As of next week, users will be warned if they are about to be taken to a malicious website. The social network has suffered to date as many of its 700 million users unwittingly click on dangerous links supposedly posted by their friends. Such attacks usually trick users into sharing passwords or data. Facebook already tells users if they are about to visit an external site, but the current set up makes no distinction between friendly and dangerous sites. The new technology will present a warning screen whenever it suspects a page poses a threat to the users, giving details of the risk. From here, users are encouraged to return to the previous page. If they wish, users can continue to the intended page, albeit very much at their own risk. Both Facebook and Websense will hope the extra measures will be enough to deter potential scammers from focusing their efforts on the network. Scams regularly catch out hundreds of thousands of users at a time. "There's over 700 million users on Facebook," Websense's Spencer Parker told the BBC. "As a piece of real estate, it's extremely profitable to be targeted by malware writers." The protection will be powered by Websense's "Threatseeker Cloud", a system which stores a database of known malicious URLs. The system can also detect unknown dangerous URLs by assessing threats in real-time. This means harmful URLs can be blocked even before they are known to the company - cutting off a key tactic used by phishers in which constantly changing URLs fool database-driven protection. In addition, the system will "follow" links made using popular URL shorteners - such as bit.ly and ow.ly - to verify their safety. Due to the nature of how we interact with our friends, Mr Parker says phishing attacks on Facebook are much harder to prevent than other commonly used techniques. "One of the things with Facebook, of course, is that you have that element of trust in a social network. If one of your friends posts something, you automatically trust it more than if it just received as a spam email. "As more of these 'friend in the middle' attacks happen, you start to trust your friends less."

Summary: Facebook have stepped up their battle against phishing and malware scammers by partnering with security firm Websense.


Two bombs exploded in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in November 1974, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. Six men were jailed in 1975 but their convictions were quashed in 1991. The service, at the city's St Philips Cathedral, paid tribute to other terrorism victims. As part of the service, Birmingham Library was lit up in blue, white and red to also remember the victims of the recent Paris terrorist attacks, the council said. Justice 4 the 21 campaign group, set up by victims' relatives, is calling for another memorial to remember the victims. There is already a monument off St Philip's Place in the city. But the University of Birmingham and victims' families are discussing plans for a more prominent tribute - possibly in New Street near to where one of the pubs used to be. The families are also lobbying the government for inquests into the 21 deaths. Relatives met Home Secretary Theresa May and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers earlier this year to make a fresh call for the hearings. An inquest was opened days after the bombings - at the time the worst ever terrorist attack on English soil - but it closed without hearing evidence in 1975 after the guilty verdicts. After the convictions were quashed, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbara Mills, placed a 75-year embargo on files relating to a Devon and Cornwall Police inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation, meaning those files are not due to be released until 2069.

Summary: Relatives of the victims of the IRA Birmingham pub bombings have attended a memorial service to mark the 41st anniversary of the attacks.


But host John Torode says all is not creamy between himself and fellow judge Gregg Wallace. "It's funny, we've never been friends," he told the Daily Mirror, admitting they'd had "a couple of standoffs over the years", despite Wallace telling ITV's Lorraine Kelly the pair were "very close". Behind-the-scenes differences are nothing new however - here's a look at some of the most famous off-screen TV feuds. There's nothing like the tension of a legal drama to keep viewers glued to their seats and The Good Wife more than fulfilled this brief. But early in the show's history, rumours began to surface that all was not quite right between leading ladies Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi. The pair played on-screen best friends who fell out in season two and then rarely interacted with each again - something which appeared to spill over into real life. Panjabi left at the end of season six and her final scenes showed her sharing a drink with Margulies. But viewers were shocked to later find out they filmed the scene apart and they were stuck together in post-production afterwards. Addressing the rumours surrounding her departure last year, Panjabi said: "In terms of anything that happened on The Good Wife, I think it's only respectful for it to stay on The Good Wife. "It was time for me, for many reasons, to unzip the boots and step into another show." Fans of the hit '90s US sitcom the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were delighted last week when a cast reunion picture was posted on Instagram by Alfonso Ribiero. But one person who wasn't so happy was Janet Hubert, who played Aunt Viv in the first three series of the hit show. She wrote on Facebook in response: "There will never be a true reunion of the Fresh Prince. I have no interest in seeing any of these people on that kind of level." Ouch. The actress was sacked and replaced in 1993 after a conflict over money and egos with the show's star Will Smith. Smith said later Hubert considered him the "antichrist" and "a snotty-nosed punk" and she wanted the comedy to be "The Aunt Viv of Bel Air Show". In the years since, Hubert has been publicly vocal in her criticism of Smith and has also claimed he and Ribiero had "destroyed" her "20-year career with untruths". More instalments of this feud may be yet to come. With two divas working together it was possibly inevitable there would be some fireworks. So Mariah Carey saying she didn't exactly enjoy her time as a judge on 2012's American Idol while working with Nicki Minaj may not be a total surprise. "Ugh. It was the most abusive experience," the singer said last year on a press tour. There were many reports of on-set cat fighting and increasingly heated exchanges between the two stars, with producers forced to stop auditions at one point. Footage of Minaj yelling at "her highness" Mariah emerged in the media, and the rapper claimed Carey didn't want another female star on the talent

Summary: The ovens are on and the pots are simmering in the Masterchef kitchen with a new series having just begun on BBC One.


He will aid boss Gordon Strachan and assistant Mark McGhee, after the departure of Andy Watson to a coaching role at a football school in Oman. The Scots host Canada in a friendly on 22 March, four days before a vital 2018 World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. "Tony is well respected within the game," said Strachan. "I would like to thank [Dons manager] Derek McInnes and Aberdeen for allowing Tony to work with the Scotland backroom staff for these next two games." Scotland are on four points after four matches and sit second bottom of World Cup qualifying Group F, four points adrift of second-placed Slovenia.

Summary: Aberdeen assistant manager Tony Docherty will join the Scotland national coaching team for the March fixtures against Canada and Slovenia.


23 June 2014 Last updated at 14:32 BST Two men from the city have been identified taking part in what appears to be a Jihadist recruiting video, which was posted online last week. It is thought Reyaad Khan travelled to Syria with friend Nasser Muthana who also appears in the footage. An expert on radicalisation, Dr Suraj Lakhani of Cardiff University, said: "As far as I'm aware, there has been an issue in Cardiff for a while now." Nicky Smith spoke to one of the families and the local community, while Jordan Davies speaks to Sheikh Zane Abdo, Imam at the South Wales Islamic Centre.

Summary: Cardiff has an ongoing problem with the radicalisation of young Muslims, said an academic who has studied the issue.


Peter Kibisu was lodging with trainee lawyer Elizabeth Nnyanzi and her family at their Harrow home when he attacked the 31-year-old in her bedroom. The court heard Kibisu, 24, had tried to cover his tracks after the murder in August 2015 but was caught when police found his DNA on the victim. He was ordered to serve a minimum jail term of 27 years at the Old Bailey. More on this story and other news from London Judge Richard Marks QC said Ms Nnyanzi was an "outstanding young woman of immense talent and ability" who had died as a result of "unspeakable wickedness". Mark Heywood QC told the court Kibisu had been living with the Nnyanzi family for nine months and was regarded as a younger "cousin" by the victim. On 14 August the 24-year-old returned to the house after a drink and drug-fuelled night out to find Ms Nnyanzi alone, and raped and killed her. He tried to cover his tracks by sending a text message to the victim while on the way to work later that day. When he returned he called police to say he had discovered the victim in her room not breathing and the home's rear patio doors ajar. Kibisu was arrested after a pair of bloodied boxer shorts were found in a bin and a tissue sample Ms Nnyanzi's fingernails matched his DNA. Det Ch Insp Tim Duffield said the 24-year-old only admitted his guilt "when confronted with a whole raft of evidence". In a statement Coleen Nnyanzi, the victim's mother, called Kibisu a "wolf in sheep's clothing" who had turned on a family that had "helped him in his hour of need."

Summary: A mechanic who admitted raping and strangling a family friend who he was living with has been jailed for life.


Only 1,338 spectators turned up for the EFL Trophy second-round tie against Crawley Town, which they won 1-0. League gates have already dipped this season, with an average attendance more than 3,000 down on last season. Sky Blues fans are unhappy at the way their club is run by owners Sisu. Only one and a half stands were open at the 32,609-capacity stadium for the game against Crawley, with just 57 away fans making the trip. The crowd was lower even than the 1,603 who watched City's game against Carlisle United in February 2014, during their season at Sixfields, Northampton - the club's previous lowest ever 'home' crowd. Although attendance figures initially rose when City left Highfield Road for the Ricoh Arena in 2005, interest in the club has been decreasing steadily over the past decade, especially since relegation to League One in 2012. The Sky Blues are in their fifth campaign in the third tier of English football - and only once has their average seasonal attendance increased in that time - last term's relatively successful campaign, when they briefly led League One under Tony Mowbray before falling away to finish eighth. Under interim manager Mark Venus, they are currently in the relegation zone, in 21st place, after four straight league defeats. Relegation would take the club to their lowest place in the Football League since winning promotion from the old Division Four in 1959. City fans, who boycotted home games in the year at Northampton, have become increasingly dispirited this season. At the recent home fixture against MK Dons, they staged a mock funeral procession "in affectionate remembrance of Coventry City Football Club which is dying due to neglect and abuse at the hands of Sisu from 2007 to 2016". They also joined in with equally disaffected Charlton Athletic supporters in the joint 'pigs might fly' pitch protest in the away match at The Valley in October. Coventry have had some success in the Football League Trophy, reaching the two-leg Northern final in 2012-13, before going out in the Southern semis in 2014-15. However, there appears to be less interest generally in this season's revamped competition, and Coventry's two previous home ties this season each attracted just over 2,000 fans. But prior to this season, City's average home attendance in the Trophy was 12,284. 2012-13: Beaten Northern section finalists 2013-14: Knocked out in second round (no home tie) 2014-15: Beaten Southern section semi-finalists 2015-16: Knocked out in second round (no home tie) 2016-17: Last 16

Summary: Struggling Coventry City's off-field problems were further highlighted at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday night as they attracted their lowest-ever crowd for a first-team game.


