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Mostly made up of narrow streets, date trees and mud houses, the paramilitary Frontier Corps have a strong presence here as they do in the rest of the province. And it was the Frontier Corps which found itself at the forefront of the violent tremors which flattened much of the town. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Arif is the officer in charge of the area, and saw his headquarters collapse before his eyes. "My residence is on a small hill. From there, I saw the shockwave ripping through the town and destroying houses with it." "It was a terrible sight which I can never forget." Officials estimate that about 80% of the houses in the Mashkel area collapsed - either partially or completely - in the quake. Army helicopters have been delivering tents from the provincial capital, Quetta. But we saw family after family sitting amid the ruins of their mud-brick houses under open skies with no shelter. Mashkel social worker Lareef Baloch says that most houses in the town are uninhabitable. "The structures still standing are dangerous because they have cracks in them," he told the BBC. "We see army helicopters flying in and out of town, but we haven't received any tents, blankets, medicines or food." The relief operation has been hampered by the remoteness of the affected area. The road journey from Quetta to Mashkel is long and dangerous. Since Tuesday, small aftershocks have continued to hit the area. One survivor told the BBC that he was traumatised by the experience and now has difficulty sleeping at night. The Pakistani army says it has tried its best in the rescue and relief effort. But an army spokesman told the BBC that people of the area will need help from national and international aid groups in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the weeks ahead. It could be that ties on the ground will also play a role in providing help to quake victims. Residents of Mashkel have close ties with ethnic Balochs in Iran's Sistan province. Many people have families and relatives on both sides of the border. The town's economy depends on oil smuggling from Iran and the annual date harvest. The BBC saw several vehicles with Iranian registration plates being used to transport people on sandy tracks. When the earthquake struck this week, many people preferred to take their injured across the border to the city of Zahidan in Sistan province. The Iranian authorities were quick to relax border movements to facilitate the relief effort. The road journey from Mashkel to Zahidan takes a few hours, compared with the 15 to 18 hours it takes to reach Balochistan's capital, Quetta. So far, one of the few Islamic charities that has managed to reach the remote town is Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The group, considered close the Pakistani army, is led by Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the banned jihadist outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The worst affected area of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which hit south-western Pakistan on Tuesday is the dust-strewn town of Mashkel, located just a few kilometres from the Iranian border in the province of Balochistan.

Archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby have also missed out. Cycling - which brought Team GB 12 medals in Rio - has had its funding cut by more than £4m to £25.98m. Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy said he was "staggered" by the "incomprehensible" decision to remove the sport's funding. A total of £345m will be invested in 31 Olympic and Paralympic sports - £2m less than the record £347m allocated for the Rio Games. As a result, UK Sport has set Team GB a target of winning 51-85 Olympic medals, and 115-162 Paralympic medals in Tokyo. Britain enjoyed unprecedented success at Rio 2016, with the Olympics yielding 67 medals and the Paralympics 147. Chair of UK Sport Rod Carr said the government, which provides funding alongside National Lottery money, has "confirmed its commitment" for Tokyo 2020. He added: "These are critical funding decisions for sports to take them on their journey to Tokyo 2020 and beyond so the historic success at Rio can be maintained." Badminton, which was set a target of winning a medal in Rio, is the only sport that earned a podium place in the summer to have its funding removed. Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge took bronze in the men's doubles after the sport was given £5.74m in the last cycle. Christy said the decision represents a "catastrophic impact on the sport" and Badminton England would "fight for the hopes and dreams" of its players. "How can you return from the best Games for more than a decade, in a year where our players have demonstrated world-class performances and where we can demonstrate the journey to Tokyo is on track, only be to have every penny of investment withdrawn?" he said. "What have we done wrong?" added GB Badminton's performance director Jon Austin. Judo, which was given the same target as badminton and also claimed one bronze medal, has had its funding increased slightly. Liz Nicholl, CEO of UK Sport, said the decision to cut funding was not taken lightly. "We would like to invest in every sport but the reality is we have to prioritise to protect and enhance the medal potential," she said. "If we under-invest across the board then the British teams will ultimately underperform at the Games and medal success will be put at risk." Sports minister Tracey Crouch added: "UK Sport's approach to elite sport has proven successful in Beijing, London and Rio and the ambition to win more medals in Tokyo is a bold one that, if achieved, would mean a sensational summer of sport in 2020." Basketball had its funding withdrawn in 2014 - and handball and volleyball lost theirs in 2012 - but say a UK Sport review last year to build "performance pathways for future success" was supposed to be aimed at such sports. A British Basketball statement, in conjunction with volleyball and handball, said: "It appears that UK Sport has no interest in team sports and in particular refuses to take responsibility for the need to fund their performance development, which was identified in its own review. "With UK Sport's investment budget approaching £350m, it borders on intransigence to pass responsibility to government and other funding bodies who are not set up to fund the development of high-performance sport." UK Sport says investment in the five Olympic sports and two Paralympic sports added for Tokyo 2020 is yet to be confirmed. Baseball/softball will return to the programme, with karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing also added, while Para-taekwondo and Para-badminton join the Paralympic programme. UK Sport says funding will be determined "following further exploration of medal potential", with £9m of the £345m total still to be allocated. Liam Carroll, head coach of the GB baseball team, said: "The key to unlocking our potential is investment and I'm pleased that UK Sport has left the door open. "We look forward to the opportunity to impress upon them that getting behind Great Britain Baseball can extend their tremendous track record of investing in Olympic medal contenders."

Badminton is one of five sports to lose all UK Sport funding for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo - after Britain claimed a bronze in the sport in Rio.

Matsuyama shot a six-under 66 in the last round of the WGC-HSBC Champions to finish seven clear of Sweden's Henrik Stenson and American Daniel Berger. His 29 birdies at Sheshan International was three short of the PGA Tour record. Finishing on 23 under par, his total was also just one shot off the 72-hole record score at the Chinese course. The win will lift Matsuyama to a career-high sixth in the world rankings. Northern Irishman McIlroy carded a 66 to finish tied with American Bill Haas and will move up one place to second when the rankings are published on Monday. Scotland's defending champion Russell Knox fell away in the final round, shooting a two-over-par 74 to end up ninth alongside Spaniard Sergio Garcia. Englishmen Ross Fisher, Paul Casey and Matthew Fitzpatrick all posted final rounds of under 70 to finish seventh, 12th and 16th respectively. We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here.

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan became the first Asian winner of a World Golf Championships event as Britain's Rory McIlroy finished fourth.

Allardyce took charge of the Black Cats in October when they were winless in their opening eight matches, but guided them to 17th and safety. "I don't want to go through that again," he told BBC Newcastle. Allardyce added that he plans to discuss transfer targets with owner Ellis Short in the next few days. Sunderland survived with a game to spare after victory over Everton with Allardyce describing it as a "miraculous achievement." However the former West Ham and Bolton boss, who has never been relegated, says the club must learn from its mistakes this campaign. "Our season has been a difficult one. I don't want to go through that again - that's the most important thing for me, not to put myself through what I did to get where we are today," he added. "The turnaround has given me great satisfaction. It hasn't made me forget about when it was tough, and we have to make sure it doesn't happen again." Sunderland ended the season with only one defeat in 11 games, and were unbeaten in their last six. Allardyce plans to discuss summer signings with Short when he is back from a mini-break - a meeting that "will be one of great importance" according to the the 61-year-old. "We will have a couple of days off and then see what the situation is," Allardyce said. "I can't look or see in to the future. It looks very positive but until we need to get down and talk about it. Then we can move forward."

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce says he is determined to make sure the club is not involved in another Premier League relegation fight next season.

19 July 2016 Last updated at 12:42 BST A heatwave in Spain and a strong breeze could be bringing the hot weather north to the UK. This is called a Spanish plume. This could also mean hot and humid storms later this week. We spoke to our resident weather expert Simon King to find out more...

Glorious sunshine and temperatures of up to 35 degrees in parts of the UK, but what is causing it?

13 July 2017 Last updated at 08:01 BST She's now through to the semi final of the competition. But this may not be an easy win as Konta faces five-time Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams, Let's see how they stack up, stats wise.

After an unbelievable year Johanna Konta is one of the favourites to win the Wimbledon 2017 ladies title.

He collided with a black Vauxhall Insignia on the junction of Wian Street and London Road in Holyhead shortly before 12:30 BST on 3 June. The man, who was local to the area, was taken to a hospital in Stoke but has died from his injuries. North Wales Police are investigating the incident and want to speak to witnesses of the collision.

A 92-year-old man has died in hospital after being hit by a car on Anglesey last week, police have confirmed.

The vehicle smashed into the house in West Pennard, near Glastonbury, Somerset, after colliding with an articulated lorry on the A361. The homeowner, who was at his desk at the time of the crash on Friday morning, suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital. Crews are working to remove the truck and stabilise the building. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said three vehicles - an articulated lorry, taxi and tipper truck -were involved. A spokesman said two gas cylinders had been damaged in the incident and a 50m cordon had been set up. "An urban search and rescue module has been mobilised from Exeter to stabilise the building and a structural engineer has been requested from the local authority," he said. The A361 is currently closed in both directions.

A man has been injured after a tipper truck ploughed into his cottage and ended up embedded in a wall.

David Skeen, 51, was last seen going for a run in Talgarth, near Brecon, at 09:00 GMT on Tuesday. Firefighters, police and more than 45 mountain rescue volunteers had been out searching for Mr Skeen. A drone was used during the day. Mr Skeen was last seen wearing an orange gilet, black running trousers, pale trainers and a blue hat. Dyfed-Powys Police said they would continue to follow up any lines of inquiry overnight.

The search for a jogger who has been missing for more than 24 hours in Powys has been stood down for the night.

The 19-year-old is in her second year of competition at the Federation Internationale du Ski (FIS) snowboard cross World Cup circuit. Qualification for PyeongChang 2018 depends on points accumulated from races during the season of the Games. The 2018 games' opening ceremony takes place on 9 February 2018 in South Korea. Potter, who is from Bangor, said: "It [the Winter Olympics] is definitely on my mind, I'm still part of Olympic qualification. "I am just taking every race one step at a time and I'm not getting too ahead of myself and I am aiming for that. I just want to see how things turn out "I have still got time, I have still got a year to go." She competes in Germany this weekend looking to improve on her season best finish of 26th place claimed in the USA on 21 January.

Welsh snowboarder Maisie Potter says the 2018 Winter Olympics are on her mind a year away from the games' start.

Media playback is not supported on this device The 32-year-old, who won 56 caps, was available on a free transfer after being released by fellow Premier League side West Ham in May. He said: "This is a massive club and there's a massive opportunity for the club to push on. "I've been lucky enough to have a really good career, but there's still a lot more I want to achieve." Cole, who also played for Chelsea, Liverpool and on loan at Lille, is Villa's second signing of the summer. Manager Paul Lambert has also signed former Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos on a free transfer from Valencia.

Aston Villa have signed former England midfielder Joe Cole on a two-year contract.

The interim report into Integrated Care 24 (IC24), which runs non-emergency 111 and out-of-hours services in Norfolk and Wisbech, found deficiencies in call handling and a shortage of GPs. During unannounced inspections following complaints, staff said they had been asked to alter their records. IC24 said it had addressed the issues. The organisation operates NHS 111 services in areas including Great Yarmouth and Waveney and parts of Essex, and took over the Norfolk and Wisbech contract in September 2015. Assessors from Norwich Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) inspected five IC24 bases in Norfolk and one in Cambridgeshire in November following staff complaints. Their report highlighted issues including: In October last year, IC24's interim chief executive said the organisation was still struggling to fill shifts. A month later, Norwich resident Peter Rowley said he called 111 but waited 11 hours for a call back, eventually going to A&E instead. Read more on this and other stories from Norfolk The company apologised, but said it had followed procedures. Karen Watts, who wrote the interim report into IC24, concluded it was "not clinically assured of the safety of the OOH [out-of-hours] service" and only "partially assured" of the 111 service. She said the CCG believed the issues identified were having a "negative impact on recruitment and retention of the existing workforce". Ms Watts also demanded IC24 provide a detailed improvement action plan by the beginning of December. The BBC asked to see the improvement plan, and whether concerns highlighted in the report had been sufficiently addressed, but both NCCG and IC24 declined to answer, instead sending a joint statement. NCCG spokesman Tim Curtis said the organisation had been "very encouraged with IC24's response". Yvonne Taylor, IC24 chief executive, said: "As an open organisation, I would like to reassure our patients that we continue to work with our commissioners to provide a robust and transparent service for our patients." Both organisations said: "There were no deaths that we know of which can be attributable to the long waits." The NCCG has been asked to share the outcomes of its investigation so they could be examined by a health committee, a Norfolk County Council spokeswoman said. Tony Durcan from the Royal College of Nursing said it had "sought reassurances that measures had been put in place to address the worrying points raised by the leaked report". Dr Tim Morton, chairman of Norfolk and Waveney Local Medical Committee, said IC24's problems were "a consequence of a severe workforce crisis within the NHS in recruiting and retaining GPs". NHS 111/Out-of-hours care

Callers to out-of-hours GP services faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a "significant risk to patient safety", a leaked report has revealed.

The settlement was reached in a compensation claim against the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. The child, who cannot be identified, suffered hypoxia due to a delay in her delivery at Antrim Area Hospital in 2007. It resulted in a series of complex health issues. These included severe cerebral palsy and complex epilepsy. Her parents sued the trust, claiming medical negligence. The case had been due to run as a five-day trial at the High Court in Belfast earlier this month. However, full liability was admitted a week before the listed hearing date. The figure of £5.3m covers damages and the costs of past and future care for the child.

An eight-year-old girl from County Antrim who was left profoundly disabled after being starved of oxygen at birth is to receive £5.3m.

Nearly four-fifths of the RCN members surveyed were worried about the cost of their accommodation. The RCN's London regional director said essential services were at "breaking point". Last year 17% of all London's registered nursing jobs were vacant. Ben Morrin, the director of workforce at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, told the BBC that hospitals initially offered subsidised accommodation to new staff. King's College Hospital offers rooms in shared accommodation for £452 per month, including bills and council tax. A nurse's starting salary (including 20% inner London weighting) is £26,030. But as staff settle down they are tempted by the lower cost of living outside the capital. "Normally we get to a decision point after two to three years when they want to move outside the capital, and the reputation of London's teaching hospitals makes it easy for them to find jobs," Mr Morrin said. "We have trouble in retaining those nurses." One agency specialising in accommodation for NHS workers offers a single-bedroomed flat in Limehouse, east London for £1,350 - over three-quarters of take-home pay on a starting salary. "With staffing shortages in London getting worse by the year, while patient need continues to go up, essential services are being stretched to breaking point," said Bernell Bussue, the regional director of RCN London. The college is calling on the next London mayor to offer discounted travel for NHS workers, and require new homes built on NHS land to be offered first to low-paid NHS staff. Source: NHS Employers

Four in 10 London nurses expect to leave the capital by 2021 because housing costs are so high, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Thousands attended the early morning service at Hyde Park Corner and up to 400 people took part in a parade before the wreath-laying at the Cenotaph. Anzac Day commemorates the first major battle involving Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One. A service was also held at Westminster Abbey. The national anthems of New Zealand and Australia were sung as the service ended. The first time Anzac Day was commemorated in the capital was when King George V attended a Westminster Abbey service in 1916, a year after the Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Gallipoli. Since then, the services have become an important moment for thousands of expatriate and visiting New Zealanders and Australians, who honour the sacrifices of their countrymen and women in all wars. Addressing the crowds at the dawn service, Alexander Downer, Australian high commissioner to the UK, who also laid a wreath, said: "When we reflect on Anzac Day we imagine the Gallipoli landings, what it must have been like, at dawn on the water, in sight of that rugged shoreline - and a collectively held breath, a leaden silence about to be broken. "We consider the enthusiasm, the courage, and the heroism of the Anzac troops - ordinary men fighting for God, King and empire, for their mates, for adventure, for a world without war." Members of veterans' associations, service and ex-service personal and their families took part in the parade at the Cenotaph. Crowds, including Australia and New Zealand ex-pats, lined the streets to watch the ceremony which featured prayers read by schoolchildren and the national anthems of all three countries. The eight-month campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was one of the bloodiest of the war and the allied operation was an attempt to force the Ottoman empire out of the war.

Prince Harry has laid wreaths during a dawn service at London's Wellington Arch and on behalf of the Queen at the Cenotaph to mark Anzac Day in the UK.

Germany's Lisa Brennauer was edged into second as Vos came third to move three seconds clear of Christine Majerus of Luxembourg. Majerus, who came fifth, had pipped Vos to victory on the opening leg of the five-stage race on Wednesday. Lizzie Armistead was the highest-placed Briton, in 18th, on the 140km ride from Atherstone to Stratford-Upon-Avon. The 27-year-old reigning world, Commonwealth and national road race champion took the Best British Rider jersey as she continues her preparations for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. Find out how to get into cycling with our special guide. 1. Amy Pieters (Ned/Wiggle High5) 3hrs 36mins 55secs 2. Lisa Brennauer (Ger/Canyon-SRAM) same time 3. Marianne Vos (Ned/Raboliv) same time 4. Gracie Elvin (Aus/Orica-AIS) same time 5. Christine Majerus (Lux/Boel-Dolmans) same time 6. Emma Johansson (Swe/Wiggle High5) same time 7. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita/Wiggle High5) same time 8. Floortje Mackaij (Ned/Liv-Plantur) same time 9. Leah Kirchmann (Can/Liv-Plantur) same time 10. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Raboliv) same time Selected others 18. Lizzie Armitstead (GB/Boels-Dolmans) same time 19. Dani King (GB/Wiggle High5) same time 32. Laura Massey (GB/Drops) +1min 42secs 45. Jessie Walker (GB/British National) same time 46. Rebecca Durrell (GB/Drops) +4mins 57secs 48. Annasley Park (GB/British National) same time 53. Grace Garner (GB/British National) same time 1. Marianne Vos (Ned/Raboliv) 7hrs 1min 26secs 2. Christine Majerus (Lux/Boel-Dolmans) +3secs 3. Amy Pieters (Ned/Wiggle High5)) +7secs 4. Lisa Brennauer (Ger/Canyon-SRAM) +11secs 5. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita/Wiggle High5) +13secs 6. Leah Kirchmann (Can/Liv-Plantur) same time 7. Gracie Elvin (Aus/Orica-AIS) +14secs 8. Lizzie Armitstead (GB/Boels-Dolmans) +16secs 9. Floortje Mackaij (Ned/Liv-Plantur) +17secs 10. Emma Johansson (Swe/Wiggle High5) same time

Marianne Vos moved into the overall lead at the Women's Tour as her Dutch compatriot Amy Pieters won stage two.

Antonio Conte's side delivered an impressive statement of intent as they cut City apart on the break after going behind to Gary Cahill's own goal on the stroke of half-time, when he diverted Jesus Navas' cross beyond keeper Thibaut Courtois. The game turned on Kevin de Bruyne's 56th-minute miss with City in control, crashing Navas' cross against the bar from inside the six-yard box. Chelsea were level on the hour when Diego Costa outmuscled Nicolas Otamendi to score and they were ahead 10 minutes later when substitute Willian raced clear to beat City keeper Claudio Bravo with ease. Eden Hazard completed a magnificent win for Chelsea with another goal on the break, showing too much pace for Aleksandar Kolarov to wrap up three vital points. Chelsea's renaissance since a 3-0 loss at Arsenal in September left them in eighth place, eight points behind then leaders City, has been hugely impressive - but this is their most powerful statement of the season. Eight wins from eight and only two goals conceded tells the story and this win against City was the second week in succession they have come from behind to beat a team that could be regarded as realistic title rivals after overcoming Tottenham at Stamford Bridge last weekend. They were tested by periods of City domination, but showed a ruthlessness to match their steely resilience and tore Pep Guardiola's side to shreds in the closing 20 minutes. Conte's switch to a three-man defensive system and the rejuvenation of key men such as Costa and Hazard is making this Chelsea side resemble the full title package. Manchester City have kept one clean sheet at home in the Premier League this season - in the 4-0 win against Bournemouth - and on this evidence it is easy to see why. For all City's domination of possession and creation, Guardiola's side have an Achilles heel at the back that was ruthlessly exposed here. Yes, De Bruyne should have put the game out of Chelsea's reach but City's defence offered the visitors hope throughout - and how they capitalised when given the chance. Guardiola has been linked with defensive reinforcements, particularly Southampton's Virgil van Dijk, and the manner in which they were dismantled here now makes this a matter of urgency. The jitters started early when John Stones was caught in possession in his own area, while defensive partner Nicolas Otamendi had a nightmare afternoon and was culpable for Chelsea's first two goals from Costa, where he was weak in the challenge, and Willian. Guardiola gestured in despair towards his central defenders after Willian's goal - his displeasure will surely take the form of more decisive action in January. It is unlikely either Manchester City or Chelsea have heard the last of a shameful conclusion to a high-class game of football as players and officials from both sides became embroiled in ugly scenes. City's frustration at what they believed were a series of injustices at the hands of referee Anthony Taylor boiled over in injury time as Aguero caught Luiz high and late, which happened after the Argentina striker clashed with the defender at a corner earlier. Chelsea's Nathaniel Chalobah joined in and was lucky not to see red, while Fernandinho was sent off for grabbing Cesc Fabregas. Even then, Fernandinho had to be forced to leave the pitch and with the whole situation threatening to go completely out of control, it was fortunate referee Taylor was able to blow the final whistle seconds later. It is hard to see how both clubs can escape censure for a failure to control their players. Media playback is not supported on this device Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on Sky Sports: "Congratulations to Chelsea - they won. We played really good, had a lot of control and created chances - but the ball in the box was not strong enough. "Chelsea's approach was really different but that is part of the game. You don't expect Chelsea to create 25 chances - they created three and scored three." When asked about Aguero's challenge on Luiz at the end of the game, Guardiola added: "Both players were strong there - that's all." Media playback is not supported on this device Chelsea manager Antonio Conte on Sky Sports: "Today was very tough and the game was open until the end. There were lots of chances for both teams to score. "I saw lots of character from my team and that's very important to grow - but we must continue to work and improve." Speaking about Costa's role as peace keeper at the end of the game, he added: "Diego is showing he is using his passion in the right way and I'm very happy about that." Jason Roberts, former West Brom striker, on Final Score: "Chelsea were incredible. They went behind but they kept their heads. I think Pep got it wrong and I think Conte got everything right. "The performances from Willian, from Costa, from Fabregas - who came on and showed he has that bit of guile. This is the best game I've seen this season." Manchester City have a home game against Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday (19:45 GMT kick-off), followed by a Premier League trip to Leicester City on 10 December (17:30). Chelsea's next game is a home match against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on 11 December at 12:00 GMT. Match ends, Manchester City 1, Chelsea 3. Second Half ends, Manchester City 1, Chelsea 3. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card. Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card. Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the red card for violent conduct. Delay in match David Luiz (Chelsea) because of an injury. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the red card. Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City). David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Eden Hazard. Attempt saved. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard. Attempt missed. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross. Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 3. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a through ball following a fast break. Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Hand ball by Eden Hazard (Chelsea). Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by César Azpilicueta. Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City). Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Substitution, Chelsea. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Diego Costa because of an injury. Delay in match Diego Costa (Chelsea) because of an injury. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Willian. Jesús Navas (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City). Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City). N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Eden Hazard. Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City). Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces John Stones. Substitution, Manchester City. Yaya Touré replaces Ilkay Gündogan. Hand ball by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City). Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Willian (Chelsea) because of an injury. Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 2. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Costa with a through ball following a fast break. Substitution, Manchester City. Gaël Clichy replaces Leroy Sané.

