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Facebook has agreed to send a team to Pakistan to address reservations about content on the social media site, according to the interior ministry.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive and incendiary issue in Pakistan.
Critics say blasphemy laws, which allow the death penalty in some cases, are often misused to oppress minorities.
Earlier this week Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif voiced his support for a wide-ranging crackdown on blasphemous content on social media.
In a statement on his party's official Twitter account, he described blasphemy as an "unpardonable offence".
Then on Thursday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar reasserted Pakistan's determination to tackle the issue, saying he would take "any steps necessary" to make sure Pakistan's message got across.
He said he had asked officials to liaise with the FBI in the US and with social media platforms on a daily basis.
"Facebook and other service providers should share all information about the people behind this blasphemous content with us," he is quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.
There has been little official description of what blasphemous content has been found online so far, but in the past blasphemy accusations have ranged from depictions of the Prophet Muhammad to critiques and inappropriate references to the Koran.
But some critics say that this latest move is simply a way of cracking down on dissent.
When five liberal bloggers and activists recently went missing, they were accused of blasphemy on social media. It is a very serious allegation in the deeply conservative nation, which can make those accused of it a target of public anger.
Analysis - Tahir Imran, BBC Urdu social media editor
In Pakistan there is a growing popular resentment to this so-called "blasphemous content" on social media, especially on Facebook.
People are often openly accused of "committing blasphemy on social media". One top security agency has openly urged the masses to report anyone who is involved in posting such material online.
Digital rights groups have expressed "serious reservations" and have called such steps "playing with the lives of innocent people".
They have also criticised Facebook "for colluding with authorities and censoring content infringing freedom of expression".
In a statement quoted by the AP news agency, Facebook said it viewed government requests with care keeping in mind "the goal of protecting the privacy and rights of our users.
"We disclose information about accounts solely in accordance with our terms of service and applicable law. A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty or other formal request may be required for international requests, and we include these in our Government Requests Report.''
But Facebook has not yet made any public comment about a delegation being sent to Pakistan.
Pakistan has often blocked access to pornographic sites and sites with anti-Islamic content and in 2010 a Pakistani court blocked Facebook over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. | Pakistan says it has asked Facebook to help investigate "blasphemous content" posted on the social network by Pakistanis. |
It happened in Oswestry, Shropshire, in January last year.
Arsene Cubaka, 24, Nathan McCarthy, 23, and Telmo Bernardo, 19, admitted GBH. Luke Cross, 23, was convicted of threats to kill and threats to cause criminal damage after a trial.
They were sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on 9 January.
See more stories from across Shropshire here
The court heard that at around 20:00 GMT on 23 January 2016, police were called to reports that a man in his 40s had been stabbed at an address in Castlefields, Oswestry.
In the following days and weeks, the four men were arrested and remanded in custody.
Police said inquiries, including analysis of mobile phones, established that they had been in contact with each other and had worked together to carry out the attack.
Those convicted are:
Det Insp Mark Bellamy from West Mercia Police described it as a "pre-planned and orchestrated attack".
"The victim required life-saving surgery and was extremely fortunate that the stabbing did not fatally wound him," he said.
"I hope that the sentences given to these four men enable him to begin the process of moving on with his life following this ordeal." | Four men have been jailed following a "pre-planned and orchestrated attack" in which a man was stabbed and left needing life-saving surgery. |
The world champions avoided a third straight loss as Toni Kroos opened the scoring before reported Liverpool target Mario Gotze doubled the lead.
Left-back Jonas Hector, another rumoured Liverpool option, then scored a header with a Mesut Ozil penalty making it 4-0 with 15 minutes left.
Stephan El Shaarawy grabbed a late consolation for Antonio Conte's team. | Germany bounced back from defeat by England on Saturday to beat Italy for the first time in almost 21 years. |
The Olympic and European champion, 33, faces Thailand's Peamwilai Laopeam in the flyweight final at 10:00 BST.
Adams earned a unanimous verdict over home fighter Zhaina Shekerbekova in the semi-final in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Briton Savannah Marshall lost to Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in her middleweight semi-final.
Adams, who has already qualified for this summer's Olympics in Rio, has won silver at the World Championships three times.
Marshall, 25, will return from Astana with a bronze medal having also secured her place at Rio. | Great Britain's Nicola Adams will attempt to complete a full set of major international medals when she fights for World Championship gold on Friday. |
The three-day tie begins on 7 April, five days after the Miami Open, which is played outdoors on a hard court.
World number one Andy Murray, who sat out Britain's 3-2 victory over Canada in the Davis Cup World Group first round, is expected to play in Miami.
Britain beat France in the quarter-finals in 2015, when they won the title for the first time in 79 years.
Murray, 29, said earlier this month he expected to return against France after a break following his fourth-round exit from the Australian Open.
Rouen's Palais des Sports can accommodate 5,200 spectators. | Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against France in April will be played on an indoor clay court in Rouen. |
In all national elections, the BBC is legally required both by its own charter and electoral law to adopt a code of practice.
The basic principle behind this is the need for due impartiality of political coverage, as set out in the agreement accompanying the BBC Charter.
This requires the BBC over time to "give due weight and prominence to all the main strands of argument and to all the main parties."
So, on polling day specifically, the BBC (like other broadcasters, though they are covered by the Ofcom code rather than a charter) doesn't report on any of the election campaigns from 00.30 until polls close at 22.00 BST on TV, radio or bbc.co.uk.
However, online sites will not have to remove archived reports.
Coverage will be restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather.
Subjects which have been at issue or part of the campaign - or other controversial matters relating to the election - must not be covered on polling day, so the BBC's output cannot be seen as influencing the ballot while the polls are open.
No opinion poll on any issue relating to politics or the election can be published until after the polls have closed.
Whilst the polls are open, it is a criminal offence to publish anything about the way in which people have voted in that election. | Strict rules mean the BBC, like other broadcasters, isn't allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open. |
Starring Aamir Khan, Lagaan tells the story of peasants who challenge their British rulers to a game of cricket in order to escape a punitive tax.
Time magazine said it was the "longest and the most enthralling underdog sports movie ever".
The film is one of the biggest Bollywood hits of all time.
Lagaan's music was composed by Indian composer AR Rahman, who also won Oscars for his soundtrack to 2009's multi-award-winning Slumdog Millionaire.
"From the thunderclap in the first torrential rainstorm - a cue for riotous dancing - to the climactic sunlight on the smiling faces of millions of viewers, this Bollywood epic is cause for joy of meteorological proportions," Time magazine said of the 224-minute film.
The magazine said that Lagaan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, has the "capability to win over Bollywood newcomers - to turn snickers into smiles, indulgence to rapture".
Time praised the the film's "masala mix of melodrama and character comedy" and its music.
"As sports film, social document or communal ecstasy, Lagaan is the all-time all-rounder," the magazine said.
Lagaan is the only Indian movie in the list which is led by Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski. | Bollywood film Lagaan (Land Tax), which won an Oscar nomination, has been included in a list of the 25 best sports movies by Time magazine. |
A team of UK and Ghanaian researchers found that the tree composition in these areas favoured species that were able to cope with drier conditions.
Previous studies suggested that drought conditions resulted in less carbon being stored as vegetation died.
The findings have been published in the journal Ecology Letters.
"Despite the long-term drought, there was no biomass loss in the forests. In fact, the biomass actually increased during that period," explained co-author Sophie Fauset from the University of Leeds.
Biomass is a vital component in the global carbon cycle. When plants grow, they absorb carbon dioxide and water in the photosynthesis process.
While oxygen is released into the atmosphere as a waste product of this process, the absorbed carbon primarily remains locked in the plant until it dies.
"We think it is the result of a shift in species composition," Dr Fauset said, explaining why the study showed an increase in biomass.
"Because you have got this long-term environmental shift, it is possible for the species composition of the forests to reshuffle slightly, so the species that can survive under those conditions are favoured.
"This means you are getting less negative impacts of the drought."
The team of UK and Ghanaian researchers tracked more than 10,000 trees between 1990 and 2010.
The West Africa region has experienced drought conditions since 1970. Rainfall has fallen by up to 23% compared with pre-1970 levels.
Dr Fauset said the study widened the current thinking on the consequences of drought conditions on an area's flora and fauna.
"It is generally thought that if you have droughts then you are going to see a decrease in biomass," she told BBC News.
"Certainly, studies that have looked at short-term, quite extreme droughts do seem to show biomass loss.
"It could be that the increase in biomass (recorded in this study) could be the result of something else, but we think that the maintenance of the forest structure, despite the drought conditions, is a result of a change in species composition.
"This basically means that you cannot take those short-term studies of extreme droughts and extrapolate the findings to a long-term event with different kinds of precipitation changes."
Findings presented at an international forest conference earlier this year found that tropical forests in Africa may be more resilient to future climate change than the Amazon and other major forest regions.
It suggested that the region's surviving tree species had endured a number of climatic catastrophes over the past 4,000 years.
As a result, they were better suited to cope with future shifts in the climate.
The continent's tropical forests form the second-largest continuous forested area in the world.
Dr Fauset observed: "It is very important for the global carbon cycle that these forests are maintained." | The carbon storage capacity of protected forests in West Africa has increased despite the region suffering a 40-year drought, a study suggests. |
Edwards criticised the slow, turning nature of some of the wickets, which have led to many low-scoring matches.
She told BBC Sport: "In terms of promoting the game, it's not great."
England face Australia in Wednesday's first semi-final in Delhi, after beating Pakistan by 68 runs in Chennai on Sunday.
Edwards said: "We've played on some average pitches throughout the tournament, especially in Dharamsala, which was tough for the batters.
"We came back to Chennai and felt more at home there, and what I hear Delhi will be a nice wicket for us."
In Dharamsala, England restricted India to 90-8, but struggled against an all-spin attack and won with just six balls to spare.
In an interview with the BBC's Joe Wilson, Edwards added: "It is not a great advertisement for the game, especially when they are on the television. When you've got 18 overs of spin in each game, it's not particularly fantastic for anyone."
Australia now stand between England and their fourth final in five editions of the Women's World T20.
The Southern Stars, holders of the Women's Ashes, have had the better of England in the past three tournaments - beating them in the 2014 and 2012 finals, and edging them out at the group stage in 2010.
Edwards added: "It's the fiercest rivalry in cricket. We've got a good record against them in semi-finals and hopefully that continues." | England captain Charlotte Edwards has claimed that some of the pitches used in the Women's World Twenty20 are "not a good advertisement" for the game. |
Two chicks had already been confirmed at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in the Lake District in April.
But when Cumbria Wildlife Trust were able to get close to the nest they discovered a third had appeared. Each chick has now been fitted with a tracking tag.
The rare birds of prey returned to the reserve in 2014.
Reserve officer Paul Whitehouse said he was pleased with the discovery.
The new chicks' parents have produced eight young ospreys over the past three years at the reserve.
By late July the trio should be flying and will learn to fish before they migrate to Africa.
There are thought to be between 200 and 250 breeding osprey pairs in the UK most of whom are in Scotland. | Staff at a nature reserve got a pleasant surprise when they discovered they had an extra osprey chick. |
People from all sections of academia, and MPs, are calling for EU researchers working in the UK to be exempted from any future immigration controls.
The prime minister has said she cannot guarantee EU nationals the right to stay without reciprocal arrangements.
The Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action.
The call comes ahead of a demonstration in central London on Saturday.
University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt will urge the Prime Minister to "stop using EU staff and students as pawns in Brexit negotiations".
"Show some humanity. Do the decent thing. Give our people the right to stay," she will say.
Prof Ottoline Leyser, representing the Royal Society, told the committee there were 31,000 non-UK EU citizens working in research in academia in the UK.
She said she believed that these people were "all feeling very anxious and unwelcome".
"There has been a lot of discussion about non-UK EU nationals currently working in the UK and what guarantees can be provided to them.
"I think it is absolutely not the way we should be proceeding - to use people's lives as bargaining chips in a broader political landscape.
"I do not think that is a constructive way to arrive at a negotiation table either."
In its report on implications for science and research following the vote to leave the EU, the committee called for "an immediate commitment to exempt them [EU researchers working in the UK] from Brexit negotiations on any reciprocal immigration controls for workers already in post."
It also cited evidence stressing the importance of Britain being able "to recruit and retain the very best scientists, whatever country they come from".
Professor Philip Nelson of Research Councils UK told the committee: "the biggest risks to the research base in the UK are around the people involved".
The committee said it had received written examples of researchers considering rejecting UK job offers because of the uncertainty around the EU referendum result.
It said that Dr Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) effectively summarised much of their evidence.
She said: "It is not really a question of us allowing talented scientists and engineers to come here; it is about us fighting for them to come here.
"'There is an international competitive market for these fantastically talented people."
She added that she felt the government should clearly state its priorities "for the place of science in our future" and "how it feels about the people that it wants to come here".
"UK science is not done by UK nationals. It is done by many people," she added.
University vice-chancellors mirrored this claim saying it was essential that staff and students from across the world can come to the UK without unnecessary administrative burdens.
University UK chief executive Nicola Dandridge said: "We also support the report's recommendation to appoint a chief scientific adviser to the Department for Exiting the EU. This would help to ensure that the significant implications of leaving the EU for science and research were adequately reflected in the government's post-exit plans."
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson said: "We intend to secure the best possible outcome for our research base as we exit the European Union. The excellence of our research and the attractiveness of the UK as a place to do it are fundamental to our continued success.
"Our international relationships make us a global centre of excellence."
Shortly after the EU referendum result in June, the government gave a guarantee that students currently in higher or further education - and those applying for a place this academic year (2016-17) - would continue to be able to access student funding support.
And in October this guarantee was extended to students wishing to study in the UK next year. | Scientists, academics and students should not be used as "pawns" in political negotiations over Brexit, Theresa May is being warned. |
Scottish Power has announced plans to close its huge coal-fired power station at Longannet in Fife early next year.
The move comes after the energy firm failed to win a crucial contract from National Grid.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing told MSPs he would "strain every sinew" to get the best possible outcome.
During a statement at Holyrood, he said the premature closure of Longannet at a time of falling spare capacity in the system was a "national scandal".
He also defended the government's renewables policy against claims it was harming power stations such as Longannet.
MSPs heard earlier this month that Longannet would close unless Scottish Power secured the £15m National Grid contract, which will run from April 2016 to September 2017.
The SSE-operated gas-fired power station at Peterhead won the contract at the expense of Scottish Power and a third bidder.
Mr Ewing said he would meet with unions on Thursday to discuss the future of the power station's 270 employees, and work with Fife Council on a joint response to the situation.
He said: "The government and all our partners will strain every sinew to secure the best possible outcomes for all those affected and to mitigate the local and national economic impact if closure cannot be averted."
He said the UK transmission charging regime had "uniquely disadvanaged" Longannet, which had to pay £40m to connect to the grid.
Mr Ewing also called for swift action to progress a proposal from the Scottish coal industry to the UK government for coal restoration, which he said could reduce Longannet's running costs.
But Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald said Mr Ewing had failed to explain how he intended to prevent the early closure of Longannet.
He said: "If plan A was to lobby the National Grid to award its voltage control contract for 2016/17 to Longannet rather than Peterhead, plan A clearly failed.
"What is plan B?"
Murdo Fraser, Conservative MSP for Fife and convener of Holyrood's Energy Committee, said Longannet's closure exposed the "failure" of the SNP's energy policy.
He said: "They're anti-fracking, anti-nuclear, obsessed with wind power, and as a result we face the loss of 55% of our generating capacity in eight years.
"Energy-rich Scotland will be importing power from England to keep the lights on."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said the announcement of Longannet's closure was a "sad day".
He said the priority now was to have "constructive discussions" with the UK government and the energy network about the "sustainable energy mix in Scotland".
Mr Ewing said the preservation of Longannet as a consumer of coal would "allow for the restoration of the mines in Scotland" but Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the government should stop "kidding people on that coal has a long-term future in this country". | The Scottish government has said it is determined to explore any option which could avert the premature closure of Longannet. |
The crash happened on the A684 at Dovenby near Maryport involving a Nissan Micra and a Ford Mondeo.
Police confirmed the victims had to be cut free and the 67-year-old Nissan driver, Terence Meddings, of Cockermouth, died at the scene.
The driver of the Ford, a 27-year old-man and his 17-year-old passenger, suffered minor injuries.
Police want to speak to a lorry driver who was in the area at the time and may have witnessed the crash. | A driver has been killed and two people injured in a collision involving two cars in Cumbria. |
Ibehre broke the deadlock on 63 minutes when a shot from Uche Ikpeazu was parried by goalkeeper Glenn Morris and the striker tucked in the rebound from close range.
Crawley went close early on when midfielder Mark Randall rattled the crossbar with a dipping long-range effort while at the other end, Ikpeazu was foiled by a smart Morris save.
Enzio Boldewijn failed to connect with a cross from Jordan Roberts for the hosts before Ikpeaku had a shot on the turn tipped over the bar by the alert Morris.
Crawley began the second half in lively fashion and Randall had a goal-bound shot blocked from the edge of the area but they fell behind through Ibehre's composed finish.
Dutch striker Thomas Verheydt and Matt Harrold both came close to equalising for Harry Kewell's side, who are rooted to foot of the League Two table.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crawley Town 0, Cambridge United 1.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 0, Cambridge United 1.
Josh Lelan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adebayo Azeez (Cambridge United).
Foul by Thomas Verheydt (Crawley Town).
(Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Greg Taylor (Cambridge United).
Paul Lewis (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Paul Lewis replaces Piero Mingoia.
Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Azeez (Cambridge United).
Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt saved. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Medy Elito.
Attempt blocked. Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Jake Carroll (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Foul by Thomas Verheydt (Crawley Town).
Gary Deegan (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jordan Roberts (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Josh Lelan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Attempt blocked. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Josh Lelan (Crawley Town).
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Roberts (Crawley Town).
Leon Davies (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Mark Randall.
Attempt missed. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by David Forde.
Attempt saved. Jordan Roberts (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Adebayo Azeez replaces Jabo Ibehre.
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Medy Elito.
Attempt saved. Thomas Verheydt (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jake Carroll.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Matt Harrold replaces Panutche Camara. | Substitute Jabo Ibehre scored the only goal of the game as Cambridge earned their first win of the season by inflicting a fourth straight defeat on Crawley. |
The marine biology students were taught 18m (59ft) beneath the sea on a coral reef off the coast of Indonesia.
Prof David Smith used specialised equipment audio equipment to talk to students and describe what they were seeing.
"It was a fantastic experience as I was able to use the power of observation like never before," he said.
Thirty students took part in the lectures, held on the university's annual field trip to the Wakatobi Marine National Park.
The university's Coral Reef Research Unit (CRRU) is studying the impact on coral reefs of climate change.
Prof Smith wore a full face mask which included a microphone and students wore headsets so they could hear him talk.
A hydrophone - an underwater microphone − was positioned in the water and linked to a control box and recorder on a boat.
Fifteen hours of video footage were shot during the underwater lectures, which will be used by students unable to travel to Indonesia.
"I have been on thousands of dives over the years but this was a totally new experience as I was able to explain to students exactly what they were seeing and inject more passion and feeling into the whole lecture," said Prof Smith.
"It was very special and transformed the whole experience both for me and our students."
Tilly James, a second-year marine and freshwater biology student, said: "It was an experience you simply cannot get with traditional lectures." | Students at the University of Essex have been given underwater lectures as part of their degree course. |
Maxime Mermoz twice crossed the line for home tries and Delon Armitage and Chris Masoe also rounded off moves as Toulon produced a stylish display.
But DTH van der Merwe spearheaded a recovery that saw Gregor Townsend's men score four tries to earn a bonus point.
Matt Giteau added two more Toulon tries to guarantee the hosts victory.
Despite their ominous task, described by Townsend as "the ultimate test", Glasgow headed to the south of France in confident mood, their five consecutive victories taking them to the summit of the Pro12.
Yet the Scots lost five of their six group games last term in Europe and they have not been involved in a knockout game since the 1997-98 season.
Prior to this win, Toulon had 17 successive home victories in Europe and their first-half performance gave plenty of reminders as to how they had built such a record.
Four times they breached the blue and black ranks and the gulf between the teams looked to be accurately reflected in the 34-0 half-time score.
Jonny Wilkinson captained Toulon and with customary accuracy booted home three conversions and a penalty before leaving the pitch injured.
The Englishman was adding the extras and putting the French out of reach in the match, but the real eye-catching rugby came from his team-mates, who moved the ball at pace and with accuracy.
Fans of the Top 14 leaders roared their approval in the autumn sunshine.
