Colin Campbell, 56, has primary progressive MS and told BBC Scotland last month that his health had rapidly deteriorated over the last two years. He has now said he may not attend the Swiss clinic after another MS patient encouraged him to press for more help. NHS Highland said support was tailored to individual patients' needs. Assisted suicide is unlawful in Scotland. A move to change the law was defeated in a vote in the Scottish Parliament in 2015. Mr Campbell, who is booked to go to a clinic in Basel next month, was first diagnosed with MS when he was 34, but had previously suspected he had a health condition because of a deterioration in his ability to play sports. He told the BBC: "How people should be looking at this is 'Colin is worn out with having had this incredible progressive illness'. "'His death will give him release.'" Mr Campbell uses a walking frame to move around his flat and a wheelchair when travelling outside his home. He formerly worked in IT, still has use of his hands and plays the guitar. However, he fears he will reach a point where he can no longer use his hands and will be unable to feed himself. Since expressing his intention to end his life, Mr Campbell has been contacted by fellow MS patient Rona Tynan. She has offered to help him seek appropriate help to improve his quality of life. She said: "It was extremely important that I made contact with Colin and I'm so glad I saw him on the television. "What alarmed me about Colin was, I felt he was more able than myself. "I was very, very concerned that he'd made his decision when it was maybe horrible weather. The winters are long when you've got MS." Among the practical measures Ms Tynan has helped Mr Campbell with has been a test drive on a mobility scooter. It is one of the things he said had prompted him to look again at his plans. He said: "This has given me some kind of optimism which I definitely didn't have - so I owe that to Rona. "There are a lot of people that are forgotten who need a lot of help and are unaware that there is help. "That's when people like me think they're off to Switzerland." A spokesman for NHS Highland said: "After diagnosis the support provided to our patients is tailored to suit their individual needs and is very much driven by them. "Once MS is confirmed, each patient is contacted by one of our MS specialist nurses who goes through options and details the wider support that is available to them in the community."

Summary: An Inverness man who planned to end his own life in a clinic in Switzerland has called for greater support for people with multiple sclerosis.


Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft - Red 4 - crashed after a display at Bournemouth Air Show in August 2011. A new display will open at the Bournemouth Aviation Museum which includes a model Red Arrow Hawk T1A. It will also include a collection box for the Jon Egging Trust, a charity set up in the pilot's memory. Museum trustee David Shore said: "After running a Red Arrows day last August and the level of interest it generated, we decided we wanted to do something in Flt Lt Egging's memory. "We had discussions with a model maker at last year's Bournemouth Air Show about creating a display for us. "The display will have information on both Flt Lt Egging and the history of the Red Arrows with a collection box for any donations to the Jon Egging Trust." The trust helps young people with vocational and academic qualifications. Its Blue Skies Programme pairs students with role models from aviation, engineering and science. Bournemouth Aviation Museum's display is the latest tribute in the town to Flt Lt Egging. In August 2012, a sculpture on Bournemouth's East Overcliff was unveiled featuring three glass Red Arrows planes and stainless steel contrails to coincide with the first Bournemouth Air Show since the crash.

Summary: A new memorial will be unveiled later in honour of a Red Arrows pilot killed in a crash during an air show.


A first-half David McAllister own goal was all that separated the sides in a tight affair at Mourneview Park. Coleraine hammered Glentoran 4-1 at the Showgrounds with James McLaughlin scoring twice. David Jeffrey's Ballymena United ran out easy 4-1 winners away to Carrick Rangers to move into the top half of the table. Relive the action from Friday's Premiership matches Despite suffering their first defeat of the season, Ards are still tied on points at the top of the table. There were few clear chances in the game, with defences on top before McAllister nodded past keeper Aaron Hogg and into his own net after 17 minutes of play. Crusaders and Linfield can overtake the joint leaders if they win their respective games on Saturday. The Bannsiders put four goals past Glentoran, who continued their disappointing start to the league campaign. Coleraine took the lead after eight minutes when referee Mervyn Smith pointed to the penalty spot when Elliott Morris was adjudged to have brought down James McLaughlin despite getting a strong palm on the ball. Neil McCafferty made no mistake from the spot by slotting past Morris, although the Glentoran keeper may feel aggrieved that he wasn't ready to face the kick. Three goals in nine minutes assured Coleraine of the points. Darren McCauley tucked home after being played through by Rodney Brown, before McLaughlin drove the ball home from the edge of the penalty area three minutes later. McLaughlin grabbed his second just after the hour mark to wrap up the victory, before Jonathan Smith fired home after some good work from Nacho Novo to give Glentoran a consolation goal. Defeat for Glentoran means that the East Belfast side slip into the bottom half of the table, while Coleraine's first victory of the season carries Oran Kearney's side up to eighth. Ballymena responded from last weekend's defeat by Ards in perfect style, putting four goals past Carrick Rangers. Allan Jenkins opened the scoring, slamming home from a corner after just three minutes. Cathair Friel doubled Ballymena's advantage on 22 minutes by heading in from a Tony Kane free-kick. Carrick Rangers were provided with a glimmer of hope when Alan Blayney picked up a back-pass and Gareth McKeown's free-kick rebounded off the United wall for Nathan Hanley to make no mistake from the rebound. Jonny McMurray scored Ballymena's goal of the evening, letting fire with a fine 30-yard strike which flew over Simon Steele in the Carrick goal. Ballymena completed the rout when former Carrick player Conor McCloskey slotted home just after the hour mark.

Summary: Glenavon beat Ards 1-0 to join the newly promoted Co Down side at the Premiership summit.


Giants, who have failed to win any of their past eight league matches, were undone by Luke Waterworth's 76th-minute try in a topsy-turvy match. Shaun Robinson, Rhodri Lloyd, Connor Dwyer and Mike Butt also crossed for the part-time Lions, who have only won two league matches in 2017. Aaron Murphy and Sam Wood were among those to cross for Giants. Darnell McIntosh and Ollie Roberts also went over for the hosts, but the final whistle was met by boos from the home fans. Huddersfield were the second top-flight club to lose to Championship opponents in round five, following Hull KR's win over Leigh on Saturday. Elsewhere in the Challenge Cup on Sunday, Super League side Salford overcame Toronto Wolfpack 29-22. Dewsbury, Featherstone, Halifax and Barrow also won to book their places in Tuesday's sixth-round draw, which will be broadcast live on the BBC News Channel (18:30 BST). Swinton head coach John Duffy revealed after the game that his side only had 15 fit players on Saturday, before giving debuts to on-loan Wigan pair Josh Woods and Caine Barnes and out-of-contract Liam Carberry. "It was a massive achievement for the club but everything goes on the players and the medical staff today - nothing to do with the coaching staff," said Duffy. "I'd like to thank our medical staff for doing a great job over the last couple of weeks. They have turned it around for us and the boys really dug deep." Giants had gone into the break 18-16 ahead, after Murphy went over down the left, Wood cut inside to score and McIntosh finished a grubber kick. However, Rick Stone's side, without around 10 first-teamers, have only won twice all season in the top flight and cracks began to show as Dwyer's score helped put the visitors ahead for the second time in the match, having led 10-6 at one point during the first half. Giants were back in front when the ball was spread right to Roberts and he found a gap to score, before Waterworth crossed over to send the second-tier side through to the sixth round. Stone said: "The Championship is full of hardened pros who have been around the block and know know to win games, and we saw a bit of that today. "There's no denying that is a massive blow for us and everyone is very disappointed - you can feel it. "There were a few senior players out today and a few long-term injuries and those with niggles, but we had a good enough team out to win but we didn't." Huddersfield: McIntosh; Simpson, S Wood, Mellor, Murphy; Gaskell, Farrell; Rapira, Leeming, Mason, Smith, Roberts, Dickinson. Replacements: Wakeman, Ikahihifo, English, O'Brien. Swinton: White; Robinson, Hankinson, Lloyd, Butt; Woods, Atkin; Bracek, Waterworth, Lever, Dwyer, Jones, Austin. Replacements: Gore, Bate, Barnes, Carberry. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas

Summary: Championship side Swinton knocked Super League strugglers Huddersfield Giants out of the Challenge Cup fifth round.


The job cuts - to its employee base of around 94,000 people - comprise part of its $4bn reduction in operating costs. Shell also said it was cutting investment by $7bn to about $30bn this year, down 20% from 2014. The firm announced profits of $3.4bn in the three months to 30 June, a 35% decrease compared with last year. Shell said that it was "planning for a prolonged downturn" in oil prices. The price of oil is currently about $53 a barrel, sharply down from about $110 a barrel a year ago. Chief executive Ben van Beurden said: "We have to be resilient in a world where oil prices remain low for some time, whilst keeping an eye on recovery. "We're taking a prudent approach, pulling on powerful financial levers to manage through this downturn, always making sure we have the capacity to pay attractive dividends for shareholders." It also announced that it was selling a 33% stake in its Japanese business, Showa, to petrochemical group Idemitsu for about $1.4bn. Shell said it had seen $20bn of asset sales in 2014 and 2015, and it expected to see $30bn in sales between 2016 and 2018. "Today's oil price downturn could last for several years, and Shell's planning assumptions reflect today's market realities," the company said. "The company has to be resilient in today's oil price environment, even though we see the potential for a return to a $70-$90 oil price band in the medium term." In April, Shell announced that it was buying gas giant BG - the UK's third-largest energy company - for Â£47bn. In its latest announcement of job losses, Shell said its deal with BG "should enhance our free cash flow" and be "a springboard to change Shell into a simpler and more profitable company". It added that it planned to reduce costs further in 2016.

Summary: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced it is to shed 6,500 jobs as part of cost-cutting plans as it seeks to counter falling oil prices.