Chelsea's eighth successive Premier League win cemented their place at the top of the table - but their victory at Etihad Stadium ended in chaos as Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho were sent off in injury time.

The planned voluntary rules would cover "integrated electronic devices, including mobile phones". Officials want distracting functions to be disabled when driving. In 2010, US figures suggested that "distraction by a device or control integral to the vehicle was reported in 26,000 crashes". Thenew proposals include goals to reduce the amountof inputs required to operate a device - the number of buttons to push - and reducing unnecessary visual information. There are also guidelines requiring one-handed operation and a two second limit on "off-road glances" - the time spent looking at the device. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also wants built-in gadgets the driver can use to turn-off non-essential functions while the car is moving, and keep them disabled until the car is parked. In particular they want to prevent manual texting, use of the internet/social media, entering addresses into sat navs and dialling long phone numbers. Displaying more than 30 characters of text not related to driving should also be prevented, it says. Electronic warning systems would be exempt from the rules, the NHTSA said. The first phase of the plans only apply to built-in devices. However, the NHTSA said that in later phases it might issue further guidelines on the use of "devices or systems that are not built into the vehicle but are brought into the vehicle and used while driving". This could include "navigation systems, smartphones, electronic tablets and pads, and other mobile communications devices". Official figures suggested that in 2010 electronic devices were involved in 47,000 distraction-related crashes. NHTSA administrator David Strickland said consumers wanted more "tools and conveniences" but said the guidelines would help carmakers "develop electronic devices that provide features consumers want - without disrupting a driver's attention or sacrificing safety". The NHTSA is currently consulting on the first phase of the proposals.

US transport safety officials have proposed guidelines to limit driver distraction from gadgets built into cars.

This weekend's match is the centenary of the first meeting between the two sides, and with Leicester arriving as champions there is no doubt which club is in the ascendancy at the moment. During Guscott's time at The Rec it was the West country club that ruled the roost - and he believes they are potentially on the cusp of a revival. This game is big in a lot of different ways for different generations of families and supporters, and the players that have represented both clubs through the years. Those that have followed and played for these two clubs over many years will remember the times they have been successful and the times they have not. Bath took over from Tigers as the dominant English club around 1983-84 and maintained that until the early-to-mid 1990s. Since that time Tigers have been there or thereabouts, often battling for supremacy with Wasps and have been the most consistent English club for 25 years or so. This particular fixtures is given an extra edge because of the anniversary. It evokes memories of all the great games of the past but, looking to the future, Bath are potential challengers to a Tigers team that will want to put down a marker. Throughout my career, games against Leicester - as well as local rivals Gloucester and Bristol - were the biggest games that Bath played in, perhaps because of three cup finals Bath won in 1989, 1994 and 1996. At the time, both teams were used to winning and were full of current or previous internationals players. Who wouldn't want to be involved in those games? The contests were always full of tension, particularly the 1996 final when we got a penalty try to win 16-15. At the end of the game Leicester's Neil back mistook team-mate Steve Lander for Bath's Andy Robinson and pushed him over. With a comfortable win at Newcastle on the opening weekend, Bath have got off to a good start. However, the visit of Leicester is one of the biggest tests of the season and it is good that it arrives early. The Tigers challenge will show this relatively new Bath team where they are and how much further they need to go. Fly-half George Ford ran the game well against the Falcons last week in poor conditions, he was tactically good and nailed most of his kicks. The Tigers know him well and I'm sure the likes of Julian Salvi and Jordan Crane would like the opportunity to get some tackling practice in on their former team-mate. Individually, Bath have exciting backs like Kyle Eastmond, Jonathan Joseph, Nick Abendanon, Tom Heathcote, Anthony Watson, Tom Biggs, Semesa Rokoduguni, Gavin Henson and more. We await to see what they can collectively produce, especially as there are high expectations to deal with. You have to admire the Tigers - the club, supporters, playing squad and management. Friday Harlequins v Northampton - Quins win Sale v Newcastle - Sale win Saturday Exeter v London Wasps - Exeter win Worcester v London Irish - Warriors win Bath v Leicester - Bath win Sunday Saracens v Gloucester - Sarries win This weekend's full fixture list Over the years they have been brilliant at maintaining their values by recruiting the right players. By that, I mean they have signed players that aren't always the best in their position but are seen as the right fit for the Tigers culture. That's very important. The Tigers expects nothing less than 100% commitment on and off the field and expect their players to abide by the culture and code of conduct set out. You may think that's the case at every club. It's not - and that is one of the reasons that the others have struggled to match Leicester. Leicester ran over Worcester last week and they will look to power through Bath with more aggression and precision at the breakdown. They will look to make Bath players ask themselves whether they have what it takes to be a top-four team. Have they got the heart and soul for the fight? Fly-half Ryan Lamb had a mixed game last weekend but that's what you get from a player who tends to play what he sees rather than what might have been planned. He does the unexpected, which is different to Toby Flood. Flanker Tom Croft, who is out for the season with a knee injury, is a huge loss and we all wish him a speedy recovery. Bath want to change from last season's defensive displays and test themselves with a more balanced style. This new game plan will be given a severe test against the Tigers. Outside the clear colossal forward engagement that will take place, Bath's most important player will be Ford. If he has the clear mind to make the right decisions and produce a big-game performance, Bath will win. Media playback is not supported on this device Bath have been starved of success for some time now, but they have begun a journey under new owner Bruce Craig, who has arrived with ideas that are ambitious, but certainly not impossible. Before Craig arrived, Bath had, in my opinion, lost their on-field identity, with no recognisable style. Only under Steve Meehan did they give the impression that something was building, but that ended and another unsuccessful period started. For quite some time Bath haven't had enough quality players or guys who have wanted to work hard enough to earn success. Gary Gold, Mike Ford and their team of coaches have to create that environment. Off the pitch you can see the changes, the club's administration and training facilities all under the same roof at Farleigh Manor, providing a great working habitat. It's hoped the Recreation Ground could house a new stadium for 2015. Maybe Bath will have a winning team by then.

Jeremy Guscott fought many battles with Leicester during his years in the centres for Bath, so he knows just how strong the rivalry is between the two clubs.

The prime minister said Labour had a "brass neck" to claim they were on the side of ordinary working families. Under the £350m Conservative plans, the amount of state-subsidised childcare for three and four year-olds would be doubled to 30 hours a week. Labour said it was "another unfunded announcement", accusing the Conservatives of "desperation". The Liberal Democrats said the plans "ignore working families with the youngest children". BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Cameron was attempting to switch the focus of the campaign to one of his party's key announcement after several days dominated by warnings about the SNP and a future Labour government. The party is likely to face questions about how it would ensure sufficient childcare places are available, she added. Currently, all three and four-year olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare a year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year. The Conservatives said the 30-hour offer from 2017, announced a week ago, would result in more than 600,000 extra 15-hour free childcare places every year. They said the proposal would be funded by reducing tax relief on pension contributions. Labour has pledged 25 hours of free childcare a week and the Liberal Democrats 20 hours, although both parties also plan to extend the offer to younger children. Mr Cameron said his government inherited a "shocking" situation, "where couples were spending as much on childcare as one of them took home in earnings". He added that "for many second earners, work didn't pay because the cost of childcare was so high". A Conservative government would expand on the changes made in the last Parliament, Mr Cameron said. "If you're a working parent with one child you can rest assured that by the time they're three they'll be able to go to nursery for 30 hours a week completely free," Mr Cameron said. "And we have legislated also for tax free childcare for anything outside that - so if you spend ten thousand pounds on childcare you'll get two thousand pounds back for each child." But Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said: "Hard-working families will not be fooled by the £600m gap in funding for this policy, as announced last week." He said Labour had a "better plan" including a "guarantee of access" to childcare between 08:00 and 18:00 for primary age children. And Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson said: "Tory plans for childcare ignore working families with the youngest children, which could leave some parents locked out of the labour market for years on end." She said her party would extend early-years education to all two-year-olds and ensure free childcare support kicked in as soon as paid parental leave ended for working mums and dads. "This will help with the cost of childcare and ensure working parents have a genuine choice about when to return to work," she added. The UK Independence Party says it will continue to fund the current free 15-hour a week childcare scheme and in-coming tax-free childcare scheme - although they would de-regulate childcare provision "to address the shortage places and cut the cost to both parents and the state". * Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon.

David Cameron says he will create 600,000 extra free childcare places if he is returned to power next month.

Raban Alou, 18, is charged with aiding and abetting the killing of police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, on 2 October. Talal Alameddine, 22, is accused of supplying the weapon used by Mr Cheng's killer, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar. Neither appeared in court and no applications for bail were made. Mr Alou's lawyer, Moustafa Kheir, told reporters outside the court that his client would be fighting the charges. He said his client had been held for more than 200 hours "for the purpose of interrogation" and that the charges against him relied on circumstantial evidence. Police have alleged that Mr Alou handed the gun to Jabar. They also allege Mr Alameddine supplied the gun to Mr Alou hours before the murder. The case has been adjourned until 10 December. Mr Cheng was killed outside police headquarters in the Parramatta area of Sydney and Jabar was then shot dead by police. Officials described it as a terror attack. More than 200 officers later raided properties in the area. Jabar, an Australian born in Iran and of Iraqi-Kurdish heritage, is reported to have shouted religious slogans as he killed Mr Cheng. In the wake of the killing, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called a meeting with security chiefs. He warned that radicalisation was spreading among the young. "We are dealing with an evolving threat," he said. "The shocking murder of Curtis Cheng, the shocking act of terrorism perpetrated by a 15-year-old boy reminds us yet again that radicalisation, extremism can be seen in the very young." Australia's police chief had earlier warned that the terror threat facing the country was getting worse.

Two men charged in connection with the terrorism-linked shooting of an Australian police worker have been remanded in custody by a Sydney court.

Sion Davies, 25, died after falling off a balcony at Anthony Munkley's Caia Park estate flat in Wrexham last October. Footage of the attack was filmed on Mr Davies's phone and played to the jury at Mold Crown Court. Lee Roberts, 33, and 53-year-old Mr Munkley deny murder. His wife, Gwenythe Munkley, 55, denies helping her husband evade arrest. Mr Munkley admitted having a drug problem since the age of 12 and said he was "addicted", but denied owing Mr Davies money. He said he had been dealing cannabis since February of last year, and his flat came to be known as "The Shop", making around £400 from about 30 customers a week. Mr Munkley said he had "absolutely nothing" to do with the murder, blaming it on "a Geordie man". He said he left the flat while that man fought Mr Davies. He told the jury the man was bringing Mr Davies a £20 bag of cannabis. He said that man wanted to buy a crossbow, and he got one from his bedroom and showed it to him before agreeing a price of £60. Mr Munkley said he went to the bedroom to get the box for it, and when he returned he heard the twang of the crossbow and saw Mr Davies punch the man in the face. "I decided to get out of there," he said. "I just panicked. I did not want my wife coming home to that. I got my dogs and I ran." The court previously heard the victim was stabbed, shot with a crossbow and pushed, or fell, from three storeys up. Mr Munkley denied boasting about the attack in calls to witnesses the following day, and said he did not know Mr Davies had been stabbed or slashed and that he had no reason to be hostile towards him. Andrew Thomas, prosecuting, suggested Mr Munkley had invented "the Geordie man", something the defendant denied. Mr Thomas said an extensive police investigation had not revealed his existence and Mr Munkley could not give a single clue who he was. Mr Munkley also denied a suggestion by Mr Thomas he was running out of cannabis and had no money to pay for it. He denied being scared of rival drug dealers in Wrexham and denied he got himself into debt and had his supplies cut off. He said he had been awaiting a supply of quality cannabis worth £2,000 from Liverpool the following day, which he intended paying for with money buried in a field at the back of the flats. The trial continues.

An addict who denies killing a man who was shot with a crossbow has told a court he did not owe the victim drug money.

The 48-year-old was expected to be charged with about 11 offences over the incident in Teralba, outside Newcastle. A woman and her two daughters who were inside the house at the time escaped moments before it was knocked down. The man's motive is not clear, but police said he was known to the occupants of the house. The bulldozer was allegedly stolen earlier from a nearby mine. Police said that early on Monday morning the man drove the bulldozer to the suburban house, crushing three cars parked in front of it and another parked at the side of the property. He first headed towards a detached garage on the property, said police, where a 29-year-old man was sleeping at that time. "When he heard the bulldozer coming over the top of the cars, he came out of the shed," police spokesman David Matthews told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The driver briefly pursued the man, who ran away, scaled a fence, and sought shelter in a paddock next door. The driver then turned towards the back of the house and flattened the building. A neighbour ran over and helped a 56-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged 15 and 20, from their home shortly before the building was knocked down. Police were called to the scene around 07:30 (20:00 BST on Sunday). Officers managed to stop the bulldozer when it got stuck after it knocked down the house. "(An officer) couldn't get into the bulldozer because the doors were secured so he smashed the window of the bulldozer and delivered an entire can of OC spray (pepper spray) into the cabin, which incapacitated the driver," Inspector Matthews said. He added that the driver, who had previously lived with the family, had breached a court order banning him from assault or intimidation taken out against him by one of the women living in the house. The driver is being questioned at Charlestown police station. He was expected to be charged with attempted murder, the Newcastle Herald reports.

A man has been arrested for allegedly using a stolen bulldozer to crush four vehicles and a house in Australia's New South Wales.

Dieumerci Mbokani is doubtful due to illness, but Abel Hernandez could return after a hamstring injury. Burnley winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson is out after tweaking a medial knee ligament against Lincoln. Fellow midfielder Steven Defour is back in training after a hamstring injury but won't feature on Saturday, while Jeff Hendrick is still suspended. Steve Bower: "At the turn of the year Hull looked doomed; devoid of any confidence and hope. The impact Marco Silva and his new faces have had since has been remarkable. "The atmosphere has changed and, so too, have their chances of survival. They have used the break to continue to bond at a week-long training camp in Portugal. "Now the Tigers have an opportunity to record three consecutive home wins in the Premier League for the first time. "They face a Burnley team who, incredibly, only have a solitary point on their travels. "That has to change at some stage and Sean Dyche's team will hope for a response after last weekend's cup shock. "A trip to Hull, though, is a different proposition to earlier in the season." Twitter: @SteveBowercomm Hull head coach Marco Silva: "The pressure always stays with the team and the coaches. "It's one more game and of course we respect Burnley. We want to win and prove ourselves on the pitch." Burnley manager Sean Dyche on his side's run of four away games in a row: "I think it's brilliant for us because the timing's magnificent. "The teams on the opposite side, they are expected (to win) now, we're not because everyone looks at the form book and goes, 'Well it's going to be hard for them to win away because they haven't won any away'. "Expectancy grows on the team you're playing now. Statistics work in your favour over a season and mindset works in your favour because the pressure is on the opposition." I think most Burnley fans would rather see their side win this game than have beaten Lincoln in the FA Cup. Having said that, I don't see Sean Dyche's side beating Hull. The Tigers are scrapping for anything they can get at the moment. Prediction: 1-1 Lawro's full predictions v Let it Shine judge Martin Kemp Head-to-head Hull City Burnley SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale at the University of Salford that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.

Hull will be without midfielder Sam Clucas this weekend because he is serving a one-match suspension.

A Ray Winstone-like voice is programmed to say "Don't even think about it" and "Put it down, put it back" as soon as the card is removed from the bag. Rebecca Smith, Leanne Fischler and Kirsty Sneddon created the bag for a degree project. The fourth-year students said the design was "very conceptual". All three are in their final year at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. The bag - designed to be a "unisex satchel" - has all the electronics hidden inside a false bottom. A slot has been sewn in for a credit card which conceals an led light and a sensor which acts as a trigger to play the voice recordings. Ms Fischler, 21, said: "As soon as you take the credit card out, it sends a signal and inside the bag we have a whole load of electronics which we coded ourselves using a platform called Arduino. "It receives a signal when you take the credit card out and it tells the circuit board that the credit card's moved and it starts to play sequences from our recordings." The students said at first the bag tried to deter you from spending money, saying things like "Don't you think that's a bit much?" and "Oh, not again". After a while the bag assumes you have made the purchase and starts to "publicly embarrass you". However, if you put the credit card back right away it rewards you with a gruff: "I knew you could 'ear me". Ms Smith, 21, told BBC Scotland they had been asked to make a project with an "element of whispering". She said they had designed the bag as a concept, rather than hoping it would be manufactured for the mass-market. "We're all passionate about using design to create change and starting conversations," she said. "We want people to see it and interact with it."

Three students in Dundee have designed a handbag which berates you for spending money when you try to use your credit card.

England Under-18 captain Ryan Ledson was one of four debutants as Roberto Martinez - whose side had already won Group H - gave his youngsters a chance. Laborde ran on to a through ball and checked to score at the near post, with keeper Joel badly positioned. Striker Arouna Kone played 90 minutes as he ended a 14-month injury absence. Kone's inclusion in the Everton line-up was one of 10 changes Martinez made to the side beaten 1-0 at Manchester City in the Premier League last Saturday, with only Gareth Barry retaining his place, as 17-year-old midfielder Ledson made a solid impression. Forward Kieran Dowell - capped by England at Under-18 level along with Ledson - also made his first senior appearance as an early substitute for hamstring injury victim Christian Atsu, while striker Chris Long and midfielder Gethin Jones came on late in the game. But the most impressive of the young players given a chance by Martinez was left-back Luke Garbutt, making only his third Everton start as Leighton Baines was rested. Garbutt, 21, made a number of surging forward runs, the best of which came after a quarter-of-an-hour, when Conor McAleny just failed to connect with his low cross before the ball ran loose for Steven Pienaar's 25-yard shot to be pushed aside by keeper Andrei Sinitsin. The former Leeds United youngster also tested Sinitsin with a second-half drive from out on the left. Joel, making his first Everton appearance since March, suffered a bloody nose in keeping out Wanderson's drive towards the near post shortly after Pienaar's effort at the other end. But the Spanish keeper was at fault as Krasnodar - who were already eliminated - took the lead in the 30th minute. Laborde escaped Pienaar's attentions to run clear, and although he was forced to check as Joel narrowed the angle, the keeper left his near post open for the Colombian forward to fire in from a tight angle. Kone, harshly booked for an accidental first-half elbow on Vitali Kaleshin, completed his first senior match since suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in October 2013. He had a smart shot on the turn beaten out by Sinitsin after Tyias Browning's cross was deflected into his path, but Everton could not find an equaliser despite a brighter second half. Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "I thought we saw young players with a lot of talent, but they were very nervous in the first half. I don't think we saw their real quality in the first half, but in the second half they got rid of that fear and expressed themselves a lot better. "The experience will be really helpful. They are different players after the game than they were before, and that is part of the development of a youngster. "I know the talent the young players have and I think they have learned a massive lesson about how to enjoy yourself on a football pitch. I think these young players will be much more ready to compete on a football pitch after this."

Everton's much-changed side fell to a Europa League defeat as Krasnodar's Ricardo Laborde took advantage of a Joel Robles error to score the winner.

