The six-month trial in Aberdeen and Ayrshire saw 22 people warned their partners had history of domestic abuse. Disclosures can be triggered by victims, friends, relatives, social workers or police officers. The disclosure scheme, known as Clare's Law, will be rolled out across the country later this year. It was named after Clare Wood, who was strangled and set on fire by George Appleton, her violent and obsessive former boyfriend, in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2009. Appleton had a history of violence and harassment against women which Ms Wood did not know about. Her father, Michael Brown, has campaigned for people to have the right to ask for information about partners, and for the police and other agencies to have the power to take the initiative and tell someone if there are grounds for concern. Mr Brown, who is originally from Aberdeen, welcomed the introduction of Clare's Law in Scotland. He said: "It is heartening to see the success of the pilots and to know that the people given these disclosures will now hopefully not be victims of domestic abuse. "Saving lives and protecting people has to be our ultimate aim, this is what makes all of our efforts worthwhile." Mr Brown was accompanying First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland's chief constable, Sir Stephen House, on a visit to Edinburgh Women's Aid, as they confirmed that the disclosure scheme will be extended across the whole country. Ms Sturgeon said: "There is no excuse or place for domestic abuse in Scotland and we need to do all we can to ensure we protect people from what is an abhorrent crime. "The victims of this unacceptable behaviour are predominantly female but males are also targeted; we must make sure that everyone is offered protection and information which reduces the risk of harm. I firmly believe that people who have concerns that their partner may have a history of domestic abuse should be able to find out." Police Scotland figures show that the number of domestic abuse incidents reported in Scotland from 1 April 2014 - 31 March 2015 increased by 1,076 to 59,471 compared to the same period the year before. The authorities hope that the disclosure scheme could play a part in protecting hundreds of potential victims, although there is an acceptance that disclosing information will not by itself solve the problem of domestic abuse. Police Scotland Chief Constable, Sir Stephen House, said: "By expanding this scheme, there is the potential to protect hundreds of people and to stop them become the victims of abusers, either directly or indirectly. And it is a clear signal to those who would abuse others that they cannot hide and their abusive history will be disclosed if it means protecting others. "This has to be one part of a long term approach to supporting victims which ensures that their experiences and the long term effect of disclosure on the people who ask is measured. Working with our partners, we will continue to support people through the disclosure process and to prevent people becoming victims of this terrible

Summary: A trial scheme which allows people to be told if their partner has been violent in the past is to be extended across Scotland.


Inverness-based creative industries conference and festival, XpoNorth, has announced the films to be screened during the two-day event in June. Held annually, XpoNorth shows feature-length and short films made in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK and abroad as part of its wider programme. This year's festival received almost 3,000 entries from a total of 112 countries. The films will be screened during the event, which will be held on 7-8 June. Scottish films to be shown include two documentaries by Highlands-based filmmakers. Caithness-based David Graham Scott's The End Of The Game tells the story of a journey from Caithness to Africa. Scott, a committed vegan, made the journey in the company of his neighbour Guy Wallace, a former big game hunter. Tristan Aitchison, who lives on the Black Isle, was also inspired by Africa for his documentary. His film, Sidney & Friends, explores growing up living as an intersex or transgender person in what he described as "one of the most conservative and intolerant regions in the world". Other Scottish entries include Woman Up by Katrina Brown, of Aviemore. Her film follows Eilidh, who before discovering she had a talent for mountain biking, would describe her feelings about doing sport in front of others as like "standing on a stage naked under a spotlight". Also from Scotland is Greg McCarron's The Old Croft, an animated film about the construction, ruin of and later rebirth of a 150-year-old croft house in the Shetland Islands. The international films to be shown include Sweden's Fomo Sapiens, Turkish-made Fastaqim, USA entry A Slice of Life, German-made Kaska and French film Half Time.

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It meant the unemployment rate held steady at 4.8% in the period, remaining at an 11-year low. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose by 2.6% - a slight increase on the previous month. But economists warned there were signs the labour market had started to "cool off" since the Brexit vote. In total, there were 31.76 million people in work, which was "slightly down on the record set recently", said ONS senior statistician David Freeman. "The labour market appears to have flattened off in recent months," he said. Fewer people looked for work, leading to lower unemployment but also a rise in "economic inactivity", which measures people without a job who are not seeking or available to work. There were 8.91 million people of working age who were economically inactive - 76,000 higher than in the previous period. "Today's data provides the clearest evidence yet that the jobs market has started to cool off since the Brexit vote," said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC. The number of people in work was "flat", whereas before the 23 June referendum it had been "rising strongly", he said. The Bank of England and other economists have forecast that unemployment is set to rise amid uncertainty over the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Although there is nothing too dramatic about these monthly figures, there does seem to be a trend developing. As the ONS says, "the labour market appears to have flattened off in recent months". That means jobs are not being created at the same impressive rate recorded in recent years. While unemployment is down by a small amount, there have also been small increases in the number of people claiming unemployment benefit and a fall in the number in work. That has been possible because of a rise in what is called economic inactivity, which covers large numbers of people including those who are ill, have taken early retirement, or just not looking for a job. The fact that average earnings are increasing by 2.6% a year also suggests that the labour market is tightening - forcing companies to pay more to attract or keep staff. Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green said it was "too early" to conclude Brexit uncertainty was affecting the labour market. "We are in a broadly flat situation, but it's a flat situation at a very low level of unemployment," he told the BBC. Going into next year's Brexit negotiations, "it's extremely encouraging that our labour market is so resilient", he added. The UK has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU, behind only Germany and the Czech Republic. That was helped by more women in work - rising to a record high of nearly 15 million - and the addition of 129,000 self-employed workers to 4.75 million, according to the ONS figures. Surveys continue to indicate more UK jobs will be created and suggest "any further deterioration in the labour market" will not be severe, said Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics. "The combination of the weakest employment data since mid-2015 and the fastest

Summary: UK unemployment fell slightly to 1.62 million in the three months to October, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).


That is how Mohammad Mallak, editor-in-chief of Syrian magazine Saiedet Souria, describes his colleague Naji Jerf. "He was a smiling man, energetic. He was laughing all the timeâ€¦" Last month, Jerf, a 38-year-old Syrian anti-Islamic State (IS) activist and journalist, was shot in broad daylight with a silenced pistol in the middle of a busy Turkish street. He was murdered in Gaziantep, a city near the Syrian border, now home to nearly 300,000 Syrians. He was about to leave Turkey with his family for France, where he had been granted asylum. Soon after his death, Reporters Without Borders released the visa application letter Jerf wrote to the French ambassador in Turkey. "I now live in the Turkish city of Gaziantep and my safety is more and more difficult after an increase in the threats to me and my family - above all because I am a secularist and belong to the Ismaili minority, which is targeted by the jihadis." Jerf's journalism and activism made him a target in Syria, the reason he fled across the border to Turkey in November 2012. "Naji was one of the first people who was trying to document what is happening in Syria," says Mohammad Mallak. "The regime wanted him." "At 2012 we began to see that our friends were being taken and got killed by the regime," he adds. "We knew that if they took a friend that they would call the family in two days to deliver his dead body." Once in Turkey, Jerf made two anti-IS films. One of them, about IS in Aleppo, was broadcast on the Saudi-run al-Arabiya channel in September 2012, to an audience of at least 12m, according to the channel. Mr Mallak says that after the release of this documentary, the threats against Jerf, who had two young daughters, increased. "He was afraid. He knew that they were planning to do that. But he didn't believe they could do it. Still, he was saying that he knew that they would shoot him. One day he said, 'But I am afraid of the sound of shooting.'" From Turkey, Jerf also worked with the prominent anti-IS group, Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), reporting on the IS abuses in the northern Syrian city. He had just finished a film about Raqqa shortly before his death. The film has not yet been released. Jerf also used his base in Gaziantep to train citizen journalists in Syria, as he had done with RBSS before leaving Syria, according to Mr Mallak. "Naji trained more than a thousand citizen journalists," he says. "We trained face to face, we trained via Skype and created tens of journalists' committees to cover the war. We taught them how to make a TV report, radio report, how to write for the newsâ€¦" Turkey, which shares a 900km (560 miles) border with Syria, quickly became a haven for hundreds of Syrian media outlets from 2012, with the majority of journalists based, like Jerf, in border towns like Gaziantep. But the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said recently that Syrian journalists

Summary: "He was reliable, generous and a great friendâ€¦"


A woman unwittingly wore an engagement ring hidden inside a necklace by her partner for a year and a half. Anna only found out her boyfriend Terry had hidden the ring in the piece of jewellery when he broke it open to propose to her at Smoo Cave in the Scottish Highlands. The large coastal cave complex near Durness in Sutherland had been on a "bucket list" of places the Australian couple wanted to visit. Anna and Terry have asked for their surnames to be kept out of the public domain because of the media attention their engagement has attracted since telling family and friends. While Terry proposed to his girlfriend back in November last year, it has only now started to gain worldwide interest from news websites and magazines. Terry made the necklace from Tasmanian Huon pine and the inside of a sea shell. It was hollow inside and this was where the ring was hidden. He gave the necklace to Anna as a gift to mark the first anniversary of their relationship. Terry said: "She wore it every day and everywhere we went, and pretty much never took it off. "There were some occasions where I was really worried. "At one point, I thought she was going to trade it with a blacksmith at a market - the blacksmith loved the necklace, and she loved the blacksmith's work - but luckily I didn't need to crash tackle her. "My biggest moment of panic was when we went through airport security the first time. I hadn't thought about the fact that she might be asked to put it through the x-ray, which could have very quickly turned into an airport security proposal." When they finally visited Smoo Cave, Terry came up with a story to get Anna to take the necklace off and break the pendant open to reveal the ring. Terry said: "She stood there dazed for a second, trying to work out what was going on, and then it dawned and she said 'yes' with all the excitement in the world. "After she calmed down she suddenly stopped moving, stared at me and said: 'Wait... it's been in there the entire time?!! I could have lost it you idiot'. "She was quite a hilarious mix of happy and angry."

