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It's been a busy week in the world of entertainment - with the Love Actually cast reuniting, New York Fashion Week drawing to a close and awards ceremonies aplenty.

Media playback is not supported on this device Liverpool cancelled a meeting with Sterling on Friday because of comments attributed to the player's agent. Aidy Ward reportedly said the England forward, 20, will not sign a new deal even if offered "£900,000 a week". Rodgers said: "Raheem has two years left on his deal and I expect him to see that two years through." Rodgers said Sterling would be available for selection for the team's last game of the Premier League season against Stoke on Sunday and insisted the player would not be unhappy with the prospect of having to stay at the club. "We want to resolve the situation but it doesn't change my approach to him. There is no problem there," he added. Radio 5 live: Phil Neville is teased for his club loyalty "I don't see Raheem being unhappy. Raheem's representative made it very clear that he wanted to speak at the end of the season. "Our concentration is on the last game of the season and I'm sure talks will take place over the course of the summer." The England international has already rejected a new £100,000-a-week contract with the club and was expected to tell Rodgers and chief executive Ian Ayre at Friday's cancelled meeting that he wanted to leave this summer. Media playback is not supported on this device Ward told the Evening Standard that he did not care about the PR of the club and used a four-letter expletive to describe former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who has criticised the player. "He's not signing for £700,000, £800,000, £900,000 a week," said Ward in the newspaper interview. But Rodgers said the club would attempt to continue with contract discussions "as private as possibly can be". "Whatever conversation I have with a player or member of staff will remain between us," added the Northern Irishman. "The owners have shown their strength in their time here. When they have had to show that strength with players they have done that."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said he expects forward Raheem Sterling to stay at the club for the remainder of the two years on his contract.

Net profit at Germany's biggest lender fell 98% to €20m (£16.7m), compared with €796m for the same period in 2015. Chief executive John Cryan said: "If the current weak economic environment persists, we will need to be yet more ambitious in the timing and intensity of our restructuring." Revenues were down 20% to €7.4bn. Mr Cryan, a British banker who took the helm at Deutsche last year, has embarked on an overhaul and has previously warned restructuring costs are likely to peak this year. The impact of the shake-up was seen in restructuring charges of €207m and a writedown of €285m on its asset management business. Deutsche Bank's value has nearly halved since the beginning of the year, with its shares having fallen 43%. In June, the International Monetary Fund said that of the banks deemed large enough to pose a threat to the financial system should things go wrong, Deutsche Bank was the riskiest.

Deutsche Bank has warned further cost cutting might be needed as profits tumbled in the second quarter amid low interest rates and volatile markets.

Two-year-old Mandarin Princess, trained by Charlie McBride, was declared winner of Thursday's 13:40 race at Great Yarmouth after beating Fyre Cay. But a scan afterwards identified the horse as three-year-old stablemate Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run in a later race at the same course. "It's an honest error and no-one stood to gain anything by it," said McBride. Stewards referred the matter to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). The result officially stands for betting purposes, but some bookmakers have said they will pay out on the horses finishing first and second. McBride told the Racing Post he did not notice it was the wrong horse because he was "stressed and rushing" after being delayed collecting the saddle. "I took a young girl who has been with me for two or three months to the races - she's ridden both fillies and knows them both," he said. "After we checked them in we got some lunch and I sent her to get the two-year-old ready and I went to the weighing room to get the saddle. "I like to weigh my horses out early but I had to wait over 20 minutes for the saddle. "The filly was already out when I got back and as I was stressed and rushing I didn't look that closely - I just assumed it was the right horse." The BHA described the incident as "unprecedented" since a microchipping identification system for horses was introduced in 1999. It said: "The scan identified the horse to be Millie's Kiss, the trainer's other runner in race four. "They (the stewards) interviewed the trainer, the stable groom, the veterinary officer and the equine welfare integrity officer responsible for the sampling unit. "Having heard their evidence they referred the matter to the head office of the British Horseracing Authority and ordered Millie's Kiss to be withdrawn from race four." Millie's Kiss had been due to run for Newmarket trainer McBride in the 15:15 race. The responsibility lies with the trainer to present and run the correct horse in the race. Stipendiary steward Tony McGlone told At The Races all horses are scanned before they are brought into their stables at the course. "We sent the horse for routine testing as normal and the veterinary officer scanned the horse and found it to be the incorrect horse," he said. Punter Nicholas Quinn said the controversy had left racegoers bemused. "This looks very bad for British racing. The one thing you shouldn't have to hope for is that the right horse is in the right race," he said. John Egan, who rode the 'winner', said he was surprised the horse was not disqualified or the race declared void. "At the end of the day, we're all human. Mistakes happen. I feel most sorry for Charlie," he said. John Mear, a member of the Four Winds Racing Partnership that own Millie's Kiss, said they were "shocked and upset" for the trainer. "It's nothing untoward. He's just made a genuine mistake. He must be absolutely heartbroken," he said. "The issue had not been established until after the result had been made official. After the weighed in has been declared on the racecourse, the result cannot be amended by the stewards. "The responsibility lies with the trainer to present and run the correct horse in the race. "Having said that, and while we have not seen an incident of this nature in recent times, we will of course determine what steps need to be put in place to prevent it from happening again. We sympathise with the betting operators and betting public who have potentially been affected by this incident." BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght Though this may read like something out of a Dick Francis novel, sources at the British Horseracing Authority are indicating this looks more like a cock-up than anything else. Both horses are bay coloured fillies, and the BHA will seek to find out how they were confused by Charlie McBride and/or his staff; whatever, McBride is looking at a substantial fine. All horses are microchipped so they can be checked on arrival at the track, but, after this, a second ID check, probably in the paddock before the race, is likely to be brought in.

British horse racing's governing body is to investigate after the 'wrong horse' won a race at odds of 50-1.

Margaret Stewart admitted stealing from her employer Ivanhoe Cambridge, which used to own Glasgow's St Enoch Centre. She then used her position as treasurer at the boys club to pay cheques into its account before taking the cash. At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Stewart, 48, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, was also told to repay £27,000. The court previously heard that Stewart worked in the accounts department of Ivanhoe Cambridge UK, which sold the St Enoch Centre in 2013. Between May 2008 and January 2011 she had managers at the firm sign cheques that were supposed to be used to make legitimate payments. Stewart would then write over the payee name and insert the football team's name. The money would go to the club before Stewart took it for herself. She was caught after a bank spotted a problem with one of the cheques from Ivanhoe Cambridge and phoned her office. Stewart then immediately confessed to her superiors and a payment plan was put in place for her to repay the money. The court heard that although more than £5,000 was repaid, the plan was not completed and her house was put on the market. The house was rendered worthless due to Japanese Knotweed, and Stewart was later reported to police. Stewart appeared for sentencing on Thursday having earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling the money. The court heard that Stewart's husband had been jailed in 2003 for three-and-a-half years for drug dealing and she had resorted to theft to repay the debts that he wracked up. Imposing a community payback order, Sheriff Linda Ruxton told Stewart that her embezzlement was "deliberate and systematic" but she accepted the "impact on her of her husband's criminal behaviour". The Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club was founded in 1960 for boys between five and 17-years-old. Former players include Barry Ferguson, Lee McCulloch, Graham Dorrans and Charlie Miller.

A woman who tried to launder £55,000 of stolen cash through Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club has been told to carry out 260 hours unpaid work.

The 37-year-old suffered the injury on 4 June during the first innings of Sussex's County Championship Division Two win over Worcestershire. It was only the Australian's second Championship appearance of the season after he missed three of Sussex's previous four games with a knee injury. Magoffin took 5-51 in his only other game as Sussex lost at Nottinghamshire. Sussex are currently fifth in the Division Two table, with two wins from their opening five matches.

Sussex seamer Steve Magoffin will be out for six to eight weeks after suffering an Achilles tendon injury.

The killings are thought to have taken place last year on a ranch in the western state of Michoacan last year. President Enrique Pena Nieto said he had dismissed Mr Galindo to allow for a transparent investigation. Earlier this month Mexico's National Human Rights Commission accused police of tampering with evidence. Michoacan: Mexico's failed state? One police officer and 42 suspects were killed in the raid on a ranch in Tanhuato in May last year. Officers said they had returned fire in self-defence but the high death toll aroused suspicions. The human rights commission report accused police of planting guns on some suspects and moving bodies to bolster the official version that all the deaths occurred during a gun battle. Mr Galindo and National Security Commissioner Renato Sales have denied anyone was summarily killed and insisted officers used necessary force against highly armed criminals. Police used a Black Hawk helicopter during the operation, reportedly firing some 4,000 rounds into the ranch, known as the Rancho del Sol, during the initial assault. The helicopter itself was hit by gunfire, investigators found. In its report (in Spanish; warning: contains graphic images), the CNDH asserts that: Michoacan has become one of Mexico's most violent states because of the rivalry between cartels.

Mexico's federal police chief, Enrique Galindo, has been sacked following allegations police killed at least 22 suspected members of a drugs cartel.

The interior ministry confirmed his replacement as Abdul Rahman Rahimi, former police chief in Balkh province. Gen Zahir resigned last week after presiding over a dramatic rise in militant attacks in recent months. His spokesman sparked confusion days later by claiming his resignation had been rejected. Interior ministry spokesman Sidiq Sidiqi said: "Abdul Rahman Rahimi, the former police chief of Balkh, is appointed as Kabul police chief and General Zahir is appointed as the head of the counter crime department. "So far no-one is appointed as Balkh police chief and soon another general will be appointed there." Gen Zahir gave no reason for his resignation, but he had faced increasing pressure, with insurgents carrying out nine deadly attacks in Kabul in the past two weeks. The latest in a string of attacks targeted a compound used by a US-based charity on Saturday, killing three South Africans. Last week, two American soldiers and two British embassy workers were killed in separate attacks, with dozens of Afghans also killed and injured. Gen Zahir was himself the target of an attack in early November, when a suicide bomber infiltrated his offices and killed his deputy. Afghan troops are preparing to take over national security before the withdrawal of foreign combat troops at the end of the month. The Taliban stepped up attacks against foreign nationals, civilians and Afghan soldiers in recent months, raising concerns over the Afghan army's ability to protect the country from insurgents. President Ashraf Ghani, who took power in September, has vowed to bring peace after decades of conflict. On Sunday, he ratified security deals allowing some 12,000 Nato soldiers to remain for training and advisory purposes, after the withdrawal of foreign combat troops on 31 December. A separate US-led force will assist Afghan troops in some operations against the Taliban.

A new police chief has been installed in the Afghan capital, Kabul, ending days of confusion over the fate of incumbent Gen Zahir Zahir.

Mrs May will be the first foreign leader to meet the new president after his inauguration. A post-Brexit free trade deal is thought likely to be high on her agenda as she travels to the US for talks. Confirmation of the meeting came as hundreds of thousands of people around the world joined women's marches to protest Mr Trump's presidency. Mr Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer gave details of Mrs May's visit in his first briefing to journalists at the White House on Saturday. Earlier, while visiting the CIA's headquarters, President Trump said the PM "is coming over to our country very shortly". Nato, the European Union, defence and Russia are all likely to be discussed in the meeting. The BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson said the "symbolism will be very important" and with Brexit negotiations about to get under way, the fact Mrs May will be meeting the new president so soon will be "politically significant". Our correspondent said there had been a lot of effort to make sure Mrs May was one of the first leaders President Trump would meet. In December the PM's joint chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, travelled to the US to build links with the incoming president's team ahead of his inauguration on 20 January. Theresa May congratulates Trump on taking office In a statement issued after the inauguration, Mrs May said: "From our conversations to date, I know we are both committed to advancing the special relationship between our two countries and working together for the prosperity and security of people on both sides of the Atlantic. "I look forward to discussing these issues and more when we meet in Washington." Mrs May has promised to hold "very frank" discussions with Mr Trump. She told the Financial Times she believed the new president recognised the importance and significance of Nato and the "importance of the co-operation we have in Europe to ensure our collective defence and collective security". On the day after his inauguration, at least 500,000 people gathered for a rally outside the US Capitol building in Washington while organisers said an estimated 100,000 descended on central London on Saturday as similar events were staged in major cities across the US and around the world.

Prime Minister Theresa May will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington DC on Friday, the White House has said.

Susan Fowler, a software engineer, wrote a blog post about a "very, very strange year at Uber". In it, she says her manager tried to have sex with her on her first official day at work, sending her messages about his open relationship. It's just the latest blow for a company that has gained a reputation as a bastion of Silicon Valley's macho "bro" culture. But is Uber really any more sexist than other tech giants in the Valley? Ms Fowler's claims have resonated with many women in the tech world, and surveys suggest her experiences are not uncommon. According to a 2016 survey, 60% of women working in Silicon Valley experience unwanted sexual advances. The "Elephant in the Valley" survey found that 87% of the 220 women interviewed had witnessed demeaning comments from their colleagues. Almost 40% of those who said they were harassed at work did not report the situation, fearing it would damage their careers. "I was propositioned by a hiring manager early in my career when I was a job candidate," one contributor to the study wrote. "He clearly indicated that if I slept with him, he would make sure I was promoted as his 'second in command' as he moved up the ladder in the company." Another said she had turned down her CEO's sexual advances the first time they travelled together for work. "After that, I was never asked to travel with him again," she said. "This impacted my ability to do my job." The study followed a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit in 2015 from former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao - one of those praising Ms Fowler's stand against Uber. On Twitter, Ms Pao said Ms Fowler's blog post shows "the state of tech in one woman's story, also the story of many women, many people at many companies". Sexist van slogans banned in Australia Meet the female gamers challenging sexism Are universities secretly sexist? Discrimination is difficult to quantify - especially when victims are unwilling to speak out. Yet on top of Ms Pao's case, there have been several high-profile lawsuits and sudden exits in the tech world in recent years: Comparing results from different studies with different questions can be problematic - but there are some hints that Silicon Valley has a problem. Statistics on sexual harassment vary widely, but an extensive 1992 US national study found that 41% of women had experienced it; and about 40-50% of women in the EU, according to the United Nations. Both estimates are still lower than the Silicon Valley survey's 60%. The 2016 Women in the Workplace study - a major US national survey - found that 19% of the technology sector's top executives are women - broadly in line with sectors like banking, media, or professional services. The same study found that, across all industries, 30% of women who negotiated for a promotion or a better salary were told they were "bossy", "aggressive" or "intimidating". In the Elephant in the Valley survey, that rocketed to 84% of women being told they were aggressive (though that question was not specifically about negotiation). The world's biggest tech companies know they're dominated by white men, and many are funding schemes to address that. In its annual diversity and inclusion report, Apple said it had closed pay gaps over the past year by analysing salaries, bonuses and stock grants. Facebook has pledged to give $15m (£12m) to Code.org, a non-profit group teaching young women and underrepresented minorities how to write computer code. 31–33% of the three biggest tech brands' employees are female - but what about their actual technical staff? 19% of Google's tech workforce is female, compared to 31% within the whole firm 23% of Apple's technology staff are women - and 32% of its global total, including retail 17% of Facebook's technology team are women, it says - and 33% of all its staff And in 2015, Google told USA Today it would invest $150m (£120m) in workforce diversity initiatives that year, up from $115m in 2014. At the moment, 23% of Apple's tech employees are women. At Google, it's 19%. And at Facebook, just 17%. Change comes slowly in companies of this size, so the path could be a long one. But by broadening the pool of people qualified to work there, Silicon Valley is hoping to change the status quo.

Taxi-hailing app Uber has promised an "urgent investigation" into claims of workplace sexual harassment, after a female engineer said misogyny was rife at the firm and women were quitting in droves.

It follows a report by inspectors who claim some teachers in primary schools pass on their misunderstandings of science to pupils. Inspectors said children were well-motivated but more able pupils were not challenged enough. The Welsh government said it was working with local authorities and schools over the delivery of science. Estyn's chief inspector Ann Keane said: "Inspectors found that pupils are generally well-motivated in science lessons. "Science clubs and field trips offer interesting experiences that help pupils to achieve better standards. "Young people who are involved in clubs or field trips are more likely to develop an interest in pursuing a career in science. "The quality of teaching is a vital factor in raising standards further. "The best teachers possess very good subject knowledge and understand how to capture and sustain pupils' interest." She cited how pupils at Cefn Saeson school in Neath learned about the ethics of cloning animals "in an engaging and interactive lesson which developed their scientific understanding as well as their critical thinking". Ms Keane added: "Schools need to provide more challenging opportunities like this to stretch all pupils and have a key role to play in producing the next generation of Welsh scientists." The report - Science in key stages 2 and 3 - found teaching was good or better in the majority of lessons. "In most lessons in key stage 2 and all lessons in key stage 3, teachers have a secure subject knowledge," the report said. But it added: "In a few lessons in key stage 2, teachers do not have a secure enough grasp of important scientific principles and concepts. "In these lessons, teachers pass on misunderstandings to their pupils and do not spot or correct pupils' misunderstandings." The Welsh government welcomed Estyn's "broadly positive" report. A spokesperson said: "We are working with local authorities, the education consortia and schools - as well as our wider partners supporting schools in delivery of STEM [science, technology, engineering and maths] within the curriculum to ensure the recommendations for further work are addressed. "The minister [Leighton Andrews] announced a review of the national curriculum last year. "The current subject order for science and assessment arrangements in Wales are being reviewed as part of that process."

Teachers with a weak knowledge of science should be trained more by their schools, education watchdog Estyn says.

"Actually I am a tri-citizen, I've got a Hungarian passport as well. I'm pretty much the female version of Jason Bourne." Like fictional action-hero Bourne, Johanna Konta is proving herself capable of stunts to wow an audience. Now an Australian Open semi-finalist, this Eastbourne resident has practically doubled her career prize money in under two weeks and left Australia wondering how they let her get away. Konta's career has taken her from Sydney to Eastbourne - via Gijon, Texas and Barcelona. Now, her own all-action production is gathering pace and even Bourne might not be able to handle her. Konta's run makes her the first British woman to reach the last four of a Grand Slam since Jo Durie in 1983 and her formative years offered hope of a rise to stardom. "Her parents brought her to my academy in 2005 but I said she's too good, too strong and told her where she needed to go to train next," said Justin Sherring, director of the Weybridge Tennis Academy. Konta - 14 at the time - had just touched down in the UK after her Hungarian parents moved so father Gabor could take a job at the Marriot Hotel in London's Docklands. Eastbourne became home - and still is - but spells in academies in Spain and the US showed Konta's will to move around in order to hone game. "The first thing that struck me was she was really bubbly and enthusiastic," added Sherring, who eventually coached Konta for a spell in 2010. "I'm not surprised at what she has done. Top players have that something different about them. She is incredibly passionate about the sport." Konta - now British number one - has stated she once made her elder half-sister cry during a game of Monopoly. Behind the humility she shows during warm interviews on court sits an obsession with becoming a better player. "The only difference between try and triumph is a little oomph" reads a quote on her Twitter account. Form has undoubtedly picked up since her LTA funding was cut last year- perhaps showing the defiance that burns inside Konta - who said the move "jeopardised" her career. And self analysis at the highest level of sport can unearth tough realities. In attempting to battle anxiety during matches, Konta appointed a mental coach by the name of Juan Coto, who aids her with sessions via Skype or What's App. "You need to be humble, and to accept that a mental coach can help you," Coto told the BBC. "You also need to be courageous to try different ways of thinking and behaving." All of these things - the right coach, the right base, the right mindset - take time to harness. At 24, Konta has years left to make them pay. It is reported her boyfriend is hitting partner Kether Clouder, offering a friendship, support and perhaps much needed distraction from the game during long spells on Tour. "I think the package around her has really helped her to be much more in control of what she wants to do on the court," said Fed Cup team captain Judy Murray. "You can go out and do relatively normal things and I think that helps you to stay much more emotionally stable." Konta's Twitter account offers plenty of images of family gatherings. Her father Gabor - who now works at Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club, in East Grinstead - and mum Gabriella, a dentist, have refused to speak to media during the Australian Open. A clear focus on staying humble, focused and private seems to run though Team Konta. Konta does not own a home, she says if she did she would happily remortgage it to see one of her music loves - U2. But the lack of a mortgage does not weaken her ties with Eastbourne, where a pride in her professional exploits exists among the community in the south-coast seaside resort. Groups of school girls attended the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club to watch her quarter-final win over China's Zhang Shuai, while the local newspaper - The Eastbourne Hearald - led their website with news of her win. And Konta still relies on a local dealership to supply her Peugeot. If not playing, enjoying her mum's cooking in Eastbourne or being honed by coaches Esteban Carril and Jose-Manuel Garcia in Gijon, northern Spain, Konta will probably be found enjoying ice cream and listening to music. "I play tennis during the day. Would love to go to concerts most nights. I take gelato very seriously," reads her Twitter bio. Van Morrison's music is a particular love and in what seems anything but a standard relationship for a finely-tuned athlete, her passion for ice cream has led to some sponsorship from an Italian manufacturer. The stunning run in Melbourne contrasts Konta's previous Grand Slam performances, where she has five first-round exits in eight attempts. But this is no one-off display according to Sherring, who says his former pupil is "where she deserves to be". "She looks like she believes in what she is," he added. "She just looks much more confident, winning makes you feel good." The Sydney Morning Herald has been left asking how Konta slipped away from Australia, referencing she had spent "three years in English fog" by the time she reached 11th in the world junior rankings in 2008. Australia would love to have her back. "My home is Great Britain," Konta told one reporter. "It has been for a long time now, over a decade. That's where my heart is." Hard luck, Australia. Great Britain is closing in on being home to a first female Grand Slam winner since 1977.

Australian born, proudly British, thriving down under.