John Clancy, Labour councillor for Quinton, beat closest rival Penny Holbrook in Monday night's ballot. Ahead of the vote, he said providing new homes and improving existing social housing should be the authority's "top priority". He will officially replace Sir Albert Bore on 1 December. Mr Clancy, who has bid to become leader of the city council several times, was chosen in the ballot by the authority's 78 Labour councillors. Updates on this story and others on Birmingham and Black Country Sir Albert announced he would stand down as head of the self-styled "largest local authority in Europe". A close call for a man waiting in the wings for more than a decade. John Clancy has become leader of the Labour group after five attempts - and by just one vote. He will officially become leader of Birmingham City Council on 1st December when it's ratified at full council. An English teacher for many years, he's no stranger to working in the public sector but he also had a spell as a solicitor, as well as a business lecturer. His big message at a hustings last week was the council under his leadership can provide smarter financial decisions, political openness and free school meals for all primary age children. Some critics from within the party are already saying they're worried he won't have the clout or the vision to make the huge and rapid improvement needed to keep government commissioners at bay. The former Labour group leader's departure followed two other senior party figures, who resigned after criticising the way city was being run. Ian Ward, the deputy leader of the local authority and councillor Barry Henley also stood for the position. Mr Clancy, a former teacher and lecturer, has also pledged to widen access to free school meals for primary school children and expand regeneration outside the city centre. Birmingham City Council has found itself under scrutiny from a government-appointed independent panel. The panel was appointed at Sir Bob Kerslake's recommendation to oversee changes at the council. Sir Bob's study was commissioned after a series of reports focussed on the council during an inquiry into the so-called Trojan Horse letter.

Birmingham City Council has elected a new leader - with the winning contender clinching the position by a single vote.

Isle of Wight Council tried to fine Jon Platt £120 for taking his daughter to Florida during the school term. But magistrates backed the father, so the council appealed to the High Court, which again ruled in Mr Platt's favour. The Department for Education is meeting the council's legal costs. The legal case rests on what constitutes "regular attendance". Mr Platt has argued that even after the "once-in-a-lifetime" family trip to Disneyland, his daughter had 90% attendance at school and this argument was accepted by the High Court in May last year. At the time Lord Justice Lloyd Jones said the case "raised a point of law of general public importance". After losing the case the council, at the request of Schools Minister Nick Gibb, applied to the Supreme Court for permission to launch a final legal challenge. New guidelines came into force in England in 2013 making the policy on unauthorised term-time absences the toughest in the UK. The change followed concerns that some families had started to see going away in term-time as an entitlement. Under the rules, if a school declares an absence unauthorised, the council can fine each parent £60 per child - and this doubles to £120 if not paid within 21 days. Councils in England have varying policies on term-time holiday fines. Some issue thousands of fines - others barely any. The case is forcing many to look again at the detail. Most parents simply pay the fines to avoid prosecution, but Mr Platt says thousands have contacted him for advice on fighting the fines. Many parents complain that the cost of going away in the school holidays can be four times as much as during term-time - but the government says there is clear evidence "that every extra day of school missed can affect a pupil's chance of gaining good GCSEs, which has a lasting effect on their life chances". A DfE spokeswoman said the government's position remained that children should not be taken out of school "without good reason". "That is why we have tightened the rules and are supporting schools and local authorities to use their powers to tackle unauthorised absence." Ministers are also considering changing the law on term-time absences, depending on the outcome of the case. Judgement is expected during the first part of 2017.

A council which lost a High Court case over fining a father who took his daughter on a term-time holiday is having its appeal heard at the Supreme Court.

Lanarkshire-based AG Barr reported pre-tax profits up 4% to £43m in the year to 31 January, on flat sales at £257m. The firm said it had shed 100 staff in a cost-cutting drive, with a one-off cost of £3m but saving it a recurring £3m per year. It now plans to restart glass bottling at its Moodiesburn base. The plastic bottling capacity at its new Milton Keynes plant will also be extended. AG Barr said it had held its share of a soft drinks market that faced falling retail prices in the first half of last year. It cited industry figures showing the soft drinks market rising 1.2% by value in the past year and 1.6% in volume. This masked volatility over the year and between sub-sectors. It faced rising costs in the second half of the year, resulting from the weaker pound affecting input prices. Sales of Irn Bru were up 3.2% by value in the year to 31 January. Sales of Rubicon, the tropical fruit drinks, were up 4.9%. Funkin, the cocktail mixer brand which AG Barr bought recently, was up 27%. There was a tougher time for Strathmore bottled water. While the carbonated drinks market saw no increase in volume, there was a slight rise in the value. The reverse was true of non-fizzy drinks, with still water being the main driver of sales volume. AG Barr has set a target, by this autumn, of 90% of brands having low or no sugar content. It claimed this was in response to consumer demand. However, the target threshold of getting below 5g of sugar per 100ml is the same threshold being used by the UK government as it plans to introduce a tax on sugary soft drinks. Chief executive Roger White said AG Barr had made "considerable progress, with a solid financial performance in volatile and uncertain market conditions". "As consumer tastes and preferences continue to change, our recent announcement that 90% of company-owned brands will contain less than 5g of total sugars per 100ml by the autumn of 2017 is a positive demonstration of how the business is responding to consumers' needs with both pace and commitment," he said. "The UK consumer environment remains uncertain. However, we are confident that our great brands, effective business model, clear strategy and strong team ensure we are well placed to realise the full potential of our business and to deliver consistent long-term shareholder value."

The maker of Irn Bru has announced an increase in its annual profit as it plans to cut the sugar content of many of its drinks.

It is not binding on the government, which said it would be a mistake to give guarantees to EU nationals in the UK without similar concessions for UK nationals living elsewhere in the EU. How do the numbers compare? The UK has a population of 63.7 million, of which 5.3 million (8%) are non-British, and just over half of those - 2.9 million (5%) - are from Europe. Just under 1.2 million UK nationals live elsewhere in the EU. Of the non-British population from EU countries, the largest group was Polish nationals, with about 853,000, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Population of the United Kingdom by Country of Birth and Nationality report. The Irish were the second-largest group, with 331,000 residing here. Romanian and Portuguese nationals are in joint third place, with 175,000 people from each country living in Britain. These figures include only those living in the UK for at least a year. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo has already said that the country would work in negotiations to "ensure that Poles living in Great Britain retain their privileges". The Irish government has also announced its contingency plans now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, including making preparations for increased numbers of UK citizens applying for Irish passports. Of those 2.9 million EU nationals living in the UK, about 2.15 million are working. Five years ago that figure was 1.33 million and 10 years ago it was 758,000. There are about 1.19 million non-UK nationals from outside the EU working in the UK. The figure of just under 1.2 million UK nationals living in the rest of the EU comes from the United Nations. These are the best statistics available, although they are not perfect, with some countries counting international migrants by birthplace while others judge by the passport someone holds. Of the 27 EU countries, Spain had the most UK nationals with just under 310,000 migrants from the UK living there in 2015. Ireland was second with 255,000 and France third with 185,000. Of those UK nationals in Spain, 106,610 were claiming the UK state pension, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, while 133,250 pensioners were living in the Republic of Ireland. Read more: The facts behind claims about our relationship with the EU

On 6 July, a motion in the House of Commons calling on the government to guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK was passed by 245 votes to two.

Cardiff narrowly missed out on the Championship play-offs last term, finishing eighth in the table. But under new head coach Paul Trollope, Pilkington thinks the Welsh side are capable of better. "We fell just short [last season] and we were all really disappointed with that. We felt we had the squad to get in the play-offs definitely," he said. "It's going to be a tough season again, just like it was last year, but hopefully we can be right up there come the end of the season." Pilkington, 28, scored Cardiff's first goal in their 4-0 friendly win at Shrewsbury on Saturday. The Republic of Ireland international played in attack, having moved from the wing to a central forward role last season. Pilkington made the transition under former Cardiff boss Russell Slade, who was replaced by Trollope in May. Trollope had been working under Slade before then, and Pilkington believes that smooth transition has helped the Bluebirds in their preparations for the new campaign. "The gaffer was working with us last season so we know how he works," he added. "We know what he's about and we know we have to be on our toes all the time. "He's come in and changed a few things. It's been good up to now so hopefully we can carry on working really well."

Cardiff City forward Anthony Pilkington believes the Bluebirds can challenge for promotion this season.

Issued by Southampton magistrates, it states he must "wear sufficient clothing in public to at least cover his genitalia and buttocks". The order is effective for all of England and Wales until 10 May. If Mr Gough, 53, of Eastleigh, Hampshire, contravenes it, he could be imprisoned again. Eastleigh Borough Council and Hampshire Constabulary jointly applied for the order. They said it was because Mr Gough had caused "much offence nationwide" and they also wanted to clarify the legal position. Mr Gough has served several prison terms for refusing to get dressed in public places, including court rooms. He was freed on bail on 8 February after a charge of outraging public decency in Oxfordshire in December was dropped. Roger Trencher, force solicitor, said Mr Gough had also "used a considerable amount of police time in England, Wales and Scotland". He said: "This is because he insists on rambling naked. "He refuses to be deterred by the criminal law. He believes the law is uncertain on the issue of public nudity. "We hoped the court would agree that, because of the public offence that has been caused and the police time used, it is in the public interest that Mr Gough be required to wear clothing sufficient to prevent the offence. "We sought an order for him to wear sufficient clothing in public to at least cover his genitalia and buttocks. "Any breach of the order could result in a prison sentence for Mr Gough."

A man known as "the naked rambler" has been given an interim Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo) banning him from going nude in public places.

Two Diarmuid Murtagh goals helped Connacht lead 2-3 to 0-3 before Aidan Breen replied with an Ulster goal. Damien Comer hit a third Connacht goal as they led 3-6 to 1-10 at half-time before Ulster took control. Despite losing Chrissy McKaigue to a black card, Ulster hit 1-4 without reply, with Charlie Vernon netting. McKaigue was joined in the Ulster squad at Carrick-on-Shannon by his Slaughtneil team-mate Brendan Rogers, despite their upcoming All-Ireland club championship duties. Connacht started strongly with their scorer in chief Murtagh firing their opening goal after 7 minutes and again finding the net two minutes later. Ulster responded well with Fermanagh's Breen finding the net for his provincial for the second time in a week with a 18th-minute goal. Pete McGrath's charges cut the gap to two points twice over the next six minutes, and left the minimum between the sides for the first time, after a Tomas Corrigan score. However, Connacht were causing the Ulster defence problems, with Galway's Comer cutting in for a 28th minute goal, as the hosts led by two at the break. Ulster came fired up on the restart, and despite losing substitute McKaigue to a black card, kept motoring well. Peter Harte and Corrigan added point before Vernon cut through for a goal in a spell which saw Ulster score 1-4 without reply. Connacht could only manage two points from frees in the closing quarter, with Emyln Mulligan and Paul Conroy on target. After the game Ulster captain Eoin Donnelly accepted the cup from GAA President Aogan O Fearghail.

Ulster clinched a 32nd Interprovincial football title as they produced a strong second half to earn a 2-16 to 3-10 comeback win over holders Connacht.

The watchdog's annual report on education standards says about a third of secondary schools in the North and Midlands are not good enough. Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says more attention must be focused on regions where too many schools are "languishing in mediocrity". Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said more needed to be done to "tackle pockets of underperformance". The chief inspector of schools warns of schools in some cities in the North and Midlands that have "failed miserably year after year after year". Ofsted annual report 2015 Sir Michael named 16 weak local authorities - where less than 60% of children attend good or outstanding schools and have below average "attainment and progress" at GCSE - with 13 in the North and Midlands. They are Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Hartlepool, Knowsley, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Oldham, Salford, St Helens and Stoke on Trent. The other three are the Isle of Wight, Swindon and South Gloucestershire. In Bradford, Sir Michael said the problems were so serious that he wanted a commission of inquiry and a separate commissioner for education. And he warned that poor education meant that young people could be alienated and the "dangers of being alienated from British society are very great indeed". Increasing attention is being paid to the geography of school underachievement - such as in coastal areas and regional differences. And the report highlights concerns about a north-south gap - with stronger GCSE results in London and the South and weaker results in parts of the North and Midlands. "This gap is a worrying one. We don't want to see a divided country after the age of 11," Sir Michael said. More than 400,000 pupils in the North and Midlands go to a school that is "less than good", and the Ofsted chief said this could not be "explained away" by higher levels of deprivation. Primary schools were much more successful than secondary, Sir Michael said, despite facing similar problems of social disadvantage. He also used the example of London to show how deprivation need not be inevitably linked to lower results. Sir Michael called for greater "political will" and more attention to improve the quality of teaching. "We've seen a significant difference in the quality of teaching between the South and the Midlands and the North, a significant difference in terms of the quality of leadership... and we need to worry about this as a nation," he said. "The mediocrity in secondary performance should be a national concern - and the mediocrity is residing mainly, but not exclusively, in the Midlands and north of England. "If the 'northern powerhouse' is going to mean something, then we've got to improve educational performance in our secondary schools north of the Wash." Sir Michael also warned that problems were being exacerbated by difficulties in recruiting teachers - and that schools in challenging areas could have the toughest time finding enough teachers in some subjects. Recruitment problems were having a "significant impact", said the Ofsted chief. Watchsted, a website that gathers inspections data, ranks local authorities in terms of the proportion of schools rated as "outstanding" or "good". The bottom 10 at secondary school level includes northern authorities such as Knowsley, Bradford, Oldham, Blackpool and Doncaster - but also the Isle of Wight and Cambridgeshire. Eight out of the top 10 authorities at secondary level are in London or the South East. "More and more we are seeing that schools facing the biggest challenges are now in coastal and market towns, rather than large cities. And children from low income families have the greatest barriers," said James Westhead, executive director of Teach First. Most secondary schools in England now have academy status - but the annual report says that in terms of raising standards "structural reform can only do so much". And it highlights that being an academy does not "insulate" schools from decline, with 99 academies that had been good or outstanding being regraded as less than good. Roy Perry, chairman of the children and young people board at the Local Government Association, said ranking councils by school results "disguises the fact that over 60% of secondary schools are now academies, leaving councils powerless to intervene early and build an improvement programme". "It is extremely worrying that over the last three years only 37% of secondary schools have actually improved their Ofsted rating after becoming academies." The Ofsted report also highlights that pupils' progress up to the end of primary is too often not sustained when they move to secondary. This was revealed last month in an analysis of this summer's GCSE results, by education data company, SchoolDash. This mapped the growing north-south divide at GCSE level, but also showed there was much less of a gap in primary school. Head teachers' leader Brian Lightman linked the north-south gap to the "very serious difficulties" that schools faced in recruiting teachers. Mr Lightman, head of the ASCL head teachers' union, said schools in challenging areas were finding it "incredibly hard" to find teachers in some shortage subjects, particularly affecting schools in some parts of the North. Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the gap between primary and secondary performance had been "driven by the turmoil at secondary compared to primary", such as the upheavals in exams and curriculum. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: "More needs to be done to deliver educational excellence everywhere." "That's why we are introducing new measures to transform failing and coasting schools, funding the best academy chains to share excellence in struggling regions in the North and creating a National Teaching Service - sending some of our best teachers to the areas that need them most."

Ofsted is warning of a north-south divide in England's secondary schools.

How a winemaker is taking on Sicily's rural Mafia It's a warm July evening and the surrounding hills glow golden in the setting sun amid the chirruping of swallows and the song of cicadas. It should be an image of rural peace and contentment, but on closer inspection, all is not quite as it seems. Security cameras on high stilts dot the perimeter of his land. The metal gates leading into his winery remain securely shut throughout our interview, and inside the winery's main building, images from across his vineyard flicker on a bank of screens. This, he says, is what it takes to run a modern business in Sicily in 2017. Cesare has been threatened, his land has been repeatedly trespassed on, his buildings have been damaged and trees cut down or set alight. He's even been physically attacked. "The rural Mafia was trying to drive us off our land and destroy our business," he says between careful sips of wine. So who are the rural Mafia? Well, they're shepherds in the main - but some officials believe they're acting in cahoots with local lawyers, accountants and possibly even local politicians. Cesare believes the battle against them pits modern Italy against forces that want Sicily to remain rooted in the ways of the past. Driving out of his winery, he points out wooden stakes in the ground. "See that?" he says. "They're the signs of the rural Mafia" The stakes are dotted across the land around his vineyard. They're about a metre-long, distinctive for the strip of white cardboard wrapped round them. And they're a common sight in rural Sicily. There are more about 100km (60 miles) away from Cesare's winery, in the foothills of Mount Etna, where Sebastiano Blanco is rebuilding a house on his plot of land. "What those stakes say is 'this land belongs to us'," Sebastiano says. "They, the rural Mafia, see all this land as their own, regardless of who has legal title to it." Like Cesare, he says there are local clans who believe that they, and not the Italian state, set the laws. Last year, Sebastiano's house was burnt down. The police and fire brigade said the fire was probably started by a homeless person who'd come inside to warm up. But Sebastiano thinks it's no coincidence that the fire happened soon after stakes appeared on his land. He believes the rural Mafia took revenge when he wouldn't hand over his land. He cuts a forlorn figure, kicking at the blackened rubble strewn across the charred ground of what were once his bedroom, with the early evening's purple sky visible through the exposed beams of his shattered roof. So, what exactly is it that the Mafia wants? Giuseppe Antoci, president of Sicily's largest national park, Nebrodi, and co-ordinator of Federparchi Sicilia, the Federation of Sicilian National Parks, has been investigating the matter for the past few years. What he's uncovered is widespread fraud involving European Union farm and rural development funds. In an investigation conducted together with the deputy police commissioner Daniele Manganaro of the district of Messina, Mr Antoci found that local crime networks were falsely claiming land as their own - or presenting forged documents saying they had leased it - in order to make applications for EU subsidies. "We've seen an evolution of Mafia here," he says. "This is not the Mafia of the illegal drugs trade or the trafficking of arms. It takes a lot of work and research to commit this sort of fraud. We're not talking about the Mafia that existed 30 years ago, where the shepherd demanded a ransom or protection payment from a tradesman. "What we have here is a Mafia whose business is to commit fraud with EU funds. And to carry out this sort of fraud, you need more than just a shepherd. "What it requires is a network of people, people with schooling and education, people who know how the system works, because the first step in perpetrating this sort of fraud is to set up a company," says the police commissioner. Mr Antoci has tried to put a stop to it. He's set in motion a new law that states that anyone claiming EU subsidies on land must now show anti-Mafia certification. In Italy, this means complying with regulations that require that a company's shareholders and directors have no restrictions, limitations and bans according to anti-mafia regulations. Sceptics say this is hardly enough to stop the fraud from being repeated, pointing out that many will simply make use of proxies to make claims on their behalf. The European Union's anti-fraud office, Olaf, says it is reviewing 35,000 applications for agricultural subsidies in Italy covering some 500m euros in disbursements going back all the way to 2006. It has also started nine criminal proceedings, all of which involve a network of organised crime. But this 500m euros (£447m) that the EU is looking into is far less than the 3.5bn euros that Mr Antoci and the local police force say may have been fraudulently claimed. "I can tell you that there is a very strong commitment at the level of the EU as well as the level of national authorities to fight this kind of phenomenon," says Francesco Albore, the head of the Olaf unit investigating the matter. Another 2.2bn euros have been earmarked in EU and Italian government funds for rural and agricultural development in the six years to 2020. So what guarantees are there that all those funds will be properly distributed? Mr Albore says it's difficult to guarantee but points out the EU also demands guarantees that payments go to the correct recipients. Where this is not the case, he says, "payments can be stopped." Meanwhile, back in Sicily, Mr Antoci's efforts to fight this fraud have come at a high personal price. He's suffered death threats and now lives under permanent armed guard. Last year, as he was being driven home through the Nebrodi national park following a late night dinner, his car came under a volley of gunfire. If he's alive today, he says, it's only thanks to his armed guard and the fact that his car was being followed by that of the deputy police commissioner Daniele Manganaro who managed to scupper the attack by firing back. In the aftermath, there were attempts to discredit his investigation. Some Italian media reports questioned the authenticity of the attack, suggesting Mr Antoci and the local police force had made it up. But it's only made him more determined. "You know, afterwards, they found petrol bombs hidden in nearby bushes," Mr Antoci says. "They wanted me dead. But my first thought as I was being saved that night was for my family and for all the police officers who guard me - the sacrifices they have to make for this battle I've chosen to wage." Still, one businessman I speak to, who's been subjected to similar threats for not handing over land, complains that he's had little support from local Sicilian political authorities in his fight to protect his land. Which is why, back in the foothills of Mount Etna, Sebastiano Blanco wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the words: "Rural mafia - a protected species". "It's 2017," he says. "How can this be happening in our day and age?" He gestures at the smoking volcano, looming large in the distance over his land. "This is a Unesco world heritage site," he says. "But as long as we're intimidated this way, how can we possibly build on the economic value of our land and property?" 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From the terrace of his winery near the baroque town of Caltagirone in south-eastern Sicily, Cesare Nicodemo surveys his fields of ripening vines - a glass of his finest spumante in hand.