Coetzer leads the Scots for the first time at the Grange on Friday. "We want to try to take down one of the top sides and we are very capable of doing that," said Coetzer. "The guys have been preparing well for the last number of years now and things are starting to come together. They have moulded into the squad very well." Pakistan begin their preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy by facing the Scots on Friday and Sunday. Spinner Saeed Ajmal will feature for the tourists but all-rounder Shahid Afridi misses out. "There is a bit in it for both sides here," said Coetzer. "They are preparing for their tournament and it is nice for the Scottish public to see a team of this calibre coming to the Grange." And the 29-year-old Northants batsmen expects the first meeting to be "a whirlwind" after Coetzer made his international bow against Pakistan 10 years ago. He explained: "I always hoped that somewhere along the line I might be able to do the job [of captain]. "I'm looking forward to the challenges. It's a very proud day. "I am going to do what is best for the team at all times. Hopefully that can lead to some good results. Effectively, it is a new era and it is exciting times." Pakistan are in the same section as India, South Africa and West Indies in next month's Champions Trophy, with Dav Whatmore's side playing their group matches at the Oval and Edgbaston. And captain Misbah-ul-Haq has warned his team-mates not to underestimate Scotland. "We have an important period coming up with the Champions Trophy," he said. "There are different conditions over here in the UK, different weather, and we need to get used to that. "We haven't played against Scotland for a long time but in their home conditions, any side can be really tough. So we can't take them lightly." Follow Phil Goodlad on Twitter.

Summary: New captain Kyle Coetzer believes this week's two one-day internationals against Pakistan are the beginning of a "new era" for Scotland.


Tipu Sultan, 32, a father-of-two, was shot at close range outside Herbs n Spice Kitchen, Lake Avenue, South Shields, on 7 April. Northumbria Police confirmed it had arrested two men aged 47 and 24, and a woman, 27, on suspicion of murder. A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. A reconstruction of the killing was broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme, which police said resulted in a number of fresh leads.

Summary: Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was shot dead outside a takeaway.


The letter, written at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising, had a guide price of 1-1.5m euros. It was the last official letter Pearse wrote, three days before his execution by firing squad on 3 May 1916. Pearse wrote it from his prison cell to rebels still fighting in the Four Courts in Dublin. It reads: "In order to prevent further slaughter of the civil population and in the hope of saving the lives of our followers, the members of the Provisional Government present at headquarters have decided on an unconditional surrender, and commandants or officers commanding districts will order their commands to lay down arms. PH Pearse, Dublin, 30th April 1916." The details of the item on the James Adam's auction house website quotes historian Diarmaid Ferriter: "Behind the single sentence of the communication lie many layers. "It was the last official letter Pearse wrote, three days before his execution by firing squad on the morning of May 3rd 1916 and is therefore a vital part of the archive of the newly declared republic in 1916. "It marked the end of the 1916 rebellion and underlined the role of both the rebel leaders and the British forces in bringing the fighting to a conclusion. "It is also a reminder of some of the difficulties associated with the rebels military strategy in 1916, especially communications, but also the success in securing certain positions in the midst of urban warfare." Although the identity of the seller has not been revealed, he has been described by the auctioneers as non-Irish and living outside the country. In a statement, Stuart Cole, a director at Adam's, said: "On this occasion, the reserve was not met. "The owner, based overseas, has requested that Adam's apply for an export licence tomorrow (Thursday) to formally notify the [Irish] government that the document will be leaving Ireland and for the process to be expedited. "The owner was saddened that the government refused to bid for the document but now feels relieved of his obligations to keep the document in Ireland."

Summary: A letter of surrender written by Irish rebel Patrick Pearse has been withdrawn from auction in Dublin after bidding stalled at 770,000 euros (Â£650,000).


The decade-long research led by staff from Chester Zoo and Natural Resources Wales has observed behaviour never seen in the UK before. The researchers studied a group of hazel dormice in Denbighshire as part of the project. It found some dormice breed before they are one year old. The research also established that some produce two litters in a year, which was known behaviour in continental European mice but had never been observed in the UK before. The study is the longest and largest of its kind in the UK. Chester Zoo's biodiversity officer Sarah Bird said: "Promiscuity in females had never been recorded before; and it will increase genetic diversity within litters, helping population survival. "Equally important are the other breeding behaviours we have seen. "It is likely that those years when females breed twice, and the young of the year also breed, is when populations can really increase. "These behaviours are likely to be critical for healthy sustainable dormouse populations in the UK." Hazel dormice are protected under European law. The numbers of dormice and the range of the species have both been in decline since recording of the animals and their habitat began in 1990. However the Denbighshire site at Bontuchel, near Ruthin, showed a large, stable population of dormice. "Our survey site in north Wales is on the very north western edge of their European range and, from the very start, we've been surprised by how many hazel dormice are there," Ms Bird explained. "That's why it's a very important project and a very important site for study, to understand why this woodland is so good for dormice."

Summary: Female dormice which have offspring with more than one father in the same litter can help ensure their survival, a 10-year study has found.


No new date has yet been set for the game to be played.

Summary: Saturday's Women's Super League 1 game between Doncaster Rovers Belles and Arsenal Ladies has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.


The couple wore yellow scarves and garlands at the 200-year-old Hindu temple in Bahrain's capital Manama. Prince Charles earlier held talks with the country's long-time Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa. The royal couple have also visited the United Arab Emirates and Oman during the seven-day trip. The Bahrain visit marks 200 years of formal relations between the two countries, dating from a treaty of friendship signed in 1816. The UK maintains strong military ties to Bahrain, where it has run its permanent naval base HMS Juffair for more than a year. Prince Charles paid the base a visit to open a welfare block and inspect HMS Middleton. But the trip comes amid concerns of continued human rights abuses in Bahrain. Prince Charles has faced calls to raise concerns over how Bahrain's security forces have dealt with a string of mass protests in the country. He began the day visiting Sheikh Khalifa, who has been in office since 1971, on the Bahraini ruler's custom-built private island. The Middle East tour, which was organised by the UK government, aims to boost partnerships in the region in a range of areas, including wildlife conservation and women in leadership. During the day, Camilla visited St Christopher's School, a British-style school with 2,200 pupils, speaking to the students about their literacy and music lessons. She later met a group of young businesswomen known as the Supreme Council for Women, which is chaired by Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the first wife of Bahrain's King Hamad. The council, which was set up in 2001 to advise the government on women's issues, consists of a group of 16 women from a "wide range of backgrounds and experiences". The royal couple later unveiled two new stamps, to commemorate two centuries of diplomatic ties between the UK and Bahrain, at the Post Office Museum. Prince Charles also visited the Al-Fateh Grand Mosque, the largest in the country, where he signed the visitors' book and was given a tour.

Summary: The Prince of Wales has met Bahrain's prime minister before visiting a temple with the Duchess of Cornwall on their final day of touring the Middle East.


On Saturday, the 36-year-old will take his place in the dugout at Woodhorn Lane - home of Northern League Division One side Ashington AFC - in the FA Cup extra preliminary round as he continues his new career as a football manager. When England's cricketers wrapped up a 2-1 series win a decade ago they were given a rapturous reception by tens of thousands of fans in Trafalgar Square at the end of a victory bus parade. A Downing Street reception followed but there will be no fanfare for Harmison and his Ashington players if they see off Bradford-based Albion Sports at the start of the long road to Wembley. The ninth-tier club, whose average league gate last season was 222, will still be another five victories from the first-round proper. "If someone had told me in 2005 that I'd be manager of Ashington in the FA Cup 10 years later I wouldn't have laughed at them," Harmison, who took 17 wickets during the epic five-match series a decade ago, told BBC Sport. "It's my hometown club. I played for them before I became a professional cricketer. My dad, Jimmy, played for them, and my brother, James, plays for them now. "Even when I was playing cricket for England I used to train with Ashington to help build up my fitness ahead of tours to Australia, West Indies and South Africa. "I love being a football manager. It's a great challenge and I like being around non-league players for their enthusiasm. I can't wait for the FA Cup." Harmison has been put in charge of a team from a town that produced England international Jackie Milburn, as well as the World Cup-winning Charlton brothers, Bobby and Jack. The club from the former mining town in Northumberland, situated 15 miles north of Newcastle, are nicknamed the Colliers and were elected to the Football League in 1921 before being voted out just eight years later. Between 1909 and 2008 they played their home games at Portland Park before moving to their current £1.2m Woodhorn Road base, where a 250-seater stand is due to open in October. "Ashington's a tough place, a mining community," chairman and local MP Ian Lavery told BBC Sport. "I've heard people say that appointing Steve was a publicity stunt, but why would it be? We're ambitious and Steve is a sports star." Media playback is not supported on this device Sixty-three Test matches, 226 Test wickets, 58 one-day internationals, two Twenty20 internationals... Harmison's England statistics make impressive reading. But the former bowler was playing football for Ashington before he was offered his first professional contract at Durham in 1996. "Football has always been a huge part of my life," added the lifelong Newcastle fan, who was appointed Ashington boss on 8 February, along with coaches Ian Skinner and Lee Anderson. "I saw the club was looking for a new manager and decided to put my name forward." Ashington's hierarchy were so impressed with Harmison during his interview that they offered him the job on the same day. "We had 10

Summary: Ten years ago Steve Harmison was giving Australia's batsmen sleepless nights, unleashing 90mph deliveries during an unforgettable summer of cricket which saw England regain the Ashes.


The film, directed by Ridley Scott, took £3.9m at cinemas this weekend. In second place, Emily Blunt's drug crime drama Sicario opened with takings of £1.6m, while The Walk was another new entry in third with £795,000. But Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke's new thriller Regression could only open in ninth place with takings of £215,000. In the film, Watson plays a young woman who has been the victim of demonic abuse as Hawke is a police officer trying to uncover the truth. It was screened at 270 cinemas over the weekend, according to Screen Daily, compared with 434 for Sicario. Sicario has also received much better reviews, with Emily Blunt playing the lead role of an FBI agent who joins an elite force to combat a drugs warlords on the US-Mexico border.

