Giglia won gold in the C1-3 3,000m cycling race on the opening day of the games, beating American Jamie Whitmore into second place. She said she had taken "extra motivation" from 10-year-old Alasdair Rowan, who suffered a stroke in July and is now recovering. At the time of the last Paralympics in London, Giglia was a sports instructor. But in January 2013, four months after the games had ended, she had a stroke and brain haemorrhage, leaving her with restricted movement down her right side. Cycling formed part of her recovery and she told the BBC in August: "I never dreamed I would get to this level, but it has allowed me to turn what was a bad situation into a good one. "It gives me something to live for and I hope what I am doing can give other people hope that they can do something with their lives." Giglia, who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon before moving to Manchester where British Cycling is based, dedicated her Paralympics victory to other stroke patients trying to come to terms with the effects and, in particular, to one 10-year-old schoolboy who had inspired her. Writing on her Instagram page before the race, she said: "My Paralympic Games kicks off tomorrow and every race I compete in I'm dedicating to individuals and their families who are all currently dealing with the after effects of a stroke!!! "Tomorrow is the 3km pursuit and is dedicated to a strong and determined young man going by the name of ALASDAIR ROWAN who is on his road to recovery and given me extra motivation to succeed...This one's for you Alasdair." Alasdair's father, Lee, told the BBC that Giglia had asked his wife, Fiona, if she could dedicate the race to their son after they were put in touch by charity Different Strokes. Giglia is a patron of the charity. Alasdair, then aged nine, had a stroke in July after suffering an aneurism. He has since returned home following an emergency operation and a month-long stay in hospital, and is hoping to return to school soon. Mr Rowan said the family had been cheering Giglia on to victory and had been filled with "nervous excitement" when they saw her carrying a picture of Alasdair as she was about to be interviewed. Mr Rowan, from Bulkington, in Warwickshire, said he was pleased that she had used the interview to raise awareness about young stroke patients. "A lot of people think strokes only happen to older people - that certainly is not the case. Alasdair is younger than normal but he's not unique." Giglia began her cycling career after she was spotted at a British Cycling talent identification event and joined its development programme in May 2014. She had her first major success in international competition at the Newport Para-cycling International in early 2015, when she won silver in the individual pursuit and bronze in the 500-metre time trial. Following this performance, she was selected for her debut UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and finished fourth in the time trial

Summary: Megan Giglia, who won Britain's first gold medal at the Rio Paralympics, says sport gave her something to live for after she suffered a stroke and a brain haemorrhage aged 27.


The 28-year-old played 138 times for the club and represented Scotland Sevens between 2006 and 2014, including last year's Commonwealth Games. "A difficult time has been made easier as it's not been a decision," said Grant. "You just have to get on with it, accept things and move on." Grant joined Edinburgh in 2009 after beginning his Scottish rugby career as an apprentice with Border Reivers. A recipient of the John Macphail Scholarship in 2008, he broadened his experience playing with Auckland University in New Zealand, having played through Scotland's age grades, and went on to be part of the Scotland A team that secured a 35-0 victory over England Saxons in 2012. "It's been a pretty emotional time, having to come to terms with the fact I have to stop playing due to injury but I have no regrets," added Grant. "I'm really proud of what I've done, what I've achieved and what I've contributed." Head coach Alan Solomons said: "Roddy's retirement is a sad day for both the club and Scottish rugby. "I've been fortunate, over the years, to coach some terrific young men; Roddy is right up there with the best of the best. His contribution to the club has been immense, both on and off the field. He is a leader of men and the ultimate pro. "He has the heart of a lion, an unbelievable work-rate and he knew our systems and his role within them to perfection. Roddy never had a bad game. He is certainly one of the most consistent players I have ever coached. "We will miss him - he is one of a kind."

Summary: Experienced Edinburgh flanker Roddy Grant has been forced to retire after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered at the end of last season.


A report said Britain had fallen short so far in its moral responsibility to help those fleeing conflict and is "turning a blind eye" to their plight. The coalition of 13 aid agencies said Europe's overall response to the migrant crisis was inadequate and the UK should show more leadership. The organisations include Oxfam and the Refugee Council. They point to the fact that more than half of last year's asylum claims on the continent were made in Germany and Hungary compared with just 3% in then UK. The groups suggest Britain could devise a new humanitarian visa that would let those at risk claim asylum remotely from their country of origin, or from a transit country, rather than risking their lives on flimsy boats. The report also expresses concern that reception centres in hotspots such as Greece and Italy are beginning to resemble detention centres run by military personnel. This lacks humanity and stigmatises those seeking help as if they are a security threat, it says. British Refugee Council chief executive Maurice Wren accused European leaders of lacking the "political leadership and moral courage" to tackle the crisis. "Today we're presenting a roadmap for change which prioritises saving lives, solidarity and safe passage," he said. "European governments, including the UK, must take a long hard look at themselves and ask is this the best they can do? We say that it doesn't have to be this way." According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 135,000 migrants reached Europe by sea between January and March this year despite the creation of a European naval patrol in the Mediterranean and Aegean.

Summary: The UK needs to do more for refugees on the move in Europe, an alliance of non-governmental organisations has said.


Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was one of five people who suffered severe injuries on the Smiler ride on 2 June. A Twitter campaign - #Get1DToLeah - called for the pop band to contact her. Friends said Ms Washington would be "elated" at the news. Sara Stuart, who helped start the campaign, said she had been to the Royal Stoke Hospital to visit the teenager, whom she described as a huge fan of the band. "She's seen them so many times," Ms Stuart said. "It's really given Leah something to aim for and really look forward to once she's recovered." The campaign has received thousands of retweets. "The support has been overwhelming. It made me so happy that so many people were supporting one of my closest friends." She said the message "would make Leah's day and aid her recovery". She added her friend had tickets to see the band in concert in Cardiff on Saturday but was unable to go because of her injuries. The band are currently in Europe as part of a world tour. "After visiting her yesterday and knowing how upset she was that she missed seeing them on Saturday, we decided we would try and get in touch with them to see if they were prepared to visit her or send her a video message," she said. "She would love this." The band's agents said the band's four members - Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson - had filmed a video message for Ms Washington. "Unfortunately because of their schedule they can't visit her in hospital, but they have offered Leah tickets to a forthcoming concert of her choice when she has recovered, and will be delighted to meet her backstage then," they said. Band member Louis Tomlinson has already sent her his best wishes. He said he was thinking about her and hoping she was back home soon. Ms Washington's boyfriend, 18-year-old Joe Pugh, from Barnsley, is being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The couple were in the front row of the Smiler ride, alongside Daniel Thorpe and Vicky Balch, when it hit an empty carriage last week. Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, who was sitting in the second row of the ride, was taken to hospital with internal injuries. The crash left 16 people trapped 25ft (7.6m) above the ground for about four-and-a-half hours.

Summary: The stars of One Direction have filmed a video message and offered to meet a teenage girl whose leg was amputated following a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers.


It seemed fitting that, when in the 1980s the authorities wanted someone for a pre-recorded radio announcement telling Britain that it was under nuclear attack, they turned to him. It meant, he observed with typical wryness, that he became known as "the voice of doom". He was born in Cairo on 23 August 1945 and spent his first 14 years in the Middle East and Cyprus, listening to the BBC World Service and the forces radio network BFBS (which rebroadcast BBC plays and comedies). After dabbling with acting - he appeared with the New Shakespeare Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London - he joined BFBS as an announcer. According to a BBC biography he then travelled around the Middle East for five years, before joining BBC Radio 2. He read the news and presented Nightride. He transferred to BBC Radio 4 in 1974 after a month with the fledgling commercial station Radio Hallam in Sheffield, and remained with the network until 1 January 2013, as a continuity announcer and newsreader. In 1988 he became the station's chief announcer despite a sometimes chippy relationship with BBC management. Occasionally that became evident on air. In the 1970s a new controller of Radio 4 invented a programme called Up to the Hour, a miscellany of items presented by one of the continuity team, which interrupted the Today programme. It wasn't popular. One morning Donaldson introduced it with the words: "This is Donald Peterson to take you Up to the Hour, drive you out to work or send you round the dial to Radio 2. And if you're staying, you're very brave!" His duties included reading the Shipping Forecast, presenting the Six O'Clock News, and reading out funny snippets from newspapers on The News Quiz. His other interests include walking - usually to pubs to discuss politics and religion, and swimming - sometimes across tiny bays to tavernas, to talk about Mediterranean cookery and books.

Summary: Peter Donaldson had one of the most distinctive voices on Radio 4 - warm and resonant, a voice of benign authority with just a hint of humour.


