Press secretary Sean Spicer said Mr Trump "does believe that", but offered no evidence to support the claim when pressed by reporters. Mr Trump has repeated his claim to explain why he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton. But any notion of widespread voter fraud has been widely rejected. "He continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented to him," Mr Spicer told reporters on Tuesday. Mr Spicer's comments came after the president told congressional leaders behind closed doors on Monday night that three to five million undocumented immigrants had illegally voted in the election. Mr Trump, who first made the claim in a late November tweet, has never provided any evidence. Fact-checkers have rejected it as untrue and Republican election officials in key states have said they found no proof of fraudulent voting. On Tuesday, the National Association of Secretaries of State said it had confidence in the "systemic integrity of our election process" and was not aware of any evidence related to Mr Trump's claims. The Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, received nearly three million votes more than Mr Trump, who won the presidency by prevailing in so-called swing states. Republicans admonished Mr Trump and urged him to drop the matter a day after the closed doors meeting with congressional leaders. Senator Lindsey Graham called the comments "inappropriate", adding that Mr Trump should "knock this off". He continued that the president "seems to be obsessed with the idea that he could not have possibly lost the popular vote without cheating and fraud". Donald Trump just can't let it go. Even with a comfortable electoral college victory over Hillary Clinton last November, his three-million-vote deficit to his Democratic presidential opponent clearly is eating at him. It's an open wound on his psyche that leaves him looking for someone to blame. How else to explain the president's continued allegations that undocumented immigrants cast millions of illegal votes for his opponent, despite no supporting evidence? It would be in Mr Trump's interest to simply move on. Or, if he truly feels his concerns are legitimate, to announce a robust effort to investigate what would easily be the biggest electoral heist in US history. Instead, he has vented his angst in early morning tweets and during closed-door meetings with his members of Congress. The end result is a distracting media frenzy that forces his Republican allies - including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan - to distance themselves from his unsubstantiated accusations. It's creating a rift within conservative ranks when the one thing Mr Trump needs - in fact, the only thing he really needs to enact his agenda - is party unity. House Speaker Paul Ryan also said there was no evidence to support his claims. Republican Pennsylvania Representative Charlie Dent also weighed in, saying Mr Trump needed to move on and "get to the serious business of governing". Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said it was "nonsensical" and he feared Mr Trump was paving the way for Republican governors to "go forward with voter suppression".

Summary: President Donald Trump believes that millions of people voted illegally in the US election based on "studies and evidence", the White House has said.


She had been due to attend a rally but instead has been lobbying congress members and party leaders for support. Latest estimates suggest those in favour of impeachment have just enough votes for the motion to carry. Ms Rousseff is accused of manipulating government accounts. She says her opponents are mounting a "coup". Stepping up her bid for survival, she wrote in the Folha de Sao Paulo, (in Portuguese): "They want to convict an innocent woman and save the corrupt," a reference to charges several politicians face. She accused her opponents of "fraud and lies in an attempt to dismiss a legitimately elected government and replace it with a government without legitimacy". Denying she had committed any crime, she said: "This is a coup against the republic, against democracy and above all against the votes of all Brazilians who participated in the electoral process." The lower house of parliament began its debate on impeachment on Friday and a vote is expected on Sunday. The rowdy session went through the night and has continued on Saturday. If two-thirds back impeachment, it goes to the Senate, where a simple majority would suspend the president and instigate a trial. On Tuesday, Ms Rousseff, 68, suggested that Vice-President Michel Temer was one of the ringleaders of the "coup" attempt against her. She said a widely distributed audio message of Mr Temer appearing to accept replacing her as president was evidence of the conspiracy. However, she did not identify him by name. Ms Rousseff has also indicated lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha is among those trying to oust her. He is himself facing money-laundering and other charges. Metal barriers have been built outside parliament in Brasilia to keep rival protesters apart. Protest rallies are also expected in other cities. 513 members of the lower house of Congress 342 votes needed to move process to the Senate 41 senators out of 81 must vote in favour to begin impeachment trial 180 days she could be suspended for during the hearings Lower house vote: An impeachment vote is due in the lower house on Sunday. A two-thirds majority is required for it to go forward to the Senate. Senate vote on trial: If Ms Rousseff case is sent to the Senate, a simple majority is enough to suspend her for up to 180 days while she is put on trial. Vice-President Michel Temer would step in during this period. Impeachment vote: For Ms Rousseff to be removed from office permanently, two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favour. Mr Temer would remain president for an interim period should this happen.

Summary: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been holding last-minute talks with lawmakers a day before Congress votes on whether to impeach her.


Tony Aitken, 33, formerly of Melton Mowbray, lost control of his truck on 4 May and his son Luke was thrown from the vehicle. The boy was celebrating his 12th birthday when he died at Langar Industrial Unit, in Nottinghamshire, police said. He died later from injuries sustained when the truck fell on top of him. The truck had three children in the front seat, despite the vehicle only being meant to hold two passengers, Nottingham Crown Court heard. The other children in the vehicle, aged 12 and five, were treated in hospital for minor injuries. Aitken pleaded guilty to driving whilst unfit and causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for five-and-a-half years, Nottinghamshire Police said. He was also disqualified from driving for seven years.

Summary: A tipper truck driver has been jailed after the lorry he was driving rolled, killing his son.


The Oxford director will replace Greg Clarke after the annual general meeting on 10 June, when league clubs will be asked to ratify the appointment. Clarke said last year that he would leave the role he has held since 2010. Lenagan, who is the chairman of rugby league side Wigan, has been on the Football League's board since 2013. Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add score alerts your football team and more.

Summary: Ian Lenagan is set to become the Football League's new chairman after he was unanimously recommended by the organisation's nomination committee.


The Quakers, currently fifth in the National League North, do not have the 500 covered seats needed across two stands at their Blackwell Meadows home. Clubs were previously able to install temporary seating with conditions, but the rules changed in May 2016. Now, permanent seating must be in place for clubs to meet the criteria. The club said it would liaise with National League South side Poole Town, also fifth in their league, who have similar issues with their ground. "This change in the requirement for permanent covered seating was only brought to the board's attention in the past couple of months," a statement from Darlington said. "By the time the board was fully aware of the requirement, it was not able to act because of the timescales involved and the lack of funds available. "In order to be able to meet the seated stand requirements, an additional round of fundraising through the Community Share route has a lead time of at least six weeks to prepare the offer and then an unknown amount of time to raise the estimated requirement of £150k, plus the actual construction time for the additional seats. "We understand that an absolute minimum of 12 weeks would be needed - time that just wasn't available once the club had finally moved into Blackwell Meadows." The decision comes as a blow to Darlington, particularly given the optimism which followed their return to the town in December after a spell at Bishop Auckland's Heritage Park - the first time since the old Darlington club had been liquidated in 2012. Should the appeal not be successful, the next ambition is to put plans together for redevelopment work that does make the stadium sufficient. "Understandably, our manager, Martin Gray, is very frustrated at this situation, as the incredible efforts of the players and coaching staff will not give us the chance of promotion this year unless the appeal is successful and we are allowed to participate in the play offs," the statement continued. "We are as disappointed as everyone else that our success on the field is not reflected in our ability to move to a higher level at this time. But we would remind everyone that had we thought that we would be playing back in our home town, in the second tier of the non-league pyramid, under our original name, and all within five years of that fateful day in 2012, not many would have had faith in that dream. "The board is now working with the Supporters Group to set a five-year-plan to develop the ground at Blackwell Meadows, in conjunction with Darlington RFC, which we hope will meet the ambitions of the manager and players and playing staff, all of our volunteers, the board, and most importantly of our fans and the people of Darlington and the surrounding area."

Summary: Darlington will appeal the National League's decision to deny the club a play-off place because their ground does not meet seating requirements.


Charlie Girling, of the 1st Aylesford Scouts, in Kent, collapsed on Sunday at Roihu 2016, near HÃ¤meenlinna. The UK Scout Association said the on-site medical team and local paramedics "rendered immediate support but unfortunately were unable to save him". Spokesman Simon Carter said it was in touch with the families of the children at the jamboree, which more than 16,000 people are attending. "We will be working with the Finnish Scout movement and the relevant local authorities to establish the full details of this tragic incident," he added. More than 2,800 scouts from more than 40 countries are attending the jamboree in the south of Finland. Memorial services have been held at the event in tribute to Charlie. Anna Munsterhjelm, chief scout in Finland, said: "The Guides and Scouts of Finland and Finnjamboree Roihu express their deepest condolences to the friends and family of the tragic medical situation that resulted in the death of a scout. "The loss has moved thousands of people within and outside the camp. "The camp has professional crisis counsellors that are making their utmost best that everybody has the support they require." (sic) Charlie had been a Year 7 pupil at Maplesden Noakes School, in Maidstone. Head teacher Jane Prideaux said staff were "deeply shocked and saddened" by his death. "He'd been with us for just a year," she said. "He was a lively lad, well-liked by his peers and teachers," she said. Ms Prideaux added Charlie had been a "very hard working, very able student, with a great sense of humour". "He was full of life, and wanted to get involved in things."

Summary: A 12-year-old scout has died at an international jamboree in Finland.


