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Mr Trump broke a long-held tradition by not releasing his paperwork during his presidential campaign. His critics want to know who he has been dealing with and if there are any conflicts of interest. At least 21 people were arrested in Berkeley, California, in clashes between Trump opponents and supporters. There is no law requiring presidents to release their tax returns, but Mr Trump has found himself under public pressure and some information from a 2005 tax return was leaked to the media last month. The protests were timed to coincide with the traditional mid-April deadline for Americans to file their tax returns. "I think it is critical we know about his investments, his donations and any entanglements he has," said one protester, Chuck Wash, at a march in Washington DC. The idea for the themed march came from law professor Jennifer Taub, who was angered when presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway said President Trump would not be releasing his tax returns because "people don't care". In January, Ms Taub tweeted of the need for a nationwide protest to show the president that many people do care. The idea quickly caught on. "I wanted to express myself and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be standing here today, seeing this idea that I tweeted out in January come to life," she told the BBC at the Washington DC march. Ms Taub said the march had broader aims than just wanting to see the president's paperwork. "This is also about having a tax system that is fair," she said. "Both in terms of making sure everyone pays their fair share and also in taking public resources - our taxes - and spending them on things that make everyone flourish." She said less should be spent on wars, and more should go to public service television and the Meals on Wheels programme, which Mr Trump has made funding cuts to in the first months of his presidency. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, was also at the march in Washington DC. She said the Trump administration has a "huge" transparency problem. "He [Trump] talked about draining the swamp and making everything transparent. He lied again," said Ms Waters. She also criticised Friday's announcement that President Donald Trump will not release the logs of those who visit the White House. The White House cited "grave national security risks and privacy concerns" as the reason for its decision, reversing former President Barack Obama's voluntary disclosure policy. Participants used the hashtag #showusyourtaxes to share their images on social media. President Trump's supporters have also gone online to express their support for the president. One Twitter user accused protesters of "flogging a dead horse" and many said they had no interest in seeing the returns. Separately, more than a dozen people were arrested in Berkeley, California, after supporters of Mr Trump clashed with anti-fascist demonstrators at a free speech rally, police said. Several people were injured when fighting broke out at a park in the city as opponents and supporters of the US president met on the streets during Saturday's protests, according to CNN. Footage shared on social media showed crowds of people throwing items at one another and demonstrators being attacked with what appeared to be chemical sprays and makeshift weapons. The incident occurred after hundreds of anti-Trump protesters staged a counter-rally alongside an event billed as a "Patriots Day free speech rally and picnic", organised by the president's supporters.

Protests have been taking place in more than 150 locations across the United States to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.

Lara Clarke, an amateur baker from the West Midlands, has baked this special Harry Potter cake. In the past she has also baked the Weasley's flying car and the Hogwart's library. Many other bakers around the world have also made cakes to celebrate JK Rowling's special day.

The author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling, is celebrating her 50th birthday today.

Karen Gooding This is the full statement to the inquests from his sister, Karen Gooding: Our 'Jimmy', as he insisted on being called, was born James Robert Hennessy on 24 September, 1959 in Liverpool to parents Robert and Margaret Hennessy. I was 13 months old at the time and he was a welcome brother to complete the Hennessy family. He was baptised at St Dominic's Roman Catholic Church and at the age of five, he joined me at the church school. We later moved to St Saviour's Roman Catholic School in Ellesmere Port, where our dad had started a new job. Growing up, Jimmy used to enjoy fishing with my dad and I with the St Saviour's freshwater fishing club, where our dad was a member. Profiles of all those who died We would all go in a minibus with our packed lunches and fishing tackles to various canals and lakes in Cheshire, fishing for that prized catch. He also loved racing homing pigeons with my dad under the proud name R Hennessy and Son, and together they won many a trophy. We used to go on family holidays to Butlins with our extended family and Jimmy enjoyed going because we had cousins of a similar age to us. Religion played a big part in our family life. I remember we used to have to go to mass and he would tell our parents that he was going to eight o'clock mass, but go off and play with his friends. This memory still brings a smile to my face. Jimmy had a great love for music and together we had a vast amount of LPs, some of which I still have. We spent many a night in each other's bedrooms listening to music. Later on, it was trips to the infamous Eric's Club in Liverpool, which led him to follow Death School, a local Liverpool band he went to see quite often in London. It was after one of these trips he arrived home wearing a 60s-style jacket with a pork pie hat in one hand and a copy of The Jam's In the City in the other, declaring that he was getting a Lambretta scooter, and he did. At the age of 11, he attended Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, where he was a popular lad and indeed made quite a few close friends with whom he kept friendships throughout his life. He liked school and he was a brilliant achiever academically, as reflected in his school reports. He enjoyed playing football and basketball for the school team. When he started playing basketball, it wasn't that popular in the UK. One of his teachers introduced him to it when he was about 13. He was the first recruit for the basketball team. I remember he nagged my mum and dad until we sent off to America for a pair of Converse he needed to play. He also used to go to Anfield to watch football with our dad. After leaving school, he attended Carlet Park College to do an engineering course, but after a year, he decided it wasn't for him. At 17, he started as a plasterer's apprentice with Ellesmere Port Borough Council, where he became a plasterer. He got it into his head that he wanted to do Artex, which was the in thing at the time, so he went to London to do a course. Around this time, a black cloud descended on the whole family, as our dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the spine. In May, 1980, when Jimmy was 20 and I was 21, our father passed away. Around this time, Jimmy was introduced to a girl whom he married in December 1981. The marriage lasted only a few years, after which he returned home with his faithful companion, a dog named Spike. I remember him saying that the one good thing to come out of the marriage was the arrival of his daughter, Charlotte, whom he loved dearly. As time went by, he had two little nephews, Graeme and Iain, to whom he was godfather and whom he found highly amusing. In the coming years, Liverpool Football Club played a big part in our Jimmy's life. He watched them at home and away and overseas. He was a proper Liverpool supporter. He went to Rome, Paris and Germany to see his club play. He used to do at least one football-related activity once a week. He also enjoyed being captain of the local pool team, but it was not something he showed off. He was a very private person. In the pub, he would sit silently on a ledge between the pool table area and the bar until it was his time to play. He was very unassuming. That said, he was very much into his fashion and having unusual stuff. He always had to be different from everybody else and be the first to get the latest thing. He loved to run. He ran about five to six miles every day without fail. He was addicted to it. Jimmy had everything to look forward to. He had started a new relationship and just launched his own plastering business around the time he died. The business venture proved to be successful, thus enabling him to take on two young lads as labourers. He had a lot going for him and I was proud of him. As the saying goes, he was tall, dark and handsome. He had lovely grey eyes and, though he wasn't one for smiling, he had a lovely smile when he chose to share it. It is a smile I still see in my daughter, Victoria, today. Jimmy was a man of very few words with a witty and dry sense of humour. He loved to laugh and banter with his family and friends from Sutton Way. Jimmy had ambitions. He loved his life. He was always there when we needed him. I remember that after my dad died and I got married, it was just him and my mum in the house, and we were a very close-knit family. Jimmy was very close to our mum. To her, he was especially precious, having already lost her first son, Stephen, when he was a baby. Her love for him is endless and, 25 years on, she still grieves for him with a broken heart that will never mend, all because he went to watch a game of football. As mentioned above, he was a quiet and extremely private person. I would like to think that he wouldn't mind me writing all this about him. I would hope he understands that I had to talk about him because, you see, he was not body number seven to me. He was 'our Jimmy', her son, my brother. This is the full statement to the inquests from his daughter, Charlotte Hennessy: Jimmy Hennessy is my dad. I only had six little years with him, but they were some of the best years of my life. As I was so young when he died, my mum and aunts have helped me to prepare this statement. My dad was a beautiful person. He was quiet and kept himself to himself. No-one had a bad word to say about him, nor he them. He had lots of friends and was liked by all who knew him. He was a good looking man. He loved clothes and always had the best of the best and was so vain. He is well remembered in our house for fixing his hair in the mirror every time he left. My dad was a mod with all the attire, including a green Lambretta. He had a great sense of humour - very dry and very funny. The word gargoyle used to make him laugh and he thought sloths were hilarious. He was always up for a laugh, even at the expense of my aunty and her stripy socks. My mum and dad met through friends in 1979 and started seeing each other in February, 1980. My dad's favourite band was The Jam and, together with friends, my mum and dad would go and see them in Deeside and Liverpool. On 11 December, 1981, my parents married at Chester Registry Office followed by a meal at The Witches' Kitchen. In May 1982, they got their first house. My dad was deeply loved by my maternal family. My nan and aunties loved him to bits. We were all very close and have treasured memories of him. My Aunty Jacquie was just 14 when my mum and dad started dating and she remembers my dad's fantastic taste in clothes and being jealous of his lovely things. She permed his hair once. This is a favourite memory of my Aunty Jo because, when my dad returned from his perming session, the curls were too tight and my dad was having a breakdown. Trying to be helpful, my Aunty Jo suggested he blow dry it. Needless to say, he was then modelling a big Afro frizz. He vowed never to ask Aunty Jo for advice again. On Wednesday, June 9, I was born weighing a massive 8 lbs 14 ozs. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant was number one in the charts and Jimmy Hennessy, the mod, became a daddy. He named me Charlotte. His passion was LFC. He went to games in the UK and abroad. Bill Shankly was his hero as well as, of course, our King Kenny and Ian Rush. My dad referred to me as "Red, White and Gold", which was the colours of our kit at the time. He was over the moon when I was born and I think it's fair to say that little Charlotte Hennessy and LFC equalised. My dad loved going out with his friends, Charlie Tigs and Steve. They were in a band and he would go and watch them at the Bull's Head with my mum too. His favourite book was Kes, was my favourite book in school too. His favourite film was 'Quadrophenia'. I know a different side to Jimmy Hennessy. I know him as daddy, the man who I adored. He threw himself into parenthood - he would change my nappies, did his share of feeds and he loved taking me out in my pram. He worked hard to provide for me as a self-employed plasterer and, to this day, the smell of plaster reminds me of my dad. What my dad's mates don't know is that he would let me play with his hair and put bobbles in! I would paint his nails. We would play in my Wendy House and we were always at the park. I was a daddy's girl, and I still to this day have the pram he bought me. My mum and dad divorced in 1985 but it never affected our relationship. I remember my dad being a part of our lives every day. I used to think he had magical powers because I would sit behind my Nanny Hennessy's sofa and pick my nose and every time he would say, 'Stop picking your nose!', and I never understood how he knew. Two weeks before my dad died, my mum and aunty went out as my Aunty Jo was moving to Jersey. My dad was looking after me. When I was in bed, I was messing around with a green wooden beaded necklace which got tangled in my hair. I was worried about being told off and I crept downstairs, knocked on the living room door and in my little Scouse accent said, 'Dad, I've got me beads stuck in me hair'. It was no problem, though. My dad sat and patiently untangled the necklace, brushed my hair and carried me back to bed! That's one of my last memories of him. There are no words to describe how much I miss him. My heart broke the day my dad died and losing him broke the heart of my family too. Whenever I was hurt and needed a hug, my dad was there with a hug, but when my dad was hurt and needed a hug, I couldn't give him one. To date, we have lost out on 9,145 days and not one goes by when I don't think about him. We have lost out on 25 Christmases, 25 of my birthdays and 25 of his. - that's a lot of hugs. Today, my dad is also a grandad to my three beautiful little boys, Liam-James, Joseph and Jacob. My boys and my mum are what keep me functioning. At times when Hillsborough consumes me and makes my heart ache, they make me realise life is worth living and that my dad lives on through us. I always tell my boys about their granddad. They call him 'Special Grandad, the brightest star in the sky' and enjoy being the first to spot him. People are quick to tell me, 'You were too little, you didn't really know your dad', but I do remember and I did know him. It is like a part of me is missing. I am incomplete. We had so much to do together, so many more memories to make and Hillsborough took that away from us. Hillsborough took my dad away from me like he was nothing and nobody, but he was everything to me. Losing my dad at Hillsborough stole my childhood from me and took away my best friend. It left me in a life of anger and bitterness and depression. I don't want to live in the shadow of Hillsborough any more and when all this is over, may my dad rest in peace. My dad will always be my hero, and I will always be a daddy's girl. No-one can take that away from me.

A father of one from Ellesmere Port, James Hennessy travelled by coach with friends, including fellow victim James Philip Delaney.

Derek Bruder was giving evidence as the inquests focused on the final movements of 15-year-old Kevin Williams. He said he made his first statement shortly after the 1989 disaster and was visited by police the following year. While the meeting left him "confused", he agreed to make changes. The officer concerned, former Insp Matthew Sawers, denied asking Mr Bruder to change the sense of his statement. Mr Bruder told the inquests into the 96 deaths at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989 that he was visited by an inspector from West Midlands Police, who were supplying evidence to the first inquests. He said Insp Sawers spent six hours with him. When the officer went to the bathroom, Mr Bruder said he looked through some of his notes. He said he found a sheet of paper divided lengthways in two, with handwritten notes on it. On one side it said "first statement" and on the other side it said "change to", Mr Bruder said. During the meeting he said he was asked to speak over the phone to a pathologist from the coroner's office. Mr Bruder, who was 22 at the time of the disaster, said he conceded "to the doctor's medical superiority" when it was suggested Kevin could not have been alive when Mr Bruder tried to revive him. He agreed to make changes to his original statement. Among them he accepted he may have been mistaken to say he had felt "a faint pulse" while trying to save Kevin. Mr Bruder told the jury he was 100% confident he had felt a pulse and had seen the teenager move while lying on the pitch. The court heard he wrote to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2012 to say West Midlands Police had made a "deliberate attempt" to make him change his statement. He told the inquests he stood by that view and the inspector who visited him had not been honest with him. Earlier Mr Bruder told the inquests that, along with a St John Ambulance volunteer medic who gave heart massage, he had tried to resuscitate Kevin. He said he was "absolutely 100% confident" he felt a pulse in the teenager's neck, adding: "It was not something that would appear to me to be absolutely healthy, beating vibrantly, but there was definitely a pulse." Asked whether he saw any signs of life while giving CPR, Mr Bruder said: "Well, to me he was alive. There was a faint pulse." The jury also heard from two Liverpool fans who tried to help Kevin while Mr Bruder was with him. One of them, Stephen Rankin, said Kevin did not show any signs of life. Mr Bruder said a female St John Ambulance medic eventually joined the group, and took over the CPR. After trying to resuscitate him she said Kevin had died. Mr Sawers, who was formerly in charge of coronial inquiries for West Midlands Police, told the inquests he had been asked by the original coroner, Dr Stefan Popper, to visit Mr Bruder to get further explanation and detail around evidence, including the convulsions and pulse. He was to give a summary of the further statement to the inquests the following day, but denied he had applied pressure on Mr Bruder or had attended with the intention of changing his statement. Mr Sawers said: "I did not cause him to change the sense of the statement. What I did was to go through the details and to elicit more detail and explanation. "Everything that I did in my encounter with PC Bruder was done with integrity and with the best of intentions. It wasn't something that I had any personal stake in." But Pete Weatherby, representing Kevin's family, suggested there had been "a determined effort" to change his statement which was "inconvenient to the investigation". Mr Weatherby said that "it was very inconvenient that here was a serving police officer giving evidence of vital signs in a casualty that died". He suggested that as a result of the meeting, Mr Sawers came away with a second statement that "loosened up" evidence about Kevin's vital signs. The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, are due to resume on Monday. BBC News: Profiles of all those who died

An off-duty former police officer who "felt a pulse" while helping a dying boy at Hillsborough said West Midlands Police made a "deliberate attempt" to make him change his statement.

Marsh failed to score in 16 league games after joining Dover from Torquay for an undisclosed fee in January 2016. The 23-year-old made eight appearances for Dover last season, but finished the season on loan at National League South side Welling United. Marsh is Macclesfield manager John Askey's 10th signing since the end of last season. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Macclesfield have signed striker Tyrone Marsh on a one-year contract after he left National League rivals Dover.

The former world champion will target the time trial and may also support Lizzie Armitstead in the road race. Pooley, 33, retired from cycling after winning two silver medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games to concentrate on triathlon and other endurance events. "This is a truly rare opportunity that I can't resist," she said. Pooley won silver in the time trial at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before finishing sixth in the event at London 2012, where she also helped Armitstead win a silver medal in the road race. The 29.8km time trial course in Rio features the 1.2km, 7% average gradient Grumari climb and the "impressively hilly nature" of the terrain persuaded Pooley, renowned for her climbing abilities, to come out of retirement and target a gold medal. "I've decided it's worth a serious attempt at targeting that event," she said in a statement on Wednesday. "If I can prove to both myself and the GB team selectors that I have the capacity to win the time trial in Rio, I'll compete for selection for the Olympic team - I'm happy knowing I won't get selected unless I really do have the potential to win. "I have no desire to go to the Rio Games, and sacrifice some of the most exciting triathlon races of the season, just for the experience of another Olympics - I'm committed to aiming for gold." After turning to multi-sport events in August 2014, Pooley won the world long-distance duathlon title at the first attempt a month later, breaking the course record by 16 minutes. She successfully defended her crown in September and is aiming to make it three consecutive wins next year, adding that long-distance triathlon and duathlon remain her "main focus" in 2016. Yet after studying the Rio courses, British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton says he approached Pooley about a return, believing she could also improve world champion Armistead's chances of winning gold in the road race. "I'm really pleased that Emma saw the value in the opportunity and is back with us," he added. "Having her talent and experience in the team enhances our medal prospects in the time trial and Lizzie Armitstead's opportunity to win the road race. "The road race field is likely to fall away from behind, but as a pure mountain climber, I don't see Emma falling away. It would be great to see her in the road race supporting Lizzie." Meanwhile, former Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins says he wants to keep riding beyond this season, having previously claimed he would retire at the end of 2016. The four-time Olympic gold medallist, 35, is set to compete in the team pursuit on the track at Rio and could continue racing into 2017. "I will see how I feel this time next year," he said. "There might be other opportunities. If I haven't got a job by this time next year I will keep racing."

Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley is set to return to the British cycling team for the Rio Olympics in 2016, having retired from the sport in 2014.

2 December 2016 Last updated at 14:06 GMT Asked by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire about a survey that showed many myths about HIV endure in the UK, Sir Elton said he was not surprised considering the DUP's Trevor Clarke said this week he did not know until recently that heterosexual people could contract HIV.

Sir Elton John has criticised comments by a DUP MLA on HIV.

The Reds, who are fifth in National Two South, beat third-placed Chinnor 29-12 for a second win in a row. "Tommy Phillips, Ben Priddey and Craig Williams really led the team from the front," Churcher told BBC Cornwall. "If your front row and front five are making 70-plus tackles in a game you're going to be doing well and that's what happened against Chinnor." The Reds face seven teams who are below them in the table in their next eight games, as well as league leaders Old Elthamians. Churcher believes his side still has a lot of room for improvement, adding: "Chinnor wasn't the complete performance, but emotionally it was a really dogged performance. "We've got to build on what we did last weekend, because if we don't, last weekend will have been a waste of time."

Redruth boss Marek Churcher says his side's front row have been key to the club's good form.

