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A video in which the girl's father says that "everyone is welcome" to the party featuring local bands, a meal and a horse race was posted on Facebook on a public setting. He said the idea had been to invite neighbours and friends only. But he has since confirmed he would not turn anyone away. The video shows Crescencio Ibarra standing next to his daughter Rubi, wearing a tiara, and his wife Anaelda Garcia. "Hello, how are you? We invite you this 26 of December to the 15th birthday party of our daughter, Rubi Ibarra Garcia," Mr Ibarra says, while his daughter smiles. He then goes on to list the three bands that will play and announces that the winner of a horse race to be held as part of the event stands to win 10,000 pesos ($490; £390). He ends by saying that "hereby everyone is cordially invited". A girl's 15th birthday party is a big event in Mexico, as it is seen as the time when she comes of age. Lavish parties with live bands are not unusual and girls traditionally wear puffy dresses, tiaras and make-up as they are "queen for the day". It is not clear why this particular video went viral and was shared more than 800,000 times and prompted countless memes and imitations. Mr Ibarra said in a TV interview he had no idea what had caught the public's imagination. "We wanted to invite the people from the area, that's all," he said, before denying he had since uninvited all but personal acquaintances. Mr Ibarra said that when he found out about the mass interest in their daughter's party and how some had poked fun at their rural ways he had been "sad" for two days but that the family had now got used to the idea and that the party would go ahead in a field outside the village of La Joya, in the state of San Luis Potosi. Ms Garcia said: "Rubi is my daughter and she has always been our queen", before describing her favourite meme so far. "It's the one about Donald Trump and [Mexican President} Enrique Pena Nieto coming to an agreement to allow undocumented Mexican migrants in the US to return to Mexico for Rubi's party." Local lawmaker Roberto Alejandro Segovia Hernandez said police would be deployed to the village and the roads leading to it to ensure safety in case the crowds who said on Facebook they would attend really did descend on La Joya. But even that announcement prompted fresh memes: Rubi's older sister said Rubi was now "very excited" and looking forward to her party.

Police will be deployed to a village in Mexico after an invitation to a girl's birthday party went viral and 1.2 million people said they would attend.

AB InBev on Wednesday raised its offer for SAB to £42.15 a share, having previously bid £38 and £40. SABMiller closed up 2.4% at £37.08, having risen sharply since InBev first made its move last month. Any deal between the two would create the world's biggest brewer, worth more than £180bn. SABMiller said its board had formally considered the new offer, and had "unanimously rejected the proposal as it still very substantially undervalues SABMiller, its unique and unmatched footprint, and its standalone prospects". AB InBev brews Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona, while SAB brews Peroni and Grolsch, among others. If a deal does go through, the merged company would produce one-third of the world's beer. On Tuesday, SAB reported a 9% fall in revenues for the three months to September, which it blamed on weakening emerging market currencies. Sales volumes were up 2%. Shares in AB InBev closed up 0.6% in Brussels at €98.65.

SABMiller has rejected an improved offer from Anheuser-Busch InBev that it says "very substantially undervalues" the company.

These are the close-up views provided by academics from Mosul, who have maintained covert contacts linking the city with the outside world. They claim that foreign fighters, once visible in Mosul, have disappeared from the city. "The frontline foreign fighters are rarely there. They've vanished. The houses they occupied are vacant," said one source, speaking anonymously. "They're leaving it to the local fighters, who will become the scapegoats." The IS leadership in the city is also described as "melting away". "It's a lost cause. It's the end of days for them," says one of the scholars from Mosul, who have been supported by the New York-based Institute of International Education, which once rescued academics in Europe from the Nazis. They also talk of "changed tactics", with IS fighters trimming their beards and changing the way they dress to look more like the civilian population - with Mosul residents assuming this is to make them less distinguishable if the city is overrun. Cars in the city have been forced to switch to Islamic State number plates, says one of the academics. The fear from civilians is that this could make all cars vulnerable to an air strike or put them at risk of being attacked in the battle for the city. So far, air strikes have been carefully targeted at government buildings and military sites, according to this view from the city. Another says that this accuracy might seem "impossible" but so far the attacks have been on "confirmed" targets. Mosul University, once one of the biggest universities in the Middle East, had been kept open by the IS authorities when they seized the city in 2014. It had raised questions about whether its laboratories were being used to develop weapons, including for chemical warfare, which could be used in battle or against civilians. But sources now say that this is "no longer an issue" as the university has been pulverised by air strikes. "The university is completely inoperative and air strikes have made it a difficult place to go. Most of the buildings have been brought down, it's virtually gone. The laboratories are destroyed." It is expected there will be "chlorine rockets", but doubts about anything more sophisticated. Another source says that "Daesh used the university to store some weapons" and had blocked access to some sections of laboratories. "It is believed that they used laboratories for terrorist purposes, but it is almost impossible to confirm such claims." But it's assumed that the laboratories would have had chemicals - and that the IS forces might have carried out experiments, such as adding chemicals to explosives. But the destruction of the university is claimed to have stopped any further weapons development. Although there is a claim that "Daesh insurgents are still inside the university to 'protect' it from any emergency situation". As the Iraqi government forces, militias and Kurdish Peshmerga close in on the city, there are signs of deepening tensions between the IS regime and the local population, according to sources. The city's people are said to be in a "state of fear and terror". As IS has been targeted by the coalition forces, they in turn have "put their anger on the people" claiming that Mosul's residents are communicating with "hostile parties to Daesh". At Friday prayers last week, a pro-IS preacher talked of how local people were "hypocrites" who had let down the "caliphate". The religious police are also trying to assert their authority and show that nothing has changed in their control - and there have been more gruesome public executions of people claimed to be opponents or informants. "They are trying to show they are in control of everything." There is a culture of "false accusations" and another Mosul academic says: "Daesh continues to hunt 'offenders' and punish them heavily," which often means the death penalty. The IS authorities have tried to clamp down on communications - but this doesn't seem to be effective. There had been highly-monitored public points for internet access, but these too have been shut down. But as the Iraqi forces advance on the city, internet providers have been boosting access in Mosul. It means that in some parts of the city it has been possible to make contact, but this is being carried out in elaborate and extremely cautious ways to keep such links secret. Such communication is described as being immensely dangerous, but there is a great hunger for news. A source says there is a "great risk of punishment", which would be execution. There is said to be a huge amount of excitement about the approaching forces. "People in Mosul are jubilant at the prospect of the city being liberated," says another local source. This optimism, at the early stages of the battle, is said to outweigh fears of the loss of civilian lives and the destruction of buildings. Tactics being used by the IS forces, such as digging tunnels, are seen as likely to be ineffective - and there is an expectation that they will be defeated. Then there will be questions about reconstruction and rebuilding - and there are questions about whether professionals who have fled the city will really want to come back. There are deep concerns about how the battle for Mosul might become a proxy for other sectarian disputes and score-settling, with so many opposing forces under the banner of the coalition attacking IS. There are also fears that politicians, with their own militias, could exploit the battle for their own advantage. Arguments also exist that this is a city exhausted by bloodshed and desperate for peace and moderation. For two years of the IS occupation and for a decade before, there has been so much conflict, destruction and extremism. Mosul has been "saturated with violence" and this long "trauma" must end.

The forces of so-called Islamic State, now besieged in Mosul, are in a state of "frenzy" inside the city, increasingly blaming and terrorising the local population and preparing to conceal themselves if defeated.

The 23-year-old, who spent three years at the Spireites, has penned a two-and-a-half-year deal. The former Ivory Coast Under-20 international made 82 league appearances for Chesterfield, scoring 10 times for the League One side. Meanwhile, first-team coach Kevin Nugent has left the O's after the arrival of Kevin Nolan as player-boss. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Leyton Orient have signed striker Armand Gnanduillet from Chesterfield for an undisclosed fee.

A statement from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau urged particular caution in the south-west of India. It said travellers should shun crowded areas like beach parties, clubs, and markets. India is a popular tourist destination for Israelis. Young visitors from Israel often travel to areas like Goa to relax after completing their compulsory military service. In a unusual move, the warning was published on Friday evening in Israel, after the start of the Jewish Sabbath when government offices close for business. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau urged Israeli families to contact their relatives in India and tell them of the threat. It did not say what had prompted the warning. 'Threats' made to Sydney's New Year's Eve In 2012, the wife of Israeli diplomat stationed in India was critically wounded in a car bomb attack along with her driver and two others. The incident sparked diplomatic tensions when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind it - a charge strongly denied by Tehran. Israel's warning came hours after Australian anti-terror police charged a man for making threats against Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations. The 40-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport on Thursday after arriving on a plane from London. A week ago, Australian police said they had foiled a major terror attack planned for Melbourne on Christmas Day. Security plans have been adjusted at large gatherings around the world in view of the lorry attacks in Nice and Berlin, where bystanders were mown down by extremists. In London, over 3,000 police officers are being deployed to safeguard the New Year's Eve celebrations.

Israel has issued a warning of imminent "terrorist attacks" on tourists in India, advising its citizens to avoid public places during the New Year celebrations.

Johnny McGurk, 49, appeared in court in County Londonderry accused of theft from quarry firm Patrick Bradley Ltd. Mr McGurk, an accountant, was released on bail and will appear in court again on 19 November. He won an All-Ireland football championship and All-Star award in 1993. Mr McGurk also captained his club Lavey to an All-Ireland senior club championship in 1991. The accused's name was given to Coleraine Magistrates Court as John Malachy McGurk of Oakland Crescent in Knockloughrim, Magherafelt, County Londonderry. He was charged with stealing £572,206 from Patrick Bradley Ltd, based in Kilrea, also in County Londonderry. Mr McGurk was also accused of 36 counts of fraud relating to sums of allegedly stolen money lodged in his bank account. All the offences are alleged to have happened between 1 July 2006 and 31 December 2011.

A Gaelic footballer who won an All-Ireland championship with Derry will stand trial accused of stealing over £500,000 from his employer.

The 26-year-old Ivory Coast international began his European club career with Standard Liege in 2009. He then joined Anderlecht, for whom he scored seven goals in 47 league appearances, before moving on to Oostende in the summer of 2015. "I am a striker, I am quick," he told the Fulham website. The deal includes an option to buy Cyriac at the end of the season. The Cottagers are 11th in the Championship, five points off the play-off places. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Championship side Fulham have signed striker Gohi Cyriac on loan until the end of the season from Belgian Pro League side KV Oostende.

A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 206 were involved in the crash on Blackburn Road in Sheffield at 01:00 GMT. Joshua Fothergill, 19, of Rotherham was in the Astra and died at the scene as did Liam Parkin, also 19, of Sheffield who was in the Peugeot. A 20-year-old man, held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop, has been bailed. Three other men who were travelling in the Peugeot were injured and taken to hospital for treatment. They were a 24-year-old and an 18-year-old from Rotherham, and a 21-year-old man about whom no other details were released by police.

Two teenagers who died when two cars collided in the early hours of Saturday have been named by police.

Amelia Welch, 20, from Axminster in Devon, was partying with friends in Plymouth on Friday when she lost her hand, which cost about £3,000. The Plymouth University marine biology student said she only realised the cosmetic prosthetic was missing the following morning. She thinks she could have left it in a nightclub and forgot to pick it up. Click here for live updates on this story Amelia, who was born with a congenital malformation in her right hand, said she had gone to Oceana nightclub after a university ball. Her hand is "more functionable" without the prosthetic which has very little movement, she said. "I do take it off to go to the toilet, but most of the time when I go out I put it on because it gives me confidence," she said. "I must have been drunk when I took it off and forgot about it. "I went back to halls with friends and went to bed and the next day I realised that I did not have it." It is the first prosthetic she has had and fits on her hand "like a glove" she said. Another one could cost as much as £5,000 and mean many hours of visits to orthopaedic specialists. "Someone might have picked it up and not realised what it was," she said. "It's worth everything to me, but nothing to anyone else."

A student has pleaded for the return of her prosthetic hand after losing it on a night out.

A Bhuvneshwar Kumar throw hit Reiffel on the back of the head on day one and he was replaced by Marais Erasmus. Scans gave the Australian the all clear but he has been advised to rest. Erasmus will continue alongside Bruce Oxenford on the field for the rest of the match, while Chettithody Shamshuddin takes over as third umpire. "Paul Reiffel underwent precautionary tests yesterday (Thursday), which came back all clear," said an International Cricket Council statement. "Paul, however, has been advised to rest - which is the normal course prescribed following a concussion. "As such, he will not take any further part in the Mumbai Test and has been replaced by Marais Erasmus." Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Umpire Paul Reiffel has been replaced for England's fourth Test in India as he recovers from concussion after being hit on head by a stray throw.

Hanson Academy strictly enforced its school uniform policy on Tuesday, with almost 10% of pupils failing to reach the academy's standards. Angry parents took to the school's Facebook page to complain about the new measures. But Hanson Academy claims it "communicated clearly" its expectations for this school year. Pupils face being sent home for a variety of reasons, including if they wear hoop earrings, two earrings or more per ear or patterned trousers. Students are also not allowed to have an unnatural hair colour or wear jumpers, jackets or coats indoors, and there are strict rules about the type of footwear allowed. Principal Elizabeth Churton told the BBC that a further 63 pupils were sent home on Wednesday. She said in an earlier statement: "We explained that students who arrived to school with a uniform issue that could be resolved would be sent home to rectify and parents would be contacted. "As forewarned, some students were sent home for this reason. "They were sent home to change and the majority rectified this immediately and returned to school ready to learn." The principal said rules were an important part of growing up to get students ready for "adult life". She said: "This is part and parcel of a much wider push on conduct, on behaviour, on attitudes and respect. "Uniform and the way in which we wear our clothes is all part and parcel of the way in which we communicate with each other. "It is all part of the educational experience which you would find in any good to outstanding school." Caren Oxlaide's son was one of those sent home for not wearing the regulation black leather shoes. She said: "It states black shoes, lace-up, no trainers and flat-soled. That's exactly what his are, pure leather." She said buying new shoes was not an easy option. "I can't really afford them, not on income support. But I've got to somehow do it because my son's education is important." Diane Hickey's daughter Cassidy, 13, was sent home on Wednesday because she was wearing black pumps. "I'm not buying her a new pair of shoes. I'm a single parent. I can't afford a new pair of shoes," she said. Another parent expressed concerns about how they were being informed their children had been sent home. Fiona Taylor, who has two children aged 13 and 11 at the school, said: "Parents yesterday didn't receive text messages until after 14:00. "So all day their children have been sent away and these parents who were out at work did not get informed until late in the afternoon." The school insists it will persist with the policy, but Mrs Churton admitted there had been mixed feedback from parents. She said the school would work with parents who were struggling to dress their children appropriately.

An academy in Bradford has sent home 152 pupils for arriving at the school gates without meeting its dress code.

Khieu Samphan, the former head of state, and Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's deputy, are already on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The second trial includes a charge of genocide related to killings of Vietnamese and Cham Muslim minorities. The cases are being tried separately to accelerate proceedings, because the defendants are elderly. A verdict in the first case, meanwhile, is expected on 7 August. Prosecutors are seeking life sentences for the two former leaders. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia for four years, from 1975 to 1979. Up to two million people are thought to have died of starvation, overwork or by execution under the brutal Maoist regime. Leader Pol Pot died in 1997 and only one senior official - former prison chief Duch - has been convicted and jailed for crimes committed by the regime. Two other leaders were to be tried, but Ieng Sary - the former foreign minister - died last year and his wife, former social affairs minister Ieng Thirith, was ruled unfit to stand trial. The first trial has largely focused on crimes committed as the urban population was forcibly moved into rural labour camps. The second trial will address the roles of Nuon Chea, 88, and Khieu Samphan, 83, in the killings of tens - possibly hundreds - of thousands of people from Cambodia's ethnic minority groups. The issue of forced marriages and rape will also be covered by proceedings. The opening hearing takes place today, with the trial expected to continue possibly until 2016.

The last two surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime are to begin their second trial in Phnom Penh.

The 24-year-old, who played 16 games on loan at Kilmarnock last season, will compete with James Tavernier. Hodson started his career at Watford and played 51 games in three seasons at MK Dons after a loan at Brentford. He joins new faces Matt Gilks, Clint Hill, Joey Barton, Niko Kranjcar, Jordan Rossiter, Matt Crooks and Josh Windass at Ibrox. Rangers paid an undisclosed fee for Hodson, who was part of Northern Ireland's squad at Euro 2016, but did not feature in any of their four matches.

Rangers have made right-back Lee Hodson their eighth summer signing on a three-year deal from MK Dons.

Alves, 33, joined from Sevilla and won three Champions Leagues, six La Liga titles and four Copa del Rey trophies. The Catalan club's director Robert Fernandez said: "Dani Alves has decided to leave. It's a personal decision that the club have to accept." The Spanish champions also said they will exercise a buy-back option to sign Denis Suarez from Villarreal in July. Suarez, 22, joined Villarreal from Barcelona last summer and signed a four-year deal but Fernandez said they will now be "notified of his return". Alves signed a one-year deal at the club last summer and will leave a free agent at the end of a season in which Barca secured a league and cup double. His tally of 391 games is the second-highest for a foreign player at the club behind Lionel Messi. Alves, who netted 21 goals in his eight years at Barca, wrote a message for the clubs fans on Instagram when it was announced he would leave the club. The Brazilian said the club was home to "the greatest accomplishments of my professional career". "From the first day, from the first training session under Pep Guardiola until the last day of this past season, I have had the good luck to enjoy football with passion," wrote Alves. "I am a privileged, hard-working and honoured football player, for whom life has allowed me to wear the shirt of the best club in the world in a prodigious decade marked by the quality of the players and coaches. "I am going, but I will be back, because I am not just another player."

Brazil international full-back Dani Alves will leave Barcelona after eight years at the club.

Ball, who featured against Pakistan A in Dubai, has taken six wickets in each of Notts' first two games and is the leading wicket-taker in Division One of the County Championship so far in 2016. Read said of the 25-year-old: "Last winter he got fitter and stronger. "Now he's genuinely lively and he does plenty with the new ball." Read said Ball's assured early showings have demanded he lead Notts' bowling attack with the new ball alongside England's Stuart Broad. "Jake is in fantastic form with the ball," continued Read. "He's had a great winter having been in Dubai with the Lions and has had a taste of what life is like with the ECB set-up. He's really keen to progress that side of his career." Notts director of cricket Mick Newell said Ball, who was their second-highest County Championship wicket taker with 39 last season, said he has been "terrific" so far in 2016. "That's a fantastic start to the season and he's setting a great example," added Newell. Despite Ball's efforts against Lancashire, Notts suffered an eight-wicket defeat in their second Country Championship match of the season on Wednesday, having beaten Surrey in their opening fixture.

Pace bowler Jake Ball has made a "lively" return following a winter playing for England Lions, says Nottinghamshire captain Chris Read.

Media playback is not supported on this device Stokes, 25, was ruled out of the 2014 World Twenty20 after punching a dressing room locker in Barbados. He was hit for four sixes in the last over of last year's World Twenty20 final as West Indies won the title. "I'll still have that same desire and hunger and want to get into people's faces," he told Test Match Special. Stokes was named vice-captain of the Test team under Joe Root last month, after deputising during England's one-day tour of Bangladesh in October. "I like to think I've grown. I think that's just from playing more and getting a few demerit points and a few tellings-off after games," he said. But the Durham man, who famously clashed with Marlon Samuels during England's Test tour of the West Indies in 2015, and again during the World T20 final, added: "That's what makes me the cricketer I am and I don't want to lose that. "I'm probably going to have to take maybe a step back a few times." Stokes is playing in his first series since he became the Indian Premier League's most expensive foreign player in February. He was the subject of a bidding war between five IPL sides before Rising Pune Supergiants bought him for £1.7m. Stokes says his England team-mates have joked about the fee paid for him. "I found it tough to talk about but the group that we have, it's funny to be around them because it's just taking the mickey out of everyone," Stokes said. "Everyone gets brought back down to earth. It's just the way we operate, which is why it's such a good environment to be in at the moment." England have won nine of their past 10 ODIs against West Indies and secured a 25-run victory when the two sides last met at the same venue in 2014. West Indies are ranked ninth in the world in 50-over cricket, a standing that denied them a place in this year's Champions Trophy, and will field an inexperienced side after changes to national selection. Players can only appear for the international side in limited-overs cricket if they have played the relevant format domestically in the Caribbean since 2010. "We can't be going into this game thinking it's just going to be a walk in the park," Stokes added. "We know how talented the West Indies team are - their batsmen can hit the ball out of the ground whenever they choose to and they've always had good quick bowlers." England captain Eoin Morgan confirmed that fast bowler Steven Finn will start Friday's match in place of Jake Ball, who suffered a knee injury in a warm-up game on Monday in St Kitts, and ahead of recent call-up Tom Curran. Sam Billings is also expected to open the batting alongside Jason Roy, with Alex Hales not yet match-fit despite joining up with the squad after recovering from a hand fracture. Morgan said his side "have one eye on the Champions Trophy" on home soil in June but added that West Indies could prove as tough a challenge as the 2-1 series loss in India in January. "The way we play, aggressively and positively, isn't the easiest to adapt to West Indies conditions with slow, turning wickets," he said. "The wickets here will be more challenging here than in India - those wickets were a lot more batter-friendly than we thought they were going to be." England probable XI: Sam Billings, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Steven Finn.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he has grown up as his side prepare to start their one-day series against West Indies in Antigua on Friday.