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Police said the attacker was a 58-year-old white man armed with a handgun but did not release any further details. Witnesses said the man opened fire about 20 minutes into a screening of a film at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette. Hours earlier, US President Barack Obama told the BBC that gun law reform had been his "greatest frustration". Police chief Jim Craft said officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 19:30 local time (00:30 GMT). Mr Craft said nine people were taken to a local hospital with injuries ranging from critical to non-life-threatening. The gunman's identity is known to police, Mr Craft added, but is not being released at this time. "We don't know whether it was a random act, whether it was a domestic situation," Mr Craft said. The police chief said that the gunman did have a criminal history but that it was "pretty old". Dozens of emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene of the shooting in Lafayette, a city of about 120,000 people. One witness said she heard a loud bang like a firecracker and saw a man standing up and shooting during screening of the film Trainwreck. "He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either," Katie Domingue told local newspaper The Advertiser. About 100 people are thought to have been in the building at the time of the shooting. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who arrived at the scene late on Thursday night, told reporters: "We will get through this. We are a resilient community." "This is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States," he added. US comedian and actress Amy Schumer, who stars in Trainwreck, tweeted: "My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana." The shooting comes as a jury deliberates the death penalty for a gunman who attacked a cinema in Colorado three years ago. James Holmes, 27, killed 12 people and wounding 70 others in July 2012 at a screening of a Batman film near Denver.

Summary: A gunman has opened fire at a cinema in the US state of Louisiana, killing two people and injuring nine others before shooting himself, officials say.


It was a role he relished and he often returned to it over a period of four decades. He was a consummate character actor who took on a wide variety of roles on stage, screen and television. And despite playing Johnny Speight's infamous creation for such a long time, he managed to avoid being typecast as Britain's favourite bigot. Warren Mitchell was actually born as Warren Misell on 14 January 1926 in north London. His father, Monty, was English, while his mother Annie, who died when he was 15, was of Russian descent. He was chosen, aged five, to play Tiny Tim in his primary school's production of A Christmas Carol but never made the stage. His Orthodox Jewish grandmother vetoed the idea when she learned he would be breaking Jewish dietary law by eating Christmas pudding containing suet. In later years he developed a pathological loathing of Christmas, referring to it as "all that sentimental crap". However, his interest in acting grew and, at the age of seven, he was enrolled in Gladys Gordon's Academy of Dramatic Arts in Walthamstow, east London. He also developed a love of football, becoming a staunch supporter of Tottenham Hotspur. He did well at school and went on to read physical chemistry at University College, Oxford, where he met Richard Burton, who encouraged his interest in acting. They joined the RAF together in 1944 and Mitchell was sent to Canada to train as a navigator, although the war ended before he saw active service. Mitchell enrolled for a two-year course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, spending his evenings performing with the left-wing Unity Theatre in London, where he met his wife, Connie. Because she was an Anglican, Mitchell's Jewish father initially refused to have Connie in the house, but he eventually came round to the idea of his son marrying outside his faith. Mitchell was an atheist for most of his life and a keen supporter of the British Humanist Association. He changed his name in 1951 when he stood in for the DJ Pete Murray as a presenter on Radio Luxembourg. "They said, 'You can't have a name like that, nobody's ever going to write in their request to Warren Misell'," Mitchell later explained. By now he had become a competent character actor in straight and comedy roles, while premature baldness gave him the ability to play a wide age range. After appearing in the popular radio show Educating Archie, he got his TV break in 1955 in a number of episodes of Hancock's Half Hour. He became a TV regular with roles in shows such as The Avengers, Danger Man and The Saint. He also appeared in sitcom, notably with Charlie Drake in the BBC production Drake's Progress, which ran in 1957. By then he had already made his film debut, an uncredited role in the wartime drama The Battle of the River Plate. It was the first of many screen appearances although, with his baldness and command of eastern European accents, he was often cast in minor roles, usually as

Summary: Warren Mitchell never completely distanced himself from his most famous character, Alf Garnett.


Claire Rafferty and Danielle Carter are recalled to a 23-player squad. The Lionesses qualified for next summer's finals with a 7-0 defeat of Serbia in June. They host Estonia at Meadow Lane on 15 September before concluding their campaign in Leuven on 20 September. Sampson said: "We may have qualified for the Euros but our focus for our last two qualifiers is absolute. "We know we face two challenging matches but our focus is two wins to go to the Netherlands as group winners." England are two points clear of second-placed Belgium in Group 7. England women's squad: Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool), Rebecca Spencer (Chelsea). Defenders: Laura Bassett (Notts County), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Claire Rafferty (Chelsea), Alex Scott (Arsenal), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Casey Stoney (Arsenal). Midfielders: Mille Bright (Chelsea), Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City), Jade Moore (Notts County), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jo Potter (Notts County) Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Arsenal). Forwards: Karen Carney (Chelsea), Danielle Carter (Arsenal), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash), Gemma Davison (Chelsea), Nikita Parris (Manchester City).

Summary: England women's coach Mark Sampson has named uncapped midfielder Millie Bright in his squad for this month's Euro 2017 qualifying double-header against Estonia and Belgium.


The flight was from Aberdeen to Wick. More follows.

Summary: A flight is returning to Aberdeen International Airport after an emergency was declared.


The town of Tonbridge is celebrating the end of World War II in Europe with four days of events next month. Pam Mills, of the Royal British Legion, is trying to locate as many people as possible from photos of an original street party held in the town on 8 May. They show children "in fancy dress with smiles on their faces", she said. "You look at it and you instantly smile and you think, 'that's great, let's do it again'." The black-and-white photos show residents from the Ives Road, Audley Avenue, Clare Avenue and Pembroke Road areas. Ms Mills has been using social media and local contacts to get in touch with people connected to the original street party, which will be recreated with an afternoon tea party on 7 May at The Humphrey Bean pub in Tonbridge. One of the residents at the VE Day party was Billy Gowin, 82, who was 11-years-old. He said he remembered the day well because his older brother Ted, who was in the Royal Engineers regiment and had been missing, returned home from a German prisoner of war camp just hours before the start of the party. "My brother was guest of honour at the party... he judged the tug-of-war and lit the bonfire in the evening," he recalled, adding that it was a "very exciting day" as his mother knew that her other sons would also be coming home. BBC South East are collecting viewers' memories, photos and films of VE Day. Please email: southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or call: 0345 300 3747.

Summary: Organisers of a Kent street party to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day are arranging a reunion with people who attended a party in 1945.


Until 13 March, he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. Analysts did not see him as a favourite for the job of succeeding Benedict XVI, and his advanced age - at 76, he is just two years younger than Benedict at the time of his election in 2005 - may have surprised those expecting a younger man as the 266th Pope. However he appeals to both Church conservatives and reformers, being seen as orthodox on sexual matters, for instance, but liberal on social justice - though far from being a "liberation theologist". He was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires, of Italian descent. According to his official Vatican biography, he was ordained as a Jesuit in 1969 and went on to study in Argentina and Germany. As a young man he had a lung removed because of an infection, but his health is currently said to be good. He became a bishop in 1992 and Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998. At the 2005 conclave, he was seen as a contender for the papacy. His election took many by surprise in his home city, where many had thought his age ruled him out, says the BBC's Marcia Carmo in Buenos Aires. But any surprise soon gave way to the jubilant blaring of car horns on the streets. As Cardinal Bergoglio, his sermons always had an impact in Argentina and he often stressed social inclusion, indirectly criticising governments that did not pay attention to those on the margins of society, our correspondent says. Francesca Ambrogetti, who co-authored a biography of him, told Reuters news agency that part of his public appeal lay in his "sober and austere" humble lifestyle. In Buenos Aires, he lived in a simple flat. When in Rome, he often preferred to keep his black robe on and is also said to have re-used the cardinal's vest used by his predecessor. On the morning after his election, BBC Rome correspondent David Willey reported, the new Pope slipped out of Vatican City in a motorcade of unmarked vehicles to pray in a Roman Basilica. On the way back to the Vatican, he insisted on settling his bill at a hotel for clergy in the centre of the Italian capital, where he had been staying until the Conclave began on Monday. For the Church establishment, it is a novelty to have a Jesuit in charge - members are supposed to avoid ecclesiastical honours and serve the Pope himself. As a Jesuit, he is a member of perhaps the most powerful and experienced religious order of the Catholic Church, who are known as expert communicators, writes David Willey. It appears that few who know him doubt his conservative credentials. This is how Monsignor Osvaldo Musto, who was at seminary with him, described him in a BBC News article back in 2005: "He's as uncompromising as Pope John Paul II, in terms of the principles of the Church - everything it has defended regarding euthanasia, the death penalty, abortion, the right to life, human rights, celibacy of priests." His views

Summary: Born in Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin American - and the first Jesuit - to lead the Roman Catholic Church.


Made by local volunteers, it gives a simulated experience of flying over the Milford Haven waterway. It has taken two years to build and has been funded by a grant from the Ministry of Defence. A large-scale model of an entire flying boat was also unveiled at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre. The RAF's Air Officer for Wales, Air Commodore Adrian Williams, said: "Pembroke Dock is really important to the history of the Sunderland, and although there's a full-scale Sunderland aircraft in the RAF Museum at Hendon, what we've done here in Pembroke Dock is really unique."

Summary: A centre which celebrates Pembrokeshire's wartime history has unveiled a full size replica cockpit of a Sunderland flying boat.