The 25-year-old was hit by the motorbike after several riders came down in a crash as the Gent-Wevelgem race passed through northern France. Jose Been, spokeswoman for the Wanty-Gobert team, told BBC Sport it was "not a case of the motorcyclist going too fast and causing the crash". Demoitie was taken to hospital in Lille but died some time later. A French police inquiry is under way and the sport's governing body, the UCI, is co-operating with the investigation. Demoitie was among several competitors involved in a fall in the one-day race, which was won by world champion Peter Sagan. "The cyclists fell right in front of the motorcyclist who had no time to react and just hit them," Beem said. "The motorcyclist is very experienced and has been in the races a long time. He is as grief-stricken as we are. "It was a very unfortunate, horrible accident for both sides." At a news conference on Monday, tearful team manager Jean-Francois Bourlart said Demoitie rode his first WorldTour race - the E3 Harelbeke in Belgium - last week. "He was very proud of himself and we couldn't have been more proud of him," he said. "On Sunday, the incredible happened, the inconceivable. We can't believe it. We are angry. We cry and we think of his wife Astrid and his family." Earlier on Monday, Professional Cyclists' Association president Gianni Bugno, a former rider, said: "I do not want to accuse anyone, but make everyone reflect on the responsibility we have to ensure... a very high level of attention, awareness, and control over safety standards during each race." Several high-profile professional cyclists have paid tribute to Demoitie, while others have questioned whether there needs to be rule changes around motorbikes, which are used mainly for security and media. In a Facebook post, German sprinter Marcel Kittel said the sport had reached a "new and very sad low point in the history of cycling and safety".

A crash with a motorbike which killed Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitie was an "unfortunate accident", says his team.

A spokesman said they are currently trying to work out how many were sold in each national market. In Spain slightly over 3,000 new cars are affected but showrooms have been told to put them aside. VW says it is working out how to refit the software in the 11m diesel engines involved in the emission's scandal. Broken down brand-by-brand they are: VW said it would inform customers "in the next few weeks and months" about how refits would take place. Seat also said it planned to contact owners so their cars can undergo tests. It will also set up a search engine on its website to allow customers to find out if their vehicles are affected. The Spanish carmaker said it had temporarily suspended the sale and delivery of all new vehicles with the EA 189 engines which contain the software. VW over the years Help! I'm a VW car owner VW: The scandal explained Car emissions tests - fit for purpose? The scandal is continuing to hit VW's share price. On Tuesday it fell another 1.5% during morning trade in Frankfurt. The company has lost 35% of its market value since last Monday. A survey of 62 institutional investors by the investment banking advisory firm Evercore, showed 66% of them would not invest in VW for 6 months or until it clarified what costs, fines, and legal proceedings it faced. The effects are also spilling over into the local economy around VW's headquarters in Wolfsburg. The city is expecting a fall in business tax revenue from VW and the mayor has announced a budget freeze and hiring ban on public sector workers. The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some VW diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested, and could change the car's performance to improve results. The German company has apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Mueller promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong. He said the group was "facing the severest test in its history." German prosecutors announced on Monday that it was conducting a criminal investigation of Volkswagen's former chief executive.

Seat has said about 700,000 of its cars are fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests.

Agnius Naumovas, who was from Lithuania but had been living in the city, was found on Margaret's Avenue at about 20:00 local time on Christmas Day. He was taken to hospital, where his injuries were described as serious. Mr Naumovas, who was 29, died on Thursday evening. A post-mortem examination has been carried out by the Irish state pathologist. A 41-year-old man was arrested in Waterford on Friday morning.

A man in his 40s has been arrested after a man found with head injuries in Waterford city centre on Christmas Day died in hospital.

Jamie Bishop, who was 44, was a left-handed batsman who also represented Wales at minor county level. Glamorgan cricket club chief executive Hugh Morris described him as "a hugely talented cricketer" who had an outstanding record for Pontarddulais cricket club. South Wales Police is not treating the death as suspicious. Tributes were also paid on social media, from sporting figures including Steve James, Edward Bevan, Sean Holley, John Devereux and Rick O'Shea.

Tributes have been paid to a former Glamorgan cricketer who was found dead at his Swansea flat on Friday.

And if they were all forced to pick just one with which to tell the story of the Obama presidency, many would plump for the bar chart of "non-farm payrolls". The non-farm payrolls report is simply the official measure of how many jobs the US economy has added (or lost) in the previous month. The release of this job tally, which happens at the same time, on the same day (the first Friday) of every single month, is one of the constants in the working life of a Wall Street economist or reporter. Many feel they measure out their lives with non-farm payroll reports. But you can reasonably measure out the Obama presidency with them as well. Take a look at the chart. On it you can see that from the first such report after entering the White House, President Obama learned that the US economy had just shed 800,000 jobs in one month. No other figure so clearly illustrates that Mr Obama started his presidency with an economy that wasn't just weak, it was on the verge of collapse. A recession of a severity not seen since the 1930s was under way. The most pressing question for the new president was what, if anything, could be done to stabilise the economy so that it could create jobs once more. The chart shows us what happened. By early 2010 the monthly tally shows the US was adding jobs again And albeit with further dips later that year, it has done so ever since. The last non-farm payrolls report of the Obama era showed that in December 2016 the US economy added 156,000 jobs. It was also the 75th consecutive month of job growth. There has never been such a long period of job creation. The official unemployment rate in the US is now 4.7%. For many economists that represents "full employment". But the chart doesn't tell us WHY the job market bottomed out and started its long expansion. For an explanation of that you might start with one word: Detroit Detroit, or rather the US car industry with which the city is synonymous, was seemingly in its death throes in January 2009. The recession and financial crisis had hit General Motors, Chrysler and Ford particularly hard. Already heavily indebted, by the turn of the Obama administration it looked like they would simply run out of cash and cease operations within weeks. President Obama's decision to bail out General Motors and Chrysler with bridging loans and managed bankruptcies (Ford managed to turn itself around without government money) was deeply controversial. But look again at the chart. If the auto industry had in fact collapsed, we would probably need to spread something like a million more job losses across those bars for 2009-10. Beyond the number of jobs directly or indirectly lost, it's hard to calculate the ultimate economic effects of a disintegration of the US auto industry. But it seems safe to say that America would look very different indeed without the auto bailout. There was also Mr Obama's stimulus package - or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to give it its official name. This was a package of government spending which Congress passed, at the new president's behest, within weeks of his taking office. It too met fierce criticism and its impact has long been disputed. Still, more than one analysis has estimated that through 2010 it created or saved more than 2 million jobs. Taking those away would also dramatically alter the non-farm payrolls chart. At least it would for the beginning of Mr Obama's presidency. But after the first two years of his administration the politics of job creation, like everything else, changed. The Republican Party's capture of the House of Representatives in November 2010 deprived the president of most of his influence on the writing of new laws. He lost his grasp of one of the main levers of economic control and never regained it. That means that so much of the long period of job growth, from 2011 to the present, has unfolded with little input from the White House. Of course the president always has large powers, whoever controls Congress, but they tend to be in the administration of business regulations and in trade relations. Attributing the creation of jobs to those functions of government is even more speculative than attributing them to new laws. Still, if presidents cannot write laws, their veto power means laws can hardly ever be passed without them. It is a feature of the notorious political "gridlock" that has characterised much of the Obama era. The president and the Republican Congress have been in a perpetual stand-off over so many issues at the heart of the economy. The result is that many economic problems have gone unaddressed. Yet it also means that politicians, and their insistence on change and reform, have been kept on the sidelines, leaving the economy to develop without them. In the absence of major external shocks, perhaps the consistent job growth the US has enjoyed for more than six years should be attributed, not to the name and the politics of the president but to things more fundamental to the US and its brand of capitalism. It seems appropriate that after the steep steps down, then up, in the first 18 months of the non-farm payrolls bar chart, what the Obama presidency looks like is then a consistent series of bars, representing steady if undramatic job growth, month after month after month.

Economists and economics reporters do like their charts and graphs.

Probably not - for two sets of reasons. First, the basic facts have not changed - there is no doubt that the situation inside the Labour Party remains dangerously unstable, with probably a majority of Labour MPs deeply uncomfortable with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. But his is a leadership his party members want, overwhelmingly so. And were a coup to be staged the membership would either re-elect him, or elect someone similar. We're in Bertolt Brecht territory here: the easiest solution for Corbyn-sceptic MPs would be to dissolve the party membership and elect another, as the poet ironically suggested for the Communist regime in 1953. But, failing that, they have to wait for the membership to change its mind. The tactics of any coup attempt revolve around the different views of what might have to occur to trigger such a change. Some think serious electoral reverses in next May's round of elections (the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, the London mayor etc) might do the trick. London could be particularly significant, both as the place where Labour did best at the election in May and as the heartland of the Corbynistas. The argument is that the election of a Tory mayor and a rough ride on the doorstep might re-educate enough of the new wave of Labour members to allow a different leader to be elected. Others argue that it might take two such rounds of May defeats to change enough minds. This, of course, relies on those defeats actually occurring, not to mention them having the effect the anti-Corbyn camp want. We shall see. And it's also worth underlining that the Syria intervention is an issue where Mr Corbyn is in tune with his membership. Then there's the not insignificant question of how a leadership challenge would be triggered. I'm told some Labour MPs have been digging into the archives to study how Hilary's dad, Tony Benn, went about challenging Neil Kinnock, in 1988, and that legal opinions on what Labour's murky and overlapping internal rules might actually mean are being studied in various Westminster offices. One of the key questions is whether Mr Corbyn, if challenged, would need to be nominated by 35 MPs in order to defend his position or whether he would be assured of an automatic position on the ballot papers. Second, there's the climate within the parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). One of the key problems for the coup plotters is identifying an alternative leader, to play Michael Howard to Mr Corbyn's Iain Duncan Smith, and at least keep the Labour show on the road in the 2020 election. Mr Benn has certainly put his head above the parapet - but he's done so on an issue that is highly divisive within the PLP, rather than one of the several causes which pit most Labour MPs against their leader. Take a look at the voting list on Wednesday, where two married couples - Harriet Harman and Jack Dromey and Jenny Chapman and Nick Smith - were split on the issue. In that agonised atmosphere, Mr Benn's moral certainties may not play well in the longer term, whatever their on the day impact. He may have given a masterly Commons performance (a real rarity these days) and made a powerful speech setting out the moral case for military intervention, in terms that had many Tory, as well as Labour, MPs swooning. "He's clearly running for the leadership - but of which party?" tittered one SNP MP. But most of Mr Benn's Labour colleagues were conflicted about the issue of whether intervention would work… and I'm not sure the appeal he made to their internationalist roots and to memories of Arthur Greenwood "speaking for England" in 1940 will have won over those who doubt both their leader and the case for military action. Certainly there were plenty of MPs from what might be called the "right" of the PLP who didn't back the government motion. So it may be worth watching other figures who didn't break cover last night - Rachel Reeves, anyone? All the same, Mr Corbyn's position has been weakened. He was forced to concede a free vote, under the threat of losing much of his shadow cabinet. He was comprehensively outperformed by his shadow foreign secretary and some of his internal critics suspect that competence rather than ideology might be the most corrosive issue for his leadership. This week also saw brutal meetings of the shadow cabinet and the PLP, and, ultimately, a significant chunk of the front bench voting with the government (Hilary Benn, Michael Dugher, Maria Eagle, Angela Eagle, Vernon Coaker, Tom Watson, Lucy Powell, Heidi Alexander, Chris Bryant, Gloria De Piero and Luciana Berger, for the record). And that list included one of his personal left-field picks for high office, the shadow health secretary Ms Alexander. She's proved an effective performer, but I suspect her name is mud in the Corbyn inner circle. Now there will be recriminations and, possibly, attempts at constituency level to deselect the recusants (there does not have to be a return to the '80s era of mandatory reselection; the coming Commons boundary changes will ensure most sitting MPs will not face a simple rubber-stamping to become their party's candidate again). If they succeed, some MPs may quit immediately, forcing uncomfortable by-elections, or simply go rogue in the Commons and vote as they please. We're still some way from further 80s retro developments like an SDP-style breakaway. And defections to the Liberal Democrats seem improbable, both because of the extent of their implosion last May and because a lot of Labour MPs regard the party's new leader, Tim Farron, as "Corbyn lite". So we're left with a destabilised official opposition and no obvious way to resolve its problems that does not involve a major smackdown. Things will get worse in the Labour Party before they get better. Find out how your MP voted Find out which constituency you live in *The Commons is made up of 650 MPs but the Speaker and his three deputies cannot vote while Sinn Fein's four MPs do not take their seats and did not take part. *There is also currently no MP for Oldham West and Royton, with a by-election taking place on Thursday.

Does Hilary Benn's barnstorming performance in the Syria debate mean he's about to displace his leader in some kind of Labour palace coup?

The company has been negotiating with the pension regulator and the PPF in a bid to offload its pension liabilities and a decision is expected soon. Most, if not all, members of the scheme would see a reduction in benefits. Those under retirement age would receive an immediate 10% cut in their pension pot. In addition, annual payments to most members, including those already retired, would be less in the PPF than if the Hoover scheme continued. At about £500m, the pension scheme is roughly the same size as BHS. BHS pensions is already receiving compensation from PPF which acts as a lifeboat for pensions so people are paid even when a company goes bust or is about to and if there are insufficient assets in the scheme. BHS is being assessed for take-over by the organisation. The Hoover scheme has a deficit of about £250m. Parent company Hoover Candy stopped producing washing machines in Merthyr Tydfil in 2009, blaming competition in the marketplace. More than 300 workers lost their jobs although there is still a head office and a distribution warehouse in the town. It is believed about half of the Hoover pension scheme's 7,800 members live in Wales. Pensions expert Stuart Price, partner at Quantum Advisory, said: "Members of the pension schemes will lose out on their benefits but, on the flipside, those still employed by the company will retain their jobs. "At the moment they [members] don't know what's happening so they can't really plan for their short-term future. "If they get a 10% reduction [for those under 65] and lower increases in the future they might find it very hard to overcome." Will you be affected by a change to the Hoover pensions scheme? You can contact us in the following ways: Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.

Up to 4,000 people in Wales could be affected if the Hoover pension scheme goes into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), BBC Wales understands.

Three fire engines were called to Railway Street, Tunstall, at about 2320 GMT on Tuesday. Crews brought the fire in the lounge under control within half an hour. The cause was believed to be accidental. The two people, who were suffering from smoke inhalation, were rescued from a first floor window. They were later discharged from hospital.

A man and a woman have been taken to hospital after being rescued from a house fire in Stoke-on-Trent.

Speaking in Vienna, US Secretary of State John Kerry said world powers would back Libya in seeking exemption from a UN arms embargo. He said IS was a "new threat" to Libya and it was "imperative" it was stopped. Last month, the Libyan government warned that IS could seize most of the country if it was not halted soon. After holding talks with international partners, Mr Kerry said: "The GNA [Government of National Accord] is the only entity that can unify the country. It is the only way to ensure that vital institutions... fall under representative and acknowledged authority. "It is the only way to generate the cohesion necessary to defeat Daesh [IS]." The requested arms embargo "exemption" for Libya will need to be approved by the UN Sanctions Committee before it comes into force. But the Libyan government's formal request for it signals that they have been given assurances that it would soon be approved. Libya remains a country where multiple administrations are still bickering over who is in charge. Armed groups in western Libya, reputed for their shifting allegiances, only loosely back the new government, and there is no clear chain of command. There is a risk that future arms shipments will either fall into the wrong hands, or exacerbate the civil conflict there between rival militias. Mr Kerry said support for arming the government was part of a package of measures agreed at the meeting, which included accelerating non-military aid to Libya. He said that as well as countering IS, the GNA should take full control of Libyan ministries, backed by the international community. A joint statement from the countries attending drew attention to Libya's role as a major transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe. "We look forward to partnering with the GNA and neighbouring countries to tackle the threat posed throughout the Mediterranean and on its land borders by criminal organisations engaged in all forms of smuggling and trafficking, including in human beings," it said. "We are ready to respond to the Libyan government's requests for training and equipping the presidential guard and vetted forces from throughout Libya." But the prime minister of Libya's unity government, Fayez Sarraj, warned major challenges lay ahead, saying taking on IS would require further outside help. "We urge the international community to assist us," he said. "We are not talking about international intervention, we are talking about international assistance in training, equipping our troops and training our youths." The North African country has been in chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-time ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. Until recently it had two rival governments competing for power, and there are still hundreds of militias, some allied to IS. Western nations hope the unity government will take on IS, which has a foothold in Sirte - the home town of Gaddafi. The militant group has launched a series of suicide bombings and attacks on oil facilities in the country.

The US and other world powers have said they are ready to arm Libya's UN-backed unity government to help it fight the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group.

The ministry of information said it has "successfully jammed the signals" of the station. However, the BBC's Abdussalam Ahmed in Enugu says Radio Biafara is still broadcasting. It is not clear where it is based but it mainly broadcasts to the Igbo-speaking south-east of the country. The first republic of Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967, but was eventually defeated after a three-year civil war that cost more than one million lives. Our correspondent says the station hosts phone-in programmes with listeners calling to talk about issues affecting their region and their desire to break away from Nigeria. It also attacks and ridicules President Muhammadu Buhari and other government officials. Although the Biafra uprising was quelled by the military, a group called the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has attracted the support many young people in the region. They feel they have been discriminated against by those in power in Abuja and demand independence. Several of their leaders and sympathisers have been detained by authorities and accused of treason.

Nigeria's government has vowed to shut down an illegal radio station operated by people sympathetic to the breakaway state of Biafra.

All 42 of its member clubs are expected to take strict disciplinary measures against fans who indulge in anti-social behaviour during matches. The updated guidance, which comes into force immediately, states that home clubs are responsible for "good order and security". Clubs are also urged to step up efforts to identify culprits. Under the previous rules, clubs could argue that they had taken all practical steps to deter misbehaviour inside their stadiums. Now they must been seen to actively pursue cases and take "appropriate" action against the perpetrators. In June, following disorder at the Scottish Cup final, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson called for "a transparent and robust scheme" to prevent and deal with unacceptable conduct. He went on to warn: "The Scottish government is prepared to act if Scottish football isn't." On the rule changes, SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: "The SPFL and its member clubs are committed to preventing and to addressing unacceptable conduct where it arises, to ensure our stadiums are friendly, welcoming and safe environments where all supporters can enjoy Scottish football. "This ongoing work includes this updated guidance for clubs which sets out the reasonably practicable measures that member clubs can take to address this issue and to identify and sanction those who engage in unacceptable conduct. "It has been fully consulted on with all 42 clubs, the Scottish FA and the Scottish Government and, indeed, dialogue continues with the Government on a number of further measures which will be discussed early this year."

The Scottish Professional Football League has issued new regulations aimed at tackling supporter misconduct.

The ex-Lib Dem MP and ex-wife Vicky Pryce were both jailed after she took his speeding points in 2003. Some 360 former MPs were granted passes for the Parliamentary estate, according to the Press Association's FOI request. Labour MP John Mann said Huhne should not have been given the pass. Mr Mann said: "I do not think someone who has committed a criminal offence that has meant they went to prison should get privileged access to the Houses of Parliament. "Let them queue with the general public if they want to get in." Huhne and Pryce both served two months of an eight-month sentence. Huhne had quit the Cabinet and stood down as Eastleigh MP after pleading guilty. Speaking after his release, he said prison had been "a humbling and sobering experience". Also on the passholders list was ex-Conservative minister Jonathan Aitken, who was jailed in 1999 for perjury and perverting the course of justice, and Derek Conway, who had the Conservative whip withdrawn and then stepped down as an MP after his employment of his son was heavily criticised.

Former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne - who was jailed for perverting the course of justice in 2013 - has been granted a Commons pass, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed.

Kazi Islam was said to have used "flattery and threats" in exchanges on social media to try to persuade Harry Thomas to kill two soldiers and buy ingredients for a pipe bomb. Islam, 18, of Newham, east London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of preparing to commit acts of terrorism. He claimed he was conducting research. Islam was convicted by a majority of 10 to two and will be sentenced on 29 May. He was remanded in custody and told by Judge Richard Marks that a custodial sentence was inevitable. The trial was told Islam befriended the then 19-year-old Mr Thomas in October 2013 - five months after Fusilier Rigby was attacked in the street near Woolwich Barracks - after meeting him the previous year on an IT course at college. He had pretended to sympathise with Mr Thomas over a break-up with a girlfriend. But a series of exchanges on BlackBerry Messenger and social media sites were uncovered when police raided the house in east London where Islam lived with his family, jurors were told. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Thomas, who has learning difficulties, described Islam as a "very, very manipulative person" but said he had no intention of carrying out his requests. He said: "He makes out he's this really kind person because that's how he comes across at first but deep inside he's evil." Mr Thomas added: "He's not scared to go to prison, he told me that. And he says he'll end up in a better place for the crimes he's committed. He said his God will look after him and think he's done a really good thing." Commander Richard Walton, head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "We continue to appeal to anyone who may have knowledge of people with similar intentions. The earliest we can intervene to prevent terrorism the better. "We also remind the public that there is currently a need to protect vulnerable or impressionable adults or children from this brand of Islamic extremism." Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC had told the court that Islam had tried to encourage Mr Thomas to kill a soldier by telling him innocent children were being murdered by military forces. Ms Darlow told the jury: "Thomas was a vulnerable, not particularly bright young man who was desperate to impress Islam and to try and forge some sort of friendship with him. "Islam ruthlessly exploited to the utmost Thomas's vulnerability and obvious wish to try and ingratiate himself with Islam." The plot was said to have been unwittingly sabotaged by Mr Thomas, who failed to buy any of the right ingredients for a bomb and revealed what was going on to "a few friends" . Giving evidence, Islam told the jury he had talked to Mr Thomas about getting the ingredients for a bomb as an "experiment" in radicalisation and "would have told him what I was doing" if he had actually gone ahead with the purchases. While the court heard he had also downloaded a document on explosives himself, Islam said his interest in extremism was "purely for research purposes and to understand the political side of my religion".