Media playback is not supported on this device The Six Nations champions trailed 9-6 at half-time, with Kurtley Beale kicking three penalties to Leigh Halfpenny's two. The Wales full-back landed two more to nudge the hosts 12-9 ahead on the hour. But with less than 30 seconds left, Beale scored in the right corner. "That's the worst defeat I've ever been involved with. To be in control really for the majority of the second half and in the last play of the game we slip-up. It's really hard to take." It was a desperate end to a dismal autumn for Wales, the game ending in further anti-climax as Halfpenny, after a man-of-the-match display, was taken off on a stretcher. Defeat means Wales will drop out of the top eight in the world rankings ahead of Monday's 2015 World Cup draw and will be in the third band of seedings. Already without three injured locks among a dozen casualties, Wales appeared to have lost another as early as the third minute when Luke Charteris got his head in the wrong place trying to tackle Scott Higginbotham and was forced to leave the field after lengthy treatment. The beanpole second-row re-emerged five minutes later to join Lou Reed, the Scarlets lock starting his first Test, in the Welsh engine room, but only lasted until half-time, Ryan Jones replacing him. Australia, playing their 15th Test in the last six months, showed few signs of physical or mental fatigue initially, despite Beale missing an early penalty. (provided by Opta) They were the first to demonstrate their attacking intent, Adam Ashley-Cooper cutting through the midfield and finding Drew Mitchell on the left wing, but Wales scrambled well in defence. The hosts were quick to respond. Wales won a scrum on their own line and Rhys Priestland, feigning to kick, instead passed to Jamie Roberts, who in turn released Alex Cuthbert to race 60m up the right touchline. But the giant wing appeared to delay before trying to find his support, allowing Berrick Barnes to force him into touch. Wales threatened a try on three more occasions in the first half, the first when Wycliff Palu narrowly beat Sam Warburton to Halfpenny's kick ahead after an electric break from the full-back. Then Liam Williams also opted for a kick rather than keeping ball in hand, before Australia won a turnover after Jonathan Davies had released Cuthbert. Instead it was Australia who opened the scoring in the 16th minute, Beale going for goal from the halfway line after Matthew Rees was penalised for going off his feet at a ruck. Halfpenny swiftly replied with a long-ranger from inside his own half, and kicked Wales into a 6-3 lead after 24 minutes when David Pocock, the Wallabies open-side playing his first match since August, was penalised at the breakdown. Beale soon levelled the scores with his second penalty from halfway and nudged his side ahead four minutes before half-time after Roberts was penalised for taking the ball into contact. Wales should have been level at the break, but Halfpenny missed a straightforward kick. The second half began along similar lines to much of the first, the hosts going through a multitude of phases before Australia turned the ball over at a breakdown. "Wales had control of the game and the defensive organisation was not good enough for the try. Australia took their one last chance. They need to redeem themselves in the Six Nations but have to play a lot better." Barnes pushed a snap drop-goal attempt wide as the Wallabies threatened, Wales requiring a crunching tackle from Halfpenny to deny Mitchell a try, after Barnes had sent the wing through. But Halfpenny levelled the scores in the 55th minute after Wales won a penalty at a scrum, and put the hosts in front again with his fourth successful kick on the hour. Australia brought on Mike Harris, the man who broke Welsh hearts with a last-ditch penalty to win the second Test in Melbourne in June, but the full-back missed an opportunity after 67 minutes when he dragged a straightforward attempt wide. With time ticking down, Wales messed up another line-out in the Australia 22, and the Wallabies broke out from their own line through Mitchell. Wales repelled the first thrust with another superb Halfpenny tackle, but the Wallabies came again and replacement Dave Dennis exploited an overlap to put Beale over in the right corner, albeit with a suspiciously forward-looking pass. After a lengthy delay while Halfpenny was attended to, captain Nathan Sharpe - after the 116th and final Test of a magnificent career - headed off into retirement by missing the conversion. Wales: Halfpenny, Cuthbert, J Davies, Roberts, L Williams; Priestland, Phillips; Jenkins, Rees, Andrews, Reed, Charteris, Shingler, Warbuton (capt), Faletau. Replacements: Owens (for Rees, 66), Bevington, Lee, R Jones (temp, for Charteris, 3-8, 41), Tipuric (for Faletau, 66), Knoyle, Biggar, S Williams. Australia: Barnes, Cummins, Ashley-Cooper, Tapuai, Mitchell; Beale, Phipps; Robinson, Polota-Nau, Alexander, Douglas, Sharpe (capt), Higginbotham, Pocock, Palu. Replacements: Moore (for Polota-Nau, 41), Slipper (for Robinson, 62), Kepu (for Alexander, 67), Dennis (for Higginbotham, 16), Hooper (for Douglas, 52), McKibbin, Harris (for Tapuai, 58), Ioane (for Cummins, 49). Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France) and Greg Garner (England) TV: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)

Wales slipped to an agonising seventh straight Test defeat and their eighth in a row against Australia as the Wallabies stole victory in a dramatic finale in Cardiff.

"I know that the presidential campaign is developing actively in France," the Russian president said, adding: "Of course, we do not want to influence events in any way." The Russian president appeared to be suppressing a grin as he spoke those words. Marine Le Pen appeared unperturbed. She repeated her support for Moscow's annexation of Crimea, and her opposition to the sanctions subsequently imposed by the EU. If elected to the Elysee Palace, she pledged: "I would envisage lifting the sanctions quite quickly." So the meeting was a win for both. Madame Le Pen looked like a world-leader-in-waiting; Mr Putin received assurances from a woman who might become president of France, and who, like him, opposes the EU and Nato. But there is more to the relationship between Mr Putin and Ms Le Pen than ideological convergence. Because of the National Front's racist and anti-Semitic past, French banks have declined to lend the party money. So Marine Le Pen has been forced to look elsewhere for financing. In 2014, the National Front took Russian loans worth €11m (£9.4m). One of the loans, for €9m, came from a small bank, First Czech Russian Bank, with links to the Kremlin. The loan was brokered by Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, an energy consultant turned MEP, who has called himself "Mr Mission Impossible". When I met him in Strasbourg, he told me he initially secured an agreement with a financial institution in Abu Dhabi, but the deal fell through. He even approached a potential lender in Iran, but Marine Le Pen vetoed the idea, he said. Eventually, he went to Russia. The negotiations over the loan coincided with Russia's annexation of Crimea. EU governments condemned the annexation. Marine Le Pen publicly took the opposite view, leading some to question whether the loans were a quid-pro-quo. Mr Schaffhauser denied he and Ms Le Pen ever discussed the issue of Crimea in relation to the loan. "Always Marine Le Pen, and Jean-Marie before, was for co-operation with Russia," he said. "It was not a political loan. It was a commercial loan." But Russia did want to use Ms Le Pen to legitimise its actions in Crimea. We know this because a group of Russian hackers, known as Shaltai Boltai, or Humpty Dumpty, published a series of text messages said to be between a Kremlin official and a Russian MP. The exchanges, which took place in mid-March 2014, shows the pair discussing the possibility of Marine Le Pen travelling to Crimea as an observer in the referendum which would lead to Crimea's annexation. "We really need this, I told my boss you were in contact with her," the Kremlin official says. Marine Le Pen didn't go to Crimea. Instead she publicly backed the results of the referendum, a fact that delighted the Kremlin official and the MP. "She didn't let us down," says one text, followed by a smiley-face. "We must find some way of demonstrating our respect to the French," comes the reply. Some believe the €9m loan, which was made later that year, was indeed a reward for Ms Le Pen's support over Crimea. "For me, there is no doubt that [the loan] was authorised by Kremlin," said Mikhail Kasyanov, who was prime minister under Vladimir Putin before he joined the opposition. "[It was] a special operation, a special recommendation of those businesspeople, to help Marine Le Pen." Long read: The story of Marine Le Pen Is Russia really interfering in European states? France's election: Who are the candidates? The Kremlin told me it had nothing to do with the loans, and that Mr Putin and Marine Le Pen had never met before the visit to Moscow in March 2017. Marine Le Pen echoed that. But I heard something different, and from a pretty good source. In February, I met Marine's father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front, at his mansion on the outskirts of Paris. On his desk, he showed me a glossy calendar depicting Vladimir Putin in various military poses. "I see, that's your friend," I joked. "He's not my friend," he said, "I've never met him. But he's met Marine." Mr Le Pen was unclear about the exact details of the meeting. But this conversation took place before the public meeting in the Kremlin in March. Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter are not on good terms. She expelled him from the National Front in 2015 in an attempt to distance herself from his racist, anti-Semitic reputation. But other people close to Marine Le Pen also told me that she had claimed to have met Mr Putin previously. Somebody is lying. But who? And why? When I asked Jean-Luc Schaffhauser about the earlier meeting he said simply: "This is a secret. There are little secrets, and this secret." Marine Le Pen maintains she has never been influenced by Russian money. But last week it was revealed the National Front had applied for another Russian loan in 2016. Amid fears over Russian interference in elections from Europe to the United States, the mystery of her relationship with Vladimir Putin casts a shadow over her campaign. Marine Le Pen: Who's Funding France's Far Right? is on BBC One at 20:30, Monday, April 3. If you miss it, you can catch up later online.

When Marine Le Pen appeared in the Kremlin on 24 March, it was Vladimir Putin himself who gave voice to the thought that was surely on many people's minds:

It will also investigate claims about money contained in an Isle of Man bank account. It is understood the PSNI asked the NCA to take the lead because of the complexity and scale of the investigation. It is the NCA's first major investigation since it began operating in Northern Ireland in May. Investigators from the agency are expected to meet the PSNI shortly. In a statement on Thursday, the NCA, the UK equivalent of the FBI, confirmed it had agreed to investigate the sale of Northern Ireland assets owned by the Republic of Ireland's National Assets Management Agency (Nama). NCA deputy director of operations Graham Gardner said: "The NCA has considered a request from [the] PSNI and has agreed to lead an investigation, calling on support as necessary from PSNI officers. BBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney This takes the investigation to a new level. The NCA has a level of expertise and resources not available to the PSNI. They include a specialist economic crime unit and a financial intelligence unit. Those units contain specialist investigators like forensic accountants and technical experts. The NCA also has an international reach and works with other agencies throughout the world, including Interpol, whose members include the Republic of Ireland and the United States. "We will not be providing a running commentary on our progress but will provide updates as and when appropriate." Earlier, an Irish parliament (Dáil) committee was told a former Nama adviser was in line for a £5m payment after the sale of Nama's property loan portfolio in Northern Ireland. US investment firm, Pimco, pulled out of the tender bidding process after discovering the fee arrangement to Nama's former adviser, Frank Cushnahan. The revelation came during a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). It is examining Nama's sale of its 850-property NI portfolio last year. The National Assets Management Agency (Nama) is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank", set up to deal with toxic loans during the Irish banking crisis, and the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio is known as Project Eagle.

The National Crime Agency (NCA), is to lead the investigation into the sale of Nama's NI property portfolio.

The incident happened on EnQuests's Thistle platform, off Shetland, last December. Rigging supervisor Steve Innes, from Sunderland, told the BBC he and fellow Wood Group contractors discovered they had been exposed to alpha radiation. EnQuest said "additional precautionary steps" had since been taken. Wood Group said it was committed to employee safety. Mr Innes - who said he has struggled to find more work since raising concerns - said the workers now faced cancer fears, and blood tests were ongoing. He said EnQuest had failed in its duty of care. The men were working at Thistle, 125 miles (201 km) north east of Shetland, doing shutdown work with pipe equipment. Mr Innes claimed they were told there was a problem two thirds of the way through the trip. He claimed a health and safety manager told them a reading had been taken the night before and all the work was stopped. He said: "We had all been working on it without the proper PPE (personal protective equipment), because they had assumed it was clear. "At first we were all in shock. "We have been exposed to radioactive material for hours at a time." He said they had been told the levels of radiation may not cause them long-term harm, but he was continuing to undergo tests. Mr Innes said of EnQuest: "They have a duty of care. Their procedures have broken down. "You can't say 'you've been contaminated but we think you'll be OK'. "I would like somebody to take the case on who's not frightened of the companies." An EnQuest spokesperson said: "EnQuest can confirm that, in December 2016, during planned shutdown activities on its Thistle platform, six personnel employed by Wood Group under a contract with EnQuest were removing a piece of pipework when they were exposed to low levels of NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material). "The level of exposure was less than 1% of the level at which it is reportable to the Health and Safety Executive however EnQuest advised the HSE of the matter at the time. "EnQuest has appropriate control measures in place which are designed to prevent exposure to NORM. "Following an investigation, additional precautionary steps have been taken to further ensure that personnel avoid any such exposure." A Wood Group spokeswoman said: "The health and safety of our people is always our top priority. "As a precaution following the incident, we downmanned our employees from the platform in order to conduct medical assessments. "We fully supported EnQuest in a detailed joint investigation and continue to reinforce the application of our health and safety procedures, to ensure the safety of our employees. "Our commitment and priority following the incident and throughout the investigation has been to the health and wellbeing of our employees." John Boland, regional officer for the Unite union, said: "Unite believes that the way these workers has been treated is terrible. "It's vital for workers' safety that there is openness and transparency about serious safety incidents, so that we can learn lessons and create a safer working environment for everyone offshore." A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said: "HSE has been made aware of this incident. "However, it was not reportable under the present RIDDOR system (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) and no staff raised the issue with HSE separately so no investigation has been carried out."

An offshore worker has called for action after he and colleagues were exposed to radiation, BBC Scotland can reveal.

Sergeant Peter Rayner, 34, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, was killed on Friday. The soldier was carrying out a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand Province. The number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 340. Sgt Rayner's wife Wendy led tributes to the "fantastic" and "loving" husband and father to son, Derek. "He loved his job and doing something which he believed in. "He will be sincerely missed by all who knew him," she said. Sgt Rayner was born into a military family, and his parents Peter and Bernadette said their son was "always full of energy and was someone who enjoyed life to the full". "As a soldier he loved his job and was totally committed to the Army, as well as his family and friends. "As a son and brother, he was a fun-loving and caring person of whom we are all very proud. "We loved him so dearly and will miss him with all our hearts." The MoD said Sgt Rayner, who had also served in Bosnia and Iraq, would be "sorely missed" and remembered for his "pre-eminence as a Javelin Commander, for his forthright manner and for his huge personality". Sgt Rayner's bravery and courage had attracted much praise in Afghanistan, it said. Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Boyd, Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, said: "He was honest, loyal and always vocal. "A true Lion of England and a man of high morals, guts and integrity. "A man who cared not just for the morale of his soldiers, but in how that morale was created. "A man with great spirit and forthrightness, who was as true as his aim was with a Javelin Missile." Major Paul Tingey, Officer Commanding Arnhem Company, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, said Sgt Rayner left a "lasting impression" on people. "He spoke his mind and always had the best interests of his men at heart. "He was someone that you could rely on to tell you exactly what he thought. I always welcomed his words of advice. "I will remember Skippy as a devoted family man, a fanatical mountain biker and one of the best commanders that I have had the privilege to work with," he said.

A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.

Just over 46,000 vehicles were registered north of the border - a year-on-year increase of more than 2.7%. However, UK sales increased by 5.3% to almost 519,000 - the strongest month recorded since 1999. March is typically the biggest month, accounting for about a fifth of the year's car registrations. Last month saw Vauxhall retain its position as market leader in Scotland, with more than 10,000 units sold. The Vauxhall Corsa remained the most popular new car, while the Ford Fiesta had a strong month and moved into the number two spot for the year to date. The figures were compiled by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Top Scottish sellers in March 1. Vauxhall Corsa 2,575 2. Ford Fiesta 1,772 3. Vauxhall Astra 1,249 4. Ford Focus 1,126 5. Volkswagen Polo 1,077 Source: SMMT Scottish Motor Trade Association chief executive Sandy Burgess said: "All areas have experienced growth with the exception of Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde. "The reductions however are minimal and with the fantastic growth on 2015 numbers elsewhere, we have come out of this critical sales period well ahead for the year to date. "We have been aware of some dealers who were experiencing new vehicle delivery issues towards the end of the month, and this may well have had a small but noticeable negative effect. "The rest of the UK continues to show stronger growth but as we have mentioned previously this may not all be down to sales with specific manufacturers and dealers taking tactical decisions on registrations."

New car sales in Scotland grew last month but at half the rate of the UK as a whole, according to motor traders.

Adrian Bayley was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013 for killing Jill Meagher, an ABC Radio employee. On Thursday, it was announced he had been found guilty of three more rapes, of a Dutch tourist and two sex workers. The three trials were the subject of a suppression order to ensure fairness, but this was lifted after a verdict was returned in the third trial. Bayley was described by a judge in 2013 as a "recidivist sex offender". He was on parole for previous rape convictions when he killed Ms Meagher. Ms Meagher, originally from County Louth, was attacked in Melbourne in September 2012 as she walked home. Her body was discovered six days later buried on the outskirts of the city. The new convictions relate to two attacks in 2012 and one in 2000. All the women came forward after recognising Bayley during the investigation and subsequent court proceedings over the killing of Ms Meagher. The defence argued that the women had wrongly identified Bayley because of his prominence in the media, but juries in three separate trials disagreed.

An Australian man jailed for the rape and murder of an Irish woman has been convicted of three more rapes.

Persistent showers fell through the first half and the rain became extremely heavy during half-time and in the early stages of the second half. Puddles appeared on the pitch but play continued and the rain finally stopped. Zambia's Evans Kangwa missed a great chance late on while Antonio Varela earlier headed over at the other end. Cape Verde missed out on qualifying on goals scored after only finding the net once in three matches, with a penalty, compared to DR Congo's two strikes. The weather will be the main talking point in a match from which either side could have qualified for the quarter-finals. Tunisia's first-half goal against DR Congo left Cape Verde, who only needed a draw to go through, in pole position but the equaliser in that match meant that both teams progressed. Zambia, winners in 2012, needed a victory to progress and Rainford Kalaba came close to putting his side ahead in the 24th minute when he cut inside and hit a shot which deflected past the post. Seven minutes later, Zambia failed to clear a free-kick which was hit deep into their penalty area and the ball broke to Calu who blazed over the bar. Kalaba caused Cape Verde more problems three minutes before half-time when his free-kick from 25 yards forced goalkeeper Vozinha to punch the ball away. But the Blue Sharks nearly went ahead seconds before the interval when Varela stooped to meet a free-kick six yards out but could only head over the top. The early stages of the second half were farcical with players struggling to keep their footing and pass the ball more than a few yards at times. But the match continued and as the rain stopped falling, the conditions eased for the players. Cape Verde substitute Djaniny tried his luck from 20 yards out midway through the second half but Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene was equal to it. Djaniny caused more problems nine minutes later when he combined with fellow substitute Odair Fortes but he could not quite beat Mweene. Zambia's moment arrived in the 78th minute when a lovely centre from Chisamba Lungu set up Kangwa but he somehow missed the target from 10 yards. Cape Verde coach Rui Aguas: "I'm very sad and disappointed with the result but not with my players. They did all they could. "We missed a lot of chances in three games but we gave 100 per cent, we gave our all. "Zambia and us were the best teams in the group. For Congo there is happiness. One goal makes all the difference, one miss makes all the difference. Football is often cruel and it is now our turn to feel it." Zambia coach Honour Janza: "It is sad but let us be positive that the future looks bright for our team, the young boys we came with here will be a force in African football in the next two to three years." Match ends, Cape Verde Islands 0, Zambia 0. Second Half ends, Cape Verde Islands 0, Zambia 0. Attempt missed. Mukuka Mulenga (Zambia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Offside, Zambia. Emmanuel Mbola tries a through ball, but Rainford Kalaba is caught offside. Attempt blocked. Calú (Cape Verde Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Héldon (Cape Verde Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Héldon (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Stoppila Sunzu (Zambia). Offside, Cape Verde Islands. Rodrigues tries a through ball, but Fernando Varela is caught offside. Calú (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Mukuka Mulenga (Zambia). Attempt saved. Rainford Kalaba (Zambia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mukuka Mulenga. Rodrigues (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Patrick Ngoma (Zambia). Substitution, Zambia. Mukuka Mulenga replaces Given Singuluma. Kuca (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Davies Nkausu (Zambia). Gegé (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Patrick Ngoma (Zambia). Offside, Cape Verde Islands. Rodrigues tries a through ball, but Odaïr Fortes is caught offside. Attempt saved. Stoppila Sunzu (Zambia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Chisamba Lungu with a cross. Substitution, Cape Verde Islands. Kuca replaces Carlitos. Corner, Zambia. Conceded by Fernando Varela. Attempt missed. Evans Kangwa (Zambia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Ngoma. Offside, Cape Verde Islands. Carlitos tries a through ball, but Héldon is caught offside. Evans Kangwa (Zambia) is shown the yellow card. Evans Kangwa (Zambia) has gone down, but that's a dive. Substitution, Cape Verde Islands. Odaïr Fortes replaces Toni Varela. Offside, Cape Verde Islands. Fernando Varela tries a through ball, but Héldon is caught offside. Hand ball by Nuno Rocha (Cape Verde Islands). Attempt missed. Patrick Ngoma (Zambia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rainford Kalaba with a cross. Foul by Rodrigues (Cape Verde Islands). Donashano Malama (Zambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Zambia. Patrick Ngoma replaces Lubambo Musonda. Stopira (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lubambo Musonda (Zambia). Attempt missed. Nuno Rocha (Cape Verde Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Toni Varela. Héldon (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Donashano Malama (Zambia). Stopira (Cape Verde Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Cape Verde and Zambia both bowed out of the African Cup of Nations after a game which at one point looked as though it would stop because of torrential rain.