The Bulls' fate has been in the balance since the full extent of their financial worries emerged in the weeks since their dramatic final-day escape sent Chester down instead. Chester have been reinstated as a Conference Premier club and Hayes & Yeading will stay in Conference South. "Hereford United can have no complaints. The Conference bent over backwards to help them. "I described the news of the board's offer of an extension on Friday evening as not so much 'last chance saloon', but rather 'last orders in last chance saloon' and United have seemingly chosen not to offer the league the assurances they were seeking. "It is a desperately sad day for all Hereford supporters, but the Bulls have nobody to blame but themselves. "You have to feel very sorry for those players who gave their all at Aldershot on the last day of the season to keep Hereford in the Conference Premier. Sadly, those efforts now count for nothing." The Conference had originally offered a payment deadline of Thursday, 5 June. The club's debt to their football creditors, including former boss Martin Foyle, members of the current squad, other club staff and clubs from whom the Bulls loaned players during the 2013-14 season, added up to £148,000. That deadline was extended three times, to Friday, 6 June, then again to Saturday, 7 June and for a third time until Thursday, 12 June. But it became clear on Tuesday that the Bulls, taken over last week by London businessman Tommy Agombar, would not make that deadline - and the Conference has now acted. The last team to be expelled from the Conference was Chester City in February 2010. They reformed as Chester FC two months later - and it is now they who have taken the Bulls' place, following a dramatic final day of the season when, almost simultaneously, a late Hereford winning goal at Aldershot and a Salisbury equaliser at Chester kept the Bulls up. By way of an added twist, Chester announced on Tuesday that Kingsley James, who was in Hereford's team that day, has moved to Bumpers Lane. 26 April - Hereford stay up on final day of Conference Premier season 29 April - Hereford United Supporters' Trust make offer to buy the club for £1 and clear their £220,000 debts 22 May - Former Bulls boss Martin Foyle serves winding-up petition over unpaid wages, after players reveal they have not been fully paid too 2 June - Case adjourned for 28 days at Royal Court of Justice 3 June - Tommy Agombar takes over as new Hereford owner 5 June - Hereford fail to meet 17:00 BST deadline to pay football creditors, and are threatened with expulsion, subject to Conference board vote 6 June - Hereford meet with Conference board and are given new deadline of 7 June. The deadline is moved to 9 June, then 12 June 10 June - Hereford expelled from Football Conference And former Hereford boss Foyle, now manager at Southport, chose the same day to sign another player from that same Bulls team, keeper Dan Lloyd-Weston, who opted to leave as he was still owed part of his salary. When last season ended, despite months of fundraising efforts by fans, as well as generous donations from fans of other clubs, the Bulls faced debts of approximately £225,000. They still owe over £70,000 to clear the latest PAYE tax demand from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). An offer was made by one of the club's main fan bodies, the Hereford United Supporters' Trust (HUST), on the back of pledges made by their backers, to buy the club for £1 and take over the running at Edgar Street. But, although chairman David Keyte held talks with them, they were not the preferred option. Keyte was reported to have been in talks with three different rival bidders before Agombar's takeover. The downward spiral of Hereford's financial situation since being relegated from the Football League in May 2012 has been exacerbated by falling gates. The average attendance for the 2013-14 season at Edgar Street was 1,758, little over half the average gate they attracted of 3,270 in League Two just five years ago.

Hereford United have been expelled from the Football Conference following the club's failure to pay their bills.

Of the 32,000 officers who responded, 94% said they believed morale in the service was low or very low. The Police Federation has warned that the service could be left without enough experienced officers. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said they were working to improve morale. The online survey, which was released to BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast, aimed to measure the impact of reforms which followed a review of police pay and conditions. It found 94% of officers believe morale in the service was low, compared with 62% in the armed forces, who were asked the same question. Some 59% of police officers said their own personal morale was low, compared with 28% of people in the armed forces. In his 2011 report into police pay and conditions, former rail regulator Tom Winsor called for the abolition of a series of allowances and special payments and for a pay system that recognised hard work and merit instead of long service. Mr Winsor said his recommendations, which included making savings of £60m a year in overtime, would produce savings of £485m in three years. Reforms, including a £4,000 cut in starting salaries, were then introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May in 2013 after the proposals were considered by the Police Arbitration Tribunal. The survey asked officers how the reforms had affected morale. Some 91% said that they had felt some reduction to morale following changes to overtime and rest day payments. The survey found the pension age increase had led to 87.2% of officers feeling like their morale had dropped. The Police Federation, which represents police officers up to the rank of chief inspector in England and Wales, said: "Our survey suggests 15% are planning to leave the service. "Forces should not be complacent that they have enough officers to fill their current quotas, it's likely that when the job market picks up these officers will go, leaving an experience gap." Bedfordshire Chief Constable Colette Paul said her force had been 60 officers short until recently, and told 5 live it had put the force under a lot of pressure. "We actually have real urban challenges here in Bedfordshire, real strong crime challenges which we had to deal with, so if you're 60 short, because every person counts in a force of our size, it does have a big impact. "But even if morale is affected they go out there and do a great job day in and day out." Acpo's vice-president, Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy, said: "All parts of the public sector are reporting low morale among staff. There is concern at low pay increases, lack of promotion opportunities and the likely impact of further budget cuts with fewer staff to do more work. "Policing is no different but there is also a weariness at what is seen as constant negative press coverage, a blame culture looking for fault rather than learning lessons and a feeling that the realities of some of the social problems the police are having to deal with are just not appreciated." He added: "Police leaders recognise the pressures their staff are under and are working on many local initiatives to try and improve welfare and staff well being."

More than 5,000 police officers in England and Wales are planning to leave the service in the next two years, a Police Federation survey suggests.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 16 December 2014 Last updated at 18:06 GMT With a rented boom box the pair took to the streets, filming passers-by in Accra, school children in Akim and the landscapes of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. "People were just so excited and happy. When people hear music and a beat they want to dance. You don't have to ask. They will just come and dance and jump in front of your camera," says Ollie Williams, one of The Busy Twist duo. Inspired by highlife, reggae and dance sounds emanating from Ghana's streets and clubs, the track represents something different from digitally driven dance music.

London DJs The Bush Twist shot a music video of their track Friday Night around Ghana.

It will be first celebrated on 31 May in 2017 with celebrations and events run by Historic England. The date was decided upon after a poll involving 1,000 Londoners. It was closely followed by 5 September - the date of the Great Fire of London. The YouGov questionnaire also declared the Houses of Parliament as the building that best sums up London. People voted for the Queen as their favourite historic London hero for the moment she secretly joined the crowds to celebrate Victory in Europe Day. The results of the poll were released to mark the launch of Historic England's "Keep it London" campaign. People were asked to select a date to celebrate the capital's history, their historic hero and the building that sums up London. Big Ben's first day in operation was 31 May 1859. The campaign is intended to encourage Londoners to notice, celebrate and speak up for the heritage of their city, Historic England said. The public body has also launched a film entitled I am London, which celebrates the historic buildings and places that have borne witness to the capital's history. Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: "Our heritage is a source of pride, a reminder of the city's past, a foundation for its present and the building blocks for its future."

London's first History Day will be held on the anniversary of Big Ben's first day in operation.

The car owner contacted the AA after the cub was seen darting under a wheel arch and up into the engine bay of the Audi SQ5. Patrolman Jason Robertson spotted a dangling leg and was able to pull the animal - which had made its way into the gearbox - free. The cub, now named Basset, was unhurt. He is being looked after by staff at the Scottish SPCA's wildlife rescue centre in Fishcross. Mr Robertson, who has worked for the AA since 2006, said: "When I saw the job come up with 'fox in engine bay' I feared the worst. I thought maybe it had been hit and I would be arriving at quite a gruesome scene, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that wasn't the case. "The SSPCA were there but had been unable to find the fox. We tried to coax it out with cat food but when that didn't work, I jacked the car up and saw one of the cub's legs dangling down. Luckily, it was pulled out unscathed. "I've rescued plenty of kids from locked cars, but this was definitely a first for me." Scottish SPCA centre manager Colin Seddon said: "Basset appeared unharmed and is doing well now. We'll keep him in our care until the summer when he'll be released back into the wild with a number of other fox cubs at a carefully selected site."

A fox cub is recovering at an animal centre after being rescued from the gear box of a car in Aberdeen by an AA patrolman.

The drama, which focuses of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, will go into production next year. This is in addition to the special one-off episode which will air at Christmas. Created by writer Julian Fellowes, who is set to return for the next series, the show first aired in 2010. "It is fantastic that Downton continues to be such a phenomenon - still the most popular drama on ITV in its fifth series - and we are thrilled to have commissioned a sixth series," said Steve November, ITV's director of drama commissioning. "We don't know yet what Julian has planned, but we are looking forward to working with him, the fantastic cast and Carnival again, and have no doubt series six will be unmissable." Producers have yet to confirm the full cast. Earlier this week Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, talked to Newsbeat about some of the celebrities, including Kim Kardasian and Kanye West, who are said to be fans of the show. "It's only a matter of time before they are on the show," joked Bonneville about the pair. "Hillary Clinton and John Kerry [United States Secretary of State] are fans of the show too. "To have them like the show as well as trying to run countries and economies is great." The fifth series of Downton Abbey ends on Sunday 9 November. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Downton Abbey will be coming back for a sixth series in 2015, ITV has confirmed.

The BBC will broadcast more than 3,000 hours of coverage, including 550 hours of television on BBC One and BBC Four. BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra will have full coverage of the Olympics (5-21 August) and the Paralympics (7-18 Sept). Up to 24 live HD video streams will show every moment online. Fans will also be able to personalise their Rio 2016 experience on the BBC Sport website and in the app. 'My Sport' will enable audiences to follow their favourite sports, signing up for the latest news alerts, setting event reminders and sharing their favourite moments across social media. Redgrave won rowing gold medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1984 to 2000, while Chris Hoy is the most successful British Olympian of all time with six cycling golds from 2004 to 2012. "The BBC's coverage of London 2012 was the most watched TV event in UK broadcasting history and we are committed to bringing the same high quality, in-depth coverage to Rio 2016," said Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport. "The incredible offering across all our platforms will deliver every moment of the Games through a truly interactive, personalised experience while at the same time fully immersing audiences in this iconic sporting event just as we were so proud to do four years ago." TV and radio coverage starts with the opening ceremony on 5 August, with live action from 12:00 BST until 04:00 every day until the closing ceremony on 21 August. The BBC Breakfast sofa, which will move into the home of BBC Sport at MediaCityUK during the Games, will offer extended daily highlights from 06:00. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who won 11 Paralympic gold medals, will be part of the Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra team which provides more than 80 hours of live coverage of the Paralympics. Along with Redgrave and Hoy, American sprinting legend Michael Johnson - winner of four Olympic golds - and some of Britain's most decorated sporting figures will provide expert opinion and insight into the 28 Olympic sports at Rio 2016. The line-up across radio and TV also includes former Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis, two-time Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe and England's Rugby World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward. Double Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington, 2004 sprint relay gold medallist Darren Campbell, three-time world champion gymnast Beth Tweddle and Anthony Joshua, the newly crowned IBF world heavyweight boxing champion, will also be part of the BBC team in Brazil. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Olympic legends Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Chris Hoy will be part of the BBC team offering comprehensive coverage of Rio 2016.

The 24-hour Underground service was originally scheduled for September, but was delayed over a dispute about pay and conditions. Following the breakdown of talks on Wednesday, union leaders said the launch would not happen this year. But during a trip to Japan Mr Johnson said: "We are going to have a Night Tube eventually." He had previously said he was "relaxed" about when the service was introduced, as long as it happened before the end of autumn. Mr Johnson said during a business visit to Japan: "We'll do a Night Tube and obviously I hope very much that the offer on the table, which is a very good one, is now communicated properly to the workforce of London Underground and I think we should just get on with it. "We've done without it for 150 years and I'm sure we can rub along a little bit longe,r but we are going to have a Night Tube eventually." Unions took industrial action during the summer having called for increased pay and a limit on how many all-night shifts their members would be asked to do. As negotiations between the unions and London Underground came to a halt, Finn Brennan from drivers' union Aslef, said discussions had broken up because LU management had "mishandled" the process.

London mayor Boris Johnson has backed away from a timetable for the opening of the city's Night Tube.

It is believed to have left the park, near the small town of Beaufort West, through a hole under the fence. "A helicopter is on standby and rangers are walking around with attacker dogs in case they came across the lion," South African National Parks official Fayrouch Ludick told the BBC. A tourist was killed last week by a lion at a game park near Johannesburg. African news updates The American woman was mauled after the lion jumped through a car window which was open in breach of park rules. Ms Ludick said park officials were confident that the three-year-old male lion, which escaped from the Karoo National Park, would be recaptured. "The spoor has been found by the trackers, but it's just a matter of keeping up with it through the mountains and ravines," she said, South Africa's Eyewitness News reports. The Karoo National Park is in a sparsely populated area surrounded mainly by farms. Ms Ludick warned people not to approach the lion if they saw it. "Can't really judge the temperament of the lion because it is wild and it stays in a national park of under 90,000 hectares of land. It is not tame and has no exposure to humans often so there is no telling what it can do if it does come into contact with a human," Ms Ludick told the BBC. News of the lion's escape is spreading on local social media under #missinglion. The lion was believed to have escaped on Friday, and a farmer who spotted lion tracks on his farm alerted park officials, South Africa's News24 website reports. Park officials believe a hole formed under the fence after a heavy flow of water, making it possible for the lion to escape, it reports.

Game rangers are searching for a lion which escaped from a wildlife park in South Africa's Western Cape province.

Ackerman was initially banned in October last year after being found guilty of corruption. He had laid bets against a horse knowing its jockey aimed not to win. Ackerman was granted a stay of implementation in November, but his disqualification has been reactivated with immediate effect until 11 June. However, his fine of £5,000 was quashed upon appeal, at the invitation of the British Horseracing Authority. Ackerman was banned after an investigation into six races featuring Ad Vitam at Kempton and Wolverhampton between 2 November, 2011 and 8 March, 2012. He was found to have breached the rules of racing alongside jockey Michael Stainton, registered owner Kenneth Mackay and former owner David Greenwood. Stainton was banned for two years, Mackay for six months and fined £5,000, with Greenwood, who had already been warned off for a separate offence, banned for eight years. All three also failed in their appeals, although, a separate appeal by Stainton against the penalty imposed "will be considered in due course". Stewart-Moore Solicitors, who represent Ackerman, Greenwood and Mackay, said in a statement that the "matter needs to be resolved by a High Court judge". "Messrs Ackerman, Greenwood and Mackay have not acted in breach of the rules of racing in any way," they added. "In spite of this they have been found, yet again, to have taken part in a conspiracy that has never been properly put to them."

Towcester racecourse chief executive Kevin Ackerman has failed in his bid to overturn a six-month suspension from racing.

Third seed Murray plays Italian 25th seed Andreas Seppi in the third match on Centre Court at around 17:00 BST. Ward, ranked 110th, takes on Canada's Vasek Pospisil in the second match on court one at around 15:00. "It's great for British tennis and it's great for everyone involved that more people are winning matches and doing well," said Ward. "I've got to worry about my match. Andy worries about his." Media playback is not supported on this device Murray, 28, practised with Ward on Friday and the pair have become good friends over the past two years. "We've done a few training blocks together," said the Scot. "He stayed with me in Miami a few times. "I watch a lot of his matches online when he's playing challengers and stuff. I kind of say, 'Well done,' or let him know what I thought about the match, anything like that. See if I can help in any way." Ward is through to the last 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time and the 28-year-old Londoner has ensured he will break into the world's top 100 for the first time in the next rankings. He will face 25-year-old Pospisil, the reigning Wimbledon doubles champion, for the first time at the top level. "I know him pretty well," said Ward, who will collect at least £77,000 in prize money. "He's a good friend of mine actually. We spend a lot of time together. In the last few years, we've played a couple of times as well in the Challenger tour, a couple bigger matches in the semis and finals in the past. "We both know each other's games, so there's not too many secrets. As I say, it's a great chance for both of us." Murray has won six of his seven matches against Seppi, the only defeat coming on grass in Nottingham eight years ago. The 31-year-old Italian has reached two finals this year and beat Roger Federer at the Australian Open in January. "He has had such good results this year," said Murray. "He made the final a couple of weeks ago in Halle, plays well on the grass. "He won against Roger at the Australian Open this year. He's capable of playing some top tennis."

Andy Murray will have friend and fellow Briton James Ward for company in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday.

Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez, 46, is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, but police said she should not have opened fire because her life was not in danger. Pursued by security guards, a shopflifter ran from a Home Depot hardware store on 6 October to a vehicle driven by an accomplice. Ms Rodriguez fired several shots with a 9mm handgun as they drove away. No-one was hurt outside the store in Auburn Hills, Michigan, about 35 miles (56km) north of Detroit. Police said Ms Rodriguez had hit the back tyre of the getaway vehicle. "I find it very disturbing that someone would take out their gun in a busy parking lot and shoot at the tyres of a passing car," prosecutor Jessica Cooper said in a statement. "Once fired, the bullet could have easily ricocheted or fragmented and injured or killed someone else." The thieves escaped with $1,000 (£652) worth of merchandise. Police arrested two people few days later and charged them with retail fraud. If convicted, Ms Rodriguez faces up to 90 days in jail and a possible fine of up to $500.

A Michigan woman has been charged with recklessness after she fired on a pair of shoplifters.

Jennings, 25, was out for 48 on the fourth morning of the third Test against the Proteas, meaning he averages only 15.3 in six innings. "Even though he got 48, there were a lot of edges," said Smith. "If I was a selector I'd be thinking it was time to make a change with the West Indies and then the Ashes coming up." England play one more Test against South Africa, followed by three against the West Indies before they defend the Ashes down under. Johannesburg-born Jennings was 34 not out overnight at The Oval, having survived a dropped catch and successfully overturned an lbw decision on the third day. He added 14 to his score before fending a short delivery from Kagiso Rabada to gully. Speaking on Test Match Special, Smith - who led South Africa to two Test series wins in Australia - added: "Should England give another player time to settle in? "The way that Jennings plays, I think Australia might be quite a scary place for him. "It's not easy. These are people's lives and they're working hard, but I think South Africa would love Jennings to play in the final Test match. "If you had to ask them they would say: 'Please pick him.'" Jennings' struggles are the latest in an ongoing problem for England, who have tried 11 different opening partners for Alastair Cook since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012. Some have had success - Adam Lyth and Sam Robson made centuries, while Haseeb Hameed impressed in India before suffering an injury and struggling for form with county side Lancashire. Durham left-hander Jennings, who replaced Hameed in India, also made a century on his Test debut, but has since passed 50 only once in nine innings. If he is removed from the England side, his most likely replacement would be Surrey's Mark Stoneman, who is the third highest run-scorer in County Championship Division One this season. "I can't say if Stoneman is better, I haven't seen enough - but if they think there is potential then I would give him a go," said Smith.

An Ashes series in Australia will be a "scary" proposition for England opener Keaton Jennings, says former South Africa captain Graeme Smith.

Cagney the Lhasa apso was trapped for about an hour in her Salford home until the chair's metal frame was dismantled. Her owner Lyn Kirkwood said she had been searching for the pooch until she "heard a whimper" and saw her back legs sticking out of the chair. Seven-year-old Cagney seemed "unfazed" after her ordeal, RSPCA officer David Hatton added. Mrs Kirkwood said the experience had been "horrendous" and that she noticed something was wrong when the Cagney did not bark as usual when her husband's carer visited on Thursday. After she saw the back legs of the clumsy canine sticking out of the chair, she decided to call for help. "We called the fire service and the RSPCA, and we had three firefighters with tools trying to get her out," she said. "When they freed her she just walked off as if nothing had happened." Fire crew manager Dave Minto said Cagney was "quite distressed" when they arrived but when she saw the crew, she calmed down and "just sat there in total silence". He said they switched off the electricity supply and took the chair's mechanism apart, freeing Cagney. Despite her ordeal, Cagney was uninjured and has since "made a full recovery", a spokesperson from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said. Mr Hatton added: "She just wandered off for a drink and came and sat by her owner. It was definitely a first for us though."

A dog has been rescued by firefighters after getting wedged in an electric reclining armchair.

Steven Tolley, 48, from Tiverton was one of three men injured while working on the northbound carriageway of the A361 at Gornhay Cross, Tiverton. He was airlifted to Derriford Hospital after the collision on 29 January but died on Monday. The driver, 43, from Saltash, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and bailed until 20 May. Another worker in his 40s was airlifted to hospital for treatment for "serious injuries" and a third was described as "walking wounded". Both are now recovering at home. All three were employed by the South West Highways team which said it had informed its staff of the "sad loss" and was in touch with Mr Tolley's family. It added that there would be an internal investigation into the incident "as a matter of course". The police and the Health and Safety Executive are also investigating the incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact the police.

A road worker who was critically injured in a collision involving a van in mid Devon has died.

Didn't MPs vote against bombing Syria a couple of years ago? In the last few days haven't the prime minister and the chancellor made clear they would only take military action in Syria if there was a consensus here in the UK? In any case, isn't it entirely unusual, almost unheard of in modern times, for British military action to take the life of a British citizen? The answer to all three of those questions is yes. But just a couple of weeks ago, an unmanned British Reaper drone did drop a missile on a group of so-called IS fighters in Syria that killed two British citizens. One, the target, Reyaad Khan, was according to David Cameron involved in plotting a barbaric attack on British soil. In the PM's view and, he says, the view of the government's most senior lawyer - the attorney general - that made the attack entirely proper and legal. "There was a terrorist directing murder on our streets and no other means to stop him," the PM said. Although we've been told repeatedly British drones have been flying over Syria to carry out surveillance, in the small print the government always retained the right to act in extremis without specific permission from MPs. For Number 10, that action is distinct from its decision on whether to take military action and have RAF pilots join US forces flying bombing missions over Syria. The prime minister still wants to persuade MPs to back that plan this autumn, although a vote is unlikely until after the party conference season wraps up. But this strike does add a sense of urgency to those making the arguments for intervention - a reminder that so-called IS plan and plot in Syria, that the direct threat to the UK is real and getting more serious. But there are calls tonight from opposition politicians for more information and reassurance on the particular circumstances around this attack, accusations already that the strike is evidence of British "mission creep". As the operation appears to have been led by intelligence the truth is we may never know what really happened, what the precise circumstances were. But the fact that we know a British plane has dropped a British bomb in Syria, on British citizens may mean, earlier than expected, the battle lines in this debate are drawn.

