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Now the US has said it is moving to seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets, ranging from plush properties to a private jet, from people connected to the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak. The asset seizure by the US would be the largest ever by the Justice Department's anti-corruption unit. This is how the story has played out so far. 1Malaysia Development Bhd, set up by Mr Najib in 2009, was meant to turn Kuala Lumpur into a financial hub and boost the economy through strategic investments. But it started to attract negative attention in early 2015 after it missed payments for some of the $11bn it owed to banks and bondholders. Then the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported it had seen a paper trail that allegedly traced close to $700m from the fund to Mr Najib's personal bank accounts. Why is the US intervening now? The Department of Justice alleges $3.5bn (£2.6bn) was misappropriated from 1MDB. "The Malaysian people were defrauded on an enormous scale," Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe said at a news conference. Mr Najib is not named in the suit. But it refers to "Malaysian Official 1", described as "a high-ranking official in the Malaysian government who also held a position of authority with 1MDB".​ The move reflects an intention by the US to open new fronts in its fight against illicit finance. It also sets up a rare confrontations between the US and Malaysia, which is considered an important partner in the fight against terrorism. What do people involved say? 1MDB responded to the US papers by saying it had not benefited from the various transactions described in the suit. The fund has repeatedly asserted that it has never given money to the prime minister and called the claims "unsubstantiated". Mr Najib has also consistently denied taking money from 1MDB or any public funds. His office said Malaysia had "led the way in investigations into 1MDB" and would "fully co-operate with any lawful investigation". Is anyone else involved? Mr Najib has accused his fiercest critic, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, of using the scandal as a means of "political sabotage". He claims Mr Mahathir worked "hand in glove" with foreigners as part of a campaign "to topple a democratically elected prime minister." The BBC put Mr Najib's allegations to Mr Mahathir, who dismissed the claims. Instead, he called on the prime minister to show proof that he didn't pocket state funds. Over the last year, Mr Najib has also sacked his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin and replaced the former attorney-general over critical comments they made about the scandal. There have been multiple domestic official investigations into the 1MDB fund, including a special task force headed by the attorney general. The team raided the office of 1MDB in 2015 and took away some documents. But the replacement attorney general cleared Mr Najib of wrongdoing in January. Multiple foreign authorities have also been investigating the company. In May, Singapore ordered Swiss bank BSI to shut down in the city-state for breaking its money-laundering laws in its dealings with 1MDB. Swiss authorities have opened criminal proceedings related to 1MDB on "suspected corruption of public foreign officials, dishonest management of public interests and money laundering". Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysians should push for a referendum on the prime minister's leadership. Opposition leader in parliament, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, called upon Mr Najib to give a full explanation in parliament and go on leave so a full probe could take place. Civil society group Bersih said Mr Najib and the attorney-general who in January had cleared the prime minister should both resign immediately to make way for independent investigations. The 1MDB controversy has frustrated many Malaysians who are struggling with the rising cost of living and what is perceived to be ingrained corruption in its political system. Last year tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for the resignation of the PM. However, thousands have also rallied in support of the government. The reaction on Thursday to the US move was muted in both Malaysia's mainstream newspapers and social media. Malaysia's government has cracked down on reporting of the 1MDB scandal, blocking access to certain online news portals and targeting media groups and journalists.

The scandal surrounding Malaysia's state development fund 1MDB has gripped the country for years.

The project at Ffrwd Farm Nature Reserve, Pembrey, is part of a wider ongoing water vole strategy for south Wales. Natural Resources Wales said the creatures had suffered a huge decline in recent decades as a result of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and predation by American mink. It is the second release of water voles in the area.

Water voles are being reintroduced at a Carmarthenshire nature reserve.

Chasing 273, England collapsed from 100-0 to 164 all out, with Mehedi Hasan taking 6-77 and Shakib Al Hasan 4-49. They earlier dismissed the hosts for 296 after dropping four catches. Bangladesh had only beaten Zimbabwe and a weakened West Indies team in 95 previous Tests, but the 108-run win means the series finished 1-1. England needed their highest successful run chase in Asia and looked well set after a century opening partnership between Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett. But they lost all 10 wickets in 22.5 overs in the final session as Bangladesh secured the biggest win in their history. Bangladesh had lost 72 of their previous Tests and last played in August 2015 because of security concerns in the country. Duckett (56) scored his first Test half-century but was bowled by 19-year-old off-spinner Mehedi with the first ball after tea, prompting the stunning collapse - the third worst in history by a team who had been 100 without loss. Joe Root was lbw in the following over to Shakib, before Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali were dismissed in the same Mehedi over shortly afterwards. Cook made 59 but, despite successfully overturning one dismissal, the England captain was caught off Mehedi by Mominul Haque at silly point. Shakib then dismissed Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari in quick succession. Fittingly, Mehedi took the final wicket of Steven Finn to finish with six in the innings, 12 in the match and 19 in the series. Openers Cook and Duckett, who batted together for the first time in the first Test in Chittagong, had only managed a best partnership of 26 in their previous three innings. Duckett, 22, impressed with an aggressive 56, hitting seven fours and a six, and played a number of reverse sweeps and pull shots. Bangladesh bowled all four spinners in the session leading up to tea but they took no wickets in helpful conditions. Cook had scored four, 12 and 14 in the series but also batted fluently in a period that seemed to swing the game in England's favour. England will rue their failure to take early wickets as Bangladesh added 116 runs in the morning session and Cook's side dropped four catches. Imrul Kayes scored 78 but was dropped at leg slip by Cook off Ansari, and then by Root off Moeen in the first 10 overs of the day. Both were difficult catches but Duckett dropped a simple chance at deep mid-wicket later in the session with Shakib the batsman to benefit. Finn also put down a difficult diving chance, while England chose not to review the umpire's decision on two occasions when replays showed the batsman would have been given out had they done so. Kayes' innings and 41 from Shakib helped Bangladesh to 268-7 at lunch, but Stokes (3-52) and Rashid (4-52) helped England knock over the tail in 26 balls after lunch. Media playback is not supported on this device Former England spinner Vic Marks on BBC Test Match Special That was extraordinary. I don't think I've seen a series where it's been impossible to know who's winning. At tea time we were praising Duckett and Cook, but less than two hours later the match was over. I've not seen the mood change between sessions like that before. Ex-England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent I feel emotional for Bangladesh. There were all these issues about security and there were doubts about the series taking place. The people here were all so happy that England came. This is unbelievable. Former Bangladesh all-rounder Athar Ali Khan That was a very special win for Bangladesh. I think 160 million people in Bangladesh will have been glued to the TVs, radios and phones. I feel privileged to be here to have seen it.

Bangladesh claimed their first Test win over England as the tourists lost 10 wickets for 64 runs after tea on day three of the second Test in Dhaka.

The government investigation said the bodies were burned at a rubbish dump hours after the students went missing. But the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights says it has found no evidence to support claims that the bodies were incinerated. The Mexican government is sending forensic experts to the area. The move was announced by Attorney General Arely Gomez Shortly after the IACHR report was published. Relatives have always rejected the official investigation. They accused the authorities of covering up the alleged involvement of high-ranking officials and possibly the army in the killings. The case shocked Mexico and led to weeks of protests against official impunity and the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto. Analysis: By Katy Watson, BBC News, Mexico City This report confirms what many people have believed for a long time - that the government's investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students was deeply flawed. The families of the missing disagreed from the start with the government's version of events - now they've been vindicated. There is a lot that is still unknown - the report doesn't explain what happened to the students and only suggests possible motives. But what is clear is that the government needs to step up its efforts to get to the bottom of what actually happened. President Enrique Pena Nieto has been hugely criticised for his handling of this case - this report will heap yet more pressure on him. After a six-month investigation, the Washington-based IACHR released a report of nearly 500 pages urging the government to continue looking for the missing students. A Peruvian fire expert hired by the commission concluded that it was impossible for all the bodies to have been burned at the landfill site in the municipality of Cocula, in the western state of Guerrero. Jose Torero, from the University of Queensland in Australia, said it would have required 13 tonnes of tyres, 20 tonnes of wood and 13 tonnes of diesel to cremate the bodies. It would have taken the gang 60 hours to finish the job, he said. "There is no evidence indicating the presence of a fire of the size [needed] for the cremation of even one body," Mr Torero concluded. The original probe said the trainee teachers were rounded up by corrupt policemen after travelling to the city of Iguala on 26 September and taking part in a protest over job discrimination. They are reported to have disrupted a rally planned by the mayor's wife later in the evening. They were then allegedly handed over to the local Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) criminal gang, which was told to kill them and dispose of their bodies. Several people were arrested in the following days, including the mayor, his wife, local policemen and men accused of belonging to the local gang. The government said some of the people who took part in the killings led them to the landfill site. According to the original inquiry, forensic experts managed to retrieve there a fragment of a bone, which was identified as that of one of the missing students after DNA tests in Austria.

An independent investigation into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students nearly a year ago has rejected the government's account of events.

It is part of a wider disposal of problem debt on both sides of the Irish border. Most of the loans - 86% - that are being sold off are in the Republic of Ireland. The rest relate to business in Northern Ireland. While the face value is about £15m, the actual value is now likely to be considerably less. The process starts next week and should be completed by the end of the year. It is understood the loans being disposed of have been under special management for a significant time. The sale is not connected to the squeeze on agricultural incomes linked to the current downturn.

Ulster Bank is to sell off agricultural loans in Northern Ireland with a face value of about £15m.

Habtom Zerhom was first shot by a security guard at a bus station in Beersheba and then kicked and beaten by a crowd as he lay in a pool of blood. A post-mortem examination found he died of bullet wounds - not the beating. Officials said a prison officer, a soldier and two civilians were charged with aggravated battery. Mobile footage on 18 October showed an angry crowd surrounding Mr Zerhom as he was lying injured on the floor, under a stool held over him by a member of security. A set of chairs was then dumped on his head before he was kicked by the mob. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later urged Israelis not to take justice into their own hands. The beating happened at the time of a deadly attack by an Israeli Arab at the same place in Beersheba. That attacker killed an Israeli soldier and wounded 10 other people. The gunman was later shot dead. Initial reports said two people had attacked the bus station in the southern Israeli city. Twenty-two Israelis Israel have been killed in a wave of stabbings, shootings and car rammings by Palestinians since October, officials say. The Palestinian health ministry says 149 Palestinians have been killed in that time. More than half were said by Israel to be attackers. Others have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

Four Israelis have been charged over the beating of an Eritrean migrant who was mistaken for a gunman during a militant attack last October.

He faces a number of charges. First, he pulled out of a long-planned trip to Moscow after the US missile strike on a Syrian airfield. It was agreed the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should go instead. Poodle, cried his critics. Next, Team Boris briefed journalists that the foreign secretary wanted to get the G7 to agree new sanctions against Russia at its meeting in the Italian city of Lucca. But Mr Johnson entirely failed to persuade other countries to agree. Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said there was no consensus new sanctions would help and argued they could push Russia into a corner. Mr Johnson's own view of the Syrian conflict seems to have swerved around like a shopping trolley since he became the UK's chief diplomat in July. Giving evidence to a House of Lords committee at the start of 2017, he signalled a shift in UK policy towards Syria. Mr Johnson said the "mantra" of calling for President Assad to go had not worked and the military space had been left open to Russia to fill. The Foreign Secretary told peers President Assad should be allowed to run for election as part of a "democratic resolution" of the civil war. Now, however, Mr Johnson believes the Syrian leader has to go. How much of this is fair? And what might the episode say about Boris Johnson's standing in Theresa May's government? First, the UK was a bystander to the Trump administration's missile strike on Syria. The government was given a courtesy call to say it was coming but the UK was not asked to be involved. Mr Johnson's trip to Moscow (which would have been the first by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years) was long planned and quickly binned. I understand Mrs May told Mr Johnson it was his call whether he wanted to go or not. After speaking to Rex Tillerson, Mr Johnson and his US opposite number agreed it was best for one man to deliver a single message to Moscow. Mr Johnson then spent a weekend hitting the phones to other G7 countries trying to get a united position agreed ahead of the meeting in Lucca. In its final communique, the G7 did agree to state the Assad regime had to end. But further sanctions - an idea endorsed by Number 10 - got nowhere. It was clearly a snub to Mr Johnson although government sources insist sanctions have not been taken off the table. On Wednesday, the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, said other countries were "less forward-leaning" than the UK on the issue. Diplomacy is tough. But it may have been unwise for the Foreign Office to suggest sanctions were an ambition when key G7 nations clearly didn't agree. At the weekend, I was told by Team Boris that he was very relaxed about the sniping and criticism being lobbed his way in recent days. And Mr Johnson has provoked quite a lot since he became foreign secretary, largely because of his use of decidedly undiplomatic language. He was taken to task by a Swedish MEP in February for calling Brexit a "liberation". A month before that, Mr Johnson warned the French president not to respond to Brexit by administering "punishment beatings" in the manner of a World War Two film. Guy Verhofstadt, who speaks for the European Parliament on Brexit, branded the remarks "abhorrent and deeply unhelpful". It was several days after President Trump's election that Boris Johnson said it was time for Mr Trump's critics to get over their "whinge-o-rama" - a comment I know left some officials in Brussels agog. Mr Johnson is always keen to speak with the swashbuckling pluck of the newspaper columnist he once was. His many fans in the Tory party might love it. But even Mrs May has hinted at exasperation. At the Conservative Party conference last autumn, the prime minister said: "Do we have a plan for Brexit? We do. Are we ready for the effort it will take to see it through? We are. Can Boris Johnson stay on message for a full four days? Just about." It was a joke. But not many prime ministers joke about their foreign secretary's erraticism. Then in December, Mrs May described Boris Johnson as an FFS - saying that in this case it stood for being a Fine Foreign Secretary (and not the punchy abbreviation for a term of exasperation). When Mrs May was home secretary and Mr Johnson was London mayor they had a prickly relationship. She then beat him to the job he craved. Her appointment of the Brexit campaign's most prominent champion to the job of foreign secretary stunned Westminster and it remains one of the most intriguing political relationships within the government. While happy to clip his wings publicly from time to time, Theresa May also needs Boris Johnson on board as she embarks on Brexit. A force so effective in persuading Britain to vote to leave the EU is not a politician the prime minister wants sniping from outside the cabinet as the negotiating trade-offs begin.

There is, to use Boris Johnson's own lingo, a "whinge-o-rama" raging among the foreign secretary's political opponents and in parts of the press about his performance in the current Syria crisis.

Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Sunderland means United remain six points adrift of the Premier League top four. Asked afterwards if United can still make the Champions League places, Van Gaal said: "It will be very difficult. "After this match, the Europa League is our best route but it will not be easy because there are so many good teams." Since last season, the winners of the Europa League have been rewarded with a place in either the Champions League final qualifying stage or the group stage. United play the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie against Danish side FC Midtjylland on Thursday. They play Shrewsbury in the FA Cup next weekend and do not return to Premier League action until 28 February when they play third-placed Arsenal at Old Trafford. Van Gaal says he has not given up hope of matching United's fourth-place finish from his first campaign in charge, but has warned his squad that it now looks unlikely. "We have given five points away against Chelsea and now Sunderland, so it is too much at this time," he added. "I have said that also to the players, because you cannot close your eyes to it. It is still possible but the Europa League is easier I think. "It is also not so easy, because there is also a fantastic level in that competition, so we will have to fight for it."

Winning the Europa League is now Manchester United's "easiest route" into next season's Champions League, according to manager Louis van Gaal.

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.

Most of you will know your Ayrton Sennas from your Michael Schumachers, your Lewis Hamiltons from your Niki Laudas, but what of the more obscure members of that elite, 754-strong club? Can you identify the genuine F1 drivers from the imposters?

More than 750 drivers have raced in the Formula 1 World Championship since the first race in 1950 - that's an awful lot of people.

K Prithika Yashini, who was born male but underwent gender reassignment surgery, applied to become a police sub-inspector in the southern state. But the state police board did not recognise a third gender, leading her to pursue a legal case against it. A court in Chennai (Madras) has now ruled in her favour. "I'm excited," Prithika was quoted as saying by India's NDTV network. "It's a new beginning for the entire transgender community." A ruling by two judges in Chennai's high court said: "The social impact of such recruitment cannot be lost sight of, as it would give strength to the case of transgenders. "Yashini must reach the finish line, and not be stopped and disqualified in the middle." India's supreme court recognised transgender people as a third gender last April, five years after the electoral commission added the category to ballot forms. The ruling meant the government had to provide transgender people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well as key amenities. There are an estimated two million transgender people in India. While the Times of India reports that Tamil Nadu police already have three transgender constables on their books, reports in other Indian media said Prithika will become the first officer in the country. Prithika was born Pradeep Kumar and left her parents' home before completing a computer studies course and undergoing surgery. She had wanted to be a police officer since being a child, Indian media said. The court also ruled that the result of a police physical test, which Prithika failed after being a second late in a 100-metre dash, was not valid.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to hire the country's first transgender police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced one applicant.

For just over a year when I was 14 years old, I suffered from anorexia nervosa. Weighing a tiny amount, I bought children's clothing and consumed fewer than 500 calories a day. Anorexia nervosa is far from just a battle of wills to resist eating a chocolate bar. It's a serious mental illness. A possession. As though developing a split personality -yourself and the anorexia. In fact, that's exactly what happened to me. Prior to the illness, I'd been a happy girl and enjoyed a great relationship with my parents, but that deteriorated when anorexia embedded itself in my head. I developed techniques and deceptive ways to make it look like I'd eaten when I hadn't. I'd dispose of food in literally any way I could. I became sneaky and desperate, and I'd lie constantly, dreading any time away from school because home-time meant food time. 'I've eaten' techniques included sprinkling toaster crumbs on a plate to make it look like I'd had toast. I'd hide any food down sleeves, in pockets, in bras, in my cheeks, anything to avoid swallowing it. I'd mop up milk from my cereal with tissues. For a girl who loathed maths more than she currently hated life, I became highly adept at calorie calculation. For a girl who loathed maths more than she currently hated life, I became highly adept at calorie calculation. And I knew how much EVERYTHING provided me with. My mum was immediately on my tail when I started to get thin. I'd exercise compulsively — literally anything to burn calories. I'd relish any chance to get away from my parents so that I could burn calories exercising. I remember running laps of the playground during Girl Guide hours in the evening because it was the only time I could run and burn calories. My patrol must have thought I was very strange. Now that I was below a healthy weight, my periods had stopped and I was attending weekly appointments at the Youth Hospital seeing a dietician and a psychologist. I was clinically depressed and spent every day being force-fed by my parents while I screamed and cried like a banshee at the threat of being fed two spoonfuls of ice cream. I could see my thighs were bigger in the mirror after eating anything calorific. That delusion to me was as real as the glass itself. The body dysmorphia was terrible. I could see my thighs were bigger in the mirror after eating anything calorific. That delusion to me was as real as the glass itself. I believe that I still suffer from this dysmorphia a little even now, over ten years later and at a much healthier weight. My recovery was largely down to my mum, whose persistence in monitoring my every move eventually forced the voice in my head to say 'I can't win this', and slowly begin to shrink back. I remember that moment vividly as though the anorexia actually admitted defeat and resigned. To this day, I can see a girl in the gym and know that she's struggling. I think it's in the arms. There's one at my gym right now. I see her working her tiny limbs like a demon on the spin bike, only she barely has any real muscle to power herself. The fight to create a more versatile fashion and beauty industry is still one which is continuing relentlessly today. ALL healthy bodies are beautiful in any shape, any size and any form. It's not about banishing sample sizes from the runways, TV and magazines, it's about creating body diversity. Young girls need to see models walk down the catwalk with healthy bodies resembling that of the average woman. They shouldn't have to be labelled as 'plus size', because they're not. They're just women. Note: BodyPositive has removed some of the more sensitive aspects of this story. For help and advice please visit your doctor and/or one of the charities listed below.

Warning: This article contains information which may be triggering for those with eating disorders.

The 19-year-old forward has yet to play a competitive first-team match for the Terriers but did feature in pre-season friendlies against Liverpool, FC Ingolstadt 04 and Oldham in 2016. He had a three-game loan at National League side Wrexham earlier this term. The deal to take him to Colchester, ninth in League Two, would include the play-offs should they reach them. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Colchester United have signed Rekeil Pyke on loan from Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.