The incident occurred on the A9 north of Berriedale in Caithness at about 14:00. Several other people received minor injuries in the crash. The road was closed and diversions were put in place via the A897 Helmsdale to Melvich road. Police Scotland said inquiries into the incident were ongoing.

A woman has died following a collision involving three vehicles in the Highlands.

The huts, and the luxury items inside, belong to Dairo Antonio Usuga David, better known as Otoniel, one of the most wanted men in Colombia. Currently some 1,200 members of the security forces are chasing the elusive gang leader. That is more than double the 500 who hunted Pablo Escobar, the drug lord who controlled the infamous cocaine cartel of the same name. Otoniel runs the Usuga clan, a drug gang that has its powerbase in the Uraba region of Colombia, but whose network extends across the country and beyond. Members of the gang have been arrested as far away as Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Peru and Spain. The US Department of State describes it as a "heavily armed, extremely violent criminal organisation". It is offering up to $5m (£3.4m) for information leading to Otoniel's arrest. Otoniel has been in charge since his brother, Juan de Dios, was killed on 1 January 2012 when police raided his New Year's Eve party. The gang is first and foremost engaged in drug trafficking, but it has also been accused of extortion, illegal mining, forced disappearances and murder. It is very much a family business. Otoniel's partner, Blanca Senobia Madrid Benjumea, was in charge of the group's finances until her capture last month. His nephew, Harlison Usuga, looked after the drug traffic routes north to Central America and liaised with Mexican drug cartels until he, too, was captured in February. Over the past five years, the security forces have captured a whopping 6,700 members of the group. But its leader has evaded them so far. Last month, they launched a massive and costly operation to catch the elusive gang leader. Sources linked to the operation say $225,000 was spent on tracking down Otoniel in the first 25 days of the hunt. The people tasked with arresting him have been given clear orders from President Juan Manuel Santos and Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon: Do not leave Uraba until you have caught Otoniel and have dismantled the whole clan. So far, the security forces have seized 5.5 tonnes of cocaine, and destroyed a number of coca crops and laboratories that turn leaves into cocaine. But they have yet to find Otoniel. His uncanny ability to dodge the security forces is partly due to his family's close ties to the region. Otoniel was born in Uraba and knows the region like the back of his hand. Most importantly, through threats and intimidation he has gained almost total control over the local community. When he called on locals to down tools to mark his brother's death at the hand of the police, the region came to a standstill for several days. When people in the region hear Otoniel's name mentioned, they react with fear. It is hard for the security forces to gain people's trust here, and it is something they have not yet fully managed. Moreover, Otoniel uses a variety of tricks to evade the police. He has trained dogs to alert him to anyone approaching his hide-outs. Police recently managed to catch one of his guard dogs and have trained him to go after Otoniel's. Oto, as police have called the poacher turned hunter, is well acquainted with his former master's smell and is considered a superb addition to the team tracking him down. The police have come close to Otoniel several times, finding in a number of hide-outs the distinctive orthopaedic mattresses he uses to ease back pain from a herniated disk. They hope their search will soon yield results and that they will be able to send Otoniel to the confines of a high-security jail where he is unlikely to enjoy such comforts.

Widescreen TV sets hooked up to satellite dishes, expensive drinks and perfumes - these are just some of the luxury items Colombian police have found in huts in the otherwise poor rural area of Uraba, in western Colombia.

Walker, who has 27 caps and spent eight seasons at Spurs has signed a five-year deal with City. The deal, which comes to £50m including £5m of add-ons, could make him the most expensive English player ever. "I am thrilled to be signing for City and can't wait to get started," said Walker. "Pep Guardiola is one of the most respected managers in the world." Walker, who joined Spurs from Sheffield United in 2009 and made 183 Premier League appearances, added: "I feel he can help me take my game to a new level." The 27-year-old, who will wear the number two shirt, is expected to travel with City on Monday for their tour of the USA. City boss Guardiola released three full-backs at the end of last season, including both right-sided players - Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna. He missed out on the signing of free agent Dani Alves, with the Brazilian joining Paris St-Germain on Wednesday. Walker, selected in the 2016-17 Premier League team of the year, is City's third signing of the summer, after the arrivals of midfielder Bernardo Silva and goalkeeper Ederson Moraes. Walker made 31 league starts under Mauricio Pochettino last season as Tottenham recorded their highest top-flight finish since the 1962-63 season. The right-back recorded five assists for the Premier League runners-up, the joint-most for a defender in the division alongside Bournemouth's Adam Smith and Spurs team-mate Kieran Trippier, who made six of his 12 appearances from the bench. Walker also ranked highly among chances created by defenders and his 75 dribbles attempted was only less than Cherries full-back Smith (87) and Watford's Jose Holebas (88). Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker on Twitter: Kyle Walker becomes the world's most expensive defender at £50m plus. Imagine how much he would cost if he could cross the ball. Former Spurs midfielder and Match of the Day pundit Jermaine Jenas‏ on Twitter: I think it's great business for City. I am surprised Spurs are selling to a direct competitor. He's been a huge part of why Spurs have had one of, or the best defence in the league for two years. This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser Premier League clubs' spending has already surpassed £500m since the end of last season, with Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez calling this summer's transfer window "a little bit crazy". "Every Premier League club now has more money and are willing to spend that on players," said Chris Stenson, a senior consultant from Deloitte's sports business group. "It is the wealthiest league in the world and increasing its value makes it more attractive to sponsors and commercial partners. "So far we estimate Premier League clubs have spent about £500m in the transfer window, compared with £340m at the equivalent stage last year." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Manchester City have completed the signing of Tottenham and England right-back Kyle Walker for an initial £45m.

Students were asked to trace Arabic calligraphy in an exercise some parents said amounted to indoctrination. Officials said the schools were closed out of an "abundance of caution" and there were no specific safety threats. School administrators say a different lesson will be used in the future. One week ago, students at Riverheads High School were studying the Middle East and were asked to trace a piece of Arabic calligraphy that translated to: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah". Some pupils refused the assignment and parents accused the teacher of indoctrination. Officials with the Augusta County school district were quick to point out that the study of a region's religion and language are included in geography lessons. However, anger built up and by Wednesday complaints had become so numerous that the school's doors were locked and monitored. By Friday, the messages - described as profane and hateful - had increased and the decision was made to close the schools. Officials said that no specific threats were received, but law enforcement officials and the school district board recommended the closure because they were being cautious. The lesson was intended to illustrate the complexity of the Arabic language, they said, and not meant to promote any religious system. But future classes will use a different, non-religious example of Arabic. The decision to close the schools has drawn criticism as well. "It looks like fear wins again," a resident told the News Virginian newspaper. On the paper's Facebook account, locals have been debating the closure with one man saying, "our patriot forefathers are rolling in their graves," and another rhetorically posting, "how do these terrified people leave their houses every day?"

A school district in the US state of Virginia has closed all schools on Friday after a geography lesson that included Islam sparked vociferous complaints from around the country.

The British Embassy in Rabat said Roger and Mathilde Lamb from Pensham, near Pershore, died in separate falls. A spokeswoman said Mrs Lamb fell from a window of an apartment in the resort of Essaouira while Mr Lamb fell downstairs at a different building a few days later. They both died in hospital. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said the exact circumstances of the deaths were being investigated. The FCO is providing consular assistance to the family. In a statement, the couple's families said they were "deeply shocked and saddened by their tragic deaths". The couple, who have four sons aged between 11 and 17, were staying in the Moroccan resort of Essaouira. Mrs Lamb's brother-in-law, Mark Rogerson, said the children were back in the UK being looked after by relatives. He said they knew very few details about what happened, but were aware of Mrs Lamb's death last Thursday and then heard about her husband's death on Monday. "We heard first of all that he was badly injured. And then on Monday we heard that he had died," he said. Mr Lamb, who was an engineer and a graduate of the University of Birmingham, was working in Christchurch, New Zealand, while his family remained at home in Worcestershire. The families said their main concern was for the couple's children. "Roger and Tilly's families have been deeply shocked and saddened by their tragic deaths while on holiday in Morocco," the statement said. "Our principal concern at the moment is to provide love and support to their four sons who have had to suffer the loss of both a mother and a father in swift succession. "The boys are being well cared for by relatives. "We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the British consular authorities in Morocco for their invaluable assistance." The mayor of Pershore, John Grantham, said people who knew the couple had been saddened by the news. He said: "They're clearly very upset, it's been quite a shock." Mrs Lamb, who was known as Tilly, had relatives in Wiltshire. A spokesman for Wiltshire Police confirmed that her body was being repatriated to the county.

A couple from Worcestershire have died on holiday in Morocco.

He was rattling across the arid wastes of the Baluch desert in Pakistan on Saturday morning in that most Afghan of cars - a battered white Toyota Corrola - when the missile, fired from a US drone, struck his vehicle. All that was left was a charred and twisted wreck beside the desert highway. US President Barack Obama described his death as an "important milestone", but disentangling what it actually marks is not straightforward. The most obvious question is what it will mean for the Taliban. The Pentagon said it had targeted Mansour because he had become "an obstacle to peace and reconciliation". But it isn't clear that the new leader will be any more open towards the peace process. Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhunzada was Mullah Mansour's former deputy, and the official line from the Taliban is that his approach is going to be very similar. What's more, his appointment doesn't rule out the possibility of a battle for succession. Mansour struggled to contain the splintering of the movement into a series of factions that followed the death of Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban. That would increase instability in Afghanistan, fuelling local conflicts and entrenching the insurgency. Taliban leader Mullah Mansour killed, Afghans confirm Afghan Taliban announce successor to Mullah Mansour Mullah Mansour's battle to be leader Who are the Taliban? Profile: Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour Then, there is the question of what it means for US relations with Pakistan, which are regarded as crucial to the effort to fight global terrorism. The drone attack suggests the US has lost patience with the Pakistani authorities, which have failed to bring the Taliban to the table, while allegedly harbouring the movement's leaders. So the killing of Mullah Mansour may actually set back the efforts to negotiate a peace settlement. On Monday, the US ambassador was summoned to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry to be harangued about what it described as a "violation of Pakistan's sovereignty". The official Pakistani line is that the attack will be an obstacle to future talks. The third question is the one most likely to affect those outside the region: the impact on the drugs trade. It would be tempting to conclude that removing Mansour will make the battle to eradicate opium more straightforward. Mansour helped oversee the transformation of the Taliban from a movement of pious fanatics, largely funded by true believers from abroad, into something very different. After the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, remittances from the Gulf fell away. The Taliban needed new sources of finance. Mullah Mansour is thought to have developed a huge new source of income for the Taliban - along the way enriching himself and his fellow tribesmen. The movement he officially took over last year had been refashioned into what is, in effect, a multi-billion dollar drugs cartel. Afghanistan has now completely eclipsed the former hub of world opium production, the so-called Golden Triangle between Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. But whether the death of Mansour will reduce Afghanistan's opium production is a moot point. Helmand is a Taliban stronghold and traditionally accounts for around half of Afghan opium output. A senior official admitted to the BBC that the intense conflict in the province meant there had been virtually no eradication effort at all this season. Nevertheless, there is evidence that some farmers are moving away from poppy and back to less profitable food crops. One reason may be the effects of a mysterious blight that badly affected last year's poppy harvest. Take a look at the changing patterns of cultivation in these desert areas of Helmand. These images are taken from a forthcoming AREU Watching Brief: Moving with the times: How opium poppy cultivation had adapted to the changing environment in Afghanistan. At the same time, there is considerable evidence that poppy production has increased in areas that are - nominally at least - controlled by the government. Last week, I visited an agricultural community just half an hour away from Mazar-e-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan. The city is, by Afghan standards, a model of good governance and has never been a stronghold of the Taliban, yet I found poppy being grown openly. Conversations with locals suggest that poppy production is not just tolerated, but is actively supported and protected by local police and government officials in return for kickbacks. "Of course the authorities know we are growing poppies," a farmer called Taza Meer told me. "They can see we are growing it, but they've got to keep quiet about it. The economy here is weak, people have no money. "The authorities know poppy is the only way people here can make decent money, and they know that people would be very angry if they stopped them." He said if the government came in and destroyed his crop or that of other farmers, they would "take to the mountains". "The people will take up arms," he told me. "They'll have no choice but to rebel and there will be chaos here." Experts on opium cultivation say this is a pattern repeated across the country. They say opium cultivation is a sign of the weakness of the government. It occurs when local authorities have no choice but to come to an accommodation with farmers. On that basis, there has been a steady deterioration of central authority, as this chart illustrates. It is striking that more opium was produced in 2014, the last year of the Nato combat mission, than in any other year since the UN started keeping records in 2002. Mansour may be dead - but, in the absence of other successful businesses, the opium trade has become an increasingly important enterprise in areas the government controls as well as Taliban-controlled areas. What that suggests is that, whoever is leader of the Taliban, Afghanistan is likely to continue to be the world centre of opium production. Indeed, this year, Afghanistan is expected to produce more opium - and therefore heroin - than the world consumes. It isn't hard to work out what that means: more and cheaper heroin coming to a street near you.

Mullah Mansour, Afghan Taliban leader and the commander of a militia of thousands of men, died a lonely death.

The 32-year-old joined the National League side following his release by the Cumbrians at the end of last season after a two-year spell. Sweeney, who is originally from Stockton-on-Tees, spent 13 years at Hartlepool, making 444 appearances. "It obviously was a factor," Sweeney said of the region's appeal. "I've got a young family at home, but it wasn't the be all and end all. I was quite happy to move away if needs be but luckily enough I didn't have to. "Everything fell into place here and I'm quite confident we'll have a decent season and it'll prove a good move." Sweeney was manager Neil Aspin's sixth addition this summer, which has now risen to 13 following the addition of left-back George Smith. Chairman Richard Bennett who along with wife Julie took over the club in May 2015, have targeted the Football League and maintained the club's full-time status. "It's always been a club - with me being from the North East - that I've looked out for on the results and followed," Sweeney added. "I sat down with them and he [Bennett] discussed the plans he wanted to do and they matched my own ambitions, which I've made no bones about. "I still feel I can contribute in league football and hopefully that will be with Gateshead." The Tynesiders began their pre-season training on Wednesday as they look to push for promotion to the English Football League for the first time in the club's history. Sweeney, who spent his entire career playing in the Football League, says success in non-league can be transfer to the higher tiers of the English football pyramid, as Crawley, Stevenage and Fleetwood Town have previously shown. "Its momentum, it's all about momentum", admitted Sweeney. "If you can get out of this league, I'm not sure there's a great deal of difference between League Two and the National League. "So if you've got that momentum and you go into that league, you can carry that on quite easily."

Gateshead midfielder Antony Sweeney is pleased to be returning to his native North East after leaving League Two side Carlisle United.

Mr Opstelten had said the trafficker was paid less than he actually was for money wrongly confiscated by the state. He also said details of the payment - authorised by Mr Teeven as prosecutor - had been lost, but this was not so. The resignations are a blow to the Liberal party as it faces an election. Mr Opstelten and Mr Teeven are both from the conservative wing of the party, which faces a challenge from Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party in provincial elections this month. The resignations are also expected to place a strain on the Liberal's coalition with the Labour party, which has been very critical of Mr Opstelten and Mr Teeven. The justice minister had claimed that a convicted drug trafficker, Cees Helman, was paid much less than the compensation of 4.7 million Dutch guilders - worth €2.1m (£1.5m; $2.3m) in current terms - that he in fact received. He also said that the details of the payment had been lost. On Monday, however, Mr Opstelten said a record of the transaction had been found. "This information could have been found earlier," he told reporters. "I take full responsibility for this and have just now offered my resignation to the king." The payment was made after the authorities were unable to prove that money they had confiscated from Helman had been obtained illegally. Mr Teeven, who was a prosecutor at the time, had authorised the settlement. The payment was not illegal. However, both ministers said the misinformation had made their positions untenable, Reuters news agency reports.

Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten and his state secretary, Fred Teeven, have resigned after misleading parliament over a 2001 compensation payment to a convicted drug trafficker.

The 14-time major champion, playing in his first full PGA Tour event for almost 18 months, carded a level-par second round of 72, but missed the cut by four shots after his first-round 76. World number one Jason Day and US Open champion Dustin Johnson also missed the cut at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Overnight leader Rose carded a one-under 71 to put him on eight under. Canada's Adam Hadwin and USA's Brandt Snedeker are tied in second on seven under, while US PGA champion Jimmy Walker missed the cut as he finished on three over. Woods is playing in just his second tournament since 15 months out with a back injury. "It's frustrating not being able to have a chance to win the tournament," said the 41-year-old, who won his last major, the US Open, at the same course in 2008. "Overall today was a lot better than yesterday. I hit it better, I putted well again. I hit a lot of beautiful putts that didn't go in, but I hit it much better today, which was nice." Scotland's Martin Laird and England's Paul Casey are both on two under, while Ireland's Shane Lowry is on level par.

Tiger Woods missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, as England's Justin Rose maintained a one-shot lead.

Crews were called to the incident at about 17:00 on Friday. Five appliances were initially sent to the scene with one remaining on site on Saturday afternoon. No-one was injured in the incident.

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a factory on the Isle of Scalpay in the Western Isles.

Birmingham-based West Midlands Police constables Wahid Husman, 48, and Tahsib Majid, 36, used their roles to conspire to steal quantities of Class A and B drugs, the force said. Husman admitted drugs and misconduct offences on 7 August. Majid was convicted on Tuesday after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Five other men also admitted a number of offences on 7 August following the police investigation, the West Midlands force added. Husman accessed police computer systems to feed information to a number of criminal associates, while Majid committed a Data Protection offence on behalf of an associate, the force said. A surveillance operation, led by the force's counter corruption unit, captured the officers talking about drug dealing on duty and conspiring with criminal associates to steal a consignment of illegal drugs destined for Birmingham. The group planned to split the drugs between them to supply for their own gain. See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here Police said an investigation revealed Husman had begun accessing police computer systems as far back as 2011, when he started to feed intelligence and information to some of his co-accused. After his arrest, officers searched Husman's address and found £7,000 cash and heroin. The officers, based at Perry Barr, were suspended following their arrest in February 2017 and now face dismissal from West Midlands Police. All the defendants are due to be sentenced in October.

Two police officers who plotted to steal and sell drugs for profit have been convicted of drugs and misconduct offences.

Bielsa, 60, a former Argentina and Chile boss, resigned from French club Marseille in August and is unattached. He led Spanish club Athletic Bilbao to the 2012 Europa League and Copa del Rey finals before a 2014 move to Marseille. Swansea parted company with Garry Monk on Wednesday and are thought to want a new boss before Sunday's West Ham game. Monk left the club following a run of just one win in 11 Premier League games. AEK Athens boss Gus Poyet was thought to be in the frame to replace him, but the Greek club said that they had not received an approach from Swansea regarding Poyet. Sevilla manager Unai Emery has also been linked with the job. Swansea's first-team coach Alan Curtis was in caretaker charge of Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Manchester City.

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins is in South America as he steps up the search for a new manager, with Argentina's Marcelo Bielsa the odds-on favourite.

The 29-year-old, who carded a round of 59 in January, began the final round with a four-stroke lead. But he put his tee shot into the water at the 16th, made a double bogey and was tied for the lead at 14 under. However, Hadwin parred in for a level-par 71 and Patrick Cantlay bogeyed the last to finish second. Open champion Henrik Stenson was the top-placed European, finishing six shots back after a 70. Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell had five birdies in a 67 and was nine shots adrift, while 41-year-old Ian Poulter, playing on a medical extension having missed four months of last season due to a foot injury, finished level for the tournament. Find out how to get into golf with our special guide.

Canadian Adam Hadwin survived a late scare to claim his maiden PGA title with a one-shot win at the Valspar Championship in Innisbrook, Florida.

