Alan Cronin, 60, from Guilden Sutton, near Chester, was found with serious injuries near Rossett flyover on the A483 Wrexham bypass on Thursday. Polish national Damian Niepieklo, 22, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop and failing to report an accident. He was remanded in custody to appear before magistrates on Monday. Mr Cronin, died following the collision at Junction 7 of the northbound carriageway at about 14.20 BST. Ch Insp Darren Wareing repeated an earlier appeal for witnesses, urging anyone with information to get in contact via the 101 line. In a tribute, the family of Mr Cronin, a member of Chester Triathlon Club, described him as the "best possible dad, husband, brother and partner to have, willing to do anything for anyone".

Summary: A man has been charged in connection with the death of a cyclist in a Wrexham crash, say North Wales Police.


Their report has recommended sentencing statements by judges and sheriffs could be shown. The review group, chaired by Lady Dorrian, also backed the idea of live tweeting by reporters in court. But they said broadcasting or recording of cases involving children, sexual offences and vulnerable witnesses should not be allowed. Lord President Lord Gill, Scotland's most senior judge, ordered the review because technology had changed dramatically in the 20 years since broadcasters were first allowed to televise some proceedings. Three or four applications are submitted each year to film in court, but permission has rarely been given. Lord Gill said: "I am grateful to Lady Dorrian and her group for having carried out this exercise so thoroughly. "These well-considered recommendations have the support of the judges. I accept all of the recommendations. "They are entirely appropriate in the contemporary world. My office will now prepare guidance on the implementation of Lady Dorrian's report." The recommendations of the report include: A total of 17 individuals and organisations responded to a consultation process during the preparation of the report. The report has been welcomed by the Faculty of Advocates. Its dean, James Wolffe QC, said: "In keeping with his vision of an open and accessible justice system - a vision which I share - the Lord President has made an important announcement about televising the courts. "While there must be safeguards to protect the interests of justice, public understanding of the work of the courts - which is fundamental to our democracy - will be enhanced by these proposals, and I welcome them." The Law Society of Scotland has also backed the proposals. Fiona Robb, secretary to the Law Society of Scotland's Civil Justice Committee, said: "Used responsibly, cameras in court and the use of features like live tweeting will help to demystify the law, allowing the public to gain insight into the process and improve access to justice. "While we have previously expressed concerns about significantly increasing the jurisdiction limit of the Court of Session and the huge impact that it is likely to have on Scotland's sheriff courts, we do believe that there will be significant improvements to the running of our courts as a result of these reforms."

Summary: Some court cases could be shown live on television under proposals put forward by Scotland's judges.


Shortly after 22:35 BST, the streets of the city centre were suddenly lit up in blue flashing lights, and helicopters buzzed overhead. It was obvious from the beginning that this was incredibly serious. Closer to the arena, dozens of people could be seen streaming away in confusion, unsure what they were running from. Once at a safe distance, some stopped to sit and rest, many of them in tears, and to telephone relatives. Manchester Arena blast: 19 dead and more than 50 hurt Manchester explosion: Latest updates 'Some of the people looked dead' One mother who attended the concert by US singer Ariana Grande told the BBC her priority was simply getting her daughters home. Other people were more candid, and spoke of seeing people left "covered in blood", as they desperately tried to flee a scene of "chaos". Coats and mobile phones were reportedly left strewn on the arena floor as people dumped their possessions and ran. Paramedics were quickly at the scene, treating the injured. College student Sebastian Diaz, 19, travelled to the concert from Newcastle. "Ariana Grande had just finished her last song and there was a huge bang," he said. "I just saw running and it was just instinct to run with them. "We actually ended up in a corridor and it was a dead end. It was terrifying. "I found the main doors and people were crying everywhere. Back at the hotel people were crying and on their phones." Calvin Welsford, 18, travelled to the concert from Bristol, and described initially running down a corridor and also hitting a dead end. He said: "I was in the front row and it seemed to happen at the very back of the arena. "It almost sounded like a gunshot. That's how I would describe it. It was very loud. "I looked around and people were just spilling down, heading out of the building. "It was sheer panic. Security told us we needed to leave but they were very caring. People were crying." A wide area around the venue was quickly cordoned off, and the crime scene later appeared to widen with police pushing people further and further back. Police officers cut a calm and reassuring tone, and urged people to move away. One thing that has been apparent is the many young people who had attended the event, some of them with parents or guardians. There was a huge sense of confusion with dozens of people seen searching for information on their phones. Some shops and takeaways in the busy city centre area around the Arena appeared to be handing out drinks, while taxis swarmed to the area to help take people away.

Summary: People have described the "sheer panic" of the Manchester Arena blast that left 19 dead, more than 50 injured and survivors fleeing for their lives.


Terry Taylor, 59, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, was found at the Globe Hotel in Main Street, Cockermouth, early on 31 May. He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Michael Sanderson, 31, of Arkleby Hall Cottages, Arkleby, Aspatria, previously denied murder at Carlisle Crown Court. He was jailed at Manchester Crown Court and must serve at least 14 years. Cumbria Det Ch Insp Roy Ledingham, said: "Terry died as a result of severe trauma to the head caused by a serious and sustained assault, and today Sanderson has been brought before the courts to answer for this terrible crime. "Nothing will ever bring Terry back to life, however I hope today's result will provide his family with some closure. Our thoughts remain with them during this difficult time."

Summary: A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a retired paramedic at a Cumbria hotel.


Daniel Mason, who works for William Graham, said he had not "fully understood" the meaning of the speech. Mr Powell was sacked as shadow defence secretary after his 1968 speech criticising the level of immigration. In a Facebook post, Mr Mason asked if Mr Powell had been a "mad racist" or a "visionary". The post was removed. A Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West, Mr Powell spoke of his concerns about immigration, claiming that "British" families could lose out on matters such as housing, resulting in racial tension. Quoting Virgil's Aeneid during a speech in Birmingham, he said: "As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'." The then Tory leader Edward Heath sacked Mr Powell from his front bench team, telling the BBC: "I believed his speech was inflammatory and liable to damage race relations." Despite widespread condemnation, the MP said he received about 100,000 letters from ordinary people backing his comments. Mr Mason had written on Facebook: "Enoch Powell gave a speech 'Rivers of Blood'.. worth reading today.. 'blood on the streets' the rantings of a mad racist? or a visionary?" He later said: "I want to apologise unreservedly for this Facebook post. "Ignorance is no excuse but had I fully understood the meaning behind the speech I would never have shared it." A spokesman for Mr Graham said: "This misinformed, disappointing and deeply disrespectful post is unacceptable and totally at odds with the views of any right-thinking person. "Clearly this is a matter for William as the employer and he will be taking appropriate action."

Summary: An aide to a Tory AM has apologised for a social media post after the Paris attacks referring to Enoch Powell's notorious "rivers of blood" speech.


Leading an opposition day debate on education and social mobility, Ms Rayner urged ministers to drop plans to expand the grammar system. She called for a more wide-ranging approach to improving standards. Education Secretary Justine Greening said grammars boosted social mobility. Speaking in the Commons, Ms Rayner said: "The purpose of today's debate is to send a message that members of all parties are committed to an evidence-based approach to education policy and not pursuing the failed policy of academic selection - because we know that this policy is not the answer to Britain's social mobility crisis and the government knew that too until very recently." She said: "Already in the consultation document launched in November, the government pledged Â£50m to help existing grammar schools expand. "The same green paper made a series of substantial un-costed pledges to those schools that want to become grammars, or the academy chains that want to open them. "Now, just this weekend, government sources have briefed the Sunday Times that there will be tens of millions more to help grammar schools expand. "The idea that this is the way the government should spend taxpayers' money is simply baffling when nurseries across the country are facing closure because the government will not deliver the investment needed to deliver on their manifesto pledge to deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week, when our schools are facing deeper cuts in their budgets than any time since the 1970s." But Ms Greening said the expansion of selective education could help promote social mobility. "In reality, as challenging as it is for our country, there is no country in this world that has managed to crack the issue of social mobility yet," she said. "The reality is that grammars can have potentially a transformational impact in some of the most deprived communities where we want to see the biggest changes." Later in the debate, Conservative MP for Croydon South, Chris Philp, spoke of "the terrible, terrible unfairness that in our system today, very often, the only way to be sure of an outstanding education is to pay for it - either by going private or buying a much more expensive house in the catchment area of a good school". He said: "And it is a disgrace that the only way to be sure of an academically elite education is to pay for it today." Mr Philp also cited evidence he said suggested children from "ordinary" backgrounds did better in grammar schools. White boys from under-privileged backgrounds who attended a grammar school had a "30% higher chance of going to university" than those who did not," he said. But former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell accused him of "absolutely rubbishing" the existing system. Intervening in Mr Philp's speech, Ms Powell said: "I think any parent or teacher watching this and hearing somebody from the government benches saying that the only way to guarantee an excellent education is to pay for it is absolutely rubbishing our excellent education system." Former Tory cabinet minister and MP for Wokingham John Redwood said new grammar

Summary: Allocating cash for the expansion of grammar schools in England when other parts of the education sector face funding concerns is "baffling", shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says.