Fifty people were on the First Great Western rail replacement service from Oxford to Didcot when it was hit at Drayton, at 00:30 GMT. One of the three people taken to hospital sustained serious but non life-threatening injuries, police said. The southbound carriageway has been reopened but investigations are continuing. The remaining passengers, who did not require hospital treatment, were taken to Abingdon police station. Passenger Rebecca Crow posted a picture of her injuries on Twitter and wrote: "I was on the bus, it was insane. Very thankful for no fatalities; just a bust up face!" The bus was a replacement for the 00:05 First Great Western service from Oxford to Didcot. Bus passenger Adam Graves said on Twitter: "One moment the bus power failed, a minute or 2 later the lorry hit us. Bus ended up part down the embankment. #a34" He later told BBC News: "It sort of jumped forward. There were people screaming inside. "Then you suddenly noticed you're falling out of your seat - everyone was flying everywhere. "Once that initial shock had passed people were quite calm. "A lot of people on the bus had been coming back from a gig in Oxford, that's where I'd been, that kept people calm as a few recognised each other." In a statement, a First Great Western spokesman said the firm was "keen" to offer support to all of the bus passengers and their families. He said initial reports from its own contractor "suggest the driver followed correct safety procedures", but added police were investigating. "We are offering them any assistance we can to understand the full details of the incident," he said. The A34 was shut between the Botley and Milton interchanges. It had been due to reopen at 11:00 but was delayed due to difficulties in recovering the vehicles, police said. Officers on site were having problems earlier with drivers ignoring the closure and driving through, according to BBC Radio Oxford travel reporter Sara Dumbell. She said diversions had also led to lengthy traffic delays in the area.

Three people were injured when a broken-down bus was hit by a lorry on the A34 in Oxfordshire.

Harsent won the prestigious £20,000 award for his eleventh collection Fire Songs. It was his fifth nomination, dating back to 1998, but he had not previously won. Chair of the judges Helen Dunmore described Harsent as "a poet for dark and dangerous days". She added: "Fire Songs plumbs language and emotion with technical brilliance and prophetic power." This year's other nominees included former winners John Burnside and Michael Longley. The 10 shortlisted authors received £1,500 each. To mark the 50th anniversary of Eliot's death on 4 January 2015, the prize money for the winner has been increased from £15,000 to £20,000. Judges Dunmore, Sean Borodale and Fiona Sampson chose the shortlist from 113 books submitted by publishers. The TS Eliot Prize 2014 shortlist: Harsent's previous collections include 2005's Legion, which won the Forward Prize for best collection, and 2011's Night, which was shortlisted for the Costa, Forward and TS Eliot Prizes and won the Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is currently professor of creative writing at the University of Roehampton and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Harsent was presented with his award at a ceremony at the Wallace Collection in London on Monday. Previous TS Eliot Prize winners include Ted Hughes, George Szirtes, Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, John Burnside, Sharon Olds and Sinead Morrissey. The TS Eliot Prize was launched in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet. The prize money is donated by the TS Eliot estate.

David Harsent has won the TS Eliot Prize for poetry at the fifth attempt.

But when Paul Gascoigne appeared on BT Sport's Fletch and Sav show, everyone listened, including Russell. For all of Gazza's amazing moments on the pitch, he's also known for his long term battle with alcohol. Despite visible signs of vulnerability over the years the former footballer seemed back to his old "daft as a brush" self. Paul Gascoigne was massive news when you were growing up. He picked up 57 England caps and was described as the most naturally gifted footballer of his generation. Type "Paul Gascoigne Euro 96 wonder goal" in your search engine and you'll see for yourself. He was also famed for cracking jokes and playing pranks on teammates. He began the interview talking about how the tabloids have reported on his problems with addiction. "(What) the press what they've been writing about it, it's scandalous. "The press were actually outside my house and were taking pictures and they even wrote the next day that I was in rehab in Spain somewhere," he said. "I wasn't, I was somewhere else. It was just the lies that keeps coming on." He then remembered a conversation which led to him signing for Tottenham. "I played against Spurs at Newcastle, scored two, and walking off the pitch Terry Venables (Spurs manager) said 'If you come and sign for me I guarantee you within 10 days you'll be playing for England'." "That's all I wanted to do. "Then I did in about eight games of coming to Tottenham, I got my chance to join with the England squad, which was unbelievable." Then, almost inevitably, things took a funny turn when Gazza remembered trying to help out the Spurs groundsman. "He [the groundsman] said 'I've got to get rid of these pigeons', I went 'OK then I'll help you... I'm not doing anything.' "I walked across the pitch, and he says: 'There's one at the top of that roof'. "I went: 'OK how'd I get up there?'" Once he got up onto the roof things soon went, hilariously, wrong. "I went over and I just heard [a cracking sound], and I fell through the roof, I landed 30 foot down on the steps! "I said, gaffer, I don't think I can train today," "He said 'what for?' "I said 'A pigeon did it.'" The 47-year-old talked about turning down a deal to sign with Manchester United, in favour of a Tottenham package which included a house for his parents, as well a sun bed for his sister. What he didn't bank on was getting a letter from Sir Alex Ferguson himself. "It wasn't a good letter, I got cained. "It was like 'I can't believe you turned down the biggest club [for a sun bed]'. Gazza enjoyed a spell in Italy in the 1990s after Lazio paid more than £5m for the striker. "The one team I wanted to play for was AC Milan, I eventually got to play them - away. "I thought this is my chance to prove against them, how good I am." "We got beaten 5-1, I think it's the only game I wanted to end quickly, I think I had one touch with about five minutes to go." Gazza famously cried when he was booked during an England World Cup match - because it would have stopped him playing in the 1990 final. And he admits he still gets tearful today, especially when it hits him afresh that his playing days are behind him. "I was in tears to my sister and my dad last week, I just felt a little bit lonely. "That's why I sometimes find it hard to go to games." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

It's not often Russell Brand plays second fiddle as a guest on a TV show.

The 26-year-old ex-Dagenham and York defender started all but four of Wood's league matches last season. Meanwhile, striker Ryan Bird has joined from Newport, signing a one-year deal with an option of a further year. The 29-year-old scored six goals in 19 appearances for the League Two side last season. The duo are Chris Kinnear's seventh and eighth summer signings, with Tobi Sho-Silva and Connor Essam among those to arrive at the Crabble Athletic Ground.

Dover Athletic have signed Femi Ilesanmi on a one-year contract after the left-back's departure from National League rivals Boreham Wood.

But Reaction Time is a bit of an unusual commission that left me, as producer, staring at a half-hour gap in the schedule and wondering what would fill it. It is the network's first programme made entirely on smartphones. The premise was simple on paper. BBC Radio 4 put a prompt on social media ahead of Valentine's Day: "Tell us a story about love," inviting anyone in the world to make a two-minute voice recording of their relationship story, on their phone, and email it in as an attachment. Then, I would knit the contributions into a half-hour of online dates, first loves, and bitter break-ups. I will confess to some nerves. Until recently, the quality from mobile recordings would not be good enough - but, in my day job as a journalist, I have used the technique when we have not been able to get an interviewee to a studio. The technology has improved massively in recent years and is often comparable to a traditional recording. As the process started, there were anxious days when nothing arrived, and, then, suddenly - a brilliant anecdote. (Caroline's wedding gets derailed spectacularly…) I would refresh the inbox open-mouthed at relationship stories that could not be broadcast; weeding out information about people's exes that could get me sued, and in one instance, deciding against broadcasting an entertaining but detailed account of what happens when you get dysentery on honeymoon. The other factor that gave me a few worries was that people seemed particularly keen to share their disasters - marital break-up, hated exes, a ruined wedding, loneliness, a complete inability to pull - was there anyone with a nice, romantic story? It turned out there was, and it was from a woman called Samantha. Her tale finishes the programme, and it is a bit of a jaw-dropper. I knew I had something when I played it to a reasonably hard-bitten reporter at the next desk and she cried. One of the key decisions about the programme was that if we were handing over half an hour to Radio 4's listeners, we should go the whole hog and get one of them to present it. So a few weeks ago, I emailed Narelle Lancaster. The 39-year-old advertising lecturer had sent in one of my favourite stories about a catastrophic night out. Her date's opening gambit was: "Your breasts look fantastic in that dress." And then it got worse. When I contacted her about presenting the programme, Lancaster, who lives in the UK, had gone back to Australia for two months. After realising every one of my phone recording sessions with her would have to take place not far off 00:00 GMT, I banged my head on the desk a few times and got on with it. Soon enough, Lancaster was sitting on the other side of the world with two phones in her hands, one landline against her ear so I could coach her, and a smartphone to record the script with in the other hand. She told me: "It was not easy - we did spend hours working it out, so recording a script was much more complicated than I thought it would be - lots of techniques to make you sound natural. "It's been incredibly exciting. "I only submitted because saw it on Twitter, and I really didn't think anyone would be interested in my story - I was really surprised. "Now, I just want to hear it." And now, it is time for the listeners to decide if they like the sound of themselves. Reaction Time can be heard on Radio 4 at 1130 GMT on 11 February.

When Narelle Lancaster emailed a new BBC Radio 4 programme, she did not expect to become its presenter.

I have been out and about, travelling, and watching other travellers recently. This made me think about the history of comforters. Perhaps tobacco was the first mass comforter. A north London pub I cycle past on the way to work almost every day has an Elizabethan-era panelled upper room from the 16th Century, where (it is said) the great explorer Sir Walter Raleigh used to smoke pipes of the tobacco he brought back from his travels in the New World. The first time that happened in Europe, people say. Jump forward a bit in time and modern mudlarks still scour the exposed banks of the River Thames in London for fragile clay pipes thrown away by the hundreds of thousands in the 17th and 18th Centuries. You can date them by the size of their bowls, which seem to have waxed and waned according to the price of tobacco; the price of filling a pipe, in other words. Conversations could be eked out, doubled in length, by a drag and a puff; a sort of extended breathing pattern that helped Elizabethans and others get through the day. When photography was invented in the 1840s we could finally see how people really lived, as opposed to how a few of them, privileged, posed for the painted version of their lives. Everyone may have worn hats before. But in the street photographs of the 19th Century it begins to look as though hats had become mass comforters - the workers imitating the nobs for whom hats had always been a form of self expression. Hats were a comfortable uniform, I suggest. Enter the age of mass production in the beginning of the 20th Century. Machine-made cigarettes made the comfort of tobacco cheaper and more accessible than ever. Smoking, always a bonding activity, became even more so as people took breaks to exchange smokes. And two world wars brought military travel to men who had never before dreamed of going further than their nearest town. The mass transit of troops enhanced the enforced boredom of conscription; waiting around for a train or a ferry could be punctuated by a quiet cigarette. In the UK after World War Two, National Service in the armed forces regularised the fag break for almost everyone. Sharing a fag or a packet gave a little lift to the waiting around that was the experience for many men's two-year involuntary stay in the Army. But when National Service ended, something happened to the sharing cigarette routine. Horizons had widened as lots of Brits went abroad for the first time, first involuntarily in the war and then on holiday. People took more responsibility for themselves. They started thinking about health. Smoking in public places declined in the most remarkable way in the 1970s and 80s. Perhaps the rise of the PCB plastic bottle had something to do with it. Fag not in mouth, we still needed a comforter. The psychological answer was a new addiction to replace nicotine: bottled water, something to keep people busy just like a cigarette, but demonstrably healthy. A bottle of water to accompany every mobile activity, clutched to the breast. In my childhood, who would possibly have imagined that the British would ever have embraced the continental cult of bottled water? But they did, and it is now challenging the consumption of fizzy sweetened drinks. Extraordinary. Parallel with water but slightly later came the inexorable rise of coffee-to-go, in a container with a mouth hole in it. Another badge of self importance coupled with self indulgence which is very much part of the comforter phenomenon. Meanwhile there's a powerful new entrant to what we might call the comfort zone: filling that top pocket, empty hand, or handbag. It is of course the smartphone, doing much the same (psychological) thing as the cigarette or the pipe - breaking the tedium of the moment with a bit of gratification. Like the social cigarette, the phone links its obsessed user with others - not close at hand now, but the online community everywhere. The new nervous tic, the need to be connected at all the hours of the day. And since carrying bottled water and looking at a phone at the same time takes a good deal of juggling, I wonder whether the comfort of water will eventually be replaced by the phone in a similar way to how a sip of water has replaced the ciggie. After all, beer sales in South Africa are said to have dropped when cheap mobile phones swept the country 15 years or so ago. Instead of going out to drown their sorrows, migrant workers phoned home to the village they had left behind in moving to the townships. And I will bet that the great evolution of the adult comforter has not ended at the smartphone. The screen is cumbersome; sooner or later, it and the keypad will be replaced by data flows wired directly into our brains. But wired from where? Maybe it's time for a revival of the headgear we all routinely wore 100 years ago. The "smart hat" may be on the way. It's an entrancing story, this long line of human psychological and social development. Trace it back, if you like, to the Sumerian farmer sucking on a blade of wheat at the very beginnings of agriculture and civilisation 5,000 years ago. Then the pipe, the hat, the cigarette, bottled water morphing into the smartphone - and then what? A book about this great human progression of comforters would obviously be a best seller, but don't ask me to write it. I'm too busy trying to master my (very uncomfortable) phone.

The cartoon character Linus van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip has a comfort blanket, and so do lots of children.

Media playback is not supported on this device Cook's side carry a 1-0 lead into the second Test at Lord's on Thursday, after last week's 169-run victory. But Cook said: "Australia are still probably favourites, they've only got to retain, I suppose. "But series are not played on paper, it's what people deliver. And it's always nice to be underdogs isn't it?" England, who are taking precautions over the fitness of all-rounder Moeen Ali before the second Test, were hammered 5-0 by Australia in the last Ashes down under in 2013-14. But, following the departure of coach Peter Moores in May, they have undergone an overhaul both on and off the pitch. Under the interim leadership of assistant coach Paul Farbrace, they played positively in the drawn Test series and victorious one-day series against New Zealand. Victory in new head coach Trevor Bayliss's first match in charge gave them the early advantage in the Ashes series. Cook is keen for his side to continue in that positive vein against an Australia side that is likely to feature a number of changes, with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin absent for personal reasons while reports suggest all-rounder Shane Watson will be dropped. "I think it is important that we don't sit back and protect the lead," Cook told BBC Sport. "We can't do that, certainly not against Australia. "We have made a big effort with this series not to worry about what Australia do. It is about our attitude and approach. If we can get near the standards of Cardiff we will be a tough team to beat." England have won the past two matches between the two at Lord's, following Australia's 75-year unbeaten run at the home of cricket. England's only injury concern is over Moeen, who has felt some soreness in his side following the first Test. Moeen played a key role in the victory in Wales, scoring a brisk 77 at number eight in the first innings and taking five wickets in the match. Cook told BBC Sport: "He has come through training and fingers crossed he will be fine, which is great news for us. "He is fine but you always want to be careful and head into an Ashes Test match with people fully fit." Uncapped Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid is on standby should Moeen fail to prove his fitness. In the absence of Haddin, the uncapped Peter Nevill takes over as wicketkeeper. "I am confident with Nev coming in that we have the wicketkeeper spot covered," captain Michael Clarke told BBC Sport. "He is a fighter and has had a great year back in Australia. "He deserves his opportunity. He won his spot on form and that is why he is in the squad. I have every confidence he will walk out there and make runs." Clarke also expects seam bowler Mitchell Starc to be fit to play, despite suffering an ankle strain that required pain-killing injections in the first Test. Clarke said: "He took eight wickets. He bowled on one leg in the second innings and still took three wickets. He is a wicket-taker. But all our bowlers need to be more consistent." Watson, who was lbw in both innings of the first Test for scores of 30 and 19, is reportedly set to be dropped, with Mitchell Marsh taking his place. However, Clarke said he does not yet know the XI, adding: "Whoever is picked needs to perform, like the rest of us." The 34-year-old added: "We were outplayed in all facets in the first Test. We have taken the positives and we come here to Lord's and start afresh. "We have played some really good cricket over the last couple of years and the boys are full of confidence. "We know how we can play if we are at our best and the boys just need to find that consistently over the five days. We need to bat for long periods, have really good intent with the ball and execution over long periods." The pitch at Cardiff was slow, which many felt helped England as it negated the Australian pace attack. Both captains expect a similar surface at Lord's, with Cook saying: "Normally a Test wicket here is a pretty good wicket. We are in England and I don't think it will be travelling through like Perth." Clarke said: "I think it will be a little bit tacky to start and seam around early so it will be difficult to bat on. But it does look like a pretty good wicket. Generally at Lord's, once the sun comes out, it is a good wicket to bat on." Players will also have to contest with the Lord's slope, with batsmen requiring judgement on which balls to play and leave and bowlers requiring greater discipline with their line. Only Mitchell Johnson of the Australia bowling attack has played at Lord's before and his record is poor, conceding 200 runs in 38.4 overs (taking three wickets) in the second Test in 2009. England's James Anderson is the record wicket-taker on the ground with 75 in 17 matches, with Stuart Broad the fourth highest (61 wickets in 14 Tests). Unlike Cardiff, where rain threatened to affect the final day - should the game have gone that far, the forecast for Lord's is good, with BBC Weather stating Thursday will be "a dry and fine day... with bright or sunny spells developing as cloud breaks and winds staying light". It is a similar picture across the five days. One of the net bowlers for England in the build-up to this Test is the son of India great Sachin Tendulkar, the leading Test run-scorer in history. Arjun Tendulkar, 15, who is hoping to forge a career in the game, helped put the England batsmen through their paces during practice on Wednesday.

England captain Alastair Cook says Australia remain favourites to claim the Ashes despite his side's superb first-Test victory in Cardiff.

The ruling means that tax subsidies that make health insurance affordable for low-income individuals can continue. United Health Group was the best performer on the Dow Jones, up 2.7%, while Tenet Healthcare rose 12%. Overall though, the main US share indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones closed down 74 points, or 0.4%, at 17,891.90. The S&P 500 fell 6 points, or 0.3% to 2,102.31 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 10 points, or 0.2% to 5,112.19. The failure to find an agreement between Greece and its creditors continued to hang over shares. In economic news, the latest numbers on US consumer spending showed a monthly increase of 0.9%, the biggest gain in six years and accelerating from April's 0.1% rise. Personal income increased 0.5%, the same as the previous month. There was a small increase in the number of people claiming jobless benefits, but the underlying trend still shows a tightening labour market. Oil and gas producer Magnum Hunter Resources shares rose 6% after it said it expected to raise $600-$700m by selling its 45.5% stake in its natural gas gathering subsidiary, Eureka Hunter Holdings. Its shares had fallen some 44% this year on concerns over its liquidity. Shares in Nasdaq listed Netflix fell 2% on the news that billionaire investor Carl Icahn had sold his remaining stake in the TV and movie subscription service, in part because he is worried that financial markets are "extremely overheated".

(Close): A supreme court ruling that upheld a key part of President Obama's healthcare plan lifted shares in US health companies.

The Dungannon rider suffered chest and pelvic injuries in the crash on 12 May. His condition was described as stable on 16 May and he was moved out of intensive care. The 40-year-old and Dan Cooper came off their bikes on the the Black Hill section of the course. English rider Malachi Mitchell-Thomas was killed in a crash at the same part of the course on Saturday, 14 May. Cooper was taken to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine with shoulder injuries but was later discharged. Farquhar is a well known-figure in motorcycling and has won five races at the North West 200. He retired from the sport in 2012 following the death of his uncle Trevor Ferguson at that year's Manx Grand Prix in the Isle of Man. However, Farquhar resumed his road racing career in 2014, saying that his family backed his decision to return.

Motorcycle racer Ryan Farquhar, who was hurt in a high-speed crash in the North West 200, is seriously ill and has returned to intensive care, the Belfast Trust have said.

