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Ricciardo and Vettel are respectively 60 and 117 points behind leader Lewis Hamilton with 150 still available. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said their title hopes were a "long shot" but Mercedes' reliability problems gave them a chance. "Due to their shocking reliability, hopefully we can keep ourselves in the championship," he said. Although reigning champion Vettel is almost completely out of the reckoning and has only a mathematical chance, Horner says it is too early for Red Bull to consider team orders to aid Ricciardo's challenge. Vettel finished second to Hamilton in Singapore on Sunday with Ricciardo third while Nico Rosberg retired with an electrical failure. "Mercedes have an enormous advantage at this point," Horner said. "We'll take it one race at a time. Both of them are still just in it and both have taken a chunk of points out of Nico. "Daniel, OK he's conceded three points to Seb but is that going to make the difference? Impossible to say with a crystal ball at this stage but at the moment it doesn't make sense to interfere with team orders. "Daniel is totally comfortable and happy with that. "If there was a realistic chance of Daniel winning and Sebastian was mathematically out of the championship, then we'd do the best we can for the team but the situation we're in at the moment is it's a long shot."

Red Bull insist Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel are still in the fight for the drivers' championship.

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

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

Republicans ambushed a mini-bus carrying the men at Kingsmill in County Armagh in 1976 and murdered them after checking what religion they were. Senior coroner John Leckey is retiring this year and told a preliminary hearing of the inquest in Belfast that no replacement has been appointed. His retirement could leave only one coroner in Northern Ireland. Kingsmill is among dozens of inquests dating from the early days of the Troubles that face delay because not enough money is available to investigate or there is nobody to oversee fresh hearings. Mr Leckey said: "I feel for the bereaved families, not exclusively Kingsmill but for other inquests I am involved in. "It is a disappointment that is widespread." A lawyer for some of the Kingsmill victims' families said they would be pressing Stormont's justice department for more resources to allow an inquest to go ahead. Karen Armstrong, a sister of one of the murdered men, said the lack of resources was "a political problem". "We are not going to lie down and accept it," she said. "We will fight until we get another date and they have to make sure there are enough coroners in Northern Ireland to deal with our and many other cases." Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said he would be asking Justice Minister David Ford to ensure the matter was referred to the relevant authorities so that "action can be taken as soon as possible". "Justice has been denied for almost 40 years and it is totally unacceptable that this inquest should be delayed further due to the unavailability of a coroner," he said. "This was one of the most shocking and cruel events of the Troubles and the inquest must be treated with the seriousness this crime merits." A Department of Justice spokesman said: "Officials are actively working to ensure that all necessary resources are provided for the conduct of inquests in Northern Ireland. "There are currently three full-time coroners in Northern Ireland. In addition, one High Court judge and one County Court judge have also been appointed as coroners."

An inquest into an IRA massacre of 10 Protestant workers has been delayed because there is no coroner to hear it.

If made law, the measure will put a 20% ceiling on any foreign stakes in Russian media, including those held indirectly through Russian partners. Russia's main media outlets are state-owned or controlled by loyal oligarchs. But top Putin ally Sergei Zheleznyak said Russia was facing "an information war unleashed against the country". Russian TV news has accused the Ukrainian government of provoking clashes in eastern Ukraine through acts of aggression, including indiscriminate shelling of civilians. The Kiev government blames pro-Russian separatists for the violence, and says Russia has fomented it by supplying soldiers and heavy weapons to the rebels. The media bill is to go before Duma (lower house) deputies on 23 September, Itar-Tass news agency reports. The restrictions would apply to magazines and internet publications as well as newspapers and broadcast media. The bill is highly likely to become law as it was proposed by MPs who usually support the pro-Kremlin group United Russia. BBC Monitoring reports that foreigners directly own stakes in some Russian mainstream media:

A bill to restrict foreign ownership in Russia's media will soon go before the parliament, which is dominated by MPs loyal to President Vladimir Putin.

Media playback is not supported on this device The League One side were ahead after just three minutes as the forward scored with a low left-foot shot. Rovers went two clear with 20 minutes remaining when Williams netted from close range after a defensive error from a corner by Oliver Crowley. Bohan Dixon was unlucky to see his 20-yard free-kick tipped round the post by Doncaster keeper Thorsten Stuckmann.

Andy Williams' double saw Doncaster ease to a comfortable victory over National League North side Stalybridge.

Smith was named captain of the Red Rose for the 2015 season, but only skippered the team in one game after being told he needed back surgery. The injury kept him out for 13 months but he came back to feature in the final months of last season, only for back problems to return. "It's very sad and a tough decision to come to," he told BBC Radio Lancashire. "Following some medical advice from the specialist and thinking about the long term future it has come because of injury. "The highs of lows of the past two years from captain to not playing, to surgery, to back playing, to retiring but ultimately it has taken its toll. My long-term health has taken priority." The club have announced that Smith will stay at Old Trafford to assist academy director Gary Yates in helping bring young players through their system. BBC Radio Lancashire cricket reporter Scott Read: "Tom Smith can look back on his career with a great deal of pride for both his performances on the field Lancashire and for the courage he showed off it. "He fought hard to return from injury last season, an injury which robbed him of the captaincy in 2015. "A genuine all-rounder, who consistency with the bowl and skill with the bat saw him named the club's player of the year after a stellar 2014. "He'll be admired and respected at Old Trafford in equal measure both as a player and a person."

Lancashire all-rounder Tom Smith has announced his retirement at the age of 31 after a series of injury problems.

The Rolling Stones apparently charge $8m (£5m) to do a one-off performance, while Sir Elton John is said to require $4m. Kylie Minogue - who once sang at the wedding of the daughter of Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal - is reported to be a more affordable $2m. So for those of us without superwealth, arranging such a gig seems impossible. However, help may now be at hand thanks to three music fans and their London-based company Songkick. A concert notification website and app for your mobile phone and tablet, Songkick this year launched a new service called Detour. Essentially a form of crowdfunding, fans who wish to bring a certain band to their hometown or city can start a petition or "pledge" via Songkick. You enter your credit card details on Songkick's website or app, and how much you would be prepared to pay. If a sufficiently large number of people also pledge, then Songkick informs the band in question and its promoters. "We have launched the service in London, targeting smaller bands and venues," says Songkick's co-founder and chief executive Ian Hogarth. "But we plan to extend it across the UK and globally, and ultimately to the largest venues and artists. "Obviously there is no guarantee that the band or singer in question will ultimately agree to play in a certain town, but so far more than 90% have indeed done so to - performing live is after all how bands make the majority of their money these days." But if you and your friends are indeed successful in bringing to Rolling Stones to your town, how much do you pay via Songkick? Ian says: "You ultimately pay the ticket price as set by the band. So if you have pledged more, you don't pay the difference. And if you have pledged less than the ticket price, we contact you to say you'll need to pay more. "And of course you can pull out of paying if ultimately you don't want to, or can't make the concert for some reason." So if that is how Songkick's Detour service helps music fans, how does it benefit the bands or solo artists? Put simply, Songkick passes on vital information to bands about how many people would like to see them play live in a certain place - and the prices they are prepared to pay for tickets. From this data bands can work out which towns and cities to go to, the correct size for a venue, the optimum number of concerts to play and how much to charge. And Songkick gets a cut of the ticket price. With an average of 50% of all concert tickets currently going unsold in countries such as the UK and US, Songkick claims the information it provides is the holy grail for the live music industry. Ian says: "It is about bringing 21st Century technology to the live music industry." Based in the Hoxton area of east London, the other, and currently larger, part of Songkick's business is a notification system that means music fans can avoid missing out on seeing their favourite band or singer perform live. Free to use for the consumer, it sends you an alert when a band or singer you like is about to release tickets for a tour due to visit a city or town near you. You can then buy the tickets via Songkick, which takes a commission of up to 10% from the promoter. Songkick's technology means that the user doesn't have to enter a list of bands and singers that he or she likes, as instead it automatically checks your digital music collection, and what you listen to on streaming services such as Spotify. Ian and his two co-founders started the company when he was just 25. Now six years later, it is a global operation used by eight million people per month. For Ian, a Londoner who studied engineering and software at Cambridge University, it was working in California's Silicon Valley that made him realise you are never too young to launch a new technology company. "Living in the Valley for a year was a really influential experience," he says. "The head of data at Facebook at the time was my age. It helped me realise that you could just go for it and start a business if you were interested in solving a particular problem. "The actual idea came from my co-founder Michelle You, we are both really big gig-goers, and she said, 'Is there a way to use technology to make it easier to know when a band you like is going on tour?' "I had the tech background to say 'yes it can be done', and Songkick came from there." Ian says he "always wanted to build something". "It didn't have to be a company, an invention would have done. I'm always most excited when making something." But after graduating, Ian's love of music and China initially saw him spend a year in Beijing, learning Mandarin and earning money as a DJ playing hip-hop. It was also in Beijing that he first met Californian Michelle You, who was a fellow pupil at the same language class. They both kept in touch when they left China, with Ian working in Silicon Valley for management consultants Bain & Company, and Michelle in New York. After Michelle questioned how technology could be used to better used to find out about forthcoming concerts, the idea for Songkick was born. Quitting their day jobs together with third co-founder Pete Smith, a friend of Ian's since Cambridge, they set up the company, initially using their own money. Ian says that while he and his colleagues could have based Songkick in California, they chose London because: "It is the gig capital of the world. London has more concerts than anywhere else." He says the company is proud to be doing its bit to help the wider music industry. "The music industry has been through a huge amount of change in recent years. Not helped by illegal downloads, sales have fallen sharply. "So now bands make 70% of their income from touring. But at the same time, on average, half of all concert tickets go unsold. Songkick is helping sell those spare tickets." Now backed by venture capital funding, including $10m (£6.4m) last year from Sequoia Capital, the Silicon Valley firm that has previously funded the likes of Google, Apple and PayPal, Songkick still has just 30 members of staff. "We are a small team, but the important thing is the talent density - our staff are extremely talented," says Ian. And while he says he finds it difficult not to spend all his time thinking about the company, he is happy to delegate. "I see my job as attracting exceptional people to solve problems, and then getting out of the way to let them do it." Ian now intends to grow Songkick's business tenfold over the next five years, and is relaxed about the possibility of the established ticket agencies doing something similar to both its core business and new Detour operation. He says: "Our biggest competitors are the ones you don't know about - the three people in a bedroom coming at it from a completely different angle."

Ever fancied organising a concert by your favourite band or singer?

Some 65,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh as the military searched for those behind attacks on police border posts. Many of those who fled described rapes, killings and other abuses by the army. But the military said its own investigation found the claims were "false and fabricated". "Out of 18 accusations included in the [UN human rights body] OHCHR report, 12 were found to be incorrect, with [the] remaining six accusations found to be false and fabricated accusations based on lies and invented statements," Myanmar's state media quoted a report from the military as saying. The military said it interviewed 3,000 villagers and 184 military officers and troops. Soldiers were disciplined over two cases, for stealing a motorbike and beating villagers with sticks for failing to put out a fire, the military said. The crackdown began after insurgents killed nine policemen in attacks on border posts between Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and Bangladesh in Rakhine state. Reports then emerged that the military were targeting Rohingya indiscriminately. The UN report in February - compiled from interviews with those who fled the violence - accused the military of abuses including gang-rapes, savage beatings and murder. It described incidents in which children were killed as their mothers were raped by groups of soldiers, families - including pregnant women and the elderly - being beaten and houses set alight as people sheltered inside. "The attacks against the Rohingya population in the area... seem to have been widespread as well as systematic, indicating the very likely commission of crimes against humanity," the OHCHR report said. Nobody but the most die-hard supporters of the Burmese military will take this report seriously. The evidence for what United Nations officials are calling "crimes against humanity" is overwhelming. Witness testimony from hundreds of Rohingya, satellite images of burnt villages and video of charred bodies to name just a few. And then there's the small matter of explaining why more than 65,000 Rohingya decided to flee their homes and risk their lives crossing the Naf River into Bangladesh. Some of the men have gunshot wounds, scores of women have sought treatment for sexual violence. A smart army response would have acknowledged some failings and promised to address them. Instead the Burmese military is denying everything. How they arrived at that conclusion is unclear. The army investigators say they spoke to more than 3,000 people but they didn't travel to Bangladesh, so haven't heard from any of those who fled and told graphic horror stories to the United Nations. After a period of relative quiet on Rakhine this report once again puts Aung San Suu Kyi in a difficult position. For weeks she's been telling the world that Myanmar doesn't need a United Nations fact-finding mission, and that the Burmese can credibly investigate themselves. This report suggests the exact opposite. Tensions between Rohingya Muslims and Myanmar's Buddhist majority have been rumbling for years. The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar, which views them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. They face routine official and public discrimination. Tens of thousands of Rohingya live in make-shift refugee camps after being displaced by communal violence in 2012. In March, the UN human rights council began an investigation into alleged human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya. It will report back in a year. In April, however, Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied there was ethnic cleansing going on, saying using the term was "too strong". She has faced international criticism over her perceived silence on the Rohingya issue.

Myanmar's military has rejected allegations by the United Nations that it committed atrocities during its crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last year.

Her admirers say she played a key role in the economic development of the southern state of Tamil Nadu - but critics say she encouraged a personality cult and fostered corruption in the state. One of India's most successful actresses, her political career was marked by allegations of self-enrichment to fund an extravagant lifestyle. As head of the AIADMK party, she was elected as chief minister of Tamil Nadu on four occasions, overcoming convictions and jail terms to return to office. Jayalalitha was born on 24 February 1948 in what was then the Mysore State. Her father was a lawyer who squandered most of the family fortune and who died when she was only two years old. She excelled at school and, after studying music and dance, began training as an actress. Over the ensuing three decades she became one of India's most popular, and high-profile artists, appearing in more than 140 films. Naturally charismatic, she was introduced to politics by the actor-turned chief minister, MG Ramachandran, with whom she starred in many of her films. Elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 1989 she took over the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Khazagham (AIADMK) party becoming the first ever woman opposition leader. A year later she became chief minister for the first time. She championed the cause of the rural and urban poor by introducing subsidised food canteens, providing free laptops to thousands of school pupils and students and launching other populist schemes like giving away food mixers and grinders to families. Many publicly funded projects in Tamil Nadu were named after her, including a subsidy scheme, under which canteens served food at low prices. They were dubbed Amma Canteens - Amma in Tamil is Mother, an honorific euphemism by which Jayalalitha was often addressed by her followers in the state. These were followed by Amma Bottled Water, Amma Salt, Amma Pharmacies and subsidised Amma Cement. She attracted a level of support that verged on the bizarre. Some followers were known to profess their loyalty through acts such as walking on hot coals or drawing her portrait with their blood and her officials were reported to prostrate themselves at her feet. Incidents of her loyalists setting fire to themselves whenever she faced political setbacks were not unknown. She did much to encourage this cult of personality and huge cut outs of Jayalalitha dominated the Tamil Nadu skyline. Her first term in office came to an abrupt end in 1996 when her party won only four seats in the Legislative Assembly and she lost her own Bargur constituency. The new ruling party wasted little time in investigating allegations of corruption amongst growing concerns about her extravagant lifestyle. During one raid on her premises following a corruption allegation in 1996, police said they had found large quantities of diamond-studded gold jewellery, more than 10,000 saris and 750 pairs of shoes. She was eventually charged with receiving financial incentives in a scheme to buy more than 40,000 colour televisions for local villages and served 30 days in jail. She was barred from standing in the 2001 elections because she had been sentenced to five years imprisonment following allegations she had illegally obtained state-owned property However, her party swept back into power and she was reappointed chief minister despite not having been elected to the state assembly. Although her tenure was swiftly ended, her successor was effectively under her control and in 2003, when her conviction was overturned, she successfully contested a vacant assembly seat and was once more chief minister of Tamil Nadu. But controversy continued to dog her. There were allegations that she used the Tamil Nadu Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) - which had a monopoly on the sale of alcohol in the state - to pay for many of her pet projects. The continuing allegations seemed to do little to dim her charisma or lower her popularity. Following the elections in April 2011, she was sworn in as chief minister for a third term. She was said to nurse ambitions of a greater role in national politics. In the run-up to the 2014 Indian parliamentary elections many of her followers suggested she aspired to become India's prime minister, although she did not confirm this. In 2014 she was sentenced to four years in jail after being convicted of using her position to amass a huge property portfolio as well as a collection of expensive jewellery and luxury cars. It saw her become the first Indian chief minister ever to be removed from office. However, eight months later, in May 2015, the conviction was overturned and within days she was reinstated as chief minister of Tamil Nadu. In the following year's elections she swept back into power, winning her own seat by a handsome margin and retaining the post of chief minister. "Even when 10 parties allied themselves against me, I did not have a coalition and I placed my faith in God and built an alliance with the people." she said. "It is clear that the people have faith in me and I have total faith in the people." Jayalalitha's supporters say she was instrumental in making Tamil Nadu one of India's most economically influential states. But her critics painted her as a deeply corrupt figure who manipulated the system and saw herself as above the law.

Jayaram Jayalalitha was one of India's most colourful and controversial politicians, adored by some and condemned by others.

Wildschut, 25, has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract after requesting a transfer from Wigan on Monday. The Dutchman helped the Latics win the League One title last season. Dijks, 23, was in Norwich last week for talks, but his agent said in a Dutch newspaper that Dijks would not be moving to Carrow Road. However, Dijks has joined the Canaries on a deal which includes an option for the English club to buy the player. Dijks began his career with Ajax, but had a spell with Willem II before rejoining them in July 2015 and has made 15 appearances this season in the Dutch Eredivisie and Europa League. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Norwich City have signed Wigan Athletic winger Yanic Wildschut for £7m and Ajax left-back Mitchell Dijks on loan for the rest of the season.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of children in working families in poverty rose by 22,000 between 2003 and 2013. Chief executive Julia Unwin said action to help pensioners was balanced by a "worrying rise" in working people struggling to "make ends meet". The UK government said its plan for a national living wage would help people. "Work is the best route out of poverty and employment in Wales is at record levels," a spokesman said. A Welsh government spokesman added: "Despite recent improvements to the Welsh economy, we do, however, recognise in-work poverty is a growing issue and are working hard to support low-income households and deliver more well-paid jobs for the Welsh economy. "We are helping more adults access full-time employment, supporting second-earners into work and are also improving people's skills to enable them to progress in the workplace." People are classed as being in poverty if their household earns or receives less than 60% of the national average income of around £450 a week, adjusted for family size.

Low pay and scarce hours are pushing working families and young people into poverty in Wales, a new report claims.

The 25-year-old, who has helped Sarries to three Premiership titles, has played 152 times for the club since 2008. Farrell has 52 caps for England and four for the British & Irish Lions. "Owen has developed into one of the leading players in world rugby," Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall told the club website. "He is one of our own, so for him to commit his long-term future to the club is huge news - we're delighted that he'll be extending his stay." Farrell was named European player of the year in May, becoming the inaugural winner of the Anthony Foley Memorial Trophy. He added: "It's an opportunity to hopefully grow with this group again for the next few years; to get better and improve on what we've already done." Saracens begin their 2017-18 Premiership campaign at home to Northampton Saints on Saturday.

England fly-half Owen Farrell has signed a new five-year contract with Saracens, keeping him with the European champions until 2022.

The world number 45 took the first set but lost 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4 against the reigning US Open champion. Edmund, 21, impressed but Wawrinka broke serve at 3-2 in the second set and twice in the decider to win in two hours 36 minutes. The Swiss 31-year-old will play third seed Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals. Canadian top seed and defending champion Milos Raonic beat 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal 4-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the last four. The world number three will play Bulgarian seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Austrian Dominic Thiem. British number four Aljaz Bedene was also knocked at the quarter-final stage of the Chennai Open in India on Friday. The world number 101 lost 6-3 6-0 to French fifth seed Benoit Paire.

British number two Kyle Edmund is out of the Brisbane International after losing to world number four Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals.

The Conservatives claimed the amount councils are spending on education is at its lowest level for six years. But the Scottish government said the figures being quoted were "inaccurate and misleading". Each council decides for itself just how much to spend on education although some important costs like teachers' pay are set nationally. The Conservatives claimed official government figures said spending on education by councils had fallen to its lowest level for six years. They said councils spent £4.67 billion between them last year - down £140m on the previous year. The government said the Conservatives' figures were wrong as some of the numbers quoted were not directly comparable. Scottish Conservative education spokeswoman Mary Scanlon said: "At a time when the schools budget in England has been protected, these new figures reveal another cut in funding for schools in Scotland. "The cost of this is clear. In England the number of full-time teachers has increased by more than 3,000 between 2010 and 2013. "But in Scotland, over the same period, the numbers have fallen by around 1,000. "This is the price schools are paying for the SNP's failure to take any responsibility for our schools system and undertake the reforms that are necessary to turn it around. "It's not good enough for them to blame others - the cuts to spending and the fall in literacy and numeracy standards is happening on the SNP's watch." But the Scottish government insisted the Conservatives' use of figures is wrong. A Scottish government spokesperson said: "This comparison is completely inaccurate and misleading, as it compares net expenditure in 2014/15 with gross expenditure for past years. Provisional outturn was higher in 2014-15 than it was in 2013-14. "We also know councils are planning to spend 3.3% more on the delivery of education in 2015-16 - the largest increase in six years. "We know spending per pupil is significantly higher in Scotland than England. "Despite Westminster austerity, we remain wholly committed to mitigating the effects of welfare cuts and ensuring our education system is resourced to continue to meet the needs of children, parents, schools and communities." The largest teaching union, the EIS, said education budgets had been under pressure, but had little sympathy for the Conservatives' claims. General secretary Larry Flanagan said: "The damaging age of austerity imposed by the UK government has had a significant detrimental impact on the funding available to public services in Scotland. "Education has not been immune from the downward pressure on Scottish government and local authority budgets, and this had led to serious challenges in our schools owing to declining teacher numbers, lack of school resources and rising class sizes. "The attempt by the Tory party, however, to exploit the impact of an austerity programme which they are imposing seems somewhat hypocritical. "Scottish education needs additional resources but it does not need the type of retrograde policies pursued so disastrously in England by the likes of Michael Gove." Each council decides for itself just how much to spend on education, although some important costs like teachers' pay are set nationally. However, councils receive the overwhelming bulk of their money from the Scottish government. Education is the biggest service councils provide, and the biggest challenge facing councils just now is money. Typically about 80% of each council's budget comes from the Scottish government. Council tax, which makes up most of the rest, has been frozen since 2007. The latest council funding agreement obliged councils to maintain teacher numbers or risk losing money. Some councils objected to this - arguing this amounted to micro-management in their affairs, and claiming there was more to raising attainment in schools than simply maintaining teacher numbers. While the government strongly disputes the Conservatives' use of figures, there is little doubt that some council education budgets are under scrutiny as councils continue to look for savings. In recent months four councils looked at reducing the length of the primary school week, while services such as school libraries have also been under the spotlight. The Scottish government - which currently receives all its money from Westminster - argues it has been trying to do its best for councils in the face of tight funding settlements and believes the council tax freeze has been a help to family budgets. However, critics point out that councils are left with little practical control of the size of their overall budgets.

A row has broken out over claims councils have slashed their education budgets.

