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That question is even more pertinent as Labour and Plaid Cymru talk about what they can and cannot agree on. Much of the so called "economic" debate has been about its cost - whether we can afford £1bn, and whether the cheaper Blue Route would be a better option . That is a very different question from whether the Welsh economy would be stronger with it, and weaker without. There is little disagreement that the M4 between Cardiff West services and Magor, east of Newport, is regularly congested. And that slows down the A48M and the A470. There's also little disagreement that the M4 is busiest around Newport, partly because of the unusually large number of junctions which encourages local people use the motorway as a route between the various suburbs of the city. To really understand the problems we need to look at where employment in south east Wales has grown up over the last twenty years. Much of it has been developed on new sites along the motorway. It was part of the old Welsh Development Agency's policy in the late 1980s and early 90s to build big business parks, easily accessible by car. Imperial Park, Celtic Springs, Cleppa Park and Cardiff Gate are all examples of that. Many thousands of commuters travel between the Severn Bridge and at least as far west as Swansea to work for companies on those parks. These developments, and the work they offer, have also been a magnet to people living in the Gwent and Rhymney valleys who may have found it a challenge getting work closer to home. Significantly, the Welsh Government's document arguing for the Black Route clearly shows that the highest concentration of traffic is not at Brynglas but at Tredegar Park, where the main road from the Gwent valleys, the M4, the A48 and a host of industrial parks all meet. The cheaper Blue Route would take westbound traffic off the M4 east of Newport but it is hard to see how it would affect the many thousands who travel south towards the motorway. The big question in terms of easing congestion is how much the Metro integrated road-and-rail transport network will change commuters' patterns. It partly depends on whether the full Metro plans are implemented, how well and how quickly. Importantly, the proposed network does include a station at Cleppa Park - the centre of the family of business parks to the west of Newport - and other stops that may tempt people out of their cars. There is also a station planned for the Royal Gwent Hospital. If we had a public transport system that carried people from where they tend to live to where the work is - and where they want to go for shopping and hospital visits - then would we need a whole new motorway? The economic argument for the M4 Black Route centres on time and money lost due to congestion, the poor image that gives of Wales as a modern place to do businesses, and the theory that concentrations of economic activity tend to multiply more quickly than if businesses are more isolated. Wales' economic weakness centres around having too high a proportion of low-skilled low-value jobs, not enough headquarters, and not enough innovation . Perhaps the biggest question is not about the price of an upgrade of the M4, but what Wales will get from it. It's not really about £1bn or £380m - it's about what we get from that. How much would either route answer the really big challenges of the Welsh economy? Would Wales become home to more research and development, for instance, with speedier travel along the M4? And would that be the magic factor for encouraging new or growing tech firms to be headquartered here? That's what Wales really needs.

So would the Welsh economy be weaker without the M4 Black Route - or for that matter without any M4 upgrade?

The former Manchester United striker, best known for his winning goal against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final, arrived with great fanfare in January 2014. He presented a different vision for Cardiff compared with the defensive approach of his predecessor Malky Mackay, renowned for an unspectacular, yet effective style that gained the club promotion to the Premier League in 2013. Mackay's success meant popularity with fans and that probably didn't help Solskjaer's cause. The Scot's bitter falling-out with the club's Malaysian owner Vincent Tan had disillusioned many supporters who saw Mackay's sacking as a regression for a club who had fought so hard for a top-flight return after half a century away. He may have promised a more exciting style, but under Solskjaer the Bluebirds slipped into the Premier League's bottom three for the first time and never recovered, finishing bottom. The results were shocking - 3-0 at Swansea, 6-3 against Liverpool, 3-0 defeats against Crystal Palace and Newcastle and 4-0 losses to Hull and Sunderland. Tan blamed Mackay for relegation, which was confirmed at the penultimate game of the season, and expected a swift Premier League return under the Norwegian. And so began a big recruitment drive in the summer. Nine players came in, many of Mackay's men left, but it seemed even with so many new faces Solskjaer didn't know what his best team was. He named a different starting 11 for all of the games he oversaw this season and his tinkering was deemed to have had an adverse effect on results. Two home defeats in succession, against Norwich and Middlesbrough, sealed his fate. The nature of the capitulation against the Canaries caused particular concern, Cardiff leading 2-0 before conceding four second-half goals to lose 4-2. During the 1-0 loss against Boro four days later, the Cardiff crowd vented their frustration at the Norwegian, booing him as he tried to get the ball to one of his players to take a throw-in. After the game the Norwegian said he accepted the blame for the club's poor run of form. "I'm responsible and I should get better results than we've had in the first seven games," said Solskjaer, who seems to have the ability to remain upbeat in the most trying of circumstances. The manager may be responsible for the team but many feel the board, and particularly owner Vincent Tan, have to take some responsibility too. "It was the wrong appointment for Cardiff and the wrong club for Solskjaer," said former Cardiff captain Jason Perry on BBC Radio Wales. "Do we know how Cardiff City play? No. "I think only four players played against Blackburn [in the Championship opener] that played against Middlesbrough. He picked a different back four yet again. "If you're manager or a coach you have a central strategy and you work on that." Solskjaer will not have the chance to find a strategy that works and attention now turns to the next man to work under Tan. Early favourites include Welshman Tony Pulis, who would be popular with fans given the job he did at Crystal Palace last season, and Dundee's Paul Hartley, who has overseen his club's rise to the Scottish Premiership. Things are rarely dull at Cardiff City. Whoever takes charge will discover that.

He was the Champions League hero who arrived promising an exciting brand of football, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure at Cardiff City will be remembered as a failure.

Robert Boyd-Stevenson, 38, of Headford Road, Bristol, had admitted a charge of making a bomb hoax by communicating false information last year. He texted security threats to a phone linked to the airport on 29 August. The airport remained open but raised its security threat level and police officers were called to the scene. Days earlier, Bristol Airport had been evacuated in a separate, unconnected bomb scare. CCTV footage showed Boyd-Stevenson topping up the phone in Knowle West at 05:39 that morning and in the airport itself at about 06:00 BST. He was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday. PC Simon Broad said the "strength of evidence against him" had meant Boyd-Stevenson admitted his guilt early on. "Robert Boyd-Stevenson intended to cause disruption to staff and passengers at Bristol Airport, as well as the emergency services, through his reckless actions," the officer said. A spokesman for the airport said the sentence would send "a strong message" about making bomb threats. He added: "Only the prompt and professional action of Bristol Airport staff and Avon and Somerset Police on the day prevented significant disruption to the travel plans of thousands of passengers."

A man who made bomb threats to Bristol Airport in a series of text messages has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

He is appealing against an appeal court ruling lifting a ban on him being named in the media in England and Wales. The Supreme Court said it will now hear arguments about whether it should grant an appeal, and if so, decide if it should be "allowed or dismissed". An interim injunction will remain in place until the end of the hearing. On Monday, Court of Appeal judges gave the man - who has young children, and whose spouse is also in the public eye - until 10:00 BST on Tuesday to apply to take the case to the UK Supreme Court. In that ruling, they said there must be no publication leading to disclosure of the celebrity's identity before 13:00 BST on Wednesday. The Supreme Court said that interim injunction will now remain in place until the conclusion of the next hearing. The Sun on Sunday wants to publish an account of alleged extra-marital activities by the man, who is referred to as PJS. But he argues he has a right to privacy and has taken legal action. Monday's court judgement said the celebrity had "occasional sexual encounters" with another person - referred to in court as AB - starting in 2009. They had a text message exchange in December 2011 in which they discussed a "three-way" with AB's partner, CD. Accordingly, the three met for a three-way sexual encounter. In January, the two other parties approached the Sun On Sunday with the story. That month a High Court judge refused to impose an injunction barring publication. But the man appealed and two appeal court judges ruled in his favour. They prevented him being identified in publications in England and Wales. Lawyers for News Group Newspapers - publishers of the Sun On Sunday - then asked Court of Appeal judges to lift the ban. They argued that stories had been published in the US, Scotland and elsewhere where the injunction does not apply. The story had also spread across the internet and on Twitter. PJS opposed that application and said the ban should stay. On Monday, the judges ruled that PJS was now unlikely to be able to get a permanent injunction Details about the allegations were now "so widespread" that confidentiality had "probably been lost", they said. The man's solicitors had been "assiduous" in monitoring the internet and removing stories in breach of the injunction but the judges said that it was now a "hopeless task".

A celebrity who wants an injunction to keep an extra-marital relationship out of the media will put his case at the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Chris Packham, who is in Malta, said rare species were being targeted, and hunters were even shooting Montagu's harrier birds on the ground at night. "It's a desperate situation," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. A Maltese wildlife official insisted that patrols to stop illegal hunting had been stepped up. Malta has an exemption from the EU Birds Directive, allowing its hunters to shoot turtle doves and quail during the spring migration, a crucial stage in the birds' life cycle. But according to Mr Packham, turtle doves were vulnerable, with their numbers down by 95% in the UK. Malta is the only EU country to have a recreational spring hunting season allowing birds to be shot. Mr Packham, a presenter of TV documentaries on wildlife, said Maltese hunters were ignoring restrictions under the exemption, or "derogation" in EU jargon. He said they were killing many other birds which are supposed to be protected. He is in Malta with the conservation group Birdlife Malta to draw attention to the annual spring shoot, which has been criticised by environmentalists for years. "Yesterday I'm afraid to say I had a dead swift in my hand that had been illegally shot and also a dead little bittern," Mr Packham told Today. Sergei Golovkin, head of Malta's Wild Birds Regulation Unit, insisted that the authorities were controlling the hunters. He said enforcement of the restrictions had "improved dramatically in the last few years". Malta has "the highest ratio in Europe" of enforcement staff deployed against illegal hunting, he told Today. Thirty-three MEPs have jointly lobbied the European Commission to put pressure on Malta over the hunting exemption. A British Liberal Democrat MEP, Catherine Bearder, says the EU must "stop Malta from breaking EU rules, by systematically failing to apply the derogation correctly".

A leading British naturalist has accused the Maltese authorities of failing to prevent large-scale illegal shooting of migratory birds by hunters.

There is a 19km (12 mile), two-lane dual carriage motorway that links Ghana's capital Accra to the port city of Tema. This road also happens to be the one I need to take to get me out of Accra on the way to my village. When the motorway was opened in 1965 and for years afterwards, it was the pride and joy of the nation. Back in 2008, a survey showed that an average of 65,200 vehicles travelled on the road each day and I am certain this number has since doubled. Last month, a part of the road collapsed and it has been total chaos. It is fair to say that this did not come to anybody as a surprise - everybody saw it coming, there have been complaints on the radio, but there was no money to make proper repairs or undertake regular maintenance, or so we were told. Emergency works, which we are told will take 21 days to complete, are in progress. I am sure it will cost more than the money we did not have to do the regular repairs. There is a suspension bridge over the Volta River at Adomi which links the eastern part of Ghana to the rest of the country. I also need to use this bridge to get me to my village. The bridge was built in 1956 and when I was young I used to find it awe-inspiring. It has an arch that spans about 805 feet (245 metres) and rises to about 219 feet at its crown. Back in 2008, the bridge had to be closed for several hours every day over a six-month period for emergency repair works to be done. It was said at the time that no repairs had been done on the bridge since it was built. In 2011, there was an announcement that the bridge would be closed for a year for major repairs. Nothing happened. Last April, a similar announcement was made and the scheduled closure dates went by without any word. The bridge was closed last month and it will stay closed for two years for major repairs. I have no idea of the cost but I have no doubt we are paying emergency rates. And this attitude can be seen elsewhere, too. If you see a house being painted anywhere in Ghana, you can safely assume that someone has died and there is a funeral coming up in that house. If you are seen painting your house, people will stop by and ask if you have a funeral. Regular maintenance of structures is not one of our strong points. It is a subject much beloved of newspaper editors and government officials. There are regular editorials and speeches bemoaning this lack of a maintenance culture. We can never find any money to paint or do any regular maintenance but when someone dies we find the money. Indeed, part of the reason Ghanaians keep dead bodies in the morgue for so long before burying them is because we have to paint the house or sometimes build a brand new one to be able to give a befitting send-off to the dearly departed. We prefer the emergency rates. But maybe I should stop moaning about the funerals. After all, a death in every house means every house gets painted. There are many homes in villages around the country where the electricity has been disconnected because there is no money to pay the fees - once there is a death, the bill will be paid, complete with the reconnection fee and all other penalty charges. Once the bridge is about to collapse we shall find the money. We simply prefer the emergency rates.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister and member of the opposition, laments the lack of a maintenance culture in Ghana.

But in tourism-dependent Antigua, a deadly disease has wiped out almost half of the island's majestic coconut palms - leaving unsightly headless trunks littering the landscape. Lethal yellowing, the same condition that devastated the iconic trees in Florida and Jamaica, also strikes at the heart of this 280sq km (108sq mile) island's culture and economy. Here, coconut products are used in everything from food and drink to beauty treatments and traditional medicine. Around 45% of Antigua's thousands of coconut palms have been lost to date, estimates Barbara Japal, president of the island's Horticultural Society. Street vendor Julian Rose is one of those affected. He has been selling coconut water for $3.70 (£2.40) a bottle for four years, but says the last 12 months have seen supplies nosedive by half - as has his income. "I've kept my prices the same - people won't pay more," he says. The official advice states that palms showing signs of the contagious disease, characterised by premature shedding of fruit and yellowing fronds that eventually drop off, should immediately be cut down and burned to prevent the disease spreading. But the cash-strapped government's lack of resources has enabled it to run rampant, with the trees dying in droves since lethal yellowing was first identified in 2012. "It affects tourism because, as we say, the 'palm is the charm' and it really diminishes what the seascape looks like," Mrs Japal tells the BBC. "It's devastating to see them standing there looking like beheaded soldiers. It's shocking, it feels irreverent. "Coconuts are used in so many aspects of daily life here too; people cook with them, put the oil on their skin and hair. And while it may not be part of conventional medicine, it's part of our tradition to use the oil to heal the skin and cleanse the body." Lethal yellowing is spread by a plant-hopping insect that Mrs Japal believes was probably brought into the country with imported trees. A ban on importing palms has been in place since 2012. "We had so many plants brought in some years ago," Mrs Japal continues. "We have a plant protection unit but when you have a container with 3,000 trees, who's going to inspect every one?" She says underfunding had left staff's hands tied. "There's no proper disposal or systematic removal of affected palms unless private individuals take action." There is currently no cure for lethal yellowing, although trees can be treated with quarterly injections of the antibiotic oxytetracycline (OTC). "Local people are not using OTC; it's just too expensive," Mrs Japal adds. "The resorts are the only ones that can afford it." John Murphy, maintenance manager at the Carlisle Bay luxury resort, says bosses had decided to "be proactive rather than reactive" to protect the venue's hundred palms. The cost of treating each one with OTC every three to four months is around $450, he says. "It's not cheap and a side effect is that it's not recommended to consume the coconut milk or jelly for a year after a tree's been treated," Mr Murphy says. "Personally I don't believe the antibiotic is 100% successful unless it's administered every few months for the life of the tree - and they live to be 60 or 70 years old." He says bureaucracy has slowed the process of curbing the disease. The antibiotic must be imported with a special licence - but this is issued only after the presence of lethal yellowing has been officially confirmed. The $150 cost of the test is also prohibitive for many people in a country where the minimum wage is just $3 an hour. "It took almost a month to get the licence when we were promised we'd get it within a week," Mr Murphy says. Such is the disease's ferocity, an untreated palm usually dies within three to six months. Martin Dudley, an ecological activist, says farmers and nurseries should be encouraged to grow replacement palms to supply hotels and holiday villas. "The trees still standing where others have died, that show greater genetic strength, should be allowed to come to term - rather than harvesting the nuts for jelly - to provide seeds for new trees," he says. Kishma Primus-Ormond, a government plant protection officer, says authorities are inspecting as many suspected cases as they can while cutting down affected palms to halt the spread and clean up the island. "We don't have any funds," she adds. "There's not much more we can do." As Antigua's new tourist season swings into gear, many are hoping that this will be enough.

White sand beaches fringed by lofty palm trees - it is the image of a tropical paradise that has lured holidaymakers to the Caribbean for decades.

Education Workforce Council figures showed 13 of 34 staff were barred for such conduct from August 2013 to 2015. Two more were suspended, while three others were banned for other misconduct involving sexual content. The National Union of Teachers said it was not a common occurrence in schools. David Evans, secretary of National Union of Teachers Cymru, said: "We have to be mindful when reviewing these figures that this is a very small number of teachers across the whole profession over a period of a few years. This is by no means a common occurrence in our schools." He added the union often dealt with malicious and false allegations against teachers, which remained a concern, but said it was right allegations were investigated and any teachers found abusing their positions should face the full consequences. Donald Findlater, of child protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, said the changing online environment and social networking in recent years had introduced "massive challenges and risks". He said some staff got into trouble out of naivety, rather than malice, and schools must ensure adequate training is given so teachers know the boundaries. A spokeswoman for child abuse charity NSPCC Cymru said: "Schools need to be rigorous in their recruitment and checking processes and provide regular training about appropriate behaviour, making it absolutely clear that crossing the line will never be tolerated." During the same period, other teachers were disciplined after being convicted of driving, alcohol, drugs, harassment and fraud offences. Others were punished for assaulting pupils, helping children cheat during tests, failing to achieve required standards, not following health and safety procedures, and failing to investigate bullying.

Nearly 40% of teachers banned from the profession in Wales in the last two years have been struck off for having "inappropriate" relationships or conversations with pupils.

Leanne Wood spoke against a call by former Plaid MP Adam Price during the party's spring conference to consider the idea as a way of creating jobs. Ms Wood told BBC Wales income tax powers for Wales were many years away. She doubted many Plaid Cymru delegates would agree with Mr Price but added it was an "interesting debate". Speaking on Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement, Ms Wood said Mr Price had made the suggestion before. "We're not in a position to outline our tax policy at this stage. It's very unlikely that if Wales does get tax sharing powers that we will have these powers before 2021 according to the Silk process," she told the programme. "What we need to do in Wales is turn around the economy. "We've got to do everything that we can to create jobs. I'm not going to stifle debate on how we do that. "We have to have business support to create jobs. We can't do it in the public sector alone or creating jobs in charities. "We've got to have a strong business sector; stronger than we've already got." However, she added: "I don't agree with Adam's position on cutting the top rate of tax and I'm sure that many delegates in Plaid Cymru wouldn't agree with that either, but it's an interesting debate." On Friday, Ms Wood used her conference speech to urge voters to reject "damaging Europhobia" led by UKIP in May's European elections. She appealed to ex-Liberal and Green voters not to stay at home, and said only Plaid Cymru could "further the Welsh national interest at the heart of Europe". She argued voting for Plaid was the way to keep issues such as climate change, international cooperation and tax avoidance on the European agenda, and said the May election could be the last of its kind in the UK if "we do not make our voices heard". She called a vote for UKIP "a vote against Wales - a vote against the Welsh national interest". Nathan Gill, UKIP's Welsh lead candidate for the European elections said supporters and members were angered by Ms Wood's claim that voting for UKIP meant people were against Wales. He said recent polls showed UK were "outpolling Plaid Cymru for this May's Euro election. "For the party to descend to gutter politics and mud slinging is bigoted and outrageous." Former Plaid leader and former assembly presiding officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas later criticised Ms Wood for her attack on UKIP. He said: "It is facile and assumes a kind of superiority that we decide who is Welsh and who is not Welsh. "A party which gets votes from ordinary citizens in Wales has to be taken seriously. "It clearly represents a point of view in Wales."

Plaid Cymru is unlikely to make cutting the top rate of tax one of its policies if Wales ever receives income tax varying powers, its leader has said.

Racism in football has hit the headlines at Premiership level recently, but a BBC Wales investigation indicates it's also a feature of the amateur and grassroots game in Wales. Teams from black and ethnic minority communities have told Radio Wales' Eye on Wales programme of the comments, abuse and hostility they say they encounter at some matches, from players, spectators and even match officials. There have been a number of racial incidents at football matches in Wales over the past year, including last April when a linesman at a Welsh League game between Cwmbran Town FC and Grange Harlequins FC, from Cardiff, was disciplined by the Football Association of Wales for a comment made to a player. He was fined £750 and banned from the Cwmbran Town ground for five months. And last August, Pontypridd team Graig FC were disciplined by the South Wales Football Association for misconduct after supporters of the side were racially abusive towards visiting STM Sports FC, from Llanrumney, Cardiff. Mohamed Dualeh, secretary and manager of Tiger Bay FC, made up of predominantly Somali players from south Cardiff, told the programme of an incident in a game in which his team played. "The team that we were playing, one of our players was involved in a rough challenge. The referee decided that was worth a red card," he said. "The referee pulled his red card and issued to the wrong player. The team captain approached the referee and said 'ref, you are sending off the wrong player.' "He looked at the player and said 'you all look like the same.' "The wrong player walked off the pitch and served a three-match ban when he's not the one who was involved." Sunil Patel, campaigns manager for Show Racism the Red Card in Wales, who provide anti-racism education and awareness training, said the organisation would be launching a campaign later this year to encourage players to report incidents of racism, in the hope of obtaining a clearer picture of the extent of the problem. "We've had reports for about five years, since we were established," said Mr Patel. "Things that players and clubs tell us is about the racism that's coming from the fans, specifically in areas that are not that diverse, reports of referee bias maybe towards the other team, also players being racist towards other players on the pitch as well. "We are hearing this on a regular basis, really." A recent online survey by Staffordshire University, of 2,000 football fans and players, concluded that around 60% had witnessed or experienced racism in football since 2000. Professor Ellis Cashmore, who led the study, told the programme: "It's almost like a knee jerk response, that it's part of football culture that you give the black player a hard time through hissing and booing and racial abuse, and it's just gone either unnoticed or, my own suspicion, is that it's been deliberately ignored. "You would assume it would have disappeared completely but it hasn't, its still there, it's been there consistently, and in recent months we've seen it flare up in the most dramatic fashion." The regional football associations and Football Association of Wales are responsible for dealing with complaints and disciplinary issues. FAW spokesman Ian Gwyn Hughes told Eye on Wales the governing body took a "zero tolerance" approach to racism and supported the work of Show Racism the Red Card. Eye on Wales is broadcast at 13:04 GMT on Sunday 11 March on BBC Radio Wales.