Media playback is not supported on this device Roy was bowled for 162 in England's series-clinching win over Sri Lanka, five short of the 167 not out made by Robin Smith against Australia in 1993. "I was only aware when I walked into the changing room and I saw it on the TV," he told BBC Sport. "I didn't care because winning was the most important thing." Roy also made a century in a record-breaking stand with Alex Hales in the second one-day international. His effort at The Oval, which helped England to a six-wicket win in the fourth ODI and gave them an unassailable lead in the series, meant he had scored 279 runs between dismissals. "Jason Roy is making the most of his form," said captain Eoin Morgan. "That is a big thing in international cricket, you cash in and he is certainly doing that. "It is nice for him to be second on the all-time list of highest scores because he has played a magnificent innings." England have now won three of their five one-day series since an awful World Cup campaign in 2015. They are scoring runs faster than any other international side in the world and their chase of 308 at The Oval was their third in excess of 300 in the past year, having managed similar chases only twice before. "A lot of hard work has been put in," said Surrey right-hander Roy. "The boys put in a serious amount of work and we reap the rewards. These are very exciting times for English cricket. "We're keeping things nice and simple, training hard, and there's a lot of respect for each other. There's an incredible vibe and it's something I'm excited to spend more time in." For Sri Lanka, their best batting effort of the series did not produce a first win over England on this tour, with only Saturday's fifth ODI in Cardiff and a Twenty20 at Southampton on Tuesday to come. "I thought we had a good score on the board but our bowlers were pretty ordinary and Jason took the game away from us," said captain Angelo Mathews. "We were not penetrative enough to get the batsmen out. It was a brilliant wicket, but we could not put the effort in to make breakthroughs. It's time to make a couple of changes."

Jason Roy did not know how close he was to breaking the record for the highest score by an England batsman in a one-day international.

Kjell Lindgren played Amazing Grace on the pipes after recording a message about research scientist Victor Hurst, who was involved in astronaut training. It is thought to be the first time that bagpipes have been played in space. They were made for Mr Lindgren by McCallum Bagpipes at the company's factory in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Kenny Macleod, who works at McCallum Bagpipes, told BBC Scotland the 42-year-old astronaut had got in touch two years ago to say he was going to the space station and wanted to play the pipes while he was there. "He wondered if it was feasible to play bagpipes," he said. "They're made of plastic - they're just easier to keep clean and to make sure they're not contaminated. They're also lighter." In the video, Mr Lindgren is seen to give the pipes a punch before he starts playing. Mr Macleod said it was normal for pipers to massage the bag to get the air flowing, "but not quite as vigorously as that". "The thing about bagpipes is that they're very difficult to play at high altitude because the air is that bit thinner. They're quite hard to blow so he's done well," he added. There are six astronauts currently in space on the 45th expedition to the International Space Centre. In a video recorded in the last few days, Mr Lindgren said all of them had come into contact with Dr Hurst during their training and were "shocked and saddened" to hear about his death. Dr Hurst worked for US engineering company Wyle Science as a research scientist and instructor. He died suddenly in October, aged 48. Nasa flight engineer Mr Lindgren said: "He always had a quick smile, a kind word. I don't know if anyone was more enthusiastic and professional about being involved in human space flight."

A US astronaut has played a set of Scottish-made bagpipes on the International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died.

9 February 2017 Last updated at 15:00 GMT Thousands of athletes from around the world will be going for glory on the ice and snow. So what events will there be, how many medals are up for grabs and what will the mascots look like? Here's Ayshah with all you need to know!

There's exactly one year to go until the Winter Olympics officially kick off in the Asian country of South Korea.

Negotiations over who will run the £200m Metrobus network have stalled as bus companies are reluctant to run the service on a completely commercial basis. Metrobus admits public subsidies might now have to be used to entice firms on board. The first of the new bus routes are due to be completed in the next few months. David Redgewell, from passenger group Bus Users UK, said the lack of a current operator was a worry. "We need to be realistic about what the bus industry can deliver in hard times," he said. "The buses have to make money, so there's really going to have to be realism amongst the public authorities that unless they are prepared to put public subsidy in then they [buses] need to be commercial." In March 2015, Bristol City Council was required to spend more than £1m removing protestors from Stapleton allotments, part of the new Metrobus route. Former secretary of Stapleton Allotments Association, Jane Ghosh, said she was "absolutely shocked but not the least bit surprised". "It's cost £200 million plus, it's a lot more than that because of the delays. They only have £34 million from the government, which is static and won't go up," she said. "We told them right at the beginning, this was never going to be a commercially viable project - but nobody listened to us." BBC Radio Bristol politics reporter Pete Simson Could Bristol really be left with a brand new public transport network, but no company willing to run it? The idea was always for Metrobus to be run without subsidies, using shiny new buses with clean fuel. Unfortunately, it would appear bus companies view this as simply too risky, after all, they want to make a profit. With huge swathes of Bristol's roads currently being dug up to build Metrobus, the need for a deal becomes ever more pressing. Time will tell if this is merely another teething problem, or a hugely costly mistake. Commuters are currently enduring roadworks associated with the scheme in the city centre, on the M32 and various other locations in South Gloucestershire. The scheme was devised by the West of England Partnership (WEP), an alliance between the four councils in Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. It involves three routes: Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, Cribbs Causeway via Emersons Green to the city centre and the South Bristol link between the A370 Long Ashton bypass and Hengrove Park. It will provide an express bus service on 31 miles (50km) of segregated bus-ways and bus lanes. The WEP said Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset council were "actively negotiating" with bus operators and such discussions were commercially sensitive. A spokeswoman said: "We have always been clear that the aim is that the MetroBus services are run entirely on a commercial basis via a quality partnership scheme that sets minimum standards for frequencies, quality of vehicles and maximum fares, supported by a voluntary partnership agreement with one or more operator. "Of course should negotiations not be successful, we have a range of back up plans which could include formal contracts to run all or some services on a contracted basis. "This might require the use of public money following a competitive procurement process, but this would depend on the situation when negotiations conclude - which all parties agree should be in about three-four weeks' time." First Bus, Wessex and the Bath Bus Company RAPT were said to be in the running for the contract.

A "rapid transit" bus scheme due to be running in Bristol by 2017 still has no operator and may need public funds.

The decision was announced at a meeting in the German city of Bonn after the UN's cultural committee spent more than a year considering its nomination. World heritage status is given to sites of "outstanding universal value" with the aim of protecting them for future generations. The distinctive red bridge has carried trains over the Forth since 1890. Scotland's other World Heritage Sites are New Lanark, St Kilda, the Old and New Towns in Edinburgh, Neolithic Orkney and the Antonine Wall. The award puts it alongside the Pyramids of Egypt, the great Wall of China and the Sydney Opera House in terms of cultural significance. The bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry on the outskirts of Edinburgh and North Queensferry in Fife, was opened in 1890 after eight years of construction. Designed by Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, it measures 2,529m (1.5 miles), weighs 53,000 tonnes and was at the time the world's longest multi-span cantilever bridge. When it was constructed it was one of the most ambitious projects of its kind ever attempted, and at its peak, more than 4,500 men were employed building it. The Unesco inspection report stated: "This enormous structure, with its distinctive industrial aesthetic and striking red colour, was conceived and built using advanced civil engineering design principles and construction methods. "Innovative in design, materials and scale, the Forth Bridge is an extraordinary and impressive milestone in bridge design and construction during the period when railways came to dominate long-distance land travel." For 125 years it has been an icon of Victorian engineering excellence, a symbol of Scotland and even a favourite expression for a never-ending task. Now the Forth Bridge is listed alongside the Pyramids of Egypt, the great Wall of China and the Sydney Opera House in terms of cultural significance. We've brought together some facts and figures - and more great pictures - of one of Britain's best-known structures, which you can see here. The bid for World Heritage status was led by the Forth Bridges Forum, which was established by the Scottish government to promote the three Forth Bridges. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the bridge was one of the "industrial wonders of the world" and congratulated the team behind the bid. She added: "The Forth Bridge is an outstanding example of Scotland's built heritage. "Its endurance is testament not only to the ingenuity of those who designed and built it but also to the generations of painters, engineers and maintenance crews who have looked after it through the years." The bridge is owned by Network Rail, whose infrastructure director, David Dickson, described it as "a prime example of civil engineering and an iconic structure, not only in Scotland but across the world." Mike Cantlay, chairman ofTourism agency VisitScotland said World Heritage Site status would lends "even greater aura and appeal to one of the planet's most instantly recognisable landmarks". He added: "The timing is perfect as, in 2016, this country will celebrate the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design and you would be hard-pushed to find a better example of all three qualities anywhere in the world than in the Forth Bridge." UK Heritage Minister Tracey Crouch said: "Recognition as a World Heritage Site will draw more tourists to the area as well as making sure one of the UK's great engineering feats stands for future generations." There are now more than 1,000 World Heritage Sites across the globe, in 161 countries. Of these, 29 are British, including the Tower of London, the Giant's Causeway and Stonehenge.

The Forth Bridge has become the sixth Scottish landmark to be awarded Unesco World Heritage Site status.

BBC Northern Ireland is planning to move from its premises at Broadcasting House on Ormeau Avenue. The corporation has yet to decide on a site. The council has set out its preferred options for the broadcaster in its regeneration and investment strategy. It said lands to the rear of Belfast Central Library, a site north of Great Patrick Street or the stalled Royal Exchange development could all be suitable. It has recommended that a working group involving the BBC, the council, the universities and other agencies should be formed. The Ulster University is currently building a major extension to its Belfast campus on the northern edge of the city centre. Adjacent streets are also due to be redeveloped as part of the Northside scheme. The council strategy expresses hope that a major department store, such as John Lewis, will anchor the Royal Exchange development. But it states that if the retail option is not possible the BBC "would be an obvious candidate" as an anchor tenant. The BBC has previously been linked with a move to Titanic Quarter or as part of the redevelopment of Great Victoria Street station. The council's strategy also contains details of its £19m city centre investment fund. It could be used to make loan or equity funding to developments or for the council to buy development sites.

Belfast City Council has said a BBC relocation to a site beside the Ulster University campus would lead to a "comprehensive transformation" of that part of the city.

The 23-year-old Frenchman had been on a season-long loan at Ajax but failed to score in his four appearances for the Eredivisie side. Ex-France international defender Rod Fanni, 34, has signed from Qatari side Al-Arabi for the rest of the season. The Addicks have also cancelled the deals of Franck Moussa and Ricardo Vaz Te by mutual consent. Belgian midfielder Moussa, 26, joined Charlton from Coventry City in the summer of 2014 while ex-Bolton, Barnsley and West Ham forward Vaz Te moved to The Valley in November. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Championship strugglers Charlton have signed Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo on loan until the end of the season.

Born Eric Lubbock, he became Liberal MP for Orpington in 1962 when he won a by-election with a huge 22% swing from the Conservatives. He held the seat for eight years, moving to the Lords in 1971 when he inherited the title of Baron Avebury. Lib Dem leader Tim Farron paid tribute to a "true Liberal", "great campaigner" and "committed internationalist". Lord Avebury: Obituary Mr Farron said the peer, who had been suffering from leukaemia, would "be remembered as much for his unyielding commitment to fighting for Liberal causes as his sensational by-election victory". "He campaigned to lower the voting age, founded the parliamentary human rights group and fought for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, taking up the cases of hundreds of individuals fleeing persecution. "He was a committed internationalist, regularly promoting human rights around the world. The Liberal Democrats have lost a great campaigner, a great friend and a true champion of the Liberal cause." A Buddhist, Lord Avebury was the patron of Angulimala, which promotes the teaching and practice of Buddhism in British prisons. He also campaigned on behalf of secular causes, fighting to remove mandatory daily worship in maintained schools. In 2009, the National Secular Society named the peer secularist of the year, jointly with Evan Harris, for his work on abolition of blasphemy laws in England and Wales. His biography on the Lib Dem website says he also "sought and won" a battle with the senior parliamentary official known as Black Rod to keep the right to park bicycles against the front of the Houses of Parliament. Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said Lord Avebury had supported countless human rights campaigns. "His knowledge of foreign affairs, particularly of remote parts of the developing world, was second to none. The weak and oppressed in these places have lost a true champion. "I have lost a very close friend. The nation has lost a human rights champion."

The longest-serving Lib Dem peer and veteran human rights campaigner, Lord Avebury, has died at the age of 87.

Menzies said rectifying "operational issues" at the airport would cost an extra £6m in the second half of 2015. It warned full-year profits could be £2m lower than previously forecast. However, it reported strong profit growth at its US hubs, while its distribution arm was "delivering ahead of forecast". In a trading update for the 10 months to 30 October, Edinburgh-based Menzies said: "Within the aviation division, service levels at London Gatwick have been restored. "However, the actions we have put in place to mitigate the operational issues and deliver the customer's operational requirements will cost £6m of additional investment, mainly in manpower, in the second half of the year, and will impact this year's earnings. "Contract negotiations with this customer continue, and we are working towards a resolution before the year end." Menzies said its aviation division continued to perform well in all regions outside the UK. Ground handling turns and cargo tonnes were up 9% and 4% respectively, with revenue in the period up 6% on last year. Chief executive Jeremy Stafford said: "During a busy period of transition, we continue to progress with the group's strategic objectives. "Our distribution business is quickly gaining traction in the UK e-logistics market, whilst continuing to deliver cost and cash improvement initiatives. "Aviation continues to benefit from growth in the Americas, whilst we continue to work through UK operational matters. "I am disappointed that contractual issues at London Gatwick have led us to revise our aviation outlook for this year, albeit largely offset with strong progress in our distribution business. "The group remains well placed to drive earnings."

Logistics group John Menzies has issued a profits warning following problems with its ground handling contract at London Gatwick Airport.

Broken swords and spearheads were found by archaeologists on the RSPB Scotland nature reserve. Twelve pieces excavated from several different weapons have been handed over to Kilmartin Museum in Argyll. RSPB Scotland reserves archaeologist Jill Harden said they had probably been deliberately broken and thrown into a loch as part of a religious ceremony. "This is the first discovery of this size from Argyll for many years," she said. "The items were recovered from what had once been a freshwater loch - it seems that they had been purposely broken and cast into the waters as part of a ceremony, most likely as offerings or gifts to the gods or goddesses of the time. "It is recorded that bronze swords were found on Coll in the 19th Century during drainage works, but their whereabouts today are unknown." The archaeological investigation was directed by the Treasure Trove Unit, National Museums Scotland and RSPB Scotland. Trevor Cowie, from National Museums Scotland's department of Scottish history and archaeology, said: "While a fair number of objects from this period have been discovered in the west of Scotland in the past, we generally know very little about the precise places where they were found. "Archaeological techniques have developed dramatically since those 19th Century discoveries were made, so we have a great opportunity here to resolve many unanswered questions about life on Coll some 3,000 years ago." The weapons can be viewed at the the Isle of Coll's An Cridhe community centre on Thursday and Friday.

Bronze weapons believed to date back about 3,000 years have been discovered on the Isle of Coll.

Kirsty Blackman, SNP MP for Aberdeen North, found a toy rabbit at the Carriage Gates entrance last July. She tried to trace the owner on social media but no-one came forward for months. After turning to Mumsnet, a user got in touch at Hogmanay, saying the toy belonged to her six-year-old daughter. The woman said she worked near Westminster at the time and her daughter was "gutted" when the bunny went missing as they had been "inseparable since birth". She reclaimed the toy on a visit to the House of Commons on Wednesday. Ms Blackman updated followers on the toy's time at Westminster, including pictures of her and the Jellycat Bashful Bunny with Big Ben behind them and at Prime Minister's Questions. She also drafted an Early Day Motion stating the House of Commons is "saddened by the discovery of the abandoned bashful bunny by the gates of the Palace of Westminster" which was not submitted to parliament but was signed by several SNP colleagues. Ms Blackman said previously: "I have two young children, so I know the devastation that can be caused when a toy is lost."

An MP who issued a social medial appeal after discovering a soft toy abandoned outside the House of Commons has reunited it with its young owner.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a commercial plane as a would-be suicide mission for al-Qaeda. His family quickly called on the US government to review the sentence. Abdulmutallab was badly burned when a bomb sewn into his underwear failed to detonate fully, prosecutors said. Almost 300 people were on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Some of the passengers from the flight were in the courtroom as Federal Judge Nancy Edmunds announced the sentence. Profile: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab "This was an act of terrorism that cannot be quibbled with," Judge Edmunds said, as she imposed the maximum sentence. The son of a Nigerian banker and a former engineering student at University College London, Abdulmutallab faced eight counts against him, including terrorism and attempted murder. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a militant group based in Yemen, said it was behind the attempted attack. In statement to the BBC, the family of Abdulmutallab said they were "grateful to God that the unfortunate incident of that date did not result in any injury or death". "We strongly appeal to the American justice department to review the life sentence," they said. "We also appeal to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to continue with their support and engage with the American government to ensure that a review is made." Ahead of the sentencing, assistant defence lawyer Anthony Chambers argued that a life sentence for Abdulmutallab would be unconstitutional, since no other passengers were hurt. By Mark LobelBBC News, Lagos Many more young Nigerians have been radicalised since Lagos-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's actions linked the West African country to al-Qaeda. But the organisation behind their radicalisation is Boko Haram, a local religious group that has turned militant. It wants Nigeria ruled by strict Islamic law and its recruits take quite different journeys from that of the man in his twenties from a very wealthy northern Nigerian family, now in the hands of the US penal system. A neighbour of the Abdulmutallab family in Kaduna, prominent rights activist Shehu Sani, told me a lighter sentence would give Umar Farouk a deserved chance to rehabilitate. The blame should lie with the terrorists who took advantage of the model student, as he was too young to know better, he said. Some in the Muslim north think the whole case is a US conspiracy. There is far less sympathy for him in the Christian south. Matthew, a banker, said that a death sentence would be justified. Having harmed Nigeria's image, as Boko Haram is doing now, Matthew said the 25-year-old does not deserve a second chance. Sentencing guidelines directed the judge to impose a mandatory life sentence, but Mr Chambers appealed for a lighter term. "Not one passenger lost his or her life. Not one passenger suffered life-threatening injuries," he said. Prosecutors said a life sentence was warranted because an attempted terror attack heightens public fear and burdens airports with expensive and time-consuming security procedures. As part of the sentencing hearing, four passengers and a crew member aboard Flight 253 made statements, telling the judge the event had forever changed their lives. A video from the FBI showing the power of the explosive material found in Abdulmutallab's underwear was also shown at the hearing. As the video played Abdulmutallab twice said loudly "Allahu akbar" - Arabic for "God is great". Abdulmutallab himself made a brief statement. During the short trial, he had fired his lawyer and attempted to represent himself. "Mujahideen are proud to kill in the name of God," he said in court. "And that is exactly what God told us to do in the Koran... Today is a day of victory." "In quick response to some of the things that have been said, I say my life and the lives of Muslims have also changed due to the attacks on innocent civilians," he added. On the second day of his trial, in October, Abdulmutallab unexpectedly declared that he would plead guilty to all charges. The bomb was a "blessed weapon to save the lives of innocent Muslims", he told the court. "The US should be warned that if they continue to kill and support those who kill innocent Muslims, then the US should await a great calamity... or God will strike them directly," he added. Investigators said Abdulmutallab admitted he was working for AQAP, and had been inspired by and had met Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric who was killed in 2011 by a US drone strike in Yemen. Abdulmutallab received the bomb, as well as training, from AQAP before travelling from Nigeria to Amsterdam. There he boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to Detroit, which was carrying 279 passengers and 11 crew members. The bomb was not picked up in security checks at airports in Lagos and Amsterdam. On board, the bomb failed to detonate completely and passengers had to put out the fire. Abdulmutallab's father, Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, an influential banker who is well connected in Nigerian politics, said he had approached the US embassy officials and Nigerian authorities in 2009 to warn them about his son. Abdulmutallab was already on a US watch list, but not a no-fly list.

A Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The birds, which are native to southern Europe, set up nests by burrowing tunnels in the banks of Low Gelt Quarry, near Brampton. An RSPB viewpoint on the perimeter of the quarry has attracted more than 1,000 people in two weeks. The RSPB said all chicks had hatched and would fledge in the next few weeks. The pairs were discovered by a foreman, who noticed the colourful birds flying among the site's colony of nesting sand martins. They are expected to leave the nest in about four weeks. Two pairs successfully raised chicks on the Isle of Wight last year and previously in County Durham in 2002. An RSPB spokesman said they were "delighted" the birds had bred in the UK for a second consecutive summer. Bee-eaters can burrow up to 10ft (3m) and usually lay clutches of four to nine eggs.

Visitors have flocked to Cumbria to see two pairs of rare bee-eater birds which set up their home at a quarry.

The Mediterranean gull and black-headed gull eggs were illegally harvested from from islands in Poole Harbour, Dorset. The theft has been branded "sickening" by bird charity Birds of Poole Harbour. The group said some eggs - sometimes eaten as a delicacy - were not cleared for human consumption. Dorset Police and Natural England have launched an investigation. Natural England is urging any restaurants or pubs to ask to see a valid licence before buying eggs to prepare in meals. Birds of Poole Harbour had been surveying a group of islands in the harbour when the theft was discovered. Mediterranean gulls are classified as a Schedule One species, meaning anyone disturbing their nests must have a special licence. Paul Morton, who runs the charity, said Mediterranean gulls' eggs were not approved for human consumption, and could be a "health issue". "I'm distraught, really. To see the taking of hundreds and hundreds of eggs from an important colony is quite sickening," he said. Mr Moreton said there had been previous convictions for egg poaching in the last 10 or 15 years. He said continued monitoring was needed to understand the effect on the gull population in the harbour, which he said had fallen by 70% since 2008.