In a letter sent to the court that convicted him, he says it would be easier - and less expensive - for his family to visit him in Africa. He also said he feared being attacked in a British prison. Taylor was convicted of aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. Last week, a UK minister confirmed that Taylor would be transferred to a British prison. He was convicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), but his trial was held in The Hague in case it sparked renewed unrest in West Africa. The Netherlands only agreed to host the trial if he was imprisoned elsewhere. In a letter seen by the BBC, Taylor wrote: "My position is that serving my sentence in Rwanda, in my home continent of Africa, would be substantially more humane not only on my own account, but also on account of the impact on my family." He noted that the court's statutes said access for prisoners' relatives should be taken into account when deciding where they should serve their sentence. • 1989: Launches rebellion in Liberia • 1991: RUF rebellion starts in Sierra Leone • 1997: Elected president after a 1995 peace deal • 1999: Rebels take up arms against Taylor • June 2003: Arrest warrant issued; two months later he steps down and goes into exile in Nigeria • March 2006: Arrested after a failed escape bid and sent to Sierra Leone • June 2007: His trial opens - hosted in The Hague for security reasons • April 2012: Convicted of aiding and abetting the commission of war crimes - later sentenced to 50 years in jail Charles Taylor profile Why Taylor will be jailed in UK He said that it would be cheaper and easier to travel to Rwanda - and that Liberian nationals could obtain visas at the airport, unlike in the UK. Taylor, 65, was convicted on 11 crimes including terrorism, rape, murder and the use of child soldiers by rebel groups in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 conflict, in which some 50,000 people died. He was found to have supplied weapons to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. The rebels were notorious for hacking off the limbs of civilians to terrorise the population. Taylor has always insisted he is innocent and his only contact with the rebels was to urge them to stop fighting. He is the first former head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since World War II. In his three-page letter, dated 10 October, Taylor continued: "My name is now associated with horrendous atrocities. Prison inmates, whether from the region or not, are likely to be inclined to inflict their own brand of justice by attacking me." He pointed out that "a significant number of individuals from Sierra Leonean background are in detention in prisons in the UK" and noted that in 2011, Bosnian war criminal Radislav Krstic was attacked in a British jail by three Muslim men, apparently in revenge for

Summary: Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than the UK.


Amarjeet Singh-Bhakar, 37, died after a disturbance on Prince Edward Avenue, Rhyl, at about 03:00 BST. The 15 and 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were remanded in custody until a hearing at Mold Crown Court on Thursday. Wrexham Magistrates' Court heard one of the youths was also charged with wounding another man. Four other men - Mr Singh's cousin, Amar Singh, 28, and younger brother, Mohanjeet Singh, 18, Ameer Hamza Wahid, 24, and Sanah Ullah, 30, all from Greater Manchester - have been remanded in custody until 2 June, charged with violent disorder. A 15-year-old youth, also from Greater Manchester, was charged with violent disorder and remanded in youth detention until 2 June. In a statement released by North Wales Police, Mr Singh-Bhakar's wife, Sushi, said her shopkeeper husband had been a "real family man". "He was so caring and everything he did was for his family and his two children," she said. "He was my soul mate and everyone loved him to bits. We will miss his smile and the way he lit up a room when he walked in."

Summary: Two youths have appeared in court charged with murder following a stabbing in Denbighshire on Sunday.


Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks. Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola in November, but new cases have been discovered in Liberia, which had been declared Ebola-free in September. The disease killed more than 2,500 people in Guinea, and a further 9,000 in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Even though there has not been any new cases of Ebola in 42 days, local health workers in Guinea and the World Health Organisation warned that people should still be very careful. "The coming months will be absolutely critical," said Dr Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organisation's Ebola response team. "This is the period when the countries need to be sure that they are fully prepared to prevent, detect and respond to any new cases."

Summary: The World Health Organisation has declared Guinea, in West Africa, free of Ebola, two years after the outbreak of the virus began there.


It also made for some uneasy bedfellows, with one Labour candidate, Toby Perkins, using a widely tweeted picture and quote from Margaret Thatcher to register his opposition to personal attacks. Mr Miliband said the defence secretary had demeaned himself and his office. But Prime Minister David Cameron said Mr Fallon was "absolutely right". A glance through the social media accounts of established political party names and official accounts also reveals a good deal of negative campaigning. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has been leading some of the Conservative attacks via social media, with tweets such as this one: John Prescott, Labour's former deputy prime minister and prolific tweeter, has also been targeting candidates from his party's opponents. The Liberal Democrats have also been tweeting their own targeted videos. With weeks to go in one of the tightest polls in living memory, there may yet be further negative campaigning, but whether it gets quite as personal as previous campaigns - such as these examples below - remains to be seen. In 2001, Labour was seeking a second term under Tony Blair. It targeted the Conservative leader William Hague by planting Baroness Thatcher's hairstyle on his head, in one of the most notorious campaign posters in living memory. Labour went on to win re-election by a landslide. Creative photoshopping had already been used by its opponents in 1996, when the Conservatives unveiled this "demon eyes" poster of Tony Blair a year ahead of the 1997 election, which saw Labour sweep to power. Compiled by Stephen Fottrell.

Summary: Thursday was seen as the day the 2015 UK general election campaign turned negative, with many reacting on social media to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's attack on Labour leader Ed Miliband.


The Dow Jones rose 150.52 points or 0.73% to 20,701.50, while the wider S&P 500 index added 17 points, also a gain of 0.73%, to 2,358.57. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index climbed 35 points, or 0.60% to 5,875.14. Financial and energy shares did particularly well. Other newly released data showed the trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in February and there were more increases in house prices in January. These figures "underscore what has been going on really in this whole rally, and that is that confidence is pretty high and optimism is high and that has kind of been underpinning the resiliency of the equity markets," said Jim Davis, regional investment manager at US Bank Wealth Management. Earlier in the day, investors had been hoping for hints about the timing of the next rise in US interest rates from Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen, who was speaking at a conference in Washington. In the event she made no mention of monetary policy. Among individual stocks, electric carmaker Tesla rose 2.7% after Chinese tech giant Tencent spent $1.8bn buying a 5% stake in the company. General Motors rose 2.4% after activist investor David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital called on the car giant to split its stock into two classes. He is also calling for four new directors to be appointed by GM. The company has rejected his proposals. Shares in Amazon added 1.1% after the company said it had agreed to buy Middle East online retailer Souq.com.

Summary: (Close): The three main US stock indexes ended the day markedly higher on Tuesday as new figures showed consumer confidence hitting its highest level for more than 16 years in March.


Bowler Sachithra Senanayake twice warned Buttler for straying out of his crease at the non-striker's end before removing the bails to dismiss him. "I would stick by it," said Mathews after the six-wicket win. "What we did was completely within the rules." "When they took the bails off, Mathews should have gone up to Buttler and said: 'Next time you're off.' People do back up. I've not played with any other player that has stood there until the ball is let go. It's a shame because it was a very good series until that point." But England skipper Alastair Cook said: "I thought it was a pretty poor act." England coach Peter Moores added: "Angelo has made his decision. It's not for me to comment why he did it. I was disappointed in it. "That's all I can really say. He's made his choice and obviously he's happy with it." Buttler was walking down the pitch as off-spinner Senanayake ran in to bowl in readiness to run. But Sri Lanka, who clinched the series 3-2 with the win, felt Buttler was attempting to gain an unfair advantage, not only at Edgbaston but during his century at Lord's in the previous ODI. "He was taking starts, not only this game but in the last game as well," explained Mathews. "We gave him two warnings. I don't know what else you can do to stop him doing that, so we had to go for it." Law 42.11 from the International Cricket Council's playing regulations for international cricket states that "the bowler is permitted, before releasing the ball and provided he has not completed his usual delivery swing, to attempt to run out the non-striker". But not everyone agrees it is a fair way to dismiss a batsman, and there is a stigma attached to such an act. Before giving Buttler out, umpire Michael Gough checked with Mathews that he was happy with Senanayake's appeal. Mathews backed his bowler, but Cook said it was a mode of dismissal from which he would not have been comfortable to benefit. "You don't know until you're put in that position, but I hope I wouldn't," said Cook afterwards. "Yes, he had warned him, but it was not as if he was sprinting down the wicket. There's a way of doing things, in my opinion." Former England spinner Phil Tufnell, a pundit on BBC's Test Match Special during the game, said it was a "poor" move by Sri Lanka. "Senanayake's gone through his action," he said. "Buttler was out of his crease, but then everybody would be. There will be feeling in that England dressing room that they had some injustice done to them." Former England skipper Michael Vaughan was also critical of Sri Lanka. He wrote on Twitter: "Totally blame the captain... He is the man who makes the decisions and should have overturned the decision... No way to play the game." But former England captain Alec Stewart said Sri Lanka were within their rights to appeal. "With the laws of the game as they are, Sri Lanka

Summary: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has defended the controversial run-out of England's Jos Buttler during his side's one-day international win at Edgbaston.


About half of trusts provided details of cancellations one to three days before admission. Hospitals must record cancellations on the day of an operation or of admission - but not those prior to that. But Ipswich Hospital has now said it will start keeping records of earlier cancellations. NHS England said official figures showed less than 1% of operations were cancelled at the last minute. By Caroline Parkinson, Health editor, BBC News website These figures shine a light on a hidden issue. Hospitals don't have to record these early non-medical cancellations, so the data provided by these 74 hospitals is the only indication we have of the extent of the problem. There is a view that the more notice a patient gets of a cancellation the better, because it allows more time to rearrange plans. But if operations are cancelled outside the official period, patients don't have the same rights to a date for their rescheduled operation. Of course, sometimes patients themselves cancel an operation at the last minute. And while very few hospitals had that data, the information from those that did suggest it could be a bigger problem than hospitals cancelling themselves. Official NHS England figures show about 7.7 million planned operations were carried out in England last year. There were 71,370 last-minute cancellations - either on the day the patient was meant to arrive, after they had arrived or on the day the operation was meant to take place. In each case, NHS rules say a patient should be offered a new date within 28 days. If that deadline is missed, hospitals are not paid for the operation, and it is recorded in official figures. However, operations cancelled outside of the official definition are not subject to the same rules. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the definition of last-minute cancellations is wider - and is taken over several days. The BBC asked all 156 NHS trusts in England, via a Freedom of Information request, to provide figures for operations cancelled one to three days before a patient was due to be admitted. Seventy-four provided data suggesting they had cancelled 41,474 operations within that period - as opposed to 33,400 last-minute cancellations recorded for the same trusts in the official figures. Iona Hevican from Cornwall waited a year for a planned hysterectomy operation, which was cancelled three times before it went ahead. She told the BBC: "Every time they give you a date to go in for your operation there's a lot of preparing before you go in for that date, so any cancellation that you get is obviously a very traumatic time because of all the plans that you made, all your mindset, everything. "Then just to say come back tomorrow, like you're nothing, like a piece of meat, then that's not good. "They have to realise what goes into planning. They have to plan, and we have to plan." The main reasons for cancellations were a lack of beds or ward space and staff shortages. For operations cancelled on the day, emergencies take priority - something that

Summary: Tens of thousands of operations were cancelled by English hospitals last year but not officially counted, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.


