The unicorn is the official national animal of Scotland and continues to feature on Royal Coat of Arms today. For Sunday, willow artist Woody Fox has created a 2.1m (7ft) unicorn sculpture for the Crawick Multiverse art project in Dumfries and Galloway. VisitScotland is also encouraging people to "spot" unicorns elsewhere in Scotland. Carvings and sculptures of unicorns can be found on historic buildings, such as the National War Museum at Edinburgh Castle. A tapestry called, Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn, hangs in Stirling Castle and a unicorn is a feature of a fountain in the courtyard at Linlithgow Palace. On the Black Isle in the Highlands, The Stables in Cromarty has a large unicorn sculpture. The unicorn has been a Scottish heraldic symbol since the 12th Century when it was used on an early form of the Scottish coat of arms by William I. Reasons for the appearance of a unicorn include a theory that narwhal, a whale with long tusks protruding from their heads, were seen in Scottish waters after straying from their usual range in the Arctic. Unicorns were also written about by the ancient Celts, Persians, Romans and Greeks, and were often described as an elegant white horse-like creature with a single horn capable of magical properties. Wales and England are among other nations that also celebrate fabled beasts. The Welsh flag features a red dragon connected to one of the country's legends, while England's patron saint St George is said to have killed a dragon. Artist Fox's other artwork has also involved animals, but of varieties that can be found running around the Scottish countryside. He said: "I was thrilled to be asked to create this unique sculpture of a unicorn to mark National Unicorn Day. "My previous work includes deer, badgers, foxes and rabbits which bring homes, gardens, parks and public spaces to life. "It has been very inspiring for me to work on this noble and spiritual animal for the first time and to help promote Scotland at the same time."

Summary: Tourism organisation VisitScotland is encouraging people to celebrate Sunday's National Unicorn Day.


The incidents, in which scores of people were killed, took place around the time of Friday prayers - typically the most crowded of the week - during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The first attack took place in France at a gas and chemicals factory in south-eastern France. Explosions rocked the US-owned facility in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, at 09:35 local time (07:35 GMT) on Friday. A delivery vehicle rammed into the factory entrance and hit gas canisters, triggering an explosion and injuring two people. One of the men from the vehicle was tackled by a firefighter and held at the scene, while a decapitated body with "inscriptions" written on it was found nearby. A head was later found on railings at the site, along with flags featuring Arabic writing. The suspect was later named as Yassin Salhi, a 35-year-old delivery driver from nearby Saint-Priest. The dead man is thought to have been the suspect's manager, but it is not clear when or where he was killed. The BBC's Hugh Schofield says the suspect may have killed his boss before driving to the factory, where he put the head on the fence and left the body in the grounds, before driving further into site in the hope of causing an explosion. Salhi, who is married with three children, was known to the intelligence services. His wife, who was later taken into custody by police for questioning, told Europe 1 radio that he left to go to work as normal at 07:00 but didn't return as expected. Mr Salhi's sister and a fourth individual are also being questioned. French President Francois Hollande said: "The intent was without doubt to cause an explosion. It was a terrorist attack." Air Products, the owner of the factory where the attack took place, is a US chemical company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The second attack took place on a Shia mosque in the Kuwaiti capital more than an hour after the incident in France. At least 27 people were killed and almost 300 wounded in the suicide bomb blast. The explosion took place around the time of midday Friday prayers at the Imam Sadiq Mosque in al-Sawaber, a busy area to the east of Kuwait City. A Kuwaiti MP, who saw the attacker, told Reuters news agency that the mosque was packed with 2,000 people when there was a loud explosion. Images from security cameras at the huge mosque appear to show the moments before the blast, with the suicide bomber walking briskly in long white robes into a room where worshippers were kneeling in prayer. The blast created harrowing scenes of carnage in the crowded, stone-built room. An Islamic State-affiliated group called Najd Province claimed it was behind the attack. The group has carried out similar attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Yemen recently. It named the bomber as Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid, and accused the mosque of spreading Shia teachings among Sunni Muslims. Sunni-ruled Kuwait has a large Shia minority, which IS considers to be heretical. The third attack took place close to the Hotel Imperial

Summary: Three suspected terror attacks been carried out within the space of three hours in France, Kuwait and Tunisia.


It's not as easy as you think, but then try pairing them all with a character from The Simpsons. That's just what Brian Quinn from Londonderry has done for the Irish Simpsons Fans Facebook group. Like all great ideas, Mr Quinn said it started out small and then kind of escalated. "I probably had one pun in my head - I think it might have been DoneGil first," he told BBC News NI. "I started scribbling more down and I think I had about 17 and I thought: 'I might as well do all 32 now.' "My girlfriend was watching Grey's Anatomy or something, so I just got out the laptop and started messing about." By Thursday evening, his post was closing in on 1,000 likes. He said he was surprised at which ones seemed to be the most popular. "It's funny, the last couple that I thought of probably got the most likes and I thought they were kind of scraping the barrel," said Mr Quinn. "They were the Cork one - Hank Skorkio - and the ones for Meath and Westmeath." Ireland Simpsons Fans started on Facebook in January 2016 and was the brainchild of Jack Leahy from Dublin and Paul Loughran from Belfast. Mr Quinn is now the page moderator for the site. As for his own personal favourite, a bit of hometown favouritism might be at play. "I'm from Derry and I actually think the Derry and Kerry - Sherri and Terri ones are the funniest and the cleverest," he said.

Summary: Can you name all 32 counties of Ireland?


Chamakh, 32, is a free agent, having been released by Premier League side Crystal Palace at the end of his contract in the summer. The Morocco international had a three-year spell at Arsenal, having arrived from French club Bordeaux in 2010. He had loan spells at West Ham United and Palace before joining the Eagles on a permanent basis in 2014. Media playback is not supported on this device Warnock, appointed on Tuesday, is moving rapidly to revamp the Cardiff squad. The Bluebirds are expected to confirm the signings of Junior Hoilett and Sol Bamba as well as Chamakh, in time for the opening game under Warnock at home to Bristol City, on Friday, 14 October.

Summary: Former Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh is the latest target for new Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock.


An Irish FA statement said the Linfield manager's ban had been "upheld" but due to "mitigating factors" had been altered to a "two-match suspension". The sanction will now start on 11 April with the other two-match ban suspended for six months. The ban was imposed after Healy's red carding at Portadown on 12 February. Healy was furious after referee Arnold Hunter awarded the Ports a controversial penalty which helped clinch a 2-1 win. Linfield go into Saturday's Seaview contest five points behind the leaders and current champions in the first round of fixtures since the Premiership split.

Summary: David Healy will be in the Linfield dugout for Saturday's crucial Irish Premiership game against Crusaders after having his four-game ban reduced.


Kuznetsova's 6-2 6-1 victory in Moscow ensured she took the eighth and final tournament spot. Konta, who is in Singapore with the rest of the finalists, did not play this week due to an abdominal injury. The Australian-born 25-year-old, ranked 10th in the world, will compete if any player withdraws. Kuznetsova, 31, took just over an hour to defeat her 22-year-old Australian opponent on Saturday and qualify for her first WTA Finals since 2009. "I was trying not to think about Singapore all week. I was playing match by match and I'm so happy to win," she said. Kuznetsova will next face world number three Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in Monday's group stages, before later games against Czech Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza of Spain. Konta will finish her season at the WTA Elite Trophy for players ranked from ninth to 20th, which gets under way in Zuhai, China, on 1 November. It will complete a season that has seen her named the most improved player of the year after she recorded seven victories over top-10 players, and became the first British woman to break into the top 10 since Jo Durie in 1984.

Summary: British number one Johanna Konta missed out on a place in the WTA Finals after Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Daria Gavrilova in the Kremlin Cup.


Transport Secretary Philip Hammond cut the ribbon at the 1.1 mile (1.8km) tunnel, on the London-to-Portsmouth A3 road, allowing traffic to go through. He said: "This is another one of the missing links in Britain's trunk road network now put in place. "The cutting-edge road scheme has surpassed expectations." Southbound traffic is using the tunnel first, with northbound traffic due to start using it in a few days. After that, work will begin to return the old A3 to nature, reuniting the Devil's Punchbowl with Hindhead Common for the first time in almost 200 years. Construction began on the twin-bore tunnel in January 2007. It is one of the longest in England and is part of a four-mile bypass of the Surrey village of Hindhead. Seven safe crossing points have been built over or under the new road, most of them specifically for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders. A major new junction has also been built at Hazel Grove, and access roads have been laid for the businesses and properties that used to turn directly on to the busy A3. The tunnel, which will be used by an estimated 30,000 vehicles a day, runs under the bowl which is a large hollow of dry, sandy heath, to the east of Hindhead. The Highways Agency said its safety features include the UK's first radar-based incident detection system and 100% CCTV coverage. The project has won awards for its innovation and its safety record, and has been delivered within budget and on schedule. Mr Hammond said traffic had been held up at the Hindhead crossroads for years, "hampering the flow of goods and services and blighting the lives of people living in and around Hindhead". "No longer. This new road will transform journeys on the A3 - improving journey times by around 20 minutes or more at busy periods - and will deliver a threefold return on investment for the economy," he said. "This cutting-edge road scheme has surpassed expectations in almost every way, and sets a new standard for how vital infrastructure improvements can be delivered in a way that not only protects, but actually enhances the surrounding environment." Thousands of motorists are expected to use the tunnel this week en route to the Glorious Goodwood race meeting in West Sussex.

Summary: The £371m Hindhead Tunnel under the Devil's Punch Bowl in Surrey has been officially opened after a four-and-a-half year construction project.


