The operation is ongoing, an interior ministry spokesman told AP news agency. Tunisia has declared a state of emergency after 38 tourists were killed in an attack by an Islamist gunman in the beach resort of Sousse on 26 June. Thousands of British tourists have left the country after a new travel alert from the UK foreign office. It said that another terror attack in the country was "highly likely" and urged Britons to leave. Other countries like Germany and France, however, have not followed suit. France, which accounts for the largest number of tourists in Tunisia, says its nationals should be "particularly vigilant" but has stopped short of telling them to leave. Germany said it was sending a team to assess the security situation in Tunisia in the next few days. Source: Tunisian national institute of statistics Officials have not suggested there is a link between the mountain operation and the June attack. The army has been trying to dislodge militant groups from the mountains near the border with Algeria for several years. Military helicopters have been pursuing other suspects as part of the operation being led by the Tunisian army and national guard, an unnamed security source told Reuters news agency. It is not clear which group the militants killed in the operation belong to. The Sousse gunman has been identified as student Seifeddine Rezgui, who authorities say had trained in Libya. Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid told the BBC that Rezgui had probably trained with the Ansar al-Sharia group, though Islamic State (IS) earlier said it was behind the attack. Live news updates from Africa

Summary: Tunisian security forces have killed five suspected Islamist militants in the mountains near the central town of Gafsa, officials say.


BHS ran 16 Scottish branches, employing more than 520 staff, when it went into administration in April. Before Sunday, 15 had already closed, leaving only one store operating at St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow. The branch employed more than 50 staff at the time of the store chain's collapse. The retail giant traded for almost 90 years on the British high street before going into administration. Attempts to find a buyer were unsuccessful and BHS was wound up in June with the loss of 11,000 UK jobs. MPS have been scathing about the collapse of BHS and the way in which it was run by Sir Philip Green. In a report, they claimed his failure to resolve BHS's Â£571m pension deficit was a major factor in the firm's demise. Sir Philip promised MPs in June that he would sort out the pensions "mess".

Summary: The last BHS store in Scotland has closed its doors for the final time, following the collapse of the high street retailer earlier this year.


The 22-year-old actress was in the Prestbury house with a female friend when thieves broke in on Tuesday night. They locked the pair in a room while they stole jewellery and a mobile phone before escaping, police said. Ms Flanagan's spokesman said she was "very shaken but unharmed". Police said they were investigating. Earlier in the day, the actress had posted a message on social networking site Twitter to say she was looking forward to her boyfriend, Manchester City footballer Scott Sinclair, returning home. Ms Flanagan played Coronation Street's Rosie Webster and also appeared on ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after leaving the soap last year.

Summary: Burglars confronted former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan during a break-in at her Cheshire home.


The MoD said the partnership could mean more intelligence is shared about the latest cyber threats. Defence companies face cyber-attacks almost daily, often from countries seeking to steal sensitive information about new technology and weapons. Officials say they hope the plan will serve as a model for other sectors. The new Defence Cyber Protection Partnership - a joint effort between the UK government and nine large defence companies - is designed to improve the industry's collective defences against cyber-attacks. It will also work to establish higher standards of security for smaller companies in the supply chain. Cyber-attacks are one of the top four threats to UK national security alongside international terrorism, according to the government's National Security Strategy. Earlier this month, UK intelligence service GCHQ said Britain was seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber-espionage operations a month against government or industry networks - some 15 of which were against the defence industry. GCHQ director Sir Iain Lobban said business secrets were being stolen on an "industrial scale" and in some cases foreign hackers had penetrated firms for up to two years. In 2010 the British government designated the protection of computer networks as one of the country's most important national security priorities. It pledged Â£650m of new investment over the next four years to continue tackling the problem as part of its National Cyber Security Programme. In March, the government launched the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership to help businesses and government share information on cyber threats, including a secure web portal to allow information to be shared in real-time.

Summary: The UK's defences against cyber attacks are to be strengthened under new plans that will see the Ministry of Defence working with its biggest contractors.


A joint team from the Pentagon, US Geological Service and USAID has calculated Afghanistan's mineral deposits are worth at least $900bn. Geological surveys discovered large quantities of iron and copper as well as valuable deposits of lithium. But questions are being asked about the timing of the release of information. The details of a US Geological Service survey of the country were released in 2007. The US assessment of the worth of the deposits was completed in December last year. The trillion dollar calculation was reported in the New York Times on 14 June. The BBC's Jill McGivering says that at a time of growing despair about Afghanistan and its government, the portrayal of the country as a potential goldmine could help to bolster international resolve and paint the country as a prize worth fighting for. Lithium is an increasingly vital resource, used in batteries for everything from mobile phones to laptops and key to the future of the electric car. Bolivia boasts the largest reserves. Afghanistan also has significant reserves of niobium, a key ingredient in hardened steel. Ministry of mines spokesman Jawad Omar said he could not confirm the exact value of Afghanistan's mineral wealth but had no doubt it would have a very big impact on the country's development. If exploited, Afghanistan would become self-sufficient, he said, and no longer need foreign aid. President Hamid Karzai's spokesman, Waheed Omar, was quoted by news agency AP as saying: "The result of the survey ... has shown that Afghanistan has mineral resources worth $1 trillion. "This is not an overall survey of all minerals in Afghanistan. Whatever has been found in this survey is worth $1tr." The findings were made by the US Geological Survey under contract to the Afghan government, he said. The New York Times cited an internal Pentagon memo which said Afghanistan could become "the Saudi Arabia of lithium". There are already plans to exploit mineral wealth in Afghanistan with Chinese backing for a copper mine at Aynak in Logar province. It sounds like welcome news for a country which desperately needs development, our correspondent says. But the discovery of mineral wealth will not provide an overnight solution. It would take years to build a large-scale mining industry and unless there is peace, it will be hard for investors to guarantee security, our correspondent says. With so much more to fight for, it may also make a peace deal harder to forge. If Afghanistan's strategic value suddenly increases, so too might the battle for influence between regional giants India and China, and of course the United States, our correspondent adds. Exploiting the mineral wealth will not be easy, says Stephanie Sanok, senior research fellow in the International Security Programme at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "I can't think of any examples where you can extract the kind of minerals we are talking about in Afghanistan in the middle of a major military campaign. "They not only don't have the infrastructure - road, rail and water - but they don't have basic laws and regulations that will

Summary: Afghanistan may have more than a trillion dollars worth of untapped mineral deposits, a spokesman for the ministry of mines has suggested.


Researchers from the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary have found that dogs can recognise certain words and even tell the difference between how the words are being said. They found that the animals can tell if the words are positive like or negative and can understand the tone of voice used to say them. They trained a group of dogs to lie really still in an MRI scanner, which is a bit like an x-ray for your brain. It told scientists how the dog reacted to different things by measuring which part of their brain was used in response the test. The scientists played the dogs recordings of words said in a happy or a normal tone of voice to see how they would react. By looking at the MRI scans the scientists found that the dogs recognised certain words, and could tell the difference between how the words were being said, in the same way that humans do. When the dog was played a recording of a positive message said in a happy voice the scans showed the dogs processed that information in the part of the brain that deals with rewards and happy feelings. One of the researchers Attila Andics explained that: "This shows… that dogs not only separate what we say from how we say it, but also that they can combine the two for a correct interpretation of what those words really meant."

Summary: Ever wondered if your dog can REALLY understand what you are saying?


On Sunday, BBC 6 Music DJ Mark Radcliffe explores the history of the football chant to find out what makes a hit in the stands. Before the programme goes live, we want to test your chant knowledge. Listen to these seven terrace chants and work out which club's fans are singing them. You can listen to 'From Doris to Depeche: The football fans' songbook' on BBC Radio 5 live from 19:30 BST.

Summary: From Blue Moon to You'll Never Walk Alone, almost every team have their own song - but do you recognise some of the lesser-known chants?


Official figures show councils reported 936,090 cases of fly-tipping in 2015-16, costing almost £50m to clear up. Campaigners say financial pressure on local authorities had resulted in waste collection services being cut. One council alone handled more than 70,000 cases of fly-tipping. The number of incidents in Enfield was equivalent to 216 for every 1,000 residents. It means it cost £8.24 per person in clearance costs alone. How do you stop fly-tipping? 'It fell off the back of the van' and other excuses Samantha Harding, litter programme director at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said: "Financial pressure on local councils has caused some local collection services to be cut and it seems that people have taken this as a licence to dump their waste illegally. "There needs to be a review of England's struggling waste management systems, with a new ambitious programme to haul them into the 21st Century. "We cannot afford to waste our valuable resources in this way." About half of the rubbish illegally tipped was found on highways. And about a third of all incidents were classed as a "small van load" worth of waste. The figures do not yet include new powers councils were given in May 2016 to hand out on-the-spot fines of up to £400. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs figures show fly-tipping incidents had fallen from more than 1.28 million in 2007-08 to about 711,500 cases in 2012-13 before starting to rise again. Country Land and Business Association president Ross Murray said: "These figures do not tell the full story of this disgraceful behaviour, which blights our beautiful countryside. "Local authorities tend not to get involved with clearing incidences of fly-tipped waste from private land, leaving the landowner to clean up and foot the bill." The association has called for the enforcement of stronger penalties, ensuring powers to use fixed penalty notices and seize vehicles are used and reducing council fees to legally dispose of waste. Councillor Judith Blake, an environment spokeswoman for the Local Government Association said: "This is money that would be better spent on vital front line services. "Litter and fly-tipping is environmental vandalism - it's unpleasant, unnecessary and unacceptable." A Defra spokeswoman said new powers and advances in technology had made it easier for local authorities to clamp down on waste crime. She said 98% of fly-tipping prosecutions resulted in a conviction - a "clear warning" to anyone involved in "serious waste crime". "Fly-tipping blights communities and the local environment, which is why we are committed to tackling this anti-social behaviour so everyone can enjoy a cleaner, healthier neighbourhoods and countryside," she added.

