"I assume it's going to be for Kalinda but I never take it for granted," she says. "Yes, people still recognise me from Bend it Like Beckham or East is East so it's often fun to try and guess where they will know me from, from their reaction." After working mostly in America since 2009, Panjabi is back this weekend for the British Academy Television Awards, where she will present a trophy and represent The Good Wife, which is nominated. And, she confesses, to stock up on salad cream. The Baftas will be a very different experience from when she first started getting invites to award ceremonies. "I think the first time I went to the Emmys (in LA)," she recalls, "I was on the red carpet and I was nominated [for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series] and I was so thrilled and nobody recognised me." "All the photographers put their cameras down and that was probably one of the most daunting experiences I've had because I just wanted the red carpet to open up and swallow me!" As fate would have it, everything worked out and on that night in 2010 when she won and "that's when the photographers finally wanted to take a photo of me," she laughs. Playing a pathologist alongside Gillian Anderson in BBC One's The Fall has increased her profile further, but Panjabi has recently made a bold career move. The 42-year-old has walked away from the primetime US TV show, produced by Ridley Scott, that critics and audiences still love after six years. "I decided two years ago," she admits, "I felt it was the right time". While proclaiming her love for the character of fiercely loyal Kalinda, something had changed. "I've been really lucky at being professionally very satisfied and happily employed," Panjabi explains. "But one of the things I love most is being able to develop that character and create something that is so different from me and I think, after six years, I feel if I continue playing her I wouldn't have that equilibrium." Kalinda's exit takes place on TV in America at the same time as Panjabi will be partying at the Baftas in the UK this Sunday evening. Without giving away exactly what happens, she reveals her last day on set was spent in a bar. "Everybody was a little sad," she says, "we had tequilas and we all celebrated and then I got up on the bar in my boots and thanked everybody". "And then I just walked out." How delightfully like Kalinda. Panjabi even swiped the character's trademark boots and leather jacket. Kalinda's goodbye sounds slightly less traumatic than when Josh Charles (Will Gardner) was written out of the show in 2014, shot and killed in a tense courtroom scene. Some of us may still be reeling from the shock of that incident playing out on the small screen, watching a beloved character snatched away too soon. Panjabi says it was "heartbreaking" filming those scenes and remains proud of how the cast and crew kept it such

Summary: Despite spending the past six years playing Kalinda Sharma on Emmy-award-winning The Good Wife, Archie Panjabi has learnt not to second-guess how people may recognise her.


Thuli Mandonsela, who has vigorously pursued Mr Zuma in her seven years as anti-corruption tsar, told Reuters that legal action was behind the delay. Mr Zuma applied for a court order to ban the publication on Thursday. The report addresses allegations that a wealthy Indian-born business family has had undue influence on his government. The Guptas have been accused of dismissing and appointing ministers, a form of corruption referred to in South Africa as "state capture". The family strongly denies all the allegations, as has the president. Ms Madonsela had been planning to release the findings on Friday, her last day in her role as public protector. But with legal action preventing her from releasing the report before, Ms Madonsela says she has now given "for safe-keeping" to Baleka Mbete, the speaker of parliament. "I'm not the whistle blower. I'm the one who investigates what the whistle blowers tell me," she told a press conference in Pretoria, at which she reiterated several times that she was not able to discuss the findings of the report. Former Finance Minister David Van Rooyen has filed a separate legal application to block publication of any aspects of the report involving allegations against him. When Thuli Madonsela's daughter asked her over breakfast how it felt to be "South Africa's biggest tell-tale", the public protector just smiled. It was an understated reaction from the woman likely to go down in history as the person who rattled President Jacob Zuma more than any other figure in contemporary South Africa, exposed the growing fissures in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and went from being a shy trade unionist to an internationally feted global leader. Ms Madonsela's inquiries over her years in office as public protector have led to the sacking of some of the most senior figures in the country. She has investigated police chiefs, opposition politicians - and even the president himself over multi-million dollar security upgrades to his private Nkandla home. Read Karen's full profile The controversial appointment of Mr Van Rooyen, who lasted just three days in the post before standing down, is one of the key lines of inquiry in the investigation, the BBC understands. The report allegedly contains evidence based on mobile phone records that Mr Van Rooyen was at the home of the influential Gupta family hours before his shock appointment as finance minister, according to details of the report leaked to the BBC. Markets panicked over Mr Van Rooyen's controversial appointment, which followed the sacking of his respected predecessor Nhlanhla Nene, causing the South African currency to plunge to record lows. Critics of Ms Madonsela claims she has exceeded her powers and is on a mission to try to topple President Zuma but she maintains she's just doing her job. In a previous report, she found that Mr Zuma had "unduly benefitted" from the use of taxpayers' money to build a cattle enclosure, amphitheatre, swimming pool, visitor centre and chicken run at his home in Nkandla. Last month, he repaid about $500,000 of the $23m total cost of these upgrades. In

Summary: A corruption investigation expected to contain damning allegations against South African President Jacob Zuma will not be published on Friday, as planned.


The Lynx UK Trust wants to import up to six of the cats from Sweden to Kielder Forest in Northumberland. With a public consultation over, the trust said the five year trial plan would go to Natural England by September. It has been criticised by some residents and sheep farmers. The scheme would see four to six lynx wearing radio tracking devices with Kielder chosen due to its dense woodland and low number of roads. The trust said the animals would help control deer numbers as well provide a tourism boost. Dr Paul O'Donoghue from the trust told the Guardian the lynx "belongs here" and is an "intrinsic part of the the UK environment". He also told the paper he hoped the lynx could be in the forest by the end of the year. Sheep farmers fear the animals could target their livestock although the trust said the cats would hunt in woods rather than fields. The trust did admit, however, that some sheep could be killed but farmers would be "generously compensated" for any losses. Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association, said there were several hundred sheep farmers around Kielder, any one of whom could be affected by the lynx. He said valuing a sheep was complex and, money aside, there were major welfare concerns. Mr Stocker said people would not accept animals facing "unnecessary pain" and one sheep being attacked by a lynx could cause major stress and possible damage to others in the flock. He said the UK no longer had the "landscape" for the lynx to be "genetically sustainable" and it would not be in the cat's interest to be reintroduced into an environment that, thanks to roads and industry, has changed so much since the cat existed here.

Summary: Plans to reintroduce the Eurasian lynx 1,300 years after it became extinct in the UK will be submitted soon, campaigners have said.


The interest rates are linked to inflation - and are set to rise by about a third from 4.6% to up to 6.1%. It will come in the autumn alongside an increase in tuition fees to £9,250 for universities in England. The Department for Education is also trying to sell off more student loan debt to private investors. An education department spokeswoman said that rates for the autumn are "not confirmed" until September. But for those taking out loans since 2012, the rate is based on the RPI (retail prices index) measure of inflation in March, which was published on Tuesday. This showed an increase to 3.1% compared with 1.6% last year and 0.9% the previous year. Interest is charged while students are still at university at the level of RPI plus 3% - which would mean charges on tuition fees and maintenance loans of 6.1%. The increase would mean a higher cost in interest charges before students had even graduated. After students leave university, interest rates are linked to earnings, which will rise up to 6.1% for an income of £41,000 and over - based on RPI plus 3%. For students who were at university before 2012, the loan rates will remain unchanged. There has been increasing attention paid to the level of interest charged on student loans. The Intergenerational Foundation think tank has highlighted that while the focus has been on the headline tuition fee, the amount that it actually costs students in repayments including interest charges will often be much higher. Before the forthcoming interest rate increase, students earning £41,000 per year were forecast to make repayments of £54,000 on tuition fees. This figure was without including the amount students also borrow for living costs such as accommodation - and without any amount outstanding when debts are written off after 30 years. The foundation's report on tuition fee interest was called "The Packhorse Generation" to describe these increasing levels of debt. The government is also in the process of trying to sell off the student loan book to the financial markets. In February it announced that loans to students in England between 2002 and 2006 will be put up for sale, to be followed by other pre-2012 loans, with the aim of raising £12bn. The scale of debt owed by students for loans for tuition and maintenance has continued to climb. In England, the amount owed last year had reached £76bn, compared with about £34bn in 2011. The National Union of Student president, Malia Bouattia, said the rising levels of debt would cast a long financial shadow over young people's lives. "Graduates wanting to access the housing market, save and start pensions after university are already struggling to do so and this step will only disadvantage them further," she said. A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "Our student funding system is sustainable and fair, with affordable loan rates based on income. This means no individual will see their repayments rise as a result of interest rates increasing. "Rates are set each year in September and are not confirmed before

Summary: Millions of students and former students in England and Wales will face a sharp increase in interest rates on tuition fees and maintenance loans.