The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has rated 295 institutions bronze, silver or gold according to their standard of undergraduate teaching. Bangor University was awarded gold, while five other colleges got silver. One - University of Wales, Trinity St David - got bronze. Aberystwyth University and University of South Wales opted not to take part. Across the UK, 59 institutions got gold, 116 silver and 56 bronze. Others received a "provisional" ranking, where there was not enough data for a full assessment. Bangor's vice chancellor John G Hughes said the ranking "reflects its impressive performance". The TEF is administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and degree providers could choose whether or not to take part. They were assessed on a range of measures, including teaching quality, student satisfaction, drop-out rates and whether students go on to employment or further study after graduating. A gold award means a university is of the highest quality found in the UK, providing "consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its students", while the silver award was given for consistently exceeding "rigorous national quality requirements for UK higher education" and bronze was awarded to those that met these national requirements. Those awarded a bronze or higher are now set to be able to raise tuition fees, which currently stand at around Â£9,000. "Bangor has maintained a strong commitment to the delivery of high quality student experience for many decades," Prof Hughes added. "Not only do we link research and teaching, but we also provide personalised pastoral care, and provide variety and experimentation in our teaching and learning. "We strongly believe that students deserve to be exposed to, and to be stretched by, the rigour and intellectual challenges of problem solving within their disciplines." Dr Mirjam Plantinga, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience at University of Wales Trinity St David, said: "We are pleased that the panel has recognised good levels of student satisfaction with academic support, and assessment and feedback. "Together with a focus on employer engagement and our distinctive culture, our TEF result reflects positively on the key values that underpin the UWTSD student experience".

Summary: Only one Welsh university got the highest possible score in a new ranking of degree teaching standards.


In court last year Christopher Anthony admitted damaging the Grade II-listed building during work in 2008. The judge ruled Mr Anthony could not afford to pay the council's legal bill but gave permission for the issue to be revisited within a certain time frame. Officials have now said Mr Anthony's circumstances have not changed and the order had been allowed to lapse. The Hippodrome has been derelict for some years when much of the roof and part of the exterior walls collapsed in 2008. In April 2010 developer Mr Anthony, of Bishops Stortford, was given a conditional discharge after admitting ordering work on the building without permission. Since then the council has carried out £43,000 worth of stabilisation work on the structure. A spokesman said: "Derby City Council intends to recover the cost of the works carried out on Macklin Street and we are reviewing Mr Anthony's financial circumstances to assess the available options."

Summary: Derby City Council has decided not to pursue the owner of the Hippodrome Theatre for £17,000 in legal costs.


The heart of the design shows a group of soldiers lifting a comrade, with his outstretched arms hinting at the crucifixion. The artist, Nicholas Mynheer, said this represents "an act of compassion and service to others". The window will be dedicated at a service on 10 July. Mr Mynheer said it was a privilege to produce a window for "such a splendid building as Southwell Minster" and to spend time in his life entirely dedicated to considering the Great War. "It was to be a truly humbling experience as I started to get an inkling of the stupendous sacrifice by all involved," he said. "Initially, I felt overwhelmed by the accounts of sheer horror - mind numbing cruelty - and yet ever so gradually, amidst the darkness, little glimmers of hope appeared; of one man helping another, love overcoming hatred, and it was this that I realised I had to depict in the design." Southwell Minster is in Nottinghamshire, but it was the mother church of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire at the time of the war. Mr Mynheer said the sacrifice was not just made in the trenches and at the war front, so those at home are also reflected in the window. Beneath the central group of soldiers a woman hangs up washing, blown by the gathering storm. This represents the women and others who remained at home, but also Mary at the foot of the cross.

Summary: A window commemorating the sacrifice of people from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in the First World War has been installed at Southwell Minster.


Nicholas Briggs, 28, went missing from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire last Thursday. He is serving an 18-month sentence for domestic assault and was arrested by Gwent Police on Sunday night. A second inmate, Anthony McCormick, 52, who absconded at the same time, and who was handed a life sentence in 1998 after being convicted of rape, handed himself into police on Friday.

Summary: A second inmate who absconded from an open prison has been arrested.


The cabinet was named shortly after parliament voted for Mr Abe as PM, following his party's emphatic poll victory earlier this month. The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner have a two-thirds majority in the lower house. Mr Abe vowed "bold" economic policies to tackle deflation and said he would strengthen ties with the United States. Mr Abe, who was also PM in 2006-07, chose another former premier, Taro Aso, for the key role of finance minister. Analysts say the cabinet includes a number of Mr Abe's close allies as he eyes the task of pulling Japan out of a prolonged economic slump. Mr Abe told a news conference in Tokyo: "With the strength of my entire cabinet, I will implement bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth strategy that encourages private investment, and with these three policy pillars, achieve results." He also said he would step up Japan's alliance with the United States. The former trade and industry minister, Akira Amari, has been named as minister for economic revival and veteran Toshimitsu Motegi was chosen for the post of trade minister. Some reports say he will be put in charge of energy policy in the aftermath of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster. Mr Abe is seen as a hawkish, right-of-centre leader. His previous term in office ended ignominiously amid falling popularity. He resigned on grounds of ill health. But he returns to power at a critical moment and is Japan's seventh premier in six years. The grandson of a former prime minister and son of an ex-foreign minister, Mr Abe, 58, has pledged to take a tough line in a territorial row with China. China has urged the new government to take "practical steps" to deal with the dispute over islands in the East China Sea. Mr Abe has also called for Japan's pacifist constitution to be revised and patriotic sentiment nurtured. The LDP crushed the governing Democratic Party (DPJ) in the 16 December poll. DPJ leader Yoshihiko Noda stepped down shortly afterwards. The DPJ was elected in 2009 on its promise to increase welfare spending and break ties between the bureaucracy and big business. But its failure to deliver on the economy and response to the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami lost it support. This time round Mr Abe campaigned on a platform promising an end to years of economic stagnation, with more public spending and a looser monetary policy. But some economists say there is little new in Mr Abe's policies, or "Abenomics" as they have been called. He has also said he would allow nuclear energy a role in Japan's future despite last year's disaster.

Summary: Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unveiled his cabinet as he begins the task of economic revitalisation.


A drab first-half saw little goal threat at either end despite the Welsh side dominating proceedings. In a brighter second period, Wrexham goalkeeper Shwan Jalal pulled off good saves from two Andrai Jones' headers. The hosts took all three points when right-back Edwards sneaked in to force home a cross from Paul Rutherford on 88 minutes. Wrexham manager Dean Keates told BBC Radio Wales: "It was the perfect result. Performance-wise it was not where we wanted to be, but I would say it was all about getting the result today not about the performance. "They worked hard, it was a bit scrappy, a bit nervy. But we got the goal and it was all about the three points in the end." Match ends, Wrexham 1, Southport 0. Rob Evans (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Second Half ends, Wrexham 1, Southport 0. Goal! Wrexham 1, Southport 0. Kai Edwards (Wrexham). Substitution, Wrexham. George Harry replaces Jordan White. John Rooney (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Substitution, Southport. James Caton replaces Ben McKenna. Second Half begins Wrexham 0, Southport 0. First Half ends, Wrexham 0, Southport 0. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: A late goal from Kai Edwards gave Wrexham a first win in four National League games as they saw off Southport.


Inter are 12th in the Serie A table after a 1-0 loss at Sampdoria on Sunday, their fourth defeat in five league games. Former Netherlands defender and ex-Ajax boss De Boer, 46, was heavily linked with vacancies at Premier League clubs Everton and Southampton in the summer. Inter visit Southampton in the Europa League on Thursday (20:05 GMT). Youth team coach Stefano Vecchi will take charge of the first team for that fixture. De Boer tweeted that "to carry out this project needed more time" and thanked Inter supporters for their support. Before joining Inter, De Boer had taken Ajax to four successive Dutch titles but lost out to PSV Eindhoven on the final day of last season. He signed a three-year contract with Inter in August, replacing former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini. It is six years since Inter won the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League under Jose Mourinho, now Manchester United boss, but since coming second in 2011 they have finished sixth, ninth, fifth, eighth and fourth. They are now looking for a ninth manager since Mourinho left in the summer of 2010. Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez, Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri and Watford boss Walter Mazzarri have all coached at the San Siro in the past six years. Former Inter Milan midfielder Paul Ince on BBC World Service I feel sorry for Frank. He's a top manager. He didn't get much time. Sometimes when you're at a big club, you don't really get the time. The results haven't been great. One of the major things that hasn't helped him is AC Milan have done well under Vincenzo Montella. Inter of the last three or four years haven't been the Inter of old. They don't attract the best players like Juve, Roma and Napoli. I feel since [former owner] Massimo Moratti sold his major stake, they haven't been the same. They've gone through so many managers in the past six or seven years. When I was there in 1995-96, it was full of Italian players who cared about the club and fans. I watched their game the other day and they only had about three Italian players.

Summary: Inter Milan have sacked manager Frank de Boer after just 85 days in charge of the Italian club.


The former international moved to Linfield last summer but he had limited game time at Windsor Park because of injury and was eventually released. Clingan's cross-channel career included spells at Norwich City, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest and Kilmarnock. The midfielder, who won 39 Northern Ireland caps, lined out for Glenavon in a pre-season friendly against Loughgall on Saturday. Glenavon open their Irish Premiership campaign with a contest away to Warrenpoint Town on Saturday.

Summary: Glenavon have signed ex-Northern Ireland midfielder Sammy Clingan.


Dale Farm head David Dobbin was speaking as the processing firm unveiled a new £2.5m cheese packing line at its County Tyrone plant. It ends a £7m investment at Cookstown that created 60 jobs. He said the industry wanted a free-trade deal giving access to EU markets. Mr Dobbin added that a couple of future investment projects would depend on the outcome of trade negotiations with the EU. But he said the bulk of them would go ahead regardless. As much as £70m worth of sales is being generated by the Cookstown plant. Much of the cheese is destined for customers in Britain, with the rest serving markets in Europe, the West Indies and the United States. Mr Dobbin said the company was "well-hedged" in relation to future trade arrangements. He said any tariffs would make imports more expensive, allowing UK companies to sell more produce to the domestic market. If a free-trade deal was concluded with the EU, Dale Farm could continue to grow its European business, he added. Economy Minister Simon Hamilton attended the launch of the facility that received more than £500,000 pounds of public money. He said he was keen to work with companies to help them overcome the challenges and seize opportunities the UK's withdrawal from the EU would present. Mr Hamilton added that agri-food is a key element of the Northern Ireland economy and one that had "defied the odds" during the downturn. Earlier this month, the first and deputy first ministers wrote to the prime minister calling for an open trading arrangement with the EU and highlighting the importance of agri-food to the wider Northern Ireland economy.