Simeone, 44, has led Atletico to a host of trophies since becoming coach in 2011, including last season's La Liga title and the 2012 Europa League crown. They were runners-up to Real Madrid in the 2014 Champions League final, who they face in this season's last eight. "I am here because I'm convinced the club will continue to grow," he said. Simeone is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in European football, and was reported to have been linked with a number of clubs, including Manchester City. "Nobody embodies the values of our club more so than Simeone," said club president Enrique Cerezo. The Argentine guided Atletico to their first title since 1996 last year with a last-day draw at Barcelona. His side were then seconds away from winning the Champions League until Sergio Ramos's header took rivals Real into extra-time.

Coach Diego Simeone has signed a contract extension with Atletico Madrid that will keep him at the Spanish champions until 2020.

5 January 2016 Last updated at 08:38 GMT After the war, the dormitories in south London became temporary accommodation for immigrants from countries like Jamaica who were invited to live in the UK. The tunnels, which are 120ft below the surface, have now been opened up for public visits by Transport for London (TfL) and the London Transport Museum. BBC London's Alice Bhandhukravi reports.

Beneath Clapham South Tube station lie a warren of tunnels which provided shelter for 8,000 people during World War Two.

South Wales Police said David Ellis, 40, his lodger, has been arrested in Ireland. Officers are liaising with Garda officers in connection with his extradition back to the UK. Retired telecoms engineer Mr Warburton, 59, has not been seen since 31 July. Police launched an appeal for information after he went missing; they said his M-reg Peugeot 205 had been spotted in north Wales before returning to Swansea. The car was found abandoned at Birkenhead port some days later. Police said Mr Ellis, who had been Mr Warburton's lodger in Sketty, had stepped off a ferry in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 6 August. That discovery prompted a fresh appeal for information and led to Welsh officers being sent across the Irish Sea. South Wales Police said Mr Warburton's family had been informed of the latest development in the investigation and continued to be assisted by family liaison officers. Mr Warburton's body has not been found; detectives have previously said they are treating the incident as murder.

Police investigating the murder of missing Swansea man Alec Warburton say a man they wanted to speak to in connection with his disappearance has been arrested.

The three spacecraft are owned and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which is based in Guildford. Rural, coastal and urban scenes from Argentina, Italy, and Greece are featured in the sample pictures. Surrey has leased all the time on the satellites to 21st Century Aerospace Technology Ltd of Beijing. 21AT refers to the trio as the TripleSat Constellation and will be using them primarily to survey Chinese territory. Their data will help with urban planning, working out crop yields, pollution monitoring and doing biodiversity assessments, among many other applications. The satellites see the Earth in a range of visible and infrared wavelengths. They fly as a train around the globe, with a separation between each platform of 33 minutes. And from their altitude of 651km, they can trace surface features down to one metre in a panchromatic mode (back and white), and four metres in a multispectral (colour) mode. The swath covered by an image is 24km. The spacecraft also have the ability to swivel and look sideways, and so will often be tasked to work in unison to patch together wide mosaics, or even make stereo views of particular scenes. The rural shot of Argentina was acquired by TripleSat-1; the view of the Acropolis and Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, was captured by TripleSat-2, and the image of the Adriatic resort city of Rimini, Italy, was taken by TripleSat-3. Look closely and you can see the neat rows of parasols on the beach. The new constellation is the most capable yet to come out of SSTL, which actually refers to the spacecraft by its own designation of DMC3 Its decision to lease time on the satellites, as opposed to selling them or their data direct to 21AT, is a new way of working for the Guildford company. It just so happens that on this occasion, 100% of the time has been leased by the Beijing operator. However, Surrey has a fourth platform that is almost built that could be leased to other users for periods of time. SSTL's founder and executive chairman, Sir Martin Sweeting, said he hoped potential customers would be impressed by the capability demonstrated in the new pictures. "The DMC3/TripleSat constellation comprises the world's highest capability-for-cost Earth observation satellites in their class, and confirms SSTL once again at the forefront of small satellite missions and innovative business models," he told BBC News. Sir Martin was speaking here in Paris at the World Satellite Business Week conference organised by Euroconsult. The DMC3/TripleSat satellites were launched in July by a PSLV-XL rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

The first images acquired by a new UK-built, high-resolution, Earth-observation constellation have been publicly released.

The Ardglass golfer, a European Tour invite, is three shots off the lead held by American Peter Uihlein. Sharvin hit seven birdies but dropped three shots on par five holes, taking a double-bogey seven on the 15th. Belfast's Michael Hoey finished on five over including two bogeys in the last three holes. Ireland's Paul Dunne finished on one over. Media playback is not supported on this device Sharvin slipped from five to three under, but made amends with a two at the par three 17th in Australia. In what is only his second tournament as a professional, the 23-year-old expressed delight at his impressive start. "This being my first European Tour event, it's really nice to post a nice number and see myself up the leaderboard with names I'm usually watching on TV," he said. "My main focus this year is going to be Challenge Tour events and I can't think too far ahead, but I know if I play well I can compete."

Cormac Sharvin made a superb start to his first European Tour event as a professional shooting a four-under par round of 68 at the Perth International.

The 24-year-old Tunisia international, who initially joined Lille on a season-long loan last summer, has agreed a three-year contract with Les Dogues. Sliti has made just five appearances since his return from the 2017 African Cup of Nations - where he played all four matches as Tunisia exited the tournament in the quarter-finals. He has played 16 games for Lille, scoring once - during November's 4-2 home victory against Caen. Sliti, who began his career with Sedan before moving to Paris FC in 2013, has won 11 caps for his country and scored three goals. Lille are 11th in the table going into Saturday's fixture against Metz.

French side Lille have exercised their option to sign Naim Sliti on a permanent deal when his loan move from second-tier side Red Star expires this summer.

Police and other emergency services had responded to reports of a man in difficulty at about 13:45 on Saturday. The incident took place as a yacht racing event was being held in the area. The man was brought ashore but died at the scene. Police said no further details would be released until he has been formally identified. A spokesman said there were no apparent suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.

A 69-year-old man has died after his boat capsized in the Findhorn Bay area of Moray.

Arriva Trains Wales faced criticism over "unacceptable" queues at central station during the Rugby World Cup. The firm wants to iron out issues before 74,000 people attend the Champions League final at the Principality Stadium in May 2017. Trials for the truck stunt event include Queen Street station opening. Usually it is closed after big events, with all people attending rugby and football matches and pop concerts using Cardiff Central only. But assembly members called for urgent change after people were left waiting for hours in long queues, most notably during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. To reduce waits, Queen Street will be open on Saturday for all people using Valley Lines services. People travelling to Bridgend and further west will use the rear of central, while those going to Newport, Ebbw Vale, north Wales, London, Bristol, Crewe, Gloucester and Birmingham will use the front. Bus replacement services will be used to take people to Pontyclun, Llanharan and Pencoed. Ongoing work on the Central Square development directly in front of the main station had made the need for changes more pressing. "As always we will be working to ensure passengers can get on trains as quickly and safely as possible," said Arriva's customer services director Lynne Milligan.

Plans to avert big event travel chaos in Cardiff will be trialled as 30,000 people head to the city for Saturday's Monster Jam event.

The 50-year-old Dubliner won two league titles with the Crues in 1995 and 1997 and began his managerial career at Seaview before taking charge of several League of Ireland clubs. His most recent position was as Roddy Collins' assistant at Waterford United. He replaces Kieran Harding, who quit last month after Carrick lost seven of their opening nine games. Callaghan was capped for the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level. The defender played for Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic and English clubs Stoke City, Oldham, Crewe and Preston as well as having a successful spell in the Irish League with Crusaders. After replacing Roy Walker as manager for the 1998/99 season, he gained further managerial experience in the League of Ireland with Athlone Town, Longford Town, Bohemians and UCD. "I would like to transfer the identity of the club onto a professional platform and I look forward to working with all key stakeholders to achieve this objective," he said. "It's a league I have achieved great success as a player and a manager. "I am confident of improving the current squad's tactical, technical, psychological and physical abilities." Club secretary David Hilditch said he hopes the appointment "will bring stability to matters on the field" and develop the club. Callaghan's first game in charge will be an Irish Premiership match at home to Glenavon on Saturday. The club are in 11th place with four points from 11 games, with only Portadown further adrift because of their points deduction.

Former Crusaders defender and player-manager Aaron Callaghan is the new manager of Carrick Rangers.

Drivers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union have unanimously backed the deal. Aslef officer Finn Brennan said the new agreement offered "real improvements in conditions". Maintenance workers represented by the TSSA and RMT have rejected the proposal, as have Unite members. Aslef said its members voted by almost nine to one to accept the deal, clearing another hurdle in plans for a Night Tube. The service was due to start on some lines at weekends last September but has been delayed because of failure to reach agreement with the unions over pay and conditions. Aslef officer Finn Brennan said union members' "strength and solidarity have achieved an above-inflation pay rise and real improvements in conditions that will give drivers, and other grades, much more flexibility and control over their work-life balance". Steve Griffiths, London Underground's chief operating officer, said: "I'm pleased that Aslef members have voted to accept our offer. "This is a fair and affordable pay deal." Mr Griffiths added LU wanted to "deliver the night Tube for London as quickly as possible".

London Underground train drivers with the Aslef union have voted to accept a pay deal for a new all-night Tube service.

Funding given to the charity, which collapsed in August, included at least £28m from the Department for Education, the National Audit Office said. It received the money despite warnings about its financial management. But founder Camila Batmanghelidjh said an "extremely distorted picture" of the charity was being painted. She said former staff and mentors at Kids Company were now "too scared" to defend it because of a "media frenzy and biased reporting". She added: "The state gave Kids Company money to do the job it couldn't do. It wasn't doing the charity a favour." Evidence would have demonstrated Kids Company's "exceptional clinical and financial value as well as its rigorous accountability", had it not been "lost" by the Department for Education, Ms Batmanghelidjh said. But a Department for Education spokesman said: "We do not recognise Camila's version of events." Prime Minister David Cameron said he thought it had been right to give Kids Company the chance to keep going, and that was why it had access to public money. The NAO found that Kids Company received public funding for at least 15 years, with at least £42m provided in government grants, including £28m from the Department for Education and its predecessors. It also received about £2m from councils and £2m from the National Lottery. The key findings of the report were: The NAO, an independent body which audits government departments, found that despite "repeatedly expressed concerns" from officials, the government "continued to respond to the charity's requests for funding". Its report said civil servants had noted that other organisations "appeared to offer better value for money" than Kids Company. It found "a consistent pattern of behaviour" of the charity writing to ministers to express fears of redundancies and the impact of service closures, while raising the same concerns in the media. This meant that from 2013 it did not have to compete for grants, the NAO found. Ashley McDougall, from the NAO, said it was not clear why government had continued to fund Kids Company "year after year" when concerns were known. 2002: Officials criticised Kids Company's record of financial management and said other similar organisations were more effective. 2003: Kids Company had not complied with conditions attached to a previous emergency grant, debts at the charity were mounting, and its long-term financial viability needed to be evaluated, officials said. 2008: Officials raised concerns Kids Company's dependency on government funding was being prolonged and the government could be accused of favouritism. 2013: Kids Company grants were significantly higher than those to similar charities, yet it had limited reserves and consistent cash flow difficulties, officials said. March 2015: Cash flow problems were persisting and officials were concerned that the charity would continue to rely on public funding. June 2015: Officials cast doubt on the financial figures produced by Kids Company, and said they had limited confidence in the charity's willingness or ability to change. They advised ministers not to provide emergency funds - but were overruled. What went wrong at Kids Company? BBC's Chris Cook: How ministers were 'bullied' Do Kids Company's sums add up? Former children's minister Tim Loughton said he warned the Department for Education against giving a "very sizeable" grant to Kids Company in 2012. But he said he was "overruled" by Downing Street after Ms Batmanghelidjh wrote a "Dear David letter" to Number 10. Asked if he had he personally approved a loan for the charity, Mr Cameron said: "I'll have to look and see precisely the actual letter you're referring to, but my role in this has always been to try and help keep that organisation going because it was doing very good and important work." He said the government - and the last Labour government - had been "confronted by difficult situations where this organisation doing this good work was finding it difficult to be financially viable". Labour MP Meg Hillier, who chairs the Commons Public Accounts Committee, which will question officials on Monday, said it was "unbelievable" so much was given to the charity with "little focus" on its achievements. Speaking in the Commons, Labour MP Paul Flynn said: "There is compelling evidence now that three prime ministers were unwittingly but directly involved in an enterprise that cost the tax payers many millions of pounds." Kids Company was founded in 1996 in south London. It provided support to inner-city children and ran youth centres in London, Bristol and Liverpool.

The founder of Kids Company has defended the charity's "exceptional" value, after a report revealed it received at least £46m of public money.

Lord O'Donnell told the Times it would take Parliament "years and years and years" to separate fully from Brussels. "It very much depends what happens to public opinion and whether the EU changes before then," he said. He later told the BBC he did not think the EU would make the radical changes needed for the UK to remain a member. As Gus O'Donnell, he was cabinet secretary from 2005 to 2011 and is now a crossbencher in the House of Lords. Lord O'Donnell told the Times: "Lots of people will say 'we've had the referendum, we've decided to go out, so that's it, it's all over'. "It might be that the broader, more loosely aligned group is something that the UK is happy being a member of." Asked about these comments, he told BBC Radio 4 this was an example of a "low-probability event that might mean we don't leave". He also said his "central assumption" was that the EU would not radically change. "The probability of us not leaving is very, very low and we need to get on and implement the people's decision," he added. Lord O'Donnell said making Brexit happen would be difficult, partly because article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - the step required to officially begin the process - was designed "in a way that is very strongly in favour of those who are staying, not the leaving party". He said he "wouldn't be in a rush" to trigger article 50, as the government must first work out a "strategic plan to say 'what kind of UK do we want, what's our place in the world, what are we trying to achieve in these negotiations'". Handling Brexit would be an "unprecedented challenge" for the government and the civil service, he added. In his interview in the Times, Lord O'Donnell said Theresa May - who replaced David Cameron as prime minister after the UK public voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU - now faced a "really difficult job". "She's got to corral all these different individuals, come up with precisely what version of Brexit we want, what works best for the British people, and then go about implementing it," he said. He said he was "not a big fan of referenda", adding that there were "ridiculous claims" on both sides in the UK's debate on EU membership. Mrs May has said formal talks on Britain's "sensible and orderly departure" from the EU will not begin until next year - but she has been clear that "Brexit means Brexit". Gus O'Donnell served as a press secretary under John Major, and then as cabinet secretary - the UK's most senior civil servant - in the cabinets of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

A former head of the civil service has said the UK might remain in a "more loosely aligned" European Union, despite the referendum vote to leave.

But for one group of passengers - those who use wheelchairs - flying often turns into an upsetting and nerve-wracking experience, whatever the time of year. From problems getting on the plane, to difficulties checking in equipment, and even being unable to go to the toilet onboard, there is always something to worry about. But there is one issue that can really ruin a holiday: damage to the wheelchairs which are our mobility lifelines. My wheelchair has been damaged multiple times, including on a recent EasyJet flight to Portugal at the end of July. So I set out to uncover the scale of the problem. I use a powerchair to get around; my cerebral palsy means my arms are too weak to propel a manual wheelchair. The chair is custom-built, heavy and extremely expensive. When I fly, my chair goes in the hold. On two successive trips in 2013, to Dublin and Barcelona, it came off the flight home making a foreboding rattling sound. A few weeks later, it stopped working. The repairs were costly and left me stuck in my university room, entirely reliant on others. If I was going to continue travelling, I needed another plan. I thought I'd solved the problem when I invested in another chair, which is specifically designed for travelling by air. The expensive piece of kit consists of a manual chair and an attachable motor. When flying, the motor can be stored in a suitcase. The idea is that breakable parts are kept safe. And yet, when I came to reassemble my chair after I arrived in Portugal last week, the motor had been bent out of shape. Five of my friends could not reattach it to the manual frame. (EasyJet says it is "very rare" for its ground handling companies to damage wheelchairs. When it does happen, they say, they arrange for repairs and a replacement chair. The airline also points out its customer satisfaction amongst passengers with reduced mobility was 84% in 2016). I spent the whole holiday in Portugal unable to move independently more than a few metres. And it turns out that my experience is far from unique. After flying more than 40,000 miles all over the world this year, Dan Dorszynski's wheelchair was broken on a short flight from Philadelphia to Detroit. "The cargo guys couldn't fit it into the cargo door so they crammed it in and broke the backrest, armrest, and a few other things on my chair," he says. Although his chair was "drive-able", Dorszynski says it couldn't be fixed in time for his next trip. He bought a used version of the same model to take instead. "Upon leaving Sweden on the way to return home, the airline insisted that I check this chair at the ticket counter instead of taking it to the gate because it was too heavy. "I argued a bit... however it was fruitless and I just decided to let them have it so it would not be an issue. "I get to Chicago and after all that, my back-up chair never made it on the first flight. Here I am two days later wondering where that chair is." Michaela Hollywood has also had difficulties when flying. "Pretty much every time I've flown before [her most recent flight] there have been problems," she says. "My chair has been lost for two weeks, only half of it brought back; stuck on the plane, stuck on the ground... my dad once had to actually put it into the hold himself." And Jeff Courtade was left "bedbound" in his house for "nearly a month" after a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC. His highly-customised and pain-relieving chair was bent and rendered immobile. "I am terrified of flying now," he says. 'A cultural problem' In my opinion, the problem has three parts: In the eyes of the industry, it seems, a wheelchair is the same - and as robust - as any other piece of luggage. I have seen my own motor being flung into a trolley of suitcases. Others have found their powerchairs lying on their sides on conveyor belts. Staff often do not know what they are handling - moving specially-positioned backrests and unplugging vital parts of chairs which cannot just be reattached. Chairs get lifted and pushed in ways that damage them. My powerchair's brakes were destroyed when staff pushed it without following instructions to set it to its manual settings. All wheelchairs are different, but some basic training in how they usually work would go a long way. Once a wheelchair is damaged, it is difficult and expensive to get it fixed. Transporting a broken powerchair involves specific vehicles and a lot of strength (they regularly weigh over 100kg). Spare parts, particularly for customised chairs, can take weeks to arrive and cost hundreds of pounds. A new chair could cost thousands. Being awarded compensation for these costs is also an uphill struggle. "The issue is cultural rather than operational," says Roberto Castiglioni, who set up the organisation Reduced Mobility Rights after experiencing the challenges of travelling with his disabled son. He now helps others to make successful compensation claims for damage or mistreatment. Thanks to the division of responsibilities between airports and airlines, there is "endless (and useless) finger-pointing when something goes horribly wrong," he says. As for me, I eventually made it home from Portugal to the comfort and ease of my powerchair. I'll be setting off on my holidays again next year - perturbed but thankfully not deterred. But many will find themselves unwilling to entrust their most important belongings to an industry which - all too often - seems not to recognise their value.

The stress of air travel has increased this summer, with long queues reported across Europe because of tighter security and immigration checks.

Construction will begin in spring 2015 and it is hoped the line, which will be extended from Kennington to Battersea, will open by 2020. Two new stations will open - Nine Elms to the east and one at the heart of the Battersea Power Station development. The full cost is expected to be up to £1bn, which will be funded by developments in the area. Ravi Govindia, leader of Wandsworth Council, said: "This is fantastic news for the people of Battersea and the benefits will be felt right across Wandsworth. "This part of the borough is already coming to life with thousands of new homes and jobs and its two new Tube stations will turbo charge the process. "The Northern line extension will take the pressure off the rest of our local transport network and gives Nine Elms official Zone One status." The project was approved by the Secretary of State for Transport. The decision follows a public inquiry conducted by an independent inspector last year to consider the impact of the extension. Some residents had opposed the plans, saying it would lead to a loss of parkland and increase noise and pollution in the residential area.

The London Underground's Northern Line extension to Battersea has been given the go-ahead.

The rock legends' set went out on the BBC World Service as part of Alexis Korner's Rhythm and Blues programme and was taped from an AM radio in Europe. It includes the band's only known recording of the track Sunshine Woman. The session recording has been restored with help from guitarist Jimmy Page for inclusion on a new compilation. The Complete BBC Sessions, which will be released in September, is a remastered update of a 1997 collection of tracks recorded for the BBC between 1969 and 1971. It includes eight previously unreleased recordings, including the first broadcast of Stairway To Heaven, from the BBC Paris Cinema in London on 1 April 1971. Versions of songs from the band's first two albums also feature, including Communication Breakdown and What Is And What Should Never Be. Formed in 1968, Led Zeppelin went on to become one of the world's biggest bands, with each of their studio albums making the top 10 of the US Billboard charts. They officially split in 1980, following the death of drummer John Bonham. The remaining members reformed for a 2007 concert in London, with Bonham's son Jason playing drums.

