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For 60 years scientists have known that there was a bright mass on Pluto, but it was only through the increased resolution provided by the cameras on board New Horizons that detailed its distinctive heart shape. The shape, instantly beloved on social media, is believed to have been caused by an impact at some point in history. One side of the heart is smoother than the other. Researchers believe the crater is filled with frozen gases from the atmosphere - namely nitrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. However a false coloured photo from Pluto released by Nasa indicates that the heart is actually broken in two. The colours show different chemical signatures in the image. On the left it is a type of beige while on the right is a mosaic of blue, these indicate that the two parts had different geologic or tectonic origins. The initial image released by Nasa had a reddish hue, something that scientists have long known. It's very different from the other red planet, Mars, in that the colour of the more distant, tiny world is likely caused by hydrocarbon molecules called tholins, that are formed when solar ultraviolet light and cosmic rays interact with methane in Pluto's atmosphere and on its surface. "Pluto's reddening process occurs even on the night side where there's no sunlight, and in the depths of winter when the sun remains below the horizon for decades at a time," according to New Horizons co-investigator Michael Summers. New Horizons has provided more accurate information on the size and scope of Pluto. It's a little bigger than expected, about 80km wider than previous predictions, making it around two thirds the size of our moon. The increased dimensions mean that Pluto is likely to be made of less rock and more ice beneath its surface according to members of the mission team. The reclassification means that Pluto is now officially bigger than Eris, one of hundreds of thousands of mini-planets and comet-like objects circling beyond Neptune in a region called the Kuiper Belt. The relative lack of impact craters on Pluto suggested by the first image could be an indication that the surface of the dwarf planet is renewing, either by geological or atmospheric activity, such as erosion. Mission chief Alan Stern says there is evidence of "surface activity" on Pluto, a tantalising hint of earth-like tectonics "in its past or even its present". Nasa have dubbed one of the strange, darker regions of Pluto the "whale". Researchers say it is unusual to have contrasting bright and dark surfaces on objects in our Solar System, reflecting the fact that Pluto is far more complex than previously thought. Surface temperatures on Pluto are extremely cold, ranging from -172 to -238 degrees C depending on where it is on its 248 year orbit of the Sun. Since it passed the closest point to our star back in 1989, experts assumed that after that the dwarf planet started cooling. Some computer models even predicted that the atmosphere would have fallen as snow and disappeared. That hasn't happened. But the New Horizons Principal Investigator agrees that snow does likely fall on the distant body. "Pluto has strong atmospheric cycles, it snows on the surface, the snows sublimate and go back into the atmosphere each 248 year orbit," said Alan Stern. Little light has so far been shed on the moons of Pluto but the coloured image released yesterday indicates that Charon, the biggest, is covered with red material around its pole. Scientists believe that this stuff may be tholins that have escaped from Pluto's atmosphere. Experts believe that the mottled colours at lower latitudes point to a diversity of terrains on Charon. So far little detail has emerged about the other moons of Pluto except more accurate measurements of their size. Very slowly indeed. At a distance of 5bn kilometres from Earth and with a radio transmitter that can only output 12 watts, that means New Horizons is signalling across the Solar System with the equivalent power of a small LED bulb. The transfer rate is achingly slow, around 1kb per second - if things go really well it can reach a dizzying 4kb. That's slow even by 1980s standards. All this means that a black and white picture of Pluto would take over three hours to transmit. Even if massively compressed it would still take around 20 minutes. As Nasa is handling communications to several other missions at one time, it means that New Horizons has to wait in the queue for access to the Deep Space Network, the radio telescopes that communicate with distant probes. Getting all the data from the brief flypast of Pluto will take almost 16 months.

Now that the New Horizons probe has successfully flown past Pluto and confirmed to Nasa that it is all in one piece , researchers can look forward to a " @placeholder " of images and data from the strange , distant world over the next 16 months . But even though just a couple of pictures from the dwarf planet have been released so far , scientists are learning more from these than they have in years of attempted observations by telescope .

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Sixty-nine workers at Main Port Engineering Ltd (MPE) in Pembroke Dock were made redundant in October, with a further 88 jobs at risk. Administrators have now announced that 83 staff working at Valero oil refinery as MPE contractors will have their employment continued. Their contracts will be taken over by Cape Engineering Services. The transfer will take place on 14 November, and this includes the contracts of apprentices at the refinery. Roger Hale, joint administrator and director at PwC, said: "MPE has had a long tradition of employing people in the local area, and I am delighted that 83 jobs have been safeguarded following the transfer of the Valero site contract to Cape." Main Port Engineering provided services to the petrochemical industry but struggled to find customers after Milford Haven's Murco Oil Refinery closed.

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It happened at about 05:00 BST on Saturday at Oxford Street's junction with Berwick Street. Two males in the car and a woman passenger on the N55 bus were injured and taken to hospital. Police said they had arrested three occupants of the car - the two injured males and another who was unharmed. The Metropolitan Police said the car had been seen by officers on duty in a marked police car shortly before the collision. The vehicle "did not stop and made off" before crashing, police said.

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Simon Brown is travelling to Illinois with the Blind Veterans UK charity to share best practice methods with their American counterparts. The travelling group will meet with 11 veterans of the US Operation Iraqi Freedom injured during the Iraq war. Mr Brown, from Morley, was blinded in 2006 during a rescue mission in Basra. Mr Brown, 37, was a corporal in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers when he was shot in the face by a sniper, the bullet destroying his left eye and damaging his right eye. Back in the UK his cheekbones and nose had to be reconstructed using titanium, his jaw broken and remoulded and a prosthetic eye fitted. He is one of six members of Blind Veterans UK taking part in the week-long trip to the Department of Veterans Affairs' Central Blind Rehabilitation Center, near Chicago. Speaking about his American counterparts, he said: "We've been fighting together since World War One and if we can fight together we can get better together." He added: "We will be sitting through a normal week of their rehabilitation programme and our role will be about giving feedback about any changes that could be made and things that we thought were good. "In the UK we are very strong on the emotional side of support and they are very much more about practical support in America. "That's what we're taking out there, that more personal touch." The trip is the sixth organised between Blind Veterans UK and the Blinded Veterans Association. Mr Brown, who works as a communication and engagement officer for Blind Veterans UK , said the support the organisations offer is vital to helping service men and women recover. "It's given me my life back," he said. "They took me from a coma to full-time work in the space of six years. For people like me the support they offer is a lifeline."

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Mr Baker had been leader of the council for three years. Miss Haitham Taylor, who represents Shinfield South, secured two more votes to beat him to the top job. She is expected to be voted in as leader on 18 May at Wokingham's annual council meeting.

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Cockle beds on the Burry Inlet, near Llanelli, have been dying off every summer for the past 10 years. The exact cause is unknown and a previous study proved "inconclusive". Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will work with Bangor University experts and other UK research centres as part of the Europe-wide investigation into the unexplained cockle deaths. The three million euro (£2.6m) programme will look at fisheries in the UK and other European countries including Ireland, Spain, Portugal and France where cockle deaths have been harming their industries. But the owner of one of Wales' biggest cockle processors said he had lost confidence in NRW to get to the bottom of the problem. Ashley Jones, of Selwyn's Seafood, said: "After 12 years I would like to think that investigation works would have progressed and we would be getting closer to to finding out what the cause of the problem is. "Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government have done a small survey or research into the project in 2012 which identified 11 possible causes, all of which are still inconclusive, and I think that is unacceptable 12 years on. "We have an industry here that goes back hundreds of years and is worth a lot of money every year." Cockle fisher Neal Page said he has lost about £50,000 a year since a sewerage plant was moved inland. "Natural Resources Wales can count 10 million cockles here in May or June, but by the end of July there will be a couple of hundred," he said. Huwel Manley, operations manager for NRW, said the new investigation aims to address "unanswered questions" from the 2012 study. "Our aim is to manage a sustainable cockle fishery in the Burry Inlet that provides a regular income to licence holders, while leaving enough for stocks to replenish and to feed migratory birds," he said. "We'll benefit from having full access to data collected across Europe. And we'll consider any new evidence, as well as evidence from our cockle surveys, to help us better manage the fishery in the future." There will be more on this story on BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales programme at 12.30 BST on Sunday, 25 June.

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So said Ed Miliband. The role to be filled - prime minister. The decision to be taken - by you next May. The big theme of his speech was not the threats the country faces - he didn't mention the deficit once and he didn't say whether he would back RAF strikes on IS forces in Iraq or Syria - but his repeated insistence that together the country could build a better future It was a speech built on a single word - together - repeated over 50 times and a single theme - the claim that Labour, unlike the Tories, would not allow people to struggle on their own. There was also a single new policy announcement to capture it all. Extra funding for the NHS paid for, he claimed, not by extra borrowing or extra taxes on ordinary people but by taxing expensive houses, taxing the tobacco firms and hitting tax avoiding hedge funds. There was, of course, much more than that. He spelt out Labour's six 10-year goals over more than an hour. Some in the audience struggled to stay awake but Ed Miliband won't worry about that. He believes that what will win him the next election is not detailed policy but a different philosophy about how Britain ought to be governed.

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"The fall upon the bloom, will always flower in spring," he wistfully recites, like William Wordsworth via David Attenborough. "But, he doesn't need your number one." It sounds like a crazed fever dream or maybe something out of a Terry Gilliam movie, but it's comes from the wonderful world of online campaign videos for the Republic of Ireland's general election. The election has produced a bumper crop of bizarre clips aimed at pushing candidates all the way into the Irish parliament by way of a screaming viral hit. Irish people will go to the polls this week after a whirlwind campaign period following Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny's announcement of the election at the beginning of February. Since then the internet has been flooded with videos featuring everything from musical numbers to Hollywood spoofs, with candidates keen to fight the election battle online as much as on the doorsteps. The clip described above stars Father Joe McGrath, who cryptically urges the people of County Longford to vote for independent candidate James Morgan. The video is an quirky slice of viral-ready electioneering: Fr McGrath dances, he references Ancient Greeks and that's all before he's presented amongst the bushes. Another example is from Fine Gael parliamentary member Martin Heydon, whose special effects extravaganza makes Father Joe's effort look like something out of the silent era. The County Kildare candidate's three-minute promo is a full-blown Back to the Future parody, with Mr Heydon getting accosted by 'Doc Brown' who arrives in a DeLorean. "Quick Marty, you've got to come with me," he cries. "The future of Kildare South and the country depends on it." In this alternative timeline, it isn't Biff Tannen and his sports almanac threatening the future but the possibility Mr Heydon won't be re-elected. Meanwhile, Doc Brown is less concerned with getting plutonium to fuel the DeLorean's flux capacitor than getting a ring road built so he can get up to 88mph. Mr Heydon's blockbuster style clip isn't the only cinematic effort filmed for the election. Social Democrat candidate Gary Gannon's video, for example, flexes some directorial muscle by featuring an unbroken long take through the streets of Dublin. Other efforts, however, are considerably more rough and ready though no less creative. Some TDs, such as independent candidates Richard O'Donoghue and Michael Healy-Rae, have looked to hit the right notes with musical numbers. This glut of social media electioneering is a "new phenomenon that has emerged in the digital age", said Dr Jane Suiter, a senior lecturer on politics and media at Dublin City University. "Looking at the last election in 2011, that was expected to be the social media election," she said. "But, it was still very much about knocking on doors. "By-elections since then have seen much more social media being used, and more again now." According to Dr Suiter, Ireland has been heavily influenced by the political advertisements freely shown on US television - but there are elements that makes these clips unique to the Republic. "These videos make more sense here than in the UK because of the single transferable vote election system. "There are candidates from the same party campaigning for seats, whereas in the UK it's only a few candidates and there are more safe seats. "Here, it's different because there's a much more crowded field of candidates, who have to stand out more to be noticed. "These videos tend to focus on the achievements of candidates rather than the party, and what they've delivered or will deliver locally." Another factor, said Dr Suiter, is last year's marriage referendum in the Republic of Ireland that saw both sides heavily use online campaigning and social media to promote their message. Even the weather has played its part in the rise of the wacky political video. "It's harder to get people to go out canvassing in February," said Dr Suiter. "People have to be more creative to get their message out there." This is a reality that looks certain to intensify in future elections. "Research shows that it's coming up to 40% to 50% of young people getting most of their news from their phone and social media," she said. "Millennials are digital natives. The kids who are 12, 13, 14 will be the candidates soon enough and that's where they live, online. "So it's hard to escape the fact that this will become more common," she said. "There's no going back to the place where it was all about feet on the ground." Regardless of how people vote on 27 February, the Father Joes, County Kildare 'Doc Browns' and politically themed country tunes look set to be a permanent feature of Ireland's political landscape.

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"We had a beautiful terrace. Now I have nothing." Up until a few weeks ago Ramzi was the proud owner of the Palestinian Al Mukhrur restaurant just outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Now he presides over what looks like a bomb site, a grey scar in a beautiful, small valley, still lush from the winter's rains. At the beginning of May, Israeli forces flattened the restaurant. Ramzi shows me a mobile phone video of huge yellow diggers smashing through the roof, as he and his staff looked on helplessly "12 years' work was gone in 5 minutes," he says. His adjacent house where he lives with his wife and children is still standing. He says the Israelis told him they would be back to demolish that within the month. Israeli officials say Ramzi did not have the correct building permits. "In other countries too, people build restaurants in nice pastoral places without proper authorisations. They get a warning and then after a few years they are being demolished if they don't regulate their business," says Yigal Palmor, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman. But this is what Palestinians have called ethnic cleansing. The demolition of Palestinians' homes and businesses carried out by Israel in the West Bank. The United Nations here says there has been a huge rise in such activity in recent years. In 2011 it says more than 1100 Palestinians living in the West Bank were displaced, an 80% rise compared to 2010. It says in 2012 the numbers have continued to grow, with close to 600 Palestinians losing their homes so far this year. The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967 after it was captured in the Six-Day War, a conflict that the Arab nations lost. Under the 1993 Oslo peace accords, the West Bank was divided into three zones in what was supposedly a temporary measure meant to lead eventually to a full Palestinian state. In Area C, where most of the demolitions and evictions take place, it is extremely difficult for Palestinians to get permits to build. Much of the area is defined as a closed military zone by Israel. "Demolitions cause enormous human suffering [for Palestinians]. More than half the number of displaced people are children," says Ramesh Rajasingham of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.. "They consequently lose access to schools, they lose access to education." One school under threat lies in Jenba, a small Palestinian community of more than 200 people that lies in the Hebron Hills at the very southern end of the West Bank. It is remote: half an hour off the main road and for us involves a challenging ride in a four-wheel drive. Jenba lies in Area C. When we arrive, the children in the tiny two-classroom school are midway through English lessons. "He is tall," stutters a small boy as I duck my head through the doorway. Life is pretty basic in Jenba with many of the families living in caves cut into the hillside. But the village is threatened with demolition. The Israeli army wants the area for a firing zone. There has been a legal battle over the land's status running for more than a decade. The Israeli Defence Ministry is due to issue a ruling soon but a final decision could end up in Israel's Supreme Court. The United Nations estimates that more than 1,600 Palestinians could be evicted from villages in the area if the Israeli Defence Ministry wins the case. Sitting in his cave, I meet 72-year-old Hamid Jabareen, half blind and unsteady on his feet. "If the Israeli bulldozers come here they'll have to bury me alive," he says. "Where else are we supposed to go?" His grandchildren offer me a cup of hot sweet tea, very much welcome on what is a cold, wet day. Hamid says he was born in these caves and that his family lived in Jenba for generations before him. Outside, the farmers tend to their flocks around the village well. The water facilities and toilet blocks in the area were partly paid for by the British taxpayer under a UK government aid programme. Those facilities now face demolition. The British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt says the government has "serious concern" about the sharp rise in demolitions carried out by Israel. He said it caused "unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians" and was harmful to the Middle East peace process. He said in nearly all cases the demolitions were "contrary to international humanitarian law". Israel insists that it also demolishes illegal structures put up by Jewish people. But what infuriates Palestinians is that while it's extremely difficult for them to build in much of the West Bank, construction on large Jewish settlements continues. Just about every country, apart from Israel, says that settlements are illegal under international law. And the settlement expansion, coupled with the demolition of Palestinian homes, is happening on land where the Palestinian and Israeli leadership have said they want to build a future state of Palestine. But it is a state that many believe is becoming increasingly unlikely. The European Union would seem to agree. It issued a statement earlier this month, saying that Israel's settlement policies alongside the eviction of Palestinians was threatening "to make a two-state solution" impossible. Israel dismissed that statement as biased. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor blamed the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs here for briefing EU officials with misrepresentative data. But privately some Israeli officials admit they are increasingly concerned about criticism from the European Union. Back with Ramzi Kasiyah, standing amid the rubble of his former restaurant, he points to a hillside a few kilometres away. You can hear the dull rumble of construction. It is the Jewish settlement of Har Gilo. "I am lost for words," he replies, raising his hands despondently. Ramzi has erected a sign that reads "We'll be Back". I ask him, somewhat incredulously, if he plans to rebuild. "Yes," he smiles. "This is my life, my land. I'll be back." Land remains the key issue at the heart of the Middle East's most intractable conflict.

" Wood - fired barbecue was our speciality . Delicious , " says Ramzi Kasiyah as he picks his way gingerly over a pile of rubble and @placeholder metal . Broken glass crackles under his feet .

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Major Peake is currently on a six-month tour in space as a crewman on the ISS. The spaceman said the Scottish capital looked like it was enjoying some good weather - but some people replied that it was a bit cold on the ground. Major Peake's wife Rebecca grew up in Comrie, Perthshire. His shot of Edinburgh comes the day after he ran a space marathon. Major Peake ran the distance of the London race on a treadmill on the ISS - in three hours and 35 minutes.

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Carayol, 26, is back to full fitness after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury which had kept him out for 13 months. Last month he signed a two-year extension to his contract at Middlesbrough, having been on loan at Brighton, and he says he is now focused on establishing himself as an international with the Gambia. I've got quite a lot of support there already and I've not even played so hopefully I can live up to the hype when I do play and make a lot of people happy "I think it's been a long time coming, I've had a few times when they've invited me but it wasn't the right time for myself and my family," Carayol told BBC Africa Sport. "A few of the times I've had a little injury. So I didn't really want to come and perform half heartedly. I feel like it's the right time in my career now," Carayol explained. Carayol, who was born in Banjul, is targeting an appearance for The Scorpions in the forthcoming qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. "Obviously I've spoken to them. I'm looking forward to the official invite and look forward to representing the Gambia in the Africa Nations Cup qualifiers. "All my family's Gambian, so everyone's excited and I'm going to have a lot of pressure when I do get the chance to play. "But for me, it's the experience of a professional footballer to go and represent your country. I've got quite a lot of support there already and I've not even played so hopefully I can live up to the hype when I do play and make a lot of people happy." The Gambia have been drawn in Group M of the 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers, along with South Africa, Cameroon and Mauritania. Despite facing formidable opposition, Carayol believes his country can cause an upset by qualifying for the 2017 finals to be held in Gabon in two years' time. "I always see challenges as something you can overcome and that's why they put challenges in front of you. "At least even if we don't qualify, everyone can be proud of us and say that we gave it a right go. "But for me personally, I'm looking more forward to the challenge of playing international football." The Gambia's first 2017 Nations Cup qualifier is against South Africa next month. Before that, Carayol is concentrating on helping Middlesbrough's bid for promotion to the Premier League. The club have a 2-1 advantage over Brentford going into the home leg of their Championship play-off semi-final. "The boys are really confident. Keep my fingers crossed and hopefully we can get over the line and I can be a Premier League player next year." If Carayol does reach the Premier League with Middlesbrough, he may well come up against other African icons such as Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba - players who have made their name in England's top flight. "They're massive role-models because as a young African player, you always look towards the people that you can actually relate to. "Oviously I've not had the chance to play internationals yet, but I've spoken to a few close friends of mine. "Albert Adomah who's at Middlesbrough - who represented Ghana at the World Cup - and Yannick Bolasie who's a really close friend of mine who represented DR Congo in the Africa Nations Cup just gone. "And they've all told me good things about playing African football, so I'm excited. I can't wait to get the chance to go and kick a ball out there and show everyone what I can do."

Middlesbrough winger Mustapha Carayol says it is the " right time " in his career to commit his international @placeholder to the Gambia .

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The robot, built by Renishaw in Rhondda Cynon Taff, implanted probes into Denise Casey's brain. Mrs Casey, of Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, was diagnosed at 31 and has suffered up to six fits a day for the past 20 years. She said the preliminary success of the operation, previously not possible, "offered hope" to others. The robotic arm allows surgeons to operate on epilepsy sufferers who were previously untreatable. It is far more accurate at placing probes into a patient's brain and reduces the operating time significantly. Mrs Casey has not suffered any fits since her operation in March and said her life had "improved 100%". Before, she could not go out alone as a seizure would leave her not knowing where she was. "It's been remarkable, they said it was a robot and you think of something like that in the films. I know it's only been a couple of weeks, but so far it has been wonderful," she said. The surgeon who operated on Mrs Casey, William Gray, a professor of functional neurosciences at Cardiff University, said the robotic arm had "phenomenal accuracy". He said the operation would normally take more than four hours, but with the robotic arm it took 55 minutes. "I think it's a major step forward, this robot puts the instrument in the right place," he added. Renishaw also makes 3D printed body parts which are used in operations in Welsh hospitals.

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27 September 2016 Last updated at 17:13 BST The music festival began in New York several years ago and was held in London over the weekend. There are also plans for the festival to go to South Africa next year. BBC Africa's Mayeni Jones joined the London revellers, who felt the Afropunk gathering was also a chance to raise questions about black British identity.

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The Spaniard, who plays Dominic Thiem in the semi-finals on Friday, is just two wins from a record 10th French Open - 'La Decima' - and his first since 2014. "It's starting to be the way it was," Carlos Moya, who joined Nadal's coaching team in December, told BBC Sport. "That was one of the things that we wanted back, that the opponent feels he's playing Nadal again and if they want to beat him, they're going to have to work really hard." They might have to work hard but thus far Nadal's opponents haven't had to spend much time on court. The Spaniard, 31, has been getting them out of there in close to 90 minutes per match, reaching the semi-finals for the loss of just 22 games in five matches - the fewest games lost to this stage of a Grand Slam since best-of-five matches were introduced. Twelve months ago, Nadal was forced out of the tournament through injury, and two years ago he was brushed aside by Novak Djokovic. In 2017, he has looked unstoppable. There is no question Nadal has rediscovered his mojo on the clay, but opinion is divided over whether he is back to his very best. His new coach believes he's not far away. "I think he's really close to 100%," said Moya. "He's played some matches this year when his level was really good. "It's hard to compare with the old Rafa, but I think if he's not at the same level, he's close to that." Nadal might be the king of clay but his game looks increasingly like hard-court tennis on the red dirt. Successful in a stunning 76% of points behind second serves, and 69% of first serves, Nadal is then winning 62% of his points in under four shots, as opposed to just 15% in rallies of more than nine strokes. And it is his most famous shot that once again dominates Roland Garros. "The wheelhouse of the Nadal renaissance has been his forehand," says Craig O'Shannessy, strategy expert for Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the ATP World Tour. "He has hit 61 forehand groundstroke winners to the semi-final, with the majority hit straight down the line." The image of Nadal might be of long, grinding rallies from deep behind the baseline, but the reality in 2017 is that plan A is stepping in, opening up the court early, running around his backhand and cracking a forehand winner. Nadal has missed five Grand Slams through injury, and was forced out of last year's French Open with a wrist problem which saw him also miss Wimbledon and curtail his season after the US Open. The punishing nature of his baseline game led many to speculate from the early years that his would be a much shorter career than those of his rivals. However, rested and rehabilitated, he returned at the start of 2017 to reach his first Grand Slam final since 2014 in Australia, before once again dominating the clay-court season. "I think everybody is a little bit surprised by his performances again, but when he recovers physically 100%, he gets the confidence to fight," said former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. "I think being physically fit is the key to his performances right now. "He had no injuries in the last six months and I think it's very important for him to feel like this. "He's also recovering balls the same as before, impossible points that in the last year maybe we didn't see from him, because he couldn't move as well." One of the great coach-athlete relationships in sporting history will end this year when Toni Nadal - 'Uncle Toni' - steps away from life on the tour. The 56-year-old, who made the decision to change a natural right-hander to play left-handed, will return to the family's home of Majorca to concentrate on running his nephew's tennis academy. His departure lends an extra dimension to Nadal's quest for another title at Roland Garros, the place where he and Toni began an extraordinary story 12 years ago. "He always says one of the biggest things for him is to have his family very close," said Ferrero. "So to have his uncle as somebody who is there all the time in important moments, bad times, injuries, everything - of course Toni is one of the important people he'll always have in his life." The succession plan is well under way, however, with former French Open champion Moya brought on board in December. "It makes me very proud," said Moya. "I know who I am with, how big in the history of this sport he is, so I try to make the most of every day I have with him. "It's been a learning experience for me." There were widespread calls for a change in the Nadal team when he went through his prolonged slump, and Ferrero believes Moya's introduction will bring a new dimension to the coaching set-up. "To have someone on the team like Carlos, who knows all the time what is going on in the match because he played on the tour, I think it's very important to have someone who can then go to the locker room and talk about the match," added Ferrero. "Rafa can talk with Toni as well but Carlos went through all the matches like he did, so it's something Rafa didn't have before." You might think that nine titles and a 77-2 career record would make Nadal stride through the gates of Roland Garros with at least a hint of a swagger. "I won here nine times," said the Spaniard, "and every year that I won I was unbelievably happy, but every year that I came back, I was unbelievably nervous." If Nadal carries that feeling with him as a matter of course, the looming prospect of making almost unfathomable tennis history must be an added burden. Victory in Sunday's final would make him the first player to win any of the Grand Slam titles 10 times in the open era, and only the second ever after Margaret Court's 11 Australian Open wins. "La Decima? No, no, no," said Moya, when asked if it was a subject of discussion in Team Nadal. "You know that it's there but it's coming more from the press and the people and the fans, than from Rafa and his team. "We know it's there but we believe also it can add some extra pressure, so we don't talk about that. "He probably does feel more pressure at this time of year, especially here. "Every year he's coming, he's defending champion most of the time, or if not he knows it's the tournament he has the biggest chances to win, so there's always some extra pressure here." There have been plenty of people keen to re-anoint Nadal as the king of clay based on his resurgence this season, but the real tests still lie ahead. The average rank of his opponents so far at Roland Garros has been 39, with Roberto Bautista Agut the highest at 18 in the world. Now comes a step up against Thiem, the young Austrian who inflicted Nadal's only clay-court defeat of 2017 with a stunning performance in Rome. Get through that, and he faces a final against world number one Andy Murray or former champion Stan Wawrinka. So is a Nadal victory inevitable? "It's difficult to say," said seven-time Grand Slam champion John McEnroe. "That's why I wanted to see him and Novak play in the semis - we could see is he really playing better than ever? "Certainly he's intimidating, there's no doubt, and he's the guy to beat. But I don't think it means it's over quite yet."