Hundreds of eggs belonging to a protected species of bird have been stolen from an important nesting site, with fears they could be sold to the restaurant industry.

Its mother was among the first group of 20 relocated to mid Wales from Scotland in 2015. Pine martens were once common in Wales but were thought to be close to extinction by the 20th Century. "Evidence of breeding in Wales is very exciting," said Hilary Macmillan from the Vincent Wildlife Trust, a mammal conservation charity. "This is proving that they are breeding successfully in Wales." The mother of the baby pine marten - also known as a kit - gave birth about a month ago, must have bred while in Wales to have become pregnant last year. Others among the relocated group gave birth last year but they would have become pregnant after mating prior to their move south. However, not everyone is please to see the animals return, with one landowner in Ceredigion dubbing the predator a "killing machine". So far, 39 pine martens have been relocated to mid Wales in the last two years with a further 20 expected this autumn. The kit was filmed by trust volunteer Huw Denman as it climbed a tree at its den site.

The first pine marten born and bred in Wales as part of a recovery project has been caught on camera.

Excluding fuel, like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new store openings, fell 1.1% in the 16 weeks to 24 September. Total sales fell 0.4%. Despite the drop, the UK's second-largest supermarket said it was continuing to make progress. Chief executive Mike Coupe said he was confident its strategy would enable it to "outperform our major peers". German discount chains Aldi and Lidl, which have expanded rapidly in the UK, have been undercutting Sainsbury's and its rivals, including Tesco, Morrisons and Asda. The supermarket chain has fought back by cutting prices on its everyday products rather than run promotions. This quarter, it said it had cut the prices of broccoli, onions, Margherita pizza and its own-brand nappies. Mr Coupe said this strategy was working with customers "consistently choosing" Sainsbury's over its rivals. He also said its £1.4bn takeover of Argos-owner Home Retail Group, which was completed at the beginning of this month, would speed up its plans to allow shoppers to get their goods in different ways. Sainsbury's, which already has 15 Argos stores within its own shops, said it would open 200 digital collection points in its stores by the end of the year. The supermarket group said Home Retail Group's like-for-like sales in the second quarter to 27 August, before it took over the firm, rose 2.3%. In another attempt to win more shoppers, and amid the threat of online giant Amazon's move into grocery deliveries, Sainsbury's said it was expanding a test of its one-hour grocery delivery service in London called "Chop Chop" with orders delivered by bicycle. The retailer said it would "give customers more options to shop with us whenever and wherever they want". Sainsbury's has reported two straight years of falling profits, and analysts expect another drop in the 2016-17 financial year. In May, the supermarket said underlying profits for the year to 12 March fell to £587m from £681m in the previous year. Shares in the group have fallen 9% over the past six months. John Ibbotson, director of retail consultancy Retail Vision, said Sainsbury's simpler pricing strategy and abolition of multi-buy promotions was "distinctly underwhelming" in the current brutal market conditions, but said Argos could help the firm. "Argos should boost Sainsbury's bottom line in the short-term as well as improve its internet offer and logistics capability. "But integrating the two firms will be time-consuming and distracting, and in the current environment Sainsbury's cannot afford to take its eye off its core grocery business, even for a second," he added. Earlier this week, discount rival Aldi showed it was not immune to the effects of the continuing price war, with low prices eating into its profit margins. The firm reported a 12% rise in sales for 2015, but said operating profits had fallen 1.8%.

Sainsbury's has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling sales, blaming falling food prices.

Erfan Ali was just six years old when he was attacked by his neighbour's Rhodesian Ridgeback called Tyson. It jumped through a broken wooden fence before attacking the boy in his family's garden, in 2011. The dog's owner Kevin Large was jailed in 2012 after he admitted failing to control the animal. Now Erfan's family has won a payout after launching civil action against Large's mother - for not properly maintaining the garden fence between the neighbours in Gabalfa. Michele Skinner, 52, was ordered to pay the compensation by a judge at the Cardiff Civil Justice Centre. The boy's legal team claimed damages because Erfan, now 11, will have facial scars for the rest of his life and because of the psychological trauma he suffered. Erfan's dad Dilwar Ali , 49, said: "This action was never about the money but the principle. "People need to be able to feel safe in their neighbourhoods without fear of attack from dogs. "Now hopefully this award will act as a deterrent to unruly dog owners and afford some protection to residents in similar situations." The family's lawyer said it could lead to many more compensation cases. Erfan needed emergency surgery at the specialist Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Since then he has had multiple skin grafts and will need further operations well into his teenage years.

A Cardiff boy who was scarred for life after being savaged by his neighbour's dog has been awarded £70,000 compensation.

Early figures from the Official Charts Company show the single has been downloaded 156,000 times, with the rest of the total derived from streaming. The star is also set for a US number one, after selling roughly 450,000 downloads in 48 hours. The song's video, which also premiered on Friday, has been watched more than 70 million times on YouTube. Directed by Canadian film-maker Xavier Dolan, the video sees Adele raking the coals of a faded relationship. Her ex-boyfriend is played in flashback scenes by Tristan Wilds, a former child actor from acclaimed crime series The Wire, who released his own Grammy-nominated album, New York: A Love Story, in 2013. According to Entertainment Weekly, it is also the first music video to be shot with large-format IMAX cameras. Hello is the lead single from Adele's third album, 25, which is due out on 20 November. Reviews for the single have been overwhelmingly positive. The Guardian called it "striking, witty and lovelorn"; while the Telegraph described it as "a beautiful song of loss and regret". Following its release on Friday, it topped the iTunes chart in 102 countries, and the album topped the pre-order chart in 93 countries. In the UK, Hello is expected to have the biggest opening week of the year, beating Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do, which achieved 173,000 combined sales and streams in February. The star could also smash a US record for selling the most downloads in a single week - set in 2009 when Flo Rida's Right Round was bought 636,000 times. Such figures emphasise the importance of Adele's career in an ailing music industry. She is one of the remaining few artists - others include Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Ed Sheeran - who can convince fans to pay for their records. Her last album, 21, sold 30 million copies worldwide, and it is hoped that its follow-up, 25, will mirror that success. If so, it could help reverse figures from the first half of this year, which showed that sales of both CDs and digital albums had fallen in the UK. But, speaking last Friday, Adele told the BBC she was not feeling the weight of expectation. "I feel like every album I'm ever going to write is always going to be following 21," she said. "No matter what this album does, my next record's going to be following 21. "It's phenomenal what happened with that - but it is a phenomenon. I can't really include it in any expectations of anything I ever do again."

Adele's comeback single, Hello, looks set to top the singles chart, after selling 165,000 copies in three days.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has taken a look at Network Rail's performance between April and October this year, and found it wanting in key areas. Maintenance work is already £40m over budget, and rising. Punctuality is 0.7% below target. And the ORR has once again cast doubt on the data that Network Rail uses to make important decisions on which bits of the network to mend or renew, and when. Bad data means more delays for passengers and higher costs for the taxpayer. To give you an example, maintenance crews across Britain record what they do in different ways. Network Rail told me that in some parts of the country they use miles, in other parts they use kilometres, so when two teams record the fact that they've fixed "three units" of line, some mean three miles, others mean three kilometres. I don't need to spell out what a mess that makes. And it doesn't end there. Some fill in forms, others use electronic devices. If you bear in mind that over the six months covered by this health check, about 35 million work orders were generated by maintenance staff, you can imagine how confusing it all gets. The regulator has been trying to crack the whip on the reliability of this data for some time now. But there's a legacy of red tape on the railways, and it won't be cheap to sort out. Richard Price at the ORR says: "Without up-to-date knowledge, Network Rail will not have sufficient understanding of how and why its assets fail and its maintenance approach will remain reactive - leading to inefficiencies and hindering its efforts to improve punctuality. He adds: "The new management at the company has made it clear that it shares our concerns and has committed to address these issues." The current overspend is a worry too. Network Rail has a £38bn budget for the next five years, so how is it already £40m over-budget, and heading for £122m across the year? Well, it's mainly down to two extra projects. The relatively new boss, Mark Carne, has ordered a clean-up of the lines. All those spare bits of old track you see lying about, the old mattresses, the Buddleia - he wants it all gone. The second project goes back to red-tape again. Mark Carne wants a much slimmer, more-focused safety book for maintenance staff. Again, there's a legacy of thousands of rules that he wants cut, so that people understand what to focus on. Mark Carne hails from the oil industry, don't forget, and in our last interview he talked a lot about safety culture. His response to today's report? "The railway continues to see strong growth in passenger numbers, however, we know that there are too many passengers that do not get the level of reliability they have a right to expect and that this has a real impact on their daily lives. "Increasing capacity on a complex network, at the same time as keeping it running every day, is the challenge we face. We have clear strategies to deliver the improvements required." There is one positive highlight from the regulator. Network Rail has made good progress on level crossing safety, mainly through new technology or just closing them down.

The company running Britain's track, signals and train stations has overspent, and may be using flaky figures to plan its maintenance work, according to the rail regulator.

The move comes a day after the Cincinnati Zoo said it was "not amused" by enduring memes over the gorilla's death. Staff members fatally shot Harambe in May after a three-year-old boy climbed into his enclosure. The death was subject to controversy, prompting angry tweets and petitions. Zoo 'not amused' by Harambe memes Cincinnati Zoo director Thane Maynard said on Monday the staff was "still healing" from the incident and the outpour of online memes and satire was making it difficult to move on from Harambe's loss. The 17-year-old gorilla's death sparked international outrage and the boy's mother faced online scrutiny regarding her parenting skills. Prosecutors decided not to press charges against the mother. The zoo reopened its Gorilla World exhibit in June. The exhibit included reinforced barrier designed to prevent further accidents. But online, numerous memes, petitions and hashtags such as #JusticeForHarambe cropped up in the gorilla's honour. Over time, Harembe became popular shorthand in social media humour. Some pranksters called for the animal to be put on the dollar bill, while a poll in Texas suggested he would receive 2% of the popular vote in the US presidential election. The memes took a racist turn in June when retired Australian football player Adam Goodes and Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones were compared to an image of Harambe. Mr Maynard's Twitter account was also hacked over the weekend. The zoo's Twitter account was continuously flooded with references to Harambe before it was erased on Tuesday. For every Tweet they posted, no matter the subject, the zoo received dozens of replies referencing the gorilla.

An Ohio zoo where a gorilla was shot and killed has deleted its Twitter account after constant online harassment about the animal's death.

The evacuation of the Jet2 plane at East Midlands Airport was hampered when one of the escape chutes did not work. It came after the pilot was unable to check whether landing gear had deployed and the failure of the cabin PA system. The initial fault was caused by a loose connection the Air Accident Investigation Branch concluded. Because of the landing gear problems, the pilot - flying from Ibiza last September - was forced to fly over the airport at 1,000 ft (300m) so ground crew could check if it had come down, the report said. But it was too dark to tell and the co-pilot had to look out of windows in the main cabin, before the pilot was cleared to land. As the plane taxied on the runway, passengers reportedly panicked when the smoke began to seep into the cabin. Because the PA system was not working, cabin crew tried to use a loud hailer to tell passengers but the volume button had fallen off. The escape chute then failed to deploy effectively, forcing some of the passengers to run out on to the wing before leaping onto the ground. One member of cabin crew only realised the plane was being evacuated when she saw passengers on the wing. According to the report, a problem was first spotted when the pilots realised the address system was not working. Several other failures were noticed including an equipment cooling fan, a radio, weather radar, the autobrake, power to the standby altitude indicator and compass. It was realised there was a problem with a battery connection, known as a busbar, forcing the pilots to request a quick landing at the airport. After a successful landing, passengers and crew could smell smoke but the commander could not announce a full evacuation. Since the incident, Jet2 has included a procedure within its manual which will better-prepare pilots in the event of a repeat and also reduce the chance it will result in an evacuation, the report said. The AAIB concluded all the problems - bar the escape chute - stemmed from the loose connection possibly caused by the over-tightened nut. It also noted smoke started to seep into the cabin because a fan stopped working creating a build up of dust and oil in the air conditioning. It was suggested the problem with the escape chute could be because a crew member was more used to opening a door on the opposite side of the plane.

Passengers escaped a smoke-filled plane by jumping from the wing after a series of problems caused by an electrical fault, investigators say.

A passer-by found the man, who has not been named but was in his 30s, off Promenade Street in Heywood at about 23:25 GMT on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at the scene and officers are treating the death as suspicious. A post-mortem examination is due to take place and officers have asked for any witnesses to contact them.

Police have launched an investigation after the body of man was found in an alleyway in Rochdale.

Fellow scrum-half Greig Laidlaw was Scotland's man of the match in their opening Pool B win over Japan. But Pyrgos takes over as skipper as head coach Vern Cotter rotates his squad against the USA on Sunday. "Greig had a great game on Wednesday, but I'll focus on my role and do it to the best of my ability," said the Glasgow Warriors 26-year-old. "I just look at it like it's a great opportunity. "Hopefully, we get the right result." Pyrgos led Scotland in a World Cup warm-up defeat by Ireland last month and will be determined to retain his place. However, Laidlaw is almost certain to return for the potentially decisive meeting with South Africa in Newcastle a week on Saturday. "I knew coming in that was how it was going to go," added Pyrgos. "It was amazing to lead the team out against Ireland and again it's a huge honour to captain Scotland at a World Cup. "I know how much it means to the country and I'm really excited. "I'm not sure how I'll feel when I get out there, but it'll be a big moment for myself and my family."

Henry Pyrgos is ready to make the most of what could be his only chance to captain Scotland at this World Cup.

The 26-year-old German tore cartilage in his knee during the Premier League defeat by Chelsea on 14 December, coming off after 57 minutes. Kirchhoff was making only his eighth appearance of the season, and had two months out with a hamstring injury. Sunderland, who visit Manchester United on Boxing Day, are 18th in the Premier League and one point from safety. Black Cats forward Duncan Watmore is out for the season with a cruciate knee ligament injury.

Sunderland midfielder Jan Kirchhoff is expected to be out for 12 weeks after having knee surgery.

The Carneddau Landscape Partnership has been awarded £198,700 Heritage Lottery funding to help it manage the natural and cultural heritage of the area. It claims the mountains' archaeology, ecology, peatland and Bronze Age cairns are among the things "under threat". Funding has also been set aside to improve the heritage of Holy Island, off Anglesey. The initial funding approval for the Carneddau Landscape Partnership means the seven-year project can now seek the full £1.9m grant. The project, led by Snowdonia National Park Authority, will cover 81 sq miles (210 sq km) which features Carnedd Llywelyn as its highest peak. Jonathan Cawley, the national park authority's director of planning and land management, said: "We are truly excited about working on such an important project which will be of enormous benefit to the local communities and to the natural and cultural heritage of the mountains." Of the funding set aside to improve Holy Island, Anglesey council has been awarded £117,200 to develop plans on behalf of the Tir a Mor Landscape Partnership. The plans will be presented to the Heritage Lottery Fund at a later date to seek final approval for the full £1.2m grant. They include projects which celebrate Holy Island's culture and landscape, involving people who live and work there. Richard Bellamy, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales, said: "Heritage Lottery Fund money works hard to ensure all of our important heritage is looked after. "But it's not all about grand old buildings, castles and museums. There is natural heritage all around us, especially here in Wales, which is vital to our economy, our livelihoods and our wellbeing."

Plans aimed at preserving the heritage of mountains in Snowdonia deemed "at risk" have taken a step forward.

Isabelle Prime, 30, touched down at Villacoublay air base on Friday where she was greeted by her family and the French President Francois Hollande. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France had not paid a ransom, but singled out Oman for its "enormous help" in securing her release. Ms Prime was working as a consultant on a World Bank-funded project in Yemen. She was captured, along with her translator Sherine Makkaoui, as they made their way to the capital Sanaa on 24 February. Ms Makkaoui was released in March. The identity of their kidnappers has not been confirmed. Ms Prime's father Jean-Noel said he was "unbelievably happy" to have his daughter back. "She's in good health but I don't have any further details," he told the AFP news agency. In June, France said that a video showing Ms Prime clearly in in distress was authentic. Dressed in black, she appealed to President Francois Hollande and the Yemeni authorities to arrange her release because she was "really, really tired". "I tried to kill myself several times because I know you will not co-operate and I totally understand." Oman News Agency said the country had played a role in negotiating her freedom in co-ordination with "some Yemeni parties", after a request from the French government. No other details of the release were given. Oman, which borders Yemen, has helped to facilitate the release of other captives, including American journalist Casey Coombs, who was freed by Shia Houthi rebels earlier this year. In recent years tribesmen in Yemen have kidnapped foreigners as a means of putting pressure on the government to provide them with better services or to release jailed relatives. More than 3,000 people have been killed since a Saudi Arabian-led coalition began air strikes in March to drive back Houthi rebels. Aid agencies say a Saudi-enforced sea and air blockade on the country has worsened the humanitarian crisis after months of conflict. More than 80% of Yemen's 25 million people now need some form of aid. The fighting has also caused huge damage to the country's infrastructure, and the blockade has caused severe shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel.

A French woman who was taken hostage in Yemen in February has arrived in Paris after being freed by her captors.

The head of football's governing body outlined his vision for an expanded tournament comprising 16 groups of three teams earlier this month. The top two teams in each group would progress to the knockout rounds. A decision will be made in January but any change to the 32-team format is unlikely to come in before 2026. Fifa's council will discuss the proposal at a meeting on 9 January but Infantino, 46, made expansion part of his election manifesto. "We have to be more inclusive," he said at a sports conference in Dubai, adding that a 48-team tournament was the most financially appealing. "If we can have a format that does not add any additional matches but brings so much joy to those who don't have the chance to participate then we will have to think about that," Infantino said. "When discussed with the associations in the summits they were overwhelmingly in favour, but more discussions will have to take place." The number of competing teams at World Cups last changed in 1998, increasing from 24 to 32. The European Club Association, which represents the region's leading clubs, has rejected calls for the World Cup to be expanded. Infantino also said experiments around video technology in refereeing at the recent Club World Cup had been "very positive" and that he hoped the system would be used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The system was first used to award a penalty in Kashima Antlers' semi-final win over Atletico Nacional, with the referee alerted by an assistant watching a monitor. But there was confusion in the other semi-final between Real Madrid and Club America when the technology was used again. After the referee asked for a consultation following a Cristiano Ronaldo goal, play briefly restarted from a free-kick for an infringement before the goal was eventually allowed to stand. Infantino said tests in Japan had moved the system in "the right direction" but added "there is still a bit of fine-tuning to be made". Richard Conway, BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent Gianni Infantino may well have "overwhelming" support for Fifa's 48-country World Cup plan - but it is not universal. The European Clubs Association - which represents the biggest teams on the continent - is opposed. European teams provide 80% of the players to a World Cup so they are a significant stakeholder and will place pressure on Uefa. Uefa is still to make its position clear but other confederations are likely to welcome an expanded tournament. European nations take up a big proportion of the current 32 slots at the World Cup. Given there's no chance of any redistribution taking place, Fifa see an expanded World Cup as a way to appease many of its 211 members who miss out on the party. It also fulfils one of Infantino's key presidential manifesto pledges. Uefa may in the end go along with the 48-country plan given the likely support from the rest of the world. But it will likely want more of its countries to qualify too. Let the horse-trading begin.

Global football federations are "overwhelmingly in favour" of plans for a 48-team World Cup, Fifa president Gianni Infantino says.

Employers with 11 or more parking spaces now have to pay Nottingham City Council £288 a year per space under the Workplace Parking Levy. Many employers have decided to pass on some or all of the charge to their staff while some have reduced their numbers of car parking spaces. Bristol City Council is considering a similar scheme. The Nottingham scheme will raise £2m less than the council predicted because employers have registered fewer spaces than expected. Among the employees avoiding the charge is Kofi Ohene-Djan from the Capital FM Arena. "I'm going to be cycling in," he said. "I live in Nottingham so I'm going to be on my bike." Mr Ohene-Djan's colleagues have been given the option of paying their employer £52 per year for a parking permit. The arena will pay the remainder of the Workplace Parking Levy, which rises to £380 by 2015. Motoring organisations the AA and the RAC both predicted that the scheme will damage the economy. AA president Edmund King said: "At a time when drivers are facing record prices at the pumps, further charges for parking at work are the last thing they need. "This damaging 'tax on work' should be stopped from spreading elsewhere as it will damage the economy and hit employees who just can't afford it." Mr Ohene-Djan was asked if he wanted to pay for a permit when he started his job last month. "I probably would have done a bit of both [cycling and driving] but I will definitely be on my bike now," he said. Employers exempt from paying the levy include the Best Western Hotel, on Mansfield Road, Carrington. General manager Phil Rea said: "We are not affected because it only affects staff parking. "At any one time I don't have more than seven staff cars on the car park." Employers have had to register spaces from 1 October, but charging was timed to begin from this financial year. The council has introduced the levy to pay for transport improvements, including the extension of Nottingham's tram network. Councillor Jane Urquhart, who is in charge of transport, said the council still expected to meet its target over the 23-year period of the levy, generating an average of £14m a year. It will raise £8m this year rather than the £10m expected. Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said: "The council blames commuters for Nottingham's congestion, but people travelling in to the city to work make it the prosperous place it is. "Officials recognise many firms might simply pass the charges on to employees, adding another financial burden on to car owners already facing crippling running costs."

