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A judicial review has been launched after free taxis for pupils living 12 miles (19km) from Ysgol Brynhyfryd, Denbighshire, were stopped. Parents claim their children's route to the bus stop is too dangerous to walk. But a Denbighshire council spokeswoman said the policy was agreed after "extensive consultation" and through a "democratic process". Glenda Coleman, who lives in Bryneglwys, said: "We've relied heavily on the free taxi because our children cannot walk to the bus pick up point as it is extremely dangerous. "The council made a decision to cut this service without providing any alternatives or considering the repercussions of removing it." Ms Coleman said it was "impossible" to drive down a nearby hill when it has snowed or there is ice on the road, meaning parents would not be able to transport their children to the bus stop, two-and-a-half-miles away. She added: "We feel we are being punished by the council for living in a rural area as we have been provided with no alternative options for transport and it is unacceptable." A spokeswoman for the council said: "Denbighshire's school transport policy has recently changed. "We are aware that a small number of parents have raised concerns regarding these changes and their perceived impact. "The policy was agreed after extensive consultation and it has gone through a democratic process. "We have investigated complaints thoroughly and it is the right of individuals to consider taking the matter to judicial review, for which we would respond accordingly."

Parents are taking legal action against a council following its decision to cut free school transport in a rural area.

For the six months to June, net profit jumped to a record $1.1bn (£660m) from $873m one year ago. Revenue rose by 24% to a record $3.5bn, due to higher sales volumes. The company also benefitted from a new pricing regime at its Pluto LNG project off the Western Australian coast. The price for LNG from Woodside's Pluto facility increased by 36%, and this rise was reflected in its customer contracts during the six months to June. Woodside - Australia's biggest oil and gas producer - operates six out of the seven LNG "processing trains"- also known as purification facilities, that are available in Australia. In a statement released with the earnings, chief executive Peter Coleman said: "Our record production is a testament to our assets' ongoing reliability. Our half-year profit was up 27 per cent on the same period as last year, reflecting our record production, higher realised prices and increased sales volumes." The company did not offer any guidance for the rest of the year. But it did reaffirm its recently raised production target of 89 to 94 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe). Mr Coleman said the firm's international exploration strategy was also taking shape, with new acreage in Myanmar as well as entries into Morocco, Tanzania and Gabon. Woodside's international portfolio includes interests in Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and Timor-Leste.

Australia's Woodside Petroleum has seen a 27% jump in first half profit, mainly driven by higher prices for its key product - liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Borthwick, 36, left his role at the Championship side after only 43 days. The former England captain arrived at Bristol several weeks into the season having helped Eddie Jones coach Japan. "It's kicked us quite hard because this has been about planning and waiting for Steve to arrive," said Robinson. Borthwick was named forwards coach with Jones' new-look England in acrimonious circumstances last week, with Bristol owner Steve Lansdown describing the Rugby Football Union as "unprofessional" in their handling of the appointment. Robinson was forwards coach during England's World Cup-winning era under Sir Clive Woodward before taking over as England head coach himself from 2004-06. And, while he is unimpressed by the manner of Borthwick's exit, he is certain England have made an astute appointment. "I was delighted to have signed Steve and I certainly hoped he would be here for longer than 43 days," Robinson told BBC Radio Bristol. "He is a quality coach and he will be a quality coach for England and I wish him all the best. I know the England team will enjoy working with him. "I'm disappointed in the circumstance of how it's happened and why it's happened but legally I can't say too much and we have to move forward." Robinson, who has also coached Scotland, says he will not rush into appointing a replacement and has urged his forwards to handle the responsibility of Borthwick's departure. "It's down to the players to step up collectively over the next four months for us to achieve what we want to achieve," he said. "We have to focus on the next couple of weeks, with tough games coming up against London Welsh and Nottingham. There is a lot to be done over the next few weeks."

Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson says the club have been hit hard by the departure of forwards coach Steve Borthwick, who he believes will be successful with England.

HMP Hewell in Worcestershire was last year highlighted by HM Inspectorate of Prisons for its high levels of assaults and drug use. In a new report, inspectors said there had been one murder and six suicides since their last visit, and incidents of self-harming and bullying were high. The jail said progress had been "slow" but there was a "solid foundation". Since its last inspection, HMIP said there had been "limited progress and deterioration in some areas". Chief inspector Nick Hardwick said Hewell "continued to face real difficulties" and there were "substantial safety concerns". The report said care for prisoners most at risk was "reasonable", but inspectors were concerned some "felt they could only resolve issues, such as access to basic amenities, by self-harming". Most of the criticism was reserved for the closed prison, which houses 1,100 prisoners, with another 200 at the open section at Hewell Grange. Inspectors said arrangements to tackle violence were "inadequate" and they "were not persuaded that the prison was aware of all incidents". The report said more prisoners than normal said they "felt unsafe" and reported "high levels of victimisation". Inspectors also highlighted a number of allegations against staff, some serious, which they said "had been investigated poorly or, in some cases, not at all". Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said it was "the latest in a long line" of negative reports. "Cramming more people into overcrowded and understaffed prisons leads only to more self-harm, more violence and more victims," she said. The organisation said Hewell had seen frontline officers cut from 330 in August 2010 to 170 by the end of June 2014. According to the HMIP report, 40% of cells were overcrowded, while access to basic services such as clothing, cleaning materials and mail were all poor. However, it said hygiene had improved since the "very poor" conditions seen last year. Although cleaning materials were difficult to obtain, the report said drugs and prescription medications were easy to get hold of, according to prisoners. It said 17% had said they had developed a drug problem in the prison. Inspectors said substance misuse services were appreciated by prisoners but their efforts were hampered by staff shortages. There was praise in the report, however, for relations between staff and prisoners, as well as HMP Hewell's approach to resettlement. Responding to the report on behalf of HMP Hewell, Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said: "I accept that progress in delivering necessary improvements at Hewell has been too slow. "Prior to this unannounced inspection a new governor had been appointed to lead a performance improvement programme, and as the chief inspector acknowledges, he is now getting to grips with the issues in a systematic and structured way."

Vulnerable prisoners at a problem jail are resorting to self-harm to address basic issues, according to inspectors.

Martin McCauley was seriously wounded and a teenager was killed when police opened fire on a hayshed in County Armagh in 1982. It later emerged that the security services had secretly recorded what happened. The evidence was not made available to the court during his trial. The 52-year-old, from Lurgan, County Armagh, was arrested along with Niall Connolly and James Monaghan in Colombia in 2001 and accused of IRA training of rebel FARC guerrilla forces. They were initially cleared of the charge, only to be convicted on appeal and sentenced to 17 years in jail. But the three men avoided imprisonment by fleeing Colombia in 2004, turning up in the Republic of Ireland a year later. Even though Mr McCauley faces extradition to South America if he returns to Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal in Belfast is examining a weapons conviction for which he received a two-year suspended jail sentence. Police claimed Martin McCauley confronted them with a rifle at a hayshed 32 years ago during the so-called RUC shoot to kill incident. He was seriously injured and Michael Tighe was killed when RUC officers opened fire. In 1985, Martin McCauley was convicted of possession of three rifles found inside the shed and given a two-year suspended sentence. He had insisted he and Michael Tighe, had not been armed and that the police opened fire without warning. The police told the court that was not true. Years after his conviction, it was revealed that MI5 had a listening device hidden inside the hayshed at the time of the shooting that recorded what happened. That recording could have re-established whether the police issued any warnings or made any reference to Mr McCauley being armed before they opened fire. The existence of the recording was not made known to the court at the time of his trial. Its existence was discovered by the former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir John Stalker, as part of his investigation into allegations that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was operating a shoot to kill policy. He also discovered that the recording was later destroyed. Last year, the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred his case to the Court of Appeal, on the basis that potentially significant material had been withheld from the judge. In a dramatic development on Wednesday, Gerald Simpson QC told the court he had been instructed to read a statement on behalf of the prosecution service. It said material relevant to the decision to prosecute Mr McCauley was withheld from the director of public prosecutions at the time, from the court and from the defence in the trial. The statement said this served only to undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system and to bring it into disrepute. The lawyer told the three Appeal Court judges that the prosecution service would not be making any submissions to uphold the conviction and invited them to exercise their discretion to quash it. The judges will sit next week to decide whether to do so. Mr McCauley's lawyers will argue that the conviction should be quashed on the basis that vital evidence was not available to the trial judge. The contents of John Stalker's investigation into the incident have never been made public. The lawyers hope that will change during next week's hearing. "Mr McCauley was tried in public, and he was convicted in public and it's his fundamental right that these documents be opened in the public court, so that he and the general public are aware of what actually occurred," Mr McCauley's lawyer, Fearghal Shiels, said. Mr McCauley was not in court to hear the prosecution statement on Wednesday as he faces extradition to south America if he returns to Northern Ireland.

The Public Prosecution Service has said it will not oppose an appeal by one of the so-called Colombia Three against a weapons conviction.

Kara McCullough, a scientist at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appeared to link healthcare to employment. But the beauty queen, 25, faced a backlash on social media. It comes as the Trump administration battles to overturn Obamacare, which aimed to extend insurance coverage to the 15% of Americans who lack it. Earlier this month the lower chamber of the US Congress passed a new healthcare act that Democrats say will leave millions uninsured. However, Republicans in the Senate have indicated they will cast it aside and write a new law. Asked during Sunday's pageant in Las Vegas whether healthcare was a privilege or a right, Miss McCullough said: "I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege." She added: "As a government employee, I'm granted healthcare and I see first hand that for one to have healthcare, you need to have jobs. "We need to continue to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunity to have healthcare as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide." Her remarks divided liberal-minded and conservative-minded viewers. Some were quick to criticise her stance. Miss McCullough - who was born in Italy and was representing Washington DC - was also asked if she considered herself to be a feminist but said she preferred the term "equalism" and said men and women had equal opportunity in US workplaces. "I don't really want to consider myself - try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like, 'Oh, I don't really care about men'," said the contestant, who says she wants to see more women employed in government science roles. Some people on social media supported her views. Obamacare has been opposed by Republicans since it was first proposed in 2009. Republicans say the law imposes too many costs on business and describe it as a "job killer", although the number of jobs in the healthcare sector has risen since it was introduced. Opponents have also decried it as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals.

The new Miss USA beauty pageant winner has sparked controversy by declaring that healthcare was a "privilege", not a right.

Several thousand people who lived at the camp were moved to new homes around France last week. However, around 1,500 children still remained living at the camp in temporary shelters. A week after the demolition first begun, these children have now been taken to special centres around France where they can be properly processed. But why were these people being made to move? And why were they in Calais in the first place? The jungle is situated at a place called Calais, which is on the north coast of France, right near to the UK. Many thousands of people travelled across Europe and arrived at Calais in order to try to cross the English Channel to reach the UK, where they believed they could live a better life. This is because Calais is one of the main ports for travelling from France to England, with lots of vehicles, ships and trains that travel to England from here. However, the refugees were being stopped at Calais before they could complete the last part of their journey, as they are not allowed to simply enter the UK without going through an official process. This means they had to set up temporary homes at Calais. As a result, the jungle had become home to thousands of people, desperate to finish their journey and make a new start in the UK. Earlier this year, authorities in France announced plans to close the camp and an area of it was cleared. However, the final demolition of the Jungle shelters has now been completed. The authorities did this because they did not believe it was a situation people should be living in, and they needed to find a better solution. People had been living in very poor and dirty conditions. Furthermore, there were reports of violence and trouble in the camp, meaning it wasn't always a safe place for people to live. Local people in Calais had also been campaigning for the Jungle to close down, as they did not want it in their area. Many of those living in the Jungle had been making desperate attempts to reach the UK quicker, by jumping onto lorries that are travelling to England. This is extremely dangerous and is also illegal. The thousands of people who lived in the camp have been made to leave their temporary homes behind. Thousands of migrants have been taken to official centres all over France, where the authorities say the living conditions will be better. Once they arrive there, French officials will register them and decide where they will go to live after this. One of the big problems which the authorities faced when trying to sort out the refugees with new homes was the fact that many children travelled across Europe - and were living in the Jungle - on their own. Around 270 children who have relatives in the UK - or who were considered to be particularly in need of help - have been brought over to the UK to be looked after here.

The French authorities have been carrying out the demolition of one of the biggest refugee camps in Europe known as the "Jungle".

For the media - both in Pakistan and abroad - the issue is clear enough: the Pakistani Taliban did it. Not only has the organisation claimed the attacks. but the intelligence service ISI also recorded real time messages from handlers to the gunmen in the school. Those messages, the ISI has told journalists, came from the phones of Afghan-based, Pakistani Taliban organisers. But in Peshawar even people who witnessed the attack hesitate to blame the Taliban by name. They not only fear reprisals but are also following the hesitancy of a political elite that remains largely unwilling to name and condemn the Pakistani Taliban in unequivocal terms. Even on the day of the Peshawar school massacre, the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, failed to condemn the Taliban by name. He referred only to "terrorists". An alternative narrative relating the school attacks is already emerging: rumours are circulating on social media and on the streets that it was the work of Indian or Afghan intelligence agencies. The fact that some of the attackers appear to have come from Central Asia lends weight to suggestions that there was a foreign hand in the attacks. The emerging analysis of the school massacre echoes that which occurred after the shooting of Malala Yousafzai. Initial shock eventually transformed to the almost mainstream view in Pakistan today that Malala is a western stooge. That's not to say the school massacre has had no impact on public opinion. When a radical cleric attempted to justify the attack this week, protestors gathered outside his mosque in Islamabad chanting anti Taliban slogans. That's new. But there is still no big name politician prepared openly to lead people with that point of view. That is in part because the Pakistan's civil and military elites are so divided and dysfunctional. The politicians have a number of reasons for leaving the fight against the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) to the army. Privately, government ministers argue that the army's total control of security policy means it is unreasonable for the generals to expect the civilians to take responsibility for what the army decides to do. The politicians are anyway deeply suspicious of an army that has frequently mounted coups to overthrow elected governments. The current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was kicked out of power, put in a dungeon and then exiled by the last military ruler Pervez Musharraf. Sharif believes that despite his overwhelming popular mandate the army has never accepted his political comeback in 2013 and is once again plotting to remove him from power. In addition many politicians fear the Taliban. The one party to attempt a political challenge to the Taliban in recent years, the Pashtun nationalist ANP, has faced relentless attacks on senior party cadres. The ANP's stand was also politically disastrous. Far from perceiving the party as a valiant defender of liberal values, the electorate concluded the ANP was weak and unable to defend itself. The party now has just one member of the National Assembly. But if the politicians loathe the generals, the feeling its entirely mutual. Many officers view Pakistani ministers and parliamentarians as corrupt and depraved, unwilling to put aside their lust for money and to focus instead on the plight of the country. There is deep resentment in the army that when soldiers die in the fight against the Taliban, ministers do not make public speeches appreciating their sacrifices. Ministers rarely go to military hospitals to comfort soldiers injured in the fight against the Taliban. It's estimated as many as 50,000 Pakistanis have been killed in political violence since 9/11. Members of the security forces including both the army and the police account for around 10,000 of those deaths. Successive army chiefs have said that if they are to win the war against the TTP they need the politicians to lead Pakistani public opinion to support their military's campaign. But while the army complains about the politician's failure to take clear line against the Taliban, others wonder how clear cut army policy is. There are now well over 30 significant militant groups with a presence in Pakistan, each with different leadership structures, funding arrangements, ideological foundations and political goals. The three most powerful are the Afghan Taliban, the TTP and the Punjab-based Lashkar-e-Taiba which concentrates its efforts on Kashmir and India. Given the scale of problems faced by the Pakistan army, it is perhaps not surprising that it has decided to fight only those groups that are directly confronting it. That means many Pakistani based militants are free to organise attacks on targets outside of Pakistan. For example, the anti Indian Lashkar-e-Taiba operates in Pakistan with little difficulty. Western and Indian critics of the Pakistan army believe the army policy in fact goes much further. They allege that the army does not just give some groups a free pass but, in fact, effectively controls them and uses them to advance the military's foreign policy goals. By backing the Afghan Taliban, for instance, it ensures that the power of what Pakistan considers hostile elements such as the Tajiks is kept to a minimum or by backing Lashkar-e-Taiba it can advance the Pakistan cause in the disputed region of Kashmir. The military strongly denies those claims. While the army clearly does distinguish between different militant groups there can be no doubt that for some years now it has been confronting the TTP. And its sometimes brutal campaign has had considerable success. In 2009 the TTP had a high degree of control of 18 administrative units in north west Pakistan including some entire tribal areas. The army campaign of the last few months pushed the TTP out of its last major redoubt in Pakistan; North Waziristan. The TTP are now hemmed into to small pockets of territory in remote areas near the Afghan border, and its leadership has been forced to take refuge in Afghanistan. Soon after the school massacre the Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif went to Kabul to demand action against the Afghan-based TTP leader Mullah Fazlullah. He took transcripts of the intercepted school massacre conversations with him. But General Raheel Sharif's request is almost certain to run into a significant obstacle. In return for moving against the TTP leadership on its soil, Afghanistan will expect Pakistan to move against any Afghan Taliban leaders sheltering in Pakistan. It is believed that for many years now senior Afghan Taliban leaders have sought sanctuary in and around the Pakistani city of Quetta. So once again Pakistani regional goals could undermine its fight for stability at home. The army's desire to win more influence in Afghanistan through the Afghan Taliban could jeopardize its victories at home against the TTP.

The vast majority of Pakistanis may be united in grief for the school children murdered in Peshawar - but many say they still don't know who carried out the attacks.

The man, believed to be in his thirties, suffered neck injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene outside Southwark Park Primary School. One witness tweeted he saw "a lot of blood" in the area after the accident at Banyard Road at around 11:00 GMT. A Met Police spokesman said the incident had been referred to the Health and Safety Executive. Another witness, Charlie Brenland said he saw police cordon off the road, adding: "Witnesses and the police said there had been an accident with a worker on one of the trees. "Someone there said one of the tree surgeons had an accident with a chainsaw." Emergency services, including a London Air Ambulance attended the scene shortly after 11:00 GMT but were unable to save the man. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "Sadly, despite the extensive efforts of our crews, a patient died at the scene." The Metropolitan Police said next of kin had been informed.

A tree surgeon has died after reportedly injuring himself with a chainsaw in south London.

Matt Shepherd scored 15 points for the Duchy to end a run of two successive final defeats by the Red Rose county. Shepherd's converted try and penalty saw Cornwall to a 10-6 half-time lead. Shepherd crossed again in the second half before Evan Stewart's late try for Lancashire ensured a nervy finish, but could not prevent only their second Twickenham final defeat in six years. Since 2009, Lancashire had only previously once lost the Bill Beaumont Cup, in 2012, when they were beaten by Hertfordshire. Shepherd missed a penalty in the opening minutes, but he made amends two minutes later, the Launceston scrum-half going in under the posts from 30 metres out. Steve Collins pulled a penalty back and Shepherd missed a three-point attempt of his own before Cornwall were reduced to 14 men on 27 minutes. Ben Hilton was sin-binned and Chris Johnson brought Lancashire back to within a point of their opponents from the resulting penalty. But Shepherd's penalty with five minutes left in the half, coming after Chris Briers' yellow card, ensured that the Duchy went in at the break with a 10-6 lead. Shepherd took his points tally for the County Championship to 66 when he went over shortly after the break following a line out from five metres out. That made it 15-6 and, although he failed to convert his own score, his Launceston teammate Searle pushed the gap into double figures with a 63rd minute penalty. Lancashire did not threaten Cornwall until the final 10 minutes when they put the Duchy under immense pressure. Searle was sin-binned for an infringement at the breakdown and Lancashire skipper Stewart crashed over with six minutes left, Johnson adding the extras. But Cornwall's 14 men stood firm to clinch a fourth county title. Cornwall: Searle (Launceston); Dawe (Launceston), Murphy (Launceston), Webber (Redruth), Wedlake (Redruth); Webb (Taunton), Shepherd (Launceston); Freestone (Clifton), Salter (Launceston), Williams (Redruth), Whittle (Camborne), Hilton (Launceston), Fuca (Redruth), Jones (Penryn), Marriott (Redruth, capt). Replacements: Judge (Launceston), Cook (Redruth), Phillips (Redruth), Goldsworthy (Camborne), Mankee (Camborne), Parsons (Redruth), Chapman (Launceston). Lancashire: Spragg (Fylde); Dorrington (Fylde), Briers (Fylde), Rawlings (Fylde), Bingham (Rossendale); Collins (Sedgley Park), De La Harpe (Fylde); Black (Sedgley Park), Loney (Fylde), Lewis (Fylde), Nugent (Bergerac), Rawlings (Fylde), Stewart (Fylde, capt), McGinnis (Loughborough Students), Lamprey (Sedgley Park). Replacements: McGowan (Caldy), Altham (Preston Grasshoppers), Mills (Preston Grasshoppers), Arnold (Fylde), Johnson (Fylde), Brennand (Fylde), Crosley (Hartpury College).