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Ashley Young's arrival from Aston Villa comes swiftly after the signing of Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers, with Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea and a high-class midfield player also expected to make the move to Old Trafford. The loss to Barcelona in the Champions League final at Wembley did not exactly do United a favour but it would have confirmed in Ferguson's mind that his side was obviously on the wane. Some may have been fooled into thinking everything was OK given United's success in the Premier League but they were the best of a bad bunch last season and Ferguson is brutally realistic. I stand by my belief that he dragged those players to the title and would have claimed the crown with any of the other top sides had he been in charge of them. United were awful for long spells last season and really suffered against Barcelona - the fact they won the league was a work of art in itself How United won the title playing as badly as they did away from home, where they were abysmal on so many occasions, was almost beyond belief. Ferguson will have been well aware that they might not have been so lucky next season. Ferguson had two factors to address. First, the team was awful for long spells last season and really suffered against Barcelona. Secondly, the natural passage of time has resulted in the retirements of Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, while Ryan Giggs is edging ever nearer towards the end of his career. Giggs was magnificent last season but can you see him having another season like that at the age of 37? I can't. Ferguson has bought defender Jones, who is only a youngster and is clearly a signing for the future. Young, a winger, is a proven, fabulous player with great delivery who will add much. If you watched United last season, they were weak all over. The fact that they won the league was a work of art in itself, the sign of a great club and a great manager, with Ferguson as the key component. If I was Ferguson I would break the bank to land Luka Modric -he is a class act The loss of Scholes and the fact that Giggs is another year closer to the end of his career means Ferguson is almost certain to strengthen in midfield. He has been linked with Tottenham's Luka Modric and Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan, both fabulous players. I do not know where Modric is going, or even if he is going because Spurs chairman Daniel Levy gave Chelsea very short shrift last week, but if I was Ferguson I would break the bank to land the Croatian. He fits the bill perfectly. Modric is a class act and his performance when Spurs won at Liverpool on the final day of last season was as good as it gets. When the ball comes to him, he doesn't just instinctively know his three options, he knows the best one to take. He also always has time and space in abundance - the hallmark of the great player. Ferguson will obviously recruit a goalkeeper to replace Van der Sar, who was a major reason for their success last season and has been for the last five years. De Gea appears to be the chosen one but the hardest person to replace in your team is always the goalkeeper, as proved by United's struggles to find a quality successor to Peter Schmeichel. Bringing a foreign keeper into the English game is always hit and miss because a big part of the game here is the ball into the box. We have seen the likes of Heurelho Gomes struggle to cope with that aspect of the game whereas Van der Sar was consummate and his communication skills were wonderful. De Gea is only a young boy, so it will be very intriguing to see how he goes if he does sign for United. Retirement and age have taken some of Ferguson's best players out of the equation but he is a master when faced with this sort of situation. He will also be aware of the challenges coming from elsewhere. United and Chelsea undoubtedly came back towards the pack last season, while Manchester City may feel they will never have a better chance of winning the Premier League than next time around. They will spend, Roman Abramovich will back new Chelsea boss Andre Villlas-Boas, while over at Anfield, where not much escapes Ferguson's attention, they now have the Kenny Dalglish factor. Liverpool will clearly strengthen their squad this summer and there is still the feel-good factor following Dalglish's arrival, which galvanised the whole club. Luis Suarez will also be ready for his first full season in the Premier League. The striker was sensational after coming to Anfield in January. But history tells us there is nobody better at coming out on top in a pressurised position than Ferguson. He clearly means business after taking stock of the current condition of his squad. And you would never back against him - you can't back against him - because if he can take his team to the title playing the way they did last season then they would have to start as favourites next season as he begins the process of building his latest Old Trafford model. Alan Hansen was talking to BBC Sport's Phil McNulty

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London Fire Brigade (LFB) said it believed the faulty Indesit appliance was the cause of the blaze in Shepherd's Bush in August. The LFB said parent company Whirlpool should change its advice to customers so that any dryers waiting to be modified are not used. Whirlpool said the safety of consumers "is our number one priority". The blaze engulfed part of the 18-storey high rise block and took 120 firefighters to bring under control. No on was injured. Dave Brown, director of operations at LFB, said: "This fire has highlighted just how dangerous faulty white goods can be. "Disappointingly though, Whirlpool have still not changed their advice to consumers." A Whirlpool spokesman said: "While we understand that LFB has concluded its investigation into the incident, Whirlpool's independent forensic investigations are still ongoing and in the circumstances, it would be inappropriate to comment further." "The safety of consumers is our number one priority and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that the tumble dryer modification programme is carried out in a safe and timely manner." Consumer Minister Margot James said: "Customer safety must be the number one priority for manufacturers. "I acknowledge that Whirlpool are making great efforts to modify and replace at-risk machines, but I believe additional action is required to reassure customers and the public. "I will be writing to the company to set out my concerns and expectations."

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Police, three coastguard teams, a search and rescue helicopter and Mid Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to Cardigan Bridge, Cardigan, at 13:15 GMT on Sunday. Teams searching the River Teifi were stood down at about 16:30. The Coastguard said the search would continue at 09:00 on Monday.

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Investors holding Argentine bonds and lawyers for the government attended a hearing in New York for the first time since Argentina defied an order to pay. "Nothing that has happened this week has removed the necessity of working out a settlement," the judge said. The bond-holders, which Argentina calls "vulture funds," are demanding a full payout of $1.3bn (£766m). The bonds were bought by hedge funds NML and Aurelius Capital Management for a fraction of their face value in the aftermath of Argentina's economic collapse in 2001. The South American nation defaulted on its debts at the time. It has since renegotiated its debts with 92% of the creditors who agreed to settle for one-third of they were originally owed. However, the hedge funds bought up a large chunk of the remaining distressed debt at low prices, and demand to be paid the full face value of their holding. On Wednesday Argentina refused to pay. The government had expected their dispute to go all the way to the US Supreme Court, which would have bought the country more time. In June, the Supreme Court declined to hear Argentina's appeal against the decision of a lower court that made it liable for the money. Mr Griesa ordered Argentina to pay the hedge funds and blocked any payments to other creditors. "The only sensible way" to solve the crisis, Mr Griesa said, "is to go forward on the path that has been started". Argentina has accused Mr Griesa and the court-appointed mediator, Daniel Pollack, of being biased in favour of the funds. Argentina denies it is in default. It says it has the money to pay the vast majority of its creditors and has not done so only due to the court's ruling. "To say we are in default is a huge stupidity," said Economy Minister Axel Kicillof on Thursday. "Judge Griesa took the side of the vulture funds throughout the negotiations. As I mentioned before, the negotiating table was tilted towards them," he told journalists. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addressed the nation on Thursday night to defend its decision not to sign an agreement that would harm her country's interests. She later addressed supporters at the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada. "It would have been easier for me to sign it, but I wouldn't be able to sleep and I wouldn't like to go down in history like that," said Ms Fernandez. She is in the final year of her second term in office and is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. Mr Griesa urged Argentina to focus on a solution for the problem. "Let's cool down with ideas of mistrust. What can be trusted are facts. What can be trusted are proposals. This is not a personality contest," he said. Argentina fears that a deal with the investment funds would have an impact on the deals signed between 2005 and 2010. The bond-holders who agreed to settle for a third of what they were owed might be entitled to be paid in full. In that case Argentina would not be able to honour its commitments.

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The car was filmed driving on the Barton Bridge section of the M60 earlier this week by another motorist's camera. Greater Manchester Police said it was "incredibly reckless driving" and it was investigating the footage. It is thought the driver was travelling at 50mph (80km/h) at the time. A police spokesman said: "Not only is this motorist a risk to themselves and a risk to others, the driver is committing a criminal offence by driving with an impaired windscreen. "It takes just ten minutes to defrost a windscreen but a split second to cause a serious accident."

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5 January 2017 Last updated at 17:26 GMT In 2014, China's government said they were working hard to reduce the amount of pollution in the air. But for big cities like Beijing, air pollution levels can still be high for most of the year. People have been saying this week's smog is the worst case ever, and it's been causing all sorts of problems. Find out what it's like for one child, Sophie, living in Beijing.

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For the first time in 23 years, the country will be home to a Formula 1 race and this time, the drivers won't be the ones who have most at stake. The return of Mexico's Grand Prix is part of a bid to boost the standing of the country that has long had a reputation for being somewhat sleepy and economically impoverished. An F1 race puts it on the global sporting map alongside developed nations and trading partners like the United States and Britain. Tavo Hellmund, the American entrepreneur who was the mastermind behind the US GP in Austin and its track, the Circuit of the Americas, is one of the driving forces behind the Mexican race. He believes it is on track to attract a 120,000-strong crowd and beat all previous attendance records. But he admits that its reappearance on the F1 calendar is down to luck as much as desire. "All of the stars have aligned to bring F1 back to Mexico as we have two hugely talented athletes flying the flag in the form of Ferrari's test driver Esteban Gutiérrez and Sergio Perez at the wheel for Force India. "We also have Enrique Pena Nieto, a dynamic young president who is passionate about motorsport and has provided the support needed to give the race a green light." The Mexican GP first raced onto the F1 calendar in 1963 and became a fan-favourite thanks to memorable on-track action, including victories by British world champion Nigel Mansell. He famously passed Austrian driver Gerhard Berger on the outside of the sweeping Peraltada corner in 1990 and won the country's final grand prix two years later. The race dropped off the F1 calendar because the city centre track, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, fell into disrepair. At the same time that upgrades were needed, Mexico was being priced out of F1. An increasing number of emerging markets were attracted to the sport and their governments were prepared to pay top dollar to host an F1 race, promoting themselves to the sport's global television audience that hit 425 million people last year. This drove up the F1 race-hosting fee, with Mexico understood to be paying $25m (£16m) annually to regain its place at the F1 table. It is a price that President Nieto thinks is worth paying. The 48 year-old took office in December 2012, precisely the time at which the exciting new breed of Mexican F1 drivers were emerging. Esteban Gutiérrez joined Sauber in 2013, but Ferrari's talent spotters snapped him up this year. Sergio Perez started in 2011 and also began at Sauber. Two years later, he switched to McLaren before moving to Force India for 2014. He soon proved his worth by finishing third at the Bahrain GP in April last year, repeating the trick at the Russian GP earlier this month before finishing fifth in last weekend's US grand prix. This has helped rev up home support for F1 in the run up to this weekend's Mexican race. "Projected attendance in Mexico is probably around 110,000, and when you count personnel, teams, cleaners, security you're probably looking about 120,000," says Mr Hellmund. It dwarves the race's peak attendance of 100,000 in 1992, according to motorsport statistics database Forix. "They could have sold 300,000 on race day this year, but the price is a lot for Mexico, if not for Formula 1," says Mr Hellmund. Tickets start at $91, rising up to $1,132, which is just shy of the $1,300 peak for the US GP - the race's closest competitor geographically. The difference is that Mexico is one of the poorest nations on earth. In July, government social development agency Coneval reported that the poverty rate increased last year to 46.2%, equivalent to 55.3 million people in the nation of nearly 120 million. The population is concentrated in Greater Mexico City, which is home to 21.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world. It is the city's ardent fan-base that caught Mr Hellmund's attention. This weekend's race is a homecoming for him as his late father, Gustavo Hellmund-Rosas, was responsible for the Mexican GP returning in 1986 after a 15-year absence. Mr Hellmund was a born promoter and seized the moment a decade ago when the US GP was in the middle of a turbulent eight years at Indianapolis. In 2007, the city finally severed its ties with F1 and this was the catalyst for Mr Hellmund's bid to bring the US GP to Austin, where he now lives. "It was always the plan to get Austin up and running then get a second grand prix in Mexico," he says. "It has history and a personal attachment because of my father's relationship with it." The plan was driven by Mr Hellmund and his counterpart in Mexico, Alejandro Soberon, chief executive of the world's third largest live entertainment company, Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE), which is promoting the race and leases the track. "I had to convince Bernie [Ecclestone] that I had found the right location for the race and that I had found the right partners in CIE," says Mr Hellmund. F1 has raised Austin's profile internationally and Mr Hellmund is confident Mexico will share the same glow. "I think they will sustain it for at least five years. A lot of the ticket deals sold to the public in Mexico are tied up for that long - more than 20%. There's enough of a following and a passion for motorsport in Latin America that having local drivers is not an absolute necessity, but I think it certainly helps." On Sunday, all eyes in Mexico will be on them.

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In 2008 and again in 2012 a liberal coalition of minorities, college-educated whites and single women gave Barack Obama more than enough votes to comfortably win the presidency. Can it hold fast after he exits the stage next year? A two-term presidency can paper over a host of fissures within a political movement. The longer a party stays in power, the more competing interests are liable to grow dissatisfied with their share of the governing pie. Sometimes the centre holds. In 1988, for instance, George HW Bush rode to power on the strength of the Ronald Reagan governing coalition. By 1992, however, the foundation had given way, as fiscal and social conservatives revolted, ushering in eight years of Democratic rule and pushing the Republican Party farther to the right. At the Netroots Nation conference of left-wing activists in Phoenix, Arizona, last week, the fault lines within today's Democratic Party were on full display. And while Mrs Clinton was more than a thousand miles away, honouring "prior commitments" in Iowa and Arkansas, the events that transpired in the desert this weekend should give her pause. There's no question, for instance, that the enthusiasm and support for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' insurgent presidential campaign is real. He's climbed in polls over the past few weeks, and on Saturday night 11,000 turned out to hear the firebrand socialist give one of his 60-minute stem-winders. On the menu was a heavy dose of liberal red meat - including condemnation of the "billionaire class" and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, expanding government-run healthcare programmes, raising the minimum wage and tuition-free college education. "Bernie Sanders stands up for what's just and right," says conference attendee Jean Devine of Phoenix. "He's for the Democratic ideals of equality for all people and for the rich not being able to buy elections." While in Arizona, campaign supporters hoisted banners and toasted their man at a local nightclub with cleverly named cocktails like "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Vermont Treehugger" (with maple syrup-infused whiskey). There was a point in time when Mrs Clinton was the cool Democrat. She had her own internet meme. She was near universally beloved by party faithful. Now, however - at least among the rank and file at Netroots Nation - Mr Sanders is the candidate of the hour. The Vermont senator has given voice to the frustration and anger that some on the left feel over the current state of US politics. They helped elect Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, but their goal of enacting a full progressive agenda seems to them far from realised. "Bernie's looking pretty good," says Hanna Roditi of Connecticut. "He's the only one who doesn't cater to corporations. The policies that he supports have more to do with people's needs." The most common adjectives used to describe Mrs Clinton in Phoenix, on the other hand, were "calculating," "cautious" and "corporate". "I won't vote for her," Roditi says, adding that if Mr Sanders doesn't win the Democratic nomination she'll write in his name on the general election ballot. The establishment - whether in the government or the Democratic Party - was a source of anger time and again at the conference. During a Thursday afternoon panel discussion, EJ Juarez, director of Progress Majority Washington - singled out Democratic campaign managers in particular for betraying their party's progressive ideals. "We ceded a lot of the soul of our values off to contractors who don't often adopt the equity principles we talk about," he said. "They aren't talking the same language." On Friday morning Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a champion of the left, used her keynote address to rail against an "insider Washington" that ignores the liberal priorities of the nation at large - on issues like gun control, income inequality and tighter Wall Street controls. "The American people are progressive, and our day is coming," she said. After calling out the financial behemoth Citigroup by name, she said the US government - even during the Obama administration - has been dominated by Wall Street insiders. She then offered some advice for candidates seeking the presidency. "I think that anyone running for that job - anyone who wants the power to make every key economic appointment and every key nomination - should say loud and clear we don't run this country for Wall Street and mega-corporations, we run it for people," she said to cheers. It was likely a barb aimed at Mrs Clinton - who has been criticised by some on the left for being in the thrall of big-money donors - and set the stage for the Saturday's presidential town hall forum featuring Mr Sanders and fellow candidate Martin O'Malley. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, however - evidence of yet another frayed fibre in the Democratic electoral quilt. Mr O'Malley took the stage first, and about 20 minutes into his question-and-answer session a group of several dozen protesters from the group Black Lives Matter interrupted the proceedings with chants, songs and shouts. Tia Oso, leader of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, commandeered a microphone and asked the former Baltimore mayor what he would do to "begin to dismantle structural racism in the United States". Mr O'Malley was met by boos when he said: "Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter." (He would later apologise, saying he did not want to "disrespect" the passion and commitment of the protesters.) The demonstrations continued for Mr Sanders. At one point the senator snapped: "If you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to outscream people". He would later cancel previously scheduled afternoon meetings with conference attendees, including one with the Black Lives Matter group. By evening, however, the Bernie show was back. The Phoenix conference centre was packed with the campaign loyalists in a display of grass-roots support outpacing even the 10,000 who turned out just weeks earlier in Madison, Wisconsin. Unlike that Mid-west liberal bastion, however, Arizona is decidedly conservative - an indication that the senator is drawing power across the country. The true-believing left does have a history of rallying behind unvarnished candidates like Mr Sanders, however, and they have met with limited success. Paul Tsongas in 1992, Bill Bradley in 2000 and Howard Dean in 2004 are but a few of the men who failed to translate big crowds and energetic support into primary victories. Mrs Clinton must hope that the Sanders campaign meets with a similar fate - and when it does, that progressive loyalists like conference attendee Pam Miles of Huntsville, Alabama return to the fold. "Bernie Sanders says everything that I feel," Miles says. "He's a dynamo, he is a truth-teller, he speaks truth to power. I love Bernie." She adds, however, that she'll be happy to back Mrs Clinton if she gets the nomination. She says she's keen to avoid the kind of intra-party discord that marred the Clinton-Obama battles of 2008. "In '08 it was absolutely horrible," she says. "It broke friendships, it hurt feelings. I'm not going to do that this time." As for the Black Lives Matters activists who became the surprise story of Phoenix, Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post asked Mrs Clinton how she would have responded to the protesters during a Facebook question-and-answer session on Monday. "Black lives matter. Everyone in this country should stand firmly behind that," she replied. "We need to acknowledge some hard truths about race and justice in this country, and one of those hard truths is that that racial inequality is not merely a symptom of economic inequality. Black people across America still experience racism every day." She went on to recommend body cameras for US police officers, sentencing reform, voting rights and early childhood education. Unlike her Democratic competitors, Mrs Clinton had the luxury of time to respond to this latest challenge. Whether it will be enough to weather what could be a coming storm, however, remains to be seen.

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Greenbank (IOM) wanted permission in principle to build up to 200 houses and a 100-bed care unit on the site. It claimed more than 60 permanent jobs would be created and about £500,000-a-year generated for the local economy. The committee moved to reject the plans but a full council meeting will now decide on whether they can progress. The developers have offered more than £250,000 towards upgrading water and drainage infrastructure in the area. They have also said they would construct a "fully equipped" youth centre on the site. However, planning officers remained unconvinced by the proposals. They said the development was outside the "settlement boundary" for Gretna and there were not sufficient grounds to allocate the land for development.

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Courts such as Stirling, Kilmarnock and Dundee were jailing nearly 20% of women appearing before them, compared to 7% in Edinburgh and 5% in Airdrie. The judiciary said it was not appropriate for an active sheriff to be interviewed for the programme, but retired sheriff Peter Gillam gave the view from the bench. He served as a sheriff from 1991 until 2013, and said the variations reflected the independence of the judiciary. He said: "Obviously there is now, as I understand it, a board set up for advising on sentence to the judiciary. "But every judge is his own person or her own person, and they all have different ways of dealing with things, they all have different views and they are all independent. "There has to be a certain degree of uniformity and that is undoubtedly enforced by the existence of an Appeal Court so anyone who does something which is particularly outrageous, as far as what is perceived to be the appropriate way of dealing with people, that can be corrected. "But variety is the spice of life and I think that it would be wrong to try to dragoon the judiciary into dealing with things which they believe to be the correct way of dealing with things. "They have local knowledge, they know the person, they have full information and they deal with it to the best of their ability and you have to trust that person to deal with it in that particular way."

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But the Tories and Labour are today behaving as if the risk of another such shock in the current parliament is nil, because in different ways they've both limited their room to offset the impact of one. And history would teach us that the economy tends to go pop when we least expect it. So what have they announced? Well the Tories have said they would legislate within 100 days of forming a government to make it illegal for a chancellor during the life of the next parliament to raise income tax rates, VAT or National Insurance. There are a couple of things to say about this. First some will see it as a blatant admission that what politicians say, in their manifestos and elsewhere during an election campaign, isn't to be trusted. If we need a new law to convince us Tories won't put up taxes, that implies everything else they've promised during the election campaign is in the category of good intentions, which could be abandoned the moment the going gets tough. Which is hardly likely to reinforce our confidence in the political class. David Cameron would probably say he's prepared to take that risk, because he wants to reinforce the so-called brand of the Conservative Party that it will take as little money as necessary from us to maintain the public services we see as essential - and wants to imply that Labour is less responsible with our precious income. But it is odd, perhaps, that he won't make the same legislated commitment not to put up business taxes or rates, given that he has been frantically positioning the Tories as the pro-business party, in contrast to Ed Miliband's putative anti-business stance. But if businesses aren't to get legislated protection for the corporation tax and rates they pay, they might begin to fear they are the thin end of the Conservatives' no-tax-rises wedge. And then there are a couple of points to make about the conventional view of how best to run an economy. First is that orthodoxy in the Treasury for donkey's years has been that no chancellor should have his or her hands bound (one golden day there'll be a "her") in respect of what taxes can be increased or cut - because no chancellor can possibly have the gift of perfect foresight in regard to what economic circumstances may demand. So it is striking that George Osborne - who would presumably remain chancellor if the Tories are re-elected - has agreed that raising more money from income tax, NI and Vat is off limits - it deprives him of revenue-raising flexibility in respect of the three big taxes, which collectively are forecast to raise 65% of all taxation next year. In other words, he has restricted his fiscal room for manoeuvre by two thirds. Now that may or may not reassure voters, but it may not reassure credit rating agencies. How so? Well the UK still has one of the top-notch ratings for its debt, which helps the government to borrow at interest rates which are less than zero (adjusting for inflation). But the AAA and almost-AAA ratings given to us by assorted agencies are based in part on the idea that we have a robust economy able to raise whatever taxes are required to fill a hole, as and when the economy is knocked off track. So it is a bit odd perhaps that the Tories are sending out a signal that there are certain taxes that cannot be adjusted in an upward direction. That said I imagine any no-tax-rises law would contain some kind of force majeure clause, allowing it to be over-ridden in a fully-fledged fiscal crisis. But if that's the case, why bother with the law in the first place. So to get back to where I started, the law is only compelling at all if you believe there can't possibly be a serious economic setback in the next parliament. And that would seem an eccentric assumption to make, after looking around the world - in that the potential for accidents to occur everywhere from Beijing, to Frankfurt to Moscow is not de minimis. To be clear, a similar point can be made about Ed Miliband's pledge today that he would increase tax credits at least in line with inflation every year - in that there may be circumstances when saving a bit of money by being a bit meaner with them would be in the national interest. But in his case he is not planning a law to guarantee these increases. Or at least he hasn't spoken of such a law yet, although there are eight days left of this intriguing election campaign.

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The pets are all thought to have been poisoned on the Hambleton estate in Thirsk between February and April. North Yorkshire Police is jointly investigating the deaths with the RSPCA. Cat owners in the area are being urged to be vigilant to any changes in their pets' behaviour and to check garages and gardens for any spillages. PC Clare Mayes said: "If your cat appears to be lethargic or unsteady on their feet, you need to seek urgent veterinary assistance. "The sooner your pet receives treatment, the better their chances of survival."

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All three and four-year-olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare per year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year. The coalition government expanded this to the most deprived two year olds. From September, three and four-year-olds in England will be entitled to 30 free hours of care per week in term time. The government has also introduced a new scheme for tax-free childcare, aimed at working parents earning less than £100,000 a year each. And parents can claim back up to 85% of childcare costs if they are eligible for universal credit. In Scotland, three and four-year-old children are eligible for 600 hours of free early learning and childcare per year - about 16 hours every week during term time. In Wales, all three and four-year-olds are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of free foundation phase early education. The Welsh government is running a pilot scheme that is offering 30 hours a week for 48 weeks a year. In Northern Ireland, under the pre-school education programme, there is an allocation of funded places for children in the year before they start school.

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"Well, I suppose Jeremy will need a Chief of Staff, won't he?" joked John McTernan, a former adviser to Tony Blair, on his way into seeing his old boss set out his diagnosis of Labour's problems. Hours earlier, Mr McTernan had described Labour MPs who offered left winger Jeremy Corbyn their support just to ensure he made the shortlist of Labour candidates, rather than because they supported him, as "morons". Other occasions, when talking to Labour MPs, resemble a wake: lots of animated talk about the past, just don't mention the future. Sometimes as a political correspondent, the most telling remarks, the best quotes, are muttered in private conversations you have with politicians. It is what we call being off the record - we offer the politician anonymity, in exchange for complete candour from them. But who needs off the record with lines like this: Tony Blair was asked about Jeremy Corbyn's outlook: "People say, my heart says I really should be with that politics. Well get a transplant, because that's just daft." "We are in danger of becoming the political equivalent of Millwall Football Club. Their chant? `No one likes us, we don't care.' So said shadow cabinet minister Mary Creagh in the New Statesman. The message has even crossed the Atlantic: "My party is suffering a relapse," the Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has told an audience in Washington. So what is going on? This is about so, so much more than a single YouGov poll - suggesting Jeremy Corbyn might win the Labour leadership - which may turn out to be drivel. It is, instead, about something much, much deeper. The other day on Radio 4's Today Programme, I described what was happening to Labour as "the cries of pain of a party still deeply wounded after its heavy election defeat". One or two Labour activists accused me of indulging in a spot of journalistic hyperbole. And let's be honest, that kind of accusation levelled at a reporter is often a fair cop. It was nothing more than a difference of opinion, some listeners told me. Well, it was definitely a difference of opinion. But here are ten reasons why it might be a symptom of much more than that: 1) Labour's defeat was, to many, unexpected. 2) The scale of Labour's defeat was, to many, more unexpected still. Net result: gloomy activists wonder what the future holds. 3) Those on the right of the party say the reason is obvious: Labour was too left wing. Net result: They argue the party has to move to the right, and point passionately and in no uncertain terms to Tony Blair as proof of it. 4) Those on the left of the party say the reason is obvious: Labour was too right wing. Net result: They argue the party has to move to the left, and point passionately and in no uncertain terms to the SNP's success as proof of it. 5) So who's the enemy for Labour? It depends who you ask. 6) A chunk of the Labour movement, its left, has, for years, felt sidelined, belittled, scorned and ignored. Suddenly, in Jeremy Corbyn, they have a standard bearer with a platform, offering a clear, socialist platform. Net result: He can give straight answers to straight questions, his supporters are upbeat and in the spotlight, his three rivals do rather more caveating, triangulating and not answering questions so clearly. Or even, whisper their critics, are being boring and saying nothing. 7) Two of the Labour leadership candidates, Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham, served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury when Labour was in government, at a time when Labour faces questions about its economic credibility because of its time in government. One, Andy Burnham, was also Health Secretary - meaning questions about the deaths at Stafford Hospital would keep coming too. Net result: Some Labour activists fret these are hostages to fortune. 8) Supporters of Ed Miliband said one of his greatest achievements was keeping the party united. Net result: this internal combustion has been a long time coming 9) Conservatives are gleeful - and quickly nicking as many Labour policies they think are worth nicking as they can Net result: when Tories are cranking up the minimum wage and talking about 'one nation,' where is the turf for Labour, mutter some. 10) Throw one to nine into the pot, shake, stir, throw in an added dose of 1 and 2 and you arrive at... the current situation.

