Some 2.1 million Audis affected worldwide include 1.42 million in western Europe, with 577,000 in Germany, and almost 13,000 in the US. Czech-based Skoda said 1.2 million of its cars were involved, but has yet to give a country or model breakdown. Separately, German prosecutors started a probe against VW's former boss. Former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will be investigated over "allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated emissions data," German authorities said on Monday. The Audi models affected include the A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, TT, Q3 and Q5 models, a spokesman told the Reuters news agency. VW said last week that 11 million cars within the group could be affected. The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested and could change the car's performance to improve results. The German company apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Mueller promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong. There were also unconfirmed reports on Monday that senior R&D heads working across the car group had been suspended. Reuters said the suspensions involved staff from the Audi, Porsche and the VW brands. Meanwhile, Volkswagen shares continued to fall, closing down 7.3%. They are now down about a third since the scandal broke. The scandal has badly tarnished VW's name, left it exposed to up to $18bn in US fines, and wiped a third off its stock market value in a week. German authorities have demanded that VW set out a timeline by 7 October on how it will ensure its diesel cars meet national emission standards without using cheat technology. There were widespread German media reports at the weekend that the government ignored warnings two years ago that VW was using the software. However, on Monday, a government spokesman denied this. 11 million Vehicles affected worldwide â‚¬6.5bn Set aside by VW $18bn Potential fines No. 1 Global carmaker in sales I'm a VW owner - what should I do? What next for VW? Car emissions tests: Not fit for purpose? VW boss Winterkorn's highs and lows VW scandal explained

Summary: Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests.


Following an inspection, the officials decided that areas of the playing surface were unsafe. No new date has yet been set for the game to be played.

Summary: Saturday's National League game between Dagenham & Redbridge and Bromley has been postponed because of a frozen pitch.


Estate agent George Low, 22, from Dartford, was stabbed in the neck near a nightclub in Ayia Napa on Sunday. Cypriot police said an argument broke out after the alleged attackers took exception to two British men urinating in the street. A shoving match is then said to have broken out before Mr Low and his friend, Ben Barker, 22, were stabbed. Mr Barker had knife wounds to his back in the attack in Grigori Axfentiou Street, but survived. Arrest warrants have been issued for two Turkish Cypriot men, Mehmet Akpinar, 22, and 42-year-old Sali Ahmet. Police have also issued a warrant for a third man suspected to have helped the suspects escape to the Turkish-held north of the holiday island. A 48-year-old Greek Cypriot woman has been remanded in custody on suspicion of being an accessory to murder. George Economou, deputy police chief of the Famagusta region, said officers had been told the two British men were urinating in the street and two Turkish Cypriot men told them not to do it in public, which led to an argument breaking out. He said 11 minutes later, the men allegedly returned with a knife. The group did not know each other beforehand, Mr Economou added. He said police were continuing to look for CCTV to try to trace the route the suspects took to escape. Checkpoints and airports have been put on alert, he added. The woman who has been taken into custody pending further inquiries - but has not been charged - is said to be the girlfriend of Mr Akpinar and is accused of taking him a fresh pair of clothes and retrieving his mobile phone. A district court in Larnaca remanded her in custody for eight days. Mr Low's mother, Helen, 47, has said her son, a former club manager at the resort, was not an aggressive person and had simply been "in the wrong place at the wrong time". She said he and Mr Barker had been due to fly home later the same day.

Summary: A British holidaymaker stabbed to death in Cyprus was involved in a row about urinating in public, police have said.


After a career of three decades, Mr Seck is one of Senegal's biggest stars. His lawyers say he was the victim of a swindle and the money was paid to him by a producer as an advance for an upcoming tour. A counterfeiting machine was allegedly found at the home of another man arrested with Mr Seck. Both men were charged with circulating forged foreign currency, money laundering and conspiracy. Africa news updates The BBC's Laeila Adjovi in Dakar says after appearing in court on Tuesday, Mr Seck spent the night in Dakar central prison. The singer was arrested and taken into custody on 27 May following an investigation into large transactions in foreign currencies, according to local media. In court, he complained that he had been cheated of 85 million CFA francs ($144,000; Â£90,000) by one of the suspects of the investigation, according to the AFP news agency. According to the local press, if he is convicted on all charges, 60-year-old Thione Seck could face a life sentence. Mr Seck started out in Senegalese bands including Star Band and Orchestra Baobab, before becoming the lead singer of the band Raam Daan. The BBC's Abdourahmane Dia in Dakar says Mr Seck's best known songs are Jongoma and Momy. The star owns one of Dakar's best known night clubs, Penc Mi, where he and his son Wally Seck regularly perform, our correspondent says.

Summary: Senegalese singer Thione Seck has been charged with money laundering after fake banknotes worth millions of euros and dollars were found in his house.


Bosworth Water Park, in Leicestershire, was closed after police were called at about 15:50 BST on Saturday. The boy was taken to hospital but later died. A man and woman have been arrested and remain in custody, Leicestershire Police said. One woman, who was at the park with her daughter, said she had not been there long when she saw CPR being done on a little boy by the side of the water. Samantha Scott said: "I'm not sure myself how the incident happened, there were a lot of children in the water yesterday, most with adults. "The water was so murky with all the sand, if anyone had gone under, you wouldn't have been able to see them at all. "I wouldn't let either of mine go in further than their knees as the water had stones underneath it too and both girls cut their feet. It looked very deep in the middle. "The first we saw was a gentleman performing CPR, everyone had gone quiet and you could tell we were all listening for a cry or any sign everything was OK. "The air ambulance arrived but we left just as they flew off." Another eyewitness, Olivia Quinn, said the scene was "horrific". "It hasn't left my mind seeing the boy's body on the ground and seeing people try to save him by giving him CPR," said Miss Quinn. "Everyone was in shock, crying and praying for the little boy. The ambulance took a while to come as it was so busy with people everywhere and cars all around the park. "It wasn't looking good as it must have been 30 minutes a man was still trying with CPR. "When I saw the boy's body being moved on the stretcher into the ambulance, I could see paramedics still giving CPR in the ambulance. A few cars followed the ambulance and I was thinking to myself that must be the parents." Owner Nigel Riley said it was a "dreadful incident" and the park in Market Bosworth reopened on Sunday. A statement on its Facebook page said: "From all of the staff at Bosworth Water Park we would like to pass on our deepest sympathies to everyone affected by this tragic loss of life." Police have asked people "not to speculate" about the circumstances of the death. Any witnesses who may have seen what happened should contact the force, especially if they have any video footage from Saturday of the Blue Lagoon beach area.

Summary: A five-year-old boy has died in a suspected drowning at a water park.


EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier had wanted progress on the exit payment, citizens' rights and the Northern Ireland border issue by October. The Daily Telegraph has reported this could now slip back to December. But the Brexit department says next-stage talks are on course for October. A spokesman for the Department for Exiting the EU said: "Negotiations to leave the EU are under way and we have already made good progress on a number of issues. "As the secretary of state said, it is important that both sides demonstrate a dynamic and flexible approach to these negotiations. "Government officials are working at pace and we are confident we will have made sufficient progress by October to advance the talks to the next phase. "On the financial settlement, we have been clear that we recognise the UK has obligations to the EU and that the EU also has obligations to the UK." The upbeat assessment followed a report in the Telegraph which said Mr Barnier had told a private meeting of ambassadors that the next phase of negotiations would be delayed by two months because of the wrangle over how much the UK owes the bloc. The report said Mr Barnier had claimed the EU would not talk about trade or the UK's future relationship with Brussels until "sufficient progress" had been made on the other "divorce" issues. European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva would not be drawn on what was said at the meeting with ambassadors. At a press briefing in Brussels she said Mr Barnier had publicly acknowledged that "so far limited progress has been achieved in the negotiations" but EU officials were ready to work on the issues over the summer if the UK side provided further updates. She said European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was committed to engaging with the UK. "President Juncker has asked, specifically, the task force on Article 50 to be ready every day throughout the coming weeks, throughout the month of August, to engage with our British counterparts should the UK wish to substantiate their position on some of the cases where it has not happened yet," she said. "The commission stands ready - we are ready to work - and I cannot speculate beyond that on any timetable because that will depend on the pace of the progress being made."

Summary: Brexit Secretary David Davis is confident negotiations will continue as planned after reports that Brussels may delay trade talks because of a lack of progress on the "divorce" settlement.


20 December 2015 Last updated at 13:02 GMT Andrew Russell, 36, was found unconscious in a car park on Bradshaw Way, in Derby, shortly before 02:00 on 16 November. He was taken to hospital but later died. Det Insp Graham Prince, of Derbyshire Police, said: "We are trying to trace a number of cars seen driving along London Road between 1.30am and 2.15am that morning, along with several lone people walking down the road during the same time period. "These people have yet to come forward and they could have information which may help with the inquiry." A 41-year-old man has been charged in connection with the alleged attack.

Summary: Detectives investigating a fatal assault have released CCTV footage of potential witnesses who have yet to come forward.


Most of those infected were foreign construction workers, and all lived or worked within the same region of the country, said the health ministry. None were known to have travelled to Zika-affected areas recently. Thirty-four people have fully recovered but seven are still in hospital. Zika generally has mild effects but has been linked to severe birth defects. It is suspected of causing a condition called microcephaly, a deformation in which babies are born with small heads. Zika, which is spread by mosquitoes but can also be sexually transmitted, was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization in February. What you need to know The mosquito menace Epidemic 'will end in three years' Singapore declared its first imported Zika case in May, a 48-year-old local who had travelled to Brazil, where the outbreak started. On Saturday, it announced that a 37-year-old Malaysian woman had contracted the virus locally. She is the only confirmed female case so far. Thirty-six of the 41 cases announced on Sunday were foreign workers who worked in the same construction site. Work at the site has been halted after housekeeping was found to be "unsatisfactory with potential breeding habitats favourable to mosquito breeding". The ministry said in a statement that it could not "rule out further community transmission, since more of those tested positive also live or work in other parts of Singapore". "We expect to identify more positive cases," it added.