Antonio rose highest at the back post to head in Gokhan Tore's cross and decide a game of few chances. The goal came eight minutes after Bournemouth's Harry Arter was sent off for a second bookable offence. Cherries goalkeeper Artur Boruc saved well from Enner Valencia in the first half, while Adrian denied Joshua King. A club-record 56,977 supporters were in attendance as West Ham played their first league match at their new home, having left Upton Park at the end of last season. As the players came on to the pitch, the traditional bubbles were blown in to the air and their club song played over the tannoy. For the most part the home supporters were fairly quiet, though, with the vast arena meaning they are not as close to the pitch. In fact, the noise levels were so low the travelling Bournemouth contingent chanted "is this the Emirates?" in reference to the atmosphere at Arsenal's stadium. But having seen their team concede late in Monday's league defeat by Chelsea and Thursday's Europa League qualifying draw with Astra Giurgiu, the Hammers fans had a late goal of their own to cheer when Antonio nodded in. Bournemouth's start to the season will concern manager Eddie Howe. The Cherries have lost their opening two games to slip to the bottom of the table. They created very little against West Ham and tested goalkeeper Adrian just twice through King - the second in stoppage time when the Spaniard got down well to save. Club-record signing Jordon Ibe showed flashes of his talent with his direct running, but fluffed a big chance in the second half when he squared the ball rather than shooting when in front goal. Once midfielder Arter was dismissed - his first yellow card for dissent towards the assistant referee, and second for dragging back Cheikhou Kouyate - Bournemouth dropped closer to their own area and were soon punished. Media playback is not supported on this device West Ham boss Slaven Bilic: "It was difficult, we knew it would be. The guys did brilliantly. Bournemouth were better than us in the first 15 minutes of the second half but they didn't hurt us. "We just deserved it. We were pushing and wanted it more. We're delighted to end the first game at this beautiful stadium with a win and a clean sheet." Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe: "It was a tight game with little goalmouth action. It was going to swing on a moment of brilliance or a mistake. Unfortunately the mistake for us was going down to 10 men. "We've been told about dissent - it's been drilled into us. If we lose our discipline we could have a flurry of red cards. Unfortunately we fell victim to that. The first booking has really cost us." Media playback is not supported on this device West Ham host Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in the second leg of their Europa League qualifying play-off match on Thursday (kick-off 19:45 BST). The match is tied 1-1 after the first leg. Bournemouth travel to Morecambe in

Summary: Michail Antonio scored five minutes from time to give West Ham victory over Bournemouth in the first Premier League match at the London Stadium.


The worst-affected state was Puebla in central Mexico, where at least 28 people were killed after torrential rains set off mudslides. Puebla Governor Rafael Moreno Valle said dogs had been brought in to search for those missing. Officials said some outlying areas had not yet been reached. At least 40 people have been confirmed dead after Tropical Storm Earl moved over Mexico on Saturday. Earl had earlier hit Belize and Guatemala in Central America. But it was in the Mexican states of Puebla, Veracruz and Hidalgo where its heavy rains caused most damage. Among those killed in Puebla were 15 children who died when their homes were buried by mud which slid down the rain-soaked hills. A whole hill collapsed near Huauchinango, sweeping down on a nearby village. "It is a tragedy what has happened to our people in Huauchinango," Mayor Gabriel Alvarado said. About two hundred people were left homeless in the state of Puebla alone. In neighbouring Veracruz, 11 people were killed and in Hidalgo a 15-year-old died in hospital after being pulled from the mud. More than 10,000 people were affected and 18 villages remained cut off in the eastern state. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned of another storm approaching Mexico. It said Tropical Storm Javier could strengthen into a hurricane by Monday afternoon local time. "On the forecast track, the centre of the tropical cyclone should pass near or over the southwest coast of Mexico later today, and approach the southern portion of Baja California peninsula on Monday," the NHC said.

Summary: Emergency workers in Mexico are searching for survivors after landslides killed dozens in the wake of Tropical Storm Earl.


Mr Osborne, in Brussels for a meeting of finance ministers, said the UK would be "constructive but firm" in talks with EU leaders. The UK has said it will not take part in any EU scheme to relocate migrants travelling across the Mediterranean. The Home Office said it opposed a "mandatory system of resettlement". The European Commission is to propose that EU member countries take in refugees under a quota scheme in the wake of the deaths of more than 800 people in a single incident when their boat capsized last month. The United Nations estimates that 60,000 people have attempted to make the journey from North Africa to southern Europe on people smuggling boats this year already. The Home Office said the UK had a "proud history" of granting asylum to refugees from conflict zones and victims of persecution and would continue to support existing search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. But it said its focus was on identifying and detaining people traffickers, improving co-operation between law enforcement agencies and making the removal of illegal immigrants more effective. "When a new piece of legislation in the area of justice and home affairs - including asylum policy - is proposed, the UK can choose whether or not to participate in it," a spokesman said. "We will not participate in any legislation imposing a mandatory system of resettlement or relocation." Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is confident he can secure a "better deal" for the UK in Europe, focused on returning powers to the UK Parliament, tightening welfare rules for EU migrants, accelerating the single market across Europe and ensuring the UK is not bound by moves to "ever-closer union" with the other 27 EU members. Speaking ahead of the Ecofin meeting in Brussels, Mr Osborne said no-one should underestimate the government's determination to improve Britain's relationship with the EU and to hold a referendum by the end of 2017. "We come here with a very clear mandate to improve Britain's relationship with the rest of the European Union and to reform the European Union so that it creates jobs and increases living standards for all its citizens," he said. "We go into the negotiations aiming to be constructive and engaged but also resolute and firm and no-one should underestimate our determination to succeed for the working people of Britain and and the working people of the whole of the European Union." Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has said he will work constructively to try to secure a "fair deal" for the UK and other members and has not ruled out changes to existing EU treaties before 2020. However, other EU governments have said they will not countenance any changes to freedom-of-movement rules, enabling citizens of EU countries to live and work in other nations. The BBC's Alex Forsyth said that although the prospect of a referendum in the UK was not on the agenda during Tuesday's meeting it was certain to be have been discussed on the sidelines. And Austrian finance minister Hans Joerg Schelling has

Summary: Chancellor George Osborne has said the new Conservative government has a "very clear mandate" to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the European Union.


Dean Saunders, 25, died at HMP Chelmsford, Essex, in January 2016. He had been arrested after he stabbed his father during a paranoid episode. Kathy Goodchild, clinical team leader at the prison, told the inquest into his death that psychiatrists were not always present during reviews of care given to vulnerable prisoners. LIVE: For more on this and other Essex stories She told how when she was involved in a review of Mr Saunders' care on 20 December 2015 he eventually told her he did not intend to harm himself. However, she said better psychiatric cover was needed and there was "not always a psychiatrist on call" for things like approving medication. She wrote on 20 December that Mr Saunders should be seen by a psychiatrist the next day but that did not take place. "Any review," she said, "should be done by people who actually have got the information." She said Mr Saunders' family - who have strongly criticised the prison service for not watching him more closely - had raised concerns about him harming himself with her. However, she said: "I can't put people on constant watch because of families, it has to be on presentation or harm." The hearing continues.

Summary: Better psychiatric cover is needed at a prison where an inmate was found electrocuted in his cell, an inquest has heard.


He accepted that he made contact with Sophie Cahill's face when he flailed his arms during a scuffle. But he told Croydon Magistrates' Court it was accidental. Ms Cahill, of Cwmbran, Torfaen, said Mr Bowers had hit her in the face, bloodying her nose, and had pulled her hair and squeezed her throat. Asked by John Blandford, defending, if it was true that he had beaten her up, the former Another Level singer said: "No, of course not." The court has been told that the incident in January happened after Ms Cahill quizzed him about why he had glitter on his face. She became suspicious after spotting it as she tried to wake Mr Bowers. The couple had already split up but were living separately in the home they shared with Bowers' parents in Croydon, south London. Ms Cahill said after she pointed out the glitter, he launched an attack in which he grabbed her by the shoulders, threw her out of a bedroom and hit her in the face, giving her a bloody nose, pulled her hair and squeezed her throat. Mr Bowers, 35, who denies one count of assault by beating, said he had been to a circus-themed nightclub the previous evening because he was trying to help a friend get a job. He says he got home at 02:00 or 03:00 GMT and spent time talking with his father. The trial is ongoing.

Summary: Pop singer Dane Bowers has denied assaulting his ex-girlfriend, saying he was acting in self-defence when he hit her.


The fee for the 19-year-old will be decided by a tribunal, with Liverpool expected to pay around £3m. Solanke, who is currently part of England's squad at the under-20 World Cup in South Korea, spent the 2015-16 season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem, scoring seven goals in 25 games. He made one senior Chelsea appearance. As Solanke is older than 17 and will sign a professional contract, Liverpool's transfer embargo, which is enforced on signing academy players from other England clubs for two years, will not apply. Celtic were also understood to be interested in Solanke, whose only Chelsea game came as a substitute in a Champions League victory against NK Maribor in October 2014. Solanke will officially become a Liverpool player on 1 July. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Liverpool are to sign Chelsea's teenage forward Dominic Solanke after he failed to agree a contract with the Premier League champions.