Gergana Prodanova, 38, was reported missing on 8 August by colleagues after she failed to turn up for work at the Great Western Hotel in the city. Forensic officers recovered the remains at waste ground off Blackall Road in Exeter at about 16:00 BST on Tuesday. Police said there would be tests to confirm the identity but her family in Bulgaria have been notified. A man has been charged with her murder. More on the discovery of human remains, and other stories from Devons Ms Prodanova was last seen on Sidwell Street in Exeter on 4 August. Officers investigating the case have carried out house-to-house inquiries, as well as using the force helicopter, drone and police dogs. Det Supt Paul Burgan said: "Inquiries will continue in the Polsloe and Blackall Road areas of the city over the next few days and police would like to thank the public for their continued co-operation with this investigation." Kostadin Kostov, 42, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday charged with Ms Prodanova's murder.

Summary: Human remains have been found by police searching for a woman in Exeter.


Raikkonen was left annoyed after he led the early laps from pole but Vettel passed him by using a later pit stop. A Ferrari spokesman said: "The drivers are free to race. There was no plan whatsoever to get Sebastian ahead." Vettel said: "There was no plan of any team orders. I can understand Kimi is not happy. I would feel the same." Vettel went into the race leading Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the championship by six points and came out of it with a 25-point lead - a clear race victory - when the Briton could finish only seventh after starting 13th. Raikkonen pitted five laps before Vettel and came out behind slower cars, which he had to pass. Meanwhile, on a clear track, Vettel began setting fastest times and by the time he stopped he had made up enough time to emerge in the lead. Ferrari said that Raikkonen ran on a pre-planned strategy to stop around lap 34 and said that although they knew he would come out among slower cars, it was inevitable that would happen at some point. Raikkonen said: "I was called in, and that's about it. It didn't work out very well for me, but apart from that, it doesn't matter, does it? "That's as much as I can say about it right now. I got the bad end of the story today. It is still second place but obviously it doesn't count a lot in my book at least." Asked whether he knew why Ferrari had called him in at that time, he said: "I have no idea. They have reasons for why they do what they do. It is not up to me." He said he would be asking the team to explain the decisions to him. "We are a team and if you don't believe what you have been told then it will get very complicated at some point," Raikkonen said. "Today, as a team, we wanted one-two. It happened. As for myself, it could have been better but we have just finished the race and who knows? "We'll talk about it and I guess there are some reasons for everything that happened. As a driver I can do what I want but it is not how we work as a team." Vettel, widely believed to be Ferrari's contractual number one driver, was asked if he and the team had discussed whether they would try to use an opportunity to get him ahead of Raikkonen if one arose. He replied: "Not really. We spoke about the race before. The lead car normally has priority. "If I had the choice, going in the pits first is maybe what you like to do. "It is one of the rare occasions when the overcut [stopping after a driver you are following] decides the position, but from the team point of view there was no plan of any team orders. "Today it worked in my favour and I take it, but we are a team and I can see Kimi is not happy."

Summary: Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari denied they manipulated the Monaco Grand Prix to ensure the German beat team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.


The company blamed the general election for contributing to a sharp fall in demand in the second half of its financial year. It now expects its underlying annual profits to be between Â£82m-Â£87m, below the Â£94.4m it reported in the previous 12 months. Its share price tumbled by 55.25p to 196.75p DFS said the market-wide trend was linked to uncertainty regarding the general election and "uncertain macroeconomic environment". It said it had seen "significant declines in store footfall leading to a material reduction in customer orders". Neil Wilson, senior market analyst at ETX Capital, said that the slowdown reported by DFS was "not surprising" given recent economic data. "CPI inflation has accelerated to 2.9%, while wage growth is slowing. Real wages are falling. If the gap continues to widen then the likes of DFS could suffer further as spending takes a knock. Undoubtedly the uncertainty around the general election and Brexit means people are delaying big ticket purchases," he said. DFS said it experienced short-term fluctuations to demand and, confident of longer-term growth, had maintained its investment levels. But Mr Wilson said: "The relative resilience of the UK in the six months after the referendum, and comparative slowing thereafter, seems to be mirrored in the fortunes of DFS."

Summary: Shares in DFS Furniture have plunged by 22% after the sofa specialist issued a profit warning.


Sarah Sands, 32, is accused of murdering Michael Pleasted, 77, weeks after finding out he was charged with sex assaults on two children under 13. Mr Pleasted was stabbed at his Canning Town home while awaiting trial. Ms Sands told the Old Bailey she was frightened by his behaviour. She denies murder. The court heard Ms Sands befriended the pensioner and regularly cooked for him but on learning about the charges went to advise him to plead guilty to avoid the children having to testify. She said she had drunk two bottles of wine and a small bottle of brandy before visiting Mr Pleasted's flat on 28 November and took a kitchen knife, hammer and wrench with her "for safety". She told the Old Bailey that when Mr Pleasted opened the door he "smirked" and said his accusers were liars. Ms Sands told the court: "He was so cold. The man that I thought I knew never behaved like that. "I was frightened. He was meant to listen to me." She said she took the kitchen knife out of her handbag and held it to "show him he could not talk to me like that, that I knew him, that I loved him". She went on: "I just had it in my hand and I poked him with it in the front and that's when we both realised at the same time what had happened and he grabbed me. "He was frightening me and I pushed him away and I left. That was it." When asked whether she intended to cause Mr Pleasted "serious harm" she replied, "No. I did not stab him, I didn't". The court heard Mr Pleasted crawled into his hallway before collapsing and bleeding to death. Ms Sands handed herself in to police the following morning. The trial continues.

Summary: A woman stabbed her elderly neighbour eight times after he "smirked" at her when she confronted him about child sex charges, a court has heard.


Matt Derbyshire struck in the first minute before Leon Best scored from the penalty spot after goalkeeper Cody Cropper brought down Richard Wood. The visitors confirmed their dominance through Kirk Broadfoot's header and Richard Smallwood's neat finish. Rotherham, 21st place in the table, moved nine points clear of MK Dons, who remain third bottom. The atmosphere inside Stadium MK was tense before kick-off, but almost immediately the Rotherham fans were celebrating as Derbyshire opened the scoring. Best then slammed home from the spot, and it was no surprise when Broadfoot and Smallwood put the game beyond MK Dons just after the break. Ex-Miller Alex Revell almost pulled one back for the hosts, but Rotherham easily held on. Despite languishing in the relegation zone in mid-February, Neil Warnock, Rotherham's third manager of the season, has turned his side's fortunes around, winning six of his 11 league games in charge. MK Dons manager Karl Robinson: "It's extremely difficult and very hard and the odds are stacked against us. We only have ourselves to blame. "You get that tag of losing football matches and it's so hard to shift. You have to find it from somewhere to cope with the demands of this level. "We were the better team in between the two boxes by far, (but) we are not as good as other teams in the boxes, it's as simple as that. "I don't think it's fair to boo me individually, I don't agree with that. Collectively we have to take responsibility. " Rotherham manager Neil Warnock: "It was an important game but I thought it was a comprehensive victory. "We started well with the goal and we couldn't have got off to a better start. We missed a few chances in the second half, but we can't get too greedy. "It just goes to show what you can do with a good group who want to listen. "I think they are amazing themselves with the ability they have and what they can do with the ball. It's a great time and we are enjoying ourselves."

Summary: Rotherham took a huge step towards retaining their Championship status by thrashing relegation rivals MK Dons.


Bruno, who has not fought since being knocked out by Mike Tyson in 1996, has been suffering with bipolar disorder in recent years. However, he told ITV's This Morning: "I've been in the gym all the time, that's why I want to come back into boxing." Asked if it was a good idea, Bruno replied: "I haven't got a choice." Bruno, who made his professional debut in 1982, says he returned to the gym to burn off energy and does not like to be "mugged off" when challenged by younger boxers. "I can't sit down and let these so-called promoters say Anthony Joshua can knock me out in two rounds when I'm not even dead," Bruno added. However, Bruno later said that his agent had been told by the British Boxing Board of Control that it would not accept his application for a licence.

Summary: British former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno wants to return to the ring at the age of 54.