Summary: Twenty million pounds of investment in one of Northern Ireland's biggest agri-food companies is set to go ahead regardless of the outcome of negotiations over Brexit.


The man posted a picture of himself holding the baby out of a window in a high-rise building with the caption: "1,000 likes or I will drop him." It prompted other social media users to demand his arrest for child abuse. He was charged with endangering the baby's safety following his arrest on Sunday, police said. The child was dangled out of the 15th-floor window of an apartment block in the capital, Algiers, news site Al Arabiya reported. The man, who is a relative of the child, denied he put his life at risk, saying the image had been altered by social media users, Algeria's privately owned Ennahar TV reported. "The picture was taken in a balcony with protective barriers. These were removed," he was quoted as saying. The child's father urged the court to forgive the man, saying he had just been playing a game. However, the judge ruled against him, saying the picture was clear and the child's life was in danger. Articles shared on social media about the incident got thousands of mostly angry reactions, reports BBC North Africa correspondent Rana Jawad. Many Algerians insulted the man, and praised the authorities for arresting him and sentencing him, she adds. Earlier reports incorrectly described the convicted man as the child's father.

Summary: A court in Algeria has sentenced a man to two years in prison for dangling a baby out of a window in order to attract "likes" on Facebook.


His comments come after his government accused the UN of hiding rebels and guns at their camps - which it denies. More than 70,000 civilians are seeking shelter at UN bases across South Sudan after fighting broke out last month. The UN says both government soldiers and rebels have committed atrocities in one of the world's poorest countries. What started out as a political dispute between Mr Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar on 15 December has escalated into full-scale conflict, with reports of ethnic killings. Around 500,000 people have been displaced and the UN estimates that considerably more than 1,000 have been killed. The UN is in the process of deploying an extra 5,500 peacekeepers to South Sudan, to bring its forces up to 12,500. Read Mark's full report Mr Kiir made his comments, broadcast on national TV, following the weekend capture of Bor from rebel forces. The South Sudanese army also says it has recaptured the key town of Malakal after days of heavy fighting, though this is disputed by the rebels. Friction with the UN followed an attempt on Sunday by the information minister to forcibly gain access to the UN base in Bor, where they believed armed rebels were hiding. In a statement, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "alarmed" and "disturbed" by the threat to staff of the UN Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss). "We did not know that when the Unmiss was brought to South Sudan, they were brought as a parallel government with the government in South Sudan," Mr Kiir said. "They fell short of naming the chief of the Unmiss as a co-president of the Republic of South Sudan. "If that is the position of Ban Ki-moon, he should make it clear that he wants the UN to take over South Sudan." Mr Kiir added that the UN should allow the government to search for guns among those seeking shelter in the camps - and hand over any guns, uniforms and government vehicles already in UN hands. The Unmiss spokesperson told the BBC the UN was impartial and had a "zero tolerance policy towards weapons" in its camps. "When people come to our sites with weapons, uniforms - military equipment of any sort - it has been given to us to make sure that the site have a civilian nature," Ariane Quentier told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme. Ms Quentier said the UN was in discussion with the government about handing over such confiscated items and denied that the UN was sheltering rebels. "It is very clear that we have a number of people that we cannot check individually but just the mere fact that we have 70-80% women and children is a clear indication that we're not sheltering rebels," she said, adding that she was sure relations with the government would improve. "Like in every love story there are ups and downs - we may be a bit down these days but we are very confident that things will come back to normal." Mr Kiir also accused other humanitarian

Summary: South Sudan President Salva Kiir has accused the UN peacekeeping mission of acting like a "parallel government" in his country.


For many pundits the move comes as a surprise, because M-Pesa has been a huge success in other African states - especially in Kenya where it was launched in 2007. The service allows people without bank accounts to transfer money quickly, easily and safely using their mobile phones. According to a World Bank report, only 12% of Africans with bank accounts use mobile money services. However, this is not the case in South Africa. Mobile phone usage is high - nine in 10 South Africans own a mobile phone - and a third of these are smartphones, according to figures from the Pew Research Center. Yet South Africa has the most technologically advanced, financially liquid and accessible banking system on the continent. About 75% of adults in the country have bank accounts, a survey done by technology research body FinMark shows. In a statement, Vodacom Chief Executive Shameel Joosub said the success of M-Pesa in South Africa hinged on "achieving a critical mass of users". But Vodacom has struggled to find the customers. That is the problem. M-Pesa was launched in South Africa in 2010, perhaps with the hope of capturing the energy and excitement of a nation hosting the football World Cup. Trading on its position as the leading mobile operator in the country, Vodacom thought it could build an M-Pesa customer base of 10 million in three years. However, six years on the service only has 76,000 active users in South Africa, although many more have been registered. M-Pesa: The mobile wallet Source: Vodacom Jambo pesa! (Hello, money! in Swahili) A few reasons have been cited for its failure. Vodacom had to partner with a bank to provide the financial service on its platform. Nedbank was its choice - and although it is one of the largest banks in South Africa, the perception is that it caters for middle-class and high-income earners. These customers already have an array of banking services and platforms through which to conduct their business. South Africa is also a country where banks have actually made significant inroads in both urban and rural areas. Though untested, it is said that there is a bank, branch or ATM within a 20km (12-mile) radius in any urban or rural settlement. So the challenge in South Africa is not about access. Rather it is the ability to use various technologies to support how people save, spend and invest their money. In this regard, banks in the country are focused on developing new financial products that will enhance savings schemes and pension funds. Mobile phone operators, on the other hand, are working towards opening more secure platforms - for instance linking banks, hospitals, retailers, insurers, municipalities and revenue services. There is definitely still a case to be made for getting the unbanked population to open up accounts. And statistics show this is the trend. A 2015 KPMG report revealed that South African banks are growing at an annual rate of 7% and to date the industry has assets worth $361bn (Â£250bn). The prospects for financial services are good. Vodacom remains

Summary: South Africa's largest mobile phone operator Vodacom has announced it will be scrapping its M-Pesa mobile money transfer system in Africa's second-biggest economy.


The Rift headset will be released early next year. Until now, only a "developer" version had been sold. The deal with Microsoft, the tech giant that makes the Xbox, means Oculus owners will be able to stream Xbox One games to the headset and see them as if they are being viewed on a huge "home cinema" screen. The new headset will compete with rivals such as Sony's Morpheus and HTC's Vive.

Summary: Oculus Virtual Reality (VR) has revealed its new headset for customers, and revealed it will come with an Xbox One controller.


Bruce Rourke's collie attacked the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at a Scotmid store in Castle Street, Tayport, on 5 January.. Rourke, 57, from Tayport, pleaded guilty on summary complaint to a charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the girl was with her mother, who was using an ATM outside the shop. At the same time Rourke was tying up the dog a few feet away. The animal lunged at the girl before biting her on the body. She was taken to Dundee's Ninewells Hospital and given antibiotics as a precaution but suffered permanent injury. Sheriff Alastair Brown deferred sentence until next month and said he may make an order for the dog to be destroyed.

Summary: A "dangerously out of control" dog could be put down after it bit a 10-year-old girl outside a Fife shop.


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Mr Su was a vice-chairman of China's parliamentary advisory body. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said he had used his position to obtain "large bribes". State media had announced in June 2014 that the government was investigating him for corruption. The CCDI statement (in Chinese) said that Mr Su had been expelled from the party and relieved of all positions. It added that his behaviour had "resulted in serious violations of the law" and that "the issue of his alleged crime, clues, and evidence have been handed to the legal authorities for them to take action". It said that Mr Su had abused his position of authority, receiving "large sums of illegal bribes" which resulted in "huge losses of government assets". The statement did not give figures. Mr Su, who was previously the top Communist Party official in Jiangxi province, was also found to be "chiefly responsible for the serious corruption problem that has emerged in Jiangxi". Chinese media reported in November last year that several officials from a city in Jiangxi said to have links to Mr Su were arrested. He was one of 23 vice-chairmen with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which was seen as a prestigious position. The conference advises China's legislature, the National People's Congress. China has been conducting a widespread crackdown on corruption since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, and has arrested dozens of officials and others in the private sector. The authorities have also gone after those who have fled the country, and extradited hundreds of suspected "economic criminals" back to China last year. Mr Su is considered to be among the most senior government figures caught in the dragnet, along with former security chief Zhou Yongkang who was arrested in December.

Summary: Former senior official Su Rong has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for corruption and faces prosecution, said the country's top anti-corruption body.


He won the Lightweight and 350cc Junior Classic races, either side of Swallows' 16th win in the 850cc Classic. The event, featuring bikes made before 1972, is a TT curtain-raiser and takes place at Billown Circuit. Meanwhile, Vince Biggs and Vicky Cooke won both of the Billown event's sidecar races. Jamie Coward, Iain Robertson and Steve Ferguson also won races at the Pre-TT Classic which has been staged at Billown each year since 1988.

Summary: English rider Mike Hose claimed two wins at the Pre-TT Classic in the Isle of Man on Monday to move level with Bill Swallow's tally of 16 victories.


The visitors, set 269 to win, opened with a stand of 87 between Mark Wallace (50) and Jacques Rudolph. But spinners Graeme van Buuren and Jack Taylor and seamer Craig Miles claimed eight wickets between them in the hour before tea. Taylor wrapped up the victory with the final two wickets after the break. It was Gloucestershire's first championship victory at their Bristol headquarters for more than two seasons. Meanwhile Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph confirmed that South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn, currently playing in the Indian Premier League is trying to complete visa formalities to allow him to sign for part of the T20 Blast campaign. Gloucestershire spinner Jack Taylor said: "It was a bit strange, it wasn't spinning too much but we stuck the ball in the right area. "They were coming hard, looking to chase the runs and we didn't shell any chances, we took the catches that came our way. "They needed three and a half an over and we knew if we bowled tight, it would be difficult for them. "They got off to a good start but G (van Buuren) came on and took three quick wickets which was just what we needed, really great." Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport: "When Mark (Wallace) and myself had that partnership upfront, I genuinely thought we had a great chance of winning this game. "It was a crazy session, we lost ten wickets for around sixty runs on a fairly flat wicket and it's important we have a good look at ourselves. We got ourselves into a winning position and threw it away, we can't afford to do that. "It was poor execution, we had guys caught on the boundary, at mid-off and mid-on, and it's difficult to explain. "It's hard work at the moment, but we have to re-group and start afresh. I have been in positions like this before and you have to be a bit careful about over-analysing stuff, we've got to stick to the basics."