Summary: Fly-tipping was reported almost 107 times every hour across England, as the number of incidents rose for the third year in a row.


The city council confirmed that the 10 primaries affected will remain closed for the rest of the week. Contingency plans are being put in place for the five high schools with pupils being phased back to the classroom from Wednesday onwards. All the schools in question were constructed under the same public private partnership contract. They were built by Miller Construction, which was acquired by Galliford Try in 2014. It has been confirmed that Gracemount and Craigmount high schools, plus Oxgangs and St Peter's primary schools, will need urgent repairs before opening their doors once more. Every Scottish council has either carried out or is going to carry out surveys of school buildings that could be affected. Edinburgh Council hoped that all primary and special needs pupils would be able to return by the start of next week. However, the 7,000 youngsters affected on Monday will remain off school on Tuesday. Officials said that "significant work" had been undertaken to ensure that 2,000 S4, S5 and S6 pupils would be accommodated as soon as possible. Alternative arrangements will need to be worked out for all S1 to S3 pupils. Edinburgh University, the Scottish Parliament, community groups, venues and private sector companies have all offered help. The local authority confirmed that structural surveys would continue to be carried out this week. The closure of the schools, which are about 10 years old, was prompted after workers repairing serious structural issues at one city primary found "further serious defects" with the building on Friday. Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP), which operates the schools, could not provide safety assurances and that is why the 17 schools remained closed after the holidays. Lindsay Cairns' daughter is in primary one at Oxgangs Primary School. She said: "I don't know if I'm going to have to have time off next week to look after her. "I've spoken to my manager. We have to wait and see what the council are going to come back with. "I'd like to think there's going to be an update and a contingency plan put in place but to me I'd rather have had that contingency plan before now." Rachel Bhandari's son is nine years old and has cerebral palsy. His special school is closed until further notice. She and her husband have spent the weekend trying to organise childcare as they both work. Ms Bhandari said: "It presents us with a really big difficulty really. We were expecting the school to be open. "We were told earlier in the week that it was going to be open and then just to find out on Friday that it's not is a nightmare." The problems were first uncovered in January when a wall at Oxgangs Primary collapsed during high winds. Three other schools were later closed after inspections revealed problems with the way walls had been built. Amy, 16, a pupil at Firrhill High School, told BBC Scotland: "It's quite disruptive because we need to finish the coursework and we need to do unit assessments, and they were meant to be happening this week but

Summary: Urgent work will be required on several of the 17 Edinburgh schools which were closed due to safety fears.


The assailants, riding in two vehicles, opened fire on a security convoy on the main ring road in the Nasr City area. No group has yet said it was behind the attack, which occurred on Monday night. However, jihadist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Last month, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi declared a state of emergency after at least 45 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks on two Coptic Christian churches in Tanta and Alexandria. So-called Islamic State said a local affiliate had carried out the bombings. Hours before Monday's attack, the UN high commissioner for human rights questioned the measures being taken by Egypt's government to combat jihadism. Zeid Raad Al Hussein condemned April's church bombings, but told a news conference in Geneva that the "state of emergency, the massive number of detentions, reports of torture and continued arbitrary arrests - all of this we believe facilitates radicalisation in prisons", according to Reuters news agency. "And abetted by the crackdown on civil society through travel bans, freezing orders, anti-protest laws, this is in our opinion is not the way to fight terror," he added. "National security yes, must be a priority for every country, but again not at the expense of human rights." Human rights activists say more than 1,000 people, most of them Morsi supporters, have been killed and tens of thousands arrested in the crackdown.

Summary: Suspected militants have killed three police officers and wounded five others in an attack in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the interior ministry says.


The Bears face must-win games in their final group matches in the T20 Blast and One-Day Cup to keep alive hopes of making the quarter-finals in both. "There's no reason why it should be inconsistent, we know what we're meant to be doing," Brown, 46, told BBC WM. "Under pressure, we're failing to deliver what we're supposed to." Warwickshire's four-wicket defeat by Durham, who chased down 293 to win, leaves the third-placed Bears needing to beat current leaders Yorkshire on Monday to stay in the hunt for the last eight. Before then, they go to Old Trafford on Friday knowing victory over Lancashire in their last T20 Blast game is vital to their chances of making the knockout stages. Brown is confident the high-stakes nature of the next two matches will bring out the best in his side. "We are a decent side - we're struggling a the moment as we're struggling to get the same team out on the park twice," Brown said. "The guys who come in should be proficient at executing under pressure - that's what we haven't done and that's what we need to do in these two games. "We know we've got to win them and it's exciting to be part of." All-rounder Keith Barker is set to return after injury at Old Trafford, while former England batsman Jonathan Trott could make a comeback against Yorkshire following a back problem.

Summary: Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown admits he cannot explain why his side's white-ball cricket has been inconsistent this season.


Matthew Daley, 34, of Worthing, is being held on suspicion of murdering Don Lock, 79, and police have until midnight to charge or release him. Mr Lock died from stab wounds after a suspected road-rage confrontation near Findon, which Sussex Police described as an "unprovoked attack". On Saturday a knife was recovered and sent for tests. His family gave an emotional news conference on the same day to pay tribute to the man they described as "gentle, kind and loving". Mr Lock's son, Andrew, said the family had been "incredibly overwhelmed" by messages of support and they were "deeply grateful" to the people who had tried to treat Mr Lock at the side of the road. The great-grandfather had recently celebrated his 55th wedding anniversary with his wife Maureen and had also been given the all-clear from cancer. He was attacked after getting out of his car following a crash with another vehicle on the A24 on Thursday evening. Paramedics were called but he died at the scene. On Saturday Det Ch Insp Paul Rymarz said Mr Lock was the victim of a "violent, unprovoked attack that he had no chance to defend himself against". He described the investigation as a "fast moving operation" and renewed his appeal for anyone with further information to contact the police.

Summary: Detectives are continuing to question a man about a fatal stabbing after a car crash in West Sussex.


But the inquiry into the attack on the Pulse gay night club, in which 49 people were killed, is being treated as a terrorist investigation, he added. The FBI's director said the gunman was radicalised through the internet. Meanwhile Donald Trump said he would suspend immigration from certain areas of the world to the US. The presumptive Republican presidential candidate also renewed his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. The US authorities say gunman Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to IS shortly before the attack in Florida. However, the extent of any links to IS remains unclear. Speaking in Washington, Mr Obama said: "It does appear that at the last minute he [gunman Omar Mateen] announced allegiance to Isil [IS]. "But there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed. "This is certainly an example of the kind of home-grown extremism that all of us have been concerned about for a very long time." How attacks unfolded Who was Omar Mateen? Police deny false claims of 'multiple gunmen' Orlando shooting: Special report The deadliest mass shooting in recent US history ended when police shot Mateen dead. The attack also left 53 people injured. Orlando Regional Medical Centre said on Monday that a number of the victims being treated there remained critically ill, and five patients were in a grave condition. Responding to the Orlando shootings, Mr Trump reiterated his proposal to ban foreign Muslims from entering the US. "We cannot continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country, many of whom have the same thought process as this savage killer." Mr Trump said: "When I'm elected I will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies." He also spoke out against any move to increase gun controls, saying he would be "always defending" the Second Amendment which protects "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". 3.3 million AR-15s in the US in 2012 (estimated) 45 rounds per minute 26 people killed by AR-15 in Sandy Hook in 2012 0 days' wait needed to obtain one in Florida Meanwhile presumptive Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton promised to make stopping "lone wolf" attacks a top priority. Mrs Clinton called for action to stop militants getting hold of assault rifles, saying weapons of war had no place on America's streets. FBI Director James Comey told reporters in Washington that there were "strong indications of radicalisation and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organisations". "We're highly confident this killer was radicalised at least in some part through the internet," he said. In phone calls to the authorities from the nightclub, Mateen said he was carrying out the attack for IS but he also pledged allegiance to a suicide bomber for the al-Nusra Front group in Syria, and to the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing, none of whom is linked to IS. "We see no indication that this was a plot directed from outside the United States, and

Summary: There is no clear evidence that the Orlando gunman was directed by the so-called Islamic State group (IS), US President Barack Obama has said.


When Shatner asked if Cmdr Hadfield was tweeting from space, the astronaut replied: "Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life on the surface". The message presumably refers to earth. Cmdr Hadfield arrived at the International Space Station on 21 December for a five-month mission. The exchange, which astronaut Buzz Aldrin also participated in, delighted Star Trek fans. Space and science blogger Jason Major tweeted: "Looks like @WilliamShatner has opened a hailing frequency to the #ISS and @Cmdr-Hadfield answered! #cool", in reaction to the Twitter exchange. Cmdr Hadfield has been tweeting images of earth, including photographs of snow-covered rice fields in Japan and the coast of Italy. The Canadian Space Agency has offered to arrange a live tweeting session between the actor and the astronaut.

Summary: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has exchanged tweets from space with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek.