Niko Matawalu was correctly judged to have knocked the ball on before he burst through the Toulon defence and crossed the line in the very early stages of the game, and that was the last the travelling fans saw of Glasgow as an attacking force until the second half.
Armitage set the tone as he rounded off a swift attack on the right and Wilkinson converted.
Handling errors were almost absent as Toulon attacked repeatedly and Mermoz anticipated a pass by Josua Tuisova to make it try number two.
If the first scores highlighted the French side's flair, their third was the result of raw power as they collected from the line-out, pushed the Glasgow pack into reverse and Masoe made the crucial incision.
Frederic Michalak came on for Wilkinson, while Glasgow lost Alex Dunbar to a shoulder injury, with Byron McGuigan his replacement.
The French half-back scored a late first-half penalty but before that was involved in Toulon's fourth try as he set up Mermoz, and the Australian Giteau took on the kicking duties to add the conversion.
Whatever was said in the away changing room, Glasgow came out with real purpose for the second half.
Van der Merwe caused some grumbling in the home stands when he scored Glasgow's first points with a purposeful charge over, but that looked like merely a minor irritation when Giteau's surge restored the 34-point advantage.
However, a superb shimmy and run by Ruaridh Jackson provided the energetic Matawalu with the perfect chance to score Glasgow's second try and Jackson landed the conversion.
And the Warriors were next to score when strong hold-up play by Ed Kalman was built on by the attacking Jonny Gray.
Jeers and whistles filled the Toulon skies when Van der Merwe darted away from the home defence for Glasgow's fourth try and a bonus point.
That was to be Glasgow's final scoring contribution, with a Michalak penalty and another Giteau try extending Toulon's winning margin.
Glasgow's next match in the competition is next Sunday at Scotstoun against Exeter Chiefs, who ran in six tries in
Toulon: D Armitage, Tuisova, Mermoz, Giteau, D Smith, Wilkinson, Claassens, Felsina, Orioli, Castrogiovanni, Botha, Williams, Fernandez Lobbe, van Niekerk, Masoe.
Replacements: Michalak for Wilkinson (27), Mitchell for Claassens (44), Chiocci for Felsina (57), Hayman for Castrogiovanni (50), Rossouw for Botha (41), S Armitage for van Niekerk (60).
Not Used: Noirot, Bastareaud.
Glasgow: Maitland, Seymour, Bennett, Dunbar, Matawalu, Jackson, Pyrgos, Grant, Hall, Welsh, Gray, Kellock, Swinson, Fusaro, Strauss.
Replacements: McGuigan for Dunbar (32), van der Merwe for Pyrgos (41), Low for Grant (66), MacArthur for Hall (52), Kalman for Welsh (52), Vernon for Swinson (52), Weir for Strauss (75).
Not Used: Eddie.
Attendance: 19,783
Referee: Greg Garner (RFU). | Defending champions Toulon swept Glasgow aside in the first half of their Heineken Cup opener but the Scots improved markedly in the second period. |
The 49-year-old was with another man, aged 24, outside Tannahills on Neilston Road when they became involved in an altercation with two other men.
Police said they believed the older man was attacked with a weapon. He was taken to hospital for treatment to a facial injury.
The 24-year-old man did not require hospital treatment.
The suspects were described as both being around 5ft 8ins and one of them was balding and wearing a green jacket.
Det Con Colin Leggat from Paisley CID said: "We believe the victim was assaulted with some sort of weapon and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.
"The two suspects were last seen making their way along Neilston Road towards Caplethill Road and I would appeal to anyone who witnessed the attack or saw two men matching the above description in the area to come forward." | Police have appealed for information after a man was injured in an attack outside a pub in Paisley on Boxing Day. |
Ms Rollins took gold while teammates Nia Ali clinched silver and Kristi Castlin captured bronze in the event.
The clean sweep was the first by any country in the 100m hurdles and the first by US women in any Olympic event.
Ms Rollins, 25, finished with 12.48 seconds while the two other medals came down to hundredths of seconds.
"I tried to feed off all the positive energy from Team USA," Ms Rollins said. "I'm just happy to share the moment with Kristi and Nia."
The Florida native celebrated her 25th birthday just hours after the win.
The US women's team have historically been the strongest in the world in short hurdles, but have fallen short of victory in recent years.
Last year, six of the 10 fastest run times in the world belonged to Americans, but the team failed to medal at the world championships.
Ms Ali, who was away from the track for more than a year to care for her 15-month-old son, Titus Tinsley, finished with 12.59 seconds.
"He won't remember this but he will see photos and see that you can do anything you put your mind to," the 27-year-old said while holding her son, who watched from the stands.
Ms Castlin, 28, leaned in at the finish to best Great Britain's Cindy Ofili, finishing just .02 seconds ahead of her at 12.61 for the bronze.
"We're from all different states and universities. It feels good to come out and do a great job," she said.
The US women's victory comes a day after the US men failed to medal in the 110m hurdles for the first time in a non-boycotted Olympics. | Americans Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin have added to US haul at the Olympics with a historic sweep in the 100m hurdles. |
The men arrived at Heathrow Airport at different times in 2013, saying they had received threats while in Syria.
However, they were arrested for failing to have travel documents and jailed for between eight weeks and four months.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has now said they were wrongly advised to plead guilty and can appeal.
It brings the number of convictions involving asylum seekers and refugees to be referred to the appeal courts in the last three years to 34.
The three new cases are the first involving Syrians to be referred.
Twenty-six people from other countries have already had similar convictions quashed, the CCRC said.
In 2002, when the number of asylum applicants to the UK hit record levels, topping 100,000, then Home Secretary David Blunkett set out plans to stop abuse of the system.
One of the measures involved a clampdown on people arriving without valid travel and immigration papers: they'd face up to two years in jail if caught.
The powers, which came into force in 2004, may well have contributed to the fall in asylum numbers that followed. But they have had an unintended consequence too, leading to dozens of wrongful convictions.
It's a puzzle why that has happened, when the law quite sensibly provides a defence for people fleeing persecution who can't acquire a genuine passport to get out of their home country. The legal and prison costs are considerable, the human cost even greater.
It said the first of the three Syrians arrived at Heathrow in July 2013, aged 19.
He told an immigration officer he did not have a passport and wanted to claim asylum.
He said he had fled from Syria after receiving deaths threats and travelled to the UK, via Lebanon and Egypt.
But he was arrested and later sentenced to four months' detention in a young offenders' institution.
The second man arrived in the UK in August 2013, saying he had left Syria one month earlier due to the war and following verbal threats.
However, he was also arrested and was later sentenced to eight weeks in prison.
The third man arrived in the UK in November 2013 without a passport, saying Syrian government officials suspected him of belonging to the Free Syrian Army.
He was also arrested and later sentenced to three months in prison.
All three men had pleaded guilty and were sentenced at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.
However, the CCRC, which investigates suspected miscarriages in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said they had all been wrongly advised by legal aid lawyers that they had no defence to the charge.
The advice was incorrect as the law provides a defence of "reasonable excuse" for people fleeing persecution who don't have passports, it added.
The CCRC says there is "a real possibility" that the crown court could allow all three men to vacate their guilty pleas on the basis that "each was deprived of a defence that was likely to succeed". | Three asylum seekers who fled Syria but were jailed after arriving in the UK without passports have been told they can appeal against their convictions. |
The UK is among a number of governments to have nominated a man for one of the top jobs in the EU's executive body.
Mr Juncker said a Commission without a strong female representation would "neither be legitimate nor credible".
But No 10 said Mr Juncker had not been in touch to raise concerns about the gender of the UK's male candidate.
David Cameron surprised many in Westminster last month when he chose Lord Hill, the former leader of the House of Lords, to be the UK's next representative on the European Commission.
No 10 has said it hopes he will get one of the top economic jobs, which include competition, trade, the internal market and digital services.
No 10 has insisted Lord Hill, who was an adviser to John Major during negotiations on the Maastricht Treaty, has the right skills and experience to make the UK's influence felt at a time when Mr Cameron wants to renegotiate the country's membership and hold a referendum on its future in the EU in 2017.
EU leaders will discuss the allocation of jobs at a summit in Brussels this weekend, with the focus expected to be on who will succeed the UK's Baroness Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Mr Juncker, the former Luxembourg prime minister whose appointment was opposed by Mr Cameron, said he was unhappy with the gender ratio of the nominations he had received and was appealing to several EU leaders to reconsider them.
All other 27 member states - excluding Luxembourg - get to nominate one candidate each and they all have to be ratified by the European Parliament before taking office in November.
France, Germany, Spain, Greece and Ireland have also nominated male candidates, with Sweden and Italy among only a handful of the EU's 28 members to have selected women.
"A Commission without a significant number of women is, in my view, neither legitimate nor credible," Mr Juncker told Austria's Der Kurier newspaper.
"That is why I am continuing to insist with several heads of state and governments that they send me a female candidate."
If there continued to be an imbalance between male and female nominations, he said he would "need to redress" this through his allocation of jobs.
"Female commissioners will then certainly have very good chances of landing an important portfolio or of getting one of the most sought-after posts of vice-president, acting as my deputies."
The BBC's political correspondent Carole Walker said Downing Street had made clear Mr Cameron and Mr Juncker had not spoken since meeting in July - after the latter's candidacy was approved by EU leaders.
The UK government, she added, wanted appointments to the commission to have a balance in terms of gender, geography, small and large countries, old and new EU members.
Baroness Ashton was the UK's first female commissioner when she was chosen by Gordon Brown in 2009. She has served as vice-president of the Commission as well as High Representative. | Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, is urging EU member states to pick more female candidates to serve on his top team. |
The assailant fired at least three shots outside the court, eyewitnesses said. Mr Dundar escaped unharmed but a reporter was reportedly injured.
Police say they have arrested the suspected gunman.
Erdem Gul, a former colleague of Mr Dundar who is also on trial, said the attacker shouted "traitor" as he fired.
Mr Dundar, a former newspaper editor, was briefing reporters outside the courthouse when the incident occurred.
He is standing trial alongside Mr Gul over a series of reports in Cumhuriyet newspaper that alleged Turkish intelligence operatives were transporting weapons to Syria in early 2014.
Both journalists face life in prison if convicted.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has faced international criticism over the decision to prosecute the two journalists.
They are among a number of journalists and human rights activists who have been detained or prosecuted in Turkey in recent months. | A gunman has opened fire at Turkish journalist Can Dundar, who is standing trial in Istanbul on charges of revealing state secrets. |
At 67, it would seem that Janet Yellen is just getting started.
The new head of the US Federal Reserve has been second in command to the current governor, Ben Bernanke, for the last three years.
Now after a protracted appointment process, Ms Yellen is set to take on arguably the biggest job in the world economy.
So what do we know about this woman, the first to take charge of the US central bank?
Janet Yellen was born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a family doctor and her mother taught at a local junior school.
She was a star pupil at high school and won a place to study maths at Brown University, but quickly changed to economics, a subject she saw as more practically useful.
While studying for a doctorate at Yale she was mentored by James Tobin, a Nobel prize winner famous for his ideas on taxation.
Her first job was at Harvard in 1971 where she was an assistant professor, going on to teach Larry Summers. He was initially favoured by the White House to head the Federal Reserve, until opposition from liberal Democrats forced him to withdraw his name from consideration in September.
Ms Yellen's first job at the Fed brought her not only experience of working at the world's most influential central bank, it also introduced her to her future husband, the economist George Akerlof, in 1977.
The romance went into fast forward and within a year the couple were married, had both resigned from the Fed and had taken up teaching roles at the London School of Economics.
Lord Desai, emeritus professor of economics at LSE, remembers the couple making quite an impact on both students and lecturers.
"George Akerlof is a complete genius - an economist who is always thinking out of the box."
"Janet was a very serious person and a very good economist. But I think at the time people underrated her as she was 'just' George Akerlof's wife."
Work life and domestic life started to merge for the couple and they started to collaborate on academic research.
"Not only did our personalities mesh perfectly, but we have also always been in all but perfect agreement about macroeconomics," Mr Akerlof wrote in a biographical note after winning the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
The couple returned to the US in the early 1980s, both taking academic jobs in San Francisco.
Together they conducted research on subjects ranging from out-of-wedlock childbearing to the economic reunification of Germany.
Ms Yellen's big break came in 1994 when she was appointed as a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve.
She held the position until 1997 when she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to become chair of his Council of Economic Advisers.
Her burgeoning career restricted her time at home with her son Robert, resulting in her husband eventually taking leave from his job to "perform household duties" as he put it. (Robert later followed in his parents' footsteps and is now an assistant professor in economics at the University of Warwick in the UK.)
Ms Yellen took on the role as the Fed's eyes and ears on the west coast when she became head of the San Francisco branch of the central bank in 2004.
By Robert PestonBusiness editor
Is Janet Yellen the 'fall gal'?
The minutes from Federal Reserve meetings show that she did consider the possibility of a property market bubble as early as 2005, but along with the rest of the Fed committee failed to predict the scale of the financial crisis that started in 2007.
"She was one of the people that did raise alarm bells, but I think like many others who saw the problems coming she did not anticipate the magnitude of the difficulties," according to Joseph Stiglitz, the economist who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize with Mr Akerlof, and who knows Ms Yellen well.
"That was a very different attitude from many in the mainstream who saw absolutely no problem right up until the crisis," Mr Stiglitz told the BBC.
Her position at the San Francisco Fed gave her greater exposure to the mechanics of decision making at the Federal Reserve and in 2009 she became a voting member of the interest rate setting committee, the Federal Open Markets Committee.
By 2010 she had become a respected international emissary for the Fed, representing US economic policy at meetings across the world.
Her hard work was rewarded when she was appointed vice-chair of the board of governors at the Fed replacing Donald Kohn, who went on to join the Bank of England.
There is something, perhaps, to be made of her being the first woman to lead the Fed, arguably the second most important job in the US after the president.
Prof Andrew Rose from the Haas School of Business taught with Ms Yellen at the University of California, Berkeley.
He says he hopes the fact that she has broken a "glass ceiling" does not detract from her personal achievement in getting the president's nomination.
"She is the most qualified person in the world for this job. The fact that she's a woman is an additional plus but it's her suitability as the next Fed chairman that I think people should concentrate on.
"It could be that in a few years the two most important positions in the country are filled by women," says Mr Rose.
So what's Janet Yellen like when she's not worrying about quantitative easing and unemployment statistics?
"She's a shy person, but she can also be extremely funny. She likes a glass of wine and is an extremely good cook - her speciality is lamb chops," says Prof Rose.
And for someone taking on such a huge role as Fed chairman, she has shown that she doesn't panic during a crisis situation.
"We were in the same room during the huge 1989 earthquake which hit San Francisco," Prof Rose recalls.
"We thought the building was going to collapse and I was convinced we were going to die. But Janet just stayed remarkably calm during the whole thing." | Workers in the US retire on average at the age of 61. |
The colourful motion graphics will illuminate the iconic building's sails to help launch the Vivid Sydney light festival.
"Each creature represents a different emotion," says Ash Bolland, a music video and TV advert director who conceived the display.
"It's based on the idea of turning the opera house into a living, breathing entity."
Bolland's mesmerising spectacle, Audio Creatures, will be set to electronic music by a Brazilian producer, Amon Tobin.
As with previous years, crowds are expected to pack the harbour-side setting and other locations for the popular winter festival.
To create the artwork, Bolland sketched his ideas and concept art on a computer. The motion graphics were then completed by an animation company.
"I've got friends who are mixed up in the world of image projection," the New Zealand-raised Australian says.
"The stuff that is successful for me is when you modify or transform the building. My plan with the Audio Creatures is to tell a story that is thrilling, exciting and feels like an old '80s sci-fi film."
Vivid Sydney features art and music installations from 26 May to 17 June.
When the festival began nine years ago, it drew 200,000 people. Last year there were 2.3 million attendees, injecting A$110m (£63m; $82m) into the local economy.
Event organisers also credit it with attracting interstate and international tourists.
This year, other installations include a street art mural in the city centre and sculptures of giant sunflowers in the Royal Botanic Garden.
At Sydney's Taronga Zoo, oversized lanterns shaped like Tasmanian devils and crocodiles will entertain visitors, as will a 20m (65ft) walk-through shark.
Elsewhere, an optical illusion featuring a giant sinkhole will mimic the Aurora Australis.
"For me, it's just bringing people together. I can bring my kids down and be amazed by the nightlife," Bolland says.
"In a city that is well known for its summer, it's an event that lights up the night during winter." | When the sun sets on Friday, the Sydney Opera House will light up with imaginary animals inspired by both nature and science-fiction. |
Those who lost loved ones, or were injured in the IRA's bombing campaigns, harbour painful memories.
But some say the pain has been soothed by McGuinness' recent legacy and his willingness to compromise for peace in Northern Ireland.
"Martin McGuinness' fingerprints were all over the Troubles, but they were also all over the peace process," said a man who lost his wife to an IRA bomb.
Alan McBride's wife, Sharon, was one of 10 people who died in the Shankill bomb, Belfast, in October 1993.
Others who suffered at the hands of the IRA were less forgiving.
Lord Tebbit said Martin McGuinness was a coward.
"The reason he suddenly became a man of peace, was that he was desperately afraid that he was going to be arrested and charged with a number of murders," he said.
Lord Tebbit was one of those injured by an IRA bomb in Brighton's Grand Hotel in 1984. His wife was left paralysed in the attack.
"It's not merely that these creatures crippled my wife, but they also murdered five of my close friends.
"I only hope that his death will help to bring some sort of closure to those families and friends of those whose murders he accomplished."
However, Jo Berry, whose father was killed in the Brighton bombing, does not share that view.
"For me it's about empathy. My passion is how we create peace - moving from blame to empathy," she said.
"Martin McGuinness' work was absolutely essential in securing peace.
"It's because people like him have sat down with their enemies that we have peace today."
Ann Travers' sister, Mary, died in an IRA gun attack outside a church in south Belfast in 1984. The target of the ambush was their father, Tom, a resident magistrate, who was badly injured in the shooting.
She said on hearing of Mr McGuinness' death: "My immediate thoughts were sadness for the families of Enniskillen and Claudy, Patsy Gillespie's widow and Frank Hegarty's family and Joanne Mathers' husband and children, because I feel that they now won't get any of the answers that they so richly deserve.
"There is a severe affliction of Troubles amnesia. Martin McGuinness was part of a terrorist organisation which catastrophically destroyed and changed lives forever."
She said that he later moved to a political agenda could only be welcomed, "but I'm just filled with sadness that he decided to pick up the gun in the first place".
She added: "Up until Martin McGuinness died he still justified the actions of the IRA, he was on record as saying that he lived by the green book of the IRA, his loyalty would be to the IRA until the day he died and so it was.
"So I see that, unlike Nelson Mandela, who whenever he left prison condemned all murder, from every side, including his own and said none of it was ever justified at all, Martin McGuinness was never able to do that."
Alan McBride took a different stance.
Despite the bombing that robbed him of his wife, he said the death of the former deputy first minister was "a huge loss" and that he had shown "courage and leadership," in the peace process.
Colin Parry's 12-year-old son, Tim, was killed when two IRA bombs exploded in Warrington in 1993.
"I don't forgive Martin nor the IRA and nor does my wife and children," he said.
But he added that he found Mr McGuinness "an easy and pleasant man to talk to".
"He was a man who, I believe, was sincere in his desire for peace and to maintain the peace process at all costs," he said.
"He deserves great credit for his recent life - rather than his earlier life for which I don't think anything in his recent life can atone.
"He was still a brave man who put himself at some risk within some elements of his own community in Northern Ireland."
Julie Hambleton, whose sister was among 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, feels that a chance to get to the truth about what happened that day has disappeared.
"With his death, the truth is buried," she said.
Stephen Gault whose father, Samuel ,was one of 11 people killed in the 1987 Enniskillen "Poppy Day" bomb, said he would remember Mr McGuinness only as a "terrorist".
"If he had been repentant, my thoughts might have been slightly different," he said.
"But he took to his grave, proud that he served in the IRA. There was no remorse or repentance from him even up to his death."
That view was echoed by Margaret Veitch, whose parents were also killed in Enniskillen.
"They died at the hands of the IRA in Enniskillen and it'll be 30 years and nobody has ever been brought to justice. Martin McGuinness was implicated in it and he'll go to his grave with secrets.
"I'm really sad today because of all of the innocent victims that will never get justice."
Kenny Donaldson, a spokesperson for campaign group Innocent Victims United, added that victims had been "denied accountability" by Mr McGuinness.
"Surely, if there was a conversion within him, that if he was genuinely understanding of the futility of the past, then he needed to account for what those individuals are going through."
PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton presides over a police service that suffered heavy losses in IRA attacks during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
He said society had suffered grievously and many police officers and their families were among those affected.
"Martin McGuinness believed in a better future for our community; and this is a vision shared by policing," he said.
"Martin's journey in life challenges all of us who care about the future; to be prepared to change; to demonstrate leadership; and to work to understand the world, not just from our own perspective, but from the perspectives of everyone in our community."
Michael McConville is the son of Jean McConville, one of the Disappeared - she was taken from her home by the IRA in 1972, murdered and secretly buried. Her body was found on a beach in the Republic of Ireland in 2003.
"The IRA came to our flat in Divis flats and came and took my mother out," he said.
"Twenty-seven years later, we were still looking for her body. They murdered my mother and buried her for so many years.
"The hardest part was not knowing where our mother was. These people took our mother away and these people killed our mother and these people belonged to the IRA."
At the same time, he recognised McGuinness' role in brokering peace.
"Martin McGuinness tried to do a lot for the troubles in Northern Ireland, I will say that about him," he said.
"He tried his best with the politics, I would say that about the man. He went from one extreme to another."
Former Ulster Unionist MP, Lord Kilclooney - John Taylor - who survived a murder attempt by the Official IRA, said: "As a victim of an IRA assassination attempt when I was minister of home affairs in Northern Ireland in 1972, I obviously watched the political progress of Martin McGuinness closely.
"He had an evil past, but became a peacemaker - of that I have no doubt."
"I extend my condolences to his family circle at this time but I look in despair at Sinn Féin for someone with the same leadership qualities as Martin McGuinness".
Alan McBride was clear on his view. Despite his loss in the Shankill bombing, he said Martin McGuinness was pivotal to peace.
Northern Ireland "owes a debt of gratitude" to him, he said. | Martin McGuinness lived a life of two halves. |
Jamal Hakrush starts his job as deputy commissioner after months of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
He will oversee policing in Arab communities where there is a longstanding distrust of the police.
A fifth of Israel's population is Arab and they often complain that areas in which they live are not so well policed and have poorer public services.
Their grievances have been supported by Human Rights Watch which in recent years has published several reports highlighting the discrimination which it is argued the Arab population faces.
Deputy Commissioner Hakrush, from the Galilee village of Kafr Kanna, will be in charge of a newly-created police division established to improve policing in Arab communities, The Times of Israel reported.
Deputy Commissioner Hakrush was formally appointed into his new position on Wednesday at a ceremony attended by Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich. One of his main responsibilities will be to stop illegal weapons falling into the hands of the Arab community.
Mr Alsheich also wants to reduce domestic violence, murder rates and other crimes in the Arab sector.
He and the government wants to recruit 1,300 new officers and construct several new stations in Arab population centres. | An Arab police officer has been promoted by Israel to the highest rank ever attained by a Muslim in the force. |
Oil company Total is tackling the leak which is below the seabed in a well being drilled from the Elgin B platform.
The company said there had been an "unexpected flow" about 4km below the seabed.
WWF Scotland said oil companies need to protect staff and the environment.
Director Lang Banks said: "This is a worrying development, as this is the not the first time Total has had problems at its Elgin-Frankin field.
"Only a few years ago, a leak on its platform complex led to an emergency evacuation and a halt to production for almost a year.
"Protecting staff and the marine environment should always be priority number one for the oil and gas industry. Given the previous problems at this site, serious questions need to be asked by the relevant authorities as to what is going on."
Total said the incident was "under full control at the surface" and that it was under "continuous review".
A company spokesman said part of the well may need to be plugged and abandoned. | Environment campaigners have said "serious questions need to be asked" about a leak in a gas well in the North Sea. |
The Briton, 31, who begins his title defence at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, posted videos on Snapchat of him travelling on a motorway.
It is illegal to use phones whilst driving in New Zealand.
Police reviewed the incident but will not be taking further action after citing a lack of "sufficient evidence".
"Auckland City Police will be taking no further action in relation to recent media publicity about Lewis Hamilton and his motorcycle journey in Auckland," a police spokesperson said.
"The video footage available does not provide us with sufficient enough evidence that an offence has occurred."
It is not the first time three-time world champion Hamilton has been involved in driving incidents.
The Briton was fined around £300 after performing car stunts for fans outside Melbourne's motor racing circuit, before the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.
He also had his driving licence suspended for a month in France in 2007 for speeding on a motorway.
And in November, Hamilton crashed his £1.6m super car in Monaco because "heavy partying" had left him tired. | Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been investigated by police after appearing to take a selfie while riding a motorbike in New Zealand. |
Jon Shaw handled Adam Mekki's cross in the area and Norwood converted the spot-kick to give the hosts the lead.
Mekki was then brought down in the box and Norwood once again scored the penalty to double the advantage.
Michael Higdon nodded in the third, before Danny Johnson grabbed a consolation late on.
The win sees Rovers consolidate fifth place, with sixth-placed Wrexham now four points behind.
Gateshead's hopes of a play-off place remain intact as they sit in ninth position, five points behind Tranmere. | Two first-half penalties from James Norwood strengthened Tranmere's grip on a National League play-off spot as they beat Gateshead. |
The 25-year-old daughter of musician and campaigner Bob Geldof was found dead at her home in Kent on Monday.
Police said at the time that her death was being treated as "non-suspicious but unexplained and sudden".
The toxicology tests could take "several weeks" to come through, police said on Wednesday.
"Officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in order to compile a report for the coroner," they added in a statement.
Kent County Council has said it will make "a decision on whether there needs to be an inquest" based on the final results of the post-mortem.
Geldof, who was a writer, TV presenter and model, died on Monday.
Officers had been called to the home she shared with her husband, singer Thomas Cohen, and their two young children following "a report of concern for the welfare of a woman". Geldof was pronounced dead at the scene.
The news of her death was met by shock and grief from friends and family.
In a statement issued on Monday night, Bob Geldof said: "She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us.
"Writing 'was' destroys me afresh. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable?"
Geldof's elder sister, Fifi Trixibelle, also paid tribute on Tuesday with a post on Instagram that read: "My beautiful baby sister.... Gone but never forgotten. I love you Peaches x."
Cohen, lead singer of the rock band SCUM, added: "My beloved wife Peaches was adored by myself and her two sons Astala and Phaedra.
"I shall bring them up with their mother in their hearts everyday. We shall love her forever."
Actress Susan Sarandon, singers Boy George and Lily Allen, and TV presenter Davina McCall all offered condolences.
Irish President Michael D Higgins extended "my deepest sympathies to Bob Geldof and his family on the sudden and untimely death of his daughter".
President Higgins, who was due to meet Bob Geldof this week during a state visit to the UK, said his thoughts were with the family.
"This is such a difficult cross to bear for any family and all of our thoughts are with Peaches' family and friends at this time. Sabina and I were due to meet Bob Geldof while on the state visit and we are thinking of him at this time of immense loss," he added.
Also among those to pay tribute was Michelle Mone, founder of underwear firm Ultimo, who employed Geldof as a brand ambassador.
She called her "an incredible young woman" and said their relationship remained good despite Geldof being dropped by the company in 2010 after allegations about her taking drugs appeared in newspapers.
"I really did respect her and every time I met her I just felt quite proud of her because she had managed to turn her life around and seemed very happy," Mone told BBC Radio 5 live.
Geldof was 11 when her own mother died.
TV presenter Paula Yates died of a drug overdose in September 2000. In September 2012 Geldof said she had not been able to come to terms with her mother's death for several years.
Geldof's final tweet on Sunday was a picture of her as a child in her mother's arms, with the message: "Me and my mum."
Her last column for Mother and Baby magazine was published posthumously on Tuesday.
"Right now, life is good," she wrote. "And being a mum is the best part of it." | Police say a post-mortem on Peaches Geldof has proved inconclusive, and toxicology tests will be conducted in an attempt to determine cause of death. |
Rangers avoided relegation by finishing 10th but the club was later charged for failing to implement Haveron's touchline ban against Dungannnon.
It could have resulted in Carrick losing three points and being relegated but the Irish FA decided not to apply any sanction following a hearing.
Haveron replaced Michael Hughes as Rangers boss in September 2013.
"The Board of Carrick Rangers FC can announce that we have accepted the resignation of manager Gary Haveron and assistant manager Steven Mills," said the club on Monday.
"Following discussions between the Board and the management team, we were unable to establish a mutual agreement on the best way forward for the club."
He guided Carrick to Championship success in his first full season and with it a return to top-flight football.
Last month's dramatic 2-1 victory over Ballinamallard United on the final day of the season moved Carrick from the bottom to 10th and safety.
Their Premiership status was threatened by the touchline charge but the IFA Disciplinary opted to "exercise its discretion" in not imposing a sanction.
Warrenpoint Town, who finished bottom but just a point behind Carrick, have appealed the IFA ruling. | Gary Haveron has resigned as manager of Premiership side Carrick Rangers after a controversial end to the season. |
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The bridge, for pedestrians only, would cost £175m to build, making it the world's most expensive footbridge.
Lambeth and Westminster councils, who are in charge of new buildings in areas of London, have both said the bridge can go ahead.
But some people aren't happy with the idea, saying it could spoil views on the riverside, including St Paul's Cathedral.
London's Mayor, Boris Johnson, will have the final say over whether the bridge can be built as planned.
Check out Ricky's report for more on this story. | A huge garden bridge over the River Thames in London is a step closer after plans were approved by local council officials. |
With that in mind, and MPs not sitting this week, I swapped Westminster for Cardiff Bay to take in First Minister's Questions.
The temperature was lower than Westminster, with barely a raised voice and little anger, synthetic or otherwise.
The pace was slower, but the first minister was challenged in greater detail on local issues than Theresa May is - his answers took in everything from the Church Village bypass to bus services into Porth.
The questions were longer, certainly long enough to have tried the patience of a Bercow in the presiding officer's chair. The Commons Speaker might have grown a little frustrated at how many of the questions were read out by AMs - in one case it appeared the AM was seeing his question for the very first time.
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies focused on the goings-on at Sport Wales or "Sports Wales", as he called it several times. He asked twice if the decision to sack its chair was supported by the whole government - but produced no evidence to suggest that it wasn't.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood focused on job cuts in universities - and prompted concern from Carwyn Jones that Brexit would lead to a cut in income from EU students.
You won't be surprised to learn that UKIP group leader Neil Hamilton focused on Brexit. He wanted the first minister to fire off letters to the German chancellor, the Spanish prime minister and Gibraltar's chief minister.
Mr Hamilton suggested Mr Jones could let Angela Merkel know he didn't like the proposed choreography of Brexit talks, and let Mariano Rajoy and Fabian Picardo know Gibraltar would remain British.
The first minister said admitted he'd never faced three questions on Gibraltar before and said the rock was not part of his devolved responsibilities. But he will be meeting Mr Picardo within the next few weeks.
Other questions were about Mr Jones's devolved responsibilities, such as the economy and GDP per head.
"That is something we will be focusing on very closely over the next five to ten years and beyond," said the man who's been first minister since 2009, which may be bad news for any AM hoping to succeed him in the next decade. | For David Lloyd George, a change of trouble was as good as a vacation. |
Fed up with poor Thai food when visiting other countries, Yingluck Shinawatra came up with the idea of a machine to rate food samples against authentically-prepared dishes.
The food robot was due to be unveiled in Bangkok on Tuesday.
It is part of a growing trend to use computers to analyse food.
The machine, dubbed e-delicious, has ten sensors which create a chemical signature for food, which is then measured against a gold standard recipe, as approved by 120 taste testers.
According to the website, the machine is composed of three parts:
"An electronic nose for measurement of smell by an array of 16 gas sensors, an electronic tongue that allows us to measure sourness, sweetness, saltiness, spiciness, and a central processing unit that gathers data and interprets the result."
Each test takes no more than 30 minutes.
Thai food is one of the world's most popular cuisines but, according to the website, "the flavours of Thai food in many restaurants and in hotels abroad are deviating from the authentic ones."
The government, which was ousted by a military coup in May, was so concerned about the idea of inferior Thai food that it set up the Thai Delicious committee and gave it $100,000 (£61,000) to build the machine.
Each recipe has had its chemical make-up recorded in a database to compare with other versions.
Food samples are inserted into the box to be analysed and are rated out of 100.
In the case of a Thai green curry, the dish will be tested to ensure it has the right mix of basil, curry paste and coconut cream.
The team from the Thai Delicious committee has also created an app with authentic recipes for chefs to use. | A machine that can scientifically evaluate the make-up of Thai food has been developed with the help of the country's ex-prime minister. |
At dawn on April 25th 1915, Allied troops invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in Ottoman Turkey. The ultimate aim was to force the Ottoman Empire out of the war. The invasion failed. A bloody stalemate lasted until Allied troops evacuated the peninsula in January 1916.
"It was a humiliating defeat," said Paul Cornish, a senior curator at Imperial War Museums.
Conditions were dreadful. Over the course of the campaign the weather swung from stiflingly hot to bitterly cold.
"There were flies and disease," said Mr Cornish. "There were terrible problems with dysentery and things like jaundice. Eventually there were blizzards and ice that were causing a lot of frostbite. It wasn't a very nice place to be at all."
Some 57,000 Allied troops lost their lives during the campaign. One of them was L/Cpl Archibald Macleod from 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He died aged 27 and is buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery in Turkey.
L/Cpl MacLeod's great-grandson Dean Emsley, from Battersea, is one of the descendants who will attend April's commemoration at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
"He wrote a letter to my granddad in April 1915," said Mr Emsley. "He deployed to Gallipoli on the 6th of May… he died of wounds on 27 May."
My Dear Ronnie,
We are not fighting the Germans here, we are just seeing that the Germans do not
get the people here to fight against King George.
Be a good lad. Do what your mother and your teacher at school tell you to do.
Always help your mother.
Never cry even if your hands are cold.
I'm going to bring you home a little CROCODILE.
Your loving Dad.
"My assumption is that he knew he was deploying to a war-zone," said Mr Emsley. "This was probably his last chance to write a letter to his little boy who was seven years old. It was actually his seventh birthday when the letter was written."
Mr Emsley is a former serviceman himself.
"I was involved in the war in Bosnia first of all and a little bit later in Gulf War number one, so I have an idea how he was feeling," he said.
British troops made up the majority of Allied casualties at Gallipoli but the campaign has become synonymous with Australia and New Zealand.
"It was their first taste of action in the war," said Mr Cornish. "They lost over 11,000 killed at Gallipoli, which is a shocking figure in the context of the relatively small populations of Australia and New Zealand at the time."
Approximately 90,000 Ottoman Empire troops were also killed during the campaign. With a significant Turkish population in London that is something now being acknowledged in classrooms.
"It was a great victory for the Turks," said Mr Cornish. "From what I've noticed in schools in London, Turkish children are well aware of it because it was where the leader of their national reinvention, Ataturk, made his first impact. It is very important."
The National Commemoration of Gallipoli will take place at the Cenotaph on 25 April. The event will follow the annual Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial and New Zealand Memorial at Hyde Park corner.
Helen Grant MP is the minister responsible for the government's World War One commemorations. "Gallipoli is a very important campaign," she said. "We want to commemorate it and we want to do it very well."
The event will comprise a service, the laying of wreaths by senior members of the military and international governments and a march past the Cenotaph.
Registration for the event finished on Thursday.
For L/Cpl MacLeod's great-grandson it will be a unique experience.
"It's 100 years since it happened," Mr Emsley said.
"It will probably be the largest remembrance opportunity… I've never been to one of the November Remembrance Day parades.
"I've got my great-granddad's medals and I'll dig out my own medals. There will be a sense of pride, but more a sense of loss. Here was a young guy who could have had a full life." | As the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1's Gallipoli campaign approaches, descendants of those who fought are being urged to join the official commemorations in London. |
The Scarlets head coach was responding to questions over reports linking Williams with a move to Ospreys.
"Liam is one of our favourite sons here at the Scarlets and we'd like to see him here for a number of years to come," said Pivac.
"I know the WRU would love to see him stay in Wales and together we'll be working to achieve that."
Pivac says Williams is "keen to stick around" and doubts he would join Scarlets' closest rivals.
"Look, anything's possible, isn't it. But no, I wouldn't think that would be the case," said the New Zealander.
Scarlets are one of three teams without a Pro12 point going into the fourth round at the weekend.
Title-holders Connacht are also without a win and are one place below the Welsh region in 11th, with Treviso last, before the Welsh and Irish teams meet in Llanelli on Saturday.
"Connacht is our focus now and we need to get that first win, which I think could break the shackles and things open up nicely for us," said Pivac.
"I'm sure in both camps it's a must-win game because nobody wants to be nought from four and sitting at the bottom of the table.
"It's a long way up from that position."
Wales prop Samson Lee is over his shoulder problem but a virus means he will miss the game against Connacht and is likely to return at Treviso on Saturday, 1 October.
"Lee's been cleared of that shoulder. He's as strong as he was pre the injury, if not stronger," added Pivac.
"He's done a lot of live scrummaging with us now and ticked all those boxes.
"He's just picked up a bit of a virus so we'll likely leave him until next week." | Scarlets and the Welsh Rugby Union will work together to keep full-back Liam Williams in Wales, says Wayne Pivac. |
The Cornucopia hit hit rocks at about 12:15 on Saturday after becoming entangled in fishing gear.
A nearby vessel called the Osprey was able to tow the 10m (33ft) boat back off the rocks and into deeper water.
The Lerwick Lifeboat later towed the vessel to safety. | A fisherman has been rescued off Shetland after his creel boat ran aground at Sandwick. |
El Hadary turns 43 this month and could become the oldest player in Nations Cup history, beating the 2006 record of 39-year-old compatriot Hossam Hassan.
Coach Hector Cuper trimmed four players from his provisional list.
Al Masry defender Hamada Tolba and midfielder Ahmed Gomaa, Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Ibrahim and Ismaili goalkeeper Mohamed Awad were dropped.
Last month, Cuper sprang a surprise by omitting Zamalek striker Bassem Morsi, who had been in the starting line-up for Egypt in their last two World Cup qualifiers in October and November.
Only four of the squad remain from Egypt's last participation in the finals, when they won the title for the third time in a row in 2010. They are El Hadary, Ahmed Elmohamady, Mohamed Abdelshafi and Ahmed Fathi.
Egypt, who have missed out on the last three Nations Cup tournaments, play in Group D in Port Gentil and open their campaign on 17 January against Mali.
The tournament in Gabon runs from 14 January to 5 February.
Egypt squad:
Goalkeepers: Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Essam El Hadary (WadiDegla), Ahmed El Shennawi (Zamalek)
Defenders: Mohamed Abdelshafi (Al Ahly Jeddah), Ahmed Dwidar(Zamalek), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City), Ahmed Fathi (Ahly),Omar Gaber (FC Basle), Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Karim Hafez (RacingLens), Ahmed Hegazy, Saad Samir (both Al Ahly)
Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Abdallah El Said (AlAhly), Mahmoud Trezeguet Hassan (Royal Mouscron-Peruwelz), TarekHamed, Ibrahim Salah (both Zamalek), Amr Warda (Panetolikos)
Forwards: Mahmoud Abdelmoneim Kahraba (Al Ahly Jeddah),Ahmed Hassan Kouka (Sporting Braga), Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly),Mohamed Salah (Roma), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City). | Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary has been included in Egypt's final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. |
The programme says an undercover investigation will detail "harsh practices", including a policy allowing workers to be sacked after three minor misdemeanours.
The sportswear retailer says the claims "are simply not true".
It says there is no such system and workers cannot be fired on the spot.
Channel 4 News filmed undercover inside the Kingsway Business Park facility in Rochdale, which supplies all of JD Sports' stores in the UK and most of those abroad, as well as fulfilling online orders.
JD employs 1,232 workers at the site and is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by a combination of employees and agency staff. The ratio of employees to agency staff is about 70/30, but fluctuates seasonally.
Channel 4 News says the report, to be broadcast on Wednesday, will show workers saying conditions at the Rochdale site are "worse than a prison" and a team leader "boasting of sacking workers on the spot, for as little as sitting down through exhaustion".
In response, JD Sports issued a statement saying: "We are deeply disappointed and concerned by the allegations being made which we believe are misleading and not an accurate reflection of our culture, the vast majority of our people or our standards of practice and procedures.
"Indeed, we believe a large number of the allegations put to us by Channel 4 are plainly untrue."
JD Sports said it had a fully outlined disciplinary procedure and appeals process that applied to JD Sports employees and agency staff.