A teenager has been convicted of grooming a vulnerable young man after being inspired by the 2013 killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

Abbott is expected to make his debut when the North Group quarter-final hopefuls play twice in two days away to Durham, then at home to Derbyshire. With Kiwi Matt Henry extending his stay until the early part of July, it gives the county a second overseas player. "We are all excited to get Kyle on board," said bowling coach Mason. "It's always exciting when an overseas player, especially someone with the success he has had, arrives at the club. The fact that he has played before in England, in English conditions, bodes well." This summer's original overseas player arrangement at New Road was that 24-year-old Henry would fill in from early April until the end of June, before Abbott arrived to take over in early July for the second half of the season. Henry's New Zealand international Mitchell Santner was signed purely for the T20 Blast but, after one surprise County Championship appearance, he then fractured a finger on the opening weekend of the T20 Blast against Durham. It has left Worcestershire a little light, at a time when they have won just once in four T20 matches following a three-game winning start. But, with Henry staying a little longer and Abbott arriving a little sooner, it allows Worcestershire to get back up to their full complement of two overseas players. Abbott played for Hampshire when they gained promotion alongside Worcestershire from County Championship Division Two in 2014. He will not arrive until after Friday's T20 Blast match with Lancashire at Old Trafford, after which Worcestershire do not play again until visiting Chester-le-Street in the same competition on 30 June. But he should come in well rested, since finishing a busy post-Christmas stint with a spell in the Indian Premier League playing for Kings XI Punjab alongside South Africa team-mate Hashim Amla. As well as making the two most recent of his seven Test appearances against England, he played in four one-day internationals, seven T20 matches and five IPL games. In the past month, his only cricket has been South Africa's two 50-over defeats by the West Indies and Australia in the Caribbean. "He has had a little bit of a rest," said Mason. "But I imagine when he gets here he will be itching to get going and it won't take him too long to settle in. "Hopefully, he brings in a fresh set of legs. And, with his recent stuff in the IPL and one-day cricket, he's got lots of experience to pass onto our guys. "Mitch Santner, although it was a brief stay because of his injury, was very keen to help out 'Dolly' (Brett D'Oliveira) and our young spinners. "Matt Henry has been terrific passing on his international experience, although he is only young himself and I'm sure Kyle will be the same. "Our lads are very open to picking the brains of these experienced cricketers."

Worcestershire assistant coach Matt Mason says the arrival of South African fast bowler Kyle Abbott at the end of June can boost their T20 Blast hopes.

He said the UK government would make a recommendation to the British people on which way to vote in the referendum. But he told MPs "it will be open to individual ministers to take a different, personal decision while remaining part of the government". The referendum on whether the UK stays in the EU will be held before 2018. A number of cabinet ministers are thought to favour an out vote, with Mr Cameron expected to campaign for Britain to remain in the EU, although he has said he rules nothing out if he does not get what he wants from his renegotiations. If the PM had decided to insist on collective cabinet responsibility, he would have been forced to sack ministers who disagreed with him. Mr Cameron told MPs: "Ultimately, it will be for the British people to decide this country's future by voting In or Out of a reformed European Union in the referendum that only we promised and that only a Conservative-majority government was able to deliver." Asked by Labour MP Emma Reynolds why it was not possible for him to persuade his own ministers to back him, he said: "The entire government is signed up to the position of having a successful renegotiation and having a referendum and everybody backs that plan." But he added: "There are people who have longstanding views about the European issue and... it's never been my intention to strongarm people into voting for a position that they don't agree with". Analysis by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg Much of the running here, and perhaps all along, has been made by Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party. In the words of one minister "they are framing it all", and David Cameron's reversal of his position from 12 months ago when he ruled out a free vote has been forced by pressure from those who want to leave the EU. Read Laura's full blog "We don't yet know what the government's recommendation will be - we don't know when the deal will be done. I hope February but it could take considerably longer." Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Cameron had "never wanted to hold" a referendum and other European leaders could see that his negotiating demands were "a bluff, a fig leaf for Conservative Party politics". The SNP's leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, demanded a guarantee that the people of Scotland would not be "taken out of the EU against their will". Mr Cameron said Scotland had voted to remain part of the UK. Former Chancellor and veteran Europhile Ken Clarke told BBC Radio 4's The World at One Mr Cameron had been forced into a "most unfortunate" decision and any ministers that disagreed with the PM's position should resign and argue for withdrawal from the backbenches. Former deputy PM Lord Heseltine - who last month warned of a Tory "civil war" if ministers were allowed to openly defy the prime minister and suggested Mr Cameron would be seen as a global "laughing stock" if he allowed it - declined to comment on the PM's decision. But the move was welcomed by those campaigning to get Britain out of the EU. Matthew Elliott, chief executive of Vote Leave, said: "The referendum could be as little as 170 days away, so ministers should be allowed to campaign openly as soon as the renegotiation is complete - and certainly no later than the end of the European Council in February. "The British people deserve to hear where their elected representatives stand on this vitally important issue. We've had lots of useful meetings with government ministers and look forward to working with them much more closely now." Brian Monteith, of Leave.EU, said: "We welcome the news that ministers will be allowed to campaign with their conscience in the referendum. "However, this is not about them. It will be ordinary people such as nurses, taxi drivers and small business owners that need to have their voices heard in this debate." UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the PM's decision was a short term solution to "hold together" the Conservative Party but as the referendum approached cabinet differences could become "irreconcilable." He said David Cameron would be "surprised" at the number of Conservatives who will campaign with UKIP to leave the EU. Will Straw, executive director of Britain Stronger In Europe, said: "We are confident that after the prime minister's successful renegotiation, the majority of Conservative ministers will continue to make the case that the benefits of being inside Europe... clearly outweigh the costs." Alan Johnson, who chairs the Labour In For Britain campaign, said: "While the Tories are divided on Europe, Labour is clear that Britain's national interest is best served by campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU." Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who is campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU, accused Mr Cameron of "putting his own internal party strife above what's best for Britain". "The government should take a collective position on this issue, and if ministers disagree with the prime minister they should resign." Speaking before news of Mr Cameron's decision emerged, London Mayor Boris Johnson told LBC radio: "I think we've got to be prepared to walk away, but at the moment I am backing the prime minister to get a great deal for this country and for Europe." He rejected the idea that Mr Cameron would have to stand down as prime minister if he lost the referendum and denied Tory MPs were at war over Europe. "We're not. Glutinous harmony prevails. We are backing David Cameron. I think he's doing a brilliant job," he added. Q&A: What Britain wants from Europe Guide to the UK's planned in-out EU referendum BBC News EU referendum special report

David Cameron is to allow ministers to campaign for either side in the referendum once a deal is reached on the UK's relationship with the EU.

Belgium's Gianni Meersman sprinted to victory, while Darwin Atapuma retained his overall lead despite being one of the riders caught behind the collision. Colombian Atapuma lost more than a minute, but organisers applied the 3km rule to determine finishing times. Froome and second-placed Alejandro Valverde were part of the bunch sprint having been ahead of the crash. The accident split the pack in the closing stages and ended the race of Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk, who sustained a suspected broken collarbone. It was a second win in this year's Vuelta for Meersman, who held off the challenge of Italy's Fabio Felline and Kevin Reza of France. Team Sky's Froome is aiming to become the first man in 38 years to win the Vuelta and Tour de France in the same season. 1. Gianni Meersman (Bel/Etixx-Quick-Step) 4hrs 16mins 41secs 2. Laurent Didier (Lux/Trek) same time 3. Kevin Reza (Fra/FDJ) 4. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana) 5. Zico Waeytens (Bel/Giant) 6. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) 7. Romain Hardy (Fra/Cofidis) 8. Jempy Druecker (Lux/BMC Racing) 9. Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel/Cofidis) 10. Jose Goncalves (Por/Caja Rural) 1. Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC) 17hrs 39mins 52secs 2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +28secs 3 Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +32secs 4. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +38secs 5. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) same time 6. Gonzalez Sanchez (Spa/BMC) +1min 7secs 7. Andujar Fernandez (Spa/Movistar) +1min 10secs 8. Leopold Konig (Cze/Team Sky) +1min 12secs 9. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) +1min 14secs 10. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita/Etixx-Quick-Step) 1min 22secs

Britain's Chris Froome remains third in the Vuelta a Espana after a late crash caused chaos on Wednesday's stage five.

Detentions by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency jumped to 41,318 between January 22 of this year and the end of April. That was up from 30,028 arrests in about the same period last year. The dragnet follows presidential orders widening the scope of who can be targeted for immigration violations. Almost two-thirds of those arrested this year had criminal convictions, said ICE. But more than half the increase in arrests was of immigrants who had committed no crime other than being in the US without permission. President Donald Trump has stepped up immigration enforcement to target such undocumented immigrants. Acting director of ICE Thomas Homan said on a call on Wednesday with reporters that immigrants who pose a threat to national security or have criminal records are still a priority for his agency. But he added: "There is no category of aliens off the table." ICE will continue to target people who have been issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge, even if they have not committed another crime, he vowed. "Those that enter the country illegally, they do violate the law, that is a criminal act," acting director of ICE Thomas Homan said on the call. "When a federal judge makes a decision and issues an order that order needs to mean something," Mr Homan said. President Barack Obama was also criticised for deporting a large number of immigrants, but most of them were recent illegal border crossers. President Trump's signature campaign pledge to build an expanded wall on the US-Mexico border is in limbo after Congress denied funding for it in a recent budget deal. But his tough rhetoric on border security appears to be having an impact on immigration enforcement. The number of people caught crossing the border with Mexico is down significantly since the beginning of the year, according US Customs and Border Protection data. Immigration advocates have raised concerns about the stepped up enforcement in the interior of the country.

US arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by 38% in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, according to government data.

870s - First Norse settlements on Iceland. Previous inhabitants were a small number of Irish monks. Tradition says 'Bay of Smoke' was founded in 874 930 - An annual parliament - the Althing - established, to make laws and solve disputes. 986 - Erik the Red takes settlers from Iceland to colonise Greenland. 1000 - Iceland adopts Christianity. A golden age of Icelandic culture begins, producing great works of medieval literature. 1262-4 - Icelanders recognise the King of Norway as their monarch. 1380 - Norway and Iceland enter a union with the Danish crown. 1402-04 - Plague hits Iceland, killing half the population. The plague returns in 1494-5 with similar fatalities. 1550 - Catholic bishop, Jon Arason, captured and beheaded in his northern diocese. This marks the final victory of the Lutheran Reformation in Iceland. 1602 - Denmark assumes a monopoly on all Icelandic trade. This continues for around 200 years. 1700s - A period of decline in Iceland, with disease, famine and a volcanic eruption in 1783 reducing the impoverished population from 50,000 to 35,000. 1814 - Norway enters union with Sweden; Iceland remains under Danish rule. 1845 - The Althing meets again in Reykjavik. 1848 - Denmark's monarch renounces his absolute power; Denmark prepares to become a representative democracy. This raises questions about Iceland's status. 1874 - Iceland given limited autonomy; the Althing has power over internal affairs. 1904 - Iceland attains home rule; rule by parliamentary majority introduced. The country experiences rapid technological and economic progress. University of Iceland established in 1911. 1918 - Iceland achieves full self-government under the Danish crown. Denmark retains control over foreign affairs only. The treaty is valid until 1943. 1940 - German forces occupy Denmark. British forces occupy Iceland. 1941 - The United States takes over the defence of Iceland and stations tens of thousands of troops there. 1943 - The Treaty of Union with Denmark runs out, with Denmark still occupied by Nazi Germany. 1944 - Icelanders vote in a referendum overwhelmingly to cut all ties with Denmark and become a republic. The Republic of Iceland is proclaimed on June 17th. Iceland becomes a member of Nato. 1958 - First "Cod War" as Iceland extends its fishing limit to 19 kilometres. 1970 - Iceland joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA). 1972 - Iceland extends the fishing limit to 80 kilometres. Renewed confrontation with Britain. 1975-6 - Third "Cod War" as Iceland extends its fishing limit to 320 kilometres. 1980 - Vigdis Finnbogadottir becomes first woman president of Iceland. 1980s - Iceland suffers from high inflation, averaging 38% annually. 1985 - Iceland declares itself a nuclear-free zone. 1991 - David Oddsson elected prime minister. 1992 - Iceland leaves International Whaling Commission (IWC) in protest at what it sees as the IWC's anti-whaling stance. 1996 - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson elected president. 2001 - Iceland applies to rejoin IWC but is granted only observer status because, after a gap of 12 years, it says it has plans to resume commercial whale hunting despite an IWC moratorium. Singer Bjork had a top selling album at the age of 11 2002 October - IWC votes by narrow margin to readmit Iceland as a full member, despite the country's plans to resume hunting for what it terms research in the near future and limited commercial hunting after 2006. 2003 May - David Oddsson continues as prime minister in coalition government following elections. 2003 August - Iceland embarks on its first whale hunt for 15 years, with a "scientific catch" to study the mammals' impact on fish stocks. 2004 June - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson re-elected president. 2004 September - David Oddsson hands over premiership to former foreign minister Halldor Asgrimsson. 2004 November - Grimsvotn volcano erupts, scattering ash as far away as Finland and causing aircraft to divert. The volcano is in a remote part of the island and there are no casualties. 2006 June - Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson resigns after his party's poor performance in local elections and amid concerns about the economy. He is succeeded by Geir Haarde. 2006 - The last US military personnel leave the Keflavik base, ending a military presence dating back to 1951. The US says it will defend Iceland as a Nato ally. Bobby Fischer's 1972 Reykjavik clash with Boris Spassky made him a hero in Iceland 2006 October - Iceland breaks its 21-year moratorium on commercial whaling; the fisheries ministry authorises a catch of 30 minke and nine fin whales. 2006 December - Population grows 2.6% in past year. Officials attribute this to immigration, encouraged by the rapidly growing economy. 2007 April - Iceland and Norway agree to expand defence cooperation to help secure future shipments of oil and gas. 2007 May - The governing coalition holds on to its majority in parliament by a single seat in general elections. The Progressive Party leaves the coalition with Geir Haarde's Independence Party. It is replaced by the Social Democratic Alliance, which gives Mr Haarde a much larger majority. 2008 January - Controversial US-born former world chess champion Bobby Fischer dies aged 64 in Iceland. A popular figure in Iceland, he had been granted citizenship to prevent Japan from extraditing him to the US. 2008 April - The government warns that it may intervene in the country's currency and stock markets to fight hedge funds that it says are attacking Iceland's financial system. 2008 October - The government takes over control of all three of Iceland's major banks in an effort to stabilise the financial system, which has been hit hard by the global financial crisis. The 2008 crash of Iceland's banking system sparked angry protests Waking up to reality in Iceland Crisis claims Icelandic cabinet Weeks later, Iceland applies to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency financial aid - the first western country to do so since 1976. 2008 November - IMF approves $2.1bn (£1.4bn) loan to help Iceland through its financial crisis. 2009 January - Prime Minister Geir Haarde calls a general election for 25 April, two years early. The move comes after demonstrations calling on the governing coalition to resign over the country's economic meltdown. Days after calling the election, Prime Minister Haarde announces the immediate resignation of the government, following the breakdown of talks with his coalition partner, the Social Democrats. Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir takes over as prime minister, at the head of a centre-left coalition with the Green-Left party. 2009 April - PM Johanna Sigurdardottir's centre-left coalition wins majority of 34 out of 63 seats at parliamentary elections. 2009 July - Iceland formally applies for EU membership after parliament votes in favour of accession. EU foreign ministers ask European Commission to begin assessing Iceland's readiness for membership, opening accession proceedings. 2010 February - Unemployment soars to over 15,000 (over 9% of work force) - up from just over 1,500 (1% of work force) at the beginning of 2008, before the financial crisis took hold. 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull volcano generated huge excitement - and travel disruption across Europe 2010 March - Voters overwhelmingly reject a referendum proposal to pay the UK and the Netherlands 4bn euros (£3.4bn) worth of compensation for the collapse of the Icesave bank. The Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland starts a massive eruption, creating an ash cloud that disrupts flights throughout Europe for several months. 2010 April - The IMF clears a further $160m (£104m) tranche of the aid package granted in 2008 but delayed by wrangling over compensation for the Icesave collapse. 2010 July - Formal talks on Iceland's EU accession begin. 2010 December - Government agrees new deal to repay the UK and the Netherlands the 4bn euros (£3.4bn) they lost when the Icesave bank collapsed in 2008. Under the new settlement, repayments will be completed by 2046. Iceland says it will unilaterally increase its mackerel fishing quota by nearly 17,000 tonnes in 2011. 2011 - Economy registers first signs of growth in response to austerity programme and unemployment begins to fall fast. 2011 February - Parliament approves new deal to settle UK banking dispute with UK and Netherlands, which voters reject in April. 2012 February - The credit rating agency Fitch raises Iceland's sovereign rating to BBB-, which makes the country once again fit for investment. 2012 April - Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde is found not guilty of negligence in his trial over his handling of the 2008 financial crisis. 2012 July - President Grimsson wins a record fifth term in office. 2012 September - IMF praises Iceland's economic recovery. 2013 January - A European court clears the government of failing to guarantee minimum compensation for British and Dutch savers. Iceland awards two licences for oil and gas exploration and production to Faroe Petroleum and Valiant Petroleum, with Norway taking a 25% stake in both. 2013 April - The opposition Eurosceptic and centre-right Progressive and Independence parties win parliamentary election in backlash against Social Democrats' austerity measures. 2013 May - Progressive and Independence parties form a coalition government. They promise to hold a referendum on whether or not to proceed with Iceland's EU membership negotiations. 2013 December - Four former bosses of the Kaupthing bank are given prison sentences for market abuses just before it collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis. 2014 February - Britain and the Netherlands file a claim of nearly $5bn (£3bn) over money their savers lost in the 2008 collapse of the Icesave bank. 2015 March - Official figures show Iceland's GDP has returned to the level it was at before the 2008 financial crisis. The centre-right governing coalition withdraws Iceland's application for EU membership. About 7,000 people protest against the decision in Reykjavik. 2015 October - Government says it has reached an agreement in principle with the three failed banks on steps to be taken to make possible the lifting of capital controls. 2016 April - Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson steps down after leaked documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca reveal that he failed to declare ownership of an offshore company when he entered parliament in 2009. 2016 October - Prime Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson resigns after a snap vote sees his Progressive Party lose more than half of its parliamentary seats. The conservative Independence Party, which emerged as the biggest party after no party won a majority, will now seek to form a coalition government.

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The proceedings in London will be "the first time that undercover policing has been exposed to the rigour of public examination," he told a court. Helen Steel, who had a relationship with an undercover officer, said police committed "human rights abuses". But police said undercover officers can play an important role. Lawyers investigating allegations for the Home Office say they have uncovered more than 80 possible miscarriages of justice relating to undercover policing. Investigations revealed officers had also had relationships with women while undercover, and had used the names of dead children. Undercover: The allegations made to date Opening proceedings at the Royal Courts of Justice, Lord Justice Pitchford said: "It seems likely that the inquiry will expose both creditable and discreditable conduct, practice and management. "At the conclusion of its investigation, the inquiry will report to the home secretary and make recommendations as to the deployment of undercover police officers in future." "Jacqui", who had a son with a man she thought was a fellow animal rights activist, did not discover he was an undercover police officer until 25 years after he disappeared from her life. She told the BBC the discovery was "like an earthquake". "I want this inquiry to really get to the truth... and come to some conclusion about whether this money and human misery was worth it". She wants the officers themselves to have the chance to give evidence, perhaps anonymously, "and not have to worry about the Official Secrets Act or what's going to happen to them". She hopes "what happened to me... what happened to other women, will never happen again. "There is no circumstance where having sexual relations in order to get information on a group, whatever the group is, is ever justified." The home secretary ordered the review after claims police spied on the family of Stephen Lawrence. Neville Lawrence, Stephen's father, said more than one judge should oversee the case, or its conclusions should be left to a jury. "You have an old saying - two heads are better than one," he said. "Sometimes one person might miss something and the other one can bring them back to where they're supposed to be". And Ms Steel said: "These undercover policing units have committed grievous human rights abuses which are absolutely shocking in a supposedly democratic society. We want to make sure they don't happen again to anybody else, and for that to happen we need the full truth to emerge." Case study "Alison" was a member of an independent political group in London in the 1990s when she formed a relationship with a man she knew as Mark Cassidy. They were together for five years and lived together for four. But Mark disappeared suddenly, saying he'd had a row with his mother and was depressed. "His disappearance five years after we met was very sudden and unexpected and didn't make sense. I spent a long time trying to find out where he was and why he'd left," Alison told Radio 4's Today programme. She believes claims of depression were part of an "exit strategy" used by officers. "I knew I had to get on with my life and I did that, but still carried on looking and searching when I could," she added. She later found out "Mark" had a wife and children. "I've carried on with my life, I've met somebody else who I grew up with as a child which was the only reason I was able to trust them was because I knew that they were who they said they were. "And I've been fortunate enough to have a family, but many of the women who this has happened to have not been so fortunate." Lord Justice Pitchford's inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice will look into police infiltration of political and social justice groups in England and Wales since 1968. The inquiry is expected to be split into three parts: establishing what happened, examining the procedures adopted by police to prevent wrongdoing, and recommendations for the future. Preliminary hearings are due to start in the autumn and the inquiry is set to last three years. The inquiry's terms of reference include: The allegations were first widely reported in 2011 when a former undercover officer, Mark Kennedy, offered to help defend, in court, six environmental campaigners whom he had infiltrated. That trial collapsed - and later the same year, there were further revelations of undercover relationships, one of which led to a child. By Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent The allegations of wrongdoing by undercover police officers that have emerged since 2011 have been extraordinary. That steady stream of stories has led to the launch of a major public inquiry into their activities. The breadth and nature of what is being alleged is almost too big to grasp, but it fundamentally comes down to a simple question of whether elements of the police were out of control. Seven key issues the inquiry will examine. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said undercover policing was an important tactic, but had to be done legally. He told BBC London: "We, for the police, will make the case that our undercover officers are incredibly brave and they deal with some very dangerous people. "We think this is a vital part of our toolset and if we don't have it then we don't suffer, but the public might.

The public inquiry into undercover policing may "expose both creditable and discreditable conduct", chairman Lord Justice Pitchford has warned.