MiHomecare had not been paying employees to travel between clients, meaning their hourly rates of pay did not comply with the legal minimum. Richie Lewis, of the Unison union, said the firm was "rectifying systemic errors" and valuing its staff. MiHomecare said it had taken steps to ensure there were no future problems. Unison said, typically, care providers do not pay their employees to travel between clients and Mr Lewis urged other companies to review pay procedures. "Home carers work long hours under increasingly difficult conditions and it is often the case that they end up out of pocket in order to provide the level of care that their clients need," he added. MiHomecare, which operates Village Home Care, employs 6,000 home care workers in England and Wales who look after 10,000 elderly, disabled and infirm people. The company, said it had completed a comprehensive review of payments for all of its care workers "to be absolutely certain that they are treated fairly and that we comply with wage legislation". "We have found some errors in calculating travel time pay and we have decided to make a one-off payment to all affected people," a spokeswoman said. "Additionally we took steps in June 2015 to ensure that this should not be an issue in future by revising some pay rates and amending care rosters."

Summary: About 100 home care workers in Swansea and Carmarthenshire are to be paid up to £2,500 each after a company breached minimum wage rules.


Known as the Queen of Ranthambore, Machli was described as one of the world's most photographed tigers. She had distinctive fish-shaped markings on the left side of her face. She featured in many documentaries and amazed viewers when her fight with a 14-foot crocodile was caught on film. She was one of the biggest draws for thousands of tourists visiting Ranthambore National Park, India has more than half the world's tigers, at 2,226 in the latest estimate. Machli was found starving and lying on her side near the park's boundary in northern Rajasthan state. She had not eaten in days, officials said. "We were trying to provide her treatment but she died," Ranthambore tiger project director Yogesh Kumar Sahu told AFP news agency. "It was a natural death linked to her age." Machli had slowed down in recent years and lost almost all of her teeth, according to the park's website. Her death has made headlines in India, and fans have taken to social media to pay their respects to the Queen of Ranthambore. She was named Machli, the Hindi word for fish, because of the markings on her face. Natural World BBC photo credit: MACHLI - TIGER QUEEN/Natural World/Mike Birkhead Associates/BBC

Summary: India's most famous tiger, 19-year-old Machli, has died, officials say.


Christophe Hillairet expressed concern that food produced outside the European Union could easily cross a "soft" Irish border and enter EU markets. He is the president of the Chamber of Agriculture of Ile de France. However, his comments were criticised as "disappointingly self-centred" by an Irish dairy industry leader. Speaking to the Agra Europe website, [Â£] Mr Hillairet said he was worried that the British government will sign deals to import food from Commonwealth countries post-Brexit and that those products could then be transported across a future EU land border via Northern Ireland. "Ireland is a big problem but for the French farmer, we will need to have a hard border between the north and the Republic, as otherwise we will have a lot of products that will cross from north to south. "That would be very dangerous for our producers." Both the British and Irish governments have repeatedly said they do not want a return to a hard border on the island of Ireland, expressing concerns over the potential impact on the economy and the Northern Ireland peace process. However, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said that there will have to be some form of customs controls along the Irish border after Brexit. On a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland last week, Mr Barnier said: "We want to find solutions without rebuilding any kind of hard border, but we have to find solutions also compatible with the single market." Mr Hillairet has been president of the Chamber of Agriculture of Ile de France since 2006. He told Agra Europe that he believed it was "simply not possible to have a soft Brexit and still maintain the advantage which the EU has a trading bloc". He urged remaining EU member states to "work together to protect Europe". Mr Hillairet's remarks were criticised by the president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), John Comer. He argued that the interests of Irish border communities, who had suffered during Northern Ireland's Trouble, must also be protected. Mr Comer said that "with respect to our French friends, we would prefer them to reflect on the common good and not just on their own particular sectoral anxieties".

Summary: The president of a French farming union has called for the re-introduction of a hard border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland after Brexit.


Monsignor Angel Lucio Vallejo Balda has said he was manipulated by a woman co-defendant with whom he was romantically entangled. He was questioned as the so-called Vatileaks II trial resumed. It centres on two books that depict a Vatican plagued by graft and where Pope Francis faces resistance to his agenda. The books came out last year and were based on the leaked information. The five people on trial face jail terms of up to eight years. Leaks lift lid on Pope Francis's financial fight Vatican reforms may be starting to bite Mr Vallejo Balda, 54, was questioned for three hours and most of his testimony revolved around his relationship with Francesca Chaouqui, 35, a married public relations consultant. They were members of a now-defunct commission appointed by Pope Francis to tackle the Vatican's financial holdings and propose reforms to improve cash flow to the poor. "Yes, I passed documents," Mr Vallejo Balda told the court in Spanish. He also admitted to giving one of the authors some 87 passwords to access electronic documents and email accounts in the Vatican. The priest said his actions were the result of a combination of sexual tension and blackmail by Ms Chaouqui, who claimed she was a spy with Italy's secret services. Saying he felt "compromised" as a priest, Mr Vallejo Balda recounted how she once entered his room in a Florence hotel. The priest, at one point, described the feeling of being "in a situation with no way out". In the testimony, he also said he received threatening messages from Ms Chaouqui and her husband, especially after the commission's work was over. Ms Chaouqui, who is in late pregnancy, attended the hearing and is expected to give evidence next week. She denies accusations of conspiring with Mr Vallejo Balda and his assistant Nicola Maio to leak information they had access to as members of the commission. The two journalists on trial, Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, wrote the books Avarice and Merchants in the Temple. They are accused of putting pressure on the priest and Ms Chaouqui to get the documents, allegation both journalists deny. The five are on trial under a legislation criminalising the leaking of documents, introduced in 2013 after a scandal known as the first Vatileaks.

Summary: A Spanish priest has admitted to leaking classified Vatican documents to journalists, saying he had felt intimidated.


The man was hit by a vehicle also involved in the road repairs on Calderwood Road at about 16:30 on Saturday. Police said he had died at the scene. No-one else was injured. Firefighters and an air ambulance was sent to the scene. The Health and Safety Executive and South Lanarkshire Roads Department have been informed. A Police Scotland spokesman added: "A full investigation into the circumstances of the incident is now under way. "A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."

Summary: A worker has been killed after being hit by a truck during resurfacing work in East Kilbride.


Khashayar Ghaharian called another member of staff a "cockroach" in his native Farsi, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal heard. It also found he asked staff about their sex lives and made references to his sexual activities on holiday. In total, 22 misconduct allegations against the Nottingham GP were proved. Live updates and more from Nottinghamshire The retired physician, whose surgery closed despite protests from patients, now has 28 days to appeal. The hearing considered allegations relating to a period between 2006 and 2012 at the Wollaton Vale Health Centre. It heard Mr Ghaharian said he "hated" a doctor at another practice in the same building and said he hoped he died. Another complaint included having called a receptionist "thick" and throwing prescriptions on the floor for her to pick up. The tribunal report concluded: "It is clear that Dr Ghaharian's conduct has breached a number of the principles... and did not meet the standards expected of a registered medical practitioner. "His unsavoury, bullying, harassing and deeply unpleasant conduct can readily be described as deplorable." The report also noted the NHS had been forced to apologise to Mr Ghaharian after an investigation into alleged fictitious clinics. It had been claimed that he had made up clinics on his computer in September 2012 in order to make it look like he had carried out work that he had not done. However it still ruled against the former doctor in that he asked others to provide false statements to the investigation.

Summary: A "deplorable" doctor has been struck off for calling his receptionist "the fat blob" and using expletives to describe patients.


Sundowns went to Uganda leading 2-1 from last weekend's home leg, with the Kampala City outfit buoyed by their away goal. It was KCCA who went ahead in the second leg of the last-32 tie, leaving the defending champions stunned. Geoffrey Sserunkuma, who had scored in all three of Kampala City's African Champions League games during this campaign, netted again after half an hour to make it 1-0 on the day and 2-2 on aggregate. Crucially, because of their away-goal, that strike also meant that if the score stayed that way, KCCA would oust the holders and advance to the last sixteen. However, the hosts' fairy-tale run came to an end ten minutes from time when substitute Anthony Laffor of Liberia smashed the ball into the net to equalise and give Sundowns a 3-2 aggregate lead. That was how the match ended, with Laffor later revealing what his coach Pitso Mosimane had urged him to do before coming off the bench. "I'm happy to have been trusted to make the difference," Laffor said on Sundowns' official twitter feed. "The coach said to me that I must get in the box and fight," the Liberian added. Elsewhere on Saturday, Bakry Al Madina scored a hat-trick as Al Merrikh of Sudan trounced Rivers United of Nigeria 4-0 snatch a group place. Merrikh qualified 4-3 on aggregate after a dramatic recovery from a three-goal first leg loss last weekend in the last-32 tie. Experienced Al Madina opened the scoring after eight minutes in Omdurman and completed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time. Substitute Mohamed Abdulrahman scored the fourth Sudanese goal 18 minutes from time with his first touch of the ball. Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, who reached the semi-finals last year, edged Mounana of Gabon 5-4 on penalties after losing 1-0 in Libreville. Hamidou Sinayoko forced a shootout by scoring four minutes into stoppage time, but Zouheir Laaroubi saved the third Gabonese spot-kick. The other Moroccan challengers, FUS Rabat, defeated Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya 3-1, but were eliminated on away goals. After Brahim El Bahri bagged a brace to give FUS a two-goal lead by the break, Mouayad Ali halved the deficit three minutes into the second half. USM Alger of Algeria, the 2015 runners-up, secured a group slot despite playing 65 minutes with 10 men in a 1-0 defeat by Rail Kadiogo in Burkina Faso. Amir Sayoud, who scored in a 2-0 first leg win by USM, was sent off after two yellow cards and Mohamed Kahan scored the Kadiogo goal on 53 minutes. Hopes of a Madagascar club reaching the group stage for the first time were dashed when CNaPS Sport were held 1-1 by Coton Sport of Cameroon in Antananarivo. Coton took a 1-0 first leg lead and doubled their overall advantage when Souleymanou Moussa struck on the hour mark. Zanaco of Zambia were another team to progress, although they could only draw 0-0 with Young Africans of Tanzania in Lusaka. The Zambians won on away goals after drawing 1-1 in Dar es Salaam a week ago. Another nine second

Summary: The African Champions League title-holders, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, survived a scare in Kampala on Saturday as they drew 1-1 at KCCA to progress to the group phase of this year's competition.


Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled aboard the first train in the service from Ankara, stopping at a town en route to make a campaign speech. The tracks allow trains to reach speeds of up to 250 km (155 miles) per hour. Mr Erdogan, a candidate in presidential elections in August, has pledged to overhaul Turkey's transport network. "We made a promise. We worked hard. We crossed the mountains, and passed over rivers," Mr Erdogan said, at a campaign stop in the town of Eskisehir. "Despite all the attempts of sabotage, blockade, and slowdown, we completed the line and opened it for service today." The inauguration of the train link has been beset by hitches and delays, most recently when a train crashed into a maintenance vehicle. The new service will terminate in the Istanbul suburb of Pendik, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The government plans to build a further rail link, under the Bosphorus, to the centre of the city, but it is unclear when this will happen.

Summary: Turkey has inaugurated a high-speed rail link between Istanbul and Ankara, slashing by half the seven-hour journey time between the two cities.


He is refusing to stand for the The Star-Spangled Banner in protest against the plight of black people in the US. On Sunday Kaepernick, 28, threw his first touchdown pass in 364 days in the 49ers' 45-16 loss to the Bills. "To be honest, I was focused on football," Kaepernick said. "I really wasn't listening to what was going on in the stand," he added. Some fans also chanted "U-S-A" before the national anthem at Buffalo's New Era Field, while t-shirts featuring the player's face and a rifle target were reportedly on sale close to the ground. Kaepernick added: "I had some Bills fans come up before the game and say they support me." The quarterback said he has received death threats as he continues his protest, which stems from racial tensions that increased across the nation this year amid a string of police killings and subsequent revenge attacks. His protest has drawn strong reactions both in opposition and support, with some fans calling it disrespectful to the US flag. But some veterans and military members have tweeted their support for Kaepernick with the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick. "At the end of the day, I'm going to continue to fight for what I'm fighting for," he said. "I think the message carries weight because people realise what's happening - it's something that needs to be addressed." Asked about a claim that someone in the stands threw a bottle at him, Kaepernick replied: "If they did, they didn't have very good aim."

Summary: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has polarised opinion by kneeling during the national anthem, was booed on his return to the starting line-up against the Buffalo Bills.


The Robins have lost 11 of their past 12 league games, winning just once in that time, and are 20th in the table - two points above the relegation zone. "It is a horrendous statistic," Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol. "I'm ashamed of that. It hurts. We have to keep fighting." Former Barnsley boss Johnson arrived at Ashton Gate in February 2016 and steered Bristol City clear of relegation last season. A promising start this term saw his side occupy fifth spot in October, but Saturday's loss at the City Ground saw them drop below Forest - who had not won since 2 December. "It was a frustrating watch for all of us," Johnson said. "We were good in the second half and had a couple of chances we needed to take. "The Championship was never going to be easy - we are in a rebuilding phase. "We spoke at the start of the season about history makers and it was supposed to be positive - not bad history. "We've got to make sure we make history in positive ways and we can still do that this year. We need to fight our way back up the table. I believe that we can."

Summary: Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson admitted he was "ashamed" to see his side set a new club record of eight straight league defeats with a 1-0 loss at fellow-strugglers Nottingham Forest.


The hosts were a threat from Jed Wallace's set-pieces, twice forcing the Iron to head over their own crossbar. Lee Gregory missed the game's biggest chance, his low shot saved by the legs of Joe Anyon when put in one-on-one. Skipper Tony Craig volleyed over for Millwall as they pressed, while the visitors had just one shot on target. The second leg will be played at Glanford Park on Sunday, with only champions Sheffield United boasting a better home record than Scunthorpe in the division. Gregory was put through by Wallace for the only real opening, but his first touch was unconvincing and Anyon was able to close the angle and block. In a niggly tie with five bookings, Josh Morris eventually tested Millwall keeper Jordan Archer after 80 minutes, but his long-range free-kick was easily held. It is only the fifth time that Scunthorpe have drawn 0-0 in Graham Alexander's 64 matches in charge of the side. Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London: "I thought we had everything. We created some chances, just not as many as we'd like to - all that was missing was a goal. "I'm not disappointed with that at all - a clean sheet I'm really pleased with and I think we're in a really good position going into the second leg, where the onus will be on them. "All I will bemoan is just a little bit of composure and a little lack of quality at times in certain areas, but I think that's down to Scunthorpe's work-ethic as well." Scunthorpe boss Graham Alexander told BBC Radio Humberside: "It's a good result - we haven't done anything yet, as in the overall tie, but it's still there to play for. "We came here and put on a real solid, professional away performance to get the clean sheet - that was important for us. "We knew we weren't going to win the overall tie tonight, we didn't want to lose the overall tie tonight, so that's where we are." Match ends, Millwall 0, Scunthorpe United 0. Second Half ends, Millwall 0, Scunthorpe United 0. Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Murray Wallace. Foul by Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United). Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall). Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Sam Mantom replaces Stephen Dawson because of an injury. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match (Scunthorpe United). Tony Craig (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Tony Craig (Millwall). Foul by Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United). Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall). Attempt saved. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the

Summary: Millwall were held to a lacklustre goalless draw at home in the first leg of their League One play-off semi-final by a determined Scunthorpe side.


The 66-year-old was placed in interim charge of the R's after Chris Ramsey was sacked on 4 November. He oversaw the 0-0 draw with Preston on 7 November and has brought in Kevin Blackwell to assist him at Loftus Road. Warnock, who was boss of QPR from March 2010 to January 2012, returned to the Championship club in an advisory role in October. QPR's next two matches are at Middlesbrough on Friday and home to Leeds next Saturday, suggesting an appointment before their trip to Reading on Thursday, 3 December. Former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has been linked with a move to west London, while Burton Albion say they have not received an approach from the R's to speak to manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Under Warnock's leadership, QPR were promoted to the Premier League in 2011 as winners of the Championship, but he was sacked the following January with the club 17th in the top flight. He had been out of management since being dismissed by Crystal Palace in December 2014, after four months in charge. After joining QPR in an advisory capacity to Ramsey in October, Warnock said "full-time management doesn't interest me any more". Rangers are 13th in the Championship table, eight points off the play-off places.

Summary: Neil Warnock expects to be in charge of Queens Park Rangers for two more games, BBC Radio London reports.


The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) confirms that bills and emissions have been forced down since 2008 by EU energy efficiency rules. Appliances like fridges, freezers and boilers are now designed to use less energy for the same work. Ministers say they will make new energy efficiency policy in the Autumn. But the government's critics point out that its Clean Growth plan for an efficient low-carbon society is already many months behind schedule. The CCC says the UK must shift much more swiftly towards electric cars to reduce carbon and tackle local air pollution. It also says a strategy is urgently needed to insulate millions of homes and create new forms of heating that don't foul the air or crank up climate change. The report's finding on home energy bills will surprise people amidst allegations of energy company profiteering and fears that many households find energy prices too high. It confirms that although the cost per unit of electricity and gas has indeed risen, household bills have fallen thanks to EU and UK efficiency standards which forced engineers to design appliances that use less energy. It says since 2008, when the Climate Change Act was introduced, electricity demand is down 17% (despite all our gadgets) and gas demand is 23% lower, thanks to better insulation and UK rules on improved boilers. The CCC chair Lord Deben told BBC News: "Really good EU regulations have made all our appliances much more efficient. It's meant we've been able to cut bills by about Â£20 a month for the average consumer. "It's been a remarkable success story. But the crucial thing is we've got to keep on doing it." It is not yet clear how the UK will be affected by future EU efficiency rules, although it will be impossible for UK manufacturers to sell inefficient goods into the EU market. Catherine Mitchell, professor of energy at Exeter University, told BBC News: "I don't think most people have any idea about the positive role EU standards play in our appliances in our houses - and have done for the last 25 years, or so. "They have brought down bills considerably, they have brought down carbon emissions and they have stimulated innovation. It would be quite mad to get rid of them when we leave the EU." Meanwhile, the CCC says the government's carbon cutting policies are already off track to meet its obligation under the Climate Change Act to cut emissions of 57% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels. The CCC wants: more low-carbon electricity through the 2020s; faster uptake of electric vehicles; a strategy for deploying the carbon capture and storage technology (still very expensive); and a strategy for the uptake of low-carbon heat, perhaps by switching from natural gas to hydrogen for home heating. The new climate change minister Claire Perry told Parliament that she wanted to see if the government's embryonic Clean Growth plan could be made more ambitious. She promised to bring forward policies in the Autumn. But green groups question the government's sincerity. They say that in a meeting of

Summary: Household energy bills and carbon emissions will rise unless ministers devise new policies to save power, a report says.


Police, fire and ambulance personnel were called to scene at about 15:00. They were assisted by a coastguard rescue helicopter. Unconfirmed reports have said a Ford Transit van and a campervan collided head-on. One person is thought to have been taken to hospital by helicopter with serious injuries. Traffic Scotland has warned drivers in the area to expect delays.