Summary: Space epic The Martian, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars, was the top film at UK box offices for a second week.


The Fochabers Fish Bar will now go up against nine other regional winners for the UK award in the Seafish-run 2017 National Fish and Chip Awards. Fochabers Fish Bar owner Darren Boothroyd said: "We're completely over the moon to have made it to the top 10, it's a real testament to all the hard work we've put into the business." The overall winner will be announced in January.

Summary: A Moray fish and chip shop has been named the best in Scotland.


Clydesdale Bank's Scottish £5 note was the first fully polymer banknote to enter circulation in Great Britain. The International Bank Note Society has nominated the fivers, made from a polymer substrate, for the award alongside banknotes from countries including New Zealand and China. They are the only UK note on the shortlist. Clydesdale chief executive David Duffy said: "We are proud that our polymer £5 note has been nominated. "We take our responsibility as an issuer of banknotes seriously." Two million of the £5 notes are currently in circulation. The bank introduces around £400m of new notes every year. A new polymer £10 note, featuring Robert Burns, will start to be made later in 2016 and is expected to enter circulation in 2017. More than 20 countries around the world have adopted polymer notes. The Bank of England is to begin issuing them later this year. In 1999, Northern Bank of Northern Ireland issued a polymer £5 commemorative note celebrating the year 2000.

Summary: Britain's first fully polymer £5 note is in the running for the International Banknote of the Year award.


Launching a consultation on policies for the campaign, she said Labour had "wasted" 16 years of devolution. But she would not say what price she would demand to share power with Labour, as Plaid did from 2007 to 2011. Welsh Labour said the "tired attacks" were a "poor excuse for a campaign". Speaking in Cardiff, Ms Wood said the four years of a Labour-Plaid coalition government were "a small beacon of hope in terms of a longer period of wasted opportunity". Plaid wanted to be in charge of health and education "in particular", she said. The party's education spokesman Simon Thomas said: "I don't think we will see any real change in Welsh politics until the hands of the Labour Party are off health and education." Plaid Cymru is currently the third largest party in Cardiff Bay, with 11 of the 60 seats. Ms Wood has already ruled out a deal with the Conservatives after the elections. However, on the subject of coalitions, she said on Monday that people were "bored with that kind of conversation". Ms Wood added that her party would be concentrating on their own policies "rather than constantly obsessing with which party will do deals with which party". A Welsh Labour spokesman said Ms Wood's comments were "completely out of step with people's own experiences". "Only Welsh Labour will take on the Tories," the spokesman added. "It is telling that Plaid Cymru yet again seem unable or unwilling to take on the party that has slashed Wales' funding and attacked our most vulnerable communities. "Wales won't forget that Plaid Cymru have tried before to get the Tories into power in the assembly," referring to talks in 2007 about a so-called "rainbow coalition" deal which would have excluded Labour from government. For the Conservatives, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb called on the opposition parties to "think the unthinkable and look at the options that provide this country with an alternative to the Labour Party". When asked how realistic it was for Ms Wood to work with Welsh Tory Leader Andrew RT Davies to make this happen, he told BBC Radio Wales it would be "difficult, challenging but I would never say it's impossible".

Summary: Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has said her party wants to deprive Labour of control of health and education policy after the 2016 assembly election.


Charlotte Caldwell has campaigned and raised funds for her five-year-old son, Billy, who has severe epilepsy. When he was just six-months-old, Ms Caldwell was told by a doctor at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children that he would not survive. She refused to give up hope and took him to Chicago for life-saving treatment. She raised hundreds of thousands of pounds and when the money ran out, she asked Health Minister Michael McGimpsey to fund similar care at a private facility in Oxford. They left Chicago but when they got to Oxford, the minister appeared to do a U-turn and the funding stopped. While Ms Caldwell challenged the turnaround, she borrowed Â£30,000 from the bank and from family members to continue the treatment. Now the Department has changed its mind again and has agreed to send Billy back to Oxford. Ms Caldwell feels the minister should refund the money already spent. "I feel that he has a responsibility to Billy, and at least let us be able to pay back to the bank and to my family the money that was borrowed," she said. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has supported the family. "I would hope that both he and others who will be responding to this request will be compassionate and will recognise that this family has been through a very difficult ordeal over many years," he said. "The reality is that the child has recorded enormous progress." Mr McGimpsey declined to be interviewed, saying he could not comment on patient care plans because of confidentiality. Ms Caldwell said: "I'm completely puzzled and bewildered why we have had to go through this because it's Billy's life at the end of the day and we're just trying to give him the best possible start in life."

Summary: The mother of a Castlederg boy is asking the Department of Health to refund money she spent funding his health care in England.


Protests in southern Nepal against a newly adopted constitution have seen hundreds of supply trucks from India stuck at the border. Many Nepalese, however, have accused India of blocking supplies to show its disapproval of the document. Fuel is now being rationed in Nepal. Deepak Baral, an NOC spokesperson, told BBC Nepali that the state-owned fuel supplier was "exploring the possibility" of flying in fuel from a "neighbouring country". As well as India, Nepal is also bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. Public anger towards India has been growing in Nepal. KP Oli, a senior lawmaker tipped to be the next prime minister, has accused India of breaking international law by imposing a blockade. He denied protesters were blocking roads. New Delhi has denied the accusations and urged Nepal to defuse tensions over the constitution in its southern plains. Clashes between police and protesters have seen more than 40 people killed in recent weeks. Some minority ethnic groups are unhappy with the new constitution, which creates a federal system they fear will see them under represented in parliament.

Summary: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering flying in fuel to the landlocked nation as it continues to face a crippling shortage of petroleum products.


The 28-year-old English midfielder looked to be on his way to Pittodrie in January 2016, but the deal fell through as the clubs fell out over a fee. But he signed a pre-contract in March to join the Dons on a three-year deal. "I always wanted to come here and I'm just delighted it has eventually been done," he told the Dons website. "What's happened in the past has happened in the past, but it's been a long wait." Tansey had returned to the Caledonian Stadium for a second spell at the club after leaving Stevenage in 2014. He scored nine goals in 44 appearances this season but was unable to prevent Caley Thistle being relegated. Tansey becomes the latest Caley Thistle player to have ended up at the other end of the A96. Dons striker Adam Rooney and midfielders Jonny Hayes and Graeme Shinnie all moved to the Granite City having previously played for Inverness. "I always had it in my mind to come here because of the set-up and from what the lads I know have said about the place," added Tansey. "It spoke volumes about the place. "It was pretty much a no-brainer to come here. "I've spoken to a few of the boys here - Graeme Shinnie, Jonny Hayes, Miles Storey, Adam Rooney and I've played against them over the years. "They're all great lads and top players and it is exciting to play with players like that. "That's what you want to do. It brings you on as a player and puts pressure on you to deliver for them as well as yourself."

Summary: Greg Tansey is relieved to have ended his long wait to sign for Aberdeen after leaving relegated Inverness Caledonian Thistle.


According to media reports, the 29-year-old was pictured with laughing gas canisters while partying in London on the same night Villa were relegated. Agbonlahor was already on the sidelines after being told he was not fit enough. Villa were relegated from the Premier League after losing 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday. They are bottom of the table after collecting just 16 points from 34 games. The West Midlands outfit are also without a manager following the sacking of Frenchman Remi Garde and have been hit by two key resignations. Former Football Association chairman David Bernstein and Lord King, a former Governor of the Bank of England, both quit the board on Monday.

Summary: Aston Villa have suspended striker Gabby Agbonlahor and will conduct an investigation following allegations concerning his conduct.


The 32-year-old former Namibia captain has made 113 appearances since joining Sarries in 2009 and helped the club win two Premiership titles. Burger, who won 41 caps and appeared at the 2015 World Cup, will return to Namibia to become a farmer. "It is sad that it's coming to an end but playing rugby is something that I have really loved doing," he said. "Growing up I wanted to be a professional rugby player and I have been fortunate to live that dream." Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall described Burger, who leaves just two weeks before the Champions Cup final and the start of Sarries' Premiership play-off campaign, as "an amazing player and person". "He set a phenomenal example on the field with his bravery and the way that he gave everything he could in every game," McCall told the club website. "He will always be remembered as one of the true greats of Saracens."

Summary: Saracens back row Jacques Burger will retire from rugby after Sunday's Premiership game against Newcastle.


Humberside Police said Daniel Hatfield, 52 and Matthew Higgins, 49, died "after suffering significant multiple injuries". Their bodies were found at a house on May Street on Friday. Two women, aged 27 and 36, and a 38-year-old man are being held in police custody. Det Supt Matt Hutchinson said police were keen to find out more about the movements of the two men in the week before their deaths. "We also want to speak to people who know anything about the murder or have information about people attending or leaving May Street in the week prior to the men being discovered," he said. "It is important to re-iterate that these murders are being treated as an isolated incident, however high visibility patrols will continue in the area to provide additional reassure to the local community."

Summary: Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two men were found in the garden of a house in Hull.