Summary: Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of the Zika virus which were locally transmitted.


As a young boy, Anh Do escaped war-torn Vietnam aboard an overcrowded fishing boat. He has since built an impressive career in entertainment. Now a fixture on the national stand-up scene and TV screens, two years ago he surprised the judges at Australia's most well-known art competition with an intense portrait of his once-estranged father. The comedian's artistic streak - on show in a new TV series - earned him a finalist place in the Archibald Prize. "It was great to visit the Art Gallery of News South Wales with this huge eight foot painting of him up on the wall," Do said. "My father fought alongside Aussie and US soldiers in the Vietnam War. "In the aftermath of the war my father lost three brothers and his own dad so he drank a lot. When I was 13 years old my father left the family and I didn't see him for nine years." His mother worked tirelessly to single-handedly raised three children who all went on to attend university. Do harboured an interest in art but studied law because he was determined to buy his mother a house. After completing his studies, he was about to sign up for a 60-hour a week corporate job. But he turned down a job offer figuring that he could earn more by making people laugh. His upbeat demeanour has since become a regular feature of comedy festivals and on TV and film. He even turned his life story into a best-selling book, The Happiest Refugee - a story that caught the attention of one of Australia's biggest stars. "I got this phone call and this big voice said 'Anh, it's Russell Crowe,'" Do said. "He told me he loved the book and I've since signed a deal with Russell to turn the book into a film." Following the death of a close friend, Do took up painting about six years ago, taking a college course and enlisting the help of an established artist to refine his style. His new TV show, Anh's Brush with Fame, merges his talents. He paints and interviews a raft of Australian celebrities from his inner-city Sydney warehouse. Do works quickly in a contemporary style, slathering thick strokes of paint onto the canvas with palette knives. Taking a seat on the show are actors Craig McLachlan and Magda Szubanski; singers Jimmy Barnes and Kate Ceberano; radio hosts Amanda Keller and Kyle Sandilands; boxer Anthony Mundine and surgeon Charlie Teo. As they sit for him, Do makes them laugh and also gets them to reveal a few secrets about their lives in front of the cameras. It all leads to the moment when the subjects get to see their completed portrait. "That's been one of the delights of the show," he said. "At the end of the show I spin the painting around and I show them. And I'm so nervous - I want them to like it. They all tell me they like it but I can tell that some of them don't!" It's a show that combines his talent

Summary: His journey to Australia took him from tragedy to comedy.


The commitment to get rid of Canada's federal first-past-the-post electoral system was one of his primary election promises. Opposition parties called the move "cynical and jaded". Trudeau's Liberal government said the move was made because Canadians were undecided about what kind of voting system they would like to have instead. "It has become evident that the broad support needed for a change of this magnitude, did not exist," said Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould. It was a major and surprise reversal for the Trudeau government, which has spent months consulting with Canadians on possible changes to how they elect their federal government, from ranked ballots to proportional representation and online or mandatory voting. The first-past-the-post voting system, which is also used to elect the UK Parliament, tends to favour larger established parties. Under the system, whoever has the most votes wins their district, regardless of whether they win a majority. In 2011, the UK voted against moving to an alternative voting system in a nationwide referendum. In the 2015 election, the Liberals won a majority of seats in Parliament with just 40% of the vote. During the campaign, before his party had secured its victory, Trudeau had promised that "2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system". The change of heart has been described as "absolute cynicism" by members of the opposition. "They're fearful of having a voting system that doesn't keep Liberals in power forever more," said NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who was on a cross-party committee charged with investigating what kind of voting system Canadians would prefer. In December, the committee reported that Canadians want the government get rid of first-past-the-post, but did not recommend a specific system to replace it. The committee was divided on whether a referendum needed to be held in order to change the system. Minister Gould cited this lack of direction as a sign that there was not broad consensus on the issue. She also pointed to the results of an online government survey launched in December that was widely ridiculed on social media. The survey did not ask if people wanted a referendum on electoral reform, and people accused it of being misleading and confusing. "We took the time, we consulted and we listened," Minister Gould said. "There isn't a consensus on how to move forward."

Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has broken his promise to change the country's voting system.


The latest audit of Leicester City Council's services shows 206 of 229 child protection plans were still inadequate or required improvement. An Ofsted report last year said hundreds of children were facing delays in being allocated a social worker. The authority said things were improving but changes would take time. Updates from this story and more from Leicestershire A judge in Leicester's Family Court recently criticised the city's children services after it emerged a nine-year-old boy had spent two years living with a convicted paedophile. A city spokesman said the situation had improved since that case which dated back to a period of serious failures. Councillor Lynn Moore, who chairs the city's scrutiny committee, said: "I am hopeful things will continue to improve but it is not an easy thing to bring about and Leicester is not the only authority that has these kinds of difficulties." Analysis: BBC Radio Leicester political reporter Tim Parker I think things are improving ... the earlier Ofsted highlighted the high turnover of social workers and managers leading to unacceptable delays in allocating children's cases. But there are "early signs" of the workforce beginning to stabilise. At one point, 30 of 62 social workers resigned in one section, leading to serious delays in nearly 300 vulnerable children being allocated a social worker when they needed one. These signs of more stability in the workforce can only be good news. Assistant mayor Sarah Russell, who took over responsibility for children's services after the earlier Ofsted report, said: "There is a huge mountain to climb - and it will continue to look that way for a while. "[It's] better than when I took over nine months ago - but it will take another 15 to 18 months to get it right." She said the city was trying to recruit new staff but it was difficult due to a national shortage of qualified social workers. "We didn't know our services well enough - we didn't know well enough what was happening to children in our city, but we do now."

Summary: It may take almost two years to fix "inadequate" children's services in a city that has failed to protect some vulnerable children, a new report says.


Now the government and business groups are trying to get workers to take a small step to reclaim their lives by leaving work early one day a month. The scheme, dubbed "Premium Friday", suggests companies make staff go home at 15:00 on the last Friday of the month, starting in February. It has been given renewed impetus by the suicide of a woman who was working more than 100 hours overtime a month at Japan's biggest ad agency, Dentsu. Her death was ruled to be a case of "karoshi" and has led to an investigation, an announcement the firm's chief executive will resign and deep concern in Japan at the country's work culture. But with around 2,000 deaths a year linked to overwork, few believe the voluntary scheme represents anything more than a small step towards changing attitudes and it is unclear how many companies will take it up. It is not the first time overwork has been seen as a problem nor the first time anyone has tried to do something about it. Among other initiatives, the government has in the past tried to make employees take more of the leave they are entitled to - Japan's labour ministry says they only take about half - without much success. The number of public holidays in Japan this year increased to 16 in part aimed at forcing people to take breaks. The government has also tried to encourage more flexible hours, allowing government workers to start and leave work early in the summer and even switching off the lights in some offices late in the evening, something Dentsu is also now trying. Workers are increasingly taking the initiative to go home on time some days too, even announcing it on social media to encourage others to do the same. But while this has helped change the idea that working excessive overtime is necessarily a good thing, none has had a made much of a dent in the hours themselves. Around 22% of the population work more than 49 hours a week according to 2014 figures from the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, behind South Korea at 35% but ahead of the US, where 16% of workers put in those kind of hours. For the government and business groups, there is an element of self-interest too. Japan's economy has stagnated for more than two decades. The situation has been made worse by low consumption spending and a very low birth rate, both of which are aggravated by workers spending most of their waking hours at a desk. Productivity and efficiency also suffer from firms having staff perpetually on hand, as companies don't invest in labour-saving technologies. Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, told the BBC that private consumption could rise by as much as 124 billion yen ($1bn; £860m) every Premium Friday if "100%" of those eligible headed home at 3pm on those days. But he stresses no one knows how many people will take up the idea and that total participation is unlikely, which could mean

Summary: Death from overwork in Japan is such a longstanding problem it even has its own word, "karoshi".


Highway police say they found more than 200 large pieces of meteorites hidden under the seats of a truck which they had stopped in a random check. Three Argentines and a Paraguayan were arrested. The province of Chaco is world famous for meteorites, which are protected under Argentine law. Chaco contains an area known as "Campo del Cielo", or the "Field of Heaven". It spreads out over an area of 1,300 sq km (500 sq miles) and is littered with meteorites which fell around 4,000 years ago. The largest, named El Chaco, was discovered with a metal detector in 1967 and weighs 37 tonnes. El Chaco is the second-biggest meteorite ever found - and it too aroused avarice among speculators and collectors. In 1990, an Argentine highway police officer foiled a plot to steal it for sale to a private US collector.

Summary: Police in Argentina have arrested four men who appear to have been trying to steal more than a tonne of meteorites in the northern province of Chaco.