It's the ugly side of the beautiful game.

Research by The Local Data Company (LDC) and the University of Stirling found the average retail vacancy rate dropped from 14.5% to 13.7%. East Kilbride has the highest rate of all Scottish towns, at 33%, while Inverurie has the lowest, at 1%. The study found that 40% of Scotland's empty shops have remained vacant for more than three years. It also suggested that town vacancy rates have improved at twice the rate of Scotland's cities. The most improved towns were Anstruther, Clydebank, Dumfries, Inverkeithing, Lochgelly, Peterhead and Pitlochry. Five towns have maintained vacancy rates at less than 6% for the last three years - Inverurie, Ellon, North Berwick, Dunbar and Biggar. At the other end of the scale, rates in five towns have remained above 22% over the last three years - Banff, Dumbarton, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride and Ardrossan. Dundee had the highest proportion of persistent vacancy, at 11%. Anstruther was found to have the highest proportion of independent shops (86%), while Gretna had the lowest (5%). Leisure is an increasingly significant presence in cities and towns, accounting for 39% of total stock in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Leisure businesses also account for more than 30% of shops in Renfrew, St Andrews, Lochgelly and Fort William. Aberdeen has the highest proportion of charity shops for a city, at 4.2%, while Penicuik in Midlothian has the greatest proportion of charity shops for a town, at 8.9%. Matthew Hopkinson, director at the Local Data Company, said: "The report identifies important trends as well as quashes common perceptions that deprived towns can't succeed. "Of particular significance is that in many Scottish towns almost 40% of the vacant units have been vacant for more than three years. "Such a stark figure implies obsolescence and a major barrier to healthy and sustainable places and communities." The study looked into the health of high streets in more than 100 cities and towns north of the border.

The number of empty shops on Scotland's high streets has fallen in the past year, according to a new report.

The 32-year-old was released by the Paisley club after making more than 330 appearances over two stints. "He's played at the highest level in Scotland and is top flight quality," manager Ian Murray told the club website. "A player of his calibre opting to join us is a very good sign." A League Cup winner with the Buddies in 2013, Van Zanten, who also had spells at Hibs, Morton and Hamilton, made 18 appearances last season. Van Zanten is the Championship club's second summer signing, following Scott Taggart's move from Morton.

Former St Mirren full-back David van Zanten has joined Dumbarton on a one-year deal, with the option of staying for a further 12 months.

Workers spend on average 75 minutes a day travelling to and from work in London, compared nationally with 52.8 minutes, the TUC said. Wales sees the fastest commutes, an average of 41.4 minutes travelling, down 4.6 minutes since 2006. The study compares pre-recession travel times of 2006 with those of 2012 and found the average commute was the equivalent of five weeks a year. The TUC analysed the figures from the Labour Force Survey to mark Commute Smart week. The study found that men working in the east of England saw the sharpest rise in travel times - up 3.8 minutes to 65.2 minutes. But in London even though men spend just above 77 minutes commuting, the figure has fallen by 1.8 minutes since 2006. The study attributed the drop to an increase in part-time work, especially among men. The trend was bucked by the capital's women workers who saw their travel times rise by three minutes to 72.8 minutes. The TUC's General Secretary Brendan Barber said: "With rising transport costs far outstripping pay rises, reducing the number of peak-time commutes would save both time and money for hard-pressed workers. "Recent trends suggest there is a link between long commute times and longer hours in the office, with the growing number of men in part-time work having shorter journeys to work. "This trend is concerning if it means part-time workers and those needing to balance work with caring responsibilities are being excluded from certain types of jobs." Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, urged employers to "revise tired working practices" and adopt "flexible approaches to people management".

Londoners face the longest average daily commute in the UK, a study found.

Giving evidence for the ex-Sunderland winger at Bradford Crown Court, Stacey Flounders said she did not see a future in their relationship. The 26-year-old is the mother of Mr Johnson's one-year-old daughter. Mr Johnson, 28, denies two counts of sexual activity with a child. In the witness box, Miss Flounders described how he had told her "everything" about kissing a 15-year-old girl when he returned from a police station after his arrest in March last year. Asked if he talked about other things, she said: "The other women that he cheated on me with." Miss Flounders was asked by Orlando Pownall QC, defending, how many there were and she said: "Quite a few." When questioned about about the future of her relationship with Mr Johnson, she replied: "We're just going to remain friends." She told the jury she had stayed with him after his arrest "because he was honest with me and I knew he was telling the truth". "We'd just had a daughter. I wanted us to be a family. My head was all over the place. I didn't know what was going on." Mr Pownall finished his questions by asking Miss Flounders if she saw any future in "the relationship that you had". She replied: "Do you mean now? Not at the minute, I don't. No." She was asked about messages she exchanged with Mr Johnson on the day of the incident with the girl, and she admitted she suspected him of being unfaithful but had no "hard and fast evidence". She said he first told her he was going to plead guilty around September last year. Miss Flounders said she had previously exchanged messages with the teenager involved after she recognised her as one of the fans who waited for Mr Johnson after home matches. She said she even wished the girl happy birthday in 2014. She added that after his arrest, Mr Johnson told her the girl was aged 16. Kate Blackwell, QC, prosecuting, went through some of the details of the teenager's account of the incident and asked Miss Flounders whether her partner had told her about each. Miss Blackwell asked her if he told her the pair had kissed with tongues and about various messages Mr Johnson had exchanged with the girl. Miss Flounders agreed that he had not told her, although she said he had mentioned he asked for a "thank you kiss". Earlier, Miss Flounders was asked a series of questions about her partner's pubic hair and was asked to examine a photograph. The teenager involved in the incident has told the jury Mr Johnson was shaved in that area. Miss Flounders said he would trim the area with scissors, but would not shave. Mr Johnson began his football career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then on to Sunderland in 2012. He has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. These relate to him kissing the girl in his Range Rover after exchanging messages with her on social media. But he denies two further charges of sexual activity with a child relating to the same incident.

The ex-girlfriend of former England footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury they split up after he admitted cheating on her with "quite a few" women.

Ward was on loan with the Terriers from Liverpool in the Championship and does not want to leave after his penalty shoot-out heroics helped take them up. The 23-year-old's saves helped them beat Sheffield in the semi-final and Reading in the play-off final. "On a selfish point, yes, I would like to stay at Huddersfield," said Ward. "I am only young for a goalkeeper and to have a chance of playing week-in week-out in the Premier League would be good experience for someone of my age." Ward accepts Liverpool will decide his future as they contemplate a season in which they return to the Champions League, but he would prefer regular games with Huddersfield to the likelihood of sitting on the Reds' bench. "It's in the hands of Liverpool because ultimately I'm their player," said Ward. "They've got to decide what's best. "Liverpool have my contract and their needs come first, especially with the Champions League." Ward and his Wales team-mates are preparing for Sunday's 2018 World Cup Pool D qualifier against Serbia, but he is expected to be on the bench with Crystal Palace's Wayne Hennessey preferred. He will go into the game having been congratulated for his efforts with Huddersfield by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. "After the final he said, 'Congratulations and keep it up'," said Ward said. "His relationship with the Huddersfield manager David Wagner has been well documented and that's been good for me. "I know they were in constant contact and hopefully he (Klopp) has heard only good things."

Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward wants to remain at promoted Huddersfield after helping them rise into the Premier League.

The Devon-based 31-year-old's last race was the World Championships in February where he finished in 16th place. Having been a sprinter, Swift entered the GB programme while at university in Bath in 2006 and won the British title in 2008, as well as silver at the World Junior Championships that year. He won his first senior race in January this year when he took gold at St Moritiz in the Europa Cup. "I have loved every minute of the last 10 years representing Great Britain," said Swift in a statement. Media playback is not supported on this device "However, I feel I have now achieved everything I am capable of in the sport. I'm disappointed not to have made an Olympic Games but I am so proud of everything I have achieved and will have absolutely no regrets moving forward. "There comes a time where real life sort of catches up with you, and I have to acknowledge that. I never came into the sport for money - I wanted to chase a dream, and I've lived that dream. "From winning a race and hearing the national anthem at the birthplace of our sport, to being a test pilot at the Sochi Track in the lead up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, there are far too many memories to mention, all of which put a huge smile on my face." GB Skeleton Performance Director Andi Schmid said: "Swifty has been a fantastic servant to GB Skeleton over the past 10 years. "He has had a hugely positive impact on his team-mates and coaches and the sport as a whole and we thank him for his significant contribution to the programme."

Great Britain skeleton racer David Swift has retired from the sport.

But with no private company yet to get a craft with passengers onboard into orbit, or even sub-orbit, how can you best endeavour to lead an industry that is still very much in an embryonic state? Final Frontier's cramped headquarters are testament to the very early stage of its business sector. It is based in a tiny studio in Brooklyn Navy Yard that can barely fit co-founders Ted Southern and Nikolay Moiseev, two assistants, and a few tables. Bits of fabric and plastic tubing litter almost every available surface. However, humble surroundings have not stopped the company from dreaming big about the future possibilities - and profits - of commercial space travel, which has already seen more than $1.4bn (£900m) of investment from companies including Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. And that figure is expected to more than double over the next 10 years as commercial space tourism is set to become a reality. Mr Moiseev, a former space suit designer for Zvezda, Russia's national space suit supplier, left his home country to strike out in the US. He has tried on and tested almost every space suit ever designed, and was responsible for designing the suits worn by cosmonauts on Mir, the former Russian space station, and the crew of the current International Space Station. But Mr Moiseev thinks that those designs are nothing compared with what lies ahead. "In the near future a lot of people - tourists - any age, with different health conditions, will fly in space," he says. "And the high operation pressure is a challenge for the space suit designer." This is the issue that Final Frontier says it is hoping to solve: how to design a space suit, not for an astronaut, but for a normal person who just happens to be headed to outer space. Mr Southern says: "Spaceflight is notoriously uncomfortable - tight, hot - and sometimes the spacesuits just make it worse. "When they're pressurised they're hard to move, you need special liquid cooling garments generally for space suits, and they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars," says Mr Southern. "So that's what we're trying to overcome here, we're going for a suit that's lightweight, inexpensive, safe and also more comfortable than traditionally military style spacesuits." But first there's the small matter of money. Mr Southern says: "A lot of rocket companies that are coming online now are hoping to fly 2014, 2015, 2016 - years out. "So it's been a challenge for that reason finding funding, finding partners, and finding customers." Although the pair first started dreaming and designing in 2007, after meeting at a Nasa-sponsored astronaut glove design competition (which they later placed at in 2009), they did not set up Final Frontier until 2010. At first, Mr Southern poured in his extra earnings from his day job as a costume designer for Broadway shows and circus firm Cirque de Soleil, into the business. "People always raise an eyebrow - 'Wow that's so different - props and costumes and spacesuits'," says Mr Southern with a smile. "In fact I see a full continuum there. Failure was not an option on Broadway either." Contracts with Nasa - to design radiation coating for fabrics and bits of space suits, including a pressurised elbow-and-shoulder assembly - provided Final Frontier with funding. As did an agreement with zero2infinity, a Spanish company interested in exploring suborbital trips. But in addition to traditional means, in June 2012 Final Frontier Design turned to crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Using the $27,632 they raised on the site, they were able to build the "3G" suit, which is the third version of their lightweight space suit. Meant to be worn inside the space capsule in case of a loss of pressure, it was unveiled this summer. Funding is not the only challenge: Final Frontier must also deal with competitors. There are the established space suit manufacturers, like David Clark and Boeing, who have a long history of providing suits for Nasa. Then, there are rival start-ups like Orbital Outfitters, which like Final Frontier features a founding team that includes space outsiders, such as a former Hollywood special effects artist. Finally, there are the in-house space suit design centres at a number of the commercial space tourism companies, such as SpaceX, which is led by Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal. Peter Homer, a private astronaut glove developer who started his own firm, Flagsuit (tagline: "Fits like a glove"), says there's more than enough room for everyone. "Right now, there's not a lot of competition because there's no market," says Mr Homer, who is also collaborating with Orbital Outfitters. Mr Homer won the Nasa glove competition in 2007 and 2009. "It's about trying to keep going and trying to keep moving the technology forward. I and others are kind of waiting for the customers to be ready for their space suits." So Mr Southern and Mr Moiseev continue to wait, and build. They've hired interns for the summer, who are busy testing various suit fabrics and gloves. For Mr Southern and Mr Moiseev, their unlikely partnership and even more implausible business quest, is not just about a business opportunity but also about the way they see the future. "I see it as inevitable that the human race will expand beyond the surface of the Earth, it's unfortunately finite limited surface area here," says Mr Southern. "I think it's pretty critical that we survive in these challenging environments."

Final Frontier Design wants to be the number one space suit designer for commercial space flights.

The Duchess of Cambridge's sister took civil court action against a "person or persons unknown" after her account was said to have been hacked. The Sun reported it was offered the images, which included shots of Prince George and Princess Charlotte. A 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Computer Misuse Act and later bailed. The allegations emerged after private pictures were said to have been offered to the newspaper via encrypted messaging service WhatsApp. The Sun said it had been approached by someone using a pseudonym and asking for £50,000 within 48 hours. Barrister Adam Wolanski, who led Miss Middleton's legal team, said she thought there had been a "genuine hack". He said it was a "flagrant" and "criminal" act which had caused Miss Middleton "considerable distress". Police said they were investigating the allegations and a 35-year-old man had been released on police bail pending further inquiries. He was arrested at an address in Northamptonshire late on Saturday. In the summer, Miss Middleton and hedge fund manager James Matthews confirmed their engagement, with a wedding planned for next year. Several high-profile figures have had images stolen from their iCloud accounts, including actress Jennifer Lawrence and singer Rihanna. In July, American Edward Majerczyk pleaded guilty to running a phishing campaign to steal private pictures and videos from film and TV stars, in what was known as the "celebgate" affair.

The High Court has banned publication of photographs allegedly stolen from Pippa Middleton's iCloud account.

Forward Fernando Forestieri (knee) is a doubt having only been able to play from the bench in the last two games. Derby County striker David Nugent (groin) could return after missing Monday's draw with Huddersfield. Midfielder Jacob Butterfield is hoping for a recall after coming off the bench to score a late leveller against the Terriers.

Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Kieran Lee (hip) could feature after three months out.

The German-based team, which won Le Mans 13 times between 2000 and 2014, finished third in 2015 and 2016, with both races won by Porsche. Formula E, the world's first electric racing series, only started in 2014. Audi chairman Rupert Stadler said: "We're going to contest the race for the future on electric power." Ten teams - including Renault, Audi and Jaguar - currently take part in the Formula E series, with two new entries to be allocated for 2018-19 subject to the approval of the International Automobile Federation (FIA). Formula 1 champions Mercedes are considering taking an option to join. "As our production cars are becoming increasingly electric, our motorsport cars, as Audi's technological spearheads, have to be even more so," Stadler added. Pierre Fillon, president of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which organises the Le Mans race, said: "It was with emotion that we all learned this morning about Audi's decision to withdraw from endurance racing. "Although prepared for this, we regret the departure of a major figure in endurance racing for a different adventure."

Audi will not race in next season's World Endurance Championship, which includes the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours race, to concentrate on Formula E.

Rees, who starred in BBC drama series Poldark in the 1970s, was 63. In a statement, her family said they were "deeply saddened" and the actress, who also enjoyed an extensive theatre career, would be "greatly missed". "Angharad passed away peacefully today with her family at her bedside in London, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer," her family said. Rees was married to the late Dynasty actor Christopher Cazenove for more than 20 years and they had two sons together, Linford and Rhys, 35. Linford, the elder of the two, died in a car crash on the M11 in Essex in 1999 aged 25. In 1994 the actress divorced Cazenove and went on to marry David McAlpine, of the construction family, in 2005, with whom she lived in London. Rees played Demelza in Poldark, a costume drama based on the novels written by Winston Graham and first broadcast in the UK between 1975 and 1977. She also had a role in cult classic Jack the Ripper film Hands Of The Ripper and on stage she appeared in A Winter's Tale, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet. In addition to her acting success, she also founded an eponymously titled jewellery design company based in Knightsbridge, with her pieces featured in the film Elizabeth, The Golden Age. Her family said she remained an active supporter of the arts and was an honorary fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, the city where she grew up as a young child. Her funeral will be private but there are plans for a service in celebration of her life which will be announced at a later date.

Welsh actress Angharad Rees has died after a long battle with cancer, her family has said.

The petition calls on the EU and its member states to stop the talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or TTIP. It also says they should not ratify a similar deal that has already been done between the EU and Canada. It says some aspects pose a threat to democracy and the rule of law. One of the concerns mentioned in the petition is the idea of tribunals that foreign investors would be able to use in some circumstances to sue governments. There is a great deal of controversy over exactly what this system, known as Investor State Dispute Settlement, would enable companies to do, but campaigners see it as an opportunity for international business to get compensation for government policy changes that adversely affect them. This kind of provision exists in many bilateral trade and investment agreements. Friends of the Earth have published new research on the impact they have had on EU countries. Information about these cases is not always made public, but the group says that going back to 1994, foreign investors have sought compensation of almost €30bn (£24bn) from 20 states. Where the results are known (a small minority of the total), the tribunals have awarded total compensation of €3.5bn (about £2.8bn). In Britain, the possible implications of this provision for the National Health Service have been especially controversial. Campaigners believe that the investor tribunals would make it harder to reverse any decisions to contract services out to international healthcare firms. John Hilary of War on Want said: TTIP "will make it impossible for any future government to repeal the Health & Social Care Act and bring the NHS back into public hands". The petition lists a number of other areas where its signatories believes European standards would suffer if the TTIP negotiations are completed and the Canada deal is ratified: employment, social, environmental, privacy and consumer protection. The European Commission says the EU will not have to sacrifice its high standards. It also says investor protection provisions are important for investment flows and have in general worked well. But it accepts there is a need for improvement and is trying to achieve that in its bilateral negotiations. The petition has been organised as an exercise called a European Citizens' Initiative which can lead to a public hearing in the European Parliament and require the European Commission to give a formal response explaining why it is accepting or rejecting what the petitioners call for. The European Commission has already said that the petition doesn't qualify as such an Initiative. Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to this decision.

A campaign group website says over a million people in the European Union have signed a petition against trade negotiations with the United States.

Mr Schmidt told the BBC that the company did what was "legally required" to pay the right amount of taxes. Google paid £10m in UK corporate taxes between 2006 and 2011. Mr Schmidt said it was up to the government to change its tax system if it wanted companies to pay more taxes. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week, he said: "What we are doing is legal. I'm rather perplexed by this debate, which has been going in the UK for some time, because I view taxes as not optional. "I view that you should pay the taxes that are legally required. It's not a debate. You pay the taxes. "If the British system changes the tax laws, then we will comply. If the taxes go up, we will pay more, if they go down, we will pay less. That is a political decision for the democracy that is the United Kingdom." Meanwhile, the head of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, has suggested a new committee should be established to oversee the tax arrangements of major firms. She told the Independent newspaper that such a committee could hear evidence from companies in secret, meaning that companies would not be able to hide their tax affairs behind confidentiality rules. Google, most of whose UK sales are routed through Ireland, is one of the multinationals strongly criticised for organising their tax affairs in ways that minimise the amounts they pay in the UK. Last week, European Union leaders agreed to tackle tax avoidance through an "automatic information exchange between tax authorities" to monitor the situation. The Google chairman has previously argued that corporate taxes should be levied in the country where it conducts economic activity and takes risks, rather than where products are consumed. He has also called for a debate on international tax reform. "Politicians - not companies - [should] set the rules...When legislators are doing the lobbying and companies are articulating the law as it stands, it's a confusing spectacle for everyone," he recently wrote in the Observer. "Our hope is to move the debate forward, with everyone engaged constructively in developing a clearer, simpler system - one in which companies that abide by the law know that the politicians who devised the rules are willing to defend and commend them."

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has said he is "perplexed" by the ongoing debate over the company's tax contributions in the UK.

