims Bombardier's new C-Series aircraft is being sold in the US below cost because of Canadian subsidies.\n\nThe US company won the first round of the fight in October when the US Commerce Department ordered that tariffs of up to 300% should be imposed on the C-Series.\n\nThe ITC will decide if the tariffs should be made permanent, which could effectively shut off the US market to the C-Series.\n\nIn opening remarks to the ITC hearing, Bombardier representative Peter Lichtenbaum said: \"Boeing is making money hand over fist. And with a backlog of 737 orders years into the future, there are no signs of difficulty on the horizon.\"\n\nBoeing countered that it had already been \"established beyond question that Bombardier has taken billions of dollars in illegal government subsidies to prop up its C-Series programme. The C-Series would not even exist at this point but for those subsidies\".\n\nCanada's ambassador to the US, David MacNaughton, warned that a ruling in favour of Boeing would not be the end of the dispute.\n\nHe told the ITC panel that backing Boeing risked a possible violation of World Trade Organization rules.\n\n\"Boeing's assertion that future imports from Canada threaten to cause material injury is necessarily based on just the type of speculation and conjecture that is prohibited under both US and international law,\" he said.\n\nCanada earlier this month scrapped plans to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, underlining Ottawa's anger over the trade challenge.\n\nThe dispute is also being closely watched by the UK government, which fears any impact on C-Series sales will threaten jobs.\n\nThe dispute stems from a 2016 sale of 75 C-Series jets to Delta Air Lines. Boeing claims Delta paid $20m per plane, well below an estimated cost of $33m and what Bombardier charges in Canada.\n\nEarlier this year, European planemaker Airbus took a controlling stake in the C-Series programme, and will begin production in Alabama. This will increase the US content of the aircraft, and generate hundreds of jobs.", "One of the six victims of a multi-car crash in Birmingham had served a prison sentence over a 130mph police chase, the BBC understands.\n\nKasar Jehangir, 25, was jailed for three years for dangerous driving and possession of drugs with intent to supply in November last year.\n\nHe was one of two men who threw heroin from an Audi while being chased by police on the M6 in 2015.\n\nLucy Davis and Lee Jenkins have also been named as victims of the crash.\n\nMr Jehangir - released earlier in 2017 under probation service supervision - died on Sunday alongside Tauqeer Hussain, 26, and Mohammed Fahsha.\n\nAnother man, 22, was seriously injured when the Audi the four men were in crashed with a taxi on Lee Bank Middleway, near the city centre.\n\nMr Hussain's mother suffered a heart attack after learning of her son's death, a family member said.\n\n\"Beautiful and fun-loving\" Lucy Davis was one of the taxi passengers killed in the crash\n\nTaxi driver Imtiaz Mohammed and his passengers, 42-year-old Mr Jenkins, and his partner 43-year-old Ms Davis from Kingstanding in Birmingham, died after the vehicle was smashed on to its side.\n\nMs Davis, who had two children, worked as a sign language interpreter.\n\nHer family said: \"Lucy was a beautiful and fun-loving mother, daughter, sister, auntie and friend who brought happiness to the lives of all she met. Rest in Peace our Lady in Red.\"\n\nHer relatives have taken to social media to express their \"unbearable\" pain.\n\nMr Jenkins' employer, University Hospitals Birmingham, said: \"The trust extends its deepest condolences to the family of Lee Jenkins and also to his friends and colleagues at this very sad time.\"\n\nMr Mohammed, 33, has been described by relatives as a \"happy, loving and friendly guy\", was on his last job before heading home to his wife and family, according to his brother.\n\nThe family of Mr Mohammed, who had five daughters and one son, said his death came the day before his daughter's fourth birthday.\n\nFather-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed, described as a hard-working family man, was killed in the crash\n\nThree men in the Audi, including Mohammed Fahsha, 30, pictured with his baby nephew, and Tauqeer Hussain, 26, known as Tox to his family, died at the scene.\n\nPeople have been leaving tributes near the scene of the crash, including flowers with a card saying: \"To Mum, I love you loads. \"Life isn't going to be the same without you.\"\n\nThree vehicles were directly involved in the accident on Belgrave Middleway in the early hours of Sunday\n\nThe scene of the accident was described as \"harrowing\"\n\nTousif Hussain Kiani, whose younger brother Tauqeer died in the crash, revealed that their mother had a heart attack after hearing about her son's death.\n\nMr Hussain was abroad when his sister contacted him in the middle of the night to tell him his 26-year-old brother was among the men thrown from the Audi.\n\nHe said he managed to get the next flight back to the UK, only to return to the news that his mother, Jamil Ahktar, had been taken to hospital.\n\nThe death of Tauqeer is another tragedy for the family as Mr Hussain's older brother, Khrum Munir, was killed in a car accident almost 10 years ago when the 28-year-old was coming home from work.\n\nHe said his father was \"holding it together because he is a strong man... but emotionally, I'm not sure what he is feeling.\"\n\nTousif Hussain Kiani said his brother Tauqeer was 'happy and carefree'\n\nMr Hussain described Tauqeer, known as Tox, as someone who was \"friendly to everybody\" and always outside the house on St Benedicts Road, Small Heath, with his friends \"laughing and joking\".\n\nHe was due to start a new job in January.\n\nHe said Mohammed Fahsha lived opposite and was a childhood friend to them both.\n\n\"We were always in each other's houses... always together. It doesn't seem real because they're not here,\" he said.\n\nThe brothers had known Kasar Jehangir for several years and the fourth person in the car who survived, an unnamed 22-year-old man, since he was about 15 years old.\n\nHe said the group were going to get food when the crash happened.\n\nMr Hussain said he was upset at Mr Jehangir's past drug convictions being referenced following his death.\n\n\"It's irrelevant to what has happened now... it's a matter in his own private life and not something his family want to be seeing.\n\n\"Everybody does bad and good in their life.\"\n\nHe said he was also angry at graphic images and footage of the aftermath of the crash scene being shared on social media.\n\n\"When I checked my social media [after learning of his brother's death] I saw people uploading pictures and videos.\n\n\"Fair enough you want to record the cars or whatever, but people were recording the bodies lying on the floor and that's not how I'd like to see any person lying on the floor while they are dead in that state, never mind if they're my brother and my best friends.\"\n\nPolice said investigations into the cause of the crash were ongoing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zelda Perkins: \"Everyone sees [Harvey] as this repulsive monster... he was also an extremely exciting person to be around.\"\n\nA former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, who accused him of attempting to rape a colleague 19 years ago, has called for a change to UK law on gagging orders.\n\nZelda Perkins worked for Weinstein's Miramax Films in the UK in the 1990s. She left after a co-worker said he'd tried to rape her, which he denied.\n\nMs Perkins told BBC Newsnight she tried to expose his behaviour, but was told by lawyers she \"didn't have a chance\".\n\nShe signed a non-disclosure agreement but said the process was \"immoral\".\n\nMs Perkins was 24 when she signed the confidentiality agreement in 1998, which prevented her from speaking to anyone about the alleged sexual assault.\n\nShe's now broken her 19 years of silence by speaking publicly about the movie mogul's mistreatment of women.\n\nIn her first broadcast interview, she told Newsnight's Emily Maitlis she wanted UK law on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) reformed to dismantle a legal system which she says enables the rich and powerful to cover up sexual assault and harassment.\n\n\"The last 19 years have been distressing, where I've not been allowed to speak, where I've not been allowed to be myself,\" she told the BBC Two programme.\n\n\"It's not just distressing for me, but for lots of women who have not been able to own their past, and for many of them, their trauma. Although the process I went through was legal, it was immoral.\"\n\nShe said she was \"emotionally and psychologically\" threatened by Weinstein during her three years working for him, but was never physically threatened.\n\nWhen, on a trip abroad, a younger colleague came to her in a distressed state to say that Weinstein had attempted to rape her, Ms Perkins felt it was her duty to act.\n\n\"She was shaking, very distressed, and clearly in shock,\" she said. \"She didn't want anybody to know and was absolutely terrified of the consequences. I spoke with her and tried to calm her down before confronting Harvey face to face.\"\n\nWeinstein denied the attempted rape. The women were advised to take legal advice, but were shocked by what they were told.\n\n\"The lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have very many options,\" she said. \"We had no physical evidence because we hadn't gone to the police when we were abroad, and ultimately, it would be two young women's words against Harvey Weinstein.\n\n\"In hindsight, my lawyers were giving me the advice they thought was best.\n\n\"However, they were saying, 'You will get dragged backwards, forwards and sideways through the courts. As will your family, as will your friends, as will anybody who knows anything about you. You haven't got a chance. You will be destroyed.'\"\n\nThey were advised that their best option was to take legal action against Weinstein. What followed eventually led to the signing of an agreement so shrouded in secrecy that Ms Perkins herself is not permitted to own a copy of the document, but can look at it under supervision.\n\nShe fought to get terms included, including Weinstein's commitment to attend therapy. The document is so closely guarded because it's \"a smoking gun\", she said.\n\n\"If you have an agreement that somebody has signed, that says that he will go to therapy, that he will be dismissed from his own company if anybody else makes a claim in the ensuing period, that an HR policy for sexual harassment has to be brought into the company, it's pretty clear that something's wrong.\"\n\nShe received £125,000 as part of the settlement - which she now views as a payment for her silence. But she says she regrets that the agreement meant that money changed hands.\n\nShe said the experience left her \"pretty broken and exhausted and so disillusioned\" and she doesn't know whether the conditions regarding therapy were carried out.\n\nShe said: \"I didn't have the energy to go on fighting. It was not my obligation to follow up on his obligation.\n\n\"What's extraordinary looking back is you'd imagine that Miramax Films would have been bending over backwards to make sure all of those obligations were fulfilled. But they weren't. I really couldn't stay in the industry at that point.\"\n\nNow, Ms Perkins says her motives for breaking the terms of her agreement by speaking publicly are as much about shedding light on the gagging orders that can protect the rich and powerful as they are about exposing Harvey Weinstein's alleged abusive behaviour.\n\nNDAs are widely used in the business world to share confidential information and keep trade secrets, but their usage in sexual harassment cases is more controversial.\n\nThe allegations against Harvey Weinstein have caused some law-makers in the US to readdress the use of NDAs in these instances. Senators in New York, New Jersey and California have drafted legislation aimed at banning them in such circumstances.\n\nMs Perkins now wants the UK Parliament to follow suit and debate the issue.\n\nGeoffrey Roberston QC said NDAs could be very useful, especially in employment law, and a blanket ban was \"not the way to go\".\n\nBut he added: \"There is, however, an entirely legitimate case for the UK Parliament to pass an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act, making it a crime to offer money to employees to silence them in relation to criminal offences that they know about.\n\n\"This is also a question of legal ethics - the Weinstein story has highlighted an area in the law that can cover up sexual crime.\"\n\nMs Perkins said: \"I understand that non-disclosure agreements have a place in society, and for both sides. But it's really important that legislation is changed around how these agreements are regulated.\"\n\nThe BBC asked Mr Weinstein for a response to the allegations. His lawyers said Mr Weinstein categorically denied engaging in any non-consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. Miramax had no comment.\n\nThe lawyers representing Zelda Perkins at the time that the NDA was signed said it was inappropriate for them to comment, given the terms of the NDA.\n\nWatch the full interview on Newsnight on BBC Two at 22:30 GMT.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Streep said she's \"truly sorry she [McGowan] sees me as an adversary\"\n\nActress Meryl Streep has defended herself against criticism from Harvey Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan.\n\nMcGowan, who accused Weinstein of rape, tweeted her anger at plans for stars to wear black to the Golden Globes in a silent protest against sexual abuse.\n\n\"Actresses like Meryl Streep... YOUR SILENCE is THE problem,\" actress McGowan wrote in the now deleted tweet.\n\nStreep responded by saying she \"didn't know\" about Weinstein's alleged behaviour when she worked with him.\n\nThe movie mogul has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.\n\nStreep said Weinstein \"needed me much more than I needed him\"\n\nMcGowan's tweet in full said: \"Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @goldenglobes in a silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You'll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.\"\n\nMarchesa is the fashion line that the film producer started with his wife Georgina Chapman, who left him in October when the allegations emerged.\n\nIn Streep's statement, given to the Huffington Post, the Oscar winner said she was \"hurt\" to be \"attacked\" by McGowan and said she \"did not know\" about Weinstein's alleged abuse.\n\nShe said: \"I have never in my life been invited to his hotel room.\"\n\nMatt Damon has faced a backlash for his comments on the scandal\n\nStreep added: \"He needed me much more than I needed him and he made sure I didn't know....\n\n\"Rose assumed and broadcast something untrue about me, and I wanted to let her know the truth,\" she wrote, adding that she had passed on her phone number to McGowan through friends after seeing the tweet.\n\n\"I sat by the phone all day,\" she wrote, adding: \"I hoped that she would give me a hearing. She did not, but I hope she reads this.\n\n\"I am truly sorry she sees me as an adversary, because we are both, together with all the women in our business, standing in defiance of the same implacable foe.\"\n\nStreep worked with Weinstein on such films as The Iron Lady and August: Osage County and jokingly referred to him as \"God\" in a 2012 acceptance speech.\n\nIt is not the first time Streep has spoken out about the allegations.\n\nWhen they first surfaced, she said she wanted to make it clear that \"not everybody\" had known about the allegations, including herself.\n\nMeanwhile, actor Matt Damon has spoken out again about the Hollywood scandal, telling Business Insider he thinks the men in Hollywood who aren't sexual predators should be talked about more.\n\n\"We're in this watershed moment, and it's great, but I think one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole load of guys - the preponderance of men I've worked with - who don't do this kind of thing,\" he said.\n\nHis comments follow criticism from actresses including his former girlfriend Minnie Driver of an interview he gave to ABC.\n\nDamon said: \"I do believe that there's a spectrum of behaviour and we're going to have to figure, you know, there's a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation,\" he said.\n\n\"Both of those behaviours need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn't be conflated.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Minnie Driver This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Forecasters may soon be able to give a longer term warning of wet UK summers\n\nResearchers in the UK have developed a method of improving the long range accuracy of summer weather forecasts in the UK and Europe.\n\nThe scientists found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic in March and April and the subsequent summer's rain or shine.\n\nThe researchers say the new method may benefit agriculture, tourism and construction.\n\nThe study has been published in the journal PNAS.\n\nScientific effort to improve longer term forecasts have been focussed on winter weather patterns, which can pose a sizeable threat to humans and the environment. Developing better seasonal forecasts for the summer has lagged significantly behind.\n\nNow researchers at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Reading have found that springtime temperature anomalies in the north Atlantic are connected to the circulation of the atmosphere and the position of the jet stream over Europe in the following July and August.\n\n\"We found a strong link between sea surface temperatures east of Newfoundland during the spring and the position of the jet stream and the weather in the UK,\" said lead author Dr Albert Osso from the University of Reading.\n\n\"We found that there is a predictability.\"\n\nThe researchers believe the temperature anomalies in the sea change what is termed the meridional gradient and the position of the jet stream is strongly influenced by this factor.\n\nPredicting barbecue weather might still be beyond the scope of this approach\n\n\"The jet stream gives the direction of the storms that cross the Atlantic and affect Europe and the UK,\" said Dr Osso.\n\n\"What we have seen is that when temperatures are warmer than normal in this area of the ocean, the storms basically move far north and they miss the UK, not all of them, but on average most of the storms are going to miss.\"\n\nThe scientists say that their findings mean that there is considerable potential to improve the seasonal forecast - with important implications for many sectors.\n\n\"This is an exciting finding. It shows that some aspects of summer weather in the UK appear to be much more predictable, many months ahead, than was previously thought,\" said Professor Rowan Sutton, from the University of Reading, and a co-author of the research.\n\n\"Farmers could potentially make more informed decisions on planting and harvesting. Shops could have more information to plan their stocks of sun cream or wellies. Forecasters still won't be able to tell you in May if an August bank holiday barbecue is a good idea or not, but they may be able to say if the summer is likely to be wetter or drier than average, with much more accuracy.\"\n\nIn the study, the scientists found that the rainfall in Europe can be predicted several months ahead with a correlation skill of 0.56, where 0 would be pure chance and 1 would be perfect prediction every time. The researchers believe that their new process could be a big help to weather forecasters,\n\n\"I think it could become a standard procedure and I think it can help to improve the numerical forecast,\" said Dr Osso.\n\n\"Knowing that these connections exist in observations, the forecasters can improve their models to reproduce these links and then get a better numerical forecast, not just a statistical one. \"", "Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below in Washington state.", "The report says there is \"a lack of support for people with mental health needs, and in-patients have an impoverished regime\"\n\nMajor failings in the provision of healthcare at Liverpool prison have been uncovered by a BBC investigation.\n\nWhistleblowers have told BBC News that prisoners have died and others have been injured due to poor care.\n\nMost of the incidents have happened since inspectors said conditions at the jail were the worst they had seen.\n\nLancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust said it was sorry it had not managed to improve services as much as it had hoped.\n\nFor the past three months, healthcare staff at HMP Liverpool have been highlighting ongoing concerns about the treatment of some of the approximately 1,100 prisoners at the jail.\n\nMP Rosie Cooper said there was a \"systemic failure to provide decent healthcare\" at the prison\n\nTheir decision to speak out, they say, was borne of a sense that senior management at the trust were not listening to concerns and hiding failings from regulators.\n\nA draft copy of its report, obtained by the BBC, says while there have been some improvements, \"there is a lack of support for people with mental health needs, and in-patients have an impoverished regime. There had been failures of leadership and management at all levels.\"\n\nJust days after the inspectors left, the BBC was informed of the suicide of a patient.\n\nThe man, who the BBC is not naming, killed himself in the healthcare unit.\n\nA fortnight later, staff told of the suicide of a second inmate.\n\n\"He did not have his secondary screening at the prison, a national requirement,\" wrote staff in an email to the BBC. \"The prison at the moment is so risky.\"\n\nA month later, a third death. On the day the man died, the BBC was told he had been waiting \"nearly 17 hours\" to see a prison GP.\n\nAnother inmate, we were told, was left with life-changing injuries after staff failed to notice for 12 hours that he had broken his neck despite a medic checking on him.\n\nDarren Harley said he removed the roots of his tooth himself because he did not receive medication\n\nDarren Harley was convicted of drugs offences and spent 27 months in Liverpool prison before being released in the summer.\n\nDuring his time inside, he says, he developed toothache but the healthcare regime failed on four separate occasions to provide him with proper medication, forcing him to take drastic action.\n\n\"My tooth actually shattered and because of the agony I was in, I ended up having to remove the roots myself. I don't understand how it is taking so long for people to get important medication,\" he said.\n\nOn some occasions, potentially life-saving drugs, such as warfarin and insulin, were not available despite being prescribed to prisoners.\n\nAt other times, mistakes led to inmates getting double doses of certain drugs.\n\nLancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which has provided healthcare services at the prison for two years, said it inherited some very significant challenges from the previous provider.\n\nIt said improvements had been made but the scale of the changes needed and the challenging environment within prisons has limited its ability to address everything.\n\nRosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, has been campaigning for improvements at the prison for years and is appalled by the continuing failures.\n\n\"We expect those prisoners to obey our rules outside of prison, yet inside prison the authorities abandon all rules and regulations and treat prisoners in this way and leave them suffering. I cannot accept that that's right.\"\n\nAs the BBC revealed on Monday, the inspectorate's findings on HMP Liverpool - a local category B/C prison, which also takes people on remand - are damning across the board.\n\nLawyer Leanne Devine said there was \"a culture of denial\"\n\nIt describes living conditions \"as amongst the worst we have seen\", with many prisoners living in \"squalid\" conditions.\n\n\"Many cells have broken windows with dangerous jagged glass, broken observation panels, damp, leaks and broken or blocked toilets,\" says the report.\n\n\"There is a significant problem with cockroaches and rats throughout the prison.\"\n\nThe problems are understood to have contributed to the removal of the governor last month and to some urgent repairs being carried out on one wing.\n\n\"There is a culture of denial,\" said Leanne Devine, a lawyer with Broudie Jackson Canter who regularly takes action against HMP Liverpool on behalf of inmates and their families.\n\n\"We've not seen any evidence of change.\n\n\"What is frustrating for the families is when they go away and they hope for change and then they see years later, coming through the press, the same cases, the same failings.\"\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"We do not comment on leaked reports.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day\n\nA care home worker who won £1 million on the lottery says she will still do her 12-hour Christmas Day shift.\n\nPatricia Aldridge, 55, a care assistant from Wexham, near Slough, won the money after the Lotto draw on 9 December.\n\nShe was announced as a new millionaire on Tuesday, along with her husband Robert, 57, who described the winnings as \"life-changing\".\n\nMrs Aldridge said: \"You hear people say 'if I won a lot of money I'd give up work', but I love what I do.\"\n\nShe discovered her new riches after checking an app on her phone.\n\n\"I rang Robert, and I said 'how many zeros are there in a million? I think I've won a million pounds,' said Mrs Aldridge.\n\nShe will continue to work at the elderly people's care home in Slough despite her millionaire raffle win, where she will do her 08:00 GMT to 20:00 GMT shift on 25 December.\n\nMr Aldridge, a site manager at a school, will also not be giving up work.\n\nHe said: \"We'll still be the same people. I'm not giving up work, I'll still go out with my friends, I'll still do my crib night.\n\n\"It just makes us more secure knowing that we can help the children buy a house and that sort of thing.\"", "The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.\n\nDiscovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated beyond our Solar System.\n\nThe body showed no signs of \"outgassing\" as it approached the Sun, strengthening the idea that it held little if any water-ice.\n\nBut the latest findings suggest water might be trapped under a thick, carbon-rich coating on its surface.\n\nThe results come as a project to search for life in the cosmos has been using a radio telescope to check for radio signals coming from the strange, elongated object, named 'Oumuamua.\n\nAstronomers from the Breakthrough Listen initiative have been looking across four different radio frequency bands for anything that might resemble a signal resulting from alien technology.\n\nBut their preliminary results have drawn a blank. The latest research - along with a previous academic paper - support a natural origin for the cosmic interloper.\n\nFurthermore, they measured the way that 'Oumuamua reflects sunlight and found it similar to icy objects from our own Solar System that are covered with a dry crust.\n\n\"We've got high signal-to-noise spectra (the 'fingerprint' of light reflected or emitted by the asteroid) both at optical wavelengths and at infrared wavelengths. Putting those together is crucial,\" Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen's University Belfast (QUB), one of the authors of the new study in Nature Astronomy.\n\nHe added: \"What we do know is that the spectra don't look like something artificial.\"\n\nTheir measurements suggest that millions of years of exposure to cosmic rays have created an insulating, carbon-rich layer on the outside that could have shielded an icy interior from its encounter with the Sun.\n\nThis process of irradiation has left it with a somewhat reddish hue, similar to objects encountered in the frozen outer reaches of our Solar System.\n\n\"When it was near the Sun, the surface would have been 300C (600 Kelvin), but half a metre or more beneath the surface, the ice could have remained,\" Prof Fitzsimmons told BBC News.\n\nThe Gemini North observatory was used to gather observations of 'Oumuamua\n\nPrevious measurements suggest the object is at least 10 times longer than it is wide. That ratio is more extreme than that of any asteroid or comet ever observed in our Solar System. Uncertainties remain as to its size, but it is thought to be at least 400m long.\n\n\"We don't know its mass and so it could still be fragile and have a relatively low density,\" said Prof Fitzsimmons.\n\n\"That would still be consistent with the rate at which it is spinning - which is about once every seven-and-a-half hours or so. Something with the strength of talcum powder would hold itself together at that speed.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's entirely consistent with cometary bodies we've studied - with the Rosetta probe, for example - in our own Solar System.\"\n\nCo-author Dr Michele Bannister, also from QUB, commented: \"We've discovered that this is a planetesimal with a well-baked crust that looks a lot like the tiniest worlds in the outer regions of our Solar System, has a greyish/red surface and is highly elongated, probably about the size and shape of the Gherkin skyscraper in London.\n\n\"It's fascinating that the first interstellar object discovered looks so much like a tiny world from our own home system. This suggests that the way our planets and asteroids formed has a lot of kinship to the systems around other stars.\"\n\nA number of ideas have been discussed to explain the unusual shape of 'Oumuamua. These include the possibility that it could be composed of separate objects that joined together, that a collision between two bodies with molten cores ejected rock that then froze in an elongated shape, and that it is a shard of a bigger object destroyed in a supernova.\n\nArtwork: 'Oumuamua may have spent millions of years travelling the Milky Way (shown here) before its encounter with the Sun\n\nIn a paper recently published on the Arxiv pre-print server, Gábor Domokos, from the Budapest University of Technology in Hungary, and colleagues suggest that, over millions of years, collisions between 'Oumuamua and many speeding interstellar dust grains could produce the object's observed shape.\n\nProf Fitzsimmons said this idea was very interesting, and added: \"I think what we're looking at here is the initial flurry of scientists running around saying: 'How did it get like this, where's it come from, what's it made of.' It's incredibly exciting.\n\n\"I think after a few months you will see people focus down on one or two possibilities for all these things. But this just shows you: it's a symptom of what an amazing, interesting object this is... we can't wait for the next one.\"\n\nIf planets form around other stars the same way they did in the Solar System, many objects the size of 'Oumuamua should get slung out into space. The interstellar visitor may provide the first evidence of that process.\n\n\"All the data we have at the moment turn out to be consistent with what we might expect from an object ejected by another star,\" he said.\n\nBut asked about Breakthrough Listen's initiative, he said: \"If I had a radio telescope, I might give it a go.\"\n• None Asteroid to be checked for alien tech", "A man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint, getting close to an aircraft at a base in Suffolk used by the US Air Force.\n\nShots were fired by US personnel before the 44-year-old British man was overcome by staff at RAF Mildenhall.\n\nThe base was temporarily put into lockdown as Suffolk police responded to reports of what they called a \"significant incident\".\n\nPolice said the incident was being treated as trespass, not terrorism.\n\nSupt Kim Warner, from Suffolk Police, said the man, who suffered cuts and bruises, was arrested after a \"short pursuit\" and his vehicle was stopped by US security services.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The base was temporarily put on lockdown\n\nThere was \"no obvious motive at this stage\", he said, adding there was no wider threat to the public or the base and police were not looking for anyone else.\n\nThe vehicle was brought to a halt close to a US plane, an Osprey, and it was not thought there was \"any significant damage\" to the vehicle or the aircraft, Supt Warner said.\n\nSuffolk Police was notified about a breach of security at about 13:40 GMT.\n\n\"Shots were fired by US security, I don't know how many, but I do know that shots were fired,\" Supt Warner said.\n\n\"It would be fair to say some of the minor injuries were probably as a result of him being apprehended,\" he added.\n\nThe superintendent said there would now be an internal investigation by the US airbase into why guns were discharged.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Suffolk Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRAF Mildenhall is protected by Ministry of Defence police and US armed guards.\n\nThe US Air Force said in a statement it was continuing to work with local authorities.\n\nThe base is used as a transport hub by the US and is home to a fleet of refuelling aircraft and special operations forces.\n\nIt has about 3,200 military personnel, with 400 to 500 UK civilian staff employed there.\n\nThe base was one of 56 MoD sites earmarked for closure.\n\nHowever, the US Air Force said in September it was delaying plans to relocate its operations to a base in Germany until 2024.\n\nRAF Mildenhall has previously been a potential target for a terror attack against US military personnel.\n\nIn May 2016, Junead Khan was given a life sentence for preparing terrorist acts after a court heard how he used his job as a delivery driver to gather information about the base.\n\nIt's highly unusual for shots to be fired by US personnel. That said, in the past few years security has been stepped up at the US base, which now has a much tighter perimeter.\n\nYou can't just drive into the base, you have to go through what's called the '\"shed\" - your car is checked and you have to go through lots of tight security measures.\n\nRAF Mildenhall is essentially a little piece of America, with more than 3,000 US personnel based here, and there's very close co-operation between the American military police and the British civilian police.\n\nUS bases here are governed by the Status of Forces Act so there are very clear rules of engagement here, with certain protocols in place when it come to the discharge of firearms.\n\nUS personnel are allowed to fire guns, but these rules of engagement are not made public because of security considerations.\n\nThere will undoubtedly be a conversation as a result of this incident between the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence as to exactly what happened here and why guns were fired.\n• None Welcome to England's 'Little America'", "We're now closing our live page following the derailment of the passenger train on its inaugural run in Washington state.\n\nA recovery operation is continuing, and officials are so far declining to provide any casualty numbers.\n\nHere's a quick recap of what we know and also latest reports in the US media:\n• more than 80 people were on board the southbound Train 501 from Seattle to Portland which was running on a new, shorter route\n• the accident on a bridge over interstate motorway I-5 happened at 07:30 local time (15:30 GMT) some 45 minutes into the journey\n• thirteen of the train's 14 carriages jumped the tracks, with some crashing onto the motorway below\n• officials say there were multiple fatalities, with the Associated Press reporting that at least six people died\n• reports say 77 people were taken to local hospitals\n• the cause of the crash is being investigated, with some reports say the train may have hit something\n• one passenger was quoted as saying that the train started to wobble a little before the crash\n• Washington governor declared a state of emergency to mobilise all resources for the recovery operation and assistance to the injured\n\nYou can still follow all the latest updates on this story and other news on the BBC News website.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nPolice have charged a man with racially aggravated common assault in relation to an alleged attack on Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling.\n\nKarl Anderson, 29, of Manchester, was remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.\n\nIt was reported Sterling was racially abused and attacked on Saturday after arriving at City's training ground.\n\nCity are yet to comment on the allegation or arrest.\n\nSterling is City's top scorer so far this season, with 15 goals in all competitions.", "Wendy Thomas hid two women and a man in a car she tried to drive into the UK\n\nA woman who hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK has been jailed for people smuggling.\n\nThe Home Office said officers discovered the stowaways after stopping Wendy Thomas' car at the Eurotunnel terminal in France on 9 October 2016.\n\nTwo of them were unresponsive and were rushed to hospital.\n\nThomas, 50, of Cardiff, admitted assisting illegal immigration and was sentenced to 33 months at Blackfriars Crown Court.\n\nThe man was found under a duvet in the car's foot well\n\nThe two women were taken to hospital after being found unresponsive\n\nTwo women were found inside a large black holdall in the boot of Thomas' car and had been covered by pillows and a large soft toy.\n\nThe third passenger, a man who later claimed to be an Iranian national and was handed to the French authorities, was found hiding under cushions and a quilt in the rear foot wells.\n\nThomas' co-conspirators Adriano Bettoja-Allen, 37, and his wife Jeanette, 49, of Newport, were also sentenced for their parts in two separate \"carefully planned\" attempts to smuggle people into the UK.\n\nThe Home Office said investigations started following the arrest of Dawood Shahbeik at St Pancras International station, after he arrived on the Eurostar from Calais on 2 October 2016.\n\nText messages on his mobile phone referred to a person who had been taken to a house in Newport, while a search of his luggage revealed a damaged Iranian passport and a large amount of cash.\n\nThe pillows and large toy used to hide the three stowaways\n\nThomas was arrested a week after Shahbeik and text messages on both their phones showed they had been in regular contact with Adriano Bettoja-Allen.\n\nInvestigators found he and his wife had travelled through Calais on 2 October after meeting Shahbeik in Dunkirk.\n\nThey also found Thomas and Bettoja-Allen had travelled in separate vehicles from Folkestone, Kent, to Coquelles, France, on the same Eurotunnel train on 8 October.\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen returned to the UK less than two hours after Thomas had been stopped by Border Force officers and financial checks also uncovered a large deposit into Thomas' bank account in September 2016.\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen was jailed for five years for his part in the smuggling operation\n\nAdriano Bettoja-Allen admitted assisting illegal immigration and was sentenced to five years in prison.\n\nJeanette Bettoja-Allen pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to 11 months, suspended for two years.\n\nShahbeik, who also admitted the same charge, was sentenced to 18 months in prison at an earlier hearing.\n\nSpeaking after the case concluded, David Fairclough, assistant director from Immigration Enforcement's Criminal and Financial Investigation team, said: \"Adriano Bettoja-Allen was revealed by our investigations to be the common link between what initially appeared to be unconnected incidents.\n\n\"Our investigations showed that far from being opportunistic attempts to undermine the UK's border controls, the offences had been carefully planned.\n\n\"The fact that two women ended up in hospital demonstrates the dangerous lengths people smugglers will go to.\"", "The government is committed to exposing injustice, says David Lidington\n\nSetting targets to hire judges from ethnic minority backgrounds would be the \"wrong way\" to solve the issue of diversity, says the justice secretary.\n\nDavid Lidington has outlined steps to tackle \"race bias\" in the legal system in England and Wales, following a damning report from MP David Lammy.\n\nBut the minister says the government needs to \"look at the critical path\" into the law - rather than targets.\n\nMr Lammy said he was \"disappointed\" with the government's response.\n\nThe Lammy Review, published in September, said that people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds make up 25% of the prison population and 41% of the youth justice system - but only 14% of the general population.\n\nEthnic minority groups make up only 11% of magistrates and 7% of judges.\n\nAs a result, Mr Lammy had called for a national target to achieve representation in the courts by 2025.\n\nHowever, Mr Lidington said a target would be \"the wrong way to attack this particular objective\" and he was looking at alternatives.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"When you look at the judges, you have got a group of people who have been practising in law perhaps for 20 years... because we need people who are experienced, who are expert, to sit on the bench.\n\n\"In getting a more diverse judiciary... you need to look at the critical path of how do people get into the legal profession in the first place.\"\n\nMr Lammy disagreed and instead called for a \"bold approach\".\n\nThe Tottenham MP told the BBC: \"It is not about the pipeline. BAME (Black, Asian, and minority ethnic) lawyers are applying to join the judiciary.\n\n\"If you set a target or a goal, then it concentrates the mind to achieve that. But the government has not affected that.\n\n\"The UK is behind the curve on diversity and it needs to catch up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLawyer and diversity campaigner Funke Abimbola was also disappointed with the decision, telling Today: \"It is an important element of [the recommendations] because bias in the judiciary has a direct impact on decision-making.\n\n\"This whole report was about there being proven bias against those minority ethnic backgrounds. [Targets are] a key part in driving diversity of thought, which impacts decisions in court.\"\n\nThe government's response to David Lammy's proposals suggests it's following them in spirit - but not to the letter.\n\nMany of the recommendations relate to changes to data collection, which should be relatively straightforward to implement.\n\nThe harder task set by Mr Lammy involves increasing diversity, so those who work in the criminal justice system better reflect and understand the people who use it.\n\nAlthough ministers have agreed challenging targets to raise ethnic minority representation among prison officers, they've balked at doing the same for judges and magistrates.\n\nThe experience of the police service, which failed to meet 10-year BME targets set in 1999 after the Macpherson report, may have influenced their decision.\n\nTargets can help focus efforts in achieving a goal - but if they're too stretching, they may prove counter-productive.\n\nThe Lammy Review concluded that people from minority backgrounds still faced bias, \"including overt discrimination\", in parts of the justice system.\n\nMr Lidington pledged to implement a \"key principle\" of \"change or explain\" when racial discrimination is found in the system.\n\n\"Where we cannot explain differences in outcomes for different groups, we will reform,\" he said, pledging to work on each of Mr Lammy's 35 recommendations - even if not following them to the letter.\n\nAnd he added this was the \"very first step\" in a change of attitude towards race disparity \"that will touch on every part of the criminal justice system for years to come\".\n\nWithin the government's response, it said it would:\n\nSome of the changes would take longer to achieve than others, the Ministry of Justice said.\n\nBut it had already made progress on several recommendations, including publishing data on race bias in the system.\n\nIt said a new race and ethnicity board would drive through the reforms - but alternative approaches would be found where proposals could not be implemented in full.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The couple will donate their unborn daughter's heart valves\n\nA mother who has been told her unborn baby girl will not survive at birth is carrying her to full term so she can donate heart tissue to help others.\n\nHayley Martin was told at her 20-week scan that her child has a rare genetic disorder meaning she will die during labour or within minutes of being born.\n\nSpeaking on ITV's This Morning show, Mrs Martin, 30, said they would be able to donate her daughter's heart valves.\n\nExplaining her decision, she added: \"I wouldn't have it any other way.\"\n\nAlready a mother-of-three, Mrs Martin and her husband Scott, from Hull, discovered their baby had bilateral renal agenesis at the five-month scan.\n\nMrs Martin said she had a feeling early on in the pregnancy and that things were not right\n\nThe condition is fatal and means the baby has no kidneys and is not surrounded by enough amniotic fluid, causing malformed lungs.\n\nAfter speaking to specialist doctors, the couple were given the weekend to consider terminating the pregnancy but Mrs Martin told This Morning her reaction was \"automatically, I don't want to let her go just yet\".\n\nThe couple said they had taken the decision to give birth to their daughter, who they have already named Ava-Joy, to help others in need of a transplant.\n\nIt is likely that their baby's heart valves will be used to help other seriously-ill children.\n\n\"With the heart valves they can store them up to ten years,\" Mrs Martin told the show.\n\n\"Anything is better than nothing. I know she can't donate proper organs but tissue is just as valuable.\"\n\nAngie Scales, a NHS organ donation and transplantation nurse, said around 10 to 15 families a year ask about the possibility of donation in relation to their unborn child.\n\nShe said: \"However, proceeding to actual donation in these cases is extremely rare due to the complexities of the processes that are required.\"\n\nThree people a day, including children, die waiting for a transplant, she added.\n\nThe couple said their other children would grow up knowing about their younger sister\n\nThe couple said the support they had received through a specialist charity in Leeds had helped them bond with their unborn daughter.\n\nThe charity funded a blood test to enable them to find out the sex of the baby so they were able to give her a name and buy clothes to dress her once she is born.\n\nThe Martins said they were starting a charity project in Ava-Joy's memory to help other families who decided to carry to term, despite a fatal diagnosis.\n\n\"It was not an easy decision but it was the right decision and it has helped me cope with the heartbreak,\" said Mrs Martin.\n\n\"A part of her will live on, she won't be completely gone. She will be alive in somebody else.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Queen has officially welcomed the UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, at a ceremony to commission it into the Royal Navy fleet.\n\nThe monarch boarded her namesake ship in Portsmouth to see the Royal Navy White Ensign raised on the vessel for the first time.\n\nPrincess Anne, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones also attended.\n\nThe ceremony took place on the giant hangar deck of the £3.1bn carrier.\n\nHMS Queen Elizabeth and its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales are the most expensive in the Royal Navy's history.\n\nHMS Queen Elizabeth sailed into Portsmouth in August following extensive preparations at the naval base.\n\nThe navy initially estimated both ships would cost £3.5bn to build but the total figure was revised to £6.2bn.\n\nAbout 3,700 guests attended the event, which came more than three years after the vessel's official naming ceremony in Rosyth when the Queen broke a bottle of whisky on its hull.\n\nDuring the ceremony, the commissioning warrant was read, and the Blue Ensign, which has been flying from the ship until it is formally handed over to the Royal Navy, was replaced with the White Ensign, raised by 20-year-old Able Seaman Ellie Smith from Hull.\n\nAddressing the assembled guests and ship's company, The Queen described the ship as \"the most powerful and capable ship ever to raise the White Ensign\".\n\n\"At the forefront of these responsibilities will be the men and women of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, supported by the Army, Royal Air Force and by coalition partners.\n\n\"As the daughter, wife and mother of naval officers, I recognise the unique demands our nation asks of you and I will always value my special link to HMS Queen Elizabeth, her ship's company and their families,\" she said.\n\nThe White Ensign was raised to symbolised the ship's commissioning into the fleet\n\nAdmiral Sir Philip Jones, said: \"We have been on a long, complicated - but committed - journey to get to this point and commissioning the ship is a key milestone.\n\n\"The point of the big grey ship is it's enormously big, flexible, capable and adaptable.\"\n\nAs part of the ceremony, a 8ft-long (2.44m) cake replica of the ship was cut. As is traditional, it was carried out by the youngest member of the ship's company - Callum Hui, 17 - and the captain's wife Dr Karen Kyd.\n\nCallum Hui and Dr Karen Kyd cut the cake at the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth.\n\nThis is a big day for the Royal Navy. A chance to look to the future and, at least for a moment, forget about recent defence cuts and fears of even more.\n\nAfter successfully completing her sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth will be commissioned into service. For the first time she'll raise the White Ensign - officially becoming a Royal Navy Warship. But, this is still another milestone not the end of her journey.\n\nFlight trials will begin next year and her first proper deployment with jets on board isn't planned until 2021. It's also still not clear how many of the new F35 jets she'll carry.\n\nCertainly fewer than the 36 she was built for, with each jet costing around £100m. The Royal Navy believes the carrier - the first of two - will be a potent symbol of British military power. But it's already struggling with limited resources.\n\nCapt Jerry Kyd called the ceremony the \"culmination of a number of years of real excitement\".\n\nHe said: \"The first sailing from Rosyth was only nine months ago, we have come a long way.\n\n\"The first entry into Portsmouth was in the summer and here we are today accepting the ship into Her Majesty's fleet formally.\n\n\"So, it is right at the top, it is the latest milestone, many more to come, but hugely exciting and a very proud day.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe 900ft-long (280m) carrier cannot currently deploy planes but F-35B Lightning fighter jets are due to make their first trial flights from the carrier's deck next year, with 120 air crew currently training in the US.\n\nPreparations for the arrival of the flagship of the fleet and its 700-strong company led to more than 20,000 items, ranging from a human skull to sea mines, dredged up from Portsmouth Harbour.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said specialist dredging vessels had removed 3.2 million cubic metres of sediment - equivalent to 1,280 Olympic swimming pools - during the dredging operation carried out to deepen the harbour mouth to enable the Queen Elizabeth to reach Portsmouth naval base.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nTwo men who died when a fire tore through a luxury five-star hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond have been named.\n\nSimon Midgley and Richard Dyson, believed to be from London, were staying at Cameron House Hotel when the blaze broke out on Monday morning.\n\nPolice have not confirmed the identity of those who died, but relatives have paid tribute on social media.\n\nThe hotel's director has praised the actions of the emergency services in preventing further tragedy.\n\nFirefighters who brought a couple and their baby to safety from an upper floor have been hailed as \"heroes\".\n\nA baby was rescued by firefighters from an upper floor of the hotel\n\nAndrew and Louise Logan, and their son Jimmy, from Worcestershire, were taken to hospital after being brought to safety, but were later discharged.\n\nMore than 200 guests were evacuated from the building when the blaze broke out. A joint investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.\n\nSocial media posts suggested that Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson were on a winter break in Scotland.\n\nA post on Mr Midgley's Instagram account on Saturday showed pictures of Cameron House Hotel and said: \"Home for the weekend.\"\n\nRelatives have been expressing their shock at news of the couple's deaths.\n\nMr Midgley's sister posted a picture of her brother and his partner on Facebook, while another relative wrote: \"I'm beyond heartbroken.\"\n\nKate Baxter wrote on Twitter: \"Such unbearably sad news.. RIP @SimonMidgleyPR, a shining star in our wonderfully close-knit industry.\"\n\nAccording to his Facebook page, Mr Midgley was a freelance journalist at the London Evening Standard and ran his own PR company, while Mr Dyson is believed to be a TV producer.\n\nPolice and firefighters remained at the scene on Tuesday morning, with the scale of the damage becoming more apparent.\n\nBBC Scotland's Andrew Black was allowed on site and said: \"The damage to the building is pretty extensive, especially the upper floors. There's a smell of burning wood and we could hear a fire alarm from part of the building still going off.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that a wedding due to take place at Cameron House hotel this weekend has been moved to another luxury hotel.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage from above Loch Lomond shows the extent of the damage at Cameron House\n\nIn a new statement, Cameron House's director, Andy Roger, praised the \"very swift actions of the emergency services\".\n\nHe said: \"Everyone associated with Cameron House Hotel is still coming to terms with the events of yesterday and we are all hugely conscious that two people tragically lost their lives in the fire.\n\n\"Their families and friends are foremost in our thoughts as we co-operate fully with the investigation teams to try to establish the circumstances surrounding this terrible incident.\n\n\"The emergency services were on the scene long into the night and I cannot praise their efforts highly enough. They are true heroes. The firemen bringing out a couple and their young child by ladder from a second-floor room was a heart-stopping moment for all those who witnessed it.\n\n\"We're also enormously grateful for the many, many offers of practical support and good wishes from the UK hospitality industry and also from the local community, which has rallied around to help. It's been a humbling experience, but we are a small, tight-knit community on Loch Lomond and a response like that is typical of our many friends and neighbours.\"\n\nMr Roger said the hotel had made arrangements for the vast majority of the guests to travel home or continue with their breaks and he thanked them for their patience and \"good spirits\".\n\nHe also paid tribute to the staff at Cameron House who he said had shown \"an enormous degree of care and teamwork throughout the last two days\".\n\nLocal people have been speaking of their shock and sadness at what happened at the hotel.\n\nOne woman told BBC Scotland: \"We are just very sad for all the families involved and so sorry for the people who work there.\"\n\nAnother added: \"It's absolutely horrific. I think the local community really feels it.\"\n\nReverend Ian Miller, a retired minister who lives locally and was called in to offer guests support in the aftermath of the fire, said those affected \"fell into two groups\".\n\n\"There were those in the side bedrooms which weren't really touched and they just realised they had escaped something terrible,\" he said.\n\n\"But for those in the main building then there were degrees of trauma. Some had escaped with virtually nothing.\n\n\"One man came out in his underwear. Another woman told me she just grabbed her baby, change bag and moved out.\"\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue service remained at the scene on Tuesday morning\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, John Gow, from forensic investigations firm IFIC, said: \"There will be a number of strands to this investigation, running in tandem.\n\n\"Obviously, sadly, there is the death investigation due to the fatalities that occurred.\n\n\"There is the origin and cause investigation which is establishing how the fire started and spread throughout the property.\n\n\"It is also likely there will be an investigation to establish if the fire precaution measures were adequate and operated as they should.\"\n\nCameron House, an 18th Century mansion, was converted into a luxury hotel and resort in 1986.\n\nIt is a popular wedding venue and houses the Michelin-starred Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond restaurant.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Attackers encrypted user's devices, and typically demanded a ransom of $300-600 in Bitcoin\n\nThe US and UK governments have said North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses and banks across the world earlier this year.\n\nThe attack is said to have hit more than 300,000 computers in 150 nations, causing billions of dollars of damage.\n\nIt is the first time the US and UK have officially blamed them for the worm.\n\nThomas Bossert, an aide to US President Donald Trump, first made the accusation in the Wall Street Journal newspaper.\n\nMr Bossert, who advises the president on homeland security, said the allegation was \"based on evidence\".\n\nHe did not produce any evidence in the article, but said US findings concurred with judgments from other governments and private companies.\n\nHe added that Australia, Canada, and New Zealand also share the US conclusion that North Korea was behind the attack.\n\nFollowing the interview, the UK Foreign Office also blamed \"North Korean actors using their cyber programme to circumvent sanctions\".\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre assessed that is \"highly likely\" that the North Korean Lazarus hacking group had committed the attacks, Minister for Cyber Lord Ahmad said in a statement.\n\nIn May, Windows computers hit by the cyber-attack had their contents locked, with users asked to a pay a ransom to have their data restored. EU police body Europol called the scale of the attack \"unprecedented\".\n\nBritain's National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ signals intelligence agency, first attributed the May 2017 Wannacry attack to North Korea within weeks of the ransomware spreading.\n\nThe speed was because the UK led the international investigation after the National Health Service was hit hard.\n\nThe US intelligence community may have taken longer to concur with that assessment but there is still the question of why the White House is only going public now.\n\nGovernments used to be cautious about attribution in cyber attacks but it is becoming increasingly common - beginning with the claim North Korea was behind the attack on Sony in 2014 and more recently involving Russia's alleged hacking in the 2016 US election.\n\nThis latest claim is almost certainly an attempt to put more pressure on North Korea in the crisis over its nuclear programme with the attempt to rally international support behind the notion that the country is a real danger - whether from cyber weapons or nuclear weapons. And to make the case that further action, of some kind, needs to be contemplated.\n\nMr Bossert warned that \"we will continue to hold accountable those who harm or threaten us\"\n\nIn the Wall Street Journal piece, Mr Bossert said North Korea must be held \"accountable\" and that the US would continue to use a \"maximum pressure strategy\" to hinder the regime's ability to mount cyber-attacks.\n\nHe did not specify what action, if any, the US government planned to take in response to the findings.\n\nNorth Korea is already facing major economic sanctions after being redesignated a state-sponsor of terrorism last month amid tension over its nuclear programme and missile tests.\n\n\"North Korea has acted especially badly, largely unchecked, for more than a decade, and its malicious behaviour is growing more egregious. WannaCry was indiscriminately reckless,\" Mr Bossert wrote.\n\n\"As we make the internet safer, we will continue to hold accountable those who harm or threaten us, whether they act alone or on behalf of criminal organisations or hostile nations,\" he went on.\n\n\"The tool kits of totalitarian regimes are too threatening to ignore.\"\n\nHe added that Microsoft and Facebook both acted to disable North Korean cyber-attacks \"on their own initiative last week, without any direction or participation by the US\".\n\nMicrosoft later issued a statement, saying that last week the company \"working together with Facebook and others in the security community, took strong steps to protect our customers and the internet from ongoing attacks by an advanced persistent threat actor known to us as ZINC, also known as the Lazarus Group\".\n\n\"Among other steps, last week we helped disrupt the malware this group relies on, cleaned customers' infected computers, disabled accounts being used to pursue cyber-attacks and strengthened Windows defences to prevent reinfection,\" the statement said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kevin Beaumont 🤨 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, some social media users said that - while crediting Microsoft and Facebook - Mr Bossert did not mention a UK security researcher who had \"accidentally\" halted the spread of the malicious software.\n\nThe 22-year-old man, known by the pseudonym MalwareTech, managed to bring the spread to a halt when he found what appeared to be a \"kill switch\" in the rogue software's code.\n\nIn the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) was hit particularly hard by the cyber-attack, with 48 affected health trusts forced to turn many patients away for appointments and even surgeries.\n\nIt spread across the world, with Russia reportedly being badly hit, causing problems to the country's postal service.\n\nNorth Korea has not yet responded to the US allegation\n\nIn 2014, the US claimed North Korea were behind cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures, after it released a film featuring the fictional killing of its leader Kim Jong-un.\n\nThe entertainment company had its films leaked and details of corporate finances and private emails released online.\n\nThe North Koreans hit out at former president Barack Obama over the claim, but has not yet responded to the White House accusations about the WannaCry hack.\n\nIn October it said rumours from a UK government minister that they were behind the 2017 attack was \"groundless speculation\", and a \"wicked attempt\" to tighten international sanctions on the country.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAbout 30 rape cases due to go to trial and \"scores\" more investigations are to be reviewed after the collapse of two cases in a week.\n\nOn Tuesday, prosecutors dropped a case against a man charged with raping a child under 16 due to police providing \"relevant\" evidence in recent days.\n\nLast week, student Liam Allan's trial collapsed because of the late disclosure of evidence.\n\nThe Met said the same officer worked on both cases and remains on full duty.\n\nThe force has not referred the officer involved to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), a Met spokesman said.\n\nThe IPCC told the BBC it was \"monitoring the situation\".\n\nIn the most recent case of Isaac Itiary, the Crown Prosecution Service said \"new material\" provided by Scotland Yard meant the case could not proceed.\n\nIsaac Itiary was charged with raping a child in July but the case collapsed\n\nThe Met review is aimed at ensuring all digital evidence in other sex crime cases has been disclosed to the CPS.\n\nConservative MP Nigel Evans, who was cleared of rape and sexual assault charges in 2014, said there was a \"systemic\" problem, which could leave innocent people in jail.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said the attorney general had already started a review into the disclosure of evidence, telling PMQs: \"It is important that we look at this again so we make sure we are truly providing justice.\"\n\nLiam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records crucial to the case.\n\nA computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim had pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nMr Allan, who spent almost two years on bail, has said he intends to sue the Met.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJerry Hayes, the barrister prosecuting the case against Mr Allan, agreed with Mr Evans' assertion that the problem was \"systemic\" within the police, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"You speak to any barrister they will tell you stories that this happens every single day and it has got to stop.\"\n\nHe said anyone about to go to trial should seek a letter from the police force to say all evidence has been disclosed, and for those convicted, \"they will have to be looked at again\".\n\nThe cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary are very different.\n\nAs far as Mr Allan is concerned, the Met has accepted the case \"clearly went wrong\".\n\nCrucial information was disclosed to defence barristers so late that the trial was already well under way.\n\nIn Mr Itiary's case, procedures appear to have been followed, though it's possible police could have acted more quickly.\n\nWhat the cases have done is shine a light on the importance of following disclosure rules.\n\nUndoubtedly the squeeze on resources, with cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service and policing and a national shortage of detectives, together with the increased caseload for sexual offences units, have played their part.\n\nAn inspection report this year also pinpointed inadequacies in training and supervision.\n\nSome see the problems as a direct result of a misplaced culture of \"believing\" the victim, where police don't look for or withhold contradictory evidence - but that's an assertion for the attorney general's inquiry to examine.\n\nCommander Richard Smith, who oversees the Met's rape investigations, said he understood the failure of the latest case would raise further concerns.\n\nHe added: \"The Met is completely committed to understanding what went wrong in the case of Mr Allan and is carrying out a joint review with the CPS, the findings of which will be published.\"\n\nBut Nigel Evans said the late disclosure of evidence was \"common\" in investigations.\n\nMr Evans was cleared in 2014 of charges of raping a student\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: \"It seems to be in too many cases that police are cherry-picking the evidence that is there in order to get a prosecution. \"\n\nMr Evans called for a \"proper review\" involving police forces across the country, not just the Met.\n\nDame Elish Angiolini led a review in 2015 into how the Met and the CPS deal with rape cases.\n\nShe said she was \"concerned about the impact of excessive workloads on the effectiveness of both police and prosecutors\".\n\nIn response to her review, the Met said it had carried out \"significant work\", with an extra 196 officers allocated to the relevant units and additional lawyers for the CPS.\n\nFormer Met detective chief inspector Peter Kirkham told the Victoria Derbyshire programme it was a resources issue.\n\n\"Since 2010, we have reduced the number of police officers around the country by about 20,000 - that's about 15%,\" he said.\n\nHe warned that officers were \"stressed\" and \"haven't got time to do their jobs properly\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe number of adults reporting rape in England and Wales has more than doubled from 10,160 in 2011-12 to 23,851 in 2015-16, according to figures from the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's rape monitoring group.\n\nA Home Office study suggests only 4% of cases of sexual violence reported to police are thought to be false.\n\nAnd statistics from Rape Crisis indicate only 5.7% of reported rape cases end in a conviction.", "Toys R Us's future in the UK has been plunged into doubt after the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) said it would vote against the company's rescue plan.\n\nThe retailer was told to put £9m into its struggling pension fund by the PPF in order for it to support the toy retailer's restructuring plan.\n\nFailure to agree a deal could put all its 3,200 staff at risk of redundancy.\n\nThe PPF's Malcolm Weir said it believed it was \"reasonable\" to seek guarantees on the pension scheme's future.\n\n\"Since the company lodged the CVA [company voluntary agreement] proposals we have spent significant time and effort, with the help of PwC, assessing the current and future financial position of the company to ensure the pension scheme would not be weakened by the CVA, leading to an even bigger claim on the PPF and its levy payers further down the line,\" said Mr Weir.\n\n\"Given the position of the company, we strongly believe seeking assurances for the pension scheme is reasonable given the deficit in the scheme and questions about the overall position of the company.\"\n\nMr Weir did give Toys R Us a glimmer of hope, adding: \"We remain in dialogue with the company and their advisers and we are able to amend our vote if suitable assurances are provided.\"\n\nBefore the PPF announcement, Toys R Us reassured shoppers seeking last-minute presents by saying: \"There will be no disruption for customers shopping through the Christmas and New Year period.\"\n\nThe deadline for the vote on the CVA, which allows the firm to restructure its finances, is on Thursday.\n\nIf the CVA does not go through, the company could fall into administration.\n\nRetail consultant Richard Hyman told the Today programme it was a \"real Catch 22 situation\", as it left Toys R Us having to choose between the futures of its past or present employees.\n\nMeanwhile, Frank Field, chairman of the Work and Pensions select committee, has written to Toys R Us managing director Stephen Knights, querying two consecutive years of big rises in executive pay.\n\nMr Field asked how the pay increase was \"justified at a time of operating losses\" and how the board decided to distribute resources between executive pay and employees' pension benefits.\n\nIt's workers versus pensioners; a choice between the present and the future.\n\nThe Pensions Protection Fund has become one of Toys R Us's biggest creditors as it takes over the voting rights of pension trustees in restructuring situations.\n\nIf the PPF backs the rescue without further financial assurances for the pension fund, pensioners could be affected in future, and its warnings would be seen as meaningless.\n\nIn many cases, it's a false choice; current employees are paying into the pension fund which they one day hope to live off. The PPF is said to be aware of its responsibility in this case, but its role is to protect members of the pension scheme and the other funds.\n\nA \"no\" vote doesn't mean administration is certain for Toys R Us; it could propose a new restructuring plan, one the PPF can back. Talks are taking place so a solution can be found. The PPF is clearly trying to say that companies can't treat pension funds as an inconvenient afterthought.\n\nToy industry expert Peter Jenkinson did offer some hope to the company, if it can resolve its current difficulties.\n\n\"The toy industry was in rude health in the UK last year,\" he told BBC 5 live Breakfast.\n\n\"Toys R Us does suffer because it has some very big stores in prime locations and the rent has gone up.\n\n\"Its in-store activity has been found wanting a little bit compared with other toy retailers and it has fallen behind.\n\n\"However, if the restructuring goes through then some of its stores could thrive. There are stores I've been into over the last month that have really started to up their game.\n\n\"The UK toy industry is behind them and wants to see them survive in some format.\n\n\"Buying toys is as much as of an experience as playing with them and taking a trip out to the toy shop is starting to come back into fashion.\"\n\nToy's R Us's parent company in the US is in formal bankruptcy protection proceedings. Recent reports suggest it is considering closing between 100 and 200 stores in America.", "Mr Corbyn insisted the adulation of his supporters will 'never' go to his head\n\nJeremy Corbyn believes there is likely to be another election in \"the next 12 months\" and Labour will \"probably\" win it with a majority.\n\n\"I'm ready to be prime minister tomorrow,\" the Labour leader told Grazia in what it billed as his first interview with a women's magazine.\n\nIt comes as Mr Corbyn's ally Diane Abbott predicted that Labour would take a \"decisive\" opinion poll lead in 2018.\n\nMost recent polls put the party neck-and-neck with the Conservatives.\n\nBut Ms Abbott told BBC Newsnight she expected Labour to \"move ahead of this government steadily and surely as next year unravels\" and said there was likely to be another election.\n\nMr Corbyn said another election was \"quite possible\" in his Grazia interview.\n\nAsked if the public were ready for another election, he said the Conservatives did not have \"much confidence in being able to command a majority in parliament\" so \"I think the country would want an election in order to bring about some degree of stability\".\n\nHe added: \"I think we'd probably win it, with a majority... we're working very hard on that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe was also quizzed about Brexit and whether he backed his predecessor as Labour leader - and long time adversary - Tony Blair's call for a second EU referendum because of the way the Leave campaign had been conducted.\n\nHe said: \"Some were extremely irresponsible in what they did and said, but we have to recognise it was the largest participation of people in an electoral process ever in Britain and they chose to leave.\"\n\nAsked if he thought people had cast their votes on the basis of false promises, he said: \"People still voted as they did. Yes, I thought there were some ridiculous and exaggerated claims made and I said so at the time.\"\n\nBut he ruled out campaigning for a second referendum, saying: \"I think we should continue putting pressure on the government to allow a transition period to develop, because at the moment we're in danger of getting into a complete mess in March 2019 (the date Britain leaves the EU).\"\n\nMr Corbyn also said he had not heard many \"whispers\" about sexual harassment at Westminster before the current scandal - and he had been \"horrified and appalled by it all\".\n\nHe told the magazine he was \"utterly determined all Labour Party events should be a safe place for women to go to\".\n\nThe Labour leader says Meghan Markle is clearly 'a decent person'\n\nOn Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding, Mr Corbyn - a long-time republican - said \"she's clearly a very decent person\".\n\nAsked about the cost of the wedding, he said: \"Weddings come pretty pricey, I understand, but I think the cost should be borne by the family themselves.\"\n\nHe said his own wedding, to third wife Laura Alvarez, which took place in in a country hotel in Mexico in 2013, \"didn't cost very much at all\".\n\nThe Royal family will pay for Prince Harry's wedding, including the church service, the music, the flowers and the reception but the security costs will be picked up by taxpayers, the Palace has said.\n\nThe Labour leader was interviewed en route to Geneva, in Switzerland, where he was giving a speech to the United Nations and receiving an award from the International Peace Bureau for \"his political work for disarmament and peace\".\n\nHe insisted the adulation shown by his supporters at events like Glastonbury would \"never\" go to his head.\n\nAsked if he ever sang \"Oh Jeremy Corbyn\" - the chant that followed him wherever he went over the summer - in the shower, he revealed an apparent fondness for a 50-year-old biker anthem by American rockers Steppenwolf.\n\n\"I'm more likely to sing Born To Be Wild,\" said the Labour leader.", "The Palestinian general delegate to the UK has said that President Trump would be \"declaring war\" on the Middle East should he acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nManuel Hassassian told the Today programme the move would cast doubt over the peace process and he warned that Muslims and Christians would not be able to accept Israel's \"hegemony\" over Jerusalem's holy shrines.", "Vladimir Putin had hinted that he might stand during a youth event earlier in the day\n\nRussia's Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another term as president in next year's election.\n\nHe made the announcement in a speech to workers at a car factory in the Volga city of Nizhny Novgorod.\n\n\"I will put forward my candidacy for the post of president of the Russian federation,\" he said.\n\nMr Putin has been in power since 2000, either as president or prime minister. If he wins the March election he will be eligible to serve until 2024.\n\nRussian TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak has already said she will stand in the election but opinion polls suggest Mr Putin will win easily.\n\nRussia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been formally barred from standing because he was found guilty of embezzlement - a charge he claims was politically motivated.\n\nMr Putin is popular with many Russians, who see him as a strong leader who has restored Russia's global standing with a decisive military intervention in the Syrian civil war and Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.\n\nBut his critics accuse him of facilitating corruption and illegally annexing Crimea, which has led to international condemnation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Putin was given a puppy by Turkmenistan for his birthday", "Technology advancements are allowing disabled athletes to compete in more and more sports previously inaccessible to them.\n\nBBC Click reporter Kat Hawkins had her legs amputated 10 years ago. She went to try out some new feet that could help amputees carve up the slopes this winter.\n\nSee more at Click's website and @BBCClick.", "Three men have been charged with the murder of Maltese investigative journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.\n\nBrothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, aged 55 and 53, and Vincent Muscat, 55, all pleaded not guilty.\n\nThey were also accused of possession of bomb-making material and weapons.\n\nCaruana Galizia died in an explosion shortly after she left her home in Bidnija, near Mosta, on 16 October.\n\nThe 53-year-old was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption.\n\nOn Monday, police arrested 10 Maltese nationals in connection with the murder. Police operations took place in the town of Marsa, and the Bugibba and Zebbug areas.\n\nPrime Minister Joseph Muscat, who is not related to Vincent Muscat, said some of the 10 detainees were already known to the police while others had criminal records.\n\nThe Times of Malta reports that the three men who have been charged were among those arrested.\n\nA close friend of Caruana Galizia told Reuters news agency that she did not think the journalist had ever investigated the men.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Borg Cardona: \"My friend has been killed there\"\n\nThe government had offered a €1m (£890,000; $1.2m) reward for information about Caruana Galizia's murder.\n\nHer three sons refused to endorse the reward, and said they were \"not interested in justice without change\".\n\nIn her Running Commentary blog, Caruana Galizia had relentlessly reported on alleged corruption among politicians across party lines.\n\nWith a career spanning more than three decades, she was \"one of Malta's most important, visible, fearless journalists\", in the words of former Home Affairs Minister Louis Galea.\n\nHer funeral was attended by hundreds of people but the tiny EU state's leaders were barred by her family.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a pillar of Malta's democracy, her friend says\n\nInternational experts, including from the FBI, were called in to help in the investigation.\n\nThe editors of eight of the world's largest news organisations, including the BBC, called for the European Commission - the EU executive - to investigate the murder.\n\nIn response, Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the commission, urged the authorities to leave \"no stone unturned\" in the case.", "The forecast for Thursday includes winds reaching gusts of up 90mph over parts of north and north east Scotland\n\nThe Met Office has updated its weather warnings for Storm Caroline on Thursday.\n\nAn amber \"be prepared\" warning, which includes winds gusting up to 90mph in some areas, has been issued for north and north east Scotland.\n\nA yellow \"be aware\" warning has also now been put in place for central and parts of southern Scotland.\n\nSnow and ice has been forecast for large parts of the UK in the wake of Caroline on Friday and Saturday.\n\nYellow warnings are in place for the weekend.\n\nOrkney and Shetland, which are included in the amber warning for Thursday, are expected to continue to experience high winds on Friday and Saturday.\n\nThe Met Office has warned of the potential for damage to property and travel disruption on Thursday. Energy firm SSE has also said there was the potential of power cuts.\n\nThe Met Office has amber and yellow warnings in place for Thursday\n\nHighland Council said Thursday's conditions could affect its Corran Ferry services in Lochaber.\n\nIn its amber warning, the Met Office said gusts of 70mph to 80mph were expected widely with gusts to 90mph possible in exposed areas.\n\nIt added: \"Flying debris is likely and could lead to injuries or danger to life.\n\n\"Some damage to buildings is possible, such as tiles blowing off roofs.\n\n\"Longer journey times and cancellations are likely, as road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected.\"\n\nThe Met Office has also warned of large waves along the coast.\n\nDozens of workers have been taken off a North Sea platform amid fears of huge waves due to the approaching Storm Caroline.\n\nCNR International said it was taking the precaution on Ninian Southern, 75 miles (120km) east of Shetland.\n\nThe firm has been carrying out checks on the platform's \"jacket\", the steel support frame of the structure.\n\nA total of 159 people were working the Ninian South platform. CNR said 90 personnel remained on board.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mahad Yusuf and Fesar Mahamud, of north London, have been convicted of trafficking a vulnerable teenager\n\nTwo north London gang members have been convicted of exploiting a vulnerable teenager in the first so-called \"county lines\" case of its kind.\n\nMahad Yusuf, 20, and Fesar Mahamud, 19 pleaded guilty to human trafficking offences on 5 December.\n\nThe 19-year-old victim was told she \"belonged\" to Yusuf as she was lured into a car and driven to Swansea.\n\nKnown as \"county lines\", gangs use other people to traffic drugs for them remotely via dedicated mobile phones.\n\nPolice say the teenager was held at an address in Swansea for five days and forced to store Class A drugs against her will.\n\nSpecialist officers found the woman when they executed a search warrant on 25 May.\n\nDet Insp Rick Stewart said: \"The victim in this case suffered a horrendous ordeal at the hands of these two men, who trafficked her for their own criminal gain.\n\n\"Unfortunately this case is by no means unique. Drug dealers are exploiting vulnerable people across the country via county lines.\"\n\nYusuf, of Cuckoo Hall Lane, Edmonton, and Mahamud, of Zambezie Drive, Edmonton also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.\n\nThe pair will be sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on 4 January.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Conservative MP Heidi Allen was left in tears after Labour's Frank Field described the \"destitution\" faced by his constituents during a Commons debate about universal credit.", "Downing Street has insisted it is still confident of a first-phase Brexit deal before next week's summit\n\nTheresa May has been urged not to allow Eurosceptic MPs in her party to \"impose their own conditions\" on negotiations amid signs of fresh Tory infighting.\n\nNineteen Tory MPs who back a \"soft Brexit\" have written to her saying it is \"highly irresponsible\" for anyone to dictate terms which may scupper a deal.\n\nIt follows some Tories backing the DUP's decision to oppose a draft deal on the future of the Irish border.\n\nThe PM has spoken to the DUP's Arlene Foster to try to break the deadlock.\n\nThe DUP says there is \"more work to be done\" if it is to agree to plans for the future of the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic after Brexit - a prerequisite for talks to move on to their next phase.\n\nIrish PM Leo Varadkar, who also spoke to Mrs May on Wednesday, said he was willing to consider any new proposals, suggesting the UK might put something forward within the next 24 hours.\n\nAnd the BBC understands the ambassadors of the 27 EU member states, who received an update from chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier on Wednesday, are \"waiting for something from London\" in the next 48 hours.\n\nThe BBC's Adam Fleming said Mr Barnier and the member states agreed there must be clarity within 48 hours for them to have enough time to consult with their capitals about draft guidelines for phase two of the talks.\n\nAt a summit next week, European leaders will decide whether enough progress has been made in the negotiations on Ireland, the UK's \"divorce bill\" and citizens' rights so far to open trade talks.\n\nIn their letter, the 19 MPs - who largely backed Remain in the 2016 referendum - say they support the PM's handling of the negotiations, in particular the \"political and practical difficulties\" relating to the Irish border.\n\nBut they hit out at what they say are attempts by some in their party to paint a no-deal scenario in which the UK failed to agree a trade agreement as \"some status quo which the UK simply opts to adopt\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\n\"We wish to make it clear that we are disappointed yet again that some MPs and others seek to impose their own conditions on these negotiations,\" the MPs, including former cabinet ministers Stephen Crabb, Dominic Grieve, Anna Soubry and Nicky Morgan - write.\n\n\"In particular, it is highly irresponsible to seek to dictate terms which could lead to the UK walking away from these negotiations.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt urges the PM to \"take whatever time is necessary\" to get the next stage of negotiations right.\n\nOn Tuesday, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith argued the time was fast approaching for the UK to consider walking away from the talks if the EU did not allow negotiators to proceed to the next phase - in which future trade and security relations will take centre stage.\n\nThe suggestion of \"regulatory alignment\" between Northern Ireland and the European Union and any continuing role for the European Court of Justice has also concerned some Eurosceptic Conservative MPs.\n\nOn Monday Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party - whose support the PM needs to win key votes at Westminster - objected to draft plans drawn up by the UK and the EU.\n\nThe DUP said the proposals, which aimed to avoid a \"hard border\" by aligning regulations on both sides of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, were not acceptable.\n\nThis has left the UK government racing to find an agreement suiting all sides in time for next week's summit.\n\nThe Irish PM said he was willing to consider any new proposals from the UK\n\nThe DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds said the Irish government, which has said it wants firm guarantees that a hard border can be avoided, was playing a \"dangerous game\" with its own economy.\n\nAt a press conference with his Dutch counterpart on Wednesday, Irish PM Leo Varadkar insisted he wanted the talks to move beyond consideration of divorce issues to the future.\n\n\"Having consulted with people in London, she (Theresa May) wants to come back to us with some text tonight or tomorrow,\" he said. \"I expressed my willingness to consider that.\"\n\nIn a separate development, Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested the UK could pay the so-called Brexit bill, regardless of whether or not there is a subsequent trade agreement with the EU.\n\nHe told MPs on the Treasury Committee he found it \"inconceivable\" that the UK would \"walk away\" from its financial obligations as \"frankly it would not make us a credible partner for future international agreements\".\n\nOn the issue of the divorce bill, a No 10 spokesman said the government's position remained that \"nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and that applies to the financial settlement\".\n\nReports have suggested the UK has raised its financial offer to a figure of up to 50bn euros (£44bn).", "Kamal Ahmed and Tina Daheley will help mentor students\n\nThe BBC is launching a new scheme to help young people identify real news and filter out fake or false information.\n\nThe project is targeted at secondary schools and sixth forms across the UK.\n\nFrom March, up to 1,000 schools will be offered mentoring in class and online to help them spot so-called fake news.\n\nBBC journalists including Kamal Ahmed, Tina Daheley, Amol Rajan and Huw Edwards will also take part in events aimed at helping students.\n\nJames Harding, the director of BBC News, said: \"This is an attempt to go into schools to speak to young people and give them the equipment they need to distinguish between what's true and what's false.\"\n\nThe move follows a year-long study, conducted by the University of Salford in conjunction with BBC Newsround, looking at how well children aged between nine and 14 can spot false information.\n\nAlthough most of the children from across all age groups said they knew what fake news was, many of them could not always distinguish between fake and real stories when presented with them.\n\nBBC Director of News James Harding: \"Some information is downright lies.\"\n\nThe term \"fake news\" was popularised by Donald Trump during his presidential election campaign last year.\n\nHe used the term to denigrate the output of the traditional news media, although it is also used to describe news stories that achieve significant traction despite being palpably false.\n\nRecent examples include a satirical story claiming that the Pope had endorsed Trump for president, which was widely circulated as an established fact.\n\nThe issue surfaced again this month when the President retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group whose authenticity was subsequently challenged.\n\nIn November, The Independent - now an online newspaper - streamed a video \"live from space\" that turned out to be footage recorded in 2015.\n\nIn July, meanwhile, a Facebook Live video purporting to show a storm was outed by social media users as a gif.\n\n\"I think that people are getting the news all over the place - there's more information than ever before,\" said Harding.\n\n\"But, as we know, some of it is old news, some of it is half truths. Some of it is just downright lies. And it's harder than ever when you look at those information feeds to discern what's true and what's not.\n\n\"But there are 'tells', there are ways that you can look at your news feed and identify a story that's true and a story that's not.\n\n\"And we think that's a skill that enables people to make good choices about the information they get and good choices in their lives.\"\n\nLast month a survey by media watchdog Ofcom found almost three quarters of children aged between 12 and 15 were aware of so-called \"fake news\" and that half of them has read a story they suspected of being false.\n\nThe BBC has set up a mailing list for those interested in finding out more about the project.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif is the most contentious religious site in Jerusalem.\n\nIt is revered by Jews at the location of two biblical temples and is the holiest site in Judaism.\n\nThe compound also houses the Dome of the Rock, pictured here, and the al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest shrine in Islam.", "Charlie Dunn's stepfather Paul Smith had denied any wrong-doing in relation to his death\n\nThe stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a pool at a water park has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence.\n\nCharlie Dunn, who could not swim, was pulled from the water at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July 2016.\n\nPaul Smith, 36, had denied letting the boy wander off alone for more than two hours but changed his plea during the trial at Birmingham Crown Court.\n\nCharlie's mother, Lynsey Dunn, 28, has had the same charge dropped.\n\nPaul Smith and Lynsey Dunn will be sentenced later this month\n\nShe did admit a charge of neglect in connection with Charlie after an incident between July 2014 and July 2016, in which she failed to supervise him near a busy road.\n\nDunn also pleaded guilty to a second charge of neglect in relation to another youngster, who cannot be named, after an incident in the summer of 2015.\n\nIt can also now be reported that prior to the trial Smith admitted witness intimidation in connection with another incident relating to Charlie.\n\nBoth defendants, of Glascote Heath, Tamworth, Staffordshire, will be sentenced on 20 December.\n\nCharlie was found in the Blue Lagoon children's pool at the park\n\nCharlie was found submerged in a 1.4m-deep lagoon at the busy attraction, in Market Bosworth, and pulled from the water by other children.\n\nA paramedic carried out CPR, before he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.\n\nThe court had previously heard he had been allowed to play unsupervised in the park.\n\nOpening the Crown's case on 30 November, prosecutor Mary Prior QC said: \"This case is not about parents turning their back for a minute whilst a tragedy occurs.\n\n\"We don't prosecute parents for unavoidable tragedies nor do we expect perfection in parenting.\n\n\"This is a gross failure to supervise not for seconds, and not for a few minutes, but for protracted periods of time in circumstances where the child was exposed to danger.\"\n\nThe trial was told Smith was overheard shouting he did not know where Charlie was on the day he died\n\nActing Det Insp Nikki McLatchie, of Leicestershire Police, who worked on the case, said there were about a thousand people at the park on the day Charlie drowned.\n\n\"Witness testimony showed that Charlie was left alone on numerous occasions, despite him not being able to swim,\" she said.\n\n\"Smith was looking after Charlie at the park, and his failure as a parent came with the most tragic consequences and ultimately led to his death.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "That brings to an end our live coverage of the announcement by President Donald Trump that the US now recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\n\nTo read our main news story and to watch Trump's briefing click here.\n\nFor more on the reaction to Trump's statement from around the world:\n\nAnd for comprehensive reports and analysis from the BBC, please visit our Israel & the Palestinians coverage.\n\nMany thanks for reading.", "The controversial US embassy move to Jerusalem is going ahead amid celebration and protest. The BBC's Yolande Knell explains why the city is so important.", "Clockwise from top: Actor Ashley Judd, pop singer Taylor Swift, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, corporate lobbyist Adama Iwu and Isabel Pascual, a strawberry-picker from Mexico (not her real name)\n\nTime magazine has named \"the Silence Breakers\" - women and men who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment - as its \"Person of the Year\".\n\nThe movement is most closely associated with the #MeToo hashtag which sprung up as allegations emerged against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nBut Time says the hashtag is \"part of the picture, but not all of it\".\n\n\"This is the fastest-moving social change we've seen in decades,\" editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said.\n\nHe told NBC's Today programme that it \"began with individual acts of courage by hundreds of women - and some men, too - who came forward to tell their own stories\".\n\nTwo celebrities are featured - Ashley Judd, one of the first to speak out against Mr Weinstein, and pop singer Taylor Swift, who won a civil case against an ex-DJ who she said had grabbed her bottom.\n\nThey are shown alongside Isabel Pascual, a 42-year-old strawberry picker from Mexico (not her real name); Adama Iwu, a 40-year-old corporate lobbyist in Sacramento; and Susan Fowler, 26, a former Uber engineer whose allegation brought down Uber's CEO.\n\nBut many more people are identified as part of the movement behind the cover shot.\n\nThis \"moment\", the magazine says, \"doesn't have a leader, or a single, unifying tenet. The hashtag #MeToo (swiftly adapted into #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTambien, #Ana_kaman and many others), which to date has provided an umbrella of solidarity for millions of people to come forward with their stories, is part of the picture, but not all of it...\n\n\"The women and men who have broken their silence span all races, all income classes, all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe.\"\n\nBut, it says, collectively they have helped turn shame into outrage and fear into fury, put thousands of people on to the streets demanding change, and seen a slew of powerful men held accountable for their behaviour.\n\nThose featured include Tarana Burke, the activist who created the #MeToo hashtag more than a decade ago, the actor Alyssa Milano who helped it explode on social media last October, actor Terry Crews, a group of hotel workers who have filed a lawsuit against their employer, State Senator Sara Gelser, an anonymous hospital worker who fears losing her job if she speaks openly, and Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News journalist whom Donald Trump accused of having \"blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever\" after she moderated a debate during the presidential campaign.\n\nIronically, President Trump - whose election Ms Kelly said was a \"setback for women\" that helps explain the #MeToo movement - was named as runner-up for Person of the Year this year, having been given the title last year.\n\nIn 2006, the Person of the Year was simply \"You\", reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content.\n\nThe magazine's tradition - begun in 1927 as \"Man of the Year\" - recognises the person who \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\".\n\nThe great majority of people selected have been individuals - but by no means all. In 2014, \"Ebola fighters\" were recognised while in 2011 \"The Protester\" acknowledged the significance of the so-called Arab Spring.\n\nIt was in 1950, the magazine explains, that the \"mould was broken\" and \"The American fighting-man\" was chosen, to be followed by Hungarians in 1956 and later on Scientists, Americans under 25 and Mr and Mrs Middle America.\n\nIn 2006, the Person of the Year was simply \"You\", with a mirror cover design, reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content.", "A man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences including sharing the address of Prince George's school with potential attackers.\n\nHusnain Rashid, 31, is accused of creating Telegram \"channels\" to assist terrorists by providing guides, tips, and suggested targets for attacks.\n\nIt is alleged Mr Rashid from Nelson, Lancashire, shared a picture of Prince George and details of his school.\n\nHe was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 20 December.\n\nHusnain Rashid is accused of sharing Prince George's photograph in tips for would-be attackers\n\nMr Rashid is also alleged to have used the encrypted messaging application Telegram to send \"channels\" - or groups - a list of UK stadiums.\n\nHe is also accused of planning to travel to areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State to join the fighting.\n\nHe appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and spoke only to confirm his details.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour's chief whip in the House of Lords is to stand down in the New Year following criticism of his expenses.\n\nLord Bassam has referred himself to the standards watchdog and agreed to repay the cost of travel to and from his Brighton home since 2010.\n\nThe peer, who also had a £36,366 allowance for staying overnight in London, says he has not been told he has broken any rules.\n\nBut he said it would have been \"more appropriate\" not to claim the money.\n\nLabour said Lord Bassam, who is a member of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, would make way once a successor had been elected in January or February.\n\nA spokesman said the peer had already referred himself to the Lords standards commissioner to determine whether he had broken the peers' code of conduct.\n\nAfter the Mail On Sunday reported Lord Bassam claimed the £6,400 annual cost of travelling to and from his home in Brighton, the former leader of Brighton Council said he would not submit such claims again.\n\nAccording to the paper, Lord Bassam is one of a small number of front bench peers also entitled to the Lords office holders allowance. This is because of his role as chief whip and because his main home is not in London.\n\nThe payment is included in his salary and designed to cover \"expenses in staying overnight away from their main or only residence\".\n\nIn a statement, Lord Bassam said: \"With my home outside of London, I have been in receipt of the relevant office holders allowance for the opposition chief whip in the Lords.\n\n\"At the same time, in accordance with rules laid down by the House, I have claimed costs for my regular travel to and from Parliament.\n\n\"While I have not been advised that any breach of the rules has taken place, waiving the right to such travel claims would perhaps have been a more appropriate response on my part.\n\n\"I will not be submitting any further claims in this way, and instead use the office holders allowance to cover those additional costs. I will also discuss with House officials the steps necessary to repay previous travel claims.\"", "Laurence Soper was found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault against boys at St Benedict's School in Ealing, where he taught\n\nAn ex-Roman Catholic priest has been found guilty of abusing boys at a London school during the 1970s and 80s.\n\nLaurence Soper, 74, was extradited to face 19 charges of indecent and serious sexual assault against 10 former pupils at the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, where he taught.\n\nSoper fled to Kosovo with £182,000 from the Vatican bank in a bid to avoid prosecution for molesting boys.\n\nAn Old Bailey jury took 14 hours to find him guilty of all charges.\n\nProsecutor Gillian Etherton QC told how the victims were subjected to sadistic beatings by Soper for \"fake reasons\" and on many occasions \"with what can only have been a sexual motive\".\n\nThey included kicking a football \"in the wrong direction\", \"failing to use double margins\", and \"using the (wrong) staircase\", leading to a caning and a sexual assault, she said.\n\nLaurence Soper was a senior priest at St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London\n\nMs Etherton said at least one of Soper's alleged victims suffered serious mental health problems, while another was too afraid to speak out because the abusers \"were like saints to me\".\n\nThe court heard Soper quit as an abbot in 2000 and moved to Rome. He then skipped bail and spent six years living in Kosovo, with a European Arrest Warrant issued for his extradition.\n\nSoper denied using the cane as a ruse to abuse boys who were given the choice of six lashes with trousers on, or three with them off.\n\nHe told jurors he went on the run out of \"stupidity and cowardice\", fearing that his life's work would be wrecked.\n\nSoper is the latest in a string of men to face allegations relating to their work at St Benedict's.\n\nIn 2010, Abbot Shipperlee announced an independent review of safeguarding arrangements, policies and procedures.\n\nThe following year, Lord Carlile produced a damning report calling for tougher rules to protect all faith pupils and stripped monks of control at the school.\n\nIn a statement issued by Lord Carlile QC, the school apologised for the \"serious wrongs of the past\".\n\nHe said: \"The school regrets that Soper did not have the courage to plead guilty. The result has been that innocent victims, whom he abused when they were boys in the school, were compelled to give evidence.\n\n\"The tough lessons of the past have been learned, and the errors and crimes of the past are in the daily consciousness and conscience of the school management.\"\n\nSoper was remanded in custody to be sentenced on 19 December.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amazon's Fire TV devices are advertised as providing access to YouTube\n\nGoogle plans to stop Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices being able to use YouTube from the start of 2018.\n\nThe search giant has also blocked a workaround that Amazon introduced to restore YouTube access to a screen-based version of its smart speaker.\n\nExperts say the steps mark an escalation of a business row in which consumers have been caught up in the fallout.\n\nAmazon had previously stopped selling several of Google's hardware products.\n\nIt removed the latest Nest-branded smart home kit - including a home security system and a new version of its thermostat - from its online stores last month.\n\nAnd since 2015, Amazon has refused to sell Google's Chromecast video and audio-streaming dongles.\n\nThe latest development coincides with the release of Amazon's Prime Video app for the Apple TV.\n\nIts absence had previously put Apple's set-top box at a disadvantage to Amazon's Fire TV line-up.\n\nFire TV owners have reported that trying to watch YouTube clips now prompts an alert warning them that they will lose the functionality on 1 January.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Eqbal Ashraf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We've been trying to reach agreement with Amazon to give consumers access to each other's products and services,\" Google said in a statement.\n\n\"But Amazon doesn't carry Google products like Chromecast and Google Home, doesn't make Prime Video available for Google Cast users, and last month stopped selling some of Nest's latest products.\n\n\"Given this lack of reciprocity, we are no longer supporting YouTube on Echo Show and FireTV. We hope we can reach an agreement to resolve these issues soon.\"\n\nGoogle had stopped Amazon's Echo Show speakers being able to play YouTube videos in September, on the basis that the retailer had altered the way the software worked.\n\nThe version Amazon presented had lacked next video recommendations, subscriptions and other features - but these were restored in November, when Amazon made the device present a more normal view of YouTube.\n\nOne of the Echo Show's most popular features was its ability to search for YouTube clips by voice\n\nBut, according to Techcrunch, the search firm believes its rights have still been violated because Amazon continues to overlay its own voice controls.\n\nAmazon has responded, saying: \"Echo Show and Fire TV now display a standard web view of YouTube.com and point customers directly to YouTube's existing website. Google is setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website. We hope to resolve this with Google as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe dispute disadvantages consumers in two ways. Users will be unable to access a service that Amazon's devices had promised to deliver. And Amazon's refusal to even allow third-parties to sell certain Google products via its site makes it harder to find them at their lowest price.\n\n\"It's a surprising turn of events in both respects,\" commented Ben Wood from the CCS Insight tech consultancy.\n\n\"YouTube is all about maximising the number of people who see its content, and Amazon wants to be the so-called 'everything store'.\n\n\"It's all very unfortunate for consumers, who will have little understanding of the commercial tensions between the two companies.\n\n\"I wonder whether the next step might be the intervention of a regulator to investigate whether they are behaving anti-competitively.\"", "Christine Keeler worked as a model in the 1960s\n\nChristine Keeler, the model embroiled in the 1963 Profumo affair, has died aged 75, her son has said.\n\nSeymour Platt said Ms Keeler had been ill for several months with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"She was always a fighter, but sadly lost the final fight against a terrible lung disease.\"\n\nShe became famous for her part in the scandal, which shook Harold Macmillan's government, but her son said that fame came \"at a huge personal price\".\n\nAt the height of the Cold War, the-then teenager claimed she had an affair with Conservative cabinet minister John Profumo.\n\nShe also claimed to be in a relationship with a Russian diplomat - Eugene Ivanov, an assistant naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy - at the same time.\n\nMr Profumo was forced to resign after lying about the affair to Parliament and the scandal is considered to have contributed to the fall of the Macmillan government.\n\nMs Keeler's family said she died on Monday at 23:30 GMT at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington, south-east London.\n\nPaying tribute to his mother, Mr Platt told the BBC: \"She earned her place in British history but at a huge personal price.\"\n\n\"And regardless, we are all very proud of who she was to the end,\" he added.\n\nDouglas Thompson, the journalist and author who worked with Ms Keeler on her memoir The Truth At Last, paid tribute to a \"funny and bright\" woman, whom he described as \"one of the most honest people I have ever met\".\n\n\"She believed absolutely everything she ever said about the Profumo affair,\" he said.\n\n\"She said what she thought,\" he continued. \"I think that honesty is very surprising.\"\n\nHe described Ms Keeler as a \"victim of the time\", adding that she would probably have had her own TV show had the scandal happened today.\n\n\"The interesting thing about her is she tried to escape it,\" he said. \"I don't think she ever got away from it - that was a tragedy.\"\n\n\"She could never stop being Christine Keeler,\" he added.\n\nIn 1963, Mr Profumo told the House of Commons he and Ms Keeler were \"on friendly terms\" and there was \"no impropriety\" in their relationship, after opposition MPs voiced concerns about national security implications.\n\nEventually he admitted lying to the house and resigned as Secretary of State for War and from the Commons.\n\nMs Keeler was briefly married twice, with both ending in divorce. She had two sons.\n\nThe Profumo affair will be the subject of a BBC One drama which begins filming next year.", "The Archbishop of Canterbury rises at the end of the debate to thank members for taking part - \"so thoughtfully and so widely\".\n\n\"We need adaptability and imagination,\" he says, because needs vary, urging a reimagining of the education system.\n\nAnd that's it for today in the Lords.\n\nJoin us again on Monday afternoon for education questions at 2.30pm in the Commons - and the second reading of the Finance Bill, which enacts measures announced by the chancellor in the Budget.", "Dorothea Bate was born at Napier House in Carmarthen\n\nThe woman believed to be the first to be employed as a scientist at London's Natural History Museum has had a blue plaque dedicated in her home town.\n\nDorothea Bate, born in 1878, had little formal education but a fascination with wildlife and nature prompted her to leave Carmarthenshire aged 19 and ask for a job at the museum.\n\nShe spent more than 50 years there and led expeditions around the world.\n\nThe plaque was unveiled at Napier House in Carmarthen where she was born.\n\nMs Bates became an expert in archaeozoology, the study of animal remains, and her largest discoveries included fossilised elephants and the bones of a giant tortoise in Bethlehem.\n\nThe plaque will be dedicated by paleobiologist Tori Herridge at a ceremony organised by Carmarthen Civic Society at 18:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nDr Herridge said: \"She's pretty special - can you imagine in 1898 marching up to the museum and asking to see the curator of birds?\n\n\"I hope anybody who walks past Napier House and looks at that blue plaque, it makes them think 'that's interesting, who is she?'\n\n\"Little signs might open people's minds up to a world they weren't previously aware of.\"\n\nDorothea Bate (centre) with Sir Temi Zammit and Dr Joseph Baldacchino at the National Museum in Valletta, Malta, in April 1934\n\nMs Bate's first job at the museum was classifying bird skins, but the focus of what became her life's work was exploring how and why different species adapt and change.\n\nShe studied fossils and was fascinated by archaeology which led her to specialise in archaeozoology.\n\nDr Herridge said her work at the museum came from a passion for the natural world that her upbringing afforded \"the money and freedom to explore\".\n\n\"She was very self-confident, very clever and very determined and totally and deeply interested in the subject she wanted to study.\"\n\nMs Bate's expeditions took her as far afield as Cyprus, Malta, Crete, China and Palestine, from where her finds were taken back to the museum in Kensington.\n\nContrary to what people might expect, Dr Herridge said when Ms Bate was in Crete in 1904, she was one of three female scientists involved in excavations.\n\nDuring World War Two, Ms Bate worked in the zoological branch of the museum in Tring, Hertfordshire, and became its officer in charge.\n\nShe was elected fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1940 and continued working until her death in 1951.", "The Turner Prize's oldest winner, Lubaina Himid, says her victory will make a difference to people who have supported her over the years.\n\nThe 63-year-old won the £25,000 award for work addressing racial politics and the legacy of slavery.", "Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch.\n\nThe firm's DeepMind division says that it played 100 games against Stockfish 8, and won or drew all of them.\n\nThe research has yet to be peer reviewed.\n\nBut experts already suggest the achievement will strengthen the firm's position in a competitive sector.\n\n\"From a scientific point of view, it's the latest in a series of dazzling results that DeepMind has produced,\" the University of Oxford's Prof Michael Wooldridge told the BBC.\n\n\"The general trajectory in DeepMind seems to be to solve a problem and then demonstrate it can really ramp up performance, and that's very impressive.\"\n\nDeepMind has previously won a series of Go games against some of the world's top human players\n\nDeepMind has previously defeated several of the world's top human players of the Chinese board game Go, as well as teaching itself how to play video games including Pong and Space Invaders.\n\nThe London-based team is currently trying to develop a system that can beat humans at the space strategy game Starcraft, which is seen as being an even more complex challenge.\n\nGoogle is not commenting on the research until it is published in a journal.\n\nHowever, details published on Cornell University's Arxiv site state that an algorithm dubbed AlphaZero was able to outperform Stockfish just four hours after being given the rules of chess and being told to learn by playing simulations against itself.\n\nIn the 100 games that followed, each program was given one minute's worth of thinking time per move.\n\nAlphaZero won 25 games in which it played with white pieces, giving it the first move, and a further three in which it played with black pieces.\n\nThe two programs drew the remaining 72 games.\n\nDeepMind described the level of performance achieved as being \"superhuman\".\n\nGoogle highlighted that Stockfish 8 had previously won 2016's Top Chess Engine Championship. The software was first released in 2008 and has been built on by volunteers in the years since.\n\nThe open source project has been beaten by another program, Komodo, in two major computer chess challenges this year.\n\nEven so, one human chess grandmaster was still hugely impressed by DeepMind's victory.\n\n\"I always wondered how it would be if a superior species landed on earth and showed us how they played chess,\" Peter Heine Nielsen told the BBC.\n\nAlphaGo Zero's latest achievements do not rest on chess alone.\n\nThe paper says it was also triumphant in the Japanese board game Shogi versus a leading artificial intelligence program named Elmo, after two hours of self-training.\n\nThe AlphaZero algorithm won 90 games, drew two and lost eight.\n\nFurthermore, after eight hours of self-training it was also able to beat the previous version of itself at Go - winning 60 games and losing 40.\n\nShogi is sometimes known as Japanese chess\n\nProf Wooldridge noted that all three games were fairly \"closed\" in the sense they had limited sets of rules to contend with.\n\n\"In the real world we don't know what is round the corner,\" he explained.\n\n\"Coping when you don't know what is coming is much more complicated, and things will get even more exciting when DeepMind moves on to more open problems.\"\n\nThe University of Bath's AI expert Prof Joanna Bryson added that people should be cautious about buying too deeply into the firm's hype.\n\nBut she added that its knack for good publicity had put it in a strong position against challengers.\n\n\"It's not only about hiring the best programmers,\" she said.\n\n\"It's also very political, as it helps makes Google as strong as possible when negotiating with governments and regulators looking at the AI sector.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nissan's Easy Ride could launch in Japan in early 2020s\n\nCarmaker Nissan plans to test self-driving taxis on Japanese roads from March next year.\n\nThe company is partnering with Japanese software company DeNA, which operates online services for the gaming, healthcare and automotive industries.\n\nIt will adapt a Nissan Leaf electric car, which passengers will summon using an app.\n\nThe free trials will be held over a two-week period in March in Yokohama.\n\nThe Easy Ride system could be launched in Japan in the early 2020s.\n\n\"With 'more freedom of mobility' as its concept, Easy Ride is envisioned as a service for anyone who wants to travel freely to their destination of choice in a robo-vehicle,\" Nissan said in a statement.\n\n\"The goal is to allow customers to use a dedicated mobile app to complete the whole process, from setting destinations and summoning vehicles to paying the fare.\"\n\nDuring tests, there will be a staff member in the driver's seat to comply with Japanese law.\n\nCustomers, who can apply from now until 15 January, can select local destinations and sightseeing routes.\n\nMeanwhile, Japanese robotics maker ZMP is working with a Tokyo taxi operator to develop self-driving taxis for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.\n\nElsewhere, Uber is working on its own self-drive service and in November struck a deal with Volvo to buy up to 24,000 cars.\n\nAnd Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is planning to test autonomous cars with no human safety driver.", "Clara Amfo said she was \"honoured\" to be hosting the iconic music show\n\nBBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo is to replace Reggie Yates on BBC One's Top of the Pops Christmas and New Year specials.\n\nYates stepped down from the shows on Monday after making \"ill-considered remarks\" in a podcast.\n\nHe apologised last month for using the phrase \"fat Jewish guy\" to refer to managers in the music industry.\n\nYates has co-hosted the festive shows with Fearne Cotton since 2004, but his place will now be taken by Amfo, who hosts Radio 1's mid-morning programme.\n\n\"I'm so happy and honoured to be presenting Top of the Pops alongside Fearne,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"It's an iconic show that I've grown up with and continue to enjoy watching, especially during the festive season. 2017 has been a rich year in pop and I can't wait to celebrate it with the artists, Fearne and everyone at home.\"\n\nFearne Cotton and Reggie Yates have been a Christmas TOTP double act for 13 years\n\nThe Christmas Day edition will feature stars including Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, James Arthur, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora and The Script.\n\nCraig David, Bastille and Paloma Faith will appear in the New Year special.\n\nOn Monday, Yates tweeted to say he had \"taken the decision to step down\" from his hosting duties and apologised \"unreservedly to the Jewish community\".\n\nHe said his words \"reinforced offensive stereotypes\" and that the comment was \"no reflection on how I truly feel\".\n\nHe used the offending phrase in the Halfcast Podcast, hosted by DJ Chuckie Lothian, while praising artists who chose to remain independently managed, adding: \"They're managed by their brethren.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK faces a \"perfect storm\" of threats that could put its entire electoral system at risk, the head of the elections watchdog has warned.\n\nRussian meddling on social media and local council cuts were just two of the factors threatening the credibility of the system, Sir John Holmes said.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Britain's electoral laws were a \"mess\" and needed to be updated.\n\nHe will set out the steps he says need to be taken in a speech later.\n\nThe Electoral Commission has launched an investigation into allegations of Russian interference in last year's Brexit referendum and the general election.\n\n\"It would be naive to assume that what we know happened in the US and France around their elections did not and could not happen here,\" Sir John told Today.\n\n\"And there has been evidence coming from the US inquiry that some of that activity was happening.\n\n\"What we have done is asked companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook to tell us what was happening here in the same way they did in the US.\"\n\nResponding to Sir John's comments, a UK government spokesman said: \"We have one of the most robust democratic processes in the world - one that is not vulnerable to international malicious influence.\n\nHowever, this government is not complacent and we are already undertaking work to strengthen our electoral process and ensure it is fit for the future.\"\n\nIn the US, both the House and Senate intelligence committees are looking into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election - something the Kremlin strongly denies.\n\nCongress has released images of social media posts alleged to be Russian propaganda.\n\nTechnology companies display alleged examples of Russian-backed posts to US senators\n\nSir John, a former diplomat who has served in Moscow, said it was \"impossible\" for the Electoral Commission to \"regulate or prevent what Russia is doing\".\n\nBut he wants new rules requiring political campaigners to identify themselves to give voters \"transparency about who is trying to influence them, who is paying for it\".\n\nHe also wants to see photo IDs introduced at polling booths, following allegations of voter fraud in Tower Hamlets, in east London, and other areas.\n\nCritics say the plan discriminates against people on low incomes who don't have photo IDs.\n\nBut Sir John said they could be given free photo ID cards, as was already happening in Northern Ireland, where the new system is up and running.\n\nHe ruled out a move to online voting, because of concerns about hacking - but he wants it to be made easier to check online whether you are registered to vote.\n\nHe also wants bigger fines for political parties and campaign groups that try to get round spending limits.\n\nSir John Holmes is a former diplomat and UN official\n\nThe watchdog has repeatedly complained that it lacks the teeth to tackle abuses of the system, with Sir John warning some well resourced parties could see fines as \"a cost of doing business\" after the Conservatives were fined £70,000 for breaking the rules.\n\nHe has also warned that cuts to local authorities could undermine the proper running of elections in the UK.\n\nJune's general election had been generally well run, he said, but \"returning officers and electoral administrators face reduced resources and a growing number of skilled professionals are leaving local authority elections teams\".\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May has accused Russia of \"planting fake stories\" to \"sow discord in the West\", although Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told MPs last month he had not seen any evidence of Russian interference in the Brexit vote or general election.\n\nResearchers at the University of Edinburgh found more than 400 fake Twitter accounts attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US.\n\nThe accounts were believed to have been run from the Kremlin-linked Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA).\n\nThe Commons Culture Select Committee is carrying out a separate inquiry into \"fake news\", and Britain's intelligence and security watchdog is facing calls to investigate whether Russian \"troll factories\" interfered in UK politics.", "Officers said the road will remain closed for the remainder of Tuesday\n\nAn on-duty police officer and a 91-year-old woman have died following a crash on the A4 in Berkshire.\n\nPC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a car on Bath Road near Hare Hatch at 13:50 GMT.\n\nThe pensioner, who was a passenger in the car, was killed while the driver, also a woman, was taken to hospital.\n\nOfficers said the road would remain closed for the remainder of Tuesday.\n\nThames Valley Police said the next of kin of both PC Dixon and the deceased woman have been informed.\n\nA force spokesman said officers remained at the scene of the collision and had advised motorists to avoid the area.\n\nThe incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nIPCC Associate Commissioner Guido Liguori said: \"My thoughts and sympathies are with their families and friends and the colleagues of the officer at this very difficult time.\n\n\"IPCC investigators are attending the scene as part of an independent investigation to determine the circumstances which lead to the collision.\"\n\nPC Dixon was based at Loddon Valley police station, near Reading.\n\nPolice said the injuries of the driver involved are \"not thought to be life threatening\".\n\nTributes to PC Dixon have been posted in comments on Thames Valley Police's Facebook page.\n\nDaniel Ruffle said: \"Ride the sky and the clouds big man, it was a pleasure knowing you and working with you.\"\n\nBernadette Ellison said: \"God bless you Dixie, you made me laugh with your wicked sense of humour.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some important items were lost or never recovered, including Poppi's last nappy and her pyjama bottoms, the inquest heard\n\nAn expert witness has cast doubt on suggestions toddler Poppi Worthington was sexually abused in the hours before her death.