A Nepalese friend of Ryan Sean Davy said that the climber was being questioned by tourism officials. He is due to appear in court on Wednesday where he is expected to receive a heavy fine. Friends say Mr Davy has no cash, which is why he mostly travelled on foot. "He is in good heart although worried about his finances and the scale of the punishment he will receive," Mr Davy's Nepalese friend Mohan Gyawali told the BBC. US-based South African Mr Davy, 43, says he climbed alone to a height of 7,300m (24,000ft) before being found hiding in a cave by officials who confiscated his passport because he did not have a permit to climb Everest. He has apologised but complained of being treated harshly by officials. It is extremely rare for someone to attempt climbing Everest by themselves. The overwhelming majority of climbers only tackle the highest mountain in the world with the help of at least one guide and a well-equipped support team at base camp. "I have no idea of the outcome regarding my Everest no-permit climb," Mr Davy posted on Facebook on Tuesday Mr Gyawali said that the climber made his way back to Kathmandu using the same route from the base camp that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay followed in 1953 when they became the first people to climb the mountain. The route goes through the small mid-hill town of Jiri. Nepal relies heavily on income generated from Everest expeditions and some believe the authorities will want to make an example out of Mr Davy to deter other climbers from dodging the permit fee. Mr Davy said on Facebook: "Expedition companies have no time for wannabe Everesters with no money so someone turned me in." The climber said he could expect to spend time in jail in addition to a fine of $22,000.

Summary: A man who tried to climb Everest in Nepal without paying the $11,000 permit fee has been arrested in Kathmandu after walking most of the 154km journey from the mountain's base camp.


It comes less than two weeks after former presenter Gretchen Carlson sued Mr Ailes for sexual harassment and wrongful termination, claims he denies. The New York Times, citing a source, said Mr Ailes and parent company 21st Century Fox were in the advanced stages of talks on his departure. The company would only say Mr Ailes was at work and a review was ongoing. A report in New York magazine, citing anonymous sources, says lawyers for 21st Century Fox have given Mr Ailes a deadline of 1 August to resign or face being fired. The lawsuit filed by Ms Carlson claims she was fired after refusing his sexual advances. She worked for the conservative-leaning US network for 11 years before her contract expired in June. Mr Ailes strongly denies the allegations and says Ms Carlson filed the suit in retaliation for not having her contract renewed. "This defamatory lawsuit is not only offensive, it is wholly without merit and will be defended vigorously," he said. Further allegations have since surfaced in US media that Mr Ailes sexually harassed another Fox News presenter, Megyn Kelly. According to New York magazine, Ms Kelly has told investigators that Mr Ailes made unwanted advances towards her about 10 years ago when she was a correspondent. A lawyer for Mr Ailes, Susan Estrich, denied those claims in a statement on Tuesday.

Summary: Fox News Channel boss Roger Ailes is negotiating his departure from the network, according to US media reports.


The house and recording studio complex, where the pop star died in April, will open to the public after Chanhassen City Council in Minnesota approved plans to change its status. Mayor Denny Laufenburger told The Star Tribune newspaper it would be a "big benefit for the community". But local resident Shelia Claytor, one of 30 people to attend Monday's meeting, said it was "a rush job". Paisley Park opened to the public for three days earlier this month as part of a temporary agreement with the city. The museum's website said tours would begin again on Friday and bookings are being taken until December. Tour dates for 2017 are expected to go on sale next month. "Prince's museum is going to outlive us all," said Joel Weinshanker of Graceland Holdings, which is overseeing the museum. The museum, which displays Prince's guitars, the Purple Rain motorcycle and his ashes in a decorative urn, is expected to attract 600,000 people a year. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: Prince's famous former home Paisley Park is to become a permanent museum.


De Luca, 32, has extended his contract with Wasps until the summer, when he will become director of rugby at Uppingham School in Rutland. After starting his professional career at Edinburgh, De Luca featured for Border Reivers, Edinburgh again and Biarritz before joining Wasps in July. Wasps are currently top of the Premiership. Dai Young's side are second in their European Champions Cup pool - one point behind Connacht - ahead of their final pool fixture away to Zebre on Sunday. "It has been an incredibly difficult decision to retire from the game at the end of the season, but one that was made easier after I met Uppingham School headmaster Richard Maloney and he shared with me his vision for the school," De Luca told the Wasps website. Young said: "He is a model professional who has done really well each time he has pulled on the Wasps shirt. He has a great attitude and adds a lot to the squad through his international experience."

Summary: Former Scotland centre Nick de Luca will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season.


They allegedly tailgated the vehicle before one of them climbed onto the bonnet of their van and broke into the truck in front of them. Boxes of iPhones were then passed back through the van's roof. The theft took place on the night of 24 July, on the A73 motorway near Horst. Dutch news outlet ED said such gangs often modify their vehicles by putting an anti-slip mat on the bonnet. The risky theft tactic was first seen in Germany in 2008, the outlet said. Belgium has witnessed similar incidents, almost all targeting smartphones. Sometimes, a grinding wheel is used to break into the truck. Police spokesman Ed Kraszewski said Dutch police had been investigating truck thefts for some time, but doubted a theft like this could be pulled off. "The truck was taking its freight from A to B and did not stop. Even so [the phones] were gone," he said. "So it must have happened that way. And now we finally have the evidence, with the van and the loot." The men, aged from 33 to 43, were arrested on Saturday at a holiday park in Otterlo, in the central province of Gelderland. Police found iPhones at the address, and the van they believe was used in the crime. The men are set to appear before a judge on Tuesday.

Summary: Five Romanian men have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of stealing iPhones worth 500,000 euros ($590,000; £447,430) from a moving truck.


The denial comes after the Mail on Sunday reported that the former British prime minister met the president's son-in-law and key adviser, Jared Kushner, at the White House last week. The paper claims the meetings were to discuss working for Mr Trump. Mr Blair's office said the story was an "invention" and that he continues to work for peace "in a private capacity". After he left Downing Street in 2007, Mr Blair took the role of Middle East envoy for the Quartet Group, made up of the European Union, US, Russia and United Nations. His spokesman said: "Mr Blair has made no such 'pitch' to be the president's Middle East envoy. "Neither has he had any discussions about taking such a role or any role working for the new president. He has been working on the peace process for 10 years. "He continues to do so. He does so in a private capacity. He will continue to do it in that way. Period." Mr Blair launched a campaign last month to try to persuade the British people to change their minds about leaving the European Union, following the Brexit referendum held last year.

Summary: Tony Blair has not pitched to become a Middle East envoy for US President Donald Trump, a spokesman has said.


Staff at the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary in Oban said the pair were "officially married" at a ceremony in 2011 after becoming inseparable. They said Isla, who first came to the centre in 2008, died this week aged 14, after suffering stomach problems. Lewis, who is 11, is now being monitored to ensure he is coping with the loss. Aquarist Farrah Minchin, who works with the animal car team, said Isla's loss was a "massive blow" for the team. She said: "Lewis and Isla arrived here at the centre together. Usually otters are quite solitary, they wouldn't normally pair-up for life, but when they arrived they very quickly became inseparable. "They would groom each other, would look for each other and would sleep together." Isla was taken to the vet earlier this week after the animal care team noticed she was not eating properly and thought something could be wrong with her teeth or mouth. However, on closer inspection it was discovered that she had numerous health problems, including peritonitis and a shadow on her lung. Vets decided not to operate due to her age and the decision was taken to end her life. Ms Minchin said that since Isla's death on Wednesday, Lewis had been looking for his mate. She said: "He was at a loss. He was expecting her to come back and kept looking for her. "He's still swimming on his own side of the pool and not on Isla's, but he does seem to be getting used to things." Because of his age and an otter's reputation for being aggressive, the animal handling team think it is unlikely Lewis will be paired with another otter. However, Ms Minchin said that if the right "docile female" came along, Lewis could make a new friend. Otters can live up to 21 years in captivity, but more generally survive for about nine years in the wild.

Summary: A North American River Otter named Lewis is said to be mourning the death of his "wife" Isla.


The Commonwealth Games silver medallist was bidding for her second Grand Prix crown in the space of six weeks. "I don't think I played particularly badly, but just that extra little bit of tension, just not hitting convincingly enough," said Gilmour. "I did everything I could to get that feeling back but she (Kjaersfeldt) was on form today." Despite Gilmour winning a close first game 21-16, the Dane responded strongly by taking the second by the same scoreline. When Gilmour led 13-10 in the decider, Scotland's hopes were high but fourth seed Kjaersfeldt turned the tables to lead 16-15, then move swiftly to 20-15 before clinching victory on her third match point. She had beaten the top two seeds in Gilmour and Beatriz Corrales in the last 24 hours and she beat both players on the way to her first Scottish Open final appearance in 2011. Top seed Gilmour, who last month won the Dutch Open Grand Prix as well as the Prague Open, had wanted to provide the perfect finish to the Championship. "It's not lost on me that I'm 22 and could still have eight of these to do," she said. "I need to look at silver linings. "I've got a long time in this game; this isn't the end for me. This isn't the end of the Scottish Open Trial. Everything right now is experience and a learning curve until I stop playing. I need to take this one on my chin. "I landed a bit funny yesterday and brought back an old injury, but adrenaline is running through me right now so I don't feel a thing!" Kjaersfeldt said: "I wasn't really that nervous. I knew all the pressure was on Kirsty coming into the match, so I was just relaxed and played my game. "I'm really happy. It was my first Grand Prix win. It was a really good atmosphere. The crowd here are very knowledgeable about badminton and I always enjoy coming here." Danish top seed Hans-Kristian Vittinghus defeated England's Rajiv Ouseph with a 21-19, 11-21, 21-16 victory to claim the men's title for Denmark for the first time since Peter Gade won in 1996. Finals day got off to an unhappy start when Dutch player Iris Tabeling had to retire in the second game of the women's doubles with a suspected torn calf. She and Samantha Barning were trailing 21-14, 14-11 when the injury occurred, handing victory to Japan's Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. Germany's Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler downed England's Andrew Ellis and Peter Mills in winning 21-15, 21-18 in the men's doubles. The mixed doubles went to Russia's sixth seeds Vitaly Durkin and Nina Vislova, who defeated France's third seeds Ronan Labar and Emilie Lefel.