She replaces Jo Stevens, who resigned last month in protest at an instruction that Labour MPs should back the bill to trigger Brexit. Ms Rees is the fifth appointment to the role since the 2015 general election. Mr Corbyn said his team's strength would "develop Labour's alternative plan to rebuild and transform Britain". In other appointments, Rebecca Long-Bailey becomes shadow business secretary, Sue Hayman takes the environment, food and rural affairs brief, and the new shadow chief secretary to the Treasury is Peter Dowd. Ms Rees was a shadow justice minister in January 2016 but resigned after the EU referendum, only to return to the job in October 2016. She backed Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016. A former Welsh squash international who won more than 100 caps, the new shadow Welsh secretary was preceded by Ms Stevens, Paul Flynn, Nia Griffith and Mr Smith. Ms Rees was previously married to former Labour Welsh Secretary Ron Davies. Christina Rees is the fourth MP to hold the shadow Welsh secretary's job under Jeremy Corbyn - and the fifth since the general election less than two years ago when she entered parliament. She supported Owen Smith's challenge to Mr Corbyn's leadership last year but voted with the Labour leader to trigger Brexit this week. Eight Welsh Labour MPs rebelled in that vote, including Shadow Arts Minister Kevin Brennan. Unusually, the Cardiff West MP and other frontbench rebels are likely to keep their jobs, a sign of Mr Corbyn's limited authority as leader.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has named Neath MP Christina Rees as the new shadow Welsh secretary.

The hour-long session featured questions on Brexit, steel, devolution and the Severn crossings. Committee chair David Davies, who voted for Britain to leave the EU, opened with this question: "May I begin by asking what you think are the potential advantages to Wales of Brexit?" Mr Cairns, who campaigned for Britain to remain, gave this hesitant reply: "Well there are certainly lots of challenges. The advantages are that we are almost forced to look elsewhere other than Europe and we need to remember we're not turning our backs on Europe, we're just merely leaving the European Union and nations across Europe will still remain friends and allies. "The advantages are that we will need to focus our efforts on seeking new international trade opportunities and in developing relationships between Welsh business and Welsh stakeholders with those new markets. There are of course a whole series of other issues and challenges that will remain." He did concede there could be short-term "additional marketing opportunities" for tourism from the fall in the value of the pound. Mr Cairns said he had been holding some "stakeholder engagements" to discuss the impact of Brexit Questioned about devolution, he said there are no changes planned to the Wales Bill other than those he has previously signalled at committee stage. Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts complained that the Bill was going through Parliament so quickly it was difficult to scrutinise properly. Mr Cairns said every debate had finished with time to spare. Asked about the dropping of the commitment to hold a referendum before Wales gets income tax powers, he told the MPs: "Tax is an absolutely essential part of devolution policy." He added: This is about mature, accountable devolution." He said he intended to have a fiscal framework agreed with the Welsh Government before the Wales Bill becomes law. Asked about funding, he said: "There are no plans to change the Barnett Formula." He said the funding floor introduced by the government meant funding per head was set at around 115 % of the English average. On the steel industry, Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said that there were some concerns about the possible joint venture of ThyssenKrupp and Tata Steel Europe. Mr Cairns said: "ThyssenKrupp are prepared to invest significant sums of money into a joint venture scheme with the offer of support from the UK government, and that in itself we can take encouragement from because that shows they're prepared to spend money." He said taxpayers' money would only be used if there was a viable sustainable future in steelmaking. It wouldn't be a Welsh affairs select committee without a question from David Davies on the Severn crossings. He was concerned that the government might try to make a profit out of them once they return to public ownership. Apparently, it won't.

MPs on Parliament's Welsh affairs committee have been grilling Alun Cairns for the first time since his appointment in March.

Mr de Mistura said the agenda would include the formation of a transitional administration and elections. But it is not clear who will attend the indirect talks in Geneva, with some opposition leaders yet to confirm. On the ground in Syria, a partial truce that began 12 days ago has considerably reduced the intensity of the fighting. Mr de Mistura said the cessation of hostilities was holding "by and large" and was open-ended as far as the UN was concerned. The first round of talks on a political solution to the conflict in Syria was suspended last month while still in the "preparatory" phase, with both sides blaming each other. It came as government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launched a major offensive on opposition-controlled areas around the northern city of Aleppo. The government succeeded in cutting a key rebel supply route from Turkey to Aleppo before the US and Russia brokered the cessation of hostilities agreement, which does not include the jihadist groups Islamic State (IS) and al-Nusra Front. At a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Mr de Mistura welcomed what he described as "a sustained reduction of violence". "Incidents are taking place, no question and they are. I'm expecting even worse incidents to take place, probably caused by spoilers," he added. "The secret will be whether the sides are in a position, as so far touch wood has been the case, [to] contain them, make them not become an unravelling of what has been after five years quite a change... for the life of every Syrian." Mr de Mistura said he expected informal discussions to begin at hotels across Geneva immediately, but that formal talks would not resume until Monday. He added that they would once again be indirect "proximity" talks, with representatives of the warring parties located in separate rooms, and would last only 10 days before pausing for a week. "We believe that having a timetable and a time limit is healthy for everyone so that we don't think that we can go on… for two weeks hoping to get into substance - we go seriously into substance as soon as we can." The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the focus of the talks will be a transitional government, a new constitution, and elections. Humanitarian access and ceasefire violations will not be on the agenda. The UN has set up two taskforces to deal with those issues, and clearly wants the opposition and government representatives to concentrate on a political settlement, our correspondent adds. UN aid agencies say good progress has been made getting supplies to besieged areas, with almost 240,000 people reached, most of whom received nothing in the last year. But our correspondent says it remains unclear exactly who will arrive in Geneva on Monday, with some opposition leaders suggesting they have not yet decided whether to attend. Meanwhile, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein told the BBC that the international system had failed Syria. "We've seen in this conflict... almost every conceivable war crime allegedly being committed, in addition to crimes against humanity," he said. "What does it say to us? It says... that the international system is incapable of addressing this sort of conflict. So future 'Syrias' - we have no algorithm, no formula, for how we address these conflicts. And it doesn't bode well for the 21st Century, of course," he added.

The UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, expects "substantive, deeper" talks between the government and opposition to begin on Monday.

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.

The first of six boxes was unveiled on Tottenham Court Road this week. The service is free to use although users will be shown adverts as they wait for their phone to charge. Many of the UK's red telephone boxes have largely fallen into disuse although some are being revived as libraries or being fitted with medical equipment. The boxes have had a makeover for the project - painted green and fitted with a roof-mounted 86cm solar panel. Inside there are a variety of charging stations for different models of phone and a screen which shows adverts. The advertising screen is reinforced to deter vandals and the boxes are maintained daily and locked overnight. The project was the brainchild of two geography students turned entrepreneurs Harold Craston and Kirsty Kenny. Both studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) and were interested in finding new ways to use public spaces. "I lived next to a phone box in my second year at uni and walked past it every day. I thought, 'There are 8,000 of these lying unused in London and we must be able to find a use for them,'" explained Mr Craston. The solarbox can charge up to 100 phones a day, offering a 20% battery boost in 10 minutes. Since launch, about six people per hour use the booth, according to the founder. Running out of battery is a perennial problem for smartphone users as they become ever more powerful without an equivalent technology leap in battery life. "On launch day, my phone ran out of battery and I genuinely had to use the box," said Mr Craston. Solarbox won second place in the Mayor of London's Low Carbon Entrepreneur of the Year Award earlier this year and also won the LSE's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award. Five more boxes will be rolled out by April 2015. Funded by advertising, the founders are keen to make sure users are engaged by "short, fun and exciting ads showing exclusive content". Firms signed up include Tinder and Uber, and 30% of advertising space is reserved for community projects.

Disused phone boxes in London are being put to a novel use - as solar-powered charging stations for mobile phones.

Steven Maclean bundled home the opener five minutes before half-time. The hosts, slacker after the break, had beleaguered striker Larnell Cole sent-off after he confronted the referee. Liam Craig sealed the win from the penalty spot with two minutes to play, before Graham Cummins finished a sumptuous stoppage-time move. And things got worse still for Caley Thistle after the match, with captain Gary Warren shown a red card in the tunnel. Saints remain five points clear of Hearts in fourth place, and closed the gap on third-placed Rangers, who play Aberdeen on Sunday, to three points. With game after game ticking past, Inverness' position looks increasingly perilous. Next weekend's trip to Motherwell, second-bottom on goal difference, is now seismic. This contest turned nightmarish for the hosts after a bright opening, but the truth is, given their predicament, Caley Thistle did not threaten St Johnstone's goal enough. Billy Mckay sent a shot over from close range. Alex Fisher nodded a diving header wide. Carl Tremarco miscued a volley. Greg Tansey did draw a save from Alan Mannus when he rasped in an effort from outside the box, but Richie Foran's side never looked likely to find the net. Their best opportunity came immediately after the Saints went ahead, when Tansey fed Cole, who seemed to panic in a terrific position and shot straight at Mannus. Cole's dismissal ended the contest when he appeared to be cautioned twice for challenging referee Stephen Finnie's decision not to award a foul. St Johnstone were merciless and could have had more. With just one win from their last 21 league games, Inverness look deep in trouble. Tommy Wright's side deserve so much credit. Saints were tactically brilliant, so strong defensively and ruthlessly capitalised on their man advantage. They took one of their few first-half chances when Michael Coulson broke down the left and sent a dangerous ball across the six-yard box. Owain Fon Williams could only parry into the danger area, Cummins' shot was blocked but Maclean followed up to force it home. They should have had another when Craig's superb curling corner flew all the way to the back post where Cummins slid in and somehow knocked it over from two yards. Craig, in his 300th appearance for the club, coolly converted a spot-kick after Cummins was tripped to seal the points. Cummins then slammed home after Miller danced around the area to tee him up, before Craig cracked the bar amid the late flurry. With a tendency to finish the season strongly, and just a three-point gap to Rangers, the Perth side look capable of something special this term. Inverness CT manager Richie Foran: "It is a tough time of the season to be sitting bottom, and I need real men to stand up to that, but not enough of them did that today. "It is pure luck we are still in it and it is only four points. I sound like a broken record but one win changes it - that is the truth. But I need braver players with more passion and desire. We controlled aspects of the game without having that ruthless edge to it. I don't think we believed today. "The main person who is not good enough is me. I am obviously not doing my job right and big apologies to the supporters. I believe we let them down today. Media playback is not supported on this device "It is not good enough. I pick the team, I pick the shape, I will take 90% of the blame for that but the players need to stand up as well." St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright: "We went in 1-0 at half-time without playing particularly well but looked a threat. We looked comfortable enough and then after the sending-off, we were ruthless. We scored two and maybe could have scored two or three more. "The attitude to go and kick on and make sure we got that second goal, to make sure we weren't having any problems in the last few minutes, was excellent. "It's been a week that didn't start so well that's ended absolutely magnificently for us. We enjoy defending. We don't panic when we're under pressure. We're a good side that can do both sides of the game. "There's a better chance tonight (of finishing third) but we're not going to get carried away. We'll just keep working away. It keeps us five ahead of Hearts. It was an important result." Match ends, Inverness CT 0, St. Johnstone 3. Second Half ends, Inverness CT 0, St. Johnstone 3. Attempt missed. Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Goal! Inverness CT 0, St. Johnstone 3. Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chris Millar. Goal! Inverness CT 0, St. Johnstone 2. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Penalty conceded by Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) after a foul in the penalty area. Penalty St. Johnstone. Graham Cummins draws a foul in the penalty area. Attempt blocked. Chris Millar (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break. Substitution, Inverness CT. Scott Boden replaces Jamie McCart. Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces Blair Alston. Second yellow card to Larnell Cole (Inverness CT). Larnell Cole (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card. Hand ball by Liam Polworth (Inverness CT). Substitution, St. Johnstone. Chris Millar replaces Steven MacLean. Attempt saved. Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Gary Warren (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone). Attempt missed. Billy King (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Attempt saved. Larnell Cole (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Foul by Liam Polworth (Inverness CT). Tam Scobbie (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Gary Warren (Inverness CT). Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, St. Johnstone. David Wotherspoon replaces Michael Coulson. Attempt missed. Michael Coulson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick. Foul by Jamie McCart (Inverness CT). Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt saved. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Blair Alston (St. Johnstone). Larnell Cole (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Michael Coulson (St. Johnstone). Attempt missed. Billy King (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Attempt blocked. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Foul by Louis Laing (Inverness CT). Michael Coulson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Ten-man Inverness Caledonian Thistle fell four points adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premiership with defeat by St Johnstone.

Loren Davis was driving at 100km/h (62mph) on an expressway in Adelaide on Tuesday when she hit the koala as it was crossing the road. Ms Davis only discovered what had happened to the animal when she reached home and inspected her car. The koala only had minor abrasions and will be released into the wild soon. "We're calling him Bear Grylls," said Ms Davis, whose choice of nickname was inspired by the British survival expert and television presenter. Koalas, which are often mistaken for bears, are in fact marsupials. Ms Davis told reporters that she had been driving down a dark stretch on the expressway and only saw the koala when her headlights illuminated it. She said she could not change lanes nor brake because of traffic next to her and behind her, and had "no choice but to hit the koala". She later pulled to one side to check but could not see the koala anywhere. Ms Davis drove to her home about 10km away, "feeling upset that I'd killed a koala," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). "Once I got home and pulled into the garage I turned on the light to see the damage. I turned around, saw a koala and just screamed." The koala was still conscious and growled as Ms Davis approached. She and her fiance finally pushed a blanket underneath its dangling arm so that it could push itself up and out of the grill. Animal rescue volunteers later came by and took the animal for treatment. It is expected to be released soon. Fauna Rescue co-ordinator Merridy Montarello told The Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide that it was a "very, very lucky koala". "It's because of the particular size of it [that it survived]... It's just sat itself inside the car." "Bear Grylls" is not the only koala to have a lucky escape on Australia's roads. Another koala got stuck head-first in a car grill three weeks ago when it was hit on a road in another part of Adelaide, reported ABC. In 2011, a koala named Kenny in Queensland also survived under similar circumstances. In 2014 a koala named Timberwolf survived a 54.5 mile (88km) ride clinging to the bottom of a car, also in Queensland. However, not all koalas are so lucky - according to some estimates, about 85% of koalas involved in road accidents may die from their injuries.

A koala in Australia has been dubbed "Bear Grylls" after it was hit by a fast-moving car and survived when it got wedged in the car's front grill.

Mr Trump said Mr Obama had learned well before the 8 November poll about the accusations and "did nothing". His comments followed an article in the Washington Post which said that Mr Obama learned last August of President Vladimir Putin's "direct involvement". The alleged meddling is the subject of high-level investigations in the US. President Putin has repeatedly denied any Russian interference into the presidential election. The Washington Post article says Mr Obama was told early last August by sources deep within the Russian government that Mr Putin was directly involved in a cyber campaign to disrupt the election, injure Hillary Clinton and aid a Trump victory. The Post said Mr Obama secretly debated dozens of options to punish Russia but in the end settled on what it called symbolic measures - the expulsion of 35 diplomats and closure of two Russian compounds. They came in late December, well after the election. The Post reported that Mr Obama was concerned he might himself be seen as trying to manipulate the election. The paper quoted a former administration official as saying: "From national security people there was a sense of immediate introspection, of, 'Wow, did we mishandle this'." Measures Mr Obama had considered but which were not put into action included planting cyber weapons in the Russian infrastructure and releasing information personally damaging to Mr Putin. Imagine, for a moment, that you're Barack Obama in August 2016. You've just been informed by the CIA that Vladimir Putin has ordered a wide-ranging effort to disrupt the US presidential election. What do you do? Mr Obama responded in typical fashion - cautiously. He alerted state officials, warned Russia and attempted (unsuccessfully) to fashion a bipartisan response with Republicans in Congress. Now the second-guessing has begun. Some Democrats are saying the Obama team should have gone public with such a startling discovery before election day. The president feared such a move would prompt the Republican nominee to accuse him of meddling and undermine faith in the electoral process. He believed Mrs Clinton was going to win anyway, so it was best not to rock the boat. Mr Trump himself is now questioning why Mr Obama didn't do more - a curious position given that he recently described the Russia hacking story as a Democratic "hoax". These latest revelations add yet another wrinkle to a 2016 campaign that will be hashed and rehashed for the foreseeable future. The most pressing question now, however, is not what Mr Obama did. It's what the US government does next. Mr Trump tweeted on Friday: "The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?" He followed that up with two more tweets on Saturday, the second saying: "Obama Administration official said they "choked" when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn't want to hurt Hillary?" He repeats the argument in an interview with Fox News, which will air on Sunday. "If he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? He should have done something about it. But you don't read that. It's quite sad." Allegations of collusion between the Trump team and Russian officials during the election have dogged the president's first five months in office. He has repeatedly denied the allegations, calling the investigations a "witch hunt". US investigators are looking into whether Russian cyber hackers targeted US electoral systems to help Mr Trump win. US media say special counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating Mr Trump for possible obstruction of justice over the Russia inquiries. They involve the president's firing of FBI chief James Comey, who led one of the inquiries, and Mr Trump's alleged attempt to end a probe into sacked national security adviser Michael Flynn.

President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of inaction over alleged Russian interference in the US election in 2016.

Media playback is not supported on this device With his side already 3-0 up, 36-year-old Terry slid and brought down Posh striker Lee Angol - and referee Kevin Friend decided he was the last man. "You have to respect the decision, but in this case maybe we will do an appeal for this situation," said Conte. The Blues' 4-1 third-round win was Terry's first start since October. The defender, in his 19th season at Stamford Bridge, has played just six minutes since that 2-1 defeat by West Ham in the EFL Cup. Terry's foul brought a straight red card, but as it was not violent conduct and he has not been dismissed before this season, he faces a one-game ban. Should any Chelsea appeal not be successful, he will be suspended for their Premier League trip to champions Leicester on 14 January. Media playback is not supported on this device

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says the club are considering an appeal against captain John Terry's red card in Sunday's FA Cup win over Peterborough.

The test investigates whether people can detect if they are talking to machines or humans. The experiment is based on Alan Turing's question-and-answer game Can Machines Think? No computer has passed the test before under these conditions, it is reported. However, some artificial intelligence experts have disputed the victory, suggesting the contest had been weighted in the chatbot's favour. The 65-year-old Turing Test is successfully passed if a computer is mistaken for a human more than 30% of the time during a series of five-minute keyboard conversations. On 7 June Eugene convinced 33% of the judges at the Royal Society in London that it was human. Other artificial intelligence (AI) systems also competed, including Cleverbot, Elbot and Ultra Hal. Judges included actor Robert Llewellyn, who played an intelligent robot in BBC Two's science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, and Lord Sharkey, who led the successful campaign for Alan Turing's posthumous pardon, over a conviction for homosexual activity, in 2013. Eugene was created by Vladimir Veselov, who was born in Russia and now lives in the United States, and Ukrainian-born Eugene Demchenko, who now lives in Russia. Transcripts of the conversations are currently unavailable, but may appear in a future academic paper. The judges and hidden human control groups were kept apart throughout the test. The event was organised by Reading University's School of Systems Engineering in partnership with RoboLaw, an EU-funded organisation examining the regulation of emerging robotic technologies. Alan Turing was an English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. The event has been labelled as "historic" by the organisers, who claim no computer has passed the test before. "Some will claim that the Test has already been passed," said Kevin Warwick, a visiting professor at the University of Reading and deputy vice-chancellor for research at Coventry University. "The words Turing test have been applied to similar competitions around the world. However, this event involved the most simultaneous comparison tests than ever before, was independently verified and, crucially, the conversations were unrestricted. "A true Turing test does not set the questions or topics prior to the conversations. We are therefore proud to declare that Alan Turing's test was passed for the first time on Saturday." Prof Noel Sharkey, a leading expert in robotic technology and artificial intelligence, said: "It is indeed a great achievement for Eugene. It was very clever ruse to pretend to be a 13-year-old Ukranian boy, which would constrain the conversation. But these competitions are really great to push developments." But others have criticised the claim. "It's nonsense," Prof Stevan Harnad told the Guardian newspaper. "We have not passed the Turing test. We are not even close." Hugh Loebner, creator of another Turing Test competition, has also criticised the University of Reading's experiment for only lasting five minutes. "That's scarcely very penetrating," he told the Huffington Post, noting that Eugene had previously been ranked behind seven other systems in his own 25-minute long Loebner Prize test.

A computer program called Eugene Goostman, which simulates a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, is said to have passed the Turing test at an event organised by the University of Reading.

Sharbat Gula, whose haunting green eyes made her famous, fled Soviet-occupied Afghanistan as a child and was pictured in 1984 in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Mrs Gula has been accused of living in Pakistan on fake identity papers and faces up to 14 years in jail. Pakistan recently launched a crackdown on fake IDs. There are strict restrictions to getting a Pakistani ID card, which is needed for opening a bank account or to buy property. Why Now?: M Ilyas Khan, BBC News, Islamabad Technically, Sharbat Gula cannot deny she committed fraud. But on a humanitarian level, many believe she is just one among thousands of Afghan refugees who committed the same offence. Unfortunately for Mrs Gula, she has become the victim of a rather sudden turn in Pakistan's policy towards refugees. It wants them out of the country in the shortest possible time. Pakistan's decision has come amid its rapidly deteriorating relations with India and Afghanistan. Officials say militants have been using hideouts in refugee settlements to launch attacks in Pakistan. Another reason, according to some quarters, may be Islamabad's likely desire to inflict economic pain on Kabul for co-operating with India. The Afghans forced to go home Afghanistan's looming refugee disaster Mrs Gula was arrested in Peshawar, near the Afghan border after a two-year investigation. She allegedly applied for an identity card in April 2014, using the name Sharbat Bibi. On Sunday Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said she should be granted bail, but a judge denied her application, saying she had failed to make her case. If the fraud claims are true, she is one of thousands of Afghan refugees deploying desperate measures to avoid returning to their war-torn homeland. The celebrated "Afghan girl" picture was taken by photographer Steve McCurry in 1984 in a refugee camp in north-west Pakistan, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. It led to one of the most recognisable magazine covers ever printed. He tracked her down 17 years later, living in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. Mrs Gula later moved back to Pakistan and he kept in touch. He told BBC Newsday on Wednesday that he had hired a lawyer for her. He added that he believed the Pakistani authorities may have singled her out because she is so well known. "Perhaps they are trying to send the message to other Afghan refugees that 'we couldn't care who you are, we are going to hunt you down and drive you back into your country'." Recent UN figures show that Pakistan hosts 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees. A further one million unregistered refugees are believed to be in the country. Pakistan recently started cracking down on fake IDs. It has been illegal for non-Pakistanis to have IDs since they were first issued in the 1970s but the law was not enforced, says our reporter M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad. At first, the procedure was for a village council member to endorse a citizen's application. Few village councillors objected to endorsing an application for someone who, to them and to the rest of the village, was no longer a refugee but a neighbour, he adds.

An Afghan woman immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine has been denied bail after being arrested on fraud charges.

The Blue singer, who is in the final of the BBC One competition, said it began after a short tour of Kazakhstan ended in July. "I was a bit gutted at first because the music went quiet," he told Newsbeat. "I didn't have an outlet so I was sitting at home and got myself into a bit of depression." He said he realised the fans could tell he wasn't feeling himself and thought that he needed to tell them. "Hopefully I've done that and now I am just so grateful for this Strictly team," he said. "Even though I have been in a dance-off, they picked me up just before I went out there and danced. "I remember it being an absolute saviour and I can't thank them enough." In an interview with the Daily Mirror earlier this year, he revealed how he had turned to alcohol after Blue's reunion tour finished. He also admitted property losses had led him to bankruptcy and he even thought about suicide. The Strictly finalist said it was then that he realised he was suffering from severe depression. But since appearing on the show, he says he feels things are looking more positive and he is looking towards the year ahead. "Career-wise we've got two albums with Blue next year, we're signed to Sony," he explained. "We've got our own TV show as well which is going to be launched in January, so things are looking very, very good for Blue next year." He will also go on tour with this year's Strictly Come Dancing contestants and could potentially win on Saturday night with dance partner Kristina Rihanoff. "What a great way to end the year, it didn't start off too well but I feel I ended on a high no matter what." Strictly Come Dancing final is on BBC One at 18:30 on Saturday. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Simon Webbe has credited Strictly Come Dancing with helping him with his depression.

