Dickenson, 23, scored four goals in 78 appearances for the Gills across two seasons after joining from Brighton. He was released by the League One side in May and joins on a two-year deal. Ex-Millwall trainee Peter, 19, has signed a one-year deal after spending the season half of 2015-16 on trial with the U's Under-21 side. He will be available for both the under-21 side and first-team as John McGreal makes his fifth and sixth signings since becoming U's boss. Forward Denny Johnstone, midfielder Courtner Senior and defenders Luke Prosser and Ben Wyatt have all joined. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Colchester United have signed former Gillingham versatile left-back Brennan Dickenson and ex-Chelmsford City centre-back Dexter Peter.


Prince Philip is renowned for speaking his mind - often explained as his attempt to lighten the mood - and that outspoken nature has at times led to controversy with some of those remarks teetering on the edge of being offensive. Here are some of his most famous quips. 1966: "British women can't cook". 1969: "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" To Sir Tom Jones after a Royal Variety Performance. 1981: "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed." During the 1981 recession. 1984: "You are a woman, aren't you?" In Kenya after accepting a small gift from a local woman. 1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. 1988: "It looks like a tart's bedroom." On seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park. 1992: "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." In Australia when asked to stroke a koala. 1993: "You can't have been here that long, you haven't got a pot belly". To a Briton he met in Hungary. 1994: "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" To a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands. 1995: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test." To a Scottish driving instructor. 1996: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" In response to calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting. 1997: "Bloody silly fool!" Referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him. 1999: "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." Speaking to a group of young deaf people in Cardiff who were standing near a steel band. 1999: "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." Referring to an old-fashioned fuse box in a factory near Edinburgh. 2001: "You're too fat to be an astronaut." To 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Prince Philip he wanted to go into space. 2002: "Still throwing spears?" Question put to an Australian Aborigine during a visit. 2002: "You look like a suicide bomber." To a young policewoman wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. 2009: "There's a lot of your family in tonight." After looking at the name badge of businessman Atul Patel at a Palace reception for British Indians. 2009: "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?" To designer Stephen Judge about his tiny goatee beard. 2010: "Do you have a pair of knickers made out of this?" To Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie Pointing while pointing to some tartan in Edinburgh. 2010: "Do you work in a strip club?" To 24-year-old Barnstaple Sea Cadet Elizabeth Rendle when she told him she also worked in a nightclub. 2012: "I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress." To 25-year-old council

Summary: The Duke of Edinburgh's public engagements often produce memorable one-liners that can make some people chuckle and others cringe.


Host Neil Patrick Harris opened the ceremony with a joke about honouring "Hollywood's best and whitest. Sorry, brightest". So why has the repeat situation created such a toxic row, with prominent figures Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Moore leading a boycott, and others like George Clooney and Oscar winner Lupita Nyongo speaking out? And what are the possible "dramatic steps" that Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has promised the organisation will take to review its operations? Film critic Tim Robey believes a festering wound has grown since both the director and star of the Martin Luther King biopic Selma were ignored - despite great critical acclaim - last year. "There was a feeling going round that because they [Academy voters] had given awards to Twelve Years a Slave the year before, for some reason they thought they were 'off the hook'. So Selma got a terrible handling, really." Profile of the average Oscar winner How to win an Oscar How to become an Academy member Oscars 2016: Nominations list David Oyelewo, who didn't get nominated for his lead performance in Selma, revealed on Monday that Isaacs called him in for a meeting after last year's awards "to talk about what went wrong then", though it's not known what specific ideas they discussed. The quickest fix would be to get an approved panel to draw up a longlist of nominations for voters to choose from, as many book prizes do. However, it would open up new arguments about who is on the panel and the controversial issue of affirmative action and so-called "positive discrimination". It also doesn't guarantee who gets on the shortlist. Both Tim Robey and Tim Gray, awards editor of Variety magazine in Hollywood, say making the shortlists longer would help. If this year's Best Picture shortlist had featured the 10 films allowed instead of just eight, it might have included the hotly tipped Creed or Straight Outta Compton. Diversifying the overwhelmingly white, male and over-50 membership has been much discussed and has been attempted in earlier recruitment drives. Bafta in the UK broadened its membership criteria a decade ago to attract younger people from newer digital and online creative industries - though that hasn't really resulted in much more diverse nominations. But Ampas is an honour society in which experienced industry professionals nominate others in categories for membership and awards. Actors nominate the acting shortlists, directors nominate directors and so on, before voting is opened up for the final winners. Trying to stop retirees from voting or at least nominating is one possibility, but it would mean an acrimonious internal fight. However, anyone who gets nominated for an Academy Award is automatically eligible for membership. Tim Robey says: "It would be a much more elegant solution to the problem to nominate the worthy performances. Once you're nominated you become a member of the club." This would still take time to feed through to making a notable difference in voting results though. Tim Gray suggests releasing information on how many votes each

Summary: Last year they were making jokes about the lack of any black or Latino performers in the acting categories at the Academy Awards ceremony.


More than 62% voted in favour of amending the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. It is the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said it was a "small country with a big message for equality" around the world. The referendum was held 22 years after homosexual acts were decriminalised in the Republic of Ireland. Same-sex marriage is now legal in 20 countries worldwide. BBC Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler said the atmosphere at Dublin Castle, where thousands of people gathered to watch the results being announced, was more like a festival than a referendum result. Counting began at 09:00 BST on Saturday, and the final result was declared shortly before 19:00 BST. Cheers and applause greeted the announcement of the results by the returning officer RÃona NÃ Fhlanghaile. The turnout was more than 60%, and the outcome seemed clear a short time into the count, with prominent "no" campaigners declaring defeat early on. The Republic of Ireland has a written constitution which can only be changed by referendum. Now that the proposal has been passed, a marriage between two people of the same sex will have the same status under the Irish constitution as a marriage between a man and a woman. They will be recognised as a family and be entitled to the constitutional protection for families. Civil partnerships for same-sex couples have been legal in Ireland since 2010, giving couples legal protection which could be changed by the government. However, married gay people will now have a constitutional standing that can only be removed by another popular vote. Reaction to 'yes' vote In total, 1,201,607 people voted in favour of same-sex marriage, while 734,300 voted against. Out of 43 constituencies, only the largely rural Roscommon-South Leitrim had a majority of "no" votes. Many people returned to the Republic of Ireland from abroad to cast their votes. Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, who earlier this year came out as the Republic of Ireland's first openly gay minister, said the vote showed that the "traditional cultural divide" between rural and urban areas had vanished. "This is really Ireland speaking with one voice in favour of equality," he told Irish broadcaster RTE. Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, said if the referendum was an affirmation of the views of young people, the church had a "huge task in front of it". "I think really the church needs to do a reality check," he told RTE. "I appreciate how gay and lesbian men and women feel on this day, that they feel this is something that is enriching the way they live. I think it is a social revolution." Voters were asked whether they agreed with the statement: "Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex." In 2010, the Irish government enacted civil partnership legislation, which provided legal recognition for gay couples. But there are some important differences between civil partnership and marriage, the critical one being that marriage

Summary: The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum.


Albinism is an inherited condition that results in the absence, or near absence, of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. Many people living with albinism are subject to negative public attitudes, persecution and violence. Dingwall's project began with portraits of Thando Hopa, a legal prosecutor using her visibility to address the negative perceptions surrounding albinism. More recent work features Sanele Xaba, a young model with albinism, and uses specific elements to create symbolic meanings. "They are not about race or fashion, but about perception, and what we subjectively perceive as beautiful," says Dingwall. "I wanted to create a series of images that resonate with humanity and make people question what is beautiful. "To me diversity is what makes humanity interesting and beautiful." Drawing on elements from nature, Dingwall aims to alter the viewer's perspective. "The butterfly unquestioningly embraces the changes of their environment and their body," says the photographer. "For this reason, butterflies have become symbols of growth, surrender, transition, celebration, resurrection and fragility." In images such as Cerasinus and Indicum, Dingwall paints with light, using bold colours that neutralise the perception of skin tone. Albinism is particularly prevalent in Tanzania, with one in 1,400 affected, according to a 2006 BMC Public Health report. This compares with one in 20,000 in Western countries. Since 2000, at least 75 people with albinism have been killed in targeted attacks in Tanzania. Many are killed because potions made from their body parts are believed to bring good luck and wealth. All photos: Justin Dingwall

Summary: South African photographer Justin Dingwall's portrait series Albus explores the aesthetics of albinism and perceptions of beauty.


