Keith Bristow said expecting all the estimated 50,000 people in the UK who have accessed abuse images to be brought to justice was "not realistic". He said police would have to focus on those who posed most risk. Labour called it "disgraceful", adding that the NCA was not fit for dealing with the problem. The Home Office said all crimes should be investigated. Some 660 arrests were made during a recent operation targeting people who had accessed child abuse images online. However, the BBC understands that as part of that investigation, as many as 20,000-30,000 individuals were identified as potential offenders. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) - part of the NCA - has estimated that 50,000 people in the UK are involved in downloading and sharing images of child abuse. "It is uncomfortable because... we want to see these people in the criminal justice system," NCA director general Mr Bristow said. "But in my judgement, if there are 50,000 people involved, we won't be able to identify all of them and we won't necessarily be able to bring all of them to justice." He said the agency's priority was to concentrate effort on the "most dangerous people" and those most likely to carry out physical abuse. But campaigners pointed to a link between accessing abuse images and "contact offending". A 2012 Ceop report found "compelling evidence" that those who possessed child abuse images should be considered a risk to children. Tom Symonds, BBC home affairs correspondent It is an honest admission, which it would have been easier not to have made. But it is clear that police forces and child abuse experts are dealing with a flood of potential evidence - partly the result of increasingly sophisticated software which can detect the digital fingerprint of abusive images online. The implication is that police forces and the NCA will have to review their cases to determine those where immediate action is needed to protect children, those where more time can be taken, and those which will simply have to be left on file. This brings obvious risks. A suspect who has viewed indecent images online but, to date, done nothing abusive in the "real world" may offend at a later date. Keith Bristow's comments - at a briefing for specialist reporters - did not include a call for more resources. There is little doubt others will take up those reins. The NCA said in July that the 660 arrests made as part of Operation Notarise included teachers, medical staff, former police officers, a social services worker and a scout leader. Some of the suspected paedophiles had terabytes - equivalent to 1,000GB - worth of data on their hard drives or storage devices. Mr Bristow said the "most risky" would be targeted first. He said there would be a "range of interventions" which for some of the offenders could fall short of them "standing in a court". An NCA spokesman said that included preventative measures and enabling young people to protect themselves online - such as blocking search terms and disrupting

Summary: Some paedophiles with images of child abuse will escape prosecution, the head of the National Crime Agency has said.


NTS said four chicks had hatched from one nest at the Mar Lodge Estate. One male chick has been satellite tagged as part of the RSPB's Hen Harrier Life project. The species was pushed to the brink of extinction by the early 1900s. Numbers recovered but there are still only about 500 breeding pairs in Scotland. The large raptors are found mainly in moorland areas. Mar Lodge Estate property manager David Frew said: "It is fantastic news and really exciting to see these birds returning to the estate for the first time in living memory. "We have worked hard to create an environment where raptors can thrive, and it is great to see that our approach to management is paying off." Will Boyd-Wallis, from the Cairngorms National Park Authority, said: "We very much hope that the careful management undertaken by the National Trust for Scotland alongside other estates in the East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership and in the wider National Park will lead to many more pairs successfully returning to the area." Blanaid Denman, from the RSPB's Hen Harrier Life Project, said the news was "amazing", given the "parlous state" of Scotland's hen harrier population. She added: "National surveys show a 20% decline in just six years between 2004 and 2010 and east Scotland in particular has seen only a handful of successful breeding attempts in recent years. "All this makes the return of hen harriers to Mar Lodge even more exciting and a wonderful cause for celebration." From the end of the summer, people will be able to follow the tagged chick's adventures online via the Hen Harrier Life Project website. In the meantime, Mar Lodge Estate is running an online poll to name the chick.

Summary: Rare hen harriers have bred successfully at a National Trust for Scotland (NTS) estate in the Cairngorms for the first time in living memory.


Safety at HMP Birmingham is at risk as a result, they said, after the 12-hour disturbance involving hundreds of inmates last December. The riot had a "profound" effect on staff who were in shock but committed to moving on, inspectors said. G4S, which runs the jail, said the findings were a "fair assessment" of challenges it faced. February's inspection was carried out to check on how prisoners were being housed after 500 were moved after the riot and not to look at why it happened, chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke said. The findings come as wings of the jail that were damaged in the riot have fully re-opened to inmates. The inspection followed an assessment by the Independent Monitoring Board last October that said an "urgent" solution was needed to stop prisoners taking psychoactive drugs. But, inspectors said illegal drugs were still widely available in February, with 52% of inmates saying said it was easy to get them - including psychoactive substances like Spice. This was up from 37% at the last inspection, in 2014, which said conditions had improved at the Category B jail. One in seven inmates also said they had developed a drug problem at the prison and nurses treated prisoners under the influence of those substances on 52 occasions in January. The use of mobile phones and drones to arrange and deliver drugs was "a significant threat". Violence had increased "substantially", much of it linked to the drug use, and some prisoners felt unsafe, inspectors said. The disturbance took much of the newer accommodation out of use, leaving more than 900 prisoners in older Victorian accommodation. Despite improvements to some internal communal areas, many of the showers, stairways and sluices were dirty, along with cramped cells, many having broken windows. However, security processes in the aftermath of the riot were "broadly proportionate". Inspectors praised many positive interactions between staff and prisoners and said healthcare was generally good and community rehabilitation projects were working better than in other jails. Prison director, Richard Stedman, said: "We are resolute in our determination to move on, make progress and not be defined by December's disorder and this week the prison returns to its full operational capacity." Michael Spurr, HM Prison and Probation Service chief executive, said "There remains more to do to provide purposeful activity and to tackle violence and illicit drug use, but the staff and the leadership team deserve credit for the commendable way they have responded to the challenges to date. Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the prison was in the headlines for "all the wrong reasons last year" and remains a hotbed of violence. Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Summary: Violence is on the rise at a riot-hit jail because of a high volume of illegal drugs inside, inspectors say.


However, Wednesday's gain of 12.1% paled by comparison with its 66% plunge on Tuesday. At the other end of the scale, advertising giant WPP's shares sank 11% after it reported slowing sales. At the close, the FTSE 100 was just in positive territory, up 0.91 points or 0.01% at 7,382.65. On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.3% against the dollar at $1.2786 and down 0.63% against the euro at 1.031 euros.

Summary: Troubled doorstep lender Provident Financial has gone from being Tuesday's biggest stock market loser to Wednesday's biggest winner.


The 27-year-old Kenyan hit the front with about 300m to go after compatriot Alfred Kipketer sprinted clear on the first lap of the race. Rudisha finished in one minute 42.15 seconds, ahead of Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi and fast-finishing American Clayton Murphy. "I am so excited," said Rudisha. "It is the greatest moment of my career." Makhloufi ran a new national record of one minute 42.61 seconds and Murphy clocked a personal best of one minute 42.93 seconds in a bizarre race. Kipketer set out fast, going through the first 200m in just 23 seconds. But the 19-year-old, who had beaten Rudisha in the Kenyan national trials, faded to finish seventh in Rio. "Running 1:42, it's just fantastic," added Rudisha. "I had no doubts before. The feeling in my body was good. It is great to win such a big competition." BBC Sport's chief sports writer Tom Fordyce in Rio: "He is the greatest 800m runner of all time and he may also be the nicest man in his sport. Rudisha may not be at the same holy level as that unforgettable night in London, but he remains both a joy to watch and an unstoppable force. "After the injuries he suffered after 2012 - missing the worlds in 2013, requiring a serious knee operation less than two years ago - this victory was never preordained. He just makes it look that way."

Summary: David Rudisha became the first athlete since New Zealand's Peter Snell in 1964 to retain the men's 800m Olympic title.


Scowen, 24, who made his first-team debut at the age of 17 with Wycombe, joins on a free transfer having turned down a new contract with the Tykes. Enfield-born Scowen played 44 games to help Barnsley to a 14th-placed finish in England's second tier last season. He moved to the Oakwell club for an undisclosed fee in January 2015. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Queens Park Rangers have signed midfielder Josh Scowen on a three-year deal following his exit from Championship rivals Barnsley.


Campaign groups and opposition parties are organising a march on 9 July against the current system, which they say is plagued with fraud. Police say the rally to be held in Kuala Lumpur is illegal and have warned the public against attending. Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to call a general election this year. Mr Razak called on the opposition to fight him at the polls rather than on the street, brushing off allegations of electoral fraud. "Do not create chaos just because you want power. If there is chaos, then [the organisers] will be held responsible," he said in an interview with the Star newspaper published on Sunday. Police arrested scores of people at the weekend, stopping buses carrying activists, many of them from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), in the north and south of the country. Many have since been released but some 31 remain in detention in northern Penang, according to PSM spokesperson Y Kohila. The BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur says the activists are demanding longer campaign periods, automatic voter registration and equality of access to the largely government-linked mainstream media. Police have accused the detainees of carrying flyers and T-shirts advertising the demonstration that have "inflammatory slogans". The authorities say they are trying to promote communist ideology, thereby "waging war against the king". "Based on paraphernalia seized by police from the activists, it can be seen that they have connections with the Communist Party of Malaya ideology," said Penang's deputy police chief Abdul Rahim. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged police to release the activists, calling the communist allegation a "flimsy pretext". Human rights groups said the arrests appeared to be pre-emptive. "The police campaign appears to be aimed more at intimidation, apparently on the misconceived basis that this is a legitimate means to preserving public order," said rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. PSM leaders said the allegations were "ridiculous and far-fetched". The police launched a crackdown after a similar demonstration in 2007. Analysts say that protest helped the opposition win an unprecedented number of seats in the last general election. This time though, pro-government groups have pledged to counter the demonstrations planned for next month, setting the stage for potential confrontation, our correspondent says.