Summary: Kirsty Gilmour was beaten in the Scottish Open final by Line Kjaersfeldt at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.


The Medway Queen took more than 7,000 trapped men from beaches in 1940. Restoration work began last year with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. The government said administrative errors had led to the suspension of EU funding and it was working to get payments released. Restoration work on the ship's hull began in Bristol last April with money from a ??1.86m Heritage Lottery Grant. Medway Council applied to the European Regional Development Fund for a grant to complete the restoration and bring the ship home. The final stages of the project are being undertaken at a workshop in Gillingham by 16 people, including nine young apprentices whose jobs are now under threat, as there is only enough money until the end of April. Peter Skinner, Labour MEP for the South East, said EU funding to all UK partners within the Interreg 2 Seas programme had been suspended after the UK government failed to meet the standards demanded by auditors. He said the problems had nothing to do with the Medway Queen project. "The Medway Queen has taken on local young people and is giving them practical work skills through apprenticeships. "Through no fault of theirs funding has been suspended. That can't be right," Mr Skinner said. "I've been pushing ministers; they need to find a solution. I have also demanded a meeting with the [European] commissioner. I want him on the case. "The project is a great opportunity for the apprentices and they shouldn't be in danger of losing out because of some bureaucratic foul up." In a statement, the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "This funding programme is run by a managing authority in Nord-Pas de Calais, France. "Nevertheless, the department is very disappointed with the European Commission's decision to withhold payments to UK project partners and we are working intensively to get these payments released."

Summary: The restoration of a paddle steamer which rescued Allied troops during the Dunkirk evacuations is under threat after European funding was suspended.


Mr Farage said he believed the Leave campaign were on course for victory. But he said there would be resentment, particularly in the Conservative Party, if not, with claims the referendum will not have been a fair contest. Number 10 said Mr Farage's comments showed he was losing the argument and was no longer confident of winning. And Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "once in a generation, once in a lifetime" decision, saying the UK had "referendums not Neverendums". There are less than six weeks until voters go to the polls to decide whether they want the UK to stay in or leave the European Union. The question of a second referendum was raised by Mr Farage in an interview with the Mirror in which he said: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the Remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third that ends it." Meanwhile, in other campaign news: Asked by the BBC about his Daily Mirror comments, Mr Farage said he was not admitting defeat in the referendum, saying: "I think we are going to win." But he added: "If we were to lose narrowly, there'd be a large section, particularly in the Conservative Party, who'd feel the prime minister is not playing fair, that the Remain side is using way more money than the Leave side and there would be a resentment that would build up if that was to be the result." Leave campaigners have criticised the government for spending Â£9m of taxpayers' money on a leaflet campaign promoting EU membership, with pamphlets sent to 27 million UK homes. They say the campaign, which they have called "one-sided propaganda", cost more than the Â£7m each side is allowed to spend during the official campaign period. The prime minister has said that the idea of a second referendum is "for the birds". He hopes this referendum will settle the question because the last thing he wants is for it to produce a narrow result. That could indeed end up resulting in continuing pressure to open up the vote again - just at the time when he'll be struggling to heal the wounds that have opened up during this battle. But Mr Cameron has defended the leaflets, saying the government is "not neutral" in the campaign and it was "money well spent". He said the government had a duty to give voters the "facts". Speaking to the BBC, Mr Farage denied that his suggestion he would fight for a second referendum would further stoke tensions in the Leave campaign. "I'm not putting it on the agenda, I don't want a second referendum - I want to win this one," he said. BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said Mr Farage's comments opened up the prospect of a repeat of the aftermath of the Scottish referendum - where despite leading SNP figures saying the vote would settle the issue for a generation, there have since been renewed calls for another independence vote. As the Leave and Remain camps continue to exchange fire

Summary: There could be unstoppable demand for a re-run of the EU referendum if Remain wins by a narrow margin on 23 June, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said.


The Supreme Court challenge centred on the case of a Northern Ireland woman who became pregnant when she was 15. She went to England with her mother for an abortion in a private clinic in 2012, at a cost of about Â£900. Northern Ireland's abortion law is much stricter than the rest of the UK. Terminations are only permitted if a woman's life is at risk, or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health. Rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities are not circumstances in which abortions can be performed legally in Northern Ireland. The mother and daughter took the case against UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who conceded that he had the power to make provisions for Northern Ireland residents to access free NHS abortions in England. They claimed that it was "unlawful" that he had not done so. However, Supreme Court judges dismissed the mother and daughter's appeal by a narrow majority of three to two. Delivering the ruling, Lord Wilson said it was not for the court to "address the ethical considerations which underlie the difference" in the law regarding abortion in Northern Ireland and England. However, he said the five judges had been "sharply divided" on the case. He expressed sympathy for women facing unwanted pregnancies in Northern Ireland and said the law put many of them in a "deeply unenviable position". He said they faced "embarrassment, difficulty, and uncertainty" in their "urgent need to raise the necessary funds" to travel to Great Britain for private abortions. Lord Wilson conceded that the financial burden had added to their "emotional strain". But he did not rule in favour of the women's case, and dismissed their appeal, a decision with which his fellow judges Lord Reed and Lord Hughes agreed. Their judgement acknowledged that under devolution, separate authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for providing free health services to those usually resident there. It stated that the health secretary was entitled to restrict access to NHS abortions "in line with this scheme for local decision-making". The judgement added that Mr Hunt was "entitled to afford respect to the democratic decision of the people of Northern Ireland not to fund abortion services". Lord Wilson added that Lady Hale and Lord Kerr gave dissenting judgments and would have allowed the appeal. The mother and daughter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said they will now take their case to the European Court of Human Rights. In a joint statement, they said they were "really encouraged that two of the judges found in our favour" and that all of the judges had been "sympathetic" to their situation. "We have come this far and fought hard because the issues are so important for women in Northern Ireland. For this reason, we will do all that we can to take the fight further. "We have instructed our legal team to file an application with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, to protect the human rights of the many other women who make the

Summary: The UK's highest court has rejected an appeal by a mother and daughter in their legal battle for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England.


Dyfi projects manager Emyr Evans said "threats, some of them very personal" had been received over decisions at the Glaslyn and Dyfi nests in mid Wales. He added a ringer with decades of experience had quit as a result. Mr Evans said the projects welcomed scrutiny but had received "a torrent of critical, vitriolic and abusive comments". Some of the criticism focused on the issue of intervention when a chick is injured or unwell - with some claiming more should be done at the first sign of trouble and others arguing against any intervention at all. Mr Evans said decisions were based solely on what is deemed to be the best course of action at that time for the osprey and its family members - with these carrying legal implications. There was also criticism of bird ringing (an identification tool), which Mr Evans said was strictly regulated and had "stood the test of time" for more than a century. "Ringers are tree climbers, cliff hangers, cave clingers and rope and ladder hugging professionals working in inaccessible and tough environments most of us skip a heart beat just thinking about," he added. "They are amongst the most respected fieldworkers in the bird world, and most do it for no pay, purely on a voluntary basis. "It is heartbreaking that a ringer with decades of experience and one of the most caring and compassionate people I know, decides to throw in the towel after being so upset by a tiny minority." During the first 10 years at Glaslyn, Gwynedd, two or three chicks were born per year, "completely defying" the national average by 200-300%, Mr Evans said in a statement released by Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife and Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. But in 2016, a bird was displaced in his nest at the Dyfi project near Machynlleth and photographed a few weeks later with a possible injury, while an egg did not hatch. The same situation occurred at Glaslyn. "It's hardly ever happened before," Mr Evans said. Some of the chicks also sustained injuries, two survived and one died. "The next time we have an injured chick or an osprey in distress somewhere, the last thing we want to do is to worry about what people, sometimes thousands of miles away, may think of our decisions," Mr Evans said. "The vast majority of you guys are completely understanding of the nature of our work and the decisions we sometimes have to make when things go wrong." Mr Evans added the project cared deeply about the ospreys but could not always guarantee "happy ever after" endings. "Abuse has no place in civil society," he said. "At the first sign of a limp or a cough, we can't simply scramble people together and climb a 100 foot tree or ladder up to a 40 foot platform. These actions have consequences on all sorts of other things such as the other birds concerned, legally, and the safety of the people involved. "These are wild birds, it's nature, it's unpredictable and it certainly isn't Disney World." Source: Dyfi Ospreys

Summary: A bird sanctuary has defended decisions made over the welfare of ospreys after social media criticism.