The Powys community, near Brecon, which has about 1,000 residents, is the only ward in Wales where no-one wants to stand as a councillor. It is set to go unrepresented on Thursday as voters across Wales go to the polls for the local elections. But why does nobody want to represent Yscir? Elsewhere in Wales, there are 92 uncontested seats, where councillors will be returned without any votes being cast, but Yscir currently stands alone as being unrepresented. Incumbent Gillian Thomas, one of several independent councillors in Powys, is retiring and, so far, no-one wants to replace her. And the impending void is news to some people. Retired couple Tess and Brian Birtles, of Aberyscir, had not heard their ward would be left without a voice. Mr Birtles, a former communications firm boss, said he was disappointed, adding: "Powys could have done more to encourage people to stand in the ward, because ultimately it will mean that we're not represented at the local government." Still, he does not want the job himself. "I'd find it immensely frustrating," he said, "because it doesn't seem very much is done by the councils these days apart from cutting services and reducing costs." "It's quite sad", Mrs Birtles added, speculating people might not want to stand "because we're not suffering the austerity measures that some areas are experiencing" with many of the residents retirees. People, in Yscir, she said, were "living the good life". But that is not to say they all think it is rosy in the garden. There have been complaints about changes to waste services, while the decision to close Welsh-medium stream at Brecon High School has also sparked debate. Ms Thomas, 79, said it was "not good for democracy" no-one had put their name forward. "When I won the last election I said that would be my last term," she said. "My age is getting on, and I want to do things I want to do." Ms Thomas, who had previously had a farm in the ward before moving to Brecon, said she had found the job "very rewarding". "When my husband died very suddenly at an early age, it really saved me that I had an outside interest," she said. So, what is putting people off taking up the cudgels in Ms Thomas' absence? "I think it's quite big shoes to fill," said Valerie Davies, who has lived with her husband, Peter, in Aberyscir for eight years. She said the lack of a willing replacement was a "sad reflection" on the community, but also questioned who would want to join a club "being continually attacked by the rest of the populace". Mr Davies - 35-year army veteran who, like his wife, is now retired - said most people's dealings with the council concerned planning. "It wasn't advertised or publicised that nobody was standing," he added. He said he might consider it, but added: "The dealings I've had with parish councils over the years, it always ends up looking a bit petty." What about younger residents? Eliot Lawrence, 32, of nearby Cradoc,

Summary: It is picturesque, with stunning views of Pen y Fan and a charming rural setting, but Yscir has a unique problem.


Anne Morgan was the last member of his family to see the County Down teacher alive before he was murdered and secretly buried by republicans in 1985. Investigators from the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) have been searching an area near Rouen since Monday. Ms Morgan was shown the site by the chief investigator on Friday. She appealed for anyone with information about her brother to come forward. "If you know anything about Seamus' disappearance, if you know anything about this site in France, please come forward, even at this late stage," she said. "It would be beneficial for me, for my family, for all the ones who are at home in Newry, please come forward. "If anyone else has information concerning any of the other families we need that information and the commission needs that information to follow through with other searches." This latest search began in a forest at Pont-de-l'Arche after new information on the whereabouts of Mr Ruddy was passed to the ICLVR from the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP). The group has close links to the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), which killed Mr Ruddy. Sources in the IRSP claim Mr Ruddy went willingly with INLA members from Paris to the wooded area, where there was an arms dump. What happened among the group is not clear but Mr Ruddy was shot dead. He was buried in a shallow grave. Sources claim that INLA members returned to the spot the following day, removed the arms cache and buried Mr Ruddy where it had been been. It is understood that former INLA and IRSP members travelled to northern France last year to try to pinpoint the spot where the Newry man was buried. Ms Morgan has said she knows the names of the people who killed her brother. There have been previous searches for his remains, but the latest information is thought to give Mr Ruddy's family their best hope yet of finding him. The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during Northern Ireland's Troubles. Mr Ruddy is one of four people out of 16 Disappeared whose bodies have never been found. The others are Columba McVeigh, Joe Lynskey and Army Capt Robert Nairac.

Summary: The sister of one of the Disappeared, Seamus Ruddy, has arrived at the site of a dig for his remains in France.


The proposed ban arises from a Fifa investigation into the organisation of international friendlies in South Africa in 2010. Former Zimbabwe FA executive Jonathan Musavengana and former Togo coach Banna Tchanile are facing life bans. The pair are charged with alleged bribery and corruption violations. Fifa's investigatory chamber of its Ethics Committee will now pass its findings to the panel's adjudicatory chamber. It has also proposed Nematandani be fined at least $10,400 (£7,980). In December 2012 Nematandani - then serving as Safa president - was suspended by Fifa who found "compelling evidence" that friendly internationals were fixed by Far East betting syndicates. A Fifa investigation discovered that Safa was infiltrated by convicted Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Perumal and his Football 4U organisation. Perumal organised referees for the games against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala, the outcomes of which were found to have been pre-arranged to benefit an Asian betting syndicate. In January 2013 Nematandani was reinstated as Safa president but not exonerated and he was replaced the following September after failing to earn a nomination in Safa elections, which were won by Danny Jordaan.

Summary: Former South African Football Association president Kirsten Nematandani is facing a minimum six-year ban for alleged ethics violations.


Representatives from the west of Norway have been in the isles to discuss how expertise can be shared. They believe knowledge built up in Scandinavia through work in the oil and gas sector could prove key to the next stage in developing technologies. Orkney is a major Scottish hub for renewables. In January, plans for a Â£6.5m research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney took a step forward after the organisations driving the project agreed funding. Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Orkney Islands Council are behind the venture. The campus is aimed at supporting sectors including marine renewables.

Summary: A partnership is being formed between the energy sectors in Orkney and Norway to look at ways they can work together to develop marine renewables.


The central bank's past efforts to spur growth have disappointed investors and there is expectation of more monetary easing from the meeting on Thursday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5% to close at 17,353.28. Embattled Mitsubishi Motors again saw its shares tumble, losing 9.6% over the day. The Japanese car maker is engulfed in a scandal over falsifying fuel efficiency. In China, the mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite closed 0.6% higher at 2,964.70 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng ended up 0.5% at 21,407.27. In South Korea, the Kospi index finished the day up 0.3% at 2,019.63, despite the country reporting its slowest quarter of economic growth in nine months. In the January to March period the economy grew by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter, which was in line with expectations. On an annual basis, the economy expanded 2.7%. In Australia, traders were equally cautious, and the ASX/200 index fell 0.3% to 5,220.64.

Summary: Japanese shares fell for a second day as investors remained cautious ahead of a key Bank of Japan meeting later this week.


The resignations of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, newly-appointed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, and the entire cabinet were quickly followed by reports that the parliament had rejected their requests. Given Yemen's mercurial political playing field, another new configuration could be just around the corner. The tension from four days of fighting and negotiation between the rebels and Yemeni security forces seemed to have reached a resting point, with President Hadi and Houthi leaders reaching an agreement on Wednesday. That agreement essentially saw Mr Hadi capitulate to rebels' demands in exchange for a ceasefire, release of a kidnapped presidential adviser, and the withdrawal of rebel forces from some key positions in Sanaa. Yet a day later, the presidential adviser had not been released and rebels still surrounded the presidential palace and Mr Hadi's private residence. Judging from their mass resignation, Mr Hadi and his government decided that operating under the rebels' thumb was untenable and found little reason to believe the Houthis would ever fulfil their end of the bargain. Either they have given up entirely, or they are now playing their strongest card. The Zaidi Shia movement, whose traditional stronghold is the northern province of Saada, led massive anti-government rallies over the summer and then suddenly infiltrated the capital with its heavily-armed militia and tribal supporters, taking de-facto control Sanaa by mid-September. The government, political parties, and the Houthi movement signed the Peace and National Partnership Agreement (PNPA) on 21 September, but it has largely gone unimplemented. Over the past year, Houthi leaders rightly concluded that they can use military might to change the political map and balance of power in their favour. The true extent of Houthi ambition is unclear; but the fact that they did not kick Mr Hadi out of the presidency or claim the premiership indicates they prefer to control from behind the scenes by placing their members in ministries and high-level government positions. This allows them to consolidate power, but without being saddled with ultimate responsibility. But the resignations of Mr Hadi and Mr Bahah now turn the table on their strategy. Sadly, the rebels' tactics affirm the power of the gun over the power of persuasion, and it marks a massive setback for the democratic transition process that began in 2011 with a youth-led uprising against longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a new government, and a successful National Dialogue Conference that produced agreement on the country's most pressing problems. The Houthis were included in the 10-month national dialogue process, and their representatives actually participated quite constructively in the working groups. But they were ultimately unhappy with the agreement of a six-state federal system they perceived would erode their power and autonomy. Since they did not win that fight politically, Houthi fighters set out to change the facts on the ground. They systematically pushed into new territory, aggressively picking fights with tribal militia, government forces, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants, and established some degree of control in at least nine of Yemen's 22 provinces. The latest conflagration in Sanaa was prompted by the newly-drafted constitution,

Summary: Less than 48 hours had passed after the latest agreement between the Houthi rebel movement and the Yemeni government, and the ground had shifted once again.


Paintings and Victorian marble statues held at Carbisdale Castle, a former youth hostel near Ardgay, have been valued at a total of ??500,000. The art is to be sold at an auction in London next month. Organisers of the petition on the website change.org want the works should remain in the local community. They said because the castle and its contents were gifted to SYHA, the association should not be selling off the art to make a profit. More than 700 people have signed the petition so far. SYHA shut Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland four years ago because of rising repair costs. A former stately home, it was known as Castle of Spite because of the part it played in a family feud. The property is also said to be haunted by a ghost called Betty. SYHA said it would invest money raised from the sale of the castle's artworks in its network of youth hostels. The 17 sculptures and 36 Italian and Scottish 19th Century paintings will be offered for sale at an auction in London on 20 May. Auctioneers Sotheby's have put a combined value of ??500,000 on the art. White marble sculptures from the 1800s to be sold include Andromeda by Florentine sculptor Pasquale Romanelli and Nymph at the Stream by Scottish artist David Watson Stevenson. It will be the first time in more than a century that the Victorian sculptures have been put on the market.