Cornwall won the County Championship for the first time since 1999 as they beat Lancashire 18-13 at Twickenham.

The $5m (??3.2m) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. This is the fourth time in five years there has been no winner. A committee member said the group looked "for excellence in governance but in leadership also". Kenya's Mwai Kibaki met at least one of the criteria, after he stepped down as president earlier this year. However, his 2007 re-election was tarnished by disputes which turned violent, leading to the deaths of some 1,200 people. His opponent, Raila Odinga, said the poll had been rigged in favour of Mr Kibaki, who denied any wrongdoing. Three people have won in the seven years since the prize was launched: Cape Verde's Pedro Verona Pires; Festus Mogae from Botswana and Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano. Sudan-born telecoms entrepreneur Mr Ibrahim launched the prize in an attempt to encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully. The $5m prize is spread over 10 years and is followed by $200,000 a year for life.

The world's most valuable individual prize - the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa - has gone unclaimed yet again.

Returning officers were ordered to physically deliver paper copies of their constituency's tallies to the counting centre in the capital. Election officials have urged patience. Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces trial at the International Criminal Court, has been leading in early presidential results declared from Monday's tightly contested election. He is due to stand trial at The Hague next month for allegedly fuelling violence after the disputed 2007 election. He denies the charge. His closest rival is outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga. With provisional results in from more than 40% of polling stations earlier on Wednesday, Mr Odinga had 42% of the vote compared with Mr Kenyatta's 53%. However, Mr Odinga's allies remain confident that he will gain ground as results from his strongholds, including the Coast Province, are declared. More than 1,000 people were killed in the violence which broke out in 2007-08 after Mr Odinga claimed he had been cheated of victory by supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, who is stepping down after two terms in office. The BBC's Solomon Mugera in the capital, Nairobi, says Kenyans are becoming increasingly anxious about the delay in finalising the results. Some businesses and schools across the country have remained shut since Monday's election, he says. This has led to a shortage of goods, pushing up the prices of basic foodstuff in areas such as Kibera, the biggest slum in Nairobi and a stronghold of Mr Odinga, our correspondent adds. Uhuru Kenyatta Raila Odinga Profile: Uhuru Kenyatta Profile: Raila Odinga Some electoral officials have had to drive hundreds of kilometres to the counting centre in Nairobi to deliver paper copies of the tally of their returns. At about 13:00 local time, returning officers from only 53 of the 290 constituencies had arrived and the election commission said it would announce results from constituencies as they were ready. Its website had stopped giving updated results from the presidential race on Wednesday, and was still showing figures from Tuesday night. Our correspondent says the large number of spoiled ballots - about 6% of the total vote, well over double the number of votes cast for the third-placed candidate, Musailia Mudavadi - has become a major bone of contention. Mr Odinga's Coalition of Reforms and Democracy (Cord) wants them to be counted, but Mr Kenyatta's Jubilee Coalition is resisting this. Late on Tuesday, the election commission announced that the spoiled ballots would count in the overall vote total, increasing the likelihood of a run-off between the top two candidates, news agencies report. Mr Kenyatta's running mate William Ruto, who is also facing a trial at the ICC, said foreign embassies may have influenced such a decision. "We want to believe that this is not an attempt to deny the Jubilee Coalition a first-round victory as is clearly now on the wall," he is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. But the election commission now says a decision on what to do about the spoiled ballots will be taken after all other votes are counted, our correspondent reports. If no agreement is reached, one of the presidential candidates is bound to mount a legal challenge, he says. As there are different types of spoiled ballots, a possible compromise would be to include those that were annulled simply because they had been put in the wrong box - for instance, in the parliamentary box rather the presidential box - while excluding a ballot paper on which a person had voted for two candidates, our reporter says. In the run-up to the election, the European Union (EU) said it would only have limited contact with a president who faced trial at the ICC, while US Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson warned Kenyan voters that "choices have consequences". The winning candidate must get more than 50% of the total votes cast and at least 25% of votes in half of the 47 counties. If there is no clear winner, a second round of voting will take place, probably on 11 April. Kenya elections: Maps and graphics

Counting of Kenyan election results has slowed down because of problems with the electronic systems.

The 22-year-old Australian will act as cover at Allianz Park during the Rugby World Cup, which takes place between 18 September and 31 October. Sarries could potentially lose Jamie George and Schalk Brits to England and South Africa duty at the tournament. "We felt we that we needed some more depth in the hooking position," Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall said. "Alongside Scott Spurling and Jared Saunders, Dave will provide us with more options. "He has been training with us since we've returned to pre-season and has fitted into the club very well." Porecki has had a spell with Super Rugby outfit Waratahs and has been playing for Sydney side Manly Marlins. Saracens will begin the defence of their Premiership title at home to Sale Sharks on Saturday, 17 October.

Premiership champions Saracens have signed hooker Dave Porecki on a short-term contract.

Friends, collaborators and fans have been paying tribute on their social media accounts.

James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the Oscar-winning score for Titanic, has died in a California plane crash aged 61.

They said this will amount to double the number of apprentices created each year - currently about 28,000. All parties are promising to create more apprentices or equivalent schemes to get unemployment down. Labour highlighted its pledge to create 100,000 additional apprentices. The Lib Dems said they would fund their promise by moving cash from Jobs Growth Wales, the Labour Welsh Government's existing job-creation scheme. Eluned Parrott, the Liberal Democrats' candidate for Cardiff Central, said: "Providing high-quality skills training is vital to boosting our economy and helping people to build careers and get on in life. "Labour's own evaluation report said that Jobs Growth Wales locked people into low wages and that 73% would've found work without it. "We all know this scheme is a failure, but Labour refuses to face the facts. "The Welsh Liberal Democrats would instead invest in apprenticeships and training, which will actually give young people professional skills and help them get on in life." On Labour's policy, Deputy Skills Minister Julie James said Wales already had "one of the best records in Europe" on apprenticeships. "This pledge is the next step to ensuring that we have the skills base that projects like Wylfa Newydd and the South Wales Metro, will demand," she said. "That is why so many voices within industry are so enthusiastic about this pledge." Plaid Cymru has promised to created 50,000 new apprentices, while the Welsh Conservatives say they will lift the current 16-24 age restrictions on the Jobs Growth Wales scheme. It helps firms employ 16-24-year-olds for six months by covering the cost of the minimum wage. The Tories aim to replace it with a scheme called Journeys to Work, open to all ages, with jobs lasting for a year. UKIP say they back industry-supported apprenticeships, along with more vocational options in post-14 education.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats would create 140,000 extra apprentices over the next five years if the party wins power in May's elections.

The European Commission says it is Europe's most comprehensive study so far of bee colony deaths. Winter mortality was especially high for bees in Belgium (33.6%) and the UK (29%) in 2012-13. But in spring-summer 2013 France was highest with 13.6%. Bumblebees and other wild bees were not studied, nor were pesticide impacts. The study, called Epilobee, described 10% as an acceptable threshold for bee colony mortality - and Greece, Italy and Spain were among the countries with rates below that threshold. The mortality percentages are national estimates based on representative samples. All 17 countries applied the same data collection standards, the report says. The survey covered almost 32,000 bee colonies. But there is also much concern about death rates among wild bees, which are vital pollinators too. Last year the EU introduced a ban on four chemicals called neonicotinoids which are used in pesticides. They are believed to be linked to the collapse of bee colonies across Europe, though there is a heated scientific debate over the chemicals' impact and many experts say further studies are needed. The Commission wanted pesticide impacts to be included in the Epilobee study, but it was overruled by member states' governments.

A new study covering 17 EU countries says that far more honeybees are dying in the UK and other parts of northern Europe than in Mediterranean countries.

Four tickets were purchased by Bournville College in Birmingham under former principal Norman Cave, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The Longbridge further education college also held a £170,000 centenary event, a £35,000 staff party, and paid consultants £2.8m over three years. Mr Cave, who has since retired, denied any claims of financial mismanagement. Updates on this story and more from Birmingham New bosses at the college said they no longer had the season tickets. A whistleblower, who wished to remain anonymous, said previous management was "chaotic" and it was "clear funds were spent where they shouldn't have been". Referring to the Manchester United tickets, the source told the BBC: "I could possibly understand it if it were a local team [and] you would be showing off Birmingham at its best, but Manchester? No." More than 100 redundancies were made at the college during the last year- almost a quarter of the workforce. New interim principal Michelle Sutton said: "The college has experienced a period of financial challenges as a result of some of the strategic decisions that have been taken in the past." She said the management team had been halved in size and that a recovery plan was now in place. Regarding the football tickets, the college added: "The previous management team pursued a strategy of growth, of which the relationship with Manchester United was part. "The new management team and board cannot comment further on the rationale and detail behind decisions taken by the previous management team. "However, we can confirm that these arrangements no longer exist."

A college bought Manchester United season tickets in a "growth strategy" before cutting more than 100 jobs.

Lee Nicholson, 39, from Newcastle, was enlisted by Clare Humble to help dispose of Peter Hedley's body in Newburn Riverside Park in November. Humble, 50, was jailed for life in May for murdering Mr Hedley, 49. Nicholson, of Lydford Court, was jailed for three years and six months after admitting perverting the court of justice at Newcastle Crown Court.

A man who helped his murderer ex-girlfriend bury her boyfriend's body in a Newcastle park has been jailed.

Forest Green, promoted from the National League, will host MK Dons in their first appearance in the competition, while FA Cup giant-killers Lincoln will be away to Rotherham. The 35 ties will be played in the week commencing Monday, 7 August. Hull City and Middlesbrough have been handed a bye into the second round, having finished above Sunderland in the Premier League last season. There was confusion after the draw, which was streamed live from Bangkok, where the competition's new sponsors, energy drink company Carabao, are based. A list of fixtures displayed on the stream showed Charlton drawn against two clubs, while AFC Wimbledon were also wrongly recorded as being at home to Swindon - the Dons were drawn at home to Brentford, and Swindon will be away to Norwich. And Forest Green were listed as being away to Wolves, who were in fact drawn at home to Yeovil. The live stream was also hampered by sound problems, with listeners on some clubs' websites unable to hear the draw. The EFL have since released a statement apologising for "a number of third party technical issues that affected coverage of [Friday's] Carabao Cup round one draw in Bangkok". It continued: "There were inaccuracies - as a result of human error - in the live graphics output that resulted in confusion and incorrect ties being displayed on screen. "In addition, some users did experience difficulties in accessing the stream on certain external platforms. Both issues are currently under investigation. "The EFL can confirm that the draw was not compromised in any way and all clubs have received confirmation of their round one ties." There are 12 former League Cup winners in the first round, with five-time champions Aston Villa the most successful side entering at this stage, ahead of four-time winners Nottingham Forest. Villa have been handed an away tie at Colchester, while Forest host League One side Shrewsbury. Newport County were drawn at home to Southend United, but the match will take place at Southend's Roots Hall stadium so the Welsh club can finish work on their pitch. The final of this season's competition will take place at Wembley on Sunday, 25 February 2018. The full draw for the first round of the EFL Cup is as follows: North Section Coventry v Blackburn Nottingham Forest v Shrewsbury Bradford v Doncaster Mansfield v Rochdale Grimsby v Derby Barnsley v Morecambe Oldham v Burton Wigan v Blackpool Bury v Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday v Chesterfield Accrington v Preston Fleetwood v Carlisle Rotherham v Lincoln Sheffield United v Walsall Scunthorpe v Notts County Crewe v Bolton Leeds v Port Vale South Section Birmingham City v Crawley Town Exeter City v Charlton Athletic QPR v Northampton Town Newport County v Southend United Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City v Portsmouth Millwall v Stevenage Oxford United v Cheltenham Town AFC Wimbledon v Brentford Norwich City v Swindon Town Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United Peterborough United v Barnet Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham Colchester United v Aston Villa Wolves v Yeovil Town Reading v Gillingham Forest Green Rovers v MK Dons Luton Town v Ipswich Town

Relegated Sunderland will travel to Bury in the EFL Cup first round.

The Scots have won all five qualifiers to date and host Iceland at Falkirk Stadium on Friday knowing victory would all but secure their place. But Evans is desperate not to miss out again after play-off losses for Euro 2013 and last year's World Cup. "Now that we're in this position, it would be devastating," she said. "We've been so close and fallen at the last hurdle twice now trying to get to major competitions. "It would be more heartbreak than humiliation." Iceland, ranked one place above the Scots at number 20 in the world, are also unbeaten after four wins from four, with the outcome of Friday's contest and the return fixture in Reykjavik on 20 September likely to decide who tops the group. "Obviously reaching the finals is everyone's aim," said 24-year-old Bayern Munich forward Evans. "It's been my aim since I got into the squad, and [veteran goalkeeper] Gemma Fay has been aiming for it for 15 years. "I think it's going to be emotional if we do get there, although we're taking it step by step, trying not to think too far ahead." With the best six of the eight group runners-up also qualifying automatically, Scotland are in pole position to reach next summer's finals in the Netherlands without the need for a play-off. "Iceland are top seeds in the group," Evans noted. "They're a really good side and we've always had tough games against them. "But we know we've got a really good chance to beat them. "It would be fantastic to have a big crowd at Falkirk. Having the fans behind us makes a huge difference." Evans is one of 12 players in the current 20-strong squad who play outside Scotland, with five at English clubs, four in Sweden and two at Seattle Reign in the United States National Women's Soccer League, including newly-crowned BBC Women's Footballer of the Year Kim Little. Perth-born Evans recently celebrated winning the women's Bundesliga in her first season at Bayern, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben as they joined the victorious men's squad for a rapturous reception on the balcony at Munich's New Town Hall. "It was mind-blowing, completely mind-blowing," she recalled. "There were thousands of people cheering when we came out. "We had a party with the men's team on the Saturday night, having been in their stadium on the Saturday just to get congratulated. "I actually walked out with Franck Ribery at the Town Hall, but, in the photos, Arjen Robben is in the background. I don't know them very well, but they were all really chatty, really good with us." Evans, who won four Scottish Women's Premier League titles and six domestic cups with Glasgow City before moving to Germany with Turbine Potsdam, believes the benefits of having more players in the world's top leagues benefits the national team as they close in on a first major finals. "Germany has been at the top of women's football for a long time now - it has really developed over there," she added. "The league is good, arguably one of the best in the world for competitiveness, and we have a hard game every week. "Even within the Bayern set-up, there is such good competition. Just being able to train with those players every day makes you better. I'm really privileged. "The league in Scotland is improving, but the girls playing abroad bring something different. "It is a different culture, a new way of playing, and that adds to the national team."

Striker Lisa Evans admits it will be an emotional milestone if Scotland Women maintain their Euro 2017 qualifying form and reach a first major finals.

Juventus face Real Madrid in Saturday's sell-out game at Cardiff's renamed National Stadium of Wales. Grange Gardens in Grangetown was chosen for the pitch by UEFA, Cardiff council and the Football Association of Wales. Wales legend Ian Rush praised the facility, saying it would help get more kids into football. The 2017 UEFA Champions League final ambassador said it was important to have facilities in the inner city to give young people the "best chance possible". He added: "Somewhere like this you go in with a positive, but where you've got muddy pitches and all that, you go in with a negative." Rush said the next big football superstar could come from the area, adding: "We all came from places like this but unfortunately we didn't have these facilities."

A new five-a-side pitch has been unveiled in Cardiff to create a "lasting legacy" after the Champions League Final.

The fund was set up by Mr Najib in 2009 with the stated aim of boosting the Malaysian economy. But FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said evidence showed it had defrauded Malaysians "on an enormous scale". On Wednesday, US authorities moved to seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets related to the fund. Mr Najib is not named in the US papers and has consistently denied wrongdoing. But he is identifiable as "Malaysian Official 1", whose account allegedly received millions in funds originating from 1MDB. The $1bn the US hopes to seize would make up only a proportion of the more than $3.5bn (£2.6bn) allegedly diverted. Source: US Department of Justice Mr Najib was officially cleared of criminality by the Malaysian attorney general earlier this year. He had dismissed the previous attorney general after he repeatedly criticised the prime minister's handling of the case. The current attorney general, Mohamed Apandi, said on Thursday that there was no evidence funds were misappropriated from 1MDB. Speaking on Thursday, Mr Najib stressed the US case was a "civil, not a criminal, procedure" and that "we don't want to come to any conclusions until that process [the investigation] is done". "I want to say categorically that we are serious about good governance," he said, adding that he would "fully co-operate" with the investigation. Despite denying any wrongdoing, the prime minister is now facing renewed calls to answer the accusations and stand down. Former premier and long-time Najib foe Mahathir Mohamad said there "can be no doubt" that Mr Najib was responsible for 1MDB's finances. He said Malaysians should stage street protests against Mr Najib, as they have in the past, and push for a referendum on his leadership. Parliamentary opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said he should go on leave "so as not to create the perception of abuse of power" or hinder this "very important" investigation. When I spoke to the fund's CEO, Arul Kanda, in October last year, he told me "the value of assets outweigh the value of debt". But 1MDB had to sell some of its most prized assets in order to realise this value, and as one Malaysian opposition leader put it to me at the time, any business that has to do that isn't a successful business. 1MDB's financial mismanagement and the allegations of misconduct by the prime minister has raised concern amongst the foreign investment community that Malaysia's economy is in for a rough ride. But there are bigger worries than just the financial performance of 1MDB. At the heart of it is the suggestion that Malaysia's public money has been stolen and used for personal gain. Read more from Karishma 1MDB said in a statement last year that it had never given money to the prime minister and called the claims "unsubstantiated". Meanwhile Singapore fraud investigators said on Thursday they had seized more than $175m in assets connected to 1MDB and found several major banks, including Standard Chartered, had showed "weaknesses in the processes for accepting clients and monitoring transactions". Also on Thursday, the Swiss authorities said they had seized three valuable paintings linked to the investigation - one Van Gogh painting and two Monet paintings, following a US request.

Malaysian PM Najib Razak is facing pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at state investment fund 1MDB.