The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that six women and a child were among those who died in the raids on al-Heisha overnight. The IS-held village has been the target of a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters seeking to capture Raqqa. A coalition spokesman confirmed that it had conducted strikes in the area. But Col John Dorrian told the AFP news agency that "more specific information is needed to conclusively determine responsibility" for any civilian casualties. A coalition statement said seven strikes near the town of Ain Issa, about 14km (9 miles) west of al-Heisha, on Tuesday had engaged six IS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, and a car bomb facility. A spokeswoman for the Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), dismissed the reports of civilian casualties as "IS news". On Sunday, the SDF announced that it had begun a campaign to isolate and ultimately take control of Raqqa, which IS has controlled for almost three years. The initial report of the air strike on al-Heisha, about 40km (25 miles) north of Raqqa, came from the anti-IS activist group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. It said 23 people had been killed and identified all but four of them. On Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory said 20 had been killed and about 30 others wounded in the attack. The SDF said some 200 families had fled al-Heisha. One of the residents who escaped, Saada al-Aboud, told AFP: "[IS] fighters brought heavy weapons to our village and stayed among us so that if there were strikes they would hit us." "They wouldn't let us leave. We had to escape by running out into the fields, with our children and old people. What else could we do? We left everything behind." The Syrian Observatory says at least 680 civilians, including 169 children, have been killed since coalition air strikes began in Syria two years ago. However, the coalition has admitted responsibility for only 55 civilian deaths in both Syria and neighbouring Iraq between August 2014 and July 2016. Last month, Amnesty International said some 100 civilians appeared to have been killed in three coalition air strikes in June and July 2016 around Manbij, north-west of Raqqa, during an SDF operation to drive IS militants out of the town.

Summary: A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 20 civilians in a village north of so-called Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, activists say.


Except that this girl is a robot: a robot girlfriend programmed by a sociopathic billionaire. And she is a robot who may just want a mind of her own - with a master who won't relinquish control. The film is out in UK cinemas now. Written by Alex Garland, author of The Beach, it's a thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson as computer programmer Caleb, Alicia Vikander as robot Ava and Oscar Isaac as Nathan, the billionaire. It explores some of our deepest fears about artificial intelligence (AI). Ex Machina's robot, Ava, is not the only type of AI we should find unsettling, Garland told Newsbeat. He said: "AI that is in control of stock markets, in control of healthcare systems, factories, maybe military drones. It is different from Ava but you can be scared of that." These are the type of AI that led inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk to declare AI as "the most serious threat to the survival of the human race". The SpaceX boss has donated $10m (Â£6.6m) to keep AI friendly. Dr Stuart Armstrong is a member of a research centre which looks into the big questions surrounding AI - the Future of Humanity - at Oxford University. He is also an adviser to the Lifeboat Foundation, which is tasked with a small matter: safeguarding humanity. He told Newsbeat about a future world which he says is far more likely to happen than anything shown in Ex Machina. It is potentially far more terrifying, he reckons. "AI could outsmart us technologically, it could come up with designs of things far beyond what we could come up with and then build them. "It could outsmart us on the internet; say hack into every single computer in the world and copy themselves into it. "It could outsmart us socially which is a particularly scary avenue. "Maybe humans' social skills are not nearly as special or uncrackable as we like to think. It could seduce us. "It could have super economic skills. "It could guess the stock market better and accumulate quantities of cash. "It doesn't need to have all these skills. "If you have a general intelligence in one area it is often transferable to other areas. "If you can accumulate huge amounts of money then you can buy lots of hackers or buy lots of computing power or technological research. "Similarly if you have technological research you can sell this and accumulate financial resources." Meanwhile, he says films portraying AI in human terms, particularly portrayals of AI like the Terminator, are "ridiculous". He explains: "If you want to build a mechanical army to destroy the world, the human frame is probably one of the worst designs that you could go for. I would go for mosquito-sized drones with legs or something like that. "Every single AI in movies I've ever seen is a human mind with some minor modification. They seem to be emotionally repressed humans. That's the model." Much of what we might expect AI to be like will be beyond human experience, argues Armstrong. "It is very possible

Summary: Ex Machina is your standard film script of boy meets girl.


The man, in his 50s, is believed to be from the Maidstone area of Kent. The clockwise carriageway leading to the Dartford crossing will remain shut until further notice following the crash between junction 30 and junction 31, police said. The arrested female driver, aged in her 30s and from Romania, remains in custody and is being interviewed. Paramedics attended and both carriageways were shut to allow an air ambulance to land. Police said they were now carrying out an investigation. The slip road from Grays on to the clockwise carriageway is also closed. Motorists are advised to seek an alternative route, although the anti-clockwise carriageway has now reopened. Traffic congestion is very heavy but vehicles initially caught at the scene of the collision have been released, police said.

Summary: A lorry driver from Romania has been arrested after a motorcyclist died in a collision on the M25 in Essex.


Peter Gogarty said perpetrators knew anything disclosed in confession would not be revealed to authorities. He told the BBC it was effectively a "get-out-of-jail-free card". It follows the final public hearings in an Australian inquiry, which has heard evidence of abusers confessing knowing their actions would not be divulged. The issue of mandatory reporting has split Australia's Catholic Church, with archbishops differing on whether information given by a child victim during confession should be relayed to police. "What they are doing is saying we are more prepared to protect an offender than we are to take care of this child," said Mr Gogarty, who was 12 when he was abused by a priest in New South Wales. "If the royal commission [inquiry] has shown us one thing, it is that a paedophile does not stop until they die or are physically incapable of molesting any more." The inquiry, established in 2013, gathered evidence from 4,440 people who said they were victims of abuse at Catholic institutions in Australia. Mr Gogarty said the church had been slow to respond to the claims. "The church in Australia has treated this like a nasty public relations disaster," he told the BBC. "I don't think they understand the depth of the disaster they have created and the work they need to do to fix it." Francis Sullivan, head of the church's Truth, Justice and Healing Council, said the institution had recognised its "shameful" role in enabling and covering up abuse in the past. He admitted that evidence at the inquiry had "corroded the credibility of the church", and said it had already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims. However, Mr Sullivan said confession should not be altered to make priests report abuse to the police. "I think it would be a tragedy if the privileged communication in the confessional is abolished," he said. "The Catholic Church says that when it involves the seal of confession then that information is sacrosanct - that the priest is bound by that." Mr Sullivan said he favoured a system where a perpetrator confessing abuse was advised to report the crime themselves. "I think its incumbent on the priest to say to the person - if you are sincere about this, if you want to absolved - then going to the authorities is part of the exercise," he said. Mandatory reporting of abuse has been one of the key issues under consideration by the royal commission, which has heard allegations of abuse at more than 4,000 public organisations in Australia. The commissioners are due to submit their final report and recommendations in December.

Summary: An Australian child abuse survivor has called on the Catholic Church to reform its laws on confession to ensure crimes are reported to police.


The three-day tie begins on 7 April, five days after the Miami Open, which is played outdoors on a hard court. World number one Andy Murray, who sat out Britain's 3-2 victory over Canada in the Davis Cup World Group first round, is expected to play in Miami. Britain beat France in the quarter-finals in 2015, when they won the title for the first time in 79 years. Murray, 29, said earlier this month he expected to return against France after a break following his fourth-round exit from the Australian Open. Rouen's Palais des Sports can accommodate 5,200 spectators.

Summary: Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against France in April will be played on an indoor clay court in Rouen.


Some farmers will have experienced a 10p a litre drop in the price in the 10 months to Christmas. Aled Jones, National Farmers' Union's milk committee chairman, said they were finding it "extremely difficult". Two independent inquiries into the industry's future in Wales are due to report in 2015. THE INCOME GAP Mr Jones, who farms at Llanfaglan near Caernarfon, added that over months the price drop can mean a gap in income of tens of thousands of pounds. "It's only now that the cuts are beginning to really bite," he told BBC Radio Cymru's Manylu programme. "Ten pence a litre for a farm producing a million litres is a hundred thousand pounds less revenue - and that is not a big farm. "Some feed costs and fuel prices have come down - but not to the extent of £100,000 - no way." WHY HAS THE PRICE COME DOWN SO QUICKLY? SUPERMARKET PRICE WAR Farmers have seen a drop in price at the same time as a supermarket war to offer milk for the cheapest price. Iceland - with its roots on Deeside - claims to sell the cheapest milk at 89p for four pints. In a statement, Iceland told BBC Wales it had not changed the price it pays for its milk, only the price it charges to its customers. "We are operating in the most competitive food retail market in the UK any of us can remember, and decided to make a major investment of our own margin to help our customers by offering them really compelling value on one of the essentials they buy every day." DECLINING NUMBERS The number of dairy farmers in Wales has dropped substantially over the last decade - by 40%. DairyCo estimates the current number to be 1,833. CASE STUDY - LEAVING THE INDUSTRY Lyn Thomas from Llanpumsaint near Carmarthen gave up milking 12 months ago, ending a three generation family tradition. With no children he felt he could not justify the investment of thousands, which was needed to modernise his equipment. "Just to put a new milking parlour in would have cost me between £50,000 and £70,000," he said. "I would have had to buy more cattle and get more land for those animals. The minimum investment would have been between £150,000 and £200,000." CASE STUDY - JOINING THE INDUSTRY Others are investing, expanding or joining the dairy industry for the first time. Rhys Williams and his young family moved to a farm on the Lleyn Peninsula 18 months ago and decided milking was the only way forward. "I feel very strongly that farmers have to help themselves first and there is room for a lot of businesses to shave their costs," he said. "Agriculture has changed beyond belief over the past 10 to 15 years. It's become much more of a business." A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD? Aled Jones from the NFU says that for the industry to survive, the two-year voluntary code of practice between the farmers and processors needs to extend to retailers as well. "We need to have a far

Summary: A dairy industry leader in Wales has called for more fairness in the supply chain following a dramatic drop in the price farmers get for their milk.