Simon Walker, head of the Institute of Directors (IoD), told the BBC that Sir Philip Green had a moral responsibility to the retailer's staff. The IoD normally promotes the cause of business, but Mr Walker said there were still many unanswered questions. Sir Philip is due to give his side of the story to MPs later this month. It was announced on Thursday that the department store will be wound down with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs after efforts to find a buyer failed. BHS, sold by Sir Philip last year for £1 to former racing driver Dominic Chappell, went into administration in April. Mr Walker told the BBC's Today programme that the collapse of BHS "has the potential to be deeply damaging to the reputation of British business". He said: "We spend a lot of time agonising about the loss of trust in the business community, and I think we can see why this is. I think there is a lamentable failure of behaviour and there are a lot of questions that need to be asked." Asked if he could defend Sir Philip's handling of the company, Mr Walker replied: "No, I can't." Sir Philip, he said, has "moral responsibilities" over the demise of the firm and plight of the pension scheme. The billionaire owner of the Arcadia retail empire has been accused of taking money out of BHS while the pension fund sank deep into deficit. Mr Walker said: "You can't just get yourself off the hook by selling a business to someone who's been bankrupt three times and is a former racing driver with no retail experience." He acknowledged that "BHS was probably going to fail anyway", but added: "It's the manner of its failure and the fact that it ends up dumping huge liabilities on to the taxpayer that is a problem, and it is the lack of due diligence in selling it (to Mr Chappell)... something's wrong". Two Commons select committees are holding hearings into the demise of BHS, and Sir Philip, Mr Chappell and other directors are due to give evidence later this month. Sir Philip said on Thursday that he was "saddened and disappointed" by the biggest retail collapse since Woolworths in 2008. A spokesman said the owner of the Topshop chain had hoped to see the company sold as a going concern. 163 stores to close 11,000 jobs at risk, including: 8,000 members of staff and 3,000 non-BHS employees who work in the stores Arcadia advisers have previously said that the business was sold to a company, not an individual, and that they were presented with a credible business plan. BHS's administrators Duff & Phelps said on Thursday that they had failed to find a buyer and that all 163 stores would be holding closing sales over the coming weeks. The jobs of 8,000 members of staff are likely to go, while a further 3,000 jobs of non-BHS employees who work in the stores may also be at risk. John Hannett, of the retail union Usdaw, said there were "serious questions about

Summary: A business leader has accused the former owners of BHS of "lamentable failures", saying its collapse has fuelled public distrust of UK plc.


Owen Jenkins' body was found in the River Trent near Beeston Marina and Beeston Weir following a major search on 10 July. On 23 July, hundreds of bikers took part in a ride to the weir as part of a tribute to the schoolboy. The funeral service took place at Bramcote Crematorium on Saturday. Hundreds of people lined the streets as the funeral procession passed. A crowd applauded Owen's coffin as it approached in a horse-drawn hearse, then cheered "hip hip hooray" three times. His mother Nicola Jenkins, who urged mourners to wear purple and red tops, her son's favourite colours, said the service was a chance to celebrate his life. Writing about Owen on her Facebook page, she said: "You will always be remembered for your heroic actions, you gave your life to save others. "We will always have you in our hearts forever." Owen's cousin, Paige Staniforth, said after the service: "He would have been so embarrassed that loads of people are here for him but he deserves it, he really does. "He deserves the world and more. It's just heartbreaking that he's gone." A major search operation was launched following reports a boy had gone into the River Trent off Riverside Road at about 18:00 on 10 July. The rescue operation included seven fire engines, 28 police officers and three boats, but about four hours later Owen's body was found. It later emerged that he had fallen in the river while saving a girl who got into difficulty. A Facebook post by the boy's rugby team, Nottingham Casuals RFC, said Owen was loved by his teammates and everyone he came into contact with. Ian Brierly, head teacher at Chilwell School where Owen was a student, described him as an "enthusiastic and gregarious young man". Anna Soubry, Conservative MP for Broxtowe, who said Owen had "lost his life in the Trent trying to help others", has called for government action to co-ordinate safety measures around open water.

Summary: Hundreds of people have paid their respects at the funeral of a 12-year-old "hero" who died while trying to rescue a girl from a weir.


The Ministry of Public Security said 1,168 cultural relics worth more than 500m yuan ($80m; £52m) had been found. The artefacts are thought to be illegally excavated in Niuheliang, a Neolithic archaeological site in north-eastern Liaoning province. The ministry said the activities of the looters had severely damaged the site. Among the artefacts was a coiled jade dragon, one of the earliest known depictions of the mythological creature, authorities said. Unesco says the Niuheliang archaeological site, which dates back 5,500-5,000 years, was a burial and sacrificial centre in the late Hongshan period. State media described the recovery as the biggest operation of its kind since the founding of modern China in 1949. The date of the recovery operation was not provided, but the ministry said in a statement that 1,000 police officer were involved. The looters were said to be split into 10 gangs that were responsible for everything from the excavation to the selling of the relics, according to China Daily. Four archaeologists are also thought to be involved, the newspaper said. "Artefacts are sold at a fast speed and traded frequently in a short time," said Cai Binghui, a police officer who was involved with the case according to China Daily.

Summary: Police in China have taken 175 people into custody in what authorities are calling the country's biggest ever operation to recover stolen artefacts.


However, the discourse has mostly centred around the "maharajas" or kings, many of whom are still wealthy and influential. Although there have been prominent maharanis (queens) like Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, who was instrumental in promoting girls' education in India, and featured on a Vogue list of "most beautiful women", many of India's royal women have been out of the spotlight and not much is known about them. A photography studio, Tasveer, is now trying to change that - as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, it has collected portraits of Indian queens and princesses and is showing it in an exhibition, titled "Maharani: Women of Royal India". Tasveer said the pictures were sourced from the archives of the Museum of Art and Photography, royal collections from across the subcontinent and other institutional and private collections both in India and abroad such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Amar Mahal Museum and Library in Jammu.

Summary: India's royalty lost their official powers when the nation gained independence in 1947, but there is still a great sense of romance and fascination with the men and women who once ruled large tracts of the country.


The rider, who is believed to be a 47-year-old man from the Askam area, was riding a Triumph motorbike when he collided with a Scania HGV shortly before noon on the A595 near the Askam brickworks. Cumbria Police said the biker died at the scene. The 52-year-old man driving the HGV was uninjured. The road was closed for several hours and police are appealing for witnesses.

Summary: A biker has died after a collision with a lorry in Askam-in-Furness.


Steven Finn (3-27) reduced the hosts to 136-4 after England had set them 416 - the second highest chase ever - to win. Earlier, Jonny Bairstow hit 79 - his best Test score for three years - and Joe Root 73 as England reached 326 in their second innings. England are heavy favourites to earn a rare away win, but key batsman AB de Villiers remains unbeaten on 37. He was reprieved six overs before the close when Bairstow missed a tough chance to stump him off the bowling of Moeen Ali. Alastair Cook's men have won only one of their last 15 overseas Tests, but they have consistently outplayed the world's top-ranked Test side in this match. The Proteas, meanwhile, have concerns over captain Hashim Amla, who again failed with the bat, and talismanic fast bowler Dale Steyn, who did not bowl after injuring his shoulder on the third day. England resumed on 172-3, 261 runs ahead, looking for quick runs to set South Africa a challenging target, and in that context Bairstow's rapid innings was extremely valuable. Playing with impressive fluency on a wicket on which scoring has generally been difficult and slow, the Yorkshire batsman struck nine fours and three sixes. It was a significant knock from Bairstow, who is still seeking to establish himself as a permanent fixture in this England side ahead of rival wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler. But he could not record his maiden Test century, holing out off part-timer Stiaan van Zyl - who finished with 3-20 - as he unselfishly tried to accelerate with a declaration in prospect. Earlier, Root added just 13 runs to his overnight score before edging Kyle Abbott to slip, continuing a pattern of failing to convert fifties into hundreds - the number four has just three centuries in 2015, despite having passed 50 13 times. Ben Stokes' lean run with the bat continued as he edged Piedt to slip for five - the eighth time he has failed to pass five in his last 13 innings - but Chris Woakes contributed 23 in a useful cameo. The hosts began well with the bat, with first-innings centurion Dean Elgar and Van Zyl cracking eight boundaries in the first nine overs as they raced to South Africa's first 50 partnership for the opening wicket in nine innings. But Stokes removed Van Zyl just before tea, nipping a delivery between bat and pad. Then it was over to Finn, who continued his fine wicket-taking form since being recalled to the side in the summer with a superb burst in the evening session. First he induced the out-of-form Amla to chase a wide delivery and edge behind, then he had Elgar slash a full delivery to Root, who held a sharp catch at second slip. And in the final over of the day, he ended the resistance of Faf du Plessis, producing a beautiful delivery which squared the batsman up and was edged to Cook at first slip. Finn now looks a heavy favourite to retain his place ahead of Woakes if James Anderson

Summary: England need six wickets on the final day to complete victory in the first Test against South Africa in Durban.


Gavin Rothery almost put the visitors ahead with a powerful close-range strike which was inches over. Managerless Harriers battled gamely and went close when Elton Ngwatala's fine shot struck the post. But from a late corner, Liam Dickinson connected with Jake Lawlor's header and volleyed Guiseley to a victory which left the hosts 14 points from safety.

Summary: Guiseley consigned bottom side Kidderminster Harriers to their seventh straight defeat in the National League.


The males of the extraordinary semi-aquatic mammal - one of the only kind to lay eggs - have venomous spurs on the heels of their hind feet. The poison is used to ward off adversaries. But scientists at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University have discovered it contains a hormone that could help treat diabetes. Known as GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1), it is also found in humans and other animals, where it promotes insulin release, lowering blood glucose levels. But it normally degrades very quickly. Not for the duck-billed bottom feeders though. Or for echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters - another iconic Australian species found to carry the unusual hormone. Both produce a long-lasting form of it, offering the tantalising prospect of creating something similar for human diabetes sufferers. Lead researcher Prof Frank Grutzer told the BBC's Greg Dunlop why the researchers had decided to look at the platypus and its insulin mechanisms: "We knew from genome analysis that there was something weird about the platypus's metabolic control system because they basically lack a functional stomach." They are not the only animals to use insulin against enemies. The gila monster, a venomous lizard native to the US and Mexico, and the geographer cone, a dangerous sea snail which can kill entire schools of fish by releasing insulin into the sea, both also weaponise the chemical. "That's obviously something that can be powerful in venom," Prof Grutzer said, though he stressed it was not what had led them to the discovery. "It was really coincidental," he said. He emphasised that much more research was needed before the discovery could, if ever, lead to a human treatment: "An important experiment is going to be putting this it into mice and see how it affects blood glucose levels. That's certainly very high on our priority list. "But to get to a drug is a very long journey. We still have to learn a lot more about how this platypus hormone actually works."