Forbes said Vergara's role as Gloria in Modern Family and some lucrative product endorsements helped her earn $43m (£32.6m) in the last 12 months. It marks the fifth year the Colombian-American actress has topped the chart. Forbes also said she earned more than any of her male counterparts in the past year. The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco was the second-highest paid actress, earning $24.5m (£18.6m). Cuoco tied with Vergara at the top of last year's Forbes list, when both actresses earned $28.5m (£21.6m). The Mindy Project's Mindy Kaling is the biggest climber in this year's chart. Her earnings of $15m (£11.4m) helped her to rise from eighth place in 2015 to third this year. Mariska Hargitay, who appears in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo rounded off the top five. Source: Forbes This year's highest new entry on the Forbes list was Priyanka Chopra, who appears in ABC drama Quantico. She was the eighth highest earner with $11m (£8.4m). Chopra, who is well known in India, is set to become more familiar to western audiences next year when she stars in Baywatch alongside Dwayne Johnson - the world's highest paid actor. Scandal star Kerry Washington, Stana Katic from Castle, The Good Wife's Julianna Margulies and Vergara's Modern Family co-star Julie Bowen also featured in this year's top 10. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has retained her title as the highest paid actress on US television, according to the latest Forbes magazine rich list.

The 21-year-old prop, who joined the club this summer under their Player Development Foundation scheme made his debut in the weekend win over Ospreys. "He had a nasty injury early on and he came back and we weren't happy with his fitness and form," Paver said. "He went to Redruth and I had a few doubts, we had a frank conversation and he's taken the bull by the horns." The former Launceston player spent the 2014-15 season with Plymouth Albion in the Championship, but did not start a league game during the Devon club's relegation season. But Paver says Chapman's performance in the British and Irish Cup win on Saturday has raised some eyebrows at the Mennaye. "I left him out there for 80 minutes, started him at loose-head, pushed him to tight-head, not many can do that but he can do that, and he put his hand up and he's really impressed me," he added. "The guys will give him a big slap on the back because he's valued within our squad and he's got an opportunity next week to back it up and that will be great for this young man. "The Championship is not an easy place to play your rugby and the British and Irish Cup is a good place to start from. If he can impress next week who knows."

Cornish Pirates coach Alan Paver says he has been impressed with Luke Chapman's commitment after injury.

The Schalke midfielder swept home a Benjamin Henrichs pass from 20 yards and then slotted home from Timo Werner's through ball. Werner then tapped home Jonas Hector's pass to increase Germany's lead. Marco Fabian scored a brilliant 35-yard strike for Mexico, before Amin Younes added a fourth for Germany. Mexico had plenty of chances to come back into the game at 2-0 down but squandered them. Fabian's stunner came too late to threaten a comeback, although there was a chaotic ending with several chances at both ends. While Germany go on to Sunday's final in St Petersburg, Mexico face Portugal in a third-fourth play-off earlier that day. Germany boss Joachim Low left most of his regular star players at home, including Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller. And the fact their weakened squad includes first-team players from Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris St-Germain, Arsenal and Liverpool speaks a lot about the strength in depth of German football. Germany have two young teams in international finals this weekend. Five of the starting 11 in the Confederations Cup semi-final would have been eligible for Saturday's European Under-21 Championship final against Spain - including Goretzka and Werner, who are now joint top scorers in the tournament with three apiece. Despite their opponents having chances, Germany looked comfortable, with Goretzka impressive before he was replaced midway through the second half and Werner staking a claim to be Germany's first-choice striker for next summer's World Cup. The RB Leipzig frontman could have scored more, but was thwarted when he attempted to poke one effort through Guillermo Ochoa's legs, and put another shot wide. Ajax's Younes scored their late fourth, turning home a pass from fellow substitute Emre Can. With better finishing, Mexico could have revitalised a game that felt over within eight minutes. They had more than twice as many shots as Germany - 26-12 - and had more efforts on target too, eight to seven. Fabian's effort from a short free-kick was the best goal of the game. At 2-0, Giovani dos Santos forced a save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Javier Hernandez shot over from six yards, while Hector Herrera and Raul Jimenez also tested the Barcelona keeper. Jimenez went even closer when he hit the crossbar with a header in the 75th minute, although at 3-0 that would only have been a consolation. After Younes made it 4-1 in injury time, Mexico still had time for more attempts with Hernandez clipping the post and Jimenez heading wide. Mexico start their Gold Cup defence a week after their third-fourth play-off against Portugal. However, only three members of the Confederations Cup squad are playing in the tournament for teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio: "We deserved a better result. They were very efficient and we gave them too much room, but we should have scored at least one or two more goals. "We had enough chances to do so. Even after conceding early on we had the mental strength to fight back." Germany boss Joachim Low: "It was an intense game. That the team managed to do what we'd discussed during our preparations for the match was both important and impressive. "Mexico try to impose their game on their opponents but we showed that we wanted to win and dominate. We did that superbly, especially in the first 15 or 20 minutes. "Our young players deserve credit for that. We got what we wanted, but you can't count on that happening before the game. It was a wonderful performance." Match ends, Germany 4, Mexico 1. Second Half ends, Germany 4, Mexico 1. Attempt saved. Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Layún with a cross. Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antonio Rüdiger. Attempt blocked. Chicharito (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hirving Lozano. Goal! Germany 4, Mexico 1. Amin Younes (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emre Can. Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Germany) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich. Goal! Germany 3, Mexico 1. Marco Fabián (Mexico) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera following a set piece situation. Rafael Márquez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Emre Can (Germany). Hand ball by Amin Younes (Germany). Attempt missed. Rafael Márquez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Miguel Layún with a cross following a corner. Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Matthias Ginter. Foul by Miguel Layún (Mexico). Emre Can (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera. Offside, Mexico. Rafael Márquez tries a through ball, but Héctor Moreno is caught offside. Attempt saved. Rafael Márquez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Layún with a cross. Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Amin Younes. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Marco Fabián (Mexico) because of an injury. Delay in match Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) because of an injury. Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antonio Rüdiger. Substitution, Germany. Amin Younes replaces Julian Draxler. Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Substitution, Germany. Julian Brandt replaces Lars Stindl. Foul by Raúl Jiménez (Mexico). Matthias Ginter (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Hirving Lozano. Attempt saved. Julian Draxler (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hector. Corner, Germany. Conceded by Héctor Moreno. Emre Can (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Rafael Márquez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Emre Can (Germany). Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oswaldo Alanís. Attempt blocked. Néstor Araújo (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oswaldo Alanís. Attempt blocked. Oswaldo Alanís (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Fabián with a cross. Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Marc-André ter Stegen. Attempt saved. Miguel Layún (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera. Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Leon Goretzka scored twice in the opening eight minutes as Germany beat Mexico 4-1 in Sochi to join Chile in the Confederations Cup final.

Almost completely cut off for centuries, it has tried to let in some aspects of the outside world while fiercely guarding its ancient traditions. The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" and it only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970s. The Wangchuck hereditary monarchy has wielded power since 1907. But Bhutan became a two-party parliamentary democracy after elections in March 2008. Population 750,000 Area 38,364 sq km (14,812 sq miles) Major language Dzongkha Major religions Buddhism (official), Hinduism Life expectancy 66 years (men), 70 years (women) Currency ngultrum Head of state: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck succeeded his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in December 2006 after the former monarch announced his abdication. His predecessor had already given up some of his absolute powers in 1998 and ruled in conjunction with the government, an assembly and a royal advisory council. Prime Minister: Tshering Tobgay Tshering Tobgay was elected Bhutan's second prime minister in July 2013, succeeding Jigme Yozer Thinley. He is president of the People's Democratic Party. He was leader of the opposition in the National Assembly from March 2008 to April 2013. He has projected himself as a reformer, rejecting official limousine and prime ministerial accommodation. Television did not come to Bhutan until 1999. For years, the country cut itself off, fearing that outside influences would undermine its monarchy and culture. Radio broadcasting began in 1973 and the internet arrived in 1999. Some key dates in the history of Bhutan: 1720 - Chinese imperial army invades and temporarily establishes control over Bhutan. 1772-73 - British intervention. 1864-65 - Further intervention by Britain. 1907 - Ugyen Wangchuck is chosen as hereditary ruler. 1910 - Treaty giving Britain control over foreign relations. 1949 - Treaty signed with newly-independent India guaranteeing non-interference in Bhutan's internal affairs, but allowing Delhi influence over foreign relations. 1958 - Slavery abolished. 1974 - First foreign tourists allowed in. 1990 - Thousands of Hindus flee to Nepal following clashes. 1998 - King cedes some powers to national assembly.

Bhutan is a tiny and remote kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between its powerful neighbours, India and China.

The table, published in a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, showed that US invested more than $48bn (£30bn) in the sector, up from $34bn in 2010. China slipped to second place, the authors reported, with investment only increasing by $0.5bn to $45.5bn. Globally, overall financial backing in clean energy technologies hit a record $263bn, up 6.5% from 2010 levels. The report, Who is Winning the Clean Energy Race , showed that G20 nations accounted for 95% of the investment in the sector (which does not include nuclear power). The data, compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, ranked the UK as seventh in the world, with $9.4bn of investment in 2011. Over the course of the year, an additional 83.5 gigawatts (GW) was added to the world's clean energy generation capacity, including almost 30GW of solar and 43GW of wind. "The sector continues to expand and is outpacing growth in the overall (global) economy. The sector reached its trillionth dollar of investment last year," observed Phyllis Cuttino, director of Pew's Clean Energy Program. "We now have 565GW of installed (generation) capacity around the world. That outstrips nuclear installed capacity by 47%. "So I think the facts fly in the face of those individuals who say this is a niche industry. This a growing and maturing sector." (December 2011; source: Pew/Bloomberg) She said market data showed that the US benefited in the short-term from attracting finances, however it was unlikely to be sustained. "Investors rushed in to take advantage of expiring policies, such as tax incentives, loan guarantees, which expired at the end of 2011," Ms Cuttino told BBC News. "So when we look at the very rapid rate of growth in investment here in the US, it is hard to see how that could be maintained without the policy mechanism that spurred that growth." She suggested that there were signs that pointed towards a "drop off" in future clean energy investment as a result of "policy uncertainty". China in previous years, on the other hand, had enjoyed rapid year-on-year growth, but it only recorded a $0.5bn increase during 2011. Ms Cuttino said this was probably a result of the sector within the country maturing. "The thing that is noticeable about China is that they are world leaders in terms of attracting asset finance, which is a measure of job creation and deploying renewables. "This means they are really reaping the rewards of attracting a certain class of investment. "They have a policy that not only attracts investment and deploys renewables, but actually manufacturers and exports as well. Ms Cuttino said that all eyes would be on the Chinese during the coming 12 months because it had increase it target for solar generating capacity from 20GW by 2020 to 50GW by 2020. "So it is going to be a good location for investment, as solar incentives decline in the US and Europe," she added.

The US has regained top spot from China as the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to global rankings.

The step may make some important new medicines more affordable in the developing world, by leaving the way clear for generic companies to make cheap copies of GSK's drugs. GSK said it would adopt a graduated approach linked to a country's wealth. It said it would still seek full patent protection in richer nations. The company says the changes it is making should help people who currently cannot afford life saving medicine. In the world's poorest countries, it will allow other companies to make generics or cheaper copies of its medicine. In what it calls lower middle income countries it will continue to file patents but will grant licences to generic manufacturers in exchange for a royalty. Pharmaceutical firms are often criticised for not making their medicines affordable to people in developing countries, but the firms have argued that patenting their products is the only way to ensure research for new treatments can be funded. One exception is HIV/AIDS, where the price of drugs for people in many poor nations who are living with the condition have been drastically reduced. Sufferers of other serious illnesses though, for example, cancer, often cannot afford the drugs to treat them. GSK says changes to the way it patents drugs will make its next generation of cancer drugs more affordable. Recent figures showed GSK's sales rose 2% to £6.29bn in the quarter. However, the company fell to a pre-tax loss of £416m compared with a profit of £531m for the same period in 2014. New treatments for HIV, respiratory conditions and meningitis vaccines had sales of £682m in the quarter.

UK drugs manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline has said it will not file patents for its products in the world's poorest nations.

Cpl Kylo Gorman's medals for service in Afghanistan and at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee were taken from his car in Bolton-le-Sands on 4 or 5 January. He said he "wasn't that bothered at first", but the reaction online "got me thinking 'it is a really big deal'". Lancashire Police said they were investigating the theft. The Port Talbot-born 28-year-old, who has served five tours of Afghanistan, said he had left the medals in the car after removing them from a uniform he was having altered. "I didn't think twice about them. I'm based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire during the week and when I came home and the car had been broken into, I realised my medals had gone," he said. "I want my children to be able to look at their dad's medals and be proud of what I did," he added. Cpl Gorman, who has also served in the Falklands, Africa and Cyprus, has been in the RAF for 10 years and is due to leave the armed forces in April.

A RAF airman has made an appeal for the return of two stolen medals after hundreds shared his post about the theft on social media.

Markets run by federal and state governments opened for the millions of Americans seeking insurance plans. As many as seven million Americans who do not already have health insurance are eligible to purchase coverage in the coming months. Republican opposition to the law led to the government shutdown on Tuesday. At the White House on Tuesday, Mr Obama said the opportunity would be "life changing" for the "15% of Americans who don't have health insurance". "Tens of thousands of Americans die each year just because they don't have health insurance," Mr Obama said, with Americans set to sign up for plans standing behind him. "Millions more live with the fear that they'll go broke if they get sick. And today, we begin to free millions of our fellow Americans from that fear." While Mr Obama and his supporters in the Democratic Party portray the law as a historic effort to extend healthcare coverage to the millions of Americans who lack it, the law's opponents say it amounts to an unprecedented intrusion into Americans' private lives. The online health insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, struggled to meet higher than expected demand on Tuesday, with many users reporting long waiting times. Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters told the Associated Press news agency the agency was "prepared to make adjustments as needed [to] improve the consumer experience". Users also reported errors while trying to create accounts and site crashes on the websites. "The first day of something that you know is going to have a lot of bugs, it's not that frustrating," Mike Weaver, a self-employed photographer without insurance told the Associated Press. "If it was the last day to sign up... then I'd be terribly frustrated." Mr Obama acknowledged the glitches and delays. "We found out that there have been times this morning where the site has been running more slowly than it normally will," Mr Obama said. "The reason is because more than one million people visited healthcare.gov before 7:00 in the morning." The exchanges will continue to enrol people through the end of the year for healthcare plans slated to begin next year. The opening of the exchanges was the culmination of more than three years of political combat in Washington over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by Mr Obama in 2010 and known to both sides as Obamacare. Republicans in Washington and in state capitals across the country have fought hard to undermine or undo the law since its passage, with the US House of Representatives taking dozens of symbolic votes to repeal it or eliminate its funding. A legal challenge led by the law's Republican opponents ended in June 2012 when the Supreme Court validated the law's keystone provision - a requirement that Americans not receiving health coverage from their employers or the government purchase individual plans or pay a fine. That requirement, known as the individual mandate, takes effect in January. The healthcare law was also a central issue in the 2012 presidential election. Republican candidate Mitt Romney vowed to press for its repeal. Mr Obama handily won re-election. On Tuesday, the US government shut non-essential services, keeping more than 700,000 workers at home, when the Democrats who control the Senate refused to agree to Republican demands to repeal the health law or delay the individual mandate. Both Mr Obama and congressional Democrats have said they will not negotiate on Obamacare, with Mr Obama on Monday evening accusing the Republicans of attempting to refight the last election. In spite of the political turmoil in Washington, on Tuesday Americans were able to enrol in insurance plans offered by private companies and ranging in price and level of coverage through exchanges in every state. Sixteen states and Washington DC have opted to operate their own exchanges, while the exchanges in 34 states will be fully or partially run by the federal government. Exchanges will also inform customers of tax subsidies available to ease the cost of the insurance. An estimated six million US citizens are expected to qualify. Customers enrolling under Obamacare will not be covered by the insurance until 1 January however. That corresponds with the start of the individual mandate, as well as consumer protections including a rule barring insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions. Several Obamacare provisions had taken effect prior to Tuesday, including prescription drug discounts for pensioners, a rule allowing children to remain on their parents' insurance plans up to age 26, a rule barring insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing health conditions, and a ban on lifetime limits on health coverage. Another major provision known as the employer mandate - which requires employers with at least 50 full-time workers to provide insurance or incur a $2,000 (£1,320) per employee penalty - has been delayed until 2015. That delay, announced by the Obama administration in July, has been seen as a concession to retailers and other businesses - and an acknowledgement that the health law was not fully ready for implementation.

A central provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law has taken effect, having survived Republicans' years-long effort to undermine it.

The celebrated US fashion designer was found dead in her New York flat on Monday, in an apparent suicide. In a statement on his website, Sir Mick said he still failed "to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way". He added: "We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves." Sir Mick described his partner as having "had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. "I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her." The Rolling Stones have now have cancelled the first date of their Australian tour following the news. The British band, fronted by Sir Mick were due to play in Perth on Wednesday. Their promoter said no further information was available. They are scheduled to play five more concerts in Australia. The following date from Perth is due to take place on 22 March in Adelaide. The BBC's Phil Mercer said ticket holders for Wednesday's gig were being asked to hold on to their tickets until a further update is available. Scott, who was believed to be 49, was found by her assistant at 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Monday. The Stones are due to perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Macedon later this month before playing two dates in Brisbane and Auckland, New Zealand, in April. The On Fire tour is then scheduled to move to Europe in June, with concerts planned for the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Belgium. Sir Mick, 70, began dating Scott in 2001. On Monday night, a spokesman for the singer issued a statement to deny a report that he had recently ended his relationship with the designer. "The story in the New York Post re: a split between Mick Jagger and L'Wren Scott is 100% untrue," said his spokeswoman, Victoria Scarfone. "There is absolutely no basis in fact to this story. It is a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for Mick." The UK's Press Complaints Commission (PCC) told the BBC it had received a small number of complaints from the public over images published which apparently showed an upset Sir Mick at the time he was told Scott had died. It is understood the singer has not yet complained personally, but the PCC would deal with the matter in due course. Supermodel Naomi Campbell, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and singer Madonna were among those who were fans of the designer. Scott was found dead by her assistant 90 minutes after sending her a text message asking to come to her Manhattan apartment without specifying why, the Associated Press news agency reported. Police said there was no sign of foul play and no note was found. Naomi Campbell said Scott was "the epitome of elegance and femininity". Anna Wintour described Scott as "a total perfectionist... always unbelievably generous, gracious, kind and so much fun." She added: "Her old world American manners and charm were from another time, but her sensibility was always fiercely modern." Madonna wrote in a statement: "This is a horrible and tragic loss. I'm so upset. I loved L'Wren's work and she was always so generous with me." Actress Nicole Kidman, said to be a friend of many years, was "heartbroken and in shock right now and unable to say anything", according to a spokeswoman. Bianca Jagger, one of Sir Mick's former wives, tweeted: "Heartbroken to learn of the loss of the lovely and talented L'Wren Scott. My thoughts and prayers are with her family. May she rest in peace." According to its last UK filing Scott's firm, LS Fashion Limited, owed creditors about $7.6m (£4.6m), as of 31 December 2012. It had assets of $1.7m. Scott's death comes a month after she cancelled a show at London Fashion Week, saying production delays had left key pieces unready for the show. Scott, born Luann Bambrough, was raised by Mormon adoptive parents in the US state of Utah. The 6ft 3in (1.9m) tall former model began her career in Paris, then moved to Los Angeles to become a fashion stylist, according to a biography on her company's website. She founded her own high-end fashion label in 2006 and created a more affordable line of clothes with Banana Republic. Scott had dressed actresses such as Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Jessica Parker and Angelina Jolie for red carpet events. She was also a costume consultant for films such as Ocean's Thirteen and Eyes Wide Shut.

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is "struggling" to understand the death of his girlfriend L'Wren Scott.

He is the first American Secretary of State to visit the city. In a meeting with Somalia's president under tight security at the airport, he said: "Next time I come, we have to be able to just walk downtown". The US backs the Somali government in its fight against Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which still controls many rural parts of southern Somalia. African news as it happens: 5 May 2015 The meeting with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and civil leaders was held at Mogadishu airport, as Mr Kerry isn't leaving its heavily fortified perimeters. Mr Kerry said: "I visited Somalia today because your country is turning around". The more recent changes he pointed out were Somali forces pushing al-Shabab out of big towns and a "determined international effort" to put virtually all of Somalia's pirates out of business. BBC Somalia analyst Mary Harper says the US plays a crucial if controversial role in Somalia, supporting the weak central government in its fight against al-Shabab. Al-Shabab leaders have been killed in US drone strikes. Our correspondent points out that America is careful to take a less visible role than it did in the 1990s, when the bodies of US servicemen were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on an unannounced visit.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 8 May 2015 Last updated at 10:28 BST During the war, families would have to ration their food and had little communication in their homes. Luxuries like chocolate and fruit were very difficult to find and families had to grow their own food to survive. Watch Martin's report to find out more.

Martin went to the German Occupation Museum to see what life was like for a family living on Guernsey in World War II.