You might be surprised by this afternoon's news that British bombing killed British nationals in Syria in the last few weeks.

Edmund backed up two wins in qualifying with a 6-3 6-2 victory over world number 73 Garcia-Lopez in Beijing. The 21-year-old from Yorkshire, ranked 54th, goes on to face another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat John Millman 6-4 3-6 6-3. Fellow Britons Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are in action on Tuesday. Second seed Murray will play Italian Andreas Seppi in his opening match, while Konta takes on Hungary's Timea Babos as the British number one looks to maintain her hopes of a place at the season-ending WTA Finals. American Madison keys, currently three places ahead of Konta in the eighth and final qualifying position, beat Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5 6-4 on Monday. There was an upset as China's unseeded Shuai Peng beat American sixth seed Venus Williams 7-5 6-1.

Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the second round of the China Open following a straight-sets win over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

However the Spanish champions insisted they had not committed any offence. "The aim is to cover eventual interpretations that could be given to the contracts drawn up in the operation to sign Neymar," a club statement read. Barca paid £48.6m for Santos striker Neymar, 22, in the summer with his parents receiving £34m of the fee. Between the initial fee paid in the summer, signing-on fee, wages during his five-year deal, agents fees and this latest tax payment, Neymar will have cost the club £106.8m Last month, Sandro Rosell resigned as Barcelona president following accusations he misappropriated money. He is also being investigated but denies any wrongdoing. At the time of the move, Barcelona said they had paid 57m euros (£48.6m) for Neymar but it has been alleged that, if other contracts are taken into account, the actual cost of the player was far greater. And last week a judge in Spain ruled there was sufficient evidence against Barcelona to continue investigations into the transfer. The club added: "The board denies the existence of any tax-related crime in relation to the fiscal obligations arising from the signing of the player. "Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the club's reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complimentary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830.56 euros [...] although we remain convinced that the original tax payment was in line with our fiscal obligations." There has not yet been any confirmation whether the case will be dropped after Barcelona's payment. Neymar has scored seven goals in 18 league appearances for Barcelona this season, as well as netting three in seven Champions League matches.

Barcelona have paid £11.2m (13.5m euros) to the Spanish authorities after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar.

In a trading statement, the supermarket said its UK like-for-like sales were up 0.3% in the 13 weeks to 28 May. For the group as a whole, including its businesses in Ireland, the European mainland and Asia, the rise was 0.9%. Tesco also said it had agreed to sell its Harris & Hoole coffee shop chain to Caffe Nero. In recent weeks the retailer has announced the sale of its Dobbies Garden Centres chain and restaurant chain Giraffe, so that it can focus on the main supermarket business. Dobbies was sold to a group of investors led by Midlothian Capital Partners and Hattington Capital, while the owner of Harry Ramsden's restaurants, Boparan, snapped up Giraffe. In April, Tesco announced its first growth in quarterly sales for three years, with UK like-for-like sales up 0.9%. Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis said: "We have delivered a second quarter of positive like-for-like sales growth across all parts of the group in what remains a challenging market with sustained deflation. We are encouraged by the progress we are making." Shares closed up 1.8% at 169.49p, bringing the rise this year to just over 12%. Tesco also hailed the success of its new fresh food brands, with two-thirds of its customers having already tried the ranges. "Customer ratings for the quality of our fresh food offer as a whole have improved to their highest level in more than two years," the supermarket said. The fresh food ranges, launched in March, courted controversy because they were named after fictional farms with British-sounding names. However, the produce is often sourced from abroad. "While the naming controversy provoked something of a media storm, this may have been lost on customers," said David Alexander, senior analyst at Verdict Retail. "After all, the strategy is similar to that employed by Aldi and suggests that for most shoppers, the perception of provenance is sufficient, provided the products are perceived to be good value." Tesco and its "big four" peers - Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - are under continuing pressure as they face competition from discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. And earlier this month, online retailer Amazon launched its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service in central and east London, with plans to roll the deliveries out further across the UK. Since taking over as Tesco chief in September 2014, Mr Lewis has put Tesco's focus on price cuts and putting more staff in stores in an attempt to revive the company's fortunes. As a result of its price-cutting efforts, Tesco said, the cost of a weekly shop in its supermarkets was now 6% lower than when Mr Lewis took over. Richard Hunter, head of research at Wilson King Investment Management, said Mr Lewis was "clearly aiming to return the stock to its former status as a market darling, an accolade which has long since disappeared". "Nonetheless, a number of red flags remain," he added. "Ongoing investment in the business as announced at the full-year results will drag on profits, competition in the sector remains fierce and the shares are on an expensive multiple compared to its peers. "Even so, the previously highlighted reductions in net debt and costs are complemented by strong revenue streams and there appears to be a clear line of progress emerging. "It remains to be seen whether this new-found optimism will percolate to a share price which has dropped 22% over the last year, as compared to an 8% dip for the wider FTSE 100."

Tesco has said it is "encouraged" by its progress in a challenging market as it reported a second consecutive quarter of higher sales.

Khalil Dale, 60, was abducted in Quetta in January 2012 and was found dead on a roadside a few months later. He had been beheaded. A note next to his body said he was killed because a ransom had not been paid. Mr Dale was born in York but lived in Dumfries. He spent 30 years working in countries including Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. An inquest into his death was held at Chesterfield Coroners Court because he is buried in Derbyshire. The court heard that the Muslim convert, who was formerly known as Kenneth, worked as a humanitarian assistance relief worker. Following his abduction, negotiations were undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross with the help of the UK government. His body was found on 29 April 2012. The inquest was told that he died as a result of decapitation. Senior coroner Dr Robert Hunter concluded that Mr Dale was unlawfully killed while providing international humanitarian assistance.

A Dumfries-based Red Cross worker who died in Pakistan was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

The former Montana congressman and Navy SEAL rode through downtown Washington atop a 17-year-old Irish sport horse named Tonto. Nine US Park Police on horseback accompanied the 55-year-old to the Interior Department's headquarters a day after he was sworn in. He was spotted wearing a black cowboy hat as he made his way through traffic. Ex-Navy Seal Ryan Zinke picked as interior secretary The people around Donald Trump "Secretary Zinke was proud to accept an invitation by the US Park Police to stand shoulder to shoulder with their officers on his first day at Interior," said Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift. Mr Zinke was greeted by hundreds of federal workers, including an Office of Indian Affairs employee from the Northern Cheyenne tribe in Montana, who played him a song on a hand drum. The Interior Department oversees more than 20% of US federal land, including national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite.

New US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke literally took the reins on his first day at work by showing up on horseback.

They introduced it 10 years ago when the West African country was suffering from a shortfall of nurses as many headed off for better opportunities in the West. It began a scheme funding the education of nurses who then had to agree to work for the next five years in Ghana. But now the government says it has enough nurses and it is no longer useful to keep them under bond. "There are now more private schools churning out nurses and some of them can't even find jobs," Dr Kwesi Abir, the health ministry's deputy director of human resources, told the BBC. "There is no point to continue to pay the tuition of nurses and also give allowances when hundreds are paying their own fees in private schools," he said. The policy reversal is unlikely to lead to an immediate exodus of nurses because although the bond scheme stopped taking new entrants last year, it takes four years to qualify as a nurse and those already in the scheme will have to finish their five-year service. If a nurse wants to jump the bond there is penalty of $650 (£422) to pay for each uncompleted year, something very few can afford to do. And the authorities will not issue certificates that will enable them to work abroad unless the fine is paid. Student nurse Collins Aboagye says he is in that position - even though he would love to work in the UK after qualifying, he will not be able to. "I think the five years is too much… I wish to work outside because outside, there are certain things their way of delivering care is a bit different from ours here." This is a sentiment - a desire for job satisfaction - that is echoed at the country's premiere hospital, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the capital, Accra. Nurses can be seen under pressure as they attend to patients in the maternity ward - a large hall with about 100 benches filled with women awaiting for antenatal services. Some of them are impatient, demanding to be seen more quickly. One of the major difficulties in providing good healthcare is not just the number of healthcare professionals but the fact that hospitals are ill equipped, nurses told the BBC. They say there are insufficient protective plastic gloves, not enough hospital beds for patients, a lack of water and chemicals, frequent power outages - their list is endless. However, salaries are likely to still be a driving factor for nurses to go abroad given Ghana's rising cost of living. According to the UK's National Health Service, a newly qualified nurse starts on a salary of more than £21,000 a year - with opportunities to earn overtime - that is, at least $2,695 a month. A professional nurse in Ghana earns about $400 a month after tax - and nurses often face the frustration of delays in the payment of their salaries. Salma Razak, a nurse at Korle Bu who just finished serving her bond, is free now to work abroad, but she remains undecided. She says although the government has improved some things for nurses, much more could be done. "From the beginning, you can start by paying us hourly, not monthly - in that way salaries will be much more," she told the BBC. This would stop nurses being tempted to seek employment elsewhere, she said. Ghana currently has a little more than 20,000 professional nurses. Each year about 400 enter the job market but in 2004 almost twice that number - 700 nurses - left to work in the UK. Ghana's health ministry says these numbers have dramatically declined with only about 300 nurses leaving in the last two years. Behind the numbers, there are grave concerns about the quality of healthcare delivery. And there is a down side for students from poorer backgrounds who will no longer be able to benefit from the government-funded scheme. But with the brain drain stemmed, health officials are optimistic that the funds used in nurse training can now be used to address long waiting hours and improve hospitals.

Ghana's government has scrapped a controversial ban on newly qualified nurses travelling to find more lucrative employment abroad.

Relations with Iran have been shaky since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The British embassy in Tehran is expected to be reopened within days, during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and a delegation of business leaders. The move follows a deal agreed by Iran with six world powers on curbing its nuclear programme. The reopening of the embassy was first publicly proposed by the UK government last year, but had been held up by problems including Iran's reluctance to relax import laws which slowed the replacement of equipment taken out when the post was abandoned. British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the circumstances are right to reopen Britain's embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. It follows an improvement in relations in recent months following the election of a more moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, in June 2013 and an agreement on how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme. It also comes as Iraqi forces are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni Islamist militants across the country, amid reports that Iran is providing military assistance to its historic rival. Britain demands the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London, saying also that all Iranian diplomats must leave the country within 48 hours. Foreign Secretary William Hague also reveals that all UK diplomatic employees have already left Iran. Iranian protesters storm the UK embassy in Tehran, throwing stones, petrol bombs, and burning documents. They attempt to occupy it before being dispersed by riot police. The UK Foreign Office says it is "outraged" by the incident. The Iranian parliament votes to expel the British ambassador in Tehran, Dominick Chilcott. Economic and trade links with the UK are weakened. British Chancellor George Osborne announces financial sanctions against Iran as a result of a report by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), into its nuclear programme. Britain ceases all ties with Iranian banks. Four people said by Iran to be terrorists with links to Britain are arrested according to the country's English language television station Press TV. The Foreign Office denied the men had ties to Britain and said this was "another in a long line of slurs against the United Kingdom from the government of Iran". Iran admits it is building a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, but insists it is for peaceful purposes. British intelligence services played a key role in the unveiling of the site. Mass protests are held after the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The opposition says the election was fraud. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says "arrogant powers" in the US and European countries tried to encourage protests. He adds that the "most evil of those powers was Britain". The British media was also criticised. The British Council, which has been operating intermittently in Iran since 1961, says it has suspended operations in Tehran, claiming Iranian officials "pressurised" their staff. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers Channel 4's alternative Christmas message to Britain. In a speech to the Israeli parliament, Gordon Brown says: "Iran has a clear choice to make: suspend its nuclear programme and accept our offer of negotiations or face growing isolation and the collective response not of one nation but of many nations." Iran detains 15 British navy personnel who were patrolling the Shatt al-Arab waterway separating Iran and Iraq. Tehran says that the boat entered Iranian waters. A diplomatic row ensues and they are released on 4 April. The UK, Germany and France draft a resolution for the IAEA criticising Iran's lack of co-operation with inspections of its nuclear programme. Later in the month, eight British sailors are held for three days in Iran after their ship reportedly strays into Iranian waters near the border with Iraq. Demonstrations take place outside the UK embassy in Tehran, as people criticise the UK and US military for fighting near the Shia holy cities of Iraq. The IAEA reports for the first time on Iran's 18-year nuclear programme. Iran insists it is for civilian purposes only but some parts of the international community, particularly the US and UK, believe that Iran is intent on building a nuclear weapon. In November 2003, Tehran agrees to more extensive inspection of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA. Iran rejects David Reddaway as the UK's ambassador to Tehran, calling him a spy. Jack Straw becomes the first UK foreign secretary to travel to Iran since the Islamic revolution. It is part of a wider effort to forge a coalition against the Afghan Taliban. Cabinet minister Mo Mowlam visits Iran and pledges UK assistance in Iran's fight against narco-trafficking from Afghanistan, which supplies 90% of the heroin sold in the UK. UK and Iran exchange ambassadors for the first time since the revolution in 1979. Relations with Britain are restored to ambassador level after Tehran officially distances itself from the Salman Rushdie affair whereby it called the British author's book the Satanic Verses blasphemous against Islam and said Muslims had a duty to kill Mr Rushdie. It now says it would not carry out the fatwa nor encourage anyone else to do so. An Iranian diplomat is expelled in retaliation for Tehran's expulsion of a UK diplomat. Later, three Iranians are expelled from London (two embassy officials and a student) after an alleged plot to kill Mr Rushdie. Diplomatic relations with the UK improve with the release of Terry Waite, who was held hostage by an Iranian-backed militant group in Lebanon for almost five years. Iran is perceived to have been instrumental in securing Mr Waite's release. Iran declares a fatwa on Mr Rushdie. Bilateral diplomatic ties are broken, and Mr Rushdie goes into hiding. British embassy in Tehran reopens. Six anti-Khomeini Iranian gunmen take over the Iranian embassy in London and take 22 people hostage. The siege ends when British special forces soldiers storm the building, killing five of the gunmen. Nineteen hostages are set free but one dies and two are injured after the gunmen open fire on them during the assault. Britain closes its embassy in Tehran, following the Islamic revolution. CENTO, the Central Treaty Organisation, is formed under the Baghdad Pact by the UK, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey to offset Soviet influence in the region. Like Nato, it pledges mutual co-operation and non-interference in each others' internal affairs. The US joins the pact in 1958. CENTO is a largely symbolic body and disbands in 1979. Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh is ousted in a coup sponsored by US and British intelligence agencies. He serves a three year jail sentence for treason and spends the remainder of his life under house arrest until his death in 1967. Mossadegh is appointed prime minister after Ali Razamara is assassinated. In 1951 he tries to nationalise the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, but Britain imposes an embargo and appeals to the US for help. Iran says it will remain neutral in World War II but Reza Shah, the first Pahlavi king, had also expanded trade and links with Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Fearful of the outcome, especially after German incursion into the Soviet Union in 1941, the UK and Russia jointly occupy Iran and force Reza Shah to abdicate. He later dies in exile. UK and Russian troops leave Iran in 1946 after US officials cite clauses in the 1942 Atlantic Charter prohibiting colonial expansion on the back of wartime efforts.

The UK is set to reopen its embassy in Tehran in the coming days, almost four years after it was closed following the storming of the compound by protesters.

The 20-year-old Slovak has yet to play for Fulham's first team, but made 17 appearances in the National League on loan at Welling last term. Rodak, who has represented his country at youth level, will go straight into Accrington's squad for their League Two fixture against Cheltenham on Saturday. Stanley are 20th in the table, four points above the relegation zone. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Accrington Stanley have signed goalkeeper Marek Rodak on loan from Fulham until the end of the season.

Well claimed the ball had crossed the line when home keeper David Mitchell collided with a post while clutching an over-hit Scott McDonald cross. Cammy Kerr set up Craig Wighton then followed up to score after keeper Craig Samson blocked the striker's shot. Marcus Haber side-footed home the second from striker Wighton's cut-back. A second win in a row lifts Paul Hartley's side off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership table ahead of Ross County, who host Rangers on Sunday, and level with the visitors and Hamilton Accies. Media playback is not supported on this device The ghost goal will haunt the match officials all weekend. On the right flank, striker McDonald looped in a cross that was careering towards the top corner. Mitchell began to furiously back-pedal as it became clear the ball was hurtling towards the back of the net. The goalkeeper grabbed at the ball, but its movement, plus his momentum, carried him and the ball a good yard over the line. There was amazement when the officials then decided no goal had been scored. Motherwell - players, backroom staff and fans - were incensed, and no wonder. A crucial moment that had a huge bearing on this match as Dundee took control. Wighton has been a hotly tipped young prospect for some time. Against Well, he was excellent. There was a lot of huff and puff from Dundee in the first-half, but that little bit of quality in the final third came from the jinking feet of the 19-year-old. The striker has imagination, skill, awareness and a directness that frightens defenders. He created both goals. For the first, his effort was saved before Cammy Kerr fired home the rebound. For the second, Wighton showed skill, strength and drive before cutting back for Haber to score his first Dundee goal. Wighton almost capped his superb display with a great run and shot that was well saved by Samson. He deserved a goal for his all-round display. A lot has been said about how tight the Premiership is this season, as long as runaway leaders Celtic are taken out of the equation. That was the case here for large parts, although the ghost goal incident was pivotal in this game. Dundee were the better side after taking the lead, but Motherwell were the better side for most of the first-half. They created several chances - McDonald had a close-range header saved, Lionel Ainsworth had a corner tipped on to the bar and a shot blocked. The ghost goal changed this game. From there, Dundee took their chance, got their goal, took control and - crucially - got themselves off the bottom of the table for a while at least. Media playback is not supported on this device Dundee manager Paul Hartley: "The first home win of the season. I felt we deserved that today. "We might have got a wee bit of a break with Motherwell's so-called goal, I haven't really seen it, but it's the breaks that we have not had. "I felt we were comfortable today in the way that we played. Second-half, I thought we were excellent and we deserved that today. "Craig Wighton has been around and about the squad from a young age, from 15, a lot of expectation put on his shoulders, but we have tried to ease him in there at times. "But now we feel has matured, he has got stronger and you have seen in his performance today and even last week there is a different side to him now in terms of on the ball but even off the ball in his defensive work. "Craig has got such outstanding ability and talent and that is the standard he has set himself now. I think it's his time now." Motherwell manager Mark McGhee: "I have seen the video again, I saw it at the time, I could see clearly. The boy's feet are over the line, the balls ahead of him. "There is absolutely no doubt it is a goal. It is an absolutely shocking decision. "I just asked [the referee] for an explanation. Of course they don't speak to you. "I'm as angry with my own team's first-half performance as I am with the referee's decision, or the linesman's decision. "We made poor decisions, we never did the things we spoke about - getting down the sides of their back three. We conceded a goal. "Goals do change games and the goal we might have scored at a time when they were really feeling under pressure - we needed that goal." Match ends, Dundee 2, Motherwell 0. Second Half ends, Dundee 2, Motherwell 0. Foul by Paul McGowan (Dundee). Dom Thomas (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing. Danny Williams (Dundee) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play. Cameron Kerr (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Ross MacLean (Motherwell). Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Danny Williams. Attempt saved. Craig Wighton (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Attempt saved. Dom Thomas (Motherwell) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Chris Cadden (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Attempt missed. Stephen McManus (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Cameron Kerr. Goal! Dundee 2, Motherwell 0. Marcus Haber (Dundee) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Craig Wighton. Foul by Kevin Holt (Dundee). Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Darren O'Dea (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Scott McDonald (Motherwell). Danny Williams (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell). Foul by Tom Hateley (Dundee). Richard Tait (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Craig Wighton (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Attempt missed. Kevin Holt (Dundee) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Stephen McManus. Foul by James Vincent (Dundee). Richard Tait (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Cameron Kerr (Dundee) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Dom Thomas (Motherwell). Attempt missed. Craig Wighton (Dundee) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Stephen McManus. Foul by Danny Williams (Dundee). Ross MacLean (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, Motherwell. Ross MacLean replaces Keith Lasley. Substitution, Motherwell. Dom Thomas replaces Lionel Ainsworth. Substitution, Dundee. Danny Williams replaces Kevin Gomis. Stephen McManus (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Kevin Gomis (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Stephen McManus (Motherwell). Attempt missed. Kevin Holt (Dundee) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

Craig Wighton was the star of the show against Motherwell as Dundee secured their first home win of the season, but it was one tinged with controversy.