Summary: Platypus venom could pave the way for new treatments for type 2 diabetes, say Australian researchers.


The ICM survey found 34% rated the Tory leader and 23% his Labour rival. UKIP leader Nigel Farage was preferred by 8% and Lib Dem Nick Clegg 5% - although 21% answered "none of them". Prof Roger Scully of Cardiff University said if Mr Miliband was behind Mr Cameron in such a "Labour bastion" as Wales, he could struggle elsewhere. However, he added: "Margaret Thatcher won an election in 1979, despite being generally behind James Callaghan in opinion ratings," referring to the first of four consecutive Conservative victories over Labour. People were asked to disregard their own party preferences when naming the leader they thought would make the best prime minister. Support for further devolution of power to the assembly fell to 40%, from 49% in September. Around one third of those questioned - 33% - said the assembly had sufficient powers, up by 7 percentage points. Four percent said it should have fewer powers - up 2 points - with 13% wanting to scrap the assembly altogether - up 1. Support for independence had doubled from 3% to 6%. "There is a divide now between those who are reasonably happy with things as they are, and the somewhat larger group who would like things to go somewhat further, but not as far as independence," Prof Scully said. Asked to pick which institution they thought was most likely to improve things for themselves and their family, 38% chose the assembly, 26% the Westminster Parliament, 20% their local council and 6% the European Union. Prof Scully said this showed "a sort of broad, residual goodwill" towards the assembly. As for Europe, nearly two-thirds - 63% - said they would prefer the UK to stay in the European Union, with 33% wanting to leave. On university tuition fees subsidised by the Welsh government, nearly two-thirds of those polled backed support for students attending any UK university, while 37% said they should only be supported to study at Welsh universities. BBC Wales' education correspondent Arwyn Jones said: "It's not hugely surprising that so many people in Wales are in favour of the Welsh government's tuition fee grant. "It's the most generous offer to students of any part of the UK. "The main opposition to the policy comes not from the public, but from the universities in Wales and opposition parties in the assembly. "They say that over Â£90m is "lost" to them every time a student from Wales goes to study in England. "Last week, a report by the independent Higher Education Policy Institute disagreed with that view. "It pointed out that "arguing that the main problem is that institutions are losing money assumes it was theirs to lose in the first place and that they have first claim on the sums at stake. That is contestable. "There is a review of the policy at the moment, but it won't report back for another year. "One model being considered is that only students who choose to study in Wales would get the grant - our poll suggests that 37% of people in Wales would support

Summary: More Welsh voters think David Cameron would be a better prime minister than Ed Miliband, according to a new poll for BBC Wales.


Poverty is deep and widespread, but Bangladesh has in recent years reduced population growth and improved health and education. Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh came into being only in 1971, when the two parts of Pakistan split after a bitter war which drew in neighbouring India. Bangladesh spent 15 years under military rule and, although democracy was restored in 1990, the political scene remains volatile. Islamist extremism has been rising in the usually tolerant country. The low-lying country is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones, and stands to be badly affected by any rises in sea levels. Population 162 million Area 143,998 sq km (55,598 sq miles) Major language Bengali Major religion Islam, Hinduism Life expectancy 69 years (men), 70 years (women) Currency taka President: Abdul Hamid Abdul Hamid, formerly the Speaker of parliament, was elected unopposed to the ceremonial post in 2013. Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina started a third term as prime minister in January 2014 after her Awami League won elections boycotted by the opposition amid an ongoing political crisis. Politics has long been dominated by bitter rivalry between two women: Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Both have been prime minister at various times since 1991. Their hostility stems in part from differences over who played a greater role in the country's independence struggle - Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, or Khaleda Zia's husband, General Ziaur Rahman. They sank their differences when military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad was in power from 1982 to 1990, but they have been uncompromising rivals ever since. Four bloggers who criticised religious fundamentalism were murdered in 2015. One of them was reportedly on a hit-list of bloggers published by a Bangladeshi Islamist group at the end of 2014. Some key dates in the history of Bangladesh: 1947 - British colonial rule over India ends. A largely Muslim state comprising East and West Pakistan is established, either side of India. The two provinces are separated from each other by more than 1,500 km of Indian territory. 1971 - Independence after a nine-month war, with India backing the Bengali nationalists against Pakistan. 1973 - First parliamentary elections give the Awami League a landslide victory. 1975 - A military coup sees founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members killed, putting an end to civilian rule. 1979 - Second parliamentary elections brings former army chief Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to power. 1981 - Ziaur Rahman assassinated during abortive military coup. 1982 - General Ershad assumes power in army coup. He suspends the constitution and political parties. 1991 - Fifth parliamentary elections, brings the BNP under Zia's widow, Khaleda Zia, back to power. The country returns to a parliamentary system of government.

Summary: Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries, with its people crammed into a delta of rivers that empties into the Bay of Bengal.


James Kelly is attempting to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act. The consultation on his Members' Bill attracted 3,248 responses. Mr Kelly said 71% were "fully supportive" of repealing the section of the law covering behaviour at football. And he said there was 62% support for scrapping the section covering offensive communications. Mr Kelly said this compared with 24% who indicated they were fully opposed to repealing the football part of the act, and 21% the communications sections. The vast majority of those who responded were individuals, many of whom expressed concerns that the legislation was infringing on freedom of speech and expression and unfairly criminalising fans. Several people appeared to misunderstand the question, and indicated they were "fully opposed" to repealing the act before later suggesting they were in favour. Labour said these respondents had subsequently been given an opportunity to clarify their position, with the final figures taking these clarifications into account. Celtic was the only football club to respond, with its response saying that it "remains supportive" of the Scottish government's commitment to addressing unacceptable behaviour. But it also said it retained "significant concerns" over potential discrimination against football supporters and confusion in applying and enforcing the law. Of the 21 organisations that responded, ten were supporters groups including the Celtic Trust, Club 1872 and Fans Against Criminalisation - all of which were in favour of repeal. Glasgow City Council also indicated it believe the law should be repealed. But LGBT campaign groups Stonewall Scotland and the Equality Network said repealing the act would send a message that prejudiced and threatening behaviour at football is acceptable, with Stonewall calling for a review of the legislation to examine whether improvements could be made. The act, which came into force in 2012, criminalised offensive and threatening behaviour, including sectarian behaviour, related to football matches and any communications containing threats or incitement to religious hatred. The SNP used its majority in the last Scottish Parliament to pass it - but Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all back its repeal. Mr Kelly said: "The SNP were arrogant to bulldoze this piece of legislation through Holyrood in the first place. Every other party opposed it. "Academics, lawyers, football clubs and football fans opposed it, yet the SNP wouldn't listen and used their then majority in the Scottish Parliament to rail-road the Football Act through. "Having lost that majority, and faced with clear public support for repeal through the consultation process, it would be incredibly arrogant if the SNP do not now think again." But a spokeswoman for the Scottish government said the country continues to have a problem with abusive behaviour at football games. She said: "A hardcore minority is souring the atmosphere for the majority of football supporters and critics of the Act seem to think our only option is just to accept this contempt for fans and players. "Not one viable alternative to dealing with the unacceptable scenes of violence and abuse we continue to see at matches has been put forward in the entire debate

Summary: The majority of responses to a consultation on Scotland's football sectarianism laws are in favour of scrapping the legislation, the Labour MSP behind the move has said.


The 21-year-old, who scored 10 goals in 50 appearances for the U's last season, has signed a three-year contract with the Championship side. O'Dowda made his Republic of Ireland debut against Belarus in May, and scored in Oxford's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final defeat by Barnsley. "He's a real emerging talent," said Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson. "Callum isn't exactly under the radar because there was a lot of interest in him, so we're delighted he's joined us - we believe he can continue the progression he has already shown." O'Dowda, who had two years left on his contract with hometown club Oxford, had missed the start of their pre-season tour to Spain because of "illness". The fee could rise to £1.6m, with Oxford owed a percentage of any future sale. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Bristol City have signed Oxford United winger Callum O'Dowda for a fee of at least £1m.