Summary: Gloucestershire earned their first win of the season as Glamorgan collapsed in spectacular fashion on the final afternoon.


Ond eleni roedd ergyd i'r trefnwyr ar ôl clywed na fydd un o gymalau ras beicio broffesiynol y 'tour series' yn cael ei chynnal yn ystod yr ŵyl. Roedd y cymal Cymreig wedi'i gynnal yn Aberystwyth am chwe blynedd yn olynnol hyd at y llynedd - ond eleni dyw'r daith ddim yn ymweld â Chymru o gwbwl. Er hynny, gyda chymorth noddwyr lleol a grant o £20,000 oddi wrth Gyngor Ceredigion mae trefnwyr yr ŵyl seiclo wedi llenwi'r bwlch ac yn addo gŵyl gystal ag erioed yn Aberystwyth ym mis Mai. Dywedodd Clint Middleton, sy'n gyfrifol am farchnata'r ŵyl: "Mae'n bwysig i ni fod yr ŵyl yn tyfu i fod yn rhywbeth sydd o fudd nid dim ond i ni fel seiclwyr ond hefyd ar gyfer y gymuned a'r economi leol. "Ry'n ni wedi bod yn mesur gwerth yr ŵyl - ac mae'r nos Wener, noson fwya'r ŵyl, werth oddeutu £300,000 i'r economi yn Aberystwyth, gyda phobl yn aros dros nos, yn bwyta'n lleol ac yn prynu pethau yn y dref." Y nos Wener oedd noson y cymal yn y 'tour series' - ond er gwaetha ei absenoldeb o'r ŵyl eleni, mae'r trefnwyr wedi llwyddo i ddenu ras broffesiynol arall i'r dref i lenwi'r bwlch. Fe fydd timau proffesiynol yn cystadlu ar hyd yr un ffyrdd o gwmpas yr hen goleg a'r castell ac mae'r trefnwyr yn dweud na fydd y gynulleidfa yn gweld gwahaniaeth o ran y cyffro o gymharu â'r chwe blynedd ddwethaf. "Mae'r ŵyl yn ehangu bob blwyddyn" meddai Nia Peris, aelod arall o bwyllgor trefnu'r ŵyl, "ac mae gennym ni bethau eto eleni oedd yn boblogaidd iawn y llynedd fel y ddringfa i fyny allt serth Cefn Llan. "Hefyd mae gennym ni ras ar ben ei hun i ferched am y tro cyntaf - fe fydd yn cael llwyfan cyfartal gyda ras y dynion a bydd y wobr ariannol yr un peth hefyd. "Mae'r clwb seiclo lleol - sy'n 65 oed eleni - yn ffynnu. Mae tua 150 o aelodau sy'n oedolion ac mae 'na adran iau newydd sy'n cynnwys rhwng 40 a 50 o aelodau. "Mae gennym ni lefydd i ymarfer oddi ar y ffyrdd gyda'r plant iau ond mae rhai yn gorfod mynd lawr i Gaerfyrddin er mwyn cael trac pwrpasol ar gyfer ymarfer pellach. "Byddai'n braf iawn cael mwy o adnoddau seiclo yma yng Ngheredigion." Mae galwadau ers blynyddoedd gan seiclwyr yn Aberystwyth, ac yn y canolbarth yn ehangach, i sefydlu felodrom yn yr ardal. Hyd yn hyn dyw'r galwadau ddim wedi arwain at unrhyw ddatblygu ar y ddaear tra bod buddsoddiad wedi'i wneud mewn cyfleusterau yn y de a'r gogledd. Ond nawr mae'n debyg fod ymdrechion o'r newydd i ddatblygu trac pwrpasol yn Aberystwyth. Pe bai hynny'n digwydd fe fydd gan drefnwyr yr ŵyl seiclo yn Aberystwyth reswm arall i ddathlu.

Summary: Mae Gŵyl Seiclo Aberystwyth wedi tyfu i fod yn ddigwyddiad pwysig sy'n cyfrannu cannoedd o filoedd o bunnoedd i'r economi leol.


Lily Hartley was in Bradford Royal Infirmary when two rings, which had belonged to her late husband, were taken. Her granddaughter, Emma Hartley, reported the theft on Facebook and said the rings had sentimental value. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it "sincerely apologised" to the family. A spokesperson added they were "fully investigating the matter." Read more about this and other stories from across West Yorkshire West Yorkshire Police said it had been alerted to the theft relating to Mrs Hartley and also a second one at the hospital. Officers said it believed two victims, both women in their 80s, had items of jewellery taken between the 26 and 29 March.

Summary: Hospital bosses have apologised after a woman in her 80s had jewellery stolen whilst in hospital.


Claim: Leaving the EU would make an average holiday for four people to the EU £230 more expensive in two years. Reality Check verdict: It would be reasonable to expect a weaker pound to make foreign holidays more expensive, but it is hard to predict a precise figure. Actually, only the starting point of this analysis comes from the Treasury - Monday's document from the Treasury predicted that if we left the EU, the pound would be 12% weaker in two years than it would have been if we had stayed in. The 12% figure is not excessive compared with other predictions. Some banks have been forecasting much more severe declines in sterling if the UK leaves the EU. The next step was to get the Office for National Statistics to work out the average cost of a holiday for four to various destinations, based on the International Passenger Survey. Then, you work out how much extra that holiday would cost if the pound was worth 12% less. And the result you get is that the average eight-day stay in the EU for four people (that's any group of four, not necessarily a family) would cost an extra £230 due to currency movements. In addition to the currency effect, the release from Downing Street also refers to the chances of air fares increasing following a Brexit, which the Reality Check team has considered before. We concluded that leaving the EU could lead to an increase in fares, but that the impact could be reduced or even avoided depending on what agreements the UK reached with the EU and other countries. The release also refers to the cost of mobile phone calls if roaming fees are not abolished. From next year, mobile phone roaming charges will be abolished across the EU, saving UK customers up to 38p per minute on calls. But if Britain left the EU, it is possible the UK and Brussels could agree a new deal. Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate

Summary: Prime Minister David Cameron has warned: "If we were to leave, and the pound were to fall, which is what most people expect and what the Treasury forecast, that would put up the cost of a typical holiday for a family of four to a European destination by £230."


The 22-year-old, who had a loan spell at Rotherham earlier this season, has agreed a deal with the Addicks until the summer of 2019. Forster-Caskey scored nine goals in 82 appearances for the Seagulls after making his debut aged 16 in 2010. "Jake is a real talent who has shown his quality in the Championship," boss Karl Robinson told the club website. Former England Under-21 international Forster-Caskey worked under 36-year-old Robinson last season during two loan stints at former club MK Dons. He is Charlton's second signing of the January transfer window, and his arrival at The Valley came after winger Ademola Lookman left the Addicks to join Premier League side Everton in an £11m deal. Meanwhile, Brighton under-23 midfielder Jack Harper has moved to Spanish side Malaga for an undisclosed fee. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: League One side Charlton Athletic have signed midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey from Brighton for an undisclosed fee.


Oliver Jones, from Innellan, was crossing the A815 which runs through the village when he struck by a Renault truck at about 16:15 hours on Tuesday. He was taken by ambulance to Dunoon General Hospital and later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he died. The 56-year-old man who was driving the tanker was not injured. Police have appealed for witnesses.

Summary: Police have released the name of a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a tanker in Argyll and Bute.


Currently no British companies are involved, despite Ethiopia approaching the UK for assistance at the start, and the project being constructed according to official UK railway industry standards. The centrepiece of the new rail system is the planned line between Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, and the neighbouring country of Djibouti. So far about a quarter of the preparation work has been completed on this key route, which will enable land-locked Ethiopia to access Djibouti City's port on the Horn of Africa coast. Meanwhile in Addis Ababa, construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) - similar to London's Docklands Light Railway - will give the capital its first mass transit system, transforming mobility in a city where nearly 90% of the population travel on foot, or by squeezing in to buses and taxis. Both projects began in early 2012 and are joint ventures between the Ethiopian government and Chinese companies that successfully bid for the $3.3bn (Â£2.2bn) Addis-Djibouti contract, and the $500m LRT project. "I was hoping that by now there would have been more input from UK companies," says John Pearson, a British railway engineer with more than 40 years' experience. Mr Pearson has since 2009 been technical adviser to the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC), which is overseeing both projects. He describes the present lack of British involvement as unfortunate and something that needs to be addressed by UK government. In 2008, ERC general manager Getachew Betru visited the UK to explain Ethiopia's railway infrastructure plans. Mr Pearson, who met Mr Betru during his visit, decided to move to Ethiopia after being impressed by the project. Also, Mr Pearson hoped to promote British businesses within the Ethiopian railway sector. However, no other UK interests followed him to participate in what he calls "one of the most important transport infrastructure projects for Ethiopia and East Africa". The British embassy in Addis Ababa tried on many occasions to promote business opportunities offered by the railway infrastructure's development, according to Dessalegn Yigzaw, its trade development manager. But Ethiopia still has an image problem, Mr Yigzaw says, with UK companies failing to believe business is possible while associating the country with famine and drought. Mr Pearson echoes this sentiment, saying that UK companies remain nervous about participating in major projects in sub-Saharan Africa. While he acknowledges some companies have had bad experiences, he says this should not hold others back as the UK has capacity-building skills Ethiopia needs. Insufficient short-term profit margin is most likely putting UK companies off coming to Africa, says Manaye Ewunetu, managing director of London-based ME Consulting Engineers that specialises in Africa and the Middle East. "It might not look like a mistake now," Mr Ewunetu says, "but in the long term it could look like a mistake." The Addis-Djibouti corridor has always been an important strategic route for Ethiopia. The new 781km route eastward to Djibouti - offering the shortest distance from Addis Ababa to a seaport - is expected to haul 11.2 million tonnes of freight in its first year of operation in 2016, rising to 24.9 million tonnes

Summary: Across the Ethiopian countryside 2,000km (1,243 miles) of railway is being built, the first phase of an endeavour to create a new 5,000km network.