Some 1,500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have also gathered in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, poised for an offensive to drive IS out of Jarablus. Turkey has also shelled Syrian Kurdish forces nearby, apparently to deter them from taking Jarablus themselves. Gaziantep was hit by a suicide bombing on Saturday which killed 54 people. The BBC's Mark Lowen in Gaziantep says the attack on a wedding in the city, blamed on IS, may have been spurred by reports of the imminent Syrian rebel offensive. More victims of the blast are being identified and our correspondent says the wave of bombings in Turkey could intensify as the country becomes ever more embroiled in the Syrian war. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that IS should be "completely cleansed" from areas in northern Syria near its border. Turkish forces have been exchanging shellfire with IS positions in the Jarablus area since Monday. However, Turkey is also wary of moves that might bolster Syrian Kurdish forces, known as the YPG, which it views as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish-Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy since the 1980s. On Monday, Turkey shelled YPG positions near Manbij, a town they took from IS this month. The 1,500 fighters poised to enter Syria from Gaziantep are believed to be Turkish-backed Syrian rebels. A senior rebel official quoted by Reuters said they were fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army. The identity and motive of the suicide bomber who attacked the wedding party have yet to be revealed. Soon after the attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said IS was the likely perpetrator but Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday that investigators actually did "not have a clue". He downplayed earlier reports that the attacker was between 12 and 14 years old, saying this could not be confirmed. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said the wedding was for one of its members, and IS have targeted Turkish Kurds in the past. Many of the victims were children - the two youngest were four years old. Sixty-six people are still in hospital, 14 of them in a serious condition, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported. A disproportionately large number of women and children were killed in the attack because it targeted henna night, a part of the celebration attended mainly by women and children, says BBC Monitoring's Turkey analyst Pinar Sevinclidir. Syrian government forces are not directly involved in the battle for the border at Jarablus, having gradually lost ground in the north over more than five years of civil war. Turkey's long-time position has been that President Bashar al-Assad must be ousted as a condition for peace in Syria. However, Prime Minister Yildirim acknowledged this week that he was one of the "actors" and suggested he could play a role in an interim leadership.

Turkey has bombarded so-called Islamic State (IS) targets across the border in northern Syria ahead of an expected ground attack on an IS-held town.

The American band had been set to perform in Bellahouston Park on Tuesday. However, promoters PCL said the show had been cancelled because "adverse weather conditions" meant it was "no longer safe" for the bands to perform. In a statement on their website Green Day said they were "very distraught". They said the stage was deemed "unsafe for the fans and everyone involved". The band added: "We are very distraught about this as we are in Glasgow now and were very much looking forward to this show as one the highlights of our tour. "We have been playing in extreme weather conditions throughout this European tour, and the last thing we want to do is see a show cancelled. "We love our Scottish fans and we don't care if it's raining... sideways, although the safety of our fans and our crew is always our top priority. "We love you Scotland, we love the city of Glasgow and it goes without saying that we will be back." In a strongly worded post on Instagram, the band's bassist Mike Dirnt posted a video of himself next to a Saltire. He said: "We are devastated and it... sucks that the show today has been cancelled due to safety issues. "I know today's show would have been insane! I'm at a loss for words and so disappointed right now, but please know we will be back ASAP! Rage & Love." Disappointed fans have also voiced their anger at the last-minute announcement. Charlotte Durcan, from Lincolnshire, said she and her family had travelled nearly four hours to attend the concert. "We arrived safely, paid for parking, paid for our hotel, and at 13:45 received an e-mail to say that the concert has been cancelled," she said. "We could have saved our money," she added. "The hotel won't reimburse us as there is a 72-hour notice period. We will be staying there for one night only as we just came for the concert. We're not really sure how to pass the time now. "It's my first time in Glasgow and it has ruined my Glasgow experience." Many ticket holders took to social media to express their disappointment. One said she was "absolutely devastated" by the decision, after waiting seven years to see the band perform in Scotland. Others raised questions over the weather conditions, claiming that T in the Park and Glastonbury often go ahead in heavy rain. It also led to queries about how well prepared the organisers were for the sell-out concert. Glasgow City Council, which operates Bellahouston Park, said they did not tell the promoters to cancel the gig. They said the decision was taken by the promoters and the band's management, who informed the council of the move. The promoters announced the cancellation on Twitter shortly before 13:30. The gates were due to open at 14:00. They said fans would receive refunds. In a statement, they said: "Adverse weather conditions overnight and throughout the morning, during the bands scheduled load in, led to issues on stage. "A meeting between the on site health and safety, event management, the artists representatives and promoters concluded that it would be unsafe in the timescale to proceed with the event." Police Scotland said they had officers at the park advising fans that the gig was cancelled and ensuring that they got home safely. Green Day were due to be supported by Rancid, Slaves and Skids. Slaves hastily arranged a replacement gig, announcing on Twitter that the "good people of Glasgow still need a gig". It quickly sold out.

Promoters have blamed bad weather for the decision to cancel a concert by Green Day in Glasgow, only hours before it was due to begin.

The actor was charged with culpable homicide in Mumbai for the September 2002 incident. Mr Khan has always denied he was at the wheel. If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison. Mr Khan is one of Bollywood's biggest stars and has starred in more than 80 Hindi-language films. Several of his films, including Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aap Ke Hain Kaun, have been huge commercial hits. Late on the night of 28 September 2002, his Toyota Land Cruiser hit the American Express bakery in the Bandra area of Mumbai, authorities say. The vehicle ran over five people sleeping on the street, killing 38-year-old Noor Ullah Khan and seriously injuring three others. Another person received minor injuries. The prosecution has alleged that Mr Khan was driving the car and that he was drunk. In March the actor told the court he was not drunk and was not driving the car. But many witnesses have said that was not the case. A constable attached to Mr Khan's security said in a statement to the police that the "drunk" actor had lost control of the car. The policeman died in 2007 of tuberculosis. In April, Mr Khan's driver told the court that he had crashed the car after a tyre burst. At the scene, Simon Atkinson, BBC News, Mumbai It's not uncommon most days to find people camped outside the house of Salman Khan hoping for a glimpse of the star. But on Wednesday morning dozens of journalists and fans gathered as they waited for the actor to leave on the way to court. Even Mr Khan's father was ambushed as he went on a morning stroll along the seafront encircled by security guards - proof this is a case that has gripped Bollywood and wider India.

An Indian court is due to rule on whether Bollywood star Salman Khan is guilty of running over five men sleeping on a pavement, killing one.

Filming of the third and final series of the drama has begun, and will continue shooting in Dorset, Bristol and Somerset throughout the summer. Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson, Roy Hudd and former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh will also appear in the eight-part series. David Tennant and Olivia Colman will return as DI Alex Hardy and DS Ellie Miller. The show will see the detectives reuniting to investigate a serious sexual assault, ITV said. "Broadchurch's final chapter looks at the emotional cost to all of those involved and the irreparable damage to friendships and relationships," the network said in a press release. Writer Chris Chibnall said: "We have one last story to tell, featuring both familiar faces and new characters. I hope it's a compelling and emotional farewell to a world and show that means so much to me." Dorset-based organisations who specialise in dealing with victims of sexual assault and police advisers have been assisting Chibnall with scriptwriting. After Broadchurch ends, Chibnall will be moving to replace Steven Moffat as the head writer and executive producer for BBC One's Doctor Who. Broadchurch launched in April 2013 and reached a peak audience of 8.9 million viewers. It went on to win Bafta and RTS awards, and a second series was shown in January 2015.

Sir Lenny Henry is to join the cast of Broadchurch, ITV has announced.

It has been alleged that some details from the paper were shared in advance on a private social media group. The investigation concerns the CCEA A2 business studies paper which candidates sat on the afternoon of Monday 12 June. CCEA chief executive Justin Edwards confirmed they were "aware of an allegation of malpractice". The BBC understands that a small number of pupils from two Belfast grammar schools are involved. The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is the Northern Ireland exam setting and qualifications body. When asked by the BBC if an investigation into the paper was taking place, Mr Edwards said that the CCEA investigated all allegations of malpractice. "We are aware of an allegation of malpractice in relation to the A2 business studies examination held last Monday," he said. Sanctions for exam malpractice can include a loss of marks for an exam or disqualification.

Northern Ireland's exams body, CCEA, is investigating an alleged leak of some details from a business studies A-Level paper, the BBC understands.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 14 January 2015 Last updated at 18:28 GMT The carriage has spent four months at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum in Shildon. It took the World War Two prime minister's coffin from London to Oxfordshire in 1965. The restoration cost about £30,000. Look North's Ian Reeve reports.

A railway carriage that carried Sir Winston Churchill's coffin to his final resting place has been restored in County Durham.

On Tuesday, First Minister Peter Robinson urged the prime minister to suspend the Northern Ireland Assembly. The crisis was sparked by the murder of an ex-IRA man and the Ulster Unionists' subsequent exit from the executive. Arlene Foster said the DUP was prepared to take "our own action" if the government did not intervene. "We will be taking unilateral action next Monday," the finance minister said. "We will give them space the rest of this week to come forward with their own solution, but if nothing happens between now and next week we will be taking our own action." The assembly is due to return from its summer recess next Monday, and Mrs Foster said it would "certainly be very different" after a turbulent month in Northern Ireland politics. After meeting with Secretary of State Theresa Villiers on Wednesday, Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey said the party again made clear its opposition to any assembly suspension. "Martin McGuinness made it very clear to the secretary of state that any suggestion that the British government should suspend these institutions, Sinn Féin will be very, very hostile to that," he said. "Further to that we will not be in any way cooperating with the concept of self-suspension. "We believe that people out there want all the parties to ensure that these institutions succeed and more importantly that they deliver for the communities." Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said it was up to the Northern Ireland parties to sort out the crisis. "I believe we can sort it out if there's political will and we certainly have the will to sort this out, because we don't want to collapse anything, we want to fix everything," he said. In August, police said they believed Provisional IRA members were involved in the murder of Mr McGuigan Sr. Chief Constable George Hamilton said the paramilitary organisation still has structures in place at a senior level but added there was no evidence that hierarchy had sanctioned the killing. That was rejected by Sinn Féin - it said the IRA had left the stage after ordering an end to its armed campaign in 2005. But the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said Sinn Féin's denial that the IRA existed made it "impossible to do business with them" and has left the executive. Mrs Foster said her party would give the government time and would watch how "the matter will progress over the next few days". "We will see what happens - we're not going to pre-judge what happens from the government, but come Monday it will not be business as usual. "We will not engage in normal politics." Downing Street has said Prime Minister David Cameron recognises the gravity of the situation at Stormont and has asked Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers to hold "urgent" talks with the parties. Mrs Foster said she hoped discussions could begin immediately, and said she believed the talks would take the same format as last December's Stormont House Agreement negotiations. "There is no reason why talks can't take place next week or the following week. "There are two main issues - the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and dealing with paramilitary activities." But Alliance MLA Stephen Farry said the odds of any talks proving to be successful were slim. "If these talks do fail I'm afraid the assembly will be bust," he said. "The implications of failure are extremely high."

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will take action next week if the government does not provide a solution to the crisis at Stormont, it has said.

Urging voters to back Plaid in the May 2016 assembly election, the SNP leader praised Ms Wood for being modern, principled and passionate. Ms Sturgeon said the leadership qualities of Ms Wood were proved in the general election TV debates. She told Plaid's conference in Aberystwyth she knew Ms Wood would "stand firm" with the SNP against cuts. Ms Sturgeon described the television debates as "filled with men whose only difference wasn't their politics, but the shade of their suit". "Friends, in those debates Leanne Wood put forward a modern approach to politics - principled, passionate and prepared to lead Wales," she said. "I was proud of Leanne, I know you were proud of Leanne and I promise you I will always work with Leanne Wood in the best interests of our two countries." As her party aimed to win a third Scottish election in May, Ms Sturgeon said: "If the SNP can win in Scotland, there's no reason at all why Plaid Cymru can't also win in Wales. "Not at some distant point in the future, but now, next May, at this election." Plaid Cymru members in Aberystwyth enthusiastically applauded her endorsement of Ms Wood as a leader "of real star quality". Ms Sturgeon also thanked Plaid Cymru for backing the 2014 referendum campaign for Scottish independence. "I just hope that one day we will get to repay the favour," she said.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is "ready and able" to lead Wales.

Annie Woodland, 24, who lived in Essex, suffered brain damage in the incident at Gloucester Park Pool in Basildon. A teacher and a pool life guard both failed to realise she was in trouble. The family has successfully sued Essex County Council who said it did not comment on individual cases but had noted the High Court judgement. The tragedy happened in July 2000 when Ms Woodland was a pupil at Whitmore Primary School in Basildon. At an earlier hearing, judges ruled a victory against the county council would risk a "chilling effect" on the willingness of schools to take pupils on educational trips. A Supreme Court judgement in 2013 overturned this ruling and opened the way for a High Court hearing. Mr Justice Blake has now ruled lifeguard Debbie Maxwell and swimming teacher Paula Burlinson should have noticed Ms Woodland was drowning sooner than they did. He concluded Essex County Council was liable for their negligence although neither woman was employed directly by the council. Ms Burlinson's failure to notice Annie in distress "fell far below the standard of care reasonably to be expected of a teacher", he said. Ms Maxwell was also negligent as "she was not paying sufficient attention to users in the water". The amount of compensation to Ms Woodland, who now lives in Blackpool, will be assessed at a later date. A spokesman said: "Essex County Council notes the judgement of Mr Justice Blake following a trial on liability. "The authority cannot comment specifically on individual cases and it would be inappropriate to comment further therefore in respect of this claim."

A woman who nearly drowned during a school swimming lesson when she was 10 years old has won a compensation battle at the High Court.

The onus will now be on the Stormont to come up with new abortion legislation. "We welcome the court's decision today to grant a declaration of incompatibility. "The Commission will await to see how the department of justice and the executive will take this forward or if any appeals will be lodged." "We are relieved that Judge Horner acknowledged that to 'interpret' our pro-life laws to allow for the killing of little unborn children diagnosed with life-limiting conditions and unborn children conceived in rape or incest would be a 'step too far'. "We also welcome that he accepted that a so-called 'fatal foetal abnormality' is not a medical term or diagnosis. "Precious Life have been fighting this battle for 18 years and we will continue our efforts to ensure that the rights of unborn children continue to be upheld in law, policy and practice in Northern Ireland." "I have already asked the Eeecutive for agreement to bring forward draft legislation to exempt from the criminal law abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormality. "The judgement does not alter my position on this policy objective and I will continue to seek executive approval to progress this aim." "While I believe the original judgement of Judge Horner is seriously flawed and requires an appeal, I welcome the fact that today he rowed back from judge-made law on abortion and recognised that it is for the legislature to make the law. "Hence, the practical impact of the judge's ruling is that our law remains as was and, correctly, will remain so unless and until the legislature decides otherwise." TUV believes that the unborn child is entitled to this right and resist any attempt to change the current law." "We now need our politicians to step up and trust women to make their own decisions and not have decisions imposed on them due to having no choice. "Mature and sensible debate, which puts women at the centre of decision-making, is needed, rather than barbaric laws." "We welcome the fact that this declaration of incompatibility makes no immediate change to current abortion law in Northern Ireland. "However we are concerned about this judgement because the current law in Northern Ireland is clear and has a legitimate and proportionate aim - to protect women and unborn children. "We hope the Northern Ireland Assembly will actively pursue policies to provide women with world-leading personal pathways of pregnancy crisis care including perinatal hospice care. "We hope this judgement is appealed." "The Minister will take time to consider the judgement carefully." "This is a highly sensitive and very important issue. Until we have considered Justice Horner's judgement in full we will not be issuing further comment."

Politicians and other key figures have been reacting to the judgment on Wednesday that Northern Ireland's current abortion law is "incompatible" with human rights.

She's told Newsbeat that she's written a couple of songs for Gwen Stefani's new album but wouldn't reveal any more information. This will be Gwen's first solo album since 2006. The Voice USA coach has already dropped her single Baby Don't Lie but hasn't revealed any more about her new album. Online reports suggest that one of the tracks that Charli has written is called Start a War. "I've done some stuff for the Gwen Stefani record that's coming out. I'm really excited about that, because obviously she's incredible," she said. "And there are a couple of other things in the pipeline that I can't really talk about." There are rumours that she's also written songs for Rhianna. Charli co-wrote the track Fancy with Iggy Azalea, which has been Grammy nominated for record of the year and best pop duo/group performance. She has also been nominated for Brit and Rita Ora will feature on her next single, Doing It. The 22-year-old says she wants to be recognised as both a performance artist and a songwriter. "I don't see why I can't do both. You know, I write songs for people, I perform songs as well and I'm not trying to do one or the other. I'm just trying to like, take over the world, slowly but surely." The songs she's penned have clocked up enough royalties to be able to buy her a home. "It really is amazing. I never really thought that that would happen, but yes, it's incredible." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

She's made a name writing global hits for some of the biggest stars in music and now Charli XCX is hoping to add another credit to the list.

They looked at responses to annual surveys that the WHO had sent to 127 countries between 2012 and 2014 asking about capacity and usage of blood tests that check HIV status and health. They found worrying gaps in provision. They warn that United Nation targets for HIV could be missed as a result. The targets say that by 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV should know their HIV status, 90% of those diagnosed should receive antiretroviral therapy and 90% of these treated patients should have "durable viral suppression" (a measure of effective treatment). Laboratory testing is vital to meet and monitor these aims. But Vincent Habiyambere and his colleagues say in the journal PLoS Medicine that some low and middle-income countries, including African countries where the HIV burden is high, are not yet geared up for the challenge. The surveys were sent to: • all 47 countries in the WHO African Region • 33 countries in the WHO Region of the Americas • all 21 countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region • eight high-burden HIV countries in the WHO European Region • all 11 countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region • seven high-burden HIV countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region Over the three survey years, 55 (43%) countries responded to all three surveys, 35 (28%) to two surveys, 25 (20%) to one survey, and nine (7%) responded to none of the three surveys. Testing provision did improve over the years, but shortfalls remained in some parts of the world. Reasons for the gaps in provision included lack of reagents, equipment not being installed or maintained properly and inadequate or absent staff training. In some laboratories, machines were not serviced regularly. In others, machines broke down and were not covered by contracts to be serviced or fixed. Dr Habiyambere and his team say: "A national laboratory strategic plan to strengthen services must be developed, implemented, and monitored by governments and their national and international partners. "The focus of the international community, to ensure optimal use of laboratory technologies, should be on those countries where interventions for scaling up access to HIV diagnostic technologies are most needed." They acknowledge that they did not look at private sector testing and that some countries might rely more heavily on this than others. In an accompanying editorial, HIV experts Peter Kilmarx and Raiva Simbi say the findings show some programmes may have been "overly focused" on buying equipment without planning for how it would be used and maintained. In Zimbabwe, for example, only 5.6% of HIV patients on drug treatment in 2015 received regular blood checks to monitor their viral load - far fewer than the goal of 21%. This was largely down to problems with resource mobilisation and specimen transport as well as equipment procurement, they say. "Strong leadership, resources, planning, and management are needed to scale up laboratory services," they conclude.

A shortage of HIV testing could undermine global efforts to diagnose and treat people with the infection, warn experts from the World Health Organization.

Kuba Moczyk, 22, died in hospital after he was knocked out in an unlicensed fight at the Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 19 November. A memorial mass has been held at St Mary's Church in the town. Father Philip Shryane told the congregation Mr Moczyk' was a "good man" whose "life was boxing". More on this story and others from Norfolk He said Mr Moczyk was "a young man with a good heart, with so much to give and so much to look forward to... but always a gentle smile". His uncle, Marcin Smigaj gave a tribute, in Polish, on behalf of the family. Mr Moczyk was due to be cremated. Mr Moczyk, originally from Poland, worked at a chicken factory and lived in the town. His trainer Scott Osinski said earlier that Mr Moczyk was winning the fight when he took the fatal blow. His opponent is believed to be aged 17.

Friends and family of a boxer with a "gentle smile", who died after being knocked out in his first fight, have attended a memorial mass.

Stac Lee rises to 172m (564ft) above the North Atlantic and Stac an Armin to 196m (643ft). St Kildans harvested gannets and great auks from the cliffs of Stac an Armin. St Kilda's last 36 residents left the islands in the 1930s. At the weekend, Assynt Mountain Rescue Team members Bob Kerr, of Portskerra, and Tim Hamlet, of Achiltibuie, climbed to the summits of both sea stacks. The pair, who were among 12 climbers working together, managed to make their climbs during a spell of fine autumn weather. Mr Kerr said the dry conditions made negotiating droppings left by thousands of seabirds on Stac Lee a little easier. He said: "The ascent up and along the exposed ledges and the summit slope involved stepping on and moving up through abandoned gannet nests. "Thankfully there had been a period of relatively dry warm weather in the days before this trip and this resulted in the guano in the nesting areas being fairly dry and stable. "We would not enjoy ascending these slopes if the guano had been wet as it would have been excessively slippery." Once on the top of Stac an Armin, the two climbers were able to take in clear views of St Kilda and the Western Isles. Mr Kerr said: "The views across the entire St Kilda archipelago were awe inspiring as Boreary, Stac Lee, Stac Levenish, An Dun, Hirta and Soay could all be seen from the one spot. "The hills of Harris were also visible on the far horizon."

The remote archipelago of St Kilda is home to the UK's highest sea stacks.

The 24-year-old had signed to play for Somerset in the second half of the T20 Blast, but will not now do so, and will miss New Zealand's remaining one-day internationals in England. Anderson was hurt during the first Test defeat by England at Lord's last month. The all-rounder had been receiving treatment from the New Zealand medical staff in the UK. "Obviously this is a blow for both Somerset and Corey but injuries happen in sport," said Somerset director of cricket Matt Maynard. "We wish Corey a speedy recovery and I can assure all members and supporters that we are actively seeking a suitable replacement."