The supermarket's stock fell by more than 4% to close at 197.8p. Over the weekend, press reports suggested the deal faced a lengthy investigation from competition regulators. Shares in Booker also fell, with the FTSE 250 company down 3.6%. Overall, the FTSE 100 ended down by 66 points at 7,118.48. Most major stock markets around the world fell after President Donald Trump's decision to impose a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Among the gainers in the UK, Vodafone rose after the mobile phone company said that its Indian unit was in merger talks. A combination of the two companies would create India's biggest telecoms firm. Shares rose 1.3%. On the FTSE 250, shares in WS Atkins jumped 6% following a report in the Times that the engineering company had been approached by US company CH2M over a possible merger. Flybe shares dipped 1.1% after the airline said it had seen a "slow start" to trading since the start of the new year, blaming "uncertain consumer confidence and poor weather". That was despite the carrier reporting "solid" trading for the final three months of 2016, with revenues boosted by extra capacity. Flybe said passenger revenues rose 13.5% in the quarter, compared with 5.7% in the previous six months. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.5% against the dollar to $1.2484, but rose 0.4% against the euro to 1.1682 euros.

Shares in Tesco led the declines on the FTSE 100, giving up some of Friday's gains when the stock surged in the wake of news of its planned tie-up with food wholesaler Booker.

It comes after Swansea City FC's American owners revealed they are in talks with the council over increasing capacity at the ground. The Swans want to add 12,000 seats but shelved expansion plans in December when talks to buy the ground from the authority stalled. Since then, the club has been taken over by American investors. Council leader Rob Stewart said: "We're pleased they reached a deal to buy the club," he said. "We want the club to go from strength to strength. "The offer is still there and we're still open to the option of them procuring the stadium or going for a commercial deal with them expanding the stadium. "We would be interested to see what the the American investors prefer." The 21,000-capacity ground, which Swansea share with Ospreys rugby region, is the second smallest in the Premier League behind Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium. Swansea have averaged crowds of about 20,500 in their last five Premier League seasons. The club initially wants to increase capacity to 33,000 but the ultimate vision is to expand the stadium to 40,000 seats. Last month, Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins said the club "has to make sure the council is on board" with the plans. But Mr Stewart said the council had not recently commented on the proposals in order to allow the takeover by Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan to be completed.

Swansea council's leader is optimistic progress can be made during talks about expanding the Liberty Stadium.

Six documents taken from an old account belonging to Mr Brennan were published by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. The CIA said there was "no indication" that anything classified was released. But the documents do include a draft security clearance application containing personal information. They appear to all date to 2009, when Mr Brennan was seeking security clearance while applying for a job as a White House counterterrorism adviser. He was working in the private sector at the time, having already spent 25 years working for the CIA between 1980 and 2005. A high-school student claimed he was responsible for hacking the AOL account, telling Nthe New York Post he was protesting against US foreign policy. The boy's Twitter account, which says he is 13, has published redacted images of what appears to be government information. The documents published by Wikileaks include a draft on national security challenges said to have been created in 2007. The final, unfinished paragraph is headed "Damaging Leaks of Classified Information". A 2008 letter about interrogation methods is also included, appearing to be from the vice-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to his fellow board members. Wikileaks said it would release more documents "over the coming days". The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating the hacking. The CIA stressed that none of the documents released so far were classified. "In fact, they appear to be documents that a private citizen with national security interests and expertise would be expected to possess," a statement said. High-profile leaks including a wealth of diplomatic cables from Wikileaks have dogged the US government in recent years. The use of private email has become a major issue in recent months for White House hopeful Hillary Clinton, since it emerged that she had operated a private account while secretary of state. Mr Brennan became director of the CIA in 2013, having spent four years as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.

The CIA has condemned the hacking of director John Brennan's personal email account, describing it as a "crime" carried out with "malicious intent".

Sen McCain has repeatedly called for the US to provide military aid to members of the Syrian insurgency. He becomes the highest ranking US official to travel to Syria, though McCain spokesman Brian Rogers did not give further details about the visit. News of the trip came as US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Paris. The US currently provides non-lethal aid to opposition groups in Syria, where an estimated 70,000 people have been killed since violence broke out in March 2011. Rebels call for arms Sen McCain, the top Republican on the Senate armed services committee, is understood to have entered Syria through Turkey and was on the ground there for several hours. He travelled with the Syrian Emergency Task Force and met General Salim Idris, chief of staff of the rebel Free Syrian Army, as well as 18 other rebel commanders, the BBC has learned. Gen Idris called for weapons to continue their fight, as well as a no-fly zone and air strikes on government targets. These are all steps that Arizona Sen McCain has previously urged the Obama administration to take. Gen Idris also urged airstrikes on the forces of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group whose forces have been fighting in Syria on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad. Sen McCain - who was the Republican presidential candidate in 2008 - has repeatedly urged more forceful American support of Syrian rebels, calling for US cruise missiles to target Syrian government forces. After unverified reports emerged last month that Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons on rebels, the hawkish 76-year-old senator renewed his calls for the establishment of a no-fly zone. He has also repeatedly urged that the insurgents should be armed. But the Obama administration has demurred, amid concerns that weapons might fall into the hands of al-Qaeda sympathisers. Earlier this month, American Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford briefly crossed into northern Syria to meet opposition leaders - in his first visit to the country since he left in February 2012 when the US closed it mission there.

US Senator John McCain has visited Syria to meet rebels in the war-torn country, his office has told the BBC.

Media playback is not supported on this device Sunderland's Rachael Laws, 25, has been called up to replace the 32-year-old Liverpool keeper, who has a knee injury. England face Belgium in Rotherham on Friday, before travelling to Zenica to play Bosnia on Tuesday. The Lionesses have won both their qualifying games so far. Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Rachael Laws (Sunderland), Carly Telford (Notts County) Defenders: Laura Bassett (Notts County), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea), Alex Greenwood (Liverpool), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Alex Scott (Arsenal), Casey Stoney (Arsenal), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Amy Turner (Notts County) Midfielders: Katie Chapman (Chelsea), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jo Potter (Birmingham City), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Arsenal) Forwards: Eniola Aluko (Chelsea), Karen Carney (Chelsea), Gemma Davison (Chelsea), Toni Duggan (Manchester City), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Ellen White (Notts County).

Injured goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain has withdrawn from the England women's squad for their Euro 2017 qualifiers against Belgium and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Gino Asquith was born on 9 November 2014, but died three days later. His mother, Sarah Ellis, had been sent home from the hospital two days earlier as there were no free beds. She was seen by eight medics before having an emergency caesarean after they failed to spot signs of distress. Recording a verdict of death by misadventure Coroner Oliver Longstaff said there had been four missed chances to provide medical input. The inquest heard that after Ms Ellis was turned away by Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH), in Halifax, she went to Huddersfield Birthing Centre, but was sent home on 8 November as her labour was not in an advanced stage. The following day she went back to CRH as she could no longer feel her baby moving but was told she was not dilated enough and was left in the Maternity Assessment Unit for six hours. She later underwent an emergency Caesarean section after being seen by a consultant. Gino had to be resuscitated twice after his birth. Mr Longtsaff said: "At the very least the delays in Gino being delivered made the chance of him being born alive significantly reduced." Speaking after the inquest, Ms Ellis and her partner Adam Asquith said: "Words cannot explain what we have been through in losing our first child together in this terrible way. "It is hard to accept that the delays we faced and the failure to pick up signs that Gino was in distress led to his death. "We can only hope that by speaking out we will ensure lessons are learned and that mothers and their babies are in the best possible hands when they are at their most vulnerable." Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust admitted liability for Gino's death in a civil case ahead of the inquest.

A series of delays and missed opportunities to provide medical intervention contributed to the death of a baby boy at Calderdale Royal Hospital, a coroner has said.

Alice Gross, 14, was found in the River Brent in west London in September 2014. Days later the body of Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns was found nearby. The inquest into her death will look into whether failures by the government and the police contributed to her death and will examine why Zalkalns was allowed to live unchecked in the UK. Reading from a prepared statement at the inquest at the Royal Courts of Justice, Alice's mother Rosalind Hodgkiss said the family wanted to "establish whether or not the systems for monitoring foreign offenders and cross-border sharing of information are robust". She added: "We appreciate that they may have changed significantly, but we remain stunned that a foreign national with a conviction for murder was not monitored, or even known about in any way. "This has destroyed much of our faith in our country's ability to protect its citizens. "The Home Office and the police forces nationwide should be doing everything they can to ensure that this should not be allowed to happen again." Ms Hodgkiss described her daughter as "lively and popular" as well as "witty, sharp and academic". She said Alice was a keen songwriter and it was "impossible to convey the devastation her death had caused to the family". She added: "We have many unanswered questions. We will never know exactly what happened on that day." Alice went missing on 28 August 2014 after leaving for a walk along the canal. Her body was found a month later following what the Met Police called the largest inquiry since the 7/7 bombings in 2005. Pathologist Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl told the inquest her body had been discovered in the River Brent, tied into a foetal position and weighted down by bricks, logs and a bicycle wheel. He concluded she had been sexually assaulted and asphyxiated, probably by being prevented from breathing by a larger person pressing on her torso. Zalkalns was the chief suspect in Alice's death and the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) both said he would have been charged with her murder had he not died. Zalkalns was convicted of murdering his wife in Latvia in 1998.

The mother of a schoolgirl who police believe was killed by a foreign convicted murderer said she was stunned he was not being monitored.

The government is currently negotiating with the Lib Dems and Greens to strike a deal to get its budget plans passed. Green co-convener Patrick Harvie has asked for concessions over tax, while Lib Dem Willie Rennie has targeted up to £400m of additional spending. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said he is "positive" about winning support. With the SNP a minority government, they will need at least one opposition party to help the budget pass, either by voting for it or by abstaining. Mr Mackay has indicated a budget deal with the Conservatives or Labour is unlikely, but said there was "room for manoeuvre" in talks with the Lib Dems and Greens. And while he has said no matters are "absolutely closed", he wants to "adhere as close to the [SNP] manifesto as possible" on tax, making a deal with the Lib Dems the more likely. The Lib Dems said they wanted "substantial changes" made, which would "set Scotland on a stronger, more liberal path". These focus on the party's manifesto pledges around education and mental health. Specific measures include: Mr Rennie said: "Liberal Democrats will not agree to the draft budget as it stands and will need these substantial changes. If we don't get what the country needs then we will walk away. "Our plan invests for a step change in mental health and a transformation in education that will help in the road to a liberal Scotland. A properly funded pupil premium and more money for colleges will create that opportunity and boost jobs and the economy. "New investment in mental health services will boost this Cinderella service and make the whole NHS more sustainable in the future. We have also included support for alcohol and drug services, a higher budget for the police and lower cost transport for the Northern Isles. "I have had a number of meetings and discussions with the finance secretary so far and I am looking forward to receiving his response to our plan." Mr Mackay has defended his tax and spending plans in two meetings of the finance committee, where he also took questions from the public over social media. The committee will submit its report on the budget on Friday 27 January, with the first chamber debate on the budget the following week. The final vote on the budget will follow a separate vote on Mr Mackay's tax proposals, in the week beginning 20 February. This is a decent snapshot of what the final budget deal is likely to look like. Willie Rennie probably won't get absolutely everything he is asking for - one would suspect Derek Mackay is too good a negotiator for that - but this is a far more palatable list of demands for the finance secretary than that put forward by the Greens, who want to see some movement over tax. While he says nothing is off the table, Mr Mackay isn't going to budge on tax. He sees his current proposals as well-balanced, and endorsed by the electorate last May. And with a deal with Labour or the Tories more or less dismissed in advance on political grounds, that leaves Mr Rennie as the clear favourite. He may well have beefed up his demands accordingly - minus any red lines, of course, over tax. There are plenty of talks still to come, but there is also plenty common ground here. Expect a SNP/Lib Dem coalition to usher an amended budget through come the end of February.

The Liberal Democrats have set out funding for education, mental health and transport links as their demands for backing the Scottish budget.

Four-month-old Ted visits Wales twice a month to see his grandparents in Carmarthenshire and the TV star hopes he will be brought up to be bilingual. He will be heading back again with his mother for the Champions League final. Ms Jones will present a One Show special from Cardiff on Friday, the eve of the men's match. The 40-year-old, who returned from maternity leave to the BBC One show part-time in April, said she was excited to be in the city for an event of such magnitude. "Working in Cardiff is a dream for me - the city will be buzzing," she said. "That's one of the best things about Cardiff - when we're hosting events like this the city comes alive." The Ammanford-born star lived in Cardiff for years and said it still felt like her home, adding she missed it "lots and lots". As a Welsh speaker herself, Ms Jones said she hoped to pass on the language to her son and had spoken about it with her husband, Charlie Thomson, who is from New Zealand. "It's hard in London but I will definitely speak Welsh to him and Charlie knows the odd word," she said. "There's a Welsh primary school here [in London] and I would love him to go there. "It's part of my heritage and is a big part of my identity. It's a big thing for me for Ted to experience it - I really benefitted from being bilingual." She admitted it had been "tough" going back to work with such a young baby, although she joked that The One Show was "a break" from the "really hard job of motherhood". "Going back part-time was the right thing to do - it's good for Ted to know women work," she added. "And actually it comes down to necessity, there's no choice, I have to work." She said she was looking forward to showing The One Show team "Cardiff at its best" and will even host a tour of the city for the programme, which she will be co-hosting with Patrick Kielty and Jason Mohammad from Cardiff Bay. Top of her must-see sights? "It's got to be Cardiff Castle," she said. "There's a lot of history for us there as we got married there. It has beautiful grounds for a picnic and has lots of interesting history. And the view from the top is spectacular. "I'm a bit out of the loop with where to go for a night out having had a baby but you can't go wrong with Cardiff Bay on a sunny evening." It is, perhaps, where she will be heading after finishing her live broadcast for The One Show on Friday. "I'm having my first night out with my friends since having the baby afterwards," she added. "It's going to be amazing. I know Cardiff will do us proud." The One Show - Live in Cardiff is on BBC One at 19:00 BST on Friday, 2 June

The One Show presenter Alex Jones has spoken of her wish to teach her baby son to speak Welsh but admits it might be a struggle while living in London.

Those words sung by Frank Sinatra for Martin Scorsese's classic 1970s film were ones Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart might have hoped to hear in the town's streets in July 2012 as they moved in to the New York Stadium, its name taken from that of the local area. After four years playing home games outside Rotherham, it marked a return 'home' for the Millers. But little could Stewart have realised it would result in such an upturn in fortunes on the pitch too. "I took over the club six years ago and decided to build a ground that was fit for the purpose, then start working with managers to get confidence back into the town," said the owner of Rotherham-based ASD Lighting PLC after the Millers secured Championship promotion by beating Leyton Orient on penalties in the League One play-off final. And as chants of 'there's only one Tony Stewart' rang out inside English football's national stadium, neutrals could be forgiven for wondering who the United fans were singing about. Media playback is not supported on this device In a town perhaps more famous for providing the sport with World Cup final referee Howard Webb, than South Yorkshire's second Championship football team, he is the man that saved their club. "If you're not a Rotherham fan, you can't understand the ups and downs we've had these past few years," one supporter told the Football League Show on the steps of Wembley. We can at least try to. 'These vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray'... a little strong? It is closer to the mark than you would think. In 2008, Stewart bought a club in administration, preparing for a season in the Football League's basement division with a 17-point penalty. That was only the half of it. A factor in the Millers' dire financial situation was the rent being charged at their stadium, Millmoor. The landlords failed to strike a deal with Stewart, and with heavy heart, he laced those vagabond shoes and strayed across the M1 to nearby Sheffield. Rotherham bedded down at the now-demolished Don Valley Stadium, with Stewart promising to fund construction of a new home in the S60 post-code range. A facility built for the hosting of athletics at the 1991 World University Games, Rotherham were welcome tenants for Sheffield City Council, which was struggling to cover the stadium's bills via the rent of Championship rugby league side Sheffield Eagles and the occasional athletics meeting. This lighting salesman from Rotherham could not have fathomed that six years later United would be two divisions higher. Could he? "My dream is probably to get to the top of the Championship. Talk to Hull, talk to Barnsley, these teams have done it before," Stewart told BBC Radio Sheffield two years ago. Three months later they made a brand new start of it. The £17m New York Stadium was to be Rotherham's new home, a name coined from the fact the area previously housed the site of old steelworks firm Guest and Chrimes, a company famed for manufacturing the Big Apple's iconic red fire hydrants. After four years of League Two - including a play-off final defeat by Dagenham & Redbridge - and four managers, Stewart had made good on his pledge as the Millers returned to S60, a stone's throw from Millmoor. As their final season in exile was drawing to a close, then Crawley Town manager Steve Evans was recruited as boss. His arrival, along with the stadium move, sparked Rotherham's remarkable rise. The Glaswegian overhauled a squad Andy Scott had struggled to get the best out of, bringing in 12 and moving out seven players over that summer. And the 51-year-old's first full season started as Stewart had no doubt dreamed. "Tony Stewart saved Rotherham United. The joyous feelings of Millers fans after back-to-back promotions is in stark contrast to the anger, confusion and despondency felt in the two-year period sparked by dropping out of the second-tier in 2005. "The club was beset with problems on and off the field. They entered administration in 2006 which caused a 10-point deduction and contributed to relegation the following season. "Ten more were docked the next year and 17 for Stewart's inaugural season at the helm. They needed someone of his ambition, candour, and business acumen to help them avoid more doom and gloom. "We can only really guess how much money his Rotherham revolution has cost to date, but the benefit to the club and the town itself is immeasurable. "Everything Stewart has said he was going to do he has done - the fact it has taken just six years is remarkable. "The club and the town now have a team and a stadium to be very proud of." A 3-0 win over Burton in the new, New York Stadium was witnessed by 11,441 people - a far cry from the 4,484 that attended the curtain-raiser at Don Valley four years earlier. In April, victory over Aldershot Town, ironically under the tutelage of his predecessor, secured Evans' seventh promotion as a manager. "I walked out on Crawley 12 months ago to come to a club that I believe could be a Championship club," Evans proclaimed after finishing, not quite top of the heap, as League Two runners-up. "We've got a lot of hard work to do to just be a League One club, but we'll get there very quickly under a fantastic chairman and supporters that have been incredible all season." More evolution than revolution came in Evans' second close-season as he tweaked his squad for their first third-tier campaign since 2006-07. And as Stewart had hoped, people did want to 'be a part of it' in New York. His town's enthusiasm for football did not wane. An average home gate of 8,580 saw United spend the final six months of the campaign in the play-off places, ultimately securing promotion by overcoming Preston North End and then Leyton Orient. "The fans have been absolutely magnificent. I know how much it hurt them against Dagenham four years ago," Evans told BBC Radio Sheffield. "How could you ever forget what we've achieved in these last two years? If you offered me a lottery win or this, it would be this. Rotherham United's last stint in the second tier of English football came on the back of successive promotions in 2000 and 2001. "I've been working for a great chairman but they're not always good days. There are days where there's a debate, days that aren't easy ones, but that's why Tony Stewart is as successful as he is. "He's a man who has everything, so for him to tell me I've given him something money couldn't buy, I'm extremely proud." His chairman is not done yet. "For me, taking over was a challenge and it's a challenge I've enjoyed," said Stewart. "I always say, whatever league you're in, you're in it to win it, to be at the pinnacle of that league. "There's only one step higher than the Championship - the adventure goes on." And £30m, six years, four managers and two promotions down the road, Stewart still wants to be top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill. Right there in old New York. Interviews by BBC Radio Sheffield's Andy Giddings and Rob Staton, and the Football League Show's Mark Clemmit.

'Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today, I want to be a part of it, New York, New York.'

Hughie Maughan's teak tone under the spotlight had viewers doing their own keyboard tap dance. The Dublin man was appearing on Irish broadcaster RTÉ's Dancing With The Stars at the weekend. Hughie told RTÉ's Ryan Tubridy he had laughed off the comments, claiming he had "thick elephant skin". "The entire place was staring at me and the whole studio was looking at me, laughing and were gobsmacked," he added. "I just found it funny. I'm one of those types of people, I'm bonkers when it comes to certain things. "It's made people speak about me which is probably a good thing, I am on a TV show… Isn't that the point of television?" Hughie's boyfriend Ryan Ruckledge was among those who contributed to the comments sparked by his partner's polished visage. "He really shouldn't have taken tanning tips from me," he joked, before adding, "bad boyfriend advice hahah sorry". The pair met on Channel 5's Big Brother programme last year. Others compared Hughie to Ross Geller from the hit US TV show Friends when David Schwimmer's sitcom character has a spray tan fiasco. Host Nicky Byrne said: "Hughie, you are trending on Twitter - we don't know why."

An Irish dance show contestant has sent viewers into a spin with the intensity of his fake tan.

"I thought it was great, fantastic," says Tom, one of the 450 or so full-time workers who work shifts preparing and packaging chilled fish destined for the supermarket shelves. Tom is not his real name. He's too scared of revealing his true identity for fear of losing his job. His employer is about to impose new terms and conditions and the workers aren't happy. "The workforce are up in arms about it. Everybody is really really annoyed with the company the way they've done things... we feel as though they're robbing us," he says. On 1 April, the government increased the minimum wage from £6.70 to £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and over. Seachill relies on overtime to keep its conveyor belts running. It's a requirement written into staff contracts. On top of a 40-hour week, Tom says workers can end up doing another 20 hours, especially when there's a big order to complete. His employer wants to increase the basic rate of pay to £7.35 an hour but cut overtime payments.. Tom reckons he will earn up to £80 a month less than he was expecting. Workers have to decide whether to accept the new contracts or risk losing their jobs. "Even with the new rate they've offered us at £7.35 an hour, at time and a quarter, it's less than what they would've been paying us at £7.20 an hour and time and a half and double time. "We are losing out big style," he says. The company is part of the Icelandic Group. It made more than £8m in profit last year. In a statement, it says its changes are designed to make it more efficient and says most workers will be better off. Tom disagrees and says he's 100% certain the changes are being made to help offset the costs of the new National Living Wage. "It's not on. As far as all of us are concerned, it's not on. How can they say in one breath that the firm is doing really well, and then expect us to take a pay cut?" Seachill is not the only company that's been reviewing its pay arrangements. At Pennine Foods in Sheffield, owned by the huge food group, 2 Sisters, workers have voted for strike action after the company announced it would cut Sunday and bank holiday pay as part of plans to standardise payments to staff. Elsewhere, staff benefits are also being trimmed. At Caffe Nero, workers are no longer entitled to a free panini whilst staff at Eat will no longer have paid-for breaks. In a recent parliamentary debate on the issue, both companies along with some other household names were in the firing line from MPs; DIY chain B&Q came in for particular criticism. "Companies such as B&Q use the introduction of the national living wage to 'reform their pay and reward structures', as they put it. That is a euphemism for cutting staff pay," said Joan Ryan, Labour MP for Enfield North. "I have found disturbing and, quite frankly, shameful the way in which some large employers in the service sector have used the introduction of a living wage as an excuse to cut basic work entitlements," added Julie Cooper, Labour MP for Burnley and Padiham. More than 130,000 people signed a petition against B&Q's planned cuts to employee benefits. It announced in February that it would be cutting Sunday pay and reducing bank holiday pay and bonuses for some staff, although it raised its basic pay to £7.66 an hour in April. B&Q said many workers would be better off or unaffected by its changes but that it had now extended compensation to staff who would lose out. Caffe Nero said its workers would still get a discount for food. Eat said all employees would be compensated through a pay rate above the current national living wage. In the last year, Morrisons, Tesco and Waitrose have also altered payments but they all insisted that it wasn't anything to do with the introduction of the national living wage. Some aren't surprised that employers are having to make changes. "Increasing the national living wage was the right thing to do but no-one can doubt that there will have to be adjustments," says Simon Walker, the boss of the Institute of Directors. "Companies have to be profitable so they are going to have to make adjustments and cut backs if they have to pay higher wages in order to break even. "They also face a number of other cost increases including the apprenticeship levy and auto enrolment for pensions." The chancellor cut corporation tax to help ease the burden on employers. He's called on companies to follow the spirit of the law. The owners of Seachill say it has a very loyal, long serving workforce and ensuring that they were fairly rewarded, whilst continuing to provide a first class service to its customers, is a priority. But for Tom and many of his colleagues, the cuts to overtime are proving hard to swallow.