The song, which translates from the Hindi as "My country is great", is nearly seven minutes long. Critics are upset with lines that seemingly compare Mr Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, a charge Mr Nihalani denies. Social media users also pointed out shots of "Indian development" in the video were really from other countries. "I have said [in the film] that the dream Gandhi had seen... it's film language. Gandhi had the dream of making India clean and Modi is fulfilling that dream," Mr Nihalani told BBC Hindi's Vineet Khare. "The dream has to be fulfilled with co-operation from everyone. People who think I have made comparisons do not want to see the country's progress," he added. Mr Nihalani's efforts were termed "so bad it's good" by the DNA newspaper, while the Hindustan Times called it a "cringe fest". The video shows, among other things, delighted schoolchildren spotting Mr Modi sitting on a snow-capped mountain in a lotus pose. But a comparison to Mahatma Gandhi is not the only issue that critics have with the song. The film also shows shots of skyscrapers, modern motorways and space shuttles to "showcase India's development". However, social media users were quick to point out that many of those were not even Indian. Mr Nihalani, who was appointed the head of the Central Board of Film Certification of India in January this year, said the use of these shots was deliberate. "There are 160 shots in the film. Only five shots show what India's future would look like. Every filmmaker has visual imagination...what's the big deal in that?" he asked. "I have shown an India of the future," he added.

Summary: Indian film censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani has defended a music video he has made glorifying Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


The target was reached eight weeks after Mr Aikman's death on 2 February at the age of 31. Now the Gordon's Fightback campaign is seeking to raise £1m in his memory to fund research into the disease. Mr Aikman was director of research for the Better Together campaign at the time of his diagnosis. His campaign has been supported by leading figures in all of Scotland's major political parties. Gordon's husband Joe Pike said: "I miss Gordon's voice, his eyes and his smile. I miss the in-jokes and affection and finishing each other's sentences. "But Gordon never wanted pity, and I don't either. I want to turn a negative into a positive. Today, I want everyone to mark Gordon's birthday by giving the gift of a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. "Gordon's real passion was finding a cure. Doctors do not know what causes Motor Neurone Disease, let alone how to cure it. But scientists in labs doing research provided him with hope. Not that he would be saved, but hope for future generations. "A cure for MND - that would be a real gift to remember Gordon by."

Summary: The fund named after Scottish motor neurone disease (MND) campaigner Gordon Aikman has raised £600,000.


France centre-back Sakho, 27, is out of favour at Anfield after falling out with Reds manager Jurgen Klopp on the 2016 pre-season tour of the USA. He was sent on loan to Crystal Palace last season, where he made eight appearances, and was nominated for their player of the year award. The news comes after the Baggies rejected an £18m bid from Manchester City for centre-back Jonny Evans. Manager Tony Pulis said on Friday it would be "crazy" to say they would turn down a bigger offer for the Northern Ireland defender, but added: "We're not desperate for money." Sakho turned down a loan move to West Brom last August after being told he can leave the club. He has not played for the Reds since April 2016, when he was provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test before subsequently being cleared. Sakho joined Palace on loan for the second half of last term and was not involved in Liverpool's Premier League game at Watford last Saturday or Tuesday's Champions League play-off, first-leg win over Hoffenheim. Should a deal go through, the fee would eclipse the club record £13m West Brom paid Tottenham for Nacer Chadli 12 months ago. The last two weeks of the transfer window can involve some cagey wheeling and dealing. West Brom know they can sell Evans to Manchester City. If they do that, they have decent money to get in a replacement. However, if they tell everyone that is what they intend to do, the price of their targets go up. So, they sound out clubs quietly, while telling the world Evans is going nowhere. It may be that the Northern Irishman stays put. But Tony Pulis wants to know what the alternatives are - and having already spoken to Liverpool about Sakho once this summer, he is now talking to them again.

Summary: West Brom are interested in Liverpool's £30m-rated defender Mamadou Sakho.


Macedonian police are detaining them, saying they will be returned to Greece. Earlier, some 1,000 migrants, including children, left their sprawling camp in the Greek village of Idomeni and crossed a river near the border. About 14,000 people, many from Syria or Iraq, have been stranded at the camp, where conditions have deteriorated following days of rain. Macedonia last week said it would no longer let any migrants in, blocking the so-called Balkan route north. In other developments on Monday: The migrants - many carrying all their belongings - were seen walking in a long snaking line along a hilly road on Monday. The group included a number of children. When they reached the river, they passed a rope across it and formed a "human chain" to help each other to get to the other side. The migrants said they were trying to find a gap in the barbed-wire fence on the border. "We hope we can cross because we are a lot of people. Our number is big now," 24-year-old Syrian migrant Aziz told AP. "We don't want to stay here [Idomeni] in that camp, because we are tired of being there," he added. Hundreds of migrants later found a gap near the Greek village of Hamilo and crossed into Macedonia. Macedonian police and soldiers then detained the migrants, putting them in army trucks. "We are taking measures to return the group to Greece," a Macedonian police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Reuters. At least 20 journalists who followed the migrants were also detained, reports say. Meanwhile, Greek police officer Panos Tenos told the BBC the migrants had been informed during their march that "crossing illegally is a dead end since the borders to reach Central Europe are closed". "Police forces followed the refugees from Idomeni to Hamilo, and when they tried to block them peacefully the crowd dispersed and it was impossible to stop them," he added. Local UNHCR representative Babur Baloch told the BBC: "What we are seeing is a return of chaos whenever there's a unilateral decision to close the borders, when there's no co-ordination, when countries in Europe don't coordinate and don't share responsibility, then we see more misery for refugees." "And that's exactly what we're going through in Greece today. We see more and more people arriving here. There's no way out, Greece is struggling, it needs support from the EU," he added. Last week, the EU and Turkey set out a plan to ease Europe's biggest refugee crisis since World War Two. Under the plan, still to be finalised, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would be sent back. For each Syrian returned, a Syrian in Turkey would be resettled in the EU. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have travelled through Macedonia over the past year, heading north. The EU leaders said "bold moves" were needed, and made the following proposals: A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes

Summary: Hundreds of migrants have crossed from Greece into Macedonia after finding a way through the border fence.


Scott Diver, 16, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, was last seen at his home on Saturday 17 September. The teenager, who is 5ft 7in tall, with a slim build, dark hair and blue eyes, is said to need regular medication. The CCTV images show Scott walking in Clydebank's Dalmuir Park, towards the Mountblow Road entrance, at about 14:53 on the day he went missing. Insp John Mullen said: "The two images we are issuing today have been identified as Scott - this is the last confirmed known sighting of him. "As the weather was favourable that day, there were a number of people within the park who may have seen Scott. "I would urgently ask anyone who remembers being in the park and who might have seen Scott to get in touch with us. Even if you don't believe you may have seen Scott in the park please contact the police as you may have information that is pertinent to our inquiry." Insp Mullen said that given the length of time Scott had been missing police and his family "remain concerned for his welfare". He added: "His family and friends are very distressed at his disappearance. He is a young boy who is vulnerable and needs to be home with his family." Insp John Mullen said that anyone with information could contact police at a dedicated email address: scottdiverinquiry@scotland.pnn.police.uk

Summary: Police have released new CCTV images of a vulnerable teenager who has been missing for more than two weeks.


Unfortunately, a side effect of the tablets was hair loss. I had a large bald patch at the back and lots of smaller patches on the top and around my hairline at the front. I went to see various specialists and tried out a number of different shampoos, creams and sprays - but nothing worked. Because I was so embarrassed and self-conscious about my hair - I started to pull it out, which only made the situation worse but strangely made me feel better. In September last year, I went to a company in Belfast to have special hair extensions fitted, which stopped me from being able to pull my own hair out and allowed it to grow. On a regular maintenance appointment to my get my hair extensions tightened, I was told I didn't need to keep them in anymore. It was exactly six months since I'd had them fitted and to be honest, they had become like a security blanket. I wasn't sure how I felt at the thought of having them taken out. I was happy, scared and pretty emotional all at the same time. Once my hair had been washed and dried, I couldn't believe the difference. I realised at that point I had absolutely no reason to be scared. My hair had grown back, and was stronger and thicker than it had ever been before. The next day, I went to my own hairdresser, who put some highlights in and cut my hair back into the style I had had before the problems began. I had struggled with hair loss for nearly four years and after using numerous shampoos, sprays, creams and taking different courses of herbal tablets, I only found the solution I was looking for in September 2012. After searching online, I came across a private company who deal with all types of hair loss - from women who are completely bald, to women like me who have a less severe problem. I made an appointment, went to the clinic at 09:30 BST - spent 10 hours there getting hand sewn extensions fitted and came out with the shoulder length hair I had wanted since 2008. I didn't realise how depressed I was about my hair loss until I had the extensions fitted. We first noticed the problem in 2008, after I had finished a course of very strong prescribed medication for acne. One evening, while I was watching TV, my parents noticed I had developed a large bald patch on the back of my head. When they told me and showed me, I was absolutely devastated. We initially thought it was alopecia, and I was afraid that I might lose more, or all of my hair. However, upon further investigation, we discovered it was a side effect of the tablets I had been taking. At the time, my hair was shoulder length - and it had to be cut short to try and disguise the bald patch as much as possible. I was gutted and felt like I'd lost all my femininity. I became

Summary: In 2008, I had been taking very strong prescription medication for acne.


Cox told US chatshow host Jimmy Kimmel how she had struggled with the way the Londonderry man pronounces certain words. The pair met in 2013 through mutual friend Ed Sheeran, and announced their engagement last year. The actress showed a video clip of her family attempting to say the phrase "how now brown cow", with mixed results. "My fiancé is from Northern Ireland and it's a great place - nice people there," she said. "But you know, I'm from Alabama and we're real southern. "He's got this beautiful accent - so we were celebrating our engagement a year ago and in Northern Ireland you say the word 'now', not like n-o-w but it's like n-a-u-w. "It's weird and it's hard to do - I cannot get it. "So we were sitting at this table and I was trying to get these southerners to try to say, 'how now brown cow' in the way he says it." Kimmel joked: "I love that Johnny is just sitting there being abused by your whole family, thinking 'I came here from Northern Ireland to be made fun of?'" She laughed: "He wanted to go home after that."