The S&P 500 index, which ended Friday at a new high, fell 8.8 points or 0.41% to 2,108.92. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which also set a new record last week, lost ground as well. It decreased 31.84 points or 0.63% to hit 5,060.25. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones dropped 42.17 points or 0.23%, closing at 18,080.14. Shares in drugs firms slid after Mylan rejected Teva Pharmaceutical's $40.1bn hostile takeover bid, saying the Israeli firm undervalued the company. Mylan sank 5.1% and Teva dropped 4.3%. Meanwhile, one of the top gainers was technology giant Apple, whose shares rose 1.8% ahead of its second quarter results announcement. Shares in Tesla Motors also rose 6%, boosted by reports that the electric-car maker's planned announcement on Thursday could be more significant than anticipated.

Summary: (Close): US stocks closed lower on Monday, bringing a three-day winning streak to an end.


Mr Joyce was giving a speech in Perth on Tuesday when the man walked on stage and shoved the pie in his face. A man identified by local media as the attacker later criticised the airline chief's support for same-sex marriage, which is not legal in Australia. "I will have every intention of pressing charges," Mr Joyce said. Police charged the 67-year-old man with giving false details after the incident, which happened in front of 500 people. He may yet face an assault charge, police told the BBC. "On the west coast, there is very limited opportunity to have connection with national figures," the pie-wielder, identified as Tony Overheu, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "From my reading, it would appear that Alan Joyce is very much part of a network trying to subvert the federal parliamentary process around the issue of marriage equality." Mr Joyce was one of 20 company chief executives who signed a petition in March calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, the government's most prominent conservative, described the attack as "a disgrace". "The person should be ashamed. The threats any of us receive is unacceptable," Mr Dutton tweeted. Mr Joyce had been discussing the airline's recent decision to operate non-stop flights from London to Perth when the incident happened. "I don't know what that was about," he said, before continuing his speech.

Summary: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has said he intends to press charges against a man who hit him in the face with a pie.


President Donald Trump has questioned the neutrality of Mr Mueller, who was appointed to investigate Russian interference in the US election. He has also blamed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for Mr Mueller's probe. Mr Graham warned Mr Trump that firing Mr Mueller "would be the beginning of the end" of his presidency. "Any effort to go after Mueller could be the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency unless Mueller did something wrong," Mr Graham told reporters on Thursday. The Trump administration has sought to discredit Mr Mueller over his friendship with former FBI chief James Comey, who had been heading the inquiry until he was sacked by Mr Trump in May. The president has also suggested Mr Mueller's team of lawyers could be biased as some had made campaign contributions to Democrats. By Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington There's no telling if Lindsey Graham's legislation insulating the independent counsel Robert Mueller from Donald Trump's wrath will go anywhere. The South Carolina Republican has been known to occasionally wander from the Senate flock. Still, this could be the first glimmers of bipartisan congressional efforts to construct a restraining barrier around the Trump presidency. Already it appears likely a bill preventing Donald Trump from unilaterally loosening current Russia sanctions will wind up on the president's desk. Despite the administration's objections that this infringes on executive foreign policy prerogatives, hardly any members of Congress have voted against the legislation. Now, amid concerns that Mr Trump may fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a way of getting at Mr Mueller, another set of handcuffs could be applied. The White House appears to be girding for war against those investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and any connections to the Trump campaign. Chances are this more aggressive posture, including a presidential feud with Mr Sessions - who served in the US Senate for 20 years - will only make matters worse, however. Like a person trapped in quicksand, the more the president struggles, the deeper he sinks. Mr Mueller has not given any details of his investigation but US media have reported he is investigating Mr Trump for possible obstruction of justice, both in the firing of Mr Comey and whether Mr Trump tried to end an inquiry into sacked national security adviser Michael Flynn. President Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia, calling it a "witch hunt". The South Carolina Republican announced he was creating a measure aimed at protecting Mr Mueller by mandating that any special counsel appointed to investigate a president or his staff could not be fired "unless you have judicial review of the firing". He added that Mr Trump was crossing a "red line" in his consideration to axe Mr Mueller, who was appointed by the Justice Department to lead the probe after Mr Comey was fired. Mr Graham's warning comes as the president has repeatedly attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia inquiry after failing to disclose a meeting with the Kremlin's envoy during his confirmation hearing. Mr Sessions, known for his hardline

Summary: US Senator Lindsey Graham has said he is drafting legislation to stop any attempt by the Trump administration to fire Russia investigator Bob Mueller.


The 69-year-old from Brazil was a pillion passenger on a BMW motorbike. Her family have been informed. The ride of bike was seriously injured and was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after the crash, at about 17:35 on Wednesday. The occupants of the other vehicle, a Nissan Navara, were uninjured. The road was closed for several hours. Road Policing Sergeant Rob Warnock said: "My thoughts, and that of my officers, are very much with the family and friends of the female who sadly died in this collision. "Several people witnessed this incident and I am acutely aware that they, and others who assisted at the scene, have also been affected by the tragic circumstances. "I would appeal to anyone who may have seen the crash or who may have seen either vehicle shortly beforehand and who hasn't yet spoken with police to do so to help us piece together exactly what happened."

Summary: A woman had died in a crash involving a motorbike and a car on the A939 road near Tomintoul.


Eugene Gunderman, 28, from Old Windsor in Berkshire, admitted stealing the Audi which knocked over PC David Oram in Chorleywood last July. At St Albans Crown Court he was jailed for four years and ten months. Damon Denham, 27, from Old Windsor, admitted car theft and was jailed for nine months. Gunderman, of Queens Close, who also pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, ABH and dangerous driving, and disqualified from driving for five years. Both men's sentences will run consecutively with convictions they received last August at Guildford Crown Court for their part in a conspiracy to rob a jeweller. The court was told Denham drove Gunderman to Berkhamsted, in Hertfordshire, on 10 July. Gunderman had arranged to test drive a grey Audi RS6, being advertised for sale, but instead sped off in it from the owner's home in Upper Hall Park. Drivers on the M25 saw the vehicle racing along the hard shoulder at speeds of between 70 and 100 mph. PC Oram and PC Stuart Fraser later found it parked in a lane where it was driven at them by Gunderman, who knocked down PC Oram, running over the base of his lower back and up his shoulder, before speeding off. The defendants were arrested after the car collided with a number of other vehicles. PC Fraser said he thought his colleague "had been killed". "I have never been so relieved in my career to see someone get off the ground .... I have no idea to this day how he escaped," he said. Mr Oram said his back was "never going to be 100 per cent" but hoped to remain as a front line officer as long as his back allowed. Chief Supt Bill Jephson praised both officers for continuing to pursue the defendants, despite Mr Oram's "significant injuries". "This proves how dedicated our officers are in facing life-threatening situations in order to prevent crime and protect the public, and their bravery should be commended," he said.

Summary: Two men have been jailed after they stole a car which was used to run over a Hertfordshire police officer, leaving him seriously injured.


Lafferty has not played for Norwich this season but his injury-time equaliser moved his country to within two points of qualifying for Euro 2016. It took his tally of goals to seven in this qualifying campaign. "That's something that's been evident in this campaign, the change in him," said Davis. Lafferty picked up a booking for a late tackle which rules him out of the next qualifier at home to Greece on 8 October. "With the occasion, maybe a few years ago he [Lafferty] might have ended up getting sent off but he's shown a great maturity about him," Davis said. Media playback is not supported on this device "He's put in a great shift for the team." Lafferty last played for the Canaries in January, having spent the latter part of last season on loan at Rizespor in Turkey, where he scored two league goals. While he remains out of favour at Carrow Road, he is an unstoppable force for Northern Ireland, who are chasing a first major tournament appearance in 30 years. "To play two games in the space of three days is not easy, but he kept plugging away and obviously was in the right place at the right time to get the equaliser," added Davis. Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill admitted he was tempted to substitute his star striker on Monday night, but he changed his mind when Richard Guzmics put the visitors in front after a dreadful handling error from Michael McGovern. "Kyle gives the squad belief," said Northern Ireland boss O'Neill, whose side remain top of Group F with two games to play. "We were taking him off at 0-0 but by the time we were ready to make the change it was 1-0 and it suddenly changed. "Kyle hasn't played a single minute of club football this season, or in pre-season, and he was really struggling. "We just felt he couldn't give us any more. But the thing about taking off Kyle is you're taking off your talisman. "If I'm the opposition manager I'm happy to see Kyle going off so we didn't want to give them that hope or satisfaction. "At 1-0 it was essential to keep him on the pitch. He treaded water for the last 20-25 minutes but he was there at the right time." Hungary need to win their two remaining matches to deny Northern Ireland a top-two finish, while one more victory - or two draws against Greece and Finland - will be enough for O'Neill's side.

Summary: Northern Ireland captain Steven Davis has hailed Kyle Lafferty's "maturity" after he struck late to salvage a 1-1 draw against Hungary at Windsor Park.