Summary: The A9 Perth to Inverness road has been closed in both directions following an accident near Kincraig.


Crowds gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday morning and then marched to parliament. Inside parliament itself, opposition MPs have continued a sit-in that began on Friday. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, in a televised address, called the MPs' actions "scandalous". She said people were free to protest, but had to respect the views of others. Poland's populist right-wing government wants to limit the number of reporters allowed to cover parliament. But opposition MPs accuse it of trying to stifle press freedom. Amid a heavy police presence, a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday chanting "freedom, equality, democracy". Some held up copies of the constitution. The crowd later marched to the parliament building where they remained throughout the day. European Council President Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, urged the government to respect the constitution on Saturday. Addressing reporters in the western city of Wroclaw, he criticised the government's plans, saying that without media access "democracy becomes dictatorship". In extraordinary scenes on Friday, opposition MPs blockaded the parliamentary plenary chamber, forcing MPs from the PiS party into another room to vote on next year's budget. It was the first time since the restoration of democracy in 1989 that such a vote was held outside the main chamber of parliament. Outside parliament, several thousand protesters gathered overnight on Friday. Police had to forcefully remove people to allow MPs to leave the building. Protester Szymon Roginski said on Saturday that the confrontation was entering "a new, more aggressive phase". "Every day we hear news that makes us understand that we are further and further away from democracy. People have had enough," he said. Leader of the opposition Nowoczesna party, Ryszard Petru, accused the government of usurping parliament's authority. "They [the government] do not allow journalists [access], they close themselves off and meet in other places and call it the parliament," he said. "This is an usurpation of power and there will be no consent from the opposition or Polish society for it. We will protest both at the parliamentary podium and on the streets of Polish cities." PiS has been accused of restricting press freedom since coming to power last year. Next year only a few reporters will be allowed into parliament, with five selected TV stations permitted to make recordings of parliamentary sessions. PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday that the proposals were no different to the media access in many other European nations. He accused protesters of hooliganism and threatened them with unspecified "consequences".

Summary: Demonstrators in the Polish capital Warsaw have renewed their protest against government plans to restrict journalists' access to parliament.


While Leyton Orient conceded the fact that their 112-year stay in the top four tiers had come to a sad end, Swindon brought a whole new meaning to avoiding relegation - by completely glossing over their fall to League Two in their club website match report. It was not all doom and gloom in the EFL, though, with plucky underdogs prevailing, the late-goal specialists striking again and a side which conceded relegation a long time ago tasting rare success. Here are five stories you might have missed among all the drama. If you were a Swindon fan reading the report of their 2-1 defeat by Scunthorpe on the club's website, you would be forgiven for not knowing what the result meant. There was no mention that the outcome, combined with Bury's victory, sent them down from League One. "Town suffered a 2-1 defeat to Scunthorpe United at The County Ground earlier this afternoon," reads the first paragraph, rather underplaying the result's significance. The piece goes on to state that a win was needed to "keep alive their survival hopes", but you'd have thought that might have been a bit more prominent. Mind you, they're not the first club to bury bad news this season. Here was Coventry's effort... League Two side Leyton Orient have been through five managers this season, but change in the coaching staff failed to produce change on the pitch, as their relegation to the National League was confirmed. The O's had staved off relegation by beating Hartlepool on Easter Monday, but Crewe showed no such mercy at Gresty Road, easing to a 3-0 win which leaves the financially-imperilled east London club facing an uncertain future in non-league football. There was disappointment of a rather different kind for Bolton fans, who must have thought their side were heading back to the Championship as they battled to a 2-0 victory at Port Vale. But their celebrations were delayed for at least a few more days, as third-placed Fleetwood scored a last-minute winner at Gillingham to take the promotion race into the final week. When you are a striker and your birthday falls on a Saturday during the football season, you must be rubbing your hands. After all, it is a chance to grab a goal or two to cap your special day. Huddersfield striker Elias Kachunga would undoubtedly have had that dream earlier in the week as the Terriers hosted Fulham in a Championship play-off showdown - but the German's 25th birthday did not go to plan. Having scored twice in his past four games Kachunga was ruled out of the game through illness, so like any loyal player he decided he would spend his afternoon following the game on Twitter... He might have thought his birthday would be salvaged when Huddersfield went ahead through Chris Lowe's spot-kick, the first goal of the afternoon in the EFL, but Fulham are the top scorers in the division and grabbed two quickfire responses to lead... At this point Kachunga stopped tweeting, as the Terriers conceded twice more in the first half to

Summary: It was an afternoon when two clubs in the English Football League had to accept the reality of relegation - or did they?


It comes after 17 schools in Edinburgh were closed earlier this year due to safety concerns. The BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to councils across the country asking what, if any, structural faults had been found at schools in their areas in the last five years. So what schools have been affected and when? In 2010, defects were discovered at St Ninian's in East Renfrewshire. Engineers found wall ties were not properly embedded because the joints in the walls were not aligned. Photographs obtained using Freedom of Information legislation showed metal ties dangling mid-air rather than linking the exterior and interior walls. East Renfrewshire Council paid more than £870,000 to carry out the necessary repairs. The local authority said it did not inform parents of the issue because "at no time was there a health and safety risk to pupils, staff or visitors". It said the matter was discussed "openly" at a full council meeting in May 2013. In January 2012, problems were identified at two schools in South Lanarkshire. In stormy weather, during the Christmas holidays, walls collapsed at both Trinity High School in Rutherglen and Duncanrig High School in East Kilbride. Repair work was overseen by Morgan Sindall, the company which runs the schools. It then looked at all 16 schools it has responsibility for in South Lanarkshire and found a small number of wall and header ties needed replaced at an additional eight schools: After the problems with schools in Edinburgh were identified earlier this year it emerged that a similar structural fault had been found at Lourdes Primary in Glasgow in November 2012. Engineers found header ties missing. The building firm involved, Miller Construction, was also involved in the Edinburgh school crisis. Lourdes Primary was temporarily closed with pupils moved to other schools. Glasgow City Council said the issue was handled quickly and effectively, with Miller Construction accepting all responsibility and covering the cost of the repair work. Structural surveys were subsequently carried out on all Glasgow schools built by Miller Construction and came back clear. In May this year, Balfron High School in Stirlingshire was partially closed after structural problems were identified. A wall at the school had been damaged during winter storms and after checks were carried out by engineers issues with walls in the stairwell, gym and atrium were discovered. Again, the problems centred on wall and header tie defects. Initial repair work was carried out before the holidays with further work due to be completed ahead of pupils returning after the summer break. The problems with schools in Edinburgh came to light earlier this year during inspections carried out following a wall collapse at Oxgangs Primary School. Other schools affected included: Repairs have now been completed at all the Edinburgh schools, with pupils due to return to their classrooms this week. The council has assured parents all the buildings affected by the closures are now safe. BBC Scotland Investigates: How Safe is My School? On BBC1 Scotland at 19:00 on Monday 22 August.

Summary: A BBC Scotland investigation has revealed that a total of 30 schools in Scotland have had to make repairs due to structural defects in the last five years.


The young sparrowhawk - nicknamed Jack - had spent three days among pipes and beams of the ceiling Monkton Stadium. Staff dragged soft toys along the floor to imitate live prey, then brought in a Harris hawk to frighten it outside. Eventually paper was hung from the ceiling which encouraged it to fly lower down, and it was caught in a net. The bird then flew off into nearby woodland unharmed.

Summary: Soft toys, paper and a hawk were used in a bid to lure a bird of prey which had taken up temporary residence in a South Tyneside sports hall.


The World War Two cipher machine was bought at a flea market by a cryptography professor, who apparently recognised its true worth. It was sold to an online bidder in Bucharest, Romania, on Tuesday. Enigma machines were used to carry coded military communications during the war. First developed in Germany in the 1920s, the codes created by the electromechanical encryption devices were eventually cracked by mathematician Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park. Bucharest auction house Artmark put this particular Enigma machine on sale with a starting price of €9,000. Cristian Gavrila, the collectible consignment manager at Artmark, told Reuters: "The collector bought it from a flea market. He's a cryptography professor and... he knew very well what he was buying." However, the eventual sale price fell far short of the record amount for an Enigma machine at auction, after one sold at Christie's in New York for $547,500 last month.

Summary: A 100 euros typewriter has sold for 45,000 euros (£40,000; $51,500) at auction, after it was discovered it was actually a German Wehrmacht Enigma I.


The 33-year-old has not played for Celtic since Brendan Rodgers took over as manager at the start of the season, and will provide midfield cover. Hibs are currently without John McGinn and Fraser Fyvie until January, while Dylan McGeouch suffered an ankle injury in training this week. Commons could feature against Morton on Saturday. "Kris is an experienced, technically gifted player," said head coach Neil Lennon. "So him coming in at this time is of benefit to the side as the games start coming in over the festive period. "With us missing a lot of our regular midfield players, it is good to bring in someone with a lot to offer, even just on a short-term basis." Commons, who was a key player for Lennon during his time in charge of the Scottish champions, says that the deal can be beneficial for both parties. "It has come about very quickly, but I think it makes sense on both parts," he said. "I can try to get some football under my belt and give Hibs a helping hand as well. "As much as I am trying to help Hibs, the club are trying to help me out a lot, so I'm grateful to them for giving me the opportunity to play football. I'm also thoroughly looking forward to hopefully helping them on the way and putting on the jersey and doing my best." Hibs remain top of the Scottish Championship on goal difference, though the Edinburgh side have lost their points advantage over Dundee United in recent weeks. The two pre-season favourites for the title are eight points ahead of Falkirk, with Morton another three behind. Commons joined Celtic in January 2011, but his current contract is due to expire at the end of the season.