2 December 2015 Last updated at 09:51 GMT One in 10 engineers are in South Africa are women - but Ms Moosajee wants that proportion to be much higher. Thousands of girls are going through the organisation's fellowship programme, which includes practical workshops in skills development, training and networking. She says: "It's such a proud moment for me to have these girls come up to me and say: "Naadiya, you have changed my life. I'm an engineer because of you." WomEng is currently working across South Africa and Kenya, with the aim of replicating its programmes across Africa and the globe. Women of Africa is a BBC season recognising inspiring women across the African continent. The first series, Africa's Unsung Heroes, introduces eight women who are making a difference in their country - and beyond. Read more here

Summary: South African civil engineer Naadiya Moosajee co-founded non-profit organisation WomEng to help develop the next generation of female engineers in Africa.


Flintshire factory cleaner Trevor Fletcher, 60, fell unconscious at work in Deeside's Toyota Manufacturing UK. Prompt life-saving action from colleagues kept him alive until the air ambulance team arrived from Welshpool. Dr John Glen, an anaesthetist on board, said teamwork at all stages had helped to save Mr Fletcher. He works at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire and also with the Emergency Medical Retrival and Transfer Service Cymru. He said: "The patient was given first aid and CPR by a colleague, a defibrillator was on hand, paramedics arrived to give more intensive resuscitation and insert a tube to help him breathe. "The helicopter was able to reach him quickly and had an expert on board, and finally he was flown directly a specialist cardiac centre. "Without all these stages, he probably won't have made it - if he had, he would be in a bad way, and certainly not up and about in a few weeks, cracking jokes." Once Mr Fletcher was stabilised, he was flown to the North Wales Cardiac Centre at Glan Clwyd where he was treated at a specialist laboratory, and then transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral to be closer to his family. Once he recovered, Mr Fletcher, who lives in Birkenhead, travelled to Welshpool where the air ambulance is based, to meet Dr Glen and the team to say thank you. "I hadn't been feeling well for a while, with a cough, and finally went to see my GP, who gave me antibiotics and said there was a problem with my chest," he said. "I didn't realise it at the time, but it was actually pneumonia, which was only confirmed when I was at Glan Clwyd. "I was at work and said to my colleagues I felt unwell and was going out for some fresh air. "When I didn't come back they went to find me and a security guard found me unconscious. "Really, the first I knew was waking up in Arrowe Park hospital. "It's thanks to the doctors on the helicopter, and all the medical staff in the two hospitals, that I am alive now and I am able to go back to work, plus spend time with my family."

Summary: A man who was "dead" for almost an hour after suffering a cardiac arrest has visited the flying doctors who saved him to say thank you.


Film studio Warner Bros is looking for a girl between the ages of eight and 12 to play the character of Modesty. "Modesty is a haunted young girl with an inner strength and stillness," the studio said. "She has an ability to see deep into people and understand them." The casting call will take place at the Excel Centre in London on Saturday. The chosen youngster will star opposite Eddie Redmayne in what is bound to be one of the biggest film releases of next year. Rowling has written the screenplay for the film, which is based on a Harry Potter spin-off book she published in 2001. Redmayne will play "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, who writes a Hogwarts School textbook about the weird and wonderful fictional creatures he encounters. Hopeful actresses have been invited to start queuing from 09:00 BST on Saturday. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is expected to be released on 18 November 2016. Writing on her Facebook page in 2013, JK Rowling said: "Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. "The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets under way."

Summary: An open casting call is to be held to find a girl to star in JK Rowling's Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.


28 September 2012 Last updated at 08:44 BST From stranded sailing boats to drifting dinghys - it's estimated they've saved more than 130,000 lives. But they now have a new 1.5 million pound tool to tackle even the toughest rescues. And Joe couldn't wait to try it out!

Summary: For almost 200 years a group of volunteers called the RNLI have been taking the plunge into the seas around the UK.


The existing Langlands School building, which is based at Loreburn Park, is in a poor condition, according to the education department. They have proposed moving it to a new joint campus serving the north-west of the town. It is part of a wider scheme known as a the Dumfries Learning Town project. According to a report to Dumfries and Galloway Council's education committee, the school for secondary age pupils would be known as New Langlands School. It would be part of a campus at Alloway Road which would also incorporate Maxwelltown High School, and Lochside and St Ninian's primaries. Officers have recommended a formal consultation on the plan. They said parents and staff have reacted positively to the proposal during initial informal discussions.

Summary: A Dumfries school for children with severe and complex needs could be relocated to a new "learning campus" under new council plans.


Sir Tim Berners-Lee was speaking to the BBC following the news that he has been given the Turing Award. It is sometimes known as the Nobel Prize of computing. Sir Tim said moves to undermine encryption would be a "bad idea" and represent a massive security breach. Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said there should be no safe space for terrorists to be able to communicate online. But Sir Tim said giving the authorities a key to unlock coded messages would have serious consequences. "Now I know that if you're trying to catch terrorists it's really tempting to demand to be able to break all that encryption but if you break that encryption then guess what - so could other people and guess what - they may end up getting better at it than you are," he said. Sir Tim also criticised moves by legislators on both sides of the Atlantic, which he sees as an assault on the privacy of web users. He attacked the UK's recent Investigatory Powers Act, which he had criticised when it went through Parliament: "The idea that all ISPs should be required to spy on citizens and hold the data for six months is appalling." In the United States he is concerned that the principle of net neutrality, which treats all internet traffic equally, could be watered down by the Trump administration and the Federal Communications Commission. "If the FCC does move to reduce net neutrality I will fight it as hard as I can," he vowed. The web's creator also said he was shocked by the direction the US Congress and Senate had taken when they voted to scrap laws preventing internet service providers from selling users' data. He said privacy online was as important as the trust between a doctor and a patient. "We're talking about it being just a human right that my ability to communicate with people on the web, to go to websites I want without being spied on is really, really crucial." Last month, in an open letter marking the 28th anniversary of the web, Sir Tim warned about the problem of fake news spreading online. He repeated those concerns and said there might be a design flaw in some web services: "Fake things, false things tend to propagate more than truth and in a way maybe hatred tends to propagate in some cases more than love." He added that everyone had a responsibility to address this issue, including the major technology companies. "People who have created those various social networks need to sit back and look at the way they are being built," he said. Sir Tim said it was a "massive honour" to win the Turing Award, which is given by the Association of Computing Machinery. The prize, now in its 50th year, is widely recognised as the most prestigious in computing. Past winners include Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, considered the "fathers of the internet;" and the artificial intelligence pioneer John McCarthy. The citation for Sir Tim Berners-Lee reads: "For inventing the world wide web, the first

Summary: The web's creator has attacked any UK plans to weaken encryption and promised to battle any moves by the Trump administration to weaken net neutrality.


McLaren's engine partner Honda says the two-time champion will receive a five-place grid drop for using too many examples of a specific engine part. Honda expects further penalties when it finalises its plans for the race after Friday practice. As Alonso is likely to qualify on the cusp of the top 10, a back-row start appears inevitable. Honda, struggling with performance and reliability, is keen to try to avoid penalties at the Hungaroring in two weeks' time because it expects it to be one of the most competitive races for McLaren. "It will not change too much if we take a small penalty or a big one," Alonso said. "Maybe it is better to take the big one and arrive in Hungary with a little bit more safety." Hungary is one of the tracks where engine performance is least important in overall pace, whereas Honda will struggle at Silverstone because of the high-speed nature of the track and the fact that the lack of braking around the lap exposes the engine's relative lack of effectiveness of hybrid energy recovery and deployment. Alonso and team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne had already amassed a total of 110 grid-place penalties even before the Silverstone weekend as Honda struggles to get to grips with F1 technology. The first engine part that has been changed on Alonso's car for this weekend is the energy store - or battery - of his hybrid system, of which Alonso has already used the maximum permitted number of four this season. Media playback is not supported on this device Alonso will be using the newest-spec internal combustion engine - known as Phase Three. This new engine also included a new-spec MGU-H - the part of the hybrid system that recovers energy from the turbo - aimed at solving a weakness in the bearing that has led to a series of failures this season. But this new-spec MGU-H failed on Saturday morning in Austria and Alonso had to have a Phase Two specification engine fitted for the rest of the weekend because there was not enough time to fit an old MGU-H to the new-spec engine. Alonso will start the Silverstone weekend with a Phase Three internal combustion engine fitted with a Phase Two MGU-H and Honda has yet to reveal what other changes it will make after that.

Summary: Fernando Alonso is poised to start the British Grand Prix from the back of the grid following fresh engine penalties.


Mrs Foster said: "We would like to see the petition of concern got rid of". Any vote in the assembly can be made dependent on a petition of concern if it is supported by 30 MLAS - meaning the motion will only pass if it has cross-community support. The purpose is to protect one community from legislation that would favour another. Mrs Foster added: "I think we need to talk about, maybe after the election, getting rid of the petition of concern altogether." If a petition of concern is presented to the assembly speaker, any motion or amendment will need cross-community support. In such cases, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations present and voting. Effectively this means that, provided enough MLAs from a particular community agree, that community can exercise a veto over the assembly's decisions. A valid petition requires the signatures of 30 MLAs. Introduced as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the procedure was originally designed as a way to safeguard minority rights in the assembly. However, its use has become controversial, and the DUP have been criticised for using the mechanism to stop votes on same-sex marriage being passed, and for preventing motions of no confidence going through. According to figures compiled by an investigative website, The Detail, over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016 the petition of concern procedure was used 115 times. The DUP was the only party with more than 30 MLAS so it presented petitions without other party support. Over the five years, they signed 86 petitions, while the SDLP and Sinn FÃ©in signed 29. The Green Party endorsed four, Alliance three, and the Ulster Unionists two. Speaking to BBC Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster made it clear that she wanted to see change "We talk a lot about the petition of concern and our opponents talk a lot about the petition of concern," she said. "We would actually like to see the petition of concern got rid of for everything, but I think our opponents would like to keep it for the things they want to to use the petition of concern for and not allow us to use it." Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has called for reform of the petition of concern. She said the veto was the main reason developments such as same-sex marriage had not yet been introduced in Northern Ireland. "We need to get it back to its original intent and away from what it has become, which is used and abused to protect parties' selfish interests," Mrs Long said.