Leela Samson quit after an appeals board approved the film Messenger of God, directed by and starring guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The Ms Samson-led Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had found the film unsuitable for the public, reportedly because it promoted superstition. She also accused the state-run CBFC of "corruption and coercion". Meanwhile, organisations opposed to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh have held protests in Punjab and Haryana following reports that the film had been cleared for release. Ms Samson took over in August after the board's former chief was arrested on charges of corruption. Messenger of God was cleared by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal after Ms Samson's panel rejected it. Ms Samson said the apparent clearance of the film was "a mockery" of her organisation. "My resignation is final," she told the Press Trust of India news agency. On Friday, her colleague Ira Bhaskar also quit over the issue. India's junior Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore denied any interference, saying the government was "absolutely hands-away" from all decisions of the censor board. But a CBFC member, Nandini Sardesai, said she was concerned the film was cleared in haste. The 47-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect dresses up in colourful clothes, with a rock star image. He has published half a dozen music videos and regularly performs at rock concerts, which are attended by tens of thousands of followers. In his latest hit number Highway Love Charger, which has been viewed more than 1.6 million times on YouTube, the guru is seen singing and dancing in multi-coloured pyjamas and a top that is embellished with glittering sequins and stones. The official trailer of Messenger of God shows him performing daredevil stunts, riding bikes, and taking on villains. It also has song and dance routines. The Dera Sacha Sauda website claims it is a "social welfare and spiritual organisation that preaches and practices humanitarianism and selfless services to others". The sect claims to have more than 50 million followers around the world and says it campaigns against female foeticide, for reforms for sex workers, runs schools and several hospitals. In recent months, the Dera chief has been mired in controversy, with allegations that he forced 400 followers to undergo castrations so that they could get "closer to god" and is also accused of rape and murder - charges a spokesman for the sect has denied. He has also been opposed by mainstream Sikh leaders, who accuse him of insulting and belittling their faith. "We all saw the movie. It was the collective decision of eight of us that the movie was not suitable for public viewing," Ms Sardesai told NDTV news channel. "Usually the Tribunal takes 15 to 30 days to clear a film, but this case was cleared within 24 hours." The Mid-Day newspaper quoted Ms Sardesai as saying that they had rejected the film because it "promotes superstition and blind faith". The guru's website mentions Messenger of God as a "movie which aims to spread social awareness in the society". "While the whole story depicts the truth, yet action, suspense and drama are also being added to make it more interesting," the website says. Ms Samson said she had resigned because of "interference, coercion and corruption" of the government-appointed members and officers of the board. Last August, the former president of the board Rakesh Kumar was arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a film producer and removed from the position. Films cannot be publicly exhibited in India unless they have been certified by the board, which is based in Mumbai and has nine regional offices. According to its website, the board has a legally empowered mission to "ensure healthy entertainment, recreation and education to the public". Its approval process can be slow and laborious, with multiple rounds of cuts, sometimes demanded before one of its four certificates is granted.

India's censor board chief has resigned after reports that a film rejected by her panel has been cleared for release.

Police issued an alert after a complaint was made that two men were acting suspiciously near secondary schools in Carrickfergus. Mysterious pictures online of a clown and a balaclava-wearing sidekick have caused a stir in the town. The police appeal caused a backlash on social media from some people who felt they were cracking down on fun. Police said they started an investigation after receiving reports from parents that their children were frightened of the clown. A police officer wrote on the PSNI Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus Facebook page: "Fun is fun but frightening school pupils is another." The mystery man, who calls himself the Carrick "Killer Clown", contacted the police following the appeal to apologise for any distress. "He assures me that this was a prank and it was not his intention in any way to frighten the school pupils or cause distress," the officer wrote. "He fully appreciates the sensitivities of schools and photographs etc in the area of any school." Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme the clown said he had been sent messages from people concerned about their children. "That wasn't the aim. The aim was for a bit of fun. I'm a parent myself," he said. "We thought this was a wonderful idea - to go and get this picture and it was only when somebody voiced their concern I was like 'this is actually wrong, this isn't even funny'. "I was talking to the police officer in charge again. I offered to go to the schools and apologize to the heads, obviously in my plain clothes, and he spoke to the heads on my behalf and they were happy with the apology through the police. So hopefully the parents will get that relayed to them." Earlier, a post on Carrick Killer Clowns' Facebook page read: "Due to the mixed response to the school pictures they have been removed - this whole thing is supposed to be a laugh and some parents find this distasteful and unfunny." However, they later posted a picture of themselves standing outside the police station in Carrickfergus.

A clown has turned himself in to the police after alarm was raised among frightened parents in County Antrim.

Victory lifted the Shrimpers up to fifth, while Posh have only won six of their 17 home league games this term. "If you don't believe you're going to get there [to the play-offs] you never will. My belief won't stop until it's mathematically impossible," he said. "We're five points off the play-offs. It's not a lot with 13 games to go." He continued to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "I know we've just been thrashed at home, but we need to continue to support each other. All I can do is apologise to the fans after the performance. "I always take the blame when we lose and I'll do it again now. It's down to me why the team lost. What we've got to do now is stand up like men, puff our chests out, come back on Saturday and produce a win." Two goals from Marc-Antoine Fortune set the Shrimpers on their way to victory at the ABAX Stadium, while Tom Nichols scored the only goal for ninth-placed Posh. However, McCann has received positive news regarding Gwion Edwards' knee injury, picked up in Saturday's defeat by Walsall. "It'll be seven or eight weeks instead of seven or eight months. We feared the worst to be honest, but we got the good news it's not too serious. "He's been top drawer this season, he's got a great attitude and he's a tough little cookie."

Manager Grant McCann has apologised to the fans for Peterborough United's 4-1 home defeat by fellow League One play-off hopefuls Southend United.

Storms smashed a hole in the sea wall alongside the line above the seafront in Dawlish, south Devon in 2014. The railway line took two months to repair at an estimated cost of £1bn to the local economy. Network Rail is consulting with Devon and Cornwall residents about the plans. They include strengthening defences and cliffs, as well and building breakwaters to protect the line. More on the coastal rail protection work, and other Devon and Cornwall news Cliffs next to the line would be stabilised and reshaped so they are not as steep under the plans. A total of £270m is allocated for spending on priority areas including around Dawlish between 2019 and 2024. The line connects Devon and Cornwall with the rest of the UK.

Protecting a key coastal railway track from rising sea levels and falling cliffs is going to cost about £650m, Network Rail has said.

The Shrimps lost their opening game of the season at newly-promoted Grimsby but then knocked Championship side Rotherham out of the EFL Cup 5-4 and have won three straight league games. "It's nice but it is early days," 40-year-old Bentley told BBC Radio Lancashire. "You're never too high and never too low and I keep saying that." He added: "It's important everyone keeps their feet on the ground - likewise when you have a sticky spell that everyone keeps check and sticks together." Kevin Ellison, 37, got the only goal of the game as Morecambe's 1-0 win at Yeovil on Saturday moved them to the top of the league. "People say about his age and this and that but if you work with him day in, day out you see how he rubs off on other people," added Bentley on Ellison. "His desire, his attitude towards training and his own recovery and own professionalism, he's a credit to himself and his family. "A lot of young people should look at him up and down the country because he is that good at what he does."

Morecambe must not get carried away despite sitting top of League Two, says Shrimps boss Jim Bentley.

Police were called to an address in Holland Street at about 16:15 on Wednesday where they found the body of James Chadwick, who was from the city. He had a number of unexplained injuries. Following the results of a post-mortem examination, his death is now being treated as murder. Officers have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries and reviewing CCTV images from the area. Det Ch Insp Iain Smith, of Police Scotland, said: "This investigation is at an early stage and it is important we establish what has happened which led to James Chadwick losing his life. "Our inquiries so far have established that Mr Chadwick was last seen on Monday 31 August and we're appealing to anyone who has any knowledge of his movements since 31 August to contact police as a matter of urgency."

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 37-year-old man in Aberdeen.

Michelle Mellotte, 61, took the money from Michael McGrory in February 2010, saying it would be repaid that summer. But, it was only returned following the start of a police investigation. Ms Mellotte knew her patient was suffering from Alzheimer's when she asked him for the loan. She went to his home to "ask him for a favour" and he agreed to sign a cheque for £10,000 with an endorsement that it would be paid back in the summer of 2010. In April, Ms Mellotte admitted fraud by abuse of her role and was given a suspended prison sentence and was suspended from the medical register. Last week, the ruling was endorsed following a hearing by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in St James's Buildings in Manchester. The tribunal noted that Ms Mellotte, who did not attend the hearing, did not oppose the GMC's case against he. In written submissions, the former doctor's legal team stated she accepted the "appropriate sanction" was erasure. Summarising the case against her, the tribunal chairman, Sean Ell, said: "The tribunal has determined that Dr Mellotte has put patients at unwarranted risk of harm, she has brought the profession into disrepute, she has breached fundamental tenets of the profession and her integrity cannot be relied upon." She will no longer be able to practice as a doctor in the UK.

A Fermanagh GP who dishonestly exploited and took advantage of a vulnerable elderly patient, when she failed to repay a £10,000 loan, has been struck off the medical register.

The 23-year-old, who scored once in 27 games last term, netted in Sunday's 2-0 friendly win at Sheffield Wednesday. "I always said if I play where I did for my last club I could get goals but I haven't really had that chance since I came here," he told Rangers' website. "Hopefully I can play in a bit more of an attacking position this season and get some more goals in the league." Midfielder Windass, playing in an advanced role, scored 17 goals for Accrington in season 2015/16 before moving to Rangers in the summer of 2016. He has scored in closed door friendly matches this summer and was delighted to hit the target in front of a health crowd as the Ibrox side rounded off their pre-season with a win against Championship outfit Wednesday. "I was pleased to get a goal - it has been a long time since I scored my last one," he added. "Obviously it is only a friendly so it doesn't mean that much but it's nice to get off the mark. "I don't think I had a point to prove this pre-season. I have no idea how the manager is thinking but I can only keep playing how I have been playing. "I have scored a few goals in pre-season so hopefully that is enough to get in the team." Following their shock Europa League exit at the hands of Luxembourg side Progres Niederkorn, Rangers have drawn 1-1 with Marseille, beaten Watford 2-1 and saw off Sheffield Wednesday in friendly matches. With their season kicking off away to Motherwell on 6 August, Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha believes his new-look side are clicking into gear. "The last three games, Marseille, Watford and today Sheffield Wednesday, were fantastic for us to get our cohesion, to get our ideas, to add everything in and get our confidence and our belief," the Portuguese told the Rangers website. "The boys have been making a fantastic effort in order to keep focused and look forward, and today they had their bonus. We knew since the very beginning we are not the worst team in the world and we are not the best one, but we need to keep this focus and this approach to the game."

Josh Windass insists he will add goals to his game if he is handed the attacking role he craves a Rangers.

Media playback is not supported on this device First-half tries from Jonny May and Courtney Lawes were matched by a near-identical pair by George Ford and Owen Farrell in the second period to overwhelm the visitors. England had failed to beat the Springboks in their previous 12 meetings over 10 years, but after a Grand Slam in spring and whitewash of Australia in summer, the autumn has begun with more history being made. Inspired by a note-perfect display from scrum-half Ben Youngs, this performance was further undeniable evidence of the vast improvement made under the wily Jones. Watch: England v South Africa highlights iPlayer Read: 'With every game a little more promise shows for England' Listen: England can get a lot better - Jones Just over a year ago, England were knocked out of the World Cup they were hosting at the group stage, a mile away from competing with the best in the world. Now only New Zealand are ranked ahead of them, that status entirely deserved despite the obvious room for further improvement. After an early penalty and drop-goal from South Africa's Pat Lambie, England showed their ambition, Ford using Elliot Daly as a decoy runner in midfield off quick line-out ball to put Marland Yarde and Mike Brown in space, May finishing in the corner with trademark speed on his return to the side. But the Springboks' power was hurting England, with six penalties conceded in the first 20-odd minutes and clean line-breaks made by both props. Lambie's second three-pointer regained the lead for the visitors at 9-7. Gradually, England found the balance between pragmatism and adventure. Youngs' kicking and sniping helped regain the initiative, Farrell landed a penalty and then the men in white struck again. With the ball going through hands again Daly kicked long from inside his own half, May forced JP Pietersen into a fumble, Brown kicked on and second row Lawes dived on the loose ball as it rolled over the try-line. Farrell added the conversion and then Daly marked the occasion of his first England start with a monstrous penalty from halfway for a lead of 20-9 at the interval. Now it was England with the power, Billy Vunipola sucking in tacklers with his carrying, the Springboks' defence stretched and then fatally weakened. Youngs spotted space around the fringes on the opposition 22, beat blind-side flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit with an outrageous dummy and found Ford on his right shoulder to put his fly-half away for their side's third try. South Africa came into the match having lost four of their past five games, and shipped a half-century of points at home to the All Blacks in their last outing. A breakaway try from replacement Johan Goosen briefly gave them hope, but when Youngs foxed Du Toit with a replica dummy to send Farrell away, England's authority was once again absolute. Willie le Roux crossed late in the left-hand corner to underline England's need to tighten their defence. But in difficult conditions, this was an accomplished display, and with Fiji in London next weekend, Jones will expect that flawless record to be extended further still. A perfect scrum-half's performance in conditions like this - precision box-kicking, snappy passes to his big ball-carriers, picking the ideal moments to snipe and break. England captain Dylan Hartley: "There's plenty to work on, so that keeps us grounded. We conceded six penalties in the opening 20 minutes and that isn't good enough. But we're very happy to get that monkey off our back and I'm very proud of our guys." South Africa captain Adriaan Strauss: "It was a very tough game, they were tactically very good and we couldn't deal with the high ball. We just couldn't put any pressure on the England team and we felt it the whole game. We'll have a hard look at ourselves on Monday and we'll fight back." Media playback is not supported on this device England host Fiji at Twickenham next Saturday at 14:30 GMT. England: Brown; Yarde, Daly, Farrell, May; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Lawes, Robshaw, Wood, B Vunipola. Replacements: Care for Youngs (68), Marler for M Vunipola (63), George for Hartley (57), Hughes for Wood (54), Attwood for B Vunipola (73), Sinckler for Cole (73), Teo'o for Ford (73). South Africa: Le Roux; Combrinck, Venter, De Allende, Pietersen; Lambie, Paige, Mtawarira, Strauss, Koch, Etzebeth, De Jager, Alberts, Du Toit, Whiteley. Replacements: Mostert for Etzebeth (31), Goosen for Lambie (55), F de Klerk for Paige (63), Kitshoff for Mtawarira (56), Adriaanse for Koch (56), Carr for De Jager (68), Mbonambi for Strauss (74), Mapoe for Pietersen (78)

England stretched their perfect record under Eddie Jones to 10 matches as they demolished a weary South Africa at a rain-soaked Twickenham.

The forward, who turns 37 next week, has played over 500 games since joining his hometown club as a teenager. "It's what I and the club wanted. I thank them for giving me another chance to wear the shirt of the only team I've ever supported and loved," he said. Francesco Totti is 47 goals away from becoming Serie A's all-time leading goalscorer. Ex-Lazio, Torino and Juventus striker Silvio Piola, who played between 1929 and 1954, leads the way with 274 strikes. The ex-Italy international made his Serie A debut aged 16 in March 1993. Totti has scored 228 goals for Roma, putting him second on the all-time list of leading Serie A goalscorers. He played a key role in Roma's 2000-01 title win and also helped them to six runners-up spots between 2002 and 2010. And the five-time Italian Footballer of the Year, whose new deal runs until the end of the 2015-16 season, has started all three matches of Roma's 100% winning start to the Serie A season under new manager Rudi Garcia. "I have another two years of responsibility and I know that we can do great things here," he said ahead of Sunday's Rome derby against Lazio. "So far this season we've got off on the right foot, we have a manager who wants his team to play and demands respect, which we haven't had recently." Totti won 58 international caps for Italy, retiring shortly after helping them win the 2006 World Cup.

Roma captain Francesco Totti has signed a new two-year contract which ties him to the Italian side until just before his 40th birthday.

Police used tear gas on Tuesday to end three days of unrest sparked by the death of an Iranian asylum seeker. CCTV images appear to show two detainees, one armed with a machete, lighting and throwing a petrol bomb. Photos of the aftermath show broken windows, ransacked offices and smashed equipment. The unrest began on Sunday after an escaped detainee was found dead. Inmates started fires and barricaded themselves inside a compound with weapons. Meanwhile, a Border Force spokesperson confirmed that seven detainees who allegedly participated in the unrest were being transferred from Christmas Island to Australia's mainland. "The detainees are travelling on a charter flight accompanied by security officers. Restraints are used where appropriate for the safety and security of detainees, staff and the aircraft," a statement provided to the BBC said. Christmas Island is a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, 2,650km (1,650 miles) north-west of Perth. The facility houses asylum seekers alongside people, including New Zealand citizens, whose Australian visas have been cancelled after they committed crimes. Australia's immigration minister Peter Dutton earlier defended housing asylum seekers with "serious criminals" at the detention centre. Mr Dutton told the ABC that the asylum seekers held at the compound with the convicted criminals - including the New Zealand nationals - were only sent there after risk assessments. "Some [asylum seekers] have had an extreme threat assessment worked up and that's as a result of their own behaviour," he said during a radio interview. "That is the basis on which the [Australian] Border Force officers make a decision about whether somebody is at a high security facility or whether they are at a low-security arrangement." He blamed the unrest on "a hardened criminal population that occupies the immigration detention centre". He also rejected suggestions that some of the New Zealanders held at the camp had only been convicted of minor crimes such as shoplifting and traffic offences. Under controversial policies, Australia sends all intercepted asylum seekers to Christmas Island as well as Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Nauru in the South Pacific.

The Australian government has released pictures showing the riot at Christmas Island migrant detention centre earlier this week and its aftermath.

The incident happened in September as Ms Bishop was travelling to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The officer who conducted the pat-down was suspended and later reinstated. But a more senior officer who ordered the check has been sacked. The airport said the check had not been random. The female airport worker who carried out the screening was found to have not adhered to "standard security screening procedures" but was reinstated after receiving training. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that at least three other airport workers have also been suspended. The foreign ministry made clear it did not make an official complaint. It later emerged that Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss had asked ask the airport to investigate, says the BBC's Jon Donnison in Australia.

An Australian security officer at Melbourne airport has been sacked after the country's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was reportedly singled out for a security screening.

Actresses including Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Sandra Bullock and Cameron Diaz saluted the 76-year-old Oscar-winner at Thursday's event in Hollywood. "I'm so happy to add another woman's name to the list," she said. Fonda's brother, Easy Rider star Peter Fonda, said "Jane, I've never been prouder of you, and I know Dad is too." Their late father, actor Henry Fonda, was an Oscar-winner aged 76 for the 1981 film On Golden Pond and received the AFI award in 1978. Presenting the honour to Jane Fonda, actor Michael Douglas said: "Jane, you are true film royalty, not through birth, but through your talent." Fonda, nominated for seven Academy awards, has won two Oscars for 1971's Klute and 1978's Coming Home. Fellow Oscar-winner Meryl Streep, who made her film debut opposite Fonda in 1977's Julia, said of her initial meeting with the star: "She had an almost feral alertness, like this bright blue attentiveness to everything around her. Sally Field added: "She brought this new kind of raw sexuality, of gritty innocent honesty, vulnerable to the core - and I had never seen anything like it." There were moments of lightness during the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, as actor Jeff Daniels, one of Fonda co-stars in the HBO series The Newsroom, sang a tribute to the actress, offering lyrics about her "abs, buns and thighs" as one of her exercise videos played on a screen behind him. And comic actress Wanda Sykes took the stage dress in a silver parody of the outfit worn by Fonda in her 1968 film Barbarella, directed by her then-husband Roger Vadim. As she accepted the award, Fonda offered some advice on career longevity for the roomful of celebrities gathered: "Ask questions, stay curious. It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting."

A cast of stars have paid tribute to actress and political activist Jane Fonda as she accepted the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.

Media playback is not supported on this device Wales led 13-12 at the break but Fourie du Preez's try with five minutes remaining edged it for the Springboks. Backs Tyler Morgan and Dan Biggar plus hooker Scott Baldwin joined Wales' list of injured players during the game. "We don't want to make any excuses. South Africa won... and we weren't good enough to win," said Gatland. "At the end of the day South Africa did what South Africa do. They got one chance and they took it and that was the result." Wales lost a trio of front-line stars in centre Jonathan Davies, full-back Leigh Halfpenny and scrum-half Rhys Webb to long-term injuries before the tournament began. Two more centres - Cory Allen and Scott Williams - were then forced out of action in the opening two pool games against Uruguay and England, with wing Hallam Amos joining them. Wales then lost the versatile Liam Williams - a full-back or wing - during their punishing final pool match against Australia. Media playback is not supported on this device Fly-half Biggar went off the field after a knock to the head just before the scrum which led to South Africa's try. The player remonstrated with WRU medical manager Prav Mathema and team doctor Geoff Davies, but Gatland backed the decision. "That's a medical call," he said. "They took him off the field for a head injury assessment; it looked like he'd got a bit of a knock, he looked unsteady on his feet. "He obviously felt that he was OK, but we support our medical team 100% so there's no issues on that from the coaching set-up." 'We knew it was going to come down to fine margins," said a "proud" skipper Sam Warburton, who lamented what he felt was a premature end to the campaign. "It's a quiet changing room - it's hard to find the words, it's all so raw," he said. "It feels premature with two weeks of the competition left. We've been together since June and all those gruelling camps… it's over, done and dusted." Warburton praised the players who had come in to replace the casualties, saying: "The guys who've stepped in have done a fantastic job. This could be the last World Cup for many of us, but we go out with no regrets." Warburton was sent off in Wales' 9-8 World Cup semi-final defeat by France in 2011, and after this latest disappointment said: "Hopefully I will be around when one of these tight ones goes our way."

Head coach Warren Gatland said Wales' string of injuries were no defence for their 23-19 World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa.