Michelle Thomson told MPs that she was "not a victim, I'm a survivor." She shared her personal story during a Commons debate focused on UN International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women. Ms Thomson was comforted by SNP members at the end of her speech, which left Speaker John Bercow visibly moved. During the same debate, Labour MP Tracy Brabin recounted how a man attempted to rape her when she was at university aged 20. Ms Thomson told the debate that she had been raped, "as is common", by someone who was known to her. The MP added: "He had offered to walk me home from a youth event and in those days everybody walked everywhere, it was quite common to do that. "It was early evening, it wasn't dark. I was wearing - I'm imagining, I'm guessing - jeans and a sweatshirt." Ms Thomson said she knew the area but they went a slightly different way, noting: "I didn't think anything of it. "He told me he wanted to show me something in a wooded area and at that point, I must admit, I was alarmed. I did have a warning bell - but I overrode that warning bell because I knew him and therefore there was a level of trust in place. "To be honest, looking back, at that point I don't think I knew what rape was. It was not something that was talked about." Ms Thomson added: "It was mercifully quick and I remember first of all feeling surprise, then fear, then horror as I realised I quite simply couldn't escape - because he was stronger than me, and there was no sense even initially of any sexual desire from him, which I suppose, looking back, again I find odd." She said that afterwards she walked home alone crying, cold and shivering as she was in shock. Ms Thomson said: "I didn't tell my mother, I didn't tell my father, I didn't tell my friends and I didn't tell the police. I bottled it all up inside me. "I hoped, briefly and appallingly, that I might be pregnant so that would force a situation to help me control it." Ms Thomson said she felt "ashamed" that she had "allowed this to happen to me", debating internally what had happened. Ms Thomson said she later told a school boyfriend, who was "supportive", but that she had carried feelings of "guilt, anger, fear, sadness and bitterness" for many years. She said she felt a "duty" to tell husband when she got married 12 years later, but it was only when she was in her mid-40s that she took steps to get some help. Ms Thomson said the rape "fatally undermined" her self-esteem, confidence and sense of self-worth, but that despite this she is "blessed" in her life and happily married for 25 years. She said she thought carefully before deciding to share her story, adding: "There is still a taboo about sharing this kind of information and certainly for people of my generation - it is truly shocking

Summary: A Scottish MP has moved colleagues to tears after revealing in the House of Commons that she was raped at the age of 14.


Brent and US crude futures fell below $45 and $40 a barrel respectively as global investors assessed the contagion risks of China's volatile stock market. Recent data has suggested that China's economic growth continues to slow down. As well as the volatility in Chinese shares, there are fears of a protracted effect on demand for commodities. China's slowdown is expected to pull down other regional economies, affecting energy and raw material consumption. The unstable Chinese market has also led to worries that the problems in the world's second largest economy may have far-reaching global consequences. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite index on Monday shed as much as 8%, while markets in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney all dropped by more than 4%. On Friday, figures showed China's factory activity in August shrank at its fastest pace in more than six years. Official figures have indicated that China's economic growth is continuing to slow. For the three months to the end of July, the economy grew by 7% compared with a year earlier - its slowest pace since 2009. Bernard Aw, market strategist with trading firm IG, said given the tepid demand, it was hard to fathom why oil producers were pumping out more crude. Opec producers, notably Saudi Arabia, and Iraq were producing more oil than necessary, while US stockpiles were nearly 100 million barrels above the five-year seasonal average. "At this rate, the fundamentals of oil are going to get worse before it gets better as the supply glut widens. This means we are likely to see more weakness in oil futures in the coming sessions," Mr Aw said. Oil dealers are also anticipating revised US economic growth data for the second quarter, to be released on Thursday. The figures could be key to the Federal Reserve's thoughts on when to raise interest rates. An eventual interest rate rise is expected to strengthen the US dollar, which in turn would make dollar-priced oil more expensive for buyers using weaker currencies, once again affecting demand.

Summary: Oil prices have slumped to six-year lows as global stock markets continue to fall on concerns over a slowing Chinese economy.


UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced that the Heathrow expansion had been chosen as the preferred option ahead of a rival bid by Gatwick. The Scottish government formally backed the Heathrow bid earlier this month. It came after the airport made a list of commitments to Scotland, including creating up to 16,000 jobs and investing Â£200m in the country. Heathrow also said it would help to develop new domestic routes to Scottish airports, and would investigate whether Prestwick Airport - which is owned by the Scottish government - could be used as a "logistics hub" for the new runway. Responding to Mr Grayling's announcement, Scotland's economy secretary Keith Brown said he looked forward to the UK government "cracking on with this as soon as possible", while stressing that environmental and planning restraints needed to be taken into account. Mr Brown said: "We announced our support for the third runway at Heathrow two weeks ago, so we are pleased that the UK government has the same view." He predicted there would be "a number of benefits for people in Scotland" as a result of the decision, including "around Â£200m of spend for companies in Scotland, and the establishment of a hub airport in Scotland to support for Heathrow as its undergoing its change in infrastructure". And he added: "Potentially we've seen the airports commission saying there could be around 16,000 jobs for Scotland, and obviously we want to see that followed through. "Beyond that, increased connectedness between Scotland and the rest of the world will benefit our economy and our tourist industry." AGS Airports, which owns Glasgow and Aberdeen airports, also welcomed the announcement, which it said would play an important role in supporting the Scottish economy. But the operators of Edinburgh Airport said ahead of the decision that they believed Gatwick "offered the better deal for Scotland" and described the Heathrow plan as "undeliverable" and potentially "bad for passengers". And both the Scottish Greens and Scottish Liberal Democrats have criticised the announcement. The plan to build a new runway at Heathrow - which is expected to cost more than Â£17bn - now faces a long consultation before it becomes reality, with MPs not voting on the proposals until 2017 or 2018, and the new runway not being opened until 2025 at the earliest. Several Conservative MPs oppose the proposals, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Education Secretary Justine Greening and former London Mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith, who has resigned as an MP in protest. The opposition largely centres concerns about the noise and environmental impact of Heathrow expansion, with the decision expected to lead to further protests and legal challenges. Some 783 homes will have to be demolished for the third runway, according to the Airports Commission, including the entire community of Longford and much of Harmondsworth. The new runway will also mean several other residential areas will fall under the Heathrow flight path for the first time. But most airlines and business groups are in favour of expanding Heathrow - Britain's busiest airport - as it offers more direct connections than Gatwick

Summary: The decision to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport will benefit Scotland, the Scottish government has said.


We are about to enjoy (!) the next act in the absurdist drama "Waiting for the Fed" (to raise interest rates again). Truth be told, we can be fairly sure how this scene will play out. Once again no increase in rates. Perhaps Godot will turn up first. The Fed is holding a policy making meeting and an interest rate rise is in theory at least on the agenda. Janet Yellen, the Fed Chair, and her colleagues would like to get rates back to more normal levels. The Fed currently aims to keep its main policy rate (the rates banks offer to lend to each other overnight) within a range of 0.25% to 0.5%. They raised it to that level in December last year, from practically zero where it had been since the depth of the financial crisis. But nobody expects they will hike rates at this meeting, largely because of the very weak performance of the jobs market in May. The number in employment rose by only 38,000, the fewest since September 2010. Because the US population is growing, the number of people with jobs has to rise by more than that just to keep pace. Employment growth in April was better, but still not all that strong. It's true that the unemployment rate fell markedly in May, to 4.7% from 5%. But this was due to a decline in the number of people looking for work. They are counted as "not in the labour force" rather than unemployed, even if they would like to have a job. In a recent speech, Ms Yellen described the May jobs report as disappointing and concerning. She did, however, manage to find one encouraging thing; a faster increase in average hourly earnings. After a long period in which the economic recovery has failed to have much of a favourable impact on pay it was, she said, "a welcome indication that wage growth may finally be picking up". Inflation is another factor that encourages the Fed to feel it has no need to rush the next rate rise. The latest figure for the inflation measure the Fed prefers was 1.1% in April, compared with its 2% target. That it is so low reflects some transitory factors, including the strength of the dollar (which makes imported goods cheaper) and the decline in energy prices over the last two years. But in time, those factors cease to have a direct impact, so Ms Yellen expects inflation to move back towards 2%. She also said that it's important not to attach too much significance to a single monthly jobs report. In short, a good report next month could bring interest rate rises a lot closer. So while investors think the date of the next rate increase has gone further into the future as a result of the May jobs data, the Fed is always ready to change its plans if new figures change the picture. Looking at the US economy from a longer term perspective, it is a remarkable state of affairs that we should have rates still

Summary: Perhaps the playwright Samuel Beckett was a secret economist.


RMT general secretary Mick Cash said it was "shocking" to have "sprung this announcement once all the Christmas deliveries have been completed". Employees and sub-contractors working for the firm have been sharing their stories and reactions. Stefan Thorrington in Exeter, Devon I have five vans in City Link colours and five drivers who have all been working flat-out up until Christmas Eve to make sure everything was delivered. We didn't have any warning about this whatsoever - drivers even knew which routes they were going to cover on Saturday. Last night I was pondering what to do. None of the managers at the depot knew about this - they were under a lot of pressure to deliver everything by Wednesday. However, I do think someone must have known what was going on. I don't know what's going to happen now. The main question is do I get paid? Paul Horner, Kirkcaldy I'm a sub-contractor at a local City Link depot in Fife and have been there for three years. I'm totally and utterly gutted. This has happened after they spent money on new uniforms and new scanners. Everyone thought we had turned a corner and things would be getting a lot better, but obviously not. I found out on Christmas Day. I'm still pretty numb. I've just told my fiancÃ©e (I couldn't bring myself to tell her yesterday). She's distraught. I just hope I get paid at the end of the month because, like all the other sub-contractors, I need money to live on, to pay for the van and the diesel. Irfan Khan, Beckton, London We have 20 drivers and a fleet of vans that need paying up. We have probably lost Â£70,000 in unpaid invoices. We haven't got the capital to pay it so we'll probably sell the vans, and the drivers probably won't get paid. We just don't know what's going to happen. We've worked until midnight nearly every day last week up to Christmas. I have not slept since finding out, I've been going crazy. Geoffrey Goddard, Teddington I work for City Link as an infrastructure engineer in the Heathrow office, I have been employed as a permanent employee for six months now. I almost half expected it but we hoped we could turn the company around. I could see a few faults. There were lots of layers of management, there were basics which needed doing and no engineers on the ground. They weren't getting the fundamentals right. Simon Judd, Essex I'm a sub-contractor with City Link, now find I have a liveried van and no work. I doubt if I'll get paid for my last two weeks' work, nearly Â£2,000. They've got rid of most employed drivers at my depot, and presumably nationwide. Just have to hope I can find some work elsewhere, after getting the van made white! I worked for the company for eight or nine years but recently became a self-employed driver for them. Most drivers at this depot are self-employed, so I don't know about the figure of 2,727 people, it depends how

Summary: Parcel delivery firm City Link announced on Christmas Day that it was going into administration.