Summary: More than 30 Malaysian activists remain in detention, after being arrested at the weekend weeks before a planned mass rally calling for electoral reforms.


On its Twitter feed, the firm reported a second outage this afternoon - which was restored less than an hour later. "Internet of North Korea down again at 15.41 UTC. Second blackout since last night's restoration of service," the tweet read. The first outage saw large parts of the internet unavailable in North Korea. Officials have not yet commented on the issue. Speculation is rife about the source of the blackouts, following a cyber security row with the US. China has denounced reports suggesting it was responsible. US officials have not commented on any possible American involvement. The US had said it would launch a proportional response to the hacking of Sony Pictures, after an FBI investigation appeared to show that North Korea was behind the hack attack which led to films and private emails being leaked online. The Interview, which depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was cancelled by Sony following threats from hackers. Internet services in North Korea were down for around nine and a half hours in the first outage, according to Dyn Research. Some questioned how much an outage would affect a country where normal citizens have little access to the web. Although many have computers and smartphones, they only have access to a government-approved intranet. Access to the world wide web is reserved for a trusted elite in North Korean society. North Korea's internet is handled by state-run company Star Join Ventures which is routed through Chinese telecommunications firm China Unicom.

Summary: North Korea appears to have suffered a second internet blackout, according to internet performance measuring firm Dyn Research.


Anne sent the eight-line verse to a friend in 1942. The auction house in the Netherlands had valued the rare, handwritten note at €30,000-€50,000. Anne is best remembered for her diaries of life as a German-born Jew in occupied Amsterdam in World War Two. The poem was signed and dated 28 March 1942, which was less than four months before the Frank family moved into a secret apartment to hide from German forces. Addressed "Dear Cri-Cri", it was given to Christiane van Maarsen, the older sister of one of Anne's best friends, Jacqueline. The Bubb Kuyper auction house, based in the Dutch city of Haarlem, said Jacqueline van Maarsen was selling the poem because she knew her sister, who died in 2006, did not see it as a prized possession. In a note published on the auctioneers' website, she wrote, "My sister (nicknamed Cri-Cri) tore this page out of her poezie album and gave it to me around 1970. I know that my sister was not as attached to this verse from Anne to her as I am to the verse Anne addressed to me." It was common for girls of the era to collate notes from friends in scrapbooks they called poezie albums. The first four lines of the poem, which encouraged the older sister to work hard at school, are known to have been copied from a magazine. The second four carried on the same edifying theme, but may be Anne's original work. The auctioneers noted that Anne switched her style of handwriting midway through writing. Her diaries have become one the most important documents to emerge from the Holocaust. Her father published them after she died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen Nazi death camp aged 15.

Summary: A poem by Dutch schoolgirl Anne Frank written shortly before her family went into hiding from the Nazis has sold at auction for €140,000 ($148,000; £120,000), well over the estimate.


Warriors rested a host of regulars but spent most of the first half in Zebre territory and secured the bonus point before the half-hour mark. The tries came from Nick Grigg, Peter Murchie, Rob Harley and Matt Fagerson, with Peter Horne converting all four. A Sam Johnson try and two from Matt Smith stretched Glasgow's lead with Kyle van Zyl and Kurt Baker replying. The visitors came into the match on the back of successive wins over Connacht and the Dragons, but they lost Carlo Engelbrecht and skipper Valerio Bernabo to injuries in the opening seven minutes, and they fell behind after 11. Glasgow captain Henry Pyrgos fed Peter Horne who slipped the ball to Grigg to dive over, with Horne adding the conversion. The hosts doubled their lead when excellent work by the pack sucked Zebre in on the left and a swift shift to the right allowed Murchie to cross, with Horne converting. Harley scored his first try of the season soon after, following a brilliant break from his own half by Johnson, with Grigg and Horne also involved in the set-up work. The bonus point was sealed before the half-hour mark, Pyrgos and Chris Fusaro linking brilliantly to play in Matt Fagerson for his maiden Glasgow try, with Horne making it four conversions from four. Johnson added the fifth try after the break, capitalising on great work from Fusaro, with Horne's hot streak from conversions continuing. In a nice moment for the Horne family, Peter then left the action and was replaced by brother George. Seconds later Glasgow scored again when a superb drive on the left allowed Smith to cross over. Zebre reduced the deficit slightly when Van Zyl cashed in on the first real lapse in the home defence to cross over. Smith added his second of the match thanks to a moment of luck when the ball was knocked out of Brian Alainu'uese's hands and it dropped into the arms of his team-mate to cross over. The hosts were sloppy in defence as Baker ran over late on but that did not detract from a solid display from Warriors, who are now six points adrift of the top four with two games to play. Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend: "I'm happy, there was a great crowd and we got the win. Zebre played a lot of good rugby and they were committed, and that's a big improvement on Zebre teams that have come here in the past. They've shown why they have won two games in a row and they were tough to break down, but this new team we had out tonight found a way to do that. "We'll miss these nights and it's great to see so many fans turning up, when you're playing a team at the bottom of the table that are not bringing any fans and we are not going for the play-offs this year. The loyal supporters are still there supporting us." Glasgow Warriors: Peter Murchie, Leonardo Sarto, Nick Grigg, Sam Johnson, Rory Hughes, Peter Horne, Henry Pyrgos (c); Alex

Summary: A much-changed Glasgow Warriors side cruised to a bonus-point victory over Zebre in the Pro12.


Throughout Northern Ireland's Troubles, hijackings by paramilitaries became an all too frequent occurrence for bus drivers and their passengers. Ulsterbus, which celebrated its 50th birthday this week, had 1,500 buses destroyed during the Troubles. However, the impact on drivers was even more severe - 12 lost their lives and many more were injured. Ulsterbus driver Raymond Bell was hijacked five times, with three of his buses completely destroyed. "Normally, what they did was to get someone to stand at a pedestrian crossing and as you went down the road they would have stepped onto the crossing to get you stopped," he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster. "Once you stopped, all of a sudden the doors would open and there would be masked men with either cudgels or a gun and they'd say 'we're hijacking your bus'." Mr Bell said drivers tried not to dwell on the threat because, if they did, they wouldn't have gone into work. However, he said the incidents did have an effect. "If you were hijacked and you weren't injured, you came back to the depot and you continued your night's work or your day's work after that," he said. "Or the company would have said 'we'll cover your duty for you, see you tomorrow if you're able to come in'. "Quite a lot of drivers suffered mental issues and also injuries and it stayed with them on the job and also many left the job because of issues like that." The managing director of Ulsterbus during some of the darkest days of the Troubles was former Luftwaffe World War Two conscript Werner Heubeck. He became famous for carrying bombs off hijacked buses. Frank Clegg, a former colleague of Mr Heubeck, worked as general manager for services for Ulsterbus. He said if the company didn't keep the buses running, they weren't serving the people of Northern Ireland. "Buses represented normality - having buses on the road was lifeblood for commerce, for getting people to and from work," Mr Clegg said. "So with all our colleagues - drivers, engineers - we kept the buses running and the service running. "We didn't know how many buses we were probably going to have the next morning, we didn't know how many drivers, because unfortunately they suffered assaults and hijacks, but we had to keep services running and that meant changing timetables overnight in certain instances. "It was a case of working together, it was a case of keeping things going. "It wasn't defiance against whatever, it really was that was what our job was."

Summary: "All of a sudden the doors would open and there would be masked men with either cudgels or a gun."


Pacquiao was unanimously outpointed in Brisbane last week as 29-year-old Horn won his first world title. The Filipino, 38, urged governing body the WBO to review an "unfair decision and officiating". It asked five judges to analyse the fight and they found "Pacquiao won five rounds while Horn won seven rounds". The five "anonymous, competent judges from different countries" watched the fight without sound, it added. The WBO stressed the analysis was carried out for "transparency" as it did not have the power to reverse the original decision. "It can only be revoked when fraud or a violation of law has occurred, which is not relevant in this case," a spokesperson said.

Summary: Former welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao's controversial loss to Jeff Horn has been rescored by WBO judges - who reached the same result.


The reforms are thought to include tax rises and pension changes. Greece is due to present the proposals by 22:00 GMT on Thursday to try to secure a third bailout and prevent a possible exit from the eurozone. The new proposals will be studied by eurozone finance ministers on Saturday and a full EU summit on Sunday. Defence Minister and junior coalition party leader Panos Kammenos gave no further details of the agreed plans as he left the prime minister's official residence, where ministers had been meeting. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has spent the day discussing the proposals with his cabinet. Greek media are reporting that the reforms will be put to the Greek parliament on Friday for approval. On Wednesday Greece formally submitted a request for an unspecified loan from the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund. This would be a fresh loan "to meet Greece's debt obligations and to ensure stability of the financial system", Greece says - in other words, to avoid bankruptcy. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, who will chair Sunday's EU summit, said he hoped to receive "concrete and realistic proposals of reforms from Athens". Such proposals "will have to be matched by an equally realistic proposal on debt sustainability from the creditors. Only then will we have a win-win situation," Mr Tusk added. However the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that "a classic haircut" (meaning reducing the value of Greece's debts) was "out of the question" for her. All Greek to you? Debt jargon explained Speaking in Sarajevo, Mrs Merkel said the eurozone had dealt with the issue of debt sustainability in 2012. She described Sunday's EU summit as a decisive and important meeting. "We must not forget that the Greek people are suffering at the moment," she said. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble also ruled out debt relief for Greece, saying "there cannot be a haircut because it would infringe the system of the European Union". Greece needs to implement reforms to win the trust of its eurozone partners, Mr Schaeuble said. He told a conference in Frankfurt that his message to the new Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was: "Just do it!". Follow the latest updates here The Greek government has meanwhile extended bank closures and the €60 (£43; $66) daily limit on cash machine withdrawals until Monday. The curbs were imposed on 28 June, after a deadlock in bailout talks with creditors led to a rush of withdrawals. Louka Katseli, the head of the Greek bank association, said on Thursday that there was enough liquidity in cash machines to serve the public until Monday. Tsipras, Greece's high-stakes gambler Why Greece sees France as last hope How easy is it to swap currencies? Full coverage of Greek debt crisis On Thursday, EU Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said he was hopeful of a new deal: "I have the sense that the dialogue is established, or restored, and that there is a way out." The IMF, lowering its economic growth forecast for the world for 2015, said events in Greece would have a "limited"

Summary: Greece's government has agreed a reform programme and will submit its proposals to its international lenders soon, the defence minister has said.