Summary: DUP leader Arlene Foster has told the BBC she would like to see the petition of concern scrapped at Stormont.


At present the practice is used only in adults, but researchers say it should be applied to children too. Their paper is based on a trial of nearly 1,500 children at 14 intensive care units in England. The researchers said cutting infections would also save the NHS money. When patients are admitted to intensive care in hospital a tube, called a line or central venous catheter, is inserted into large veins in the body to deliver drugs, food or fluids. But bacteria are often attracted to these plastic tubes, making them one of the main reasons for infections in the patient's bloodstream. These infections can lead to damage to the brain and other organs, and cases of septic shock. They can also occur when blood clots form in and around the tube. In studies on adult patients, coating the catheters both inside and out with low levels of antibiotics or the blood-thinning drug heparin was found to reduce infections by 70-80%. This study, from the UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital, is the first to be carried out in children. It found that only 1% of patients using an antibiotic-coated catheter developed infections in their bloodstream, compared with 4% of patients using a standard tube. The study called this "a significant decrease" on normal levels of infection in paediatric intensive care units. Quen Mok, consultant in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital and one of the study authors, said the tubes should now be used on children. "Bloodstream infections can be dangerous for children who are already very sick. "They can make conditions worse and even cause death, so ways to reduce the infection risk to our patients in intensive care would be very welcome." Although the antibiotic-coated catheter was found to reduce infection numbers in children under 16 years old, a catheter coated in a blood-thinning drug showed no signs of cutting infection rates. And death rates in intensive care were not reduced by the use of antibiotic-coated tubes. Tubes coated with antibiotic are more expensive than standard tubes but the researchers said adopting them would still prove cost effective because they would result in shorter hospital stays and reduce the costs of treating infections in intensive care.

Summary: Fewer children would develop infections in intensive care if the plastic tubes used to deliver drugs straight into their veins were coated in antibiotics, a study in The Lancet suggests.


They are accused of conspiring together, and with others, to sell goods in 2012 that contained wholly, or in part, a mix of beef and horsemeat. Ulrik Nielsen, Alex Ostler-Beech and Andronicos Sideras will appear at City of London Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 27 September. The charges follow an investigation led by the City of London police.

Summary: Three men have been charged with fraud for allegedly conspiring to sell horsemeat as beef.


He had major surgery on his hand in November last year and feared missing out would give his rivals at his weight an advantage in racking up Commonwealth Games qualifying points. But, after testing his right hand in the semi-finals of Saturday's Championships, he then came through the final in a terrific contest against Glasgow's Jack Turner. Their bantamweight title bout was last on the card on finals night, but it was certainly worth waiting for. "I was up at 06:00 BST just buzzing to fight, I couldn't wait," said McGregor. "I wanted to get weighed in so I could refuel and we didn't get to do that until 12:00, so it was a long wait. "It's midnight now and I'm just out the ring, so it's been a long day, but it's been worth it. I'm delighted with the result." McGregor, who fights out of Meadowbank Boxing Club and is on the Great Britain performance programme, sealed his second successive Scottish title and is now hoping to add another British title to his name next month. "I think I'm among the favourites for that title," he said. "I won the Scottish last year and also won the British. "I did the double last year and I'm looking to do the exact same. I'm completely confident of doing that." If he does, he will almost certainly make the Scottish boxing team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia - and that's a prize others are also targeting. Aqeel Ahmed is determined to make up for what he calls "an unsatisfactory" Glasgow 2014 and he certainly impressed as he retained his men's flyweight title. The Keir Hardie Boxing Club fighter now goes to the British Championships in Wales hoping to do something no Scottish amateur boxer has ever done before - win three consecutive British titles. And then, he hopes, a chance to redeem himself in the Gold Coast. "I stayed amateur to have another go at the Commonwealth Games," Ahmed explained. "I missed out on a medal in Glasgow and I know how much I've improved. I'll be disappointed if I don't medal in the Gold Coast and my target is quite high going to the next Games. "My ultimate goal is a gold medal in the Gold Coast." Aberdeenshire middleweight John Docherty claimed a sixth national title in a row and hopes to go one better at next month's British Championships after taking silver last year. "On a good performance, on a good day, I reckon I'm the best in Britain to tell you the truth," he said. "Last year, I performed really badly and came second, beaten on a split [decision]. "I'm definitely aiming for the gold medal and then the big aim is Australia next year. "I've won the Youth Games. Now I want to add the senior title to that." The Commonwealth Games are also on the minds of Scotland's leading female boxers. After winning her fourth Scottish women's bantamweight title, Stephanie Kernachan, of Cleland Boxing Club, is eager to make Scottish boxing history. No

Summary: Edinburgh boxer Lee McGregor admits there was a time he thought he would not make this year's Scottish Championships.


The 22-year-old matched Gallacher's 18-under-par target by dint of an eagle on the 16th and a birdie on the last. Gonzalez almost chipped in on the 18th to win the tournament outright. But it was Fleetwood who prevailed in the play-off with the sole birdie on 18 to clinch his first European Tour win. "I loved it, it was fantastic," he told BBC Scotland. "It was a nice play-off to be part of. They are two really nice guys, Ricardo and Stevie. I hit two great golf shots and two good putts and that's all you can do. "To win my first Tour event feels absolutely amazing. It's a lifetime goal that's been taken care of and hopefully I can move on and win some more. To call yourself a European Tour winner is just awesome." I love Scotland and I love this golf course. The people carried me around today. They were absolutely brilliant Gallacher looked out of contention when he ran up a triple-bogey seven on the 11th in a rollercoaster final round, but bounced back with birdies at 14 and 16 before holing from 15ft for an eagle at the last. Gonzalez, joint leader with Southport's Fleetwood after Saturday, will be left to rue how close he came to making an eagle from the bunker to prevent the play-off, which was played on the par-five final hole. The trio found the middle of the fairway off the tee but Gonzalez over-hit his second shot, Gallacher found a bunker to the right of the green and Fleetwood found the edge of the putting surface. Bathgate's Gallacher failed to get up and down and carded a par five, while Gonzalez three-putted. Fleetwood's third shot shaved the edge of the hole but stayed within 3ft, and from there he claimed his maiden Tour victory. He said: "I love Scotland and I love this golf course. The people carried me around today. They were absolutely brilliant. It was fantastic to have the support." The victor was accompanied during his rounds, and while posing with the trophy, by his family dog. Fleetwood added: "Maisy is 14 so she is getting on. She has supported me through all my tournaments - amateur, county, England. "Scotland are nice about it. They let the dogs walk the course, most of the time. Any time we can get a tournament in Scotland, Maisy always comes. She has a great time. "She got diagnosed with cancer a couple of weeks ago and we don't know how long she's got left. This might be her last time."

Summary: Englishman Tommy Fleetwood held his nerve to win the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in a play-off with Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina.


The Conservative group of eight councillors has joined forces with six of the independent members. The council leader is independent George Alexander, with Conservative James Allan as convener. Nine SNP councillors were elected in Moray at the recent local elections.

Summary: Moray Council's new administration has been confirmed as a Conservative and independent coalition.


"First you exit then you negotiate," Cecilia Malmstrom told BBC Newsnight. After Brexit, the UK would become a "third country" in EU terms, she said - meaning trade would be carried out based on World Trade Organisation rules until a new deal was complete. A recent trade deal with Canada took seven years to negotiate. The Canadian agreement will also require ratification by all EU countries, adding another one to two years before it takes effect. WTO rules restrict the circumstances in which countries discriminate in favour of each other in trade. Otherwise, they must apply to each other the tariffs they apply against the rest of the world. Ms Malmstrom, the EU Trade Commissioner, underlined that detailed talks to shape the UK's new trading relationship with the EU should not start until after the process of leaving politically, under an Article 50 process lasting up to two years. "There are actually two negotiations. First you exit, and then you negotiate the new relationship, whatever that is," she said. "The referendum - which of course we take note of and respect - has no legal effect. First there has to be notification, which the next prime minister will do, I hope swiftly. And then that process can start." There is concern in the City that having to do business for years under WTO rules could be disastrous for the UK's service industries. Asked whether sticking to such a process wouldn't harm the economies of all EU members, Ms Malmstrom replied: "Yes, but the vote was very clear." She said she was "saddened" that the UK - which has traditionally defended the principle of free trade - is leaving the EU. Fearsome challenge Under EU law, the bloc cannot negotiate a separate trade deal with one of its own members, hence the commissioner's insistence that the UK must first leave. It is also against EU law for a member to negotiate its own trade deals with outsiders, which means the UK cannot start doing this until after it has left the EU. Taken at face value, these rules mean the UK cannot conduct its own trade talks for up to two years - a fearsome challenge to any prime minister trying to deliver Brexit. EU officials say the UK's options will soon refine themselves into a Norway-style package that keeps Britain within the single market - subject to EU rules and regulations - or a bespoke "third country" deal on the pattern of Canada's. They agree that because British businesses are already compliant with EU rules and regulations, choosing to remain within the single market would be "a little quicker", than negotiating a deal like Canada's. But even a Norway-style single market access deal, they caution, could take years to negotiate, leaving the UK trading on WTO terms in the meantime. Watch Mark Urban's interview in full on BBC Newsnight at 22:30 on BBC Two

Summary: The European Union's top trade official says the UK cannot begin negotiating terms for doing business with the bloc until after it has left.