7 October 2016 Last updated at 11:26 BST Cavell Hutson, 21, of north London stole 21 mobile phones before he was arrested by police, but his accomplice managed to escape. The thefts, on 3 September, involved phones being grabbed out of people's hands as the thieves passed by on a moped. The video shows CCTV footage of the pair taking a phone and helicopter film of the moped being ridden through Kingsland Market in Hackney during a police pursuit. Hutson was sentenced to more than three years in prison at Blackfriars Crown Court on 3 October.

Summary: The police have released footage of two mobile phone thieves who went on an hour long mobile-phone-snatching raid through London.


Commons Leader Chris Grayling, who backs a Leave Vote, told the BBC: "He must stay, I want him to stay." Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers told Sky he was the "right man to take us out of the European Union". It comes after former chancellor Ken Clarke suggested the PM "wouldn't last 30 seconds if he lost the referendum". Although Mr Cameron is campaigning for the UK to remain in the European Union, many Conservative MPs, and some members of his own cabinet, are campaigning to leave. EU referendum: In depth The UK's EU vote: All you need to know EU for beginners: A guide UK and the EU: Better off out or in? A-Z guide to EU-speak Who's who: The Vote Leave team Who's who: The Remain campaign Mr Clarke, a veteran pro-European Conservative, told the BBC last week it was "farcical" to suggest Mr Cameron would be able to remain prime minister if the UK votes to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum, despite campaigning to remain in. He predicted the party would be "plunged into a Conservative leadership crisis". But Commons leader Mr Grayling told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "I actively want David Cameron to stay, not only because he's a very good prime minister, but because he actually has got the relationships we need around Europe to build the negotiating process. "It would be disastrous, in my view, for the Leave cause if we vote to leave and then we get distracted by a Conservative leadership contest. He must stay, I want him to stay." He said the PM could be "part of a team" which would negotiate Britain's exit from the EU but added "it needs people who want to leave in that team as well". David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, told the programme he believed the PM could stay on but would have to appoint someone "who believed in the negotiation" to lead exit talks. And Northern Ireland Secretary Ms Villiers, who is also backing the Leave campaign, told Sky News: "It's vitally important that he stays regardless of the vote in the referendum because he's a great prime minister". Mr Cameron himself has said he would stay on as prime minister, even if he ended up on the losing side. But Suzanne Evans, the former UKIP deputy chairwoman who is on the board of Vote Leave, said Mr Cameron had made a "terrible job" of his EU negotiations ahead of the referendum and she believed he should resign, if the UK votes to leave. She told Pienaar's Politics: "I don't particularly want him to be negotiating on our behalf." The official referendum campaigning period began on Friday and rows have continued about the potential impact of leaving the EU on trade, the single market and farm funding. Labour's Yvette Cooper warned it could cost "Â£100bn worth of trade" and lead to a loss of manufacturing jobs adding: "It's working class people across Britain who will be hardest hit if we end up losing those jobs". And French economy minister Emmanuel

Summary: David Cameron should stay on as PM to lead negotiations if the UK votes to leave the EU, two cabinet ministers have said.


The Lions claimed a third Premier League cup scalp this season by beating Leicester City 1-0 at The Den to reach the quarter-finals. Millwall will play Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the next round, but Harris' focus remains on the league. "We're at home to Chesterfield on Tuesday night - and if anything that has become more important," he said. Millwall are on a 10-match unbeaten run in League One and are seventh in the table, outside the play-off positions on goal difference only, with a game in hand. The south London club will move into the top six if their result against Chesterfield betters that of Southend away at Peterborough. Harris' side finished fourth last season, before losing to Barnsley in the play-off final at Wembley, and the former Lions player is hoping to go one better this season. The 38-year-old told BBC Radio London: "My achievement this year is promotion - that's what I want to be judged on. "We want to get out of this division. We started the season looking to consolidate a play-off position. "We overachieved last year with spirit and determination. We had a slow start this year, but we've got ourselves into a good position."

Summary: Millwall boss Neil Harris believes promotion from League One is "more important" than FA Cup success.


The Welsh athlete won the world sprint and keirin titles in 2013 and took silver at the same events at the 2016 Rio Olympics. "I have had time to think about my future and have decided to retire from international track sprint racing," James said in a statement. She intends to set up a baking business "along with exciting other projects". James has been plagued by injuries during her career, and suffered a cancer scare in 2014 when she had an operation to remove abnormal cells following a cervical screening. She first made a mark when representing Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, winning a silver medal in the sprint and a time trial bronze. Media playback is not supported on this device After taking her world titles in Minsk, James faced a battle with illness and knee injuries before qualifying for Rio 2016. She took a break after Rio, and told BBC Wales in July 2017 that she was excited about getting back into full training. However, in a statement posted on her Twitter account on Wednesday, James said she was grateful for her success but that it was time to move on. "After 13 years of racing my track bike, it is time to start an exciting new chapter in my life. I have given cycling 100% and know how much commitment it takes to make it to the highest level in elite sport," she said. "The pressure of competing at the top can be mentally and physically draining, but the rewards have been incredible and I have absolutely no regrets! This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser "I have achieved my dreams of becoming a world champion, a Commonwealth medallist for Wales and becoming a double Olympic silver medallist. "I now want to enjoy my life without the strict training regime, while at the same time continuing to lead a healthy lifestyle both in body and mind. "For a long time I've had a passion for baking and have loved making special wedding and birthday cakes for friends and family ... and it's my intention to now pursue this passion as a business, along with some exciting other projects going forward."

Summary: Double track world champion and Olympic silver medallist Becky James has retired, at the age of 25.


It was the night he called time on his political career. He was surrounded by family and friends outside his home in the area of Londonderry where he had spent most of his life - three streets away from where he was born. He never travelled far from his roots but his political journey took him far beyond the comfort of the Bogside. From directing IRA gunmen in Derry, to wearing tails in Windsor Castle at a banquet for the Queen. From standing in Derry on Bloody Sunday when soldiers shot dead 13 people, to bowing his head at the Somme war graves. Along the way he struck up the most unlikely friendship with the man who once branded him a "bloodthirsty monster" - Ian Paisley. Away from the glare of the press he also struck up friendships with relatives who lost loved ones at the hands of the IRA. But no matter how far he reached out, for some he will always be an IRA commander who brought his dark secrets to the grave For many unionists Martin McGuinness's fingerprints are all over the Troubles - a man who did not become an IRA leader without getting his hands dirty. For republicans, his fingerprints are all over the peace process and Sinn FÃ©in's steady rise in the polls, which brought them to within 1,000 votes of being the largest party at Stormont. But Sinn FÃ©in's one-time chief negotiator always found his toughest negotiation was with his own people. And especially in his home city where he faced threats from dissident republicans and his family were verbally abused on the street because of the decisions he made. He did not have to travel far from his front door to see it. On a wall at the bottom of his street, dissident republicans regularly daub graffiti attacking their former comrades who now sit at Stormont. Martin McGuinness was not able to bring those republicans with him on his journey, instead he labelled them "traitors to the island of Ireland". But he was able to disarm his political foes and fiercest critics. He achieved that with a personal charm which struck a chord with those he met - not least with Ian Paisley, who declared that Martin McGuinness should be thanked for saving lives and making the lives of people in Northern Ireland better. It was a big statement that caught many by surprise, but not those who had fallen victim to McGuinness' charm. He was communicator who knew how to connect. His Twitter account steered clear of controversy and was littered with commiserations and congratulations. According to his staff, he often took detours on the way home from Belfast after spotting a death notice in the Irish News. Martin McGuinness knew the value of building personal relationships beneath the political radar and that allowed him to move well beyond the republican comfort zone. But it was fitting that he returned to the comfort of the Bogside, for what was his last public appearance, standing outside the home where he returned every night, and

Summary: "Bogside Republicans never retire," a defiant but tearful Martin McGuinness told his supporters.


Manal al-Sharif, 32, was held for nine days in May after driving in the eastern city of Khobar. "We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman," she told the BBC in her first interview since. Earlier this week, prosecutors in the city of Jeddah announced they were going to prosecute a woman for driving. The campaign to allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia has gained momentum in recent weeks. On 17 June, dozens of women took to their cars across the country in open defiance of the ban on driving. The campaign gained the support of prominent women around the world, including US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Manal al-Sharif's imprisonment led to Amnesty International calling for her release. She said she was surprised by the level of coverage and support she received. "I didn't know the whole world was moved." More importantly, she said, had been the reaction from women in Saudi Arabia itself. "Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested. It's a positive change, they believe now. [Driving] is one of our smallest rights. If we fight, we can build women who trust themselves, have belief to get the bigger rights we are fighting for." Some Saudi women say the authorities have slightly relaxed their attitudes to female drivers, merely cautioning women rather than making them sign a pledge not to do it again. Earlier this week, however, prosecutors in Jeddah - on the Red Sea coast - announced they intended to pursue a case against a 35-year-old woman driver. The woman, who has not been named, claims she had no alternative to driving as she needed to get to hospital and there was no man to take her there. Zaki Safar from the Women2Drive campaign has spoken to her and said she had told the judge who set her trial date for September that he did not understand the background to her case. Such setbacks appear not to be deterring many Saudi women from pursuing their campaign. Manal al-Sharif, one of the organisers of Women2Drive, says they have been contacted by 1,023 women who want to drive - and by 192 women from across the country who are willing to teach them. They are now looking to recruit volunteers. "Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that," said Ms Sharif.