Satellite images show colonies moving their locations in years when the thin sea ice on which they habitually breed forms late or is absent. Scientists report the observations in the online journal Plos One. They reveal the birds travelling long distances to find alternative sites. These are further in towards the coast, up on the ice shelves - the thick slabs of glacier ice that jut out over the ocean. It is a surprise because these shelves are frequently faced with cliffs that may be tens of metres high in places. But somehow, the emperors find a way up to breed, and also to come and go as they forage for the seafood that will sustain their chicks. "We thought that in years when the sea ice was bad, they just didn't breed, but they're clearly more adaptable than that," said lead author Peter Fretwell from the British Antarctic Survey. The emperor is the most southerly of the Antarctic penguin species and the only one to breed on sea ice in the southern winter. Their reliance on these thin seasonal marine floes as a reproductive platform, coupled with concern about how the patterns of Antarctic sea ice could change in a warming world, has led to the species being designated as "near threatened" on the IUCN red list. Currently, the extent of winter sea ice in the Antarctic is growing year by year, albeit slowly. The coverage does however vary considerably by region, and climate computer models indicate any gains will very likely be reversed later this century. But this study on four colonies around the continent suggests emperors do have the capacity to meet and beat some of the challenges that may lie ahead. In the observations of Shackleton Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, for example, the penguins are seen to be very adept at finding the routes that allow them to get past a 30m-high cliff. "When they go out from the colony to forage, they go down the steep cliff - the shortest route to the sea. We're not sure how they get down - they may slide down or jump down," Mr Fretwell told BBC News. "But this cliff is too steep for them to climb back up and so they must return a different way, likely through an ice creek. This route is 5km longer and we know they take it because we can see their tracks in the satellite pictures." There is a big opportunity here to go study these penguins which have yet to be visited by an expedition. There is obviously some cost to going up on the ice shelves - they are windier and the birds must travel further to forage. If that cost was not there, they would habitually breed on the shelves rather than the temperamental thin floes. But how big this cost is and how beneficial is the observed adaptation in years of poor sea ice has yet to be properly established. Co-author Barbara Wienecke from the Australian Antarctic Division said: "These new findings are an important step forward in helping us understand what the future may hold for these animals. However, we cannot assume that this behaviour is widespread in other penguin populations. "The ability of these four colonies to relocate to a different environment - from sea ice to ice shelf - in order to cope with local circumstances, was totally unexpected. "We have yet to discover whether or not other species may also be adapting to changing environmental conditions." Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

Emperor penguins have displayed some unexpected breeding behaviour in the Antarctic that could mean they are much more resilient to environmental change than previously recognised.

On Monday it emerged a pit bull named Stella had been kept in a 3ft by 9ft cage for two years without exercise. Now former kennel workers have released a video showing both Stella and a seized Rottweiler named Vinnie. Devon and Cornwall Police said "immensely frustrating" delays in the judicial process left Vinnie in kennels for two years before he was destroyed. The video, taken on the day Vinnie was put down, shows kennel staff playing with Vinnie while Stella, in the kennel next door, rubs noses with the Rottweiler through the metal mesh. The BBC understands Vinnie had been trained as a guard dog and police said he was used to attack three people in 2013. He was seized and placed in kennels but the court process took two years before a destruction order was carried out around 26 July 2015. Former staff at the kennels say Vinnie had a "Do Not Enter" sign on his kennel and, as far as they were aware, was not let out for a period of two years. Laura Khanlarian, who until December 2015 worked as an assistant at the private kennel used by Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "To move him from one cage to another he just went through the internal doors. "He wasn't assessed like Stella so he really didn't leave the kennel at all. "Vinnie had no contact until the day he was put down. I made that video an hour before when we were allowed in his kennel with him." Another former worker at the kennel, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "Vinnie the Rottie had no human contact except being fed. He was deemed too dangerous to get out. "But this was the dog that, once he knew you, wagged his tail, pushing himself against the bars, desperate for any attention. "As far as I know he belonged to a man who trained him as a guard dog. Because he was possibly trained to bite we were told not to walk, go in with him, same as Stella as he was too dangerous." Former staff at the kennels have told the BBC they offered to work with Vinnie and exercise him but were not given permission to do so. After the BBC revealed Stella's plight, Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Superintendent Jim Nye said: "The welfare of dogs is extremely important to us. "In the past year we have seized in the region of 100 dogs, and only Stella has been assessed as too dangerous and unpredictable for kennel staff to walk." Following the release of the latest video, the force did not say if they or another body had ordered Vinnie - who is understood to not be among the last 100 dogs seized - to be kept without human contact. However, in a statement they said: "Vinnie the Rottweiler was a dog seized and placed into kennels in 2013. "Vinnie was a legal breed and was seized after it had bitten three people. Later the courts granted a destruction order on the dog who was put to sleep in the early to mid part of 2015. "Within the last 100 dogs we have seized only Stella was deemed too dangerous to be exercised and instructions given to the kennel specifically in relation to this. "It is important to stress that despite the very best effort of the police, the judicial process is not accelerated when a dog is placed in kennels. This is immensely frustrating for the police who hold animal welfare in the highest regard." No-one from the kennels has commented.

A second dog seized by police was kept locked in kennels for two years without exercise, the BBC has been told.

We've learned a lot about the end of the journey, the slave camps and mass graves in the jungles of Thailand and Malaysia. What we haven't heard so much about is how these journeys begin. We travelled to southern Bangladesh, where many of the migrants set off on their perilous voyages. What we have discovered brings a shocking new dimension to this story that speaks of the terrible desperation that is driving this vast movement of people. We met one of the people smugglers on what Bangladeshis proudly boast is the world's longest beach - a vast stretch of sand that runs for more than 120km along the southern coast. Let's call him Kamrul Rahman. He appeared to be in his early 30s. He said he used to be a fisherman and started in the people smuggling racket greedy for money after his business went belly up. As the surf crashed down on the beach beside us, he calmly explained in chilling detail how the business worked. He said the prison camps were an essential part of the business model and all the migrants knew about them. It seems they are part of what amounts to a sinister and hideously cynical marketing trick the people smugglers have evolved: they offer the voyage for virtually no upfront cost. He said the deal was straightforward and understood by everyone involved. You only pay the main charge - about £1,500 ($2,300) when you arrive in southern Thailand. I was amazed. "So the migrants know they will be held in camp before they get to Malaysia?" I asked. "Before they leave from here we tell them if they don't pay they will be put in a prison. You won't get any rice and you will die of hunger", he told me, without any sign of emotion. "If you pay, you will be able to start for Malaysia with honour." We spoke to many migrants and relatives of migrants in southern Bangladesh. They all confirmed his account. Without exception, they said they knew migrants would be held in Thailand until full payment was made. What this suggests is that for the most part this phenomenon isn't strictly human trafficking - where people are bought and sold against their will - but rather a perverted business transaction to which most of the migrants and their families are actually party. The so-called "ransoms" migrants who have been rescued from the camps in Thailand say their captors are actually part of the deal they sign up to when they make the journey. Take a moment now to think about what that tells us about the people who make these journeys. They are so desperate for a better life that they are willing to go with the people smugglers even though they know that they may end up starving to death in a jungle prison camp. Stina Ljungdell, the UN refugee agency representative in Bangladesh, agrees that many migrants do know what they are getting into. If you think about it objectively, it makes a kind of sick business sense for both the smugglers and their customers. The migrants are assured that they only pay the full cost if they actually arrive in Thailand - cash on delivery, if you like. Meanwhile, the smugglers have leverage to guarantee that they get paid. The model has the added advantage, from the perspective of the smugglers at least, of making the decision to attempt the trip much easier. It seems many young men, and it is predominantly young men who seem to make the journey, are lured in the risky and selfish hope that their family will find a way raise the money once they arrive in Thailand. But other migrants make the decision to leave together with their families, judging that it is the only way to lift them out of poverty. We were told that a successful migrant can send as much as 30,000 taka (£260/$400) back to his family each month. But many, many migrants don't make it. Within minutes of arriving in an unofficial camp for Rohingya refugees further up the coast, I was surrounded by parents showing me pictures of their missing sons (and occasionally daughters). Some said their sons had left for Malaysia without telling them. Many others, however, said they had sent them off in the hope that they would send money back for the family. According to the smuggler, one in five of the migrants he takes don't make it to Malaysia. Many die before they even reach the camps, he told me. "Some die because of the suffering, some die because of of tension, some die thinking about how to escape from the situation and some people die of hunger after they run out of food. "All people have to die", he said, "that is fate."

Over the last couple of weeks, the world has woken up to the horrific trade in human beings being conducted in the seas of South East Asia.

Media playback is not supported on this device Victory in Toulouse on Monday would secure Wales' spot in the knockout phase, in their first major international tournament since 1958. "This team has got the potential to go on and on. They've got everything to look forward to," said Coleman. "We are in a fantastic position. Nevertheless, there's more to come." Wales, who beat Slovakia 2-1 in their opening game before losing 2-1 to England, could still qualify for the last 16 with a draw against Russia. Coleman added: "Whilst everybody will look at this game as the be all and end all, whether we progress or not it's not the end of the journey for this team. "Our players have done unbelievably well. It's been an eye-opener and hard, of course. It's really intense but it's been enjoyable." Coleman said that, however far Wales progress in France, the players will "learn from this tournament". He said: "This group, this team, they can't lose because whenever we go home, whenever that time is, we have gained so much experience. "Normally we get to a certain level and in June we are playing a friendly game - we are playing the Netherlands, who are already qualified and who are planning for a tournament. "Now we are at a tournament ourselves and this group gets all the praise and accolades they deserve. And it is not over for us." Joe Allen has welcomed Wales' Euro 2016 day of destiny by saying the squad are determined to have no regrets over the tournament. "You don't want it to be the be all and end all in the sense that you take your foot off the pedal at any time in the future," said Allen. "You want to make sure that this is something that we get to experience again, but playing at this stage as a footballer is the highest level - and we certainly want to make sure that there are no regrets on our part. "I think coming off the pitch no matter what happens, we're confident we'll do the business. "We want to make sure that we throw absolutely everything at it. "We're confident that we can get ourselves into the knock-out rounds and, after that, who knows what could happen?" Allen says Wales will shut out what is happening in the England game with Slovakia as qualification is in their own hands. The two matches will be played simultaneously as Group B draws to a conclusion. And the Liverpool midfielder promises a positive approach against Russian opponents who need to win to keep their own last 16 hopes alive. "It's a difficult one," he said. "It's one where people think if you set up just to cling on to that point it can often be the downfall of teams. "That won't be our approach, but it is one where we want to make sure we are more in control of how we go about our performance. "Performing well is first and foremost what we want to do, because we know when the focus is on doing that then the results come with it." Wales assistant boss Osian Roberts confirmed Wales have a fully-fit squad to choose from for the Russia game. Pick the XI that you think can take Wales far at Euro 2016 - and then share it with your friends using our team selector.

Wales boss Chris Coleman says Euro 2016 is "not the end of the journey" for his squad as they prepare to face Russia for a place in the last 16.

The bird's head and wings became stuck in the wire fence in Bethesda while it was chasing a wood pigeon. RSPCA Inspector Mike Pugh, who freed the animal, said: "The buzzard was feisty, but luckily, had not had much feather damage. "I released the bird back to the wild where he belongs straight away."

A buzzard has been rescued after becoming trapped between fencing and a wall in Gwynedd.

Smith, 34, lost WBO title bouts with Arthur Abraham in 2014 and 2015, and trainer Joe Gallagher said Saturday's fight was a "last roll of the dice". The Briton has now been beaten seven times in his 45 professional fights. The three judges in Wetzlar, Germany, each ruled the fight 119-108 in Zeuge's favour. It was Zeuge's third defence since he won the WBA title from Italian Gioavanni de Carolis in November 2016. In a largely one-sided contest, Smith was given a count by the referee in the closing seconds of the final round despite appearing to slip. "Is it the end at world level for him? 100%. Is there another level he wants to compete at? That is one for Paul Smith," promoter Eddie Hearn said on Sky Sports. "We talked about last-chance saloon before the fight, he left it much too late. I think he will be kicking himself for that. "He had a good spell in the third round when he wobbled Zeuge, and he did in the 11th and 12th rounds too. We would have liked to see that earlier, but it's easy for us to say. Zeuge was very good and countered well."

Paul Smith lost a third attempt to win a world title as Tyron Zeuge retained his WBA world super-middleweight belt with a unanimous points decision.

The comedian and actor has been married to Malaak Compton-Rock for 19 years. A statement issued through his lawyer confirmed the split: "Chris Rock has filed for divorce from his wife, Malaak. "This is a personal matter and Chris requests privacy as he and Malaak work through this process and focus on their family." The couple have two children together, daughters, Lola Simone, 12, and Zahra Savannah, 10. Chris Rock once joked during a routine: "Relationships are hard, man. In order for any relationship to work both of you have to be on the same page. "You both have to have the same focus. And that focus is... it's all about her." Chris Rock made his name as a stand-up comic in the 1980s. The 49-year-old then went onto forge a successful TV career before appearing in films like Dr Dolittle and Madagascar. In his latest film, Top Five, Rock plays a comedian who is persuaded into having his upcoming wedding screened as part of a reality TV show. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Chris Rock has announced that he's separating from his wife.

Lachie Stewart, 30, from Easter Ross, was thought to have been travelling to Delhi when he lost touch with his family earlier this month. However, a Facebook page set up as part of efforts to find him, said he had been found on Saturday. Mr Stewart had been working on a contract in Bhogpur in India before his disappearance. His family and friends had made contact with the Foreign Office after becoming increasingly concerned when he failed to make contact by his birthday on Thursday. Details about his whereabouts have not been released.

A Scottish architect who had been reported missing in India is understood to have been found.

Five independent commissioners will provide recommendations to deal with violence against the country's indigenous women. Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced the inquiry at an emotional ceremony in Gatineau, Quebec. The inquiry will last at least two years and cost up to $53.8m (£30.8m). Though the federal government has launched the commission, each province has agreed to allow the commissioners to look at all jurisdictions, including whether local law enforcement or governments played a part. The commission will also have the authority to summon witnesses to testify. The investigation is expected to focus on the systemic causes of violence against indigenous women as well as recommendations on prevention. A 2015 United Nations report revealed that young indigenous women in Canada were five times more likely to die under violent circumstances than non-Aboriginal women. Families of victims have argued that police do not investigate missing indigenous women with the same scrutiny for cases involving white women. The five commissioners are Marion Buller, British Columbia's first female First Nations judge; Michele Audette, a former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada; Qajaq Robinson, a Nunavut-born lawyer who focuses on aboriginal law; Marilyn Poitras, a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan; and Brian Eyolfson, a First Nations lawyer who served on the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The investigation is set to begin in September and will run through 31 December, 2018. BBC reporter Joanna Jolly went on the trail of the murdered and missing to find out why so many of Winnipeg's Aboriginal women and girls have been killed. Read full article

Canada has launched an investigation into missing and murdered indigenous women that will cost nearly C$14m (£8m) more than expected.

Ronan Toolis led the excavation works at Trusty's Hill Fort at Gatehouse of Fleet. It unearthed evidence that it might have been the royal seat of the sixth century kingdom of Rheged. Mr Toolis said it was "pre-eminent among the kingdoms of the north" at that time. The location of Rheged had previously been thought by many historians to be in Cumbria. However, Dr Christopher Bowles, co-director of the excavation work in Dumfries and Galloway, said that may not have been the case. "The new archaeological evidence from Trusty's Hill enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid," he said. "The 2012 excavations show that Trusty's Hill was likely the royal seat of Rheged, a kingdom that had Galloway as its heartland. "This was a place of religious, cultural and political innovation whose contribution to culture in Scotland has perhaps not been given due recognition." Dr Bowles said the influence of the kingdom had "rippled through the history and literature of Scotland and beyond". Mr Toolis added that they had not been looking for Rheged when they started the excavations. "What drew us to Trusty's Hill were Pictish symbols carved on to bedrock here, which are unique in this region and far to the south of where Pictish carvings are normally found," said Mr Toolis. "The Galloway Picts Project was launched in 2012 to recover evidence for the archaeological context of these carvings. "But far from validating the existence of Galloway Picts, the archaeological context revealed by our excavation instead indicates the carvings relate to a royal stronghold and place of inauguration for the local Britons of Galloway around AD 600. "The new archaeological evidence suggests that Galloway may have been the heart of the lost Dark Age kingdom of Rheged, a kingdom that was in the late sixth century pre-eminent amongst the kingdoms of the north." The two men have produced a new book which details their findings. The Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged is being launched in Gatehouse of Fleet on Saturday.

Archaeological research at a site in Galloway has suggested it may have been at the heart of a "lost kingdom" from the Dark Ages.

Cotter will leave the Scotland job and be replaced by Glasgow boss Gregor Townsend at the end of the season. Strauss, who will start at number eight against Ireland on Saturday, says the Scotland players want to send Cotter out on a high. "When people move on you want to give them a good send off," Strauss said. "It does bring that little bit more of an incentive. You do try that little bit harder. You need emotion to play rugby and it does give you that little extra edge." Scotland have not won an opening day Six Nations fixture since the victory over France at Murrayfield in 2006. Their record against Ireland in the championship does not offer much cause for optimism either. Ireland have won 14 of 17 Six Nations matches between the sides. Moreover, Joe Schmidt's side have beaten South Africa, Australia and New Zealand since last summer, with Munster's CJ Stander a stand-out performer, and a player with whom Strauss is well acquainted. "We shared a room at the Springbok camp for a week back in the day," Strauss said. "He's a farmer from up north in South Africa and I'm more of a beach boy from down in the city in Cape Town. We get along well and he's a very nice guy. "He's a very tough player. Even with the Bulls, I played for the Lions so there was a very big rivalry between our two South African teams. He was always one of the guys we watched out for. He's come over and he's done exceptionally well." Scotland resource coach Nathan Hines, who will follow Cotter to Montpellier in the summer, warned that Schmidt will have pinpointed every Scottish weakness ahead of the Murrayfield clash. "He brings an unbelievable tactical awareness," said Hines, who played under Schmidt at Leinster. "He goes through the other team with a fine-tooth comb and finds their weaknesses. That gives his teams confidence. "I was across at the end of last year and spoke to him. The door is never closed with Joe, unless it is and he hasn't told me yet! He's an open guy and we had some good times with Leinster so I'm sure he'll give me a cheeky smile on Saturday before kick-off. "They're very good at what they do. They find weaknesses and they exploit those weaknesses and make it very hard for you to play. It's about how we combat that and how we make it as difficult as possible for them to execute." Ireland captain and hooker Rory Best expects to wage a punishing set-piece battle with Scotland's inexperienced front-row. Edinburgh's Allan Dell, and Glasgow duo Fraser Brown and Zander Fagerson have just nine Test starts between them (three each), but 100-cap Best warns their lack of international appearances will not make for an easy ride. "When you get that two-three link that play together every week, train together every day, it helps a lot," he said. "There's no doubt that will play into their hands. "They're inexperienced if you look in terms of Test rugby as a combination but if you look at what they've achieved individually so far this season….to go to Welford Road and dominate the way Glasgow did and the way they've been performing, we've played against them provincially and it's a very tough task scrumming down against that Glasgow scrum. "They form two-thirds of the front row on Saturday. We're under no illusions that it's going to be a tough ask. They're quality players."

Josh Strauss believes Vern Cotter's impending departure will provide added motivation for Scotland to have a successful Six Nations.

Nordtveit's low shot took a deflection off Sammy Clingan's heel to beat keeper Lee Camp just before half-time. Substitute Elyounoussi produced a fine shot on the turn in the 87th minute and another replacement Ruud made it 3-0 to Norway with a fine volley. Northern Ireland started well but rarely threatened in the second half. Before the goals, home skipper Steven Davis, Martin Paterson and Gareth McAuley were all thwarted during a frantic goalmouth scramble. It means Northern Ireland have won just one of their last 14 friendlies. They started brightly with full-back Ryan McGivern's drive being tipped away by goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. Northern Ireland were knocking the ball about well and the atmosphere at Windsor Park seemed optimistic. However, O'Neill's men were unable to make the breakthrough and were hit by Norway's opening goal in the 44th minute. Aaron Hughes half-cleared a corner as far as Nordtveit, whose shot beat Camp via the unfortunate Clingan. Grant McCann, a half-time substitute, had a decent crack at goal soon after the break with his 25-yard drive being tipped away by Jarstein. Paddy McCourt came on with just over 20 minutes to go, replacing Shane Ferguson. The Celtic man was watched from the stands by club boss Neil Lennon, returning to the ground where he was once barracked by his own fans on international duty. David Healy then came on as a substitute to become Northern Ireland's most capped outfield player on 92, passing Mal Donaghy. Elyounoussi extended the visitors' lead three minutes from time when he beat Camp at the near post with a fine shot. Ruud's superb injury-time volley made it 3-0 despite the Nottingham Forest keeper getting a strong hand to it. Northern Ireland: Camp, McAuley, Hughes, Jonathan Evans, McGivern, Corry Evans, Clingan, Davis, Ferguson, Shiels, Paterson. Subs: Mannus, Hodson, McGinn, Healy, McCann, Duff, McQuoid, McCourt, Carson, McGovern. Norway: Jarstein, Hogli, Rogne, Demidov, Riise, Henriksen, Nordtveit, Grindheim, Pedersen, Abdellaoui, Huseklepp. Subs: Pettersen, Reginiussen, Elyounoussi, Ruud, Jenssen, Braaten, Berisha.

Goals from Havard Nordtveit, Tarik Elyounoussi and Espen Ruud ensured Michael O'Neill's first match as Northern Ireland boss ended in defeat.

Panthers kept alive their title hopes and closed the gap on leaders Devils to four points. Two goals from Matthew Myers put Panthers in control before Joey Martin replied. Franklin MacDonald, Geoff Waugh and Evan Mosey's two goals secured the win. The sides meet again in the Challenge Cup final at the Sheffield Arena on Sunday.

Cardiff Devils lost 6-1 away to Nottingham Panthers in the Elite League, less than 48 hours before playing the same opposition in the Challenge Cup final.