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Taylor was the most popular member of the most popular pop band in Britain. They epitomised the glamour and excess of the 1980s and Taylor has detailed his exploits in his autobiography In The Pleasure Groove. Magazines like Smash Hits and No 1 could not get enough of them - so I dug into the National Pop Magazine Archive (otherwise known as my wife's collection in our cellar) to find questions from old interviews to put to Taylor again now, to see how his answers have changed. "When I look at some of the interviews I can't believe how arrogant I was," he says. Q: Do you still consider yourself a young man? If not when did you stop thinking you were? (No 1 magazine, December 1985) John's answer now: "No, I made a very definite decision a couple of years ago [when he was 50 - ed] that I was now middle aged. And it was actually a really good decision to make, because I'd been feeling like a very tired young man for quite a few years, and making that acknowledgement, suddenly I felt like a very sprightly and hip middle aged guy." Back in 1985, John said he ceased thinking of himself as in the first flush of youth that year. "That's not to say I consider myself old though. I just feel a more responsible human being," he told the magazine. Q: Looking back, is there anything you regret doing? (No 1, around late 1985/early '86) JT: "Not really. Maybe I wished I'd played on Come Undone. I'd gone back to LA. We'd put that album to bed and I said: 'I'm not coming back for one more song.' Maybe it would have been a different song if I'd been there, maybe it wouldn't have been such a great song. But I'm not one for regrets." Back in the '80s, he said he did not like a couple of videos "where we're mincing about" and the title of their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Q: What would you be if you weren't a pop star? (Look-In magazine, 1984) JT: "A graphic artist." Wrong. The answer he gave to Look-In (the junior TV Times) was: "An idiot!" Q: Favourite item of clothing? (Look-In again) JT: "Right now it's a black Balmain jacket." The 1984 answer was leather trousers. "I almost said leather trousers," he says. "I've got some nice leather trousers. I was looking at some this morning actually. Except now they're not really very appropriate very often." Q: If you were a domestic appliance, what would it be? (Look-In) JT: "Oh God… [he groans in agony] A domestic appliance? A toaster." His original answer was: "A fridge so I could stay cool." He roars with delight at this reminder of his wit: "All right! See, you had to come up with hip one-liners like that all the time." How do you react to being voted most fanciable person? (Smash Hits, December 1985) JT: "That's a lot of pressure isn't it?" His answer to the magazine was: "God! What do I have to do to be taken seriously?" adding, with singer Simon Le Bon in second: "How much did I win by?" "Yeah, I hated all that popularity contest stuff actually," he says now. "Looking back, that wasn't such a good thing. We all got into that a little bit. Popular for what? I didn't take it seriously… my ego maybe did... In the naivety of the moment it probably did mess me up a bit. It's so meaningless and it will make you lazy and complacent when you should be working to prove your bass playing and your songwriting." Q: What do you think of the new crop of pop stars? (Smash Hits, April 1989) JT: "Not a lot. It's so dangerous when you get into 'in my day you had David Bowie and Queen in the pop charts'. Who's like that today? Who's written a song like Bohemian Rhapsody lately, played it themselves and put it at the top of the pop charts? It just doesn't happen any more. "It's singers with producers, overly simplistic, lacking in soul, because it's all computer driven music that your ears will tire of very quickly. Adele is the exception I suppose." At the time, Taylor's answer was: "Bros would never have been around if we hadn't been there first. I know that for a fact. They started off playing our songs." On hearing this, the present-day Taylor says of his younger self: "What an idiot." Q: What makes you cynical? (No 1, December 1985) JT: "Hypocrisy. People with a God complex who think they know what's best for others. I suppose people who try to control. I'm not terribly cynical actually." In 1985, Taylor said he disliked lawyers but was not a very cynical person, adding: "I hate hypocrites and I hate it when anything that is artistic is controlled by non-artistic people." Not much change here. Q: Why are you a tax exile? (Smash Hits Book of Personal Files, November 1986) JT: "I didn't know I was. The only time we took a year out was '83 and I don't remember planning it in advance. It was just served up for us - this is what we're going to do. We were recording the difficult third album. We did it in the south of France, the Caribbean and finished it off in Sydney. These days I go backwards and forwards between the States and here and it's all the same tax wise." In the Smash Hits grilling, he was quoted as saying he did not see why, "with a career that may at best last five years", he should give 70% of his earnings to the government. He says now: "I don't have a problem with tax." The tax aspect aside, did he only expect his career to last for five years? "Back then, definitely," he says. "You couldn't take anything for granted. I still don't, although now I know we've got a legacy that will feed us. I don't think anybody believes they're going to be around for a long time. There's footage of John Lennon saying: 'We're hoping to get 12 months out of it.'" Q: Are Duran Duran down the dumper? (headline from Smash Hits, 1987) JT: "Well clearly not." The original headline was completed by the word: "No!" Q: Is there a lot of pressure now to become The Biggest again? (No 1, March 1986) JT: "There was definitely a lot of pressure then. But I stopped thinking in terms of hits a long time ago. "I've stopped thinking in terms of an end result because I realised I kept comparing [ourselves to] the sales and chart positions we had when we were young. And it seemed like for a long time: 'Oh God we're never gonna top that. It's going to be downhill.'" Back in 1986, as the band were losing their grip at the top of the charts, the younger Taylor admitted: "Oh yeah. There's so much pressure." Q: Would you give up being in Duran? (not a pop magazine but the Los Angeles Times, March 1985) JT: "I did leave actually about 15 years ago. I thought I'd gone for good but it was the friendship that bought me back. I could [leave now] but I love what we get to do together. That stage time is precious and I love putting on stage shows. It's my favourite thing." In March 1985, Taylor had just released an album with side-project The Power Station. "I'm a star because of Duran," he told the LA Times. "I love being a star. The whole circus aspect of being in Duran is a pain after a while, but it's great being a star, with the girls screaming and the money rolling in. I know it sounds greedy and awful and people will think I'm an egomaniac, but I don't care." On hearing this answer read back to him, he says: "When I look at some of the interviews, I can't believe how arrogant I was. We all were. You can't help it."

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But his fans should prepare for a change as the 42-year-old propels himself in a grittier, edgier direction, starting with Killer Joe. The movie, which opens the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Wednesday, sees McConaughey playing a twisted Texan detective who hires himself out as a contract killer. Directed by William Friedkin and co-starring Emile Hirsch and Britain's Juno Temple, the plot centres around a young man who wants to murder his mother for her insurance money. He hires "Killer" Joe. But when he can't pay, Joe demands the man's young sister as a "retainer" for the job. The film, which has an 18 certificate in the UK, depicts the detective's sexual relationship with an underage girl. It also includes one graphic and violent scene involving a piece of fried chicken that is already the subject of debate from those who have seen the film. "Hey, this is just another light, breezy romantic comedy with chicken," jokes McConaughey. "Seriously, this film is a different cat for sure. "It's a really, really wild movie with a wild character. He is dangerous at every turn." The script was originally written as a stage play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts, whose writing has been described by fans as "the love child of Tennessee Williams and Quentin Tarantino". Friedkin shot the movie over a number of weeks in New Orleans, which became the substitute for Texas. The 76-year-old says he wanted to make the film because "it's about innocence, victimhood, vengeance and tenderness". "I've experienced all those emotions in life and I like to put them in all my films," he explains. McConaughey says he was drawn to the moral duality of Joe as a character. "Joe's charming and a gentleman on one hand - he certainly becomes Prince Charming to the daughter in that family - and yet he's a killer. "I couldn't quite see him clearly as a character until I met with Billy Friedkin. It was Billy's affection for the story and the blasphemous humour within it which helped me understand him. "Partly though, I took on the part for the thrill of it. You know, he's a bit scary. "It turned me on in the right way when I was reading the script, and that hadn't happened in a while. I really looked forward to getting under his skin. "This guy is bound by nothing and no one - not the law, religion, relationships, anything. But I still get to play Joe as a human being." Asked how he coped with filming the sometimes distressingly graphic scenes, McConaughey says: "I just let it fly. "And I was greeted by bursts of hearty laughter at the end of the scenes, so that reassured me." But how will McConaughey's audience react to their clean-cut hero heading down a darker path? McConaughey points out that he first came to Hollywood's attention with the thriller A Time to Kill in 1996 - a much edgier movie than the ones which followed. "I've really enjoyed the films I've done up until now, and in the future I will do more romantic comedies. "But right now these are the kind of characters that I've been drawn to, and they've been drawn to me too. This is what's giving me a buzz." All in all, McConaughey has four more films to be released over the next few months that are all departures from the rom-com stereotype. He plays the owner of a male strip club in Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike, which is out next month. Then he stars as a journalist in The Paperboy, starring opposite Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. He plays a fugitive in indie thriller Mud and will be seen as a cynical district attorney in black comedy Bernie with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. Both Mud and The Paperboy were selected for competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival - a fact that, according to McConaughey, shows he is heading down the right road. "It is a deliberate shift for me," he says. "I wanted to shake things up, do some new things, and play some roles that scared me - characters that would make me excited to go to work in the morning. "For about 18 months though, I was still receiving offers of comedies, and some of them were very good, but I had to keep turning them down. "I felt like I'd done them before. Then after a long period of saying no to everything, all these new scripts came and found me." McConaughey's gamble seems to have paid off. Reviews of Killer Joe have generally been positive with The Guardian raving that he "freezes blood [in] a game-changer of a part". The Hollywood Reporter notes that the "likeably unpleasant slice of adults-only Texas noir aims at the funny bone as much as the jugular". Will the other releases bring such plaudits? "If the work translates and people like it, which I hope they will, I'm happy," says McConaughey. "I gave my heart and soul to this, and I also worked my butt off too." Killer Joe is out in the UK on 29 June.

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Bath and North East Somerset Council (Banes) also wants healthy eating and local food promoted. Traders will be required to use more uniform stalls with a "pastel coloured canopy" by January 2017 to "fit in" with the city's World Heritage status. Some have already expressed concern at the changes. Under the proposals, buskers who play on the street and sell CDs of their own music will need street trading consent. Ed Collacott, who has been selling fine art photographs on a stall for 25 years, said street sellers were "one of the delights" of Bath. "There are some amazing street traders here selling very different things and each one of us is an individual," he added. "To have everything under the same canopy might not look great and it certainly wouldn't be good for my photos." However, Liberal Democrat deputy leader of the council, David Dixon said the changes were designed to make things look better and ensure everyone was working to the same objective. "Our street trading scene in Bath is one of the most varied you'll find in any city," he added. "We're not making a huge overhaul of the street trading policy whatsoever. It's time for our renewal [and] we did an excellent consultation. "We had a trial over the past year for the new style canopies, which actually went down very well." Mr Dixon said the council would be prepared to help stall holders with the changes but added they would be expected to stick to the rules. The council also intends to purchase a number of units, for both existing and new traders, which could be rented if necessary. Sark Kenny, who runs a stall selling leather goods, said the changes to his canopy would cost him about £400, but he thought it might cost some traders up to £800.

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Find out who has been let go with our collation of club released/retained lists. Confirmed signings can be found on our transfers page. You can also catch up with what the papers are saying in today's gossip column. 9 June: Man Utd release Ibrahimovic 9 June: D'Acol and Skodras reject Hamilton stay 8 June: Watford release Gilmartin and Ranegie 5 June: Olejnik among three released by Exeter 31 May: Taylor joins players leaving Aberdeen 31 May: Blackpool release 10 players after promotion Arsenal Yaya Sanogo, Stefan O'Connor, Kristopher da Graca, Kostas Pileas Bournemouth Callum Buckley, Jake McCarthy, Matthew Neale Burnley Joey Barton, Michael Kightly Chelsea John Terry, Alex Davey Crystal Palace Corie Andrews, Kwesi Appiah, Jonathan Benteke, Frazier Campbell, Luke Croll, Mathieu Flamini, David Fryers, Ryan King-Elliott, Joe Ledley, Randell Wiliams, Ben Wynter​ Everton Arouna Kone, Conor McAleny, Jack Bainbridge, Delial Brewster, Michael Donohue, Tyrone Duffus, Russell Griffiths, Connor Hunt, Josef Yarney, James Yates Hull Alex Bruce, Luke Lofts, Brad Maslen-Jones, Johan Ter Horst, Stephen Akbas, Marc Kelledy Leicester City Marcin Wasilewski, Michael Cain, David Domej, Brandon Fox, Cedric Kipre, Matty Miles, Kairo Mitchell Liverpool Alex Manninger (retired), Tom Brewitt, Jake Brimmer, Jack Dunn, Madger Gomes, Kane Lewis, Adam Phillips Manchester City Willy Caballero, Jesus Navas, Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta, Callum Bullock, Thomas O'Brien, Kane Plummer, Manchester Utd Zlatan Ibrahimovic Middlesbrough Victor Valdes, Fewster William Fewster, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Lewis Maloney, Junior Mondal, Josef Wheatley Southampton Cuco Martina, Lloyd Isgrove, Harley Willard, Martin Caceres Stoke Shay Given, Daniel Bachmann, Liam Edwards, Harvey Isted, Joel Taylor, George Waring Swansea Gerhard Tremmel, Marvin Emnes, Liam Shephard, Josh Vickers, Owain Jones, Tom Dyson, Tom Holland, Alex Samuel Sunderland Victor Anichebe, Jan Kirchhoff, Joleon Lescott, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Steven Pienaar, George Brady, Will Buckley, Dan Casey, Carl Lawson, Oliver Pain Tottenham Filip Lesniak, Tom McDermott, Joe Muscatt, Charlie Owens, Zenon Stylianides Watford Rene Gilmartin, Mathias Ranegie, Ola Adeyemo, Charlie Bannister, Ogo Obi, Rhyle Ovenden West Brom Daniel Barbir, Zachary Elbouzedi, Darren Fletcher, Callam Jones, Sebastien Pocognoli, Jack Rose, Andre Wright West Ham Alvaro Arbeloa, Sam Howes, Sam Ford, Kyle Knoyle, Sam Westley Aberdeen Hamilton Academical Hearts Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Brighton Bristol City Burton Derby Fulham Huddersfield Ipswich Leeds Newcastle Norwich Preston QPR Rotherham Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Wolves Bolton Bradford Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Chesterfield Coventry Fleetwood Gillingham Millwall MK Dons Northampton Oldham Oxford Peterborough Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe Sheffield United Shrewsbury Southend Swindon Walsall Wimbledon Accrington Barnet Blackpool Cambridge Carlisle Cheltenham Colchester Crawley Crewe Doncaster Exeter Grimsby Hartlepool Luton Mansfield Morecambe Newport Notts County Plymouth Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Yeovil The page covers players released by Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership clubs. Players who reject contract offers subsequent to a retained list being announced are not included.

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And crop yields must rise by 40-60%. These are just two predictions for 2050 of an online tool developed by the government to consider options for cutting carbon emissions. The Global Calculator uses data reviewed by international experts to look at scenarios for meeting the 2C target, which scientists say is needed to avoid dangerous climate change. Led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), the model of the world's energy, land and food systems suggests living standards can be maintained, but only by making sweeping changes to agriculture, transport, food and fuel. There would need be hundreds of million electric cars on the road by 2050, and the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of electricity would need to fall by at least 90%. Consumers would also need to think about switching to diets high in vegetables or eat meat from animals raised through intensive farming. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said: "For the first time this Global Calculator shows that everyone in the world can prosper while limiting global temperature rises to 2C, preventing the most serious impacts of climate change. "Yet the calculator is also very clear that we must act now to change how we use and generate energy and how we use our land if we are going to achieve this green growth." Dr Mike Cherrett of Climate-KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: "The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet our 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles - but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change." The global calculator builds on Decc's UK calculator, published in 2010. It is being offered to other governments for use in the run-up to crucial climate negotiations in Paris at the end of the year.

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Ioane Teitiota, 39, has argued that rising sea levels in his homeland meant his family would not be safe there. His lawyer, Michael Kidd, told the BBC: "He's very disappointed obviously, he wants to be back in New Zealand." Kiribati is among several low-lying Pacific nations threatened by climate change-linked problems. These include storm surges, flooding and water contamination. Mr Teitiota's wife and their three New Zealand-born children also face deportation and are likely to leave next week, reported local media. "They said we are overstayers but we are not. We are trying to find a better life for the kids," his wife Angua Erika told Radio New Zealand. Mr Teitiota's children are not entitled to New Zealand citizenship. Mr Teitiota had been in New Zealand since 2007 but overstayed his visa and was caught in 2011. His deportation on Wednesday night follows a failed appeal against a New Zealand high court decision that he could not be a refugee as he was not being persecuted. The United Nations describes a refugee as someone who faces persecution at home. Mr Teitiota's appeal was dismissed in July. He was taken into police custody last week ahead of his deportation. Mr Kidd said that Mr Teitiota was planning to appeal for help from the United Nations's refugee agency. His lawyers have argued in court that he and his family would suffer harm if forced to return to Kiribati because of the combined pressures of over-population and rising sea levels, and that he would be "persecuted passively" by the circumstances there. Prime Minister John Key said this week that Mr Teitiota had overstayed and that his argument lacked credibility.

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Like elsewhere in Nepal, most people had left the makeshift camps of ragged tents and flapping tarpaulins they had taken shelter in after the first giant quake. They had been patching their houses up and dusting things down. Building little shacks if their homes had been destroyed. Anything to keep off the coming monsoon rains. Then on Monday, another huge earthquake hit and changed everything. The magnitude scale used to measure earthquakes is deceptive; it doesn't show a steady, linear progression but a logarithmic one. Each point in the scale represents 32 times the energy released. So the first quake, at 7.8, had far more force than this week's 7.3 tremor. And, compared with that first major quake, the death toll is expected to be tiny, less than a hundred. That is in part because Nepal was far better prepared this time around. There is no shortage of emergency aid, no shortage of willing hands to help. Nevertheless this latest earthquake has done terrible damage. Anjun Bista had driven into town on his motorbike to pick up some emergency relief for his family, a tent and some food. His mother died in the first earthquake and the family home was completely destroyed. Mr Bista was on the main road through town when the great tremor rocked Chautara, rocked Nepal. He was crushed when a building collapsed. His wife Bely was wearing the white robes of mourning when I met her in the lean-to that her husband had been building before he died. Her face was slack with misery. "My world has been destroyed," she told me. "He was such a hardworking happy man, such a good man." Her two sons were crouching in the family's corrugated iron cabin. They were also wearing white and had shaved their heads to leave one sprout of hair on the crown - another mark of grief here in Nepal. "I am like a house without a foundation," she said and sighed heavily. "I don't think I'll ever feel safe again." That awful sense of insecurity is very common here in Nepal, and not just among those who have lost loved ones. In some ways Chautara was lucky when this second earthquake struck. Relief supplies were already in the town. Since the first earthquake, a neat tented village has grown up on a dusty field near the centre of town. It is a distribution centre for aid to the district and contains a large Red Cross field hospital. Ranveig Tveitnes works with the Norwegian Red Cross and is in charge of the hospital. She says the most shocking thing about the latest earthquake wasn't the terrible injuries that some people had suffered: "We're used to those, we know how to deal with them." It was the fear in people's eyes as they rushed out of their houses to the safety of the open space. "It had been two weeks before the previous big one," she explained, "and things had just started to settle down. The kids are laughing again and people are smiling and seeing that there could be a better future and then this comes and everything falls apart again in people's minds". She says her team is bringing in trauma counsellors to help local people come to terms with their fear. It is, she acknowledges, a bigger challenge than fixing a broken leg, amputating an infected finger or even performing a skin graft - just some of the 1,000 operations the Red Cross hospital in Chautara has performed in the 10 days since it opened. Tackling this terrible legacy of fear is a bigger challenge than treating physical injuries, in part because Nepalese people are right to feel frightened. According to seismologists the pressure in the great plates that are driving together beneath the country has not yet been released. There will be more earthquakes in Nepal.

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Media playback is not supported on this device A year on from an awful World Cup, Morgan's men have won series against New Zealand and Pakistan, and lost to Australia and South Africa. England play the first of five ODIs against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. "We went 2-0 up in South Africa, but lost 3-2. That wasn't through a lack of opportunities," Morgan told BBC Sport. "We're ranked sixth in the world and that's a reflection of how unpredictable we've been in the last few years." Sri Lanka, a place higher in the ODI rankings, are likely to be more at home in the limited-overs format after a Test series in which they were beaten 2-0. "They have found it tough work since they came here," added Morgan before the day-nighter at Trent Bridge. "ODI cricket comes more naturally to them, so we won't take them for granted and we are looking to ourselves to build and put performances in." England will be without all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is out of action after knee surgery. His absence leaves a gap at number five and will alter the balance of the England side, with the hosts considering whether to select an extra batsman or promote Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali up the order and bring in an extra bowler. Conditions in Nottingham will influence that decision - rain on Monday forced England to train indoors, though dry weather later led to the covers being removed. "It does affect us because Ben bats at five, filling the role of batsman and bowler very well," added batsman Morgan. "We don't have an answer to back-up at the moment, but it does create an opportunity for someone else. "The wicket may have a little more moisture in it than we think, so that might sway the decision." Left-hander Morgan is himself in need of runs, having failed to pass 50 in his past eight ODIs. "There's no doubt that I struggled in the winter," said the 29-year-old. "The Indian Premier League gave me time to work on my game and since I've come back I feel better than I did in the winter." If Jonny Bairstow, England's Test wicketkeeper, returns to the one-day side, he will do so as a specialist batsman, as limited-overs regular Buttler will retain the gloves. Bairstow, so prolific with the bat in Test cricket, has struggled behind the stumps. "Jonny has been incredible form over the past year or so," said Morgan. "We've every confidence in him should he play. "But I can see how the casual fan would be confused by the Test wicketkeeper not keeping in the one-day side. "I spoke to someone the other day and he used the comparison of selecting a football team, saying how ridiculous it would be to change from format to format. I said if the game was only 20 minutes long, would he pick a different team? He agreed the answer is yes." In the inaugural Super Series, England hold a 10-2 lead after two wins and a draw in the three Tests. Two points will be on offer to the winners of each of the five ODIs and one Twenty20, meaning England need two further wins for overall victory. "The Test boys have been exceptional and made it incredibly difficult for Sri Lanka," said Morgan. "It's an unbelievable start. Now Alastair Cook hands the baton over to me and hopefully I don't let him down." Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga remains in hospital in Dublin after feeling discomfort in his chest while batting in the second one-day international victory against Ireland on Saturday. That came hours after he was banned from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action. "We still don't know his exact condition until he has all the tests," said Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews. "I spoke to him on Sunday and he was feeling fine. "It has been a tough 48 hours for him and we all feel for him. It was a shocking incident for all of us." Despite the loss of Eranga, Sri Lanka secured 2-0 series win over Ireland with a 136-run success. "The England games won't be the same because it will be a tougher challenge," Mathews said. "We have to be more skilful. "We have been a forceful team in ODIs. The Test series was disappointing but this is a different format. We can come good here." England ODI squad: Morgan (Middlesex, c), Bairstow (Yorkshire), Buttler (Lancashire), Finn (Middlesex), Hales (Nottinghamshire), Jordan (Sussex), Moeen (Worcestershire), Plunkett (Yorkshire), Rashid (Yorkshire), Root (Yorkshire), Roy (Surrey), Vince (Hampshire), Willey (Yorkshire), Woakes (Warwickshire). Sri Lanka ODI squad: Mathews (c), Thirimanne, Chandimal, Perera, Gunathilaka, Tharanga, De Silva, Pradeep, Lakmal, Mendis, Shanaka, Maharoof, Randiv, Prasanna.

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Let's face it, we all like a good grumble. So get a few hundred people together who do the same job and it's pretty much inevitable those grumbles will be thoroughly aired. But what did the Education Secretary have to offer teachers in England? Not more money. George Osborne is holding fast to his limit of an average 1% pay increase across the public sector. Instead in her speech at the NASUWT teachers' union she brandished copies of not one, not two, but three workload reviews. One particular bone of contention is marking - or rather deep marking. That could mean the teacher marking with written remarks, the pupil responding, then the teacher commenting in writing again. The first time I read a thread on social media about whether the watchdog, Ofsted, really cared about what colours a dialogue of this kind was written in I thought it was a joke. The bit about glittery pens was most definitely satire. Ofsted says it's all a myth and took to social media with coloured pens to point that out in in a pithy fashion over the weekend. But if you speak to teachers, these myths have somehow become part of the fabric of expectations. The marking workload review suggested that instead there should be a clear understanding of what is meaningful and what is manageable. On lesson planning there was a message for ministers too. In future changes should be brought in with enough of a lead in time to allow proper planning. A challenge to say the least with all the curriculum changes in England. And on data the report advocates a minimal approach to gathering only what can definitely be useful. All three reviews are short and couched in very sensible language. The test for weary teachers will be whether they do actually help common sense prevail. So back to pay. It's around now the reports from the independent public pay review bodies are usually published. These expert panels pronounce after hearing evidence from the government, employers and trade unions. They keep a profile lower than a pancake. That means shunning the company of journalists. The School Teachers Review body report this year will make interesting reading. With little room to suggest an actual pay increase, it is the story the panel weaves around the data which will matter. Within the careful paragraphs there are likely to be some more pointed sections on recruitment to teacher training, and the retention of teachers. Who knows, they might even say something about workload.

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Emily Gardner, 14, from Gloucester, was on board the boat when it was overturned by a large wave in waters off Brixham, Devon, in May 2015. Her "ill-fitting" buoyancy aid snagged on a cleat, trapping her underwater. A jury recorded a narrative conclusion at an inquest in Torquay. The coroner said it was "the most tragic incident". In a statement, Emily's family said they planned to campaign for new legislation to ensure power boat drivers required a licence or training. Latest updates on this story and more They said they wanted it to be known as "Emily's Law" to prevent others having "to endure what we have been through". After the hearing, they also called for all buoyancy aids to be "fitted safely and correctly". The two-day hearing heard the boat was driven by co-owner Paul Pritchard, who said he did not see the large wave or he would have taken evasive action. Emily was taken to hospital but pronounced dead after 80 minutes of resuscitation attempts, the hearing was told. Following the hearing, her father, Clive Gardner, said: "My family and I miss Emily so, so much, and time will never heal. Our lives are ruined. Our hearts are truly broken and will never mend." In a statement, the family also said that "if we had known that power boat drivers do not have to have a licence or training we would never have let her go". They added: "We need people to become aware of the absence of legislation to ensure the safety of passengers on leisure craft, and will campaign for laws to be brought in to close this legal loophole."

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For a formerly wild horse that barely reaches shoulder-height on an adult man, Luna is an unlikely figure to help improve literacy rates in Indonesia. Luna is looked after by Ridwan Sururi, 42, in the village of Serang, in the Purbalingga region of Java island. It is a rural, tropical area, lying on the edge of one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, Mount Slamet. In a region dotted by villages, Mr Sururi - and Luna - have become essential links between communities in recent months. In January, Mr Sururi started a mobile library called Kudapustaka - meaning 'horse library' in Indonesian. He travels between villages with books stored in boxes balanced on Luna's back. He visits schools three times a week - every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Sometimes he brings along his daughter, Indriani Fatmawati. Children and villagers do not have to pay anything to borrow the books and Mr Sururi has not looked to make money from the scheme. "I love horses, and I want this hobby to bring benefit to people," he told BBC Indonesia. The idea for Kudapustaka came from Nirwan Arsuka a fellow horse enthusiast and friend of Mr Sururi's. "He asked me: Can we help society through our hobby? I said I was interested, but I didn't know how." "Then, he had this idea to create a mobile library using horses. I liked the idea, but sadly I didn't have any books. So, he sent me boxes of books." According to Unesco, Indonesia has made great strides in reducing adult illiteracy in recent years, bringing the number of illiterate adults down from 15.4m in 2004 to 6.7m in 2011. However, Unesco says there are more than 977,000 illiterate adults in central Java, Ridwan's region. As a professional horse caretaker, Mr Sururi does not own any of his own animals. So did he ask permission to use the horse as a mobile library? "I haven't," he said, laughing. "The owner lives far away from this village and hasn't visited the horses for a long time. I am a bit sad about that." Of the three horses he is paid to look after, Mr Sururi picked Luna as his companion. "It was a wild horse, but I tamed it. Luna has never kicked or bitten anybody, and is very friendly when surrounded by children." He said he wished more people would donate books to his scheme. "Children here love comics and story books. "Adults, on the other hand, need inspirational and how-to books, like how to farm, that kind of thing." Mr Sururi dreams of one day owning his own Kudapustaka horse - and a real library too. "I hope I can have a small library in front of my house," he says. "But I know it is only a dream."