A 1969 Led Zeppelin session for the BBC that was thought to have been lost when archives were wiped has been recovered from a recording made by a fan.

Groups who use the hall in Llanwinio said they would hand in their keys after the rent tripled and they were asked to sign up to a 25-year lease. Peter Walton, from the association that runs the hall, described the changes as "unreasonable and unfair". But the Diocese of St Davids said as a charity it was "obliged by law" to charge market-value rent. Rent costs charged to the Community Association of Volunteers are set to increase from £250 to £750 a year and it will also have to meet the costs of the insurance for the first time. The St Davids Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF) said: "A proper valuation of [the rental value] was undertaken and the rental charge increased in line with that. "The rental goes to the parish, not the DBF, hence keeping it within the local community." But Mr Walton from the Community Association of Volunteers told Newyddion 9 the finance board was behaving in an "unfair, unreasonable and unjust manner". He added: "It's not just the money... we will be taking all of our belongings out of this building on Saturday 27 February and we'll be handing the keys back unless there's a change of heart."

A row has broken out between community groups and a Carmarthenshire diocese over the cost of using a church hall.

Vardy, 29, is included after scoring 24 goals to help the Foxes win the Premier League last season. Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is overlooked for the first time in the competition's 12-year history. Wales and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale makes the list for a second consecutive year. Bale's Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon are included, making them the only ever-presents for an award based on votes from professional players from 75 countries. In total, 16 Premier League players are on the list, including Vardy's former Leicester team-mate N'Golo Kante, now at Chelsea, Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, Dimitri Payet of West Ham and Arsenal's Hector Bellerin. Barcelona have the most players represented, with 12 - two more than rivals Real Madrid. The World XI will be announced in January. Click here for the full list

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is the only English player named on the 55-man shortlist for the Fifa FIFPro team of the year.

The pages from a 13th Century text of the holy book of Islam were purchased by the council in 1951. Conservator Richard Hawkes said: "This is the earliest example of paper that I have worked on." Leeds City Council said the paper's age and origin were confirmed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2014. The pages mainly show surahs (or chapters) 29 and 30, said the council. Councillor Brian Selby said: "The painstaking work of the museum team has ensured the pages can be displayed in a way which fully captures their significance as well as how ornate and beautiful they are." Leeds City Museum's display starts on Saturday and is to run for a year.

Two pages from an 800-year-old copy of the Koran decorated with gold leaf are to go on show in a Leeds museum display looking at Islam.

That is the message from police and other experts gathering for a special event highlighting the issue on Friday. Victims are due to share their experiences at the All Wales Anti-Slavery Conference in Llandudno. Gwent Police officers who rescued a man who worked unpaid for 13 years on a Newport farm are also taking part. Det Supt Mark Pierce from North Wales Police, who is the lead officer for the force on tackling slavery and human trafficking said: "It's imperative we identify and prosecute those responsible and make our communities safer. "Human trafficking is serious and organised crime with those involved likely to be involved in the other serious crimes like drug production, kidnapping and the criminal use of firearms." Among the guests also expected to address the event is the new UK independent slavery commissioner, Kevin Hyland. North Wales Police are also launching a 'Say No to Slavery' campaign on its website on Friday.

It is imperative that those involved in modern day slavery in Wales are caught and brought to justice.

A team from Glasgow University studied recorded speech of Glaswegians from the early 20th Century to the present. They found evidence of common UK accent changes, such as the use of "f" for "th" in words like think, and a dropped letter 'l', as in people to peopo. Overall though, the researchers said the Scots accent remained distinctive. The three-year Sounds of the City study, was led by Professor Jane Stuart-Smith, director of the university's laboratory of phonetics. "We were quite surprised by what we found," she said. "The assumption is that traditional dialects generally across the UK are being eroded and some are dying out altogether, but what we have learned, particularly with the Glasgow accent, is that Scots accents are actually flourishing. "Interestingly, what is not happening in Scotland is the dilution of accents to a more homogenised anglicised accent on the scale that we are seeing in England, and in fact the Scots accent remains very distinctive." As part of its study, the Glasgow team built up a digitised body of recorded speech sounds. The team said its work suggested the distinctive Scots accent had undergone two kinds of changes. One set are common accent changes, which have spread right across the UK, such as the "f" and "l" examples. The team said this change was being spread partly by dialect contact and partly by the popularity of TV shows set in London. The project also uncovered a second set of finer changes local to Scotland. These included how vowels were pronounced in words such as boat, goat and coat, or stop sounds that are pronounced in words like pin, top and cat. The researchers anticipated these sounds either to be stable over time, or perhaps to be changing in the same way as in Anglo-English accents. Their evidence suggested, however, that these features and others were all changing, the changes were local to Scotland and not affected by Anglo-English changes, and that they had been happening for 100 years or more. The Glasgow team said the trigger for some of these changes appeared to be the period around the First World War. The study focused on six audio recordings, made in 1916 and held by the British Library, of Scots soldiers from German Prisoner of War camps. From those recordings researchers found evidence to show that even a century ago, and perhaps even earlier, Scottish accents were already changing. The research and findings of the project will be made available to students and other researchers via an online resource.

The Scots accent is flourishing and proving resilient against a growing homogenised anglicised accent across English regions, new research suggests.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 11 July 2015 Last updated at 23:53 BST How did this massacre happen? And what are its lasting effects? Myriam Francois-Cerrah explains, in less than two minutes. Produced by: Mohamed Madi

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were meant to be under UN protection.

Contracts worth more than £400,000 have been approved for works at Slessor Gardens and at the rear of the Caird Hall, as well as the replacement of dock gates at Camperdown Dock. Dundee Waterfront is a regeneration project which is transforming 240 acres of land along the River Tay. Redevelopment is now well past the halfway mark. The work at Slessor Gardens, costing £250,000, will include the creation of the Discovery Walk of Fame, the commemorative Royal Arch of trees and the outline formation of the Waterfront Showcase Gardens. Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine was awarded the contract, which is due to be completed in January next year. Meanwhile, specialist consultant Mott MacDonald won a contract worth £150,000 to replace the existing dock gates to Camperdown Docks, as part of the City Quay Marina development. Will Dawson, convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee, said: "With a project as large, complex and lengthy as the redevelopment of the waterfront each element that is started or finished becomes something of a milestone." The overall project includes the construction of a new railway station, V&A Museum of Design Dundee, a new marina, port developments, offices, hotels, bars, shops, cafes and residential accommodation.

The latest stage of the £1bn transformation of Dundee's waterfront is getting under way.

Media playback is not supported on this device Qatar's Femi Ogunode was also given the same time, but Gatlin got the nod with France's Jimmy Vicaut third in 9.99. Briton Chijindu Ujah finished eighth in Brussels, in a time of 10.19. American Gatlin, 33, has run personal bests for the 100m and 200m this season but finished runner-up to Usain Bolt in both events in the World Championships. The Jamaican opted to end his season rather than run in Belgium. Gatlin was also due to run in the 200m, but pulled out. That event was won by Ogunode in an impressive 19.97. In one of the races of the night, Dutch 2015 world champion Dafne Schippers beat Olympic champion Allyson Felix to win the 200m in 22.12. Briton Jodie Williams was seventh in 23.34. Williams's compatriot, Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock, eased to victory in the T44 100m with a time of 10.99. Germany's Felix Streng was second in 11.08, while world record holder Richard Browne was disqualified for a false start. There was more British interest in the 100m hurdles, with Tiffany Porter taking fourth spot in 12.81 behind winner Dawn Harper-Nelson of the USA who clocked 12.63.

Justin Gatlin was crowned overall Diamond League champion in the 100m after winning the final race of this year's series in 9.98 seconds.

The cases involve 165 suspects and more than 100 victims. A police spokesperson said many cases had "multiple suspects and multiple victims" but there was also a large number involving single suspects. Last year, 12 men were jailed for their part in the abuse of a single victim in Keighley. Eleven were jailed at Bradford Crown Court after being convicted of raping the girl from the age of 13 and another man was sentenced for sexual activity with her. The CSE figures, which were given to the Keighley News and confirmed to the BBC by police, compare with last year's figure of 220 cases. There were 261 suspects under investigation at the same time in 2016. A police spokesperson said: "West Yorkshire Police and partners have been proactive in their approach to encourage victims to come forward and reassure them that all reports will be taken seriously. "We have developed a far greater understanding of CSE than in the past and this has led to rapid action to prioritise resources to improve the identification and prosecution of perpetrators of this abhorrent crime."

A total of 179 cases of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are being investigated in Keighley and Bradford, West Yorkshire Police has said.

Concerns for her welfare were raised by Paul Netherton, assistant chief constable at Devon and Cornwall Police. He spoke out on Twitter on behalf of the girl, who had been held in a cell since Thursday because, he said, no beds were available anywhere in the UK. NHS England said the 16-year-old would be moved on Saturday night. A spokesman said: "After details were provided to NHS England about the girl and her condition, a place was found locally within a few hours. "We are grateful for the help of the NHS in the area in identifying the place. "It is worth noting that mental health crisis services have been expanding so that the number of people ending up in police cells is in fact down - but clearly more needs to be done." Earlier on Twitter, Mr Netherton had described the situation as "unacceptable". He tweeted: "We have a 16yr old girl suffering from mental health issues held in police custody. There are no beds available in the uk! "The 16yr old was detained on Thursday night, sectioned Friday lunchtime and still no place of safety available. This can't be right! "Custody on a Fri & Sat night is no place for a child suffering mental health issues. Nurses being sourced to look after her in custody !?!" He later tweeted: "Just heard that a place of care has been found for our 16yr old. Good result." Mr Netherton told BBC News the girl had been arrested at Torbay Hospital on Thursday after a breach of the peace and sectioned under the Mental Health Act on Friday because she was "obviously very unwell". "We shouldn't have children, a schoolgirl, staying overnight in a custody block," he said. According to the officer, 750 mental health patients had been placed in police cells across Devon and Cornwall so far this year. Shadow health minister Luciana Berger described the teenager's predicament as "an appalling reflection of the crisis in mental health services". "People shouldn't face the indignity of being kept in police cells when they are at their most vulnerable," she said. Mark Winstanley, chief executive of mental health charity Rethink, said: "Each year thousands of people with serious mental health problems are being held in police cells, including many children and teenagers, because the right services either don't exist in their community or are completely overstretched. "Many people are being turned away from places of safety, because of staff shortages or lack of spaces. "In some parts of the country, there are no health-based places of safety full-stop. "As a result, people end up being held in police stations, or are simply left to fend for themselves. This has to change, as it's costing lives. "Someone going through a physical health emergency would never be treated this way, so why should it be acceptable for people experiencing a mental health crisis?"

A teenage girl with mental health problems who was kept in police cells for two days because of a lack of care beds has been found a place to stay.

England was ranked seventh for child independence in the study of 18,000 seven- to 15-year-olds in 16 countries, by University of Westminster academics. Freeing children to go out alone in their local area benefited their health and development, the researchers said. Fear over traffic was the top reason for restricting freedom, they added. The children and their parents were surveyed between 2010 and 2012 about what they were allowed to do in their local neighbourhoods without supervision. This included: The study said: "A large proportion of children under 11 years old in most of the countries do not have the the freedom to get about their local area. "Even the oldest children are restricted in what they are allowed to do, at an age when many of the rights of adulthood are close to being granted, including the right to drive vehicles on the road once the test has been passed." Overall, Finland was found to be the top-performing country on independent mobility, with Germany coming second. According to the survey, most Finns can, without supervision: In England, most primary school children are allowed to cross roads without supervision but only 28% to travel home from school and even fewer to go out after dark, travel on local buses or walk to places other than school. Even at secondary school, less than 25% are allowed out alone after dark. Ben Shaw, director of the Policy Studies Institute, said: "Obviously, we've got to protect children but part of their development is that we allow them to gain independence. "People see the change from primary school to secondary school as the time to do it, but not having them do it earlier means there is a spike in road accidents at this age."

Anxious parents in England give their children less freedom to play and go outside than those in many other European countries, research suggests.

Edmund, who reached a career-high ranking of 43 on Monday, won 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-5) and goes on to face Spain's second seed David Ferrer in Antwerp. The 21-year-old from Yorkshire fought back from a break down in both sets before edging through the tie-breaks. World number 12 David Goffin of Belgium is the top seed in Antwerp.

British number two Kyle Edmund came through two tie-breaks to beat Ukraine's Illya Marchenko and reach the second round of the European Open.

Payments have been stopped to the West London Vocational Training College and its students in the Welsh capital. Education Minister Huw Lewis said there were concerns over "unusual student recruitment trends". The college said as far as it is concerned, all of its students are genuine. The Cardiff branch runs various IT and business courses and has been designated as suitable to offer HND business courses, which attract tuition fees of £6,000 per student, funded by the Welsh government. Students on those courses can also apply for Student Finance Wales loans and grants. Week In Week Out has been investigating offers made by a local agent recruiting for the college. Some students have been told by him they can use faked documents to access those loans and grants and they do not have to attend regularly to get the cash. He also said if they do not go on to earn more than £21,000, they will not have to repay the money - which is true. The college has denied any knowledge of that scam. In a statement to AMs on Friday, Mr Lewis said: "Allegations have since come to light to suggest that one or more individuals within the college may have colluded with prospective students deliberately to defraud the student finance system by falsifying academic records and records of attendance at the college. "I would expect any allegations of criminal activity to be referred to the police so that they may be investigated fully." Pearson UK - which validates colleges - carried out a review of the Cardiff campus, visiting the site on 21 October. The education minister said that "no substantive concerns came to light at that time".

Payments to a college's Cardiff campus have been suspended after a BBC Wales' Week in Week Out investigation into fraud allegations.

Mark King, 21, earlier admitted stabbing 37-year-old Steven Downes in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow at 01:30 on 17 January 2015. He was told he would also be supervised for three years after his release. King is already serving four-and-a-half years for another stabbing carried out in July 2015 while he was on bail. For that offence he was also ordered to be supervised in the community for two years following his release. The court heard that in the January attack, Mr Downes had been stabbed in the back, face, arm and side and had suffered a punctured lung. Judge Lord Clark highlighted the "pattern of knife-carrying" King was developing and told him a substantial prison term was the only appropriate sentence. King was assessed as being at "maximum risk" of re-offending or causing harm to the public. During his evidence, Mr Downes said he had asked King and his friends in the close to keep the noise down because his children were sleeping. King, who was armed with a knife, ran up the stairs towards him. Mr Downes said: "I think I got stabbed when I got dragged out of my house with my jumper over my head. "A group were kicking my door open and bottles were getting flung. "I blacked out and ended up in the Western Infirmary suffering from a punctured lung." Passing sentence at the High Court in Livingston, Lord Clark told King he had been convicted of assaulting Mr Downes to his severe injury to the danger of his life and of attempting to murder him. "You tried to force entry to Steven Downes' flat. The door was kicked open and Steven Downes was dragged out of the flat and struck on the head and stabbed," he said. "He had a stab wound to his back, stab wounds to his face and arm and a stab wound to the left side resulting in a collapsed lung and bleeding into his chest cavity. "The injury to his left arm required to be stapled, the injury to his back was life-threatening and other injuries have resulted in permanent scarring." He added: "Your repeated involvement in offences involving knives is a very serious matter. "The report notes you are beginning to develop a pattern of knife-carrying which is assessed as representing an increased risk to local communities. "I see no alternative to a substantial custodial sentence." He warned King that any breach of the licence conditions could see him taken back to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence. Matt Jackson, defending, revealed his client had been convicted of assault to severe injury and danger of life, along with other offences, and was on High Court bail when he committed the crimes. Mr Jackson said King had been "a young lad with terrific prospects" before he turned to offending while out of work. "Every once in a while in one's professional career one encounters an individual [whom] its baffling to understand how he's involved in and is convicted of these very serious offences.

A man has been jailed for 10 years for the attempted murder of a father who had asked him to keep the noise down in a common close of his flat.

"Listen up," splashes the News Letter. The paper takes us to the European Parliament in Strasbourg and reports on the telling off Michael Barnier got from a UUP MEP. Jim Nicholson was speaking in the chamber about Northern Ireland's "integral roll in the UK" when he saw the French politician "twiddling with his telephone". The Armagh MEP suggested Mr Barnier "actually listen to the speech". The paper reports that the two made up later, however, with Mr Nicholson saying they had a "good and constructive meeting" in the chief Brexit negotiator's office. Cat lovers, look away now. The Belfast Telegraph reports that three cats who have made the grounds of Stormont their home are the latest victims of the collapse of the political institutions. A security review means a pensioner has been banned from feeding the cats, says the paper. Edna Watters said she was "broken-hearted" as she has been caring for cats at Stormont, day-in, day-out, for 30 years. The paper reports it has seen an email from the Stormont Estate Management Unit (SEMU), saying: "Only those visitors with a valid business reason can access restricted areas of the estate. "Feeding cats does not constitute a business need," it adds. Hence why Edna has been refused entry. But there may be light at the end of the tunnel for the 76-year-old - the cats' homes are to be moved to a more suitable area where she will be free to visit them. The Irish News leads with the news of a spike in calls to a Belfast surgery from patients fearing they will die after a spate of sudden deaths over the weekend. At least three of the five Belfast deaths, one of which was a 16-year old girl, were connected to drugs, say police. Dr Michael McKenna, whose surgery is based on the Falls Road, said one of the people who died was a patient of his and he had been contacted by several people, including a teenager who had taken 20 "street diazepam" at once. One headline in the paper strikes a particularly bitter-sweet note. "Parents whose newborn son died now raffling ex-Tyrone stars boots in aid of hospital baby unit". Ballinderry couple Sinead and Cormac McIvor's baby Franky tragically died after living for a few days before passing away in February. But the big-hearted couple are hoping to raise money for the Royal's neo-natal intensive care unit in Belfast by auctioning Tyrone GAA star Owen Mulligan's boots. Mrs McIvor said she and her husband were keen to help the unit after the expert care baby Franky received. Talk about building with bricks and Donald Trump might bring to mind US plans for a wall along the border with Mexico, but the News Letter has the story of a Belfast artist who has captured the image of the POTUS using Lego bricks. The creation, which is of President Trump as a teenager, is just one of the subjects of David Turner's latest collection which looks at famous politicians in their "formative years". It looks like the piece has already been snapped up by an art collector. The Belfast Telegraph reports that a "massive quantity of 20p coins", understood to amount to thousands of pounds, were stolen from a house in Ligoniel in north Belfast on Tuesday. The coins were in two large glass jars. All the papers report on the PSNI's "action plan" to recruit more Catholics. However bringing back the 50/50 policy has been ruled out. The Irish News says recent recruitment drives have "struggled to attract new Catholic officers". The News Letter says the PSNI intends to start a new recruitment drive targeting "cold spots" this autumn. A number of changes will also be made in the recruitment process, it says.

Thursday's newspaper front pages all take different directions.

The former Oceana nightclub building will be demolished in October and replaced with a new office block. It forms part of the council's plans to transform the Kingsway into a business district. The authority is moving from its seafront location as part of a wider regeneration of the city centre. Work is due to start in 2017. The current civic centre site is likely to be replaced with public spaces, tourist attractions and homes. Swansea council bought the Oceana building - which was once at the heart of the city's nightlife - in May and it is understood it has been earmarked as the potential new home for the civic centre and central library. Demolition is due to take until March. "Once we have control of that site we will look at the development and possibly start construction in 2016 to build offices which could be home for the council offices and Swansea library," said Swansea council leader Rob Stewart. The building, originally constructed by the Rank Organisation in 1967 for a cinema, has accommodated a number of nightclubs over the years, including Ritzy and Icon, Time and Envy, and most recently, Oceana. It also previously housed an Odeon cinema and Tesco before they were turned into a different club and bar respectively. But it is no longer fit for purpose and a council move is one of a number of options being considered for the site.