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

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

Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled told the BBC that 15 people had been injured after a car exploded outside the Hotel Maka. The hotel lies on one of the capital's main roads, which the authorities say is usually safe. Islamist militant group al-Shabab was driven out of Mogadishu two years ago but often stages attacks in the city. The BBC's Ibrahim Mohamed Adan in Mogadishu says a loud explosion was heard in the city's administrative centre just before 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT). The Hotel Maka is on the Maka Mukaramah road which links the presidential palace to the airport, one of the most heavily guarded areas of Mogadishu. It is popular with members of parliament and other officials. One report stated that a senior Somali diplomat was among the dead. Our reporter says witnesses nearby told him they could see the wreckage of a car burning outside the hotel. Senior police officer Farah Aden told Reuters news agency that four policemen were among the six dead. The agency reported that four cars and two motorbikes were burnt out at the scene. A police officer told AFP news agency that he could see "several burning cars, dead and injured people on the ground" following the attack. Witnesses told the BBC there were actually two explosions; the car bomb detonated after a smaller device planted in a laptop computer went off inside the hotel's reception area. The bombings came as Somalia's football season kicked off on Friday evening with a first division match at the newly refurbished Banadir Stadium in northern Mogadishu. It was the first time in more than 22 years that thousands of fans had been to the stadium. Correspondents say there was much excitement in the city in anticipation of the match at Banadir Stadium, which has Somalia's first artificial grass pitch. The Somali government is fighting al-Shabab, which is part of the al-Qaeda network, for control of the country. The militants have been driven out of Somalia's major towns by a UN-mandated African Union force of some 18,000 soldiers, which is backing the government. But the Islamist group still controls many towns and rural areas of southern Somalia. In September, the group said it was behind the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in which at least 67 people died during a four-day siege.

At least six people have been killed after a suspected suicide attack at a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

The Hugh Fraser Foundation has pledged £300,000, with £250,000 to come from the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation. GSA aims to raise £20m to restore the famous building which was badly damaged by fire on 23 May. The most recent pledges and individual donations by members of the public mean the fund currently stands at £6.4m This figure is made up of the Hugh Fraser Foundation £300,000; the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation £250,000; £150,000 in individual donations; £700,000 of Scottish government match funding (increasing to a total of £5m in line with future donations) and a £5m pledge from the UK government. The Hugh Fraser Foundation was established in 1960 by Sir Hugh Fraser with shares in House of Fraser and other investments. Dr Kenneth Chrystie, chairman of the Hugh Fraser Foundation, said the trustees were clear that they "wished to make a major and public show of support" for GSA following the fire. "We felt that it was a great privilege to be able to support the GSA to begin the process of reconstruction and recovery," he said. "I am confident that the fundraising appeal will attract world-wide support from those who share with us the desire to see the school not only recover, but regain momentum towards its future success." Firefighters managed to save 90% of the building, named after internationally renowned designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and 70% of its contents. GSA estimates the cost of restoring the building to be between £20m and £35m and believes the work could take up to four years. The appeal fund, which has Hollywood star Brad Pitt and Dr Who actor Peter Capaldi among its trustees, was set up last month to help raise £20m. British theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh said that he hoped the donation through his foundation would encourage others to follow. "It is hardly surprising the tragic news of the fire spread globally and we are all encouraged by the GSA's clear determination to restore the wonderful building," he said. "My admiration for Charles Rennie Mackintosh and my personal passion for original architectural design makes me even more pleased to be able to become one of the first donors to your appeal. "The contribution from my foundation will, I hope, encourage others to follow suit and it comes with enormous gratitude and respect for what you have achieved and will continue to do." GSA director Professor Tom Inns said everyone at the school had "been moved by the incredible generosity" they had been shown since the fire. "The GSA has been honoured to have the financial and personal support of the Hugh Fraser Foundation over many years, and this most recent donation is very much appreciated," he said. "The kind words of Sir Cameron and the support of The Mackintosh Foundation are also most welcome at this difficult time. "I would also like to extend the heartfelt thanks of The Glasgow School of Art to all the institutions and individuals who have donated to the appeal to date. "This support along with the many, many messages of good will and offers of academic and other expert support have meant so much to us."

A fund set up to help restore Glasgow School of Art's (GSA) fire-damaged Mackintosh building has received two donations totalling £550,000.

Bell, 19, made three first-team appearances for Dale in addition to loan spells at Chester and Droylsden. He follows former Forest Green striker Reece Styche among the Tynesiders forward imports this summer. "Nyal is a young, athletic striker who is prepared to work hard and willing to learn to go on to the next level," assistant manager Lee Nogan said.

Gateshead have signed striker Nyal Bell on a two-year deal following his release by Rochdale.

The firm, which sells its Chevrolet brand in India, said it would continue to provide maintenance services. It also said that its plant in Maharashtra would continue to make cars for overseas markets, mainly central and south American regions. GM has announced similar plans for South and East African markets as part of its global business restructuring. GM puts $1bn India plan 'on hold' The US carmaker said it would stop selling cars in South Africa, and sell its manufacturing business there to Isuzu Motors. It added that Isuzu would also purchase 57.7% shareholding in its East Africa operations, assuming management control. The firm is aiming to make significant savings through these steps. "As a result of these actions, GM expects to realise annual savings of approximately $100m (£77m) and plans to take a charge of approximately $500m in the second quarter of 2017," it said in a statement. GM's announcement comes against the backdrop of predictions that India will become the world's third biggest vehicle market by 2020. But the firm has put faith in exports from India. "In India, our exports have tripled over the past year, and this will remain our focus going forward," GM International president Stefan Jacoby said in a statement. GM had planned to invest $1bn in India to boost its domestic presence, but its sales figures fell below below 1% in the year ended in March 2017. "We determined that the increased investment required for an extensive and flexible product portfolio would not deliver a leadership position or long-term profitability in the domestic market," Mr Jacoby added.

General Motors (GM) has announced that it will stop making cars for the Indian market by the end of 2017.

Cardiff Bus said 90% of its 540 Unite union members backed the offer after a ballot took place. Drivers have staged a number of strikes in recent weeks, causing disruption on days the city hosted Rugby World Cup matches. The walkouts ranged from 24 to hour 48 hours but last Sunday's action was suspended due to the ballot.

Strike action by bus drivers in Cardiff has been called off after an improved pay offer was accepted.

He is accused along with his son, Bello Abba Mohammed, of diverting $1.5m (£1m) that was meant to buy arms for soldiers fighting Islamist Boko Haram militants. The two men have pleaded not guilty. President Muhammadu Buhari, who took office in May, set up an investigation into the procurement of weapons for the military which found that phantom contracts worth $2bn had been awarded. Last month, former national security adviser Sambu Dasuki was arrested and charged with 19 counts of fraud, money laundering and criminal breach of trust in connection to the case. Mr Dasuki, who oversaw the fight against Boko Haram while Goodluck Jonathan was president, denied the charges. Bello Haliru Mohammed served as Mr Jonathan's defence minister from 2011 to 2012 and still holds a senior position in the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP). He appeared at the Abuja High Court on Tuesday in a wheelchair and was transferred to a hospital when the case was adjourned, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said. His son was remanded in prison until a bail hearing on Thursday. Boko Haram has killed thousands in north-eastern Nigeria in its six-year campaign to create an Islamic state. Soldiers had complained that despite the military's huge budget, they were ill-equipped to fight. The soldiers have reported that they are better equipped since President Buhari came into office, but the previous president's supporters say this is because those weapons were ordered while Mr Jonathan was in power, says the BBC's Abuja editor BBC's Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi.

Former Nigerian defence minister Bello Haliru Mohammed has been charged with money laundering.

Media playback is not supported on this device Alex Schalk's header opened the scoring after eight minutes and Brian Graham's last-minute lob clinched victory. But Kilmarnock were unable to change their fate in between as they slipped to an eighth home Premiership defeat. They are eight points clear of Dundee United, who host Aberdeen on Wednesday, but have played two games more. As soon as the second goal went in, dejected Kilmarnock fans among a paltry 2,633 crowd began to stream out of the ground, as the possibility of a relegation play-off - or worse - looms large. Neither side was inhibited by their circumstances and the points at stake. The opening minutes saw them create a chance apiece, and that spell shaped the rest of the game. The home side were first to impose themselves, but Greg Kiltie could not change his body shape quickly enough to properly connect with Josh Magennis's cross and he volleyed over as he rushed into the penalty area. Kilmarnock would have been heartened by the opportunity, because their home form has been so consistently poor that the general mood at Rugby Park is a deep-seated anxiety. Even so, a familiar feeling of dismay swept round the ground soon after the Kiltie effort. In County's first meaningful attack, Michael Gardyne delivered a cross into the penalty area from the left and Schalk slipped into space to glance a header into the far corner. He was unmarked and had the time to compose himself, and that proved a costly aberration for Kilmarnock. The goal invigorated Schalk. When another cross was sent into the area, he controlled the ball expertly with his back to goal, spun briskly and hit a shot on target that Jamie Macdonald had to move quickly to save. Later in the half, he was about to strike another effort from inside the area when Kilmarnock centre-back Conrad Balatoni slid in to block. The home side were initially unsettled by their lack of resolve in defence, but they did not concede their place in the game and kept fighting their cause. It was typical of their misfortune, though, that Topi Obadeyi had to be substituted in the 30th minute because of injury. It was Obadeyi who came closest to scoring in the first half, with a tame header wide from Rory McKenzie's cross. The interval provided Kilmarnock boss Lee Clark with an opportunity to revive his side. There was certainly a greater attacking intent to the home side's play in the second half and McKenzie swept a shot on target early on, only to see the Ross County goalkeeper Gary Woods save. Kilmarnock saw plenty of possession, while County seemed comfortable defending their lines and striking on the break. They almost added to their lead when Graham's cross was headed against the outside of he post by Liam Boyce. In the closing minutes, Kilmarnock's organisation abandoned them, and Graham was able to steer a header over the stranded Macdonald to seal the victory. Booing from the home fans greeted the final whistle.

A hard-fought victory sent Ross County climbing to fourth place in the Premiership and increased the sense of alarm at Rugby Park.

Within minutes, water cannon showered the demonstrators and there were loud thuds as tear gas canisters were fired. People ran into the side streets of this poor neighbourhood, on the edge of the capital, with their eyes streaming. "Let the world see what is happening in this country," yelled one elderly man. "We will never stop until this... government goes." Ordinary Egyptians appear to be losing their fear of direct confrontation with the security forces. There have been bloody and drawn out clashes all over Cairo and in some of Egypt's main cities. They have a long list of grievances and the demands are an explicit challenge to their rulers. "We want a real democratic system. This regime of Hosni Mubarak has been in power for 30 years," declared Ahmed, a man in his 20s. "I was unemployed for five years. I had to move to the United Arab Emirates. This is what I was dragged into. My son will not suffer what I have suffered. This ends here." When you talk to people, they tell you economic reforms have not eased the poverty of Egypt's masses, education and social services are inadequate, and they complain of high levels of corruption and political stagnation. "We are so furious. We must have change, better chances to work, to buy a flat and have just the life's basics," said a bank clerk clutching an Egyptian flag. "What happened in Tunisia has changed things a bit. It knocked some sense into people." Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei - who joined worshippers in Giza - was swiftly moved inside the gates of the mosque as clashes began. "One, two, ElBaradei where are you?" was the cry that then went up outside. Some expressed disappointment that the Nobel Laureate - who set up the National Association for Change opposition coalition when he returned home to Egypt a year ago - had not taken a more prominent role in protests. He has put up supportive messages on his Twitter account but was absent, in Vienna, for the first "Day of Rage" on Tuesday. He returned to Cairo on Thursday night. "I support ElBaradei, my father wants (Arab League Secretary General) Amr Musa," one man said. "We could have ElBaradei or anyone else," added Amgad, who had brought his young children along to witness the protest. "We need change, not any specific person." The main opposition movement, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, subtly changed its message ahead of the latest protests. Despite the reported arrest of some senior figures, deputy leader Mahmoud Izzat spoke encouragingly of the protests. "People are demanding freedom, the dissolution of this invalid parliament. From the beginning this is what the young people have been shouting and we are with them," Mr Izzat told the al-Jazeera news channel. And he went on to criticise "the excessive force" of the security services. With multiple flashpoints across Egypt, many thousands of uniformed police, plain-clothed officers and paid thugs have been deployed. They line the bridges and main routes into central Cairo. While they remain strong and well-resourced, there have been unprecedented sights. In one case, a group of protesters tried to push an armoured vehicle into the River Nile. Attempts to close down mobile phone communications and access to Facebook, Twitter and Blackberrry messenger appear to have been ineffective in preventing the co-ordination of opposition activities. Demonstrators in the capital have simply regrouped in traditional gathering places downtown - such as Ramses Square and Tahrir Square. With Egyptians tuned into Arab satellite stations to watch dramatic scenes unfold, a curfew in Egypt's main cities was announced. However, as sirens blared on the darkening streets it was unclear how effective this will be.

"Go, go, Mubarak go" and "the people need to end this regime" shouted the angry crowds around al-Istiqamma mosque in Cairo's Giza Square, as they shook their fists at the lines of helmeted riot police after Friday prayers.

Stead curled home with 14 minutes remaining to cap a fine comeback at the Northern Gas and Power Stadium after Louis Lang cancelled out Toto Nsiala's opener. Hartlepool flew out of the blocks and took an eighth-minute lead when Nsiala bundled home at the back post after Lewis Alessandra beat his man and sent in a pin-point cross. There was plenty more action in an entertaining opening period, Stead and Matthew Bates hitting the woodwork at either end. The former struck the post again early in the second half, before Lang capitalised on Pools' defence switching off by slotting a deserved equaliser into an empty net. Stead would eventually produce the decisive moment, turning coolly in the area and sending a left-footed strike beyond Trevor Carson. Pools pressed for a leveller to preserve an unbeaten league start, but their efforts proved in vain as the Magpies collected a first win of the campaign. Report supplied by Press Association. Match ends, Hartlepool United 1, Notts County 2. Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 1, Notts County 2. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Adam Campbell (Notts County). Attempt missed. Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Substitution, Notts County. Thierry Audel replaces Jon Stead. Attempt saved. Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt blocked. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Hartlepool United. Josh Laurent replaces Michael Woods. Attempt missed. Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) header from the right side of the box misses to the right following a corner. Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Alan Smith. Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Alan Smith (Notts County). Attempt blocked. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Alex Rodman (Notts County). Goal! Hartlepool United 1, Notts County 2. Jon Stead (Notts County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Louis Laing. Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Attempt missed. Matt Tootle (Notts County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Substitution, Hartlepool United. Lewis Hawkins replaces Billy Paynter. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card. Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Jake Carroll. Attempt missed. Jordan Richards (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high from a direct free kick. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County). Goal! Hartlepool United 1, Notts County 1. Louis Laing (Notts County) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Jordan Richards. Attempt blocked. Jon Stead (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Jon Stead (Notts County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Jon Stead (Notts County) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Substitution, Notts County. Alan Smith replaces Stanley Aborah. Substitution, Notts County. Vadaine Oliver replaces Jonathan Forte because of an injury. Attempt saved. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Matt Tootle. Attempt missed. Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Foul by Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United). Stanley Aborah (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Aristote Nsiala. Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick. Foul by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United).

Jon Stead struck the winner as Notts County came from behind to earn victory at Hartlepool United in League Two.

It happened at about 12:30 BST. The victim died at the scene. Another man is in a critical condition. The road is expected to remain closed for a number of hours while a thorough investigation into the crash is carried out.

A man has died following a two-vehicle collision on the A1 carriageway at Banbridge on Tuesday.

Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has seen an increased number of smokers, it warned. Researchers said mortality could rise further as tobacco companies aggressively targeted new markets, especially in the developing world. The report was published in the medical journal The Lancet. "Despite more than half a century of unequivocal evidence of the harmful effects of tobacco on health, today, one in every four men in the world is a daily smoker," said senior author Dr Emmanuela Gakidou. "Smoking remains the second largest risk factor for early death and disability, and so to further reduce its impact we must intensify tobacco control to further reduce smoking prevalence and attributable burden." The Global Burden of Diseases report was based on smoking habits in 195 countries and territories between 1990 and 2015. It found that nearly one billion people smoked daily in 2015 - one in four men and one in 20 women. That was a reduction from one in three men and one in 12 women who lit up in 1990. However, population growth meant there was an increase in the overall number of smokers, up from 870 million in 1990. And the number of tobacco-related deaths - more than 6.4 million in 2015 - increased by 4.7% over the same period. The study found some countries had succeeded in efforts to help people quit, mostly through a combination of higher taxes, warnings on packages and education programmes. Over the 25-year period, Brazil had seen the percentage of daily smokers drop from 29% to 12% among men and from 19% to 8% among women. But, the report said, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines saw no change from 1990 to 2015. Russia saw smoking among women rise by 4% over the same period and similar trends were emerging in parts of Africa, the authors warned.

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries - China, India, the US and Russia.

Special Report: The Technology of Business Windows XP upgrade proves tricky Smartphone stress: Are you a victim? Quantum computers to crack the world The world is not enough Keeping the cyber thieves at bay It promises much great accuracy in locating where we or objects are on the planet and could have a profound effect on how we live our lives. So far we've used the US GPS (Global Positioning System) which is accurate up to a few metres. Galileo has the potential to offer accuracy up to a few centimetres. The potential practical benefits of more accurate navigation include driverless cars, more flexible charging systems on toll motorways, more efficient air traffic control, more accurate navigation for ships, and even helping blind people get around cities. It will allow you to know where you are not just in a street - but even in a building. "Galileo promises to be much more accurate than the US-owned GPS," says Steve Smart, head of the space programme at CGI, the Canadian tech company that has been developing some of Galileo's commercial applications. It could also help improve capacity on Europe's rail networks. As many rail signalling systems are still relatively unsophisticated, it means that for safety reasons trains have to be well-separated. Galileo will give much more accurate real-time read-outs of trains' locations, which should allow operators to run more trains on a particular stretch of track - welcome news for many commuters if that means less overcrowding in the rush hour. Source: European Space Agency "The commercial service has the potential to improve the performance of existing location services for all user communities," says Carlo des Dorides, executive director of GSA, Europe's satellite navigation agency. Indeed, driverless cars are being allowed on UK public roads from next year. Last month, Business Secretary Vince Cable said the technology has "very, very large" potential. Much of this is due to the prospects of more accurate satellite-derived location data. The real challenge when it comes to accuracy is built-up areas. Here, in "urban canyons" a user can effectively be hidden from satellites. In such cases, what's known as signal attenuation - or weakening - and signal refraction off surrounding tall buildings, can reduce accuracy. But in tests, when Galileo has been used alongside GPS and Glonass, it is providing a much more accurate location signal even in urban areas, and is also shortening Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF) - the time it takes for your device to lock on to signals from the satellites. However, the project is hugely expensive, and Galileo has been plagued by delays and cost over-runs. Setting up the system and deploying the satellites is costing about 5bn euros (£3.9bn; $6.6bn), a significant sum when budgets across Europe are under pressure. Yet the bill could rise still further. With annual operating expenditure of 750m euros over 20 years, Galileo's total costs could be more than 20bn euros, says the eurosceptic think-tank, Open Europe.

With the planned launch of two satellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana later this month, Europe is pushing ahead with its own satellite-navigation system, known as Galileo.

Public Health Wales (PHW) said 21 of the 35 residents at the unidentified home had been ill since 10 April. It is unclear if the flu-like illness caused the death. Earlier this week, it was revealed that two people had died after a flu outbreak at two Swansea nursing homes. Public health officials said five residents had been hospitalised and the remainder had been offered the anti-viral drug, Tamiflu. Carmarthenshire council, which runs the home, said it was working very closely with PHW. Dr Mac Walapu, consultant in communicable disease control for PHW, said: "In view of the rapid spread and high attack rate of this illness, it is most likely to be influenza. "We have also recently had outbreaks of influenza in nursing homes in Swansea. "Flu circulates in the UK between October and April and is not uncommon to see outbreaks in closed communities like nursing homes, where the disease can spread easily." Dr Walapu said people with flu would usually experience a fever, chills, headache, body aches and fatigue, and fit and healthy people would usually recover without any complications and without needing medication. "However, in elderly people flu can be more serious and therefore we have treated residents at this home with Tamiflu as a precaution," he added. Sheila Porter, Carmarthenshire council's head of primary, community and social care, said they were working very closely with PHW to support residents, visitors and staff by providing information, advice and reassurance. "Sadly, one of our residents has passed away and although the death is not confirmed as linked to the flu-like illness, we extend our deepest sympathies to the family who we will continue to support," she added. Earlier this week, PHW said two people had died and five others were in hospital after a flu outbreak at two Swansea nursing homes. A total of 17 people have tested positive for the influenza. Overall, 36 people, including six members of staff at the homes, have reported flu-like symptoms.

Health chiefs are investigating an outbreak of a flu-like illness following the death of a resident at a nursing home in Carmarthenshire.