Edinburgh Airport said more than 781,000 passengers passed through its doors last month, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%. Glasgow saw its traffic rise by 8.4% to nearly 600,000. Meanwhile, Aberdeen International Airport reported its lowest decline in passenger numbers for almost two years. Edinburgh said most of its growth last month came from international flights, which were up by 11.6% on the same period last year. Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar: "After a record-breaking 2016, it is fantastic that we start 2017 with strong figures. "We are now seeing the impact of launching 27 international services in 2016. " At Glasgow Airport, international passenger numbers grew by 16.1% as a result of strong demand on routes to Toronto, New York and Dubai. EU-scheduled traffic was up 21.4%, following a rise in capacity on some winter sun services and city breaks. Domestic traffic grew year-on-year by 2%, with increased uptake reported on routes provided by British Airways, Easyjet and Flybe. Glasgow Airport managing director Amanda McMillan said: "Last year was our busiest on record, so it's pleasing to see this momentum has continued into 2017 with our best-ever January passenger numbers." Meanwhile, Aberdeen International Airport recorded its lowest decline in passenger numbers for almost two years in January. A total of 207,100 passengers travelled through the airport during the month, 1.7% fewer than a year ago. Domestic traffic rose by 0.6%, while international traffic fell by 2.5%. Helicopter traffic was down 7%, which the airport attributed to "inclement weather conditions in overseas locations" and the temporary recall of Sikorsky S92 helicopters early in the month. Airport managing director Carol Benzie said: "It's hugely encouraging that last month we saw our lowest decline in passenger numbers since March 2015, which is a fantastic start to the year. "I'm delighted that our domestic traffic increased and I'm confident that the overall figures would have been even healthier had our helicopter traffic not been impacted by a maintenance recall." Ryanair is to extend its Aberdeen schedule in May by introducing a new link to Faro, which will coincide with the relaunch of Air Baltic's Riga route, as well as new flights to the Faroe Islands with Loganair.

Scotland's two busiest airports have recorded their best January on record, following a marked increase in demand for international travel.

It was the 29-year-old Spaniard's first Grand Tour stage win and Movistar's first at this year's Giro - still led by Jungels, with Geraint Thomas second. Thomas' Team Sky team-mate Mikel Landa's late attack was caught as time gaps in the top 10 stayed the same. Thomas is six seconds behind Jungels, with fellow Briton Adam Yates third. Orica-Scott rider Yates is 10 seconds behind Quick-Step's Jungels, on the same time as favourites Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali, who also finished safely in the main bunch on Saturday. Landa had built up a lead of 15 seconds on Jungels - a gap that would have seen him climb into the overall lead - before being reeled back by the peloton on the up-and-down finish into Peschici. Sunday's stage takes the riders into the high mountains for the first time since stage four, with a summit finish on the category-one Blockhaus ending a relatively flat 149km from Montenero di Bisaccia. 1. Gorka Izagirre (Spa/Movistar) 4hrs 24mins 59secs 2. Giovanni Visconti (Ita/Bahrain) +5secs 3. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana) +10secs 4. Enrico Battaglin (Ita/LottoNL) +12secs 5. Michael Woods (Can/Cannondale) Same time 6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) 7. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) 8. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) 9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) 10. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) 1. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) 38hrs 21mins 18secs 2. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) +6secs 3. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +10secs 4. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) Same time 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) 6. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 7. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 8. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) 9. Andrey Amador (Crc/ Movistar) 10. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ)

Gorka Izagirre emerged strongest from a breakaway group to claim victory on stage eight of the Giro d'Italia as Bob Jungels retained his overall lead.

In their strongest statement yet on the issue, scientists say acidification could increase by 170% by 2100. The report's co-author said acidification had already caused a 30% loss of species in some ocean ecosystems. The researchers conclude that human emissions of CO2 are clearly to blame. The study will be presented at global climate talks in Poland next week. In 2012, over 500 of the world's leading experts on ocean acidification gathered in California. Led by the International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme, a review of the state of the science has now been published. This Summary for Policymakers states with "very high confidence" that increasing acidification is caused by human activities which are adding 24 million tonnes of CO2 to oceans every day. The addition of so much carbon has altered the chemistry of the waters. Since the start of the industrial revolution, the waters have become 26% more acidic. "This is the state of the art," said Prof Jean-Pierre Gattuso, from CNRS, the French national research agency. "My colleagues have not found in the geological record, rates of change that are faster than the ones we see today." What worries the scientists is the potential impact on many ocean species including corals. Studies carried out at deep sea vents, where the waters are naturally acidic thanks to CO2, show a 30% loss of biodiversity. These vents may be a "window on the future" according to the researchers. "You don't find a mollusc at the pH level expected for 2100, this is really quite a stunning fact," said Prof Gattuso. "It's an imperfect window, only the ocean's acidity is increasing at these sites, they don't reflect the warming we will see this century. "If you combine the two, it could be even more dramatic than what we see at CO2 vents." The effect of acidity is currently being felt most profoundly felt in the Arctic and Antarctic oceans. These chilly waters hold more CO2 and increasing levels of the gas are turning them acidic more rapidly than the rest of the world. The more acidic they become, the more damaging they are to the shells and skeletons of marine organisms. The researchers say that by 2020, ten percent of the Arctic will be inhospitable to species that build their shells from calcium carbonate. By 2100 the entire Arctic will be a hostile environment. These effects are already visible says Prof Gattuso. "In the Southern Ocean, we already see corrosion of pteropods which are like sea snails, in the ocean we see corrosion of the shell. "They are a key component in the food chain, they are eaten by fish, birds and whales, so if one element is going then there is a cascading impact on the whole food chain." The authors warn that the economic impact of the losses from aquaculture could be huge - the global cost of the decline in molluscs could be $130bn by 2100 if emissions of CO2 continue on their current pathway. Adding alkaline substances such as crushed limestone to the waters has been mooted as a potential way of mitigating the worst impacts of acidification. But Prof Gattuso says it would only have a limited effect. "Maybe in bays which have a restricted exchange with open oceans it may work, it may give some local relief. "But the latest research is showing that it is not really practical at a global scale. It is very expensive and very energy intensive." Marine protection zones would also give some short term benefit, but the scientists say that in the long term only significant cuts in emissions will slow the progress of acidification. Follow Matt on Twitter.

The world's oceans are becoming acidic at an "unprecedented rate" and may be souring more rapidly than at any time in the past 300 million years.

The emergency services were called to Glenapp Road in the Pollokshields area of the city at about 11:50. Two people were taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. They are thought to have been suffering from smoke inhalation. Other residents from the flats received medical assessments at the scene.

A fire in a block of tenement flats in Glasgow has left two people requiring hospital treatment.

The Germany Under-21 forward opened the scoring when his third-minute shot looped in off keeper Jonas Lossl. Emil Forsberg slotted in a second, then cut a ball back for Werner to make it 3-0 at half-time. Scottish teenager Oliver Burke replaced Werner moments before Stefan Bell headed a consolation goal for Mainz. Bayern lead the table only on goal difference, having drawn 1-1 at home to Hoffenheim on Saturday. Match ends, RB Leipzig 3, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Second Half ends, RB Leipzig 3, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Stefan Ilsanker. Attempt missed. André Ramalho (1. FSV Mainz 05) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Yunus Malli with a cross following a corner. Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Willi Orban. Foul by Davie Selke (RB Leipzig). Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05). Foul by Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig). Giulio Donati (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick on the right wing. Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Marcel Halstenberg. Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Kaiser replaces Emil Forsberg. André Ramalho (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Davie Selke (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by André Ramalho (1. FSV Mainz 05). Attempt saved. Gaëtan Bussmann (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Offside, 1. FSV Mainz 05. André Ramalho tries a through ball, but Karim Onisiwo is caught offside. Hand ball by Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig). Foul by Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig). Alexander Hack (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05). Substitution, RB Leipzig. Davie Selke replaces Yussuf Poulsen. Attempt blocked. Daniel Brosinski (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Foul by Diego Demme (RB Leipzig). Yunus Malli (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick on the left wing. Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by André Ramalho (1. FSV Mainz 05). Goal! RB Leipzig 3, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Alexander Hack with a headed pass following a corner. Corner, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Conceded by Willi Orban. Attempt blocked. Gaëtan Bussmann (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen following a fast break. Attempt blocked. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Naby Keita. Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Gaëtan Bussmann (1. FSV Mainz 05). Substitution, RB Leipzig. Oliver Burke replaces Timo Werner. Foul by Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig). André Ramalho (1. FSV Mainz 05) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

RB Leipzig moved level on points with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich after Timo Werner scored twice in a comfortable 3-1 win over Mainz.

German broadcaster RBB found up to 700 cases in Berlin alone. "There are many unreported cases," said Ole Schröder, a top interior ministry official. There has been a rise in asylum requests from pregnant women from Vietnam, Africa and Eastern Europe. A new law is being drafted to tackle the fake paternity racket, RBB reports. Some pregnant immigrant women are reported to have paid fake fathers and solicitors as much as €5,000 (£4,356; $5,628) to get paternity registered. Once that is done, the baby automatically becomes a German citizen and the mother has the right to stay. However, in 2013 a German Constitutional Court ruling said that even in suspicious cases it might not be worth contesting paternity, because the child could end up stateless and left in legal limbo. It is generally easier for refugees fleeing conflict to get residency in Germany than for economic migrants who have escaped poverty in Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe. Germany has moved to tighten asylum rules since the 2015 influx of more than 800,000 migrants, most of them refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Immigration is a major issue ahead of parliamentary elections in September. The influx hit some local authorities especially hard, as they struggled to house and integrate the newcomers. However, there was a sharp drop in the numbers claiming asylum in 2016, after barriers were erected on the Balkan migration route. Massive drop in German asylum seekers Record migrant numbers leave Germany Ten attacks a day on Germany migrants Polls suggest that the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), opposed to mass immigration, has gained support and is on course to enter the federal parliament (Bundestag) for the first time. Mr Schröder, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said "we have a lot of evidence from the immigration authorities - fake fathers are making money out of this... in other words, this involves a considerable amount of criminality". In one case reported by RBB, a far-right sympathiser, convicted for sporting neo-Nazi symbols, claimed to be the father of a Vietnamese child. Martin Steltner, a state prosecutor in Berlin, told ARD television there were signs of widespread abuse involving paternity, for example one man claiming to be the father of 10 children. The fake fathers rarely pay any child support, as many are living off social welfare, ARD reports. A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, whom governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.

German officials say growing numbers of pregnant immigrant women are paying German men to pose as fathers so that they can qualify for residency.

The group are due to be brought to a hostel in the countryside near Great Torrington, Devon on Sunday or Monday. The children will be transported from Croydon, south London, where they were taken from the Jungle camp by a private security company. The Home Office said they are unaccompanied, vulnerable children. It is not clear if the children are among a group that arrived under the "Dubs amendment" which grants refuge to particularly vulnerable individuals, such as those who are unaccompanied and without family ties in the UK. The purpose of the temporary facility is to provide a safe and welcoming place before the children are reunited with family members or moved to other parts of the country, Devon Country Council said. The council said it is working with the police, NHS and other local authorities as part of the "emergency response". "These will be vulnerable young people," Councillor James McInnes said. "They will be frightened and they will be exhausted, and we as an authority have a statutory responsibility to support those that present in Devon." Dozens of private security guards will accompany the group. A source told the BBC most of those expected in Devon are over 16 years old. Geoffrey Cox, Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon, said the move will not be a "permanent institution". "The majority of the children will only be here for a few days," he said. "They will be under 18 and there is no question of anyone over 18 coming." The Home Office declined to comment on the details of the transfer, but added the children were often traumatised and their privacy should be respected as they received support to rebuild their lives.

Up to 70 child migrants from the Jungle camp in Calais are expected to arrive at a temporary Home Office "respite facility", the BBC has learnt.

The crash happened at Evanton at about 17:20 on Saturday. The fire service and the air ambulance was sent to the scene. The occupants of all three vehicles were injured, but the extent of their injuries was not known, police said. A spokesman added: "Inquiries are ongoing into this matter and no further witnesses are sought at this time."

Several people have been injured in a three-car collision on the A9 near Dingwall in the Highlands.

Police said the child, who is thought to have been shot by her father who was found dead at the scene in Northiam, is seven years old. Ch Supt Neil Honnor said a firearm had been recovered, but would not confirm the relationship between the girl and the man. The body of the man was found in a car parked outside a house in the Spring Hill area of the village. Prayers have been said at the injured girl's school, Beckley Church of England Primary in Beckley near Rye. The area around the scene has been cordoned off since the shooting, which happened at about 16:00 BST on Thursday. Ch Supt Honnor said officers had identified "the perpetrator of the offence". "This does not appear to be an incident that's necessarily related to Northiam other than the fact that it happened there. "We believe this is a domestic-related incident," he said. In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Beckley CE Primary said: "We have received confirmation that the child who was shot is a pupil at our school. "This is a dreadfully sad and shocking incident and the whole school community are praying for her and her family." The girl is being treated at King's College Hospital in London.

A young girl shot in the head in East Sussex remains gravely ill in hospital.

The conditions endured by chainmakers and their demands for a minimum wage caused a national scandal and in 1910 they held a strike. It lasted for ten weeks and is credited with changing the lives of thousands of workers earning poor wages. Artist Luke Perry, from a family of chainmakers, has created the statue after more than two years. Mr Perry's statue was unveiled on Friday morning in Mary Macarthur park, named after the trade unionist who led the women chainmakers 102 years ago. He said: "It's something which is a wonderful piece of our history, but still, I don't think enough people know about it." The statue stands at 10 ft (3 metres) and weighs nearly three-and-a-half tonnes. The area's links with chain making are kept alive every month at a rare surviving chain shop at Mushroom Green in the heart of the Black Country. In 2010, a plaque honouring Mary Macarthur was put up in the park as part of the 100th anniversary events.

A monument to the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath in the Black Country has been unveiled.

London's first Lumiere festival will feature illuminations and animations projected at 20 locations in the West End and Kings Cross over four nights. Julian Opie will be among more than two dozen artists taking part. The Durham version has been running since 2009 and attracted 175,000 people in 2013. Almost 180,000 turned out when producers Artichoke staged a Lumiere in Londonderry when it was UK City of Culture the same year. The London event will take place from 14-17 January. Mayor Boris Johnson said it would be "a dazzling new festival for the capital" that would "expel the post-Christmas blues". The first artists to be confirmed for London are: Artichoke director Helen Marriage said: "Lumiere was born in Durham and its incredible success has been recognised across the world. Lumiere London will be a very different event with its own artistic programme, but the principles remain the same." This year's Lumiere will take place in Durham from 12-15 November.

A major festival of light art is to be staged in London next year by the people who organise the biennial Lumiere festival in Durham.

Lydia Wilkinson said she did not know at first whether her father Peter was going to survive the stabbing at their home in Stourbridge on 30 March. She said looking after him was a "massive relief and an opportunity I didn't think I was going to have". "I will miss them both so much," the 18-year-old added. Aaron Barley, 23, of no fixed address, has been charged with their murders and with the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson. Lydia, who was at university at the time 50-year-old Tracey and 13-year-old Pierce were stabbed, spoke of her devastation. Mrs Wilkinson was pronounced dead at the scene. Pierce died in hospital after paramedics battled to save him. "For me especially it is a case of taking every day as it comes and counting your blessings and using the support around, definitely." For more on this and other Birmingham and Black Country news She paid tribute to staff at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital who saved her father. Lydia had been planning to collect Pierce from school the next day. "I still can't believe that I will never see him again or pick him up from school on that Friday like I promised to do," she said. "He was just so bubbly and full of life and he really did light up a room with his mannerisms and impressions." Mr Wilkinson, who spent six days in intensive care, said he was "on the mend". He suffered facial lacerations, "dozens of deep stab wounds and almost 100 stitches". "It will take some time but obviously the emotional pain will take forever," he said. Mr Wilkinson said: "I didn't find out until I woke up in intensive care that Pierce had not made it. It was devastating. Absolutely devastating." He added his wife had been a "fantastic mum" and a compassionate, kind person." "She was just beautiful, she was our angel," he said.

A student whose mother and teenage brother were stabbed to death is focusing on caring for her father who was also injured in the attack.

Ties have sharply deteriorated in recent years, and the government in Warsaw has sharply criticised Russia's conduct in Ukraine. But Mr Andreyev's interpretation of history brought relations to a new low. He told reporters his remarks had not been "sufficiently precise". The ambassador was speaking outside the Polish foreign ministry, after he was summoned over his comments on Polish TV channel TVN24 on Friday. However, his comments to Russian media later made clear that there was unlikely to be any immediate improvement in relations. "I am not retracting my remarks, I am simply making a clarification because they were misinterpreted," he said, adamant that he was referring not to the start of the war but to the catastrophe in Poland. There had been no discussion about his possible expulsion from Poland, he added. A Polish official said that during the meeting it was noted that the envoy's remarks had been "untrue and contrary to the findings of Polish and Russian historians". He said the Russian parliament itself had in 2010 directly blamed Soviet dictator Josef Stalin for ordering the 1940 massacre of 20,000 Polish prisoners of war at Katyn. Mr Andreyev had argued that Poland was partly responsible for what happened in September 1939, because "during the 1930s Poland repeatedly blocked the formation of a coalition against Hitler's Germany". The war erupted in September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, little over a week after the USSR and Germany signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Soviet forces entered Poland from the east that same month, as part of the secret agreement. Mr Andreyev had also suggested that the Soviet invasion was "to ensure the safety of the USSR" and was not an aggressive act. Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz pointed out at the weekend that "even children in Poland know that neither Ribbentrop nor Molotov was Polish", condemning the Nazi-Soviet carve-up of her country. The ambassador's interview on Friday was broadcast hours after Poland's ambassador to Moscow, Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, was herself summoned to the Russian foreign ministry because the graves of 57 Soviet soldiers were vandalised at a cemetery in Milejczyce in north-eastern Poland. The vandalism was strongly condemned by the Polish government. Russia is also angry that Polish officials this month removed a brass relief of a wartime Soviet general, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, from a monument in northern Poland.

Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, has said he meant no offence when he appeared to suggest Poland was partly to blame for the start of World War Two.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 28 April 2014 Last updated at 18:47 BST The site is believed to contain thousands of copies of a video game called ET The Extra-Terrestrial which is thought to be one of the worst video games ever made. We asked Gordon Sinclair from retro gaming event Play Blackpool to share his 'top 5' worst video games. 1. Cassette 50, Z50 Spectrum published by Cascade Games Ltd 2. Rise of the Robots, Amega published by Time Warner Interactive 3. Superman, Nintendo 64 published by Titus Software 4. Busby 3D, Playstation published by Accolade & Telstar 5. ET The Extra-Terrestrial, published by Atari Inc

A massive video game burial site has been discovered in New Mexico, USA.

Jacqueline McPhie, 46, took the money while vice president for finance at Altus Intervention in Aberdeen between March 2013 and April 2014. McPhie, of Arbroath, admitted embezzlement and was jailed for three years and four months in July. At the High Court in Edinburgh, she was ordered to pay back £587,434 through her "realisable assets." She was given six months to pay the confiscation order. McPhie diverted money from the business, which supplies equipment for North Sea oil and gas projects, to fund her lifestyle. She bought an £80,000 Range Rover, and spent more than £60,000 on a new garage and driveway, £52,000 on a kitchen and £30,000 on a summer house in her garden. McPhie had previously been given 300 hours of community service 16 years ago for stealing £250,000 from previous employers.

A woman jailed for embezzling more than £1.3m from her employers has been ordered to pay back nearly £600,000.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team was called to Yr Elen, in the Carneddau range, at about 14:00 GMT on Saturday. The man, who had rib and back injuries, was flown to hospital in a rescue helicopter.

A man in his 60s has been airlifted to hospital after falling while walking in Snowdonia.