The site which used to house Swansea's biggest nightclub could become the new home for Swansea council and library.

They were part of the cargo on the SS Politician, which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941. Scotch Whisky Auctions, which sold the bottles, said they had gone to a buyer in the UK after worldwide interest. They were among eight bottles recovered from the wreck in 1987 by Donald MacPhee, from South Uist. The whisky is not thought to be fit for human consumption. The SS Politician was headed for Jamaica with 28,000 cases of whisky when it ran aground on the northern side of Eriskay in bad weather. Islanders recovered hundreds of cases of whisky from the wreck and some of the bottles were buried to keep them hidden from customs officers. Other bottles have since been found washed up on the island's shores and also recovered by divers. Scottish author Compton Mackenzie, published the novel Whisky Galore in 1947, which was loosely based on the SS Politician wreck. It was adapted for the cinema in a 1949 Ealing comedy starring Basil Radford.

Two bottles of whisky salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore have been sold for £12,050 after an online auction.

Euro 2016 winners Portugal will now face Chile in the last four on Wednesday (19:00 BST). Australia went ahead through winger James Troisi, before substitute Martin Rodriguez levelled from close range. World champions Germany moved above Chile with a 3-1 win over Cameroon and will play Mexico on Thursday (19:00). RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner scored twice, with Hoffenheim midfielder Kerem Demirbay also on target for the experimental German squad competing in Russia. Porto forward Vincent Aboubakar netted for Cameroon, who finished bottom of the group, with a draw from their match against Australia their only point. Group A: Group B:

Chile qualified behind Germany from Group B to reach the Confederations Cup semi-finals after drawing 1-1 with Australia in their final group game.

The World Rugby Hall of Fame was launched by ex-England and British and Irish Lions captain Bill Beaumont at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire. World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Jonny Wilkinson were among 12 stars inducted in to the "hall". Members of the public will be able to visit from Friday. The World Rugby Hall of Fame was established in 2006, and absorbed the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014, but has previously never had a physical home. The attraction, which honours players and administrators who have enhanced the game through exceptional achievements, features video archive of rugby matches and memorabilia. The 10 other players inducted in the Hall of Fame were England's Jeremy Guscott and Maggie Alphonsi, Wale's Shane Williams, John Dawes and Arthur Gould, Scotland's GPS Macpherson, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll, Japan's Daisuke Ohata, Canada's Heather Moyes and Australia's Daniel Carroll. Players, teams, coaches, media and rugby personalities can all be considered for the hall of fame but they need to have been retired from the game for at least three years and have demonstrated rugby's "core values" to be eligible, The sport of rugby is said to have been accidentally invented in 1823 after William Webb Ellis, a pupil at a public school in Rugby, caught the ball and started running forward with it.

A hall of fame celebrating rugby union's past has been officially opened at the sport's birthplace.

The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), which runs Weston Academy, said it made the "sad decision", due to falling pupil numbers. The 56-pupil school was classed as "inadequate" by Ofsted in March. A petition set up by parent George Metcalf, describing closing the school as a "huge waste of resources" attracted more than 500 signatures. The campaign won the backing of the National Secular Society as parents claimed the nearest alternatives were all faith schools. The school was placed in special measures following an Ofsted report in March which criticised leadership and management, pupils' behaviour, the quality of teaching and achievement of pupils. But in May the watchdog reported that teaching and leadership was improving. AET said the school had less than 40 pupils and the Department for Education had confirmed its agreement to closing the school at the end of December. Chief executive Ian Comfort said: "Closing a small school is always a very sad decision to make, and is only taken as a very last resort. "The declining numbers at Weston, however, have been making it increasingly difficult for the school to provide pupils with the quality of education they deserve. I am sure they will all thrive in their new schools and we wish them, and the staff, every success in the future."

An Isle of Wight primary school is to close, despite a parents' campaign to keep it open.

Darren Grayson has stepped down from the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards and Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH). In March the Care Quality Commission said A&E waiting times were "excessive" and targets were being missed. Campaigners have called for the resignation of the board of the trust. Mr Grayson said: "Having been chief executive in East Sussex for five years, and having led the organisation through some significant change to improve the quality of our services for patients, I believe the time is now right to hand the baton to the next leader to continue this journey of improvement." In its latest report in March, the CQC said it had particular concerns over outpatient records and surgical practices at the EDGH. Liz Walke, chairwoman of the Save the DGH Campaign, said: "It's a start. Let's be clear, that it isn't just Darren Grayson. We think the board should go and, unless you have a clean sweep, no significant change will happen. "We hope there isn't going to be a massive payout. We are hoping that he has just fallen on his sword." Former Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne Stephen Lloyd said: "It's about time. "Frankly, I called for it a good 18 months ago. He still appeared to be hanging on for grim death to the post. I just thought it was absolutely outrageous."

The chief executive of two Sussex hospitals, which the health watchdog said were inadequate, has resigned.

Guy Tomlinson, 37, was being chased by officers when his car hit a tipper truck in Leicester on 9 March 2016. David Anger and Christopher Needham, who were both passengers in the car, died in the crash on Fosse Road South. In addition to the prison term, Tomlinson was also given a 15-year driving ban at Leicester Crown Court. The collision was described as "horrific" by Leicestershire police. More on this story and other news in Leicestershire Tomlinson previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing death by driving while uninsured and two counts of causing death by driving while unlicensed. Two people in the lorry suffered minor injuries during the crash and damage was caused to a shop on the corner of Upperton Road. Det Sgt Mark Watling said: "This was a horrific collision which resulted in the death of two men. "Prior to the collision Tomlinson was travelling at speeds in excess of 64mph (102kmph) and failed to stop for a police officer on Narborough Road South. "He took a massive risk that night when he disregarded the traffic lights and used excessive speed, he will now be facing a considerable amount of time in prison." The Independent Police Complaints Commission is still investigating the crash.

A man who admitted causing a fatal crash while being pursued by an unmarked police car has been jailed for nine years.

The party secured about 19% of the vote, unofficial tallies show. But it is not clear if it will meet the 25% voting threshold to enter Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo in the 9 July presidential election by itself. The official election results will be announced in May. Some 19,000 seats were contested across Indonesia in Wednesday's polls, including the 560 seats in the national parliament. A poll by Jakarta think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), put the opposition Golkar party in second place with 14% of the vote, followed by the Great Indonesia Movement Party with 12%. Islamic parties also appeared to have performed better than expected, together grabbing about a third of the national vote. Support for the ruling Democratic Party of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - who cannot serve a third term as president - fell by half. His party came in fourth with 10% of the vote. Mr Yudhoyono told reporters that he respected the early results. "Let's honour the result of this election and be ready to accept new national leadership that will lead the nation to be better," the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying. CSIS political analyst Philips Vermonte told Reuters news agency: "Parliament is likely to be very fragmented because many parties have gotten a relatively big share of votes." The parliamentary polls are key to deciding which parties can field presidential candidates. Parties must either secure 25% of the total vote or 20% of the seats in parliament. Candidates whose parties fail to meet these thresholds must form or enter a coalition before they can run for president. Indonesian stocks fell over 3% on Thursday, after expectations PDI-P would secure enough votes to put Mr Widodo, the Jakarta governor, straight through to presidential polls were dashed. "We see the possible formation of a weak government with limited ability to push through necessary reforms and policies ahead," Bahana Securities research head Harry Su told Reuters news agency. Mr Widodo is seen by many as Indonesia's next president. He told reporters on Wednesday that his party was "widely open" to a coalition. "It is not possible for PDI-P to work alone. We have to co-operate with those having the same platform," he said.

Indonesia's opposition Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads parliamentary polls but its star candidate may face a tougher path to the presidency, early election results indicate.

TV is the leading medium and three major broadcasters - state-owned TVP and private TVN and Polsat - dominate the market. The main players in radio are Germany's RMF Group, France's Eurozet and state-owned Polish Radio. There are more than 300 newspapers, most of them local or regional. The most popular paper, the Fakt tabloid, is owned by a German-Swiss group. The constitution guarantees freedom of expression and forbids censorship. However, the newly-elected conservative Law and Justice government introduced measures in late 2015 to allow ministers to appoint the heads of TVP and Polish Radio, prompting an unprecedented European Commission inquiry into any potential threat to freedom of expression. There were 28 million internet users by 2016 (Internetlivestats.com). Facebook is the leading social network; there were more than 20 million Polish accounts by 2015.

Poland's broadcasting market is the largest in Eastern and Central Europe.

The 23-year-old has played nine league games for the Spireites this season, all as a substitute, but started two cup matches. The 6ft 4ins former Ivory Coast Under-20 international has made 98 appearances in total for Chesterfield since joining them in January 2013. Gnanduillet previously had loan spells at Tranmere and Oxford.

Stevenage have signed striker Armand Gnanduillet from League One side Chesterfield on a one-month loan.

He carded a six-under-par round of 64 to finish 21 under, one shot ahead of American Ollie Schniederjans. Former world number one Stenson hit eight birdies in his closing round, including three in a row from the 15th. Schniederjans also shot 64, while compatriot Webb Simpson finished four shots back in third place. American Davis Love, at 53 seeking to become the oldest winner in US PGA Tour history, finished eight shots adrift in a tie for 10th. Stenson, 41, said: "I don't know how many times I'm going to get as close to playing as well as I did at Troon. "I'm just very pleased with how I closed out this week."

Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Wyndham Championship to claim his first title since The Open at Royal Troon last year.

They were made 110 years ago by the Wall family who lived in New Southgate in North London. There are 24 clear recordings on wax cylinders which were made using a phonograph machine between 1902 and 1917. Music curators say the sound quality of the music recorded is outstanding. The recordings were found at the former home of David Brown, Cromwell Wall's grandson, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire and donated to St Neot's Museum. It was then discovered that the recordings were made in London. Cromwell Wall's great-great grandchildren, Layla and Zac Jordan, from Sandy in Bedfordshire, heard the recordings for the first time when they visited the Museum of London. Cromwell and Minnie Wall had nine children, eight of whom appear on the recordings. All the recordings are bursting with vibrancy and life, according to Julia Hoffbrand who is the curator at the Museum of London who helped restore the recordings. "When I first heard the recordings the hairs on my arms stood on end," she said. "It was fantastic. We had an idea of what was on the recordings because Cromwell had written very full descriptions on the cylinder boxes but it was really like a window opening into the past. It was like being in the same room as the family and their friends". Many of the recordings were made at family gatherings over Christmas and New Year. Cromwell Wall, who made the recordings, wheeled the phonograph along the streets in his children's pram in order to record the sound of Old Southgate Church bells pealing out New Year. Some of the later recordings were made during WWI when three of the sons, who feature in earlier recordings were away at war. One son, Oliver, died of pneumonia in a French hospital three weeks before peace was declared. The recordings were restored this summer and many of the relatives heard them for the first time in October. It brought back some great memories for Oliver Wall, one of Cromwell's grandchildren. "It was a wonderful atmosphere. I remember the occasions always at Christmas and we always had big parties and singing round the piano with grandpa playing and he used to take us marching upstairs and all over the big house they had." His cousin Daphne reminisces how their grandfather used to dress up as Father Christmas. "There was a great deal of excitement," she said. "It was fun!" It is very unusual for recordings on wax phonograph cylinders to survive for so long. Phonographs were introduced for use in offices as dictating machines and so it is extremely rare for them to be used to record domestic sounds and occasions. "We were thrilled," says Julia Hoffbrand. "Phonographs and cylinders were expensive so you had to have a certain level of income to record and a level of skill and care to make recordings and to take care of the cylinders." The cylinders themselves are similar to old fashioned vinyl records in that the phonograph would make indentations into the cylinder which could then be replayed. Bill Lowry, digital collections manager at the Museum was among those who helped restore the cylinders. "We tried to reduce any noise by cleaning the cylinder first with a fine brush that can get in between the groove and once we had the best playback from the cylinder we then digitally cleaned them up." Follow Pallab on Twitter

Curators at the Museum of London have discovered what they believe to be the first ever recordings of a family Christmas.

A general said clouds were limiting the ability of drones and other aircraft to provide cover, adding that troops would secure areas they had already entered. IS militants are putting up fierce resistance, using snipers and large numbers of suicide bombers. A BBC correspondent says that although progress is slow, it is steady. Mosul, which was captured by IS in June 2014, is the jihadist group's last major urban stronghold in Iraq. About 50,000 Iraqi security forces personnel, soldiers, police, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are involved in the offensive. In the first two weeks of the operation, they advanced rapidly from the east and south-east, seizing outlying towns and villages despite strong resistance. On 1 November, special forces and army units entered the eastern outskirts of the city at two points and were able to establish footholds there. Two weeks later, progress towards the centre is slow, reports the BBC's Richard Galpin in Irbil. IS has not shown any sign of weakening, our correspondent adds, and is using snipers and large numbers of suicide bombers to pin down troops in densely populated areas where manoeuvring armoured vehicles is not easy. The militants are also reported to be using civilians as human shields. And forces advancing from the north and south have still not entered the city. Our correspondent says that unless there is a sudden collapse in the resistance now being put up by IS, the battle for Mosul is likely to continue for weeks. The UN has warned that in areas retaken by Iraqi forces, civilian infrastructure such as water and power plants, schools and hospitals are damaged and medical services are often unavailable. Families are going hungry due to lost livelihoods, disrupted food production and supply, and food prices are rising at markets, it said. Many people are being forced to drink untreated water from wells, while children are going unvaccinated and are unable to go to school. Almost 59,000 people have been displaced by the fighting, about 26,000 of them children. More than 40,000 have found shelter in formal camps, while 13,000 others have been taken in by host communities or are living in public facilities. As many as one million people could be at risk in the combat zone itself.

Iraqi forces have paused their advance into Mosul due to poor weather, a month after launching an offensive to retake the city from so-called Islamic State.

Finn, 27, played in the first Test at Lord's but was dropped for Old Trafford where England won to level the series. However, a calf injury to all-rounder Ben Stokes has led to Finn being recalled over seamer Jake Ball. "Physically he's sorted out and his pace is back up, which is when Steven Finn's at his best," captain Alastair Cook told BBC Radio 5 live. "We're backing a guy who hasn't had the best summer but a couple of things have changed over the last few weeks." Finn, who is averaging almost 40 with the ball in first-class cricket this summer, took his best figures of 6-79 against Australia when England last played a Test at Edgbaston. However, he struggled in his last five-day outing at Lord's, where he failed to take a wicket. "We're giving him another go and I think sometimes, with selection going that way, people aren't always looking over their shoulder all the time," Cook continued. "Our seam bowling department is looking strong." Media playback is not supported on this device Stokes, 25, has made just two Test appearances this summer and has had three injuries in the past nine months that have kept him on the sidelines. He made 38 runs and picked up two wickets at Old Trafford before being forced off the field with a calf problem. "Stokes is that cricketer who plays on the edge, he drags a lot of people with him and that character will be missed," Cook said. "You want people to get on the front foot and Ben throughout his career has been able to do that. It's more than just his runs and wickets that we're missing." Joe Root's scores of 254 and 71 not out in the second Test, along with Cook's first-innings century, masked some middle order worries for England. James Vince, batting at four, has fallen to several loose shots while Gary Ballance has made a combined total of 72 runs in three innings in this series. "It's a situation we've found ourselves in over the past couple of years. We don't have that strength in depth at the moment in batting," Cook added. "That's one of the tough things about playing international cricket - you come in and straight away you're under scrutiny, unless you get a score straight away. "It is a very different game to playing county cricket so guys take time." Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq refused to name his squad for Wednesday's Test, instead preferring to keep the opposition guessing. Misbah was the only Pakistan player to make a half-century in either innings at Old Trafford and the bowlers struggled on a hard pitch. "I don't want to let the other team know," he said. "We know, our team knows and that's the most important thing for us. "If you look at the previous Test match, we let them score too heavily and once the opposition score 600 runs, it's difficult to come back into the game." Pat Murphy, BBC Radio 5 live "Alastair Cook admits it was a very difficult call to go for Steven Finn rather than Jake Ball, but Finn's gradual improvement in form recently, after making some technical adjustments and his brilliant bowling against Australia last year, tipped the balance. "The unsettled weather forecast for the rest of the week counted against Adil Rashid. He only has one available Test left - next week at The Oval - to show what he can do at the highest level before major challenges on the sub-continent this winter." by Emma Boorman, BBC Weather Wednesday: Should be dry for the vast majority of the day with some sunny spells, only the very outside chance of a shower. Windy. Thursday: Sunshine and showers; more of a chance of the showers coming through on Thursday. Again though, with a brisk wind they shouldn't last too long. Friday: Another fine day with plenty of long sunny spells and much less of a breeze. Still the risk of a shower, though I suspect they will stay to the east. Saturday: There is some uncertainty as we move into the weekend with a fairly deep area of low pressure developing to the north of the UK. But for Edgbaston I think Saturday should be mostly dry and after a sunny start it will turn cloudier through the day. The chance of any rain will increase later in the day as the cloud thickens from the west. Sunday: Again there is high uncertainty here. But at this stage Sunday looks dry and bright with some sunny spells.

Fast bowler Steven Finn will return to the England side for the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.

Kadiza Sultana, who joined so-called Islamic State (IS) last year aged 16, is feared dead after an air strike in Raqqa, her family solicitor has said. Labour's Rushanara Ali said the Prevent strategy needed a "proper assessment". Security minister Ben Wallace said it had been reviewed "to ensure it works". Ms Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme the government needed to establish "what's working and what's not". But Mr Wallace said "ever since Labour introduced Prevent in 2007, the government has continued to review the policy to ensure it works to protect people from being radicalised". "For Prevent to work we all need to get behind it not stand on the sidelines undermining it," he added. Who are Britain’s jihadists? The Britons signing up for Jihad Kadiza and school friends Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15 at the time, flew from Gatwick to Turkey on 17 February 2015 after telling their parents they were going out for the day. The Bethnal Green Academy pupils later entered Syria and were thought to be living in Raqqa, an IS stronghold. The three girls had been studying for their GCSEs at Bethnal Green Academy, in Tower Hamlets, east London - where they have been described as "straight-A students". Tasnime Akunjee, a solicitor representing the families of the three schoolgirls, told BBC Newsnight they heard a report of Kadiza's death following a Russian air strike a few weeks ago. He said they had not been able to independently confirm it because of the nature of information from Syria. By Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent Kadiza Sultana and her two travelling companions were part of a surge of young British Muslims heading out to Syria to join so-called IS in a movement that peaked more than a year ago. Today the surge has turned to barely a trickle. The latest UK Government counter-terrorism strategy report puts the number of Britons who reached Syria at about 850 - although unofficial estimates are higher. Of those, about 125 are believed to have been killed, either by air strikes or by fighting on the ground, and about 400 are thought to have returned to Britain. Anyone known to have travelled to IS-controlled territory is automatically questioned by the police and assessed on a case-by-case basis. If there is any evidence of terrorist-related activity they face prosecution, but others are steered towards deradicalisation programmes and given counselling, with a view to reintegrating them into society here. It is the job of the Home Office and the police to make the correct assessments. Under laws brought in last summer, schools have a legal obligation, known as the "Prevent Duty", to spot and report individuals who might be vulnerable to extremism and radicalisation. Schools have to assess the risk of pupils being drawn into extremist ideologies and schools must ensure pupils do not access extremist material online. Teachers have previously warned the strategy is "shutting down" open debate in schools, encouraging a climate of "over-reaction", and creating "suspicion and confusion" in schools. The government has said Prevent is playing "a key role" in identifying children at risk of radicalisation. However, Ms Ali told Today the case of the three schoolgirls highlighted the fact it was not working. "Many have concerns about how Prevent is being implemented, concerns about young Muslims being stigmatised," she said. "There needs to be a balance struck to protect young people, to prevent them from being radicalised, but also making sure teachers and other agencies have the proper advice training and support." She added: "What the government needs to do is do a proper assessment of what's working and what's not and they need to listen to the Muslim community... "But that requires partnership between communities." Security minister Ben Wallace defended the strategy. "Up and down the country we are successfully seeing communities, local authorities and ordinary citizens doing their bit to protect the vulnerable from those that would seek to groom them for extremist activities," he said. "Prevent is for the benefit of us all no matter what faith or community you belong to. As it is with domestic violence or other forms of abuse it is everyone's duty to be proactive to stop those that would subvert our young people." Sara Khan, co-founder of the counter-extremism organisation Inspire, told Today that she saw Kadiza as a victim, "because she's not an adult". Young girls who are exposed to radicalisation "lack critical thinking skills", which "is what makes them vulnerable to Islamist extremist propaganda in particular", she said. She added that girls being exposed to extremist material were "not receiving counter-messages". The Bethnal Green schoolgirls were among more than 800 Britons who are believed to have left the UK to join IS or other militant groups in Syria and Iraq, In February 2015 the principal of Bethnal Green Academy, Mark Keary, said there was no evidence that the girls were radicalised at school, adding that pupils could not access Twitter or Facebook on its computers. It later emerged that, before leaving the UK, Shamima Begum had sent a Twitter message to Aqsa Mahmood, who left Glasgow for Syria in 2013 to marry an Islamic State fighter. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "The UK has advised for some time against all travel to Syria. As all UK consular services there are suspended, it is extremely difficult to confirm the status and whereabouts of British nationals in Syria. "Anyone who does travel to these areas, for whatever reason, is putting themselves in considerable danger."