In Swansea, the party added one seat to hold 48 out of 72 seats, while Plaid Cymru made inroads picking up seven new seats in neighbouring NPT. Pembrokeshire remains in the hands of independents, while Carmarthenshire has no party in overall control. Swansea council leader Rob Stewart said Labour's success in the city was because it had offered hope. "We came into this election on a very positive manifesto, offering people hope, aspiration, a better city, a better life," he said. "We'd just delivered the City Deal for Swansea, the city centre is being rejuvenated, we're after the Tidal Lagoon - we're hoping to land that very shortly, and we're bidding to be the city of culture in 2021. "We've demonstrated we can deliver for the people of Swansea and we're standing on an even more ambitious programme for the next five years." In Swansea, independents took nine seats, Conservatives eight and Liberal Democrats seven. Meanwhile in Neath Port Talbot, Plaid Cymru made inroads picking up seven new seats. In Pembrokeshire, former deputy council leader Rob Lewis lost his seat in Martletwy to Di Clements of the Conservatives. Independent candidates won 34 seats in the county, Conservative had 12, Labour seven, Plaid Cymru six and the Lib Democrats gained just one. In Carmarthenshire, Plaid Cymru won the most seats with 36, while Labour gained 22 and the independents 16.

Summary: Labour has increased its majority in Swansea and held on to control of Neath Port Talbot council.


30 March 2017 Last updated at 22:18 BST But amateur artist Emanuel Santos, who works at Madeira airport where the bust was unveiled, says he feels hurt by the criticism his work has received.

Summary: A bronze bust of Cristiano Ronaldo has made headlines around the world for its lack of resemblance to the Real Madrid star.


He has been recalled by Cricket Australia for treatment on a foot injury suffered while bowling during the County Championship loss to Sussex. The county hope New Zealand's Mitchell Santner, who is playing in the T20 Blast, can be his overseas replacement. Hastings, 31, has taken 16 wickets at 34.38 and scored 139 runs at 23.16 in his six Championship games this summer. On Friday, he hit the second fastest Twenty20 half-century in Worcestershire's history off 19 balls against Birmingham Bears. Director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "Cricket Australia have asked for him to go back home. "We thoroughly understand that - they want John Hastings back fit and want to monitor his rehab, so we'll take it on the chin. "We'll certainly look at alternatives. In the past we've brought in Miguel Cummins, Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel but the West Indies are here this year. "So we've just got the find the right one because we're desperate to go up." Worcestershire are currently second in Division Two of the County Championship, 17 points clear of both Sussex and Kent, who have a game in hand.

Summary: Worcestershire will be without Australia all-rounder John Hastings for the remainder of the 2017 season.


Anthony Jackel, of Port Talbot, also known as 'Betty', is a veteran of Wales campaigns. The 70-year-old Swansea City fan has bought a train ticket which allows him to follow the team throughout the championships. He said: "[This way] I can do what I want, I can go where I want". Of course, the Foreign Office and the Football Supporters' Federation would heavily discourage his travel arrangements - and with good reason. But he refuses to be put off. He got the bus to London and the Eurotunnel to Paris before sleeping outside Paris' Gare du Nord station. Mr Jackel then caught the train to Bordeaux, where I first met him outside the Grande Theatre on Friday. He was instantly conspicuous. He had the look of a well-weathered man and he wore an equally travelled shirt emblazoned with the Welsh flag over his fleece. It attracted fans who stopped in the street and shook his hand, complimenting it. "The last two nights I've slept on the tramlines," he told me. "On one of the big benches. Lovely. "They've got all the mod cons, a portable toilet where I can go to the toilet, wash my hands and brush my teeth, and I'm up then. "I have an early morning call: the nightclub shuts at five o'clock [am] and they wake me up." I asked Mr Jackel why he travelled in a way many people would think was very dangerous. He said he would rather do it his way than be "herded" around on an organised tourist trip. "I can do what I want, I can go where I want and I can go home when I want to, I'm not stressed out if I don't get back to my hotel. "If I'm tired I just go on the first bench or the next place." He told me he had "followed Swansea all over the world" and had watched Wales since 1962. "Over the years we have been so near but [also] so far," he said. The die-hard Swans fan said that, while there are often clashes between rival supporters back home, they had to remain "together" in France. "We are Welsh out here, we're Welsh, I don't care a monkey's...while we're here we are showing people we can behave." I asked how excited he was that Wales had made a major finals for the first time in 58 years and he said: "You should have seen my flag, it was too big to carry." He said he had encouraged younger supporters to come out and support the team. "I said: 'What if we did win it? What if we did a Leicester [who recently won the English Premier League]? What if we did a Greece [who won Euro 2004]?'" Mr Jackel pulled a bag on wheels and when I asked him what he had inside I was surprised to find a collection of brand-new Wales soft toys, and trinkets which he said he handed out when people were "nice" to him. He spoke about football trips to Romania, Spain and numerous other

Summary: While Wales football fans enjoy the hospitality of France for Euro 2016, one will be sleeping rough.


Federal prosecutors announced the charges as they listed a catalogue of alleged abuses. The Justice Department has been scrutinising Baltimore police after accusing it last August of systemic racism and abusing power. The officers "arrogantly" ignored clear directives, a police official said. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis condemned the officers at a news conference. "These officers are 1930s-style gangsters," Mr Davis said. "They betrayed the trust we're trying to build with our community at a very sensitive time in our history." The seven officers are: Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor and Maurice Ward. Mr Gondo is also charged with participating in a drug conspiracy. All of the men were arrested, suspended without pay and jailed, pending detention hearings on Thursday. Federal prosecutors said the men began their criminal enterprise in 2015, after the city erupted into protest over the death of a young black man, Freddie Gray, while he was in police custody. The Justice Department later opened a "pattern and practice" investigation into the police force, finding that the department routinely discriminated against black people and used excessive force. Federal agents by then had spent months following officers on the Gun Trace Task Force, which was formed to crack down on violent crime by tracking illegal guns on the streets. Prosecutors accuse the men of committing robberies and filing false reports to conceal their crimes. In one instance, four of the officers arrested a man during a traffic stop and confiscated drugs as well as $21,500 (Â£17,516). The officers only submitted $15,000 as evidence, and then later went to the man's home and stole $200,000 and a $4,000 watch from a safe deposit box. In another incident, three of the officers stopped a man on the street, searched his car without a warrant and later took $1,500 he had earned working as a maintenance supervisor at a nursing home. The charges were announced a day after US Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested that he might ease federal scrutiny of law enforcement across the country as it could undermine their policing ability. Baltimore was one of dozens of US cities to face a federal civil rights probe under the Obama administration. The city and the Justice Department had reached a court-enforceable consent decree in January requiring police to make sweeping changes to its practices. Mr Obama made police reform a priority in the wake of mounting racial tension and high-profile police shootings across the country. Baltimore police union president Gene Ryan said he was "disturbed" by the recent charges. DeRay Mckesson, a local Black Lives Matter activist, said the charges were disturbing but signalled reform. "It is promising to see the beginning of accountability being applied to the Baltimore Police Department," he said. "The indictments confirm what activists and community members have been saying for decades."

Summary: Seven Baltimore police officers have been charged with robbery, extortion, falsely detaining people and faking reports to cover it up.


He was speaking in the first leaders' debate of the Irish general election. He was responding to Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin who said he would not form a coalition with Sinn Féin as he does not trust them on security. He said: "Politicians here could learn a lesson from the unionists, who have more reason to distrust Sinn Féin." Mr Adams referred to past and present leaders of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who have led a power-sharing government with Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland since 2007. "Ian Paisley can go into government with Martin McGuinness, and Peter Robinson can go into government, and Arlene Foster can go into government with Martin McGuinness," Mr Adams said. The Sinn Féin leader was challenged by one of the debate moderators, Pat Kenny, that the D'Hondt system forces the parties in Northern Ireland together. The D'Hondt system is a type of proportional representation used to allocate seats and ministerial posts. Mr Adams said it was the citizens of Northern Ireland make the decisions about who goes into government by them giving a mandate. Taoiseach Enda Kenny was asked whether the bookmakers' predicted outcome, a Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil coalition, was the most likely outcome. He replied that voters have a choice between "the party that wrecked the country, or two parties with different perspectives who have worked together to set the country on the path to recovery". He said Fine Gael/Labour will provide stability. When the debate moved to the Irish economy, Labour leader Joan Burton accused Sinn Féin of "fuzzy economics" which would kill jobs. The Irish deputy prime minister said she is mystified by Sinn Féin's plans to cut the Universal Social Charge (USC), claiming it would reduce tax only for people earning less than €20,000 (£15,515). USC is a tax that was introduced in December 2010 as a temporary measure by the late finance minister, Brian Lenihan. It was applicable to all gross incomes over €4,004 (£3,106) Still on the issue of taxation, Mr Kenny said Sinn Féin would impose a 65% marginal tax rate and "wreck the economy". Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin claimed Fine Gael would bring in US-style tax rates and run down public services. Ms Burton said low and middle income families need to "see the back of the USC", which Fianna Fáil brought in. Analysis - Colletta Smith Amidst the shouts and accusations in the first leaders debate of this Irish election, the Sinn Féin leader gave some high praise to an unlikely party. Mr Adam's praise for the leadership of the DUP comes days after Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster told the BBC's Spotlight programme of the personal difficulty she found in working with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. Mr McGuinness spoke at the funeral of the man that Mrs Foster believes tried to kill her father. She concluded her comments by saying that she would work with the deputy first minister because "the past is the past". Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been keen to distance his party from the possibility of a

Summary: Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has told his political rivals in the Republic of Ireland they could "learn a lesson" from unionists in Northern Ireland.