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The investment aims to tackle congestion on the A494 and A55 around Queensferry and Deeside. Flintshire cabinet backed the recommendation of its scrutiny committee which preferred the red route, but with blue route elements. The final plan "should be a hybrid of the two options", the report said. The red route involves upgrading the A548 over Flintshire Bridge between Connah's Quay and the Wirral and constructing a new link to the A55 at Northop - which was approved as the preferred option by Flintshire's cabinet members on Tuesday. But councillors agreed a "crawler lane" should be added along the incline westbound section of the A55 towards Halkyn and some changes made to the Ewloe interchange, from the blue route. "The study concluded that this wider approach to the improvements... are essential if this 'once in a generation' improvement is to provide full benefit for the residents and road users within Flintshire and provide a resilient gateway to Wales for many decades to come," the report added. Flintshire council has until 7 July to present its formal response to the Welsh Government. The Welsh Government said the upgrade was needed as the road was "below modern standards". It will make the final decision, with an announcement expected in the summer.

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The incident happened at about 06:10 on Friday at the BP station in Eastwoodmains Road, Clarkston. He demanded that a member of staff hand over money from the till. The assistant refused and the suspect then fled the scene, heading in the direction of Clarkston Toll. The 57-year-old staff member was uninjured and no-one else was inside the store at the time of the incident. The suspect is described as being about 6ft tall with a skinny build. He was dressed entirely in dark clothing and wearing a balaclava. Det Con David Henry said: "Our inquiries are under way to trace this man and hold him to account for his actions. "No-one should be placed in a state of fear or alarm as they go about their daily lives." Officers have been conducting door-to-door inquiries and continue to assess CCTV. They would like to speak to a man in a silver BMW car who entered the petrol station shortly after the incident. Officers said it was possible he may have information which could help with their inquiries.

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In the final entry in his blog, dated the day of his death, he wrote about the failure of peaceful mass protests to prevent the passage of the marriage law and talked of "new, spectacular and symbolic gestures to wake up the sleep walkers and shake the anaesthetised consciousness". "We are entering a time when words must be backed up by actions," he said. Venner, 78, was a former soldier who willingly served with the French army in Algeria during the war for independence. On his return, he engaged in far-right politics, taking part in an attack on Communist Party headquarters in Paris in 1956. He joined the outlawed OAS paramilitary group, which campaigned against Algerian independence and tried to assassinate Charles De Gaulle. His OAS activities earned him 18 months in La Sante prison in Paris. In the 1970s, he turned his back on party politics and made a career writing about military history. Numerous published works include Pistols And Revolvers and a history of the Russian Civil War. In the age of the internet, he kept a blog on which he fulminated against what he perceived as threats to French identity. In his final blog post, he quoted an Algerian blogger predicting Islamists would rule France within 15 years, overturning the new law on same-sex marriage. For Venner, the prospect of Islamist rule and the reality of same-sex marriage were equally "disastrous". He closed his entry with lines reminiscent of French existentialist authors of the left, active during the war in Algeria. "It is here and now that our destiny is played out to the very last second," he wrote. "And this final second has as much importance as the rest of a life." Later on the same day, he entered the country's most celebrated cathedral, where he pulled out a pistol and shot himself through the mouth. Police said he had made no statement though a note was found next to his body. The cathedral's rector, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, said Venner had not been known as a worshipper at Notre Dame. The dead man's editor, Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, suggested it would be wrong to link his suicide to the same-sex marriage affair because it went "far beyond". The essayists had been preparing a new work called A Samurai Of The West, The Breviary Of The Unsubued, he said. Venner's death, de Roux told AFP news agency, might be compared to that of the far-right Japanese writer Kimitake Hiraoka, known better as Mishima, who performed ritual suicide in 1970 after a failed coup attempt.

Dominique Venner , the far - right French essayist who shot himself before the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday , was a bitter opponent of same - sex marriage and @placeholder of Islam in France .

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That's about as far as it's safe for an obvious foreigner to go. Isis (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is keeping a low profile and ruling Mosul, Iraq's second city, with a relatively light hand at the moment. It is sharing control with an array of other rebel forces - dissident Sunni tribes, disgruntled former army officers, adherents of Saddam Hussein's old Baath Party, and others. But Isis is Isis, and it has a proven track record of abducting foreigners - most recently, 49 Turkish citizens from the consulate in Mosul, who are the focus of intense negotiations to obtain their freedom. But for those of Mosul's two million or so inhabitants who didn't flee as the rebels moved in - and for the few who have come back since - life has ironically in some ways improved, at least for the moment. Residents say the many checkpoints, blast-walls and barriers which hampered movement round the city when government forces were there, have been taken down, making moving around much easier. Also gone are the frequent bomb attacks and shootings - not surprising perhaps, since the rebels behind them are now in charge. The flow of traffic going in and out of the city on the main road indicated that, superficially at least, things are back to normal. More vehicles seemed to be heading in to Mosul than coming out, and those that were coming out certainly weren't crammed with desperate refugees. "We're just off for a family visit," said one man at the wheel of a car full of smiling women and children. "Apart from services, things are fine. It's safe. But people are worried, they don't know what will become of Mosul," he added. "They're frightened that the army may try to fight its way back in. We're afraid of shelling, and bombardment from the air." Most of those coming out of the city complained about severe shortages of water, electricity and petrol. Supplies of the latter have shot up to seven or eight times the price in nearby Iraqi Kurdistan. Women said they were not being obliged to wear the veil, although many were doing so. All said that Isis was not bothering them. But Isis militants are reported to have destroyed some of the symbols of the city's rich cultural heritage. Statues to the 19th-Century composer and musician Othman al-Mosuli and the Abbasid-era poet Abu Tammam are said to have been smashed, and the tomb of Ibn al-Athir, a 12th-Century historian who travelled with Saladin, has been razed. The tomb of the prophet Noah has apparently survived so far, despite government predictions that it would be destroyed. Has the leopard changed its spots, or is Isis just biding its time, deferring for the moment to other rebel groups it may end up clashing with, and pragmatically courting public support to make it more difficult for it to be isolated and uprooted? "Unlike the old al-Qaeda in Iraq under [Abu Musab] al-Zarqawi, who went after the local population, these guys are posing as the protectors of the people against a tyrannical Shia regime in Baghdad," said a senior Kurdish politician. "They're handling it much better, and that makes them more dangerous. It will be harder to turn the tribes against them." When the provincial capital of Raqqa in Syria fell to Isis and other rebel groups last year, militant rule was at first relatively moderate. But later, Isis fought with the other factions and drove them out, including the official al-Qaeda franchise, the Nusra Front. Isis then imposed its own extremely harsh brand of Islamic rule, banning music, imposing strict dress code on women, implementing severe punishments such as beheadings and amputations, and destroying churches and monuments of any kind, which it regards as idolatry. No wonder that beneath the surface, many people in Mosul are anxious about their future. The current calm may not last for long. And it's hard to envisage almost any future scenario that does not involve further turmoil.

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Media playback is not supported on this device After sweeping changes to the Nations Cup this week, the Central African nation will now have to prepare for eight more teams than expected. "I spoke this morning with our country's hierarchy and the decision is that Cameroon is ready to host," Tombi A Roko Sidiki told BBC Sport. After reports of slow progress in Cameroon, Morocco is keen to step in. There are some countries who would like to host this competition but they should keep quiet "Morocco will not hesitate for a second to respond favourably to any invitation to host this Nations Cup," said the country's FA president Faouzi Lekjaa. Caf has announced that its inspection team will visit Cameroon in September with the country having had to deny reports its preparations were behind schedule. Morocco was set to host the 2015 Nations Cup until it lost the finals following concerns over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Moroccan capital Rabat hosted this week's symposium on African football, where decisions such as moving the Nations Cup from January-February to June-July were taken. This was among a raft of changes overseen by Ahmad, the Malagasy who was elected president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) in March. However, Sidiki is not impressed by the Moroccan manoeuvres with regard to the next Nations Cup. "There are some countries who would like to host this competition but they should keep quiet and think about other editions and not 2019 because Cameroon will be ready," he rallied. Moving the Nations Cup to June allows Cameroon an extra five months to prepare for the finals. Sidiki said he backed the expansion to 24 teams, a decision which Caf executive committee member Amaju Pinnick says will triple the African body's income. Despite the presence of debutants Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in recent years, Sidiki believes the expansion will open up the finals to more teams that have never qualified. "Cameroon has always been participating but in life, you don't need to see only your position as you should think about those who are dreaming each year to be part of this famous competition. "This is why we think this is a right and good decision." The country's national team are the reigning African champions.

The next Africa Cup of Nations hosts can @placeholder for an expanded 24 - team finals , says the head of Cameroon 's FA .

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Joe Fortemose Chinakwe walked Buhari in an area where support for the president was high, police said. Officers said they were worried the moved could antagonise people, though he insisted it was meant as a compliment. He has been granted bail but remains in jail as funds are sought, reports said. Mr Chinakwe, 30, said that he named the dog Buhari because he had admired Mr Buhari for many years. "I named my beloved pet dog Buhari, who is my hero," Mr Chinakwe said. "My admiration for Buhari started far back when he was a military head of state." He was inspired to give his dog the name after reading about Mr Buhari's fight against corruption, he added. He later told local media he had received death threats over the perceived slight. Twitters users reacted to the arrest with a mixture of amusement and concern. "If we keep quiet when they arrest the man who named his dog Buhari who will talk for us when they arrest us for criticizing the real Buhari?" said Reno Omokri. Mr Chinakwe's case was adjourned until 19 September.

A Nigerian man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari and @placeholder the name on both sides of the dog was arrested for breach of the peace .

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The Bristow Group was awarded the 10-year contract by the Department of Transport in 2013 to operate from 10 UK bases on behalf of HM Coastguard. The £1.6bn deal ends 70 years of search and rescue by the RAF and Royal Navy. The RAF service is based at Wattisham Airfield. The new service will fly from London Ashford Airport near Dungeness. Modern AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in red and white Coastguard livery will replace the aging Sea King helicopters, which are due to be retired from RAF service in March 2016. A spokeswoman for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency said they were "already a familiar sight, with training operations from the base having commenced some weeks ago". The government said the contract with the Bristow Group meant helicopters "will be able reach a larger area of the UK search and rescue region within one hour of take off than is currently possible". It also estimated there will be an overall improvement in flying times to incidents of about 20% - from 23 to 19 minutes. Each of Bristow's search and rescue bases will be staffed by about 30 people including nine pilots, 10 technical crew and nine engineers, as well as support staff. The RAF stood down at 13:00 BST.

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Catherine O'Brien, 37, from Salford, Greater Manchester said she is having surgery to remove one of her kidneys and become a living donor next month. She said her husband Shaun found a cancerous lump on his neck in 2015. He was given the all-clear following surgery and treatment in March. "I'm sharing a spare rather than losing one," said truck driver Catherine. She said she heard of another woman becoming a living donor and turned to her husband and said: "I could do that." Catherine contacted Salford Royal Hospital and "it went from there". Although she has never had surgery before, she said: "I'm sort of excited as I know the impact it will have on someone and their family." She said her husband was "100% behind me". "I suppose he's worried... it is a major operation but it is a very safe and highly successful." Catherine said she was not concerned about problems which may occur as a result of having only one remaining kidney in future. "I could get hit by a bus tomorrow. I'm just providing the organ; the NHS are doing the hard work." Source: NHS NHS Blood and Transplant said more than 500 people have helped save the life of stranger by becoming a living kidney donor since changes to the law made it possible a decade ago. Lead nurse for Living Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant Lisa Burnapp said: "Nearly 300 people died waiting for a kidney transplant last year. "Hundreds of people have had their lives saved and transformed in reaching this milestone over the past decade, thanks to the incredible generosity of these donors."

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Wright is filmed apparently being given an envelope of money in return for allegedly helping persuade Barnsley to sign players from a fake Far East firm. The newspaper claims he accepted £5,000 at a meeting in Leeds in August. The Championship club say he has been suspended "pending an internal investigation into these allegations". The Daily Telegraph's investigation involved Wright being introduced to members of the Far East firm, who were undercover reporters, by two football agents. "I can just recommend players to you that I've gone and seen, and you will have to do your spicy dealing, whatever you do," Wright is filmed saying during one of a number of meetings. Wright says "you know where I live" when the subject of giving him money is raised. He tells a member of the firm "cheers, just put it there," when a person hands him the envelope before the newspaper claims he left with it in his pocket. The article makes it clear that there is no suggestion Barnsley were aware of Wright's actions. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Mr Wright is quoted as saying: "Any suggested acts contrary to criminal law or those of the FA and Fifa are categorically denied." The latest allegations come a day after the Telegraph claimed eight current or former Premier League managers had taken bribes for player transfers. Sam Allardyce left his post as England manager on Tuesday after claims in the newspaper that he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. In a separate meeting, QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is filmed apparently negotiating a fee to travel to Singapore to speak to the Far East firm. The Dutchman also allegedly discusses the possibility of signing players from them. He has not been suspended by the Championship club who say "there will be a thorough internal investigation regarding this matter". QPR's statement added: "However, we have every confidence in our manager and the robust systems and processes the club has in place." Former Chelsea striker Hasselbaink also issued a statement in which he denied "any accusations of wrongdoing on my part". "I was approached by Mr McGarvey and Ms Newell of The Telegraph purporting to be players' agents. They offered me a fee to make a speech in Singapore. "I do not see anything unusual in being offered to be paid to make a speech. "I did not make any promises in return. I did not ask QPR to purchase any of the players who were said to be managed by Mr McGarvey and Ms Newell and did not and would not recommend the purchase of a player for my personal gain." Controversial Leeds owner Massimo Cellino was also filmed by the Telegraph offering undercover reporters posing as an investment firm a way to get around FA and Fifa third-party ownership rules. In a meeting at Leeds' ground, arranged by football agent Pino Pagliara, Cellino apparently offered to sell shares in the Championship club as a means of funding the purchase of players. The Italian proposed the fictitious firm buy 20% of the club, in return for which it would receive the same percentage of future player sell-on fees. In the video, Cellino says: "I tell you, I spend eight million this year... on new players. "You want to finance that? You want to come 20% in that? You got 20% of the player - it's the only way. "As a shareholder you can finance the club, asking everything you want - percentage - you are allowed to do it in England." Leeds claimed the footage of their owner amounted to a "non-story" as Cellino "made a perfectly proper suggestion which is entirely consistent with the FA's regulations". The statement added: "If a company commits money to a club by way of investment, taking on the potential for profit but also the risk for loss, then that is a normal, everyday corporate process. "This is plainly not a suggestion as to how to circumvent the rules, but rather, an accurate albeit concise explanation of how to operate within the confines of the rules and effectively become 'the club'."

Barnsley have suspended assistant manager Tommy Wright after he was @placeholder in a Daily Telegraph investigation alleging corruption in football .

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Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the scheme because of seismic and radar concerns. Developer RES said both those objections had now been withdrawn. A Scottish government reporter has upheld their appeal and ruled the wind farm, near Langholm, can proceed. Ruth Elder, development project manager, said: "RES is delighted that consent has been granted for Solwaybank wind farm which will be capable of generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent average demand of more than 19,000 households. "As well as providing homegrown, secure and affordable energy, onshore wind farms like Solwaybank contribute cleaner, greener energy - particularly important when the world's eyes are focusing on international efforts to urgently tackle the long-term threat of global climate change."

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What is more, these peaks are all at least 1.5km high. The reason they have gone unrecognised until now is because they are at the bottom of the ocean. Dave Sandwell and colleagues used radar satellites to discern the mountains' presence under water and report their findings in Science Magazine. "In the previous radar dataset we could see everything taller than 2km, and there were 5,000 seamounts," Prof Sandwell told BBC News. "With our new dataset - and we haven't fully done the work yet - I'm guessing we can see things that are 1.5km tall. "That might not sound like a huge improvement but the number of seamounts goes up exponentially with decreasing size. "So, we may be able to detect another 25,000 on top of the 5,000 already known," the Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher explained. Knowing where the seamounts are is important for fisheries management and conservation, because it is around these topographic highs that wildlife tends to congregate. The roughness of the seafloor is important also as it steers currents and promotes mixing - behaviours that are critical to understanding how the oceans transport heat and influence the climate. But our knowledge of the seafloor is poor; witness the problems they have had searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370, which is believed to have crashed west of Australia. The problem is that saltwater is opaque to all the standard techniques that are used to map mountains on land. Ship-borne echosounders can gather very high-resolution information by bouncing sound off bottom structures, but less than 10% of the global oceans have been properly surveyed in this way because of the effort it involves. Dietmar Müller from the University of Sydney said: "You may generally think that the great age of exploration is truly over; we've been to all the remotest corners of continents, and perhaps one might think also of the ocean basins. But sadly this is not true - we know much more about the topography of Mars than we know about the seafloor." The alternative is an indirect method that uses satellites fitted with radar altimeters. These spacecraft can infer the shape of the ocean bottom from the shape of the water surface above. Because water follows gravity, it is pulled into highs above the mass of tall seamounts, and slumps into depressions over deep trenches. Most of our maps of the gross outlines of mountains on the seafloor have relied on this approach. Key advances were made using US Navy and European Space Agency satellites in the 80s and 90s. Now, Sandwell and his team have gathered new, improved datasets from more recent spacecraft - Jason 1, which was recently taken out of service, and CryoSat, which continues to orbit the Earth today. Their denser coverage and better radar technologies have brought a two-fold improvement in the gravity model used to describe the ocean floor. This richer information trove has barely been investigated yet, but already new discoveries are jumping out. These include an extinct ridge where the seafloor spread apart to help open up the Gulf of Mexico about 180 million years ago. And in the South Atlantic, the team sees the two halves of a different type of ridge feature that became separated roughly 85 million years ago when Africa rifted away from South America. The striking thing is that many such structures are often covered by deep sediments and only become visible in the new gravity data. Seeing all the major fracture zones in greater detail is sure to be a boon to those who study the history of Earth's shifting continents. The team hopes to improve still the resolution of its model. This will come as Cryosat continues to take more measurements in the years ahead. The irony here is that the European Space Agency mission is really dedicated to tracing the shape and thickness of polar ice fields - not the shape of the seafloor. "CryoSat's orbit and payload were designed to meet its primary ice mission goals, and extending its coverage to the ocean was on a 'let's see what we get' basis," said principal investigator Duncan Wingham. "As it has turned out, we now have a marvellous new view of the ocean floor." For its ice work, CryoSat works in a specific high-resolution mode, which could be extended to more areas of the ocean to garner improved seafloor data - if mission time allows. Ultimately, though, researchers would like to see a dedicated mapper that was specifically tuned to the task. Walter Smith, a co-author on Thursday's Science paper, proposed just such a mission in 2001 called ABySS. It was not accepted then, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist believes the case is still a compelling one. "The miniaturization of computer chips and the increase in CPU processing speed and data storage in the last 13 years has made it easy and cheap to do amazing things with radar," he told BBC News. "There is still a lot we could do with a dedicated mission. It could be done - everything, 'soup to nuts' - for 100 million Euros (£80m), and the necessary technological innovations are well known to radar engineers in England, France and elsewhere. It is just a question of political will to find the budget." Interpolation of ocean-floor shape by satellite Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

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The early exchanges between Owen Smith and Stephen Crabb summed up the central question: are people feeling the economic recovery? Owen Smith's claim was that there was an "epidemic" of insecurity in the jobs market and growing inequality as reflected in the rise in the use of food banks under the Conservative-led coalition. The counter claim from Stephen Crabb was to accuse Labour of portraying the Welsh economy as being "Victorian" when most of the new jobs are full time and permanent. Whoever wins on Thursday will have done so by persuading people to trust them on the economy. Another feisty exchange related to the formation of a government in the event of a hung parliament. Owen Smith openly floated the idea of a Labour minority administration, and dared Leanne Wood to ensure Plaid Cymru didn't oppose it in a way that would allow a Conservative government in. This is Labour's strategy. A formal coalition and an informal deal with the SNP have been ruled out. Labour leader Ed Miliband pressed the nuclear button on Thursday when he even went as far as to say that, in effect, he would prefer to be in opposition than do a deal with the SNP. It was a clear indication that Labour is preparing for a minority government and it will dare the nationalist parties to bring its legislative programme down. But Plaid says it'll only fail to support a programme of government from Labour if it fails to address its concerns, so if the minority government falls then Labour has no-one to blame but itself. The prospect of a blame game between Labour and the nationalist parties falls into the hands of the Conservatives who are trying to make political capital out of it at every opportunity. I expect we'll hear plenty about moral legitimacy over the next few days. A senior Welsh Conservative suggested to me that he felt Labour would be able to form a government even if it had up to 15 fewer seats than the Conservatives but if that figure rose to between 30 or 40 then Labour would struggle to carry the moral legitimacy argument. Of course it's not a question about being the largest party but about being able to form a government. The former Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy told Radio Wales on Sunday morning that Labour could justify governing without being the biggest party if most of the MPs in the Commons were from the left. The big winner from last week's debates was the audience. The campaign so far has been stage managed with little exposure of the political leaders to the public, or the group that are referred to in newsrooms as "real people". Like elsewhere, this has happened in Wales. David Cameron has been in a brewery, a timber mill and the Royal Welsh showground where he addressed party members. Ed Miliband has come closer to being exposed to the public with his people's question time sessions in Cardiff and Barry in recent weeks. A quick word on Plaid's involvement in the UK-wide debates. Senior figures tell me they were expecting plenty of coverage in the media that traditionally covers politics as a result of Leanne Wood's participation in the UK leaders' debate - but the extent of the interest in her has caught them by surprise. The challenge for them is turning that media attention into votes.

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Tinder leads the market in the UK, boasting 26 million "matches" per day globally. The company says it broke its own records last Valentine's Day as people flocked to the app looking for love. Behind the app is dating giant Match, which also owns other big names including match.com, OKCupid and Plenty of Fish - but there are plenty of start-ups hoping to charm singles and top the app store charts. "Whatever competitors do, they will need to be cash rich and able to support the business to stand a chance of success," says Paolo Pescatore, director of Multiplay and Media at CCS Insight. "But there is scope for new players to emerge that focus on a specific niche." Combining match-making with games and quizzes, DatePlay is designed to generate "more meaningful matches" than its rivals. Behind the app is entrepreneur Vana Koutsomitis, who first pitched her idea on the BBC television series The Apprentice. She did not win Lord Sugar's investment - he judged the project too risky - but she has continued work on her app, which she hopes will make online dating more fun. "If you sign up for any of the online dating sites that focus on meaningful relationships, you'll be asked to fill out tonnes of questions about yourself," she says. "What we're doing is making an interface that is a game instead of these self reports." Singles hoping to challenge strangers to a round of battleships or gin rummy will have to look elsewhere, for now. The app will be launched with its first game this summer, with more added later. "Our first game is a Buzzfeed-style game where you will be answering questions about your preferences in terms of photos. You'll work through it in a fun and interactive way." One concern raised on The Apprentice was that people might spend all day playing a game, only to be matched with somebody they did not find attractive. But Koutsomitis says playing for longer improves your chances of finding the perfect date. "As you continue to play the game we continue to get more data about you... that allows us to match you with better people," she explains. "We think it's more important to have a few meaningful matches." In a bid to cut out "creeps and timewasters", Hanky lets existing members decide whether new joiners should be allowed in. The app, for men only, launched in January. At the time, founder Jonas Cronfield boasted: "Our users are nicer and more sexy." But critics say Hanky fosters superficiality and superiority, by providing an environment where people are judged on their appearance. And while it is not the first dating service that lets people judge others on their looks, critics say the app divides a community that has fought discrimination. The company insists it has good intentions. "The vetting system is there just because we are trying to narrow it down a little bit, it's trying to help people not waste so much time on these apps," says Johan Andersson, the firm's chief evangelist. "The process of joining is harder than normal. You can't just go on there, upload a photo and start chatting to people. By the time you're approved, if you're still just looking to waste people's time, you've gone through a lot of trouble to do that." The app has attracted 85,000 members since its launch - although many more have tried to join. Andersson says eight out of 10 applicants are rejected by existing members. A system that can validate members' identities has an obvious appeal to a community of men that has been targeted by criminals through rival apps. But critics say Hanky's self-regulating process falls short, letting members judge whether new joiners are "creeps" or "timewasters" just by looking at their photographs. "The point was never to stop crime," says Andersson. "We can take no responsibility for what happens between two people when they communicate online." While other apps focus on providing you with a wide choice of singles, Once strives to provide quality over quantity. The app allows you just one match a day, hand-picked by a human curator and delivered to your phone at noon. Daters have 24 hours to initiate a conversation and move things forward, before their "match" disappears and is replaced with a new one to consider over lunch. "You have 24 hours of full, undivided attention," says the app's creator Jean Meyer. "There's nobody else, no noise. It's a special moment for 24 hours." A special moment, or perhaps 24 hours of awkward silence. While rival apps such as Tinder give you plenty of people to scroll through, with Once there is no skipping ahead, and your first "match" is chosen by a stranger. "Anybody can pick someone who is very good-looking and smart, that's easy. But you need this person also to like you," explains Meyer. "When we have a matchmaker forcing you into a match, you have a lot of chances that the person you're being matched with is also going to like you." Rejection is easy to accept on Tinder, where a new match is only a swipe away. Does Once risk upsetting people who could go a week without anybody saying hello? "It's a dating app, not a self-esteem app. It's not about boosting your ego, you have Instagram for that," says Meyer. One in three matches turns into a conversation, he reassures me. And those unhappy with today's match can take control and choose somebody they would like to speak to from a list of 10. But they won't be offered up for conversation until at least noon the following day - and with a maximum of seven introductions a week, finding "the one" could be a lengthy process. "If you pass, your next match is going to come the next day, so you can do something else," says Meyer. "Go take a hike, or walk, or go to the movie theatre with your friends... don't spend three hours swiping, because technology should help you gain time not waste it. "When you're done with your match of the day, do something else - please! Live your life."