Jon Schueler, who died in New York in 1992 at the age of 75, created many of his pieces from a studio in Mallaig in the Highlands. He was inspired by views of the Sound of Sleat and also of Skye, which lies across the stretch of sea. An arts symposium and exhibition at the college runs from Friday to Sunday. Called An Linne: Echoes, Reflections and Transfigurations, the events mark the centenary of the artist's birth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1916. The painter, who served as a navigator on US bombers flown out of England during World War Two, moved to Mallaig in 1957 and he continued to visit and work in the village in the north-west Highlands throughout his career. Many of his pieces were influenced by the changing weather on the west coast and the effect the conditions had on the sea. Magda Salvesen, curator of the Jon Schueler Estate, said: "The Sound of Sleat became to Schueler a place of experience, memory and mood. "The specificity of this body of water fed Schueler's paintings - their imagery enlarged through layers of memory. "How appropriate and challenging that the symposium celebrating the artist's centenary should be held on Skye, an island seen through changing weather from his studio in Mallaig." The celebration at SMO - Scotland's National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, and which offers a Jon Schueler Residency scholarship - includes talks on Schueler's life and work and an exhibition of selected pieces from his time in Mallaig. Donnie Munro, director of development, fundraising and the arts at SMO, described the artist as having a "profoundly deep experiential affinity with the Sound of Sleat". He said this connection led Schueler to create some of his most celebrated works.

The life and work of an American Expressionist painter is being celebrated at Skye's Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (SMO).

The trees swayed, the rain battered the domed roof of the headquarters building and, given the lecture he'd just delivered to African leaders from their own pulpit, it might well have been the ghosts of dictators past rattling the rafters. He talked about democracy and the "cancer of corruption," but the words which reverberated across the continent were an off-script put-down of leaders who "refuse to step aside when their terms end". The audience cheered, but not surprisingly the assembly's seats weren't filled by the continent's presidents. Instead it was the AU's commission he addressed - its secretariat. That was always the plan according to the White House. Journalists and commentators had been salivating at the prospect of America's first black president meeting Africa's oldest. Robert Mugabe, who's 91, is the AU chairman, and the speech would have rattled the rafters from the inside if the heads of state had been present. "I love my work, but under our constitution I can't run again," President Obama said. "I actually think I'm a pretty good president - I think if I ran again I could win." That's probably not true - given he's only half as popular back in the US as he is in Kenya, the first stop on a trip hailed as a homecoming. "I don't understand why people want to stay so long, especially when they've got a lot of money," he mocked, to the loudest cheer of the day. Third-termism is catching. It's already made a comeback in Burundi, caused a government to collapse in Burkina Faso, and appears on the cards in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of the Congo. And the three elder statesmen of the AU have racked up a hundred years in power between them. Presidents Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea (36), Mugabe of Zimbabwe (35), and Paul Biya of Cameroon (33) are the longest standing of those leaders on the continent who aren't so keen on giving up the trappings of office. "Sometimes you will hear a leader say 'I'm the only person who can keep the nation together'. If that's true that leader has failed to truly build the nation," President Obama said in the last speech of his Africa trip, and arguably his best. He emphasised the defining themes of his visit - the significance of security, particularly the fight against extremism; trade replacing aid; the importance of youth and women, human rights and democracy; and the battle against corruption. They were points you could tick off from every speech from his very first in Kenya, where he opened the Global Entrepreneurship Summit emphasising trade and promising investment. With him on the trip were American businessmen and at least one billionaire. He made sure to visit successful start-up companies, among them one developing a solar lighting system to bring power to the remotest of villages. Power Africa is one of his headline programmes, but has so far failed to achieve much. Big slow-burning fuses in infrastructure, agriculture, trade and young leadership are what he's staking his legacy on. Presidents Clinton and Bush ploughed huge sums into Africa to tackle Aids and malaria - massive health challenges that needed the dollars. China is now the largest single investor in Africa and spares the AU a lecture, but President Obama hopes he can create long-lasting change - providing "not the fish, but the fishing rod" as he put it. His supporters say his African legacy may take time to build, but will bear fruit, and it's obvious he's keen to spend more time on the continent once he's left office. "I'll be honest with you," he told the AU. "I'm looking forward to life after being the president. I won't have this big security detail all the time… and I can visit Africa more often." Coming to Kenya while president was an important part of plotting out that future. He bounded down the stairs from Air Force One in Nairobi, and the video clips of him dancing at the State Dinner showed the passion he has for his "ancestral home". And it was great PR for Kenya. Terror attacks have hit the country's reputation hard and the first ever visit by a sitting American president did a great deal to improve that global image. There was real Obama-mania on the streets of Nairobi, despite the high security and grumbling over road closures. And he didn't pull his punches there either - publicly clashing with President Uhuru Kenyatta over gay rights. President Obama's renewed engagement with Africa began late in his presidency, by gathering the continent's leaders in Washington last year, amid accusations he was playing catch-up with China. America's commitment to resolving the crisis in South Sudan looks unlikely to succeed in the short term as it becomes increasingly complicated and difficult to undo. But it's the long game where President Obama, "Kenya's first American president" as he called himself, will best be judged.

As President Obama finished his speech to the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa last month and stepped off the stage, a tempest whipped up outside.

Caerphilly council has been accused of lacking "Christmas cheer" by the opposition Plaid Cymru group. But council leader Keith Reynolds said it has made cuts to protect key services. The ruling Labour group said the decision was taken "reluctantly" but it had to save £12m for 2015-16. Plaid's Colin Mann said: "It will be really disappointing if our town centres don't have any Christmas cheer this year with the lighting cancelled." He said the lighting was available, but there is no money to pay contractors to put up and dismantle it.

There will be no Christmas lights in towns around Caerphilly county this year after funding was cut.

As well as the African Player of the Year and Africa-based African Player of the Year shortlists which were announced last month, a range of other awards will also be handed out. Continental successes feature heavily in the categories including nods to Nigeria's women's Nations Cup winners and Uganda's Gabon 2017 qualifiers. Arsenal striker Asisat Oshaola, who finished as the top scorer with Nigeria at the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, is amongst the names on the Women's Player of the Year shortlist. The Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi, is rewarded for Nigeria's triumph with a nomination for Coach of the Year. She will face competition from, amongst others, Uganda coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic, who guided the Cranes to their first Africa Cup of Nations finals in 39 years. Also on that list is Pitso Mosimane who coached South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns to the African Champions League title. Sundowns are also on the Club of the Year shortlist. Other names in the frame for an award are Manchester City's Nigeria striker Kelechi Iheanacho who is up for the Most Promising Talent prize, and fellow Super Eagle Alex Iwobi who features in the Youth Player of the Year category. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday, 5 January 2017. Women's Player of the Year: Most promising Talent: Youth Player of the Year: Coach of the Year: Referee of the Year: Club of the Year: National Team of the Year: Women's National Team of the Year:

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) named the shortlists for eight more categories ahead of its annual awards gala to be held in Abuja on 5 January 2017.

The party is to set up a task force that will consider how to implement the plans - expected to be outlined at the party conference next week. Mr Corbyn told the Independent on Sunday there was "overwhelming support for a People's Railway". But the Conservatives dismissed the plan as an "ideological joyride". International Development Secretary Justine Greening warned it would waste millions of pounds of taxpayers' money at a time when the railways were enjoying record levels of investment on schemes like HS2. She told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show it was important to "get on with the plan we have in place". But shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn told the same programme it was the Conservatives that were being "ideological" and the recently re-privatised East Coast line had shown that publicly-owned rail could work. He said Britain needed an "integrated transport system" without passengers having to buy different tickets for different lines. In other developments: Mr Corbyn has previously said the railways should be renationalised along with Royal Mail and has opposed the high speed railway line HS2. The Labour leader said: "We know there is overwhelming support from the British people for a People's Railway, better and more efficient services, proper integration and fairer fares. "On this issue, it won't work to have a nearly-but-not-quite position. Labour will commit to a clear plan for a fully integrated railway in public ownership." The incremental renationalisation policy is expected to leave around two thirds of lines privately run after the first term of a future Labour government. Its task force will also consider rail reforms such as simplified ticketing and better integration of services with other modes of transport. The Independent on Sunday said Mr Corbyn would make rail renationalisation Labour policy at the party's conference in Brighton on Sunday 27 September. Labour argues an incremental approach to renationalisation, advocated by Mr Corbyn's leadership rival Andy Burnham, would be a cost-effective solution. But Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said Labour's approach was "a backwards-looking policy which would cost billions of pounds and leave less money to spend on improving services". John Major's government split British Rail up into franchises 20 years ago. Since then the number of passengers travelling on the railways has doubled, but the public subsidy has risen.

A Labour government would renationalise the railways by regaining control of franchises as they expire, new leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to reveal.

A foul smell led residents to the site in March. The government says all the bodies were buried in a single night and include stillborn babies and unclaimed bodies. But Human Rights Watch says they must check to see if any of the people killed during anti-government protests in January have been buried there. Dozens of demonstrators died in protests over a proposed electoral law change which would have required a national census to be held before the presidential election could take place. The US-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HWR) has said that bodies went missing during the protests and also during government crackdowns on criminal gangs in the capital last year and in 2013. Human rights workers first became aware of the burial site after residents of Maluku in Kinshasa reported a terrible smell near the local cemetery more than two weeks ago. A woman working in the field then discovered a limb sticking out of the ground. The DR Congo government has said that the bodies were all buried in individual graves on 19 March. A spokesman said on Monday that there would be no exhumations of the bodies.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been urged to investigate at least 421 bodies found in an unmarked burial ground in the capital, Kinshasa.

His career high came in the 1970s and included the anthemic Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle with You, recorded with his band Stealers Wheel. Rafferty had battled a drink problem and spent time in hospital in Bournemouth with liver failure. He was born in Paisley and began his musical career as a busker on the London Underground. Rafferty died peacefully at his home in Dorset, with his daughter Martha at his bedside. It is understood his funeral will be held in Paisley later this month. Rafferty had recorded and toured with Billy Connolly as part of the Humblebums, before forming Stealers Wheel with his friend Joe Egan in 1972. Stuck in the Middle with You was a hit in the early 70s and also appeared on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's debut film Reservoir Dogs in 1992. Baker Street charted in the UK and US in 1978 after Rafferty began his solo career and still achieves airplay on radio stations around the world. Musican Raphael Ravenscroft, who played the song's famous saxophone melody, described Rafferty as "a fantastic writer" who "wrote some of my favourite songs of all time." In a statement, Billy Connolly called Rafferty "a hugely talented songwriter and singer who will be greatly missed". He added, "I was privileged to have spent my formative years working with Gerry and there remained a strong bond of friendship between us that lasted until his untimely death. "Gerry had extraordinary gifts and his premature passing deprives the world of a true genius." Music journalist and BBC Radio 2 presenter Paul Gambaccini said it was a cruel irony that Baker Street, about Rafferty's unhappiness with being a star, brought him more of the fame he hated. Gambaccini said: "He just wasn't of the constitution to deal with the music business, or to respect it. "And thus he found fame and artistic success incompatible, and he became a wanderer, a lonely man, allegedly a drinker. And now we have this unhappy end." Musician and BBC 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson said Rafferty would be greatly missed. "I'm deeply saddened to hear that Gerry has lost the battle with his failing health," he said. "His early work with Stealers Wheel was an inspiration to a whole generation of songwriters in the 70s, including me. "Many of us had hoped his recent album Life Goes On in 2009 would lead to a full-time return to writing and performing for a lyrical and highly gifted artist." BBC News website readers from around the world have sent in their tributes: Don't Speak of My Heart was my favourite. His voice was like velvet. Calmed me down just listening to him. I cannot believe he has gone. Susan Miller, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland Have followed his releases from Stealers Wheel to present. He wrote beautiful songs and he and Joe Egan, who sadly didn't get the same recognition, have left me some great musical memories. George Morris, Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland As a muso myself, I loved the arrangement of the haunting Baker Street and often performed Stuck In The Middle With You with a band I was a part of in the 80s and 90s in England. Both songs are played frequently on New Zealand radio stations. Gerry will be sorely missed. Tony Last, Hastings, New Zealand My first LP was Can I Have my Money Back, which I still have. My favourite song is The Ark from City to City with Jerry Donahue on guitar. He wrote about life itself, things one can relate to. He brought musical quality into life at times when there was not much around. Keith Dhan-Weller, Nuertingen, Germany Baker Street is probably my favourite song. I'm a songwriter and I teach creative writing. Baker Street is about Gerry's own experience with the music industry but he wrote the lyric in the third person. This makes the story more interesting and sad. The song works on so many different levels. Musically and lyrically. Richard Abbott, Limavady, Northern Ireland I was a young radio producer with BBC Scotland in the late 1960s when a couple of lads came in to Queen Margaret Drive to take part in some programmes. They were the Humblebums, and they made brilliant music. Rehearsals attracted all sorts of excuses from staff to absent themselves from their desks to go and listen in the studio cubicle. Little did we know... Alan Muirhead, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, England My eldest daughter was in school with his daughter Martha when Gerry lived in Kilmacolm. My husband and I were great fans of his music and songs and are sorry to hear of his death. Rita Walker, Greenock, Scotland Gerry Rafferty had depths beyond his two best-selling singles. A talented and open-minded musician who supported other talents - he will be missed. Alastair, Northampton, England

Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died at the age of 63 after suffering a long illness.

The man's bike was struck by a lorry at 17:15, near a petrol station north of the roundabout junction with the A830. They warned drivers to expect delays in the area as there are no local diversions. Officers said at 21:00 on Thursday they expected the road to be closed "for some time" while the emergency services dealt with the aftermath.

A cyclist has been killed in a crash on the A82 road to the north of Fort William.

Lilliard Gin is based at the Born in the Borders visitor centre in Jedburgh. It comes ahead of a number proposals, which are at various stages of the planning process, to open the region's first whisky distillery since 1837. Lead distiller Kate Macinnes said the potential to make the Scottish Borders a "region of distilling excellence" was "really exciting". "Our gin production is on a completely different scale to the other distilleries in development," she said. "Our still is one of the smallest production stills in the UK, and our entire operation fits into a cowshed, but if people like our gin, that's all that matters. "We have a rich abundance of wild food on our doorstep in the Teviot valley, and Lilliard Gin aims to capture that and convey a true sense of the local flavour palette and our Borders 'terroir'." John Henderson, of Born in the Borders, said the gin distillery was a natural companion to the Scottish Borders Brewery on the site. "To be able to play host to the first new distillery in the Borders in nearly 200 years is incredible," he said. "And the fact that Lilliard Gin are looking to use Borders botanicals means they are completely in tune with our own ethos of local sourcing. "We just can't wait for them to get started, and to taste their gin." The gin takes its name from a legendary Borders figure. "Lilliard was the heroine of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545, fought just north of the distillery," explained Ms Macinnes. "Lilliard reputedly fought to avenge the death of her lover at the hands of the English. The battle site is also known as Lilliard's Edge. "We wanted a name that reflected our landscape, and our strong female production team, and Lilliard seemed like a natural choice."

A new gin distillery in the Borders - built in a converted cowshed - is to start production early in the new year.

More than 350 Roma people had lived in the camp on La Petite Ceinture since mid-2015. Activists said many left early ahead of the police action. The site belongs to the national rail authority SNCF. France has one of Europe's toughest policies towards Roma. Most live in camps that are regularly demolished and every year thousands are deported. Amnesty International urged city authorities to find a lasting housing solution for those evicted in Paris - saying they would become homeless in mid-winter. Hundreds of thousands of Roma - mostly from Romania and Bulgaria - have moved to western Europe since the 1990s. The Council of Europe, the region's main human rights body, warned that evictions were "counter-productive" because they disrupted education and healthcare for Roma children. Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said it was crucial for French authorities to provide "adequate, alternative accommodation" for those evicted, "particularly as they have decided to take this action during winter". France's unwanted Roma

Police have cleared hundreds of Roma people from a slum-like camp built on a disused rail line in north Paris.

Barry McGivern, Scott Fryer and Troy Lacey were travelling to work at Dereham along the A47 Acle Straight, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. They jumped into cold chest-high water to free the man from the crushed car and helped to resuscitate him. Mr Lacey, 23, said: "I'm just glad we could give him a fighting chance to see his family again." The victim is in a stable but critical condition at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, police said. The men stopped when they saw what they thought was a broken-down car and some people running along the road at about 21:00 BST on Saturday. A blaring horn then alerted them to a car upside down in a dyke where they could see a man struggling inside, said Mr Fryer. The unnamed victim, believed to be in his 40s, was trapped by his seatbelt in the crushed car and had his head in water. Mr McGivern, 28, of Great Yarmouth, said he was the first to enter the "freezing cold" water which was chest-high. Mr Lacey, from Martham, said their experience as security staff helped them to keep calm and they had freed the victim as a paramedic arrived. "The car was that crushed that at one point I didn't think we would get him out, but I managed to get under his legs and get them free and Barry snapped the seatbelt," he said. "His pulse was slow so I pumped his chest a few times." Mr Fryer, also 28, a retained fire-fighter at Gorleston, then gave the victim the kiss-of-life. "I'm just pleased we were there and we could help a fellow human being who was dying in front of us," said Mr Lacey.

Three nightclub doormen have told how they helped rescue a man trapped in an upturned car in a water-filled ditch.

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has asked the interior minister to take steps "immediately" to dissolve the Revolutionary Nationalist Youth (JNR). Five people are under investigation over the death of Clement Meric, 18. He was badly beaten in a clash between far-right and anti-fascist activists in Paris on Wednesday, and later died. The Paris Prosecutor, Francois Molins said according to witnesses the two groups had run into each other by chance in a busy shopping district near St Lazare train station, where a fight broke out. He said the arrested suspects claimed to have responded to provocation by the left-wing group. All five suspects went before a judge on Saturday, two days after they were detained. According to the prosecutor, the main suspect named Esteban, 20, was being investigated on suspicion of murder. "The [suspect] named Esteban acknowledged to police that he had struck Clement Meric twice - bare-fisted, he claimed - including the blow that caused him to fall to the ground," Mr Molins said. Other witnesses said "Esteban" had worn a knuckle-duster. "A friend of Clement Meric said he saw him with a knuckle-duster, while another witness at the scene referred to a 'shiny object' in his hands." Two sets of knuckle-dusters had been found at his home, the prosecutor added. The teenager was placed on life support but was declared brain dead and died on Thursday. French President Francois Hollande said he condemned the attack "in the strongest terms". France has seen increasing tension between left and right, following a fierce debate over the introduction of same-sex marriage. The JNR is the militant wing of a far-right movement known as the Third Way. It has denied any link to the brawl. Its leader, Serge Ayoub, has been questioned by police following the killing but is not a suspect. But Mr Molins said on Saturday that all the suspects under investigation had ties to the Third Way. Only one, a young woman named Katia, was said to have admitted being a member, he added. Prime Minister Ayrault said in a statement: "I have asked [Interior Minister Manuel Valls] immediately to begin the procedure... to proclaim the dissolution of the Revolutionary Nationalist Youths." The government has vowed to crackdown on fascist groups. Mr Valls said: "Sadly such movements are resurging... racists, anti-Semites and homophobes". France's main far-right party, the National Front, described the killing of Mr Meric as "appalling".

The French government is to take steps to break up a far-right group allegedly linked to the death of a left-wing activist.

Ben Gerring, 29, was in the water near Mandurah, south of Perth, when the attack occurred on Tuesday afternoon. Western Australia Police said Mr Gerring's injuries were too severe to overcome and he died on Friday night. On Thursday, a 4.2m (14ft) great white shark was captured near Mandurah, but it is not known if this shark was to blame for the attack. "He was right out the back looking to get a big wave, one of the set waves that had been coming through during the day," Brian Williams, president of the Mandurah Boardriders Club and friend of the victim, told ABC on Tuesday. "He'd sort of paddled out the back, sort of past the pack slightly. And next thing all hell broke loose and they were trying to bring him in. "His board was broken in half, they found the tail part of his board," Mr Williams said. Surf Lifesaving Western Australia had reportedly issued a warning before the attack, after an unknown species of shark was seen in the area.

A surfer who lost his leg in a shark attack in Western Australia last week has died, police say.