Heidi Allen suggested ministers were losing sight of the difficulties of working people in their "single-minded determination to achieve a surplus". Urging help for affected families, she said "true Conservatives had compassion running through their veins". The government is standing by the changes, saying these and other reforms will save taxpayers £15bn a year. From April, the threshold at which tax credits begin to be withdrawn will fall from £6,420 to £3,850, and people's credit entitlement over this amount will be reduced more steeply. Millions of people are due to learn how much money they will lose in letters received shortly before Christmas. The government says people's incomes will be protected by other measures, including the new National Living Wage, increased free childcare and a larger personal income tax allowance. But a growing number of Tory MPs say they are not satisfied with this and want "transitional" arrangements to be put in place to help those affected. In her maiden speech in the Commons during a Labour debate on tax credits, Ms Allen, the MP for South Cambridgeshire, said she supported the principle of reducing reliance on the state but feared the way the government was going about it was all wrong. Tax credits debate: Finding your way Ms Allen, who backed the changes when they were first voted on last month, said her party must not treat it as "a spreadsheet exercise" since many of those affected would not be able to cope and faced a stark choice between heating their homes and putting food on their tables. "It is right that people are encouraged to strive for self-reliance and find work that pays for their independence from the state but I worry that our single-minded determination to reach a budget surplus is betraying who were are," she said. "Today every Conservative member who knows who we really are has a duty to remind those who have forgotten. We are the party of the working person... who strives to provide for themselves and their family with pride." The government, she said, had a responsibility "to support the people through that change", adding: "I am not interested in the colour of the party that created a bloated welfare state. That is in the past but I do know one thing - it is not the fault of the recipients of tax credits. "To pull ourselves out of debt, we should not be forcing those working families into it." Labour urged Tory MPs to back its motion calling for a rethink, but was defeated by 317 votes to 295, with no Conservatives voting against the government. However, several MPs used the occasion to increase the pressure on the government to rethink how they are introduced. Conservative Johnny Mercer urged the chancellor to do "something, anything" to ease the "harshest" effects of the cuts on vulnerable people. "My duty, and indeed our duty is to shout for the most vulnerable," he said. "Those who through no fault of their own find themselves on the fringes of society, those who through a bit of bad

Summary: A Tory MP has said her party risks betraying its values as she voiced her opposition to tax credit cuts.


Nestled between Somalia and Eritrea at the entrance to the Red Sea, the hot and arid country seldom features on lists of global tour dates. Yet there is one multimillionaire rock star who recently flew into town - Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of heavy metal elder statesmen Iron Maiden. Instead of performing a concert the 56-year-old was in Djibouti because of his other job - as owner of an airline business. A qualified pilot, Mr Dickinson has spent the past 16 years juggling his commitments on stage and in the recording studio, with a second career flying commercial planes; in 2012 he set up a company called Cardiff Aviation. Based in south Wales, the business provides maintenance, training and operational support to a host of airlines. The visit to Djibouti saw Mr Dickinson sign an agreement with the country's government to help re-launch the nation's former flag carrier - Air Djibouti. The airline went into liquidation back in 2002 after years of mismanagement and overstaffing. Air Djibouti is now set to take to the skies again later this year, with Cardiff Aviation sourcing the aircraft and helping to run the operation. Mr Dickinson says he hopes that the re-launched carrier will help increase awareness of the African nation. "Djibouti is an amazing country, but many people do not know about it," he says. "A national airline has an ambassadorial role wherever it flies from." The relaunch of Air Djibouti comes as the country's economy is continuing to enjoy significant investment from China. Chinese firms are spending $12bn (Â£7.6bn) to build no less than six new ports in the country, a railway line to land-locked neighbour Ethiopia, and two new airports. The Chinese government is also said to be planning to build a military base in Djibouti. A former French colony, the country is already also home to large French and US military facilities. The overseas interest in Djibouti is thanks in no small part to its strategic location in the Horn of Africa, at the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lines. The development of new airports is obviously particularly good news for Air Djibouti, especially because commercial flights in and out of the country currently have to use a cramped airport shared with the US military. It is also hoped that Air Djibouti will benefit from wider efforts by the government to position the country, which has a population of only 810,000, as a low tax, international trade centre to rival Dubai. Mr Dickinson, whose trip to Djibouti was part of a trade visit organised by the British Embassy in Ethiopia, says: "The aviation sector is crucial [for Djibouti], it is like imagining Dubai without Emirates. So if they want Djibouti to become an international trade hub it needs a [thriving] national airline." The Djibouti government is however, not without its critics. Despite a stable political system, and holding elections, politics has long been dominated by the ruling People's Rally for Progress party of President Ismael Omar Guelleh. This has led to opposition parties both

Summary: For the world's biggest rock bands the small East African nation of Djibouti doesn't usually appear on their itineraries.


Media playback is not supported on this device Olsson, who lost to Reid in the final of last year's inaugural event, proved too strong for the Briton, prevailing 6-2 6-3 to reach the semi-finals. The Scot, who won singles gold at the Rio Paralympics, will compete in the doubles with England's Alfie Hewett. Hewett beat France's Nicolas Peifer 4-6 6-2 6-2 in his singles opener. The 19-year-old will play Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez, who he beat to win his first Grand Slam title at the French Open last month, in the semi-final. However fellow Britons Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley were beaten by Japanese second seed Yui Kamiji and Dutchwomen Diede De Groot respectively in the women's draw. Media playback is not supported on this device The wheelchair finals could be played on the 2,000-capacity court three this year. Last year's were played on the far smaller court 17.

Summary: Gordon Reid's defence of his Wimbledon wheelchair singles title ended in the first round as he lost to Sweden's Stefan Olsson.


The authorities moved in early on Tuesday to break up a makeshift protest camp in the city centre. Several others were injured. Protests began almost three weeks ago, after a massive vehicle bomb in the city centre left more than 150 dead. Demonstrators accuse the government of failing to provide security. Pledging an investigation into the overnight violence, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said one person been killed and six wounded. "These kinds of incidents damage the trust between the government and the people," he said. Demonstrators put the number of dead at two. Street clashes broke out after the authorities demolished the camp. Police responded with live rounds, AFP news agency reports. Afghan intelligence officials have blamed the 31 May bomb attack on the Haqqani network, a Taliban affiliate with alleged support from Pakistan. The Taliban and the Haqqani group denied any involvement. Islamabad strongly rejected the claim. The bombing sparked anti-government protests just days later in which four people were killed, as police used tear gas and fired bullets into the air to keep crowds at bay. Three suicide bombers then attacked the funeral at the weekend of one of those killed in the protests, killing at least seven people. The Kabul protest began peacefully the day after the bombing three weeks ago. Demonstrators demanded the execution of Taliban detainees and the sacking of senior security officials. Soon however fierce critics of President Ashraf Ghani, many of them members of Jamiat Islami which has a 50% stake in the government, took over the protest and violence ensued. They wanted the government dismantled altogether. Police called them rioters who wanted to storm the presidential palace. Some members of Jamiat accuse President Ghani of bigotry and favouritism, and of micromanaging the entire government. They want his right hand man, security adviser Hanif Atmar, removed. They had been bottling up their revulsion against the government for bringing Gulbudin Hikmatyar, Jamiat's rival since the 1990s, to Kabul after successfully negotiating a peace deal with him. Jamiat members see his backing of President Ghani as their loss. Many Afghans accuse the government of failing to tackle the militants adequately. More than a third of the country is now said to be outside government control. Earlier this year, a top US commander warned of a "stalemate" in the fight against the Taliban unless more foreign troops were committed. US President Donald Trump is believed to be assessing his options.

Summary: Police in the Afghan capital, Kabul, have opened fire on anti-government protesters, killing at least one person, officials say.


The two areas, which are currently car parks on Lord Street and Parade Street, occupy more than three acres. Subject to planning, it is hoped the development will include leisure facilities, a hotel, shops and offices. Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne said potential designs need to "set the standard for future development". He added: "This is an opportunity to develop a prime area in Douglas fronting the inner harbour and marina and close to the main shopping streets."

Summary: The Manx government has invited developers to come forward with ideas to transform prominent quayside sites in Douglas.


The Milton Keynes-based 32-year-old was a 2012 bid ambassador and Games participant, but questioned its legacy. "The country was so united in 2012 and everyone was going sport crazy, but it seems strange that no one's really capitalised on it," he told BBC Sport. "Not only table tennis, but I'd like to see the other sports you don't see." Figures released by Sport England show that while football, cycling, cricket and athletics have seen increased participation, badminton, bowls and basketball have experienced declining numbers. Baggaley is England's most successful male table tennis player of all time at the Commonwealth Games, and believes the legacy of London 2012 has resulted in mixed fortunes for his sport. "I think recreationally the 2012 legacy has been successful," he said. "My brother is a table tennis coach and he has masses of people coming to his sessions now. "It's been incredible, but at the top level table tennis isn't seen. It needs big events on TV which will push it forward as a big sport." Baggaley won the World Championship of Ping Pong earlier in 2015, and is ready to embark on the 2015-16 season with the Rio 2016 Olympics less than a year away. "I've just come back from training in China. I feel sharp and I'm raring to go with the confidence of winning the Ping Pong tournament," he said. "I want to give the 2016 Olympics a shot. I'll have to play the best table tennis of my life to see if I can get there. "Age isn't really a concern as long as you're fit and healthy. I'm sharp, I feel fresh and I've been working physically hard."

Summary: London 2012 Olympic table tennis player Andrew Baggaley says it is "strange" that minority sports have not capitalised on the Games.


The government originally owned a 41% stake after ploughing £20bn into the bank during the 2008 financial crisis. It started selling Lloyds shares in 2013, and the latest sale means it has now raised more than £8bn. Last weekend, David Cameron said the Conservatives would offer up to £4bn of Lloyds shares to private investors if he won the general election. The prime minister said it would "help us recover billions more to pay down the national debt". The Labour party said the Tories had announced the plans several times before. In the latest sale, the government sold 742 million shares which, at Thursday's closing price, would have raised £586m for the Treasury. The actual total may be slightly lower as the government would have sold its shares throughout the day, during which Lloyds shares rose steadily in the afternoon to hit a closing high of 78.99 pence. The sale means the government's shareholding has been reduced by another 1%, and is now down to 20.95%. "Today's announcement shows the further progress made in returning Lloyds Banking Group to full private ownership and enabling the taxpayer to get their money back," a statement from Lloyds said. "This reflects the hard work undertaken over the last four years to transform the group into a simple, low-risk and customer-focused bank that is committed to helping Britain prosper."