\n\nDr Nat Cary, a consultant forensic pathologist, told the inquest there was no clear-cut evidence of trauma implying third-party involvement.\n\nHis evidence contradicted the findings of Dr Alison Armour, who was called as a witness earlier in the week.\n\nPoppi died suddenly at a house in Barrow on 12 December 2012.\n\nNo-one has been prosecuted.\n\nAlthough he did not carry out his own post-mortem examination, Dr Cary said he had formed his opinion after studying photographs and slides.\n\nHe told the hearing in Kendal he discounted Dr Armour's assertion that marks found near Poppi's fallopian tube were bruises from sexual penetration.\n\nDr Cary said they were \"of no consequence\" and would have occurred naturally in the five days between the youngster's death and her examination by Dr Armour.\n\nAlthough he said he could not \"absolutely exclude\" penetration, Dr Cary said he would have \"expected very obvious injury and there wasn't anything of the sort\".\n\nHe said he could not be sure how the 13-month-old had died.\n\nThere could have been an \"element of asphyxia\" but there was no sign she had struggled against restraint, he said.\n\n\"Just because you don't find a natural cause it doesn't mean there isn't one,\" he said.\n\nHe told Leslie Thomas QC, representing Poppi's father Paul Worthington, there was no evidence of a criminal act directly or indirectly causing Poppi's death.\n\nThe presence of blood \"needs to be explained\" but there was only the \"possibility that something happened\", he said.\n\nDr Nat Cary (seen here at a crime scene in Ipswich in 2006) said Poppi's death was not necessarily criminal just because it was unexplained\n\nIn answer to further questions, he said it was not possible to say whether an injury to Poppi's leg was deliberate or accidental and, if the latter, whether it was not witnessed by a parent or seen but ignored.\n\nThe coroner David Roberts asked Dr Cary if Poppi's case affected the way he now carried out his work in other cases.\n\nWould he, for example, look for marks like those seen in Poppi, he asked.\n\nDr Cary said: \"Yes, I would have a better look than I used to.\"\n\nThe sheet from the double bed where Poppi was placed at the time of her collapse was not recovered, the inquest heard\n\nThe inquest was told earlier that vital evidence from Poppi's final hours was lost or never found by police.\n\nCatherine Thundercloud, a retired Cumbria Police officer, said it would have been \"imperative\" to get statements from people in the house and Poppi's aunt, Tracy Worthington, as quickly as possible.\n\nShe had been asked to review the evidence as part of an Independent Police Commission Complaint (IPCC) investigation.\n\nSheets, equipment and gloves used by paramedics and hospital staff should have been retained, she said.\n\nBut a number of these items had not been kept, the inquest has heard.\n\nAlison Hewitt, counsel for the coroner, asked Ms Thundercloud what officers should have known before they searched the house.\n\nMs Thundercloud said they should have had first accounts from the parents and details from hospital staff about what had happened.\n\nThe inquest has heard the first police search began before first accounts had been gathered from Mr Worthington.\n\nPaul Worthington has always denied harming his daughter\n\nMs Thundercloud said: \"Unless you've read what he said you can't do a proper strategy.\"\n\nShe said those failures may have resulted in \"vital evidence being lost\".\n\nThe account from Mr Worthington would have shown the pyjama bottoms, which have never been found, were needed, she said.\n\nMr Worthington's laptop and both parents' mobile phones should also have been seized, she said.\n\nMs Thundercloud said there had been \"a lot of failings by police\" and \"missed opportunities\" in the first two days of the investigation.\n\nA proper log of the investigation was not kept so it was \"very difficult\" to see \"the rationale of what was done and not done,\" she said.\n\nIn 2016, High Court family judge Mr Justice Peter Jackson ruled Poppi was probably sexually assaulted by her father shortly before she died.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There are increasing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, the fate of which is one of the most contentious issues in the Israel-Arab conflict.\n\nThe BBC's Erica Chernofsky takes a closer look at why this city is so important to Christianity, Islam and Judaism, the three religions which trace their shared origins back to the biblical figure of Abraham.\n\nJerusalem - its name resonates in the hearts of Christians, Jews and Muslims alike and echoes through centuries of shared and disputed history.\n\nKnown in Hebrew as Yerushalayim and in Arabic as al-Quds, it is one of the oldest cities in the world. It has been conquered, destroyed and rebuilt time and again, and every layer of its earth reveals a different piece of the past.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhile it has often been the focus of stories of division and conflict among people of different religions, they are united in their reverence for this holy ground.\n\nAt its core is the Old City, a maze of narrow alleyways and historic architecture that characterises its four quarters - Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Armenian. It is surrounded by a fortress-like stone wall and home to some of the holiest sites in the world.\n\nEach quarter represents its own population. The Christians have two, because Armenians are also Christians, and their quarter, the smallest of the four, is one of the oldest Armenian centres in the world.\n\nIt is unique in that their community has preserved its own particular culture and civilisation inside the St James Church and monastery, which comprises most of their section.\n\nInside the Christian Quarter is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a significant focus for Christians all over the world. It is located on a site which is central to the story of Jesus, his death, crucifixion and resurrection.\n\nAccording to most Christian traditions, Jesus was crucified there, on Golgotha, or the hill of Calvary, his tomb is located inside the sepulchre and this was also the site of his resurrection.\n\nThe church is managed jointly by representatives of different Christian denominations, mainly the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Franciscan friars from the Roman Catholic Church and the Armenian Patriarchate, but also by the Ethiopians, Coptics and Syrian Orthodox Church.\n\nIt is one of the main pilgrimage destinations for millions of Christians worldwide who visit the empty tomb of Jesus and seek solace and redemption in prayer at the site.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III explains why Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the holiest place in Christianity\n\nThe Muslim Quarter is the largest of the four and contains the shrine of the Dome of Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque on a plateau known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary.\n\nThe mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and is under the administration of an Islamic trust called the Waqf.\n\nMuslims believe the Prophet Muhammad travelled here from Mecca during his night journey and prayed with the souls of all the prophets. A few steps away, the shrine of the Dome of the Rock holds the foundation stone, where Muslims believe Muhammad then ascended to heaven.\n\nMuslims visit the holy site all year round, but every Friday during the holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of thousands of Muslims come to pray at the mosque.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib al-Tamimi explains the importance of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque to Islam\n\nThe Jewish Quarter is home to the Kotel, or the Western Wall, a remnant of the retaining wall of the mount on which the Holy Temple once stood.\n\nInside the temple was the Holy of Holies, the most sacred site in Judaism.\n\nJews believe that this was the location of the foundation stone from which the world was created, and where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Many Jews believe the Dome of the Rock is the site of the Holy of Holies.\n\nToday, the Western Wall is the closest place Jews can pray to the Holy of Holies.\n\nIt is managed by the Rabbi of the Western Wall and every year hosts millions of visitors. Jewish people from all over the world visit this place to pray and connect to their heritage, especially during the High Holidays.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz explains why Jerusalem's Western Wall is so important to the Jewish faith\n\nVideo and production by Avi Halfon and Alon Farago", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.\n\nMr Davis said the usefulness of such assessments would be \"near zero\" because of the scale of change Brexit is likely to cause.\n\nHe said the government had produced a \"sectoral analysis\" of different industries but not a \"forecast\" of what would happen when the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said impact assessments were urgently needed while the SNP called it an \"ongoing farce\".\n\nMr Davis said a \"very major contingency planning operation\" was in place for Brexit.\n\nOpposition MPs have been on the trail of the \"Brexit impact assessments\" for months. And when David Davis told them they didn't exist, they were quick to highlight some similar-sounding studies he had referred to in the past:\n\nDowning Street told journalists: \"We have been clear that the impact assessments don't exist. They're a specific thing in Whitehall terms. We think we have complied with the terms of the motion.\"\n\nAt Wednesday morning's Brexit committee hearing, chairman Hilary Benn asked whether impact assessments had been carried out into various parts of the economy, listing the automotive, aerospace and financial sectors.\n\n\"I think the answer's going to be no to all of them,\" Mr Davis responded.\n\nWhen Mr Benn suggested this was \"strange\", the minister said formal assessments were not needed to know that \"regulatory hurdles\" would have an impact, describing Brexit as a \"paradigm change\" of similar impact to the financial crash, which could not be predicted.\n\n\"I am not a fan of economic models because they have all proven wrong,\" he said.\n\nDavid Davis has probably not done the Brexit cause a huge bundle of good this morning. First, his frank admission that no impact assessments have been completed will inevitably be seized on by critics to argue Team May simply haven't done the basic spadework.\n\nSecond his suggestion that he doesn't have the resources for this, and anyway some of the work his officials have done wasn't much good, is hardly a ringing endorsement of his Brexit department.\n\nThird, Mr Davis probably didn't help his own reputation by telling the committee he had been handed two chapters of the 850 pages of analysis but hadn't read them. At times Mr Davis even chided the committee over the time they were taking.\n\nFair enough the Brexit secretary had a cold - but at times he sounded thoroughly frazzled and cheesed off. Not a great look.\n\nThere has been a long-running row over the government's Brexit studies and their publication.\n\nMPs have been pushing for the documents to be published, and on 1 November the Commons passed a motion to release \"Brexit impact assessments\" to the Brexit Committee of MPs.\n\nIn response, the government said this motion \"misunderstood\" what the documents actually were, but has since provided an edited set of reports to the committee.\n\nDavid Davis said the impact of Brexit on different sectors had not been assessed\n\nMr Davis told the MPs this represented \"getting as close as we can to meeting what we took to be the intent of Parliament\".\n\nA \"quantitative economic forecast of outcome\" does not exist, he said. \"That is not there. We have not done that. What is there is the size of the industry, the employment and so on.\"\n\nMr Davis also said there was no \"systematic impact assessment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn asks: \"Do they exist, or don’t they?\"\n\nDuring PMQs, Prime Minister Theresa May repeated Mr Davis' line that \"sectoral analysis\", not \"impact assessments\" had been drawn up, adding that the government would not give a running commentary on the negotiations.\n\n\"This really is a shambles,\" Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said.\n\nLater, Chancellor Philip Hammond was asked whether the Treasury had produced analysis of the potential economic impact of Brexit.\n\nHe said his department had \"modelled and analysed a whole range of potential alternative structures between the EU and the UK, potential alternative arrangements and agreements that might be made\".\n\nAppearing before the Treasury Select Committee, he suggested these could be made public when a Brexit deal has been agreed, but said to do so at this stage would be \"deeply unhelpful to the negotiation\".", "At the start of the year Bitcoin was valued below $1,000\n\nBitcoin has breached the $16,000 mark, extending the digital currency's record-breaking surge.\n\nThe cryptocurrency began the year below $1,000 but continues to rise despite warnings of a dangerous bubble.\n\nAccording to Coindesk.com, Bitcoin reached $16,663.18 (£12, 358.35), having soared over 50% in a week.\n\nThe new high comes days before the launch of Bitcoin futures on two exchanges, including the world's largest futures exchange, CME.\n\nSpread betting firm CMC Markets said the rise had all the symptoms of a bubble market, warning \"there is no way to know when the bubble will burst\".\n\nThere are two key traits of Bitcoin: it is digital and it is seen as an alternative currency.\n\nUnlike the notes or coins in your pocket, it largely exists online.\n\nSecondly, Bitcoin is not printed by governments or traditional banks.\n\nA small but growing number of businesses, including Expedia and Microsoft, accept bitcoins - which work like virtual tokens.\n\nHowever, the vast majority of users now buy and sell them as a financial investment.\n\nThe digital currency's rapid ascent from around $1,000 at the start of the year has put it in the spotlight.\n\nCritics have said Bitcoin is going through a bubble similar to the dotcom boom, whereas others say it is rising in price because it is crossing into the financial mainstream.\n\nFinancial regulators have taken a range of views on the status of digital currencies and their risks.\n\nThe UK's Financial Conduct Authority warned investors in September they could lose all their money if they buy digital currencies issued by firms, known as \"initial coin offerings\".\n\nBut last week a US regulator agreed to let two traditional exchanges, CME Group and CBOE Global Markets, begin trading in Bitcoin-related financial contracts.\n\nThe announcement from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that it will allow investors to buy and sell \"future\" contracts in bitcoins - an agreement to buy the crypto-currency, for example, in three months time at a certain price - was seen as a watershed moment for Bitcoin.\n\nCambridge Global Payments director of global product and market strategy Karl Schamotta said that move was behind the latest rally: \"The perception in households around the world that the CME and the CBOE are providing legitimacy to Bitcoin is really what is driving the massive rally here.\"\n\nBut Leonhard Weese, president of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, said the rise in Bitcoin's value was \"mostly motivated by fear of missing out and greed\".\n\nBitcoins are created through a complex computer process known as mining, and then monitored by a network of computers across the world.\n\nA steady stream of about 3,600 new bitcoins are created a day - with about 16.5 million now in circulation from a maximum limit of 21 million.", "Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman (left) and Mohammad Aqib Imran appeared at Westminster at Magistrates' Court\n\nA man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of a plot to bomb Downing Street's security gates and then kill Theresa May.\n\nWestminster Magistrates' Court heard that Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from north London, planned to detonate a homemade bomb and attack the PM with a suicide vest and a knife.\n\nA second man also appeared in court charged with preparing terrorist acts.\n\nBoth men will appear at London's Old Bailey on 20 December.\n\nMr Rahman is charged with the preparation of terrorist acts and is also charged with assisting another man to prepare separate acts of terrorism.\n\nThe second charge relates to allegedly helping Mohammad Aqib Imran, 21, from Birmingham, who is accused is charged with preparing acts of terrorism.\n\nHe is alleged to have taken several steps in an attempt to travel to Libya.\n\nThat included saving money, trying to secure a false passport, and researching extremist ideologies and travel options.\n\nThe men were arrested by Metropolitan Police officers on 28 November within 90 minutes of one another.\n\nThe men arrived at court in a police van\n\nDuring the seven minute hearing, the men - dressed in light grey sweatshirts and trousers - confirmed their names, addresses and dates of birth.\n\nMr Rahman gave his nationality as Bangladeshi-British, while Mr Imran gave his as Pakistani-British.\n\nChief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot remanded the men in custody ahead of the Old Bailey appearance.\n\nThe magistrates' court appearances comes a day after a security review said it was \"conceivable\" that the Manchester Arena bombing in May, in which 22 people were killed, could have been prevented.\n\nBut MI5 chief Andrew Parker told Mrs May and the Cabinet on Tuesday that about nine alleged Islamist terror plots have been foiled since March.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hardware Warehouse is among the brands Steinhoff owns in South Africa\n\nPoundland owner Steinhoff International has seen its shares fall by almost two thirds after it said it would launch a probe into accounting irregularities.\n\nIt came as chief executive Markus Jooste resigned and the South African group postponed its full-year results.\n\nSteinhoff has asked accountancy giant PwC to conduct an independent investigation.\n\nShares in the company, listed in South Africa and Germany, ended the day 63% lower.\n\nSteinhoff owns 40 local brands in more than 30 countries. As well as furniture and homeware, it also sells products including clothing, footwear and consumer goods.\n\nIts brands include Bensons for Beds and Harveys in the UK, Conforama in Europe, Pep and Ackermans in South Africa and Snooze in Australia. Steinhoff derives about 60% of its earnings in Europe and 34% in Africa.\n\nLast year the firm lost out in a battle with Sainsbury's to take over Argos owner Home Retail Group.\n\nEarlier this year Poundland put UK discount chain 99p Stores - which it bought for £55m two years ago - into administration.\n\nMr Jooste had been in charge for close to two decades and oversaw Steinhoff's expansion from a furniture manufacturer in South Africa to one of the biggest global household goods retailers.\n\nThe company said late on Tuesday that he had resigned with immediate effect, after the discovery of new information prompted the firm to ask PwC to perform an \"independent investigation\".\n\n\"The supervisory board of Steinhoff wishes to advise shareholders that new information has come to light today which relates to accounting irregularities requiring further investigation,\" the group said in a statement.\n\nSteinhoff's largest shareholder and chairman, billionaire Christo Wiese, will take over in an executive capacity on an interim basis.\n\nThe group has been under investigation for suspected accounting irregularities by the state prosecutor in Oldenburg in Germany since 2015.\n\nIt is not clear if these are the accounting irregularities the company was referring to in its statement.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour: May to blame for Brexit 'embarrassment'\n\nMinisters say no part of the UK will be treated differently in the Brexit talks as Labour branded their approach an \"embarrassment\".\n\nNo agreement has been reached with the EU after a DUP backlash against proposals for the Irish border.\n\nBrexit Secretary David Davis told MPs the government was close to concluding the first phase of talks.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster said the text of the deal was a \"big shock\" and \"it was not going to be acceptable.\"\n\nShe told the Republic of Ireland national broadcaster RTÉ that her party only saw the text on Monday morning, despite asking to see it for five weeks.\n\nTheresa May, speaking as she welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to Downing Street, said talks with the EU had \" made a lot of progress\".\n\n\"There are still a couple of issues we need to work on. But we'll be reconvening in Brussels later this week as we look ahead to the December European Council,\" she said.\n\nMrs Foster was invited to hold talks with Mrs May in London on Tuesday, but the party's Westminster leader met the government's chief whip instead.\n\nThe meeting lasted for several hours, but sources suggested to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg that there was not much sign of a breakthrough yet, with a DUP insider saying the deal needed \"radical surgery\", rather than a few word changes.\n\nA phone call between Mrs May and Mrs Foster had then been expected this evening, but sources added that it would not go ahead, suggesting it had never been arranged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019 and Mrs May is under pressure to reach agreement on the Northern Ireland border so negotiations can move forward.\n\nThe prime minister needs the support of the DUP - the Democratic Unionist Party - which is Northern Ireland's largest party and has 10 MPs at Westminster, because she does not have a majority to win votes in the House of Commons.\n\nResponding to an urgent question from Labour in the Commons on Tuesday, Mr Davis defended the controversial proposal for \"regulatory alignment\" between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - intended to avoid the need for border checks after Brexit - saying this would apply to the whole of the UK.\n\nThe DUP is unhappy about any agreement which treats Northern Ireland differently.\n\nIt would not mean \"having exactly the same rules\" as the EU, Mr Davis said, but would involve \"sometimes having mutually recognised rules\".\n\nBackbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg warned that having \"regulatory divergence\" from the EU after Brexit was a \"red line\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour's Brexit spokesman Sir Keir Starmer said that when the DUP objected to the draft agreement, \"fantasy met brutal reality\", adding: \"The DUP tail is wagging the Tory dog.\"\n\nMr Starmer also called for the government to drop its plan to enshrine the 29 March 2019 Brexit date in UK law.\n\nMeanwhile, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith suggested the UK should walk away from the negotiations if the EU does not change its position.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iain Duncan Smith: EU needs to 'back off' or 'move on'\n\nBut Tory MP and former cabinet minister, Nicky Morgan, said his comments were \"madness\" and walking away would \"betrays the futures of millions of young people and those who never wanted to leave in the first place\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicky Morgan MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe DUP has said \"it is not a question of us budging\" as the talks were between the UK and the EU\n\nDublin - which as an EU member is part of its single market and customs union - has been calling for written guarantees that a \"hard border\" involving customs checks on the island of Ireland will be avoided after Brexit\n\nIt is concerned this could undermine the 1998 peace treaty - the Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Davis said that while the \"integrity\" of the single market and customs union must be respected after Brexit, it was \"equally clear we must respect the integrity of the United Kingdom\" and individual nations could not have separate arrangements.\n\nMrs May needs to show \"sufficient progress\" has been made so far on \"divorce\" issues before European leaders meet on 14 December to decide whether to allow talks on future trade relations to begin.\n\nThe three issues that need to be resolved are the Northern Ireland border, citizens' rights and the amount of money the UK will pay as it leaves.\n\nTalks between Mrs May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker broke up without agreement on Monday, after the DUP objected to a draft agreement on the future of the Irish border.\n\nKey to the row is how closely aligned Northern Ireland's regulations will be with those of the Republic of Ireland, and the rest of the EU, in order to avoid a \"hard\" border.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Irish PM Leo Varadkar said he was \"surprised and disappointed\"\n\nIreland's deputy prime minister Simon Coveney said Dublin would not budge from its position on the border.\n\nThe EU is treating the row as a \"domestic British political issue\", BBC Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming said.\n\n\"The show is now in London,\" said a European Commission spokesman.\n\nDowning Street has insisted the border was not the only outstanding problem and disagreement remains over the role of the European Court of Justice in overseeing EU citizens' rights in the UK after Brexit.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval (day five of five) Australia won by 120 runs; take lead 2-0 in series\n\nEngland's fightback in the second Test ultimately came to nothing as Australia powered to a 120-run win in Adelaide and a 2-0 Ashes lead.\n\nBeginning the final day on 176-4 in pursuit of 354, the tourists lost nightwatchman Chris Woakes to the second ball and Joe Root for 67 in the third over, both to Josh Hazlewood.\n\nIf Root's departure all but confirmed England's fate, Moeen Ali fell six overs later to make the rest little more than a formality.\n\nJonny Bairstow gamely resisted for 36, but Mitchell Starc ruthlessly wrapped it up with the second new ball to finish with 5-88.\n\nEngland lost six wickets in the first session and were bowled out for 233.\n\nThe hosts will regain the Ashes if they win the third Test in Perth, which begins on 14 December.\n\nEngland have not won at the Waca since 1978 and must reverse an awful run in Australia - they have now lost seven consecutive Tests down under - to have any chance of retaining the urn.\n\nRoot's men only need a draw to keep the Ashes, but England have never come from 2-0 down to draw or win a series against Australia.\n• None We're still massively in this series - Root\n• None Analysis: Jonathan Agnew on the challenges now facing England\n• None How the final day unfolded in Adelaide\n• None Listen to TMS highlights on loop throughout the day\n\nEngland's fight too little, too late\n\nIt is deflating for England that they failed on the final day but the truth is they lost this match - the first day-night Test in Ashes history - in the first half.\n\nAfter winning the toss and putting Australia in, poor bowling allowed the home side to rack up 442-8 declared.\n\nThe tourists were reduced to 142-7 before the fightback began.\n\nWoakes and Craig Overton dragged them past 200 and, when Australia opted against enforcing the follow-on, England utilised the pink ball under lights to set the home side on the way to being 138 all out.\n\nFaced with completing their highest successful run-chase and looking to win after conceding a first-innings deficit in excess of 200 for the first time since Ian Botham's heroics at Headingley in 1981, England gave themselves a chance with a battling batting display on the fourth evening.\n\nWith a potentially historic fifth day in the offing and the warmest conditions of the match to enjoy, plenty of spectators made the gold coin donation to enter the Adelaide Oval.\n\nThe Barmy Army were singing before play began but if Woakes' dismissal gave Australia an ideal start, Root's departure was a mortal blow.\n\nWith the result all but assured, Starc needed only 14 deliveries with the second new ball to take the final three wickets for 13 runs.\n\nEngland can take heart from the punches they landed on Australia - at times home captain Steve Smith was rattled, their bowlers were magnificent in the second innings and some of their batsmen showed they can stand up to the hosts' attack.\n\nStill, England's highest total in four attempts in this series is 302 and Australia have followed up a 10-wicket win in Brisbane with another resounding victory.\n\nThat the next destination is Perth, an Australian Ashes fortress, could well mean that England's time holding the urn is running out.\n\nBefore the final day, Australia had been on the back foot for the majority of the previous four sessions.\n\nOn Tuesday evening, frustration was visible, catches went down and the wasting of both reviews in the space of three deliveries led to loud taunting from the travelling fans.\n\nSmith's men returned refreshed on Wednesday and pace bowler Hazlewood all but guaranteed the outcome of the match with his first 11 deliveries of the day.\n\nFirst he found movement back in to Woakes, who reviewed being given out caught behind for five and shook his head when the third umpire detected the finest of edges.\n\nRoot, so brave the previous night, fell in similar fashion in Hazlewood's next over without adding to his overnight score. He knew a review could not save him and dragged himself from the field.\n\nFrom there, it was little more than a formality.\n\nMoeen was lbw sweeping Nathan Lyon - in all four innings in the series Lyon has dismissed fellow off-spinner Moeen.\n\nBairstow and Overton, dropped at a short third slip by Cameron Bancroft off Pat Cummins, resisted for nine overs, but Overton was pinned leg before from Starc's first delivery with the second new ball.\n\nIn Starc's next over, Stuart Broad edged to wicketkeeper Tim Paine before Bairstow played on to his stumps.\n\nEngland captain Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: \"We came to the ground expecting. We were right in the game but losing early wickets hampered our chances.\n\n\"The way we went about it yesterday was exceptional and that has to be the benchmark going forward. That shows how we are still massively in this series.\"\n\nOn his decision to bowl first after winning the toss: \"At the time I thought it was the right thing to do. It is easy to question now. I fully back our bowlers in those conditions to take 10 wickets.\"\n\nAustralia captain Smith, on BT Sport, on not enforcing the follow-on: \"Would I do the same again? I'm not sure. It's played on my mind a bit over the last couple of days - have I made a mistake?\n\n\"My rationale was it's really long summer and I don't want to bowl my bowlers into the ground. England fought really hard with the ball and last night.\n\n\"I was a little bit nervous. On another day I might decide to go another way, but we've won the Test match, so it's irrelevant.\"\n\nAustralia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood on ABC: \"We didn't expect England to collapse this morning. We expected them to dig in and fight hard for every run.\"", "A plan to rescue Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece - The Hill House in Helensburgh - has been unveiled.\n\nThe building's survival is threatened by the effects of weather.\n\nNow, the National Trust for Scotland is hoping to enclose it in a huge see-through structure while a longer term solution is found.", "Shopping centre owner Hammerson, which owns Birmingham's famous Bullring, has agreed a £3.4bn takeover of rival Intu.\n\nThe deal will create the UK's biggest property company, worth £21bn.\n\nIntu owns the Lakeside shopping centre, in Essex. and the Trafford Centre, in Manchester, while Hammerson owns Bicester Village designer outlet and London's Brent Cross shopping centre.\n\nShares in Intu jumped by nearly 19% on the news, while Hammerson's fell by 3%.\n\nAt market close, Intu shares were trading up 13.6% at 226p, while Hammerson's was down 6.2% to trade at 501.5p.\n\nThe combined group plans to target fast growing markets in Spain and Ireland.\n\nJohn Strachan, chairman of Intu, said: \"Intu offers high-quality retail and leisure destinations in the UK and Spain, which, when merged with Hammerson's own top-quality assets in the UK, in France and in Ireland, present a highly attractive proposition for retailers and shoppers in Europe's leading cities.\"\n\nHammerson chairman David Tyler said: \"This transaction will deliver real value for shareholders. The financial strength of the enlarged group and its strong leadership team will make it well-placed to take advantage of higher growth opportunities on a pan-European scale.\"\n\nHammerson shareholders will own 55% of the combined firm and Intu investors the rest. Shareholders will vote on the deal next year.\n\nThe combined group would be led by Hammerson chief executive David Atkins and chaired by Mr Tyler.\n\nRuss Mould, AJ Bell investment director, described Hammerson's takeover of Intu as \"dramatic, given how terribly Intu's shares have gone down this year, amid fears over not just what Brexit may do to consumer confidence but also the fate of bricks-and-mortar retailers at the hands of Amazon and other online rivals\".\n\nThe union of Hammerson and Intu - the company formerly known as Capital Shopping Centres - has been the Holy Grail of property investment for more than a decade.\n\nThe relative underperformance on Intu shares, which have at times traded at a discount to book value as high as 50%, has brought an opportunity for David Atkins, Hammerson's ambitious chief executive.\n\nThe other key factor was the willingness of John Whittaker, the secretive billionaire who was the big shareholder in Intu, to come to the table.\n\nThe end result is a shopping centre monster - £21bn worth of assets across Europe - that will quickly weed out underperforming properties once the deal is done.\n\nGlobalData retail analyst Sofie Willmott said the deal would give the combined group a stake in 12 of the 20 UK super-malls - large shopping centres of more than 20 million sq ft that attract more than 20 million customers a year.\n\nThis \"dominance\" would \"bolster the group's negotiating power with both retailers and leisure operators\", she added, and help Hammerson to compete better with rival Westfield.\n\nAccording to GlobalData forecasts, spending growth in supermalls is due to outstrip overall spending growth in bricks-and-mortar stores over the next five years.\n\nMs Willmott said she expected the enlarged group to \"prioritise\" supermall development.\n\n\"As clothing and footwear retailers focus on super-malls to create large-scale, experience-led stores, physical retail spend will move away from town centres towards destination shopping centres, ensuring supermalls space is hot property,\" she said.\n\n\"The proposed deal will net the group a stake in almost 60% of all UK supermalls space, making it a force in the retail landscape, well placed to benefit from retail spend shifting across locations.\"\n• None Westfield to be 'catalyst' for Croydon", "A member of House of Commons staff was arrested after a fight outside one of Parliament's busiest bars.\n\nThe Sports and Social Club has been closed and a 57-year-old man arrested on suspicion of GBH and affray.\n\nPolice later released the man, who remains under investigation.\n\nA 64-year-old man, also a Commons employee, is reported to have been taken to hospital in an ambulance following the incident, which took place on Tuesday evening.\n\nScotland Yard said police were still investigating what happened but no-one else was thought to have been involved.\n\nA House of Lords spokesperson said the Sports and Social Club bar would stay closed until the investigation was complete.\n\nThe venue, which is a popular haunt for MPs and their staff, is a large traditional pub in the bowels of the Parliamentary estate.\n\nIt was recently taken back under the direct control of the House of Lords authorities from an outside contractor and its future was already thought to be in doubt.", "A CBS News reporter and her cameraman were asked to help evacuate a ranch as flames spread quickly.", "The government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.\n\nMr Davis had previously said the government had done 57 studies on 85% of the UK economy about the impact of Brexit.\n\nBBC News had a look in its archives.", "Hallyday broke from France's classic \"chanson\" tradition in the 1950s, starting singing rock and roll in French\n\nFrance's biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 74.\n\nThe singer sold about 100 million records and starred in a number of films in a career that began in 1960.\n\nHe was made a Chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur by President Jacques Chirac in 1997.\n\nThe French simply called him \"Our Johnny\". However, outside the Francophone zone, Hallyday was virtually unknown.\n\nIn a statement, his wife Laeticia said: \"Johnny Hallyday has left us. I write these words without believing them. But yet, it's true. My man is no longer with us.\n\n\"He left us tonight as he lived his whole life, with courage and dignity.\"\n\nHallyday, whose real name was Jean-Philippe Smet, decided he wanted to be a singer after seeing Elvis Presley on screen in 1957. Hallyday was nicknamed the \"French Presley\" by his numerous fans.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by JohnnyHallydayVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHis children, Laura and David, wrote a joint statement, saying: \"Today we lost our father,\" and thanking fans for the outpouring of support.\n\n\"Our pain is immense,\" they said.\n\nThat sentiment was echoed by Laura's mother, Nathalie Baye, who posted an empty black square to Instagram with the single line caption: \"My grief is immense.\"\n\nReacting to the news, French President Emmanuel Macron referenced the title of a recent tribute album by saying: \"There is a little bit of Johnny in all of us.\"\n\nHe added: \"Across generations, he carved himself into the lives of French people. He charmed them through the generosity you saw in his concerts: so epic, so intimate, in huge venues, in small spots.\"\n\nOther French politicians followed suit, including former presidents François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, and former Prime Minister Alain Juppé.\n\nFans gathered outside the star's home in the town of Marnes-la-Coquette, west of Paris.\n\nSpeaking to the AFP news agency, one fan said: \"My heart is in two, my heart is broken.\" He added that he had hoped to see 1,000 of Johnny's concerts.\n\nAnother, Michele, told reporters: \"He was a great love of my youth... he always rocked me. I've always loved this man.\n\n\"It's an homage to show him, if he still sees us, that I still love him and I'll always love him.\"\n\nTributes also rolled in from his peers in the entertainment industry.\n\nFrench film icon of the 1950s and 60s, Brigitte Bardot, wrote that she was \"in shock\".\n\n\"Johnny is a monument. He is France,\" she said in a social media post alongside a photo of her hugging the singer.\n\nAmong those outside of France to pay tribute was American guitarist Lenny Kravitz.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lenny Kravitz This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a French-language tweet, singer Celine Dion called him \"a legend of showbusiness\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Celine Dion This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHeavily influenced by Elvis, Hallyday broke from France's classic \"chanson\" tradition in the 1950s and began singing rock and roll in French.\n\n\"He introduced rock and roll to France. He's one of the few singers about whom people say that he's an animal on stage,\" journalist Philippe Le Corre once said.\n\n\"He's quite incredible. People of all ages like him,\" he added.\n\nDespite his success at home, he failed to crack the lucrative American or any English-speaking market.\n\nThe USA Today newspaper once described him as \"the greatest rock star you never heard of\".\n\nHallyday was known for his hard work and almost non-stop touring.\n\nBut he was also famous for his wild rock star antics, both on and off stage.\n\nHeavy drinking, drug-taking and five marriages all contributed a sometimes chaotic lifestyle.\n• None Can we learn to love 'le pop'?", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nSerena Williams has entered the Australian Open in January, tournament director Craig Tiley has said.\n\nTiley told the Herald Sun the 23-time Grand Slam winner is \"very likely\" to return to tennis in Melbourne.\n\n\"She's got her visa, she's entered, she's practising,\" he said. \"There's no question she'll be ready in our view.\"\n• None Bumps, boobs and bouncing back: An athlete's path through pregnancy\n\nWilliams, who has won the Australian Open seven times, has posted on social media that she has returned to training.\n\nAustralia's Margaret Court, with 24, is the only player still ahead of Serena in terms of Grand Slam singles titles.\n\n\"She wants to break a record that is Margaret Court's,\" added Tiley. \"It would be a pretty significant accomplishment for her to be able to do that.\"", "Homes are being consumed by large fires spreading across the southern California countryside.\n\nFirefighters are tackling the blaze as residents flee the affected areas, but attempts at controlling the spread of the fire have been unsuccessful.\n\nDrivers filmed the flames from their cars on the 405 near Bel Air.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Woman was kept alive despite her advance directive wishes\n\nThe family of an 81-year-old woman has received a £45,000 payout after she was kept alive against her will.\n\nBrenda Grant made a living will stating she feared degradation and indignity more than death after seeing her mum lose independence through dementia.\n\nBut the George Eliot hospital, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, misplaced the document and she was artificially fed for 22 months.\n\nThe trust has apologised for its failure.\n\nMrs Grant, from Nuneaton, had an advance directive drawn up to say if she were no longer of sound mind or had suffered from a list of medical ailments, she should not have treatment to prolong her life.\n\nIt also confirmed she should not be given food, but that distressing symptoms should be controlled by pain relief even though the treatment might shorten her life.\n\nMrs Grant's daughter said she wanted to prevent other people going through similar problems\n\nIn October 2012, Mrs Grant suffered a catastrophic stroke that left her unable to walk, talk or swallow.\n\nAfter spending nearly three months in the George Eliot Hospital she was fitted with a stomach peg so she could be fed directly, then discharged into a nursing home.\n\nThe hospital had the advance directive but it was hidden in the middle of a thick pile of medical notes, Mrs Grant's daughter Tracy Barker said.\n\nOnce in the nursing home, Mrs Grant became agitated and tried to pull out the tubes in her arm, prompting staff to put mittens on her hands.\n\nMrs Barker said: \"She had a fear of being kept alive because she had a fear of going into a nursing home.\n\n\"She never wanted to be a burden to anybody, so she wouldn't have wanted any of us to look after her.\"\n\nBrenda Grant, pictured with her grandson, \"never wanted to become a burden to anybody\"\n\nMrs Grant did not tell her children about the living will.\n\nIt was her GP who alerted them to it shortly before Mrs Grant was re-admitted to hospital.\n\nIn a meeting with hospital medics, the GP then argued alongside Mrs Grant's family that her living will should be respected, Mrs Barker said.\n\nTubes were withdrawn and she died a few days later on 4 August 2014.\n\n\"I'm very, very angry with myself that I let my mum suffer for two years that she didn't need to suffer for,\" Mrs Barker said.\n\n\"I didn't want my mum to die, nobody wants their mum to die.\n\n\"But my mum died the day she had that stroke because she was never, ever capable of doing anything that she did before.\n\n\"I know she would not have wanted to live like she was.\"\n\nBrenda Grant's advance directive was buried in the middle of a thick pile of medical notes, her daughter said\n\nMrs Barker said she had sought legal advice to highlight the case so the same thing did not happen to others.\n\nRichard Stanford, from law firm BTTJ, said: \"It was a really interesting case, we instructed a human rights barrister very early on because the case appeared to be unique.\"\n\nThe George Eliot Hospital Trust admitted liability and in an out-of-court settlement agreed to pay £45,000.\n\nIn a letter, it stated: \"It is accepted that the trust failed to act in accordance with the deceased's advance directive and failed to store the advance directive in a way that it could easily be noted.\"\n\nThe trust said it had now begun recording the existence of an advanced directive on the front page of a patient's notes.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Banks should end all unauthorised overdraft charges because they are trapping people in persistent debt, the financial charity StepChange has said.\n\nThe organisation also wants banks and regulators to do more to identify people caught up in a \"vicious cycle of borrowing\".\n\nEven where customers have admitted they are in trouble, it said banks often fail to help.\n\nHowever, High Street banks said they were committed to lending responsibly.\n\nIn 2016 some 2.1 million people used their overdraft every month of the year, according to industry figures.\n\nThe UK's biggest bank, Lloyds, has already abolished charges for unplanned overdrafts.\n\nCustomers of Barclays cannot get an unauthorised overdraft, but they can apply for \"emergency lending\".\n\nHowever others, including Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest still offer unplanned borrowing.\n\nSantander charges up to £95 for each month a customer is overdrawn. RBS, NatWest and HSBC have a cap of £80 a month.\n\nAs part of its study into high cost credit the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was considering a ban on charges for unplanned overdrafts - but it is not due to report until 2018.\n\nHalf of StepChange's clients have overdrafts and each owe an average of £1,722.\n\nThey often use their overdrafts to pay off household bills, so end up in a cycle of debt.\n\nCallum Bell told the BBC he is spending more time worrying about debt\n\nCallum Bell, a mental health nurse from north-eastern England, is reliant on borrowing to boost his income.\n\n\"Every month I'm dipping a little bit more into my overdraft,\" he told the BBC. \"Over Christmas it's even more difficult.\n\n\"I spend more time worrying about my finances and I'm not alone in this. It's a problem across the country.\"\n\nBanks also insist on giving customers large overdrafts, even though they may not be able to afford the repayments, the charity claims.\n\nOne of its clients was offered an overdraft of £2,250, even though they were working part-time and on benefits.\n\nIt says such banks are guilty of \"unaffordable lending\".\n\nWhile it is still well nigh impossible to understand the charging structure for overdrafts, things are better than they used to be.\n\nBack in 2014, for example, Oliver Foster-Burnell, from Taunton, won a case against Lloyds TSB, who charged him £743 after he went into his overdraft by just £2.67.\n\nSubsequently banks began capping overdraft fees. Indeed, since September 2017 all banks have been obliged to publish a maximum monthly charge.\n\nBut while the average borrower benefits from a cap, some individuals end up paying more.\n\n\"Lenders and regulators must take action to need to ensure that overdraft lending is affordable, that borrowers in financial difficulty get the right support and that we break the cycle of persistent overdraft debt,\" said Peter Tatton, head of policy at StepChange.\n\nHowever the banking industry said it was already doing its best to help customers in financial difficulty.\n\n\"Overdrafts can help customers smooth their household spending, but if circumstances change or they are struggling with their finances, they should contact their lender straightaway,\" said a spokesperson for UK Finance.\n\n\"Lenders will support customers and allow them a period of time to seek impartial and independent debt advice.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The paper blamed the error on \"a technical problem\"\n\nA local newspaper accidentally published instructions to writers on the front page instead of a headline.\n\nThe Cambridge News left \"100pt splash heading here\" as the text in place of a headline about a \"sex lair\" school.\n\nThe newspaper's editor-in-chief David Bartlett apologised and said it was unclear how it had happened but blamed the gaffe on \"a technical problem\".\n\nReaders were quick to poke fun at the paper on social media, with some suggesting a headline competition.\n\nOne person suggested \"austerity ate our headline\" as a possible entry.\n\nAnother commented: \"The 100PT Splash heading... doesn't get as much coverage as it should.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cambridge News This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA further apology explained \"the headline should have read '£2m for 'sex lair' school' in reference to a story printed on page 11 of today's newspaper\".\n\nMr Bartlett added: \"I want to apologise sincerely to our readers for this mistake, which happened due to a technical problem.\n\n\"We are still looking into how this happened and want our readers to know we take this seriously.\"\n\nThe Cambridge News is owned by Trinity Mirror plc.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ray Dolby died in 2013 at the age of 80\n\nThe family of sound pioneer Ray Dolby has donated £85m from his estate to Cambridge University.\n\nThe US-born engineer was best known for his work in developing noise reduction and surround-sound technology. He died in 2013 aged 80.\n\nThe donation will go to the Department of Physics' Cavendish Laboratory where Dr Dolby worked on his PhD in 1961.\n\nIt is the second largest gift to the university in its 808-year history after Bill Gates donated $210m in 2000.\n\nDr Dolby came to Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar in 1957 and studied physics at Pembroke College which itself received £35m from his estate in 2015.\n\nThe bequest will complete the redevelopment of the Cavendish Laboratory, known as Cav III, with the Ray Dolby Centre set to open in 2021/22.\n\nA research group and a professorship in physics will also be named in honour of the inventor.\n\nProfessor Andy Parker, head of the Cavendish, said: \"In addition to serving as a home for physics research at Cambridge, it will be a top-class facility for the nation.\n\n\"This gift is the most significant investment in physics research in generations.\"\n\nThe money will go towards development of the new Cavendish Laboratory, which specialises in physics\n\nDr Dolby's widow, Dagmar, said the university played a pivotal role in his life \"both professionally and personally\".\n\nCambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope also described the donation as \"a fitting tribute to Ray Dolby's legacy\".\n\n\"His research paved the way for an entire industry,\" he said.\n\n\"A century from now, we can only speculate on which discoveries will alter the way we live our lives and which new industries will have been born in the Cavendish Laboratory, in large part thanks to this extraordinarily generous gift.\"\n\nThe multimillion-pound donation also pushes Cambridge University's £2bn fundraising campaign - which was launched in 2015 - over the halfway mark.\n\nThe campaign will support students and university facilities, as well as boost its international reputation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah sits at a windowsill to do her homework\n\nMary, and her nine-year-old daughter, Sarah, are homeless and have spent the past 13 months living in a single room in a hostel.\n\n\"Nobody knows how we are living,\" says Mary. \"No-one knows we are in this situation.\"\n\n\"They know we are in temporary accommodation, but they don't know we are living in a hostel - that we've got no space.\"\n\nAnd there certainly is a lack of space. It is just about possible to walk around one side of the double bed.\n\nThere is a small table, but not enough room for mother and daughter to sit and eat a meal together.\n\nTheir belongings are piled up precariously in laundry-bag towers against the wall, and there is not a free surface in the room. Their stuff is everywhere.\n\nSarah has to sit cross-legged on the bed and lean on the windowsill to do her homework.\n\nShe is one of the 128,000 children in Britain who will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation this year, according to official figures - the highest number for a decade.\n\nVery few of these will be sleeping rough, but they will be saddled with the hardships of living in temporary accommodation.\n\nMary and Sarah (not their real names) found themselves homeless when their landlord wanted his property back and they could not afford another deposit and rent in advance.\n\nThe office worker struggles to eat let alone cook healthy meals in the room, where just one of the cooker rings works.\n\n\"I am leading a double life because I go to work in my suit all dressed up and I go to church all dressed up, but nobody knows what I am going through.\"\n\nAnd despite her young years, Sarah seems to want to keep her living conditions secret from her school friends too.\n\n\"I have friends and I really want my friends to come to my house, but they can't come here.\n\n\"They have to come to a nice house. So if they ask me I say I'll have to ask my mum.\n\n\"It's stopping me from having friends and hanging out.\"\n\nAccording to housing and homelessness charity Shelter, families living in temporary accommodation are often confined to one single room, which significantly disrupts the children's ability to play or follow a daily routine\n\nInterviews by the charity with some families in such conditions, revealed children feeling anxious, afraid and ashamed.\n\nMary says the practicalities of living in such a small space are very challenging.\n\n\"It's the storing of our clothes, the washing of our clothes.\"\n\nLike others in similar situations, Mary struggles to stay positive.\n\n\"It's very easy to not do anything and just come back from wherever and go to bed. I'm trying so hard to fight that.\"\n\nMary adds: \"What keeps us going, for me and my daughter, is our faith.\n\n\"I think if I didn't have that I would have ended up in a mental hospital.\"\n\nThe government says it is working with Shelter and others to end homelessness.\n\nIt is providing £1bn until 2020 to tackle the issue and putting into practice the Homelessness Reduction Act, which aims to ensure people receive the support they need earlier.\n\nA Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: \"Councils have a duty to provide safe, secure and suitable temporary accommodation.\n\n\"This means that people are getting help now and no family is without a roof over their head this Christmas.\"\n\nMary and her daughter have since been moved out of the hostel by their local council but only into another temporary setting.", "The bone claimed to be from St Nicholas has been radio carbon tested for the first time\n\nA fragment of bone claimed to be from St Nicholas - the 4th-Century saintly inspiration for Father Christmas - has been radio carbon tested by the University of Oxford.\n\nThe test has found that the relic does date from the time of St Nicholas, who is believed to have died about 343AD.\n\nWhile not providing proof that this is from the saint, it has been confirmed as authentically from that era.\n\nThe Oxford team says these are the first tests carried out on the bones.\n\nRelics of St Nicholas, who died in modern-day Turkey, have been kept in the crypt of a church in Bari in Italy since the 11th Century.\n\nBut the popularity of the saint, and the associations with Christmas, have seen many fragments of bones being taken to other locations, raising questions about how many of these are authentic.\n\nThe tests in Oxford have been carried out on a fragment of pelvis, which had been in a church in France and is currently owned by a priest, Father Dennis O'Neill, from Illinois in the United States.\n\nSt Nicholas figures meeting in southern Germany this week, at the start of the Christmas season\n\nThe radio carbon dating tests, for the Oxford Relics Cluster at Keble College's Advanced Studies Centre, have confirmed that the bone is from the correct era for St Nicholas.\n\nProf Tom Higham, a director of the centre, says this is unlike many such relics which often turn out to be much later inventions.\n\n\"This bone fragment, in contrast, suggests that we could possibly be looking at remains from St Nicholas himself,\" says the Oxford archaeologist.\n\nThere are hundreds of other bones claimed to be from St Nicholas, including a collection in a church in Venice.\n\nAnd the researchers now want to use DNA testing to see how many bones are really from a single individual - and how many might be linked to the bone tested in Oxford.\n\nThe Oxford team are interested in whether the part of the pelvis they have tested matches the relics in Bari, where the collection does not include a full pelvis.\n\nDr Georges Kazan, co-director of the centre at Keble College, says: \"It is exciting to think that these relics, which date from such an ancient time, could in fact be genuine.\"\n\nFor the researchers, this might seem like Christmas has come early. But the findings cannot provide evidence that this is definitely from the real St Nicholas.\n\n\"Science is not able to definitely prove that it is, it can only prove that it is not, however,\" says Prof Higham.", "A woman taken from her mother as a newborn in Argentina has been reunited with her relatives by campaign group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.\n\nAdriana, 40, who asked not to have her surname released, was identified after she took a DNA test.\n\nHer DNA matched those of relatives of her parents, who disappeared under Argentina's military rule.\n\nAdriana is the 126th child found by the Grandmothers, who campaign for victims of the \"Dirty War\".\n\nSpeaking at a news conference, Adriana said that when the couple who had brought her up died, she was told by someone that she was not their biological child.\n\n\"I found out on a Saturday and on the Monday I had already gone to the Grandmothers, I wanted to know if I was the daughter of people who had disappeared, more than anything because of my date of birth,\" she said referring to the hundreds of children who were taken from left-wing activists under military rule between 1976 and 1983.\n\nShe took a DNA test but, after four months, still no match had been found in the database the Grandmothers keep of relatives of those who disappeared or were murdered by the military regime.\n\n\"I began to think I had been abandoned, given away, sold, that they hadn't wanted me,\" said Adriana about her biological parents.\n\nBut on Monday she finally got a call from the National Commission for the Right to Identity (CONADI) telling her they had information they would like to give her in person.\n\nAdriana went there straight away and was told she was the daughter of Violeta Ortolani and Edgardo Garnier.\n\nActivists held up pictures of Adriana's parents, who disappeared in 1977\n\nThe couple had met as engineering students in the city of La Plata, where they were also active in a left-wing student group.\n\nMs Ortolani was detained by the military in December 1976 when she was eight months pregnant.\n\nAdriana was born in captivity in January 1977. Mr Garnier was detained a month later while he was searching for his missing partner and child.\n\nNeither Violeta Ortolani nor Edgardo Garnier, who were 23 and 21 years old at the time of their detention, were ever seen again. They are two of some 30,000 people who disappeared during military rule.\n\nMr Garnier's mother never stopped looking for her missing grandchild and has been a key figure in the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.\n\nShe could not attend Tuesday's news conference but Adriana said she had already spoken to her by phone.\n\n\"She is beautiful inside and out and such a personality.\" Adriana said. \"Love is stronger than hate, always.\"", "Sean Rigg died from a heart attack in police custody in 2008\n\nFive police officers will not face prosecution after the death of a mentally ill man in custody, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ruled.\n\nSean Rigg's family said it was \"shameful\" the CPS had upheld its decision from 2016.\n\nThe musician, 40, died from a heart attack at Brixton police station in south London in 2008.\n\nIn 2012 an inquest jury found that police used \"unsuitable\" force after arresting Mr Rigg.\n\nThe CPS chose not to authorise charges against any of the officers last year because the evidential threshold was not met.\n\nA review began at the request of Mr Rigg's family.\n\nMr Rigg's sister, Marcia Rigg, said in a family statement: \"It is shameful that the CPS should yet again find there is insufficient evidence.\n\n\"After years of vigorous campaigning to highlight the flaws in this wretched and unfair judicial system, there is no justice in the UK for families like mine.\n\n\"Any hope has been crushed.\"\n\nIn the weeks before his death Mr Rigg, who had paranoid schizophrenia, had not taken his medication.\n\nMarcia Rigg believes the police have not been held accountable over her brother's death\n\nHe was held down for eight minutes in the \"prone position\" after his arrest in Balham for attacking passers-by and officers in August 2008. He fell ill in a police van and died in custody.\n\nThe Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Met Police are still liaising over whether any officer has a misconduct case to answer.\n\nDaniel Machover, the family solicitor, said: \"As the police continue to pose a danger to those suffering from mental ill health, it is saddening that the CPS has failed to bring charges that would help to bring about change and accountability.\"\n\nA CPS spokesperson said: \"A full review of the evidence, including new material provided by the IPCC, was undertaken by a specialist CPS prosecutor who was not involved in the original decision.\n\n\"The review has now concluded and has upheld the original decision not to authorise charges in relation to the death of Mr Rigg, on the basis that the evidential test in the code for crown prosecutors is not met.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said in a statement: \"The MPS has been notified by the Crown Prosecution Service that the decision not to prosecute any police officer in connection with the death of Sean Rigg has been reviewed and upheld.\n\n\"The MPS has responded to the IPCC about its findings in relation to whether any officer involved has a case to answer for either misconduct or gross misconduct. We await the IPCC's further response and continue to liaise in line with the regulations that govern police conduct matters.\n\n\"We will do all we can to progress matters as quickly as possible.\"", "A BBC investigation has found online streaming apps used by children to make live broadcasts are being infiltrated by men trying to groom them.\n\nInternet safety campaigner Qudsiyah Shah posed as a 14-year-old girl to find out what kind of dangers children could be exposed to on such services.\n\nIt comes as the National Crime Agency says it arrested more than 190 men across the UK in a single week in connection with sexual offences against children.", "A woman has criticised McDonald's after she was told to remove her hijab because it posed a \"security threat\".\n\nThe 19-year-old Muslim student, who wants to remain anonymous, was approached by a security guard at a London branch of the fast food chain.\n\nMcDonald's says it has suspended the security guard and is investigating the matter. It added that the restaurant was managed and owned by a franchisee.\n\nBut the student told BBC Asian Network \"it's not enough\".\n\n\"They basically said that the security guard was employed by a third-party company and so what they're trying to say is, 'We don't condone his conduct but we can't be held responsible because we're not the people who hire them'.\n\n\"But if you're going to use a separate company you need to be aware of what kind of policies they have, especially in a city like London.\"\n\nThe student was with her friend Sabrina at the Holloway Road restaurant in north London on 30 November.\n\nIn video footage recorded on her mobile phone, a black security guard can be heard saying: \"If you just don't mind taking it off,\" to which the 19-year-old responds: \"It's not just a matter of taking it off, I wear it for religious reasons and I'm not ashamed of it.\n\n\"I live down the street,\" she adds. \"This is a hate crime.\"\n\nShe told the BBC: \"You would expect someone of colour to be more sympathetic to a minority that is persecuted.\n\n\"That just reflects how current this issue is - almost anyone could actually believe that I am a security threat.\"\n\nSabrina shared the video on Twitter, and had an overwhelming response.\n\n\"A white British national... stood up for her,\" said Sabrina.\n\n\"People on social media were praising the man who defended her.\n\n\"As a non-hijab wearing Muslim, I recognise my privilege in society.\n\n\"Discrimination that I might face isn't necessarily as overt.\n\nBut her friend said she would not be deterred from wearing the hijab.\n\n\"If you want to dress modestly, you should have the right to dress modestly and it shouldn't be politicised,\" said the 19-year-old.\n\n\"It's my choice. If I want to cover my hair, I should have the right to cover my hair.\"\n\nMcDonald's UK chief executive Paul Pomroy said in a statement: \"I am deeply sorry that this happened, and am taking the matter very seriously.\n\n\"We welcome people of all faiths and do not have any policy which restricts or prevents anyone wearing a hijab, or any other religious attire, in our restaurants.\n\n\"The restaurant involved is managed and owned by Amir Atefi, a franchisee.\n\n\"Mr Atefi is proud of his diverse workforce, and was upset and concerned to hear how one of his valued customers has been treated.\"", "The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against eating raw dough, batter or cake mixture because of the risk of E. coli from flour.\n\nThe FDA updated its guidelines following an investigation into an E. coli outbreak in the US in 2016 where flour was found to be the cause.\n\nCooking the flour kills any bacteria that can cause infections.\n\nThe FDA says commercially made cookie dough ice-cream products are OK as manufacturers use treated flour.\n\nIn 2016, dozens of people across the US were made sick by a strain of bacteria called Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121, that was linked to flour.\n\nA mill in Kansas City, Missouri, was found to be the probable source of the outbreak and ten million pounds of flour were recalled.\n\nPreviously there have been warnings about eating raw dough and cake mixture due to the presence of raw eggs that can pose a risk of salmonella.\n\nThe UK Food Standards Agency advises against eating raw dough \"because it may not be safe\".\n\nBut Leslie Smoot, a senior adviser for the FDA, says flour alone is also a risk.\n\n\"Flour is derived from a grain that comes directly from the field and typically is not treated to kill bacteria.\"\n\nBacteria from animal waste in the field could contaminate the grain, which is then harvested and milled into flour.\n\nE. coli O121 can cause abdominal cramps and diarrhoea (often bloody) but most people recover within a week.\n\nIn rare cases it can cause a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.\n\nYoung and elderly people and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk of complications.\n\nThe FDA says we should not eat or taste any raw biscuit dough, cake mix, batter, or any other raw dough or batter product that is supposed to be cooked or baked.", "Jeremy Hunt has told Facebook to \"stay away from my kids\" after it launched a new messaging app aimed at children.\n\nThe social network announced on Tuesday it was testing Messenger Kids in the US for those under 13 who cannot sign up for its full service.\n\nThe health secretary took to Twitter to condemn the new tool, saying the firm had promised to prevent under-age use of its product.\n\n\"Instead they are actively targeting younger children,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Stay away from my kids please Facebook and act responsibly!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAccording to the BBC's North America technology reporter, Dave Lee, the prevention methods to stop under-age children using Facebook are \"trivial\", meaning more than 20 million under-13-year-olds are thought to be using the network.\n\nMessenger Kids is a simplified version of Facebook's existing messaging app which needs parents to approve any contacts added by their children.\n\nOnce confirmed to be safe, friends can do live video chats, send pictures and text each other.\n\nThe firm said it offered a more appropriate app, which parents could allow their children to use on tablets and smartphones.\n\nIt has not responded directly to Mr Hunt's tweet, but in a blog post, Facebook's Loren Cheng said the company had spoken to thousands of parents and dozens of experts in child development and online safety.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 27,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in the middle of the night as a fast-moving wildfire ripped through southern California.\n\nSeveral thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation in the cities of Ventura and Santa Paula, some 70 miles (115 km) north of Los Angeles.\n\nFirefighters warned the fire was moving so fast they were unable to contain it.\n\nFanned by high winds, the fire swept through tens of thousands of acres in a matter of hours.\n\nCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Ventura County, promising to attack the fire \"with all we've got\".\n\nIt was earlier reported that one person died in a traffic accident while trying to flee the blaze, but Ventura County Fire Capt Steve Kaufmann has since told the Associated Press that no body was found in an overturned car.\n\nOfficials said one firefighter was injured. They also said 150 structures had been destroyed, and more than 260,000 people were without power.\n\nHundreds of firefighters worked through the night to tackle the blaze, named the Thomas Fire, but fire chiefs admitted they were fighting a losing battle.\n\n\"The prospects for containment are not good. Really, Mother Nature is going to decide,\" Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen earlier told reporters.\n\nMore than 1,000 firefighters are now battling the fires, which have burned 45,500 acres. Authorities have warned of widespread smoke and advised people with health conditions, the elderly and children to stay indoors in affected areas.\n\nForecasters say ferocious Santa Ana winds and low humidity will continue for a few days, making for extremely dangerous conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by VCFD PIO This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nResidents of Santa Paula and Ventura received mandatory evacuation notices via their phones and from emergency workers going house to house.\n\n\"My son is a firefighter and I'm not going to wait around for someone to rescue me,\" June Byrum told CBS, saying her 91-year-old father, husband and dog had already left for a safe place.\n\nSanta Paula has 30,000 residents, while Ventura's population is about 110,000. Both are in Ventura County.\n\nAnother fire broke out early on Tuesday local time closer to Los Angeles, in Sylmar. Homes have been damaged and more than 400 firefighters have been deployed there.\n\nThe Ventura County fire is believed to have broken out close to Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula at some time after 18:00 local time on Monday (02:00 GMT).\n\nIt was quickly fanned by gusts of up to 70mph (115 kph) that burned through dry brush.\n\nCalifornia has been hit hard by wildfires in recent months. At least 40 people were killed when fires ripped through parts of northern California's wine region in October. Some 10,000 structures were destroyed.\n\nAt least 150 structures are believed to have been destroyed by the blaze", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nRussia has been banned from competing at next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee.\n\nBut Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag.\n\nIt follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi.\n\n\"This should draw a line under this damaging episode,\" the IOC said.\n\nThe decision has been widely condemned in Russia, with some politicians urging a boycott of the Games, though other officials have welcomed the chance for 'clean' athletes to take part.\n\nIOC president Thomas Bach and his board - who made the announcement in Lausanne on Tuesday - came to the decision after reading through the findings and recommendations of a 17-month investigation headed up by the former president of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid.\n\nThe Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been suspended but the IOC said it will invite Russian clean athletes to compete in February under the name 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' (OAR).\n\nDespite repeated Russian denials, the Schmid report has found evidence of \"the systemic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and system\" which back up previous allegations of government involvement in cheating in the run-up to and during the Winter Olympics almost four years ago.\n\nBach said: \"This was an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport. This should draw a line under this damaging episode and serve as a catalyst for a more effective anti-doping system.\"\n\nThe Games in South Korea, which start on 9 February, will now be without one of the powerhouses of Olympic sport.\n• None Who gets Russia's medals in Pyeongchang?\n• None Russian doping - how we got here\n\nThis entire investigation was instigated by whistleblowing doctor Grigory Rodchenkov, who was director of Russia's anti-doping laboratory during Sochi 2014.\n\nHe alleged the country ran a systematic programme of doping and claimed he had created substances to enhance athletes' performances and switched urine samples to avoid detection.\n\nThe World Anti Doping Agency (Wada) enlisted the services of Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Dr Richard McLaren to look into the allegations.\n\nThe McLaren report concluded 1,000 athletes across 30 sports benefitted from the doping programme between 2012 and 2015.\n\nWada obtained what it said was a Russian laboratory database which it felt corroborated McLaren's conclusions, while re-testing of Russian athletes' samples resulted in a host of retrospective bans and stripping of medals.\n\nLast week, another IOC commission, led by Swiss lawyer Denis Oswald, gave its full backing to evidence provided by Dr Rodchenkov.\n\nWhat else has the IOC ruled?\n\nAs well as the Olympic Committee ban, the IOC has also decided to ban Russia's deputy Prime Minister and former Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from all future Olympic Games. He is currently the lead organiser for the 2018 World Cup, which is being staged in Russia next summer.\n\nIn his report to the IOC executive board, Schmid says Mutko, as the then minister for sport, \"had the ultimate administrative responsibility for the acts perpetrated at the time\".\n\nResponding to the report, Fifa said the IOC ruling had \"no impact\" on preparations for the World Cup.\n\nFootball's world governing body added that it \"continues to take every measure at its competitions to ensure football remains free from doping\" and every player will be tested next summer and \"the analysis of all doping samples will be carried out at Wada laboratories outside Russia\".\n• None No accreditation for any official from the Russian ministry of sport for the Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018\n• None Former Deputy sports minister, Yuri Nagornykh, is excluded from any participation in all future Olympic Games\n• None Dmitry Chernyshenko, the former CEO of the organising committee Sochi 2014, is withdrawn from the Co-ordination Commission Beijing 2022\n• None ROC President Alexander Zhukov is suspended as an IOC member, given that his membership is linked to his position as ROC president\n• None The ROC is fined 15 million dollars (£11.2 million) to reimburse the costs of the investigations and to contribute to the establishment of the Independent Testing Authority (ITA)\n• None If Russia \"respects and implements\" what the IOC has called for, the sanctions may be lifted in time for the closing ceremony.\n\nHow can clean Russian athletes get to Pyeongchang?\n\nThe IOC will allow athletes from Russia to compete individually or as part of a team in South Korea, providing they wear an OAR uniform. The Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony.\n\nA specialist panel appointed by the IOC will decide whether an athlete can compete by following these rules:\n• None Athletes must have qualified according to the qualification standards of their respective sport\n• None Athletes must not have been disqualified or declared ineligible for any violation of anti-doping rules\n• None Athletes must have undergone all the pre-Games targeted tests recommended by the Pre-Games Testing Task Force\n• None Athletes must have undergone any other testing requirements specified by the panel to ensure a level playing field\n\nAction taken so far\n• None A total of 25 Russians have so far been banned from the Olympics for life on the recommendation of the IOC commission\n• None The first part of the McLaren report was when Wada called on the IOC to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics\n• None instead asking individual sporting federations to rule on their participation\n\nWada has not called again for the IOC to ban Russia, but recently declared that the country remains 'non-compliant' with its code.\n• None Russia 'not to blame' for Sochi scandal\n\nThe IPC will make public its decision on the potential participation of Russian athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in London on 22 December.\n\nPresident of the ROC, Alexander Zhukov, said there was positive and negative news from the IOC's decision.\n\nHe welcomed the invitation for clean athletes to compete in South Korea but does not agree with the ruling that they must compete under a neutral flag.\n\n\"If, as proposed, the temporary restrictions are lifted on the last day, then on the last day Russian athletes will compete under their flag with all the athletes from the rest of the world,\" he told reporters in Lausanne.\n\nHe said a final decision on participation is still to be made.\n\nRussian politicians and athletes were united in their condemnation of the IOC decision.\n\nThe deputy chairman of Russian parliament's defence committee, Frants Klintsevich, said Russian athletes should not take part in the Olympics in 2018 if they are not allowed to compete under the national flag.\n\n\"I don't know what Russia's decision will be in the end, but in my view, a great power can't go 'incognito' to the Olympics,\" state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported him saying.\n\nIgor Morozov, another politician said \"hybrid war\" had been declared on Russia by the IOC decision.\n\nThe head of Russia's speed-skating body Alexei Kravtsov said it should be down to the athletes themselves.\n\n\"My opinion is that every athlete should decide for themselves whether to take part under a neutral flag or not,\" R-Sport reported. \"But there is an admittance procedure, and that in itself is humiliating.\"\n\nRussian bobsleigh federation president Alexander Zubkov said on Tuesday he was \"shocked\" by the decision.\n\nZubkov was stripped last month of the two gold medals he won at the 2014 Sochi Games and banned from the Olympics for life over alleged doping violations.\n\nRussian state broadcaster VGTRK has said it will not broadcast the winter Olympic games if the Russian team is not participating.\n• None Life on the run for Russian whistleblower\n\nJohn Jackson, who led Great Britain's men's bobsleigh team in Sochi in 2014, and could now be awarded a bronze medal because of Russian doping bans thanked the IOC for the ruling.\n\n\"I believe it is the correct decision to allow the clean athletes of Russia to compete under a neutral flag,\" he said.\n\nBritish sports minister Tracey Crouch tweeted that she was \"pleased\" with the announcement.\n\n\"We believe that this decision goes a long way towards protecting the interests of clean athletes,\" said Wada vice-president Linda Hofstad Helleland.\n\nJim Walden, a lawyer representing whistleblower Rodchenkov, said the decision \"sends a powerful message that the IOC will not tolerate state-sponsored cheating by any nation\".\n\n\"Dr Rodchenkov personally agrees with the IOC's determination that innocent athletes should compete as neutrals,\" he added.\n\nWhat could a Winter Olympics look like without Russia?\n\nThe Olympics ban for Russia, who had finished top of the Sochi 2014 medal table, could potentially leave opportunities for gold, silver and bronze open to several other nations.\n\nIt is not yet clear how many Russian athletes, if any, will seek to compete under a neutral flag.\n\nOther athletes are considering appeals against their doping bans.\n\nRussia were among the favourites for gold in men's ice hockey following the National Hockey League's decision to withdraw its players from Pyeongchang.\n\nAt the last six Winter Games, Russian figure skaters won 14 of the 26 gold medals available and occupied 26 of the 75 podium places.\n\n'Some concessions, but still dark day for Russia' - analysis\n\nThe punishment is unprecedented in Olympic history. This is a proud sporting superpower that uses such events to promote its image to the world. Not this time.\n\nThe hosts of next year's World Cup have just become an international pariah, with the life ban given to deputy prime minister and head of Russia 2018 - Vitaly Mutko - hugely embarrassing for Fifa - an IOC member federation.\n\nMany will say the IOC should have done this 18 months ago before the Rio Olympics, and that both they and WADA should have acted more decisively years ago when reports of Russian cheating first emerged. And could the IOC have been tougher, given the scale of the cheating and the damage done to clean athletes?\n\nThe fact that those athletes who meet the criteria and can take part will be called 'Olympic Athletes from Russia' seems a concession to the country. Why not just 'Neutral Athletes'? President Bach also suggested the Russian flag may be flown at the closing ceremony in South Korea.\n\nYet this is still a dark day for Russian sport and President Vladimir Putin is now understood to be considering whether to boycott Pyeongchang 2018 altogether and forbid any Russian athletes to compete.", "An on-duty police officer who died along with a 91-year-old woman in a crash on the A4 in Berkshire was due to become a father.\n\nPC James Dixon, whose wife Samantha is heavily pregnant, died when his motorcycle was in collision with a car near Hare Hatch on Tuesday.\n\nThe 39-year-old had appeared in the Sky TV programme Road Wars.\n\nThe pensioner, who was a passenger in the car, was also killed while the female driver was taken to hospital.\n\nThe incident, which happened on Bath Road, has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nPC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a car on Bath Road near Hare Hatch\n\nThe IPCC said PC Dixon was on a training exercise and was not responding to an emergency or pursuing the vehicle he collided with.\n\nHe was also not involved in any other pursuit and his unmarked police bike did not have flashing lights or sirens on.\n\nPC Dixon, known as \"Dixie\" to friends, was based at Loddon Valley police station, near Reading.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May paid tribute to PC Dixon and the elderly woman during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.\n\nShe said: \"I'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in offering condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of police constable James Dixon from Thames Valley Police who was killed while on motorcycle duty yesterday...\"\n\nTributes to PC Dixon have been posted in comments on Thames Valley Police's Facebook page, with many referring to watching him on the Sky 1 TV series Road Wars.\n\nPC James Dixon was a \"hugely respected\" officer and had served 18 years \"in a variety of roles\" in the force\n\nThames Valley Chief Constable Francis Habgood said PC Dixon was a \"hugely respected\" officer and had served 18 years \"in a variety of roles\" in the force.\n\nAll the force's flags will fly at half-mast for the next week as a mark of respect to PC Dixon.\n\nJo Gill said: \"Goodnight Dixie, you really were one of the funniest and best blokes I worked with. You are un-replaceable and my heart goes out to Your family both blood and blue.\"\n\nDave Bulger added: \"Stand down Dixie, I can't believe you're gone mate. It was a real pleasure to know you and my heart goes out to your family and loved ones.\"\n\nOn Twitter, Ryan Sheehan said: \"Growing up I was a big fan of PC James 'Dixie' Dixon and his @tvprp colleagues as they featured in #RoadWars.\n\n\"It's well respected officers like PC Dixon that inspire me to be a police officer...\"\n\nRoad Wars followed 14 members of Thames Valley Police's roads policing officers from 2003 to 2010.\n\nPC Dixon, who grew up in Winchester, is believed to have taken part in several series of the programme and was filmed with his partner \"Yorkie\".", "US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv has been met with a wave of disapproval.\n\nLeaders from within the Arab and Muslim worlds, and from the wider international community, were swift to criticise the move. Some warned of the potential for violence and bloodshed as a result.\n\nThe status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.\n\nThe city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.\n\nIsrael occupied the sector, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.\n\nThe Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and according to 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nMr Trump said his decision was a \"recognition of reality\", and that the US was \"not taking a position on any final status issues\".\n\nPresident Mahmoud Abbas said the decision was tantamount to the US \"abdicating its role as a peace mediator\".\n\n\"These deplorable and unacceptable measures deliberately undermine all peace efforts,\" he said in a speech broadcast after Mr Trump's announcement.\n\nHe insisted that Jerusalem was the \"eternal capital of the state of Palestine\".\n\nThe leader of the Islamist movement Hamas, Ismail Haniya, called for a new \"intifada\", or uprising.\n\n\"The American decision is an aggression against our people. It's a declaration of war against our Palestinian people,\" he told a news conference in Gaza.\n\n\"We should call for and we should work on launching an intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy,\" he added.\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the US announcement was a \"historic landmark\" and that Mr Trump's decision was \"courageous and just\".\n\nMr Netanyahu said the speech was \"an important step towards peace, for there is no peace that doesn't include Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel\". The city had \"been the capital of Israel for nearly 70 years\", he added.\n\nIn a speech on Thursday, he said: \"President Trump has inscribed himself in the annals of our capital for all time.\"\n\n\"His name will now be linked to the names of others in the context of the glorious history of Jerusalem and our people... We are already in contacts with other countries that will declare similar recognition,\" he said, adding: \"It's about time.\"\n\nTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the move, saying it was \"throwing the region into a ring of fire\".\n\n\"What do you want to do Mr Trump? What kind of an approach is this? Political leaders exist not to create struggles but to make peace,\" he said.\n\nHis Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter that \"the decision is against international law and relevant UN resolutions\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSaudi Arabia's King Salman told Mr Trump by telephone on Tuesday that the relocation of the embassy or recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital \"would constitute a flagrant provocation of Muslims, all over the world\".\n\n\"The US move represents a significant decline in efforts to push a peace process and is a violation of the historically neutral American position on Jerusalem.\"\n\nThose views were echoed by Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who warned against \"complicating the situation in the region by introducing measures that would undermine chances for peace in the Middle East\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nThe Arab League called it \"a dangerous measure that would have repercussions\" across the region, and also questioned the future role of the US as a \"trusted mediator\" in peace talks.\n\nIran said the decision risked a \"new intifada\", or uprising. Its foreign ministry said the US had clearly violated international resolutions.\n\nMeanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah called for joint efforts to \"deal with the ramifications of this decision\" and a Jordanian government spokesman said Mr Trump was violating international law and the UN charter.\n\nLebanon's President Michel Aoun said the peace process would be set back decades, while Qatar's Foreign MinisterSheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said the move was \"a death sentence for all who seek peace\".\n\nPope Francis said: \"I cannot silence my deep concern over the situation that has emerged in recent days. At the same time, I appeal strongly for all to respect the city's status quo, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions.\"\n\nUnited Nations Secretary General António Guterres said President Trump's statement \"would jeopardise the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians\".\n\nMr Guterres said Jerusalem was \"a final status issue that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties\".\n\nSuch negotiations must take \"into account the legitimate concerns of both the Palestinians and the Israeli sides,\" he said.\n\nThe European Union called for the \"resumption of a meaningful peace process towards a two-state solution\" and said \"a way must be found, through negotiations, to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of both states, so that the aspiration of both parties can be fulfilled\".\n\nEU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the announcement \"has a very worrying potential impact.\"\n\n\"It is a very fragile context and the announcement has the potential to send us backwards to even darker times than the ones we are already living in,\" she added.\n\n\"The worst thing that could happen now is an escalation of tensions around the holy places and in the region because what happens in Jerusalem matters to the whole region and the entire world.\"\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Mr Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital was \"regrettable\". He called efforts for \"avoid violence at all costs.\"\n\nGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel's spokesman said on Twitter that Berlin \"does not support this position because the status of Jerusalem can only be negotiated within the framework of a two-state solution\".\n\nBoth China and Russia also expressed their concern that the move could lead to an escalation of tensions in the region.\n\nUK Prime Minister Theresa May said her government disagreed with the US decision, which was \"unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region\".\n\n\"The British embassy to Israel is based in Tel Aviv and we have no plans to move it,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Our position on the status of Jerusalem is clear and longstanding: it should be determined in a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states. In line with relevant [UN] Security Council Resolutions, we regard East Jerusalem as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.\"\n\nLabour Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said the move was \"reckless\" and had taken a \"hammer blow\" to the peace process. \"He is setting it back decades,\" she added.\n• None Jerusalem is Israel's capital, Trump to say", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nPhilippe Coutinho scored a hat-trick as Liverpool became the fifth English club to qualify for the last 16 of this season's Champions League with a thumping victory over Spartak Moscow at Anfield.\n\nJurgen Klopp's Group E leaders came into the game knowing they needed to avoid defeat to be sure of reaching the knockout stage for the first time since 2008-09 - and Coutinho gave them the lead with a fourth-minute penalty after Mohamed Salah was fouled by Georgi Dzhikiya.\n\nThey doubled their advantage after a superb move 11 minutes later, Coutinho tapping home from Roberto Firmino's pass.\n\nFirmino netted himself to make it 3-0 at half-time, and Sadio Mane's sublime volley extended the lead.\n\nCoutinho completed his first hat-trick for the club with a deflected shot, and Mane added the sixth before Salah completed the rout.\n\nLiverpool's victory means this is the first time five English teams have qualified for the Champions League last 16 in the same season.\n\nChelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham will join the Reds in Monday's draw at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.\n\nAsked if his side would be a threat in the last 16, Klopp said: \"If we perform like this, if we are that clinical, then yes.\n\n\"If we perform like this then it is obviously a threat, 100%.\"\n• None Read more: English teams dominate - but can one of them win it?\n• None Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's Football Daily podcast: 'The Premier League is back'\n\nThis is a huge result for Liverpool, who failed to advance from the group stage on their previous two appearances - in 2009-10 and 2014-15.\n\nKlopp's side were close to qualifying last month, but Guido Pizarro poked home in the third minute of added time as Sevilla came from 3-0 down to snatch a dramatic draw.\n\nThere was no second-half collapse this time as the Reds produced another attacking masterclass to ensure they progress in Europe's most prestigious club competition.\n\nSpartak had held the Reds to a draw in Moscow but were blown away on Merseyside as Klopp once again unleashed Coutinho, Salah, Firmino and Mane from the start.\n\nThe quartet had scored 12 of their team's 16 goals in five previous group games - and they were once again in ruthless mood.\n\nDzhikiya clumsily hauled down Salah to allow Coutinho to score before the Brazilian made it 2-0 after finishing a delicious move started by Mane and involving Salah and Firmino.\n\nFirmino made it six goals in as many group games before the goal of the night by Mane - an exquisite volley from James Milner's inch-perfect cross.\n\nCoutinho's hat-trick goal came from a deflected shot off Salvatore Bocchetti before substitute Daniel Sturridge teed up Mane for the sixth and Salah pounced from close range for the seventh.\n\nHaving beaten Brighton 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, Liverpool have now scored 12 goals in two games.\n\nWho can Liverpool face in the last 16?\n\nLiverpool emerge from the group unbeaten but despite finishing top and being seeded they could still face a European heavyweight in the next round.\n\nAmong the unseeded teams the Reds could face are holders Real Madrid, five-time winners Bayern Munich and Italian champions Juventus.\n\nThey cannot face a team from the same country so will avoid Chelsea, and also cannot be drawn against Sevilla, who advance from Group E as runners-up following a 1-1 draw with Maribor.\n\nThe other teams they could be paired with are Swiss club Basel, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto.\n\n\"I don't mind too much who we get - usually I always get Real Madrid so we will see,\" added Klopp.\n\n\"There are a lot of really strong teams. This year is quite special. Not often you can face Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but Juventus and all the others.\n\n\"We will not be happy when we see who we face in the next round, but we will be ready.\"\n\nAnalysis: 'Great on the eye - but it gets hard now'\n\nLiverpool can score goals and that's the hardest part of the game - but coming up against opposition in the next round their defence might struggle.\n\nYou can still see Liverpool scoring but will they be strong enough at the back to deal with that quality?\n\nLiverpool are great on the eye but it starts to get hard now.\n• None Coutinho's penalty was Liverpool's fastest goal in a Champions League game at Anfield (three minutes 51 seconds).\n• None Spartak have lost 23 of their past 29 Champions League away games (W5 D1).\n• None Liverpool became the fourth English side to top their Champions League group this season - it is the first time since 2006-07 that four English teams have finished first in a single group campaign.\n• None Klopp's team are now unbeaten in their past eight Champions League games, winning three and drawing five.\n• None Salah has scored more goals in all competitions this season than any other Premier League player (18).\n\nLiverpool will look to cement their place in the Premier League's top four when they host neighbours Everton in the first Merseyside derby of the season at Anfield on Sunday (14:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Attempt saved. Fernando (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 7, Spartak Moscow 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James Milner with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.\n• None Attempt missed. Lorenzo Melgarejo (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrey Eshchenko.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Philippe Coutinho tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "US ambassador Nikki Haley said a unanimous UN Security Council resolution sent a clear warning to North Korea that further missile tests would invite more punishment.", "Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori has been taken from prison to a hospital because of low blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm.\n\nHis doctor was quoted by local media as saying cardiologists had advised the 79-year-old needed urgent treatment.\n\nFujimori - who was in power from 1990 to 2000 - is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses.\n\nHe is admired by some Peruvians for combating Maoist rebels. His critics consider him a corrupt dictator.\n\nIn 2007, Fujimori was sentenced to six years in jail for bribery and abuse of power.\n\nIn 2009, he was sentenced to another 25 years in prison for human rights abuses committed during his time in office, including authorising killings carried out by death squads.\n\nHe has been in and out of hospital for a variety of health problems in recent years.\n\nThe latest medical emergency comes just days after Fujimori's supporters in Congress helped President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski avoid impeachment over alleged corruption.\n\nOpposition politicians allege that the president had promised the supporters to free Fujimori in exchange for their backing.", "This video has been removed for right reasons.\n\nTropical Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to many parts of Mindanao island, in the southern Philippines, before heading west.\n\nRescuers are searching for survivors and thousands of people have been evacuated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island\n\nMore than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing.\n\nStorm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to parts of Mindanao island.\n\nTwo towns badly hit were Tubod and Piagapo, where a number of homes were buried by boulders.\n\nTembin, with winds of up to 80km/h (50 mph), has passed across Mindanao and reached the resort islands of Palawan, and will now move further west.\n\nThe Philippines suffers regularly from deadly tropical storms, although Mindanao is not often hit.\n\nTembin, known as Vinta in the Philippines, started lashing Mindanao on Friday, with a state of emergency declared in some areas including the Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur regions.\n\nRegional officials quoted by the Rappler website said there were 127 fatalities in Lanao del Norte, up to 50 in the Zamboanga peninsula and at least 18 in Lanao del Sur.\n\nTubod police officer Gerry Parami told the AFP news agency that there had been at least 19 deaths in the town, which is in Lanao del Norte. The remote village of Dalama was wiped out by flash floods.\n\n\"The river rose and most of the homes were swept away. The village is no longer there,\" he said.\n\nHe said volunteers were digging through mud to try to recover bodies in the village.\n\nAnother official told AFP that at least 10 people had died in the town of Piagapo, 10km east of Tubod.\n\n\"We've sent rescuers but they're making little progress,\" Saripada Pacasum said.\n\nMore deaths were reported in the towns of Sibuco and Salug.\n\nPower cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts.\n\nAndrew Morris, from the UN children's agency Unicef in Mindanao, said in some areas there were big risks for disease, particularly for children, and restoring clean water supplies would be a priority.\n\n\"Lanao del Sur province is the poorest in the Philippines, and in the past seven months there have been around 350,000 people displaced in that province because of fighting,\" he told the BBC, referring to battles between government forces and Islamist militants in Marawi.\n\n\"So the priority yesterday and this morning has really been to check their situation.\"\n\nStorm Tembin made a second landfall on Balabac island in the Palawan archipelago and is forecast to travel west, south of the Spratly Islands, reaching southern Vietnam in about three days.\n\nThe region is still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 5,000 people and affected millions in 2013.", "Four people involved in the crash were taken to hospital\n\nTwo men have died in a crash involving five vehicles that closed part of the M40 in Oxfordshire for several hours.\n\nOne vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11, near Banbury, at 23:40 GMT on Saturday.\n\nA 60-year-old man from Oxfordshire and a 29-year-old man from Warwickshire died.\n\nThe M40 was shut in both directions overnight for about three hours but has since reopened.\n\nThames Valley Police said the victims' next-of-kin had been informed.\n\nAnother man was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries, and three people were treated for minor injuries.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThe ambulance service, fire service and Highways England all attended the scene with police.\n\nCh Insp Henry Parsons said: \"Our thoughts are with both men's families at this difficult time.\n\n\"We would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the collision who has not yet spoken to police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Polish fisherman Rado Papiewski wants to have the sign removed\n\nThe owner of a fishery which displayed a sign banning Polish and \"Eastern bloc\" anglers says it has been taken down after his family received threats.\n\nBilly Evans of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught anglers stealing fish. He said he now may also shut the fishery.\n\nPolish fisherman Rado Papiewski raised more than £10,000 for a private prosecution to have the sign removed.\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission says the sign was unlawful.\n\nIt had warned it would take \"enforcement action\" if necessary.\n\nMr Evans told the BBC: \"The sign has been removed because of threats to my family.\n\n\"I am not in the country. I will decide what to do on my return. I may close it to all public long term.\"\n\nMr Evans said the fishery, in Launton, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, was closed as usual for the winter but would remain so until further notice.\n\nHe added: \"I do not tolerate thieves, wherever they come from.\"\n\nBilly Evans (pictured in 2009) said there had been threats to his family\n\nMr Papiewski, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, runs a project called Building Bridges, for the Angling Trust, which aims to \"educate and integrate\" anglers from other countries.\n\nThe project website explains that anglers from countries such as Poland have traditionally caught fish \"for the pot\", whereas in Britain anglers generally return fish to the water.\n\nHe believes the sign was is in breach of the Equality Act 2010.\n\nWriting on his crowdfunding page on Thursday, he called its removal a \"big step in the right direction and we are now seeking written confirmation that they have changed their policy and that all anglers are welcome on the site, regardless of their race or nationality\".\n\nHe said his legal team were taking the matter \"forward\" and said he would \"provide a further update early in the New Year\".\n\nAn EHRC spokeswoman said it had written to the fishery to advise it to take it down.\n\n\"It's right to challenge such out-of-date practices and any business that believes this is acceptable should think again before they find themselves facing legal action,\" she said.\n\nRado Papiewski has crowdfunded more than £10,000 to pay for legal fees\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nuclear N Korea: What do we know?\n\nNorth Korea's nuclear weapons programme has progressed faster than predicted, threatening the security of nearby nations – and potentially the United States.\n\nThe US envoy to the United Nations put it simply: \"Despite our efforts over the last 24 years, the North Korean nuclear programme is more advanced and dangerous than ever.\"\n\nAnalysts tend to agree that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is seeking a nuclear deterrent rather than an all-out war - but other nations are not taking chances.\n\nSo how do you defend against a politically isolated state with nuclear ambitions, when diplomacy, it appears, simply does not work?\n\nThe other half of the Korean peninsula has a long history of preparing to defend itself from its northern neighbour. The two countries are technically still at war, having never signed a peace treaty when the Korean War ended in 1953.\n\nThe Thaad system - seen here in testing - is one of several anti-missile defences\n\nOne key part of its defensive line is the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a region 250km (155 mile) long and 4km (2.5 mile) wide that separates the two nations, guarded by thousands of soldiers, lined with barbed wire fences, and filled with landmines.\n\nBut it is believed that North Korea's People's Army - with more than a million regular soldiers and millions more reserve troops - has drilled extensively on how to invade across the border.\n\nAnd the heavy land border fortifications do nothing, of course, to prevent a missile strike.\n\nFor a while, it was thought that Thaad - the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - might be South Korea's best counter to a nuclear attack.\n\nThaad, funded by the South's military ally the United States, is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles as they descend in the final phase of a strike. The complex technology was first deployed in May 2017, and has been successfully tested.\n\nBut the politics of South Korea's relationship with the North means its rollout has not been easy.\n\nNorth Korea and its only ally China both see Thaad as a provocation, and many South Koreans living near the places its was deployed fear it could be seen as a military target.\n\nThe South's new president, President Moon Jae-in, suspended the rollout of the system in June, saying an environmental impact analysis was needed.\n\nBut in light of recent nuclear tests, the South's defence ministry has now said it will deploy the four remaining Thaad launchers that had been delivered, in addition to the two already operational.\n\nAt its closest point, Japan is just a little over 500km (310 miles) from North Korea - well within striking distance.\n\nIn August, Pyongyang fired a missile directly over Japan, in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an \"unprecedented\" threat to his country.\n\nThe close proximity of the two nations means that Japan has only minutes to respond to any launch. During the August missile test, people had about three minutes from receiving the emergency warning until the missile flew overhead. Many only learned about the threat later in the day.\n\nIn terms of defence options, Japan utilises the Patriot missile system which, like Thaad, is designed to shoot down incoming missiles. But it has a limited operational range, making it effective at defending key locations - and not the entire country.\n\nBut Japan does not have to worry about land invasion to the same extent North Korea does, and at sea, it has other options at its disposal.\n\nJapan, South Korea, the United States are among the countries with the Aegis naval defence system.\n\nAegis is yet another anti-missile system, but unlike Thaad or Patriot defences, it can also be deployed to ships patrolling the seas in the region.\n\nA test missile fired by the US on August 29, left, was shot down by the Aegis system similar to the file photo, right\n\nThose battleships come equipped with powerful radar which could detect the launch when deployed near the North Korean coast. They are also fitted with guided missiles, and could attempt to shoot down the incoming missile - or share its tracking data with another missile defence system closer to the target.\n\nThere are a handful of problems with the system, though. Aegis ships need to be deployed in the right place at the right time - and while they have been tested extensively, they have never been used to defend against an actual launch.\n\nFor years, the best defence for the US was its sheer distance from North Korea - some 5,000km (3,100 miles) to Alaska and almost 9,000km to San Francisco. But rapid advancements mean that distance might no longer be far enough.\n\nNorth Korea's military wants the capability to shrink a high-yield nuclear warhead to fit on an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM). In theory, that would allow Pyongyang to strike the United States.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See the US anti-missile system in action\n\nAfter its latest test, North Korea claimed it had managed to shrink the warhead, posting photos of what it said was a hydrogen bomb - in keeping with a Washington Post report from early August.\n\nThat means the US is now reconsidering its missile defences, with President Trump having ordered a review of the entire system.\n\nIt already has detection and interception systems. But critics believe that the US system is far from reliable, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus wrote in July.\n\nIn the foreseeable future, only a handful of its interceptor missiles will be available to deal with the potential North Korean threat, he said.\n\nAnd it also has to worry about its overseas territory of Guam - a key military outpost in the Pacific which has been singled out by North Korea as a threat to be \"contained\".\n\nThat island already has a Thaad system deployed, but state media says Kim Jong-un has already been briefed on strike plans - and is waiting to see the next US actions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStaff have been injured and an aardvark and possibly four meerkats killed in a fire at London Zoo.\n\nAbout 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height in the Animal Adventure section that spread to a shop.\n\nOne person was taken to hospital and eight were treated at the scene.\n\nThe zoo said an aardvark called Misha died in the fire and four meerkats were still unaccounted for, presumed dead. The zoo was shut on Saturday but said it would reopen on Sunday.\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known.\n\nPhotographs posted on social media showed orange flames rising from the building\n\nTen fire engines went to the zoo, which sits in the capital's Regent's Park, shortly after 06:00 GMT and the fire was brought under control about three hours later.\n\nSix people were given help at the scene for the effects of smoke inhalation and two for minor injuries, London Ambulance Service said.\n\nOne person was taken to a north-west London hospital, the service said.\n\nDuty staff who live on site were on the scene \"immediately\" and started moving animals to safety, the zoo said.\n\nIn a statement the zoo said it was \"devastated\" about what had happened.\n\nIt said: \"Sadly our vets have confirmed the death of our nine-year-old aardvark, Misha. There are also four meerkats still unaccounted for, but we are now presuming these have also died.\n\n\"All other animals in the vicinity are being monitored closely by our vets, but early signs suggest they have not been affected. We will continue to monitor them over the coming days.\n\n\"We are all naturally devastated by this, but are immensely grateful to the fire brigade, who reacted quickly to the situation to bring the fire under control. \"\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nAdnan Abdul Husein said he saw the blaze from a nearby park when he was out walking his dog, and alerted zoo security.\n\n\"It didn't look like smoke just coming out of a chimney - it was quite heavy\", he said.\n\n\"As I got closer to the zoo I could see that it was actually inside the zoo so I went over to the security and told them, 'there's flames or there's smoke coming from inside there, do you know anything about it?'. And they obviously didn't have a clue.\"\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) station manager Clive Robinson, who was at the scene, said three-quarters of the cafe and shop had been affected by the fire and half of the roof.\n\nHe said: \"Firefighters worked hard to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible and to stop it from spreading to neighbouring animal enclosures.\"\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known, London Fire Brigade said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rama, 4, has lymphoma and last received medication eight months ago\n\nSyrian President Bashar al-Assad is considering a request to evacuate seven children with cancer from a besieged area, a British charity says.\n\nHamish de Bretton-Gordon, an adviser to the charity, told the BBC that Mr Assad's private office had said he would decide next week.\n\nThe children are among more than 130 needing urgent medical treatment in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta.\n\nThe Damascus suburb has been under government siege for four years.\n\nEarlier this month the Red Cross said life in Eastern Ghouta was becoming \"impossible\" and the situation there had reached a \"critical point\".\n\nThe UN has been trying for weeks to arrange medical evacuations. Dozens of civilians are reported to have died in recent government bombardments and food shortages have led to severe malnutrition.\n\n\"We understand Assad is thinking about it. And we're calling him back on Tuesday morning to speak to him direct,\" said Mr de Bretton-Gordon, who advises the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM), which operates in Eastern Ghouta.\n\n\"And if he gives us the go-ahead then the plan is that we will get to Ghouta as quickly as we can, get the children.\"\n\nThe seven children who could be evacuated include Rama, 4, who has lymphoma, is suffering from malnutrition and has a malignant tumour in her throat.\n\nRama is also malnourished and has a throat tumour\n\nThe last time she received the medication she needs was eight months ago, the UOSSM said.\n\nMr de Bretton-Gordon said the UN had told him that she and the other children could be treated elsewhere in Syria or abroad.\n\nHowever, an evacuation would not include children in Eastern Ghouta with other medical conditions, such as two-month-old baby Karim, who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a reported government attack.\n\nKarim's father, four siblings and aunt have taken care of him since his mother's death\n\nPhotos of Karim have sparked a social media campaign to raise awareness about his and the other children's plight. People in Syria and abroad have posted photographs of themselves covering their left eyes.\n\nLast month, UN humanitarian co-ordinator Jan Egeland said nine people with urgent medical needs had died in Eastern Ghouta after requests to evacuate them were denied.\n\n\"The men with guns and power on the ground are denying us access to the most vulnerable. They are attacking civilians - including massively schools and hospitals. It's been on both sides,\" he said.\n\nHe called on Iran and Russia to put pressure on Mr Assad to allow the evacuations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta are among those suffering\n\nNearly 12% of children in Eastern Ghouta are suffering from acute malnutrition - the highest level recorded in Syria since the war began - the UN says. Joint UN and Syrian Red Crescent aid convoys have not been able to deliver enough food for all 400,000 civilians trapped there.\n\nMeanwhile limits on electricity, fuel, safe drinking-water and basic sanitation services are increasing the risk of outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, the UN says.\n\nThe area has been designated a \"de-escalation zone\" by Russia and Iran, the government's main allies, along with Turkey, which supports the opposition.", "Bridges and roads have been destroyed\n\nBadly-damaged infrastructure is hampering relief efforts following a deadly tropical storm in the southern Philippines, the local Red Cross says.\n\nBridges and roads on the island of Mindanao have been destroyed or blocked by landslides, Richard Gordon told the BBC.\n\nSome 200 people have died and at least 70,000 have been displaced by Tropical Storm Tembin.\n\nRescuers say people were surprised by the strength of the storm.\n\nNearly 1,000 houses have been wrecked and many rice-fields washed away, Mr Gordon said. About 150 people are still missing.\n\nContinuing heavy rain, power cuts and blocked roads are creating difficulties for rescuers, who have not yet reached some affected areas.\n\nUnited Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was saddened by the loss of life, adding that the UN was ready to help.\n\nPolice said 135 people had been killed and 72 were missing in northern Mindanao. Forty-seven were killed and 72 missing in the Zamboanga peninsula. In Lanao del Sur, another 18 died.\n\nBetween 40,000 and 60,000 people are reported to be housed in evacuation centres.\n\nThe mountain village of Dalama was one of the worst affected places. Houses were buried in mud or engulfed in floodwaters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island\n\n\"The flood was already close and the people were not able to get out from their homes,\" survivor Armando Sangcopan told local TV.\n\nThe bodies of eight children were extracted from thick mud in the town of Salvador in Lanao del Norte, the Inquirer reports.\n\n\"It's very painful to see the dead bodies of children, whom we also considered to be our own,\" the principal, Ricardo Abalo, told the paper.\n\nAid workers said people had not heeded warnings to evacuate before Tembin arrived, either because they believed the storm would not be severe or they had nowhere else to go.\n\nMany victims were swept away from low-lying residential areas when the flash floods and landslides struck.\n\nMore deaths were reported in Bukidnon, Iligan and Misamis Occidental.\n\nAndrew Morris, from the UN children's agency Unicef in Mindanao, said in some areas there were big risks of disease, particularly for children, and restoring clean water supplies would be a priority.\n\n\"Lanao del Sur province is the poorest in the Philippines, and in the past seven months there have been around 350,000 people displaced in that province because of fighting,\" he told the BBC, referring to battles between government forces and Islamist militants in Marawi.\n\nThe region is still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 5,000 people and affected millions in 2013.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nSerena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth.\n\nThe American, 36, will play world number seven Jelena Ostapenko in an exhibition match on 30 December during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.\n\nWilliams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams, said she was \"delighted to be returning to the court\".\n\nShe gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian in September.\n• None Bumps, boobs and bouncing back - an athlete's path through pregnancy\n\nFormer world number one Williams has not played since winning the Australian Open in January.\n\nCoach Patrick Mouratoglou said in November that no decision had been made over whether Williams would play in the season's first Grand Slam.\n\nAustralian Open director Craig Tilley has said Williams is \"very likely\" to defend her title at the 2018 tournament, which starts on 15 January.\n\nRanked 22nd in the world, she would not need a wildcard.\n\nRafael Nadal, Milos Raonic and Stan Wawrinka have pulled out of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, which runs from 28-30 December.\n\nLatvian Ostapenko, whose match against Williams will be the first between women to be played at a tournament first staged in 2009, said: \"It is a huge honour to be part of that history.\"", "New guidance on the use of anti-social behaviour powers has been issued to ensure they are reasonably applied.\n\nThe Home Office told councils and police in England and Wales the laws should not be used on the vulnerable.\n\nIt comes amid concerns orders were being used to target buskers, rough sleepers, dog walkers and groups gathering to chat in town centres.\n\nVictoria Atkins, minister for crime, safeguarding and vulnerability, said powers should be used proportionately.\n\nShe said: \"We know that these powers are being used to very good effect by the police and local councils across England and Wales, and we are very keen to encourage their continued use.\n\n\"But we are also clear that the powers should be used proportionately to tackle anti-social behaviour, and not to target specific groups or the most vulnerable in our communities.\"\n\nThe guidance follows feedback from charities and other groups that the orders were being used to disproportionately target certain groups, including rough sleepers.\n\nHundreds of fines have been issued for violations such as playing music too loudly in cars and not having a dog on a lead.\n\nMartha Spurrier, director of campaign group Liberty, said some councils were \"compassionless\" in applying orders on vulnerable people.\n\n\"In the last year, very sadly, six people have been sent to prison for being homeless as a result of these orders,\" she said.\n\n\"They've gone very off-piste and have been used by these local councils in a pretty compassionless way - so that poverty effectively ends up being criminalised.\"\n\nLocal agencies, including councils, police and social landlords, have six powers to tackle anti-social behaviour - the civil injunction, criminal behaviour order, community protection notice, public spaces protection order, closure power, and the dispersal power.\n\nThey were introduced in 2014 after the government overhauled old anti-social behaviour powers, believing they were ineffective.\n\nThe revised guidelines state orders should be focused on \"specific behaviours and are proportionate to the detrimental effect that the behaviour is causing or can cause, and are necessary to prevent it from continuing, occurring or recurring\".\n\nThe Home Office said parents often cannot do a \"great deal\" to stop a baby crying\n\nAnyone issuing an order should ask themselves if the behaviour in question is unreasonable, the guidance states.\n\n\"For instance, a baby crying in the middle of the night may well have a detrimental effect on immediate neighbours and is likely to be persistent in nature,\" it said.\n\n\"However, it is unlikely to be reasonable to issue the parents with a Community Protection Notice if there is not a great deal that they can do to control or affect the behaviour.\"\n\nSimon Blackburn, chairman of the Local Government Association's safer and stronger communities board, said: \"Many anti-social behaviour offences are serious issues for local residents and businesses, and councils are keen to protect them from offenders who can make the lives of those they target a misery.\n\n\"Councils will take a proportionate approach to using the tools at their disposal to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.\"", "It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.\n\nShe is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?\n\nNo. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours setting the table and doing the dishes and well over two hours preparing and cooking food.\n\nShe is not unusual, because it is 1965 and at that time, many married American women - even those with an excellent education - spent large chunks of their day catering for their families.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world in which we live.\n\nWe know about Mary's day - and those of many others - because of time-use surveys conducted around the world. These diaries reveal precisely how different people use their time.\n\nFor educated women, the way time is spent in the US and other rich countries has changed radically over the past half a century.\n\nWomen in America now spend around 45 minutes per day in total cooking and cleaning up. That's still much more than men, who spend only 15 minutes a day doing such tasks. But it is a vast reduction from Mary's four hours.\n\nBehind this shift is a radical change to the way the food we eat is prepared, as seen by the introduction of the TV dinner in 1954.\n\nPresented in a space-age aluminium tray, and prepared so that everything would require the same cooking time, the \"frozen turkey tray TV dinner\" was developed by a bacteriologist called Betty Cronin.\n\nShe worked for the Swanson food processing company, keen to find ways to keep busy after the business of supplying rations to US troops had dried up.\n\nBut of course the TV dinner was only part of a panoply of changes, wrought by the availability of freezers, microwaves, preservatives and production lines.\n\nFood had been perhaps the last cottage industry: something that would overwhelmingly be produced in the home.\n\nBut food preparation has been industrialised - outsourced to restaurants and takeaways and to factories that prepare ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals.\n\nAnd the invention of the industrial meal - in all its forms - has led to a profound shift in the modern economy.\n\nHow we spend on food is changing.\n\nIn 2015, US consumers spent more money on food and drink outside their home than on groceries for the first time\n\nAmerican families spend increasingly more outside the home - on fast food, restaurant meals, sandwiches and snacks. Only a quarter of food spending was outside the home in the 1960s.