Jack Walsh, from Lisburn in County Antrim, is hoping he will be one of the few to make it big. "Here everyone is involved in the industry as an actor or film-maker, even if they're serving coffee in a restaurant," he said. His passion for film was initially sparked by his A-level course in moving image arts at Friends' School in Lisburn. Now, the 23-year-old is working for the hugely popular Game Grumps channel in Los Angeles, which has over 3.1m YouTube subscribers. The idea is deceptively simple. Each day, Game Grumps uploads up to four videos of members of the group playing a videogame while talking about it as they play. Be warned, the commentary and humour can be of the adults-only variety. But watching and listening to members of the company play classic videogames like Super Mario attracts hundreds of thousands of people a day. Walsh works behind the camera to help keep the whole enterprise going. "You'd be amazed at the work that goes into watching people play video games," he said. "What I do is shooting and directing the commercials for them which they upload onto their channel. "They get asked by a lot of technological and computer companies to promote and advertise their products, so I film live action material for them." He is also involved in the company's planned expansion into TV comedy on YouTube's Red channel, which has recently been launched as an alternative to Netflix. "We're developing more original material which will be released on YouTube," he said. "The team behind Game Grumps are animators, comedians and musicians, so the YouTube channel helps to keep all their other projects afloat. "We hope to get bigger, releasing more original content." Walsh moved to Los Angeles at 18 to study at film school straight after taking four A-levels at Friends' School. His A-level in moving image arts got him hooked on filmmaking, and in the final year of his film degree he got an opportunity to work with leading composer John Debney. Debney has composed scores for a number of films including Iron Man 2, Bruce Almighty, Elf and The Passion Of The Christ, for which he was nominated for an Oscar. "Our syllabus allowed us to intern at a production company for the final semester and I was fortunate enough to work with him," said Walsh. "I was his sole intern and at the time John was conducting for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, released last year as the first film under Paramount's new animation studio." That experience led Walsh to write and direct his own short film musical, Not Another High School Musical, in which a teenage boy becomes inspired to form his own all-singing, dancing gang to stand up to the bullies in his school after watching West Side Story. "I wrote the music and lyrics, and I would really like to do more of that in the future," he said. "I hope to write a Game Grumps musical and shoot it over the next couple of years." And would he like to return home to work in Northern Ireland's burgeoning film industry at some point? "It's great that the film industry is growing in Northern Ireland, especially with Game Of Thrones, which is really the biggest TV show in the world," he said. "I still think there are more opportunities back home as well. "LA can be lonely if you don't know anyone, but the company here is getting bigger and bigger and I want to shoot and direct more so I'm not ready to come home just yet."

It is the home of the entertainment universe, but for every top filmmaker in Los Angeles there are many who fail to be successful.

Chelmsford Prison told residents there had recently been "numerous incidents" of packages being hurled over the wall. One former inmate said the jail was "notorious" for being "flooded" with mobile phones and synthetic cannabis. The Ministry of Justice said staff worked "extremely hard" to stop contraband from getting into prisons. "However more must be done, which is why the Justice Secretary has asked us to look at how we can ensure prisons have the tools in place to tackle this kind of problem," the spokeswoman added. Follow updates on this story and other news from Essex A woman who lives near the prison, who did not want to be named, said she had witnessed packages being thrown over the wall "four times in two weeks." "It's getting quite bad at the minute. The prison wants us to come to an evening to talk about what to do if anything does get thrown over," she said. "I don't feel frightened, but obviously it's not nice - I always lock the doors and everything." The former inmate claimed drones were used to fly contraband goods "straight up to prison windows", but the Ministry of Justice said there was no evidence of drones coming into the Chelmsford site. The spokeswoman said laws had been introduced which mean people who smuggle packages over prison walls could be jailed for up to two years.

A prison has written to people who live nearby asking them to help stop packets of "illicit articles" being thrown over the jail walls.

The scenery ranges from white sandy beaches with an abundance of marine life to dense jungle. Palau favours sustainable tourism, which along with foreign aid is the mainstay of its economy. Palau became independent in 1994, after being part of a United Nations trust territory administered by the US for 47 years. It relies on financial aid from the US, provided under a Compact of Free Association which gives the US responsibility for Palau's defence and the right to maintain military bases there. Direct aid was set to wind up in 2009, but the US agreed to an additional package of $250 million in January 2010. Tourism is low key, although growing in economic importance. Many visitors come from Taiwan, with which Palau has diplomatic ties. Taiwanese aid boosts the economy. The government is Palau's largest employer. Monoliths and other relics are reminders of an ancient culture that thrived on the islands, and despite Western trappings many Palauans identify strongly with their traditions and rites. Palau's recent history has been dominated by outside influences from Spain, Britain, Germany, Japan and the US. Palau saw some of the region's fiercest fighting in World War II. There is concern that the low-lying islands could be badly affected by rising sea levels possibly due to climate change. Population 20,600 Area 508 sq km (196 sq miles) Major languages Palauan, English Major religions Christianity, Modekngei (indigenous belief) Life expectancy 66 years (men), 72 years (women) Currency US dollar President: Tommy Remengesau Tommy Remengesau was sworn in for a fourth non-consecutive term as president in January 2017, after beating his brother-in-law Surangel Whipps Jr in a closely fought election. He described the 2016 election race as one of the toughest ever on both a political and personal level. He has said that his vision for Palau is to achieve a sustainable future for the country by balancing growth, development and the protection of the Palau's environmental and cultural assets. The law provides for a free press, and there are no reports of official curbs on internet access. The senate has twice tried to ban foreign ownership of media. In 2012, a clause to this effect was included in a new telecommunications bill. It was put on hold amid international criticism. Some key events in Palau's history: circa 2500 BC - Palau's first inhabitants - thought to have come from present-day eastern Indonesia - settle in the islands. The early Palauans develop complex social systems, practice fishing and farming. 1783 - English captain Henry Wilson is shipwrecked on a reef and becomes the first Westerner to visit. 1885 - Spain asserts its claim to the islands. 1899 - Spain sells Palau to Germany, which begins to exploit the islands' resources using native labour. Phosphate is mined and coconut plantations are developed. 1914 - After Germany's defeat in World War I, Japan seizes Palau. 1947 - Palau becomes a United Nations Trust Territory under US administration. 1981 - Republic of Palau comes into being, following the territory's adoption of a constitution in July 1980. President Haruo Remeliik takes office. 1994 - Palau becomes independent under the Compact of Free Association with the US. Palau receives financial and other aid from Washington, and the US retains responsibility for defence and the right to operate military bases. Palau joins the UN.

More than 200 volcanic and coral islands, many of them surrounded by a single barrier reef, make up the northern Pacific nation of Palau.

Media playback is not supported on this device After 13 days and with 36 of the 51 games played, the traditional heavyweights are all safely through the group stage, along with all of the home nations, the Republic of Ireland - and a few so-called minnows too. Has it been enjoyable to watch though? BBC Sport's pundits Rio Ferdinand, Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer, Danny Murphy, Mark Lawrenson and Neil Lennon give their verdict on the spectacle so far in France, which teams and players have impressed them, and how things might change in the last 16. There are more teams here, with more to play for, but there have been fewer goals. This is the first European Championship to feature 24 teams, and 23 of them were in contention for a place in the last 16 going into the last round of group games - the exception being Ukraine. But there has been an average of 1.92 goals per game so far, only the second time it has been lower than two per match in a group stage since the first finals in 1980. Alan Shearer: In the final set of group games especially, we saw lots of teams defend very deep just to get a point so they could get through, like Slovakia against England for example. Media playback is not supported on this device That's what happens when you have third-placed sides getting out of groups. I don't think the quality so far has been as high as previously but, with an extra eight teams here, that has not surprised me. Rio Ferdinand: It has made the groups interesting until the end. On Wednesday in Group F, for example, all four teams were going for it in their final games because they needed to win. Media playback is not supported on this device Having a third-placed team go through has given some of the countries who haven't been here before an opportunity to progress but I think we will see a better standard of football now the knockout stage is here. Danny Murphy: Overall, it is a huge positive to have more teams here. Yes, some of the quality might not have been so good but it has given a few teams and tens of thousands of their supporters the chance to experience a tournament that otherwise they never would have done. That is beneficial for those nations and football generally. But I am excited now because we are at the point where the games really start to matter. People are going home if they lose and that should create some better games, a bit more end to end and people having a go. Media playback is not supported on this device Mark Lawrenson: This tournament has reminded me a lot of the Champions League. There have been a few surprise results but all the heavyweights got out of their groups. Once you get to the knockout stages, the real competition starts. 45 of the 69 goals (65%) in the group stages were scored in the second half, 27.5% of the goals came from the 80th minute onwards (19) and 22% (15) of them have come in the last five minutes or stoppage time - the highest percentage in finals history. Danny Murphy: It is related to the defensive approach that some of the lesser teams here have adopted. If you look at quite a few of the group games, it has been the stronger teams pressing and the lesser teams hanging on for dear life. They just wear them down in the end, but it has still been quite freakish how many late goals there have been. It has added drama and excitement, and long may it continue, but it is less likely as the tournament goes on because there will be more even games. Media playback is not supported on this device Kevin Kilbane: It is almost as if the better nations always have the theory that they will eventually break the other teams down. That is the way it has been in a lot of games - all the teams are competitive but eventually that goal has come. I am not expecting the lesser sides to change their tactics in the knockout stages but, even if it takes until extra time, the stronger sides will back themselves to score. Media playback is not supported on this device Alan Shearer: The moment I have enjoyed the most has to be England's last-minute winner against Wales. We were sitting in the studio with big John Hartson and Dean Saunders and you could see the disappointment in their faces when that went in. Media playback is not supported on this device Alan Shearer: The thing that has angered me most is the scenes with England and Russia fans in Marseille and also when flares were chucked on to the pitch during the Croatia versus Czech Republic game. For the vast majority, the fans have been absolutely outstanding and just enjoying the tournament. Here in Paris we've got a great atmosphere and we're seeing fans outside our hotel enjoying themselves, which is the way it should be. Media playback is not supported on this device Kevin Kilbane: I have been to a lot of games and have not experienced the kind of trouble that happened in Marseille. The fans I have seen have all mixed brilliantly together - every supporter of a smaller nation wants to go to a major finals like this which is why they are all enjoying themselves so much. Neil Lennon: The colours inside the ground have been fantastic, and the stadiums have almost always been packed. For all the countries that are here for the first time, you can see how much it means to their supporters. The passion at the games has been amazing and apart from those early incidents, the camaraderie of all sets of fans has been terrific. Media playback is not supported on this device Danny Murphy: I am glad the trouble has cleared up but I have to say some of the organisation at games I have gone to has been awful. I went to Northern Ireland against Germany at Parc des Princes as a punter with my wife, rather than as a pundit, and it was a nightmare outside. The security checks meant three or four thousand of us were trying to get through three small access points. At one point it was so tight, there was kid of about 10 near me crying because he was trapped a little bit so I obviously helped him out. There was no drama and no-one got hurt but they could have done - the barriers were rocking with people trying to get through and I would not want to take my children to games here. Someone told me it was a similar story before England played Slovakia in Saint-Etienne. I know the terror threat means security is high but they have to have more access points to the stadium otherwise if a lot of fans turn up late it will be dangerous. Media playback is not supported on this device Alan Shearer: Spain have had one good performance, and so have Belgium. Italy, when they were at full strength, have been like I thought they would, and it is the same with Germany. But it is a very open tournament, which has to be a positive for England. Rio Ferdinand: Spain did impress me, but then they lost to Croatia, who looked strong too. There's no team that stands out at the moment and maybe that's one of the exciting things. You can't say anyone is nailed on to be a finalist or semi-finalist because every team has a chink in their armour. Media playback is not supported on this device Kevin Kilbane: Watching live, I have really liked the look of Croatia, who are so good going forward and especially in their half of the draw, have to be dark horses to make it all the way to the final. From the other half, Spain and Germany both look strong while France haven't put a performance in yet, but they are still unbeaten and there is more to come from them too. Neil Lennon: Some of the better teams are starting to warm up as the tournament goes on and I would include England in that. They have been dominating games without putting teams away and if games open up will they be able to exploit the gaps that are left, but the flip side to that is they have not even been tested defensively yet. Mark Lawrenson: I would actually go for Wales as the team who have impressed me the most, for finishing top of Group B after being seeded fourth. They are not a one-man team like many people say but that one man - Gareth Bale - has shown he is a world-class player. Media playback is not supported on this device Rio Ferdinand: Dimitri Payet has been the go-to guy for France so far - everyone expected it to be Antoine Griezmann or Paul Pogba. But Payet has come out of the traps flying. He scored an unbelievable goal in the first game with his left foot and a stunning goal with his right foot when he went into the box in the second game. We've seen it from him all season in the Premier League. But to come out in the Euros in a France shirt and do it - for me he's been the player of the tournament so far. Alan Shearer: I have loved watching Payet. Not only his goals but his general play has been superb. I agree with Rio, I think he has been the outstanding player up to now. Media playback is not supported on this device Thierry Henry: Payet has not surprised me. What I like about him is that he plays like it is his last ever game. Obviously he is getting all the press and he deserves it but for me the most consistent French player so far is N'Golo Kante. I think he is the guy who has surprised everyone in France. He is just outstanding. He is the first guy who stops everything and he is the guy also who starts the counter-attack. Danny Murphy: Croatia have been impressive partly because of the obvious people, Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric, but Ivan Perisic has been one of the stars of the tournament for me. His power and running ability is phenomenal. Kevin Kilbane: Perisic is just so direct, he really hurts teams. There is talk of him leaving Inter Milan at the moment but it would take an awful lot of money to get him. Italy winger Antonio Candreva is another one I really like and I also saw a bit of Albania - in terms of people who surprised me, there was their wide-man Ermir Lenjani and also Armando Sadiku, who had great movement up front. Media playback is not supported on this device Neil Lennon: Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik has really impressed me - he always looks a threat and fits into the way they play so well. And the Portugal left-back, Raphael Guerreiro, who I watched live against Austria, has been quality too. He has just signed for Borussia Dortmund and he stood out in that game. Mark Lawrenson: I have not seen a better two players in midfield in Kante and Spain's Andres Iniesta. In my team of the group stage, I've got Payet starting on the right even though most would expect him on the left. The thing is, he scored his wonder goal against in the first game against Romania cutting in from the right. Bale has to be the lone forward, though, I don't think there can be any argument about that. The group stage is over at Euro 2016 - but who were the best players? Pick your group stage XI using our team selector.

There have been a few great goals, and plenty of late ones, but how is the expanded European Championship shaping up as a tournament to remember?

Guitarist and co-songwriter Johnny Marr has released an extract from his upcoming memoir Set The Boy Free in the Guardian and said he met with former band mate Morrissey in 2008. The pair discussed the possibility, which Marr said would "make a hell of a lot of people very happy". But "the distrust remained" between the two and the idea never came to pass. Marr was back in touch with Morrissey in a "rare period of communication" when he was remastering The Smiths' back catalogue and they arranged to meet in a pub in south Manchester. "I was happy to see him," he wrote. "It was 10 years or more since we'd last met. We caught up with personal news and family and reminisced a bit." But then the conversation turned to "deeper things" and, eventually, what Marr called "that subject". He wrote: "There had been rumours for years that the Smiths were about to re-form, and they were always untrue. I had never pursued any offer. "Suddenly we were talking about the possibility of the band re-forming, and in that moment it seemed that with the right intention it could actually be done and might even be great." After parting company with a hug, Marr returned to his band at the time, The Cribs, and talked to them about him possibly playing some shows with The Smiths, which he hoped "might even be better than before". But by the time he returned from Mexico with the Cribs, Marr said, the communication had ended. "Things went back to how they were and how I expect they always will be," he said. "An air of disaffection and distrust remained between us. It was a shame."

A founding member of The Smiths has revealed that re-forming "was a very real prospect" - if only for four days.

Garbutt, 26, was sent off in the 71st minute of his side's 38-4 loss for punching opponent James Tamou. The Australian was banned for two games by the Rugby Football League on Monday. "It's not something that I am about. I don't condone violence and I sought James out after the game to apologise," said Garbutt. "I accepted the ban and I'm very disappointed I won't be out there with the boys for the next couple of weeks." "Everyone that knows me knows I'm not the sort that does that kind of thing."

Leeds Rhinos prop Mitch Garbutt has apologised for his red card in Sunday's World Club Challenge defeat by North Queensland Cowboys.

Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, was dropped on to the surface of Comet 67P by its mothership, Rosetta, last November. It worked for 60 hours before its solar-powered battery ran flat. The comet has since moved nearer to the Sun and Philae has enough power to work again, says the BBC's science correspondent Jonathan Amos. An account linked to the probe tweeted the message, "Hello Earth! Can you hear me?" On its blog, Esa said Philae had contacted Earth, via Rosetta, for 85 seconds on Saturday in the first contact since going into hibernation in November. "Philae is doing very well. It has an operating temperature of -35C and has 24 watts available," said Philae project manager, Dr Stephan Ulamec. Scientists say they now waiting for the next contact. Esa's senior scientific advisor, Prof Mark McCaughrean, told the BBC: "It's been a long seven months, and to be quite honest we weren't sure it would happen - there are a lot of very happy people around Europe at the moment." Philae was carrying large amounts of data that scientists hoped to download once it made contact again, he said. "I think we're optimistic now that it's awake that we'll have several months of scientific data to pore over," he added. This is one of the most astonishing moments in space exploration and the grins on the faces of the scientists and engineers are totally justified, says BBC science editor David Shukman. For the first time, we will have a hitchhiker riding on a comet and describing what happens to a comet as it heats up on its journey through space, he adds. Philae is designed to analyse the ice and rocky fragments that make up the comet. Prof Monica Grady from the Open University told the BBC that scientists now hoped to be able to carry out experiments to see whether comets were the source of life on Earth. Comets contained a lot of water and carbon, and "these are the same sorts of molecules responsible for getting life going," she said. "What we're trying to find out is whether the building blocks of life, in terms of water and carbon-bearing molecules, were actually delivered to Earth from comets." When Philae first sent back images of its landing location, researchers could see it was in a dark ditch. The Sun was obscured by a high wall, limiting the amount of light that could reach the robot's solar panels. Scientists knew they only had a limited amount of time - about 60 hours - to gather data before the robot's battery ran flat. But the calculations also indicated that Philae's mission might not be over for good when the juice did eventually run dry. The comet is currently moving in towards the Sun, and the intensity of light falling on Philae, engineers suggested, could be sufficient in time to re-boot the machine. And so it has proved. Scientists must now hope they can get enough power into Philae to carry out a full range of experiments. One ambition not fulfilled before the robot went to sleep was to try to drill into the comet, to examine its chemical make-up. One attempt was made last year, and it failed. A second attempt will now become a priority. Return of the plucky robot Philae's extraordinary opportunity Rosetta: The whole story The Rosetta probe took 10 years to reach 67P, and the lander - about the size of a washing-machine - bounced at least a kilometre when it touched down. Before it lost power, Philae sent back images of its surroundings that showed it was in a dark location with high walls blocking sunlight from reaching its solar panels. Its exact location on the duck-shaped comet has since been a mystery. Esa had a good idea of where it was likely to be, down to a few tens of metres, but could not get Rosetta close enough to the comet to acquire conclusive pictures. Continued radio contact should now allow precise coordinates to be determined, correspondents say. Comet 67P is currently 205 million km (127 million miles) from the Sun, and getting closer. It is due in August to get as close as 186 million km, before then sweeping back out into the outer Solar System. As it nears the sun, the comet will warm and its ices will melt. This process will throw out a huge shroud of gas and dust, and if Philae can continue to keep working it will provide scientists with an extraordinary view of what is happening right at the surface of 67P.