Summary: Celtic midfielder Kris Commons has joined injury-hit Hibernian on an emergency loan until 15 January.


In June, a coroner found the shooting of the 29-year-old, from Silverbridge, County Armagh, was not "necessary, reasonable or proportionate". He stated his intention to name the soldier in a hearing on Tuesday when he concludes the case later this month. Father-of-six Mr Thornton was shot in the head after his van backfired as it passed a police station. The Parachute Regiment soldier, known as Soldier A, opened fire on the van believing the occupants had fired shots at the Springfield Road police station in August 1971. The inquest into the unarmed labourer's death began in November 2015 and in his preliminary findings in May last year, the coroner said there were "other options available" to the soldier. Mr Thornton's death sparked serious rioting. Within days, 10 other people had been shot dead by the Army in a period the bereaved families refer to as the Ballymurphy Massacre. In 2012, the government wrote a letter of apology to Mr Thornton's widow, Mary, confirming her husband had been an "innocent man".

Summary: The now-deceased soldier who shot and killed Henry Thornton in Belfast in 1971 will be named, a coroner has said.


The blaze broke out at Coed Eva Primary School, in Cwmbran, at about 02:25 GMT on New Year's Day. Most pupils returned on Monday, though nursery children will have to wait until 25 January when temporary classrooms will have been installed. Six people, including four teenage boys, arrested in connection with the fire have been released on bailed.

Summary: An infants and nursery school in Torfaen has reopened 10 days after it was gutted by fire.


After mopping up Kent's first innings for 236 in the morning session, despite Sam Northeast racking up a century, Durham had a 212-run lead. Graham Clark's career-best 83, helped by skipper Paul Collingwood's 51, saw Durham declare with a lead of 483. Kent survived the final 10 overs of the day to end of 35 without loss. Northeast had been the Kent hero on day two, with his unbeaten 109 aided by Yasir Shah's hard-earned 48 in a 113-run eighth-wicket partnership, before Durham hit back to reduce Kent from 236-8 to 236 all out. South African opener Stephen Cook (44) continued his resurgence in Durham colours once he took to the crease, although partner Keaton Jennings was not so lucky as he departed for a first-ball duck. Cameron Steel, who made 43, along with Clark and Collingwood put Jon Lewis' side in a decent position at the declaration, in spite of early exits for Ryan Pringle and Stuart Poynter. Daniel Bell-Drummond and Sean Dickson nursed Kent to stumps without loss, but still trailing by 449 runs.

Summary: Durham put themselves in strong position to earn a first Championship win of the season after declaring with a big lead on the third day at Kent.


The Highways England scheme will take place between Low Newton junction and Meathop roundabout near Grange-over-Sands. Resurfacing, drainage and sign improvements will also be carried out near the Brettargh Holt roundabout. The work is due to be finished on 20 December and will involve some overnight closures.

Summary: A Â£330,000 project to improve the A590 in south Cumbria by installing new safety barriers begins later.


The facility at Brow Top, which has a 24m pool and squash courts, had to been due to open to the public on Saturday. However, because of "a small number of snagging and technical issues" relating to the learner pool, the opening date has been put back by a least a week. The council's deputy leader, Mark Fryer, said the centre would not open until it was "pristine". He said: "We can handle it being late but we can't handle it not being perfect. I wanted this facility to open as soon as possible but I wanted it to be pristine. "There's a technical problem with the small pool and problems with drains which are not finished."

Summary: The opening of a new £11m leisure centre in Workington has been delayed.


The number of victims has risen from 560 to 741, with 96% aged between four and 20. Meanwhile, 276 potential suspects have been identified - a rise of 24 in the past three months. Some 328 football clubs, spanning all tiers of the game, are involved in the inquiry, called Operation Hydrant. A hotline was set up to report abuse last year when a number of ex-footballers said they were victims as youngsters. Police forces across the UK have received an increased number of calls from victims and from people offering information. The investigation is being co-ordinated by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), which urged anyone who may have been a victim to report it. Chief constable Simon Bailey, NPCC lead for child protection, said all allegations and information received is being acted on. "When allegations are reported it enables police to assess whether there are current safeguarding risks and ensure that appropriate action is being taken to prevent children being abused today," he added. The NPCC said 27 referrals to the inquiry related to sports other than football. These referrals include basketball, rugby, gymnastics, martial arts, tennis, wrestling, golf, sailing, athletics, cricket and swimming. The Football Association has also begun an independent review, led by Clive Sheldon QC, into its handling of abuse allegations in the years prior to 2005. The hotline set up by the NSPCC is available 24 hours a day on 0800 0232642.

Summary: Police have identified 181 new victims in the investigation into child sex abuse within football in the UK since April.


The collapse took place very close to the famous Ponte Vecchio, a medieval covered bridge over the Arno. The hole is about 200m (650ft) in length and 7m (23ft) across. Firefighters believe the chasm has been created by the failure of a large water pipe beneath the surface. Florence's Mayor Dario Nardella tweeted (in Italian) that no-one had been harmed in the incident on Lungarno Torrigiani. He appealed to motorists to remove their cars from the nearby area, and said the water supply to part of the city centre was cut off. Regional paper Corriere Fiorentino reports that thousands of residents are without water. The first sign of the problem came not long after midnight, when the police were called, the mayor told Italy's Ansa news agency. The major collapse took place at 06:14 local time, Mr Nardella said.

Summary: A section of the embankment of the River Arno in central Florence collapsed on Wednesday morning, sending part of the road and at least 20 parked cars into a newly formed ditch.


Manbij sits on an intersection of roads linking the IS stronghold of Raqqa to the Turkish border and other areas under its control in Aleppo province. The routes have become key to the group's ability to move fighters, weapons and supplies into and out of Syria. On 31 May, a US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters called the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) began an operation to take Manbij and cut the supply routes. After some heavy fighting, Manbij was encircled and completely cut off earlier this month. We steered clear of the main roads leading to the town as our guides warned us that IS had planted mines and roadside bombs. So we bumped along on dusty side roads. On the way in we passed through Kobane, a town on the border with Turkey that was wrested back from IS control by Kurdish-led forces in January 2015, after a gruelling four-month battle. Much of Kobane is now in ruins and pictures of Kurdish fighters - both women and men - who were killed in the fighting festoon the wrecked buildings. As we get closer to the frontline near Manbij, some 55km (35 miles) to the south-east, we saw the first of the hundreds of civilians who have fled their homes since the fighting began. They were mainly Arab villagers, camped out along the roadside and flying white flags. When they saw an SDF vehicle, they ran forwards begging for food and water. A young SDF fighter, also an Arab, was clearly moved. "We are at the gates of Manbij now," he told us. "God willing, we will end Daesh injustice in Manbij and liberate our families and this city from them," he added, using an Arabic acronym based on the previous name of IS. We were taken to the site of an IS base which was recently destroyed in a US-led coalition air strike. The bodies of dead IS militants were still lying in the field. Kurdish fighters pointed out one who appeared to be Sudanese and another they said was a Chechen. One of the militants was still wearing a suicide belt. In death, his fingers were frozen inches from the detonator. Much of the SDF advance in this area was made possible by US-led coalition air support, and we could hear warplanes circling overhead. The air strikes are being directed by foreign special forces personnel on the ground, as we saw for ourselves when we ran into a group of them close to the frontline. They appeared to be French and American and told us to stop filming. The Kurdish fighters told us there were also British special forces operating in the area. Although air power has been decisive, it is not without cost. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, 49 civilians have been killed in air strikes since the offensive on Manbij began. Civilians are often caught in the crossfire on the ground too. In a field just behind the frontline, we came across a group of families huddled together for

Summary: We travelled along the road to Manbij, a small town in northern Syria that has become the new frontline in the battle against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).


Chile beat Argentina on penalties last year to win a first major trophy. The 100th anniversary of football's oldest international championship sees hosts USA drawn with Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay. Uruguay, the tournament's most successful team, play Jamaica, Mexico and Venezuela, while 2007 winners Brazil face Ecuador, Haiti and Peru. The 2016 Copa America has been expanded by four teams and is being staged outside the South American Football Confederation for the first time. The tournament starts on 3 June when USA play Colombia in Santa Clara, California. The final is on 26 June at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Summary: Holders Chile have been drawn in the same group as Argentina, Bolivia and Panama at the 2016 Copa America.