Summary: Former Friends star Courteney Cox has been trying to teach her family how to speak in an authentic Northern Ireland accent like her fiancé, Snow Patrol musician Johnny McDaid.


A source close to Mr Gupta said the discussions had not been substantive but he would seek further talks when he flies back to the UK early next week. Government help on energy costs and plant modernisation are issues he wants to discuss, according to the source. The government declined to comment. It comes as the government said it was ready to offer financial support to "clinch a buyer" to save the steelworks, where more than 4,000 jobs are at risk. Tata Steel - which announced last week that it was selling its loss-making UK businesses - has said it will close the plant unless it finds a buyer. German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has also been touted as another potential buyer, according to reports. Tata directly employs 15,000 workers in the UK and supports thousands of others, across plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton. It said it was "committed to running a meaningful process to explore strategic alternatives" for its UK business. What's going wrong with Britain's steel industry? Tata Steel UK: What are the options? Is China to blame for steel woes? Mr Gupta's commodities firm Liberty House has already saved several UK steelworks. A source close to the businessman said he was "definitely interested" in Tata's "downstream" operations and was looking at options which would keep liquid steel-making in the UK. BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Gupta wanted to discuss possible government help to replace Port Talbot's traditional blast furnaces with modern electric arc furnaces and energy costs. The source said it would not be an open-ended commitment, would protect most of the jobs at the site and could make it more profitable in the long term. Extra relief from carbon tax is another important issue, according to the source. On Sunday's Andrew Marr show, Business Secretary Sajid Javid said he would rule nothing out, but he maintained the government's view that nationalisation was not the answer to the crisis. It wants to find a commercial buyer for the Port Talbot plant, saying this will offer a "long-term, viable future". Mr Javid signalled that ministers were working on plans to reduce energy costs and take on some of the pension liabilities to make a purchase more attractive to investors. Tata Steel has said there is "no fixed timeline" for the sale process but stressed that urgency is needed to avoid "a long period of uncertainty" employees and customers. It said the sale process began on 30 March and added: "Tata Steel Europe is in the process of finalising the appointment of advisers and will soon launch a process globally of seeking an investor for the UK operations." Labour says the government should be prepared to take the Port Talbot plant - which Tata says is losing Â£1m a day - into public ownership to safeguard its future until a buyer can be found. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggested the government could maintain a stake in the plant after a sale. He has also urged ministers to speed up infrastructure projects, such as HS2, to support the steel

Summary: Tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has held initial talks with the government over the possible purchase of parts of Tata Steel's UK business, including Port Talbot steelworks, the BBC understands.


See a queue, get in it. Apologise even though you were the one bumped in to. Cheer when a glass is smashed in the pub. The English way of playing one-day cricket - nice and steady at the start, wickets in hand, have a bash at the end - last had major success 24 years ago with a run to the 1992 World Cup final. If that was a time when the tortoise managed to keep pace with the hare, then the following 23 years saw the rest of the world accelerate past England. Those nations did so to such a degree that at times it looked as if they were playing a different sport. Former off-spinner Graeme Swann tells a tale of how England were told that if they scored 239, they would win 72% of games. "In the 2011 World Cup quarter-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo, we had batted to our plan almost perfectly and scored 229. Jonathan Trott got 86 in 115 balls," said Swann. "Everyone said 'brilliant'. Then Sri Lanka knocked them off in 39.3 overs." The nadir came at the 2015 World Cup, an embarrassing exit sealed with defeat by Bangladesh, a result described as "pathetic" by legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham. It was thought by many than an inflexible approach and an over-reliance on statistics hampered Eoin Morgan's men in Australia and New Zealand. Now, instead of looking at data, England see the ball and whack it out of the ground. There is a new English way, one that was born in their first completed ODI after the World Cup. On that sunny afternoon at Edgbaston, with current assistant coach Paul Farbrace keeping the hotseat warm for Trevor Bayliss, England plundered their first ODI score in excess of 400 against a New Zealand side who had previously provided them with a blueprint on how to play the 50-over game. "A lot has can be said for former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who is best mates with Eoin Morgan," said Swann. "He tore up the book in and said to his team: 'Whatever has happened in the past in nonsense. It's a new game, play with freedom and your team-mates back you.' England are now playing with a similar amount of freedom. "Morgan has taken that to the England team, Trevor Bayliss has allowed that to happen and director of cricket Andrew Strauss has separated the one-day team from the Test team. It was a blatant move that had to be made - it just took some chutzpah to do it." Since the 2015 World Cup, England's win ratio in ODIs of 1.75 - which is 1.75 wins for every defeat - is bettered only by world champions Australia's 2.13. Former captain Michael Vaughan has called this team the best England one-day side he has seen, while BBC Test Match Special's Simon Hughes, the ex-Middlesex seamer, wrote in the Times that the current crop must grab their opportunity to win a global trophy in the next decade. In the main, England's spectacular upturn has

Summary: There is an English way of doing things.


Feeney, 29, previously spent time on loan at Blackburn at the end of the 2013-14 season, making six appearances. The former Bournemouth and Millwall man, who finished last season on loan at Ipswich Town, made 71 league starts for Bolton during a two-year contract. Rovers finished 15th in the table last term, 15 points clear of relegation. Feeney is the club's fourth signing so far this summer, joining full-back Stephen Hendrie plus strikers Anthony Stokes and Danny Graham. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Championship club Blackburn Rovers have signed former Bolton Wanderers winger Liam Feeney on a two-year deal, with the option of a further year.


Wednesday's final news conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas proved far calmer than any media event in the build-up to what could be the most lucrative fight in boxing history. McGregor, 29, will earn a reported $100m in his boxing debut at the T-Mobile Arena event, prompting speculation future UFC pay days might not keep him with the organisation. He said: "When this one is done I will have 20 seconds where I relish in victory and then I will be thinking who is next? I will be looking to compete all over the place. "After I get victory I will certainly be looking to compete in both sports. Since I'm the king of the boxing ring and king of the MMA maybe I will make my own hybrid. Then if anyone wants to challenge me they can do it in my octagon." Mayweather cut a refined figure at the MGM event, which was closed to the public. He was seemingly uninterested in exchanging insults, while McGregor had no such qualms, pointing to social media posts his rival has shared of betting slips and stating he thinks Mayweather "may have a gambling problem". The undefeated boxer's father - Floyd Sr - told reporters "a lot" had been taken away from his son's ability in his two years out of the sport but stressed he still had enough to overcome McGregor. But Mayweather was defiant when telling BBC Sport he was "going to look good" as he bids for a 50th win from 50 fights. "I don't miss the hype and this at all. I'd rather be at home watching TV but this is my job," said the 40-year-old. "McGregor can say whatever he wants to say, when it comes down to it I can fight. "Mentally, no athlete in the world is stronger than me. "To be here 21 years I had to take it extremely seriously. You guys think I am not taking it seriously? I am." It was announced the winner of a bout many in boxing have rubbished will receive a one-off belt from the World Boxing Council called 'The Money Belt'. It contains 3,360 diamonds, 600 sapphires, 300 emeralds and 1.5kg of solid gold, mounted on alligator leather. It is the latest opulent addition to a fight which could earn $600m (£469m) and which will challenge the record of 4.6 million pay-per-view buys set when Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao in 2015. Stephen Espinoza, the head of the Showtime network, told reporters breaking the record was "in the realm of possibility" and stressed a key factor was that the fight will be televised in more than 220 countries, a marked increase on the Mayweather-Pacquiao reach. "If we don't get there, it will be very close," he said. Potential record pay-per-view income, added to merchandising, ticket sales and sponsorship will deliver McGregor the type of purse which will only prompt further questions as to how UFC can satisfy its main star when he returns. His exact earnings will remain unknown thanks to a non-disclosure agreement signed by both

Summary: UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor wants to continue both a mixed martial arts and boxing career after Saturday's super bout with Floyd Mayweather.


Mr Hunt announced his decision to quit as MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central last week to become the director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Reed is leaving the Copeland constituency to take up a post at the Sellafield nuclear plant. The MPs are expected to leave the House of Commons early next week. In his letter of resignation, Mr Reed said his last act as an MP was "to implore" Copeland voters to back Gillian Troughton, a former hospital doctor and Labour's candidate for the seat. "This by-election is about the Tory government's dangerous proposals for the NHS," he wrote. "The Tories have created a crisis in the NHS and, as a result, the future of West Cumberland Hospital and the services provided by Keswick Hospital are under threat." Ms Troughton, who said it was "an honour" to be selected by Labour, faces a tough battle in the West Cumbrian seat where her party's majority over the Conservatives was cut to 2,564 at the last general election. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "Gillian is a local councillor with a strong track record of getting things done for her community. She has campaigned tirelessly to maintain local hospital services. "As a St John's blue light ambulance driver, Gillian has seen first-hand the extent of the crisis caused by this Conservative government, which has chosen to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest instead of our health service." The Conservatives said the selection was a "victory for the hard left", describing Ms Troughton - who voted to remain in the EU referendum and is a supporter of nuclear power - as "nothing more than a Corbyn puppet". However, her choice has been seen elsewhere as a boost for moderates, as Ms Troughton was one of 1,000 Labour councillors who signed a letter of support for Owen Smith in his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Mr Corbyn as leader last year. Mr Reed held Copeland with 16,750 votes (42%) in 2015, ahead of the Conservatives on 14,186 (36%), UKIP on 6,148 (15%) and the Liberal Democrats on 1,368 (3%). UKIP has chosen NHS worker Fiona Mills to contest the seat. She stood in Carlisle at the 2015 election, coming third with 12% of the vote. "Copeland voted 62% to leave the EU," she said. "What better way to send a message to the government that we want a full Brexit as soon as possible than to return a UKIP MP." Rebecca Hanson has been chosen to fight the seat for the Liberal Democrats. Labour is due to choose a candidate on 25 January to fight Stoke-on-Trent Central, in a by-election triggered by historian Mr Hunt's appointment as director of the V&A Museum. Despite being a traditional Labour safe seat, Mr Corbyn faces an awkward contest in a city which voted overwhelmingly Leave in last year's EU referendum. UKIP - which took second place in the 2015 general election - is due to announce its candidate on Saturday, amid widespread expectation that leader Paul Nuttall will fight the seat in the hope of becoming his party's second

Summary: By-elections sparked by the resignations of Labour MPs Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed are to be held on 23 February, the party has said.