Walkers have been warned to keep away from the site at Seaford Head, with the coastguard warning it could fall away at any time. Amanda Death, who lives in Seaford, spotted the crack and alerted Newhaven Coastguard after going out for a walk with her daughter. Coastguard spokesman Graham Easton said there had been cliff falls at Seaford, Birling Gap and Hastings this year. "It could go at any time but it could hang on for quite a long time," he said. "The advice is simple to stay away from cliff edges - but equally we want people to stay away from the base of cliffs. "They can be crumbly and fall away and obviously a big crack like this would cause a massive cliff fall but even small rocks will cause a lot of damage if you're underneath at that sort of height." BBC reporter Lucinda Adam estimated the crack was about 6ft (1.8m) to 7ft (2.1m) long. She said the land above the crack was on the other side of the safety fence, closest to the sea. Mrs Death said she went to have breakfast on the beach with her daughter on Saturday and spotted the crack when the pair walked further along the coast. She said she stayed back from the edge but was able to zoom in on the crack with her phone and added: "It looks like it could go pretty soon." Seaford is the start of a six-mile (10km) stretch of protected limestone sea cliffs that lead up to Beachy Head, according to Natural England. Walkers follow a cliff top footpath from Seaford to reach Hope Gap and Cuckmere Haven.

Summary: A large crack has appeared in a cliff face in East Sussex.


The £13m fee, along with the £2m paid by Sunderland for fellow defender Adam Matthews, suggests that the Scottish champions once again emerged from summer dealings having made a profit. Striker Nadir Ciftci, from Dundee United, and defender Dedryck Boyata, from Manchester City, arrived for about £1.5m each, while Celtic still had some spare change to purchase centre-back Jozo Simunovic from Dinamo Zagreb and midfielder Ryan Christie from Inverness Caledonian Thistle on the final day of the window. The number of other clubs willing or able to pay transfer or compensation fees has been on the increase and Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Motherwell and Ross County have all loosened the purse strings to some degree. However, cost cutting remains as squad sizes continue to shrink County under Jim McIntyre continued where Derek Adams left off in previous seasons with the biggest turnover of staff along with Motherwell, where an incredible 23 players passed through the exit door in the wake of their close shave with relegation. On balance, Celtic, Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Dundee, Kilmarnock and Hearts appear to have stronger squads than last season, while Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee United, Hamilton Accies, Partrick Thistle and Motherwell seem to be starting the season weaker. With all those changes at Victoria Park, it is a guessing game to decide on which side of that line County's new squad will fall. Marquee signing: Danny Ward is only on loan from Liverpool, but the former Wales Under-21 goalkeeper is so highly regarded that he immediately displaced Scott Brown and Jamie Langfield from the first team, with the latter's long stay at Pittodrie looking likely to come to an end soon. Key arrival: Having utilised natural centre-half Andrew Considine, admittedly somewhat successfully, at left-back, Dons manager Derek McInnes has drafted in a much-lauded specialist in Graeme Shinnie from Premiership rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The 23-year-old decided against extending his career-long stay at Caledonian Stadium, where he has also shown his versatility on the right and in midfield. One that got away: Russell Anderson's injury enforced retirement not only deprives the Dons of the former Scotland international's influence on the pitch but - along with Donvervon Daniels' return to West Brom - leaves them short of cover in central defence. In: Graeme Shinnie, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Paul Quinn, defender (Ross County); Joe Nuttall, forward (Manchester City). Loan: Danny Ward, goalkeeper (Liverpool); Josh Parker, forward (Red Star Belgrade); Ryan McLaughlin, defender (Liverpool). Out: Jamie Langfield, goalkeeper (St Mirren); Joe Shaughnessy, defender (St Johnstone); Nicky Low, midfielder (Dundee); Clark Robertson, defender (Blackpool); Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Andrew Driver, midfielder (De Graafshap); Kieran Gibbons, midfielder (Livingston); Craig Murray, defender (East Fife); Russell Anderson, defender (retired); Lewis Dunbar, defender; Jamie Masson, midfielder; Cem Felek, defender; Ritchie Petrie, midfielder; Marcus Campanile, midfielder; Michael Jones, forward. Loan: Lawrence Shankland, forward (St Mirren); Danny Rogers, goalkeeper (Falkirk). Loan ended: Donervon Daniels, defender (West Bromwich Albion). Last season: 2nd Prediction: 2nd. Derek McInnes has had to reduce the size of his squad, but those shed were on the fringes while the new additions increase

Summary: As always seems to be the case, the marquee move of the summer transfer window was left to the final day, with Virgil van Dijk's long-touted switch to Southampton from Celtic finally being completed.


Express Wi-fi allows users to purchase data from local providers in order to access the web. A pilot version with a state-run telecoms company has already been offered at 125 rural wi-fi hotspots. In a statement, Facebook said the tests were being carried out with "multiple local ISP partners". Facebook is probably hoping that users who first encounter the web via a Facebook initiative will be more likely to become users of the social network - rather than a competitor - according to Ian Fogg, an analyst at IHS Technology. "In emerging economies, Facebook is pursuing an intervention strategy to increase the pace of internet and online usage because this will also raise the addressable market for Facebook," he told the BBC. Earlier this year, Facebook's Free Basics internet service app was blocked by India's telecoms regulator. A ruling in favour of net neutrality put a stop to the plans, which would have offered free access to a select number of websites only.

Summary: Facebook has confirmed that it is in the early stages of testing a wi-fi service with Indian internet service providers (ISPs).


The country's bank central bank also raised interest rates from 12% to 13% in a bid to stem foreign reserve loses. Nigeria has spent billions of dollars defending the naira using "dwindling foreign reserves", the bank's governor said. Falling oil prices also affected the Angolan kwanza, which hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday. The bank's governor Godwin Emefiele said: "Falling oil prices have consistently reduced the accretion to external reserves, thus constraining the ability of the bank to continually defend the naira and sustain the stability of the naira exchange rate." The bank moved the target band of the currency to 160-176 naira to the US dollar, compared with 150-160 naira previously. It also raised interest rates by 100 basis points. Nigeria, which has one of the biggest economies in Africa, and is one of the continent's leading energy producers, has spent billions of dollars in the past year shoring up the naira, Mr Emefiele said. Foreign reserves stood at around $37bn (Â£23.5bn), down over 18% from a year ago. "Big surprises from the central bank," said Razia Khan, head of Africa research at Standard Chartered. "With these moves the central bank has shown absolute commitment to dealing with current challenges," she said. "They have not shied away from the tightening needed to sustain current FX [foreign exchange] reserves." Meanwhile, Angola's kwanza traded traded as low as 100.895 against the dollar before recovering some ground to 100.700 on Tuesday. Angola is Africa's biggest oil producer after Nigeria.

Summary: Nigeria has devalued the naira, saying a drop in oil prices had made it hard to defend its currency.


Sir Bob Kerslake said one of the difficulties was that "easier" savings had already been made. He said the "sense of urgency" would be reduced and the need for cuts would be hard to explain to public sector staff. Sir Bob stepped down from his role this month and was replaced by former Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood. He said the civil service had "excelled" during his time in charge. Speaking at the Institute for Government think tank, he said it was clear that "under any government, we face up to a further five years of austerity in public sector spending". "The first five years have been challenging but the second five years are likely to prove even harder for three reasons," he said. "Firstly, the easier savings have already been made. "Secondly, we are likely to be doing it against a background of a growing economy and greater competition for good staff. "Thirdly, the sense of urgency that underpinned the first savings programme will be reduced. "In reality, the task is not yet complete. But this will be hard to explain to those in the public sector, including our own staff, who are looking for some relief." Sir Bob said the civil service had "excelled" in its challenge to "deliver big programme savings at the same time as undergoing huge change and reduction itself". The roles of cabinet secretary and head of the civil service were split into two jobs when Sir Gus O'Donnell retired as both in 2012. Sir Bob, who was already permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), took the role as head of the civil service at that time. He will retire from his DCLG role early next year.

Summary: The outgoing head of the civil service has predicted another five years of UK government spending cuts - and he said making the cuts would be "even harder".