New Zealand's Corey Anderson is to fly home from their current tour of England for treatment on a back injury.

Media playback is not supported on this device Enjoy the key moments of their fantastic 1-0 victory as BBC radio listeners heard them in a celebratory montage for Sport Wales TV. You can watch Sport Wales every Friday on BBC Two Wales and on the iPlayer.

Wales edge closer to qualifying for the 2016 European Championships after Gareth Bale scored a late winner against Cyprus.

The "call for sites" forms part of the second stage of a comprehensive review of the island's planning strategy. The department has stressed that no guarantees will be given as to where development can take place, but it wants to assess the potential. Islanders have until 17:00 BST on 13 September to submit applications. The information will help form the Strategic Land Use Plan. Two main areas have already been deemed suitable for development in Guernsey. These are St Peter Port and St Sampson/Vale, which have already been extensively developed. There are 10 further areas which are under consideration as "local centres", where development will be encouraged in order to provide housing and employment opportunities. Only submissions relating to these areas will be considered. Details of successful and unsuccessful submissions will be published in the final review, meaning there will be no confidentiality other than in respect of contact details. Information about the consultation and the submission form required have been made available on the department's section of the States website.

Guernsey's Environment Department has invited islanders to identify the parcels of land that could be suitable for development.

After 25 years, the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen closed its doors in Eyemouth in 2012. Now the former granary building is being turned into an arts centre, run by a community interest company. Once the ground floor alterations are complete, it is hoped the venue - the brainchild of artist Paula Tod, and her husband Ian - will open in June. The first theatre performance - A Cinema in South Georgia - will tell the story of Eyemouth's whaling pioneers in the South Atlantic. The Hippodrome will also contain a cafe selling local whole foods and was last week granted an alcohol licence. All of the programme details should soon be available on a website and Facebook.

A former fishermen's mission in the Scottish Borders is being converted into an arts and performance centre.

Collymore, 46, expressed an interest in the role at a meeting with Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi on Tuesday. But after "time to reflect" on the meeting and feedback from fans, he has now "withdrawn from any involvement". He had said: "I'm not convinced change will happen quickly or thoroughly enough under Fawaz's ownership." But following his decision to withdraw his interest, he explained: "As for fans which questioned my motive, I want the club to be in safe hands, competitive and in the top division. "My current business, career and health are way more important to me than pushing against a tide of doubt, spite and rabble rousing, so I'll stick to the odd Q&A in Nottingham now and again to say hello to those who supported me back in the day." Collymore was involved in a protest against Al Hasawi on 21 January, which followed the collapse of a proposed takeover of the club by a US-based consortium led by John Jay Moores. "I believe Fawaz will stay in the short/medium term," Collymore wrote on his blog. "Unless JJM [Moores] meet the asking price of £50m or as Fawaz said "the Chinese offer silly money", it is my belief that he feels he has the resources, passion and plan to move the club forward." Forest are currently 19th in the Championship, just five points above the relegation zone. They sacked manager Philippe Montanier on 14 January, making the Frenchman the seventh to leave the City Ground since the Al Hasawi family took over in July 2012. Meanwhile, the Nottingham Forest Supporters' Trust have been given an assurance by the city council that the land on which the City Ground is built will never be sold. The stadium is owned by the club, but the land still belongs to the council. The Supporters' Trust have also applied to register the City Ground as an Asset of Community Value, meaning they would have first refusal to purchase the stadium if it were ever to be sold, with six months to raise the required funds. "This is a key safeguarding measure for the future of our football club," a spokesperson said. "With our membership now live and having already seen hundreds of members join up, we have a huge wealth of skills to call upon to continue to push further initiatives forward."

Former Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore says he is no longer interested in a role as sporting director at the Championship club.

Police say they are investigating allegations of a secret price-fixing arrangement by companies who organise the trips for students. Investigators have raided the homes of executives and frozen bank accounts. At least six travel agencies are accused of violating competition rules. They are suspected of colluding on prices before responding to an education ministry tender to take students to Holocaust memorials. When the Israeli education ministry approached a number of different companies, it received identical quotes. Reports say the alleged collusion was aimed at artificially inflating prices. Drone video shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp Why did ordinary people commit atrocities in the Holocaust? The Holocaust year by year Thousands of Israeli high school students travel to memorials at World War Two death camps every year. A trip can cost several thousand shekels per student (1,000 shekels is worth £177), according to reports in Israeli media. The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Jerusalem, says that for many Israeli high school students a visit to the site of the Nazi death camps in southern Poland is a rite of passage, which gives them a direct sense of connection to the Holocaust - the defining tragedy of modern Jewish history. If the allegations are proved to be true, our correspondent adds, there will be shock in Israel that a form of tourism that is viewed with great solemnity may have been the subject of illegal business practices. Some six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, mainly in death camps in occupied Poland. More than a million people, mostly Jews, were killed in Auschwitz alone.

Nine executives at Israeli travel agencies have been arrested on suspicion of fixing the price of high school students' trips to former Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz.

They include developments in Edinburgh, Haddington, Strathaven, Glasgow, Linwood, Aberdeen and Newmachar. Last year, Barratt built 1,390 new homes in Scotland, nearly half of which were constructed on brownfield land. The company said its building programme reflected "a continued recovery in Scotland's economy" and the health of the new-build housing market. Barratt said the new sites would "underpin" more than 300 extra local jobs. Douglas McLeod, regional director for Barratt Developments in Scotland, said: "We have seen demand for new homes across Scotland remain high and our new sites will provide more choice for buyers looking to purchase in some of Scotland's most sought-after residential locations. "It's also good news for the Scottish economy not just in terms of supporting local construction jobs, but also through the generation of local revenue from new residents spending in local shops and on local services. "We know the positive social and economic impacts that our developments can make and we'll be working closely with all the communities in which we're building, to make sure we maximise those impacts as we progress."

House builder Barratt has announced plans to create 1,420 homes at 14 new sites across Scotland this year.

Rolo, a chocolate Labrador, was saved after two coastguard rescue teams and an RNLI lifeboat were called in, near Brixham. She was hauled up in a "dog rescue bag" on a line and reunited, uninjured, with her "very happy owners," the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. The agency has urged owners to keeps their dogs on leads when they are walking near cliffs. More on Rolo, the rescued Labrador, and other Devon news

A dog was rescued after falling "up to 60ft (18m)" down a cliff in Devon.

Mr Drumm, who resigned in December 2008 as the bank was collapsing, was brought before Dublin District Court on Monday to be charged with 33 offences. They include false accounting linked to transactions worth 7bn euros (£5.4bn). He was arrested in the early hours of Monday after arriving at Dublin Airport on an overnight flight from Boston. Gardaí (Irish police) accompanied the former chief executive on the transatlantic flight and shortly after landing he was brought to a Dublin police station, and then escorted to the court. The hearing was told that Mr Drumm made no reply when police officers put the charges to him at the station. Sixteen of the charges relate to the alleged provision of unlawful financial assistance to 16 wealthy investors, in a bid to prop up Anglo's share price before the collapse. Mr Drumm moved to the US in 2009, the same year Anglo Irish Bank had to be bailed out by Irish taxpayers. Police objected to his bail application, claiming the accused is a potential flight risk. A sergeant told the court police believed Mr Drumm had the capacity to flee the jurisdiction and seemed to have access to large sums of money when required, despite owing millions in debts. A prosecution lawyer told the court the accused had fought tooth and nail against his extradition from Boston and had been leading the authorities a "merry dance" during the process. However, Mr Drumm's solicitor said his client had offered to surrender his passport, be tagged and sign on twice daily at his local police station. The defence lawyer added that the accused had offered to provide a "relatively large" amount of cash and had several family members who were willing to "put their houses on the line" so he could be granted bail. The judge granted bail on Mr Drumm's own bond of 50,000 euros (£39,000) and two independent sureties of 50,000 euros. Mr Drumm ran Anglo Irish Bank from 2005 to 2008 and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in the US. However, the bankruptcy bid failed and a Boston court ruled that he could be held liable for debts of 10.5m euros (£8.34m). It was alleged during the bankruptcy case that the 48-year-old former bank boss secretly transferred money and assets to his wife, so they could not be seized during bankruptcy proceedings. Authorities in the Republic of Ireland issued an extradition request last year and he was arrested at his American home in October. At a hearing in Boston last month, Mr Drumm agreed to return to the Republic of Ireland as soon as possible. Bailing out the bank cost Irish taxpayers about 30bn euros (£22bn: $34bn), close to one-fifth of annual output. Its downfall played a large role in the collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 and the ensuing bailout from its eurozone partners two years later.

David Drumm, former boss of the Anglo Irish Bank, has been granted bail by an Irish court after he was extradited from the US to face fraud charges.

University of Brighton student Janet Muller, 21, from Eastbourne, was found by fire crews in a Volkswagen Jetta in Ifield, West Sussex, on Friday. Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, 26. from Lakeside, Beckenham in south London, is due to appear at Guildford Magistrates' Court on Thursday. The cause of Miss Muller's death was smoke inhalation. The student, who was based at the university's Eastbourne campus, had been reported missing from Mill View Hospital in Hove on Thursday.

A man has been charged with the murder of a student whose body was discovered in the boot of a burning car.

The Spaniard, 27, spent three years at Barca and joins the Blues after Arsenal turned down a first option to buy him. Fabregas joins for an undisclosed fee and said Chelsea matched his football ambitions, adding he had "unfinished business" in the Premier League. "I considered all the other offers very carefully and I firmly believe that Chelsea is the best choice," he said. While the fee for the move is unknown, the Spanish club were happy for Fabregas to leave for a fee in the region of £30m. His arrival comes 10 days after England midfielder Frank Lampard announced he would end his 13-year stay at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is also keen to finalise the transfer of Spanish international Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid, as he bids to improve on his side's third-place finish in 2013-14. "Twelve months ago, Fabregas was not prepared to let his Barcelona dream die by joining Manchester United. Now he has decided the time is right for a return to the Premier League. "At Chelsea he will be filling the role of Frank Lampard, who signed off this summer after 13 glorious years when he won three Premier League titles, the Champions League and became the club's highest scorer. "That is the legacy Fabregas will be expected to live up to. Jose Mourinho will demand it." "They have an amazing squad of players and an incredible manager," added Fabregas, who has 89 caps for Spain. "I am fully committed to this team and I can't wait to start playing." Fabregas, who scored 50 times in 305 games for Arsenal during his previous spell in England, will wear the number-four shirt and join Ramires, Nemanja Matic and John Obi Mikel as central midfield options for Mourinho. He scored 35 goals in 129 appearances for Barcelona, but it failed to earn him a regular midfield role at the Nou Camp, with the trio of Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets viewed as the club's main central combination. Still Arsenal's youngest ever player at just 16 years and 177 days, Fabregas was expected to have been subject of a bid from his former club. But with Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all able to fulfil central roles, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger chose not to sign the man he made captain in 2008. "Yes, everyone knows that Arsenal had the first option to sign me," added Fabregas, who said it was "extremely important" the move was completed before the World Cup finals. Media playback is not supported on this device "They decided not to take this option and therefore it wasn't meant to be. I wish them well in the future." Chelsea look set to lose defender David Luiz to Paris St-Germain after a deal was agreed for the Brazilian, but goalkeeper Petr Cech welcomed the signing of Fabregas. "Obviously he's a great player, with a lot of experience of playing in England and the Premier League so it's a great addition to the team," said Cech. Barcelona schooled Fabregas in their La Masia academy from the age of 10 and thanked him for "his professionalism and dedication during his years at the club". He could feature in Spain's World Cup opener against Netherlands on Friday, with team-mate Xavi calling the move "a great opportunity". "He's looking very happy now and he knows what his future holds in store for the next few years," said Xavi, although he added that it was a big loss for Barcelona to see Fabregas leave.

Chelsea have signed former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona on a five-year deal.

The Very Large Array (VLA) traced the presence of ammonia in the gas giant to study the circulation systems below the visible cloud tops. For features such as the planet's Great Red Spot - a huge storm that has raged for at least 400 years - the scientists can see something of its roots. The observations go many tens of kilometres into the atmosphere. "What really excites me is just the level of detail we see," said team-member Michael Wong from the University of California, Berkeley. "In our maps you can see different zones, turbulent features, vortices - even the Great Red Spot. "This has all been made possible by an upgrade to the VLA and a new technique developed by one of our co-workers," he told BBC News. The Karl G Jansky Very Large Array is based in the desert of New Mexico, close to the town of Socorro. As its name suggests, it is multi-antenna telescope. The upgrade Dr Wong is referring to has made the facility a far more sensitive tool for studying the radio emissions coming from objects in space. And the new technique he mentions counters the smearing effect you would ordinarily expect to get if you took a long exposure of a rapidly rotating body (Jupiter's "day" lasts just 10 hours). The result is a wonderfully detailed impression of what is happening under the immediate surface of the many-banded weather systems that race across the top of planet's atmosphere. The team looks at the glow of ammonia because it is a tracer for the dynamical flow in the planet's gases, which are dominated by hydrogen and helium. At Earth, you might do something similar by using water as the tracer. "We see the actual glow of the ammonia itself, and the variation in depth is correlated with brightness," explained Dr Wong. "The deepest we can see in this dataset is about 12 Bar - 12 times the Earth's atmospheric pressure." Plumes of ammonia are observed to rise up in waves. The team writes in the journal Science that the ammonia in these plumes will eventually condense out at higher altitudes, and could explain the ammonia ice clouds detected by the Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s. "All told, there is a wealth of information about the structure of Jupiter's atmosphere in these new VLA images," said Imke de Pater, the lead author on the Science paper. "We hope to resolve a number of outstanding questions with these and future studies using similar techniques." Prof de Pater wants to try similar observations at the gas giants Saturn and Uranus. The research is a nice prelude to the next probe set to visit Jupiter: the US space agency satellite Juno arrives at the enormous planet on 4 July. Its remote sensing instruments aim to characterise the full internal structure of the planet, right down to its rocky core - if indeed it has one. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

US astronomers have managed to peer deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter using a radio telescope on Earth.

The BBC, in collaboration with tech company This Place, has developed a way people can select programmes using a cheap, brainwave-reading headset. The headset works with an experimental version of the BBC's iPlayer on-demand platform. Users can turn on and operate the app by concentrating or relaxing their minds. "It's an internal prototype designed to give our programme makers, technologists and other users an idea of how this technology might be used in future," said Cyrus Saihan, head of business development for the BBC's Digital division. In the first trial, 10 BBC staff tried out the app and were able to launch iPlayer and start viewing a programme via the headset, he said. "It was much easier for some than it was for others, but they all managed to get it to work," said Mr Saihan. This type of technology could be used to help people with a broad range of disabilities who cannot use traditional TV remote controls very easily, Mr Saihan believes. Manipulating electronic devices using brainwaves is becoming more widespread. For example, in February technology firm Tekever demonstrated how a drone could be remotely controlled using brainpower alone. The pilot controlled the aircraft wearing a skullcap embedded with electronic sensors that could read his brain activity. You can watch a video about the iPlayer mind control project here.

If you think controlling your TV with your mind is the stuff of science fiction, think again.

Media playback is not supported on this device At the end of a mammoth one-hour press conference following his suspension from football for eight years, Blatter echoed Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous catchphrase from the Terminator film franchise, suggesting he is not done yet. With Blatter, 79, also sporting a plaster on his face in the style of US rapper Nelly and claiming to be Fifa's "punching ball", it was surreal and quotable affair as he denied any wrongdoing in four languages. The Swiss has never been shy to air his views during his 17-year stint as president - BBC Sport looks back at some of his most notable comments. "To say that today is a good day for me or for Fifa, this would be totally wrong. "I am really sorry. I am sorry that I am still a punching ball. I am as president of Fifa this punching ball. And I am sorry for football. I am sorry to Fifa. "I have never lost my mind. "I'm not the cleverest man in the world, but like they say in French: Je ne suis pas un imbecile [I'm not a fool]. "What was wrong with me is at the end of the World Cup in Brazil I should have stopped." "Fifa is still working well." Highlights from Blatter's news conference after Fifa's ethics committee handed him and Uefa boss Michel Platini eight-year bans from football, December 2015. "I am the president now, the president of everybody. "I take the responsibility to bring back Fifa where it should be... Let's go Fifa! Let's go Fifa! "At the end of my term I will give up Fifa in a strong position." Blatter proves to be far from psychic about the end of his reign, speaking after he won won a fifth term as president,May 2015. "Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. "Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. "That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?" Blatter's suggestion for increasing the popularity of women's football, January 2004. "I could understand it if it had happened in Africa, but not in Italy." Blatter, speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport in March 2006 as a match-fixing scandal came to light in Italy's top two divisions. "Listen, this is a special approach in the Anglo-Saxon countries. If this had happened in, let's say, Latin countries then I think he would have been applauded." Blatter says John Terry should not have been sacked as England captain amid allegations - subsequently revealed to be untrue - of an extramarital affair, February 2010. "I'd say they should refrain from any sexual activities." Blatter if he foresaw any problems for gay fans travelling to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, December 2010. "There is no racism [on the field], but maybe there is a word or gesture that is not correct. "The one affected by this should say 'this is a game' and shake hands." Blatter after the Football Association charged Liverpool's Luis Suarez with racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra during a Premier League game. The Fifa president later said his comments had been misunderstood, November 2011. "Say something, ladies. You are always speaking at home, now you can speak here." Blatter addresses the Fifa Congress in Mauritius as the first woman is appointed to its executive committee, May 2013. "They want to get rid of me. All this opposition is coming now, it's unfortunate to say it. It's coming from Nyon, from Uefa. They don't have the courage to come in. So let me go [on] -- be respectful!" Blatter says he believes Uefa is behind a campaign to remove him from the presidency, January 2015. "Women's football is definitely my baby. I consider myself, a little bit, as the godfather of women's football in Fifa." Blatter in an interview to the BBC, May 2015. "I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I cannot be stopped, I just keep going." Blatter explains the secret of his longevity to Swiss newspaper NZZ a few days before he is re-elected for a fifth term, May 2015. "It's not good for all this to emerge just two days before the Fifa presidential elections. "I'm not going to use the word coincidence, but I do have a small question mark." Blatter's reaction at the Fifa congress after seven officials were arrested on charges of receiving bribes, May 2015. "I forgive everyone but I don't forget. We cannot live without Uefa and Uefa cannot live without us." Blatter's response to Swiss television after Uefa president Michel Platini refused to rule out a World Cup boycott in the event of his Fifa counterpart's re-election, May 2015.

On Sepp Blatter's judgement day it was only fitting that the Fifa president signed off with the line "I'll be back".

Bus use has been falling across the UK since 2008 but the drop has been sharpest in Wales. The Welsh government puts £25m a year into supporting bus services - a quarter less than in 2013. The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said the level of cuts could be "devastating". "If the cuts are of the scale of what's been mentioned by George Osborne - we're talking 25 to 40%," the WLGA's transport spokesman Andrew Morgan said. "You take 40% of funding away from non-protected services like bus services then we're talking about probably another three, four, five per cent of all bus services in Wales will end up being withdrawn." Kevyn Jones, managing director of Cardiff-based bus operator New Adventure Travel, said about half the routes he ran received some subsidy, but he expected the numbers to reduce in the future. "The subsidised services are dwindling each year. There's less this year than there was last year and the same each year for the last five years we've been operating them," he added. A Welsh government spokesperson said: "These grants are intended to supplement local authorities' expenditure on bus services and it is a matter for them how that funding is allocated. "Under the concessionary bus travel scheme local authorities are responsible for determining the reimbursement rate for bus operators and for ensuring that operators are no better and no worse off." Hear more on Eye on Wales, BBC Radio Wales, Sunday 18 October at 12:30 BST.

Bus services in Wales could be dramatically cut as a result of the UK government's spending review next month, it has been warned.

6 December 2014 Last updated at 09:15 GMT The Grammy Awards is one of the most prestigious music ceremony's in the world. Sam Smith, who topped the BBC's Sound of 2014 in January, has six nominations including best new artist. His single Stay With Me is also up for best pop performance and record of the year.

British artists have scooped several nominations for the 2015 Grammys.

Media playback is not supported on this device So for the players of Hawk Green 1st XI from Marple, it might have been something of a dream to have a bowl at Michael Vaughan or face a Devon Malcolm delivery. But on a sunny evening in Cheshire, Vaughan, joined by an England legends team including Malcolm, Neil Fairbrother and Adam Hollioake amongst others, turned out to take on Hawk Green's finest on their own turf. Having done a coaching session with the club's youngsters and a Q&A session the England Legends were put into bat first in this Twenty20 encounter, one of three matches the legends have scheduled in order to raise funds for grass roots cricket. Vaughan fell for 17 as the home side made an encouraging start with the ball but the form of Mal Loye, who top-scored for England Legends with 117, ensured the visitors set a tough mark of 194. It was a target which, despite Justin Blackhurst's impressive 88, proved to be too much for the Derbyshire and Cheshire League outfit, who could only make 165 in 20 overs to leave the legends once again victorious. Scorecard. To find out how you can get involved in cricket go to our pages.

They have graced the finest cricket stadia all over the world, played for England against the greatest players and come out on top.