But the mother-of-four, who received a devastating cancer diagnosis earlier this year, is actively preparing her young family for her death. She is mother to Caileb, 13, Noah, nine, Brooke, eight, and Jesse, 15 months. Mrs Lennox, from Cullybackey, County Antrim, has been thinking of creative ways for her children to feel close to her, long after she is gone. She has made memory boxes for each of them and kept a journal for them to pore over. Mrs Lennox was 34 and pregnant with her youngest child when she was told she had breast cancer. Initial worries centred around the wellbeing of her unborn baby, who was born by emergency C-section at 30 weeks. "He was a little sleeping beauty after all of my chemotherapy," she said. "He was safe because I had a reduced dose of the treatment, but it was decided that he had to come out early. "Little Jesse was 3lb when he was born and his lungs were underdeveloped, but he fought to full health. "I completed my treatment and life returned to pretty much normal." But after fighting off the disease once, it was to return in January this year. The cancer has now spread to Mrs Lennox's lungs, and her prognosis is not good. "I am preparing to die," she told BBC News NI. "It may sound morbid and I try not to make things too sad, but I believe it's important that the children know I won't be around forever. "During my first round of treatment, I explained to them that I was sick and had to take medicine, but when it returned I knew I had to be more honest about the future. "I've always been the type of mother who wants to protect her kids and to hide them from anything too upsetting. "But now they know I won't be around to see them grown up and that I'm not going to get better. "Obviously I was devastated when I got the news - it's not something any mother would want, but life can be taken away from you by cancer at any age. "I don't have long left, but the kids get to go through some of the sadness they have ahead with me there to comfort them." As well as the memory boxes and leaving each child advice for the future, Mrs Lennox has been planning her funeral. "I've sorted the grave, chosen my own coffin, written my eulogy and chosen the readings and hymns," she said. "It's a strange experience, but my husband Alistair, 42, will have the four kids to look after when I'm gone, he doesn't need the stress of organising the funeral too." Mrs Lennox said she will make her final preparations in the coming days and then put it all to the side in order to spend the time she has left with her family. "Christmas is my favourite time of year, so although I may not be there this year, we are going to make decorations together to hang around the house," she said.

Summary: Organising her own funeral is not something that 36-year-old Laura Lennox ever thought she would have to do.


NHS England is spending £40m on doctors and other specialist mental health workers as part of its drive to help 30,000 more women by 2021. At present, more than half of the country provides only basic services. One in five women experiences severe depression or in some cases psychosis around the time of childbirth. The funding will pay for more nurses and psychiatrists to provide specialist care for women in their homes and in maternity units, by giving advice on medication and lifestyle, counselling them and helping to minimise the risks to mother and baby if they become ill. The money will also go towards providing buddying and telephone support from mothers who have had similar issues. Some of the 20 areas to receive a share of the £40m include Bristol, Birmingham and Northumberland. NHS England says another £20m will be shared out in 2017. The childbirth charity NCT said the funding was welcome but there was still a long way to go to help all of the 140,000 women every year in the UK who suffer from mental health problems when they are pregnant or during the year after they give birth - known as the perinatal period. Elizabeth Duff, NCT senior policy adviser, said their research found that only 3% of NHS local commissioning groups had a perinatal mental health strategy. "We're particularly pleased to see plans to enable mothers who have experienced similar issues to help others. "Peer support can be a really powerful way to further break the stigma around perinatal mental health." Natalie Ellis, from Sheffield, began to hate everything about herself soon after her son Finn, now seven years old, was born. She had suffered from depression before - but this was different. A news story about pornographic images being taken of young children being abused had really upset her and she found she could not get the abuse out of her head. She began to have other, more troubling thoughts - she started wondering if she could be capable of abusing her own son. These intrusive thoughts would not go away, torturing her for nearly a year, and because she was too scared to tell anyone about them she spiralled into a terrible depression. She admits: "I had a deep hate for myself. I thought I'd rather be dead than hurt Finn. "I thought I was a monster." When she went back to work, she found the courage to look up her feelings on the internet and discovered that they were a recognised symptom of post-natal illness. The relief she felt was huge - "I broke down, ran out of the office and sobbed." Her GP set up counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy and she went on to anti-depressants, but she says it was the online support which really helped turn her life around. "The women on the PNI forum saved my life, because no-one judged me," she says. "They were a massive support network." NHS England is also announcing that anyone who walks through the doors of A&E in a mental health crisis should

Summary: Twenty areas across England are to receive funding to provide more support for pregnant women and new mothers with severe mental health problems.


Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said the country could tackle the pressures it is currently facing. Separately, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said he was concerned by moves by some central banks to use negative rates to try to boost growth. The G20 includes finance ministers from the world's biggest economies. Based on gross domestic product, the G20 covers 86% of the world's economy, accounts for two-thirds of the world's population and 75% of global trade. China's economy, the second-biggest in the world, is growing at the slowest rate in 25 years as it attempts to move from an export-led nation to one led by consumption and services. The slowdown in China's economy has created considerable uncertainty in financial markets and has led to sharp falls in commodity prices. The head of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, said China's reform direction was clear and unchanged but that the country's pace of reform would vary. "China will strike a balance between growth, restructuring and risk management," Mr Zhou said. "While the reform direction is clear... the pace will vary, but the reform will be set to continue and the direction is not changed." However, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said China faced an "overwhelming" agenda of structural reforms. Analysts said most of Mr Zhou's comments were designed to ease global worries over the way Beijing handles its currency as well as the continuing worries about the volatility of China's stock market. There are concerns China will allow the yuan to weaken to boost its exports and drive its economy. Regarding the the G20's discussions on global exchange rates, Mr Zhou said he would need to wait to see how the group would discuss it. "China has always opposed competitive currency devaluations as a way to boost export competitiveness," he said. Also speaking in Shanghai on Friday, the Bank of England's governor Mark Carney said he was concerned by moves by some central banks to cut interest rates to below zero in order to boost growth. He said it could see the development of a "beggar-thy-neighbour" landscape - whereby attempts to boost a country's economy hurts other economies. Mr Carney said about a quarter of global output was coming from economies where interest rates were "literally through the floor". "It is critical that stimulus measures are structured to boost domestic demand, particularly from sectors of the economy with healthy balance sheets," he said. "There are limits to the extent to which negative rates can achieve this." He also said that governments needed to step up the pace of economic reforms. "Global growth has disappointed because the innovation and ambition of global monetary policy has not been matched by structural measures,'' Mr Carney said. "In most advanced economies, difficult structural reforms have been deferred." Figures released on Thursday confirmed that the UK economy grew by 2.2% last year. That was the slowest annual pace since 2012, although the UK remains one of the fastest growing developed economies. Earlier this week, the IMF said the global economy had weakened

Summary: China has sought to assure global finance ministers about the state of its slowing economy, as the G20 meeting gets under way in Shanghai.


Little and Broad Haven RNLI lifeboat crew and a coastguard rescue team were called after the owner reported him going over a cliff in the Goultrop area. The spaniel, called George, was found stuck on a ledge about 40ft (12m) up from the beach on Sunday. He was lowered down to the lifeboat before being reunited with his owner.

Summary: A dog was rescued by lifeboat volunteers after becoming stuck on a cliff in Pembrokeshire.


The party said pupils from well-off backgrounds were seven times more likely to get three Higher A grades than those from poorer homes. Tory leader Ruth Davidson revealed the statistics as she challenged Nicola Sturgeon on the issue at Holyrood. Ms Sturgeon said there had been some progress in closing the gap. She said 40% of pupils from the 20% most deprived areas getting at least one higher, up from 23% in 2007. And the first minister said 300 primary schools across the country were already benefiting from support through a Â£100m attainment fund. But she acknowledged: "I am not standing here, I never have stood here and said that there's not more work to do. "But we are seeing in many respects evidence of the attainment gap narrowing." The Conservatives said the figures released to them under freedom of information legislation showed that, of S5 pupils who sat Higher exams last year, 21.13% of the most privileged achieved three As, up from 20.31% in 2013. But in the poorest fifth, just 2.99% got three As, compared to 2.90% the year before. The Conservatives said that meant the attainment gap increased by almost 1% between 2013 and 2014, despite SNP pledges to close it. The statistics showed that in four council areas - Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian and Midlothian - not a single pupil from the most-deprived areas attained three As in their Highers. Ms Davidson also cited a report by the Commission for School Reform which earlier this week questioned the Scottish government's ability to close the gap. The commission, chaired by educationalist Keir Bloomer, said that while few would disagree with ministers' desire to tackle the issue, their policy priorities were "exceptionally ambitious" and the timescale "may well be unrealistic". Ms Davidson said: "We knew that the SNP government was not closing the attainment gap but now from these figures we know that that gap between the richest and poorest students is actually getting wider. "The first minister has said that she wants to be judged on her record. In education, her record is one of failure and the experts say that her plans won't fix it. "How bad do things have to get before we see the action we need?" Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie criticised the government's plans for standardised testing. He said: "The first minister told me she was against league tables but she has told journalists that she is not going to stop them putting primary schools into league tables. "If she doesn't want them, why is she going ahead and taking all the steps to make them happen?" Ms Sturgeon responded: "I stand by what I said. I have no interest in crude league tables that offer no meaning to parents, nor do I have any interest in a system that would encourage teaching to the test. "But I do think it is incumbent on me as first minister to make sure that children's progress is being assessed in a way that better informs the judgements teachers make about their performance."

Summary: The attainment gap between pupils from the wealthiest and least well off backgrounds has widened, according to the Scottish Conservatives.


Media playback is not supported on this device Well 68-year-old Paul Mounsey is living proof that you are never too old for it. "My category is 45 plus...so I'm racing against guys 20 years younger than me," says Paul who started riding just five years ago aged 65. "I saw the BMX and I thought 'I'd like to give that a go at this' and here we are!" Find out how you can get into BMX, no matter how old or young you are, by visiting our cycling activity guide.

Summary: BMX racing is a young man's game, right?


The 42-year-old Tasmanian has spent two years as assistant coach and lead batting coach for Cricket Australia. Di Venuto was with Sussex and Derbyshire before moving to Durham, where he twice won the county title. But he is scheduled to return to England in time for the new season in April on an initial three-year deal. Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart said: "Following the departure of Graham Ford it was vitally important that we found another high quality coach with a great work ethic and excellent knowledge of the English county game. "Michael is a good people person. His 12 years of county experience will be invaluable. He is highly regarded within the Australian set-up for his ability to work with and get the best out of players. "Being able to appoint a coach from a top quality international team can only serve to benefit the club and I would like to thank Cricket Australia for their professional dealings."