A Labour MP has expressed "huge concerns" about the counter-terrorism strategy in UK schools, after reports one of three east London teenagers who fled to Syria has been killed.

In an interview with newspaper Die Zeit, Hitzlsperger said he was coming out to advance discussion of a topic that was "simply ignored" in German football. He is the most prominent footballer to publicly reveal his homosexuality and his former team-mates were quick to praise his announcement. Arsenal and Germany forward Lukas Podolski wrote on Twitter: "Respect to Thomas Hitzlsperger! That was a courageous and correct decision and an important step." And retired defender Arne Friedrich, who played with Hitzlsperger at Euro 2008, wrote: "Proud of you Thomas. A good decision and in my opinion the right time." There was also support for Hitzlsperger from leading figures in German football administration. "Finally, a footballer has the courage to make his sexuality public," said Theo Zwanziger, the former president of the German Football Association. Bundesliga president Reinhard Rauball said in a statement: "The decision of Thomas Hitzlsperger to be the first prominent footballer to make public his homosexuality is - even after his active career - a huge and courageous step, and surely leads the way in the fight against homophobia." Gary Lineker ‏@GaryLineker Congratulations to Thomas Hitzlsperger on bravely being the first player to have played in the PL to 'come out' Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton 15m Thomas Hitzlsperger has shown a lot of courage today. Sad times when people have to wait till they retire from their chosen profession... ...before the feel other people will judge them solely on who the human being is. Shame on all of us as a society. John Amaechi OBE ‏@JohnAmaechi Congratulations to Thomas Hitzlsperger - welcome to the club! Bayern Munich, the club where Hitzlsperger began his career as a junior, also tweeted their support for the midfielder's "brave step". Hitzlsperger's announcement is seen as a watershed moment in Germany, which like England has struggled with the problem of homophobia in football. Zwanziger admitted that football was "now as ever a hard business, where unfortunately an open discourse about homosexuality is still not taken for granted". Current Germany captain Philipp Lahm created controversy in 2011 when he wrote in his autobiography that he would encourage gay footballers to keep quiet about their sexuality. "I would not encourage any gay professional footballer to come out," he wrote at the time. "I would fear that he would end up like Justin Fashanu [the English footballer who killed himself after revealing that he was gay]." The last German footballer to come out was second tier player Marcus Urban, who told Die Welt in 2007 that he knew of at least three gay footballers in the Bundesliga who were too scared to reveal their sexuality. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert praised Hitzlsperger for going public. "It's good that he's spoken about something which is important to him," Seibert told a media briefing. "We live in a country where nobody should be worried about making his sexuality known or concerned about intolerance. "We judge footballers on whether they have behaved well and worthily on and off the pitch and I believe that both are the case with Mr Hitzlsperger." Openly Gay German politician Volker Beck said he hoped Hitzlsperger's announcement would encourage others to do the same. "I hope that Hitzlsperger's courageous step contributes to finally breaking down this taboo," he said. "It's now the job of the German FA to embolden active players [to do the same]." And Zwanziger said he was optimistic that Hitzlsperger's announcement would lead to greater openness about sexuality in German football. He said: "I'm confident that sexual orientations will soon not be an issue in football at all."

German football has rallied around Thomas Hitzlsperger after the former international midfielder revealed he was gay.

The 37-year-old, who had already quit one-day and Twenty20 cricket, will finish his international career on home soil, in the second of the three-match Test series against India in August. He announced his decision during the second Test match against Pakistan in Colombo and confirmed he has opted out of the third and final match. "This is my time to call it a day," he said on Saturday. Left-hander Sangakkara is Sri Lanka's highest run scorer and is the fifth-highest Test scorer of all time. Since his Test debut in 2000, he has amassed 12,305 runs from 132 matches, with 38 centuries, 52 fifties and an average of 58.31. Sangakkara played his final T20 international in Sri Lanka's World T20-winning campaign last year and his last ODI in this year's World Cup. He signed for Surrey on a two-year contract in January, having previously played county cricket in England for Warwickshire and Durham.

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara will retire from Test cricket this summer.

The card, dated September 25 1986, dropped through the letterbox of Gethin Davies from Bonymaen. Bearing two 1980s Spanish stamps and a British second-class stamp, it was sent by someone called Phyl, to a Mrs E Leon. Mr Davies now hopes to reunite it with the person it was intended for. In his postcard, Phyl writes that the weather is nice, he has a self-catering apartment near a pond, but complains about the "expensive" cost of Spanish bread at £1 a loaf. Although it was delivered to the right address on the card, Mr Davies said he has no clue who either Phyl or Mrs Leon could be. "I've been baffled by it really," he said. "I suppose Mrs Leon once lived in my flat, but I've asked around neighbours who have lived here 20 or 30 years, and none of them have ever heard of her. "The Post Office say they have no idea what could have happened to the postcard for 29 years, may be it got stuck in a sorting machine, may be given that it's got both British and Spanish stamps on it, someone found it and posted it on. "Really I'd just like to find out who either Phyl or Mrs Leon are, so I could finally give it to them after all this time."

A Swansea man has been left scratching his head after receiving a postcard from Spain 29 years after it was sent.

Wales paid a high price for failing to make their extra numbers count when the Wallabies were reduced to 13 men for seven minutes in the second half. Fly-half Bernard Foley kicked all Australia's points, with Dan Bigger twice on target for Wales. Australia now face Scotland in the quarter-final on 18 October, with Wales against South Africa the day before. It was Wales' 11th consecutive defeat against the Australians, a run going back to 2008. Wales coach Warren Gatland's men had their chances but were repelled by some extraordinary defence, with number eight Taulupe Faletau dropping the ball inches from the line and George North at centre held up over the line by Wallabies back-row Ben McCalman. In the long run of narrow losses to Australia, this will rank among the most frustrating for Gatland. There was a lack of composure in a 10-minute period around the hour mark, when Australia's battling 13 held firm. And having seen off the barrage, the Wallabies eventually lifted the siege and were rewarded when Foley's fifth penalty gave his side a two-score cushion with eight minutes remaining. Australia stated their intentions in the opening seconds when they opted to take a scrummage from the first penalty of the game deep in their own half. They almost paid a high price when Gareth Davies sprinted away down the narrow side. But Biggar's fourth-minute penalty was all Wales had to show for their early pressure. Two unyielding defences battered anything that moved, with the breakdown a genuine contest and Wales successfully countering the Wallabies' driving maul. However, as the half wore on and Australia's pack - and scrummage in particular - got on top, the penalty count mounted against the Welsh with Foley profiting. The match was a slow burner but it burst into life at the start of the second half. Australia drove the lineouts with more venom, but Wales took control after the Wallabies incurred the wrath of referee Craig Joubert. Scrum-half Will Genia had a yellow card for failing to retire 10 metres as his opposite number Gareth Davies took a quick penalty and Genia was followed into the bin when second-row Dean Mumm infringed at a lineout. However, Australia's defence while reduced to 13 was simply heroic. Australia's seemingly easier path to a possible final - avoiding South Africa and New Zealand en route - is reward for a courageous and skilful rearguard action. They will look forward to their battle with the Scots, while Wales face a resurgent Springbok side. The nature of yet another defeat to Australia, however, will leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Gareth Davies of Wales was a livewire for the whole of the game and won this accolade. But this was a match won by the defence of Australia. Wales: Gareth Anscombe; Alex Cuthbert, George North, Jamie Roberts, Liam Williams; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Paul James, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee, Luke Charteris, Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric, Taulupe Faletau. Replacements: Ken Owens for Scott Baldwin (72), Aaron Jarvis for Paul James (72), Tomas Francis for Samson Lee (53), Ross Moriarty for Justin Tipuric (72), Lloyd Williams for Jamie Roberts (79), Rhys Priestland for Dan Biggar (73), James Hook for Liam Williams (73). Unused: Jake Ball. Sin bin: Alex Cuthbert (76) Australia: Israel Folau; Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell; Bernard Foley, Will Genia; Scott Sio, Stephen Moore (capt), Sekope Kepu, Kane Douglas, Dean Mumm, Scott Fardy, Sean McMahon, David Pocock. Replacements: Tatafu Polota-Nau for Stephen Moore (66), James Slipper for Scott Sio (62), Greg Holmes for Sekope Kepu (55), Rob Simmons for David Pocock (59), Ben McCalman for Sean McMahon (48), Nick Phipps for Will Genia (67), Matt Toomua for Matt Giteau (66), Kurtley Beale for Drew Mitchell (66). Sin bin: Will Genia (55), Dean Mumm (59)

Australia weathered a Welsh storm to win World Cup Pool A with a 15-6 victory at Twickenham.

Sarries beat Clermont Auvergne 28-17 at Murrayfield on Saturday to remain on course for an historic 'double-double' of continental and English crowns. Their quest continues with a trip to Exeter in the first of next Saturday's Premiership semi-finals. "If we're hungry enough and humble enough, then there's no reason why we can't get better," McCall said. "The age profile of the group is good and the manner in which we won was encouraging." If they overcome Exeter next Saturday, Saracens will face either Wasps or Leicester in the Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday 27 May. Saracens winger Chris Ashton opened the scoring in the 13th minute with his 37th try in the competition, setting a new European cup try-scoring record in the process. He raced on to Alex Goode's precise grubber kick for his historic try, and was quick to praise his team-mates when asked about the record. "I won't lie, I'm pretty happy about it," he said. "But I think a lot of it is down to the group I've been playing with the last five years. "It's nice for my name to be up there but a lot of the credit belongs to this club." The former England winger ends his five years at Saracens in the summer to join French Top 14 side Toulon, and he confessed to feeling sad about his departure. "I am going to miss it. I've had five amazing years here," he said. "I've had unbelievable highs and definitely some lows along there. "The support I've had from the players and the coaching staff has been phenomenal, so it will be a sad day when I do leave." Goode scored the try which all but secured Saracens' second European crown and has shone again on the European stage this season. The 28-year-old - like Ashton - has been overlooked by England, with the last of his 21 caps coming in a rare start as full-back against Fiji in 2016. But last season's Premiership player of the season is enjoying club rugby. "We have a young squad and one that is very hungry to keep improving," he said. "It was a joy to be on the field with the rest of the team. "The strength of the group is that we are constantly looking to improve and get better and we never feel like we are the finished article."

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall says his side can still improve despite securing back-to-back European titles.

The Crues will retain the Gibson Cup if they beat the Lurgan Blues on Saturday and Linfield fail to defeat Coleraine. "We must stay focused, it's definitely not over yet and we still have a job to do," said Crues manager Stephen Baxter. "It's important that we come away from this game with something to push us a little closer to the title." "We had a fantastic game against Glenavon in the Irish Cup a couple of weeks ago, which could have gone either way. "We just have to concentrate on playing the games in front of us and focus on what we are trying to do." "We will go there with confidence after our big win over Linfield last week but we now face two testing away games and Mourneview Park is a difficult place to go," added Baxter. Second-placed Linfield now trail the champions by eight points and Blues manager David Healy has all but conceded defeat in his club's pursuit to overhaul the pacesetters with just four rounds of fixtures remaining. "We now have to make sure we finish second and seal a European place," commented Healy. "Credit to Crusaders as it's often said that it's more difficult to retain a title than to win it so well done to them if they do go on and win it. "We have a cup final to look forward to and I've told the squad that they are playing for starting places in the team for that." Glenavon will hope to bounce back from last week's reverse at the hands of Cliftonville, a result which saw Gary Hamilton's side drop below the Reds in the contest to clinch third position. The Solitude outfit entertain Glentoran, who will be without injured pair Calum Birney (ankle) and Chris Lavery (knee). The battle for valuable points to help avoid the drop continues at the foot of the table as bottom side Warrenpoint Town host Ballinamallard United, who are one point ahead of Barry Gray's charges in 11th. Tenth-placed Carrick Rangers are one point better off than the Mallards but are at home to a Ballymena United side, who are now unbeaten in five matches under new boss David Jeffrey. Struggling Portadown play Dungannon Swifts in the day's other Section B fixture.

Crusaders continue their bid to secure back-to-back Irish League titles for the first time in their history when they face Glenavon at Mourneview Park.

The picture above would certainly make you think so. Unfortunately, the reality is quite different: what looks like snow is actually harmful snow-white froth that floats up from the city's largest lake and spills over into neighbouring areas. Over the years, the 9,000-acre Bellandur lake in India's technology capital has been polluted by chemicals and sewage. IT professional Debasish Ghosh has been taking pictures of the lake of "harmful snowy froth" for months now. Here is a selection of his pictures.

Is it snowing in India's tropical southern city of Bangalore?

Mother-of-two Tracy Kearns, 43, of Kinmel Bay, has not been seen since about 20:00 BST on 7 May. On Thursday, a 48-year-old man, who police said was known to Ms Kearns, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with her disappearance. Police said specialist searches were focused on land alongside Tir Prince leisure park and extensive searches were ongoing in Kinmel Bay and Towyn. Ms Kearns is described as 5ft 3ins (1.6m) tall with sandy coloured shoulder-length hair. Supt Sian Beck, from North Wales Police, said: "We are still trying to find Tracy. "Officers are carrying out house to house inquiries, speaking to local people who may have information."

Specialist teams have joined the search for a woman missing in Conwy county.

Saturday's anti-fascist march in Brighton was held on the same day that a Great Skinhead Reunion also took place on the seafront. The protest was initially organised to oppose an anti-immigration march that failed to materialise. Police arrested 14 anti-fascists after an attack on three bald men. Ch Supt Nev Kemp said some anti-fascists were "intent on violence". He said the planned anti-immigration protest did not take place because protesters went to an event in Bristol instead. "My understanding is that most of the protesters that said they might be coming to Brighton actually went up to Bristol, so they didn't appear," he said. But he said the anti-fascist counter-protest did go ahead and he added: "There were a significant number who took part who were intent on violence and criminality." The 14 anti-fascist campaigners - arrested on suspicion of violent disorder - were held after masked protesters were seen attacking three bald men, he said. Sussex Police said 10 men and four women - most from Brighton, but two of no fixed address - had been bailed to dates in July pending further inquiries. Mr Kemp said: "There were a number of people in the protest who showed they were actually - ironically, bearing in mind the protest is about tolerance - some of the most intolerant people you could come across. "They were determined to cause damage and attack anybody really, any man with a bald head who looked like he might be from the right-wing." Siriol Hugh-Jones, who took part in the protest, said: "Where I was there was very little sign of violence." She added: "It was much more a carnival atmosphere. "We were trying to be nice and fluffy and show how tolerant Brighton and Hove is and what a liberal society it is and celebrating that." She said she marched behind some of the masked men but didn't know who they were.

A police chief has accused anti-fascist protesters of turning up at a demo prepared to attack "any bald men who looked right-wing".

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.

In Catholicism, abortion is viewed as such a grave sin that it warrants automatic excommunication. In most countries, only a bishop can approve forgiveness for abortion. They would then delegate an expert priest to hear the confession. The change is only for the coming Jubilee Year, beginning in December. However, the rule relaxation will not affect Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as all priests there can already forgive abortion without seeking permission from a bishop. The Pope said many women who sought an abortion did so because they "believe that they have no other option". He added that he had "met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonising and painful decision". The easing of the rules is being seen as a shift in Catholic Church policy, reflecting the Pope's outspoken views on compassion and mercy. "'I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to allow all priests for the Jubilee Year to absolve of the sin of abortion those who procure it and who also seek forgiveness," Pope Francis said. Pope Francis is aware that the decision will not be welcomed by traditionalists, says the BBC's David Willey. However, in contrast to his predecessors, he regards compassion and mercy as virtues that outclass all others. The Jubilee Year runs from 8 December 2015 to 26 November 2016 and is seen as one of the Catholic Church's most important events. It normally takes place every 25 years unless a pope declares an extraordinary one to draw attention to a particular issue. The Pope has previously denounced abortion as part of a throw-away culture. "It is horrific even to think that there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day," he said in 2014. "Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as unnecessary," he added. Pope Francis has been viewed as progressive on other controversial issues. In 2013, on the topic of homosexuality, he said: "Who am I to judge?" However, he has not changed Church policy on contraception. Speaking earlier this year, Pope Francis said that although contraception remains forbidden, there was no need for people to breed "like rabbits" to be good Catholics.

Pope Francis is making it easier for women and doctors to seek forgiveness for abortion, by allowing all priests to forgive it.

Domingo has been in the role since May 2013 and his contract ends in August. Cricket South Africa have said they are "resolved to begin a recruitment process" as they look to appoint a head coach "through to the 2019 World Cup". South Africa will play three one-day internationals, three Twenty20 games and four Test matches against England. Domingo's side are currently ranked third in Tests, second in one-day internationals and fourth in T20 cricket. The 42-year-old guided his team to a 3-0 Test series win over Sri Lanka earlier this month and a 2-1 away Test series success in Australia in November. South Africa won the first of five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka on Saturday with a convincing eight-wicket victory at Port Elizabeth. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 181 and South Africa reached 185-2 with 15.4 overs remaining with Hashim Amla scoring 57 and Faf du Plessis making an unbeaten 55.

South Africa head coach Russell Domingo will have to reapply for his job if he wants to stay in charge of the team after their summer tour of England.

Bids have been submitted by Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR for the next Wales and Borders franchise. The successful bidder will have to make a slice of its profits available to be reinvested in the railway. They will also be responsible for delivering a major upgrade to the rail network in and around Cardiff as part of the Metro scheme. A contract will be awarded in early 2018. The four bids are being assessed by Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh government-owned company, as part of what ministers said would be an "ambitious and creative not for profit model". Officials said the four preferred bidders were the only four to come forward for the contract. The Welsh government has set out its ambitions for the Metro but it will be up to the bidders to propose how it will operate, as well as drawing up plans to build a new rail or tram system. Analysis by Sarah Dickins, BBC Wales economics correspondent This is the first time that the Welsh Government has awarded a rail franchise. It did not have the power to do so when the all-Wales franchise was awarded to Arriva. The model this time will focus on what level and quality of service the various bidders can offer. They will be asked to outline what they will do to drive up the numbers of passengers taking trains and buses across Wales. While the Metro for south Wales will be part of the bid, the company's proposals will also be scrutinised in terms of how they will affect all geographical locations. Whichever company wins will have a cap set on how much profit they can make. We do not yet know at what level that will be set but once that is passed remaining profit will go to the body responsible - Transport for Wales - to be reinvested in public transport in Wales. That cap will be for negotiation. Each company is expected to put together its own particular mix of heavy rail, bus and possibly light rail. The preferred contractor is expected to be known by early 2018. Negotiations are underway with Network Rail about handing over responsibility for the track on the core Valleys lines to the franchise holder. The current franchise is run by Arriva Trains Wales which gets a subsidy from the Welsh Government of between £150m and £180m a year. Rail privatisation laws stop the Welsh Government giving the contract to public sector bodies. The Welsh Government has lobbied for more powers, but said its requests have been turned down in Westminster. Officials said in time TfW may evolve to take on more responsibilities, similar to Transport for London. Economy Secretary Ken Skates said new trains, quicker journeys and modernised technology were priorities for the franchise. "We now have four highly skilled, experienced companies entering the next, competitive phase and I am keen to hear more from them about what they can offer Wales and how they can deliver on our plans for integrated public transport," he said. "Over the next 10 years I envisage significant strides in the delivery of our public transport network including the electrification of the Swansea, Valleys and north Wales lines, a South and North Wales Metro and widespread structural improvements that are already in the pipeline."