When workers at the Seachill fish factory in Grimsby first heard about George Osborne's National Living Wage they were very happy.

United will be in the Champions League and boss Jose Mourinho said executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has had his targets "for more than two months". Mourinho wants to enhance his forward and defensive options to challenge for the Premier League title next season. United have been linked with Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann and Burnley centre-back Michael Keane. "Ed Woodward has my list," the Portuguese manager said after his side beat Ajax to win the Europa League for the first time on Wednesday. "Now it's up to him and the owners." Griezmann has a 100m euro release clause in his contract and the 26-year-old France international said earlier this week that his chances of joining United were "six out of 10". Since then, a major stumbling block has been removed by United securing the return of Champions League football. They will go straight into the group stage after their victory over Ajax in Stockholm. Griezmann has the pace and trickery United lack but, should a move falter, Torino forward Andrea Belotti is another option. The 23-year-old Italy international has scored 25 goals in Serie A this season. Keane, meanwhile, left United for Burnley in January 2015 but Mourinho is known to be eager to bring the 24-year-old defender back to Old Trafford. The Portuguese views predecessor Louis van Gaal's decision to sell the centre-back for £2m as a mistake and believes his central defensive options are limited. In theory, a 25% sell-on clause agreed at the time of that deal should bring the price down. However, Burnley manager Sean Dyche has said the Clarets have no financial need to sell Keane, who made his England debut in March. Prior to the January transfer window, United showed interest in Benfica's Sweden centre-back Victor Lindelof, 22, while left-back is another area of weakness. Earning Champions League football means United have avoided the potential loss of £50m in sponsorship income and prize money. However, one senior club source said the forthcoming transfer window was likely to be "crazy", given the increased spending power within the Premier League as a result of the new £8.3bn TV deal and clubs such as Inter Milan and AC Milan willing to spend big to try to rediscover former glories. A year ago, Mourinho marked his first summer at Old Trafford by bringing in striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, defender Eric Bailly and midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan by the first week in July, before midfielder Paul Pogba re-signed from Juventus for a world record £89m in early August. In December, BBC Sport was told the United manager felt he needed at least two more transfer windows to shape his squad. Mourinho decided not to buy in January, but since then Ibrahimovic and defender Marcos Rojo have suffered cruciate knee-ligament injuries which will keep them out until next year and former Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has left for Major League Soccer in the United States. United went on to finish sixth in the Premier League which, apart from the disastrous campaign under David Moyes in 2013-14, was their lowest placing since 1991.

Manchester United are likely to limit their summer spending to three or four key signings.

The skull of an adult male was found by the M54 slip road on Thursday by workers surveying a roundabout near Telford. The find sparked a West Mercia Police inquiry and led to the discovery of "further skeletal remains". The remains have now been recovered and post-mortem tests on Tuesday will help to identify him, police said. Officers said the remains had been there for at least two years. Police have contacted neighbouring forces asking for information about people who had been reported missing.

A post-mortem examination is to take place on human remains found near a motorway slip road in Shropshire.

Part of the road from the West Circular Road to Lanark Way had been cordoned off since early on Tuesday afternoon. A police spokeswoman said Army bomb disposal officers "carried out an examination of a suspicious vehicle, however, nothing untoward was found". She said the vehicle has now been seized for examination.

The Springfield Road in west Belfast has reopened after a security alert.

"We do not have plans to develop a successor Reader model at this time," the Japanese firm told the BBC. The PRS-T3 was the last version made and will exist as long as supplies remain in Europe. Earlier this year, Sony pulled out of selling e-books and directed its users in the US and Europe to the e-bookstore of rival Kobo. North American customers using Sony Readers have been directed to buy books from Kobo since February this year, and European and Australian customers since May, a Sony spokeswoman said. But users in Japan, Sony's home country, can continue to still get its line of Readers and access Sony's Reader Store. The news was first reported by German site Lesen. The dominance of Amazon's range of Kindles and the growing smartphone, tablet and so-called phablet market have made it hard for Sony's suite of e-readers and rivals like Nook to carve out a niche for themselves. According to The Bookseller, Amazon has around 90% of the dedicated e-reader market in the UK. Canadian firm Kobo was bought by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, which is looking to grow its business globally in a bid to challenge Amazon. The global market in dedicated e-readers peaked in 2011 with 23 million devices sold, but is expected to fall to 10 million by 2017 as phones and tablets eat into the overall market, according to the research consultancy Gartner. Still, the sale of printed books will be outstripped by e-books by 2018, a report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers suggested.

Sony has given up selling its line of Reader devices for e-books after failing to find a big enough market.

A major emergency had been declared at the airport after the Italian C-27J aircraft lost communication. It was escorted to Prestwick by RAF Typhoons as a precaution and landed without incident shortly before 20:00. Police Scotland said the C-27J had been flying from Iceland to Italy. Flights are believed to have been delayed for a short time at Glasgow and Edinburgh, but Scottish airspace was not closed. Prestwick Airport also remained open throughout, and a Ryanair passenger flight to Malta took off a short time after the Italian plane landed. A video posted on Facebook by the Ayrshire News newspaper appeared to show the civilian aircraft landing at the airport. The Typhoons did not land. Photographs from the scene posted on social media showed several emergency service vehicles which had been summoned to the scene as a precaution. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "Typhoon aircraft were launched this evening from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept a civilian aircraft which was causing concern to air traffic control authorities. "The aircraft was safely escorted to Prestwick airport and the local police now have the lead."

A civilian cargo aircraft has landed safely after being escorted into Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire after suffering technical problems with its communications equipment.

A total of 76 suspects have been arrested and huge quantities of drugs and arms seized in a series of raids. The ring used backpackers and vehicles to smuggle marijuana, cocaine and heroin across Arizona's western desert. The network was linked to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel and generated an estimated $2 billion in profit over the last five years, officials said. "Today we have dealt a significant blow to a Mexican criminal enterprise that has been responsible for poisoning our communities," said Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. "I find it completely unacceptable that Arizona neighbourhoods are treated as a trading floor for narcotics", he added. The bust - known as "Operation Pipeline Express" - followed a 17-month investigation by multiple US law enforcement agencies. A mix of US and Mexican nationals were arrested in three sweeps last week, earlier this month and in September, officials announced. More than 30 tons of marijuana, 90kg (200lbs) of cocaine and 72kg (160lbs) of heroin were seized, as well as more than 100 firearms. Operating from the Arizona towns of Chandler, Stanfield and Maricopa, the network ferried drugs across the Mexican border on foot and by vehicle to safe houses in the Phoenix area, officials said. The drugs were then sold to criminal gangs who distributed them in other states across the US. Officials believe the network made huge profits by securing a monopoly on smuggling routes along an 80 mile (128km) stretch of the remote desert border from Yuma to to the community of Sells in the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation. Intelligence suggested the ring was linked to the Sinaloa cartel, led by Mexico's most-wanted fugitive drugs lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. "We in Arizona continue to stand and fight the Mexican drug cartels, who think they own the place," Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said. "This is America and we shall bring a crushing hand of enforcement against those who threaten our families and our national security".

US authorities say they have broken up a massive drug-smuggling network run by a Mexican cartel in Arizona.

The 21-year-old, who joined Chelsea in January 2012, spent last season on loan at English Championship side Middlesbrough, making 22 appearances. His switch comes after a vow to fight for a place at Chelsea this season. "The target is to get a lot of playing time and help Kasimpasa achieve their objectives," he told BBC Sport. "I've come to Turkey to reciprocate the club's determination to bring me here. I want to show the manager and the fans that they have made a good choice and I am completely focused on breaking into the squad and prove myself here. "They have strong faith in my ability and I need to prove it. Last season was difficult because of injuries which affected me both at club and international level but I have put all that behind me. "Kasimpasa approached Chelsea in a professional manner and the chance to test myself in a top league is very challenging." Omeruo underwent his medical at Kasimpasa on Tuesday before signing a deal, which includes an option for the Turkish club to buy him at the end of the loan. He joined Chelsea from Belgian side Standard Liege in 2012 and developed on loan at ADO Den Haag in Netherlands in an 18-month spell from 2012 to 2013. Omeruo made 14 appearances in his first loan spell at Boro after joining in January 2014 and returned for the whole of last season. The centre-back was first called up by Nigeria in January 2013 and he went on to play at that year's Africa Cup of Nations and Confederations Cup - and at the 2014 World Cup.

Nigeria international defender Kenneth Omeruo has joined Turkish Super Lig side Kasimpasa on a season-long loan deal from English champions Chelsea.

The money is owed by absent parents who have been referred to the Child Support Agency. Accounts prepared for Parliament by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) class £2.9bn of the £3.9bn in maintenance arrears as "uncollectable". Ministers said the focus was on debts for children still being brought up, but old debts would not be "forgotten". The Child Support Agency (CSA) was set up 21 years ago with the aim of ensuring that if a relationship broke down, a parent could not just walk off and leave an ex to pay the costs of bringing up their children. The CSA's role was to calculate maintenance - and ensure that non-resident parents paid up. But it has been dogged with problems. Computer systems did not work properly. Mistakes were made with assessments and absent parents were not tracked down. In 2012, a new child maintenance system was introduced in an effort to draw a line under the CSA's difficulties. The Child Maintenance Service, as the new system is called, does not consider recovering the historic debts on the CSA's books as a priority. Around 1.3 million single parents are owed money the CSA ruled they were entitled to - and some have been waiting years. One single parent, Marianne Miles from London, said she badly needed the money the CSA ordered her ex-partner to pay towards their son. But after nearly seven years of waiting for payment, she has all but given up. "I am not hopeful of seeing any of that money to be perfectly honest," she said. "They [the CSA] haven't made much effort to get anything - even £30 a week - so I have practically written off all of it." In 2008, Marianne Miles, from London, was made redundant from her job as a publicist. Raising her teenage son alone became a severe financial struggle. She turned to the CSA, which ordered her ex-partner to contribute. To this day, she still has not received the money owed, which has built up to a total of £12,000. "I try not to get angry about it, but it's not fair," she said. "If he owed the government council tax money, or for a parking ticket, they would pursue it and make sure it was paid. But when it's paying maintenance towards your own child, it is not deemed as important." Her son is now 20 and has left home, but Marianne is still responsible for him financially. "Just because he didn't have it before doesn't mean he doesn't need it now," she said. "It would make a huge difference. "He's a student so it could go towards his books and his food, that I have to support, and he's learning how to drive. I'm the only person around to help him." Janet Allbeson, from the single-parent charity Gingerbread, believes the government should be recovering unpaid maintenance, even in cases that have been going on for years. She said: "If they do manage to get the money, even if it is years late, it can really make a difference to a child's life. "It allows, for instance, to help with the cost of going to college, perhaps paying off a student loan, or helping a child learn to drive. "Children in some ways get more expensive as they get older and that money can make a real difference to a child's future." The government said it was prioritising cases where a child was still being brought up. Steve Webb, the minister with responsibility for child maintenance, said: "We are quite clear that just because money has been owed for a long time it does not mean it should be forgotten about. It should be paid. "Of course everything cannot be a priority. We have been quite transparent… and we have made it clear that where there is a child still at school or being brought up - that is the first priority. "But we are not writing off or ignoring old debt." But figures in DWP accounts published in December raise questions about how much of the arrears backlog is likely to be recovered. The £2.9bn listed as "uncollectable" relates to cases where either no payment has been received from the absent parent in the previous six months, or no arrears schedule has been put in place. The DWP said the definition of "uncollectable" in the accounts did not give a true picture of the level of debt that is beyond its enforcement powers - and in fact only £244m was permanently "uncollectable". This report will be broadcast on Sunday, 25 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live. You can listen to other editions of 5 live Investigates on the BBC iPlayer. You can contact 5 live Investigates by emailing goldberg@bbc.co.uk or comment on this story to @BBC5Live on Twitter.

Billions of pounds owed in child maintenance may never be recovered, government accounts show.

The concert was held amid tight security at the heavily protected Intercontinental Hotel. It was a rare music concert in the city. Kabul has witnessed a series of suicide attacks and explosions in the past few months. Saturday evening's concert was originally scheduled to be held in Ghazi stadium to mark the country's Independence Day. More than 3,000 tickets were sold at premium rates. But the authorities said they could not guarantee security at that venue. Ms Sayeed did not give up. She went ahead with her performance, but at a different venue. Her fans were delighted. "Despite the threats, I didn't think such a big number of girls would attend here. Fortunately, the number of women is bigger than men," said Bahar Sohaili, who attended the concert.. "I asked some of the girls: 'Why you are here?' They told me they were here to defy those who were against the concert." Ms Sayeed, described by her fans as Afghanistan's Kim Kardashian, is known for her long hair and figure-hugging outfits, which are seen as taboo by many in Afghanistan. Her music mixes traditional and folk songs rendered as pop. She sings both in Dari and Pashto, Afghanistan's two main languages. A day before the concert, I interviewed Ms Sayeed. She said she was determined to go ahead with the concert, despite the threats. "I am taking this as a very good excuse to be able to give a bit of happiness to my fellow Afghans, who are in dire need of it at the moment," she said. She has received a number of death threats from those who say her outfits and public shows are an affront to Afghan culture. "There are certain people in Afghanistan who have been against music, against celebration, against even New Year, Eid and everything. I feel like today we need to stand together and fight against it," said Ms Sayeed. "At the end of the day, we are also human beings and these are basic human needs - music, celebration, Independence Day, New Year." Ms Sayeed said she would donate the proceeds from the concert to the families of those killed by Islamist militants in an attack on the village of Mirza Olong in northern Sar-e-Pul province.

Hundreds of young men and women attended a concert by Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed in the capital Kabul despite opposition from conservatives, and threats of an attack.

There was no change of tone, no acknowledgement of any fresh message the voters had sent Mrs May, bar a passing reference to opportunity and fairness that echoed her speech on the same spot 11 months ago. It seems odd to me she didn't spend more of the election campaign talking about helping those who are "just managing" as she called them in her first (well-received) Downing Street speech. Her defiance extended to an insistence she would stick to the existing timetable for Brexit talks and her ambition produced the phrase "over the next five years". Perhaps she was just trying to steady the ship amid calls for her to resign. The Conservatives are notoriously ruthless with leaders who fail and I wouldn't put my mortgage on her still being in place for the conclusion of Brexit talks. Conservative MPs I have spoken to think she has done the right thing for now and that resignation would have increased the uncertainty with all the impact that would have had on financial markets. What does the loss of the Conservative majority mean for Brexit? That is harder to say. There is a growing argument that it means Mrs May will have to compromise more and go for a "softer" Brexit. But that ignores the sizeable numbers of Conservative and DUP MPs who favour a "clean Brexit" that would mean leaving the single market, the customs union and not paying into the pot after the UK has left. It also relies on the assumption that the remaining 27 EU countries are prepared to offer a choice of Brexit. In one of the most telling interventions of the election campaign, David Cameron suggested that the prime minister needed a large majority to prevent (rather than deliver) an "extreme Brexit". "It's so important," he said, "that the Conservatives win and win well, so Theresa can negotiate that Brexit deal, so she can stand up to people who want an extreme Brexit either here or in Brussels." A tiny majority - or no majority at all - would leave Theresa May having to secure a deal that would satisfy the likes of both Sir William Cash and Kenneth Clarke, a tall order in any circumstances. Unless Mrs May takes the advice of the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, who suggests she talks to other political parties to try to secure a cross-party consensus on what she called "an open Brexit". Ruth Davidson was one of her party's silver linings, leading the Conservatives to victory in 13 seats. Labour have pointed out that under 'English Votes for English Laws' those Scottish Tory MPs won't be able to take part in some Commons votes on health and education in England. That shouldn't affect the Conservatives' chances of winning votes in those areas as 46 non-Conservative MPs from Scotland would face the same restriction. As indeed would the new Tories' new friends from Northern Ireland. The Conservatives still have a parliamentary majority in England but its modest size means that controversial issues such as the expansion of grammar schools may struggle to pass through the House of Commons.

A visitor from another planet listening to the prime minister's speech outside No 10 on Friday could be forgiven for assuming nothing of significance happened the day before.

From her early days as a prodigious youngster, the career-threatening injury, the comeback and first world title to the iconic gold at London 2012. Then came Ennis-Hill the mum, a second world title and her final act, a silver at Rio. Minichiello has seen it all and tells BBC Sport why the "hard-working mum" deserves her place as Britain's greatest ever athlete. "How would I describe Jess in three words? A hard-working mum. "Leading into London she was an athlete first and foremost. But after her son Reggie was born she was a mum who did athletics. That is a lovely example, look at her, how she changed, she became just a mum with a hobby. "The World Championship medal in 2015 and the Olympic medal at Rio was more about doing something for her son; her son would see that and have an affinity with it. He is very sporty, and can throw a broom handle thinking it's a javelin. "He has seen his mum, whatever memory he may or may not have, he will have experienced what his mum's reputation will always be." Media playback is not supported on this device "I met Jess when she was nine. I was teaching on summer camps at the time and I saw this kid who stood out from her peers because she was just that bit quicker. "She only came down because her friend came down but she stuck with it and the friend went in a different direction. "Jess kept exceeding and exceeding expectations, people criticised her for being too small, said she'd never make it. They said my coaching was no good. But I was like 'no, come and see this kid, what she does, she is tenacious, a highly-competitive individual'. "She can be a pain, she is always ultra competitive. She gets it from her mum, even lobbing a drinks bottle into a bin from five metres. "Her best quality is her ability to be ultra competitive but be incredibly grounded and modest. She is critical of herself. She does not say 'look at me, the great I am'. She is modest and strives to be better and has an incredible work ethic. You could not ask for any more. She got her physicality from her parents and add that to the work ethic and competitive bit; bring all that together and you have lightning in a bottle. "She has always been sassy and was a cheeky little kid. But she has that determination to do better and never be satisfied with her performance." Media playback is not supported on this device "For me, the highlight of her career wasn't London 2012, but coming back from pregnancy and winning the World Championship in Beijing in 2015. "Number two would coming back from three stress fractures in her foot and winning her first World Championship in 2009 because that was potentially a career-threatening injury. The home Olympics was big but in my perspective overcoming adversity was better. "London was superb, but a bit surreal because the crowd were so supportive. It wasn't quite the same pressurised environment. Normally on the first day of a heptathlon it is three men a dog, but it was packed. "I have two great memories from London. The first was when she was introduced in the last heat of the 800m. They went down the line and when the announcer got to lane eight - Jess' lane - he was drowned out by the noise of the crowd. "The second was so many people staying in the stadium for the medal ceremony and singing the national anthem. It was the first gold medal and the first time the stadium heard the anthem." Media playback is not supported on this device "After Rio, I said 'go and take two or three months and make sure you're happy with the decision'. There will be no comeback, no Frank Sinatra moment, it won't be that, even though you get good odds for her to compete at Tokyo... the bookies were offering 10-1. "She had the shortest competitive preparation for Rio with injuries and it was not the most sensible competitive programme to try and retain an Olympic title. It had been a struggle, three injuries to get over and her body was not as forgiving as it was. She had this in mind when she made a judgement call about competing at the World Championships in London in 2017. Find out how to get into athletics with our special guide. "It was time. In fairness there is a new generation of British athletes coming through and the hope is they can step up and succeed. It's their moment, no need to dwell on the past, her time has been. "I will miss it, I like going to major championships, I like the buzz. But I have a whole new crop and hopefully have one or two who can make it." "If you look at somebody who in a career has won a medal at the youngest stage and gone all the way through to winning an Olympic medal, the changes that you had in that lifetime, that defines a career. "To come back from three injuries and to win a world title, again that would define a career. To win a home Olympics, again that would define you, To come back after pregnancy as a mum and how organise time and win a world title and Olympic medal, anyone of those individually would all define a career. To have done all four, that is staggering. "She is better than Daley Thompson, he never gave birth and came back and won, he trained and trained. To balance her home life and do that makes her the best British athlete ever." Toni Minichiello was speaking to BBC Sport's Matthew Davis.

Coach Toni Minichiello has been by Jessica Ennis-Hill's side through the highs and the lows of her golden career.

The child was critically injured in the incident and later died in hospital. The freak accident happened at 15:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Friday. The Sun Dial restaurant, where the incident took place, has reportedly been closed until further notice. According to a statement from Atlanta police, the restaurant's revolving floor automatically stopped moving when the child became stuck on Friday. Employees managed to dislodge the boy, who suffered crushing injuries to his head and brain, according to a report by the Fulton county medical examiner. "The kid was just wandering as kids will do. Somehow he found himself in a critical situation where he's lodged in between the rotating floor and the wall," police spokesman Warren Pickard told reporters on Saturday. The boy's death has been ruled accidental. The restaurant is located at the top of the Westin Hotel, an Atlanta attraction that offers a 360-degree view of the city.

A five-year-old boy has died after his head got lodged between a wall and a table fixed to a slow-moving floor of a restaurant in Atlanta, police officials said.