Behind glass screens high in the cavernous stands some will sip champagne as a galaxy of expensive stars including Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao and Marcos Rojo are introduced to the home support for the first time. Millions will watch around the globe. Around the pitch advertisement boards will promote multi-national companies, many of whom will have paid handsomely for the privilege. Fifteen miles to the east, another team called United and representing Manchester will be kicking off the second half of their first match on the long road to Wembley. Like those at Old Trafford, they will wear red shirts, white shorts and black socks. However, in the slightly more compact surroundings of Stalybridge Celtic's Bower Fold ground (capacity 6,500) there will be no millionaire superstars and no private boxes, although sponsors can watch with everyone else from the comfort of the clubhouse. Merseyside outfit Prescot Cables, named so because of a nearby cable company, will provide the opposition in front of a crowd of around 1,400 in a match held on Sunday not because of TV demands but because the landlords are at home on Saturday. Those in action will be on an average of £150-a-week and have jobs of their own. Fans will be able to stand on a terrace and mix with the players in the bar after the final whistle. The atmosphere is incredible. I could take my grandmother - it's what football should be like. Welcome to the world of FC United of Manchester. The rebel club, set up in protest at the Glazer family's debt-burdening ownership of United, will be 10 years old next year. In November, they will end almost a decade on the road by coming home to a new 5,000 capacity stadium in Moston, a working class urban suburb in north east Manchester. These are exciting times and yet, according to general manager Andy Walsh, it could have been different had a 2005 phone call to Sir Alex Ferguson shortly before the American family's controversial takeover prompted a different response. Walsh said: "We had it on good authority from our friends in the city that the banks who were lending the Glazers the money to buy the club would have pulled out had they not had the continuity of Sir Alex and (chief executive) David Gill in control of the club. "I was a member of the independent supporters' association at the time and would speak to Sir Alex from time to time. If players do not fit the attitude of this club they do not cross the line. "It was decided that I should call him and ask him to resign. It wasn't an easy conversation and ultimate respect to him for speaking to me. He listened to what I had to say but said that he did not want to jeopardise the livelihoods of all the staff he had brought to Old Trafford. "It was a high-risk strategy and, although it seems ridiculous now, we were close to getting a deal on the table that would have given supporters ownership

Summary: In front of 75,000 paying customers at a packed Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, Manchester United will parade up to £149m worth of new talent as they take on QPR in the biggest league in the world.


The men stole money from the TSB bank on Dunearn Drive on 29 January before escaping on bicycles. The six-minute film shows them pointing what appears to be a handgun at staff before filling green bags with cash. Officers have appealed for information about the two men, at least one of whom is believed to be Eastern European. Staff were threatened by the men with the gun and a crowbar, which can also be seen in the footage. No-one was injured in the raid. After leaving the bank at about 10:40, the two men cycled off along Alford Avenue and were spotted a short time later on Cawdor Crescent. Both were white, roughly 30 years old and were wearing dark-coloured baseball caps. One suspect, who was about 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall, was wearing dark blue jogging bottoms with a distinctive white logo, which police have established is that of Mordex, a Polish brand associated with bodybuilding. Det Insp Colin Robson, who is leading the investigation, said he hoped the footage could jog the memory of people in the area. He said: "I can reassure the local community that we're working tirelessly to track down these men and will exhaust all avenues of inquiry. "While the answer to their identity remains unknown, it may lie in the local community and I would urge anyone who views this footage, which is being shared nationally, and who recognises them or their description to contact police immediately."

Summary: Police have released the full CCTV film from a Kirkcaldy bank which was held up by two armed men in January.


The issue of immigration loomed large in the south-western state, the biggest prize in the latest round of contests. Polls showed that Mr Trump's anti-immigration message resonated with the state's conservative voters. With Arizona's growing Latino population, Mrs Clinton continued her success by courting minority voters. Keeping his campaign in the race, Democrat Bernie Sanders decisively won caucuses in two smaller states, Idaho and Utah. The Utah Republican caucuses were won by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. He also received a welcome boost with the endorsement of former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who pulled out of the race last month. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump effectively held serve in Tuesday's slate of primaries and caucuses. Both posted sizable wins in Arizona, which - thanks to the state's population - balanced out losses elsewhere. For Mr Trump to have a realistic path to securing the Republican nomination before the party's convention he needed Arizona's winner-take-all primary. The state proved to be fertile territory for the front-runner's anti-immigration, border-security pitch. Mr Trump is still on pace to near the magic delegate number of 1,237. Unless momentum changes significantly, it's going to be a nail-biter. The New Yorker's Utah loss was notable for its size, denying him any delegates there and proving that while Mr Trump has broad appeal among Republicans, that does not extend to the state's sizeable Mormon population. There's only one Utah, however, and many more states ahead that could be friendlier to Mr Trump. Mrs Clinton's comfortable win over Bernie Sanders in Arizona was more surprising, as the Vermont senator had invested considerable resources there. He dominated the smaller Utah and Idaho caucuses, however - offering further proof of his appeal in states with a less diverse voter pool. Mr Sanders made little, if any, headway in the delegate count, however. He needs more big wins, without setbacks like Arizona - and soon. During a victory speech in Seattle, Mrs Clinton addressed the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, pushing back against the Republican candidates' response to the bombings. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump reiterated his plan to ban Muslims from travelling to the US and suggested that the US should torture terrorism suspects. "We live in a complex and dangerous world," Mrs Clinton said. "And we need a commander-in-chief that can provide leadership that is strong, smart and above all steady in taking on these threats. The last thing we need are leaders who incite more fear," she said, alluding to Mr Trump. The Republican primary in Arizona was a winner-take-all race, adding 58 delegates to Mr Trump's sizable lead. Primary results 22 March - Complete results from Arizona, Idaho and Utah Trump struggles to win over Mormons - Unlike other religious groups, Mormons aren't sold on the front-runner Who is funding the US election? - Money is a big issue in the 2016 US presidential race Could Hillary Clinton face jail time? - The case of David Petraeus may signal how she will fare The property tycoon's win complicates efforts by Mr Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich to stop

Summary: US presidential front-runners, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, have continued their winning streaks, taking Arizona.


United ended a run of four derby defeats with a convincing 4-2 win at Old Trafford that left City with their sixth loss in their last eight games. Pellegrini, 61, said: "It is my responsibility and the only way we can change this is by winning games. "I am not talking about my position. It is not important." City won the Premier League title last season and were level on points with leaders Chelsea in January, nine points above rivals United. But they are now four points below United in fourth and face being dragged into a fight to secure Champions League football next season as Liverpool could close the gap to just four points with victory against Newcastle United at Anfield on Monday. Pellegrini added: "The only way to explain our run is that we don't have the results. We lost many points, not only in this game which was a very difficult one, but in others too. "We played very well for 20 minutes but we must not play just for 20 minutes, we must play for the whole game in the same way. "We are concerned but now we must try to win the next game at home to West Ham. We have been first or second the whole year and now we are fourth but United and Arsenal have to play against Chelsea. We have 18 more points to play for. We must not be dramatic." City faded after taking the early lead through Sergio Aguero and Pellegrini conceded that United's stirring comeback may have affected his team's fragile spirit. "Maybe it is something we can be concerned by," he said. "It is easy when you are two goals in front to play with more trust than the team that is two goals behind. "We made important mistakes for the second goal and the third was offside but the result was a fair one."

Summary: Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini took full responsibility for his side's alarming slump but refused to discuss his long-term future.


Emergency services were called to the scene, in the Inverclyde town's Union Street, at about 20:30 on Sunday. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to free some of the injured. Four men and one woman were then treated by paramedics at the scene. It is understood two men sustained head injuries and another man was treated for a leg injury. One of the men was taken to Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

Summary: Five people have been injured after a car and taxi collided in Greenock.


Media playback is not supported on this device Muguruza beat American five-time champion Venus Williams 7-5 6-0 in Saturday's final and is expected to rise to number five in the new world rankings on Monday. The 23-year-old is now a double Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open last year. Martinez told Sportsweek: "She has the potential and she can win more." Spaniard Martinez, the 1994 Wimbledon champion, added: "She is very happy with her game. She beat the world number one, Kerber, and she can go all the way." Muguruza was ranked 15th in the world before Wimbledon but both she and Britain's Johanna Konta, who lost to Venus Williams in the semi-final, are expected to rise above former world number one Serena Williams, who is pregnant with her first child. Muguruza beat German world number one Angelique Kerber in the last 16 and seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals on the way to the title. She was beaten by Serena in the 2015 Wimbledon final, and was determined to avoid a repeat against her sister Venus. "I didn't want to lose this time because I know the difference. I'm so happy," she said. "I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do."

Summary: New Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza can be the best player in the world, says her coach Conchita Martinez.


Glamorgan will resume on 101-2 after being set a mammoth victory target of 554, although bad light wiped out the final session on day three. "We're behind the eight-ball as we have been for most of the game," he said. "We caught a bit of a break with bad light helping us out in the last session so we've got eight wickets to bat it out." Wallace added: "It's still a good pitch as Kent's batsmen showed and our batsmen showed at the start of our second innings, so we're very capable of batting out for a draw." James Kettleborough (52 not out) and Colin Ingram (42 not out) halted Kent's victory march with a stand of 78 after Glamorgan again lost early wickets. Earlier Kent had cruised to 451-2 before declaring just after lunch on day three, with Rob Key hitting 158 and Joe Denly making 161 not out. The target of 554 left Glamorgan needing far in excess of their previous best fourth-innings championship chase of 367. Stand-in skipper Wallace welcomed Kettleborough's highest score for the club after being out of the championship side since May. "Ketts's performances for us in the first-class game this year have shown he's got the ability to be a first-class opener," Wallace told BBC Wales Sport. "He's just been getting to 20 and getting out without quite being able to kick on. Luckily this game he's got to 50 and hopefully there's plenty of batting ahead of him tomorrow." Glamorgan managed to hold on for a draw after starting the final day with one wicket down in Canterbury in May, so Wallace knows they face a similar task in the return fixture. "There are still good balls out there, you've got to be on your mettle as a batsman and the first half-hour tomorrow will be hard work but it's a good surface. "We put ourselves in this position, we didn't bat well enough in our first innings and that let them dictate the play, "Bbut we're confident of being able to do that (bat through the day)."

Summary: Captain Mark Wallace says Glamorgan are "very capable" of salvaging a draw on the final day against Kent in Cardiff.