The opposition said its demand for free elections have not been met. Separately, UN human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein warned that a government-allied youth group was becoming increasingly violent. Burundi has been hit by unrest and a failed coup since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced in April that he would run for a third term. African news updates Western donors have cut some aid to the country, and say they will not help finance the election. Mr Nkurunziza's spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba said his decision to stand for re-election was "non-negotiable", and the polls would not be delayed again. Mr al-Hussein said his office received nearly 50 phone calls a day from people across Burundi pleading for protection. The Imbonerakure youth group was accused of summary executions, tortures and beatings, and "could tip an already extremely tense situation over the edge," he said.. The electoral commission proposed on Monday that presidential elections, originally scheduled for 26 June, take place on 15 July, which falls short of a call by regional leaders to delay the poll by at least six weeks. The commission has suggested that parliamentary elections, originally due on 5 June, be shifted to 26 June. None of the opposition parties attended the meeting where the commission unveiled the new dates, Reuters news agency reports. A group of 17 opposition parties had earlier issued a statement saying they were committed to dialogue, but repeated their demand for the 51-year-old president, who survived a coup attempt last month, to quit, it reports. The BBC French Service's Venuste Nshimiyimana reports that one of the main opposition parties, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), has condemned the electoral commission's proposal as unconstitutional. FNL secretary-general Adolphe Banyikwa said the five-member body lacked a quorum, after two of its members fled to Rwanda because they feared for their lives. Its decisions were, therefore, invalid, Mr Banyikwa said. More than 20 people have been killed since 25 April in protests against Mr Nkurunziza's bid to extend his 10-year rule. More than 100,000 have fled to neighbouring states, aid agencies say. Another opposition leader, Charles Nditije, told the AFP news agency that Burundi could not hold elections in the current climate. "If things remain as they are, we consider that it will be a masquerade, a parody of elections," Mr Nditije is quoted as saying. Meanwhile, the main civil society group in Burundi said it had written to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, demanding the resignation of his chief mediator, Said Djinnit. Mr Djinnit had not focused on Mr Nkurunziza bid for re-election, which is the root of the crisis in Burundi, the letter said. The opposition says Mr Nkurunziza's attempt to run for office again contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms. But Mr Nkurunziza's supporters argue that he is entitled to another term because he was first elected by parliament in 2005 - not voters. The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the president.

Summary: Burundi's opposition has rejected a proposal by the electoral commission to hold presidential polls on 15 July.


The award was created in 2011 by BBC Radio 1 presenter Huw Stephens and promoter John Rostron. This year's shortlist includes a mix of established artists and emerging stars, with songs that embrace a range of genres, sounds and influences. Past winners of the prize include Gwenno and Gruff Rhys. The 2016 shortlist of artists and their albums: 9Bach - Anian Alun Gaffey - Alun Gaffey Cate Le Bon - Crab Day Climbing Trees - Borders Datblygu - Porwr Trallod Meilyr Jones - 2013 Plu - Tir a Golau Right Hand Left Hand - Right Hand Left Hand Simon Love - It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Skindred - Volume Swnami - Swnami The Anchoress - Confessions of a Romance Novelist The winner will be chosen by a panel of industry experts including musician Amy Wadge, Dwynwen Morgan from BBC Radio Cymru and critic Lowri Cooke. The winner will be announced on 24 November at The Depot in Cardiff. Mr Rostron, from the Welsh Music Prize, said: "So many great albums are being released from Wales at the moment - it's a really good time to be listening to new music and finding some new favourites."

Summary: A shortlist of 12 artists has been announced for the Welsh Music Prize 2016.


The security alert began after police received a report of a suspicious object on Thursday afternoon. A number of cordons are in place and police have warned that traffic will be affected. A respite centre has been opened at Long Tower Youth Club for people displaced by the alert. Sinn FÃ©in Councillor Patricia Logue said: "The people who create these alerts have nothing to offer the community and should desist immediately from their campaign of disruption."

Summary: Homes have been evacuated and traffic has been disrupted due to an ongoing security alert in Southway, Londonderry.


Officials said further refinement of satellite data found the plane may have turned south earlier than thought. The announcement came as Australia and Malaysia signed an agreement on the search's next phase, which will see the two countries sharing costs. The Beijing-bound plane disappeared on 8 March with 239 people onboard. Based on analysis of satellite data, it is believed to have ended its journey in seas far west of the Australian city of Perth. Investigators do not know what happened to the flight and finding its "black box" flight recorders is seen as key to understanding the factors behind its disappearance. Australia, which is responsible for search and rescue operations, has been looking for the plane in an area about 1,800km off its west coast. The latest detail on the plane's possible flight path came from an analysis of a failed attempted satellite phone call from Malaysia Airlines to the plane, said Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. "The search area remains the same, but some of the information that we now have suggests to us that areas a little further to the south... are of particular interest and priority," he told reporters in Canberra. A Dutch contractor, Fugro Survey, will kick off the next phase in the search in September. Three vessels towing underwater vehicles will scan for the plane. The search will focus on an area of about 60,000 sq km and is estimated to cost about A$52m (Â£29m, $49m). Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai signed the memorandum of understanding with Mr Truss. The two were also briefed on search efforts, together with China's Transport Vice-Minister He Jianzhong. Most of the passengers onboard the flight were Chinese. The ministers issued a statement saying they "remain cautiously optimistic" that the plane will be found.

Summary: Australia says the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will focus on the southern part of the search area in the Indian Ocean.


The money would ensure anyone waiting 12 months to either see a consultant or start treatment by March 2017 would be seen and treated by March 2018. Michelle O'Neill said she was confident the money would be agreed after the election on 2 March. She told BBC News NI she believes the plan is achievable. The minister published her strategy to tackle hospital waiting lists on Tuesday. The minister revealed that £1m is being invested in the private sector in order to start tackling waiting lists immediately, although this is not detailed in the action plan. While welcoming the announcement of the plan, the DUP's health spokesperson Paula Bradley said improvement on waiting lists was being hampered by the lack of a budget and election demands. "Progress was being made on waiting lists previously," she said. "At the start of 2016, figures for both outpatient and inpatient waiting times were coming down and we need to see a continuation of that kind of progress." Jo-Anne Dobson from the Ulster Unionist Party claimed the health minister was "engaging in a pre-election stunt." "Michelle O'Neill is right to say that when she took up office last May lengthy waiting times were a major problem," she said. "Yet under her watch those delays have only worsened." The SDLP's Nichola Mallon said patients who are waiting for procedures would want to know what the strategy means for them. "We need to know when people are going to be treated and have cast iron guarantees that the money is going to be there," she said. "Unfortunately we don't have those guarantees." Paula Bradshaw, the Alliance Party's spokesperson on health, said more detail and further scrutiny was required. "It is concerning the lack of a Budget means the allocation of funding which is needed to achieve what the plan sets out to do remains unclear," she said.

Summary: More than £31m is required to treat patients who have been waiting more than a year for some appointments, the health minister has said.


A team from Strathclyde University in Glasgow tested 22 different brands of compost and found that 14 contained a variety of Legionella species. It says a larger survey is needed to determine the extent of the issue. The study, "Legionella spp. in UK composts - a potential public health issue", is published by Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Dr Beattie, one of those who conducted the study, said: "Disease causing micro-organisms are widespread in the environment, and therefore it is not too surprising that species of Legionella that can cause human disease are present in compost. "Any environment where you have pathogenic bacteria could be a source of infection, and we already know that compost has been linked to human Legionella infection in countries such as Australia and New Zealand." Dr Beattie said European produced composts have traditionally been composed of peat, whereas those from Australia and New Zealand had more often used sawdust and bark. "It may be that the change in composition of composts in the UK, moving away from peat-based products, could be resulting in species such as Legionella longbeachae being present in compost and therefore more cases of infection could occur," she said. Dr Beattie wants a larger scale survey, covering a wider range of compost products, to be carried out to see if Legionella bacteria are as widespread in composts as her study suggests. She added: "It should be emphasised though, that although Legionella seem to be common in compost, human infection is very rare, especially if you consider the volume of compost sold and used. "But with any potential source of infection precautions should always be taken. "The occurrence of these bacteria in composts in Australia and New Zealand, and the cases of infection that have been traced to compost has resulted in hygiene warnings on compost packaging in these countries, and this is something manufacturers in the UK may wish to consider." The study was conducted by Dr Tara Beattie, fellow academic Dr Charles Knapp, Strathclyde PhD student Sandra Currie and Dr Diane Lindsay of the Scottish Haemophilus, Legionella, Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory.

Summary: Legionella bacteria appears to be "common" in many compost brands sold in the UK, a study has found.


A number of smoke bombs were thrown onto the field marring Forfar's abandoned Scottish Cup replay against Linlithgow Rose on Tuesday night. "I'm not entirely certain Scottish football can do anything to eradicate it," Donald told BBC Scotland. "These tiny missiles that are coming in are the size of a cigarette lighter." The fourth round replay was cut short due to floodlight failure at Station Park, with a "distraught" Donald stating he had not anticipated any trouble or pyrotechnics from supporters. "Had this been a higher profile game, we would probably have put measures in place," he said. "But because we'd already played once and it went off absolutely seamlessly, you do your risk assessment and we thought we had the adequate amount of cover. "We possibly could have handled it better and maybe we should have been more prepared, but I think when you sit down, do your analysis of the facts before the game, this is probably as low-risk a game as you could get. Media playback is not supported on this device The 42 SPFL member clubs met on Tuesday, with facial recognition technology mentioned as one potential method of identifying fans engaging in antisocial behaviour. "I'm open to suggestions from people - how would you control it?" added Donald. "If you've got 500-600 people in a contained environment and they're hell-bent on setting a flare off, you would need to have a steward for every three or four spectators to stop that, and that's never going to happen. "It's really regrettable and it's something that is happening more and more often. It's a wider problem that's becoming far too prevalent." Linlithgow Rose manager David McGlynn said the club would try to track down those responsible for throwing the smoke bombs, while club president Les Donaldson attempted to challenge the perpetrators at Station Park. "It's just shocking to think that a club who has tried so hard to go forward, to make facilities so good for every person who comes along to eventually be brought down by a bunch of hooligans who have no interest whatsoever in watching football, all they were there for was causing trouble," Donaldson told BBC Radio Scotland on Wednesday. "All I wanted to do was try to show solidarity with the stewards and the police and try to get these people to realise how they were letting a club down that has never been in any trouble before. "To be faced with this bunch of morons last night - they are not true Linlithgow supporters - we are just at a loss what to do."