A levy which charges employers for their staff to park at work has begun in Nottingham.

Media playback is not supported on this device The visitors led briefly through Vasil Lobzhanidze's early try, but the Scots raced ahead through Tommy Seymour, a penalty try, Sean Maitland and Stuart Hogg before the break. Hamish Watson extended the lead, battling over soon after half-time. Lobzhanidze bagged a second from a huge Georgian scrum, before Hogg finished off a searing counter-attack. Before the Scottish points deluge, it was the Georgians who opened the scoring. It was a soft one, with Lobzhanidze, the visitors' scrum-half, darting down the blind-side of a scrum where Seymour should have halted him, but didn't. The wing made amends soon after when Hogg dinked a kick behind the Georgian defence for Seymour to run on to. In the foot-race, Seymour beat Lobzhanidze to the touch-down. It was questionable that Seymour got downward pressure on the ball, but the try was given and Scotland went ahead when Laidlaw swept over the conversion from the touchline. The floodgates began to open. Scotland owned possession and territory and got their reward when a rolling maul, destined for the try-line, was hauled to the floor by the Georgian lock, Kote Mikautadze. Scotland got a penalty try, converted by Laidlaw, and Mikautadze got the sin-bin. Merab Kvirikashvili landed a penalty but Scotland motored on regardless. Maitland scored after multiple Scotland phases and Laidlaw added the conversion and a penalty just after. There were 30 minutes gone and Scotland had 91% possession. Media playback is not supported on this device Georgia, living off scraps, put over another penalty to make it 24-11 but Hogg's try stretched the lead again. There was ambition and luck at its heart. There was nothing on for the full-back, so he chanced his arm, dinked a kick over the top and chased like hell. The breaking ball took a vicious bounce away from the covering Alexandre Todua and landed kindly in the onrushing Hogg's hands. Away he went for Scotland's fourth try, once again converted from out wide by Laidlaw. The fifth came early in the second half, Watson coming round the corner of a scrum and blasting his way over. The conversion made it 38-11. It was the belated catalyst for Georgia to get some ball of their own. They scored their second try when shoving Scotland to kingdom come in the scrum. They shunted their hosts over their own line and the dot down for Lobzhanidze was a formality. Georgia's scrum continued to cause a newly disjointed and error-prone Scotland problems. Moray Low was yellow-carded in the midst of this for another buckled scrum. The hosts had a rousing finish, though. Ali Price was only three minutes into his debut when he tapped a penalty and went from deep in his own half. Rory Hughes, another substitute, was on Price's shoulder and he in turn found Hogg who ran in his second and Scotland's sixth. Scotland head coach Vern Cotter: "It was a good first half. We scored three pretty quick tries, and we held the ball so they couldn't access the game as they would have liked. We kept the ball down the other end, and when they gave it back to us, we managed to counter-attack and get points. "In the second half, the game seemed to open up a little, it was a wet ball and it was cold out there, so the transmissions weren't as neat and quick as we'd like. And they were very good over the ball. "But I thought we did things pragmatically, kept them out of it and scored points when we had to. "I think there's been a good shift in the way we approach these games and manage them, and Greig (Laidlaw)'s done a great job in that with his guys around him. And we just keep improving." Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Mark Bennett, 12-Alex Dunbar, 11-Tommy Seymour, 10-Finn Russell, 9-Greig Laidlaw (capt); 1-Allan Dell, 2-Ross Ford, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Richie Gray, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Rob Harley, 7-Hamish Watson, 8-Ryan Wilson. Replacements: 16-Fraser Brown, 17-Alex Allan, 18-Moray Low, 19-Grant Gilchrist, 20-John Barclay, 21-Ali Price, 22-Pete Horne, 23-Rory Hughes. Georgia: 15-Merab Kvirikashvili, 14-Giorgi Aptsiauri, 13-Merab Sharikadze, 12-Tamaz Mchedlidze, 11-Sandro Todua, 10-Lasha Malaguradze, 9-Vasil Lobzhanidze; 1-Mikheil Nariashvili, 2-Jaba Bregvadze, 3-Levan Chilachava, 4-Kote Mikautadze, 5-Giorgi Nemsadze, 6-Vito Kolelishvili, 7-Mamuka Gorgodze (capt), 8-Beka Bitsadze. Replacements: 16-Badri Alkhazashvili, 17-Kakha Asieshvili, 18-Dudu Kubriashvili, 19-Lasha Lomidze, 20-Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 21-Giorgi Begadze, 22-Beka Tsiklauri, 23-Shalva Sutiashvili

Scotland ran in six tries to conclude their trio of autumn internationals with a 43-16 victory over Georgia.

A UN panel will now try to determine if the Syrian government was responsible, as the US has alleged. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province was the most deadly in Syria in more than three years. It prompted a retaliatory US missile strike against a Syrian air base. The fact-finding mission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is based in The Hague, concluded that, after interviewing witnesses and examining samples, "a large number of people, some of whom died, were exposed to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance". "It is the conclusion of the FFM (fact-finding mission) that such a release can only be determined as the use of Sarin, as a chemical weapon," a summary said. The new report has been circulated among OPCW members but has not been made public. A joint UN and OPCW investigation will now investigate who was to blame for the attack. US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike on Shayrat air base after US officials concluded that the facility was where a Syrian Air Force jet had been armed with a Sarin-filled bomb. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has previously said that the incident was fabricated.

A fact-finding mission by chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW has concluded that the banned nerve agent Sarin was used in an attack in northern Syria in April that killed dozens of people.

The live broadcast of John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer was scheduled for 15 November. The opera set to be performed this autumn portrays the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. Jewish American passenger Leon Klinghoffer was killed in the attack "I'm convinced that the opera is not anti-Semitic," the Met's General Manager, Peter Gelb, wrote in a statement. "But I've also become convinced that there is genuine concern in the international Jewish community that the live transmission of The Death of Klinghoffer would be inappropriate at this time of rising anti-Semitism, particularly in Europe." The decision was taken after discussions between Mr Gelb and the Anti-Defamation League, which represented Klinghoffer's children. Mr Adams criticised the decision, telling Associated Press news agency the opera "in no form condones or promotes violence, terrorism or anti-Semitism". The Achille Lauro had been sailing the Mediterranean on 7 October 1985 when the gang - members of a splinter group of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organisation - attacked. During a two-day standoff, the group demanded the release of a number of Palestinian prisoners and killed Klinghoffer, 69, before throwing him overboard. The Palestinian militants initially escaped after allowing the Achille Lauro to dock in Egypt. Later, the US military intercepted an Egyptian plane which the hijackers were using to flee and forced it to land in Sicily, where the four hijackers were arrested. Youssef Magied al-Molqui, the leader of the group which overtook the Achille Lauro, was released from an Italian prison in 2009 after serving nearly 24 years.

New York's Metropolitan Opera has cancelled plans for a global HD broadcast of a performance amid fears it could spark anti-Semitic sentiment.

This pointer takes the form of a nickel signature in the rocks of the crater that is now buried under ocean sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. An international team has just drilled into the 200km-wide depression. It hopes the investigation can help explain why the event 66 million years ago was so catastrophic. Seventy-five percent of all life, not just the dinosaurs, went extinct. The UK-US led team gave an update on its research here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The group is currently running all manner of lab tests on the hundreds of metres of core pulled up from under the Gulf in April and May. One tantalising revelation is that the scientists observe a big nickel spike in the sediments immediately above what has become known as Chicxulub Crater. This is an important marker that could lead on to the discovery of asteroid material itself. The presumed 15km-wide space object would have been vaporised in the impact. But some portion of it would have condensed into small spherules in the sky to then rain back down on the bowl. It should be stressed that the nickel is not in itself an identification of asteroid material. To have real confidence, the scientists would prefer to see the element iridium. This is extremely rare on Earth but is frequently associated with meteorites. Iridium is apparent in the geological layers around the globe that mark the dinosaur-killing event at the end of the Cretaceous Period, but to find it in the actual crater would be an exciting observation. It could result in further insights on the nature of the asteroid that smashed into Earth. One theory is that its metals could have made the environment toxic for many lifeforms. Four labs are currently testing for the presence of iridium. Prof Philippe Claeys from the Free University in Brussels says finding the Nickel is a very good sign. "Nickel behaves chemically in a way that is very similar to iridium; it loves to make strong chemical bonds with iron, just like iridium," he told BBC News. "So we treat nickel as what we call a proxy for an elevated concentration of iridium. If we see high nickel, it's very likely that we're going to have high iridium." Chicxulub Crater - The impact that changed life on Earth The project to drill into Chicxulub Crater was conducted by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). The expedition was also supported by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP). Rock was recovered from more than 1,300m below the modern seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico. What has thrilled the team is the quality and abundance of material now in the labs. "Why this is a jackpot core is because we have an expanded section. We have an amount of material that turns into a resolution that allows us to ask lots of questions," said Prof Sean Gulick, the co-chief scientist from the University of Texas at Austin, US. "For example, if we do see iridium especially in dust, it's not just a tracer for the impactor, it could also tell us something about when this material left the atmosphere and things (the likely dark sky conditions following the impact) started clearing up." Prof Tim Bralower from Pennsylvania State University is studying the core rocks for the fossils of tiny organisms that lived in the seawater above the crater - from the immediate aftermath of the impact to millions of years hence. What sort of species are present and how they change up through the sediments should tell him something about how long it took for "normal conditions" to return. "It's unusual to see such a beautiful record of recovery in this exact location where the mass extinction originated. Basically, 'ground zero'," he said. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

Scientists say they have a clue that may enable them to find traces of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in the very crater it made on impact.

21 March 2016 Last updated at 15:37 GMT The pair were working on a new 'augmented-reality' programme called Project Sidekick that's designed to give mission control a better view of what's happening on the station. Tim explained: "Sidekick creates a virtual-reality world on the International Space Station .... Ground control can come into our virtual world and we can use it for doing tasks together - for example the VR world can point out exactly what switches to flip or which screws to loosen, handles to turn and even guide us to storage locations." After two hours of working on the project, they found the hidden Space Invaders game and were allowed to take a break and have some fun! The special effects were added in later by the ESA.

The European Space Agency has shared footage of Tim with his former crew mate Scott Kelly fighting virtual aliens on the ISS, before Kelly returned to Earth earlier this month.

They were evicted from the British overseas territory in the 1960s to allow the UK government to lease Diego Garcia to the US to use as an airbase. Many residents of what is the largest of the Chagos Islands ultimately resettled in Crawley, West Sussex. The petition demands the islanders' right to return home is respected. TV presenter Ben Fogle, patron of the UK Chagos Support Organisation, handed in the petition, which had been signed by more than 2,500 people. "Diego Garcia, which is one of the main prohibiters to the islanders returning, is up for renewal in the next year or so," Mr Fogle said. "We're asking this government to think about whether these islands should belong to the people who inhabited them for a very long time, or to the US government who have used it for renditions - for effectively torture." He said he had visited the islands and found "houses still as they were left" and "the graveyard strangled by vegetation having been left untended". "For me, being a Brit, it was probably one of the things I'm most ashamed about, that I'm part of a country that forcibly evicted these people and is now refusing their right to return," he said. Mr Fogle added: "How wrong is that, that I've been able to be there and they can't?" Henry Smith, the Conservative MP for Crawley, said: "I think we can't turn back time but what we can do is rectify the problem as soon as possible." A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The government is committed to its ongoing review of resettlement policy towards the British Indian Ocean Territory."

A petition calling for residents of the Chagos Islands to be allowed to return to their Indian Ocean homeland has been handed in to Downing Street.

Labour's new leader said he wanted the weekly sessions to be less "theatrical" and Mr Cameron agreed there should be more focus on "substantial issues". Mr Corbyn asked about housing, tax credits and mental health service cuts. The BBC's Norman Smith said it was much calmer than normal but the PM had not been put under any real pressure. Speaking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg later on Wednesday, Mr Corbyn insisted he would not campaign for the UK to leave the European Union, while vowing to fight any moves towards a more free-market relationship. Mr Corbyn was cheered by Labour MPs as he got to his feet at his first PMQs, before launching into a lengthy pre-amble in which he thanked supporters for his Labour leadership victory, vowed to make PMQs less "theatrical" and explained his decision to crowd source his questions. He said: "I thought at my first PMQs, I would do it in a slightly different way... So I sent out an email to thousands of people and asked them what questions they would like to put to the prime minister and I received 40,000 replies." The prime minster congratulated Mr Corbyn on his "resounding victory" in the Labour leadership contest and welcomed him to the frontbench. Mr Cameron, who began his own career as opposition leader in 2005 promising to end "Punch and Judy" politics, then said "no one would be more delighted than me" if PMQs could become a "genuine exercise in asking questions and answering questions". Mr Corbyn's first question "from a woman called Marie" was on the "chronic lack of affordable housing" and "the extortionate rents charged by some private sector landlords" - something the new Labour leader has said will be his top priority. Mr Cameron said the government had delivered more affordable homes but recognised "much more needs to be done". Before Mr Corbyn began his second question, on job losses at housing associations, he thanked the prime minister "for his commitment that we are going to do Prime Minister's Questions in a more adult way than it's been done in the past". He then asked about "absolutely shameful" cuts to tax credits voted through by MPs on Tuesday, on behalf of "Paul," and about cuts to mental health services, prompted by a question from "Gail". BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg's verdict As promised, it was different. A parliamentary revolution in beige, Jeremy Corbyn's new leader's navy suit, no where to be seen. It wasn't so much Jeremy Corbyn's questions to the prime minister but Gail, Marie, Steven, and Angela's questions. What's also different? Camp Corbyn and David Cameron's team are both happy with the outcome of the crucial half hour of PMQs, the new Labour leader's first ever outing at the despatch box. Read Laura's full analysis Mr Cameron struck a consensual tone in his replies, agreeing that more needed to be done to improve mental health services, and paused to scold Labour MPs who were jeering him over his claim that the lowest paid would be £20 a week better off next year thanks to an increase in the minimum wage. "I thought this was the new Question Time. I'm not sure the message has fully got home," he told them. The prime minister took a couple of swipes at the new Labour leader when answering questions from backbenchers, as noise levels in the chamber returned to normal levels, although Tory MPs still appeared to be following instructions to avoid triumphalism. In response to a question on Northern Ireland from DUP MP Nigel Dodds, Mr Cameron paid tribute to former Conservative MPs Airey Neave and Ian Gow, who were murdered by Republican terrorists. He did not directly refer to controversy over Mr Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell's previous comments on Northern Ireland, but said: "I have a simple view, which is the terrorism we faced was wrong, it was unjustifiable, the death and the killing was wrong. It was never justified and people who seek to justify it should be ashamed of themselves." He held back from attacking Mr Corbyn over his much-criticised decision not to sing the national anthem at a service to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, saying in response to a question from a Tory MP that the St Paul's Cathedral event had been "a reminder of how proud we should be of our armed forces, then, today and always." Minutes before the session began Labour sources confirmed that their leader, who believes in the abolition of the monarchy, would join in with the anthem at future official engagements. Labour denied that Mr Corbyn's new approach - asking six different questions rather than pushing the prime minister on a single point - gave Mr Cameron an easy ride. "The questions were very direct and they demanded clear answers," a Labour source said. Asked about policy differences that appear to have emerged between Mr Corbyn and his front bench, on welfare cuts and Europe, a Labour source said "lots of listening" would be done and some policies would be reviewed under the new leadership.

Jeremy Corbyn asked David Cameron questions emailed to him from the public as he tried what he called "a different" style for his debut PMQs.

Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports. Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. If you want to listen to the radio or have a chat with a friend your ear has to convert sound waves in the air into electrical signals which the brain will understand. This happens deep inside the inner ear where vibrations move tiny hairs and this movement creates an electrical signal. However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race. The aim of researchers at the University of Sheffield was to replace those baton-dropping nerve cells, called spiral ganglion neurons, with new ones. While there is excitement at the prospect of using stem cells to restore nerves in the ear this exact technique will not help the vast, vast majority of people with hearing loss. Most hearing problems are caused by damage to the tiny delicate hairs which convert mechanical vibrations into electricity. This research group have also converted embryonic stem cells into the early versions of the hair cells. However, injecting them into the ear to restore hearing will be no easy task. The hairs cells all need to be in the exact place and pointing in exactly the right direction. Prof Dave Moore said using stem cells to repair the hairs was "almost an impossible task" and that the far-fetched concept of growing and transplanting a replacement ear seemed more likely. They used stem cells from a human embryo, which are capable of becoming any other type of cell in the human body from nerve to skin, muscle to kidney. A chemical soup was added to the stem cells that converted them into cells similar to the spiral ganglion neurons. These were then delicately injected into the inner ears of 18 deaf gerbils. Over 10 weeks the gerbils' hearing improved. On average 45% of their hearing range was restored by the end of the study. Dr Marcelo Rivolta said: "It would mean going from being so deaf that you wouldn't be able to hear a lorry or truck in the street to the point where you would be able to hear a conversation. "It is not a complete cure, they will not be able to hear a whisper, but they would certainly be able to maintain a conversation in a room." About a third of the gerbils responded really well to treatment with some regaining up to 90% of their hearing, while just under a third barely responded at all. Gerbils were used as they are able to hear a similar range of sounds to people, unlike mice which hear higher-pitched sounds. The researchers detected the improvement in hearing by measuring brainwaves. The gerbils were also tested for only 10 weeks. If this became a treatment in humans then the effect would need to be shown over a much longer term. There are also questions around the safety and ethics of stem cell treatments which would need to be addressed. Prof Dave Moore, the director of the Medical Research Council's Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham, told the BBC: "It is a big moment, it really is a major development." However, he cautioned that there will still be difficulties repeating the feat in people. "The biggest issue is actually getting into the part of the inner ear where they'll do some good. It's extremely tiny and very difficult to get to and that will be a really formidable undertaking," he said. Dr Ralph Holme, head of biomedical research for the charity Action on Hearing Loss, said: "The research is tremendously encouraging and gives us real hope that it will be possible to fix the actual cause of some types of hearing loss in the future. "For the millions of people for whom hearing loss is eroding their quality of life, this can't come soon enough."

UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.

Eight of the nine rate-setters on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted for no change, with one voting for a rise. The Bank rate has been at the record low of 0.5% since March 2009. A number of economists have been pushing their expectations of the first UK interest rate rise from the end of 2016 into the start of 2017. The Bank said: "All members agreed that, given the likely persistence of the headwinds weighing on the economy, when Bank rate does begin to rise, it is expected to do so only gradually and to a level lower than in recent cycles. "This guidance is an expectation, not a promise." Ian McCafferty, one of four external members of the MPC, has been voting for a rate rise for several months and had the same view at the latest meeting. The committee's minutes reveal a view that falling oil prices will mean any rise in inflation - which charts the cost of living - would be "slightly more gradual" in the near-term than forecast by the committee in November. However, it expected inflation to increase to around the 2% target "once the persistent impact of lower energy and food prices, subdued world export prices and the past appreciation of sterling had dissipated". It added that inflation was likely to be at about 0.5% for several months this year. The MPC also noted the fall in the value of the pound, which was partly attributed to actions by the European Central Bank. "Since the start of 2016, however, some market contacts had additionally cited the forthcoming UK referendum regarding EU membership as a possible explanation for the depreciation of sterling," the minutes stated. The global risks are building. Here is the MPC on the remarkable gyrations of the markets since the start of the New Year: "Recent volatility in financial markets has underlined the downside risks to global growth, primarily emanating from emerging markets." And on confidence in the economy: "Business surveys imply that the near-term outlook for aggregate [economic] activity is slightly weaker." And on the remarkable collapse of the oil price: "The 40% decline in oil prices means that the increase in inflation is now expected to be slightly more gradual in the near term." It all makes for a rather gloomy soup. And some would argue pushes any interest rate rise into the relatively far future Read more from Kamal The decision to hold the Bank rate comes shortly after weak industrial output figures were released and estimates suggested UK economic growth had slowed. Production fell 0.7% in November from October - the sharpest fall since early 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, released on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) predicted that UK economic growth slowed to 2.2% last year from 2.9% in 2014. Meanwhile, the world economy remains in fragile condition, reflected by tumbling global markets last week after a run of poor economic data and interruptions to trading on Chinese stocks. Last week, the Chancellor George Osborne warned the UK economy was facing "a dangerous cocktail of new threats" as a result of slow global growth and a drop in oil prices, which is a potential threat to the UK economy because of North Sea oil production. The US Federal Reserve increased rates last month for the first time in nearly a decade, as the US economy expanded strongly last year. Bank of England governor Mark Carney has already said the decision to raise rates in the US was "not decisive" for UK policymakers, stressing that any such move in the UK would be made according to UK economic conditions.