Shares in JD Sports closed 6.3% lower at 316.1p.
The Channel 4 report will claim JD Sports and the agency supplying workers, Assist Recruitment, operate a "three strikes and you're out" policy, so that workers can be dismissed for three minor misdemeanours, including having a mobile phone or a lighter in the warehouse, being late, or chewing gum.
Channel 4 News said it filmed workers standing outside waiting to through security checks to enter the site.
Last year, Sports Direct was criticised for operating a system at its warehouse in Derbyshire which required workers to undergo lengthy security checks. The unpaid time spent clearing security meant workers were in effect receiving less than the minimum wage.
But JD Sports said workers, including agency staff, at the Kingsway warehouse were paid for time spent entering and leaving the premises.
"Our time and attendance system is specifically designed to ensure that all workers from both companies are paid for the time it takes to go through security on leaving the site; and we pay all employees in full who are up to 15 minutes late on arrival," the company said.
Channel 4 News showed the television footage to Iain Wright MP, who is heading a Commons inquiry into pay and conditions for low-paid workers.
He told the BBC he was "disgusted" by what appeared to be happening in the UK's warehouse sector and that there was a sense that employees were being "treated like scum".
"It sounds like it's systematic across this area of employment and the government really needs to clamp down on this," Mr Wright said.
He said JD company would be invited to give evidence to the Commons select committee.
JD Sports said it was disappointed that Channel 4 News had not taken into account the "factual evidence" it had provided to reporters.
The company said once Channel 4 News had allowed access to the footage, it would investigate the claims fully. | JD Sports "absolutely refutes" claims made in a Channel 4 News report that conditions in its Rochdale warehouse are "worse than a prison". |
Mr Keen, whose wife Ann is a former Labour MP and health minister, had been MP for the London constituency of Feltham and Heston since 1992.
He was chairman of Parliament's all-party football group and spent 18 years before becoming an MP as a scout for Middlesbrough football club.
Mr Keen is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
As well as being chairman of the all-party football group, he was also chairman of the equivalent athletics group and a member of the Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee.
His time as a football scout included the period when Jackie Charlton was Middlesbrough manager, and he claimed part of the credit for bringing Graeme Souness to the club.
Announcing the death, which happened last Thursday, Mr Brown said in a statement: "Alan was a great MP, locally popular, a diligent London MP, and a great fighter for local causes.
"I salute his bravery in facing cancer - fighting it as long as he could - and he will be remembered as someone who taught us how to fight illness. As he acknowledged, the NHS could not have done more to be of help and support."
Tony Blair, Mr Brown's predecessor as prime minister, said Mr Keen would be "much-missed" as a "hard working" MP and "a dedicated constituency campaigner".
"In the north east he will be remembered for his time as a scout with Middlesbrough," Mr Blair said.
"He brought that passion for football with him to Westminster and was a fantastic advocate for sport as a force for good in society through all his years in the Commons."
Mr Brown's successor as Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said: "Alan Keen was a decent, generous man... Labour to his core - loyal, passionate about social justice and deeply committed to a fairer society.
"Alan was great friend to me and he will be sorely missed by all."
Mr Keen was born in London and brought up in Redcar, on the North East coast near Middlesbrough, before serving in the British Army for three years. He later joined the fire protection industry.
He was a member of Hounslow Borough Council from 1986-90 before entering Parliament in 1992.
Mr Keen and his wife Ann, who he married in 1980 and who was MP for the neighbouring seat of Brentford and Isleworth, made headlines ahead of the 2010 election over their expenses claims.
They were asked to pay back £1,500 claimed for a second home while their other house was boarded up during prolonged refurbishment work.
Mr Keen had a majority of 4,658 in the 2010 election. | The Labour MP Alan Keen has died at the age of 73 after what ex-PM Gordon Brown called a "heroic fight" against cancer. |
The Wallaby, 28, has not recovered from a hamstring injury picked up in their semi-final victory over Leicester.
Willie Le Roux switches to full-back, with Josh Bassett, who scored the winning try against the Tigers, starting on the wing.
Exeter make one change to the starting XV which overcame Saracens, with wing Olly Woodburn replacing James Short.
Short is Exeter's top try-scorer this season, having scored 11 tries in the Premiership, 14 times in all competitions.
Chris Jones, BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter
Pace-setters all season, Wasps have been the great entertainers of the campaign, scoring tries at will and playing a brilliant brand of rugby.
However, their set-piece fell apart against Leicester - this area is one of the Chiefs' strengths - and if Wasps don't win enough good quality ball they will lose. Conversely, if their scrum and line-out does function, they have the tools to blow any team away.
Both clubs thoroughly deserve to be here, having finished in the top two and having showed remarkable composure under pressure to edge their semi-finals. They actually met on round one of the Premiership - Wasps edged it that day - so the league has come full circle.
But, while Wasps may have slightly tailed away at the back end of the season, Exeter have been on an upward curve. This may be decisive.
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:
"We've got to make sure we leave the semi-final behind. The big thing is, with a semi-final that was that good a game, won in such a manner and was such a thriller for everybody who was there, sometimes it gets hard to leave it behind - you've got to move on.
"We're actually probably a stronger group going into the final than we were last week, which is always nice. There's a larger playing group who've had more time training and more time to return from injury.
"We've got to make sure that we don't expect that having a bit of experience from last year will be that big a factor. We've got to demand that what the big factor is, is the quality we play at."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young:
"The final is new territory for this group of players, but really exciting territory. But, as much as we are going to enjoy the day, we want more than that.
"We are not there to make up the numbers. We are there to give absolutely everything we have to try to win the trophy. Saturday is about more than the matchday 23 lucky enough to wear the shirt. It will be about every player who has played their part this season to get us to Twickenham.
"We have a lot of respect for Exeter Chiefs, who are a quality team and a quality club. We've had some memorable battles over the past couple of seasons and know how well drilled and coached they are, so we will have to be at our absolute best to win. Produce our best and I know we are a match for anyone."
Wasps: Le Roux; Wade, Daly, Gopperth, Bassett; Cipriani, Robson; Mullan, Taylor, Swainston, Launchbury (capt), Symons, Haskell, Young, Hughes.
Replacements: Johnson, McIntyre, Moore, Myall, Thompson, Simpson, Leiua, Halai.
Exeter Chiefs: Dollman; Nowell, Whitten, Devoto, Woodburn; Steenson (capt), Townsend; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Williams, Dennis, Parling, Horstmann, Armand, Waldrom.
Replacements: Yeandle, Rimmer, Francis, Lees, S. Simmonds, Chudley, Slade, Campagnaro. | Wasps back Kurtley Beale has been ruled out of Saturday's Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs at Twickenham. |
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The constituency includes England's smallest city and its 12th Century cathedral, Glastonbury - famous for its music festival - the Mendip Hills, Cheddar Gorge and the Somerset Levels.
BBC reporter David Garmston finds out more about this constituency, won by the Liberal Democrats in 2010 and which the Conservatives have declared as a target seat for 2015. | Wells is a large, mainly rural Somerset seat stretching from the Bristol Channel in the west, to Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury in the east. |
Wiggins' victory at the 2012 Tour De France saw him become the first ever British winner of cycling's most famous race.
Later that summer, Wiggins also stormed to gold in the London 2012 Olympic men's road time trial.
This win made Sir Bradley the most decorated British Olympian in terms of medals won, a break down of 4 golds, a silver and 2 bronzes.
Wiggins was knighted as a result of his incredible cycling achievements.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 is broadcast live from Belfast on Sunday, 20 December from 19:00 GMT on BBC One. Further coverage on BBC Sport's online platforms and Radio 5 live. | In 2012, cycling star Sir Bradley Wiggins was named Sports Personality of the Year. |
The fire affected two transmission lines and caused the collapse of the electricity system across the island, officials say.
Supply is expected to be restored to most areas on Thursday.
Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority has been undergoing restructuring and is seeking funds to update what it says is outdated equipment.
The fire department said it had extinguished the blaze at the power plant in the south of the island, which serves most of the island's 3.5 million people.
The cause of the fire is still unclear.
There was traffic chaos as the outage forced schools and businesses to close earlier, reports say.
The blackout also caused 15 fires across Puerto Rico as a result of malfunctioning generators. | A big fire at a power plant has left 1.5 million people without electricity in the US territory of Puerto Rico. |
Opposition and church groups had condemned the decision, saying the men were a security threat.
However, Mr Mahama said a Ghanaian was more likely to die in a road accident than at the hands of the Yemenis.
The men said they looked forward to living in Ghana, and had followed the national football team in prison.
Khalid al-Dhuby and Mahmoud Omar Bin Atef were held at the US prison in Cuba for more than a decade without being charged.
They are the first Guantanamo detainees that Ghana has accepted, at the request of the US.
The jail was set up following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US to detain what Washington called "enemy combatants".
US President Barack Obama has said he wants to close the jail down before he leaves office in 2017.
Speaking at a press conference in the capital, Accra, Mr Mahama said that Guantanamo Bay was a "blot on the human rights record of the world".
"They [the men] just want to pick up the pieces of their lives and live normally. We don't have anything to fear," Mr Mahama said, adding that Mr al-Dhuby and Mr Atef were living in a security compound.
He dismissed as "absolutely untrue" allegations that Ghana had received money from the US to take the detainees.
Earlier, the influential Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference called the Yemenis "time bombs" who should be "sent back to wherever they came from".
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) said that official US documents showed the men had "violent and dangerous profiles".
"Why is government straining to paint a picture of the two detainees as harmless, misunderstood and wrongly detained persons?" it asked.
The two men were captured in Afghanistan, following the US-led invasion to overthrow the Taleban government in 2011.
Mr al-Dhuby and Mr Atef have denied belonging to militant groups.
"We have been wrongly arrested for 14 years without any charge against us," Mr Atef told Ghana's public radio station Uniiq FM.
"We have suffered but we are not looking for revenge," he said.
Mr Atef said they were huge fans of Ghana footballer Asamoah Gyan, and many of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay supported the Black Stars at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
"When Ghana beat America, we were very happy. We made some celebrations. We also told the guards that we've won," Mr Atef said.
Ghana beat the US 2-1, with Gyan scoring the winning goal in extra-time, which sent the Black Stars through to the quarter-finals.
Dozens of countries have received former Guantanamo Bay detainees, including other African states such as Uganda and Cape Verde.
A total of 780 men have been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, the vast majority without charge or criminal trial.
The US navy base now has 105 detainees, nearly 50 of whom have been cleared for release. | Ghana's president has strongly defended the government's decision to allow two Yemenis freed from Guantanamo Bay to live in the West African state. |
This is an important visit. It is the new British prime minister's first bilateral meeting outside Europe, the first step in her mission to "forge a new global role for the UK".
It is obvious why she has chosen India. Where better to demonstrate the world of opportunity that awaits a post-Brexit Britain?
India is now the world's fastest growing large economy, with GDP growth of more than 7% a year and a 1.25 billion-strong market of increasingly wealthy consumers.
There should be a lot of warm words about the two countries' long-standing ties, their special relationship and their shared values.
The Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, was already talking of co-operation and future partnerships when I interviewed him on Thursday.
But do not be deceived by the diplomatic dance.
Diwali, the festival of lights - India's great seasonal celebration of optimism and hope - has just finished.
It is a time of extraordinary generosity. People throw lavish parties with delicious food, plenty of drink and raucous rounds of Teen Patti - India's answer to poker.
I attended a string of these in New Delhi's gracious diplomatic district. Each brought more evidence that India's Diwali generosity does not extend to trade deals with the UK or anyone else.
There was the top Indian diplomat who dismissed Mrs May's visit as "an afterthought".
He had arrived in a sleek, black BMW. The white Hindustan Ambassadors that used to be the badge of status in India's rigid governmental hierarchy are not so prized any more.
The British asked for Mrs May's visit to be brought forward from December and he told me: "This is about politics in the UK, not about what we want."
Informal trade talks have already started, again at Britain's behest.
Under EU rules,the UK cannot do any actual deals until it leaves Europe, but with a "hard Brexit" - where it leaves the single market - looking a real possibility, it wants to get the ball rolling as soon as possible.
"Good luck with that," laughed the ambassador of a major economic power as he sipped from a flute of champagne at another Diwali do. "We've been trying to get a deal for years now, but there's not much in it for India."
India was a closed economy until the early 1990s, he explained and still has comparatively high barriers to foreign imports. Meanwhile most of the developed world has been cutting back restrictions on trade.
"What's more," continued my new friend, "it's doing well behind those barriers. It means they want really big concessions before they'll sign up to anything."
The European Union had the same problem.
Peter Mandelson began free trade talks between the EU and India when he was European trade commissioner back in 2007. There have been 16 separate formal rounds of negotiations in the nine years since then, but very little progress.
You only need to look at the sticking points to see why the UK is unlikely to fare any better, says Sir Thomas Harris, a former ambassador to Korea who ran the UK India Business Council for many years.
India consistently refused to lift restrictions on professional services including accounting, insurance, banking and legal services, he points out. These are some of Britain's strongest sectors and exactly the kind of businesses to which Britain wants India to open up.
"For the life of me, I cannot see why the Indians would be prepared to offer concessions on services in bilateral talks with the UK which they were not prepared to offer in return for access to the EU as a whole," he says.
And then there is the even more vexed question of immigration.
During the trade talks, Europe refused India's requests for more temporary visas for professional workers.
On the face of it, Mrs May's government is unlikely to be any more forthcoming. Its policy is that the number of immigrants needs to be cut dramatically.
At the Conservative Party conference last month, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, talked about the possibility of new curbs on foreign workers and students.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has since hinted he is minded to be a little more flexible on professional workers. But it is hard to overstate how badly the government's rhetoric on immigration goes down in India.
"The impression Britain is giving to countries such as India is 'we want your business but we don't want your people'," is how a former advisor to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, put it in an Indian newspaper.
When I quoted that to a top British diplomat he squirmed in discomfort.
"The government is going to have to find a way to articulate its policy more clearly," was his "diplomatic" suggestion.
Mrs May's visit to India is the first big test of whether it can do that.
If Britain is to prosper, Mrs May needs to be able to show that forging strong non-EU alliances can be reconciled with her hard-line stance on immigration.
She also needs to demonstrate that it is possible to do trade deals that deliver real benefits to Britain.
My Diwali party circuit suggests both ambitions are going to be hard to fulfil. | On Sunday Theresa May will land in smoggy Delhi with a large entourage of diplomats, advisers, business people and press in tow. |
They also
posed for pictures
with torchbearers Scott Moorhouse and Jay Kamiraz, whose Souls of Prophecy choir is a favourite of the prince.
England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks started the day's relay, carrying the flame at Wembley Stadium.
Decathlete Daley Thompson ran the last leg of the relay at Alexandra Palace.
Thompson,
who won decathlon gold at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles,
lit a cauldron on stage in the climax to Wednesday's 30-mile journey.
A total of 153 torchbearers carried the flame as it travelled 30 miles through the London boroughs of Harrow, Brent, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
It was in the last of the boroughs, at 1726 BST, that
Prince Charles and Camilla appeared on the side of the road
as Mr Kamiraz came to the end of his run and passed on the flame.
The royal couple then stood either side of the torchbearers while photographs were taken before Mr Moorhouse, an amputee who lost his left leg at the knee after an accident when he was six weeks old, began his stint with the flame.
The first torchbearer of the day was Jo Hyams, 29, who took the flame across the bridge and moat at Headstone Manor, a grade I-listed building, reputed to be the oldest surviving timber-framed construction in Middlesex.
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Ms Hyams, who lives in Harrow, was nominated for her charity work in the area.
Later as the flame neared Wembley Stadium, Timothy McKenzie, better known as singer songwriter Labrinth, ran with the flame.
Singer Beverley Knight was also a torchbearer in Brent.
Outside the stadium, Inderjit Bhalla - who won gold in badminton at the British Transplant Games - passed the flame to former badminton player Nathan Robertson, who won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics with former mixed-doubles partner Gail Emms.
Robertson missed out on qualifying for London 2012 and has since
announced his retirement from the sport.
England's greatest goalkeeper, Banks, then ensured the torch was in safe hands as he carried it along Olympic Way outside the new stadium.
Now 75, he was part of England's famous team that won the World Cup in 1966 at the original stadium, and he also played in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, when England reached the quarter-finals.
He said his stint with the torch was "absolutely fantastic".
He added it was "a great honour to have been here and held the torch with a light on it that goes back so many, many, many years".
Banks also paid tribute to his former team-mates, the late Alan Ball and Bobby Moore.
The flame was carried to the lunch break by
100-year-old Diana Gould,
the oldest female torchbearer of London 2012. She still runs exercise classes at the retirement flats where she lives in north-west London.
Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, 23, was the first to carry the flame after lunch.
"It's something I'm finding hard to put into words - an overwhelming blur of an experience [that] I'm going to remember for ever," he said.
The actor, who plays Ron Weasley in the films, handed over to Harriet Cooper, who at 15 is considered an outstanding swimming prospect, having won gold at the 100m backstroke in the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival in Turkey.
Still on the swimming theme, among the other torchbearers was Tony Tancock, father of British Olympic hopeful Liam, who will be competing in the 100m backstroke.
Boxer James Degale, who won a
middleweight gold medal at the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing, soldier Jack Otter, who lost both legs and an arm in an explosion in Afghanistan, and Lloyd Scott, from Essex, who survived leukaemia, were among the other torchbearers.
Mr Otter in particular drew huge cheers from the crowd as he twice got up from his wheelchair to walk unaided during the first and last parts of his stint.
The relay finished at Alexandra Palace, where 68-year-old Frank Adams passed the flame to Thompson, who was the first decathlete to hold the World, Olympic, Commonwealth and European titles simultaneously.
Thompson, who trained at nearby Haringey Athletics Club, looked thrilled when he did the honours at "Ally Pally", formerly the BBC's headquarters and still a major events venue.
A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July. | Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the torch relay in Tottenham where they watched a torch kiss from the side of the street. |
Esmond and Susie Bulmer's home in Bruton was targeted in 2009 and the couple's housekeeper was allegedly tied to a banister.
A total of 15 paintings worth £1.7m, and £1m of jewellery were stolen.
All the defendants deny any wrongdoing and are due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on 22 September.
Those charged are:
At Bristol Magistrates' Court, all 11 indicated through their lawyers that they would be pleading not guilty to the charges.
A 12th defendant, John Morris, 56, of Cowper Gardens, Enfield, London, did not attend court and a warrant for his arrest without bail was issued by the judge. He is accused of conspiracy to receive stolen goods. | Eleven men have appeared in court charged in connection with a multi-million pound raid at a cider-making family's luxury home in Somerset. |
The 32-year-old was released by League One side Northampton Town last week despite being named player of the year.
Diamond, who began his career with Aberdeen and has also played for Oldham and Burton, played 45 games for the Cobblers in 2016-17.
Stags manager Steve Evans said: "He is a dominant centre-back who is vociferous on the pitch and a leader of men. He is still highly ambitious."
The length of Diamond's contract has not been revealed.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Mansfield Town have signed experienced centre-back Zander Diamond. |
This baby can survive a 1400 revolutions per minute spin in the washing machine. You could say it makes for easy laundering.
The Bank of England says it is cleaner and more secure than the cotton paper notes which have been used for the past 100 years.
But we're a conservative lot in Northern Ireland: Perhaps we like our lucre filthy.
For people in Northern Ireland, plastic fivers are nothing new. To celebrate the Millennium, the old Northern Bank (now Danske) introduced the slippery clean fiver to local pockets in 2000. Two million of the notes were issued in October 1999.
It did not fold quite the same into the back trouser pocket. But then again, neither did it attract the dirt from fingers fumbling in a greasy till or handbag to quite the same degree.
That was more than 16 years ago, and the trusty paper notes are still going strong. If you get a polymer note these days in Belfast, look up and you might see a pig soar past city hall.
In 2005, the Northern Bank reprinted all of its bank notes shortly after £26.5m was stolen from its head office by the IRA.
The plastic fiver was the only type of note not replaced.
Paul Black from Danske Bank said that when the plastic fiver was introduced, it meant Northern Bank was "away ahead of its time."
"We wanted to be innovative and be first on the market. Over time that was eroded a little, because other banks did not follow. At the time it was quite popular," he said.
"It did create a real buzz. People found it unusual. They compared it to monopoly money."
Down the backs of which sofas do the lost plastic fivers reside?
Who knows? But on a well-known internet auction site one seller is asking for £125 for the plastic note.
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, said the new note would be cleaner, safer and stronger.
"The use of polymer means it can better withstand being repeatedly folded into wallets or scrunched up inside pockets, and can also survive a spin in the washing machine," he said.