Summary: A petition has been started opposing the sale of artworks by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA).


The teenager, who is thought to have been trafficked to Russia before ending up in Scotland, was found by a member of the public on 16 January. He is now in the care of West Dunbartonshire Council's social work department. Police have appealed to anyone who has information to contact them. The case emerged at a meeting of the council's community planning management board, according to a report in the Dumbarton Reporter. Police Scotland has since confirmed the details. Ch Supt Grant Manders told the meeting the teenager had been found on a footpath near Overtoun House. He said: "A young Vietnamese boy - 16 years old - came into our care having been trafficked from Vietnam to Russia. "Smashing wee boy escaped his traffickers up in West Dunbartonshire and was found cowering in the bushes having escaped from wherever he might have been going." It is thought the boy ran for about an hour from the site of his escape before being found. Det Con Andy Docherty said: "He was found in quite a distressed state. "We quickly established that he was of Vietnamese origin and he stated that he was subject to a human trafficking. His welfare is paramount. "Inquiries are ongoing."

Summary: A 16-year-old Vietnamese boy was found "cowering" in bushes in Dumbarton after escaping from human traffickers, police have said.


The collision involving a black Peugeot 206 happened on the B9013 Sheriffston to Orton road, near Altonside, at 21:10 on Monday. Two men aged 30 and 19 were seriously injured and are being treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. A 23-year-old woman suffered fractures and another 19-year-old man sustained minor injuries. The road is currently closed and police have appealed for witnesses.

Summary: Four people travelling in the same car have been injured in a serious crash in Moray.


A Haystack in the Evening Sun had not previously been authenticated because the work is largely unknown and the artist's signature is covered by paint. However researchers at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland uncovered the signature using a hyperspectral camera. It also revealed the date of the work's creation - 1891. The special camera used by researchers studied the painting's elemental composition by measuring X-ray fluorescence. That allowed them to "see" below the surface, and analyse the materials used to create the work. "The camera is principally operating as a scanner, which scans one line at a time," researcher Ilkka Polonen said. "When the camera is moved using the scanner, an image of the whole picture can be obtained." An analysis of the pigments and canvas fibres also confirmed the painting was by the Impressionist. The artwork is currently owned by Finland's Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation, which acquired it in the 1950s through a London art broker. The institution said the authentication means the artwork is the first Monet painting to be held in a Finnish public collection.

Summary: An oil painting thought to have been created by French Impressionist Claude Monet has been proven to be genuine through scientific testing.


Theresa Villiers and Charlie Flanagan both attended a meeting to review the implementation of the Fresh Start deal negotiated in November last year. Both the British and Irish governments said the momentum created by the agreement must be maintained. Mrs Foster became Northern Ireland's first female first minister on Monday. The Democratic Unionist Party leader took over from Peter Robinson, who confirmed his resignation in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Mrs Foster is the youngest person to hold the most senior post in Northern Ireland politics. Speaking after Thursday's meeting, Mrs Foster said she was "absolutely delighted" by how the Fresh Start agreement had been implemented. "Good progress has been made and we'll continue to make that progress," she added. She said the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles had been discussed and that there was a need to talk to victims' groups. Earlier, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said "significant progress" had been made since the Fresh Start agreement was made, but "substantial challenges" remained. She added: "Work continues with victims' representatives and others on finding a way forward to address the legacy of Northern Ireland's past."

Summary: Arlene Foster has had her first meetings since becoming first minister with the Northern Ireland secretary and the Irish foreign minister.


The 28-year-old world record holder equalled the Olympic record - set by Czech Roman Sebrle at Athens 2004 - by scoring 8,993 points in Rio. France's Kevin Mayer took silver with 8,834, while Canada's Damian Warner secured bronze with 8,666. "To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley and Mathias is very special," said Eaton. "One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand and thank him for giving me something to chase after. "My throwing has been bad in the past, but I really got after the discus and shot here. Can I do three in a row? Maybe you should ask Daley." Eaton was the overwhelming favourite to follow Thompson's achievement from 1980 and 84 and is the third multi-eventer, alongside American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, to win back-to-back Olympic titles. He has dominated the event since 2011, claiming back-to-back world titles and twice setting new world records along with his Olympic success. No British athlete competed in the 10-discipline event. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. Find out how to get into athletics with our special guide.

Summary: American Ashton Eaton has become the third man to retain the Olympic decathlon title, winning in Rio to emulate Great Britain's Daley Thompson, and the USA's Bob Mathias.


A hacker, or hacking group, published via Twitter what they said were records of 9,000 DHS employees. According to technology news site Motherboard, the hacker has said he will soon share the personal information of 20,000 DoJ employees, including staff at the FBI. The news site said it had verified small portions of the breach, but also noted that some of the details listed appeared to be incorrect or possibly outdated. In a statement, the DHS told journalists: "We take these reports very seriously, however there is no indication at this time that there is any breach of sensitive or personally identifiable information." The Department of Justice also downplayed the breach's significance. The hacker is understood to have used simple human engineering to bypass one stage of the authorities' security systems. Motherboard quoted the hacker, who explained: "So I called up, told them I was new and I didn't understand how to get past [the portal]. "They asked if I had a token code, I said no, they said that's fine - just use our one." The security of government systems was put under scrutiny last year when it was discovered that data on more than five million people was stolen from the Office of Personnel Management. Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC and on Facebook

Summary: US authorities have acknowledged a data breach affecting the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security - but downplayed its severity.


CCTV images of Francesca Galelli and Molly Curtis, both 13, were circulated by Cambridgeshire Police. But the force issued a correction after it emerged the girls were not responsible for the theft from a branch of Superdrug in Ely. Sgt Phil Priestley said police had made an "innocent mistake". He said: "We always want to be clear and transparent if we get things wrong, and we definitely want to ensure that people know that Francesca and Molly are good people from lovely families, and this wasn't their fault". Cambridgeshire Police have revised district CCTV policies to prevent such mistakes from happening in future.

Summary: Two "completely innocent" teenage girls who were wrongly identified on police social media as prime suspects in a shop theft have received an apology.


Iain Stuart, 41, from Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, was among those killed in the crash off Norway in April. An investigation into the cause is continuing. An internal Statoil investigation into the company's approach to helicopter safety has said a clearer strategy needs to be developed. The Airbus Super Puma helicopter was flying to Bergen from the Statoil-operated Gullfaks field. Air accident investigators found a fatigue crack was the "most likely" cause of gearbox failure. The Statoil report suggested the organisation of helicopter safety efforts within the company appeared to be complicated and said more staff should be recruited to its flight safety department. It also recommended Statoil should consider ways of better information sharing between the helicopter operators and manufacturers. Mr Stuart worked for the oil field services company Halliburton.

Summary: An oil company's report into an offshore helicopter crash which killed 13 people has warned industry cost-cutting must not compromise safety.


People holding candles and torches observed a minute's silence at the start of the main event in Copenhagen. Two people were killed and five police were injured in attacks on a free speech debate and a synagogue. The gunman was later shot dead by police. He did not appear to be part of a wider terror cell, Denmark's PM said. Earlier on Monday, two men were charged with providing and disposing of the weapon used in the attacks and helping the gunman to hide. The gunman was named by local media as Omar El-Hussein. The national flag flew at half-mast on official buildings across the capital on Monday. Floral tributes have been placed by mourners at the site of the two attacks. Some also put flowers at the place where police shot the suspect dead. One told Danish TV2: "I did it because I am Muslim and because I knew him." As dusk fell on Monday a vast crowd gathered for the Copenhagen event, held on a square near the cultural centre where one of the attacks took place. A police spokesman said the crowds numbered about 30,000. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told the audience that an attack on the Jews of Denmark "is an attack on Denmark, on all of us". She also again vowed that Denmark was determined to safeguard its values. The prime minister earlier told a news conference the attacker was a Danish-born man aged 22. "He was known by the police for several criminal acts, including severe violence, and he was also known to be linked to a criminal gang in Copenhagen. " "But I want to also make very clear that we have no indication at this stage that he was part of a cell." Omar El-Hussein: homegrown radical The two suspects being held by police appeared in a closed custody hearing on Monday. Michael Juul Eriksen, a defence lawyer for one of them, said they denied the charges. Omar El-Hussein was released from prison two weeks before the attacks after serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm. Danish intelligence chief Jens Madsen acknowledged that El-Hussein had been "on the radar" of his services. Mr Madsen said investigators were working on the theory that he could have been inspired by the shootings in Paris last month. The attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, a kosher supermarket and a policewoman claimed 17 lives. In the first of the two shootings on Saturday, at a free-speech debate in the east of the city, film director Finn Norgaard, 55, was killed. In an audio recording of the shooting, the gunman can be heard interrupting the debate and firing dozens of shots. Hours later, Dan Uzan, a 37-year-old long-time member of the Copenhagen synagogue, was shot dead while on security duty outside the building. Eighty people were celebrating a girl's bat mitzvah, or coming of age, in a hall behind the synagogue at the time. The gunman fled by car but was traced by police to the city's Norrebro district. He opened fire when confronted and was fatally shot by

Summary: Tens of thousands of people have gathered in towns and cities across Denmark to commemorate the victims of weekend gun attacks in the capital.