The 15-year-old disappeared in 1994 after a school disco in County Donegal. Norman Baxter, a retired PSNI detective superintendent, took over the inquiry for a few weeks in 2002. He offered a frank and damning assessment of how the Arkinson family had not been helped. When he took over the inquiry, the schoolgirl had been missing for eight years and Mr Baxter told the inquest the status of the investigation was "vague - neither closed nor active". He said he was determined to progress it, with the help of other committed officers already working on the case. Speaking of Arlene, Mr Baxter said: "I would say she was a forgotten victim. That's quite a terrible thing." He added: "I think it's terrible that a 15 year old vanishes and, after a period of statutory obligation, you park it and move on." He told the inquest how he was able to charge the prime suspect Robert Howard with her murder within two months of taking over, despite his team having uncovered no major new evidence. Mr Baxter explained he had worked on other similar cases and observed other inquiries where murder charges had been pressed, even without a body. "My predecessors took the view that if there's no body, there's no murder charge," the retired officer said. Changes in how police viewed such cases meant that he was able to charge Howard with Arlene's murder on 24 May 2002. The court heard that Howard lost control after he was charged and began to suggest that he might help officers locate Arlene's body. Within hours, Mr Baxter said, Howard had indicated to him that he might cooperate with the police and had asked where he might serve his sentence. The former officer described Howard during that meeting as "extremely agitated", "totally dishevelled" and "very very unsettled.", telling the court that "he certainly had lost control". After being told he would likely be kept in Belmarsh prison on remand, the court heard that Howard asked if he might be allowed to serve his sentence at Maghaberry prison in Northern Ireland, which he thought offered better conditions. By this time he had also been charged with the murder of 14-year-old English schoolgirl Hannah Williams in 2001. Her body had been found in Kent in 2002, a few weeks before Howard was brought to Northern Ireland to be interviewed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Mr Baxter said he had viewed the site where Hannah's body had been buried, and had cooperated closely with Kent Constabulary. At one stage, he added, Kent Constabulary told him him they had considered dropping charges connected to Hannah Williams if Howard had cooperated with the PSNI in finding Arlene's body. Mr Baxter told the court he did not believe this idea had been communicated to Howard. He said Kent Constabulary had carried out "a pre-emptive arrest and charging" of Howard, hoping to hold him until the PSNI could charge him with the murder of Arlene Arkinson. Later, new stronger evidence emerged in the Hannah Williams case and Howard was ultimately

Summary: A senior detective who briefly led the inquiry into the disappearance of Arlene Arkinson has told an inquest that Robert Howard could have been charged years earlier.


External overnight trips went up by 5%, reaching 2.3 million, due to a large influx of British people. However, tourism numbers from the Republic of Ireland continue on a deep downward spiral. In 2015 they slumped by 18% on the previous year, with the problem now being looked at by a "recovery task force" at Tourism Northern Ireland. Overnight trips by visitors from across the border totalled 320,000 in 2015, while in 2012 there were 430,000 overnight trips made. In 2014 a report for Stormont said an "image problem" may explain the fall, but the weakness of the Euro last year will not have helped. The Department for the Economy's new statistics show that the Giant's Causeway remains the most popular visitor attraction. In 2015 it had over 815,000 visitors.

Summary: Visitor numbers to Northern Ireland hit an all-time high in 2015, according to new tourism statistics.


Jeff Varner, who is appearing on Survivor: Game Changers, made the revelation about his team-mate Zeke Smith on Wednesday's episode. Varner told the show's presenter and his team-mates: "There is deception here," before turning to Smith and asking: "Why haven't you told anyone that you're transgender?" He has since apologised on Twitter. Several other contestants quickly defended Smith after Varner's comments, telling the former news anchor his actions were "so wrong" and that he "didn't have to do that". Smith had previously shared his history with Varner privately but had not intended to reveal he was trans on the show. In an article for The Hollywood Reporter published after the episode aired, Smith criticised Varner and said he was "not wild about [viewers] knowing that I'm trans". He wrote: "In calling me deceptive, Varner invoked one of the most odious stereotypes of transgender people, a stereotype that is often used as an excuse for violence and even murder. "Varner is saying that I'm not really a man and that simply living as my authentic self is a nefarious trick. "In reality, by being Zeke the dude, I am being my most honest self - as is every other transgender person going about their daily lives." Smith added that he doesn't believe Varner, who is gay, did it because he hates trans people, and praised his Survivor team-mates for the way they reacted. "I think he hoped others would believe that trans people are fraudulent. What's great is that nobody bought it. "It's important people see he lost that fight. The message should be clear that hate will always lose." In a Twitter message posted after the show aired, Varner offered his "deepest most heart-felt apologies to Zeke Smith". He wrote: "I was wrong and make no excuses for it. I own responsibility in what is the worst decision of my life." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: A contestant on a US TV show has been outed as being transgender by one of his fellow competitors.


On Wednesday, the 25-year-old admitted an online banking fraud, in which a woman lost more than £2,000. However BBC Essex understands that is unrelated to his situation at Southend. "We will not allow any matter to bring the club into disrepute. We will take a balanced view and come to a decision once all of the information is understood," chairman Ron Martin said. "I have supported Nile, along with (manager) Phil Brown and the other players," Martin added. "We all would like to see him succeed on and off the pitch, both as player and person." Southend say they will consider their options, but claim they are unlikely to release any more information until next week.

Summary: Southend United say striker Nile Ranger is facing suspension by the League One club after a "breach of discipline".


Richard Gray, 36, is accused of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence near Heene and St Mary's Primary Schools in Worthing. Mr Gray was charged on Thursday and pleaded not guilty on Saturday at Brighton Magistrates' Court. The defendant, of Cortis Avenue, was remanded in custody and will appear at Hastings Magistrates' Court on 15 May. He has also denied possessing of a knife in Victoria Park. Police said a man reported being shown a firearm close to Victoria Park and Norfolk Street in Worthing, at 14.15 BST on Thursday. A woman said she was shown a gun in a bag in Stoke Abbott Road at 21:10.

Summary: A man has denied brandishing a plastic gun and a knife near two schools.


Stan Hollis was awarded the medal for his actions during the storming of the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944. A campaign to have a permanent memorial to him created in his home town saw a bar dedicated to him in February. Middlesbrough Council has now granted planning permission for a bronze statue near the cenotaph on Linthorpe Road. The statue, which will be almost 7ft (2.2m) high and cost about ??150,000, is to be funded by donations to The Stanley E. Hollis VC Memorial Fund. Brian Bage, the fund's chairman, said it was "good news" as it had "taken us two years to get this far". He said the fund needed a final ??30,000 to complete the bronze figure. Hollis was a 31-year-old sergeant major with the Green Howards when he took part in the assault on Gold Beach. As his company moved inland, he captured several gun positions and rescued two colleagues, taking more than two dozen prisoners in the process. As a result, he was the only one of almost 62,000 British troops to be awarded the Victoria Cross on the day of the World War Two landings. Three months after D-Day, Sgt Maj Hollis was wounded in the leg and returned to England, where he was decorated by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. He died in February 1972 and is buried in Acklam Cemetery in Middlesbrough.

Summary: A statue honouring the only man to win the Victoria Cross on D-Day will be built in Middlesbrough after receiving council approval.


This species is well-known for its clever tool tricks, but studying its behaviour in the wild is difficult. These tiny cameras peer forwards beneath the birds' bellies and record precious, uninhibited footage. As well as glimpsing two crows making special foraging hooks, the team was able to track their activity over time. This "activity budget" offers a rare insight into the natural lives of New Caledonian crows - but it has not yet solved the mystery of precisely what drives these birds to use tools. That is the "big money question" according to senior author Christian Rutz, from the University of St Andrews in the UK. "Why is it that New Caledonian crows use tools but other corvids don't? I think the answer to that lies in looking at their time budgets and figuring out how important tool use is in their everyday lives - what kinds of prey sources they tackle with tools," Dr Rutz told the BBC. In nearly 12 hours of "crow cam" footage from 10 different birds, described in the journal Biology Letters, he and his team actually caught surprisingly little tool time on camera. "Out of total observation time, only about 3% was spent making or using tools," Dr Rutz said. And only four of the 10 subjects picked up a tool at all. Instead, the crows spent considerably more time foraging with their beaks. And when one of the four tool-users did reach for a twig, the decision was often rather baffling. For example, the birds spent a lot of time tearing strips from paperbark trees in search of grubs. Their sturdy beaks are perfectly good for this task. "But every now and then, they suddenly switch into tool use - in the very same trees, in a very similar foraging context," Dr Rutz said. "We don't understand what is happening there." Meanwhile, there were two moments in particular that made the team, sifting through hours of shaky crow-cam video, very happy indeed. Two different crows filmed themselves not just wielding sticks but making - and using - hooks: a known party trick of New Caledonian crows, never before caught on video except in cages or at baited feeding sites. "When we got that footage it was a proper high-five moment in the field camp," Dr Rutz said. From lab experiments and previous brief sightings through binoculars, the team knew that the birds made these hooks. They snap off one branch from a forked twig and leave a small part of the main stem attached to the end. But now they had video evidence of it happening unprompted, in the wild. "We were keen to get close-up video of birds making these tools under completely natural conditions," said co-author Jolyon Troscianko from the University of Exeter. "New Caledonian crows are notoriously difficult to observe, not just because of the challenging terrain of their tropical habitats, but also because they can be quite sensitive to disturbance." Key to the research effort, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, was a new design for the team's

Summary: Ecologists have used a tail-mounted "crow cam" to catch wild New Caledonian crows in the act of making and using hook-shaped tools.