The 20-year-old joins on a four-and-a-half-year deal, and Benfica could receive £6m more if he is sold on. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said the deal for the Portugal international was completed despite rival interest from "numerous European clubs". Earlier in January, PSG signed 23-year-old Germany forward Julian Draxler from Wolfsburg for a reported 42m euros (£35.5m). Guedes said he hoped "to become as popular" as countryman Pauleta, the prolific striker who scored 109 goals for PSG between 2003 and 2008. French champions PSG are currently third in the Ligue 1 table, three points behind leaders Monaco. Guedes has played 68 times for Benfica, scoring 11 goals and providing 16 assists. He made his professional debut with the club's reserve team, who play in Portugal's second tier, at the age of 17. He has made two appearances for Portugal, but was not part of their Euro 2016-winning squad.

Summary: Paris St-Germain have signed Benfica winger Goncalo Guedes for £25.5m.


Pupils at Pingle School, Swadlincote, were asked to send naked images to the messaging site ooVoo. Derbyshire Police said it was "investigating the sharing of indecent images" via text message, social media, or tablet and phone apps. The force said it was unclear who made the requests. The school said warnings were sent to parents and other schools. Simon Waller, assistant head at the school, said: "It came to light after one of our mentors had seen a text message and was quite suspicious. "It started off quite low key but the more we dug, we uncovered quite a big problem. "We've got a really rigid e-safety programme. Clearly some of the messages aren't getting through, so we have got extra measures in place." He said police officers were coming in to deliver assemblies on online safety to all year groups. Pupils are aged from 11 to 18 years old. A Derbyshire Police spokesperson said the investigation was in an early stage and it was not yet known whether requests were sent by a lone online predator. Police have urged parents to be vigilant and monitor their child's online activity. A spokesman for ooVoo said the issue was a problem for the social media industry and the site aimed to provide users with a "safe and private experience". He said: "We take these issues very seriously and have a chief privacy officer who roots out and deletes any accounts which may place children or any ooVoo users at risk. "The reported behaviours are offensive, illegal and when identified as such will be immediately reported to the proper authorities."

Summary: Police are investigating after pupils at a Derbyshire school were encouraged to post explicit images online.


But did he get what he wanted? Here we look at the draft reform proposals drawn up by European Council President Donald Tusk at the start of February, the final text agreed on Friday and what Mr Cameron originally promised. What Cameron wanted: Allowing Britain to opt out from the EU's founding ambition to forge an "ever closer union" of the peoples of Europe so it will not be drawn into further political integration in a "formal, legally binding and irreversible way". Giving greater powers to national parliaments to block EU legislation. What the draft deal said: "The references to an ever closer union among the peoples are... compatible with different paths of integration being available for different member states and do not compel all member states to aim for a common destination. "It is recognised that the United Kingdom... is not committed to further political integration into the European Union. "Where reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of a draft union legislative act with the principle of subsidiarity, sent within 12 weeks from the transmission of that draft, represent more than 55% of the votes allocated to the national parliaments, the council presidency will include the item on the agenda of the council for a comprehensive discussion." What the final deal said: "It is recognised that the United Kingdom, in the light of the specific situation it has under the Treaties, is not committed to further political integration into the European Union. The substance of this will be incorporated into the Treaties at the time of their next revision in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaties and the respective constitutional requirements of the Member States, so as to make it clear that the references to ever closer union do not apply to the United Kingdom." Assessment: Mr Cameron has secured a commitment to exempt Britain from "ever closer union" to be written into the treaties. He has also negotiated the inclusion of a "red-card" mechanism, a new power. If 55% of national parliaments agree, they could effectively block or veto a commission proposal. The question is how likely is this "red card" system to be used. A much weaker "yellow card" was only used twice. The red-card mechanism depends crucially on building alliances. The sceptics say it does not come close to winning the UK back control of its own affairs - and Mr Cameron is set to announce further measures which he claims will put the sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament "beyond doubt". Some key areas also appear to be have been dropped along the way. There will be no repatriation of EU social and employment law, which was a 2010 manifesto commitment. There will be no changes to the working-hours directive. What Cameron wanted: The Conservative manifesto said: "We will insist that EU migrants who want to claim tax credits and child benefit must live here and contribute to our country for a minimum of four years." It also proposed a "new residency requirement for social housing, so that EU migrants cannot even be considered for a council

Summary: David Cameron is campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU after securing a deal he claims will give the country "special status" in the 28 nation bloc.


The injured man went to hospital Friday evening and is in a critical but stable condition following surgery, a force spokesman said. Officers said 15 minutes earlier police received "numerous calls" to Malvern Hill Road, Nechells, where the stabbing was believed to have happened. Two men aged 20 are being questioned on suspicion of violent disorder. Det Sgt Adam Hicklin said: "We know this was a targeted stabbing but at the moment we're not clear on the motive behind the attack."

Summary: A 19-year-old man was stabbed in the chest during a brawl involving up to 30 men in Birmingham, say police.


Staff at Inverness-based Lifescan Scotland were informed of the development by management on Tuesday. It comes after parent company Johnson and Johnson announced it was reviewing its strategic options. LifeScan makes products for the treatment of diabetes and currently employs 1,100 people in the Highland capital. The products include meters and software to let people self-monitor their blood glucose levels. Johnson and Johnson reported slower than expected sales to the financial markets on Tuesday and said they were looking to sell or find partners or other options for Lifescan. Last summer Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) invested Â£1.8m in Lifescan to support 600 existing jobs.

Summary: Up to 80 jobs are under threat at one of Scotland's largest life sciences companies.


Matthew Gordon said he never "cut corners" when it came to maintenance and spent more than Â£6,000 in a year on repairs to the truck. He told Bristol Crown Court if the lorry had been unsafe he "would have done something about it". Mr Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, denies 14 charges against him. Mr Gordon, the owner of Grittenham Haulage, is defending himself following the crash on Lansdown Lane on 9 February last year. Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in 2015. The lorry hit several pedestrians, including Mitzi, from Bath, and a car containing Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales. Driver Phillip Potter, 20, also of Dauntsey, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving. He is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Margaret Rogers - Mitzi's grandmother - by dangerous driving. He denies a total of 10 charges against him. Peter Wood, 55, from Brinkworth, Wiltshire, a mechanic who carried out safety checks on the truck, denies four charges against him. The trial continues.

Summary: The owner of a lorry that crashed on a steep hill in Bath killing four people has told a jury he did not think the vehicle was unsafe that day.


16 May 2016 Last updated at 08:42 BST Merafield Bridge in Plympton was detonated overnight on Saturday, as part of a Â£6.4m project to replace the structure. The bridge, built in 1969, was damaged by alkali silica reaction, more commonly known as "concrete cancer". Video: Highways England

Summary: Footage has been released showing the demolition of a bridge over the A38 in Devon.


A single parrot bone was discovered in the Baikal region and dates to between 16 and 18 million years ago. It suggests that the birds, which today mainly inhabit tropical and sub-tropical regions, may once have been widespread in Eurasia. It is also the first time a fossil parrot has been found in Asia. The research is published in the journal Biology Letters. The study's author Dr Nikita Zelenkov, from the Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, said he was surprised by the discovery. "No-one before has ever found evidence of their presence in Siberia," he said. The researchers discovered the ancient parrot's remains at Tagay Bay in the east of Siberia. "We were excavating all kinds of animals there, and mostly they were rodents, rhinos, cats, hippos and others," said Dr Zelenkov. "But this locality is also interesting because it preserves a rich community of fossil birds. But no exotic birds have been found there before." Dr Zelenkov discovered part of a bone called a tarsometatarsus, which is found in the lower leg of birds. After comparing it with other species, he discovered that it belonged to a small parrot. "Unfortunately, this find is not good enough to reconstruct the appearance or lifestyle of this parrot, but we can see that it was rather similar to modern ones. So it was likely a very modern-looking small bird, around the size of a budgerigar." It shares features with another earlier fossil parrot bone in Germany, reported in a study published in 2010, belonging to a species called Mogontiacopsitta miocaena. Migration routes Commenting on the research, Dr David Waterhouse, senior curator of natural history at Norfolk Museums Service, said: "What's interesting about this is how far north the bird is and how far east it is." However, he said it was not completely unexpected to find a parrot in Siberia. "Even though today we associate parrots with tropical and sub-tropical environments, you can get parrots in the Himalayas," he said. "So they can deal with those climates - and during the Miocene period it was even warmer than it is now. So when you put it together it is not surprising." He added that the discovery could change our understanding of how early parrots spread around the world and moved into the Americas. Previous theories suggested they may have flown from Africa into the Americas, but this find suggests another route. "This paper suggests - and it is only a suggestion but it is an interesting one - that we have parrots in Asia and the easiest possible route from Asia to North America is across what's now the Bering Strait, across from Russia into Canada and Alaska," said Dr Waterhouse. He added: "They've found something that even if it doesn't give us all the answers, it does raise more questions and starts us thinking about new hypotheses - and that's the kind of science that I like." Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @BBCMorelle

Summary: A parrot fossil has been unearthed in Siberia - the furthest north one of these birds has ever been found, a study reports.