\n\nThat has steadily risen over time and in 2015 a landmark was reached: for the first time, Americans spent more on food and drink outside the home than at grocery stores. The British passed that particular milestone more than a decade earlier.\n\nEven within the home, food is increasingly processed to save the chef time and effort: bagged chopped salad, pre-grated cheese, jars of pasta sauce, individual permeable tea bags, meatballs doused in sauce and chicken that comes plucked and gutted.\n\nEach new innovation would seem bizarre to the older generation.\n\nI have never plucked a chicken and perhaps my children will never chop salad. All this saves time - serious amounts of time.\n\nWhen the economist Valerie Ramey compared time-use diaries in the US between the 1920s and the 1960s, she found that surprisingly little had changed.\n\nWhether women were uneducated and married to farmers, or highly educated and married to urban professionals, they still spent similar amounts of time on housework across those 50 years.\n\nIt was only in the 1960s that this pattern began to shift.\n\nBut surely the innovation responsible for emancipating women was not the TV dinner, but the washing machine?\n\nThe idea is widely believed and is appealing. A frozen TV dinner does not really feel like progress, compared to home-cooked food.\n\nThe washing machine was innovative, but did not save much time\n\nBut a washing machine is clean and efficient and replaces work that was always drudgery. How could it not have been revolutionary?\n\nHowever, the revolution wasn't in the lives of women, it was in how lemon fresh we all started to smell.\n\nAs Alison Wolf argues in her book The XX Factor, the evidence is clear that the washing machine did not save a lot of time, because before washing machines, we did not wash clothes very often. When it took all day to wash and dry a few shirts, people used replaceable collars and cuffs or dark outer layers to hide the grime.\n\nIn contrast, when it took two or three hours to prepare a meal, someone had to take that time. There was not an alternative. The washing machine did not save much time, and the ready meal did, because we were not willing to starve, but we were willing to stink.\n\nThe availability of ready meals has had some regrettable side-effects.\n\nObesity rates rose sharply in developed countries between the 1970s and the early 21st Century, at much the same time as these culinary innovations were being developed. This is no coincidence, say health economists. The cost of calories has fallen dramatically, not just in financial terms but also in terms of time.\n\nConsider the humble potato. It has long been a staple of the American diet, but before World War Two potatoes were usually baked, mashed or boiled. There's a reason for that: roast potatoes need to be peeled, chopped, par-boiled and then roasted. French fries or chips must be finely chopped and then deep fried.\n\nOver time, however, the production of fried sliced potato chips - both French fries and crisps - was centralised. French fries can be peeled, chopped, fried and frozen in a factory and then refried in a fast-food restaurant or microwaved at home.\n\nObesity rates have risen sharply since the large scale industrialisation of food production\n\nBetween 1977 and 1995, American potato consumption increased by a third, almost entirely because of the rise of fried potatoes.\n\nEven simpler, crisps can be fried, salted, flavoured and packaged to last for many weeks on the shelf. But this convenience comes at a cost.\n\nIn the US, calorie intake by adults rose by about 10% between the 1970s and the 1990s. Not as a result of more calorific regular meals but because of increased snacking - usually of processed convenience food.\n\nPsychology - and common sense - suggest this should not be a surprise.\n\nExperiments by behavioural scientists show that we make very different decisions about what to eat depending on how far away the meal is. A long-planned meal is likely to be nutritious, but when we make more impulsive decisions, our snacks are more likely to be junk food than something nourishing.\n\nThe industrialisation of food - symbolised by the TV dinner - changed our economy in two important ways. It freed women from hours of domestic chores, removing a large obstacle to them adopting serious professional careers.\n\nBut by making empty calories ever more convenient to acquire, it also freed our waistlines to expand.\n\nThe challenge now - as with so many inventions - is to enjoy the benefit without also suffering the cost.", "Britons should \"take pride\" in their country's Christian heritage at Christmas, Theresa May has said.\n\nIn her Christmas message, the prime minister said there is a \"confidence... that in Britain you can practise your faith free from question or fear\".\n\nShe also praised the emergency services for their Grenfell Tower and Manchester and London terror attacks responses.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn's message says people should help those \"cut off and lonely\", and in war-torn nations.\n\nThe Lib Dem Leader Vince Cable spoke of the need for more affordable housing, and mental health support, while SNP First Minister Nicola Sturgeon paid tribute to people working as volunteers at Christmas.\n\nMrs May began her message by thanking \"those whose service to others means they will be spending time away from their loved ones this Christmas\".\n\nShe paid tribute to the \"men and women in our armed forces, whose humbling bravery and daily sacrifices help to ensure the security of our nation and our allies around the world.\n\nAnd she spoke of \"the heroes in our emergency services, whose courage and dedication so inspired the nation in response to tragedy at Grenfell Tower and the abhorrent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London.\"\n\nMrs May also praised volunteers who give up their time at Christmas to take on faith inspired projects, and aid agency staff working abroad.\n\nThe prime minister, who grew up in a vicarage, added: \"As we celebrate the birth of Christ, let us celebrate all those selfless acts - and countless others - that epitomise the values we share: Christian values of love, service and compassion that are lived out every day in our country by people all faiths and none.\"\n\nMrs May referred to Christians in some parts of the Middle East being denied religious freedoms and the \"sickening persecution of the Rohingya Muslims\".\n\nShe concluded: \"This Christmas, whatever our faith, let us come together confident and united in the values we share.\"\n\nMr Corbyn said Christmas was \"a time of the year when we think about others. Like those who have no home to call their own or who are sleeping rough on our streets.\n\n\"We think about those who feel cut off and lonely. Many older citizens to whom we owe so much will be spending what should be a time of joy alone.\n\n\"We think of others such as carers who look after loved ones, people with disabilities or dementia.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said thoughts were also with those \"living in nations like Yemen, Syria and Libya in fear of bombs and bullets, of injury and death\".\n\nHe said: \"None of this is inevitable. We pride ourselves on being a compassionate nation.\n\n\"My Christmas wish is that we all do more to help bring about the kind of society and world we want to live in.\"\n\nIn her message, Ms Sturgeon said Christmas was a time of celebration, but also a \"time for thinking about and helping others\".\n\nThe SNP leader added: \"For many people - for example workers in our emergency services, our health service and in our armed forces - Christmas isn't a holiday at all.\n\n\"Your hard work is appreciated all the year round, but is particularly valued at Christmas time. So over this festive period, let's thank those who are working so hard on our behalf.\"", "China's huge new amphibious aircraft has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong.", "Plans to ditch the Army's Be the Best slogan and its crest logo have been halted by the defence secretary.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday said the Army was considering changing the slogan after market research said it was considered \"dated, elitist and non-inclusive\".\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said the Army-commissioned rebrand had cost £520,000.\n\nBut a spokesman told BBC News that Gavin Williamson believed the Army was \"the best of the best\" and that the rebrand proposals had been put on hold.\n\nAccording to the newspaper, a leaked document from the department - written by the Army's most senior officer, General Sir Nick Carter - said market research carried out by the MoD showed the slogan \"did not resonate with many of our key audiences\".\n\nAs a result, the Army's executive committee agreed \"its use should be phased out as soon as affordably possible\", with plans for the \"retirement of Be the Best [to] commence immediately\".\n\nThe research also found the Army's crest - depicting crossed swords, a crown and a lion - to be \"non-inclusive\" and recommended replacing both with a union jack with the word ARMY in bold underneath.\n\nIt is not clear when Mr Williamson became aware of the plans, but he has since put them on hold.\n\nChairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee, Julian Lewis, told the newspaper that being the best was \"nothing to be ashamed of\".\n\nHe said: \"It is a matter for pride and a very positive message to transmit. Why should we be afraid of excellence when we are constantly saying our Armed Forces are the best in the world?\"\n\nDefence Minister Tobias Ellwood has tweeted that \"whatever the strapline\" the force is \"the most professional Army in the world\", adding: \"That makes them the best\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nColonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of UK troops in Afghanistan, added that it was \"lunacy to squander money on a futile branding project\" when there was already pressure on the defence budget.\n\nIn 2016, the government pledged to spend £178bn on new military equipment over the next 10 years.\n\nHowever, it can only do so if the department can find £7.3bn of efficiency savings - on top of £7.1bn previously announced - by selling off property and making other efficiencies.\n\nMr Williamson has also been warned of a Tory revolt if any cuts to Army and Navy numbers are announced as part of an ongoing security review.", "Leaded petrol was safe. Its inventor was sure of it.\n\nFacing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and washed his hands in it.\n\n\"I'm not taking any chance whatever,\" Midgley declared. \"Nor would I... doing that every day.\"\n\nMidgley was - perhaps - being a little disingenuous. He had recently spent several months in Florida, recuperating from lead poisoning.\n\nSome of those who'd made Midgley's invention hadn't been so lucky, which is why reporters were interested.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world in which we live.\n\nOn the Thursday of the week before Midgley's press conference, at a Standard Oil plant in New Jersey, a worker named Ernest Oelgert started hallucinating. By Friday, he was running around the laboratory, screaming in terror.\n\nOn Saturday, with Oelgert dangerously unhinged, his sister called the police. He was taken to hospital and forcibly restrained. By Sunday, he was dead. Within the week, so were four of his colleagues - and 35 more were in hospital.\n\nNone of this surprised workers elsewhere in Standard Oil's facility. They knew there was a problem with tetraethyl lead.\n\nAs Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner note in their book Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution, the lab where it was developed was known as \"the loony gas building\".\n\nNor should it have shocked Standard Oil, General Motors or the DuPont Corporation, the three companies involved with adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline.\n\nAn aerial photograph of DuPont's Deepwater factory site, where tetraethyl lead was developed\n\nThe first production line in Ohio had already been shut down after two deaths. A third plant elsewhere in New Jersey had also seen fatalities. Workers kept hallucinating insects - the lab was known as \"the house of butterflies\".\n\nBetter working practices could make tetraethyl lead safe to produce. But was it really sensible to add it to petrol, when the fumes would be belched out on to city streets?\n\nAbout a century ago, when General Motors had first proposed adding lead to petrol - in order to improve performance - scientists were alarmed. They urged the government to investigate the public health implications.\n\nMidgley breezily assured the surgeon general that \"the average street will probably be so free from lead that it will be impossible to detect it or its absorption\", although he conceded that \"no actual experimental data has been taken\".\n\nGeneral Motors funded a government bureau to conduct some research, adding a clause saying it had to approve the findings.\n\nThe bureau's report was published amid the media frenzy over Oelgert's poisoned workmates. It gave tetraethyl lead a clean bill of health and was met with some scepticism.\n\nUnder pressure, the government organised a conference in Washington DC in May 1925. The debate there exemplified the two extremes of approach to any new idea that looks risky, but useful.\n\nIn one corner: Frank Howard, vice-president of the Ethyl Corporation - a joint venture between General Motors and Standard Oil. He called leaded petrol a \"gift of God\", arguing that \"continued development of motor fuels is essential in our civilization\".\n\nDr Alice Hamilton argued the benefits of adding lead to petrol were outweighed by the risks\n\nIn the other corner: Dr Alice Hamilton, the country's foremost authority on lead.\n\nShe argued leaded petrol was a chance not worth taking. \"Where there is lead,\" she said, \"some case of lead poisoning sooner or later develops, even under the strictest supervision.\"\n\nHamilton knew that lead had been poisoning people for thousands of years. In 1678, workers who made lead white - a pigment for paint - were described as suffering ailments including \"dizziness in the head, with continuous great pain in the brows, blindness, stupidity\".\n\nThe Romans used lead in water pipes. Lead miners often ended up mad or dead - and some correctly intuited that low-level, long-term exposure was also unwise.\n\n\"Water conducted through earthen pipes is more wholesome than that through lead,\" wrote the civil engineer Vitruvius, 2,000 years ago. \"This may be verified by observing the workers in lead, who are of a pallid colour.\"\n\nMany societies still grapple with the general question on which Howard and Hamilton disagreed: how much pollution is a price worth paying for progress?\n\nThere's some evidence that as countries get richer, they tend initially to get dirtier and later clean up.\n\nEconomists call this the \"environmental Kuznets curve\", and it makes intuitive sense. If you're poor, you prioritise material gains. As your income grows, you may choose to spend some of it on a nicer, safer environment.\n\nThe Roman civil engineer Vitruvius warned against the dangers of lead 2,000 years ago\n\nBut was lead-free petrol really such an expensive luxury? True, the lead additive solved a problem: it enabled engines to use higher compression ratios, which made cars more powerful.\n\nHowever, it was not the only way to solve the problem.\n\nEthyl alcohol had much the same effect and wouldn't mess with your head, unless you drank it. Midgley knew this, having combined petrol with practically every imaginable substance, from iodine to camphor to melted butter.\n\nWhy did the petrol companies push tetraethyl lead instead of ethyl alcohol? Researchers who have studied the decision remain puzzled. Cynics might point out that any old farmer could distil ethyl alcohol from grain. It couldn't be patented, or its distribution profitably controlled. Tetraethyl lead could.\n\nThe US didn't tax lead in petrol until the 1970s, then finally banned it as part of clean air legislation, as the country moved down the far side of the environmental Kuznets curve.\n\nTwo decades later, in the 1990s, rates of violent crime started to go down. There are many reasons why this might have happened, but the economist Jessica Reyes had an intriguing thought.\n\nChildren's brains are especially susceptible to chronic lead poisoning. Is it possible that kids who didn't breathe leaded petrol fumes grew up to commit less violent crime?\n\nReyes could test her hypothesis: different US states phased out leaded petrol at different times.\n\nBy comparing the dates of clean air legislation with subsequent crime data, she concluded that more than half the drop - 56% - was because of cars switching to unleaded petrol.\n\nOther researchers have found similar links between lead water pipes and urban homicide.\n\nYou can put a dollar figure on the value of crime reduction, Reyes found. It's about 20 times higher than the cost of de-leading petrol - and that's before you count other downsides of children breathing lead, like worse performance in school.\n\nHow did the US get this so wrong for so long?\n\nAsbestos continued to be widely used in construction despite the emerging evidence of its dangers\n\nIt's a tale of disputed science and delayed regulation, much like you could tell about asbestos, or tobacco, or other products we now know slowly kill us.\n\nThe problem is that people who want to ban things aren't always disinterested visionaries like Hamilton. Sometimes they're obstructive cranks. The only way to tell the difference is by conducting studies.\n\nAnd, as Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner point out, \"For the next four decades, all studies of the use of tetraethyl lead were conducted by laboratories and scientists funded by the Ethyl Corporation and General Motors\".\n\nAnd what of the scientist who first put lead in petrol?\n\nBy all accounts, Midgley was a genial man who may even have believed his own spin about the safety of a daily tetraethyl lead handwash.\n\nBut, as an inventor, his inspirations seem to have been cursed. His second major contribution to civilisation was the chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC, which improved refrigerators, but destroyed the ozone layer.\n\nIn middle age, afflicted by polio, Midgley applied his inventor's mind to lifting his weakened body out of bed. He devised an ingenious system of pulleys and strings. They tangled around his neck, and killed him.", "Mac was flown to Knock to join Finn who is spending Christmas in Ireland\n\nA lost toy monkey has been returned to its two-year-old owner after a race to reunite the pair for Christmas.\n\nFinn Regan-Alexander left the toy on an Aer Lingus plane after the family flew from Gatwick to Knock to visit relatives on 19 December.\n\nAfter Finn's mother Louise tweeted an appeal, \"sightings\" of Mac were reported in pubs, planes and lost and alone in Glasgow.\n\nThe real Mac was found and flown to Knock by the airline.\n\nThe tweet appealing for help in finding Mac was shared more than 1,500 times - with many sharing their own experiences of lost cuddly toy heartbreak.\n\nSome children, including a seven-year-old boy, offered to send their own soft toys to Finn.\n\nMac went missing when the family, from Camberwell, south London, travelled to visit Mrs Regan-Alexander's parents.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Louise This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArchitect Mrs Regan-Alexander said a TV producer saw the appeal on the BBC News website and realised she had seen Mac - who wears a green tunic made out of an old sock and has two sticking plasters to match his owner's grazes - on the plane.\n\nAfter that sighting, airline staff alerted to Mac's plight managed to trace the toy and arrange its belated holiday trip to Ireland.\n\nMrs Regan-Alexander said: \"Mac was flown back in time for Christmas.\n\n\"Thanks to everyone who provided their online support and shared their own stories of love and loss.\n\n\"To all the children who offered Finn their monkeys, I hope Santa is listening.\"\n\nMac the monkey has clothes made out of a sock and sticking plasters to match his owner's grazes\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On 9 January 2007, one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet announced something new - a product that was to become the most profitable in history.\n\nIt was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has defined the modern economy.\n\nThere is the sheer profitability of the thing, of course: there are only two or three companies in the world that make as much money as Apple does from the iPhone alone.\n\nApple may not have sold the first smartphone, but the iPhone represented a quantum leap compared with earlier models, and its version became an object of desire for most of humanity.\n\nThere's the way the iPhone transformed other markets - software, music, and advertising.\n\nBut those are just the obvious facts about the iPhone. And when you delve more deeply, the tale is a surprising one. We give credit to Steve Jobs and other leading figures in Apple - his early partner Steve Wozniak, his successor Tim Cook, his visionary designer Sir Jony Ive - but some of the most important actors in this story have been forgotten.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world we live in.\n\nIt is broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.\n\nAsk yourself: what actually makes an iPhone an iPhone? It's partly the cool design, the user interface, the attention to detail in the way the software works and the hardware feels. But underneath the charming surface of the iPhone are some critical elements that made it, and all the other smartphones, possible.\n\nThe economist Mariana Mazzucato has made a list of 12 key technologies that make smartphones work: 1) tiny microprocessors, 2) memory chips, 3) solid state hard drives, 4) liquid crystal displays and 5) lithium-based batteries. That's the hardware.\n\nThen there are the networks and the software. So 6) Fast-Fourier-Transform algorithms - clever bits of maths that make it possible to swiftly turn analogue signals such as sound, visible light and radio waves into digital signals that a computer can handle.\n\nAt 7) - and you might have heard of this one - the internet. A smartphone isn't a smartphone without the internet.\n\nAt 8) HTTP and HTML, the languages and protocols that turned the hard-to-use internet into the easy-to-access World Wide Web. 9) Cellular networks. Otherwise your smartphone not only isn't smart, it's not even a phone. 10) Global Positioning Systems or GPS. 11) The touchscreen. 12) Siri, the voice-activated artificial intelligence agent.\n\nApple's designer Sir Jony Ive has been widely lauded for his contribution to the iPhone's success\n\nAll of these technologies are important components of what makes an iPhone, or any smartphone, actually work. Some of them are not just important, but indispensable. But when Mariana Mazzucato assembled this list of technologies, and reviewed their history, she found something striking.\n\nThe foundational figure in the development of the iPhone wasn't Steve Jobs. It was Uncle Sam. Every single one of these 12 key technologies was supported in significant ways by governments - often the American government.\n\nA few of these cases are famous. Many people know, for example, that the World Wide Web owes its existence to the work of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He was a software engineer employed at Cern, the particle physics research centre in Geneva that is funded by governments across Europe.\n\nAnd the internet itself started as Arpanet - an unprecedented network of computers funded by the US Department of Defense in the early 1960s. GPS, of course, was a pure military technology, developed during the Cold War and opened up to civilian use only in the 1980s.\n\nOther examples are less famous, though scarcely less important.\n\nSmartphones have all benefited from government investment in technology\n\nThe Fast-Fourier-Transform is a family of algorithms that have made it possible to move from a world where the telephone, the television and the gramophone worked on analogue signals, to a world where everything is digitised and can therefore be dealt with by computers such as the iPhone.\n\nThe most common such algorithm was developed from a flash of insight from the great American mathematician John Tukey. What was Tukey working on at the time? You've guessed it: a military application.\n\nSpecifically, he was on President Kennedy's Scientific Advisory committee in 1963, trying to figure out how to detect when the Soviet Union was testing nuclear weapons.\n\nSmartphones wouldn't be smartphones without their touchscreens - but the inventor of the touchscreen was an engineer named EA Johnson, whose initial research was carried out while Johnson was employed by the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, a stuffily-named agency of the British government.\n\nThe work was further developed at Cern - those guys again. Eventually multi-touch technology was commercialised by researchers at the University of Delaware in the United States - Wayne Westerman and John Elias, who sold their company to Apple itself.\n\nTouchscreen technology has gone on to drive the development of tablet computers\n\nYet even at that late stage in the game, governments played their part: Wayne Westerman's research fellowship was funded by the US National Science Foundation and the CIA.\n\nThen there's the girl with the silicon voice, Siri.\n\nBack in the year 2000, seven years before the first iPhone, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, commissioned the Stanford Research Institute to develop a kind of proto-Siri, a virtual office assistant that might help military personnel to do their jobs.\n\nTwenty universities were brought into the project, furiously working on all the different technologies necessary to make a voice-activated virtual assistant a reality.\n\nSeven years later, the research was commercialised as a start-up, Siri Incorporated- and it was only in 2010 that Apple stepped in to acquire the results for an undisclosed sum.\n\nIncreasingly sophisticated lithium-ion batteries have been essential for smartphone growth\n\nAs for hard drives, lithium-ion batteries, liquid crystal displays and semiconductors themselves - there are similar stories to be told.\n\nIn each case, there was scientific brilliance and plenty of private sector entrepreneurship. But there were also wads of cash thrown at the problem by government agencies - usually US government agencies, and for that matter, usually some arm of the US military.\n\nSilicon Valley itself owes a great debt to Fairchild Semiconductor - the company that developed the first commercially practical integrated circuits. And Fairchild Semiconductor, in its early days, depended on military procurement.\n\nOf course, the US military didn't make the iPhone. Cern did not create Facebook or Google. These technologies, that so many people rely on today, were honed and commercialised by the private sector. But it was government funding and government risk-taking that made all these things possible.\n\nThat's a thought to hold on to as we ponder the technological challenges ahead in fields such energy and biotechnology.\n\nSteve Jobs was a genius, there's no denying that. One of his remarkable side projects was the animation studio Pixar - which changed the world of film when it released the digitally animated film, Toy Story.\n\nEven without the touchscreen and the internet and the Fast-Fourier-Transform, Steve Jobs might well have created something wonderful.\n\nBut it would not have been a world-shaking technology like the iPhone. More likely it would, like Woody and Buzz, have been an utterly charming toy.\n\nTim Harford is the FT's Undercover Economist. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy was broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast.\n\nCorrection: An earlier version of this story suggested the iPhone was the first smartphone, but other smartphones had predated its launch in 2007.", "A \"lonely\" World War Two veteran has been made \"very happy\" after being inundated with Christmas cards following a friend's Facebook plea.\n\nTed Owens, 93, a former Royal Marines Commando from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, has received dozens of cards, which he said made him \"feel young again\".\n\nAuthor Mark Llewhellin, a former Army Commando, met Mr Owens a year ago when he interviewed him and posted the request on Facebook on Wednesday.\n\nThe pair have since thanked everyone who sent the cards.", "Journalist Rachel Johnson's been confirmed as the first celebrity to enter the Big Brother house on 2nd January 2018.\n\nThe 52-year-old is the sister of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and daughter of politician, author and I'm a Celebrity contestant Stanley Johnson.\n\nThe new series will feature an all female house for the first time.\n\nIt marks 100 years since women won the right to vote.\n\nIt will be called Celebrity Big Brother: Year Of The Woman, but men will be slowly introduced throughout the series.\n\nRachel confirmed the news in her column in the Mail on Sunday, writing: \"I'm going into the actual Big Brother House. For real. I know. Believe me, I know.\n\n\"I am a firm believer that you only regret the things in life you don't do, not the things you do do.\"\n\nIt's only been a few weeks since her dad left the Australian jungle, after appearing in I'm a Celeb.\n\nShe even said that when she told her husband about her new role, he joked \"Are the Johnsons the new Kardashians?\"\n\nStanley Johnson was the fifth celeb to leave the jungle\n\nRachel hinted at the other celebs that may appear alongside her in the house saying it's a \"classy all-female line-up\" and will include \"female politicians, performance artists, broadcasters\".\n\n\"Big names were duly dropped, and the emphasis on 'empowerment' rather than 'ritual humiliation' promised,\" she added.\n\nChannel 5 promises the series will \"test their - and our - assumptions, challenge gender stereotypes and reveal fascinating truths about what it is to be a woman - and man - in the 21st century\".\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM praised troops for their high standards and devotion to duty\n\nThe prime minister has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the \"valiant hearts\" of British servicemen and women who are working to keep the UK safe.\n\nTheresa May said the RAF, and soldiers training and supporting Iraqi forces, have helped tackle the threat of the so-called Islamic State group in 2017.\n\nAnd she referenced troops on UK streets after terror attacks.\n\nShe praised the sacrifice of those who could not be home for Christmas.\n\nMrs May also paid tribute to the Royal Navy for helping to bring disaster relief to people in the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Irma.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by UK Prime Minister This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs May began her message by referring to the centenary commemorations for the World War One battle of Passchendaele in Belgium.\n\nShe said the nation remembered the hundreds of thousands of young men who died \"in the cause of freedom\".\n\n\"Through a century of great change since, the high standards and devotion to duty of our armed forces have remained constant,\" she said.\n\nThe prime minister added: \"Whenever you are called upon - regulars or reserves - you always give of your best and inspire us all with your service.\"\n\nBut she said the achievements of the armed forces were \"made possible by the love and support of your families\".\n\n\"Partners and children are often called on to make huge sacrifices of their own - from a change of school or job, to coping with extended periods of separation,\" she said.\n\n\"That separation is especially difficult at Christmas time, and we should all be immensely grateful for that sacrifice.\"\n\nShe added: \"This Christmas, as people across the United Kingdom celebrate this special time of year with their families and friends, we will do so secure in the knowledge that the valiant hearts of our servicemen and women, many far away from their own loved ones at this special time of year, are working to keep us safe.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mrs May visited troops at the RAF base in Cyprus, where operations against IS have been launched, and last month she met UK military personnel stationed in Iraq.", "No food fit for human consumption will be wasted by Tesco's UK stores by the end of February, the retail giant says.\n\nChief executive Dave Lewis told the Daily Telegraph food waste had been \"talked about for years\" as he unveiled the plans for all 2,654 stores.\n\nUrging other chains to follow suit, he said edible food should be used for people, not go to waste.\n\nTesco, with all major UK supermarkets, has signed a commitment to cut food waste by one-fifth within a decade.\n\nThe voluntary agreement is known as the Courtauld Commitment 2025.\n\nMany supermarkets have introduced initiatives to tackle waste - such as moving away from \"buy-one-get-one-free\" offers that have been criticised for potentially increasing the amount of food thrown away in the home.\n\nEast of England Co-op recently became the first major retailer to sell food beyond its \"best before\" dates.\n\nBut Mr Lewis, who joined Tesco in 2014 from consumer brand Unilever, said the contrast between the amount of wasted food in the UK and the situation in countries suffering food shortages was \"really stark\".\n\nHe said: \"Last year we sold 10 million tons [10.2 million tonnes] of food to the British public. But even if our waste is just 0.7% of the food, that's still 70,000 tons [71,100 tonnes] of food.\n\n\"And so long as that food is fit for human consumption, I'd much prefer it to go to people than animal feed or fuel.\"\n\nThe UK throws away 8.1 million tons [8.2 million tonnes] of food a year, according to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.\n\nTesco says it cuts waste by selling surplus groceries with \"reduced to clear\" stickers and running a scheme giving unsold items to local charities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt uses an app, FoodCloud, to scan and upload surplus food that stores have at the end of the day, which is shared with registered charities that collect the food.\n\n\"That goes a long way in reducing charities' bill burdens, so they can spend the money on other things, like the cost of housing two more addicts, or providing much more needed services,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\nBut he admitted it was \"impossible\" to prevent food surpluses in supermarkets.\n\n\"In retail there will always be some surplus food,\" he said.\n\n\"No matter how sophisticated the ordering systems are, it will be impossible to perfectly match the supply and demand for every one of our shops, 365 days a year, when there's so much volatility.\n\n\"Food waste has been talked about for years but if Tesco can make this work, with all of our different stores across the country, then why can't everybody,\" he added.", "Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gathered in Moscow to nominate him for presidential elections.\n\nBut the authorities say that because of a criminal conviction, which he says is politically motivated, he will not be allowed to stand.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStrictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli has broken down in tears as he recalled losing his mother, as well as friends and relatives, as a young man.\n\nSpeaking on the Christmas edition of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he dedicated Rod Stewart's version of the Beatles' In My Life to his loved ones.\n\nHe said: \"They are still part of me... I'm getting emotional\".\n\nThe star also told how he avoided Italian military service by telling a top official he was gay.\n\nTonioli joined the BBC TV dance contest show when it first aired in 2004 and has become one of its best-known faces.\n\nHis first break was in theatre with a touring Parisian company and he then went on to work in London in the 1980s as a choreographer for stars including Bananarama, the Rolling Stones and Elton John. His mother died in 1994.\n\nHe told presenter Kirsty Young that In My Life was \"one of the best poems ever written\" - citing its lyrics \"All these places had their moments/With lovers and friends I still can recall/Some are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all.\"\n\nTonioli said: \"This song is dedicated to all the people that have passed away....\n\n\"In spite of what has happened in my life, I might have moved away - hopefully I will keep moving - but they are still part of me, they are still... I'm getting emotional.\"\n\nTonioli said filming Strictly at the same time as the US version of the show, Dancing With The Stars, in Los Angeles, had taken its toll on his health.\n\nThe schedule forced him to miss a weekend of this year's Strictly, but he defended himself against reports that the absence was connected to his personal relationship.\n\n\"It was a total overlap all the way through,\" Tonioli said.\n\n\"I said, 'You have to give me a week off because I don't have time for my body to re-energise,' and it was agreed. I didn't just say I didn't want to do it. I would never do that, I'm a pro.\"\n\nTonioli also talked about avoiding military service after telling a top official he was gay, which was not permitted in the Italian armed forces at the time.\n\nHe said: \"He was actually very nice and said he understood I was not pretending.\n\n\"What happened, and I have never told anybody, was that somebody got a whiff and said they would call my parents' house and tell them I'm a queen. So I said, 'Well, do it, who cares?'.\"\n\nDesert Island Discs is on BBC Radio 4 at 11.15 GMT on Sunday, or listen later on iPlayer", "The king of Spain has issued a renewed call for unity amid the ongoing fallout from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum.\n\nIn his Christmas message, Felipe VI urged the people of Catalonia to choose coexistence rather than confrontation.\n\nHe did not directly mention the leaders of the Catalan separatist movement.\n\nIn the wake of October's referendum in the region, the king heavily criticised those spearheading Catalonia's independence movement.\n\nSome Catalans were angered by this, and the fact that he made no mention of the heavy-handed Spanish police operation to block the vote.\n\nBBC Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly says the king's core underlying message about the importance of national unity remains unchanged, but his Christmas broadcast was more cautious and conciliatory.\n\nThe king said the politicians elected to the Catalan parliament this week - which included a narrow separatist majority - had to \"face the problems that affect all Catalans, with respect to plurality and bearing in mind their responsibility to the common good\".\n\n\"The road cannot lead again to confrontation and exclusion, which as we already know generate nothing but discord, uncertainty and discouragement,\" he said from his Madrid residence.\n\nHe praised what he called Catalonia's openness and creative spirit.\n\nCarles Puigdemont is calling for talks with the Spanish leadership\n\nThe leader of the bloc of separatist parties which won a majority in Thursday's election, Carles Puigdemont, remains in Brussels - a fugitive from the Spanish judicial authorities who have arrested and tried several key separatist leaders in the wake of the illegal referendum.\n\nMr Puigdemont has called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to meet him.\n\nOur correspondent says Mr Rajoy clearly has no intention of responding to this.", "Bob Givens redesigned the Bugs Bunny character for Warner Bros. in 1940\n\nBob Givens, the animator best known for his redesign of Bugs Bunny, has died aged 99.\n\nGivens' career spanned over 60 years and he worked as an animator for companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera.\n\nGivens also drew cartoon characters such as Tom & Jerry, Daffy Duck, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Popeye.\n\nHis daughter, Mariana Givens confirmed his death on her Facebook page earlier this month.\n\nGivens' first role, in 1937, was at Disney where he worked on Donald Duck and Snow White cartoons.\n\nHe joined Warner Bros in 1940 where he became famous for his work on the Bugs Bunny character.\n\nPrevious drawings were said to be \"too cute\" for the cartoons the company wanted to produce.\n\nGivens' redesign became the first official design for the lead character of the Looney Tunes franchise, making him a famous name in the industry.\n\nHe served in the US army during the World War Two, before returning to the animation industry. Givens' career spanned over 60 years.\n\nOn social media, many paid tribute to Givens' work.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Josh Cogan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther Twitter users responded by posting GIFs of their favourite Givens animations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by FilmNoirHolland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n• None What we learned from the Disney expo", "MPs have revealed some of the abusive, threatening and racist messages sent to them in the build-up to Christmas.\n\nThey include a racist card targeting shadow home secretary Diane Abbott which said \"stop Labour stealing our white Christmas\".\n\nTory Zac Goldsmith tweeted a card he received which wished him a \"cancerous New Year\".\n\nLast week a watchdog raised concern about the \"vile and shocking abuse\" of politicians.\n\nThe Committee on Standards in Public Life said an \"intensely hostile online environment\" had been created and warned people would be put off from entering politics because of the abuse.\n\nIts report found that Ms Abbott received more online abuse than any other female MP.\n\nThe Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has previously described receiving a torrent of \"mindless\" racist and sexist abuse, which has been \"turbocharged\" by the speed and anonymity of social media.\n\nHer Labour colleague Clive Lewis shared the racist Christmas card that attacked her, which was received by leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nMr Lewis tweeted: \"I'm not keen on sharing racist propaganda but I think it's important folk see the kind of hate Diane is subjected to for doing nothing more than standing up for her beliefs.\"\n\nSeveral other MPs have since tweeted expressing their support for Ms Abbott.\n\nAnother MP on the receiving end of abuse is Labour's David Lammy, who shared an email he received giving a \"friendly warning\" he could \"suffer the same fate as Jo Cox\", the Labour MP who was murdered last year.\n\n\"If this is meant to be a subtle way of intimidating me, scaring me or stopping me raising important issues as an elected representative it isn't going to work,\" he said.\n\nMr Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, shared more abusive mail he received on Thursday.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Goldsmith, who represents Richmond Park, tweeted what he said was a \"sweet message\" from people criticising his support for Brexit.\n\nAs well as wishing cancer on him, it included abusive language, branding him \"nasty\" and \"a total disgrace\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. MPs are 'never mutineers nor traitors'\n\nAt the weekend, rebel Conservative MPs revealed the threats they had received after the government was defeated on its Brexit bill.\n\nTwo of them, Anna Soubry and Nicky Morgan, said they had contacted the police.\n\nAbusive emails seen by the BBC included one which said \"you should hang for your crimes\" and another saying, \"I hope you do live the rest of your life looking over your shoulder in fear\".\n\nPublishing his report earlier this month, Lord Bew, the chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said: \"The increasing prevalence of intimidation of Parliamentary candidates, and others in public life, should concern everyone who cares about our democracy.\n\n\"This is not about defending elites from justified criticism or preventing the public from scrutinising those who represent them: it is about defending the fundamental structures of political freedom.\"", "Donald Trump's Turnberry resort in South Ayrshire is now above the cut-off point for tax relief\n\nA Scottish golf resort owned by US President Donald Trump will no longer qualify for a controversial tax break.\n\nA change in the Scottish government's recent budget will remove Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire from a business rates relief scheme.\n\nThe Sunday Herald revealed the resort is now above the cut-off point with a rateable value of £1,650,000.\n\nScotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay introduced measures in February to help hospitality businesses.\n\nThe move was in response to growing pressure to intervene to help struggling restaurants and hotels cope with the first revaluation of the rateable value of businesses since 2010.\n\nMr Mackay faced calls to reform the transitional business rates relief scheme after it emerged in August that Trump Turnberry had benefited by £109,530 for 2017/18.\n\nIn response to a wider review of the business rates system, Mr Mackay announced in September that the transitional scheme would continue next year for \"all but the very largest hospitality properties\".\n\nDocuments published alongside the draft Scottish budget earlier this month state it will only apply for hospitality properties with a rateable value up to £1.5m.\n\nAccording to the Scottish Assessors Association website, Trump Turnberry is now above the cut-off point with a rateable value of £1,650,000.\n\nMr Trump bought Turnberry in 2014 but stepped away from the family business empire after being elected US president.\n\nHis other Scottish golf course, on the Menie estate in Aberdeenshire, did not qualify for relief because it is defined as a golf course rather than a hotel.", "The zoo reopened on Sunday after being shut on Saturday after the fire\n\nLondon Zoo has reopened following a fire which killed a number of animals and left several staff needing medical attention.\n\nAn aardvark called Misha died and it is thought meerkats Robbie, Norman, Billy and Nigel were also killed.\n\nOne person was taken to hospital and eight were treated at the scene.\n\nThe zoo said families had offered to help clear up and local builders were offering help with rebuilding enclosures.\n\nAbout 70 firefighters tackled the blaze in the Animal Adventure section that spread to a shop. The cause of the fire is till unclear.\n\nFamilies who had tickets for the zoo's Meet Santa experience on Saturday will be offered refunds, the zoo said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPhotographs posted on social media showed orange flames rising from the building\n\nLondon Zoo reopened on Christmas Eve following the fire\n\nTen fire engines went to the zoo, which is in Regent's Park, shortly after 06:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe fire was brought under control about three hours later.\n\nIn a statement the zoo said it was devastated about what had happened but was overwhelmed by the support of the community.\n\n\"While it's been heartening to hear the chatter of excited children back in the zoo again today, our work investigating all aspects of the fire continues\", Dominic Jermey, director general at ZSL said.\n\n\"One important update is that our vets completed an initial post-mortem on Misha, the aardvark; they have concluded that she most likely died from smoke inhalation whilst asleep in her den.\n\n\"Sadly though, after a thorough search of the site, we must presume that our four meerkats - brothers Robbie, Norman, Billy and Nigel - have died.\n\n\"We've been overwhelmed by the hundreds of emails, phone calls and letters of support from all over the country - these kind and generous messages range from families offering to give up their Christmas Day to help us clean up, to offers from local builders to rebuild the enclosures for us.\"\n\nThe blaze, which broke out in the children's area, damaged the Adventure Cafe roof\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boarding schools in England are to offer free places to children with links to the care system, the Department for Education has announced.\n\nLocal authorities will work with children's charities to put forward pupils for bursaries and scholarships.\n\nIt is part of a government pledge to get independent and state schools working more closely together and help students from \"vulnerable\" backgrounds.\n\nAbout 1,000 young people are already being supported by similar schemes.\n\nThe DfE said the Boarding School Partnerships aimed to help children of both primary and secondary age who have previously been in care or are at risk of going into care.\n\nIt says research shows a correlation between the boarding environment and improved educational outcomes for vulnerable children.\n\nParliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System Lord Agnew said: \"Children who have previously been in care or are at risk of care have often gone through difficult, challenging experiences that can have a lasting impact throughout their lives.\n\n\"These placements won't be right for every child, but the pastoral care and educational support provided by our top boarding schools can have profound benefits for some young people.\"\n\nBoth independent boarding schools and state boarding schools - those funded by local authorities but where fees are charged for accommodation - are taking part in the scheme, which is backed by the Boarding Schools' Association.\n\nThe charities involved are the Reedham Children's Trust, Buttle UK and the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation.\n\nTwo Surrey schools, King Edward's Witley, and the Royal Alexandra & Albert in Reigate, have been named as participants, with others across the country also said to be involved.\n\nJohn Attwater, headmaster of King Edward's Witley, said boarding could provide a \"life-transforming opportunity for vulnerable children and their families and it is core to our founding mission as a school\".\n\nIt is understood that some local authorities could save money in the long-run because the cost of an annual boarding school placement is much cheaper than foster care.\n\nLabour, however, has called the announcement \"flimsy\" and says the government has already taken money out of children's services.\n\nThe announcement comes after Education Secretary Justine Greening announced a £23m fund to support bright children from poorer backgrounds in England whose talent might otherwise be \"wasted\".", "Tunisia has banned Emirates airline from landing in the capital Tunis after a number of Tunisian women were prevented from boarding its flights.\n\nThe move comes amid widespread anger in Tunisia, with rights groups condemning \"racist and discriminatory\" measures.\n\nThe transport ministry said the measure would stay in place until Emirates was able to \"operate flights in accordance with law and international agreements\".\n\nThe UAE said \"security information\" had caused the delays.\n\n\"We contacted our Tunisian brothers about security information that necessitated taking specific procedures,\" Emirati Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said on Twitter on Sunday.\n\n\"We highly value Tunisian women and respect them,\" he added.\n\nTunisian government officials said the UAE had banned Tunisian women from flying to or transiting through its territory.\n\nOn Friday the Tunisian government said it had asked the UAE ambassador to clarify what was happening and had been told that the measures had been temporary and had already been lifted.\n\nLocal media reported that Tunisian women had been blocked from boarding Emirates flights to Dubai over several days.\n\nAccording to AFP news agency, some Tunisian women said their journeys to the UAE had been delayed and some that their visas had to undergo additional examination.\n\nTunisia has been trying to improve relations with the UAE that were damaged by its 2011 revolution.\n\nTunisia's Ennahda party - part of the governing coalition - also has links to Qatar, which has been cut off by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain over its alleged support for terrorism.", "More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, but the bulk of its fast-growing population lives on just 11 of them.\n\nMuch of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms.\n\nThe Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries, and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th Century after a protracted rebellion against rule from Madrid.\n\nSpanish and US influences remain strong, especially in terms of language, religion and government. Self-rule in 1935 was followed by full independence in 1946 under a US-style constitution.\n\nThe US is a close ally and has provided military aid to help combat Islamist and communist insurgencies.\n\nThe son of authoritarian President Ferdinand Marcos won a landslide victory in the May 2022 election.\n\nHe took over from firebrand Rodrigo Duterte, who came to power in 2016 after winning over voters with promises of a no-holds-barred campaign to take on crime, drugs and corruption.\n\nPresident Marcos, known by the nickname Bongbong, enlisted Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, as his vice-president, thereby uniting two populist right-wing dynasties.\n\nPowerful commercial interests control or influence much of the media.\n\nThe lively TV scene is dominated by free-to-air networks ABS-CBN and GMA. There are hundreds of radio stations and a vigorous newspaper scene.\n\nThe constitution guarantees press freedom, but the Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.\n\nSpain's fabled galleons plied the Pacific trade route between Manila and Acapulco\n\nSome key dates in The Philippines' history:\n\n900AD - Laguna Copperplate Inscription, mostly written on Old Malay, is the earliest record of a Philippine language and the presence of writing in the islands.\n\n11th Century - Some areas become part of China's tributary system.\n\n14th Century - Indian cultural traits such as linguistic terms and religious practices began to spread in the Philippines.\n\n15th Century - Islam is first established in the Sulu Archipelago.\n\n1542 - Spanish expedition claims the islands and names them the Philippines after the heir to the Spanish throne. Three centuries of Spanish rule fail to conquer Muslim areas in the south.\n\n1896-98 - Philippine Revolution: Filipino revolutionaries fight against the Spanish colonial authorities in an attempt to win the archipelago's independence.\n\n1897 - Spanish authorities and revolutionaries sign the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, which temporarily reduces, and revolutionary officers exile themselves to Hong Kong.\n\n1898 - During the Spanish-American War, the US navy destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Spain cedes the Philippines to the US, which proclaims military rule and begins to forcibly incorporate Muslim areas.\n\n1898-1902 - Philippine-American War: Tensions arise after the US annexes the Philippines under the Treaty of Paris at end of the Spanish-American War rather than acknowledging the Philippines' declaration of independence. The war can be seen as a continuation of the Philippine struggle for independence that began in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution.\n\n1916 - Jones Act, or Philippine Autonomy Act, which has the first formal declaration by the US to grant eventual independence to the Philippines.\n\n1935 - Commonwealth of the Philippines: Philippines gains internal self-government, with the US responsible for foreign relations.\n\n1941-1945 - The Philippines are occupied by Japan during the World War Two, but are retaken by the US in bitter fighting. More than 500,000 Filipinos die during the war.\n\n1946 - The islands are granted full independence and renamed the Republic of the Philippines.\n\n1942-1954 - Hukbalahap Rebellion: Rebellion by former Hukbalahap or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (\"People's Army Against Japan\") soldiers against the Philippine government. During the Japanese occupation the Huk guerrillas created village strongholds against the Japanese. After 1945, the new Philippine government, prompted by the US disarmed and arrested the Huks for allegedly being communists. The rebellion eventually petered out in the 1950s.\n\n1965 - Ferdinand Marcos is elected president; he declares martial law in 1972.\n\n1983 - Anti-Marcos lawyer Benigno Aquino is assassinated at Manila's airport as he returns from exile.\n\n1986 - Marcos ousted in \"people power\" revolt after claiming victory over Aquino's widow in an election that many believe was stolen.\n\n2001 - President Joseph Estrada is forced out by a military-backed \"people power\" uprising.\n\n2014 - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel group signs a peace deal with the government, ending one of Asia's longest and deadliest conflicts.\n\n2017 - Islamic State jihadists attack the city of Marawi in Mindanao.\n\n2022 - Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the previous dictator, is elected president.\n\nThe Philippines capital Manila is among the most-populous and fastest-growing cities in South East Asia\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"Gentility of speech is at an end,\" thundered an editorial in London's City Press, in 1858. \"It stinks!\"\n\nThe stink in question was partly metaphorical: politicians were failing to tackle an obvious problem.\n\nAs its population grew, London's system for disposing of human waste became woefully inadequate. To relieve pressure on cess pits - which were prone to leaking, overflowing, and belching explosive methane - the authorities had instead started encouraging sewage into gullies.\n\nHowever, this created a different issue: the gullies were originally intended for only rainwater, and emptied directly into the River Thames.\n\nThat was the literal stink - the Thames became an open sewer.\n\nCholera was rife. One outbreak killed 14,000 Londoners - nearly one in every 100.\n\nCivil engineer Joseph Bazalgette drew up plans for new, closed sewers to pump the waste far from the city. It was this project that politicians came under pressure to approve.\n\nThe sweltering-hot summer of 1858 had made London's malodorous river impossible to politely ignore, or to discuss obliquely with \"gentility of speech\". The heatwave became popularly known as the \"Great Stink\".\n\nIf you live in a city with modern sanitation, it's hard to imagine daily life being permeated with the suffocating stench of human excrement.\n\nFor that, we have a number of people to thank - but perhaps none more so than the unlikely figure of Alexander Cumming.\n\n50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations that helped create the economic world.\n\nA watchmaker in London a century before the Great Stink, Cumming won renown for his mastery of intricate mechanics.\n\nKing George III commissioned him to make an elaborate instrument for recording atmospheric pressure, and he pioneered the microtome, a device for cutting ultra-fine slivers of wood for microscopic analysis.\n\nAlexander Cumming's S-bend was crucial in the development of the flushing toilet\n\nBut Cumming's world-changing invention owed nothing to precision engineering. It was a bit of pipe with a curve in it.\n\nIn 1775, Cumming patented the S-bend. This became the missing ingredient to create the flushing toilet - and, with it, public sanitation as we know it.\n\nFlushing toilets had previously foundered on the problem of smell: the pipe that connects the toilet to the sewer, allowing urine and faeces to be flushed away, will also also let sewer odours waft back up - unless you can create some kind of airtight seal.\n\nCumming's solution was simplicity itself: bend the pipe. Water settles in the dip, stopping smells coming up; flushing the toilet replenishes the water.\n\nWhile we've moved on alphabetically from the S-bend to the U-bend, flushing toilets still deploy the same insight.\n\nRollout, however, came slowly: by 1851, flushing toilets remained novel enough in London to cause mass excitement when introduced at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace.\n\nUse of the facilities cost one penny, giving the English language one of its enduring euphemisms for emptying one's bladder, \"to spend a penny\".\n\nHundreds of thousands of Londoners queued for the opportunity to relieve themselves while marvelling at the miracles of modern plumbing.\n\nIf the Great Exhibition gave Londoners a vision of how public sanitation could be - clean, and smell-free - no doubt that added to the weight of popular discontent as politicians dragged their heels over finding the funds for Joseph Bazalgette's planned sewers.\n\nMore than 170 years later, about two-thirds of the world's people have access to what's called \"improved sanitation\", according to the World Health Organization, up from about a quarter in 1980.\n\nBut that still means two and a half billion people don't have access to it, and \"improved sanitation\" itself is a relatively low bar.\n\nIt \"hygienically separates human excreta from human contact\", but it doesn't necessarily treat the sewage itself.\n\nFewer than half the world's people have access to sanitation systems that do that.\n\nThe economic costs of this ongoing failure to roll out proper sanitation are many and varied, from health care for diarrhoeal diseases to foregone revenue from hygiene-conscious tourists.\n\nThe World Bank's Economics of Sanitation Initiative has tried to tot up the price tag.\n\nAcross various African countries, for example, it reckons inadequate sanitation lops one or two percentage points off gross domestic product (GDP), in India and Bangladesh over 6%, and in Cambodia 7%.\n\nOpen sewers are a common sight in Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya\n\nThe challenge is that public sanitation isn't something the market necessarily provides. Toilets cost money, but defecating in the street is free.\n\nIf I install a toilet, I bear all the costs, while the benefits of the cleaner street are felt by everyone.\n\nIn economic parlance, that's a \"positive externality\" - and goods that have positive externalities tend to be bought at a slower pace than society, as a whole, would prefer.\n\nThe most striking example is the \"flying toilet\" system of Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya.\n\nThe flying toilet works like this: you defecate into a plastic bag, and then in the middle of the night, whirl the bag around your head and hurl it as far away as possible.\n\nReplacing a flying toilet with a flushing toilet provides benefits to the toilet owner - but you can bet that the neighbours would appreciate it, too.\n\nContrast, say, the mobile phone. That also costs money, but its benefits accrue largely to me. That's one reason why, although the S-bend has been around for 10 times as long as the mobile phone, many more people already own a mobile phone than a flushing toilet.\n\nIf you want to buy a flushing toilet, it also helps if there's a system of sewers to plumb it into, and creating one is a major undertaking - financially and logistically.\n\nJoseph Bazalgette, standing top right, views the Northern Outfall sewer being built below the Abbey Mills pumping station in 1862\n\nWhen Joseph Bazalgette finally got the cash to build London's sewers, they took 10 years to complete and necessitated digging up 2.5 million cubic metres (88 million cubic ft) of earth.\n\nBecause of the externality problem, such a project might not appeal to private investors: it tends to require determined politicians, willing taxpayers and well-functioning municipal governments.\n\nAnd those, it seems, are in short supply. According to a study published in 2011, just 6% of India's towns and cities have succeeded in building even a partial network of sewers. The capacity for delay seems almost unlimited.\n\nLondon's lawmakers likewise procrastinated- but when they finally acted, they didn't hang about. As Stephen Halliday recounts in his book The Great Stink of London, it took just 18 days to rush through the necessary legislation for Bazalgette's plans. What explains this sudden, impressive alacrity?\n\nThe Houses of Parliament, photographed in 1858, the year of the Great Stink\n\nA quirk of geography: London's Parliament building is located right next to the River Thames.\n\nOfficials tried to shield lawmakers from the Great Stink, soaking the curtains in chloride of lime in a bid to mask the stench.\n\nBut it was no use. Try as they might, the politicians couldn't ignore it.\n\nThe Times described, with a note of grim satisfaction, how MPs had been seen abandoning the building's library, \"each gentleman with a handkerchief to his nose\".\n\nIf only concentrating politicians' minds was always that easy.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCoverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app\n\nInjured Australia bowler Mitchell Starc hopes his replacement Jackson Bird \"sticks it up\" England in the fourth Test, which starts on 26 December.\n\nStarc, the leading wicket-taker in the series with 19, misses Melbourne's Boxing Day Test with a bruised heel.\n\nLast week England's James Anderson said Ashes winners Australia have \"problems\" beyond their first-choice attack.\n\nStarc hit back: \"I think they have got bigger things to worry about than the depth of Australia's fast bowlers.\"\n\nAustralia have been helped to their unassailable 3-0 lead in the series by the pace of Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood - bowlers who have been bowling in excess of 90mph.\n\nEngland have not managed to take the full 20 wickets in any of the first three Tests.\n\nBut Anderson told his BBC Tailenders podcast: \"They've had three bowlers who all can bowl 90mph. They've stayed fit for all three games. But you look beyond that, they've got problems.\n\n\"They've not got much other than these three that are bowling at the minute. We've got some very skilful bowlers, we've just come up against a team that are better than us this series.\"\n\nStarc was ruled out of the fourth Test on Sunday and, in endorsing right-arm bowler Bird, responded to Anderson.\n\n\"I'm really happy for Jackson to get a go,\" he said. \"I hope he takes five wickets and sticks it up for those daft comments from the Poms.\n\n\"They haven't taken 20 wickets so far in the series and we have and they are having a crack at our depths. I certainly don't like facing Jacko in the nets. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do to the English batters in this Test.\"\n\n'Sometimes you go into your shell like a turtle'\n\nAustralia opener David Warner also took aim at Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker with 518.\n\nAnderson took five wickets in the second innings of the second Test in Adelaide, while also discomforting home captain Steven Smith with some on-field chatter.\n\nIn the third Test in Perth, Australia racked up 662-9 declared, with Anderson taking four more wickets.\n\n\"Conditions must have suited Jimmy in Adelaide,\" said Warner. \"That's generally what happens. He talks about us being up all the time when we're in front, but it's a different story when he's firing shots at the captain.\n\n\"He went very quiet as soon as he saw the wicket quite flat at the Waca. Sometimes you pick your times when you want to go at people, sometimes you go into your shell like a turtle.\n\n\"We've probably shut them up a little bit at the moment. Hopefully this gets them up and going and they fire some barbs at us, because I love that. I love when we're in a contest and I feel like they were quite flat in Perth.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Chris Woakes said he would not rise to Warner's challenge.\n\n\"He won't be getting any barbs from me personally, but David can go about his business the way he wants to,\" said Woakes.\n\n\"Maybe that contest will fire him up and make him score a few more runs, so we'll probably keep quiet, to be honest.\n\n\"The amount of chat that goes on in an Ashes series in ludicrous, to be brutally honest. The thing that is most important is how you perform. We haven't performed well enough and we'll try to put that right at the MCG.\"\n\nEngland will definitely be without pace bowler Craig Overton, who has a fractured rib. They could hand a debut to fellow seamer Tom Curran or leg-spinner Mason Crane.\n\nAustralia wicketkeeper Tim Paine has arrived in Melbourne and will play, despite his father-in-law suffering a stroke.\n\nCaptain Smith is fit despite taking a blow on the hand during net practice.", "Restaurant chain Wagamama has apologised after a manager warned workers they face disciplinary action for calling in sick over Christmas.\n\nA note on a rota at one of its London branches said it was the responsibility of ill staff to find colleagues to cover shifts.\n\nWagamama said the manager \"feared team member shortages\" and \"regrettably decided to take this highly unusual approach\", which is not company policy.\n\nA note beneath the rota states: \"No calling in sick! may I remind you that if you are unable to come in for your shift it is your responsibility [underlined] to find someone to cover your shift (as per contract and handbook).\n\n\"Calling in sick during the next 2 weeks will result in disciplinary action being taken\".\n\nWagamama insisted the rule was \"strictly not company policy\", and said it was an \"isolated incident\" at its North Finchley restaurant.\n\nA spokesman for the Unite Hospitality union said: \"To threaten workers with disciplinary action for being sick is not just morally reprehensible, it may be unlawful under the Health and Safety Act and Equality Act as it discriminates against those with long-term physical or mental health conditions.\"\n\nThe pan-Asian chain, which has been owned by the London-based private equity firm Duke Street Capital since 2011, has more than 100 branches across the UK.\n\nA Wagamama spokesperson said: \"Following reports of a notice posted in our North Finchley restaurant we can confirm this was an isolated incident and is strictly not company employment policy.\n\n\"The manager involved feared team member shortages over the festive period and regrettably decided to take this highly unusual approach.\n\n\"As a company we treat all our team with the greatest respect and understand and appreciate the hard work they all do. We sincerely apologise for what has happened and wish all our team members and customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.\"\n\nThe person who brought the rota to Unite Hospitality's attention is a friend of someone who works at Wagamama in North Finchley.\n\n\"They sent me that picture,\" he told the BBC. \"They didn't want me to share it at all. But my blood was boiling. I needed to do something about it.\n\n\"I don't believe it is company policy. It might have been an idea of the manager because he doesn't know the law.\"\n\nThe rota was put up at Wagamama's branch in North Finchley\n\nHe said the note attached to the rota could be \"dangerous for the health and safety of people\".\n\n\"If you force people to work when they are sick they can poison the food. There is something very wrong.\"\n\nHe said many of the staff at that branch were young workers from Eastern Europe and \"maybe they are scared to lose their jobs or they don't know the law themselves\".\n\nThe Green MSP for the West Scotland region, Ross Greer, was one of the first people to post a photograph of the rota on Twitter, writing: \"That's the end of my custom with @wagamama_uk. Treat your staff with some respect.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ross Greer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n@dtaylor5633 also expresses concern about the potential health risks.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Taylor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe rota note has led a #boycottwagamama campaign on Twitter, with people voicing concern the policy may lead to sick workers undertaking shifts.\n\nHowever, other people say customers should not \"vilify a whole company\" because of an issue related to a single branch. Former employees in other branches have also taken to social media to say they have not experienced similar practices.", "Sam Haskell (pictured on the front row) watches the 2017 contest\n\nThe Miss America Organization CEO, Sam Haskell, has resigned over leaked emails that disparaged pageant contestants.\n\nThe organisation said it would accept Mr Haskell's immediate resignation. Its chairperson, Lynn Weidner and two other executives are also leaving.\n\nThe emails reportedly include vulgar references to past winners and comments about their sex lives.\n\nThe organisation's president and chief operating officer, Josh Randle, has also resigned \"in light of recent and new developments\", a spokesperson confirmed to the BBC.\n\nAnnouncing the resignation of Mr Haskell in a statement posted on its Twitter account, the Miss America Organisation (MAO) said Ms Weidner would help install a new leadership before leaving.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Miss America Org This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe announcement of Mr Haskell's resignation came only hours after the MAO put out a statement saying he had been suspended.\n\nThe Huffington Post published the alleged contents of three years of emails between Mr Haskell and other pageant officials.\n\nSome of the emails referred to Mallory Hagan, the winner of the 2013 contest\n\nThe internal emails include name-calling, slut-shaming and fat-shaming of some of the contestants who had taken part in the pageant.\n\nThe revelations caused Dick Clark Productions, MAO's television sponsor, to cut ties with the long-standing pageant.\n\nDick Clark Productions said in a statement on Friday they had been made aware of the emails \"several months ago\" and were \"appalled by their unacceptable content\".\n\nPressure for the resignation of Mr Haskell also came from 49 former Miss Americas in an open letter.\n\nA former Miss America winner, Mallory Hagan, who was mocked in some of the emails said she \"wasn't shocked, but [felt] validated by the emails\".\n\n\"For the longest time, I've tried to explain to people around me that this is happening or these things are being said,\" the winner of the 2013 pageant told NBC.\n\nGretchen Carlson, a former Miss America and a television presenter, said the alleged emails contained \"disgusting statements about women\" and \"vulgar slurs\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gretchen Carlson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Haskell said he had been \"under stress from a full year of attacks by two Miss Americas, and while I don't ever want to offer an excuse, I do want to offer context\".\n\nBut he also said the original story was \"vicious\" with \"conveniently edited emails\".", "Scotland's political leaders have paid tribute to people working over the holidays in their Christmas messages.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited a community cafe in Glasgow and hailed those \"thinking about and helping others\".\n\nScottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson thanked armed forces personnel and organisations like the Samaritans.\n\nLabour's Richard Leonard asked people to \"spare a thought\" for those who cannot spend Christmas with loved ones.\n\nAnd Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, said his party had \"turned a corner\" in 2017.\n\nDuring a visit to Woodlands Community Cafe, the first minister paid tribute to volunteers who give up their own time to help other people.\n\nShe said: \"This cafe, and the volunteers here, are among thousands of organisations and individuals throughout Scotland who do so much for our local communities - not just at Christmas, but all throughout the year. They exemplify the solidarity and compassion which is so important to our society.\n\n\"I also know that for many people - for example workers in our emergency services, our health service and in our armed forces - Christmas isn't a holiday at all. Your hard work is appreciated all the year round, but is particularly valued at Christmas time.\n\n\"So over this festive period, let's thank those who are working so hard on our behalf. And let's also - like the people here at Woodlands - do our bit to help others, and to spread some Christmas cheer.\"\n\nRuth Davidson gave a special mention to people who lost a loved one over the last year.\n\n\"The first Christmas without a spouse, sibling, child, parent or friend is always difficult and I hope they find comfort in the company of loved ones,\" she said.\n\n\"For many of us, Christmas is one of the few moments of the year when we get a chance to disengage from work and take a step back for a few days.\n\n\"After a year in which we've often seen more heat than light in our public debate, I hope the holiday season will provide us with a moment to remember what we have in common.\"\n\nThe party leaders got into the festive spirit for Christmas jumper day earlier this month\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said he hoped that the homeless have shelter and respite from the cold and those who rely on food banks were able to eat well over Christmas.\n\n\"Those of us who are fortunate enough to celebrate Christmas with our loved ones should spare a thought for those who are not so lucky,\" he added.\n\n\"We should think of those who cannot take time off, those who work in our emergency services over Christmas, those who devote their lives to public service, to taking care of us all, from hospitality workers to nurses, firefighters and all emergency workers, to the people keeping the lights on.\n\n\"And we should think of those refugees who have come to Scotland for sanctuary and to build a new life, and all those who are fighting to survive in too many countries riven with war or internal unrest.\"\n\nMeanwhile Willie Rennie was optimistic about the future of the Scottish Liberal Democrats after success in 2017.\n\n\"We started winning elections again with more MPs and in charge of more councils,\" he said. \"I believe that winning is not just good for the Liberal Democrats but is also good for the country.\n\n\"It means that we have moderate, outward looking, optimistic voices making the case for change and challenging authority and government.\n\n\"With a bigger team of Liberal Democrats we can stand up for people who benefit from the police service, mental health services, education services and a stronger economy.\"\n\nThe Scottish Green Party is expected to issue its leaders' message at New Year.", "Police said the man was carrying about 1,000 joints\n\nAn alleged drug dealer in Copenhagen received an unwanted surprise for Christmas when he jumped into the back of a taxi with about 1,000 joints on him, only to find it was a police car.\n\nDanish police said the man was rushing home when he made the grave error.\n\nThe mistake occurred in Christiania, a semi-autonomous district of the capital founded by hippies in the 1970s and known as a centre for the drug trade.\n\nPolice said the man could face a custodial sentence.\n\nThe full statement from the force earlier in the week read: \"Last night a cannabis dealer from Christiania who wanted to get home quickly got into a taxi. He received a big surprise when he realised it was actually a police car he was sitting in.\n\n\"The police officers were happy to see him, since he was carrying around 1,000 joints.\"\n\nCannabis is illegal in Denmark, with prohibitions on dealing and possession.\n\nPolice have carried out a number of raids in the Christiania district in recent months, mostly seeking out drug dealers rather than the other way around.", "At least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines. It happened in the southern Philippine city of Davao.", "Digital media company Vice has admitted to a \"boy's club\" culture that failed to protect women staff from harassment.\n\nCo-founders Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi said in a statement that the company had taken action over \"multiple instances of unacceptable behavior\".\n\nThe statement came in response to an in-depth New York Times investigation.\n\nVice began life as a free magazine with a reputation for edgy coverage of youth culture, but has since been backed by major corporations including Fox.\n\nBut Mr Smith and Mr Alvi acknowledged in their statement that the company's roots had contributed to unprofessional conduct that persisted though its rapid growth.\n\nThey said: \"Cultural elements from our past, dysfunction and mismanagement were allowed to flourish unchecked. That includes a detrimental \"boy's club\" culture that fostered inappropriate behavior that permeated throughout the company.\"\n\nMore than two dozen women told the New York Times they had \"experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct,\" including unwanted kisses, lewd remarks, propositions and groping.\n\n\"There is a toxic environment,\" said Sandra Miller, a former Vice executive, \"where men can say the most disgusting things and... where women are treated far inferior than men.\"\n\nThe revelations make Vice the latest in a long list of companies and public bodies, including Ford car company and the US Congress, to face sexual harassment allegations against members and staff, triggered by revelations about the film producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nThe New York Times report on Vice outlines four settlements reached by the company with staff who alleged sexual harassment or defamation. One involved a 2003 interview by a freelance journalist, Jessica Hopper, with the rapper Murs, in which Ms Hopper wrote that the rapper propositioned her for sex and she said no.\n\nBefore her article was published however, the magazine changed her response to \"Yes\" and printed it. According to records seen by the Times, Vice reached a settlement with Ms Hopper and printed a retraction.\n\nThe company statement outlined steps it had taken to reform its workplace culture, including the hiring of a new HR director, a commitment to pay equity, and an advisory board including feminist icon Gloria Steinem.\n\nFirst published in Canada in 1994 and distributed for free in clothing shops, Vice expanded rapidly with investment from major corporations. The Walt Disney Company now owns an 18% stake in Vice Media.", "A leading doctor tells Santa to swap his mince pies for some of Rudolph's carrots this Christmas\n\nFather Christmas could be doing serious harm to his health by overloading with mince pies and sherry, a leading doctor has warned.\n\nProfessor Helen Stokes-Lampard, head of the Royal College of GPs, said Santa could face a raft of health issues because of his diet and busy schedule.\n\nSome of his conditions could include gout, sleep deprivation and alcoholism.\n\nBut we can all help Santa get a bit fitter, and inspire ourselves too, she says.\n\nProfessor Stokes-Lampard said: \"He's overweight, and all of us do our bit to add to his obesity by leaving mince pies and cookies out for him, and milk or alcohol.\n\n\"If Mr Claus was a patient at my practice, I would be encouraging him to adopt a vastly healthier diet and take more exercise in the new year.\"\n\nSanta could risk 'mixing up important presents' if he has too much sherry\n\nAs well as running between houses, rather than riding on his sleigh, the professor thinks he should \"give the sherry a miss\" and share some of Rudolph's carrots instead.\n\n\"The human body can only process one unit of alcohol per hour, which means excessive consumption could make Santa drunk very quickly,\" she said.\n\n\"This not only increases the likelihood of him slipping in the snow or mixing up important presents, but could also lead to long-term issues affecting his mood and mental health.\"\n\nSo now Prof Stokes-Lampard thinks it is time for Saint Nicholas to take better care of himself and lead by example.\n\n\"Although he sets a brilliant example of good behaviour and teaches the importance of giving rather than receiving, he could probably do more to encourage healthy lifestyles - something youngsters and adults alike can benefit from,\" she says.", "Last updated on .From the section Middlesbrough\n\nChampionship side Middlesbrough parted company with manager Garry Monk hours after a 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.\n\nThe former Swansea and Leeds United boss has been replaced by academy manager Craig Liddle on an interim basis \"while a successor is appointed\", the club said.\n\nMiddlesbrough are ninth in the league and have won 10 of their 23 games.\n\nNews of Monk's departure was announced on the club's Twitter feed and comes just six months after he was appointed.\n\nMonk took charge of the club in June and was tasked with leading the side back to the Premier League following relegation last season.\n\nHe oversaw just four wins in Middlesbrough's first 13 league games but the club won six of their next 10 games to move to within three points of the play-off places.\n\nSpeaking after Saturday's win at Hillsborough, Monk said: \"That was our best away performance of the season and I thought it was a thoroughly deserved win.\n\n\"They are a good team with some quality players, but overall we dealt with their moments pretty well.\n\n\"We have to build on this and use it as a springboard. There are more things to work on and improve.\"\n\n\"I'm certain there will have been talks behind the scenes, certain someone is lined up.\n\n\"It's still an attractive job, people will be really thinking about this job because they know the chairman [Steve Gibson], he's is one of the best in the business.\n\n\"Don't get me wrong though, when things need to be changed, the chairman is ruthless and Middlesbrough Football Club comes first.\"", "Employees of a call centre were trapped on the fourth floor, officials said\n\nAt least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Davao, local officials say.\n\nFirefighters battled for hours to extinguish the blaze that started on the third floor and spread to the floor above, trapping call centre employees.\n\nTheir chances of survival were \"zero\", Davao's Vice-Mayor Paolo Duterte said.\n\nPresident Duterte, a Davao native, met families of the missing outside the burning NCCC mall.\n\nThe cause of the fire, which began on Saturday morning, is being investigated.\n\nThe mall's marketing manager, Janna Abdullah Mutalib, said the blaze started on the third floor, where clothes, appliances and furniture were sold, the Philippines Star website reports.\n\nDavao lies about 800km (500 miles) south-east of the capital Manila.\n\nThe fire comes as the country is coming to terms with a deadly tropical storm.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother who has been held in Iran for 20 months, could be freed within a fortnight, her husband says.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme that the \"best case\" was a 25 December release.\n\n\"We are sitting by the phone hoping\", he said, days after an Iranian database listed her as eligible for release.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who turns 39 on Boxing Day, is being held in Iran on spying charges - which she denies.\n\nHer lawyer had visited her in prison, Mr Ratcliffe said, and expected her to be released within the next two weeks.\n\n\"She's still in prison today, so best case is tomorrow,\" he said.\n\n\"It's her birthday on Boxing Day so we were sort of hoping she'd be out for then\".\n\nThe charity worker travelled to Iran last year with her daughter Gabriella, but maintains she was on holiday there.\n\nMr Ratcliffe initially hoped for his wife's return to the UK before Christmas, after learning of a status change in her case from \"closed\" to \"eligible for release\".\n\nHe said \"there's no sign of a new court case\" and that he was \"sitting by the phone hoping\".\n\nBut Iran's spokesman for the judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, refused to rule out a second charge for \"spreading propaganda\".\n\nSpeaking on Sunday, he said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for alleged spying, had only received a final verdict on this charge.\n\nOn 3 April 2016, she was arrested at an Iranian airport while travelling home with her young daughter and accused of plotting against the Iranian government.\n\nShe says she took her daughter Gabriella, three, to Iran to celebrate the country's new year and visit her parents.\n\nBefore her arrest, she lived in London with accountant husband Richard Ratcliffe and worked as a project manager for the charity Thomson Reuters Foundation.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he would light the candles on a birthday cake for his wife whatever happens, and telephone three-year-old Gabriella who is being looked after by her grandparents in Iran.\n\n\"She quite likes to watch a birthday cake having its candles blown out,\" he said.\n\n\"[We] sort of try and defiantly celebrate if we can, and keep spirits up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe tells the BBC: \"Formally, on the system, she's eligible to be released at any point.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said his wife's prospects had improved since her case was taken up by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - after he apologised for a gaffe which appeared to contradict claims she was on holiday.\n\nHe admitted to being \"critical\" of Mr Johnson, but said: \"He's been making every effort in the past couple of weeks and his visit to Iran was profoundly important.\"\n\nHe admitted the progress of his wife's case in Iran was \"bewildering\", adding: \"We're trying not to get too up or too down and just keep battling on\".\n\n\"We're just watching everything now,\" he said.", "The cause of the breakdown has not been established\n\nAt least 150 people have been rescued after being trapped for several hours in ski lift gondolas in the resort of Chamrousse in the French Alps.\n\nA vast rescue operation was launched after the lift broke down at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) and was completed by 17:30, AFP said.\n\nNo-one was injured during the incident.\n\nRescuers reached the top of each gondola and released the skiers through the roof hatch before lowering them to the ground.\n\nThe skiers had been suspended around 25m (82ft) above the snow before ropes were used to bring them down.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Morgane Goulot This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEach gondola has space for about 10 people.\n\nThe cause of the breakdown has not been established.\n\nThe ski lift - built in 2009 to replace a cable car and two chairlifts - connects the town of Chamrousse to the summit of the Croix de Chamrousse, 2,250m above sea level.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Woody Johnson tells Today the US president was not \"namby-pamby\" about voicing his opinions\n\nThe US ambassador to Britain says he expects Donald Trump to visit the UK in the new year despite his recent Twitter row with Theresa May.\n\nWoody Johnson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the disagreement was \"probably misinterpreted\".\n\nMrs May had said Mr Trump was \"wrong\" to share videos posted by the far-right group Britain First, prompting an online backlash from the US president.\n\nMr Johnson said Mr Trump's relationship with the UK was still \"very very good\".\n\nBut Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said the visit would be \"massively opposed in Britain\" and a full state visit should be \"absolutely off limits\".\n\nSir Vince told the BBC Mr Trump had been \"openly abusing and insulting our own prime minister.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable, said a state visit should \"off limits\"\n\nThe US ambassador said Mr Trump had not yet set a date for the visit - which could be scaled back to a working trip, where the president would not meet the Queen.\n\n\"Absolutely, I think he will come,\" Mr Johnson told Today.\n\n\"It hasn't been officially announced, but I hope he does.\n\n\"I think it's a very very good relationship,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking of Mrs May's visit to the Oval Office in January, he said: \"The prime minister was his first visitor, the first official foreign leader to visit.\"\n\nThere were calls for a reciprocal visit to be abandoned after Mr Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos last month.\n\nWhen a Downing Street spokesman said he had been \"wrong\" to do so the president hit back, telling Mrs May to focus on \"destructive\" terrorism in the UK.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, opposes the visit and said British people deserved a special relationship that works \"both ways\".\n\n\"By sharing and promoting videos by Britain First he's undermined our democratic process and put at risk people in our communities,\" she told Radio 4.\n\n\"He didn't listen to our own prime minister who said this is not acceptable.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ambassador Johnson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer NFL tycoon Mr Johnson - who has known Mr Trump for 35 years - said he was \"familiar with these kinds of emotions people have\" from his background in sport.\n\nHe accepted there \"may be disagreements\" over how the president says or does things, agreeing that Mr Trump was not \"namby-pamby\" about expressing his views.\n\n\"Maybe he'll ruffle feathers - there's no question that maybe some feathers were ruffled.\"\n\nMr Johnson, who took up his post in September, responded to comments from Twitter users at the time of the row, writing of a \"long history\" of \"speaking frankly\" between the US and UK.\n\nSir Christopher Meyer, a former British ambassador to the US, said withdrawing the invitation now would give \"serious offence\" to many people in the States, including those who did not vote for Mr Trump.\n\n\"But I think it will be a highly circumscribed visit when it does go ahead,\" he told Today.\n\nThe security risks - including the risk of protests and public disorder - will be \"very great,\" he added.\n\n\"US investment in the UK creates (up to) two million jobs, let's think about the essentials and not the fisticuffs above the surface,\" Sir Christopher said.", "Scientists think Hunga Tunga Hunga Ha'apai might hold clues on where to look for life on Mars.", "Migrants attempting to cross illegally from Italy to France through the snow-covered mountains may be met by police or receive a local welcome.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman has died following a gas explosion at a house in Leicestershire.\n\nJanet Jasper was taken to hospital following the blast, which happened on Allington Drive, Birstall, at about 07:30 GMT on Monday.\n\nTwo men were also injured - one is in a stable condition in hospital and the other has been discharged.\n\nOne house was destroyed, another torn in half and 50 others were damaged. A \"handful\" of families spent Monday night in temporary accommodation.\n\nAn investigation is under way.\n\nThe two collapsed houses before and after\n\nThe gas maintenance company Cadent, which supplied the collapsed house in Birstall, has confirmed it attended a call-out on Allington Drive on Sunday.\n\nChris Rison, from Cadent, said: \"We were called and we attended to a job on this street.\n\n\"I can't go through the details of that attendance because that's all part of the investigation but it's true that we attended.\"\n\nThe blast destroyed two houses in Allington Drive, Birstall, and damaged several others\n\nLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said two of the injured were rescued from the partially collapsed house and one from the fully collapsed property\n\nThe three injured in the gas blast were taken to three different hospitals\n\nThe Shah family, who live next door to the demolished house, cannot return home because it is not structurally safe.\n\nLocal people have offered them shelter, food and hot drinks.\n\nTina Shah said: \"We have had lots of phone calls and messages. The whole community has been fantastic.\"\n\nTalking about the explosion, she said: \"My son was in bed with me and our roof came in. I didn't know what had happened to my daughter because she was in another room.\n\n\"I am just really grateful I have been able to walk out of my house with my two children.\"\n\nAn online fundraising page for those affected has already raised more than £2,800\n\nAllington Drive remains closed and curtains and blinds can be seen hanging from properties\n\nCharnwood Borough Council said it was too early to tell if those left temporarily homeless would be able to return home before Christmas.\n\nRichard Smith, who lives three doors down from the blast site, has lost dozens of tiles and damaged windows but stayed at home on Monday night in freezing temperatures.\n\n\"It is a bad state, but we are lucky. A lot of people are even worse,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't imagine how those poor people feel. If we had lost our house like they have, I don't know what we would have done really.\n\n\"I just feel terrible for them. I am just hoping and praying that they are OK.\"\n\nAn investigation into the cause is under way\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Clive Lewis said he was \"taken aback\" by the allegation\n\nLabour MP Clive Lewis has been cleared of sexual harassment by a party inquiry, the BBC understands.\n\nThe Norwich South MP was put under investigation last month after a party supporter claimed that she had been groped by him at the Labour conference in Brighton in September.\n\nMr Lewis, the former shadow defence secretary, had always denied the allegation.\n\nHe said: \"I am very pleased to be able to put this behind me and move on.\"\n\nHe added: \"I believe it right and proper that the Labour Party treats all allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct seriously.\n\n\"I want to express my gratitude to my wife, friends and constituents who have supported me during recent weeks.\"\n\nThe Labour Party launched its investigation into Mr Lewis after an unnamed woman told the Independent newspaper that he had groped her.\n\nAt the time, Mr Lewis told the BBC he was \"vigorously\" disputing the allegation, which he said he had been \"pretty taken aback\" by.\n\n\"I don't as a rule at packed Labour Party conferences grope people's bottoms when I greet them,\" he said.\n\n\"It's just not how I roll, it's not what I do.\n\n\"Is the person mistaken? Have I given them a hug and this has been misinterpreted? I don't know.\n\n\"All I know is that I would not deliberately do that, do what's alleged. I completely deny that.\"\n\nAnnouncing the conclusion of the case, a Labour Party spokesman said: \"After consideration of statements provided by the complainant and the respondent, the National Executive Committee's sexual harassment panel has ruled that on the balance of the evidence the matter should not be referred to a full hearing of the National Constitutional Committee.\"", "Presha Taneja took this photo of driving conditions while stuck near junction 20 of the M25.", "A traffic jam near Mülheim - one of many in snow-bound Germany\n\nHeavy snow blanketing northern Europe has caused many flight cancellations and delays at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands and Brussels airport.\n\nAbout 400 flights were cancelled at Schiphol - one of Europe's biggest airports - and about 200 in Brussels.\n\nTravellers have been advised to check flight updates at home, rather than set off for the airport in bad weather.\n\nIn Germany the heavy snow has caused many car crashes and traffic jams, as well as train delays.\n\nMore than 300 flights were cancelled on Sunday at Frankfurt airport, the busiest in Germany.\n\nThe Dutch airport at Eindhoven was temporarily closed because of the snow, and many Dutch schools remained shut on Monday.\n\nConditions improved later at Brussels airport, where planes were able to take off from one de-iced runway. But Brussels Airlines scrapped all its flights.\n\nIn the UK, dozens of flights were cancelled at Heathrow and road conditions were described as treacherous in many areas.\n\nThe heavy snow left thousands of British homes without electricity and hundreds of schools were shut on Monday.\n\nIn France 32 regions were put on an emergency \"orange alert\" footing, as a storm nicknamed \"Ana\" battered the Atlantic coast, with winds gusting as high as 150km/h (93mph). Later the alert was reduced to eight regions in the north and far south.\n\nThere were also avalanche warnings in some French Alpine ski resorts, after a metre (3.3ft) or more of fresh snow fell above 2,000 metres.\n\nNationwide at least 120,000 homes had power cuts on Monday, most of them in the Loire Valley.\n\nThe motorway section between Calais and Boulogne was closed after heavy snow in northeastern France.\n\nNot what you expect in Venice: snowflakes on the gondolas\n\nSnow also spread southwards to Italy, causing some travel disruption in northern regions.\n\nThe snow caused the closure of schools in Liguria, Piedmont and Tuscany, Italy's La Stampa daily reported.\n\nFerry services to the islands off Naples were suspended because of strong winds.\n\nVal d'Isère, France: The plentiful snow is generally good news for ski resorts", "The owner of Westfield shopping centres is being bought for $24.7bn (£18.5bn) in a deal that will see the malls launched in new markets.\n\nAustralia's Westfield Corporation has agreed to be sold to French property group Unibail-Rodamco.\n\nThere are 35 Westfield shopping centres in the UK and the US, while Unibail-Rodamco has 71 sites in Europe.\n\nUnibail-Rodamco said the takeover would result in a \"progressive roll-out of the world famous Westfield brand\".\n\nThe takeover is the second major deal involving shopping centre owners to emerge in just over a week.\n\nOn 6 December, Hammerson, which owns the Bullring in Birmingham, announced a £3.4bn bid for Intu, whose properties include the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester.\n\nWestfield owns 35 shopping centres in Britain and the US\n\nThe deals come as owners of shopping centres face increasing competition from the shift to shopping online.\n\nSir Frank Lowy, the billionaire property tycoon who co-founded Westfield in the 1950s, will retire as chairman of Westfield. His sons Peter and Steven will also step down as co-chief executives of the business.\n\nKate Hardcastle helped the Westfield Corporation with it future retail strategy in 2012, but has no continuing relationship with it: \"Customers like Westfield's shopping centres because they're not just places to buy things. They try to be aspirational destinations that seek to entertain and include everyone. In their luxury sections there is never an aloof atmosphere which makes people feel unwelcome.\n\n\"Importantly they have also invested in good quality, clean toilets and baby changing areas which are an on-going expense. It is all about keeping shoppers in a retail space because the longer they stay there the more they will spend.\n\n\"But Westfield will have to keep innovating to fend off competition from companies such as NewRiver. It owns nearly 30 shopping centres in the UK and is developing a community focused strategy, appealing to different demographics - for instance by hosting coffee mornings for older people.\"\n\nSpeaking at a news conference in Sydney, Westfield chairman Sir Frank Lowy, the billionaire property tycoon who co-founded Westfield in the 1950s said the sale to Unibail-Rodamco would create \"the leading shopping centre company in the world\".\n\n\"It will have the highest quality assets in the best markets across Europe, the United Kingdom and United States. For the assets I've spent my life building I could not imagine a better home for them than in this new company.\"\n\nSir Frank will retire as chairman of Westfield following the sale. He is one of the richest people in Australia with a fortune of $5.9bn, according to Forbes magazine, and was knighted by the Queen last week.\n\nChristophe Cuvillier, chief executive of Unibail-Rodamco, said the acquisition of Westfield \"adds a number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States\".\n\nHe added that the deal would allow it to cut advertising and marketing costs. At the moment, Unibail shopping centres advertise individually under different brands for big events, such Christmas.\n\nIt intends to roll-out the recognisable Westfield brand across its flagship shopping centres in areas such as Paris, Barcelona, Vienna and Warsaw.\n\nUnibail and Westfield said they would make €100m (£88.2m) in savings a year following the tie-up.\n\nThe group is expected to sell €3bn (£2.65bn) worth of assets over the next few years, which will involving shedding some of its smaller shopping centres.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. University student Ryan Archer's love of gaming spiralled into gambling when he was 15\n\nThousands of children and young people are losing money on websites which allow them to trade virtual items, gambling experts have warned.\n\nThe Gambling Commission's annual report has, for the first time, looked at the problem of so-called \"skin betting\".\n\nThe items won - usually modified guns or knives within a video game known as a skin - can often be sold and turned back into real money.\n\nThe commission says cracking down on the industry is now a top priority.\n\nExperts say third party websites enable children to gamble the virtual weapons - or skins - on casino or slot machine type games, offering them the chance to generate real money.\n\nOverall, the report shows that around 370,000 11-16 year-olds spent their own money on gambling in the past week, in England, Scotland and Wales.\n\nMost commonly, children were using fruit machines, National Lottery scratch cards or placing private bets.\n\nBangor University student Ryan Archer's love of gaming spiralled into gambling when he was 15 and he became involved in skin betting.\n\nFour years later he has lost more than £2,000.\n\n\"I'd get my student loan, some people spend it on expensive clothes, I spend it on gambling virtual items,\" he said.\n\n\"There have been points where I could struggle to buy food, because this takes priority.\"\n\nRyan wanted to build an inventory of skins, but when he could not afford the price tag attached to some of them he began gambling on unlicensed websites to try to raise money.\n\nHe said: \"It's hard to ask your parents for £1,000 to buy a knife on CSGO (the multiplayer first-person shooter game Counter Strike: Global Offensive), it's a lot easier to ask for a tenner and then try and turn that into £1,000.\"\n\nIn CSGO, players can exchange real money for the chance to obtain a modified weapon known as a skin and a number of gambling websites have been built around the game.\n\n\"You wouldn't see an 11-year-old go into a betting shop, but you can with this, there's nothing to stop you,\" Ryan said.\n\nSkins modify the look of a gun\n\nSkins are collectable, virtual items in video games that change the appearance of a weapon - for example, turning a pistol into a golden gun.\n\nSometimes skins can be earned within a game, but they can also be bought with real money.\n\nSome games also let players trade and sell skins, with rarer examples attracting high prices.\n\nA number of websites let players gamble with their skins for the chance to win more valuable ones.\n\nSince skins won on such a website could theoretically be sold and turned back into real-world money, critics say betting with skins is unlicensed gambling.\n\nSarah Harrison, chief executive of the Gambling Commission, said: \"Because of these unlicensed skin betting sites, the safeguards that exist are not being applied and we're seeing examples of really young people, 11 and 12-year-olds, who are getting involved in skin betting, not realising that it's gambling.\n\n\"At one level they are running up bills perhaps on their parents' Paypal account or credit card, but the wider effect is the introduction and normalisation of this kind of gambling among children and young people.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the Gambling Commission for the first time prosecuted people for running an unlicensed gambling website connected to a video game.\n\nCraig Douglas, a prominent gamer known as Nepenthez, and his business partner Dylan Rigby, were fined £91,000 ($112,000) and £164,000 respectively after admitting offences under the UK's Gambling Act.\n\nThe men ran a website called FUT Galaxy that was connected to the Fifa video game and let gamers gamble virtual currency.\n\nMs Harrison said the regulator was prepared to take criminal action, but said the \"huge issue\" also required help from parents, game platform providers and payment providers.\n\nSome games providers have put more safeguards in place, but many of the sites are based abroad.\n\nVicky Shotbolt, from the group Parentzone said: \"It's a huge emerging issue that's getting bigger and bigger, but parents aren't even thinking about it.\n\n\"When we talk to people about skin gambling, we normally get a look of complete confusion.\"\n\nShe called on regulators to take more action over the issue.", "There will be lying snow, ice and freezing fog for many during the morning, the BBC's Carol Kirkwood says.", "Fire crews were called to the scene on Jackson Street at about 05:00 GMT\n\nThree children have died in a house fire in Salford, while a three-year-old is said to be in a critical condition.\n\nA 14-year-old girl, named locally as Demi Pearson, was declared dead at the scene, while an eight-year-old boy and a girl aged seven died in hospital.\n\nTheir mother, named as Michelle Pearson, 35, is in a serious condition.\n\nFour people have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the fire, which broke out at the house in Jackson Street, Walkden, at about 05:00 GMT.\n\nMs Pearson has been heavily sedated and has not yet been told that her children are dead, a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson said.\n\nThree men, aged 18, 20 and 23, and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody for questioning.\n\nA 24-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nGMP confirmed it had had very recent contact with the family and had visited the house in the hours before the blaze.\n\nThe case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nThe roads around Jackson Street have been cordoned off\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller said what had happened was \"the murder, using fire, of three children and we have a three-year-old girl fighting for her life\".\n\nHe said officers were \"keeping an open mind\" over whether the tragedy was related to organised crime.\n\nAppealing for any information \"no matter how small\", he added the deaths would \"devastate this family forever\".\n\nNeighbour Susan Smith said she saw the children being carried to the ambulances\n\nNeighbour Susan Smith said she heard \"people screaming and shouting and then I opened the bathroom window and it was just like if you can imagine an orange cloud and a bang and fireballs coming from the house\".\n\nShe said paramedics were \"pulling up outside our house and they were carrying the children to the ambulances\".\n\nThe four children, their mother and one other person were taken to hospital.\n\nTwo boys, aged 16, who were also in the house, were described as \"walking wounded\".\n\nIt is understood one of the boys is a family member, while the other is not related.\n\nPolice are treating the fire as suspicious\n\nGreater Manchester Fire Service said crews rescued five people when they arrived on the scene, while two people had already got out of the house.", "Black-legged kittiwake: Colonies are struggling to feed their chicks\n\nOverfishing and changing sea temperatures are pushing seabirds to the brink of extinction, according to new data on the world's birds.\n\nBirds that are now globally threatened include the kittiwake and the Atlantic puffin, which breed on UK sea cliffs.\n\nMeanwhile, on land, the Snowy Owl is struggling to find prey as ice melts in the North American Arctic, say conservation groups.\n\nThe iconic bird is listed as vulnerable to extinction for the first time.\n\n\"Birds are well-studied and great indicators of the health of the wider environment,'' said Dr Ian Burfield, global science coordinator at BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority on birds.\n\n''A species at higher risk of extinction is a worrying alarm call that action needs to be taken now. ''\n\nHe added that success in kiwi and pelican conservation had shown that, when well-resourced and supported, conservation efforts do pay off.\n\nWorldwide, over a quarter of more than 200 bird species reassessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature have been moved to higher threat categories while a similar number have been downgraded.\n\nSeabirds are of particular concern, including Cape gannets, which are now classified as Endangered, and the Antipodean Albatross, which risks being drowned by fishing lines.\n\nFishing pressures and ocean changes caused by climate change are reducing food supply for the chicks of seabirds, while adults receive little protection when they fly over areas of the ''high seas'' that do not fall under the jurisdiction of any country, says BirdLife International.\n\nThe kittiwake (Rissa Tridactyla, or black-legged kittiwake), which breeds along northern coasts, has declined globally by about 40% since the 1970s.\n\nMore than 70% of the British breeding kittiwake population is found in Scotland.\n\nHowever, there has been a dramatic decline, particularly in Orkney and Shetland and on St Kilda in the Western Isles.\n\n\"Some efforts are underway to protect important seabird foraging areas in international waters, but there is much more we could do around the UK to protect our internationally important and increasingly threatened seabird populations,\" said Laura Bambini, the RSPB Scotland's seabird recovery officer.\n\nSandeels are a vital food source for breeding seabirds in the North Sea. The eels are threatened by rising sea temperatures and are also harvested by commercial fisheries.\n\n\"We need to ensure that the future management of the sandeel fishery is sustainable,'' said Dr Euan Dunn, the RSPB's marine policy specialist.\n\nCape gannet: Fish stocks are depleted, so it is going hungry\n\nThe other birds found in the UK to be placed on the IUCN Red List are:\n\nElsewhere, the Snowy Owl has moved up the rankings from Least Concern to Vulnerable. The North American population has declined by 64% since 1970, as changing temperatures affect its habitat and prey. Collisions with vehicles and utility lines are also a threat to the owl, made famous in the Harry Potter books.\n\n\"Arctic biodiversity is under pressure from a number of stressors, including climate change, so hopefully the uplisting of the Snowy Owl as a flagship species will also draw attention to wider issues in this region,'' said Dr Burfield.\n\nDalmatian pelican: On the rise due to added protection measures\n\nIn Asia, the Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola), which is illegally trapped for food, has been uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered.\n\nMore positive news comes from Europe, where Dalmatian Pelicans are recovering after conservation efforts. This year, pelicans on Lake Skadar in Montenegro had their most successful breeding season ever, raising 60 chicks.\n\nHowever, while two species of kiwi in New Zealand are now less threatened, the Kea is declining, in part due to tourists feeding the parrots with junk food like bread and chips.", "The health risks are lower than smoking cigarettes\n\n\"Heat-not-burn\" tobacco products are harmful to health even though they are safer than regular cigarettes, say UK experts.\n\nThe advisory panel to the government said the devices produce \"a number of compounds of concern\", including some that can cause cancer.\n\nManufacturers say their products are aimed at smokers who want the \"taste of tobacco with no smoke and less smell\".\n\nThe panel was concerned that young non-smokers might start using the products.\n\nThere were also worries that the products could lead people to take up smoking cigarettes.\n\nThe Committee on Toxicity (Cot) looked at the available evidence about the risks of two heat-not-burn products that have recently gone on sale in the UK - IQOS and iFuse.\n\nThe devices heat tobacco to a high enough temperature to create a vapour but not smoke.\n\nThey are different to e-cigarettes, which vaporise a liquid containing nicotine - the highly addictive compound in tobacco smoke.\n\nThe committee found that people using heat-not-burn products are exposed to between 50% to 90% fewer \"harmful and potentially harmful\" compounds compared with conventional cigarettes.\n\nBut it was unable to quantify the exact health risk.\n\nProf Alan Boobis, committee chairman, said: \"The evidence suggests that heat-not-burn products still pose a risk to users. There is likely to be a reduction in risk for cigarette smokers who switch to heat-not-burn products but quitting entirely would be more beneficial.\"\n\nThere was not enough evidence for the committee to compare heat-not-burn with e-cigarettes.\n\nBut the committee noted: \"If people perceive e-cigarettes as safe this perception could transfer to heat-not-burn tobacco products, despite a lack of data on which to establish this.\"\n\nPublic Health England says there is a large amount of evidence that shows e-cigarettes are much less harmful than smoking - at least 95%.\n\n\"We encourage smokers to try e-cigarettes as a way of stopping smoking. People who combine e-cigarettes with support from their local stop-smoking service have some of the highest quit success rates.\"\n\nQuitting tobacco-use completely is still the healthiest option, say health experts.\n\nA spokesman for Philip Morris Limited, which makes IQOS, said: \"We are encouraged by today's statement of the UK's Committee on Toxicity and will continue to share our scientific evidence.\n\n\"We believe that smoke-free alternatives, including heated tobacco products like IQOS and e-cigarettes, have significant potential to be less harmful than cigarettes and can play an important role for smokers and public health.\"\n\nSimon Clark from the smokers' group Forest said: \"Electronic cigarettes are a step too far for many smokers so if the government wants smokers to quit there has to be a range of products that fills the gap between combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has ordered an investigation after reports rail firms \"misled\" customers.\n\nThe watchdog Transport Focus said companies were selling tickets for services over Christmas, despite knowing they will not run.\n\nMr Grayling said was \"unacceptable\" for passengers to have to pay higher \"walk-up\" fares at Christmas.\n\nIndustry body the Rail Delivery Group said its members would \"develop a plan\" to address the complaints.\n\nMr Grayling said: \"It would be totally unacceptable if any passenger has to pay walk-up fares this Christmas because advance tickets were not available.\"\n\n\"I expect passengers to be offered the highest standards of customer service and have ordered an immediate investigation into this report.\"\n\nHe also urged Network Rail and train companies to work closer together to minimise disruption and make sure the problem did not happen again.\n\nTransport Focus found more than 2,600 incorrect journeys - those already cancelled or scheduled to face disruption - were on offer during the Christmas week alone.\n\nThe group also found that by 13 October - 11 weeks before Christmas - reservations had not opened on Great Western, London Midland, South Western Railway and Southern - despite regulations stating they should.\n\nOnly 15% of services were open for reservation on Greater Anglia and 25% on Virgin Trains.\n\nTransport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said: \"Failure to release timetables 12 weeks ahead of travel can mean passengers buy tickets for trains that will not run.\n\n\"That can't be right. Train operators' advice is to book early at Christmas to get the best deal.\n\n\"But if the timetable has not been finalised only more expensive 'on the day' tickets can be bought.\"\n\nHelen Firth, 37, from Surrey commutes to London for work and says getting home on time to see her nine-year-old son was important.\n\nBut she said she was unable to plan her Christmas journeys.\n\n\"It's unfair if someone's forked out a bunch of money, but don't know if their train will be delayed,\" she said.\n\n\"Companies should at least advise people so they have the option of knowing and planning other routes.\"\n\nPaul Plummer, chief executive of Rail Delivery Group responded to the Transport Focus criticisms, saying the issue was \"important\" and he would reply more fully before Christmas.\n\nTransport Focus have called for a network-wide review to ensure train operators publish correct timetables 12 weeks in advance.\n\nThey also want incorrect information to be removed from online timetables, and say passengers who have already bought tickets must be notified when there are changes to their journeys.", "Several influential figures responsible for creating the internet have demanded that a controversial vote be cancelled.\n\nThis week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will decide on whether to repeal an Obama-era law that protects \"net neutrality\".\n\nIt refers to the principle that all traffic on the internet is treated equally.\n\nThe pioneers said the FCC did not know what it was doing.\n\n\"It is important to understand that the FCC’s proposed Order is based on a flawed and factually inaccurate understanding of internet technology,\" the open letter read.\n\nSignees included several of the architects of the early internet and world wide web, such as Vint Cerf and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, along with Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder.\n\nThe letter calls for the vote, due to be held on 14 December, to be cancelled due to what the authors regard as a lack of transparency and a refusal to listen to critics of the plan.\n\n\"The FCC’s rushed and technically incorrect proposed Order to abolish net neutrality protections without any replacement is an imminent threat to the internet we worked so hard to create,\" the letter states. \"It should be stopped.\"\n\nApple co-founder Steve Wozniak is calling for net neutrality to be maintained\n\nThe letter, signed by 21 notable people, was sent to the Senate's commerce subcommittee on communications, technology, innovation and the internet.\n\nThis week could be pivotal in the history of the internet. Although it is yet to vote, there is no doubt that the Republican-controlled FCC will choose to end net neutrality when it makes its ruling on Thursday.\n\nWithout laws protecting the principles, campaigners say internet service providers (ISPs) will have free rein to exploit new power by throttling certain types of internet traffic.\n\nFor example, an ISP may decide to charge extra to use a service such as Netflix, or give a company an upper hand by not counting use of certain services when charging users for data bandwidth.\n\nSuch moves are theoretical, but until now were prevented by law.\n\nThe FCC believes the possible impact of the move has been exaggerated, and said the change in regulations would help improve competition and remove government meddling in the internet.\n\nIt said the open market should mean users are not unfairly treated by ISPs - despite many Americans only having one choice of provider in certain parts of the country.\n\nIn a move designed to allay fears of foul play, the FCC and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday announced new coordination to clamp down on unfair behaviour from telecoms companies.\n\nThe FCC and the FTC, the government body tasked with protecting consumer rights, will jointly investigate any issues.\n\nVint Cerf is known as one of the \"fathers of the internet\"\n\n\"Instead of saddling the Internet with heavy-handed regulations, we will work together to take targeted action against bad actors,\" the FCC said.\n\nThe FCC's pledge reads that internet providers must be transparent in providing \"information concerning an ISP’s practices with respect to blocking, throttling, paid prioritization, and congestion management\".\n\nThat wording only seemed to intensify campaigners' fears.\n\nChris Lewis, from pro-net neutrality group Public Knowledge, said: \"There is no comfort in this announcement from the FTC.\n\n\"Not only is the FCC eliminating basic net neutrality rules, but it’s joining forces with the FTC to say it will only act when a broadband provider is deceiving the public.\"\n\nHe added: \"This gives free rein to broadband providers to block or throttle your broadband service as long as they inform you of it.\"\n\nProtests against the FCC's move will step up a gear on Tuesday. Campaigners have pledged to \"break the internet\" with floods of messages urging people to contact their representatives.", "The government has published a new law that says it must treat animals as \"sentient beings\" when it makes laws.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Michael Gove promised to \"make Brexit work not just for citizens but for the animals we love and cherish too\".\n\nThe draft law also increases the maximum sentence for serious animal cruelty to five years in jail.\n\nThe Green Party said the government had done a \"screeching U-turn\".\n\nThe move follows last month's animal sentience \"fake news\" row involving a celebrity-backed social media campaign.\n\nAfter MPs voted not to incorporate part of an EU treaty recognising that animals could feel emotion and pain into the EU Withdrawal Bill, some widely-shared reports and petitions suggested it had been a vote against the idea of animal sentience itself.\n\nHigh-profile figures such as explorer Ben Fogle shared the stories. He later apologised for posting \"misleading threads\" but defended sharing details on \"important stories\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the aftermath Mr Gove hit out at the way social media \"corrupts and distorts\" political reporting and promised new UK legislation to ensure the principle of animal sentience is recognised.\n\nThe draft bill says the government \"must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy\".\n\nMr Gove said: \"Animals are sentient beings who feel pain and suffering, so we are writing that principle into law and ensuring that we protect their welfare.\n\n\"Our plans will also increase sentences for those who commit the most heinous acts of animal cruelty to five years in jail.\n\n\"We are a nation of animal lovers so we will make Brexit work not just for citizens but for the animals we love and cherish too.\"\n\nSpeaking in a House of Commons debate, Environment Minister Therese Coffey said that \"contrary to the fake news that was spread recently\" the \"direct effect of animal sentience\" was already recognised \"throughout the statute book\" but the new measure would put animals' capability of feeling pain or pleasure \"more clearly than ever before in domestic law\".\n\nDavid Bowles, the RSPCA's head of public affairs, said the plans were \"potentially great news\" for animals post-Brexit.\n\nHe said: \"To include the recognition of animal sentience as well as increasing animal cruelty sentencing to five years into the new 2018 Animal Welfare Bill is a very bold and welcome move by the government.\"\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas, whose amendment to the EU bill sparked the debate about animal sentience, said the government had \"performed a screeching U-turn\" after previously insisting it was covered by existing UK law.\n\n\"There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that this legislation wouldn't have emerged now without the pressure of thousands of people who have taken action after the government voted against my amendment,\" she said.