This has been a gruelling week for the primates of the Anglican Communion: 39 of them in total meeting for a make or break gathering, spending several days living, eating, praying and negotiating together in Canterbury over the future of the world's third biggest Christian grouping. The meeting saw high stakes diplomacy by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and his team, as the already fissiparous Communion threatened to split apart over the issue of same sex marriage. The primates were kept well away from the glare of the media as the delicate talks got under way. This was in the knowledge that comments in the public domain could prompt a walkout by the most traditionalist nations, who are part of Global Anglican Future (GAFCON) - a potential rival leadership should the Anglican Communion divide on this issue. Their resolution was leaked on Thursday. It shows that they have agreed that by recognising same-sex marriage, the Episcopal Church in the US departed fundamentally from the faith and teaching of the Anglican Communion on the doctrine of marriage. The church will now be suspended from participating in the life and work of the Anglican Communion. The resolution stated that there were no victors and no vanquished. But LGBTi Christians and others are bitterly disappointed by the result and had hoped to see more support from the more liberal churches. In the end, though, it seems that the Anglican Communion as a whole valued unity over diversity. And there was clear strength of feeling at the meeting that for the vast majority of Anglicans represented there, marriage remains between a man and a woman, for life - even if secular societies in the west have moved rapidly over the past few years towards recognising equal or same sex marriage after years of similarly heated debate over the issue. So what does the resolution mean? It is clearly a shot across the bows for any other Anglican churches that may be thinking about changing doctrine unilaterally. The Anglican Church of Canada, for example, takes a similar position on homosexuality to the Episcopal Church, though it has not yet formally endorsed services of same sex marriage. Many of the provinces represented in Canterbury this week are having their own discussions about sexuality and whether to bless same sex unions in the future. This is an issue that will not go away, even if the primates would like it to. The Church of England itself is holding shared conversations on sexuality, in which LGBTi supporters and opponents are meant to share their views (although some participants have been critical of the reality). In the end, the action taken over the Episcopal Church will not have a major impact on its congregations. However, it will make many LGBTi supporters and those in favour of equality for all congregants question the Anglican Communion's claim to represent a loving church. Although the deal represents a major achievement in keeping the Communion together, it remains extremely fragile. And quite what walking together at a distance means in practice will be tested

Summary: As Anglican leaders bar a liberal US branch from decision-making for allowing same-sex marriage, the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt considers what this means for the Anglican Church.


The warning means South Korea is considered to pose significant threats to tourism, and Hong Kong residents are advised to cancel non-essential travel. South Korea confirmed a seventh death from the Mers infection on Tuesday, and 95 infections. The outbreak is the biggest since Mers was first detected in the Middle East. The latest victim was a 68-year-old woman with a pre-existing heart condition. She was infected at the same hospital as all the other victims so far. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) How dangerous is Mers? In pictures: How Seoul is dealing with outbreak The Hong Kong red alert is its second-highest level, and says people should "avoid non-essential travel to Korea, including leisure travel". The warning said anyone who did still visit South Korea should "avoid unnecessary visit to healthcare facilities" and take precautionary measures, including wearing a mask and washing hands. Ko Wing-man, secretary for Food and Health Bureau, said the measures had been taken in part because of the "frequent communication between Hong Kong citizens and South Koreans". Hong Kong was badly hit by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, which was brought to the territory from Southern China by a doctor, so it is sensitive to new disease threats. Eight new Mers cases were confirmed in South Korea on Tuesday, a significant drop from the 23 new cases reported on Monday. The South Korean government believes the fact that all cases have been linked to hospitals which treated known patients means the virus can still be contained. All the fatalities have been people who were already unwell. As of Monday, 2,500 people who may have come into contact with the virus were under quarantine, said the Yonhap news agency, and nearly 1,900 schools have been closed. The first Mers case in South Korea was a man who became infected during a business trip to Saudi Arabia, where the disease was first identified three years ago. Medical authorities have been criticised for the way they have handled the outbreak. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon accused central government of not providing enough information to citizens about the virus. But Health Minister Moon Hyung-pyo rejected the claim, saying such comments risked increasing public concern. Are you in South Korea? Have your travel plans to South Korea been disrupted because of the Mers outbreak? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk Please leave a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can contact us on WhatsApp +44 (0)7525 900971

Summary: Hong Kong has issued a red alert warning against travel to South Korea, which is battling an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).


The broadcaster's media service was one of the most prominent online platforms to use Flash. Adobe's plug-in has been criticised by some security experts, who said it was a weak point of many sites. Flash use has been decreasing and the move will provide a further blow, but it will not kill off Adobe's product, said one security expert. The BBC announced the decision to move towards HTML5 on Tuesday. In a blogpost, it said it was "now confident [it could] achieve the playback quality you'd expect from the BBC without using a third-party plug-in" such as Flash player. Users have been invited to visit a BBC site where they can set a cookie in their browsers that will allow them to access the HTML5 player when they visit iPlayer in future. However, the Flash version will remain available. The BBC said it was testing the new player on a range of browsers, including Google Chrome on all platforms, Firefox 41 and Safari on iOS 5 and above. Others chosen for the test are Opera 32, Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Blackberry OS 10.3.1. The BBC added that it was also going to "move away from the BBC Media Player app on Android devices" with users invited to join a limited beta test in the blogpost. "We've been working for the last few months to upgrade our existing HTML5 player to make it usable on the desktop as well as mobile and tablet," wrote James East, the BBC's product manager for media playout. "We'll be working over the coming months to improve the HTML5 player to match the abilities of our Flash player and to refine the functionality and design based on your feedback." He said that most video programmes would be available on HTML5 on iPlayer immediately but, for those that took longer to become playable, users would be able to use the old player. Adobe's Flash is one of many plug-ins used to display multimedia content on websites. HTML5, the latest version of the dictionary used by the majority of the worldwide web, incorporates video hosting, where its predecessors did not. The BBC has joined Netflix and other major firms in adopting HTML5 and information from analytics website Built With shows a downward trend in the number using Flash over the last 12 months. The iPlayer, which the BBC said received 250 million TV and radio requests in July this year, was one of the most prominent. However, many of the internet's largest sites still do use Flash, including Amazon, IMDB and the US video site Hulu. The plug-in has been repeatedly criticised over its security record and, in June this year, Adobe had to release an emergency software patch after a serious vulnerability was found. But the security expert Chris Green said Flash still had an important role to play and was sometimes unfairly maligned. "The industry has moved on from trying to shoehorn one thing in, whether that is Flash or Microsoft's Silverlight. It continues to be very effective in delivering rich content

Summary: The BBC's iPlayer has been made available using the HTML5 web language, at the expense of Adobe's Flash player.


The University of Alabama and the sheriff's office mishandled Megan Rondini's case, her parents say. Ms Rondini, then a 20-year-old student, claimed she was sexually assaulted by a local man at his home in July 2015. The lawsuit claims police treated her as a crime suspect instead of a victim and the school failed to support her. According to the lawsuit, Ms Rondini met Terry Bunn Jr at a popular Tuscaloosa bar and was sexually assaulted and possibly drugged at his home. Mr Bunn, who maintained the encounter was consensual, was not charged. Upon leaving Mr Bunn's house, Ms Rondini said she took his gun to protect herself and $3 from his wallet to pay for a taxi home. Her parents claim police wrongly focused on her actions after the incident and were sympathetic towards Mr Bunn, whose family owns a local construction company. Cindy and Michael Rondini allege that Mr Bunn evaded prosecution because of his family's local prominence. Cindy Rondini told CBS News on Wednesday she drove from Texas to Alabama after the incident to comfort her daughter, who said she felt that police thought she was at fault. "It was the most heartbreaking moment of my life," Mrs Rondini said. "Megan ultimately was treated as a crime suspect and her status as a victim of a sex crime was completely disregarded," the lawsuit contends. The 25-page legal action, filed on Monday, names Mr Bunn, the Tuscaloosa County sheriff, a sheriff's deputy, a sheriff's office investigator and two university employees. It claims the sheriff's office did not take Megan Rondini's claims seriously and the university failed to give her adequate psychological treatment and support. Ms Rondini left the university and returned home to Austin, Texas, where she suffered depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, directly leading to her suicide, say her parents. She hanged herself shortly after transferring to a college in Texas in February 2016. The university told CBS News that school officials "handled their responsibilities with care at all times keeping Megan's wellbeing as their absolute highest priority". Mr Bunn's lawyer denied the accusation in a statement. "The allegations against my client as set forth in this baseless lawsuit are simply false," said the attorney, W Ivey Gilmore. "No sexual assault occurred." The Rondinis say any money won in the lawsuit would be donated to groups to support rape victims. Her case was raised last week on the floor of Congress. Texas Republican Ted Poe, chairman of the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, said Ms Rondini "got the death penalty" after investigators treated her "with disdain and disbelief".

Summary: The parents of an Alabama student who killed herself after claiming she was raped have sued her alleged attacker and local officials for wrongful death.