An all-party group has called on the UK government to consider devolving some immigration control. That could involve Wales being able to set its own visas and migration quotas. And the group chairman said immigrants should have to learn English or Welsh. The UK government said different rules for different areas would cause difficulties for employers. Currently, there is no separate Welsh immigration policy. A number of recommendations have made by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration (APPGSI) report on how the UK's immigration system could promote better integration. It said speaking English was "the key to full participation in our society and economy". Group chairman Chuka Umunna MP said he wanted Wales to have a bigger say in developing immigration policies. "This is a really hot topic, it's become very toxic, very polarised and we want to build a consensus on what a new system could look like," he told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme. When asked if immigrants could learn Welsh if living and working in Wales as an alternative to English, he said: "Absolutely. Why not?", adding that people could not fully integrate in society if they could not speak the language. David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth, called it a "ludicrous idea". "People will just go to whichever nation... is offering the easiest visas and move to where they want to move to," he told BBC Wales. "Once they've got a visa to go to Wales there will be nothing to stop them going to England or vice versa." The MPs' report claims the UK's existing points-based immigration system is "generally unresponsive to demographic, economic and cultural differences between our constituent nations and regions". "Shaping immigration criteria to address nation or region-specific economic and cultural needs might instil confidence among members of the public that the immigration system works for their area", the study said. It added: "Enabling nations and regions to set regional immigration quotas would create new incentives for politicians to actively make the case for immigration in their area." Devolution could involve the introduction of region-specific visas, with quotas for how many are issued. Canada is given as an example, where all 10 provincial governments are allowed to set region-specific requirements for immigrants. Immigrants are required to live in the region that approves their visa until they become eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship. The province of Quebec is also able to set its own criteria for its visas and evaluate applications. A small element of regional policy on immigration already exists in the UK, where Scotland has a list of occupations in addition to a UK-wide version where employers can advertise outside of the EU without first advertising domestically. The UK government, the report said, should appoint an independent commission to explore how a devolved or regionally-led immigration system might work. Questions for the commission could include extending existing powers for Scotland to Wales, Northern Ireland, London and the English metro regions, and whether the UK government might copy the Quebec model. A Welsh Government spokesman said: "It is important that the needs of Wales are reflected in future migration policies and that people who settle here are supported to integrate into communities." Plaid Cymru external affairs spokesman Steffan Lewis said: "Plaid Cymru has long advocated a Welsh visa system to boost our public services such as the NHS and support the private sector in attracting high-skilled workers from around the world. "It is also of great regret that Westminster policies have damaged our reputation as a destination for international students. "Student visas should be devolved and would benefit our universities and our economy." A UK government spokeswoman said: "Applying different immigration rules to different parts of the United Kingdom will complicate the immigration system, harming its integrity and causing difficulties for employers who need the flexibility to deploy their staff to other parts of the UK." She said the UK government was rolling out a £20m fund for English language provision and had made £140m available to councils to manage impacts on communities "caused by issues such as poor English language skills". The spokeswoman added: "We must also recognise that uncontrolled, mass immigration makes it difficult to maintain social cohesion and puts pressure on public services. "Our priority is to build an immigration system that works for everyone in the UK and delivers the control we need."

Immigration rules tailored to the needs of Wales could build public confidence in the system, a group of MPs has said.

Russian Football Union acting president Nikita Simonyan told the R-Sport agency Capello's role was in question. Simonyan's comments came following Russia's 1-0 defeat by Austria in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday. Russia are third in their group and are facing the prospect of needing to win a play-off to reach the tournament. Former England manager Capello, 68, took over as Russia boss in July 2012 and signed a four-year contract extension in January 2014. The deal was designed to keep the Italian in the role until the 2018 World Cup, which is due to be staged in Russia. Russia were knocked out at the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil without winning a game, and have eight points from six games in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Capello's side have failed to win in five games, losing two, and are eight points behind Group G leaders Austria and four adrift of Sweden, in second.

Fabio Capello's future as Russia manager is in doubt with the nation's football chief due to "discuss" whether to sack him.

The call was made by Scottish Conservative Mary Scanlon and backed by SNP MSP Mike MacKenzie. The state of Holyrood's coffee was raised during questions about staff and services at the Edinburgh building. Linda Fabiani suggested the complainers could use "very good coffee bags" and "some really hot water". She was answering on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body which runs the parliament. After taking a question about food waste disposal, Ms Fabiani was informed by Ms Scanlon that she would like to "increase the amount of food disposal" in some areas, namely the coffee for committee meetings. Ms Scanlon, the MSP for the Highlands and Islands, told the chamber: "On behalf of my colleague on the audit and education committee, Colin Beattie, and colleagues across this parliament from all parties can I ask if the corporate body will ensure that new and existing MSPs get a decent cup of coffee in committee in session five [after the next Holyrood election]." Ms Scanlon was backed by Mr MacKenzie who said he "shared the concerns". He had also observed that the quality of the coffee diminished the longer it sat in their flasks. Ms Fabiani responded by saying: "I guess it is all a matter of taste I quite like the coffee that we get in committee." However, she added that it was a complaint she had heard "over the last couple of years". Ms Fabiani said the fact the coffee urns were being emptied each day suggested that most people were "quite happy" with what was being offered.

Pleas have been made by members of the Scottish Parliament for better quality coffee to be served to them during committee meetings.

Shepherd Murombedzi caught the hosts cold to play in Harry White and the former Barnsley forward made no mistake to fire Solihull in front after nine minutes. White could have made it comfortable for Solihull just before the break, but he was unable to hit the target after George Carline's neat flick put him through. Bromley were left frustrated as Brandon Hanlan and Mark Goldberg squandered decent chances. And Solihull were left clinging on when debutant Daniel Udoh picked up two yellow cards to be sent off with five minutes remaining - just eight minutes after coming off the bench. Report supplied by the Press Association Match ends, Bromley 0, Solihull Moors 1. Second Half ends, Bromley 0, Solihull Moors 1. Joe Anderson (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jack Byrne (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Liam Daly (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Blair Turgott. Oladapo Afolayan (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Substitution, Bromley. Jordan Wynter replaces Lee Minshull. George Carline (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jordan Higgs (Bromley) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Solihull Moors. Oladapo Afolayan replaces Regan Charles-Cook. Substitution, Bromley. Louis Dennis replaces Connor Dymond. Second Half begins Bromley 0, Solihull Moors 1. First Half ends, Bromley 0, Solihull Moors 1. Goal! Bromley 0, Solihull Moors 1. Harry White (Solihull Moors). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Solihull held on to claim a narrow victory over Bromley despite being reduced to 10 men late on.

The union Unite organised the rally at the firm's headquarters in Derbyshire. The union has called for an end to "Victorian working practices" and demanded staff get a living wage of £7.85 an hour. Sports Direct said casual workers receive holiday and sick pay, and are included in incentive schemes. The protest at the company headquarters was one of about 40 being held on Wednesday, with Sports Direct shops across the country also being targeted. A Sports Direct spokeswoman said: "Much of the comment around the group's use of zero hours has been unfounded and inaccurate. "The group complies fully with all legal requirements which relate to casual workers, including holiday and sick pay and freedom to gain other employment. "Casual workers also benefit from general incentive schemes." Unite said an estimated 3,000 workers are on zero-hour contracts at Sports Direct's Shirebrook headquarters. A further 75% of staff across its UK stores are also on zero-hour contracts, with Sports Direct accounting for a fifth of all such contracts in the retail sector, according to Unite. One institutional investor, Royal London Asset Management, earlier called for the resignation of Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley citing anger on his failure to attend four board meetings. Ashley Hamilton Claxton from Royal London Asset Management, said: "We have lost confidence in the board and are very concerned about the long list of corporate governance failings that have not been addressed." But both Mr Ashley and Sports Direct chairman Keith Hellawell were re-elected to the board at the meeting. Unite representative Cheryl Pidgeon said: "We want an end to zero-hour contracts - because young people cannot stand 'forever and a day' to be on zero-hour contracts. "We think Sports Direct makes enough money to ensure that their workers have to dignity, respect and fair wages."

A Dickensian-style protest has been held to oppose Sports Direct's use of zero-hour contracts at the company's annual general meeting.

Relatives say they have evidence that she was murdered as part of a policy of deliberately killing journalists. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed at a district court in Washington DC. Colvin was reporting from the rebel-held area of Baba Amr, in Homs, in February 2012, when she was killed by government artillery. Shortly before, she did live broadcasts for the BBC, Channel Four and CNN. "I watched a little baby die today," she said, talking over pictures of a child who had been hit by a sniper bullet. "That is happening over and over and over." She told the BBC that President Assad's forces were "shelling with impunity, with merciless disregard for civilians". She told CNN it was "a complete and utter lie that they're only going after terrorists… The Syrian army is simply shelling a city of cold, starving civilians". The Colvin family believes that the satellite phone used in these broadcasts was traced by Syrian intelligence and used to locate the Baba Amr media centre, where she was based. According to documents obtained by their lawyers, a government informant then confirmed the location. An attack on the journalists was ordered that night, the lawsuit says. "The transmissions were intercepted, and they were tracked to their GPS co-ordinates," said one of the legal team, Scott Gilmore. "On top of that there was a whole web of informants who were already out searching for the journalists. Any journalist in Homs… could have been a target". Marie's photographer, Paul Conroy, had told the BBC shortly after the attack that the incoming rounds were "bracketed" on the media centre, meaning they were being deliberately targeted. Conroy had served in an artillery regiment in the British Army. "As an artilleryman, I think that was a good day's work for a for a well-trained team. Nothing smacked of randomness in that situation," he said. Now the family's lawyers say they have witnesses and documents smuggled out of Syria to prove this. The lawsuit is the fruit of four years of research by the US-based Center for Justice and Accountability. The documents are said to show that the artillery strike was approved or ordered by President Assad's brother Maher, commander of the Republican Guards. The policy of targeting journalists is alleged to have been made by senior officials in the Central Crisis Management Cell, President Assad's war cabinet. "I'm really proud to be able to bring this lawsuit," said Marie Colvin's sister, Cat. "We know who Marie's killers are now; we want them brought to justice. I want them to be held accountable." She went on: "I'm very sensitive to the suffering of the Syrian people. I know I'm not the only one who's lost a sister and my mom is not the only one who is mourning the loss of a daughter. "I'm in a unique position to be able to use the court to be able be bring Marie's killers to justice. I want to give a voice to the Syrian people. I want them to know we haven't forgotten them." The shelling in Baba Amr was the most intense any of us in the BBC team had ever seen. The Syrians there were all wondering if this would be another Hama - the town destroyed by the old President Assad's artillery in 1982. Some 10,000-20,000 people were killed - there is still no accurate estimate - but not a single image was published of the carnage. In the age of the cameraphone and YouTube, that was not going to happen in Baba Amr. But - we believed - the regime still feared what effect the presence of international journalists would have. "We could destroy Baba Amr in 10 minutes, if there were no cameras," a regime official is supposed to have said, according to documents and witness statements obtained by the Colvin family's lawyers. The lawsuit says Marie was deliberately murdered according to orders given by some of the most senior officials in the Syrian regime. One of those who helped carry out the attack is said to have been rewarded by the Assad family with the gift of a car. These are allegations, yet to be tested in court. But the murder of journalists is just one war crime among many of which the regime stands accused. The Colvin family hopes the lawsuit will be a reminder of that - as some in the international community seek to rehabilitate President Assad.

The family of Marie Colvin, the American journalist who died in Syria four years ago, is suing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

"I genuinely believe that being on death row for 22 years ultimately saved my life. It was the greatest adventure of my life, and I survived it." Nick Yarris has never had an apology for being imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. He spent almost all that time in solitary confinement, sometimes being beaten so badly by prison guards that, on one occasion, his retina detached. "The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person," he told the Victoria Derbyshire programme. While on death row, he educated himself about the law, and sometimes read up to three books in a day. "The whole purpose of my education ultimately was so I could deliver a statement eloquently before my execution," he said. For 22 of the 23 years he spent in prison, Nick genuinely believed he would be executed. Nick has now written his own book about his life called "The Fear of 13", because he believed bad things happened to him around the 13th date. "I didn't mind the 23 hours a day solitary confinement for the majority of the time, because after the first few years in prison, when I stopped being angry and started to like myself and understand myself, it was OK. I still enjoy my own company sometimes. "I've never had any psychiatric help since leaving prison. I studied psychology in there and applied it to myself." Nick grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia with his parents and five siblings, but his happy childhood was shattered when, aged seven, he was attacked by a teenage boy who hit him on the head so hard it gave him brain damage and then raped him. He did not tell his parents. The trauma of this assault led his behaviour into a downward spiral and as he got older he began drinking and taking drugs. He was arrested, aged 20, after being accused of the attempted kidnap and murder of a police officer - a charge of which he was later acquitted. But while in custody before that trial, Nick was desperate to get out and so made up a story, telling police he knew who committed the murder of a woman, Linda Mae Craig, who he had only read about in the newspaper and had never met. "I was just desperate, a drug-addled kid who didn't know what to do to get out of jail." He said the murderer was a man with whom he once briefly lived. Nick thought the man - who had stolen money from him - had later died and so believed he could safely trade this false information for his own freedom. However, the man Nick accused was still alive and the lie was exposed. The police then charged Nick with these crimes instead. In 1982, he was convicted of the woman's rape and murder and sent to death row. During his imprisonment in Pennsylvania jails, Nick's only possessions were a couple of paper sacks full of legal materials, some novels, toiletries and a small radio. He was only allowed to exercise for 30 minutes on weekdays in a small cage. He would spend 14 years, from 1989 to 2003, without being touched by another human being. During this time, he would lie on his arm until it went numb and then use it to rub his face, as though it were someone else. In 1988 he became the first man on death row in the United States to ask for DNA testing, but this led to years of heartbreaking delays and churning frustrations, such as when a vital package containing DNA samples burst open when it was posted to a laboratory, destroying the evidence. Eventually, Nick sought the most extreme form of relief from his imprisonment. "In 2002 I was ready to be executed and I asked to drop my legal appeals so that the execution process would be carried out." But then a judge ordered one final round of DNA testing and evidence came back and cleared him in 2003, demonstrating that there were DNA traces of two unknown men in the car and on Linda's clothing. Linda's killer has never been found and Nick received compensation for his wrongful conviction, although it "feels like pity money" to him. "When I got out, I got a mantra from my mother, who sat me down and said that I had to be a polite and kind man from now on and that I had to be kind to women, otherwise it was a waste of coming home. "She did me a huge favour. I began creating positive passages in my brain that changed my thoughts for the better." He also said that when he got out, he noticed how "people weren't as reserved as they were". "In prison you're not allowed to give out your opinion. But now everyone's expected to give their opinion on social media." He now campaigns for the abolishment of the death penalty, has spoken in front of officials at both the United Nations and European Union and has given around 300 talks in schools. And it was a trip to the UK, to speak to MPs in Parliament, that led him to fall in love with England, where he has lived since 2005. "It felt like a permanent holiday away from my woes," he said. Now a father and living in Ilchester, Somerset, he recently saw a photo from his own childhood, showing 27 children from his neighbourhood in the 1970s. He is the only one still alive, the others dying through drugs, car accidents or violence. Both his brothers died because of drugs and alcohol abuse. He added: "I see my prison past as an old movie I watched that scarred me, but now I don't get so bothered about it. "If I hadn't have gone to prison, then my life wouldn't be as good as it is now. I never look at it in a negative way." The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. International viewers can see clips from the programme here.

Nick Yarris spent more than two decades on death row in the US after he was wrongly convicted of rape and murder, before a DNA test eventually freed him.

A crew from Deeside was sent to the play park in Sealand just before 13:00 GMT. The woman had stepped through the hole in a car tyre and became wedged inside. Firefighters spent 10 minutes sawing the rubber and the woman was not injured.

Firefighters rescued a woman who became trapped in a tyre at a playground in Flintshire on Wednesday.

The warning has been made by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in its weekly update of A&E performance. It showed nine in 10 hospitals are increasing bed numbers - but despite this they have problems seeing patients quickly enough and discharging them. The RCEM weekly report provides a snapshot of performance. It covers more than 40 hospital trusts - one in five of the total. Special report page: For the latest news, analysis and video Nick Triggle: The lost beds problem Hugh Pym: The Northern Ireland challenge Winter across the UK: A guide to how the NHS is coping Video: Why hospitals are under so much pressure Video: How a hospital can grind to a halt The update suggested that just over 86% of patients were seen and dealt with in four hours - below the 95% target. It also highlighted problems with delayed discharges - this is when hospitals cannot release patients because services or care are not available in the community. It said in some places a fifth of beds were being taken up by these patients. And it concluded that despite the best efforts of hospitals, winter was proving difficult and there was "insufficient capacity and capability" to respond to rising demand. Meanwhile, official data from NHS England, which also covers last week but does not include how hospitals are performing against the four-hour target, revealed visits to A&E were increasing. There were nearly 340,000 attendances last week, up from just under 328,000 the week before. But Dr Barbara Hakin, of NHS England, said despite the increasing pressures staff continued to "deliver a first-class service". "We are working hard to make sure all parts of the NHS are well prepared for the busy winter period," she added. Scotland is also providing weekly figures for its major A&E departments. It showed that up to the start of December just over 95% of patients were being seen in four hours. The latest data available in Wales covers October and in Northern Ireland, November. Both nations are missing the four-hour A&E target. Read more from Nick Follow Nick on Twitter

A&E units across the UK are not equipped to cope with the rising demands being seen this winter, emergency care doctors say.

Dale Hart, 54, and Michael Smart, 37, both of Pencoed, and Christopher Bennett, 61, of Port Talbot, pleaded guilty to the production of cannabis. Newport Crown Court heard police found 692 plants worth around £800,000 at Queens Court, Bridgend Industrial Estate, during a raid last November. A proceeds of crime hearing will be held in October. The court heard police raided the unit after members of the public reported a strong smell of cannabis. Hart was sentenced to five years in prison, Smart was sentenced to three-and-a-half-years and Bennett was given four-and-a-half years.

Three men who ran a cannabis factory yards from police headquarters in south Wales have been jailed.

The Hannover forward, who will also miss Austria's game in Serbia on Sunday, has been replaced by Sturm Graz striker Deni Alar Harnik is the team's most-capped player, with 14 goals in 61 matches. Alar is the leading top-scorer for Austrian league leaders Graz, with nine goals in as many games.

Austria winger Martin Harnik will miss Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Wales in Vienna because of a calf injury.

Media playback is not supported on this device Peaty, 22, who also retained his 100m title on Monday, finished in 25.99 seconds - just short of the world record 25.95 he set in the semi-final. Brazil's Joao Gomes Junior took silver and South African Cameron van der Burgh was third. "I'm feeling very good. I'm so, so happy with my displays," Peaty said. He was speaking to the BBC after taking part in the 4x100m mixed medley relay final, in which defending champions Britain finished fifth. USA won in a world record time of three minutes 38.56 seconds. Australia took silver, with China and Canada in joint third. It was a different story in his individual race, earlier. Peaty was level with his rivals in the first few strokes before he pulled away after 30 metres. The City of Derby swimmer appeared set to break the world record for a third time in two days, but narrowly fell short. The Briton suggested "equilibrium" was key to his successes. "I'm a massive believer that all areas of your life need to be equal for you to perform at your best," he added. "Lifestyle, family and friendships. If one is out then you are not going to be at that level." Media playback is not supported on this device Van der Burgh, the 2009 and 2013 world champion in the 50m breaststroke, paid tribute to Peaty's powerful performances. "I think I have to retire and give it a few years and come back when he's older," joked the 29-year-old. "It's really impressive. It's not even breaststroke anymore, he's swimming like a new kind of stroke, like a metamorphosis between [butter]fly and breast. Former British swimmer Mark Foster told BBC Sport that Peaty's display was "immense". "There not enough words to describe how good he is," he said. "Under 26 seconds for the second time - only four hundredths of a second off his best time. It was, again, an immense swim." Karen Pickering, British 2001 world 4x200m freestyle gold medallist We all know how strong Peaty is. In his semi-final he was a little bit lower in the water as he set his world record. Because he's not quite as high as he is in the 100m, he has a quicker turnover. He can keep that up for 50m, but not for a 100m - that's why he went to 25.95 seconds. You couldn't do that in the 100m because of the build-up of lactic acid. But because it's Adam Peaty, he might be able to manage that in a year. Watch the full interview on BBC Radio 5 live's page Rebecca Adlington, double Olympic champion at Beijing 2008 He is the poster boy for swimming across the world, not just in Britain Adam gets the biggest cheer from the crowd for a non-Hungarian for the whole meet. Everyone wants to see him do well because he's such a likeable character. No-one is even close to him, so you ask yourself how much more can he improve. Media playback is not supported on this device Welsh swimmer Georgia Davies booked her place in Thursday's 50m backstroke final with a British record time of 27.49 seconds. "I've not done a PB in this since the Glasgow Commonwealths in 2014," she told BBC Sport. "The depth here is incredible. You can't leave anything behind." Brazil's Etien Medeiros was the fastest qualifier, winning the second semi-final in 27.18. Duncan Scott reached the 100m freestyle final after finishing third in his semi-final in a time of 48.10 seconds. The 20-year-old finished behind winner Frenchman Mehdy Metella, who touched home in 47.65. United States swimmer Caleb Dressel won the other semi-final in 47.66. Team-mate Max Litchfield reached the 200 individual medley (IM) final after finishing second in his semi-final in a time of 1:56.70. He is third fastest overall, with Japan's Kosuke Hagino, who won 400m IM gold in Rio, leading the pack after recording 1:56.04. "We're always in the mix - it'll be a tough race," Litchfield told BBC Sport. "It'll be nice to get a little bit of revenge after finishing fourth in the 400m IM at Rio 2016." South Africa's Chad le Clos stormed to victory in the 200m butterfly final in one minute 53.33 seconds. Home favourite Laszlo Cseh closed the gap to the London 2012 champion in the final few metres, but had to settle for silver. Le Clos was in tears during the medal ceremony. His father Bert, who became a celebrity because of his interviews during London 2012, and mother Geraldine were present in the Budapest arena. The pair had been receiving treatment for cancer. "Last year, my family's health is more important than gold medals," said the 25-year-old swimmer, who finished fourth in the event at Rio 2016. The biggest shock of the evening came in the 200m freestyle final where United States' Katie Ledecky lost for the first time in 13 finals when she was beaten to gold by Italy's Federica Pellegrini.

Britain's Adam Peaty defended his 50m breaststroke title with another stunning display to complete a World Aquatics Championships double-double.

They were on board an anti-piracy vessel, the Seaman Guard Ohio, which was detained in October, 2013. They face charges including straying into Indian waters and carrying weapons without permission. Another British man, Paul Towers from Yorkshire, remains in jail along with the ship's Ukrainian captain. News of the men's release was confirmed by an international maritime lawyer who is close to the case. He said: "Yes, they are out. Checking in to hotel and looking forward to a beer." The five men freed on bail were: Billy Irving, 33, of Oban in Argyll, John Armstrong, of Wigton, in Cumbria, Nick Dunn, 28, of Ashington in Northumberland, Ray Tindall, 38, of Chester, and Nicholas Simpson, originally of Cottingham in East Yorkshire. All of them must remain in India. Their employer AdvanFort, a maritime security patrol specialist, has always insisted the men were working to provide protection to other ships from pirate attacks. Nick Dunn's sister Lisa has commented on social media: "After 169 horrific days that Nick Dunn has spent in prison and another five being detained on the ship, I'm over the moon to say that the first hurdle is now cleared ... he's out!"

Five British men who were being held on arms charges have been freed on bail from an Indian jail, according to a lawyer close to the case.

Artis Sterkis, 37, collapsed on the Peterhead-registered Starlight Rays. He was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter after the incident in August 2011, but he never regained consciousness. James Thores was fined at Elgin Sheriff Court after admitting a fishing vessel health and safety breach. The £20,000 fine was reduced from £30,000 because of the guilty plea. Starlight Rays featured in the BBC television series Trawlermen, and was performing stand-by duties for the oil industry when the incident happened in the Devenick field, 155 miles off Aberdeen. An earlier Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report said the pump's petrol engine ran for more than an hour in a compartment with no mechanical ventilation and little natural air circulation. Speaking after Thursday's sentencing, Captain Bill Bennett, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: 'The dangers of using of a petrol engine in a confined space are well known."

A fishing boat skipper and owner has been fined £20,000 after a crewman died from carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to pump out water.