\n\nLabour's Sue Hayman, shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary, said: \"This is a rushed and haphazard attempt to backtrack on the government's mistake of not including animal sentience in the EU Withdrawal Bill.\n\n\"There are serious questions about whether this Bill is equivalent to current EU standards given that it does not appear to cover wild animals - giving this Tory government freedom to pursue their pro-fox hunting and reckless badger culling agenda across England.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded\n\nA man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City's main bus terminal.\n\n\"Terrorists won't win,\" Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday.\n\nThe suspect, Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, was injured by a \"low-tech explosive device\" strapped to his body, officials say.\n\nThree other people suffered minor wounds when it blew up in an underpass.\n\nA photo circulating on social media shows a man, said to be Akayed Ullah, lying on the ground with his clothes ripped and lacerations on his upper body.\n\nMayor De Blasio said he was believed to have acted alone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. NYC police commissioner: 'Suspect has burns and wounds to body'\n\nNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: \"This is New York. The reality is that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom.\n\n\"We have the Statue of Liberty in our harbour and that makes us an international target.\"\n\nThe explosion occurred at about 07:30 (12:30 GMT). Andre Rodriguez, 62, told the New York Times: \"I was going through the turnstile. It sounded like an explosion, and everybody started running.\"\n\nAnother eyewitness, Alicja Wlodkowski, told Reuters news agency that she had seen a group of about 60 people running. \"A woman fell. And nobody even went to stop and help her because the panic was so scary,\" she said.\n\nNearby subway stations were evacuated, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal temporarily shut.\n\nIt is the biggest and busiest bus terminal in the world, serving more than 65 million people a year.\n\nThe suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn is being searched, the New York Times reports.\n\nHe may have been recently working at an electrical company, according to the New York Post.\n\nMr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011. The Bangladeshi government said he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September.\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders claimed that if Mr Trump's proposed immigration crackdown had already been in place, \"the attacker would have never been allowed to come into the country\".\n\n\"This attack underscores the need for Congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that enhance our national security and public safety,\" she added during a daily news briefing on Monday.\n\nSeveral blocks of the city have been cordoned off\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Spectrum News NY1 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A fraudster who met her victim on a dating website for naturists scammed him out of £50,000.\n\nMoira Etchells, 45, met Ian Chatting-Tonks in 2013 and persuaded him to lend her the cash to start a business artificially inseminating cows.\n\nSwansea Crown Court heard she spent £35,000 on a new Land Rover and banked the rest.\n\nEtchells, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted fraud and got an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years.\n\nWidower Mr Chatting-Tonks, from Norfolk, went online to search for a new partner who was also interested in naturism, which is when he found Etchells' profile.\n\nHe paid for her to fly to Alicante where she persuaded him to back a new cow insemination and hoof trimming business.\n\nShe said it would give her more time to visit him once a month in Spain, where he had retired to live.\n\nHe sent her a total of £50,000, but became suspicious when she started taking longer to respond to his emails.\n\nWhen Mr Chatting-Tonks said he was going to visit Etchells in Wales, she claimed to have moved to Ireland.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police began investigating and when caught, she repaid £50,000 in full after selling the Land Rover.\n\nThe court was told Etchells had underlying bipolar effective disorder and her condition led to her making \"fanciful\" claims.\n\n\"I have found this case truly bizarre,\" said Judge Geraint Walters.", "Compare the temperature where you are with more than 50 cities around the world, including some of the hottest and coldest inhabited places. Enter your location or postcode in the search box to see your result.", "Decades ago, Jessica Leeds says Donald Trump groped her on a flight. It's a story she first shared during the 2016 election - and multiple other women soon followed suit.\n\nNow, some of them are demanding that Congress holds the president accountable for the allegations. The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.", "The museum will show how fat is blocking London's Victorian infrastructure\n\nPart of one of the capital's biggest fatbergs is going to be put on display in the Museum of London next year.\n\nIt is a slice of a monster fatberg, over 250m (820ft) long, which had been clogging up sewers below Whitechapel.\n\nThe museum says it was a congealed concoction of \"fat, oil, grease, wet wipes and sanitary products\".\n\nThe display will show how modern living and high levels of rubbish are putting pressure on the \"arteries\" of London's Victorian infrastructure.\n\nThe Whitechapel fatberg became something of a celebrity in its own right last autumn - with Thames Water fighting a nine-week battle against a \"rock hard\" blockage weighing 130 tonnes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Part of the fatberg was filmed by Thames Water engineers trying to remove the blockage\n\nThe museum describes the fatberg's dimensions as being longer than Tower Bridge and as heavy as 11 double-decker buses.\n\nCurator Vyki Sparkes said it \"will be one of the most fascinating and disgusting objects we have ever had on display\".\n\nThames Water's Stuart White says that part of its fascination is that it is the product of our own modern-day living, describing it as \"repulsively human\".\n\nThere is an eco-friendly ending to what happened to the rest of the fatberg.\n\nIt was chopped up and mostly converted into bio-diesel.\n\nDespite the name, fatbergs are actually mainly made up of wet wipes. They account for a startling 93% of the material blocking our sewers according to Water UK, the membership body for water providers.\n\nThey collected samples to analyse from blockages in sewers, pumps and wastewater treatment works.\n\nWet wipes - mostly baby wipes, but also those used to remove make up and clean surfaces - made up the vast majority of the material.\n\nFat, oil and grease only made up 0.5%.\n\nThe other 7% was made up of a range of other materials including feminine hygiene products, cotton pads and plastic wrappers.\n\nToilet paper made up just 0.01% of the material blocking our pipes and sewers.\n\nEnvironmental charities including Greenpeace and the Marine Conservation Society say they are not surprised by this high number since wet wipes are often marketed as \"flushable\".", "A senior Labour MP has apologised to the Commons and repaid £2.97 after she was found to have breached Parliament's code of conduct.\n\nDame Margaret Hodge offered a \"sincere\" apology for \"inadvertently\" breaching the rules over her review of the London Garden Bridge project.\n\nAn inquiry said the Barking MP should not have used Parliamentary resources for the review.\n\nThe £2.97 repayment was the cost of House of Commons stationery, she said.\n\nThe code of conduct states MPs should use public resources only \"in support of parliamentary duties\".\n\nThe inquiry concluded the review had not been carried out as part of Dame Margaret's parliamentary activities, because it had been commissioned by an outside body for its own purposes.\n\nThe £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees over the River Thames was abandoned following Dame Margaret's review, which was published in April.", "Netflix has defended a tweet that revealed 53 people had watched its new Christmas film every day for 18 days in a row.\n\n\"Who hurt you?\" read the tweet, addressed to them.\n\nThe tweet caused controversy, with some saying it was \"creepy\" of the platform to keep such close tabs on its audience, and mock their choices.\n\nHowever, others found it entertaining - and unsurprising that Netflix should know what its customers were viewing.\n\nIn a statement, Netflix said the privacy of its members was important.\n\n\"This information represents overall viewing trends, not the personal viewing information of specific, identified individuals,\" said a representative.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Netflix US This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Netflix US\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Michele Musso This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by ben goldacre This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNetflix has been studying its user data closely for some time but doesn't often share it.\n\nWhen the platform first decided to start producing its own material, it mined its user data to see what the most popular content was among its existing customers.\n\nAt that time it discovered that the most searched-for and viewed material included that which featured (now disgraced) actor Kevin Spacey, the director David Fincher and BBC political dramas - and that led to the re-make of the 1990 BBC political thriller House of Cards, involving the pair.\n\n\"Netflix, like any company these days, keeps a sharp eye on what its users like so that it can offer them more of what they like,\" said technology commentator Kate Bevan.\n\n\"What's a bit creepy, however, is extracting data points with no context and offering up data that should be anonymised in a way that could identify individuals.\"\n\nDr Bernie Hogan, a senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, accused Netflix of \"humblebragging\" by suggesting its Christmas movie was so compelling it was worth watching every day.\n\n\"It is in poor taste,\" he added.\n\n\"Some people have little children who love the comforting repetition of seeing the same movie every day.\n\n\"To wryly say 'who hurt you' as they did in the tweet shows not only that they are interested in making moral judgments for the sake of a laugh but also that they probably do not have much contact with young children. It sounds like a cheeky social media account operator who was too clever for their own good.\"\n\nMusic streaming service Spotify has been using data like this in its advertising since 2016.\n\nBillboards featuring straplines such as \"Be as loving as the person who put 48 Ed Sheeran songs on their 'I love gingers' playlist,\" form part of its winter season campaign, reports Adweek.\n• None Netflix viewers like comedy over their cornflakes", "Although his main Twitter account has nearly 44 million followers, President Donald Trump chooses to follow just 45 other Twitter users - all of whom agree with him, most of the time.\n\nNow that seeming reluctance to expose himself to alternative viewpoints is being put forward as a possible factor in the president's decision to retweet three videos by a far-right UK group.\n\nSocial media experts call it the \"filter bubble\" - the ability to choose only the news and views that we agree with.\n\nEarlier this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned against the negative effects of the filter bubble, which he said increasingly prevented people from \"mixing and sharing and understanding other points of view\".\n\n\"It's turned out to be more of a problem than I, or many others, would have expected, \" he told the Quartz website.\n\nSometimes the bubble is automatic, created for us by a combination of our browsing history data, plus the algorithms of Facebook and Google. The end result: posts, people and stories that conform to our individual world view.\n\nSometimes we get to build our own bubble, by deliberately cutting ourselves off from dialogue with people who don't agree with us.\n\nIf Wednesday morning followed the president's typical routine, he woke up, turned on the TV and opened Twitter on his phone.\n\nAlthough the White House has refused to discuss the \"process\" by which the video was shared, most observers think it was the president who chose to retweet the video \"Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!\"\n\nThe authenticity of that video has now been challenged.\n\nThe anger deepened when it was confirmed the three videos had originally been shared by the deputy leader of an anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim group - Britain First.\n\nThey had made their way onto the president's feed - it's thought - via one of the few people the president follows on Twitter: right-wing commentator Ann Coulter.\n\nOn Thursday, she defended her retweet, telling the BBC: \"A video is a video…you don't need to fact-check it.\"\n\nMs Coulter is one of the 45 Twitter users that the president \"follows\" on his most effective communication tool - @realDonaldTrump has 43.7 million followers\n\nBut compared with his predecessor, Mr Trump follows a tiny number of other users.\n\nBarack Obama - with 94.7 million Twitter followers - follows 626,000 other Twitter users.\n\nMr Trump, on the other hand, is much more selective about who he follows.\n\nTrump also uses another Twitter handle, @POTUS (president of the United States) which follows 41 other accounts, mainly family and government departments. He tends to tweet less frequently from this account.\n\nYou can recreate the president's @realDonaldTrump feed here https://twitter.com/trumps_feed, courtesy of the Washington Post.\n\nIt may be, however, that Mr Trump does expose himself to other viewpoints, according to social media marketer Alex McCann (@altrinchamhq): \"We have to remember that he has hundreds of thousands of notifications every day of people replying to his tweets.\"\n\n\"Hopefully he does check these and get a bigger picture than presented by his curated feed of the 45 people he follows. He may have created a Twitter list as well that might give more variety, but we don't know.\" (No public lists are available on @realDonaldTrump.)\n\n\"But if he is restricting himself to 45 people that's going to create a very monotonous feed - an echo chamber of people that agree with you.\"\n\nAmelia Tait (@ameliargh), tech and digital culture writer at the New Statesman, said that compared with a \"normal\" user, Mr Trump follows very few people on Twitter.\n\n\"This isn't necessarily surprising, as he has always used the site as more of a place to talk rather than listen.\n\n\"It could have troubling implications about what he sees and interacts with, though. It's been theorised he saw the Britain First tweets via Twitter's \"in case you missed it\" tool. Had his feed been busier, he might have missed that too!\" she said.\n\nOn the @realDonaldTrump's \"following\" list are seven family members, including wife Melania, his children, and two daughters in law.\n\nHe follows four government departments, such as the Department of State, and eight Trump commercial organisations such as his main company, five golf courses and two Trump-branded hotels.\n\nCurrent and former employees include Vice-President Mike Pence, White House spokesperson Kellyanne Conway and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders also feature.\n\nThere are a smattering of \"others\", including people Mr Trump has worked with before he became president - like World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McHahon and former Apprentice star Katrina Campins.\n\nVeteran golfer Gary Player is also on this list. Player has previously praised Mr Trump's game, telling CNBC in October: \"The strength is his length, he's a long hitter. He can really get the ball out there.\"\n\nBut by far the largest subset of people and organisations that Mr Trump follows is made up of conservative journalists and TV presenters.\n\nTen of them work, or have worked, for the conservative news channel Fox News, like Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling - both of whom left Fox following allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nStaunch Trump defender Sean Hannity is also on the president's \"follow\" list.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sean Hannity This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe show Fox and Friends - thought to be a major opinion former on the president - is on the list.\n\nFox and Friends has been known to cover a story, only for the president to tweet on the same story a few minutes after the programme ends - and sometimes while it is still on air.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by FOX & friends This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Tait said: \"Trump's Twitter feed is most definitely an echo chamber, which is problematic for someone in an elected office who is ostensibly the voice of the people.\n\n\"He frequently criticises 'fake news' TV channels but has never rebutted any number of viral tweets calling him out. Is it possible he never saw them?\"\n\nHowever, Alex McCann believes that Trump is only doing what comes naturally.\n\n\"Most people gravitate towards opinions they share,\" he said. \"It might be more healthy to consume different opinions. But it will make you more angry.\n\n\"Twenty years ago our parents did the same thing - only they bought newspapers that conformed with their world view.\"\n\nBut Mr McCann believes leaders have a special responsibility to step outside of the filter bubble.\n\n\"Leaders are supposed to represent everyone,\" he said. \"Not just the people who agree with them.\"", "Donald Tusk said the EU needed to show \"unity\" in the next phase of talks\n\nThe UK and the EU face a \"furious race against time\" to finalise Brexit talks before March 2019, the head of the European Council says.\n\nDonald Tusk urged EU leaders to show unity as they try to negotiate what the future relationship will look like and to set up transitional arrangements.\n\nThe EU is set to agree this week that enough progress has been made so far to move on from the first phase of talks.\n\nThe UK has been told not to \"backtrack\" on last week's divorce deal.\n\nThe comment from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier came after UK Brexit Secretary David Davis suggested the divorce agreement unveiled by Theresa May amounted to a \"statement of intent\" rather than a binding agreement.\n\nMr Davis - the UK's Brexit secretary - said he was quoted out of context.\n\nBut European Parliament negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said the \"unacceptable remarks\" would harm \"good faith\" in the process.\n\nThe UK is set to leave the EU in March 2019, two years after Mrs May served formal notice of Brexit.\n\nBoth sides hope to finalise a deal by October 2018 on the future relationship, including trade, so the UK and European Parliaments have time to vote on it before the UK leaves.\n\nIn his formal letter on Tuesday inviting leaders to this week's EU summit, Mr Tusk told the 27 member states: \"This will be a furious race against time, where again our unity will be key.\"\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Davis said guarantees on the Northern Ireland border - included in a joint EU-UK report published on Friday - were not legally binding unless the two sides reached a final deal.\n\nBut he told LBC Radio on Monday they would be honoured whatever happened.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said the first-phase deal on the Northern Ireland border, the divorce bill and citizens' rights did not strictly have the force of law.\n\n\"But we see the joint report of Michel Barnier and David Davis as a deal between gentlemen and it is the clear understanding that it is fully backed and endorsed by the UK government.\"\n\nThe Brexit secretary's comments at the weekend about the legality of what's been agreed so far between the UK and the EU have been widely noted in Brussels, and a handful of member states have brought them up with me.\n\n\"To say we are annoyed is putting it too strongly, though,\" said one diplomat. \"This is the sort of stuff we expected,\" said another. \"It's never good when someone questions an agreement 24 hours after it was done,\" a third official suggested.\n\nThis forms the backdrop to the discussion taking place among EU ministers about the European Council's draft guidelines for Phase 2 of the Brexit talks.\n\nBut it is not clear if it will lead to any changes to the draft text that will be discussed by leaders on Friday morning. The document already states in its first paragraph that progress in phase 2 of the talks is contingent on commitments from phase 1 being kept.\n\nMr Verhofstadt has tabled two amendments for MEPs to debate on Wednesday, one of which says Mr Davis's comments risk undermining \"the good faith that has been built during the negotiations\".\n\nAnother amendment calls on Britain to \"fully respect\" last week's Brexit deal and ensure it is \"fully translated\" into a draft Withdrawal Agreement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Guy Verhofstadt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd at a press conference in Brussels, he said the UK must \"stick to its commitments\" and put them into a draft Withdrawal Agreement \"as soon as possible\" if there is to be progress in the second phase of talks.\n\nMr Davis replied with two tweets of his own, promising to work with Mr Verhofstadt to allay his concerns:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by David Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by David Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe European Parliament gets a formal vote on the final Brexit deal but it has also been holding debates and issuing resolutions throughout the process to make its voice heard.\n\nMr Verhofstadt has introduced the amendments alongside the leaders of four other European Parliament political groups.\n• None May: Brexit deal 'good news' for everybody", "Inflation rose to 3.1% in November, the highest in nearly six years, as the squeeze on households continued.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that airfares and computer games contributed to the increase.\n\nThe most recent data shows that average weekly wages are growing at just 2.2%.\n\nMark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, will now have to write a letter to Chancellor Philip Hammond explaining how the Bank intends to bring inflation back to its 2% target.\n\nMr Carney has to write a letter to the chancellor if the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate is above 3% or below 1%.\n\nIn November, the Bank of England raised its key interest rate for the first time in more than a decade from 0.25% to 0.5%.\n\nHowever, it is not expected to announce a further increase when it publishes the results of the Monetary Policy Committee's two-day meeting on Thursday.\n\nMr Carney had said that he expected inflation to peak in October or November.\n\nThe last time he wrote to the chancellor was in December 2016, after inflation fell to 0.9% in October that year.\n\nMr Carney's latest letter will be published in February, when the Bank of England will also release its quarterly Inflation Report.\n\nIt may be the highest rate of inflation for nearly six years. But that tells you not so much how high it has got but how low it has been for so long.\n\nIn the past 10 years, inflation's peak has been 5.2% (in 2011). Tell anyone over the age of 50 that inflation at 3.1% is out of control and you're likely to get a scoff, followed by memories of the 70s and 80s.\n\nWhat they may forget, though, is that for most of that time wages were also rising - and faster than prices. The tendency of wages to respond to higher prices and outpace them seemed to follow an iron logic back then.\n\nBigger price rises led to bigger pay rises, forcing many employers to charge higher prices to cover higher labour costs: the so-called \"wage-price spiral\".\n\nBut those rules don't seem to apply these days. The breakdown of that logic is why we have a squeeze on living standards. It is also why the Bank of England isn't that worried about above-target inflation getting higher or even staying above target. In the City, a second rise in interest rates isn't expected until August next year.\n\nLucy O'Carroll, chief economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments, said: \"It's quite possible that inflation is now close to its peak. But some of the latest surveys suggest that service sector costs and prices are rising. Given how dominant services are in the economy, this could feed through to inflation overall.\n\n\"That means that further interest rate rises are definitely not off the table.\"\n\nThe ONS said that although airfares fell in November - down 10.4% - the decline was not as steep as last year when they tumbled 13.4%.\n\nData also shows that food inflation has picked up, especially prices for fish, oil and fats, such as butter and chocolate.\n\nFigures from market researcher Kantar Worldpanel released on Tuesday indicated that food inflation hit 3.6% in the three months to 3 December, the highest rate since 2013.\n\nIt also noted that prices for butter and fish had grown as well an increase in the cost of fresh pork. Kantar said only a few items were cheaper during the period, such as fresh chicken and crisps.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive at Retail Economics, said that the rise in inflation had come \"at precisely the wrong time for retailers\".\n\n\"In the run-up to Christmas, the cost of living, now rising at the fastest rate in five years, remains uncomfortably high for households.\"\n\nHe said that food inflation \"is one of the most transparent indicators of living costs and often the catalyst to cut back on spending elsewhere\".\n\nHowever, he expects the inflation rate to now fall and could reach 2.5% by Easter.\n\nThe ONS will announce employment data for the August to October period on Wednesday, which will include figures for wage growth.\n\nBen Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, forecasts that average weekly wages have risen by 2.5% during the period.\n\nHe said: \"With wage growth picking up we should see an end to falling real pay in due course.\n\n\"That'll be of small comfort, however, to households facing a significant increase in the cost of Christmas this year.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe polls have closed in Alabama, where a firebrand Republican conservative is battling for a Senate seat against a Democrat hoping for a huge upset.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's populist brand will be tested after he backed Roy Moore, who denies allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.\n\nMuch of the Republican establishment has distanced itself from the 70-year-old former Alabama judge.\n\nThe race between Mr Moore and Democrat Doug Jones is too close to call.\n\nThe Republican candidate has said homosexual activity should be illegal and argued against removing segregationist language from the state constitution.\n\nBut it is sexual abuse claims against him by a number of women, some when they were teenagers, that have made Washington conservatives baulk.\n\nOne accuser alleges Mr Moore molested her when she was 14.\n\nThe scandal has put an Alabama Senate seat within reach of Democrats for the first time in more than two decades.\n\nElections are rarely competitive in Alabama. It's the kind of place Republicans might as well weigh their votes rather than count them, such is the party's dominance here.\n\nThis special election has upended all the normal expectations and still, at this late stage, remains too close to call.\n\nDemocrat Doug Jones can win if he manages to galvanise the black vote in cities such as Birmingham and Montgomery.\n\nRoy Moore, his Republican rival, could easily lose if those rural, white, church-going conservatives stay at home amid the allegations against him.\n\nWhatever the outcome, the repercussions will be felt beyond Alabama.\n\nIf the Republicans lose, their Senate advantage contracts to just one vote.\n\nIf they win, their candidate is likely to face months of ethics inquiries, and an outside chance of being expelled from the Senate.\n\nFor the Democrats, a win would bolster their bargaining power in Congress, and place control of the Senate within definite grasp at next year's mid-term elections.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Tuesday, the world's press were waiting as he emerged on horseback from woodland to a ballot station.\n\nHe said people should \"go out and vote their conscience\".\n\nMaking his final pitch on election eve, Mr Moore reiterated his denials, again questioning why his accusers had kept quiet for 40 years while he had held various political offices.\n\nSpeaking alongside Mr Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, in front of a crowd that chanted the president's slogan \"Drain the Swamp\", Mr Moore drew heavily from the Bible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kayla Moore: \"One of our attorneys is a Jew\"\n\n\"I want America great,\" he said, \"but I want America good and she can't be good until we go back to God.\"\n\nMr Moore was joined at Monday's rally by his wife Kayla, who said separate allegations last week that her husband was anti-Semitic were \"fake news\".\n\n\"One of our attorneys is a Jew, we have very close friends who are Jewish,\" she said.\n\nIn an automated phone message on Monday, Mr Trump's voice warned voters that his agenda would be \"stopped cold\" if Mr Moore lost.\n\nBut many other leading Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have kept arm's length from their party's candidate, or shunned him altogether.\n\nWithout mentioning Mr Moore by name, Republican former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, an African-American who grew up in Alabama, urged her home state to \"reject bigotry, sexism, and intolerance\".\n\nRichard Shelby, Alabama's other senator, said on Sunday the state \"deserves better\" than Mr Moore.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roy Moore: How Alabamans are defending the accused judge\n\nA Democratic lawmaker has sent a letter to the Senate urging steps to protect teenagers working in the chamber's page programme from Mr Moore's \"predatory conduct\".\n\nMr Jones, a 63-year-old former prosecutor, denies opponents' claims he will be a \"puppet\" of the Democratic congressional leadership.\n\nHe is lauded for helping convict two Ku Klux Klan members who bombed a black church in 1963 in Birmingham, killing four girls.\n\nBut Mr Jones' support for abortion rights is toxic to many Christian conservatives in Alabama.\n\nAfter casting his ballot on Tuesday morning, he predicted: \"I don't think Roy Moore is going to win this election.\"\n\nFormer President Barack Obama has recorded an automated phone message for Mr Jones.\n\n\"This one's serious,\" Mr Obama told voters in his call. \"You can't sit it out.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Against the odds: The story of baby Vanellope\n\nA baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.\n\nVanellope Hope Wilkins, who has no breastbone, was delivered three weeks ago by Caesarean section.\n\nShe has had three operations to place her heart back in her chest.\n\nThe condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few cases per million births, of which most are stillborn.\n\nThe hospital says it knows of no other case in the UK where the baby has survived.\n\nHer parents, Naomi Findlay, 31, and Dean Wilkins, 43, from Nottingham, say Vanellope is \"a real fighter\".\n\nNaomi said: \"It was a real shock when the ultrasound showed that her heart was outside her chest and scary because we didn't know what would happen.\"\n\nThe couple paid for a blood test which showed there were no chromosomal abnormalities and that made them determined to continue with the pregnancy.\n\nDean added: \"We were advised to have a termination and that the chances of survival were next to none - no-one believed she was going to make it except us.\"\n\nNaomi said having a termination was \"not something she could do\".\n\n\"To see, even at nine weeks, a heartbeat - no matter where it was. It was not something I was going to take away.\n\n\"In a way her strength gave me a strength to keep going,\" she added.\n\nVanellope had been due on Christmas eve but was delivered by Caesarean section on 22 November in order to reduce the chances of infection and damage to the heart.\n\nThere were around 50 medical staff present including obstetricians, heart surgeons, anaesthetists, neonatologists and midwives.\n\nMinutes after her birth, Vanellope's chest was covered with a sterile bag to keep her heart moist and reduce the risk of infection\n\nWithin 50 minutes of birth, the baby was undergoing the first of three operations to put her heart back inside the body.\n\nIn the most recent surgery, Vanellope's own skin was used to cover the hole in her chest.\n\nFrances Bu'Lock, consultant paediatric cardiologist, said: \"Before she was born things looked very bleak but now they are quite a lot better - Vanellope is doing really well and has proved very resilient.\n\n\"In the future we may be able to put in some internal bony protection for her heart - perhaps using 3D printing or something organic that would grow with her.\"\n\nA handful of children in the United States have also survived this condition.\n\nAmong them is Audrina Cardenas who was born in Texas in October 2012.\n\nShe also had surgery to place her heart back inside her chest and was sent home after three months.\n\nAudrina was given a protective plastic shield to cover her chest.\n\nGlenfield Hospital says Vanellope still faces \"a long road ahead\" - the major risk being infection.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baby born with heart outside body goes home\n\nThe next step is to take her off a ventilator, which is being used to aid her recovery from surgery.\n\nDean Wilkins said: \"She defying everything - it's beyond a miracle.\"\n\nThe couple named Vanellope after a character in the Disney film \"Wreck-It Ralph\".\n\nNaomi said: \"Vanellope in the film is a real fighter and at the end turns into a princess so we thought it was fitting.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alana Spencer toasts her Apprentice victory with Lord Sugar in December last year\n\nApprentice winner Alana Spencer's cake company has had to recall almost all of its range because of health risks.\n\nFood Standards Agency investigators said Ridiculously Rich by Alana inaccurately labelled its products.\n\nSome allergens were not listed and others were \"not correctly declared\", the agency said.\n\nA spokesman for the Aberystwyth company insisted only products sold online - less than 10% of its business - had been inaccurately labelled.\n\nBut the FSA's advice to the public does not distinguish between products the company sells online or through retail and wholesale outlets.\n\nIt warned that people with an allergy to soya, egg, peanuts, wheat, barley, oats or sulphites were at risk.\n\nThe FSA identifies inaccurate labelling on seven of the eight cakes and bars currently advertised for sale on the Ridiculously Rich by Alana's website.\n\nThe one product not highlighted as a risk by the FSA - spiced apple flapjack - is sold in mixed boxes with brandy butter brownies, which are on the list.\n\nThe warning only applies to products made before 1 December this year.\n\nThe company's spokesman said it had now corrected its labelling and contacted everyone who had bought its products to invite them to return their purchases free of charge for a replacement or refund.\n\nNo-one has yet returned any products, the spokesman said. He declined to disclose the number of items sold with inaccurate labels.\n\nCoeliac UK put out an allergy warning on twitter\n\nOn its website, the FSA listed the products with inaccurate labelling and advised customers: \"If you have bought any of the above products and have allergies to soya, peanuts, nuts, eggs and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat, barley, oats (gluten), milk and/or a sensitivity to sulphites do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.\"\n\nAn FSA spokesman said it was working with the company and Ceredigion council \"to ensure that clear allergen information is available to consumers who may have purchased products with inaccurate or insufficient information.\"\n\nMs Spencer was unavailable for comment, her company's spokesman said, as she was \"filming\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"Lord Sugar was made aware of the situation immediately.\n\n\"He's spoken to Alana and is satisfied she has put the right measures in place to avoid a situation like this again.\"\n\nLord Sugar was made aware of the problem \"immediately\"\n\nMs Spencer, 25, shot to fame last year when she won BBC television's The Apprentice.\n\nHer victory in the 12th series of the show secured her a £250,000 investment and a 50/50 business partnership with Lord Sugar.\n\nThe company's range includes brownies, flapjacks and fudge cake and products cost £12.99 for a box of six.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Renters in Bradford get more floor space for their money than in many other major cities\n\nSpending £100 a month on rent in London secures floor space equivalent to a small garden shed, compared with nearly five times that in parts of northern England, new research shows.\n\nData released to BBC News shows cheaper properties to rent in the capital \"simply don't exist\", letting agents said.\n\nAgents said people were compromising on where they live to make ends meet.\n\nThe government said it was increasing spending on affordable housing.\n\nData from 20 areas of England and Wales relating to two-bedroom houses and flats advertised on OpenRent, and shared with BBC News, reveals:\n\nTypes of property for rent also vary in size. The average London one-bed flat for rent measures 51 sq m, according to the data. By contrast, in rural Shropshire and mid Wales, the average is 77 sq m.\n\nThe amount of space you get for your rent is reflected in the space you get for your money when buying. The Office for National Statistics said 1 sq m of floor space - about the size of a red phone box - costs £19,439 in Kensington and Chelsea, while in Blaenau Gwent the same amount of space costs £777.\n\nEd Stennett found renting with a friend was the only way to afford somewhere big enough\n\nFor Ed Stennett £1,000 a month, almost twice the national average rent, should have been plenty.\n\nYet when the app designer moved to central London from Winchester he struggled to find anywhere bigger than a one-room flat for his money.\n\n\"Winchester is an expensive place, but even there your money goes further,\" he said.\n\n\"When I was looking in London, £1,000 would get me a studio.\n\n\"For some of those it was little more than a room with a sink, a kettle and a microwave.\n\n\"Some of the nicer ones might have had space for a double bed, but nothing you'd call a living space. There wouldn't be room for a sofa or a TV.\"\n\nThe 22-year-old said a friend had got a job in London at the same time and the two were able to rent a two-bedroom flat in Bow.\n\nThat costs £1,640 a month between them. The national average rent for a property in England and Wales is £926.\n\nSam Hurst, spokesman for OpenRent, said: \"Despite cities like Oxford, Bristol and London being hugely expensive in terms of monthly rents, the properties afforded by those high rents are by no means luxury.\n\n\"Having enough room in our homes is very important to our wellbeing, but renters in the south of England are paying a huge premium for it.\n\n\"The result is that many in London are compromising on location or who they live with, just to make ends meet.\n\n\"Young families who can't afford to buy are in a tough position, since to find the space they need for their growing families, they are forced to move cities.\n\n\"Simply looking for smaller properties isn't a solution for renters in the South, either. Those properties simply don't exist.\"\n\nSeb Klier, policy and campaigns manager for campaign group Generation Rent, said: \"The huge difference in rents around the country lays bare the failure to build enough homes in those areas that have the largest jobs markets.\n\n\"It may be much cheaper to rent in Shropshire or Northumberland than in London, Oxford and Bristol, but people are moving to these cities for work and need homes that are affordable.\n\n\"To fix this we need much greater ambition from politicians to build homes where they're needed, along with powers to control rents where demand is highest.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: \"We are fixing our broken housing market and making the rental sector fairer and more transparent. Overall rents are now increasing at a lower level than inflation.\n\n\"But we're determined to do more and that's why we have increased the affordable housing budget to more than £9bn and introduced measures to boost the delivery of properties.\n\n\"We're also delivering on our promise to ban tenant fees, alongside other measures to make renting fairer and increase protection for people.\"\n\nWhere can you afford to live? Try our housing calculator to see where you could rent or buy This interactive content requires an internet connection and a modern browser. Do you want to buy or rent? Use the buttons to increase or decrease the number of bedrooms: minimum one, maximum four. Alternatively, enter a number into the text input How much is your deposit? Enter your deposit below or adjust the deposit amount using the slider Return to 'How much is your deposit?' This calculator assumes you need a deposit of at least 5% of the value of the property to get a mortgage. The average deposit for UK first-time buyers is . How much can you pay monthly? Enter your monthly payment below or adjust the payment amount using the slider Return to 'How much can you pay monthly?' Your monthly payments are what you can afford to pay each month. Think about your monthly income and take off bills, council tax and living expenses. The average rent figure is for England and Wales. Amount of the that has housing you can Explore the map in detail below Search the UK for more details about a local area What does affordable mean? You have a big enough deposit and your monthly payments are high enough. The prices are based on the local market. If there are 100 properties of the right size in an area and they are placed in price order with the cheapest first, the “low-end” of the market will be the 25th property, \"mid-priced\" is the 50th and \"high-end” will be the 75th.", "There will be cold temperatures, ice and freezing fog for many, the BBC's Carol Kirkwood says.", "Oliver's heart condition causes his pulse to race dangerously fast\n\nThe family of a baby boy who have been fundraising for him to have life-saving heart surgery in the US has been told the NHS will now fund his treatment.\n\nDoctors in Boston have agreed to operate on Oliver Cameron, who was born with a rare heart tumour, after his first birthday in January.\n\nEarlier, his parents warned time was running out to raise the £150,000 needed for his treatment.\n\nThe NHS said it would pay because the procedure was not available in the UK.\n\nLydia and Tim Cameron, from Wantage in Oxfordshire, have already raised £130,000 for the surgery to have Oliver's tumour removed.\n\nThey have not indicated what they intend to do with the funds raised.\n\nPreviously doctors advised that to maximise Oliver's ability to recover his parents should ideally wait until his first birthday but, if his condition worsened, he may require the operation immediately.\n\nA statement from NHS England said it had \"agreed to fund Oliver's treatment abroad\" because there was \"not currently a surgical service in the UK with experience of treating this exceptionally rare condition\".\n\nOliver's condition - cardiac fibroma - is extremely rare and the number of patients with this type of tumour in England is estimated to be in single figures.\n\nHe needs around-the-clock care to stabilise his heart rate and an implant under his skin sends readings back to specialists at Southampton General Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment since doctors in Oxford discovered the tumour.\n\nSpecialists in Southampton said removing the tumour would be \"extremely high risk\" because there was limited experience in treating his condition in the UK so they had decided to support his parents' bid to find treatment elsewhere.\n\nThe NHS said it was also discussing whether a UK surgeon might accompany Oliver to Boston to learn from the surgeons in the US so the innovative surgery could \"potentially be offered in the UK in future\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Toni & Guy opened their first salon in Clapham during the 1960s\n\nThe co-founder of the hairdresser chain Toni & Guy - Giuseppe \"Toni\" Mascolo - has died at the age of 75.\n\nMr Mascolo and his brother, Gaetano 'Guy' Mascolo, opened their first salon in south London in 1963.\n\nOffering an \"Italian style\" hairdressing service, the unisex salon grew into an international brand and staple of the British high street.\n\nMr Mascolo, who was the chief executive of the firm, died on Sunday surrounded by his family.\n\nThe Mascolo family were Italian immigrants who arrived in England in the 1950s They settled in Clapham, south London, where the brothers opened their first salon.\n\nHairdressing ran in the family and Mr Mascolo senior - a celebrated hairdresser in his own right - taught all four of his sons to cut hair from a young age.\n\nFounded during the \"swinging sixties\", Toni and Guy offered a unisex service that appealed to both men and women, in contrast to traditional barber shops and woman-only hair salons.\n\nCelebrities such as composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and singer Dusty Springfield were among the famous faces who frequented the salon.\n\nThe firm opened its first central London salon in London's West End in 1973.\n\nShortly afterwards two more Mascolo brothers, Bruno and Anthony, helped propel the family business into an international brand.\n\nSince then Toni & Guy has grown to comprise two global, franchised hair salon groups, with 475 shops in 48 countries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by TONI&GUY This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nToni Mascolo was awarded an OBE for services to hairdressing in 2008 and in 2012 was honoured by the Fellowship of British Hairdressers with a lifetime achievement award\n\nHe is survived by wife Pauline, brothers Bruno and Anthony, children Sacha, Christian and Pierre, and many grandchildren.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC forecaster Philip Avery says temperatures will plunge below zero overnight\n\nFreezing conditions are continuing to affect parts of the UK, as forecasters warn it could be facing the coldest night of the year.\n\nA fourth day of wintry weather has caused widespread disruption, affecting flights, trains and ferries.\n\nYellow Met Office warnings for snow and ice have been extended until 11:00 GMT on Tuesday. Forecasters are predicting temperatures could hit -15C (5F).\n\nHundreds of schools are to stay closed for a second successive day on Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office's weather warning covers Wales, Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, the Midlands, London and the South East of England.\n\nClear skies overnight could lead temperatures to drop lowest in Wales and central England.\n\nA low of -11.6C (11F) was recorded on Sunday night in Chillingham Barns, Northumberland, although Saturday was the coldest night of the year so far, reaching -12.4C.\n\nBBC weather forecaster Steve Cleaton said hazardous conditions would continue in the coming days, although there would be less snow than at the weekend.\n\n\"A perishingly cold night is expected as we move through Monday evening into Tuesday, with another widespread and severe frost, and temperatures plummeting to below -10C across any snowfields,\" he said.\n\nOver 350 schools in the West Midlands are to close for another day, while in Wales about 180 schools so far have said they will shut.\n\nMore than 1,000 schools didn't open on Monday - nearly 600 of those were in Wales.\n\nThis snowy Monday commute was on the A21 in Hastings\n\nA car turns around after a fallen tree blocks the A40 near Sennybridge, Wales, on Sunday\n\nMeanwhile, a trackside fire at London Waterloo added to the delays, causing major disruption to journeys to and from the station.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 1,000 homes are still without power after 140,000 were cut off on Sunday.\n\nWestern Power Distribution said 900 homes were still cut off, including more than 700 in the West Midlands.\n\nScottish and Southern Electricity Networks said 750 remained cut off in Oxfordshire.\n\nSunset over the Chiltern Hills on Monday afternoon\n\nWootton by Woodstock Primary is one of at least 183 schools in Oxfordshire which are closed\n\nSnow on the coast at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear on Monday morning\n\nHave you experienced any disruption? Please share your experiences with us by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Odette has been waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant for a year.\n\nIn an attempt to make more organs available for transplant, ministers are proposing a radical change by moving to a system of \"presumed consent\".\n\nCurrent rules in England mean those willing to donate their organs, should they die, sign up to a donor register.\n\nA consultation on the new system, which would see opting out of organ donation replacing opting in, starts on Tuesday.\n\nWales has already adopted an approach of presumed consent. Scotland plans to introduce a similar scheme.\n\nNorthern Ireland has also expressed an interest in doing likewise.\n\nAbout 6,500 people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant.\n\nEvery year, 450 of those on the waiting list die before the right donor is found.\n\nEmma was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes as a child. After nearly 30 years, the condition has wrecked her kidneys.\n\nEmma is on the waiting list for a transplant\n\nEvery night Emma plugs herself in to a dialysis machine, and then nearly two litres (3.5 pints) of fluid is pumped in and out of her body, doing the job of her damaged organs.\n\n\"Everything I do is the dialysis and medical,\" she says.\n\n\"You get up, you come home and then you sit on a machine.\n\n\"I don't do anything else, I don't enjoy life, I don't have a hobby, nothing... so that's all I do.\"\n\nWith a young daughter, Emma relies a lot on her husband and family. And she still manages to hold down an office job.\n\nBut, she says: \"You're tired all the time as it is, and it's like how much of this can I take, how much can you take being tired all the time?\n\n\"You want to do stuff - you need to do stuff - but where do you get the energy to do it? Where do I find that energy?\"\n\nIt is still too early to say what impact the change in Wales has had, but so far about 205,000 people have signed the opt-out register, 6% of the population.\n\nThe Health Secretary for England, Jeremy Hunt, says: \"The issue here is really we know the vast majority of people are willing for their organs to be used but the vast majority of people are not on the organ donor register.\n\n\"So it's about how we change that, and so the issue of presumed consent is one of the things we are looking at.\n\n\"But what we need really is to have much better communication inside families so people know what their family members actually want.\"\n\nThe percentage of all families who, if approached after their relative's death, consent to donation has remained stubbornly at 60-65%.\n\nIt is rare for the family of a registered donor to object, but it is more common when people have not signed up or discussed it with their family.\n\nThe donor system was radically overhauled in 2008, with the introduction of specialist nurses liaising closely with families.\n\nThere were 793 deceased donors in 2007, and 10 years later that number had risen 78%, to 1,413.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of registered donors has risen 67%, from 14.1 million to 23.6 million.\n\nBut the 2008 taskforce rejected the ides of presumed consent.\n\nRetired kidney transplant surgeon and former head of the UK's transplant services Prof Chris Rudge says: \"The key question is, 'Will it work? Will it make a difference?'\n\n\"And if the answer is yes, then that would be very good. But if the answer is no, then I question why we are going down this route.\n\n\"The only evidence I have seen is that it won't make any difference and it is not the answer to the problem, but there is a risk that it may make things worse.\n\n\"That is my starting point. I am not totally against it, but if I am right, it won't improve things.\n\n\"There is no good evidence it will increase the number of donors.\"\n\nBut Dr Afshin Tavakoli, a transplant surgeon at one of the UK's busiest units at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, says it's not the issue of presumed consent that matters most.\n\n\"It is very important that people talk about their wishes to members of their family, to their children, to their parents.\n\n\"The time can come at any time, for any one of us, and and at that moment our wishes need to be known.\n\n\"Members of the family have to respect that and they can only do so if they really know what we want.\"\n• None The boy who inspired the change in organ donation - Radio 4", "The family of bullied Keaton Jones have faced a backlash online following allegations they've been asking for money and have racist views.\n\nA Facebook video of the US schoolboy talking about being bullied went viral earlier this week and celebrities posted their support.\n\nBut now they've faced online criticism after photos emerged allegedly showing the family with the Confederate flag.\n\nHis mum Kimberly Jones has told ABC News: \"We're not racists.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The footage of Keaton Jones has more than 22m views\n\nThe Confederate flag is controversial as it was first introduced in the US Civil War by the states fighting to keep slavery legal and some see it as a symbol of racial hatred.\n\nIn an interview with ABC News, Kimberly said the photo with the flag was meant to be \"ironic, funny, extreme\".\n\n\"I am genuinely, truly sorry. If I could take it back I would.\"\n\nPeople have also been questioning Kimberly's motives for posting the original video.\n\nIt's after someone using the Instagram account KimberlyJones_38 asked for donations for her son and linked to a PayPal account and GoFundMe page.\n\nIt is not clear whether the real Kimberly Jones was behind that appeal. BBC Newsbeat has approached her for comment but she has not responded.\n\nIt is not unusual for people to set up fake donation pages off the back of high-profile events.\n\nSocial media users, believing the crowdfunding message to be from Keaton's mother, criticised her for trying to make money out of her son's situation.\n\nAll content on the @KimberlyJones_38 account has now been deleted and a woman claiming to be Keaton's sister, Lakyn Jones, has insisted it is fake.\n\nOn Twitter she said: \"We haven't received any money and don't plan on it. The gofundme's [sic] aren't by any of us.\"\n\nShe also denied allegations the family was racist, saying: \"Those who know me and my family know we aren't racist.\n\n\"My brother doesn't say the \"N\" word. Please leave it alone.\"\n\nRihanna and Chris Brown have deleted their original posts supporting Keaton. Rihanna put up a different anti-bullying message.\n\nOthers have reinforced the need to support Keaton despite what his family's views may or may not be.\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Five people are being questioned over the suspected murder of three children who died in a house fire in Salford.\n\nFourteen-year-old Demi Pearson died at the scene of the blaze which broke out in Jackson Street, Walkden, at about 05:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nEight-year-old Brandon and Lacie, aged seven, died in hospital, while three-year-old girl Lia is in a critical condition.\n\nTheir mother, Michelle Pearson, 35, is in a serious condition.\n\nThe blaze broke out at 05:00 GMT on Monday\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford\n\nMs Pearson has been heavily sedated and has not yet been told her children are dead, a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokeswoman said.\n\nOne other person was taken to hospital, while two 16-year-olds - Ms Pearson's son, Kyle, and a friend - who were in the house, freed themselves before fire crews arrived.\n\nMichelle Pearson is in a serious condition in hospital\n\nPolice confirmed there had been previous incidents at the family's home.\n\nThe case has been referred by GMP to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).\n\nIt is understood the voluntary referral was in response to police contact with the family less than 24 hours before the fire.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police were filmed leading one of the suspects away after his arrest\n\nTributes are being laid for the three children who died in the fire\n\nThis quiet residential street flanked by a large park on one side is still cordoned off.\n\nThere is a metal police cordon on one side and officers standing on the other.\n\nTributes to the three children who have died are growing on both sides of the barrier.\n\nRev Gill Page, associate rector from St John the Baptist Church, told me more than 200 people - many of them youngsters - attended a \"very moving and emotional\" service last night.\n\nShe said candles were lit and a book of condolence was opened in memory of the victims.\n\nDetectives are questioning three men, aged 18, 20 and 23, and a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of murder.\n\nA 24-year-old man is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nDemi Pearson was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford, which featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester.\n\nHead teacher Drew Povey said: \"We are devastated at the tragic loss of life today in our community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family involved.\"\n\nJackson Street was cordoned off between Algernon Road and Alexandra Road\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller said police were appealing for witnesses or those with information about the events leading up to the fire.\n\n\"In what is such a heartbreaking set of circumstances, we have been doing our very best to support the family in every way that we can and carry out our inquiries quickly and sensitively,\" he said.\n\nDamian O'Rourke, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said: \"Firefighters arrived within minutes and were faced with a very serious and well-developed fire involving the ground and first floor.\n\n\"Knowing there were people trapped inside, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus immediately went in and quickly rescued five people from the house but sadly three of those people died.\"\n\nSalford City Mayor Paul Dennett said: \"Our thoughts are with the friends and family of those killed and seriously injured in this horrific incident in our city.\"\n\nHe urged anyone with information to contact the police, adding: \"We'll continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities.\"", "Ryanair passengers face disruption to their Christmas travel plans after pilots and crew announced industrial action in a bid to win union recognition and better conditions.\n\nIn Ireland, 79 pilots based in Dublin will strike for one day on 20 December.\n\nThe airline, which does not recognise unions, said they represented about 28% of its Dublin-based captains.\n\nMeanwhile, Ryanair pilots and cabin crew in Italy plan to strike for four hours on 15 December.\n\nThe airline said last week it would \"ignore\" the Italian move, claiming staff rarely heeded calls to walk out.\n\nPilots based in Portugal and Germany also plan industrial action.\n\nCockpit, the German pilots' union, said its Ryanair members would strike for better pay and conditions if the airline refused to begin talks, but vowed not to disrupt flights over Christmas.\n\nRyanair said it would \"not deal with or recognise\" the German union \"regardless of what action - if any - takes place\".\n\nUnions have long argued that their airline fails to offer pilots the same pay and conditions as its rivals.\n\nImpact, the Irish pilots' union, said the dispute was \"solely about winning independent representation for pilots in the company\", said official Ashley Connolly.\n\nThe union warned of further strikes if Ryanair failed to reach agreement with its members.\n\n\"Ryanair will deal with any such disruptions if, or when they arise, and we apologise sincerely to customers for any upset or worry this threatened action... may cause,\" the company said.\n\nIt said the Dublin staff who planned to strike were a \"small group of pilots who are working their notice and will shortly leave Ryanair, so they don't care how much upset they cause colleagues or customers\".\n\nAnalysts at Goodbody said although there were deep divisions between pilots and Ryanair management, the \"headlines are worse than the reality on the ground\" they wrote in a note.\n\nIn September Ryanair said more than 2,000 flights would be cancelled this winter after it rearranged pilots' rosters to comply with new aviation rules.\n\nLater that month it announced 18,000 further flights would be cancelled over the winter season, affecting more than 700,000 passengers.\n\nRyanair chief executive Michael O'Leary wrote to its 4,200 pilots to apologise for the changes to their rotas and urged them not to leave the airline.\n\nHowever, this week it warned Dublin pilots they would lose agreed benefits by striking.\n\nMany of the airline's pilots have joined unions following the cancellations, but Ryanair said it could legally decline to negotiate with them.", "Joshua Sutcliffe said he apologised after the student became angry\n\nA teacher who faced disciplinary action after he referred to a transgender pupil as a girl is taking his school to an employment tribunal.\n\nJoshua Sutcliffe, from Oxford, says he was investigated after he said \"well done girls\" to a group that included a student who identifies as a boy.\n\nThe 27-year-old Christian pastor is now suing the school for constructive dismissal and discrimination.\n\nThe secondary school previously said it would be \"inappropriate\" to comment.\n\nMr Sutcliffe, who teaches children aged between 11 and 18, said the incident took place on 2 November and he apologised after the pupil became angry.\n\nHe said a week-long investigation found he had \"misgendered\" the pupil and \"contravened the school's equality policy\".\n\nMr Sutcliffe claims the school has \"systematically and maliciously\" breached his rights and he had left his job as it had made it impossible for him to continue working there.\n\nIn a letter to the head teacher he wrote: \"As a Christian, I do not share your belief in the ideology of transgenderism.\n\n\"I do not believe that young children should be encouraged to self-select a 'gender' which may be different from their biological sex.\n\n\"Or that everyone at school should adjust their behaviour to accommodate such a 'transition'; or that people should be punished for lack of enthusiasm about it.\"\n\nThe maths teacher, who is also a pastor at the Christ Revelation church in Oxford, said he tried to balance his beliefs with the need to treat the pupil sensitively.\n\nHe claimed he did this by avoiding the use of gender-specific pronouns and by referring to the pupil by name.\n\nThe state academy school where he was employed said it has received indication Mr Sutcliffe proposes to take legal action against it.\n\nIt has not received formal confirmation that he has resigned, it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul McClelland was Tasered in July 2013 in a Brighton car park as he was being arrested\n\nA man suing Sussex Police after he was Tasered has told a court the incident left him anxious and suicidal.\n\nA Taser was used on Paul McClelland in July 2013 in a car park in Brighton as he was being arrested for shoplifting.\n\nA video of the arrest was passed to The Argus newspaper at the time.\n\nIn a civil case against the chief constable of Sussex, Mr McClelland is claiming the police used excessive force in carrying out the arrest. Sussex Police has rejected the claim.\n\nSophie Khan, Mr McClelland's solicitor advocate, said he was bringing the case against Chief Constable Giles York because he believed he was Tasered unreasonably when he was surrendering and moving backwards to be handcuffed.\n\nHe was arrested in Western Road, Brighton. An internal police investigation found the force had done everything correctly and there was no evidence of misconduct.\n\nMr McClelland, 42, pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer, common assault and theft at Brighton Magistrates' Court two months later, and was given a community service order.\n\nOn Monday, His Honour Judge Simpkiss, sitting at the County Court at Brighton, was shown the video of what happened.\n\nThe court was shown the situation from three different angles, as recorded by council CCTV, a body-worn police camera, and a video filmed by a passer-by.\n\nMr McLelland admitted he had been sitting on the beach drinking strong lager before the incident.\n\nBefore he was Tasered he removed his shirt and adopted a boxing stance, shouting to police: \"Come on.\"\n\nHe agreed that he would not have behaved that way had he been sober, the court heard.\n\nHe said the pain of the electric shock was like \"death\".\n\n\"You can't breathe, it takes your breath away,\" he told the court.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"Words cannot describe\" how a family which has lost three children in a house fire are feeling, a senior police officer has said.\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller told a press conference his \"heart breaks\" for the relatives of Demi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, who died in a blaze in Walkden on Monday.\n\nThe children's mother Michelle, 35, and three-year-old sister Lia remain in hospital.\n\nHe added that officers had looked at CCTV footage and \"now believe this to be a targeted attack\".", "Peter has Huntington's disease and his siblings Sandy and Frank also have the gene\n\nThe defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned.\n\nAn experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, safely lowered levels of toxic proteins in the brain.\n\nThe research team, at University College London, say there is now hope the deadly disease can be stopped.\n\nExperts say it could be the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years.\n\nHuntington's is one of the most devastating diseases.\n\nSome patients described it as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and motor neurone disease rolled into one.\n\nPeter Allen, 51, is in the early stages of Huntington's and took part in the trial: \"You end up in almost a vegetative state, it's a horrible end.\"\n\nHuntington's blights families. Peter has seen his mum Stephanie, uncle Keith and grandmother Olive die from it.\n\nTests show his sister Sandy and brother Frank will develop the disease.\n\nThe three siblings have eight children - all young adults, each of whom has a 50-50 chance of developing the disease.\n\nThe unstoppable death of brain cells in Huntington's leaves patients in permanent decline, affecting their movement, behaviour, memory and ability to think clearly.\n\nPeter, from Essex, told me: \"It's so difficult to have that degenerative thing in you.\n\n\"You know the last day was better than the next one's going to be.\"\n\nHuntington's is caused by an error in a section of DNA called the huntingtin gene.\n\nNormally this contains the instructions for making a protein, called huntingtin, which is vital for brain development.\n\nBut a genetic error corrupts the protein and turns it into a killer of brain cells.\n\nThe treatment is designed to silence the gene.\n\nOn the trial, 46 patients had the drug injected into the fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.\n\nThe procedure was carried out at the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.\n\nDoctors did not know what would happen. One fear was the injections could have caused fatal meningitis.\n\nBut the first in-human trial showed the drug was safe, well tolerated by patients and crucially reduced the levels of huntingtin in the brain.\n\nProf Sarah Tabrizi , from the UCL Institute of Neurology, led the trials.\n\nProf Sarah Tabrizi, the lead researcher and director of the Huntington's Disease Centre at UCL, told the BBC: \"I've been seeing patients in clinic for nearly 20 years, I've seen many of my patients over that time die.\n\n\"For the first time we have the potential, we have the hope, of a therapy that one day may slow or prevent Huntington's disease.\n\n\"This is of groundbreaking importance for patients and families.\"\n\nDoctors are not calling this a cure. They still need vital long-term data to show whether lowering levels of huntingtin will change the course of the disease.\n\nThe animal research suggests it would. Some motor function even recovered in those experiments.\n\nPeter, Sandy and Frank - as well as their partners Annie, Dermot and Hayley - have always promised their children they will not need to worry about Huntington's as there will be a treatment in time for them.\n\nPeter told the BBC: \"I'm the luckiest person in the world to be sitting here on the verge of having that.\n\n\"Hopefully that will be made available to everybody, to my brothers and sisters and fundamentally my children.\"\n\nHe, along with the other trial participants, can continue taking the drug as part of the next wave of trials.\n\nThey will set out to show whether the disease can be slowed, and ultimately prevented, by treating Huntington's disease carriers before they develop any symptoms.\n\nProf John Hardy, who was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for his work on Alzheimer's, told the BBC: \"I really think this is, potentially, the biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative disease in the past 50 years.\n\n\"That sounds like hyperbole - in a year I might be embarrassed by saying that - but that's how I feel at the moment.\"\n\nThe UCL scientist, who was not involved in the research, says the same approach might be possible in other neurodegenerative diseases that feature the build-up of toxic proteins in the brain.\n\nThe protein synuclein is implicated in Parkinson's while amyloid and tau seem to have a role in dementias.\n\nOff the back of this research, trials are planned using gene-silencing to lower the levels of tau.\n\nProf Giovanna Mallucci, who discovered the first chemical to prevent the death of brain tissue in any neurodegenerative disease, said the trial was a \"tremendous step forward\" for patients and there was now \"real room for optimism\".\n\nBut Prof Mallucci, who is the associate director of UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, cautioned it was still a big leap to expect gene-silencing to work in other neurodegenerative diseases.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"The case for these is not as clear-cut as for Huntington's disease, they are more complex and less well understood.\n\n\"But the principle that a gene, any gene affecting disease progression and susceptibility, can be safely modified in this way in humans is very exciting and builds momentum and confidence in pursuing these avenues for potential treatments.\"\n\nThe full details of the trial will be presented to scientists and published next year.\n\nThe therapy was developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which said the drug had \"substantially exceeded\" expectations, and the licence has now been sold to Roche.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Leeds is calling on Congress to open an inquiry into President Trump\n\nThree women who accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct have demanded a congressional inquiry.\n\nAt a New York City news conference, the trio accused Mr Trump of groping, fondling, forcibly kissing, humiliating or harassing them.\n\nThree of them - Jessica Leeds, Samantha Holvey, and Rachel Crooks - detailed their allegations shortly beforehand live on television.\n\nThe White House said the women were making \"false claims\".\n\nMonday morning's press conference was organised by Brave New Films, which last month released a documentary, 16 Women and Donald Trump, about the claims made by multiple women.\n\nMs Leeds, Ms Holvey and Ms Crooks originally went public separately with their allegations a month before last year's US presidential election.\n\nThe claims have been given a new lease of life by the harassment scandals that have engulfed high-profile public figures since October's fall of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nOn NBC News on Monday, Ms Holvey said Mr Trump had ogled her and other competitors in 2006 at the Miss USA beauty pageant, which he owned.\n\nThe former Miss North Carolina, who was 20-years-old at the time, said \"he lined all of us up\" and was \"just looking me over like I was just a piece of meat\".\n\n\"It left me feeling very gross,\" Ms Holvey told NBC host Megyn Kelly.\n\nShe later told the reporters: \"They've investigated other Congress members, so I think it only stands fair that he [Mr Trump] is investigated as well\n\n\"This isn't a partisan issue, this is, how women are treated every day.\"\n\nMs Leeds, now in her 70s, says that when she was 38 she sat next to Mr Trump in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York and he sexually assaulted her.\n\nMs Leeds said: \"He jumped all over me.\"\n\nShe said she came forward because: \"I wanted people to know what kind of person Trump really is, and what a pervert he is.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking in 2016, Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos accuses Donald Trump of 'thrusting his genitals' at her\n\nMs Crooks said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in Trump Tower when she was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company there.\n\n\"I was shocked,\" she said. \"Devastated.\"\n\nThe White House said on Monday: \"These false claims, totally disputed in most cases by eyewitness accounts, were addressed at length during last year's campaign, and the American people voiced their judgment by delivering a decisive victory.\n\n\"The timing and absurdity of these false claims speaks volumes and the publicity tour that has begun only further confirms the political motives behind them.\"\n\nThe president rejected such allegations last year and vowed to sue the accusers, though no lawsuit has yet been filed.\n\nBut over the weekend Mr Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said his accusers \"should be heard\".\n\nSpeaking to CBS News, Mrs Haley said she was \"incredibly proud of the women who have come forward\".\n\nMeanwhile, three Democratic senators - Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York - called on Mr Trump to resign over the allegations.\n\nDuring his successful run for the presidency last year, Mr Trump was heard boasting of grabbing women's vaginas in a leaked videotape.", "Nearly all the possible trading relationships between Britain and the European Union following Brexit would be less favourable than staying in the European Union, according to an influential US think tank.\n\nThe Rand Corporation study said the worst option would be a \"no deal\".\n\nThat would leave the UK economy 4.9% poorer by 2029.\n\n\"No deal\" would also have a negative effect on the EU economy, but it would be \"relatively minor\".\n\nThe report said that even a \"soft Brexit\" involving staying in the free market would not be as positive economically as staying in the EU.\n\nRand plays a significant role in America, with half of its funding coming from the US government.\n\nIn Europe it has advised the UK government on policy issues such as mental health, as well as the European Parliament and the European Commission.\n\nIts report argues that Brexit was likely to have a \"mostly negative effect\" on American interests in Europe, given the UK is a firm ally of the US in security matters and a supporter of free markets.\n\n\"An EU without the UK may be more willing to create barriers for non-EU companies, to the detriment of US companies and the American economy,\" the report says.\n\n\"In the development of EU defence policy, for example, the UK aim was often to ensure that EU measures did not undermine NATO and the strong transatlantic partnership.\"\n\nThat approach could change once Britain has left the EU.\n\nThe Rand report said that there was only one option that would leave the UK better off outside the European Union: a comprehensive three-way free trade deal between Britain, the US and the EU.\n\nBut the report admits that is an extremely unlikely scenario, given that the present trade negotiations between the US and the EU (the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) are not supported by President Donald Trump and are \"in a hiatus\".\n\n\"The analysis clearly shows that the UK will be economically worse-off outside of the EU under most trade scenarios - the key question for the UK is how much worse-off,\" said Charles Ries, a vice-president at Rand and the report's lead author.\n\n\"It is in the best interests of the UK, and to a lesser extent the EU, to achieve some sort of open trading and investment relationship post-Brexit.\"\n\nMr Ries is former US ambassador to Greece and was also principal deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs in the US between 2000 and 2004.\n\nAlthough the report says that a loss of growth caused by leaving the EU could in part be compensated for by free trade deals with other countries such as India and China, they would be difficult to execute.\n\n\"Since the EU has a political incentive to demonstrate that the UK is worse off as a result of leaving the EU (so as to discourage other departures), and some in the UK believe the costs of 'no deal' are low, there is a real risk that the parties - even while seeking to cooperate - will find themselves struggling to reach any agreement,\" the report says.\n\n\"Unfortunately for the UK, 'no deal' - or, indeed, any of the 'hard Brexit' scenarios - is the worst situation for the future, with significant losses in terms of economic growth.\"\n\nThe report says that many American companies invest in the UK because it offers open access to the EU.\n\nIt argues that foreign direct investment (FDI) has been boosted by 28% because of the UK's membership of the EU.\n\n\"Our research indicates that a fall back to World Trade Organisation rules would reduce EU FDI inflow into the UK by about $7.8bn (£5.8bn).\n\n\"If the UK signs a comprehensive FTA [free trade agreement] with the EU, investment from the EU would fall by $3.4bn - a reduction of about 9% from EU membership investment levels.\n\n\"Signing an FTA with the United States would add about $3.2bn in FDI inflows for the UK from our baseline scenario, making up about one-third of investment lost due to termination of EU membership. The best option would be to conclude a three-way UK-EU-US trade agreement.\"\n\nRand says that once free trade negotiations start, \"several fault lines\" could emerge among the remaining 27 members of the EU, which may put the UK in a stronger position.\n\n\"These include the diverging interests of the countries that use the euro currency and those that do not, as well as the diverging interests of those countries that are net contributors to the EU budget and those that are net recipients,\" the report says.\n\n\"Interests could also diverge on regional bases. Northern European countries may seek the maximum possible free movement of goods while trying to lure the financial industry from London to their countries.\n\n\"Southern European countries may focus on securing a high financial settlement from the UK and preserving agricultural and fisheries policies.\n\n\"And eastern European countries may seek strong protections for their citizens currently in the UK. These differing priorities may come into play as trade-offs are made.\"\n• None So, did 'soft Brexit' just win?", "A house fire which killed three children was a \"targeted attack\", police have said.\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died, while Lia, three, and mother Michelle, 35, remain in hospital.\n\nMs Pearson's son, Kyle, and a friend both escaped from the home, in Salford, before fire crews arrived.\n\nSix people have now been arrested, after a 25-year-old man was held on suspicion of murder.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Words cannot describe\" how a family feels after losing three children, police say.\n\nMichelle Pearson is in a serious condition in hospital\n\nCh Supt Wayne Miller of Greater Manchester Police said detectives believe the attack was targeted after collecting CCTV from the area.\n\n\"We now have a much deeper understanding of the devastating events which lead to the tragic deaths,\" he said.\n\nCh Supt Miller said relatives of the family have been left \"completely devastated\".\n\n\"The loss of a child in any circumstance is unthinkable, to lose three in such deplorable circumstances words cannot describe.\n\n\"My heart breaks for them, it really does.\n\n\"We're doing all that we can to get them the answers they quite rightly deserve.\"\n\nTwo men, aged 19 and 20, arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on bail, as has a 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nOfficers visited the house in Jackson Street, Walkden, a few hours before the blaze, which happened at about 05:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice confirmed there had been previous incidents at the family's home.\n\nThe case has been referred by GMP to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which confirmed an investigation had started.\n\nIt feels it is \"necessary to independently investigate the circumstances of this incident in relation to the force's actions\".\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police were filmed leading one of the suspects away after his arrest\n\nThe children's schools have paid tribute to them.\n\nDemi Pearson was a pupil at Harrop Fold School in Salford, which featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester.\n\nHead teacher Drew Povey said everyone at the school was \"truly devastated\".\n\n\"Team Harrop mourns alongside the relatives and friends of those whose lives were needlessly and mercilessly taken from them. The spirit of Salford cannot and will not be crushed. We will work together to comfort and rebuild those lives that have been forever changed,\" he said.\n\nEmma Henderson, head teacher at Bridgewater Primary school, said the school is consoling pupils and their families.\n\n\"Our school is very much part of this special community and understands the intense pain experienced at this senseless loss of precious life,\" she said.", "Anyone who arrives before Brexit day on 29 March 2019 will have the right to stay.\n\nIt will only take a couple of minutes for EU citizens to register online to stay in the UK after Brexit, Home Office minister Brandon Lewis has said.\n\nThere would, he said, be a \"presumption in favour\" of approving applications when the process begins late next year and people should hear in two weeks.\n\nRather than having to wade through 85 pages as in the past, he said there would be just six to eight questions.\n\nTheresa May has urged all three million EU nationals to stay after March 2019.\n\nA reciprocal deal on the rights of EU nationals in the UK and British expats on the continent is part of the stage-one agreement approved by the European Commission on Friday - which is expected to be rubber-stamped by all 28 EU members later this week.\n\nMr Lewis told the Lords EU Justice sub-committee that Friday's agreement meant EU nationals worried about their future \"can be confident they do not have to do anything immediately\".\n\nWhen the application process for what the government has described as \"settled status\" begins, he said the system would be far simpler than those applying for permanent residency in the past have had to deal with.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\n\"The way we are looking to develop this is using online processes where somebody spends literally a few minutes online and within a couple of weeks your settled status is dealt with and granted,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\nUnlike other applicants, existing permanent residents may not have to pay a fee to apply again nor have to supply evidence that they are living in the UK.\n\nFor those who don't already have indefinite leave to remain in the UK, charges will be capped at about £72.50 - the cost that Britons pay to renew their passports.\n\nThe immigration minister said the Home Office always had a duty to be rigorous when it came to considering applications for permanent residency - which people are eligible for after five continuous years in the UK.\n\nBut he admitted the current system was \"overly complicated and bureaucratic\" and the authorities' approach would have to change when it came to Brexit because of the sheer numbers of people affected.\n\n\"There is a presumption that they will be granted,\" he said.\n\n\"The only circumstance I can see someone not being granted settled status is if the criminal records check show they are a criminal, or if someone was trying to claim to be an EU citizen in the UK and they were not - a fraudulent application.\"\n\nMinisters hope the new system will be up and running in the second half of 2018 and have pledged that those given settled status would have \"broadly the same rights\" as British citizens.\n\nBut during the session Labour peer Lord Cashman called for all EU citizens who already qualify for permanent residence to be registered immediately under a fast-track process.\n\nAnd Lib Dem peer Baroness Ludford said a lot of existing EU citizens were experiencing a \"great deal of hassle\" and she questioned how the system would produce the \"nirvana of simplicity\" expected by ministers.\n\nCiting cases where EU citizens who had lived in the UK for decades had received letters asking them to leave, she claimed \"there was an attempt by the Home Office to create a hostile environment\".\n\nLabour's shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said existing rights enjoyed by EU nationals should be guaranteed. \"The government needs to give clarity on what it has agreed, and to stick to its word,\" she said.", "Firms in the UK's key services sector raised prices at the fastest pace for nearly a decade last month as they faced higher costs for food, fuel and salaries, according to a survey.\n\nThe Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for services also said growth in the sector had slowed.\n\nGrowth in new orders cooled as consumers were hit by a \"double whammy\" of higher prices and weak wage growth.\n\nThe services sector accounts for nearly 80% of UK economic output.\n\nThe closely-watched PMI reading fell to 53.8 for the services sector in November, down from 55.6 the previous month. However, this was still above the 50 threshold for growth, which the sector has achieved for 16 consecutive months.\n\nThe report noted a \"sharp and accelerated rise in prices\" by firms.\n\nThe fall in the value of the pound has pushed up the price of imported goods for companies, and the sector has also been hit by changes to business rates and higher salaries after the launch of the National Living Wage.\n\nDuncan Brock, director of customer relationships at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), said: \"November's data painted a disappointing portrait of a sector struggling against Brexit-related uncertainty and a weaker economic outlook.\n\n\"Businesses could no longer fight against the tide of higher prices for food, fuel and salaries as input cost inflation remained close to its strongest for six years, and businesses passed these increases on to consumers at the fastest rate since February 2008.\n\n\"The level of new order growth lost some momentum, as inflation also ate away at household incomes for a double whammy effect on the UK population reluctant to spend,\" he added.\n\nHowever, while the PMI service sector survey was weaker than expected, similar studies of the manufacturing and construction sectors have indicated a better performance last month, with activity in the manufacturing sector growing at the fastest pace for four years.\n\nChris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, said the surveys as a whole indicated the economy would see \"robust growth\" in the final three months of the year of about 0.45%.\n\nHoward Archer, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club, also said the figures \"suggest that the economy is maintaining a modestly improved performance in the fourth quarter\".", "Akayed Ullah emigrated to the US with his family in 2011\n\nThe man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald Trump just before the attack.\n\n\"Trump you failed to protect your nation,\" it read. The post by Akayed Ullah was revealed in charges filed by federal prosecutors on Tuesday.\n\nThey say the 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant carried out the bombing inspired by the Islamic State group.\n\nHe wounded himself and three others in Monday morning's attack.\n\nMr Ullah is accused of blowing up a crude device strapped to his body in an underpass at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal during the rush hour.\n\nThe New York Police Department (NYPD) tweeted that he was facing state charges including criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a \"terroristic threat\".\n\nThe federal charges, announced later on Tuesday, include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place.\n\nAccording to the federal complaint filed by prosecutors, Mr Ullah said after his arrest: \"I did it for the Islamic State.\"\n\nHe also told investigators he had been motivated by American air strikes on IS target, the document says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe complaint says Mr Ullah used materials that included Christmas lights to make the device. It was affixed to his body with Velcro straps.\n\nA search of the suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn \"revealed metal pipes, pieces of wire and metal screws, which were consistent with the bomb materials recovered at the scene,\" prosecutor Joom Kim told reporters.\n\nHe said the suspect \"admitted that he began researching how to build bombs about a year ago, and had been planning this particular attack for several weeks\".\n\nHe selected the location and timing \"to maximise casualties\", Mr Kim added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded\n\nMr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011 from the Chittagong area of Bangladesh.\n\nThe Bangladeshi government says he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September. The visit lasted about six weeks, his uncle told the Associated Press news agency.\n\nMr Ullah's wife did not join him in the US. She and other family members are now being questioned to try to understand how he was radicalised.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has said Monday's attack, which followed a terror attack in Manhattan in October that killed eight people, \"highlights the urgent need... to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people\".\n\n\"America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country,\" Mr Trump added.", "The Republican candidate arrived at an Alabama polling site on horseback - but had trouble leaving the same way.", "Fergal Keane reveals the crisis along a road in the Democratic Republic of Congo that threatens hundreds of thousands.\n\nNearly half a million severely malnourished children are at risk of starvation in the country's Kasai region.\n\nThe UN has just declared the crisis in DRC as the highest level of emergency - the same as Yemen, Syria and Iraq.", "A row has broken out over advice given to police in England and Wales telling them not to stop and search people only because they smell of cannabis.\n\nIt was first given to police last year and was reiterated by an Inspectorate of Constabulary report on Tuesday.\n\nThe advice says officers should look at other factors like behaviour as well.\n\nBut some officers, including the chief constable of Merseyside Police, said they disagreed. The College of Policing said it plans to review the guidance.\n\nPolice officers can use stop-and-search powers if they have \"reasonable grounds\" to suspect someone is carrying items such as drugs, weapons or stolen property.\n\nLast year, they were given new guidance by the College of Policing that the smell of cannabis on its own would not normally justify stopping and searching someone or their vehicle.\n\nBut the Inspectorate of Constabulary said many officers were unaware of the guidance and it is now urging forces to encourage officers to not rely on a smell alone.\n\nHowever, Chief Constable Andy Cooke, of Merseyside Police, said he would not be giving that advice to his teams.\n\nHe tweeted: \"I disagree. The guidance in my view is wrong and the law does not preclude it.\n\n\"Smell of cannabis is sufficient to stop search and I will continue to encourage my officers to use it particularly on those criminals who are engaged in serious and organised crime.\"\n\nMatt Locke, of Northumbria Police, described the guidance as \"inconsistent\", adding that it was \"a bit of a dog's dinner\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Locke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnother police officer, from North Yorkshire Police, tweeted: \"If I smell cannabis on someone or coming from a vehicle then I'll conduct a search. I don't think there's a cop in this land that wouldn't.\n\n\"Recently not only had that led to me seizing quantities of cannabis, but also arresting drivers showing with it in their system.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Josh Bourne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMike Cunningham, HM Inspector of Constabulary, responded to questions on social media about the guidance by saying the smell of cannabis \"can be reasonable grounds\" to search but it will be \"for the officer to explain\".\n\nHe added that the advice \"encourages multiple grounds\" to merit a stop and search.\n\nThe row came after the Inspectorate of Constabulary analysed more than 8,500 stop and search records and found almost 600 were conducted solely because police could smell cannabis.\n\nSearches based on other grounds, such as the suspect's behaviour, result in more arrests, the report said.\n\nAt the heart of this row is an important question: are too many people being needlessly stopped and searched for drugs?\n\nThe Inspectorate report drops a heavy hint that they are.\n\nIt says police carried out 3,698 searches, 43% of the sample, because officers believed a suspect had drugs on them for their own use, even though drug possession offences may not be \"priority crimes\".\n\nThe watchdog is concerned about this, firstly, because drug possession searches are not necessarily the best use of police time; and secondly, because they appear to affect ethnic minority groups disproportionately.\n\nThat's one of the key reasons why the Inspectorate has reinforced the College of Policing guidance on stop and searches, including the advice about smelling cannabis - even though it's caused a stink.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Danny Shaw This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by College of Policing This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 4 by College of Policing\n\nThe report said it was \"troubling\" that black people were eight times more likely to be stopped than white people.\n\nAt the same time, black people were less likely to have illegal substances found on them than white people.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said it was looking at why young black men were disproportionately stopped.\n\nThe NPCC said stop-and-search powers were important \"with rising knife and gun crime\", as well as being a deterrent for people considering carrying out acid attacks.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nBritain's Tyson Fury is free to resume his boxing career after accepting a backdated two-year doping ban.\n\nThe former world heavyweight champion tested positive for a banned steroid in February 2015, but blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar.\n\nHis victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 was his last fight before beginning his legal battle with UK Anti-Doping (Ukad).\n\nFury, 29, said he was glad he could put the \"nightmare\" behind him.\n\nHe will be free to return to the ring once he regains his boxing licence from the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), who Ukad say have accepted the outcome.\n\nHughie Fury, Tyson's cousin, has reached a similar agreement after he also tested positive in February 2015.\n\nBoth men were not charged until June 2016 and both continue to insist they have \"never knowingly or deliberately committed a violation\".\n\nLast month, BBC Sport reported Ukad feared it could be made insolvent or require a bailout over the dispute had Fury been cleared.\n\nHowever, Ukad chief executive Nicole Sapstead insisted there was \"absolutely no whitewash and nothing to be fearful or embarrassed about\" in the decision.\n\nShe said the anti-doping agency had been \"completely transparent\" and that the developments represented a \"good outcome\", given their conviction that a doping violation did take place.\n\nA Ukad statement read: \"In recognition of the retrospective counter-arguments and the risks inherent in the dispute resolution process, each side has accepted a compromise of its position.\"\n\nIn a statement Tyson Fury said he and Hughie were \"happy\" the issue had been settled and that they can \"move forward knowing they will not be labelled drug cheats\".\n\nBoth fighters' respective bouts in February 2015, including Tyson's victory over Christian Hammer, have been disqualified but results after that date, including the win over Klitschko, stand.\n\n\"I'm a fighting man through and through and I've never backed down from anyone in my life and I was certainly not going to back down from fighting this dispute,\" he said.\n\nFollowing the decision, Fury called out fellow Briton Anthony Joshua - the IBF and WBA heavyweight world champion - on social media, saying \"where you at boy? I'm coming for you punk\".\n\nJoshua defended his world titles in October, while the other two world belts are held by American Deontay Wilder and New Zealand's Joseph Parker.\n\nLast month, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said there was \"absolutely no question\" Joshua would face Wilder in a unification bout in 2018.\n\n\"Next year I will be back doing what I do best, better than ever and ready to reclaim the world titles which are rightfully mine,\" Fury said. \"It's time to get the party started.\"\n\nThere was no sign of Tyson Fury on Monday morning at the central London venue where his hearing with Ukad was due to take place. Now we know why. His lawyers were in deep discussion with the anti-doping authority, cutting a deal acceptable to all sides to this dispute.\n\nUkad insist that a threat of a loss of earnings lawsuit, if Fury won, played no part in their decision.\n\nNevertheless, the conclusion of this long-running saga will be hailed as a victory by all parties with Ukad getting an admission of guilt and Fury given clearance to resume his career.\n\nAs for the wild boar? He is sadly unavailable for comment.\n\nHow did we get here?\n\nFury secured the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts by defeating Klitschko in Dusseldorf in November 2015, although he was forced to relinquish the IBF title soon afterwards after refusing to fight the organisation's mandatory challenger.\n\nA rematch with Klitschko was scheduled for summer 2016 but Fury was forced to postpone because of injury, before later withdrawing.\n\nUkad confirmed in June 2016 that he and cousin Hughie had tested positive for a banned substance - now confirmed to be banned anabolic steroid nandrolone.\n\nNandrolone acts similarly to the hormone testosterone and the Furys have relied on a defence that they ate uncastrated wild boar - which is naturally high in testosterone - as the reason for failing the tests.\n\nThe pair were charged by Ukad but provisional suspensions were lifted in August 2016 after appeals.\n\nTwo months later, Fury gave up his world titles to focus on mental health problems and the BBBofC suspended his licence \"pending further investigation into anti-doping and medical issues\".", "The airman was seen on CCTV pictures walking through Bury St Edmunds after a night out\n\nThe search of a landfill site for missing RAF airman Corrie Mckeague, who vanished during a night out in September 2016, has ended.\n\nPolice believe Mr Mckeague climbed into a waste bin in Bury St Edmunds and was taken away by a bin lorry.\n\nThe search of a site at Milton, Cambridgeshire, restarted in October after a search there ended earlier in the year.\n\nSuffolk Police said \"no trace\" of the airman had been found.\n\nThe force said it was \"content\" he was not in the landfill areas that had been searched and the investigation into his disappearance would continue.\n\nMr Mckeague's mother, Nicola Urquhart, said by searching the waste site the police had given her \"immeasurable peace of mind\".\n\nHis father Martin said they had a \"lifelong debt of gratitude\" to all those involved in searching for his son.\n\nThe latest landfill search focused on an area next to the original excavation site\n\nMr Mckeague, who was 23 at the time he went missing, was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016.\n\nHe was captured on CCTV entering a bin loading bay known as the Horseshoe and his phone was tracked as taking the same route as a bin lorry.\n\nPolice started a 20-week search of the landfill site in March before ending it in July.\n\nThe latest excavation has been focused on an area next to the site of the original search.\n\nDet Supt Katie Elliott said there were \"a number of theories\" about what happened to Mr Mckeague and they were \"continuing to test the evidence\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Veteran TV presenter Keith Chegwin has died aged 60 after a long illness, his family has said.\n\nThey said he had endured a \"long-term battle with a progressive lung condition\" which \"rapidly worsened towards the end of this year\".\n\nHe died at home on Monday with his family by his side, who said they were \"heartbroken\".\n\nTributes have been paid from the world of entertainment for the \"true telly legend\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Noel Edmonds pays a tearful tribute to his \"first telly chum\" Keith Chegwin\n\nChegwin was perhaps best known for hosting programmes including children's game show Cheggers Plays Pop, Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore.\n\nThe Liverpool-born star began his career as a child actor, starring in films such as Roman Polanski's Macbeth and TV shows including The Liver Birds, The Adventures of Black Beauty and Z-Cars.\n\nHe went on to appear in reality TV shows including Celebrity Big Brother.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe larger-than-life character, described by his family as \"a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend\", leaves his wife Maria and two children.\n\nChegwin had been cared for at a hospice in recent weeks.\n\nHis last tweet was posted on 28 September.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keith Chegwin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChegwin was previously married to fellow TV presenter Maggie Philbin, whom he had met on Swap Shop.\n\nPhilbin paid tribute to her former husband, saying: \"It is incredibly sad. Keith was a one-off. Full of life, generous and with a focus on things that mattered - his family.\n\n\"I saw him two months ago at his sister Janice's wedding, where he was still attempting to be life and soul of the party despite being on portable oxygen and made sure he knew how much he meant to us all.\n\n\"Our daughter Rose flew home from San Francisco to be with him over the last few weeks and I know he was surrounded by so much love from his second wife Maria, their son Ted, his sister Janice, his twin brother Jeff and his father Colin.\"\n\nFellow Swap Shop presenter Noel Edmonds said in a statement: \"I've lost my first real telly chum and I'm certain I'm not alone in shedding tears for a true telly legend.\n\n\"The greatest achievement for any TV performer is for the viewers to regard you as a friend and today millions will be grateful for Keith's contribution to their childhood memories and like me they will mourn the passing of a friend.\"\n\nRicky Gervais, who created the series Extras which Chegwin starred in, described him as a \"national treasure\".\n\nGaby Roslin, who worked with Chegwin on The Big Breakfast, described him as \"so generous and kind\" and a \"happy and joyous man\".\n\nChegwin had two children, including a daughter with his first wife Maggie Philbin\n\nJohn Craven, who worked with Chegwin on Swap Shop told BBC News that his colleague \"never lost his cool. I never saw Keith when he wasn't happy. He was a great, great character.\"\n\nHe added: \"We were great friends for many years, but we lost touch a bit and [his death] came as a huge shock for me.\"\n\nPresenter Chris Evans, who worked with Chegwin on the Big Breakfast, tweeted: \"Very sad and shocked to hear of the passing of Keith Chegwin. The king of outside broadcast.\"\n\nBobby Davro said Chegwin was \"one of the nicest guys\" in showbiz.\n\nAnd Tony Blackburn said he was \"devastated\" at the loss of his friend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Tony Blackburn This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBlackburn told BBC News that Chegwin was \"exactly the same (off air) as he was on television\" and that he never saw him with a script.\n\n\"He was the most lovely person I've ever met and I'm so sad he's no longer with us,\" he added.\n\nBreakfast presenter Lorraine Kelly said he was \"a kind, funny, brave man\".\n\nAnd Fiona Phillips, who also worked with him on breakfast TV, also paid tribute to her friend.\n\nPhillip Schofield, who presented Saturday morning show Going Live, described Chegwin as \"one of my many original Saturday morning heroes\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Phillip Schofield This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChegwin also had a hit single with I Wanna Be A Winner in 1981. The novelty hit, which was recorded by Chegwin and his Swap Shop co-hosts under the name Brown Sauce, reached number 15 in the charts.\n\nHis career fell away in the 80s and 90s and he had a well-documented struggle with alcoholism for many years. But it was revived by a stint on the Big Breakfast.\n\nHe went on to make infamous Channel 5 nudist gameshow Naked Jungle, appearing naked except for a hat - which he later described as the \"worst career move\" of his \"entire life\".\n\nChegwin - known affectionately by the nickname Cheggers - also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother, Bargain Hunt Famous Finds and Dancing on Ice.\n\nHe was due to appear in the 2012 Dancing on Ice series but had to pull out after breaking his ribs during the first day of rehearsal. He returned as a contestant the following year.\n\nHe also took part in Pointless Celebrities and Masterchef.\n\nThe disease Chegwin had is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which causes scarring of the lungs.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Facebook is to overhaul its tax structure so that it pays tax in the country where profits are earned, instead of using an Irish subsidiary.\n\nThe online advertising giant is to make the change in every country outside the US where it has an office.\n\nIn 2016, Facebook said it would stop routing UK sales through Ireland for tax purposes.\n\nThe change comes after pressure on large firms over their tax affairs from governments and the public.\n\nFacebook chief financial officer Dave Wehner said: \"We believe that moving to a local selling structure will provide more transparency to governments and policy makers around the world who have called for greater visibility over the revenue associated with locally-supported sales in their countries.\"\n\nThe move will affect how Facebook pays taxes in 30 countries including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, and Sweden.\n\nIn the UK, there was public outrage after it emerged that Facebook had paid just £4,327 in tax in 2014.\n\nIn April 2016, the company began booking more advertising income through its UK office, instead of Ireland.\n\nThat significantly boosted revenue and profits for its UK business, and has meant that so far it has paid higher taxes.\n\nFacebook paid £5.1m in tax in the UK last year, up from £4.2m in 2015, on revenues of £842m.\n\nHowever, that does not necessarily mean it will start paying more tax in other countries as a result of the overhaul, Professor Prem Sikka of the universities of Sheffield and Essex told the BBC.\n\nTaxes are paid on profits, and \"the huge difficulty with large companies is trying to determine exactly what the profit is,\" he said.\n\nThere are a number of ways firms can muddy the waters, including charging intra-group management fees, royalty fees, and profit-sharing, he said.\n\nProfessor Sikka added that the Facebook move \"may well be appeasing public opinion, while at the same time it takes a very small hit on its profits, if any.\"\n\nEU authorities are pursuing big technology companies over what they see as avoidance of tax by routing business through lower tax jurisdictions.\n\nIn 2015, the UK government introduced a \"diverted profits\" tax, a higher rate of corporation tax aimed at companies that move profits out of the country.", "The cost of Christmas: Some seasonal favourites have gone up in price since last year\n\nFrom boxes of chocolates to mince pies and even Brussels sprouts, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a table piled high with food.\n\nBut the price of the festive grocery shop has spiralled this year, thanks to growing food inflation.\n\nFood and soft drink prices rose by 4.1% in the year to October - the biggest growth in four years and a move that's hit some perennial Christmas favourites particularly hard.\n\nThe average price of smoked salmon shot up by 22.9% between November 2015 and November 2016, according to Kantar Worldpanel.\n\nBrussels sprouts are up 8.4%, while Christmas puddings are 7.7% more expensive, according to the figures.\n\nIn September and October, consumer price inflation hit 3% compared with a year earlier - the highest level in five years and 0.9% above the rate of wage growth.\n\nBut some of the key components of Christmas - including popular presents such as smartphones and clothes - have seen average prices rise by far more than that.\n\nSo what's behind the increases? And are we tightening our belts this Christmas as a result?\n\nThe pound has fallen by as much as 20% relative to other currencies following the Brexit vote in 2016, meaning that retailers who rely on imports have seen significant price rises.\n\nThe UK brings in about 50% of the food we eat from overseas, so supermarkets have been under particular pressure.\n\nPaul Martin, head of retail at KPMG, says that consumers are particularly sensitive to food price changes.\n\n\"Before 2017, grocery prices were falling off the back of the supermarket price war,\" he says.\n\n\"We have gone quickly from a position where people are used to their weekly shop getting cheaper to getting more expensive.\"\n\nMr Martin points out that the effect is psychological, with people paying more attention to rising prices than falling ones.\n\n\"Some sectors are hit particularly hard. For example, the price of smoked salmon has gone up markedly and that is an important part of Christmas for many people,\" he adds.\n\nAlthough some foods have become more expensive, we are buying it in increasing quantities. Over the three months to November, total food sales increased 4%, according to the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.\n\nAnd it seems we are still keen to treat ourselves as Christmas approaches, but are being more innovative in how we shop.\n\nOne in three shoppers say the cost of Christmas is a growing concern compared with last year, says grocery research firm IGD.\n\nAbout 45% of shoppers told the IGD they would start Christmas shopping early to spread the cost, compared with 35% who said the same last year.\n\nAnd 43% are planning to spread the bulk of their food shopping across a range of stores - twice as many as were planning to do a big Christmas shop in one place.\n\nThe rising price of phones means users are holding on to their handsets for longer, according to some reports\n\nMany tech enthusiasts will be hoping for an iPhone X in their Christmas stocking. But they could be left disappointed if the price hikes seen on smartphones make them an unappealing purchase.\n\nThe cost of premium smartphones has been rising steadily each year. Average prices increased by 10.2% in 2015, 16.7% last year and 6.7% in 2017, according to technology analysts Gartner.\n\nPC price hikes have been even more pronounced, with the average selling price rising by 23% in 2016 and 14% in 2017 - after an average fall of 29% in 2014.\n\nTechnology prices largely fell by 3-5% every year until 2012, but now things are different, says Ranjit Atwal, a research director at Gartner.\n\n\"On the PC side, a lot of people started to buy better models that were higher spec, so started to move up the price curve,\" he says.\n\n\"Then there are issues around exchange rates. When the pound fell in 2016 we saw quite a big increase in pricing. The cost of the components has been increasing too.\"\n\nWill this strike tech gifts off Christmas lists? Phone users are typically holding on to their handsets for four or five months longer, as prices have become more expensive, Dixons Carphone's chief executive Seb James warned back in August.\n\nBut Mr Atwal says shoppers aren't overly bothered by price hikes.\n\n\"Smartphones are much more pervasive - everybody has one,\" he says.\n\n\"People don't buy them all in one go, so they don't really realise. Groceries are a frequent purchase: if the price of milk goes up 5p, you notice that.\"\n\nAverage clothing prices have risen 11.5% since last year, after retailers timed the winter wather better\n\nPrices have gone up 11.5% in the UK online clothing, shoes and accessories market from November 2016 to November 2017 on a like-for-like retailer basis, says data analytics platform WGSN Instock.\n\nWGSN's Nivindya Sharma notes that retailers have had to grapple with increased sourcing costs as the pound lost value after the Brexit referendum.\n\nIncorporating this year's trends such as ruffles, embellishments and embroidery in designs has also pushed prices up, while the fashion for upmarket trainers has given retailers a boost.\n\n\"There is an increasing propensity among shoppers to buy less, buy better,\" she says.\n\n\"As a reaction to this, retailers have invested in expanding or introducing their premium collections and price points. There is also a greater volume of premium wool products such as merino and cashmere now available on the High Street.\n\n\"Shoppers are increasingly concerned about value for money, so retailers have had to really justify their price points through initiatives such as design innovation, quality, premium fabric or high-profile collaborations.\"\n\nShops have also learnt from last year's mistake of discounting clothing too early.\n\nThe mild winter weather of last year meant shops had to slash the price of coats and jackets. This year, they waited until the temperature started to drop significantly, making shoppers more willing to pay full price.\n\nAs a result, women's coat prices online have gone up 6.8% year on year, while women's jacket prices have gone up 9.9%.", "What is the point of capitalism?\n\nThat might seem like a pretty big question, but one answer could be \"to provide people the opportunity through work to become richer\".\n\nWhat, though, if the economy fails in that endeavour?\n\nIf the system leaves you - despite all your efforts - worse off in December than you were the previous January?\n\nOr worse off now than you were a decade ago?\n\nIt was Lord Adair Turner, the former head of the Low Pay Commission, who put it succinctly.\n\n\"The UK over the last 10 years has created a lot of jobs, but today real wages are below where they were in 2007,\" he told me earlier this year.\n\n\"That is not the capitalist system delivering its promise that over a decade or so it will raise all boats, and it is a very fundamental issue.\"\n\nYesterday the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) announced an aggressive downgrade of both its growth and productivity forecasts.\n\nThose big, macro-economic announcements have a significant effect on all of us as well as on the state of the public finances.\n\nIt means the economy is forecast to be weaker at producing wealth for every hour that we work.\n\nWhich makes the chances of a pay rise for everyone recede.\n\nToday, two pieces of chunky analysis of the OBR's judgements reveal why those downgrades are so important.\n\nThe social justice think tank, the Resolution Foundation, said that \"lower productivity feeds directly through to pay, which is now forecast to be £1,000 a year lower on average than the OBR thought back in March\".\n\nThe Foundation says that the fall in real incomes people are experiencing could now become the longest since records began.\n\nAnd that wages will not recover to their pre-financial crisis levels until 2025 - that's 17 years during which people have been experiencing an incomes squeeze.\n\nThe tax and economy think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, agrees.\n\n\"Real earnings are falling this year as inflation has risen to 3%,\" Paul Johnson, the Institute's director, said.\n\n\"The nascent recovery in earnings, which were growing through 2014 to the first half of 2016, has been choked off.\n\n\"That they even might still be below their 2008 level in 2022 as the OBR forecasts is truly astonishing. Let's hope this forecast turns out to be too pessimistic.\"\n\nGovernment ministers will be similarly keeping their fingers crossed.\n\nAnd hoping that with strong employment levels and plans to boost investment in the type of infrastructure that boosts productivity - transport, scientific and technology research - the real incomes squeeze can be alleviated.\n\nBecause if a system does not deliver increasing wealth - even if it is a modest increase - then people, quite naturally, begin to wonder what is the point.\n• None What the Budget means for you", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: “What we are looking for is a deal that is right for the United Kingdom\"\n\nAn agreement to move on to the next phase of Brexit talks is \"good news\" for both Leave and Remain voters, Theresa May has told MPs.\n\nShe told Parliament it should reassure those who feared the UK would get \"bogged down\" in endless negotiations or \"crash out\" without a deal.\n\nShe said the UK did not want a trade arrangement based on any other country but \"a deal that is right for the UK\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May had only just \"scraped through\".\n\nThe negotiations so far, he said, had been \"punctuated by posturing and delays\", with confusion about how legally watertight the agreements were.\n\nUpdating Parliament on the terms of Friday's phase one agreement - which is expected to be approved by the other 27 EU leaders later this week - the PM said it would see the UK pay a \"fair\" divorce bill, avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and see the rights of UK and EU expat citizens \"enshrined in UK law and enforced by British courts\".\n\nBut she said that if the UK was not able to agree a withdrawal deal with the EU prior to its scheduled exit in March 2019, \"this deal is off the table\".\n\nEarlier, the EU said that although the agreement was not strictly legally binding, the two sides had \"shaken hands\" on it with a \"gentleman's agreement\" between David Davis and Michel Barnier.\n\nOn Sunday the Brexit Secretary David Davis said guarantees on the Northern Ireland border were not legally binding unless the two sides reached a final deal.\n\nBut he told LBC Radio on Monday they would be honoured whatever happened.\n\nThe BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said the Brexit Secretary's clarification - in which he insisted one of the government's key aims was to ensure that the Northern Ireland peace process was not harmed - came after concerns in Dublin about the enforceability of Friday's phase one agreement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Davis: \"No deal means we won't be paying the money\"\n\nMr Davis said he had been taken out of context when he appeared to tell the BBC's Andrew Marr that guarantees designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland were a \"statement of intent\".\n\n\"What I actually said yesterday in terms was, we want to protect the peace process, want to protect Ireland from the impact of Brexit for them,\" he said.\n\n\"I said this was a statement of intent which was much more than just legally enforceable. Of course it's legally enforceable under the withdrawal agreement but even if that didn't happen for some reason, if something went wrong, we would still be seeking to provide a frictionless invisible border with Ireland.\"\n\nA European Commission spokesman said the first-phase deal on the Northern Ireland border, the divorce bill and citizens' rights did not strictly have the force of law.\n\n\"But we see the joint report of Michel Barnier and David Davis as a deal between gentlemen and it is the clear understanding that it is fully backed and endorsed by the UK government.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Citizens' rights, the Irish border and money are the three big negotiation points\n\nShe added: \"President Juncker had a meeting with Prime Minister May last Friday morning to ascertain that this is precisely the case. They shook hands.\"\n\nIn her statement to Parliament, Theresa May said she expected EU leaders to agree immediately to start talks about a two-year transition deal immediately, paving the way for continued access to the single market for a time-limited period.\n\n\"This is good news for the people who voted Leave, who were worried that we were so bogged down in the negotiations, tortuous negotiations it was never going to happen,\" she said.\n\n\"It is good news for people who voted Remain, who were worried we were going to crash out without a deal. We are going to leave but we are going to do so in a smooth and orderly way.\"\n\nThe prime minister, who also written an open letter to EU nationals in the UK, was praised by leading figures from both wings of the Tory party.\n\nOn the pro-EU side, Anna Soubry said there was \"complete unanimity\" within the party that Friday's agreement was a \"major step forward\" while Nicky Morgan said it was an \"early Christmas present\".\n\nWhile commending the PM, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who had urged her to walk away from the talks if there was no progress, sought reassurances the transition period would be used to \"implement things that have been achieved\" and \"not carry on with no change\".\n\nIn response, the PM said firms needed time to adjust and avoid the danger of a \"double cliff-edge\" change in rules - but she also said there would be changes such as EU citizens arriving in the UK having to register.\n\nFor Labour, Mr Corbyn said the government's \"shambolic\" approach was continuing with ministers \"contradicting themselves\" over whether the UK would pay a financial settlement if there was no trade deal.\n\nLib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday that the EU was unlikely to offer the UK a bespoke trade deal modelled on the one it has with Canada, but with financial services included.\n\n\"The EU has effectively ruled that option out,\" he said. \"The EU has also said if you want a Canadian-style approach you have to link it to all kind of conditions to do with state aid, environmental rules and employment rights which effectively rules out the government's philosophy of taking back control\".\n\nHis party has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill - to be considered on Tuesday - which would see \"the Norway option\" of remaining in the single market kept open as long as possible.\n\nUrging Labour MPs and \"pragmatic\" Tories to support this approach, he said it was \"inferior to where we are but it is better than the alternative of not having a close relationship with the EU\".", "A worker at a recycling centre had a shock when a marine flare went off in his hands as he picked it up from a conveyor belt.\n\nIt happened at Amey's plant in Waterbeach, near Cambridge, in November.\n\nThe footage has been released by the firm to remind people to consider what they are recycling this Christmas.", "The victim was hit on a pedestrian crossing on the South Circular Road near Norwood Road\n\nA woman killed in a hit-and-run in south London was \"just left to die\".\n\nThe 29-year-old from Wandsworth was hit by four vehicles on a pedestrian crossing on South Circular Road at 06:48 GMT on Monday. None of the drivers stopped, police said.\n\nNavin Bagan, 37, who works at the nearby Tulse Hill cafe, added the drivers were \"heartless\".\n\nOne resident said the road layout \"encourages dangerous driving\" and has written to an MP to urge for change.\n\nThe woman was hit by two lorries and two cars. Her next of kin have been informed.\n\nIn the letter shared on social media to Chuka Umunna MP, Ross Runs wrote: \"As both a pedestrian and a driver, the junction at Tulse Hill encourages some of the most aggressive driving I have seen in London.\n\n\"If there is an opposite to 'traffic calming' then this is it.\"\n\nHe said the current design encouraged speeding and the road had become \"a racetrack of sorts\".\n\n\"I hope that nobody else has to needlessly lose their life due to poor urban planning on a road that encourages excessive speed and dangerous driving,\" he added.\n\nMr Umunna is the local MP for Streatham, not Dulwich & West Norwood where the crash happened.\n\nHowever, he and Helen Hayes, who represents the neighbouring constituency, said in a joint statement their thoughts were with the victim's family and friends.\n\n\"Lambeth Council is working closely with Transport for London on urgently needed changes to the Tulse Hill gyratory which will make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists,\" the statement said.\n\n\"We are pushing for these works to be delivered as soon as possible, and for any lessons which emerge from the investigation into this appalling incident to be acted upon immediately.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Olivia Cook This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Richard Cann This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Alice Lamb This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice have appealed for any witnesses to the crash and for the drivers to get in contact.\n\n\"This road is sometimes very busy in the mornings, but that's not an excuse for a car to hit a lady and run off,\" Ms Bagan said.\n\n\"I'm sure they will find them - it's a busy road, there are lots of security cameras.