UK interest rates have been left unchanged again at 0.5% by the Bank of England's rate-setters.

Emily Thornberry said Labour would not "frustrate Brexit" even if it failed to amend the bill. Ten shadow ministers were among 47 Labour MPs who rejected party orders to back it last week. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said frontbenchers would have to quit if they defied the whip at the next vote. The draft legislation comes back to the Commons on Monday for three days of debate culminating in a vote on its third reading. Speaking on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, Ms Thornberry rejected a suggestion the party was "hopelessly divided" on the issue. She said she understood colleagues not wanting to vote in favour of invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which begins the formal departure process, but said: "We have said that we will not frustrate Brexit. We have got our instructions from the British people. We are democrats and the public have voted to leave the European Union." Labour will try to amend the draft legislation to secure what it calls a "meaningful vote" on the final deal struck between Theresa May and the EU, and to guarantee the status of EU nationals in the UK and Britons living elsewhere in Europe. Shadow business secretary Clive Lewis has said he will vote against the bill unless Labour's amendments are accepted, describing them as "red lines". Ms Thornberry declined to say whether they were non-negotiable red lines for her party, and denied it was "illogical" to demand amendments but still back the bill in the final vote if they are rejected. "There will need to be back channels, private conversations. There are many conversations going on now," she said. "We are speaking to government, we are speaking to Tory backbenchers and we are trying to get a compromise that will work." One of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's closest allies, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, missed Wednesday's vote, citing illness. Former Labour minister Caroline Flint criticised Ms Abbott, telling ITV's Peston on Sunday: "We used to have man flu, we now have Brexit flu that Diane has created here… it's about being part of a team. "I think she holds one of the most important portfolios within a shadow cabinet. If she can't support the leader on this then she should go." But former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman defended Ms Abbott, pointing out she had earlier said on television she would back the bill so had "already taken the flak on it". Among the rebels in last week's second reading vote were 10 members of the front bench, who would ordinarily be expected to step down after defying leadership instructions to back the bill. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend that changes to his shadow cabinet would be announced "in the coming few days". Asked if he should be lenient, he added: "I'm a very lenient person." Speaking later, he said he expected Ms Abbott to vote with the party this week. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the shadow cabinet would decide how to approach Wednesday's third reading vote on the Brexit bill. He told Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 live that if a three-line whip was again imposed, any frontbenchers who rebelled "will have to step down".

The shadow foreign secretary has suggested Labour will continue to support legislation paving the way for Brexit as it passes through Parliament.

The 30-year-old is to remain there following the completion of a psychiatric report. Belfast Magistrates' Court was told she would not be able to leave without the hospital's permission. The woman cannot be named amid claims that identifying her would increase the risk of her taking her own life. A press challenge to the temporary reporting restrictions is due to be heard next month. The woman was arrested by detectives investigating the child's death following an incident in Belfast in March. She was charged with murder and then held under the Mental Health Act. Her barrister revealed on Wednesday that a medical report had now been prepared. Based on its contents he sought a termination of the current arrangements for keeping his client at the facility. "The application is that she be remanded on bail, subject to the condition that she continues to reside (there)," he said. A doctor who assessed the accused confirmed that the health trust consented to the proposal, provided the accused was there as a detained person. The judge was informed that under those arrangements the woman would not be able to leave. Granting the application, she listed the criminal proceedings for a further update in eight weeks time.

A woman accused of murdering her baby son has been remanded on bail at a mental health facility.

Gisela Stuart, who chairs the group, said promising to control numbers and then failing to do so was "corrosive" of public trust in politicians. Voting Leave on Thursday was the only way to "take back control" on immigration, she said. Mr Cameron said leaving the EU was "not the right way to control immigration". Meanwhile, a report by think tank Migration Watch, that wants lower immigration, said overall, all migrants - both from the EU and elsewhere - in the UK "continue to be a net fiscal cost" to the Exchequer. It said only recent migrants - who arrived from 2001 - from the old member states of the EU14 had made a "net positive fiscal contribution". "Immigration has not been shown to have any significant impact, either positive or negative, on GDP per capita, a key measure of economic performance. "There is therefore no economic case for mass immigration on the present scale," the report said. Ms Stuart said the UK was an "open and tolerant nation" that had been made "better and stronger" by immigration and should be "proud" about helping refugees. But the Labour MP said the EU's policies were "failing in humanitarian terms". "The tragic scenes unfolding in the Mediterranean underline how badly the European Union is handling population movements and migration pressures," she said. "If we are to maintain public confidence in migration and prevent extremists from dominating the debate, it is essential that elected politicians are accountable for decisions about migration." Ms Stuart said voting to Remain meant there would be "no control" over migration from the EU, "no matter how great the pressure on schools, hospitals and housing becomes or how much wages in our poorest communities are pushed down". She pointed to the fact that in 2015 net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to the UK for at least a year and those leaving - was 333,000, according to the Office for National Statistics. This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe. That figure was the second highest on record, while the figure for EU-only net migration was 184,000 - equalling a record high. Ms Stuart said: "It is clear that it will be impossible to reduce net migration below 100,000 if we vote to stay in the EU. "The prime minister must now make clear that he will abandon this manifesto pledge if he wins the referendum on Thursday. He cannot continue to promise to do something that he knows is impossible. "Inside the EU we don't control our borders and cannot control the movement of people coming here from the EU." Ms Stuart said that by leaving the EU the UK would "take back control" and politicians would have to keep their promises on migration. She said in the past Mr Cameron had ended up dropping promised policies on EU migration - such as EU migrants having to have a job offer to come to in the UK - "because Brussels would not allow them". In a special edition of Question Time, Mr Cameron conceded that controlling immigration was "very challenging" but he said his EU renegotiation would make a "big difference". He said there was "no silver bullet" and that leaving the EU and the single market was "not the right way to control immigration". The PM also said the government would have to put up taxes or cut spending or risk "going back to square one" if the UK voted to leave. If the UK votes to leave, he said: "That's it, we are walking out the door, we are quitting - we are giving up on this organisation." "I do not think Britain, at the end, is a quitter," he added. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he wanted to see UK immigration come down to "post war" levels of between 30,000 and 50,000 people a year. "At the moment, we have no control. A British passport is an EU passport, open to 500 million people," he said, but added that it would be up to Parliament to set the level. Immigration has been a key battleground in the referendum campaign ahead of the vote on EU membership on 23 June. On Sunday Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who supports Remain, told the BBC there could be no upper limit on the number of people coming into the UK while there is free movement of labour in the EU. Pro-Leave Michael Gove said people wanted to feel numbers were controlled. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson, another leading Leave campaigner, said that without border controls, "the substantial flows of migration.. show no sign of diminishing". Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said that by leaving the EU the UK would "take back control" of £10.6bn net per year, which he said would enable the country to "take back control of our borders, and install an Australian-style points-based system that is fair both to people coming from the EU and from non-EU countries". Mr Johnson urged voters to "change the whole course of European history" by voting to leave, which he said would be "overwhelmingly positive". "Now is the time to believe in ourselves, and in what Britain can do, and to remember that we always do best when we believe in ourselves," he added.

David Cameron's "impossible" pledge to reduce net migration to below 100,000 must be abandoned if he wins the referendum, Vote Leave has said.

Media playback is not supported on this device Amy Wilson Hardy went over in the corner as England scored from their only chance in the first half. Ireland could not breach England's solid defence and were made to pay as the world champions ran in four tries. Forwards Laura Keates and Amy Cokayne extended the visitors' lead before backs Emily Scarratt and Lydia Thompson rounded off the win with fine tries. With the under-20 men's side having won a Grand Slam earlier on Friday, England's men will look to complete a hat-trick by beating Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The women, who return to Ireland in the summer to defend their world title, have won their first Six Nations title since 2012. Wing Wilson Hardy completed a fine England move in the 16th minute, but then Ireland dominated play. Centre Sene Naoupu came within a metre of going over but was stopped by a superb tackle from flanker Marlie Packer, and home captain Paula Fitzpatrick was prevented from touching down by a posse of England players. England regrouped after half-time and extended their lead when replacement prop Keates drove over the line from two metres out. Ireland were reduced to 14 players two minutes before the hour when substitute Mairead Coyne made a deliberate knock-on. Hooker Cokayne burst through to increase England's advantage but Ireland hooker Leah Lyons responded to give Ireland hope. However, Scarratt finished off an excellent England move to put the result beyond doubt and then replacement winger Thompson showed her pace to score England's fifth try. Ireland: Flood, Tyrrell, Murphy, Naoupu, Miller, Stapleton, Muldoon; Peat, Lyons, Egan, Spence, Reilly, Griffin, Molloy, Fitzpatrick (capt). Replacements: O'Connor, Van Staden, O'Reilly, Cooney, Fryday, Healy, Caughey, Coyne. England: Waterman, Wilson Hardy, Scarratt, Reed, Wilson, Scott, Mason; Clark, Cokayne, Lucas, Taylor, Millar-Mills, Matthews, Packer, Hunter. Replacements: Fleetwood, Cornborough, Keates, Cleall, Noel-Smith, Blackburn, Burford, Thompson.

England completed a Women's Six Nations Grand Slam by beating a physical Ireland 34-7 at rainy Donnybrook.

The President argued that even if the accord was fully implemented it would only have a "tiny, tiny" impact. But researchers have told BBC News that the President was "cherry picking in the extreme" in his use of the facts. They say that the Paris deal could make the difference between tolerable and dangerous levels of warming. While much of his statement on withdrawal was concerned with the negative economic impact of being part of the Paris agreement, the President also mentioned the negligible impact that the deal would have on temperatures. "It is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree … Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100," he said during his lengthy explanation. "Tiny, tiny amount." Climate researchers have immediately taken issue with the President's use of the data. "This is cherry picking in the extreme," said Prof Niklas Höhne, who works with the Climate Action Tracker to monitor likely emissions levels. "He picked the study that has the least impact of the Paris agreement on the global temperature increase." The study on which this assertion was based was carried out by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and published in 2015. Crucially the study didn't include all the commitments made by countries in the run up to the meeting in the French capital at the end of 2015 that agreed the wide-reaching Paris deal. Another major question is that the study presumed that none of the actions proposed would continue past 2030. "Their study assumes that countries implement their Paris pledges by 2030 but then move back to high emissions," said Prof Höhne. "We think that is unrealistic because if the countries implement Paris they will likely continue with similar policies." A subsequent investigation in 2016 by the same group at MIT suggests that up to one degree of warming could be averted if all the promises made in the Paris agreement were honoured. The authors believe that withdrawing from Paris is the wrong approach. Their findings on how much difference Paris will make are echoed by the Climate Action Tracker researchers who found that 0.8 of a degree of warming could be avoided if countries stuck to their pledges. This difference could help prevent dangerous levels of warming for the whole planet. "It is a considerable impact, and it is the first time since 2009 we see a considerable downward trend in temperatures because countries have made proposals for what they are going to do," said Prof Höhne. "This, for me, is a really strong point of the Paris agreement." How strongly the US pullout will impact future global temperatures is currently being assessed by scientists, including those at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). "This is an additional 0.3 degrees on the warming, due to the withdrawal of the US," Deon Terblanche, the head of the WMO's Atmospheric Research and Environment Department, told a meeting in Geneva, stressing that this was an estimate and not a modelled result. "That's a worst case scenario, and this is probably not what will happen." Prof Niklas Höhne agrees that the full impact of the US pullout could be less than feared. "President Trump wants to stop the Clean Power Plan, but it is very likely that some of the states will go even further and be more aggressive and we also hear there is pushback from many major companies that they want to go towards more renewables. "In essence progressive states and companies could compensate for Trump." Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook

Climate scientists have taken issue with some of the research used by President Trump to bolster his case for withdrawal from the Paris agreement.

In less than 24 hours, the country's chosen to leave the European Union, abandoning an institution, a concept that's been part of the fabric our institutions since the 1970s. As a result, the prime minister has left his job. Some Labour MP s are trying to unseat their leader. And Scotland faces another referendum on the other union. Tonight it's not clear who'll be running the country in three months time. It's not certain if the leader of the opposition will stay in post beyond the weekend. But remember, this was not an overwhelming surge to one side. Decisive yes, but a move in the margins. Yet in a referendum - a binary vote - that produces a result that could change everything for generations. It is not so much that politics has been turned upside down - but the conventional rules, the expectations - have been scrapped by one decision. The prime minister's judgement, his mistaken analysis of how to win the public over, cost his job. And almost the entire establishment's appeal to the electorate was rejected. One member of the cabinet pointed to the problem: "they don't believe us". Right now, it is not at all inevitable that's a problem the current generation of politicians will ever be able to fix.

Tourists and members of the public drifted to Westminster's College Green - to witness this day, and also, perhaps, just to make sense of what's going on.

The exhibition, From Dark to Light, explores the work of artist Victor Noble Rainbird, who was born in North Shields in 1887. The largest collection to have been staged since the 1930s, his favourite subjects were the North Sea and the streets and people of his hometown. Curator Dave Young said there was a lot of affection for him in the town. Many of the pieces on display at The Old Low Light Heritage Centre in North Shields have never been seen in public before. Mr Young, said: "We hope that this exhibition will shed new light on the life and work of a remarkable man and also a much misunderstood artist. "This is the first major exhibition of his paintings to be held in his hometown of North Shields since the artist's lifetime and it is being held in a building that he would have known well and often painted. "Victor Noble Rainbird's paintings are a fascinating legacy of life in the North East before and after the Great War, while his own remarkable war record is only now being unravelled." Mr Rainbird joined the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1914 when he was 26-years-old and served on the Western Front at Ypres, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and Armentieres. Some of the drawings he produced while on active service have survived and are included in the exhibition. Mr Young said they were a "poignant, important and sombre record of the horrors of war". After the war, Rainbird made several return trips to France, Belgium and the Netherlands, producing some of his most impressive works. He died aged 47 in 1936. From Dark to Light: exploring the life and art of Victor Noble Rainbird is on display at The Old Low Light Heritage Centre from 10 July to 6 September.

A collection of paintings capturing the landscapes and legacy of life on the North East coast is going on display.

Karen Seldon, 44, of Abercarn, Caerphilly county, was cleared of four counts of sexual activity with a minor at Newport Crown Court. Ms Seldon said she was "angry" that the boy said she sent him provocative pictures of herself on Facebook. Speaking after the trial, the mother-of-two said the case had been a nightmare for her and her family.

A woman accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy has been found not guilty of all charges.

Dean Melnyk, 20, of Lockerbie, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Kevin MacKay in Ecclefechan. Co-accused Andrew Brown, 23, of Ecclefechan, had previously admitted the attack in August last year. Judge Lord Armstrong deferred sentence until June when he will determine how long they have to serve before being eligible to apply for parole. The pair believed their 39-year-old victim had supplied the drugs which had killed their teenage friend Jamie Abba - nicknamed Jabba. The High Court in Glasgow heard the attack on Mr MacKay took place just hours after the 19-year-old's funeral. Melnyk told jurors that he was "drunk and angry" when he and Brown went to Peacock Place in Ecclefechan on 22 August last year and attacked Mr MacKay - known as Kesty. During his trial he denied murdering Mr MacKay, but admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. However, the jury rejected the suggestion that he was suffering from diminished responsibility at the time of the killing. Melnyk said he was devastated when Mr Abba died and suffered nightmares and flashbacks in which his friend appeared to him and said: "Help me." The court heard that at the teenager's wake Melnyk had become increasingly angry and at one point Brown - known as Buster - came over and spoke to him. "Buster said 'We'll go and give Kesty a kicking' to try and cheer me up," Melnyk said. He told the court that the two got a lift to Ecclefechan and, after going into another house in the village, Brown led him to where Mr MacKay was staying. He added: "We both had a knife each - I saw Buster stabbing Kesty. "Kesty was on his feet and Buster was stabbing him. "I was in shock - Buster was turning the furniture over and shouting: 'You killed Jabba, Kesty.'" Melnyk said Mr MacKay had spotted he had a knife and had grabbed his leg. "I couldn't get him off me, he was much bigger," he told the court. "Buster kicked him off and I began stabbing Kesty - I don't know how many times. "The handle broke off the knife." The court heard that after the killing, Melnyk made his way to a friend's house in Lockerbie and told him: "I think I've killed Kesty." Brown, a fisherman, told police that Mr MacKay had been attacked by two men wearing balaclavas and he had tried to help fight them off. A charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice against Jennifer Melnyk, 60, was dropped during the trial. Police in Dumfries and Galloway said they hoped the village could "start to move forward" after the convictions. Ch Insp Steven Lowther said: "The village and community of Ecclefechan have gone through a traumatic time recently. "The death of Jamie Abba and the murder of Kevin MacKay have left two families devastated. "These events have clearly affected the wider community as well." He said police would work hard with residents to "help bring some sort of normality back to the village". "Of course we understand that there are still tensions in and around the village," he added. "However, we want to make it quite clear that, as in the past, tensions which boil over into acts which break the law will be dealt with firmly and robustly."

Two men are facing life sentences for stabbing a man they blamed for the drugs death of a friend.

Police say 540,000 people rallied in Barcelona, the capital of the region in north-east Spain, while the rest gathered in four other Catalan towns. But numbers were down sharply compared with last year's event, when 1.4 million rallied in Barcelona alone. Spain has consistently blocked attempts to hold a referendum on secession. Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont had urged support for "converting Catalonia into an independent state". Divisions have also emerged between the separatist movement's main political grouping in the Catalan parliament, the Together for Yes coalition, and its radical leftwing ally, the CUP. Mr Puigdemont, who took power in January, faces a confidence vote on 28 September. He advocates a negotiated withdrawal from Spain. When Catalan nationalists held an unofficial referendum on independence in November 2014, 80% of those who voted backed independence. Sunday is the "Diada", Catalonia's national day. It commemorates the moment in 1714 when Barcelona fell to troops loyal to Spain's King Philip V during the War of the Spanish Succession. "We have to move towards the final outcome," 58-year-old office clerk Xavier Borras, who planned to attend the rally in Barcelona with a friend, told AFP news agency. "We can't wait any longer." Spain's leading parties, deadlocked in their efforts to form a new government after two inconclusive general elections since December, have shown little sympathy for Catalan grievances. The region of 7.5 million people makes up 16% of Spain's population and accounts for almost 19% of national GDP.

Some 800,000 people have turned out in Barcelona and other towns in Catalonia on a day of rallies by nationalists wishing to break with Spain.

The clashes came hours after Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc apologised for the violent police response to initial protests last week. Mr Arinc is due to hold a meeting with activists later on Wednesday. Protests over the demolition of a park in Istanbul have grown into days of unrest across the country. Mr Arinc apologised to protesters injured in demonstrations opposing the redevelopment of Gezi Park. He said the original protests were "just and legitimate" and the "excessive use of force" by police was wrong. By Jeremy BowenBBC Middle East editor, Istanbul Could protests be Erdogan's undoing? Ahead of a proposed meeting in Istanbul, activists issued a list of demands, including the end of plans to demolish the park, a ban on tear gas, the release of arrested protesters and the resignation of top officials blamed for the protest crackdown, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul reports. The atmosphere on Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday evening was almost celebratory as a huge crowd of people ranging from football fans to well-heeled professionals gathered, the BBC's Paul Mason reported. People have been chanting "Have you heard us?" in the hope the government is listening to their demands. But later, police fired tear gas, water cannon and smoke grenades as they tried to disperse protesters. In the city of Izmir, there was a festive atmosphere and police kept their distance, though some young protesters earlier smashed security cameras and threw bricks, the BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports. Also in Izmir, state-run Anatolia news agency reported that police had arrested 25 people for tweeting "misinformation". An official from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Ali Engin, told Anatolia they were being held for "calling on people to protest". Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Twitter was a "menace" being used to spread "lies". In his comments Mr Arinc called for the demonstrations to end, saying they had been taken over by "terrorist elements". Mr Arinc's conciliatory remarks contrast with the tougher line taken by Mr Erdogan, who says the protests are undemocratic. Speaking during a trip to Morocco, Mr Erdogan told reporters: "On my return from this visit, the problems will be solved." Meanwhile Turkish television station NTV has apologised for failing to cover the initial protests. The chief executive of the conglomerate that owns NTV, Cem Aydin of Dogus, said criticism of the channel was "fair to a large extent". "Our audience feels like they were betrayed," he said after a meeting with staff, some of whom resigned in protest at the lack of coverage. Social media plays major role Protesters have turned to social media to spread their message and coordinate demonstrations, the BBC's Sophie Hutchinson reports from Istanbul. Earlier on Tuesday the left-wing Kesk trade union confederation, representing some 240,000 public sector workers, began a two-day strike in support of the protests and accused the government of committing "state terror". Another trade union confederation, Disk, has said it will join the strike on Wednesday. The protests began on 28 May over plans to redevelop Gezi Park near Taksim Square in Istanbul. They soon mushroomed, engulfing several cities and including political demands. Plans for Gezi Park in detail Chaos and camaraderie Officials have confirmed two deaths in the protests. One man died after being shot by an unidentified gunman in the southern city of Antakya. Another died after being hit by a car that ploughed into a crowd in Istanbul. The Turkish Human Rights Association, an NGO, said more than 2,800 protesters had been injured across the country, many of them seriously, and that 791 had been detained, of whom "around 500" have since been released. Mr Arinc said that 244 police officers and 64 protesters had been injured, and more than 70m Turkish lira (£24m; $37m) worth of public damage had been caused. Protesters accuse the Turkish government of becoming increasingly authoritarian. Mr Erdogan is still the most popular politician in the country, but he is discovering that a ruling style that his opponents say is autocratic has its limits, the BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen reports from Istanbul. Mr Erdogan's Turkey was seen as a runaway success by many in Europe and the Middle East; now it is looking tarnished, with deeper problems than its allies - and enemies - realised, he adds.