Summary: Surrey have appointed former Australia one-day international batsman Michael di Venuto as their new head coach to replace Graham Ford.


The 37-year-old had a five-year wait between his first two Test appearances but has been a regular opener alongside David Warner since 2013. "I've been fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it," he told Fox Sports. "But time calls on everyone and I think it's nearly up for me." Rogers, who has had spells with Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex and Northants in the County Championship, added: "I think to go out in the Ashes and in England where I've played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting." In his 20 Tests for Australia, Rogers has scored 1535 runs, including four hundreds, at an average of 39.

Summary: Australia batsman Chris Rogers says he plans to retire from international cricket after this summer's Ashes in England.


The government agency has announced plans to test wireless power-transfer tech that it hopes to build under the country's motorways and major A roads. It has already completed a feasibility study and is now asking companies to tender bids to host off-road trials. But one expert questioned whether such a scheme would be cost effective. Charge-as-you-drive technologies have already been pioneered elsewhere. In 2013, the South Korean town of Gumi switched on a 12km (7.5 miles) route that allows buses with compatible equipment to be charged as they drive over it. It works by a process called Shaped Magnetic Field In Resonance. Electric cables buried under the road are used to generate electromagnetic fields, which are picked up by a coil inside the device and converted into electricity. Last year, Milton Keynes also began use of a more limited scheme, which involves buses being wirelessly recharged via plates installed into road. In this case, however, the vehicles have to stop for several minutes at a time to receive the power boost. "What has been committed to is that by 2016 or 2017 we will hold off-road trials - in other words not on a public road," Stuart Thompson, a spokesman for Highways England, told the BBC. "It's still very early days. Where exactly the trials will be has yet to be determined." Highway England says full details will be publicised once a contractor has been appointed. It aims to run the experiments for about 18 months before deciding whether to commit itself to an on-road trial. "The potential to recharge low emission vehicles on the move offers exciting possibilities," commented Transport Minister Andrew Jones. "As this study shows, we continue to explore options on how to improve journeys and make low-emission vehicles accessible to families and businesses." However, the director of Cardiff Business School's Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence remains sceptical. "It makes sense to try it out, and the technology does obviously work," commented Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis. "But it sounds very ambitious to me. Cost will be the biggest issue and I'm not totally convinced it's worth it. "Battery technology is increasing - if you look at what Tesla has achieved in recent years, it keeps adding more [travel] range to battery technology roughly every six months. So, it's not clear there's even a need for this." Even if the plan ultimately comes to naught, Highways England is also committed to installing plug-in charging points every 20 miles (32.1km) on its motorway network over the "longer-term".

Summary: Motorists will be able to recharge their cars as they drive if a scheme being proposed by Highways England comes to fruition.


The Hammers have had one bid rejected for the 25-year-old, but manager Slaven Bilic is hopeful of concluding a transfer. Carvalho was part of Portugal's triumphant Euro 2016 squad and also featured in their third-place finish at the Confederations Cup this summer. He has scored one goal in 37 international appearances. Bilic signed forwards Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez, for £20m and £16m respectively, and goalkeeper Joe Hart on loan this summer. However, a side containing Hart and Hernandez lost 4-0 at Manchester United in their Premier League opener on Sunday. Sofiane Feghouli has joined Galatasaray for a reported £4m, after a season at the Hammers. The Algerian winger scored four goals in 27 appearances, after joining from Valencia in June 2016.

Summary: West Ham are closing in on the signing of Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho for an expected £30m.


At this week's European Council, David Cameron will call for "greater co-operation" and a halt to the traffic in "guns from the western Balkans". Mr Cameron will also propose a "new EU-wide ban on all high-powered semi-automatic weapons". The EU's response to the Paris attacks will be discussed at the meeting, which begins on Thursday in Brussels. Number 10 said that alongside a ban, measures would include greater sharing of ballistics data, a plan to improve intelligence about firearms in the western Balkans, action to take firearms out of circulation and a "clear implementation" plan for all member states. Mr Cameron said the "horrific terrorist atrocities" in Paris showed the scale of the threat facing Europe. "A terrorist threat in one country is a danger to all of us, so I believe there is more we must do together to tackle the terrorist threat posed by Daesh," Mr Cameron said. "We need to ensure that terrorists do not have the weapons with which they can wreak such tragedy." Mr Cameron will also call for greater efforts to undermine online radicalisation and the ideology of so-called Islamic State, referred to by the government as Daesh. Nils Duquet, a researcher at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels, said in an article for the BBC that in several recent attacks, including in Paris, there was a connection between the guns used and Belgium. He said an increase of heavy firearms on the illegal market in Belgium was mainly linked to smuggling from the Balkans. Hundreds of thousands of military weapons stayed in the hands of citizens after the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he said. A semi-automatic firearm is self-loading, firing a single round each time its trigger is pulled. A total of 130 people died and hundreds were wounded in the 13 November Paris attacks, when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars almost simultaneously.

Summary: The EU should crack down on the illegal gun trade, the prime minister will urge in the wake of the Paris attacks.


New Zealand-born Dale McIntosh, 47, of Pontypridd, admitted threatening behaviour at Llandudno Magistrates' Court. The court heard he threw punches after being subjected to a "torrent of derogatory terms" while he was drinking in Rhyl on 4 February. McIntosh apologised for his behaviour. Diane Williams, prosecuting, said police outside a pub saw an "agitated" Merthyr RFC coach taking off his jacket before he cornered a man and allegedly struck him numerous times. The former Cardiff Blues and Pontypridd RFC coach was arrested and told police he reacted after being taunted by a group. Graham Parry, defending McIntosh, said it was a "very unfortunate incident" and his client was subject to a "considerable amount of very unpleasant provocation". McIntosh apologised to the court for his actions, saying: "I'm not here to question it or make excuses for myself. I used physical force, I am a professional person and role model in my community. "I extend my sincere apologies especially to the three arresting officers. Hopefully I will learn from this experience."

Summary: A former Wales rugby player-turned coach has been fined Â£350 for making threats after he retaliated to racist taunts while out in Denbighshire.


Now key players are meeting here for what has been widely called "one of the last chances" to stop a widening trail of destruction and death, which threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The run-up to another Minsk meeting has been marked by an East-West war of words and an intensifying war on the ground. Pro-Russian separatists have been pushing deeper into government-held ground in eastern Ukraine to try to secure a stronger foothold in advance of any possible ceasefire. When leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine sit down in the Belarusian capital, they are hoping to build on the first Minsk protocol agreed last September - even if it failed to force either side to cease fire or help Ukraine re-establish control of its territory. But much more than the future of Ukraine is at risk in this high stakes diplomacy. "Europe is heavily engaged in this," former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told me during last weekend's Munich Security Forum. "If this is tolerated here, it opens up a Pandora's box - be that in the Balkans, in Central Asia, or somewhere else in the Russian periphery that would even more fundamentally endanger Europe's security." But Russia also sees, in the tensions over Ukraine, a threat to its strategic core. For Moscow, Europe's intervention amounts to unwarranted aggression in its backyard. On the brink of an even greater escalation in the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War, Western leaders are deploying all means and measures in their diplomats' toolkit. American officials warn they are weighing up the despatch of lethal "defensive weapons" to help Ukrainian troops defend themselves against pro-Russian forces. The EU has put on hold for a week a raft of newly approved sanctions against Russia and the rebels, including asset freezes and visa bans, to give this last ditch effort a "maximum chance of success". Outlines of a possible agreement include a 30 to 45 mile demilitarised zone between Ukrainian-controlled areas and what are now self-proclaimed People's Republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. But the ceasefire line drawn last September no longer corresponds to the new map carved in the bloody battles of recent months. Pro-Russian rebels are defiantly digging in on the ground. Vladimir Putin has also staked out a similar position during the flurry of negotiations in recent days including five hours of talks on Friday when Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Francois Hollande suddenly flew to Moscow to meet him. At the Munich Forum, some European officials spoke of "Minsk plus" with palpable unease. "This is, of course, a very tricky question," Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende explained to me. "Since 5 September there has been an escalation and we have to be realistic and go a bit further to accommodate Russian and pro-Russian supporters." Despite a mantra repeated at every turn that "Europe's borders are inviolate," many observers expect the very best that can be achieved is a "freezing" of current hostilities. Even that will be difficult. Details of a draft Minsk deal include the withdrawal of military equipment and illegal armed

Summary: It is five months since Minsk gave its name to a peace deal for Ukraine.