All-rounder Procter, 28, hit 822 runs and two centuries batting at three during 2016 and played in every County Championship game. Spin bowler Parkinson, 19, made his Red Rose debut in June against Warwickshire where he took a first innings' 5-49. "I couldn't be happier to sign a new deal. I've really enjoyed my first full season as a professional," he said. Procter added: "Playing for Lancashire is all I've ever wanted to do, so to sign a new two-year contract is fantastic. I've enjoyed the responsibility of batting at the top of the order this summer."

Summary: Lancashire pair Luke Procter and Matthew Parkinson have both signed new two-year contracts.


She bought the turquoise and gold ring for £152,450 at auction last year, outbidding the Jane Austen's House Museum. Culture minister Ed Vaizey put an export bar on it until 30 September. After worldwide donations the museum has since raised enough money to buy the ring and its bid has been accepted. Contributions to the Bring the Ring Home campaign, set up by the museum in Jane Austen's former home, included an anonymous donation of £100,000 in August. The museum, in Chawton, Hampshire, was given until December to raise a further £49,000. Mary Guyatt, curator of the museum, said it had been "stunned by the generosity and light-footedness" of those who had supported the bid. Mr Vaizey added: "It's clear from the number of people who gave generously to the campaign just how admired Jane Austen remains to this day." The museum already displays two other pieces of jewellery owned by the writer - a turquoise bracelet and a topaz cross. The ring is accompanied by papers documenting its history within the author's family. It passed first to her sister Cassandra, who then gave it to her sister-in-law Eleanor Austen on her engagement to Jane and Cassandra's brother, the Reverend Henry Thomas Austen. It remained in the family until Clarkson bought it at auction. The ring will now go on display at the museum in the New Year. On hearing the museum had been successful in raising funds to purchase the ring, Ms Clarkson said: "The ring is a beautiful national treasure and I am happy to know that so many Jane Austen fans will get to see it at Jane Austen's House Museum." The museum said it hoped to welcome Ms Clarkson there in the future. Austen, who lived most of her life in Hampshire, is one of English literature's most celebrated authors. Fans are celebrating the 200th anniversary of her novel Pride and Prejudice this year. Although out of copyright and available free on e-readers, it is estimated that Pride and Prejudice sells up to 50,000 copies each year in the UK.

Summary: US singer Kelly Clarkson has been thwarted in her bid to take a ring which once belonged to Jane Austen out of the UK.


This was the question posed in the final moments of this year's Munich Security Forum by its chairman, Wolfgang Ischinger. This year's Forum was all about war and peace and, like the famed Tolstoy novel, all about Russia. Its principal setting is the divided and devastated Syrian city of Aleppo where Russia's intensive bombing is tilting the balance of power towards the Syrian military as it moves to encircle the rebel-held east. Tens of thousands of Syrians, desperate to escape the frightening violence, have already fled towards the Turkish border. No-one can be sure how this story will end. But Western and Arab backers of the Syrian opposition are alarmed and angry as the plot unfolds. A crucial meeting, which brought together all the outside players in Syria's tangled conflict on the eve of the Forum, cast a long shadow over the three-day annual gathering, which usually focuses on trans-Atlantic relationships. Many kept discussing how Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was able to emerge from five hours of difficult talks last Thursday without yielding to demands to stop the Aleppo bombing. Moscow is accused of mainly striking Western-backed opposition forces rather than terrorist groups including so-called Islamic State. Sources say Russia's top diplomat argued that if other groups fighting alongside the extremists ended up in the bombers' sights, that wasn't Russia's problem. Sixteen Arab and Western foreign ministers as well as international organisations sat around that table last Thursday. They clinched what was, on paper, an ambitious agreement: a cessation of hostilities within a week, the delivery of urgently needed aid to besieged areas within days, and a call to return to peace talks that had broken down last month in Geneva. But, no sooner was it hailed as a breakthrough, came the realisation that Russia's military campaign around Aleppo and other strategic areas would remain. "How were the Russians allowed to do that?" a European defence minister fumed in the corridors of the elegant Bayerischer Hof hotel, which was fizzing with fury over Moscow's manoeuvres. "Foreign ministers deal with words but we deal with the military consequences," he told me in a not so subtle jab. Since the meeting, at least three hospitals and two schools in northern Syria have been hit in missile strikes, killing scores of people - attacks condemned by France and Turkey as war crimes. Russia has said it "categorically rejects" accusations of war crimes over the bombing of hospitals. "The Russians have all the cards," a Western defence official explained with a resigned nod to the Russians' expanding military presence in Syria since they unleashed their bombing last September and turned the tide of war in President Bashar al-Assad's favour. Another observer spelt it out. "In the space of just four months Russia went from nothing in the past 25 years to being the key player in Middle East power politics with military capabilities and the political will to back it up," explained a senior European diplomat attending the Forum. "Gulf Arab states look at their allies and bemoan the fact that they don't deploy the

Summary: "Is the message from Munich a message of continued fighting, or are we going to be capable, in the course of this year, of giving peace a chance?"


The argument from a stunningly successful Leave campaign that "it was our money anyway" clearly worked. This story is full of huge political miscalculations, most notably at Downing Street. But the biggest in Wales must be the decision by Welsh Labour to leave it so late to start campaigning to remain in. By the time they did get out onto the streets of the south Wales valleys, and cities like Newport and Swansea, it was too late. The narrative of a crisis in immigration had been set and it was like trying to turn round an oil tanker. There are all sorts of strands but this was about class and money more than anything. Leave campaigners told us repeatedly the Vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire were the most Euro sceptic in Wales, and yet they, and Cardiff, voted to remain. These are the parts of Wales that regularly top league tables for affluence. The so-called "left-behind" communities across Wales had their say. As one pundit said this morning, it was the "masses" against the "classes". And so this morning, huge questions about the role of a Labour party that has traditionally represented them.

Summary: This is an extraordinary rejection of the EU in Wales, especially in the areas which have received the most EU cash - the south Wales valleys.


Joshua, 27, knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in May to add the WBA title to the IBF strap he already held. But Tyson - a two-time world heavyweight champion - has warned the position can be "a crown of thorns". In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio 5 live boxing's Mike Costello, Tyson outlined his belief in Joshua's ability, gave his views on a potential Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor bout and offered insight into the man who turned him into the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Tyson describes Joshua as a "happy fighter" who is "fast for a big guy", and his admiration grew when the Briton survived the first knockdown of his career to stop Klitschko in the 11th round at Wembley Stadium. He places huge emphasis on the heart Joshua showed to "finish the job", insisting such grit is the most important quality in the sport. "Joshua has the potential to do a lot of things," said Tyson, 50. "He's got the look and throws a lot of hard punches. But there is so much pressure on him. I was in Dubai and there are big posters of him there." Tyson was stopped from entering the UK in 2013 because of previous convictions, one of which saw him serve three years of a six-year jail sentence imposed in 1992 for raping a teenage beauty-pageant contestant. In a career packed with incident, he also regained the WBC world title after his spell in jail, bit the ear of Evander Holyfield during a 1997 bout and filed for bankruptcy in 2002, three years before his final fight. He told 5 live's boxing podcast: "The heavyweight championship will drive people crazy, you know that right? It's like a crown of thorns. Everyone wants to use you for something. It's like being the President of the United States. "Joshua can't get the big head. He has to focus on fighting. When you start focusing on money, girls or whatever it is, it's going downhill. No religion, nothing, you can do those things when the fight is over. Let's see if he can handle that stuff. "It's his time. I could be wrong, I'm not the gospel of boxing but he impressed me with Klitschko." A similarity between Tyson and Joshua can be drawn as both men found boxing after difficult spells in their youth. By his own admission, Tyson lived in the "hell hole" neighbourhood of Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York. Joshua meanwhile, pled guilty to possession of cannabis with the intent to supply just over a year before he won Olympic gold in 2012. Tyson, whose father had left and mother had died by the time he was 16, found Cus D'Amato - who became his legal guardian, taught him to read and write, and coached him on the road to boxing stardom. His new book, 'Iron Ambition', focuses on his relationship with D'Amato, who Tyson says forced fighters to visualise success and believe in themselves. "I never had a father figure but I knew what it was like to have a father being with

Summary: Anthony Joshua must prove he can handle the pressure and distractions of holding world heavyweight titles, says former champion Mike Tyson.


Ambulances and firefighters were called to the scene after a smell of smoke was reported shortly after 15:30 BST. A generator that was inside a marquee has been turned off. A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said up to 40 people were being checked but no-one appeared to have become seriously ill. "Nobody has been taken to hospital yet and we're not sure that anyone actually will [need] to be taken to hospital," John McPoland added. He said firefighters called for ambulance staff at about 16:00 BST after a number of people at the circus complained of feeling unwell. "We responded with three rapid response paramedics, one of our HART (Hazard Area Response) teams, two A&E crews and a patient care vehicle. "The first paramedic on the scene gave us a situation report that no-body seemed too seriously ill as a result of the incident, and he just wanted further personnel there to help him check everybody out," Mr McPoland said.