Summary: A Saudi woman whose imprisonment for driving drew global attention to the issue says she is more determined than ever to continue her campaign.


The discovery of gravitational waves, announced in February, was declared breakthrough of the year. But the top 10 list, compiled by Physics World magazine, also features a new twist on the much-loved Schrödinger's Cat idea. It also included the detection of a planet around our nearest star. The winning discovery was the result of work by the Ligo collaboration, which involved more than 80 institutions worldwide. Ligo operates several labs around the world that fire lasers through long tunnels, trying to sense warping in the fabric of space-time. The first signal was generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth. "What's been achieved by Ligo, particularly in a relatively short space of time, is truly incredible," said Hamish Johnston, the editor of Physics World. "The observations it has made are the first direct evidence of the existence of black holes, so Ligo has already changed our view of the Universe." In no particular order, the nine other achievements are as follows: Schrödinger's Cat: The well-known paradox presents the idea of a cat in a box that may be simultaneously alive and dead. The scenario was designed to illustrate some principles of the weird world of quantum physics. It is an example of quantum superposition, where particles can be in two different states at once. A US-French team created two microwave cavities (the boxes), while the cats were represented by large ensembles of photons. In a twist to the tale, the team showed that the "cat" can be in two separate locations at the same time. Compact "gravimeter": University of Glasgow scientists built a gravimeter - which can make very precise measurements of Earth's gravity - that is both inexpensive and small. The device could be used in mineral exploration, civil engineering and for monitoring volcanoes. Nearest neighbour: Astronomers discovered evidence for a rocky exoplanet within the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Solar System. The alien world, called Proxima b, is about 1.3 times the size of Earth and could - in theory - sustain liquid water on its surface. Entanglement: An international team created and measured a phenomenon called quantum entanglement between two different types of ion - a charged atom or molecule. The discovery could help show the way towards super-fast quantum computers. Wonder material: Scientists measured a property called negative refraction in the promising material graphene. Negative refraction could be used to create new types of optical devices such as very powerful lenses. Nuclear clock: German physicists detected an elusive transition in the element thorium-229 which could allow the development of a "nuclear clock". Such a clock would be much more stable than the conventional atomic clocks in use today. Amazing lens: A team at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland created a new microscope lens, called the Mesolens, that offers the unique combination of a large field of view with high resolution. Fast computing: Quantum computers could herald a technological revolution, but scientists have to overcome many hurdles before they can produce "real world" devices. In 2016,

Summary: The detection of ripples in space-time and a famous cat-based paradox are featured in a list of the physics advances of 2016.


The 30-year-old is the third Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy and is also ICC Test cricketer of the year. Alastair Cook was named captain of the ICC Test team of 2016. The voting period closed in September, before England's Test series defeat in India. Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes also feature but India's Virat Kohli and Australia's Steve Smith missed out. Ashwin took 48 wickets and scored 336 runs in eight Tests, as well as 27 wickets in 19 T20 internationals. "It feels great to follow Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid in being ICC Cricketer of the Year," said Ashwin. Ashwin dedicated the award to his family and believes India "had a great transition" and "fell on the right track" since Kohli took over as captain following MS Dhoni's retirement in 2014. ICC chief executive David Richardson said Ashwin "is justifiably now being counted among the best spinners of his generation". Ashwin, who made his Test debut in 2011, now has 248 wickets from 44 Tests, and also averages 34.92 with the bat. He joins Jacques Kallis (2005), Ricky Ponting (2006), Kumar Sangakkara (2012), Michael Clarke (2013), Mitchell Johnson (2014) and Smith (2015) by winning both the ICC world player and Test cricketer awards in the same year. The ICC's voting period covers play from 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016. The ICC's other 2016 award winners are: England skipper Cook was named as captain for the ICC's Test team of the year after guiding his side to an away win over South Africa and defeating Sri Lanka and drawing with Pakistan at home during the voting period. The 31-year-old's role for England is under scrutiny after he said he would "go home and do some thinking" after the 4-0 Test series defeat by India that followed the historic Test loss in Bangladesh in the first part of the winter programme. Smith is named only as 12th man while Kohli does not appear at all, with New Zealand's Kane Williamson, Root and Adam Voges of Australia filling the middle-order berths. The Australia and India captains are currently ranked first and second respectively in the ICC's own Test batting ranking. AB De Villiers - who has stepped down as South Africa captain while he recovers from injury - has been selected in the ODI team for the sixth time since 2010. De Villiers and ODI player of the year De Kock are joined by compatriot Kagiso Rabada in the side while Jos Buttler is the only Englishman to feature.

Summary: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the International Cricket Council's world player of the year.


Lennon wants the 29-year-old striker to return to Easter Road for a third spell, having been released by Blackburn Rovers this summer. "The club have done everything they can," Lennon told BBC Radio Scotland. "It's a purely personal decision for Anthony, but we have a board meeting on Monday, so hopefully we will hear [from Stokes] before then." Stokes left Hibs to join Lennon's Celtic squad in 2010 and was loaned back to the Edinburgh side in 2016. Capped nine times by the Republic of Ireland, the forward has netted 131 goals at club level - including two against Rangers in Hibs' 2016 Scottish Cup final win. "I have had private chats with Anthony, I met him on Wednesday and the talks were positive," explained Lennon. "But he has a lot of offers and has a big decision to make at this juncture in his career. "If he decides to come to Hibs, it won't be for the money, even though it is a very good financial package. "From a footballing point of view, I think this is his home. He has had a great time here in two previous spells. "He hasn't played a lot of football in the last two or three years and his conditioning would need a bit of work, but I think he is at his peak. "The [Premiership] season starts next week and we can't wait forever."

Summary: Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon hopes to hear by early next week if Anthony Stokes will be rejoining the club.


Mr Cruz told reporters that Mr Trump was behind a story in the National Enquirer that alleged Mr Cruz has had extramarital affairs. Mr Cruz called the story "garbage, complete and utter lies". "It is a tabloid smear and it has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen." As evidence that Mr Trump planted the story, Mr Cruz pointed out that the only person quoted by name in the Enquirer story was Roger Stone, a former top adviser to the Trump campaign. He also noted that Mr Trump and National Enquirer CEO David Pecker are close friends. Ted Cruz came out swinging on Friday, condemning the Trump campaign in the strongest possible terms. Some of those terms may require additional explanation. "He is a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent," Mr Cruz said of Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser. "Well let me be clear, Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him." What? Mr Cruz is referring to an obscene rat-themed euphemism for political dirty tricks. Mr Stone is credited with coining the phrase. Mr Stone got his start in politics working for President Richard Nixon. He later lost a position with Senator Bob Dole after a newspaper columnist named him as one of Nixon's "dirty tricksters". Such tricks included ordering hundreds of pizzas to be delivered to rival campaigns, cancelling opponents' rallies, and engaging in deplorable behaviour while pretending to represent other candidates. Through the years, Mr Stone worked for various Republican politicians including Ronald Reagan. And he's never shed his reputation for hardball attacks. In a 2007 profile in the Weekly Standard, Mr Stone was dubbed the "boastful black prince of Republican sleaze". Asked whether he would still support Mr Trump, the current front-runner, if he won the Republican nomination, Mr Cruz did not answer directly. But the Texas senator said: "I'm not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and my family." "I had absolutely nothing to do with it," Mr Trump said in a statement. On Tuesday, the candidates, who had been on good terms earlier in the campaign, began trading insults on Twitter. Mistakenly believing the Cruz campaign had produced an attack advert about his wife Melania, Mr Trump on Twitter threatened to "spill the beans" on Mr Cruz's wife, Heidi. Mr Cruz responded saying his campaign did not produce the advert, calling Mr Trump "classless" and a "coward". The next day, Mr Trump continued, posting an unflattering photo of Mrs Cruz on Twitter. Mr Cruz responded, calling Mr Trump a "snivelling coward" and told him to "leave Heidi the hell alone".

Summary: The feud between Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump is becoming increasingly personal, with Mr Cruz accusing "sleazy Donald" of spreading rumours.


Education Secretary Kirsty Williams wants to increase the Welsh Pupil Premium from Â£300 to Â£600 per eligible child to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Ms Williams is the sole Liberal Democrat in a coalition with Labour. Meanwhile, Welsh party leader Mark Williams said parties should work together against the Tories. Ahead of Sunday's speeches in Brighton, the party's sole Welsh MP and leader in the country, Ceredigion's Mark Williams, defended Ms Williams' decision to join the Welsh Labour cabinet in May. The Ceredigion MP told Sunday Politics Wales the Brecon and Radnorshire AM was taking Liberal Democrat "themes and priorities" into government "very effectively" as education secretary. He also urged opposition parties to work together against the Tories, saying there was a case for "progressive politicians" to talk about "issues of common interest". He was left as the only Welsh Liberal Democrat MP after the party's disastrous 2015 general election, with Ms Williams its sole AM after a 2016 assembly poll he said was "arguably worse". "At this point in time, with boundary changes which massively support and encourage the Conservative Party electorally in the future, I think there is a case for politicians to be talking," he said. "What I would loosely describe as progressive politicians to be talking about issues of common interest." Mr Williams said politicians had campaigned across party lines for a Remain vote in June's EU referendum, albeit unsuccessfully. "There was a positive in the referendum, even for those of us that lost it, in that progressive politicians were working together on a really important issue," he said. "And I think that dialogue should be extended on other areas of policies as well - otherwise we have the spectre of Conservatism in power in Westminster for a very long time."