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Media playback is not supported on this device Rooney was set to leave United before signing a deal worth £250,000 a week. "I told them I did not think it fair that Rooney should earn twice what I made," Ferguson says in a new book. "[United co-chairman] Joel Glazer said: 'I totally agree but what should we do?' It was simple. We just agreed no player should be paid more than me." In his new book on the art of management, Leading, Ferguson also describes the transition following his 2013 departure from Manchester United after 26 years in charge, saying: "We should have handled it better." The Scot, who won two Champions Leagues, 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and four League Cups at the club, was replaced by David Moyes, who was sacked after 10 months and failed to lead the club into Europe's premier club competition. But the 73-year-old says he also wished to speak to former Barcelona and now Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola before he appointed the former Everton manager. He also details how Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp and then Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal, now at United, were all considered as potential replacements. "I admired [Pep] greatly," Ferguson said after meeting him in New York in 2012. "I asked Pep to phone me before he accepted an offer from another club but he didn't and wound up joining Bayern Munich in July 2013. "When we started the process of looking for my replacement, we established that several very desirable candidates were unavailable." In his book, he also speaks about: Ferguson, now a United director and lecturer at the Harvard Business School, has also discussed a number of other subjects in a wide-ranging Football Focus interview. The most successful Manchester United manager of all time says he only worked with four players he considered to be world class during his time at the club. From those successful teams, he says midfielder Paul Scholes and attacking trio Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs were his best players. "They made the difference and the evidence is there," he told the BBC's Dan Walker for Football Focus. Ferguson described Cantona, who United signed from Leeds in November 1992, as "the catalyst", for winning his first Premier League title. He added: "The younger breed like Ryan and Scholes were just fantastic players and the thing about those two was longevity. "Are there players who have played right through the whole of the Premier League and performed at the level they have? There are none, absolutely none. "Of course Ronaldo was just a complete genius of a player." England captains Wayne Rooney and David Beckham, Roy Keane, Carlos Tevez, Rio Ferdinand and Peter Schmeichel were all "great players" according to Ferguson. "But these players elevated themselves above all that." Ferguson believes current United manager Van Gaal pulled off a masterstroke by appointing Giggs as his assistant at Manchester United. Giggs, 41, won 34 trophies under Ferguson, making him the most decorated player in English football history, before retiring in 2014. Ferguson told BBC Sport: "Louis made a great choice because of Ryan's knowledge, his time at the club and his ability." After Moyes was sacked before the end of the 2013-14 season, Giggs took charge for the final four games. And when Van Gaal was appointed at the start of the 2014-15 season, one of his first decisions was to make Giggs assistant manager. Ferguson added: "I think Ryan seems to enjoy that he is learning off a man with great experience. It's working. There is good communication, Ryan's working very hard and picking up things from a foreign coach which is different from the way I operated so it looks as if it's going OK." Ferguson revealed how he likes watching the pre-match news conferences and how he sometimes gives advice to managers facing the cameras, including to Leicester manager Nigel Pearson when City were struggling to avoid relegation from the Premier League last season. "I felt he was a little bit too casual," said Ferguson. "I said 'Your team is bottom of the league and you have to show your anger a little bit. The fans want to see you care.' "He improved after that and so did his team. He did a great job." Leicester avoided relegation but Pearson was sacked in the close season. Ferguson was twice approached about the England job but said he never considered it because he's a Scot. He was "never close to it" even though former United chairman Martin Edwards twice gave the Football Association permission to speak to him about it. "One it's an impossible job. The pressure on the England manager is huge," he said. "Every competition, for some reason the press make them favourites, or one of the favourites, and to my mind they have never been favourites. "The fans also get lit up by the press observations. The huge army of fans they take to the World Cup or the European Championships is fantastic but brings pressure." Ferguson is still heavily involved in football, working for European football's governing body Uefa and as a Manchester United director, but he does not hanker for his old job. "You miss the staff at Carrington and the players in the dressing room but the only time I really felt I missed it was at the 2014 European Cup final between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid," he said. "It's all about European finals. I was involved in four but I wish it was more. I lost three other semi-finals where we should have done better and on other occasions we were a bit unlucky. "At the end of the day it's a wonderful tournament, the best in world football." Ferguson was famous for giving players the "hairdryer treatment" but admitted he got calmer as he got older. "I didn't need to lose my temper as much," he said. "When I was young I was ferocious. I just wanted to rule the world so my anger would be obvious. "As I got older you choose your moments and sometimes I would manufacture that anger with no reason at all and at other times you just have to keep quiet." Ferguson also talks about the importance of having the courage of your convictions and cites American president John F Kennedy's reaction to the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. "JFK had his own convictions about the state of affairs regarding the Cuban crisis," said Ferguson. "All his generals wanted him to bomb Cuba out of existence. "He wouldn't take that advice and stood by his conviction there was a solution to the problem. It was a bit like Russian roulette and who was going to blink first. "He continued down that path and it certainly worked." Watch the full interview on Football Focus, Saturday 26 September, 12:10 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.

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England resumed in Barbados 107 ahead at 39-5 but, despite an unbeaten 35 from Jos Buttler, were all out for 123. It left the hosts with a target of 192 and they were 80-4 before Darren Bravo and Jermaine Blackwood shared 108. Left-hander Bravo struck three sixes in a magnificent 82 and Blackwood was 47 not out as the hosts beat England for only the second time in 29 Tests. The match had fluctuated for much of the three days but the Windies were able to regain a share of the Wisden Trophy with relative ease as the England side tired. A key moment proved to be a fumbled stumping by Buttler with 105 needed, the wicketkeeper unable to gather a sharply turning ball down the leg-side when Blackwood was way out of his ground having danced down the pitch to Joe Root. After a wretched World Cup campaign, when failed to progress beyond the initial group stages, defeat at the Kensington Oval is likely to leave the England coaching staff with some difficult questions to answer from the hierarchy at the England and Wales Cricket Board. Incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves said before the start of the series that there would be "some enquiries" if they failed to win in the Caribbean, and he takes up his post on 15 May. Yet having scrambled for runs in frantic style at the end of a remarkable second day on which 18 wickets fell, England calmly added 23 on the third morning. The introduction of slow left-armer Veerasammy Permaul soon saw Gary Ballance caught at slip, but Ben Stokes played in positive fashion, unleashing some effective reverse sweeps to add 33 with Buttler, who got off the mark in fine style with a six off Permaul. However, Stokes skewed the spinner to cover and tall seamer Jason Holder struck with successive balls. The destructive Buttler blazed four fours and a six from the next seven balls he faced but the number eight was again left not out at the other end when last man James Anderson was lbw after a review. The home team's reply began one over before lunch and the afternoon soon appeared ominous for England when, for once, Anderson was unable to trouble the batsmen. Debutant Shai Hope was dropped by Root at third slip off Stuart Broad, with star catcher Chris Jordan inexplicably positioned in the outfield, and both reviews were wasted within the opening 11 overs. But Jordan trapped Hope lbw with a full delivery angling in, upheld after a review, and then produced another astonishing reflex catch at slip in the next over to snaffle Kraigg Brathwaite off the spin of Moeen Ali. The Windies added 35 and appeared to be in command again, but England restricted the scoring and Broad nipped one back to rattle through the defence of Marlon Samuels. Things changed once again after tea, as Bravo launched the first ball of the session from Root for six. But in the next over the veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul chopped Anderson on to his stumps, ending a disappointing series for the 40-year-old, who averaged only 15 from his six innings. With all results still possible, a fourth day seemed likely but Bravo and Blackwood mixed defence and attack with great assurance. Bravo edged Anderson through a vacant second slip area and, though he was well caught by Broad at mid-off with only four needed, the acceleration had been decisive and the Windies, who had lost their previous two series in England, soon completed a famous victory under the floodlights. Listen to Geoffrey Boycott's review of the third Test on the Test Match Special podcast

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Tests at Guanabara Bay have revealed high levels of bacteria and viruses coming from human sewage. Two sailors contracted infections at a test event in August, which they claim were caused by the waters. Rio Olympic organisers said earlier this month that the health and safety of athletes is "always a top priority". Seven of the 10 sailing events in the Brazilian city will launch into the Marina de Gloria, where the new pipeline is due to open this month. "The Marina area is our biggest challenge; it's critical it's completed and we start seeing a difference," World Sailing's head of events Alastair Fox told BBC Sport. "It's essential that it improves radically - from a health point of view and also for showcasing the sport." Nearly 70% of sewage in Rio is spilled raw into its surrounding waters. Sailors have also reported seeing pollution, including furniture and floating animal carcasses, while drug-resistant "super-bacteria" were found in the area last December. A statement from the Rio 2016 organising committee earlier this month said: "There is no doubt water within the field of play meets the relevant standards." The Games begin on 5 August. Following the test event at Guanabara Bay in August, German sailor Erik Heil and South Korean windsurfer Wonwoo Cho both attributed their illnesses to the water quality. However, World Sailing says the 8% illness rate at the event was lower than average for regattas. It also says doctors feel those illnesses could have been prevented, and believes athletes can minimise the risks by following hygiene guidelines, such as taking showers after exiting the water. British two-time Olympic champion Sarah Gosling, now the athletes' representative on the World Sailing council, believes the pursuit of Olympic gold will outweigh any risks involved in the minds of competitors. "Winning a gold medal will make up for anything - it's really not that relevant," Gosling told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "There are plenty and plenty of reports out there about athletes who their whole life is about winning medals, and anything that happens on the way is kind of irrelevant. "For sailing to be in the centre of the Olympics right there, for athletes to be able to stay in the village, to be able to go to the opening and closing ceremony, it's a massive deal." World Sailing has had reports the rubbish in the water at Guanabara Bay, where Marina de Gloria opens into, is higher than usual because of rainy season deluges washing items into it. Fox will conduct the latest site visit in late January to assess progress. "We're doing as much as we can to work with the Rio authorities," he said, adding World Sailing also had back-up plans to treat the water should the work not be completed. "When racing near a big city, water quality is always an issue. We've no intention of not holding the competition there. The reality is that sailors want to be racing in Rio. "We need to start seeing data from all the course areas in the dry season to see that water quality is at an acceptable level - as they were in August at the test event in the Guanabara Bay."

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The job numbers could be worse, with unemployment on a downward trend, most recently at 5.1%. But the most recent figures, for autumn, are worse than summer, when they could be a lot better. Across the whole of the UK, they are. The British economy has been a job-creating dynamo as it clambered out of the Great Recession trench. But much less so in Scotland. In the year leading up to the September-to-November survey, published this week, unemployment fell by 12,000. That's good. But of those aged 16 to 64, the number of people in work fell by 49,000, and the number inactive and not making themselves available for work was up by 59,000. That's not so good at all. There have been some more promising numbers recently. For instance, a Bank of Scotland survey found the number of new business start-ups was down in Scotland, but by far less than the UK. Relatively good. The Purchasing Managers Index for December, from the Bank of Scotland and Markit, edged above the point at which it returns from contraction of output to very modest growth. Good, but only just. That's while the quarterly survey out today from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce is "finely balanced". Firms were more likely to be positive about the fourth quarter of 2016, except in the (very large) finance and business services sector. So yes, there are signs of resilience about the Scottish economy that were not evident this time last year. But it is precarious. For two years, there has been a clear divergence in growth between Scotland and the rest of the UK. That's growth, as in Gross Domestic Product, and as measured by Scottish government statisticians. Remember that gap matters far more when it translates into income tax revenue. If Scotland can't keep up growth, receipts will, over time, fall behind the amount that would otherwise have come from the Treasury. And the weakness of the growth has begun to look quite sustained. Over the past six quarters, two have seen no growth, and three have seen a paltry 0.2% (the more positive figures for April to June last year have been revised downwards). In the most recent quarter, and over the past two years, Scotland's economy has been growing at about a third of the rate of the UK as a whole. The business view of this is becoming increasingly concerned and impatient. That is particularly as it watches Holyrood budget negotiations focus on options for increasing tax and shifting priorities across public sector spending. Nurturing economic growth, which can be helped by decisions taken through the tax system, as well as training and infrastructure, does not seem to be getting the highest priority across the Scottish Parliament. And amid the febrile atmosphere of Brexit, the UK government has less headspace or political capital available for the economy. Indeed, this week's speech from the prime minister explicitly chose the curtailment of immigration over the optimisation of economic growth and prosperity (that's in the eyes of the vast majority of economists - other opinions are available from a smaller band of Brexiteer economists). The other response is to question whether Gross Domestic Product matters as much as economists say it should. The Scottish government has a project running to find other good targets at which it can aim. The Office for National Statistics is trying to develop a wellbeing index, much of which seems to be aimed at subjective responses to surveys about sentiment. Meanwhile, from Scots economist John McLaren comes a refinement of GDP, to "active growth". An alumnus of the civil service and Labour government, he says we can better understand the underlying trends in the Scottish economy if the noise is stripped out of the statistics. So no more "administration and defence". Although health, schooling and justice are highly important to the economy, their output is notoriously hard to measure meaningfully. Gone too is finance, for which it has proven difficult to measure output with much accuracy. And construction is seen, by this reckoning, as investment. It has also been a very important part of keeping Scotland out of recession over the past two years. What's left? "The private sector, day-to-day activity, including manufacturing and non-finance services," says McLaren - "the active elements of the economy rather than the 'passive' public services." By that reckoning, the active economy grew at 6.6% between 2008 and 2015, slightly faster than the Scottish economy as a whole, but while the UK "active economy"' grew 12%. Since the start of 2015, Prof McLaren says that active economy has contracted slightly, whereas for the UK, it has grown by more than 4%. And adapting the most recent Scottish government figures for July to September, the active economy contracted slightly over the preceding quarter and by slightly more over the previous year. The main explanation is that private sector services have been sluggish in Scotland - much less so south of the border. The notion of measuring the "active economy" is not officially approved, or statistically road-tested. It isn't so easily comparable as straight-forward GDP. It dodges the challenge of trying to measure output from public services. But it is another way of seeing that Scotland's economy is at best precarious, and seems to have deep-seated problems.

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The 32-year-old falsely claimed he was robbed at gunpoint during the Games and was banned for 10 months in September. "After Rio, I was probably the most hated person in the world," the six-time Olympic gold medallist told ESPN. "There were a couple of points where I was crying, thinking, 'If I go to bed and never wake up, fine.'" Asked whether that meant he considered suicide, Lochte nodded, adding: "I was about to hang up my entire life." Lochte, who has won 12 Olympic medals, is one of the most successful swimmers in history. He won gold at Rio 2016 in the 4x200m freestyle relay alongside team-mates Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, and Michael Phelps. But his actions following the final races in the pool provoked harsh criticism. "You can be at the all-time high and then the next second the all-time low," he said. "I love being at the Olympics, but I'm the opposite of what you'd expect. "It's been that way my whole life. I don't fit in." Media playback is not supported on this device While in Rio, Lochte said he and three team-mates were held up at a petrol station during a night out. Police questioned the account after CCTV footage showed the group had vandalised the petrol station and Lochte later admitted he had "over-exaggerated" his story. Lochte - who is expecting a baby with his fiancee - said he is now positive about the future and has shifted his focus to qualifying for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. "Everything happens for a reason," said Lochte, whose ban expires after next month's World Championships in Hungary. "I was done with swimming back in 2013. I was drained, wiped out. Now I've found a new purpose with my son. This fire has been ignited, and it's bigger than ever. "I'm just so excited because I know what's going to happen in Tokyo. Everyone is going to have to watch out."

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Dominic Chappell headed up a group called Retail Acquisitions, which bought BHS from Sir Philip Green for a nominal £1 in 2015. He told the BBC's Newsnight: "We could have saved BHS". Mr Chappell said he was "upset and devastated" about the company going into administration, but that he had no regrets about doing the deal. Mr Chappell blames two things, though, for the failure of his plan. Firstly, Christmas trading, which is the mainstay of any big retailer, was well below expectation. Secondly, he says he was badly affected by the decision of the pensions regulator to launch an inquiry into the takeover of BHS, known as an anti-avoidance case. Mr Chappell maintains that the effect of that case was to make it almost impossible for him to get credit from frontline banks, pushing him to take on high-cost loans in order to cover costs. He borrowed at an interest rate of 15% and says "the impact of the regulator is one of the main things that knocked us over". Mr Chappell has faced criticism ever since his deal to buy BHS was announced. A man with no retail experience, he has been declared bankrupt three times - although Mr Chappell told me that he expected one of those bankruptcies to be annulled within weeks. His lack of experience has raised questions over whether he was an appropriate man to buy such a large business. However, those close to the deal insist that Mr Chappell came across as a perfectly legitimate businessman, with colleagues who were experienced in corporate turnarounds. He also had advisors from two of the City's best known firms - accountants Grant Thornton and law firm Olswang. "My portrayal has been too harsh," said Mr Chappell. "Yes I've had two bankruptcies, but the long and the short is that I had a strong board, internationally renowned companies representing me, and I was prepared to spend a lot of money on BHS. "We were faced with some serious problems. We reduced the overheads of the company and I am confident that, if we could have kept trading, we would have been breaking even in September of next year. We had made huge progress." As for regrets, he said he should have been quicker with introducing the Company Voluntary Arrangement, which was eventually voted through in March and saw rents fall at many stores. When it came, he said, it received "overwhelming support". As for now, Mr Chappell remains hopeful that BHS can still live on. He is involved in one of the bids presently being considered by the administrator, Duff and Phelps. "The company has a future - it doesn't need to be the PanAm of the High Street," he said.

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Police were called to Cherry Tree Lodge Farm, Crow Tree Bank, Doncaster, after several were shot overnight. Six lambs were found dead, with a further six having to be put down due to the extent of their injuries. At Stoupers Gate farm, near Hatfield, six lambs were shot dead overnight between 21 and 22 March, while a further two had to be put down. Police described the attacks as "sickening". Insp Mark Payling, from South Yorkshire Police, said the "thoughtless act of violence... had caused outrage amongst the farming community across the region and beyond". He added: "Both incidents have caused distress and outrage not only in our local communities, but across South Yorkshire."

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Changes include the treatment of research and development and pensions. The ONS has calculated that the changes mean GDP for 2009 will be revised up by 4.6%, or £65bn. The changes will apply retrospectively, but 2009 is the most recent year that has had its figures updated so far. How the changes to the absolute level of GDP will affect the figures for GDP growth, which is the most closely-watched figure on the UK economy, will be announced on 30 June. Most of these changes have been made by statistical bodies across the world to help make their data comparable. Of the £65bn increase to GDP for 2009, £22bn comes from the decision that spending on research and development should be treated as an investment by companies, not just as normal spending. A contribution of £23.6bn comes from changes to the way the ONS treats non-profit institutions that provide services to households. These include organisations such as charities and religious institutions, which often provide their services for free, but the cost of providing the services is still included in the national accounts. Another £3.5bn comes from the reclassification of government spending on "military weapons of destruction and the equipment needed to deliver them", which also now count as a capital investment. There will be £9.7bn added due to the inclusion of illegal drugs and prostitution, as discussed in a previous article on calculating the sex and drugs economy. The level of GDP will be raised £5.1bn by new treatment of defined benefit pension schemes (the ones where you know how much money you will end up receiving), which will also have the effect of doubling the country's savings ratio. There will also be small effects from removing the minimum price at which buying small tools can be considered to be an investment, as well as changes to assumptions about how much will have to be spent decommissioning oil, gas and nuclear infrastructure. The ONS will reveal more details of all of the changes to the calculation of GDP, leading up to the publication of the Blue Book on 30 September, which will contain the most up to date figures calculated in the new way.

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After several years working away from the UK, Catalan director Calixto Bieito is back with a radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare. In his new work Forests, Bieito has combed the Bard's complete works for mentions of trees, heaths and woodland. The result is, he admits, a work where even Shakespeare scholars will struggle to identify all of the references. But audiences at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham, can expect scenes influenced by As You Like It's forest of Arden and the moving trees of Macbeth's Great Birnam Wood. "There are so many forests and trees in Shakespeare," says Bieito, talking ahead of Tuesday's opening night. "I wanted to make an open show with a new plot using the words of Shakespeare like a symphonic poem. I'm much more interested in this than the plot." Forests marks the Catalan director's first work in the UK since 2004. His previous UK theatre productions include Hamlet and Celestina, both for Edinburgh Festival and Birmingham Rep, and Macbeth at the Barbican, while his opera productions have included Un Ballo in Maschera and Don Giovanni for English National Opera and Die Fledermaus for Welsh National Opera. Bieito's interpretations have often stirred up controversy. His raunchy production of Die Fledermaus in 2002 shocked audiences with an orgy, violence and strong language. He also ruffled feathers with his ENO productions of Don Giovanni and Verdi's A Masked Ball. The latter opened with a dozen men sat on lavatories and featured homosexual rape, satanic sex rituals and masturbation. The BBC's home of 2012: Latest Olympic news, sport, culture, torch relay, video and audio In 2004, Bieito caused a scandal in Berlin when his Abduction from the Seraglio shifted Mozart's opera to a modern-day brothel. The hero was a cross-dressing pimp who slaughtered the prostitutes at the end of the night. "You say all the time I'm a bad boy," says Bieito, "but I'm more interested in philosophical things." He originally wasn't keen to take on the latest project when he was approached about a commission for the World Shakespeare Festival. "When they asked me to do Shakespeare I decided I would not do more. In two years I'd already done Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear in five different languages . At the end of King Lear I was exhausted." But Bieito re-read the complete works of Shakespeare, including the Sonnets, in under three months. "I've done 12 Shakespeares in different languages," he says modestly. "I'm a fast reader." It was a chance remark from his wife that planted the seed of an idea. "We were talking about our children, and she said she would like to see them growing up like trees. Maybe it was this sentence that made me think about forests." Bieito has no qualms about chopping up Shakespeare's prose for his arboreal venture. He cites film director Luis Bunuel as an inspiration. "You don't need the story, the show is full of pictures. You'd have to be a Shakespeare specialist to recognise everything." Presented by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Barcelona Internacional Teatre, Forests features a cast of English and Catalan actors. So what can audiences expect? "They will identify with what the show says about childhood and the violence that exists in the world," Bieito says. "It's like going to a concert and you feel emotions but you don't know where they're coming from. "Shakespeare's words are out of context, but they are much more free. They are not a slave to the plot - they get a new dimension." Forests is at the Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham, until 15 September, and the Barbican in London from 6 to 10 November. It was commissioned for the World Shakespeare Festival and is part of the closing week of the London 2012 Festival.

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The hosts made an encouraging start at the EBB Stadium as Matt McClure set up a chance for Jake Gallagher, but his shot comfortably cleared the crossbar. Chester responded with a quick counter-attack, Elliott Durrell pulling his shot wide, before they had a goal chalked off when Kane Richards was penalised for a foul in the 13th minute. The visitors pushed forward again and Ryan Lloyd was unfortunate to see his long-range effort hit the woodwork, while Aldershot went close early in the second period when Scott Rendell was denied by Liam Roberts. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Aldershot Town 0, Chester FC 0. Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Chester FC 0. Tom Shaw (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Aldershot Town. Anthony Straker replaces Nick Arnold. Jordan Chapell (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Elliott Durrell. Substitution, Aldershot Town. Iffy Allen replaces Shamir Fenelon. Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Kane Richards. Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces Theo Vassell. Josh Wakefield (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card. Bernard Mensah (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Aldershot Town. Josh Wakefield replaces Liam Bellamy. Second Half begins Aldershot Town 0, Chester FC 0. First Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Chester FC 0. Liam Bellamy (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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They held it two days before the anniversary, on a Sunday, in the hope that it would attract more people. But the crowds were thin, and it was only the enthusiastic participation of T-shirt sellers, face-painters and assorted performers that really kept the event alive. And of course the extraordinary, decent forbearance of the NOKs, as they call themselves, the next-of-kin, as they once again recounted memories of lost loved ones, quite literally lost somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. But you could not escape the weariness in their voices as they appealed not to be forgotten. Another year has passed, and, notwithstanding the discovery of a barnacle-encrusted flaperon last year, which more or less confirmed that MH370 did indeed end up in the Indian Ocean, the NOKs know nothing else about the fate of the passengers. One clear theme of this year's memorial was for the search to go on, even after the current 120,000 sq km zone has been fully surveyed, probably by the end of June. At the moment there are no plans to continue the operation being run out of western Australia by the Dutch company Fugro, using state-of-the-art deep-sea sonar vehicles. The zone was chosen in 2014 based on modelling from the seven "handshakes" MH370 made automatically with a satellite every hour - the only contact with the plane after all other communications were shut down. It was based on the assumption that the Boeing 777 ran out of fuel, and plunged into the sea. One alternative interpretation is that the pilot managed to glide the plane down gradually into the sea, taking it much further. But that would expand the search zone to three times the size of the existing one, which has already taken almost two years to survey. The families, though, believe that should not stop them from trying. "I definitely don't want the search to end", says Grace Nathan, whose mother Anne Daisy was on the flight. "It's a very harrowing thought for me and the next-of-kin. "I understand from a logical standpoint what they are saying, that the funds are dwindling, that they've looked very thoroughly in this space, but for me it is very important to find the plane - not just for our own emotional reasons and our need for closure, but I believe the flying public also needs to know what happened." MH370 relatives prepare for long fights This month, the families have had to deal with a more immediate task - meeting the deadline imposed by international aviation regulations to file lawsuits against Malaysia Airlines and other parties. Those who have not filed suits by the two-year anniversary lose the right to do so, and must accept whatever compensation the airline offers. This has been another emotional ordeal for them, says lawyer Arunan Selvaraj, who is representing 15 families. "The whole thing is very traumatic. They are not sure whether they should have a funeral, whether they should move on. And now, because of the limitation period, everyone is under pressure to file their suits. But they find it very difficult to accept that they are claiming money when they don't even have answers to whether the person is alive or dead." There has been a flurry of lawsuits filed in the past few days at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, not just against the airline, but also against the government, the Malaysian aviation authority and the air force. Anyone, in fact, who might have played a role in allowing MH370 to vanish. It is hard to keep track of all the lawsuits, as some are filed on behalf of several relatives of a single passenger. The administrator in charge of the airline's old parent company, Malaysia Airline Systems, who left after it was restructured, says a total of 119 suits filed in Malaysia have been approved. Some may since have been dropped as plaintiffs accepted out-of-court settlements. Relatives have also filed lawsuits in Australia, the US and China. There are some complex variables in all these cases. The 1999 Montreal Convention, which governs liabilities for international aviation, requires an airline to pay out around $160,000 per passenger after a fatal accident regardless of fault. It also places the burden of proof on the airline, which must show in court it was not negligent. In the absence of any evidence of what happened to flight MH370, lawyers say it is all but certain that Malaysia Airlines will be found liable. But the Montreal Convention restricts claimants to filing lawsuits either in the country they are resident, the home country of the airline, or the final destination on their ticket. So very few are eligible to file in this case in the USA, where awards of damages are likely to be much higher than in Malaysia or China. The claimants can file in the US against the aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, and some have tried to do that. But unlike the airline, here the burden of proof lies with the plaintiffs. Again, without any evidence, proving the plane was at fault is next to impossible. There are other uncertainties. The newly restructured Malaysia Airlines insists it has no liability for compensation. And a law passed after the company was renamed last year places limits on claims related to MH370, against it or the old parent company. The airline has repeatedly promised it can and will meet all its legal obligations, but this may be restricted to what its insurance policy covers. After two years of often poor and insensitive communication, there is a widely-felt lack of confidence in how the Malaysian authorities have been dealing with the next-of-kin. "Sadly the authorities have completely lost the trust of not just the families, but the public at large," says KS Narendran, whose wife Chandrika was on board flight MH370. "I don't know if they have done enough to restore a modicum of trust."