Last month, the BBC learned an undeclared payment of £6,195 was made to Conservative David Mackintosh's party by the director of a company overseeing work at Northampton Town FC. Northamptonshire Police said the Electoral Commission (EC) was not investigating the payments. The EC and Mr Mackintosh have been approached for comment. Mr Mackintosh's local party received the payment for tickets from Howard Grossman, whose company 1st Land was set up to oversee the rebuild of the League Two club's Sixfields stadium. Three individuals with links to Mr Grossman also paid £10,000 each into Mr Mackintosh's general election fighting fund, but one of the payments - from Gary Robert Platt - was also not declared to the EC. By law, personal donations of more than £500 and donations to local associations of more than £1,500 must be declared to the EC. The company 1st Land subsequently went into administration. Work on the stadium remains incomplete and the main contractor is owed £2m. Mr Mackintosh was leader of the borough council when it approved a £10.25m loan for the Sixfields stadium plans, but millions of pounds of the money is currently unaccounted for. Police said they are still investigating "alleged financial irregularities" surrounding the council's loan to the club. A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "We have liaised with the Electoral Commission and understand they have considered both the undeclared £10k and the gifted £6,195. "The Electoral Commission are not undertaking an investigation into either of these matters and nor are they referring any suspected criminality to Northamptonshire Police. "On the basis of the Electoral Commission's position and in the absence of any direct link to the loan made by Northampton Borough Council to Northampton Town FC, we as a force will not be investigating the donations made to David Mackintosh MP". Suresh Patel, chairman of Northampton South Conservatives, previously told the BBC the Electoral Commission was not informed of the payment by Mr Platt because of an administrative error and he had subsequently done so. He has declined to comment on the police's latest announcement. Mr Grossman previously told the BBC in a statement: "Howard Grossman paid £6,195 for tickets to attend an event hosted by Mr Mackintosh as part of his election campaign." The BBC has been unable to contact Mr Platt.

Summary: Undeclared payments made to an MP's office by a businessman will not be investigated by police.


He said: "With significant Tory and UKIP power blocks in the next parliament, we will be the left-of-centre backbone of a Labour administration. "Along with the SNP and Plaid Cymru, (we) will ensure that the next Labour government remains true to its values." Dr McDonnell said that, while his party had always worked closely with Labour, the SDLP was not tied to any other party. He said its MPs would be elected on their own manifesto. "During the last Labour government, we were unwavering in opposition to the Iraq War," he said. "Our MPs voted against the cut in the 10p tax rate. We refused to accept 42 day detention. "These were all issues that Labour supported." The SDLP leader added that his party would "categorically refuse" to support David Cameron and the Conservative Party.

Summary: SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell has said if Labour leader Ed Miliband becomes the next prime minister "it will be with our support, on our terms, that he takes power".


Druids and pagans were joined by a mass of revellers at the ancient monument, accompanied by a soundtrack of pounding drums, chanting and dancing. Although Sunday was officially the shortest day, Monday's sunrise was the closest to the moment when the North Pole was tilted furthest from the sun. However, a heavy blanket of grey cloud kept the sunrise from clear view. Senior druid King Arthur Pendragon, said: "What we're really here for is to celebrate the fact that the cycle of the world turns, and from now on the days get longer and it's the return of the sun. "It's a time of change and hope is renewed - the same message really from a pagan perspective as from a Christian perspective. "That's what this season is all about - a message of hope." Last week English Heritage - which manages the stones near Salisbury in Wiltshire - reported a record number of tourists in the past year. I've just been passed by a giant lampshade playing the accordion and I think I've seen the widest selection of wellingtons ever known in one place on the earth. It's the middle of Salisbury Plain, it's an ancient monument. We never [usually] get as close and everyone is here because they want to be here. In front of me there are people from Korea and I can hear German accents behind me. I have spoken to Canadians and all sorts of people - all here for one reason and that's because Wiltshire has one of the best ancient monuments in the world. The body said 1.3 million people had visited the site since the opening of the Â£27m visitor centre in December last year - a 9% increase on the previous 12 months. This means a continual reinforcement of the message that the stones need to be looked after and treated with respect, it added. Heather Sebire, English Heritage's curator for Stonehenge, said: "People think that because it's stone it's virtually indestructible - but in fact the stones are quite fragile. "We know through our research - we had a wonderful laser survey done - that many stones have carvings that you can't see with the naked eye. "So they can be damaged and we do ask people to respect the stones while they're here."

Summary: The winter solstice has been celebrated by about 1,500 revellers who gathered to watch the sunrise at Stonehenge.


The Brit Award winner and three-time Mercury Music Prize nominee tops the bill at the 13th annual festival at Glanusk Park, Powys, on 20 August. Fellow UK acts Belle and Sebastian, on Thursday, James Blake, on Friday, and Wild Beasts, on Sunday, have already been named as the other headliners. The festival was a sellout last year, with about 20,000 people attending. Festival director Fiona Stewart said: "Laura returns for her third performance at Green Man, her legendary performances have always gone down a storm and we're already feeling awestruck imagining her Saturday night set, full of new album material." Other new acts booked for this year's Green Man festival include Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon - "a karaoke experience unlike any other you've experienced before, or ever will again", re-formed 1990s alt-rockers Lush, and DJ Pete Paphides. Among the other prominent acts appearing are Grandaddy, Tindersticks, White Denim, Fat White Family, Cate Le Bon, Gun Outfit, and The Membranes. Previous headliners have included legendary Belfast-born blues and rock singer Van Morrison, ex-Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, US singer-songwriter Patti Smith, Cardiff rockers Super Furry Animals, Fleet Foxes, Jarvis Cocker and Doves. Founded in 2003, Green Man has become one of the most popular alternative festivals. It won the 2010 best medium-sized event and 2012 best "grass roots" event at the UK Festival Awards, and 2015 best festival at the Live Music Business awards.

Summary: Alt-folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling has been unveiled as a headline act for the 2016 Green Man festival.


He died on Monday, aged 89, in a nursing home in Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, following an illness. Bishop Casey resigned as Bishop of Galway following the revelation he had been making payments to a woman in the United States for a long period. He had a relationship with an American divorcee and was the father of her son. Peter Murphy was born in 1974 and was the result of Bishop Casey's affair with Annie Murphy. Speaking on BBC's Evening Extra programme, Michael Kelly of The Irish Catholic newspaper described the event as "the beginning of the end of the extreme dominance of the Catholic Church in Irish public life". When the relationship became public in 1992, Bishop Casey resigned his post and went to America. He later moved to Mexico to learn Spanish, worked as a missionary priest in Ecuador and then worked in a parish in England before retiring to Galway 14 years later. In 2006 he came home to live in Shanaglish, near Gort, County Galway, and then Carrigoran Nursing Home in County Clare in 2011. Born in County Kerry on 24 April 1927, Bishop Casey was educated in Limerick and in Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. For the next nine years he worked as a curate in two Limerick city parishes before being appointed to the Irish Emigrant Chaplaincy Service in England. He became well-known while working in London for sourcing adequate housing for thousands of Irish emigrants. On Monday, the Catholic Church said "his passionate advocacy for social justice and for those marginalised by inequality gave him a significant public profile and his work in this area continued throughout his life". He was appointed Bishop of Kerry in 1969 before taking on the larger and more high-profile diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in 1976. "Perhaps the highlight of his time in Galway was his organising and hosting the visit of Pope John Paul II to the city in 1979 to meet and pray with 300,000 young people from all over Ireland," the Catholic Church said. Bishop Casey was present at the funeral of his murdered friend Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador when the liturgy was interrupted by bombs and intense gunfire which left almost 50 mourners dead. He also voiced strong objections to the visit of US President Ronald Regan to Galway in 1984 because of "American foreign policy". Archbishop Eamon Martin said: "It is with great sadness that I learned today of the death of Bishop Eamonn Casey. "I wish to sincerely acknowledge the contribution of Bishop Casey to the work of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference over twenty-three years during his time as Bishop of Kerry and as Bishop of Galway".

Summary: Former Bishop of Galway, Eamon Casey, who was at the centre of a scandal that rocked the Catholic Church in the early 1990s, has died.


This comes after the country's highest court ruled earlier this year that Mr Zuma repay some of the $23m of public funds spent on his house in 2009. The upgrades included an amphitheatre, pool, chicken run and cattle enclosure. Mr Zuma must now repay the money - about 3% of the total spent - within 45 days. An anti-corruption body, known as the public protector, ruled in 2014 that Mr Zuma had "unduly benefited" from the non-security renovations to his rural home in Nkandla in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. In March, the Constitutional Court then ruled that he had violated the constitution when he failed to repay some of the money. It gave the treasury two months to come up with a figure for Mr Zuma to repay. The treasury says it hired two independent quantity surveyors to conduct separate investigations to come up with the figure. The main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), one of the parties which brought the case, welcomed the treasury's report but said it had hoped the figure would be higher. "This sends out a clear message to those involved in corruption, especially those in the ANC, that you will be held accountable for your actions, even if you are the president," the AFP news agency quotes DA spokesman Mabine Seabe as saying. What has been a long and drawn out fight between President Zuma and opposition parties seems to be coming to an end, reports the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg. The Nkandla scandal has been a hotly debated subject in parliament for almost three years and has damaged the president's reputation, she says. In April, President Zuma apologised for the controversy and said he would abide by the Constitutional Court's ruling. A few days later he survived an impeachment vote in parliament, showing his opponents that he is a true political survivor, our correspondent says. What Mr Zuma's money will go towards How Zuma's Nkandla home has grown Profile: Jacob Zuma

Summary: South Africa's treasury has recommended President Jacob Zuma pay back $509,000 (Â£385,000) to the government for upgrades made to his private home.