While the notes are not indestructible, they are expected to last an average of five years compared to the current fiver's two years.
New security features - such as a transparent window - will make the note harder to counterfeit. | It's a big day for plastic money in England and Wales: The new £5 polymer note has been released by the Bank of England. |
You might also question how relevant it is to you and what you do online.
Advocates of the principle argue that the debate about how networks operate is fundamentally one about the future of the internet.
Ahead of a crucial US vote on the subject, the BBC has compiled a guide to all you need to know about net neutrality.
Anyone who has ever looked with envy at the first-class carriages on a crowded commuter train - and wondered bitterly why a few get to travel in comfort while the rest are crammed against each other's armpits - will have a good basic understanding of net neutrality.
On the net neutrality train, all passengers (ie data) would be treated equally, with no special carriages for those able to pay.
This long-held principle that all traffic on the network should be treated the same goes back to the very dawning of the web and for many enshrines the whole ethos of an open internet, free from corporate control.
Those in favour of net neutrality argue that the internet service providers (ISPs) that provide the pipes for content should just run the networks and have no say over how and what content flows to consumers, as long as it is legal.
But ISPs argue that a tiered internet - where those content providers prepared to pay can go in an internet "fast lane" - is inevitable in today's data-hungry net world.
Much of the current debate was kickstarted by a landmark case in the US in January, which saw ISP Verizon successfully challenging the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its net neutrality policy - known formally as the Open Internet rules.
The Court of Appeals struck down two of the three open internet rules, effectively leaving regulation in limbo and opening the way for ISPs to start charging fees to carry bandwidth-hungry data on its networks.
And charge they did. In March Netflix reluctantly agreed to pay a fee to Comcast to improve the speed at which its service reached consumers' homes.
The changing landscape forced the FCC to rethink its rules, and leaks of what it proposed emerged in April.
The part of the rule change that has sent the industry into uproar is a proposal for so-called fast lanes, allowing ISPs to charge content providers as long as the terms were "commercially reasonable".
The details of what the FCC proposes will be revealed on 15 May.
It is worth noting that, at this stage, these are just proposals and that the full rules are not likely to be implemented before the end of the year.
It would be fair to say that the FCC has found itself at the centre of a considerable storm since details about the proposed changes leaked.
Chairman Tom Wheeler's morning mail pile has grown considerably, with his recent correspondence including a letter signed by more than 100 tech firms with some of biggest names in the industry - Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook - offering their support. The letter calls on the FCC to protect users "against blocking, discrimination and paid prioritisation".
This was followed by a very similarly worded letter from some of the most high-profile US venture capitalists and another from more than 80 advocacy groups.
Meanwhile, the FCC's main consumer hotline seems to have been overwhelmed by messages about the forthcoming changes - and now asks callers to write an email to the commission if they are calling about net neutrality.
And to really hammer the message home, a growing number of protesters are gathering outside the FCC headquarters in Washington ahead of the scheduled vote on the proposals by the five commissioners.
Already two of them have got cold feet and suggested that the vote be delayed.
ISPs argue that the internet today is a very different beast from that of the early days when the net neutrality principle was enshrined.
Who then could have predicted that we would all be watching video content on our computers and mobile devices?
Carrying such data obviously costs more and ISPs argue that the costs of carrying such bandwidth-hungry services can no longer be borne by them alone.
They say that concerns that they plan to block content or degrade network performance are unfounded and that data discrimination in order to guarantee quality of service is actually something consumers should want.
Consumer advocates are urging the regulatory body to take more drastic action and reclassify internet service providers as a telecommunication service.
By doing so, the internet would be treated more like a public utility, such as gas and water, and therefore subject to heavier regulation.
It would mean, say the advocates of net neutrality, that the FCC had more teeth when it came to enforcing net neutrality.
Europe is at odds with the US.
In April, the European Parliament voted to restrict ISPs from charging services for faster network access.
It also ruled that mobile and broadband network providers should not be able to block services that competed with their own offerings.
There are some more legal hurdles for the vote to pass but it could become law by the end of the year.
Slovenia and the Netherlands have already enshrined the principle in their national law.
And in Brazil, a new law has been signed by President Dilma Rousseff which establishes that telecom companies cannot change prices based on the amount of content accessed by users. It also states that ISPs cannot interfere with how consumers use the internet.
Meanwhile, neighbouring Chile was the first country to pass net neutrality legislation, back in 2010.
Depending on which way the decision goes, it could either hurt your wallet or your watching habits.
If net neutrality is upheld, ISPs could decide to pass on the cost of delivering bandwidth-hungry up the cost of services to pay for delivering faster bandwidth - and raise the monthly fee they charge for net access.
Users may get a bill that reflects their usage, with those using video-on-demand services being charged more.
If, on the other hand, ISPs get their way and are able to start charging fees for prioritised access to content then users may find that those websites not in the fast lane are slow to load.
Some fear that ISPs might even block access to rival services or slow them down so much as to be unusable.
Consumers could also be charged more by the content providers forced to pay more to get their services to them in quality.
Anyone thinking this is a US-only issue should note that, following its agreement to pay a fee to Comcast and Verizon, Netflix put up the price for its monthly streaming service in Europe as well as America. | Net neutrality is a term you may have heard but, if asked to explain it in a pub, you might struggle. |
Forbes Media - which includes Forbes magazine - was sold to Integrated Whale Media Investments for an undisclosed sum.
The Forbes family said it would still have a "significant" stake.
Steve Forbes will remain as chairman and editor-in-chief.
"While today marks a fundamental turning point in this 97-year-old company founded by my grandfather, it should be seen as an opportunity to continue and strengthen our mission," said Mr Forbes in a blog post announcing the sale.
Forbes - which says it reaches 75 million people worldwide every month through its print, digital, TV, conferences and research ventures - began looking for a buyer last November.
Forbes will continue to be headquartered in the US, but announced plans for an international expansion. | After 97 years of family ownership, Forbes Media has announced it has sold a majority stake in the company to a Hong Kong-based group of international investors. |
Michael South, 40, from York, was being transported to a mental health hospital when he took the vehicle in April.
He crashed into a double-decker bus on the A64 at Flaxton, near York and died at the scene.
Recording an open verdict, North Yorkshire Coroner Michael Oakley said the transport arrangements had been "inadequate and insufficient".
He said the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust had failed to pass on Mr South's full medical history to the ambulance provider.
He also said the two staff onboard had not had mental health training and the company, ERS Medical, had not done a full risk assessment of the patient.
Mr South had been admitted to St James's Hospital in Leeds after stabbing himself in the chest on 7 April.
He was being taken to Bootham Park Hospital in York in an ambulance operated by the private contractor ERS Medical on 10 April.
The two ambulance staff told the inquest they had left the vehicle after Mr South attempted to grab the wheel.
The keys had been left in the ignition and he was able to drive-off.
Following the inquest, Mr South's widow issued a statement through her solicitor.
"He needed professional help and for the reasons the coroner has given he didn't get adequate help. It led to Michael's death," she said.
She added she hoped system changes would in future protect vulnerable people, like her husband, and the wider public.
ERS Medical, The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which operated Bootham Park hospital at the time, and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St James's, said there were "lessons to be learned" from Mr South's death.
The three organisations also expressed their condolences to Mr South's family.
All said significant changes had already been made and NHS England was carrying out a full investigation into his death. | A coroner has criticised the care of a mentally ill patient who died after stealing and crashing an ambulance. |
With nearly 130 people dead, along with eight suicide bombers, it is Europe's worst terrorist attack since the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
It raises new, pressing questions about the ability of Western security forces to prevent such random carnage.
French President Francois Hollande called it an "act of war" organised by Islamic State (IS) militants.
Why did this happen in Paris?
Paris has been on heightened alert since the January terror attacks, when Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a policewoman and a Jewish supermarket, killing 17 people.
Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages in the supermarket before being shot dead by police, claimed to be acting in the name of IS.
For many years some deprived housing estates in the suburbs of Paris and other cities have been fertile ground for Islamic extremists. Jihad has appeared seductive for some alienated young Muslims in areas of high unemployment and urban neglect.
More than 500 French Muslims have gone to fight with jihadists in Syria and Iraq, experts say - more than from any other Western country.
French warplanes have repeatedly attacked IS fighters in Syria and Iraq, as part of the US-led campaign against the group.
What does the choice of targets suggest?
They were soft civilian targets in Paris - the intention was evidently to kill many people randomly.
The high-profile football match at the Stade de France was clearly a potential target. But the fact that three suicide bombers blew themselves up nearby at three eating places was unusual. France has not experienced such near-simultaneous bombings before.
Then the attack on Bataclan concert hall - again by suicide bombers - was also designed to kill ordinary young French people having fun on a Friday night. It happened during a rock concert. More than 80 rock fans died in the mayhem.
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Some French commentators recalled the Moscow theatre siege of 2002, when Chechen militants stormed a live show. The attack and bungled Russian rescue left 130 hostages and 40 militants dead.
French journalist Agnes Poirier told the BBC that the 13 November bombers struck at "modest, working-class neighbourhoods, not tourist sites" in Paris.
The 10th and 11th districts (arrondissements) are "very diverse - that makes it more poignant for the French", she said.
Claiming responsibility for the carnage in Paris, IS said it was a "capital of abomination and perversion". It called the concert-goers "pagans".
Shashank Joshi, a security policy expert at London's Royal United Services Institute, said there was clearly a "cultural" aspect to the choice of targets.
"It was a deliberate choice of leisure venues - where people relax," he told the BBC. The bombers went for crowded places, portrayed by IS as immoral, he said.
Was this like previous terror attacks in cities?
According to Mr Joshi, the closest parallel is the Mumbai (Bombay) attack of 2008, carried out by Pakistan-based Islamist militants.
They brought terror to the streets of Mumbai, staging simultaneous gun and bomb attacks across the city.
In Europe, the Paris carnage has reminded people of the devastating train bombings in Madrid (2004) and London (2005), which were also carried out by Islamist militants.
Jews were targeted in some previous Islamist terror attacks - in Paris in January, in the attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum in 2014, and in the 2012 shootings by Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah. He killed a rabbi and three small children at a Jewish school.
Anti-Semitic attacks by jihadists are often linked to Arab hostility towards Israel.
This new atrocity in Paris shows that the militants "have no single priority or hierarchy" when choosing targets, Mr Joshi said.
Pieter Van Ostaeyen, a Belgian expert on jihadist groups, said IS appeared to be "signalling that it can attack anytime, anywhere, and we cannot prevent it".
It was highly coordinated and probably took months of training, he told the BBC.
There have been similar suicide attacks in Syria and Iraq, where militants have used up all their bullets, then blown themselves up in a crowd, he said. But never before in France.
But Mr Joshi said these were not necessarily Middle East war veterans, or weapons experts.
"They were prepared, yes, but they have not proven a high level of marksmanship - their preparation may have been quite basic."
Was it a French security blunder?
Neither Mr Joshi nor Mr Van Ostaeyen thinks so.
"You can't guard all soft targets," Mr Joshi said. "It's more about responding to events, having communications between the arms of the state, strong leadership, controlling the flow of information, to minimise panic."
According to Mr Van Ostaeyen: "France has done everything it could do... it's too early to say they could have prevented it".
A key question is whether IS managed to organise the attacks from outside France, or whether it was local French Islamists inspired by IS. | The scale of the near-simultaneous bombings and shootings in Paris has left France reeling in shock. |
The row over the firing of FBI director James Comey has led to growing scepticism about Mr Trump's ability to deliver tax and regulatory reform.
The pound rose above $1.30 to its highest level since September, helping to pull the FTSE lower.
US shares fell heavily on Wednesday.
In London the FTSE 100 dropped 67.05 points to 7436.42.
Sterling was boosted by stronger-than-expected UK retail sales data, while also benefitting from the weakness of the dollar.
The pound was up 0.25% against the dollar at $1.3003, and was 0.59% higher against the euro at 1.1687 euros.
The sell-off in shares in London was echoed across Europe, with Germany's Dax index down 0.33% and France's Cac 40 dropping 0.53%.
"Stocks are sliding again today as traders are still spooked by the latest scandal surrounding Donald Trump," said David Madden, market analyst at CMC Markets UK.
"The row between Mr Trump and the FBI is still on traders' minds and while this is hanging over the market. I can't see sentiment changing anytime soon."
Despite the falls, there was good news for some UK shares.
Burberry rose 4.69%, despite the luxury fashion brand reporting a dip in full-year profits, and shares in Royal Mail climbed 1.04% after it reported a 25% increase in annual profits. | London's main share index closed nearly 1% down after the political controversy in the US surrounding President Trump continued to hit investor confidence. |
Maybe you'd decline the help of the talented amateur.
Let's face it, there isn't much of a history of successful brain surgery by non-medics.
But what if you were in the different but also desperate situation of trying to get a judge to allow you contact with your children, or attempting to get a court to agree to them living with you, following the breakdown of a relationship?
Would you be happy to use the services of someone with no legal qualifications, no insurance and who was not part of a regulated body? Well, here the talented amateur has something of a track record.
He or she also has a title - they are your McKenzie friend.
In 1970, Levine McKenzie was getting divorced and wanted Australian barrister Ian Hanger, who wasn't qualified to practise here, to sit next to him in court, prompt, take notes and suggest questions in cross-examination.
The judge ordered Hanger to sit in the public gallery and advise McKenzie only during adjournments. McKenzie lost and appealed.
The Court of Appeal ruled that he had been denied help he was entitled to and ordered a retrial. The McKenzie friend was born.
For decades they were largely relatives, family friends, law students or charities helping out free.
Such McKenzie friends still operate, but in April 2013 the market in fee-charging McKenzie friends got a turbo boost from the government.
It cut legal aid from a range of areas of civil law, including most family cases involving divorce, child contact and residence, as well as debt, housing, immigration, welfare and employment.
That left many with a stark choice. Go to court on your own or, if you can't afford a lawyer, phone a McKenzie friend.
Without much fanfare, McKenzie friends charging between £16 and £90 an hour have become an important part of the civil justice landscape.
Although their role is supposed to be limited, they are increasingly mirroring the end-to-end service traditionally supplied by qualified lawyers.
They are not allowed to conduct litigation, but there seems little to stop them advising and drafting documents in a way that amounts to the same thing.
And while they do not have rights of audience in court, many told me that if they ask to address the court and their client wants it, the judge generally agrees.
McKenzie friends
This April, in the first major report on fee-charging McKenzie friends, the Legal Services Consumer Panel summed up the divergence of views on them.
"One school of thought is that they improve access to justice by providing valuable support for litigants in person.
"Another view worries that such McKenzie friends may provide poor advice that harms their client and third parties, offer little in the way of consumer protection, prey on the vulnerable and exploit litigants as parrots to promote personal causes."
But who are they, this group of friends?
Some are professionals with experience of the justice system, such as former social workers or police officers.
Others have come to it through experience.
On a Monday night in a dingy function room with a broken door, at the rear of a vast pub in the City of London, I watch six men, all fathers, file into a meeting organised by Families Need Fathers, a registered UK charity that provides support to parents, mainly dads, who've divorced and are seeking contact with their children.
In the bar outside, City types slake their thirst. In the room, the men seek a different kind of solace and support from two McKenzie friends.
Both are veterans of titanic family cases of their own, qualified in the court of hard knocks.
They take details of cases, advise and share their knowledge of court forms, applications, judges and tactics.
It feels like triage, military doctors tending to the scarred and wounded of the family justice battlefield.
Their "clients" are generally grateful and full of praise for the help they receive.
Tom, a chef on low pay, told me that his wife made allegations of violence against him, before leaving the family home with his daughter.
The police released him without charge, but while his wife got legal aid, he didn't and used what money he had for a McKenzie friend.
Without his help, Tom believes he would not have seen his daughter again.
In the largely "post legal aid" civil courts, judges seem to regard McKenzies as their friends too.
Speaking frankly to me, some have confessed that is because something in the way of legal representation is better than nothing.
But they also acknowledge that, in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of family disputes, McKenzies do help litigants separate emotion from fact and can really help focus on the issues and progress cases.
It's entirely unrepresentative, but when I put a request on the BBC website for people to write in with their experience of McKenzie friends, those moved to respond were mainly positive.
Family lawyers had led me to believe that while some McKenzies were competent, many were more often agenda-driven, aggressive and dangerous by reason of lack of knowledge.
However, when pressed, few were able to give hard details.
There are clearly some rogues working as McKenzies and some worrying stories.
Privacy and data protection are issues. Clients' personal details have been put on social media or disclosed inadvertently through client testimonials.
I have been told of aggressive and intimidating behaviour by McKenzies.
And McKenzies themselves voiced concern that some of their number push their own agendas at the expense of the client's interests.
Recently retired High Court family judge Sir Mark Hedley generally welcomes the involvement of McKenzies, but told me: "Some have a deep animus against the family court and they're not anxious to conceal it.
"They can interrupt repeatedly and it really does the person they represent no good at all. It depends on the ability of the judge to control it."
There are good and bad McKenzies, just as there are good and bad solicitors and barristers.
The difference is that the client has remedies against the latter through professional bodies, regulators and ombudsmen.
The Legal Services Consumer Panel Report concludes that fee-charging McKenzie friends should be viewed as a source of potentially valuable support that improves access to justice and contributes to more just outcomes.
Though lawyers may find this extraordinary, it doesn't favour regulation, because the cost and administrative burden could drive McKenzies from the market or put their prices out of reach of consumers who use them for affordability.
Some, especially in the legal world, would say those are expedient conclusions driven by the near decimation of legal aid in civil cases.
But perhaps they haven't found themselves in the new world of litigation, with a broken family, little money and in need of a "friend". | If you were in the desperate position of needing brain surgery, would you be content for someone with no medical training, but who had seen quite a few brain operations, to carry out yours? |
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Buildings at Newcastle upon Tyne and University College London Hospitals NHS trusts have been found to have combustible cladding.
They will now have to take action and continue with 24-hour fire warden patrols in the meantime.
It brings the total of failed sites to five - none of the buildings has patients staying overnight.
One is an office building, while the others see and treat patients during the day.
In all the cases - except one - the cladding is being removed. The exception is UCLH, where a building at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery has failed tests. Other options are being explored because of the size of the building involved.
Thirty-eight of the highest risk sites have now been checked. NHS bosses said the review of sites would now be expanded to other hospitals, with another six added to the high-priority list.
A spokesman for NHS Improvement, the regulator in charge of carrying out the checks, said: "Patient safety continues to be our absolute priority, and we'll make sure the NHS is supported to carry out the urgent fire safety checks required."
The urgent checks were ordered by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt following the Grenfell Tower fire.
In Scotland, health boards have confirmed combustible cladding has not been used on any buildings. | Two more hospitals have failed fire safety checks, ordered in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. |
Frank Chivers, 49, was found with a head injury at his house in Walter Robinson Court, Layton, on 11 August.
Mr Chivers was the father of Paige Chivers who went missing in 2007 aged 15 and has never been found.
Sean Conlon, 44, of no fixed address, had denied murder and manslaughter but was convicted on Monday following a trial at Preston Crown Court.
He must serve a minimum of 15 years.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Chivers had a mark on his cheek and neck consistent with having been kicked.
He never regained consciousness after the attack and died from a bleed on the brain. | A man has been jailed for life for murdering the father of missing Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers. |
The base level of the salary cap for this season is £6.5m but this will rise to £7m from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Cohen says shareholder-owned Tigers may struggle to spend the full cap, while others can rely on "sugar daddies".
He added: "I know the club's chairman voted for [the cap] but personally I think the balance is wrong."
Cohen told BBC Radio Leicester: "We've had an increase in players' wages. That's come at the expense of facilities and putting resources into the community game for most clubs. I don't think players' wages needed to go up as high as they have done.
"Personally I would not have implemented the extra half million for next year, although the decision to then peg it for three years is very sensible."
Cohen admits Leicester's spending power in future will rely on how far money from the Rugby Football Union will go.
A new eight-year deal worth more than £225m was agreed between the RFU and Premiership clubs - with clubs earning more for releasing players for international duty, as well as meeting the English-qualified players target and academy standards.
"At this moment in time we are funding right up to the extent of the cap," Cohen continued.
"The cap goes up half a million pounds next year but we will have to see what sort of central revenue goes along with that.
"We are at the edges of what we can generate in terms of our own internal revenue and we don't have a 'sugar daddy' owner simply to sink millions in if there is a shortfall." | An increased salary cap risks creating an unbalanced Premiership competition that alienates the grass roots, says Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen. |
Legend has it that it was consecrated some 12 centuries ago on the nearby Sanjan beach, landing point of a boatload of refugees who had fled the Arab conquest of Persia to save their 3,000-year-old Zoroastrian faith, and that it has remained unquenched ever since.