The European Space Agency (Esa) says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth.

He had "failed the test" of leadership and South Africa needed to hold to account those who were "looting" state resources, it said. Mr Zuma has been dogged by allegations of corruption for more than a decade. The call by the NMF, which is run by colleagues of South Africa's first black president, is the latest sign of growing discontent with his rule. Its intervention came as a court began hearing a bid by Mr Zuma's legal team to prevent the release of a report by former anti-corruption chief Thuli Madonsela. She investigated allegations that he let the wealthy Gupta family wield undue influence in his government. Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing. In a statement entitled Time to account for crippling the state, the NMF said the governing African National Congress (ANC) needed to take steps to put the government back in "safe and capable hands". "Twenty years since Nelson Mandela signed South Africa's constitution into law and as the third anniversary of his passing approaches, it is painful for us at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to bear witness to the wheels coming off the vehicle of our state," the NMF added. Mr Mandela spent more than 27 years in prison for fighting white-minority rule and became South Africa's first democratically elected leader in 1994. He stepped down five years later and died in December 2013 at the age of 95. The NMF said South Africa's democracy was now under a "real threat", with key government institutions being used to advance "private interests". "We are reaping the results of a political trend of personalising matters of state around a single individual leader. This in a constitutional democracy is to be deplored," it added. Ms Madonsela's investigation was triggered by allegations in March by Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas that the Gupta family had made "a mockery of our hard-earned democracy" by offering him the finance minister's post last year. Mr Jonas said he rejected the offer; the Guptas accused him of political point-scoring. Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor also alleged that the family offered her the powerful public enterprise minister's post in 2010 in exchange for business favours. Ms Mentor alleged that Mr Zuma was in another part of the Gupta's family home in Johannesburg when the offer was made. Mr Zuma's office said at the time that he had no "recollection" of Ms Mentor, while the family strongly denied her allegation. Ms Mentor and opposition parties, including the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), are challenging Mr Zuma in court, insisting that the report be released. EFF supporters are protesting outside the High Court in the capital, Pretoria, to demand its publication. Mr Zuma's court action prevented Ms Madonsela from publishing the report before she stepped down as public protector at the end of her term last month. He said it would be unlawful to release the report as he had not been given enough time to respond to the allegations. This was the second time Ms Madonsela investigated Mr Zuma during her seven-year term. In March, South Africa's highest court upheld her findings that Mr Zuma "unduly benefited" from government money used to upgrade his private rural home. It led to widespread calls for Mr Zuma to resign, but he survived a DA-sponsored impeachment vote in parliament after ANC MPs rallied behind him. Correspondents say while the contents of Ms Madonsela's latest report are unclear, Mr Zuma will almost certainly face another impeachment vote if there are any adverse findings about him. The president is also at the centre of another case and is trying to overturn a unanimous ruling of a High Court that he should stand trial on 783 counts of corruption in relation to an arms deal negotiated in 1999.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) has called for South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to be sacked.

The council has launched an appeal to raise £150,000 for a bronze sculpture in the Barkers Pool area. Former steelworker Kathleen Roberts said: "It breaks my heart that we haven't been recognised and everyone else has been." The planned sculpture has been designed by artist Martin Jennings. Mrs Roberts said: "Times were tough in 1941, as a country we had our backs against the wall. We worked flat out for the war effort and we were just young girls. "I think the Sheffield industry could give more because they give so freely to others." Sheffield City Council put up a commemorative plaque to the women in 2011, while plans for the sculpture were already under way. Leader of Sheffield City Council, Julie Dore, said: "We all owe it to these amazing women to make the statue a reality."

A woman who "gave up her youth" to work in Sheffield's steel factories during World War II has said the city's "women of steel" need proper recognition.

As an EU member, the UK and UK-based firms can sell their goods to EU customers without having to pay additional taxes. Likewise, British firms and consumers can import from the EU tariff-free. The prime minister has already ruled out continued membership of the EU's single market post-Brexit, with many assuming this means the UK will also leave the customs union. Essentially there are two options: The WTO is an international agency with 164 member countries and its purpose is to promote international commerce. All the leading world economies are members of the WTO, including the UK. European Union countries are also all members, but they act together in the WTO as the EU. One of the most important principles of the WTO is that you should not discriminate between other WTO members. The UK and the EU would both have to impose on one another's exports the same barriers they apply to goods from the other WTO member countries. In fact, in the absence of a free trade agreement they would be obliged under WTO rules to do that. They include import tariffs, which are taxes applied only to imports. WTO members make commitments that they will not raise tariffs above a certain level. Those maximum levels, known as bound levels or bindings, vary from country to country and product to product. The tariffs they actually apply can be, and in many cases are, below those levels. But if you do go below bound levels, you have to do it for imports from all WTO members. For the EU the average maximum tariff is 4.8% for all goods. But there are some big variations. It's generally higher for agricultural produce, 10.9% on average. For most industrial goods it's quite low, but for cars, the tariff is 10%. Assuming the UK were trading with the EU under WTO terms, the figures are an indication of the levels of tariffs British exporters would face on their goods. It would make them less competitive in the EU market than they currently are with no tariffs at all. The UK's new schedule will have to have the consent of the other WTO members. It is administratively easier and less likely to be contested if we stick with the arrangement that we already have, as the UK's ambassador to the WTO, Julian Braithwaite. wrote in his blog: "So to minimise any grounds for objection, we plan to replicate our existing trade regime as far as possible in our new schedules." However, the UK would be free to apply lower tariffs. In some cases it is highly likely we would. For example, the EU imposes seasonal tariffs on orange imports when the Mediterranean producers have their harvest. Getting rid of that is an example of what one former trade official described to me as "low hanging fruit". Some economists, including Patrick Minford of Cardiff University and one of the leading members of Economists for Brexit (now renamed as Economists for Free Trade), favour a more comprehensive exercise in cutting tariffs and other barriers unilaterally. But these cuts would have to apply to goods coming from the EU as well. Don't be fooled, some aspects will be more complicated. For some farm produce, for example, the EU has quotas that can be imported at lower tariffs (called tariff rate quotas). We don't yet know how these will be divided between the UK and the remainder of the EU. There is also the question of what happens to that produce when it is traded between the UK and the EU. Currently it is tariff-free. Both will probably want a slice of the other's reduced tariff quota. That will mean either a bigger total quota or a reduced slice for some other country. In the WTO, the EU has agreed to a cap on some of its farm subsidies. We don't currently know what type of system the UK will adopt and potentially this an area of difficulty. The EU however is well below its subsidy cap, and that could make this area less contentious than it might have been. No. There are many other types of trade restrictions. These include rules on product specifications, labelling, testing, and requirements for authorisation from a national regulator to provide some types of services. The UK would have to decide whether or not to maintain EU rules in these areas. Currently a trade dispute would be a matter for the European Court of Justice. Theresa May has already said that its jurisdiction in the UK will end. If there is a trade agreement with the EU it would probably contain some arrangement for a tribunal to make rulings. If there is no such deal then any dispute would have to go to the WTO's dispute settlement system, which can establish panels to make rulings. Whatever happens, the UK and the EU will be subject to WTO rules. It is just that the membership of the EU and any new trade agreement that might be negotiated allows for deeper integration than is involved in simply complying with the WTO's rulebook.

With Theresa May's end of March deadline for triggering the UK's exit from the EU fast approaching, much remains undecided, not least what will happen to British trade.

The book was compiled by the fleet's senior medical officer as a ninth birthday gift to his son in 1943. Autographs include Flt Cdr Henry Melvin "Dinghy" Young, second in command of the raid, who was shot down and killed on his return. The book was sold in Newark, Nottinghamshire. The seller's father collected the signatures at the RAF base at Scampton, Lincolnshire, where Squadron 617 - better known as the Dambusters - was formed in March 1943. Bombing raids on three major dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley took place in May using Barnes Wallis' bouncing bomb. Of the 19 planes that went, eight were lost. Henry Young - known as "Dinghy" because he survived two crashes into the sea in an inflatable boat - flew an Avro Lancaster, codenamed A-Apple, in the first wave, which attacked the Möhne Dam. There are signatures from members of other squadrons based at Scampton, including Gp Capt Robert McFarlane, who later led a Lancaster Bomber squadron at the height of the Battle of Berlin, and Flying Officer Chas Walker, an Australian professional cricketer who was killed in action in December 1942. Some added illustrations to their signatures, including a detailed drawing of a Lancaster in flight, a picture of a kangaroo by an Australian airman and a pair of cartoon airmen, captioned, "Jolly good show, what?!!". James Brown, who sold the album, was also selling a silk map which was rescued from a burnt-out Lancaster bomber and the official warrant appointing his father as flying officer.

An album containing autographs of members of the World War Two Dambusters squadron has sold at auction for £5,800.

Nihar Janga, from Austin, Texas, was named co-champion with Jairam Hathwar, 13. The pair battled for 25 rounds in the final of the national competition, which was broadcast live on TV. Each received a $40,000 (£27,343) prize. One of the biggest cheers of the night came when Nihar successfully spelled 'taoiseach'. "Is that an Irish word for prime minister?" he asked, before rattling off the correct letters. Earlier, he had impressed with his grasp of words. When given 'biniou' to spell, he asked, 'Is that a Breton bagpipe?' before successfully answering. In the final round, Jairam spelled 'feldenkrais', a method of education, leaving Nihar with 'gesellschaft', a type of social relationship. The 11-year-old nailed it to secure a tie and become the youngest champion since 2002. Speaking afterwards, Nihar thanked his mother and said: "I can't say anything. I'm just in fifth grade."

An 11-year-old boy in the United States has wowed audiences after successfully spelling 'taoiseach' on his way to becoming joint winner of a national spelling bee competition.

The leading index closed down 69.63 points at 6231.89. Miners more than doubled earlier losses to leave Antofagasta down more than 6%. Others, including Anglo American and BHP Billiton were down 4%. HOusebuilders all but wiped out their earlier falls. Taylor Wimpey ended flat and Berkeley Group ended less than 1% down after a report from chartered surveyors forecasted a short-term drop in UK house prices over the next three months. Rolls-Royce was also a loser, with a 2% fall. The chief executive of Rolls-Royce has warned staff that the engineering firm is behind with deliveries to customers, according to the Financial Times. Vodafone fell about 5% after it agreed a deal to merge its New Zealand operations with Sky Network Television. On the FTSE 250 builder Bellway was also caught in the general decline of construction shares, with a 1% fall. That was despite an upbeat trading statement. "That survey from RICS [Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors] about a first possible drop in house prices since 2012, is clearly spooking people," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell. "It is tax-related and maybe a little bit Brexit related, but some will be wondering whether there are more fundamental factors slowing us down, as prices are just at such high levels." Flybe shares ended 5.5% lower, despite returning to profit. On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.3% against the dollar at $1.4466 but rose 0.3% against the euro to €1.277.

(Close): A fall in mining shares hit the main indexes in London, with the FTSE 100 closing down more than 1%.

The 46-year-old has been on the Premiership club's coaching staff since 2004, took over as head coach in 2009 and became director of rugby in 2010. "It is with great sadness and regret that I leave my position. I still believe that I am the right person to lead the team," Cockerill said. Head coach Aaron Mauger will take over on an interim basis. Tigers are fifth in the Premiership, 15 points adrift of leaders Wasps having lost five of their 12 league games so far this season. The were beaten by 16-12 by Saracens on New Year's Day. Cockerill, who has spent 23 of the last 25 years of his career with Tigers, said he "respected the board's decision" to make a change they see as being "in the best interests of the club". He added: "This club has made me the person and the coach I am today and I will never forget what they have done for me. I will miss being part of the Tigers family." Last month, following the 18-16 Champions Cup win over Munster, Cockerill said reports claiming he faced the sack and that described the coaching structure at Leicester Tigers as toxic were "rubbish". Former England and Tigers hooker Cockerill spent 10 years with the club as a player from 1992 before returning to Welford Road as an academy coach. After two spells in interim charge he was appointed full-time head coach in April 2009, with Tigers winning the Premiership title and reaching the European Cup final in his first season in the role. Leicester have never failed to reach the Premiership semi-finals under Cockerill and as well as winning the final in 2008-09, they were also victorious in 2009-10 and 2012-13. Tigers chairman Peter Tom CBE said: "We thank Richard for his loyal and dedicated service as a player, coach and director of rugby. He has a great passion for the club and for the game of rugby, and has shared in many massive occasions with the Tigers. "The club always has aspirations to contest the major honours in the game and that remains unchanged but the board believes this is the right time to make a change." As a player, hooker Cockerill made 262 appearances for Tigers, winning five league titles, two domestic cups, two Heineken Cups and he also played 27 times for England. BBC Radio Leicester commentator and ex-Tigers fly-half Bleddyn Jones I am not surprised. Tigers cannot stand the fact they are in fifth position and quite a bit away from the top four; they want to be top two and won't get there this season. They haven't been there for the last three or four seasons and that is one of the reasons that Tigers have reluctantly had to say goodbye to Richard. His record is second to none. He is man and boy with the Tigers and if you cut him in half he would be Tigers colours through and through.

Leicester Tigers have sacked director of rugby Richard Cockerill after nearly eight years in charge.

On Sunday, the Revolutionary Guard in Tehran held a funeral for two of its men killed in action in Syria, the latest of dozens in recent weeks. Revolutionary Guard commanders say they are defending their own country by fighting in Syria against the kind of terrorism that may eventually reach the streets of Tehran. Iran's support for the beleaguered Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, has been costly in both blood and treasure. So when the invitation came from the US to join a push for establishing a new political process with the aim of ending the war in Syria, Iran was happy to accept. The invitation to Iran, which until recently was regarded by the US and its allies as part of the problem in Syria, could not have come without the nuclear deal reached in July. Nearly two years of direct nuclear talks led to an understanding that there were regional issues both nations had a strong interest in resolving. A telephone call from US President Barack Obama to King Salman succeeded in persuading Saudi Arabia to drop its objection to Iran's participation - for now. On Friday, for the first time in four and a half years of civil war in Syria, many of the main actors were at the table. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called it a historic meeting. Tehran's involvement in the talks on Syria alarmed Iranian hardliners. They fear the nuclear agreement may have opened the floodgates to undesirable Western influences, and they see Iran's participation in the talks as another worrying sign President Hassan Rouhani is deviating from the Islamic revolutionary path. It comes only weeks after the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, himself a hardliner, had declared there would be no negotiations with the US on any issue. Furthermore, the hardliners discovered to their consternation the Syria talks involving top Western powers, Russia, China, Syria's neighbours, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt had made modest progress. All participants, including Iran, agreed to push forward with a political process that would: For Iran's hardliners, even this most general outline of a possible political process is a step too far. They criticised Foreign Minister Zarif for giving too much away and accused him of forgetting about what they regard as the central issue - the need to fight armed groups the West portrays as moderate forces. "We did not sell out the political future of Syria at the talks," countered Hossein Amir-Abdolahian, Deputy Foreign Minister, who is Iran's point man on regional policies. What the negotiators agreed to disagree on in Vienna, however, was the position of President Assad. Some wanted him gone soon after a ceasefire, but Iran is adamant he should stay until elections at the end of any transitional process. "It's the people of Syria who can decide on this," said Mr Zarif. Iraq and Syria are Iran's only allies in the Arab world. Syria provides Iran with vital access to southern Lebanon, where Iran is deeply committed to the Shia population and Hezbollah. Iran's policy of ensuring the survival of President Assad has many critics at home in Tehran who argue his position is no longer tenable after he has been responsible for so much bloodshed. New talks on Syria between the world powers are due in two weeks. But in spite of the uneasiness at home, Tehran is not about to abandon President Assad, because it fears any new regime in Syria may not be as accommodating to Iran. In Iran's calculation, it is vital that its ally Russia continues to back President Assad. So as long as Russia remains on side, the Iranian hardliners need not worry about a change in direction from Tehran. That is why many around the table in Vienna suspected Iran of engaging in the talks in order to find a solution that saves Mr Assad. Where key players stand on Assad If not Assad, then who? Iran's growing role

Coffins are being flown back to Tehran from Syria at an alarming rate.

Speaking from South Africa, Mr Machar told the BBC that his rebel faction could still negotiate a peace deal with President Salva Kiir. His statement comes despite last week's heavy fighting in the city of Malakal. Mr Machar, who first fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, is now being treated in Johannesburg. In July, Mr Machar's bodyguards and President Salva Kiir's presidential guards fought each other, sparking days of violence. Hundreds of people died and more than 100,000 fled across the border. The fighting erupted less than a year after a peace deal was signed to form a unity government and end the civil war. Riek Machar profiled Speaking to the BBC's HARDtalk programme, Mr Machar said: "I'm going to return to South Sudan." "Because President Salva Kiir doesn't want democratic and transparent and fair elections to be conducted, he attacked us, he has restarted the war. "But I am hoping that wise leaders in the region, and in Africa, and the rest of the world will throw up a political process which will bring about peace again, and the resuscitation of the peace agreement, and the reconstitution of the transitional government of national unity." Mr Machar also denied that claims that he was a warmonger, saying that his troops were simply defending themselves against government attacks. President Kiir's officials accuse Mr Machar's forces of starting the attacks. Both sides in the bitter conflict have been accused of perpetrating atrocities, the BBC's Karen Allen in South Africa reports. More on South Sudan's crisis:

South Sudan's sacked Vice-President Riek Machar - who fled the country in August - has vowed to return, saying his credibility is intact.

Media playback is not supported on this device Rangers, who have already clinched the Championship title and promotion, have now gone three games without a victory. Halkett's first goal of the season - the final piece of action in the first half - won the points. And it will give second-bottom Livi renewed hope that they can avoid relegation via the play-offs. This was only the fifth defeat of Rangers' league season, but Mark Warburton's side have now not won since beating Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final. Livingston had gone into the game with only 17 fit players and gave a first start to 16-year-old Matthew Knox. The highly talented midfielder has actually been training with Rangers, who had a bid in the region of £100,000 rejected for his services. Knox is also interesting Chelsea, Everton, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. The fact that virtually the length of the division lies between the teams was underlined by the early possession and pressure. It was all Rangers from the first whistle and Andy Halliday, Gedion Zelalem and Michael O'Halloran all had opportunities to score. Incredibly, though, it should have been Livingston taking the lead. Zelalem lost the ball in his own half and Danny Mullen suddenly found himself clear, but the midfielder shot wide. The warning bells were ringing for the division's champions when Sam Stanton also had a dancing run and a shot past the goalkeeper's left port. The half did, indeed, come to a remarkable finish. In its dying seconds, young Knox whipped in a fabulous free-kick from the left and Halkett met it with the perfect header to flash the ball beyond diving goalkeeper Wes Foderingham. Rangers supporters in the crowd of 5,021 looked like they could hardly believe the scoreline. The second half picked up on the first half script. The Ibrox side continued to huff and puff and fluff chances. Livingston grew in confidence as the league's champions produced one of their poorest showings of the term. The West Lothian side should have had a second goal, but Liam Buchanan put the simplest of headers over the bar from inside the six-yard box. The same player, one on one with Foderingham, was only denied by a block from the the goalkeeper. Livingston were worthy winners. Rangers looked a shadow of the team that grabbed the Old Firm headlines and are preparing for the cup final against Hibernian.

Champions Rangers' slump in form continued thanks to Livingston defender Craig Halkett's first-half header against his former club.

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She had just given birth to their first son Dylan. But rather than congratulations, she was told: "We're sorry, your son has Down's syndrome." With her background in nursing and her husband's as a doctor, the couple had some knowledge of the condition. But it still did not prepare them for the negative information that came flooding their way. "No-one spells out all the things that could possibly go wrong for a child when they're born," she said. "But when you have a child with a disability, with Down's syndrome, they tell you the average life expectancy is 50; they won't go to mainstream school; they won't do this and that. "They just say all the negatives." Fourteen years later and Dylan has defied those initial expectations. He is flourishing in year 9 at mainstream school and has made the Down's Syndrome GB swimming squad. But that initial lack of support led to his mother and two other mothers of children with Down's syndrome to take matters into their own hands. When Dylan was a toddler, a health visitor introduced his mother to Katharina Barker and Nicky Williams. Both women also had babies with Down's syndrome. And all three discovered they had shared similar experiences in terms of a lack of support for people with Down's syndrome and their families. Katharina said although she had had a "very positive, supportive" experience with the birth of her daughter Amelie, she quickly struggled to find specialist support. "One of the things I found hugely frustrating, unless you are pointed in the right direction you are not going to find services, they are not coming to you," she said. They decided to host a coffee morning for parents with children with Down's syndrome to make friends and share experiences. The success of it led to the trio setting up a charity and the support it offers includes speech and language therapy, school help and annual education conferences. Although Nicky has since stepped down from the Monmouth-based 21 Plus charity, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, Victoria and Katharina are determined to expand its reach as much as possible. And their hard work and dedication led to them becoming finalists in the national St David Awards citizenship category. They want to continue helping children with Down's syndrome "achieve their potential and increase access to opportunities". "One of the mums said to me yesterday that one thing she loves is being able to ask any question, even if it sounds daft and she wouldn't have the nerve to ask anyone else, she can ask us," Victoria said. "I guess that's why I do it. I don't want any of our families to think, 'I wish I'd known about…' or 'I wish I'd known that earlier'." "I believe in expert parents and I want to make it possible for our families to become experts if that's what they want." Katharina added: "We want to give children the chance to access schooling, to access learning and to access the world. "The greatest thing is to see the children grow up, to see them developing and how well they're doing. "It makes it so worthwhile, it's wonderful."