Calls to reward them for their heroics are coming from politicians along with news and social media. Suspect Jaber al-Bakr gave elite commandos the slip over the weekend, sparking a two-day manhunt. Police believe Mr Bakr was planning to bomb a Berlin airport. The country's best-selling daily newspaper Bild dubbed the refugee trio the "Syrian heroes of Leipzig". Politicians from across the spectrum recommended them for the Federal Cross of Merit, a rank in Germany's civilian honours system. Ansgar Heveling, chairman of the parliamentary committee on interior affairs, went a step further and called on them to be granted asylum. Fellow Syrian refugees have also taken to social media to praise their compatriots. Police had been watching Mr Bakr, 22, for months, but he evaded police surveillance on Saturday in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, just as the authorities were preparing to storm an apartment where he was staying. Mr Bakr, who is also Syrian, made his way south to Leipzig and asked for help and shelter from the trio, who later recognised Mr Bakr as a suspect after seeing police's appeals for information in Arabic on Facebook. They quickly overpowered the fugitive, tied him up, and called police. "I was furious with him, I couldn't accept something like this - especially here in Germany, the country that opened its doors to us," one of the men told RTL Television. The three have not been identifying over fear of reprisals. A little more than 200,000 people arrived in Germany to seek asylum in the first nine months of this year - a significant reduction from 2015, the country's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere said. Last year, 890,000 asylum seekers arrived in the country, less than the one million originally estimated.

There is a growing clamour in Germany to honour three Syrian refugees who overpowered a bomb plot suspect with possible links to the so-called Islamic State.

Speaking at a joint news conference at the White House, Mr Obama said they had agreed that neither country would engage in cyber economic espionage. The deal covers the theft of trade secrets but not national security information. President Xi also pledged to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Obama said any escalation in China's alleged cybercrimes against the US would prompt sanctions. "It has to stop," he said. "The question is now, are words followed by action?" Reflecting on the use of sanctions against either individuals, businesses or state-run companies, he said: "We will apply those, and whatever other tools we have in our tool kit, to go after cybercriminals either retrospectively or prospectively." Both countries deny taking part in the cybertheft of commercial secrets. The Chinese president said the two countries would not "knowingly support" such practices and said they would both abide by "norms of behaviour" in cyberspace. "Confrontation and friction are not the right choice for both sides," said Mr Xi, speaking through a translator. The cybertheft of intellectual property designed to benefit Chinese industry was described by former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander as "the greatest transfer of wealth in history". US officials have alleged that the Chinese state was behind a massive data security breach of government databases as well as attacks on private firms. That kind of breach is not covered by this deal. Chinese President Xi Jinping wore a dark suit and stood at a podium during lunch at the US state department. Behind him were his hosts, US Vice-President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State John Kerry. The room was filled with current and former officials, including Henry Kissinger. The tables were decorated with red cloth napkins and yellow roses. Outside protesters shouted in front of the building: "Shame on the Chinese government". Inside the room President Xi said he and President Obama had both "demonstrated a firm commitment" to a new model for their relationship. He made a toast to friendship between the US and China. Most people stood up - but not everybody. People clapped, too, though not very enthusiastically. Mr Obama thanked Mr Xi for introducing a cap-and-trade emissions trading system to limit greenhouse gas production. The White House on Friday put out a fact sheet on the US and China's joint national carbon emissions trading scheme set to launch in 2017. The "cap-and-trade" scheme would see Chinese companies charged to emit pollutants beyond a certain level. China said it would commit $3.1bn to help developing countries reduce carbon emissions, along with other initiatives outlined in the fact sheet that would align China's climate work with that of the US. There were also areas of sharp disagreement. Mr Obama expressed concerns about the growing tensions in the South China Sea. And he criticised China's human rights record, saying that preventing lawyers, journalists and others from operating freely is an obstacle to China living up to its potential.

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have said they will take new steps to address cybercrime.

The 34-year-old, who had recently given birth, was found dead at her home in Essex Close in Luton on 10 October. Bedfordshire Police said her family has been informed. A double murder investigation was launched on Wednesday. A man arrested in connection with the deaths has been released on bail. Live: More on this story and others in Bedfordshire Det Insp Fraser Wylie, of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, appealed for friends or colleagues of Ms Winning to contact police. He added: "We're also continuing to ask for anyone who witnessed suspicious activity between Friday 7 and Monday 10 October in and around Essex Close to get in touch. "We're particularly keen to speak to anyone who saw a black wheelie bin being taken along the street, or anyone who lived nearby who has noticed that their wheelie bin has gone missing." The man's body was discovered in a wheelie bin on Monday night outside the entrance to the flats. It had been wrapped in cling film and a purple duvet cover. It is thought the dead man and Ms Winning were partners. Her baby is being cared for.

A woman, whose death has been linked to the discovery of a body in a bin in the same street, has been named as Tabussum Winning.

The eight-day hearing in Ebbw Vale is examining the request to take over 250 hectares (600 acres) of common land. Backers, including Blaenau Gwent council, have offered around 320 hectares (800 acres) replacement land. The inquiry has heard conflicting accounts from experts over claims the circuit would damage habitats and plant life by building on the common land. Natural Resources Wales said it was "difficult to conclude" that the replacement land was of equal value, but it was not opposing the development overall. But an ecology report presented by the developers said there would be a "net gain" in biodiversity because the plans included work to enhance other habitats nearby - which the Gwent wildlife trust argued against. The Planning Inspectorate for Wales will make a recommendation after the inquiry in Ebbw vale, before Welsh government ministers have the final say on whether the plans can go ahead.

A public inquiry into plans to build a £325m motor racing circuit in the south Wales valleys has started.

Comley, 20, has played twice for the R's first-team and signed a two-year deal at Loftus Road in May, having been with the club since the age of nine. His full debut came as a substitute in last season's 5-1 Premier League defeat by Leicester City. "We like what we've seen from Brandon and we think we can work with him," Carlisle boss Keith Curle said. The Islington-born midfielder, who featured in a trial match for Carlisle against Barrow, will return to his parent club on 20 February.

Carlisle United have signed midfielder Brandon Comley from from Queens Park Rangers on a one-month youth loan.

Amirah Droudis, 37, will spend at least 33 years behind bars for killing the woman -who cannot be identified - in 2013. Droudis's boyfriend, Man Haron Monis, took 18 people hostage in a Lindt cafe in central Sydney in 2014. The 16-hour siege ended with the deaths of Monis and two hostages when police stormed the building. Monis had been charged with being an accessory to his ex-wife's killing, and was on bail at the time of the siege. The Supreme Court of New South Wales heard that Monis planned the 2013 murder and Droudis carried it out. The victim, identified by the pseudonym Helen Lee, was stabbed 18 times before being doused in petrol and set alight outside an apartment in western Sydney. After the trial, Justice Peter Johnson ruled that Monis recruited Droudis to murder his ex-wife. "The offender uncritically adopted and espoused Monis's foul beliefs and acted in public support of him in public protests," he said in his sentencing remarks on Wednesday. The judge described Monis as "an evil man" whose death was "a result of his own criminal and murderous acts". "No-one mourns his passing and many have been left to grapple the consequences of his destructive acts," he said. The judge acknowledged claims that Droudis had been repeatedly assaulted by Monis. Droudis was sentenced to a maximum 44 years in jail with a non-parole period of 33 years. Detective Inspector Jason Dickinson, who worked on the case, said he was satisfied with the sentence handed to Droudis. "This was a brutal and callous crime and I think the sentence today has reflected that brutality," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The victim's family made a statement outside court, thanking the judge, prosecutors and police. "Today we are very happy that justice has been served to our only daughter," the statement said. The findings of an inquest into the cafe siege are due to be handed down this year. How the Sydney siege unfolded

The girlfriend of a man behind a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe has been jailed for murdering his ex-wife.

They were last seen alive during a protest in the town of Iguala. Police fired on them and rounded them up, eventually handing them over to members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, who are widely thought to have killed them. But the students' families refuse to believe they are dead. They say they want more answers and will not give up looking for them. So how can Mexico move on? Last week Lourdes Caballero Sanchez took to the streets of the capital with thousands of other Mexicans to call for justice. It was a personal journey for her. Lourdes's 21-year-old brother Israel is one of the missing. Her belief that she will find him is unwavering. "I have an intuition that he's still alive. That's why we are here, asking [President] Pena Nieto to give us back our boys," she told me. "As a sister, I'm desperate. I miss him, I want to see him. I feel so powerless to not be able to do anything for him." But less than 24 hours later, Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam delivered a blow. He declared that the students were dead. His team, he said, had interviewed 99 people including members of the criminal gang that he alleges murdered the students. Based on 386 declarations from interviewees, 16 police raids and two reconstructions, the conclusion was that the students were killed by the gang and their bodies burned at a rubbish dump. The students' families angrily rejected this scenario. At a press conference held later in the day, one mother stood up and claimed that her son was not missing, he was being held by the government. Accusations that the government needs to be called to account have been flying at the same time that the authorities have been trying to draw this questioning to a close. The prosecutor reassured the families the case would not be shut yet, but even President Enrique Pena Nieto has said Mexico needs to move on. For many though, that is not an option. "I can understand the political logic of trying to put this behind the country, but I don't think there are the objective conditions for the country to turn the page," says independent security analyst Alejandro Hope. "The government has provided a narrative of what happened but hasn't yet provided an explanation. In the absence of a detailed version of why, this case will not be closed." The war on drugs has taken a brutal toll on Mexico in the past decade. More than 100,000 people have been killed and the latest official figures put the number of missing at 23,271. This week, some of the parents of the missing students travelled to Geneva to appeal for help from the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission also published a report ahead of the visit. Commission President Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez criticised the impunity in Mexican society, which he believes dates back to the 1970s and 1980s: decades when the government and left-wing student groups clashed with deadly results. He gave several recommendations to be discussed at the UN's sessions, one of which was a more systematic database of the missing to understand the true extent of the problem. One of the big concerns among human rights groups is that although many of the suspects arrested have been charged with kidnapping and murder, none have been charged with the crime of enforced disappearance. "It reflects that the Mexican government is reluctant to recognise that in Mexico enforced disappearances occur," says Denise Gonzalez, of the Miguel Agustin ProJuarez Human Rights Centre. "They are trying to water down their responsibilities. They are reluctant to recognise that state officials have engaged in enforced disappearances in Mexico." In a country used to the high number of dead in the drug war, this case of the Ayotzinapa students has stood out. The feeling, say experts, is that these young men should not be viewed as collateral in a narco-war. It has forced people to push for change. "The majority of Mexicans are now empowered and feel a personal responsibility to change things in the country," says John M Ackerman, a law professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University. "This is an invaluable achievement since it implies an historic break with the learned pessimism and passivity encouraged daily on the principal television and radio networks in Mexico." Their disappearance has forced the government to make changes, too. In November, President Pena Nieto announced plans to put all local police units under federal control and allow Congress to dissolve local governments infiltrated by drugs gangs. But with mid-term elections later this year, there are question marks as to whether these sweeping announcements will all get voted in. "It was a watershed moment for Mexican society, maybe," says Alejandro Hope. "But a watershed moment for government policy? I don't think so." Despite the feeling of stalemate among many, the investigation is not over yet. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) signed an agreement in November with the Mexican government and representatives of the disappeared students to look into the events of Ayotzinapa. They will be holding their first meeting later this month. There are still many questions surrounding the students' disappearance. The hope is that perhaps the IACHR will provide some answers to try and prevent another Ayotzinapa from ever happening again.

It has been more than four months since 43 students from a rural teaching school in Ayotzinapa, in Mexico's south-western state of Guerrero disappeared.

It was easy to do she says, because of Britain being inside the European Union. She has already sent off her postal vote: she voted to stay in. It wasn't just the weather that made the Stevensons leave the UK. Their cleaning business was in trouble because it was being undercut by companies run by Polish migrants. But so what, Nigel says. He thinks British people need to ''up their game'' and stop complaining about immigration. ''They have had it too easy for too long'', he says. Nigel will also be voting for Remain. Expats urged to register for EU vote The UK's EU vote: All you need to know UK and the EU: Travel and living abroad Sit on the sea wall by their café and you'll struggle to hear much Spanish conversation. Almost everyone walking by is either a British tourist or resident. There are 309,000 Brits registered as having residency in Spain but there are likely to be many thousands more living here for just part of the year. Sat at one of the café's tables is Scotsman Mark Connor. A singer and radio DJ, he performs at a nearby Irish bar. He has been paying close attention to the referendum debate and is annoyed by some of the arguments being put forward by the Remain side. In particular he is irritated at the suggestion that if Britain leaves, the Spanish government could make it harder to live and work here. The Spanish wouldn't dare make it harder for Brits he says because they contribute so much to the economy. '"The pensioners have their own UK pensions so they're not a drain on the state," Mark tells me. "And then there are all the well-off Brits living up in the hills and down at the marina, are you seriously telling me that the Spanish are going to get rid of them? I don't think so." A few miles away is a community known as Little Britain. It is not hard to understand why. There is a fish and chip shop, British Butcher's, Chinese and Indian Restaurants, an Iceland close by, and of course, full English Breakfasts a-go-go. At its heart is the Benavista Bowls Club. Almost all of the club's 150 members are British and they are mostly retired. There has been speculation that they could be hit financially, that their UK pensions could be frozen because that is what has happened to expats in some non-EU countries. Largest number of Brits living in EU countries, according to Migration Watch. There have also been warnings that the Spanish government could start charging them for their healthcare. Speaking to members after the match it was striking how many wanted to get out of the EU and how few had thought about how they might be affected financially. Whilst one couple worried about their pensions, the others did not seem particularly bothered about being charged for health care; almost all of them had private health insurance. John Richardson, summed up the mood best. ''Oh, they'll sort something out''.

It was ten years ago that Ruth and her husband Nigel packed up their life in London and bought the Blue Palm cafe in Marbella.

The body of the man in his 70s, was found at the house in Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted, on Saturday afternoon. A man in his 80s was also taken to hospital, a police spokeswoman said. Detectives want to question 55-year-old Ian John McLoughlin, also known as Ian John Baker, and have warned people not to approach him. Det Ch Insp Martin Brunning, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit, said: "The investigation is still in its early stages. "However, we are continuing to treat the death as murder. We urgently want to speak to Ian McLoughlin in connection with this offence." He is described as white, about 6ft (1.8m) tall, with straight, greying, collar-length hair and of average build. He is believed to have been wearing sunglasses, blue jeans or three-quarter length trousers and a dark blue, light blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt with a button-down collar. Anyone with information has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers. Officers have been conducting additional patrols in the area to provide reassurance to residents.

Police are seeking a man over the murder of an elderly man found dead at a house in Hertfordshire.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had ordered all insurance companies to split out the extra charges for the additional protection. But the Co-op was the only firm which missed a deadline to do so, in August last year. As a result around 120,000 customers received quotations that were unclear. From 1 February, the Co-op will provide two separate quotations - one with no claims bonus protection, and one without. "It is very disappointing that a major company such as Co-op Insurance has taken so long to provide this vital information to its customers," said Adam Land, senior director of remedies, business and financial analysis at the CMA. "Before the order came into force, the price and benefits of NCB [no claims bonus] protection were often unclear to drivers. "We expect the Co-op to fully comply with the terms of our directions immediately, so that motorists can search more easily for the best deal for them, and decide whether or not they want this optional cover." The Co-op said most of its quotations do now provide separate details of no claims bonus charges. "For 90% of our new business customers we are already fully compliant with this order," a spokesperson said. "We are part way through a major transformation programme, which when complete will allow us to be fully compliant and enable us to provide best in class service to our members."

The Co-op has been ordered to provide clearer insurance quotations, after it failed to tell motorists about separate charges for no claims bonuses.

Surman, 28, arrives back at Dean Court having previously spent two spells on loan at the Championship club. He spent last season with Bournemouth, making 39 appearances, and was also at the Cherries during the 2005-06 season. The former England Under-21 international started his career at Southampton before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2009. Surman joined Norwich in 2010 and made 58 appearances for the Canaries.

Bournemouth have signed Norwich midfielder Andrew Surman for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.

Robbie Parry slotted the Welsh visitors into a half time lead as the rain lashed down in West Lothian. Steven Saunders doubled the advantage from close range on 58 minutes before Quigley curled in a wonderful strike. As Livingston toiled to make inroads in attack, TNS passed up chances to make their victory even more comfortable. The runaway Welsh Premier League leaders, on their way to sixth successive title, now join Scottish Championship trio Dundee United, Queen of the South and St Mirren in Monday's draw. TNS were content to sit back for long spells, with Scottish League One leaders Livi finding it hard to get a glimpse of goal. When they did, Raffaele De Vita headed straight at goalkeeper Paul Harrison and then shot over from a tight angle before Liam Buchanan sent an angled strike narrowly wide. The visitors went ahead on 36 minutes when Simon Spender cut in from the right and his blocked shot fell to Parry, who calmly picked his spot with a first-time finish. Livi improved for a brief spell at the start of the second half, with Buchanan slamming a shot into the side-netting shortly after Harrison had done well to push away a strong header from De Vita. TNS moved further ahead from a corner as the home side cleared off the line but the ball was sent back into the danger area and an unmarked Saunders scuffed home from inside the six yard box. The contest was over when Quigley cut in from right and arced a sweet shot into the opposite top corner with his left from junction of the penalty box. Late on, Christian Sergeant broke clear of the ragged Livi defence and looked certain to score but keeper Gary Maley got a slight touch on his chipped effort to slow the ball down, with Michael Miller sliding in to complete the clearance. Maley had to look lively again, pushing over a rising shot from Parry as TNS ended the evening well on top. TNS's Craig Harrison: "It was very tough physically but we matched them. Overall, it was a very professional performance and we were ruthless in the final third. "We have a strong squad and we go into every competition wanting to win it. The whole club, from top to bottom, has that mentality. We want to win every game." Livingston's David Hopkin: "We knew it would be tough with the run they are on but the goals we conceded were very poor. "We huffed and puffed and had a few half chances but TNS deserve to go through."

Scott Quigley scored the pick of the goals as The New Saints brushed Livingston aside to reach the semi finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Speaking on a visit to Swansea as part of his "Say No to the EU tour", he rejected the idea that Wales is a net beneficiary of being in the union. Mr Farage visited an e-cigarette firm and attended a rally of 400 people. Swansea East Labour AM Mike Hedges said many industries were "highly dependent" on the EU and it would be a "giant leap in the dark" for the UK to leave. David Cameron has promised a referendum on UK membership of the European Union by the end of 2017. During the factory visit, Mr Farage told the BBC: "Wales gets a rotten deal from Europe. "Its fishing industry is being destroyed, its steel industry is being seriously damaged, little businesses like this are under threat of going out of business, and there's nothing a politician in the assembly or in Westminster can do about it." He said the UK had "given away control of industry, fishing, farming and business to Brussels". But Mr Hedges insisted remaining an EU member was very much in Wales' interests. "We've really become part of it, a lot of industries and commerce are highly dependent on the European community," he said. "I voted to come out last time, but it'd be a giant leap into the dark if we decide to come out now." Around 40 people gathered outside the Liberty Stadium to protest against Mr Farage speaking there on Friday evening. The unions Unite and Unison organised the rally. Andy Richards, chair of Unite in Wales, accused Mr Farage of being "intolerant towards asylum seekers and immigrants". Addressing the protesters, Llyr Powell from UKIP rejected the accusation the party was intolerant. He said the protest was "politically motivated" because "UKIP is digging in to the core Labour vote in south Wales". Mr Farage told the rally the referendum was a chance "to take back control of our lives". He urged not to listen to a "pro-EU elite", which he said included the Kinnock family. "There's an argument we must confront the Kinnocks with, and virtually everyone in Welsh politics, apart from UKIP. "It's that far from the EU being good for Wales and business, actually by saying no to the European Union we can take back control of our own lives and put business first. "The referendum is an opportunity of a lifetime." Responding, Lord Kinnock said: "Personal attacks mean he's losing the argument. "Wales benefits economically and socially from EU membership, not from UKIP."