Summary: The government has sold more shares in Lloyds, raising about £586m and taking its stake in the bank to below 21%.


The 16-year-old was remanded in custody on Friday until a further appearance at Basildon Youth Court on 27 October. As well as burglary, the boy, from Basildon, is accused of five counts of taking a motor vehicle without consent. He also faces six counts of driving without insurance, three more of motor vehicle theft and one of making off without payment for fuel, police said.

Summary: A boy from Essex has been charged with 24 separate criminal offences including nine counts of burglary.


Media playback is not supported on this device Richard and Peter Chambers, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley won Britain's third rowing medal, with defending champions Denmark taking bronze and Australia fourth. Media playback is not supported on this device The Chambers duo became the first British brothers to win an Olympic medal since Greg and Jonny Searle took bronze in the coxless four at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Richard Chambers said: "That was really, really brutal. We were just fighting, fighting through the whole thing to get ourselves back into contention. "We struggled to keep with the pace of the other crews in the first quarter of the race but we dug our heels in and fought really hard." Peter Chambers said: "We are gutted. We were unlucky to get a silver with those conditions. We're delighted with silver but we wanted to get gold. "Fair play to the South Africans, they won that fair and square." Williams said: "We wanted to win. We have to be happy to get a medal at our home Olympics. It's a shame we didn't win but what can you do? It's a shame." The British quartet, who took bronze at last year's World Championships, arrived having won at the They followed up an where they overhauled Australia in the final 250m, with the fastest time in the semi-finals to progress to the final. They were slow out of the blocks and were down in fifth as Denmark took an early lead at 500m. The British boat fought back and were close to level with Denmark and a resurgent South African crew as they entered the final 500m. But they just missed out on the final push, getting pipped on the line by South Africa. It was the first Olympic rowing gold for South Africa and the first medal of any kind for the Chambers brothers, Williams and Bartley.

Summary: Great Britain's lightweight men's four won silver as South Africa beat them to gold by just a quarter of a second in a thrilling final at Eton Dorney.


The new Â£59.5m distribution centre and regional offices are based at Capital Business Park in Wentloog. Around 400 more jobs could be in the pipeline as the company plans to open new stores across south Wales. Aldi is the UK's fifth largest supermarket with more than 700 stores and 29,000 employees. A Â£4.5m Welsh Government grant helped support the new development. Dan Oakenfull, managing director of new the hub, said: "South Wales and the south west of England continue to be areas of significant growth for us, and the new distribution centre will help support our immediate and future expansion across the regions." Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the opening of the centre was a mark of confidence in the Welsh economy.

Summary: Supermarket chain Aldi has opened its new warehouse on the outskirts of Cardiff, creating 422 jobs.


Iain Stuart, 41, from Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire, worked for the oil field services company Halliburton. The father-of -two was on board the Airbus EC225LP "Super Puma" when it crashed near Bergen on 29 April. Mr Stuart's funeral will take place at Laurencekirk Parish Church before he is laid to rest at Laurencekirk Cemetery. A statement from his family said he was "a good friend to many and will be greatly missed by all who knew him". The maker of the helicopter that crashed has lifted its recommendation that the same type of aircraft be grounded worldwide. Airbus Helicopters said initial evidence suggested no link with two previous incidents in Scotland involving Super Puma H225 helicopters. The aircraft will remain grounded in the UK, however, as a Civil Aviation Authority flight ban remains in force. In 2012, two EC225 Super Puma helicopters ditched into the North Sea in Scotland - one off Aberdeen and another off Shetland. Both incidents were blamed on gearbox problems and all passengers and crew were rescued. EC225s in the UK were grounded following the incidents but given the go-ahead to resume flying in August 2013. Later that same month a different model of Super Puma, the AS332 L2, crashed off Shetland, killing four people. Super Pumas are responsible for many of the 140,000 helicopter passenger flights in the UK each year.

Summary: The funeral of a Scottish oil worker who died when a helicopter crashed in Norway killing 13 people is to take place on Friday.


During eight months of hearings Lord Leveson heard from some witnesses - like ex-motorsport head Max Mosley - who called for new laws to set up a tribunal which would control the press. Others, like Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, argued against statutory legislation, saying it would compromise Britain's free press. BBC News asked a selection of Leveson witnesses, and other interested parties, what they wanted out of Lord Leveson's report. The Leveson Inquiry has heard appalling evidence of press malpractice, abuse and criminality. It must have shocked the chairman as it did everyone watching. So I am optimistic he will put forward recommendations to ensure this stops. Surprisingly, given what has happened, we already have quite good press laws and the laws are backed by a code. The problem is you can't go to law unless you are rich, and several national newspapers simply ignore their own code. My hope is that Lord Justice Leveson will recommend that the power to enforce the law and the industry's own code be given to an entirely independent tribunal to which everyone has access irrespective of their means. This would require a statute. It will not have escaped him that the newspaper industry, prompted by three Royal Commissions and several judicial inquiries, has promised on at least five occasions in the last 60 years to put its house in order. It has never kept its word. So I hope he flatly rejects the Hunt/Black proposal for no statute and a mere contract between the newspapers. It amounts to "trust us - we're journalists". Given the industry's record, this is, well, laughable. British journalism has been poisoned in recent years by something that happened at most of our national newspapers. They became unaccountable, and then they became arrogant and cruel. An editor at the News of the World summed up the attitude. 'This is what we do,' he said. 'We go out and destroy other people's lives.' That's not what most journalists think, but nor, sadly, has it been the view of a tiny minority. Almost every national newspaper participated in the attempt to destroy the lives of Gerry and Kate McCann. Eight newspapers tried to destroy the life of Christopher Jefferies, the Bristol teacher wrongly accused of murder. This is bad for a profession whose mission, I was taught as a young reporter, is to bear witness to the world in a truthful way. I want a body capable of asking the hard questions, pointing the finger of blame and ensuring that lessons are learned. It must be independent of the industry and of government and it should have the clout to ensure that mighty news organisations take heed. Nobody at the Leveson Inquiry suggested that the judge should gag papers. They did ask, however, that stories should be properly researched and checked, that they should be fair, and that, if they risk harming anyone, they should pass a basic public interest test. I don't think any ethical journalist would want anything different. There has been one central issue at the heart of the

Summary: Lord Leveson's exhaustive inquiry into the media is due to report on Thursday with recommendations on the future regulation of the press and conduct between the press, politicians and police.


Kante, 24, and Benalouane, 28, have both penned four-year deals and are the first signings by Claudio Ranieri. The French midfielder helped Caen win promotion in 2013-14 and played 37 times in France's top flight last term. Centre-back Benalouane is a former France Under-21 international but has opted to represent Tunisia. Benalouane's move is subject to international clearance as well as Premier League and FA approval. The double signing adds to new arrivals Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs and Shinji Okazaki at the Foxes, who finished 14th in the Premier League last season. Leicester begin their Premier League season against Sunderland on Saturday. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Leicester City have signed Yohan Benalouane from Italian side Atalanta and N'Golo Kante from French club Caen for undisclosed fees.


Swiss-based Falcon Travel is to operate weekly charter flights from Zurich from May. A 100-seater Fokker 100 aircraft will operate into Inverness until August. The service will also return in 2016 and 2017. It marks a return to Inverness by Falcon, which previously operated flights between the two cities. Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) said the new service could lead to a tourism boost worth almost Â£1m for the local economy. Inverness Airport general manager Graeme Bell said: "We are delighted that Falcon Travel have committed to operate this service for three years. "Inverness and the Highlands have a great deal to offer Swiss visitors and we will be working closely with Inverness and Loch Ness Tourism BID and other tourism agencies to ensure we make the most of this opportunity."

Summary: Charter flights from Switzerland's largest city to Inverness are set to make a return.


A record 35.6 million tweets were sent during the 90-minute game. It also broke the tweets-per-minute record, when the fifth goal triggered 580,601 in one minute. Six of the 10 top-trending topics on Twitter were references to the match, with #BrazilvsGermany taking the top spot. Miroslav Klose was the most tweeted German player, followed by midfielder Toni Kroos. Julio Cesar, Oscar and Fred were the most tweeted Brazilian players. The previous record for a sporting event on Twitter was held by another World Cup match, Brazil v Chile, which recorded 389,000 tweets per minute. Previous to that the 2014 Superbowl held the record, with 382,000 tweets per minute. Many of the tweets took a wry look at the routing of Brazil, with some pointing out that Germany were scoring faster than they could type 140 characters. Tumblr pages dedicated to "sad Brazilians" sprang up during the game. Some faked images purporting to show Brazilians rioting were also posted. There were also plenty of Photoshopped images doing the rounds. Pictures of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue crying and taking off into space were popular, as were images of people drinking 7Up. A mock-up of Germany's goalkeeper sitting down and reading a book gained thousands of retweets.

Summary: Germany's 7-1 victory over Brazil in the World Cup semi-finals has become the most discussed sports game on Twitter so far.