Summary: Plans to double funding for Wales' poorest pupils will be announced at the Liberal Democrat party conference.


At the core of this week's difficulties for Labour is a clash of mandates. Until that tension is resolved - one way or another - the symptoms are likely to present themselves as splits. Jeremy Corbyn has the largest mandate of any Labour leader from party members and supporters. He also has the shallowest support from Parliamentary colleagues of any of his predecessors. The 90% plus of Labour MPs who didn't vote for him would argue that they draw their mandate from a far wider section of the population: the people who elected them in May. And some would argue that the MPs draw their legitimacy from a manifesto which committed Labour to balancing the books and a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent - policies to which the current leader doesn't subscribe. There is a feeling at Westminster that the phase of phoney war between the leadership and most MPs is beginning to turn in to an actual conflict. It's not all out war, by any means but the skirmishes have begun. The pre-emptive strike came from the Corbyn camp when Ken Livingstone, who supports unilateral nuclear disarmament, was imposed on multilateralist Maria Eagle, the shadow defence secretary, to co-chair her review of where the party stands on renewing Trident. Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones - who was close to Gordon Brown - retaliated, questioning Livingstone's suitability for the role, and for his trouble was told by the former London mayor to seek psychiatric help. Jones is known to have suffered from depression in the past. Livingstone was later required to apologise and claimed he had no knowledge of Jones's medical history. The reason, though, that relations are reaching a nadir is that there appears to be little appetite for compromise on both sides. The appointment of Ken Livingstone wasn't done as a result of widespread consultation. Quite the reverse. It was a deep red rag to an increasingly bullish Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). MPs had just elected - or in some cases, simply selected - largely a coterie of Corbyn critics to chair their parliamentary party's departmental committees, which monitor the work of shadow ministers. And the chair of the defence committee John Woodcock - who also represents the constituency in which the nuclear submarines are built - used his new position to write to Maria Eagle asking about the process behind Livingstone's appointment and whether she herself had been told. The letter found its way in to the public domain. What in turn is fuelling the lack of compromise is - for want of a better phrase - a degree of fear and loathing on both sides. Those around Jeremy Corbyn would argue that when Labour MPs recognise his mandate the Conservatives can be put on the back foot. The talk over the summer, under interim leader Harriet Harman, of perhaps accepting some Conservative changes to tax credits has been ditched, and it is George Osborne who is on the back foot and having to find a compromise imposed upon him by the Lords - largely as the result of Labour's

Summary: The Labour Party has had a torrid week with leader Jeremy Corbyn at odds with his MPs over defence policy and a row over Ken Livingstone's comments about a shadow minister.


Mae modd cymharu'r ffigyrau'n uniongyrchol, ac maen nhw'n dangos bod y bwlch mwyaf yn yr amser aros ar gyfer llawdriniaeth ar y glun, sydd wedi gweld cynnydd o 20% dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Yn ôl y ffigyrau diweddaraf, mae pobl yn disgwyl 226 diwrnod yng Nghymru ar gyfartaledd, o'i gymharu â 76 diwrnod yn Lloegr. Er hynny roedd gostyngiad mawr yn yr amser roedd cleifion yn aros am lawdriniaeth ddargyfeiriol ar y galon yng Nghymru. Yn 2014/15, roedd pobl yn disgwyl 111 diwrnod ar gyfartaledd, ond erbyn 2015/16, roedd hynny wedi gostwng i 43 diwrnod. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi croesawu'r gostyngiad, ond maen nhw'n cydnabod bod angen gwella'r sefyllfa mewn meysydd eraill. Ar y cyfan, roedd amseroedd aros yng Nghymru yn llawer hirach na Lloegr mewn saith o'r 11 categori. Roedd unigolion yn disgwyl tua deufis yn fwy am driniaeth cataract a hernia yma o'i gymharu â Lloegr yn 2015/16. Roedd cleifion yn aros 11 diwrnod yn ychwanegol am lawdriniaethau ar y stumog, bron i bythefnos yn fwy am ddiagnosis niwmonia ac wyth diwrnod ychwanegol am ddiagnosis o glefyd ar y galon yng Nghymru. Yn ogystal, roedd cynnydd o 20% yn yr amser aros am lawdriniaethau ar y galon nad oedd yn cynnwys llawdriniaethau dargyfeiriol, o'i gymharu â 2014/15. Prin oedd y newid yn yr oedi cyn cael diagnosis canser neu anaf i'r pen, ac roedd yr amser aros ar gyfer llawdriniaeth ddargyfeiriol ar y galon a llawdriniaeth ar yr arennau yn fyrrach yng Nghymru nag yn Lloegr. Dywedodd llefarydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig ar iechyd, Angela Burns AC, bod y ffigyrau yn "sgandal" ond "nid yn annisgwyl", a bod yr oedi yn achosi "poen a dioddefaint" i gleifion. Galwodd ar yr ysgrifennydd iechyd i gyflwyno "strategaeth bendant a dyfeisgar sy'n cael ei harwain gan dargedau" i wella'r gwasanaeth iechyd. Yn ôl llefarydd Plaid Cymru ar iechyd, Rhun ap Iorwerth, "hunanfodlonrwydd" yw ymateb Llafur yw'r oedi i gleifion. Dywedodd bod amseroedd aros wedi gwella ym maes llawdriniaeth ar y galon, sy'n dangos "bod taclo amseroedd aros yn bosib os oes awydd i wneud hynny". Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru bod nifer yr unigolion ar draws y wlad sy'n disgwyl dros naw mis am driniaeth wedi gostwng 20% yn 2016. "Rydyn ni'n falch o weld gwelliant mawr mewn amseroedd aros am lawdriniaeth ddargyfeiriol ar y galon, a'r gwelliannau mewn meysydd eraill, gan gynnwys llawdriniaeth cataract a thrawsblannu arennau," meddai'r llefarydd. "Rydyn ni'n cydnabod bod angen gwella rhai ardaloedd ymhellach, ac rydyn ni wedi lansio rhaglen gofal i wella profiad cleifion a darparu dull strategol a chynaliadwy ar gyfer gofal, sydd wedi'i gynllunio yng Nghymru." "Bydd hyn yn cefnogi newid effeithiol i wasanaethau ar draws nifer o arbenigeddau allweddol, gan gynnwys rhai orthopedig, offthalmoleg, ENT a wroleg." Amseroedd aros am lawdriniaeth: Amseroedd aros am ddiagnosis: Ffynonellau: Ystadegau Cyfnodau Ysbytai 2015/16 / Cronfa Ddata Cyfnodau Gofal Cymru Amseroedd aros am lawdriniaeth: Amseroedd aros am ddiagnosis: Ffynonellau: Ystadegau Cyfnodau Ysbytai 2015/16 / NHS Digital

Summary: Mae amseroedd aros yn parhau'n hirach o fewn y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol yng Nghymru o'i gymharu â Lloegr yn y categorïau allweddol ar gyfer diagnosis a thriniaethau.


The Australian - one of the most highly regarded drivers in Formula 1 - is known to have been interesting Ferrari. Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen is out of contract at the end of this season and the Italian team are weighing up whether to retain the 36-year-old Finn. Ricciardo said at the Austrian Grand Prix that he would stay at Red Bull, which he believed was "the best place to be next year to challenge Mercedes". Ricciardo, who is 27 on Friday, has been buoyed by progress with the Renault engine, which now has a much reduced performance gap to Mercedes than it did for the last two seasons. Ricciardo signed his new Red Bull contract to the end of 2018 after his breakthrough season in 2014, when he was promoted to the senior team from Toro Rosso and beat four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. The German moved to Ferrari at the end of that season. Ricciardo's Red Bull deal is said by insiders to have no opt-outs or break clauses, but having a contract in F1 does not necessarily mean a driver will stay with a team. However, his remarks clearly rule him out of Ferrari's thinking for next season. Ferrari are not expected to fully address the issue of a partner for Vettel next year until after next weekend's British Grand Prix at the earliest. Raikkonen has a decent chance of being retained, but other drivers in the frame are Force India's Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz, Williams' Valtteri Bottas and Haas' Romain Grosjean. Ferrari had also been interested in Max Verstappen, but the 18-year-old Dutchman is under contract until the end of 2019 and Red Bull intend to have him and Ricciardo as their line-up for the foreseeable future. On Wednesday, Red Bull said they had taken up their contractual option on Sainz and that he would be staying at their junior team Toro Rosso in 2017. However, Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko has said he would be willing to talk to Ferrari about releasing him if they expressed an interest and offered to buy him out. Perez's candidature is being pushed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who is on the board of the team's main sponsor, the tobacco giant Philip Morris. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Summary: Daniel Ricciardo says he will stay at Red Bull until the end of 2018.