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said Wales gets a "rotten deal" from the UK's membership of the EU.

AJ MacGinty landed four penalties and cross-code star Denny Solomona traded scores with Kai Horstmann to leave the visitors 19-5 ahead after 34 minutes. But Luke Cowan-Dickie's try just before the break kept the Chiefs in touch. Olly Woodburn and Don Armand crossed after half-time to earn a bonus point and keep Exeter second in the table. Rob Baxter's side are now level on points with leaders Wasps, who play Worcester Warriors on Sunday, while reigning champions Saracens in third host fifth-placed Bath. Exeter's victory over Sale Sharks, however, was far from straightforward in blustery conditions in Devon. Playing with their wind at their backs in the first half, the Sharks were good value for their lead, with MacGinty reliable from the tee and wing Solomona's ninth try in eight Premiership games putting them ahead. But Exeter, who had England wing Jack Nowell back from Six Nations duty, scored two tries during the first 40 minutes to keep them in contention. And, with conditions on their side after half-time, they managed two further scores to wrap up a bonus-point victory and ensure they bounced back from last week's Anglo-Welsh Cup final defeat by Leicester Tigers. Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter: "I can't be happy at us playing at that level and we need to shake ourselves up for the remainder the season. "We were disrupted in the first half and threw careless passes, which made it difficult for ourselves - and had we not scored just before interval the mountain may have been too high to climb. "This was a real wake-up call for us as Sale have worried us in the past and we weren't ready for them." Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond: "I'm disappointed we didn't win the game but I'm satisfied with the bonus point as we had a blip against Northampton in our last league game, when we didn't turn up. "Exeter are a good side and the try we conceded just before half-time was probably crucial, but we made a couple of basic errors at vital times. "I'm pleased we stopped them playing, as they thought they could just kick to the corners and score but our line-out defence was very good and I'm happy that we had them thinking outside the box." Exeter: Dollman; Nowell, Whitten, Devoto, Woodburn; Slade, Townsend; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Williams, Lees, Parling, Horstmann, Armand (capt), Waldrom. Replacements: Yeandle, Rimmer, Francis, J Hill, S Simmonds, Maunder, J Simmonds, Short. Sale: Haley; Solomona, James, Jennings, McGuigan; MacGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, T Curry, Beamont (capt). Replacements: B Curry, Flynn, Longbottom, Nott, Pearce, Stringer, Bedlow, Charnley. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Exeter came from 14 points down to beat Sale Sharks at Sandy Park and boost their hopes of securing a home semi-final in the Premiership play-offs.

Lee Waters said Neil McEvoy had suggested a "great party political conspiracy theory" was behind various matters the Public Accounts Committee had investigated. Mr Waters warned against the committee becoming a "circus". Mr McEvoy said he was "not surprised" Mr Waters "wants to brush the failures of his government under the carpet." Speaking in a Senedd debate about the committee's work, Mr McEvoy suggested former economy minister Edwina Hart or the first minister should be called to give evidence on several issues the committee had looked at. They included the Welsh Government's financial support for failed companies, its sale at a loss of two shops in Pontypridd and the RIFW land deals. "We need to get serious about ending financial waste in Wales, and I think the public accounts committee is the perfect place to do that," said Mr McEvoy . "I'd ask the chair if he would accept my call to put to the committee the suggestion of a forensic investigation into all these matters, because Labour incompetence is endangering devolution, and we have to shed light on these matters and bring transparency." Mr Waters responded: "It's imperative it [the public accounts committee] doesn't become a circus. "I have no problem following any evidence and in holding governments to account with rigour but that requires all members to take the committee seriously, to engage in its work, read the voluminous papers in advance, to engage with the evidence. "Not to spend the whole committee meeting tapping away at their iPhones then lobbing in some partisan-fuelled conspiracy theory, because that I think brings the committee into disrepute." Mr Waters said that "when there is evidence we must follow it" and "we should be ruthless in pursuing it". Following the debate, Mr McEvoy told BBC Wales: "I'm not surprised that Lee wants to brush the failures of his government under the carpet because he's a Labour AM. "It's becoming a consistent theme now that when I challenge Labour on the issues their AMs resort to smears and personal attacks. "I've highlighted £53m that the taxpayer has lost thanks to Labour incompetence - this isn't some conspiracy theory."

A Labour assembly member has accused a Plaid Cymru committee colleague of being a conspiracy theorist.

The 30 gigabyte dump of stolen data appears to include nearly 200,000 emails belonging to Noel Biderman. Some experts have decided not to view the contents, but certain details are being distributed via Twitter. There has also been more fallout from the release of an earlier batch of data including Ashley Madison user emails. TrustedSec, a US security firm, has published a blog in which it verifies the basic details of the email data, released last week. The company says the files amount to 30 gigabytes' worth and regard 6,800 unique senders and 3,600 unique recipients. The veracity of the most recent data dump has also been confirmed by Norwegian security researcher Per Thorsheim, who was able to decompress the files. "I saw one email or two emails and I could verify the sender, the recipient, the domains and everything so it has to be an email from the CEO's mailbox," he told the BBC. "There's no doubt about that." However, Mr Thorsheim says that beyond verifying that the dump is real, he is not interested in reading the contents of the emails. Speaking to the BBC, the security firm hired by Ashley Madison to investigate the hack said it appeared to have been carried out through unusual means. "I can say that unlike many similar attacks, where a remote attacker has been able to use a security vulnerability such as an SQL [programming language] injection in order to dump data directly, that was not the case here," said Joel Eriksson, a security expert at Cycura. The Motherboard news site has published excerpts of several of the emails, which appear to contain discussions around Ashley Madison's security policy. "This hack affects potentially millions of people," journalist Joseph Cox told the BBC. "The massive email dump, which appears to be legitimate, gives some insight into what those who were in charge of the site really thought about security." One screenshot of the emails published by Motherboard reveals one employee's suggestion that news of a different social networking site being hacked could be "used as a PR spin". Meanwhile, users who have been linked to Ashley Madison by email addresses found in an earlier release of data have been the subject of uninvited scrutiny. Troy Hunt, who has been blogging about the implications of the hack, has described the case of church leader (who he chose not to identify) who had contacted a member of their own congregation, whose email address was linked to an Ashley Madison account. Hunt says that he has also received a "huge number of enquiries" from worried individuals who are concerned that they may be associated with Ashley Madison, whether or not they have actually created an account on the website themselves. "People are desperate to get the data," he told the BBC. "They're resorting to things that could get them into hot water, like trying to download the data themselves. "I don't think it's right for the individuals in the Ashley Madison database to have their personal lives put on display," he added. "Very often these people are entirely innocent." Mr Hunt and others have warned that users may be the subject of blackmail and extortion attempts. Indeed, security blogger Brian Krebs reported last week that spam emails demanding Bitcoin payments were targeting email addresses found in the Ashley Madison data. Although the implications of the data's release are still to be determined, some commentators are already pointing out that they could be far-reaching. Two law firms have launched a class action lawsuit against Ashley Madison in recent days, and it is possible that the plaintiffs would seek to use information from the chief executive's leaked emails to help build a case, according to Mark Watts, head of data protection at London law firm Bristows. "If the emails sent to/from the CEO are relevant to the case (ie to the class action) then I suspect that the lawyers involved would seek to rely upon them if they are helpful to the case," he told the BBC. Watts explained that even though the emails have been obtained illegally, any relevant correspondence to the case would probably have been discovered later anyway as part of the legal process. "Essentially, the claimants' lawyers would just be getting them early," he said.

A swathe of emails from the inbox of Ashley Madison's chief executive is now being scoured by a variety of security experts and journalists.

The man had left the medals on a work surface to clean before leaving his home in Wootton Park, Bristol, only to find on his return that they had vanished. It is thought someone entered the house via a rear door on the afternoon of 22 June. Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for help in tracing the items. Among the collection of medals was a bronze 1939-45 star, a bronze France and Germany star and a police long service medal. The medals were were engraved with the victim's name, the regimental number 2666006 and 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards. A silver and green French Legion d'Honneur medal - the highest decoration bestowed by the French state - and a black wallet with gold lettering in the bottom right corner were also taken. Anyone with information is urged to call 101 and quote reference number 5216151507.

A 91-year-old war veteran had his six medals stolen from his home while he went on a shopping trip.

Poet Thomas was staying in Apartment 205 in the renowned hotel before his death aged 39 on 9 November, 1953. Now developers are about to refurbish the building which will affect the layout of the apartment. Geoff Haden, who restored the poet's Swansea birthplace, is now appealing for help to stop the work going ahead. Mr Haden is asking for people to show "financial and emotional support" to the apartment's current tenant Artie Nash. He said Mr Nash has been battling against developers refurbishing the building for nearly a decade, but work is now due to start on the entrance to the apartment. Mr Haden said: "Time is of the essence as the developers of Hotel Chelsea have told Artie that they are blocking up the doorway and tearing up parts of the apartment to make way for a maintenance stairwell. "Not only is Artie desperately trying to preserve his own home, but also a small piece of literary heritage which is why we are taking on the campaign on both sides of the Atlantic."

A battle is under way to save the apartment in New York's Hotel Chelsea where Dylan Thomas slipped into a coma just four days before he died.

The plans for the development on the Hatchfield Farm estate in Newmarket, Suffolk, had been approved by Forest Heath District Council. But last year Local Government Secretary Sajiv Javid refused to accept the decision. Planning judge Mr Justice Gilbart ruled that Mr Javid's decision was fatally inconsistent and "plainly deficient". The case will now have to be reconsidered. Mr Justice Gilbart, sitting in London, quashed the refusal, saying: "The secretary of state has performed a complete and unexplained volte-face in his assessment of the highways impacts of two proposals for development on the same site in Newmarket and has also failed to apply his own National Planning Policy Framework." The judge said: "There is on any view a requirement for more land for housing and other economic development in the Forest Heath District." Edward Stanley, the 19th Earl of Derby, brought the legal challenge with Moulton Parish Council and the Rural Parishes Alliance. The judge said local parish councils had for some time argued that growth in the area should not be dispersed among the rural parishes but concentrated in Newmarket. Newmarket Horsemen's Group and some others were concerned that development in the town "may have an adverse effect on the horseracing industry that is based there" and lead to increased traffic. A spokesman for Lord Derby said: "The secretary of state now has a second chance to determine the application. He should take full account of the significant benefits the planning application will bring to Newmarket when making a decision." The Department for Communities and Local Government said: "We have received this judgment and will now consider our response."

Lord Derby has won a key High Court stage of his fight to build 400 homes on his land.

There is no doubt what this election is about for the Conservatives. Theresa May has repeated "strong and stable" and it does not seem as though she will stop any time soon. The prime minister is determined to make this election about Brexit and how a vote for the Tories means a vote for her to have a "strong hand" at the negotiating table with the EU. An added dimension to this election is the potential for the Conservatives to make significant gains in Wales. Recent polling data from the Wales Governance Centre suggests the Conservatives may be on course to become the largest party in Wales, a huge electoral breakthrough which would see the Labour Party losing its position as the dominant party in Wales, which it has held since 1922. The significance of this was not lost on the Conservatives. Almost immediately after the first piece of polling data suggested a Tory breakthrough, Theresa May held an event in Bridgend, a constituency high up in the party's targets in Wales. As noted by Prof Laura McAllister, losing Bridgend would be a symbolic blow for Welsh Labour as it is the assembly seat of First Minister Carwyn Jones. In order for the Conservatives to win seats like Bridgend, the party is determined to push the narrative of May vs Corbyn. The opinion polls do not reflect favourably on Labour's leader in Wales and Mrs May will be repeating mantras about "strong and stable" leadership and Mr Corbyn's potential "coalition of chaos". The repetition of these phrases is likely to draw groans every time they are used, but Mrs May is determined to hammer home the point that the choice is between her and Mr Corbyn on 8 June. This is being done to the extent that Welsh Conservative election posters focus on Theresa May and do not focus much on "Welsh" Conservatives. As well as attacking Mr Corbyn, this election is also being campaigned on Brexit. The mantra of "strong and stable leadership" in Brexit negotiations will appeal to those who want to see a tough stance towards the EU and it has already seen votes haemorrhaging from UKIP to the Conservatives. The Welsh Political Barometer survey for 5-7 May asked the question: "Which political party do you think would best handle Britain's exit from the EU?". The Conservatives were by far the most-trusted party in this regard. They will want to highlight this throughout the campaign. However, the Tories in Wales will have to battle against a Welsh Labour Party that has proved resilient in the face of difficult circumstances. Labour performed better than expected in the recent local elections and it will argue this was down to the "Welsh Labour" brand. It remains to be seen whether Welsh Labour's tactic to focus on Welsh issues and to try and shift the narrative away from May vs Corbyn will be effective, but the Conservatives need to be mindful of this. The party has been accused recently of imposing candidates on local parties, upsetting some local members. If Labour try to make this election about local issues, it may spell danger for the Tories: Labour will accuse Tory HQ of taking local voters for granted by imposing candidates with no links to the local area. Responding to the Conservative candidate selection in their constituency, a Labour candidate complained that "Tory candidate chosen by Theresa May & CCHQ means a puppet MP supporting the PM's hard Brexit no matter the cost to jobs, business and environment". They argued the election is a choice between "unrestrained Tory government or independent-minded local MPs". Theresa May and the Conservatives need to be careful that Welsh Labour are not able to change the narrative. Elections are never easy to predict and there is still time for opinion polls to shift and previous projections be deemed obsolete. But as we approach 8 June, there is the potential for this election to cause a huge change in the political map of Wales - a map turning from red to blue.

Nye Davies of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre profiles the Welsh Conservative campaign

A firmer dollar in the aftermath of the first Clinton-Trump presidential debate helped send gold prices lower. The Dow Jones Average was up 0.74% to 18,174, while the more tech-related Nasdaq rose 0.92% to 5,284. The broader S&P 500 index gained 0.64%. Stronger consumer confidence data helped to boost retail stocks. High street firms Macy's and Best Buy gained 1% and 2% respectively. Technology shares were strong, with Facebook and Google parent Alphabet both rising 1.1%, and Amazon adding 2.1%. Oil-related shares retreated on lower crude prices, with Anadarko Petroleum losing 0.5% and Halliburton down 1%.

(Close): US markets closed higher, led by technology and consumer sectors, while oil prices fell on fading hopes of an Opec deal to limit output.

Medway Council is to stop new takeaways opening near secondary schools at lunchtime and near secondaries and primaries after school. The council said there were currently 179 takeaways within 400m of a school. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said it was simplistic to treat all fast food restaurants in the same way. The restrictions will be used as guidance when the planning committee considers new planning applications. Councillor Jane Chitty said Medway's public health and children's services were extremely concerned about obesity. "Allowing the planning committee to take this guidance into account is a positive step," she said. Local authority health profile figures show 30% of adults in Medway are obese, while the average for England is 24.2% and the wider South East 23.7%. Among children in Medway, 20% of 10-year-olds are obese. "To do nothing is not an option," said Councillor David Brake. "We are already seeing the effect obesity has on our National Health Service and anything we can do to prevent this at an early age is welcome." A secondary and grammar school that responded to a six-week consultation on the restrictions supported the restrictions. But the Kent Small Business Federation has called them draconian and said obesity needed to be tackled by changing behaviour. The BRC said local authorities should encourage companies that wanted to play a positive role in public health and target those that were less responsible. "There are those that are working positively to cut obesity by removing fats and sugars from food and giving clear calorie labelling on their menu boards to help customers make healthier choices," said director of food and sustainability Andrew Opie.

A Kent council has voted to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools in a bid to tackle rising obesity.

The second defeat in four games leaves Gordon Strachan's men fifth in Group F and the manager facing further questions about his future. Former Scotland striker Steven Thompson gives his marks out of 10 for the display. No chance with goals but had little else to do other than pick the ball out of his net. A surprise choice but the Derby winger defended well considering he wasn't in his natural position. Scotland's best player on the night after a long absence from the international scene. Offered a real threat going forward and worked tirelessly. Played better than in Slovakia and unlucky at first goal after making a good block. Wasted a great chance to equalise, failing to hit the target from a free header. Given a rare start and did well to keep England's danger men quiet for large periods. The captain's desire and work rate are never in question but he was loose in possession too often. Back from his short-lived international retirement but for how long? The Celtic captain gave the midfield energy and aggression as expected. Largely ineffectual. Didn't get on the ball enough to make a positive impact. Again, a surprise inclusion given his lack of game time at West Brom. Missed a glorious opportunity to level the game early in the second half, dragging a shot wide from near the penalty spot. Another player guilty of giving the ball away too often. Provided some threatening set-pieces. Really should have scored not long after Forrest's miss when he had a good sight at goal. Led the line well with positive energy in the first half. However, made a poor decision not to play in Snodgrass on a good counter-attack. Tired in the second half as Scotland meekly surrendered. The game was over when he came on, very difficult to make an impression. On for the injured Anya. Not given much to do since England were content to keep the ball and didn't pose much of a threat. Too late to make an impact.

Scotland's World Cup qualifying hopes are close to be being snuffed out following a 3-0 loss to England at Wembley.

Croker starts at hooker for the hosts at Twickenham, with Amy Cokayne dropping to the bench. Ciara Griffin is handed her first Six Nations start at flanker for Ireland, while Paula Fitzpatrick moves to number eight and Heather O'Brien to the bench. Experienced fly-half Nora Stapleton comes in for Nikki Caughey, who will provide back-up from the replacements. Ireland, led by Tom Tierney, defeated Wales 21-3 in their opening fixture, but went on to lose 18-6 against France in Perpignan. England won their opening two fixtures, against Scotland and Italy. "Ireland is going to present a tough challenge this weekend and there will be no margin for error," said England's lead coach Scott Bemand. "Recent history testifies that our games have been fiercely contested and, as a group, we are very excited to play at the home." Tierney added: "While the result in France didn't go our way, I thought there were a lot of positives to take from that game and we will be looking to carry them into this fixture. "We made too many unforced errors in Perpignan, so if we can rectify that I think we have got a very good chance on Saturday. "Twickenham is a special place to play, so it will be a great experience for the girls, but it is important that we go there looking to perform and hopefully come away with a result." England women: Katie Mason (Bristol); Lydia Thompson (Worcester), Lauren Cattell (Saracens), Ceri Large (Worcester), Lotte Clapp (Saracens); Amber Reed (Bristol), La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park); Rochelle Clark (Worcester), Emma Croker (Richmond), Vickii Cornborough (Richmond); Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park), Emily Braund (Lichfield); Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield), Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol), Sarah Hunter (Bristol) Replacements: Amy Cokayne (Lichfield), Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park), Bee Dawson (Wasps), Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park), Poppy Leitch (Bristol), Bianca Blackburn (Worcester), Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park), Leanne Riley (Richmond) Ireland women: Niamh Briggs (Munster); Elise O'Byrne-White (Leinster), Aine Donnelly (Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Connacht), Mairead Coyne (Connacht); Nora Stapleton (Leinster), Larissa Muldoon (Skewen); Ruth O'Reilly (Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Leinster), Ailis Egan (Leinster); Sophie Spence (Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Leinster), Ciara Griffin (Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol), Paula Fitzpatrick (Toulouse). Replacements: Zoe Grattage (Munster), Fiona Hayes (Munster), Fiona Reidy (Munster), Ciara Cooney (Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Toulouse), Mary Healy (Connacht), Nikki Caughey (Ulster), Jackie Shiels (Richmond).

England have brought in Emma Croker and have Ireland made two changes for Saturday's Women's Six Nations game.