Free-to-use cash machines, banks on wheels and the use of local Post Office branches could all be solutions. The move expands a former voluntary agreement to assist vulnerable customers when towns and villages become bank-free. But there will be no punishment if banks fail to provide alternatives. Banks, the government and consumer groups have signed up to the new protocol, which will be reviewed independently in a year. Business Secretary Vince Cable said that banks had a duty to ensure that vulnerable customers, small businesses and those in rural communities should have access to counter services to conduct their financial affairs. However, many residents of towns and villages have found that they have to travel to the nearest major conurbation in order to get to a bank branch. Banks should now consider the proximity of alternative branches before a closure - although proximity can be very different, depending on the mobility of customers, ranging from young car drivers to older people reliant on public transport. The age profile of the branch's customers will be part of the review. Individual banking institutions should come to arrangements with the Post Office to allow counter services for current account customers, the government has said. A system that allows customers to compare the suitability of current accounts from different banks is also being unveiled. Comparison website Gocompare.com will run a government-backed system that allows customers of five banks to download their last 12 months of statements to judge whether they could get a better deal elsewhere. "The initiative will allow people to compare accounts based on their needs and could help them save money if they switch," said Richard Lloyd, executive director at consumer group Which?. "However, it will only be a success if the banks play their part in making people aware of the service and the benefits of switching, and if it is rolled out across all current account providers." Initially, it will only be available to customers of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Santander. Only 6% of current account customers switched provider in 2014, despite the system becoming quicker and easier.

Summary: Banks must investigate alternative arrangements for customers before closing the last bank in town, under a new agreement.


The depth of mistrust between the two was highlighted in the interview given by Hank Paulson, the former US treasury secretary, for my recent BBC Two documentary, How China Fooled The World. The excerpts I am about to quote never made it into the film, because they weren't relevant to it. But they give a fascinating understanding of the complex relationship between Washington and Moscow. Mr Paulson was talking about the financial crisis of the autumn of 2008, and in particular the devastation being wreaked on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two huge underwriters of American mortgages - huge financial institutions that had a funny status at the time of being seen by investors to be the liability of the US government, which in legal reality were not exactly that. Here is Mr Paulson on the unfolding drama: "When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac started to become unglued, and you know there were $5.4tn of securities relating to Fannie and Freddie, $1.7tn outside of the US. The Chinese were the biggest external investor holding Fannie and Freddie securities, so the Chinese were very, very concerned." Or to put it another way, the Chinese government owned $1.7tn of mortgage-backed bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it was deeply concerned it would incur huge losses on these bonds. Mr Paulson: "I was talking to them [Chinese ministers and officials] regularly because I didn't want them to dump the securities on the market and precipitate a bigger crisis. "And so when I went to Congress and asked for these emergency powers [to stabilise Fannie and Freddie], and I was getting the living daylights beaten out of me by our Congress publicly, I needed to call the Chinese regularly to explain to the Central Bank, 'listen this is our political system, this is political theatre, we will get this done'. And I didn't have quite that much certainty myself but I sure did everything I could to reassure them." In other words, China had lent so much to the US that Mr Paulson needed to do his best to persuade its government and central bank that China's investment in all this US debt would not be impaired. Now this is where we enter the territory of a geopolitical thriller. Mr Paulson: "Here I'm not going to name the senior person, but I was meeting with someoneâ€¦ This person told me that the Chinese had received a message from the Russians which was, 'Hey let's join together and sell Fannie and Freddie securities on the market.' The Chinese weren't going to do that but again, it just, it just drove home to me how vulnerable I felt until we had put Fannie and Freddie into conservatorship [the rescue plan for them, that was eventually put in place]." For me this is pretty jaw-dropping stuff - the Chinese told Hank Paulson that the Russians were suggesting a joint pact with China to drive down the price of the debt of Fannie and Freddie, and maximize the turmoil on Wall Street - presumably with a

Summary: There is a cynicism in the relationship between Russia and the US, being played out in the Crimean crisis, which is deep, rooted in history and shows that the triumph of capitalism over communism wasn't the end of the power game between these two nations.


The star, whose third album 25 was the biggest-seller of 2015, was overlooked by the awards, which are voted for by her fellow composers and songwriters. Instead, Ed Sheeran, Jess Glynne and James Bay made the shortlist. And, following the row over diversity at the Brits, Roots Manuva and Skepta were listed for best contemporary song. Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, who has hosted the ceremony since 1987, says grime and UK hip-hop had been recognised because of the way the awards were set up. "This is what the Ivor judges do - they do deep listening, so the type of song that may not make it to The Brits has a chance here," he told the BBC. The full list of nominees is as follows: Best song musically and lyrically Best contemporary song Most performed work Best album Best film score Best television soundtrack The Ivor Novellos are highly prized by musicians because they are voted for by their peers. "It's really nice that it's celebrating the graft," said Jack Patterson, from dance act Clean Bandit, who is nominated this year for co-writing Jess Glynne's number one hit Hold My Hand. "It's about the stuff that you don't see - [working] in these grotty rooms for hours and hours with scraps of paper and gigabytes of discarded voice notes." "Music awards are funny things - but these ones seem to be actually controlled by writers and the writing community," added The Villagers' Conor O'Brien, nominated for best album. "Which feels good because writing can be a strange, solitary existence. So it can be nice to peek your head above the parapet and say 'hello.'" Although Adele did not receive a nomination at the awards' launch, she could still pick up a prize when the ceremony takes place on 19 May in London, as there are special awards for "outstanding song collection" and "songwriter of the year", decided by a panel from the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors. The singer won the latter prize in 2011, in recognition of her breakthrough album, 21, while Rolling In The Deep won most performed work (recognising the song broadcast the most often on UK radio) at the same ceremony. "All this means is that she was not nominated in the five categories in which there were judges," said Gambaccini. "It does not mean that she hasn't won anything that was in the gift of the academy."

Summary: Adele has failed to win any nominations at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, which recognise achievement in songwriting.


In a video published on 2 September, which has been confirmed as authentic by the US authorities, Mr Sotloff was shown dressed in an orange smock, his hands tied behind his back, kneeling in front of a masked figure holding a knife. He was then beheaded. IS had threatened to kill Mr Sotloff at the end of a video released last month showing fellow American journalist James Foley being murdered. US President Barack Obama denounced Mr Sotloff's murder as "a horrific act of violence" and insisted that the he would not be intimidated by IS. "Whatever these murderers think they will achieve by killing innocent Americans like Steven, they have already failed," he said. Mr Sotloff, 31, was abducted in northern Syria a year ago. He is thought to have been kidnapped near the city of Aleppo, and to have been held in the IS stronghold of Raqqa. Reports suggest his family initially did not publicly confirm his abduction because of official advice that no publicity would improve his chances of release. The freelance journalist wrote for several publications, including Time magazine, Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor and World Affairs Journal. He reported from countries including Egypt, Libya and Syria. On his Twitter account, which has been inactive since 3 August 2013, Mr Sotloff described himself as a "stand-up philosopher from Miami". He tweeted about current affairs in Syria, Libya, Egypt and Turkey - but also about his love for the Miami Heat basketball team. Mr Sotloff was Jewish and held dual US-Israeli citizenship. His mother Shirley is the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and he attended a Jewish school in Miami. He later studied journalism at the University of Central Florida, where he also wrote for the student magazine. Mr Sotloff developed a profound interest in and affection for the Middle East and its culture, travelling to Yemen to study Arabic. According to an unnamed former hostage, Mr Sotloff hid his Jewish identity from his captors and even managed to fast on the Day of Atonement - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Speaking to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronot, the unnamed former hostage said that Mr Sotloff "...told [his captors] that he was sick and didn't want to eat, even though they served us eggs that day". Laura Kasinof of the New York Times tweeted: "Sotloff was brave and loved the Middle East and its people. Always hung out with Yemenis more than foreigners." His friend Emerson Lotzia told the student magazine that journalism was "what he loved to do". "Steve said it was scary over there. It was dangerous. It wasn't safe to be over there. He knew it. He kept going back," he said. His articles also revealed his determination to report from the field, despite the potential risks. In a 2013 report from Egypt, Mr Sotloff described his visit to a Muslim Brotherhood protest camp, despite his Egyptian friend's warning that he would be in danger there. "After an hour of fruitless conversation over endless glasses of sweet tea, I rose, shook Ahmad's hand, and headed

Summary: Steven Sotloff is the second American journalist the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has killed.


Media playback is not supported on this device Goals from Liam Polworth and Ross Draper in the space of five minutes put Caley 2-0 ahead at half-time. A fabulous Miles Storey volley early in the second half sealed a first win in eight games and lifted Thistle to within four points of County in sixth. County, who were due to parade the League Cup around Dingwall afterwards, spurned a handful of chances. It was a horrible end to a fabulous week for the hosts, who had recovered from their Hampden heroics to salvage a point at St Johnstone on Wednesday. Media playback is not supported on this device But this proved a match too far after a hectic recent schedule in front of a crowd of just under 6,000. Alex Schalk, who scored the winner against Hibs at Hampden, nearly gave Ross the perfect start, but his diving header from Richard Foster's cross was well saved by Owain Fon Williams. Andrew Davies, who directed a header wide, Jackson Irvine - flicking the ball past Fon Williams but clipping the outside of the post - and Liam Boyce with a header all missed further chances for County. Storey and Carl Tremarco, with a thunderous volley that cracked off the bar, might have scored for Caley before they broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute. Marcus Fraser lost possession with County lacking numbers at the back and Storey broke away, found Polworth on the edge of the box and he confidently picked his spot across Woods. They swiftly doubled their lead when Draper capitalised on space in the area and coolly slotted past the onrushing Woods. Thistle have struggled for goals of late, but three minutes after the resumption, Storey fired a stunning dipping volley past Woods from the edge of the area to send the visiting fans wild. Caley were then able to try and pick off their hosts and Josh Meekings came close to connecting at the back post. Polworth also clipped the bar from distance as a well-executed tactical plan brought a comfortable win.