The Scottish Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on new guidelines. It said it would be the first time a comprehensive definition was provided for the principles underlying sentencing decisions. Observers called for the guidelines to help courts ensure prison was not used as an alternative to the welfare state. The body's first draft guideline sets out the principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences. It is designed to assist judges in court and help the public better understand how sentences are decided. The consultation, which will run until 27 October, asks people to comment both on the principles and purposes of sentencing and on how easy the guideline is to understand. The sentencing council has also created a website explaining how judges decide a sentence. This includes videos and an interactive scenario that lets people choose what happens next in a realistic court case, and then select the sentence they would give - if they were the judge. The council, which is made up of judicial, legal and lay members, was established as an independent advisory body to promote consistency in sentencing across Scotland. Its chairwoman, Lord Justice Clerk Lady Dorrian, Scotland's second most senior judge, said judges and sheriffs had a variety of factors to take into consideration when passing sentence. "The overall principle is that the sentencing should be fair and proportionate," she told BBC Scotland. "But that must take into account things like the impact on society, the circumstances of the offender, whether there needs to be a balance between the issue of punishment or the potential for rehabilitation. "These are all matters for the individual sentencing judge, but they are all matters which are touched upon in this guideline." She said sheriffs and judges would have a framework against which they could assess the sentence they were imposing. "They are required to take into account any guideline and to follow it," she said. "And if they don't take it into account, they must state that they have not taken it into account, and why." The sentencing said those passing sentence should ensure similar offences are treated in a similar manner, that they are no more severe than necessary and reasons for sentencing decisions should be stated clearly and openly. Professor Cyrus Tata, director of the Centre for Law, Crime & Justice at Strathclyde University, welcomed the publication of the guideline, which he said could lead to important changes in sentencing. He said: "It's very important that we have a public principle which says 'we are not going to use imprisonment as, if you like, the last stop shop in the welfare state'. "Too many people are ending up in prison at the lower end, not because they have committed serious violent offences - if they have, they need to go to prison - but because there doesn't seem to be anything else available in the community. "And that's a tragedy, and it's crackers." The organisation is developing guidelines on the sentencing of young people, and preparatory work is being undertaken in relation to the way sentences

Summary: Members of the public are to be asked to comment on how offenders are sentenced by the courts.


The 23-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further 12 months. "He's left-footed, which gives us good balance. We've been looking for a left-footer for a while," boss Nathan Jones told the Luton website. Gambin has six caps, but was suspended for Malta's 2-0 defeat by England at Wembley last October. He made 23 appearances for Barnet this season, scoring four goals, the last in a 3-1 defeat at Luton on New Year's Eve. The Hatters are currently sixth in League Two, six points off the automatic promotion places. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Summary: Luton Town have signed Malta international winger Luke Gambin from Barnet for an undisclosed fee.


The 65-year-old will appear in Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday to be charged with the murders of John Devine in 1989 and John O'Hara in 1991. John Devine, 37, was shot dead at his home on Fallswater Street in west Belfast on 23 July 1989. He was sitting in his living room with his 13-year-old son when three men forced their way in and shot him. John O'Hara, 41, was murdered on Dunluce Avenue in south Belfast on 17 April 1991. He was working as a taxi driver and had gone to pick up a passenger at 22:15 BST, when he was approached by two masked men who fired several shots at the car, fatally injuring him. Officers from the Legacy Investigation Branch (LIB) of the PSNI arrested Mr Rea on Tuesday. Last September the LIB announced that it would re-examine the murders after they gained access to tapes containing interviews Mr Rea gave to the Boston College 'Belfast Project'.

Summary: Belfast loyalist Winston 'Winkie' Rea has been charged with two counts of murder dating back more than 20 years.


Brendon Mason died in hospital as a result of head injuries after being found in Abbey Park, Leicester, on Tuesday morning. Joshua Hack, 21, of St Helen's Drive, Leicester; and Keith Lowe, also 21, of Rockingham Close, Leicester, appeared before magistrates in Leicester. A woman, 18 and a man, 20, arrested on Friday have been released on bail. A 27-year-old man arrested on Tuesday was also released on bail pending further inquiries.

Summary: Two men have been charged with the murder of a man found injured near a boating lake.


The Beast Race featured 20 obstacles - many of them involving cold water and mud. Entrants could complete the event near Inverness solo or as part of a team.

Summary: A 10km obstacle race was held at Aldourie at Loch Ness at the weekend.


The fire swept through the secondary school dorm in Aladag in Adana province and authorities said it may have been caused by an electrical fault. However, there were fears that the girls may have been unable to escape. The mayor said it was likely that a fire door had been locked. The girls who died were aged 11 to 14. The dormitory housed girls from impoverished families in nearby villages, reports said. One of the girls who died was Zeliha Avci, 13. Her father was waiting on Wednesday for the authorities to allow him to collect her body for burial in her village. "No-one has called me," Mustafa Avci complained. "We learned about the fire from the news and ran to the scene. Our children have been burnt to death and no-one gives us any information." Mr Avci last saw his daughter at the weekend. "She was very keen to go to school and get educated, but her days are over now," he said. Her old dorm, he explained, was torn down in 2015 and he was unhappy about the new one. "This was the only dorm in town. We didn't want to send her there, but we had no other option." TV footage showed flames leaping from the roof of the building as firefighters battled to put it out. Adana governor Mahmut Demirtas said some students had been injured when they jumped from windows to escape the fire. He said 34 students had been staying in the dorm and 22 were taken to hospital. A government minister who visited the scene said claims that the fire exit had been locked would be investigated. Turkish authorities imposed a media blackout on local coverage of the disaster. Anadolu news agency said the six people in custody included the head of the dormitory, three teachers and two other staff. They were being investigated on suspicion of causing death by negligence.

Summary: A dormitory manager and five others have been detained in southern Turkey after a fire claimed the lives of 11 schoolgirls and a teacher, reports say.


Backbench Tory MP Chris Davies had asked the Welsh secretary if the UK government should have the power to put the Welsh Government in special measures. The leader said it was not his policy. Dai Lloyd, a Plaid Cymru AM, suggested that devolution was under attack following the EU referendum vote. Andrew RT Davies told a news conference: "I disagree with Chris's comments, full stop. "What Chris is advocating is from the position of a backbencher in Westminster of an opinion that he hears expressed in his constituency on a regular basis. "It's not government policy, it's not Welsh Conservative policy." "Our policy is very very clear. Devolution needs to be respected. It is here. It is permanently here," he said. "We are the government in Westminster that is delivering the Wales Bill that will see a huge transfer of responsibility," he said. He added: "Of course this place shouldn't be put into special measures. Ultimately it is for the politicians who are democratically elected here to actually be accountable to the people of Wales, whether they are in government or are assembly members. Mr Davies asked Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns at the Welsh Affairs Select Committee on Monday: "Do you not wish there would be a mechanism in there to take powers back to this place to be able to sort out, just as the Welsh Assembly have the powers to put local authorities under special measures and hospitals into special measures. "Don't you think there should be an opportunity for us to do the same?" But Mr Cairns said people would be able to have their say at the assembly election over the devolved matter. Chris Davies, speaking on BBC Radio Wales, said he thinks education "should" be unravelled from devolution. He told the Good Morning Wales programme that "we have to be careful" and look at May's assembly election. "We had a party, a party I do not support, the Abolish the Welsh Assembly party, which started from nothing, from nowhere. "In just a matter of weeks, they took 4.5% of the vote," he said. "We need to be careful out there, because just before we know it there may be a massive tide, a massive swave across Wales who decide they don't want the assembly any longer." Dai Lloyd, of Plaid Cymru, called Mr Davies's suggestion that UK ministers could become involved in education in Wales a "crass idea" and a "Conservative attempt to wheel back powers from this place to London". "We're under attack from all places now, post-Brexit," he said. "We have Andrew RT Davies saying we can't cope with agriculture here, keep it up there. Now we have Chris Davies... also suggesting something equally ludicrous." "People keep saying we've got to respect the result of the referendum," Mr Lloyd said. "The corollary of that is that we need to respect the result of every referendum, particularly in the context of this place." Vale of Clwyd Conservative MP James Davies tried to widen the debate on Monday, suggesting in a tweet that the UK government should

Summary: Comments suggesting UK ministers should be able to intervene on education in Wales have been rejected by Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies.


William Ross Casement is the second man to appear in court in connection with the death of Enda Dolan. Mr Dolan was a first year architecture student at Queen's University from Killyclougher. The 18-year-old died after being struck by a van as he was walking along the Malone Road in Belfast in 2014. He was returning to his student accommodation at Queen's Elms. On Tuesday, 31-year old David Lee Stewart, from Grays Park Avenue in Belfast, admitted five charges arising from the death of Mr Dolan, including causing his death by dangerous driving. Casement, 21, from Belvoir Drive in Belfast, appeared at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday. He admitted two charges - aiding and abetting dangerous driving, and aiding and abetting the failure to remain at the scene of an accident where an injury had occurred. When both of the charges were put to Casement, he replied "guilty". Casement was informed by Judge Gordon Kerr QC that he will be sentenced for the two charges on 22 April - the same day as his co-accused, David Stewart.

Summary: A south Belfast man has admitted offences linked to the death of a County Tyrone student who died after being struck by a van.


The announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO), was made at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in New York. It follows Nigeria going more than a year without a case of wild - naturally occurring - polio. Three years without cases are required before it can be declared polio free. The decision means there are just two endemic countries - Pakistan and Afghanistan - where transmission of the paralysing virus has never been interrupted. Jean Gough, Unicef country representative in Nigeria, told me: "This is an important milestone, but it is too early to celebrate. We need to continue the efforts at every level if polio is to be eradicated." Polio is spread by poor sanitation and contaminated water and usually affects children. The virus attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis - usually of the legs - within hours. GPEI was established in 1988 when tens of thousands of children in more than 125 countries were paralysed by polio each year. Partner organisations include the WHO, Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Nigeria's progress against polio has been hard-fought. In 2003, some northern states boycotted the oral polio vaccine for nearly a year after scare stories that it caused sterilisation. It led to the virus spreading to many countries that had been declared polio free. In 2013 nine vaccinators were shot dead in Kano. But instead of being a deterrent, it galvanised support at every level. The Nigerian government declared polio a national health emergency and greatly increased the number of vaccinators. And community and religious leaders voiced their support. As a result, the number of families refusing to have their children immunised has decreased sharply. The success has come despite the Islamist militant insurgency in north-east Nigeria. Earlier this month Unicef said half a million children had fled attacks by Boko Haram over the past five months. Vaccine teams have been focussing attention on displaced families who have moved elsewhere in Nigeria, as well as fleeing to neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Chad and Niger. I last visited Kano in northern Nigeria in 2005 and met Aminu Ahmed, and his son Umar - both of whom have been paralysed by polio. Like other children, Umar did not get the drops of polio vaccine and was infected, partially paralysing his right leg. His father - who runs a charity making hand-operated tricycles for polio sufferers - has become a campaigner for polio immunisation. I went back to meet the family. Umar is doing well at school and he now joins his father in persuading families to be immunised. Aminu Ahmed told me: "Ten years ago, it was very common to see families saying no to the vaccine - now they all want it. "We say you do not want your children to be unable to walk, like me." Nigeria, like the rest of the world, is switching from the oral polio vaccine, given in two drops into the mouth, to an injectable, inactivated form of polio vaccine (IPV). The oral vaccine, which contains

Summary: Nigeria has been removed from the list of polio endemic countries in what is being regarded as a "milestone" on the quest to eradicate the disease.


British Heart Foundation Cymru (BHF) wants emergency life support (ELS) skills on the national curriculum, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). BHF says such a move would create a new generation of lifesavers across Wales. The Welsh petition has collected 4,000 names since being launched in February. The charity wants to teach children first aid skills, such as resusciation techniques, incorporating them into areas of the existing curriculum. "If they are properly trained they are as capable as adults and by acting promptly they can prevent disabilities and help save lives," Delyth Lloyd, public affairs manager for BHF Cymru, told BBC Radio Wales. She said ELS are a set of actions which can "keep someone alive until professional help arrives" such as CPR which can include rescue breaths and chest compressions. Ms Lloyd acknowledged that while it is not currently a compulsory part of the curriculum some schools do teach ELS skills. "We'd like to see a new generation of lifesavers across Wales with every child leaving secondary school knowing how to save a life," she said. Across the UK over 100,000 people have signed the petition.

Summary: A petition has been handed over to the Welsh assembly calling for first aid to be taught to all pupils in secondary schools.


Built in the 1970s, the 21 and 23-storey Aston University blocks had been accommodation for generations of students living on campus. Billy Young, from Demolition Ltd, said it was a complex operation because of the site and need to divert services. The demolition is part of a ??300m regeneration of the campus. Students were able to watch the event. He said: "The logistics of working on a live campus, live services - there were a lot of services that had to be diverted in and around the site before the implosion could take place. "We also had complications of a Victorian water main and gas mains and adjacent footpath that had to monitored on the day in case of any vibration damage." The Aston Student Village and new research centres will be completed by 2014. The first phase of the ??215m village project was finished last year which provided more than 1,300 bedrooms for students. The next stage of the scheme will provide another 1,050 rooms by next yea and will start now Dalton and Lawrence Towers have been brought down.

Summary: Two university tower blocks have been demolished in a controlled explosion in central Birmingham.


Pressure has grown on Shaun Wright, who was in charge of children's services in Rotherham from 2005 to 2010, to step down in the wake of a damning report. The report found at least 1,400 children in the town were sexually exploited by mainly Pakistani heritage criminal gangs between 1997 and 2013. Mr Wright said he was the most appropriate person to hold the office. Jack Dromey told the World Tonight on Radio 4: "Shaun should go and we're absolutely clear if he does not agree to resign he will be suspended from the Labour party tomorrow morning." Mr Wright needs to "exercise his conscience and face up his responsibility", said Mr Dromey. Senior politicians from other parties have also called on Mr Wright to step down from his role as police and crime commissioner (PCC). Home Secretary Theresa May said he should "heed calls" to resign. She said it was not her job as home secretary to hire and fire PCCs. She added: "I think he has real questions to answer. I think in the circumstances he should heed those calls." BBC Newsnight's Laura Kuenssberg earlier tweeted that Mr Wright was said to be at home, "consulting with his family about his future". Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham, said Mr Wright "needs to stand up and be counted for what happened under his watch". Other senior party figures, including shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, shadow chancellor Ed Balls and shadow welfare minister Chris Bryant, also joined calls for him to resign. Mr Wright apologised to victims but insisted he had no knowledge of the "industrial scale" of child abuse when he was a Labour councillor in the South Yorkshire town. A report commissioned by the council was published on Tuesday and revealed the massive level of abuse in Rotherham. The inquiry team noted fears among council staff of being labelled "racist" if they focused on victims' descriptions of the majority of abusers as "Asian" men. 1,400 children were abused, 1997-2013 1/3 of victims were already known to social services 157 reports concerning child sexual exploitation made to police in 2013 10 prosecutions were made between 2013 and April 2014 However, Mr Wright told the BBC the scale of the problem in Rotherham had "come as a surprise". "Had I known then what I know now I could have done more," Mr Wright said. "As an elected member I came into this role to make a difference. At every stage I've done my utmost to protect those people. "I have taken lessons learned in that office and brought them to bear in my new role with South Yorkshire Police. "I believe I am the most appropriate person to hold this office at this current time," he said. Rotherham Borough Council leader Roger Stone quit following the publication of the report, which was commissioned by the council and detailed gang rapes, grooming, trafficking and other sexual exploitation on a wide scale in the South Yorkshire town. Race, fear and abuse in Rotherham Town consumed by shock and disgust But calls for

Summary: A Labour frontbencher has said the party will suspend South Yorkshire's PCC if he fails to quit by the morning.


The woman, identified as Babli, told media she called Uber after emergency calls to hospitals went unanswered. The driver of the vehicle told the Times of India that he pulled over because Babli was in excruciating pain. He then helped deliver the baby with two other women before taking them to hospital. "He picked me up, put me on a stretcher and dragged it into the hospital," the Times of India quoted Babli as saying. "I named him after Uber because the baby was born in an Uber cab," she told the Reuters news agency.

Summary: An Indian woman has named her baby "Uber" after giving birth in a car belonging to the taxi aggregation service.


Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to preserve barrier-free trade between the UK and the EU as far as possible. One option that has been floated, if the two sides can't agree a comprehensive free trade agreement, is sectoral deals. They might cover cars, for example, or perhaps financial services. But there is a problem with this approach: World Trade Organization rules. Perhaps the most fundamental idea behind the WTO's rule book is non-discrimination. It goes by the rather confusing name of "most favoured nation". It is Article 1 of the WTO's main legal agreement. It means that you must give the same degree of access to your home market that you give to the most favoured nation to all WTO members. A favour for one should be given to all. You should not discriminate for or against any WTO member. There are a few situations where the rules allow countries to depart from this principle - the one that is relevant here is for free-trade areas and customs unions (the two have important similarities, but are not the same). The WTO's rule book says the member countries "recognise the desirability of increasing freedom of trade by the development, through voluntary agreements, of closer integration between the economies of countries parties to such agreements". So a trade agreement between the UK and the EU would be allowed under WTO rules, in fact welcomed, even though it is something that is intrinsically discriminatory. It would involve the EU and the UK discriminating in favour of each other against outside countries. Of course, the EU itself has the same effect, offering EU members better access to each other's markets than is available to either China or the United States, for example. But there is a catch. The WTO rules say such agreements should cover "substantially all the trade" between the members of the customs union or free-trade area. What does "substantially all" mean? There is some case law which touched on this. A dispute between Turkey (which has a customs union agreement with the EU) and India went to the WTO's appeals body, which said in its report: "It is clear, though, that 'substantially all the trade' is not the same as all the trade, and also that 'substantially all the trade' is something considerably more than merely some of the trade." Not as cut and dried as you might hope, but all the trade experts I have spoken to say that a deal covering just a few sectors wouldn't qualify. That seems to be reinforced by what a WTO dispute panel said in another case. This one, as it happens was about cars, an agreement between the US and Canada in the 1960s known as the Auto Pact. There is one line in the panel's ruling that is particularly relevant here: "The Auto Pact, nevertheless, is a purely sectoral agreement which does not meet the requirements of Article XXIV:8" - that is the provision that sets out the "substantially all the trade" requirement. So such a narrow sectoral deal might well

Summary: So the UK, it seems, is headed out of the European Union's single market, perhaps also out of the customs union.