The comments came ahead of his Budget speech, in which he cut the country's growth forecast for 2016 to 0.9%, down from 1.7%. He conceded the economy was struggling with shrinking growth, 25% unemployment, and widespread poverty. The South African currency, the rand, which has halved over the past five years, fell after the speech. It dropped 2.25% to make one rand worth around $0.0639. In a briefing ahead of the Budget, Mr Gordhan said: "There is no doubt about the fact that we are in crisis." The measures announced in Parliament were aimed at stopping the country falling into recession and to appease the rating agencies who have threatened to downgrade South Africa to junk status, which would raise borrowing costs for the country. Mr Gordhan unveiled government spending cuts, a civil service job freeze and some moderate tax rises. These tax increases affect property sales, fuel, sugary drinks, alcohol, tobacco and and capital gains, as well as environmental levies, which are expected to bring in an extra 18bn rand ($1.18bn; £840m). He had been expected to announce plans on privatising state assets - he fell short of that but said the government was looking at the possibility of merging the loss-making national carrier, South African Airways, with the state-owned SA Express airline "with a view to engaging with a potential minority equity partner". Privatisation has long been resisted by sections of the ruling African National Congress. Mr Gordhan was blunt on his outlook for the country. "We cannot spend money we do not have. We cannot borrow beyond our ability to repay. Until we ignite growth and generate more revenue we have to be tough on ourselves." Maike Currie, investment director at Fidelity International, said she was unsure if the measures announced would stop the rating agencies cutting their outlook for the country, as they have warned: "There was no increase in VAT, which has remained unchanged at 14% for two decades now, or income tax hike as the finance minister looked to moderate the impact of tax increases on struggling South African households amid a testing economic backdrop. "Whether this will be enough to appease rating agencies and businesses, however remains to be seen". She added that it was interesting that Mr Gordhan had focused on cutting down government spending without enforcing austerity measures on everyday South Africans, such as raising income tax. In his Budget speech, South Africa's finance minister Pravin Gordhan was cautiously optimistic and realistic about the challenges facing the country. He spoke about the need to tackle wasteful expenditure and was candid about corruption. The most blatant example of misuse of public funds is the Nkandla scandal where officials used taxpayers money to renovate the president's private country home. His strategy seems to be that of spending less in order to save more. The minister said that his focus will be to reduce the government deficit to 3.2% this year, and over the next three years. The rand weakened after he had finished speaking which suggests the markets are not convinced that the minister has a recovery plan that will lift growth and convince the ratings agencies before they take a decision around May or June. The ruling ANC party faces municipal elections later this year and much was riding on this Budget to turn the economic situation around. Although the country is rich in mineral resources it has been hit hard by the fall in global commodity prices. South Africa's farmers have also been hit by the worst drought in more than a century. Last December, President Jacob Zuma shocked the nation and the business community by suddenly replacing the well-respected finance minister Nhlanhla Nene with an ally and backbencher David Van Rooyen. The markets took a dim view, with foreign investors withdrawing money and there were complaints within his own ruling African National Congress party. Four days later President Zuma did a U turn and re-appointed Mr Gordhan who had served as finance minister for five years to 2014.

The South African economy is 'in crisis' says the country's finance minister Pravin Gordhan.

Thousands of children have been examined every 10 years since 1973. A third of children in Wales were said to have good oral health overall, which compares to 39% in England. Decay was found in 52% of 12 year olds and 63% of 15 year olds, a slight improvement on the 2003 survey. But around 70% of them reported problems with their teeth. Decay was found in 41% of five-year-old children in their primary teeth and in 55% of eight-year-old pupils, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre report. Severe dental problems were worse among children from poorer backgrounds. Around a half (47%) of five year olds could be said to have good oral health. But that declined with age, to around a quarter of 15 year old children. Other findings: The last results in 2003 showed that oral health had improved greatly since the 1970s and 1980s. This time, 12 and 15-year-olds were also asked to fill in a questionnaire on how they looked after their teeth. In 2009 the Welsh government launched a national scheme to encourage better dental health amongst young children. Since then it has invested over £12m in the programme. It also suggested the programme had led to a recent 6% drop in the proportion of five-year-olds experiencing dental decay. Experts point out there could be several reason the health of children's teeth in Wales was still lagging behind those from other UK nations including socio-economic conditions. That survey 10 years ago also showed a big drop in 15-year-olds with obvious decay from 94% in 1983 to 58%. Scottish children are not included in the 2013 survey but Wales has better results than Northern Ireland, where 31% were judged to be in good oral health. The Welsh Government said its own most recent monitoring survey showed a 6% drop in the proportion of five-year-olds with dental decay. "However, there is more to do to improve the dental health of children in Wales especially since the vast majority of tooth decay is avoidable," said a spokesperson. "Parents can help their children by reducing sugar intake and encouraging them to brush their teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. " It has also published its own survey of dental health to identify how much decay among five-years-olds is already present at the age of three.

Only a third of children in Wales have healthy teeth overall and this is lagging behind England, a major survey suggests.

Scenes of crime officer Stephen Beattie worked for Northumbria, Staffordshire and Cleveland forces before being suspended in 2011 and later resigning. More than 350 of his cases, including suspicious deaths and arsons, have been reviewed. The Crown Prosecution Service has said no criminal charges will be brought. Both Cleveland Police, which Mr Beattie joined in 2002, and Staffordshire, where he had worked since 1996, investigated him with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) managing the inquiries. The reports have now confirmed Mr Beattie: But the reports concluded that none of his actions significantly impacted the results of his investigations. IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said: "Stephen Beattie repeatedly lied about his qualifications and made judgements in cases that were both outside his remit and his level of expertise. "Cleveland Police and Staffordshire Police have conducted meticulous investigations examining hundreds of cases and we know that, thankfully, his poor performance did not have a significant impact on the cases he was involved in." Mr Beattie did receive an official caution in relation to a fraud offence. Cleveland Police concluded that if he was still employed he would have a case to answer for gross misconduct while Staffordshire concluded he would have a case to answer for misconduct.

A police employee lied about his qualifications, mishandled evidence and was generally poor at investigations, two reports have found.

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

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

Mr Trump said Mr Mueller's friendship with James Comey, who had been heading the inquiry until sacked from his role as FBI chief, was "bothersome". Asked on Fox News whether Mr Mueller should step down, Mr Trump said: "We're going to have to see." However, Mr Trump did call Mr Mueller an "honourable man". Mr Mueller was given the role of special counsel by the justice department to lead its investigation into alleged Russian interference after Mr Comey was sacked on 9 May. Mr Mueller has not given any details of his investigation but US media have reported he is investigating Mr Trump for possible obstruction of justice, both in the firing of Mr Comey and whether Mr Trump tried to end an inquiry into sacked national security adviser Michael Flynn. President Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia, calling it a "witch hunt". He did so again in his interview with Fox & Friends on Friday, saying "there has been no obstruction. There has been no collusion." He called the accusations of obstruction of justice "ridiculous". Asked whether Mr Mueller should recuse himself from the inquiry because of his friendship with Mr Comey, Mr Trump said: "Well he's very, very good friends with Comey which is very bothersome. But he's also... we're going to have to see." He also said that "the people that've been hired were all Hillary Clinton supporters". When Mr Mueller was appointed Mr Trump was said to be furious, but the special counsel won widespread initial praise from both Republicans and Democrats. However, lately some influential conservatives have intensified their attacks, openly calling for Mr Mueller's dismissal. Trump advocate Newt Gingrich urged the president to "rethink" Mr Mueller's position, saying: "Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair." The New York Times has reported that Mr Trump has considered firing Mr Mueller but has so far been talked out of it by aides. Ten days ago, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: "While the president has every right to" fire Mr Mueller "he has no intention to do so". On Friday, her colleague Sean Spicer repeated there was "no intention" to dismiss Mr Mueller. And in his Fox interview, Mr Trump said: "Robert Mueller is an honourable man and hopefully he'll come up with an honourable conclusion." Earlier this month, Mr Comey testified to Congress that Mr Trump had pressured him to drop the investigation into Mr Flynn. Mr Flynn was sacked in February for failing to reveal the extent of his contacts with Sergei Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to Washington. Mr Comey testified he was "sure" Mr Mueller was looking at whether Mr Trump had obstructed justice. US media said Mr Mueller was also examining whether Mr Comey's sacking was an attempt by the president to alter the course of the investigation. On 16 June, Mr Trump sent out a tweet appearing to accept he was under investigation, although later his aides suggested that was not the intention. On Thursday, Mr Trump also made it clear that he had not made secret recordings of his conversations with Mr Comey, despite an earlier hint to the contrary. His tweet came a day before he was required by Congress to hand over any such tapes. Mr Trump had kick-started speculation of the recordings in a tweet he posted days after firing Mr Comey, saying: "James Comey better hope there are no 'tapes' of our conversations." Allegations of collusion between the Trump team and Russian officials during the election have dogged the president's first five months in office. US investigators are looking into whether Russian cyber hackers targeted US electoral systems in order to help Mr Trump win - something Moscow has strongly denied. Separately on Friday, a Washington Post article said the Obama administration had been made aware by sources within the Moscow government last August of President Vladi­mir Putin's direct involvement in the cyber campaign to disrupt the election. The article said the administration debated a response for months before expelling 35 diplomats and closing two Russian compounds. Mr Obama had also approved planting cyber weapons in the Russian infrastructure, the article said, but the measure was not put into action.

President Donald Trump has questioned the neutrality of Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in last year's US election.

It happened at about 16:00 BST on Saturday - the blaze spread from one house to neighbouring properties in Ballyoran Park. It gutted one house and badly damaged two others. No-one was injured, but two dogs died as the fire spread. At this stage police have said they are not treating the fire as suspicious. Fire station commander William Weir said five pumps were brought in to bring it under control. "On arrival the first crews found two houses well alight and the fire spreading either side of them along a row of five terrace houses," he said. "It quickly became apparent that there was an oil tank involved which had allowed its contents to ignite which spread to a second oil tank in the house next door which then further added fuel to quite a large fire. "The fuel then followed through the gardens of the remaining houses in the street and set fire to a further six garden sheds and some fencing. "It was quite a large fire and it took crews approximately 35 to 40 minutes of hard fire fighting to stop it spreading to the other properties and to bring it under control and extinguish it." Mr Weir said an investigation by the fire service and police had concluded that the blaze had started accidentally. "Basically what happened was that some rubbish in the garden which had been burnt earlier in the day and left unattended re-ignited and set fire to a fence and then compromised the oil tank allowing its contents to become involved in the fire and from then the fire grew in intensity," he added.

A number of homes and gardens have been damaged in a fire in Portadown, County Armagh, after an oil tank caught alight.

Visitors from boats have also built bonfires and cleared vegetation on Les Minquiers - a group of islands and rocks to the south of Jersey. The States is urging boat owners and visitors to respect Jersey's wildlife laws and the "fragile environment". Dozens of people from France and Jersey visit the reefs each summer. Dr Paul Chambers from the Environment Department said the reefs were "ecologically important". The States said that between March and August the main islands were home to nesting seabirds and it was an offence to disturb them. Then in autumn large numbers of migrating birds are dependent on the vegetation on the reefs for shelter and food.

Birds' nests have been deliberately destroyed and seals and dolphins disturbed around Jersey's offshore reefs, the States has said.

Boyle struck the only goal in the 18th minute after lobbing over Graham Doyle following a moment of hesitancy in the Wexford defence. Derry needed fine saves from Gerard Doherty to stay ahead as the keeper denied Conor O'Keeffe and Paul Murphy. Josh Daniels also headed a Gary Delaney effort off the line in the second half as Derry endured some nervous moments. Derry did go close to adding to their lead in the final five minutes of the game as Aaron McEneff clipped the Wexford crossbar with a long-range shot and substitute Jordan Allan fired just wide. Kenny Shiels' side suffered a blow in the second half as goalscorer Boyle was forced off by an apparent hamstring injury. With leaders Dundalk beating St Patrick's Athletics 2-0, the Candystripes remain nine points off the pace but they have edged to within six points of second-placed Cork City who were held to a 0-0 draw by Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.

Nathan Boyle's first-half goal proved enough to give Derry City victory over Wexford Youths at the Brandywell.

Scientists found that even the lowest expected levels of warming could decimate populations. However the researchers found that restoring connections between butterfly habitats could help modify the worst impacts. The research has been published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Although many people believe that butterflies are creatures that love the warmth, periods of extremely hot and dry weather can significantly reduce populations. In this study, British researchers looked at the impact of an extreme drought event in 1995 on butterfly species. This was the most arid summer since records began in 1776. They identified six species, including the Cabbage White and the Speckled Wood butterflies, that were particularly sensitive to heat. They then looked at what might happen to these creatures under different levels of warming up to 2100. If emissions of carbon dioxide continue on a "business as usual" model, and warming is more extreme, then extinctions of some of these species could begin in England as early as 2050. "We looked at the extent to which populations crashed from the drought and how long it takes them to recover," said lead author Dr Tom Oliver from Nerc Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. "What we're asking is, as droughts become more frequent whether the return time of the drought was more frequent than the recovery of the butterflies." "And when that was the case you'd get this gradual population erosion and in those places you'd get local extinctions." The researchers say that areas of the south east of England would be worst affected. However they argue that under less extreme warming conditions, changes to butterfly habitats could ameliorate the worst impacts. The team found that restoring connections between habitats that have been fragmented by human activities such as agriculture, was capable of making a big difference. Under a low emissions scenario, bridging these connections could improve the probability of butterfly survival by 50%. "If our habitats are very fragmented, the impacts will be much more severe. In places where it isn't those populations might persist," said Dr Oliver. "It allows us to buy time until we get those global emission cuts in place." The researchers believe their study is a conservative estimation of how warming might impact these fragile species. They are concerned that, because of landscape changes in the UK throughout the 20th century, populations of some of the threatened species might be too low for them to recover from frequent droughts. The authors say that even people who are not impressed by the aesthetic appeal of butterflies should still be concerned about their demise. "Butterflies are important culturally as part of our natural heritage, but there are other functions that could be impacted by their extinction including pollution, pest control and decomposition of waste," said Dr Oliver. "Those un-swayed by the beauty and importance of having butterflies in the countryside ought to be concerned about the disruption to these functions provided by these species." Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc.

Global warming could drive drought sensitive butterfly species to extinction in the UK by 2050, according to new research.

He spent last season in charge of the Under-20 development squad, but will not return for the start of pre-season training. Rangers manager Mark Warburton wants to alter the coaching personnel, leaving Durrant without a position at Ibrox. He spent 14 years as a player at Rangers, before returning as a coach in 2005. Durrant held several positions in the youth set-up, then stepped up to work with the first team during Walter Smith's second spell as manager in 2007. He was first-team coach when Ally McCoist succeeded Smith in 2011, then returned to working with the youths again after McCoist resigned during season 2014-15.

Ian Durrant is to end his long association with Rangers as part of a coaching reshuffle.

The FA says the club, one of a few from outside the English mainland to enter, must play any replays in England - even if they are the home side. The club would also have to pay the travel expenses of visiting sides. Those expenses, which come after the club has shared any gate receipts, mean Guernsey are considering whether they can afford to enter the competition. The club, founded in 2011, also want to play in the FA Trophy, and director Nigel Braybrook told BBC South West Sport: "They're very prestigious competitions and the players have earned the right to take part. "We feel they deserve the chance to show themselves on the national stage, but that could be taken away from us for non-football reasons." Guernsey are used to paying for clubs to come over to the island to play them, having spent the past two seasons in the Combined Counties League, They also made the semi-finals of the FA Vase, As well as any home replays being played at a venue in England at Guernsey's expense, the club would also have to play any postponed home ties in England as well. A Channel Island team has competed in an FA Cup before. Jersey's St Peter's ladies side played in the 2004 FA Women's Cup, losing 3-1 to Aldershot Town in the first qualifying round. The FA has given Guernsey until Monday, 24 June to decide if they want to enter on those terms, and told BBC South West Sport that they would not comment until that time. "They haven't given a reason, they've just set out these conditions," Braybrook said. "I can only imagine their concern is that opposing clubs would have to travel over midweek, and at a lower level some of the players will have to work and they may have concerns about that. "We would love to be in the competition but it's purely finance. "Playing in the Ryman League this year will increase our costs considerably, with more matches, more overnight stays and longer journeys. "If we play a game on the mainland, drew and then pay for the replay, it could potentially cost us £10,000 to play one round." The club has launched a campaign to try to raise money in Guernsey to help fund their cup matches.

Guernsey FC could be forced to pull out of the FA Cup over restrictions imposed on them by the Football Association.

Hywel Dda director of operations Joe Teape said all hospitals were full following a busy bank holiday weekend. He said there were a high number of patients who needed to be admitted which put pressure on impatient beds. Mr Teape thanked staff for "working tirelessly" and asked people to "bear with them at this busy time." In a statement the health board said additional medical staff were working to ensure "all patients had a senior medical review" both in A&E and on the wards. Community teams are also at the hospitals to support patients on discharge. The health board said it had to cancel some "non-urgent planned operations" on Tuesday and will review Wednesday's operations during the day. "Every winter we deal with a number of seasonal pressures," Mr Teape said. "To mitigate the demand on services, we have a winter plan to ensure that services continue to run as smoothly as possible while ensuring that patients' needs continue to be met 24 hours a day." He added that local communities could help by making using of NHS services such as pharmacies rather than visiting A&E departments, where appropriate.

A health board has brought in extra staff and cancelled some operations in an attempt to manage "significant pressures".

The blue cloth-covered 1935 edition bears the Nazi dictator's signature on the front fly leaf. It was presented to former BBC and Oxford Mail journalist Peter Cadogan during a visit to Munich in the late 1930s. It will be sold at Silverwoods auction house in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and is expected to raise more than £1,000. Auctioneer James Thompson said some people "wouldn't touch anything Nazi with a bargepole", but others believe the book should be preserved, despite Hitler's appalling reign. "In a way, it's a way to touch a monster," he said. Mein Kampf, which translates as My Struggle, was first published in 1925 and sets out Hitler's political ideology and plans for Germany. The example being sold is thought to be especially rare because Hitler was known to resist signing documents of any kind. Journalist Mr Cadogan had been acquainted with Unity Mitford, a member of Hitler's inner circle of devotees. It was she who asked Hitler to sign it for him. "Hitler didn't sign books. It wasn't something he did. He did it this time on the request of Unity Mitford. You can almost see him putting his eyes to the ceiling," Mr Thompson added. The book is now being sold at the request of Mr Cadogan's family. The Rev Dr Stuart Jennings, a historian at the University of Warwick, said: "It's very interesting because it was very difficult to get Hitler to sign anything at all. "There is nothing to connect him in writing to the final solution. "There's an interesting social history behind how the book came to be here. After the war and the Nuremberg trials there was a great effort to destroy anything connected to the Third Reich. "There was a concerted effort to make sure there could be nothing there for idol worship. Even Hitler's bunker was bulldozed over."

An "extremely rare" signed copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is to be sold at auction.

Gatland says he will step down after the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The 52-year-old hopes to coach in his homeland once that deal expires and Brooke says he could be a candidate for the national side by then. "Warren Gatland's certainly got the capabilities of dealing with that," he said. "It's all about managing the players and he's been an All Black himself, so he knows what's required of a player. "His coaching credentials have been built through coaching in the UK. He's a quality guy and a very good coach." Two of Gatland's Wales predecessors and fellow countrymen, Sir Graham Henry and Steve Hansen, went on to coach the All Blacks. Hansen emulated Henry's exploits of 2011 by guiding New Zealand to a third World Cup with victory over Australia in the 2015 final. His contract expires in 2017 and Hansen expects to step down before New Zealand defend their title two years later. Since taking over in December 2007, Gatland has led Wales to two Grand Slams and become the longest-serving coach in their history. His deal expires after the tournament in Japan and he plans to return to his homeland, where he previously coached his native Waikato after spells with Ireland and Wasps. Waikato Chiefs chief executive Andrew Flexman says Gatland would walk into a job in Super Rugby. "He's about as credentialed as you can get and certainly in Chiefs country he's considered to be right up there," Flexman told BBC Radio Wales Sport. "We're pretty excited to hear that he's interested in rounding out his coaching career in this country. "Depending on what the lie of the land looks like for us in the future, we'd certainly engage him in a conversation around that."

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has the credentials to be All Blacks coach, according to ex-New Zealand forward Zinzan Brooke.

Lancaster left the role on Wednesday after England's World Cup failure. Gatland's Wales beat England at Twickenham to help the hosts' demise and he has been linked with a move. New Zealander Gatland is contracted to Wales until 2019 and Thomas believes "he'll see his time out with Wales and probably go back to New Zealand". Gatland has said he intends to step down from the Wales role after the 2019 World Cup in Japan. Thomas also believes Gatland will have "one eye on coaching New Zealand after a successful run with Wales and with the British and Irish Lions". However, former Lion Thomas says he understands why the English Rugby Football Union might want to have Gatland in charge - even if Wales' record against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa has not matched their Six Nations efforts under him. "I'm sure England would want to make a move for someone like him after seeing what he's done for Wales," said Gatland. "Since he's been in charge, Wales have been an amazingly successful - unfortunately not against the mights of the southern hemisphere as much as he would like. "But we are such a force now in world rugby and are feared and respected, and that's due to the players, yes, but also due to him and the structure he's given the players. "So I'm sure they'd want him and if anybody could afford him, the RFU, I'm sure, could." South Africa's 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White "is interested" in the England job.

Former Wales captain Gareth Thomas doubts head coach Warren Gatland could be tempted to succeed Stuart Lancaster as England boss.