Last year 10.5% of all absences were down to holidays not agreed by schools - compared with 1.3% in 2011-12. Welsh schools can authorise up to 10 days of absences per pupil, per year. The Welsh Government said it was reviewing Welsh councils' use of fines to punish parents who break the rules. Last year, then education minister Huw Lewis wrote to councils to say it was wrong to tell head teachers to ban all term-time leave after thousands of parents signed a petition against the Â£60 penalties. The number of children aged between five and 11 being removed from class for term-time holidays, without permission, has risen every year since records detailing them began in 2011-12. The number of half day sessions missed due to unauthorised holiday absences rose from 58,089 in 2011-12 to 424,760 in 2015-16. However, because the number of authorised holidays has fallen over the same period, the total number of holiday absences has fallen from 920,500 to 788,841. Mark Biltcliffe, head teacher of Drury Primary School in Flintshire and president of the National Association of Head Teachers in Wales, called for government-regulated tax incentives to discourage holiday companies from hiking up prices outside of term time. "If people have got two or three children it is extremely expensive to go away on holiday, I think that needs looking at. "There should be pressure on the holiday industry so they can't make these huge profits." He told Good Morning Wales parents often asked for worksheets so children could keep up with what they are missing, but it was "not the same". "Children do need to be in school every day and if they are not there then they're missing out on the teaching output and mixing with their friends "It's about continuity and the input of the lesson, it's not the same doing worksheets on a beach in Spain." In 2011-12, unauthorised holidays accounted for 1.3% of all absences, this increased to 10.5% in 2015-16, according to Welsh Government statistics. During the same period, authorised holidays by primary school children in term-time decreased, from 19.3% in 2011-12 to 9% in 2015-16. The percentage of secondary school pupils being taken out of class for holidays, without permission, increased from 0.8% to 3.6% in the same period. Professor Ken Reid, former chairman of the Welsh Government's national review into behaviour and attendance, said missing 10 days of school every year would equal nearly a year's worth of work by the end of their school career - which he called "unacceptable" and "dangerous". A Welsh Government spokesman said overall attendance figures were improving, with the number of secondary school pupils in Wales classed as "persistent absentees" - those who miss the equivalent of five weeks off - at an all time low in 2015-16. He said: "Despite this progress, we can't afford to be complacent and will continue to act to improve attendance in all of our schools. "Fixed penalty notices can be issued to address regular non-attendance at school and local authorities should have robust evidence before issuing a penalty."

Summary: The percentage of primary school pupils going on unauthorised holidays during term-time has reached a record high, official figures have shown.


Thethe Dow Jones closed 0.4% higher at 18,332.43, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% at 2,139.53 while the tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 0.5% to 5,193.49. Analysts said the number of shares being traded was lower than normal. Banks are reported to have put extra staff on duty in case of volatility. "It doesn't take much in order to move the prices," said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments. Despite fears over the outcome of what is expected to be a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, analysts said investors would be relieved that the long period of uncertainty had come to an end. "No matter who is elected, it will end a tremendous divide and return focus to earnings and all the fundamentals that have been pushed to the sidelines in recent weeks," said Rick Meckler, president of investment firm LibertyView Capital Management. The three main US stock indexes saw their strongest rise in over eight months on Monday after the FBI announced it would not press criminal charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server. The most dramatic stock movement in the US was car hire firm Hertz, which fell over 20% after the company slashed its full-year profit forecast.

Summary: US shares have risen slightly, erasing earlier losses, but investors remain wary ahead of the US presidential election results.


It follows changes to the policy two years ago which regulators felt breached European rules. Among other things, it says Google must tell users exactly what data is collected and with whom it is shared. Google said it was working with regulators to "explain its privacy policy changes". The dispute has been running since March 2012 when Google consolidated its 60 privacy policies into one and started combining data from YouTube, Gmail and Google Maps. Users were given no means to opt out of the changes. Although Google has not been directly accused of acting illegally, it has been accused of providing "incomplete and approximate" details raising "deep concerns about data protection and the respect of the European law". Google did make some changes to its privacy policy in March this year, linking to individual services from its main privacy document. "It has made some changes but our investigation won't end until we believe it is fully compliant," said a spokesman for the UK's information commissioner's office (ICO). In a letter addressed to Google's chief executive Larry Page, the European Union's data protection working party wrote: "Google must meet its obligations with respect to the European and national data protection legal frameworks and has to determine the means to achieve these legal requirements." A spokesman for Google told the Reuters news agency that it was looking forward to discussing the new guidelines. "We have worked with different data protection authorities across Europe to explain our privacy policies," he said. Regulators in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands have launched investigations into Google's privacy policies and, in January, France fined Google 150,000 euros (Â£117,000) for failure to comply with its privacy rules. "It is disappointing that two years of deliberation has led to the preparation of a document that is the equivalent of selling cucumbers to the gardener," said Anna Fielder, chairwoman of trustees at campaign group Privacy International. "The guidelines are fundamental basics that Google should have implemented years ago, and the weakness of the language used in framing this will mean Google will do nothing to comply. "These guidelines are doing nothing more than stating the obvious, and it is shameful that it took the Article 29 Working Party two years to come up with something that Google should already have been complying with," she said.

Summary: European data privacy regulators have put renewed pressure on Google to alter its privacy policy.


The letter, sent by various schools in England, says the tests do not assess what makes pupils "special and unique". One, from Willesborough Junior School in Ashford, states: "The people who create these tests... do not know your laughter can brighten the darkest day." The key stage two tests taking place this week assess maths, reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar. It is widely claimed this year's Sats are more rigorous and led to some parents taking their children out of school in protest last week. Headteacher Jennie King said the tests were "stressful" for children. Ms King, whose letter was shared by 4,500 people on Facebook, said: "Not every child is going to be academic, there will be dancers, musicians and footballers. "I firmly believe a child needs a good grounding in academic subjects, but the tests aren't the be-all and end-all. They are stressful for children. "Children need to be outside riding their bikes, socialising and doing things that open them up culturally." The letters to children have become increasingly popular with school headteachers. The idea is believed to have originated in the USA. In 2014, Barrowford school in Nelson, Lancashire, sent out a similar letter. A year later the school was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, with inspectors noting staff expectation of pupils' attainment was "not high enough". A Department for Education spokesman said: "These tests should not be a cause of stress for pupils â€Ž- they simply help teachers make sure young children are learning to read, write and add up well. "The truth is if they don't master literacy and numeracy early on, they risk being held behind and struggling for the rest of their lives - we are determined to prevent this by helping every child reach their full potential."

Summary: An inspiring letter sent out to pupils by several schools ahead of upcoming Sats tests has gone viral.


Paul Cahillane's 13th-minute penalty helped Laois lead 1-7 to 0-6 at half time and they were seven points ahead early in the second half. Kieran McGeeney's side played their best football in the final quarter, Stefan Campbell and Micheal McKenna leading the charge. They twice closed to within a point but were unable to find an equaliser. With four Ulster derbies still to come in this division, newly-promoted Armagh now face a fight to avoid an immediate return to the third division. In Saturday night's other Division Two fixture Derry won by a point away To Cavan. Both sides were desperate for the points having lost their opening fixtures last weekend. Paul Cahillane's confidently-struck penalty in the 13th minute put Laois ahead for the first time and they stayed in front for the rest of the game. They had the benefit of a strong wind in the first half and held a four-point interval lead. Three Campbell frees in the opening nine minutes had Armagh 0-3 to 0-1 ahead but Paul Cahillane's penalty, after Gary Walsh was tugged back in the square, was a momentum-changer. Armagh made a lot of basic handling and passing errors, but Colm Watters had a great goal chance which was superbly tipped one-handed onto the crossbar by Laois goalkeeper Graham Brody in the 31st minute. Laois piled the pressure on after the restart with points from Niall Donoher, Evan O'Carroll and another Cahillane free to move 1-10 to 0-6 ahead after 47 minutes. Corner-back Shea Heffron popped up with Armagh's first score of the second half and after three points inside 90 seconds, two by McKenna and another by Campbell, who top-scored with 0-7, the comeback was on. Donie Kingston's free stopped the rot but it was brief respite for Laois, with points from Niall Grimley, Campbell and Ethan Rafferty bringing Armagh to within a point. Evan O'Carroll boomed over a '45' for Laois and the intensity began to fade out of Armagh's comeback, despite Campbell hitting two points late on. Armagh: M McNeice; S Heffron (0-1), C Vernon, R McCaughey; S Forker, A Forker (0-1), M Shields; A Findon, S Sheridan; S Campbell (0-7, 4f), M McKenna (0-3), N McConville; C Watters, C O'Hanlon, G McParland (0-1, f) Subs: E Rafferty (0-1) for McConville (HT), E McVerry for McParland (46), N Grimley (0-1) for Sheridan (50), J McElroy for S Forker (60), O MacIomhair for Watters (62), S Connell for McCaughey (68) Laois: G Brody; R Kehoe, M Timmons, D Seale; D Strong, P Cotter, G Dillon; K Lillis, K Meaney; J Farrell, D Kingston (0-5, 3f), N Donoher (0-1); P Cahillane (1-2, pen, 2f), E O'Carroll (0-3, one '45'), G Walsh (0-1, f) Subs: M Campion (0-1) for Meaney (17), A Farrell for Cotter (BC, 33), D O'Connor for Strong (52), D O'Reilly for Walsh (55), R O'Connor for Campion (58) Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

Summary: Armagh slipped to a second defeat in Division Two despite a brave second-half comeback at the Athletic Grounds.