Mr Farron was one of the few who held onto his seat in last week's election, while the rest of his party lost almost 50 seats. He said he felt a sense of anger the election had been fought "on the politics of fear". He is seen as one of the frontrunners to become the next party leader. The Liberal Democrats have set in motion a two-month contest to succeed Nick Clegg after they said a new leader would be elected in July. Mr Clegg is stepping down after a slew of Lib Dems lost their seats including top figures Vince Cable, Simon Hughes and David Laws. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme Mr Farron added: "You always feel anger when you see dozens of mates basically and colleagues lose their seats having had an outstanding record locally and nationally. "And I guess a sense of anger - if that is the right word - against an election that was fought and indeed sadly won on the basis of the politics of fear. "When one looks back at the election and you realise that the best asset David Cameron has is the SNP and the best asset the SNP has is David Cameron. "This was an election fought basis of people terrified of the other. Fear is hugely motivating factor in elections, I'm sad to report." Mr Farron and his colleague Norman Lamb are seen as the frontrunners to take Mr Clegg's place. Greg Mulholland, one of the party's remaining eight MPs, said a new leader must be chosen quickly. "We must not - and will not - wait till July to have a new leader in place. We need strong leadership now," he said. Several senior party figures, including former Liberal leader Lord Steel, have warned it could take decades for the party to recover from its worst election result in its history. The party has been left with a handful of MPs, including one in Scotland, one in Wales and one in London, following a series of defeats which some activists have blamed on Mr Clegg's decision to take the Lib Dems into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010. Nominations for leader will open on 13 May and close on 3 June. Ballot papers will be sent out on 24 June and must be returned by 15 July. The winner will be declared on 16 July. Neither Mr Farron, a former party president, nor Mr Lamb, a former health minister, have declared themselves as candidates. However, they are regarded as the leading contenders and both are expected to stand. Tom Brake, who served as a minister in the last government, has ruled himself out of the running and said the contest must act as a catalyst for debating the future direction of the party. "What will happen during that contest will be that there will be an opportunity to talk about what went wrong and what sort of strategy do we put in place," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics. He said he was not backing anyone at this

Summary: The Liberal Democrat Tim Farron says his party must "turn our anger into action" and rebuild from the bottom upwards.


He greeted an 80,000-strong crowd at Newcastle Civic Centre with the words "Haway the lads" to deafening cheers. President Carter wanted to recruit people for an exchange programme between the north-east of England and his home in Atlanta, Georgia. His visit on 6 May 1977 is being remembered and celebrated with film footage and talks at the civic centre. Mr Carter's wife Rosalynn had set up the Friendship Force to give people in different countries the chance to stay in each others' homes. In July 1977, hundreds of people from the region jetted off to Atlanta, among them former BBC Look North television presenter Mike Neville. He said: "Few of us had been to America before - also we were on a jumbo jet and one had never landed at Newcastle Airport before, which was a thrill in itself. "It was a buzz, I don't think anybody slept the night before. It was just a total, utter thrill. "The reaction when he got off the plane in America was unbelievable, the crowd cheered and screamed." Democrat Mr Carter became the 39th president when he was elected in 1976. He chose to visit Tyneside just a few months in to his term. He left office in 1981.

Summary: It is 40 years since US President Jimmy Carter visited Tyneside on his first foreign trip.


The NCS aims to prepare teenagers for work through team building activities and community projects. It has run in England since 2011 and a pilot scheme began in Wales in 2014. Mr Cameron, visiting Snowdonia, said it was a "fantastic opportunity" for young people. The intention is that graduates on the scheme, called Teach First, lead teenagers on group activities and challenges like mountaineering, canoeing and abseiling. More than 1,700 graduates joined Teach First in England and Wales this year, and the intention is for all to be involved in the volunteer scheme by 2017. Visiting an outdoor education centre in the Conwy valley on Friday, Mr Cameron said: "NCS is a fantastic opportunity for young people from different backgrounds to come together to gain life skills and give something back to their local community. "Teach First's mission to break down social barriers makes its teachers ideal volunteer mentors to engage with and inspire young people on NCS. "This fantastic partnership will create thousands more opportunities for young people to benefit from NCS." The NCS is a key part of Mr Cameron's "Big Society" agenda, encouraging the growth of volunteering and promoting so-called social enterprises. The prime minister urged the Welsh government to consider taking up the scheme and offering it across Wales. A report on the Welsh pilot - examining whether it duplicates or complements existing schemes - is expected shortly. The UK government has been embroiled in controversy this week after one high-profile charity, Kids Company, closed its doors after ministers said they wanted to recover a Â£3m grant. There have been suggestions that Mr Cameron himself had been "mesmerised" by the charity's founder Camila Batmanghelidjh, and had over-ruled civil service concerns over continued funding for the organisation.

Summary: Graduates who do a two-year teaching scheme will be expected to volunteer with the National Citizen Service (NCS), Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.


Antony Kay gave MK Dons the lead after the break when he headed Robert Hall's corner but Clucas restored parity directly from a curling set-piece. In a first half of few chances, Hull came closest when Mohamed Diame headed Isaac Hayden's cross just wide. Diame tried his luck again with a neat turn and shot in the box but he fired straight at Dons keeper David Martin. The result means Hull move above Brighton into third place in the Championship, but have recorded just one win in their last seven matches in all competitions. Steve Bruce's side could have leapfrogged Middlesbrough and moved into the top two with a win by virtue of goal difference. MK Dons, who have never won against Hull, remain in 21st place and a point above the relegation zone. Media playback is not supported on this device Hull City manager Steve Bruce: "We're frustrated but we didn't play anywhere near well enough in the first half. We've played better in the second half. "First half we didn't move the ball quick enough and gave the ball away in bad areas. "At the end of the day I pick the team but I scratch my head and ask why we've played like that in the first half. We've got to take away the nerves and a little bit of edginess which may be creeping in." MK Dons manager Karl Robinson: "I thought it was a handball that led to it [Sam Clucas' goal]. They are a team, the officials, and referees get slated up and down the country. As a group of four they should be judged and he wasn't assisted right today and that was disappointing. "I thought there were two completely different halves. I thought the first half we dominated and moved the ball unbelievably well. "For a team where we are to come to the KC Stadium and perform the way we did was excellent. Second half, playing one of the best teams in the league, we knew how hard it was always going to be. I thought my players' application was sensational."

Summary: Sam Clucas' second-half free-kick gave promotion-chasing Hull a point as they drew with lowly MK Dons.


The Wales and Northampton winger was injured against Leicester on Saturday. TV replays appeared to show him lying motionless before he recovered to pass a mandatory pitch-side assessment. Northampton said they had not had access to full television footage of the incident before allowing North to rejoin the action later in the match. Rules dictate that any player with confirmed or suspected concussion should be permanently removed from a game. Immediately after Saturday's contest, Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder said North, 24, had not been knocked out. Premiership Rugby and the RFU have revealed that a Concussion Management Review Group (CMRG) met on Tuesday to assess the incident. A statement said the group could decide to issue a warning or even recommend a misconduct charge against the club or an individual. Wales international North fell heavily in a mid-air tackle that led to Leicester's Adam Thompstone being sin-binned. He left the field for a mandatory head injury assessment by the club's doctor. North was passed fit and returned to the action. After the game, North said on Twitter he was "OK", adding: "I landed on my neck and was worried about it. Thanks to the medics for checking me out properly. I can't help but feel I won't be looking left or right for a few days." On Saturday, Mallinder said: "Our doctors and medical staff are really clear that if anyone gets knocked unconscious or has had a knock where they look like they are unconscious, they need to come straight off. "It's as simple as that. You don't go to be assessed - you are off straight away. George has had some previous issues so he took it steady. "The doctor was very, very happy even as he walked off that he was just going to go for an assessment and thankfully he could come back on." A club statement said that North was "communicating immediately with attending medics" and "complaining of neck pain". It added: "Significant neck injury was excluded on the field but on review of video footage pitch side, the team followed World Rugby protocols and used a Head Injury Assessment given the potential mechanism for head injury. "George was fully assessed by the doctor and passed fit to return to play." But Northampton then released another statement on Tuesday, which said: "It is important to note this video footage is not always the full range of replay angles available to the TV viewing audience at home. "If evidence suggesting a loss of consciousness had been available to the medical team at the time of assessment, George would not have been allowed to return to the field of play." Chris Jones, BBC Radio 5 live rugby union reporter This is turning into a very significant story, with Northampton saying that their medics did not have access to all of the television footage to review North's fall, so rather than withdraw him permanently from the field, they took him off for a head injury assessment, which he subsequently passed. But if it is the case that the

Summary: Premiership Rugby and Rugby Football Union officials have held an urgent meeting to assess the handling of George North's latest head injury.