Officers stopped the 92-year-old man close to junction six on the M74 near Motherwell and Hamilton in Lanarkshire on Saturday afternoon. The pensioner was pulled over after a police car signalled him to stop near Strathclyde Park at about 14:25. Police were alerted after reports from concerned members of the public. The man was taken home.

Summary: An elderly man was pulled over by police for driving his mobility scooter on a busy motorway.


The Conservatives, now with a majority at Westminster, have pledged to replace the Act with a British Bill of Rights. They want to give UK courts and Parliament the "final say" on human rights issues rather than Strasbourg. Asked about the impact of such a change on Wales, Mr Jones told assembly members: "It would make us look like a Banana republic, frankly." The Human Rights Act came into force in 2000, bringing the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. Critics say the Act has led to "perverse" judgements, including a ruling that found the UK's blanket ban on prisoners voting was unlawful. But during Tuesday's First Minister's Questions, Mr Jones said: "Most countries in Europe including Russia are signatories, are members of the European Convention. "The European Convention was drafted by British lawyers; it's a British invention, and there's a complete lack of understanding of history in Whitehall at the moment," Mr Jones added. Under the Conservatives' plan, the European Courts would not be able to require the UK to change British laws, with its judgements being treated as "advisory" rather than binding. Instead, the UK's Supreme Court would be "the ultimate arbiter" on human rights matters. Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams accused Conservative ministers of wanting to "put us in the same category as Kazakhstan in terms of how we view human rights". "Liberal Democrats stopped the Tories scrapping the Human Rights Act and we are determined to keep fighting these plans," she said. The European Convention created basic human rights and freedoms for every citizen in Europe. They include the rights to life, liberty and security, a fair trial, respect for private life, and freedom of expression. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "The Government was elected with a manifesto commitment to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights. "Ministers will be discussing their plans on this and making announcements in due course."

Summary: Scrapping the Human Rights Act would "make us look like a banana republic", First Minister Carwyn Jones has warned.


Cleveland Potash, at Boulby, has begun consultation with about 220 workers, with a further 140 contractor roles to be cut as well. Parent company ICL UK described the move as "painful" and warned a similar number of jobs could go in 2018. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop described it as "devastating news". ICL UK cited a "reduction in the level of economically-feasible potash reserves at Boulby, which the company estimates will be depleted by 2018". The plant, which currently employs about 1,100 people, will produce another fertiliser, called Polysulphate. Peter Smith, executive vice President-Potash of ICL, said: "In recent months we encountered geological problems which have affected previously high-yielding areas of the mine. "In addition, our exploration programme, validated by independent consultants, confirmed further geological difficulties, which means that we have only a very limited level of economically feasible potash reserves. "The reality of our potash reserves running out by 2018 means that we must develop a new business strategy if we are to continue mining at Boulby." ICL UK said it would invest ??20m this year in the site's infrastructure with a potential further ??20m to increase production of Polysulphate from an estimated 200,000 tonnes this year to one million tonnes by 2020. Mr Blenkinsopp said: "It's truly devastating news for those miners and their families. "It just seems to be everywhere you look, we are seeing huge amounts of redundancy in our industry and it's surely unprecedented, and all within the borough of Redcar and Cleveland." Anna Turley, Labour MP for Redcar, said: "This is yet another blow to the community, who have already been subjected to thousands of job losses from the closure of SSI in Redcar in the last few weeks."

Summary: Hundreds of jobs are set to be axed at a North East potash mine.


Asif, 33, and Butt, 31, were banned along with Mohammad Amir after spot-fixing incidents during a Test against England at Lord's in August 2010. Amir, 24, is back in the Test team but Asif and Butt are yet to be recalled. "We are waiting for them to prove their case," said Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan. "They'll have to knock the door down before they are considered." All three men were jailed for their parts in the incident, which saw Amir and Asif deliberately bowl no-balls as part of a betting scam. Khan added: "Amir, from day one, has admitted his faults and apologised. "The other two didn't admit from day one, only once they were sentenced by the court did they admit. There is a difference there." Amir was given a muted reception at Lord's on Friday as he bowled for the first time in a Test since being banned.

Summary: Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been told they must "knock the door down" before they are considered for a return to the Pakistan team.


The charges relate to alleged forced miscarriages suffered by one victim. Ariel Castro, 52, was arraigned in court earlier for the kidnap and rape of Amanda Berry, 27, Gina DeJesus, 23 and Michelle Knight, 32. Ms Berry escaped on Monday and was able to raise the alarm. On Thursday, Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said the murder charges were based on evidence from Michelle Knight that Mr Castro had impregnated her, then physically abused and starved her in order to induce five miscarriages while she was being held captive in his house in Cleveland. "I fully intend to seek charges for each and every act of sexual violence, rape, each day of kidnapping, every felonious assault, all his attempted murders, and each act of aggravated murder he committed by terminating pregnancies that the offender perpetuated against the hostages," Mr McGinty told a news conference. "My office will also engage in a formal process in which we evaluate to seek charges eligible for the death penalty. "This child kidnapper operated a torture chamber and private prison in the heart of our city," he added. Earlier in the day, Mr Castro appeared in court in Cleveland, handcuffed and dressed in blue overalls. He did not enter a plea. He is charged with four counts of kidnapping, covering the three initial abduction victims and Jocelyn, Ms Berry's six-year-old daughter, who was apparently conceived and born in captivity. The former school bus driver also faces three counts of rape, one against each woman. Bail was set at $8m (Â£5.1m), meaning he will remain in custody. He has been placed on suicide watch and will be kept in isolation, his court-appointed lawyer Kathleen DeMetz told reporters. According to CBS News, Mr Castro confessed to his crimes in a long, hand-written letter found in the house, which investigators believe may have been intended as a suicide note. In the 2004-dated letter he said he had been raped as a child by his uncle and was also abused by his parents, a law enforcement source told the US network. Mr Castro reportedly called himself a "sexual predator", but he also asked to donate all his money to his victims after his death. Meanwhile, Mr Castro's mother asked for forgiveness from her son's alleged victims. "I have a sick son who has committed something very grave. I'm suffering very much," Lillian Rodriguez told reporters on Thursday. "May those young ladies forgive me." Ariel Castro's two brothers, Pedro and Onil, also appeared in court on unrelated charges. They had been arrested, but police found no evidence linking them to the crime. Pedro Castro was fined $100 for public drinking, while two minor counts against Onil Castro were dropped. On Thursday, Mr Castro's daughter, Arlene, who was one of the last people to see Gina DeJesus before she disappeared in 2004 aged 14, wept during a TV interview. Describing herself as "disappointed, embarrassed, mainly devastated", she apologised to Ms DeJesus. The three women were all abducted after accepting rides from Mr Castro, according to a leaked police report. They told officials they

Summary: Ohio prosecutors have said they plan to seek aggravated murder charges that could carry the death penalty against the man suspected of imprisoning three women for about a decade.


With more than 3,000 listed places of worship in Wales, the Welsh government said many were under threat. New activities will be encouraged to save the buildings, either as religious centres or with an alternative purpose. Deputy Culture Minister Ken Skates, visiting St Giles parish church in Wrexham, said it was "always a shame" to see "cherished buildings neglected". The Grade I listed church hosts community groups and religious services, and received Welsh government funding to restore its tower.

Summary: An action plan has been launched to save historic religious buildings from neglect as their congregations dwindle.


Titanic Quarter Ltd has now taken on fresh borrowing of up to Â£75m from Danske Bank. The Davidson Kempner fund took control of the loans in 2014 as part of a deal with Ulster Bank. It came at a time when Ulster Bank was working to drastically reduce its property loan book. Most of those loans were sold to US funds which are generally not intending to build long term relationships with borrowers. James Eyre, the commercial director of Titanic Quarter, said the refinancing deal with Danske was an important step. "We are delighted to be back working with a local bank and to have significant additional financial support from the shareholders which reinforces their commitment and confidence in Titanic Quarter," he said. He suggested that it could mean that work begins on various stalled developments. "These long-term facilities will optimise Titanic Quarter's strategy to progress further planned developments including Grade A offices, media, hotels, residential, leisure and tourism," he added. Ciaran McLaughlin, corporate banking manager at Danske Bank, said: "Danske Bank is pleased to have agreed long term facilities with Titanic Quarter on its existing investment assets, which are strategically important to the city. "It was an easy decision for Danske Bank to get involved given the significance of the project."

Summary: The firm developing Belfast's Titanic Quarter has repaid loans which were held by a US investment fund.


The member for Hollinwood replaces Jim McMahon who won the Oldham West and Royton by-election last month. Cllr Stretton, who has served as deputy leader since 2014, was chosen over Cllr Arooj Shah, who represents St Mary's ward. She was elected in 2010 and is chair of the health and well being committee.

Summary: Oldham Council will be led by a woman for the first time in its history, after Jean Stretton was selected by Labour councillors.


The news is likely to further dampen expectations of rise in interest rates any time soon. Earlier this month, the Bank of England said that the outlook for global growth had weakened, which was depressing the risk of inflation. Following this report, many economists forecast that rates would not rise until well into next year. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.

Summary: UK inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index remained at -0.1% in October, figures show.