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Indeed, Willie Rennie apologised for being insufficiently expansive when encountering Nicola Sturgeon a day or so ago in Glasgow. Apparently, they exchanged relatively cheery waves (think Brief Encounter, Govan style). But not, at that point, the customary January salutations. This Mr Rennie swiftly remedied. As did the FM. For a moment, it was like a rerun of BBC Scotland's splendid Hogmanay show. But without the Bay City Rollers, or Jackie Bird. Equally, however, there are limits. The seasonal bonhomie is evaporating and that right speedily. As well as being New, this year is electoral. Scotland goes to the polls in May (and also perhaps later in the year for the EU Referendum). So rival policies and competing strategies were to the fore in the exchanges during the debate which dominated today's proceedings in the chamber. The ostensible topic was how Scotland might reasonably go on Supporting Public Services, Tackling Inequality and Growing the Economy. The real topic, of course, was that election in May. Welcome to the Holyrood Hustings. The individual policy offers were intriguing in themselves. For example, Labour promised to top up the bonus payable to potential first time home buyers by chucking an extra ??3000 into the pot already established by the UK Government. However, it is the strategy - the positioning - which is perhaps most interesting. Instead of defaulting to the proletarian Left, as some might expect in these Corbynite days, Labour's first big offer in Scotland is to back house purchases for those who are already saving. This policy replaces the offer to compensate those in Scotland who were set to lose cash from the early abolition of tax credits by the Chancellor. On the face of it, a recalibration - from supporting the poorest to backing those seeking to rise up the property ladder. But caveats. Firstly, the tax credit offer spread far more widely than the lowest income decile. That, indeed, was one reason advanced by the Chancellor for reviewing the credits system in the first place. Secondly, Kezia Dugdale insists that helping young families to get their own home is fully in keeping with Labour values. It was, she argued, both anti-austerity and aspirational. Still, the offer attracted attention and derision in equal measure from both the SNP and the Tories. The SNP noted other endeavours to help first time buyers - and jibed that Labour were simply pinching a Conservative plan. For their part, the Tories queried the source of funding. Labour say they'd forego a planned SNP cut in Air passenger duty and a planned Tory hike in the starting level for upper rate tax which would also reduce revenue; no new money, say the Tories. Labour, I suspect, will be entertained by the degree of political contumely which their plan has drawn. As Alex Salmond is fond of saying, "the mair they talk, I'm kent the better." Further, despite the individual policy, Ms Dugdale's wider strategy in her two speeches today (one at Edinburgh University, one in the chamber) was to suggest that the SNP talk Left but walk Right. Indeed, she even borrowed the phrase "Tartan Tories". I expect Nicola Sturgeon experienced a warm glow on seeing that one resurrected. Her essential argument was that the SNP simply sought to manage the status quo - without generating the radical change which she said was essential. Ms Sturgeon's party, of course, start this election period with an apparently commanding lead in the polls. She stressed however that she would not take a single vote for granted. Sensible - and in keeping with her generally cautious demeanour. The SNP's pitch, she said, would be based upon "record, ideas and vision." After a litany of proclaimed successes for her government, she promised further reform: integrating health and social care, doubling childcare, building economic growth through enterprise and exports. Stand by also for announcements on tax plans: not for the immediate future. John Swinney has already said he won't use the Calman tax plans which take effect from April (with no capacity to distinguish between standard and upper rates). No, Ms Sturgeon is talking about the potential use of the Smith tax plans as set out in the current Scotland Bill. It will be intriguing to see the various parties deal with that dose of forward thinking: to witness how they balance equity with protecting services and with fostering business and personal reward. She is talking too about local taxation. I expect that the Scottish Government will publish plans for a fairly substantial reform of council taxation, allied to partial assignment of income tax receipts to local authorities. She is talking too about welfare. Again, all parties will have to set out their thoughts as to how they might use pending new powers over benefits. The Conservative policy offer today was on education: primarily new powers for head teachers over budgets, recruitment and attainment. But, again, it is their wider strategy which is intriguing. They say they want to offer a credible alternative to the SNP. Does that mean that Ruth Davidson hopes to enter Bute House, as First Minister? Well, if the voters so will??? In practice, though, the Tory aim for May is not to replace the existing Scottish Government but to supplant Labour as the principal Opposition party at Holyrood. Ms Davidson said she was positing an option to the SNP - then proceeded to devote most of her time to attacking Labour as feckless. Willie Rennie said he wanted to offer a "bright, liberal, green" programme for Scotland. I expect Mr Rennie had hoped to occupy the centre ground, should Labour and the Tories be prepared to desert it, to Left and Right. That seems, in Scotland at least, rather less than likely. Still, Mr Rennie is adamant that his band of five Holyrood Parliamentarians have achieved far more in terms of effective scrutiny than might be thought numerically proportionate. How much more, he mused, could they do with greater representation after May? And the Greens? They want to overtake the Lib Dems by promoting environmental concerns and querying GDP growth as the quintessential target. Patrick Harvie made an interesting point (actually, he made several, but one will do for now). Yes, he said, the new system of local taxation had to be fair and progressive. Politicians favour words like those because they tend not to frighten the voters. But, he said, the system also had to raise sufficient revenue to fund the improved services promised by various political leaders at Holyrood. That means, bluntly, some folk paying more in tax. Not sure even a Hogmanay hug will dull the pain of that moment for those who are affected. Folk tend to welcome taxes being levied upon their neighbours. But then that's politics. And those are the choices which will soon be set before us.

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Hundreds of fans had queued outside London's Prince of Wales theatre on Monday to see the first UK performance. The Book of Mormon, which lampoons religion and musicals, has already been a huge Broadway hit. To deafening cheers, Parker said: "It's very cool to be here for the fan performance." He added: "We heard that a lot of you lined up overnight for tickets... and we want to say from the bottom of our hearts, you're... crazy. We don't know that any show can live up to that." By Will GompertzArts editor The Book of Mormon's reputation is built on its biting satire, crude humour and the mocking of Mormonism. There is plenty of all three. But having now seen the show twice, I suspect that at least some of its success is down to its rather conservative nature. Strip away all the vulgarities and what you are left with is a traditionally structured, feel-good musical, which is chock-full of catchy show tunes. The Book of Mormon follows the story of two missionaries who are sent from Salt Lake City to preach in a remote Ugandan village. Written by Stone, Parker and Avenue Q's co-creator Robert Lopez, the show is directed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw. The Broadway show won nine Tony awards last year. It recouped its $11.4m (£7.3m) investment in nine months, making its money back in part by charging up to $477 (£304) for tickets. The West End show is sold out until the end of July, with a small number of daily tickets available via a lottery system. The show's content is not for the faint-hearted, with strong language and jokes about religion, Aids and female circumcision. "We never sit down and say how can we shock," Parker told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "It is unconventional material for a musical. That's the sort of stuff that we love." Stone added: "It's about two white Mormon boys who grew up in Utah and are sent to a place with Old Testament problems - and nothing they've been taught helps them at all with these problems." Elder Clifford Herbertson, a senior spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the official name of the Mormon Church), said he thought the musical would raise awareness of the church in the UK. "I think the important point is that it's entertainment, it's not education, so it will raise awareness but I don't think it will necessarily help people's understanding or appreciation of the church," he told the BBC. Scott Brown, New York Magazine's theatre critic, described The Book of Mormon as a "wacky, irreverent tale". "It's one of those revitalising successes," he told BBC 5 live Breakfast. "Broadway is like the pharmaceutical business - they crank out all these drugs, but there is just one that carries the rest of the market for a huge amount of time, and this was Broadway's Viagra for a while." Londoner Christina Tencheva was among those who queued for hours on Monday for a reduced-price ticket to the first performance. "It was outrageous in the best way possible," she said after the show. "I knew it was going to be rude in places but I came in with an open mind. I think anyone can enjoy it as long as you leave any prejudice at the door." Anna Koscheck, a regular West End theatre-goer, noted the show's youthful audience. "I pointed out to my friend when we went in that everyone is so young. I don't think I've ever seen that before." Matt Stone and Trey Parker met at the University of Colorado and as students created the indie film Cannibal! The Musical. Their cartoon series South Park made its TV debut in 1997. The big screen version South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut earned Parker an Oscar nomination for best song in 2000. In 2004, the pair returned to cinemas with Team America: World Police, an adult satire with a cast of marionettes. Stone and Parker then spent seven years working on The Book of Mormon, which opened on Broadway in March 2011.

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) said they had spent three months living in deteriorating conditions near the town of Sinjar. Since 4 February, they have been unable to access food and drinking water. Two children and two women are believed to have died due to the cold weather, and IS has shelled them three times. UNHCR spokesman Rupert Colville said the so-called IS had apparently threatened them with further attacks unless they agreed to relocate to territory controlled by the jihadist group. He urged the Kurdistan Regional Government to "act as quickly as possible to ensure the safety, protection and access to basic humanitarian assistance for this group of extremely vulnerable people". If the Kurdish authorities had security concerns about the group, they should vet people "on an individual basis in a safe location, in full transparency and in accordance with the law", Mr Colville added. He did not say where the stranded people were from, but Kurdish forces are reported to have expelled dozens of families whose male relatives were suspected of having fought for or aided IS fighters. The Kurds, backed by US-led coalition air strikes, recaptured Sinjar in November, 15 months after IS militants overran the north-western town and killed or enslaved thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority who lived there. Last month, the UNHCR said it had received reports of increasing human rights violations and abuses committed against Sunni Arab communities in parts of Iraq reclaimed from IS fighters, including looting and destruction of property, forced evictions, abductions, illegal detention and extrajudicial killings. Sunni Arabs had also faced increasing discrimination, harassment and violence from other ethnic and religious groups who accuse them of supporting IS militants, it added.

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The Local Government Association (LGA) says some UK outlets already do so, but the industry must do more. A mandatory scheme in the US has given large restaurant chains until the end of 2016 to put calorie counts on menus. The LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, has called for voluntary action. Izzi Seccombe, chairman of the LGA's community well-being board, said: "We are calling on cinema, restaurant and pub chains to step up and show leadership in tackling the obesity crisis, by providing clear and graphic signs at counters and on menus. "In many cases, people are unaware of how many calories they are consuming. "Food and drink outlets should be doing more to provide clear and prominent labelling which spells this out clearly." More than 3.5 million children in Britain are classed as overweight or obese, the LGA said. It said research showed that soft drinks were the biggest contributor to children's sugar intake. A report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has advised the government to halve the current recommended intake of free sugars from 10% to 5%.

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Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny's language sounded more diplomatic than that of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Mr Ahern told the BBC any British exit from the EU would be "senseless" and set Northern Ireland back "light years". But given the close trading, social and cultural relations between Britain and Ireland, it is obvious any taoiseach will be worried about what would be a far reaching change to the status quo. This week, a report from an Irish parliamentary committee spelled out Dublin's concerns in more detail. The Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Joint Committee on European Union Affairs wants the Irish government to be "involved from the outset in all negotiations on the UK relationship with the EU, as UK's membership of the EU is an issue of vital national interest to Ireland". When it comes to Northern Ireland the committee argues that - in the context of the Good Friday Agreement - "the Irish Government has a voice in relation to the future of Northern Ireland and must feature in EU negotiations with the UK". In the event of a British withdrawal from the EU, the committee wants London and Dublin to make arrangements to replace any lost EU funding. Perhaps even more difficult to achieve, the committee wants the Irish and UK Governments to negotiate "to have Northern Ireland recognised (in an EU context) as having 'a special position' in the UK, in view of the Good Friday Agreement". It also recommends that "special arrangements be negotiated at EU level in that context, to maintain North-South relations and Northern Irish EU citizenship rights". Boiling that down, I assume the idea is that if someone is living in Northern Ireland, but carrying an Irish passport, they should continue to enjoy the benefits of EU membership, even if the UK has pulled out. Some unionists are not impressed by the Irish Parliamentary Committee's intervention. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MEP Diane Dodds regards the committee's view that Dublin must play a role in Mr Cameron's renegotiation as "unwelcome interference in the affairs of the UK". Should Britain leave the EU, there is no doubt there will be practical consequences so far as the UK's only land border is concerned. But will it, as the Irish committee fears, "result in issues around freedom of movement in border areas, border controls and customs checking"? On security grounds alone, it seems unlikely that a new network of fixed customs posts and immigration offices will be erected between Newry and Dundalk or Londonderry and Donegal. Indeed, as the Irish Parliamentary Committee itself points out, arrangements like the British Irish "Common Travel Area" which allows the free movement of people pre-date UK or Irish membership of the EU, as does the special status of Irish people living in the UK as "non-foreign aliens" (a term I hadn't been aware of until reading the committee's report). However, it is hard to argue with the committee's contention that "should the UK leave the EU, then the Northern Ireland border would become significant as it would become an external EU border". "This would raise considerable challenges for the open borders policy between the UK and Ireland," the committee's report added. If a UK outside the EU sought to tighten immigration controls at Dover and Heathrow, could it completely ignore a porous land border with a neighbouring EU state? Back in the days of Tony Blair's ill fated "e-borders" initiative, unionists objected to the idea they might be asked to show passports when travelling on flights or ferries between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The "e-borders" initiative was scrapped, but if the UK pulled out of the EU, would it ask Irish officials to carry out UK immigration checks, introduce more extensive mobile checks on the Northern Ireland border or flirt once again with the idea that operating checks on travel across the Irish Sea makes geographical, if not political sense?

Covering the talks between David Cameron and Enda Kenny in Downing Street last week , it was obvious that Irish concerns about any potential British withdrawal from the European Union @placeholder more of the two prime ministers ' time than their discussion of what might happen next in Stormont 's budgetary saga .

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Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper, all 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, appeared in a Chicago court on Friday. The four have been charged with hate crimes and aggravated kidnapping and battery, among other things. An online fundraiser for their victim has collected $51,000 (£42,500) so far. Denying the four suspects bail, Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil asked: "Where was your sense of decency?" Prosecutors told the court the beating started in a van and continued at a house, where the suspects allegedly forced the 18-year-old white victim, who suffers from schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder, to drink toilet water and kiss the floor. Police allege the van was earlier stolen by Mr Hill, who is also accused of demanding $300 from the victim's mother while they held him captive, according to the Chicago Tribune. The court was also told the suspects stuffed a sock into his mouth, taped his mouth shut and bound his hands with a belt. In a video made for Facebook Live which was watched millions of times, the assailants can be heard making derogatory statements against white people and Donald Trump. The victim had been dropped off at a McDonalds to meet Mr Hill - who was one of his friends - on 31 December. He was found by a police officer on Tuesday, 3 January, a day after he was reported missing by his parents. Prosecutors say the suspects each face two hate crimes counts, one because of the victim's race and the other because of his disabilities.

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Former Chilean Football Association president Harold Mayne-Nicholls, 56, was one of five senior officials Fifa said were being investigated. Mayne-Nicholls has served the suspension because the initial seven-year ban was issued in 2015. He admitted speaking to officials from Qatar's bid about work placements for relatives at the Aspire youth academy. Fifa's ethics committee felt those conversations provided "cause enough to doubt the integrity of the inspection process", according to leaked emails between a committee member and Mayne-Nicholls. The Chilean's ban was initially reduced on appeal to three years, but on Friday it was further cut to two by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Mayne-Nicholls chaired Fifa's bid evaluation group for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively. In his 2010 report to Fifa, Mayne-Nicholls expressed serious concerns about conditions in Qatar, where summer temperatures can reach 50C. Mayne-Nicholls was one of several senior Fifa officials to call for an independent report into the award process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to be published in full.

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As perhaps Donald Trump's closest political adviser, he was accused by Senator Ted Cruz during the primary campaign of having half a century of trickery behind him, and being the master of the smear. Mr Stone responded by calling the senator a liar and comparing him to Richard Nixon, always a low blow. And he should know. He learned his trade as a political fixer in the Nixon White House, where, he's happy to admit, he was part of the rough political generation of the Watergate era. He is smooth, soft spoken and funny, and relaxed in a white suit and the kind of brown and white shoes that a Gatsby might have worn. But he's as tough as they come. We spoke in Cleveland about Mr Trump, his friend for nearly 40 years. He acknowledges the candidate's penchant for shooting from the hip, his egocentricity, and his unpredictability. So why was he fit to be president? "He's smart - don't forget that - and he listens, probably more than you think." I asked him how we might picture him, as president, sitting down in Russian President Vladimir Putin's office. "Putin will respect him more than he respects Obama. I'll tell you that. They have a lot in common." Then, we talk about the Republican Party. The party of the Bushes - no-one from that clan has come to this convention - is, to Mr Stone, a thing of the past that is gone for ever. "Trump is the outsider who has changed everything. This is like nothing we have seen before. The times have changed completely." He's too long in the tooth to predict the course of the campaign - which he thinks lies 50/50 as things stand - but he will admit something that the grizzled veterans of the circuit know for a fact but sometimes try to put out of their minds: this will be the "dirtiest, most bruising" campaign of them all. So I asked whether he, and the others who brought us campaigns dominated by attack ads, felt regret. Hadn't the public discourse been poisoned by all this? Not at all, says Mr Stone. Remember that when Abraham Lincoln was running for election in 1860, there was a leaflet campaign against him in Illinois based on the rumour that he'd fathered a mixed-race child. Take from that what you will. It's clear that this will be a brutal piece of hand-to-hand combat. The Republican message, hammered out every evening at the convention this week like a drum beat, is that Hillary Clinton - the secretary of state who set up her own email server - should be made to pay. "Hillary - prison 2016," say the placards. Mr Stone hardly needs to be tempted to launch into vitriolic attacks on the Clintons, for whom he has a special loathing. Their charitable foundation, for example, is to him "organised crime". This is politics in the raw. And with Mr Stone at the heart of the Trump campaign, it's obvious that although the candidate's tone may change a a little - Mr Stone reminds me never to forget that Mr Trump has never done this before, at any level - he will end as he began, as a street-fighter. We'll see that, especially, in the three debates scheduled for later September and October. But I put it to Mr Stone that Mrs Clinton is a lawyer with a razor-sharp mind who will be ready for anything Mr Trump throws at her. His response is that she'll find it hard to deal with someone who is as happy to break the rules as Mr Trump. "He'll say things that no-one else would say." And he makes a surprising observation about the woman for whom so many Republicans have developed a dislike that sometimes feels like an obsession. "I think she has a glass jaw." In the boxing ring - it's Mr Trump's favourite sport - that's fatal for a fighter. Mr Stone thinks she will find it hard to match the most unorthodox bruiser she has ever had to tangle with. On the other side, they disagree. For the Clinton team, the debates are a happy prospect. They think it will be Mr Trump who ends up on the floor. We shall see. But with Roger Stone in his corner, we can say one thing. This campaign, noisy and even raucous as it has already become, is going to be bloody. For the man who will prepare Mr Trump for the ring, there's no other way.

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Boron nitride, or "white graphene", is similar to its namesake: sheets of atoms laid out like a chain-link fence. A report in Nature Communications shows the material can preferentially soak up organic pollutants such as industrial chemicals or engine oil. However, it is easier to clean and re-use than other such "nanomaterials". The family of these materials includes much-touted, carbon-based members such as graphene and nanotubes, and are notable in part for their surface area-to-weight ratio. That allows them to take up an incredible amount for their size, making them attractive for the clean-up of pollutants. The new work suggests that a preparation of boron nitride could outperform many nanomaterials and more traditional approaches. A team from the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University in Australia and the Pierre and Marie Curie University in France started by making porous boron nitride "nanosheets" - wavy, single-atom layers of the material with holes in them. These porous sheets, which together form a coarse white powder, vastly outperformed sheets that did not have the pores, and commercially available chunks of boron nitride that is not made up of the tiny sheets. The porous version exhibited high "selective absorption and adsorption" - preferentially picking up organic pollutants and dyes out of water. The powder soaked up as much as 33 times its own weight in the chemical ethylene glycol and 29 times its own weight of engine oil. Even still, the saturated powder floats on water. The pollutants could then be driven out of the nooks and crannies of the material by heating it in a commercial furnace, or by simply igniting it - a trick that other, more established materials could only survive a few times before becoming completely clogged up. "All these features make these porous nanosheets suitable for a wide range of applications in water purification and treatment," the authors wrote. Francesco Stellacci of EPFL in Switzerland called the work "an excellent paper in a booming field". "The data reported are indeed excellent and impressive," he told BBC News. "The key question is if this is the material that at the end will be used for remediation." Prof Stellacci said that a market for such materials does not yet exist, and boron nitride's striking clean-up powers may or may not be enough to establish it as a leading contender, even among nanomaterials. "I think that at the end it will not be performance that will determine the final material used, but more costs and scalability. I really hope that one of these materials, and maybe this one, will make it," he said.

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The building in Manor Road, Wallasey, was targeted between 17:00 BST on Monday and 09:00 BST. No-one was thought to be at the property at the time. Merseyside Police is investigating. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was "extremely concerning that Angela Eagle has been the victim of a threatening act." Ms Eagle announced her intention to challenge Mr Corbyn after resigning from the shadow cabinet. Mr Corbyn said other MPs "are receiving abuse and threats". He said: "As someone who has also received death threats this week and previously, I am calling on all Labour Party members and supporters to act with calm and treat each other with respect and dignity, even where there is disagreement. "I utterly condemn any violence or threats, which undermine the democracy within our party and have no place in our politics." Liscard Councillor Bernie Mooney said staff came into the office on Tuesday morning and "found a brick had been put through the window". She said the manager found glass "up and down the stairs". It was the first physical attack on the building, but she said Ms Eagle had been subjected to "hundreds of vile, horrid emails and messages on the phone". She described her as "a very popular MP in Wallasey" and people in the area are "absolutely mortified" by the incident. Another member of staff who had spoken to Ms Eagle was told by the MP she was "disgusted" by what had happened and "worried for her staff", she added. Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Jane Kennedy has visited the constituency office to speak to staff following the brick attack, describing those who did it as "cowards". She said: "It is an absolutely disgraceful situation that you cannot take part in a democracy without having this kind of threat. "The violence of it, the vile nature of the abuse that is being given to Angela Eagle and to the other members of her staff and to those who support her is completely unacceptable."

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The singer and TV star died in August aged 72 following a stroke. Lady Colin Campbell was the second most popular term in the UK after the socialite appeared on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. For the world as a whole, basketball player Lamar Odom topped the list followed by Charlie Hebdo. Mr Odom, the estranged husband of Khloe Kardashian, rose to prominence in October after he fell unconscious during a visit to a brothel, resulting in him being taken to hospital. He later emerged from his coma. Charlie Hebdo is the French satirical magazine attacked by gunmen in January. Google's list of top-trending terms refers to queries that experienced the highest level of traffic over a sustained period of time during 2015 and were not nearly as popular the previous year. The firm publishes the details as an alternative to simply listing the most requested phrases - such as "Facebook", "internet banking" and "weather forecast". It does not disclose the number of searches involved. The top 10 terms searched for by UK-based users were: The search firm also provides topic-specific breakdowns, which reveal: Some of the terms that appear within the global top 10 might still be unfamiliar to many people. For example, Ronda Rousey was the eighth most popular search. The 28-year-old American is a martial arts star in the Ultimate Fighting Championships who suffered her first defeat in November. And Agar.io came in third place. It refers to a popular video game in which players control a blob that has to consume other blobs to survive.

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In two of the EU's biggest countries - France and the UK - anti-EU, anti-immigration parties came top. And in struggling Greece it was a Eurosceptic party of the left - Syriza - which won. Yet overall the pro-EU parties remained the dominant players. Here are 10 highlights of the elections, in which millions of Europe's voters protested against their leaders - or simply did not bother to vote. For the first time the far-right National Front (FN) won a French national election. It will send 24 MEPs to Brussels - compared with just three elected in 2009. A triumphant Marine Le Pen said she would fight "crazy measures like votes for immigrants". Her party trounced the ruling Socialists of President Francois Hollande, beaten into third place. It was a painful blow for the unpopular president, as France has always been at the heart of the European project. Mr Hollande said it was a "problem" not only for France but for Europe as a whole - a problem which had "tarnished the image of France". German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble deplored the result, labelling the FN "fascist". In the UK, Nigel Farage's anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) pulled off a similar triumph. "The UKIP fox is in the Westminster henhouse," Mr Farage said, after making political history by breaking the Conservative-Labour duopoly in a national election. Like the FN, UKIP boosted its tally of MEPs to 24. But it is not yet clear who its new allies will be in the European Parliament - Mr Farage has ruled out any deal with Ms Le Pen. UKIP now has its sights on Westminster - though the British "first-past-the-post" electoral system makes it a lot harder for small parties to win seats. UKIP is campaigning for a British exit from the EU, and calls for tough curbs on immigration. The anti-EU trend was not repeated in the Netherlands, despite predictions that the Freedom Party (PVV) of Geert Wilders was poised to do well. The anti-immigration, anti-Islam PVV won just three seats and fell to fourth place - well behind liberal and centre-left, pro-EU parties. Before the election the PVV and Ms Le Pen's FN vowed to team up in a new Eurosceptic bloc, but such an alliance has been much weakened by the Dutch result. In solidly pro-EU Germany a new anti-euro party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), made its mark, winning seven seats. It is now in the 67-strong non-aligned bloc called "Others" in the new parliament - independent parties which campaigned on a host of different issues. AfD is not anti-EU but believes the euro is fundamentally flawed and says German taxpayers must not pay the bills for reckless governments or banks in other EU countries. Another surprise in the German election was that a neo-Nazi politician, Udo Voigt, was elected, for the National Democratic Party (NPD). For years there has been heated debate in Germany about banning the NPD, but many fear that a ban would only drive the membership underground. In Greece the new ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party - often described as "neo-Nazis" too - won three seats. The party, whose leaders are under criminal investigation, came third. Uniforms and fascist-era emblems are also a feature of Jobbik in Hungary, which won three seats. A common feature of the parties is their hostility towards immigrants. In some cases party activists have been involved in racist attacks. Italy had a relatively high turnout - 60% - and voters gave strong backing to the new prime minister Matteo Renzi, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD). Many were surprised by the scale of his win. His rise in national politics has been meteoric - not long ago he was mayor of Florence, and did not even have a seat in parliament. Mr Renzi's PD came well ahead of the anti-establishment, Eurosceptic Five Star Movement of Beppe Grillo, and the right-wing Forza Italia party of former PM Silvio Berlusconi. It was an encouraging sign for pro-EU leaders who hope that Mr Renzi's reforms can revive the ailing Italian economy. In Greece and Spain there were impressive results for new radical left Eurosceptic parties. The Syriza party led by Alexis Tsipras won in Greece with 26.6%. He also led the European Left bloc, condemning the EU/IMF bailout conditions for Greece as "catastrophic". He wants new national elections and a full renegotiation of the Greek bailout. The rise of radical left parties in Spain also disrupted the traditional political order there. Spain's two dominant parties - of centre-left and centre-right - dropped below 50% of the vote, in a historic result. The new Podemos party, born of the indignados protest movement, surged into fourth place, just behind the former communists. On results night at the European Parliament there was a solemn announcement before the official results came in: the "inevitable" decline in turnout had been reversed. By how much? Well, 0.1%. So this time overall turnout was 43.1%. But as the dust settled the overall picture was not encouraging. Yes, turnout was very high in countries where voting is compulsory, such as Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta. But turnout was very low in much of Eastern Europe - Slovakia was lowest, with just 13%. And in Poland, where EU membership is very popular, it was just 23%. East European countries are net recipients from the EU budget - yet their people appear disengaged from EU politics. A new German word entered the EU vocabulary in this election: "Spitzenkandidaten". It refers to the lead candidates of the party blocs in the parliament, vying to become the next EU Commission president. For the first time in a European election these party rivals held live TV debates about EU policy, presenting their platforms to millions of voters across Europe. It was an effort to bring the EU closer to ordinary people - but also an exercise in power politics. European Parliament leaders were showing that they would not let EU governments impose a Commission president on them. Under the Lisbon Treaty, the governments have to "take account" of the election result when they choose the EU's most powerful bureaucrat. In theory that gives the voters some influence, albeit indirectly. The centre-right European People's Party (EPP) won overall, despite losing more than 60 seats. But it is not clear whether the EPP 's candidate Jean-Claude Juncker, a veteran of EU politics, will succeed in his bid to become next Commission president. An EU leaders' summit on 27 May marked the start of hard bargaining over the top Commission job and his or her new team, who will draft EU laws in Brussels. A name should be finalised by the end of June - but then the whole Commission still has to get approval from the new parliament. That process will not be complete until October at the earliest. Some EU leaders - notably the UK's David Cameron and Hungary's Viktor Orban - are likely to oppose Mr Juncker's bid. And Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has not given him firm backing.