Carlos Ghosn, Renault's chairman and chief executive officer, also hinted the company's relationship with Red Bull is likely to end this year. Ghosn said: "We have already alerted the F1 authorities and told them: 'Don't count on us as a provider of an engine - it's over.'" Renault is in the process of trying to negotiate a takeover of the cash-strapped Lotus team. But Ghosn said there was still a possibility the company could walk away from F1. "Our future is the subject of detailed analysis and renegotiating," he said. "We will either exit or run our own team. We don't have a clear decision yet." Renault has an engine supply contract with Red Bull until 2016. But Red Bull are doing "necessary due diligence" in talking to other engine suppliers, with the team expected to use Ferrari power next year after failing to come to an agreement with Mercedes. Ghosn said Renault would "honour our contracts" but admitted the company was renegotiating "so it's too early to say what's going to be the conclusion". Ghosn said Red Bull's treatment of Renault during the previous six years had been instrumental in the company's decision. The pairing won four consecutive drivers' and constructors' world titles from 2010-13, but Red Bull have been heavily critical of Renault in public since the start of 2014. The Austrian team accuse the French manufacturer of failing to build a competitive version of the new turbo hybrid engines that F1 adopted last year. "Unfortunately when we were winning championships the Renault name was never mentioned. It was the team that was winning," he said. "So we started to feel the return on this investment was very weak. "It was intensified by the fact that when the technology changed and we moved from the V8 engine to the present technology, some of the teams using our engine did not fare well, and the reasons for which they are not performing became the engine. "So you are in the game that when you perform very well you are never mentioned, and when there is a problem with the team you are the first guy to be pointed at." Ghosn said it was not a question of whether the criticism was "fair or unfair". He added: "It's a sport. You can't just say 'I lost, but my team-mate was really...' "I think it's a question of sportsmanship. We are expecting, that when we are in a sport working with other people, we win together and we lose together."

Renault will stop supplying engines to Formula 1 teams as soon as possible.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Andrew Patrick pointed a gun at Alistair Rankine before giving him a bag said to have a bomb inside. The 40-year-old then ordered the driver to steal cash from a Bank of Scotland branch in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Patrick will be sentenced next month after admitting assault and robbery at the High Court in Glasgow. The court heard Patrick was working as a gym instructor, earning up to £300 a week at the time, but prosecutor Allan Nicol said he was facing financial difficulties. On 11 November last year he called a taxi firm, putting on a fake Polish accent, and asked to be picked up at an industrial estate in Lochgelly. Wearing sunglasses and with a scarf covering his chin, he got into the cab while clutching two holdalls. Still pretending to be foreign, he then directed the driver to a dead end in Kirkcaldy where he pulled out a black handgun and said: "You'll be safe if you do what I say." The court heard he handed a typed note to Mr Rankine and insisted he hand it over to staff at the nearby Bank of Scotland in the town's Carberry Road. It stated: "There is a transmitter in your bank and the lines are wired. "We can hear you and know if you try to call police. There is a bomb strapped to this man... also in the bag. They can go off if transmitter detect signal or call." The taxi driver tried to raise the alarm while walking to the bank by telling a passerby: "I am a taxi driver - there is a boy in my taxi with a gun. It's not a wind up." Despite the warnings, police were alerted and the note was read over to them. A security alarm was also pressed. One worker looked in the holdall and saw what she assumed was a bomb. Mr Rankine eventually left the bank with almost £10,000, but by this time Patrick had gone. Bomb disposal experts were called but the explosives were found to be fake, each consisting of little more than tubes, cotton wool and a mobile phone circuit board. Patrick was identified as a suspect after his description was circulated and mobile phone records showed he was in the area at the time. A cap like one used by the robbery was found at his home and draft emails referring to a bomb were discovered on a computer by a work colleague. The court heard the taxi driver continues to suffer flashbacks, insomnia, anxiety and fear. Bank staff were also left "extremely shaken". The gun used in the robbery was found to be an imitation. The judge Lord Bannatyne remanded Patrick, of Lochgelly, in custody and deferred sentencing for reports.

A man has admitted forcing a taxi driver to carry out a bank robbery by threatening staff with a fake bomb.

Valery Gergiev, a supporter of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, conducted the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, from St Petersburg, at Palmyra's Roman Theatre. Last July, IS posted footage online showing some of its fighters carrying out killings in the ancient theatre. Syrian forces, backed by Russian air strikes, retook the historic site. Palmyra in pictures Mr Gergiev led the orchestra through pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Prokofiev and Rodion Shchedrin, in front of a crowd of Russian soldiers, government ministers and journalists. Pictures of the concert, broadcast on Russian state television, were occasionally interrupted by footage of military action - showing Russian military backing for Syrian government forces as they liberated Palmyra from IS militants. Mr Gergiev was until recently principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and is music director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014, he backed Mr Putin over the annexation of the Crimea from Ukraine. In 2008, he performed in the capital of South Ossetia when Russia and Georgia were fighting over the territory. The maestro described the concert as a protest against the barbarism and violence exhibited by Islamic State militants who had used the city's Roman amphitheatre to execute prisoners. The Russian president also addressed the audience, by video link from his Black Sea residence in Sochi. He called terrorism a contagion of which the world needed to rid itself, and said the fact the concert was taking place at all was "surprising". "Today's action involved major inconvenience and dangers for everyone, being in a country at war close to where hostilities are still ongoing. That has demanded great strength and personal courage from you all," he said. However, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the concert was "a tasteless attempt to distract attention from the continued suffering of millions of Syrians. It shows that there are no depths to which the regime will not sink". This is about more than just music. By organising a concert in the ruins of Palmyra, Russia wants the world to see that it is making a positive contribution in Syria: bringing peace and stability to the country, and, in the case of Palmyra, saving a Unesco heritage site. Moscow will be hoping that images of its classical musicians in Syria will reinforce the message that Russia is a force for good. Such a musical message will be well received back home. For months now, Russian TV has been assuring viewers Russia's military intervention in Syria has benefited the world by taking on international terrorism. But Western officials remain suspicious of Russia's intentions. Moscow has faced accusations that it has not done enough to rein in Syrian government forces. The Russians deny that and accuse America of not using its influence with the Syrian opposition to halt the fighting. One of the soloists at the concert was cellist Sergei Roldugin, a friend of Putin's, who was recently named as the owner of offshore companies in the so-called Panama Papers. He denies all wrongdoing. Islamic State destroyed a number of monuments during its 10-month occupation of Palmyra and its associated Unesco World Heritage site. Two 2,000-year-old temples, an arch and funerary towers were left in ruins. The jihadist group, which has also demolished several pre-Islamic sites in neighbouring Iraq, believes that such structures are idolatrous. While some treasured monuments were destroyed, much of the historic site was left undamaged. It is not the first time Mr Gergiev has performed in a war-torn city. In August 2008, the native Ossetian conductor took the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra to the ruins of Tskhinvali in the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia, heavily damaged in the short Russian-Georgian war that year. Mr Gergiev also conducted a charity concert in Tokyo for victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2012, and he led a charity concert tour to raise funds for victims of Russia's Beslan school massacre in 2004.

A renowned Russian conductor has led a concert in the ruins of Palmyra in Syria, which were recaptured from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in March.

Lisa Bridgett, of Pwllheli, had been using the phone after the Ariana Grande concert on Monday when the explosion caused a steel nut to hit her. She lost a middle finger before the nut went through her phone and her cheek, ending up lodged in her nose. Her husband said the phone probably diverted and slowed down the nut. The bomb attack at the Manchester Arena killed 22 people and injured a further 64. Eight men are in custody following the attack, carried out by Salman Abedi. Mrs Bridgett, who was at the concert with her daughter and her daughter's friend, was in a "positive mood" and felt "very lucky to be alive", her husband Steve said. She had surgery on Tuesday and was due to have another operation on Thursday after suffering multiple injuries, including a fractured ankle and a large wound on her thigh. "The fact that she was on the phone at the time probably saved her life," said Mr Bridgett in a Facebook post. "The nut has hit her phone which has more than likely not only diverted it, but also slowed it down considerably," he said. Mr Bridgett said the couple were keen to thank police and hospital staff, as well as a steward called Peter "for helping Lisa outside and getting her to safety".

Pictures have emerged showing a mobile phone which is believed to have saved the life of a Gwynedd woman badly injured in the Manchester bombing.

The researchers have examined ocean sediments laid down during the so-called Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum - a dramatic warming event some 56 million years ago. They find the amount of CO2 going into the air at its onset was four billion tonnes a year at most. Today's figure is 10 times as big. The work is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The PETM has been extensively studied by scientists because it is regarded as a possible "analogue" for what is happening on Earth now. But the team argues that the scale of human-produced carbon emissions means that the lessons we could learn from the ancient event may actually have limited relevance. "We have effectively entered an era of a no-analogue state, which represents a fundamental challenge to constraining future climate projections," they write in their paper. The PETM was an extraordinary occurrence in Earth history. Previous research has shown that ocean surface temperatures rose by about five degrees in a relatively short timescale, in the geological sense. This phase of global warming drove a rapid turnover in species, both in the sea and on land. CO2 concentration in the atmosphere very probably went above 1,000 parts per million by volume, compared with the 400ppm it stands at today. The big pulse in emissions has been attributed to a range of factors, including a comet impact and prodigious volcanism. Some scientists suspect buried methane stores on the ocean floor were also released, amplifying the warming. In their paper, Richard Zeebe and colleagues do not concern themselves with the cause; what they wanted to pin down was simply the rate of emissions. The team achieved this by studying the remains of tiny marine organisms from the PETM known as Foraminifera. The different types, or isotopes, of carbon and oxygen atoms in these fossils can be used to reconstruct likely CO2 levels and temperature 56 million years ago. Analysis of this chemistry, together with some modelling work, suggests that temperature during the PETM rose in lock-step with carbon emissions. Contrast this with the modern era where carbon emissions are rising so fast the "equilibrium temperature" lags behind. Zeebe and colleagues calculate that it took at least 4,000 years for the PETM warming to take hold, with carbon going into the atmosphere at a rate of between 0.6 to 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon per annum. At present, human emissions of CO2 are approaching 40 billion tonnes a year. "If you go back to the [impactor] that killed off the dinosaurs (66 million years ago) - that was obviously an incredibly quick climate change," observed co-author Andy Ridgwell from Bristol University, UK. "It wasn't driven by carbon emissions per se, but it was still an incredibly quick climate change. And so there has been a lot of searching around for what was the next most rapid event, and people have latched on to the PETM because it has all the characteristics of current warming and anthropogenic emissions - except it turns out the emissions in the PETM were actually an order of magnitude slower than they are today," he told BBC News. Just how fast the planet might warm over the next two centuries is a topic of live debate because this likely be a big factor in how well species are able to adapt to changing conditions. "The rate of change is as important as the magnitude of an event for determining particularly terrestrial ecosystem disruptions," Prof Ridgwell said. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

We are now putting carbon into the atmosphere at a rate unprecedented since at least the age of the dinosaurs, scientists say.

Last year serious floods hit north and mid Wales, and one woman died. Environment Minister John Griffiths announced that the Welsh government plans to spend £47m in 2013/14 on schemes to protect 1,000 homes. However, that is likely to be less than the amount spent on flood defences and dealing with coastal erosion in the previous two years. "We know our climate is changing and that as a result we are set to see, and have already seen, an increase in rainfall and storms," Mr Griffiths said. By working together and sharing knowledge "we can vastly improve our resilience to flooding in Wales", he said. Outlining his plans, Mr Griffiths said: "Continued investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management is a vital part of our work to manage flood risk, and in spite of a reduction in our overall budget from the UK government the Welsh government has maintained its level of investment in this area. "In 2013/14 I am investing £47m in flood and coastal erosion risk management which will pay for major flood defence schemes in some of our most vulnerable communities including Swansea vale, Fairbourne, Corwen and Coldbrook, Barry. This would protect 1,000 homes and businesses currently at risk of flooding. Although the Welsh government's "baseline" spending on flood defences is growing slightly, other sources of funding have been cut. The £47.2m earmarked for the next financial year compares to £52.7m this year and £51.9m the previous year. In the past extra funding has become available during the year, meaning the amount that is eventually spent could rise if the same happens again. Mr Griffiths added: "It is so important that we effectively target our funding for flood defence.. "That is why my national strategy includes a commitment to developing a national funding policy as well as a method for prioritising investment. "A group has been set up to progress this work and once completed the national programme of investment will enable areas of Wales to be ranked according to risk from all sources of flooding and coastal erosion." Last year was a disastrous one for flooding in Wales. In June, a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours in Ceredigion, hitting Aberystwyth and surrounding villages, trapping people in their homes and flooding caravan parks. In November, a 91-year-old woman died and more than 1,000 people had to leave their homes after the River Elwy burst its banks in St Asaph, Denbighshire. In December, heavy flooding hit the Vale of Glamorgan while homes in Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley were evacuated after landslips brought thousands of tonnes of soil down onto a road. Monday's summit in Cardiff unites the Welsh government, local authorities, the Met Office, Environment Agency Wales, Welsh Water, and other organisations. It coincides with climate change campaign Climate Week. Emyr Roberts of Natural Resources Wales, a new agency that will take over responsibility for Environment Agency Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Forestry Commission next month, said he thought Wales had the right approach to flooding in the past. "Obviously in many areas the answer is to raise flood defences, but increasingly we're putting more emphasis on communities - raising awareness about what the flooding risks are and what individuals can do about it," he said. "Obviously, we're working very closely with the emergency services, but I think the summit... will be looking at longer term issues and ways in which we might use the natural environment to alleviate the problems of flooding." Local Government Minister Carl Sargeant said the role of the local community was also important in tackling the challenges caused by severe weather. Communities which develop a flood plan can act more quickly and effectively when flooding happens. "It is vital that services comes together and work hard to save lives, protect property and help communities recover," said Mr Sargeant. "This was demonstrated in serious flood incidents last year and we owe our emergency services a debt of gratitude for their professionalism, commitment and dedication."

A summit is considering how Wales can respond to the growing threat posed by flooding.

Gubbins (109) hit 15 boundaries as he enjoyed a 198-run partnership with opener Sam Robson (99). Robson fell one run short of a fourth ton of the season, being bowled by Joe Leach (4-64) for 99 as the Somerset bowlers remained accurate. Despite a middle-order wobble, Paul Stirling (85) played solidly as Middlesex reached 407-9 at stumps. Resuming on 139-0, Robson and Gubbins continued their excellent opening partnership before Robson was dismissed. Gubbins brought up his century from 208 balls before nicking Jim Allenby (3-51) to Marcus Trescothick at slip. There was some hope for Somerset as Middlesex lost four wickets for 39 runs, but Stirling steadied the innings. He fell to Leach five overs before stumps after pushing Middlesex into a lead, but a draw still looks the most likely result.

Nick Gubbins scored his first Middlesex century as their batsmen closed down Somerset's commanding total at Lord's.

The device was towed by a Navy bomb disposal team to a detonation site in the Solent, where a controlled explosion was carried out at 08:45 BST. Some trains were halted and early ferries were delayed, following the find on Friday afternoon. Wightlink Ferries said services were now back on schedule. The train line between Portsmouth and Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour has also re-opened. A spokesman for Portsmouth's Queen's Harbour Master said: "We worked very hard to make sure the harbour was not closed. "There were restrictions put in place for public safety and there was a certain amount of disruption to vessels earlier while the torpedo was towed out." Dredging work is being carried out in Portsmouth harbour to allow the the navy's new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers to dock. Three million cubic metres of sea bed is being removed to deepen and widen a 4 mile (7km) channel. HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be handed over to the MoD in 2016 ahead of being put into service in 2020.

A World War II torpedo has been blown up in the sea off the Isle of Wight after being dragged up from the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour.

13 July 2016 Last updated at 14:42 BST The game has not been officially released in the UK, but keen gamers have found ways around the app's country restrictions to get early access. However, the chief executive of children's charity NSPCC has urged the app's makers to add safety measures before its UK release, warning that adults could use it to prey on children.

Pokemon Go has become a phenomenon in the few days since its release - and the creatures have even been spotted outside 10 Downing Street, ahead of Theresa May's first appearance as prime minister.

Megan Bannister, 16, from Leicester, was dead before the collision between a car and a motorbike in Enderby, Leicestershire, on Sunday, said police. The force said a post-mortem examination was inconclusive, but it revealed her injuries were not consistent with a crash. Two men, aged 27 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Updates on this story and more from the East Midlands Megan was due to take the first of her GCSE exams on Tuesday, said her school. She wanted to become a midwife. Her family said in a statement: "Megan was our beautiful, talented, loving daughter and sister, and our hearts have been utterly broken by her death. "The thought of life without Megan is impossible to imagine, and we cannot adequately express in words the sense of numbness and overwhelming grief we feel at her loss. "She was bright, clever, and a responsible person who loved her family and her many friends. "She had a strong self-will and had set her heart on training to becoming a midwife. "Knowing how confident and determined she was, we have no doubt she would have realised that dream." Wigston College, where Megan was a student, said in a statement: "Megan was funny, friendly and good. "She was popular and had a wide range of friends. She liked people and they liked her and this is how we will remember her. "Our thoughts are very much with her family at this impossibly difficult time."

A teenager whose body was found in the back of a car following a crash with a motorbike has been named by police.

The second tier is shaping up to be a hugely competitive league next term with Hearts, Hibernian and Rangers among the sides chasing promotion. And Houston is hoping his new charges can grab fourth place, and a play-off berth, at least. "It's our remit that we'd love to try to get in the play-offs, that would be a huge achievement," said Houston. The 55-year-old, who had been working as a scout with Celtic after leaving Dundee United last year, is relishing the chance to take on Rangers, Hearts and Hibs. It's not always the big guys that win games. I've been to Hearts, Hibs and Rangers before as a manager and won The Bairns reached the Championship play-off semi-final in season 2013-14 but were beaten by Hamilton Academical, who eventually won promotion to the Premiership. "The better chances are going to go to one of the big three clubs in the league, however, that's on paper and football is not played on paper," said Houston. "I've got to make sure that the lads I've got, when they come to face Rangers, Hearts and Hibs, there's a belief in them. "It's a great thing for the players at Falkirk to go to Ibrox, Tynecastle, Easter Road and pit themselves against what's going to be a stronger squad. "It's not always the big guys that win games. I've been to Hearts, Hibs and Rangers before as a manager and won." A former Falkirk player, Houston won the 2010 Scottish Cup as Dundee United boss. And after succeeding Gary Holt, who left the manager's position at the Falkirk Stadium to join Neil Adams' coaching team at Norwich City, Houston said returning to the Bairns was an offer he could not turn down. "I probably wouldn't have jumped at it if it had been any other club than Falkirk, as they mean an awful lot to me, " Houston added. "I left here 18 years ago to go to Hearts as a youth coach and I said in the local newspaper I'd like to go and learn the game then come back as manager. I didn't think it would be as long as 18 years but I'm delighted to be back." Houston, who said his eight month stint at Celtic had advanced him as "coach and a person", revealed he is close to securing the services of a new player-coach for Falkirk. As well as his four-year managerial spell at Tannadice, Houston was also assistant to Craig Levein when the latter was Scotland coach. The pair had previously worked together at Hearts, Leicester and Dundee United.

Peter Houston has targeted a Scottish Championship play-off place after being unveiled as the new manager of Falkirk.

Bates, who has been Tigers promoter for three years, has taken full control of the Lions and will work alongside co-promoter David Darcy. Bates said: "We're only weeks away from the new season and so our main priority is to quickly form a team. "We have opened talks with several riders and should be in a position to announce the first signings any day." Lions endured a miserable season last time out and finished bottom of the Elite League table. But Bates said he hoped the club's financial difficulties were a thing of the past. "I am aware that Leicester went through a difficult trading period last season," he said. "And I will be doing everything possible to ensure that the club is placed on a sound financial footing that secures the future of Leicester Speedway for years to come."

Leicester Lions Speedway have been bought by Sheffield Tigers promoter Damien Bates.

Such values are ill-defined and vulnerable to misinterpretation, argued Southend head teacher, Robin Bevan. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) voted to monitor the policing of the requirement, introduced in England by the government last year. Mr Bevan said he had concerns about how the values "might be interpreted by a future right-wing government". "When it comes to the new requirement of promoting fundamental British values, including the role of law, here is one law that I would actively encourage you to disengage from", Mr Bevan, head of Southend High School for Boys, urged the union's annual conference in Liverpool. The government brought in the requirement in the wake of the Trojan Horse allegations, which suggested there had been attempts by groups of hardline Muslims to take over schools in Birmingham. Earlier this month a committee of MPs said that apart from one incident in one school "no evidence of extremism or radicalisation was found by any of the inquiries in any of the schools involved". Requiring schools to promote "fundamental British values" could have "unintended consequences", according to the text of the motion debated by the conference in Liverpool. "There is no one in this hall who would argue against the important role that schools and colleges play in promoting personal morality, in developing a sense of civic duty, in fostering engagement with our democratic structures or in embracing a wider global understanding," said Mr Bevan. He said schools and colleges had, for a long time, been required to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum addressing issues of behaviour and conduct and placing this within a developmental framework of spiritual, moral and cultural understanding. "These provisions have existed without controversy for many years and are ample and effective." He accused the rules on British values as "deeply ill-considered" and "political posturing". "In what way do fundamental British values differ, for example, from French or Swedish ones?" They change over time, with women now "allowed" the vote, said Mr Bevan. "If these fundamental British values change over time, we can hardly describe them as fundamental." But, he argued, the problem was not just one of definition. "Just take one moment to imagine how fundamental British values might be interpreted by a future right-wing government, or a partner in that government." He said he was particularly concerned that Ofsted was being asked to gauge the views of students in order to assess how how well schools actively promote these values. There had already been cases of "less-skilled inspectors" doing this in a "wholly-inappropriate way", he told journalists later. In particular he was concerned about the difference between "what is taught and what is learned", with a proportion of every class apt to misunderstand or ignore lessons, be they about trigonometry or British values. "I am not sure the government should ever be in the business of dictating values that should be taught in schools - but students should engage in those debates... plurality, that's the way it should be," said Mr Bevan.