New by-laws will "regulate" camping in three zones in the park - West Loch Lomond, Trossachs (West) and Trossachs (North). The authority said the plans only affected 3.7% of the national park and included investment in new facilities. But the by-laws have been criticised by many outdoor recreation groups. Those opposed to the legislation, including Ramblers Scotland and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, said they were concerned the laws would damage access rights. The seasonal by-laws, which come into effect next year, will be active from 1 March to 30 September. They will cover much of the west side of Loch Lomond, the northern tip of Loch Long and many of the Trossachs lochs, including Loch Earn, Loch Venachar and Loch Lubnaig. The national park convener Linda McKay said: "This is tremendously positive news for all those who, like us, want to protect and enhance some of Scotland's most precious natural places. "These carefully-considered proposals reflect the views of a wide body of interests and demonstrate the delicate balance that needs to be struck when caring for our national parks." As part of the plans, 300 low-cost camping places will be introduced. Some of the sites will be new or improved camping facilities and in other areas permits will be issued which will allow "informal" lochshore camping at "sustainable levels". The national park said the by-laws were necessary to tackle anti-social behaviour. They will also make it an offence to cause damage to the natural environment and prevent long-term encampments in lay-bys. But some outdoor groups have greeted the Scottish government announcement with "disappointment". Kim Atkinson, chief executive officer of the Scottish Sports Association said: "Our Outdoors Pursuits Group (OPG) members have always acknowledged that there are significant problems arising from certain roadside camping activities which take place along loch shores within the national park. "However, our OPG remains unconvinced that by-laws are the solution, and remains concerned that they will undermine Scotland's much-prized access legislation." Jess Dolan, director of Ramblers Scotland, said the new by-laws would penalise the "vast majority" who camped responsibly. She said: "This is a sad day for everyone who holds Scottish access rights dear. The national park itself has admitted that most of the anti-social problems arising from some camping activities are caused by a lack of infrastructure and enforcement of existing legislation. "Therefore we are disappointed that the minister has decided to approve by-laws, albeit with a short delay before they come into effect." Ms Dolan added that Ramblers Scotland would be working to ensure the legislation was not renewed when it comes up for review in three years' time. And Dave Gibson, chief executive officer for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, argued the national park and police already had the powers they needed to tackle lochside problems. "We believe that an outcome of the by-laws will be that they will criminalise those who would otherwise wish to exercise their rights to wild camp responsibly under the terms of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003," he said. "As such, this decision goes against the rights to

Summary: Plans to restrict camping around several lochs in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park have been approved by the Scottish government.


Southwark Crown Court heard she was raped by Sgt Edwin Mee at the Mitcham Barracks Army Careers and Information Office in Croydon. She said when she told him about the pregnancy he said: "Oh, I did not think you would get pregnant." She later miscarried. Mr Mee, 45, of Tavistock Road, Croydon, denies a string of sex assaults. Mr Mee is charged with 17 counts of sexual assault, three rapes and one count of assault by penetration against 11 victims between 2010 and 2011. The woman, aged 27, broke down as she told the jury how she was raped, later miscarried and felt she had no-one to turn to about her ordeal. Speaking from behind a curtain, she said Mr Mee made her feel "uncomfortable" during the recruitment process but she felt she had to attend his appointments because she wanted a job in the Army. She only later became able to say what had happened once an investigation was launched and she later got married, the jury heard. Her husband found out about the alleged rape through a family friend and "told me not to be scared, he gave me the courage to come here today," she said. On the night of the alleged rape, she was nervous after Mr Mee had organised an evening appointment and told her he "liked her". She told the jury: "He said 'there is no other way out. The front door is locked. There is no camera in here and this door is closed - so you have to choose. You have to give me sex. If you do not want to do it then you cannot leave. You have to choose and then you cannot say anything to anyone." The woman said she did not feel as if she could escape: "Everywhere was closed... I tried and tried to get to the main door but he said 'that door is already locked'." After the alleged assault, she said, he took her out the back door and dropped her off in his car so she could catch the bus home. The trial continues.

Summary: A woman has told a court she became pregnant after an Army recruitment sergeant raped her in a locked room.


Chester Nez, 93, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, had told US media he was "very proud" of his part developing the cipher the Japanese never broke. It was credited with saving the lives of thousands of US troops in the Pacific. Nez, who was also a painter, died of kidney failure on Wednesday. "It saddens me to hear the last of the original code talkers has died," Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly told Reuters, adding he was ordering flags to be flown at half-mast in Nez's honour. "We are proud of these young men in defending the country they loved using their Navajo language." Nez was chosen from among 250 Navajos who arrived at the Army base in Arizona for the project. He was in high school at the time of his enlistment and lied about his age. The code took words from the Navajo language, which was spoken by less than 30 non-Navajos at the time, and matched them to military terms. The Navajo word for turtle became "tank", chicken hawk became "dive bomber" and "our mother" meant America. About 400 code talkers used the cipher to relay messages sent from field telephones and radios throughout the Pacific. Messages read aloud by the code talkers were immediately destroyed. "It's one of the greatest parts of history that we used our own native language during World War II," Nez said in 2010. "The Japanese did everything in their power to break the code but they never did." The Code Talker mission was only declassified in 1968. But the original group received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2001, and the programme was dramatised in the 2002 movie Windtalkers. After World War 2, Nez volunteered in the Korean War, and retired in 1974 after a 25-year career as a painter at the Veterans Administration hospital in Albuquerque. Despite difficulties travelling since both of his legs were partially amputated, he loved to tell his story, said Judy Avila, who worked with Nez on his memoir. "He always wanted to go, he loved meeting people," she said. "And with something like kidney failure, it comes really gradually. At the end, he was really tired."

Summary: The last of the 29 Navajo Americans who developed a code with their native language to encrypt military messages in World War 2 has died.


But if visitors from EU countries wanted to work, study or settle in the UK they would have to apply for permission under the proposals. EU citizens are currently free to live and work in the UK without a permit. The Home Office says managing migration is about access to work and benefits as much as the ability to control entry at a physical border. But ministers are likely to face questions about whether there will be a "back door" into Britain and how the Home Office would stop visitors staying longer and getting jobs without a visa or a work permit. Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, a member of the Open Britain campaign against a "hard Brexit", said: "Nobody who voted to leave the European Union expected Brexit to mean Britain losing control of immigration, yet that is exactly what the government proposes. "Restricting the right to come and work in Britain while leaving an open door for everyone else seems to be opposite of a common sense immigration system. "It will not restrict anybody coming here from Europe who does not intend to work and may push other EU nationals into the black economy." He said the proposed new system "offers little control while burdening British businesses with yet more red tape" and the government should "put single market membership back on the table" instead. The Migration Watch pressure group said it was a "sensible, proportionate" proposal but the government would need to spend more money on immigration enforcement to deal with overstayers. The Home Office said: "Proposals for the future immigration system for EU citizens will be published in due course." Prime Minister Theresa May said free movement "as we've seen as members of the European Union" will end and there will be immigration rules "for people coming from inside EU - as today we have rules for people coming from outside the EU". The UK already grants visa-free travel to nationals from 56 countries - ranging from the United States to the Maldives. Passports are stamped on entry, and people are allowed to stay for a maximum of six months. But they are not allowed to work, study or settle. It's hardly surprising that a similar scheme is being considered for nationals from EU countries after Brexit - not least because future arrangements are likely to be reciprocal. In other words, if EU citizens needed visas to come to the UK in the future, UK citizens would need visas to travel to the EU. So it may be that the government's immigration plans will be to add several hundred million Europeans to a scheme that already exists. And the main burden for policing it, and checking whether people are here legitimately, would not fall on a beefed up border guard or immigration service. Rather, it would rest with employers - everyone from the NHS to a small high street cafe - as well as landlords, banks and local government agencies. According to The Times, the new system for EU visitors will be phased in after Britain officially leaves the

Summary: The government plans to keep visa-free travel to the UK for EU visitors after Brexit, the BBC understands.


The cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge have suffered the worst damage. On Thursday, country music legend Dolly Parton said her charity would donate $1,000 (Â£797) a month to families affected by the fires. Rain on Wednesday helped quell the blaze, but officials said fires could rekindle as months of drought had left the ground extremely dry. The wildfires, likely started by a person, spread on Monday to the tourist city of Gatlinburg. More than 14,000 residents were forced to evacuate. Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller said: "We had trees going down everywhere, power lines - all those power lines were just like lighting a match because of the extreme drought conditions. "So we went from nothing to over 20 plus structure fires in a matter of minutes. And that grew and that grew and that grew." Wildfires- Why they start and how they can be stopped Around 45 people have been treated in hospital as a result of the wildfires, and over 700 buildings have been damaged. City mayor, Mike Werner said: "Gatlinburg is the people, that's what Gatlinburg is. It's not the buildings, it's not the stuff in the buildings. "We're going to be back better than ever. Just be patient.'' Mr Werner has spent days reassuring his city "everything is going to be okay". Meanwhile, he has lost his home and seven other buildings he owns as part of a property business. He said the city was still working to identify those killed by the fire. The wildfires are also threatening Dollywood, Parton's theme park in Pigeon Forge, Sevier County. A spokesman said guests had been evacuated from some of its properties, and that several cabins and holiday structures had been damaged. Parton said she was "heartbroken" by the fires and that she was "praying for all the families affected by the fire - and the firefighters who are working so hard to keep everyone safe". She said she hoped money from her charity can help to people "until they get back up on their feet". "I know it's been a trying time for my people, and this assistance will help," she said. "I've always believed that charity begins at home." Singer Miley Cyrus, also a Tennessee native, sent her sympathies and support to Parton and the people of the state in an Instagram post. Sharing a picture of the pair performing together, she wrote: "Love my fairy god mother @dollyparton and sending protective energy to the ever so sacred Dollywood and all of the homes/folks in TN who are experiencing this devastating fire!" Twenty-six active fires have burned nearly 12,000 acres (4,855 hectares) across the state, Tennessee's Department of Agriculture reported. Neighbouring Georgia, as well as North and South Carolina, are also battling wildfires after months of drought.

Summary: The death toll from wildfires across the US state of Tennessee has risen to 11 as search and rescue continues.