Four foreign-owned firms are competing to run train services in Wales and create the £600m South Wales Metro.

An emotional Murray, 29, secured a thrilling 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 victory to make it GB's most successful day at an overseas Games with five gold medals. The see-saw match featured 14 breaks of serve in front of a raucous crowd. Murray's win comes five weeks after he claimed his second Wimbledon title and four years after London 2012 success. Both men looked exhausted in the fourth set of a gruelling four-hour contest, with Murray breaking down in tears after finishing off his gritty opponent. Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. The crowd on Centre Court were boisterous throughout, with plenty of Argentine support for 27-year-old Del Potro, although emotions did spill over near the climax when two fans were ejected. Murray said the final was one of the toughest he had played in and cast doubt on the chances of winning a third gold in Tokyo in 2020. "Four years is a long time and so many things can change," he said. "Who knows about Tokyo? At 33, I'm not sure I'll be at the same level." Del Potro's silver medal signifies his continued return to form, with his past three seasons disrupted by a wrist injury. "Mentally I can only imagine how frustrating that must have been to keep going through the same problem and having to try and come back," said Murray. "He deserves a lot of credit and he should be very proud." Del Potro beat world number one Novak Djokovic in the first round despite being stuck in a lift for 40 minutes before the match. The 2009 US Open champion and London 2012 bronze medallist then defeated 2008 champion Rafael Nadal in an epic three-hour semi-final a day before facing Murray. "I left the last of my toenails on the court," said Del Potro. "I was tremendously tired. It was the crowd that made me keep running." He added: "When I look at my medal I'm so happy for that, but I've just lost a great final against Andy and I was close to the gold medal. "He played better in the important moments and is a great champion." In Murray, Del Potro came up against a player on a career-defining run in the final. After inspiring Britain to a first Davis Cup win in 79 years in November, Murray was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year, before reaching the Australian and French Open finals and winning Wimbledon for the second time. He also became a father earlier this year and led GB out at the opening ceremony of Rio 2016 as his country's flag bearer. On the court, he has lost just one of his past 30 matches, a run stretching back six months, and has been world number two since November, barring a one-week drop to third in May. BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller Murray looked all along as if he would be too good and just too strong, but he had to play a quite brilliant game to prevent the match going to a deciding set. Some exceptional defence and some awesome returns allowed him to break back for five-all - and two games later he was a double Olympic champion. He may look back on this achievement as the greatest of his career. It will mean even more to him that he shared it with Max Whitlock, Justin Rose and Jason Kenny on such a special day for Team GB. Earlier, Japan's Kei Nishikori claimed his first Olympic medal by beating Spain's 14-time Grand Slam winner Nadal for men's singles bronze. Nadal, 30, who had already won men's doubles gold, recovered from 5-2 down in the second set to level the match, but lost 6-2 6-7 (1-7) 6-3. Nishikori, 26, had never been past the quarter-finals at a Games.

Britain's Andy Murray became the first male tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles by beating Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in Rio.

It is the first professional contract for the former Bristol Rovers trainee. "When my agent told me that Forest Green were interested I was totally thrilled," Davies told the club website. "I can't wait to get started." Forest Green - who finished second in the National League in 2015-16 - gave a first senior deal to 18-year-old striker Olly Mehew last Thursday.

Forest Green Rovers have signed Wales Under-19 international striker Blake Davies on a one-year deal.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit out after German authorities cancelled rallies designed to woo ethnic Turkish voters in Germany ahead of a key referendum. "Your practices are not different from the Nazi practices of the past," Mr Erdogan said. German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said the comments were "abstruse, malicious and absurd". About 1.4m Turks in Germany can vote in the April referendum, which could give Mr Erdogan sweeping new powers. Voters will be asked whether they back a new constitution, which would transform the country from a parliamentary republic into a presidential one. That would give Mr Erdogan, as president, new powers over the budget and the appointment of ministers and judges, as well as the power to dismiss parliament. They are Nato allies and major trading partners but that has not stopped Turkey's president from lashing out at Germany in an exchange you might expect from countries at war. With a referendum soon to take place in Turkey, German local officials cancelled a political rally of the Turkish diaspora in Germany that Turkey's justice minister had planned to address. Mr Erdogan said that showed Germany had "no relation with democracy". Berlin was infuriated after a German-Turkish journalist for the newspaper Die Welt was imprisoned in Turkey for alleged terrorism propaganda. Deniz Yucel had written about leaked emails that purport to show the influence of Mr Erdogan's son-in-law, who is the country's energy minister. The German government has called for Mr Yucel's release. Turkey accuses Germany of harbouring terrorist groups. Mr Erdogan has described the journalist as an "agent" of the PKK Kurdish militants that Germany was "sheltering at the German consulate". Many see in the president's rhetoric an attempt to win the support of Turkish ultranationalists here before the referendum in April. But in the process, a vital relationship between two countries - Nato partners and major trading allies - has reached a new low. Speaking to German broadcaster ARD, Mr Maas said banning Mr Erdogan from visiting Germany or breaking off diplomatic ties would "play straight into the arms of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, which no one wants". Russia and Turkey have steadily improved ties as both countries' relations with the EU have cooled. The deputy leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, Julia Kloeckner, said Mr Erdogan was "reacting like a stubborn child who can't get his own way". Mr Erdogan has come under intense international criticism amid a far-reaching crackdown on his opponents since a failed military coup last year. Dozens of Turkish journalists and writers have been arrested, and a large number of diplomats and soldiers have sought asylum elsewhere. Against this background, Turkey is targeting the millions of expatriate voters eligible to cast a ballot in the controversial poll - including the 1.4m in Germany. However, officials have withdrawn permission for rallies in Gaggenau, Cologne and Frechen. The Gaggenau authorities said there was insufficient space for the rally, while Cologne officials said they had been misled about the purpose of the event. Addressing the German authorities at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, Mr Erdogan said: "I thought it's been a long time since Germany left [Nazi practices]. We are mistaken." His comments were in reference to the German Nazi party, which Adolf Hitler led to power from 1933 and 1945. The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people during, World War II. The cancellations of the rallies in Germany came as a German-Turkish journalist was detained in Turkey, accused of being a member of the outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK. Mr Erdogan has called the journalist - who works for well-established German newspaper Die Welt - a "German agent" and accused Germany of "aiding and harbouring terror". German officials said such allegations were absurd. Separately, the Austrian chancellor called for an EU-wide ban on political campaigning by Turkish politicians. "A collective EU response to prevent such campaign events would make sense so that individual countries like Germany where appearances are forbidden don't end up being pressured by Turkey," Christian Kern told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. He also said the decades-long talks over Turkey joining the EU should be abandoned because the country had been "trampling on human rights and basic democratic rights". "We can't continue negotiating about membership with a country that has been distancing itself from democratic norms and rule-of-law principles for years." Austria has previously said Mr Erdogan cannot campaign in the country over the referendum.

Turkey's president has compared German officials to Nazis, in the latest escalation in a war of words.

Air pollution is blamed for about 2,000 premature deaths in Scotland each year. The warning has come from environmental law organisation ClientEarth. It has already won a landmark ruling against the UK government at the Supreme Court in London. In April last year, the court ruled ministers must draw up plans to deal with air pollution as quickly as possible. ClientEarth argues the UK government's plans are inadequate and it has already pledged to take the issue back to court. Pollution levels in Glasgow were cited as part of ClientEarth's case. It said the city was one of four areas in Scotland identified as having illegal and harmful levels of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), which comes mostly from diesel vehicles. The group has now warned the Scottish government could also find itself facing legal action over its record on air pollution. Environment minister Dr Aileen McLeod said the Scottish government was continuing to make progress in improving our air quality. She said: "Data shows that significant reductions in air pollutants have been achieved since 1990 and further decreases are predicted in the future, given our knowledge of the likely impacts of planned investment. "Although there has been excellent progress, we recognise that there is more to be done to deliver further benefits for human and environmental health where areas of poorer air quality remain." If a case is brought it is understood it would be to the Court of Session in Edinburgh. ClientEarth lawyer Alan Andrews told BBC Scotland: "With Glasgow a key city in our case against the UK government, we know that air pollution is causing a huge public health issue in Scotland. "In the next few months we will be taking the UK government back to court for its failure to protect people across the country from toxic air pollution. "Air quality in Scottish cities is in our sights as much as the rest of the UK and the Scottish government should be aware that it could face legal action should it fail to act." Meanwhile, the Scottish government has urged all of the country's local authorities to carry out roadside emissions testing. It follows a BBC investigation, which found less than half of the Scotland's councils use powers designed to ensure the most-polluting vehicles are taken off the road. Transport minister Derek Mackay, told the Scottish Parliament: "Clearly there is a lot to be done. It's a very challenging area and I think it is right to keep the pressure on it, including our partnership with local authorities. "There is already funding within the system to execute many of the actions which have been identified. "In terms of roadside testing, 13 out of the 32 local authorities are implementing that. I would encourage others to implement the current regulations as well." Glasgow tests about 3,000 vehicles a year but Edinburgh City Council tests none, despite holding the powers to do so. It blamed a lack of funding but the Scottish government insisted cash was available to pay for roadside testing. Lesley Hinds, City of Edinburgh Council's transport and environment convener, said: "We have made significant use of Scottish government funding to put towards sustainable, long-term projects for improving air quality, including the installation of electric car charging points around the city and support of the ECOStars scheme to reduce fleet energy consumption. "While vehicle emissions testing is one way of tackling air pollution, there are a range of alternative, effective methods which we have chosen to focus on. "As a council we have chosen to invest in environmental-friendly transport options, such as the millions spent on 'green' hybrid buses for Lothian Buses, a 1% increase in spending on cycle infrastructure year-on-year (9% in the current year), upgrading the council fleet to include electric vehicles and £200,000 spent on upgrading the traffic signals at Newbridge roundabout to reduce traffic queuing by 80%." Councillor Chas Booth, of the Scottish Green Group, said: "The council seems to be paying lip service to the issue. 'If Edinburgh doesn't want to use its roadside testing powers it needs to come forward with alternative suggestions to combat the problem, including looking at low emission zones, which we suggested as long ago as 2013. "More fundamentally, the city needs to start looking at the causes of air pollution when it is weighing up major planning or development proposals. "We need consistency of planning and environmental policy: there is no point going to great lengths to reduce emissions from transport if our planning decisions force more and more people to use the private car." BBC Scotland Investigates: Car Sick is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland at 1930 on Wednesday. The programme will also be available later on the iPlayer.

The Scottish government is facing the threat of court action if it fails to tackle illegal levels of air pollution in the country's biggest cities, BBC Scotland has learned.

The 29-year-old's body was discovered at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Eastfield Road on Saturday at about 19:25. Emergency services were called but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Inquiries are currently ongoing, however the death is not being treated as suspicious." A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

A man has been found dead in the swimming pool of a hotel near Edinburgh Airport.

Media playback is not supported on this device Fifteen of those won gold. How many of them will be back to defend their titles in 2016 at the Rio Olympic Games, and who else might come through the ranks to join them? A week is a long time in sport, never mind four years. But here, BBC Sport takes an early look at some names in the frame for future Olympic fame. Media playback is not supported on this device Six of the 12 British Olympians who won more than one medal at London 2012 were younger than 26. Laura Trott, 20, and boyfriend Jason Kenny, 24, were both double Olympic champions in the velodrome, Andy Murray, 25,took tennis gold and silver, gymnasts Louis Smith, 23,and Max Whitlock, 19,both picked up two medals, and Rebecca Adlington, 23,won double bronze in freestyle swimming. It would be risky to bet against any of them returning for Rio. Trott, in particular, has the chance to establish a legacy to match Sir Chris Hoy's record medal haul over the next decade, having dominated her team pursuit and omnium events in recent years. Adlington has some thinking to do after losing both of her Olympic titles, particularly following the stunning performance of American 15-year-old Katie Ledecky over her favoured 800m distance. Smith has suggested younger gymnasts may prove better all-rounders and push him out of the 2016 gymnastics team. But you can expect Whitlock to be a bedrock of that squad if he maintains his progress, while Trott and Kenny should have at least two more Olympic outings left in them, if not more. Murray will certainly hope to defend his singles title in Rio. Of course, 25 is something of an arbitrary barrier. In many sports, you can just as easily win a medal in your 40s or 50s as your teens. Many of GB's gold medallists can be expected to fight for their place, if not retain their title, in four years' time - think of the likes of Jess Ennis, 26,and Mo Farah, 29, plus many of the GB rowing team. To take an example from the opposite end of the spectrum: Nick Skelton is 54, has come back from a broken neck and a hip replacement, and now needs work on his back - but the team showjumping champion plans to return. Media playback is not supported on this device Plenty of likely candidates for Rio 2016 have already broken into the team at London 2012, even if they didn't grab the headlines. The most obvious of these is Adam Gemili, the world junior champion over 100m, whose time of 10.06 seconds in the Olympic semi-finals saw him narrowly miss out on a place in the final alongside the likes of Jamaican winner Usain Bolt and his team-mate Yohan Blake. Gemili, still only 18, has already been hailed by US rival Tyson Gay as a man with the potential to become one of the greatest in history. By Rio, we will know a lot more about what the former footballer can achieve on the track. Nineteen-year-old Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon or long jump) and 20-year-old hurdler Andrew Pozzi are others whose names were lower down the 2012 card but could top the billing in Rio. Andrew Osagie, the 800m runner, finished last in his final as David Rudisha stormed home in a new world record, but the Briton ran a personal best that would have won gold at any of the three previous Olympics. He will be 28 in 2016. In contrast Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee occupied every headline going with his stunning win but will face renewed pressure from younger brother Jonny in Rio. The two look set to dominate their sport for years to come, but 22-year-old Jonny may yet have it in him to surpass his 24-year-old sibling in time for Rio, having taken bronze behind Alistair in Hyde Park. In gymnastics, Rebecca Tunney made her Olympic debut as the youngest member of Team GB at the age of 15, looking assured and unfazed in the women's all-around final. She will spend the next four years increasing the difficulty of her routines although, in a sport with a phenomenally high turnover rate as new gymnasts come on the scene, she already faces a battle to keep her place in the British team. Fencer James Davis impressed as Britain valiantly scrapped to a narrow defeat by world number ones Italy in the men's team foil event, and he could be joined by world junior epee champion Philip Marsh in Rio. Teenager Harry Martin somehow managed to have a decent game for the GB men's hockey team as they were drubbed 9-2 by the Netherlands in their semi-final and is one to watch, while rowing trio Constantine Louloudis, George Nash and Will Satch all picked up bronze at Eton Dorney and will look to upgrade that in Brazil. Swimming was a disappointment for Britain at their home Games, and now the search is on for future stars. Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the 16-year-old breaststroke swimmer from Bath, may be one of them if she can improve her race strategy. Diver Jack Laugher struggled in his 3m competition and finished 27th but he will only be 21 by the time of Rio; Tom Daley, of course, will be just 22 himself. Some of the GB stars at Rio 2016 could be in sports entirely new to the Games. British teams will fancy their chances at medals in rugby sevens, introduced to the Olympic programme for the first time, with Michaela Staniford a name to remember as the 25-year-old captain of the current England women's team. Kiteboarding replaces windsurfing for Rio and Steph Bridge, a four-time world champion in the sport for Britain, has already seen her profile rise as a result. If windsurfing wins its appeal against losing its place, Izzy Hamilton could benefit. The pro windsurfer is also taking up kiteboarding with a view to reaching Rio, no matter which of the two is included. Elsewhere in sailing, 22-year-old Katrina Hughes - who lost her battle for a place in the women's 470 boat to Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, this time - will be back and raring to go alongside partner Penny Clark for 2016. A crop of gymnasts are preparing to emerge from the increasingly successful British junior production line. European junior champions Frank Baines and Nile Wilson are two leading lights on the men's side while Youth Olympic trampolinist Nathan Bailey is hoping to star at 2016. Ellie Downie, younger sister of 2008 Olympic gymnast Becky, is just 12 years old now but will be 16 and could have reached her peak by the time of the next Games. Cycling has a seemingly endless conveyor belt of talent to raid for 2016. Names like Lucy Garner and Simon Yates, both already junior world champions in their short careers, could be firmly established in senior circles well before then. Other names waiting in the wings for Rio include boxer Chantelle Cameron, eventer Laura Collett and modern pentathletes Freyja Prentice and Jamie Cooke, the latter tipped by his coaches as a future world champion. Rowers Pat Lapage and Mike Evans, and Michael Eilberg with Woodlander Farouche in dressage, will also hope to be in Rio.

More than 30 of the Britons who won medals at London 2012 were aged 25 or under.

Scotland face Afghanistan in Nagpur on the opening day, while Ireland begin their campaign against Oman in Dharamsala on Wednesday. The winners of each of the two groups will book a place in the Super 10 phase, beginning on 15 March. England play Sri Lanka in Mumbai in their first match on 16 March. In total, 58 matches will be played across eight venues over four weeks, in the sixth edition of the tournament since its inception nine years ago. England - winners of the competition in 2010 - have been drawn in the same group as defending champions Sri Lanka, 2012 winners West Indies and South Africa, who are second in the International Cricket Council T20 rankings. Australia are chasing a fourth successive triumph in the women's event, which starts on 15 March and features 10 teams. England, who won the inaugural Women's World T20 in 2009, are in a group containing India, West Indies, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The women's final will be played before the men's final in Mumbai on 3 April. BBC Test Match Special will provide live ball-by-ball commentary on 20 matches, including all England fixtures, plus selected other men's fixtures and England women's games. The BBC Sport website will show video highlights during all men's matches. There will be live text commentary on all Scotland and Ireland games in the initial group stage, and on all matches from the Super 10 stage onwards. And do not forget you can sign up for free wicket, end-of-innings and result alerts on all major nations plus Scotland and Ireland via the BBC Sport app. It may feature the lower-ranked nations, but there are plenty of reasons to follow this week's action. Watch the man who invented the 'scoop' shot Ryan Campbell, 14 years after playing two one-day internationals for Australia, will line up for Hong Kong at the age of 44. He is credited with being the first exponent of the 'scoop' shot, which was made famous by Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and has since become commonplace in the modern game. Ryan Campbell talks to Stumped about his comeback. Afghanistan's running could be interesting While Inzamam-ul-Haq is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in Pakistan history, he is almost as famous for his dodgy running between the wickets. The man who once tried to fight a spectator during an ODI and also refused to bring his side back on the pitch after they were accused of ball-tampering against England is now Afghanistan coach. Fasten your seat belts. Oman have their own versions of Gayle and Malinga Zeeshan Maqsood and Munis Ansari may not be familiar to most people. In left-handed Maqsood, Oman are blessed with a player who "can strike it like Chris Gayle", according to former England all-rounder Derek Pringle, who acted as a consultant during the World T20 qualifier last year. Ansari, meanwhile, bowls with a round-arm action that could have been modelled on Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga. There could be controversy Oman, playing in their first major tournament, have left-arm spinner Aamir Kaleem in their ranks. He was the man who sparked controversy during the qualifiers when he 'Mankaded' Hong Kong batsman Mark Chapman, described as a "cowardly" act by their coach Simon Cook. Kaleem said: "It is not a wrong thing. It is under the rules. Our coaches have told us, 'go ahead and run the batsman out'." Watch this space. See the 'most beautiful ground in the world' Still not convinced? How about watching cricket being played at one of the most stunning grounds in the world? Dharamsala in northern India, overlooked by the snow-covered Himalayas, offers guaranteed glorious scenery when it hosts all six Group A games and four further matches throughout the tournament. It will be tough. Although Ireland have qualified for the past five World T20s and are regarded by many as the best Associate side not playing Test cricket, they have been drawn in the same group as Bangladesh and Netherlands - both of whom are above them in the ICC rankings. Bangladesh, an established Test nation, will be familiar with conditions on the sub-continent, while Netherlands knocked Ireland out of the 2014 competition with a remarkable win. Ireland captain William Porterfield is taking part in his fifth World T20, and their squad also contains the experienced O'Brien brothers, Kevin and Niall, and seamer Boyd Rankin, who won seven ODI and two T20 caps for England before returning to play for his native country. Media playback is not supported on this device Scotland - joint winners of the qualifiers with Netherlands - have never won a game in their two previous World T20s in 2007 and 2009 and must defy expectation if they are to progress from Group B. Captain Preston Mommsen and seamer Alasdair Evans were named in the team of the tournament for the qualifiers, and coach Grant Bradburn predicts "the floodgates could open now" for his improving side. Zimbabwe are favourites to progress and join England's Super 10 group, while Afghanistan, featuring the brutal hitting of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad and led by a thrilling three-pronged pace attack, represent a potent threat.