The first-ever Udvada Utsav (festival) held over the Christmas weekend drew 4,000 believers.
Yet, what became the "burning issue" was not the ancient fire but the solution proffered to tackle the existential crisis once again faced by this distinctive - and distinguished - community.
Their numbers are down to a critical 61,000, and diminishing by the day; another 40,000 are scattered across the world with an even greater struggle to hang on to their distinctive identity.
In his speech, eminent lawyer Darius Khambata said Zoroastrianism, being a universal religion, should be opened to anyone seeking to join.
This is a red rag, and not only to the bullish. Most Parsis fiercely believe that it is their exclusive right.
Parsi numbers have declined by 12% every census decade - India's population increases by 21%. They are projected to plummet to 23,000 in the near future, reducing this sophisticated, urbane community to a "tribe".
An infusion of fresh blood is desperately needed.
Even literally because cousin marriages are common, and so are the diseases of inbreeding. Yet, with a combination of racial pride and fear, community leaders have obdurately resisted any intrusion.
"No conversions" was among the conditions laid down by the ruler of Gujarat who had given asylum to a group of Zoroastrians who fled religious persecution in Iran, and arrived on India's west coast.
A 1908 judgement in the Bombay High Court reiterated that "Parsi" is an ethnic entity restricted to the descendants of those Persian refugees, though logic may look askance at such racial purity maintained over a millennium.
The judges had added that the child of a mixed marriage could be included in this definition only when the father is Parsi. (One is born Parsi, but becomes Zoroastrian after the initiating "navjot" ceremony).
Scholars, liberals - and intermarried women - have protested such discrimination, and nullifying it would improve the numbers and refresh the gene pool.
But the argument has always been battened down, not just by the orthodoxy but the larger paranoia.
"Reform" is a dirty, even treacherous, word for reasons more self-serving than sacred.
Parsis fear that their envied communal legacy will be appropriated by "half castes". Intermarriage accounts for 38%, and is growing.
After centuries of rural facelessness, the Parsis flowered under British rule.
Their philanthropy came to be as fabled as their fortunes, many made from the opium "trade" with China.
Apart from spacious community housing, wealthy families endowed scholarships, hospitals and fire temples.
All these benefactions have become factors in the insistence on exclusivity since their trust deeds allow only Parsi-Zoroastrians to access them.
In 2012, the nodal Bombay Parsi Panchayat, which controls the vast trust funds, stated that a "poor Parsi eligible for subsidised housing is someone earning less than 90,000 rupees ($1,351; £916) a month"; the urban Indian poverty line is 870 rupees ($13; £9).
But the community has also been a victim of its wealth. Lavish charities doused the belly fire of the young, especially boys. Girls are uniformly well educated and scorn "unsuitable" grooms. Migration further queered the pitch.
One in every 10 women and one in every five men remains unmarried by age 50. Fertility rates have fallen below viable levels; only one in nine wholly Parsi families has a child under age 10.
In 2013, there were 735 deaths and only 174 births, a 13.43% drop from 2012. Even couples who can, don't have children.
In his speech at Udvada Utsav, popular actor Boman Irani joked about leaders urging him to help change this situation. "What am I to do? Barge into honeymooning couples' bedrooms and order productive action?"
Even India, loathe to lose such an exemplary minority, has pitched in.
"Jiyo ( keep living) Parsi" is a nationally-funded project begun in 2013 to encourage more births, including subsidised IVF treatments and grants. But it could be too little, too late.
Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, one of the two hereditary high priests of Udvada, has a refreshingly pragmatic approach.
"How can you say 'xyz is not allowed by our scriptures' when such situations didn't exist in those times. When parents ask my opinion on their daughter's decision to marry a non-Parsi, I only say, 'Is he a good man? Will she be happy?'"
It's Catch 22 for a proud community which has always punched above its weight.
Admitting the children of all mixed marriages would substantially improve the statistics, but will dilute, even destroy, a very distinctive ethnic identity.
In his provocative speech, Mr Khambata said, "You can't endeavour to save our ethnicity at the cost of our religion." Drastic choice, it seems.
But it had already been made by the Parsis' forefathers who had abandoned their age-old Persian identity and charted a bold, new course to preserve their ancient, enlightened Zoroastrian faith.
Bachi Karkaria is a Mumbai-based senior journalist | Udvada is an obscure hamlet in India's western Gujarat state which houses the holiest fire of India's Parsi community. |
Police found several weapons in their car including a shotgun, a rifle, "several hundred rounds" of ammunition and a hunting knife.
The men, who were due to compete in the finals, were named as 18-year-old Kevin Norton and 27-year-old James Stumbo.
They told police only that they had driven to the event from Iowa.
They have now been arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, as well as other firearms offences, Boston Police said.
Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, commander of the Boston Police District's Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis, praised the private security firm for working with the authorities.
And he went on to describe the arrested pair and their weaponry as a "very real threat".
"The BPD detectives and collaborating agencies did a great job in the stop and prevention of a potential tragedy," he said.
James Stumbo had posted a picture of the pair's car, with two guns on the boot, on Facebook at the start of the week.
The championships, which took place at the weekend, were by invitation only.
Top video and trading card players from more than 30 different countries take part in the annual tournament, competing for top prizes of scholarship money, trophies and merchandise.
Pokemon events attract over 400,000 entrants each year, according to the company behind the brand.
The franchise, which includes card trading and video games made exclusively for Nintendo consoles, has an enormous global following. | Two men have been arrested at the Pokemon World Championships venue in Boston, US, following a tip-off by the event's security staff. |
Preserved tree stumps were uncovered in Norway by a team including Cardiff University researchers.
Scientists believe the forest could help explain a 15-fold reduction in carbon dioxide levels at the time.
Dr Chris Berry said it showed what the landscape was like as "the first trees were beginning to appear on Earth".
The forests, found in Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, grew near the equator during the Devonian period (420 - 360 million years ago).
Dr Berry, from Cardiff University's school of earth and ocean science, said: "During the Devonian period, it is widely believed that there was a huge drop in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, from 15 times the present amount to something approaching current levels.
"The evolution of tree-sized vegetation is the most likely cause of this dramatic drop in carbon dioxide because the plants were absorbing carbon dioxide through photosynthesis to build their tissues and also through the process of forming soils."
The team found forests were mainly formed of lycopod trees, which grew about 20cm (8in) apart from one another and reached 4m (13ft) in height.
During the Devonian period, Svalbard was located on the equator before tectonic plates shifted and it moved to its current location.
The findings were published in the journal Geology on Thursday. | Researchers have unearthed fossil forests, thought to have been partly responsible for a huge change in the earth's climate 380 million years ago. |
More than 3,000 objects are now being installed into four galleries of decorative art, fashion and design and six of science and technology.
The new galleries represent the next phase of the £80m masterplan to transform the museum.
They will be completed in the 150th anniversary year of the Victorian building, which first opened in 1866.
Display space will increase by more than 40%, with 75% of the objects on display not having been seen for at least a generation.
The £14.1m project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Wellcome Trust and the Scottish government, with £7m of the costs being raised from trusts, foundations and individual donors.
Alongside the announcement of the opening date, National Museums Scotland launched the last phase of its fundraising appeal for the new galleries.
Edinburgh author, Alexander McCall Smith, who is a patron and long-term supporter of National Museums Scotland, said: "I love to write about Edinburgh.
"It is one of the great cities in the world - rich in history, architecture and culture.
"And the National Museum of Scotland, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, is a place which connects Scotland to the world and the world to Scotland through stories captured in thousands of remarkable objects.
"It's a place which has inspired me and, with the help and generosity of the public, can inspire many more people in years to come."
Gordon Rintoul, director of National Museums Scotland said: "We are now in the final phase of work as we progress towards opening our new galleries on 8 July.
"From Dunlop's first pneumatic tyre to cutting edge scientific discoveries from CERN, the fashion of Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, Dolly the Sheep and Picasso ceramics - we have something to appeal to everyone." | Ten new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland are to open on 8 July 2016, officials have revealed. |
The council had proposed to build an incinerator at Saddlebow, King's Lynn, but the project was scrapped earlier this year at a cost of £33m.
Labour council leader George Nobbs said the site would not be sold or rented to any company to build an incinerator.
The council is now to develop a strategy to recycle and reuse waste.
Mr Nobbs, who heads an alliance of Labour, Lib Dem and Ukip councillors supported by the Greens, said: "Land in different parts of the county would be set aside for waste disposal use.
"But there is no intention of building an incinerator anywhere in the county."
The scheme to incinerate waste from across Norfolk to generate energy and reduce the need for landfill was spearheaded by the county's former Conservative administration .
When the party lost control of the authority in 2013, councillors voted to withdraw from the scheme following delays in obtaining planning permission, due to the scheme being called in by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
The cancellation of the contract cost the authority more than £33m in compensation to contractors Cory Wheelabrator.
Conservative councillor Bill Borrett said the waste disposal issue in Norfolk was still not resolved and a solution had to be found that did not involve landfill.
The Conservative-run West Norfolk Council had opposed the incinerator plan and celebrated alongside the local protest group King's Lynn without Incineration when the project was abandoned. | Norfolk county councillors have voted to stop the sale of an axed waste incinerator site and ruled out burning as a future method of waste disposal. |
The 15-metre high ducky was designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman and has travelled the world, from Brazil to Taiwan.
The duck will float in Toronto's waterfront as part of a festival celebrating Canada's 150th birthday.
But the bill for the duck has some politicians squawking.
The 13.6 tonne toy will make its grand debut at Redpath Waterfront Festival on 1 July, before travelling across the province as part of the Ontario 150 tour.
But whimsy doesn't come cheap, and the Ontario government has chipped in C$121,000 ($90,000, £70,000) towards the Redpath Waterfront Festival, the government confirmed.
It is unclear how much the duck itself cost, or what portion of government funding is going towards the duck.
Ontario's Progressive Conservative leaders slammed the duck as a waste of taxpayers' dollars during question period on Monday, opining that government funding for the six-storey inflatable sculpture was "an absolute cluster duck" and "quack economics".
Calgary Conservative MP Michelle Rempel has also demanded to know what federal funding, if any, has gone towards the giant duck.
Not everyone is a duck-hater. Ontario's Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Eleanor McMahon said the duck was "fun and sort of quirky".
The duck was designed by Mr Hofman in 2007 and is billed as the largest duck in the world.
"We are living on a planet, we are one family, and the global waters are our bathtub, so it joins people," he said. | A giant rubber duck is coming to Canada, but not everyone thinks the idea is so spec-quackular. |
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The Portaferry woman underwent surgery almost exactly three years ago and it was a further 14 months before she was able to race again.
"It was a long tenuous road back to championship racing," said Mageean, 24.
"I was confident I was going to try but you can never be sure what the future is going to bring."
After bursting onto the Irish Athletics scene by winning a national indoor title as a 15-year-old in 2008, Mageean continued a remarkable junior career by winning silver medals at the 2009 World Youth Championship and 2010 World Juniors.
However after running an Olympic B 1500m standard in 2011, Mageean missed out on qualifying for London 2012 as the ankle problem began to inhibit her severely.
After splitting with her then Belfast-based coach Eamonn Christie in early 2013, Mageean, by now studying at UCD, linked up with former Olympian Jerry Kiernan a few more months shortly before undergoing her surgery in London.
"I had a fantastic group of people behind me with the staff of Athletics Ireland and physio Emma Gallivan and my coach Jerry Kiernan who took me under his wing just before my ankle surgery.
"Jerry would come to watch me training when I was only able to jog for about five minutes but he would make it his business to be there."
Mageean was greeted by a large crowd of family, friends and supporters as the Irish team returned to Dublin from Amsterdam on Monday morning.
The county Down woman was pushed to the front of the arrivals queue by Athletics Ireland's high performance manager Kevin Ankrom.
"Kevin said you have to go out first. I said 'OK'," laughed Mageean.
"I'm over the moon. It's not every day an Irish athlete comes home with a medal from a European Championship."
Mageean finished the race not realising that she was only the third Irishwoman to win a European championship medal, after the previous exploits of Sonia O'Sullivan and Derval O'Rourke.
"It's kind of dawning on me now but it probably won't hit me fully until I'm back in the house or having a chat with my coach."
After earning her first senior championship medal in Amsterdam, Mageean will now refocus for her Olympic Games challenge in Rio next month.
Before that, Irish fans will have a chance to see her in action at the Morton Games at Santry on 22 July. | European bronze medallist Ciara Mageean says her serious ankle injury did lead her to have doubts about whether she would build on a stellar junior career. |
Yet, at the same time, unbeknown to his team-mates, friends and coaches, the England flanker was committed to fighting another very different foe.
Moody was diagnosed with an inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis in 2005, but kept his condition secret while continuing to play top-level rugby.
Now retired, he wants to raise awareness of the Crohn's and Colitis UK charity which helps around 260,000 people in the UK with this type of disease.
He admits that his battle against colitis has been extremely difficult.
"In 2008 I had a really bad flare-up. I lost 10kg [22lb] of weight in about 10 days. I was losing blood, I felt awful and I just wanted to sleep the whole time.
"I couldn't leave the house. Getting out of the front door was a challenge in itself. The disease was making life really difficult."
By that stage, he had got used to rushing to the nearest toilet several times on the way to training and found himself regularly walking out of the tunnel at the start of a match, only to run back down it again to find the facilities.
Crohn's and Colitis UK
Moody even moved house to be closer to the training ground because of his feelings of urgency, which are common to sufferers of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Other symptoms can include diarrhoea, pain, anaemia, fatigue and sometimes inflammation of the joints, skin, liver and eyes.
When he did eventually talk to players and coaches about his condition, they already knew something was wrong, and he felt relieved to be able to talk about it.
Using medication, Moody had been able to keep his colitis under control but after years of taking painkillers and anti-inflammatories for rugby injuries he felt "like a walking medicine cabinet" - and stopped taking everything.
He decided to strip his diet right back to alleviate his symptoms, and then reintroduce different foods a week at a time to work out what his body could tolerate.
Eating oily fish and boiled chicken and carrots for an extended period wasn't pleasant, he says, but he did learn that cutting out red meat, dairy, spicy foods and caffeine meant he did not have to start taking medication again.
Since retiring from rugby in 2011, he has reintroduced some dairy produce into his diet without any problems.
"I'm lucky I managed to find a way to control it, but everyone has got their own way and their own regime," he says.
Manchester United footballer Darren Fletcher, who joined Moody to launch United for Colitis in aid of the charity Crohn's and Colitis UK, recently returned to playing for the club after a year out following surgery to help control his ulcerative colitis.
Everybody has a different form of inflammatory bowel disease, says Sarah Rogers from Crohn's and Colitis UK, and that is why it is so awkward to treat.
"If you're lucky, you can manage it on a diet alone - by avoiding foods that cause a flare-up. But if unlucky, you may need to take a form of anti-inflammatory for the rest of your life or have an operation. Even surgery is no guarantee of a cure."
Many people with the disease end up severely ill and housebound because they are petrified of having an accident. It can also have a significant impact on their work and social life.
Around 260,000 people are affected by Crohn's and colitis in the UK and there are up to 18,000 new cases a year. It is particularly common in developed countries.
New research is focusing on what could trigger the disease in individuals and on the role of bacteria in the gut.
At present, scientists think that both Crohn's and colitis are caused by a combination of factors including the genes we are born with, how our digestive systems react to bacteria in the intestine and a set of unknown triggers which could include viruses, stress and diet.
Moody is proud that, despite his debilitating illness, he never missed a game and still wanted to train.
"I've dealt with lots of injuries before and needed a determined mindset to get through them. With this, it was the same. I didn't want to let it beat me."
"I didn't want to be defined by it. It was just another hurdle to overcome," he says.
England's 'Mad Dog' knows no other way. | Former England captain Lewis Moody was given the nickname 'Mad Dog' during his rugby-playing days, such was his fearless commitment to club and country. |
Two helicopters, two lifeboats and six ships searched an area 27 miles south west of Newhaven, East Sussex.
The UK coastguard got a distress call at 18:30 BST on Friday that a member of crew had fallen overboard.
The man was not found. The coastguard said the search for him would resume if there were any new sightings.
Helicopters from Lydd and Lee-on-Solent and RNLI boats from Newhaven and Shoreham were sent to the scene and several merchant vessels joined the search. | A search for a crewman, missing overboard from a tanker in the Channel, has been called off after six hours. |
The 27-year-old seam bowler was recently released by Derbyshire after his contract there was terminated by mutual consent.
Carter moved to Derbyshire from Nottinghamshire on a two-year deal last September and took 20 wickets in 16 appearances across all formats.
He took 3-34 against Northants in the NatWest T20 Blast in May.
Carter joins a Hampshire side bottom of the table with just 86 points from 10 matches. | Andy Carter has joined County Championship Division One strugglers Hampshire until the end of the season. |
Goodwillie was allowed to leave Pittodrie on loan until the end of the season after Derek McInnes recruited Wales striker Simon Church.
McIntyre believes the former Scotland cap is a great fit for his side.
"He's a player I know well," McIntyre said. "He was a young boy at Dundee United when I was a player there."
McIntyre believes County's style of football will play to Goodwillie's strengths.
"He's got goals in him. I think he's improved his all round game as he's got older. He's got great strength, good awareness and I think the way we play will suit him.
"There's no doubt I think a partner, playing beside someone, I think his game suits that.
"When we found David was going to be available then it was a no brainer. To attract somebody like David is a fantastic bit of business for us."
Goodwille is not ruling out a permanent move to Dingwall but believes he has to demonstrate his ability and earn the opportunity.
"If I can do well here I can have that option of maybe staying a wee bit more permanent," he said. "I can't expect it; I need to do well to deserve it.
"I watched them progress over the last couple of years and under Jim McIntyre they've been great to watch. It's attacking football and I want to get involved in that.
"I just hope to show how good I can be for Ross County and help them progress up the league like I think they will.
McIntyre's desire to add to his strike-force was heightened by recent injuries to first-choice pairing Craig Curran and top-scorer Liam Boyce.
Boyce did make a substitute appearance in the 3-1 League Cup semi-final win over Celtic but the manager admits he's unclear when Curran will be ready for a return to action.
"Obviously lately with Liam Boyce and Craig Curran suffering from injury, then we were a wee bit light," said McIntyre.
"Craig is still struggling a wee bit in terms of trying to build up his immune system.
"We just felt that could be an ongoing process for the next month or so. Bringing Goodwillie here was the right thing to do."
Goodwillie is cup tied in both the League and Scottish Cup competitions so will miss the League Cup final next month and Saturday's match against Linlithgow Rose. | Ross Couty manager Jim McIntyre described the loan signing of David Goodwillie from Aberdeen as a "no-brainer". |
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The Brexit secretary was asked six times by the BBC's Andrew Marr about Philip Hammond's announcement - but said he was unable to reveal details of Cabinet discussions.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank has backed the proposal, arguing the current system had needed reform. But there has been criticism from Labour and the Liberal Democrats and more than a dozen Conservative MPs. | David Davis has refused to reveal whether the chancellor warned in advance that the Budget increase in National Insurance for self-employed workers amounted to the breaking of a Tory election pledge. |
The pride of lions was rounded up after a teenager was dragged from his village, killed and partially eaten.
Two other people have also been killed in the last two months, though officials say such attacks are rare.
The Asiatic lions, classed as endangered, are amongst more than 500 who live in Gir forest in Gujarat.
Gujarat's chief conservator of forests, J A Khan, said the lions were captured from an eastern part of the sanctuary, their last remaining natural habitat.
"Lions that have preyed upon humans will be analysed in detail, while the rest will be slowly introduced back into the wild," Mr Khan told the AFP news agency.
He added they would find the lions responsible for the killings by analysing their faeces for human tissue.
On Friday, a 14-year-old boy was dragged away by lions as he was sleeping in a mango orchard outside his home.
His father was injured when he tried to stop the attack.
In April, the lions killed a 50-year-old woman as she was asleep in a field, and a month earlier a 60-year-old was killed in his hut in the same village as the boy.
The Asiatic lion was listed as endangered in 2008, an improvement on a critically endangered listing in 2000, after numbers increased in the forest. | Forestry officials in India have caught and caged 13 Asiatic lions in western India after at least three people were killed by them. |
He was detained along with the TFF's secretary general Selestine Mwesigwa.
The duo were held overnight and face a second round of questioning on Thursday.