Teachers should ignore rules on promoting "fundamental British values", a teachers' union conference has heard.

On Thursday, the firm acknowledged it read the anonymous blogger's emails in order to identify an employee it suspected of leaking information. Microsoft owns Hotmail, a free email service now called Outlook.com. John Frank, deputy general counsel for Microsoft, said it took "extraordinary actions in this case". While the search was technically legal, he added Microsoft would consult outside counsel in the future. Microsoft's actions came to light this week as part of a legal case by US prosecutors against an ex-Microsoft employee, Alex Kibalko, who was a Russian native based in the company's Lebanon office. In 2012, Microsoft had been alerted to the fact that the blogger, whose identity was kept anonymous in the court papers, had been given some stolen lines of code from the not-yet-released Windows 8 operating system. The blogger then posted screenshots of the unreleased Windows operating system to his blog. To figure out the source of the leak, Microsoft began an investigation and, as part of that search, looked into the blogger's accounts to find out the name of the employee. The search was legal because it fell within Microsoft's terms of service which state that the company can access information in accounts that are stored on its "Communication Services", which includes email, chat areas, forums, and other communication facilities. The terms of service add: "Microsoft reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion." Nonetheless, revelations of the search have led to renewed focus on the privacy violations of technology firms. It has also left Microsoft in a difficult position, as the firm has often criticised rival Google for its automatic scanning of users' emails in order to serve them with advertising.

Microsoft is caught up in a privacy storm after it admitted it read the Hotmail inbox of a blogger while pursuing a software leak investigation.

"My first instinct was to open the wing exit and slip out with as many passengers as I could, but I realised that this would leave the rest of the passengers vulnerable," then flight attendant Nupoor Abrol told BBC News. Security forces laid siege to the New York-bound plane for 16 hours at Karachi airport after the jet was taken over by Palestinian militants on 5 September 1986. There was a bloody end - 22 people killed and about 150 injured. It shocked the world, and is the subject of a newly released film, but the surviving crew have until now remained silent. While they relayed the events to a private FBI meeting a week after the hijack, and to a parole hearing for the lead hijacker in 2005, this is the first time they have shared details with the media. They also shed light on the last few hours of Neerja Bhanot, their colleague who died in the attack and is the subject of the new film. They are breaking this silence now, they say, because they want to honour and acknowledge the vital roles played by all on board, most of whom are not known to the public. "The hijack is far from over for me and my colleagues. Some of us, passengers and crew alike, are still struggling with the skeletons of the past, trying to fix the puzzle of incidents, sequences, people who were involved in the chains of events," says Nupoor. "The stories may differ but the spirit remains the same." It was just before 06:00 and Pan Am Flight 73, on a stopover in Karachi from Mumbai, was scheduled to continue on to Frankfurt, en route to New York. There were 14 flight attendants on board, 12 of whom were preparing for take-off. Outside, four gunmen had sped on to the tarmac in a van disguised as airport security. The men entered the Boeing 747, firing shots into the air. Nupoor saw them shoot near the feet of a colleague, shouting at her to lock the door. Flight attendant Sherene Pavan, who was out of sight of the militants, heard the commotion, reached for the intercom and pressed the emergency number to the cockpit. The pilot picked up on her second attempt and she relayed the hijack code. Fellow attendant Sunshine Vesuwala saw one of the hijackers grab a colleague, Neerja Bhanot, and put a gun to her head. And then another militant, his AK-47 and grenades in clear view, instructed Sunshine to take him to the captain. The cockpit was empty. "I noticed immediately that the escape devices in the cockpit had been deployed. I noticed that the evacuation hatch on the ceiling of the cockpit was open, but I pretended not to. I wanted to give the pilots time to escape in case they were still in the process of climbing down the ropes outside the plane. The hijacker didn't seem to know much about the plane so he didn't look for it," says Sunshine. "Many have criticised the pilots for leaving the rest of the crew behind, but I was relieved when I saw the pilots were gone, as we were all safer on the ground than we would be in the air. And in any case, at least the three pilots were safe. Three lives would be saved." Dilip Bidichandani, another steward, is adamant that the pilots' escape actually saved more lives. "The pilots evacuating the airplane… meant that we were not at the mercy of the terrorists, who could have instructed the plane to be flown into a building, or even blown up whilst in flight." The gunmen's plan was to force the pilots to fly them to Cyprus and Israel, where other members of their militant group were incarcerated on terror charges. Outside on the tarmac, Pan Am's Karachi director Viraf Doroga used a megaphone to begin negotiations with the hijackers. He told the four men that the airport authorities were looking for pilots to fly them where they needed to go. Meanwhile, inside the plane, 29-year-old American passenger Rajesh Kumar was pulled out of his seat and made to kneel in front of one of the open doors, with a gun to his head. When no pilot materialised within the hour, Mr Kumar was shot and kicked out of the plane. "This changed everything. It showed they were ruthless killers," says Sunshine. Around four hours into the siege, the hijackers began trying to identify the Americans on board. The Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO), which they were members of, was opposed to US and Israeli policy in the Middle East. Sunshine, Madhvi Bahuguna and another flight attendant began collecting passports, quietly avoiding collecting any that were American. They then went through the bags of passports they had collected, secretly sifting out any remaining American ones and tucking them under their seats or concealing them in their clothing. Mike Thexton, a passenger on the plane, describes the act in his book What Happened to The Hippy Man? as "extremely brave, selfless and clever". "I may be biased but I feel that day proved that the flight attendants on board were some of the best in the industry." Having failed to find an American, the militants settled for someone British. Mike was made to sit on the floor, and like the other passengers, keep his hands above his head. Aside from one sharp kick, he says, he was not physically mistreated and eventually escaped with others in the later chaos. Sherene and Sunshine were the cabin crew who spent the most time with lead hijacker Zaid Hassan Abd Latif Safarini. He repeatedly led either Sunshine or Sherene at gunpoint up to the upper deck cockpit, using them as human shields while he peeked round them to have a look outside. "On occasion he would hold my hair, force my face to the window and ask what I could see on the tarmac. He said he was looking for American fighter planes," says Sherene. Meherjee Kharas, a 28-year-old Pan Am mechanic on board, was forced to make radio contact with negotiators outside. At this stage the hijackers still believed a pilot would be found to fly the plane for them. Over the next few hours on the upper deck, Safarini let his guard down several times, Sunshine says. He joked and flirted, invited her to go with him to Cyprus, and promised to teach her to swim. Sunshine remained alert. At one point she looked longingly at the emergency axe in a glass box in the cockpit. Safarini, mid-joke, caught her and immediately pointed the gun at her head. "Don't even think about it," he said. Eventually the militants threatened that, as a pilot had not materialised, a passenger would be shot every 15 minutes. Nupoor tried to comfort the passengers around her while her colleague Dilip Bidichandani took round sandwiches and Neerja distributed water. "That day, knowingly or unknowingly, we came together as a team and played our parts to the best of our ability," says Massey Casper, another steward. Although the hijackers had closed the doors and lowered the shutters earlier, the air conditioning and lights had been on. As evening set in, the on-board power supply started to dwindle, the lights got dimmer and the cool air stopped circulating. Meherjee, the mechanic, told Safarini that the emergency power would last 15 minutes or so before the aircraft would be plunged into darkness. Sherene says she knew then that time was running out. When the lights did go out, all the flight attendants and passengers were in the middle section of the cabin, several seated on the ground in the aisles and near the doors. The gunmen positioned themselves on either side of the aisles. "They had lost patience. They let out a war cry," says Sunshine, "and began firing into the crowd. There were huge streaks of light breaking the darkness. And screams." Sherene saw that mechanic Meherjee had been killed. In the chaos and darkness, at least three doors had been opened, though it is not clear by whom. The door nearest the wing had been opened in manual, which meant that the emergency slide did not deploy. It was a short jump to reach the wing of the plane. Many went for it. Nupoor and Madhvi slipped off the edge of the wing, fracturing bones as they hit the tarmac around 20 feet (6 metres) below. Sunshine and Dilip were also on the wing, but in the darkness couldn't gauge the distance of the drop. They saw another door had been deployed in automatic, which meant that the emergency slide was inflated. They climbed back in through the door they had come through, and along with Sherene and another colleague, assisted and redirected passengers to the inflated slide. Massey had already exited down the slide just moments earlier, taking three unaccompanied children with him. Then, when all the passengers were off the wing, the crew did something remarkable. Not hearing any more gunfire, but not knowing where the gunmen were, they went back into the dark plane to look for survivors. That's when Sunshine saw Neerja. Neerja had been shot in her hip and was bleeding heavily, but was conscious. Sunshine called Dilip over to help, and the two carried Neerja to the emergency slide. They pushed her down first, then jumped out themselves. Sherene, and another colleague Ranee Vaswani, were the last two hostages to leave the plane. Three of the hijackers were fleeing the airport when they were caught by airport security. Safarini was still on board when Pakistan's security forces entered the plane. Neerja's colleagues say she was still alive when she arrived at Karachi's Jinnah Hospital. "It was chaotic, like a war zone, in there. Neerja may still be alive if she'd been cared for right away," says Sunshine. "I didn't see medical facilities at the airport besides minor first aid… The hospital was several kilometres away from the airport," says Dilip. "Neerja was put into the ambulance without a stretcher." Once they finally got to the hospital, the chaos continued, Sherene says. "Neerja's life may have been saved were conditions in the hospital better." After a short break all the Flight 73 crew returned to Pan Am for at least a few years. They occasionally worked the same flight and ran into each other at layovers. They didn't discuss the hijack. All have coped in different ways. Two of the six remain in the industry. During their interviews with the BBC, they stressed that there was no single hero that day, that crew members not interviewed played an equally important role, and that they want survivors of terror attacks like 9/11 and Paris to know that life goes on. They also want people to know they dearly miss their colleagues Neerja Bhanot and Meherjee Kharas. "Survivors [of such atrocities] are living each day with the memories," says Madhvi. She hopes that, in speaking out, "we can all connect through our survival stories and form a fabric of power and strength going forward".

Nearly 30 years after the hijack of Pan Am Flight 73 at Karachi airport, six of the plane's crew have spoken to the media for the first time.

A 5ft x 3ft (1.5m x 1m) void appeared on Whitworth Street on Sunday, resulting in the road's closure between Princess Street and Oxford Street. A section of the busy Mancunian Way has been closed since August, after two holes opened up. Replacement sewer pipes are being installed. United Utilities said sewers underneath Whitworth Street have not been damaged. "Non-urgent" roadworks in other parts of the city have been suspended until after Christmas in order to relieve congestion caused by Mancunian Way's partial closure. Councillor Pat Karney, city centre lead for Manchester City Council, said Whitworth Street should be repaired in time for Monday's evening rush hour. He described the appearance of the latest hole as "incredibly unfortunate". "The council has placed a moratorium on all non-urgent roadworks, but this is the last thing we needed at the moment," he added. He said the council will investigate why the city is being "blighted" by holes. A 40ft (12m) wide sinkhole opened up in August on the Mancunian Way after heavy rainfall, while another hole appeared a month later.

Motorists in Manchester are being frustrated by the appearance of yet another hole in a city-centre road.

John Lamont quit the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency seat to fight for a place at Westminster, hoping to unseat the SNP's Calum Kerr. The Conservative MSP formally resigned from the seat as of 13:00 on Thursday. The by-election means residents in the area will vote on their local council, their Holyrood representative and their MP all inside five weeks. Selection procedures for the Holyrood by-election have yet to get under way. Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh has written to Tracey Logan, chief executive of Scottish Borders Council and returning officer for the elections, to confirm his choice of date and to ask for arrangements for the by-election to be put in place. Mr Lamont is seeking to unseat the SNP's Calum Kerr in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Scotland's most marginal Westminster constituency. Mr Kerr gained the seat from Lib Dem former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore in 2015 by a margin of 328 votes. The Lib Dems have put forward Catriona Bhatia, currently deputy leader of the council, as their candidate for the Westminster poll.

A Holyrood by-election is to be held on the same day as the UK's snap general election on 8 June.

Zanzibar, which is officially part of Tanzania but has its own government, was given unanimous approval at the Confederation of African Football's general assembly in March. The archipelago has long hoped to become a member of the international football community and had its previous application rejected by Fifa in 2005. "Following admission of Zanzibar into CAF, TFF has now formally submitted application for Zanzibar to become a member of FIFA.," TFF president Malinzi wrote on his official Twitter account on Sunday. The Zanzibar Football Association (ZFA) has already fulfilled a crucial requirement which states that national associations must be affiliated to continental confederations before they can join Fifa. Should Fifa accept Caf's 55th member association, then it will become the 212th member association of world football's governing body. It will also be granted the right to vote on global football issues and the national team will be able to take part in the 2022 World Cup qualifying competition. Zanzibar was previously an associate member on the continent, allowing its clubs to play in Caf competitions but its national team was excluded. The semi-autonomous territory is expected to participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

Tanzania's Football Federation (TFF) president, Jamal Malinzi, has confirmed Zanzibar's fresh bid to become a member of Fifa.

The emergency services were called to the property in the Sangomore area of Durness at about 02:00. Police Scotland said it was not known if she was in the house at the time. Her relatives have been informed. Det Insp Richard Baird said the fire was not thought to be suspicious, but the damage caused had prevented entry to the property. He said: "A joint investigation with the fire service will be carried out. "Enquiries are at a very early stage, however, initial enquiries would suggest there are no suspicious circumstances. "Due to the extensive structural damage and uncertainty of the building, gaining access to the property will take some considerable time. "Structural engineers will advise when it will be safe to enter the property."

Police are trying to trace a woman who is unaccounted for after a fire at her home in the Highlands.

The partially-dismembered body of David Miller, 56, was found at his flat in Patterdale Walk in Boothville, Northampton, on 14 June 2016. He had been stabbed multiple times and "crude attempts" were made to destroy his body, a court heard. Ian Cuthbertson, 49, Michael Hallett, 37, Joseph Catlin, 30, and Zena Kane, 35, of no fixed address, deny murder. At the start of their trial, Northampton Crown Court heard police officers had forced entry into the flat and found Mr Miller's remains in the bedroom. Several items were found at the property including knives, scissors and a rolling pin which had been used as weapons during the attack on 10 June, and an angle grinder which had been borrowed to try and destroy the body. A post-mortem examination found he had substantial facial injuries and had been stabbed fifteen times in the back and in the chest. Peter Joyce QC, prosecuting, said that Mr Catlin had been living with Mr Miller in the two months before his death and that the pair had known each other for years. The court heard that Mr Miller was "well known and well liked" in the area but had long-standing issues with drink. Mr Joyce said the four defendants were part of the "Northampton street drinking fraternity". "They lived chaotic lives with long periods of homelessness and regularly used Mr Miller's flat as a place to drink, " he said. "These four defendants all took part in the murder of a vulnerable man in his own home and then spent days trying to cover up what they had done," he added. The trial, expected to last for four weeks, continues.

A jury has heard how a "vulnerable" man died after a "sustained attack" with knives and scissors in his own home.

Nico Rosberg headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.505secs after the Briton made a mistake on his best lap. And the German was a massive 1.834secs quicker than Kimi Raikkonen, third for Ferrari, on the same 'soft' tyres. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat were fourth and fifth as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was 11th on the medium tyre. In windy and comparatively cool conditions - it was only 21C and overcast when temperatures are more usually in the mid-30Cs at this race - Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne made his debut in Formula 1 as stand-in for the injured Fernando Alonso. Vandoorne, who had not driven the 2016 McLaren before Friday, flew in overnight from Japan, where he had been testing the car he races in the Super Formula category, and was 18th fastest, 0.952secs slower than team-mate Jenson Button. However, Vandoorne's best time was set on the medium tyre, which is about a second slower than the soft on which Button was running when he set his fastest lap. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier said: "He did very well - it is not easy to step in to this high-tech car with a lot of processes to learn. He knows most of them but doing it for real is very different." The comparison between the two will be watched with intense interest through the weekend as it is effectively a partial audition for the job of Alonso's team-mate at McLaren in 2017. Button is out of contract at the end of this season ad Vandoorne, McLaren's reserve driver, is the most highly regarded not to have a regular F1 drive. At the front, Rosberg and Hamilton were only 0.081secs apart after their first runs on the soft tyre - with the German again marginally ahead. On their second flying laps, Hamilton was quicker in the first sector, but then dropped half a second in the middle sector of the lap. The gap between the Mercedes and the rest are not likely to be representative - Ferrari were almost certainly on a different programme. The Italian team have brought two more sets of the medium tyre for each of their drivers than Mercedes for this weekend and appeared to be focusing more on establishing whether that is the correct tyre for the race. Behind the Red Bulls, Force India's Nico Hulkenberg was sixth fastest ahead of the Toro Rosso pair Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen, the Haas of Romain Grosjean and Williams' Felipe Massa. Bahrain GP first practice results Bahrain GP coverage details

Mercedes put in an imposing performance in first practice at the Bahrain GP, setting the pace by nearly two seconds.

The crash happened outside Castle Bytham, south of Grantham, on Wednesday afternoon. The 73-year-old pilot, from Thurnby, Leicestershire, is being treated for back and leg injuries. A 52-year-old tanker driver was treated for minor injuries and the 61-year-old occupant of the property was unhurt. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it is aware of the incident and is making inquiries. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the man who lives in the bungalow was in the garden and pushed the tanker driver out of the way, to prevent them both being hit. The pilot became stuck in the plane, which was embedded in the building, and the aircraft's landing gear broke off and landed on a bed. A police guard remains in place at the bungalow while recovery work is carried out. Pete Wiles, from the fire service, said: "If they hadn't moved... they would have been hit. "It's a fairly miraculous escape... there's an overhead power line nearby which it missed as well."

An investigation into how a small plane narrowly avoided two men and then struck a bungalow on a farm in Lincolnshire is continuing.

They then vowed to put their careers on hold for 23 years. That time is now up. So at 23 seconds past midnight on Wednesday they made their comeback at a book launch in Liverpool. The duo were greeted by 500 fans as they arrived at the News From Nowhere book shop in an ice cream van that played their hit What Time Is Love? and O Sole Mio. That marked the start of a three-day festival of talks, performance and live art, which will continue on Wednesday with a debate on the topic "Why Did the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid?" However, fans have been told that The KLF's Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond will not be performing any music. Their new novel 2023, described as "a utopian costume drama set in the near future written in the recent past", is due to be performed in full in the city on Thursday. The event will finish on Friday with a "Graduation Ball" headlined by a hitherto unknown artist named Badger Kull, who is billed as having just one three-minute song, titled Toxteth Day of the Dead. The KLF - who also went by names including The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The K Foundation and The Timelords - had hits like 3AM Eternal, Last Train to Trancentral and What Time Is Love? in the late 1980s and early '90s. As well as their electrifying pop-trance hits, Cauty and Drummond became known for sabotaging their own success and subverting the music business in a serious of infamous stunts. Here are four of them: The duo were ordered to destroy all copies of their 1987 debut album after a complaint from Abba, who objected to the unauthorised sampling of Dancing Queen. Cauty and Drummond travelled to Sweden to try to track Abba down in person. But they failed, so they presented the gold disc they had brought with them to a Swedish prostitute instead. As you do. They burned some of the LPs in a field before throwing the rest overboard from the ferry on the way home. The album was eventually released with large stretches of silence where the samples had been. After getting to number one as The Timelords with Doctor Who theme rip-off Doctorin' the Tardis (fronted by Gary Glitter), they published a book called The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) with instructions about how to top the charts. Austrian Eurotrash band Edelweiss followed their advice and sold five million records. When The KLF won best British group at the 1992 Brit Awards, they made their disdain for the music industry clear by performing 3AM Eternal with death metal group Extreme Noise Terror. The appearance ended with Drummond firing blanks from a machine gun into the stunned audience before an announcer said: "The KLF have left the music business." Not satisfied with that, they dumped a dead sheep on the steps of the after-show party with a note reading "I died for you", and deleted their back catalogue. After their resignation from the music industry, they rejected everything that had gone before in the most extreme way in 1994 - taking the £1m they had left in royalties to the island of Jura and burning bundles of £50 notes. That led to howls of protests from those who said it should have gone to a worthy cause. Despite saying they wouldn't talk about it, they actually have. "There's plenty of people who want to give money to charity," Cauty told Irish TV. "We want to do something that we found more interesting with the money." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

On 23 August 1994, The KLF - one of Britain's most incendiary bands, in more ways than one - burned £1m on a remote Scottish island.