The poisoning occurred in the village of Dharmasati Gandaman, 80km (50 miles) north of the state capital, Patna. The free Mid-Day Meal Scheme aims to tackle hunger and boost attendance in schools, but suffers from poor hygiene. Angry parents joined protests against the deaths, setting at least four police vehicles on fire. An inquiry has begun and 200,000 rupees ($3,370) in compensation offered to the families of each of the dead. Twenty-eight sick children were taken to hospitals in the nearby town of Chhapra after the incident and later were moved to Patna. A total of 47 students of the primary school fell sick on Tuesday after eating the free lunch. There are fears the number of dead could rise as some of the children, all below the age of 12, are critically ill. The father of one sick child, Raja Yadav, said his son had been vomiting after returning from school and had to be rushed to hospital. By Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent In a country where nearly half of the children are undernourished and struggle to go to school, the school meal programme is a weapon to tackle hunger and illiteracy Economists believe the programme bolsters primary school enrolment and attendance, eliminates hunger, enables children from diverse class and caste backgrounds to share a meal together and bury social prejudices, and provides children with hygiene and nutritional education. There is enough evidence to prove, they say, that the programme, by and large, has been a success. That's precisely why the deaths of more than 20 school children after consuming contaminated free meals in Bihar state is shocking. The state education minister, PK Shahi, told the BBC a preliminary investigation indicated that the food was contaminated with traces of phosphorous. "The doctors who have attended are of the tentative opinion that the smell coming out of the bodies of the children suggests that the food contained organo-phosphorus, which is a poisonous substance," he said. "Now the investigators have to find out whether organo-phosphorus was accidental or there was some deliberate mischief." Earlier, doctors treating the patients had said "food poisoning" was the cause of the deaths. "We suspect it to be poisoning caused by insecticides in vegetable or rice," Amarjeet Sinha, a senior education official, told the BBC. A doctor treating the children at a hospital in Patna said contaminated vegetable oil could have led to the poisoning. Patna-based journalist Amarnath Tewary says villagers told local reporters that similar cases of food poisoning after having Mid-Day Meals had taken place in the area previously. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called an emergency meeting and ordered a team of forensic experts to the school, which is in Saran district. Bihar is one of India's poorest and most populous states. The Mid-Day Meal is the world's largest school feeding programme, reaching 120 million children in 1.2 million schools across the country, according to the government. Mr Shahi acknowledged "that food is not being checked before it is being served". He added that "the scale at which the operation is being carried out, serving food

Summary: At least 22 children have died and dozens more have fallen ill after eating lunch at a school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.


The Super Eagles have been without a permanent coach since Sunday Oliseh quit the post in February. The Nigerian Football Federation is hoping to be able to draw up a shortlist of candidates by Friday. "We encourage applications from all highly-qualified persons, whether they be Nigerians or expatriates," it said. "Applications are welcome until Wednesday, and the Technical and Development Committee will meet on Friday to look through all applications and release a shortlist." Caretaker manager Salisu Yusuf guided Nigeria to victories over Mali and Luxembourg in two friendly matches in May, but the NFF president Amaju Pinnick has publicly declared his intention to appoint a foreign manager for the country instead. Nigeria were rocked by Oliseh's exit, brought about by a dispute over contract violations, and they had to play two crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt in March under the temporary charge of Under-23 coach Samson Siasia. The three-time African champions were eliminated from the competition and will not feature at next year's finals in Gabon. Opinions are sharply divided about what direction the NFF should follow after the country's failure to qualify for the 2015 and 2017 Nations Cup tournaments under local managers. Nigeria have been drawn in the same African 2018 World Cup qualifying group B as former champions Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia. The group includes three of the five African countries who went to the last World Cup in Brazil and they will be battling for a single place at the tournament in Russia. Algeria and Nigeria both got past the group phase in 2014 and were eliminated in the round of 16 while Cameroon, hampered before arriving in Brazil by a player strike over money, lost all three games and conceded nine goals.

Summary: Nigeria have started the process of finding a new manager of the national team, according to the country's football federation.


Five people, including three children, were taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital after suffering smoke inhalation. The fire, at the home in Ffynnongroew Road, started at about 09:15 BST after one of the children switched on the cooker, which had pans left on it. The family left the house when the smoke alarm went off. The kitchen was badly damaged by smoke from the blaze which was extinguished before fire crews arrived. The family was taken to the Bodelwyddan hospital as a precaution. Jane Honey, deputy head of community safety for the fire service, said: "This highlights the importance of having a working smoke alarm and not to leave combustible items on the hob."

Summary: A family was taken to hospital after a child turned on a cooker setting a pan of oil on fire at a house in Rhyl, North Wales fire service has said.


But amid the chaos and terror, the city's university has remained open throughout most of this time. This has raised questions about whether it has been kept open to provide a facade of normality, or whether it has been used as a technical facility to develop weapons, including for chemical warfare. But there are clandestine networks of Mosul students and academics who have wanted the rest of the world to know what happens in a university under IS control and in the deteriorating conditions of their city. They have been helped by the New York-based Scholar Rescue Fund, part of the Institute of International Education, which once rescued academics in Europe from the Nazis. On condition of anonymity, they describe a city of violence and fear, with public executions, vice police patrols, persecution, air raids, worsening shortages and bans on communication. Day-to-day life overlaps with horrific displays of control. In one account, someone coming home from a shopping trip in Mosul was stopped by IS members and forced, along with other passers-by, to witness the "horrifying and disturbing" spectacle of a public beheading. There is also danger from coalition air raids, with 32 air strikes in or around Mosul last week. "Life under Isil [another name for IS] has one meaning - absolute fear," according to one Mosul source. There is a culture of spying, betrayal, blackmail, regular "humiliations" and deadly consequences. "It is extremely easy for them to kill anyone. Their courts can come to a judgement in a few minutes and the execution will take place immediately." "Some students worked with them and started spying on us," said sources who saw the University of Mosul being taken over by IS in June 2014. Subjects such as literature and philosophy were suspended and anything seen as symbolising opposition to their religious ideology was attacked. "They burned the books in the central library, then they demolished the archaeological sites." "Right from the beginning, Isis [another name for IS] thought that any book that doesn't advance Islam is meaningless and worthless." Any academics with links to the west or loyal to the Iraqi government "all lost their lives". The university switched to subjects promoting the new regime's war effort, with foreign fighters using some of the buildings for accommodation. Physical sciences became a priority and the IS regime encouraged training in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry, filling gaps left by doctors who had fled the city. Languages have been encouraged - both as a way of working with foreign fighters and supporting propaganda efforts. Even sports and exercise were re-invented as a form of jihadist training, with military-style lessons. Mosul is a city under siege, with Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army closing in. Sources say the response of IS has been to exert an increasingly aggressive control over communication and movement. "They are placing more and more strict rules on internet access. They are knocking door to door, surveying each house, and asking to copy documents and ID cards to see how these belong to internet accounts. "So whenever they spot

Summary: Almost exactly two years ago, Iraq's second biggest city, Mosul, was overrun by the forces of so-called Islamic State (IS).


Ben Carson takes a narrow lead in in a New York Times/CBS News poll, ousting the New York businessman who has led the pack for nearly four months. The news comes on the eve of the third TV debate for Republican contenders. The next-ranked candidates are Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina but they are a long way behind. The conservative Mr Carson, who has expressed extreme views on a range of issues, has 26% of Republican primary voter support, according to the telephone poll of 575 voters. His lead of 4% over Mr Trump is well within the 6% margin of error. Florida Senator Mr Rubio has 8% support and the rest closely follow behind him. Mr Trump has turned his fire to Mr Carson in recent days, attacking him as "low energy" and questioning his Seventh Day Adventist faith. The two will meet on the stage at Boulder, Colorado, at the Republican debate on Wednesday. Primary voting begins in February in Iowa, where Mr Carson also leads the polls. The 64-year-old was criticised this week for comparing abortion to slavery. The retired doctor has said President Barack Obama's healthcare reform was "the worst thing" since slavery and that the US government is acting like Nazi Germany. He asserted that being gay is a choice, Muslims aren't qualified to seek the US presidency, the Holocaust could have been prevented if persecuted Europeans owned more guns and - just a few days ago - that the US government should cut off funding to universities that are found to exhibit "extreme political bias". Mr Carson's comments on abortion have set off yet another cycle of outrage from the left - a reaction that he will likely wear as a badge of honour. Read Anthony Zurcher's feature in full

Summary: A retired neurosurgeon has knocked Donald Trump off top spot in the Republican presidential campaign.


Wasps' win over Leinster saw them snatch first place in the group, leaving Toulon to qualify as one of three runners-up. Steffon Armitage and Bryan Habana went over for the French side either side of half-time at the Rec. Anthony Watson scored Bath's only try, as George Ford kicked three penalties. The Premiership side's hopes of progressing out of the pool were over last weekend after their 25-11 defeat by Leinster. Mike Ford's team exit the competition with two wins from six games and finish third in the table. Toulon went into the final pool game on top of the group by one point, after their last-gasp victory over Wasps last weekend. But the Premiership side ran in seven tries against bottom side Leinster on Saturday, and they went through as group winners because of their head-to-head record against Toulon. Bath had nothing to play for in Saturday's game, but they were looking to kick-start their season, after winning only three from eight in the league. They fell behind to two James O'Connor kicks, before fly-half and captain Ford got the hosts off the mark with the boot. Toulon extended their lead when England exile Armitage, whom Bath had tried to sign last year prior to the World Cup, was left unmarked and he powered over. The hosts got off to the perfect start in the second half when Watson touched down after a sublime passing move from Horacio Agulla and Kyle Eastmond. Ford missed the conversion before landing a penalty to give Bath a narrow 14-11 lead, but it did not last. Scotland flanker David Denton gave the ball away to South Africa wing Habana and he sprinted over to score an easy try for Toulon. Full-back O'Connor missed the conversion but he went on to slot his third kick, as the three-time champions booked their place in the knockout stages. Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Horacio Agulla, George Ford (c), Chris Cook; Nick Auterac, Ross Batty, Henry Thomas; Charlie Ewels, Dominic Day; David Denton, Guy Mercer, Leroy Houston. Replacements: Tom Dunn, Nathan Catt, David Wilson, Tom Ellis, Matt Garvey, Alafoti Faosiliva, Rhys Priestland, Ollie Devoto. Toulon: James O'Connor; Josua Tuisova, Maxime Mermoz, Ma'a Nonu, Bryan Habana; Quade Cooper, Sebastien Tillous-Borde; Florian Fresia, Guilhem Guirado, Levan Chilachava; Jocelino Suta (c), Samu Manoa; Juan Smith, Steffon Armitage, Duane Vermeulen. Replacements: Jean-Charles Orioli, Xavier Chiocci, Manasa Saulo, Mamuka Gorgodze, Romain Taofifenua, Mathieu Bastareaud, Eric Escande, Thibault Lassale. Ref: John Lacey (Ireland). For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Summary: Reigning champions Toulon beat Bath to reach the Champions Cup quarter-finals, but missed out on top spot in Pool Five.