The 25-year-old, recently dropped from the Great Britain team, alleged that Sutton made sexist comments and told her to "go and have a baby". "I want to change the culture and their treatment of women," she said. "I hope by shining a light and sharing my experiences, the relevant people can investigate and make changes." UK Sport, which funds British Cycling's elite performance programmes, said it had been in contact with British Cycling to ensure the allegations were investigated. "We take allegations of sexism extremely seriously," it said. "As a recipient of funding, British Cycling should assure us this will be dealt with fairly, swiftly and transparently. "We expect the highest levels of professionalism from athletes and staff and have zero tolerance to sexist behaviour." Varnish has been been invited to meet the equalities officer of British Cycling to discuss her concerns. A British Cycling spokesman said: "A gold medal is valued by us, no matter who wins it and we are equally proud of all our Olympic and world champions." He added that medals won by the Great Britain cycling team are "testament firstly to the dedication and talent of our riders" but also a "tribute to a significant investment in passion, commitment and resources by our performance staff". Sutton, 58, denies any wrongdoing and says British Cycling did not renew her contract because her times had slowed over the past three years. Media playback is not supported on this device Varnish added: "I remain open to sharing my experiences with both British Cycling and/or UK Sport, and will happily engage with any investigations into the comments that Shane Sutton has made to me, and other riders." The Worcestershire-born rider also said she would like to compete for Britain again, adding that she was not too old and "not a waste of UK Sport's money". Earlier, Olympic champions Victoria Pendleton and Nicole Cooke both criticised British Cycling following Varnish's claims. "I know exactly how miserable they made me," two-time Olympic gold medallist Pendleton told the Daily Telegraph. "I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates." Cooke, the 2008 Olympic road race champion, told the Guardian: "I have my own experiences of Shane and sympathise with Jess. "Speak out and your dreams will be destroyed and years of hard work wasted. Or put up with it and hope." "I spoke out from the age of 19 and I know what happens." Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand said on Monday that she was "surprised" at Varnish's claims of sexism.

Summary: Jess Varnish says she spoke out against British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton with the hope of changing attitudes at the organisation.


Silvanos Mudzova, a member of the pressure group Tajamuka, said he had been abducted from his home in Harare on Tuesday night by unknown men. He told the BBC he had been blindfolded and tortured with sharp objects. He was also electrocuted on several parts of his body, including his genitals, Mr Mudzova said. He said his captors had been armed. The activist said his attackers had interrogated him, wanting to know who was funding his Tajamuka pressure group and why they were campaigning against President Mugabe's government. The spokesman for the group was also arrested but granted bail on Wednesday. Despite the latest government ban on protests in the capital, Harare, a massive demonstration has been planned for Saturday, according to Mr Mudzova. Zimbabwe has seen a wave of protests recently over the declining economy. Earlier this month, President Mugabe criticised judges who gave permission for anti-government protests which later turned violent. He said the judges had shown a reckless disregard for peace and warned they should take care when making decisions. The opposition has accused Mr Mugabe of trying to intimidate the judiciary. Last week, Zimbabwe's high court overturned a two-week ban by police on demonstrations in Harare. Activists who are opposed to President Robert Mugabe and his government challenged the ban in court. The president recently warned protesters there would be no Zimbabwean uprising similar to the "Arab Spring".

Summary: A man who has been at the forefront of protests against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in hospital after allegedly being beaten and tortured.


The Bank of Scotland PMI found that a sharp rise in goods production north of the border last month was offset by shrinking services output. In England, activity grew at its fastest rate so far this year, helped by a strong increase in new orders. The improvement was seen across all English regions. The PMI for Scotland - which measures changes in combined manufacturing and services output - stood at 50.6 last month, up from March's four-month low of 50.1. By comparison, England's business activity index rose to a four-month high of 57.1. Any figure above 50 suggests expansion. April saw job creation in Scotland reach an eight-month high, despite business confidence easing to its lowest in six months. There was also a modest increase in new orders in both the service and manufacturing sectors, with the latter showing the more marked rate of growth. Firms expanded their workforces to meet increased demand requirements, according to anecdotal evidence. On the price front, input cost inflation accelerated and was steep overall, leading to a marked rise in charges. Meanwhile, confidence about future growth prospects remained "strongly positive" in April. That said, expectations had eased from March. Fraser Sime, from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking, said April's PMI signalled "a tentative upturn" in Scottish private sector growth. He added: "The latest survey's results were driven by a strong manufacturing sector, which moved up a gear in April. "There was good news all round from steep production growth, to solid job creation and a further easing of cost pressures. "Meanwhile, the service sector marred April's PMI score as business activity in the sector shrunk for the second month running. "A faster rise in new orders bodes well, though continued growth in the second quarter remains heavily dependent on the relatively stronger manufacturing sector."

Summary: Scottish business activity has picked up slightly but still lags well behind England, according to a monthly survey of purchasing managers.


In September he got a two-game ban for allegedly swearing at Pakistan-born Sussex batsman Ashar Zaidi and telling him to "get back to your own country". However, Yorkshire's Andrew Gale missed four games after a similar exchange with South African Ashwell Prince. Coach Jason Gillespie says Yorkshire will probably "seek clarification". New details of the Overton case emerged in a report in the Guardian. All ECB cases are handled by an independent body, the Cricket Discipline Commission. Yorkshire captain Gale was initially banned for two matches for the incident involving Prince in 2014, but the CDC decided to extend the suspension by two further games. Overton, 21, who has been part of England's one-day squad and came close to selection for the winter Test tour to South Africa, was found guilty of a level one offence for abusive language. He reportedly denied the claims concerning the incident, which occurred during Somerset's Championship game with Sussex in September. The ECB also denied Overton received favourable treatment, after he was picked for the England Performance Programme (EPP), which will travel overseas this winter. "After reviewing the umpires' report, the chairman of the CDC gave clear guidance that this should be reported as a level one offence and that no further action would be taken by the CDC," the ECB said in a statement. "The automatic penalty for a level one offence was subsequently applied and this took Craig Overton to nine points, the threshold for an automatic suspension. "Craig Overton's selection for the EPP squad would have played no part whatsoever in the CDC's ruling in this matter. The ECB refutes any suggestion of interference or bias in the proper disciplinary process." Before the England team left for their winter tour of South Africa, Test captain Alastair Cook said he did not know about the case but added: "Everyone knows the responsibility we have when you pull on that England shirt. "Of course you want everyone to be committed and give everything for the cause but there is always a line you should not go past." Somerset chairman Andy Nash added: "The matter is closed as far as we're concerned. I think the ECB dealt with it entirely satisfactorily, and we will always abide by and respect the ECB disciplinary committee".

Summary: The England and Wales Cricket Board has defended its disciplinary process following a case involving Somerset bowler Craig Overton.


The 24-year-old, whose current contract ends at the end of 2016, was offered a four-year extension by the Scottish Premiership leaders in January. Forrest came through the youth ranks with the reigning champions, for whom he has made 144 appearances. However, his outings have been restricted by a series of injuries. Forrest, who has 13 Scotland caps, was missing from Celtic's squad for Saturday's 3-0 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Celtic signed Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts on an 18-month loan deal from Manchester City in January and last week secured a summer move for 17-year-old midfielder Kristoffer Ajer from Norwegian club Start. Deila admitted on Saturday that Celtic had too many midfielders on their books and that he would have to slim his squad at the end of this season.

Summary: Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers are among clubs showing an interest in James Forrest after the Scotland winger rejected a new Celtic contract.


They are signed by "composer Mark Jones" and are posted from Lancashire. Raffaele Hairdressing manageress Clare Harper said she was "bewildered" by the first one but had now received four, which she has framed. She said they had become a talking point with customers, though her husband had asked if any of them "looked like they had a crush on her". "I'm waiting for the next one coming, I'm practically on the doorstep now," she said. The mystery author has been posting poems, written on black card in silver pen, around the country for more than five years. He has sent five to a salon in Penygroes in Gwynedd and seven over three years to a salon in Lancashire. There are reports of poems being sent to Yeovil Town and Hednesford Town football clubs, churches and salons in the north-east of England and hotels in Aberystwyth and Machynlleth in Mid Wales, among others. They appear to be love poems and each include the phrase "keep your chin up, keep smiling". Some recipients have attempted to find the poet but with no success.

Summary: A Hartlepool hair salon has joined a growing collection of businesses around the country being sent mystery poems.


The action alleges that Intermex, a firm which arranges money transfers, tracked employees even when off-duty. Myrna Arias alleges that she was "scolded" for removing the app and fired a few weeks later. The company has not responded to the allegations. According to court documents published by website Ars Technica, employees were instructed to download the app, called Xora, to their phones in April 2014. Xora is described on its website as a workplace management app which allows companies to "remotely manage" their workers by keeping track of their hours and other aspects of their job. Xora's website says that the app uses GPS to allow bosses "to see the location of every mobile worker on a Google Map". According to the lawsuit, Ms Arias's manager "admitted that employees would be monitored while off-duty and bragged that he knew how fast she was driving at specific moments ever since she had installed the app on her phone". "He confirmed that she was required to keep her phone's power on 24/7 to answer phone calls from clients," reads the court document. It goes on to detail that Ms Arias had "no objection" to being monitored at work but felt that monitoring her location during non-work hours was an invasion of her privacy. She likened the app to a prisoner's ankle bracelet. Her boss "scolded the plaintiff when she de-installed the app in late April in order to protect her privacy", reads the court document. She was fired on 5 May. Ms Arias is seeking damages for lost earnings in excess of $500,000. Mark Weston, a partner at law firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin, told the BBC that an employer "would not be allowed to track an employee without the consent of that employee". Clauses that allow for tracking apps would have to be built into contracts, he said. As for the legality of firing an employee for refusing to use such an app, Mr Weston said: "In the US, things may be looser because many employees there are employees 'at will'. Accordingly, employers have far greater flexibility than in Europe to dismiss an employee who is not playing ball."