First, though, the German has to negotiate one of the most intense weekends of the year. The Brazilian Grand Prix throbs with a passion and fervour matched by few others. Interlagos and Sao Paulo are inextricably linked with Formula 1 even if the days of a winning Brazilian driver may be some time in the past. Brazil's first legendary grand prix driver, Emerson Fittipaldi, was born there, and his successes on the world stage laid the path for all others to follow. Ayrton Senna was, likewise, a Paulista, and is buried in Morumbi cemetery a few miles away. He was a hero to Rubens Barrichello, who grew up metres from the race track and forged his passion watching Senna there, before graduating to F1 a couple of years before his death, befriending him, and then taking up his mantle. Felipe Massa, another local boy, followed suit. The fans know the glory days have long gone, that a Brazilian victory is as unlikely as a day without a traffic jam in one of the world's most crowded cities. But still they come, packing the grandstands and singing and chanting from early in the day. What draws them there? A deep-seated passion for the sport, for one. The almost-certainty of a great sporting spectacle, for another. Interlagos has a knack for producing exciting races. Drama is synonymous with the track, not least because of its position at the business end of the season. It is a claustrophobic place. The circuit winds around a natural amphitheatre, high on a hill, the sprawl of Sao Paulo both a backdrop and crushing in from all sides. The heavy humidity, and almost-permanent threat of rain, add to the atmosphere. It feels locked in, and not just because of the cramped old paddock, a fraction of the size of anything Bernie Ecclestone finds acceptable these days. The track is a splash of vibrant green in an ocean of concrete grey and smog brown; the city butting up against the perimeter fence, endless tower blocks filling the skyline. Twenty years ago, a favela sprawled up the hill all the way to the perimeter wall. There has been an attempt to spruce things up a bit, the old corrugated-roof shacks replaced by flats closest to the circuit, houses of naked breeze blocks a bit further down the road. But down at heel, to say the least, it remains. There is an unmistakable edge. The road up to Interlagos is not a place for a stranger to linger. Inside, the track feels like a haven. One of the shortest laps on the calendar somehow packs in a long straight - superb for overtaking - and a challenging sequence of long corners, the best the uphill double right-hander of Ferra Dura/Laranha and the fast downhill left of Mergulho. It's a great race track, with emphasis on the "race". They are corners with a history - the new track is about half of the old one. Part of a previous era, it was a magnificent five miles of twists and turns, uphill and down, which started with two incredible, banked, high-speed left-handers, taken absolutely flat out by some, still visible outside the modern Turns One, Two and Three. It all adds to the character of the place. Loud, intimidating, crazy, invigorating, rough-around-the-edges. But, in its own way, brilliant. Andrew Benson - chief F1 writer Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

The five world champions on the current grid have all secured at least one title in Brazil and on Sunday they could be joined by a sixth - if Nico Rosberg wins the race, team-mate Lewis Hamilton's hopes of an unlikely late-season comeback will be over.

Gosport's HMS Sultan and Fort Blockhouse are among 91 Ministry of Defence sites now set to close - 35 were previously earmarked. The town's borough council said the loss of more than 1,000 sailors from the area would affect the economy. Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced the closures on Monday. He the closures would deliver better value for money and release enough land across the UK to build 55,000 homes. It is also estimated that about £140m will be saved over the next decade by selling off the sites, which Sir Michael said would be reinvested in creating "areas of military expertise" in locations across the country, including a specialised infantry group in Aldershot. Leader of Gosport Borough Council, Mark Hook, said: "We are relieved the majority of jobs will remain in the area, but we'll lose the economic benefits of having more than 1,000 sailors based in the town." He admitted the authority could not stop the sale of the land, but said it would work to get the "best possible outcomes" for the town. He said it would be "seeking assurances" from the MoD that the sites could be redeveloped for business use. "We need to reduce the impact on the area by using these sites to create business spaces that will bring with them opportunities and jobs to benefit local people," he said. Unions have described the plans - which are part of a review of Ministry of Defence land - as "brutal" and have also promised to fight the closures.

The government will be lobbied by a Hampshire council over its plans to sell off an additional 56 defence sites by 2040.

Yoan Gouffran netted the opener from four yards and another goalmouth scramble resulted in Henri Lansbury turning the ball into his own net. But Newcastle's victory was soured by the loss of top scorer Dwight Gayle, who limped off after 33 minutes. Villa striker Scott Hogan was carried off on a stretcher late on and they are now winless in nine league matches. Hogan, who cost £12m from Brentford in January, landed awkwardly after challenging for a header at a late Villa corner. Gayle - the Championship's leading scorer with 20 league goals this season - appeared to suffer a recurrence of the hamstring problem which had kept him out for six matches. Villa remain six points above the relegation zone, having collected only one point in 2017, although Steve Bruce's side had more than matched the Magpies until they fell behind. Iceland midfielder Birkir Bjarnason went closest for the visitors, failing to hook in Hogan's flick-on from close range and later having a shot saved by Karl Darlow. Newcastle's opening goal came soon after Gayle's departure, with Villa failing to properly clear a Matt Ritchie cross and French winger Gouffran tapping in. After that, the hosts took control and often looked likely to extend their lead, although the second goal which took them above Brighton in the table came in fortunate circumstances. Jamaal Lascelles met Jonjo Shelvey's corner and his effort hit Lansbury, who was stationed at the near post, before ricocheting into the net. Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez told BBC Radio Newcastle: "This is a very difficult division. Every game is tough and we were playing against a good team with very good players. "They pressed well at the beginning and it wasn't easy for us to play how we wanted. We needed to score to open up the game, and after the second goal it was more open. We had more chances and more control of the game. "Dwight Gayle seemed like he wasn't comfortable from the beginning and then he said he was feeling something in his hamstring. We don't know how serious it is. We have to wait." Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce told BBC WM: "Scott's injury compounded the night, because we obviously fear the worst. "He's definitely turned his ankle over and we don't know how serious it is until we see X-rays and scans. The consequences of losing him are huge, but let's hope it's not as bad as what we think. "I thought we were decent in the first half, Newcastle hadn't been near our goal, and yet we gave a poor goal away. After the restart, we've given another one away and the second one was comical. "And the two or three opportunities we've had, we've not taken them. That's where we are at the moment." Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran. Delay in match Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) because of an injury. Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matt Ritchie. Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United). Gary Gardner (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Jonathan Kodjia. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Substitution, Aston Villa. Gary Gardner replaces Birkir Bjarnason. Delay in match Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) because of an injury. Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Neil Taylor (Aston Villa). Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Neil Taylor (Aston Villa). Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Mile Jedinak. Attempt saved. Jack Colback (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic. Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Neil Taylor. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone. Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Dummett. Attempt saved. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United). Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Own Goal by Henri Lansbury, Aston Villa. Newcastle United 2, Aston Villa 0. Attempt blocked. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Henri Lansbury. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone. Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa). Attempt blocked. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Hourihane. Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation. Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United). Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United). James Chester (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United). Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Newcastle United scored a goal in each half to beat Aston Villa and go a point clear at the top of the Championship.

Matthew Cherrington, 32, from West Bromwich, murdered 26-year-old sex worker Lidia Pascale, who was last seen on 19 November 2014. Her body was discovered more than two weeks later in Hope Street, West Bromwich. Cherrington must serve a minimum of 19 years, Birmingham Crown Court was told. The electrician arranged for Ms Pascale, who had been working as an escort, to visit his flat where he attacked and killed her, West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Ms Pascale, who had been staying in Smethwick, West Midlands, and Coventry, had suffered at least 11 blows to the head. Judge Melbourne Inman told Cherrington he was "a very dangerous man capable of extreme unprovoked violence" who had "never shown any remorse or regret." The CPS said Cherrington, of High Street, tried to "evade detection" and had blamed an associate for Ms Pascale's disappearance. Mobile phone analysis showed he had contacted several escorts including Ms Pascale on the day of the murder, the CPS said. Emily Lenham, from the CPS, said: "A very dangerous man has been convicted of a brutal and senseless crime." A West Midlands Police spokesperson said the force was supporting Ms Pascale's family, who are from Tulcea in Romania.

A man convicted of bludgeoning to death a Romanian woman whose body was found in a wheelie bin has been jailed for life.

Ian Stephens, of Cumbria Tourism, said there was a need to "reassure" travel firms and "get the message out businesses are operating as usual". He said the reopening of the A591 was a "massive priority" after a four-mile section between Keswick and Grasmere was closed by a landslide. Some areas were hit by flooding three times in as many weeks in December. Mr Stephens said the impact on visitor numbers was "still unfolding". "We've seen a collapse in forward bookings, which is a very worrying trend," he said. "Accommodation held up reasonably well over the Christmas period. "As you'd expect there were fewer day trippers around and fewer people in the towns and villages, which has an economic impact, and there's an urgent need to get a positive campaign on the road." Storm Desmond saw a record amount of rainfall in the county over the weekend of 5 and 6 December, followed by more in the rest of the month. Carlisle, Keswick, Appleby and Glenridding were badly affected, with water deluging homes and shops. Cumbria Tourism launched a social media campaign before Christmas and is continuing to work with Visit Britain and Visit England. "It's a big job to do," Mr Stephens said. "We're talking to coach and travel operators so they don't change their itineraries. "There's a big danger of them saying, 'We'll wait and go somewhere else in the UK until things are better in Cumbria,' and we then lose a huge number of bookings across the year." Keswick Tourism boss Linda Furniss, said last week that local businesses had "suffered".

Flooding in Cumbria has led to a "collapse" in bookings in the county, a tourism chief has said.

Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty said on Thursday the "unsafe" camps must close. Nearly 450 staff at Mr Turnbull's former university have also expressed concern about claims of torture by government employees and contractors. Australia intercepts all irregular boat migrants and holds them in camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Mr Turnbull has defended the rules, a central policy of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, by saying they are tough but save lives. In a letter to Mr Turnbull, Ms Batty said those detained in offshore centres needed care, instead of punishment. "The centres are, by their very design, unsafe and dangerous places. These centres cannot be patched up," she said. The academics, meanwhile, said there was "overwhelming" evidence that "repugnant acts" including torture and abuse had been carried out the camps. This week, the Australian Broadcasting Corp aired allegations made by a Somali woman who said she was raped by two men on Nauru - and that it took police on the Pacific island four hours to respond. Is Australia's Cambodia solution 'an expensive joke'? Australia's controversial asylum policy Mr Turnbull said the rape claims raised in the report were "very alarming", but defended the government's stance on border security. "The one thing we know is these policies, tough though they are, harsh though they are in many respects, actually do work, they save lives," Mr Turnbull said. "We're taking a number of steps to work closely with the Nauru government to ensure the safety and the security of all the refugees living in that community."

Australia's new PM Malcolm Turnbull is facing fresh calls to shut down offshore migrant detention centres.

The PM revived a line used during her Tory leadership campaign to respond to claims the two clashed over dinner. She also declined to commit to settling the issue of expats' rights by June. EU sources claim UK misunderstanding of the talks process, and ignorance about how Brussels works, could lead to no deal being agreed on the UK's exit. According to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, the prime minister and Mr Juncker clashed last Wednesday at Downing Street over Mrs May's desire to make Brexit "a success" and whether the issue of protecting the rights of expat UK and EU nationals could be agreed as early as June. Speaking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mrs May said there were a lot of similarities and common ground in the two sides' positions. She added: "But look, I think what we've seen recently is that at times these negotiations are going to be tough. "During the Conservative Party leadership campaign I was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody difficult woman. And I said at the time the next person to find that out will be Jean-Claude Juncker." The "bloody difficult" quote came from former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke, who was recorded discussing her after a TV interview last year. Asked about the German newspaper report, Mrs May said: "I don't recall the account that has been given of the meeting that took place, I think that a lot of this is Brussels gossip." But she said that the talks would be tough and would involve either her or Jeremy Corbyn lining up for the UK against the other 27 EU leaders. Theresa May's comment is revealing about her strength, and also her weakness. No political leader wants to be seen to be pushed around. When the UK talked tough as a member of the EU the others had no choice but to listen. But now the UK is on the way out, the incentives for the others to pay attention - let alone do our bidding - is very different. Refusing to be pushed around is one thing, refusing to show any sign of compromise or listen quite another. Read more from Laura Pressed on whether she did believe the issue of the rights of EU nationals in the UK - and Britons abroad - could be settled in June, she said: "I've always said that I want this to be an issue that we address at an early stage." "I've always said that there are complexities to this issue and lots of details that will need to be agreed. What people want to know is to have some reassurance about their future. I believe we can give that at an early stage. I've got the will to do this," she added. She also said she would have "no intention of doing anything other" than serving a full term until 2022 if she wins the 8 June general election. Opposition parties have accused the Tories of pursuing a "hard Brexit" strategy, with the PM insisting no deal is better than a bad one and planning to withdraw the UK from the EU single market. The first edition of the London Evening Standard published under the editorship of ex-chancellor George Osborne was headlined "Brussels twists knife on Brexit", with an editorial warning the PM against seeking a "blank cheque" from the EU. Launching his party's Brexit strategy, ex-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said Mrs May had "chosen to pursue the most extreme and damaging form" of EU departure. He said his party would offer another EU referendum in which it would campaign to Remain. Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning

Theresa May says she will be a "bloody difficult woman" towards European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker during Brexit talks.

The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by the UK government last year. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. The first new services are expected to launch in 2017. Pidgin - West African lingua franca Asian languages: "This is a historic day for the BBC, as we announce the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s," said BBC director general Tony Hall. "The BBC World Service is a jewel in the crown - for the BBC and for Britain. "As we move towards our centenary, my vision is of a confident, outward-looking BBC which brings the best of our independent, impartial journalism and world-class entertainment to half a billion people around the world. "Today is a key step towards that aim." The plans include the expansion of digital services to offer more mobile and video content and a greater social media presence. On Wednesday the BBC launches a full digital service in Thai, following the success of a Facebook-only "pop-up" service launched in 2014. Other expansion plans include: £289m investment 11 new languages 12 new or expanded daily TV and digital bulletins 40 languages covered after expansion 500m people reached by 2022 - double the current number 1,300 new jobs, mostly non-UK Fran Unsworth, the BBC's World Service director, said: "Through war, revolution and global change, people around the world have relied on the World Service for independent, trusted, impartial news. "As an independent broadcaster, we remain as relevant as ever in the 21st Century, when in many places there is not more free expression, but less. "Today's announcement is about transforming the World Service by investing for the future. "We must follow our audience, who consume the news in changing ways; an increasing number of people are watching the World Service on TV, and many services are now digital-only. "We will be able to speed up our digital transformation, especially for younger audiences, and we will continue to invest in video news bulletins. "What will not change is our commitment to independent, impartial journalism." The new language services mean the BBC World Service will be available in 40 languages, including English. Lord Hall has set a target for the BBC to reach 500 million people worldwide by its centenary in 2022. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of its biggest expansion "since the 1940s", the corporation has announced.

It allows users to control games on the touchscreen devices and can show extra information about progress. It also lets the handhelds act as controllers for the firm's Internet Explorer web browser, which will launch on the console later this year. The move poses a challenge to Nintendo's Wii U Game Pad. While the Japanese company's product is specifically designed to enhance the experience of using its next-generation console, Microsoft is offering users a way to extend the functionality of its existing games machines via third-party devices they may already have. "Xbox SmartGlass works with all the devices that you already own: the TV you already own, the phone you already own and the tablet you already own," said Marc Whitten, head of Microsoft's Xbox Live division. "Xbox SmartGlass turns any TV into a smart TV." A demo showed the highly anticipated first-person shooter Halo 4 using the facility to trigger maps and other data about its in-game environment. The announcement was made in Microsoft's keynote presentation at the E3 video games trade show in Los Angeles. Mr Whitten added that SmartGlass would also enhance television programmes and films streamed through the Xbox. He gave the example of a viewer watching Game of Thrones on their television and being able to look down at their tablets to see where on-screen characters were located on a map of the show's fantasy world. The demonstration also showed how the linked device could bring up details about the cast and characters while the user was watching a film. "It lets Microsoft say that you don't need to buy new hardware to have a two-screen experience," Stephen Totilo, editor of gaming website Kotaku, told the BBC. "Nintendo looked to be ahead of everyone else on this, but now Microsoft is breathing down its neck. But there may be a little bit of smoke and mirrors here as I'm not convinced SmartGlass will have as much functionality as the Wii U offers." The app was also mocked by South Park's creator Trey Parker who was at the event to promote a new video game featuring his characters. "How many times have you been watching an episode of South Park and thought I'd like to be able to watch this on my television while hooked into my mobile device which is being controlled by my tablet device which is hooked into my oven all while sitting in the refrigerator," he joked. New uses for Microsoft's Kinect motion and voice sensor also featured heavily in the E3 presentation. A tie-up with Nike will deliver a title towards the end of the year in which a digital personal trainer offers feedback on owners' workout techniques based on information gathered by the Kinect. Voice commands were shown being used to change team formations in the next edition of the American Football simulation John Madden NFL, and to call in air strikes in the action game Splinter Cell Blacklist. A new game called Wrecketer also allows players to use gestures to launch and guide missiles to destroy castles in a title based around a similar concept to Angry Birds. Microsoft also promoted its device as an entertainment hub. A new service called Xbox Music will offer "over 30 million music tracks" to the Xbox as well as Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices. A video suggested the service would rival similar offerings from Spotify, Rdio and others. However, details were scant with no launch date or countries mentioned, and no comment about how it would affect the firm's existing Zune product. US users were promised new content including NBA basketball games, Paramount Pictures movies and Nickelodeon children's programmes. Much of the rest of the presentation was dedicated to trailers showcasing new titles in existing video game franchises such as Tomb Raider, Fable, Call of Duty and Resident Evil. "We're probably getting a new Xbox console in 2013 so that will be what the next E3 is about, so they had to spend this year talking about the stuff that precedes it," said Mr Totilo. "But people who get upset about sequels forget they tend to be some of the best games ever made as developers don't have to worry about working with new hardware, and can instead hone their craft and be creative."

Microsoft has unveiled Xbox SmartGlass: a service to allow tablet computers and smartphones to communicate with its video games consoles.

The Highland village's Ruthven Road is mentioned in a line in the film delivered by Janet de Vigne, from Edinburgh. De Vigne's appearance at the screening will mark the launch of new weekly film nights in Kingussie. The village does not have a cinema, but will hold the events in a local hotel. Holding weekly film nights was suggested during an annual festival celebrating movies. Organiser Iona Malcolm said: "This was all born at the Kingussie Food on Film Festival when a survey was carried out into interest in a film night in Kingussie. "The reaction was very, very positive." Directed by Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars in 2009.

An actress who appeared in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is to attend a special screening of the movie in Kingussie later.

The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show will use specialist technology to ensure the winning fruit is of the Gigantomo variety. The giant entries must be from that strain of plant to win the £1,000 prize. It comes after competitors raised concerns unscrupulous growers might sneak in a rogue type of tomato. Show director Nick Smith said they wanted to be certain the winner "had the right pedigree." "Giant veg growing is great fun and tremendously popular with our visitors, but it also has a serious side, especially with such a big prize at stake," he added. The Gigantomo class, developed for its huge red fruits, was launched in January, with the final weigh-in on Friday. Plant specialist and prize sponsors Van Meuwen said it is the product of almost two decades work by breeders in the UK and United States. Dutch specialists will test the plants to make sure the entries are what they claim to be and the winner could scoop a further £5,000 if the heaviest fruit sets a new world record. The Guinness record for the heaviest tomato stands at 7lb 12oz (3.5kg).

Gardeners trying to cheat their way to the top tomato prize at a horticultural show will be weeded out with DNA tests.

Julian Lewis, chairman of the Defence Select Committee, said the former prime minister had "charm and ability". But he had "dangerously" delayed renewing Trident, Mr Lewis said, also questioning Mr Cameron's roles in Libya, Brexit and armed forces cuts. The ex-PM was mooted as Nato secretary-general over the Christmas period. The incumbent, former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, is due to stand down within the next couple of years. In a speech as part of the Speaker's Lecture series, Mr Lewis said: "During the Christmas recess, an obviously planted story appeared in a tabloid newspaper suggesting that our most recent former prime minister should be the UK's candidate as next Nato secretary-general. "It was duly taken up by the wider media, with heavy hints suggesting that Number 10 was actively considering the proposal." He added: "David Cameron is a man of charm and ability. He deserves to find a role commensurate with his talents, and I am sure that he will. "But those talents do not include wisely judging strategic issues, whether when toppling Arab dictators in places like Libya, increasing military commitments whilst cutting the armed forces, predicting a Third World War in consequence of Brexit, or dangerously delaying the renewal of Trident for the sake of coalition politics - as he did." Mr Cameron resigned as prime minister last summer after his Remain campaign lost the EU referendum. He stood down as MP for Witney, Oxfordshire, in September. In an interview with the Times, published on Monday, US President-elect Donald Trump branded Nato "obsolete" for failing to adapt to the threat posed by terrorism, but he also said the 28-member military alliance was "very important". Mr Lewis warned that if the US turned away from the organisation, Europe would have "little chance" of deterring non-nuclear threats. But he claimed Mr Trump was trying to strengthen the alliance by confronting countries which failed to meet the membership requirement of spending more than 2% of GDP on defence. Mr Lewis said: "It seems to me far more likely that, by confronting the 'free-riders' within the alliance, he actually aims to strengthen Nato by ensuring that all its members properly fund their armed forces in the future."

David Cameron should not become leader of Nato as his "talents do not include wisely-judging strategic issues", a senior Conservative MP has warned.