The mission would have a mandate for a year which could be extended if both sides request it. Negotiators for the two sides issued a joint request for the UN's involvement last week during peace talks in Cuba. They have set a deadline of 23 March for the signing of a peace accord. The UN "political mission" will consist of unarmed observers from Latin American and Caribbean nations. Colombia has seen decades of fighting between the government and the left-wing Farc movement, with more than 220,000 people killed and millions displaced in unrest which has also involved other guerrilla groups and right-wing paramilitaries. It is the longest-running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere. "It isn't common for a country to refer itself to the council, but it's exactly the kind of role the United Nations should be playing," said British UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft. "I hope today will mark the start of the final stage of peace talks." US Ambassador Samantha Power warned that issues between the two sides still needed to be resolved, such as the removal of land mines and the re-integration of guerrillas into the population. The UN resolution asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make detailed recommendations on the mission's size and operation to be approved by the security council within 30 days of a ceasefire. Last week, the Colombian government's lead negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, described the request to the UN as a "transcendental" moment. He said it was an "unequivocal demonstration of our desire to end confrontation". Since official peace talks started in Havana in November 2012, negotiators have reached agreement on key issues such as the political participation of the rebels, land rights, drug trafficking and transitional justice. Last September, President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc chief Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, said they wanted an agreement within six months.

Summary: The UN Security Council has approved the creation of an unarmed mission in Colombia to oversee a bilateral ceasefire, if Farc rebels and the government sign a peace agreement.


The players in question are believed to include Sam Burgess and Danny Care. Reports suggest they invested in an oil-drilling firm and lost a combined total in excess of £100,000. An RFU spokesperson said: "The RFU takes the allegations extremely seriously. It is an internal matter and we are taking the appropriate action." England boss Stuart Lancaster and his coaching team are understood to have had no knowledge of Tennison's alleged shares advice. Lancaster's side endured a poor World Cup on home soil as they were eliminated at the group stages. Their performance - and Lancaster's position - are being reviewed by the RFU and chief executive Ian Ritchie will report to a management board meeting on 17 November. Burgess has since returned to rugby league, having left Bath to move back to Australia to join South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Summary: England kit man Dave Tennison is under investigation by the Rugby Football Union over claims he urged players to buy shares which fell in value.


The 33-year-old freelancer has been working in the country for three years for a number of media outlets, most recently NBC News. More than 3,330 people have died in four West African countries in what has become the world's worst outbreak. President Barack Obama has pledged federal support to contain the spread in the US, after the first case there. A Liberian man diagnosed in Texas on Tuesday remains in a serious condition. The unnamed cameraman is the fourth American known to test positive for Ebola, all diagnosed in Liberia. Three American aid workers were separately flown back to the US for treatment and they are all recovering. The man was only hired by NBC News on Tuesday, the US broadcaster said, and he came down with symptoms - including fever and aches - the following day. After seeking medical advice, he tested positive for the virus. NBC News President Deborah Turness informed staff of the news in a statement. "We are doing everything we can to get him the best care possible. He will be flown back to the United States for treatment at a medical center that is equipped to handle Ebola patients." The rest of the NBC crew including the network's chief medical editor, Dr Nancy Snyderman, are being flown back to the US on a private charter flight and will be placed under quarantine for 21 days, Ms Turness added. Meanwhile, as many as 100 people in Texas are being checked for exposure to Ebola, after Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national, was diagnosed with the virus in Dallas. He flew to the US two weeks ago to visit relatives. A number of them have been ordered to stay home while they are watched for signs of the disease. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings was called by Mr Obama on Thursday who promised to help with whatever was needed from federal resources to stop it spreading. Mr Duncan was the first person diagnosed on US soil and on Thursday, Liberian officials said they would prosecute him for lying on an Ebola questionnaire form prior to leaving the country. Deputy Information Minister Isaac Jackson said Mr Duncan had "lied under oath about his Ebola status". He is alleged to have taken a sick relative to a clinic. In West Africa. the outbreak has prompted dire warnings of economic collapse if infection rates continue. There have been 7,178 confirmed cases in total, with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea suffering the most. Leading charity Save the Children has warned that Ebola was spreading at a "terrifying rate" in West Africa, with the number of new recorded cases doubling every few weeks. It said that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone meant healthcare demands were far outstripping supply. At a conference in London co-hosted with Sierra Leone, the UK called for urgent decisive action from the international community. Ebola virus: Busting the myths

Summary: A cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and is to be flown home to the US for treatment.


The University of Glasgow's £32m Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) aims to bring clinical academics together with industry to improve patient care. It is the first time a 7 Tesla MRI scanner will be used in the UK in a clinical setting. It will be used to improve treatment for conditions such as stroke, vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The facility was built in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC), with £16m of funding from the Medical Research Council and Glasgow City Region City Deal. The project is expected to bring 396 new jobs to the city over a seven year period, contributing about £88m to the local economy. The 7 Tesla MRI scanner was delivered to the site last November. A giant crane eased the 18-tonne device down an alleyway with inches to spare on each side, then through a hole in the wall of the new building. The building will also house the Clinical Innovation Zone to help biomedical companies improve healthcare technology through collaborative work. There willl be a further floor of neuro-operating theatres, which will be funded by the NHS GGC. Prof Dame Anna Dominiczak, of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, said it would be a "world-leading" example of a precision medicine centre. "The ICE isn't about ivory tower research," she said. "It is about bringing world-leading clinical academics together with industry to collaborate and to create something that not only positively benefits patients but also brings a meaningful economic benefit as well." Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety said the facility was a great example of how the Glasgow City Region City Deal was helping to reinforce Glasgow's global reputation, while also delivering economic and social benefits. Principal of the university, Prof Anton Muscatelli, said: "ICE exemplifies the university's goal to create visionary buildings that promote interaction with industry and other key stakeholders, bringing inspiring people together in a world-class environment to share knowledge that can ultimately change the world."

Summary: A new state-of-the-art medical research facility, which houses a powerful MRI scanner, is to be officially opened.


The tests have been made tougher and Mrs Morgan says lower results should not be interpreted as a decline in performance by pupils. "They simply cannot be compared directly," says Mrs Morgan. Heads have called for this year's test results not to be published. Mrs Morgan's warning comes in advance of the publication of results from Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds, which this year have been made more difficult and based on a new curriculum. There will be national level results published on Tuesday and individual schools will receive their results. There has been an expectation of volatile and unpredictable results - and Mrs Morgan is pre-empting claims that they will show that standards are falling. "I expect critics of the new primary curriculum will be quick to try and suggest that any lower results are evidence of a failure of the system," says Mrs Morgan. "Nothing could be further from the truth. I don't know what the results will look like yet. But I have always been clear that politicians trumpeting ever-rising test results, at the expense of high standards is entirely wrong." If results do turn out to be lower than previous years, then Mrs Morgan feels: "It wouldn't mean children have performed any worse this year; simply that we have raised the bar on what counts as good enough. "Neither schools nor parents should try to compare this year's results with previous years. The tests are new and are based on a new, more rigorous national curriculum - based on the best evidence from across the world." Mrs Morgan said that parents should "see the results as what they are - a reflection of how well children this year have performed against a new curriculum". The National Association of Head Teachers had previously written to the education secretary calling for the publication of this year's results to be cancelled. They warned that there had been "serious mistakes" in how changes had been introduced and said results were too "unpredictable" to be used for league tables. Head teachers said the results were likely to be so "skewed" that "comparisons between schools become very risky". Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the results would be used by the Department for Education and Ofsted to make judgements on schools, with potentially "serious consequences for the jobs of school leaders and the future of the school". But he said that from the perspective of teachers, the changes to the tests had been "shambolic", with frequently changing guidance and leaked test papers.

Summary: The results of Sats tests taken in primary schools in England, due to be published on Tuesday, should not be compared with previous years, says Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.


Atherton, 28, became the first rider in history to complete a perfect downhill World Cup season and then won a fourth World Championship title a week later. However, the downhill discipline is not an Olympic sport. Atherton said: "I'm proud and content with what I have achieved. I don't need the validation of an Olympic medal." Other British riders have changed disciplines in the pursuit of winning Olympic medals. Mark Cavendish, the only member of the 2008 Beijing Olympic track team to miss out on a medal, returned to the velodrome for the 2016 Rio Games and was rewarded with silver in the omnium. He quit this year's Tour de France early, after winning his 30th career stage in the three-week road race, to focus his attentions on Rio. And four-time BMX world champion Shanaze Reade is also heading back to the more controlled environment of track cycling for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Reade, who won world team sprint titles in 2007 and 2008 with Victoria Pendleton, missed out on Olympic BMX medals in 2008 and 2012 despite starting as favourite because of the "lottery" nature of the sport. Atherton said: "I definitely used to want to switch to track at some point but in mountain biking you spend a lot of time outside in the mountains - I think I would miss that lifestyle. "Mountain biking has a huge following and a life on its own without [downhill being included in] the Olympics." The Trek factory rider has won 13 downhill World Cup races in a row, including all seven this year to win her fifth title. Atherton could now target the two-day enduro races, which include both uphill and downhill sections. "That would be a huge challenge, having the fitness to do that, but it is something that I would be pretty excited to give a go," she said. And, after a year "beyond anything" she imagined, Atherton has returned home to a small village north of Aberystwyth for the off-season. "It is surreal getting back into home life. It is pretty cool to bring the trophy home to this tiny village in the middle of Wales," she said. "When you are at the top of your sport it is a stressful thing, it is hard to enjoy because you are so focused. "I'm actually looking forward to a year enjoying racing a bit more and not having to prove myself is going to be nice."

Summary: British world champion Rachel Atherton does not feel the need to go chasing Olympic medals despite dominating downhill mountain biking.