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDrivers and other travellers are facing difficult journeys as icy conditions persist across much of the UK.\n\nThe Met Office has a yellow warning for ice until Wednesday 11:00 GMT, with the worst affected areas likely to be Scotland and the north of England.\n\nA \"flash freeze\" caused disruption at Glasgow Airport, with some flights cancelled or diverted to other Scottish airports after the runway froze.\n\nHundreds of schools were closed for a second day.\n\nTemperatures in central and southern England remained only a few degrees above freezing throughout Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office's warning covers Wales, parts of Scotland and much of England - including the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, London, the South East, East, South West, the North East and North West.\n\nIt said the chance of ice was highest across parts of Scotland and northern England where rain might fall onto frozen surfaces. Those areas were also likely to see a few centimetres of fresh snow on high ground.\n\n\"There will probably be icy stretches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths with some injuries possible from slips and falls,\" the Met Office added.\n\nAt Glasgow Airport sub-zero temperatures and heavy rain caused a rapid formation of ice on the runway and taxiways as well as roads around the airport.\n\nAs a result, seven flights were forced to land at Edinburgh and Prestwick airports and four flights to and from London City Airport were cancelled.\n\nOperations were suspended at Glasgow for 45 minutes. It is back in operation but travellers are being advised to contact their airline before leaving for the airport.\n\nTravel may be disrupted over coming days as rain meets freezing temperatures and turns to ice on roads and pavements, said BBC Weather's Darren Bett.\n\nThere remains a risk of snow in Scotland overnight on Tuesday, with a risk of light showers over high ground in northern England.\n\nWinds will strengthen over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, but temperatures will be higher than in recent days.\n\nEdmund King, AA president, said the service had rescued more than 140 people from snow and ice by lunchtime.\n\nHe urged other drivers to slow down and leave more space between vehicles, and warned that opportunist thieves were stealing cars left defrosting on driveways and by the roadside.\n\n\"Give yourself extra time and don't leave the car running unattended to warm up,\" he advised.\n\nMore than 350 schools in the West Midlands, some 200 in Shropshire and more than 300 schools in Wales remained shut for a second day.\n\nOn Monday, more than 1,000 schools were closed - about 600 of which were in Wales.\n\nMore snow and ice is forecast for the north of England and Scotland\n\nHorses were put through their paces at Newmarket racecourse despite the low temperatures\n\nBoats on the frozen Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton were going nowhere\n\nAn estimated 190 homes were still without a power supply supply in the West Midlands on Tuesday evening.\n\nHeathrow Airport in west London said the \"majority\" of departures and arrivals would run as scheduled but advised passengers to check before travelling because of bad weather in Europe.\n\nTrain travellers faced delays on their homeward journeys, with Great Western Railway, Greater Anglia and London Northwestern Railway all reporting major delays into the evening rush hour.\n\nSome Arriva Trains Wales lines were not running on Tuesday evening and the company expects delays to last until the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by BBC Sussex This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Derbyshire FRS This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEurotunnel also said services were running with delays, with four-hour waits for passengers departing from Calais and Folkestone. It recommended customers cancelled or changed their travel plans.\n\nP&O ferries across the Channel are delayed by up to three hours because of the weather. Travellers are being told to check in and will be put on the first available sailing.\n\nThe TUC called on employers not to force staff to make dangerous journeys \"for the sake of presenteeism\" and to give staff advice on what to do if the weather or lack of public transport kept them away.", "In this series BBC Stories will be talking to British families and exploring the differences between first and second generation immigrants. It will delve into the cultural nuances that shape their relationships.\n\nIn the first episode we meet a Ghanaian father who has only recently come to terms with his son's criminal past.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPep Guardiola said Kevin de Bruyne is helping Manchester City become \"a better institution\" after the playmaker put in an inspired performance to help his side outclass Tottenham for a 16th successive Premier League victory that stretched their lead to 14 points.\n\nIlkay Gundogan, in for the absent David Silva, headed City in front from a corner after 14 minutes and the only surprise was that it took until 20 minutes before time until man-of-the-match De Bruyne's powerful shot extended their advantage.\n\nGabriel Jesus struck the post with a penalty after Jan Vertonghen fouled De Bruyne but Raheem Sterling crowned a sweeping move with a simple finish to put the game well and truly out of Spurs' reach.\n\nSterling then took advantage of Eric Dier's mistake to walk in the fourth for his 15th goal of the season before Spurs - for whom Harry Kane and Dele Alli were lucky not to get red cards from referee Craig Pawson for challenges on Sterling and De Bruyne respectively - pulled one back in stoppage time through Christian Eriksen.\n\nBoss Guardiola singled out De Bruyne for praise as he highlighted the Belgium international's work without the ball, calling it \"a good example for the young players, for our academy\".\n\n\"They know how good Kevin De Bruyne is and when they see how he runs and fights without the ball, that is the best example,\" added Guardiola.\n\n\"He helps us to be a better club, a better institution for the future, because that is what we want to do. His performance, I have no words to describe what he has done with the ball.\n\n\"And overall, without the ball, he is able to make pressure from 40 metres to the goalkeeper. And when that happens, the people who are behind him think 'if that guy runs like this, I have to run as well'.\"\n\nHow can anyone stop Manchester City?\n\nIt is the question being asked on a weekly basis - and no-one is any nearer finding the answer after another imperious performance from a City side who are surely now too far ahead to be caught in the Premier League title race.\n\nJose Mourinho went for a cautious approach with Manchester United in Sunday's derby at Old Trafford and was unpicked by the magic of David Silva as City won 2-1.\n\nSilva was absent here and Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham adopted a more positive outlook - but this time the brilliant De Bruyne was the inspiration as another method was tried and failed against Guardiola's almost flawless side.\n\nCity swarmed all over Spurs, with goalkeeper Hugo Lloris often put under pressure in possession and in the end it was quite simply all too much for Pochettino's side, as it has been for pretty much everyone this season.\n\nOnly Everton have taken a point against City this season with a 1-1 draw in the second league game of the season at Etihad Stadium - and it is difficult to see how this winning run can be stopped as they play with such threat and variety.\n\nEven when City are threatened, Guardiola has successfully solved a problem which dogged his first season at the club with the acquisition of an excellent goalkeeper in Brazilian Ederson.\n\nWhen Spurs looked dangerous for a brief period at the start of the second half, Ederson made a superb flying save to his right from Harry Kane.\n\nIf there is a weakness in this City side no-one has yet found it.\n\nSilva may have been missing but this Manchester City side has more than enough brilliance to rely on one player - and it was De Bruyne who orchestrated the destruction of Spurs.\n\nThe Belgian had simply too much in his armoury, even shrugging off Dele Alli's crude challenge which left the England midfielder fortunate only to get a yellow card from referee Pawson.\n\nIndeed, De Bruyne turned his anger on Spurs, scoring City's second shortly after with a shot that was too fierce for keeper Lloris, drawing a foul from countryman Jan Vertonghen to earn the penalty that Jesus missed and playing a part in setting up the third for Sterling.\n\nSpurs, like many before them, found that if they closed down one option, Manchester City found another.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all was De Bruyne, now a world-class talent in a truly outstanding team.\n\nGuardiola added: \"The performance of Kevin de Bruyne, you cannot imagine how good he plays with the ball, but he runs like a player in the Conference league - it is easier for the manager and the club.\"\n\n'His feet are like paintbrushes'\n\nFormer Arsenal defender Martin Keown on Match of the Day:\n\nKevin de Bruyne's feet are like paintbrushes, he's an artist. He's a thinking footballer, so creative, he creates chances for everyone and he'll take his own when he gets them.\n\nHe'll work hard for you as well. Young kids watching this, he's not admiring passes. He wants to get after things, there's an energy and desire in his football.\n\nHe wants to work hard, he's giving his manager everything, he's on fire - the world is his oyster at the moment. He's taking people out of their seats. The calibre of football he's playing is outstanding.\n\nSpurs disappoint again - Alli most of all\n\nSpurs were yet again found wanting on their travels against a team they had hoped to be challenging for the Premier League title.\n\nAs at Manchester United and Arsenal this season, Spurs never looked like securing the sort of statement victory that suggests they could bridge the gap from Premier League runners-up last season to champions this term.\n\nSince they won 2-1 here in February 2016, they have not won in 10 away games against other teams in the so-called \"big six\", losing six and drawing four.\n\nIt is a telling statistic - although Pochettino is unlikely to believe it is because his players are struggling to climb a psychological barrier.\n\nOne of the most disappointing aspects of this defeat was the lack of impact from Alli, whose main contribution was that spiteful tackle on De Bruyne.\n\nHe was a peripheral figure and was roundly booed by City's fans when he was unsurprisingly substituted late on.\n\n'Thanks to the club for these amazing players'\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"They have good quality, but we played really good to beat one of the strongest teams in the Premier League.\n\n\"Without the ball we are a humble team.\"\n\nOn City's record winning run: \"Since August we are so happy and I admire the most the way we play without the ball - thank you to the club to provide me with these amazing players.\n\n\"We are on a good streak, but in three days we have another one.\"\n\nTottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: \"I think it was a good experience for the team, when you win and play well you maybe don't learn, so you must learn this type of game. We have a lot of positive things, because we played a team in very good form with very good momentum.\n\n\"It wasn't bad at the start, but the way we conceded from a corner was a big mistake and a massive present for them. When you play a team in very good form, you cannot give away these gifts.\n\n\"When you're playing a team with good quality, if we take risks, we give them the possibility of making chances. We tried to play, but they were better, we have to congratulate them. So far, they are the best team in England.\"\n\nCity prove again to be Lloris' bogey side\n• None Guardiola is still three victories away from his best-ever winning streak in league football as a manager - 19 consecutive wins with Bayern Munich between October 2013 and March 2014.\n• None Since taking over at White Hart Lane in August 2014, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has enjoyed just one victory in his 18 Premier League games away to the 'big six' (W1 D6 L11).\n• None Tottenham's first shot on target came in the 55th minute, the longest they've had to wait in a Premier League game this season.\n• None Tottenham directed just two shots on target in the game, compared to Manchester City's 11, the biggest negative difference for the Lilywhites in a Premier League game since December 2013 against Liverpool (-10).\n• None Sane has been directly involved in 11 goals in eight Premier League home games this season (five goals, six assists), more than any other player.\n• None De Bruyne has been directly involved in 14 goals in his 15 Premier League appearances since the start of September (six goals, eight assists).\n• None Gundogan's opener was the 200th Premier League goal Lloris has conceded (203 in total now); 25 of them have come against Manchester City.\n\nCity are at Leicester on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup quarter-final (19:45 GMT) and then host Bournemouth in the league next Saturday at 15:00. Tottenham are at Burnley next Saturday (17:30).\n• None Relive the action from the Etihad Stadium\n• None Goal! Manchester City 4, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 4, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leroy Sané. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The children's aunt Claire Pearson shared her memories of them\n\nThe aunt of four children who died in a house fire in Salford says the family is trying to cope with their grief but \"nothing will ever break us\".\n\nDemi Pearson, 15, and siblings Brandon, eight, and Lacie, seven, died in the blaze in Walkden on Monday. Lia, three, died in hospital on Wednesday.\n\nClaire Pearson said: \"What's happened is tragic but it won't separate this family. We are all very close.\"\n\nHer sister and the children's mother, Michelle, 35, is in hospital in a coma.\n\nTwo men and a woman appeared in court earlier charged with murdering the siblings. They were remanded in custody until 9 March for a plea and trial preparation hearing.\n\nMs Pearson says her sister is \"an amazing woman\" and the house on Jackson Street \"was like a youth club with the amount of kids\" who would visit.\n\n\"She was such a mother to everybody else's kids as well as her own,\" she said.\n\n\"When it was family time they'd all cuddle up on the couch together, they were so close.\n\n\"Lacie was a little diva, she didn't stop dancing. Lia was obsessed with Peppa Pig. Brandon and Lacie were so close.\"\n\nThe family said they were \"dreading the day\" they have to tell Michelle \"the awful news about her babies\".\n\nLia, Demi, Brandon and Lacie died following Monday's fire, while their mum Michelle is still in a coma\n\nSpeaking of how the family feels, she said: \"You can't feel pain, you can't feel grief, you can't feel anything, you're so numb inside, it's too much to take in.\"\n\nMike Pearson, Michelle's father, said: \"The kids were just like any other kids. They were very supportive, very independent, but very tightly-knit.\n\n\"Demi was a little star. She'd been a diabetic and had problems in and out of hospital with that but nothing phased her, she was a beautiful girl.\n\n\"Brandon was quite funny, he was more like a school teacher, he was so intelligent.\"\n\nMike Pearson said Michelle Pearson is expected to be in a medically-induced coma for the next three or four weeks\n\nHe described Michelle, who they said was in critical but stable condition, as \"fiercely independent\".\n\n\"Michelle would do things her way. She loved her kids to pieces, she'd look after anyone. She was a friend to everyone,\" he said.\n\n\"She didn't have a bad word to say about anyone. She had a heart of gold, but she was nobody's fool, she'd stand her corner.\"\n\nHe said the family has recently been to church to pray for her recovery.\n\n\"She's so badly burned, she's bandaged from head to foot, she looks like a mummy and she's going to be in the medically-induced coma for the next three or four weeks,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to be a long road but hopefully she'll pull through. Whether she'll have the fight, I don't know. I'm hoping she'll get the strength from somewhere but she's lost all her babies and that's the heartbreaking thing.\n\n\"We've got to focus on Michelle and try and be there for her.\"\n\nClaire Pearson said the house on Jackson Street \"was like a youth club with the amount of kids\" who visited\n\nHe added he was \"gobsmacked\" at the support the family has received from the local community.\n\n\"The outpouring of love and support, it's been overwhelming. People have come from miles to leave flowers and teddy bears and messages of support,\" he said.\n\n\"They've been absolutely outstanding. We thank everyone for the messages and the love.\"", "Unilever has agreed to sell its margarine and spreads business, which include Flora and ProActiv, to private equity giant KKR for €6.8bn ($8bn; £6bn).\n\nThe move follows a wide-ranging review of its business which was prompted by a takeover attempt by rival Kraft.\n\nUnilever said it would look for a buyer of the spreads business in April.\n\nAt the time, it said the firm would step up its cost-cutting, aiming for a 20% margin by 2020.\n\nIt said the margarine business was a \"declining segment\" that could be \"better managed by others\".\n\nAs well as Flora and ProActiv, it also owns I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Bertolli.\n\nPaul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, said: \"The announcement today marks a further step in reshaping and sharpening our portfolio for long term growth.\n\n\"I am confident that under KKR's ownership, the spreads business, with its iconic brands, will be able to fulfil its full potential as well as societal responsibilities.\"\n\nIt operates across more than 190 countries.\n\nThe deal is expected to be completed in the middle of next year, and is subject to regulator approval in certain jurisdictions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, revealed details of the final bill to reporters\n\nUS Republicans from both houses of Congress have revealed their joint bill for the biggest overhaul of the country's tax system in 30 years.\n\nThe plan brings the US corporate tax rate down to 21% from the current 35%.\n\nThe top individual income tax drops to 37% from 39.6%.\n\nPresident Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to cut taxes, and passing the legislation marks a significant victory. He has said he wants the bill signed into law before Christmas.\n\nDemocrats have argued that the tax cuts will favour only the rich and offer little to the middle class. The non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation said on Friday the measures would add as much as $1.4tn (£1tn) to the $20tn national debt over 10 years.\n\nThe Senate and the House of Representatives - which both have Republican majorities - are due to vote on the measures next week.\n\nFriday's agreement came after hours of talks in which the bill's supporters sought to win over wavering Republicans.\n\nSenator Marco Rubio added his support following changes to child tax credit, reports said. Fellow Senator Bob Corker, who had opposed the original bill, also said he would back the draft bill despite reservations.\n\nKevin Brady, Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he was \"very excited about this moment\".\n\n\"It's been 31 years in the making and took a lot of hard work,\" he told reporters.\n\nThe pieces are falling in place for Donald Trump's tax bill, which now seems almost guaranteed to become law.\n\nThis will certainly satisfy critics within the Republican Party, particularly the big-business donors, who were lamenting Congress's inability to enact even modest parts of their party's legislative agenda. The question, however, is whether the success here will do anything to reverse the president's low poll numbers and dispel the growing consensus that Republicans are in for a rough ride in next year's mid-term congressional elections.\n\nAt the very least this will make it easier for the party incumbents to survive primary challenges from anti-establishment outsiders who otherwise would have railed against a do-nothing Congress.\n\nThe tax bill's overall unpopularity according to recent polls, however, may do little to improve the party's standings in the eyes of the general public. Cutting corporate tax rates, whether or not it is in the long-term interest of the nation, is unlikely to capture the imagination of the average American.\n\nRepublicans are now in a position to fully take credit for a booming economy, however - and they have 11 months to make the case to voters that they deserve to stay in power.\n\nThe proposed new measures ran into opposition from a senior UN official on Friday, who said they could worsen social inequality in the US.\n\nPhilip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty who has been on a two-week fact-finding visit to US States, said the tax bill threatened to \"blow apart\" social welfare provision.\n\n\"The US Congress is trying desperately to pass a tax bill that, if adopted, would represent the single most dramatic increase in inequality that could be imagined,\" he said.", "Ian Fordyce died on Friday when his bus crashed into a lorry\n\nPolice have named the bus driver who died in a school bus crash on the outskirts of Aberdeen.\n\nIan Fordyce was killed when the bus he was driving collided with a lorry and a car on the B979 South Deeside Road, near Maryculter Bridge, on Friday morning.\n\nThe 68-year-old from Dundee had driven coaches for more than 40 years.\n\nIn a statement, his family said he would be \"a sorely missed brother, father, grandfather and friend\".\n\nThe crash happened at about 07:45 on Friday and involved a red Audi A5 car, a white DAF lorry and the bus.\n\nMr Fordyce's family statement also said: \"Ian, affectionately known as 'Fingers' to most of his friends was very well known and popular with everyone he met.''\n\nThe school bus collided with a car and a truck.\n\n\"He drove coaches for 40 years and loved every minute of it. He will be a sorely missed brother, father, grandfather and friend.''\n\nSgt Rob Warnock, of Police Scotland, said: \"This was a tragic incident which has resulted in a 68-year-old man losing his life.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.\"\n\nThe drivers of the car and lorry involved were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with non-life threatening injuries.\n\nThe bus involved was carrying pupils, of primary and secondary age, from Lathallan private school in Johnshaven.\n\nNone of the 13 children on the bus at the time suffered serious injury.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Honey and Barry Sherman were renowned for their charity fundraising\n\nA Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as \"suspicious\".\n\nThe bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement by an estate agent, reports said.\n\nMr Sherman was the founder and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic medicines around the world.\n\nHe was one of Canada's richest men and a prominent philanthropist.\n\nThere was no sign of forced entry to the property, police said in a statement Friday evening. Local media reported that investigators were not searching for a suspect at this time.\n\nDetective Brandon Price told Canadian broadcaster CBC that investigators were still trying to determine if there was foul play involved.\n\nPolice gave few details and did not confirm the identities of the deceased. However, they were named locally by friends and by officials who reacted with shock at the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Justin Trudeau This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I am beyond words right now,\" Ontario's Health Minister Eric Hoskins said on Twitter.\n\n\"My dear friends Barry and Honey Sherman have been found dead. Wonderful human beings, incredible philanthropists, great leaders in health care.\"\n\nSenator Linda Frum presented the couple with a Canadian 150th anniversary medal in late November, awarded to Canadians for \"generosity, dedication, volunteerism and hard work\".\n\n\"Today I am gutted by the loss of Honey and Barry Sherman. Our community is steeped in grief. I am heartbroken,\" she said.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his condolences to the couple's family and friends.\n\nThe bodies, covered in blankets, were removed from the house in north-east Toronto\n\nThe house was on sale for C$7m ($5.4m; £4m)\n\nA police spokesman said emergency services were called to the house just before noon on Friday.\n\n\"The circumstances of their death appear suspicious and we are treating it that way,\" said Constable David Hopkinson.\n\nThe couple had recently put their luxury home up for sale and their bodies were found by an estate agent who was at the property to prepare it for an open-house viewing, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported, citing a family member.\n\nApotex said in a statement: \"All of us at Apotex are deeply shocked and saddened by this news and our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time.\"\n\nThe couple had four children.\n\nMr Sherman founded Apotex Inc in 1974 and the firm says it is now the seventh biggest generic drug maker in the world.", "As prime minister, David Cameron said the UK and China were in a \"golden era\" of trade relations\n\nDavid Cameron is to take on a new role leading a UK government-backed investment initiative between Britain and China.\n\nThe former prime minister will take charge of a £750m ($1bn) fund to improve ports, roads and rail networks between China and its trading partners.\n\nThe government said working with China's Belt and Road Initiative would create jobs and boost trade links.\n\nIt comes after Chancellor Philip Hammond's two-day trip to China.\n\nThe Belt and Road Initiative was first unveiled in 2013, but this year China's President Xi Jinping pledged £96bn ($124bn) for the scheme.\n\nThe Chinese government said it would invest tens of billions of dollars as part of an ambitious economic plan to rebuild ports, roads and rail networks linking China and its trading partners.\n\nPresident Xi intends on developing ancient trade routes through China and Europe to make it easier for the world to trade with China.\n\nChina hopes that by improving and creating trade links with other countries - by sea and rail - will help boost its economic growth of the Asian superpower, which has slowed in recent years.\n\nA statement from the Treasury also detailed progress on allowing British banks and insurers to access the Asian superpower's bond and insurance markets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What China's One Belt, One Road really means\n\nDavid Cameron has adopted a fairly low profile since he left Downing Street last year.\n\nHe's campaigned for more research into dementia and stuck by the national citizen service he set up in office.\n\nNow he'll be involved in investing hundreds of millions of pounds in projects linked to China's awkwardly named Belt and Road Initiative.\n\nThe private fund will be supported by the British government but won't involve any taxpayer's money.\n\nIt will focus on projects in the UK and China and countries that China assists in central Asia and Europe.\n\nChina's plan is not without controversy though as some critics see it as a global push to increase Beijing's political influence and presence.\n\nMr Cameron championed a drive to increase trade ties with China while he was prime minister, marking what both sides now call a \"golden era\".\n\nReuters news agency said the UK and China had agreed to accelerate preparations for a London-Shanghai stock connect programme.\n\nBut the BBC understand plans to link the London Stock Exchange with its counterparts in Shanghai and Shenzhen remain at the \"research stage\".", "The number of people out shopping in the UK in the first two weeks of December fell \"significantly\" compared to last year, retail researchers say.\n\nAnalysis firm Springboard found a 4.9% decrease in footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets.\n\nBad weather and rise in online shopping were both factors in the decline, according to Diane Wehrle.\n\nThe figures come as a retail analyst said it expected shops to make big discounts in the week before Christmas.\n\nConsultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) said it was anticipating more retailers to be discounting in the week leading up to Christmas than during the Black Friday weekend.\n\nSpringboard's analysis for this month - up to 14 December - showed that the number of people visiting shops compared to the same period last year fell by 4.9% - almost three times the 1.7% decrease in 2016.\n\nMs Wehrle said last week's snow had a \"clear impact\" on footfall, but was just one of a number of factors.\n\nShe said: \"The reasons are associated with budgetary constraints, due to inflation and the recent interest rate rise, but also due to the heavy discounting in November.\n\n\"Black Friday pulled spending forward, thereby impacting on customer activity in December. And of course all of this is set against a backdrop of a continuing rise in online spending.\"\n\nShe added that while online spending accounts for about 15% of total retail spending, it is rising approximately 10% year on year.\n\nMeanwhile, PwC said it expected retailers to make big discounts in the final week before Christmas to convince shoppers to keep spending throughout the festive period.\n\nThe firm has analysed the number of promotions advertised in shops and online during November and December for the past seven years.\n\nIt found that many of the retailers offering promotions during the Black Friday weekend in late November returned to full price sales by the beginning of December, before relaunching discounts in the lead up to Christmas.\n\nLisa Hooker, consumer markets leader at PwC, said: \"As we rapidly approach Christmas itself, we are already seeing an uptick in promotional activity as retailers try to attract customers through their doors and clear festive stock.\"\n\nEarlier this week it was revealed that Black Friday helped retail sales to grow by 1.1% last month - despite average prices rising faster than average wages.\n\nThe six weeks from the end of November to the start of January account for up to half of any major retailer's annual profits.\n\nHave a bad Christmas, and you'll have a bad year.\n\nAdd in falling real incomes because inflation is high and wage growth is modest, and retailers are especially nervous this year.\n\nSo that's why some of them are offering decent discounts in the very fortnight before Christmas that they need to maximise their margins (profits). And the reason? Competition.\n\nThe rivalry on - and offline - between retailers is intense. No flash sale by a large company, will go unmatched by its rivals.\n\nAnd consumers, thanks to the internet, are now increasingly aware of sudden discounting. So bargains don't go a-begging.", "Stormy the cow kept Philadelphia law enforcement busy one morning with her repeated escapes from a live nativity scene.", "Bottled water is being distributed from a supermarket car park in Tewkesbury\n\nSome 10,000 homes and businesses have been left without water due to a burst main.\n\nThirteen schools have also been closed in Tewkesbury, north Gloucestershire, as engineers work to repair the burst.\n\nSevern Trent Water used a helicopter and drones to locate the problem.\n\nIt apologised and confirmed \"water is gradually returning to normal for customers in Tewkesbury\" and added it \"aims to have everyone restored tonight as quickly as possible\".\n\nTens of thousands of litres of bottled water are currently being distributed across three water handout sites.\n\nThe firm said it was using tankers to inject water directly into pipes to help customers.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"As it's a wide area that's been affected, it's a complicated job to get the system back to normal and it will take a while for the pipes to refill, so please bear with us.\n\n\"There may be some intermittent supplies or poor pressure overnight while we get everything sorted.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Severn Trent This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany local supermarkets quickly sold out of bottled water as news of the outage spread.\n\nQueues quickly built up for bottled water as supermarket shelves were stripped\n\nIt is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.\n\nIn October more than 7,000 households had no water in Churchdown, Cheltenham, after a 24in (60cm) main ruptured.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "What is in the US tax plan?\n\nUS lawmakers have unveiled the final draft of a bill set to be the most significant overhaul of the US tax code in a generation.\n\nAfter weeks of politicking, lobbying and vote-trading, the Republican-controlled Congress is set to vote on the plan.\n\nIf it passes it will give President Donald Trump an early Christmas present - his first major piece of legislation since taking office.\n\nRepublicans say the tax cuts for businesses and families will unleash investment, spending and growth.\n\nBut critics say it will result in a huge transfer of wealth from poor to rich, and future generations will have to pay for it.\n\nSo what are the key points in the plan?\n\nIt's being described as the biggest single drop in corporation tax in US history.\n\nUnder current law, businesses face a range of tax rates, starting at 15% and rising to 35% on taxable income over $10m.\n\nThe new plan creates a single 21% corporate rate, effective in 2018.\n\nThat is low, but not quite as low as the 20% rate included in earlier versions of the plan.\n\nThat mandate is eliminated in the new code, a provision that the Joint Committee on Taxation projects could raise $318bn, since it is expected to lead to 13 million fewer people with insurance coverage.\n\nThe tax bill has aroused opposition, since many of the benefits go to the wealthy and large corporations\n\nThe US currently has seven tax brackets ranging from 10% to a top rate of 39.6%, which applies to income above about $418,000 for individuals and $471,00 for couples.\n\nUnder the new plan, some of those rates fall, including the top rate, which would be 37%, applicable to income over $500,000 for individuals and $600,000 for couples.\n\nUnder current law, inheritances worth more than about $5.5m for individuals and roughly $11m for couples are subject to a 40% tax.\n\nThe new plan roughly doubles the amount of inheritance exempt from tax.\n\nUnder current law, taxpayers can either claim a standard deduction or opt to deduct specific items.\n\nThe new plan roughly doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for married couples.\n\nIn exchange for that boost - which expires after 2025 and is intended to make the itemising option less attractive - the plan eliminates a slew of targeted benefits, such as deductions for moving expenses and tax preparation costs.\n\nSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan has championed the tax efforts. He says he wants families to be able file their taxes on a post card.\n\nRepublicans in the Senate attached a measure that will open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. That made it into the final version.\n\nHouse Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) addresses questions from reporters during the final negotiations\n\nThe Republican plan eliminates the personal exemption, which was worth roughly $4,000 and could be claimed for each member of a family.\n\nTo offset that move, the plan expands a tax credit for children.\n\nThat is currently worth $1,000 per child for families who make less than a certain amount. Under the new plan, it would be worth $2,000 and available to more families.\n\nDebate over how much the child tax credit would be worth almost killed the bill, after Senator Marco Rubio, Republican from Florida, said he wanted the provision structured to be more generous for low income families.\n\nMultinational companies currently pay US taxes on income earned abroad.\n\nThe new plan changes the code to a so-called territorial system, making companies responsible for income earned in the US.\n\nIt also creates new rules to prevent companies from unfairly taking advantage of the shift.\n\nThe plan also imposes one-time, ultra-low tax rates for corporate profits currently being held offshore, charged at 15.5% on liquid assets and 8% for illiquid assets.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has rallied support for tax changes, which he says will boost economic growth\n\nUnder current law, owners of businesses organised as so-called pass through entities pay taxes on profits based on the personal rate (since the profits \"pass through\" to the owners).\n\nThe new bill allows for 20% of that income to be deducted for households making less than $315,00. After that, the perk is only available to some businesses.\n\nRepublicans had threatened to eliminate a number of industry specific benefits. But the final version is less aggressive than earlier proposals.\n\nFor example, the bill preserves tax perks for wind energy.\n\nThe plan caps the deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Preserving some kind of deduction was important to Republicans from high-cost states such as California, New Jersey and New York.\n\nIt also retains the mortgage interest deduction, a priority of the powerful property lobby, while lowering the cap on what new mortgages are eligible for the perk from $1m to $750,000.\n\nThe bill does not subject graduate school tuition waivers to taxes, as had been proposed.\n\nThe plan also maintains, and temporarily expands, deductions for certain medical expenses.", "The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.\n\nAs a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.\n\nHere are some of the key phrases from that document.\n\nDon't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolved before negotiations on a withdrawal agreement come to an end.\n\nThat means the financial settlement, citizens' rights and of course, the Irish border.\n\nSufficient progress is not the end of the story, but the text also makes it clear that there will be a concerted effort to lock in what has been agreed so far - and that if the EU detects any reluctance or backsliding from the UK then that will have a negative effect on discussions about the future.\n\nTheresa May has already agreed that a transition of about two years will take place under existing EU rules and regulations, but the EU's text makes crystal clear what it believes that means.\n\nThe UK will have to accept all EU law (that's what the acquis means) including new laws passed during the transition itself.\n\nBut it will no longer have a seat at the table when those laws are made. To put it brutally - the UK will, for a while, become a rule-taker rather than a rule-maker.\n\nBoth sides talk of a strictly time-limited transition period, so there doesn't appear to be much appetite at the moment for extending it.\n\nQuite what happens if a future trade deal isn't ready by the end of the transition, a scenario many experts think is quite possible, will have to be debated in the future.\n\nDuring the transition, the UK will have to accept the full jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and all four freedoms - including the freedom of movement of people.\n\nThe EU says the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union during a transition, while the UK insists that it will leave both on Brexit day.\n\nThis could become a semantic argument, because by accepting all rules and regulations - in other words, the status quo - the UK will remain in the single market and the customs union whether it likes it or not.\n\nThe British government has suggested that some things - like dispute resolution mechanisms - could change during the transition as agreement is made on future co-operation. But there's little appetite in the EU for that - in its view, you're either in or you're out.\n\nThe EU 27 stress that they want a close partnership with the UK in the future, but here they are setting out the limits of what they could mean.\n\nThe further away the UK wants to be from the rules and regulations of the single market the less access it will have - there is no such thing as partial membership.\n\nThis gets us back to the unresolved debate about what \"full alignment\" at the Irish border really means in practice.\n\nThe phrase \"preserve a level playing field\" is important too. The EU is anxious to ensure that the UK doesn't try to undercut the EU in any way by having looser regulations in certain key areas, and, if it does, then there will be consequences.\n\nEU negotiators won't have the authority to start discussions with the UK on future relations (including trade and also things like security and foreign policy) until another set of guidelines is adopted in March 2018.\n\nThat gives the two sides not much more than six months to agree the text of a broad political declaration on the outlines of the future relationship.\n\nThe EU hopes to get that finalised by October 2018, but it emphasises that formal trade negotiations can only begin after the UK has left the EU.\n\nInformal contacts on what the future might look like are probably taking place already, but the EU is still waiting for greater clarity from London about what exactly the UK government hopes to achieve in the long term.\n\nThe UK is trying to be as ambitious as possible about what can be done before Brexit actually happens. The EU, though, emphasises that trade talks will have to continue long after the UK has left.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Matthew Petersen may have trained as a lawyer, but judging by his confirmation hearing he's clearly out of practice.\n\nPresident Trump's nominee for federal judge in the District of Columbia was asked a series of basic legal questions by a Republican senator. It did not go well.", "A 95-year-old Middlesbrough man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip.", "It looks simple - a pretty blue cornflower - but this plant is causing controversy in Austria. It's the chosen flower of the far-right Freedom Party, even though it was once associated with the Nazis.\n\nDieter Dorner takes a long sip of his Gemischtes, a mix of dark beer and lager, and smiles.\n\nWe are sitting in an inn in Untersiebenbrunn, a little town east of Vienna, where he is a councillor for the far-right Freedom Party. Over a meal of sausage, chips and locally grown white asparagus, he tells me about a planned dance.\n\nIn true Austrian fashion, it's to be a ball - the local Freedom party's first Cornflower Ball, Der Kornblumenball.\n\n\"We've never had a Freedom Party Ball in Untersiebenbrunn before,\" he explains. \"So we said to ourselves, let's do something, let's have a ball. The band will play dance music. My favourite is the slow waltz.\"\n\nThe ball was arranged last September, but the timing is felicitous, because these days the Freedom Party in Untersiebenbrunn has a lot to celebrate. In the first round of voting in Austria's presidential election in April, 53% of people here voted for the Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer.\n\nDotted through the town's leafy streets are the blue Freedom Party campaign placards and posters for the Kornblumenball, featuring a silhouette of a dancing couple in evening dress.\n\n\"Hasn't there been some controversy about the blue cornflower?\" I ask. \"Something to do with the Nazis?\" Dieter shakes his head. \"The cornflower is simply the Freedom Party flower and we like it,\" he says.\n\n\"To discuss what happened 80 years ago, or what didn't happen or perhaps happened doesn't bring us forward. There is certainly nothing deliberately nasty about it.\"\n\nBut other Austrians are not so sure.\n\n\"The cornflower is a complicated symbol,\" Vienna historian, Bernhard Weidinger, tells me. \"It was the German Kaiser Wilhelm's favourite flower, and was used by pan-German nationalists in the 19th Century.\n\n\"Then between 1934 and 1938, when the Nazis were a banned party in Austria, it was the secret symbol they used to wear in order to recognise each other.\"\n\nNowadays, it's traditional for Austrian MPs to wear a flower in their buttonholes at the opening of parliament, he explains. The colour of the Freedom Party is blue, so they wear a cornflower.\n\n\"You are not a neo-Nazi if you wear a cornflower,\" he continues. \"But it is fair to say that the Freedom Party cultivates a certain ambivalence when it comes to the past.\"\n\nTheir presidential hopeful, Norbert Hofer, continues to face sharp criticism about his occasional choice of floral decoration. In response to a question last week, he declared that he wanted nothing to do with the Nazis, and wouldn't let them take away things like the cornflower.\n\nThe Freedom Party has moved on a long way from the heyday of its firebrand leader, Joerg Haider, who died in a car crash in 2008. Back in the 1980s and 90s, Haider openly praised aspects of the Third Reich. These days, Freedom Party members who veer in that direction are quickly silenced or removed from their posts.\n\nA day or so later I fall into conversation with a young man called Michael, in a park in Vienna.\n\nIt's a balmy spring evening, the chestnut trees are in bloom, and in the distance a jazz band is playing a free concert on an open-air podium. \"What do you think about the Freedom Party and the cornflower?\" I ask.\n\n\"I hate those people,\" he replies. \"And the cornflower isn't great. But you know, I'm not quite as worried about their attitude towards the past as I am about their attitude to what's going on now. Their barely-concealed racism, their rhetoric against Muslims and refugees is really wrong.\"\n\nA demonstrator at an anti-Hofer rally in Vienna holds up an image of the cornflower\n\nHe looks around at a family playing with their well-groomed dogs. \"And the other thing that bothers me,\" he says, \"is that they are working on people's fears and encouraging our worst instincts. Like Donald Trump does. Austria is better off than most countries in the world. It's safe - and in general life is pretty good here. But to hear the Freedom Party talk, you'd think we were living in some desperately difficult country.\" He shrugs.\n\nI think back to my conversation with Dieter in the comfortable little town of Untersiebenbrunn. I had asked him if the Freedom Party was deliberately stirring up fears to gain votes.\n\n\"We don't create people's concerns, we express them,\" he had said. \"We're worried about our future. When you have a lot, you also have a lot to lose.\"\n\nSubscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox", "Firefighters are dropping red flame retardant to try to quench the flames\n\nAuthorities in California have issued new evacuation orders as a huge wildfire flares up again in Santa Barbara County.\n\nMeteorologists said fresh northerly winds were likely to drive the flames from the fire - named Thomas - towards the Pacific coast.\n\nThe blaze, the state's third largest on record, has now burnt almost 1,000 sq km (405 sq miles) since 4 December.\n\nTwo people are reported to have died as a result of the fire.\n\nFire apparatus engineer Cory Iverson was killed tackling the blaze last week, along with a woman, Virginia Rae Pesola, who was in a car crash as she evacuated.\n\nThe resurgence of strong \"sundowner\" winds combined with low humidity forecast for Sunday could fuel the flames and has prompted new mandatory evacuation orders for several Santa Barbara communities, including hillside homes in Montecito and Summerland.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SBCountyOEM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe fire has crossed the San Ysidro canyon, dashing firefighters' hope that it could be contained.\n\nMore than 8,000 firefighters are now tackling the blaze, which has destroyed about 1,000 structures including some 750 homes. The cost of the operation is now $104m (£78m), said Reuters news agency.\n\nUsing helicopters and planes to drop fire retardant on the flames, firefighters have managed to contain 40% of the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Drew Tuma This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Republicans are hurrying to pass tax reform - leaving uncertainty about some provisions in the bill\n\nRepublicans are rushing to pass the biggest revamp of the US tax code in decades.\n\nAnd despite promises to simplify the code and eliminate special interest loopholes, the bill is packed with targeted goodies.\n\nWhat makes it into a final compromise between the House bill and the Senate bill remains to be seen.\n\nIn the meantime, here are some provisions you may have missed as lawmakers rush to finalise a plan.\n\nSenator Lisa Murkowski attached a piece of legislation to the tax plan that would allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located in her home state of Alaska.\n\nA man holds a sign during a 2005 rally to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from drilling\n\nSecuring Senator Murkowski's support for the bill was critical after she broke with Republicans earlier this year on a healthcare repeal effort.\n\nThe House and Senate bills allow families to save money for education in tax-privileged accounts for children \"at any stage of development\" - including those carried in the womb.\n\nThat's a provision designed to appeal to pro-life members of Congress.\n\nThe bills would do away with a range of privileges enjoyed by sports teams, such as the tax-free status given to professional football leagues.\n\nThe House bill also strikes at tax-privileged financing for sports stadiums and a perk related to purchases of college athletics tickets.\n\nUnder current law, nonprofits - including churches and schools - cannot participate in political campaigns and retain their tax-free status.\n\nSome groups, including evangelical churches, have chafed at that rule.\n\nThe House bill moves to reduce that risk, allowing nonprofits to make political statements, assuming they incur minimal expense and are made \"in the ordinary course of the organisation's business\".\n\nThe Senate bill widens the range of wine producers eligible for tax credits, among other special rules for the beer and wine industry.\n\nProduction of kombucha - fermented tea that contains small amounts of alcohol - gets a special call-out for exemption from certain taxes, thanks to an amendment introduced by a Colorado senator.\n\nThe Senate bill would exempt firms that manage private jets from having to pay federal excise tax - one of the fees charged on ticket sales of commercial flights.\n\nThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2012 said private jet services were subject to the tax, but it has since been re-examining how to treat those payments.\n\nThe Senate bill allows firms to expense \"certain costs\" of replanting citrus plants - a win for growers in states such as Florida, where crops have been marred by disease.\n\nThe citrus industry has been hurt by a disease that affects the trees\n\nFlorida lawmakers tried to secure this kind of perk in 2016 as a standalone measure.\n\nCurrent law limits how big a stake private foundations can hold in for-profit companies to discourage the creation of fake foundations.\n\nThe Senate bill removes those limits, provided the business meets certain requirements such as donating all profits to charity.\n\nPolitico reported the perk was a priority for Newman's Own, which sells food items including pasta sauce and salad dressing. It is just one example of the pet projects in the bill.\n\nUnder the Senate proposal, teachers can deduct up to $500 in classroom purchases - at least through 2025.\n\nThe perk was introduced in 2002 by Republican Senator Susan Collins, who holds a key vote in passing the bill. It was extended - and doubled - after its elimination in the House proposal.\n\nDuring his campaign for president, Donald Trump pledged to eliminate this controversial benefit, which provides managers of companies - including private equity firms - a lower tax rate on money received for overseeing investments.\n\nBut the perk stands, although the House bill would require that the investment be held for at least three years to qualify for the lower rate, which was intended to encourage \"long-term\" capital investments.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian's family were told he was dying\n\nThe failure to offer a learning disabled young man cancer treatment has been described as a shocking example of health inequalities by charities.\n\nIan Shaw was sent home to die, but a doctor queried that decision after seeing his story on the BBC.\n\nIan, 35, who has since been given chemotherapy, is now doing well.\n\nThe hospital involved has said his learning disabilities had not been a factor in the decision to put him on end-of-life care.\n\nIn December 2016, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.\n\nHis parents say they were told by doctors nothing more could be done for him as the cancer had spread too far.\n\nIn February, he arrived home for what his family believed would be his final few months.\n\nIan, whose behaviour could at times be challenging, spent nearly a decade in secure units, moving between three different places.\n\nHis family believe in the units he was over-medicated and his health neglected.\n\nThey had to fight to get him moved to a supported home in the community, it was a few months after the move that the cancer was detected.\n\nHis parents believe it could have been found the year before when he was treated for a testicular swelling, if there had been a thorough investigation.\n\nIn July of this year, the BBC reported on Ian's case after it led to a call for the prime minister to appoint a commissioner to champion the rights of people with learning disabilities.\n\nSir Stephen Bubb, who had written two reports for NHS England on secure units, described Ian's case as \"all too typical\" of the continuing failures vulnerable people faced.\n\nDr Justin Wilson was watching the report on the BBC News at Six and Ten.\n\nHe is a psychiatrist who has also studied treatment of cancer in people with learning disabilities. He asked to be put in touch with the family.\n\nHe says: \"Knowing that testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers that there is, I was surprised that the decision had been made not to provide treatment and I wanted to understand what that was about.\"\n\nAs a result, a second opinion was sought about Ian's treatment.\n\n\"My concern was that perhaps judgements were made about the quality of life that he has because of his severe learning disabilities and because of the physical impact of how the cancer has spread,\" says Dr Wilson.\n\n\"I'm also clearly aware that providing cancer treatment for someone with the problems that Ian has is a real challenge.\n\n\"It is really difficult to give the best possible treatment to somebody in that situation, but my view is those challenges can be overcome.\"\n\nIan is now undergoing chemotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital - and he is doing well.\n\nA scan at the end of November showed after four rounds of chemotherapy the tumour, which had spread to his stomach, had shrunk.\n\nIan's mother, Jan, says: \"Especially when I thought there was no treatment and no cure, it was just a waiting game, but now there is hope.\"\n\nIan was a patient at Luton and Dunstable Hospital when his family were told last February that he was terminally ill and could not be treated.\n\nIn a statement, the University Hospital Trust said a course of chemotherapy had been planned but Ian's condition had then worsened.\n\nA range of experts had been consulted and it had been decided he had been too ill to undergo treatment.\n\nIt added: \"The decision was therefore taken, in consultation with his family, to start palliative care.\n\n\"The trust can confirm that Mr Shaw's learning difficulties were not a factor in the decision to move to a palliative care pathway.\"\n\nIan's family were told he was dying\n\nNHS England says it is working to reduce the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. But neither it nor the Department of Health wanted to comment on Ian's case.\n\nNHS policy is that reasonable adjustments should be made to ensure that people with learning disabilities get the medical help they need.\n\nIn Ian's case, he is put under an anaesthetic for a short time while he is given the chemotherapy.\n\nThe tumour has affected Ian's spine so he is unable to walk, but after 10 months in bed, in November he was moved into a wheelchair.\n\nIn a joint statement, the charities Mencap and Challenging Behaviour Foundation said: \"We know 1,200 people with a learning disability die every year when their lives could have been saved had they had access to good quality healthcare at the right time.\n\n\"Failures to train healthcare professionals on how to support patients with a learning disability and the refusal to involve families in key decisions about their loved one's health continue to contribute to this scandal of unequal health treatment.\"", "Water collection points have been set up around the town\n\nMost of the 10,000 homes and businesses cut off from water for a second day following a burst main have been reconnected.\n\nSevern Trent said it had been repairing a broken pipe in Tewkesbury but the process was \"ongoing\" and would \"continue steadily\".\n\nWater was earlier moved from other parts of the network, a spokesman said.\n\nThe firm has urged people to \"be good neighbours\" and consider their water usage.\n\nThe supply went off in the early hours of Friday but Severn Trent Water tweeted that most customers who were cut off have now been reconnected.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Severn Trent This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"There is still a lot of work to do, and the system is very complicated and so will take a few hours to refill, so please bear with us,\" a Severn Trent spokesman said.\n\n\"The burst has happened on a 36-inch pipe, which is one of the biggest pipes we have in our network, and it's located in a flooded field which is making the repair work extremely difficult and trickier than usual.\n\n\"Overnight conditions were tricky, the river flooded, and so it's making it incredibly difficult to see what we're dealing with.\n\nEngineers said the burst pipe was in a flooded field, making it difficult to repair\n\n\"Our priority has been to get supplies back on, before fixing the burst, so we're continuing to try and move water around the network in different ways and we're using a fleet of 20 tankers to inject water directly into our pipes to help get the water back on as quickly as we can.\"\n\nThousands of people have been without a water supply in their homes for more than 24 hours\n\nMore than 296,000 litres of bottled water has been handed out, the company said.\n\nTwo bottled water collection points have been set up at Morrisons in Barton Road and at Tewkesbury School in Ashchurch Road.\n\nA third collection point that was in Gloucester Road car and coach park has been closed and will be moved to a new location.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Newsnight the EU's terms for a transition period are unacceptable.\n\nA leading Brexiteer has said the UK cannot become a \"colony\" of the EU during the two year transition period after Britain's withdrawal in 2019.\n\nEU leaders have agreed Brexit talks can move on, with the UK staying in the customs union, single market and under the European Court of Justice's jurisdiction during the transition.\n\nConservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg said that would be unacceptable.\n\nBut Tory remainer Ken Clarke said the UK must not \"go off a cliff edge\".\n\nThe former chancellor told BBC Newsnight that during the transition the UK would continue economically under the current terms, but would have left the union politically.\n\nOtherwise, he said it would be a \"disaster\" if come March 2019 negotiations were not finished and the UK would have to resort to tariff and customs barriers.\n\n\"I doubt we'd get the planning permission for the lorry parks in time,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Mr Rees-Mogg said leaving under these terms would be \"a ridiculous position to be in\".\n\n\"The transition which the EU is offering means that we're still effectively in the European Union for the following two years,\" he told Newsnight.\n\nOn Friday, Prime Minister Theresa May hailed an \"important step\" as Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, announced that all 27 EU leaders were happy to move on to the next phase of negotiations.\n\nThe first issue to be discussed, early next year, will be the details of the expected two-year transition period after the UK's exit.\n\nThe EU has published its guidelines which say: \"As the UK will continue to participate in the customs union and the single market during the transition, it will have to continue to comply with EU trade policy.\"\n\nThe three-page document says the UK will remain under the jurisdiction of the ECJ and be required to permit freedom of movement during any transition period.\n\nBut Mr Rees-Mogg said such a situation would make the UK \"a vassal\" - or subordinate - state of the EU, having to accept laws \"without any say-so\" from the British people.\n\nMrs May suffered her first Commons Brexit defeat earlier this week when MPs voted to give Parliament a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal struck with Brussels.\n\nFormer cabinet minister Sir Oliver Letwin told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the defeat was a \"fuss about nothing\".\n\nSir Oliver, who is backing an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill designed to avoid another rebellion over the timing of Brexit, told Today that he did not believe the vote earlier in the week \"has much of an effect at all.\"\n\nAmong the Tories who rebelled in the vote was Mr Clarke, who told Newsnight his actions had in no way undermined the government's negotiating position.\n\nHe said he had since received a death threat, although he added it was not his first.\n• None Brexit talks to move to next stage - EU", "Adm Srur (right) is seen here with President Macri last month\n\nThe head of the Argentine navy has been sacked following the loss of a submarine and its crew in the South Atlantic last month.\n\nThe defence minister placed Adm Marcelo Srur in retirement on Friday night, it has emerged.\n\nThe ARA San Juan disappeared with 44 crew on board after reporting an electrical problem off the coast of Patagonia.\n\nAn international search operation has failed to locate the vessel.\n\nSome ships are still searching in an area where a loud noise was recorded in the hours following the disappearance - possible evidence that the submarine imploded.\n\nPresident Mauricio Macri has created a special independent commission to investigate the disappearance of the submarine, following criticism about the handling of the operation.\n\nThe commission will comprise three submariners - one the father of one of the disappeared crew.\n\nDefence Minister Oscar Aguad has promised the investigation will be \"transparent\" and will have an unlimited budget.\n\nThe crew of the ARA San Juan comprises 43 men and one woman\n\n\"We ask that they always tell us the truth, that they keep us informed about what's happening,\" said Jorge Villareal, father of missing crew member Fernando, according to Efe news agency.\n\n\"We just find things out through the media.\"\n\nAdm Srur, 60, was appointed by President Macri in January 2016.", "Mr Zuma said his ANC party was at a \"crossroads\"\n\nSouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called on the African National Congress (ANC) to stop infighting as it decides who will next lead the party.\n\nMr Zuma warned the future of the ANC was under threat, with South Africans \"not happy\" with it.\n\nThe main contenders to succeed him are the deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma's ex-wife.\n\nWhoever wins is likely to succeed Mr Zuma as South African president.\n\nBut their bitter leadership battle has raised fears that the ANC could split before national elections in 2019.\n\nPresident Zuma can remain head of state until those elections. He has been in office since 2009 and South Africa limits the presidency to two five-year terms.\n\nThe leadership contest is expected to be a close one, with legal challenges a possibility.\n\nAddressing delegates at the beginning of a gathering to decide the next ANC leader, Mr Zuma said their movement was at a \"crossroads\".\n\n\"Petty squabbling that takes us nowhere needs to take back seat, our people are frustrated when we spend more time fighting among ourselves instead of solving the daily challenges they experience,\" he said.\n\nLast year's disappointing results for the ANC in local elections, Mr Zuma said, \"were a stark reminder that our people are not happy with the state of the ANC\".\n\nThe leading candidates are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa\n\nPresident Zuma, 75, has been the focus of much controversy and has survived several votes of no confidence in parliament.\n\nHe faces numerous corruption allegations but denies any wrongdoing.\n\nIn his final speech as ANC president, he asserted that \"theft and corruption\" were as prominent in the private sector as they are in government. He added that \"being black and successful is being made synonymous to being corrupt\".\n\nHe lashed out at the media, which he said was not \"impartial and fair\". He also targeted the judiciary, arguing that the courts should have no role in deciding internal party matters.\n\nFor the leadership, President Zuma is backing his 68-year-old former wife, Ms Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran politician in her own right who has been critical of the enduring power of white-owned businesses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What advice should South Africa's ruling party take on board?\n\nMr Ramaphosa, 65, has spoken out strongly against state corruption and has the backing of the business community.\n\nRecent news that he had a modest lead in the polls was quickly reflected by a rise in the financial markets.\n\nJacob Zuma came out fighting in his speech, hitting out at his critics both inside and outside the party.\n\nIt seemed like no one was spared - from ANC members who voted with the opposition to try and remove him, alliance partners who have booed him and called on him to stand down, to \"counter-revolutionary forces\" he said were intent on reversing the progress made since 1994, when apartheid was brought to an end.\n\nIndeed, that idea of malevolent forces working to bring down both him and the ANC was a thread that ran right through his speech. Mr Zuma placed his fight against his opponents within the wider framework of the fight against apartheid.\n\nHe ended his speech by saying \"I tried my best\", and of those who tried to bring him down \"I bear no grudges\". He then led the room in song.\n\nThis was Jacob Zuma in his element: a rousing speaker, a fierce opponent, delivering cutting rebukes with charm and charisma.\n\nMore than 5,000 delegates are taking part in the four-day ANC elective conference at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg.\n\nA vote on the new leader is expected on Sunday.\n\nThe first major engagement for the new leader will be the party's anniversary celebrations on 8 January.\n\nThe ANC has governed South Africa since the first democratic election more than 20 years ago.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Harding says a question remains whether the ANC is in terminal decline, and what that might mean for South Africa's stability and its future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ANC was the party of Nelson Mandela but have people lost faith under Jacob Zuma?", "Third Ashes Test, Waca (day three of five)\n\nAustralia captain Steve Smith struck a magnificent double century and Mitchell Marsh a huge hundred of his own to demoralise England on the third day of the third Ashes Test in Perth.\n\nThe fifth-wicket pair shared a stand of 301 as Australia racked up 549-4 at the Waca, a lead of 146.\n\nSmith - who made 141 not out in his side's first-Test win in Brisbane - batted throughout the day, moving from his overnight 92 to an unbeaten 229, his highest Test score.\n\nMarsh, on his return to the side, compiled his maiden Test ton on his home ground and was 181 not out at the close.\n\nEngland managed only one wicket all day - their attack wholehearted but lacking the tools to be incisive on a flat pitch and under scorching sunshine.\n\nAustralia's remorselessness - they added 346 to their overnight 203-3 - highlighted the tourists' profligacy on the second day, when they lost six wickets for 35 runs to slip from 368-4 to 403 all out.\n\nAt 2-0 down, England must avoid defeat on a ground where they have not won since 1978 if they are to avoid surrendering the Ashes at the earliest possible opportunity.\n\nWith the chance of victory now looking slim, it is likely they will have to bat for much of the fourth and fifth days in order to save the game.\n\nThe pitch is only showing occasional signs of wear and there is rain forecast for Sunday and Monday - but they are only small crumbs of comfort for an England side who will have to face the fierce Australia attack after the best part of two days in the field.\n• None 'Guts and determination' needed to keep Ashes alive\n• None Reaction and analysis to third day's play\n• None Podcast - Is Smith the best since Bradman?\n\nSuch was Smith's comfort, calmness and composure, a massive score seemed inevitable both when he arrived at the crease on Friday and again when he resumed on Saturday.\n\nIt was chanceless and ruthless from the skipper, who moved his batting average to 62.89, second to only the great Donald Bradman on the all-time list.\n\nHe reached his 22nd Test century in the fifth over of the day by clipping James Anderson through mid-wicket and, even then, there was the sense he was just getting started.\n\nTwice Anderson asked for a review, once when the ball was missing leg stump and again after what was revealed to be a no-ball - and it would not have been given out in any case.\n\nAs on the second day, the off-side scoring was a feature of Smith's play as he became the first captain for 24 years to score a double hundred in an Ashes Test.\n\nHis celebrations on reaching 200 were animated and, by the close, he had 416 runs in the series at an average of 208.\n• None How good is Smith and how do you get him out?\n\nMarsh had played 21 previous Tests and averaged only 21 with the bat before being recalled to replace the out-of-form Peter Handscomb and give Australia an all-round option.\n\nHe entered after brother Shaun edged the off-spin of Moeen Ali to slip with the hosts still 155 behind and the second new ball looming.\n\nThe closest he came to offering an opportunity was an uppish drive towards mid-on off Craig Overton when he was on only one.\n\nPatient and powerful, Marsh played drives down the ground and on both sides, as well some scything cut shots.\n\nHis century was reached with a square drive off Stuart Broad, his celebration an emotional run towards the dressing room.\n\nAs Smith was becalmed in the evening, Marsh accelerated and will be eyeing a double century when play gets back under way at 02:30 GMT on Sunday.\n\nEngland did not bowl badly. At times they looked short of inspiration and their ground fielding was sometimes ragged - but that can be expected in such circumstances.\n\nIt was a day that further highlighted the limitations of their attack. Though Anderson and Broad have more than 900 Test wickets between them, England do not have the pace or quality spin to make openings when the conditions are hot and flat.\n\nIn eight consecutive away Tests - here and in India - the lowest first-innings total England have conceded is 328. On every other occasion the opposition have gone past 400.\n\nThe tourists went through numerous plans. Over and round the wicket, sometimes with as many as six men on the leg side. If anything, they did not spend enough time settled on a traditional line and length.\n\nThere was no lack of effort, though. Overton even bowled with a hairline crack of the rib, suffered when he was hit while batting in the second Test and aggravated when diving on Friday.\n\nSmith and Marsh were simply immovable - and England had no answers.\n\n'We need to stand up and fight' - reaction & analysis\n\nEngland assistant coach Paul Farbrace on BT Sport: \"Everybody has got to get stuck in, stand up and fight and scrap in the second innings.\n\n\"Until the Test match finishes, we have to believe you can get something out of it.\n\n\"It's going to be hard, but it is Test cricket. The best teams find a way to compete when their backs are against the wall. Now we need to show we have got character, we have got guts.\"\n\nMitchell Marsh, speaking to ABC about his maiden century: \"It's taken me 22 Tests. I wasn't really nervous. I felt calm and that kept me going. I wasn't thinking about too much. Anything wide, I was just going to slash at.\n\n\"You aspire to do that every game you play for Australia. To have to wait this long, it's very sweet. It's why we play - we play to win and play to make big runs. It means a lot for me to make a 100 in front of my grandparents. They've watched every game in the past eight years.\n\n\"It's reward for all the hard work. I'm ecstatic. I'm a bit lost at the moment. I'll be having a cold beer tonight.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"Australia were ruthless today. You can achieve ruthlessness when you face an attack you're not fearful of and can't take you out of your bubble.\n\n\"It's nothing we should be surprised by. This has happened too consistently in Australia in the 21st century.\"", "Several fraternity members are still facing charges related to the death of Tim Piazza (centre)\n\nA committee probing the Pennsylvania State University's response to drinking in fraternities has issued a blistering report following a student's death.\n\nA grand jury found on Friday that administrators displayed a \"shocking apathy\" to dangerous levels of drinking and hazing in university social clubs.\n\nThe report claims officials knew of the dangers but did nothing.\n\nThe report says Tim Piazza, a 19 year old who died last February after binge drinking, \"did not have to die\".\n\nPenn State officials have yet to comment on the damning report.\n\nThe findings say officials \"were aware of the excessive and dangerous alcohol abuse indulged by fraternities, such that it was only a matter of time before a death would occur during a hazing event\".\n\n\"The university bears the ultimate responsibility for the failure to supervise the safety of its students involved in the fraternity system,\" the report says, adding that although the university's actions were not themselves illegal, their \"inaction set the table to allow these criminal acts to occur\", which caused Piazza's death.\n\nTim Piazza, from New Jersey, was left unconscious for hours and suffered internal injuries after falling down steps during an initiation ritual. He later died in hospital.\n\nOther members of the fraternity waited nearly 12 hours to call an ambulance, and were charged with manslaughter, although the most serious charges were later dropped.\n\nOfficials say he was fed 18 drinks in a period of one hour and 22 minutes, and that he never obtained the drinks on his own.\n\nHazing at the school, the report found, is \"rampant and pervasive\" and encourages \"sadistic\" rituals that reach \"peaks of depravity\".\n\nThe jury calls for \"profound changes on college campuses and communities in Pennsylvania\", and for universities to ensure protections for younger students wishing to join fraternities, and sororities - which together are known as campus Greek social life.\n\nOther US universities have taken measures recently to protect students who are seeking to join social clubs.\n\nOn Thursday, a University of Houston fraternity in Texas was indicted for hazing, with officials charging that students were deprived of adequate food, water and sleep during a three-day initiation event.\n\nThe president of Florida State University told the Associated Press on Thursday that there is currently no timeline for reinstating campus Greek activities there, after they were suspended in November following a student's death.", "Four siblings died as a result of the fire and their mother is in a coma in hospital\n\nThe uncle of four children who died in a house fire wants them to be \"buried together side-by-side\" and hopes they get the \"funeral they deserve\".\n\nDemi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and three-year-old Lia died following the blaze in Walkden, Salford on Monday.\n\nMatt Pearson, who is the brother of Ms Pearson, has started a fundraising appeal to help with funeral costs.\n\nHe said: \"I want to give these kids the best funeral they deserve with customized coffins for them.\"\n\nHe added Lia loved Peppa Pig and \"it would be nice to get her this coffin\" as well as a horse and carriage to take the siblings to the cemetery.\n\nMr Pearson added: \"They will all be buried together side-by-side.\"\n\nThe appeal has already raised more than £11,500.\n\nTwo men and a woman appeared in court on Friday charged with murdering the siblings.\n\nDavid Worrall, 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with four murders, arson with intent to endanger life and attempted murder.\n\nZak Bolland, 23, and Courtney Brierley, 20, both of Worsley, also face the same charges.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Peter Jackson said he was \"fed false information\" about \"talented women\"\n\nActress Mira Sorvino said she is \"heartsick\" after learning she may have lost out on major roles because of Harvey Weinstein.\n\nLord of the Rings director Peter Jackson said both Sorvino and Ashley Judd were \"blacklisted\" following conversations with Weinstein's company.\n\nBoth actresses have claimed the media mogul sexually harassed them.\n\nWeinstein has denied allegations of misconduct, and of blacklisting the actresses.\n\nThe Lord of the Rings trilogy was initially in development with Weinstein's Miramax company, before being passed to New Line Cinema.\n\nIn an interview with Stuff.co.nz this week, Jackson said he was interested in casting both women in the blockbuster franchise.\n\n\"I recall Miramax telling us they were a nightmare to work with and we should avoid them at all costs. This was probably in 1998,\" he told the site.\n\n\"At the time, we had no reason to question what these guys were telling us.\"\n\n\"I now suspect we were fed false information about both of these talented women - and as a direct result their names were removed from our casting list.\"\n\n\"In hindsight, I realise that this was very likely the Miramax smear campaign in full swing,\" Jackson said.\n\nSorvino said in a tweet: \"Just seeing this after I awoke, I burst out crying.\"\n\n\"There it is, confirmation that Harvey Weinstein derailed my career, something I suspected but was unsure. Thank you Peter Jackson for being honest. I'm just heartsick.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mira Sorvino This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJudd, meanwhile, recalled how her involvement progressed far enough to be invited by Jackson to see preparation work for the blockbuster trilogy.\n\n\"I remember this well,\" she tweeted.\n\n\"They asked which if the two roles I preferred, and then I abruptly never heard from them again. I appreciate the truth coming out,\" she said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by ashley judd This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement through a publicist, Weinstein denied the allegations that he was involved in blacklisting Sorvino and Judd, saying that the casting for Lord of the Rings was carried out by New Line Cinema - not Miramax.\n\nThe statement said that Judd was cast in two other films by Mr Weinstein, and that \"Sorvino was always considered for other films as well.\"\n\n\"In the 18 months we developed the Lord of the Rings at Miramax, we had many casting conversations with Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and their executives,\" Jackson wrote.\n\n\"The movies changed hands from Miramax to New Line before casting actually got underway - but because we had been warned off Ashley and Mira by Miramax, and we were naive enough to assume we'd been told the truth, [we] did not raise their names in New Line casting conversations.\"\n\nSorvino made her allegation in October, prompting a wave of further accusations from others\n\nWeinstein is the central figure of the Hollywood sexual harassment scandal, in which dozens of actresses have accused him of misconduct.\n\nSorvino and Judd were among the first women to publicly share her experiences of sexual harassment from Weinstein back in October.\n\nThe Hollywood film producer has \"unequivocally denied\" any allegations of non-consensual sex.", "Schoolboy John Robertson relaxing at home following his ordeal last week\n\nA four-year-old boy tried to walk home from a bus depot after being left on his school bus.\n\nJohn Robertson was travelling home to North Kessock from Munlochy Primary School on the Black Isle last Friday.\n\nBut he did not get off at his stop and ended up, unnoticed, in the bus in D&E Coaches' Inverness Longman depot, about three miles and across the A9's Kessock Bridge from where he lives.\n\nThe boy was spotted close to Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium.\n\nHe told his parents he had waited onboard the mini bus after it stopped at the depot, expecting the driver to come and find him.\n\nAfter a time, still on his own inside the bus unnoticed, he managed to open the door and set out to find his way home.\n\nD&E Coaches said it was \"extremely disappointed\" by the circumstances of the incident. It has dismissed the driver for gross misconduct.\n\nHighland Council, which contracts D&E Coaches as a provider of its school transport, and Police Scotland have begun investigations into the incident.\n\nJohn's parents, Nikki and John, had thought he was late home because the school bus had been delayed by bad weather, which included snow showers.\n\nHis father was waiting for John at home where the boy should have been dropped off.\n\nJohn Robertson snr had expected his son to be dropped off at home\n\nJohn tried to make his way home after being left on a bus in a coach depot\n\nIt was the boy's fifth time taking the school bus, which takes about eight children to and from Munlochy Primary. John's parents usually take him to and from school by car, but the car had broken down.\n\nOn the previous four days, John was dropped off near the door of his home. But the bus did not appear near the flats that Friday.\n\nJohn's father initially believed this may have been because of the snow and that John had been dropped off a short distance away.\n\nWhen John still had not come home, his family called the bus company and were told that John had been dropped off. In a follow up call they were told that he had not got on the bus.\n\nJohn's parents began calling friends, family and police in an effort to find him.\n\nFamily and friends also made searches of North Kessock and Munlochy for the youngster.\n\nMr Robertson told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme he was half way through a call to police when officers received information that John had been found and was being taken to a police station.\n\nJohn told his parents that he had sat on the bus in the depot for a time thinking the bus driver would come back and find him.\n\nMr Robertson said: \"It was a mini bus, so he was able to open the door.\n\n\"He decided to get to the Kessock Bridge to get home. He said he crossed a couple of roads. Luckily two teachers found him.\n\n\"They said he was shaken up, cold and after some persuasion, because we've taught him not to talk to strangers, they managed to get him into their warm car.\"\n\nMr Robertson said he was proud of his son's actions. John has been getting a lift to and from school from a family friend since the incident.\n\nThe four-year-old thought the driver would come to find him\n\nA spokeswoman for Highland Council said: \"We are extremely concerned about this incident and we are carrying out a full investigation into the circumstances with our contracted school transport provider.\n\n\"The incident is also the subject of an ongoing police investigation.\"\n\nEarlier Black Isle councillor Gordon Adam told BBC Alba it was a concerning incident.\n\nHe said he thought the boy had fallen asleep and woke up at the depot and was not seen by the driver.\n\n\"Somehow he got himself to the stadium, which in itself is very worrying as it would have involved crossing a main road,\" he added.\n\nD&E Coaches said it had carried out its own investigation of the incident.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We are extremely disappointed at the circumstances in which a child was left on one of our minibuses going from Munlochy Primary School to North Kessock last Friday when it was parked in a yard in Inverness.\n\n\"A full internal investigation has been conducted and the driver concerned has been dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\n\"Relying on an assurance from another pupil that this child was not on the bus is unacceptable.\n\n\"All drivers are expected to check their buses at the end of the journey but this clearly did not occur in this instance.\"\n\nJohn ended up in the D&E Coaches' Inverness Longman depot\n\nIn a response to the incident, the company has introduced a new course on Driver Awareness in School Contracts as part of the accreditation process for a driver licence.\n\nLong-term employees were being given refresher courses.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"We wish to express our sincere apologies to the family of the child for the distress caused and we are extremely relieved that the child was safe and sound.\n\n\"D&E Coaches have been running school contracts for over 20 years and currently have 58 school contracts conveying 3,000 children a day to and from school.\n\n\"This is the first time anything of this nature has occurred to mar our excellent record and the new measures will enhance driver vigilance to try to ensure there is never a repeat.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit: Theresa May says agreement is \"important step\" on the road to Brexit\n\nEU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second phase but called for \"further clarity\" from the UK about the future relationship it wants.\n\nThe first issue to be discussed, early next year, will be the details of an expected two-year transition period after the UK's exit in March 2019.\n\nTalks on trade and security co-operation are set to follow in March.\n\nTheresa May hailed an \"important step\" on the road but Germany's Angela Merkel said it would get \"even tougher\".\n\nDonald Tusk, the president of the European Council, broke the news that the 27 EU leaders were happy to move on to phase two after they met in Brussels.\n\nHe congratulated Mrs May on reaching this stage and said the EU would begin internal preparations for the next phase right now as well as \"exploratory contacts with the UK to get more clarity on their vision\".\n\nWhile securing a deal in time for the UK's exit in March 2019 was realistic, he suggested that the next phase would be \"more challenging and more demanding\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald Tusk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Theresa May This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Theresa May\n\nMrs May said the two sides would begin discussions on future relations straight away and hoped for \"rapid progress\" on a transitional phase to \"give certainty\" to business.\n\n\"This is an important step on the road to delivering the smooth and orderly Brexit that people voted for in June 2016,\" she said.\n\n\"The UK and EU have shown what can be achieved with commitment and perseverance on both sides.\"\n\nLabour's international trade spokesman, Barry Gardiner, welcomed the move forward, but said it would be a \"real problem\" for business if the EU didn't start talking trade for a further three months.\n\nHe also said his party would not put a time limit on a post-Brexit transition phase, as the expected two-year period would be \"extremely tight\".\n\nEmmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel held a joint news conference at the end of the summit\n\nThe EU has published its guidelines for phase two of the negotiations, with discussions on future economic co-operation not likely to begin until March.\n\nThe three-page document says the UK will remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and be required to permit freedom of movement during any transition period.\n\nAnd agreements on the Irish border, the so-called divorce bill and the rights of EU and UK citizens, agreed by Mrs May last Friday, must be \"respected in full and translated faithfully into legal terms as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe document says: \"As the UK will continue to participate in the customs union and the single market during the transition, it will have to continue to comply with EU trade policy.\"\n\nWhile the EU is willing to engage in \"preliminary and preparatory discussions\" on trade as part of building a \"close partnership\" after the UK's departure, this means any formal agreement \"can only be finalised and concluded once the UK has become a third country\".\n\nAfter the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.\n\nStand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen.\n\nBoth sides are committed to getting an agreement.\n\nThe EU and the UK both want a deal to be done, and while there has, inevitably, been grumpiness on both sides, they have, in the main, dealt with each other in good faith.\n\nThe document \"calls on the UK to provide further clarity on its position on the framework for the future relationship\".\n\nBut in a passage added during the past week, it invites the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to \"continue internal preparatory discussions\" on future relations rather than having to wait until March to do so.\n\nSources have told the BBC that the government is highly likely to accept an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill next week to see off another potential Commons defeat for Theresa May.\n\nConservative rebels have been concerned about plans to put the Brexit date and time - 11pm on 29 March 2019 - into law.\n\nBackbenchers, including former minister Oliver Letwin, have tabled an amendment, suggesting a change to the legislation.\n\nMinisters are likely to accept their plan, which is a change that some of the potential rebels have been asking for, the BBC understands.\n\nSenior sources are confident they can see off a defeat, after No 10 said there were no plans to take the date out of the bill.\n\nResponding to the reports, Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer wrote on Twitter: \"After a car-crash defeat on Brexit vote, rumours that PM will now U-turn on gimmick exit day amendment: forced to get a Tory MP to amend her own amendment before its put to the vote!\"\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the EU's initial priority was to \"formalise the agreement\" that had already been reached before moving forward, adding \"the second phase will be significantly harder and the first was very difficult\".\n\nPraising Mrs May as a \"tough, smart and polite\" negotiator, he said he was \"entirely convinced\" that the final agreement reached would be approved by the UK and European Parliaments.\n\nGiving his response, French President Emmanuel Macron said that in moving forward the EU had maintained its unity, protected the integrity of the single market and ensured \"compliance with our own rules\".\n\nMrs May is set to discuss her vision of the \"end state\" for the UK outside the EU at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, having suffered her first Commons Brexit defeat earlier this week.\n• None Relief for May but a hard road ahead", "Phew. After the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.\n\nStand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen.\n\nBoth sides are committed to getting an agreement.\n\nThe EU and the UK both want a deal to be done, and while there has, inevitably, been grumpiness on both sides, they have, in the main, dealt with each other in good faith.\n\nBut the fragility of the government, and the complexities of some of the issues, have meant that, on some occasions, it has felt like the prime minister might not get there. Had she not been able to get this far, there genuinely could have been questions about her future.\n\nThe conventional wisdom is that the next phase will be more complicated, even more fraught.\n\nThere are some optimists in government who believe it doesn't have to be that way - because the UK and the EU are already partners, it's a question of unpicking an existing relationship, rather than putting one together from scratch.\n\nBut there are significant contradictions to iron out, contrasting motivations, conflicting views inside the Conservative Party as well as among the EU 27.\n\nThe experience of the past few months suggests, in fact, that the way ahead will be extremely fraught and the prime minister's goal of a full agreement by March 2019 is hopeful, rather than grounded in reality.\n\nBut for today, at least, Mrs May's team can be satisfied, if only for a moment or two, that they have managed even to come this far.\n• None Brexit talks to move to next stage - EU", "Sebastian Kurz has promised a pro-EU government with the Eurosceptic Heinz-Christian Strache\n\nAustria's president has approved a coalition government between the conservative People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party.\n\nThe deal will make Austria the only Western European state with a governing far-right party, which is opposed to migration and the European Union.\n\nThe parties previously governed the country together between 2000 and 2005.\n\nBut at just 31, the People's Party's Sebastian Kurz is set to become the world's youngest head of government.\n\nNo details have been given about the government's programme, but several important ministerial roles are expected to be handed to the smaller Freedom Party as part of the deal.\n\nPresident Alexander Van der Bellen gave the green light to the deal on Saturday morning.\n\nHe said the new government had assured him of both a pro-EU stance and a continued commitment to the European convention on human rights.\n\nThe election on 15 October failed to yield a conclusive result.\n\nThe campaign was dominated by Europe's migration crisis, something the anti-immigration Freedom Party has long campaigned about.\n\nOn the campaign trail, Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache labelled Sebastian Kurz an \"imposter\"\n\nMr Kurz appealed to conservative and right-wing voters with pledges to shut down migrant routes to Europe, cap benefit payments to refugees, and bar immigrants from receiving benefits until they have lived in Austria for five years.\n\nBut he has promised to form a pro-EU government, despite his coalition partner's traditional Euroscepticism.\n\nUnlike most of Europe's populist parties, the Freedom Party has managed to translate its success at the ballot box into real political power.\n\nIt has been a major player in Austrian politics for decades. In recent years, the party has toned down some of its more extreme rhetoric.\n\nBut many analysts believe that, in or out of government, it has helped set a right-wing agenda, not just in Austria - but in other countries across Europe as well.\n\nIts stance against immigration is becoming more mainstream, along with its populist tone.\n\nThe Freedom Party accused Mr Kurz of stealing their policies. Their candidate, Heinz-Christian Strache, branded him an \"imposter\".\n\nWhen the far-right Freedom Party last entered a coalition in Austria in 2000, its fellow EU member states froze bilateral diplomatic relations in response.\n\nThose diplomatic sanctions were lifted months later, after the move failed to force the Freedom Party out of government and amid fears that continued sanctions could further increase nationalist tensions.\n\nThat is unlikely to happen again, as resurgent right-wing populist groups have been promoting anti-immigration and Eurosceptic agendas across much of the EU.\n\nBut unlike the Freedom Party, they have struggled to convert electoral success into real power.\n\nEarlier this year, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front party lost the French presidential election comprehensively. Ms Le Pen was defeated by Emmanuel Macron, a liberal centrist and strong supporter of the European Union.\n\nElsewhere, the Dutch anti-immigration Freedom Party of Geert Wilders was defeated by liberal leader Mark Rutte.\n\nIn Germany, the nationalist and populist right of Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained seats in the national parliament, where it is now third biggest party, but it is not in the frame for coalition talks.\n• None The beautiful flower with an ugly past", "Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (c) and Cyril Ramaphosa (r) are the top candidates in the race to take over from Jacob Zuma (l)\n\nSouth Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is set to elect a new leader at a conference starting on Saturday following a fierce contest between seven candidates.\n\nThe scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma will step down as party leader, opening the way for his successor to spearhead the ANC's campaign for the 2019 general election.\n\nThe ANC has governed South Africa since the first democratic election more than 20 years ago, so there is a strong chance that whoever the party picks as its leader will also succeed Mr Zuma as president when his two terms end in 2019.\n\nBut under Mr Zuma the ANC has become wracked by infighting and allegations of corruption, raising, for the first time, the possibility that it could lose its majority.\n\nSo the incoming ANC leader will be expected to knock the party into shape, and regain the trust of voters.\n\nWhile there are seven candidates, only two, Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, have a realistic chance of winning.\n\nCurrently the deputy president, Mr Ramaphosa is said to have long had his eye on the top job in South African politics.\n\nHe worked closely with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela to negotiate an end to minority rule, and to give black people the right to vote for a government of their choice.\n\nCyril Ramaphosa is said to have long held ambitions to be president\n\nThe legend goes that he was so upset about not being chosen by Mr Mandela as his deputy following South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, that he did not attend the presidential inauguration, and refused to take up a post in government.\n\nHe stepped out of the political limelight and went into business.\n\nThe former trade unionist is now one of the richest politicians in South Africa.\n\nMr Ramaphosa's track record in the private sector has helped him win the backing of the business community.\n\nHe supports the ANC policy of Radical Economic Transformation - putting more of the economy and land in black hands, in an effort to address the legacy of apartheid.\n\nBut Mr Ramaphosa has also sought to reassure the business sector, acknowledging the need to \"improve investor confidence\", and stressing the need for \"partnership\".\n\nThe ANC has battled to fulfil its promise to curb unemployment\n\nThis is important because South Africa's economy has been in something of a tail-spin in recent years, with several credit-rating downgrades.\n\nMore than a quarter of the population is unemployed, and more than half live in poverty.\n\nThe country is one of the most unequal in the world.\n\nMr Ramaphosa has positioned himself as the man who can turn this around.\n\nHe has also spoken out against corruption and so-called \"state capture\", saying \"If corruption holds our economy back, we must solve the problem of corruption. If state capture holds our economy, we must solve the problem of state capture.\"\n\nAnd he is promising to unify the party, which has been torn apart by bitter rivalry over who should take over from Jacob Zuma as its leader.\n\nWhat he cannot seem to shake off though, is the shadow of Marikana.\n\nHe is tainted by allegations that he pushed for police action against striking miners at the Lonmin mine in 2012.\n\nThirty-four miners were killed, in what was the worst police shooting since the end of apartheid.\n\nAt the time Mr Ramaphosa was a director at Lonmin.\n\nEmails emerged showing he had called for \"concomitant action\" to be taken against the striking miners, who had been taking part in a violent, wildcat strike.\n\nFamilies of those killed in the Marikana massacre are demanding justice\n\nThe leader of the opposition EFF party, Julius Malema, has repeatedly blamed Mr Ramaphosa for the killings, calling him a \"murderer\" and vowing not to let the matter rest.\n\nAlthough Mr Ramaphosa was cleared of any responsibility for the tragedy by a judicial commission, going into an election with the opposition continuing to bring these allegations up is far from ideal.\n\nHe is also considered by some to be less in touch with ordinary people than his main rival Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, with a support base that is more affluent.\n\nAnd Mr Ramaphosa's critics say the events at Marikana show he does not care about poor people.\n\nThe choice then for ANC delegates as they prepare to vote, is whether the candidate who seems more likely to steady the markets and rescue the country's troubled economy, is worth the risk of alienating its core support base.\n\nShe is a medical doctor, and has served in the cabinets of all four of South Africa's post-apartheid presidents.\n\nAfter serving as Minister of Health, Foreign Affairs, and Home Affairs, she went on to become the chair of the African Union Commission - the first woman to lead the organisation.\n\nMs Dlamini-Zuma was born in KwaZulu-Natal, the second most populous province in the country, and which will have a big bearing on the outcome of any general election.\n\nWhoever leads the ANC needs to bring votes from this province to guarantee victory.\n\nAlthough it has been said that Ms Dlamini-Zuma lacks charisma, she is considered by many within the ANC to be someone who gets the job done.\n\nShe is credited with having turned around the performance of the Department of Home Affairs.\n\nAnd the fact that she spent almost two decades in key positions at the heart of government, speaks to her political ability.\n\nWomen will make up 50% of delegates at the ANC conference\n\nMs Dlamini-Zuma has complained bitterly about being referred to as Mr Zuma's ex-wife, pointing out that she was a politician in her own right.\n\nThe national broadcaster, SABC, has apologised for doing so, admitting it was \"sexist and demeaning\".\n\nHer relationship with Mr Zuma is one of her greatest strengths in this race, and her biggest weakness.\n\nHer former husband is a formidable force who can mobilise support for her, particularly at grassroots.\n\nAnd like him she is considered to be down to earth and more able to connect with voters than some of the other candidates.\n\nBut her detractors argue that Mr Zuma has cut a deal with his ex-wife, backing her candidature to avoid being prosecuted for alleged corruption once he steps down.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nKinder critics say that as the mother of four of his children, she would find it difficult to make sure he stands trial, even if she wanted to.\n\nFor those within the ANC who are tired of being hit by one corruption scandal after another, the elevation of Ms Dlamini-Zuma to the top job would be a perpetuation of the status quo.\n\nAnd, they fear, that might be an election loser in 2019.", "Corrie Mckeague's mother said all they have is \"theories\" but \"no evidence\"\n\nA reward offered to find missing airman Corrie Mckeague has been doubled to £100,000.\n\nMr Mckeague, who was 23 when he disappeared, vanished during a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016.\n\nOn Monday, police said they had stopped searching a landfill site after finding no trace of Mr Mckeague.\n\nHis mother Nicola Urquhart has begged people with information to come forward.\n\nShe said all the family have is \"theories\" but \"no evidence\".\n\n\"I plead to anybody involved that's spoken to us in the past, spoken to the police, to please get back in touch with us again,\" Mrs Urquhart added.\n\nCorrie Mckeague was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016\n\nThe reward has been offered by local businessman Colin Davey.\n\nThe search of the waste site at Milton, Cambridgeshire, restarted in October after a 20-week excavation ended earlier in the year.\n\nSuffolk Police said it was \"content\" Mr Mckeague was not in the landfill areas that had been searched and the investigation into his disappearance would continue.\n\nPolice have stopped searching the landfill site after finding no trace of Mr Mckeague\n\nMr Mckeague, from Dunfermline, Fife, was on a night out with colleagues from his base RAF Honington when he went missing.\n\nHe was last seen at 03:25 BST on 24 September 2016 when he was captured on CCTV entering a bin loading bay known as the Horseshoe.\n\nHis phone was tracked as taking the same route as a bin lorry, which led police to believe he had climbed in a bin and been taken to the landfill site.\n\nA £50,000 reward was first offered in December 2016.\n\nIt was later withdrawn because it had not led to any new information, but was reinstated in August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Earlier this month Australia's marriage equality law came into effect.\n\nThe first weddings were expected in the new year to allow for a 30 day notice period, but this couple was given an exemption allowing them to legally wed.", "North Korea's ambassador to the UN, Ja Song Nam, said Pyongyang posed no threat as long as its interests were not infringed upon\n\nUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said North Korea must \"earn its way back to the table\" for negotiations between the two countries to restart.\n\nMr Tillerson said Pyongyang had to carry out a \"sustained cessation\" of weapons testing before any talks.\n\nIt is a U-turn from comments made earlier this week, when Mr Tillerson said the US was \"ready to talk any time time North Korea would like to talk\".\n\nThat remark was swiftly contradicted by the White House.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out repeated nuclear and ballistic missile tests this year, in defiance of global condemnation and increasingly heavy international sanctions.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Tillerson said: \"Let's just meet and let's talk about the weather if you want and talk about whether it's going to be a square table or a round table if that's what you're excited about.\n\n\"Then we can begin to lay out a map, a road map, of what we might be willing to work towards.\"\n\nThere are reports that Mr Tillerson had planned to repeat his offer of talks without preconditions\n\nBut his remarks, welcomed by China and Russia, were promptly greeted with a rebuttal from the White House and a reiteration that North Korea must admit to abandoning its nuclear weapons before talks resume.\n\nWithin just a few hours press secretary Sarah Saunders released a statement to reporters saying Mr Trump's views \"have not changed\".\n\n\"North Korea is acting in an unsafe way not only toward Japan, China, and South Korea, but the entire world,\" she said.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Tillerson also urged Russia and China to put more pressure on Pyongyang by taking action beyond mere compliance with UN Security Council resolutions. Both countries rejected this.\n\nHe told the UN Security Council that diplomatic options remained open, but that the US would not bow to North Korean conditions for negotiations.\n\n\"We do not accept any relaxing of the sanctions regime as a precondition of talks,\" he said.\n\n\"We do not accept the resumption of humanitarian assistance as a precondition of talks. So we are not going to accept preconditions for these talks.\"\n\nAlso on Friday at the Security Council:", "Austria was a major imperial power in Central Europe for centuries in various state guises, until the fall of its Habsburg dynasty after World War One.\n\nBut its position at the geographical heart of Europe, and its neutral status during the Cold War between Nato and the Soviet bloc, maintained the much-reduced country's strategic significance.\n\nAustria is now a member of the European Union, though not Nato, and an enduring legacy of its decades of post-war neutrality can be seen in the large number of international organisations that call its capital Vienna their home.\n\nThese include the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Opec, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.\n\nFor much of the post-war period, so-called \"grand coalition\" governments of left and right wing parties have ruled Austria, although the Social Democrats led by Bruno Kreisky ruled alone in the 1970s.\n\nMore recently, the centre-right People's Party ruled in coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, but this coalition collapsed in May 2019 after a scandal involving the leader of the Freedom Party.\n\nAlexander Van der Bellen was first elected as president in the December 2016 re-run of a highly polarised election earlier that year, defeating Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party.\n\nVan der Bellen - a Green Party politician running as an independent - had won a extremely narrow victory in the initial run-off vote against Hofer in May, but the result was annulled because of vote-counting irregularities.\n\nIn October 2022, Van der Bellen was re-elected president, taking 57% of the vote in the first round. Freedom Party candidate Walter Rosenkranz came second with 18% of the votes, far short of what Hofer received in 2016.\n\nInterior Minister Nehammer took over on as chancellor and leader of the conservative People's Party in December 2021, following months of turmoil after the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.\n\nMr Kurz's departure was a condition for the Green Party to remain in the governing coalition, pending a corruption investigation. Foreign Minister Alexander von Schallenberg was chancellor in the interim, but resigned to make way for Mr Nehammer when the later assumed the post of People's Party leader in December.\n\nAustria's public broadcaster, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), has long-dominated the airwaves. It faces competition from private TV and radio broadcasters.\n\nCable or satellite TV is available in most Austrian homes and is often used to watch German stations, some of which tailor their output for local viewers.\n\nA daily newspaper is a must for many Austrians. National and regional titles contest fiercely for readers.\n\nFor much of the post-war period, so-called \"grand coalition\" governments of left and right wing parties have ruled Austria\n\n1278 - The Habsburg Rudolf I of Germany acquires the duchies of Austria and Styria after defeating his rival, King Ottokar II of Bohemia, at the Battle on the Marchfeld.\n\n14th and 15th Centuries - Habsburgs acquire other provinces neighbouring the Duchy of Austria.\n\n1526 - After the Battle of Mohács, Bohemia and the part of Hungary not occupied by the Ottomans comesunder Austrian rule.\n\n16th and 17th Centuries - Ottoman expansion into Hungary sees frequent conflicts between the two empires.\n\n1529 - Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent launches the first siege of Vienna. The besieging Turkish army retreats amid the snowfalls of an early winter.\n\n1683 - Second siege of Vienna. The city is freed after two months when the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and those of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under King John III Sobieski decisively defeat the Turkish army.\n\n1699 - The Treaty of Karlowitz, which ends the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) results in most of Hungary coming under Austrian control.\n\n1713 - The Pragmatic Sanction. Edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure the Habsburg lands - the archduchy of Austria, kingdom of Hungary, kingdom of Croatia, kingdom of Bohemia, duchy of Milan, kingdom of Naples, kingdom of Sardinia and Austrian Netherlands - could be inherited undivided by his daughter, Maria Theresa.\n\n1792-1815 - Austria engages in war with revolutionary and them Napoleonic France.\n\n1804 - The Empire of Austria is proclaimed, replacing the Holy Roman Empire which is dissolved two years later.\n\n1815 - Austria emerges from the Congress of Vienna as one of Europe's great powers.\n\n1848-49 - Hungarian revolution. This is eventually defeated with the aid of Russian forces, but leads to a constitutional government being founded in Hungary, which is now in a personal union with the Austrian emperor.\n\n1867 - The defeat leads to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishing the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states.\n\nIn the latter half of the 19th Century, ruling Austria-Hungary becomes increasingly difficult in an age of emerging nationalist movements in Europe.\n\n1908 - Following the Young Turk revolution in Turkey, Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, nominally part of the Ottoman Empire. The move provokes strong resentment in Serbian pan-Slav circles.\n\n1914 - The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip triggers the outbreak of World War One.\n\n1914-18 - Over one million Austro-Hungarian soldiers die in the war, which leads to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the end of Hapsburg rule.\n\n1933 - End of the republic, Chancellor Dollfuss suspends parliament and sets up autocratic regime\n\n1934 - Government crushes Socialist uprising, backed by the army. All political parties abolished except the Fatherland Front.\n\nImprisonment of Nazi conspirators leads to attempted Nazi coup. Dollfuss assassinated, succeeded by Kurt von Schuschnigg.\n\n1938 - The Anschluss (union): Austria incorporated into Germany by Hitler. Austria now called the Ostmark (Eastern March).\n\n1945 - Soviet troops liberate Vienna. Austria occupied and partitioned into four occupation zones by Soviet, British, US and French forces. Vienna is also divided between the four occupying powers.\n\n1955 - Treaty signed by Britain, France, US and Soviet Union establishes an independent but neutral Austria - a convenient buffer between the West and the Soviet bloc. The four powers withdraw their troops. Austria joins the United Nations.\n\n1986 - Ex-UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim elected president, despite controversy over his role in the German army in World War Two.\n\n1999 - Far-right Freedom Party led by Joerg Haider wins 27% of vote in national elections.\n\n2000 - International outcry as People's Party forms coalition government with Freedom Party. EU imposes diplomatic sanctions before ending it seven months later on grounds it is counter-productive.\n\n2011 - Otto von Habsburg - the last crown prince of Austria - is buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna amid much of the pomp associated with the days of the empire.\n\n2013 - Austrians vote to keep compulsory military service in a referendum.\n\n2017 - Government agrees to ban Islamic full-face veils in courts, schools and other public spaces.\n\nMozart's home town of Salzburg. Austria is seen by many as the birthplace of classical music\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The couple announced their engagement in November\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will be held on Saturday 19 May 2018, Kensington Palace has announced.\n\nThe pair confirmed their engagement in November and said the service would be at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.\n\nThe date breaks with tradition as royal weddings usually take place on a weekday - the Queen wed on a Thursday and the Duke of Cambridge on a Friday.\n\nThe wedding will be on the same day as the FA Cup Final, which Prince William normally attends as FA president.\n\nThe time of the match has yet to be confirmed, but in recent years it has taken place at 17:30 GMT.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Royal Family will pay for the wedding, including the service, music, flowers and reception.\n\nThe event will take place just a month after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to welcome their third child to the family.\n\nMs Markle will be baptised into the Church of England and confirmed before the wedding.\n\nEarlier this week, Kensington Palace announced the couple will be spending Christmas together at Sandringham with the Queen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe prince and the American actor, 36, carried out their first official engagement in Nottingham on 1 December.\n\nPrince Harry made a public appearance at Sandhurst earlier on Friday - 11 years after he graduated from the military academy - for the Sovereign's Parade.\n\nBBC Royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Saturday date was \"unusual, but not unprecedented\" and would give people the opportunity to go to Windsor for the celebrations.\n\nHe added: \"Downing Street clearly hasn't been persuaded [into giving a Bank Holiday]… these things are so ruled by precedent.\"\n\nPrince Harry and Ms Markle on their first official engagement in Nottingham\n\nReacting to the clash with the cup match, an FA spokesman said the organisation was \"delighted\" for Prince Harry and Ms Markle.\n\nHe added: \"Saturday 19 May promises to be a wonderful day with such a special royal occasion being followed by English football's showpiece event, the Emirates FA Cup Final.\n\n\"With millions coming together to watch both events at home and around the world, it will be a day to celebrate.\"\n\nThe couple visited a gallery and school in Nottingham\n\nThe prince designed her engagement ring, which features two diamonds that belonged to Princess Diana", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam Allan talks about what it is like being falsely accused of rape\n\nA man whose rape trial collapsed after detectives failed to disclose vital evidence to the defence said he felt \"betrayed\" by police and the CPS.\n\nLiam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe 22-year-old student said his life had been \"flipped upside down\" and he wanted lessons to be learned.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"urgently reviewing this investigation\".\n\nThe case against Mr Allan at Croydon Crown Court was dropped after three days when the evidence on a computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nHe told the BBC his life had been \"torn away\" by the process, which included being on bail for two years.\n\n\"You just think the worst case scenario... People have to start planning for life without you,\" he said.\n\nMr Allan faced a possible jail term of 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life had he been found guilty.\n\nHe said he felt \"pure fear\" when he learned he had been accused of rape but would never be able to understand why the accusations were made.\n\nThe 22-year-old student had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault\n\n\"There was no possible real gain from it other than destroying somebody else's life... It's something I will never be able to forgive or forget.\"\n\nBut he said he wanted to use his experience \"to change the system\".\n\n\"This wasn't a case of people trying to prove my innocence, it was a case of people trying to prove I was guilty,\" Mr Allan said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nProsecution barrister Jerry Hayes accused police of \"sheer incompetence\" over the case.\n\nBefore the trial the defence team had repeatedly asked for the phone messages to be disclosed but was told there was nothing to disclose.\n\nMr Hayes, who demanded the messages to be passed to the defence, said he believed the trial had come about because \"everyone is under pressure\".\n\n\"This is a criminal justice system which is not just creaking, it's about to croak,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman gives his analysis of the case\n\nMr Allan's lawyer Simone Meerabux said it had been \"a very traumatic experience\" for her client.\n\nShe said it was \"amazing\" the case had got to the stage it did \"but it's not uncommon\" because of problems with disclosure.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe German-born inventor and professor, famed for hosting BBC Two's long-running science show The Great Egg Race, died of heart failure on 15 December, his family said.\n\nA former advisor to the European Space Agency, he became emeritus professor at London's Brunel University, working on projects linked to ageing populations.\n\nHis son Laurence paid tribute to his humour, curiosity, and enthusiasm.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Laurence Wolff said his father had \"touched so many people through his ingenuity in terms of his inventing... and his great belief in educating about science and technology\".\n\nHe had a \"natural sense of fun and he knew that was also a way of engaging people... People would stop him in the street... and they would say, 'you got me into science'\".\n\nA Jewish refugee, Wolff moved to the UK from Berlin at the age of 11 on the day World War Two broke out in September 1939.\n\nAfter attending school in Oxford, he worked in haematology at the city's Radcliffe Infirmary, where he invented a machine for counting patients' blood cells.\n\nHe later went on to graduate from University College London with a first-class honours degree in physiology and physics.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laurence Wolff says his father had a sense of humour, curiosity and enthusiasm\n\nWolff moved into television in 1966, first appearing on the BBC's Panorama programme with Richard Dimbleby, where he produced a pill that could measure pressure, temperature and acidity.\n\nHowever, he was best known for hosting BBC Two's The Great Egg Race from 1977 until 1986 - instantly recognisable for his trademark bow tie and eccentric hairstyle.\n\nThe show challenged contestants to invent useful objects with limited resources.\n\nFriends and colleagues also recalled his love of practical jokes, particularly one instance when he arrived at his 80th birthday party on a scooter propelled by fire extinguishers.\n\nWolff was an emeritus professor at Brunel University\n\nProfessor Julia Buckingham, vice-chancellor and president of Brunel University, said: \"Heinz's remarkable intellect, ideas and enthusiasm combined to make him the sparkling scientist we will so fondly remember.\n\n\"He was a wonderful friend and supporter to staff and to students - and an inspiration to all of us.\"\n\nBrunel colleague Professor Ian Sutherland added: \"There was nothing he loved more than having a team of people around him, devising completely new ways of doing things.\"\n\nAlongside his television appearances, Wolff continued in his efforts to advance human progress through his scientific work.\n\nHe was made an honorary member of the European Space Agency in 1975, and his work into how humans could survive hostile space environments led to Dr Helen Sharman becoming the first British astronaut and the 15th woman in space in 1991.\n\nWolff balanced his mischievous curiosity with serious scientific research\n\nLaurence Wolff said this space work - known as Project Jupiter - had been greatly valued by his father, who wished to \"inspire young people\" and use science to \"entertain as well as educate\".\n\nHe also described how Heinz Wolff's early interest in science had been stoked by his own father, who had him taking part in chemistry experiments at the age of four.\n\nHe added: \"The person that people saw when they met him was the person we knew at home. His sense of humour, his curiosity, his enthusiasm. That was our father.\"\n\nWolff was also a strong supporter of local charities throughout his life, including spending more than 25 years as a trustee, and then Life President, of the Hillingdon Partnership Trust.\n\nHe was married to his wife Joan until her death in 2014, and is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.", "Britvic co-owns the site with Unilever, which owns Colman's Mustard\n\nBritvic has confirmed it will leave its Norwich site, with the loss of hundreds of jobs in the city, in 2019.\n\nThe drinks manufacturer, which co-owns Carrow Works with Unilever, said it would transfer production of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot to its other sites.\n\nIt said it would offer employees redeployment and \"help to find alternative employment\".\n\nThe Unite union said the announcement just before Christmas was a bid to \"bury bad news\".\n\nBritvic said it currently employed 249 people at the site, which it shares with Colman's Mustard.\n\nManufacturing will instead take place at Rugby, east London and Leeds.\n\n\"Transferring production will improve efficiency and productivity and reduce our environmental impact,\" the company said.\n\nThe decision follows a consultation with employee representatives, including the GMB and Unite unions.\n\nBritvic said it would transfer production of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot to other factories\n\nChief executive Simon Litherland said: \"This was not a proposal that we made lightly and we understand that the outcome of the collective consultation process will be upsetting for our colleagues in Norwich.\n\n\"It is a sad and difficult time.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone at Norwich, past and present, for their dedication, hard work and commitment, and I would like to say again that this decision is in no way a reflection of their performance.\"\n\nThe Unite union criticised the timing of the announcement and described the closure as \"a hammer blow for the workers and the economy of Norwich in the run up Christmas\".\n\nIts national officer for the food and drink sector, Julia Long, branded the announcement as \"a classic case of trying to bury bad news\".\n\nThe move by Britvic has been mooted for several months, with fears expressed for the future of Colman's Mustard, which has been manufactured at the site since 1860.\n\nUnilever, which owns Colman's, has previously said it could shut the site if Britvic closed operations.\n\nIt is conducting its own review and is looking at three sites in the city, including staying at Carrow Works.\n\nUnilever has been approached for comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government looks likely to avoid another potential Commons defeat on Brexit, the BBC understands.\n\nTory rebels have been concerned about plans to put the Brexit date and time - 11pm on 29 March 2019 - into law.\n\nBut backbenchers have tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill allowing some flexibility.\n\nMinisters are highly likely to accept the amendment in a vote next week, BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg said.\n\nIt comes as EU leaders agreed to move to the next phase of Brexit talks.\n\nTheresa May suffered her first Commons defeat as prime minister on Wednesday, as Tory rebels joined forces with Labour and the SNP to vote for a plan to give MPs a bigger say in any Brexit deal.\n\nMinisters feared they might be heading for a further defeat on Wednesday, when MPs vote on a plan to enshrine the Brexit date in law.\n\nA number of Conservative MPs had echoed Labour concerns the move could box Britain into a corner if negotiations with the EU go to the wire.