The England opener hit nine sixes and nine fours to take Notts to 106-0 off the first six overs at Trent Bridge. Hales, 28, almost equalled Chris Gayle's fastest-ever T20 century, which came off 30 deliveries, but top-edged James Weighell to the wicketkeeper. Notts chased down Durham's 183-7 in just 13.5 overs to win by five wickets. Jets spinner Cameron Steel conceded 60 off his four overs. Nottinghamshire's 106 runs in the Powerplay overtook the previous best of 105-0 made by Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL earlier this year. In the other North Group game, Ben Duckett hit an unbeaten 92 for Northants in their 24-run victory against Worcestershire at New Road. The Outlaws, who now sit top of the group, had raced to 55-0 off 4.1 overs when a heavy rain shower forced the players off. On their return Hales and his opening partner Riki Wessels teed off. Brydon Carse's fifth over went for 27 either side of the rain delay, before Hales struck three sixes and two fours as 28 runs came off spinner Ryan Pringle's sixth. Hales cleared the rope three more times in Steel's next over, meaning a staggering 75 runs had been scored in just 18 deliveries leaving Notts 126-0 off seven overs. He eventually fell at the start of the eighth over, while attempting to drive Weighell for his 10th maximum. Hales later said "he was thinking about Gayle's fastest T20 record" during his innings. The West Indian's 30-ball hundred came in the 2013 IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore and he finished with a world-record 175 not out. Hales is now the leading scorer in the 2017 T20 Blast, with 445 runs in 10 innings at a strike-rate of more than 212. "I knew there was a chance to go for the quickest T20 century of all-time and you don't get those opportunities very often," he said. "I love batting at Trent Bridge, for me it is utter paradise, the wickets are great and there are some short boundaries, so I knew there was a chance of doing it. It's a special feeling to play here and to get so many in the Powerplay overs with Riki. "As a team we've got real momentum at the moment and hopefully we can keep it going." Is Alex Hales England's best T20 player?

Alex Hales made a breathtaking 95 off 30 balls as Notts Outlaws piled up the highest Powerplay score in Twenty20 history in beating Durham Jets.

The raids by 19 RAF Lancaster bombers destroyed two strategically significant German dams and damaged a third. Taken by the Nazi authorities before and after the raids - on 16 and 17 May 1943 - the aerial images are stamped "Secret Command Document". The photographs were sold in Nottingham for £2,100 - considerably more than the list price of £1,200. As well as the time and date of the images, they also carry a warning forbidding them to be copied. The revolutionary bombs skipped across the lakes behind the dams and showed how precision attacks were possible in an age when most missions were lucky to get within miles of their target. Eight aircraft were lost and 56 of 133 aircrew were killed or captured. An estimated 1,600 people died on the ground. International Autograph Auctions, of Nottingham, offered a set of reconnaissance images showing the Mohne and Edersee dams. Two pairs show the Mohne and Edersee dams before and after the attacks and a fifth image of a reserve dam on the Mohne reservoir shows how part of it had emptied out. Carl Buck, senior researcher at International Autograph Auctions, said: "The usual pictures we see of the dam raids are from photo-reconnaissance Spitfires despatched after the mission or close ups from Germany." Dambusters expert Charles Foster said: "The fascination with the Dambusters themselves is because it combined so many different things which contributed to the war effort - a revolutionary new weapon, supreme airmanship skills and raw courage in pressing home an attack under fire. "The fact that it was then immortalised in what is now regarded as one of the best ever British war films just adds to its mystique."

A set of rare photographs showing the impact of the Dambusters' "bouncing bomb" raids have been sold at auction.

North Korea had requested the body, but has not confirmed its identity. It was released as part of a deal under which nine Malaysians previously prevented from leaving North Korea have now arrived home. The two countries had been locked in a diplomatic row in the wake of Mr Kim's murder in Kuala Lumpur last month. Both countries had banned each other's citizens from leaving. "The body of the DPRK citizen who died in Malaysia and relevant DPRK citizens have returned to the DPRK today via Beijing," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a regular press briefing, using the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea is widely suspected of having orchestrated the killing with a nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur's airport. Three North Koreans who had been wanted for questioning have now been allowed to leave Malaysia, Malaysia's chief of police said. "We have obtained whatever we wanted from them'' and are "satisfied" with the statements, Khalid Abu Bakar said. In the wake of Mr Kim's killing on 13 February, Pyongyang reacted angrily when Malaysia refused to hand over the body immediately, without an autopsy. Malaysian authorities said they had the right to conduct an autopsy as he had been killed on Malaysian soil, and that they would only release the body to Mr Kim's family. On Thursday, Mr Najib said a formal request had been received from the family, but gave no further details. A day later, national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said "legally speaking, Kim Jong Un is the next-of-kin" but declined to say who the request had come from. King Jong-nam's own family previously lived in Macau but they are now thought to be in hiding. His son Kim Han-sol appeared in a video earlier this month confirming he was with his mother and sister at an unspecified location. Although he was the eldest son of the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-nam was passed over for the leadership and was living outside North Korea at the time of his father's death. Malaysia's refusal to hand over the body prompted a war of words. North Korea's ambassador Kang Chol accused Malaysia of colluding with "hostile forces", allegations which Kuala Lumpur dubbed as "delusions, lies and half-truths". Kang Chol was expelled and the Malaysian ambassador to North Korea was also recalled. Pyongyang then said it would ban all Malaysians in North Korea from leaving until the "situation was resolved", which Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak called an "abhorrent act" that effectively held his citizens hostage. Kuala Lumpur enacted a tit-for-tat exit ban on North Koreans. Under the deal, the nine Malaysian nationals returned to Kuala Lumpur early on Friday, where they were met by relatives. They include the country's counsellor to North Korea, Mohd Nor Azrin Md Zain, embassy staff, and their families. The exact circumstances of how the deal was struck remain unclear. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak described the negotiations as "challenging". Foreign Minister Anifah Aman hailed the exchange as a success of diplomacy and "level-headedness". Reuters reported that television footage showed two North Koreans on the flight to Beijing with the body: Hyon Kwang Song, the second secretary at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Kim Uk Il, a North Korean state airline employee. The third was named Ri Ji U, who had been holed up with them in the North Korean Embassy, Reuters quoted the chief of police as saying.

The body of Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has arrived in Pyongyang, Chinese officials say.

Nats Prestwick expects to handle more than 250,000 flights during the peak holiday season this year - an increase of 15,000 on last year. The company has announced a £600m investment in a new computer system. But it says government support is needed to improve the network of "ageing" flightpaths. Paul Peers, head of development at Nats Prestwick, said: "We are predicted to have the highest amount of traffic we have ever had for a summer period this year. "We are expecting to have around 15,000 more flights just in July and August compared to last year. "We are ready for that and our controllers have been doing a great job up to this point making sure that we minimise the delays that people see and making sure that we keep people safe in the skies. "We have been preparing for this since November, so the summer doesn't come as a surprise to us, and we have a series of events to make sure our controllers are ready for the summer traffic. "Indeed, this year, the build-up in traffic has helped us with that because we've had record days already that our controllers have dealt with extremely well. "But one of the big challenges for us is the design of the airspace in the future and the traffic growth." He added: "We are investing over £600m over the next few years in the technology systems. "In fact, at the Prestwick centre we are proud to say that we have the first version of iTec, our new flight data processing system, in operation already and that is the first in the UK. "The skies are getting fuller every year and we are expecting to see increased traffic growth. "But if you think about the airspace as effectively motorways in the sky, if you think about 1970s motorways with today's car traffic, we are in a similar scenario. "We are going to have to redesign our airspace and we are going to need government support to make sure we can do that in the right way."

The national air traffic service (Nats) has said a "massive" programme of modernisation is needed to keep up with demand for air travel.

William Blake: Apprentice and Master has opened at the Ashmolean Museum after 19th Century floor plans were unearthed. Blake created the majority of his books from a printing studio in the Hercules Buildings in Hercules Road, Lambeth. The studio was destroyed when the building was razed in 1918. Philip Pullman CBE, president of the Blake Society, said: "William Blake was a complete original; his power was his tenderness, his wit, his graphic line are like no-one else's. "It's good to remind people every so often about this colossal imagination and his moral vision, which are just as potent now after two hundred years as they were when he brought them into the world." The exhibition is on until 1 March 2015.

A recreation of the studio where William Blake created some of his most well-known work has opened in Oxford.

The 24-year-old, capped 32 times by England, has been out of action since November with a knee injury. However, it is understood his recovery has progressed quicker than expected. Vunipola could now be in contention to face Scotland on 11 March, or Ireland a week later. He was one of England's outstanding performers throughout their unbeaten year of 2016, and his ball-carrying and dynamism has been missed by Eddie Jones' side. There were initial fears Vunipola would miss the whole of England's Six Nations title defence, but it is understood he has looked sharp on his return to full training this week, and is targeting a quick return to international rugby. Vunipola's older brother, Mako, recently made his own comeback from a knee problem, and came off the bench in the win over Italy.

England number eight Billy Vunipola is set for a shock early return to action for his club Saracens against Newcastle on Sunday, boosting his hopes of a 2017 Six Nations call-up.

The Italian top flight is one of the leagues trialling VAR this season. Juve beat Genoa 4-2 on Saturday with both sides having penalties awarded following video consultation. "They are overusing it and making mistakes. I don't like it this way, it's not good," keeper Buffon said. "It's something which, if used sparingly, could give us excellent results and be a good thing for football. "In this way, we won't know the real value of a referee. If everyone was a little calmer and more objective, and accepted mistakes, we would accept results with more humanity. "Another thing is that in football, it's not a penalty every time there is contact. You can't stop the game every three minutes - it makes it like water polo." Juve also conceded a penalty to Cagliari on the opening day using VAR, although Buffon saved it in a 3-0 win. Coach Massimiliano Allegri is also unimpressed. "Another thing is that the matches become very long and we don't know when they're going to finish," he said.

Gianluigi Buffon thinks Serie A referees are overusing the video assistant referee system after Juventus conceded a penalty using the method for the second game in a row.

Matt Wilmot, 40, was found by police after reports of concern for the welfare of a man. He was pronounced dead at the scene, in Devon Road, Luton. Affinity Water confirmed "the body of a man was found at the bottom of one of our excavations". Bedfordshire Police said Mr Wilmot's death, at about 07:15 BST on Sunday, was not being treated as suspicious. The force said it was not possible to speculate on how he died until the coroner's full report had been released. More news from Bedfordshire It is understood Mr Wilmot, a father-of-two, had been walking home from Dunstable, where he had been watching the FA Cup Final on Saturday afternoon. Mr Wilmot's partner of 24 years, Tania Banks, said: "I just can't believe that he's gone and the circumstances [in which] he's gone. "We're just angry at the situation... and how something like this could happen." The Health and Safety Executive has been informed about the incident, police said.

The body of a man has been found at the bottom of a hole dug by a water firm.

Pre-tax profit fell 49.7% to £27.7m in the first half of the year ending 30th June, The firm said its focus for the period had been operational improvements, which meant its "financial performance would inevitably lag behind". Ladbrokes boss Richard Glynn said it was now "well positioned for growth". "We have made substantial progress. We now have the products, the platforms, the people and the brand in place to deliver," he added. Ladbrokes formed a tie-up with software developer Playtech last year and as a result switched its gaming products to a new system. The firm admitted the switch over had caused more disruption than expected, but said it was now complete. Ladbrokes said it had also completed the replacement of 9,000 of its gaming machines with more sophisticated models. It also closed 46 of its "under performing" shops in the first half, nearing its target of 50 for the year. It said further shop closures beyond this were "inevitable", but it was too early to specify the number. The firm said its performance in the UK was hit by "industry-wide customer friendly results" in both the January football and horse racing in June. And it said its adherence to the The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) voluntary industry code of conduct had also had "a clear impact on revenues". The code, which enables players to set spend and time limits on gaming machines, aims to promote responsible gambling. However, it said its World Cup performance had been "strong" with bets on mobiles up 1,100%. "The board remains confident of the outlook for the business and in delivering a result in line with its expectations for the current year," it added. Shares in Ladbrokes rose 3% in early trading. Peel Hunt analyst Nick Batram said the fall in profit was in line with expectations. "The results are unquestionably poor but they are in line with forecasts. It's also a positive narrative from Ladbrokes in that it has focused on all the things it is implementing to put it right," he added.

Bookmaker Ladbrokes has reported a sharp fall in profit, despite saying it had had a "good World Cup" performance.

Dave Walsh, president of Liverpool Trades Council, said the council should not be afraid of setting an illegal budget. He said: "There's an old saying in the Labour movement, 'better to break the law than the poor'. Vulnerable people in this city are going to be left without care." But Mayor Joe Anderson said the council would set a legal budget. He said: "This city was set back 30 years ago by people setting an illegal budget. There's two options, either set a legal budget or an illegal budget. "I'm on the side of setting a legal budget - as tough as that is." The council has rejected calls for the authority to ignore government spending targets and set an illegal budget. In the 1980s, Liverpool's Labour-controlled council set an illegal budget which led to the banning of and surcharge of 47 councillors. The council has to save £156m over the next three years, on top of £173m worth of cuts over the last three years. The latest financial position shows that Liverpool City Council will have to save £45m in 2014-15, £63m in 2015-16 and £48m in 2016-17. Traffic near to the Town Hall in Dale Street was blocked by the protest on Wednesday evening and police stepped in to clear the road as a woman was trying to get to hospital.

More than 100 people held a protest outside Liverpool Town Hall over cuts.

Joey's Pizza has 212 stores across Germany with annual sales of €143m ($156.5m; £103.9m). Germany is the world's fourth-biggest pizza market and the deal is worth up to A$120m ($86m). The deal will increase the number of stores owned by Sydney-listed Domino's Pizza Enterprises to 1,870. The joint venture will be two-thirds owned by the Australian company, with the remainder owned by the London-listed Domino's Pizza Group, which already has operations in Germany. Don Meij, chief executive of Domino's Pizza Enterprises, said that entering the German market represented a long-term growth opportunity. "The acquisition of the market-leading Joey's Pizza business provides immediate scale and marketing presence which we can build from," he said. The company's Sydney-listed shares jumped more than 12% after the deal was announced. The stock has soared more than 125% in the past 12 months. The Australian company also raised its profit outlook for the year to June by 30% - to A$166.1m net income before tax and other items. The Domino's brand globally is owned by the New York-listed Domino's Pizza Inc. The London-listed company has more than 800 stores in the UK, and holds franchises in Ireland, Germany and Switzerland. Up to 15 of its German stores will be bought by the joint venture. Shares in Domino's Pizza Group have risen by 38% this year and the company is valued at £1.6bn. Domino's Australia is the world's largest franchisee for the pizza brand. It holds the Domino's brand network in Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Monaco. The Joey's Pizza deal is expected to be completed early next year, subject to regulatory approval.

The companies that own Domino's Pizza in the UK and Australia have set up a joint venture to buy Germany's biggest pizza chain.

Mr Duncan Smith has warned the government risks dividing society with politically-motivated spending cuts. Mr Cameron is to reject this - and No 10 has rubbished claims of a rift with George Osborne, saying the chancellor still has the PM's full confidence. The disability cuts Mr Duncan Smith quit over will be shelved. Downing Street said the changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) announced ahead of Mr Osborne's Budget last week would not go ahead "in their current form". But alternative proposals for saving the £4bn earmarked for the savings would not come until the Autumn Statement towards the end of the year. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for Mr Osborne's resignation and Conservative MPs have spoken out against the leadership with Mr Duncan Smith's former ministerial team divided in their responses to his resignation. Treasury minister David Gauke is answering an urgent Commons question from Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell on changes to the Budget - Mr McDonnell had called for the chancellor himself but this appears to have been ignored. This will be followed by a statement from Mr Cameron - ostensibly on last week's EU summit - at which he is expected to restate his commitment to "compassionate Conservatism" and reject Mr Duncan Smith's criticisms of his style of government. Former Tory leader Lord Howard urged MPs to "listen to what the prime minister has to say" and to "calm down". Mr Duncan Smith set out the reasons for his surprise resignation in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr, in which he said the way Mr Osborne had cut benefits in his Budget at the same time as cutting taxes for the better off was "deeply unfair" and that he had become "semi detached" from government. Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent George Osborne: chief tactician and patron, a man whose word makes or wrecks careers. That was the view of many Tory MPs for a very long time. Now, many doubt he will ever be their leader, or even the chancellor much longer. It's not that they think David Cameron is poised to sack him or that he's about to resign, as Labour demand. They simply believe a swift leadership election is highly likely whatever the result of 23 June's EU referendum. If it does come that soon, there will be - one predicts - a "genocide of the Cameroons and Osbornites". A stubbornly enduring deficit, a tax credit U-turn, and the sheer numbers of MPs who have chosen to back a leave vote at the referendum have seen Osborne's authority leak. A weekend of melodrama has - in one Tory MP's view - burst the dam. Read more from Ross Lord Howard played down Mr Duncan Smith's criticisms of government policy - but Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said they were "very serious". "Today, when David Cameron stands up, he has to reaffirm the message that led many people like myself to join the Conservative Party in the first place when he became leader," she said. "Are we about social justice? Are we about spreading the burden fairly? We need to hear that very clear message today." She suggested pensioner benefits - which the Conservatives pledged to protect in their manifesto - should be cut to make up the shortfall. A number of senior Conservative figures have questioned Mr Osborne's credentials to replace David Cameron as prime minister when he steps down. Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell described Mr Osborne's abortive attempt to reform PIP as a "cock-up". He said Mr Osborne was "not the only candidate" for the party leadership and there were a "large number" of alternatives. Influential backbencher David Davis told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire the £4bn welfare savings should be cancelled and suggested Mr Osborne should be moved to another department if he wants to be a successful replacement for David Cameron as prime minister. London Mayor Boris Johnson, seen as Mr Osborne's main rival for the top job, is returning from a skiing holiday and has yet to comment. BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said it was understood Mr Cameron had urged Mr Osborne to avoid any major controversy in the Budget so as to avoid fuelling discontent among Tory MPs ahead of the EU referendum. Despite this, our correspondent said, Downing Street insists "the two men remain as close as ever", and have dismissed reports that the prime minister will seek to distance himself from Mr Osborne. Number 10 has stressed that PIP will still have to be reformed in the future as the cost is "unsustainable." Mr Corbyn told the BBC Mr Osborne should be "considering his position". "His Budget simply doesn't add up and it unravelled within hours of him presenting it. This isn't the first time a George Osborne Budget has unravelled," the Labour leader told BBC1's Breakfast programme. "It seems to me we need to look at the very heart of this government, at its incompetence, at the way it puts forward proposals that simply don't add up and expects the most needy in our society to take the hit for them." Who would the disability changes impact?

Prime Minister David Cameron will later attempt to halt the civil war in his party caused by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the cabinet.