It was the look between the midwife and her husband that Victoria Hughes remembers.

Parts of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean are up to 11 kilometres deep, so we know little about what sea life there is. So a team has been sending down a robotic submarine called Deep Discoverer with a camera on it. Science fans or anyone who is just curious can check out what the camera is showing online. The three-month expedition is looking for things like fish, mud volcanoes and deep sea coral. So far they've spotted shrimp, jellyfish and black pillow lava from an underwater eruption.

Scientists are exploring the deepest place on Earth - and streaming live video from there.

It happened at the Aberdeen Sea Cadets base at Pocra Quay last November. Police described it as "disgraceful". The Crown Office said a report had been received about a 35-year-old man but after consideration of the case it had been decided there should be no proceedings taken at this time.

A man charged after the theft of money from purses at a Remembrance Sunday event at Aberdeen harbour will not face court proceedings, BBC Scotland has learned.

Grimsby striker Bogle saw his curling, left-footed free-kick tipped over the crossbar by Jamie Stephens before he opened the scoring after he burst past two defenders and had his shot deflected off Elliot Johnson and into the net. And he doubled the lead 10 minutes before the interval when a mistake by Harry Taylor allowed Bogle to run free and beat Stephens. The Bees got themselves back into the game in the 50th minute when Akinde burst into the box and was brought down by Josh Gowling. Akinde picked himself up to dispatch the penalty past James McKeown. Akinde then levelled from the spot five minutes later after Danny Collins fouled Curtis Weston. Ryan Watson then squandered two chances to win it for Barnet before the late drama. Barnet were reduced to 10 men in the 90th minute when Ali Sesay, who had only been on the pitch for five minutes, was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Scott Vernon. Grimsby were then given a golden chance to win it two minutes into stoppage time when Michael Nelson brought down Gowling, but Bogle sent his spot-kick over the bar. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Grimsby Town 2, Barnet 2. Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 2, Barnet 2. Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Danny Collins (Grimsby Town). John Akinde (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) left footed shot is just a bit too high. Omar Bogle should be disappointed. Penalty Grimsby Town. Josh Gowling draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by Michael Nelson (Barnet) after a foul in the penalty area. Alie Sesay (Barnet) is shown the red card. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Alie Sesay (Barnet). Attempt missed. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Bira Dembélé (Barnet). Foul by Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town). Alie Sesay (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Barnet. Alie Sesay replaces Curtis Weston. Attempt missed. Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by John Akinde (Barnet). Attempt missed. Craig Disley (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Mauro Vilhete. Attempt saved. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town). Sam Muggleton (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing. Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Kayden Jackson. Attempt missed. Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt missed. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt missed. Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Tom Champion (Barnet) is shown the yellow card. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Mauro Vilhete (Barnet). Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet). Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Tom Champion (Barnet). Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Attempt saved. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Omar Bogle scored twice before missing an injury-time penalty against 10-man Barnet, as Marcus Bignot picked up his first point as Grimsby Town manager.

The parade by the campaign group, Veterans for Justice UK, is now set to take place in Coleraine, County Londonderry, on Saturday 4 March. The original plan was to hold the march in Derry on the same date. However relatives of Bloody Sunday victims objected, saying it was an "insult" to the people of the city. John Kelly, whose brother was one of 14 Bloody Sunday victims killed by soldiers who opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry in 1972, had described the original plan as "an act of pure provocation". The Derry parade was called off last week amid reports of counter-demonstrations planned by republicans. Veterans for Justice UK has now lodged a fresh application with the Parades Commission to march through the centre of Coleraine. The group said it expects 150 marchers to take part in the parade, which will start and finish at the Royal British Legion. Last week, march organiser Anto Wickham said the aim of the event was to protect soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan facing "false prosecutions". Mr Wickham said he was "upset" by suggestions that the Derry march had been planned to raise tensions in the city. He told Tuesday's Belfast Telegraph: "With help from the Royal British Legion in Coleraine, we are now able to parade and carry on our fight for justice". In recent months, a number of former soldiers and Conservative MPs have complained that Army veterans were being unfairly targeted by investigations into Troubles-era killings. In January, hundreds of veterans marched through London to demand an end to the prosecutions. A London-based law firm representing a number of ex-soldiers also called for an independent inquiry into the prosecution process. The criticism drew a response from Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions Barra McGrory QC, who defended his impartiality. Mr McGrory told the BBC last month that critics who accuse him of treating former soldiers unfairly had insulted him and his office.

Organisers of a march for military veterans, which was cancelled in Londonderry due to security fears, have rearranged the event.

The airline's chief executive Andrew Swaffield said bookings had dropped off in the immediate aftermath but were now recovering. Monarch's flights to Sharm el-Sheikh are still suspended and it does not expect them to resume before next year. The comments came as Monarch returned to profit for the year to 31 October. Mr Swaffield told BBC Radio 5 Live that customers were "booking closer to departure" in the wake of the attacks. He said: "They're booking in pretty big numbers and there's no lack of interest, but they're not booking quite so far out because they're waiting to see what the world has in store. "That will probably last a little while and then things will get back to normal again." Luton-based Monarch expects annual profits to exceed £40m after cost cuts helped to achieve a turnaround. Mr Swaffield said: "The key for us has been the £200m of costs we took out of the business during what was a pretty thorough restructuring during 2014." Monarch streamlined its network and fleet, modernised its working practices and benefited from lower fuel prices. The company made a loss of £94m in the previous year.

Monarch has said passengers have been booking their trips later since the terror attacks in Paris and Sharm el-Sheikh.

Tadashi Ishii said he would tender his resignation at a January board meeting. Matsuri Takahashi, 24, jumped to her death in December last year and in a note left for her mother, she asked: "Why do things have to be so hard?". She had started working at Dentsu in April 2015 and was soon doing an additional 100 hours a month. Dentsu has been under pressure to reduce the amount of overtime its employees do and in November it was raided by labour regulators. In September, the Japanese government ruled that Ms Takahashi's death had been caused by overwork. She would often return home at 5am after spending all day and night at the office. On Wednesday, Mr Ishii, who has been chief executive in 2011, said: "This is something that should never have been allowed to happen." While Dentsu is attempting to curtail overwork - by turning off lights at the headquarters at 10pm - it admitted that more than 100 workers were still doing an extra 80 hours a month. Death linked to exhaustion in Japan is so common that there is a word, "karoshi", to describe it. According to government figures, about 2,000 people a year kill themselves because of overwork.

The head of Japanese advertising group Dentsu is to step down following the suicide of an employee who had worked hundreds of hours of overtime.

The 57-year-old took over at Elland Road in April and is currently with the players on their pre-season tour of his native Italy. "Next season I do not want one single player who lives outside of Leeds, no way. That is mandatory. "Last year there were players who were coming late to games," Cellino told BBC Radio Leeds. Cellino added that next season before a home game the players will stay together, have dinner together and go to games together. "It is important to do this because the players must be able to sleep well the day before a game and maybe they cannot do that if they have small children or if their neighbour is having a party," he said. "I found out that most of the games that are close to Leeds we go to by bus, but we don't have our own. Why not? I would love to have a Leeds bus and I am going to buy one." Cellino is confident the club are close to bringing in more new signings following the £11m departure of striker Ross McCormack to Fulham. The Championship side have brought in two players so far this summer, goalkeepers Stuart Taylor and Marco Silvestri. Midfielder Tommasso Bianchi and defender Jonathan Rossini, both of Serie A club Sassuolo, are currently training with the team, while Catania striker Souleymane Doukara is also expected to join. Leeds announced losses of £9.5m for the 2012-13 financial year and Cellino said the club had to "stop wasting money that isn't ours" when he took over. Cellino, who claims that the club is now debt free, is now targeting a buyout of the 25% of the club still in the hands of previous owners GFH Capital as well as buying back Elland Road. "There is no debt anymore and we have found a deal with GFH and I am glad for that," he added. "We are close to raising £30m of capital and that is without the money we got for McCormack. We did not budget for his sale because we did not want him to go. "The decision to buy back the stadium had been made before Ross was sold but now we can use that money for the deal. We want to take back our house."

Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino has ordered that all of the club's players must live in the city.

The London Legacy Development Corporation - which manages the publicly-owned stadium - has been told to publish details of the move. London mayor Boris Johnson, who oversees the LLDC, says he is "perfectly happy" with the decision. West Ham say it will prevent them "securing the best deal for taxpayers". The club were awarded tenancy of the London 2012 stadium in 2013, and £272m has been spent to convert the site for use as a Premier League ground. West Ham have contributed £15m towards those costs, and will pay between £2m and £2.5m a year in rent. Last month a BBC documentary revealed that the club was having many of the running costs of the stadium paid for it by the taxpayer under the terms of the tenancy agreement. A coalition of 14 supporters' trusts from around the country submitted a Freedom of Information request to obtain that tenancy agreement and believe that the deal gives West Ham a competitive advantage. Manchester City pay council rent of about £4m a year for the Etihad Stadium, the construction of which was also initially funded by taxpayers, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. It has been reported that Chelsea and Tottenham may have to pay between £11m and £15m a year to play at Wembley if they use the national stadium temporarily while they redevelop their grounds. West Ham have joined the LLDC in insisting that the rental deal should remain private for reasons of commercial confidentiality. Speaking at mayor's question time on Wednesday, Johnson said he is happy to have the details made public but believes that the deal remains the best available for the taxpayer. "We did not want to put anything out that would impact on our ability to negotiate future contracts," Johnson said. "But it should be a matter of public record and we should be very proud that we have got a Premier League football team in that stadium. "The stadium has been a fantastic success. It is doing brilliantly and it is basically unlike any other Olympic Stadium around the world as it has a long-term viable future with Premier League football at the heart of the deal. "There are Olympic stadiums around the world that are totally mothballed and don't have any real activation in them. Go to Athens, go to Beijing. "We've got nothing to hide, we've got a very good rental agreement with West Ham and it's fantastic that we will not be spending any more public money on this." Under the terms of the deal West Ham have a 99-year deal as anchor tenants, and the LLDC says future profits will see a return to the taxpayer. A West Ham spokesman said: "West Ham United shares the mayor's view that our presence at the former Olympic Stadium guarantees it a viable and sustainable future. "Our agreement will not only return hundreds of millions of pounds to the taxpayer, but will ensure that London's Olympic Stadium will not join the long list of other former Olympic stadiums that are rotting away through lack of use. "The LLDC has stated its disappointment at the Information Commissioner's Office ruling as it believes it will damage its ability to secure the best deal for the taxpayer in future and we share those sentiments. "The club are now working with the LLDC to decide the appropriate next step."

West Ham say they are "disappointed" with a ruling that the terms of their rental of the Olympic Stadium from next season should be made public.

The 31-year-old scored just twice in 36 appearances in the Dons' maiden League One campaign last season. He now drops down to League Two, where he helped Shrewsbury to promotion in 2014-15 and finished top scorer at both Crawley Town and Macclesfield. Barnett, now on the 14th club of his career, also played in the Championship for Peterborough and Ipswich. He made his name in non-league football with Rushall Olympic and Hednesford Town, after being released as a youngster by West Bromwich Albion. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Port Vale have completed the signing of striker Tyrone Barnett from AFC Wimbledon on a two-year deal.

Founded in 2007 by two former Amazon employees, the company is hugely popular for selling books and electronics online. It has 22 million registered users and handles over 150,000 shipments a day. Earlier this year, Flipkart acquired fashion portal Myntra and exceeded $1bn in annual sales. India's e-commerce market was worth $13bn in 2013, with online travel accounting for more than 70% of transactions. According to research firm Forrester, online sales of retail goods were worth $1.6bn last year, but with the growing reach of internet in the country and more people shopping online, it is expected to reach $76bn by 2021, according to consulting firm Technopak. Correspondents say Flipkart is competing for a bigger slice of the Indian online retail market with the Delhi-based marketplace Snapdeal, fashion e-tailer Jabong, and global e-commerce sites like Amazon and eBay. In the last seven years, Flipkart had raised $760m and the recent funding is the largest for the company.

India's largest e-commerce company Flipkart has raised $1bn (£590m; 60bn rupees) in fresh funding, the largest ever for an Indian internet firm.

The Bantams went ahead on 43 minutes when Billy Clarke started and finished a move, linking up with Steve Davies who crossed for him to score. But the Shrews levelled a minute after the restart with a messy goal. Tyrone Barnett chased a long ball and his shot hit Rory McArdle before rebounding back off him and spinning into the net past keeper Ben Williams.

Two goals either side of half-time meant a point apiece for Bradford and Shrewsbury in League One.

Philip Craig, 38, killed Christopher Laskaris, 24, at his flat in the Hyde Park area of Leeds in November. Craig, from Leeds, then went back to the flat in St John's Close, where his victim's body remained, to take more possessions. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years at Leeds Crown Court. Craig pleaded guilty to burglary at a previous hearing for which he was sentenced to three years, to be served concurrently. More stories from across Yorkshire The court heard Mr Laskaris, who had Asperger's Syndrome and suffered from bi-polar disorder, died from a single stab wound to the heart on 4 November. His body was not discovered until 17 November, by which time Craig had gone back to the flat to steal items including a TV, games console and a number of guitars. Jailing Craig, Mr Justice Goss said: "It is clear from the evidence that his difficulties made him vulnerable and he lacked insight in to his vulnerability. "You preyed on this and saw him as someone you could use to your advantage by supplying him with drugs. "When you left his flat he was dead or dying. "You subsequently returned and moved his body, by which time you must have known he was dead, turned his trouser pockets out and helped yourself to such of his property that you considered of value and which you sold. "His difficulties in life were not of his making; he needed help and support, not exploitation and abuse." In a statement, Mr Laskaris' family said his death had had a "devastating impact". "We are relieved that justice has been done, but nothing can ever heal our pain and loss, which we will have to live with for the rest of our lives," the family said. "A bright young man has been robbed of his future, and this has had a devastating impact on his friends and family." The case against a second man - Dempsey Pattison, 22, from Leeds, - who was also charged with murdering Mr Laskaris was discharged in February.

A drug dealer who stabbed a man to death in his own home and then returned days later to burgle the property has been convicted of murder.

No such law exists, but Rishiraj Singh, the excise commissioner in the southern Indian state of Kerala, said such a stare could get a man jailed. People online asked what might happen if a man blinked, and some quipped that sales of sunglasses would go up. But some users said Mr Singh had raised a valid point about women's safety. "A case can be filed against men who stare at women for more than 14 seconds," Mr Singh said in Kochi on Saturday. The video of his statement has gone viral in the state, sparking humorous reactions and memes. Some social media users have used dialogues from popular films in Malayalam, the language spoken in the state, to create memes. Most users have posted memes on popular comedy Facebook pages like Troll Malayalam and ICU. This meme implies that a teacher must shut his eyes every 13 seconds to avoid arrest. "Just informed a girl that I didn't like her after meeting her for marriage. She threatened to file a case for staring at her for 14 seconds." "Bro, what is your crime, stabbing or theft?". "Just went to see a girl for marriage, got convicted for looking at her for 14 seconds." This meme shows how to time your gaze. This meme, titled "poor lover", shows how you should interact with your girlfriend to avoid arrest. Some social media users, however, have supported Mr Singh for raising an important issue of women's safety. Reporting by BBC Monitoring's Zainul Abid

Social media users have reacted with amused bewilderment after an official said it was illegal for a man to stare at a woman for more than 14 seconds.

He called for more sobriety in a world obsessed by "consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance". The Pope was celebrating a Christmas eve Mass in St Peter's Basilica in front of about 10,000 people. Later on Friday he will deliver his traditional Christmas message from the central balcony of St Peter's Square. Celebrating Mass, the Pope said Christmas was the time to "once more discover who we are". He called on believers to show the same simplicity as the child Jesus, "born into poverty in a manger despite his divinity" to inspire their lives. "In a society so often intoxicated by consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance, appearances and narcissism, this child calls us to act soberly, in other words, in a way that is simple, balanced, consistent, capable of seeing and doing what is essential," he said. World's Christians celebrate Christmas Welby: Islamic State is Herod of today "Amid a culture of indifference which not infrequently turns ruthless, our style of life should instead be devout, filled with empathy, compassion and mercy." Security was tight at the service with police carrying out spot checks in the area surrounding the Vatican. Everyone who went into the basilica, the largest church in Christendom, had to pass through metal detectors. Correspondents say the Pope, 79, used his homily to reflect the key themes of three years in office - mercy, compassion, empathy and justice. "In a world which all too often is merciless to the sinner and lenient to the sin, we need to cultivate a strong sense of justice, to discern and to do God's will," he said. His voice was occasionally hoarse - the effect of a slight flu earlier this week.

Pope Francis has warned the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics not to be "intoxicated" by possessions in his annual Christmas homily.

Fresh from Australia's success at Eurovision - when contestant Dami Im came in second - many Australian residents are about to cast a much more important vote on Europe and its future. Anyone with a British passport who lives Down Under is eligible to participate in the UK's referendum on exiting the EU if they have registered to vote in the past 15 years. With 1.2 million British nationals in Australia, and 250,000 in New Zealand, both the stay and leave camps are in full campaign mode half a world away from the UK. Southern hemisphere votes have the potential to swing the knife-edge referendum. Posters supporting both sides have sprouted in areas popular with UK residents. In some locations, such as Perth, up to 15% of the population was born in England. The referendum vote is optional. As a result there has been a strong campaign just urging voters to post their ballot slips back from Australia. "Expat conversations swirl around it," says the Guardian's cartoonist David Squires. He is a household name in Britain, even though he migrated to Australia several years ago. "I'm just overloaded trying to work out the issues and the timing is woeful - the vote comes right after Eurovision, just before the Australian general election - and with all the noise of the US election too." He feels that it's odd to have a postal vote when he has essentially left the UK behind. "I really shouldn't have a vote. I'm an ex-pat who has migrated - almost the opposite as to what the vote is about. It's great for comedy though." Some expats have been incorrectly told they need to pay to return their postal vote, which uses the free International Business Reply Service (IBRS). Post offices have asked for up to A$68 (£32) to courier votes. The UK's Electoral Commission told the BBC in a statement it was working closely with postal operators to correct misunderstandings. Expats are also closely watching the sterling and the Australian dollar, among the world's most-traded and most-volatile currency pairs. The value of the pound has recently veered between A$1.50 and A$3. At its last meeting the Reserve Bank of Australia deferred changing interest rates ahead of the Brexit vote, calling it a "near-term risk" with considerable implications for the Australian dollar. "Sterling could take a pounding with a Brexit," confirms Australian business commentator Ross Greenwood. He has spoken to many business leaders in the UK about the impact of a Brexit. "Mind you, the pound dropping would make the UK's exports more competitive, giving a boon to UK tourism. Aussies would queue at Kingsford Smith [Sydney's airport] keen to get a cheap trip back," he says. "Hundreds of Australian companies are champing at the bit to get access to Britain. They want a UK Free Trade Agreement on much better terms than Europe. "Many farmers have been enviously eyeing up their traditional British market for Australian milk, beef and wool. It would build an economic relationship that used to be the cornerstone of the Australian and British partnership." However, he thinks Australian banks would be very cautious. "Australia's NAB had an ill-fated adventure into UK regional banking, losing millions on Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank. Once bitten, they'd fight shy of jumping in feet-first again." Although the UK might eye-up Australia, he says, "Down Under is linked now to Korea, Japan and the US. But make no mistake; a newly independent UK would be welcomed with open arms by trade delegations from Canberra." However, Annmarie Elijah, from the ANU Centre for European Studies, urges caution. "The UK and Australia cannot dig the UK-Australia Trade Agreement [UKATA] out of the bottom drawer, dust it off and carry on." Creating a new trade agreement would take time. "There is no reason to think that Australia would be top of the UK's prospective trade partners." Far more British expats live Down Under than elsewhere in the world. Only Spain, with 760,000, and the United States at 600,000 come close. As such they will wield considerable influence over whether the UK stays in the EU. And Ross Greenwood, whose parents are from the UK, says one other thing might change with a Brexit - the EU passport queues. "It might also heal the small hurt that Aussies of British parentage feel, when they have to queue in the non-UK, non-EU passport line at Heathrow."