"Originally I was going to get the floor plan tattooed on my side, but that seemed a bit ridiculous," he told the BBC before his opening night show. Instead, he chose a lion, representing the England football team's logo. "It's going to hurt," the singer said. The star already has dozens of tattoos, from a ketchup bottle to a teddy bear, each marking career high points. On Friday, the 24-year-old became the first artist to headline Wembley unaccompanied, taking to the stage with just his guitar. "I don't know any different," he said. "I've never done anything but this at my live shows. I'm in control. Everything is in my hands." The star's hat-trick of shows coincides with his second album, X, returning to number one for a fourth time. The record, which has sold more than two million copies in the UK, has not left the top 10 since its release last June. He spoke to the BBC's entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson at Wembley Stadium about his achievements. One man, one guitar, three nights at Wembley Stadium. That's a bold statement. It's a good statement, yeah. I feel like the press, the media, the music industry - and some people in general - thought that the first album was a flash in the pan, so this is a statement to say that I'm going to be here for a while... So sorry. Whose idea was it? It was my idea. I felt like I'd done every venue on the ladder in England and this is the biggest. Was it always an ambition to play here? No! This was never an ambition because, as a singer song-writer, my ambition was the Shepherd's Bush Empire, which is like 1,500 people. I would never have had the balls to believe I could play a place like this. So what does it feel like to be standing on the stage where Queen played Live Aid? For me to be on such a small list of massive artists is very humbling and strange, you know? There's probably about six artists or bands right now that can sell this is out. To be part of that is pretty nuts. You've got AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, One Direction, Eminem, Muse, Take That. It's under 10. How different will it be from a normal gig? It's going to be pretty similar to a festival set. I feel like it's going to be very crowd-involved and epic. I'll try to have intimate moments, but I kind of just want to have the euphoric, anthemic feel. Are you nervous? The size of the venue doesn't make me feel nervous. What makes me nervous is that stuff like this [indicates his guitar pedals] can mess up. The whole gig relies on this. The microphone can switch off, a guitar string can break. But I'm confident enough that if everything goes right, the gig will be great. What's your Plan B if there is a technical fault? Things mess up from time to time, and you just improvise. I have songs I can

Summary: Ed Sheeran says he will commemorate his trio of sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium by having his chest tattooed.


Media playback is not supported on this device Cook, 34, signed for Jon Lewis' side following the news the county had been demoted for financial issues by the England and Wales Cricket Board. They go into Nottinghamshire's visit on Friday with a 48-point deficit. "Play some seriously good cricket and get promoted at the first attempt - what an incredible story," Cook said. "That's what you play cricket for, those moments to create history, and a moment of magic," he told BBC Look North. The South Africa Test batsman arrives at Chester-le-Street for the opening half of the season before joining up with his country for the series against England. Although his stay is relatively fleeting, Cook is keen to help establish a platform. "It appeals to me and I know the guys in the dressing room are hugely motivated," he said. "The hardships are well documented but we've got to use that as motivation rather than an excuse." Moving to Durham has allowed Cook to follow in his father Jimmy's footsteps, having spent the rest of his career in his native country with Gauteng and Lions. "To play county cricket has been a lifelong goal," Cook continued. "Ever since I was a young boy, it's the whole tradition and splendour of it all. "My dad played for Somerset many a year ago, I watched him from afar and always liked the idea of it. "He had a really successful time of it and if I can do half of that I'll have an enjoyable summer. "To be able to finally walk out there on Friday will be a great time for me."

Summary: Durham's bid for promotion to County Championship Division One despite a points penalty is a "wonderful challenge", says opener Stephen Cook.


Emma Way, 22, from Norfolk, was found guilty at Norwich Magistrates' Court of failing to stop after a collision and failing to report an accident. She was cleared of driving without due care and attention. Way said that following the "stupid" #bloodycyclists tweet there had been lots of "malicious messages". Magistrates heard that police only became aware of the collision on 19 May because Way, from Watton, tweeted "definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax!" using the hashtag #bloodycyclists. Cyclist Toby Hockley, from Norwich, suffered bruising and minor damage to his bike in the incident near the village of Rockland All Saints, Norfolk. Appearing on ITV's Daybreak programme earlier, Way said that she regretted the Twitter post but did not believe the collision was her fault. She said: "I am 22, so not generalising on 22-year-olds sometimes you do just put things and it's not actually intended. "I was quite angry at the mannerism of the cyclist on the road. My point of view is that he was on my side of the road - that's not the way you drive so I find that quite disrespectful." CTC, the national cycling charity, said the collection of evidence around cycling incidents should be more "robust". Rhia Weston, a road safety officer with the charity, said: "The only reason Emma Way was caught was because she tweeted about the incident, many other hit and runs end in no prosecution because police fail to trace the driver. "Evidence collection needs to be much more robust if hit and run drivers are to be caught, prosecuted and convicted. "CTC's Road Justice petition is calling on the police to better enforce road traffic law by thoroughly investigating all injury collisions." Way, who said she did not receive a fee for the television appearance, was sacked from her job as a trainee accountant with Norwich-based Larking Gowen after the tweet. The court heard she has now got a new job. Magistrate Martin Cliffe fined Way Â£337 and ordered her to pay Â£300 in costs. He also ordered that seven penalty points be added to her licence. Ms Weston said Way's sentence was "minimal" compared to "the maximum sentence the judges had at their disposal of Â£5000, six months custodial sentence, a discretionary driving ban and 10 penalty points". "A tougher sentence would send a clearer message that disregard for other people's wellbeing on the roads is intolerable..." Way previously described her tweet as her "biggest regret" and rated it "11 out of 10" on the stupidity scale. She told Daybreak: "I lost my job in accountancy and I've received really malicious threats and stuff off people... cyberbullying and stuff, so it has been quite bad." Way had about 200 Twitter followers when she sent the message and used to tweet daily. She has since quit the social networking site.

Summary: A motorist convicted of driving offences after tweeting about a collision with a cyclist says she has been cyber-bullied because of the post.


The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) now agrees that abiraterone is affordable. It had previously said the treatment was not cost-effective for the NHS until cancers were more advanced. The drug costs Â£3,000 a month, but a lower price has been agreed with the manufacturer Janssen. Janssen also submitted fresh data about the drug's effectiveness to NICE. Abiraterone, also known as Zytiga, is a hormone therapy, and unlike chemotherapy which kills the cancerous cells, it stops more testosterone from reaching the prostate gland to stifle the tumour. It is already used at the end-of-life after chemotherapy as it can give patients an extra few months. But NICE had previously said it could not justify giving the drug to patients with earlier stage disease, even though such patients in Scotland did have access to it. Instead, patients in England had to rely on their doctors applying to the Cancer Drugs Fund, a special pot set aside for cancer drugs not routinely available on the NHS. Now NICE says the new evidence submitted by Janssen means it can offer the drug to more patients - those with spreading prostate cancer who have only mild symptoms and who have not responded to androgen deprivation therapy and have not yet been offered chemotherapy. It is estimated that 5,900 people with this category of prostate cancer might be eligible each year in England. Prof Carole Longson, from NICE, said: "There are few treatments available for patients at this stage of prostate cancer so this is very good news." Heather Blake, from Prostate Cancer UK, said: "This long awaited decision is fantastic news and brings an end to years of uncertainty for men and their loved ones. After 18 months our calls have finally been heard as NICE and the manufacturer have managed to negotiate a way forward. However it cannot continue to take so ludicrously long to get men what they need. "If the newly reformed drug appraisal process really is to work better for men, manufacturers must present best value for money first time around while greater flexibility from NICE must come as standard. We need to see much more focus on what patients need and deserve, otherwise men will men will lose out as they continue to be caught in the middle." The NHS in Wales is expected to adopt the English guidance. The new price for the drug on the NHS in England is Â£2,300 for 120 tablets, which is 30 days' supply. Under the agreed discount, the NHS pays for the first 10 months of treatment with abiraterone. For people who remain on treatment for more than 10 months, Janssen will rebate the drug cost of abiraterone from the 11th month until the end of treatment.

Summary: Patients with prostate cancer in England will now have early access to a drug that can delay the need for chemotherapy.