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters in a fifth night of anti-government demonstrations.

On sale at Foston's Fine Meats in Duns are scotch eggs - with a chocolate twist. For butcher Greg Foston has replaced the traditional hens' eggs with Cadbury's Creme Eggs. He has wrapped the Easter treats with sweet chilli pork meat which, he claims, compliments the chocolate "perfectly". It is the latest in a series of peculiar products created by Mr Foston. He said a cracked black pepper and strawberry sausage produced to mark Wimbledon was a great success. "We are always discussing new flavours and combinations and wanted to come up with some way of combining chocolate eggs into one of our products," he said. "We did some experimenting with a plain pork sausage meat with the Creme Egg in the middle which we found was very tasty but needed something else. "So we decided upon sweet chilli pork sausage meat around the egg and found it complimented the chocolate perfectly. "The eggs are best eaten warmed up so the egg is melted in the middle." He estimated that they contain about 300 calories. Mr Foston added: "We are also concocting a pork sausage with whole Cadburys mini eggs actually inside the sausage."

A Borders butcher has created an "eggsperimental" delicacy to mark Easter.

The two are Anthony Allen, 43, of Hertfordshire, England and Anthony Conti, 45, of Essex, England. They were charged by US authorities with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in an effort to manipulate Libor for Rabobank's financial gain. That brings the total number of indicted Rabobank employees to six. An earlier indictment had previously named traders Tetsuya Motomura, 42, of Tokyo, Japan and Paul Thompson, 48, of Dalkeith, Australia, as well as Paul Robson, a former Rabobank Libor submitter. "[Libor] is a key benchmark interest rate that is relied upon to be free of bias and self-dealing, but the conduct of these traders was as galling as it was greedy," said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell in a statement. Last year, Dutch lender Rabobank paid fines to US, British and Dutch regulators over allegations of Libor manipulation of €774m (£616m).

Two ex-Rabobank traders have been charged by the US Department of Justice with manipulating the Libor rate.

The Local Government Association (LGA) says the government needs to find "genuinely new money" to meet its funding pledges to schools in England. Ministers insist money raised from a sugar tax on soft drinks will be spent on improving child health. But the LGA fears this money is being used to cover funding shortages. It says schemes to improve pupils' health cannot be seen as "nice-to-do but fundamentally non-essential". In February, ministers announced that £415m would be pumped into schools, as part of a healthy-pupils capital programme, to pay for facilities that support sport, after-school activities and healthy eating. This is to be paid for by a levy on soft drinks with the most added sugar, introduced from April 2018. Last week, Education Secretary Justine Greening announced an extra £1.3 billion for schools over the next two years, a move that came amid concerns from schools and parents about intense and growing pressures on budgets. Some of this £1.3bn would come from making savings of £315m from the healthy-pupils funding, the Department for Education (DfE) said. It is understood that the government now expects to receive less money than previously expected from the sugar tax and the Treasury is topping up the fund to the original expectation of about £1bn. It is understood that it is this part of the money that will now go towards general school funding. But Izzi Seccombe, chairman of the LGA's community wellbeing board, said: "It is vital that the soft drinks levy, which marked a significant step in the fight against obesity, is protected. "Government needs to find genuinely new money to meets its new school funding commitments. "It is perverse and counterproductive to simply shift this money around, particularly at the expense of children's health." Sugar tax: How will it work? Soft drinks levy will earn schools £415m Young 'to get biggest sugar tax boost' Mrs Seccombe added: "The government needs to be clear about what this now means for the levy, and for reducing the worrying levels of child obesity in this country. "Schemes that encourage physical activity, healthy eating and improve children's mental and physical health - which the levy would have been used to pay for - cannot be seen as nice-to-do but fundamentally non-essential." A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: "Our soft drinks industry levy will raise an estimated £775m by 2020 and has led to soft drinks companies cutting sugar levels in their products. "Every penny of England's share of that money will be spent on improving child health."

Money set aside for promoting physical activity and healthy eating in schools should not be used to "plug a black hole in funding", councils say.

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

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

Eid al-Fitr means: 'festival of the breaking of the fast' and it is one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic year. The date Eid falls on is decided by the cycle of the moon, and this year it's on Sunday evening. On the day of Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan ends and Muslims often celebrate by praying, giving gifts and having a big feast with family and friends. Thank you for your comments - this page is now closed. I am going to my cousin's and enjoying Eid with lovely clothes and tasty food! Amaya, 10, Bucks We are going to our friends house and having a nice dinner! Emilia, 10, Braknell I will be going to my family and friends house to celebrate Eid, it will be so fun, and I will be wearing a lovely dress. Husna, 9, Derby I'm going to visit my family and friends where we're going to have an eid party and eat lots of delicious food! Amna, 12, Burnley I am celebrating Eid with my Family and including my Granny and Grandad I am going to eat yummy food a play with my cousins! - I wish everyone a Happy Eid! Eid Mubarak! Abdul-Rafay, 10, London Aslam Alaikum! On Eid I am going to go out and spend time with my family. Anayah, 6, London I'm spending my time with my family and I can't wait to eat all the food that has been prepared for me. Zainab, 10, London Eid Mubarak! Eid is such a wonderful festival for muslims and everyone else and today me and my family will be celebrating with our relatives and we will be eating lots of yummy asian food. Nayim, 11, London On Eid I am going out with my family, I making a lot of money and it is going to be really fun. Aisha, 12, London Eid Mubarak! We are celebrating Eid with all our family by dressing in our lovely clothes and eating lots of yummy food! Aneesa, 8, Stockport My family and I are going to go to my cousins' houses, where will give presents and receive some, we are going to eat asian food. I can't wait!! Tasnim, 11, London I am celebrating with my Daddima. I am not sure what I'll be eating but I will be happy celebrating with my Daddy and the rest of my family. Lana, 6, Kent

Millions of Muslims all around the world will be celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week to mark the end of Ramadan.

Having heard submissions from Glentoran and the match officials and also having viewed footage, the committee was not satisfied that an error had occurred. However, under article 16.7 of the code, it opted to suspend half of the sanction for six months. Novo's three-match ban will start on Monday, 3 April. Glenavon have the right to appeal against the disciplinary committee's decision.

Glentoran striker Nacho Novo has had a six-match ban for an attempted head-butt halved to three games by the Irish FA's disciplinary committee.

It shed 2.4%, or 118 points, to close at 4,876 as semiconductor and biotech stocks fell sharply. The decline was the Nasdaq's biggest one-day fall since April 10 last year. It came despite shares in Kraft Foods, which is listed on Nasdaq, soaring more than 35% after the company agreed to merge with Heinz. The merger between the ketchup maker and the company that owns brands including Philadelphia cream cheese is set to create the third-largest food group in the US. Microchip maker AMD fell 5.7% following a broker downgrade, while Oramed Pharmaceuticals was the biggest faller, off 19%. The Dow Jones lost 292 points, or 1.6%, to 17,718, while the S&P 500 dropped 30 points, or 1.5%, ending at 2,076. On the currency markets, the dollar fell 0.5% against the euro, to €0.9114. The slide followed data showing US durable goods orders fell 1.4% in February - the third decline in four months. "Today's report provides strong evidence that the manufacturing sector is feeling some considerable heat from the stronger dollar," said Anthony Karydakis, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak in New York.

(Close): The main US share indexes all slumped on Wednesday, with the technology-focused Nasdaq sustaining the heaviest losses.

After a five-year approval process, the humble Yakka Skink - a secretive lizard known to hide under rocks and inside hollow logs - and the Ornamental Snake brought to a halt a A$16bn ($12bn; £8bn) mine, rail and port project proposed for the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The two reptiles are among Australia's most threatened species. Because the federal environment minister failed to take into account what the mine could mean for their habitat, his earlier approval for the mine was overturned by the Federal Court of Australia. The mine may still go ahead but the delay is the latest chapter in a long history of Australian flora and fauna causing grief to developers. Back in 1995, one of the last known colonies of the endangered Green and Gold Bell frog delayed the construction of a multi-million dollar residential development in inner-city Sydney. A few years later, the frogs were found frolicking in an abandoned brick pit where authorities had planned to build a tennis court for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The courts were built elsewhere while the frogs got a specially built habitat. Now they are in the way of a key major road project in Sydney. In the mid 2000s, a new species of flowering shrub was discovered in the Lower Hunter Valley, north of Sydney. Named Persoonia pauciflora, botanists were excited to discover it grew nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, it was growing on the site of a proposed housing development. When word got around, someone ripped out 300 of the last 500 of these rare plants. The culprit was never found. The discovery of a threatened or new species can cause havoc for developers, delaying or even putting an end to a project. What overturned the Queensland mine's approval? A small conservation group in Mackay, Queensland, challenged the environment minister's decision to approve the mine on a number of legal bases, including: Approved Conservation Advices are scientific and legal documents that explain the conservation requirements of species to avoid their extinction. It was this last point that convinced the court to overturn the minister's approval. In the state of Victoria, the Orange-bellied Parrot was centre stage in a long-running saga about whether a wind farm could be built in South Gippsland. The federal environment minister banned the 52-turbine project in 2006, on advice that turbine blades posed a small risk to the critically endangered bird. The minister eventually reversed his own decision and the wind farm is going ahead. In the case of Indian company Adani's giant coal mine in Queensland, environmentalists and scientists are worried about more than threats to reptiles. Dredging associated with an expansion of port facilities for the mine poses a huge risk to the Great Barrier Reef; exports would further entrench the world's reliance on carbon polluting fossil fuels; and the mine could threaten artesian water. The Department of the Environment on Wednesday said reconsideration of the project did not require revisiting the entire approval process. New approval documentation could be ready within eight weeks. Adani described the court decision as simply a "technical legal error". But environmentalists say protecting endangered species is vital work. "To describe an endangered species as a technicality and groundwater as a technicality is in line with Adani's environmental record around the world, which is appalling," said Geoff Cousins, president of the Australian Conservation Foundation. "The government should simply strike this project down."

This week a giant coal mine that could produce millions of tonnes of coal for export to India was scuttled by two Australian reptiles.

Gurpal Shehri, 28, who worked for Cambridgeshire Police, passed on information to the man who he had met at the Fitness Station gym in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough. He was found guilty of misconduct in a public office at an earlier hearing. Sentencing him, Judge John Plumstead said he had been a "spy in the camp". The judge at St Albans Crown Court said: "This was treacherous behaviour towards the organisation you belonged to. "The public is entitled to regard police officers and PCSOs as straight - those found not to be have to pay a high price." Prosecutor Richard Barrington earlier told the jury of four men and eight women how Shehri jotted down notes from the Cambridgeshire police Camnet system. "He gathered information in relation to a violent drug dealer and he passed on information that would no doubt have been valuable to him," said Mr Barrington. "Providing police intelligence to a known drug dealer is a departure from the proper standards expected of a police officer." Shehri, a married father of three, of Glinton Road, Milking Nook, Peterborough, denied misconduct in a public office between 1 April and 9 July 2013. He told the court: "I genuinely didn't think I was doing anything wrong." The jury found him guilty on a majority of 11 to one. After the verdict was delivered, the prosecutor said Shehri had also pleaded guilty to fraud. He had failed to declare a police caution when he applied to become a PCSO.

A police community support officer who leaked confidential intelligence to a drug dealer has been jailed for five years.

A BfV spokesman did not confirm a report in Die Welt newspaper that the man was suspected of planning a bomb attack on the BfV's Cologne office, Reuters news agency said. "There is no evidence to date that there is a concrete danger," he added. The man is reported to be of Spanish origin and a convert to Islam. The BfV said the suspect, who now has German citizenship, had previously "behaved inconspicuously". "The man is accused of making Islamist statements on the Internet using a false name and of revealing internal agency material in Internet chatrooms," the spokesman added. Die Welt also reported that the man was caught by an agency informant, with the pair having online conversations about a possible attack. BfV did not confirm which part of the intelligence agency the accused worked in, though German news magazine Der Spiegel said the man was recently hired to observe the Islamist situation in Germany. It also reported that the man's family had no knowledge of his conversion, which the publication said took place in 2014. The BfV - the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution - is Germany's domestic intelligence agency. Its counterpart, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), deals with foreign intelligence. There are an estimated 40,000 Islamists in Germany, including 9,200 ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists, the head of the BfV told Reuters news agency earlier in November.

An employee of the German intelligence agency (BfV) has been arrested after making Islamist statements and sharing agency material, German media report.

A crane was used to lift the scanner into place and the operation took several hours to complete. The multi-million pound investment has been partly funded by charitable donations. By 2012, the scanner appeal had raised £2m, and back then the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust said it expected the machine would be in place by 2013/2014. At that stage, the total capital cost was estimated at £4m, with additional annual running costs of £1.9m. The then Health Minister Edwin Poots committed £2.75m towards the project in November 2012 and described it as a "vital service". He said he was delighted that it was finally going to be installed and that the delays had been caused by practical issues. "Obviously it is something that the Belfast Trust were dealing with but the hospital that it is being placed in is a very old building," he said. "The first problem that they came across was asbestos and there was considerable asbestos removal to take place, so that was the first delaying factor. "Another thing that impacted on it was that the actual scanner is a considerable weight and the ground had to be piled for the scanner to be installed. "That piling was taking place actually within a building, so one can understand that that was a huge engineering challenge to take on." Mr Poots said that once it was installed it would have "life-saving consequences" and make a "huge difference" for the services provided at the children's hospital. Brian Barry, the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust's director of specialist hospitals, said the new scanner would help to reduce waiting times. "Previously our children in Northern Ireland had to go and have MRI scans in an adult environment," he said. "We now have a whole new purpose-built, child-friendly environment and have increased the amount of sessions available, so there is more service and a better service, Monday to Friday." The scanner should be operational within two months and will be used in the diagnosis of a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer.

A new MRI scanner has been delivered to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

Traditionally it's always been much less good at keeping secrets. Journalists have a natural inclination toward gossip. So, it was highly unusual that BBC bosses had managed to keep the launch of a whole new BBC Scotland channel entirely secret until it was announced to staff on Wednesday morning. Staff, viewers and politicians were expecting to be told that plans for a "Scottish Six" had been shelved. No one knew that there would be an hour-long news programme with Scottish, UK and world news at 9pm instead. Already there has been a widespread welcome for the idea of a new channel, new programmes and most importantly new money to make those programmes. The announcement of new nightly news programme at 9pm does mean that the idea of a "Scottish Six" is now dead. So people who had been campaigning for that will be frustrated. Already the First Minster Nicola Sturgeon has said there is lots to welcome in this announcement but that it doesn't deliver everything she wanted. Saying it's disappointing that there is no Scottish Six - but "progress and hopefully sign of new thinking". Another SNP politician told me that the decision not to put a Scottish news hour on BBC One looks "entirely political". Saying that viewers accustomed to getting their news at tea time may not immediately develop the habit of watching a digital channel at 9pm. But for those who wanted a news programme reflecting the world from a Scottish perspective, produced and presented from Scotland - the BBC is now delivering what they asked for. The Scottish Six is dead. Long live the Scottish Nine.

The BBC is very experienced at broadcasting news to as many people as possible.

And I don't get to say that very often. On the one hand, eurocrats were hurried - in wind and rain - into EU courtyards to stand in photo-op-ready groups to form the number 60. (It's the EU's 60th birthday celebration this Saturday.) And on the other - after months of cajoling, thinly-veiled frustration and angst from Brussels - the UK government finally made clear the date it will officially trigger the Brexit process. Next Wednesday. But whereas Saturday really is a huge deal for the EU - marking decades of togetherness at a time when the union is very much under threat from populist nationalism across the EU, inequality and discord in the eurozone, migration complications and Brexit itself, of course - next Wednesday, while an historic day in the UK, will not play out so big this side of the Channel. There is a determination here that Brexit must no longer be allowed to dominate and overshadow EU politics as it has done since way before the UK referendum even. One high-level source told me that after Brussels received Britain's formal notification of its intention to leave, Brexit would immediately be downgraded to one of many EU issues to be dealt with, rather than The Big Thing. "There will be no major political apocalyptic show," he assured me. But of course, the underlying EU fear remains that if a Brexit deal is too sweet for the UK, other countries may be inspired to also walk out the door. Brussels officials are grateful that Theresa May did not trigger Article 50 this week, so close to the EU's birthday bash. The tone there will be resolutely upbeat, rather than focused on one of its key members leaving the club. As for the what-happens-next with Brexit, the rule in Brussels is: don't expect too much too fast. Ever. The remaining 27 EU leaders, or at least their teams, began getting diaries together on Monday. To fix a date (expected in around five or six weeks) for that all-important summit when they'll agree their red lines and guidelines for Brexit negotiations. The European Commission will lead the UK talks from the EU side - but all the initial meetings will be about who will meet, when, in which country, discussing what and in which order. Most probably little of substance will be achieved before the autumn. The EU prefers to get the key elections coming up in big-hitters France and Germany out the way first. But any delay is painful for the UK. The Article 50 timer is set for two years and the clock starts ticking next Wednesday.

Brussels was abuzz on Monday.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said he would build on the support he received at rallies to reconnect the party to voters. He rejected criticism from those who say he is mistaking the enthusiasm of his backers for wider electoral appeal. Ex-leader Neil Kinnock said Labour appeared unelectable under Mr Corbyn and faced its "greatest crisis". Labour will announce whether Mr Corbyn or Owen Smith have won the leadership contest on 24 September. Ahead of the vote, Mr Smith accused Mr Corbyn of seeking to "deepen divisions" between the party's membership - seen as overwhelmingly in favour of the leader - and its MPs - who are largely opposed to him. But asked if he would quit as leader if he thought he could not take the party to power, Mr Corbyn told Today he was "determined" to lead it into the next general election and said it could win. Referring to the "diverse" crowds of tens of thousands of people who have attended his leadership rallies in recent weeks, Mr Corbyn said they showed "there is an interest in politics... that then becomes surely a very strong campaigning base for the Labour movement". He added: "I think you'll see it begin to play out, particularly in the local elections next year and after that." In June, 20 members of the shadow cabinet resigned, and one was sacked, over differences with Mr Corbyn. Five told the BBC on Sunday they would return if asked by Mr Corbyn should he be re-elected, while nine others said they would stand if shadow cabinet elections were revived. Mr Corbyn told Today he would "reach out to" Labour MPs who have opposed his leadership "as I've reached out to them in the past". He said: "I have made it my business to talk to quite a lot of Labour MPs and will continue to do so and I hope they will understand that we've been elected as Labour MPs... "It doesn't mean everybody agrees on everything all the time - that I understand - but the general direction of opposition to austerity, opposing the Tories on grammar schools, those are actually the kind of things that unite the party." On Tuesday, Labour's national executive committee meets and will consider a plan put forward by deputy leader Tom Watson to allow the parliamentary party - its MPs and peers currently serving in Westminster - to elect the shadow cabinet, as part of efforts to reunite the party as a whole. At the moment they are appointed by the leader. Newspaper reports suggested that, under the new plan, a third of Labour's top team could be elected by the parliamentary party, another third by the party membership, and the final third chosen by the leader. Mr Corbyn has not given his support to the proposal but has indicated he would back members having a say.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he will "reach out" to Labour MPs if he is re-elected as the party's leader this week.

Winners of the cup competition earn a place in the Europa League. Four-time cup winners Forest have failed to progress past the third round for the past 11 seasons and start their campaign at Doncaster on Tuesday. "It's very important because it is the only way to go into the Europa League," Montanier told BBC Radio Nottingham. "I know it's difficult because there are a lot of teams from the Premier League and Championship. It will be a very important game." Forest, two-time European Cup winners under Brian Clough in 1979 and 1980, who also guided the club to its four League Cup titles, last featured in European competition in the 1995-96 season, reaching the Uefa Cup quarter-finals. The Reds, who last won the League Cup in 1990 and featured in the final in 1992, were knocked out of the competition by League One side Walsall 12 months ago. Their trip to face League Two side Doncaster comes three days after Montanier oversaw Forest's Championship season opening victory against Burton Albion, in what was his first competitive match in English football. Former Rennes boss Montanier also confirmed that the injury to goalkeeper Dorus de Vries, suffered in the 4-3 victory over Burton on Saturday, is not as bad as first feared. "It will be a few weeks, but not serious," Montanier said.

Nottingham Forest manager Philippe Montanier says he wants to guide the Championship side into Europe next season as EFL Cup holders.