\n\nSeveral Conservative MPs, including former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin, have now tabled an amendment to the bill that would give the government more flexibility over the exit day.\n\nThe new amendment seeks to allow the government to change the \"exit day\" through further legislation, if the negotiations are continuing.\n\nMinisters are likely to accept their plan, which is a change that some of the potential rebels have been asking for, the BBC understands.\n\nSenior sources are confident they can see off a defeat, after No 10 said there were no plans to take the date out of the bill.\n\nConservative MP Dominic Grieve, who led Wednesday's rebellion, told BBC Three Counties Radio: \"I am aware that the government has, I think, this afternoon tabled a further amendment for next Wednesday, which very sensibly looks like it will resolve the issue that was troubling some of us.\n\n\"If that is the case, and I am fairly confident it is, then that issue will be satisfactorily resolved.\"\n\nBernard Jenkin, a leading Tory Brexiteer, said: \"The purpose of this amendment is to avoid needless division over matters of detail when we should be supporting the PM.\n\n\"Nothing that has occurred alters the determination of the government to achieved the kind of Brexit that the PM set out in her Lancaster House speech - which takes back control of our borders, our money and our laws and our our ability to do meaningful trade deals.\"\n• None Relief for May but a hard road ahead", "An \"upside down volcano\" (L) and an \"upside down rocket\" (R)\n\nWhat do volcanoes and rockets have in common?\n\n\"Volcanoes have a nozzle aimed at the sky, and rockets have a nozzle aimed at the ground,\" explains Steve McNutt, a geosciences professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.\n\nIt explains why he and colleague Dr Glenn Thompson have installed the tools normally used to study eruptions at the famous Kennedy Space Center.\n\nComparing the different types of rumblings could yield new insights.\n\nIn the case of rockets, the team thinks their seismometers and infrasound (low-frequency acoustic waves) detectors might potentially be used by the space companies as a different type of diagnostic tool, to better understand the performance of their vehicles; or perhaps as a way to identify missiles in flight.\n\nIn the case of volcanoes, the idea is to take the lessons learned at Kennedy and fine-tune the algorithms used to interpret what is happening in an eruption.\n\nIt might even be possible to develop systems that give early warnings of some of the dangerous debris flows associated with volcanoes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Glenn Thompson and Steve McNutt: \"Kennedy has strong signals to test equipment \"\n\n\"It all started really as a way to test and calibrate our equipment,\" says Glenn.\n\n\"We don't have any volcanoes in South Florida - obviously. But Kennedy provided some strong sources, and it also gave our students the opportunity to learn how to deploy stations and work with the data.\"\n\nThe team has now recorded the seismic and acoustic signals emanating from about a dozen rockets.\n\nMost have been associated with launches; a few have been related to what are called static fire tests, in which the engines on a clamped vehicle are briefly ignited to check they are flight-ready.\n\nBut perhaps the most fascinating event captured so far was the SpaceX pad explosion in September 2016.\n\nThis saw a Falcon 9 rocket suffer a catastrophic failure as it was being fuelled.\n\nMany people will have seen the video of the spectacular fireball. But Glenn's and Steve's equipment caught information not apparent in that film.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor example, they detected more than 150 separate sub-events in the infrasound over the course of 26 minutes.\n\nThese were likely individual tanks, pipes or other components bursting into flames.\n\nOf course, the SpaceX explosion was an unusual occurrence, and it is the more routine activity that most interests the team. And some clear patterns are starting to emerge in their study of \"upside down volcanoes\".\n\n\"As the rocket gets higher and higher and accelerates, we see a decrease in the frequency in the infrasound - that's basically a Doppler shift because the source is moving away from us,\" says Steve.\n\n\"And then you get a coupling of the signal in the air into the ground and this produces seismic waves recorded on the seismometer.\n\n\"So, we get some common features between the infrasound and the seismometer, but then there's a little separation of the energy between the two.\"\n\nA deadly pyroclastic flow heads down the flanks of the Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat\n\nThere is a lot still to learn, but the pair think they can distinguish the different types of rockets - to tell a Falcon from an Atlas from a Delta.\n\nThere are subtle but significant divergences in their spectral signatures, which almost certainly reflect their distinct designs and modes of operation.\n\nWhere in particular the rockets could have instruction for volcano monitoring is in describing moving sources.\n\nA rocket is a very well understood physical process. Its properties and parameters - such as the size of the nozzle orifice, the thrust, the trajectory and the distance - are all precisely known.\n\nThe related seismic and acoustic signals should therefore serve as templates to help decipher some of the features of eruptions that share similar behaviours.\n\nGood examples of rapid movement in the volcano setting are the big mass surges like pyroclastic flows (descending clouds of hot ash/rock) and lahars (mud/ash avalanches).\n\nAn objective of the team is to improve seismometer and infrasound systems' characterisation of these dangerous phenomena.\n\nThis could lead to useful alerts being sent to people who live around volcanoes.\n\n\"Assuming you can find a few safe places to put your instruments that are reasonably close, you'd get your advance warning,\" said Steve.\n\n\"What you'd be doing then is getting the time and the strength of the signal and then watching it evolve to figure out which direction it's going.\n\n\"If you can do that successfully then you can forecast with a couple of minutes in advance things like lahars and pyroclastic flows downstream.\"\n\nGlenn added: \"I worked on [the Caribbean island of] Montserrat during the crisis from 1995 to 2011, and we did have a rudimentary system even then for tracking the pyroclastic density currents coming down the slopes of the volcano.\n\n\"It wasn't quite a real-time application, but we hope with this kind of work that we can improve those algorithms and make them more of an automated alarm system.\"\n\nThe equipment at Kennedy has been temporary, but the team is looking for a permanent installation.\n\nLike everyone, Glenn and Steve are particularly looking forward to the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy vehicle in the New Year.\n\nThe Heavy should produce nearly 23 meganewtons of thrust at lift-off, more than any rocket in operation today.\n\nIt is sure to make for some interesting seismic and infrasound signals.\n\nGlenn Thompson and Steve McNutt detailed their work here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A state funeral has being held for King Michael, who helped end fascist rule during World War II. More than 20,000 Romanians lined the streets of Bucharest to pay their respects", "The letter emerged during Uber's legal battle with Waymo\n\nUber set up a covert unit tasked with stealing competitors' secrets and engaging in undercover surveillance, a letter published by a US court on Friday has alleged.\n\nIt is critical evidence in Uber's legal battle with Waymo, the self-driving car company that accuses the ride-sharing firm of stealing its technology.\n\nThe letter, sent by lawyers representing a former Uber employee, sparked an internal investigation when it was sent to Uber in May, but has not been made public until now.\n\nIn a statement, Uber said: \"While we haven’t substantiated all the claims in this letter - and, importantly, any related to Waymo - our new leadership has made clear that going forward we will compete honestly and fairly, on the strength of our ideas and technology.\"\n\nThe allegations in the letter were made by Richard Jacobs, who worked at Uber until February this year. He left after an incident in which he felt he was unfairly demoted. Shortly afterwards, he sent the letter alleging the misconduct.\n\n\"These tactics were employed clandestinely through a distributed architecture of anonymous servers, telecommunications architecture, and non-attributable hardware and software,\" the letter read.\n\nMr Jacobs settled with Uber for $4.5m (£3.4m), and he has since said some of what he wrote was in fact not true, specifically the remarks about Waymo's trade secrets.\n\nHowever, several other details in the letter have already been confirmed, including an incident in which Uber accessed the medical records of a woman who accused an Uber driver of rape.\n\nOther allegations include Uber employees posing as protesters in order to gain access to private online chat groups.\n\nIn one particularly bizarre example, Mr Jacobs alleged that an Uber \"surveillance team\" was deployed to a hotel in order to record and observe conversations between executives at a rival company - the name of which has been redacted from the version of the letter made public.\n\nSpecifically, those agents wanted to monitor the competitors' reaction to the news that Uber had secured a large amount of funding from a Saudi investor.\n\nThe emergence of the \"Jacobs letter\" has been a dramatic turn of events in the Uber v Waymo trial, which had been due to start earlier this month but has now been delayed until February.\n\nPresiding Judge William Alsup was made aware of the letter's existence by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, which is currently investigating Uber on a range of other matters.\n\nIn court last month, Judge Alsup chastised Uber's legal team, accusing them of withholding evidence.\n\n\"I can no longer trust the words of the lawyers for Uber in this case,\" he said.\n\n\"We’re going to have to put the trial off because if even half of what’s in that letter is true it would be a huge injustice to force Waymo to go to trial.\"\n\nInternally, Uber is going to great lengths to reassure employees that the old ways of working, under ousted chief executive Travis Kalanick, no longer exist at the firm.\n\n\"There is no place for such practices or that kind of behaviour at Uber,\" wrote Tony West, Uber's general counsel, in a note to employees.\n\n\"We don’t need to be following folks around in order to gain some competitive advantage. We’re better than that. We will compete and we will win because our technology is better, our ideas are better, and our people are better. Period.\"", "Samantha Robinson and James Atherton are in the cast of Rita, Sue and Bob Too\n\nLondon's Royal Court theatre has reversed its decision to cancel a production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too.\n\nThe theatre had said it was axing the play after allegations that its co-director Max Stafford-Clark made inappropriate sexual comments to staff.\n\nBut artistic director Vicky Featherstone said she had been \"rocked to the core by accusations of censorship\" and it would now go ahead.\n\nStafford-Clark apologised in October for \"any inappropriate behaviour\".\n\nThe Guardian reported in October how he had left his theatre company Out Of Joint after a staff member had made a formal complaint about his lewd comments.\n\nBefore starting Out Of Joint, he was artistic director at the Royal Court from 1979 to 1993.\n\nEarlier this week, the theatre said the play had \"themes of grooming and abuses of power on young women\" that were not appropriate.\n\nBut in a statement Ms Featherstone said she had reinstated the production, which had been due to run for two-and-a-half weeks in January before it was cancelled.\n\nShe said the theatre was \"nothing without the voices and trust of our writers\".\n\n\"This is the guiding principle on which the theatre was founded and on which it continues to be run,\" she said.\n\n\"I have therefore been rocked to the core by accusations of censorship and the banning of a working-class female voice.\n\n\"For that reason, I have invited the current Out of Joint production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too back to the Royal Court for its run.\n\n\"As a result of this helpful public debate we are now confident that the context with which Andrea Dunbar's play will be viewed will be an invitation for new conversations.\"\n\nPerformance dates and times will remain the same, the theatre said.\n\nThe play, which has toured the UK, opened in September at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, which was also a partner in the co-production with the Royal Court.\n\nIn recent months, the Royal Court has been at the forefront of tackling sexual harassment and abuse in the theatre world.\n\nEarlier this year, it staged a \"day of action\", which led to a code of conduct.\n\nIn October, a spokesperson for Stafford-Clark told The Guardian the director had suffered from pseudobulbar palsy and \"occasional disinhibition\" since a stroke and brain injury in 2006.\n\nA statement said: \"Mr Stafford-Clark's occasional loss of the ability to inhibit urges results in him displaying disinhibited and compulsive behaviour and his usual (at times provocative) behaviour being magnified, often causing inappropriate social behaviour.\n\n\"Whilst this is an explanation it isn't an attempt to dismiss his behaviour and he apologises for any offence caused.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victim was hit on a pedestrian crossing on the South Circular Road\n\nFive drivers who may have been involved in a hit-and-run which killed a woman in south London have all been traced.\n\nThe 29-year-old Polish national was hit by a lorry on a pedestrian crossing on Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, on Monday.\n\nIt is thought she was then struck by another lorry and up to three cars. None of the drivers stopped at the crash site, the Met said.\n\nThe identity of the victim, who was staying in Wandsworth, has not yet been released.\n\nA post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.\n\nThe 49-year-old driver of the first lorry was interviewed under caution earlier in the week.\n\nThe driver of the second car - a 52-year-old man - was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and released under investigation.\n\nPolice said the drivers of the first car and second lorry have now been spoken to, as has the driver of a third car which officers believe may also have struck the woman.\n\nNone of the three have been arrested.\n\nThe force is appealing for witnesses to the crash, which happened at about 06:50 GMT and when the lights were on green.\n\nActing Det Sgt Alastair Middleton, said: \"Even though we have traced all the vehicles that we believe were involved, I continue to appeal for anyone who witnessed the collision and the moments afterwards to contact us immediately.\n\n\"We are particularly interested in any dashcam footage that may have captured some of the incident before or after the collision.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A London cafe offers customers the chance to have a picture of their face on their coffee.", "The Met Police is to hold an \"urgent\" review of a rape case after being accused of failing to disclose vital evidence.\n\nLiam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe BBC's Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman gives his analysis on the issues surrounding the case.", "The UK is the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff \"bah humbug\" at any Christmas revellers. But Brits are no Scrooges, according to Google.\n\nThe search engine claims people in Britain make more Christmas searches than anywhere else in the world.\n\nWhether it's searching mince pie recipes, or hunting down the perfect tree decorations, the UK seems to be Christmas obsessed.\n\nFor the past four years the UK has had the highest search interest in Christmas topics, taking over from Ireland, which was top in 2012 and 2013.\n\nAnd in November and December of every year since 2010, UK search interest in Christmas topics has increased.\n\n\"Based on experiences I have, there's no question that we are the most Christmas obsessed,\" says shop owner Robert Newman.\n\nThe 69-year-old is well-versed in this field, because he runs a Christmas shop in Stratford-upon-Avon that is open all year round.\n\nHe says he will have returning customers come to the shop up to seven times in a year.\n\n\"It's just such a magical time for everyone, it's a time for family and celebration.\"\n\nConsumer and retail analyst Kate Hardcastle is not surprised by the number of Christmas searches coming from the UK.\n\nShe believes that the negative national mood over hard-hitting news events means people are going to try and make Christmas extra special this year.\n\n\"Life is really tough right now and emotionally, therefore everyone is aiming towards a celebration.\"\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nThe Lincolnshire village of Keelby is at the top of the table when it comes to Christmas-related searches in the UK.\n\nGoogle's data shows the proportion of searches that relate to Christmas as a percentage of all searches in the given area and time period. A score of 100 shows the highest percentage of Christmas searches, and every other score is calculated in relation to that.\n\nIn November people in Keelby, home to just over 2,000 people, made the highest proportion of searches for Christmas out of all the searches in the area. That gave it a score of 100, a fair way ahead of Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales, which came in second place with a score of 89.\n\nBurnham, on the outskirts of London, had the lowest Christmas search score of five.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People in Keelby, Lincolnshire, explain why they are crazy for Christmas\n\nIn 2017, UK search interest has been over a third higher than in the US, the data shows.\n\nMs Hardcastle says because the USA has the added holiday of Thanksgiving in November, people in Britain are more focussed on a single holiday than those across the pond.\n\nOur interest in the festive period is also beginning earlier in the year, as search engine results have more than doubled in the last seven years between September and October.\n\nBut what role does advertising have to play in Britons searching for Christmas earlier in the year?\n\nRetailers, supermarkets and brands began releasing their adverts in November, in an attempt to entice shoppers to spend more before December arrives.\n\nBrands are expected to spend a record £6bn on Christmas advertising this year, and Ms Hardcastle believes this is down to the relatively new UK phenomenon of Black Friday.\n\n\"The retailers have to push early with their Christmas messages because they know that they're not going to be able to get more spend out of some people,\" she says.\n\n\"But they're trying to secure the spend with them through Christmas adverts.\"\n\nJohn Lewis is thought to have spent £7m on developing its Moz the Monster Christmas campaign\n\nAccording to the survey, \"November is fast becoming the key month for Christmas purchases for UK shoppers.\"\n\n\"Over 50% of consumers plan to do the majority of their Christmas shopping before December,\" it added.\n\nOn top of being organised by shopping for goods early, the survey shows \"UK consumers are by far the most active online spenders in Europe, and are planning to spend 142% more on gifts and 207% more on food and drink online than the European average\".\n\nThe UK has surpassed America's interest in Christmas online\n\nMatt Cooke, the head of Google News Labs says: \"When you look at what people have been searching for online over the past decade, you can see the UK's interest in all things relating to Christmas is greater than any other country, and we start looking for festive information earlier each year too.\n\nIn 2016 more people used Google search to find information relating to Christmas than ever before - and search interest begins increasing as early as 1 July.\"", "Tonka and Pacman have since been put down\n\nPolice in rural Virginia have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was killed by her two dogs while taking them for a walk last week.\n\nFour days after Bethany Stephens, 22, was found, police held a second press conference to describe her death and refute rumours of foul play.\n\nWhen deputies found the dogs on Friday they were guarding what police at first thought was an animal carcass.\n\nBut the body was Stephens's, and police say the pit bulls were eating her.\n\nWarning: Some people may find the details below upsetting\n\n\"I observed, as well as four other deputy sheriffs observed,\" Goochland County Sheriff Jim Agnew said, \"the dogs eating the rib cage on the body\".\n\n\"The first traumatic injury to her was to her throat and face,\" he said.\n\n\"It appears she was taken to the ground, lost consciousness, and the dogs then mauled her to death,\" he added, pausing several times.\n\nSheriff Agnew said in Monday's press conference that he did not want to initially release the graphic detail, out of concern for the victim's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kristin Smith This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut after rumours began to swirl in the small town 30 miles (48km) outside Richmond, Virginia - and the sheriff was inundated with calls from concerned citizens - he chose to release the information in order to assure the public that there was not a killer on the loose.\n\nFriends had questioned what would have led the pit bulls to kill their owner who had raised them since they were puppies.\n\nOne friend told local media that the dogs were gentle. \"They'd kill you with kisses,\" Barbara Norris told WWBT News.\n\nThe two dogs - who have since been put down with the family's permission - together weighed twice as much as Stephens, who authorities described as \"petite\" and weighing 100lbs (45kg).\n\nThe dogs, named Tonka and Pacman, were found by Stephens's father after he went looking for her in a wooded area on Friday, one day after she disappeared.\n\n\"Ms Stephens was terribly, terribly injured, but it was very apparent to us that she had been dead for quite some time,\" Sheriff Agnew told reporters, adding that her bloody clothes were scattered around her corpse.\n\nHe added that her body was so badly mauled, and her injuries were \"so extensive that there was nothing left to compare bite marks to\".\n\nAuthorities say the bite marks on her head match those of the dogs, and that they were not consistent with any other type of wild animal such as a bear.\n\nThe dogs' bodies have been preserved for a post-mortem examination.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAbout 30 rape cases due to go to trial and \"scores\" more investigations are to be reviewed after the collapse of two cases in a week.\n\nOn Tuesday, prosecutors dropped a case against a man charged with raping a child under 16 due to police providing \"relevant\" evidence in recent days.\n\nLast week, student Liam Allan's trial collapsed because of the late disclosure of evidence.\n\nThe Met said the same officer worked on both cases and remains on full duty.\n\nThe force has not referred the officer involved to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), a Met spokesman said.\n\nThe IPCC told the BBC it was \"monitoring the situation\".\n\nIn the most recent case of Isaac Itiary, the Crown Prosecution Service said \"new material\" provided by Scotland Yard meant the case could not proceed.\n\nIsaac Itiary was charged with raping a child in July but the case collapsed\n\nThe Met review is aimed at ensuring all digital evidence in other sex crime cases has been disclosed to the CPS.\n\nConservative MP Nigel Evans, who was cleared of rape and sexual assault charges in 2014, said there was a \"systemic\" problem, which could leave innocent people in jail.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said the attorney general had already started a review into the disclosure of evidence, telling PMQs: \"It is important that we look at this again so we make sure we are truly providing justice.\"\n\nLiam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records crucial to the case.\n\nA computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim had pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nMr Allan, who spent almost two years on bail, has said he intends to sue the Met.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJerry Hayes, the barrister prosecuting the case against Mr Allan, agreed with Mr Evans' assertion that the problem was \"systemic\" within the police, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"You speak to any barrister they will tell you stories that this happens every single day and it has got to stop.\"\n\nHe said anyone about to go to trial should seek a letter from the police force to say all evidence has been disclosed, and for those convicted, \"they will have to be looked at again\".\n\nThe cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary are very different.\n\nAs far as Mr Allan is concerned, the Met has accepted the case \"clearly went wrong\".\n\nCrucial information was disclosed to defence barristers so late that the trial was already well under way.\n\nIn Mr Itiary's case, procedures appear to have been followed, though it's possible police could have acted more quickly.\n\nWhat the cases have done is shine a light on the importance of following disclosure rules.\n\nUndoubtedly the squeeze on resources, with cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service and policing and a national shortage of detectives, together with the increased caseload for sexual offences units, have played their part.\n\nAn inspection report this year also pinpointed inadequacies in training and supervision.\n\nSome see the problems as a direct result of a misplaced culture of \"believing\" the victim, where police don't look for or withhold contradictory evidence - but that's an assertion for the attorney general's inquiry to examine.\n\nCommander Richard Smith, who oversees the Met's rape investigations, said he understood the failure of the latest case would raise further concerns.\n\nHe added: \"The Met is completely committed to understanding what went wrong in the case of Mr Allan and is carrying out a joint review with the CPS, the findings of which will be published.\"\n\nBut Nigel Evans said the late disclosure of evidence was \"common\" in investigations.\n\nMr Evans was cleared in 2014 of charges of raping a student\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: \"It seems to be in too many cases that police are cherry-picking the evidence that is there in order to get a prosecution. \"\n\nMr Evans called for a \"proper review\" involving police forces across the country, not just the Met.\n\nDame Elish Angiolini led a review in 2015 into how the Met and the CPS deal with rape cases.\n\nShe said she was \"concerned about the impact of excessive workloads on the effectiveness of both police and prosecutors\".\n\nIn response to her review, the Met said it had carried out \"significant work\", with an extra 196 officers allocated to the relevant units and additional lawyers for the CPS.\n\nFormer Met detective chief inspector Peter Kirkham told the Victoria Derbyshire programme it was a resources issue.\n\n\"Since 2010, we have reduced the number of police officers around the country by about 20,000 - that's about 15%,\" he said.\n\nHe warned that officers were \"stressed\" and \"haven't got time to do their jobs properly\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe number of adults reporting rape in England and Wales has more than doubled from 10,160 in 2011-12 to 23,851 in 2015-16, according to figures from the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's rape monitoring group.\n\nA Home Office study suggests only 4% of cases of sexual violence reported to police are thought to be false.\n\nAnd statistics from Rape Crisis indicate only 5.7% of reported rape cases end in a conviction.", "GCHQ can detect the work of hackers around the globe\n\nThe UK has substantially increased its hacking capabilities in recent years, an official report says.\n\nThis includes the ability to attack other country's communications, weapons systems and even infrastructure.\n\nThe details were revealed in the annual report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, which oversees the work of intelligence agencies.\n\nIt said GCHQ had \"over-achieved\", creating double the number of new offensive cyber-capabilities expected.\n\nThe report said GCHQ's allocation of effort to develop hacks had increased \"very substantially\" from 2014.\n\nThe programme of developing the capabilities is divided into three tranches and GCHQ said that it had just finished the first. \"We… actually over-achieved and delivered [almost double the number of] capabilities [we were aiming for,\" an official from the agency told the committee.\n\nThe details of the successes are classified in the public version of the report.\n\nSuch capabilities could, in theory, be used to retaliate against others' cyber-attacks. The report comes a day after the Foreign Office publicly blamed North Korea for the Wannacry attack, which hit the NHS in May 2017.\n\nNot all the projects at GCHQ have been as successful. One - codenamed Foxtrot - was designed to deal with the spread of encryption.\n\nIt is described as an \"equipment interference programme to increase GCHQ's ability to operate in an environment of ubiquitous encryption\" and is considered critical to the agency's work.\n\nHowever, it was reported to have suffered a number of delays.\n\n\"The task has become more complex, the skills shortage has become more apparent,\" GCHQ told the committee.\n\n\"It is our number one priority and our number one worry.\"\n\nAnother priority was Project Golf - an effort to enhance its supercomputing capacity. GCHQ said this project was also critical but on track to be operational early next year.\n\nFor years the intelligence community, like much of government, has struggled with IT projects designed to facilitate the sharing of information.\n\nMI5's Alfa programme, described as crucial to the core business of managing information, is said by the committee to have faced major problems. It added that \"significant risks\" remained to its successful delivery.", "Arthur Collins had denied knowing the substance he threw was acid\n\nA man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub injuring 22 people has been jailed for 20 years.\n\nArthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April.\n\nThe 25-year-old admitted throwing the liquid but had claimed he believed it was a date rape drug.\n\nHe was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to 20 years in prison with an extra five years on licence.\n\nLast month he was found guilty of five counts of GBH with intent and nine counts of ABH.\n\nSentencing Collins, of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, Judge Noel Lucas QC described the crime as a \"despicable act\".\n\nJudge Lucas said: \"His defence from first to last was carefully researched and choreographed in order to explain away the evidence against him.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of the acid attack in London club\n\nCollins, he added, threw the acid \"irrespective of the persons on whom it landed\" and that \"his motivations for such a vicious course of conduct was nothing more than a perceived personal slight\".\n\nAddressing Collins, he said: \"You knew precisely what strong acid would do to human skin.\n\n\"Having thrown the acid over the club you slunk away and hid in the rear and pretended to be nothing to do with the mayhem you had caused.\n\n\"It was deliberate and calculated and you were intent on causing really serious harm to your victims.\"\n\nThe judge labelled him an \"accomplished liar\" and someone who has \"not the slightest remorse for his actions.\"\n\nCollins was in the dock wearing a suit and showed no reaction as his sentence was read out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Club acid attack victim: \"I'm not the Lauren who walked into Mangle\"\n\nA total of 22 people were injured as a result of the attack, 16 of whom suffered serious burns.\n\nOne man suffered third-degree chemical burns to the left side of the face and required a skin graft. Others had eye injuries.\n\nOne of his victims Sophie Hall, from Poole, Dorset, said she had hoped for a life sentence, but felt justice had been served.\n\nShe said after the sentencing: \"Arthur showed no signs of remorse in court. I have to live with my scars for life.\"\n\nJudge Lucas said that security at Mangle E8 was \"poor\", adding that had it been better, the injuries and offences \"might not have happened\".\n\nThe BBC has contacted the club for comment.\n\nThe attack happened in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April\n\nCollins had six previous convictions including using threatening words, possession of cocaine, drink-driving and assault, the court heard.\n\nHe was given a six-month sentence suspended for 12 months at Woolwich Crown Court for punching a man in a nightclub on 28 December 2015, and was still subject to the suspended sentence when he carried out the attack at Mangle E8.\n\nThe court also heard how he had made acid attack threats to the mother of an ex-girlfriend.\n\nThe father of Ms McCann's child referred to the attack as a \"stupid little mistake\" during Tuesday's hearing.\n\nVictims who read impact statements to the court spoke of feeling \"scared\", \"traumatised\" and \"suicidal\" as a result of the attack.\n\nThroughout the victims' statements, Collins showed little emotion.\n\nTwenty two people were injured when acid was thrown in the Mangle E8 nightclub\n\nCollins had claimed in court he had taken the bottle from a group of men with whom he had got into an argument.\n\nHe said he snatched it thinking it was a date rape drug.\n\n\"I wanted to show them the drug was gone; show them there was nothing left in the bottle.\"\n\nCCTV from inside the club shows Collins throwing acid at the men.\n\nSeemingly unaware of the mayhem caused, Collins returned to the dancefloor \"drinking, dancing, Snapchatting and having a good time\", the court heard.\n\nAt a preliminary hearing at magistrates court, the prosecutor said the incident bore \"the hallmarks of both drug-related activity and gang-related activity\".\n\nHowever, Collins and his legal team have always denied any kind of gang-related activity, insisting that there was \"not a shred of evidence\" to support the theory.", "Thousands of women in the UK cannot afford to buy sanitary products.\n\nResearch by the charity Plan International suggests that one in 10 girls and women - aged between 14 and 21 - in the UK has been affected at some point.\n\nA Scottish government pilot project is providing towels and tampons to those who need them through an Aberdeen food bank.\n\nTwo women tell the BBC's Scotland Editor Sarah Smith about their experiences.", "Legislation banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland has been passed.\n\nThe bill, which bans the use of non-domesticated animals for performance or exhibition in travelling shows, does not apply to static circuses.\n\nMSPs unanimously signed off the ban, the first of its kind in the UK.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the move would send a message to the world that Scotland does not condone the misuse of wild animals.\n\nThere are not currently any travelling circuses based in Scotland which use wild animals.\n\nHowever, a Scottish government survey found that more than 95% of respondents were in favour of a ban, and legislation was introduced at Holyrood on \"ethical\" grounds.\n\nThe ban does not apply to static circuses, but a circus leader warned MSPs during committee consideration that a law on such grounds \"will eventually close your zoos\".\n\nMs Cunningham conceded that such travelling circuses \"rarely\" visit Scotland, but called it \"a preventative measure based on ethical concerns\".\n\nShe said: \"This is an important act that will not only prevent travelling circuses ever showing wild animals in Scotland in the future, but will demonstrate to the wider world that we are one of the growing number of countries that no longer condones the use of wild animals in this way.\"\n\nShe said travelling circuses which do not feature wild animals \"will always be welcome in Scotland\".\n\nRoseanna Cunningham said the bill was a \"preventative measure\"\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron said the legislation meant \"we will finally and at last truly be able to say Nelly the Elephant has packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus\".\n\nLabour's Claudia Beamish also spoke in favour, and said she hoped static circuses would be subject to a similar ban in future.\n\nGreen MSP Mark Ruskell said it was \"unethical\" to make animals live in circuses their whole lives, while Lib Dem Liam McArthur also strongly backed the bill.\n\nMSPs had raised concerns earlier in the legislative process about a lack of definitions in the bill, including a definition of a travelling circus.\n\nThis was added at committee stage, which also featured a lengthy debate about what constitutes a wild animal - including references to alpacas, wallabies, raccoon dogs and even rabbits.\n\nWith members reassured by the amendments, the bill passed its final vote unanimously.\n\nA ban on wild animals in all circuses in the Republic of Ireland is to come into force from 1 January 2018.\n\nA total of 18 other EU countries have banned or restricted the use of wild animals in travelling circuses, in addition to 14 other countries, but a 2007 review by the UK government found insufficient evidence to support a science-based ban on welfare grounds.", "Liam Allan said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology from the Met Police\n\nA man wrongly accused of rape says he will sue the Metropolitan Police over its failure to disclose vital evidence that led to the collapse of the trial.\n\nLiam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.\n\nThe 22-year-old student said he was \"disappointed\" he had not yet received an apology.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"urgently reviewing the investigation\".\n\nThe case against Mr Allan at Croydon Crown Court was dropped after three days when the evidence on a computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered him for \"casual sex\".\n\nTalking to the Victoria Derbyshire programme, Mr Allan said: \"University is meant to be the best years of your life and the last two years have been spent worrying and not concentrating on anything.\n\n\"It has completely ripped apart my normal personal life.\"\n\nThe 22-year-old student had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault\n\nHe added he had not yet received any contact or an apology from the Met and found that \"disappointing\".\n\n\"I feel relief on one side, that the case is over, but now there's the stress of getting compensation and the process of suing - so it's not over completely\", he said.\n\nMr Allan faced a possible jail term of 12 years and being put on the sex offenders register for life had he been found guilty.\n\nHe said he felt \"pure fear\" when he learned he had been accused of rape but would never be able to understand why the accusations were made.\n\nIt is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the allegations against Mr Allan.\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was \"urgently reviewing this investigation and will be working with the Crown Prosecution Service to understand exactly what has happened in this case.\n\n\"The Met understands the concerns that have been raised as a result of this case being dismissed from court and the ongoing review will seek to address those,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for the CPS said: \"In November 2017, the police provided more material in the case of Liam Allan. Upon a review of that material, it was decided that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\n\"We will now be conducting a management review together with the Metropolitan Police to examine the way in which this case was handled.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBirmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.\n\nIt was the only interested city to submit a bid before the original 30 September deadline but was deemed \"not fully compliant\" by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).\n\nThe CGF then gave rivals until 30 November to apply.\n\nEarlier this month the CGF reiterated it needed \"further clarification on issues\" before choosing a host city.\n\nBut the BBC understands Birmingham has now finally prevailed in its attempt to stage the £750m showpiece, the most expensive sports event in Britain since the London 2012 Olympics.\n\nThe bidding process has been beset with problems, with the South African city of Durban originally awarded the Games in 2015 before being stripped of the event in March because it did not meet the CGF criteria.\n\nBirmingham beat Liverpool in September to be Britain's candidate city and the bid subsequently received government backing.\n\nAs part of its bid, Birmingham has proposed to create the UK's largest permanent athletics stadium, supplemented by four indoor arenas.\n\nBirmingham is securing its first global sports event and will become the third British city since 2000 to host the Commonwealth Games.\n\nOther than Liverpool, it never faced a proper rival and was made to wait by the CGF, but none of that will bother a bid team that was always confident of victory.\n\nThe fact there was only one official bidder is another reminder of the image problem facing big sports events. But the CGF has a new strategy designed to help support host cities, and believes its partnership with Birmingham can help find a solution to the challenge facing sports federations.\n\nMeanwhile, a bitter five-month long bin dispute has finally been resolved but amid further budget cuts, West Midlands local authorities will need to raise 25% of the overall cost of staging the Games.\n\nOrganisers insist essential services will not be affected, and that the event will prove great value for the West Midlands, showcasing a diverse and youthful community, and leaving a sporting and economic legacy.\n\nBut after the fiasco of the London Olympic Stadium's finances, there will be significant scrutiny of the costs and legacy benefits.\n\nHowever, after London 2012, Glasgow 2014, the start of the Tour de France and recent world championships in rugby, women's cricket and athletics, Britain is now set to organise yet another major sports event.\n\nIt is a reminder of the importance the government now places on hosting sport as a platform for trade and tourism as the country prepares for Brexit.", "After seeing a news article about some girls in Leeds who missed school because they couldn't afford menstrual products, one teenager took it upon herself to change things.\n\n\"I'm still at school and to imagine what it would be like to miss a week of school every month is what really got to me,\" says 18-year-old Amika George.\n\n\"So I started a petition and called it #FreePeriods.\n\n\"The idea is that everyone on free school meals would get free menstrual products.\n\nAmika George is calling for free menstrual products for those on free school meals\n\n\"I think some people will say they are really cheap, but it's easy to forget that you need to meet those costs every single month for several years in your life.\n\n\"So in the long run it adds up.\"\n\nAmika organised a protest opposite Downing Street where celeb speakers - including Adwoa Aboah, Aisling Bea and Daisy Lowe - called on Theresa May to provide free menstruation products for those already on free school meals.\n\nShe says the government has been \"dismissive of period poverty\" because it says schools have discretion over how they use the money in their budget.\n\n\"We all know schools are incredibly stretched for money and budgets are being cut,\" says Amika.\n\n\"But also there's still a lot of taboo around periods.\n\n\"It's something that doesn't make any sense to me as to why a completely natural process that half the world's population goes through is unspeakable and scary and disgusting.\n\n\"And that is something that really needs to change.\"\n\nIf given the chance to talk to the prime minister, Amika would say: \"There are girls missing school for up to a week every month and that's damaging the economy because it means those girls are less likely to get amazing jobs.\n\n\"There are people who are suffering from extreme poverty in the UK and it's awful she's not done enough to combat that.\n\n\"I'd say my solution of providing free menstrual products to all girls on free meals would work.\"\n\nThe government says it's invested more than £11bn since 2011 to help schools support their most disadvantaged pupils.\n\nIn a statement, it told Newsbeat: \"Current guidance to schools on relationship and sex education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation.\"\n\nFind us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat", "Homes and businesses will have a legal right to demand faster broadband speed by 2020, the government has said, after rejecting a voluntary offer from BT.\n\nIt has promised that the whole of the UK will have access to speeds of at least 10 Mbps by 2020.\n\nBT, which is responsible for the infrastructure, had previously offered to carry out improvements according to its own timetable.\n\nBut the company said it accepted the government's decision.\n\nUnder the plan, broadband providers will face a legal requirement to provide this minimum standard to anyone requesting it, subject to a cost threshold.\n\nThe UK lags behind many countries in terms of speed and reliability.\n\nBT customer Lee Wootton-Rowley, who lives in Wakefield, contacted the BBC to say: \"I get 5 Mbps and an upload speed of 0.9 in 2017.\n\n\"I lived in Malta for four years where I was getting 60 Mbps and 20 upload speed.\"\n\nMike Simatos, from Rotherhithe in south-east London, said his broadband supply speed was no faster than 4 Mbps.\n\nHe described the service as \"appalling\".\n\nRegulator Ofcom said that 4% of UK premises, or about 1.1 million, could not access broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps.\n\nIt said poor connections were a particular concern for small businesses, with almost 230,000 unable to get a decent service.\n\nOfcom defines superfast broadband as a download speed of 30 Mbps or more.\n\nMatt Hancock, minister of state for digital said on the BBC's Today programme: \"Access means you can phone up somebody, ask for it and then someone has the legal duty to deliver on that promise.\n\n\"It is about having the right to demand it, so it will be an on-demand programme.\n\n\"So if you don't go on the internet, aren't interested, then you won't phone up and demand this.\"\n\nIn response to the announcement, BT said: \"BT and Openreach want to get on with the job of making decent broadband available to everyone in the UK, so we'll continue to explore the commercial options for bringing faster speeds to those parts of the country which are hardest to reach.\"\n\nIn one sense, there is little new in today's announcement - people in remote places were promised a legal right to a minimum 10Mbps broadband service by 2020 and now they are going to get it.\n\nBut in rejecting BT's plan for a voluntary agreement to fill in most of the remaining parts of the country with a decent service, the government is taking quite a risk.\n\nThe plan, opposed as anti-competitive by BT's rivals, would at least have given some certainty.\n\nBut now it is far from clear who will provide this Universal Service Obligation - the government hopes new providers will come in alongside BT's Openreach - or what technology will be employed.\n\nNew fast fibre firms are now competing in the cities, but the 1.1 million homes and offices Ofcom says still cannot get a 10Mbps service are mainly in rural areas, and it is not clear they will be keen to lay cables along every lane.\n\nNow it is the regulator's job to make sure this all works.\n\nThere are now two years to push through new legislation, work out how to police it, and determine what is a reasonable cost threshold for hooking up really remote homes.\n\nShould be a doddle, shouldn't it?\n\nRival firms, which had talked of legal action if the government accepted BT's offer, welcomed the decision.\n\nBoth TalkTalk and Sky said the government had made the right decision.\n\nTristia Harrison, TalkTalk chief executive, said: \"By opting for formal regulation rather than weaker promises, ministers are guaranteeing consumers will get the minimum speeds they need at a price they can afford,\" she said.\n\n\"The whole industry now needs to work together to ensure customers see the benefits as quickly as possible.\"\n\nStephen van Rooyen, Sky's UK and Ireland chief executive, said: \"Government have made the right decision by choosing a fair and transparent approach that maintains competition, keeps prices fair and gives consumers a legal right to request broadband.\"\n\nFollowing the introduction of secondary legislation early next year, it is thought it will take another two years before the right is enforced by Ofcom.\n\nUnder BT's offer, which the company had said would cost up to £600m, 98.5% of premises would have had access to a fixed broadband service in 2020.\n\nAnother 0.7% would have access to a service delivered by a combination of fixed and wireless connections.\n\nThe remaining 0.8% in the most difficult-to-reach areas would have been guided toward satellite or on-demand fibre solutions.", "Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code.\n\nHe was \"asked to quit\" after he was found to have made \"inaccurate and misleading\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nHe also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel uncomfortable in 2015.\n\nLaura Kuenssberg said the PM \"had little choice but to ask him to go\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor said the departure of a close friend left Mrs May a \"lonelier figure\".\n\nMr Green, 61, who as first secretary of state was effectively the PM's deputy, is the third cabinet minister to resign in the space of two months - Sir Michael Fallon and Priti Patel both quit in November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May \"will miss his advice, will miss his support\" - Laura Kuenssberg on Damian Green sacking\n\nIn her written response, Mrs May expressed \"deep regret\" at Mr Green's departure but said his actions \"fell short\" of the conduct expected of a cabinet minister.\n\nLike Mrs May, Mr Green campaigned for Remain in last year's EU referendum and had been a leading voice in Cabinet for a \"softer\" Brexit.\n\nHe had been under investigation regarding allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards journalist and Tory activist Ms Maltby. He denied suggestions that he made unwanted advances towards her in 2015.\n\nHe also denied that he had either downloaded or viewed pornography on a computer removed from his Commons office in 2008 and said police had \"never suggested to me that improper material was found\".\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Green said statements he made about what he knew about the pornography could have been \"clearer\", conceding that his lawyers had been informed by Met Police lawyers about their initial discovery in 2008 and the police had also raised the matter with him in a phone call in 2013.\n\n\"I apologise that my statements were misleading on this point,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Mr Green had \"lied\" about \"a particular incident\" and that was why he had to go but it was a \"sad moment\".\n\nAsked if his departure left Theresa May more isolated, he said \"leadership is lonely\" but she had shown \"extraordinary resilience in very challenging circumstances\" and was someone \"who is capable of taking very difficult decisions\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was shocked\": Former detective constable Neil Lewis speaks to the BBC\n\nAn official report by the Cabinet Office found that public statements he made relating to what he knew about the claims were \"inaccurate and misleading\" and constituted a breach of the ministerial code.\n\nThe report also found that although there were \"competing and contradictory accounts of what were private meetings\" between himself and Ms Maltby, the investigation found her account \"to be plausible\".\n\nHer parents, Colin and Victoria Maltby, said in a statement they were not surprised to find that the inquiry found Mr Green to have been \"untruthful as a minister, nor that they found our daughter to be a plausible witness\".\n\nThey praised their 31-year-old daughter for her courage in speaking out about the \"abuse of authority\".\n\nMs Maltby is not commenting on Mr Green's resignation until she receives more details from the Cabinet Office.\n\nDamian Green was a confidant of the prime minister for many years\n\nDamian Green has never been a politician with a huge public persona, or even a hugely well-known character.\n\nBut he was an extremely important ally of Theresa May. Not just a political friend but a genuine one, close to her for decades.\n\nThe government, so the joke in Westminster goes, has become \"weak and stable\", with number 10 taking back some control of the agenda in recent weeks.\n\nSo it is not likely that Mr Green's exit will suddenly unleash another bout of turmoil.\n\nBut the prime minister clearly took this decision very seriously.\n\nShe is a politician who guards her views, her own persona very closely. To lose one of the few who understood her, who she trusts, leaves her a lonelier figure.\n\nIn her reply, the PM said while the report had found his conduct to have been \"professional and proper\" in general, it was right that he had apologised for making Ms Maltby \"feel uncomfortable\".\n\nAddressing breaches of the ministerial code, she added: \"While I can understand the considerable distress caused to you by some of the allegations made in the past few weeks, I know that you share my commitment to maintaining the high standards that the public demands of ministers of the crown.\n\n\"It is therefore with deep regret that I asked you to resign from the government and have accepted your resignation.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Helen Catt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Helen Catt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Green's political future has been in question since Ms Maltby claimed in an article in the Times that the minister \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015 and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message which left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\".\n\nMr Green, an acquaintance of the journalist's parents, said the claims were \"hurtful\" and \"completely false\".\n\nKate Maltby's account was found to be plausible, the report says\n\nBut they were referred for investigation by top civil servant Sue Gray - who is examining other claims that emerged during a swirl of allegations about harassment and other misconduct at Westminster.\n\nThe inquiry was subsequently expanded to consider claims that legal pornography was found on a computer removed from Mr Green's office in the House of Commons in 2008.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt was one of a number of possessions seized by the police during a controversial inquiry into the leaking of official documents by a civil servant to Mr Green, at the time a shadow Home Office minister under David Cameron.\n\nMrs May, who has known Mr Green since they were contemporaries at Oxford, brought him into the cabinet after she became PM in 2016 and promoted him to first secretary of state in July.\n\nSince then, he has played a substantial role behind the scenes chairing key cabinet committees and has also deputised for Mrs May at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nIt is not clear who will replace him in those roles but unconfirmed reports have suggested there will be no announcement until the New Year, with Parliament due to go on recess on Thursday.\n• None Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her", "Michael Gove has hit back at claims the price of cheddar cheese will go up by 40% if Britain leaves the EU without a trade deal.\n\nThe environment secretary said that would not happen if consumers started buying more British cheddar.\n\n\"I am deeply concerned about your unpatriotic attitude towards cheese,\" he joked to the Labour MP quizzing him.\n\nHe said his department was \"very pro UK cheddar\" - and Britain's dairy farmers would respond to what the market wants.\n\nHis attempts to show off his knowledge of cheddar, by naming varieties such as \"Montgomery or Lincolnshire Poacher\", were cut short by environment committee chairman Neil Parish.\n\nBritain currently imports \"lots of cheddar\" from Ireland, the Commons environment committee was told, but if it leaves the EU without a trade deal and goes to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules it will face tariffs on that product of 40%.\n\nThat meant prices in British shops would go up by 40%, Labour's Angela Smith claimed.\n\nMr Gove said it would be important to have these WTO tariffs if Britain left without a deal to prevent British farmers being undercut by cheap food imports - but he insisted the price of cheddar would not rise by 40%.\n\nMr Gove has criticised standards in US chicken farms\n\nAgriculture minister George Eustice told the environment committee: \"What would probably happen, if everybody put up such a tariff wall, is that we would consume more of the cheese we produce, rather than send it to Ireland, and Ireland would be selling us less cheese.\"\n\nThe UK currently exports £320m of cheddar to Ireland every year and imports £389m of cheddar, he told the committee (Ireland accounts for about 80% of all cheddar imports, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board).\n\nMr Gove suggested going to WTO rules was as likely as \"a tsunami hitting the South West of England\" and the government did not want to do it - but he told the MPs that his department was planning for such an eventuality.\n\nHe said that if it happened it would lead to higher food prices in the shops, but also more export opportunities for farmers. Mr Eustice quoted research by the Resolution Foundation that under WTO rules retail prices might rise by 4.3%.\n\nMr Gove also suggested he could block a post-Brexit trade deal with the US if it included allowing the import of chlorine-washed chickens.\n\nHe said it was a matter of animal welfare rather than food safety - saying American chicken farmers were \"less respectful of the birds\" - and Britain would need to be \"assertive\" in trade talks.\n\nHe claimed his department \"punches above its weight\" and has \"extra muscle\" in Whitehall so it would be able to insist on keeping its chicken and other food standards.\n\n\"The Cabinet is agreed that there should be no compromise on high animal welfare and environmental standards,\" he said.\n\nIn response to Mr Gove's comments the pro-Remain Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, of the Open Britain group, said Mr Gove's comments meant \"a trade deal with Trump's America won't be happening anytime soon\".", "Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said British banks will lose their 'passporting rights', which allow them to serve clients across the EU without the need for licences in individual countries, when the UK leaves the EU.\n\nDaily Politics reporter Emma Vardy looks at whether banks may move their headquarters out of London, and whether the city could remain the financial centre of Europe after Brexit.", "Stock image: Capita is appealing against a ruling that it failed to give a new father full paternity leave rights\n\nA case that could determine whether firms have to pay fathers on maternity leave the same as women is being heard by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.\n\nThe support services firm Capita is appealing against a ruling in June that it failed to give a new father full paternity leave rights.\n\nMadasar Ali, whose wife had post-natal depression, was offered two weeks' pay, whereas a woman is paid for 14 weeks.\n\nA tribunal ruled Mr Ali, a call centre worker, had been discriminated against.\n\nThe BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman says the outcome of the appeal will be binding for similar cases in the future.\n\nIn 2015, new rules around shared parental leave came into force to give fathers (or the other parent or partner) the opportunity to stay at home caring for the baby.\n\nFor the first two weeks after birth, mothers must still take the time off but the rest of the leave, up to 50 weeks, can be shared between the parents if they meet certain criteria.\n\nThe government said about 285,000 working couples would be eligible under the rules.\n\nFigures obtained by BBC Wales from HMRC showed 6,100 fathers and 542,850 mothers in England, and 250 fathers and 27,650 mothers in Wales, received a statutory payment to take time off work with their children in 2016/17.\n\nEmployment lawyer Lindsey Bell told BBC Breakfast that companies were giving \"enhanced maternity leave over and above\" what they have to for women - but not for men.\n\nShe said in Mr Ali's case, his wife was being encouraged to go back to work because of her post-natal depression, so he had to take on the childcare - but he was not being paid the same as female colleagues.\n\nShe said in that situation \"that does seem to be discriminatory\".\n\nJohn Adams, from Dad Blog UK, is the main carer for his two children. He told BBC Breakfast that the leave offered for men and women was \"inconsistent\".\n\n\"It's small [the number of men taking up shared parental leave] but then this is the crux of the issue,\" he said.\n\n\"If men aren't getting the same rights as women, they can't actually get involved in family life, they can't afford to take the time off, so they don't, so from the earliest days they are basically discriminated against.\"\n\nTom Higham said he wants equal rights for paternity pay\n\nTom Higham, who has a one-year-old son Jack, told the BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme: \"We are not advocating for lower pay for mothers.\n\n\"What we are advocating for is equal rights to pay and compensation for men who take paternity leave, because if you want a balanced family, a balanced economy and all of the positives that ensue for the child and for the family, and for the workplace, then you have to make an effort to make pay more equal.\"\n\nJosh Lawson, who got 22 weeks' full paternity leave to look after five-month-old son Isaac, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme it was \"absolutely critical to get that time to bond\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour veteran MP Paul Flynn has accused Michael Gove of a \"lie... a deception\" over the Vote Leave campaign slogan which claimed Brexit could free up £350m a week for the UK.\n\nMr Flynn, MP for Newport West, brought the controversial figure up during an evidence session of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on the impact of Brexit on trade in food.\n\nMr Gove, who was one of the leaders of the Vote Leave campaign, said that if Mr Flynn was going to suggest to his constituents that they \"were too stupid to understand the arguments... then good luck at the next election\".", "The children all lived in Grenfell Tower\n\nFive children who survived the Grenfell Tower fire will deliver this year's alternative Christmas message.\n\nThe message, broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, will urge people to \"love and cherish\" their families.\n\nThe children, aged between seven and 12, will also speak about the importance of having a home and their experiences on the night of the fire.\n\nChildren who survived the tragedy also took part in a service at St Paul's to mark six months since the fire.\n\nLast year, the alternative Christmas message was given by Brendan Cox, the widower of the MP Jo Cox, who was murdered during the EU referendum campaign.\n\nIn this year's message, 10-year-old Hayam Atmani, who lived on the 15th floor of the tower, will say: \"My message for everyone at Christmas is to stay as a family, and don't suffer about anything.\n\n\"I know this has been a really hard time for everyone, but everyone went through and everyone helped as a family. So I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.\"\n\nShe will describe the family's life in a hotel, where she will also spend her birthday on 27 December, as \"not that much fun\".\n\nSisters Megan and Luana Gomes, 10 and 12, who were both put into induced comas after the fire, to be treated for smoke inhalation, will also take part in the broadcast.\n\nHaving spent five months in a hotel before moving into a temporary flat, they will both speak of the importance of having a home.\n\nMegan will say: \"My Christmas message is that I think all families, children and parents should have a nice warm cosy home.\n\n\"I just want everyone in the world to have a house at least.\"\n\nLuana will add: \"My Christmas message is that everybody should love and respect each other because you never know what tomorrow will be like. And it is important to love and cherish your family.\"\n\nThe children will also recount their memories of the night of the fire.\n\nBrothers Amiel and Danel Miller, 10 and seven, who lived on the 17th floor, will describe hearing screaming and their mother telling them to get their clothes on and run down the stairs.\n\nDanel will say: \"We got outside and then we saw stuff falling down from the tower and grass on fire.\"\n\nBut the children will also talk of happier things, including memories of their former homes and their favourite aspects of Christmas.\n\nHayam will describe how her friends admired her former home. \"Everyone came. They were just saying, 'Oh that's so cool! I wish I lived here.' You could see the whole area; parks and stuff,\" she will say.\n\nMegan will describe how her family always got a real Christmas tree to gather around.\n\nAnd Danel will bring a smile to viewers' faces, telling them that his Christmas message is to \"share food!\".\n\nPrevious alternative Christmas messengers have included whistle-blower Edward Snowden and the parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.\n\nChannel 4 has broadcast the series since 1993. This year's will air at 3pm.\n• None Grenfell Tower fire: Who were the victims?", "The report says 120,000 children are homeless and living in temporary accommodation\n\nHomelessness in England is a \"national crisis\" and the government's attitude to tackling it is \"unacceptably complacent\", a committee of MPs say.\n\nA Public Accounts Committee report found there were more than 9,000 rough sleepers and some 78,000 families living in temporary accommodation.\n\nThe cross-party research said there was a shortage of housing options for homeless people and those at risk.\n\nThe government says it is investing more than £1 billion on the problem.\n\nThe definition of homelessness under law includes rough sleepers, single people in hostels and those in temporary accommodation.\n\nSince 2011, the number of people sleeping on the streets has increased by 134 per cent, the report says.\n\nMeanwhile, those living in temporary accommodation has risen by about two-thirds in the last seven years.\n\nSome 120,000 children are among those without permanent housing, the report says.\n\nLabour MP Meg Hillier, who chairs the committee, says the government's approach to tackling the problem of homelessness has been an \"abject failure\".\n\n\"The government must do more to understand and measure the real world costs and causes of homelessness and put in place the joined-up strategy that is so desperately needed.\n\n\"That means properly addressing the shortage of realistic housing options for those at risk of homelessness or already in temporary accommodation.\n\n\"More fundamentally, it means getting a grip on the market's failure to provide genuinely affordable homes, both to rent and to buy.\"\n\nMs Hillier suggests action such as providing financial support to local authorities with acute shortages of suitable housing.", "Fourteen states backed a similar motion on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on Monday\n\nThe US says it \"will be taking names\" during a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution criticising its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nPermanent representative Nikki Haley warned member states that President Donald Trump had asked her to report on \"who voted against us\" on Thursday.\n\nThe draft resolution does not mention the US, but says any decisions on Jerusalem should be cancelled.\n\nMr Trump later threatened to cut off financial aid to those who backed it.\n\n\"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we're watching those votes,\" he told reporters at the White House. \"Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care.\"\n\nThe status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.\n\nIsrael occupied the east of the city, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nThe Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state and its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nIsraeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised internationally, and all countries currently maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. However, President Trump has told the US state department to start work on moving the US embassy.\n\nThe 193-member UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states, who condemned Mr Trump's decision to reverse decades of US policy earlier this month.\n\nThe Palestinians called for the meeting after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution, which affirmed that any decisions on the status of Jerusalem were \"null and void and must be rescinded\", and urged all states to \"refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the holy city\".\n\nThe other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft, but Ms Haley described it as an \"insult\".\n\nThe non-binding resolution put forward by Turkey and Yemen for the General Assembly vote mirrors the vetoed Security Council draft.\n\nThe Palestinian permanent observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, said he hoped there would be \"overwhelming support\" for the resolution.\n\nBut on Tuesday, Ms Haley warned in a letter to dozens of member states that encouraged them to \"know that the president and the US take this vote personally\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nikki Haley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those countries who voted against us. We will take note of each and every vote on this issue,\" she wrote, according to journalists who were shown the letter.\n\n\"The president's announcement does not affect final status negotiations in any way, including the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem,\" she added. \"The president also made sure to support the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites.\"\n\nMs Haley echoed the warning on Twitter, writing: \"The US will be taking names.\"\n\nPalestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused the US of intimidation.\n\n\"We see that the United States, which was left alone, is now resorting to threats. No honourable, dignified country would bow down to this pressure,\" Mr Cavusoglu told a joint news conference in Ankara on Wednesday before travelling to New York.", "Damian Green has been a confidant of the prime minister for many years\n\nDamian Green was one of the prime minister's closest allies in government. A university friend, he entered Parliament at the same time as Theresa May.\n\nBut now he has been sacked from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministerial code.\n\nMr Green was a leading Conservative figure for 20 years and had been a friend of the prime minister since they were at Oxford university together in the 1970s.\n\nThey entered Parliament together in 1997.\n\nLater, he served in the Home Office during the coalition government.\n\nAfter she became Tory leader in June 2016, Mrs May brought the 61-year old into her cabinet and a year later named him as her effective deputy by giving him the title of first secretary of state.\n\nSince then, the former journalist, who campaigned for Remain in the EU referendum, has been a vital cog in a government beset by divisions and infighting over Brexit.\n\nHe has played a substantial role behind the scenes chairing key cabinet committees and, more publicly, deputised for Mrs May at Prime Minister's Questions as recently as last week.\n\nHe spent much of his early political career in the backroom, but the MP for Ashford in Kent has twice hit the headlines in a big way over the past decade.\n\nHis political future has been in question since journalist and Conservative activist Kate Maltby suggested, in an article in November for the Times, he had behaved inappropriately towards her.\n\nThe 31-year old claimed the minister \"fleetingly\" touched her knee in a pub in 2015 and in 2016 sent her a \"suggestive\" text message which left her feeling \"awkward, embarrassed and professionally compromised\".\n\nMr Green, who is an acquaintance of the journalist's parents, said the claims were \"hurtful\" and \"completely false\".\n\nBut they were referred to the Cabinet Office for investigation by a top civil servant amid a swirl of allegations about harassment and other misconduct at Westminster.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Green apologised to Ms Maltby for making her feel \"uncomfortable\".\n\nThe civil servant's inquiry also considered claims that legal pornography was found on a computer removed from Mr Green's office in the House of Commons in 2008.\n\nDamian Green and his wife, Alicia Collinson, have two daughters\n\nMr Green, shadow immigration minister at the time, was arrested in November 2008 and was held for nine hours as part of a Scotland Yard inquiry into a Home Office leak.\n\nThe arrest was described as disproportionate and flawed by two inquiries in 2009 and no charges were brought against him.\n\nMr Green, who is married to barrister Alicia Collinson and has two grown-up daughters, has always strenuously denied that he either viewed or downloaded any pornographic material on his Commons computer.\n\nBut, in his resignation letter, he said he should have been clear that police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008 about the pornography, and the police raised the matter again in a phone call in 2013.\n\nAlthough it took Mr Green a comparatively long while to make it to the cabinet table, he is no stranger to being close to the centre of power - giving up a successful career in newspapers and broadcasting to work as an official in John Major's Downing Street in the early 1990s.\n\nThe Welsh-born politician was on the Tories' pro-European wing, having refused to rule out the UK one day joining the euro, long after many of his colleagues had done so.\n\nBut unlike EU diehards such as Ken Clarke and Lord Heseltine, who also campaigned on the remain side in the 2016 referendum, he has been on something of a journey and has taken a more pragmatic approach to Brexit.", "Police and the bomb disposal unit were seen outside a property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire\n\nAction has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say.\n\nFour men were arrested early on Tuesday in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.\n\nAn Army bomb disposal team cordoned off a street in Chesterfield where a 31-year-old man was arrested. Nearby homes were evacuated.\n\nThree other men aged 22, 36 and 41 were arrested in the Burngreave and Meersbrook areas of Sheffield.\n\nAll four suspects were detained on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nThey have been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. The cordon in Chesterfield was later lifted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth Fogarty lives on the street where a raid by police took place this morning\n\nThe cordon around one of the properties - the Fatima community centre on Brunswick Road in Burngreave - was extended on Tuesday afternoon and the bomb disposal unit attended.\n\nA large number of police vehicles and officers were outside the two-storey building. The main door appeared to be broken on the ground.\n\nFive raids at houses took place on Tuesday at:\n\nFour men were arrested - all at their home addresses.\n\nAt 21:30 GMT, police said searches had been stood down for the evening but would resume at the scenes in Burngreave and Chesterfield in the morning.\n\nA neighbour in Shirebrook Road, Sheffield, reported hearing \"an enormous bang\" as one of the raids took place at 05:30.\n\nCarol Perry, who lives two doors from the scene, said: \"I was asleep and then I was woken suddenly... and the house shook.\n\n\"My immediate thought was that it was an earthquake.\"\n\nA large police presence could be seen outside the Fatima community centre in Sheffield\n\nA spokeswoman from Counter Terrorism Policing North East said: \"The public may have heard a loud bang at the time as police entered one of the properties, but it was not an explosion.\n\n\"[We] would like to reassure them that it was part of the method to gain entry to the property.\"\n\nRetired Joan Miller, 63, who lives opposite the run-down house, said she looked out of her window to see many plain-clothed armed officers in the street.\n\nMs Miller said: \"[There] was very loud bang. It shook the house.\n\n\"I pulled the curtains and saw lots of armed men in the street, so I kept watching because that was quite extraordinary.\"\n\nPolice and Army activity is continuing in Chesterfield\n\nShe said the officers shouted \"very abruptly\" for people to stay in their homes.\n\nElizabeth Fogarty, who lives across the road from the house in Meersbrook, said: \"I've only recently moved up from London.\n\n\"One of the reasons we moved up north to Sheffield is because we felt quite nervous living in London with all the terrorist attacks taking place.\"\n\nThere are two types of terrorism raids in the UK. Many occur very quietly as detectives knock on the door and take the suspect into custody under normal police powers.\n\nThen there are the full-on raids where doors or windows have to be knocked in, cordons set up and the bomb squad called.\n\nSuch operations are only ever mounted because secret intelligence - perhaps from an intercepted communication and often only fragmentary - suggests there is something at a property they need to get to the bottom of.\n\nNone of which is proof that any of those who have been arrested have committed an offence - but officers now have up to 14 days, subject to court oversight, to build a case.\n\nOne of their priorities is likely to be forensically examining phones. All recent major terrorism investigations have turned on not just what officers found during searches, but what they uncovered from online lives.\n\nSupt Una Jennings of South Yorkshire Police said: \"I understand our local communities will have concerns about this morning's police activity but I want to offer my reassurance that we will continue to serve and protect the public of South Yorkshire.\"\n\nDerbyshire's Assistant Chief Constable Bill McWilliam said: \"We of course understand that police activity of this nature can be unsettling.\n\n\"However, please be reassured, the arrest we wanted to make has been made.\n\n\"Our advice remains to be vigilant, which is not different to our day-to-day advice in the current climate, but continue to go about your business as usual.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel visits the scene soon after the 2016 attack in Berlin\n\nGermany has admitted that mistakes were made in the aftermath of last year's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that left 12 dead.\n\n\"Everything humanly possible\" was being done to help those affected and improve security, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the first anniversary of the attack.\n\nMrs Merkel has come under fire for her government's response.\n\nFamilies have said they were not given timely information and that they were sent bills for the costs of autopsies.\n\nAfter a private ceremony for the bereaved and emergency workers, Mrs Merkel said it was time to work to \"correct the things that went wrong\".\n\n\"Not only to guarantee security, but to give those whose lives were destroyed or impacted, the chance to return to their lives as well as possible,\" she added.\n\nThe chancellor also attended an event that unveiled a memorial for the victims at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz, the site of the Christmas market.\n\nSeveral family members had accused Mrs Merkel of \"inaction\", saying that she had failed to reach out to them. She met victims' relatives for the first time on Monday, and described the conversation as \"brutally honest\".\n\nLast year's attack in Berlin also left dozens injured\n\nEarlier, in an article in the Tagesspiegel newspaper (in German), Justice Minister Heiko Maas acknowledged the country was not \"sufficiently prepared\" for the consequences of such an attack, saying: \"For this we can only apologise to the victims and surviving relatives\".\n\nHe proposed the creation of a government co-ordination office to improve communication with victims of future attacks and called for a change in the law so that all victims could be treated and compensated equally, regardless of their nationalities or the circumstances of the attack.\n\nTributes are paid to the victims of the attack at the market in Berlin\n\nA report commissioned by the government and released last week cited a number of failures in the response to the attack, including delays in confirming the identities of the victims to their relatives.\n\nA separate report in October revealed \"gross mistakes\" by German police and security services.\n\nAnis Amri, a Tunisian asylum seeker who drove a lorry into the crowded market, was shot and killed in Italy four days after the attack.", "Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.\n\nThe ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service - helping people to make contact with each other electronically - and not a cab firm.\n\nThe case arose after Uber was told to obey local taxi rules in Barcelona.\n\nUber said the verdict would make little difference to the way it operated in Europe, but experts say the case could have implications for the gig economy.\n\nAn Uber spokesperson said: \"This ruling will not change things in most EU countries where we already operate under transportation law.\n\n\"However, millions of Europeans are still prevented from using apps like ours. As our new CEO has said, it is appropriate to regulate services such as Uber and so we will continue the dialogue with cities across Europe. This is the approach we'll take to ensure everyone can get a reliable ride at the tap of a button.\"\n\nIn its ruling, the ECJ said that a service whose purpose was \"to connect, by means of a smartphone application and for remuneration, non-professional drivers using their own vehicle with persons who wish to make urban journeys\" must be classified as \"a service in the field of transport\" in EU law.\n\nIt added: \"As EU law currently stands, it is for the member states to regulate the conditions under which such services are to be provided in conformity with the general rules of the treaty on the functioning of the EU.\"\n\nThis ruling is another example of how the courts and regulators are struggling to make sense of the phenomenon known as the gig economy.\n\nSince Uber was first launched less than a decade ago, it has repeatedly fallen foul of regulators in different countries - and has frequently been forced to change its business model as a result.\n\nThis ruling sets out clearly that Uber is, in legal terms at least, a transport company. Uber itself insists that there won't be a huge immediate impact on its business, but it could still affect how it operates in future and how it liaises with national governments.\n\nUber itself has previously said this will undermine the reform of what it calls outdated laws.\n\nOn a wider basis, it could have implications for other gig economy businesses that try to portray themselves as little more than an app on a phone, connecting providers with customers; it appears the courts, so far, are taking a different view.\n\nThat could ultimately have an impact, not just on ride-hailing services, but on other gig economy services - such as couriers and accommodation providers - who operate a similar model.\n\nTUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said the verdict meant Uber must \"play by the same rules as everybody else\".\n\nShe added: \"Their drivers are not commodities. They deserve at the very least the minimum wage and holiday pay.\n\n\"Advances in technology should be used to make work better, not to return to the type of working practices we thought we'd seen the back of decades ago.\"\n\nThe verdict comes after Uber was told last month that the appeal to renew its licence in London could take years, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan.\n\nUber's presence around the world has often been controversial, with protests staged against it in various cities.\n\nHowever, Rohan Silva, a tech entrepreneur and former adviser to David Cameron, says the firm has made competitors up their game.\n\n\"Millions of people use these ride-hailing apps every day - not just Uber, but dozens of others too. They have brought real benefits, making it cheaper, easier and more convenient to get around the city,\" he told Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"There has also been a benefit in incumbent London taxi cabs, which are now taking credit cards, which they resisted for years. That is a response to competition.\"\n\nHe added that similar services could soon face regulation as a result of the ECJ ruling.\n\n\"There could be big implications for a sharing economy service like Airbnb, which will probably be regulated by the EU,\" he said.\n\n\"What is fascinating about this right now is that different countries are taking very different views. Portugal has legalised Uber and Airbnb, whereas France is clamping down.\"\n\nProf Andre Spicer, from the Cass Business School, welcomed the ruling. He told Today: \"Many people see the EU is actually leading the way in pushing back the almost unlimited power of tech firms and beginning to provide some limits around that.\n\n\"We also claim this fosters competition, but what Uber's model is based on is pricing, so much that they basically drove everyone else out of the market.\n\n\"This judgement will allow normal competition, so what we will see is lots of other smaller apps appearing around Europe.\"", "Charlie Dunn was pulled from the Blue Lagoon children's pool at Bosworth Water Park\n\nThe stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.\n\nPaul Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of Charlie Dunn.\n\nCharlie, who could not swim, was found in a pool at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July 2016.\n\nSmith, 36, of Tamworth, denied letting the boy wander off alone for more than two hours but changed his plea during a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.\n\nPaul Smith and Lynsey Dunn from Tamworth, Staffordshire, were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court\n\nThe boy's mother, Lynsey Dunn, 28, also of Tamworth, Staffordshire, had a charge of manslaughter dropped.\n\nShe was given an eight-month suspended sentence after she admitted neglecting Charlie in a separate incident in 2015, when a neighbour prevented him driving a toy car onto a main road.\n\nThe court was told Smith was heard swearing and blaming others after Charlie - who was placed on the child protection register in 2012 - went missing while unsupervised.\n\nCharlie was left to \"fend for himself\" in a pool which had signs warning that children must be supervised.\n\nOne father who was in the pool had to explain to another parent that Charlie was not his son, Mrs Justice Jefford recounted.\n\nThe court heard Smith has 10 previous convictions for 28 crimes and was a \"person of interest\" to Staffordshire social services.\n\nThey had become involved with Charlie when he was 14 months old and put a child protection plan in place for him.\n\nMary Prior QC, prosecuting, said Smith \"had a status of being a risk to children\", but there was no evidence of Charlie having come to harm when the plan became effective.\n\nStaffordshire County Council is now conducting a serious case review into Charlie's death.\n\nIn sentencing, Mrs Justice Jefford said she did not doubt the defendants \"had genuine love and affection for Charlie\", but said Smith was \"completely indifferent\" to the boy's \"whereabouts and safety\".\n\n\"This was not a case in which there was an isolated and momentary lapse in care and supervision,\" she said.\n\nThe judge also praised three boys, aged 10, 11 and 12, who pulled Charlie from the pool, saying it \"must have been a horrific experience for them\".\n\nSmith was sentenced to five years and two months for manslaughter, with a consecutive two-year term handed down for threatening to petrol-bomb the home of a witness.\n\nHe was also given a further four months for driving while disqualified.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has suggested holding another referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Blankfein tweeted: \"Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit... So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?\"\n\nThe firm, which is known to have taken office space in Frankfurt, employs about 6,000 people in London.\n\nBanks are particularly worried the UK will fail to strike an EU trade deal.\n\nThe banks fear that after Britain leaves the EU their businesses will lose \"passporting rights\", which allows them to sell financial services across borders.\n\nMr Blankfein's tweet went on to say: \"Better sense of the tough and risky road ahead. Reluctant to say, but many wish for a confirming vote on a decision so monumental and irreversible.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lloyd Blankfein This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Blankfein's twitter account was barely used until recently.\n\nDespite him signing up to the microblogging service in 2011 he only sent his first tweet in June - and since then has shared his thoughts in that way just 26 times.\n\nNevertheless, he has attracted 69,000 followers.\n\nHis previously most noticeable tweet - sent last month - was also Brexit-related: \"Just left Frankfurt. Great meetings, great weather, really enjoyed it. Good, because I'll be spending a lot more time there. #Brexit\".\n\nThat was seen as a hint that Frankfurt would become a key European base for the Wall Street giant post-Brexit.\n\nLast month, the Wall Street bank said it had agreed to lease office space at a new building in Frankfurt giving it space for up to 1,000 staff.\n\nThat would be five times the current staff of 200 and see the Wall Street giant bolstering activities including trading, investment banking and asset management.\n\nThe bank is also thought to be looking at expanding its operation in Paris.\n\nA spokesman for Goldman Sachs said the bank had nothing further to add to Mr Blankfein's comments.", "The Post Office network is to get £370m in new funding, the government has announced.\n\nAbout £160m of the money will be used to protect village community branches, Business Secretary Greg Clark said.\n\nThe three-year funding deal, running from next April, comes as the Post Office announced it had moved into profit for the first time in 16 years.\n\nUnions dismissed claims the investment would save the network, arguing that it was just \"managing decline\".\n\nIn addition to the money for village branches, some £210m will be used to modernise services and technology.\n\nThe government said it had invested more than £2bn since 2010, leaving a network of around 11,600 branches, extended opening hours and thousands of branches open on a Sunday.\n\nMr Clark said the Post Office, run by an independent board, was \"at the heart of communities across the UK, with millions of customers and small businesses relying on their local branch every day to access a wide range of important services\".\n\nHe said: \"With the network at its most stable in decades, this £370m of government funding will ensure it can continue to modernise and bring further benefits to customers across the UK.\"\n\nAlongside the announcement, the Post Office revealed that it made £13m in the last financial year.\n\nPaula Vennells, its chief executive, described this as \"a major milestone in the Post Office's journey to a sustainable and successful business\".\n\nShe added that \"we are better placed than ever to embrace the future\".\n\nBut a spokesman for the Communication Workers Union said the government \"was dressing up\" the announcement as good news.\n\nIn reality, the network was facing a funding cut, and the turnaround in profits was achieved from branch closures and thousands of job cuts, the CWU said.\n\nBrian Scott, of the Unite union, said the Post Office lacked a \"coherent strategy for the future\" and said that profits were being achieved through a \"slash-and-burn approach\".\n• None How does Christmas post get delivered?", "Carol Grayson's husband, Peter, died after contracting hepatitis C and HIV from infected blood products\n\nGovernment officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal that left thousands of NHS patients infected with viruses including HIV.\n\nDespite assurances that the \"inadequate\" document would be ditched, a health minister has referred to it this year, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThe government admits that the document was used for too long.\n\nThis week it will announce who will run its official inquiry into the scandal.\n\nCritics say the whole process has taken far too long and have accused the government of a \"whitewash\".\n\nCampaigners have always said that the 2006 report - originally billed by the government as an official account of how the scandal unfolded - was misleading and incomplete because original documents had been destroyed.\n\nIt has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.\n\nAt least 2,400 people died after they were given blood products that were infected with hepatitis C and HIV during the 70s and 80s.\n\nThousands of NHS patients with an inherited bleeding disorder called haemophilia were given the plasma products, which came from abroad, including the US.\n\nMuch of the plasma used to make the clotting treatment Factor VIII came from donors like prison inmates in the US, who sold their blood.\n\nCarol Grayson's husband, Peter, was one of the victims who died.\n\nShe says campaigners have challenged the Department of Health over its investigations for more than a decade.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"I had to give my career up to care for my husband for many years and I didn't have my own children because at the time I wanted to conceive, I was told I might infect the child and the advice at the time was, don't have children. So there are huge implications for families. It doesn't just impact on one person, it impacts on the whole family.\n\n\"I go from being absolutely furious and thinking everything I was brought up to believe in, you know about democracy, about justice is a lie.\"\n\nIn July, the prime minister ordered the Cabinet Office to oversee the independent investigation into how the scandal happened, after family members warned that the involvement of the Department of Health would mean it would be, in effect, investigating itself.\n\nThe BBC has now seen a series of letters from ministers and civil servants, accepting that the 2006 report (Self-Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wales) previously seen within Whitehall as a \"definitive account\", was inadequate.\n\nSir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, wrote to Liberal Democrat peer Lady Featherstone in August assuring her that the document \"has not been used by officials in recent years… and it will not be used in the future\".\n\nBut the BBC has also seen a letter written by health minister Lord O'Shaughnessy to another MP in January this year, which referenced the report and its conclusions.\n\nWhen this was brought to Sir Chris's attention, he apologised, and said there were \"some instances in recent years where the department had referred to the document\" and reiterated the assurance that the document would be taken out of use.\n\nLady Featherstone told the BBC that civil servants promised to make clear online that the document had been discredited, but this was not yet apparent.\n\nThe peer, whose own nephew died from an infection from contaminated blood products, said: \"That document is full of holes, and lies, and mistruths, and lines to take, and I went to the Department of Health to challenge the use of this document.\n\n\"I think the permanent secretary was quite genuine in his desire - he saw that the evidence proved that they couldn't use the document - and he wrote to me to assure me that this document was not being used any longer, had not been used in recent years and would never be used again in the future.\n\n\"It indicated to me that they knew it was wrong, that they must have acknowledged it was telling untruths.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"The 2006 document, Self-Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wales: A Chronology from 1973 to 1991, remained in use by the department for too long. It is no longer used.\n\n\"The infected blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s is an appalling tragedy and the government has announced an independent statutory inquiry to ensure that victims and their families finally get the answers they have spent decades waiting for.\"", "As Theresa May was just ending her year in a better place than her team could have imagined, her deputy has been forced to depart from government, despite his continued insistence that he has done nothing wrong.\n\nDamian Green has never been a politician with a huge public persona, or even a hugely well-known character.\n\nBut he was an extremely important ally of Theresa May. Not just a political friend but a genuine one, close to her for decades.\n\nThe government, so the joke in Westminster goes, has become \"weak and stable\", with number 10 taking back some control of the agenda in recent weeks.\n\nSo it is not likely that Mr Green's exit will suddenly unleash another bout of turmoil.\n\nBut the prime minister clearly took this decision very seriously.\n\nHis friends in government had believed that he would have been cleared, with one minister telling me today, \"he'll be fine\".\n\nAfter the prime minister received the initial report on Monday from the Cabinet Office official Sue Grey, who found flaws in his account, Mrs May asked for further advice, calling in her independent adviser, Sir Alex Allan.\n\nHe then, in turn, concluded that there had been breaches of the rules. With that, Mrs May had little choice but to ask him to go.\n\nBut just as Damian Green's friends say it is a disappointment for him, still insisting that he has done nothing wrong, so too it is a political blow for the prime minister.\n\nShe is a politician who guards her views, her own persona very closely. To lose one of the few who understood her, who she trusts, leaves her a lonelier figure tonight.", "The brother of a suicide bomber killed in Iraq has been jailed for 10 years for terror offences.\n\nDentistry student Mohammed Awan, from Huddersfield, was sentenced after being found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts and possessing material likely to be useful to a terrorist.\n\nThe 24-year-old was jailed for 10 years and ordered to serve three years extended licence on his release.\n\nAwan's brother Rizwan Awan killed 30 people in a bomb blast in Iraq in 2016.\n\nJudge Paul Watson QC said he believed Awan was \"to a very large extent radicalised by the actions\" of his elder brother.\n\nAnti-terror police said Awan had downloaded information on how to use ball bearings in attacks\n\nPassing sentence at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Watson said: \"I am completely satisfied that you had intentionally adopted an outwardly innocent and respectable persona with the clear intention that, at some future point, you would be able to perpetrate a terrorist act without being detected.\"\n\nAwan, a fourth-year dentistry student at the University of Sheffield, was arrested by anti-terror police in June after purchasing 500 ball bearings online.\n\nDuring raids on his family home in Rudding Street, Huddersfield, and a flat in Dun Street, Sheffield, officers recovered a \"significant volume\" of extremist material, including advice on how to be a \"sleeper cell\" in the West.\n\nPolice also seized 11 mobile phones, 16 USB memory sticks and seven computers.\n\nOne memory stick contained a 36-minute video of a senior al Qaida leader calling on young Muslims to join so-called Islamic State (IS) and featured graphic footage of how to kill and kidnap victims.\n\nOn a mobile phone, officers found images of the Boston Marathon bombing and a man wearing an orange jumpsuit about to be executed.\n\nAnti-terror police carried out a raid at the family home in Huddersfield\n\nAwan had claimed he had bought the ball bearings and a catapult to use for hunting.\n\nDet Supt Simon Atkinson, head of investigations at Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: \"Whilst we do not know the full details of Awan's intentions, officers intervened swiftly before Awan could put any plans into practice.\"\n\nJudge Watson added: \"The ideology to which you had so clearly wedded yourself is, to all right-thinking, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive Muslims living in harmony in this country, utterly abhorrent.\n\n\"Your romanticised notions of a jihadi struggle involving violence and destruction are far removed from the Islamic faith.\n\n\"You are, in my view, someone who is even now in the grip of idealistic extremism.\"\n\nRizwan Awan detonated a bomb in Iraq in 2016 killing himself and dozens of people\n\nDuring his trial, jurors heard Awan's brother Rizwan had travelled from Manchester to Istanbul on 17 May, 2015 where he appeared to have joined IS.\n\nThe court heard that the brothers remained in contact until Rizwan launched an attack on an Iraqi military convoy.\n\nAwan said he will appeal against his conviction and sentence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police and the bomb disposal unit were seen outside a property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire\n\nCounter-terror police are carrying out searches of two properties after they foiled an alleged Islamist terror plot that may have happened at Christmas.\n\nArmed officers and an Army bomb disposal squad were involved in raids on five properties in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire on Tuesday.\n\nFour men arrested under the Terrorism Act remain in custody.\n\nSearches at scenes in Burngreave, Sheffield, and at a house in Chesterfield are under way.\n\nA 31-year-old man was arrested after the bomb squad cordoned off a street in Chesterfield.\n\nThree other men aged 22, 36 and 41 were arrested in the Burngreave and Meersbrook areas of Sheffield.\n\nA door was destroyed at the Fatima Community Centre on Tuesday\n\nA clothing bank was searched outside the Fatima Community Centre\n\nThe cordon around one of the properties - the Fatima Community Centre on Brunswick Road in Burngreave - was extended on Tuesday afternoon and the bomb disposal unit was brought in.\n\nAll four suspects were detained on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nFour men were arrested - all at their home addresses.\n\nPolice and army activity is continuing in King Street North, Chesterfield\n\nSimon Atkinson, head of investigations at Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: \"We're working around the clock to keep people safe and to stop people who want to affect our way of life.\n\n\"It's really important that we continue to work with the public, so if anybody has any concerns report them to the police and be vigilant.\"\n\nThe Fatima Community Centre said it was \"temporarily closed\", with trustees told arrests had been made \"in the flats adjacent to the centre and in the surrounding area\".\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"Our primary concern is to ensure the safety of all community members.\n\n\"Fatima Centre activities form an integral part of the lives of many local residents who are understandably concerned. Community users can rest assured that it will re-open as soon as this matter is resolved.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tourists and locals have described it as \"mangy\", \"sickly\" and \"plucked\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zelda Perkins: \"Everyone sees [Harvey] as this repulsive monster... he was also an extremely exciting person to be around.\"\n\nA former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, who accused him of attempting to rape a colleague 19 years ago, has called for a change to UK law on gagging orders.\n\nZelda Perkins worked for Weinstein's Miramax Films in the UK in the 1990s. She left after a co-worker said he'd tried to rape her, which he denied.\n\nMs Perkins told BBC Newsnight she tried to expose his behaviour, but was told by lawyers she \"didn't have a chance\".\n\nShe signed a non-disclosure agreement but said the process was \"immoral\".\n\nMs Perkins was 24 when she signed the confidentiality agreement in 1998, which prevented her from speaking to anyone about the alleged sexual assault.\n\nShe's now broken her 19 years of silence by speaking publicly about the movie mogul's mistreatment of women.\n\nIn her first broadcast interview, she told Newsnight's Emily Maitlis she wanted UK law on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) reformed to dismantle a legal system which she says enables the rich and powerful to cover up sexual assault and harassment.\n\n\"The last 19 years have been distressing, where I've not been allowed to speak, where I've not been allowed to be myself,\" she told the BBC Two programme.\n\n\"It's not just distressing for me, but for lots of women who have not been able to own their past, and for many of them, their trauma. Although the process I went through was legal, it was immoral.\"\n\nShe said she was \"emotionally and psychologically\" threatened by Weinstein during her three years working for him, but was never physically threatened.\n\nWhen, on a trip abroad, a younger colleague came to her in a distressed state to say that Weinstein had attempted to rape her, Ms Perkins felt it was her duty to act.\n\n\"She was shaking, very distressed, and clearly in shock,\" she said. \"She didn't want anybody to know and was absolutely terrified of the consequences. I spoke with her and tried to calm her down before confronting Harvey face to face.\"\n\nWeinstein denied the attempted rape. The women were advised to take legal advice, but were shocked by what they were told.\n\n\"The lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have very many options,\" she said. \"We had no physical evidence because we hadn't gone to the police when we were abroad, and ultimately, it would be two young women's words against Harvey Weinstein.\n\n\"In hindsight, my lawyers were giving me the advice they thought was best.\n\n\"However, they were saying, 'You will get dragged backwards, forwards and sideways through the courts. As will your family, as will your friends, as will anybody who knows anything about you. You haven't got a chance. You will be destroyed.'\"\n\nThey were advised that their best option was to take legal action against Weinstein. What followed eventually led to the signing of an agreement so shrouded in secrecy that Ms Perkins herself is not permitted to own a copy of the document, but can look at it under supervision.\n\nShe fought to get terms included, including Weinstein's commitment to attend therapy. The document is so closely guarded because it's \"a smoking gun\", she said.\n\n\"If you have an agreement that somebody has signed, that says that he will go to therapy, that he will be dismissed from his own company if anybody else makes a claim in the ensuing period, that an HR policy for sexual harassment has to be brought into the company, it's pretty clear that something's wrong.\"\n\nShe received £125,000 as part of the settlement - which she now views as a payment for her silence. But she says she regrets that the agreement meant that money changed hands.\n\nShe said the experience left her \"pretty broken and exhausted and so disillusioned\" and she doesn't know whether the conditions regarding therapy were carried out.\n\nShe said: \"I didn't have the energy to go on fighting. It was not my obligation to follow up on his obligation.\n\n\"What's extraordinary looking back is you'd imagine that Miramax Films would have been bending over backwards to make sure all of those obligations were fulfilled. But they weren't. I really couldn't stay in the industry at that point.\"\n\nNow, Ms Perkins says her motives for breaking the terms of her agreement by speaking publicly are as much about shedding light on the gagging orders that can protect the rich and powerful as they are about exposing Harvey Weinstein's alleged abusive behaviour.\n\nNDAs are widely used in the business world to share confidential information and keep trade secrets, but their usage in sexual harassment cases is more controversial.\n\nThe allegations against Harvey Weinstein have caused some law-makers in the US to readdress the use of NDAs in these instances. Senators in New York, New Jersey and California have drafted legislation aimed at banning them in such circumstances.\n\nMs Perkins now wants the UK Parliament to follow suit and debate the issue.\n\nGeoffrey Roberston QC said NDAs could be very useful, especially in employment law, and a blanket ban was \"not the way to go\".\n\nBut he added: \"There is, however, an entirely legitimate case for the UK Parliament to pass an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act, making it a crime to offer money to employees to silence them in relation to criminal offences that they know about.\n\n\"This is also a question of legal ethics - the Weinstein story has highlighted an area in the law that can cover up sexual crime.\"\n\nMs Perkins said: \"I understand that non-disclosure agreements have a place in society, and for both sides. But it's really important that legislation is changed around how these agreements are regulated.\"\n\nThe BBC asked Mr Weinstein for a response to the allegations. His lawyers said Mr Weinstein categorically denied engaging in any non-consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. Miramax had no comment.\n\nThe lawyers representing Zelda Perkins at the time that the NDA was signed said it was inappropriate for them to comment, given the terms of the NDA.\n\nWatch the full interview on Newsnight on BBC Two at 22:30 GMT.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty.\n\nThe Fund expects growth of 1.6% this year, down slightly from its previous forecast of 1.7%. It expects growth to slow further next year, to 1.5%.\n\nIMF chief Christine Lagarde said uncertainty over the Brexit deal was causing UK firms to delay investment plans.\n\nShe also said rising inflation, caused by the fall in the pound, and stagnant wages were squeezing spending power.\n\nMs Lagarde said that the government had made \"significant progress\" in reducing the deficit.\n\nBut she added that relative to growth in the rest of the world, \"the UK is losing out as a result of higher inflation, pressure on wages and incomes and delayed investment\".\n\n\"If you look at investment alone, with 2.1% of GDP in investment, with the global economy as it is, and the space the UK economy has in that global economy, it should be rolling at 6%.\"\n\nI asked Christine Lagarde at the launch of the IMF report how she responded to critics who said the IMF had been too gloomy before the referendum.\n\nIt's worth reproducing her answer in full.\n\n\"The numbers that we are seeing the economy deliver today are actually proving the point we made a year and a half ago when people said, you are too gloomy,\" she said.\n\n\"We were not too gloomy, we were pretty much on the mark, I mean within 0.1% or so - our forecast actually turned out to be the reality of the economy.\n\n\"Sterling has depreciated, inflation has gone up, wages have been squeezed as a result, and investments have been slowed down and are certainly lower than where we would expect them to be.\"\n\nYes, there are many positives in this report on record high employment and praise for progress on those Brexit talks.\n\nBut the big takeaway is this.\n\nIn a world of strong global growth, the IMF stands by its analysis that the UK economy has suffered since the referendum.\n\nMs Lagarde said that increased productivity was key to increasing living standards and that a new trade deal could help restore productivity levels in the UK.\n\nShe said: \"The shape of the new agreement with the EU will affect productivity performance through its implications for trade, investment and migration.\n\n\"The higher are any new barriers to the cross-border flow of services, goods and workers, the more negative the impact would be.\"\n\nHowever, Ms Lagarde also said: \"Brexit has the potential to reshape the structure of the UK economy. The impact will depend on the nature of the final agreement and may take many years to fully materialise.\"\n\nBrexit supporter and economist Ruth Lea said that while the fall in value of the pound had squeezed incomes, it had also helped exports.\n\nMs Lea, who is economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, also said that inflation was likely to fall, which would help company and household finances.\n\nThe IMF has made dramatic changes to its growth forecasts for the UK since the Brexit referendum. Immediately after the vote in June 2016, it slashed its forecast for 2017 from 2.2% to 1.3%.\n\nIt then revised it sharply upwards at the start of this year, but since July has been steadily cutting it again.\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said: \"The IMF has today played the role of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to remind the chancellor that the last seven years of Tory economic failure is undermining our economy.\n\n\"As the IMF rightly points out, despite strong global growth, UK economic growth is revised down, and business growth is down despite Tory tax giveaways to big business; while working households this Christmas are struggling with rising prices and lagging wages.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day\n\nA care home worker who won £1 million on the lottery says she will still do her 12-hour Christmas Day shift.\n\nPatricia Aldridge, 55, a care assistant from Wexham, near Slough, won the money after the Lotto draw on 9 December.\n\nShe was announced as a new millionaire on Tuesday, along with her husband Robert, 57, who described the winnings as \"life-changing\".\n\nMrs Aldridge said: \"You hear people say 'if I won a lot of money I'd give up work', but I love what I do.\"\n\nShe discovered her new riches after checking an app on her phone.\n\n\"I rang Robert, and I said 'how many zeros are there in a million? I think I've won a million pounds,' said Mrs Aldridge.\n\nShe will continue to work at the elderly people's care home in Slough despite her millionaire raffle win, where she will do her 08:00 GMT to 20:00 GMT shift on 25 December.\n\nMr Aldridge, a site manager at a school, will also not be giving up work.\n\nHe said: \"We'll still be the same people. I'm not giving up work, I'll still go out with my friends, I'll still do my crib night.\n\n\"It just makes us more secure knowing that we can help the children buy a house and that sort of thing.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're preparing for the worst', says Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters\n\nThe UK's ability to attract talent is already suffering, following the vote to leave the EU, according to the boss of the UK's fifth-largest bank.\n\nStandard Chartered is \"preparing for the worst\" from Brexit, chief executive Bill Winters told the BBC.\n\nThe UK-headquartered bank is in the process of turning its Frankfurt branch into a subsidiary requiring additional capital, licences and staff.\n\nHe said this was \"inconvenient and expensive\" and will damage London.\n\n\"London will take hits in the context of Brexit… I think big parts of the euro-denominated corporate banking business will be forced into Europe.\n\n\"It's possible that through the Brexit negotiations that there is some sort of extended passporting rule [ability of banks to sell services across Europe from a UK base] but none of us are expecting that quite frankly, or preparing for that.\n\n\"We have to prepare for the worst… let's hope for the best, but we're prepared for the worst.\"\n\nMr Winters said he would be happy to take the tens of millions of pounds he has spent on Brexit contingency planning and \"flush it down the toilet\" if it meant he could carry on as before and maintain the bank's current structure.\n\nThe mood music from the UK has already affected the bank's ability to attract the best and brightest talent according to Mr Winters.\n\n\"We have already had some setbacks for the talent pool in London through the restriction on student visas. That's already a problem.\n\n\"Some of the best talent that we can have in the UK marketplace is coming from students that have chosen to study here and then stayed for some extended period afterwards… We've noticed that's been impacted already.\n\n\"More through a sense from non-UK [people] that this might not be such a hospitable place any longer - it's more psychological than contractual.\"\n\nOfficial numbers bear this out. After a decade of uninterrupted growth, applications from EU students for places at UK universities dropped by more than 7% last year, according to UCAS, even though their right to stay on and work is, as yet, unaffected.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said it was taking action to provide certainty for students.\n\n\"We have confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course,\" they added.\n\nBill Winters says US President Donald Trump is wrong to allow China to grow its economic influence\n\nStandard Chartered is not a High Street bank here in the UK.\n\nIt is probably best known here as Liverpool FC's shirt sponsor but it is a well-known financial brand in Asia, the Middle East and Africa and has a front row seat when it comes to financing global trade and investment.\n\nIt provides advice and cash to grease the wheels of commerce within and between some of the world's fastest-growing markets.\n\nFormer Wall Street banker Mr Winters is convinced the US under Donald Trump is making a big mistake in allowing China to grow its global economic influence in areas from which the US is retreating - as demonstrated when it dropped out of a trade mega deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership.\n\n\"They're creating effectively a multi-regional trading bloc creating these markets in much the same way that the US and UK created markets in Europe after the Second World War during a period of so much devastation.\n\n\"They are creating markets where they will be less dependent on Europe…the US is taking itself out of some of the key discussions for them and then actual trade agreements where the US could continue to have an extremely benevolent influence that it has had for decades. I think we have got to be extremely careful about that - and the UK does as well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Winters understands risk. He was part of a major report into the stability of the UK financial system commissioned by the government after the financial crisis. He believes the banks are much more secure than they were a decade ago but that has presented another type of risk.\n\nA lot of banks have seen their profitability, their earning power reduced.\n\nThey have been forced to hold more shock-absorbing money in reserve and that has meant their earning power per pound of the capital they set aside has diminished.\n\nMeanwhile, technology companies are coming along and doing lots of the things banks like to charge for - like foreign exchange and making payments - and doing them more cheaply and conveniently.\n\nMany experts think banking's next crisis is the competition from nimble tech firms that don't have all the expense associated with being a bank.\n\nThis is one reason why many banks' shares (including Standard Chartered) - are trading at roughly half the price they appear to be worth on paper.\n\nThe idea that banks can't make enough money may seem perverse but any business that can't earn a sufficient return on the capital provided by investors is ultimately doomed as investors will take their capital away.\n\nMr Winters, however, is confident that banks are here to stay.\n\n\"For my thirty five years in banking I've started every year with people saying there is some enormous competitive threat looming - and they are right - there always is. But if you serve your customers as best you can you will stay relevant\"", "Sesame Street will be used to rebuild trust among millions of displaced children from Syria\n\nCharacters from the children's television programme Sesame Street are going to be used to help teach children displaced by war in Syria.\n\nThe Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee have won a $100m (£75m) grant to help with the \"toxic stress\" on child refugees.\n\nIt will help children in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria\n\nJeffrey Dunn, head of Sesame Workshop, said Syria's refugee crisis was the \"humanitarian issue of our time\".\n\n\"This may be our most important initiative ever,\" he said.\n\nThe award has been made by the Chicago-based John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, which wants to make \"big bets\" on influencing major challenges.\n\nSesame Street is going to be used as a way of helping teach traumatised youngsters about relationships\n\nIt's one of the biggest single philanthropic donations to such an education project - and will fund efforts to provide early years education and tackle the trauma of millions of young refugees created by Syria's conflict.\n\nIt will produce a customised version of Sesame Street for the young Syrian refugees, available on mobile phones, which will support literacy and numeracy, help to teach about relationships and encourage respect for others.\n\nThis is being claimed as the biggest such humanitarian intervention for early years learning\n\nThere will also be child development centres created, where parents will be able to bring children, and where advice, resources and information will be available.\n\nJulia Stasch, president of the foundation, said this would be \"the largest early childhood intervention program ever created in a humanitarian setting\".\n\n\"Less than 2% of the global humanitarian aid budget is dedicated to education, and only a sliver of all education assistance benefits young children.\n\nMillions of young refugees are living in countries such as Lebanon and Jordan\n\n\"The longer-term goal is to change the system of humanitarian aid to focus more on helping to ensure the future of young children through education.\"\n\nDavid Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, said the funding would \"bring hope and opportunity to a generation of refugee children\".\n\n\"At a time when governments are in retreat, [non-governmental organisations] and philanthropists need to step up, and that is what we are seeing here - and in a big way.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows the scale of the derailment\n\nTechnology that forces trains to adhere to speed limits was being installed on the express that crashed in the US state of Washington on Monday but was not yet operational, investigators say.\n\nThree people died when the train derailed at 80mph (130km/h) on a bend with a speed limit of 30mph.\n\nOfficials say the train's emergency brakes had been deployed automatically and not by the driver.\n\nA conductor undergoing training was in the cab at the time with the driver.\n\nBella Dinh-Zarr, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), told reporters that positive train control (PTC) - a safety system that automatically slows or stops trains that are going too fast - was not operational on the train.\n\n\"The locomotive was in the process of getting a system of PTC installed but it was not yet functional,\" she said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Amtrak This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe added that the board had long recommended that PTC be installed across all US rail systems.\n\nBut, she added, Congress had extended the deadline for implementation of the legislation from the end of 2015 until the end of 2018, a delay she described as \"unfortunate\".\n\nThe cost of implementing the system fully on all tracks and vehicles is reported to be more than $22bn (£16.4bn).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 45-second look at how Positive Train Control works\n\nMs Dinh-Zarr said investigators were waiting to question the train's crew once they had recovered from their injuries.\n\nShe said they would want to know, among other things, whether the driver had been distracted in the cab.\n\n\"Distraction is one of our most-wanted-list priorities,\" she said, adding that there was a \"conductor-in training\" also present in the cab who \"was getting experience and familiarising himself with the territory\".\n\nThe spokeswoman added that the driver did not use the emergency brake, saying it \"was automatically activated after - when the accident was occurring rather being initiated by the engineer\".\n\nTrain drivers are called engineers in the US.\n\nThe 12-carriage train crashed shortly after leaving a new station on its inaugural run between Olympia and Tacoma on Amtrak's Cascades line.\n\nThere were 86 people on board, including 77 passengers and seven Amtrak crew members, as well as a train technician.\n\nPassengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took the bend fast before plummeting off a bridge on to a busy motorway.\n\nSeven vehicles, two of them lorries, were hit on the I-5 highway. Several people were injured in their vehicles but none died.\n\nSeveral drivers, including US soldiers, rushed from their cars to help rescue trapped rail passengers.\n\nAuthorities have removed all but one carriage, a 270,000lb (122,000 kg) engine, and they say repairs will need to be done to the highway before it can be re-opened.\n\nTwo friends who were railway enthusiasts were identified as among the fatalities on Tuesday.\n\nRail aficionado Zack Willhoite, 35, was identified by his employer Pierce Transit, who said the IT specialist \"played an important role in our agency\".\n\nThe National Association of Railroad Passengers identified board member Jim Hamre as another victim.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe collapse of two rape cases in one week was an \"appalling failure\" of the criminal justice system, Attorney General Jeremy Wright has said.\n\nTwo young men were cleared when it emerged that Met Police officers had failed to disclose crucial evidence.\n\nAround 30 rape cases about to go to trial are to be reviewed immediately and \"scores\" more will be looked at.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick admitted that police and prosecutors had made mistakes.\n\nShe said the 30 cases would not be reinvestigated, but would be reviewed to make sure everything that should have been disclosed had been.