Bureau spokesperson Musa Misalaba added the pair will stay in custody until further notice as they are questioned.
The detention comes after a lengthy investigation by the bureau. Details of the specific allegations are yet to be made public.
Misalaba said the bureau is continuing to investigate other federation officials over similar allegations. | The president of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Jamal Malinzi, has been arrested by the country's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau. |
Dennis Young, 90, of Burton Stone Lane, York, denies committing the offences while teaching at Skegby Hall near Mansfield almost 60 years ago.
Nottingham Crown Court was told the abuse began in the 1950s when the pupil was 10 years old.
Mr Young denies seven charges of indecently assaulting a child under 14.
In a police video interview shown in court, the alleged victim said he was threatened and told that if he said anything he would be sent to a borstal.
He also said when he complained to the school's head he was told "not to be a silly boy".
When asked why he had taken so long to come forward, he replied: "To get it off my chest, I'm ashamed, I feel guilty as though it's my fault."
The trial continues. | A teacher at a residential approved school for boys "bribed" a pupil with sweets to keep him quiet about sex attacks, a trial has heard. |
Five people were immediately killed by the leak on Sunday, while another five died later in hospital, said local authorities in a post on Weibo.
Officials are investigating the cause.
China has tightened industrial safety regulations following a chemical blast in Tianjin that killed 140 people.
Local authorities named the company responsible for Sunday's leak as Zouping County Shandong Fukai Stainless Steel Company.
They added that the seven survivors were in stable condition.
The Tianjin blast in August decimated a large part of the city's port. The high-profile incident reignited nationwide concerns about industrial safety and proximity of industrial areas to residential districts. | A gas leak at a stainless steel factory in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has killed 10 people and poisoned seven others, authorities said. |
Adebayo Akinfenwa's 76th-minute strike appeared to have salvaged a point for the Chairboys after the striker's 12th goal of the season cancelled out Chris Dagnall's first-half opener.
But James' penalty three minutes from time secured the spoils for Crewe, who look a different proposition to the side which had limped on for 11 games without a win before their shock 5-0 demolition of Grimsby at the weekend.
Wycombe were bidding to reclaim a berth in the play-off places after losing 3-0 to Stevenage, but found themselves a goal down in controversial circumstances after just 10 minutes at Gresty Road.
Dagnall forced his way past Joe Jacobson to unleash a fierce drive which Wanderers' keeper Jamal Blackman parried under his bar. But referee Michael Salisbury conferred with his assistant before adjudging the ball had crossed the line.
Wycombe responded with Scott Kashket driving in a shot from distance, but failing to trouble Crewe keeper Ben Garratt.
Garratt was also safely behind Akinfenwa's header as the veteran striker latched onto Jacobson's free-kick.
Sam Wood should have done better when well placed in front of goal after the break, but the Wycombe midfielder fired his effort straight at Garratt.
Kashket was replaced by Garry Thompson up front, but Crewe continued to look the more likely scorers and on-loan midfielder Callum Cooke's volley had Blackman stretching to tip the ball over.
However, just as the home side were looking good value to increase their lead, Wycombe equalised.
Akinfenwa latched onto a ball pumped to the edge of the box and swivelled to dispatch a lethal finish into the bottom corner to level the scores 14 minutes from time.
But Crewe were not to be denied, and in the 87th minute Sido Jombati held back George Ray to concede what seemed a harsh penalty award and Jones blasted home from the spot.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Wycombe Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Wycombe Wanderers 1.
Foul by Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra).
Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Perry Ng replaces George Cooper.
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Will De Havilland (Wycombe Wanderers).
James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card.
Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2, Wycombe Wanderers 1. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty Crewe Alexandra. George Cooper draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Jamal Blackman.
Foul by Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra).
Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Jones (Crewe Alexandra).
Sam Saunders (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Alex Jakubiak (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sido Jombati with a cross.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Alex Kiwomya replaces Chris Dagnall.
Foul by Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra).
Dominic Gape (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Anthony Stewart.
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Saunders (Wycombe Wanderers).
Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers).
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Sam Saunders replaces Sam Wood.
George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra).
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Garry Thompson replaces Scott Kashket.
Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers). | James Jones struck a late penalty as rejuvenated Crewe made it back-to-back wins with a 2-1 victory over Sky Bet League Two play-off hopefuls Wycombe. |
The explosion happened at about 00:40 GMT on Sunday at a car dealership on the city's Cathedral Road.
Houses in the area were evacuated while army bomb experts searched the scene and examined the device.
Police said they believed the bomb was left at the dealership by a person carrying a backpack 10 minutes before it detonated.
Det Insp Will Tate said: "Today we are lucky that we are not dealing with a serious injury caused by this device and the reckless actions of the person or people behind it."
The security alert has ended and residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
Roads that were closed during the alert have now reopened, apart from a small section of the Cathedral Road. | A pipe bomb blast has caused damage to four vehicles in Armagh, police have said. |
"We believe Oscar Pistorius should be afforded due process and we will continue to monitor the situation closely," a Nike spokesman said.
It recently pulled ads that featured Mr Pistorius and the line, "I am the bullet in the chamber".
He also has deals with BT, Oakley, and Ossur, the Icelandic firm that makes his carbon-fibre blades.
Mr Pistorius, a Paralympic champion, denies the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He is in court in South Africa this week to press to be released on bail pending his trial.
On Wednesday, Clarins said that it would no longer run Thierry Mugler ads featuring Mr Pistorius "out of respect and compassion for the families involved".
The Paralympian was chosen as the face of the fashion firm's A*Men fragrance in 2011.
Another of Mr Pistorius' sponsors, a South African pay TV channel, pulled its TV ad campaign featuring the athlete recently.
Mr Pistorius won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
In London he made history by becoming the first double-amputee to run in the Olympics, making the semi-final of the 400m.
Nike was recently forced to end its long relationship with Lance Armstrong, who has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and finally admitted to doping after years of denial.
It recently signed up Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy as a new brand ambassador, making him one of the highest paid sports stars in the world. | US sportswear giant Nike has suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend. |
Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, was found shot dead in his car on 7 April in Wembley. He was believed to be a critic of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
At Camberwell Magistrates' Court, Khalid Rashad was accused of possession of an explosive substance and possession of ammunition for a firearm.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Harrow Crown Court on Monday.
Mr Rashad, 61, from Wembley, was charged on Friday in relation to the investigation which the Metropolitan Police said was "ongoing".
On 7 April, a 36-year-old man charged with Mr Arwani's murder was remanded in custody, to re-appear in court on 28 April. | A man has appeared in court charged with two offences relating to the death of a Syrian-born preacher. |
Stewards decided the Ferrari driver was "predominantly" responsible for a collision that caused Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg to spin and drop back.
Vettel has also been given two penalty points on his licence for the incident.
The four-time champion felt the clash was a "racing incident" but stewards said he had made a "small error".
The decision was made even though the stewards accepted Vettel's explanation he had not been going excessively fast.
They ruled that "although the cars involved in the incident were all going at relatively similar speed" Vettel should be punished because he had caused Rosberg to "lose multiple positions".
The Japanese Grand Prix takes place next Sunday at the Suzuka Circuit, 30 miles from Japan's third-largest city, Nagoya.
Vettel had been trying to overtake Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who used an expletive in calling the German "crazy", adding: "He smashed into Rosberg like an idiot."
After the race, Verstappen said: "I braked late but I was still behind Nico, and then Sebastian just dived up the inside, just went really deep and there was definitely no space for that and he T-boned Nico."
Rosberg said: "Oh, I just got T-boned by a four-time world champion out of control!"
Vettel said: "If anything I was braking the same point as him [Verstappen]. I was going side by side, he was squeezing me down to the inside. It's racing.
"I think both of us will make the corner, not a problem. Obviously Nico decided to take a different line, he's ahead, he's got nothing to do with it and doesn't have to bother what people are doing behind.
"I think there are two things that are wrong. First that Nico, without any blame, gets turned around. And second that I'm standing here and the race is still going on."
"Racing him is moving around, everybody knows by now," Vettel said.
"If you get squeezed to the inside your angle doesn't get any better for Turn One, and then it was, I don't know the word, it was quite bad, the angle.
"I was trying to do everything to turn and get the corner. I do get the corner no problem, I'm not braking too late. Nico obviously tries to cut back, I guess to fight Lewis. At that point we made contact." | Sebastian Vettel has been given a three-place grid penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix for causing a first-corner crash in Malaysia. |
The airline group reported a 5% fall in revenue to €6.22bn (£5.2bn) compared with the same period last year.
Air France also joined other European airlines in warning of the impact from the "high level" of geopolitical and economic uncertainties.
However, operating profit rose 138% to €317m, partly due to lower fuel costs.
"The global context in 2016 remains highly uncertain... resulting in an increasing pressure on unit revenues and a special concern about France as a destination," the airline said.
Air France-KLM's results were issued hours after a priest was killed by two armed men in France, adding to a spate of attacks in Europe that has affected demand for travel and coming on top of the aftermath of the Brexit vote.
Gerald Khoo, an analyst at Liberum, said the results were "not as bad as feared" as fuel savings had offset the decline in sales.
Air France-KLM shares rose more than 3% in early trading.
"The company posted a slight improvement in profit and its share price is responding," said Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital.
"But the Franco-Dutch carrier's warning today about the future of European air travel is a stark reminder that this is a sector under pressure."
The strike by Air France pilots in June also reduced profit by an estimated €40m.
A fresh week-long strike by flight crews from 27 July will see the airline cancel some of its domestic and medium-haul flights.
UK airline Flybe said repeated industrial unrest in France had weighed on its second-quarter results.
Flybe said passenger revenue increased 5% to £155.8m, despite a slowdown in airline growth and the problems in France, a market which accounts for 12% of its sales.
"The current outlook is very uncertain and we have limited forward visibility due to our late booking profile," Flybe said. | Air France-KLM has warned there is concern about "France as a destination" as recent terror attacks affected sales in the second quarter of the year. |
The Carrickfergus rider's hat-trick at last year's meeting took his tally of successes over the Triangle circuit to 15, level with the late Robert Dunlop.
"I will just do what I do every year - stay relaxed, enjoy the event and see if I can win some races," said Seeley.
"It would be great to break the record but it's not getting any easier."
The 36-year-old will be on board BMW machinery for the Briggs RAF Reserves team for the Superbike and Superstock races, but will switch to a Gearlink Kawasaki for the Supersport outings.
Seeley will hope to extend a remarkable record of having one at least one race at the international road race meeting for eight consecutive years.
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Among his main challengers at this year's event will be fellow British Superbike competitor, Peter Hickman, who will hope to make up for lost time after missing last year's races through injury, following an impressive debut in 2014.
Since then, the GB Moto Kawasaki rider from Lincolnshire has clinched maiden wins at the Ulster Grand Prix and Macau Grand Prix, as well as a success in the opening round of the 2016 BSB series at Silverstone.
Yorkshire's Ian Hutchinson will be joined on the Moneymore-based Tyco BMW outfit by Ryan Farquhar for the Superbike races.
Meanwhile New Zealander Bruce Anstey rides for the Padgett's Honda team for the sixth consecutive season and could add to his tally of 11 wins over the 8.97-mile course, with his best chances likely to come in the Superbike and Supersport classes.
Aside from Seeley, Northern Ireland's hopes of a home success in the four-stroke classes are headed by the Dunlop brothers, Michael and William, along with diminutive Fermanagh rider Lee Johnston, assuming he has recovered sufficiently from a crash at the recent Scarborough Spring Cup meeting.
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Michael and William boast four wins apiece at the seaside circuit, with Johnston having taken his third North West win last year thanks to a thrilling victory in the Superstock race.
Neither of the Dunlops managed to occupy the top step of the rostrum at any of the international road meetings last season, while Johnston went on to add a treble at the Ulster Grand Prix to his triumph at the North West.
Other English riders likely to figure prominently include 13-time winner Michael Rutter, Honda challenger John McGuinness, Dean Harrison, Ivan Lintin, James Hillier, Gary Johnson and Martin Jessopp.
Conor Cummins spearheads the Manx contingent, in the absence of the injured Dan Kneen who is replaced in the Mar-Train Yamaha team by former MotorGP star Jeremy McWilliams.
Austrian native Horst Saiger aims to become the first rider from outside the United Kingdom, Ireland or New Zealand to win a race at the North West.
KMR Kawasaki duo Farquhar and McWilliams will be among the favourites in the two Supertwins races, having clinched a win apiece 12 months ago.
Tuesday 10 May - Roads close from 09:15 BST to 15:00 BST for practicing
Thursday 12 May - Roads close from 09:15 to 15:00 for practicing and 17:00 to 21:00 for racing
Race 1 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 2 - Supertwins (4 laps); Race 3 - Superstock (6 laps)
Saturday 14 May - Roads close from 09:30 to 19:00 for racing
Race 1 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 2 - Superbike (7 laps); Race 3 - Supertwins (4 laps); Race 4 - Superstock (6 laps); Race 5 - NW200 Superbike (7 laps) | Alastair Seeley goes into this year's North West 200 with the aim of securing the one win he needs to become the most successful rider ever at the event. |
It means the Chelsea boss will have to appear at an employment tribunal unless there is an out of court settlement.
Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after Mourinho said she was "naive" for treating Eden Hazard during a draw with Swansea.
Her lawyers are already suing the club for constructive dismissal.
The legal papers are expected to be served on Mourinho this week as part of separate, but connected, claims against him and against the club.
The doctor's lawyers said neither she nor they could comment as the legal proceedings are active, while Chelsea have also not commented on the case.
The individual legal claim against Mourinho of victimisation and discrimination means Carneiro's lawyers are alleging he was instrumental in Carneiro's apparent demotion.
The incident in question occurred on 8 August, the opening day of the Premier League season, when Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were called on to the pitch during Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Swansea to treat midfielder Hazard.
Chelsea were already down to 10 men after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off, and with Hazard having to leave the field after being treated despite appearing not to be badly injured, the team were temporarily reduced to nine men.
Mourinho was widely criticised for his comments but was cleared of using discriminatory language by the Football Association.
Carneiro revealed she had not been spoken to personally during the investigation, nor asked to provide any statement, however, the FA said she was given an opportunity.
The handling of the case has also been criticised by the Women in Football network group and FA independent director Heather Rabbatts.
The FA's chief executive Martin Glenn and head of governance Darren Bailey are to be questioned about the handling of the case by the governing body's Inclusion Advisory Board later this month.
The IAB's chair Heather Rabbatts is also under investigation by the FA for her comments.
Mourinho has come under increasing pressure on the pitch this season, with the reigning champions 15th in the Premier League table having lost six out of 11 matches. | Jose Mourinho is to be the subject of individual legal action from former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro. |
The 20-year-old, who has been with the Robins for four years, signed his first professional deal in 2015.
The former Hereford loanee missed much of the 2016-17 term with a knee injury.
"I want to make up for the last couple of years and get back playing. I am very grateful to the gaffer and the medical team. I really want to repay them now," Page told the club website. | Cheltenham Town winger Adam Page has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club. |
The 20-year-old former Blackburn player joined the Cherries in July, initially as part of the under-23 squad.
But following a pre-season appearance against Valencia, Mahoney is hungry for a chance in Eddie Howe's senior side.
"I've always wanted to play in the Premier League - once I've ticked that off, I can make new goals," he said.
Mahoney played 21 games for Blackburn last season, but made his English Football League debut aged 16 for Accrington in August 2013.
Interest also came from Nottingham Forest once his contract at Rovers had expired, but Mahoney admitted Bournemouth's passing style influenced his decision to join on a four-year deal.
"It's a massive step up from where I've been playing," he told BBC Radio Solent. "But, when you play with better players, you raise your game.
"I've got to be bright, intelligent and quick on my feet to play for Bournemouth. Some of the passing drills I've done in training so far have been unbelievable.
"You've got to be a good player, but also quick in the brain too." | Bournemouth winger Connor Mahoney wants to make his Premier League debut as quick as he can as he settles into life with the top-flight club. |
"FREE. TAKE A SELFIE WITH VAN GOGH. (Look-alike)," it read.
It was 10:00, and Butterworth could see few people at the National Gallery of Victoria, which is holding Australia's largest-ever exhibition of the Dutch painter's works.
But after one person came forward, his offer "went crazy".
"I had tiers of people lining up to take a selfie with me. I was getting hugs from random strangers," he said.
Butterworth posed for 147 selfies in just over 90 minutes, at which time his phone battery went dead. Participants ranged from children to the elderly.
He said he got the idea after being constantly told that he resembled the 19th Century post-impressionist, who famously cut off his own ear while enduring mental illness before dying in an apparent suicide aged 37.
"I'd underestimated the love that people have for van Gogh," Butterworth told the BBC. "I know he's clearly popular, but there's something about his tragic story that people really connect with."
The idea was partly frivolous - "I just happened to look like van Gogh" - but it also carried a message.
"We live in the age of selfie and celebrity, and van Gogh is now more a celebrity than he is painter, so I thought it was a perfect combination of those concepts," he said.
"I just thought I'll just turn up and offer everyone the chance to take a selfie."
The Australian artist is not the first to enjoy time as a van Gogh lookalike.
Last year, an actor from Dorset, UK, won a global competition called "I am Vincent" to find the "world's most accurate" likeness.
Daniel Baker was chosen by renowned Canadian author and artist Douglas Coupland out of 1,250 entries from 37 countries. | Australian artist Matt Butterworth feared a long day when he dressed up as Vincent van Gogh, travelled to Melbourne's finest gallery, and posted a sign outside. |
Black, who was convicted of murdering four young girls across the UK, died in Maghaberry prison last month.
The detectives were in Northern Ireland last week to question Barry McCarney who is serving life for the murder of 15 month old Millie Martin in 2009.
They questioned McCarney twice over three days, for four hours each time.
After Black's death in January, McCarney told prison authorities that the paedophile had confessed several murders to him.
Although Black was convicted of four child killings, he never admitted any of them.
Timeline of Robert Black's killings
The only crime which Black admitted to was the abduction of a girl in his native Scotland when he was caught red-handed.
The BBC understands Black and McCarney became close while they were both housed in Maghaberry prison's hospital wing.
Black is suspected of at least 12 other unsolved child murders, including that of Genette Tate in Devon in 1978.
She disappeared while riding her bicycle on her newspaper round. Her body has never been found.
Detectives from Devon and Cornwall Police were close to charging Black with her murder when he died.
The force, however, has not confirmed if the detectives who visited McCarney came from there.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, a former RUC detective who said he found the crucial piece of evidence which helped convict Black of Jennifer Cardy's murder has been speaking to the BBC.
He said he found a petrol receipt which proved Black was less than a mile from Jennifer's house on the day she disappeared.
That was 16 years before Black stood trial for Jennifer's murder and a delay which the former officer said was unacceptable.
"We went to the headquarters at Shell at Worthenshaw and it was there we sat in the room with monitors and we were looking for Robert Black's signature coming up where he had got petrol.
"Whenever we found the receipt that he was only less than a mile from McKee's Dam on the Hillsborough Road where he got petrol.
"We were able to tie him down that he was in Northern Ireland at the time Jennifer Cardy went missing." | Claims that serial child killer Robert Black confessed several more killings to a prisoner in Northern Ireland are being examined by English police. |
Grealish, 20, who represented the Republic at youth level, has chosen to play for the country of his birth.
"It was a difficult decision for him - he's been nurtured by the FAI at youth levels," Kilbane told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I'm disappointed because he would have been a great addition to the squad."
Birmingham-born Grealish turned down a place in the Republic squad in May.
Ex-midfielder Kilbane, who won 110 caps for the Republic between 1997 and 2011, added: "He decided himself that he wants to play for England and I respect him for it.
"He would probably have been the Ireland team now. Unfortunately it's not to be from Ireland's point of view.
"Hopefully for him he'll go on and have a successful career with England."
Born in Preston, Kilbane said he rejected the chance to play for England at youth level.
"I would rather have had one cap for Ireland than 100 for England," he said.
"I grew up wanting to play for Ireland. I knew from an early age - I'm very different from Jack in that respect."
Grealish, who made his first Villa appearance in May 2014, impressed last season and helped them reach their first FA Cup final for 15 years. | Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish's decision to play for England is a "bitter pill to swallow" for the Republic of Ireland, says former international Kevin Kilbane. |
"Despite the short-term dip, the fundamentals in Scotland remain as they were. There have been no material shifts in customer, competitor or consumer dynamics."
And now the important bit: "The region remains, from an economic perspective, one of the most attractive LAD geographies in Western Europe."