Summary: A clinical Inverness Caley Thistle spoiled Ross County's celebrations with a fifth straight derby win at Dingwall.


The staff at Brickkiln Waste Limited on Heather Road were told on Friday that the company was going into administration. It is understood Brickkiln has been involved in a dispute with Derry City and Strabane District Council over payment for contracts. Brickkiln recently had its licence temporarily suspended by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. This was because of breaches at its waste site in Maydown. In a statement, Derry City and Strabane District Council said that following the Northern Ireland Environment Agency's (NIEA) suspension of the company's waste acceptance services on 10 July, it had been working closely with Brickkiln, the NIEA and other councils to "assist in resolving ongoing waste processing issues". "Prior to this cessation of service, council was forced to suspend payment to the company as Brickkiln had failed to fulfil contractual obligations as set down in contract specification," the statement added. "Where invoices have been received by council demonstrating that the company has met their agreed terms, these invoices have been paid in full. "Council is legally obliged to adhere to all legislation in terms of the appropriate management of waste and is committed to working with the company, the NIEA, and other councils to resolve the matter." Earlier this month, 10 appliances and almost 50 firefighters were involved in tackling a fire at the Heather Road site.

Summary: Fifty workers at a Londonderry waste firm have lost their jobs.


The 31-year-old South Africa international was found guilty of tip-tackling scrum-half Charlie Mulchrone in the first half of his side's win over Harlequins last Saturday. The Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel said they were "satisfied" that the initial decision was correct. He will be able to make his first-team return against Saracens on 26 March.

Summary: Bath flanker Francois Louw will serve a two-week ban after his appeal against the decision was dismissed.


Luther Burrell replaces Farrell at inside centre, while Marland Yarde is picked on the wing ahead of Jack Nowell, who is named as a replacement. Ex-captain Chris Robshaw is back on the blind-side after missing the Wales win. Coach Eddie Jones has opted to start with the same pack which began the final Six Nations game against France. England secured the Grand Slam with a 31-21 victory in Paris, but they have never won a Test series in Australia, winning just three of 17 Tests down under. "It's important we get off to a positive start and we'll arrive ready to play physical and aggressive rugby," said Jones. "We have a young squad with an average age of 24, so we are still developing and improving. It'll be a great challenge for us." Captain Dylan Hartley was more bullish, however. "If we don't expect to win, I don't see the point in even boarding the plane," the 30-year-old told BBC Sport. "We expect to win, we believe we can win, we are here to win." England fly-half Ford, 23, missed six out of seven kicks at goal during the 27-13 warm-up victory over Wales. That performance, combined with Farrell's brilliant form for title-winning Saracens, seems to have influenced the coach's decision. There had been suggestions Maro Itoje might move from lock to blind-side flanker in place of Robshaw, who missed the Wales game to attend his brother's wedding, with Joe Launchbury coming into the second row. Media playback is not supported on this device However, Wasps lock Launchbury - man of the match against Wales - has to settle for a place on the bench alongside Northampton second row Courtney Lawes. Alex Goode, the newly-crowned Aviva Premiership player of the season, has been left out of the 23, while full-back Mike Brown is poised to win his 50th cap. Australia have named three debutants - centre Samu Kerevi, lock Rory Arnold and winger Dane Haylett-Petty - as they bulk up their side. BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter Chris Jones: Jones has long-spoken about the first Test as a physical battle - and the selection of Burrell in the midfield certainly supports that view. With Jones keen for a ball carrier at number 12, Ford was always likely to be the one to make way, especially with Farrell in the form of his career. Nowell's relegation to the bench is a shock, though. Jones says the Exeter man is "not quite sharp" while Yarde is "in a purple patch". With two locks on the bench - Launchbury and Lawes - Itoje is likely to move to the flank in the second half. It may be a three-Test series, but the message from the England camp here in Brisbane is that Saturday's game is a "must-win". England: 15. Mike Brown; 14. Anthony Watson, 13. Jonathan Joseph, 12. Luther Burrell, 11. Marland Yarde; 10. Owen Farrell, 9. Ben Youngs; 1. Mako Vunipola, 2. Dylan Hartley, 3. Dan Cole, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. George Kruis, 6. Chris Robshaw, 7. James Haskell, 8. Billy Vunipola. Replacements:

Summary: Owen Farrell will start at fly-half for England in Saturday's first Test against Australia in Brisbane with George Ford dropping to the bench.


The Department for International Development (DfID) said last month the secretariat in London was "under performing" and needed "urgent reform". Senior diplomatic and political sources - speaking to the BBC off the record - have accused the secretary-general, Lady Scotland, of "poor leadership". But her spokesman said she had backing from all 52 Commonwealth countries that had elected her. He added that the Labour peer had also launched a programme to modernise the Commonwealth Secretariat. Tim Hitchens, a senior Foreign Office official and former ambassador to Japan, has been put in charge of a team preparing for the Commonwealth summit in London next year. Mr Hitchens, a former assistant private secretary to the Queen, will be based in the Cabinet Office and will report directly to the prime minister. Sir Simon Gass, a very senior official who retired from the Foreign Office last year, has been made acting chief operating officer at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was appointed at the suggestion of the Foreign Office which is funding his salary. He is working directly with Lady Scotland at the secretariat's headquarters at Marlborough House in London. The appointments are being seen in Whitehall as an attempt by the government to shore up a troubled organisation at a crucial time. Ministers are keen to ensure that a meeting of Commonwealth trade ministers in London in March is a success and shows how Britain after Brexit can do more trade with countries outside the European Union. They also want to guarantee that the secretariat is capable of organising the heads of government summit next year that will be hosted by the Queen, who is head of the Commonwealth. Senior ministers will meet next week to discuss the agenda for the summit for the first time. Last week, Theresa May spoke of the "unique and proud global relationships" the UK has through the Commonwealth. The secretariat helps run the group of 52 mostly former British colonies that make up the Commonwealth and that are home to some 2.3 billion people, more than a quarter of the world's population. In a highly critical report in December, DfID threatened to withdraw its funding from the organisation unless it improved its performance. "The Commonwealth Secretariat continues to under perform," the multilateral aid review concluded. "Improvement is essential if DfID is to continue to fund the organisation's Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation." This is worth about Â£20m per year. The report added that the secretariat needed particularly to focus on improving "transparency, results measurement, human resource management, risk management, financial management, and budget discipline". The secretariat said the review related to the period before Lady Scotland took up the post of secretary-general last April. Since then, the peer - who was attorney general in Gordon Brown's government - has faced much criticism. She has been accused of financial extravagance over the refurbishment of her official residence and attacked for appointing political allies to key posts in the secretariat. She has always denied the accusations of wasteful spending and insisted no procurement rules were broken. Her allies have also claimed

Summary: The government has drafted in senior officials to support the Commonwealth amid concerns over the way it is being run, the BBC has learned.


The research used a miniscule gene transport system to deliver a poison directly into cancerous cells. It is hoped the new technique could overcome the side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Using a Designer Biomimetic Vector (DBV), Dr Helen McCarthy, from Queen's School of Pharmacy, packaged a gene into a nanoparticle 400 times smaller than the width of a human hair, allowing it to be delivered straight into breast cancer cells in the laboratory. This meant that gene (iNOS), which specifically targets breast cancer cells using DBV, would force the cells to produce poisonous nitric oxide. This would either kill the cells outright or make them more vulnerable to being destroyed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Improve As this approach leaves normal healthy breast cells unaffected, this would overcome many of the toxic side effects of current treatments. Further investigation is needed but the technique could be trialled in patients in as little as five years. Dr McCarthy's next step is to turn the nanoparticles into a dried powder that could be easily transported and reconstituted before being given to patients. Dr McCarthy said: "A major stumbling block to using gene therapy in the past has been the lack of an effective delivery system. "Combining the DBV with the iNOS gene has proved successful in killing breast cancer cells in the laboratory. "In the long term, I see this being used to treat people with metastatic breast cancer that has spread to the bones." Dr McCarthy, said patients would receive the targeted treatment 24-hours ahead of chemotherapy. "The treatment would kill the breast cancer cells as well as improving the radiation or chemotherapy," she said.

Summary: Scientists at Queen's University in Belfast have discovered a new way of causing breast cancer cells to self destruct.


A witness said the victim, named locally as Aqib Mazhar, was stabbed in the back after being targeted by a gang armed with bricks and poles. The victim, who was in his 20s, was attacked in Russell Road, Forest Fields, on Wednesday evening. Nottinghamshire Police said he died in hospital and have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. The Jamia Masjid Sultania mosque in Sneinton wrote in a tribute on its Facebook page: "Our prayers go out to Aqib Mazhar from Forest Fields who passed away last night after being attacked on Russell Road with a knife. "May Allah swt make it easy on his family during this difficult time." The witness said there were several young men in three cars, which all stopped in the street. "They were throwing bricks, they had poles," she said. She dialled 999 at about 20:35 BST and went to try to help. "As I turned him onto his side all the blood just [went] all over the pavement," she said. A 23-year-old man was arrested late Thursday afternoon. A 21-year-old man was also arrested later that day and an 18-year-old was arrested on Friday morning. Police said more than 80 officers were involved in the murder investigation.

Summary: Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was fatally stabbed in a Nottingham street.