Summary: Forfar Athletic chairman Alastair Donald has conceded he has no solution to the recent spate in flares and smoke bombs being thrown by supporters.


But his term in office has been dogged by the deep schism between his own Fatah movement in the West Bank and the militant Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip. Mr Abbas, opposed to armed struggle and committed to pursuing an independent Palestinian state through negotiations, has enjoyed strong support from the international community. Under his leadership, US and European money has flowed into the West Bank to build up security forces which he has used to crack down on militant activity and Hamas's political infrastructure. But in the face of scant progress from years of negotiations, and the tough stance of the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu elected in early 2009, his strategy has looked increasingly bankrupt to many Palestinians. A year after Mr Abbas won presidential elections, he suffered a major blow as Hamas gained a sweeping victory in legislative polls. A short-lived unity government was formed after months of wrangling, but fell apart in June 2007 as factional street battles broke out in Gaza and Hamas drove Fatah's security forces from the Strip. From then on, Mr Abbas ruled the West Bank only, essentially by presidential decree. And when his four-year term ended in January 2009, Hamas declared him illegitimate - although he argued that the Palestinian basic law called for presidential and legislative elections to be held at the same time, so he could legally stay in post for a further year until legislative polls due in January 2010. In November 2008, he also was elected "president of a future Palestinian state" by the Palestine Liberation Organisation. He had been chairman of the umbrella body - which represents Palestinian political factions (although not Hamas) and conducts negotiations with Israel - since the death of its previous leader, Yasser Arafat, in 2004. But the move was seen as a way of shoring up his authority. Mr Abbas has walked a delicate line between appeasing Israeli and US demands that he improve security and participate in peace negotiations, and popular Palestinian pressure for genuine political and economic progress. And he has, in the past year, undermined his already fragile poll ratings with misjudged comments and actions. Even Fatah supporters were angered when Mr Abbas was slow to condemn the punishing military assault that Israel launched on Gaza in December 2008, and criticised the Hamas rocket fire Israel said it was trying to end. And Mr Abbas's credibility suffered further when the PA initially agreed, under Israeli and US pressure, to allow the postponement of a UN vote on the Goldstone report which was heavily critical of Israel's conduct during the operation. But, under him and his appointed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the West Bank economy has shown signs of improvement while Gaza has suffered under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade aimed at weakening Hamas. Born in Safed in British Mandate Palestine in 1935, he is one of the few surviving founder members of Fatah - the main political grouping within the PLO. In exile in Qatar during the late 1950s, he helped recruit a group of Palestinians

Summary: Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, has led the Palestinian Authority since he was elected as its president in January 2005.


CNOOC had offered to pay $27.50 cash per share for Nexen in July, a 60% premium on its share price at the time. However, the deal still needs to be approved by the Canadian government which has launched a review to assess its benefit to Canada. If approved, the deal will be China's largest foreign business takeover. "The offer is a compelling one, and offers benefits for all Nexen's stakeholders, including employees and communities," CNOOC spokesman Peter Hunt was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. "CNOOC Limited will continue to pursue all regulatory approvals required to close the transaction." While Nexen shareholders have backed the deal, there seems to be growing opposition to it among politicians and even the general public in Canada. Canada's biggest opposition party, the New Democratic Party (NDP), has voiced its concerns over the deal. "We're very concerned about the potential sale of a strategic Canadian asset, not only to a foreign enterprise, but one that is wholly controlled by a foreign government that doesn't follow the same market rules as Canada," said Thomas Mulcair, leader of the NDP. "The question is how can it be in Canada's interest, how can it be of a net benefit to Canada, to sell a strategic natural resource to a corporation that is wholly owned by a foreign country?" Meanwhile, according to a latest survey conducted by Abacus Data, 69% of Canadians are also against the deal, while only 8% approve of it, with the rest being unsure. "A majority of those opposed to the deal (58%) cited the fact that Nexen operates in one of Canada's core strategic industries, and a foreign company should not have control of such an important resource," Abacus Data said. Mr Mulcair added that the survey indicated that "Canadians share our concerns". Canada's government has the right to block any foreign investments over 330m Canadian dollars if it believes they are not in the country's best interests. CNOOC, which is China's biggest offshore oil producer, has made commitments to ensure the authorities that the deal will bring benefit to the country. It has said that it will retain Nexen employees and make Nexen's Calgary office as its headquarters for North and Central America. It has also offered to list shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Kevin Reinhart, Nexen's interim chief executive, said the Chinese firm also wanted to keep the Nexen brand name. "This transaction will in no way close the book on Nexen or our way of doing business," he said.

Summary: Shareholders of Canada's Nexen have approved the takeover bid by China's state-owned CNOOC to acquire the firm in a $15.1bn (£9.3bn) deal.


At least 10 more women were wounded, medical sources said. A Houthi rebel spokesman said the strike was followed by a second which hit emergency responders in Arhab, 40km (25 miles) from Sanaa. The rebels blamed a US and Saudi-backed coalition for the bloodshed, who are yet to comment. The coalition has been fighting the Houthis and forces loyal to a former Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, since March 2015. Its aim is to restore the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Abdel-Rahman al-Ahnomi, a spokesman for the Houthis, said the twin strikes killed and wounded dozens of people. However, other reports from the scene said there was only one air strike. Conflicting reports are common in the chaos following air raids in Yemen. Yemen's war has killed more than 10,000 civilians and displaced more than three million people since 2015. The conflict and a blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition have also triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 80% of the population in need of aid. Doctors Without Borders warned this week of a worsening situation in the city of Taiz, where hospitals have been repeatedly attacked and where 200,000 people face food, water and medicine shortages. The US was criticised last month over a raid on a village in central Yemen, in which a number of civilians died - many of them children. Its target was the house of a suspected leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). US media now report that the dead included a tribal leader allied to the internationally-backed president. A US Navy Seal was also killed in the attack, and six American soldiers were wounded.

Summary: Eight women and a child have reportedly been killed in an overnight air raid on a funeral reception near Yemen's rebel-held capital, Sanaa.


Among her prizes were best female artist, best streaming song for Shake It Off and the ceremony's top honour, artist of the year. Sam Smith won best new artist and accepted his trophy via a video message using a series of cards. One Direction came away with two trophies, for best group and best touring artist, dedicating one of the awards to Zayn Malik, who left the band in March. Other Brit winners were Coldplay who won best rock album for Ghost Stories, while Irish singer Hozier picked up best rock song for Take Me To Church.

Summary: Taylor Swift dominated at the Billboard music awards winning eight of the 14 categories in which she was nominated.


This is a major problem in a globalised economy, where rewards go to the most highly-skilled and most productive workers, and where there is more importance than ever attached to high-quality education. But how do we measure the quality of education in Latin America against global standards if there is an unwillingness to take part in international tests? How can would-be reformers compare results across international borders? Among the most widely recognised international comparisons are the Pisa tests - the Programme for International Student Assessment - conducted every three years by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In Latin America, the regional rankings of these international tests taken by 15 year olds in maths, reading and science, are headed by diminutive Chile, ahead of economic powerhouses like Brazil and Mexico. But most countries remain off the ranking completely. Part of the reluctance for many Latin American countries might be a fear of being compared with world leaders in education like Finland and Japan. Even Chile, the highest ranking country in the region, is considerably below the global average for these tests, with the average in the Pisa tests being countries such as the UK and France. But the Pisa exam has also generated significant controversy over its methodology and design, leading to concerns - common to many standardised tests - that it does not adequately measure the quality of instruction. Or that it does not truly capture the diversity of contexts facing such different school systems. These concerns are reflected in the fact that fewer than half of Latin American countries currently participate. But there are other tests that can provide a global scale for measurement. Unesco's Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE) covers a much larger part of the region. This has evaluated 15 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia, as well as smaller participants such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay. The assessment also has a broader range than Pisa, looking at children at different stages of development (at the ages of eight and 11), and evaluating the context of each school. What TERCE found was reason for cautious optimism - but also renewed effort. Its comparison between its last evaluation in 2006 and today showed a modest but broad improvement in test results across the majority of Latin American countries. More stories from the BBC's Knowledge economy series looking at education from a global perspective and how to get in touch These rankings were also headed by Chile, followed by Costa Rica and Uruguay. But they also allowed a comparison with countries missing from the Pisa tests, such as Guatemala and Paraguay, which appear in the lower half of the TERCE test scores. But despite - or even because of - the surrounding controversy, these tests have already served an important purpose. Whatever their flaws, they have brought attention to the fact that the massive expansion of access to education in the region, a major victory in itself, isn't sufficient without an equal improvement in quality. No longer can policymakers ignore

Summary: There have been concerns that the quality of education has been stagnant in too many countries across Latin America.