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

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

Royal Mail said the rise of delivery firm Whistl could wipe £200m off sales. It also said competition was endangering its government-mandated Universal Service, which guarantees a single price postal service that delivers to all UK addresses. The caution came as Royal Mail reported a small fall in pre-tax profits. They dropped to £218m for the six months to 28 September, from £233m in the same period last year. In its financial statement, Royal Mail named Whistl, formerly known as TNT, as a direct threat to future profits. The company also said it faced increased parcel competition and that Amazon's recently-launched delivery service could singlehandedly dent its business by as much as 2%, in the short term. In the past six months, Royal Mail's UK parcel delivery division saw revenues fall by 1%. However the firm's international parcel delivery service, GLS, fared well, with revenue up 7%, helping the company's overall revenue to rise by just £5m to slightly above £4.52bn. Royal Mail's letter business saw volumes drop by 3%, although this was not as steep a fall as had been expected. The slower decline was due to election pamphleteering, particularly relating to the Scottish Referendum, for which Royal Mail delivered seven million campaign mailings and over five million poll cards. Royal Mail boss Moya Greene told the BBC that increased competition was threatening the company's ability to deliver letters to all parts of the UK - a service mandated by law. She added that the "cherry-picking" of urban mail routes by competitors "undermines the economics" of its nationwide delivery service. Royal Mail has long called for the regulator, Ofcom, to consider expanding the Universal Service mandate - which ensures mail is delivered across the UK, six days a week, at one fixed price - so that it includes rivals such as Whistl. That may include forcing competitors to also deliver letters to rural areas at an affordable price - a service for which companies can make little or no profit. "We believe the current regulatory framework does not fully address the problem posed by unfettered direct delivery competition," Royal Mail said. "We think there is an urgent need for a new framework that will secure the sustainable provision of the Universal Service for the future." In response, a spokesman for Ofcom said the regulator's own evidence "clearly shows that the service is not currently under threat". "We would assess any emerging threat to the service quickly, in the interests of postal users," he added. Royal Mail has been under increased public scrutiny since it was privatised in October 2013. In July, a group of MPs voiced concerns that the taxpayer may have lost out by about £1bn after Royal Mail shares were "undervalued". After an initial pricing of 330p, Royal Mail shares rose above 600p in the months after its flotation, but have been steadily declining since the early summer, to 430p. Analysis: Kamal Ahmed, BBC Business Editor Lurking on page 8 of today's numbers is the real story in Royal Mail's results - that the business is warning of a "material risk" to the Universal Service obligation. Some may dismiss this as special pleading from a company that does not much like competition. But I have just spoken to the Royal Mail's chief executive, Moya Greene, and she is clear - if action isn't taken now, Royal Mail's ability to fund the six day letter delivery service across the UK will come under possibly unmanageable strain. "The threat is now," she told me.

Shares in Royal Mail closed down 8.3% after the firm warned that rivals - including Amazon - were eating into its parcel delivery business.

At one stage, winds were gusting at 55 knots and winds over 48 knots are not safe for airport staff to work in. As a result, passengers on nine planes were unable to leave as it was too windy to put access steps in place. Some passengers were kept on planes for two hours, but wind speeds eventually dropped, allowing them to disembark. Flights from Edinburgh, Tenerife, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Gatwick and Bristol landed, but flights, from Luton and Tenerife were diverted to Dublin. Belfast man Martin Garland was on a flight from Liverpool that landed at 19:30 GMT. Speaking from the plane, he said: "People are starting to get irritated now and there's a number of elderly passengers that are now getting agitated with the heat on the plane," he said. "Most people seem to be playing on their phones, the pilot has been getting people up into the cockpit and letting the kids play." Thomas Spence, who arrived at the airport on a flight from Tenerife, was unable to reclaim his luggage as baggage handlers could not unload baggage from the plane. Returning to the airport on Wednesday morning to retrieve his bags, he said: "When we were sitting [in the plane], it was rocking on the tarmac. "You actually thought you were still in the air. "But it was good to be on the ground because it was a rough flight, it was bouncing everywhere, and we were just glad to get touched down. "When you came off the plane, it was really windy and you could understand why we were stuck on the plane." Alan Whiteside, the airport's operations director, said the weather conditions had been "probably the worst we've had in quite a number of years". "The real issue is the safety of the both personnel operating the steps and the aircraft doors, and the passengers," he said. "In those kind of winds, those large-sided steps will just start to move, so it's unsafe to put them on unsafe to try to get passengers off. "It was a fairly horrendous night."

Passengers flying into Belfast International Airport were prevented from getting off planes for a time on Tuesday night due to high winds.

Figures show the number of women taking their holy vows has trebled in the past five years, from 15 in 2009 to 45 last year - the highest number since 1990. Fourteen of the women who entered convents in 2014 were aged 30 or under, the latest figures show. The Church says women are being drawn to religious life because of a "gap in the market for meaning in our culture". Sister Cathy Jones, from the National Office for Vocation, said: "We are never going to be at the place we were at 50 years ago, Catholic culture was at a very different place. "But the fact that more women are becoming nuns than there has been in the past 25 years shows that as a generation we have turned a corner." The figures show that in the 1980s around 80 women were becoming nuns each year but the numbers gradually declined until 2004 when only seven women joined a convent. The small number of entrants has gradually increased again in the last 10 years, reaching 45 in 2014. Sister Cathy said nuns were now less visible in communities but they were now doing more hidden work with trafficked women or working as counsellors. And she added that some women may have been driven to the work after having seen more poverty in the UK during the economic downturn. "It doesn't tend to be those who are coming from quite vulnerable places who become nuns, but there are people who want to be reaching out to those on the margins, who join," she said. Theodora Hawksley, 29, was until recently a postdoctoral researcher in theology at the University of Edinburgh, but at the beginning of the year she decided to end her career as an academic, and begin her training to become a nun. She joined the Congregation of Jesus in January and is now living in their house in Willesden, north London, while taking the first steps towards making vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Ms Hawksley said: "In one sense it is a bit like trying to explain to somebody why you are marrying the person you are. You can list their qualities, but in the end it is a relationship of love. "I don't have to worry now about practical things like making a career for myself. I'm free to go where I'm needed and meet people at the margins. "You are not on your own. It is an unusual life choice, but you are not the only one making it. There are plenty of people asking themselves the same questions." She admitted some of her friends were a "bit bewildered" when she revealed her plans, but most have been very supportive. Last year the majority of new nuns - 27 out of 45 - chose to be active religious sisters, who have a ministry outside of the convent, working in a community in areas such as nursing or teaching. Religious sisters are often sent to live in different communities every few years, both in the UK or abroad. Last year, BBC Northern Ireland political reporter Martina Purdy quit her 25-year career in journalism to become a nun. She entered the Adoration Sisters last October.

The number of women becoming nuns has reached a 25-year high, the Catholic Church in England and Wales says.

A Porthcawl RNLI crew with a medic and the coastguard search and rescue helicopter were sent to Sker Beach, near Kenfig Nature Reserve, at 12:50 GMT on Sunday. Crewman Chris Page said the rider had head injuries and was very cold from lying unconscious on wet sand. She was treated before being flown to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a horse on a Bridgend county beach.

Speaking on TV, Maria Zakharova said Jews had told her they donated both to Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton. She joked that American Jews were the best guide to US politics. The diplomat's remarks caused shock. Anti-US propagandists in the last century peddled an idea that rich New York Jews controlled US politics. Ms Zakharova was speaking on a chat show on Russian state TV at the weekend but her comments drew more attention after being picked up by media outlets on Thursday. She said she had visited New York with an official Russian delegation at the time of the last UN General Assembly, in September. "I have a lot of friends and acquaintances there, of course I was interested to find out: how are the elections going, what are the American people's expectations?" she said. "If you want to know what will happen in America, who do you need to talk to? You have to talk to the Jews, of course. It goes without saying." At this, the TV studio audience applauded loudly. "I went here and there among them, to chat," she continued. Imitating a Jewish accent, Mrs Zakharova said Jewish people had told her: "'Marochka, understand this - we'll donate to Clinton, of course. But we'll give the Republicans twice that amount.' Enough said! That settled it for me - the picture was clear. "If you want to know the future, don't read the mainstream newspapers - our people in Brighton [Beach] will tell you everything." She was referring to a district of Brooklyn with a large diaspora of Jewish emigres from the former Soviet Union. Russian opposition activist Roman Dobrokhotov wrote on Twitter (in Russian) that the spokeswoman had "explained Trump's victory as a Jewish conspiracy". Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador to Moscow, commented on Facebook, "Wow. And this is the woman who criticizes me for not being diplomatic." During the election campaign, Mrs Clinton accused Mr Trump of posting a "blatantly anti-Semitic" tweet after he used an image resembling the Star of David and stacks of money. Mr Trump, whose son-in-law Jared Kushner is Jewish, dismissed the accusation as "ridiculous". An exit poll by US non-profit J Street suggests an overwhelming majority of US Jews voted for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

A spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry has said Jewish people in New York told her they had mainly backed Donald Trump in the US election.

Last week, Seoul suspended its operations at Kaesong following the North's recent rocket and nuclear tests to cut off the money supply. The North has called the shutdown "a declaration of war". Kaesong was one of the last points of co-operation between the two Koreas. The North reacted to the shutdown by expelling all South Koreans from the complex and freezing the assets of South Korean firms. It has also vowed to cut key communication hotlines with the South. The privately-run manufacturing zone saw thousands of North Koreans working for South Korean businesses, making clothing, textiles, car parts and semi-conductors. On Sunday, the South's unification ministry said in a statement the wages, in US dollars, had been paid to the government instead of directly to the workers. "Any foreign currency earned in North Korea is transferred to the Workers' Party, where the money is used to develop nuclear weapons or missiles, or to purchase luxury goods," said Hong Yong-pyo, the unification minister, in a televised interview, referring to Pyongyang's ruling communist party. He added that 70% of the money was kept by Pyongyang while workers were given tickets to buy food and essential items, and local currency. The government cited "multiple channels" as its sources for these claims but did not divulge how it had arrived at the percentage. The South estimates about 616bn Korean won (£350m, $508m) had been paid to the North over the years. Mr Hong was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying that the South did not suspend operations earlier at Kaesong because "the international community recognised its significance", and it shut it down this time because "North Korea was only going to intensify its weapons development, and we needed to make a decisive move to alleviate our people's security concerns". On 7 February, North Korea conducted a long-range rocket launch. It came after the country's fourth nuclear test in January. What is the Kaesong Industrial Complex Why did North launch long-range rocket? How advanced is North's nuclear programme?

South Korea has claimed the North has used 70% of wages earned by workers at a jointly-run industrial complex for its weapons programme and luxury goods for the elite.

The victim, Jason Bryden, 38, was repeatedly stabbed during the attack at his home in Kilmarnock on 5 July 2015. At the High Court in Glasgow, James Clark, 36, was jailed for a least 22 years after being convicted of murder. His brother John, 38, was jailed for 10 years after being convicted of the lesser charge of culpable homicide. Jailing both men, judge Bill Dunlop told the brothers that they had carried out "a merciless, relentless and savage attack". He rejected any suggestion that Mr Bryden had been laying in wait for them armed with a samurai sword. Judge Dunlop added: "You together planned to gain illegal access with at least one knife and nunchucks. "Jason Bryden may have been a drug dealer but he was a son, a father and a friend. He was butchered by you." After both men were jailed, Det Insp David Moran, who led the investigation, said: "The violent and terrible actions of John and James Clark caused the death of Jason Bryden. "To be taken at the age of 38, in such horrifying circumstances, is a heartbreaking situation that the family has been forced to endure." The court previously heard the brothers, from Kilmarnock, had decided to rob Mr Bryden of a gold bracelet which they had given to him in exchange for drugs. The pair, who were high on drink and drugs, went to his home after masking their faces with scarves and arming themselves with a knife and martial arts nunchucks. The sword used in the killing is believed to have belonged to the dead man. Neighbours said they could see the Clarks attacking Mr Bryden as he sat on a sofa by the window and could hear him screaming. Prosecutor Richard Goddard told the trial: "This was a sustained, frenzied attack on this man." Afterwards, the scene of the killing was described as a "bloodbath". In addition to the stab wounds, Mr Bryden suffered blunt force trauma during the assault. He died in Kilmarnock's Crosshouse Hospital three days later. Both brothers denied the killing. In evidence, James Clark, who has 38 previous convictions including one for attempted murder, said: "I didn't mean it. It was an accident." John Clark, who has 23 previous convictions, said he only got involved to help his brother whom he claimed was being attacked by Mr Bryden.

Two brothers have been jailed for killing a man with a samurai sword after a drugs-related robbery in East Ayrshire turned into a "bloodbath".

The incident happened at Unst harbour about 06:50. There were no passengers on board, only four crew members and no-one was injured. There was no loss of fuel from the vessel. The ferry is currently alongside in Unst with the fire brigade pumping out water which was taken on board during the accident.

Shetland Coastguard was called out after the inter-island ferry hit rocks on its way from Yell to Unst.

13 August 2016 Last updated at 10:12 BST She has become Britain's first woman ever to win a trampolining medal at the Olympics. Bryony took silver place on Friday with a score of score of 56.040, just behind Canada's Rosie MacLennan. The 25-year-old said that she hadn't expected to win a medal at all, but her performance in the final had been the best she'd done all year. Now she wants more kids to get involved in the sport, and says that it's about a lot more than just winning medals. Watch Ricky's interview with her.

Team GB silver medallist Bryony Page says she hopes more kids will be inspired to take up trampolining after her success in Rio.

The chancellor did, however, confirm a £50m pot of money to support the expansion of grammar schools. He said the government's education policies had "expanded opportunity". But head teachers said capital investment in grammar schools was "the wrong priority". Mr Hammond told MPs on Wednesday: "The government's education reforms have raised standards and expanded opportunity, with 1.4 million more children now in 'good' or 'outstanding' schools. "And the new capital funding I have provided today for grammar schools will help to continue that trend." Responding to the statement, Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "It is disappointing that the Autumn Statement failed to address the severe funding pressures in schools and colleges. "The situation is so serious that some are struggling to deliver a full curriculum, courses are having to be cut and some sixth-forms are closing. "Education is arguably the single most important investment we can make. "It provides the country's intellectual infrastructure, the knowledge and skills which will enable us to remain competitive in a global market." Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teacher, also expressed his disappointment the government had failed to use the Autumn Statement to invest in education. "We know that school budgets are being pushed beyond breaking point," he said. "Almost nine out of 10 school leaders are telling us that a rise in national insurance employer contributions and pension contributions are the key reasons behind financial pressures in their school. "Freezing budgets at a time of rising costs is no protection at all. "The government has the levers to address rising costs, but has again failed to pull them. "Social mobility has rightly become a focus for the government. "And yet, without investment in what works - quality early years education, high quality teachers and the right funding delivered directly to schools - it is hard to see how the rhetoric can match the reality. "Capital investment in grammar schools is the wrong priority, and a distraction from the most important issues in education." Last month, a group of head teachers wrote to Downing Street to express concern about increased funding pressures. Plans to allow grammar schools to expand were first announced in September by Prime Minister Theresa May, who said that selective schools could help the life chances of poor pupils. Mrs May said that under the current system there was "selection by stealth", based on parents' wealth and ability to buy houses near the best schools. A consultation on the proposals is due to close next month.

Head teachers say it is "disappointing" that Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement failed to address funding pressures faced by many schools and colleges across England.

The first earthquake near Dingxi city had a magnitude of 5.98 and was shallow, with a depth of just 9.8 km (6 miles), the US Geological Survey said. Just over an hour later, a magnitude 5.6 quake hit the same area, it added. In 2008, an earthquake in Sichuan province left up to 90,000 people dead and millions homeless. A factory worker in Minxian county told AFP that he felt "violent shaking" and "ran to the yard of the [factory] plant immediately". "Our factory is only one floor. When I came to the yard, I saw an 18-storey building, the tallest in our county, shaking ferociously, especially the 18th floor," he said. The area has been hit by 371 aftershocks, according to the Earthquake Administration of Gansu province. Tremors were felt in the provincial capital, Lanzhou, and as far away as Xian, 400km (250 miles) to the east. At least 5,600 houses in the province's Zhangxian county are seriously damaged and 380 have collapsed, while some areas suffered from power cuts or mobile communications being disrupted, the earthquake administration added. "Many have been injured by collapsed houses," a doctor based in Minxian county was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. "Many villagers have gone to local hospitals along the roads." The earthquake has caused a direct economic loss of 198 million yuan ($32m; £21m), the Dingxi government said on its microblog. Both the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang had called Gansu province to express their concern for the victims and stress the importance of the rescue operations being conducted well, the Dingxi government added. Crews of fire fighters and rescue dogs have already arrived at the scene, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing reports. In pictures: Quakes aftermath The closer to the surface an earthquake strikes, the more damage it can cause, our correspondent adds. The earthquake reportedly triggered a series of mudslides and landslides, making it difficult for rescuers to access some areas hit by the quake. The Gansu military police have deployed 500 soldiers, including 120 specialist rescuers, while 500 emergency tents and 2,000 quilts are also being transported to affected areas, Xinhua added. Officials from the civil affairs, transportation and earthquake departments were also visiting local towns to assess the damage, a statement on the Dingxi party website said. Rain is expected in the region later, leading to fears that this will make rescue efforts more difficult, or cause more landslides. "Showery weather is expected tomorrow, and lighter rain the day after that. The rain may have an adverse effect on rescue efforts - please pay attention and be on guard!" the Dingxi government wrote on its microblog. Residents in towns near the earthquake also reported feeling the tremors. "You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows vibrating and making noise, but there aren't any cracks in the walls," AP news agency quoted a clerk at Wuyang Hotel, about 40 km (25 miles) from the epicentre, as saying. "Shop assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began," the clerk said.

Two powerful earthquakes have struck China's north-west Gansu province, killing at least 75 people and leaving more than 400 others injured.

Wales in the 13th Century was a mixture of regional powers. By the middle of the previous century, most of the lowland areas, particularly in south Wales, were under English control, in the form of Anglo-Norman barons from the Marches and across Glamorganshire to Pembroke. Gwynedd and the north-west of Wales remained largely independent. Welsh princes acknowledged the ruler Llywelyn the Great and his successor Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as the overarching Prince of Wales. But as the century wore away, and Edward I of England came to power, the balance of power changed as Llywelyn refused to pay tribute to Edward. In 1276 Edward I led an invasion into Gwynedd and forced Llywelyn into the very top corner of the country, and set about his castle-building programme. An uprising in 1282 led to renewed fighting, and saw the death of Llywelyn. By the following year it was over, and English domination over Wales was entrenched. Edward's son, the future Edward II, was created Prince of Wales. At the start of the 1200s, Welsh was the language of the common people. It was how people did business, conducted family life and worshipped. By the end of the century, daily business was increasingly done in English. English settlers were encouraged to move to Wales by free land grants and the imposition of English law. As the settlers moved into the more fruitful lowlands, Welsh speakers were increasingly pushed to the higher ground, although there was crossover between the two. One of the main changes through the course of the 13th Century was the difference in the way people paid for things. According to Dr Mark Redknap, head of collections and research in the history department at the Museum of Welsh Life, the old system of "render" was starting to change. "It's fair to say that from about the end of the 13th Century the Welsh were more familiar with using money than they had been a century earlier," he said. "You had an increasing use of coinage whereas there is very much a barter economy with the pre-Norman period, and payment in kind." He said taxes to the English king were paid in cash. Coinage though was still more at the stage where the actual weight of the coins, in silver for example, was what provided the value rather than a nominal amount printed on the coin. As well as tithes paid to the church, Llywelyn had tried to levy tax on cattle and in lieu of military service. But it was Edward I who pushed formalised tax collection. By the time of his death in 1307, tax revenue from Wales had tripled. According to Gerald of Wales, the Welsh were a militaristic society, more concerned with learning to fight rather than ploughing their land more than necessary. But this only applied to free men: about a third of the population at the start of the century were bonded to a lord and worked for them on large estates. The common people wore simple clothes: a tunic and thin cloak. Although much of Wales was rural, with large forests being an important source of food and resources for many, fledgling towns had been established by the Normans in places like Carmarthen and Cardiff and by the end of the century there were around 90 small towns, although few had populations over 1,000. It is worth remembering that the population of Wales was tiny in comparison to now, with the whole population equivalent to modern-day Cardiff. Sources: BBC History; St Fagans National History Museum; The People of Wales ed Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith

As the Welsh government publishes plans to reintroduce Welsh taxes for the first time since the 13th century, BBC News looks at what life was like in Wales last time there was direct Welsh taxation.