Some go on to become major charities - the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, established after the racially aggravated murder of the teenager, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Others flourish briefly and then fold. But how does setting up a charity or trust help the families at the heart of the tragedy? The Williams family, from Wellington, Shropshire, lost their teenage daughter in May. The body of the 17-year-old was found off the Nant-y-Garth pass, near Wrexham, days after she had gone missing from home. Jamie Reynolds, 22, of Avondale Road, Wellington, Shropshire, has appeared in court charged with her murder. After Georgia's death, friends quickly raised enough for a memorial bench, but so many people had pledged money that the Georgia Williams Trust was formed to create a lasting legacy. "It has been really heartwarming to see people getting involved, organising events and reading all their supportive comments," said her father Steve Williams. "[The family] have been able to take a lot of comfort from what people have said and how they remember her." He added: "The trust will ultimately be used to enable young people of Telford and Wrekin to access enrichment activities - whether that be canoeing, rock climbing, tennis, flying or something else and also to encourage young people to volunteer." Richard Langton, chair of the trust, recognises how it has helped the family and is determined to keep close ties with them. The Charity Commission said when people set up a new charity - especially in response to a tragedy - they are often overwhelmed by the generosity of others. With time donations naturally decline and many small charities find it hard to get enough money for their cause. The commission strongly advises people to ask themselves whether they can make sure that when they set up a charity it is sustainable, otherwise they "risk letting beneficiaries down". The Charity Commission "We hope that the charity can provide a positive focus for the family at this incredibly hard time for them and give them some comfort to know that there is a positive legacy, that Georgia's name will live on," the West Mercia Police inspector said. "We will continue to work closely with the family - we have a trustee in Scarlet Williams, Georgia's sister, who'll be working with us to make sure we stay on track to deliver from the charity what the family wanted." Mr Langton said the challenge was to build a charity that can survive "beyond these few incredibly painful months". The trust already has 5,200 followers on Facebook and 500 followers on Twitter, and Mr Langton is now appealing for those people to "get in touch and get involved". Ann Oakes-Odger knows first-hand the "desperate emotion" that parents experience when they lose a child, and also how having something positive to focus on after the tragedy can help. Her son, Westley, died after being stabbed in the neck while standing at a cash machine in Colchester, Essex, in September 2005. Two brothers were convicted in 2006 of his manslaughter and murder. She successfully

Summary: Every year charitable trusts are set up in memory of people who have met violent or tragic deaths.


Tear gas was used near the Idomeni crossing, where more than 11,000 refugees and other migrants are camped out on the Greek side of the border. Aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it had treated around 300 injured people. Balkan states closed off the migrant route to northern Europe this year. "The indiscriminate use of chemicals, rubber bullets and stun grenades against vulnerable populations... is a dangerous and deplorable act," Greek government spokesman George Kyritsis said. MSF said authorities had fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at those trying to force their way into Macedonia. "Two hundred people were treated for respiratory problems caused by tear gas, mostly men but including women and some children under the age of five," MSF spokesman Jonas Hagensen told the BBC. More than 30 people were treated for rubber bullet wounds, he added, and a further 10 people said they had been beaten by Macedonian police. Some 30 people had been treated for shock and other injuries; seven had been sent to hospital with more serious wounds. Sunday's unrest reportedly began after a group of migrants approached the fence to ask Macedonian border guards to open it and let them pass. When their demand was rejected, they were joined by others, some of whom were carrying packed bags. Migrants could be seen running from clouds of tear gas just inside the Greek border, as well as hurling stones across the fence. 152,461 in 2016, up to 7 April 37% of 2016 arrivals are children 53% arrive on Lesbos 366 died on Turkey-Greece route 853,650 arrivals in 2015 An unnamed Macedonian police official told AFP: "Greek police are using tear gas near the border with Macedonia. It is calm so far on the Macedonian side of the border." However, Reuters news agency, also quoting an unnamed Macedonian police official, said migrants had thrown stones at the Macedonian police. "The police fired tear gas in response," the official said. "The migrants were pushing against the fence but standing on the Greek side of the border. The fence is still there, they have not broken through." This week Greece began deporting migrants who do not qualify for asylum, under an EU deal with Turkey. More than 300 people, many of them Pakistanis, were sent to Turkey by ferry from the Greek islands. In addition, nearly 100 were deported via Greece's land border with Turkey, AFP reports. The International Organisation for Migration said the rate of arrivals had dropped in the first week of April, with 5 April the first day since last year that no arrivals were recorded. More than a million undocumented refugees and other migrants have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece since early last year, generating an unprecedented crisis for the EU's 28 member-states. A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee

Summary: Greece has condemned the action of Macedonian police to disperse hundreds of migrants at the border between the two countries.


With five matches remaining, the Daggers are 11 points from safety and could go down on Saturday if they lose at play-off hopefuls Leyton Orient. The Hatters took the lead seven minutes before half-time when Ruddock's shot went in off the underside of the bar. Jamie Cureton's shot was cleared off the line and Oliver Hawkins hit the bar as Dagenham failed to find a leveller. Luton picked up their first win in four, but remain six points off the play-off places.

Summary: Pelly Ruddock's second goal of the season for Luton all but condemned Dagenham to relegation from League Two.


Kerem Demirbay was given a second yellow card in his side's Bundesliga 2 match against FSV Frankfurt last week. Demirbay reportedly told female referee Bibi Steinhaus women have no place in football while leaving the pitch. "This is what happens when young players make mistakes," Fortuna said on Facebook. Turkish youth international Demirbay, who was made to referee the girls' game by his club, is still awaiting sanction by the German FA for his comments but has repeatedly apologised. "I am extremely sorry for having said what I did to Ms Steinhaus," Demirbay said earlier this week. "I should never have said this sentence and it does not reflect my image of women."

Summary: A Fortuna Dusseldorf midfielder was made to referee a junior league girls' game as punishment for insulting a female referee.


The little girl sustained two injuries in 2013 - a bite mark to her face aged nine months, and a fracture to her upper arm when she was 13 months old. A Crown Court judge branded the offences by her 30-year-old father as "appalling". He was given a 12-month prison sentence which will be followed by two years on licence upon his release. The 30-year-old man, who lives in the Ards Peninsula, was found guilty of two charges - being cruel to a child and causing her grievous bodily harm. He told the court he could not cope with parenting, and claimed that the more his daughter cried, the more stressed he became. Belfast Crown Court heard that the child's father has Asperger's Syndrome, which the judge accepted may have impacted on how he dealt with stress. However, the judge said that whilst his condition may be relevant to explain some of his behaviour, the offences were serious and as such attracted a custodial sentence. Also appearing in court was the child's mother, who was made the subject of a two-year probation order after she admitted a single charge of child cruelty. The judge said that she failed, as a mother, to protect her child from the risk of harm posed by her partner, given she was aware of the first incident where her daughter's face was injured. Neither the child's mother nor her father can be named in order to protect the identity of the little girl, who the court heard is now living with a family member and is "thriving." The court also heard that the couple broke up sometime between the first and second assault as the father still had access to his daughter. The judge told the 30-year-old: "Such appalling offences against a helpless and vulnerable baby cannot be treated lightly." During sentencing on Friday, it emerged that the father has had no contact with his daughter since the second assault and is unlikely to do so, while the child's mother has limited access.

Summary: A man who assaulted his baby daughter on two separate occasions in the family home in west Belfast has been jailed.


Bydd y cynllun yn cefnogi bron i 15,000 o siopau, bwytai, tafarnau a chaffis meddai Llywodraeth Cymru. Y bwriad yw cynnwys busnesau sydd wedi gweld cynnydd yn eu cyfraddau busnes o ganlyniad i'r ailbrisiad gan Asiantaeth Annibynnol y Swyddfa Brisio, fydd yn dod i rym ar 1 Ebrill. Cyfraddau busnes ydy'r dreth mae cwmnïau yn ei dalu am eu hadeiladau, ac mae yna bryderon y bydd y cynnydd o achos ailbrisio yn gwneud bywyd yn anodd i rai - gyda rhai busnesau yn credu y byddan nhw'n mynd i'r wal. Bydd cwmnïau sy'n gymwys i gael yr arian yn derbyn hyd at £1,500 tuag at eu cyfraddau - a bydd angen iddyn nhw gysylltu gyda'u cynghorau lleol i weld os ydy'r cymorth ar gael iddyn nhw. Wrth gyhoeddi'r manylion, dywedodd yr Athro Drakeford: "Mae rhai manwerthwyr ledled Cymru yn pryderu am y cynnydd yn eu hardrethi o ganlyniad i'r ailbrisiad gan Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio. "Rydym felly'n darparu swm pellach o £10m i helpu busnesau yn y cymunedau hynny y cafwyd effaith andwyol arnynt. "Mae'r cynllun newydd hwn yn ychwanegol at y cynllun rhyddhad trosiannol gwerth £10m, a fydd ar gael hefyd o 1 Ebrill, a'r toriad o £100m mewn trethi ar gyfer busnesau bach yng Nghymru a ddarperir gan ryddhad ardrethi busnes bach. "Mae gwaith eisoes ar y gweill i ddatblygu cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi parhaol ar gyfer busnesau bach newydd ar gyfer 2018. Rydym yn gwrando ar yr adborth yr ydym wedi'i gael er mwyn i ni wneud y cynllun mor deg, rhesymol a thryloyw â phosib." Mae'r gronfa yn rhan o'r fargen rhwng Llafur a Phlaid Cymru a chafodd ei chyhoeddi cyn y Nadolig. Dywedodd llefarydd Plaid Cymru ar yr economi, Adam Price fod ei blaid yn falch o allu "cynnig y £10m ychwanegol yma i gefnogi busnesau sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan yr ailbrisio diweddar mewn cyfraddau busnes, fel rhan o'r cytundeb diweddar ar y gyllideb rhwng Plaid Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru". "Ond rhaid i Lywodraeth Llafur Cymru anrhydeddu'r addewid a wnaeth yn ystod etholiad y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol a delifro cynllun rhyddhad cyfraddau busnes tecach yng Nghymru sy'n gorfod cynnwys asesiadau ailbrisio mwy cyson," meddai. Wrth ymateb i'r cyhoeddiad, dywedodd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig fod cwestiynau'n parhau dros bwy fydd yn gymwys i dderbyn yr arian. Dywedodd Nick Ramsay AC: "Tra rydym yn croesawu'r arian ychwanegol mae cwestiynau'n parhau dros bwy sy'n gymwys i'w dderbyn a'r hyn sy'n cael ei ddiffinio fel 'Stryd Fawr', ac mae'n bell o fod yn eglur fod yr arian yma'n cael ei dargedu tuag at fusnesau sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan yr ailbrisiad diweddar. "Rhaid i'r cynlluniau hyn fod mewn lle ymhen wythnosau, sy'n rhoi pwysau sylweddol ar awdurdodau lleol. "Dyma pam fod ymateb poenus o ara' deg Llafur i'r ailbrisio wedi bod mor siomedig, gan ychwanegu at y poen meddwl sy'n cael ei deimlo gan y rhai sydd wedi eu heffeithio fwyaf." Ychwanegodd fod angen trafodaeth sylfaenol am y math o gynllun sydd ei angen yn y dyfodol.