Summary: Paramedics have treated a number of people for the effects of breathing in fumes at a circus in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.


Wales is leading the way among the UK nations and is aiming to become one of the top recycling nations. But Llanelli AM Lee Waters said the push to achieve targets could create "unintended consequences". The Welsh Government said there was no evidence waste collection frequency changes led to more fly-tipping. Mr Waters said Carmarthenshire council was doing things with "the best of intentions" but which were having "knock-on consequences", such as a policy involving the collection of just four bin bags every fortnight. "Some families are trying to get around that by putting their bin bags in front of neighbours' houses," he said. "And when that's being reported, they're being prosecuted, quite rightly, but to avoid that they are then fly-tipping," he said. Mr Waters said Carmarthenshire has some of the best recycling rates in the country but now it was time to tackle "the hard bits", including people who do not want to co-operate. "But I think there's a judgement for us all to reach about how far do we want to push this because, if we push it too far, too fast, we're going to create unintended consequences," he said. "So, we may well hit our litter targets but we'll also create fly-tipping problems and broader littering problems which will increase costs." Christine Clarke, who lives near Llanelli town centre, has experienced problems with people dumping black bag waste in the lane behind her house. "It's been horrendous," she said. "We've had rats running around and it's not just this lane, it's all the back lanes in Llanelli." A Carmarthenshire council spokesman said fly-tipping was not unique to Llanelli, however, it was "working hard" to address issues there. He said: "Although generally street cleanliness is good, there are hotspot areas in the town centre, such as the rear lanes which are prone to fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour. "Unfortunately, as soon as they are cleaned up, it is not long before they are back in the same mess yet again." A new taskforce will meet for the first time next month, with the aim of bringing together environmental and enforcement officers, councillors and police in finding a long-term solution. Other areas in Wales are seeing similar problems, such as Conwy county where many residents are said to be unhappy with the council's decision to move away from a fortnightly general waste collection to one every three weeks. Clwyd West Conservative AM Darren Millar said: "When bin collections were fortnightly, support was good and Conwy increased its recycling rates so it became one of the best in the country - all credit to the council for that. "Unfortunately, there's less support now due to that increasing to collections every three or four weeks, which is having disastrous consequences as we're experiencing a massive increase in roadside litter and fly-tipping. "In addition, there are issues now with people burning waste and pest control." A Conwy council spokesman said: "Three-weekly refuse bin collections and a trial of four-weekly bin collections were introduced in Conwy from September. "The move came after a study found

Summary: Implementing stricter recycling policies too fast across Wales could lead to fly-tipping problems, an assembly member has warned.


The Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat) has decided not to proceed in 57 cases, the MoD said. A further case was stopped by the military's prosecuting authority. The news follows a call by PM David Cameron to "stamp out" what he called "spurious" legal claims against British troops returning from action overseas. Ministers had been asked to draw up plans to curb claims, including by restricting "no win, no fee" arrangements, Mr Cameron said. Lawyers say no-one is above the law, and many abuse cases have been proven. Ihat was set up to review and investigate allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against UK armed forces personnel in Iraq during the period of 2003 to July 2009. It currently lists more than 1,300 allegations under investigation, ranging from murder to low-level violence. Conservative MP Richard Benyon, a member of the Commons Defence select committee, said innocent veterans were being unfairly targeted. He told The Sun: "It's an intolerable burden for people who have served their country well to face this knowing they're innocent."

Summary: Investigations into nearly 60 allegations of unlawful killing against UK soldiers in Iraq have been dropped, the Ministry of Defence says.


She unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, and plans for 2,100 extra officers, drug tests and more autonomy for governors. Labour said the announcement was "too little, too late", saying earlier staff cuts had created a "crisis in safety". Unions have raised concerns about a rise in violence and suicide in jails. The Prison Officers Association (POA) warned on Wednesday that jails were facing bloodbaths unless more staff were recruited and retained. Addressing MPs in the Commons, Ms Truss said the prison system was under "serious and sustained pressure", with missed opportunities in the past to introduce reforms. She is promising a zero-tolerance approach toward attacks on prison staff and says body-worn cameras will be rolled out across the prison estate to increase officers' confidence. The cost to society of reoffending by former prisoners was estimated to be £15bn a year, Ms Truss said, adding: "We owe it to our hard-working prison staff to reverse these trends. We owe it to prisoners and their families. And we owe it to our communities and victims of crime." She said: "My starting point is to refocus the system so everyone is clear that safety and rehabilitation is the purpose of the prison system... "Governors and staff cannot lead and manage change in an environment where they fear violence. Likewise, offenders cannot be expected to turn their life around while they are dependent on drugs or in fear of being assaulted." The debate about a growing crisis in the prison service has increasingly focused on staff shortages, with officer numbers having fallen from about 25,000 to 18,000 since 2010. The 2,100 extra officers announced in the White Paper are in addition to 400 new staff announced by Ms Truss last month, which means a total of 2,500 new recruits joining the service. They are due to be in place by the end of 2018 at a cost of £100m a year, but will still leave staffing short of the levels seen before 2010. The number of prisoners has risen slightly over the same period. By Danny Shaw, home affairs correspondent This is a White Paper of two halves. It is about restoring stability to prisons through improved security - and the recruitment of more staff. But levels will still be below those in 2010 and there are doubts as to whether enough people will be willing to stay in the job when the salary - starting at £20,500 - can be bettered in less stressful and dangerous environments. The other half is about long-term reform, by empowering prison governors and holding them to account, ideas first set out by Liz Truss's predecessor, Michael Gove. But whereas Mr Gove spoke about "hope" and "redemption", Ms Truss emphasises the need for "evidence" and "data". She wants a system where each prison's performance is measured and monitored, where inspectors have greater powers, and where the justice secretary can intervene, if necessary, by closing failing institutions. It's an ambitious plan which may drive up standards, but could also lead to

Summary: Prisons in England and Wales are to see their biggest overhaul in a generation, Justice Secretary Liz Truss has said.


The attacker, who was caught assaulting the woman in Holloway, north London, was jailed for six years by Blackfriars Crown Court. The case went ahead under the assumed name Aurilien Cheyroux, as the authorities could not confirm his true identity, other than him being French. The judge ruled he should be deported once his sentence was served. Passers-by saw "Cheyroux" partially-dressed and struggling with a woman on Caledonian Road in the early hours of 1 March, the court heard. He ran off, but was caught by witnesses and held until police arrived. The woman told the witnesses she was uninjured and left the scene before police arrived. The attacker told police he was a French national and gave the name used in the trial. But after taking finger prints the French authorities said the information was incorrect. They were unable to establish a true identity. Det Const Kip Malek said: "This is a highly unusual case where we have been unable to trace the victim and the man who has been convicted is under an assumed name. "Despite this we have been able to get a conviction and that is due to the brave members of the public who witnessed the attack and took it upon themselves to pursue this man and contact us." Cheyroux was found guilty of attempted rape but had previously pleading guilty to sexual assault. Det Insp Neil Smithson added: "I am still keen to ascertain his identity. Equally, if you were the victim of this offence please contact us."

Summary: A man has been jailed for attempted rape despite police not knowing who he is or finding his victim.


The company has made an all-stock deal worth as much as $2.8bn (£1.9bn). Tesla shares fell 10% in extended trading after the announcement while SolarCity jumped 23%. California-based Tesla is known as a pioneer in electric cars but since last year has also been selling batteries that can power homes and businesses. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk described the deal as a "no brainer". He said it would transform Tesla into the "world's only vertically integrated energy company offering end-to-end clean energy products", from solar panels and home storage batteries to electric vehicles. Elon Musk is under serious pressure to make Tesla profitable. The path to that goal is two-fold. The cars may eventually bring in serious money, but the outlay needed to fund the manufacture of the vehicles is far greater than what sales are bringing in. But while Tesla is considered to be a carmaker first and foremost, the real money might be in selling energy technology. Its enormous Gigafactory, opening this summer, will be able to make batteries for much more than cars. The SolarCity purchase was always on the cards. Musk is already the firm's chairman and biggest shareholder, and the company's chief executive, Lyndon Rive, is Musk's cousin. Some are questioning why Tesla had to buy SolarCity rather than just work closely with it. SolarCity has struggled lately, and so some are calling this a Tesla-financed bailout.

Summary: US electric carmaker Tesla has offered to buy solar panel company SolarCity in a bid to expand its clean energy business.