Mr Abbott announced the news that Queen Elizabeth II's husband would receive the country's top honour on 26 January - Australia's national day. He said the Prince's life of "service and dedication" should be honoured. But many commentators say the move raises grave questions about Mr Abbott's judgement. They have suggested he is out of step with mainstream opinion - as well as his own party. Mr Abbott re-introduced knighthood and damehood honours last year, nearly 20 years after they had been discontinued. "What was the Prime Minister thinking?" asks an editorial in The Australian. "It seems his political colleagues didn't get a chance to talk him out of it." The paper describes Prince Philip as a "symbol not just of another time but another country", who is "celebrated by Brits for his howlers and gaffes". The editorial says Mr Abbott risks further alienating core Liberal supporters at a time when he was under fire for ignoring them. "With the odd decision to ennoble a member of the British monarchy, Mr Abbott gives those who would lampoon him a right royal charter." Australia's honours system The Sydney Morning Herald shares the view of many critics that Mr Abbott is under the spell of Britain, Australia's erstwhile colonial ruler. "It is as though he is caught in a bygone era of deference to the old country," an editorial in the paper says. As a contrast, the paper praises the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, who last weekend called for Australians to recognise that their country would be better off as a republic. Australia is a parliamentary democracy that retains Britain's monarch as its head of state. The Herald ultimately takes a pragmatic view, arguing that Mr Abbott's actions will show the electorate his true colours. "In one sense his blind spot on the monarchy will do Australia good in the longer term," the paper says. "It will offer voters a clear choice: to be part of a nation that evolves democratically or one that remains locked in a colonial past." HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, KG (Knight of the Garter), KT (Knight of the Thistle), OM (Order of Merit), GBE (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire), AC (Companion of the Order of Australia), QSO (Companion of The Queen's Service Order), PC (Privy Counsellor). He also holds many foreign orders and decorations, as well as honorary appointments and ranks in the Armed Services. Several papers stress that the knighthood may come to be seen as a tactical mis-step, weakening Mr Abbott's position as a leader. He is already under fire from party backbenchers for major policy u-turns. "[The knighthood] gains no ground for the government and only invites ridicule," says an editorial in The Telegraph. "This government is in a position where every step must be a winning move. It has no political capital to waste." But however damaging the knighthood proves to be, commentators say it is unlikely by itself to be Mr Abbott's downfall. "An MP from the conservative right

Summary: The Australian press has expressed scorn and bewilderment over PM Tony Abbott's awarding of a knighthood to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.


The 24-year-old moves south for a reported £12m, and has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. The Ghana international made 24 Premier League appearances in 2015-16 as the Foxes won their first title. But he has started only one league game this season and has not featured at all since the 5-0 Champions League defeat at Porto on 7 December. Schlupp, who can play in defence, midfield or attack, was left out of Ghana's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. He began his career at Leicester - making 150 appearances for the club, scoring 15 goals - and had a loan spell at Brentford during 2010-11. West Brom boss Tony Pulis had been interested in Schlupp, who joins a Palace side 17th in the Premier League. The Eagles, one point above the relegation zone, visit West Ham on Saturday, a game Schlupp is available for. Allardyce said: "He will bring strength and experience to the defence and will be a major asset for the club." Sunderland manager David Moyes had earlier confirmed the club had rejected a bid from Palace for Netherlands defender Patrick van Aanholt. This site is optimised for modern web browsers, and does not fully support your browser

Summary: Sam Allardyce has made versatile Leicester player Jeffrey Schlupp his first signing as Crystal Palace boss.


They include Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin, a four-time world champion who also won gold in the 94kg category at the Beijing Games in 2008. The others are Kazakhstan trio Zulfiya Chinshanlo (53kg), Maiya Maneza (63kg) and Svetlana Podobedova (75kg). If all four are disqualified, Kazakhstan would drop from 12th to 23rd in the 2012 medal standings. Six other lifters who competed at the 2012 Games also tested positive after hundreds of samples were reanalysed. Among them are Russia's Apti Aukhadov, who won silver at 85kgs, Ukraine's Yuliya Kalina, who took bronze at 58kgs, and Belarusian Marina Shkermankova, who won bronze at 69kgs. Completing the group of doping positives are Azerbaijan's Boyanka Kostova and Belarus duo Dzina Sazanavets and Yauheni Zharnasek.

Summary: Four London 2012 Olympic weightlifting champions have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.


Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in Bath in 2015. Bristol Crown Court heard Matthew Gordon, of Grittenham Haulage Ltd, did not know the brakes had to be tested four times a year. Mr Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, Wiltshire denies 14 charges against him. Driver Phillip Potter, 20, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving. The lorry hit several pedestrians, including Mitzi from Bath, and a car containing Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales. The trial has previously heard Mr Gordon had been told the truck had faulty brakes by other employees. The jury heard Grittenham Haulage did not have a transport manager in its employ at the time of the crash despite it being a legal requirement. Mr Gordon said he thought he had "six months grace" to find one. He said that during that time, checks had been done on the vehicles and he would be alerted to any problems by the drivers either verbally or by text. He agreed that he had pleaded guilty at Bath Magistrates Court in August last year to eight offences of failing to keep his tachograph records up to date - and 33 similar offences by his company. Mr Potter, also of Dauntsey, is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Margaret Rogers - Mitzi's grandmother - by dangerous driving. He denies a total of 10 charges against him. Peter Wood, 55, from Brinkworth, Wiltshire, a mechanic who carried out safety checks on the truck, denies four charges against him. The trial continues.

Summary: A haulage company owner whose tipper truck killed four people when its brakes failed admitted he "used to stay away from paperwork", a court heard.


Keighley MP Kris Hopkins has written to police asking them to investigate. An audit by PKF Littlejohn LLP found the council had made decisions "without consideration of its legal powers" and may have taken "unlawful actions". The council's decision to develop a new civic centre came in for heavy criticism in the audit report. Auditors said the council may have broken the law by trading via the civic centre museum shop. The audit also picked up on "mathematical errors" in budget documents which "could potentially have influenced decisions made in respect of funding required for 2013-14". In response to Mr Hopkins' letter, West Yorkshire Police's temporary chief constable Dee Collins said investigators from the economic crime unit would be contacting the auditors. She said: "Once this review and assessment is completed, we will be in a stronger position to understand if any criminal offences have taken place within the town council." Mr Hopkins said: "I have been a long-standing critic of Keighley Town Council and, alongside a number of tireless and committed local residents, have raised countless concerns about its reckless and arrogant approach to spending public money. "This report confirms in graphic detail that our fears were well-founded." Keighley Town Council said it had received independent legal advice that found the council had not acted outside the law. Mayor Graham Mitchell added: "There is no evidence of criminality whatsoever in the report."

Summary: Keighley Town Council could be investigated by the police after an audit found "significant weaknesses" in local governance.


Mr Mortazavi, considered a close aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was taken to Tehran's Evin prison, the semi-official Fars agency reported. Until January, he was head of Iran's wealthy social welfare organisation but was removed under pressure from the Majlis - Iran's parliament. Mr Mortazavi, 45, was placed under US sanctions in 2010. He and other officials were accused by Washington of "sustained and severe violations of human rights". By Mohammad ManzarpourBBC Persian Saeed Mortazavi's arrest could be considered a turning point in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's tenure as Iran's Supreme Leader. Having risen from obscurity as a young judge, Mr Mortazavi was instrumental in the mass culling of reformist newspapers during former President Mohammad Khatami's administration. He later gained further notoriety for his involvement in the case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist who died in custody following her arrest in 2003. More recently, Mr Mortazavi was accused in connection with the abuse and killing of post-election protesters in the Kahrizak detention centre. It is unlikely that Mr Mortazavi's arrest could have come without the supreme leader's approval. Whatever red-line Mr Mortazavi may have crossed to trigger this chain of events, his arrest marks the end of an era of impunity, long enjoyed by the Islamic state's most loyal enforcers. Analysts say his arrest could be the result of disputes between President Ahmadinejad on one hand and parliament and the judiciary on the other. The arrest was "possibly" in connection with allegations of torture and the deaths of prisoners after the controversial 2009 election, Fars reported. A few days after he was removed last month as head of the social welfare fund, he was rehired by President Ahmadinejad, but this time as official caretaker of the same organisation, angering some lawmakers. While defending the former prosecutor in parliament, Mr Ahmadinejad accused the head of parliament and the head of the judiciary of corruption, which analysts say might be one of the reasons behind Mr Mortazavi's arrest. Mr Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009 - and the violent suppression of subsequent opposition protests - has widened the rift between conservatives and reformists within Iran's political establishment. Correspondents say parliament has been hostile to Mr Ahmadinejad for most of his second four-year term which expires in August. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani is a likely frontrunner in the race to succeed Mr Ahmadinejad.

Summary: Iranian police have arrested former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, Iranian news agencies say.