Summary: Mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cyllid, Mark Drakeford wedi cyhoeddi manylion cynllun gwerth £10m sydd wedi ei anelu at gynnig cymorth ariannol ar gyfer busnesau'r stryd fawr o fis Ebrill ymlaen.


Ogier's win in the three-day road gravel event in New South Wales was his seventh of the season as the French driver beat Volkswagen Polo R team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala by 12.3 seconds. The 31-year-old said: "It's an amazing season, the best I've ever done." Ogier joins Sebastien Loeb (nine), Juha Kankkunen and Tommi Makinen (both four) in winning three or more world titles. Volkswagen's 1-2 in Australia secured a third manufacturers' crown for the German team. Ogier won the final seven speed tests to take victory in Australia, overhauling Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke, who had led on the second day before going on to finish third, more than half a minute behind the winner. The 11th round of the championship takes place in France from 1-4 October with the 13th and final round, the Wales GB Rally, being staged from 12-15 November.

Summary: Sebastien Ogier secured his third successive World Rally Championship with victory in Rally Australia.


The Bible records that three wise men took him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold we all know, but where on earth does one find the other two in the present day? The search for them led me to Wajir in north-eastern Kenya. Half an hour's drive from the town there is a 20-acre (eight-hectare) plantation of myrrh trees and boswelia, the tree that produces frankincense. Hareth Hassan has been tending the trees for 15 years since inheriting the plantation from his father. "We treasure these trees because their resin has many medicinal uses," he says. "We spray it in our homes to repel snakes and insects. Also when someone gets sick, we apply it on them, for example when you feel pain on the hand. And if you break a limb, before correcting it, we apply myrrh on the affected area." Frankincense - locally it is chewed as gum, ground into powder and burnt as incense, used as a perfume and for a wide range of ailments; commercially it is used as an essential oil in perfume, cosmetic and flavour industries Myrrh - Egyptians used it for embalming mummies, and in the Bible it is said to have been mixed with wine to be used as a painkiller for Jesus; locally used as an ink in Islamic schools, burned to repel insects and snakes, as a medicine; commercially used in perfumes, flavours and cosmetics (such as stomach remedies, mouthwashes and toothpaste) Four collectors arrive carrying an axe and recycled plastic containers. They walk around the farm looking for resin that is ready for harvesting. They also make shallow cuts on the tree trunks and branches to stimulate the production of myrrh resin. Mr Hassan works closely with Ambia Osman, an officer from the Kenya Forests Service. "These trees grow naturally and so it's important to conserve them," says Ms Osman, who says she teaches the collectors not to overtap the resins. "But they don't make much because they sell it raw," she adds. We drive back to Wajir town, a small but busy business centre. Ms Osman shows us several shops that stock myrrh, frankincense and other natural products. In one of the shops, the trader brings us a sack containing brown lumps of myrrh. They look like dried fruit. "A kilogram of myrrh goes for $8 (Â£5.40)," says the shopkeeper. Sometimes it can sell for as little as $4. "They would be making much more if we had a factory in Wajir to add value to the product," says Ms Osman. One of the few factories that does process frankincense is in the capital, Nairobi. A strong, sweet scent hits me as I walk into Lubanchem Limited in Nairobi's industrial area. The factory is the brainchild of a pharmaceutical chemist Sadqa Haq. "My father brought home some frankincense in 1997 and that's when I got the idea to set up a plant to extract it," she says. Two of her employees spread pieces of raw frankincense on the floor and start sorting them. "We do the sorting and put

Summary: A Christmas tradition that can be traced back to the story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is the exchange of gifts.


RGU said a downturn in the regional economy due to the falling oil price had affected the university's income. It also reported a reduction in demand for courses from students from oil-producing countries. RGU said the aim was for the savings to be made through a voluntary redundancy scheme. Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski, principal of the university, said: "RGU will embark on a period of re-profiling its workforce to address the financial challenges and our strategic needs, allowing us to pursue ambitious targets for the successful, sustainable development of the university. "We will continue to make a leading contribution to economic growth here and across Scotland, widening access to higher education, and the availability of high value knowledge and skills for the economy and society." An additional £2m of savings are to be made via operational costs.

Summary: Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to cut staff costs by £4m - meaning about 100 jobs are expected to be lost.


Operations will not stop until the area is cleared of all "terrorist concentrations", the army said. Air strikes continued into the early hours of Thursday. The army says 17 soldiers were among those killed after militants launched near-simultaneous raids on military checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. Local reports put army casualties higher. The attack was one of the largest co-ordinated assaults in the area yet by Islamic State's (IS) local affiliate, Sinai Province. The peninsula has been under a state of emergency and a curfew since October, when dozens of soldiers were killed in a militant attack. Separately on Wednesday, security officials said nine members of the now banned Muslim Brotherhood, including former MP Nasr al-Hafi, had been killed in a police raid on a flat in western Cairo. The security situation in Egypt has worsened since the assassination of the public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, three days ago in the capital. Analysts said the car bomb attack that killed Mr Barakat also bore the hallmarks of Sinai Province, which was known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis until it pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November and changed its name. In a statement, the army said it had killed "100 members of the terrorist elements" and injured them in "large numbers" in fighting in North Sinai. It said the operation left 17 soldiers, including four officers, dead. By late on Wednesday, an army spokesman said the situation was "100% under control" and militants had withdrawn from Sheikh Zuweid. Brig Mohamed Samir said: "The forces on the ground are completely under control. The group who were captured are being interrogated by the investigation team." Eyewitness earlier reported seeing militants roaming the streets of the northern town of Sheikh Zuweid, clashing with armed forces. Five army checkpoints were also targeted by car bomb attacks. The town's main police station came under mortar and RPG fire, and militants reportedly planted bombs along a road leading to a nearby army camp. Egypt sent F-16s jets to bombard the militants in several locations. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said his country sent its "condolences to the government and people of Egypt for the fallen Egyptians slain by IS terror". He added: "We see IS at the gates, across the border in the Golan, across the border in Egypt... We must stand up to all the forces of militant Islam, those led by Iran, those led by IS." Since October, police and army patrols have been stepped up to deal with militancy in Sinai - which has been on the rise since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. At least 600 police and armed forces personnel have since been killed. A buffer zone along the border with Gaza was also created and underground tunnels - which the military says were used to smuggle weapons from the Palestinian enclave - have been destroyed. Following the deaths in Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement saying that several of its leaders had been "murdered... in cold blood" and urged Egyptians to "rise in revolt" against the actions of

Summary: Egypt has vowed to rid its Sinai Peninsula of militants after major clashes with Islamic State fighters there killed more than 100 people.


Janet Norridge, 34, was reported to Cardiff Prison governors after being spotted in the crowd by a colleague at the 2011 tournament event. The inquest in Newport heard she was suspended from work and took her own life after losing an appeal. The hearing was told her parents later won an employment tribunal. A coroner is writing to the director of Her Majesty's Prison Service demanding a review of the way officers are treated during disciplinary proceedings. The inquest heard Ms Norridge had ambitions of becoming a prison governor but was hit by a health scare - a relative had died of bowel cancer and she tested positive for a gene which gave her an 80 per cent chance of also getting the disease. The inquest was told she went to the doctor and was given three weeks off work to come to terms with the shock. But Ms Norridge went out with friends to see a live TV screening at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff of a 2011 Rugby World Cup match where she was seen by the colleague. Friend Rebecca Rolls told the inquest: "She was interviewed by her employers who charged her with misconduct and lost her job. "This destroyed Janet. She was so proud of her job and her profession." Ms Norridge's mother Joanne said her daughter was "right in her feeling that she was unfairly dismissed" and that she suffered "unbelievable cruelty" by the prison authorities. An employment tribunal in London two years later found in favour of Mrs Norridge and her husband John, ruling that prison officials had made an error in law by sacking their daughter, the inquest was told. Gwent coroner David Bowen, returning a conclusion of suicide, said: "The tribunal ruled her dismissal was unfair however at the time of her death that ruling was in the future and not known to her. "She felt she had been unfairly dismissed - that was the matter that playing on her mind." A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with the family of Janet Norridge following this tragedy. "We have noted the coroner's comments and will respond to his recommendations in due course." If you have been affected by the issues in this story, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 or find support online.