After fighting the battle at a London employment tribunal, former driver and GMB union branch secretary Steve Garelick said he was "beside himself with joy". The ruling found drivers for the cab service should not be treated as self-employed and have the same working rights as other staff. And although the case focused on Uber, Mr Garelick believed it would not just be drivers who saw the benefits. "This is for anyone who works in this type of economy," said Mr Garelick. "You could be a cleaner that works through an app, but now you have the right to a quality of life. "It is so important to workers. I think what we have done here is ensure employment rights for the future. I couldn't be happier." Uber has more than 30,000 drivers across the UK who it described as "independent contractors" or self-employed. Bosses of the mobile app company, which lets customers order taxis over their smartphones, said their status did not entitle them to the benefits of employees and is to appeal against the decision of the tribunal. But the drivers said they were being treated unlawfully. The Central London Employment Tribunal ruled in the drivers favour, with the GMB union saying that outcome of the case could have "major" implications for other staff at the firm. One of the drivers who took the case up in court was James Farrar. Averaging just Â£5.03 an hour when working over the summer, the London driver said his finances were "really starting to bite" without the security of employed workers' rights. Speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show before the ruling Mr Farrar said: "If you want to cover your costs and keep the family afloat, you have got to work a lot of hours with Uber. "You can turn on the app and work whenever you want. You can stop whenever you want and go home. The only problem is that if you are not working, you are not earning, and the earnings are so much lower than I expected. "It's well below minimum wage." Khaled Mohamed-Hadg, who drives for Uber in London, said he will be following Mr Farrar's suit and taking up his case with the GMB as well. "I am very happy with this decision," he said. "It is very important, because we are happy to play our part in helping the economy, but we want to be treated fairly and paid fairly. "If you drive so much because you earn so little, if its bad for your health. I know people who drive 12 or 15 hours a day to make the money and don't even make minimum wage, so this could make all the difference to them. This summer, two Uber drivers took the company to an employment tribunal with the help of the GMB Union. James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam argued that they were "employed" by Uber, which under employment law would entitle them to certain rights, including sick and holiday pay. But the company insists it was simply a technology platform that links supply

Summary: Campaigners have hailed a landmark ruling giving Uber drivers the right to the minimum wage, paid holiday and sick leave.


There will be 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows from 49 countries in 313 venues during August. The Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and has been held in the city every August since 1947. Its programme includes theatre, dance, circus, comedy, music, musicals, opera, cabaret and variety, children's shows, exhibitions, events and spoken word. Fourteen new venues will host shows this year and overall there is a 3.8% increase on last year's programme. Kath M Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: "Every year we think we know what it's going to deliver, but every year it surprises, delights, amazes and inspires. The Fringe is a festival like no other." She said the festival, which runs from 7 to 31 August, was "completely open access", where artists don't need to wait for an invitation to take part. "There's no curator, no vetting, no barriers," Ms Mainland said. "Just incredible talent from almost 50 countries all over the world." Fiona Hyslop MSP, Scottish government cabinet secretary for culture, Europe and external affairs, said: "This year's programme shows once again why the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is one of the most important events in the international cultural calendar." This year, 21 shows will be part of the Made in Scotland programme, a curated showcase of music, theatre and dance, made and produced in Scotland. Well-known comedians putting on shows at the festival this year include Jo Brand, Ed Byrne, Sue Perkins, Fred MacAulay, Patrick Kielty, Paul Merton, Alan Davies, Trevor Noah, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas and Reginald D Hunter. There will also be 250 street performances each day on the Royal Mile and The Mound.

Summary: Edinburgh Festival Fringe has announced its biggest ever line-up for this summer.


The 38-year-old former Manchester United and West Ham player joins the Blues after a spell with Notts County. Carroll, who has won 42 international caps, will link up with former Northern Ireland team-mate and current Linfield boss David Healy. "He's obviously a player I know very well and he will bring with him considerable experience," said Healy. Carroll made his Northern Ireland debut against Thailand in 1997 and is expected to be in the squad for the Euro 2016 finals in France. Linfield finished second in the league last season and were beaten in the Irish Cup final by Glenavon. "His experience will be of enormous benefit to the goalkeepers and indeed our entire squad," added Healy. "I'm looking forward to working with him once his international commitments are concluded in the coming weeks."

Summary: Northern Ireland goalkeeper Roy Carroll has signed for Premiership club Linfield on a one-year deal.


We asked voters to think about a broad range of issues, from the key devolved public services to the thorny matter of a further independence referendum. There is a real "don't rock the boat" feeling to the results. Voters do not want to see significant changes to the existing settlement around public spending and the key public services, albeit that proposals for additional help to children from poorer backgrounds and first-time buyers receive modest support. From the full range of issues posed in the poll, the single most popular proposition is to guarantee that NHS spending in Scotland will be increased by at least the same rate as that in England, achieving a score of 8.3 out of 10 on average. Support for this measure is strikingly strong throughout the population; men and women, young and old, rich and poor all broadly support this proposal in equal measure. There has been significant debate in recent years about the long-term affordability of some of the key decisions on public services. But as far as voters are concerned there is little appetite to change the status quo. Indeed, maintaining the principle of free higher education for Scottish students is seen as almost as important as high NHS spending, with an average score of 8.1. As one might expect, this proposal receives greater support from the young (8.8 among those aged 16-24) but actually has broad support throughout the population. Voters are similarly sceptical about changing the current policy on prescription charges. With an average score of 5.3, the proposal to introduce prescription charges to those of working age is among the least popular. And it is interesting to note that there is not just naked self-interest in response to this proposal, since although it receives an average score of just 4.5 among those aged 16-24, those who are retired and would therefore not pay charge are not hugely in favour either, giving an average score of 5.5. All of which points again to a reluctance to be too radical with the current set up. In policy proposal terms, the poll identifies a number of other potential areas where parties may find some traction in the coming weeks. The idea of giving additional funding to schools with high numbers of children from poorer backgrounds receives moderate support with an average score of 6.7 out of 10, while the proposal to give first-time buyers an additional £3,000 towards their deposit receives an average score of 6.5. Both of these are a nod towards some support for innovative ideas for resolving issues of significant public concern but, in truth, do not receive the same levels of support as the core issues around the NHS and higher education. Despite significant coverage of the possibility of a second independence referendum in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU, there is, at best, lukewarm support for such an eventuality among voters, with an average score of 5.6. Unlike many of the other issues in the poll, there is a significant disagreement among different sections of voters on

Summary: The second part of our poll for BBC Scotland gives further clues on voter priorities ahead of the Holyrood election in exactly one month from now.


The Science Museum Group announced it would transfer the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It said the move will help create "the world's foremost single collection" on the art of photography and help the media museum focus on science and technology. Bradford South MP Judith Cummins said she was "shocked" and "dismayed". The transfer includes the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) archive, which features key historical objects from the medium's development. Fewer than 10 items from the RPS collection are currently on permanent display in Bradford but the majority can be viewed by appointment. The archive will join the V&A's existing collection of 500,000 photographs to create an International Photography Resource Centre. Bradford will retain the Kodak collection, the Daily Herald Archive and the Impressions Gallery. Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the media museum, said it would focus on inspiring future generations of scientists and engineers in the fields of light and sound. She added: "We retain millions of objects in our photography, cinematography and television collections which will help us make these scientific principles tangible and exciting." The media museum currently holds more than 3.5 million items, including the world's earliest known surviving photographic negative, the earliest television footage and the camera that filmed the first moving pictures in Britain. It was under threat of closure in 2013 and visitor numbers have fallen from a peak of nearly a million in 2001. Ms Cummins said: "We need to make sure this isn't cuts or closure by stealth. "I want to see the museum stay in the city, it's a national museum and it needs to stay where it belongs - in Bradford."

Summary: A 400,000-strong photography archive is to be moved from Bradford's National Media Museum to London.


Alcohol Concern said many young people recognised more alcohol brands than those of ice cream or cake products. It is calling for new rules on what alcohol adverts can mention and it also wants them banned in film trailers. Advertising body Isba said there was no strong evidence to suggest advertising influenced young people to drink. Alcohol Concern's report was based on research by its Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC) - a group of young people in England and Wales who review alcohol advertising and issue complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) when they discover content deemed to be irresponsible. Three of their 13 complaints so far have been upheld. In its report, Alcohol Concern said it had found "numerous" examples of inappropriate advertising and high levels of alcohol brand recognition among the young. It called for new rules restricting what adverts could mention about an alcohol product, arguing that only characteristics such as strength, origin, composition and means of production should be described. The charity also demanded a ban on alcohol advertising in the trailers of films shown in cinemas with less than an 18 certificate. It urged the ASA to operate in a "more proactive way", instead of "depending on complaints from the public" before looking into advertising code breaches. The ASA should be able to levy "meaningful" sanctions including fines for serious non-compliance, it added. In a statement, the ASA said it was "not unheard of for an anti-alcohol lobby group to call for further restrictions on advertising". "The ASA will continue to take a proportionate approach, regulating effectively alcohol ads across media, including online, against strict rules that are designed to protect young people," it said. "The Department of Health's own figures show, encouragingly, that fewer young people are drinking." The Alcohol Concern report called for statutory and independent regulation of the alcohol and advertising industries and a review of the way digital and online content is regulated. In May, figures released by the broadcasting regulator Ofcom suggested children saw an average of 3.2 alcohol adverts per week in 2011 - compared with 2.7 in 2007. It called for the UK's advertising regulators to reassess the rules that limit children from being exposed to alcohol advertising on TV. Ian Twinn, from Isba, which represents advertisers, told BBC Radio 5 live there was a lack of well-researched evidence to show that advertising influenced young people to drink alcohol. "What the advertisers are doing is trying to influence adults to drink their brand, not young people," he said. "Underage drinking is declining in this country, where we have alcohol advertising, and in France it is going up, where they've banned it." Without alcohol sponsorship of sport and music, parents and children would find it much more difficult to afford events, he added. Alcohol Concern chief executive Eric Appleby said: "Children and young people are seeing more alcohol advertising than in the past and are better able to recognise alcohol brands than those of cakes or ice cream. "This has to be a wake-up call to the fact that the

Summary: Alcohol advertising should be banned at music and sports events to protect young people from excessive exposure, a charity says.