The World Twenty20 starts in India on Tuesday, with Scotland and Ireland among eight teams aiming to qualify for the main stage of the competition.

Most MSPs on the equal opportunities committee endorsed the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill. But some members were either not convinced by the bill, or had concerns that it lacked adequate protections. The legislation still needs to go through three stages of voting at parliament before becoming law. Under the bill, religious bodies would opt in to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. In addition, protection would also be offered to individual celebrants who felt it would go against their faith to carry out gay weddings. Same-sex couples in Scotland currently have the option to enter into civil partnerships, and the Holyrood government has insisted no part of the religious community would be forced to hold same-sex weddings in churches. Both the Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic Church are opposed to the proposals. The convener of the equal opportunities committee, Labour MSP Margaret McCulloch, said: "All of us on the committee recognise the validity, depth and sincerity of all views submitted to us on what has clearly been an emotive issue. "While the majority of our committee supports the general principles of this bill, we wholeheartedly support the right of all members of the Scottish Parliament to vote on the bill as a matter of conscience." The Bill will now go to the full parliament for consideration. Tom French, of the Equality Network charity, said backing the Bill would help remove discrimination from law. "With just days to go before the crucial stage-one vote on the equal marriage Bill, we urge MSPs to stand up for a fairer and more equal Scotland by giving this milestone legislation their full support," he said. "The large majority of people in Scotland believe it's time LGBT people had full equality, including the right to marry the person they love. This Bill will remove discrimination from the law and send out an important message about the kind of country we are." But campaign group Scotland for Marriage renewed its call for safeguards in the legislation to protect those opposed to it. A spokesman said: "The Scottish government's promise of sufficient safeguards have been shown to be hollow. "Real safeguards set out in amendments to the legislation are required to protect the rights and civil liberties of the majority of Scots who don't support this law. "No one who supports the law as it stands should be discriminated against. At home in the workplace and in schools, declaring a belief in traditional marriage should always be permitted and respected." In England and Wales, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act was passed into law in July. It is expected that the first gay and lesbian wedding ceremonies will take place by summer next year when the relevant statutory orders have been put in place. The act will allow religious organisations to "opt in" to offering weddings, with the Church of England and Church in Wales being banned in law from doing so.

Legislation to introduce same-sex marriage in Scotland has been backed by the Holyrood committee looking into the proposals.

Mr Sarao, who traded from his parents' home in Hounslow, west London, is accused of market manipulation that caused a 1,000-point fall on the US Dow Jones index in 2010. US prosecutors allege he made about $875,000 (£600,000) from the move. He faces 22 charges in the US, including fraud charges, all of which he denies. The charges include "spoofing" - the practice of buying or selling with the intent to cancel the transaction before execution. He was arrested in April after being charged by the US Justice Department. After spending four months in custody in the UK, he was released on bail last year. The "flash crash" on 6 May 2010 sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly plunging by more than 1,000 points before recovering. Mr Sarao, 37, is accused of using software to "spoof" markets by generating large sell orders that pushed down prices. He then cancelled those trades and bought the contracts at the lower prices US authorities allege. They claim he made roughly £27m in profit over five years from illegal trades. Mr Sarao has denied doing anything wrong and previously told the Westminster court in May he was simply "being good at my job". The hearing, at Westminster Magistrates' Court, continues on Friday.

A hearing into whether Navinder Sarao, the so-called "flash crash" day trader, can be extradited to the US has begun.

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers are required to cover the cost of contraception with insurance. Religious groups argue that they should be exempt from the requirement because it violates religious liberty. A tie would uphold lower court rulings in support of the administration but not set a national precedent. The court now has eight justices after conservative Justice Antonin Scalia died in February. Senate Republicans are blocking efforts by President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy, making split decisions more likely. The Obama administration has already agreed to a compromise for non-profit groups with religious ties that allows them to avoid directly providing birth control in health plans for employees. Opposing groups argue this is not enough and do not want any link to providing contraception. The groups view some forms of contraception as equivalent to abortion. The Little Sisters of the Poor, a charity that cares for the elderly, and other Roman Catholic groups were among plaintiffs. In oral arguments on Wednesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy, who usually is the deciding vote in divisive cases, expressed doubts about the government's case. Justice Kennedy's questions signalled that he would join with the three conservative justices in favouring the Christian groups. "They think that complicity is sinful," Chief Justice John Roberts said of plaintiffs. The four justices who make up the court's left wing appeared to side with the Obama administration. Justice Elena Kagan said the religious groups "were objecting to objecting." For 90 minutes, the court heard arguments on whether non-profit groups opposed to the contraception requirement can use a 1993 law, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to object to the administration's compromise. The hashtag #HandsOffMyBC was trending in Washington on Wednesday, mostly being tweeted by those who side with the Affordable Care Act requirement. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders used the hashtag, tweeting: "No matter where you work or what you do, your birth control decisions should be up to you." House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted his support for the religious groups, saying that "We should do everything we can to let people live out their faith". A final ruling, if reached, will be announced in June.

The US Supreme Court appeared to be evenly divided over a case about faith-based groups indirectly providing contraception in employee health plans.

Only one occasion when the hotel door was physically barred from the inside and the management told us to stay put. That was not in some far flung corner of the world. It was in Birmingham. The summer of 2011, when a Test match was played at Edgbaston in the context of urban unrest, with the riots across England. We did what we were told, but it felt wrong. So far in Ghent, host to Britain's first Davis Cup final for 35 years and a city of stunning architectural settings, nothing has felt threatening. In sport security often becomes the story. The 'to go or not to go' dilemma is shared by competitors, journalists and spectators. Occasionally there are direct instructions, but more often than not the decision is ultimately left to the individual. We all have to answer the fundamental question, 'is it safe?' That isn't easy. In my experience there are two differing approaches to security at events considered to be a risk; the deliberate display of strength and the discreet deployment. The most memorable example of the first strategy I've experienced was in India in December 2008 when the England cricket team returned to the country after the Mumbai attacks. Even at the first training session in Chennai there were armed security men around the boundary. Every time a batsman walked from the ground back into the changing room there were soldiers or police around him. Always with guns. The cricket ground in Mohali is traditionally favoured when there is a heightened need for security in India - the modern grid pattern of the wide surrounding streets makes it easier to close off. That is where England played India in the second Test in 2008 and is also where India played Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup. On both occasions the display of weaponry and manpower was extraordinary. I can remember a raised, sand-bagged machine gun point close to the ground and so many different uniforms it was hard to distinguish which regiment or department each group of security personnel belonged to. A sense of safety is not always created by sheer numbers. In Ghent, so far, we've experienced the other approach. The International Tennis Federation made it clear very early on that spectators would face additional security checks. In essence, fans won't be able to bring anything into the venue - we are told there will be lockers provided for bags. There is certainly a big area designated for refreshment (to buy) before you reach the courts, turn left for 'Belgian cafe' or right for 'British pub'. The facilities are all being constructed around us. The multi-purpose hall is essentially a blank canvas for whatever event comes next and dozens of contractors are hammering, attaching, fixing and adjusting. There is no sense of tension nor restriction. Naturally, bags are searched as the media come in, but it's all done quickly and with a sense of courtesy. There is no panic, no aggression. Take a step back when the players move around between practice and media sessions and you can spot the men who are there to watch out for anything unusual. But if anyone is carrying a gun then they are doing it discretely. One of the most impressive bits of sporting security I've experienced came at the Ryder Cup, at the K Club in Ireland in 2006. Hovering by the 16th green as the victory celebrations began I spotted Bill Clinton watching. I asked him a question, he responded. I tried another, he answered. Just as I began the third question an arm came down between us - "enough". The spectator in the regulation baseball cap and pink polo shirt was the former president's security man and he'd been watching all along. Whenever there is sport and security the forbearance of the public is critical. Patience during bag searches is now commonplace and most spectators in Ghent will be aware that it is going to happen and are sanguine about the necessity. It's unlikely there will be many repeats of the behaviour I witnessed from a spectator at the 2012 Paralympics, who fiercely objected to having his watch put through a scanner at the entrance to the equestrian competition. "I want to speak to your lieutenant!" he shouted at the soldier who was supervising security. Certainly sir, although that will be a little tricky as my lieutenant is currently on a tour of Afghanistan." Petulance put in place, everything put into context. For those of us fortunate enough to report on sport for a living we are doing our job by going to events. Maintaining the status quo is perhaps the only meaningful way we can react when horrible things happen in the world. Let's remember that the Davis Cup has been running since 1900, with the only interruptions coming when Europe was at war with itself. Sport is a function and symptom of a positive and peaceful world.

There has only been one time when I've been forced to remain indoors in the evening whilst covering a sporting event.

A preview showed the pair dancing to Beyonce's Single Ladies. The clip, posted on YouTube, shows Corden arriving at the White House for a tour before Mrs Obama gets into his car. The footage, which was recorded last month in Washington DC, will air on the British star's Late, Late Show in the US on Wednesday. Mrs Obama is seen telling the presenter: "I hear you're here for a 1.45 tour and I had a little time on my hands so you want to go for a spin?" The First Lady then tells Corden she "rarely" gets to listen to music in the car and the only time she has ever sat in the front passenger seat "rocking out" was when one of her daughters was learning to drive. Other stars who have appeared on Carpool Karaoke include Adele, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Corden began hosting The Late, Late Show in March last year. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

US First Lady Michelle Obama is joining James Corden in his hit sketch Carpool Karaoke this week.

The Anthony's chain of food outlets included restaurants in the city's Corn Exchange building and a patisserie in the Victoria Quarter. The firm was founded in 2004 by chef Anthony Flinn and his father, also called Anthony Flinn. Lines Henry Ltd have been appointed as administrators and said there was not enough money for the firm to continue trading. Michael Simister, of Lines Henry, said: "It is sad when such a well-known business runs into difficulties. "Unfortunately, the business has had to close, with the loss of 70 jobs, because there is not enough money available to continue trading." He added despite good reviews the business had struggled with increased competition and difficult economic conditions.

The failure of a restaurant business in Leeds has led to the loss of 70 jobs.

The midfielder more than 150 appearances for Dale before joining Tranmere in 2012, and returned for a loan spell in 2013. The 27-year-old was released by Carlisle United at the end of the 2015-16 campaign. Rochdale began 2016-17 with a 3-2 home defeat by Peterborough on Saturday. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Joe Thompson has signed a six-month contract with League One side Rochdale, returning to the club with which he began his career.

The 24-year-old arrived at Rodney Parade from Llanelli in September on a one-season contract because of a back row injury crisis. He will make his 18th appearance against Leinster on Friday, has been rewarded with a new Dragons deal. "I was given an opportunity to prove myself as a professional and hopefully I have done that," said Cudd. The former Scarlets academy product has impressed this season and been one of the success stories of the season for the Dragons. "We haven't had the best of results this season but I think it is going well for me on a personal front," said Cudd. "I have had plenty of games and feel that I am improving as a player. "Over the past few months I have improved in terms of physicality and carrying the ball."

Flanker Nic Cudd has signed a new two-year deal with the Newport Gwent Dragons.

The Times Educational Supplement (TES) says measures to guard against grade inflation were not appropriate for this year's English exams. Teaching unions have accused Ofqual of "regulatory failure" and say it is more evidence of flawed exam marking. But the regulator insists it applied its measures correctly. It comes as state and private school heads call for an independent inquiry into the problems. Last week Ofqual said it felt the way this year's English GCSE exams were graded was fair, despite the grade boundaries being moved significantly part-way through the year. Teachers have complained that pupils achieving exactly the same marks would have received different grades depending on what time of year they sat the exam. And many who were predicted a grade C, obtained a grade D in their summer exams. Ofqual found that June's grade boundaries were correct, while January's were "too lenient". A key document sent to exam boards, which is on the Ofqual website, sets out how it expects exam boards to use a process known as "comparable outcomes" to ensure that grade standards are maintained between GCSEs year-on-year. It sets out five conditions for when such processes should be used to alter the way papers are marked. According to the TES report, this year's English GCSE and the circumstances around it failed to meet four of the conditions. The first of Ofqual's five conditions was that the cohort - or pupils from that year- in a subject "must be similar, in terms of ability, to those of previous years". But last week's report on English GCSEs noted that the "attainment profile" for 2012 dropped, as grammar and independent school pupils were replaced with extra, lower-achieving comprehensive pupils. The second condition was that the qualification must be "fit for purpose". On Monday, Education Secretary Michael Gove told Parliament that this year's English GCSE was "not fit for purpose". The third condition was that the "nature of the qualification" must be the same. Ofqual's report last week stated that "these qualifications are different from previous English qualifications in a number of ways". Finally, the regulator said in the letter that comparable outcomes must only be applied where "previous grades were appropriate". Ofqual's report said that the English GCSE grades in January were "too generous". The only condition that appears to have been met is that teaching standards have remained largely consistent. The guidelines also state: "Students should not be advantaged or disadvantaged simply because they were the first to sit a new set of examinations." The watchdog has interpreted its own conditions differently, and is insisting that the comparable outcomes approach that prevented grades from rising in June was correctly implemented. But Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT heads' union, said: "Ofqual doesn't seem to have applied the concept of comparable outcomes properly. "In this instance there is a regulatory failure. It is a big mess." And Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said this appeared to be "another piece of evidence that procedures applied to this exam was not fit for purpose". Meanwhile, Ofqual said: "The comparable outcomes approach was used correctly for GCSE English this year and we stand by this decision. "Comparable outcomes are not intended to produce identical results year on year. "What's important is that outcomes can be compared when taking into consideration a range of factors which may affect the results. More details on the use of this approach can be found in our report." But Dr Christopher Ray, chairman of the Head Masters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), said the issue was evidence of a deeper problem with Ofqual. "The verdict of Ofqual's initial report and the reasoning to support it fall well short of answering the questions raised in the minds of schools and pupils." Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said: "It is clear that pupils, parents and education professionals, across the spectrum of schools, feel that pupils have been done a disservice. "Whilst the Education Secretary Michael Gove says he is 'saddened' by the injustice that has been served to thousands of pupils, he is showing how out-of-touch he is with pupil opinion by refusing to take action. Labour supports calls for an independent inquiry to get to the bottom of this mess." The Commons Education Committee is set to start an inquiry into the GCSE grading problems next week.

England exams regulator Ofqual breached its own rules in allowing controversial changes to the way English GCSEs were graded this summer, it is claimed.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 3 July 2015 Last updated at 06:56 BST It is part of a research project run by campaigning charity WWF and local organisations. The charity says the turtle was followed during the filming and the camera collected at the end. It says the animal was not harmed in any way. It says hundreds of turtles have been found dead near the reef over the last four years, and it hopes the project may help find out why. Courtesy Dr Ian Bell, QLD Dept of Environment and Heritage Protection and Christine Hof, WWF.

A small high-quality camera has been attached to the shell of a turtle giving an amazing view of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

College baseball player Christopher Lane, 22, was shot in the back in the town of Duncan on Friday. Police said one of the accused admitted Lane was killed for "the fun of it". Chancey Luna, 16, and James Edwards, 15, were charged with first-degree murder; Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, has been named as accessory to the crime. Lane, from Melbourne, had been visiting his girlfriend's family in Duncan. He was entering his final year at East Central University in the city of Ada, some 85 miles (137km) east of the town. Because of the severity of their alleged crime, all three of the accused will be tried in adult court. At Tuesday's hearing, Michael Dewayne Jones cried after he tried to speak about the incident but was cut short by the judge, who said the facts of the case would be determined at another hearing. Bail for him was set at $1m (£640,000). The two younger accused were denied bail. Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford told local television on Monday that one suspect had said Lane was killed at random. "They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said, 'there's our target,'" Chief Ford said. "The boy who has talked to us said, 'we were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'" Mr Ford said they followed Lane in a car and shot him once in the back before driving off. Witnesses rushed to help Lane after seeing him collapse on the road in Duncan, which has about 24,000 residents. Family and friends in the US and Australia have been mourning him. His American girlfriend, Sarah Harper, wept as she laid a cross by a memorial in Duncan at the spot where he was shot. Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported that roses and a baseball were placed on the home plate where Lane played baseball as a boy in a suburb of the city. It was accompanied by a message that read: "A wonderful young man taken too soon. Why?" The victim's father, Peter Lane, said there was no explanation for his son's death. "It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity," he told Australia's Sky News. The mother of one of the accused was quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC News as saying that she could not believe her son was at fault. "I get off work at three," she said. "It takes me five minutes to get home and he was there. That's what time they said it happened."

Three Oklahoma teenagers have been charged in the death of an Australian who was gunned down in broad daylight as he jogged on a road in the US state.

It comes amid growing concern that the next branch of so-called Islamic State (IS) could emerge in the region. David Cameron said "brutal terrorists" would only be defeated if countries united against their "common enemy". Mr Cameron is to raise the issue in meetings with the leaders of both countries during the four-day trip. He is heading to Indonesia on the first stop of his tour, which is primarily intended to boost trade with Britain. But Mr Cameron will also use his visit to discuss the threat from Islamist extremism with his counterparts, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, and later Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia. The UK government estimates about 500 people from Indonesia and about 200 from Malaysia have joined IS in Iraq and Syria. The prime minister is said to be "keen to explore" whether the UK can offer more practical counter-terrorism support to both countries, such as disrupting foreign fighters, investigating potential terror plots and improving aviation security. He is also planning to learn from their work in tackling the extremist ideology and encouraging tolerance, to explore whether the UK can learn from their approach. Speaking ahead of his departure for Indonesia, Mr Cameron said IS was "one of the biggest threats our world has faced". "All of us face a threat from foreign fighters and from increasing radicalisation within our countries and it's right that we look at what help we can provide to one another," he said. Separately, it is understood the UK government has had discussions about its role in tackling IS in Libya. There is no suggestion of any air strikes but it is thought the UK has considered what help it could offer in combating IS's presence if a stable Libyan government was formed.

The prime minister is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists, during a trade mission to South East Asia.

The debate, on Thursday, was discussing "serious and widespread failures" in Gloucestershire's children's service. Cllr Shaun Parsons, chairman of the council, said members had been told the proceedings were being televised. Two said they had been listening, one blamed medication, but the fourth admitted the meetings "drag a bit". Mr Parsons said he believed the chairman's role is to make sure the meeting runs smoothly and efficiently but added it is not his place to "give councillors a nudge". But the former MP for Stroud, Neil Carmichael disagreed. He said it was "wrong" that councillors fell asleep "during such an important meeting on such a critical subject". "As chairman of the Commons Select Committee I felt it was very much my job to ensure that meetings were run briskly and that all those present were fully engaged throughout," the Conservative said. Four councillors were spotted nodding off, including deputy leader, Conservative Ray Theodoulou who blamed his heart medication for making him "a little drowsy". Fellow Tory Rob Bird said he may have "closed his eyes for a moment", while Liberal Democrat John Cordwell admitted he "might have nodded off very briefly". Both men insisted they were aware of the proceedings. But Labour's Graham Morgan was more forthright though, stating: "Those meetings drag a bit and I'm 66." Mr Parsons said although he had not seen the BBC film it was important to listen to what the councillors had said in mitigation. "It was a very long day, people had been briefed quite considerably on the facts. "But it's not a good appearance for people maybe to have been asleep or indeed nodding off... , it's most unfortunate."

The chairman of a meeting in which four councillors were filmed apparently dozing during has described their actions as "embarrassing".