For Zimbabwean MP Joseph Chinotimba, a loyal supporter of President Robert Mugabe, 2016 began with romance. The 66-year-old war veteran and his wife Vimbai kissed their way into the Book of African Records, after scooping the top prize in a competition organised as part of Valentine's Day celebrations. The couple, who have been married for eight years, won "The Longest Kiss in Africa Challenge", locking lips for a record 10 minutes and 17 seconds, beating the previous African record by five minutes and 17 seconds. Though the Chinotimbas' passion didn't quite match that of the world record holders from Thailand, who kissed for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds. Later in the year, one Nigerian MP gave an example of just how far women still have to go in the battle against abusive language and gender equality. After a row during a closed door session of the Senate in July, Dino Melaye allegedly threatened to beat up and "impregnate" a female colleague, Oluremi Tinubu. Mr Melaye later denied saying this, releasing a statement that shocked some commentators: "Biologically, it is even impossible to impregnate Tinubu because she has arrived at menopause." According to Nigeria's Punch newspaper, Ms Tinubu said she would forgive the comments, but would remain defiant in public life in socially conservative country. "I am not championing a cause for women. I am only standing in my space and if my space is encroached upon, I have to fight back. "Rosa Parks wasn't an activist; she just decided to sit in her space and not give up her space anybody in a bus. And that sent a message." Despite the various ways in which women are denied basic human rights across Africa, they are allowed to vote. But during past elections in Zambia, women wearing nail varnish were not allowed to cast their ballot unless they first wiped their fingernails clean. Officials complained that the nail varnish prevented them from applying the indelible ink correctly. However, the situation changed this August when Zambia went to the polls in an election that led to a fresh term for President Edgar Lungu. A few days before the votes were cast, the country's electoral commission posted on social media, saying women with "painted nails and/or false nails" could exercise their democratic right. In a peculiar move towards gender equality, Cameroon's parliament in June debated a new law which would see men who commit adultery sent to jail. Women in the country already faced being jailed for between two to six months for having sexual relations outside marriage. The law, which had the backing of President Paul Biya's party, was approved, and men in the country now face up to six years' incarceration for adultery, as well as a fine of up to $160 (£130). "Men having children out of wedlock should be punished because that is evidence of adultery," one MP, Tomaino Ndam Njoya, is reported to have said during the debate. Cecil the lion is gone from this world and probably from many of our minds, but an elephant in Zimbabwe suspected to have been targeted by poachers was not so keen to follow suit. Nicknamed "Pretty Boy", the 25-year-old animal lived with a bullet in his head for between three and six weeks, before being treated by veterinarians in Mana Pools National Park in June. "We think he was shot outside of the park and came into the park for refuge," said Lisa Marabini, one of the team from Aware Trust Zimbabwe, who cleaned Pretty Boy's wounds but judged it safer to leave the bullet in place. It would come as no surprise to learn that a group of people you saw chatting boisterously and laughing exuberantly at an international airport was made up of Nigerians. Whether it is in conversation or in parties or in appearance, the citizens of Africa's most populous country are usually happy to be loud. But, in June, the government of Lagos State decided that it had had enough of the loud singing in Christian congregations and the Muslim call to prayer, shutting down 70 churches and 20 mosques accused of being too noisy in the commercial city. Though with more than 20 million inhabitants in the city, the task of policing all the hundreds of thousands of churches and mosques could take years. Women in South Africa seemed to spend quite a bit of time this year protesting about what goes on their heads. In addition to the well-publicised demonstrations about what hairstyles should be allowed in the country's schools, there was also the lesser-known debate about the "doek", or headscarf, in the corporate world, after it emerged that the story of a news reporter for ENCA, an independent news channel, had been taken off air because she filmed it wearing a doek. Following the social media storm that ensued, the channel, while explaining that its dress code does not allow on-air journalists to wear headgear to work, said it would review that policy and had "zero-tolerance" towards racism. But for hijab-wearers it has been a more positive year, given a spate of bannings across the continent in 2015. Separate courts in Kenya and Nigeria ruled that schools, even those funded by Christian churches, could not ban Muslim girls from wearing them as part of their uniforms. Although in Nigeria's Osun state it has led to a war of the robes, with some Christian students turning up wearing church clothes - such as choir gowns - over their school uniforms. And after Zimbabwe started the year with a kissing competition, Kenya rounded it off with a beauty pageant for people with albinism. Jairus Ong'etta, who went on to be crowned Mr Albinism, reportedly said during a performance: "It will always remain black boards need white chalk, white bible pages - black inscriptions. "So white in Kenya doesn't just stand for peace, it means a people, a face." Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa, on Instagram at bbcafrica or email africalive@bbc.co.uk More from Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani:

Africa has contributed its fair share of captivating headlines this year, but submerged in the coverage of migrations and mass killings, Nigerian novelist and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani picks out some of the quirkier stories you might just have missed.

In February 2016 ministers said funding would stay at £6.7m in 2016-17, whilst S4C's remit and funding was reviewed. MPs urged ministers to drop plans to cut their contribution to £6.1m as the review had not yet begun. Culture Minister Matt Hancock said secretary of state Karen Bradley was considering the matter. Most of S4C's £80m budget comes from the licence fee. The Wales Office does not expect the investigation to be completed until the end of 2017. During a Westminster debate on Wednesday, Mr Hancock said the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's contribution to S4C's budget was currently set to fall to £6.1m in 2017-18. "We are aware of commitments given by our predecessor [ex-Culture Secretary John Whittingdale] around timing - and this is an issue the secretary of state [Karen Bradley] is currently considering," he said. Ceredigion MP Mark Williams, who called the debate on S4C's future, said: "It is absolutely right that a review takes place to ensure that it has the funding necessary to fulfil its remit and strategy over the longer term. "The comprehensive review into S4C announced in February last year, by the former secretary of state, along with a reversal of a cut, prior to the outcome of the review, was welcome. "But we are now in 2017 and still waiting for a promised review, and there is cross-party concern about the delay." Mr Hancock said there would be an announcement about the review "shortly" and promised that it would be chaired by someone with "a thorough understanding of Wales and an interest in the Welsh language".

MPs have called on the UK government not to cut its funding of Welsh language channel S4C.

Media playback is not supported on this device Top seed Murray made short work of American Sam Querrey, winning 6-4 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 59 minutes. Evans, the world number 51, then upset Australian 27th seed Bernard Tomic with a 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) victory. Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski reached round four at Wimbledon 15 years ago. It is the first time Evans has made it so far at a Grand Slam, and he next faces French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Murray, meanwhile, plays Germany's Mischa Zverev, the world number 50. Media playback is not supported on this device Querrey was the man who upset then world number one Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last summer, but Murray made sure he did not fall victim to another shock after the Serb's surprise defeat by Denis Istomin on Thursday. With six-time champion Djokovic out, Murray is a clear favourite among many observers to finally land the third leg of the career Grand Slam. "I don't worry about that, really," said Murray, who has lost four Melbourne finals to Djokovic. "Obviously, if you're to get to the final, then it has an effect. A lot of the times when I've been in the final here, I've played against him. Had some tough ones." Querrey gave the Scot plenty to think about in the early stages of their third-round match, attacking the net and hurrying the top seed, but a first-serve percentage of just 57% was not enough to keep Murray at bay. The American missed a fleeting chance with a break point in game eight and Murray immediately took advantage, getting the break himself in the next game with a beautiful lob. He took a firm grip on the match with a run of six out of seven games, easing through the second set with two more breaks. There was a flurry of resistance as Querrey reeled off three straight games to lead 3-2 in the third set, but Murray once again turned up the pressure with his return to break for a fifth time on his way to a comprehensive victory. "Sam, especially in the first set, was hitting a huge ball," added Murray, who had no problem with the ankle he turned during his previous match. "There was a key moment at 3-4 when I saved a break point and then managed to break the next game and had the momentum after that." British number three Evans is set to move inside the world's top 50, with 180 ranking points already secured in Melbourne, plus at least £135,000 in prize money. After failing to convert a match point against Stan Wawrinka in the third round of last year's US Open, the 26-year-old from Solihull grabbed this opportunity with both hands. "It was tough, Bernard is difficult," said Evans. "He is unorthodox and I found it hard at the start. I am happy to come through in three tight sets. It could have gone either way." Evans followed the best win of his career over seventh seed Marin Cilic on Wednesday with another terrific performance, setting the pace and holding firm when under pressure late in the second and third sets. He was broken after holding two set points on serve in the second set but recovered superbly when facing two set points two games later, then raced through the tie-break with some brilliant all-court tennis. When Tomic threatened again late in the third set, Evans fought off another three break points with some magnificent play that even drew applause from his opponent. There were worrying signs of possible cramp, and a brief rain shower came to the Briton's aid when serving at 5-5, 40-40, allowing him to recuperate and dominate a second tie-break to clinch the win. Evans, who is without a clothing sponsor, has been buying his own T-shirts in Melbourne. "I am happy with them at the minute," he said. "One shrunk in the wash so I had to change it, but I reckon they look all right." Murray will start as a strong favourite against Zverev, but there is plenty of danger lurking on the Scot's side of the draw. Former winner Stan Wawrinka, the US Open champion, is through to the last 16 after a 3-6 6-2 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win over Serbia's Viktor Troicki. The Swiss, a potential semi-final opponent for Murray, will play Andreas Seppi next after the Italian beat Belgian Steve Darcis 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-2). Should Murray get past Zverev on Saturday he could face a daunting quarter-final against four-time champion Federer, seventh seed Berdych or fifth seed Kei Nishikori. BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller in Melbourne In two of his previous Grand Slams, Evans had come tantalisingly close to breaking into the fourth round - especially at the US Open last September, when he had match point to knock out eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. Against Tomic, he looked from the first point as if he believed this was a match he was going to win. The third set in particular was very physical, as the Australian dragged Evans around the court, and yet he was still fresh enough to win the tie-break in convincing manner. Evans will be a top-50 player for the first time after the Australian Open - some rise from the position of 772 he found himself in just 20 months ago. Perhaps hitting his mid-20s and developing a taste for the big occasion from Davis Cup ties spurred him to commit to the ceaseless dedication, and long spells away from home, required to be a top player. Evans should be at his peak over the next four years. With help from his coach Mark Hilton, he has built the foundations to allow this not to be as good as it gets.

Dan Evans joined Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a brilliant performance to give Britain two men in the fourth round.

There has been damage to property but no injuries. Forecasters have indicated that it will be dry and bright for most of Scotland by Wednesday afternoon. Ferry services have been considerably disrupted and falling trees have caused some problems on roads and railways. Transport Minister Keith Brown chaired a meeting of the Scottish government's resilience team. Mr Brown said: "No-one is being complacent and whilst the weather alerts remain in place, the focused response will continue." A train travelling south from Aberdeen to Edinburgh suffered minor damage when it hit some fallen branches and a bus was hit in Aberdeen. In Edinburgh a tree landed on the side of a house in Redford Road. No-one was injured. High winds has also forced the closure of the Royal Botanic Garden in the capital. Aberdeen City Council said trees were down across the city, and the tree squad was working flat out. Huge quantities of foam blown in from the sea covered cars, buildings and a park beside Aberdeen beach at the Footdee area. Scottish Borders Council activated its emergency response team after warnings of extremely heavy rain, while Tayside Police warned of an increased risk of surface water on many routes and possible river flooding. Part of a building roof has come down blocking Bridge Street at Peterhead harbour and Grampian Police said minor roads across the region have been blocked by trees. High winds have seen restrictions on some of Scotland's bridges, while fallen trees are affecting some minor routes and ferry crossings. Historic Scotland has shut several of its sites across the country including: Fort George, Craigmillar Castle, Loch Leven castle, Inchcolm Abbey, Tantallon Castle, Seton Collegiate Church, Tolquhon Castle, Kisimul Castle, Spynie Palace, Elgin Cathedral and Inchmahone Priory. The National Trust for Scotland has closed: Brodie Castle, Newhailes, Pitmedden, Preston Mill, Fyffie castle, Haddo House, Castle Fraser, Leith Hall Gardens, Crathes Castle, Craigevar Castle, Drum Castle and Crarae Gardens.

Heavy rain and severe winds have caused power cuts and travel problems and swept sea foam into parts of Scotland.

It is one of a number of measures being considered by the government in its consultation on curbing corporate pay. Other proposals include improving the effectiveness of remuneration committees and votes on pay packages. It comes after Theresa May appeared to row back from plans to force companies to appoint employees to their boards. The government's green paper, published this week, aims to increase public trust in business in the face of the rise in anti-globalisation and anti-business sentiment. Its proposals will include: As part of the plan to reform remuneration committees, the government is considering whether employees' representatives should be given an advisory role. Officials believe their input would spell out to the committee the impact on the wider workforce of high levels of remuneration for top executives. In September trade union body the TUC said its research showed the average FTSE 100 boss was paid 123 times the average full-time salary, and that the median pay award of major FTSE 100 directors had risen by 47% in five years to 2015 to £3.4m. As part of the proposed shake-up, civil servants have looked at measures being taken in other countries including the US, France and Australia. A government source said: "Businesses are a pillar of our society, creating employment opportunities and contributing significantly to funding our country's public services. "The UK has led the world in corporate governance, but our strong reputation can only be maintained if government and business regularly reviews and upgrades our governance. "Good governance helps companies take better decisions, for their own long-term benefit and the economy overall - ensuring public trust in British business and making sure the UK is the best place in the world to do business." The publication of the green paper comes after Mrs May was forced to reject claims she had watered down plans for workers to have a say in how their companies are run. She ruled out imposing the appointment of employees to company boards when she gave a talk to the CBI this week. Days later the the Bank of England's chief economist, Andy Haldane, joined company chiefs to reject proposals for annual binding votes on pay and the publication of pay ratios. The two ideas were among the prime minister's suggestions to address public unease about executive pay. A report by the Big Innovation Centre think tank argued that a binding vote would mean Britain's top firms losing out on top talent. It also said that pay ratios do not "lend themselves to valid comparisons between companies" and would likely add to misunderstanding over executive pay as well as potentially creating "perverse incentives". Instead, the report argued for less complex pay structures, a "Fair Pay Charter" and giving shareholders more say on executive pay.

Britain's largest companies will have to reveal the pay gap between their CEOs and average workers, under new government proposals.

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

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

Prices rose by 8.6% in England in the year to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. In comparison, property prices went up by 0.1% in Scotland and 0.8% in Northern Ireland, and fell by 0.3% in Wales, over the same period. Various surveys have suggested a pick-up in UK house prices after last summer's lull. The ONS said that property price rises in England were driven by an annual increase in the South East of England (up 11.7%), London (up 10.8%) and the East of England (up 9.8%). Excluding London and the South East, UK house prices increased by 5.1% in the 12 months to the end of January. Mark Posniak, managing director at Dragonfly Property Finance, said "England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland may be geographical neighbours but they could be thousands of miles apart in terms of house prices. "London will remain a formidable bastion of the UK's property market but for many its prices are an insurmountable obstacle. With interest rates unlikely to rise this year and the employment market as strong as it is, demand will remain." Average UK house prices increased by 0.9% from December to January, with the average home now valued at £292,000. Campbell Robb, chief executive of housing charity Shelter, said: "Last week's Budget brought no hope for ordinary people looking for a place, to rent or buy, to call home that they can actually afford. It's time for the government to get serious, and invest in the genuinely affordable homes that we desperately need." Chancellor George Osborne did announce the creation of a Lifetime Isa for those under 40 in April 2017. They will be able to save up to £4,000 each year into the Lifetime Isa, and receive a 25% contribution from the government each year, which can be used towards paying for a first home. Various surveys record UK house prices on a monthly basis, but they all have slightly different methodology. The house price index by the Nationwide Building Society is the quickest to be released. It uses an average value for properties after considering components such as location and size. The survey is based on its own mortgage lending which represents about 13% of the market. A survey by the Halifax, now part of Lloyds Banking Group, is published a few days later. Lloyds is the biggest mortgage lender in the UK with 20% of the market and, like the Nationwide, uses its own home loan data. Figures from the Land Registry are widely considered to be the most robust but are published much later than the lenders' data. It calculates the price change for properties that have sold multiple times since 1995. This survey only covers England and Wales. A survey is of house prices in Scotland is published by the Registers of Scotland, using a simple average of house prices. The Land and Property Services assisted by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency produces a quarterly house price index in Northern Ireland. The official UK statistical authority - the Office for National Statistics - is another well-regarded survey, used for reference by government. It offers a UK-wide regional breakdown. It draws on data from the regulated mortgage survey by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, so excludes cash buyers of property. Housing market sentiment is reflected in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) survey of some of its members. Various other surveys include a Hometrack review of house prices in UK cities, and a Rightmove survey of asking prices.

House prices have risen significantly in England in the past year in contrast to the rest of the UK, figures suggest.

The 21-year-old prop, who joined the club this summer under their Player Development Foundation scheme made his debut in the weekend win over Ospreys. "He had a nasty injury early on and he came back and we weren't happy with his fitness and form," Paver said. "He went to Redruth and I had a few doubts, we had a frank conversation and he's taken the bull by the horns." The former Launceston player spent the 2014-15 season with Plymouth Albion in the Championship, but did not start a league game during the Devon club's relegation season. But Paver says Chapman's performance in the British and Irish Cup win on Saturday has raised some eyebrows at the Mennaye. "I left him out there for 80 minutes, started him at loose-head, pushed him to tight-head, not many can do that but he can do that, and he put his hand up and he's really impressed me," he added. "The guys will give him a big slap on the back because he's valued within our squad and he's got an opportunity next week to back it up and that will be great for this young man. "The Championship is not an easy place to play your rugby and the British and Irish Cup is a good place to start from. If he can impress next week who knows."

Cornish Pirates coach Alan Paver says he has been impressed with Luke Chapman's commitment after injury.

K Prithika Yashini, who was born male but underwent gender reassignment surgery, applied to become a police sub-inspector in the southern state. But the state police board did not recognise a third gender, leading her to pursue a legal case against it. A court in Chennai (Madras) has now ruled in her favour. "I'm excited," Prithika was quoted as saying by India's NDTV network. "It's a new beginning for the entire transgender community." A ruling by two judges in Chennai's high court said: "The social impact of such recruitment cannot be lost sight of, as it would give strength to the case of transgenders. "Yashini must reach the finish line, and not be stopped and disqualified in the middle." India's supreme court recognised transgender people as a third gender last April, five years after the electoral commission added the category to ballot forms. The ruling meant the government had to provide transgender people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well as key amenities. There are an estimated two million transgender people in India. While the Times of India reports that Tamil Nadu police already have three transgender constables on their books, reports in other Indian media said Prithika will become the first officer in the country. Prithika was born Pradeep Kumar and left her parents' home before completing a computer studies course and undergoing surgery. She had wanted to be a police officer since being a child, Indian media said. The court also ruled that the result of a police physical test, which Prithika failed after being a second late in a 100-metre dash, was not valid.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to hire the country's first transgender police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced one applicant.

Nigeria international Ighalo, who has now scored 20 goals in 24 league games in 2015, beat Tim Krul at the near post for the 26-year-old's first early on. The striker then took Troy Deeney's pass to round Krul before the break. Daryl Janmaat gave Newcastle a lifeline from close range but Steve McClaren's side struggled to create chances despite moving off the bottom. The Magpies overtook fellow strugglers Sunderland after their 2-0 defeat by Bournemouth, representing one of the few positives on another miserable day for home supporters at St James' Park. They have seen their team win only three of 25 Premier League games in 2015 and despite a second-half improvement led almost single-handedly by Dutch right-back Janmaat, they have only scored three goals in six league games this season. Their depressing form matches last term when Newcastle were winless in their first seven league games before winning five in succession under former boss Alan Pardew. Click here to relive Watford's victory over Newcastle Click here for reaction from all of Saturday's games Former England boss McClaren said before the match that trying to turn around the fortunes of Newcastle, who narrowly missed out on relegation last season, was "a little bit like a car crash". Media playback is not supported on this device And his side looked bereft of drive in the first half where Watford broke quickly and had the finishing touch required in the form of the impressive Ighalo. Newcastle repeatedly attacked down the wings, but with only four of 40 crosses finding their target, and Papiss Cisse being withdrawn at half-time after missing one decent chance, there was a lack of cutting edge. Florian Thauvin was the most lively of Newcastle's attackers but it took Janmaat's intervention to get them back into the game, the full-back finishing well after a one-two with Moussa Sissoko. Boos rang out from some home supporters at the end of the game, and with Chelsea and Manchester City up next, McClaren's task is not about to get any easier. Ighalo provided the composure in front of goal that Newcastle were lacking as he extended a fabulous scoring run that has made him the most prolific striker in England's top four divisions this year. However, he was indebted to Watford skipper Troy Deeney, who was tireless in his support play and set up the second goal with a clever ball in behind the Newcastle defence. Three of Ighalo's four Premier League goals this season have been assisted by his strike partner. Deeney was not alone in putting in an impressive shift for the visitors. Once Watford had established their lead they defended superbly as Newcastle threatened from the flanks. A solid display by the Hornets' back four was aided by convincing performances from defensive midfielders Etienne Capoue and Ben Watson, who made his first Premier League start of the season. Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores was beaming at full-time, and with good cause after a performance in which his players always seemed to offer support to team-mates, whether in attack or defence. Newcastle boss Steve McClaren: "I am trying to change a lot and being here two-and-a-half months, it is very difficult to change things around quickly. I think Newcastle have won three games in the last 25, after a good run in November last year, so there is history there that needs changing and turning around." Media playback is not supported on this device Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores: "We deserved it because we played really well. We have a very positive mentality and we always think we can win games. "I am really pleased we have so much confidence. We are building a new team but we are playing as if we have played together for a long time." Match ends, Newcastle United 1, Watford 2. Second Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Watford 2. Offside, Newcastle United. Tim Krul tries a through ball, but Daryl Janmaat is caught offside. Attempt missed. Nyom (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Steven Berghuis. Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Jack Colback (Newcastle United). Odion Ighalo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Newcastle United. Gabriel Obertan replaces Florian Thauvin because of an injury. Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Ben Watson. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) because of an injury. Jack Colback (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Odion Ighalo (Watford). Foul by Florian Thauvin (Newcastle United). Nathan Aké (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford). Substitution, Newcastle United. Rolando Aarons replaces Massadio Haidara. Substitution, Watford. Nathan Aké replaces Jurado. Foul by Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United). Jurado (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt saved. Siem de Jong (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Offside, Newcastle United. Daryl Janmaat tries a through ball, but Moussa Sissoko is caught offside. Substitution, Watford. Steven Berghuis replaces Almen Abdi. Attempt missed. Florian Thauvin (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Attempt blocked. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Prödl. Florian Thauvin (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford). Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United). Craig Cathcart (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Siem de Jong (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daryl Janmaat with a cross. Attempt missed. Massadio Haidara (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Heurelho Gomes. Attempt saved. Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Thauvin. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Ikechi Anya. Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Almen Abdi with a cross following a corner. Corner, Watford. Conceded by Chancel Mbemba. Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ben Watson (Watford).

Newcastle's winless start to the season continued as Odion Ighalo's double led Watford to a second successive victory.