Flight MU736 was heading from Sydney, Australia to Shanghai, but the pilot reported problems with the engine about one hour after taking off. Passengers, who had to spend the night in Sydney, told media they smelt something burning inside the aircraft. The Airbus A330 landed safely and there were no reports of injuries. Images circulating on social media showed a large hole in the engine casing. Several passengers said they had heard a loud sound coming from the left engine shortly after take-off. One passenger told Australia's Seven News network: "All of a sudden we heard this noise... it kind of smelt like burning". "I was really scared. Our group was terrified." One woman on the flight told news agency Reuters: "The cabin crew went out and told us to fasten our seatbelts and tried to calm us down, but we were actually very panicked because we had no idea what was happening." Passengers said the crew cleared the seats near the affected engine. China Eastern Airlines said in a statement to the media that the crew had "observed the abnormal situation of the left engine and decided to return to Sydney airport immediately". It added that all passengers would be placed on flights leaving on Monday. Aviation safety authorities are now investigating. Aviation expert Greg Waldron of consulting firm FlightGlobal told the BBC that it would be "difficult to say at this early juncture what caused such extensive damage" to the China Eastern plane. He said investigators would likely look at all possible factors and examine maintenance records of the aircraft and engine. "They will also carefully assess whether a foreign object may have played a role in this," he said. Last month, industry websites The Aviation Herald and Aero.de published pictures from social media appearing to show a similar hole in another aeroplane's engine casing. Mr Waldron added it would be "too early" to say whether the Sydney incident was linked to other cases, but it would be something investigators would consider.

A China Eastern Airlines plane has had to turn back to Sydney airport after a technical failure which left a hole in an engine casing.

In 2007, the Icelandic economy appeared healthy. Its real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 35% higher than it was in 2002, unemployment was 2.3% and government debt was a modest 27% of GDP. However, the assets of its three largest banks had grown to over nine times GDP, a size that made it impossible for the Icelandic central bank to act as an effective lender of last resort. Thus, regardless of the quality of the banks' assets, the predictable consequence was a bank run and the subsequent collapse of the Icelandic banking system. Following the demise of its banks, Iceland imposed capital controls to prevent massive outflows and a plunge in the value of its currency. Recapitalisation of its banking system and other crisis-related expenses caused government debt to rise to 95% of GDP by 2011. However, a successful International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme cushioned the impact: real GDP fell by a less-than-expected 6.6% in 2009 and 4.1% in 2010, before returning to growth. Icelandic authorities protected the holders of domestic deposits, who enjoyed uninterrupted access to their accounts; the UK and Dutch governments stepped in to protect deposit holders in UK and Dutch branches of Icelandic banks. In 2013, the European Free Trade Association (Efta) court ruled that Iceland did not breach its obligations, either by treating domestic deposits differently or by not accepting legal obligation for foreign branch deposits. Today, Iceland faces the difficult challenge of removing its capital controls in an orderly fashion but the IMF expects real GDP growth of 4.1% in 2015. In 2008, the Cypriot economy was more like that of an emerging market nation than a modern European one, but the country was enjoying an economic boom. Cypriot real GDP had grown by 27% between 2002 and 2008. The growth, however, had been fuelled by inflows of foreign bank deposits and foreign loans to banks. As a result, the assets of commercial banks with Cypriot parents expanded to over five times' Cypriot GDP. Unlike the Icelandic banks, the Cypriot banks had a credible lender of last resort: their central bank was a member of the Eurosystem. Unfortunately, they were heavily exposed to Greece. Cypriot banks were hit hard by the restructuring of Greek sovereign debt in 2012. In March 2013, the Cypriot authorities were in a desperate situation. Either they had to make a sizable contribution to a European Stability Mechanism/IMF rescue package or the emergency loans Cypriot banks had been receiving through its central bank would be cut off. Without the rescue package, saving the Cypriot banking system would be likely to require exiting from the euro area, adopting a new currency and recapitalising the banks by printing money. This would cause the value of the new currency to plummet, taking with it the real value of Cypriot pensions, wages and bank accounts. To avoid catastrophe, the Cypriot authorities looked to the one source of readily available funds: Cypriot bank deposits. Initially they planned to impose a levy on all deposits but ultimately insured depositors were spared. To stem a run, capital controls were imposed. Banks were closed for two weeks and when they were reopened there was a limit on daily withdrawals. Real GDP fell by 2.4% in 2012, 5.4% in 2013 and 2.3% in 2014. Unemployment rose to 16.2% in 2014 and government debt has climbed to 107% of GDP. Currently, the outlook for Cyprus is guarded. The country finally returned to economic growth this year and the capital controls were removed entirely in April. However, further economic reform is necessary to ensure sustainable growth. Greece currently faces a choice similar to the one faced by Cyprus in 2013. Its banking system depends for its survival on emergency lending controlled by the ECB. Bank runs have forced the imposition of capital controls, temporary bank closures and limits on deposit withdrawals. The consequences of leaving the Eurosystem are likely to be as dire for Greece as they would have been for Cyprus. Reaching an accommodation with its creditors is the preferred outcome. Real GDP has fallen by almost 30% in Greece since 2007, partly because of severe fiscal austerity. Unemployment was 26% in 2014 and there has been an exodus of skilled labour. As with Cyprus, and unlike with Iceland, any lasting recovery will require significant economic and fiscal reform. Greece ranks 61st in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index, edging out Russia and Cyprus (at 64) but behind Tunisia; Iceland is 12th. Government debt was already a massive 113% of annual GDP in 2008 and now stands at 180%. Capital controls were necessary in Iceland and Cyprus, and in Greece today, but they come at a cost. Many view them as an assault on civil liberties; others see them as a chance to profit. Even in Iceland, a remote island nation, evasion and avoidance appear to have been widespread. Some say they promote disrespect for the law and the belief that once again the wealthy, sophisticated and corrupt are benefiting at the expense of the rest of society. Anne Sibert is a professor of Economics at Birkbeck, University of London, a fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. She is a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland.

As people across cash-strapped Greece wait to vote in a referendum on Sunday on whether to accept proposals made by creditors, what can be learned by examining similar economic crises in Iceland and Cyprus?

He was a surprise choice to lead the Fifa investigation, and ruffled feathers at football's governing body. On one occasion, he turned up unannounced to interview members of the senior executive committee who had cast votes in the World Cup bids. Even before he dismissed Fifa's report as "erroneous", there were signs that he was not afraid to pick a fight with his employers. In an interview last year he said his authority was to investigate "any official, top down, for misconduct... no-one is above the ethics code". He acknowledged that he took on the investigation as an outsider. "I come into this case with no history or experience of what might have happened," he said. "I will look at the facts and my jurisdiction and make decisions on whether the ethics code was violated." In a recent talk to lawyers in London about ethics in sport, Mr Garcia said Fifa's ethic's code needed transparency and leadership - a comment seen as a thinly veiled critique of Fifa boss Sepp Blatter. He eventually quit Fifa in December 2014, saying that a "lack of leadership" at the organisation had led to his decision. Mr Garcia made his name in his native New York, serving as a federal prosecutor with the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 2001 and working on a series of high-profile cases. These included the prosecution of four defendants for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, and the investigation into the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He once told his daughter that his goal was "to punish people who do bad things and break the law". In March 2003 President George W Bush appointed Mr Garcia, a Republican, as assistant secretary for immigration and customs enforcement. The post put him in charge of more than 20,000 staff and a budget of more than $4bn. Later he moved back to New York's Southern District, serving as a US attorney from 2005-2008. There he supervised investigations into securities fraud, bringing a series of insider trading prosecutions. An investigation he led ultimately forced the resignation of Democratic governor Eliot Spitzer over a prostitution scandal. But he also took on some major international corruption and fraud cases, including the oil-for-food programme in Iraq and alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by the Norwegian energy firm Statoil. He is currently a partner at private US law firm Kirkland and Ellis, and it was from here that he was chosen by Fifa in 2012 to lead the investigation into the bidding process that awarded the World Cup to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. A year later he was among 18 Americans barred from entering Russia in Moscow's response to the Magnitsky List, which banned Russian officials from the US. Married to an FBI agent, he has kept largely out of the media spotlight and has not run for public office, despite speculation that he could be in a strong position to do so.

Michael Garcia, the American lawyer hired by Fifa to investigate the World Cup bidding process before criticising the organisation's summary of his own report and eventually resigning, is a former prosecutor with a history of launching corruption probes.

It is thought about 400 people in Northern Ireland live with permanent disabilities after surviving gun and bomb attacks. Those injuries include amputations, paralysis and blindness. They did get compensation, but they say it is now running out. Some victims now rely entirely on benefits. Because they could not return to work due to their injuries, they have not built up work-based pension savings. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is presently preparing a bill to go through Stormont to put a special pension in place for them. Current victims' legislation in Northern Ireland from 2006 does not judge how someone became injured. It is argued that means former paramilitaries should be eligible to get this pension if their injuries are serious enough. It is thought 10 former paramilitaries fall into this category. More could come forward if the pension scheme goes ahead. But the DUP say their proposed bill does not need to rely on that current definition of a victim. They plan to exclude anyone with a terrorist conviction. Ernie Wilson was a school bus driver and member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). In 1988, his bus was blown up by the IRA in Lisnaskea. He suffered injuries to his legs and eyes. He says no paramilitaries should be entitled to the proposed victims' pension. "My message is pay the people that have been injured by the terrorists. Full stop. "I know the men that are injured have to live, they have to get food, they have to get clothed, they have to be looked after. "But they should not be getting a pension for trying to kill me." Yet the BBC's Spotlight programme has learned that the injured paramilitaries have support from some surprising quarters. Paul Gallagher was 21 when the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) took over his house with the aim of killing a republican who lived nearby. When they could not find their target, they shot Paul six times. He was left paralysed from the waist down. He told Spotlight that allowing injured paramilitaries to avail of the pension was a price worth paying. "It's a tough one. Say somebody was seriously injured, even by their own hand, they have needs now. So, I mean, they need to be looked after. "If they go forward to the NHS they are not going to be turned away at the door. "So why should they be turned away at the door of maybe the victims and survivors' service or other sorts of services? "For me, it is as simple as just looking at human suffering really as the qualification for eligibility or even to be recognised as a victim." Sinn Féin told Spotlight they would not support the DUP bill if former paramilitaries are to be excluded. Spotlight was broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday 2 June, and is available on the iPlayer.

It was one of the key points in the Stormont House Agreement - the plan to give the most seriously injured victims of the Troubles a special pension.

In July, Conor McGinn, who is from south Armagh, claimed the Labour leader suggested phoning his father. It followed an interview in which he called for Mr Corbyn to "reach out beyond his comfort zone". A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said at the time that it was "untrue". The St Helens MP told BBC Radio Four's Westminster Hour: "The modus operandi that he (Mr Corbyn) and the people around him were trying to do, involving my family, was to isolate and ostracise me from them and from the community I am very proud to come from - which is an Irish, nationalist community in south Armagh." The MP claimed that after he spoke out about Mr Corbyn in May, he got a call from the Labour whips' office saying the party leader had initially asked for his resignation and then considered sacking him. But subsequently, through his spokesman, he had asked for an apology and retraction, which Mr McGinn refused to make. The MP said he then texted the Labour leader to make clear no offence was intended and reiterate that their friendship was important to him and asking for a meeting. He received no response, but said he was then informed by the whips' office that Mr Corbyn had proposed asking the MP's father, Pat, to intervene. Pat McGinn was Sinn Féin councillor in Newry for many years, serving as the council's mayor between 2005 and 2006.

A Labour MP who accused Jeremy Corbyn of threatening to use his father - former Sinn Féin mayor Pat McGinn - to "bully me into submission" has spoken publicly about the row.

Darby, 28, made 194 league appearances for the Bantams and helped them to promotion from League Two in 2013. New deals have been offered to goalkeeper Rouven Sattelmaier, defenders Matthew Kilgallon, Rory McArdle, Tony McMahon and James Meredith and midfielder Mark Marshall. The Bantams finished fifth this season before losing to Millwall at Wembley.

Beaten League One play-off finalists Bradford City have released defender Stephen Darby after five years.

Sir Martin Moore-Bick sent the letter late on Thursday following weeks of discussion with survivors. There has been controversy over Sir Martin's suitability for the role and the areas the inquiry will cover. The prime minister will set out the terms of reference for the process in the coming weeks. Downing Street said: "The prime minister has received the letter and will consider it and respond shortly." How far the inquiry can go has been a source of controversy since the Sir Martin's appointment was announced. He angered survivors on his first day in the job by indicating the investigation would be "pretty well limited" to examining the cause of the fire, how it spread and how to prevent future incidents. But he later vowed to consider a "broad range of evidence" which could include why residents' warnings about fire safety were allegedly ignored by authorities. Survivors, bereaved families and other involved parties spent weeks making their case about what questions the inquiry should answer. More than 400 submissions were received during the consultation period. The "Justice 4 Grenfell" campaign said earlier this month it wanted an examination of local and national social housing policy and whether it "increased risks to residents". Questions were raised in the aftermath of the disaster about the cladding used on Grenfell and other buildings. More than 100 buildings have failed the latest fire safety tests set in the wake of the fire. Sir Martin has previously faced calls to resign from residents, while Labour MP David Lammy said he was a "white, upper-middle class man" who had "never" visited a tower block housing estate and should not have been appointed. The inquiry is due to start in September. Sir Martin has previously said an interim report could be produced within a year. The prime minister will set out the terms of reference for the process in the coming weeks.

The judge leading the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has written to the prime minister with recommendations for its terms of reference.

Media playback is not supported on this device The fact the cost of watching football in Britain has mostly remained the same or even become cheaper, suggests pressure from supporters and government has finally had an impact after the ticket price inflation of recent seasons, along with clubs becoming more prepared to pass on more of their ever-increasing broadcast rights revenues to their customers. However, it appears the sport is still becoming more expensive for the poorest fans who want to go and watch occasional matches. The average price of the cheapest match-day ticket has gone through the £30 barrier for the first time in the Premier League, a rise of 6.5%. Across the top five leagues of English football the cost is £22. And while inflation seems to have eased for season tickets, fans still face increasing expense when it comes to official merchandise. Last year, the then sports minister Helen Grant told me she was "cross and concerned" about ticket prices, and asked clubs to review their customer strategy after it was revealed the average price of the cheapest tickets had risen at almost twice the rate of inflation since 2011. That led to fears that clubs had lost touch with some fans, and ran the risk of pricing some traditional supporters out of the game, along with younger fans. It looks like that message has partially got through, because we now learn that 70% of tickets (two-thirds in the Premier League) have been frozen or even reduced this year. Click here to play with the Price of Football calculator and see what your support is costing you. The Premier League has grown increasingly frustrated with surveys focusing on ticket prices, believing they are too simplistic and fail to take into account the complexities of pricing structure, along with various initiatives. They also point to the fact that crowds are as healthy as ever, with record 96% occupancy at stadiums and that 40% of those attending are aged 18-34. Hence, the Premier League recently published its own research, showing that season ticket holders - who make up two-thirds of top-flight crowds - paid an average of £32.50 for adults and just £10 for juniors. The Football League also says it rewards loyalty with average price paid per spectator as low as £14 across the 72 member clubs. Some clubs do more than others, of course. At Everton for example, the average price for a season ticket has fallen in real terms by 23% over the last 10 years, with under-11s paying just £5 per game. Some will see that all this as decent value for one of the most compelling leagues in the world, comparing favourably with other sporting events and entertainment. Media playback is not supported on this device Others, however, will argue that in a period of almost zero inflation, and after the Premier League announced the biggest TV deal in football history in February, worth some £5.136 billion (a 70% increase), freezing ticket prices is the least they should be doing. This all comes at a time of continued anger by some fans at the prices they are expected to pay. In 2013, Man City supporters protested at being charged £62 for tickets at Emirates Stadium, and there have been a number of demonstrations and marches at spiralling costs ever since. The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) has been calling for more affordable tickets with its 'Twenty's Plenty' campaign, designed to lobby clubs to cap prices for away fans at £20. Swansea City already caps away tickets for their supporters at £22, with other clubs committing to a range of reciprocal deals over certain fixtures. The FSF says if each club contributed £1m per season, its £20 price target could be met for all away fans. It also says that the Premier League clubs should use some of the £24m they saved on unpaid parachute payments to Norwich City, after the club bounced back to the Premier League following relegation. To be fair, the Premier League has listened. This is the third season of its Away Fans Fund, which sees each club set aside £200,000 every year to help subsidise tickets and transport costs for travelling supporters. The FSF says it is pleasantly surprised by the way the clubs have engaged, and £738,000 has now been saved for the country's 70,000 Premier League regular away fans through the scheme. That works out at about £10 for each supporter. However, at a time when some top players get paid £200,000 for around five days work, and when the cost of watching live football on TV is more expensive than anywhere else in Europe, the FSF now wants the Premier League to go much further. It makes the point that the additional revenue from the £5bn domestic television deal alone (with the forthcoming overseas TV deal expected to result in an another £3bn) equates to £46 for every fan at every game. There is mounting evidence, however, that the Premier League is willing to redistribute more of its wealth and play a greater role in society. Although some want more, clubs have committed to share £1bn over the three years of the new TV deal, with 'fan engagement' one of five areas set to benefit. Clubs have already promised to pay the living wage for their staff, improve facilities for disabled fans, and have agreed to expand a school sport programme to every primary school in England and Wales. I'm told the clubs intend to do more to help with ticket affordability but want to wait to see how much is generated from their overseas TV rights deal, and the result of an Ofcom investigation into how those TV rights are sold. But the price of football is about more than just tickets. The BBC study found that the 20 Premier League clubs brought out 50 new strips this season - 10 clubs putting new third kits on sale. Media playback is not supported on this device All the teams now change their strips each year. The average cost of an adult shirt in the Premier League is now almost £50 thanks to a 4.82% increase in the average price this season, with 10 clubs putting their prices up. A full adult strip at Manchester United would set you back £118 (a junior kit is £103). The clubs say this is driven by consumer demand, but others believe supporters are being taken advantage of. The top clubs have to compete with wealthy European rivals like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris St-Germain for the world's best playing talent, and after another season of disappointing Champions League performances by English representatives, the need to maximise match-day revenue to sustain on-field performance is a persuasive one. After all, the clubs are businesses, geared to providing the best football competition, not charities. On the other hand, critics can point to the £115m that clubs paid in agents' fees last year alone, and are entitled to ask whether ticket prices are still too expensive, especially when compared to some leagues abroad, including Germany and Spain - where a season ticket at Barcelona can be picked up for as little as £78 (on top of an annual membership fee). Many feel that football is unlike any other business and fans should be treated as more than mere customers. If you have been brought up as a loyal follower of a club, it is not easy to just switch allegiance to an alternative football provider. Some think the clubs need to remember that. Prepare for the protests to continue, regardless of the price freezes that this year's fifth BBC annual study has revealed. You can download the full results for 2015 here (pdf 536 KB).

The BBC's fifth Price of Football survey will come as encouraging news to the many fans who have grown used to the price of their loyalty consistently rising.

Rooney, 28, is considering an offer that would make him the highest paid player in United's history. The England striker is in the final 18 months of his £250,000-a-week contract and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho remains interested in signing him. United and Rooney hope to conclude contract talks in the coming week. Rooney, who joined United from Everton in August 2004, is the fourth-highest goalscorer in United history. However, according to former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Rooney asked for a transfer towards the end of last season. He was linked with a move to Chelsea last summer and the Blues had a bid rejected by United. Rooney scored 11 goals in 24 games for United this season before being sidelined by an injury which has kept him out since 1 January.

Manchester United have opened talks with Wayne Rooney over a new deal that could keep the striker at Old Trafford for the rest of his career.

Thanet District Council (TDC) was court ordered to lift a ban on live animal exports through the Port of Ramsgate. It paid more than £5m in compensation to traders but has not submitted an insurance claim to retrieve any money. Campaigners said taxpayers had been left to foot the bill as the council missed the deadline. Ian Driver, a community campaigner and former councillor, said the figures had only just come to light after a Freedom of Information request. Mr Driver, said: "So there you have it: a major administrative cock-up by TDC means that taxpayers have been forced to foot a £5.1 million bill some, if not all, of which would have been covered by insurance payments had the claim been submitted in time. But it wasn't." TDC said the maximum payment under the policy was £1m. A spokesman said: "The legal claims against the council have all been settled and accounted for in previous year's budgets." TDC banned live animal exports in 2012 after the deaths of more than 40 sheep. The decision was overturned by the High Court in 2014 after a long legal battle. Mr Justice Birss said the council was liable to pay damages to three companies affected by the ban. Two sheep drowned at Ramsgate in September 2012 and 44 had to be destroyed as they were sick and lame. The animals were put down after the lorry carrying them was stopped at Ramsgate by animal health inspectors. In a separate incident, a loading area floor also collapsed while sheep were taken off a lorry carrying 548 animals. Six fell in the water, with four rescued by RSPCA officers while two animals drowned. The live animal export trade resumed through Ramsgate in July 2015.

A council has been accused of a "major administrative cock-up" after failing to make an insurance claim for up to £1m.

It replicates the repeating lattice of sodium and chloride ions found in a crystal of salt (NaCl). Standing more than 3m tall, the model was built by Dr Robert Krickl from nearly 40,000 balls and 10km of sticks. The world record attempt will be adjudicated by the Guinness Book of Records on 23 November. It will be on public display until 30 November, and has already been commemorated on an Austrian postage stamp. "I want to show - to visualise - how our world looks when it's magnified about a billion times," Dr Krickl, a crystallographer turned science communicator, told Science in Action on the BBC World Service. Because of the regular pattern it is built up from, which causes hundreds of the "ions" to form precise lines from multiple angles, the huge model has a rather dazzling appearance. It also has particular significance this week, Dr Krickl said. "This week it's the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for discovering what I show with this model: the arrangement of atoms in crystals." The British father-and-son team of William and Lawrence Bragg won the physics Nobel in 1915 for originating the technique that is now known as X-ray crystallography. "This discovery really had a major impact on science and our understanding of the world," Dr Krickl said. "It led to the determination of the structure of DNA, of viruses, of proteins - and on the other hand, of materials used in our daily lives, for technology to build faster, better lighter machines." To mark this anniversary, on Thursday he welcomed representatives from the British Council and the British Embassy to view the nearly completed structure.

The world's biggest crystal structure model - a 3D chemical illustration made from little balls and sticks - is being assembled in Vienna's city hall.