He says that he's found the engines from the Apollo 11 space rocket - the craft that carried the first men to the moon in 1969. The five engines broke off from the spaceship after blast off and crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. He's now planning on trying to bring one of them to the surface. Mr Bezos paid for a team to use advanced sonar scanning equipment to track down the lost F-1 engines. They were found 4,300 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, but he hasn't said exactly where they were spotted. In a blog post about the discovery he wrote: "I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration." He said he was going to ask Nasa, which owns the rockets, for permission to display one of the engines in the Museum of Flight in his home city of Seattle.

Internet giant Amazon's owner Jeff Bezos has made an amazing underwater discovery.

Dana was transported to the Al-Mawa reserve via Turkey along with four other lions, two bears and two tigers in a three-month operation organised by the animal welfare charity Four Paws. Staff found the cub, who they named Hajar, in her cage on Saturday. They are now waiting to see whether Dana will give birth to a second cub. Dr Amir Khalil, a vet who accompanied the animals, told the Associated Press on Sunday that an ultrasound performed in Turkey had shown she was carrying two. However, he warned that the second cub might already have been born dead and been eaten by Dana. Its fate will not be known until another ultrasound is carried out on Monday. Four Paws said its team had initially been very concerned about whether Dana would accept or kill Hajar because of the enormous stress she had endured. "But luckily that wasn't the case. She cleaned the cub and nursed it," the charity added. "This is a true sign that she feels safe at Al-Mawa." Hajar's gender is unknown because staff have not been able to examine the cub.

A lioness rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo has given birth just hours after arriving at a wildlife park in Jordan.

The telecoms giant said in an emailed statement it was important to retain access to the EU's free "movement of people, capital and goods". It was too early to "draw any firm conclusions regarding the long-term location for the headquarters". But Vodafone said that it would "take whatever decisions are appropriate". Last week, chief executive Vittorio Colao told the BBC - ahead of the referendum vote - that Britain risked exclusion from plans for a giant new single market in digital services if it left the EU. Vodafone said in the email to several media organisations that EU membership, including the free movement of people, had helped drive its growth. The firm employs 13,000 people in the UK. It has an operating division at Newbury, Berkshire, but the group headquarters are in London. Vodafone said that 55% of group profits in the last financial year came from its European operations, with the UK providing just 11%. The company is also to start reporting its financial results in euros, rather than pounds. Vodafone said the single legal framework spanning all member states, as well as freedom of movement, capital and goods, were "integral to the operation of any pan-European business". The company said: "It remains unclear at this point how many of those positive attributes will remain in place once the process of the UK's exit from the European Union has been completed," it said. Vodafone said it would strengthen its regulatory and public policy activities in Brussels "to ensure the group's substantial businesses within the European Union continue to be represented appropriately". Vodafone is the seventh largest company listed on the FTSE 100, with operations in 26 countries. It employs 108,000 staff outside the UK. Other businesses have expressed alarm at the vote to leave the EU and the consequences of not being part of the European single market. Business Secretary Sajid Javid hosted a meeting of business representatives on Tuesday to discuss the issues. Mr Javid said: "The biggest issue raised was the need to secure continued access to the single market. While I am not in any position to make promises, I assured everyone that my number one priority will be just that in the negotiations to come," he told a news conference after the meeting. After the meeting, the head of the CBI employers organisation said the government was "a long way off" having a plan. "There are very high levels of real and genuine concern in the business community," CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn told reporters.

Vodafone has warned it could move its headquarters from the UK depending on the outcome of Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union.

And perhaps to some it may seem bullish to deny the youngest kids a free lunch, even if free breakfast is on offer. The move has sparked taunts of "May, the meals snatcher" - reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher's infamous cancelling of free school milk. But to Theresa May's Conservatives it was a policy that no longer added up. The party does not believe "a free school lunch for every child in the first three years of primary school... is a sensible use of public money". It's one of those tough decisions - but a free breakfast, cheap at a 10th of the price, now seems a more desirable alternative to the Conservatives - although the value of the free-lunch scheme has never been assessed. For some, the idea - brought in by the coalition government in 2014 - was always too expensive. It was very much a Liberal Democrat policy and plans were announced by Nick Clegg at his party's conference in 2013. It was not long before his man in the education department, the then schools minister David Laws, was accused of understating the costs of the policy itself. This he denied, but the then Education Secretary Michael Gove sought reassurance from the Treasury that schools would not be forced "to subsidise meals by reducing their spending on teaching and learning". Those opposed also started to claim it might cut into the budget used to provide much-needed extra school places. And in a sense, the Conservatives do not want to be seen to be funding free dinners when in this tougher school-funding climate heads are saying they are unable to pay for some of the basics. They say the pressures on their budgets are much more about the unfunded extra costs of teachers' pay, pensions and national contributions. Valentine Mulholland, head of policy at the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "After the nightmare of bringing this policy in at breakneck speed and all the capital funding spent to upgrade kitchens and dining facilities, it's pretty sad to see this U-turn." A BBC News Freedom of Information request just six months before it was due to come into force, in September 2014, found 2,700 primary schools needed new catering facilities before they could even think about offering free meals to all infant pupils. Primary school heads had complained they were being asked to do something undeliverable in the time allowed. In any event, as they so often do, schools managed the challenge that landed in their laps. Perhaps this is why teachers and heads appear to feel so upset at the idea of scrapping free lunches - even if breakfast is being offered instead. National Union of Teachers general secretary Kevin Courtney said cancelling the universal offer of a hot meal in the day is "mean-spirited and wrong-headed". The policy did not make sense, or represent value for money, given the investment many schools had already made in kitchens and staffing, he said. "It is a long time for a child to go without food from the morning until 3:30pm, which will be the case for many families in work but struggling." Mr Courtney's claim may seem alarmist to some, but it will ring true for many teachers, who often raise the issue of pupil hunger. Nicky Gillhespie, school business manager at Cheam Fields Primary, said things were very different before her school introduced free school meals. "We had children coming in with nothing. "There were some who'd been given a pound by their parents to stop and get something in the sweet shop for lunch on the way to school," she said. The school in Cheam, south London, had no kitchen when the free school meals pledge was made and dinners were driven over to the school by a catering firm. "Burgers were kept warm in trays of hot water, for example, so they looked really pale and the children just didn't want to eat them," she said. Since then, with the help of a government-funded kitchen pod worth £70,000, the school has seen a complete change of culture. Uptake on meals went from about 85 to 300 a day - and there were some individual success stories. "There was one girl who would only eat rice and now she eats a full diet, like all the other children," Miss Gillhespie said. "It did enable us to change the whole culture of the school - but without that being funded, I do think that it's going to be eroded away. "Parents still think £2.30 is too much to pay for a meal and if they've got two children or even three or four, it's a lot of money. "There must be so many children on that breadline, who wouldn't be entitled to free school meals, but will now be put off because they have to pay for it."

"Mean-spirited" and "wrong-headed" is how teachers' leaders have described Theresa May's plan to scrap free school meals for infant pupils in England.

There have been ongoing industrial problems in the school for months. The panel consists of leading educationalist Prof Sir Robert Salisbury, trade unionist John Corey and Belfast Metropolitan College's principal Marie-Thérèse McGivern. Education Minister John O'Dowd has said he wants them to complete the investigation by early summer. The secondary school, in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast, has 1,100 pupils. About a third of its 70-strong teaching staff were absent for a period prior to Easter, and, in an unusual move last month, an associate principal was appointed to the school. A group representing some parents also held a number of protests to express their concern about how the disputes were affecting their children. Mr O'Dowd said that he wanted the panel to investigate events in the school, and make recommendations "to ensure the school's future". "I consider the panel members to be eminently well qualified and experienced," he said. "My priority continues to be to the pupils at the school and this investigation will give pupils, parents, staff and their representatives, and all those involved with the governance of the school, the opportunity to express their view." The investigation will look at staff relationships, the role of senior leadership, governance of the school and the impact of the ongoing disputes on pupils. Mr Corey was general secretary of Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) union from 2003-10 and is currently a member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Prior to her role at Belfast Metropolitan College, Ms McGivern was director of development at Belfast City Council. Sir Robert, meanwhile, recently chaired the literacy and numeracy task force in Northern Ireland and is a former professor of education at the University of Nottingham. The National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), which represents almost half the teachers at De La Salle College, welcomed the appointments. It said the move "should reassure all partners in the De La Salle community that Minister O'Dowd is committed to finding a robust resolution to the recent period of challenge". However, it said the terms of reference would be "critical to the success or otherwise of the investigation". The NASUWT also said it will "seek assurances from the panel that their work will not cause any further disruption". Jim Clarke, chief executive of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS), also welcomed the appointment of the panel. "The background and experience of those who will be carrying out the investigation gives confidence to the process," he said. "CCMS will continue with its ongoing work with the other interests through the agreed strategy. It remains focused on the needs and interests of the pupils at the school."

A three-person panel has been appointed to carry out an investigation into De La Salle College in west Belfast.

The event, held at the World Museum in Liverpool, was streamed to thousands of schools where pupils simultaneously conducted simple experiments. The live link-up with the International Space Station lasted about 20 minutes. Major Peake made history last month when he became the first Briton to walk in space. See more updates about the space talk on our live page Among the questions was: "What can you see out of the windows?" Major Peake replied: "I have got a window right behind me - let me go take a look." The children laughed as he turned and floated away from the camera to look out of the window. He added: "At the moment we are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean coming up to the coast of Africa with the beautiful colours of the Sahara Desert." There was a huge gasp of delight when his beaming face appeared on the screen in front of the young audience. Standing in front of a union flag, the astronaut seemed to be in good spirits, demonstrating how you touch your toes in space - turning upside down in a backward roll as the children laughed. Matthew Savage, 10, from St Anne's Fulshaw CE Primary School in Wilmslow, Cheshire, asked if he got hit by meteors on the International Space Station. Major Peake replied: "We do get hit by small particles every day and they have even caused some damage. On space walks we have to be careful where we put our hands." He said the "clever people on earth" made sure they were safe. He said he liked experiments involving vegetables and flowers grown in space the most. "We are going to need that information for longer missions on Mars," he said. He also liked experiments on the human body because they could have health benefits back on earth. "Does your heart beat faster in space?" asked Riley, aged five, from Wilberfoss Primary School in York. "It actually slows down and would shrink if you didn't regularly exercise." he replied. He explained this was why astronauts had to exercise regularly in space. The call ended with rapturous applause from his young audience.

British astronaut Tim Peake has spoken to hundreds of children from across England and Wales in a live space chat.

Spurs, who are having a new £400m stadium built next to their existing home White Hart Lane, could also play next season's home Champions League games at the national stadium. They aim to move into their new 61,000-seat home before the 2018-19 season. "We're a long way down the path on reaching an agreement," Dyke said. "I think there's some discussion about whether they'll play their Champions League games there at Wembley next year but I don't know much about that." Tottenham's north-London rivals Arsenal hosted Champions League games at Wembley in 1998-99 and 1999-2000. Dyke also said Chelsea could play home games at Wembley in the near future. The Blues have plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge, which could leave them needing a temporary home for several seasons. "I think Chelsea might come for a longer period," he told Sky Sports News HQ. "Chelsea have got really exciting plans for their stadium. They're going to demolish the whole thing and build a whole new stadium on the existing site. "If they came to Wembley, that would mean them coming for three years."

Tottenham are close to a deal to play home games at Wembley in the 2017-18 season, says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.

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Lee Westwood is one back after dropping his only shot of the day at the last. Order of Merit leader Henrik Stenson and second placed Danny Willett are tied for 17th on three under. Rory McIlroy, bidding to win the European Tour's season finale in Dubai for a third time, posted six birdies in a 68 but is eight shots adrift. The Northern Irishman, who has never finished worse than 11th in seven appearances at Jumeirah Golf Estates, had opened with a three-over 75, his first over-par score in the event. "Yesterday was just one of those days. I was mentally very flat, still in holiday mode, and not quite switched on to what I needed to do," he said. "If can keep improving each and every day, then I might not be too far away at the end of the week." The Tour Championship is the final event of the Race to Dubai, with four players still in with a chance of topping the money list. Open champion Stenson, who won this tournament with a course-record 25 under total at the Earth Course in 2013, leads by 299,675 points but Masters champion Willett can leapfrog the Swede should he win the tournament. Willett would also top the list if he finishes second and neither Stenson nor Alex Noren win in Dubai. Noren, another Swede, needs to finish at least second and hope Stenson and Willett finish down the field and he is five strokes off the lead after a round of 69. Stenson, the 2013 Race to Dubai winner, was more concerned with the well-being of a female spectator hit on the head by his tee shot on the 13th. "I had some reports later in the round that she was doing OK. I'm just making sure that we're going to get her details so I can send her something nice," he said. McIlroy, who has won the Race to Dubai for the last two years, has an outside chance which requires several permutations falling into place - including Stenson finishing no higher than 46th in the 60-man field.

Sergio Garcia and Francesco Molinari both carded five-under 67s to share the lead at nine under at the halfway stage of the DP World Tour Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday are set to pay £10m for on-loan striker Jordan Rhodes. "I don't need anywhere near that sort of money. Half that figure will do me," said Warnock. Warnock has outlined his proposals to owner Vincent Tan and hopes the Malaysian businessman backs them. After losing 1-0 at home to Norwich, Warnock praised his men for their performance against what he described as an expensively assembled Norwich City side. He revealed the Bluebirds' plans for the summer were already well advanced and that a rapid response would be key when the window opens. "We are already working to a figure that is acceptable to me and I think is acceptable to the board and owners," Warnock told BBC Wales Sport. "We've got two or three players we'd like to bring in, which we will try to do. "We need to do business straight away I think, not wait until the season starts. "We've got a good idea who we want. "Things change when someone comes in and buys one of the players you want, but in general we've got a good idea who we need."

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has outlined his cut-price transfer plan, saying he does not think it would take big money to launch a promotion bid in 2017-18.

Stormont officials have refused to give any details citing confidentiality. Homeowners will not face bills until at least March 2017, after MLAs ruled to defer charges. Instead, the executive pays the cost of £280m a year to NI Water. Further legislation is expected to extend the policy. However, the decision could mean that the authorities are not complying with European rules on water quality. The EU Water Framework Directive envisages that users should pay for their water to promote conservation. Officials in Northern Ireland make the case that people do that through their regional rate. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK not to levy a charge on homes, although businesses do pay charges. That has prompted a debate with calls for the introduction of a charge on homes to pay for improvements in infrastructure. Now, the European Commission has opened a so-called "pilot case" to look at the issue. Essentially, this is a way for the commission to establish whether EU rules are being correctly applied. It allows for the commission and member states to resolve any conflicts without resorting to infringement proceedings. The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) said it could not comment on the detail of the case. "It is the subject of a confidential dialogue with the Commission and the release of further details could potentially prejudice the outcome of those discussions," said the department. The two sides get about 20 weeks to try and sort out their differences. Many cases are resolved without going to a formal hearing.

The European Commission has asked questions about the Northern Ireland Executive's decision not to charge homeowners for water.

Syed Ali attacked the teenager in Sunderland's Mowbray Park on 8 December last year. Ali, from the city's Barnes area, was found guilty after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. Det Insp Phil Bond said Ali had "preyed on his victim, befriending her and quickly gaining her trust before subjecting her to a horrific attack". He said: "I hope the victim and her family can now move on from what has been an incredibly distressing time and can come to terms with what has happened and rebuild their lives. "Although we know this sentence will in no way help erase what has happened, we hope there is some comfort in knowing Ali is now in prison."

A 47-year-old man who raped a 16-year-old girl in a Wearside park has been jailed for eight years.

During a drive to tackle overflowing bins around Leith Walk, officials found that more than half of firms they visited did not have the correct waste collection contracts in place. They discovered evidence that some were using communal bins meant for residents to dispose of their waste. One leading councillor accused the businesses of "abusing the system". Transport and environment convenor Lesley Hinds said their actions "undoubtedly" resulted in overflowing bins, litter and fly-tipping. Compliance officers visited 406 traders during the Our Edinburgh initiative to address anti-social behaviour like littering. A total of 215 did not have the correct waste collection contracts in place. They also carried out a detailed inspection of one bin at Bernard Street and three-quarters of its contents were found to be trade waste. Five businesses were handed a £200 fixed penalty notice on the back of the investigation. Ms Hinds said: "We have focussed phase two of Our Edinburgh on the Leith Walk area as it's been identified as a hotspot for overflowing bin complaints and it's becoming clear why. "Communal bins are meant for residents' household waste so it's unacceptable that businesses are abusing the system, which undoubtedly results in overflowing bins, litter and fly-tipping. "That's why this campaign aims to provide information and advice to businesses in order to ensure they have the right waste collection arrangements in place, as well as penalising those that continue to break the rules." Three further bins have been examined and found to contain up to 50% trade waste, according to the City of Edinburgh. It said five more businesses will receive fixed penalty notices as a result.

More than 200 businesses in part of Edinburgh have been found to be breaking rules on using communal bins.

In a brief speech to the National Assembly, Mr Maduro pledged loyalty to the president and said Mr Chavez remained in charge of the country. Mr Maduro also denied that there was a political fight for the succession. President Chavez was due to be sworn in on 10 January for a fourth term. The Supreme Court ruled he could take the oath at a later date, a view challenged by opposition figures. "There is only one president: Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, supreme commander of the army, commander of the Bolivarian Revolution," Mr Maduro told legislators. He also used his speech to announce that the Mr Chavez had appointed former vice-president Elias Jaua as Venezuela's new foreign minister. The post was previously held by Mr Maduro. The vice-president saluted National Assembly president, Diosdado Cabello, and dismissed rumours that they are political rivals. "They say Cabello and I are fighting. But Cabello and I are united in our heart, in loyalty to a man who has the supreme command of this country." The vice-president said that his appearance to give the state of the union address was in accordance with the constitution, as Mr Chavez had been granted leave of absence by the National Assembly. This view was challenged by some legal experts - they highlight Article 237 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the president should appear "personally" to give the speech within 10 days of the inauguration of the legislature. The current assembly was sworn in on 5 January. Within 10 days of the inauguration of the National Assembly, in routine session, the President of the Republic shall personally present, each year, to the Assembly a message in which they give account of the political, economic and administrative aspects of their administration during the previous year. BBC's Sarah Grainger in Caracas says that the speech, which in Mr Chavez's hands could go on for hours, lasted a matter of minutes with Mr Maduro. President Chavez underwent a fourth operation for cancer on 11 December, and suffered post-operative complications. Mr Maduro told legislators he had met Mr Chavez in Havana on Monday and that his health was improving. "He is climbing the hill, he is fighting with his spirit, his vision, his love," said Mr Maduro, adding that Mr Chavez has been briefed on developments in Venezuela. Supreme Court justices have ruled that Mr Chavez, who has been in office since 1999, can be sworn in for another term as president at a later date. Opposition leaders say the government is riding rough-shod over the constitution and have demanded clarity about who is running the country. According to the constitution, if a president is permanently incapacitated, the speaker of the National Assembly should take over and elections called within 30 days. If the absence is temporary, the vice-president assumes charge for a maximum of 180 days.

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has given the annual state of the nation speech in place of Hugo Chavez, who is still recuperating in Cuba after cancer surgery.

They include 14 Olympians, four of them gold medallists, along with two Rio 2016 Paralympic champions. The event in Sarasota-Bradenton takes place between 24 September and 1 October. European champion Victoria Thornley continues in the single scull, having also won two World Cup silver medals this season. Thornley moved to the single scull in 2017 having won silver with Dame Katherine Grainger in the double scull at the Rio Olympics. Rio gold medallists Moe Sbihi and Will Satch are included in the men's four, while another Rio champion, Tom Ransley, is part of the men's eight. London 2012 gold medal-winner Katherine Copeland is named in the lightweight double scull. Rio Paralympic champions Grace Clough and James Fox are part of the mixed coxed four crew. Pair: Tom Jeffery, Tom George Coxed pair: Tim Clarke, Tom Ford, Harry Brightmore (cox) Lightweight pair: Joel Cassells, Sam Scrimgeour Four: Matt Rossiter, Moe Sbihi, Mat Tarrant, Will Satch Eight: Ollie Cook, Callum McBrierty, Jacob Dawson, Adam Neill, Tom Ransley, Alan Sinclair, James Rudkin, Lance Tredell, Henry Fieldman (cox) Single scull: Tom Barras Lightweight double scull: Sam Mottram, Jamie Copus Quadruple scull: Jack Beaumont, Jonny Walton, John Collins, Peter Lambert Lightweight quadruple scull: Gavin Horsburgh, Peter Chambers, Ed Fisher, Zak Lee-Green Men's reserves: Frazier Christie, Cameron Buchan, Oliver Wynne-Griffith Pair: Holly Hill, Melissa Wilson Eight: Anastasia Chitty, Rebecca Chin, Fiona Gammond, Katherine Douglas, Josephine Wratten, Holly Norton, Karen Bennett, Rebecca Shorten, Matilda Horn (cox) Single scull: Victoria Thornley Lightweight double scull Katherine Copeland, Emily Craig Quadruple scull: Beth Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Holly Nixon (fourth rower to be confirmed) Lightweight quadruple scull: Maddie Arlett, Robyn Hart-Winks, Eleanor Piggott, Gemma Hall Women's reserves: Alice Baatz, Georgia Francis, Ellie Lewis PR1 single scull: Andy Houghton PR3 mixed coxed four: Oliver Stanhope, Grace Clough, Giedre Rakauskaite, James Fox, Anna Corderoy (cox)

Great Britain has selected 17 crews for the World Rowing Championships in Florida.