Currently such energy users - already the most vulnerable to debt - face a charge of up to £900, said Ofgem. As many as 4.5 million people use prepayment meters for electricity, while 3.5 million use them for gas. Consumers who pay in advance also face higher energy bills, although from April 2017 these prices will be capped. The proposal was welcomed by the charity Citizens Advice. At the moment, energy suppliers must try to come to an agreement with consumers who fall into debt. If that cannot be achieved, they can apply to a magistrates court for a warrant to install a prepayment meter. If given permission to do so, they are allowed to charge for the cost of putting it in. Such charges are typically £400, but can be as high as £900 when court costs are included. However, some suppliers do not charge anything. Ofgem is suggesting that the maximum fee should be between £100 and £150. For particularly vulnerable consumers, such as those in financial hardship or those with health issues, it says there should be no charge at all. "It's deeply unfair that struggling customers get hit with high warrant costs when they're already grappling with debt, doubly penalising them," said Rachel Fletcher, Ofgem's senior partner for consumers and competition. "Where they are needed, our proposals will protect customers by limiting prepayment meter warrant charges for all customers and removing them for the most vulnerable." Gillian Guy, the chief executive of Citizens Advice, welcomed the idea. "Capping the warrant charges and ending them altogether for vulnerable customers will help to stop people being pushed further into debt when they are already struggling to manage their costs," she said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered a price cap on energy charges for prepayment customers from April 2017. The precise level of the cap has not yet been set, but such households are set to save £75 a year as a result. The Ofgem consultation will last until 9 November 2016.

Summary: Consumers who are forced to have prepayment energy meters put in should face a maximum installation fee of £150, the regulator has proposed.


It is a question not only considered by the politicians but also by plenty of businesses and workers in holiday towns like Tenby in Pembrokeshire. The market here can trace its history back about 700 years and, while many tourist shops are seasonal, the stalls are open all year and rely on local customers. Its only remaining butcher Gernot Braun can sense just how confident shoppers are feeling. He said: "We had a pleasant, busy time over Easter, the weather was fine, people were happy. Now it's a quieter time but it's the start of the season so it should be a busy time for us again. "I don't know if people are spending more - we haven't seen an increase in turnover. People have still got a bit of money." He said it was about the same as five years ago and had not got any worse. "I think that's a positive sign for the British economy." The prices we pay for many goods are barely going up at the moment but it has not been like that for all of this parliament. At the beginning of 2010, prices were rising at 3% a year. The recession meant small wage rises but despite earnings picking up a little, the increases are now back at that 2010 level. So this gap between rising prices and wages means some feel less well off than five years ago. But there is also the argument that had wages gone up as much as prices, more jobs would have been lost by employers struggling to keep up. 'We just about make ends meet' Tenby is in the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency which had an unemployment rate in 2014 of 4.4%, compared with 6.8% for Wales as a whole. However, many of the jobs around Tenby are linked to tourism and are often minimum wage. Speaking to people in the town, the impression you get is that for many, money is still tight. Chris Osborne, whose family has owned a hotel on the seafront for three generations, said people were still wary in terms of spending but there was a "little bit of feeling better". "There are early indications, but I don't think anyone's getting too excited," he said. "So much of our economy depends on tourists - they're coming from other parts of UK where perhaps they're seeing benefits of recovery. "But if you look around Tenby you will perhaps see more shops empty than you'd expect to see at this time of year." "There's a degree of more disposable income spend - it's going in the right direction. Cautious optimism is the name of the game". He said he still had to be prudent and had not been able to give his staff a wage rise for some time but wanted to hear if there was a real chance for reduced VAT for tourism businesses and less red tape. Almost all the parties are promising that if they are elected, we will be allowed to earn more before we start paying income tax.

Summary: The recession is behind us but are we feeling better off?


Media playback is not supported on this device Currie's anticipated appointment was confirmed at Shamrock Park on Monday evening as his five-year stint as Ards manager came to an end. The Portadown native, 44, emerged as the club's preferred candidate over the past week. Currie, who has been handed an 18-month contract, takes over a side that are 13 points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership table. Portadown started the season with a 12-point deduction for making irregular payments to players and were also handed a number of fines, in addition to being prevented from signing players on professional deals this season. Despite the team's predicament, the new manager described his appointment as the "pinnacle for me". "I was in a strong position and a secure job at Ards, but my heart led me here. The lure of coming home and managing my hometown club was too strong," said Currie at the news conference confirming his appointment. "We're going through a tough time at the moment but I want to bring a smile back to this club. "Our first priority is doing our utmost to stay in the league and we want to give it a real rattle." Currie has arrived from Ards with long-term assistant Jay Willis while Trevor Williamson will remain part of the backroom team. One of the new manager's first acts has been to recall former Linfield striker Mark McAllister to the first-team squad. Back in September, then manager Pat McGibbon told McAllister that he was no longer part of the club's plans. However, Currie believes the striker can be an asset to the squad. "He's looking forward to playing and getting himself fit," said the new manager. "We've got some good defenders and some good midfielders but I think we need to inject a bit of pace into the last third of the pitch." A statement from Ards on Monday night said that the North Down club had received "an amount of compensation from Portadown for Currie's services" but that there would be "further discussions between the two clubs". The Ards statement added that first-team coach John Bailie will act as their caretaker manager as the club decides how to go about appointing a successor to Currie. Vinny Arkins stepped aside as interim Ports boss last Thursday, having been in caretaker charge of the crisis club since previous manager McGibbon resigned in mid October. Arkins was not in contention to succeed McGibbon as he does not hold a Uefa A coaching licence. After playing 19 games in the Irish Premiership campaign, Portadown are cut adrift at the bottom of the table on minus one points, which leaves them 13 points behind 11th-placed Carrick Rangers.

Summary: Niall Currie has been unveiled as the new manager of Portadown.


More than 6,800 people have been killed and 35,000 injured since March 2015, the majority in air strikes by a Saudi-led multinational coalition that backs the president. The conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition have also triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 80% of the population in need of aid. The conflict has its roots in the failure of the political transition that was supposed to bring stability to Yemen following an uprising that forced its longtime authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to Mr Hadi, his deputy, in November 2011. Mr Hadi struggled to deal with a variety of problems, including attacks by al-Qaeda, a separatist movement in the south, the continuing loyalty of many military officers to Mr Saleh, as well as corruption, unemployment and food insecurity. The Houthi movement, which champions Yemen's Zaidi Shia Muslim minority and fought a series of rebellions against Mr Saleh during the previous decade, took advantage of the new president's weakness by taking control of their northern heartland of Saada province and neighbouring areas. Disillusioned with the transition, many ordinary Yemenis - including Sunnis - supported the Houthis and in September 2014 they entered the capital, Sanaa, setting up street camps and roadblocks. In January 2015, the Houthis reinforced their takeover of Sanaa, surrounding the presidential palace and other key points and effectively placing Mr Hadi and his cabinet ministers under house arrest. The president escaped to the southern port city of Aden the following month. The Houthis and security forces loyal to Mr Saleh then attempted to take control of the entire country, forcing Mr Hadi to flee abroad in March 2015. Alarmed by the rise of a group they believed to be backed militarily by regional Shia power Iran, Saudi Arabia and eight other mostly Sunni Arab states began an air campaign aimed at restoring Mr Hadi's government. The coalition received logistical and intelligence support from the US, UK and France. The rise of Yemen's Houthi rebels Meeting the Houthis - and their enemies After more than a year-and-a-half of fighting, no side appears close to a decisive military victory. Pro-government forces - made up of soldiers loyal to President Hadi and predominantly Sunni southern tribesmen and separatists - were successful in stopping the rebels taking Aden, but only after a fierce, four-month battle that left hundreds dead. Having established a beachhead, coalition ground troops landed in Aden that August and helped drive the Houthis and their allies out of much of the south over the next two months. Mr Hadi and his government returned from exile at the same time and established a temporary home in Aden. But in the past year, despite the air campaign and naval blockade continuing unabated, pro-government forces have been unable to dislodge the rebels from their northern strongholds, including Sanaa and its surrounding province. The Houthis have also been able to maintain a siege of the southern city of Taiz and to continue firing missiles and mortars across the border with Saudi Arabia almost daily. Jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the

Summary: Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest countries, has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.


The UK National Screening Committee has backed the test, saying it would reduce anxiety for expectant mothers. The move would prevent thousands of invasive procedures, in which one in every 200 women loses her baby. The test analyses tiny fragments of the baby's DNA that end up in the mother's blood, to look for abnormalities. Down's syndrome is a genetic condition that typically causes some level of learning disability and characteristic physical features. The NHS offers screening to women 11 to 14 weeks into their pregnancy. At the moment, an ultrasound scan, the mother's age and other factors such as smoking are combined to assess the likelihood of a baby having Down's. Anyone with a greater than one-in-150 chance of having a baby with Down's is offered an amniocentesis, in which a needle is used to extract a sample of amniotic fluid surrounding the foetus. But it is a risky procedure, which will give a negative result in the overwhelming majority of cases. The new non-invasive prenatal blood test (NIPT) will be offered to women instead. Down's syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, and it is this extra DNA from the baby that the test spots in the mother's blood. If the test is positive, doctors will still recommend an amniocentesis, but the invasive procedure will become unnecessary for the majority of women. The UK National Screening Committee, which advised health authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, has recommended non-invasive pre-natal testing is introduced. Dr Anne Mackie, the director of programmes at the UK National Screening Committee, told the BBC News website: "I think it has the potential to make a great deal of difference. "It will give more accurate results and reduce anxiety in a significant number of people." The new screening plan will be rolled out gradually as it is still uncertain how popular the test will be among women and how effective it will be for other conditions such as Edwards' and Patau's syndromes. But estimates suggest between 3,000 and 5,000 amniocenteses each year will no longer be necessary. Great Ormond Street Hospital conducted trials to assess how non-invasive prenatal testing could be used on the NHS. It indicated many women who would have refused the amniocentesis chose to have the safer test. Prof Lyn Chitty, who led those trials, told the BBC: "I'm very pleased that they've made the decision to introduce it into NHS maternity care for all women, we know many are going to the private sector for it at the moment. "For those getting reassurance, it's great and they can enjoy the rest of their pregnancy. "For those with a positive diagnosis, we have to put measures in place to support them." She said the testing "might" lead to an increase in abortions but her study showed "many are using it to prepare for the birth of a baby with Down's syndrome". The National Screening Committee says it is aware there may be an impact on abortion, but the voluntary test was there to give women information and it

Summary: Pregnant women in the UK should soon get a safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome on the NHS, to reduce the risk of miscarriage.