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The German online newspaper Spiegel described it as "the most honest government statement", because Mrs Merkel's frustration was obvious. "We are in an extraordinary situation," she said. The chancellor has been under pressure for weeks after her decision to temporarily suspend the Dublin protocol to allow thousands of migrants to travel from Budapest into Germany. Since then a record number of people have arrived here; government figures reveal at least 164,000 refugees and migrants entered Germany in September alone. "I didn't create this," Mrs Merkel said. "I had to react and change an extraordinary situation into a controlled situation but we have to deal with it now." It's tempting to wonder whether the chancellor is losing control. She continues to defiantly defend her open-door refugee policy. It has won her international plaudits but it's causing consternation at home. Her approval ratings are sliding, a growing number of Germans are turning out to anti-refugee demonstrations (last night 8,000 people supported a demonstration organised by the populist party Alternative for Germany, AfD) and political pressure is growing. Thirty-four of her own conservative local party leaders have written to her, accusing her of pursuing a policy that is nether part of her party's programme or in line with German and European law. It's time, they say, for Germany to start turning people away at the border. They've provoked a rather irritable response. "We can't close the borders," Mrs Merkel said. "We carry out checks there but there are 3,000 kilometres of border - do you want to erect a fence all the way along it? People will still find ways to come; there is no stop to the influx. "I think about it all day, I think what are the possibilities. We can protect the outer European border better but even that won't stop people from coming." If anything, Mrs Merkel is pursuing her policy more single-mindedly than ever before. In fact - in a move which effectively sidelines her Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere - she has just brought day-to-day control of the refugee crisis under her own roof. The chancellery and her chief-of-staff, Peter Altmaier, will now manage the situation. Increasingly, it seems like a personal crusade. She claims she's simply exemplifying the Christian values of the CDU. But her language is emotional: "I'm proud that we are receiving refugees in a friendly and open manner. I don't want to compete to be the country which does best at scaring off refugees." The chancellor had of course hoped for more support from her European neighbours. Nevertheless, she's pledged to keep chipping away at reluctant EU member states to create longer-term solutions. She's taken flak for her willingness to work with Turkey. "It's my damned duty," she snapped in response. But while it's tempting to see the chancellor as an isolated figure, hell-bent on an unpopular policy which will bring down her chancellorship, it's worth noting that (perhaps now with the exception of Mr de Maiziere), her cabinet is solidly behind her. Only a handful of senior MPs have broken rank to publicly criticise her. There is no serious pretender to her crown. In every affected German town and city, thousands of people are volunteering their time, money and possessions to help the refugees. And the next general election is still two years away.

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Arran has been put in fourth place, Skye fifth, mainland Orkney sixth and Lewis and Harris joint eighth. Jersey, a British Crown Dependency, was rated by TripAdvisor as the UK's top island followed by the Isle of Wight and St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. No Scottish island made it on to a top 10 list of best European isles. The top European island was Santorini in Greece. Jersey is part of the British Isles but not the UK. However, it and other Channel Islands featured in TripAdvisor's search for tourists' favourite UK islands. Last year, Lewis and Harris were jointly named as the best islands in Europe by the international travel website. The isles also beat rivals in Thailand, Chile and Madagascar to be included in the site's top five islands in the world in 2014. Orkney and Mull were also named in the European top 10 last year.

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The two candidates clashed over a claim that hackers tied to the Russian state were trying to influence the election. Two days earlier, on Friday, the US director of national intelligence had pointed the finger at the highest levels of the Russian state for intrusions. Critics of Russia have argued that any role would be part of a growing trend of not just stealing information but also weaponising it. The story begins in May, when the Democratic National Committee (DNC) became concerned about suspicious behaviour on its computer network. It called in the security firm CrowdStrike to take a look. Two hacker groups were found on the system, one that had just entered and another that had been there for nearly a year. "We recognised that there was an adversary in their environment that had targeted that network and was looking at communications…. and research on opposition candidates," Shawn Henry, chief security officer at Crowdstrike and a former executive assistant director of the FBI, tells the BBC. "We did attribution back to the Russian government. "In this particular case we believed it was the Russian government involved in an espionage campaign - essentially collecting intelligence against candidates for the US presidency." But after the DNC and Crowdstrike went public in pointing the finger, material was released into the public domain, shifting the focus from traditional espionage - theft of data - to something more like an influence operation designed to have an impact in the real world. This is part of a wider trend of Russian activity that Western officials have been watching with alarm for some time. "We are seeing a more open and aggressive use of cyber, so that the information becomes a weapon and a weapon of influence," Sir David Omand, a former director of Britain's GCHQ, tells the BBC. On Friday, the US director of national intelligence went public over these concerns. "These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process," James Clapper said in a joint statement with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "Such activity is not new to Moscow - the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. "We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's most senior officials could have authorised these activities." The Kremlin has rejected the accusations, describing them as "nonsense". One additional concern is that information might be manipulated before it is leaked. In other words, false information could be planted amongst a dump of real data which will be picked up and reported on before people have a chance to verify it. A number of US states have also reported scanning and probing of election related systems - such as voter databases. US intelligence said this may have originated from servers operated by a Russian company but it said it was not in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian government. It also said that it would be difficult for anyone to actually alter ballot counts because of the decentralised nature of the system and protections in place. But even the attempt and the possibility of intrusion may be enough to cause problems when it comes to public perception around election time. "The only reason I can see why you would want to do that is to sow doubt about the outcome of the election," Sir David Omand says of the activity. "Because if you are in a district where you have to rely on the voting machines and you know the voting machines [and] the database has been penetrated can you really trust the result? "You will very quickly get rumours after the election that the result in some areas could be in doubt. "I can see plausible reasons why - at the moment - Russia would be quite happy to see the United States inconvenienced in that way." Russia has pioneered techniques of hybrid warfare and information operations in recent years including in conflicts in Ukraine and Georgia. Russian intelligence also has a long history of "active measures" and "influence operations" going back to the Cold War. But cyberspace offers a new means for pursuing this agenda and on a transformative scale. With discussion about how the US should respond, the trend worries some experts. "At the nation state level there needs to be diplomatic discussion about what is acceptable and what is not," argues Mr Henry. "Or we will see an increasing arms race in this space. "And that doesn't work out for anybody."

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Carter was part of the Jamaican quartet that won the 4x100m in Beijing in 2008. His was one of 454 selected doping samples retested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year, and has been found to contain the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine. Bolt, 30, completed an unprecedented 'triple triple' in Rio last summer. He won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay to add to his successes in the same events in 2008 and 2012. Carter, 31, was also part of the squad that won the event in London five years ago and helped Jamaica win at the World Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He ran the first leg for Jamaica's 4x100m relay team in Beijing, which also included Michael Frater, Asafa Powell and Bolt. The team won in a then-world record of 37.10 seconds, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago and Japan, who could have their medals upgraded. Brazil would then receive bronze. Russia's Tatiana Lebedeva has also been stripped of her Beijing long jump and triple jump silver medals after dehydrochlormethyltestosterone was found in one of her samples. Carter was tested on the evening of the Beijing final in 2008 but that was found at the time to contain no "adverse analytical finding". More than 4,500 tests were carried out at those Games, with nine athletes caught cheating. An anomaly was discovered in Carter's submission following the IOC's decision to retest 454 samples from Beijing using the latest scientific analysis methods. Carter and the Jamaican National Olympic Committee were told of the adverse finding in May - before the Rio Games - and told his B sample would be tested. It was reported by Reuters in June that Carter's A sample had been found to contain methylhexanamine, which has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) prohibited list since 2004. It was reclassified in 2011 as a "specified substance", meaning one that is more susceptible to a "credible, non-doping explanation". Sold as a nasal decongestant in the United States until 1983, methylhexanamine has been used more recently as an ingredient in dietary supplements. Speaking in June, Bolt said the prospect of having to return the gold was "heartbreaking". He told the Jamaica Gleaner: "For years you've worked hard to accumulate gold medals and you work hard to be a champion, but it's one of those things. "I'm more concerned about the athlete and I hope he gets through it." Britain's two-time Olympic silver medallist Roger Black on BBC Radio 5 live It takes the shine off Bolt's achievement. Eight doesn't have the same ring - 'double treble, plus two'. It will be really frustrating for him. You can only account for yourself, you cannot account for your team-mates. We know it has nothing to do with Usain Bolt - it will not damage his reputation - but it will affect it, take shine off it and he won't be a happy man. When I hear stories like this, a part of me does celebrate. If athletes think they have got away with it, then with retrospective testing they can never sleep peacefully. It has to be the strongest deterrent the sport now has. Even when athletes retire they can still have their medals taken away. Marlon Devonish, 40, was part of the British 4x100m relay team which lost the silver medal at the World Championships in 2003 following Dwain Chambers' failed drugs test. He went on to win Olympic relay gold with Britain at Athens 2004. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, he said: "With relays you work together, you build a relationship, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors and clearly Carter was taking drugs. "Carter has tarnished the team. It's a massively selfish act and I'm sure Bolt and the rest of the team are bitterly disappointed. "The relationship between me and Dwain, we get on, we are cool. He apologised to me I and accepted it. Dwain has to live with it for the rest of his life, it was a sincere apology. "I was devastated when I found out, but you have to move on."

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Pakistan is increasingly finding itself friendless in the region as Iran, Afghanistan and India all find fault with Pakistan's inability to end terrorism on its soil and in particular to bring the Afghan Taliban to the table for peace talks, as Islamabad promised to do nearly two years ago. The 48-nation NSG, which sets global rules for international trade in nuclear energy technology, has become the latest diplomatic battleground between India and Pakistan. It is due to hold a crucial meeting this month. The Pakistani military is angry that after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent trip to Washington, the US has been furiously lobbying all member countries to give India a seat at the NSG table. Pakistan then asked for the same, but its proliferation record is not as good as India's and it clearly would not succeed. Instead, it has asked China to veto the Indian bid which it is likely to do. However, smaller countries are angry with the US, who they accuse of browbeating them, and complain that neither India nor Pakistan can become members until they sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) which is an essential requirement. President Obama backs Indian entry to nuclear technology Pariah to friend: Narendra Modi and the US come full circle President Obama is going against his own policy of nuclear restraint and disarmament by offering to make India - but not Pakistan - a member of the NSG, when the US has also tied up plans to sell India six nuclear power plants. At the same time the US has shown in several dramatic steps that it is deeply unsatisfied with Pakistan's efforts to stop the Afghan Taliban operating out of Pakistan. Last month it used a drone in Balochistan province to kill Mullah Akthar Mansour, the Taliban leader, which led to Pakistan accusing the US of violating its sovereignty. The US then publicly accused Pakistan of not doing enough to stop the Taliban and the Haqqani militant group - and in a clear signal of support to the beleaguered Afghan government, President Obama has allowed remaining US forces in Afghanistan to fight alongside Afghan forces. Finally, during Mr Modi's trip the US publicly condemned those extremist groups operating out of Pakistani Punjab and Kashmir whose activities Islamabad has not stopped. In what was seen as a clear snub and a signal of defiance to the US and India, the military allowed Hafiz Saeed, the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba who is wanted for the Mumbai bombings in 2008, to lead prayers last Friday in Islamabad. The military's fear is that it believes the US is withdrawing from South Asia and will leave behind its rival India as the regional policeman - something it cannot tolerate. The military has already accused Iran and Afghanistan of hosting Indian spies which are working to undermine Pakistan and in particular sabotage the One Road One Belt route and transportation network that China has promised to build from the Gulf port of Gwadar to China. Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan are as bad as they have been for years, and not much better with Iran. After waiting for more than a year Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has now washed his hands of trying to persuade Pakistan to get the Taliban to hold talks with Kabul. His frustration has clearly been supported now by the Americans. Meanwhile, with sanctions against Iran having ended, civilian politicians and the public were looking forward to the quick building of an Iranian oil and gas pipeline that would give Pakistan desperately needed energy and electricity. However after Islamabad accused Iran of hosting Indians trying to sabotage Pakistan's economy, Iran is now nursing its pride. China remains Pakistan's closest ally but China, too, is becoming frustrated. It plans to build a $45bn transportation and energy link up to its grand Silk Route project through Central Asia, but it wants the military to use its political influence to first end the Taliban-led war in Afghanistan and the insurgency in Balochistan province. The chronic state of Pakistan's foreign policy has affected domestic politics. Part of the problem is that there is little input from the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or the foreign ministry or parliament into making policy - that has become the domain of the military. Mr Sharif has wanted to improve ties with India, Iran and the US but he has been unable to do so. Meanwhile, opposition politicians have accused Mr Sharif of surrendering all foreign policy decisions to the military. The military in turn are deeply frustrated - and here they have considerable public support - that Mr Sharif has not appointed a foreign minister or improved governance. He has not even given up the portfolio for foreign affairs even as he recovers from open heart surgery in London. The region is changing rapidly and Pakistan needs urgently to address its security and improve relations with its neighbours.

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Gerry Cannings, 63, and Lisa Cannings, 48, from Peterborough, won the jackpot in a draw on 13 February. "It did mean that Gerry had to carry round the winning ticket in his wallet all week. It was very nerve-racking," said Mrs Cannings. Retired teacher Mr Cannings bought the ticket while collecting fish and chips during a visit to his father in Slough. Live: Latest updates on lottery winners £32,534,188 Second biggest prize in Lotto history 45 million-to-one odds on winning the jackpot 9 consecutive rollovers resulted in huge prize 15, 16, 23, 39, 48, 59 were the lucky numbers Mrs Cannings, who still works as a languages teacher, said: "I know it sounds mad, but we had a guy in to paint the whole house. "We'd been planning it for ages and had packed everything into boxes. "We just thought it would be easier to wait." The couple, who have been married for 13 years and have three children and five grandchildren, appeared at a news conference at Orton Hall in Peterborough. Former history teacher Mr Cannings said "it just didn't seem real" when he realised they had won and his father "didn't believe" him at first. "It was only when our 11-year-old son read out the winning numbers on TV and they matched did Dad finally believe me. "Our son asked what it meant. I just said 'Daddy's won an awful lot of money'." The couple hope to buy a new house, a holiday to New Zealand and a spitfire trip, while Mr Cannings said he wants to upgrade his Skoda Octavia to a Volvo or a Skoda Superb, because he cannot currently fit his golf clubs in his boot. They matched all six numbers - 15, 16, 23, 39, 48, and 59 - beating odds of 45 million-to-one to win the jackpot, which was the result of nine consecutive rollovers. The £32,534,188 prize is the second biggest in Lotto's history. Last month, a Scottish couple shared a record £66m jackpot with another winner, who asked to remain anonymous. David and Carol Martin, from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, won £33,035,323 in the draw on 9 January following 14 rollovers.

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Maniac has been restricted to festival film screenings and academic viewing by government officials and will not be eligible for mainstream cinema or DVD release in the country. The film, directed by Frank Khalfoun, stars Wood as serial killer Frank. Neil Foley of distributor Monster Pictures said he was "flabbergasted". The director of the Australia-based company said the ban was an "insult to the intelligence" of adults in New Zealand. The film, which received a limited UK release in March, is due to screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland and Wellington at the end of July. Ant Timpson, a programmer for the festival, said the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) was concerned that the movie was "injurious to the public good". "It's saying that the POV [point of view] nature of the film mixed with the psychopathic behaviour of actor Elijah Wood is more than disturbing, that it's potentially dangerous in the hands of the wrong person," Timpson suggested. The original version of Maniac, by slasher director William Lustig, was a cult hit when it was first released in 1980. The remake received mixed reviews in the UK press, with The Observer's Philipp French calling it "unwelcome". The Hollywood Reporter's Megan Lehmann said the film was a "sadistic art-house bloodbath" when it screened at Cannes in 2012. Monster Pictures said on its website that it would "explore every option" to have the ban revoked, though admitted "at this stage it ain't looking good".

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Officers on patrol in the Drylaw area observed a green light coming from Marine Drive just before midnight. Edinburgh Airport later confirmed that a pilot had reported a laser pen incident during the plane's descent. A 16-year-old boy and four females, aged 16, 17, 19 and 22, who were in two vehicles in Marine Drive, were arrested. They will all appear in court at a later date. Ch Insp Mark Rennie, of Police Scotland, said: "The use of laser pens to distract or obscure the vision of a pilot is an extremely serious offence, which can have very serious consequences. "We regularly patrol roads below approach routes to deter offenders and respond quickly to any notifications from pilots. "Anyone found committing this offence will be arrested and charged'.

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The world's second largest economy has never been a football powerhouse, qualifying for just one World Cup. Meanwhile, the population seems more interested in NBA basketball than the sport known in the UK as "the people's game". But over the past couple of years Chinese investors and firms have quietly been acquiring stakes in football clubs in England, Spain, France, Netherlands and the Czech Republic, while President Xi Jinping has professed a love of the game. So why are the Chinese now snapping up stakes in European clubs? Reasons include a national desire to look good on the world stage, developing China's club football and national team, creating Chinese football fan bases, and firms using clubs to build their commercial presence in Europe. "China likes to be omnipotent and successful in everything it does," Simon Chadwick, chair in sport business at Coventry University Business School, tells me. "One thing they currently don't do particularly well at is football, the global game. China wants to ascend to a position where it is respected globally as part of the international football community." He says President Xi has come out as a big football fan, and that by 2025 China wants to have a domestic sports industry worth $850bn (£564bn). Optimistic estimates put the current entire global sports economy at $400bn. Slavia Prague, one of the most historic names in Czech football, was heavily in debt, and near financial collapse before the start of this season. In September, China Energy Company Limited (CEFC) bought roughly 60% of the club for an undisclosed sum, with Czech businessman Jiri Simane buying around 40%. The CEFC football purchase was part of a bigger investment move by the firm into the Czech Republic. In 2014 it had decided to establish a major European base in Prague, buying two historic properties in the city, and also a number of businesses. Following Slavia's previous woes, CEFC has managed to keep top players like Czech national forward Milan Skoda at the club, and there are plans to buy other top domestic players, much to the approval of fans. Slavia just avoided relegation last season. Now it sits fifth in the table and there is talk of qualifying for next season's Europa League. "This would be market-making on an unprecedented scale in sport," says Prof Chadwick. "China would then be able to bid for the football World Cup, and the ultimate aim would then be to win it. "But they need to learn more about football - that is crucial. With these club purchases, they have been going about acquiring competence." Chinese parents traditionally prefer their children to enter a profession rather than sport, says Prof Chadwick, so in order to improve playing standards the country has been building US-style soccer campuses. These enable talented youngsters to improve their football skills, while at the same time also learning and potentially preparing to enter university. Prof Chadwick says in establishing a domestic football league, China has been influenced by Japan's J-League. Before its creation, in 1993, the Japanese national team did not qualify for World Cups, but since 1998 has been in five in a row. CMC/Citic Capital - 13% stake in City Football Group (Man City parent firm) Rastar Group - 56% stake in Spanish club Espanyol Dalian Wanda Group - 20% stake in Spanish club Atletico Madrid CEFC China Energy Company - 60% stake in Czech club Slavia Prague Ledus - complete ownership of French club Sochaux United Vansen International Sports Company - majority shareholder in Dutch club ADO Den Haag This combination of US and Japanese influences, has now been joined by acquiring knowledge from European football clubs. "Man City is not a random buy," says Prof Chadwick. "They have got the Etihad Campus, which is the model the Chinese want to follow." Ownership of European clubs also provides a voice at European confederation Uefa, which can be useful when decisions are made about where to stage future World Cups, he says. Meanwhile, Gu Xin, from Beijing-based sports marketing firm Yutang Sports, says that Chinese investors can also see potentially rich economic returns from European football. He says owning stakes in the likes of Atletico Madrid could potentially open the doors to Chinese players appearing in club first teams in Europe. "As a result, there could be more Chinese fans of the clubs, which means larger commercial values for the clubs in the Chinese market. "The companies could [also] then earn money by transferring international players [from the European teams] to Chinese teams. This is another very profitable revenue stream." Fans in France were surprised - and rather sceptical - when Hong Kong-listed Ledus bought second division Sochaux from Peugeot for €7m (£5m) in July. Ledus is an electrical components manufacturer specialising in the production of LED-based lighting systems. Sochaux is one of the oldest professional clubs in France, and had always been owned by Peugeot, which founded the team in 1928. For local residents, the club and the firm were a family. French media observers say it is unlikely that Ledus will be able to build a fan base in China around the club, rather that the new owners are using Sochaux as a vehicle to develop the Ledus brand in France and Europe. After a poor start to the season, the club currently sits third from bottom of the second tier, and fans are starting to ask questions about what the Chinese strategy for Sochaux actually is. The Chinese ownership says that Ledus is in Sochaux for the long term, and that the club will achieve its goal of getting back into Ligue 1. Prof Chadwick also says those Chinese businesses that follow the wishes of their national president and support football may be looked upon favourably by the authorities. And there are signs that investment by firms in the Chinese domestic football market is creating progress there. He points to club Guangzhou Evergrande - 60% owned by Evergrande Real Estate and 40% by Jack Ma's Alibaba - which has won the Asian Champions league two times in past three years. "I think China can win a World Cup," he says. "It has the resources, scale, and and state backing to fast forward 150 years of football development into 10 years."

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The base will be home to HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, the largest ships ever built for the navy. Work on Portsmouth's jetty, built in the 1920s and last upgraded in the 1970s, has begun, with upgrades expected to be completed next autumn. It forms part of a £100m infrastructure package to prepare the base for the arrival of the first carrier. HMS Queen Elizabeth measures 280m (300 yards) long and can travel up to 500 miles (800km) a day. The ship's systems are being tested and it will conduct sea trials next year before being handed over to the Royal Navy. It is expected to come into service in 2020. HMS Prince of Wales is being constructed at shipyards around the UK before it is assembled at Rosyth. Once completed, the revamped naval base is expected to create hundreds of jobs in Portsmouth. In November 2013, BAE Systems announced it was ending shipbuilding in Portsmouth, leading to 585 voluntary redundancies, 160 compulsory redundancies, and the redeployment of 175 members of staff.

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Frazer, 26, sustained serious knee ligament damage in a training session with German club Mannheimer. She will undergone surgery next week and will definitely miss the opening qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur in January. Frazer could also be a doubt for the final qualifiers next July. Ireland should be capable of progressing from the Malaysian tournament in January when they will be up against lower-ranked opposition and require only a top-three finish. However the next stage of the process in either Belgium or South Africa will be much more taxing as Ireland will need to beat higher-ranked nations to qualify. The Londonderry woman was distraught after suffering the injury in seemingly innocuous circumstances. She said: "I have completely ruptured my anterior cruciate and partially torn my medial cruciate ligament and I am having surgery on 3 November and it will take six to nine months recovery from then." "I am completely devastated that I am missing the tournament in Malaysia for definite and also unable to finish my first season with Mannheimer. "I was running fast with the ball unopposed in training and went to pass it off my right foot but it just gave way and I fell and it was extremely painful." Mannheimer's Director of Sport, Peter Leemen added: "She will be operated on by a specialist, who has already performed this type of surgery on other players in the team." "The cartilage in the knee is completely in order which is important for a good healing process but it´s is such a pity as Megan was settling in so well with the club and her team-mates." Frazer was able to travel with the Ireland squad for two international defeats in Belgium earlier this week and found the experience at least went some way towards cushioning the blow. She added: "It was great to be around the team again and it really lifted my mood. Luckily I don't have too much pain and have started to work on my pre-surgery exercises."

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League bosses have shut the north stand of their Olympic Stadium for Sunday's visit of Udinese after Juventus players were abused in the Supercoppa final. Paul Pogba, Angelo Ogbonna and Kwadwo Asamoah were all targeted during Lazio's 4-0 loss at the weekend. Lazio fans were found guilty of racist behaviour by Uefa four times last term. "We heard it, they're ignorant," said former Manchester United midfielder Pogba. "What can I do? I'm alone against 30,000 fans. They do that even though there are black players in their team. "It's also a lack of respect towards their own players. It's really not nice to come to a football match and hear those sorts of things, but I'm a player, I concentrate on my job." In February, the Rome club were ordered to play their next two home European games behind closed doors following crowd trouble. They were also fined £120,000 by Uefa following racist chanting in a Europa League game against Tottenham Hotspur. "(Lazio) are obliged to play one game with the 'Curva Nord' closed to spectators," said a statement published on Serie A's official website. "Fans from the nominated stand directed racially discriminatory chants to three opposition players between the 16th and 28th minutes of the first half and the 20th to 43rd minutes of the second half." Lazio's city rivals Roma, who also play in the Olympic Stadium, have already been punished with a partial stadium closure after fans racially abused AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli in May. The heavier sanctions have been made possible by new anti-racism legislation passed by the Italian Football Federation on 4 June. Referees can now stop matches to allow fans to be warned about their behaviour, while clubs and individuals face increased fines and longer suspensions. AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the pitch after being racially abused by Pro Patria fans in January, while team-mate Kevin Constant did the same during a pre-season tournament last month. Both Lazio and Juventus were also handed additional 5,000 euro (£4,300) fines after supporters from both clubs were seen throwing smoke grenades and lighters on to the pitch during Sunday's traditional season opener between the previous campaign's league and Coppa Italia winners.

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But what if the child can't get a place because he or she has not been baptised? That is the situation that faces one family in the Republic of Ireland, where the Catholic church controls 90% of schools. Nikki Murphy is sitting in the front-room of her house in Terenure in south Dublin playing with her four-year-old son Reuben. His toy helicopter and trucks are scattered on the floor. She said she has applied without success to 15 local schools - Catholic, Church of Ireland, Methodist and Jewish - for a place for Reuben. Why? Because he is not baptised and not a member of any religion in a state where the churches control 96% of all schools and give preference to their members rather than to local children. She said: "Parents shouldn't really have to work this hard to get a school place for their child. "These are state-funded schools, so, we're frustrated and very angry. "There's a lot of stress, anxiety and sleepless nights. We're desperate at the moment." Nikki knows that the state must offer Reuben a school place, but it could be several miles away. She said that might mean him having to stay overnight with her parents from Monday to Friday, given her and her husband's work commitments and Dublin's traffic. Paddy Monahan's seven-month old son, Cormac, is also unbaptised. And he is also at risk of not getting a local school place. Paddy, a barrister, says it is unconstitutional to discriminate against children like his, and he has 16,000 signatures seeking a change in the law. "I just want my kid to go to the local school around the corner," he said. "It's 200 metres away and it's a really good school. "It's paid for by taxpayers. It doesn't bother me that it's owned by the Catholic Church. It's paid for by us. I just think it's good for kids to mix in their local school." The Balbriggan Educate Together primary school in north county Dublin does not believe in separating children on the basis of beliefs. Its pupils are of all religions and none. There is a growing demand for places in such schools, which are still relatively small in number, reflecting both a more racially diverse and less religious population. Mary McGrath and her husband, Richard Long, who are both atheists, currently have three children at school there. Richard said: "From a personal point of view, the less religion they are taught, the happier I am." Mary added that they "liked the multi-denominational ethos where they learn about all religions but where there is no faith formation and the family values of our home are still respected in the school day". Aoife Leahy, another parent, said that in the Educate Together model "nobody is made to feel an outsider". "Everyone is valued," she added. "I don't think people set out to discriminate. "But sometimes schools are using policies that are quite old that maybe need to be updated, and society here has changed a lot." Society has, indeed, changed. The numbers attending church have fallen sharply, partly as a result of modernisation and partly as a result of the child sex-abuse scandals by priests that were covered-up for decades by the Catholic hierarchy. This year, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to vote for same-sex marriage in a referendum - and by an overwhelming margin. The Balbriggan Educate Together's principal, Dr Fintan McCutcheon, said he wished "that we didn't have a situation whereby over 95% of our schools represent the sectoral interests of an undemocratic body without any electoral mandate to run those schools". He said he wished the Irish government "would address that issue with considerable urgency and expediency". To meet the growing demand for more non-religious education, the Catholic Church has said it will divest itself of schools but it is not doing so fast enough, according to both its critics and the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin. The Department of Education says schools should, in future, be obliged to take pupils based on proximity or how close they lived to the school, rather than membership of a particular religion. But that will require a change in the law which may not be enacted before the general election expected early next year. In the meantime, parents like Nikki Murphy are still anxiously seeking primary school places for their un-baptised children.