The Football Association's independent regulatory commission partially upheld an appeal lodged by Chelsea on Tuesday. Matic, 26, was sent off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Burnley after reacting to a high tackle from Ashley Barnes. In a statement, Chelsea said they were "extremely disappointed and frustrated" that Matic must still serve a ban. Matic will miss the League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley and next week's league match at West Ham United, on Wednesday 4 March. A statement on Chelsea's website, published under the headline 'Chelsea FC appalled with the FA's decision on Matic', said the board was unhappy that the commission decided against reducing the ban by the "maximum extent permitted under FA rules". The commission could have reduced the ban to one game, but could not overturn the red card. The Chelsea statement added: "There has been universal condemnation of the reckless challenge made by Ashley Barnes on Matic and it is the club's view that he has been unjustly punished with a two-match ban for his reaction to a career-threatening tackle." The Serbia midfielder pushed Barnes to the ground after the Clarets forward caught him on the shin. Blues boss Jose Mourinho defended Matic's reaction and described the tackle from Barnes as "criminal", while Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer said the challenge was "horrific" and "dangerous". However, Burnley manager Sean Dyche said that while slow-motion replays made the incident look "ugly", the challenge was merely a "coming together at an unusual angle". Roger Burden, chairman of the FA's regulatory commission, said the panel had "rejected the mitigation advanced by Nemanja Matic in respect of the provocation and tackle he received which led to his act of violent conduct". He added: "The violent response of Mr Matic to the nature of the tackle cannot be condoned and does not vindicate his subsequent actions. "The members of the commission did, however, accept the mitigation in respect of the level of force used by Mr Matic and the nature of the contact he made with Mr Barnes." Chelsea's statement added that they would await the FA's written reasons before commenting further, and said "referees and the football authorities must do more to protect players at all levels of the game from dangerous challenges".

Summary: Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic's violent conduct ban has been reduced from three games to two, but he will still miss Sunday's League Cup final.


24 July 2017 Last updated at 14:56 BST He's been racing sharks... Yes, you read that right. Michael Phelps had a special shark suit to help him compete against the ocean predator. And don't worry - he actually wasn't in the water with them, it was done with special effects. Watch this to see who was the fastest... Pictures courtesy of Discovery

Summary: Olympic superhero Michael Phelps is one of the fastest swimmers on Earth, but he's been taking up a pretty weird challenge.


The Shire belied their status as basement battlers and kept Jim Chapman's men at bay in the first half. Ryan McStay cleared Ross Fisher's header off the line, while Thomas Orr got on the end of a pinpoint cross, but headed just over the bar. Despite Shire's bright start to the second half, Annan led when Todd flicked home Ben Jago's long shot.

Summary: Annan Athletic had to work hard for a gritty 1-0 win at East Stirlingshire with Josh Todd bagging the only goal.


Adam Morgan finished off a searing counter-attack to punish the hosts after 28 minutes, scoring only their second league goal in five games. Moors had a golden opportunity to equalise moments after the break but Oladapo Afolayan's penalty was well saved by Sam Johnson after Matty Brown was adjudged to have fouled the striker in the box. The defeat sees Solihull sink to the bottom of the fledgling National League table, having only picked up one point from their first four games. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Solihull Moors 0, FC Halifax Town 1. Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, FC Halifax Town 1. Jordan Cullinane-Liburd (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Solihull Moors. Jack Edwards replaces Luke Benbow. Substitution, Solihull Moors. Paul Green replaces Shepherd Murombedzi. Scott McManus (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card. Kristian Green (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card. Luke Benbow (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Bohan Dixon replaces Adam Morgan. Substitution, Solihull Moors. Luke Benbow replaces Tristan Dunkley. Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Dion Charles replaces Josh MacDonald. Second Half begins Solihull Moors 0, FC Halifax Town 1. First Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, FC Halifax Town 1. Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Scott McManus replaces Martin Riley. Tristan Dunkley (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card. Goal! Solihull Moors 0, FC Halifax Town 1. Adam Morgan (FC Halifax Town). Shepherd Murombedzi (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: FC Halifax claimed their first win of the season by beating Solihull.


The Change Britain campaign is being led by Mr Johnson's former Vote Leave colleague, Labour's Gisela Stuart. The group's main aim is to ensure that PM Theresa May's delivers on her promise that "Brexit means Brexit". Mr Johnson said the group would make sure that the UK gained control over "laws, borders, money and trade". His comments came as former cabinet minister John Whittingdale urged Mrs May to speed up the formal process of breaking away from Brussels, rather than waiting until next year to trigger Article 50 - after which both the UK and EU will have two years to negotiate the terms of the split, with any extension having to be agreed by all 28 EU members. In a recorded a video message, in which he declared his support for the campaign, Mr Johnson said: "On June 23 the people of this country voted to leave the European Union and they voted for change. "They did so by a clear majority. But there were many people who also voted for Remain. "So it's absolutely vital that we work together, Leavers and Remainers, as we seize the opportunities that this country now has to forge a positive and exciting new relationship, not just with the European Union, but also with the rest of the world; changing Britain and making it global again. "Now more than ever we need to show the British people that, as politicians, we are listening to what they have to say. "Brexit means Brexit and that means delivering on their instructions and restoring UK control over our laws, borders, money and trade." Ms Stuart said the EU referendum meant the country would undergo "the biggest change in 40 years in our diplomatic, trade and economic relationships". "It also creates a unique opportunity to review our democratic and constitutional arrangements," she said. "The referendum also marked a more profound political change than a change of occupancy in Downing Street. It has forced us to acknowledge that people in large sections of the UK have lost faith in political parties and the Westminster elite. "While millions in this country enjoy unprecedented prosperity and freedoms, many millions more feel despair at their sense of exclusion and diminishing prospects." Meanwhile, Mr Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, urged Mrs May to push ahead with triggering Article 50, which begins the formal two-year process of leaving the EU. "Article 50 is the beginning of the process rather than the end," he told the Daily Telegraph. "We do need to get the formal process under way. I don't say that it has to happen tomorrow but I would like it to happen pretty soon, and by that I mean weeks, not months." And Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith said he would consider applying to rejoin the EU if he became prime minister after UK had already left.

Summary: Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has thrown his support behind a new cross-party campaign aimed at ensuring the UK leaves the European Union.


Between 13 and 15 tonnes spilled into the sea from the Brent Bravo, 116 miles north east of Lerwick, in May 2013. Senior management from Shell were at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where the company admitted the release of fuel. Sheriff Kenneth Stewart fined the company Â£6,650, reduced from the maximum possible due to the early stage of the guilty plea. A Shell UK spokeswoman said: "We regret that the release occurred - no spill is acceptable. "We have since carried out a thorough investigation into the incident and have shared the lessons learned across the business."

Summary: Oil giant Shell has been fined thousands of pounds after a diesel leak on board a North Sea platform.


It's in a church hall and you can put 50p in a Tupperware box for a cup of tea and a biscuit, then sit on the sort of chairs they always have in church halls and judge how the candidates behind the trestle tables measure up. The town, the oldest recorded in Britain, is a dot of Lib Dem yellow in a sea of Conservative blue. The Lib Dems had a majority of just over 6,000 in 2010. The well-liked Lib Dem MP, Sir Bob Russell, has been here since 1997, and was a councillor for 20 years before that - a local fixture. Before that it was always Conservative, and it is the sort of seat the Conservatives have to win to have a chance of forming a majority government. In the hall, the very traditional format allows voters to ask a very contemporary question, central to this election and to the Lib Dem fortunes: can voters accept their makeover in the last five years, from party of protest to party of power? One man in the front row, with a long white beard, asks how any politicians can be trusted - it is not just tuition fees he says, there is also the bedroom tax. He tells me he voted Lib Dem last time because they weren't Labour or Conservative, but now they have blown it and he is very disillusioned. Another lady who tells me she is gravely disappointed, later turns out to be a leading light in the local Green party. She always voted for them in local elections, but for Lib Dems in General Elections - a tactical vote aimed at keeping the Tories out. But after the coalition deal she decided there was no point in doing that again, and so has joined the party of her real choice. Now, random interviews with the public are not scientific. Sir Bob is clearly very popular and there are lots of people who will vote for him on his local record. There are people who will vote for him to keep the other lot out. And there are people who think that going into coalition was the right thing to do, and it has been a success. But let's face it: for years the Lib Dems were a leftish opposition party - picking up votes from people fed up with the Iraq War and Tony Blair and then Gordon Brown. So for Nick Clegg, power has been a bargain with loss. Just as Prince Hal assuming the throne decisively disowned the irresponsible companions of youthful indiscretion - Falstaff and the rest - so Nick Clegg had to make sacrifices. Unfortunately for him, his choices meant abandoning not a fat old man - but many voters who didn't feel in sympathy with the new nostrums of a party of government. It is hard to win back their sympathies. But losing votes is not the same as losing power. Although there is rightly a lot of focus on the SNP it is still more likely that the Lib Dems would

Summary: The hustings in Colchester has a comfortably old fashioned feel to it.