Reich's Grammy-winning 1988 work was performed at Edge Hill station, with passenger trains rolling in and out of Liverpool on both sides of the stage. About 1,200 people watched on the station's Victorian carriage ramp. The US composer introduced the show, which is one of a number of events to celebrate his 80th birthday on Monday. Edge Hill station was on the world's first passenger train line, and George Stephenson's Rocket passed through when the Liverpool to Manchester line opened in 1830. The station provided the backdrop for Thursday's performance of Different Trains, performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The work was inspired by Reich's own childhood train journeys across the US and trains that transported Jews to World War Two concentration camps around the same time. "If I had been born in Stuttgart or in Brussels or Budapest, you and I wouldn't be having this conversation," he told BBC 6 Music. Artist and film-maker Bill Morrison used archive film from the era to create a film to accompany the Edge Hill show, which was staged by arts organisations Metal and the Liverpool Biennial. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: The world's oldest active train station has hosted a live performance of composer Steve Reich's Different Trains, as real trains rumbled past.


Media playback is not supported on this device After a draw against Argentina and loss to the Netherlands, GB needed a win to retain realistic gold medal prospects but conceded within the first minute. Stacey Michelsen capitalised on slack defending before defender Crista Cullen left on crutches with a leg injury. "We're gutted about the result," forward Sophie Bray told BBC Sport. "We created the chances and just couldn't put them away, but ultimately you probably learn more from a loss." Having faced the two strongest teams in the tournament already in Argentina and Netherlands, GB were hoping to secure their first win at the 2016 Champions Trophy campaign against the world number four side. However, despite the best efforts of Bray, Lily Owsley and Susannah Townsend, GB could not find a way past New Zealand keeper Kayla Whitelock. Britain need to win their remaining two matches and hope for an unlikely sequence of results between the other five nations to go in their favour in order to reach Sunday's gold medal final. A more realistic aim is the bronze medal match, which would be achieved by defeating both USA on Thursday and Australia on Saturday. GB head coach Danny Kerry told BBC Sport: "I actually thought we played well for three quarters today and they need to be tournament resilient and not be too down." Kerry said it was "too early to say" how serious Cullen's injury is, but with the Olympic team due to be revealed in just a week's time, it will be a concern.

Summary: Britain's hopes of a first women's Champions Trophy title look over after a disappointing 1-0 defeat by New Zealand in London.


Phil Nunnerley, 69, was on a bus from the England v Fiji match at Twickenham when he collapsed last Friday. He has launched an appeal in a bid to track down his "saviour", who performed CPR for 15 minutes. Mr Nunnerley, from North Somerset, said the only clue to the rescuer's identity was his Gloucester Rugby Club shirt. "I remember nothing of it, from the moment I got on the bus until I woke up in the ward. I was oblivious to it all," said Mr Nunnerley. "I had a man there who worked hard for 15 minutes with CPR and I owe my life to him and would dearly like to thank him." Mr Nunnerley's partner, Rosemary Henderson, who accompanied him to the match, put out the appeal on Facebook. The couple, who are from West Harptree in the Chew Valley, were sitting apart as it was a busy bus. But she noticed he "didn't look quite right, he seemed to be nodding off and going to sleep". She shook him but he did not respond, causing her to panic and call out for help. "A man came forward and said I'm a doctor," she said. "He obviously recognised that Phil had had a heart attack, and immediately said get him onto the floor." They were "extremely lucky", she said, as there was a nearby ambulance crew who met them when they arrived at the hospital car park to take over. She now wanted to learn CPR as a result of her partner's ordeal, she added.

Summary: A rugby fan who suffered a heart attack while returning from the World Cup opener is seeking a mystery doctor who helped to save his life.


Hearts dominated the first half, Jamie Walker scoring a third-minute penalty after Kevin Gomis brought him down. Callum Paterson headed home Don Cowie's free-kick early on the resumption. But Dundee captain Darren O'Dea drilled home to cut the deficit, Paul McGowan smashed home the equaliser before Paterson headed into his own net. Victory, their fourth in eight games, lifted the Dark Blues into seventh place, while fourth-placed Hearts are now without a win in four. Winger Walker has been the subject of much discussion this season with his twisting runs regularly inducing defenders into rash challenges inside the box. And once again he earned his team a penalty after being played in by Bjorn Johnsen. The 23-year-old picked himself up to send Scott Bain the wrong way for his fifth successful spot-kick, and eighth goal, of the season. Walker was ably assisted by Paterson, who Hearts director of football Craig Levein said earlier this week will not be leaving the club in January unless they receive a seven-figure offer. When the Scotland full-back headed home Don Cowie's free-kick three minutes into the second period, his eighth goal of the season and 37th for the club overall, the visitors looked destined for all three points. The home fans made their frustrations known as a fifth home defeat of the season loomed. Manager Paul Hartley responded by replacing midfielder Mark O'Hara with Paul McGowan, and the momentum of the game changed. O'Dea pulled one back with a rare right-foot strike after the Hearts defence failed to clear the ball from their own box. With confidence visibly growing, McGowan latched onto a ball from Craig Wighton and clipped the ball over the advancing Jack Hamilton to draw Dundee level. A neck injury to Hearts midfielder Don Cowie, who was stretchered off after a delay of seven minutes and taken to hospital, appeared to adversely affect the visitors. The 1400 Hearts fans who made the trip to Dundee could barely believe their team's collapse when the hosts completed their comeback in the 93rd minute, Haber getting up to meet a Tom Hateley free-kick from close range, only for Hearts defender Paterson to direct a header into his own net. Hearts should have been out of sight at half time. Paterson, Walker, Arnaud Djoum and Krystian Novak all came close to adding further goals to Walker's opener, and Cathro must wonder what his players have to do to get that first win of his tenure. They have two more opportunities in the next week before the winter break, with Kilmarnock - on Tuesday - and Aberdeen - next Friday - both visiting Tynecastle. Dundee boss Paul Hartley: "The first half we were really poor, the game could have been dead and buried. That's the worst we have been for a long time. "The second half we showed a real grit, determination and desire to stay in the game at 2-0 down and we always thought we would get chances. Once we got the goal back to make it 2-1 we could feel momentum building. "I'm really proud

Summary: Dundee came from two goals down to stun Hearts with an injury-time winner and leave Ian Cathro still waiting for his first win as head coach.


Sir Richard Gozney will be paid around £100,000 a year as the Queen's latest representative on the island and live in Government House. A Celtic League spokesman said using public money to fund the position "was outrageous at a time of austerity". A government spokesman said the full cost of the role is £400,000 a year including all associated salaries. Mr Gozney, a former governor of Bermuda, became the Isle of Man's 30th Lieutenant Governor when he was sworn in on 27 May. He succeeds Adam Wood who stepped down in April after five years. Bernard Moffatt, of the Celtic League said the position was a "relic of the colonial past" and "could not be justified." Sir Richard represented the Isle of Man in Orkney at a commemoration to those who lost their lives at the Battle of Jutland, a key naval engagement of World War One. He said: "Because of the Isle of Man's strong and heroic maritime and naval history, Government and I thought it right to accept the invitation." The Lieutenant Governor acts as the representative on the Isle of Man of the Lord of Mann, currently Queen Elizabeth II. No Manx-born person has ever been appointed to the role.

Summary: The "huge costs" of having a Lieutenant Governor for the Isle of Man "cannot be justified," a nationalist group said.


New financial reports filed by the Trump campaign on Thursday show it more than doubled its spending last month, jumping from $30 million in August to $70 million in September. Mr Trump has in the past bragged about running his campaign on the cheap, but his strategy looks to be changing as election day gets closer. He is still being outspent by Hillary Clinton's team though, with her campaign blowing just over $80 million in September. One interesting aspect of the reports is that they show a clear difference in how each campaign approaches the race. For instance, a detailed look into the figures by the Washington Post found that the Trump campaign had just 168 people on its staff, while Mrs Clinton had 815 staffers. A notable item on the Trump expenses was a $100,000 payment to its former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, settling the remainder of a severance pay package thought to be $500,000. After leaving the Trump campaign in June, Mr Lewandowski picked up a job at CNN sticking up for his former boss. On Thursday, the Trump team lost another of its core members, with national political director Jim Murphy "stepping back" from the campaign because of personal reasons. With that announcement coming just a few hours after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway abruptly walked out of a CNN post-debate interview, it looks like it's been a testing few days for Team Trump. Meanwhile, the focus might have been on the third presidential debate this week but that hasn't stopped Wikileaks from continuing to release more emails allegedly sent between Hillary Clinton's staff. We've got a round-up of some of the bigger revelations here, but one you might have missed on Wednesday was that the Clinton camp went through a list of 85 possible campaign slogans before settling on "Stronger Together". The New York Times has the full list, but here's a few of the more questionable ones: With classics like that, it's little wonder these two candidates have failed to inspire many Americans. That lack of inspiration was laid bare in a focus group the BBC's James Cook joined in Las Vegas on Wednesday night to gauge their reaction to the debate. Find out who they thought had won the clash here: The surprise winner of the night, however, appears to have been Janet Jackson. When Donald Trump called Mrs Clinton a "nasty woman" it sparked outrage (and ridicule) online and seemingly had lots of viewers eager to listen to Jackson's 1986 hit Nasty. Music streaming service Spotify tweeted on Thursday: "Who's jamming to that nasty groove? It's you lot, with streams of Nasty up 250% since last night". Go on, get your groove on. 83% The number of Donald Trump supporters who believe if Hillary Clinton wins the election it is likely to have been the result of voter fraud, according to an Economist/YouGov poll. Hillary Clinton heads to Ohio, where state polls have her neck-and-neck with Donald Trump. She has an event at a community college in Cleveland. Her running-mate Tim Kaine is in neighbouring Pennsylvania

Summary: With 18 days remaining before Americans go to the polls, the Trump campaign finally decides to splash the cash, Janet Jackson emerges as winner of the third debate, and Ivanka Trump defends her father.