The Tory manifesto says elderly people requiring care in their own homes would have to meet the cost - but would be allowed to keep £100,000. Mrs May says the changes will secure the social care system and ensure fairness "across the generations". But a Tory think tank says it could be the "biggest stealth tax in history". John Stanley, of the Bow Group, told BBC News: "The impact on the core vote will be awful - what I call the 'Tory Shire'. "Those shire Tories who work hard, play the game, live life by the rules. They're going to wake up Monday around the family copy of the Daily Mail asking themselves what on earth has just happened." Under the Conservative plans, set out in its general election manifesto, nobody who has assets of less than £100,000 will have to pay for care, which can include everything from help with daily tasks, such as washing and dressing, through to round-the-clock support. Currently anyone with assets of over £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their care. If you are in a care home or nursing home, the value of your house can be taken into account. But that is not the case if you receive care in your own home. Under the Tory plans the value of your home may be factored in, although the money will not be taken from your estate until after death. This means some people could face losing their home after they die and will not be able to pass it down to their children. Mrs May has said the policy is fair because it protects elderly people from the fear that they will lose everything to pay for care. But some Conservative activists say the policy has not been properly thought through and is causing anxiety among elderly voters. A Conservative candidate, who did not want to be named, told the BBC they had asked party bosses to explain how homes will be valued, when savings are taken into account, and what happens to people who live in shared accommodation. There are also concerns that it will have an unfair impact on people living in the North and Midlands, where property prices are lower - and that some people may find they can't go afford to return home after hospital treatment. Conservative candidate Sarah Wollaston told BBC News: "If you are somebody who has quite a large asset in your home but you might be living on a very fixed low income - that might make it very difficult for you to go home if you couldn't afford special care. "I think it's very important that there is a period of grace to help them safely get home from hospital." Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Conservatives of "forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes," labelling the policy a "dementia tax". Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said "elderly people the length of Britain will shudder at these care cost proposals". Get news from the BBC

Summary: Tory plans to shake-up the funding of social care in England are likely to go down badly with the party's core voters, Theresa May has been warned.


The Outlaws' assistant head coach has been asked to assist with the pre-match warm-up at his home ground. Franks, 38, who played a solitary one-day international, in 2000, described the call as a "pleasant surprise". "It's a wonderful opportunity to see England's best prepare for a very exciting series," he said. "It's an opportunity to pick some brains and look at the best players and how they go about their work, because the best coaches learn from the players." Franks' senior international experience to date is limited to a wicketless nine overs and just four runs with the bat in a defeat by the West Indies, also at Trent Bridge. But, after a stint in 2015 coaching the United Arab Emirates. he has developed a growing reputation as a coach at Nottinghamshire, and was promoted to become Peter Moores' first-team assistant in November,

Summary: Nottinghamshire's Paul Franks will join England's coaching staff for the Test match against South Africa at Trent Bridge in July.


And President Donald Trump has threatened to "send in the Feds" if the "totally out of control" city cannot halt the "carnage". But, now, Chicago has spent $1m (Â£800,000) on ShotSpotter, installing hundreds of sensors in high-crime areas across two of its districts. And whenever a gun is fired, police officers are immediately given the exact location via a smartphone app. Nearly 100 US cities are now using ShotSpotter - but, despite its success, some remain unconvinced. Dover, the second largest city in Delaware, for example, has said the $195,000 annual cost could be better spent elsewhere. Quincy in Washington and Charlotte in North Carolina have also decided the technology is not for them. But ShotSpotter chief executive Ralph Clark said some of the cities that have signed up have seen a 35% year-on-year drop in gunfire. "We are seeing thousands of incidents," he told the BBC. "These are not homicides or woundings, but they are still serious crimes. "These gunshots are not coming from thousands of people messing about, we are finding that it is from a few serious criminals - the authorised shooters in gangs who are using it to intimidate people, protect their turf." "The biggest lever in reducing gun violence is to de-normalise it, and people are now seeing the police respond to these incidents, and they can see that the police are serving and protecting their communities." Three years ago, Chicago made a $2m investment in a predictive policing algorithm, which calculated potential victims of gun crime based on two variables, including how many times they had been arrested with others who later became gun crime victims. Developed by the Illinois Institute of Technology, the system generates a heat list of people most likely to kill or be killed. But according to a recent report from non-profit organisation The Rand Corporation, the investment has had little effect and simply means those on the watch list are more likely to be arrested. The Chicago Police Department countered that the report did not represent the prediction model as it currently worked and denied the system was deficient. Fresno Police Department, in California, recently tested software known as Beware - which sifts through address-specific public data and individuals' public postings to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - to alert first responders on the way to a 911 emergency call. The platform, built by security company Intrado, colour codes people's threat level as green, yellow or red. But one member of the city council told the Washington Post that his threat level was yellow, due to a previous occupant of his address. "Even though it's not me that's the yellow guy, your officers are going to treat whoever comes out of that house in his boxer shorts as the yellow guy," he said. The software proved too controversial, and in April the council decided not to renew its contract. Rob Kitchin, an expert on smart cities from Maynooth University, Ireland, said: "There is this idea that technology can solve the problems of a city. "People are treating cities as if there are

Summary: Chicago has one of the highest murder rates in the US, with 51 homicides in January alone.


Media playback is not supported on this device If ever the people in charge decided I was the man they wanted then I would be delighted The Tottenham boss also said he did not hold any grudges at being overlooked. Redknapp had been the favourite to succeed Fabio Capello since the Italian quit in February. "No problem," Redknapp said. "I wish him [Hodgson] all the best. He's a great guy. I've got a great job here (at Spurs). I don't hold grudges." The Tottenham manager spoke to BBC Sport at Spurs' training ground on Monday morning after the FA made its approach to Hodgson on Sunday. The West Brom boss is due to be holding talks over the role, and is expected to be appointed in the next 48 hours. Redknapp added: "I'm very happy to be doing what I am at Tottenham. "I suppose it's all dragged on a bit [selection process] but it's no problem and I'll just get on with my job here and we are looking for a good end to the season. "I like Roy, he's a top man and a good guy and I wish him great success. "England have some fantastic players and I'm looking forward to the Euros. Life couldn't be better: the sun is shining, I'm in good health and I'm a very lucky man." Redknapp had received widespread backing in football since Capello's departure and the approach to Hodgson surprised many. Media playback is not supported on this device In February Hodgson himself said: "Harry's receiving all the backing from virtually all quarters, but it's up to them to decide what they want to do and I don't think it's right for people like myself to say: 'I'm interested or I'm not interested' in the job because I've no idea what the FA have got in mind and what they want to do. "I think it's right to keep one's options open," he added. Redknapp had described the England job as the "ultimate job for an Englishman". "You have to look at the whole thing and realise just what a tough job it is," he said in February. "No-one has a magic wand. They've all found it very difficult. Whoever takes that job has a real job on his hands. "At my age (65) I have to do what's right for me. Whatever decision, my family will come first now. If the opportunity comes I will look at it in then."

Summary: Harry Redknapp has wished Roy Hodgson well after the Football Association approached the West Brom manager for the England role.


His comments came on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the mass deportation of Armenians in 1915. Turkey denies Armenian claims that up to 1.5 million people were killed and that it constituted an act of genocide. Mr Erdogan said the events of 1915 had "inhumane consequences," and expressed hope that those who died were at peace. By Guney YildizBBC World Service Prime Minister Erdogan is not under political pressure in Turkey to apologise. But by offering these unprecedented condolences, he will go down in history as the first Turkish prime minister to do so. Previously, Mr Erdogan has gone a step further and apologised for the genocidal massacres against Dersim Kurds. He sees these killings as the crimes of secularist nationalists and does not link them to his government. The Armenian government has yet to respond to the latest statement. But some think it will not change the status quo as it fell short of acknowledging the Armenian deaths as a massacre and accepting the Ottoman government's role. Turkey's rapprochement attempt with Armenia collapsed just after it started in 2009. The border between the two countries has remained closed since 1993. This statement needs to be accompanied by concrete actions to bring about a thaw in relations between the governments in Ankara and Yerevan. Turkey maintains that many of the dead were killed in clashes during World War I, and that ethnic Turks also suffered in the conflict. The exact nature of what happened remains highly contentious and has continued to sour relations between Turkey and Armenia. In his message, Mr Erdogan stopped short of using the term "genocide" to describe the mass killings. Mr Erdogan struck a conciliatory tone in his statement on Wednesday, in which he offered Turkey's condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who lost their lives in 1915. In the statement, which was translated into nine languages including Armenian, he described the events of World War I as "our shared pain". "Having experienced events which had inhumane consequences - such as relocation - during the First World War, (it) should not prevent Turks and Armenians from establishing compassion and mutually humane attitudes among towards one another," he said. He said "millions of people of all religions and ethnicities lost their lives in the First World War". But he said it was "inadmissible" for Armenia to use the 1915 events "as an excuse for hostility against Turkey" and to turn the issue "into a matter of political conflict". It is the first time a Turkish leader has formally offered condolences for the mass killings. He also repeated calls to set up a joint historical commission into the events surrounding the killings - a request that has so far been denied by the Armenian authorities. There has been a slight thaw in relations between Turkey and Armenia in recent years. The governments of the two countries agreed to normalise relations in October 2009, but peace efforts have since stalled and the border remains shut. Last year, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called the 1915-16 events a "mistake" during

Summary: Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered condolences for the first time for the mass killings of Armenians under Ottoman rule during WWI.