Australians sending in postal votes for the upcoming UK referendum on European Union membership could have considerable influence on the result, writes Julian Lorkin.

Mr Banks said ex-leader Nigel Farage was UKIP's "biggest asset" and should be "engaged once again". In a letter to current leader Paul Nuttall, he criticised UKIP's tactics in the Stoke Central by-election where Mr Nuttall failed to unseat Labour. He said the party had wrongly adopted a "red UKIP" strategy, copying Labour policies on the NHS. Mr Nuttall, who was elected in November, has vowed to attract disillusioned Labour voters to UKIP, and hoped to capitalise on Stoke voters' leanings towards Brexit in Thursday's by-election. But he lost to Labour's Gareth Snell by 2,620 votes, securing only a slight increase in UKIP's vote share. The current UKIP chairman, Paul Oakden, said after the Stoke result that it might be years before his party, which currently has one MP, can pick up another via a by-election. In his letter to Mr Nuttall, Leave.EU campaign chairman Mr Banks, who also used a Sunday Express article to threaten to walk away from UKIP unless his demands are met, repeated his offer to become chairman in order to make it an "efficient, professional and ultimately electable party". He said his first move would be to bring in a CEO from industry to oversee a new membership drive, install a new team of "trained professional agents" to focus on target seats and use input from the public to draw up new policies. Mr Banks also called for a return to the fold for Mr Farage, who quit as UKIP leader after the EU referendum saying he wanted his "life back". Mr Banks said his strategy would include "engaging Nigel once again in UKIP - he is our biggest asset and needs to become energised with the party once again and work with you to deliver UKIP MPs". He added: "The party is at a crossroads. We have to be radical to become relevant once again." In his Sunday Express article, Mr Banks called for senior figures he said were part of a "Tory cabal" to be expelled, saying: "These dullards aren't bringing in Tory votes, Stoke proved that, so what are they for?" In response, Patrick O'Flynn, an MEP and Mr Nuttall's principal political adviser, told the BBC's Sunday Politics that his advice would be: "Donate and don't seek to dictate." He said Mr Oakden was an "excellent" chairman and said the Leave.EU campaign had hardly been a "smooth-running brilliant machine". "I'm always happy if people who want to give money and support to our party want to stay in the party but I think the best donors donate and don't seek to dictate," he said. "Of course if they are expert in certain fields people should listen to their views, but to have a donor telling the party leader who should be party chairman, that's a non-starter."

UKIP donor Arron Banks has offered to become party chairman in order to bring about a "total rebrand".

Media playback is not supported on this device Ryan Giggs was the favourite following Bob Bradley's exit on Tuesday, but the club are now looking elsewhere. Wales boss Chris Coleman was also a target but is out of the running. Clement was interviewed for the job in October before Bradley replaced former head coach Francesco Guidolin. The former Derby County manager, who was sacked by the Rams in February, has spoken to the Swansea hierarchy having impressed them in the autumn. Rowett, meanwhile, has not taken on a job since his sacking by Birmingham City earlier in December. The Swans are hopeful of having Bradley's replacement in place before the trip to Crystal Palace on 3 January. Alan Curtis, who is taking temporary charge of the team, believes the club's next manager should be British and have experience of the Premier League. "It has to be the right man. Ideally they would be British and know the Premier League," Curtis said. "[The owners] have to be satisfied he fills all the criteria for getting us out of the trouble we find ourselves in." Former Swansea forward Curtis, who is preparing for Saturday's home game with Bournemouth, says he has spoken to chairman Huw Jenkins but does not know how long he will be in charge. "We will take it on a day by day basis," he continued. "What the club needs is not a change of direction. The club has been the club and the way we run the club is the way that suits us. "Somebody needs to come in with our philosophy with a little bit of experience and perhaps look at it with fresh eyes. That's exactly what it needs."

Bayern Munich assistant manager Paul Clement is the leading candidate to become Swansea City's new manager - but former Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett remains in contention.

14 January 2016 Last updated at 07:55 GMT A special ship will drill more than 5000 metres down through the ocean floor to reach the super hot rocks of the planet's crust. The team have picked an area in the Indian Ocean because the earth's crust is thinner there than in other places. They also hope to find out if anything can survive the heat and pressure to live down there. Watch Leah's report to find out more...

Scientists hope to find out more about how our planet was formed by studying the rocks buried deep under our feet.

The 26-year-old defender joins team-mates Michail Antonio, Dimitri Payet, Adrian, and Cheikhou Kouyate in committing his future to the club. The former Ipswich Town full-back has made 89 appearances for the Hammers, scoring four goals. "I've been here for two years now and I'm looking forward to the next five seasons now that I've signed," he said.

Aaron Cresswell has signed a one-year contract extension with West Ham, taking his current deal to 2021.

Kevin Standing's vehicle was taken from his home in Patcham, East Sussex, on Saturday morning. It did not have a tracker and there was no CCTV evidence. He said he had wrongly assumed an officer would visit him, but he was told there were no lines of inquiry. Sussex Police said they focused on crimes that "cause most harm". Mr Standing said he received a letter from the force on Tuesday saying the "investigation was closed" and to check the CCTV footage of local garages. "It basically says to car thieves in Sussex, 'carry on stealing cars because there's very little chance you're going to get caught'," he said. Ch Insp Bruce Mathews said proportionate inquiries had been completed. "Our investigations teams focuses its efforts on the crimes which cause the most harm. "Operating with new demands against a shrinking budget, we can't do everything but that doesn't mean we will be ruling out certain types of crime such as shoplifting or vehicle crime. "We will continue to do so where there are lines of inquiry." The force said a marker had been placed on the vehicle to bring it to the attention of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras.

A motorist whose £40,000 Jaguar car was stolen from his driveway has said he is "astounded" after police said they would be closing the case.

Crews battled the fire in Littleborough, Rochdale, for several hours after it was reported shortly before 19:30 BST on Wednesday. Engines from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended, with back-up from West Yorkshire. Firefighters remained at the scene until after 05:30 BST and the cause remains under investigation.

About 50 firefighters tackled a large blaze at a five-storey disused mill in Greater Manchester.

In the year to the end of March, 57 victims of homicide (murders and culpable homicides) were recorded - down five on the previous 12 months. This is the lowest number of recorded homicide cases for a single 12-month period since 1976 and half the figure of nine years ago. As of 31 March 2016, only one case of homicide recorded in 2015-16 was unresolved. The report Homicide in Scotland showed that a sharp instrument remained the most common method of killing in Scotland and accounted for 51% of homicides (29 cases) in 2015-16. Nearly all of these cases (26 out of 29) involved a knife. While the majority of the accused had an unknown status for alcohol and drugs, 31% (20 people) were identified by the police as being under the influence of alcohol or alcohol and drugs. Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "While it is encouraging to see continued falls in homicide cases alongside the long-term decline in violent crime, the sustained efforts that have helped achieve this - through education and enforcement - must continue, because each of the lives lost is one life too many. "There is a clear role across a range of public services, in addition to the critical work of our police, to continue to support communities that may remain at risk from violent crime and to challenge irresponsible attitudes both to alcohol misuse and to so-called 'casual' violence. "We will continue to work with partners and invest in a range of projects to help steer our young people away from the risks of a life of violence and crime, while also ensuring our law enforcement agencies and the courts have the powers and resources needed to deal with those who do harm to others." Scottish Labour's justice spokeswoman Claire Baker said: "Whilst I welcome the overall downward trend in homicides in Scotland we have to take these statistics with a note of caution. "Last year when the Scottish government were heralding 'record low' homicide figures after a supposed similar drop, the actual figures were being revised upwards to show an increase. "Meanwhile, sexual crime in Scotland sits at a 45-year high and in the past year we have seen an increase in violent crime with attempted murder and serious assault rising by a staggering 27%." The number of homicide victims for 2014-15 stood at 59 last year but later increased to 62, after three cases were reclassified following deaths.

The number of murders in Scotland has fallen again, according to new figures.

The 27-year-old winger, who joined the English Championship side from French Ligue 1 team Angers in January 2016, had his Rams contract cancelled by mutual consent on Thursday. Camara played 26 games and scored just once during his time at Derby, netting in the FA Cup fourth round replay defeat to Leicester last season. The much-travelled and vastly-experienced Camara has previously played for French outfits Rennes and Sochaux, Greek club PAOK and Spanish side Mallorca. But the Guinean is desperate to salvage what is left of his career at Guingamp, who finished tenth in Ligue 1 last season. The club has also confirmed Camara will wear the number nine shirt next season. Camara began his professional career in France and represented them at U-17, U-18 and U-21 level. He opted to play for Guinea as a senior international and has featured 12 times for his country of birth, scoring four goals.

Guinea international Abdoul Camara has joined French top-flight side Guingamp on a two-year deal, a day after parting company with English club Derby County.

The 28-year-old has spent the past four years with Danish top-flight club AGF Aarhus. Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson said: "He's got experience, a good grounding and is a great character. "We watched a lot of him on video, spoke to various people about him and got good reports and he's impressed in the time he's spent with us." He works hard and wants to do well Scotland Under-21 international Kevin McHattie is Hearts' first-choice left-back. Neilson said: "It's great to get both cover and someone to challenge Kevin." Eckersley, capped by England Under-18s, made a solitary first-team appearance while at Old Trafford, and had loan spells at Royal Antwerp, Brondby, Barnsley and Port Vale. The latter resulted in a permanent move to the Valiants, but he switched to Horsens in the Danish top flight in 2008 before moving to Aarhus two years later. He won the Danish First Division, the country's second tier, with both clubs. "He works hard and wants to do well," said Neilson on Hearts' website.

Hearts have signed former Manchester United youth-team full-back Adam Eckersley after a successful trial.

Manchester United trainee Rothwell, 21, has penned a two-year deal. The attacking midfielder made seven appearances in all competitions during a loan spell with Barnsley last season. Maguire, 27, has signed a one-year deal after playing 25 games last season during a loan spell and subsequent short-term move from Rotherham. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Oxford United have signed midfielder Joe Rothwell on a free transfer and agreed a new contract with striker Chris Maguire.

Spending on the NHS should also be paid for by a dedicated tax marked on every payslip, the former health minister suggested. Under Mr Lamb's plan, taxes would not be increased as the new levy would be offset by deductions to income tax or national insurance. He has warned the NHS faces collapse without an urgent cash injection. The plans are not yet party policy and will not be put to this year's conference in Bournemouth. But Mr Lamb, the party's health spokesman, told party members he was "very interested in the idea of a dedicated NHS and care contribution - separating it out from the rest of taxation, clearly identified on your payslip. "And I am really interested in the idea of the right for local areas to raise additional funds for the NHS and care if they choose." The Lib Dems say he would like to implement the ideas across the UK, although, as health and social care are devolved, it is unclear how this would be enforced. Mr Lamb - who lost out to Tim Farron in a leadership election in July - proposes a cross-party commission to explore the ideas. He intends to consult health bodies and professionals, patients, trade unions and academics. Ministers have pledged £2bn in this financial year for the NHS, and an extra £8bn by 2020. But Mr Lamb told the BBC that this was insufficient and, having "seen the books" as a minister in the last government, he feared the NHS could face a funding shortfall of £30bn by 2020. "The bottom line is with rising demand because of an ageing population we need more investment," he said. Mr Lamb also warned that the social care system was "on its knees" and could collapse without a cash injection of £5bn. "I've been in the department. I have seen the books and I am deeply concerned. If we carry on regardless, the system will crash." Taxpayers are already shown how much they have contributed to the health service in annual personal tax statements. An attempt to establish a cross-party commission on social care before the 2010 election - led in part by Mr Lamb - collapsed in acrimony.

English councils should be allowed to put up taxes to fund the NHS, Norman Lamb has told the Lib Dem conference.

John Morley, 29, of Deanstown, Finglas West, is alleged to have carried out a sustained weekend attack at the Chimney Corner Hotel in Mallusk. The victim, Derek White, was said to have been stabbed in the chest and leg. Mr Morley, is charged with the attempted wounding of Mr White and possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an offence. He is further accused of disorderly behaviour and possession of Class B drugs, namely cannabis. He will not be released from custody until all conditions are met - including the lodgement of a £2,000 cash surety. Police detained him after being called to the hotel just outside north Belfast in the early hours of Sunday. Paramedics were already on the scene treating Mr White, who is believed to be aged in his 30s. At the defendant's first appearance before Belfast Magistrates' Court it was alleged that he chased the victim through the hotel with a flick knife. A police officer revealed the two men had travelled to Northern Ireland with their children for a football match.

A Dublin man accused of stabbing his friend in a County Antrim hotel has been granted bail.

The 22-year-old has scored 11 times in 18 games in the seventh tier this season and will join the Premier League champions' under-23 side for the rest of the season. Rangers said: "We are proud to have played a part in a young man's journey to a top club." Gordon had eight years at Stoke before dropping into non-league football. Former Leicester player Stan Collymore began his career with Stafford, while Foxes and England striker Jamie Vardy started out at Stocksbridge Park Steels, also in the seventh tier. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Leicester City have signed forward Josh Gordon from Northern Premier League Premier Division side Stafford Rangers.

Mukherjee's The Lives Of Others, a sweeping account of life in 1960s Calcutta, is 5/2 favourite to win with bookmakers William Hill. It is the first year that the prize is open to all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality. The winner will be announced at London's Guildhall on Tuesday night. Former Booker winner Howard Jacobson is among three British writers, two Americans and an Australian on this year's shortlist. Also on the list are Ali Smith, Joshua Ferris, Karen Joy Fowler and Richard Flanagan, who is next in the betting at 3/1. Jacobson, who won in 2010 for his comic novel The Finkler Question, is nominated for his futuristic love story J. It features two main characters who inhabit a world where the past is not spoken about and is shrouded in suspicion, referred to as "What Happened, If It Happened". Mukherjee's The Lives of Others begins in Calcutta in 1967, and which focuses on the secrets and rivalries within a family against a backdrop of political activism. Inverness-born Smith's How To Be Both tells two interlinking stories, one about a renaissance artist in 15th Century Italy, the other about a child of the 1960s - and the reader can decide which half to read first. She has been shortlisted twice before, with 2005's The Accidental and Hotel World in 2001. American Ferris's third novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, looks at atheism through the eyes of a New York dentist, who is puzzled when someone sets up an online Facebook and Twitter account in his name. The other American is Fowler, who is nominated for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. The book, narrated by a college student Rosemary, tells the story of her family: two parents and three children - one of whom turns out to be surprisingly special. Australia's Flanagan is the only non-British representative of the Commonwealth on the shortlist. He is nominated for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a love story set against the construction of the Thailand-Burma Death Railway in World War Two. Of all the shortlisted novels, Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is by far the best-selling. Since it was published in March it has sold more than 55,000 copies, according to figures from Nielsen. The next closest is Ferris's To Rise Again at a Decent Hour with just over 6,000 sales since it was published at the end of May. The announcement of the final six on 9 September caused a sales spike for all the books on the shortlist. Mukherjee's The Lives of Others, which sold 97 copies in the week before the announcement saw sales leap to 507 a week later. "It's a weak list that is more notable for the novels it has omitted than for those that have made the cut," said David Brauner, professor of contemporary literature at the University of Reading. "The strongest book on the list is Howard Jacobson's J, but I fear there may be some reluctance to make him a two-time winner so soon after Hilary Mantel's double win (with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies). "John Sutherland's mischievous (or perhaps malicious) nomination of J at the top of his list of The Top 10 Unfinishable Novels in The Guardian last week won't have helped its chances either. "It revives the perennial debate about whether the prize should be awarded on literary merit alone or whether it should only reward what Stella Rimington called 'readable' books." This year marks is 46th year of the Booker Prize. The judging panel, chaired by AC Grayling, consists of Sarah Churchwell, Jonathan Bate, Daniel Glaser, Alastair Niven and Erica Wagner. Last year, the Booker was won by New Zealand's Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries. At 28, she was the youngest-ever winner. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition of their book. Coverage from this year's ceremony, where the prize will be presented by the Duchess of Cornwall. will be on the BBC News Channel from 2130 BST and on BBC Arts.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is announced later with British author Neel Mukherjee the bookies' favourite to take the £50,000 prize.

Axel Springer is one of Europe's largest digital publishing houses, owning multimedia titles such as BILD, WELT, and FAKT. The company said Business Insider was "vital" in its strategy to broaden its global reach. Axel Springer, which failed to buy London's Financial Times in July, is paying $343m (£226m) for an 88% stake. Business Insider was launched in 2007 by the former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget. Its focus on younger audiences puts it in the same market as larger youth media outlets like Buzzfeed and Huffington Post. Adding Business Insider's 76 million visitors will increase Axel Springer's global audience by two-thirds, making it the sixth largest digital publisher. Axel Springer's chief executive Mathias Doepfner said: "Henry Blodget's way of digital storytelling reaches the decision-makers of tomorrow.'' "The transaction is an essential component of Axel Springer's strategy to grow with digital journalistic offerings in English-language geographies". It lost out in its attempt to buy the Financial Times to the Japanese media firm Nikkei which paid £844m for the London based group. Axel Springer now owns 97% of Business Insider with the remaining shares held by Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, through a personal investment company.

German publisher, Axel Springer, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in the US news website Business Insider.

A software "issue" meant polling cards and some postal votes were sent out to some "non eligible" voters. They are still awaiting responses from six councils so the number could rise. Leave campaigners Iain Duncan Smith and Bernard Jenkin have expressed "serious concerns" about the "conduct of the EU referendum and its franchise". They have written to the prime minister complaining of "many and varied" examples of EU nationals being sent polling cards. On Friday, the Electoral Commission confirmed the numbers affected so far, and said the software provider had since "resolved the issue". Any postal votes wrongly issued would be cancelled and none of those affected would appear as an eligible voter on the electoral registers used at polling stations, it said. EU citizens from non-UK countries are not entitled to vote, unless they are citizens of the Irish Republic, Cyprus or Malta. But Mr Duncan Smith has said a Nottingham City Council officer had emailed a Vote Leave supporter to say the council was unable to check whether people put their correct nationality on an application, and had to assume the information submitted was correct. Kingston-upon-Thames council in south-west London said a Polish citizen in the area - whose case had been highlighted by the Guido Fawkes website - was sent a polling card because he had put "British" as his nationality on the electoral register. British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK and many British citizens living abroad are entitled to vote in the referendum. You can check with your local authority's electoral services team if you are worried that you are not on the register. If you are not on the register you have until midnight on Tuesday, 7 June to submit an application for a vote. The deadlines for applying for a postal vote at the referendum are: In England, Scotland or Wales, you can register to vote online anytime at gov.uk/register-to-vote. If you are a British citizen living abroad, you can register to vote online in the same way. In Northern Ireland, visit the government's Register to vote in Northern Ireland page to download a registration form. If you are an Irish citizen living abroad who was born in Northern Ireland, visit the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland website to download the correct form.

Polling cards were wrongly sent to at least 3,462 EU citizens who are not allowed to vote in the EU referendum, the Electoral Commission has announced.

Led by fire officer Dave Curry, the team created a giant Indian bread, weighing 26kg (57lb 5oz) and measuring 3.79m (12ft 5in) by 1.4m (4ft 7in). The cooking feat, carried out at the Eastleigh Mela in Hampshire on 6 July, was confirmed as successful on Tuesday by the Guinness World Records. This beats the 2008 record naan, which weighed 9.5kg (20lb 15oz). That creation was cooked by Loblaw Companies Limited in Brampton, Ontario, Canada and measured 2.89m (9ft 6in) by 1m (3ft 4in). Mr Curry said they were "absolutely thrilled" to have the record confirmed. "We were also able to raise several hundred pounds for charity through selling the naan at the Eastleigh Mela," he said. "As well as being a record-breaker, it tasted good too as it quickly sold out." The Hampshire firefighters' enormous naan bread, which was sold for £3 per portion with a curry, raised money for The Fire Fighters Charity, Water Wells Project and Hampshire Hurricanes. It was created with the help of Badi Mirchi and Sanjha restaurants.