The 33-year-old Briton had a five-hour reconstruction operation on his right shoulder in Germany on Thursday. "The boxing gods keep hinting that maybe enough is enough," said Haye, who has cancelled his 8 February bout with Tyson Fury. "It is very rare for a British fighter to win a world title away from home but Haye did it twice. "He was top class in the cruiserweight division. At heavyweight he faltered at the very highest level. But he got closer on points than any of Wladimir Klitschko's other challengers. "He brought great excitement with his attitude and punching power and can be proud of the mark he has made on British boxing." "It's a crushing blow for me. This wasn't how I wanted to end 2013. Perhaps it just wasn't meant to be." Haye announced his retirement in October 2011, three months after losing his WBA belt to Ukrainian Wladimir Klitscho in Germany, but he returned to the ring the following year. "The surgery and subsequent results are a bitter pill to swallow because I truly felt I had a lot more to offer," Haye said. "But I've been boxing for 23 years now, amateur and pro, and this has clearly taken its toll on my body. "I genuinely believed the shoulder injury wasn't that bad. But the doctor sent me for a detailed MRI scan and within 24 hours I was told the full extent of the damage. Twenty-four hours after that I was in the operating theatre. "I had big plans for next year and the ultimate goal was to win back the world heavyweight title. "What I didn't anticipate was that this year would be the unluckiest of my career and that a number of injuries would disrupt my plans so much." Earlier in his career, Haye became European cruiserweight champion and went on to win the WBC, WBO and WBA world titles before stepping up to heavyweight. He beat WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in Germany in November 2009 to become the first Briton to hold a world heavyweight crown since Lennox Lewis. Haye's most recent fight was a knockout win over Dereck Chisora at Upton Park in London in July 2012, one of only two fights he has had since 2010. His scheduled June fight with German Manuel Charr was cancelled when Haye sustained a hand injury. He was originally due to fight Fury in Manchester in September but the bout was rearranged for February after Haye suffered a cut above his left eye in training. Fury's uncle and trainer, Peter Fury, said he was not surprised by the news that February's fight had been cancelled. "From the moment Haye postponed in September, it was obvious this fight wasn't going to happen," he told BBC Sport. "The public have been duped. Tyson will fight someone else in February. We'll get the show back on the road and we're glad we don't have to do business with these people ever again." Haye added: "If I'm now destined to have won the European Championship, the unified world cruiserweight championship

Summary: Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has been advised to retire after major shoulder surgery.


The wind farm, run by community company Viking Energy, would be one of the biggest in Scotland. Sustainable Shetland, a group opposed to the development, launched a judicial review. The challenge, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, has been adjourned. It is expected to resume at the end of April. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing granted consent for the scheme in April. Protesters claim the development is too big and would blight the landscape. Supporters argue it would raise money for the islands, create jobs and help meet renewable energy targets. The 370MW wind farm is aimed at powering more than 175,000 homes despite Shetland having a population of about 22,000. It is estimated the wind farm could bring about Â£30m annual income for the local community.

Summary: A legal challenge to plans to build a 103-turbine wind farm in the centre of Shetland has been adjourned.


The negotiations are being widely depicted as a largely sham process designed to help David Cameron to convince sceptical Britons that he wrung painful concessions from the EU. "The show can begin," Arnaud Leparmentier writes in France's Le Monde of the negotiations, which he says are about "nothing of substance". "It's a game, of course, but like a wrestling match. Everyone is pretending to be in pain, but are really accomplices," he writes. "This wrestling match is designed to flatter the pride of the British, in order to convince them not to choose to sail off into the high seas." Andre Tauber - correspondent for Germany's Die Welt - says Mr Cameron has been permitted the "pose of the great victor in order to mollify the obstreperous British". "Neither Britain nor Europe can afford an exit from the European Union, either economically or politically. Everyone knows this," he adds. "The EU has delivered. The question is whether Cameron can deliver too". In Poland, which has been vocally opposed to restrictions on benefits for EU migrants, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily says keeping Britain in the EU should be seen as Poland's overriding concern, even at the expense of Poles working in the UK. "No matter how brutal but effective this is, it is worth sacrificing part of their benefit rights in Britain in order to save the EU from Brexit." But not everyone is happy about playing along, and several commentators grumble about Mr Cameron's methods and motives. In Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine, Nikolas Busse says Mr Cameron "put a pistol to the other member states' chest (and his own)", Christian Zaschke - in Sueddeutsche Zeitung - accuses him of "gambling with Europe's future" for the sake of his own political ambitions. In Italy's Corriere della Sera, Franco Venturini wonders whether too has been conceded to London, "especially in a union which - amid unfulfilled agreements on migrants and courting Turkey - is already sacrificing crucial aspects of its identity". Ralph Sina - correspondent for Germany's ARD public broadcaster - goes further, casting the concessions to Mr Cameron as a "genuflection" that "surrender core principles of the EU and turn it into a joke". "The European Union is fighting for the United Kingdom's affection," he says. "But anyone who has to fight for affection has usually already lost." For Jean Quatremer - in France's Liberation - the UK has an "existential problem in its relationship to the EU that no technical arrangement or any amendments to the European treaties will ever solve". "Today's EU is already 'Made in Britain'," he argues. "Yet this is not enough for a political class and public opinion made hysterical by an anti-European press firing on all cylinders against this continental monster." BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Summary: European commentators have been expressing reluctant acceptance of the EU reform deal tentatively agreed with the UK.


Following early efforts from Shaquile Coulthirst and Leonardo Da Silva Lopes, Grant McCann's side deservedly took the lead after 21 minutes with Ryan Tafazolli rising highest to nod in Paul Taylor's free-kick. Lopes could have doubled Posh's lead just before half-time but his effort from just inside the penalty area was easily saved by Dillon Phillips. The Addicks came out on the front foot after the break and went close through Josh Magennis, but the forward's effort ricocheted back off the inside of the far post. To frustrate the hosts further, Jordan Botaka then saw a deflected effort loop up onto the crossbar with Luke McGee beaten in the 55th minute as Charlton searched for an equaliser. Peterborough doubled their advantage in the 66th minute courtesy of a superb Gwion Edwards solo effort to seal an impressive away victory. Report supplied by the Press Association Match ends, Charlton Athletic 0, Peterborough United 2. Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 0, Peterborough United 2. Attempt blocked. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ricardo Santos (Peterborough United). Substitution, Peterborough United. Ricardo Santos replaces Paul Taylor. Substitution, Peterborough United. Bradden Inman replaces Gwion Edwards. Attempt blocked. Joe Aribo (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Brandon Hanlan replaces Morgan Fox. Attempt missed. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Attempt missed. Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Michael Smith. Attempt blocked. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chris Forrester (Peterborough United). Attempt missed. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic). Tom Nichols (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Paul Taylor (Peterborough United). Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United). Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Gwion Edwards (Peterborough United). Attempt blocked. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Joe Aribo replaces Fredrik Ulvestad. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Adam Chicksen replaces Jordan Botaka. Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Attempt saved. George Moncur (Peterborough

Summary: Karl Robinson is still awaiting his first victory as Charlton boss after seeing his new side beaten at home by play-off chasing Peterborough.


The government recently approved applications for tests to be carried out in areas including parts of Horwich, Blackrod and Astley Bridge. But council leader Cliff Morris said the authority will remain "absolutely" opposed to the scheme. He said: "The area covered is some of our most beautiful countryside." However, he admitted that his stance may not ultimately prevent the government from approving fracking projects in Bolton - after ministers recently declared they could bypass local authorities' opposition. During a full council meeting, Mr Morris was asked by Liberal Democrat councillor Andrew Martin if it was inevitable that the new Conservative government would fast-track fracking applications. He replied: "It's a difficult one because it is up to the government. "But they will know now the feelings of the residents and the councillors at this time. "There is a head of steam among our residents because this is a scar on the landscape. "We are saying 'no thank you, we don't want any fracking in Bolton, especially not the areas you have designated." Fracking is a technique for extracting gas or oil trapped between layers of rock by forcing the layers open using water under high pressure. Anti-fracking campaigners are concerned about the effects of the process and the waste water generated. Applications to carry out fracking in parts of Lancashire sparked widespread protests earlier this year, before the proposals were rejected.

Summary: The leader of Bolton Council has vowed to oppose any attempt to begin fracking in the region, describing the drilling technique as "a scar on the landscape".


Media playback is not supported on this device Stephen Hughes was sent-off in the first half and Ivan Sproule in the second but goals from Shane McCabe and Ryan Campbell gave the hosts victory. David Cushley and Michael Ruddy scored as Ballymena United ensured Premiership safety by beating Carrick Rangers 2-0. Andrew Mitchell was on target twice in Dungannon's 2-1 triumph over Portadown. The Ports had halted a run of five successive defeats by drawing 0-0 with Ballinamallard last week but the Swifts' success at Shamrock Park on Saturday saw them take 10 points from their four meetings with the mid-Ulster club this season. Media playback is not supported on this device Mitchell opened the scoring with a fortuitous 18th-minute goal as his cross from the right sailed over goalkeeper David Miskelly and into the net. The home side had chances to equalise but Mitchell made the three points secure by hammering the ball home in the 70th minute for his 19th of the season. Nathaniel Ferris side-footed in a consolation strike from Matthew Parker's left-wing cross five minutes later but Rodney McAree's side remain in the hunt for seventh position. Bottom club Warrenpoint suffered an early setback in their basement battle as Stephen Hughes was sent-off for handling the ball on the line in the eighth minute. Jason McCartney's resulting penalty was saved by Jonathan Parr but two minutes after the interval, McCabe gave the Fermanagh team the lead by drilling a 30-yard shot into the net. Whitey Anderson's outfit were reduced to 10 men on 55 minutes when Ivan Sproule was shown a straight red card for lashing out with a foot after losing possession. Ryan Campbell added his side's second, stabbing the ball into the roof of the net in the 62nd after getting on the end of an Emmett Friars knockdown. Media playback is not supported on this device Seventh-placed Ballymena extended their unbeaten run under new manager David Jeffrey to six matches, and boosted their chances of securing a Europa League play-off spot, by defeating struggling Carrick Rangers at Taylor's Avenue. Cushley's 35th-minute long-range free-kick took an erratic bounce and sneaked past keeper Brian Neeson for the opener 10 minutes before the break. Substitute Ruddy made it 2-0 10 minutes from time by firing left-footed past Neeson after Willie Faulkner's initial effort had been saved by the home stopper. Carrick drop below Ballinamallard into 11th in the Premiership table, just two points ahead of Warrenpoint.