The Spaniard, who won the title in 2009, came through 4-6 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-2 in four hours and six minutes. Zverev, 19, had recovered a break early in the final set before requiring treatment for cramp. Nadal, 30, goes on to face France's Gael Monfils, who beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-6 (7-1) 6-4. Canadian third seed Milos Raonic made it through to the last 16 with a 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon. Zverev has long been touted as a future world number one and it appeared as though he would make his Grand Slam breakthrough against Nadal. The teenager's big serve and brilliant backhand earned him a 2-1 lead after three sets, only for ninth seed Nadal to battle his way back in characteristic fashion. It is almost three years since Nadal won his 14th major title at the 2014 French Open, and that was the last time he got past the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam. Injuries have taken their toll, but it was Zverev whose fitness failed him in the closing stages on Rod Laver Arena. The German won a gruelling 37-shot early in the final set but the damage was done as he could not recover fully, despite treatment from the trainer. "I won by fighting and running a lot," said Nadal. "I think everybody knows how good Alexander is. He's the future of our sport and the present too. "It's been a very tough match for me. I didn't start playing my best and I was not feeling very well because I was losing too much court. When I felt I was feeling better I had more time to control from the baseline. "It was a close one but he deserved to play a little more aggressive than me. I had to fight for every point." Denis Istomin, the qualifier from Uzbekistan who stunned Novak Djokovic in round two, produced another superb effort to beat Spanish 30th seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-2. He will next play the winner of Saturday's late match between Grigor Dimitrov and Richard Gasquet. Belgian 11th seed David Goffin impressed with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 win over Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, setting up a clash with Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4. Thirteenth seed Roberto Bautista won the all-Spanish battle with 21st seed David Ferrer 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 and next faces Raonic.

Former champion Rafael Nadal overcame rising star Alexander Zverev in a gripping contest to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.

The company also says its franchisees were helped by a "record low cheese price, favourable wheat price and a fall in fuel costs". Pre-tax profits were £73.16m, up from £62.1m in 2014. E-commerce sales now account for 77.7% of all UK deliveries and 48.6% of online sales are made using its app. Domino's says online orders in the UK rose by nearly 29% last year and app-based orders shot up by more than 41%, with 11.5 million people now having downloaded the app in total. "The thing that customers want more than anything else is convenience and that means food that's delivered to their home," chief executive David Wild told the BBC. The second most important thing, he said, was food that can be ordered online. "We have seen a massive increase in our online orders - a total of 11.5 million app downloads since we launched our app two or three years ago - and what we have learnt is that customers like to find it easy to get hold of a pizza and that's the most important trend," Mr Wild said. The chain opened a record 61 new stores in the UK in 2015, taking its total number of outlets to 869 by the end of the year. Domino's said its franchises had seen increased profitability over the course of the year "primarily as a result of the benign food price environment combined with the group's purchasing power". "In 2015 we passed on savings of £11m from lower food costs primarily from cheese and dough and the outlook remains favourable for 2016." Apart from the UK business, Domino's Pizza Group also owns the franchises in the Republic of Ireland, where it has 47 stores, and Switzerland where it has 15, as well as Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Last December, it entered into a joint venture to buy Germany's biggest delivery chain, Joey's Pizza. That deal was finalised at the beginning of last month and as a result Domino's Pizza Group is no longer directly operating in Germany. In the UK, Domino's featured in a Channel 4 documentary called "A Slice of Life" which was viewed more than a million times and which it said, resulted in a significant increase in recruitment applications. During the year Domino's launched the Tikka Pizza and reintroduced the hot dog stuffed crust pizza. In the first nine weeks of trading in 2016, UK like-for-like sales grew by 10.5%, in Ireland they were up 13.7% and in Switzerland 4.3%. "Momentum continues with a good start to 2016 despite increasingly tough comparatives through the rest of the year," Domino's said.

Domino's Pizza has revealed what it describes as "excellent" results for last year, driven primarily by the growth in its digital sales.

Eugenijus Tulauskas, from Lithuania, was up to four times over the maritime limit when arrested in September last year. A pilot had to take control of the container ship to ensure its safe passage into harbour. The 44-year-old seaman, of no fixed abode was fined £1,500 at Belfast Magistrates' Court. Tulauskas had contested a charge of having excess alcohol while on duty as professional master of a ship. His lawyers argued that he was not on duty at the time of the offence. The court was told that an experienced pilot sent out to guide the ship into port thought he smelled alcohol on Tulauskas' breath. He contacted Belfast Harbour Police who detained the defendant and took a breath sample. Talauskas confirmed at that stage he had not taken any alcohol in the previous four hours. The district judge said she was "satisfied on the evidence that the defendant was not just master of the vessel, but was on duty at the time". Talauskas' lawyer argued that he was aware of the pilot's actions and had congratulated him on his manoeuvres. "It's not a case that he was totally incoherent," the lawyer said. The court heard that the captain had since lost his job. The judge, who could have fined him up to £5,000, commented that "if the defendant were in employment I would be looking at the upper region (of a fine)".

A sea captain has been convicted of being drunk in charge of a merchant ship in Belfast Lough.

Mr Gustafsson, 42, is being flown back to Sweden from Africa, Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said in a statement on Monday. He was seized by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) along with two other men, one of whom was freed in a dawn raid in 2015. Ms Wallström said Mr Gustafsson was "in good spirits", local media report. "It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Johan Gustafsson has been released," Ms Wallström added. She said that the Swede's release was thanks to "extensive efforts" and co-operation between the Swedish foreign ministry, police and "foreign authorities". Ms Wallström said she had spoken with Mr Gustafsson, who she described as being "happy" and "overwhelmed" by Monday's events. "I cannot say more at the current time," she added. Sweden's former Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said that Mr Gustafsson's kidnapping weighed heavily on his mind during his time in the role, which ended in 2014. He tweeted on Monday: "Extremely gratifying that Johan Gustafsson is free. No single case concerned me more as foreign minister." Mr Gustafsson was kidnapped along with South African Stephen McGown and Dutchman Sjaak Rijke. Mr Rijke was freed by French special forces in April 2015 after he was discovered by chance in a dawn raid in northern Mali. AQIM took a number of Western hostages before the French military deployed its forces in January 2013. In a separate incident in December 2014, French hostage Serge Lazarevic was freed after a prisoner swap.

Hostage Johan Gustafsson, held by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has been freed, the Swedish government says.

27 December 2016 Last updated at 09:00 GMT German Shepherd Finn was injured early one October morning while protecting his handler from a suspected armed robber. The seven-year-old fought for survival, helped every step of the way by his handler PC Dave Wardell. BBC News looks back at how his recovery captured the hearts of thousands and inspired a petition calling on the government to re-think the laws surrounding injured police support animals.

A police dog stabbed on duty returned to the beat earlier this month after life-saving surgery.

About 47% of working South Africans earn less than the wage, which is being introduced to combat income poverty and inequality. But critics say it could put more people out of work as employers might not be able to afford the higher wages. The government says it will consult on the issue, but hopes to introduce a minimum wage within two years. Announcing the rate, which was proposed by a panel of advisers, the country's deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said: "We are now a step closer to finalising discussions on the national minimum wage. All social partners will now decide what their take is." He said the panel was not endorsing the proposed figure as a living wage, but wanted to set a minimum payment for workers. Wages are politically sensitive in the country, where the official unemployment rate is close to 25%. One employment expert reckoned the figure was only about a quarter of the amount needed for the upkeep of a typical South African working-class household. Prof Chris Malikane of the University of Witwatersrand told a Johannesburg radio station: "You would need 12,000 rand to sustain a basic household." The African National Congress, South Africa's ruling party, supported the proposal calling it "credible and clearly supported by clear evidence". However, the Economic Freedom Fighters, the country's third largest political party, said the plan "favours business at the expense of workers". It called for a higher minimum wage of at least 4,500 rand. South Africa faces a possible downgrade to sub-investment grade by credit ratings agencies next month, with concerns remaining over violent wage strikes. Moody's currently rates South Africa two notches above subinvestment grade, with a negative outlook, while Fitch and S&P Global Ratings have it just a step above "junk". However, Mr Ramaphosa said: "We have made tremendous progress on the labour instability issues,"

South Africa's government has proposed a national minimum wage of 3,500 rand ($242; £199) a month.

It could be over in hours - or it could take weeks. That's how unknowable an acute counter-terrorism investigation can be for MI5 and the police. While there is a sense that there has been significant headway in the last 24 hours, we should be careful about reading too much, too soon, into how long it will take Greater Manchester Police and their colleagues to be sure they have dealt with every single possible lead after Monday's events. In recent years, we've got a greater understanding of how the more secretive end of these massive operations play out. At any one time, MI5 is handling in the region of 500 active investigations involving 3,000 "SOIs" - "subjects of interest" in security world jargon. What kind of resources does MI5 have to throw at those targets? There are around 4,000 people at MI5. Quite obviously, they are not all trained in hiding in the bushes, so it would be fanciful in the extreme to think they are watching all 3,000 SOIs at the same time. What we know about Manchester suspect Manchester attack: The victims And that means they must constantly prioritise and reprioritise. It is a pretty ruthless, and if they make the wrong call, potentially painful process. The 7 July 2005 attack on London was earth-shattering for the security service. During the eventual inquests, it emerged that between MI5 and West Yorkshire Police there had been six potential intelligence strands in which the ringleader had come on to the radar. The service pledged to massively improve its systems. There was a huge reorganisation of itself and counter-terrorism policing to create powerful regional hubs that share intelligence like never before. Since 2013, 18 plots have been thwarted, Whitehall officials say. That's a better strike rate than some of our continental neighbours. But as the workload mounts, as it has done thanks to Syria, so do the chances that something will be missed. Every piece of intelligence that comes into the system - be it from a communications intercept, a public tip-off or another source - must be tested for links to ongoing investigations. And since 2014, we have known how the security service prioritises those investigations thanks to an immensely detailed document published by the Intelligence and Security Committee. Manchester is "Priority 1" in the MI5 jargon because there is "credible and actionable" intelligence of attack planning. Further down the ladder come: •Those planning to fight overseas •Fundraisers, suspects training in the UK, and people involved in false documents •People of concern who need to be further checked out •People who were previously a threat with a risk of "re-engagement" If security chiefs think there may be a bomb-maker on the loose - as is the case at the moment - they will be throwing everything at it. Analysts, surveillance units and specialist teams - who deploy the bugs or secretly search property - are reassigned to which investigation needs them most. The benefits of such a robotic and systematic way of working are plain to see. But along the way, a proportion of the investigations - and therefore the time of teams - will lead nowhere other than to confirm the intelligence was worthless. Take this scenario: Someone calls in to say that Person X is saying scary things and buying hair bleach - a chemical that can be used to make a bomb. A week later, and after an awful lot of effort, it turns out that Person X is opening a beauty salon and it was a malicious call from an embittered former partner. These are the day-to-day challenges of grading intelligence. Since the Manchester operation began on Monday it has sucked in more and more national counter-terrorism resources. It's taken on an international dimension because of the increasingly important link to Libya. Each property search or seizure of a phone opens even more avenues of investigation for the North West Counter Terrorism Unit and colleagues. Some of those avenues will become, in time, entirely separate investigations. And each of these leads will need to be worked to a conclusion, one way or another. And that brings us round to the big question yet to be fully answered in the Manchester investigation: was there a missed opportunity to apprehend Salman Abedi? We know that the killer had been known in some shape or form to the authorities. Muslim community sources have told the BBC that they called the anti-terrorism hotline about his mindset. And we know from official sources that Abedi had been one of a larger pool of "former" SOIs whose risk remained subject to review by MI5 and its partners. Wherever he had started in the prioritisation system, he ended up right at the bottom of the list - someone they might need to review in the future if there was "credible" and "actionable" intelligence that he was re-engaging in terrorist-related activity. But we don't know why he was downgraded - what investigators turned up and how, in the prioritisation system, he was deemed to be of insufficient interest. Were those calls to the anti-terrorist hotline lacking the detail of credible and actionable intelligence? Did they come before or after he was put to one side? Or was it just partial information? Too little to trigger a new probe when there were too many more pressing demands for attention? The answer to that question is key.

The investigation into Manchester bomber Salman Abedi's connections has already branched out in multiple directions, and the whole nature of tracking people before they commit an act of terror is bewilderingly complex.

Holders Glasgow City joined Hibs in the fourth round with a 3-1 success over Rangers Ladies. Celtic also safely made their progression into the last 16 with a 3-1 win at home to Forfar Farmington. Elsewhere in the third round there were wins for Glasgow Girls, Stirling University, Hearts, Hutchison Vale and Jeanfield Swifts. Hibs are targeting a cup double after landing the SWPL Cup earlier in the season with victory over champions Glasgow City. The two sides meet next weekend on league business, with Hibs trailing leaders City by two points.

League Cup winners Hibernian Ladies beat Renfrew Ladies 19-0 in the third round of the Scottish Cup.

All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated. Everton v Bournemouth Newcastle v Crystal Palace Stoke v Sunderland Watford v Aston Villa West Brom v West Ham Arsenal v Norwich (17:30 BST)

Match previews for Saturday's six Premier League fixtures, with relegation rivals Newcastle, Norwich and Sunderland all in action.

He has sent a business case to Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir outlying how he intends to tackle the projected £490m overspend. The scheme was set up by former first minister Arlene Mrs Foster in 2012 when she was enterprise minister. Its aim was to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources. However, businesses received more in subsidies than they paid for fuel, and the scheme became heavily oversubscribed. The plan by the economy minister has now been formally submitted to the Department of Finance for approval. Mr Hamilton and Mr Ó Muilleoir held talks on the issue last week. Analysis: BBC News NI's Business Correspondent Julian O'Neill The BBC understands the plan involves a two-staged approach. First, it would reduce the tariffs paid to around 1,800 people who got into the scheme before November 2015. This would require an Assembly vote to change the tariffs from the new financial year starting in April. Secondly, there would be a public consultation on a longer-term solution. But there remains an acceptance within the Department for the Economy that any moves on tariffs could face a legal challenge. It is understood that a significant number of RHI recipients have told the Department for the Economy they do not wish their names made public. The department had written to them asking for views on their names being released. Mrs Foster and Mr Hamilton have talked of wanting transparency about who benefited. It is believed the department is taking legal advice on its options. The failure of the political parties to find a resolution on how to investigate the failings in the scheme has led to a political crisis at Stormont. Martin McGuinness resigned on Monday as deputy first minister in protest against the botched handling of the scheme and, after Mrs Foster refused to step aside while an investigation was held. Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, Mrs Foster loses her first minister role with the departure of Mr McGuinness. The Sinn Féin MLA's decision to quit is likely to lead to a snap election. The party has seven days to nominate a new deputy first minister, but is adamant it will not replace him. If it chooses not to, then the baton would pass to Secretary of State James Brokenshire who would be legally obliged to call an election. In an effort to avert such a move, the British and Irish governments have pledged to do what they can to resolve the crisis.

DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has given details of a plan to cut costs associated with the botched Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.

A study by an international team of scientists has revealed that the primates either develop big voices, or big testes - but not both. Scientists made the discovery while trying to understand the "evolution of the animals' incredible roars". The findings suggest such evolutionary trade-offs may be more common that previously thought. They are published in the journal Current Biology. Howler monkeys are named for their impressive howling roars - sounds they make to intimidate rivals and impress potential mates. And their anatomical musical instrument is a bone in their throat called the hyoid bone, which acts as a resonator So, while their vocal folds act like the strings of an instrument, the hyoid bone is the body - and its size relates directly to the depth of their howl. "Females find a deeper howl more attractive," explained lead researcher Dr Jake Dunn from the University of Cambridge. Looking at research into the different howler monkey species, the researchers found that there was "huge variation" in the size of the hyoid bone. "The largest hyoid is 14 times the size of the smallest," explained Dr Dunn. "We became really interested in understanding how and why such amazing variation exists in this trait." With colleagues from the University of Utah, the team carried out laser scans to calculate the volumes of more than 200 howler monkey hyoid bones from museums in the US and Europe. And to confirm the scans were accurate, the team made MRI images of two adult male monkeys. As well as measuring the variation, they found that it was connected to another striking physical difference between the species. "There's also a dramatic difference in the size of the monkeys' testes", said Dr Dunn. "The largest are 6.5 times bigger than the smallest." Comparing the animals, Dr Dunn and his team found that different species of howler monkeys seemed to face a trade-off between "investing in either a huge vocal tract - for making lower frequency, more impressive calls - or large testes - for producing lots of sperm". Dr Dunn added: "Different species invest in either one or other of these traits, depending on their mating system." In species where one male has a harem of females and has to compete with other males for the chance to mate, males have deeper voices and smaller testes. Those with many males in a group - and therefore less vocal competition - had smaller voices, but correspondingly larger testes. There are some animals - walruses, seals and sea lions, for example - where those with larger bodies have smaller genitals, Dr Dunn explained. There was even a study published in 2012 suggesting that deeper-voiced men had lower sperm counts. But this is the first clear example, Dr Dunn says, of a trade-off "vocal investment and sperm production" in any species. "It was a surprise to find that such trade-offs might be more common than previously thought." Follow Victoria on Twitter

The deep, growling roar of the howler monkey may hide reproductive shortcomings, according to biologists.

He was killed in his vehicle near the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, the officials added. The president has cut short his visit to Ethiopia following Abas Abdullahi Sheikh's killing, state radio reports. He grew up in a refugee camp, and became Somalia's youngest MP in November and a minister in February. Somalia has been wracked by conflict since the long-serving ruler Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. It is currently battling militant Islamists from the al-Shabab group, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda. Security forces on patrol came across a vehicle blocking the road and, thinking it was being driven by militants, opened fire, police Major Nur Hussein told Reuters news agency. Mr Abas was killed "by mistake - they opened fire on his car accidentally. May God rest his soul", Mogadishu mayoral spokesman Abdifatah Omar Halane was quoted as saying. A rising star has been killed: Abdirizak Atosh, BBC Somali, Nairobi Somali youth have been robbed of a role model following the shocking death of Mr Abas. Always polite and well-dressed, the former child refugee was widely admired for his determination to succeed. Coming from a prominent religious family, Mr Abas studied at Kenya's prestigious Nairobi University and entered politics last year. He became an MP for the port city of Kismayo in Somalia's Jubbaland region after an electoral college chose him ahead of a government minister who had been on the political scene for more than two decades. Mr Abas' victory showed that Somalis were fed up with the old guard, and were demanding change. Sensing his popularity with the youth, the president appointed him to the cabinet in March. Less than three months later, this rising star has become the latest casualty of more than two decades of violence in Somalia. But in this case some are asking: Has Somalia lost a future president? Mr Abas was given a state funeral in Mogadishu attended by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, members of parliament, Somali youth and elders. President Farmajo has ordered security chiefs to "immediately get to the bottom of this unfortunate tragedy" and make sure the perpetrators were "brought to book". Information Minister Abdirahman Osman said several people had been arrested, but did not give details, state-owned Radio Mogadishu reported. Troops are sometimes nervous, and have previously shot officials - and each other - by mistake, says BBC Somalia analyst Abdullahi Abdi. But Mr Abas, the public works minister, is probably the most high-ranking official killed by "friendly fire", he adds. Mr Abas grew up in Dadaab camp in Kenya, home to hundreds of thousands of Somalis who fled drought and conflict. The president appointed Mr Abas to the cabinet following his surprise election victory in February. President Farmajo promised to improve security and establish an effective government in Somalia. Much of the country is still under the control of al-Shabab.

Somalia's security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist, officials have said.

It is showcasing the huge amount which can be achieved by adults with learning difficulties and children with complex needs. The "We Can" project has held exhibitions at the Senedd, Houses of Parliament and in 24 countries. Mold-based Same but Different is behind it and everyone involved has a learning disability. "Sometimes people make remarks that I can't do things and this makes you feel like you can't do it, but then I look back and realise that I can do things," said Scott Morris, 20, from Deeside. "I may learn a bit slower, but I can still do what you can do." Scott said his dream is to become a farmer and, if he does not achieve it, he will be "really sad". Kate Siseman, 36, from Buckley, who has Down's Syndrome, has enjoyed doing an office and media course. She said: "I love the fact you can listen to music while you type because it helps me clear my mind out. "If I had to describe myself I would say I was smart, friendly, caring, kind and very sociable." Other people involved include Paige Bedford, aged 19, from Bagillt, who is on the autism spectrum. She said: "Having a disability makes you unique, it makes you different from other people. "It sets you apart. It gives you a hidden edge that you don't know you have until you discover it." Photographer and founder of Same but Different, Ceridwen Hughes, said "The aim of our organisation is to use the arts to create greater awareness of the person behind disability."

A new arts-based project using photography and video aims to show the people behind disability.

The McGill's 904 service went up in flames just outside Largs on the A760 Kilbirnie Road at about 13:35 on Saturday. Emergency services attended but the driver and passengers were uninjured. A woman whose partially-sighted mother was on board later thanked the driver for keeping everyone safe. Kathleen McKenna told the BBC: "The bus started filling up with smoke. "The driver told everyone to get off as quickly as possible. He then made sure everyone was as far away as possible. "The bus was popping and banging as the fire took hold. The driver did really, really well. "The police arrived and asked if anyone needed to go to hospital but they were all fine. They just needed a cup of tea." Police Scotland said the road was closed for a time but later re-opened. The burnt-out bus has been removed.

A bus driver whose vehicle caught fire in North Ayrshire has been praised after all the passengers were safely evacuated.

Stephen Kinnock, as the son of a former Labour leader, is one of the better-known among the 2015 intake of MPs. But like the rest of the new faces he has to wait for behind-the-scenes negotiations to conclude before he can be allocated a permanent office at Westminster. "So no office," the Aberavon MP tells me. "We're hot-desking. "I have been given a telephone extension on the system here in parliament but as I don't actually have a telephone or a desk or an office for any of those things I'm not sure what good that does me at the moment." He says constituents can contact him via a number on his website. Craig Williams held off a Labour challenge to hold Cardiff North for the Conservatives. He has benefited from a new induction programme with new MPs offered help from designated "buddies" among the parliamentary staff. "I've had a couple of tours," he says. "Not that it helps because it's a bit like a rat warren in here. It's like Hogwarts, I think, but it's a great building to get lost in - and I'm going to continue getting lost but I'm sure it'll come before long." Mr Williams knows where his office facilities are - he just struggles to find them. "I've got a desk and a phone in committee room 17. It's up three floors that way, left-right, left-right. I get lost twice getting there but there's something in committee room 17 for me." I ask Stephen Kinnock if he has had any advice from his father. The question is met with a familiar throaty chuckle. "What my dad has always said to me is 'be yourself. You'll get criticism, you'll get people having a go at you, the key thing is to never take it personally. This is the job'." Before he can get on with the job, he and the other 649 MPs have to be sworn in, taking the oath of allegiance. They have to do this in English, but can repeat the oath - or affirmation - in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic or Cornish. Without it, they can't take part in Commons debates or votes - or even get paid.