The boss of Total, speaking to the BBC this week, gave a pithy insight into the market - that they used to think $100 per barrel was effectively a price floor, and now it feels more like there's a ceiling. And yet neither is true, he added. The price goes up and down, no-one can be sure where and when. While it stays under the $60 zone, there's a lot of adjustment still to go in the Scottish oil and gas sector, as we learned from the latest Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce survey. It found nearly two-thirds of contractors reduced staffing in the past year. In the next year, 15% said they expected to boost hiring, but 30% said the cuts would go on. Just over quarter of the sector's contractors are more confident about the year following the survey, and 50% less so. But they're being resourceful. Even though the moratorium in Scotland may be made permanent, 70% expect to move into fracking and other unconventional drilling. Some 61% anticipate being involved in renewable energy and 85% in decommissioning over the next five years. The woes of the oil and gas sector help explain a lot about what's going wrong with the Scottish economy and jobs market. The figures out this week were described as "unsettling" and "an amber light" by the Federation of Small Businesses. That's something of an understatement. The unemployment rate is higher - 6.2% to the UK rate of 5.1%. Wales is at 4.8%, so it's not all about the rich south-east. The only nation or English region to have a higher rate than Scotland is the English north-east, with 7.9% unemployment. The gap, which was a permanent feature for the Scottish economy last century, has not been this wide since 2004, the point at which the Scottish economy began an unprecedented period of convergence with the UK's, if not bettering it. But it's the job creation figures that are more striking. In the first quarter of this year, compared with the last quarter of 2015, the Labour Market Survey suggests there were about 97,000 new jobs across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the same period, Scotland lost 53,000 jobs. Since the first quarter of last year, the rest of the UK has seen employment growth of 454,000. If Scotland were performing like the rest of the UK, it should have nearly 10% of those. Instead, it lost 45,000 jobs over the year. The Resolution Foundation think tank puts it in the context of the downturn. Last autumn, Scotland at last reached the employment rate before the crash, back in 2008. It has now fallen below it again. Unemployment went up by less than 2,000 during the year to January-March. That was while the UK total fell by 139,000. So the other factor explains a lot - the rise in the economically inactive, people, aged 16 to 64, who tell the Labour Force Surveyors that they are not available for work. Among those aged under 65, the numbers looking after family, in full-time education and with

Summary: Brent crude has been flirting with the $50 mark, and the prospect of a further rise towards a sustainable level in the sixties dollar range.


The 48-year-old singer and actor Joshua Sasse, 28, announced their engagement earlier this year. The couple subsequently vowed to postpone their nuptials until same-sex marriage becomes legal in Australia. Dressed in "Say I Do Down Under" T-shirts at the Arias in Sydney, the pair urged the change to come next year. "We're here to introduce a shining light in the Australian music industry," Minogue told the audience on Wednesday night. "But we're also here to say thank you to everyone who has supported Josh's campaign for equality." Sasse, who founded the "Say I Do Down Under" campaign, said: "This is more than a movement, this is people's lives and we want to say to every single member of the LGBT community that you are not alone. "You have a voice and if we all stand together we can bring Australia back on the right side of history and make 2017 the year that we can all say 'I do' down under." Australian pop star Sia also used the awards night to address the issue, sending a same-sex marriage campaigner to collect her award for best female artist. The Australian government's plan to settle the same-sex marriage debate through a public vote early next year was blocked by the Senate two weeks ago. Critics said a nationwide campaign would be expensive, unnecessary and unleash a torrent of homophobic rhetoric. Sasse's "Say I Do Down Under" campaign, along with other lobby groups, is now pushing for parliament to change the law. His campaign has attracted celebrity supporters including Chris Martin, Ellie Goulding and Sir Ian McKellen.

Summary: Kylie Minogue and her British fiancÃ© have called on Australia to legalise same-sex marriage in an appearance at the nation's top music awards.


They include several Brazilians, two Americans, a South African, an Australian, a Briton and a French man. The accused were employed at the time by the companies involved - Brazil's Samarco and Vale, and BHP Billiton. In November 2015 a mine dam burst, killing 19 people and polluting miles of Brazil's waterways. According to the lead prosecutor in the case, Jose Leite Sampaio, the companies were aware there was a risk of collapse but ignored it. They immediately rejected the charges and said they would defend their staff. Mr Sampaio accused Brazilian mining company Vale, Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton and iron ore producer Samarco, which they co-own, of pursuing profits rather than attending to safety. "Security was always of secondary importance. The increase in production at Samarco sought to compensate for the falling value of the ore in order, not only to maintain, but also to boost profits and dividends," Mr Sampaio said in a televised news conference near the site of the disaster. Vale said in a statement that it "vehemently rejects the charges" and that it would defend its staff members. It said the evidence showed there was no knowledge the dam could fail before the collapse. BHP said it "rejects outright the charges against the company and the affected individuals. We will defend the charges against the company, and fully support each of the affected individuals in their defence." Before the case can go to trial, the charges need to be approved by a judge. Millions of tonnes of muddy mine waste were released on 5 November 2015 when a dam collapsed. A village was flattened and drinking water was affected for hundreds of thousands of people. The sludge eventually pooled out into the Atlantic Ocean. The disaster drew comparisons with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, as the Brazilian authorities sought redress for the environmental devastation from the companies it deemed responsible. The mining companies have managed to reach a deal with Brazil's environmental authorities to set up an institute that will help clean up the pollution and rebuild some communities for the next 10 years. But prosecutors tasked with finding the guilty parties are less willing to compromise. In a 273-page document, they blamed top managers, accusing them of merely using "bandages" to deal with a serious threat. Prosecutors also want the accused to respond to a popular jury, assuming these charges get the go-ahead from the judge. The companies responded by accusing prosecutors of ignoring the evidence against those claims. As the Samarco tragedy approaches its first anniversary, it seems that this case will still drag on for years to come. The accused include Ricardo Vescovi, who was chief executive of Samarco at the time of the disaster. Under Brazilian law qualified homicide is similar to, but more serious than, a manslaughter charge. The accused, if found guilty, could face sentences of up to 54 years.

Summary: Brazilian prosecutors have filed homicide charges against 21 people a year after an iron ore mine disaster in the state of Minas Gerais.


The 30-year-old won the last of his 34 caps against New Zealand in 2013. "I had a phone call from Eddie before he picked the England squad saying I need to get back to the running rugby and get hands on the ball in the wide channels," said Foden. "That's the first time anyone's ever told me that from England - it was always the other way around." He added to BBC Radio Northampton: "They always said my counter game was good and I was good with ball in the wide channels but the rest of the game needed working on so it was quite bizarre for him to turn around and say that to me." Saints, losing Premiership semi-finalists last season, have struggled for form this term and are currently seven points off fourth-placed Harlequins in sixth. And Foden said his conversation with Jones was linked to the problems his club side have had. "It just shows where we are as a Northampton back-line, we haven't been firing," he added. "Individually, I haven't been getting the ball in the wide channels and doing what I used to do in a Northampton Saints shirt. "Hopefully that will light a fire for a few of us - I think Luther [Burrell] had the same conversation as well."

Summary: Northampton full-back Ben Foden says England head coach Eddie Jones has told him to "get back to running rugby".


The 21-year-old suffered up the injury late on in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Championship leaders Burnley. After being recalled early from loan at League One side Millwall, he was making his first Wolves start in five months. But there is now a chance he may not play again this season, after being ruled out for a minimum of four weeks. "We will have to see how he progresses," said Wolves medical chief Phil Hayward. "He has sustained an injury to his left quad and scans have revealed it to be a grade two injury. "He has a chance to be back and available before the end of the season. He will be out for probably four to six weeks." Wolves boss Kenny Jackett is now without eight first-team players. Striker Nouha Dicko, wingers Razak Boukari and Jordan Graham and defender Ethan Ebanks-Landell are all out for the season, while centre-half Mike Williamson, winger James Henry and midfielder Dave Edwards are also absent. Edwards, who is on course to return from his broken foot next month, is still hopeful of being fit for Wales' Euro 2016 campaign this summer. Williamson and Henry could return sooner, having been lined up to resume training following the Easter weekend. Beacuse of the international break, Wolves do not have a game until Saturday 2 April when they host former manager Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town.

Summary: Wolves midfielder Jed Wallace has become the Championship club's latest injury casualty and will be out for up to six weeks with a thigh strain.


About 100 people were involved in the incident towards the end of Didcot Town's Southern Football League game against Hereford FC. Didcot said it was "very disappointed", while Hereford - leading 2-1 at the time of the abandonment - said it was "deeply concerned". BBC commentator Bill Rennells said "fists were flying everywhere". A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: "A 19-year-old man from Hereford was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, and a 19-year-old man from Hereford was arrested on suspicion of common assault." Both men have been bailed until April. About 800 people attended Saturday's match, with the majority supporting the visiting Hereford team. Didcot manager Andy Ballard called it a "very bizarre day". He added: "I do have to commend the referee, he made a fantastic decision to call the game off. "He couldn't guarantee the safety of the players, the supporters and everybody in the ground, so he made a very tough call, but I think it's the right one." Hereford FC were formed in 2015 after former Football League club Hereford United were wound up in London's Royal Court of Justice the previous year. They are the best supported team in the Southern League, with an average home attendance this season in excess of 2,700. In a statement, the club said: "It goes without saying that Hereford FC does not condone unlawful behaviour of any sort and club officials will be working very closely with the local police, Didcot Town, the stewards who were in attendance, the FA and the Southern League to establish the relevant facts, secure all available evidence and conduct a thorough investigation." Mr Rennells, a journalist since the age of 14, said: "It's something I've never ever seen before in my 71-year career. There were people being held back, and some people trying to stop it."

Summary: Two men were arrested after a violent pitch invasion caused a football match to be abandoned.


This marks the end of the Welsh government's Open Doors 2015 event. Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Ruthin Jail, Denbighshire, Caerphilly Castle, Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion, and St David's Bishop's Palace, Pembrokeshire, are all involved. Deputy Tourism Minister Ken Skates said he hoped it had sparked an interest to explore "our fascinating heritage".