Summary: A prison officer killed herself after being sacked for watching a Rugby World Cup match while on sick leave, an inquest has heard.


Seven people deny conspiracy to defraud at Cardiff Crown Court after six insurance claims worth £144,000 were made between 2009 and 2011. Stephen Pegram, 49, of Blackwood, Caerphilly county, was paid £4,200 when his car was written off. Nicola Cook, 41, of Hengoed, received £5,500 in a separate injury claim. Mr Pegram said he "was shocked" to discover claims had been made for other accidents on High Street, Pengam, where he crashed in July 2009. After prosecutor Christopher Clee suggested the crash he was involved in did not happen, he said: "It was a genuine accident. "I don't know if he drove into me or if it was an accident. But it happened." Ms Cook received her money after claiming for neck and back injuries when she was a back seat passenger in a crash in Oakdale in August 2009. She told the court she needed physiotherapy afterwards, saying "it was a genuine collision". "I heard a thump on the vehicle... I was shocked." Mr Clee said all seven defendants were involved in insurance fraud following collisions "that did not happen". The case continues.

Summary: Two people accused of falsely claiming nearly £10,000 in a so-called crash for cash scheme have denied lying about accidents.


Kadiza Sultana was 16 when she left Bethnal Green along with two friends. Her family's lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, told BBC Newsnight they heard a report of her death in Raqqa a few weeks ago. But he said they had not been able to independently confirm it because of the nature of information from Syria. Who are Britainâ€™s jihadists? The Britons signing up for Jihad Mr Akunjee said the teenager had grown disillusioned and wanted to leave IS and return to the UK - but had decided not to risk being captured and facing a "brutal" punishment from the terror group. He told the programme the family were "devastated" and that it was a "great loss to us all". Kadiza Sultana and schoolfriends Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15 at the time, flew from Gatwick to Turkey on 17 February 2015 after telling their parents they were going out for the day. The Bethnal Green Academy pupils later entered Syria and were thought to be living in Raqqa, a stronghold for the so-called Islamic State. They had been studying for their GCSEs at the school in Tower Hamlets, east London - where they have been described as "straight-A students". Mr Akunjee said Kadiza had expressed a desire to return. He said: "The problem with that was the risk factors around leaving are quite terminal also, in that if ISIS [IS] were able to detect and capture you then their punishment is quite brutal for trying to leave. "In the week where she was thinking of these issues a young Austrian girl had been caught trying to leave ISIS territory and was by all reports beaten to death publicly, so - given that that was circulated in the region as well as outside - I think Kadiza took that as a bad omen and decided not to take the risk." Mr Akunjee added: "I think she found out pretty quickly that the propaganda doesn't match up with the reality." Recordings of phone calls between Kadiza and her sister Halima, who is in the UK, were filmed by a freelance journalist for ITV. In them, Kadiza said the man she had married had been killed, and that she wanted to return to the UK. She also said she "felt scared". She added: "You know if something goes wrong, that's it. You know the borders are closed right now, so how am I going to get out?" A fourth girl from the school is believed to have travelled to Syria in December 2014. Kadiza's family issued a statement shortly after she went missing. In it they said: "In your absence, we, as a family, are feeling completely distressed and cannot make sense of why you left home. Due to the speculation that you may be travelling towards Syria, we are extremely worried about your safety. "We would like to emphasise that we are not angry with you and you have not done anything wrong. We just want you all to return home, safe and sound." Sara Khan, co-founder of the counter-extremism organisation Inspire, told BBC

Summary: One of three schoolgirls who left east London last year to join so-called Islamic State (IS) is believed to have been killed in a Russian air strike in Syria, her family solicitor has said.


The Wrestler star, 62, defeated Elliot Seymour - a former California Golden Gloves champion 33 years his junior. Rourke sent Seymour to the canvas twice in the second round before the referee stopped the fight. The Oscar nominated actor was an amateur boxer before finding fame in Hollywood movies such as 9 1/2 Weeks. The organisers of the match said the boxers were receiving "large amounts of money" in fees but declined to give details. "I'm very happy to be back to the boxing ring. Thank God for letting me do this", Rourke said ahead of his fight with 29-year-old Seymour. He refused to go into detail about his motivations for returning to the ring, but told Russian TV boxing had "sort of saved me from myself". The actor is reported to have lost more than 33lbs (15kg) for the fight, weighing in at 179.2lbs (81.3kg), the same as his rival. Seymour is ranked 256th in the United States and before the fight with Rourke had one knockout and nine losses in 10 bouts. Rourke returned to boxing as a professional in the 1990s and was undefeated in eight fights, with six wins and two draws. However he suffered a number of facial injuries, which required surgery and changed his appearance. In 2008 Rourke won a Bafta and Golden Globe for his role in the film The Wrestler, which told the tale of a former wrestling professional who decided to return to the sport. He was also nominated for a best actor Oscar, but lost out to Sean Penn in Milk.

Summary: Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has won an exhibition boxing match in Moscow after returning to the ring for the first time in 20 years.


Lucien PÃ©rot, 69, who had been drinking, choked on a 44g (1.5oz) beef rib he could not chew, reportedly because he had several teeth missing. Olivier Boudin, 38, who had a pre-existing genetic heart condition, had a heart attack seeing his friend die. There had been intense speculation over what had happened after their bodies were discovered last Thursday. The men had been sharing a meal in Perot's garden in Authon-du-Perche, south-west of Paris, and drinking heavily. PÃ©rot was found to have 2.4g/l of alcohol in his blood. One was found sitting on a chair and the other lying down, prosecutors said. The two men had grown close and developed a "father-son" relationship, local residents said. Many were relieved to discover that they had died of natural causes, reports said. "It's clear that it did not involve an external intervention," one neighbour told Le Parisien newspaper. "They did not have enemies, lived simple lives and were not types who would get themselves killed by the mafia," she added.

Summary: Post-mortems in France have explained the mystery of how two men found dead together after a meal perished.


The seven-year-old girl, whose mother drank excessively while pregnant, was born with severe brain damage. The Court of Appeal ruled in December that the girl, now in care, was not legally entitled to compensation. Permission to appeal was refused because an arguable point of law was not raised, the Supreme Court said. An application was made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on her behalf on the basis that the girl was the victim of crime because her mother had administered a noxious substance to her. The case was originally brought by a council in north-west England, which cannot be named for legal reasons. The Court of Appeal rejected a decision of the First Tier Tribunal awarding her compensation. Foetal alcohol syndrome Heavy drinking during pregnancy can lead to foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) when alcohol passes across the placenta from the mother to the developing foetus. The foetus cannot process alcohol effectively until the liver is fully developed and the high levels of alcohol can affect the development of organs and the brain. Children with FAS are born with a range of disabilities, are often shorter than average and some have learning and behavioural difficulties. People with the syndrome can have differences in their facial features such as a flat nose bridge, a small head and a thin upper lip. It is thought that foetuses are most at risk during the first three months of pregnancy when organs are forming - but damage can occur at any time. The NHS recommends that pregnant women should not drink at all - adding that those who choose to have a drink should have no more than two units of alcohol once or twice a week.

Summary: A child born with foetal alcohol syndrome has been refused permission to take her case for criminal injuries compensation to the UK Supreme Court.


Following two recounts, AM Byron Davies gained the seat with 15,862 votes - a majority of just 27. Labour's Liz Evans received 15,835. Political expert Richard Wyn Jones, from Cardiff University, told BBC Wales it was "a bitter blow" for Labour who had held the constituency for nearly 100 years. The win has taken the tally of Tory-held seats in Wales to 11. "I'm absolutely delighted that the people of Gower have put their faith in me," Byron Davies said. Meanwhile, Stephen Kinnock, the son of former Labour leader Neil, has become an MP after Labour held on to Aberavon. Elsewhere, the party also held Neath, Llanelli and Swansea East. Conservative Stephen Crabb retained his Preseli Pembrokeshire seat where he has been a MP since 2005. Labour's Geraint Davies kept Swansea West and Plaid Cymru's Jonathan Edwards held Carmarthen East. Tory Simon Hart held Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.

Summary: The Conservatives have won the constituency of Gower - a seat Labour has held for more than 100 years.


Eight former officers are suing South Wales Police after being cleared of charges relating to the investigation of Lynette White's murder in 1988. The corruption trial collapsed in 2011. A hearing in Cardiff was told there was "no intention" to uncover the truth behind the wrongful conviction of the Cardiff Three. Former officers Graham Mouncher, Thomas Page, Richard Powell, John Seaford, Michael Daniels, Peter Greenwood, Paul Jennings and Paul Stephen are suing the force for misfeasance in public office, false imprisonment and trespass. Leslie Thomas QC said allegations of pressurising a witness into giving a false statement against Mr Page were "easily rubbished". He said one witness voluntarily accompanied Mr Page to the police station and had made no allegation of ill treatment "or anything improper". Cardiff's Civil Justice Centre was told officers investigating allegations of corruption misidentified Mr Page as someone intimidating a witness in an interview, but he "simply wasn't there". On Monday, the court heard that murderer Jeffrey Gafoor may not have acted alone when he killed Ms White in a flat in Cardiff's docklands on Valentine's Day. Tony Parris, Stephen Miller and Yusef Abdullahi - who became known as the Cardiff Three - were wrongly jailed for life in 1990 for the murder and freed in 1992 after their convictions were quashed. The hearing continues.

Summary: A police corruption probe into a prostitute's murder "ignored" evidence which did not match preconceived theories, the High Court has heard.


The 21-year-old, part of Britain's C1 team event winners on Friday, finished more than two seconds ahead of the Czech Republic's Tereza Fiserova in Tacen, Slovenia on Saturday. "To win two golds this weekend is really exciting," said Woods. It was a second European singles gold medal for Woods after her 2015 success.

Summary: Britain's Kimberley Woods won a second Canoe Slalom European Championships gold medal in two days with victory in the C1 women's canoe singles.