In its Cost of a Child in 2017 report, the charity says the cost of raising a child to the age of 18 for a two-parent family, excluding housing, childcare and council tax has risen to Â£75,436. A couple earning the National Living Wage falls 13% short of that, it said. Costs are up 4% compared with 2016. The figures for 2017 reflect rising prices - especially of public and private transport - but it is cuts to some welfare benefits and the failure to up-rate others that is causing the pinch to be so severe for low income families, the report says. "For the first time in post-war history, these cost increases are not being matched by increases in support given to families from the state," said report author Donald Hirsch, Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. He predicted the problem would become steadily worse. Two parents earning the National Living Wage of Â£7.50 an hour would fall 13% short of the income needed to provide a child with a "no-frills living standard", says the CPAG. The total includes food, clothing, heating as well as buying birthday presents and a week's self-catering holiday in the UK the charity said. A lone parent working full-time on the National Living Wage would fall short by 18%, according to the report. "Families unable to cover their costs on benefits must either undergo serious hardship, fall back on the help of their families or go into debt," the report concludes. Child benefit and child tax credit rates have not increased since 2015 and other cuts to welfare, including the benefit cap and the limiting of child tax credit entitlement to two children per family, are affecting the income of some families. The CPAG provides an annual assessment of the cost of raising a child based on the "minimum income standard" or a very basic level of provision. This is determined through in-depth discussions with members of the public, asking them what it is essential for a child to have. However the charity says that "years of austerity have reduced public expectations of what constitutes essential spending."

Summary: Higher inflation and a freeze on state benefits mean low-income parents cannot meet the basic costs of raising a child, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.


Richard O'Dwyer travelled to the US voluntarily after spending more than two years challenging whether he should be extradited to face charges. The US authorities claimed the 24-year-old's TVShack website hosted links to pirated films and TV programmes. Mr O'Dwyer, from Sheffield, is expected to return to the UK later. He signed a deferred prosecution agreement, in which he said he would not break any US laws. If he complies with the agreement, the case will be dropped. Mr O'Dwyer attended the New York Southern District federal court with his mother, girlfriend and UK and US lawyers. After the court appearance, he told the BBC: "I'm happy it's finally over. I still maintain I never thought I was committing a crime. "I'm glad the US has decided to drop the case. It's a pity the UK wasn't able to resolve this." He added: "I'm looking forward to getting back to university and see all my friends." Mr O'Dwyer's barrister Ben Cooper said in a statement: "So far as we know this is a first in extradition cases - and a sensible solution for UK defendants faced with an ever-growing extra-territorial reach of US prosecutions." Mr O'Dwyer's mother Julia, who campaigned tirelessly to stop her son being extradited, said: "We are very pleased and relieved to have been able to resolve this matter. "We would like to thank the prosecutors who have been willing to engage in dialogue and recognise that this conduct did not merit the extradition, incarceration and criminalisation of my son. "This matter could have been dealt with over two years ago without the threat of extradition, which in my view is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Earlier this year Home Secretary Theresa May approved Mr O'Dwyer's extradition, which he appealed against. On 28 November a deal was struck at the High Court in London to avoid him being extradited and led to him signing the three-page deferred prosecution agreement. The Sheffield Hallam university student could have faced jail if convicted of the allegations, which were brought following a crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The agency claimed the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010. Mr O'Dwyer's extradition application from earlier this year is expected to return to the High Court so it can formally be disposed of. A spokesperson for Mr O'Dwyer said the £20,000 he has been ordered to pay will be used to repay victims whose copyrights were infringed by TVShack. Mr O'Dwyer will have no criminal record and will not be subjected to any travel restrictions as a result of the court case.

Summary: A student ordered to pay £20,000 by a New York judge after US authorities said he broke copyright laws says he is "happy it's finally over".


A number of houses were evacuated after the device was discovered on Ainsworth Avenue off the Shankill Road. The security alert has now ended. Police have appealed for information about the incident. Democratic Unionist Party MLA William Humphrey said those behind the device had been "utterly reckless". "This criminal act of madness will be condemned by all right-thinking people," he added.

Summary: Police have said a suspicious object found in west Belfast was a "crude but viable" bomb.


14 July 2016 Last updated at 08:26 BST Deep underground the biggest building project in Europe is taking place, to make a brand new underground railway line. The project to build this new trainline for London started in 2009, with lots of digging. Builders even unearthed skeletons dating back to Roman times, roman coins and roads, a tudor mansion, and a plague pit. Seven new stations are expected to open in 2018, with 200 million passengers set to use the new line every year. CBBC's super scientific reporter Fran Scott has gone 'under' the scenes to find out what goes into this massive build.

Summary: Something BIG is happening beneath the streets of London.


In his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Mr Cameron promised to open these religious schools to inspection. He said there was no problem with children learning about their faith in supplementary schools, but minds must be broadened, not "filled with poison". The Muslim Council of Britain said it had concerns about the plans. Speaking in Manchester, Mr Cameron told delegates: "Did you know, in our country, there are some children who spend several hours each day at a madrassa? "Let me be clear: there is nothing wrong with children learning about their faith, whether it's at madrassas, Sunday schools or Jewish yeshivas. "But in some madrassas, we've got children being taught that they shouldn't mix with people of other religions; being beaten; swallowing conspiracy theories about Jewish people. "These children should be having their minds opened, their horizons broadened, not having their heads filled with poison and their hearts filled with hate. "So I can announce this today: if an institution is teaching children intensively, then whatever its religion, we will, like any other school, make it register so it can be inspected. "And be in no doubt: if you are teaching intolerance, we will shut you down." It's only a year since plans for a voluntary code of conduct for madrassas were shelved by the Department for Education. Now, the government is going considerably further, with plans to consult then legislate to require supplementary religious schools to register and face what is being described as a "light touch" inspection regime. While any law would be broadly framed to include all religions, the thresholds of numbers of children and hours per week are likely to be set at a level that would exclude conventional Sunday schools as well as home education. This is about what is being described privately as the "hard edge" of some religious instruction that crosses firmly into the territory of inciting hatred or intolerance. There will be no tolerance of corporal punishment, but no prescription of what or how religious beliefs can be taught. Of course, the reality of trying to define that in law will prove complex and highly contentious. Ofsted may be less than keen to take on the additional role of trying to enforce sanctions, which could include plans to change through to closure. The prime minister said extremist religious supplementary schools were part of a wider problem of segregation within some communities, adding extreme madrassas "incubate these divisions". In a statement, the Muslim Council of Britain said: "We are concerned at the Prime Minister's targeting of the supplementary schools. "It is neither Islamic, nor prevalent in madrassas to be isolationist or to preach hate of other faiths. "We would hope that these serious allegations can be substantiated and the evidence brought forward, so that appropriate action can be taken." Downing Street said that the new inspection regime would apply to religious institutions offering eight or more hours of study a week to children in England. This could include Christian Sunday schools and Jewish yeshivas, but is more likely to cover up to 2,000

Summary: Religious supplementary schools in England that teach children intolerance will be investigated and closed down, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.


"We discovered this two hours ago. I have to stop," the former Giro d'Italia winner, 37, told a shocked news conference on Monday. Basso was set to be one of Alberto Contador's key lieutenants in the mountains over the next two weeks. He caught his groin in a crash on stage five and the cancer was discovered in a check-up on the race's first rest day. Tinkoff-Saxo team-mate Contador was in tears as he sat next to Basso during his announcement. Basso, who will travel to Italy to undergo surgery as soon as possible, twice finished on the podium during Lance Armstrong's long reign at the Tour and many, including Armstrong, expected him to follow the American on to the top step when he retired in 2005. But Basso got caught up in the Spanish Operation Puerto doping scandal and eventually admitted to the intention to cheat. He was given a two-year ban in 2007. The Italian climber, who owns a blueberry farm in Lombardy, has claimed five top-10 finishes in Grand Tours since his return to the sport, including a Giro win in 2010. He is also one of the friendliest and more relaxed members of the professional peloton so this news will be greeted with considerable dismay. His diagnosis will also increase the focus on Armstrong's arrival in France next week to ride two stages of the Tour with ex-England footballer Geoff Thomas - a day ahead of the race - to raise money for a cancer charity. Armstrong recovered from life-threatening testicular cancer earlier in his career to win the seven Tour titles he was eventually stripped of for his doping activities. Armstrong tweeted on Monday that he wished Basso "the very best".

Summary: Italian rider Ivan Basso has withdrawn from the Tour de France after revealing he has testicular cancer.


A judge is deciding if there is enough evidence for the case against Seamus Daly, 45, from Jonesborough, County Armagh, to go to a crown court trial. Mr Daly, originally from the Republic of Ireland, was arrested in April 2014. The Omagh bomb was the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It happened just four months after the Good Friday Agreement was signed. The death toll included nine children and three generations of one family, but no-one has been convicted in a criminal court of carrying out the attack. The hearing at Omagh Magistrates' Court is expected to last for two days. Along with the murder charges, Mr Daly faces charges of causing the explosion and possessing the bomb, and two charges relating to another dissident republican bomb plot in Lisburn, County Antrim, in April 1998. Previously, all of Mr Daly's magistrates' court hearings in Omagh have been via videolink from prison. He was brought to court in a prison van on Thursday and was led inside handcuffed to a security officer. Some relatives of those who were killed in the attack were in the court. Mr Daly sat a few feet from the victims' relatives who have followed every stage of the long legal process. After his arrest Mr Daly gave police a statement denying any involvement in the Omagh bombing or Lisburn plot. His lawyers have argued that the case against him is weak and much of the evidence has been discredited.

Summary: A man accused of murdering 29 people in the Real IRA bomb attack in Omagh in 1998 has appeared in court in the County Tyrone town for the first time.