The local authority said it currently had no power to restrict the number operating as a business, or to regulate the safety or prevent nuisance. There is currently only one horse-drawn carriage business in the county, in Tenby. Kate Telford, of Tenby Carriage Rides, said she had not been contacted about the consultation and felt "targeted". A report by the council's head of legal and democratic services said there had been a horse-drawn carriage operating within the walled town in Tenby for more than 25 years. It said the same operator provided the service until retirement a few years ago when a new operator took over. Shortly after, a second new operator moved into the town, which led to complaints about the operation of two services in a confined area, and the health and safety implications this had on pedestrians and other road users, the report said. Historically the authority has licensed horse-drawn carriages of less than eight seats as hackney carriages, but, the report said, the current operator has a carriage with more than eight seats. The consultation is looking at whether the council should introduce a licensing regime, with byelaws. Ms Telford said: "I'm quite shocked about it. We do it to help the town and have people from all over the world coming to us. "If it's going to cost thousands of pounds, we won't be able to do it." The consultation runs until 22 September.

Summary: Pembrokeshire council is consulting on how to best regulate horse-drawn carriages in the county.


As German and Italian troops occupied Greece, tens of thousands of people fled by sea to refugee camps in the Middle East. At the end of the war, they began heading home. Most made it back safely, but for some the journey ended in tragedy. "An event like this is hard to forget," says Eleni Karavelatzi. "It leaves you seared with scars and makes you bitter forever." Eleni Karavelatzi was 12 months old when in 1942 her family fled the Nazi occupation of Kastelorizo, a Greek island 2km (1.5 miles) from the Turkish coast. They sailed first to Cyprus and then to a refugee camp in Gaza known as El Nuseirat. They stayed there until the end of the war. In September 1945, a British vessel, the SS Empire Patrol, left the Egyptian city of Port Said carrying Eleni's family and 500 other Greek refugees. Within hours, fire broke out onboard. Thirty-three passengers died, including 14 children. From her garden on Kastelorizo, Eleni can now see the EU border agency ship searching for new migrants and reminisces about what happened in 1945. "My parents told me that I was tied with a rope and lowered on to a raft. But as they were letting me down, my father saw that it was full and ordered me back. As soon as I was brought up, a woman jumped on the dinghy. It capsized and all the children drowned." Among the victims were Eleni's three cousins, whose names are carved on a monument a short distance from where she lives. To the east of the monument lives Kastelorizo's only other survivor, Maria Chroni, who lives with her granddaughter. Maria Chroni, who was born in 1937, clung for life on a piece of wreckage. "I found myself at sea holding on to a wooden plank." "How it happened, I can't remember. I only know I that I stayed in this position for 10 hours. Then my father rescued me and lifted me into the charred boat." From Aleppo to Egypt and beyond Other Greek refugees had fled the Nazi occupation to Syria. They were mainly from the island of Chios, a few kilometres off the Turkey coast. "The Germans were here and we were hungry. I was three back then," remembers Marianthi Andreadi. "So we left for Turkey illegally and from there we took the train to Al Nayrab camp in Aleppo (Syria)." Marianthi remembers some of the faces that stood out on her journey. "I was surrounded by older women. And there was this moment that stays with me when we were on the Turkish border and the guard yells 'Gel Burda! Gel Burda!' (come here)." "We ran away quickly. I fell down. And eventually he let us go. But I never forgot this." Greek archives reveal Al Nayrab camp was less a permanent settlement than a meeting point, says Iakovos Michailidis, professor of history at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. "People were brought here for short periods of time before being sent to various parts of the Middle East, or even Africa." Ioannis Stekas

Summary: The influx of more than a million refugees and migrants to the Greek islands in the past year has stirred up difficult memories for a dwindling group who followed the same route during World War Two, but in reverse.


Ravichandran Ashwin took 5-67 as the tourists were bowled out for 255 to give up a first-innings deficit of 200. Ben Stokes made 70 and Jonny Bairstow 53 in a sixth-wicket partnership of 110 before England lost their last four wickets for 30 runs. India were reduced to 40-3, but Virat Kohli's unbeaten 56 took his side to 98-3 and a lead of 298. At some point on Sunday, probably soon after lunch, England will begin the task of batting for a day and a half to save the game. It will require a remarkable effort on a surface that is showing variable bounce and is likely to offer more than its current modest turn. "If England had got 350 and taken more time out of the game, I could see a way out for them," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special. "But they allowed India to be too far ahead. England will have to bat four and a half sessions to avoid going 1-0 down in the series - on a pitch that won't get any better." Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott I thought that if England didn't play very well it could have been over very quickly, even today. If today was a boxing match, England actually won it on points. But it really knocked the stuffing out of England yesterday. Ex-England spinner Vic Marks The damage was done yesterday - in one session. England have fought hard today, but if they get out of this it will be a monumental achievement. Former England captain Michael Vaughan Realistically, England will be thinking they need to bat 140 overs in the second innings to get away with a draw. I can't see how they can win. The draw is a possibility but it's very, very minute. England's predicament was the result of a collapse of 4-29 on the second evening, a slump in which the tourists contributed to each wicket that fell. On the third morning, the watchful and skilful combination of Stokes and Bairstow showed their team-mates the way, as well continuing their prolific 2016, both individually and as a partnership. Bairstow, the leading Test run scorer of 2016, and Stokes, who averages 60, have added 772 as a partnership, more than any other pair in the world. Wicketkeeper Bairstow overcame a knee injury sustained as he limbered up on the way to the middle before play and some early indecisive footwork to sweep and nudge his way to a 137-ball half-century, his slowest in Tests. By the time he was bowled off his pads playing across a searing inswinger from Umesh Yadav, the aggregate number of runs added by England's sixth wicket in 2016 stood at 1,759, an England record for any wicket in Tests. "The way Bairstow and Stokes played was terrific," said Boycott. "To intersperse defence and attack in the situation England were in means they deserve full marks." Stokes also made his slowest Test half-century, from 108 deliveries, but was more assured than Bairstow, bar one sharp stumping chance to Wriddhiman Saha

Summary: England were pushed further towards defeat on day three of the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam.


Speaking in Cardiff, Mr Osborne said this year is likely to be one of the toughest since the financial crisis. He told business leaders that far from "mission accomplished" on the economy, "2016 is the year of mission critical". His message is in stark contrast to the positive tone of his Autumn Statement, when he said the UK was "growing fast". Earlier the chancellor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Autumn Statement had put in place a four-year plan to restore the UK's public finances, and make the economy more productive, with businesses more competitive so they could create jobs. "It is precisely because we live in an uncertain world. It is precisely because we have not abolished boom and bust as a nation, that you need to take these steps, difficult steps, and I need to go explaining to the public, that the difficult times aren't over, we have got to go on making the difficult decisions, precisely so that Britain can continue to enjoy the low unemployment and the rising wages that we see at the moment," Mr Osborne said. The chancellor's warning came on the same day that China suspended trading on its stock markets after only 15 minutes. Circuit-breakers triggered the Chinese share suspension following a 7% fall in the country's main index. Later on Thursday, the Chinese authorities said they were suspending the circuit-breaker system. The price of a range of key commodities, such as oil, gas and iron ore, has fallen sharply in the past year, a move that indicates weakening demand in the global economy while oil prices hit fresh 11-year lows. earlier on Monday. But shadow chancellor John McDonnell blamed the government's "failed economic policies" for the threats facing the economy. "It's a cocktail of his own mixture - failing to invest, failing to rebalance the economy, relying upon consumer debt to boost the economy for an election victory and now we're facing our own lethal cocktail within our own economy," he told the BBC. "He's getting his excuses in early for the problems that he's caused that will now unfortunately hit upon many families across the country, especially if interest rates are increased during the year." The chancellor laid out a number of risks that the UK economy faces over the next 12 months in his Cardiff speech. People must not be "complacent" that the economy is fixed, he said. Significant challenges - including tension in the Middle East, slowing growth in China and low commodity prices - are all weighing on global confidence, he added. Mr Osborne told the Today programme the UK's economic recovery was not "a debt-fuelled recovery", citing the support of the governor of the Bank of England in his assessment. But the chancellor said he feared there was a complacency that appeared to be developing in the UK's national debate. "You have had people coming on programmes like this saying, 'We've got to spend billions of pounds here or billions of pounds there; the country can afford it,'" Mr Osborne said. "All the old habits, all

Summary: The UK faces a "cocktail" of serious threats from a slowing global economy as 2016 begins, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.


The Oceanic whitetip has seen its numbers decline dramatically in recent years because of overfishing for fins. Campaigners said the move to record and regulate all trade in the species was historic, and that they believed two other sharks would also be protected. However, the decisions could still be overturned on appeal at the meeting. An estimated 100 million sharks are killed by commercial fishing every year, researchers have recently reported. They blame a huge appetite for shark-fin soup in China and Hong Kong for stimulating the trade. The Oceanic whitetip and the two other species for which campaigners are seeking further protection - the Hammerhead and the Portbeagle - are highly valued for their fins. The conservation meeting will also decide whether to regulate trade in two types of manta ray hunted for their gill plates, which are used in some Chinese traditional medicines. After a tense debate, delegates voted by 92 votes to 42 to upgrade the Oceanic whitetip to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). Appendix II lists species which are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but which may become so unless trade is closely controlled. Campaigners were delighted with the outcome of the vote, but cautioned that it could still be overturned before the end of the meeting. Dr Susan Lieberman from Pew Environment Group said it was a big day for the convention. "It is a great victory for conservation, but it is a great victory for Cites as well. It is 40 years old, it is a real coming of age," she told the BBC. Many attendees say the move is highly significant because it is the first time that Cites delegates have voted to protect a commercially valuable species of shark. "It does set a tone that countries are finally ready to accept that we need Cites listings for commercially valuable, highly-traded highly-threatened shark species," said Sonja Fordham from Shark Advocates International. Even though the vote was 92 to 42 in favour, it barely reached the two thirds majority needed to become part of Cites regulations. Two other species of threatened shark will be voted on later on Monday. "The momentum is building," Dr Liebermann said. "I'm optimistic that the Hammerheads will go through as well." China and Japan strongly oppose the moves to upgrade the three shark species, and there had been much talk about undue pressure being brought to bear on developing countries. Many believe their underlying concern is about Cites having power over commercial fishing. But in the end it was European Union money that might have played a crucial role with the Oceanic whitetip vote. The head of the EU's delegation told the meeting that extra cash would be made available to help poorer countries change their fishing practices. "If there's a need for it the funding will be available," Feargal O'Coigligh said. Whatever the outcomes of the other votes, all of them can be overturned in the final, plenary session of this meeting. However, re-opening a proposal requires

Summary: Delegates at the Cites conservation meeting in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, have voted to extend the protection to a threatened species of shark.


Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox already owns 39% and he first tried to buy the remainder five years ago before abandoning the attempt in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. Martin Gilbert, the chairman of the independent directors (which excludes James Murdoch, who is unable to vote because of his role as chief executive of Fox), recommended the deal today saying it delivered good value for shareholders. Not all of them agree with Gilbert. One shareholder told the BBC, "this is a patsy deal. Many of the directors are not really independent and as a group they should be ashamed of themselves" The BBC understands that James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son and chief executive of 21st Century Fox, met with directors in early December and told them "we are either a buyer or seller of our stake. The status quo is not an option". James Murdoch offered a 30% premium to the existing price on the condition the directors recommended it. After further meetings, that premium was raised to 40%. Even with that premium, the sale price is roughly what the company was worth six months ago and many shareholders will feel short-changed. The directors felt that if Fox had pursued a hostile bid, it could have bought shares in the open market at the prevailing price to take its 39% stake to more than 50%. After making an offer for the remaining shares, Sky shareholders may have ended up with a lower premium of around 20-25%. Fox will require 75% of the independent shareholders to approve the deal. It may also be referred to regulators to check whether it breaks national interest tests on the plurality of media. The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Karen Bradley has 10 days to decide whether to take that option. Given the outcry over the last bid, it seems likely she will do that but the media landscape has changed a great deal since the last takeover attempt. The last bid came from NewsCorp, which owns the Wall Street Journal, The Times and The Sun. This bid is from Fox which owns television and film businesses. The emergence of new players in media like Netflix and Amazon mean that this deal would mean less concentration of power in the sector.

Summary: Sky's independent directors have recommended a takeover offer from 21st Century Fox valuing the company at Â£18.5bn.


John Bainbridge, 54, denied one count of rape via video link at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday. The offence is alleged to have taken place in Vernon Road, Basford, in May 1986. Mr Bainbridge, of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, is set to stand trial on December 12. He was remanded in custody following the hearing.

Summary: A man has pleaded not guilty to the rape of a woman which took place 30 years ago.


Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Federal Protective Service will enhance its presence at various sites in Washington DC and elsewhere. The action has been described as a precautionary step to safeguard US government personnel and facilities. It comes one week after a gunman opened fire in Ottawa, killing a soldier. "The reasons for this action are self-evident: the continued public calls by terrorist organisations for attacks on the homeland and elsewhere, including against law enforcement and other government officials, and the acts of violence targeted at government personnel and installations in Canada," Mr Johnson wrote in a statement on Tuesday. "Given world events, prudence dictates a heightened vigilance." The homeland security chief did not provide details as to which of the more than 9,500 federal US facilities will see additional security, claiming such information is "law-enforcement sensitive". The announcement comes just hours after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke at a funeral for Cpl Nathan Cirillo, 24, killed by gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau last week. "May time ease the searing pain of today," Mr Harper told mourners. Cirillo was standing guard unarmed at Canada's war memorial when Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, opened fire. The gunman then entered Canada's parliament and fired dozens of shots before being killed by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers. The Canadian authorities earlier said the gunman was radicalised but had no ties to Middle Eastern Islamist extremists.

Summary: The US has announced bolstered security measures at government buildings across the nation in the wake of an attack on Canadian parliament.


Written by Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind will see the Martians from Wells's story invading Earth once more, having learned from the mistakes they made first time around. Gollancz will publish the sequel in hardback and eBook on 19 January 2017. The copyright on the original, which was published in book form in 1898, lasts until 31 December 2016. In a statement, Baxter said it was "an honour... to celebrate [Wells's] enduring imaginative legacy, more than 150 years after his birth." The author of more than 20 novels previously penned The Time Ships, a sequel to Wells's 1895 story The Time Machine. "Steve has a great track record of collaborating with other authors," said Marcus Gipps, commissioning editor at Gollancz. "I've seen early material from this remarkable new project and can't wait to unleash Steve's new Martian terror upon the world." The lucrative film rights to the novel will also certainly be hotly contested after a 2005 film, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg, earned nearly $600m at the global box office.

Summary: A sequel to HG Wells's The War of the Worlds is to be published in 2017 when the copyright on the original expires.


The 21-year-old was taken by "unknown parties" to Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, in the early hours of Sunday with wounds to his hand and side. Police said he was stable and the motive for the attack was unknown, although it was thought to be targeted. They are appealing to witnesses for information.

Summary: A man with stab wounds was left outside a hospital in a van with blacked-out windows, police have said.


Democratic Party deputy leader (PD), Enrico Letta, becomes prime minister at the head of a "grand coalition" including Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party (PDL). The swearing-in signals the end of two months of political deadlock. Away from the ceremony, outside the PM's office, two police officers were injured in a shooting incident. Giuseppe Giangrande, 50, was shot in the neck and is described as being in a serious condition. The second officer, 30-year-old Francesco Negri, suffered a serious wound to the leg and he remains in hospital. A pregnant woman was also slightly hurt. All three are being treated in hospital in Rome, according to Italian news agency Ansa. A 46-year-old man, named as Luigi Preiti, was arrested at the scene. Prosecutors said he had confessed to targeting politicians, angry that he had lost his job. Rome Prosecutor Pierfilippo Laviani said he "wanted to shoot politicians, but given that he couldn't reach any, he shot the Carabinieri". Former PD president Rosy Bindi said: "This has its roots in an increasingly widespread social desperation. "The dramatic problems the country is living through call for strong, radical decisions." Since February's inconclusive poll there has been political stalemate in Italy, which is still plagued by economic woes after becoming one of the first eurozone victims of the global financial crisis of 2008. The shooting happened about 1km (0.6 miles) away from the swearing-in ceremony, where, beginning with Mr Letta, the 21 new government ministers stepped forward one by one to receive the oath of office from President Giorgio Napolitano. Correspondents say the "grand coalition" between Italy's current main right- and left-wing parties is unprecedented, and will probably prove an uneasy alliance. By David WilleyBBC News, Rome A new wave of political optimism reigns, after dire predictions of the possible institutional and economic collapse of the eurozone's third largest economy. With their backs to the wall, the seriously fractured Democratic Party, and Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom Party decided to bury their ideological differences and will now try to co-operate in a last-ditch attempt to remedy a social and economic crisis that threatened to get out of hand after an indecisive February election. The history of the very few "grand coalition" experiments in Italy since World War II does not inspire hope for long-term success. But Italy's former ruling parties, which monopolised power in Rome for many decades after the end of WWII, have long since disappeared. Optimism greets Italy's grand coalition Mr Berlusconi will not be a minister but had pushed for leading figures from his party to be given top posts. Mr Alfano, the PDL's secretary and one of Mr Berlusconi's closest political allies, is deputy prime minister as well as interior minister in the new government. Among the other key appointments are Bank of Italy director-general Fabrizio Saccomanni to head the powerful economy ministry. The cabinet is to have more women than usual, including former European commissioner Emma Bonino as foreign minister. Other women given government jobs include Olympic kayaker Josefa Idem who becomes minister of equal opportunity and sports, and Anna

Summary: A new Italian government has been sworn in at the presidential Quirinale Palace in Rome.


She singled out four forces for having no black police officers - but two of those constabularies hit back, saying they had at least one black officer. Mrs May said the proportion of black and Asian officers was "simply not good enough". Critics said funding cuts were restricting recruitment of officers. The home secretary also said that stop and search reforms "must continue". And she challenged police over the number of female officers, who currently make up 28% of the police workforce - despite representing 51% of the population. During a speech to the National Black Police Association conference, Mrs May said "diversity profiles" showed no force had a black and minority ethnic representation reflecting its local population. Mrs May said she hoped the figures would act as a "wake-up call". She quoted data suggesting four forces - Cheshire, Durham, Dyfed-Powys and North Yorkshire - did not have a single black officer. The four forces do have officers from other ethnic minorities, according to the most recent Home Office figures, which are based on information officers volunteer themselves. But both Durham Constabulary and Dyfed-Powys Police said they did have black officers. Det Con Waheed Mughal, chair of Durham Black and Asian Police Association, said: "I can confirm that the force does have a British Black Caribbean officer who serves in the north of the county as well as at least 19 other black and minority ethnic officers." Julia Mulligan, police and crime commissioner for North Yorkshire, said the force had needed to recruit BME officers from other areas of the UK because of small numbers within the force's area. A Cheshire Police spokesman said: "Despite our current efforts, more needs to be done particularly to recruit officers of Afro-Caribbean descent." Met Assistant Commissioner Helen King also questioned figures being quoted, and said that four chief officers in London were black or minority ethnic. She added that, of London's 32 boroughs, five were lead by BME chief superintendents. By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent Although a dispute about the precise figures on ethnic diversity may have blunted Theresa May's message, the broad point she is making remains: for police to have the confidence of the public they must be more racially representative of the communities they serve. There have been improvements since the Macpherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1999 branded the Metropolitan Police as "institutionally racist". However, targets for BME officers set after the report have not been met. Although the proportion of new BME officers appears to be rising, recruitment is not at a high enough level - because of budget cuts - to make a significant difference. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe wants a change to the law which would, in effect, allow forces to impose BME recruitment quotas. The home secretary is against that and there is little wider appetite for such a fundamental reform. Watch children give their views on black and ethnic minority police officers Chief Constable Giles York, from the National Police Chiefs Council, said the rate of recruitment of officers from black and

Summary: The public will not have confidence in the police unless there are more black and ethnic minority officers, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.