Ch Supt Alan Spiers said call handling would move from its control room in Dundee to its national service centre in central Scotland in that month. The processes to close control rooms in Aberdeen and Inverness would take place from August to October, he said. Highland Council has raised concerns about the loss of local knowledge once the Inverness service shuts. Council leader Margaret Davidson said the local authority "was convinced that it was safer" that calls from within Highland, a region about the same size of Belgium, were handled locally. Ch Supt Spiers told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that Police Scotland acknowledged that were concerns about the restructuring. But he said the current set-up of call handling was not "practical or sustainable" for a national force, and its change programme would be carried out with due regard to proper "governance, measures and independent assurances". Control rooms in Inverness and Aberdeen were originally scheduled for closure in 2015. However, that original closure plan was halted after an HM Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) investigation began into a crash on the M9 in July which was not followed up by police for three days. John Yuill and Lamara Bell died after the crash near Stirling. In November, weaknesses in Police Scotland's roll-out of its new national call-handling system were highlighted in an HMIC report. Derek Penman said the oversight of the project was inadequate and made 30 recommendations. Ch Supt Spiers said the force was working through through those recommendations and would have this work completed by June. He said: "They are at different stages of completion. We also said we would go much further than what the recommendations have said. "We have also stated the remaining phases of our reform programme would only proceed when the police authority and HMIC were completely assured that staff, systems and procedures and processes were in place."

Summary: Police Scotland will be ready to begin a process of changing its system for handling calls from June this year.


The project to develop the church and restore the former medieval monastic complex and the former courts at the abbey is estimated to cost £3.2m. The grant means work can start on the monastery buildings, and it is hoped that they will open in September 2013. The remaining funds will be raised by the Abbey to complete the restoration works. The lottery money will also be spent on creating new exhibition spaces, meeting rooms and educational areas for children. The Abbey's Rector, Canon Graham Usher, said: "We are tremendously grateful to the HLF for its support for our mission to restore and redevelop the former monastery buildings to create a resource for the whole community."

Summary: Hexham Abbey has been granted £1.8m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to contribute towards restoration work.


Lachie Turner and Cowan-Dickie both grabbed first-half braces, with Gareth Steenson kicking nine points as the hosts led 29-13 at the break. Rob Buchanan went over in response and Tom Swiel converted having landing two earlier penalties. Cowan-Dickie competed a treble before Charlie Walker and Danny Care replied and Tomas Francis saw red for Exeter. Francis was sent off with eight minutes remaining, kicking out at a ruck and catching Care with his shin. Defeat is Quins' second in three games, with their only triumph to date this season coming against newly-promoted Bristol. The loss was also compounded an injury to Jack Clifford, who left the field in the second half. Quins led only briefly, thanks to the boot of Swiel as he landed two penalties after Turner's opening try. Turner grabbed a second and Cowan-Dickie his first before Buchanan went in for Quins' next score. Cowan-Dickie went over to secure a bonus-point before the break and another score by the England hooker helped put the game beyond the visitors' reach, despite tries from Walker and Care and a late numerical disadvantage. Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter: "We have been under a bit of pressure after two losses but it was fantastic to win and get a bonus point as well. "We did enough and scored some good tries but we are frustrated by our second-half performance. "We should have controlled territory a bit better than we did but I am pleased with the character shown by us. "We were far from being at our best but I am not that upset that Quins came back into it. They are a successful Premiership side and they have got some dangerous players, who can score some good tries." Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston: "We gave away two soft tries in the middle of the first half when we were 6-5 up. "One of them was a simple overthrow and the second came from poor tackling from the first phase. "It was very difficult to come back from there and we didn't start the second half as well as we would have wanted. It was a question of too little, too late and the bottom line is that we were punished for too many errors at key points. "We have to alienate those errors, but Exeter did take every opportunity that came their way." Exeter: Turner; Woodburn, Devoto, Slade, Whitten; Steenson (capt), Chudley; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Holmes, Welch, Parling, Armand, Salvi, Waldrom. Replacements: Yeandle, Hepburn, Francis, Atkins, Dennis, Lewis, Hill, Short. Red card: Francis (71). Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Marchant, Stanley, Walker; Swiel, Care (capt); Marler, Buchanan, Sinckler, Twomey, Horwill, Robshaw, Wallace, Clifford. Replacements: Ward, Lambert, Collier, Merrick, J Chisholm, Dickson, Lang, Alofa. Referee: Matthew Carley.

Summary: Luke Cowan-Dickie scored a hat-trick as Exeter Chiefs beat Harlequins to record their first win of the season.


The match was abandoned in the second half after a brawl involving players and staff, with Russia's Igor Akinfeev having earlier been struck by a flare. The Montenegrin FA (FSCG) has been charged with holding a match that was not played in full, while both the FSCG and Football Union of Russia have been charged with the throwing of fireworks and other missiles by fans. Russia have lodged a formal complaint with Uefa, demanding they be awarded victory from a match that was 0-0 when it was abandoned by German referee Deniz Aytekin. Goalkeeper Akinfeev was stuck on the head by a flare in the first minute of the Group G clash at the Gradski Stadion, leaving the field on a stretcher. He was taken to hospital in the Montenegrin capital with a neck injury and minor burns, but was discharged after an examination determined he had no major injuries. Following a delay of more than 30 minutes, the match restarted but it was abandoned on 67 minutes when fighting broke out after Russia midfielder Roman Shirokov's penalty was saved and team-mate Dmitri Kombarov was struck by a missile. Russia and Montenegro, who included Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic in their starting line-up, are tied on five points in the group.

Summary: Uefa has charged the Montenegrin and Russian football associations following the abandonment of Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier in Podgorica.


But, after her, who are the world's other longest-reigning monarchs? King Bhumibol's death means that in addition to Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, Elizabeth II can add "world's longest-reigning living monarch" to her long list of titles. Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952 on the death of her father King George VI. She was 25 at the time and on tour in Kenya with her husband Prince Philip. She was crowned the following year, on 2 June 1953. The Queen became the UK's longest-serving monarch on 9 September 2015, surpassing the 63 years, seven months and two day-long reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II has been married to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, for 69 years, 64 of which she has been Queen. Her son, Prince Charles, is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. At the beginning of both her reign, and that of the late Thai king, Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union and Harry Truman was the United States president. United Kingdom country profile One of the world's richest men is the next longest-reigning royal and he heads one of the world's few absolute monarchies. Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, came to the throne on 4 October 1967 following the abdication of his father, Sir Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin. He presides over the tiny state, which is surrounded by the state of Sarawak in Malaysia and abutting the South China Sea. It has one of the world's highest standards of living thanks to rich oil and gas reserves. The royal family possesses a huge private fortune and its subjects pay no taxes. As well as being the Sultan, Bolkiah is the prime minister; heads the defence and finance ministries; is a general in the armed forces; an honorary admiral in the Royal Navy; and a police inspector general. He lives in the biggest palace in the world, the Istana Nurul Iman, which has 1,788 rooms. Brunei country profile Affectionately known to her country as Daisy, Queen Margrethe II is Denmark's first queen and its second longest-reigning monarch since King Christian IV (12 April 1577 - 28 February 1648). Margrethe's father King Frederick IX and his wife, Ingrid of Sweden, had a family of three girls and they enjoyed much popular support. In 1953, following a referendum, a new act of succession was passed to allow a woman to ascend the throne. She became Queen when her father died on 14 January 1972. A heavy smoker, an artist, and now aged 76, she largely retains Denmark's affections. In 2012, she marked her 40th Jubilee as Queen Elizabeth II marked her Diamond Jubilee. Queen Margrethe said she had no intention of standing down to allow her son Crown Prince Frederik to take over, as "you are handed your job as the old king or queen dies". She said she was inspired at her own proclamation by Queen Elizabeth's statement on her coronation 19 years earlier that she would dedicate herself to serve the nation. Although she is the first Queen of Denmark,

Summary: The death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej means Queen Elizabeth II of Britain and the Commonwealth Realms becomes the world's longest-reigning monarch.


The 22-year-old played in 51 games last season for the Saddlers, who suffered a 6-1 aggregate defeat by Barnsley in the League One play-off semi-finals. He becomes Alan Stubbs' first signing being named Millers boss on 1 June. Former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international Forde joined Walsall from Wolves in 2014, and has also previously played for Scunthorpe United. Meanwhile, Stubbs' former assistant at Hibernian, Andy Holden, has joined Rotherham as first-team coach. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Championship side Rotherham have signed Walsall winger Anthony Forde on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.