\n\nThe police have a duty to disclose any material to the defence that might support their case. If disclosure fails, innocent people go to jail, says the BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman.\n\n\"We need to learn lessons,\" Ms Dick told BBC Radio London, and insisted her officers were professional and fair with a \"very complex job\" to do.\n\nIsaac Itiary was charged with raping a child in July but the case collapsed\n\nThe trial of student Liam Allan, 22, was thrown out at Croydon Crown Court last week.\n\nThe case collapsed three days into the trial when the police were ordered to hand over phone records showing the alleged victim had pestered Mr Allan for casual sex.\n\nDays later, another prosecution case collapsed against Isaac Itiary, who was facing trial at Inner London Crown Court, accused of raping a child.\n\nHe was charged in July but police only disclosed \"relevant material\" in response to his defence case statement as his trial was about to start.\n\nThe same Met Police officer had worked on both men's cases. He remains on full duty.\n\nThe Met said it would review both these cases separately, as well as carrying out the wider review of other live rape cases.\n\nJustice minister Dominic Raab said it was \"absolutely right\" for the Met to carry out the review, adding: \"The basic principle of British justice is at stake.\"\n\n\"The proper disclosure obligations in these two cases have not been discharged, and that is deeply worrying,\" he told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"This is not a new thing. It should be made easy by technology,\" he added.\n\nThe cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary are very different.\n\nAs far as Mr Allan is concerned, the Met has accepted the case \"clearly went wrong\".\n\nCrucial information was disclosed to defence barristers so late that the trial was already well under way.\n\nIn Mr Itiary's case, procedures appear to have been followed, though it's possible police could have acted more quickly.\n\nWhat the cases have done is shine a light on the importance of following disclosure rules.\n\nUndoubtedly the squeeze on resources, with cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service and policing and a national shortage of detectives, together with the increased caseload for sexual offences units, have played their part.\n\nAn inspection report this year also pinpointed inadequacies in training and supervision.\n\nSome see the problems as a direct result of a misplaced culture of \"believing\" the victim, where police don't look for or withhold contradictory evidence - but that's an assertion for the attorney general's inquiry to examine.\n\nLast week, Attorney General of England and Wales Jeremy Wright ordered a review to look at disclosure processes - including codes of practice, guidelines and legislation relating to sex offences and other crimes - which is expected to report back next year.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Wright said the two cases of the young men were \"obviously appalling failures of the criminal justice system\".\n\n\"We need to understand and understand urgently what went wrong in those cases,\" he said.\n\nHe added that there were already concerns about the disclosure system due to the large amounts of digital information that needed filtering and sifting to find evidence that ought to be disclosed.", "A couple in Germany who divorced in a Sharia court in Syria cannot have their divorce validated under EU law, Europe's top court has ruled.\n\nThe European Court of Justice said member states must decide for themselves whether to recognise \"private divorces\", such as those performed in Sharia courts.\n\nEU law is not applicable, it said.\n\nIslamic law allows a man to divorce his wife instantly by saying \"talaq\" (divorce) three times.\n\nIt is the ECJ's first ruling on the subject.\n\nThe couple married in 1999 in the Syrian city of Homs before eventually moving to Germany. They hold both Syrian and German nationality.\n\nIn 2013, the husband ended the marriage in a Sharia court in the Syrian city of Latakia by having a representative repeating \"talaq\" (divorce) three times.\n\nThe ECJ calls the measure \"private divorce\", as a state authority is not involved.\n\nThe wife acknowledged the divorce in writing, but contested it after the former husband applied for its recognition in a court in the German city of Munich.\n\nThe court then referred the case to the ECJ, asking for clarifications over the interpretation of the EU divorce law pact, known as the Rome III Regulation.\n\nThe ECJ said the regulation \"does not apply, by itself, to the recognition of a divorce decision delivered in a third country\".\n\nIt added that a unilateral declaration of divorce before a religious court does not fall under the scope of the regulation, and said the case must be resolved under German law.\n\nThe ECJ does not decide the dispute itself, and the court in Munich will take a final decision on the issue.\n\nTriple talaq divorce has no mention in Islamic law or the Koran, even though the practice has existed for decades.\n\nIslamic scholars say the Koran clearly spells out how to issue a divorce - it has to be spread over three months, allowing a couple time for reflection and reconciliation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhy must \"talaq\" be said three times? Under some interpretations of Islamic law, a man can divorce his wife and get back together with her - but only twice. After the third divorce, the marriage is completely over and cannot be started again without an intervening marriage to someone else.\n\nMost Islamic countries have now banned triple talaq.", "Catt Sadler has worked at the network for more than a decade\n\nUS TV news presenter Catt Sadler has quit her role with E! News after learning that she earned about half of what her male co-host does.\n\nSadler, who has worked at the network since 2006, said an executive had made her aware of the pay gap.\n\nIn a statement, she said she subsequently asked for \"what I know I deserve and [was] denied repeatedly\".\n\nShe made her final appearance on the network on Tuesday, fronting daytime programme Daily Pop and later E! News.\n\nSadler said in a post on her website: \"There was a massive disparity in pay between my similarly situated male co-host and myself. He was making close to double my salary for the past several years.\"\n\n\"How can I remain silent when my rights under the law have been violated? How can we make it better for the next generation of girls if we do not stand for what is fair and just today?\" she added.\n\nShe added that she had wanted to stay in her job but \"the decision was made for me and I must go\".\n\nIn a tweet, Sadler said it had been a \"difficult day\" but thanked her fans for sending supportive messages.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by catt sadler This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, an E! spokesperson said: \"E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender. We appreciate Catt Sadler's many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.\"\n\nEarlier this year, the female presenter of one of Australia's most prestigious TV news shows moved to a rival channel amid reports that she had been denied pay parity with her male co-presenter.\n\nLisa Wilkinson, 57, announced that she was joining Channel Ten's The Project because the Nine Network had been \"unable to meet her expectations\".", "Former Met Police Det Insp Hamish Brown says the force \"fell short\" in the two collapsed sex cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary.\n\nHowever, he says with 10,000 officers cut from the organisation, \"there has to be some give somewhere\".", "Workers at six train operators will walk out in January\n\nTrain strikes are looming in the new year as rail workers plan a series of 24-hour walkouts in the long-running row over the role of guards.\n\nRMT members at five operators will walk out on 8, 10 and 12 January. Workers at Southern will strike on 8 January.\n\nThe five involved are South Western Railway (SWR), Greater Anglia, Merseyrail, Northern and the Isle of Wight's Island Line run by SWR.\n\nNorthern rail said it would work to keep customers on the move.\n\nGreater Anglia said it would run a full service on all the strike days.\n\nGovia Thameslink (GTR), Southern's parent company, said the RMT was striking on the same day the operator had invited the union to talks.\n\nThe union said it received the letter inviting them to negotiations on Wednesday - after the decision had been made to stage industrial action.\n\nGTR's HR director, Andy Bindon, said: \"We ask them to call off the strike and come to the negotiating table as we have suggested on many occasions.\"\n\nAndy Heath, managing director of Merseyrail said: \"I would like to make our passengers aware that we want to make every effort to reach an agreement with the RMT and have offered to meet with them with no preconditions in an effort to resolve this dispute - something they are unwilling to do.\"\n\nThe RMT said it was prepared to meet for \"genuine\" talks and that Merseyrail's claim that the union would not meet the operator was \"rubbish\".\n\nThe operator SWR has not yet commented to the BBC.\n\nThe union said it had tried to resolve the bitter row over driver-only operation (DOO) of trains and has insisted the dispute is about safety.\n\nThe RMT has insisted the dispute is about safety\n\nGeneral secretary Mick Cash said: \"Every single effort that RMT has made to reach negotiated settlements in these separate disputes with the different train operating companies over safe operation and safe staffing has been kicked back in our faces.\n\n\"We are left with no option but to confirm a further phase of industrial action in the new year.\"\n\nHe added: \"It is frankly ludicrous that we have been able to negotiate long-term arrangements in Scotland and Wales that protect the guards and passenger safety but we are being denied the same opportunities with rail companies in England.\"\n\nHe said the RMT stood \"ready for talks\" in each of the disputes.\n\nThe RMT said the issue was not jobs but a second safety critical member of staff on trains\n\nBoth Northern and Great Arriva said they had guaranteed conductors' jobs until the end of their franchises in 2025.\n\nRichard Dean, Greater Anglia trains service delivery director said: \"We are keeping our conductors on our trains. In fact we will be recruiting more.\"\n\nRichard Allan, deputy managing director of Northern, added that the government last week had written to the union guaranteeing employment for conductors beyond 2025 if the RMT ended its dispute.\n\nHowever, the RMT has said the guarantee of jobs is not the issue. A union member told the BBC: \"The issue is about the role of the guard and the guarantee of a second safety critical member of staff, and the push to DOO on more trains.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport confirmed the offer had been made and said: \"It is total nonsense to suggest these strikes are about jobs or safety - employees have been guaranteed jobs and salaries.\n\n\"In fact at Southern rail, where these changes have already been introduced, there are now more staff on trains.\n\n\"And the independent rail regulator has said driver-controlled trains, which have been used in this country for more than 30 years, are safe.\"\n\nHe added: \"Not content with attempting to stop people getting home for Christmas, the RMT's version of a happy new year is to continue dragging paying customers into its futile and backward-looking industrial action.\n\n\"Despite this, rail companies will be working hard to keep people moving on RMT strike days.\"\n\nThe union said it was open to \"genuine\" talks\n\nPaul Plummer, chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group, said: \"No-one wins from RMT strike action.\"\n\nHe said: \"Working together, we've got to find a way through this dispute so that we can get on with the business.\"", "The couple will donate their unborn daughter's heart valves\n\nA mother who has been told her unborn baby girl will not survive at birth is carrying her to full term so she can donate heart tissue to help others.\n\nHayley Martin was told at her 20-week scan that her child has a rare genetic disorder meaning she will die during labour or within minutes of being born.\n\nSpeaking on ITV's This Morning show, Mrs Martin, 30, said they would be able to donate her daughter's heart valves.\n\nExplaining her decision, she added: \"I wouldn't have it any other way.\"\n\nAlready a mother-of-three, Mrs Martin and her husband Scott, from Hull, discovered their baby had bilateral renal agenesis at the five-month scan.\n\nMrs Martin said she had a feeling early on in the pregnancy and that things were not right\n\nThe condition is fatal and means the baby has no kidneys and is not surrounded by enough amniotic fluid, causing malformed lungs.\n\nAfter speaking to specialist doctors, the couple were given the weekend to consider terminating the pregnancy but Mrs Martin told This Morning her reaction was \"automatically, I don't want to let her go just yet\".\n\nThe couple said they had taken the decision to give birth to their daughter, who they have already named Ava-Joy, to help others in need of a transplant.\n\nIt is likely that their baby's heart valves will be used to help other seriously-ill children.\n\n\"With the heart valves they can store them up to ten years,\" Mrs Martin told the show.\n\n\"Anything is better than nothing. I know she can't donate proper organs but tissue is just as valuable.\"\n\nAngie Scales, a NHS organ donation and transplantation nurse, said around 10 to 15 families a year ask about the possibility of donation in relation to their unborn child.\n\nShe said: \"However, proceeding to actual donation in these cases is extremely rare due to the complexities of the processes that are required.\"\n\nThree people a day, including children, die waiting for a transplant, she added.\n\nThe couple said their other children would grow up knowing about their younger sister\n\nThe couple said the support they had received through a specialist charity in Leeds had helped them bond with their unborn daughter.\n\nThe charity funded a blood test to enable them to find out the sex of the baby so they were able to give her a name and buy clothes to dress her once she is born.\n\nThe Martins said they were starting a charity project in Ava-Joy's memory to help other families who decided to carry to term, despite a fatal diagnosis.\n\n\"It was not an easy decision but it was the right decision and it has helped me cope with the heartbreak,\" said Mrs Martin.\n\n\"A part of her will live on, she won't be completely gone. She will be alive in somebody else.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "North was the second actress to lend her voice to Daphne (second from right)\n\nHeather North, the US actress who was the voice of Daphne in Scooby-Doo for many years, has died at the age of 71.\n\nAccording to reports, she died at her Los Angeles home on 30 November after a long illness.\n\nNorth was the second actress to voice the \"danger-prone\" Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! TV series, making her debut in 1970.\n\nThe California native continued voicing the role in various iterations of the property until 2003.\n\nThey included The New Scooby-Doo Movies of the early 1970s, the short-lived Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo series and The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries that aired in 1984.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Twitter Moments This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth's other roles included Kurt Russell's girlfriend in Disney's The Barefoot Executive and Sandy Horton in Days of Our Lives.\n\nIt was that job that led to her meeting producer Wes Kenney, to whom she was married from 1971 up to his death in 2015.\n\nStefanianna Christopherson was the first actress to lend her voice to Daphne, the role Sarah Michelle Gellar played in the 2002 live-action film.\n\nNorth's death was initially confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Hollywood Reporter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant has told the BBC how she was silenced after alleging sexual assault against her boss.\n\nZelda Perkins says she thought her only option was to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which stopped her from speaking out.\n\nLaywers for Mr Weinstein told the BBC he \"categorically denies engaging in any non-consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour\".\n\nMs Perkins told BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis that while the film maker is now seen as a “repulsive monster”, at the time he was “an extremely exciting person to be around”.\n\nUK viewers can watch the full BBC Newsnight interview here.", "Experts analysed thousands of photographs and sightings of bottlenose dolphins\n\nThe first resident pod of bottlenose dolphins has been discovered off the south-west coast of England.\n\nExperts used thousands of sightings and photos to identify a group of 28 individuals living year-round off the coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.\n\nThey were identified using their dorsal fins, which are as unique to dolphins as fingerprints are to humans.\n\nPlymouth University researchers studied 3,843 records to identify 98 dolphins and among them the resident population.\n\nThe sightings, recorded between 2007 and 2016, established the group was present in shallow coastal waters, mainly off Cornwall and particularly near St Ives Bay and Mount's Bay.\n\nRuth Williams, marine conservation manager at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said: \"Further work is needed but this is a huge step forward and I am proud of what our partnership between Cornwall Wildlife Trust, scientists and boat operators has achieved.\n\n\"We need to make sure the few we currently have in the south west are given the protection not just to survive, but to thrive.\"\n\nEvery bottlenose dolphin has a unique dorsal fin, similar to a human fingerprint\n\nRebecca Dudley, of the University of Plymouth, gathered data from a large number of collaborators who had studied the dolphins' social structure and distribution.\n\nShe said her findings will raise questions about conservation of the environment the pod inhabits.\n\n\"This shows that if anything happens to their habitat in this area, it is really going to affect the population, because they do spend all their time around the south west region.\"\n\nThe UK's two other resident bottlenose dolphin populations - in Cardigan, Wales and Moray Firth, Scotland - both have protection.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The parents of a premature baby who spent last Christmas in hospital are trying to spread some festive cheer with gifts for mums and dads in the same situation this year.\n\nWhen Arlo Watson, from Broseley in Shropshire, was born at 25 weeks doctors said he had a 50% chance of surviving until his first birthday, but he is now out of hospital and will be spending this Christmas at home.", "One-off drama The Boy with the Topknot looked at generational differences in a Sikh family\n\nThe BBC has pledged to \"raise our game\" on religion by increasing the portrayal of all faiths in mainstream shows.\n\nThe corporation said it would \"enhance\" the representation of religion on TV and radio dramas and documentaries.\n\nIt said it would also create a new global religious affairs team, headed by a religion editor, in BBC News.\n\nThe BBC will also keep Thought For The Day on Radio 4's Today programme - despite presenter John Humphrys saying it's often \"deeply, deeply boring\".\n\nThe corporation has just published the conclusions of a review into its coverage of religion and ethics.\n\nDirector general Tony Hall said audiences of all faiths and none have said they want to learn more about those topics.\n\n\"They recognise that, if we truly want to make sense of the world, we need to understand the systems of belief that underpin it,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he wants the corporation \"to do more about Christianity and other beliefs as well\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. O Come All Ye Faithful through the years\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "\"It was all going so well,\" Deputy Leader of the House Michael Ellis says, until the \"last part\", referring to Karin Smyth saying she hopes that next year will bring a Labour government for the UK.\n\nResponding to Sir Paul Beresford, he says that in the UK, there is much more work to be done on the issue of cancer treatments, but 7,000 more people are alive today than there would have been thanks to new treatments.\n\nHe tells Jamie Stone that the Scottish government has had the funding for broadband in rural Scotland since 2014, but the Scottish government haven't used it yet.\n\nReferring to Lyn Brown's points, he says a consultation has been launched by the government on fixed odds betting terminals.\n\nHe says to Nigel Huddleston that most members \"get on very well across this House,\" and can disagree professionally, but have a chat otherwise.\n\nHe invites Deirdre Brock to declare anything more she knows about Scottish and NI funding in the Leave campaign to the House, for it to be discussed further.\n\nHe tells Siobhain McDonagh that the government is putting in £1bn into tackling homelessness and rough sleeping.\n\nHe wraps up by thanking the whole House for their work and their protection of the Houses of Parliament, as well as thanking the Armed Forces.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nA convicted football hooligan has been jailed for a racist and \"unprovoked\" attack on Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling.\n\nKarl Anderson, 29, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault after Sterling was attacked outside City's training ground on Saturday.\n\nThe court heard Anderson already has 25 convictions for 37 offences, including football-related violence.\n\nHe has been jailed for 16 weeks and must pay £100 in compensation.\n\nAnderson, who kicked Sterling four times during the assault, said he \"lost his temper\" and was sorry for his actions.\n\nHe abused the City player using racist language, as well as telling Sterling he wanted his mother and child to die.\n\nIn a victim impact statement read out to the court, Sterling, 23, said he \"did not think this kind of behaviour happened in this country in this day and age\".\n\nCCTV footage of the attack outside City's training complex was played to the court, which showed Anderson pulling up in his van alongside Sterling.\n\nIn sentencing him, magistrate Diana Webb-Hobson called it an \"entirely unprovoked attack\" and described Anderson's previous record as \"appalling\".\n\nAnderson, of Woodward Street in Manchester, smiled as he was taken from the dock.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism.\n\n\"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,\" he told reporters at the White House.\n\n\"Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care.\"\n\nHis comments come ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution opposing any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n\nThe draft resolution does not mention the US, but says any decisions on Jerusalem should be cancelled.\n\nFourteen states backed a similar motion on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on Monday\n\nEarlier, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned member states that President Trump had asked her to report on \"who voted against us\" on Thursday.\n\nPresident Trump and Ambassador Haley are trying to use American muscle rather than diplomacy to convince countries to vote their way. From Washington's perspective, recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and deciding to move its embassy there is its sovereign right.\n\nBut that's not how the majority of countries at the United Nations see it.\n\nThe strongest repudiation came, unsurprisingly, from Washington's critics.\n\nMeanwhile, many US allies are brushing off the tough rhetoric as an empty threat.\n\nA senior diplomat told me it was clear that the Trump administration was determined to take a stand for Israel at the UN, but he doubted that Washington would cut aid to, say, Egypt - which sponsored the failed Security Council measure on which the General Assembly draft resolution is based.\n\nWhat is certain is that the US will be isolated in the General Assembly on Thursday as the rest of the world once again tells President Trump that it does not agree with his decision on Jerusalem.\n\nThe status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\n\nIsrael occupied the east of the city, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the ancient city of Jerusalem is so important\n\nThe Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state and its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.\n\nIsraeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised internationally, and all countries currently maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. However, President Trump has told the US state department to start work on moving the US embassy.\n\nThe 193-member UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states, who condemned Mr Trump's decision to reverse decades of US policy earlier this month.\n\nThe Palestinians called for the meeting after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution, which affirmed that any decisions on the status of Jerusalem were \"null and void and must be rescinded\", and urged all states to \"refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the holy city\".\n\nThe other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft, but Ms Haley described it as an \"insult\".\n\nThe non-binding resolution put forward by Turkey and Yemen for the General Assembly vote mirrors the vetoed Security Council draft.\n\nThe Palestinian permanent observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, said he hoped there would be \"overwhelming support\" for the resolution.\n\nBut on Tuesday, Ms Haley warned in a letter to dozens of member states that encouraged them to \"know that the president and the US take this vote personally\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nikki Haley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those countries who voted against us. We will take note of each and every vote on this issue,\" she wrote, according to journalists who were shown the letter.\n\n\"The president's announcement does not affect final status negotiations in any way, including the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem,\" she added. \"The president also made sure to support the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites.\"\n\nMs Haley echoed the warning on Twitter, writing: \"The US will be taking names.\"\n\nPalestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused the US of intimidation.\n\n\"We see that the United States, which was left alone, is now resorting to threats. No honourable, dignified country would bow down to this pressure,\" Mr Cavusoglu told a joint news conference in Ankara on Wednesday before travelling to New York.", "With rope wrapped around its neck, this loggerhead sea turtle became part of a US Coast Guard rescue effort in the Pacific Ocean.", "The Bank of England is to unveil plans allowing European banks to operate in the UK as normal post-Brexit.\n\nThe BBC has learned that banks offering wholesale finance - money and services provided to businesses and each other - would operate under existing rules.\n\nIt means EU banks operating through branches can continue without creating subsidiaries - an expensive process.\n\nBranches offer an easy way for banks to move money around their international operations.\n\nBut they present the risk that, in the event of a financial crisis, funds are quickly repatriated to the foreign bank's headquarters - leaving customers of the UK branch out of pocket.\n\nSubsidiaries are forced to hold their own shock-absorbing capital which can't cut and run - they essentially become UK companies.\n\nChanging from a branch to a subsidiary could cost billions for a bank like Deutsche Bank, for example, which employs 9,000 people in the UK.\n\nCurrently, banks based anywhere in the EU can sell services to anywhere else in the EU thanks to an instrument known as a financial services passport.\n\nOn Monday, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier was talking tough on UK-based financial services access to the European single market after Brexit.\n\n\"There is no place (for financial services). There is not a single trade agreement that is open to financial services. It doesn't exist. In leaving the single market, they lose the financial services passport,\" he said.\n\nWhich begs the question - if they are playing hard ball - why are we being so nice in rolling out the red carpet?\n\nMiles Celic, head of the lobbying group TheCityUK, said offering continuity to EU banks was an act of goodwill, but it was also one of enlightened self interest.\n\n\"Encouraging EU banks to continue to operate in the UK will help preserve financial stability for the UK and the EU and will help defend London's position as an open global financial centre,\" he said.\n\nThe Bank of England's announcement has the blessing of the government\n\nForcing EU bank branches in the UK to become separately capitalised subsidiaries may well have encouraged European banks to pull out of London - gradually eroding its pre-eminence as a financial centre.\n\nBut on the other hand, London acts as the wholesale bank to the EU and access to its expertise and capital is highly prized. Some may see this decision as surrendering a trump card that should have been held back for the tough negotiations ahead.\n\nSo, why are we allowing the EU access to this valuable resource while the EU threatens to create barriers the other way?\n\nGovernment sources said there are three reasons.\n\nFirst, there are the jobs. Tens of thousands of highly paid people work in the London branches of big EU banks. That also creates knock on jobs in other professions like accountancy and law.\n\nSecond, those people pay a lot of tax to the exchequer.\n\nAnd third, there is another important economic point. Services sold by the UK branch of a French or German bank to a third country like the US, for example, count as UK exports - something the government is keen to maximise.\n\nIn a speech back in October, Sam Woods, the head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (the bit of the Bank of England that supervises banks) said the reason the European financial markets work so well is not just due to the \"passport\" that Michel Barnier insists will be revoked.\n\nHe said he hoped \"for a strong, co-operative relationship in which wholesale banks can continue to operate across the UK and EU27 in branches... We have embedded a sophisticated framework of supervisory co-operation... There is every reason to think these will continue into the future\"\n\nThis sentiment echoes what a senior banker told me six months ago - \"if the regulators were in charge, and not the politicians, this would all be sorted out in a fortnight.\"\n\nThey are not in charge. But I understand the bank has the blessing of the government in offering this \"no new post-Brexit strings attached\" access to the world's largest financial centre.", "It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city.", "It was more gripping than any box set we could get our hands on.\n\nOver two years, the investigations into Russian interference in the US election, and whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin, delivered daily developments and drama worthy of anything seen in House of Cards.\n\nIn the end, 35 people and three companies were charged by Robert Mueller, the special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election.\n\nHere's our guide to the main characters in the four seasons of the only political drama that mattered.\n\nThis was the season in which Donald Trump, the reality TV star, took centre stage in his own political drama by launching a presidential campaign. He was supported by his family and got the attention of the Russians. The season ended with a cliffhanger - could Trump the outsider actually win?!\n\nIt's been a while since all of this happened, so let's remind you of the key players in this season.\n\nWho was he? Donald Trump, the billionaire candidate (who by Season Three is the 45th president of the United States). If you really need a refresher, here's his life story.\n\nKey plot line As Donald Trump was busy traversing the country canvassing for votes in Season One, Russia hacked into the emails of his Democratic rivals, investigators later said.\n\nThe question is why? Was the Kremlin trying to alter the outcome of the election, and what did Trump and his campaign know?\n\nSkip forward to the end of Season Four and Mr Trump stood triumphant before reporters in a Florida airport, celebrating what he called \"a complete and total exoneration\".\n\nBut in between, there was no shortage of drama or tension.\n\nWho was he? He was Trump's campaign chairman before being forced to quit over his ties to Russian oligarchs and Ukraine.\n\nKey plot line He was one of the biggest dominoes to fall. When he ended up being arrested, it was a big season-ending shocker.\n\nManafort hung around a bit in Season One, but then disappeared from view for a while.\n\nHe quit the campaign after being accused of having links to pro-Russian groups in Ukraine. He also sat in on a crucial meeting with a Russian lawyer who may have been trying to feed the Trump team classified information (more on that later).\n\nAfter an FBI raid on his home in Season Three, Manafort was found guilty on eight charges of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failing to disclose foreign banks accounts and is sentenced to 47 months in prison.\n\nIn Season Four, he agreed to co-operate with a special counsel inquiry in exchange for a reduced prison term. But then, in a twist - prosecutors claimed he breached his plea bargain by repeatedly lying to the FBI.\n\nRead more: The man who helped Trump win\n\nWho was he? The president's eldest child, who it emerged met some questionable Russians.\n\nKey plot line Donald Trump Jr's role in this unfolding saga all came down to a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer, which was set up by a music publicist (the full details of which come out in Season Three). If it sounds random, then in many ways it is.\n\nThe publicist, Rob Goldstone, offered Trump Jr a meeting with lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, promising him dirt on Hillary Clinton.\n\nThis meeting was the key to much of our plot line because it raised several key questions. Did this amount to the campaign colluding with a foreign government? Why did he agree to the meeting?\n\nWhat happened at the meeting was the scene investigators played over and over again as they tried to work out if there was any impropriety. In the end, no collusion charges were brought.\n\nDonald Trump confounded his critics by winning the presidency. But the transition was as gripping as the season before it as Trump picked his cabinet, introducing key characters to the mix.\n\nThe season ended with Trump taking the oath of office on a cold January morning - but there were more twists to come.\n\nWho was he? The granite-faced former general who later became the shortest-serving member of Donald Trump's cabinet. He resigned after not being honest about his contact with a Russian official - and was later charged with making false statements to the FBI.\n\nKey plot line Flynn was appointed national security adviser just days after the election, against the advice of then-President Obama, who warned Trump not to hire him. Flynn's starring role came in December 2016, just before Trump was sworn in, when he spoke to the Russian ambassador, Sergei Kislyak.\n\nThe Washington Post and New York Times said the men discussed Russian sanctions, and that Flynn later lied to the Vice President Mike Pence about the conversation (Mr Kislyak says the men discussed only \"simple things\").\n\nThe substance of those talks eventually led to Flynn being prosecuted as part of the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.\n\nAt the end of Season Three, in December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to making \"false, fictitious and fraudulent statements\" to the FBI about what he and Kislyak discussed.\n\nWith that, the investigation reached Trump's inner circle.\n\nRead more: Out after 23 days - who is Michael Flynn?\n\nWho was he? Many roads in this drama led back to Sergei Kislyak, the jolly and charismatic figure, who up until July 2017 was the Russian ambassador to Washington.\n\nKey plot line Kislyak's role in this drama remained unclear up to the end - but many of the players in this drama had meetings with him, and that put them in awkward spots.\n\nThe key questions for investigators were: why were they drawn to him, and what was said? The Russian ambassador spoke to both Flynn and Attorney-General Jeff Sessions - meetings which both Trump officials didn't initially acknowledge took place.\n\nAnything else we should know? Well, Russia fiercely fought back against claims on CNN that Kislyak was a \"top spy and recruiter of spies\".\n\nWho was he? Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III hovered in the background during Season One, when he was an Alabama senator and a trusted Trump adviser, but we really got to know him during Season Two, when he became Trump's nominee for attorney general, a job he kept for almost two years.\n\nKey plot line Sessions was one of several Trump aides to meet Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak, and question marks emerged over the nature of those meetings.\n\nWhen the FBI investigation focused on the Trump campaign, Sessions stood down from the inquiry, much to Trump's irritation.\n\nThat decision to step down dogged him to the end, and he was written out of the series close to the end of Season Four, when Trump forced him to resign.\n\nThat move put control of the Mueller investigation into the hands of a Trump loyalist.\n\nRead more: An attorney general dogged by scandal\n\nThis was where the drama really picked up and all the plot lines came together. A lot of the background characters we saw in Season One came back with a vengeance and the infighting got nasty - and this is when the police started circling.\n\nWho was she? A Russian lawyer with a fearsome reputation who fought against US restrictions on Russia. But was she a Kremlin stooge?\n\nDespite earlier denials, she admitted in April 2018 to being an \"informant\" for Russia's prosecutor general.\n\nKey plot line Hers was a small but crucial role - she's the one who Manafort, Trump Jr and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner met in June 2016, the details of which begin trickling out a year later in a flashback sequence.\n\nShe said the meeting was to discuss adoptions - but those who helped set it up said she was offering dirt on the Democrats and Hillary Clinton's campaign.\n\nWhile the meeting became a central plot point, whatever happened inside never actually led to any charges.\n\nThat meeting would never have happened without...\n\nWho were they? Emin Agalarov is Azerbaijan's biggest pop star, of course. Have you not heard Love is a Deadly Game? Emin helped bring Donald Trump's Miss Universe competition to Russia and the two are close enough to send each other birthday messages. His dad, Aras, is a billionaire who mixes in the highest circles of influence in Moscow.\n\nKey plot line Again in a flashback scene, we met Emin as he set the wheels in motion on that Trump Jr meeting.\n\nAn email sent to Trump Jr suggested Emin was offering information on the Democrats (Emin said he wasn't). The email also said Aras Agalarov had apparently met the \"crown prosecutor\" of Russia - a role that weirdly didn't exist - and got information on Hillary Clinton.\n\nWho was he? He became deputy attorney general under Jeff Sessions. In the TV drama of the Russia scandal, this is the sort of role that would go to a solid Broadway actor you recognise but can't put a name to.\n\nKey plot line When Sessions stood down from leading the main investigation into the Trump-Russia ties, it fell to Rosenstein to do that job. In a major plot development, he appointed a special investigator - not a popular move with the White House.\n\nRead more: Who is Rod Rosenstein?\n\nWho was he? Married to Trump's daughter, Ivanka, Kushner was the character who was seen but very rarely heard.\n\nKey plot line Amid cries of nepotism, he was given a plum White House job as senior adviser to the president with a wide-ranging portfolio. It was his contacts with the Russians during the election campaign and beyond that led investigators to circle him.\n\nIn June 2016, Kushner attended THAT meeting with Donald Trump Jr and the Russian lawyer. He said he was so bored he messaged his assistant to call him so he could leave.\n\nKushner was also another character who had repeated contact with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak - contact that he initially failed to disclose.\n\nRead more: The son-in-law with Trump's ear\n\nWho was he? A British former tabloid journalist, with a penchant for selfies in silly hats, was perhaps an unlikely addition to the cast, but in most good dramas there's always room for the slightly out-of-place eccentric.\n\nKey plot line Rob Goldstone found his way into Donald Trump's circle of trust thanks to his connections with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov.\n\nGoldstone managed the pop star, and it was he who contacted Donald Trump Jr on behalf of his client to set up that now-infamous meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016. Goldstone sent an email to Trump Jr promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.\n\nRead more: The Music Man with a love for hats\n\nWho was he? At 6ft 8in, James Comey was a towering figure, the character who gave little away about himself personally but had a huge role in this story.\n\nKey plot line He first entered this drama in Season One, when as head of the FBI he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails - just weeks before the election. Democrats blamed him for her loss, Republicans hailed him a hero. That, we thought, was the last we'd seen of him.\n\nJump ahead to Season Three, when months into the Trump presidency, Comey was fired by the new president. In true television drama style, he learned of his sacking as he was watching TV news during a trip to LA. Up to then, Comey was heading up an investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.\n\nEven by the end of the series, whether this amounted to obstruction of justice by the president remained an unresolved plot point.\n\nComey's testimony to the Senate was one of the most set-pieces in the series up to this point, as - under oath - he told politicians he was asked to pledge loyalty to the president, but refused.\n\nRead more: The FBI director who took centre stage\n\nWho was he? A former election adviser to Trump, although you'd be forgiven if you didn't remember the face. He was in only a few scenes in Season Two, but he had a massive role to play in Season Three, becoming the first person to plead guilty as part of the investigation.\n\nKey plot line In late October 2017, court documents emerged showing Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the timing of meetings with alleged go-betweens for Russia.\n\nAfter lying to the FBI, he deleted an incriminating Facebook account and destroyed a phone.\n\nHis guilty plea and co-operation with the investigation had the potential to damage the US leader because it related directly to his campaign - but in the end, it didn't do so.\n\nWho was he? The man who held the fate of the Trump presidency in his hands.\n\nKey plot line Some characters wielded a lot of power, but didn't have a starring role, such as Robert Mueller, the tall chiselled figure who was appointed as \"special counsel\" to take over the Russia investigation after the dismissal of James Comey. Mueller came from the same stock as Comey - both were former heads of the FBI.\n\nThere were no showboating scenes and powerhouses speeches from Mueller in this series - we only ever saw him studiously working in his office.\n\nThere were reports that the president considered firing Mueller at one point - but Mueller stayed in the background doing his job until the very end of the series.\n\nAfter Season Three ended with the first charges being laid down by Robert Mueller, things really sped up in Season Four. The president's fury with the special counsel investigation increased and he fired his Attorney-General. But the series ended with no charges laid against the president and a sense of victory in the White House. Might we see a spin-off series...?\n\nWho was he? OK, he wasn't Putin's chef by this point, but he once was. In Season Four, he was the man accused of spearheading Russia's attempts to interfere in the 2016 election.\n\nKey plot line A little out of the blue, Mueller announced charges against Prigozhin and 12 other Russians, accusing them of tampering with the US election by (among other things) organising and promoting political rallies in the US.\n\nIn one surreal flashback sequence, we even see the Russians trying to buy a cage large enough to hold an actress dressed as Hillary Clinton in a prison costume.\n\nRead more: Seven key takeaways from indictment\n\nWho was he? The man who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump - but who instead turned against him.\n\nKey plot line Cohen, as Trump's long-time personal lawyer, lingered around the edges of the plot for the first three seasons, but became the big player of the fourth.\n\nWhen Mueller's team began looking into Cohen's finances, they passed on their concerns to investigators in New York.\n\nThen the plot took an unexpected new turn: Cohen, a long-time Trump loyalist, flipped and began co-operating with investigators. Not only that, but he ended up giving them a lot of help in exchange for a lighter sentence.\n\nCohen ended up admitting violating campaign finance laws, committing tax evasion and lying to Congress.\n\nThe last shot of the entire series was a mournful Cohen being locked into his jail cell.\n\nWho was he? A long-time Washington political operative who acted as an informal adviser to the Trump campaign. He called himself an agent provocateur, and once defended his actions by saying: \"One man's dirty trick is another man's political, civic action.\"\n\nKey plot line Stone was one of those memorable bit-part characters in Seasons One and Two - a colourful character known for his fiery tongue, sharp suits and the Richard Nixon tattoo spread across his back.\n\nTowards the end of Season One, he appeared to let the cat out of the bag, hinting on Twitter that there was damaging information coming out on Hillary Clinton. Soon after, that information (that we later learned was found by Russia) was made public.\n\nAfter a bit of a lull in the middle of Season Four, investigators indicted Stone on seven counts of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements, although he wasn't charged with co-ordinating with Russia.\n\nAll the way through, he denied any wrongdoing. He, like the president, called the investigation a \"witch-hunt\" and once said the accusations of collusion with Russia were \"a steaming plate of bull\".\n\nText by Rajini Vaidyanathan and Roland Hughes; illustrations by Gerry Fletcher", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland were frustrated for much of the first day of the second Ashes Test after asking Australia to bat in Adelaide.\n\nJoe Root became the first captain in 25 years to win the toss and field at the Adelaide Oval - and first in day-night Tests - then saw his side manage to take only four wickets.\n\nEngland did succeed in controlling the home scoring, with Australia closing on 209-4.\n\nBut, on a grey, chilly day that was interrupted three times by rain, England's bowlers did not find the assistance they may have expected.\n\nThey were met by patient Australian resistance as Usman Khawaja (53), David Warner (47) and Steve Smith (40) all made runs without kicking on.\n\nBut every time Australia looked set to take control, they were pegged back, most importantly when captain Smith was bowled to give England debutant Craig Overton his first Test wicket.\n\nSmith had batted for 326 balls and 512 minutes in the hosts' first innings in the first Test, to lay the foundations for his side's 10-wicket victory.\n\nPeter Handscomb (36 not out) and Shaun Marsh (20 not out) will resume when play begins at 03:00 GMT on Sunday, half an hour early in order to make up for the nine overs lost to the weather.\n• None Read more: Smith said my bowling was slow - Overton\n• None Did Root get it wrong? Have England found Smith's weakness? - Ashes analysis\n• None Listen: TMS highlights from day one in Adelaide\n\nRoot's big call on historic day for the Ashes\n\nGiven the overcast conditions and expectation the pink ball may misbehave, Root's decision at the toss was not a total surprise, even if it was unusual.\n\nHowever, his side's performance with the new ball left Root in danger of joining Nasser Hussain at Brisbane in 2002-03 and Ricky Ponting at Edgbaston in 2005 as captains who have made a big mistake in opting to field first.\n\nJames Anderson in particular was guilty of bowling too short and Australia were allowed to settle.\n\nOnly after the second, 75-minute, rain delay were England energised as Chris Woakes' direct hit accounted for Cameron Bancroft.\n\nFrom then on, the first day of Ashes cricket under lights and with a pink ball was attritional stuff on a two-paced surface that does not look conducive to free-scoring.\n\nIt was played out in front of a crowd of 55,317, the largest for any cricket match at the Adelaide Oval.\n\nThe ground looked resplendent under the lights, England fans sung under the iconic old scoreboard and the members socialised at the back of the Sir Donald Bradman Pavilion.\n\nEngland improve - but could have done better\n\nIt was to England's credit that they recovered after such a poor start, but they may be left wondering what might have been had they used the new ball properly.\n\nIf there was early movement on offer, the tourists did not bowl in the right areas often enough to find it.\n\nThey needed an Australian error to force the first wicket, Warner first calling for a run and then sending Bancroft back, allowing mid-off fielder Woakes to steady himself and hit direct at the non-striker's end.\n\nStuart Broad led a steady improvement of England's bowlers, but it was the appearance of home captain Smith that really galvanised the tourists.\n\nIn the build-up, Root said England would use Smith's laughter at the end of the Brisbane Test as motivation, while Smith called Anderson one of the biggest sledgers in the game.\n\nBoth Broad and Anderson engaged Smith in conversation, with umpire Aleem Dar forced to step in on more than one occasion.\n\nIt may have had an effect on Smith, who was less fluent and more loose than the unbeaten 141 he made at the Gabba.\n\nStill, it came as a surprise when Overton, who replaced Jake Ball, got the ball on to off stump via Smith's front pad, sparking joyous celebrations.\n\nAfter England's attempts to frustrate Australia in Brisbane, here the hosts were ready to have their scoring curbed by the visitors' plans.\n\nWarner only occasionally broke his patience outside off stump to lace the ball through the covers.\n\nThe left-hander was livid when the control left him and he poked Woakes into the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.\n\nKhawaja, perceived to have a problem against off-spin, punished Moeen Ali whenever he dropped short.\n\nKhawaja was dropped at long leg by Mark Stoneman off a top-edged Woakes bouncer, but had added only nine more runs when he sliced Anderson to gully.\n\nSmith almost drove back to Overton on only nine, yet found an ally in Handscomb with similarities in obduracy and unorthodoxy.\n\nBatting deep in the crease, Handscomb was joined by Marsh for an unbroken stand of 48 and it is they who will face a second new ball that is only an over old at the beginning of the second day.\n• None Get Ashes alerts sent to your phone", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The siren has a different tone from a natural disaster warning siren\n\nThe US state of Hawaii has tested a nuclear attack warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.\n\nThe resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear programme.\n\nPyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuclear test.\n\nHawaii, in the Pacific, already has a monthly test of sirens warning of natural disasters, including tsunamis.\n\nThe nuclear attack signal uses a different, wavering tone, warning residents and tourists to stay indoors and await further instructions.\n\nThe last time a nuclear attack warning siren was tested in the state was in the 1980s in the final years of the Cold War.\n\nBut it sounded again on Friday morning and will be repeated on the first business day of every month.\n\nVern Miyagi, who heads the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, said it was \"critically important\" for the public to understand what the different tones mean, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.\n\nA missile launched from North Korea could strike Hawaii within 20 minutes of launch, the paper added.\n\nHawaii hosts the US military headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region.\n\nNorth Korea recently tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile which it claims can hit anywhere on the mainland United States.\n\nExperts say the Hwasong-15 appears capable of transporting a nuclear warhead, although it is unclear if Pyongyang is yet capable of making a weapon small enough to be fitted on to a missile.", "The British government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments warning against using the products for systems related to national security.\n\nThe UK cyber-security agency will say the software could be exploited by the Russian government.\n\nSecurity firm Kaspersky Labs, accused in the US of being used by the Russian state for espionage, denied wrongdoing.\n\nKaspersky Labs is widely used by consumers and businesses across the globe, although they are not being advised to stop using the software, as well as by some parts of the UK government.\n\nOfficials stress they are not recommending members of the public or companies stop using Kaspersky products, which are used by about 400 million people globally.\n\nBarclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky software to customers as a \"precautionary decision\".\n\nOn Saturday, the UK bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers who had downloaded Kaspersky over the past decade - but advised those with the software already installed to take no action.\n\nA Barclays spokesman said: \"Even though this new guidance isn't directed at members of the public, we have taken the decision to withdraw the offer.\"\n\nFor it to work, anti-virus software like that sold by Kaspersky Labs requires extensive access to files on computers and networks to scan for malicious code.\n\nIt also requires the ability to communicate back to the company in order to receive updates and share data on what it finds.\n\nHowever, the concern is that this could be used by the Russian state for espionage.\n\nOfficials say the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)'s decision is based on a risk analysis, rather than evidence that such espionage has already taken place.\n\nIn the new government guidance, Ian Levy, NCSC's technical director, said: \"Given we assess the Russians do cyber-attacks against the UK for reasons of state, we believe some UK government and critical national systems are at increased risk.\"\n\nThe NCSC is understood to have been in dialogue with Kaspersky Labs and says it will explore ways of mitigating the risks to see if a system can be developed to independently verify the security of its products.\n\nIt comes amid heightened concern about Russian activity against the UK.\n\nLast month, Prime Minister Theresa May warned the Russian state was acting against the UK's national interest in cyberspace.\n\nFollowing her warning, Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the NCSC, said Russia had targeted British infrastructure, including power and telecoms.\n\n\"Beyond this relatively small number of systems, we see no compelling case at present to extend that advice to the wider public sector, more general enterprises, or individuals,\" Mr Levy said.\n\n\"Whatever you do, don't panic.\n\n\"For example, we really don't want people doing things like ripping out Kaspersky software at large as it makes little sense.\"\n\nKaspersky has faced a series of accusations in the US press in recent months.\n\nIt responded to one claim, that it downloaded classified US material from a home computer in the US, by presenting a detailed explanation of what took place.\n\nIt has always said there is no truth to the claims.\n\nEarlier this week, Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive and co-founder of the company, told me: \"We don't do anything wrong. We would never do that. It's simply not possible.\"\n\nHe denied claims the Russian state could use the company.\n\n\"It's not true that the Russian state has access to the data. There are no facts about that,\" he added.\n\nMr Kaspersky said that if he was ever asked by the Russian state to hand over data he would move his company out of the country.", "The world's major fishing nations have agreed a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean, before it has even become established.\n\nMuch of the Arctic was once permanently frozen but global warming means its waters are becoming more accessible.\n\nThe deal is expected to last for 16 years while research is carried out into the existing marine ecosystem.\n\nThe moratorium was agreed by Canada, Russia, China, the US, the EU, Japan, Iceland, Denmark and South Korea.\n\nIt covers an area of about 2.8m sq km (1m sq miles) - roughly the size of the Mediterranean Sea. No commercial fisheries exist in Arctic waters yet.\n\n\"This is one of the rare times when a group of governments actually solved a problem before it happened,\" said David Balton, US ambassador for oceans and fisheries.\n\n\"In the future if fish stocks are plentiful enough to support a commercial fishery there, they will be part of the management system and presumably their vessels will have the opportunity to fish for those stocks.\"\n\nTrevor Taylor, of the Canadian group Oceans North, said fish and marine mammals that many Arctic communities relied upon would now be protected.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their 2017 visit to Nottingham\n\nMeghan Markle has had a taste of royal life, as she joined her fiance Prince Harry on their first joint official public engagement in Nottingham.\n\nExcited crowds cheered as the couple greeted well-wishers ahead of a visit to a World Aids Day charity fair hosted by the Terrence Higgins Trust.\n\nThey split up to talk to people lining both sides of their route and were given cards, flowers and chocolate.\n\nAfter the charity fair, they met head teachers at a nearby school.\n\nWell-wishers gathered in the city ahead of the visit to catch a glimpse of the couple, including Helena Bottomley, Zoe Scott and Carole Bingham, from East and West Bridgford.\n\nMs Scott said: \"We love the royals. We are genuinely happy for Harry.\"\n\n\"We all had our children at the same time as Diana [Princess of Wales] so we feel a real allegiance. She would be so thrilled,\" said Ms Bottomley.\n\nThe couple announced their engagement on Monday and are due to marry at Windsor Castle in May.\n\nOne of the people Prince Harry stopped to speak to was Julie Ball, 51, of Netherfield, who said the prince had commented on her Santa gloves.\n\n\"He said 'great gloves' and pulled one down over my fingers,\" she said. \"I said they're from Primark for £3.\n\n\"When Meghan walked past she said the same thing. She said, 'We have the same taste.'\"\n\nAnother member of the public shouted to Prince Harry: \"How does it feel being a ginger with Meghan?\"\n\n\"It's great isn't it?\" The prince replied.\n\nDickie Arbiter, former royal spokesman, told the BBC the couple took their time to talk to as many people as possible on their 30-minute walkabout.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A card designed especially for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been given to them\n\nThe couple's engagement was announced on Monday\n\nUniversity of Nottingham students Raushana Nurzhubalina, from Kazakhstan, and Jenn Galandy, from Canada, set their alarms for 06:00 GMT to get a prime spot to try to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.\n\n\"It is such an honour to see the royals,\" Ms Nurzhubalina said.\n\n\"I'm also a fan of Suits, so it is a chance to see a star of that too.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRoyal fan Irene Hardman had a goody bag ready to hand over to the couple, including copies of the local paper and two fridge magnets \"so they don't fight over it\".\n\nSpeaking afterwards, the 81-year-old said: \"I cried - she's wonderful, and it's fantastic. They're so genuine.\"\n\nThey are due to marry at Windsor Castle in May\n\nBy the time the royal couple arrived, the pavements in the Lace Market were packed.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan spent around half an hour meeting the people of Nottingham who had come out in force despite the cold.\n\nMeghan appeared very relaxed and perfectly at ease. This was her first official royal engagement with Harry and if she was nervous at all it did not show.\n\nShe smiled, she chatted, at one point she even picked up someone's glove and handed it back to them.\n\nThis was a confident first public appearance. The couple split up at points to cover both parts of the pavement and meet the maximum number of people. Meghan was happy to shake hands with the crowd and as she wasn't wearing gloves, the ring was on show.\n\nTactile with her fiancée and the crowd - it's fair to say the response from the people was overwhelmingly positive.\n\nAfter the walkabout, Prince Harry and Ms Markle went to the Nottingham Contemporary Exhibition Centre for an event to mark World Aids Day.\n\nDominic Edwards, from the Terrence Higgins Trust, told the BBC the charity was \"thrilled\" the couple had chosen to visit Nottingham, and said: \"I think it really underlines his great support for HIV as a cause.\"\n\nRoyal commentator Richard FitzWilliams, said this visit represented a link with the legacy of Princess Diana's influential work on HIV 30 years ago and was \"no coincidence\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Kensington Palace This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPrince Harry has spent time in Nottingham both publicly and privately since he first met young people there in 2013, when he was exploring issues around youth violence.\n\nA year later, he established the Full Effect programme, which aims to stop youth violence in the city.\n\nAt Nottingham Academy, the couple will watch a \"hip hopera\" and meet students.\n\nThe handbag Ms Markle chose to carry on her Nottingham visit has already sold out.\n\nThe bag was made by the Scottish label, Strathberry, which said \"it was a fantastic surprise\" to see the bride-to-be carrying one of its designs.\n\nMs Markle was wrapped up in a long navy coat by Mackage - a brand also favoured by actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Eva Mendes and Blake Lively.\n\nShe wore the coat over a beige cotton, full midi skirt from British-based fashion label Joseph, priced at £595, which also sold out on the brand's website.\n\nOn Tuesday, the couple's spokesman said Ms Markle would not be continuing her work on gender with the United Nations or with other organisations and instead would start new charity work as a full-time royal.\n\nMr Knauf said she planned to focus her attention on the UK and Commonwealth.\n\n\"This is the country that's going to be her home now and that means travelling around, getting to know the towns and cities and smaller communities,\" he said.\n\nShe will also become the fourth patron of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.\n\nThe foundation is behind Prince Harry's Invictus Games - the Paralympic-style competition for injured servicemen and women and veterans - and also the mental health charity Heads Together.\n\nIt has also been announced that Ms Markle intends to become a British citizen and will work towards it in the coming years.", "David Cameron has said his government was unable to solve the \"huge\" challenge of funding social care for the UK's ageing population.\n\nMr Cameron told the Financial Times that a way now had to be found to meet \"catastrophic\" dementia care costs.\n\n\"We didn't solve that problem,\" the former prime minister, now president of Alzheimer's Research UK, said.\n\nWhile in office, he pledged to set a cap on lifetime care costs at £72,000, starting from age 65, by 2020.\n\nBut Theresa May has since said the level of a potential cap would be subject to consultation.\n\nMr Cameron, who was appointed to Alzheimer's Research UK in January, resigned as prime minister in 2016 after the Brexit vote result and stepped down as an MP later last year.\n\nHis plans were put on hold in July 2015 after insurers proved reluctant to introduce policies so that people could insure against their care costs, up to a £72,000 limit.\n\n\"The disappointment I had was I was hoping that a combination of the cap on care costs would help to deliver an insurer's model, where a market would grow up where everyone could insure themselves against the cost of long-term care,\" he said.\n\n\"We just haven't cracked that yet.\"\n\nMr Cameron described dementia as a \"world of darkness\" - and recalled visiting people in care homes in his Oxfordshire constituency while still an MP.\n\n\"They were completely disconnected from their surroundings, their relatives, their friends and their lives,\" he said.", "The vice-chancellor of Southampton University was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year - £72,000 more than he earned the previous year.\n\nAccounts show Sir Christopher Snowden was paid £352,000 in 2015-16, during which he was in post for 10 months.\n\nThe university said the extra reflected a full year's salary and the national higher education pay award of 1.1%.\n\nBut Sally Hunt, of the University and College Union, criticised his decision to accept the pay rise.\n\nMs Hunt, the union's general secretary, said the rise demonstrated \"once again how out of touch university vice-chancellors can be\".\n\nShe said that Sir Christopher was \"already one of the best-paid vice-chancellors in the UK, on a salary that had been publicly questioned by the universities minister\".\n\nAnd she added: \"To accept this kind of pay rise, while saying he must axe 75 academic jobs because money is tight, beggars belief.\"\n\nA statement from the university said the 1.1% pay rise was the only increase in Sir Christopher's remuneration since his appointment, and that he had declined a similar increment for 2017-18.\n\n\"The lower salary figure published for 2015-16 reflected only 10 months of his first year spent in office,\" it said.\n\n\"The vice-chancellor's salary was set and is regularly reviewed and agreed by the university's independently-chaired remuneration committee, which reports to the University Council.\n\n\"The vice-chancellor is not a member of the remuneration committee and only attends by invitation to discuss other business.\"\n\nThe university also paid £9,000 into a pension scheme from which he had opted out.\n\nThe university drew criticism from Universities Minister Jo Johnson in the summer.\n\nHe said in a speech: \"There is one institution on the south coast that has seen vice-chancellor pay rise from £227,000 in 2009-10 to £350,000 to 2015-16, which is really quite a sharp increase.\"\n\nIt comes two days after the UK's highest paid vice-chancellor Dame Prof Glynis Breakwell stepped down.\n\nThe University of Bath boss had become the focus of criticism for her £468,000 salary.\n\nLecturers had complained that her pay had risen much more rapidly than the salaries of university staff.\n\nDr Gill Rider, chair of the University Council, said: \"The University of Southampton is a world-renowned teaching and research institution with over 24,000 students, 6,500 members of staff and a turnover of £590 million per annum, less than a quarter of which comes from EU/home tuition fees.\n\n\"We recruited Sir Christopher to Southampton two years ago because we wanted an outstanding leader for the university.\n\n\"He is a hugely respected academic, knighted for his services to engineering and higher education.\n\n\"He is one of the most experienced vice-chancellors in the sector with a track record of delivering long-term exceptional results, and he is a former president of Universities UK.\n\n\"He has held international leadership roles in the private sector, including as a plc chief executive, and he has served on the prime minister's Council for Science and Technology.\n\n\"Sir Christopher brings breadth and depth of experience that is critical to Southampton's long-term success.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.\n\nThe resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear programme.\n\nPyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuclear test.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Maria Martinez, a supporter of Salvador Nasralla, said protesters were \"defending the rights of the people\"\n\nHonduras has given its army and police more powers to contain unrest following violent protests over last Sunday's disputed presidential election.\n\nGovernment official Ebal Diaz said \"constitutional guarantees\" had been suspended and a curfew imposed.\n\nEarlier, the publication of election results was delayed when the main opposition candidate demanded more than 5,000 ballot boxes be recounted.\n\nSalvador Nasralla says he has evidence of electoral fraud.\n\nViolent demonstrations since the election have left one person dead and 20 injured.\n\nRiot police fired tear gas at angry opposition supporters in the capital Tegucigalpa on Friday, near the centre where the results were due to be announced.\n\nOpposition supporters claim President Hernández is trying to steal the election\n\n\"The suspension of constitutional guarantees was approved so that the armed forces and the national police can contain this wave of violence that has engulfed the country,\" Mr Diaz said on national television.\n\nHe said a curfew would be in place between 18:00 and 06:00 for the next 10 days.\n\nAfter a day of street protests that spilled over into violence, a senior government official confirmed on Honduran TV that certain constitutional powers were being suspended and a curfew would be in place.\n\nIt came after what was supposed to be the announcement of the official result of the presidential election. Instead, the opposition alliance that is crying foul - alleging fraud by the electoral authorities - boycotted a hand count of around 1,000 ballot boxes.\n\nThey are demanding a full recount in three disputed regions, amounting to more like 5,000 boxes.\n\nSupporters of main opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla say they have evidence of vote tampering and are refusing to end their protests until the electoral court listens to their demands.\n\nMeanwhile, the sitting President, Juan Orlando Hernández, has a narrow lead and his centre-right National Party is confident of eventually sealing his re-election.\n\nAt this stage, neither side looks willing to work with the other and an already volatile situation in Honduras is now in serious danger of running out of control.\n\nAt the beginning of the week Mr Nasralla, whose supporters are deeply suspicious of the tribunal that counts the ballots, had established a lead of five percentage points.\n\nBut with more than 90% of ballots reportedly counted, incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández moved ahead of his rival.\n\nMr Nasralla accused the authorities of manipulating the results.\n\nTensions eased temporarily on Wednesday when both candidates signed a document vowing to respect the final result after every disputed vote had been scrutinised.\n\nBut another pause in counting - attributed by the electoral tribunal to a computer glitch - led to Mr Nasralla saying a few hours later that the document \"had no validity\".\n\nDistrust over the count is partly due to the fact that the tribunal is appointed by Congress, which is controlled by Mr Hernández's National Party, and partly due to the sudden reversal of Mr Nasralla's initial lead.\n\nThere has also been criticism of the slow pace of the count, which came to a 36-hour halt after the first partial results were released on Monday.\n\nSalvador Nasralla (left) is challenging Juan Orlando Hernández for the presidency", "Parents who have a different surname to their children have felt \"humiliated\" at British ports by \"over-zealous\" border officials, MPs have heard.\n\nLabour's Tulip Siddiq said she faced an \"air of suspicion\" after a holiday, as her daughter has her father's name.\n\nShe said if Brexit was to bring new passports, it would be a good time to \"iron out\" difficulties and include parents' names on children's passports.\n\nThe government said it would \"actively consider\" how to tackle the issue.\n\nBut Home Office minister Nick Hurd warned there were \"formidable difficulties\" with what was being proposed.\n\nMs Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, said a \"growing number of parents in the UK\" found holidays being \"blighted by confrontations that are both unnecessary and entirely avoidable\".\n\nIn a Commons debate on Friday, she described being stopped at the UK border before boarding Eurostar, after a trip to France, having been separated from her husband.\n\nPushing her 18-month-old daughter in a pram, she found herself being questioned about her identity.\n\n\"To my shock, the situation became quite tense. The official kept asking me for more and more documentation which I did not have and I explained over and over again that the child had my husband's last name, not my last name.\n\n\"My daughter was saying 'mama, mama' and crying because the unfortunate incident took so long, but even that didn't seem to convince the border official.\n\n\"My problem was that there was a real air of suspicion and I was made to feel like I was doing something wrong when I had just gone on holiday with my daughter and husband.\"\n\nShe said it was not only women travelling with their children but foster parents and \"numerous LGBT couples\" travelling with adopted children who had contacted her having been \"questioned mercilessly\" at borders.\n\nShe said she did not want to compromise the efforts of Border Force to tackle child trafficking, but \"thousands of British parents\" had been \"unduly harassed and interrogated by officials at the UK border\".\n\nOne constituent returned to Gatwick from a holiday with her eldest daughter from a previous marriage who had special needs. The girl was asked \"is this your mother?\".\n\nShe told Ms Siddiq it had been a \"painful\" experience \"genuinely thinking that our re-entry to the UK depended on my daughter, who has minimal cognitive ability\".\n\nAnother had been left \"humiliated\" at Stansted when border officials \"refused to believe\" her 12-year-old was her daughter.\n\n\"These stories are the tip of the iceberg,\" said Ms Siddiq. \"Children's passports were introduced in the 1990s and list the child's name, and date and place of birth only. It is high time that they were updated to reflect the changing circumstances of British families.\"\n\nShe said both parents' names could be included on children's passports which would save \"time, confusion and ultimately money at border control\".\n\nChildren should be able to grow up knowing their identity was one of their choosing and \"does not leave them treated by over-zealous border officials as criminals\", she added.\n\nMr Hurd, a father of six, said he understood the challenge of travelling with small children and that the border system should not be doing anything to exacerbate parents' \"stress\".\n\nHe said it was \"not in doubt\" that many people felt a grievance about the issue, but there were occasions where children were taken across borders which \"gave rise to safeguarding concerns\", and \"reasonable steps\" were needed to avoid putting children at risk. Questioning by Border Force officials was done \"with the best of motives\".\n\nEven if children's passports contained parents' names \"it would not provide conclusive evidence to a border officer that the person accompanying the child had the right to do so or was acting in the best interest of the child\".\n\nBut Mr Hurd said: \"Having spoken to the immigration minister, I know that he does understand the present situation is causing difficulties, particularly in cases where children have different surnames to a parent.\n\n\"Therefore I am happy to give her the commitment on his behalf that he is going to actively consider how we can take this forward.\"\n\nThe Home Office's advice on the subject says it would help single parents with a different surname to their child to have a marriage or divorce certificate with them.", "The children's commissioner told BBC Scotland he cannot rule out legal action on the issue\n\nScotland's children's commissioner has said he may consider legal action over the Universal Credit rollout if it further disadvantages young people.\n\nBruce Adamson said poverty was the biggest human rights issue facing children in Scotland.\n\nHe told the BBC reforms to the benefits systems could be resulting in some children going without basics like a warm home and hot meals.\n\nThe UK government said Universal Credit was helping people improve their lives.\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said the system was \"working\" and that as a result of Universal Credit people were \"moving into work faster and staying in work longer than under the old system\".\n\nThe controversial measure, which is being rolled out across the UK, brings six existing benefit payments into one.\n\nIt faced criticism over claims some people had to wait six weeks for their first payment, contributing to a rise in debt, rent arrears and evictions.\n\nChancellor Philip Hammond announced changes aimed at speeding up claim times in his autumn budget last month.\n\nMr Adamson said he was engaging with ministers, from the both the UK and Scottish governments, about the impact the benefit changes were having on the human rights of children and young people.\n\nHe called for \"political leadership\" on the issue, but said he could not rule of the possibility of legal action in the future.\n\nIn an extended interview broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday, the children's commissioner said: \"Poverty is the biggest human rights issue facing children in Scotland at the moment.\n\n\"And there's a number of issues around the way in which Universal Credit is calculated and how it is paid. But this leads to a much, much deeper issue. We are talking about the rights of children and the right to benefit from social security.\n\n\"We are talking about things like having a warm and secure place to live, having regular hot, nutritious meals and also the ability to access things like transport to get to school and to enjoy social and cultural activities that we know are so important to their development.\"\n\nAsked if there was any prospect of legal redress in Scotland, Mr Adamson said: \"While we don't have the Convention on the Rights of the Child within our domestic law yet, we do have the Humans Rights Act which brings in the European Convention on Human Rights and the courts look very closely if a state falls below that minimum standard required, where the state fails to provide those basics of life.\n\n\"So certainly if children in Scotland aren't getting those basic things then legal action may be the way to take this forward. But it's not the best way.\"\n\nHe added: \"We really need political leadership here and we need to make sure that we are never in a situation where children are going without the basics that they need.\"\n\nThe Unite union organised a day of action on Universal Credit on Saturday, with demonstrations held around Scotland\n\nThe DWP spokesman said no-one who needed support had to wait six weeks.\n\nHe added: \"In December, claimants can request an advance of up to 50% of their first payment and a further 50% in January if they need it, repayable over 12 months.\n\n\"Universal Credit lies at the heart of our commitment to help people improve their lives and raise their incomes. It provides additional, tailored support to help people move into work and stop claiming benefits altogether.\"\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Brexit Minister Mike Russell said he thought the Scottish government would be \"very sympathetic\" to potential legal action against Universal Credit if it infringed the human rights of children.\n\nHe said: \"The approach of the UK government on social security and welfare is truly appalling. It is impoverishing people. It is leading to despair.\n\n\"I think anybody who is standing up against that and arguing for a practical resolution, to what are awful, ideological problems being brought by the Tories, I think deserves all the support he can get.\"\n\nOn Saturday, a day of action, organised by the Unite union, saw demonstrations staged at various locations around Scotland protesting against changes to the benefits system.\n\nYou can listen again to the extended interview with Children's Commissioner Bruce Adamson on the BBC iplayer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby League\n\nAustralia edged out England in a tight and nervy Rugby League World Cup final to retain the trophy at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.\n\nEngland produced a dogged and resilient performance in their first final for 22 years, but the Kangaroos held on to win an 11th world title.\n\nBoyd Cordner smashed through for the only try of the game as England restricted Australia to six points.\n\nThey had chances of their own, but could not breach the hosts' defence.\n\nThere was no moment that summed this up more than a desperate but brilliant ankle tap by Josh Dugan on Kallum Watkins in the second half after the England centre had broken through.\n• None Analysis - sometimes the narrow defeats hurt the most\n\nIt was a monumental effort from England against a team who came into the game as overwhelming favourites.\n\nHaving lost to Australia 18-4 in their opening game, Wayne Bennett's side both improved and impressed during the World Cup, holding off Tonga 20-18 for a memorable semi-final win before this thrilling final.\n\nAustralia's victory, though, completed a World Cup double for the country, with the women's team having beaten New Zealand 23-16 earlier.\n\nEngland were forced to soak up wave after wave of Australian attacks in the first half as the Kangaroos built relentless pressure, completing 23 of 25 sets before the break.\n\nOnly a five-minute spell of indiscipline cost Bennett's side, a high tackle from Luke Gale starting a spell in which Australia enjoyed four straight sets.\n\nWatkins fumbled a Cooper Cronk kick over his own line and Ryan Hall caught another as England were forced into back-to-back in-goal dropouts, before James Roby was pulled up for another penalty.\n\nFrom there, Australia made them pay. Aaron Woods drew in several tacklers but managed to get an offload away and the Kangaroos capitalised as back-rower Cordner hit the line at speed to crash over.\n\nMichael Morgan thought he had added to Australia's lead after the interval when Dugan caught Gale's cross-field kick beyond his own touchline and broke clear to set the field position, before Jordan McLean put Morgan over.\n\nBut referee Gerard Sutton called it back for an obstruction by Cameron Smith, and from then on England looked the more likely to cross.\n\nJermaine McGillvary was superb on England's right but the dangerous Huddersfield winger could not find the gaps to add to his seven tries in the tournament, while the Watkins ankle tap was arguably the game's most dramatic moment.\n\nEngland assistant coach Denis Betts said in the build-up to the game that \"nobody ever remembers the losers\" - but the man who captained the team in their last World Cup final defeat may change his mind after a mammoth effort.\n\nThe bookmakers had the Kangaroos as 1-7 favourites, but there was certainly not that margin between the teams as England produced a solid defensive display and Australia looked to be out on their feet come the final whistle.\n\nMany did not expect England to reach this stage - but, having reached the final, Bennett's team gave a great account of themselves.\n\nGareth Widdop caused problems as he joined the line from full-back, as well as reading Australia's kicking game and positioning himself superbly in defence, while captain Sam Burgess, along with James Graham, led a ferocious forward pack in the absence of experienced skipper Sean O'Loughlin.\n\nIt may have been a different story but for that Dugan ankle tap on Watkins, and had England's execution been better at key moments, McGillvary spilling in a good position in the first half and Gale passing behind John Bateman in the second.\n\nEngland international Sam Tomkins, not selected for the tournament, said it was \"a missed opportunity\" for the team.\n\n\"We could have won that with just a matter of minutes left,\" the Wigan Warriors full-back told BBC One.\n\n\"I don't think we have played them in the last five or six years and got that close, one ankle tap, one moment, but we are making strides.\"\n\nEnd of an era for Australian greats?\n\nIt might not be an Australia side to rival some of their greatest over the years, but there can be no arguing the Kangaroos are deserved world champions having won six games from six and conceded just 16 points.\n\nIt is also a side that has witnessed legends such as Cronk, Smith and Billy Slater, the latter two of whom played in the side stunned by New Zealand in the 2008 final in Brisbane.\n\nKangaroos captain Smith, who won the 2017 NRL Grand Final and State of Origin for Queensland alongside Slater and Cronk, said this was \"one of the toughest games I have played in my career\".\n\n\"The three of us have had a remarkable year for club, state and country. If this is the last time we get to play together what a special memory to have,\" the 34-year-old added.\n\nFull-back Slater has come back from multiple shoulder operations to return, but said at the final whistle he \"will probably retire\" at the end of next season and may have played his last game for his country.\n\nAs for Cronk, the 33-year-old playmaker was at his creative best against a resilient England defence and his game management proved key to shutting down the game late on.\n\nHe later confirmed it would his last appearance in green and gold.\n\n\"I've had a fair ride,\" said Cronk. \"This is the best-case scenario for me and the team moving forward.\"\n\nWhat next for England and Bennett?\n\nBennett said before the game that reaching the final was his target when he took charge two years ago.\n\nThe Australian's contract with the Rugby Football League is effectively now up, and he is yet to commit to a new deal.\n\nThe veteran Brisbane Broncos boss helped engineer a New Zealand upset against Australia in the 2008 final, and came close to shocking his home nation again nine years later in England's narrow loss.\n\nAsked about his future following the defeat, Bennett said: \"I'm not talking about that tonight, I'm not in a good state to talk about those things.\"\n\nEngland, with or without Bennett, will take confidence from their best performance at a World Cup in 22 years as they head into a three-match Test series with the Kiwis next autumn.\n\nIt will be a series you can follow live on BBC TV, radio and the BBC Sport website.", "Coverage: Watch live coverage and highlights on BBC One, Connected TV, online & the BBC Sport app; live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & app\n\nEngland will attempt to become world champions for the first time when they take on reigning champions Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday at 09:00 GMT.\n\nIt is live on BBC One with coverage starting at 08:30 GMT, while there is also commentary on Radio 5 live. Both can be accessed via the BBC Sport website, which will have live text coverage of the match.\n\nIt is England's first appearance in a World Cup final for 22 years, with the 1995 encounter ending in a 16-8 defeat by Australia at Wembley.\n\nThe last time a team from Britain won the tournament was in 1972 when a combined Great Britain team secured their third world title.\n\nEngland captain Sean O'Loughlin has been ruled out after picking up a quad injury in their semi-final victory over Tonga, so Sam Burgess will skipper the side at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.\n\n\"We've got an unbelievable opportunity to do something pretty special,\" said Burgess, 28, who will move to loose forward in O'Loughlin's absence.\n• None Wayne Bennett unsure over his future with England\n\nEngland are also without Josh Hodgson, leaving James Roby as the only hooker in the 17-man squad, with Ben Currie starting in the second row and full-back Jonny Lomax coming on to the bench.\n\nHead coach Wayne Bennett says his side are finally back where they belong, with his aim having always been to help England reach a first final since 1995.\n\n\"I wanted England to be hopefully more competitive,\" said Bennett, the most successful coach in Australian rugby league history with seven Grand Final wins.\n\nThe 67-year-old, whose contract with England ends after the tournament, became their first Australian boss when he was appointed in February 2016.\n\n\"I thought it would add a great deal of interest to it all if we could get England back to that place where they should be and hopefully they can stay there,\" he added.\n\nAustralia coach Mal Meninga, who beat Bennett to the Kangaroos job two years ago, has accused the former Brisbane Broncos boss of mind games before the final.\n\n\"Mind games are about 20 years old. We don't want to make it about me and Wayne, it's about the two teams,\" he said.\n\nAssistant coach Denis Betts was the last man to captain England in a World Cup final, the 16-8 loss to Australia in 1995, and says reaching the final itself is not enough because \"nobody ever remembers the losers\".\n\nBetts said the decision for O'Loughlin not to play in the final was taken by the Wigan player himself.\n\n\"He pushed himself as hard as he possibly could,\" said Betts. \"He knows his body, he knows when he's ready to play in this kind of game.\"\n\nBurgess, who captained England in O'Loughlin's absence in the 2016 Four Nations Series, says England's injury problems give St Helens hooker Roby and Warrington forward Currie a chance to impress.\n\n\"We've been extremely consistent in our training. Players have been in and out of different positions so not a lot changes genuinely for our team,\" he said.\n\nNot according to the bookmakers, who have the Kangaroos as overwhelming 1-7 favourites.\n\nEngland have a powerful forward pack that is comfortably the equal of any in the competition and have been strong in defence all the way through, while their attacking combinations have improved week on week.\n\nBrian Noble was the last man to coach a side from the northern hemisphere to victory over Australia in a rugby league match - presiding over Great Britain's 23-12 victory in Sydney in 2006.\n\nHe will be in the commentary box alongside Dave Woods on Saturday as the game is broadcast live on BBC One, with coverage starting at 08:30 GMT.\n\nAnd the 56-year-old believes there are plenty of reasons why England fans can be optimistic of pulling off a major upset. Here are his five reasons:\n• Sam Burgess. He's a big-game, big-pressure player. He's the leader of the pack and has a healthy disrespect for the Australians. A Clive Churchill in the NRL says it all. He's a player the Aussies have to fear.\n• The back three. Full-back Gareth Widdop and wingers Ryan Hall and Jermaine McGillvary have been outstanding and collectively are better than their counterparts on the other side of the fence. Bennett's decision to move Widdop to full-back after the injury to Jonny Lomax was a stroke of genius. It has created the link with McGillvary, the winger of the tournament. And Hall has also got the pedigree to produce some big moments.\n• No fear-factor. This Australian line-up is not as fearful as ones I've seen in the past. I'll give you two names who've not been available - Greg Inglis and Johnathan Thurston. They've still got brilliant individuals. Billy Slater will be voted the best full-back they've ever had when he retires, Cameron Smith is definitely the best number nine they've ever had and Cooper Cronk is up there. So the spine of their team are going to have to be rocked and knocked around a bit. But apart from those three, the supporting cast is not as good has it has been, especially in the pack.\n• England fans can lift the team. They have been superb from when they started arriving in such numbers in Perth and have travelled with the team since. They've put in a phenomenal effort on matchdays with their support.\n• It feels like it's our time. It's been a heck of a long time since we beat them in a final. But this group is energised and excited. Nobody is expecting us to win it, but they can do it and I believe they will do it.\n\nAustralia are without the likes of injured stars Thurston and Inglis but they still have quality all over the park and remain unbeaten since Mal Meninga took over as coach at the end of 2015.\n\nArguably their three key players are hooker and captain Cameron Smith, half-back Cronk and full-back Slater.\n\nThe trio occupy three of the key decision-making positions in league and as well as playing together for the Kangaroos, are Queensland and, until the end of the 2017 NRL season, Melbourne Storm team-mates.\n\nSmith lifted the World Cup in Manchester back in 2013 after they demolished New Zealand 34-2 in the final and has just been named the world's best player for the second time.\n\nTrampling over all before them\n\nAustralia are unbeaten at the World Cup and have won their past 12 matches against England.\n\nThat includes an 18-4 victory in the opening game of this tournament but England were a match for the Kangaroos for large periods.\n\nThe Kangaroos' other results are 52-6, 34-0, 46-0 and 54-6. You could argue they have been under no real pressure since the opening game, but that's because they have been so far superior to everyone they've played.\n\nEngland have not had it quite so easy and are yet to put together an 80-minute performance.\n\nThe result was never really in doubt against Lebanon (29-10), France (36-6) and Papua New Guinea (36-6) but they survived an almighty scare against Tonga, leading 20-0 with seven minutes left before scraping home 20-18 in the semi-final.\n\nDo you remember the last time?\n\nYou have to go back to 1972 for the last time a northern hemisphere team were world champions.\n\nThat match between GB and the Kangaroos was played in front of just 4,231 fans at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, France. It finished 10-10 and GB became champions because they had previously defeated the Aussies in a bloody and bruising group match.\n\nSteve Nash, the team's scrum-half that day, describes GB's World Cup triumph as \"the best-kept secret in rugby league\".\n\n\"I like to surprise people. Even now I will drop it in a conversation: 'Yeah I've won a World Cup, I'll go fetch my medal',\" he told BBC Sport.\n\nWhat about Saturday's other final?\n\nTwo World Cups come to a conclusion in Brisbane on Saturday.\n\nThe women's final will be between holders Australia and New Zealand, who hammered England 52-4 in Sunday's semi-final.\n\nEngland did not have the best of tournaments. They defeated Papua New Guinea in their opening match before losing to Australia, the Cook Islands and the Kiwi Ferns.", "Barclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky anti-virus products to new customers following an official warning about Russian security software.\n\nThe bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers on Saturday to say the move was a \"precautionary decision\".\n\nUK cyber-security chiefs are warning government departments not to use software from Russian companies for systems relating to national security.\n\nBarclays said it treated the security of its customers \"very seriously\".\n\nA spokesman for Kaspersky said it was \"disappointed\" that Barclays had discontinued its offer to new customers.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre - the UK's authority on cyber security and part of GCHQ - is writing to all government departments telling them Russian security software could be exploited by the Kremlin.\n\nBut officials stressed they were not saying members of the public or companies should stop using Kaspersky products, which are used by about 400 million people globally.\n\nBarclays told customers it would no longer offer free Kaspersky software \"following the information that's been shared in the news\" - but advised people with the software already installed that they did not need to take any action.\n\nIt wrote: \"The UK government has been advised... to remove any Russian products from all highly sensitive systems classified as secret or above.\n\n\"We've made the precautionary decision to no longer offer Kaspersky software to new users.\n\n\"However, there's nothing to suggest that customers need to stop using Kaspersky.\"\n\nIt went on: \"At this stage there is no action for you to take. It's important that you continue to protect yourself with anti-virus software.\"\n\nThe 290,000 people who received emails from Barclays are all online banking customers, who had downloaded Kaspersky in the past decade as part of a 12-month free trial offered by the bank.\n\nMany of these customers, who could include individuals employed by the government, could have ended their subscription once the free trial ended.\n\nIan Levy, the NCSC's technical director, said there was no evidence the guidance to government departments should apply to the wider public.\n\n\"For example, we really don't want people doing things like ripping out Kaspersky software at large as it makes little sense,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for Barclays said: \"Even though this new guidance isn't directed at members of the public, we have taken the decision to withdraw the offer of Kaspersky software from our customer website.\"", "Battery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012\n\nSome cages for hens provide a \"necessary defence\" against bird flu, the government's chief vet has said.\n\nIn a tweet, Nigel Gibbens said the larger pens, which replaced so-called battery cages in 2012, have welfare benefits and offer more space.\n\nIt comes after 10 leading British vets, who believe caging hens is unethical, said his \"brazen endorsement\" was \"extremely disappointing\".\n\nThey said the restricted space was \"seriously detrimental to welfare\".\n\nBattery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012. The ruling said that if laying hens were to be held they must be in enriched - also known as colony - cages instead.\n\nThe enriched cages provided extra space to nest, scratch and roost and the guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is that each bird in an enriched cage must have at least 750 square centimetres of space.\n\nThe minimum for battery cages was 550 square centimetres.\n\nDespite the banning of battery cages, a number of leading retailers have announced that they are moving towards selling free-range eggs only.\n\nBut at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference in October, Mr Gibbens called this a \"regrettable move\" and said cages \"have a lot going for them\".\n\nCriticising him in a group letter to the Times, 10 vets said overcrowding and restricted space were \"seriously detrimental to welfare\".\n\n\"Hens in cages cannot carry out fundamental species-specific behaviours\", they added.\n\nThe group dismissed his claims about protection against bird flu saying there are other options to manage the threat and urged the chief vet to take a \"more progressive position\".\n\nMr Gibbens later defended his view on Twitter and said: \"Free range risks disease that is really bad for welfare.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NigelGibbensChiefVet This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Defra spokeswoman said: \"Enriched cages offer less exposure to the threat of bird flu during an outbreak than free range systems, and provide more floor space and more height than battery cages.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list, an eight-week old baby, has received a new heart.\n\nA Europe-wide appeal to help Charlie Douthwaite, who was born with half a heart, was launched last month.\n\nThe youngster, who suffers from hypoplastic left heart syndrome, underwent a nine-hour operation at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.\n\nHis mother, Tracie Wright, thanked the donor family for giving Charlie \"a second chance at life\".\n\n\"They've given my baby a second chance at life and for that I'll be forever grateful,\" she said.\n\n\"His skin colour is amazing - he was so blue all the time to being so peachy and pink. Perfect.\n\nBy the age of five weeks, Charlie had undergone 11 operations.\n\n\"It hasn't quite sunk in that out there somewhere an amazing family gave us that amazing priceless most precious gift that could ever be given, in their darkest time they still thought of someone else.\n\n\"Thank you just doesn't seem like a big enough word to say to them.\n\n\"He's done well so far we couldn't be any more proud of him he's a real life hero, our little warrior.\"\n\nCharlie had to have open heart surgery when he was three days old after being born weighing just 6lbs 5oz at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nDr Zdenka Reinhardt, a cardiologist at the Freeman Hospital, said he had been \"extremely lucky considering his condition and his size\".\n\nDoctors hope he will be well enough to leave hospital in the new year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs are demanding to know why the white goods manufacturer Whirlpool ended a product replacement scheme for dangerous tumble dryers.\n\nThe Commons business committee says one million of the defective machines remain in UK homes.\n\nLast week, a coroner blamed a fault in a Whirlpool dryer for a 2014 fire that killed two men in north Wales.\n\nThe firm says it is still offering free repairs, but ended a £50 offer for a replacement machine after demand fell.\n\nThe affected machines include dryers manufactured under the Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Swan or Proline brands between April 2004 and October 2015.\n\nAfter problems with the machines first emerged, Whirlpool initially told customers that the dryers were safe to use but should not be left unattended, but later said the machines should be unplugged until they could be repaired.\n\nWith growing waiting lists for a repair, the company then said it would allow customers to purchase a replacement dryer for the reduced price of £50.\n\nThe Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has written to Whirlpool, asking why it has now chosen to end this replacement scheme.\n\nCommittee chairwoman Rachel Reeves accused the US manufacturer of \"falling significantly short of their responsibilities\" and asked why boss Ian Moverly failed to mention the end of the replacement scheme when he gave evidence to her committee in October.\n\nWhirlpool said anyone with an affected dryer was still eligible for a free repair, and should contact them immediately to arrange it.\n\nIt said in a statement: \"After two years of extensive measures to raise awareness, the number of consumers coming forward has fallen sharply.\n\n\"This suggests that few affected appliances remain in service.\"\n\nIt told customers who still owned one of the appliances it was \"never too late\" to get in touch.\n\nDoug McTavish and Bernard Hender died in the fire at the flat in Llanrwst\n\nIt continued: \"Previously, consumers who wished to upgrade their products to a newer model were offered the additional option of a brand-new dryer in exchange for a small contribution to the total cost.\n\n\"The scheme has now ended due to a fall in demand.\"\n\nThe coroner from the inquests into the deaths of Doug McTavish and Bernard Hender in Llanrwst, north Wales, told Whirlpool that it had to \"take action\".\n\nHe said the fire was caused \"on the balance of probabilities\" by an electrical fault with the door switch on the dryer.\n\nHe described evidence presented at the inquest by Whirlpool as \"defensive and dismissive\" and said the company's approach was an \"obstacle\" to finding steps to prevent future fires.\n\nHis final report has been sent to the company, which has until 26 December to respond.\n\nConsumer group Which? criticised both Whirlpool and the government, which it called on to step in.\n\nThe company's managing director of home products and services, Alex Neill, said: 'It is completely unacceptable that Whirlpool has shut down its replacement scheme for these dangerous tumble dryers.\n\n\"It is irresponsible that despite one million households potentially still using an affected machine, Whirlpool seems unwilling to do everything possible to deal with this issue.\n\n\"The government must step in and force Whirlpool to fully recall the remaining tumble dryers.\"", "Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina is behind the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition.\n\nIt features work by artists who supported the feminist Russian punk band when they were arrested, detained and sent to prison following a protest in 2012.", "Ben Hopkins is heading for a US university\n\nOn the steps of Downing Street, Theresa May pledged to promote social mobility, to make Britain a country that works for everyone.\n\nShe pointed out that a white working-class boy is currently less likely than anyone else to go to university, and that the privately educated dominated the \"top professions\".\n\nHer cabinet has the highest proportion of state-educated ministers since Clement Attlee was prime minister in 1945.\n\nJustine Greening is the first education secretary to have been wholly educated at a comprehensive school.\n\nHowever, promising social mobility and delivering it are different things, as previous governments have learned.\n\nFor decades now, the charity the Sutton Trust has been the standard-bearer for social mobility in Britain, developing schemes to help pupils from less advantaged backgrounds gain access to elite universities, and helping them into the professions.\n\nThe trust's chief executive, Lee Elliot Major, said the Brexit vote underlines the need for a broader policy now, as it exposed a divided country.\n\nMany areas which voted Leave are those same areas where opportunities are fewest.\n\nMr Elliot Major said: \"The political vote that we saw was a direct consequence of social immobility.\"\n\nOne of the Sutton Trust's newest schemes, in partnership with the Fulbright Commission, helps teenagers to apply to American universities and win scholarships to pay the fees.\n\nIt is very competitive. There are 10 applicants for every place.\n\nJust 61 British students are going to the US on the scheme this year.\n\nBen Hopkins, aged 18, from the village of Wheaton Aston in Staffordshire, will soon be heading for Bowdoin in Maine, where he has won a scholarship. It is one of the most highly rated liberal arts colleges in the US, with fees of $62,000 (£48,000) a year.\n\nBen Hopkins worried whether he would fit in at Oxford\n\nBen does not come from a privileged background. His father is a machinist, his mother a teaching assistant.\n\nNeither went to university. The family live in a modest, though immaculate, home, on the outskirts of the village.\n\nSouth Staffordshire is one of the more affluent parts of the Midlands, with a lower rate of unemployment than the national average.\n\nIt is a Conservative area. Nearly 65% voted Leave on 23 June. Those I spoke to cited fears over immigration.\n\nBen's mother, Tracy, told me he had always been very committed to his schoolwork, and he perseveres until he gets something right: \"He's a perfectionist.\"\n\nShe said she wasn't a \"tiger mother\". Ben had always set his own pace. Both parents are very supportive of their son and proud of his achievement.\n\nBen told me his teachers had helped him greatly. Some gave up their own free time to give him extra lessons.\n\nHe was a pupil at the local comprehensive, Wolgarston High, in the nearby market town of Penkridge. It is rated \"good\" by Ofsted, and improving. It currently gets some of the best A-level results in South Staffordshire.\n\nEvery year, some pupils go to Russell Group universities, and sometimes students go to Oxford or Cambridge.\n\nHowever, Ben told me that when he visited Oxford he wondered whether he would fit in, as so many students seemed to have gone to private school.\n\nHeadteacher Philip Tapp says there is very little in the local area to inspire and raise aspirations\n\nAdam Simmonds, head of sixth form at Wolgarston High, said others occasionally felt the same, as there is a strong sense of community in this part of South Staffordshire, and some 18-year-olds do not want to leave.\n\n\"Sometimes it's a powerful draw, their experiences in this locality, and they don't want to give that up to go to, well any university, actually,\" he said.\n\n\"We've had students with three As at A-level who've decided to stay at home because they like staying at home.\"\n\nThough Stafford is just over an hour from London by train, Ben had only visited the capital once before he went for the Sutton Trust assessment.\n\nThe school headteacher, Philip Tapp, said he was working to arrange more trips for all students. He said there was very little in the local area to inspire and raise aspirations.\n\nSo what made Ben such an exception? His family, his teachers and ultimately, himself. No-one told him about the Sutton Trust: he discovered it online.\n\nAdam Simmonds described Ben, outgoing head boy, as an \"elder statesman\" of the school whom everyone respected and felt they could talk to.\n\nLee Elliot Major, chief executive of the Sutton Trust, urged the new government to consider how to extend social mobility to help more people.\n\nHe said; \"We can pick talent and then catapult it into opportunity, as with our US programme where you have amazing young people who are going to the Ivy League and other leading universities.\n\n\"But what about those areas that are left behind? What about the children who don't go on those programmes? And I think no-one at the moment has got the answer to that.\"\n\nThe new government is considering reversing the ban on new grammar schools, as a way of promoting social mobility. But that's controversial - many argue it will not work.\n\nDavid Skelton, of the conservative think tank Renewal, said he thought a more sophisticated and complex approach was needed now. He said: \"1950s England should not be our model.\"\n\nHe suggested more streaming in schools could be effective, and he endorsed the comments of the new minister for skills, Robert Halfon, who has said apprenticeships should be more highly valued and more could be done to improve vocational and technical training, such as that provided by university technical colleges.", "PC Willis said he held onto the van to stop it toppling over a bridge\n\nA police officer held on to a van to stop it falling as it teetered on the edge of a motorway bridge.\n\nThe driver was trapped inside when PC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire.\n\nWriting on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to the vehicle to stop it \"swaying in the wind\".\n\nPC Willis, known as Motorway Martin to his followers, said he couldn't \"begin to describe [his] relief\" when firefighters arrived.\n\nA view from below the bridge shows the van's precarious position\n\nThe van ended up in the precarious position when it came off the road near the border between North and West Yorkshire.\n\nPosting on Twitter, PC Willis described how he tried to stabilise the vehicle with the driver still trapped inside.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Motorway Martin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPC Willis was praised by colleagues for his swift action.\n\n\"Your superman cape isn't in this photo though! Must have come off in the fracas!,\" PC Adam Pace‏ tweeted.\n\nPC Willis he said he was relieved to see West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue arrive at the scene", "While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit.", "A couple who have been engaged for 30 years can finally marry after a £1m lottery win.\n\nTony Pearce, 66, and Deb Gellatly, 58, from Southend, have never been able to afford the cost of a wedding.\n\nThe Lotto raffle prize means they can clear their debts and finally get married.", "Last updated on .From the section World Cup\n\nEngland have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia.\n\nGareth Southgate's men will begin their tournament against Tunisia on Monday, 18 June (19:00 BST) in Volgograd.\n\nThey will then face World Cup debutants Panama in Nizhny Novgorod on 24 June (13:00 BST) before playing top seeds Belgium four days later in Kaliningrad (19:00 BST).\n\nRussia play Saudi Arabia in the opening game in Moscow on 14 June (16:00 BST).\n\nHolders Germany are in Group F with Mexico, Sweden and South Korea while five-times winners Brazil are in Group E alongside Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia.\n\nThe 2018 tournament takes place in 12 stadiums across Russia between 14 June and 15 July.\n• None All the groups and fixtures\n• None 'If England don't qualify from the group, it's time to pack it in'\n• None A guide to the grounds hosting games in Russia\n• None Find out more about the 32 teams who qualified\n\n\"We need to find out more about Tunisia and Panama as we haven't been tracking them,\" Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"We know everything about Belgium. I think that will capture the imagination back home as they have so many players in our league. They have probably the best group of players they've ever had.\n\n\"My experience of tournaments is you need to get a result in all three matches. In the past we've assumed we'll be in certain rounds but we need to make sure we get out of our group.\"\n\nWho got the hardest draw?\n\nThere is not one group that obviously stands above the rest as being the toughest.\n\nIn terms of ranking positions, Group B looks the most difficult.\n\nEuropean champions Portugal, ranked third in the world, have been drawn with 2010 World Cup winners Spain as well as Iran - who went unbeaten in 10 Asian qualifying matches - and Morocco, who topped an African group that featured Ivory Coast.\n\nGroup F also looks tricky for the reigning champions. Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final in Brazil, will likely face three robust examinations against Mexico, Sweden and South Korea as they try to retain the title for the first time since Brazil did so in 1962.\n\nResurgent Brazil - thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-final in Belo Horizonte - have also been handed what looks like a quietly exacting group.\n\nAlongside Neymar's Brazil in Group E are Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia while Lionel Messi and his Argentina team-mates play debutants Iceland - who reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 - Croatia and Nigeria.\n\nEngland will know all about Belgium, given the large number of their squad who play in the Premier League. Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne of Manchester City are both enjoying superb seasons so far while Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku recently became the country's leading all-time top scorer.\n\nEngland have not lost to Belgium in their past 11 meetings - and their only defeat against them in 21 games was in 1936.\n\nThe Three Lions have met Tunisia twice before, drawing a friendly in 1990 and beating the North Africans in their opening game of the 1998 World Cup in France, a match Southgate remembers well.\n\n\"It was a fantastic day as a player to play in a brilliant occasion, our fans made an incredible atmosphere that day,\" the former defender said of the game in Marseille that England won 2-0.\n\n\"It's nice to be able to relive that.\"\n\nTunisia coach Nabil Maaloul says he \"knows all about\" England's players and when asked about whether he was happy to be in the same group as them, he said: \"Yes, and we will win.\"\n\nEngland have never met Central America country Panama and won't be familiar with their players with only three of their current squad playing in Europe.\n\nThe Panamanians sealed their place at a first World Cup at the expense of the USA when they controversially defeated Costa Rica 2-1, with Gabriel Torres' header for their first goal not appearing to cross the line.\n\nPick the order teams will finish in England's group\n\nEngland's possible route to the final\n\nIn summary, reaching the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 15 July is not going to be easy.\n\nIf England top their group, their path to the final could see them come up against Colombia, Brazil, France and then Germany.\n\nIf Southgate's side finish second then it could be Poland, Germany, Spain and then Brazil in the final.\n\nIf you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote.\n\nBBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty: England can have no excuses if there is a repeat of the embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when they failed to progress from the group phase.\n\nManager Gareth Southgate will understandably publicly exercise caution about the group with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama - but privately he and the Football Association will surely regard this as a highly satisfactory outcome.\n\nThere was certainly no need for FA chairman Greg Clarke to repeat the cut-throat gesture predecessor Greg Dyke delivered when England were drawn against Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica before the last World Cup in Brazil.\n\nBarring surprises, the final group game against Belgium in Kaliningrad is likely to decide the group winners - and this will clearly be the toughest assignment for Southgate and his team.\n\nBelgium coach Roberto Martinez has an intimate knowledge of the Premier League from his time at Wigan Athletic and Everton, while their outstanding generation of players has a heavy top-flight influence, including two performers of undoubted world class in Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne and Chelsea's Eden Hazard.\n\nTunisia, England's opponents in their opening game in Volgograd on Monday 18 June, are ranked 27th in the Fifa rankings, and will be heavy underdogs while a meeting with Panama, ranked 56th and at their first World Cup, should hold no fear.\n\nEngland's immediate fate appears to hang on that meeting with Belgium but Southgate will surely be confident of qualifying from Group G.\n\nHow far will England travel during the group stage?\n\nEngland will be based in the village of Repino, which is about 30 miles from St Petersburg (number 8, above). From there they will travel 930 miles to and from Volgograd (10) to play Tunisia at Volgograd Arena and then 600 miles to Nizhny Novgorod (3) for their game against Panama.\n\nFinally, it's a 500-mile trip to Kaliningrad (9) for their final Group G game against Belgium.\n\n\"Travel wise, the way tournaments are now, you've got to be adaptable, but our kick-off times are decent as well,\" added Southgate.\n\nIn total, England's players will travel approximately 4,000 miles during the group stage, compared to the 4,400 they covered in Brazil.", "The claim: US President Donald Trump will not benefit from a Republican tax plan that has been passed by the US senate - and he might even have to pay more.\n\nReality Check verdict: It is difficult to see how the president would have to pay more under the proposed tax plan.\n\nMr Trump has pushed hard for the tax cuts, saying it is a \"once-in-a-generation chance\" for the nation.\n\nAt the same time, he has said that for him - personally - the new tax plan is not good news.\n\n\"This is going to cost me a fortune, this thing, believe me,\" he told his supporters in St Charles, Missouri, on Wednesday. \"Believe me, this is not good for me.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe is the first president in more than four decades not to publicly release his tax returns while running for office.\n\nBut from what we know about the structure of his businesses, Mr Trump actually stands to benefit from his party's tax plan.\n\nDaniel Shaviro, a taxation professor at NYU's Law School, points to aspects of the Senate tax bill that would help the president.\n\nFirst, there are changes in the estate tax and lowering the so-called \"pass-through\" rates on businesses.\n\nThe \"pass-through\" tax rates affect income derived from partnerships and companies that are known as limited liability.\n\nThe president owns hundreds of these kinds of businesses and would benefit from a redesign of this tax code.\n\nThe repeal of the alternative minimum tax would also be hugely beneficial to Mr Trump, say analysts.\n\nIn the end, said Mr Shaviro, the president would find himself in a dramatically different situation, one that many other US taxpayers would envy.\n\nMr Shaviro said the president would come out better than many people in the US.\n\n\"A 28-year-old associate with a New York City law firm will pay taxes at a higher rate than he will,\" said Mr Shaviro.\n\nOne area where Mr Trump could find himself out of pocket is the Republican proposal to eliminate a federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes.\n\nBut it may be a small price for him to pay in light of the other goodies in the tax plan.", "Republicans are hurrying to pass tax reform - leaving uncertainty about some provisions in the bill\n\nRepublicans are rushing to pass the biggest revamp of the US tax code in decades.\n\nAnd despite promises to simplify the code and eliminate special interest loopholes, the bill is packed with targeted goodies.\n\nWhat makes it into a final compromise between the House bill and the Senate bill remains to be seen.\n\nIn the meantime, here are some provisions you may have missed as lawmakers rush to finalise a plan.\n\nSenator Lisa Murkowski attached a piece of legislation to the tax plan that would allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located in her home state of Alaska.\n\nA man holds a sign during a 2005 rally to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from drilling\n\nSecuring Senator Murkowski's support for the bill was critical after she broke with Republicans earlier this year on a healthcare repeal effort.\n\nThe House and Senate bills allow families to save money for education in tax-privileged accounts for children \"at any stage of development\" - including those carried in the womb.\n\nThat's a provision designed to appeal to pro-life members of Congress.\n\nThe bills would do away with a range of privileges enjoyed by sports teams, such as the tax-free status given to professional football leagues.\n\nThe House bill also strikes at tax-privileged financing for sports stadiums and a perk related to purchases of college athletics tickets.\n\nUnder current law, nonprofits - including churches and schools - cannot participate in political campaigns and retain their tax-free status.\n\nSome groups, including evangelical churches, have chafed at that rule.\n\nThe House bill moves to reduce that risk, allowing nonprofits to make political statements, assuming they incur minimal expense and are made \"in the ordinary course of the organisation's business\".\n\nThe Senate bill widens the range of wine producers eligible for tax credits, among other special rules for the beer and wine industry.\n\nProduction of kombucha - fermented tea that contains small amounts of alcohol - gets a special call-out for exemption from certain taxes, thanks to an amendment introduced by a Colorado senator.\n\nThe Senate bill would exempt firms that manage private jets from having to pay federal excise tax - one of the fees charged on ticket sales of commercial flights.\n\nThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2012 said private jet services were subject to the tax, but it has since been re-examining how to treat those payments.\n\nThe Senate bill allows firms to expense \"certain costs\" of replanting citrus plants - a win for growers in states such as Florida, where crops have been marred by disease.\n\nThe citrus industry has been hurt by a disease that affects the trees\n\nFlorida lawmakers tried to secure this kind of perk in 2016 as a standalone measure.\n\nCurrent law limits how big a stake private foundations can hold in for-profit companies to discourage the creation of fake foundations.\n\nThe Senate bill removes those limits, provided the business meets certain requirements such as donating all profits to charity.\n\nPolitico reported the perk was a priority for Newman's Own, which sells food items including pasta sauce and salad dressing. It is just one example of the pet projects in the bill.\n\nUnder the Senate proposal, teachers can deduct up to $500 in classroom purchases - at least through 2025.\n\nThe perk was introduced in 2002 by Republican Senator Susan Collins, who holds a key vote in passing the bill. It was extended - and doubled - after its elimination in the House proposal.\n\nDuring his campaign for president, Donald Trump pledged to eliminate this controversial benefit, which provides managers of companies - including private equity firms - a lower tax rate on money received for overseeing investments.\n\nBut the perk stands, although the House bill would require that the investment be held for at least three years to qualify for the lower rate, which was intended to encourage \"long-term\" capital investments.", "Police were confronted by a crowd on Kingsland High Street in Dalston\n\nEight police officers were injured after being confronted by a crowd in Dalston, east London, on Friday evening.\n\nIt came after a bus passenger was found not to have a valid ticket by police officers supporting TfL inspectors.\n\nThe officers sustained facial injuries including cuts and bruises and two were taken to hospital with concussion.\n\nTwo teenage girls and an 18-year-old man were arrested over the incident on Kingsland High Street.\n\nA 15-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of fare evasion and assault on a police officer.\n\nThe man and a 16-year-old girl were held on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.\n\nThe officers taken to hospital have since been discharged.", "Rhythmical Mike is a successful performer - but says his schooldays were \"a nightmare\"\n\n\"You've got this - the whirlwind that you're in - is the beginning of something wonderfully new - for you.\"\n\nRhythmical Mike, a 24-year-old East Midlands poet, performs his work to pupils at Lovers' Lane Primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire.\n\nIt's an area where many children face big challenges and, according to a new State of the Nation report from the Social Mobility Commission, their educational and career prospects are too often limited from the outset.\n\nIt ranks all 324 local authorities in England in terms of the life chances of someone born into a disadvantaged background and it debunks the notion of a simple North-South divide.\n\nInstead, it says, there is a \"postcode lottery\" with \"hotspots\" (shown in orange on the map below) and \"cold spots\" (shown in blue) found in all regions.\n\nThe report highlights a \"self-reinforcing spiral of ever growing division\", with children in some areas getting a poor start in life from which they can never recover.