Grant is one of a number of voices to criticise the playing surfaces in Gabon and he declared "five injuries so far have been down to the pitch". The Israeli added: "The main actors are the players and we need to give them the stage to perform well. "The organising committee should change the rules to let teams replace players who got injured due to the pitch." Grant highlighted the problem facing Group D rivals Egypt, who have only veteran stopper Essam El Hadary available after injuries to Ahmed El Shenawy and Sherif Ekramy but under tournament regulations cannot call up another goalkeeper to their squad. "Two of Egypt's goalkeepers got injured due to the pitch. It is not their fault and not fair to them," Grant said. "We cannot change the pitch now so let Egypt bring in another goalkeeper. They cannot stay with one 'keeper, even if we have to play against them, it's not sporting." Tunisia defender Syam Ben Youssef believes the playing surface in Libreville - one of four pitches being used in Gabon - is so bad that his side will have to change their style when they face Zimbabwe there for their final Group B match. So far the Carthage Eagles have played both their matches in Franceville, which is seen as the best of the four pitches. "Of course (it will affect us) I think we have technical players we like to play," Ben Youssef said. "But it's usual for us to play in Africa on bad pitches so we have to win and not care about the pitch." Burkina Faso midfielder Adama Guira is also unhappy with the state of the pitches - but resigned to it at the same time. After the Stallions' 1-1 draw with hosts Gabon in Libreville on Wednesday, he warned that players need to be careful in the conditions. "To be honest it is very hard to play on that kind of a field because you can't control your running and stopping so it's difficult," he said. "But we are in Africa and we are Africans so we'll do our best for our country." Pitches are just about thinking and having the money - Caf must think about it It is not just the pitch at the Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville that has been criticised. Mali's Bakary Sako was less than impressed with the surface in Port-Gentil after his side's goalless draw with Egypt. "The pitch is horrendous it's really tough to control the ball, to drive with the ball, everything is tough," said the midfielder who plays his club football for Crystal Palace. "You have to be focussed 100% but it is the same for both teams so we have to get on with it." It is a problem that is not confined to the Nations Cup according to Grant, who revealed he was taken aback by the pitches when he first arrived in Africa as Ghana coach in November 2014. "Africa has great champions but you can't play on these pitches," he told BBC Sport. "I

Summary: Ghana coach Avrant Grant believes the poor pitches at the Africa Cup of Nations are damaging the players.


Okja, starring Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal, had been booed by some in the audience after the Netflix logo appeared at the beginning. But it then became clear the film was playing in the wrong aspect ratio. The film has been controversial because producer Netflix has refused to screen it in French cinemas. After the jeers, the movie was stopped and restarted without explanation. Some film journalists in the screening uploaded videos of the heckling on social media. The BBC's Lauren Turner, who was at the screening, said: "There was shouting from the upper seats and it became apparent the aspect ratio was wrong, so they restarted it after about 10 minutes. "The second time around the audience booed the Netflix logo again. But there was also some cheering at the same time and a warm round of applause at the end." A statement from the Cannes Film Festival said: "This incident was entirely the responsibility of the Festival's technical service, which offers its apologies to the director and his team, to the producers and the audience." On Thursday, there was also some booing when the Amazon logo came up at the beginning of Wonderstruck, which stars Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams. Earlier this week, Cannes jury chair Pedro Almodovar said he agreed that films should have to be screened in cinemas if producers want them to be considered. Indiewire film critic David Ehrlich tweeted: "Okja starts, huge boos at Netflix logo. Then film plays in wrong aspect ratio and Grand Lumiere almost rioted. Movie stopped." The Telegraph's Robbie Collin wrote: "Cannes making an A+ case for the primacy of the cinema experience by projecting the first ten mins of Okja in the wrong aspect ratio." Blogger Elena Lazic said: "That didn't start well. Screen not open properly, significantly cropped at top... the boos at the Netflix logo were immediately followed by boos at the terrible projection." The film is a South Korean-American adventure movie about a young girl named Mija who tries to prevent a multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend, a genetically engineered super-pig named Okja. Speaking after the film, director Bong Joon Ho said he "loved working with Netflix", adding it was a luxury to be given such a huge budget for it. Swinton said: "It's an enormous and really interesting conversation that's beginning. But I think, as in many matters, there's room for everybody." Gyllenhaal added: "It's important to have artistic expression in whatever form we can. "Debate is essential always. It's a useful thing to have this discussion about how art is perceived and distributed." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: A screening at the Cannes Film Festival had to be stopped after technical problems during the first few minutes of the film.


Sir Philip Bailhache, then Jersey's attorney general, supervised Roger Holland's appointment to the honorary police in 1992. Holland had been convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl with learning difficulties in 1986, when he worked for St John Ambulance. Sir Philip said he had not known before Holland's inauguration. Holland was jailed for two years in 2008 for eight sexual offences, some of which were committed while he was in the honorary force. Despite including the 1986 conviction on his application form, he was elected to the St Helier honorary police in 1992, where he held office for another six years. Sir Philip said he was only informed of Holland's conviction after the election, and "it was reasonable to conclude he had been re-habilitated". "What Holland did was put his hand up a girl's pullover. It was an unpleasant thing to do but across the range of sexual offences it was at the lower end of the scale.", he said. The Jersey Care Inquiry is investigating allegations of child abuse in Jersey's care system since 1945. Sir Philip, Jersey's current external relations minister, also denied he deliberately distracted attention from abuse victims in a speech he gave in 2008. He told people on Liberation Day :"All child abuse is scandalous but it is the unjustified and remorseless denigration of Jersey and her people that is the real scandal." Sir Philip told the inquiry he was not "diminishing the gravity of child abuse" but that his choice of words were possibly "unfortunate".

Summary: A former senior judge was "not aware" a man was a convicted sex offender when he was admitted to a voluntary police force, an inquiry has heard.


He said there was no difference between "a terrorist holding a gun or a bomb and those who use their position and pen to serve the aims" of terrorists. Mr Erdogan added that this could be a journalist, a lawmaker or an activist. He was speaking a day after a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed 37 people. No group has so far claimed the blast, but Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said evidence "almost certainly" pointed towards the banned PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) separatist group. On Monday, Turkey launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. Mr Davutoglu said 11 people had so far been detained in connection with the attack. "There are very serious, almost certain indications that point to the separatist terror organisation,'' he said, referring to the PKK. Four of those detained were in the south-eastern city of Sanliurfa, according to Turkish media. Officials were quoted as saying the car used in the bombing was traced to a showroom there. One of the bombers, who also died in the blast, was "definitely" a woman, Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus said earlier on Monday. Mr Kurtulmus told reporters that a second suicide bomber was male, but had not yet been identified. Earlier, unnamed security officials said the female bomber was a member of the PKK from the eastern town of Kars, who joined the group in 2013. Eleven warplanes carried out air strikes on 18 PKK targets in northern Iraq including ammunition dumps and shelters in the Qandil and Gara sectors, the army said. The PKK confirmed the strikes. How dangerous is Turkey's unrest? Tears and destruction amid PKK crackdown Turkey in midst of hideous vortex Meanwhile, curfews have been imposed in two mainly Kurdish towns in south-eastern Turkey, Yuksekova and Nusaybin, as security operations are carried out against Kurdish militants, Anadolu news agency reports. Another curfew is due to start in the city of Sirnak. Funeral services have been taking place for some of those killed. Among the victims was the father of a Turkish international footballer. More than 100 people were wounded in the blast. Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against IS and allows coalition planes to use its air base at Incirlik for raids on Iraq and Syria. It has also been carrying out a campaign of bombardment against Syrian Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG), which it regards as a extension of the PKK. Turkey Syria Iraq Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party, the HDP, issued a statement condemning the attack, saying it shares "the huge pain felt along with our citizens". Last month, a bomb attack on a military convoy in Ankara killed 28 people and wounded dozens more. That bombing was claimed by a Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK). It said on its website that the attack was in retaliation for the policies of President Erdogan. Turkey, however, blamed a Syrian national who was a member of the YPG. Last October, more than 100 people were killed in a double-suicide bombing at a Kurdish peace rally

Summary: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it is necessary to redefine terrorism to include those who support such acts.


Barry Crossan, from Creggan Heights, had denied involvement in the armed robbery at Ladbrokes on the Racecourse Road back in December 2013. However, Crossan was convicted last month by a jury of stealing almost £400 in the raid. The 38-year-old was also found guilty of possessing a firearm or imitation firearm. The court was told that Crossan was armed and wearing a black balaclava during the robbery. He shouted at the male staff member behind the counter "give me the money". A judge said: "Offending such as this against small businesses must be deterred." Crossan will serve five years of the sentence in custody and five years on licence in the community.

Summary: A man with more than 100 convictions has been jailed for 10 years for robbing a bookmakers in Londonderry.