LAD? To marketers, it's a Long Alcoholic Drink. To you and me, it's beer or cider. And in this case, the C&C company in Ireland is talking about its valuable and fizzy Scottish asset, Tennent's.
These have been tough years for the company that grew rapidly with its Magners cider brand, and bought Tennent's in 2009.
Bulmer's fought back and others have crowded into the market. Magners (confusingly, it's sold as Bulmer's in Ireland) had helped redefine cider drinking over ice, but lost its novelty and edge and seems to have had less marketing presence.
The decline in market share continues. In its home market, volume was down 16% last year and revenue by 13%.
In America, where it bought Vermont's Woodchuck cidery - the country's biggest production plant in a young sector of the US LAD market - it has been squeezed by regional and craft "hard ciders" and by the return of alcoholic root beer.
"Directionally, this is a trend that should further premiumise the category," according to the hideous marketing jargon. (Directionally!?)
That probably means that consumers might be getting used to paying a bit more for a drink.
But for Magners, "emerging premiumisation" is emerging only slowly. A distribution deal with Pabst Brewers should help get it back towards American growth, and could see it sell these brands in the US. America's a big market, but sometimes a surprisingly hard one to crack.
Tennent's, for instance, has gone back into the US market, having been a big seller there long before Prohibition. To do so, it had to honour the state-restricted distribution deals it had from back then.
And to demonstrate how nationalistic beer drinking can be, Budweiser has rebranded itself 'America', at least for this summer.
Tennent's can lay some claim to be Scotland's national drink of choice. But it's taken a knock following the change in drink-drive limits at the end of 2014.
And remember last summer's rotten weather? It didn't do much for the nation's thirst.
On-trade outlets saw beer volumes in Scotland fall 4% in the year to this February, total volumes were down 6%, and revenue by nearly 7%. Operating profit was down 11%.
This, we're told, is in line with the rest of the market. Worst hit have been rural bars, along with community and sports clubs. Either people were previously pushing the alcohol limit, or the advice for drivers to cut down to no drink at all has been more effective than the brewers would like to admit.
With that hitting sales throughout last year, the current financial year provides a new base from which there's some optimism that Tennent's can start growing again. Hence, the observation that the fundamentals haven't changed.
Tennent's is now distributed alongside C&C's newer offerings - notably Belgian-style Heverlee lager. Sales of that in Scotland were up 21%. In Northern Ireland, they were up by nearly twice as much.
The joint venture in craft brewing in Glasgow's Drygate has already reached capacity.
But distribution has been another glitch in the most recent C&C figures. The company bought a big Scots drinks distributor, Wallace Express, and now admits that integrating it into the business has been more problematic than expected.
Meanwhile, the foreign market for Tennent's is quite healthy. Sales in the year to February were up 34%. Some of this is in exports, and there's a push into brewing overseas.
Just as many foreign-sounding beers on British shelves and bars are brewed in not-so-exotic locations such as Burton-on-Trent, Tennent's is being brewed in India by that country's division of the San Miguel empire.
Scotch whisky may take the lead in exporting "in the alcohol space" (directionally?) but there's an appetite for other brands that bring Scottish provenance.
And although small by the standards of brewing giants (and they are truly giant), C&C is pushing into more markets. Asian sales last year were up 66% (there's a recent deal with San Miguel to distribute in Thailand), continental European sales by 11%, and it was the first year in the Nigerian and South African markets. (Laager lager?)
Back in Blighty, one sign that cheers C&C is that the big retailers are rationalising not only their range of stores but also the product range on the shelves.
They are tapping into the market for niche, regional beers and ciders, along with niche spirits.
Asda this week announced it is stocking Tullibardine whisky and Edinburgh Gin (an independent company this week opening a refurbished distillery in Leith, with a doubling of capacity and big export growth).
But if that process is squeezed by supermarket chains cutting down on their range, C&C hopes it has the stronger brands and better value for retailers with which to see off the upstarts.
It has, meanwhile, been doing its own rationalisation. A hard market for "hard cider" is bringing hard luck to the olde Gaymer's cider mill workers of Shepton Mallet in Somerset.
This is a drink that is symbolic of south-west England, yet production has shifted to Ireland and more than 100 jobs are being pulped - all except the handful kept on to pulp locally-grown apples.
There's also something called Chaplin & Cork's, described by those marketers as "a boutique Somerset cider".
Boutique!? Just wait until they invite Glaswegians to try a "bijou can of Tennent's Extra". | Here are some words which may have you bursting with pride, or despair: |
The episode of Don't Make Me Laugh, which sees comedians discuss topics without causing the audience to chuckle, went out on 21 April.
It included the subject "The Queen must have had sex at least four times."
The BBC received over 100 complaints and apologised the following day.
After presenter David Baddiel introduced the subject, panellists - including comedian Russell Kane - made sex-based jokes about the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh that the BBC Trust ruled were "personal, intrusive and demeaning".
In its findings, the trust stated "the offence felt was compounded by the date of the programme's transmission", but added it would be "hard to imagine circumstances in which this broadcast at any time or on any day would not have given rise to significant unjustified offence".
In apologising for the show, a BBC spokesman said: "We never intended for the scheduling of the programme to coincide with The Queen's birthday and are sorry for the offence caused by its timing and content."
He added that BBC Radio 4 comedy was "a broad church and often pushes boundaries".
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | A BBC Radio 4 show broadcast on the Queen's 90th birthday that included jokes about her sex life was in "serious breach" of editorial guidelines, the BBC Trust has ruled. |
People were left without tickets after paying to go to the festival on the Isle of Wight earlier this month.
More than 900 people have joined the "Stresstival" Facebook page, with many claiming to be out of pocket.
Ben Hyland-Ward, 18, from Brighton, was arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation and released on bail.
Sussex Police revealed the latest number of complaints as they renewed an appeal to anyone else who may have been a victim to come forward.
Bestival was held between 10 and 13 September and featured Duran Duran, The Chemical Brothers and Missy Elliot as its headliners. | More than 150 complaints have been received by police investigating an alleged ticket fraud for the Bestival music event. |
Both Ireland and Afghanistan were granted Test status by being awarded full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week.
"To be honest there are so many pieces of the jigsaw," said Deutrom.
"We are probably somewhere between not wanting to wait years for our first Test match versus making sure we have the appropriate sense of occasion."
The two countries were voted in unanimously to become the first newcomers since Bangladesh in 2000 and take the number of full ICC members to 12.
Ireland have been playing as associate members since 1993 and have recorded famous victories over Pakistan, England and the West Indies in that time.
Deutrom said last week they were hoping to play England in a Test match at Lord's.
But scheduling a first match may take some organising and Deutrom believes it could prove difficult to arrange around the other nations' full schedules.
"Another consideration is that we are ready to play our first Test match as we haven't played a five-day game yet.
"History would suggest that new full members play their first Test, at home, against a big nation within a year.
"But I know how much busier the full members are with their own schedules so trying to find a gap within 12 months in an already-congested schedule is incredibly difficult.
"We are going to do our best, we will have as many conversations as possible, but I can't put any members on the spot, although quite a few have been generous to say 'let's have a conversation'.
"I don't want to express disappointment if no-one is available because I know how packed those schedules are."
With most Test-playing nations having fixtures planned, it could be that Ireland make their bow against fellow newcomers Afghanistan, with neither Deutrom nor his Afghan Cricket Board counterpart Shafiq Stanikzai ruling out that possibility last week. | Ireland may have to wait beyond 2018 to make their Test debut, their chief executive Warren Deutrom has warned. |
"We must be allies in this business," she said as she accepted the Vanguard award at Saturday's Glaad Media awards.
"We can't say that we believe in each other's fundamental humanity, and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each other's existence."
German film-maker Roland Emmerich was also honoured at the Los Angeles event.
Washington, who plays a political fixer in TV's Scandal and was seen as a slave in Django Unchained, began her address by admitting she "might be preaching to the choir".
But she said she would carry on "because on Monday morning, people are going to click a link to hear what that woman from Scandal said at that award show."
The 38-year-old, who was honoured by Glaad (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for being an "ally" to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community, said she was often told by black people that they objected to gay marriage.
"The first thing that I say is, 'Please don't let anybody try to get you to vote against your own best interests by feeding you messages of hate,'" she told an appreciative audience at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
"And then I say, 'You know, people used to say stuff like that about you and your love,'" - a reference to previous US legislation, now overturned, that banned interracial marriage.
The actress also called for "more LGBT representation in the media... more LGBT characters [and] more employment of LGBT people in front of and behind the camera."
Emmerich, the openly gay director of Independence Day, received another special award at an event that also brought recognition for Transparent, the Amazon-produced series about a transgender parent.
The Imitation Game, about WWII code-breaker Alan Turing, received the outstanding film award, while legal drama How to Get Away with Murder was named outstanding drama series.
There was also recognition for musical TV series Glee, which Glaad said "consistently introduced groundbreaking LGBT characters and storylines" over the course of a six-year run that came to an end last week.
A full list of winners can be found on the Glaad website. | Scandal's Kerry Washington has called for unity in the support of equal rights at an awards event promoting the gay community in the media. |
Barcelona's 12th successive league win was launched by an own goal from Juan Rodriguez before Munir El Haddadi headed in from Messi's cross.
Neymar converted a Messi pass before Messi fired home to make it 4-0.
Neymar got his second from another Messi pass six minutes after the break before Arda Turan hooked in the sixth.
Second-placed Atletico Madrid beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-0 later on Saturday to reduce Barcelona's advantage back to eight points as Luis Enrique's side closes in on a successful defence of their title.
Relive Barcelona's comfortable win
Arsenal face a near impossible task to turn around a 2-0 deficit when they go to Barcelona for the second leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League on Wednesday.
And any hopes they had of Barca having to extend themselves here were soon extinguished.
The European champions barely had to break sweat in a glorified training exercise against a team that has now lost eight of its past nine games, leaving plenty in the tank to face the Gunners.
They were also able to give Luis Suarez the afternoon off - Barca's top scorer an unused substitute.
In his absence, Messi and Neymar took their combined total for the season to 61 goals, though Messi once again missed from the penalty spot.
Barca may not be brilliant at the back, but once again their defence was not tested and it is hard to see their prolific strikeforce failing to boost their tally against Arsenal.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique: "This is a unique team, different to the rest and which does things that make it seem like there is nothing the opponent can do.
"It is a great pleasure to be in this position."
Getafe coach Fran Escriba: "We didn't have a chance. The game was lost from 2-0."
Match ends, Barcelona 6, Getafe 0.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 6, Getafe 0.
Corner, Getafe. Conceded by Claudio Bravo.
Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
Aleix Vidal (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Moi Gómez (Getafe).
Arda Turan (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Bernard Mensah (Getafe).
Attempt missed. Bernard Mensah (Getafe) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
Corner, Getafe. Conceded by Sergi Roberto.
Corner, Getafe. Conceded by Marc Bartra.
Attempt blocked. Yoda (Getafe) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moi Gómez.
Foul by Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona).
Víctor Rodríguez (Getafe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Attempt saved. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Substitution, Getafe. Bernard Mensah replaces Wanderson because of an injury.
Foul by Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona).
Emi (Getafe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Álvaro Pereira (Getafe).
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Moi Gómez (Getafe).
Attempt missed. Moi Gómez (Getafe) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wanderson.
Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Gerard Piqué.
Attempt saved. Moi Gómez (Getafe) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wanderson.
Attempt missed. Wanderson (Getafe) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Álvaro Medrán following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Neymar.
Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Samper replaces Andrés Iniesta.
Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Jeremy Mathieu.
Goal! Barcelona 6, Getafe 0. Arda Turan (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gerard Piqué following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Álvaro Pereira.
Substitution, Getafe. Moi Gómez replaces Pedro León.
Substitution, Getafe. Víctor Rodríguez replaces Stefan Scepovic.
Goal! Barcelona 5, Getafe 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
Pedro León (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pedro León (Getafe).
Attempt missed. Arda Turan (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Attempt missed. Yoda (Getafe) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wanderson. | Lionel Messi scored one goal, made three and missed a penalty as Barcelona beat lowly Getafe 6-0 to briefly go 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. |
The Surrey town's centre was closed off for several hours on Monday as emergency teams tackled the blaze on the Renshaw Industrial Estate.
Fire crews stayed at the scene overnight and investigators are still waiting to assess where the fire started.
Part of the High Street remained closed on Tuesday but Surrey Police tweeted that the road had reopened.
Surrey's Assistant Chief Fire Officer Steve Owen-Hughes said crews were still in attendance on Tuesday, more than 24 hours on from the blaze.
A structural engineer was also at the scene.
"At the moment the cause isn't known and it's going to be quite difficult until we can get closer in to determine the actual place where the fire started and possibly the cause as well," he said.
Firefighters had spent the night damping down and were there with a "watching brief", he added.
A number of businesses in one unit on the industrial estate in Mill Mead had been completely destroyed, he said.
Repairs had been carried out on gas and electricity supplies and the telephone network, and the focus was now on the industrial unit where the fire started, he added.
"As soon as it's safe to do so, we'll allow businesses to get back in there and keep on trading," Mr Owen-Hughes said. | Roads have fully reopened after a fire on an industrial estate in Staines. |
Over the past two years, the authorities have jailed writers, closed cultural centres and cancelled events.
Many Egyptian writers, intellectuals, and artists had supported the protest movement against Morsi, which culminated in his removal by the military.
Commentators say convictions on charges such as "indecent dancing" and "contempt of religion" suggest that the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wants to behave as a guardian of "public morals", in the same way as Morsi and his Islamist supporters did when they were in power.
The BBC asked the culture ministry for a response. The ministry declined to comment on individual cases but said it planned to propose changes to the law "to protect creativity".
In February, the author Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for "violating public decency" after "sexually explicit" excerpts from his novel, The Use Of Life, were published in a state-run literary magazine, Akhbar al-Adab.
"The current government, which came after removing its Islamist predecessor, wants to prove through harsh means that it is not against religion or morality," Naji's lawyer, Mahmoud Othman, told the BBC.
Mr Othman, who works with a local group advocating free thought and expression, described the legal term of "indecency" as vague and elastic.
However, Samir Sabry, a lawyer who brought the case against Ahmed Naji, wished the court had "handed him a harsher sentence".
"I challenge those who claim this novel is a creative piece of art to give a copy to their wives or daughters, if they dare... The novel is decadent and contradicts all standards of behaviour," he said.
"If freedom of expression exceeds its limits, it then turns into obscenity and impropriety," Mr Sabry added.
Fatma Naoot, a prominent secular writer and poet, did not expect to be convicted for a Facebook post in which she expressed an opinion against an Islamic ritual.
In January, Ms Naoot was sentenced to three years in prison for contempt of religion, after she described the Muslim tradition of slaughtering sheep on Eid al-Adha as a "massacre". The sentence was upheld by another court in March.
"There is a contradiction between President Sisi's enlightened vision and what is happening on the ground," Ms Naoot, herself a supporter of the current government, told the BBC.
"The cultural community and writers are in a state of anticipation and fear," she said.
Her conviction was supported by some conservative Muslims.
Fouad Abdel Moneim, a professor of religion and philosophy at Cairo's al-Azhar University, told Al-Ghad Al-Arabi TV: "All of those who attempt to incite sedition in society, particularly in issues related to religion, become subject to the law. What she [Fatma Naoot] did was inappropriate. She even did not apologise for what she said."
The charge of contempt of religion was frequently used by the Egyptian authorities in 2015, making it a "record" year for religion-related trials, according to human rights researcher Ishak Ibrahim.
The measures taken against arts and culture have also included the unexplained closures of cultural centres and banning of artistic events.
In December, "administrative officials" raided the Townhouse, a non-profit art gallery that has been operating in central Cairo for 18 years.
According to Townhouse's manager, Yasser Grab, the officials told his staff that although they had committed "no violation", the centre would still be shut down.
An affiliated theatre, called Rawabet, was also closed.
In 2014, an arts festival known as El-Fann Midan (Art is a Square) was denied a security permit. The event, launched after the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, aimed to bring to the street the arts that were revived by the popular revolt.
"The security bodies are just afraid of all gatherings, even peaceful and entertaining ones," event organiser and poet Zein al-Abidine Fouad said.
In 2015, two Egyptian belly dancers, known as Bardis and Shakira, were sentenced to three months in jail - reduced from an original six months' sentence - for "inciting debauchery" and "broadcasting obscenities".
One grassroots rights group, Daftar Ahwal, reported that there were 59 prosecutions in 2015 for "sexually-arousing dancing" and 10 for "objectionable" literary and art works. The figures could not be independently verified.
This comes in the bigger context of a perceived crackdown on personal freedoms, particularly sexual freedom.
A researcher for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Dalia Abdel Hamid, described the number of arrests for alleged debauchery as "unprecedented", with at least 200 cases in relation to homosexuals and transsexuals since 2013.
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The England all-rounder, who has been involved in heated exchanges with West Indies star Marlon Samuels, feels officials can jump in "too early" and make "a situation out of nothing".
Stokes told the BBC: "We're trying to win a game here playing for our country, so give us a bit of leeway."
England's vice-captain for the one-day series in Bangladesh also claims some fans want players to sledge each other.
"They like to see passion and desire to win, so I think there could be a bit more lenience towards stuff like that, definitely," the 25-year-old told Stumped, the World Service's weekly cricket programme.
Stokes and Samuels have clashed several times on the field of play.
Samuels taunted Stokes by saluting him as he left the pitch after the England man was dismissed in a Grenada Test in 2015.
The pair then confronted each other when West Indies overcame England in this year's World Twenty20 final.
Stokes, who has played 25 Tests for England and 44 ODIs, has also been caught verbally abusing South Africa batsman Temba Bavuma.
You can hear more from England and Durham all-rounder Stokes on this week's Stumped podcast, which is available from Saturday. | Umpires are too quick to clamp down on sledging, says Ben Stokes. |
Mohammed Haji Sadiq denies committing 15 child sex offences over a 10-year period.
Mr Sadiq, from the Cyncoed area of the city, taught Koran Studies at the Madina mosque between 1976 and 2006.
Cardiff Crown Court heard he "took advantage of his position".
He is accused of eight offences of sexual assault of a child under 13 by touching and seven offences of indecent assault.
The allegations involve four girls and are said to have taken place between 1996 and 2006 at the mosque, then situated on Woodville Road in the city.
The court heard the girls were aged between five and 11 at the time of the alleged offences.
The jury heard Mr Sadiq would touch the girls in intimate places.
Prosecuting barrister Susan Thomas said one of the alleged victims was told to lay face down on the defendant's lap, while he touched her bottom.
When interviewed by police the defendant said the allegations were made for political reasons within the mosque and that other allegations were for "financial motivation".
Mr Sadiq has had no involvement with the mosque since 2006.
The trial is due to last up to 10 days. | An 81-year-old man who taught at a Cardiff mosque created a culture where physical punishment "was the norm", a court has heard. |
Mark Adair pointed a replica pistol at Helen Baillie as she was getting ready to close Menstrie Filling Station on 28 December last year.
The 32-year-old entered the shop wearing a balaclava and escaped with £100 from the till.
He denied the charges, but was found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred.
Adair's distinctive red Honda Civic was caught on CCTV travelling to Menstrie and driving away from the Clackmannanshire village following the raid.
Ms Baillie told the court Adair had pointed a black handgun, which appeared to be real, at her and demanded money and the keys to the safe.
She said: "He told me to get the keys or he was going to shoot me. I kept saying I didn't know how to do it.
"He pointed the gun at me and said to me that he knew where I stayed, he knew where my family stayed and he was coming back to shoot me."
A jury took less than an hour to find Adair guilty of assaulting and robbing Ms Baillie. He was also convicted of possessing an imitation firearm.
Lord Jones deferred sentence until next month for background reports.
Police launched a "long and thorough investigation" into the robbery, titled Operation Torres, and arrested Adair at the end of January.
Det Ch Insp Jim Smith said the probe had utilised resources from across Police Scotland.
He said: "By committing this brazen crime, Adair put his victim through an appalling experience.
"He showed no regard for her wellbeing, and used an imitation weapon to purposefully frighten.
"Thankfully crimes of this nature remain rare but when do occur, Police Scotland will not be tolerate them and we will use all our resources to bring those responsible to justice." | A masked raider who threatened to shoot a petrol station worker has been convicted of assault and robbery. |
Barnes made his first-team debut as a substitute in the Foxes' 5-0 Champions League defeat by Porto in November.
The 19-year-old also made four appearances for Leicester's Under-21 team in the EFL Trophy this season.
"He carries the ball really well from a central-midfield position and he's really hungry and energetic," Dons boss Robbie Neilson said.
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