Summary: A US sales executive is suing her employer for invasion of privacy, alleging that she was fired after deleting an app which tracked her movements.


If only there was a simple way to compare their strengths and weaknesses... Who's got the most campaign money? Who really electrifies a crowd? What is their Achilles heel? All your questions are answered - on a candidate card, so you can test the powers of one against the other. Trump has been tops for so long it's hard to remember what the Republican race was like before he emerged on the scene. The New Yorker has thumbed his nose at political convention, embraced controversial positions that would be radioactive for other candidates, dominated the headlines and kept his opponents perpetually off balance. He appeals to disaffected Republicans across the board, whether they're evangelicals, grassroots Tea Party supporters or even moderates. It's been an incredible run - but can it hold up once voting starts? He's shown a thin skin and flashes of a temper that, if repeatedly provoked, could eventually prove his undoing. Dismissed when he launched his campaign last March, Cruz has cruised to the top of the Republican pack thanks to a gift for rhetoric and a campaign strategy that has taken advantage of the anti-establishment mood among conservatives. He's formed a seemingly unlikely coalition of religious voters, libertarians and Tea Party activists. To win, however, he'll have to fend off attacks from Republican colleagues who overwhelmingly dislike what they see as his me-first attitude. Rubio looks like a winner. He's charismatic, he has a compelling story as a child of Cuban immigrants, he's generally well-liked by the Republican establishment, and he's run a largely error-free campaign. That probably explains why every candidate not running as an outsider has done everything they can to tear him down. Rubio is distrusted by grassroots conservatives, however, for his leadership on the 2013 immigration reform efforts that have since become politically toxic. He's the second choice of many Republicans, but he'll have to find an opportunity to break away from his mainstream competitors or risk falling too far behind someone like Trump or Cruz. Many Republicans practically begged Christie to run against Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination in 2012. That was before he became mired in scandal in New Jersey and turned many conservatives against him for seeming to be too supportive of Barack Obama. In 2016 his brash, straight-talking New Jersey style has been one-upped by Trump and his limited resources have forced him to set up camp in New Hampshire in the hope that a win there will surge him into national viability. He has solid political-street-fighting abilities, however, so in a crowded, rough-and-tumble battle for the mainstream Republican vote, he could still claw his way to the top. Bush once was the man to beat. His huge campaign war chest and solid support within the party deterred Mitt Romney from entering the race and hampered other establishment candidates. He's proven to be a paper tiger, however. After nearly a decade out of public office, his political instincts seem dulled. He's constantly fumbled with his words, leaving him overmatched against more skilled debaters. His depth of knowledge on policy

Summary: Eleven Republican candidates are doing battle for the White House and after months of campaigning their first electoral test, in Iowa, is just days away.


Neil Gordon, 61, started the independent pharmacy chain in Donaghadee, County Down, 34 years ago, along with his brother, Robert. By 1996 the pharmacy chain had grown to 11 pharmacies and in 2006 the business expanded into Scotland where there are now nine stores. Today, the chain has 62 stores and employs approximately 800 people. Neil Gordon was born on 17 October 1952 in Newry, County Down. The son of a farmer, and one of five brothers, his interest in pharmacy was sparked at a young age. He was educated at Newry Model Primary school and Newry Grammar school before studying pharmacy at Bradford University. After a period of employment that included working in England, Neil established the first Gordons Chemists in Donaghadee in 1980. He was also a co-founder of the Donaghadee Comunity Workforce, assisting the long-term unemployed back into employment, while engaging in work of community benefit. He served as an elder at Shore Street Presbyterian Church, Donaghadee and was a trustee of the Lighthouse Trust, a charity serving children with cerebral palsy. Neil was elected to the executive committee of Belfast city centre management in 2004 and served until his death. He was elected to the board of the PCC (Pharmaceutical Contractors Committee), the committee responsible for negotiating community pharmacy services with the Department of Health, and served for seven years. He also served on the board of SOS Bus NI, a charity helping vulnerable people on the streets of Belfast. In 2013, Neil was awarded a Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland. Neil passed away on 20 June. He is survived by his mum, Jean, wife, Carol, sons, Ryan and Gareth, and daughter Fiona.

Summary: A co-founder of Gordons Chemists in Northern Ireland has died.


The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was tested at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank. ICD devices shock the heart back into rhythm when they detect a potential cardiac arrest. Doctors have had difficulty monitoring heart problems with older devices amid fears that MRI scanners would disrupt their electronics. The Ellipse ICD, developed by US manufacture St Jude Medical, will now be tested in a further 165 patients at 60 MRI centres around the world. Consultant cardiologist Dr Roy Gardner, who is leading the trial at the Golden Jubilee, said: "While these devices are often life-saving, they do not allow patients to undergo MRI scans, which are crucial for detecting and monitoring a number of conditions, including signs of a stroke, tumours and complex cardiac abnormalities, which means that these vulnerable patients have to be treated using less detailed imaging systems. "Recruiting patients to this trial could help provide a better and safer standard of care for patients all across Scotland. "It also means we are playing a key role in making these devices available for use in the United States, sharing our knowledge and expertise with other specialist centres to help thousands of individuals suffering from heart conditions every year. "Our first patient's procedure went very smoothly and provided a great start to an incredibly important project. As such, we are now about to recruit our sixth patient to this study." Dr Mike Higgins, medical director of the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, said: "The ability to implant MRI-ready pacemakers is a unique innovation that allows us to continue to offer the highest standard of care possible for individuals with complex heart conditions and improve treatment for future generations across the world."

Summary: An new implantable heart device which resists interference from magnetic scanners has been tested in Scotland.


Media playback is not supported on this device Jonathan Franks' injury-time winner for the Staggies condemns Accies to a relegation play-off at best, and offers bottom side Inverness CT slight hope. "It sums up the way things have been going," Canning told BBC Scotland. "I can't believe we lost. The amount of bad luck we have got tonight is scary. I couldn't ask more of the players." Second-bottom Hamilton can now no longer catch Motherwell, 3-1 victors over Kilmarnock on Tuesday, or Dundee. Instead, Accies are faced with a Premiership play-off final over two legs against Dundee United or Falkirk, or automatic relegation if Inverness win their two remaining matches against Dundee and Motherwell and they themselves fail to beat Dundee on Saturday. Lamented Canning: "We have hit the post twice, we've had one roll along the line, we've had numerous other opportunities and their second goal has come off the post, hit our keeper and gone in. "That is when you know your luck is out. Media playback is not supported on this device "I asked them to be brave and express themselves and I thought it was probably one of our best performances of the season. "Ross County had very little in the game; they had one or two breakaways in the second half when Remi (Matthews) has made a couple of decent saves. "How we have managed to lose that game, I don't know. We haven't had the breaks tonight and hopefully things start to turn for us." While Canning, 35, hopes for some good fortune soon, he acknowledged that their league position is of their own making. "You can't be unlucky after 37 games," he said. "We have drawn far too many games (14). We've probably chucked away 10 or 12 points from good positions, games we were doing well in. We find ourselves where we are because of that. "It's going to be a tense few days in terms of waiting to see what's happening (with the Inverness game at Dundee) and if it is the play-offs, seeing who gets through. "We need to win on Saturday, depending what happens tomorrow, and then come through a difficult play-off against a team that has done well in the league."

Summary: Hamilton manager Martin Canning was left bewildered after his team's 3-2 defeat away to Ross County, describing his team's misfortune as "scary".


Aberconwy's Guto Bebb said some constituents have been given contradictory information on whether they can receive it or not. The Welsh government and BT are delivering the scheme, Superfast Cymru. A spokesman said it was a "challenging and ambitious project" and so far 560,000 properties have accessed superfast broadband because of it. It provides access to fibre broadband for the majority of premises not covered by any commercial roll-out of superfast broadband. Conservative party member Mr Bebb said: "Superfast Cymru is publicly funded and my experience would indicate that the programme is out of control, and there's a lack of clarity in what it will deliver and how it will deliver." The Superfast Cymru spokesman said in a project of its size, issues can arise that affect delivery dates. He added that while this can be "frustrating", more than 80% of properties in Wales can access fibre broadband if they want.

Summary: Confusion is undermining a project to get superfast broadband to more people in Wales, according to an MP.


Special prosecutors said they raided National Pension Service (NPS) chairman Moon Hyung-pyo's home on Monday, before arresting him on Wednesday. The NPS is the world's third-largest pension scheme. It comes amid President Park Geun-hye's impeachment over the scandal involving her longstanding mentor Choi Soon-sil. In the latest arrest, investigators are looking into NPS's support of an $8bn (£6.5bn) merger between two Samsung Group affiliates and whether Mr Moon used his influence as health minister at the time, to pressure it to back the deal. The Ministry of Health and Welfare runs the pension service, which manages 545 trillion won ($451bn; £367bn) and was a major shareholder in Cheil Industries Inc and Samsung C&T Corp when they merged. The NPS has denied previous reports that Mr Moon pressured the organisation to back the deal, and Mr Moon told reporters on Tuesday that he would cooperate with the investigation. The scandal has also caught Samsung up in allegations that it backed foundations controlled by Choi Soon-sil in the hope of receiving political favours, which investigators are also examining. Politicians voted on 9 December to impeach President Park - a decision South Korea's constitutional court has six months to uphold or overturn. Until then she remains formally president but stripped of her powers, which are handed to the prime minister, a presidential appointee. Ms Park denies wrongdoing but has apologised for the way she managed her relationship with Ms Choi, who also denies committing criminal offences.

Summary: South Korea's pension fund head has been arrested in a probe into alleged corruption involving electronic firm Samsung and the country's president.