Supported by 89 from Steven Mullaney, Root hit two sixes and 10 fours in his 93-ball first List A century, as Notts recovered from 92-4 to reach 303-6. Jonathan Trott hit 14 fours in his 104, his 21st limited-overs century. But the holders fell short on 293-9 to lose by 10 runs, a third straight loss. Warwickshire needed 49 from the last five overs as the pressure mounted, and after Rikki Clarke and Keith Barker both holed out, that became 16 needed off the last over, bowled by Luke Fletcher, but two run-outs sealed the hosts' fate. Bears captain Ian Bell made 51, but he was the second of three victims for Mullaney, who crucially accounted for Trott, no sooner than the former England batsman had reached three figures - for the fourth time in his last 10 One-Day Cup innings. After starting their defence of the trophy with an impressive 10-wicket win against Warwickshire, the Bears' third straight defeat now leaves them second bottom in North Group ahead of Sunday's visit of winless Lancashire. Notts climb to fourth in the group, three points behind leaders Worcestershire, ahead of Sunday's home fixture against Leicestershire at Welbeck Colliery. Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott told BBC WM: "We lost our way a little bit with the bat and lost too many wickets at crucial times, including myself. I shouldn't have got out when I did. "If I had got a few more runs, 120 or 130, it would have been a lot easier for the rest of the guys coming in. "Mullaney and Root batted well to get them up to a defendable total but the disappointing thing is that we had chances in the game to close it out and win it and unfortunately we couldn't do it." Nottinghamshire batsman Billy Root told BBC Radio Nottingham: "The century just snuck up on me really. I wasn't thinking about it. It was just a question of trying to score as many runs as possible. "There were a lot of high-fives in the dressing-room which was nice. I haven't checked my messages yet but I am sure there will be one from Joe. "It's nice to be selected for the start of a competition and then it's your job to try to contribute and I am happy to have done so. It's a great dressing-room to be in at the moment. Everyone is in such a good place."

Nottinghamshire's Billy Root, younger brother of England Test captain Joe, hit an unbeaten 107 at Edgbaston to help them beat Warwickshire and record a second successive One-Day Cup win.

The Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs said blood samples from about 35 fighters revealed traces of sulphur mustard. It did not say if any of the peshmerga had died as a result of the attack, or how severely they had been wounded. Mustard gas can burn skin and cause severe respiratory problems, and is banned under international law. The exposure took place along the front lines near the northern Iraqi towns of Makhmour and Gwer, the ministry said in a statement. Roughly 37 mortars were fired in the attack, the statement added, "releasing white smoke and a black liquid". The ministry called on countries fighting IS to give peshmerga fighters equipment for protection against chemical attacks. Several countries including the United States are already giving military assistance to the Kurdish fighters. This is not the first time IS has been accused of using chemical weapons. In March, Kurdish authorities in Iraq said they had evidence that IS had used chlorine gas. That allegation, by the Kurdistan Region Security Council, followed similar claims that the group had used low-grade chemical weapons against Iraqi security forces. The director of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed "serious concern" in August over the possibility IS was using prohibited chemical weapons. The UN recently adopted a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. IS already has a large arsenal of conventional weapons and military vehicles seized from the Iraqi army, much of it produced by the United States. Iraq Kurds were the victim of a major chemical weapons attack by the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein in 1988, which left thousands dead in the city of Halabja.

Islamic State (IS) militants fired mortar rounds containing mustard agent at Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials say.

Welshman Compton, 27, joins on a one-year deal after leaving Yeovil Town. Rigg has signed a two-year deal after helping AFC Wimbledon to League Two promotion, playing 44 times last term. "The squad is starting to shape up nicely. There are a couple more to come in," manager Warren Feeney said. "I'm very happy with the signings we have been able to secure so far." Former West Bromwich Albion player Compton started his career with Portsmouth and joined the south coast club again for a short spell in 2012. Compton also featured for Bradford, Colchester and Hartlepool United in addition to a spell in Scotland with Falkirk. Last season he scored four goals in 20 appearances for Yeovil, including the winning goal in the Glovers' 1-0 win over the Exiles in April. Rigg, also 27, started at Newport's rivals Bristol Rovers before spells with Port Vale and Oxford United and scored twice for the Dons last season. "I'm delighted to have signed for Newport County," Rigg said. "I took to Warren Feeney straight away and that was a big draw in me signing." In a summer where several players have departed Rodney Parade, Jamie Turley, Scot Bennett, Mark Randall, Joss Labadie Jennison Myrie-Williams and James Bittner have all been recruited.

Newport County have signed winger Jack Compton and striker Sean Rigg.

Lagmar Barking, a joint venture between MAR Properties and the Lagan Developments (Holdings), owned the Vicarage Field shopping centre in Barking. It has been bought by Benson Elliot, a UK-based private equity property fund manager. The last accounts for Lagmar Barking showed it owed its lenders £70m. The loan secured on the centre was bought by the US investment fund Cerberus as part of its purchase of the National Asset Management Agency's (Nama) Northern Ireland loan book in 2014. Peter Cornforth, director of retail at Benson Elliot, said the deal was "an exciting purchase for Benson Elliot". He added that it provided the firm with "a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the regeneration of a key east London metropolitan centre". Cerberus is continuing to rapidly work through the former Nama portfolio with a combination of asset sales, refinancings and enforcements.

A shopping centre in east London that had been owned by two Northern Ireland property groups has been sold for £35m.

Duffy, 57, was charged with misconduct for entering the Hibs technical area at Easter Road on 29 March and adopting an aggressive attitude towards Lennon. The same complaint against assistant Craig McPherson was withdrawn. Duffy faces an additional one-game ban if he transgresses again in 2017, while Morton were fined £500 for the stoppage-time fracas. The Greenock club will need to pay another £250 in the event of a further breach of disciplinary rule 204, with the charge stating, "three or more players and/or members of staff" were "involved in a confrontation with opposing players and/or staff". Lennon postponed his hearing due to the non-availability of Hibernian's solicitor. His case will be heard on 25 April. The Hibs boss faces three charges of "adopting an aggressive attitude" to Morton striker Kudus Oyenuga, Duffy and the match officials. Tempers flared during the Championship 0-0 draw after Oyenuga was dismissed for a foul on Hibs defender Jordon Forster right in front of the home dugout. Hibs' Darren McGregor was also red carded for confronting Oyenuga, who fell to the ground, but that was later reduced to a booking after an appeal against referee Nick Walsh's decision.

Morton manager Jim Duffy will serve a two-match ban following his touchline altercation with Hibs boss Neil Lennon.

Earlier in the morning we saw a number of airstrikes in the Old City. Iraqi forces were still pinned down by snipers from the group that calls itself Islamic State. Colonel Jabbar Abad told us it was the last pocket of resistance. He claimed they would be defeated within hours. His troops helped a steady stream of civilians fleeing to safety. Mostly women and children. Their faces were haunted and some had to be helped. The children didn't even flinch when there was more sound of gunfire. An older woman was so weak she could barely walk. A few babies being carried looked almost lifeless. The families were given food and water. This, their first taste of freedom after three years of living under IS control. The battle briefly forgotten in their own fight for survival. If this is victory it has come at a huge cost. Not just in human life. Nearly everyone rescued had to leave dead relatives behind. Almost every building in the old city has been scarred or completely destroyed. Search and rescue teams are still pulling bodies from the rubble. The heat has contributed to the stench of decaying corpses. We met Ali, who had come to find his brother's family. Hoping against hope that some may have survived. He said IS fighters had been using their house when it was hit by a coalition airstrike a few weeks ago. Iraqi security forces had only recently taken the area. With tears streaming down his face, Ali held up his mobile phone and told me he'd spoken to his brother trapped under the rubble. But over the last few days there had been no reply. Ali helped the search and rescue teams make their way through the tonnes of rubble. They tried to console him when all they could find what must have been their remains, which they carried off in a black zipped bag. We watched them do the same at several other sites. Contrast that with the jubilation of the Iraqi security forces who mobbed Prime Minister Abadi as he arrived in the city to declare victory over IS. This is still a significant moment. The extremists have held the city for three years. It's taken nine months of brutal street to street fighting to dislodge them. This was their stronghold in Iraq. It was here, in the city's now flattened Great Mosque of al-Nuri, where their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, made his one and only public appearance as Caliph of their so-called state. For many IS fighters Mosul is their graveyard, though it is still likely that some have escaped. The misery of Mosul is far from over. The UN estimates it will cost at least $1bn (£0.77bn) to restore the city's basic infrastructure - such as clean water and electricity. It will take tens of billions more to rebuild this city.

Even while the Iraqi prime minister was on his way to Mosul to declare the liberation of the city, there was still the occasional sound of gunfire and coalition warplanes flying overhead.

Police said the attackers entered the property on Craigmillar Castle Road at about 20:15 on Friday. Police believe the attack may have been targeted. A 38-year-old man suffered serious, but non-life threatening, facial injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. The second victim, aged 49, did not need medical attention. Det Insp Alan O'Brien. of Police Scotland, said: "We believe this may have been a targeted attack and are working to establish the full circumstances. "I'd urge anyone who may have seen suspicious behaviour by three men in the area at this time to come forward. "We're also eager to trace any suspicious vehicles seen in the street around this time, and I'd again ask anyone who may have information about this get in touch."

Two men have been assaulted by three masked attackers at an address in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh.

Firefighters were called to the scene in Craigton Place, Winchburgh, at about 01:30 after a wheelie bin was set on fire. The bin had been resting against the house, which caused the fire to take hold quickly. Firefighters swiftly extinguished the blaze, when it was discovered that a gas pipe had been damaged in the fire. Thirty homes in the area were evacuated, with 38 residents temporarily housed at a local community centre. They were eventually allowed to return home at about 06:30. 'Young children' Police are treating the blaze as wilful fire-raising and appealed for information about the West Lothian incident. They are keen to trace anyone who may have seen someone in the area just before the bin was set alight. Det Con Adrian Wallis said: "This was a serious incident which could have had devastating consequences. "It also resulted in the evacuation of over 30 people, including young children and elderly residents. This caused much alarm and upset to those who had to leave their homes in the middle of the night. "Anyone who saw anything suspicious at around 01:00, or has any other information regarding this incident, is asked to contact us immediately."

Thirty homes had to be evacuated after a gas pipe was damaged in a fire that was started deliberately.

Four days after the launch of the anti-corruption move, long queues continue outside ATMs as people try to exchange the 500 ($7) and 1,000 notes. "It had to be done suddenly but I never thought I will receive blessings for this," Mr Modi said. He hinted that other measures aimed at fighting corruption and the black economy might follow. Urging people to be patient, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it would take a few weeks for banks and ATMs to completely replace the old notes, estimated to make up some 85% of the total currency in circulation. Mr Jaitley said that nearly $30bn in the old notes had so far been deposited in banks across the country. But chaotic scenes can still be witnessed outside banks as public patience is beginning to wear out, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi. Some traders and small business owners have threatened to go on strike because they have been badly affected, our correspondent says. The opposition has also been critical of the move, saying the rural and urban poor have been hit hardest. But Mr Modi thanked his fellow countrymen who had "accepted the decision in national interest". And he warned that there was "no guarantee" that new measures would not follow after the note-exchange scheme ends on 30 December. He said "no-one would be spared" in the drive against corruption. But "honest people will not face any problem", he added. After Mr Modi's surprise announcement on Tuesday night, the banks were closed on Wednesday. Thousands of panicked Indians have been flocking to banks since they reopened on Thursday. There are limits on cash withdrawals from ATMs and banks. The 500 ($7; £6) and 1,000 ($15; £12) rupee notes are the highest denomination notes in the country and are extremely common in India. Airports, railway stations, hospitals and fuel stations will only accept them until the end of today. People will be able to exchange their money at banks between 10 November and 30 December. The actual figure is unclear but correspondents say the issue of "black money" - which may have been acquired corruptly, or is being withheld from the tax authorities - is a huge problem. India's government hopes to flush out tax evaders and make money that is unaccounted for visible for tax purposes. There have been reports of tax raids in many parts of India. An individual can put as much as he or she likes into the bank - but withdrawals are limited so the banking system may end up being flooded with cash. Government guidelines say it is possible to exchange up to 4,000 rupees per day up to 24 November - anything over this will be subject to tax laws. People can also withdraw up to 10,000 rupees from a bank per day and a maximum of 20,000 rupees per week. New 2,000 and 500 rupee denomination notes with new security features are being given to people to replace those removed from circulation. A new 1,000 rupee note "with a new dimension and design" will also be introduced in due course, a senior government official said on Thursday. They can purchase foreign exchange equivalent to 5,000 rupees using these bank notes at airport exchange counters until midnight on Friday.

The plan to withdraw high-value rupee notes in India had to be kept secret, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

Scott Flynn flagged down a police car and told officers "I want the jail" after stealing a bottle of juice and smashing a window. Flynn was spotted putting two packages in his mouth at police headquarters in Dundee. He planned on taking the drugs into Perth Prison to pay off a debt. The 31-year-old claimed a gang said that he and family members would be "slashed" if he did not cooperate. Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told Dundee Sheriff Court that the packages contained almost 40g of heroin and just over 3g of cannabis resin. She said forensic officers had estimated the total maximum value of the heroin at £3,860. "However, if the accused had intended to resell these drugs once remanded to prison then the value could be as much as five times that," she said. Flynn admitted charges of theft, vandalism and being concerned in the supply of drugs on 8 November last year. Defence solicitor George Donnelly said: "Sometimes those who are in debt are told they have to work off that debt. "His work was to try to get these drugs in to Perth Prison. "He was advised graphically that if he didn't he and member of his family would be slashed. "They mentioned his sister and her baby, and his grandad who has dementia and cancer." Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told Flynn: "You committed two offences with the intent of being arrested and taken in to the prison sector in possession of heroin. "This is a serious matter."

A man who deliberately got arrested in an attempt to smuggle up to £20,000 worth of heroin into prison has been jailed for three years.

The pipe, which supplies Staleen Water Treatment Plant in County Louth, burst on Friday. Irish Water said parts to repair the main arrived on site on Wednesday. Speaking to RTÉ, Sean Laffey of Irish Water said this was a "temporary patch" but that a permanent fix would be completed in two weeks. Water is currently running through the pipe, but testing will continue for the rest of the day. On Tuesday, Irish Water said it could be the weekend before supply returned to normal. Irish Water also said it is prioritising the replacement of the 2.2km water main which serves the plant. "It's clear from the significant level of disruption and hardship endured by so many customers as a result of the burst on this high pressure main that its replacement must be a priority for Irish Water," a statement said. "A detailed programme for complete replacement will take a number of weeks to finalise. "However, a preliminary view suggests a timeframe of 18 months and a budget of 2-3m euros will be needed to complete the work." Water rationing remains in place and there are 86 stationary water containers in place across counties Louth and Meath.

Work is under way to repair a burst water main in the Republic of Ireland which has left 50,000 customers without water for six days.

Warwickshire's Woakes will play his first Test match in 16 months, after Anderson suffered a calf injury. Alex Hales, 26, is set to make his Test debut and will be the eighth opener to partner Alastair Cook since 2012. South Africa are ranked number one but lost their last series in India 3-0. An England victory by any scoreline would see South Africa lose top spot to India, while only a win will ensure captain Alastair Cook's men improve their ranking of sixth. However, England have won only one series in South Africa since the Proteas were readmitted to Test cricket in 1991 and Cook's side have triumphed only once in their last 15 overseas Tests. Although England were Ashes winners four months ago, from the XI that played in the fifth Test against Australia, three have been dropped, two have been shifted around the order and two are injured. The ankle injury to pace bowler Mark Wood is covered by the fit-again Finn, while 26-year-old right-armer Woakes steps in for Anderson to play his fifth Test. "What an opportunity for him to play," said Cook, speaking on his 31st birthday. "He's been around the squad for a long time and he'll be itching to make his mark." Anderson, 33, was almost fit enough to start in Durban and remains likely to return for the second Test. "It's a shame for Jimmy, but we've got some really good guys coming in to replace him," said Stuart Broad, who will lead the attack in Anderson's absence. "Steven Finn was the standout bowler last week [against South Africa A, when he took six wickets]. The other guys have all put in performances throughout this tour." Meanwhile, spin bowler Moeen Ali will drop back down to number eight after covering as an opener against Pakistan, and Jonny Bairstow, who played in the Ashes as a specialist batsman, will retain the wicketkeeping gloves following the dropping of Jos Buttler midway through the Pakistan series. Joe Root has recovered from his stomach illness and will be fit to play. James Taylor continues at number five, but there will be a new-look top three, with Nick Compton poised to play behind Hales and Cook in place of Ian Bell. While Nottinghamshire's Hales averages only 38 in first-class cricket, he is the only England batsman to have scored hundreds in Twenty20 and one-day internationals, and also made a half-century in the warm-up match against South Africa A. However, England will face Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel - probably the world's best new-ball pair - on pace-friendly pitches with a top eight where none except Cook and Joe Root have played more than 20 Tests. A formidable South Africa side that went nine years and 30 Test series with only two defeats is now also in a state of transition. Finding a replacement for all-rounder Jacques Kallis, who retired in 2013, was always likely to be difficult, but the Proteas have also struggled at the top of the order since former captain Graeme Smith quit the following year. It was the batting which failed the Proteas in India, prompting Hashim Amla's side into a reshuffle of their own. "Opening the batting is the most difficult job in Test cricket," Amla said. "Dean Elgar has been very good for us, and Stiaan van Zyl has got the full potential to be a great opener for us." Media playback is not supported on this device "It was a tough tour for the openers in India, but then again it was a tough tour for all the batters." Most significantly, AB de Villiers has been asked to keep wicket in order to find space for another batsman. De Villiers is ranked as the third best Test batsman in the world and Amla seventh, but England will be targeting the rest of a top seven that is either inexperienced or out of form. The home side are boosted by Steyn's recovery from a groin injury, but Vernon Philander is out with an ankle problem. "The way Dale has been bowling in the nets has been unbelievable," Amla said. "He's been the best bowler in the world for many years. We're really glad to have him back." England have visited South Africa four times since the Proteas returned to the international fold, with each tour proving memorable for a variety of reasons. England's 1-0 defeat in 1995-96 was the tour in which Michael Atherton batted for nearly 11 hours to earn a draw in Johannesburg, while South Africa's 2-1 win four years later included the 'leather jacket Test', when disgraced former Proteas captain Hansie Cronje was paid to corruptly ensure that the fifth Test did not end in a draw. In 2004-05, Michael Vaughan's England secured a 2-1 win that preceded their Ashes triumph, while the one-day leg of the trip saw Kevin Pietersen score three centuries despite abuse from the crowds in the country of his birth. Six years ago, on England's most recent South Africa tour, they escaped with a 1-1 series draw after number 11 Graham Onions twice saw off the final over of the match to earn two draws. BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew "There's no question England are confident of pulling off their second unexpected success of the year, but they will have to bat better than they did while winning the Ashes. "The batting is the battleground of the series, with South Africa's line-up losing a lot of confidence in their defeat in India, which resulted in both frontline spinners being dropped and AB de Villiers returning to keep wicket. "England also came unstuck against Pakistan but both teams will prefer the conditions that await them in these four Tests. "South Africa's pace attack will target Alex Hales, who has to prove he has the technique and temperament to cope with high-class new-ball bowling. If he fails, Nick Compton will move quickly from three to opener. "The pace bowling of both teams will be challenging and exciting and it will be the batting line-up that deals with it the best that will ultimately prevail." England coach Trevor Bayliss: "It's been a good 12 days that we've been here. It was good to see our top four guys score runs. "To be successful in this series, the top four guys are going to have to play very well so it's good for them to spend some time in the middle leading up to this first Test. "Everyone has scored some runs and taken some wickets so, preparation-wise, it's as good as we could have hoped for getting ready to play the number one team in the world." South Africa (from): Hashim Amla (capt), AB de Villiers (wk), Kyle Abbott, Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl. England: Alastair Cook (capt), Alex Hales, Nick Compton, Joe Root, James Taylor, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn.

Chris Woakes will replace the injured James Anderson in England's bowling attack when the four-match series against South Africa begins in Durban on Saturday.

The officer was attacked after stopping a Peugeot van in Westmorland Avenue, Cleveleys on 2 November last year, Lancashire Constabulary said. He suffered injuries to his torso and face. William Ashton, 39, of Briarwood Drive, Blackpool, is due to appear before Blackpool Magistrates' Court. He has also been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and affray. The injured officer, 47, from the Immediate Response Team based in Fleetwood, has "recovered physically" and is expected to return to work soon, police said.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was slashed with a knife during a routine vehicle check.