Summary: Ballinamallard United moved four points clear of bottom club Warrenpoint Town with a 2-0 win at Ferney Park in a game which saw both sides end with 10 men.


Munroe, 24, played in all but one of Tyrone's league but failed to nail down a regular starting place. He started the season-opener against Roscommon and was a substitute in five other Division One games. The combative defender, who has pace and skill, appeared ideally suited to Tyrone's style of play. Munroe will now devote all his energies to his club for the remainder of the season, good news for Carrickmore, who will have full access to their top player. The Carrickmore club now has no representatives in the Tyrone squad.

Summary: Tyrone defender Johnny Munroe has left the squad, and will play no part in the county's bid to retain the Ulster Football Championship title.


James Tarrant, 66, from Essex, walked into a police station in Breda in the Netherlands on Saturday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. He fled the UK after being arrested in 2009 when drugs, a gun and cash were found at a house in Waltham Abbey. He was jailed for 15 years in his absence. Extradition proceedings have begun to bring him back to the UK. The Metropolitan Police first detained Tarrant after finding cannabis blocks, two kilos of cocaine, a handgun, ammunition, body armour and approximately Â£5,000 at a property in Essex. But he disappeared while on conditional bail. Tarrant was one of eight "most-wanted" British criminals thought to be hiding in the Netherlands, and was featured on BBC programme Crimestoppers in December. Dave Allen, head of the NCA's international crime bureau, said: "These fugitives really do have nowhere to hide and I would urge any of the remaining individuals to save yourself the trouble and hand yourself in." Tarrant was arrested as part of Operation Return, a joint NCA, Crimestoppers, Bel M (Dutch Crimestoppers) and Netherlands law enforcement scheme to locate UK fugitives believed to be hiding out in and around Amsterdam.

Summary: A convicted drugs trafficker who has been on the run for five years has handed himself into Dutch police.


Production would never reach that level again, with the strike heralding the long slow decline of an industry they once called King Coal. Thirty years later, China's growth in coal consumption - just its growth - was not far off the UK's 1983 total output. In 2013, China consumed an extra 93 million tonnes of the stuff. That amount - a mountain of the black fuel that would at one time have kept the best part of a quarter of a million British miners in work - represented only a 2.6% increase in China's seemingly insatiable appetite for coal. Like Britain, China's industrial revolution has been coal-powered, but it has been on a scale and speed like nothing else in world history, bringing with it serious environmental implications. China surpassed the United States to become the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2007 and, if that trajectory is followed, it is well on track to double US emission levels within the next few years. For anyone, anywhere worried about climate change, China has become the problem, and with the country opening a new coal-fired power station on average every week, it is a problem that has looked likely to simply grow and grow. Except that the recently released figures for 2014 suggest that something very interesting may now be happening. Rather than another giant increase in coal consumption, for the first time in 15 years, government data shows that China's annual coal consumption declined by 2.9%, with an accompanying 1% fall in carbon dioxide emissions. A series of articles looking at how the world will meet increasing demand for energy and the need to cut CO2 emissions linked to global warming, using old and new technologies Rather than never-ending growth, all the talk now is of "peak coal", the moment when China begins to wean itself off fossil fuels. And some analysts believe, on the basis of that 2014 figure, the moment may well have already arrived. "It's quite possible," says Wang Tao, an expert on climate and energy policy at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre for Global Policy in Beijing. "I wouldn't say 100% sure, but given what we're seeing in the heavy industries and the direction that China is trying to drive its economy, I don't think we're going to see a dramatic change and coal consumption back up again." Other analysts are a little more cautious, but almost all agree that peak coal, if it hasn't yet arrived, is closer than anyone previously thought. And while some of it may be down to simple economic factors - the now well-documented slowdown in Chinese growth in recent years - there is wide recognition that a significant shift in Chinese environmental policy is also playing a part. China used to argue that it was unfair for developed countries to lecture as, just as they had in the course of their industrialisation, it had the "right to pollute". If it had to choose between its economy or its environment, the old orthodoxy used to go, the economy would win every time. "There are priorities

Summary: In 1983, the year before the coal miners' strike - one of the most bitter industrial disputes in British history - the UK produced 119 million tonnes of coal.


In an email sent to every customer, TalkTalk said scammers were using stolen information to trick people into handing over banking details. TalkTalk said it had sent the email to every customer although only a few thousand account numbers went astray. It has set up a dedicated phone line for customers targeted by the scammers. The theft of data was unearthed when TalkTalk investigated a sudden rise in complaints from customers about scam calls between October and December 2014, said a spokeswoman. "We have now concluded a thorough investigation working with an external security company, and we have become aware that some limited non-sensitive information may have been illegally accessed in violation of our security procedure," she said. The attackers got at some of TalkTalk's internal systems via a third-party that also had access to its network. Legal action is now being taken against this unnamed third party. The information stolen included names, addresses, phone numbers and TalkTalk account numbers. The company was confident that no sensitive or payment data went astray in the hack. "We are aware of a small, but nonetheless significant, number of customers who have been directly targeted by these criminals and we have been supporting them directly," said a statement from TalkTalk. It would not put an exact figure on the number affected but said it was in the "small thousands". The company currently has about four million customers. The scammers appear to be using the stolen details to trick people into thinking calls are coming from legitimate TalkTalk customer service staff. People are then tricked into handing over bank details or into signing up and paying for security software and services they do not need. Although TalkTalk said it became aware of the data loss late last year, the BBC has been contacted by one customer who said the scammers working to a similar pattern called in August. His wife's familiarity with computers helped her quickly spot that the call was fake. "They said our computer was infected with a virus and used various social engineering techniques to try to get more info, but she's pretty clued up," said Richard Lee-Williams from Wales. "Over the following few days she got several more calls but from a different person each time trying the same trick," he said. At the time TalkTalk was "dismissive" of the complaint Mr Lee-Williams made about the scam. A TalKTalk spokeswoman said without more details it was hard to know if the same conmen were involved in the August and December attacks. She invited Mr Lee-Williams to contact TalkTalk to resolve his complaint. Customers who have been hit by the scammers can call a dedicated number, 0800 083 2710, to get help from the telecoms firm. Some reports suggest customers have lost thousands to the scammers. Many TalkTalk customers have taken to the company's support forums to report that they have been contacted by the scammers. Customers who have been caught out should contact their bank, said the firm. It added that it was working with the Information Commissioner's Office to identify the

Summary: TalkTalk customers are being warned about scammers who managed to steal account numbers and names from the company's computers.


Long before Donald Trump had his eye on the White House, his attention was firmly on the small community of Menie in Aberdeenshire. The American businessman wanted to build the greatest golf course on earth. However, some people who lived in the area became vehemently opposed, and the saga of the Trump International Golf Links began. "I saw that the residents of Menie were getting a lot of bad press at a time when Donald Trump was being celebrated for arriving in the area," reflected Alicia Bruce, a photographer who spent six years capturing the changing landscape of Menie and its people as the course was built on rare sand dunes. Alicia was speaking from the Luvians Ice Cream parlour and cafÃ© in St Andrews, a novel choice to host her photography project. Festival organisers are keen to bring the exhibits out of the gallery and into the community. It was indeed a sense of community that first drew Alicia to the project. She grew up in Aberdeen, and played on the beaches in Menie in her childhood. As Donald Trump told the assembled media of his intentions to transform the area into a haven for golf fans around the world, Alicia wanted to discover the story of the locals who lived there. She has never photographed the businessman, focussing instead on the residents and the changes to the environment. The pictures of the Menie locals are based on portrait paintings they chose themselves. She said: "I started off by going to visit Michael Forbes and instead of finding the angry peasant, pig, village idiot that Donald Trump called him, I found this hospitable, lovely guy surrounded by friends and family." Mr Forbes became the face of the community who stood up to the billionaire property developer. He was one of the main contributors in Anthony Baxter's award winning documentary You've Been Trumped. Alicia's image of Mr Forbes, which is also on display in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, is one of the key pictures of her collection. During one of her visits to Menie however, she became the subject of some unwanted attention. "I was threatened by Donald Trump's security," she adds. "It was quite frightening. I was there to visit [Menie Resident] Susan Munro as a friend that day and I had my camera with me. "I just wanted to take a picture of where the clubhouse was going to be. I was on her land. "Out of nowhere, this security guard comes along and starts threatening me and says he is going to 'smash my camera'. He was really angry." In relation to that incident, which happened in June 2012, Grampian Police issued a formal police warning to the individual over threatening and abusive behaviour. When asked about the allegations of bullying that have been made against the Trump organisation in relation to the Menie golf course development, Sarah Malone - the Executive Vice President of Trump International Golf Links - stated they are "categorically untrue". Ms Malone also pointed out the golf course's success since it

Summary: The story of the American Presidential hopeful and the Aberdeenshire locals who stood up to him is now being told in St Andrews, the home of golf, at the town's inaugural photography festival.