Summary: Heritage sites across Wales have free entry this weekend as part of a scheme to get people interested in history.


The Torquay United goalkeeper has yet to make his debut for the National League side, but no-one else at the club can claim to have faced the kind of players the Gibraltar international has. In the eight caps he has won for the fledgling football nation, Robba has come up against world champions Germany, Euro 2016 winners Portugal as well as Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. "It's hard to get my head around it. How the hell am I playing against the European champions? It doesn't make sense," he tells BBC Sport. But since Gibraltar's acceptance as an international footballing nation in 2013, Robba and his team-mates, who had previously relied on the Island Games to give them 'international' matches against the likes of Jersey, the Isle of Man and Shetland, now find themselves on the same stage as World Cup golden boot winner Thomas Muller. "The whole team pinches themselves while we're there, because most of them are semi-pros at most," says Robba. "We've got a few professionals, but even the professionals think 'what are we doing playing against the European champions?'" But from the heights of having four put past him by Portugal in Porto and 'narrowly' losing 4-1 to Greece in midweek, Robba will come back down to earth with a bump on Saturday as he returns to the bench for Torquay United when they host York City in the National League. It is the 24-year-old's first professional deal and he is understudy to the club's United States goalkeeper Brendan Moore. But Robba hopes that playing full-time will help ensure that he is the one who gets the nod for the Rock's big matches. "It's my first year that I've tried to be a professional, so I have to adapt and I'm still adapting and still trying to get used to it," he says of the switch from part-time to full-time football. "I'm hoping that this can cement my number one place in the long term in the Gibraltar squad and the line-up. "It's between me and Jordan Perez, who played against Greece, who's a good goalkeeper himself and played well against Greece. "I've come to Torquay to try and do my best. Brendan's a really good keeper and a really good guy - I try and push him and he tries and push me. That's football, that's what you do. "Good competition makes us all better and it's the manager's choice who plays." How long Robba has to wait to make his debut in England is unclear, but his manager at Torquay, Kevin Nicholson, says he has potential. "Jamie's come in done great for us, trained well and he's keen to show what he can do," Nicholson said. "Brendan's been doing very well, so he'll keep his spot, but I know that Jamie won't give up."

Summary: In the space of 10 days one footballer will go from taking on the European champions to warming the bench in the fifth tier of English football - welcome to the world of Jamie Robba.


The suspects - from Doncaster, Warminster, Northampton and London - are being questioned by Scotland Yard's e-Crime unit. Their arrests are part of a wider operation involving UK law enforcement and the FBI. At the same time, 14 suspected members of Anonymous appeared in a US court. Authorities around the world have been rounding up suspects following a wave of attacks by both groups on major corporations and government institutions. Amazon, PayPal, the CIA, US Senate and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency have all suffered either intrusions or denial of service attacks, designed to take their websites offline. In the latest round of British arrests, police detained 20-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton and 26-year-old Ashley Rhodes from Kennington, near London. The pair are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 7 September. Detectives also arrested a 24-year-old man from Doncaster, and a 20-year-old from Wiltshire for conspiring to commit offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. In the United States, a mass court appearance saw 14 suspected Anonymous members appear before a judge in San Jose, California. All of them denied being involved in a denial of service attack on PayPal's website in December 2010. Anonymous had publicly declared its intent to target both PayPal and Amazon for, what the group perceived as, their complicity in isolating whistle blowing website Wikileaks. Following the leaking of confidential US State Department memos, PayPal stopped processing donations to Wikileaks, while Amazon kicked the site off its web hosting service.

Summary: Four men have been arrested in separate parts of the UK by police investigating the hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.


The incident was reported at 13:45 BST on Saturday. The Air Ambulance Northern Ireland airlifted the boy to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children where he is in a stable condition. The callout was the first mission for the helicopter and its crew. The air ambulance team is currently working through final preparations including training and familiarisation flights ahead of an official media launch of the service planned for early August. However as a result of the serious nature of the incident, the aircraft was tasked to bring the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) doctor and paramedic to the scene. Glenn O'Rorke, the operational lead for HEMS, said that the service will provide a doctor-paramedic team, for the whole of Northern Ireland, which will provide rapid interventions at the scene of where people have been injured before transferring patients to the appropriate hospital. "It will make a huge difference to patients' lives and their outcome, it will improve their quality of life after injury because we will be there in a very short period of time," he said. The campaign for the HEMS was begun by the late Dr John Hinds. Northern Ireland was previously the only part in the UK without such a service.

Summary: An 11-year-old boy has been seriously injured following an incident involving a tractor in the Castlewellan area of County Down.


Keshi will be best remembered as a coach but he also had a successful career as a player at club and international level. Winning the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria was the highlight of his international playing days. As a player he had stints in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Belgium, France and United States of America. Keshi began his professional career with now-defunct Nigerian side ACB of Lagos and his hometown club New Nigeria Bank of Benin City. His first move abroad was not to Europe but to Ivory Coast where he won the domestic cup with Stade Abidjan in 1985 and 1986, before moving to their local rivals Africa Sports. He became known as the "Big Boss" during his playing days as he was one of the first Africans to move to the European leagues in the 1980's. Belgium was his first port of call when he joined Lokeren, which in later years became a popular destination for other African players. Keshi's compatriots Victor Ikpeba and Sunday Oliseh as well as Ghana's Nii Lamptey also played for Lokeren. It was at another Belgian side where Keshi really thrived, spending four years at Anderlecht a side that he also captained. While at Anderlecht he won the Belgian Cup in 1988 and 1989 before helping them to the league title in 1991. After that success, he moved across the border to French second division side RC Strasbourg and is fondly remembered for scoring the second goal in a 4-1 win over Rennes on 13 May 1992 which secured the team's promotion to the top flight. The following season saw Keshi and Strasbourg finish in eighth place - their highest ever finish in the top division - before he made a swift return to Belgium with Molenbeek that summer. His return to Belgium was not the success he had hoped for and he eventually moved to the United States to play for Jaguar Bay, San Jose and Sacramento Scorpions. He eventually ended his playing career in Malaysia with Perlis in 1995. Keshi earned more than 60 caps for Nigeria and won the 1994 Nations Cup with Super Eagles, although injury prevented him from playing in the final against Zambia. He made two appearances, including as captain for their semi-final win over Ivory Coast on penalties, but the Nigeria coach at the time, Clemens Westerhof, refused to risk playing him in the final. Later that year Keshi, was part of Nigeria's squad at the World Cup in the United States but another injury meant he played only once in the final group match against Greece. Once his playing days were over he made the United States his home and went into semi-retirement. His first coaching experience came when his daughter's elementary school were looking for a coach and she demanded that her father helped out and gave his number to the principle. And so began his journey into coaching as he declared: "I was reborn and discovered it was something I could do." It sparked his dream of one day coaching Nigeria but before

Summary: African football is mourning the death of former Nigeria coach and captain Stephen Keshi, who passed away aged 54.


The Reds had their capacity reduced to zero earlier this month when the council revealed they did not have a required safety certificate holder. The Championship club have now been granted their certificate but the City Ground will only be able to hold 24,357 people - a reduction of 6,088. Forest begin their 2016-17 campaign at home to Burton Albion on 6 August. The initial delay was because the council were not satisfied that a suitable person was found to fill the role as certificate holder - a legal requirement for sports clubs - but this issue has now been rectified. "We are pleased that Nottingham Forest has now put forward a suitable person to take on the crucial role of safety certificate holder," said Nottinghamshire County Council's Robert Fisher. "However, the council and our Safety Advisory Group partners need to be confident that the club is fully supporting the certificate holder to fulfil their role and unfortunately a number of concerns remain." A statement from Forest said: "The club will continue to work in partnership with the council in order to address the outstanding issues to ensure that the safety factor is restored to full capacity as quickly as possible." The Reds, who host Premier League Hull City in pre-season game on Saturday, had attendances higher than 24,357 three times last season - against Derby County in November (25,114), the visit of Leeds United in December (27,551) and the FA Cup fourth-round tie with Watford (24,703). Fisher added: "We require evidence to demonstrate that safety matters are discussed in senior management meetings at the club. "We also await an action plan for improvements to the facilities for visiting disabled spectators and an up-to-date written safety policy outlining roles at the club. "As a consequence of this, a restriction on spectator capacity is required until these issues are resolved. "The council is continuing to work closely with the club to see that an appropriate action plan is carried out to address remaining issues, so we are able to restore the club's previous full capacity status over the coming weeks."

Summary: Nottingham Forest's capacity has been reduced by 20% by Nottinghamshire County Council to fewer than 25,000.


Despite being relegated to League One, Mowbray says that he has the backing of Blackburn's owners, Venky's. "They've been very supportive and I think they are going to give us some financial support, to ensure that we have a very strong season next year," he told BBC Radio Lancashire. "They are basically telling me that those decisions will be mine. There is no pressure to sell any players." Mowbray replaced Owen Coyle as manager at Ewood Park in February, but could not save Rovers from being relegated from the Championship on the final day. The 53-year-old has experience of managing in the third tier having been in charge at Coventry City before Blackburn. "What I know now is it's a really difficult league," he added. "There are some big strong powerful men in that league. It's a job for men, not for boys, which I found out at Coventry City."

Summary: Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray says he is under no pressure to sell players.