Net profit for the year to the end of March rose 66% to €867m (£614m; $948m), slightly ahead of analysts' expectations. The airline's "Always Getting Better" customer experience programme had attracted "millions of new customers to Ryanair", chief executive Michael O'Leary said. Falling oil prices also led to a lower fuel bill. "Our AGB programme is transforming our customer experience, our service, and the way we listen and respond to our customers," Mr O'Leary said. "We have won substantial traffic and share gains in all markets." Passenger traffic was up 11% to 90.6 million customers, while total revenue rose 12% to more than €5.6bn. To cope with rising demand, Ryanair said it had ordered 183 Boeing 737-800 planes for delivery from 2014-18, and 200 Boeing 737 Max 200s from 2019-2023. The new aircraft will be cheaper to finance and operate, with engines 18% more efficient than their predecessors, the company said. Much of the growth in passenger numbers is being driven by its new Business Plus and Family Extra services, it added. Who'd have thought it. Being nicer to customers has given Ryanair a big jump in profits, a big jump in passengers and much fuller planes. By "being nicer" I don't just mean being more friendly. As one analyst told me, it's more concrete than that. They've got a better website. An app. They're not as draconian about their luggage rules, and you can pay more to secure a seat next to your family/friends etc. Even by their standards, the double-digit rise in passenger numbers is big. And Ryanair has ambitious expansion plans too. With hundreds of new planes on order, they want to double the number of passengers within a decade or so. Ryanair owns 29.8% of rival Irish airline, Aer Lingus, and has tried unsuccessfully to take over the firm in the past. But Aer Lingus is now a takeover target for International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways and Iberia. In February, the Irish government, which owns 25% of Aer Lingus, said it could not yet approve a £1bn offer from IAG for the carrier, because it wanted more clarity on guaranteeing jobs and more information on IAG's transatlantic plans. Aer Lingus, however, has welcomed IAG's offer. For its part, Ryanair said: "The Board of Ryanair will consider any offer (should we receive one) from IAG on its merits, if or when it is received." Chief financial officer Neil Sorahan told the BBC that "there's nothing on the table at the moment".

Summary: Irish airline Ryanair has reported a big increase in full-year profits.


The crash happened on the New Road, at its junction with Legmoylan Road, and was reported to police shortly after 05:40 GMT on Wednesday. The van driver was in his 40s but his name has not yet been released. No other vehicle was involved in the collision. The road remains closed and diversions are in place.

Summary: A man has died after the van he was driving crashed in Silverbridge, County Armagh.


An international panel of experts had said the investigation was flawed. Relatives of the students have disputed the government's account of what happened in September 2014. The government says that police in the town of Iguala handed the students over to a drugs cartel who killed them and incinerated the bodies. The panel of experts, working for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, criticised the government's version of events. The 43 were all students at an all-male teacher training college in the town of Aytozinapa, in south-western Guerrero state. The college has a history of left-wing activism and the students regularly took part in protests. They disappeared from the nearby town of Iguala on the evening of 26 September 2014 amid a confrontation between municipal police and the students during which six people were killed. Independent forensic experts have matched charred bone fragments reportedly found at a rubbish dump near Iguala to Alexander Mora, one of the 43 missing students. They also say there is a high probability another set of remains could belong to Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, another of the students. However, experts from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights say the chain of evidence was broken and they could not be sure the bone fragments had been found at the dump. According to the official report, the students were seized by corrupt municipal police officers who handed them over to members of a local drugs gang. The drugs gang mistook the students for members of a rival gang, killed them and burned their bodies at the dump before throwing their ashes into a nearby stream. They think officials have failed to investigate the role soldiers from a nearby barracks may have played in the students' disappearance. The government has refused to let the soldiers, who were in the area at the time of the disappearance, be questioned by anyone but government prosecutors. The families also point to the report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which said that there was no evidence the bodies of the 43 were burned at the dump. The panel of experts concluded that the government's account that the students were burnt beyond identification at a rubbish dump was physically impossible. It said official reports appeared to downplay the presence of federal police and troops near the areas where the students were seized. The experts said the army had refused to allow them to interview soldiers. They came up with a list of 10 recommendations which the Mexican government has agreed to abide by. In line with one of the recommendations, the search for the students will be relaunched, following outlines laid down by the experts and carried out in coordination with the victims' families. The experts also want the government investigation to follow up other recommendations and to address other issues from the report.

Summary: The Mexican authorities are reopening the investigation into last year's disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero.


Crutchley, who will also lead Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, replaces Jason Lee after he was named head coach of the women's squads. "There will be new coaches coming in as well as a number of new players," Crutchley told BBC Radio Berkshire. "Following a home Games the turnover of players will be significant, so the team will change on and off the pitch." Crutchley will lead England in the European Championships this year and also in 2015, as well as in the Commonwealth Games, which Glasgow hosts in 2014. He will also coach the GB men in the Olympics, where they will be looking to improve on a fourth-placed finish at London 2012. Previous head coach KLee took the team from 11th in the world to fourth, but Crutchley faces a huge challenge to improve on that. Earlier this month Ben Hawes, Mark Pearn and Ken Forbes retired from the men's squad but despite failing to win a medal in London, funding from UK Sport has increased slightly thanks in part to the bronze medal won by the women's team. The 42-year-old former international forward, who won 80 England caps and a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, will be at the helm when England play in the FIH Hockey World League semi-final competition that runs from 29 June to 7 July in Malaysia. And Wirral-born Crutchley says he is excited about what he sees as a new era for the men's game. "I will have a slightly different style to Jason [Lee]," he said, "We've been looking at the next group of players since London. We are pretty aware of the talent coming through and are positive of getting them up to speed with international hockey relatively quickly. "There has been a lot of interest in hockey after the Olympics and the challenge is to keep the momentum going. "It will be challenging to stay at the top. We are ranked fourth in the world and I'm confident we can be competitive in Rio."

Summary: England's new men's hockey head coach Bobby Crutchley says there is likely to be a significant overhaul of the squad.


The A43 Corby relief road has been open for 12 months and has seen daily traffic levels rise from 8,000 to 11,300 since it opened last May. But many lorries and cars are still taking the old road through Geddington. Michael Clarke, from the county council highways department, said: "Old habits die hard and some sat-navs have still not been updated for the new route". He is pleased more vehicles are now choosing to use the new road, which was expected to carry 25,000 vehicles a day. Poor signage has also been blamed for the lack of cars. "It's developing just like the M1 when it opened. It had little traffic at first but is now well used," Mr Clarke said. "When the penny drops and drivers use the road they realise how quick it is." He said the road formed part of plans for new roads which bypass the villages of Flore and Weedon near Daventry. Mark Rowley, chair of Geddington Parish Council, said the road is making some difference to congestion in the village. He wants the county council to do more to persuade local transport companies to use the new relief road. Andrew Howard, managing director of a logistics firm at King's Cliffe, said his drivers were encouraged to use the road from the day it opened. "It is faster and less stressful for our drivers. We made them aware of its advantages straight away," he said. "It's a faster route to customers in the north of England."

Summary: Out of date sat-navs have been blamed for motorists' slow uptake of a new £35m road in Northamptonshire.


Media playback is not supported on this device Darren Lyon lashed in a surprise opener for Accies with a superb 25-yarder. But the visitors left the impressive Mark O'Hara unmarked to side-foot home Danny Williams' corner minutes later. Darian MacKinnon missed a sitter on the resumption for Accies, but Rory Loy, Yordi Tejsse and Danny Williams all missed chances to win it for Dundee. The visitors might have snatched victory in the final moments but Michael Devlin's header was cleared off the line. Dundee, having played a game more, are level at the top with Rangers - who host Motherwell on Saturday - and St Johnstone, who face Celtic in Saturday's early kick-off. The hosts dominated in the first half but couldn't find a second goal and it was the same story after the break as they were unable to make their chances tell. Hamilton got off to a great start when right-back Lyon sent a stunning drive past Dundee keeper Scott Bain into the top corner. Media playback is not supported on this device It was his first for the club and the 21-year-old will do well to top that strike, however long he plays the game. But Accies were unable to build on it. Manager Martin Canning said prior to kick-off he hopes to complete the signing of former Partick Thistle defender Dan Seaborne over the weekend and you could see why he was so anxious. Four minutes later, atrocious defending at a corner left O'Hara in acres of space to level with his second goal in six days. The former Kilmarnock youngster, switched from defence to a more advanced midfield role by Dundee boss Paul Hartley, also scored against Rangers last weekend and impressed again here. Faissal El Bakhtaoui, on his first league start for Dundee, showed enough flashes with his touch and link-up play to suggest the former Dunfermline striker can make the step up from League One. Hamilton were nearly undone at another set piece after 38 minutes when Darren O'Dea steered his header from a Williams free-kick just wide of the target. But whatever Canning said to his players during the interval certainly seemed to have a positive impact. The visitors were much more impressive going forward in the second half with Louis Longridge causing problems down the left flank. Unfortunately for Accies the end product wasn't clinical enough when they got within range of the Dundee goal, never more so than in the 49th minute after a great bit of link-up play through the middle. Alex D'Acol fed in Darian MacKinnon behind the home backline but with only the goalkeeper to beat, the midfielder slid the ball agonisingly wide of the target from just eight yards. Dundee were a shadow of the team that had dominated before the break but they still had a couple of decent chances of their own to win the game. Loy forced Reni Matthews into a brilliant reaction save before substitute Teisse headed well wide from another Williams corner. But it was Hamilton who came closest to winning it as

Summary: Dundee moved joint top of the Scottish Premiership table but missed a chance to go two points clear as they were held at home by Hamilton.


Revenues for the year to the end of March rose to $46.3bn, with the firm's mobile phone business contributing some $9.14bn of the total. Its revenues have been helped by the purchase of Motorola in 2014, which has made it the world's third-largest smartphone maker. However, net profits grew by just 1% to $829m, missing expectations. Lenovo bought Motorola and IBM's low-end server unit last year in an attempt to diversify beyond the PC business. The firm said it had been "another record year for Lenovo with a more diversified business", but put its poor net profit result down to increased operating expenses. Lenovo said its mobile business, including Motorola, had "delivered record shipments and built a more globally balanced business". The Beijing-based giant also said its market share in the global personal computer sector had grown to a record high of 20.9%.

Summary: China's Lenovo, the world's biggest personal computer maker, has reported a 20% rise in full-year revenues.