He may have a famous name but he does not have an office or a phone yet.

Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, run by Circle, was branded "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month. However, its chief executive, Hisham Abdel-Rahman, said the report was "problematic" and full of errors. The CQC accepted some mistakes but said it stood by the report. Mr Abdel-Rahman was giving evidence to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday. Circle announced on 9 January that it was in talks to ensure an "orderly withdrawal" from its contract to run the hospital, near Huntingdon, citing "unprecedented" increases in A&E attendances and funding cuts. The CQC released its report hours later, raising "a number of serious concerns" about staffing, risks to patient safety and medical care. Mr Abdel-Rahman told the committee he was disappointed the inadequate rating had not been changed, even though the CQC had acknowledged 65% of the 300 errors. In one example, he told the committee a member of staff was criticised for shouting at a patient, who later turned out to be profoundly deaf. Stewart Jackson, committee member and Conservative MP for Peterborough, told David Behan, the head of the CQC, that the report was based on "anecdote - some might say tittle-tattle". "You have traduced the reputation of a popular hospital," Mr Jackson said. "You should be ashamed of yourself." But Mr Behan said he stood by the report and many of the changes pointed out by the hospital had been based on its presentation and spelling. "I am not ashamed of myself," he said. "We did find good care at Hinchingbrooke but we also found care that needs to improve and needs to improve quickly." A spokeswoman for the CQC said the "exact number of changes" made to the report, which she said was at a draft stage, was not known. "None of the changes that were highlighted during the factual accuracy process would have been about the overall rating of the provider," she said. "Our judgments are based on what our inspection team saw and heard on their visits." The hospital, which was taken over in 2012 when it faced closure with debts of £40m, is to be returned to the NHS in March. A follow up report by the CQC, due to be published in the next few weeks, is expected to say improvements have been made.

A damning report of a privately run hospital that is due to be returned to the NHS contained 300 factual errors, its chief executive has said.

The remains of the creatures were unearthed in south west China and are about 190 million years old. They belong to a group of dinosaurs called Lufengosaurus, long-necked beasts that fully grown would have stood about 9m (30ft) in height. The creatures were preserved at different stages of their development, shedding light on life inside the egg. Lead researcher Robert Reisz, a palaeontologist from the University of Toronto Mississauga, in Canada, said: "We are looking at various stages in the embryonic life of this animal, and we can put this together to get a growth trajectory of the embryo itself - something that has never been done before." Reporting the findings in the journal Nature, the international team concluded that the animals would have grown extremely quickly during their incubation period. Short lives Fossil finds have revealed a wealth of information about the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth, but little has been known about the very earliest stages of their lives. Three years ago, palaeontologists discovered fragments of fossilised bones in China's Yunnan Province. An analysis revealed that these were the remains of about 20 Lufengosaurus embryos, whose lives were cut short by a flood. Prof Reisz said: "The nests were inundated by water and basically smothered, and the embryos inside the eggs died and then decayed. "And then more water activity moved the bones and concentrated them into a very small area. We only excavated 1sq m of the 'bone bed' and we got more than 200 bones." The researchers studied the fossils using a variety of techniques, including histology and infrared spectroscopy with a synchrotron in Taiwan. "The neat thing is that we can get these materials in our hands, we can handle them, cut them, we can look inside the bones - and what we found out is they are growing quite fast, faster than other dinosaurs and faster than a lot of living animals whose embryology we know very well." While the researchers cannot establish how long the incubation period was, this finding does suggest that it was short. The team believes the animals emerged well developed and might have continued to develop quickly. Professor Reisz said: "We are hypothesising if this very fast growth rate we see in the embryos was maintained in the hatchlings and the juveniles, then we have a very fast growth rate in the initial stages of the life of this animal." The Lufengosaurus belongs to a group of dinosaurs called the sauropodomorphs, and is a predecessor of the sauropod, a true giant of the dinosaur world that could grow up to 60m (200ft) in length. You can hear more about this research on the BBC World Service programme Science in Action; a schedule of broadcasts can be found here. Or you can listen anytime here or download the podcast here.

Scientists have gained a remarkable insight into some of the oldest dinosaur embryos ever found.

The Scottish champions fielded a makeshift side in the 4-0 reverse and Rodgers was delighted with the 21-year-old he signed from Manchester City. "For Ollie it's about fitness - you see how he moves in the game today," the Celtic manager said. "He has the qualities to play at the very highest level." Ntcham, a French international youth player, spent the past two seasons on loan at Genoa in Italy. He played for just over an hour of Saturday's friendly and Rodgers reckons that was enough to show how vital he will be. "His range of passing, it makes the game look very simple," Rodgers added. "He can play short, play long, he can dribble and shoot. "He has everything to be a top, top level number eight. It's just timing really, that's his first game so 65 minutes was enough for him. He'll just build up his fitness over the next few weeks and when he's ready he'll be a big player for us." Another player to have recently signed a four-year deal with Celtic, Kundai Benyu, has also made a big impression on his new boss. He played more than 70 minutes on Saturday and Rodgers admitted the 19-year-old, signed from Ipswich, has forced his way into contention. "Young Kundai did really well," he said. "He's surprised me to be honest. I knew he was a good player, you can see what we're trying to build here in terms of players who are technically gifted, but they have to have good mobility and good physicality, and he has that. He's come in and played with a nice little edge, he's competitive and he's got confidence. "How he receives the ball is very good, he's an attacking player, he wants to get goals and he's actually quite exciting. "Initially the plan was to have him in, thinking he would maybe get an idea of how we work and then go on loan, but I've sort of changed my mind on him after watching him. I think it's going to be good for him to have at least six months with us, see how we train, see how we work, get an education on our footballing idea then review it again in January and see where he's at. "He's certainly a boy who can contribute for us and he's done very well." Second-half goals from Maxwel Cornet, Myziane Maolida Nabil Fekir and Amine Gouiri won the friendly for Lyon, who finished fourth in the French top flight last season. But Rodgers was happy with how the match went. "I really enjoyed it," he said. "Up until the first hour it was a real good game. I have a responsibility to try to get as many of my players as fit as we can for the beginning of the season and for throughout the season. "First half we were very good, some of our combination play, the speed in our game was excellent and we should have went in in front at that time. "Once we make the changes into the second half it becomes a little bit broken, and the level in our quality changes. For the senior players it was great to get game time."

Brendan Rodgers says Celtic new boy Olivier Ntcham proved he has the ability to play at the very top level in Saturday's friendly defeat to Lyon.

In his first spell he won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations but the deal was not renewed after the 2014 World Cup. He later returned on a match-by-match deal, which ended in November after failure to reach the 2015 Nations Cup. "It's a fresh start. We need the support of our fans, media and every Nigerian to return the team to where we truly belong," Keshi told BBC Sport. "As a coach and former player I was also hurt that we failed to qualify for the last Nations Cup. I remain confident that this time around we will see an improvement, change in attitude and positive results "To succeed we all need to come together as one because Nigeria belongs to us - this is not Stephen Keshi's team but our national team." BBC Sport understands that Keshi has been set several targets and that his contract will be terminated if he does not meet them. The 53-year-old was also required to sign a code of conduct and is expected to work with the Nigerian Football Federation technical committee. However, the NFF's technical committee boss Felix Anyansi-Agwu said: "The NFF board is confident Stephen Keshi can take the Super Eagles to new heights. "We want Nigerians to see this as a new beginning and to support the team and the NFF." Keshi, who also won the Nations Cup as a player with Nigeria in 1994, declined to comment on the contract details or the exit of his long-term assistant Daniel Amokachi. Former Nigeria striker Amokachi has left his role with immediate effect and been replaced by Salisu Yusuf. Yusuf, who led Kano Pillars to the Nigerian title in 2008, has previously worked as assistant to former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia at both senior and U20 levels. As caretaker coach, Keshi endured a turbulent 2014, in which he was sacked by the NFF and only reinstalled after intervention from Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan. His last two home matches in Abuja and Akwa Ibom were marred by a negative reaction from the public and Keshi has pleaded for the home supporters to be positive during the 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers. The Super Eagles have been drawn in one of the toughest-looking groups, alongside seven-time champions Egypt, Tanzania and Chad. "I understand we still have some disappointed people out there but our dedicated players deserve our encouragement and support," added Keshi. "It doesn't matter where they play, these boys always give everything and we need to stand by them and the coaching crew. "I remain confident that this time around we will see an improvement, change in attitude and positive results."

Stephen Keshi has been appointed Nigeria coach for the third time and signed a two-year contract on Tuesday.

Barts Health NHS Trust was placed in special measures in March, but has faced further inspections by the Care Quality Commission. It said "too little attention" was paid to safety and pointed out leadership failings at the organisation. The trust said it was "very sorry" and that it was facing a "big challenge". Barts Health NHS Trust is responsible for the care of around 2.5 million people. It was placed into special measures when a culture of bullying and low morale was discovered among staff at one of the hospitals it runs, Whipps Cross in Leytonstone, east London. Fresh concerns have now been raised at the Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital. The CQC said patient safety was not given sufficient priority, staff were discouraged from raising their concerns amid a culture of blame. It added that staffing was significantly below recommended levels and the hospitals were so full that patients were not always cared for on appropriate wards. Some faced delays of more than 18 weeks from referral to treatment and some patients had their surgery cancelled on several occasions due to a lack of beds. Prof Sir Mike Richards, the chief inspector of hospitals, said: "It is clear that the leadership issues we found at Whipps Cross were replicated at the other hospitals. "There is still a lack of engagement with the staff, low morale, high levels of stress, even confusion among the workforce about who is in charge. "Across the trust there is too little attention paid to safety, with failures in incident reporting and auditing, and in dealing with or learning from complaints. "If the trust is to turn round then it must focus first on the culture and on the leadership issues so that it can effectively deal with all the individual concerns which we have identified on this inspection." The CQC has identified 65 areas where the trust must make improvements. Steve Ryan, the chief medical officer at Barts Health NHS Trust, said: "We are very sorry for the failings identified by the CQC in some of our services at Newham and the Royal London hospitals. "We know we have a big challenge ahead but we are determined to rise to that challenge. "We are already making rapid and dramatic improvements in key areas. We welcome the targeted help the special measures regime provides to support our improvement journey. All our hospitals will be part of the trust's improvement plan in response to special measures, ensuring a consistent approach to the provision and delivery of high quality care. We will work with each of our hospitals with the same level of urgency and commitment."

Services run by the biggest NHS trust, including two more of its hospitals, have been labelled "inadequate" by inspectors.

Canadian Roger Thomas Clark is said to have been a key adviser for Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht. The US Department of Justice alleged that Mr Clark advised Ulbricht about the best way to run the site and how to evade the police. The Silk Road website was shut down in late 2013 following raids by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. It was a marketplace sited on the dark web through which many people bought illegal drugs. In May this year Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for creating and running the site. The DoJ alleges that Mr Clark was a "high-ranking" operator on the Silk Road and was instrumental in helping Ulbricht run it. He gave advice about ways to improve the technology underpinning the site, boost sales and on the best way for Ulbricht to hide his real identity, said US authorities. Mr Clark was paid "at least hundreds of thousands of dollars" for this advice, said the DoJ in a statement announcing the arrest. "Clark may have thought residing in Thailand would keep him out of reach of US authorities, but our international partnerships have proven him wrong," said FBI assistant director Diego Rodriguez. On the site and in other underground forums, Mr Clark is believed to have used several nicknames including "Variety Jones, "VJ", "Cimon" and "Plural of Mongoose". Extradition proceedings have been started against Mr Clark to transfer him from a jail in Thailand to the US. He faces charges of narcotics conspiracy and money laundering. If found guilty of both charges he could face 30 years in jail.

A man alleged to have helped run the notorious Silk Road drug marketplace has been arrested in Thailand.

He is said to have retweeted his party's own exit poll before voting ended. Bradford Council's returning officer made the report to police, according to BBC Radio Leeds. Mr Galloway lost his seat to Labour candidate Naz Shah, who said his campaign "demeaned democracy". It is against the law to discuss voting while polls are open, under section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act. A spokesman for Mr Galloway told the BBC: "The returning officer is wasting police time. It's a storm in a thimble." West Yorkshire Police said it would be reviewing the matter. Mr Galloway snatched the traditionally held Labour seat in a by-election in 2012 with a majority of 10,140 votes. It is not the first time he has hit the headlines over election laws - he was accused by Labour of making false statements about their candidate, Naseem Shah, in April.

Respect leader George Galloway has been reported to police for allegedly breaking election law.

Shoppers are expected to spend almost £1bn online on Monday - up almost a third from last year, according to analysts at Experian-IMRG. Sales are expected to hit record numbers over the weekend, following the Black Friday sales promotions. Amazon said it had its biggest sales day in the UK on Friday, selling more than 7.4 million items. Visa Europe said: "It looks like Black Friday has cemented its place as the busiest online shopping day of the year. "More than £760m was spent online with Visa cards, up nearly 25% on last year," it said, adding that £2.2bn is predicted to be spent online on its cards over the four-day period. Department chain John Lewis said that this year's Black Friday saw its biggest ever single-day trade, up 11.9% compared with last year, mainly driven by sales on its website. According to Experian-IMRG, £1.1bn was spent online on Black Friday, up more than a third from last year. Based on the number of items sent from online retailers over the weekend, Royal Mail said that most online shopping orders came from Norwich, Dorchester and Exeter. The chief executive of Very.co.uk and Littlewoods, Alex Baldock, told the BBC said that he expected this year's Cyber Monday to be bigger than Black Friday last year. But he warned customers that deliveries could take as long as 10 days rather than the usual 48 hours, adding that he expects 100,000 new customers to log on over the period. Adding to warnings about deliveries, logistics expert Stuart Higgins from LCP Consulting told the BBC that Black Friday's orders equated to about 22 million parcels, with a similar volume expected to be generated on Monday. However, he added: "A staggering 10% of that won't be delivered on time and that's because retailers haven't got their back-end fulfilment capabilities - their organisation, processes and infrastructure - in place to cope with the marketing hype that has been created around Black Friday." After chaotic scenes at some stores on Black Friday last year, this year saw much calmer trading as more shoppers decided to hunt for bargains online. Analyst Miya Knight from Planet Retail said that Currys and PC World saw online traffic increase 1000% on the morning of Black Friday.

Cyber Monday is expected to add to one of the busiest weekends for online shopping, following Black Friday.

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething told a BBC Radio Wales election phone-in he had not backed Mr Corbyn in the last two leadership contests, but still wanted him to become prime minister. "I don't think it matters whether I'm a fan or not," he said. "The alternative is the Tories able to do what exactly they want." Speaking on the Jason Mohammad programme, Mr Gething rejected listeners' suggestions that Welsh Labour was failing to support the party's UK leader. "I want a Labour prime minister - and that means Jeremy Corbyn being prime minister," he said. "I don't think it matters whether I'm a fan or not - it matters whether I think he can do the job in running the country. "It matters whether I think this country will be better off having a Labour prime minister than a Tory." Mr Gething admitted he had not backed Mr Corbyn in the last two Labour leadership contests, but accepted the party had voted "decisively" for him to be its leader and candidate for prime minister. He said he also wanted to see Welsh Labour MPs "being returned from Wales in large numbers". "We know the alternative is the Tories able to do what exactly they want, so it's up to us to stand up for Wales," he said. Mr Gething dismissed the idea that Labour was under threat in Wales from the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru. "I don't think we will be wiped out here," he said. "We've got a good record in government ... we're directly engaged in our local communities," he added, pointing to the fact that Labour held onto control of seven councils after the local elections in May. Questioned about policy issues, Mr Gething said Labour was "appalled" that the Conservatives were planning to abandon the "triple lock" guarantee on pensions, and claimed working people were worse off under the Tories. On Europe, he said Labour would argue for a "more open relationship" with the EU than a "hard" Brexit, calling for "full and unfettered" access to the single market and freedom of movement to work. Mr Gething said he recognised public concern about immigration, but insisted that most migration was "economically beneficial". "There's a challenge for us about understanding what sort of deal we can have with Europe that doesn't compromise Welsh jobs and investment," he said. "I do not think that people voted to make themselves poorer, but that is exactly what I think a hard Brexit would do, and that's what Theresa May wants." Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies responded: "A vote for Labour is a vote for more debt, more taxation and a chaotic Brexit, no matter how cynically Welsh Labour ministers attempt to carve out a distinct brand for themselves."

Labour figures in Wales are not trying to distance themselves from party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a Welsh Government minister has insisted.

Ineos wants to conduct seismic surveys at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire to see if there is potential for fracking. The firm said the charity had blocked any contact for almost a year and it was considering seeking a court order. The National Trust said it opposed any activities leading to the extraction of fossil fuels, so rejected requests. Moves to look for shale gas in the Sherwood Forest area have proved controversial due to environmental concerns over extraction - known as fracking - and expansion of fossil fuel use. Ineos said it already had permission from nearby landowners for the the non-invasive survey and its ability to extract gas would be "significantly limited" if it could not get on to Clumber Park. "If the National Trust refuses to change its position, Ineos will have no choice but to write to the Oil and Gas Authority, asking for permission to seek a court order enforcing its rights to carry out these surveys on National Trust land," it said in a statement. The company said government licences gave it a legal obligation to investigate shale gas deposits around the country and criticised the charity's position as "overtly political" as shale gas had lower carbon emissions than either oil and gas. A National Trust spokesman said: "The National Trust is opposed to fracking on its land and will reject any fracking requests or inquiries. "Consistent with this, we say no to surveying on our land for fracking purposes."

A petrochemical company is threatening legal action over the National Trust's refusal to allow testing for shale gas on its land.

Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the keyboard of the Lorenz machine. It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for £9.50. The museum, in Buckinghamshire, is now asking people to search for the motor, another key piece of the equipment. "My colleague was scanning eBay and he saw a photograph of what seemed to be the teleprinter," said John Wetter, a volunteer at the museum. He then went to Southend to investigate further where he found the keyboard being kept, in its original case, on the floor of a shed "with rubbish all over it". "We said 'Thank you very much, how much was it again?' She said '£9.50', so we said 'Here's a £10 note - keep the change!'" The teleprinter, which resembles a typewriter, would have been used to enter plain messages in German. These were then encrypted by a linked cipher machine, using 12 individual wheels with multiple settings on each, to make up the code. Andy Clark, chairman of the trustees at The National Museum of Computing, said the Lorenz was stationed in secure locations as "it was far bigger than the famous portable Enigma machine". "Everybody knows about Enigma, but the Lorenz machine was used for strategic communications," said Clark. "It is so much more complicated than the Enigma machine and, after the war, machines of the same style remained in use." The museum has just received one on loan from Norway's Armed Forces Museum, and has a video of how top secret transmissions might have sounded. Volunteers are hoping to recreate the whole process on Friday 3 June, from typing a message in German to cracking the code using wartime equipment. "This gives us the chance to show the breaking of the Lorenz cipher code from start to finish," said Andy Clark. "We can show every single point in the process." When volunteers took the teleprinter back from Essex to the museum, they found it was stamped with the official wartime number from the German army that matches the one on the machine from Norway. But one key part is still missing and volunteers are still searching for it. "It looks like an electric motor in black casing with two shafts on each side, which drive the gears of the Lorenz machine," explains volunteer John Wetter. Volunteers hope the public will look out for it and if all else fails are hoping someone might want to build them a new one until they find it. For more on this story listen to Broadcasting House at 09:00 BST on Sunday 29 May, or catch up on iPlayer.

A historic machine used to swap top secret messages between Hitler and his generals has been found languishing in a shed in Essex.

According to his spokeswoman, "Matthew may tape something" for the tribute to the show's creator James Burrows. "In other words, this is not the reunion people have been hoping for," Lisa Kasteler told Us Weekly. His former co-stars, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc are all expected to take part in the special. It is set to be aired on NBC on 21 February. Friends ended in 2004 after 10 series. As well as Friends, Burrows worked behind the camera on sitcoms including Cheers and Frasier. Perry has written and will star in the play The End of Longing... which is set to run in London's West End from 2 February until 14 May. It will be directed by Lindsay Posner. The dark comedy follows four disparate people approaching middle age, who meet in a bar one night. It marks Perry's first return to the West End since 2003, when he starred in David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago.

Matthew Perry "will not" attend the Friends reunion show due to rehearsals for his West End play.