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It is Monday night and the club is jam-packed. It is clear who the crowd is waiting for: drag queen and stand-up comedian Kumar. The audience cheer as he appears in an emerald-green evening gown and a blonde wig. Kumar wastes no time before cracking his trademark sexually-explicit jokes. "Girls, you don't need to have sex with Ang mo [Caucasian] men any more. Local boys are good enough in bed. I've tried them out for you," he laughs. But strictly speaking he could be jailed for admitting this, because sex between men is a criminal act in Singapore. Under the law, a man caught committing an act of "gross indecency" with another man could be jailed for up to two years. It was introduced by British colonial authorities as part of broader legislation which also banned sexual acts such as anal and oral sex. Similar prohibitions also remain in section 377 of the Penal Codes of Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Singapore's parliament repealed most of them in 2007, except for one. "It left behind section 377A so today only same-sex relations between men are singled out for criminalisation," says assistant professor Lynette Chua from the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the National University of Singapore. The speech made in 2007 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sums up the reason. "Singapore is basically a conservative society," he said. "The family is the basic building block of this society. And by family in Singapore we mean one man, one woman, marrying, having children and bringing up children within that framework of a stable family unit." The Ministry of Home Affairs said that in 2007 the "majority of Singaporeans still took a conservative approach to this issue". "On issues of moral values with consequences to the wider society... the policies of the government must reflect the mainstream values and social norms of Singapore society, while recognising that these may shift over time," it said in an emailed statement. Authorities "would not take a proactive approach towards enforcing section 377A", the ministry said, but did not confirm when the last such prosecution took place. A man was charged under 377A in 2010 for engaging in oral sex with another man in a public restroom, but he later pleaded guilty to a different charge of committing an obscene act in public. Nonetheless, there are calls for change. Couple Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee have been seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional. The High Court recently ruled against them but they have decided to appeal. Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. It is in this climate that a new gay magazine has been launched this month by Hiro Mizuhara and Noel Ng. "We are nervous but Element Magazine is not a gay rights magazine. It is a lifestyle magazine that takes care of Asian gay men," they say. "What we want to do is for the magazine to be out there for the community, especially young gay men who may think that being gay is wrong because of what they read in mainstream media," says Hiro. "We also try to balance entertainment and education in Element Magazine, so instead of just fashion and grooming, we cover issues like HIV or how to come out." But not only is sex between men illegal, there are also censorship guidelines in Singapore which ban media outlets from promoting homosexual acts. "Exactly what is prohibited is grey but the familiar line is that you are not supposed to portray homosexuality in a positive or normal way," says Ms Chua from the National University of Singapore. "So is an interview of a celebrity who is in a same-sex relationship considered the promotion of homosexuality? Apparently yes, because the broadcaster has been fined before." Hiro and Noel consulted lawyers and were told that the rule only applies to broadcast and print media, not online. So Element Magazine is published in digital form. But for Hiro, who holds a Chinese passport with permanent residency in Japan, and Noel, who is not gay himself, why choose Singapore to launch the magazine? "It is more for human rights and we are doing it for the freedom to love," Noel explains. Drag queen Kumar, who has been pushing boundaries for more than 20 years, said things were very hard when he started performing in 1992. "I had to go on stage and be heckled and be called names, but I wanted to show that there are drag queens who wanted to be respected." Today, he is enormously popular and his audience are truly from across the board. Even the law against homosexuality, he says, gives him an extra kick. "I like this undercurrent lifestyle. We secretly go out for a gay night at a bar and we have a sign saying 'private function'," he laughs. "Our government never said we cannot be gay. They are just worried about conservatives." Senior pastor Lawrence Khong of the Faith Community Baptist Church is one vocal advocate against any change in the law. In his statement when former prime minister Goh Chok Tong was at his church in January, he said that "the repeal of similar laws have led to negative social changes, especially the breakdown of the family as a basic building block and foundation of the society". "It takes away the rights of parents over what their children are taught in schools, especially sex education. "It attacks religious freedom and eventually denies free speech to those who, because of their moral convictions, uphold a different view from that championed by increasingly aggressive homosexual activists," he added. The Faith Community Baptist Church said it could not comment to the BBC, citing an order by the Attorney-General's Chambers. In recent years, Singapore's gay community has gained a greater voice in society while the government has continued to turn a blind eye. But while people's views on homosexuality may have softened, getting the law to follow suit is proven to be much tougher.

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What I See is his first book, and features photographs taken by the 18-year-old son of ex-footballer David and fashion designer Victoria Beckham. Some of them offer glimpses in to the home lifestyle of the Beckham clan - like this one of his sister Harper drawing. Others are taken from his own travels around the world. This one of a set designer was taken during the shooting of Guy Ritchie's movie King Arthur - which his father David appeared in. But while his photographs have helped him build up more than 10 million Instagram followers - not everybody has been positive. One picture of an elephant received particular ire on social media. Brooklyn had added to his dimly-lit shot with a caption explaining elephants were "so hard to photograph". Some Twitter users who did a quick search on Google Images disagreed with that. One critic - the arts editor of the i paper, Alice Jones - also poked fun at a couple of the photos and their somewhat minimalistic captions, in a comment which received more than 11,000 retweets. But writing in GQ, Eleanor Davies said many critics were just "being snide". "At just 18 Brooklyn Beckham is very young for a published photographer and he should be proud of this book," she wrote. "Critics should give Brooklyn Beckham a break and encourage this budding photographer. After all, David Bailey didn't even get his first photography job as an assistant until he was 21." Elle's Katie O'Malley described him as a "star on the rise", while Heat World's Aimee Jakes said the book as "bloody brilliant", adding: "It's definitely something you'll want on your coffee table bbz." Writing in Dazed, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff said some of the images were "poorly planned" but added: "Not all of the pictures in the book are arguably as worthy of criticism." In an open letter, the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz told Brooklyn: "The snide remarks being made about your work are cheap and self-serving. Ignore them." Writing in The Guardian, Marina Hyde took a more analytical approach, debating the pros and cons of celebrity children being given more opportunities than other people their own age. "Fittingly, the fuss over Brooklyn Beckham's debut book of photography is a little out of focus," she wrote. Publisher Penguin Random House defended the book, with managing director Francesca Dow commenting: "What I See is a book for teenagers, by a teenager, which gives Brooklyn's fans broader insight into his world seen through his unique and creative perspective." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

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Initially the only proof was the occasional funeral for a Hezbollah fighter killed in Syria and it was impossible to ascertain how many Shia fighters from Lebanon were in Syria or exactly what their role was. Now for the first time, the BBC has seen direct evidence of Hezbollah's role in some of the key battles as the Assad regime claims to be regaining the upper hand. And the clearest indication of Hezbollah's involvement has come from the group itself. In a relatively rare televised speech on Tuesday, the group's head, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, declared: "Syria has real friends who will not let it fall to the US, Israel or Islamic radicals". Saying that the armed opposition groups were too weak to bring down President Assad's regime, Sheikh Nasrallah mused that when rebels were threatening to capture villages under (Syrian) government control, it was "normal to offer every possible and necessary aid to help the Syrian army". Hezbollah has long provided medical, logistical and practical help for Syrian refugees fleeing the fighting. But in the last week we saw first-hand how, in some areas, Hezbollah fighters were openly and freely crossing the border between Lebanon and Syria - giving training and military support to their allies in Syria. Here, in the northern Bekaa Valley, the official "border" between Lebanon and Syria means very little to many villages and communities. Locals have traded, inter-married and moved freely across the valleys and mountains for much longer than the infamous Anglo-French (Sykes-Picot) agreement which, less than 100 years ago, carved up the Middle East along lines that barely recognised realities and relationships on the ground. It is just across the border, in the pivotal Syrian town of Quseir, that some of the heaviest fighting is taking place. Not far from Homs, images and testimony from Quseir suggest that Hezbollah fighters are increasingly involved in the fighting itself and in directing inexperienced, irregular pro-government troops. The Syrian army, large and as well-equipped as it is, is undoubtedly overstretched - trying to contain a two-year-old rebellion across such a large country. So whatever Hezbollah is able to do in Quseir, Homs and the suburbs of Damascus is an increasingly vital part of the regime's military strategy. Things on the ground are visibly changing. Here, in some parts of Lebanon's north-eastern corner, both sides of the border are now, in effect, controlled by Hezbollah and its Syrian allies. They claim to be gaining advantage. Under the watchful eye of the "popular local committees" we were able to get right up to and across the Syrian border. On their side of the small stream that officially divides the two countries, Syrian conscripts looked on as we jumped across the gap to meet a contact on the other side. Abu Mohammed, a fighter with a pro-government Syrian militia unit, would only speak to us on the condition that we were inside Syria. It was a nervy, brief encounter. The frontline of Quseir is only a few kilometres to the east and the sound of heavy shelling punctuated our interview. In the cover of a small orchard, and surrounded by uniformed men armed with AK-47 rifles, it was apparent that in this area at least, Hezbollah, the Syrian army and pro-government militias are operating as one. Despite evidence to the contrary, Abu Mohammed insisted that Hezbollah was not directly involved in the fighting. "They give us logistical and medical help and they're helping us regain territory but they're not fighting," said the militia leader, his face almost completely covered by a green and white scarf or keffiyeh. "We're defending our land from the rebels who bomb our villages. But we'll stand up to them and they'll get what's coming to them," he replied when I asked him about fears that the involvement of Lebanese groups like Hezbollah in the fighting would destabilise relations in the fractious border area. I crossed a small wooden bridge back across the stream into Lebanon as, 170ft (50m) along the road, a small unit of regular Syrian soldiers kept watch at a junction in the road. In this area at least, the Assad regime is holding ground, even pushing back against previous rebel advances. But the real fear is that the involvement of Hezbollah, and other Lebanese factions, means the fighting will spill over into Lebanon itself. It is already happening. Well inside Lebanon, the Shia town of Hermel has been repeatedly and deliberately targeted by anti-regime rebels in Syria because it supports the Assad regime and is accused of sending fighters across the border. Locals took me up to the roof of a three-storey house through which a considerably large rocket had crashed just days before. Luckily no-one was hurt on that occasion but there have been civilian casualties on this side of the border, in addition to the estimated 70,000 killed by the civil war inside Syria itself. Not everyone here is supportive of Hezbollah's visibly active role inside Syria. Abu Alawa is a village elder who talks fondly about the cross-border, inter-communal relationships before the fighting began. "There are more moderate voices within the Shia community who should play a role in resolving the conflict," Abu Alawa says. But his is almost a lone voice in an increasingly sectarian and tense region. Not only in Syria itself, but in neighbouring Lebanon, the longer the fighting continues then fault lines between Sunni and Shia Muslims are being dangerously exposed. At Sunni mosques in Lebanon, young men are being radicalised. Particularly in cities like Tripoli, where the sectarian divisions in Syria are mirrored in the city's own tense communities and districts, clerics fire up their followers with calls for Jihad, or holy war. In recent weeks, several imams have publicly called on young men to sign up and head east to fight. Critics mock the gesture as a publicity stunt but when I travelled to Tripoli to meet Sheikh Salem Rafii, he said it was a necessary response to Hezbollah's role in the fighting. "This is a legitimate fatwa - a ruling from God, from the Koran," said the sheikh as we sat in his garden within sight of the mountain range that divided this part of Lebanon from Syria. "There are oppressed people there [in Syria]. Women and children are being raped, killed and expelled. So any just Lebanese person should go and help them - and will be rewarded by God," he said. Lebanon's own future is threatened by the turmoil in Syria. The longer it continues, the more nervous the army and the interested parties on the Lebanese side of the border will get. Geographically surrounded and historically dominated by its larger neighbour, it was perhaps too much to expect that Lebanon and its own sectarian divided factions, could ever realistically remain immune to events next door.

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Enthusiasts in Wales will be encouraged to share their finds and stories with museums and local communities. The five-year Saving Treasures, Telling Stories project is backed by £349,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Peter Wakelin, director of collections and research at National Museum Wales, said the aim was to save treasures and make them more accessible. "Each year hundreds of objects of archaeological significance are found by metal detectorists in Wales and there are some 20-30 discoveries of treasure," said Mr Wakelin. "This is a crucial resource for understanding the past." The lottery funding will pay for: Mark Lodwick, finds co-ordinator in Wales for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, added: "We'll celebrate all the good news of people's discoveries, working with communities and finders, and make sure every find is reported for the benefit of archaeologists." Delwyn Samuel, from the Gwent Metal Detecting Club, said the scheme would enhance the "very good relationship" detectorists already had with the authorities. He added: "I would love to see more young people involved - they're all sitting behind their screens but we need them on the ground."

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She is a Harvard educated doctor who, unlike in the film portrayal of Facebook's beginnings, has been by Mark's side for much of the last nine years. Now, Mark Zuckerberg and Dr Priscilla Chan are Silicon Valley's most influential power couple. And that's because, over the past year, Mark Zuckerberg has grown up. He's no longer the nerdy, dorky techie in a hoodie who cut a nervous, awkward figure when speaking in public. He's now a man that wears - gasp - a suit when welcoming, and being welcomed in by, heads of state. He's a man who learned Mandarin in what seemed like just a few months, using his new language to impress a room full of Chinese students - oh, and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. And he's Dad to a baby girl now too, let's not forget. Max was born during Thanksgiving week, the couple announced on Tuesday. Zuckerberg to take two months' paternity leave Facebook hits one billion users in a day Facebook paid £4,327 UK corporation tax in 2014 Meanwhile, his site's valuation continues to soar. In business matters, he's made several shrewd acquisitions. Instagram, WhatsApp, and virtual reality firm Oculus Rift - all purchases that cemented Facebook's longevity, even if the site itself isn't cool with the kids anymore. All this while embodying something quite rare in Silicon Valley - a healthy work-life balance. Following Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook is like watching a friend on a gap year. Barely a day passes without Zuckerberg reflecting on the meaning of life while taking pictures of the Taj Mahal. And with the birth of his daughter, Max, Zuckerberg will be taking the unusual step (in the US at least) of taking two months paternity leave. He joins a recent trend of US tech companies taking the family needs of staff seriously. It might just kick-start a change in mood across the entire country - paid paternity and maternity leave is a given in much of the development world, but not in the USA. Yet the big announcement today - for the rest of us, at least - is about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Following in the footsteps of Bill and Melinda Gates, whose foundation has backed various charitable efforts for more than 15 years, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative says it seeks to back programs that promote "equality, education and advancing human capability". It will be funded by Zuckerberg's shares. He says he plans to give away 99% of his stock over the course of his lifetime, at a rate of around $1bn-worth each year. What will it do? That's to be seen, although in making the announcement Facebook was keen to point out that Zuckerberg's previous charitable endeavours included multi-million dollar donations to schools and hospitals, and money towards preventing the spread of Ebola. But it's not a flawless record, by any means. Many will question Zuckerberg's sincerity when, while donating to schools on one hand, his company is paying miniscule taxes in some of its biggest markets. Take the UK, for example, where in its last financial year the company paid just £4,327 ($6,643) in corporation tax. And then there's the political influence. In the information pack about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, it notes that the money will be used for "funding non-profit organizations, making private investments and participating in policy debates, in each case with the goal of generating positive impact in areas of great need". Silicon Valley's definition of "great need" may differ greatly to what the rest of the world thinks needs to be done, while "participating in policy debates" is another way of saying "lobbying", of course. And we may never be told what those "private investments" are. Mark Zuckerberg's internet.org project, which is about bringing internet connectivity to the next billion people, has been caught up in controversy. Small businesses in the developing world say internet.org is little more than a thinly-veiled way for Facebook to rapidly grow their user base. Still, Mark Zuckerberg is 31. Priscilla Chan is 30. Max is merely days old. The Chan Zuckerberg story still has decades in which to shape itself. Some will take a dim view of a data collection company expanding its influence into new, highly-political territories. Others will applaud a very rich, young couple for taking some of technology's billions out from the Valley and into needy causes. Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC

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Paul Wickerson, 32, was taken from the Brownstock festival in Essex before he died in a road accident in August 2013. Chelmsford Crown Court heard he was taken four miles (6km) from the festival by the guards to see if he could make his way back. Gregory Maxwell, 32, of Romford, and Brian Atkins, 49, of Ilford, deny false imprisonment and kidnap. The trial jury heard how Mr Wickerson, from Sydney, Australia, had been at the festival in Stow Maries when he was handcuffed, bundled into a Land Rover by Mr Maxwell and Mr Atkins, and driven to a remote spot. Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said Mr Wickerson, who had taken cocaine, ketamine and LSD, was then released to see if he could make it back to the festival. Mr Jackson said one of the guards was overheard describing it as "four-mile bush tucker trial" - a term used to describe challenges in the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out for Here". He said Mr Wickerson was seen wandering in a circle "clearly the worse for drugs" in a field behind the main stage, wearing just a shirt and shorts. "One of the defendants took him to the ground, and together they handcuffed his wrists behind his back and his ankles were handcuffed as well," said Mr Jackson. "It was done for sport; to see if he could make his own way back. Because of the drugs, he was completely disorientated on a road with a 60mph speed limit. "Fifteen minutes afterwards he was killed by a car: a tragic, needless accident." The trial continues.

A music fan was killed minutes after he was @placeholder beside a road " for sport " by two security guards , a jury has heard .

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Each year, 1,691 children in the UK are diagnosed with cancer. In England and Wales, 82% of those diagnosed survive for five years or more. If you Google "How do I tell my child they have cancer" you get 201 million results - a whole host of organisations, charities and people wanting to help. But experts say it's important to keep things simple. On those sites, you will discover the many different terms used to describe cancer ranging from "tumour" to "poorly blood". But these different terms can confuse children, according to Helen Lythgoe, a children's lead Macmillan nurse, and she advises that it is better to stick with one term you feel comfortable with. It is often better to use the word cancer and be clear about what it means, as children may hear the word used in a different context and worry about it. Michael Buble "devastated" by son's diagnosis Ms Lythgoe warns parents not to be scared to talk to their child about what is happening and, because of the emotions surrounding the diagnosis, to plan what you're going to say. She says: "Children are very matter-of-fact about things. Once they know what is going on they will generally carry on as normal. "It is often better to explain what's happening bit by bit, or when there is a change, this helps to build up their understanding so is not overwhelming." Talking about cancer and the diagnosis can be reassuring, according to the NHS Live Well website, but the approach of parents may differ depending on the age of their child and what they may understand. For example, Cancer.net says that very young children will not understand much about cancer; their primary fear is that they will be taken away from their parents and this is what they need reassurance about. As children get older they are less likely to think their condition was caused by something they did or thought, says cancer.net. They start understanding more that they will need to undergo other treatment. All children need reassurance that: Older children may hear about cancer from other sources including the TV, and the internet, so parents should encourage them to share what they have learned. Teenagers may have lots of questions and be interested in learning more about their diagnosis, often thinking about the disease in terms of the effect on daily life, such as school, sports, and friends. Side effects relating to their physical appearance can be a priority for them and some may want to play a role in making decisions about their treatment. Whatever the age of the child, the most important way any parent can help is simply to talk.

Singer Michael Buble and his actress wife Luisana Lopilato have revealed their three - year - old son has cancer . The couple said they were @placeholder all work commitments . But how do other parents facing this devastating news go about telling their child ?

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"I'm going to spend it on Oliver," she says. Chloe is a single parent who is juggling work as a carer at a nursing home in Sheffield and looking after Oliver, aged three. She currently earns £6.81 an hour and works eighteen hours a week. "It's tough having childcare and bills to pay for and making sure that he's fed and warm. Every penny is accounted for." She reckons she'll earn an extra £30 a month when her pay rises to £7.20 an hour on 1 April. "It'll make a big difference to me and to Oliver, It can't come soon enough", she tells me. Chloe says she couldn't work without her local nursery. She's able to drop Oliver off at 7:30am, enabling her to get to work on time. The Firth Park Little Treasures Nursery is a small but busy facility, tucked away on the site of a local church. When we visit, Oliver runs off to give his care worker, Carly Fox, a cuddle. She too is about to get a pay rise. Aged 31, Carly works full time on £6.70 an hour, the current national minimum wage. She could be £900 better off over the next year. "It will make quite a big difference. I'm still going to struggle but it will be a lot better than what it is," she says. "Financially it means I'll be able to sort myself out with my debts and hopefully be able to start treating myself to a few things extra" Chloe and Carly are just two of the estimated 1.3 million workers over 25 who will directly benefit from the new legal wage floor, dubbed the national living wage (NLW) when Chancellor George Osborne made his surprise announcement last summer. It's the biggest shift to the legal minimum wage in years. The NLW will rise, year-on-year until 2020 when it is projected to be more than £9 an hour. By then, some six million employees are likely to have received some increase in their pay as a result. But nursery owner, Anita Bingham, is worrying how to pay for it. Five of her staff, including Carly, will qualify for the new rate. "It's a lot of money to a small business like mine that's just set up. I am going to struggle," she says. Anita says she can't put up fees because most of her parents are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare which is paid by the government. "I can't get rid of staff either because I need the ratios for the amount of children that we've got - so it's go to the toys and all the equipment we use." These will have to be cut back on. I ask her about the prospect of paying out more than £9 an hour by 2020. "I'm dreading that, it's going to be a big stretch. I will close, it's as simple as that unless the government decides to put up the fees and I can rethink it," she says. She wants to pay her staff more, but how to make the sums add up? That's the dilemma facing thousands of other businesses, especially small ones. Anita only earns the minimum wage herself. No one can say for sure how this big policy change will play out. The Resolution Foundation reckons almost a third of Sheffield's workers will benefit from the new living wage over the next four years, a higher proportion of employees than any other major UK city. But Sheffield wants to go even further. Its council is already paying workers £8.25 an hour, the level set by the Living Wage Foundation. In an eye catching move, it recently announced business rate relief for other employers who do the same. Professor of regional studies at Sheffield University, Gordon Dabinett, says £7.20 an hour is too low to survive. "Our studies have shown that it's not enough to live on. And therefore if they're not earning enough money, that leads to crisis in the household in a family and that leads to further problems such as debt and other associated problems," he says. "There are always unintended consequences. If jobs are lost immediately in some sectors or in some companies then I'm quite confident they'll be regained later. "Obviously it doesn't help individuals faced with those hard decisions and businesses faced with those particular circumstances but all the evidence from studies in America at the moment show that the introduction of a living wage has long term economic benefits," says Prof Dabinett. "We think for a fair city, people should be given a fair wage." Few would disagree with that but its clear there is no easy route to lifting millions of workers out of low pay.

Chloe Brown does n't have to think when asked what she will do when she gets her pay rise to @placeholder the new so - called living wage .

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The vehicle came off the road and fell 20 feet (6m) into Hooe Lake in Plymouth, Devon, just before 14:00 BST, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Police officers and members of the public entered the water in an effort to rescue the pair. A man, 75, was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth and a woman was also recovered from the vehicle. More on this story, and others from Devon Officers carried out resuscitation on the man after they pulled him from the Peugeot estate car which had turned on its roof. A woman was also recovered from the vehicle by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. John Wheeler, an eyewitness, said: "I saw what I believe was a policeman jump in the water and swim and wade out to the submerged vehicle." Emergency services including the air ambulance, the coastguard and the lifeboat service attended.

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Michael Danaher, 50, from Peterborough, denies murdering Adrian Greenwood, claiming he killed him in self-defence. The 42-year-old was found dead at his Oxford home in April and was allegedly on a list of rich people entitled "Enterprises" on Mr Danaher's computer. But he told Oxford Crown Court a visitor had used his laptop. He claimed the "unknown man" searched the internet for information on the addresses of high-profile people, including Gary Lineker and Louise Redknapp. The prosecution alleges the motive for the killing was the theft of the valuable book, which was found in the defendant's home. Oliver Saxby QC said Mr Danaher had a spreadsheet that listed "people of means" such as Kate Moss and Jeffrey Archer, who he intended to steal from or kidnap. It had details of valuables, weapons and family members of his planned victims, with a stun gun listed in many cases. A stun gun was found in Mr Danaher's flat by police. The trial continues.

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Details of the crash are unclear, but it seems Nasr hit the back of Wolff's car on the entry to Turn Five at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. On Hamilton, a Mercedes spokesman said he had a "high fever" in the morning and "didn't feel comfortable." The 30-year-old world champion stopped after completing just 11 laps. Mercedes reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein replaced Hamilton as the Briton's team-mate Nico Rosberg is nursing a sore nerve in his neck, which doctors have told him to rest. Rosberg is scheduled to drive the car on Friday, but his participation is in doubt because of his condition. Mercedes initially said they chose Wehrlein rather than Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg because they had a heavy programme and that if Hamilton did not recover it would be unrealistic to expect one driver to do all four days of the test. However, the team has now confirmed that Rosberg has inflamed a nerve in his neck which needs resting and his own participation on Friday is also in doubt. Hamilton had been fifth fastest up to that point as the teams continue their preparations for the start of the season in Melbourne, Australia, next month. Sauber's Brazilian rookie Nasr set the pace during the morning, with a lap of one minute 27.307, 0.056 seconds quicker than Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. McLaren-Honda, who had a troubled first test in Jerez, again hit problems, despite a promising start. Jenson Button completed 21 laps - nearly a third of the entire running the team managed at the first pre-season test earlier this month - and ended the morning sixth fastest, just 0.875 secs off the pace. Button had been second fastest to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen after two and a half hours. However, his running was then brought to an end after Honda discovered a faulty seal on the motor-generator unit recovering energy from the rear axle. Honda said it would need to redesign the component to prevent the problem recurring and that the new part would not be ready until Saturday. So although Fernando Alonso will have an engine for Friday, the same problem as affected Button may well recur then. All the teams confirmed for entry in this year's championship are in Barcelona. Force India - for whom Mercedes' Wehrlein had been invited to drive for the two days of testing - are running a 2014 car. Force India race driver Sergio Perez will take over the car for the afternoon, although they were awaiting final confirmation. The team's 2015 car is not ready to take part in this test, but they say it will be completed in time to run in at least some of the final test next week. Marussia failed to take part in the last three races of 2014 after collapsing with financial problems, but are still planning to come out of administration in the near future. 1 Felipe Nasr (Brz) Sauber-Ferrari one minute 27.307 seconds 2 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:27.363 3 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Lotus-Mercedes 1:27.510 4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:27.951 5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:28.064 6 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren-Honda 1:28.182 7 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Force India-Mercedes 1:28.329 8 Wehrlein Mercedes 1:29.286 9 Susie Wolff (GB) Williams-Mercedes 1:29.400 10 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:30.429

Williams test driver Susie Wolff and Sauber 's Felipe Nasr have collided at the second pre-season test , while Lewis Hamilton has @placeholder due to illness .

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Strong winds and heavy rain have created sand drifts on Margate's Main Sands, near the clock tower. Thanet District Council has put out signs to notify the public of the possible dangers. Mike Humber, technical services manager, said the sand was much softer than usual and people out walking should be aware of a "potential issue". He said the affected area had been filled in to stabilise the sand.

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