Simon Brooks told BBC Wales "an unintended consequence" of devolution was more public sector jobs were being centralised in the capital. Rural areas have been "losing young people by the bucket load", he added. The Welsh Government said it was "fully committed" to ensuring Gwynedd benefits from public sector jobs and investment. "I think we need to start thinking about moving public sector jobs out of Cardiff to places like Gwynedd so that people can have meaningful employment with proper careers in places like this," said Mr Brooks, a Plaid Cymru councillor in Porthmadog. "We've just lost a tax office here in Porthmadog down to Cardiff. This can't carry on. "This is an unintended consequence of devolution and I think we have to do something about it, we can't deny there is a problem, there obviously is." He added: "This is the Welsh-speaking heartland of Wales and yet we don't have a national headquarters of any Welsh-language organisations up here, they're all in Cardiff - it's a ridiculous situation." Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said the number of young people leaving the county was a "huge problem". "If we lose our young people, who are the potential leaders for our communities and society for the future, then we'll get that imbalance in the population where we know we have got an elderly population and one that's going to grow in terms of percentage over the years," he said. In total, there are almost 50 public bodies in Wales that exist at arms length from the government, such as the Children's Commissioner and Older People's Commissioner. There are nine organisations which the Welsh Government said are under its direct control. Dafydd Gruffydd works for Arloesi Gwynedd, which aims to help keep young people in rural areas. He said it can be difficult to convince young people there are local jobs. "Obviously there are challenges, there are less opportunities here than in a big city. But where we are in Parc Menai, there's a cluster of high-value digital businesses here looking for staff," he said. "And maybe one of the main challenges is to tell the world, and to tell young people in Gwynedd and Anglesey, that those opportunities do exist." Dafydd Williams completed his master's degree in London last year and returned home to Pwllheli to find a job. He now works for an online gaming developer on Parc Menai, near Bangor, which means he has an hour-long journey to and from the office every day. He thinks some young people are too willing to look for work in big towns and cities without seeing what is available locally. "I think it's an assumption I've seen some of my colleagues and friends make over the years. But the opportunities are here, they might be more difficult to look up and find, but they are definitely are here," he said. A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We are fully committed to ensuring people in Gwynedd benefit from public sector jobs and investment. "Only last month, the Economy Secretary (Ken Skates) confirmed his wish for the

Summary: A public body should be moved to Gwynedd to stem the flow of young people leaving the county, a Welsh-language campaigner has said.


James Kelly Nestruck said he received a contract between Wests Tigers forward Martin Taupau and the Manly Sea Eagles. The two clubs have confirmed the transfer. A possible explanation for the mix-up is that Mr Nestruck has the same initial and surname as the CEO of the Sea Eagles, Joe Kelly. But in a statement the Wests Tigers denied that they had sent the email. Mr Nestruck made light of the incident on his Twitter account, having become an unlikely trending topic in Sydney. "Hey there Antipodean rugby enthusiasts... Thanks for all the interest, but I'm done playing at Kiwileaks now - and am off to review a play," he said.

Summary: A Canadian theatre critic has said he was accidentally sent an email revealing that a rugby league star is switching clubs in Australia.


Proposals for reform will include term limits for presidents and integrity checks for top officials, president Sepp Blatter announced. Fifa will hold an extraordinary congress to elect its new president on 26 February 2016, he added. Blatter, 79, announced he would stand down in June - just four days after being re-elected president. Blatter's resignation on 2 June followed the arrest of seven Fifa officials as part of a United States investigation that saw 14 people in total indicted on corruption charges. A second criminal case was launched by Swiss prosecutors into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively. They followed a number of scandals and corruption allegations that had tainted Fifa in recent years. In December, independent investigator Michael Garcia quit Fifa in protest at the way it handled his report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Candidates to replace Blatter in the February election must be nominated before 26 October. Initial predictions were of a December election, as favoured by several regional football confederations. By the time of the vote, Blatter will have been in office for almost nine months from the date of his 2 June resignation speech. Media playback is not supported on this device At a news conference on Monday, he did not backtrack on his announcement to stand aside - despite appearing to suggest in June he was reconsidering - confirming: "On 26 of February, Fifa will have a new president. I will not be a candidate for the election in 2016." Explaining his decision to step down, he said: "I had to do something very special and I did it. In footballing terms I would say I kicked the ball out of the field to stop something, this is what I did on 2 June. I'm still the elected president and today I speak with you as the elected president." Earlier on Monday, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein - who lost to Blatter in the May election - had called for the Swiss to leave his post immediately. "President Blatter's resignation cannot be dragged out any longer. He must leave now," he said. Uefa president Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the post. It is thought 60-year-old Platini has yet to decide whether he will stand. But following Blatter's announcement, Platini said: "We now have a concrete date which means we can look forward to new leadership, which will surely bring with it new ideas and new solutions. This is an exciting time for Fifa." Term limits for officials, central integrity checks for executive committee members and the disclosing of all salaries and payments to Fifa members will be the main focus of the reform taskforce, Blatter said - although he did not go into more detail. The set-up of the committee would be like "10 players and a coach", he added, with one key person - the "coach" - driving the process. Platini said the creation of the panel was "an important step".

Summary: Fifa is to set up a taskforce of 11 people to look at reforming football's scandal-hit world governing body.


Members of the 12th (Airborne) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment met at the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester for the "final" time. The Old Veterans Association, known as the Swedebashers, disbanded officially in 2012 after forming in 1945. Chris Copson, curator of the museum, said the meeting was "poignant" as only about 10 veterans are still alive. During World War Two the battalion flew into battle using gliders across northern France. Katrina Thompson's father, General Paul Gleadell, was the driving force behind the association. She said she believed this would be the final meeting. "It will get to the stage where there aren't any veterans left, but it is being kept alive in their memory by the sons and daughters. "It is the end of an era." Mr Copson said: "The Swedebashers were a remarkable unit by any standards. "It is the final chapter of an amazing story of what they did during the Second World War." He said the Swedebasher name came from rural stereotypes about Devon, which was then adopted affectionately by the battalion. In 1958 the Devonshire Regiment merged with the Dorset Regiment. It became part of The Rifles in 2007.

Summary: A plaque has been unveiled to commemorate a group of World War Two veterans.


Imtiaz Ul Haq, 58, suffered serious knife wounds to his throat during the attack at the Costcutter convenience store in Queensferry on 8 December At Mold Crown Court on Monday, Matthew Liam Whelan, 29, from Mancot, denied attempted murder but admitted both wounding with intent and robbery. Leslie Peter Baines, 47, of Connah's Quay, denies the robbery charge. A trial date has been set for 22 May, however the prosecution has been asked to consider if it wishes to proceed with an attempted murder charge against Whelan or accept his guilty plea to the other offence. Both men were remanded in custody ahead of a pre-trial hearing in April.

Summary: A man accused of trying to kill a Flintshire shopkeeper in a robbery has admitted a wounding charge.


SNP MP George Kerevan is to call for an inquiry into the policy in the light of last year's attempted coup in Turkey and tensions with its Nato partners. Major repairs to RAF combat jets have previously been carried out in the UK. The Ministry of Defence said the F-35 was an international project with a global support network. Turkey was selected by the US department of defence's joint programme office, based near the Pentagon, to provide "deep maintenance" and repair of engines for all F-35 aircraft based in Europe. There will also be engine repair facilities in Australia and North America. But Mr Kerevan said the UK should consider setting up back-up facilities. "The UK should have options in the event of a diplomatic crisis with Turkey," he told BBC News. "I want to know what alternative arrangements are in place if it became impossible to have the the engines overhauled." The MP is writing to the defence select committee to ask it to investigate. Mark Bobbi, principal analyst at IHS Jane's, said the MP was right to raise the issue. "My concern is that any cessation of Turkish engine maintenance would strain customer operations of the F-35," he told BBC News. "If such is in the context of combat operations in the Middle East, then the issue becomes very serious indeed." He said there was "far less concern" about the theft of intellectual property or "reverse engineering" if an F-35 "fell into the wrong hands" because aircraft engines are extremely difficult to replicate. But he added: "F-35 partners, all of them, should be concerned with Turkey and be ready to respond quickly to any political, social, or 'military' crisis." The F-35, formerly known as the Joint Strike Fighter, is being built by US defence giant Lockheed Martin in partnership with other countries including the UK, which makes about 15% of the components. The UK has so far ordered 24 of the jets, the first of which are due to go into service with the RAF and the Royal Navy next year. The short take-off and vertical landing planes, which will be known as the Lightning II, are set to be deployed on the UK's two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. The nine F-35 partner nations - US, UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands and Turkey - will share maintenance tasks, with UK companies handling repairs to electronics and ejector seats at a facility in North Wales. The Ministry of Defence said this system would ensure "the UK's security of supply of F-35 engines is not impacted". "F-35 is an international programme, with maintenance and repair hubs in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific and a global support network that ensures security of supply for all involved," said an MoD spokesman. "The UK, along with the other F-35 partner nations, benefit from this approach and the efficiencies it delivers." Defence Secretary Michael Fallon last week announced funding for a Â£40m training, engineering and maintenance hub for F-35s at RAF Marham, in Norfolk, at a joint press conference with US

Summary: Security concerns have been raised about plans to carry out major servicing work on the UK's new F-35 fighter jets in Turkey.


GB will play Australia, ranked second in the world, in Saturday's final at 13:35 BST. Sam Ward gave Britain the lead from a penalty corner before Dominic Newman levelled for the Black Sticks. But strikes from Phil Roper and Mark Gleghorne carried home Bobby Crutchley's side. Britain's return to the final for the first time since England lifted the trophy in 1994 was confirmed when hosts Malaysia beat India 1-0 later in the day. "It was a very good performance in stifling heat. I felt we dominated the game," said Crutchley. "If we had a better conversion rate from the chances we created, the scoreline would have been more comfortable." Results, fixtures & tables on the tournament's official website

Summary: Great Britain claimed a 3-2 win against New Zealand in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to become the first British side to reach the final in 23 years.


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Summary: Parts of Mexico City's historic centre have been closed to traffic as film crews shoot scenes for a new Godzilla film in the Mexican capital.


Twenty-one-year-old striker Ollie Watkins and midfielder Ethan Ampadu, 16, have been linked with bigger clubs. Watkins signed in July 2013 and has scored 30 goals in 55 appearances, whilst Ampadu was named Wales Young Player of the Year in November. Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon: "I want to keep this team together for the season. Nobody is in a rush to sell." He continued: "There's plenty of interest and enquiries but this is the best group of players I have had in a long time. "The club is in a healthy place and doesn't need the money. It's a good quality problem to have."

Summary: Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale has confirmed growing transfer interest in two of his young stars.