The details are contained in an official analysis of the budget by the Department for Social Development (DSD). The analysis suggests the average loss per household will be £918 per year. Tax credits are effectively a means-tested benefit paid to people on lower incomes. They are paid to two main groups: unemployed people with children and low paid working people who may or may not have children. The changes to tax credits in the July budget included lowering the threshold at which payments start to reduce. Currently tax credits payments start to reduce, or taper, once a family income reaches £6,420. From April 2016 the threshold at which payments taper will be £3,850. There are currently 109,000 claimants in Northern Ireland who are earning above the £6,420 threshold and have a 'tapered' tax credit award. Once the threshold is reduced to £3,850, these claimants will have their tax credit award tapered further. An additional 12,000 claimants will also become subject to the taper once the threshold is reduced to £3,850. The DSD analysis also looks at other welfare changes announced in the budget, including the freeze in most working age benefits up to 2020. Using an assumption that welfare reforms will ultimately be introduced in Northern Ireland, it estimates that the July budget will take £206m off the welfare bill in 2016/17, rising to £361m in 2019/20. The DSD analysis does not factor in the impact of the National Living Wage or increased personal tax thresholds on household budgets.

Summary: More than 120,000 households in Northern Ireland will have their tax credit payments reduced as a result of the July budget.


Barrow Council was considering David Gill's fitness to hold a licence after his conviction in November for allowing potentially invasive sacred ibis to fly out of South Lakes Wild Animal Park. It concluded that the offences were inadequate to justify closing the zoo. However, councillors could refer back to the warning if they have to consider his suitability on another occasion. Mr Gill, who has not commented, was convicted of three offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and fined Â£2,000 in November. The birds, which are native to Africa, are on a list of species the authorities do not want settled in the UK as they can cause significant damage to other species. Barrow Council's licensing regulatory committee said that Mr Gill had given assurances that procedures were now in place to prevent any future escape occurring. The council has still has to decide whether to bring any health and safety prosecution over the death of keeper Sarah McClay, who was mauled by a tiger at the same venue in May 2013. She suffered puncture wounds to her head and neck when the animal got through an open door to a corridor she was working in.

Summary: The owner of an animal park in Cumbria has been served with a warning over the escape of a "threatening" bird.


The images were posted to social media by the family of the 69-year-old victim, Bilquis Choudry, in a bid to trace those responsible. Writing on Facebook, Fayyaz Rahman said the men forced their way into his mother-in-law's home in Giffnock, near Glasgow, on Monday. Police said their inquiries into the robbery were ongoing. Mrs Choudry was alone in her home in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, when she heard the sliding doors of her lounge open. Three men, one of whom was carrying what looked like a screwdriver, then appeared in her lounge and demanded cash and jewellery. She said: "I was talking on the phone to my friend and suddenly the line went dead. They had cut the phone line. I went to the other room and three men burst in. "They told me to sit down and were asking, 'Where's your gold? Where's your passwords? Where's your money?"' The raiders made off with jewellery and cash which had been collected for a charity when they were told Mr Choudry's son was coming home. In his social media post Mr Rahman, who is Mrs Choudry's son-in-law, urged people to help police identify the men he described as "scumbags" who robbed their victim at knifepoint. He wrote: "They forced open the patio door when she was on her own, cut the phone line, turned the whole house upside down, took a sizeable amount of cash, house keys, other valuables [and then] ripped off and took away a CCTV DVR (later recovered from a neighbour's garden)." He went on to describe how a "cousin and a nephew" disturbed the raiders who broke into the Rouken Glen Road home. Mr Rahman said they confronted and chased the men along the road, where they managed to take the photographs. They showed two people attempting to get into a dark grey Volvo car. Their faces are covered with only their eyes visible. One is wearing a blue coat, with the hood pulled over their head and scarf wrapped round their face. The second is dressed in black, with a baseball cap and a scarf pulled up high on his face. Mr Rahman's post said: "Anyone with information is requested to call Giffnock police, Glasgow, please share it as well, someone must know these people." In an earlier statement, Police Scotland said three masked men broken into the woman's home at around 17:30 on Monday. A fourth man was waiting in the car. Det Con Craig Faskin described it as an "extremely frightening ordeal" for the woman, who was not injured but left "extremely shaken".

Summary: Masked raiders who threatened a pensioner in her own home were pictured as they made their getaway.


Wreaths placed at the memorial in Crediton, Devon, including one for L/Cpl Jamie Fleming, 21, were left scorched by the fire. Two teenagers - a boy and a girl - were seen running away from the scene towards a park early on Monday morning. L/Cpl Fleming's father said he "could not come to terms" with the attack. Among the wreaths was a family tribute to the soldier, who died in a motorcycle crash earlier this year after serving in Afghanistan. His father Stewart, from Crediton, told BBC News: "As a family we were very angry at the wanton vandalism. "We are still raw over Jamie's death. "I am lost for words." Insp Jane Alford Mole, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "The wreaths suffered burn damage and there are a number of scorch marks on the war memorial. "This is a sickening act of mindless vandalism and we are desperate to identify those responsible." The two suspects are described as aged about 14 to 15 years old and were both wearing hooded tops. Local resident Gillian Ponsford, whose two young grandsons laid a wreath at the memorial which bears the names of their great, great uncles, said she was "horrified". She said that wreath had been one of those burnt and described the vandalism as "unbelievable" and "a sad day for Crediton".

Summary: A war memorial in Devon has been burnt in a "sickening act of mindless vandalism", police say.


Speaking from Canada, his wife Ensaf Haidar told the BBC she feared his punishment would start again on Friday. Badawi was arrested in 2012 for "insulting Islam through electronic channels". Saudi authorities sent his case for review amidst global protests, after the first round of lashes in January. For four years Badawi ran the Liberal Saudi Network, which encouraged online debate on religious and political issues. Ms Haidar said she had held high hopes that her husband was about to be released, but he remained less optimistic. When they last spoke three days ago he told her not to expect him home in the near future. She called on the countries and rights groups that had campaigned for her husband's release to mobilise once more. Badawi received his first 50 lashes in January, but subsequent floggings have been postponed. A shaky video taken on a mobile phone showed Badawi being lashed by a member of the security forces. The footage prompted international protests which were repeated every Friday, the scheduled day for the beatings. In March, the kingdom expressed "surprise and dismay" at international criticism over the punishment. At the time, the foreign ministry issued a statement saying it rejected interference in its internal affairs. It is not clear why Badawi has not yet endured a second round though a medical report found he was not fit for the punishment. Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism.

Summary: Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry.


Cardiff council has issued travel advice to drivers, with roads shutting from 06:30 BST and reopening at about 12:30. East Tyndall Street, Lloyd George Avenue and Bute Place are among those being closed for the triathlon. Drivers heading to the Extreme Sailing event before midday have been advised to follow signposted routes to the bay. The council said the best route to get to the sailing would be the A4232, exiting at the junction for Mermaid Quay and the central link road. A cycle diversion is also in place around Britannia Park, between Cardiff Bay and the barrage. Roads closed during the triathlon:

Summary: Road closures have been announced ahead of Cardiff Bay's triathlon and sailing events on Sunday.


The whale, which is about 10m (33ft) in length, was washed up at Shingle Street, near Hollesley shortly after 15:00 BST on Sunday. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said it was a juvenile fin whale and that a post-mortem examination would be carried out on Tuesday. Suffolk Police warned people to stay clear of the carcass, which has been tied down. What do you do with a dead whale? Find out more about whales with BBC Nature Rob Deaville, manager of the cetacean stranding investigation programme for ZSL, said fin whales were a "fairly unusual species to be found beached in the UK". He said that last year, out of 600 strandings in the country, only about five would have been fin whales. "Looking at photos, it does look a little bit on the thin side, so starvation may be a factor but we have an open mind," he said. Andrew Capell, of HM Coastguard Search and Rescue, said: "We answered the call and we originally thought it would be a porpoise, because we tend to get them quite a bit. "But we arrived on the beach to find this rather handsome animal. "There are a few grazes on it where it has been on the shingle, but there is no other wounds or injuries. "There's a lot of interest today as it is not the sort of thing you see in Suffolk." A crew from Aldeburgh Lifeboat station was also called to Shingle Street. Coxswain Steven Saint said: "Unfortunately it had already died when the crew were there - but there were reports it had been in the water a short time before." Another whale died after being stranded at a beach in Bridlington, east Yorkshire, on Sunday.

Summary: A whale has died after beaching on a shingle bank off the Suffolk coast.


The overnight shoot-out between two sets of police began when each side believed the other to be criminals. It happened near Kiev and has been described as a "heartbreaking tragedy". The gunfight began when a burglar alarm went off by chance in the house next door to one being staked out by two undercover policemen. A separate unit then arrived to investigate the alarm, in the small town of Knyazhychi, and detained the pair, mistaking them for robbers. But the back-up unit for the two men apparently feared they had been confronted by the thieves and tried to rescue them. Interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said those suspected of being the real burglars - who were nearby - heard the gun battle and fled in two vehicles. The three were arrested soon afterwards with firearms in the capital, Kiev, the Kyiv Post reported, and it is expected they will be charged with numerous criminal offences. The former chief of national police Khatia Dekanoidze described the shooting as a "heartbreaking tragedy", the paper reported.

Summary: Five police officers in Ukraine have been killed by friendly fire during a botched operation to arrest robbers, an interior ministry official has said.