The foreign ministry said the remarks by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio were "inappropriate" and "regrettable". But the special rapporteur on child prostitution said she had referred to estimates in open sources to highlight a phenomenon that had to be tackled. Compensated dating sees men offering girls money or gifts for companionship. The US state department warned last year that the practice, known as "enjo kosai" in Japanese, "continues to facilitate the prostitution of Japanese children". At the end of a visit to Japan on 26 October, Ms de Boer-Buquicchio said that she had discovered "the multiple forms in which the sexual exploitation of children develops and manifests itself" in the country. "I'm referring in particular to this phenomenon of 'enjo kosai,' which is a trend amongst school girls. Some 13% of the school girls in Japan are involved in that kind of activity," she was quoted as telling a news conference by the Japanese foreign ministry. The ministry asked the UN to give the source for the statistic, and on 2 November Ms de Boer-Buquicchio issued a clarification which said that she had "received no official statistic" on the scope of compensated dating. "However, many of my interlocutors referred to it as a worrying trend which can easily lead to sexual exploitation of the minors involved in this lucrative business," she added. "In the press conference, I made reference to estimates I had seen in open sources to highlight a phenomenon that must be urgently tackled." But on Monday, the ministry demanded a retraction, complaining that it was "unacceptable" that the UN expert had cited "unreliable information" without a source.

Summary: Japan's government wants a UN expert to retract a claim that 13% of Japanese schoolgirls engage in "compensated dating", which can involve sex.


Images purporting to show an unnamed US warship were shown on television. Iran's navy commander praised the operation for getting so close to a warship "to get such accurate footage of the combat units of foreign forces". The US said an Iranian drone had flown over one of its carriers recently, but did not say if it was this incident. It had not posed a risk to the USS Harry S Truman, but the move was "abnormal and unprofessional", Reuters news agency quoted a US navy spokeswoman as saying. Nicole Schwegman said that incident had occurred on 12 January, which is the same day Iran briefly detained 10 US sailors who had entered Iranian territorial waters by mistake. The report by Iran's state Irinn news channel did not say when the surveillance drone had made its flight except to say it was on the third day of a naval exercise. The Associated Press news agency said this suggested it had happened on Friday, as Iran's naval drill began earlier this week. An Iranian light submarine also closely participated in the surveillance operation, Iran's state-run Irna news agency reported. Adm Habibollah Sayyari, Iran's navy chief, told state TV it was a sign of the "bravery, experience and the scientific capabilities of our drone operators". International sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme were lifted this month, somewhat easing its relations with the West. But within a few days, the US had imposed new sanctions related to Iran's ballistic missile programme. Iran said the sanctions, which prevent 11 entities and individuals linked to the programme from using the US banking system, had "no legal or moral legitimacy".

Summary: Iran flew an unarmed drone over a US aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs during a naval drill in the Gulf, its state broadcaster said.


Just hours before its day in court - in the town of Riverside, California - the most unexpected twist yet: the trial had been postponed, perhaps indefinitely. The FBI said it had, "this past weekend", been shown a way to unlock the iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. The FBI has until 5 April to let the court know how it gets on. If the method doesn't work, and the phone is still locked, we'll probably return to Riverside for the hearing. If it is successful - then, well, who knows what will happen? Uncharted waters. The case, already the most fascinating tech legal tussle for years, enters murky territory. And here's why. Let's say, for arguments sake, that the FBI does indeed have a new, credible method of getting into the iPhone. Where on Earth did it come from? Apple's bewilderment is understandable given that, right up until the final hour, the FBI had insisted it had exhausted every possible route. It told Congress as much. In a hearing earlier this month, FBI director James Comey stood firm as Congressman Darrell Issa gave him a dramatic dressing down for not pursuing a technique known as mirroring - essentially, and I'm simplifying here, duplicating the phone so repeated attempts can be made to unlock it without disturbing the original. Mr Comey said he'd look into it - though that was 20 days ago. Also during that congressional hearing, Mr Issa pressed Mr Comey on whether he had asked the National Security Agency (NSA) for its help. In response, Mr Comey, making reference to the particular model of iPhone and the software contained on it, said: "We have engaged all parts of the US government to see does anybody have a way, short of asking Apple to do it, with a 5C running iOS 9 - to do this, and we do not." Had Tuesday's hearing gone ahead, we were expecting to hear the witness testimony of Stacey Perino, an FBI electronics engineer, and Christopher Pluhar, a computer forensics professor from California State University. Both were due to underline that Apple, and only Apple, would be able to break into the phone. Prof Pluhar, who is a supervisory agent for the FBI, had in the past said he had been "unable to identify any other methods feasible for gaining access to the currently inaccessible data stored within the subject device". But we're being told to put all that aside for a moment because the FBI has said it is "cautiously optimistic" a new method suggested by an as-yet unknown "outside party" could solve all its problems, allowing investigators access to the iPhone without Apple's help. Apple's legal team has said it has no idea what that vulnerability could be - but it, of course, didn't rule out the possibility it existed. After all, it's software - and no piece of software ever written has even been watertight. Every time you update your phone, computer, tablet, it's often to plug a few new security holes. So if, come 5 April, the FBI

Summary: You could forgive Apple's legal team for coming across a little exasperated on Monday evening.


The 7m-long, 6.1-tonne platform went into orbit on a Proton M rocket, despatched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The I5s - there will be four in total - make up Inmarsat's next-generation constellation called Global Xpress. And with an investment of Â£1bn ($1.5bn), they represent the single biggest commercial space project in Britain right now. The I5-F2 was released into its super-synchronous transfer orbit at 04:02 GMT on Monday, following a mammoth 15-and-a-half-hour journey aboard the Proton and its Breeze upper-stage. Currently, this orbit takes the satellite out to a distance of 65,000km from the Earth. Over the coming days, the platform must use its own propulsion system to circularise this path and bring itself into a "stationary" position some 36,000km above the equator. Engineers will then drift the I5-F2 to its operational station at 55 degrees West to serve customers in the Americas and Atlantic region. "We couldn't be happier right now," said Ruy Pinto, the chief operations officer at Inmarsat. "We have acquired the satellite successfully, we have checked all the sub-systems, and we have just completed the first big re-orientation manoeuvre. "Our first orbit-raising burn will be conducted on Wednesday. We'll have seven in total and then we'll fully deploy all the solar panels," he told BBC News. Inmarsat is a dominant force in the so-called Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market. Its principal customer base is the shipping sector, but the company also caters for any groups that need connectivity away from a fixed line. These include oil and gas installations, armed forces, aid agencies and NGOs in disaster areas, and TV news crews reporting from trouble zones. Customers can use Inmarsat services to make phone calls, to transfer audio-visual material or simple data. The company's fastest growing sector currently is aviation, and the GX constellation is looking to boost that trend still further. Inmarsat made worldwide news last year when its equipment aboard the lost Malaysia Airlines MH370 jet was able to direct investigators to a search zone in the Indian Ocean. The London-based operator has subsequently proposed a free basic tracking service for all long-haul flights. Global Xpress sees the company take its first, firm step into Ka frequencies to deliver communications. Traditionally, its spacecraft have worked in the L-band, but this is becoming saturated. Inmarsat says there is more opportunity to grow its business in Ka. The higher frequency allows faster throughput connections, giving the I5s broadband speeds that are 100 times faster than the company's fourth generation (I4) satellites. Inmarsat's continued use of the Russian-built Proton is a show of faith in a rocket that has experienced a number of failures in recent years. The rocket, which is marketed by US-based International Launch Services (ILS), was used to loft the I5-F1 in December 2013 and will be used again to send up the I5-F3, most probably in the second quarter on this year. Mr Pinto said it was important for satellite operators that they had a choice of launch vehicles available to them, to open up schedules and keep prices low. "ILS is gradually coming back

Summary: The UK satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat has launched the second of its I5 series of spacecraft.


A reduced service ran between Chester and Llandudno Junction with buses supplementing services. Buses replaced trains between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog. There was also a warning that services between Llandudno Junction and Holyhead could have been affected by the work.

Summary: Services have resumed on the north Wales coast main line and Blaenau Ffestiniog branch line after earlier disruption on Monday when engineering work overran.


Goals in either half from Jackson Irvine and Brian Graham earned them all three points. Motherwell's late response began with Stephen Pearson's fierce strike. But Scott Fox saved from James McFadden and brilliantly kept out a Keith Lasley drive to frustrate Motherwell. It was a pulsating finish to a game that only sparked into life when Irvine fired in the opening goal. The Australian was only drafted into the starting line-up minutes before the match because of an injury in the warm-up to Martin Woods. And he made a great case for his inclusion when he deftly controlled a deep corner before lashing the ball past Connor Ripley, despite the best efforts of Kieran Kennedy on the line. Fox saved well from a Louis Moult header and Chris Cadden as Motherwell tried to mount a swift response, but County regained the ascendancy at the start of the second half. Playing principally on the counter-attack, they went close on a number of occasions, with Michael Gardyne having a header cleared off the line and passing up another great chance with a low drive that was blocked. They got the second goal their play deserved when Graham slotted past Ripley as the Motherwell defence failed to deal with a Stewart Murdoch cross. That looked like game over until Pearson's late strike - the midfielder blasting past Fox from 12 yards. But the keeper was sharply off his line to prevent McFadden's lob beating him and he sprung to his right to deny Lasley a spectacular equaliser. The result leaves Motherwell just a point above the relegation play-off spot and County in good spirits ahead of next weekend's League Cup semi-final against Celtic.

Summary: Ross County survived a late onslaught from Motherwell for their first league win of 2016, moving them up to fourth in the Premiership.