An HM Inspectorate of Prisons report into the Verne IRC in Portland also criticised the amount of legal representation available to detainees. The report praised treatment of detainees by staff and the use of body cameras by managers. The Home Office said it took detainees' welfare "extremely seriously". HMP Verne was reclassified as an immigration removal centre in September 2014. Almost 600 men awaiting deportation were held at the centre, with a majority having previously been in prison following criminal convictions. During what was the first announced inspection since the change in status, inspectors found "levels of violence were too high and some of the violence was serious". They reported a "concerted indiscipline" in the week before their visit in March. They also pointed to higher than usual availability of new psychoactive substances and illicit alcohol. The inspectors found 30 minutes of free legal advice was available and many detainees "struggled to obtain representation to fight their cases". Their report also highlighted "excessive stays", including almost 40 men being held for more than a year, and one held for five years, which inspectors described as "one of the worse cases of prolonged detention we have seen". It also said the former Victorian fort complex remained "too prison-like in character", with too much inner fencing and razor wire and restrictions on movement. Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said: "Overall, The Verne was operating satisfactorily. However, despite considerable efforts to prepare the institution for its new role, the environment and staff culture reflected an institution that had not yet come to terms with its new function as an IRC." A Home Office spokesperson said: "We are pleased the inspector has reported that the majority of detainees in The Verne felt safe and were very positive about their treatment by staff. "We have considered the inspector's recommendations carefully and are committed to working with our contractors to implement our service improvement plan for the centre." Former prisons ombudsman Stephen Shaw is to complete an independent review of detainees' welfare expected to be completed in the autumn.

Summary: High levels of violence were recorded at an immigration removal centre (IRC) in a former Dorset jail, the prison watchdog has found.


Dorset Fire and Rescue sprang into action to rescue Pigwig after he became trapped in the pool at Avon Castle Drive, Ashley Heath, earlier. District commander Andy Cole said its specialist animal rescue squad was also dispatched to deal with the unusual rescue operation. Firefighters used rescue boards, strops and lines to tug the stranded pig out. Crews from Ferndown and Poole were the first on the scene of the drama after receiving a call at 16:50 BST. They were later joined by a crew from Hampshire Fire and Rescue service in Ringwood. Pigwig was hauled from the swimming pool at about 17:30.

Summary: A pig that fell into a swimming pool in Dorset has had his bacon saved by firefighters.


5 February 2016 Last updated at 13:30 GMT Mobile phone footage of the Toffees boss showing off a series of slick moves at the Jason Derulo gig has been shared thousands of times on Twitter. Martinez later confirmed he was at the event and said he was a "big fan" of the American pop star. And he said: "I have better moves, believe me. Probably that [seen on the video] was the worst move."

Summary: Everton manager Roberto Martinez has been spotted dancing the night away at a concert in Manchester.


Gregory died at hospital in Washington DC after being admitted with an undisclosed illness. The family shared the news of their "enormous sadness" in a post on social media on Saturday. From the 1960s Gregory mocked racism in his stand-up routines. He was among the first US black comedian to perform regularly in front of white audiences. "It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic legend and civil rights activist Mr Dick Gregory departed this earth tonight in Washington, DC," his son, Christian, wrote on Instagram. He added that the family "appreciates the outpouring of support and love" but requested that their privacy be respected "during this very difficult time". US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson paid tribute to Gregory on Twitter: End of Twitter post by @RevJJackson Gregory was a no-holds-barred comedian, delivering lines in his performances that were likely to raise eyebrows. "A Southern liberal?" he once said, "that's a guy that'll lynch you from a low tree". "Segregation is not all bad," Gregory said on another occasion. "Have you ever heard of a collision where the people in the back of the bus got hurt?" Gregory was also involved in a number of civil rights activities in the 1960s. He campaigned against the Vietnam War and his protests often involved hunger strikes.

Summary: US comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory has died at the age of 84, his family has announced.


The referendum saw 65.3% vote against the plan with 34.7% in favour. The country is home to a range of giant businesses, including pharmaceutical companies Novartis and Roche, the insurance groups Zurich and Swiss Re and the banks UBS and Credit Suisse. The rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries. Business leaders said that would limit foreign investment and the government was also opposed to the proposal. The Young Socialists, who proposed the measure, admitted defeat. By Imogen FoulkesSwitzerland correspondent, BBC News The one to 12 initiative was clearly just too radical for many Swiss voters. The big business cantons of Zurich and St Gallen have rejected it outright. Despite widespread public anger that some Swiss executives are earning hundreds of times the wages of their employees, the government's arguments that such severe salary restrictions would undermine the Swiss economy and deter foreign investment clearly carried weight with voters. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal has been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage. Switzerland's system of democracy means citizens can call nationwide votes on issues that concern them.

Summary: Swiss voters have rejected a proposal that would have limited executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid.


The skeleton was unearthed during a large-scale excavation of the Swinegate area of York in 1990. The York Archaeological Trust (YAT) said more than 100 burial sites were discovered, many dating from between the 9th and 11th Century. The skeleton and coffin are being displayed at the city's Jorvik Viking Centre. York was occupied by the Vikings from the late 9th Century until the middle of the 10th Century, when it was absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England. The Swinegate dig explored the churchyard of the former church of St Benet, which had stood on the site from the 8th to the early 14th Century. Unusually, a number of timber coffins had survived. Sarah Maltby, director of attractions for the trust, said: "As we found in the Coppergate dig of the late 1970s, York's waterlogged soil conditions preserved the timber of several coffins, including this one, so what our archaeologists unearthed represents a series of previously undisturbed burials with complete skeletons, some of which date back more than 1,000 years." She said the condition of the wood gave the coffin a national significance, as so few similar examples exist. The coffin was made for a young woman, estimated at being between 26 and 35 at her death, and dates from the late Viking period. The YAT said recent analysis of the bones revealed the woman had inadequate nutrition or disease as a child and a degenerative joint disease in the spine and hips. There was no indication of what caused her death.

Summary: The skeleton of a young Viking woman found in an intact timber coffin has gone on display for the first time.


Juhel Miah, 25, told BBC Wales: "All I want is a reason, I want to know why they kicked me off the flight." Mr Miah had flown to Reykjavik, Iceland, with the party from Llangatwg Community School in Aberdulais, Neath, before boarding an onward flight to New York on 16 February. But before the plane took off he was escorted off by security staff. First Minister Carwyn Jones has written to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for "urgent clarification" in the case, and Neath Port Talbot council has written to the US Embassy to "express its dismay" at the treatment of Mr Miah. In the letter, Mr Jones says he understands Mr Miah was "escorted from the aircraft by US Homeland Security personnel". The US Embassy in London has been asked to comment. Mr Miah, whose first name is Mohammed but is known as Juhel, was in charge of eight pupils at the time and said there were a total of 39 pupils and five members of staff on the trip. The teacher, from Swansea, who says he has a visa which is valid until 2019 and does not have a criminal record, said: "Everyone looked at me like I'd done something wrong. "It made me feel really small, even though it shouldn't have. I repeatedly asked on what ground they were kicking me off the flight, no-one could give me an answer." Mr Miah said he has a British passport and does not have dual nationality. His family's ethnic background is Bangladeshi. "I can't think why they wouldn't want me on the plane, apart from maybe because I'm a Muslim," he said. He added that he had never been to any of the seven Muslim-majority countries included in an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump, temporarily barring people from those places. A federal judge in Seattle has since suspended the ban nationwide - a ruling which was later upheld at an appeals court hearing in San Francisco. Mr Miah, who teaches maths at the 700-pupil school, said he was also denied access to the US Embassy in Reykjavik. He said if he was not given a reason for what happened, he "would like someone to put their hand up and say 'sorry, we made a mistake'." A council spokesman said: "No satisfactory reason has been provided for refusing entry to the United States - either at the airport in Iceland or subsequently at the embassy. "Understandably he feels belittled and upset at what appears to be an unjustified act of discrimination." The Muslim Council Wales said it was "deeply troubled" by what had happened, adding that such incidents "undermine equality and civil life". The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was "providing support to a British man who was prevented from boarding a flight in Reykjavik".

Summary: A Muslim teacher denied entry to the United States while on a school trip said he has still not been told why.


The 84 glass-fibre GoGoDragons! - all 5ft (1.6m) tall and which were part of a community art trail - were sold at The Forum in the city. The auction raised £369,500 for charity Break, which cares for vulnerable people. The dragons were painted by a variety of artists and in many styles. One painted by 12-year-old art prodigy Kieron Williamson sold for £20,000, while a glittering mosaic dragon went for £25,000. Dragons feature in much of Norwich's architecture and the city has churches dedicated to Saint George in Tombland and Colegate - both of which house dragon symbols. The event follows on from 2013's GoGoGorillas! trail, which raised about £270,000 for charity at auction.

Summary: Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised for charity by the sale of dragons that have been on display in Norwich.


The sacking of Francesco Guidolin on his 61st birthday and the appointment of Bob Bradley show that may not totally be the case. Bradley's long and mostly successful career in management has mirrored the game's development in the United States, over nigh on four decades. Indeed the 58-year-old's only forays outside the States have been his most recent and have proved mainly successful. His two years in charge of the Egypt national side were played out against a background of violent civil unrest in the North African country. Bradley's arrival to live in Cairo in October 2011, with his wife Lindsay, coincided with the Egyptian Revolution and the American was praised for choosing to remain in the country when a match erupted into violence leading to the Port Said Stadium riot which killed 70 people in February 2012. Despite the Egyptian Premier League being suspended as a result, Bradley took the national side to within one match of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The Pharaohs eventually lost to Ghana in a play-off. After departing Egypt, Bradley headed north. In January 2014 he took over at Norwegian outfit Stabaek, becoming the first American to manage a club in a European top division and then was the first to guide a club to the Europa League. Then it was to the club from whom he joins Swansea, France's oldest, Le Havre, where it seemed, again, history beckoned. Last season, under Bradley, they went as close to promotion to Ligue 1 as is possible. They missed out by just one goal scored despite beating Bourg-en-Bresse 5-0 in their final game of the campaign and hitting the woodwork four times. As he arrives in Swansea, supporters will be hoping their new manager's luck has at least improved since then. But despite his recent foreign excursions, Bradley's career has mainly been stepped in Americana. He attended Princeton University and was top scorer for the Princeton Tigers whilst completing his degree in history. But despite his exploits on the pitch it was in coaching and management young Bradley's future lay. He took his first head coaching job aged just 22, at Ohio University whilst studying for an MA in Sports Administration at the same time. Bradley then rose through the US college system, eventually taking the head coach job at his alma mater, Princeton, leading the Tigers to two Ivy League titles. As the MLS expanded, so Bradley's coaching career took off. Starting as assistant at DC United, he eventually became manager at Chicago Fire, the MetroStars, who have since transformed into the New York Red Bulls, and Chivas USA, who are now defunct. There were plenty of accolades for Bradley along the way, including twice being named MLS Coach of the Year. But it is an incident during his time in charge of the MetroStars that illustrates Bradley's quick-thinking. In a game against DC United, Bradley exploited a rule that allowed for a fourth substitution in a match as long as it was a goalkeeper. He switched shot-stopper Tim Howard to an outfield position, brought on

Summary: When Americans Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan became majority shareholders at Swansea City they vowed to do things the "Swansea way".