A huge naan bread made by firefighters has been confirmed to be the biggest the world has ever seen.

Tweeters have been using #NoToSocialMediaBill to campaign against the proposal. It proposes up to a seven-year sentence or $25,000 (£16,000) fine for anyone found to be sending "abusive messages". Human Rights Watch condemns the move as an attempt to muzzle free speech. Millions of social media users in Nigeria, as well as those sending text messages, could be affected, it says in a statement. The bill does not define "abusive statement or messages." There will be a public hearing on the bill before it can be passed. Activists see the bill as an attempt to target critics of lawmakers and politicians. The BBC's Nasidi Adamu Yahya in the capital, Abuja, says Nigerian MPs often come under the media spotlight because of the huge money they earn. However, Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah of the governing All Progressive Congress, who sponsored the bill, said the publication of false stories was becoming rampant in the country. "You can't write false stories just because it is social media," he told the BBC Hausa service. The offences the proposed bill seeks to criminalise already exist under Nigerian laws including those on treason, defamation, and libel, our reporter says. Nigeria has a vibrant civil society, with many activists who use social media for their campaigns. It has the largest number of mobile phone users in Africa.

Nigerians have been reacting angrily to a draft bill being discussed in the Senate which aims to punish anyone who "propagates false information" on electronic media.

The exotic pet, which is 12 months old, has a vulnerable shell and the shop appealed for information on Facebook, saying it was concerned about its "specific care requirements". The animal was taken from Lathom Pets and Aquatics in Ormskirk on Tuesday afternoon, Lancashire Police said. The shop's owner said CCTV showed a man taking the tortoise - which needs calcium supplements - out of the tank. Four people had entered the pet shop together, co-owner Catherine Broxholme said. "I was serving, chatting to the group and getting change out of the till for a woman I was serving. The tortoise tank is just a few feet away from the till. We only have five tortoises and when I checked later there were only four." CCTV footage confirmed a man had taken the tortoise, she said. Ms Broxholme said she was concerned for the exotic pet's welfare, adding: "They have specific care needs. We are a welfare-oriented pet shop, making sure the pets go to good homes. "The tortoise is about 12 months old and its shell is still vulnerable and it needs calcium supplements. We just want to get the tortoise back safe." Police said the tortoise was valued at £120.

A baby tortoise has been stolen from a pet shop in Lancashire.

Chase signed for Tigers until the end of the season on Saturday, having left Championship side Leigh in May. The 30-year-old played for Tigers between 2009 and 2013, before leaving to join Salford Red Devils. "I'm not match fit because I've had some time off, but mentally I'm in the best shape I've ever been," he said. "Physically I've got a bit of work to do but you can get through anything if you're mentally right. There's some hard work to do, I'm aware of that, but I'm looking forward to it." Chase also praised the Rugby Football League (RFL) for the support they offer players who are struggling with mental health-related issues. "It's massive and it's a credit to the RFL that they touch on it because a lot of the boys struggle with it," Chase said. "People should be aware of it because a lot of us boys have to go through a lot of things and we put on this bravado that we're OK. It's not something that people like talking openly about because you feel weak and vulnerable. "But really we go home and we feel alone. It's good to get the message out there that it does happen in our game, a lot of people do suffer from depression. "When you are in that dark place, you feel weak and vulnerable, you just have a lot of down days and it's not nice. But when you come through it, it's an unbelievable feeling. You feel strong."

Former England half-back Rangi Chase says he is "back in love" with rugby league after rejoining Castleford following a fight with depression.

Some 69% of those asked said they had worked when unwell, the report by Aviva UK Health claimed, with many fearing a mountain of work when they returned. This compared with 23% of those surveyed admitting to having been absent when perfectly healthy. The survey comes after official figures showed fewer days were lost to sickness last year than any year on record. The TUC described UK workers as "mucus troopers" after the Office for National Statistics said that sickness absence totalled 137 million working days last year, the equivalent of 4.3 days per worker. When records began in 1993, the equivalent of 7.2 days were lost. Aviva's Working Lives report backs up this view of staff attending work when ill. The insurer's survey suggested that two-fifths of private sector employees were worried that their workload would pile up if they were off sick. It also claimed that having staff in the workplace when they were ill was a false economy for businesses. "Businesses need to ensure they create a working culture whereby people do not feel pressurised into coming to work when they are unwell, safe in the knowledge their absence can be effectively managed," said Dr Doug Wright, medical director at Aviva UK Health. "Presenteeism, driven in part by an increased 'always-on' culture, poses a genuine threat to overall business performance through the adverse impact on productivity and morale in the workplace."

UK workers are three times more likely to go into work when ill than pull a sickie, a survey has suggested.

The storms over the weekend killed six people, including two Girl Guides who were crushed by a falling tree. Thousands of homes were also damaged. Poland's chief forester Konrad Tomaszewski said it would take up to two years to clear the fallen trees, and decades for the lost natural habitat to recover. He called it "undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish - and perhaps even European - forestry". It is estimated the storms brought down over eight million cubic metres of lumber across 45,000 hectares of forest. Some of the hardest hit areas were Torun, Gdansk, and Poznan - all in the northern and western parts of the country. In Torun alone, the storms left more than 23,000 hectares of damaged forest. It also destroyed the habitats of rare species. In a statement (in Polish), Polish State Forests said they found "destroyed bird nests" and "dead animals that failed to escape the storm." The disaster comes as the Polish government faces criticism for logging in Europe's oldest forest, which is situated in the east of the country. The Bialowieza forest is a Unesco world heritage site that sits along Poland's border with Belarus, and is home to rare wildlife. Unesco, EU officials, and green activists have all opposed logging there and last month the European Union's top court ordered that large-scale logging operations be immediately stopped. Logging banned in Europe's oldest forest The Polish government responded by saying logging was necessary to protect the forest from an infestation of bark beetle. The European Court of Justice will meet in a few months to determine whether the injunction will remain in place. The European Commission is taking legal action against Warsaw, and if Poland loses the case it will be liable for multimillion euro fines.

Tens of thousands of trees have been brought down by storms that wreaked havoc across northern and western Poland, the forestry service says.

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

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

Capt Ranong Chumpinit told the BBC that Daniel Clarke was found at 01:05 GMT on Saturday lying by the train track in Thung-Kha, Chumphon province. He said Mr Clarke, from Aldershot, told police that he stepped out to smoke between two carriages when he fell. The Foreign Office said a Briton had been hospitalised in Thailand. "We are supporting the family of a British national who has been hospitalised in Thailand," a spokeswoman said. Capt Ranong said a friend of the backpacker told police it was an accident. He said: "We don't believe there's a foul play going on because his belongings remained intact."

A 21-year-old British man is in hospital in Thailand with head and leg injuries after he fell out of a moving train, Thai police have said.

Researchers funded by the charity found that by looking at a specific group of genes they were able to reliably detect underlying problems. It follows the death of Sir David Frost's son Miles, who died suddenly from a condition thought to have been inherited from his father. His family aims to raise £1.5m to make genetic testing available in the UK. The eldest son of the late presenter and broadcaster died last year, aged 31, when he was out jogging near his family's home in Oxfordshire. He was suffering from an undiagnosed heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Previous genetic tests looked at a small number of genes and were only able to identify specific conditions, leading to higher costs and longer diagnosis time - a major barrier to rolling the test out across the NHS. But researchers from Imperial College London and the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre say the new test, which looks at 174 genes, is quicker and more reliable. It has already been rolled out at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London , with around 40 patients per month being successfully tested. Dr James Ware, a consultant cardiologist specialising in inherited heart conditions, said: "Without a genetic test we often have to keep the whole family under regular surveillance for many years. This is hugely costly for both the families and the health system. "By contrast, when a genetic test reveals the precise genetic abnormality causing the condition in one member of the family, it becomes simple to test other family members. Those who do not carry the faulty gene copy can be reassured and spared countless hospital visits." The research has been funded by the British Heart Foundation and the findings published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research.

A new blood test could help diagnose people with inherited heart conditions, the British Heart Foundation has said.

The 32-year-old had been in poor form but made a double century to inspire his side's fightback after England made 629-6 declared in Cape Town. "I believe I can be of greater value as a fully focused batsman and senior player at this time," said Amla. AB de Villiers will lead South Africa in the third Test in Johannesburg, which starts on 14 January. After his appointment as successor to Graeme Smith in June 2014, Amla captained the world number one side in 14 Tests. He won four and drew six but came under pressure during a 3-0 series defeat in India. Amla said he had considered quitting before the start of the series against England, who won the first Test by 241 runs in Durban last week. Until his marathon effort at Newlands, Amla, a veteran of 90 Tests and 7,108 runs, had not hit a Test century since December 2014. "I honestly feel a lot of the criticism that Hashim has faced in the last couple of weeks is very harsh," said South Africa coach Russell Domingo. "He is one of South Africa's greatest players. There hasn't been enough respect shown of his achievements as a player." De Villiers had raised doubts about his future in Test cricket during the first Test because of his busy workload, and handed over wicketkeeping duties to Quinton de Kock for the second match. The 31-year-old, who already leads the one-day side, said: "It is an incredible honour to captain South Africa in any format. The captaincy has obviously come at short notice and is the realisation of a lifelong dream. "At the moment my priority and focus is placed on leading this team to what can be a memorable series win against England. This Test squad is motivated and determined to turn our performances around and I'm looking forward to taking up that challenge as captain." England captain Alastair Cook was sad to learn of Amla's resignation. "You're under pressure as a captain for a lot of the time," said Cook. "It's always sad when someone steps down because to captain your country is a huge honour and a real privilege. "He'll have his reasons and I wish him all the best - he's a really nice guy." Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Amla "still had a huge role to play in shaping the success of our team". He added: "He is just that type of a person and we are very fortunate to have him in our stable. "I want to thank AB for readily accepting the challenge of rebuilding our Test team as we seek to remain the best team in the world."

Hashim Amla resigned as South Africa captain immediately after his side drew the second Test against England.

Thirty-six whales were rescued and pushed back into the sea at Tuticorin on Tuesday, but 28 of them floated back to the shore and died on Wednesday. Earlier, 45 whales died after 81 of the animals were stranded on Monday. The last time such an incident occurred in Tuticorin was in 1973 when 147 whales died. Local fishermen, helped by officials, have been using mechanised boats to float the stranded whales back into the sea, but many of the animals have returned to the shore, BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi reports. "This is a well known phenomenon. When there is mass stranding, whales return ashore. Pilot whales are very social animals and they live in groups. They are very aware that some of their group members are in distress on the shore, possibly dead, so they don't wish to go back into the sea," whale expert Dr Kumaran Sathasivam said. The dead whales are being buried near the shore at Tuticorin, officials say.

The number of short-finned pilot whales who have died after they were stranded on a beach in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has risen to 73, officials said.

Samuel Tweed, 74, from Mark Street in Newtownards, County Down, had also admitted possession of a haul of guns along with 2,500 rounds of ammunition. He escaped from custody at Belfast Magistrates' Court in May 1974 when he was facing firearms charges. He had been arrested in connection with the discovery of a weapons cache in the city the previous month. The haul included 10 revolvers, nine pistols, a sawn-off shotgun and assorted ammunition. Tweed was 32 when he escaped after a group of men entered the courtroom and claimed there was a bomb in the building. He remained undetected until his arrest in 2012. First Minister Peter Robinson was one of a number of DUP politicians who wrote letters urging the judge not to jail Mr Tweed. The court also heard that the great-grandfather had led a law-abiding life since his escape and was suffering from bad health. The judge told the court that although Tweed was a younger man when the offences were committed, that did not diminish their seriousness. "I am satisfied that you have lived a lawful and law-abiding life over the last 40 years," he added. "However, that does not mean that the offences are any less serious; far from it.''

A pensioner who escaped from a court more than 40 years ago has been jailed for two and a half years.

The disorder at HMP Erlestoke began on Saturday when two inmates escaped their cells and threatened staff. No-one was hurt and those involved in the incident are being investigated by police, the Ministry of Justice said. The Prison Officers' Association said the issues surrounded a lack of regime due to insufficient staffing levels. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said "two separate incidents" involving three prisoners had been "successfully resolved" on Saturday. He added the prison was now "running as normal" and said there had been "some minor structural damage". He said: "We are absolutely clear that prisoners who behave in this way will be punished and can spend significantly longer behind bars." The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said order was restored overnight on Saturday but said "both wings were destroyed and were now out of commission". The POA spokesman added this was "another example of a failed benchmark process brought about by savage and unnecessary government cuts that has seen staffing levels decrease to an unsafe level". Relatives of inmates also got in touch with the BBC saying prisoners were kept locked in their cells for three days, without hot food, hot water and no prison officers on some wings. Conservative MP, for Devizes, Claire Perry said: "I was saddened to hear of the disturbances at Erlestoke Prison over the last few days. "These incidents are wholly and utterly unacceptable, and I understand that these matters have been referred to the police to consider charges against the perpetrators."

A disturbance at a prison saw 130 inmates transferred to nearby jails after two wings were put "out of commission", a union has said.

He passed away peacefully in hospital on Tuesday after a short illness. Born in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, he worked as a teacher before securing a part in the premiere of the Brian Friel play Translations in 1980. Lally became a household name in Ireland for his role as Miley Byrne in the RTE soap opera Glenroe and later starred in the BBC series Ballykissangel. He also appeared in the Hollywood movie Alexander and provided the voice for the Oscar-nominated, animated Irish film, The Secret of Kells. As a fluent Irish speaker and advocate of the language, Lally had roles in several Irish language films. He is survived by his wife Peggy and their children Saileog, Darach and Maghnus.

One of Ireland's best known actors, Mick Lally, has died at the age of 64.

The Frenchman will over see back-to-back qualifiers against Cape Verde, the top-ranked African team. A seven-day, 50-match schedule starts on Wednesday and the co-Group F leaders meet in Praia Saturday and in Marrakech Tuesday in key matches as only mini-league winners are guaranteed places at the finals in Gabon. Both countries beat Sao Tome e Principe convincingly and Libya narrowly in previous group games, with Cape Verde topping the table on goal difference. Nations Cup qualifying fixtures and results Renard, a 47-year-old who succeeded Badou Zaki last month after indifferent Moroccan performances, guided no-hopers Zambia to 2012 glory and repeated the feat with perennial underachievers Ivory Coast last year. Hassan Shehata coached Egypt to three consecutive titles between 2006 and 2010, but only Renard has won the Nations Cup with different countries. His successes in Africa contrast with failures in France. He could not prevent Sochaux being relegated and a second Ligue 1 stint ended this season with Lille sacking him. Given that Morocco are ranked only 19th in Africa, Renard has been set a tough target of at least reaching the 2017 Nations Cup semi-finals by his new employers. And while some pundits remain sceptical as to whether Cape Verde are the strongest African national football team, they are chasing a third consecutive finals appearance. Like Morocco, Cape Verde will have a new coach with local Felisberto 'Beto' Cardoso succeeding Portuguese Rui Aguas, who quit after not being paid for seven months. Cape Verdean football officials said the salary was supposed to be paid by Portugal under a development and co-operation agreement between the countries. Former assistant coach Cardoso will rely heavily on Djaniny and Heldon for goals while Moroccan sharpshooter Youssef El Arabi bagged a brace in Spain at the weekend. Renard has successfully persuaded France-born Lille midfielder Sofiane Boufal to play for the country where his parents were born. Other high-profile showdowns involve Nigeria and Egypt in Group G and Cameroon and South Africa in Group M. Nigeria, who have home advantage first, are another team with a new coach as Samson Siasia took over when Sunday Oliseh quit following a social media rant against his critics. Those called up for the Super Eagles include 19-year-old Alex Iwobi, whose first English Premier League start for Arsenal was crowned by the second goal in a 2-0 weekend win at Everton. The youngster suffered a scare when he fell ill and was taken to hospital in Abuja on Tuesday but he has made a recovery and will be fit to play. "Had The Maddest Food Poisoning But I Am Good Now & Feeling Ready For The Egyptian Match," Iwobi Tweeted. Argentina-born Egypt coach Hector Cuper has recalled 43-year-old Nations Cup-winning goalkeeper Essam El Hadary after an injury ruled out first choice Sherif Ekramy. The squad also includes in-form Roma striker Mohamed Salah and mid-season Arsenal recruit Mohamed Elneny. Egypt, whose three titles in a row were followed by failures to qualify for the last three tournaments, beat Tanzania and Chad convincingly to lead Nigeria by two points. South Africa coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has come under media fire for picking out-of-favour players like Bournemouth striker Tokelo Rantie for must-win games against Cameroon. Bafana Bafana were held by Gambia and lost to Mauritania, leaving them bottom of the table and five points adrift of the Indomitable Lions. New Belgium-born Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has recalled Alex Song, whose last appearance ended prematurely with a 2014 World Cup red card against Croatia. Another African in the running to play for the first time since the last World Cup is United States-based Ghana goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey. The Group H leaders will lack injured midfielder Andre Ayew against bottom-of-the-table Mozambique, but younger brother Jordan is among the strikers chosen by coach Avram Grant. Home and away fixtures against lowly-ranked Sudan offer defending champions Ivory Coast a realistic chance to win in Abidjan and Khartoum and build a four-point Group I lead.

New Morocco coach Herve Renard begins his quest for a record-equalling third Africa Cup of Nations as qualifying for the 2017 tournament resumes this week.

Well, for many people Nick Griffin was the BNP, and his personal - and his party's - fortunes appeared intertwined. He was its leader for 15 controversial years, in which he saw off criminal charges of racial hatred, and, for a moment, looked like he was on the verge of a breakthrough for a far-right leader. There was the prospect of becoming a British Jean-Marie Le Pen. In 2009 he and his then colleague Andrew Brons were elected to the European Parliament on an anti-immigration platform. I was in Manchester Town Hall when the result of his election as an MEP for North West England was declared - he was surrounded by a large entourage which proceeded triumphantly through the building as he was being criticised from the podium by the other parties' candidates - including UKIP. He later blamed that party for contributing to the BNP's electoral decline when it transpired that 2009 wasn't a turning point, but the high point, in his party's fortunes. 2014 hasn't been a good year for Nick Griffin. He lost his seat in the European Parliament, was declared bankrupt, replaced as party leader and has now been expelled from the party. He says he will not '"resort to the BBC gutter" to air his grievances - the members will sort it all out, he says. But a political comeback looks like a very tall order.

Why the fuss over the internal machinations of a party which has no MPs, no MEPs - and which polls suggest commands the support of about one per cent of voters?

Operation Anagram was formed by Strathclyde Police in 2006 after Tobin raped and murdered 23-year-old Polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow. It also helped convict him of the murders of 18-year-old Dinah McNicol and 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton. Police said that while the operation was being scaled back it would never end. Det Sup David Swindle, who formed the operation, said anyone with information regarding Peter Tobin would still be able to contact the Anagram incident room via e-mail which would be monitored daily. "Since Operation Anagram was formed in 2006, I could never have believed the momentum and magnitude it would have developed into," he said. "The public response and assistance from the media has been unbelievable. "The long-running investigation has brought some solace to the families of Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol in knowing what happened to their loved ones." Det Sup Swindle said that although Anagram had not uncovered other murder victims of Tobin to date, he was "proud" of its "success in bringing closure" to some bereaved families. He added: "I leave Strathclyde Police after 34 years in the knowledge that we have tried our best to find out the truth of what Tobin has done and also with confidence that the Anagram processes built up over the last four and a half years ensures a life long awareness of this cowardly, vicious serial killer Tobin. "Any new information coming to light will continue to be researched which may bring similar closure to other families. "The search for the truth about what Peter Tobin has done will continue." Tobin is serving three life sentences for the murders of Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and Angelika Kluk. Ms Kluk was raped and murdered at a church in Glasgow in 2006. The bodies of Ms McNicol, from Essex, and Ms Hamilton, from Redding in Falkirk, were found the following year in the garden of Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent. Operation Anagram has helped piece together a timeline of Tobin's movements and relationships over decades in a bid to determine whether he is responsible for other unsolved crimes.

A dedicated police operation set up to examine the activities of serial killer Peter Tobin is to be wound down.