US prosecutors had been expressing their wish to put him on trial in a US court since his arrest in February 2014. Guzman, who was named Public Enemy Number One by the Chicago Crime Commission in 2013, has been indicted by at least seven federal district courts. As the head of the Sinaloa cartel, he is accused of overseeing the smuggling of huge amounts of drugs from South and Central America to the United States. He is also facing charges of money laundering, racketeering and arms trafficking in courts as far apart as Arizona and Texas. But since his 2014 arrest in his home state of Sinaloa, Mexico, there has been little movement on the extradition front. While US courts were arguing about who had the best case against Guzman and should therefore get priority putting him on trial, Mexican officials were making it clear they were in no rush to send him across the border. Mexico's attorney general at the time, Jesus Murillo Karam, said as early as April last year that he had "no intention" of handing Guzman over to the US authorities. In an interview with Mexican daily El Universal, Mr Murillo Karam said he was annoyed at a plea bargain an extradited Mexican drug dealer had struck with the US authorities. Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, also known as Vicentillo, pleaded guilty in a court in Chicago to smuggling tonnes of cocaine and heroin to the United States. In exchange for promising the US authorities "full and truthful co-operation", his sentence was reduced from a potential life sentence to 10 years. The US authorities believed Vicentillo could prove a key witness if Joaquin Guzman was ever extradited to the United States. The son of Guzman's number two, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and a key player in the drugs trade himself, Vicentillo was seen as a valuable asset. But Mr Murillo Karam said he felt "uncomfortable" with the deals the US reached with "criminals" such as Vicentillo. The then-attorney general pointed out that there were plenty of charges Guzman faced in Mexico as well as in the US and that he wanted to see him tried in his homeland. He reiterated his position in January of this year, when he again stated that he wanted to see Guzman serve his sentence in Mexico first. 'El Chapo [Guzman] has to stay here to serve his sentence and then I'll extradite him. That could be in about 300 to 400 years, there's still a long time to go." At the time, he said that he thought a formal extradition request by the US was imminent, but it seems that following Mr Murillo Karam's strong words, the request was not filed. He argued that keeping Guzman in Mexico was also a question of sovereignty. But Mr Murillo Karam is more likely to regret another statement he made back in January. He said that extradition should be considered in instances where there was a flight risk, something he said did "not exist" in the case of Guzman. Given the fact the Guzman had escaped from another top security jail in 2001 and was on the run for the next 13 years, this was a surprising assurance. Comparisons have been drawn between Joaquin Guzman and the late infamous Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Both made immense fortunes in the illicit drug trafficking trade, and through bribery and intimidation managed to sway huge power and infiltrate parts of the security forces. Both have also mounted successful and spectacular escapes from jail. It was Pablo Escobar's jail break that played a major part in changing the Colombian approach to extradition. In a 1991 deal with the Colombian authorities, Escobar agreed to hand himself in to the Colombian police and to serve five years in a jail built to his own specifications in his hometown of Medellin. La Catedral (the cathedral), as the luxury jail was known, boasted a football pitch, a jacuzzi and a bar among its many amenities. After little more than a year, Escobar escaped from the jail and went on the run, much like Guzman did on Saturday. He was eventually killed a year later while still on the run. But before he was jailed, Escobar had threatened and cajoled members of a constitutional assembly to enshrine a ban on extraditions in the Colombian constitution. It remained in force until December 1997, when a constitutional amendment reversed the ban. Since then, Colombia has extradited many drug dealers to the United States saying that it is both a cheaper and safer option for the Colombian justice system. Colombian officials argue that in the US, Colombian drug dealers will find it harder to intimidate guards and their families or to access their riches to bribe prison staff. With 30 prison staff and the warden under questioning over the escape of Chapo Guzman at Mexico's Altiplano jail, this argument may well be met with more open ears in Mexico, too, now.

The escape on Saturday of Joaquin Guzman, one of the world's most wanted drug lords, from a maximum-security jail in Mexico, has reignited the discussion about whether he should have been extradited to the United States.

So how did the individual players on each side fare? Former Rangers and Scotland midfielder Stuart McCall assesses the performances of the Ibrox side, while former Celtic and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Pat Bonner rates Ronny Deila's players. Wes Foderingham (goalkeeper) 7 Did OK and kept passing the ball short out of defence, which was the basis of Rangers' approach. Made a really important save from Tom Rogic soon after Celtic had clawed it back to 2-2. That was a huge moment and then he saved from Scott Brown in the shootout. James Tavernier (defender) 7 Everybody questioned him defensively beforehand, but he answered them all. Only once did he revert to fouling Patrick Roberts and he didn't give Gary Mackay-Steven a sniff when faced with him. Also kept attacking throughout, although it was a tired penalty kick he missed in the shootout. Rob Kiernan (defender) 7 Showed great composure at times during the game, bringing the ball down and playing it out of dangerous areas with passing triangles. Didn't play with any fear before his injury and was solid defensively. Danny Wilson (defender) 8 Has improved in recent months and that showed in this game. He took charge at the back and showed maturity and composure throughout. Handled the difficult challenge of facing Griffiths well. Lee Wallace (defender) 8 His energy levels were remarkable. In the first half, he and Barrie McKay were excellent as a pairing. Wallace had to defend well against Roberts, but kept to his strengths and was always bombing forward. Even in extra time he was running beyond McKay to make things happen, and was strong defensively. A consummate pro and played a captain's role. Andy Halliday (midfielder) 7 Scott Brown dominated the midfield in last season's Old Firm game, but Halliday stood up to him, got tackles in and got the fans going. He also showed a good range of passing. Set the tone for Rangers early on with his energy and assertiveness and took responsibility by scoring Rangers' opening penalty in the shootout. Dominic Ball (midfielder) 7 Played in the holding role and was booked in the second half so will miss the final. Stefan Johansen created a couple of openings early on, but Ball was solid and kept the play moving. Looked comfortable when he switched to centre-back after Kiernan was injured. Jason Holt (midfielder) 7 Nice and bright in possession throughout, and was always looking to link up with the forwards in the final third. Also didn't neglect his defensive duties. His performance was like his season: consistent. Dean Shiels (forward) 7 Was asked to play in a position that is not his strongest, wide on the right. Tracked back and performed diligently, while contributing to Rangers' good possession in the first half. Kenny Miller (forward) 7 Early on, his intelligent run beyond Charlie Mulgrew delivered a chance and Craig Gordon had to save well. That's typical Miller, he sniffs out a chance and is always on the move. Took his goal well, tucking it away as he has done all his career. Typically sharp and hard working. Barrie McKay (forward) 9 Even prior to the goal, he was Rangers' best player. Early on, he and Wallace combined well down the left, as Rangers took the game to Celtic. Has quick feet and glides past players. Gave Mikael Lustig a hard game. Always looked after the ball and scored an outstanding goal. Nicky Law (midfielder) 6 It's always difficult to come into a game like this as a substitute. He was also asked to play in an unfamiliar position wide on the right. Will be disappointed to have let Kieran Tierney in to cross for Celtic's equaliser but he atoned in the shootout, with a cool penalty. Gedion Zelalam (midfielder) 6 Filled in when Ball had to move into defence and tried to keep play moving. Showed composure in the shootout to score a pressure penalty. Nicky Clark (forward) 6 Worked hard and showed good energy when he replaced Miller. Stepped up during the shootout but saw his effort saved Craig Gordon (goalkeeper) 7 Did everything he was asked to do during the game. He didn't have any chance with either of the Rangers goals, but gave Celtic hope in the shootout when he saved Clark's penalty. Mikael Lustig (defender) 6 The Sweden international had a hard time against Barrie McKay, particularly in the first half. He also didn't link up well with Patrick Roberts in front of him, and McKay and Wallace were able to get in a few times. Dedryck Boyata (defender) 5 Only played for 23 minutes before leaving the field with an injury. Still made a couple of mistakes in that time, being caught in possession and having to commit a foul to halt a Rangers attack. Charlie Mulgrew (defender) 6 He was steady throughout the game at centre-back, and showed his experience. Didn't do anything wrong, and was fine in possession. Stepped up to take a penalty in the shootout. Kieran Tierney (defender) 8 Clearly Celtic's best player. At times he was up against two Rangers players, but still able to handle both of them very well. Worked up and down the pitch, showed good defensive instincts and still had the legs and the wherewithal to create the equaliser late on in extra time with a great cross for Tom Rogic. Scott Brown (midfielder) 7 Another steady performer for Celtic. At the start of the second half, when Celtic needed to up the tempo, he pushed further forward and helped to haul his side back into the game. He did what was asked of him. Nir Bitton (midfielder) 6 In extra time he was signalling that he had a hamstring injury and needed to come off. But he stayed on the pitch, kept playing on and then stepped up to take a spot-kick. For all his ability, though, he was still too quiet at times. Gary Mackay-Steven (forward) 5 Couldn't really get into the game. Celtic did not use him that much, but in that case he then has to go looking for the ball, and demand to receive it. The game passed him by. Stefan Johansen (midfielder) 5 Didn't deliver enough on the day. With his talent, he should have been more influential, but that's been the story of this season for the Norwegian international. Patrick Roberts (forward) 6 Should have equalised in the first half when faced with an open goal and had another scoring opportunity in the second half on his right foot, so missed big chances. Great delivery for the corner kick that Erik Sviatchenko scored from, but he tired late on. Leigh Griffiths (forward) 6 Not one of his better games, looked jaded and could have worked the Rangers centre-backs more. He didn't get the right supply, but still managed to hit the post and then the bar late on with a magnificent free-kick which could have won the game. Erik Sviatchenko (defender) 7 Scored a powerful header and had two more on target. Did OK defensively and shored Celtic up; his partnership alongside Mulgrew looked stronger. Callum McGregor (midfielder) 6 Was busy when he came on, without influencing the outcome of the game. Also missed one of the spot kicks. Tom Rogic (midfielder) 7 Scored a great goal and made things happen when he came on. Had more of an impact than the other substitutes, but missed the critical spot-kick and that will haunt him.

Rangers are through to their second cup final of the season after beating Celtic 5-4 on penalties following a 2-2 draw after extra time.

In July, a major bug was discovered in the software that could let hijackers access data on up to a billion phones. Manufacturers have been slow to roll out a fix because many variations of Android are widely used. One Android expert said it was "about time" phone makers issued security fixes more quickly. Android has been working to patch a vulnerability, known as Stagefright, which could let hackers access a phone's data simply by sending somebody a video message. "My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen," said Adrian Ludwig, Android's lead engineer for security, at hacking conference Black Hat. LG, Samsung and Google have all said a number of their handsets will get the fix, with further updates every month. Android is an open source operating system, with the software freely available for phone manufacturers to modify and use on their handsets. The Google-led project does provide security fixes for the software, but phone manufacturers are responsible for sending the updates to their devices. Some phones running old versions of Android are no longer updated by the manufacturer. Many companies also deploy customised versions of Android which take time to rebuild with the security changes. Apple and BlackBerry can patch security problems more quickly because they develop both the software and the hardware for their devices. BlackBerry's software is reviewed by mobile networks before being sent to handsets, while Apple can push updates to its phones whenever it wants. "The very nature of Android is that manufacturers add their own software on top, so there have been delays in software roll-outs," said Jack Parsons, editor of Android Magazine. "In the US it's even worse because mobile carriers often add their own software too, adding another layer of bureaucracy holding up security fixes. "There's no real villain here, that's just how the system works. But there will always be security concerns with software, so it's right that some of the manufacturers are stepping up to deal with this now."

Samsung, LG and Google have pledged to provide monthly security updates for smartphones running the Android operating system.

Wilson rejoined Championship side Forest from Celtic for £2.5m in August 2013, but has been without a team since being released in May. The 30-year-old made 51 appearances in his second spell at the City Ground, having spent four seasons at the club prior to signing for Celtic. He has also previously had spells with Preston North End and Notts County. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Rotherham United have signed former Nottingham Forest centre-back Kelvin Wilson on a one-year contract.

The short video shows Miss Yeates, 25, from Bristol, buying a pizza at a Tesco Express store near her home in Clifton on the night she was last seen. It is believed she returned home, but no trace has been found of the pizza or its wrapping and police say its whereabouts could provide a vital clue. Miss Yeates has not been seen since 17 December. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "The video has been released by detectives hoping people in the area at the time will remember seeing Joanna and contact the police." CCTV of Miss Yeates at the Waitrose store in The Triangle on the night she disappeared has already been released. Miss Yeates' parents, who live in Hampshire, have said they fear she has been abducted and could be dead. However, Ch Supt Jon Stratford said there was "nothing to suggest she has come to any harm". Specialist teams continue to search areas around the Clifton Downs and Avon Gorge for the missing woman. Miss Yeates' family are taking part in a vigil for her at a church in Bristol later. Worshippers at Christ Church in Clifton will be saying prayers for Joanna and her family are due to attend midnight mass. Miss Yeates is thought to have returned to the flat she shares with her 27-year-old boyfriend Greg Reardon, but it is not known what happened next. Her keys, mobile phone, purse and coat had been left behind. Mr Reardon reported her missing to police on Sunday when he returned from a weekend visiting family in Sheffield. Reverend Paul Langham, from Christ Church, said: "At all our services over the next couple of days we will be remembering the family in prayer and particularly at the midnight service we will be having a vigil as part of that service. "Beyond that, obviously there may be people who have ongoing need for somebody to talk with and we are one of the places that people might feel able to come." He said the doors would be open for anyone who wanted to light a candle or say prayers for Ms Yeates. Her brother Chris has been handing out leaflets and putting up posters around Bristol in the hope of someone coming forward with new information. He said: "We are just in complete despair about where she is and how everything happened. We just don't know." Ch Supt Stratford, of Avon and Somerset Police, said there were 70 police officers and staff working on the case. "We are not going to let Christmas get in the way of this (investigation)," he said. Her father David Yeates said on Thursday that he thought she had been abducted after getting home to her flat. Police officers and mountain rescue teams spent much of Wednesday scouring cliffs and woodland around the Avon Gorge. In a message to his daughter, Mr Yeates said: "Please come home Jo. Our hearts are breaking up with not having our little girl with us. Greg is going through hell. "Please contact us, we don't know what to do without you. "If she's dead, please tell somebody where she is. We want her back whatever."

New CCTV footage of missing landscape architect Joanna Yeates has been released by police.

Media playback is not supported on this device The Northern Irishman came third on 5-2 favourite Box Office in his final race, won by 9-1 shot Brother Tedd. McCoy, 40, had earlier finished third on Mr Mole behind winner Special Tiara in the AP McCoy Celebration Chase. An emotional McCoy said: "It's amazing. I've been so lucky all my life. I'll never forget this day." McCoy, who has ridden more than 4,300 career winners, added: "I want to thank everyone for coming. All my family were here and it's very special. An unbelievable day I'll never forget. "There were tears coming back on Box Office. There were nearly tears going out on Box Office. "I feel very lucky I have ended my career in one piece." Discussing his record-breaking career, he added: "Someone's going to ride more winners than me. All records get broken. I hope I'm dead, though." Jockeys formed a guard of honour amid huge cheers as the rider was honoured at the Surrey track. Colleagues lifted the Arsenal supporter as he collected the champion jockey's trophy for a 20th and final time, from former Gunners striker Ian Wright. The terraces around the parade ring were packed as a capacity crowd of more than 18,000 gathered, and a rendition of "For he's a jolly good fellow" rang around the stands. Wright paid tribute, adding: "AP McCoy is made of something else altogether. For 20 years he has been at the top of his game, riding winners, week in, week out. I can think of no other sportsman or woman who can match his record." McCoy has ridden in more than 16,000 races and suffered an estimated 1,000 falls in a remarkable career. He did not compete in the feature race, the Bet365 Gold Cup, which was won by 17-year-old jockey Sean Bowen on Just A Par. Bowen, tipped as a potential future champion, was completing a double on the day after victory on Lil Rockerfeller in the opener. But there was a sad note to the afternoon for Just A Par's trainer Paul Nicholls when Rolling Aces died following the second race after collapsing on the walkway when returning afterwards.

AP McCoy missed out on a winner but was saluted by a sell-out crowd as the 20-time champion jockey ended his racing career at Sandown.

Cardiff-based SA Brain bought the chain Coffee #1 last year. It comes as new figures show Brains' sales are up nearly 4% in its pubs. Brains believes there is potential in the coffee market and plans a chain of about 50 outlets over the next three years in south Wales and the south west of England. The family-run brewery employs about 2,000 people. Last year's profits are up 6% against what the company described as "a tough economic backdrop". In autumn 2011, Brains bought Coffee #1, which comprised 15 high street shops in south Wales and the south west of England, and since then, it has opened three more. Brains chief executive Scott Waddington said: "The research suggests that the coffee market is going to continue to grow at 5, 6, 7% for the next five years, which is pretty much what it's been doing for the last five years. "Coffee in the UK, despite more and more places opening, still has a long way to go to catch up with more developed markets, like the US." Equity analyst Sam Hart said Brains' decision to diversify into coffee shops was "probably partly a reflection of very tough conditions in the on-trade [bar and pub sales] beer market". "The on-trade is under pressure from a combination of pressure on consumers' disposable incomes, rising alcohol duties and the increased availability of relatively cheap beer at the supermarket chains," he added. Mr Hart said the growth in the coffee shop culture in the UK could be viewed as Americanisation. "Obviously coffee has been ingrained in culture in the US for many years and this appears to be spreading to the UK and other developed markets," he said. "Many people view coffee as an affordable luxury on which they are prepared to spend, despite pressures on their disposable incomes."

Wales' largest independent brewer is planning to open about 30 coffee shops over three years as it diversifies from its traditional pub business.

The Euro 2016 semi-finalists initially faced spirited Moldovan resistance but led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Sam Vokes and Joe Allen. Gareth Bale seized on a woeful pass for the third, then netted a last-minute penalty for his second of the night. Wales' win puts them top of Group D on goal difference ahead of Austria. Chris Coleman's men travel to Vienna for their next World Cup qualifier on Thursday, 6 October. As the group's top seeds, Coleman's side had been expected to make light work of Moldova, who are ranked 154 places below them in the world rankings. After a cagey first half hour they eventually did so with a flourish, becoming the first team to score three or more goals against the eastern European minnows since England's 4-0 victory in 2013. Having led Wales to a first major tournament semi-final at Euro 2016, Coleman said he was "desperate" to follow that achievement by qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The former Fulham manager and his players want to ensure their summer exploits in France were not a one-off but a springboard to sustained success. They were backed by a typically vociferous Cardiff City Stadium crowd of 31,731, close to capacity once again as a nation basks in its greatest footballing era. And although it came against limited opposition, this opening victory was an encouraging start as Wales aim to end an absence from World Cups that stretches back to 1958. "That was the perfect start," former Wales international John Hartson said on Radio 5 live. "Moldova were awful, it was a comfortable win as you will see and great start to the qualifying campaign." There was a familiarity to Wales' initial inability to break Moldova down; struggling to unlock a deep and tenacious defence as they had done against Andorra and Israel during their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Moldova had lost 14 of their past 20 games but they are seldom pushovers and have conceded only 26 goals in the process. However, Wales' domination of possession and territory eventually paid dividends after 38 minutes when Bale's arcing cross was headed in by Vokes. Five minutes later, a weak attempted clearance from Moldova goalkeeper Ilie Cebanu found its way to Allen, who scored his first goal for Wales with a drilled half-volley from the edge of the penalty area. Bale claimed Wales' third goal in comical circumstances, as he latched on to a terrible backpass from Moldova's Ion Jardan before clipping the ball neatly beyond Cebanu. The Real Madrid forward scored his second in added time, converting a penalty after he had been brought down to move within four goals of Ian Rush's Welsh record of 28. Wales' next fixture could be the toughest of their qualifying campaign, away against Group D second seeds Austria on 6 October. Austria won 2-1 in Georgia on Monday and, with Serbia and the Republic of Ireland drawing 2-2 in Belgrade, this group is expected to be wide open. Sterner challenges await Coleman's side but this victory - their biggest winning margin in a competitive game since 2003 - will lift hopes of qualifying for a first World Cup in 60 years. Match ends, Wales 4, Moldova 0. Second Half ends, Wales 4, Moldova 0. Goal! Wales 4, Moldova 0. Gareth Bale (Wales) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Penalty Wales. Gareth Bale draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by Andrian Cascaval (Moldova) after a foul in the penalty area. Offside, Wales. Gareth Bale tries a through ball, but Andy King is caught offside. Attempt saved. Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Gareth Bale (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova). Joe Allen (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Aleksandru Gatcan (Moldova). Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Andrian Cascaval (Moldova). Foul by James Chester (Wales). Igor Bugaev (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Offside, Moldova. Maxim Mihaliov tries a through ball, but Eugeniu Sidorenco is caught offside. Substitution, Moldova. Maxim Mihaliov replaces Alexandru Dedov. Emyr Huws (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Igor Armas (Moldova). Substitution, Wales. James Collins replaces Ashley Williams. Attempt missed. Andy King (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emyr Huws. Attempt missed. Igor Armas (Moldova) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ion Jardan. Substitution, Moldova. Igor Bugaev replaces Radu Ginsari. Substitution, Moldova. Eugeniu Sidorenco replaces Eugeniu Cebotaru. Substitution, Wales. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Sam Vokes. Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emyr Huws. Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Epureanu. Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Dedov. Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Epureanu. Attempt blocked. Andy King (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Allen with a headed pass. Substitution, Wales. Emyr Huws replaces Joe Ledley. Foul by Joe Ledley (Wales). Radu Ginsari (Moldova) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Offside, Moldova. Ion Jardan tries a through ball, but Radu Ginsari is caught offside. Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova). Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova). Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Sam Vokes (Wales) because of an injury.

Wales started their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in confident fashion as they convincingly beat Moldova.

Police said the man was being held over alleged offensive behaviour. He is understood to be among those pictured in a recent police CCTV images appeal. Several appeals for information were made after toilets were vandalised at the game and offensive effigies of Rangers fans were hung from the stands. The match, which Celtic won 5-1, took place at Celtic Park on 10 September.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with disorder at the recent Celtic v Rangers game in Glasgow.

The venture's backers include Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, Indian tech giant Infosys and Amazon Web Services. Open AI says it expects its research - free from financial obligations - to focus on a "positive human impact". Scientists have warned that advances in AI could ultimately threaten humanity. Mr Musk recently told students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that AI was humanity's "biggest existential threat". Last year, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking told the BBC AI could potentially "re-design itself at an ever increasing rate", superseding humans by outpacing biological evolution. However, other experts have argued that the risk of AI posing any threat to humans remains remote. A statement on OpenAI's website said the venture aims "to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return". "It's hard to fathom how much human-level AI could benefit society, and it's equally hard to imagine how much it could damage society if built or used incorrectly." The statement said AI "should be an extension of individual human wills and, in the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly distributed as is possible safely". It said only a tiny fraction of the $1bn pledged would be spent in the next few years.

Prominent tech executives have pledged $1bn (£659m) for OpenAI, a non-profit venture that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity.

Unless of course you are one of the 90 MLAs who - according to the Belfast Telegraph - are set to get a pay rise. That's despite the Assembly not actually having sat for a full day of business since long before the March election. According to the paper, the rise will kick in on April Fool's Day and will see wages increase by £500 per year, bringing salaries to £49,500. The paper reports a Stormont source confirmed the rise would go ahead because "the consumer prices index for the September of the previous year was 1% or greater," and would happen automatically because of a measure put in place by the independent body that sets MLAs' wages. The Belfast Telegraph has also carried out its own poll on the issue and it says 93% of people surveyed would support stopping MLAs' wages altogether while the Assembly isn't functioning. In the Mirror we see the other side of the Stormont-deadlock coin, where it is claimed that 12,000 jobs could go as a result of the stalemate. The paper says a lack of progress by politicians means some 12-month contracts in the voluntary sector won't be renewed because no-one has been able to give the go-ahead for the funding. Staff at First Steps Women's Centre are among those who say they are facing unemployment. "Our hundreds of clients are some of the most vulnerable in the country," said the organisation's chief executive, Michael McGoldrick. "They deserve better, we all do. "We are constantly on a funding rollercoaster, but this situation is particularly stomach churning. "The prospect of us all losing our jobs is awful, but worse is the knock-on effect of us not being here and available to help the people who need us most. "Those who are the most vulnerable are always first to be hit by this sort of problem and they are those who can least afford it." There's further criticism of the lack of leadership up at Stormont in the News Letter - it has chosen to go with the line: "RHI official now controls all our public spending". Northern Ireland's devolved finances have today been passed to David Sterling. The senior civil servant will use emergency powers to release cash and resources to departments until a new budget is in place. But the News Letter has pointed to Mr Sterling's links to the Renewable Heat Incentive. He was the most senior civil servant in the department that set up the "financially disastrous" initiative. Mr Sterling was not personally responsible for designing the RHI scheme, something which was done by the Energy Division within DETI. He has taken over because the last finance minister, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, did not agree a budget. The paper also reports that annual rates bills could be delayed because of the political deadlock. The Irish News reports that a senior civil servant has said a DUP minister who lit an eleventh night bonfire was committing "an offence". The front page is dominated by a picture of the former community's minister setting fire to the bonfire in South Tyrone last year. The DUP and DUP-led executive departments at the time refused to respond to repeated requests for a comment, The Irish News reports. But it says that newly released emails show how staff in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) discussed whether to respond. One Stormont official is quoted as having said in an email at the time: "In essence lighting the bonfire is an offence." Asked about the Daera correspondence, the DUP did not respond to requests for a comment, the Irish News reports.