Sam Matthews stunned the home crowd early on from long range, but Aswad Thomas replied quickly for Dover. The irrepressible Miller then went out on his own at the top of the scoring charts, notching a quick-fire hat-trick. The second was a real highlight as he wormed his way inside from the corner flag before beating Joe Taylor. Jack Parkinson made it five before half-time from close range. The break helped Braintree steady matters, and Dover's rampant form subsided. But Miller grabbed his 14th of the season from a free-kick to cap his perfect day. Reports supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Dover Athletic 6, Braintree Town 1. Second Half ends, Dover Athletic 6, Braintree Town 1. Substitution, Dover Athletic. Ira Jackson Jr replaces Ricky Modeste. Substitution, Braintree Town. Joe Maybanks replaces Sam Matthews. Substitution, Dover Athletic. Mitchell Pinnock replaces Ricky Miller. Substitution, Dover Athletic. Ayo Obileye replaces Tyrone Sterling. Jon Ashton (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Substitution, Braintree Town. Jack Midson replaces Harry Lee. Sam Matthews (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Substitution, Braintree Town. Jon Ashton replaces Barney Williams. Goal! Dover Athletic 6, Braintree Town 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic). Second Half begins Dover Athletic 5, Braintree Town 1. First Half ends, Dover Athletic 5, Braintree Town 1. Goal! Dover Athletic 5, Braintree Town 1. Jack Parkinson (Dover Athletic). Goal! Dover Athletic 4, Braintree Town 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic). Goal! Dover Athletic 3, Braintree Town 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic). Goal! Dover Athletic 2, Braintree Town 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic). Goal! Dover Athletic 1, Braintree Town 1. Aswad Thomas (Dover Athletic). Goal! Dover Athletic 0, Braintree Town 1. Sam Matthews (Braintree Town). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: Ricky Miller scored four times in Dover's 6-1 win over struggling Braintree at the Crabble Athletic Ground.


The Arsenal midfielder had knee surgery two weeks ago to repair an anterior cruciate ligament injury and expects to be back playing early in 2018. "I got a bit emotional originally but got over it quite quickly," she said. "My thoughts are on the World Cup qualifiers that begin after the Euros." Little made her Scotland debut in 2007 and has since gone on to win 121 caps. Her absence, along with that of Jen Beattie, Lizzie Arnot and Emma Mitchell, will be keenly felt by head coach Anna Signeul as she prepares the Euro 2017 squad for the Netherlands finals where Scotland play England, Spain and Portugal in the group stage. Little, who had three years at Seattle Reign before a stint at Melbourne City preceded her move to Arsenal, will be a pundit for broadcaster Channel Four at the finals. "It was very bad timing but these things happen in sport," she said of her injury, which she sustained training with Arsenal. "It's obviously very disappointing for me, Jen and Emma and Lizzie but we're all young and we'll be back, I'm sure. "I've been very lucky not to have been on the sidelines before. "It is nice to have a different perspective because when you're playing you are so absorbed in that. "I'm just excited now to watch the girls who have the opportunity to play." Little feels there is now a good mix of players in the Scotland squad. She highlighted the veteran goalkeeper Gemma Fay, who won her 200th cap in Friday's 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland, a clutch of players in their mid- to late-20s with five years' international experience, and younger players to have emerged such as Chloe Arthur, Sophie Howard, Erin Cuthbert and Fiona Brown. Little told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound that she will be sorry to see Signeul depart to take over the Finland women's team after the Euros but welcomes the arrival of Shelley Kerr "in the new era" as they strive to reach the World Cup in France in two years' time. Scotland will take on Switzerland, Poland, Belarus and Albania in their qualification campaign, which runs for a year from September. "She has been the manager for as long as I've been in the team," she said. "Anna has improved the game a lot in Scotland, with the national academy that has been set up, and the improvement of us physically has helped us qualify for our first national tournament."

Summary: Kim Little has got over the disappointment of missing Scotland women's first major finals through injury and is looking ahead to the 2019 World Cup qualifiers instead.


The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended an incident involving two vehicles in Keighley, at 04:40 GMT. A car parked on Greystones Drive was alight and the fire then spread to a nearby van. The car was destroyed and the van and its contents severely damaged.

Summary: A car set on fire during a suspected arson attack also damaged a van containing furniture packed in preparation for a house move.


Army ants are a predatory nomadic species: they raid other insect colonies and are always on the move, without a permanent nest. In this lifestyle, finding the shortest foraging path - with sufficient workforce left over - is crucial. The new research shows they adjust their bridges to find that balance. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists say their findings have implications for creating intelligent, self-assembling systems. Many species of ants show many complex, collective behaviours. Fire ants form rafts, bridges and tower structures, while weaver ants in Australia build chains that "sew" leaves together to make nests. The American and German researchers behind the new study focussed on the army ant, Eciton hamatum. They travelled to Panama to observe this species in its natural environment, hoping "to understand the simple rules that allow them to communicate and build the complex bridge structures", said co-first author Matthew Lutz. The team used a 3D-printed, angled platform that mimicked the ants' natural environment but also allowed the scientists to adjust the path for their experiments. "The ants started to form a small bridge at the tip of the angle, which then moved away, making the bridge bigger and bigger so as to shorten the path," explained Mr Lutz, a PhD student at Princeton University in the US. "What was even more interesting was that the bridge didn't move as far away as it possibly could. It tended to stop at some intermediate point." If the angle to be bridged was wider, that "bridge migration" ceased even sooner. In the wild, a foraging trail contains several such bridges, and they respond to the intensity of the traffic overhead: "If you stop the traffic across the bridge, it breaks in 1-2 minutes," Mr Lutz said. He and his colleagues reasoned that the ants were facing a trade-off between a shorter, faster path and the number of ants that had to be immobilised in building the structure - which would otherwise boost the community' foraging power. From a foraging perspective, the shortest path is not necessarily the most efficient one. "This is an elegant, quantitative study of the wonderful adaptive abilities of army ants," commented Prof Nigel Franks, who runs an ant research lab at the University of Bristol. "The army ants are such effective raiders that they deplete their prey as they go. They are here today, gone tomorrow. "Using their bodies to build dynamic bridges and to cover "potholes" in their route makes sense to them, as opposed to spending time and energy bulldozing obstacles out of their way." Mr Lutz, an architect by training, is interested in self-assembling structures. "I started doing this PhD in biology to study more specifically the structures that are formed by these ants," he said. Contemporary architecture and robotics are turning to natural self-assembling systems like the army ants to learn how to design and produce such dynamic structures in the future. "In 10-15 years, this sort of stuff will be more common," Mr Lutz predicted. Chris Reid, his co-author on the study,

Summary: Ants are well-known for building with their bodies, but a new study has shown that army ants can optimise traffic flow using bridges that move.


On the rock'n'roll scene since the age of 15, Keys played with Buddy Holly, John Lennon and Eric Clapton. The 70-year-old was most famous for his work with the Stones on the classic track Brown Sugar and their album Exile On Main Street. The band issued a statement mourning "the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player". The statement went on: "Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed." Guitarist Keith Richards said: "I have lost the largest pal in the world and I can't express the sense of sadness I feel although Bobby would tell me to cheer up." Keys featured in Richards' autobiography Life in 2010 and recalled the first time he met the Stones in the mid-1960s. Like Buddy Holly, Keys was born in the Texas town of Lubbock and had toured with him and his band The Crickets in the 1950s. But he was not impressed that the Stones had recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away. Keys recalled the moment: "I said 'Hey, that was Buddy's song. Who are these pasty-faced, funny-talking, skinny-legged guys to come over here and cash in on Buddy's song?''' Keys played during the band's Glastonbury headline slot in 2013, although in October he was forced to pull out of dates in New Zealand and Australia due to poor health. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: The Rolling Stones say they're devastated over the death of Bobby Keys, who played saxophone for them.


The 34-year-old hooker also told the Australian Broadcasting Corp that he was stepping down as captain immediately. "I think it's the right time to call time on my career at this level," said Moore, who has played 120 Tests. Flanker Michael Hooper is set to take over the captaincy of the Wallabies, according to local media. Moore, who has played in three World Cups since his debut in 2005, said he had been considering the "very tough" decision for months. Injuries "were not a factor", he added. "It has been a big part of my life and it means a lot to me playing for Australia," he told the ABC. "I felt it is the right time to finish the year strongly and then let the next crop of players take the team forward." Moore, the 10th most capped international player of all time, plans to play one more season of Super Rugby with the Queensland Reds before retiring from the sport.

Summary: Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore has announced he will quit international rugby union by the end of the year.