Media playback is not supported on this device Annemiek van Vleuten doesn't remember the rest: bike cartwheeling into the trees; a roaring silence followed by panicked voices; rivals sweeping past, one by one. That's one way to erase the memory of an Olympic dream crushed. "I remember I had a gap on my competitors and was thinking, 'OK, it's not necessary to go crazy going downhill'," the 33-year-old Dutchwoman, who was leading the road race in Rio when the crash took place, tells BBC Sport. "Then it started to rain a little bit, so I was actually extra careful. But the corner surprised me and I didn't take it properly. Next thing I remember I was awake in a hospital bed and I had my mother on the phone." Back in the Netherlands, poor Mrs Van Vleuten had been watching the race on her birthday. The agony these elite athletes put their parents through. Then again, what about us viewers - that wasn't what we were expecting when we switched on the TV expecting some wholesome sporting entertainment. And what about her poor team-mates - when Anna van der Breggen rounded the bend, she thought Van Vleuten might be dead. This being the Olympics, Van der Breggen didn't think of stopping but rode on to win the gold instead. But this interview didn't take place from said hospital, or even a different one in the Netherlands. Two weeks after the crash that was heard around the world, Van Vleuten was on her bike again. Never mind the three fractures in her back, the severe concussion, the worried mum, there were other races to be won. "The first week I was really struggling with the idea that I was going for gold and made that stupid, stupid mistake. But then I realised that thinking like this was not going to help me feel better. So I started making some new goals. "The three vertebrae were not broken in a dangerous place in my back, only on the side, and I never had serious symptoms of the concussion. And as a cyclist you're used to crashing at least once or twice a year, it's part of the job." Almost a month to the day after her Olympic hopes hit the skids, Van Vleuten won her first stage, the Belgium Tour prologue. Three days later, Van Vleuten clinched the overall title with a stirring solo effort on the final stage. "It's sort of a miracle but I sort of expected it," said Van der Breggen, apparently a difficult woman to stir. "She is really tough. That is Annemiek." A tough talker, too. Asked how she felt when she heard Britain's Lizzie Deignan (nee Armitstead) had been cleared to compete in the Olympic road race, having missed three drug tests in a year, Van Vleuten goes for the jugular. "I was angry about it because the rules are for everyone and you cannot make exceptions. It's part of the job, you have to take it seriously. It's very special to miss three tests in one year, a really big achievement. Maybe because she's the world champion they made an exception for her but I don't think that's fair." Van Vleuten is similarly outspoken on the subject of inequality in cycling, advocating that every men's race should have a women's equivalent. "What would help is if we had more time on television. That would help to get more sponsors and more people to watch and enjoy it. The [women's] Rio road race was a good example of that, it was at the same level as the men's race." At the current rate, equality will arrive in cycling long after Van Vleuten has pedalled her last and hung her bikes up. Female cyclists earn a fraction of what male cyclists pull in and the chance to ride one day of the Tour de France is little more than a patronising pat on the head from the cycling authorities. But just as Van Vleuten doesn't like to look over her shoulder, she doesn't like to look too far forward. It makes a lot of sense, given what happened in Rio. "After the London Olympics I wasn't only thinking of Rio. Cycling has a lot of nice races, like the Tour of Flanders [which Van Vleuten won in 2011 and Armitstead this year], which is a super-beautiful race to win. I just see things one day at a time and year by year." Next for Van Vleuten is the World Championships in Qatar, which run from this Sunday and in which she will compete alongside Van der Breggen in the team time trial and the road race. Expected to compete against the clock in temperatures pushing 40C, it's good that she can look on the bright side. "It's hard for me to do interviews that always want to talk about the crash because it's something I've accepted and I don't want to look back at that. "I prefer to think about the part before, the part when I was going uphill and riding so excellent, better than I ever did. That part was nice to watch back again. I'm proud of what I did, that day in Rio was really special." Follow coverage of the World Road Championships from 9-16 October across the BBC.

If you don't remember the name, let me remind you of the carnage: back wheel rears up, like the hind legs of a bucking bronco; rider performs a half-twisting front flip; rider lands on her shoulders, skids off the road and spins onto her front; rider hangs limp over the kerb, like a rag doll tossed from a car window.

The 32-year-old, who earned his only cap for Wales in 2006, has spent time at eight clubs including Nottingham Forest, Yeovil and Peterborough. "No matter what club you are at you have to strive to do the best you can and aim for the top," Davies said. "Everyone will be thinking about promotion at this time of the year and we're no different." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Accrington Stanley have signed former Exeter City midfielder Arron Davies on a one-year deal.

The dress, studded with 6,000 natural white pearls, was taken from the London Hotel in West Hollywood while Nyong'o was out of the room. Nyong'o won best supporting actress in 2014 for 12 Years a Slave and was a presenter at Sunday's ceremony. A statement from the hotel said they were "working with law enforcement". Lieutenant William Nash, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said officers were checking CCTV footage. Conflicting reports suggested the dress was stolen either on Tuesday night or during the day on Wednesday. "Ms Nyong'o was not in the room at the time of the theft," Deputy John Mitchell told Reuters. 'Homage' The dress, designed by Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, took 25 people 10 weeks to hand-sew the 6,000 Akoya pearls. On the red carpet on Sunday, the actress told Associated Press she was "just wearing my diamonds and pearls. My homage to (musician) Prince". Speaking about the dress's design, the 31-year-old said: "We talked about it being fluid and liquid. I wanted it to be an homage to the sea." No arrests have been made. Representatives for Calvin Klein declined to comment.

A $150,000 (£97,000) custom-made Calvin Klein dress, worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o at this year's Oscars, has been stolen in Hollywood.

Former Education and Welfare officer Lucy Ward told the tribunal she was "bewildered" at being dismissed after returning from BBC commentary duty at the 2015 Women's World Cup. Ms Ward, the partner of ex-Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn, claims unfair dismissal and sex discrimination. The club denies any improper conduct. Leeds United insist Ms Ward, an employee of 17 years, was dismissed for exceeding her annual leave entitlement. The tribunal in Leeds heard from Ismail Ghandour, a businessman who met with former club chief executive Adam Pearson last year about the possibility of using his contacts to bring in investors to the club. At that point, Mr Ghandour said, coach Mr Redfearn was either "on gardening leave or on his way out". He told Mr Pearson he had heard "rumours on Twitter" about Ms Ward's future at the club, so asked him if they were true. Mr Ghandour was told chairman Massimo Cellino saw Neil and Lucy "as a pair", the hearing learned. When cross-examined by Leeds United's barrister Lucy Bairstow, Mr Ghandour said he was friends with Mr Redfearn and Ms Ward and "everybody knew" the pair were in a relationship. Ms Ward told the tribunal she was alerted by a colleague about the locks on the doors to her work office being changed while she was away on leave. After returning from Canada, she said she was told by Mr Pearson "I was suspended and there was a letter in the post". She said: "I went into the disciplinary thinking I was going to have a fair disciplinary process. "It was quite bewildering as a committed, loyal member of staff to be treated like that." Ms Ward said she thought Mr Pearson would be more honourable than simply to follow through someone else's wishes "because of my relationship with Neil". She told the hearing she warned her line manager about her trip for BBC work and said the club bosses "treated me differently to every other member of staff who behaved similarly". The three-day tribunal is due to continue on Tuesday.

Leeds United's chairman sacked an employee because she and the head coach he planned to lose came as "a pair", an industrial tribunal heard.

Around 155 countries are expected to formally sign the deal at the UN, setting in motion events that could see the treaty operational within a year. The UN says the expected record turnout for the signing shows overwhelming global support for tackling rising temperatures. But some environmentalists have dismissed the event as a "distraction". Despite the absence of President Obama, around 60 world leaders are expected here at UN headquarters, including French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Trudeau from Canada. But their signatures alone will not be enough to make the Paris agreement operational. The legal requirements mean that each country will have to go through a process of ratification. For some this will require nothing more than the assent of the political leader as in the example of the United States. Others though, such as India and Japan, will have to take the document to their parliaments; some may need new laws. The European Union is expected to lag behind on this issue as it has not yet agreed with the 28 member states on how emissions cuts will be shared out. Each member state will also have to ratify the deal individually. Some countries, including the Marshall Islands, Palau, Fiji and Switzerland, have already completed this step and will be able to formally join the agreement on April 22. To become operational, the treaty needs at least 55 countries representing at least 55% of global emissions to complete all the steps. While this is a tough threshold to reach an unusual coalition of interests is making it possible. Firstly President Obama is keen to ensure the deal is operational before his successor takes office next January. If the next President wants to take the US out of an established treaty they will have to wait for four years - by which time they may no longer be in charge. Many of the least developed countries are pushing forward as well because a clerical error in the drafting of the new agreement means it becomes operational as soon at it hits the 55/55 mark, and not in 2020 as many people had supposed. Poorer countries fear that if the threshold is reached they could be left out in the cold if they haven't ratified, meaning they would not be able to influence the rules and organisation of the new deal. "There was a little buzz a few weeks back with someone suggesting that some of the smaller counties should refrain from signing, in order to get a better deal," explained Reid Detchon from the United Nations Foundation. "The fact that there is this large number of developing [countries] that are coming to the table here says that argument hasn't taken root and they really saw how deeply their own national self interest was bound up in success here." Scientists and analysts are also keen on a speedy implementation of the agreement for different reasons. According to a new study by researchers at Chatham House, leaving any increase in the level of carbon cutting ambition until 2025 as detailed in the Paris deal would make it nigh on impossible to keep temperatures below 2 degrees C, never mind 1.5. "For the Paris agreement to have any credibility we can't afford to wait ten years in order to increase ambition," said Shane Tomlinson, a senior research fellow at Chatham House. "Estimates suggest that the gap between where emissions will be and where they need to be, will be around 11 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025. That's more than the annual emissions of China," he added. Reid Detchon agreed on the need for urgency and increased ambition. But he was worried that global leaders didn't quite understand that getting agreement in Paris was, in some ways, the easy bit. "My biggest concern really is that we are only on the first step of a ladder of increased ambition. It is going to become clear to the world over the next 3 -5 years how much more we need to do to stabilise the climate." Some environmentalists and indigenous leaders believe the whole process is not worth the paper it is written on. According to the International Alliance of Frontline Communities, the Paris Agreement is a "dangerous distraction" from the real issues. "I started attending the UN climate meetings in 1999. Over the last 17 years I've witnessed corporate, Wall Street and other financial influence gut any real solutions coming out of the negotiations," said Tom Goldtooth, of the Indigenous Environmental Network, in a statement. "As a result, the Paris Agreement goal of stopping global temperature rise by 1.5 degrees C is not real because the pledges each country is making will allow emission levels that will increase global temperature 3 - 4 degrees. This will be catastrophic to the ecosystem of the world." Follow Matt on Twitter @MattMcGrathBBC and on Facebook.

The first significant step to putting the Paris Climate Agreement into practice will take place on Friday.

Thieves broke into the house in Intake, Doncaster on Thursday, a week after Paris Mulholland's 11th birthday. In the letter, she tells the burglars "how much they hurt me", that she cries for two hours each night, and they had made her "scared of the dark again". Paris wrote the letter after speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield. More on this and other stories from BBC South Yorkshire Gemma Mulholland said the letter helped her daughter tell the thieves "how she feels, and how it's affected her." She said: "I really am super proud of her." Paris' new iPhone, a laptop she got for Christmas, and birthday money was taken from her bedroom, as well as her grandmother's gold watch. Cash, jewellery and other items were taken in the robbery, along with Paris' and her younger brother Thomas' belongings. Ms Mulholland said Paris was too upset to sleep in her bedroom after seeing it ransacked. Lego models were broken and photos taken on Paris' phone during a recent trip to Disneyland may have been lost forever. Paris wrote: "To my burgler [sic]. I hope you are happy with yourself, I can no longer sleep in my own bed [...] "Why could you not have left when you saw to [sic] picture of a happy family and when you saw my birthday card, but anyway thank you for scaring me so much I cry 2 hours straight nearly every night." Ms Mulholland called the thieves "despicable human beings" but said the community had rallied round. PC Adam Watkinson of South Yorkshire Police said: "Burglary is a highly intrusive crime which can have a huge impact on the victim. In this case, a young girl has been left feeling scared and upset after her home was broken into. "I would like to reassure Paris and her mum that we are doing everything we can to find the person responsible for this incident. "It is totally unacceptable that someone should feel scared in their own home and lose valuable possessions."

An 11-year-old girl has written a letter to burglars who raided her home and stole birthday and Christmas presents.

Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, who has been dubbed "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, is said to have left for Iraq aged 18. John Letts and Sally Lane, denied providing money for suspected terrorism at Westminster Magistrates' Court. They are due to appear at the Old Bailey on 23 June. Mr Letts, 55, and Ms Lane, 54, spoke only to confirm their names and address. They are both charged with three counts of arranging the availability of property or money to another person knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it could be used for the purpose of terrorism. It is alleged the couple, both of Chilswell Road, Oxford, transferred £223 on 2 September last year, £1,000 on 31 December 2015 and £500 on 4 January 2016. Ms Lane is charged with two further counts of attempting to provide money or property knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it could be used for the purpose of terrorism. The court heard she allegedly attempted to send two payments of £500 to her son on January 4 2016. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. The 20-year-old was suspected of being the first white Briton to join the terror group after he left his Oxford home and travelled to Syria last year.

The parents of a man alleged to have joined so-called Islamic State group have been remanded in custody after being charged with terrorism offences.

Simon Cope delivered the package on the last day of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine, which Wiggins went on to win. The Culture, Media and Sport select committee has been by told by Team Sky chief Sir Dave Brailsford the package contained a legal decongestant. But MPs say they are "concerned" by some of the evidence they have heard. The doctor who received the package on behalf of Wiggins' Team Sky, Dr Richard Freeman, and head of UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) Nicole Sapstead have also been invited to give evidence on 22 February. Culture, Media and Sport select committee chairman Damian Collins MP said: "There is a considerable public interest in Ukad's investigation and it is also important to our inquiry into doping in sport to understand what they have been able to determine from their investigation. "The committee has been told by both British Cycling and Team Sky that they have supplied all the information they have relating to this investigation to Ukad. "However, we need to know if they have received documentary evidence which confirms what was in the package that was delivered by Simon Cope to Team Sky. "Without this evidence, I am concerned about how it is possible for the anti-doping rules to be policed in an appropriate manner, if it is not possible to review the records of medicines prescribed to riders by the team doctors." Team Sky have been under pressure to reveal the contents of the package following a Daily Mail allegation in October 2016. Cope, who was a women's coach for British Cycling, travelled from Manchester to Geneva on 12 June 2011 to hand a parcel to the Team Sky doctor Freeman on the final day of the Criterium. Cope claimed he did not know what it contained. In an interview with Cycling News, he said: "It was just an envelope, a Jiffy bag, a small Jiffy bag," he said. "As far as I know I could have been pedals in there." Brailsford gave evidence in December and stated the package contained Fluimucil, which is legal in sport and "administered on a regular basis".

The British Cycling coach who couriered a 'mystery' package for Sir Bradley Wiggins has been invited by MPs to give evidence at a doping inquiry.

The Wikileaks co-founder sought asylum at London's Ecuadorean embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden. UK officials said the bill for policing the embassy, which stands at £12m ($18.8m; €16.8m), was "unacceptable". Earlier, Swedish prosecutors dropped two sex assault claims against Mr Assange, who had denied the claims. Mr Assange still faces the more serious accusation of rape, which he also denies. The British Ambassador in Quito, Ecuador's capital, is to make the formal protest to the Ecuadorean government on Thursday. "Ecuador must recognise that its decision to harbour Mr Assange more than three years ago has prevented the proper course of justice... It is completely unacceptable that the British taxpayer has had to foot the bill for this abuse of diplomatic relations," said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire. Mr Swire said the UK "continues to have a legal obligation" to extradite Mr Assange over the rape allegation. "I have instructed our ambassador in Quito to reiterate to Ecuador that the continuing failure... to bring this situation to an end, is being seen as a growing stain on the country's reputation," he added. Full timeline Julian Assange profile Mr Assange sought asylum three years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, fearing he would then be sent to the US and put on trial for releasing secret American documents. The UK has paid for policing around the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London, for the past three years. The formal protest comes after Swedish prosecutors dropped their investigation into an allegation of sexual molestation and an accusation of unlawful coercion against Mr Assange because they ran out of time to question him. An additional alleged incident of sexual molestation will be "time barred" - that is, time will run out to question Mr Assange - on 18 August. The Swedish statement also said an allegation of rape was due to expire on 17 August 2020, but that investigation would continue. The alleged events took place in August 2010. Mr Assange said he was "extremely disappointed", adding the Swedish prosecutor had avoided hearing his side of the story. Under Swedish law, charges cannot be laid without interviewing the suspect. "There was no need for any of this. I am an innocent man. I haven't even been charged," said Mr Assange. "From the beginning I offered simple solutions. Come to the embassy to take my statement or promise not to send me to the United States. This Swedish official refused both. She even refused a written statement." However, Sweden's director of public prosecution said a request to interview Mr Assange inside the embassy had been submitted but permission was yet to be granted. Marianne Nye said she still hoped to arrange an interview as there were "ongoing negotiations" between Sweden and Ecuador. One of Mr Assange's lawyers, Helena Kennedy, said: "Julian Assange has spent more time incarcerated in the small rooms of the embassy, with no access to fresh air or exercise and contrary to international law, than he could ever spend in a Swedish prison on these allegations." Mr Assange's mother Christine said: "I have privately shed many tears for many years - the terrible injustice of it all." Wikileaks has published thousands of secret documents, which have caused intense embarrassment for the US and lifted the lid on diplomatic relations.

The UK is to make a formal protest to the government of Ecuador over the country's decision to "harbour" Julian Assange, the Foreign Office has said.

Shanghai have signed the Argentina forward, 32, from Boca Juniors but no details were given over the contract. Shanghai, coached by ex-Brighton boss Gus Poyet, are reported to have agreed a deal worth £40m for Tevez including a salary in excess of £310,000 a week. Boca Juniors said: "Good luck Carlitos. You will always be in our hearts." Tevez played for seven years in the Premier League and won the title with both Manchester clubs. He also lifted the Champions League trophy with United in 2008 before joining Juventus in 2013, where he won two Italian championships. On 23 December Chelsea agreed terms with Shanghai SIPG for Brazil midfielder Oscar, 25, in a move that is estimated to cost £60m. Take part in our new Premier League Predictor game, which allows you to create leagues with friends.

Ex-Manchester City and United striker Carlos Tevez has signed for Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, the club confirmed on Thursday.

Energy firm Island Gas Limited (IGas) wants to carry out test drilling on Springs Road, in Misson, Bassetlaw. Campaign group Bassetlaw Against Fracking said the drilling operation would be "devastating" for wildlife. Nottinghamshire County Council said the application did not include proposals for hydraulic fracturing - better known as fracking. IGas has applied to carry out test drilling to check the suitability of the rock for shale gas extraction, through fracking. A separate application would have to be made to carry out fracking. IGas plans to develop one vertical exploratory shale gas well, drilling for about 14 weeks, and possibly a second horizontal well, drilling for about 19 weeks. During drilling, operations would take place 24 hours a day. The authority said at the project's peak there would be an average of 18 heavy goods vehicles and 10 light vehicles visiting the site each day. David Larder, campaign group chairman, said: "We object to the 24 hour a day drilling for several months. The noise of this operation and the vibration will have a devastating effect upon the wildlife." Sally Gill, planning manager for the county council, said: "If permission is granted, the test drilling would allow IGas to evaluate the potential resource of shale gas trapped beneath the surface. "Depending on the results of the test drilling, IGas may, or may not, seek permission to extract the shale gas using fracking, but that would require a separate planning application which would be subject to further consultation." Before this stage of the exploration process, the company is required to monitor methane levels in groundwater for 12 months. A separate application has been submitted, which is yet to be considered.

The first application to explore for shale gas in the East Midlands has been submitted to a Nottinghamshire council.

Its shares slid 7.6% to their lowest level since March, and the company was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100, the UK's main share index. Operating profit before transformation costs for the six months to 25 September fell 5% to £320m from £342m. Royal Mail is now seeking cost savings of £600m a year, up from a previous target of £500m. Royal Mail reported a 1% rise in revenue to £4.6bn for the half year to 25 September, but analysts said this was lower than forecast. The trend of fewer letters being sent through the post continued, with total letter revenues falling by 3%, although parcel revenues grew by 3%. "The fall in the volume of letters and an 8% dip in marketing mail after the Brexit vote in June is causing concern about what can be assumed going forward," said David Kerstens, equity analyst at Jefferies. He added that pension costs were set to rise sharply and that cost savings would be very hard to achieve without sacrificing quality of service. Moya Greene, Royal Mail's chief executive. said the Christmas period would be crucial for the full-year results. "Extensive planning, which began in the spring, will help us to manage our busiest time," she said. "This includes the recruitment of over 19,000 temporary staff and opening nine temporary parcel sort centres." Also on Thursday, Royal Mail competitor UK Mail - which is being bought by Deutsche Post - said half-year revenues had fallen to £230m from £237m a year earlier, although pre-tax profits rose to £5.8m from £2.2m.

Royal Mail shares have fallen after the company reported lower profits and increased its target for cost savings.

Jimmy Carlson, 64, from Islington, north London, has been appointed OBE for helping to improve services. The former alcoholic became homeless after he was discharged from the Army. Doctor Daniel Moynihan, who runs 13 academies across London, has been knighted, while Emma Colyer has been appointed MBE for charity work. Mr Carlson served with the Royal Pioneer Corps (RPC) - which later became part of the Royal Logistic Corps - for five years. When he was discharged in 1973, he became an alcoholic and lived rough on the streets and in hostels until 1996 when he stopped drinking. Since then he has worked with Groundswell, a self-help organisation for the homeless, and has also helped to bring homeless people together with government ministers. Mr Carlson has also raised £100,000 for The Haven, a club where people in recovery from substance misuse can meet in an alcohol and drug-free environment. He said he was humbled to receive the honour. "I have been to the very bottom and never would have imagined this day then. "Lots of people have helped me on the way and I can only hope that my story can inspire others - the same way I have been helped." He added: "My message is, 'never give up on anyone'. You would have walked over me in the street 15 years ago and thought I was a lost cause, just another drunk. "However, I picked myself up and turned my life around and I have gone on to make a decent contribution to my community." Metropolitan Police PC Mark Edwards, who helped raise more than £350,000 for terminally ill children, has been appointed an MBE. PC Edwards ran a series of marathons in New York and took on other challenges to help raise money for Jack Brown, the seven-year-old son of two of his colleagues, who needed specialist treatment in New York. Jack, who suffered from neuroblastoma, died in 2009, but the officer has continued to raise funds for children with cancer. He said: "When my wife told me I'd got an MBE I nearly fell off my chair. This award is for the whole team who has helped raise the money - not just me." A 74-year-old woman, Jane Warwick, also received an MBE for what the Met described as her "tireless work alongside police" in Lambeth to help set up a firearms and knives amnesty in 1995, which was "incredibly successful". Others honoured include Ruth Owen, from the Victoria-based charity Whizz Kidz, who has been appointed OBE; Paul Elliot MBE now becomes a CBE for services to equality and diversity in football while Maxine Room, principal of Lewisham College, is appointed CBE for her work in education.

A former soldier who spent 23 years sleeping rough in London has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for helping the homeless.