The effects of the Stormont stalemate are becoming clearer with every passing day - and things don't look good for anyone.

They include schemes to revamp Newport and Bridgend centres, move people back into empty homes in Port Talbot and make properties in Pontypridd energy efficient. Vacant flats above shops in Swansea will also be converted into homes and derelict sites in Merthyr Tydfil will be built on. Schemes totalling £36m for north Wales were announced by ministers last week. The funding is from the Welsh government's Vibrant and Viable Places initiative. Housing and Regeneration Minister Carl Sargeant said he was "delighted" with the range of projects being supported. "There are several excellent projects targeted at renovating empty properties, derelict buildings and empty shops, attracting more people to live in town centres and making the necessary improvements to existing housing stock," he said. "I've also approved significant funding for a wide range of different projects, from a state of the art business facility in Pontypridd to an integrated transport hub in Port Talbot. "Facilities like these, in conjunction with the new homes, will create jobs, improve links and breathe new life into town centre centres."

Projects worth £58m to regenerate areas across south Wales have been approved.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 18 July 2015 Last updated at 13:43 BST The video which was filmed around 1933, shows the Queen playing with a dog in the private gardens at Balmoral in Scotland. The Queen Mother raises her arm like a Nazi salute and the Queen copies her. Buckingham Palace have said the release of the video is ''disappointing''. They said the video was filmed more than 80 years ago and was from the Queen's private family collection. The Nazi salute was used by Adolf Hitler, who was Germany's leader at the time. His actions during World War Two caused the deaths of millions of people. The Sun newspaper, who released the video, have refused to say how they got the footage but said it was an "important and interesting story".

A Newspaper has shown a home video of the Queen when she was a young girl, raising her arm like a Nazi salute.

The review of 5,000 studies on golf and wellbeing found physical benefits increased with the player's age. The study is part of the Gold and Health Project, which is led by the World Golf Foundation. The project plans to look at gaps in the research such as golf's links to mental health and muscle strengthening. Executive director of the Golf and Health project Dr Roger Hawkes said the aim had been to add some "scientific rigour" to statements made about golf and wellbeing. "For a number of years we've felt we've underplayed the likely benefits of golf on peoples' health," he said. "We already have a scoping review, outlining what we know already, and we're going to look at that research and the gaps in knowledge so that in five years time we will have really good evidence." Having this academically firmed up through in-depth research is going to provide real, tangible resource Lead researcher Dr Andrew Murray said: "Evidence suggests golfers live longer than non-golfers, enjoying improvements in cholesterol levels, body composition, wellness, self-esteem and self-worth. "Given that the sport can be played by the very young to the very old, this demonstrates a wide variety of health benefits for people of all ages." The study suggested playing golf could help players meet and exceed minimum government recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical activity. It claimed that golfers walking 18 holes could cover four to eight miles, while those using an electric golf cart typically chalked up four miles. Players burned a minimum of 500 calories over 18 holes, it said. World Golf Foundation CEO Steve Mona said the Golf and Health Project was vital to the development of the sport. "This project is something we can all get behind, as it is universally agreed that golf is good for you," he said. "Having this academically firmed up through in-depth research is going to provide real, tangible resources that can be used by governments and politicians, professional tours, governing bodies, golf businesses, PGA Professionals and more - all to the sport's benefit." The research was released to coincide with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews this week. For more information on getting into golf, take a look at the Get Inspired activity guide on the sport.

A regular game of golf is likely to increase life expectancy and lead to better physical health, according to University of Edinburgh researchers.

NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh says he worries they will put vulnerable people "at risk", while chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies says they will "inevitably lead to patients suffering" and Health Minister Ben Gummer claims they will be put in "harm's way". It's easy to understand why. On 26 and 27 April junior doctors will stop providing emergency cover - unlike in the previous strikes in the contract dispute. It means as well as downing tools for their routine duties, medics will walk out of A&E units and intensive care departments, leaving some of the sickest and most vulnerable patients in the hands of others. But will the reality of the all-out strike be really as bad as the rhetoric? After all, the doctors' code of conduct produced by the General Medical Council decrees they must not harm patients or put them at risk. And the British Medical Association is adamant the stoppages do not breach this code because of the contingency plans being put in place. The union is legally bound to give the NHS seven days' notice of industrial action. In this case the health service has had five weeks. The time has allowed hospital bosses to carefully consider what they need and put plans in place. This has been done in partnership with BMA reps, while at a national level Department of Health and NHS England officials have been meeting regularly to ensure the contingency arrangements are satisfactory . And as yet no hospital has yet said it cannot cope. This is because large chunks of the routine work has been postponed and staff will be redeployed into emergency areas. There will be consultants, staff doctors - those who are not in training but have not yet reached consultant level - nurses, midwives and health care assistants in work. GPs are also being asked to keep a greater number of appointments free for urgent on-the-day cases than normal, while patients will be warned in the lead-up to the strike to think carefully about how they use the health service during the stoppages. The result is that there are plenty of people who think the system will run pretty smoothly. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Emergency Medicine have both released statements saying they are satisfied with the arrangements being put in place. In fact, you could argue the result in some departments may be that the system may actually work better than on a normal day. Take A&E, for example. Having more consultants on the floor could actually speed up the flow of patients as they will be able to make quick decisions about the care patients need. Although there is an argument the smaller hospitals with fewer consultants may find it more difficult. Meanwhile, in emergency surgery and intensive care the presence of consultants should, in theory, more than make up for the absence of the juniors. Also, it should be remembered that the stoppages are from 08:00 to 17:00 BST - not for 24 or 48 hours as the previous strikes have been - so there will be some respite during the two days. Instead, the problems might be more run of the mill. Junior doctors play a vital role chasing up test results, ordering x-rays, taking bloods, ordering prescriptions and preparing patients for discharge. Consultants may not have the time to do some of these, their skills may be a little rusty or they may simply not know their way round the system to get on top of the jobs. Senior nurses will be able to take some of the strain, but there is bound to be disruption. However, that doesn't mean the concerns being voiced are not justified. Talking to those who work in the service, there does seem to be a weak spot. It concerns what happens if there is an unexpected emergency on a general or surgical ward or perhaps in a psychiatric unit. When a patient collapses, a junior doctor would normally be one of the first on the scene. If they aren't there and a patient dies, questions will be naturally asked. And this, perhaps, is the crux of the matter. It was a point made by Prof Lord Darzi of Denham, a surgeon and former health minister, in an article in the Daily Telegraph.. He wrote that every family afflicted with heartbreak on the strike days "would always wonder" whether loved ones would have lived if junior doctors had been there. Trust between doctors and society might be "irreparably damaged", he warned. This blog was first published on 15 April, but has since been updated to take into account subsequent developments. Read more from Nick Follow Nick on Twitter

The warnings about the forthcoming all-out junior doctor strikes have been coming in so thick and fast that you could be forgiven for thinking it will be Armageddon.

Russell Goodway told BBC Radio Wales that councillors and officials were the "experts" and should "seriously develop" a set of proposals. Former Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews had been planning to cut the 22 councils to eight or nine. But First Minister Carwyn Jones has said the Welsh Government will have to rethink its plans to win wider support. Mr Andrews is no longer in government after losing his Rhondda seat at the election in May, and the Labour manifesto did not include a commitment on the number of councils it would like to see. As a minority government, Labour will need the support of other parties if any cut is to happen. Speaking on the Good Morning Wales programme on Monday, Mr Goodway said: "The status quo isn't an option. "You really cannot maintain 22 local authorities unless you're prepared to dismantle local government as we know it and create other organisations or bodies that would be responsible for some of the major services such as education, social services and possibly economic development. "I would like to see the experts in the field, who happen to be those that run local authorities - whether they're councillors or council officials - coming forward with well-developed proposals to meet the government's aims. "I do not want to see a top-down reorganisation imposed on Welsh local government, particularly at a time when you're seeing a lot of new faces in the assembly, people who don't have the expertise in local government to shape those services. "I really do hope now the Welsh Local Government Association and the leaders in local government will come forward and seriously develop a set of proposals, hopefully capturing the city region dimension." On Sunday, the first minister told BBC Radio Wales he wanted to talk to opposition parties about the future of local government. "Clearly, the map we published before the election, that is not going to gain support across the assembly, that's obvious," Mr Jones told the Sunday Supplement programme. Meanwhile trade unions representing council workers have asked for urgent talks on the issue with the new finance and local government secretary Mark Drakeford. Dominic MacAskill, head of local government in Wales for Unison, said: "We are in a state of limbo and, in that state of limbo, the workforce is anxious and fearful of the future."

Councils should draw up fresh plans to reorganise local government, a former leader of Cardiff council has said.

Nuclear war, global warming and genetically-engineered viruses are among the scenarios he singles out. And he says that further progress in science and technology will create "new ways things can go wrong". Prof Hawking is giving this year's BBC Reith Lectures, which explore research into black holes, and his warning came in answer to audience questions. He says that assuming humanity eventually establishes colonies on other worlds, it will be able to survive. "Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand years. "By that time we should have spread out into space, and to other stars, so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race. "However, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period." Prof Hawking's first Reith Lecture will be broadcast on 26 January and on 2 February at 9am on BBC Radio 4. BBC World Service listeners can tune in on 26 January at 15:06 GMT and 2 February at 15:06 GMT or catch up online via www.bbc.com/worldserviceradio BBC News online will be publishing the text of Prof Hawking's lectures with accompanying notes by our science editor, David Shukman. iWonder: A brief history of Stephen Hawking It is ironic that such a prominent figure in science identifies scientific progress itself as the major source of new threats. On previous occasions, he has highlighted the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming powerful enough to cause the extinction of the human race. But he insists that ways will be found to cope. "We are not going to stop making progress, or reverse it, so we have to recognise the dangers and control them. I'm an optimist, and I believe we can." Asked for advice for young scientists, Prof Hawking said they should retain a sense of wonder about "our vast and complex" Universe. "From my own perspective, it has been a glorious time to be alive and doing research in theoretical physics. There is nothing like the Eureka moment of discovering something that no one knew before." But he also said that future generations of researchers should be aware of how scientific and technological progress is changing the world, and to help the wider public understand it. "It's important to ensure that these changes are heading in the right directions. In a democratic society, this means that everyone needs to have a basic understanding of science to make informed decisions about the future. "So communicate plainly what you are trying to do in science, and who knows, you might even end up understanding it yourself." Since his diagnosis with motor neurone disease, Prof Hawking's determination to overcome the immense physical challenges of his disability has been a source of worldwide admiration and fascination. His daughter Lucy, a journalist and writer, who has co-written children's science books with Prof Hawking, was asked to explain his drive. "I think he's enormously stubborn and has a very enviable wish to keep going and the ability to summon all his reserves, all his energy, all his mental focus and press them all into that goal of keeping going," she said. "But not just to keep going for the purposes of survival, but to transcend this by producing extraordinary work, writing books, giving lectures, inspiring other people with neurodegenerative and other disabilities, and being a family man, a friend and a colleague to so many people and keeping up with friends across the world." Follow David on Twitter.

Humanity is at risk from a series of dangers of our own making, according to Prof Stephen Hawking.

The Germans overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit against Porto, winning 6-1 to advance 7-4 on aggregate. Guardiola's side scored five goals in a thrilling first half at Allianz Arena. "I know how very important it was," the 44-year-old ex-Barcelona boss told ZDF Television. "It is about winning just like at Barcelona." He added: "It's easy to love my players now. I am the coach of extraordinary players. I didn't expect such a first half. "We can still play better. We lost the ball here and there and we can improve on that. We had a few problems in the second half. They had only a few chances in the second half but you should never relax in the Champions League." Speaking before the game, Guardiola admitted the expectation at the Bundesliga club was to win the Champions League, and not just settle for domestic league and cup glory. Striker Robert Lewandowski scored two and Thiago Alcantara, Jerome Boateng, Thomas Muller and Xabi Alonso also netted as Bayern dominated their Portuguese visitors. Porto barely troubled Bayern in the first half, and Guardiola added: "We played a different game. We knew Porto better after the first game. "Now we have to fight otherwise we will not achieve what we set out to do." Bayern scored their first four goals inside 28 minutes and their fifth in the 40th minute, and even prolific goal-scorer Lewandowski was surprised at the half-time scoreline. "Many people thought we couldn't do it, but we are FC Bayern Munich," said Lewandowski. "We knew we had to step on the gas, but to go five goals up at half-time is really crazy." Germany striker Thomas Muller added: "It couldn't have gone better. Sometimes it's fun to play with your backs against the wall. We all had hopes, but no-one expected that." BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Nevin at the Allianz Arena: "Bayern were ruthlessly efficient in the first half. They were brilliant, scored great goals against a poor team. "But they made some tactical changes and looked bordering on anaemic in the second half. They didn't look up for it. They could have been pulled back in the end but there's more to come from this team. "The Champions League got predictable a long time ago. It's a little bit of a shame. We try not to be biased during commentary but Porto were the last of the little teams and they've been absolutely whacked, swatted like flies out of the way. "There's always Spanish and German teams in the semi-finals, the odd time an Italian or English team but that's it. And even then it's the same teams. But it doesn't mean it's not exciting." Porto coach Julen Lopetegui accepted his side were beaten in a disastrous opening spell. "We are very disappointed because we had a lot of expectations," he said. "But it just turned bad very early on and it became difficult for us to play our game against such a good team. We lost the game in those 20 minutes in the first half. "We tried to change things in the second half and I think we improved a bit but it was too late. "We are sad, but we made a great campaign in this Champions League. In 11 matches this was our only defeat. "Bayern is one of the best teams in the world and the favourite to win the title." Bayern boss Guardiola ripped his trousers during the game. Story and pictures here.

Bayern Munich's progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League was "about life or death", according to manager Pep Guardiola.

The Tories won 37 of 64 seats to claim a majority and wipe out Labour's 22-seat majority from 2013. Labour picked up 24 seats this time around, the Liberal Democrats won three and UKIP finished with none. Towns where seats turned from red to blue included Swadlincote, Matlock, Glossop, Buxton, Ripley, Belper and Ilkeston. Turnout was 38%. Election 2017: Full results from across England Conservative leader Barry Lewis described the result as "brilliant". "We didn't think at this point in the electoral cycle we'd be taking control of Derbyshire County Council," he said. "We fought a really good campaign on local issues and I think that's really helped. We got our manifesto out early and really hit the doorsteps." This was Labour's last stand - its last county council to be defended in England. And its defences have proven to be weak. The Conservatives have won across the south and centre of the county - in places like Heanor, Ilkeston and Ripley. They've also taken seats off the Lib Dems. And it was a bad night too for UKIP - their share of the vote in Derbyshire collapsed.

The Conservatives have taken control of Derbyshire County Council with a massive swing from Labour.

Mylan said it expected to start selling a cheaper generic product "in several weeks" at a list price of $300 (£230). That is about half the list price of the existing product, which is used in emergencies for severe food and insect allergies. The cost of EpiPens in the US has risen by 500% in less than a decade. Mylan said the generic version would be identical to the branded EpiPen, which costs $600 for two doses. Allergy sufferers often have several pens - one to keep at home, as well as others at school or work, or in the car. They also expire after 12 months. Mylan chief executive Heather Bresch said the company had spent hundreds of millions of dollars improving the product since buying the product from Merck in 2007. "Our decision to launch a generic alternative to EpiPen is an extraordinary commercial response," she said. "We determined that bypassing the brand system in this case and offering an additional alternative was the best option." The move is unusual because the branded version is still under patent and other rival treatments have failed to get regulatory clearance. The product generates annual sales of $1bn for Mylan. Bernstein analyst Ronny Gal said: "We suspect Mylan will continue to receive some heat for its price increases and there will be heightened pressure on FDA [regulator the Food and Drug Administration] to bring competition to the market." Ms Bresch also blamed the complex US health care system for the price rises and said that Mylan took just $274 of the $600 list price, while insurers, pharmacies and other parties shared the rest. How much individuals pay for an EpiPen prescription can depend on their insurance coverage. Politicians and parents have challenged the price hikes, with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton calling them "outrageous" and unjustified. The outcry over EpiPen price rises sent Mylan shares falling about 12% last week. The stock was flat at $43.04 in afternoon trading in New York. Actor Sarah Jessica Parker, who had endorsed EpiPens, said last week she was ending her relationship with Mylan. She had previously spoken about the importance of the treatment to her family because of her son's peanut allergy. Other drug makers including Valeant, Turing and Pfizer have come under fire in recent months for sharp price increases.

The maker of the EpiPen will start selling a generic version in the wake of criticism about steep price increases.

Musicians are nominated for a Grammy award by music companies, and the winners are chosen by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The award ceremony first started in 1959, as a way to honour those people who produced really great music, and has continued ever since. The Grammy Awards are seen as the most important and respected prizes in the music business, so winning one is pretty important! When the Grammys first started there were more than 100 different categories for awards, but now there are only 83. The name Grammy is actually short for gramophone, which is a machine invented in the 19th Century to play music records. The top of it looks a bit like a trumpet. Here are some more fun facts about the Grammy Awards...

The Grammy Awards are an annual ceremony held in the USA, which celebrate outstanding achievement in the music industry.

NHS Highland asked people to avoid the site last week, after 50 people fell ill with the sickness bug. Consultant microbiologist Dr Chin Lim said three wards remained closed to new admissions and visitors but the rest of the hospital was open. Tests have confirmed the presence of the bug in wards 7C, 2C and 2A. In a statement, Dr Lim thanked people for their "patience and understanding". He added: "While I am pleased that we have been able to reopen to visiting we know norovirus is still in the community so would ask that visitors are limited to two per patient and that if you, or anyone you live with, has had symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting you refrain from coming into the hospital until you are clear for 72 hours."

Restrictions on visitors have been lifted at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness following an outbreak of norovirus.

A masked gunman opened fire at La Terrasse bar, killing a French national, witnesses said. A Belgian security official working for the EU and three Malians also died in the attack. One witness said an attacker shouted "God is Great" in Arabic ("Allahu Akbar"). It is the first attack of its kind in the capital. It is not clear who carried out the attack, but al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants have been fighting the army in northern Mali for a number of years. France, the former colonial power in Mali, intervened two years ago to stop their advance south on Bamako. French President Francois Hollande condemned the attack as "cowardly". He spoke by phone to Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and they "decided on common measures to strengthen security in Mali", the French presidency said. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders called the attack a "cowardly act of terror". La Terasse is popular among expats for its salsa evenings. You often see people there from the UN and EU mission that trains the Malian army. When I arrived there about an hour after the attack, there was a white body bag on the floor. A dozen Malian police were at the scene, including an inspector who used tables and stools to cordon off the bar. A witness said the attackers had sped off in a vehicle and on a motorbike and that one had shouted "Allahu Akbar". If confirmed as the work of Islamist fundamentalists, this would be the first such attack in Bamako. But locals have long feared it might happen. Many think the UN and the French and Malian militaries have been complacent to believe the danger is limited to Mali's north. There is very little security in Bamako apart from around foreign embassies and the UN mission. European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU would "not be intimidated by terrorism, at home or abroad". The attack happened shortly after midnight. Witnesses and officials said the attackers had killed the Belgian and Malian victims near the bar. Our reporter says French soldiers arrived quickly afterwards on the first-floor nightclub on Saturday. They confirmed that a man killed at the bar, in the Hippodrome area of the capital popular with expatriates, was a French national. The French foreign ministry later named him as 30-year-old Fabien Guyomard, who French media said was in Mali working for a private company. One of the Malian victims is believed to have been a police officer, and another a security guard, our correspondent says. Militancy in Mali: A witness told the BBC he had seen four men flee the scene in a vehicle and one on a motorbike. UN officials said an early report that a third European had been killed was incorrect. Nine people were wounded in the attack, officials said. They reportedly include three Swiss citizens, two of whom were soldiers working at the UN mission, according to the Swiss defence ministry. It has also emerged two people detained by police after the killings on Saturday were not involved. France has troops based in the Sahel region of northern Africa in an effort to stop the emergence of jihadist groups. This follows their intervention in Mali in January 2013, after various Islamist militant groups managed to take over most of northern Mali in 2012. The militants were eventually expelled from towns across the north, but both nomadic Tuareg rebels and other Islamist militant groups have remained active in the vast desert region. Peace talks with Tuareg rebels ended inconclusively in Algiers last week. Northern Mali has been a flashpoint of conflict since Mali's independence from French rule in 1960, with Tuareg rebels campaigning for independence or more autonomy. The conflict has become more complex with the emergence of jihadi groups, which roam freely across parts of the Sahara desert.

Five people have been killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a bar in Mali's capital, Bamako.

The end of last year saw growth across several sectors of the economy, but there are concerns about rising prices, skill shortages and falling sales. Manufacturers reported their highest growth in new orders for nearly three years, with export demand still strong. In retail, there was also a return to optimism - though only just, and despite profitability being squeezed. In tourism, firms reported improving visitor numbers in the final quarter of the year, but falling sales revenues. Responses to the survey, carried out for the Chambers of Commerce by Strathclyde University economists at the Fraser of Allander Institute, were more positive than the economic figures published on Wednesday. The Labour Force Survey and the Gross Domestic Product figures showed weakness in the Scottish economy, while covering an earlier part of 2016 than the Chambers' survey. While the GDP assessment from the Scottish government has seen a sharp contraction in the past year, the Chambers found a more positive picture, with growth in private commercial contracts. However, there are warning signals survey, with tourism companies having difficulties in finding skilled recruits. Retail firms flagged up rising prices. Construction is expecting an investment dip. The weakest of the five sectors covered was finance and business services. More firms in that large part of the economy saw employment fall than saw it rise. But on balance, firms say sales revenue is expected to increase. Neil Amner, chairman of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce economic advisory group, said: "Our latest economic data shows that many Scottish businesses will have a successful 2017, with business optimism remaining positive for many sectors. "This is good news for the economy, particularly as we continue to deal with international uncertainty and domestic issues including a rating revaluation and a potential divergence of Income Tax between Scotland and the rest of the UK. "The overall business mood remains positive but firms expect business growth to be challenged by rising prices, tightening of cash flow and profitability, higher import costs impacted by exchange rates and a likely increase of inflation as the year goes on. "On the converse side, exporters are continuing to report a healthy growth in trade, though perhaps not quite matching up to their initial expectations. "Optimism could hardly be more finely balanced and anything that rocks the boat could change the glass from half full to half empty. "Business success in 2017 will largely depend upon the ability of firms to manage costs and for consumer demand to remain strong in the face of pressures to real incomes."

Manufacturers have reported positive business trends, in the latest survey from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.

Jonathan Baines, 44, also known as "Willy", was found dead at a house on Ropery Road, Gainsborough, on 1 August. Pamela McLaggan, 51, of Greystones Road, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Prosecutors accepted her plea. She was remanded in custody at Lincoln Crown Court ahead of sentencing on 21 December. The court heard Mr Baines had been out for the day at Market Rasen races before returning to Gainsborough and visiting pubs in the town.

A woman has admitted killing her partner who was fatally stabbed after returning home from a day at the races.