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nMap created with Carto. If you can't see the map, tap here.\n\nWest Somerset sits at the bottom of the league table, with average wages less than half those in the best performing parts of London.\n\nThere are some surprises, with wealthy areas such as West Berkshire, Cotswold and Crawley performing badly for their most vulnerable residents.\n\nThe report explains that wealthy areas can see high levels of low pay, with poorer young people at risk of being \"somewhat neglected\", particularly if they are scattered around isolated rural schools\n\nConversely, some of the most deprived areas are \"hotspots\", providing good education, employment opportunities and housing for their most disadvantaged residents.\n\nThese include London boroughs with big deprived populations such as Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.\n\nIn Kensington and Chelsea half of disadvantaged teenagers make it to university, but the figure for the same group in Barnsley, Hastings and Eastbourne is just 10%.\n\n\"London and its hinterland are increasingly looking like a different country from the rest of Britain,\" says Alan Milburn, who chairs the Social Mobility Commission.\n\n\"It is moving ahead, as are many of our country's great cities.\n\n\"But too many rural and coastal areas and towns of Britain's old industrial heartlands are being left behind economically and hollowed out socially.\"\n\nLarge variations were also found within Scotland and Wales, although the data is not directly comparable with that for England, says the report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Not many opportunities\": People in the town of Newark share their experiences\n\nThe East Midlands is the English region with the worst outcomes for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, says the report - and within the East Midlands, Newark and Sherwood is the worst performing local authority.\n\nIn Newark, only 43% of children are ready for school when they start Reception, compared with 52% nationally, the research finds.\n\nAnd by adulthood only 21% are in professional or managerial roles, compared with 51% in Oxford.\n\nMike, real name Mike Markham, has been a poet for about six years, running his own company and playing at festivals, supporting stars like Rizzle Kicks and Russell Brand.\n\nFor him, school was a really negative experience. He feels he failed there.\n\n\"It was a nightmare,\" he says, but believes overcoming his early difficulties helped him succeed later in life.\n\n\"Anybody can achieve anything,\" is his message to the children.\n\nHe believes that, despite class structures, the world is changing.\n\n\"I think you've just got to be driven, you've got to be inspired you've got to be inspiring.\"\n\nEfforts to improve social mobility need to start early, says the report\n\nThe children themselves have big ambitions.\n\n\"I want to be a boxer. I want to get to the highest level and be a professional,\" says one boy.\n\n\"I want to be a heart surgeon and to do that I am going to have to get into the best universities there are and I've just got to try and pass all my exams,\" says a girl.\n\nBut head teacher Jenny Hodgkinson says too many parents are caught between low pay and rising living costs and are working so hard simply to put food on the table, that they often lack time and energy to focus on their children's schooling.\n\n\"There's a lot of challenges facing families at the moment,\" she says.\n\n\"In terms of working more than one job, people with low income aren't time rich.\n\n\"They want to do the best for their children and they work ever so hard but they don't always have the resources to do what they need to.\"\n\n\"It can be difficult trying to earn a living in this town,\" says parent Sian Mclachlan.\n\nIn the town centre, one young woman complained of few opportunities for young people.\n\n\"If there's a good job going it will be gone within a week or so,\" she adds.\n\n\"I've got job security,\" says one young man. \"But I could be doing a lot more. I took better money where I should have gone to college - but you're not really pushed in this area.\"\n\nThe school is making great efforts to improve children's mental health, resilience and self-esteem, along with extra reading support and individual mentoring.\n\nIt is working to draw in families, with classes to improve parents' basic skills which can help improve attitudes to education and boost their children's attendance.\n\nMs Mclachlan says workshops on CV writing, job interviews and money management are also on offer.\n\nBut the report warns of \"mind-blowing inconsistency\" in efforts to improve social mobility.\n\n\"Tinkering around the edges will not do the trick,\" says Mr Milburn.\n\n\"The analysis in this report substantiates the sense of political alienation and social resentment that so many parts of Britain feel.\"\n\nHe wants \"a new level of effort to tackle the phenomenon of left-behind Britain\" and urges the government to increase spending on regions that most need it.\n\nFor example, estimates suggest that the North of England is £6bn underfunded compared with London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alan Milburn: \"Your chances of getting on really depend on where you're born and where you live\"\n\nEducation Secretary Justine Greening said the findings underlined \"the importance of focusing our efforts in more disadvantaged areas where we can make the biggest difference\".\n\n\"We are making progress. There are now 1.8 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010. Disadvantaged young people are entering universities at record rates and the attainment gap between them and their peers has narrowed.\n\n\"We are also boosting salaries through the introduction of the National Living Wage, creating more full-time, permanent jobs and investing £9bn in affordable housing. Taken together, this won't just change individual lives, it will help transform our country into a fairer society.\"", "Rusty, a one-year-old cat, was deliberately mutilated and left on the doorstep of its owner's home\n\nThe so-called Croydon cat killer is now believed to be responsible for killing and mutilating five cats in the Northampton area after two more deaths emerged.\n\nPolice released details of three cat deaths between August and last weekend, but have confirmed two further cases.\n\nThe unnamed cats were found in Duston.\n\nPolice said the five deaths were now being treated as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation looking into hundreds of killings across England.\n\nThe Met and animal charity Snarl (South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty) believe more than 400 animals have been killed in the same manner since 2015.\n\nThe five Northampton cats were all dismembered in a similar way - with their heads cut off - leading police and the charity to believe they are the work of one person.\n\nThe animals were then left for the owners or members of the public to find.\n\nThe latest cat death has prompted Northamptonshire Police to issue advice to owners, which includes keeping all cats and rabbits indoors at night.\n\nThe Met began investigating a series of \"gruesome\" killings, which initially began in the Croydon area in 2015, after Snarl raised concerns.\n\nThe suspect initially became known as the \"Croydon cat killer\".\n\nThe death of Taz, whose body was found in his owner's Hertfordshire garden, is one of many linked to the same killer\n\nTony Jenkins, co-founder of Snarl, believes the same person has now claimed the lives of hundreds of cats and rabbits across England, and may well travel as part of his or her work.\n\nThe Met launched Operation Takahe to investigate the links between animal deaths and in September experts at a new forensic lab in Surrey began re-examining some of the corpses for new evidence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI about his dealings with Russia.", "An Egyptian lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment.\n\nThe lawyer made the remarks on a TV panel show in October, during a debate on a draft law on prostitution.\n\n\"Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing?\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her.\"\n\nMr Wahsh said that women who wore revealing clothing were \"inviting men to harass them\", and said \"protecting morals is more important than protecting borders\".\n\nThe prosecutor brought charges against Mr Wahsh after a public outcry.\n\nThe National Council for Women's Rights condemned the remarks, saying they were a \"flagrant call\" for rape, in violation of \"everything in the Egyptian constitution\".\n\nThe council has now filed a complaint about the statement to the Supreme Council for Media Regulation about the broadcast which aired on 19 October.\n\nMr Wahsh has previously called the Holocaust \"imaginary\" and declared himself a proud anti-Semite.\n\n\"If I see any Israeli, I will kill him,\" he said during a separate TV panel show.\n\nIn October last year, Mr Wahsh was involved in a TV studio brawl with a cleric, after the cleric suggested women should not necessarily have to wear a headscarf.", "Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports.\n\nThe attack caused damage but two missiles were intercepted, it added.\n\nThe Israeli military has not confirmed it carried out the strike.\n\nUK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier reported explosions near Damascus, which it said were caused by a suspected Israeli missile attack.\n\nThe extent of the damage is not yet clear although the TV report spoke of \"material losses\" at the base.\n\nHead of the Syrian Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told the AFP news agency the strike destroyed an arms depot - but his group did not know who it belonged to.\n\nIsrael has hit weapons sites before, in a bid to prevent arms being transferred to Syria's Lebanese ally Hezbollah. Arms convoys in particular have been singled out by the Israeli air force.\n\nAccording to the Syrian Observatory the attack took place near El-Kiswah, a few miles south of Damascus.\n\nLast month the BBC revealed a claim that Iran was building a permanent military base near the town.\n\nA series of satellite images showed construction at the location of the alleged base, which was made known to the BBC by a western intelligence source.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously warned that Israel would not allow Iran to establish any military presence in Syria.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle \"one of the biggest challenges\" facing the UK\n\nAll four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a \"fairer Britain\".\n\nEx-Labour minister Alan Milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had \"little hope\" the current government could make the \"necessary\" progress.\n\nThe government was too focused on Brexit to deal with the issue, he said.\n\nThe government said Mr Milburn's term had come to an end and it had already decided to get some \"fresh blood\" in.\n\nThe commission is charged with monitoring the government's progress in \"freeing children from poverty and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential\".\n\nIn his resignation letter to Theresa May, published in The Observer, Mr Milburn said he did not doubt her \"personal belief\" in social justice, but he saw \"little evidence of that being translated into meaningful action\".\n\nHe said individual ministers, such as the education secretary, had shown a deep commitment to social mobility.\n\nBut it had \"become obvious that the government as a whole is unable to commit the same level of support\".\n\nNeither, according to the former Labour minister and his colleagues on the board who include a former Conservative education secretary.\n\nTheir frustration demonstrates the extent to which Brexit is all-consuming for the government.\n\nLeaving the EU is taking up so much time, energy and effort that there is little capacity for anything else to get done.\n\nEven on an issue which is a personal priority for the prime minister.\n\nMr Milburn, a former health secretary, took up his role at the commission in July 2012, under the coalition government led by David Cameron and Nick Clegg.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, he said divisions in Britain were becoming wider - pointing to the ongoing squeeze on wages.\n\nThe government lacked the \"bandwidth\" to tackle social division while also dealing with Brexit, he said, describing his task as being like \"pushing water uphill\".\n\nMr Milburn said Education Secretary Justine Greening had been a \"champion for the cause\" and had wanted him to stay in post - which Ms Greening, who also appeared on the show, would not be drawn on.\n\n\"He has done a fantastic job, but his term had come to an end and I think it was about getting some fresh blood into the commission,\" she said.\n\nShe denied the government lacked the will to tackle inequality, but admitted more needed to be done.\n\nIn a report published last week, the commission said economic, social and local divisions laid bare by the Brexit vote needed to be addressed to prevent a rise in far right or hard left extremism.\n\nIt said London and its commuter belt appeared to be a \"different country\" to coastal, rural and former industrial areas, with young people there facing lower pay and fewer top jobs.\n\nThe resignations come as Mrs May, who entered Downing Street in July 2016 promising to tackle the \"burning injustices\" that hold back poorer people, faces questions over the future of senior minister Damian Green - who is effectively her second in command - and is under pressure as Brexit talks continue.\n\nIn an interview in the Sunday Times, Mr Milburn said: \"There has been indecision, dysfunctionality and a lack of leadership.\"\n\nTheresa May pledged to \"make Britain a country that works for everyone\" when she became PM\n\nThe government said it was making \"good progress\" on social mobility and focusing on disadvantaged areas.\n\nIt said it had already told Mr Milburn it planned to appoint a new chair and would hold an open application process for the role.\n\nIt said it was committed to fighting injustice \"and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to go as far as their talents will take them\".\n\nIt highlighted its increase of the national living wage, cuts in income tax for the lowest paid and doubling of free childcare in England.\n\nThe process of appointing a new chairperson and commissioners would begin as soon as possible, it added.\n\nThe other board members standing down include deputy chair of the commission and Tory former education secretary Baroness Shephard.\n\nPaul Gregg, a professor of economic and social policy at the University of Bath, and David Johnston, the chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation charity, are also leaving.\n\nShadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett said the resignations came as \"no surprise\".\n\n\"As inequality has grown under the Tories, social mobility has totally stalled,\" he said.\n\n\"How well people do in life is still based on class background rather than on talent or effort.\"\n\nMr Milburn said he would be setting up a new social mobility institute, independent of the government.", "It's a jungle out there - especially in the world of finance, where it helps to tell your bear markets from bull markets and narwhals from unicorns.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mobile phone footage shows the scene after the crash\n\nFive men were hit by a car after an \"altercation\" between two groups of people in the early hours, police have said.\n\nOccupants of the vehicle argued with a number of people in Stockwell Road, Brixton, shortly before several pedestrians were hit, the Met said.\n\nThe injured men, aged between 23 and 42 years, were taken to hospital.\n\nNone were in a critical condition, Scotland Yard said, as it appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nThe crash is not being treated as terror-related.\n\nEmergency Services were called to Stockwell Road at about 03:00 BST, police said\n\nVideos released on social media show the aftermath of the incident.\n\nAn abandoned Volkswagen Golf was found near the scene, and a number of occupants made off on foot, police said.\n\nThe car remained at the scene on Saturday morning\n\nEmergency services were called to Stockwell Road, near the junction of Sidney Road, at 03:00 BST.\n\nNo arrests have been made and Stockwell Road remains closed between Brixton and Stockwell.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Five demonstrations were planned to coincide with the AfD convention on Saturday in Hanover, said reports\n\nSeveral people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the city of Hannover.\n\nProtesters were trying to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's first conference since it entered parliament after September's elections.\n\nOnce the delayed conference began, delegates elected Alexander Gauland as co-leader along with Jörg Meuthen.\n\nBoth hardliners, their election suggests the party is continuing its march further to the right.\n\nGeorg Pazderski, the party's regional head in Berlin and a relative moderate, failed to get delegates' backing for the leadership.\n\nAfD won 12.6% of the vote in Germany's federal elections in September, becoming the third biggest force in the Bundestag after the centre-right and social democrat SPD.\n\nThey had never entered the federal parliament before but are now eyeing a real chance of becoming Germany's main opposition party.\n\nIf Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat alliance agrees a coalition deal with Martin Schulz's social democrats, AfD with 94 MPs would become the biggest non-government party.\n\nWith temperatures near freezing, Hanover police used water cannon, batons and pepper spray to clear a path for the 600 delegates.\n\nOne demonstrator's leg was broken after he chained himself to a barricade, while an officer was hit on the hand by a flying bottle.\n\nTen protesters were taken into custody.\n\nA total of five demonstrations were scheduled in the northern city on Saturday. Some 6,000 people joined a pro-immigration rally in the city centre and another rally called by trade unions was expected to draw thousands later.\n\nWhen the conference got under way an hour late, Mr Meuthen hailed delegates for helping the party achieve national success within five years of being founded.\n\nHe said the party was attracting support from voters put off by the other parties' \"pathetic childish games\" amid an ongoing struggle to form a coalition government.\n\nThe party has veered to the right since its inception as an anti-euro force, promoting anti-immigration and anti-Islam policies in its election campaign.\n\nBut this sharp turn has created tension within its own ranks, with former co-leader Frauke Petry quitting within days of the election.\n\nThe delegates on Saturday confirmed the AfD's rightward trajectory, backing Mr Gauland, the leader of the parliamentary party, for the co-leadership.\n\nMr Gauland, who has pledged to stop \"the invasion of foreigners\" into Germany, said he had \"allowed my friends to convince me to step in\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Post-war politics of Germany: A history of division and unity\n\nDelegates defeated a motion to install Mr Meuthen as the AfD's only president,\n\nThey are also due to elect a new executive board to decide the ideological direction of the party and debate policy motions.", "Tenants typically spend more than a quarter of their monthly salary before tax on rent, official figures show, but there are wide regional variations.\n\nThey paid an average of 27% of their gross salary to their landlord in England in 2016, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows.\n\nThe picture varies across the country. In London, tenants spent nearly half (49%) of their salary on rent.\n\nIn northern England, this falls to just under a quarter of salary (23%).\n\nGiven the proportion of salary being spent on rent, a campaign is aiming to ensure regular rent payments are included in tenants' credit records.\n\nTenants in the South East of England, East of England and the South West all paid more of their salary on rent than the average across England.\n\nIn areas of Wales, the proportion of salary spent on rent ranged from 18% to 29%, according to the ONS data, which does not cover Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nTenants are more likely to be young and at a greater threat of getting into debt that they struggle to repay than many homeowners.\n\nWhile the cost of servicing a mortgage has fallen since the financial crisis, the cost of renting in some parts of the country has risen sharply.\n\nA campaign is being conducted aiming at ensuring credit rating agencies take regular rent payments into account on an individual's credit profile, given that such a large proportion of salary is being spent on rent.\n\nThis is being led in the House of Lords by Lord Bird, the founder of the Big Issue magazine, which is sold on the streets by homeless people.\n\nHe said it was unfair that mortgage applicants were unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they would be safe to lend to when buying a home.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, he said that the situation was another example of how many people on lower incomes faced higher costs than the better off.\n\nLord Bird is the founder of the Big Issue\n\nHe said that there was a chance that those with a chequered payment history could be excluded from products or even a place to live, and solutions needed to be found for that problem.\n\nThere was also no clear-cut examples across the world of such a system of rent being considered by credit reference agencies working well.\n\nThe government has argued that new technology should allow rental payment history to eventually be used as evidence to lenders of a good record of repayments.\n\nHowever, Lord Bird said: \"Many people in the rented sector may not have the skills or the digital profile to do this. Something needs to be done for the mass of people.\"\n\nHe told the BBC that it was a \"terrible situation\" that so much of the UK's wealth was tied up in property, rather than businesses.\n\nWhere can you afford to live? Try our housing calculator to see where you could rent or buy This interactive content requires an internet connection and a modern browser. Do you want to buy or rent? Use the buttons to increase or decrease the number of bedrooms: minimum one, maximum four. Alternatively, enter a number into the text input How much is your deposit? Enter your deposit below or adjust the deposit amount using the slider Return to 'How much is your deposit?' This calculator assumes you need a deposit of at least 5% of the value of the property to get a mortgage. The average deposit for UK first-time buyers is . How much can you pay monthly? Enter your monthly payment below or adjust the payment amount using the slider Return to 'How much can you pay monthly?' Your monthly payments are what you can afford to pay each month. Think about your monthly income and take off bills, council tax and living expenses. The average rent figure is for England and Wales. Amount of the that has housing you can Explore the map in detail below Search the UK for more details about a local area What does affordable mean? You have a big enough deposit and your monthly payments are high enough. The prices are based on the local market. If there are 100 properties of the right size in an area and they are placed in price order with the cheapest first, the “low-end” of the market will be the 25th property, \"mid-priced\" is the 50th and \"high-end” will be the 75th.", "William Kerr was spotted in Ipswich town centre following a media appeal\n\nA murderer who absconded from an open prison has been arrested.\n\nWilliam Kerr, 56, an inmate at HMP Hollesley Bay, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, went missing at about 15:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nSuffolk Police launched a manhunt after he failed to return to a rendezvous point in Ipswich where he had been released for a few hours.\n\nKerr, also known as Billy, was jailed for life in 1998 for the murder of Maureen Comfort in Leeds.\n\nShe was found strangled to death in a cupboard at her flat.\n\nMaureen Comfort was found strangled to death in 1996\n\nSuffolk Police, which had advised members of the public not to approach Kerr, said he was apprehended after a member of public spotted him in the centre of Ipswich.\n\n\"Officers attended immediately and he was taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre pending his transfer back to the prison system,\" the force said.\n\n\"Suffolk Police would like to thank everybody who reported potential sightings of him during his absence.\"\n\nIn April 2015, Kerr absconded from a bail hostel in Hull, sparking a major police hunt and an appeal on BBC Crimewatch.\n\nHe was arrested in the Waterloo area of London at the end of April 2015.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bryan Singer has been filming Bohemian Rhapsody in the UK\n\nProduction on the new Freddie Mercury biopic has been suspended so director Bryan Singer can deal with \"a personal health matter\".\n\nThe film, titled Bohemian Rhapsody, will tell the story of the late Queen frontman's life.\n\nTwentieth Century Fox told the BBC work had been temporarily halted \"due to the unexpected unavailability\" of Singer.\n\nThe director's representative said it was \"a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family\".\n\nA statement added: \"Bryan hopes to get back to work on the film soon after the holidays.\"\n\nBrian May, pictured with Freddie Mercury in 1984, is among the film's producers\n\nBoth Singer and a family member are believed to be suffering from health problems. There's no information about the nature of his illness.\n\nA spokesman for the film studio said: \"Twentieth Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on Bohemian Rhapsody due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer.\"\n\nFilming has been taking place in the UK, with Mr Robot actor Rami Malek in the lead role.\n\nThe movie is still expected to be released in December 2018 as planned.\n\nAs well as directing, Singer is listed as a co-producer, alongside Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, among others.\n\nSinger's past directing credits include The Usual Suspects, four X-Men movies and Superman Returns.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?\n\nSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.\n\nOn Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn \"in the barrel\", to borrow a line from Trump confidant Roger Stone. The former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about December 2016 conversations he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak and pledged to \"fully co-operate\" with Mr Mueller's ongoing investigations.\n\nMr Flynn has admitted he misled the FBI about his discussions regarding new sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration following evidence of alleged meddling in the 2016 election.\n\nThere had been hints this was coming, after word last week that Mr Flynn's defence lawyers had stopped co-operating with the Trump legal team. The president's own scattershot behaviour on Twitter this week could also have been a key tell, like a trick knee acting up before a big storm.\n\nSo why is this being billed as a major development in the ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia? Let us count the ways.\n\n1) Trump's inner circle has been breached\n\nIt is difficult to overstate the significance of this felony plea deal. Mr Flynn was a close adviser and confidant of Mr Trump throughout the 2016 presidential race. He was a surrogate for the candidate on television and enjoyed a prominent speaking role at the July Republican National Convention. He had a pivotal role in Mr Trump's presidential transition.\n\nThe role of national security adviser in the White House, which Mr Flynn assumed upon Mr Trump's inauguration, is one of the most senior positions in any administration, responsible for being the key conduit between the sprawling US military and intelligence bureaucracies and the president. It is a post that has been held by the likes of Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.\n\nMr Trump was so partial to Mr Flynn that he was praising him as a \"wonderful man\" who had been \"treated very, very unfairly by the media\" just days after firing him.\n\nNow Mr Flynn could be going to jail - and, more importantly, could be sharing damaging information about the Trump inner circle he inhabited for so long.\n\nAccording to the \"Statement of the Offense\" filed by the special counsel's office, Mr Flynn is testifying that he had contact with Trump transition team officials before and after his fateful December 2016 conversation with Ambassador Kislyak. \"Members of the transition team,\" the document relates, \"did not want Russia to escalate the situation after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions on the Russian government\".\n\nThese conversations came more than a month after Mr Trump had won the presidency. Mr Flynn had already been announced as the national security adviser in the incoming White House - a top post in the president's inner circle.\n\nThe next big question is who exactly were the unnamed senior members of the presidential transition team. Some US news outlets are naming Jared Kushner and former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland. Others seem to indicate it was Mr Trump himself. Eventually, Mr Flynn - and Mr Mueller - will have to lay their cards on the table.\n\nMr Flynn's assertions about his conversations with the transition team run directly counter to statements made by Mr Trump in a February press conference in which he said Mr Flynn was acting against orders when he reached out to Mr Kislyak.\n\nIn fact the White House said at the time that the president dismissed Mr Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice-President Mike Pence about his Russian contacts. The true nature of Mr Flynn's conversations with Mr Kislyak first came out thanks to leaks to the press of information gleaned from government surveillance of Mr Kislyak.\n\nIf Mr Flynn has evidence corroborating his account of December contacts with the Trump transition team - which was headed by Mr Pence himself - the White House's explanation for its handling of the Flynn situation, denials of knowledge and all, starts to crumble.\n\nMr Flynn appeared in court in front of Judge Rudolph Contreras\n\nAnyone in the president's inner circle who told the FBI or Mr Mueller's investigators that they weren't privy to Mr Flynn's activities, when there is evidence that they knew, would be open to another round of charges of lying to the FBI.\n\nThe White House response, at least so far, seems to be that Mr Flynn is a lying liar who lies.\n\n\"The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year,\" White House lawyer Ty Cobb wrote in a press statement. \"Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr Flynn.\"\n\n4) Mr Mueller could be building an obstruction of justice case\n\nDust off that old political saw that \"it's not the crime, it's the cover-up\". While Mr Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador is questionable, given that he was undercutting Obama administration policy efforts, it is probably not illegal.\n\nWhat is illegal, however, is obstruction of justice. Former FBI Director James Comey has testified that on 14 February - the day after Mr Flynn was sacked - Mr Trump urged the director to back off his investigation into Mr Flynn during a private Oval Office meeting.\n\nIf the president knew that the ongoing law-enforcement inquiry would discover Mr Flynn had been acting under orders - either by the president or a member of his transition team - that could be the kind of motive that would help support an obstruction of justice charge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Michael Flynn became entangled in Russia probe\n\n5) Only the tip of the iceberg?\n\nThere were a lot of rumours and allegations floating around about Mr Flynn before Friday's plea deal news. The special counsel's office was reportedly looking into Mr Flynn's Obama-era work as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. It was scrutinising his 2015 trip to Russia, paid for by the Kremlin-backed RT network, and his undisclosed lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests.\n\nThe charge brought against him, however, was solely related to his December 2016 phone conversations with Mr Kislyak. Although it comes with a possible five-year prison sentence, Mr Mueller hardly threw the book at the former national security adviser. Is this all there is?\n\nMr Mueller is primarily tasked with investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Mr Flynn was a senior adviser to and advocate for Mr Trump's presidential bid. Does the relative modesty of the charges against Mr Flynn indicate he may be offering information directly relevant to this inquiry?\n\nMr Flynn's plea deal is just one piece of a much larger puzzle the special counsel office is trying to solve.\n\nIn October Mr Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a top aide with White House ties, on money laundering charges predating their involvement with the Trump campaign.\n\nHe also struck a plea deal with former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who told prosecutors he lied about his own contacts with Russians.\n\nEach move is distinct and not directly related - at least not yet. A some point we are going to learn whether Mr Mueller is building a larger case against the Trump campaign out of these legal moves - or that the sum total of his efforts is nibbling around the edges.\n\nAs the president likes to say, stay tuned.", "The family of a teenager who died after he was hit by a car on a motorway said they are \"completely heartbroken\".\n\nSamuel Berkley, 14, was found on the hard shoulder of the M67 in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in a critical condition at about 17:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nHe had been struck by a BMW and later died in hospital. The driver stopped at the scene and spoke with police.\n\nSamuel's family said he was a \"fun, outgoing and friendly boy\" and a \"talented footballer\".\n\nHe lived at home with his parents in Denton and was described as having \"many friends\" at Audenshaw School, where he studied.\n\nThe teenager had started playing for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle to his brother's new daughter.\n\nPolice had to shut the motorway for several hours\n\nThe motorway was shut for several hours on Friday while officers carried out investigations.\n\nSgt Lee Westhead, from Greater Manchester Police, said officers were working to \"uncover how this happened and piece together the moments before the collision\".\n\nHe appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Dearlove claimed Paul Booth was injured when he fell out of bed\n\nA man who swung his toddler stepson by the ankles and smashed his head into a fireplace has been been jailed for a minimum of 13 years.\n\nDavid Dearlove, 71, murdered 19-month-old Paul Booth at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968.\n\nPaul's brother Peter, who was three years old when he witnessed the attack after he crept downstairs for a drink, went to police in 2015.\n\nDavid Dearlove was convicted of murder and three child cruelty charges\n\nThe inquest into Paul's death in 1968 recorded an open verdict.\n\nBut in 2015, Peter went to the police after seeing a photo on Facebook of his little brother sitting on Dearlove's knee.\n\nHe said as a three-year-old he had seen Dearlove, now of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, swinging Paul round their living room and witnessed the boy's head striking the fireplace.\n\nPaul Booth was 19 months old when he died\n\nDuring the trial, Dearlove insisted Paul suffered the fatal head injury when he fell out of bed onto a concrete floor, although he told police when he was arrested in 2015 that the toddler collapsed in the living room.\n\nHe claimed he changed his story because he had forgotten the events of 1968.\n\nThe court heard Dearlove had been violent towards Peter and Paul as well as their sister Stephanie Marron who also accused him of cruelty, saying he punched her and pulled her down the stairs.\n\nPaul Booth had suffered bruising less than a month before his death\n\nA mannequin was used to show jurors how Paul Booth's injuries were inflicted\n\nHome Office pathologist Mark Egan demonstrated how the toddler could have died by swinging a doll by the ankles and banging its head on the surface of the witness box, causing some of the 10 men and two women of the jury to weep.\n\nHe also said he believed it would have taken separate blows to cause the \"z-shaped\" skull fracture on the side of Paul's head.\n\nDearlove was also convicted of three child cruelty charges.\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Males told him: \"You were a young and no doubt immature man.\n\n\"You were also a cruel man and you made the lives of those three young children a misery.\"\n\nDearlove swung Paul Booth by his ankles, smashing the toddler's head against the living room fireplace\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said it had not been able to exhume Paul's body as burial records had been lost, with the case relying on the documents prepared for his inquest at the time.\n\nIn a statement after the verdict, the Booth family said Dearlove's actions \"not only physically killed Paul but also destroyed his memory\".\n\n\"He was buried into an unmarked grave the location of which remains unknown and he was not spoken about for many years.\"\n\nDet Insp Mark Dimelow, from Cleveland Police, said the murder investigation had been \"challenging due to its historic nature\".\n\n\"I want to pay tribute to Paul's family and other witnesses who provided such an emotive testimony and I praise their bravery in having to relive events from 50 years ago,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United ruthlessly punished defensive errors to become the first side to win a league game at Arsenal since January in one of the matches of the season so far.\n\nJose Mourinho's side were reduced to 10 men late on when Paul Pogba was sent off for a dangerous tackle and they were aided by a stunning goalkeeping display by David de Gea throughout.\n\nBut they did telling damage early on when Antonio Valencia pounced on a loose Laurent Koscielny pass to drill the opener, before Jesse Lingard side-footed a second after robbing Shkodran Mustafi to link smartly with Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.\n\nThe strikes meant United had scored as many goals in 11 minutes as they had in eight away fixtures against the Premier League's so-called 'big six' clubs.\n• None What happened in the Premier League on Saturday?\n• None Watch: Pogba hopes injuries will cause Man City to slip up\n\nAn end-to-end first-half, which delivered 20 shots on goal, saw Arsenal hit the woodwork through Alexandre Lacazette and Granit Xhaka during a frenetic goalmouth scramble, before De Gea denied Hector Bellerin, Sead Kolasinac, and spectacularly prevented a Lukaku own goal.\n\nThe Spaniard could do nothing about Lacazette's simple finish on 48 minutes but after Lingard had hit the post in a breathless start to the second half, De Gea produced an unbelievable double save from Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez.\n\nHis heroics maintained the advantage during an opening 15 minutes to the second half which saw United have just 26% of possession, but Lingard was on hand to tap in a third on 63 minutes after good work by Pogba.\n\nPogba was dismissed when he mistimed a tackle to effectively stamp on the back of Bellerin's leg, and the Frenchman will now miss the Manchester derby next Sunday.\n\nBut his moment of woe felt merely a footnote in a riveting encounter which moved second-placed United to within five points of their city rivals.\n\nMourinho has garnered a reputation for defensive set-ups on trips to the league's traditional big clubs but his side went after their hosts early on, hounding possession high up the pitch to great effect.\n\nTheir opening two goals owed much to slack use of possession by the home side but needed clinical finishes, notably when Martial cleverly flicked into the path of Lingard for the second.\n\nThe reward for their adventure secured a first win for Mourinho in his past 12 away fixtures against the 'big six'.\n\nHe could be forgiven for not enjoying seeing Arsenal fire 33 shots at goal and said he later told De Gea - who equalled the league record for saves in a match - he had witnessed the \"best from a goalkeeper in the world\".\n\nArsene Wenger also labelled De Gea \"absolutely outstanding\" but while his brilliance points to United riding their luck at times, they were impressive in offering a balance between defence and attack.\n\nNemanja Matic was consistently well placed, never more so than when blocking a goal-bound Aaron Ramsey shot with the score at 2-0.\n\nAnd the presence of the defensive midfielder once again freed Pogba, who in bursting into the box to lay on Lingard's second now has five assists this season, surpassing his four in the previous campaign.\n\nWhether Mourinho will choose to live so dangerously against Manchester City next week remains to be seen, but those watching from a neutral stance would be fortunate to see a game as good as this one again.\n\nWenger spoke of a \"good performance\" and \"impeccable attitude\" from his players but he will be familiar with this feeling.\n\nOnly twice in 18 meetings with Mourinho has he got the upper hand and the charitable way in which his side gave away goals will not sit well.\n\nKoscielny's cross-field pass and Mustafi's indecision ultimately left a mountain to climb if Arsenal were to record a 12th straight home win in the league.\n\nThe ease with which Pogba sauntered into the area to create a third just as Arsenal were seeking to build on Lacazette's goal also smacked of weakness.\n\nArsenal can justifiably feel aggrieved by a penalty shout that was turned down late on when Danny Welbeck was caught by Matteo Darmian but by that point, the 10 men of United had finally managed to calm a frantic affair.\n\nWenger's side drop out of the Champions League qualification places into fifth. They were superb going forward at times and will scratch their heads as to how they only found the net once but, not for the first time, it was at the other end where their shortcomings showed up.\n\nIt was a magnificent game of football. We have talked about Manchester City going forward but what we saw at times from Manchester United was equally as good.\n\nThey were just breaking, too quick and too sharp with their pace and their power. They went after Arsenal, put them under pressure and wanted to get behind their defence, and Arsenal could not cope with their one- or two-touch football.\n\nIt was great to watch, and Manchester United were too good and too clever for Arsenal. Superb.\n\nI think De Gea is the best goalkeeper in the world. He was brilliant.\n\nI think it is a red card. It looks terrible. It was dangerous and he was endangering his opponent.\n\nArsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: \"David de Gea was man of the match by a clear mile.\n\n\"We played well but there is nothing more frustrating when you have that quality of performance and nothing to show for it at the end. The attitude was impeccable until the end. But you cannot make the mistakes we made at the beginning.\"\n\nManchester United manager Jose Mourinho said: \"I loved the way my team played and fought. Arsenal played in some period amazing attacking football - creating difficulties for us.\n\n\"But I have to say that my players deserve all the great words. I don't know so many in English but amazing, phenomenal, fantastic. They deserved three points.\"\n• None Arsenal suffered their first home league defeat since losing 2-1 to Watford in January.\n• None Manchester United have won more Premier League away games at Arsenal than any other side (8).\n• None David de Gea made 14 saves in the game, the joint-most in a Premier League game since 2003-04, when Opta started collecting this data. Vito Mannone and Tim Krul have also made 14 saves in a fixture.\n• None Paul Pogba has scored four goals and assisted six more in his past nine Premier League appearances.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored more home goals in the Premier League this season than any other player (six).\n• None Paul Pogba received his first red card in league competition since May 2013 for Juventus v Palermo\n\nArsenal will follow Thursday's Europa League home game against BATE Borisov (20:05 GMT) by visiting Southampton on Sunday, 10 December (13:30). Manchester United need a point at home against CSKA Moscow to progress in the Champions League on Tuesday (19:45) and then host Manchester City on Sunday, 10 December (16:30).\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette tries a through ball, but Nacho Monreal is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt saved. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.\n• None Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.\n• None Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Donald Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dublin\n\nThe UK's offer on Brexit must be acceptable to the Republic of Ireland before the negotiations can move on, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has said.\n\nMr Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dublin on Friday.\n\nHe said: \"The UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin\".\n\nThe European Union has said \"sufficient progress\" must be made on the Irish border before negotiations can move on.\n\n\"The Irish request is the EU's request,\" Mr Tusk said.\n\n\"I realise that for some British politicians this may be hard to understand.\n\n\"But such is the logic behind the fact that Ireland is the EU member while the UK is leaving.\n\nThe Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) said the EU was 'a family which sticks together'\n\n\"This is why the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin, at least as long as Brexit negotiations continue.\"\n\nIn a press conference with Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar, Mr Tusk said that the UK's decision to leave the EU had created \"uncertainty for millions of people\".\n\n\"The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is no longer a symbol of division, it is a symbol of cooperation and we cannot allow Brexit to destroy this achievement of the Good Friday Agreement,\" he said.\n\nThere is a lively debate about whether the Irish government has a veto over the decision - to be taken at the summit of EU leaders on 14 and 15 December - about whether Brexit talks can move to the next phase.\n\nCall it what you like, but now Donald Tusk has told us for sure that the rest of the EU will do what Ireland decides.\n\nThere was a put-down for British politicians who may find it \"hard to understand\" why this is important.\n\nBut there was some comfort for the British government: Donald Tusk shares their view that the issue of the border can only be solved when there is more clarity about the UK's future relationship with the EU.\n\nAnd Mr Tusk ended by saying \"the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin.\" Is this a hint that the Irish government's suggestion that Northern Ireland remain in the EU's single market and customs union is the answer for the whole of the UK?\n\nOr is it just a reminder that Dublin is first among equals among the remaining 27 members of the EU?\n\n\"The UK started Brexit and now it is their responsibility to propose a credible commitment to do what is necessary to avoid a hard border.\n\n\"As you know, I asked Prime Minister May to put a final offer on the table by the 4th of December so that we can assess whether sufficient progress can be made at the upcoming European Council.\n\n\"Let me say very clearly. If the UK offer is unacceptable for Ireland, it will also be unacceptable for the EU.\"\n\nThe taoiseach thanked Mr Tusk for the solidarity demonstrated by all EU partners and called the EU \"a family which sticks together\".\n\nHe said he was optimistic that a deal could be achieved by Monday.\n\nHowever, he said any UK offer must indicate how a hard border can be avoided and avoid the risk of regulatory divergence.\n\nOn Thursday, the DUP's Sammy Wilson said any attempt to \"placate Dublin and the EU\" could mean a withdrawal of DUP support at Westminster.\n\nHe was responding to reports of a possible strategy to deal with the Irish border after Brexit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Any attempt to 'placate Dublin and the EU' could jeopardise DUP support for Tories\n\nThe story suggested that British and EU officials could be about to seek separate customs measures for Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the European Union.\n\nThe DUP struck a deal with Prime Minister Theresa May's government in June, agreeing to support Tory policies at Westminster, in return for an extra £1bn in government spending for Northern Ireland."], "link": ["http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42446865", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42438750", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42437530", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42443604", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42432516", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42425960", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/42437441", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42435886", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42425343", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-42367122", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42424484", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42434802", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42439679", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42435798", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42427812", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42447306", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42438345", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42435821", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42449683", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42448314", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42438335", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42433201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42438607", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42437955", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42193826", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42425758", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42426757", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42434771", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-42445868", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42441695", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42424700", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42449924", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41827264", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42437315", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42434537", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42432390", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42446986", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42421409", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42432235", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42431171", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42438525", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42427398", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42318404", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42439701", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42431095", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443453", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42442703", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42435834", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213950", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42213958", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42207680", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42213513", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42216622", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42208424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42207171", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217568", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42209489", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42186564", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42214837", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208550", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42210667", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42216297", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208560", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37011068", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42207935", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42207620", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42215277", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213063", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126648", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42213054", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42214932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42215413", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42112436", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42215767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42213541", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42212518", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42194524", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42211288", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42209421", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42213623", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42207962", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42119930", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42387021", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42290590", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42387099", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42384573", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42387110", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42375152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42382399", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42336969", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42380375", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42370165", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42382391", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42386891", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42384394", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36342362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42381438", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42383438", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42385299", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42388019", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42385791", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42372860", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42384814", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42297312", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42379720", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42375154", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42386721", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42383464", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42387392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42366471", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42382002", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42379370", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17405422", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42383351", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42378765", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42383508", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42384816", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42382413", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42378048", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42362334", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42385484", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42386258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42378366", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42344180", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42337838", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42333452", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42336684", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42343771", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/42335916", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42342216", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-42332449", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42338746", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42341216", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42322187", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42336381", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42336197", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42338009", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42328266", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42322246", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42327582", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42332881", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42324784", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42322293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40864598", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42345469", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-42310031", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42314699", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42330761", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42320733", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344170", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42335396", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42337093", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42330736", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42336078", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42327359", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42321396", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42333109", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42333743", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42337250", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42333704", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42329124", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42336139", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42344252", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42342209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42328467", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42330771", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42344533", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42326764", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42270389", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42264659", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42250542", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42257277", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42264307", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42264868", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42242178", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42260810", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42265268", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42256808", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42263697", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260252", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42272675", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42247428", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42273941", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42271979", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42258681", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42270020", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42263705", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42260985", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42254219", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42274667", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42265869", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42250152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42251535", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42265738", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42263237", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-42252052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42249854", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42273167", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42264928", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42260211", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269648", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42254527", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269649", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260350", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42271223", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42267110", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42256046", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42230705", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42256916", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42260141", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42261796", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42254576", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42269951", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41476718", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42269979", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42263157", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42260814", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42264630", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41977719", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-hampshire-42228057", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42250340", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42253785", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42442265", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42480224", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42475252", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474834", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42469902", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42472722", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42479316", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42477268", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477266", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42479735", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42472273", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42478027", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42475284", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41508660", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42336684", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42473652", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42475225", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42480603", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40593353", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38320198", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42472062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42473667", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42477077", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475285", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474835", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42478299", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42480186", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477127", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42453809", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42474282", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42472775", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42476030", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42474716", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42433670", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42473679", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42480116", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42478097", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477120", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42112647", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42450641", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42462074", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443253", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42450479", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42449347", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42453312", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41152424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42450513", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42459594", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42442463", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42445966", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41983091", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42082948", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42439679", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42434767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42442703", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441355", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42362392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42453972", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42449683", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42448314", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42457964", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42453405", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42437665", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42451576", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41973043", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42461065", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42451713", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42450959", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-42445868", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41997262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42449924", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41827264", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42451096", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42462131", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42401275", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42453715", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42458062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42452945", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42439701", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344628", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42344180", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42320896", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354807", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42347510", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354864", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42350406", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42358149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42359462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42350656", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42348214", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42346773", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346305", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-42351346", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42339146", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42360849", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42342460", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42345469", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344170", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42355666", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42337396", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42347207", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42358075", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361323", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42338725", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42343937", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42347942", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42353456", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42346990", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42337093", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42349685", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42337250", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42351026", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42352623", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42357708", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42347671", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42344252", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42342209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42344533", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42361133", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42326764", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41974185", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42293276", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42299737", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42296971", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42300219", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42304368", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42298950", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42301045", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42298192", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41907892", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42291985", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42247428", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23252638", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42295586", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42294872", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42298288", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42300593", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42292776", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42298453", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42293096", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42302767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42303203", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42295963", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42295162", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42298971", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/42296143", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42304297", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42299192", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42260141", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42288448", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42286842", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-42298366", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42283123", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42248056", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284022", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42296521", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42297148", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42295078", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42291541", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42212593", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42268310", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42297150", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42297612", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42301004", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42293127", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42297201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213950", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-42213995", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42200840", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42219876", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42217521", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42216622", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42199200", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42227521", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217708", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42225755", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42224937", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219709", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42225214", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217568", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42214837", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42225524", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42226558", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42228449", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42230077", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42223402", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220372", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42221762", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220913", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42216297", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42217798", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42221737", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42227632", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126648", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42213054", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42214932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42226648", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42218047", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42223152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42231296", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219665", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42213942", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42215413", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42223156", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42201020", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-42217789", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42221262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42229105", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42215767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-42224421", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42211288", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42221352", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42217132", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-42225873", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42222983", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42229448", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231416", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42486085", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42480224", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42488696", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42482346", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42479316", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42477268", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41826022", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477266", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42479735", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42483135", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42428308", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42480603", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35661362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42487538", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42486033", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42486797", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42428718", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b0af7ef5-1031-4e1f-a3ac-b3c21ef0f932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42486152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42360004", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36101423", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475285", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42480186", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477127", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42478299", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42483227", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42486325", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42483201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42428449", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42423269", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42480116", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42483981", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42487536", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42483386", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477120", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40494218", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42387021", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42392138", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42387099", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42384573", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42366484", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-42391118", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42402570", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401170", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397399", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42387110", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42370165", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42399802", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42395378", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401083", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42386891", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42397746", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42376546", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42403700", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-42393488", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42392459", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14647308", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42387852", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42388019", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42400120", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42396188", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42386899", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42386721", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42394898", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42391438", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42387392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34789768", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42394478", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42360542", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42388258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42391408", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42397626", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42400653", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42398721", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397398", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42403152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-42404293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42400152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42370943", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401585", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42395794", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42388409", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42383351", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42402386", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42393540", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42366021", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42393071", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42391909", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42384816", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42386258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401511", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-42276855", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42281217", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42264307", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-42284463", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42287627", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42285433", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42267778", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276577", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42263742", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-42277864", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42288942", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42275523", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42277295", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42272675", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42247428", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42267455", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42280487", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42271979", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42273941", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42270020", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42258681", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42264758", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42274667", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42279055", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42288965", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42283561", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42282388", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42263237", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42272292", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42273477", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276189", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42275875", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42249854", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42264434", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42280544", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42251063", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269648", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42254527", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269649", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42288311", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42271223", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42277936", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42275564", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42260141", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42267110", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42277066", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42283123", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284021", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41476718", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42281678", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42269979", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42279427", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276954", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42282182", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42235282", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42231046", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42237315", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42246695", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42243073", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42242630", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42225664", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42241344", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42234082", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42236617", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42224148", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42227521", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42225755", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42232475", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42224937", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42241924", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42228896", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42232308", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42236349", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42227861", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42245839", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-42226690", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42225524", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42239063", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42154666", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42228449", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42245149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42230077", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42232852", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220913", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42231497", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42222488", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42238613", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42204575", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42237377", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-42241658", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42236258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42246087", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42223156", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42236482", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42225917", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42241602", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42221262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42229105", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42224731", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42232482", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42242272", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42243733", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42239448", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42241780", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42242389", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42225915", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42235052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42242007", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42229448", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231416", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231387", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42394259", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42492807", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42492467", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42486085", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42493270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42495923", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42495091", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42488696", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42492809", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42489573", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41826022", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42245002", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42497498", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42072477", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42267289", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42483135", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42410914", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42493008", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42486536", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42495428", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42491163", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42489529", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42491002", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42492870", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42487538", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42486797", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42493730", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b0af7ef5-1031-4e1f-a3ac-b3c21ef0f932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42486033", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42486152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42490947", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42492488", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42493459", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42489666", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42360004", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42442594", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42493227", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42484339", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42496637", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42495112", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42454290", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42496777", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42486325", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42483201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42491785", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42489757", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42493619", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42492087", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42483981", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42487536", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42496023", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42484798", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42491782", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42304490", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42314269", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42304757", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42299737", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42310933", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40190598", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42304368", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42304266", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42311533", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42300219", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42301045", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42313197", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42312293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42294225", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23252638", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42306141", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42304594", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42316699", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42305391", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42300593", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42307953", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42305301", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42316492", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42308121", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42307365", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42312342", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42315333", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34552041", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42303203", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42308341", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42302767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42298453", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42313637", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-42309101", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42304297", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42304607", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-42298366", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-41592854", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42238262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42248056", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284022", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42308437", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42315042", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42252071", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42303059", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42297150", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42309451", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42306576", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42301004", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42313309", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42212593", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42362524", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361859", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354807", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42364401", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42365521", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42370507", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42364991", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42365571", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42362028", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42364502", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42359462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42363808", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42366629", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42360849", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42369608", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42264177", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42362478", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42365262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42365516", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42355666", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42339856", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42365641", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42373822", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42369780", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42358075", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42347207", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361323", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42364536", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42365321", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42356305", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42338725", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42353456", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42368096", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42358892", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42363862", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42360628", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42373062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42365300", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42357708", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42367202", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42362507", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42371584", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42355283", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42361133", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42462074", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42465224", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42464644", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42450479", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42465385", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42465059", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42462968", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42465094", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42467306", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42465056", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-42465495", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41152424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42459594", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42456853", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42433938", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42467663", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42467406", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42362392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42465392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464912", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42457964", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42462463", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42464310", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42465534", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42462431", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42461065", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468213", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15521300", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42466526", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42445304", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42462131", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42401275", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464803", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42468443", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464125", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42458062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42443864", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42204016", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42190886", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40709270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42181189", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42202191", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42189878", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42186725", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42197216", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42199080", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42190162", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42183729", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42182410", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42196955", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42196462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42194140", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42193502", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42187596", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41958392", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42178038", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42178069", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42194131", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42188125", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42201171", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42179387", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42190388", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42199020", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42203201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42188485", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42151148", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42194382", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42199903", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42194355", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42193813", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42197941", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-nottinghamshire-42174246", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42192641", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42192706", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42186736", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42190783", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42194684", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42161102", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41874026", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42185685", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42194519", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42193912", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42201551", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-42195865", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42155421", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42190251", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42182351", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42201778", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42202830", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42291231", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42290824", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41974185", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42275855", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42281217", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42293276", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42289831", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42291495", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42296971", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42285433", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231007", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276577", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42291985", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42289861", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41907892", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42288942", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42280487", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42295586", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42283473", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42289481", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42291775", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42291491", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42288965", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42283561", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42263237", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42281324", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42282388", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42292776", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42293096", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42280544", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42295162", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42291071", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42289551", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42288311", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42283123", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284021", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42295078", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42281678", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42279427", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42291541", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42281732", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42274780", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42293127", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42282182", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42411144", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42414018", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42418090", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42366484", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42405703", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42406063", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42405942", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42402570", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401170", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42403362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42411108", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42409433", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421029", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42413744", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42399802", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401511", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42418401", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42403260", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42420149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42403700", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42407766", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42392459", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42410014", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42406405", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42409462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42273362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42410084", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42410301", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42410414", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42406632", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42408477", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42417655", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42409914", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42403000", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42360542", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42155929", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42410326", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397398", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401585", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-42404293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42409860", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42402386", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42406302", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42409289", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42256046", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42411510", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42407488", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42417553", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42409254", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42411689", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42250100", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42256140", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42161385", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42246695", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42250511", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42253778", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42243073", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260252", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42242630", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34537296", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42236617", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-42255592", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42247428", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42254219", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-42249339", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42257548", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42251531", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42245839", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-42226690", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-42242084", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42246852", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42251535", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42238112", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42243189", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42250010", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42245149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-42252052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26934435", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42249854", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42260211", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42242557", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42249163", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42231497", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42248120", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42242372", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42249040", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42254889", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42256567", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42260350", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42247551", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42248708", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42256916", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-42240148", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42242255", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42250212", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42234034", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42223567", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42239197", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42247318", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42254576", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42243733", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42242272", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42236702", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42242389", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42235052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42242007", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42249569", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42250340", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42242178", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42462074", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42469854", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42465224", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42464644", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42469902", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42472722", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41152424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42465094", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42467306", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42469856", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42472273", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42471062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42469087", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42473652", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42469901", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40593353", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42472062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38320198", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42467663", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42471142", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464912", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42473667", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42467471", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474835", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42474282", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42434283", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42472775", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42469949", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42467208", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42474716", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15521300", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42471258", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42473679", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42466526", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42466140", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42471543", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42471962", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42471133", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464803", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42468443", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42469853", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42471982", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474834", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42319018", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42314269", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42317793", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42320938", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42318625", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42299737", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42310933", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42320746", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42311533", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42321149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42313197", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42314289", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42328236", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42322086", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42318804", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42313313", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42312293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-42325475", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23252638", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42314700", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42324932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42313309", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42323366", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42187596", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42322187", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42320052", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42322293", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42322246", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42324784", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42154476", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42324237", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40864598", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42330761", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42305301", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42282409", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42320496", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42319016", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42320733", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42312342", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42315333", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42331675", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42308341", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42313637", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42315280", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42330736", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42322018", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42236422", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42327359", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42333109", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42333743", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42329124", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/42329394", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42315042", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42324485", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42271582", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42097238", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42303059", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42331451", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42322526", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42318755", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42372174", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42290590", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42360628", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42365300", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42375149", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42379269", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42375152", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42377177", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42380375", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42361134", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42355283", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42375212", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42360539", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42371584", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36342362", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42381438", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42156530", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42339856", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42377828", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42375059", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42379720", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42375154", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42377592", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42370507", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42351881", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42377607", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42365641", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42368096", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42365262", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42374693", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42328104", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42369608", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42379370", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42372431", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17405422", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42369780", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42366629", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42378765", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42373062", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42373822", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42362334", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42377932", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42376515", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42377229", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42378366", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42364462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42366623", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42356135", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42418090", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42417553", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42425960", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42411108", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421029", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42429122", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42399802", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42423309", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42424484", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42423047", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42434802", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42427812", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42199601", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421456", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42424315", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42412891", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421583", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42424666", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42193826", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42410084", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42410414", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42423627", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42425758", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42014209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42418567", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42410301", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42434771", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42426811", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42421697", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42425029", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42417655", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42424700", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42410326", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42257277", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42429527", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42421417", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42431171", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42424547", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42432235", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42423593", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42429767", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42409289", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42425616", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42420389", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42423617", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-42417827", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42412869", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-42400904", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42429178", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42431095", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42421409", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42420829", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42204016", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40709270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42208010", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42205176", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42202191", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42205184", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42181189", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42207100", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42196462", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42207680", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42205180", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42194140", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42208424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42207590", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42180250", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42209489", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208550", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42200541", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208560", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42199150", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37011068", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42207935", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42203201", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42207620", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42199903", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42203781", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42156530", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42208162", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42112436", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42182698", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42161102", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42209755", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42207172", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42142691", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42207870", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42209421", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42179119", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42205209", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42193912", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42207962", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42155421", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42119930", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42202830"]}