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Desmond D'Mello's alleged failings include reusing dirty gloves on different patients and failing to decontaminate dental instruments. Some 22,000 former patients of his Nottinghamshire practice were recalled. He is now seeking voluntary "erasure" from the General Dental Council (GDC) register. Source: General Dental Council The GDC has not yet made a decision on his application and Mr D'Mello continues to be suspended while he is investigated. A GDC document states the case against Mr D'Mello is "serious" and his alleged cross infection failures were "wide ranging, persistent and are described as wilful". "He allegedly placed his patients at risk, including children and the elderly," the document states. Thousands of his former patients have been tested for blood borne viruses, and five tested positive for hepatitis C. One of his patients, Amy Duffield, died shortly after treatment, but a coroner concluded her death was not connected to the treatment. Mr D'Mello was first registered to work in December 1977 after qualifying from a dentistry course in Manchester. Concerns about him were raised after his associate dentist covertly filmed him from 3 to 6 June last year. The recording suggests Mr D'Mello was failing to implement what the GDC describes as "appropriate cross infection control". As well as reusing dirty gloves and not decontaminating dental instruments, Mr D'Mello's alleged failings include not wiping down surfaces between patients, and placing dirty instruments on patient record cards before reusing them. He was suspended for 18 months on 27 August 2014. A review hearing was held on 10 July and the committee decided his suspension should continue until 26 February 2016. Officers on the Gold Coast tourist strip raided the home just after Christmas, seizing hydroponic cannabis from a locked room. Police held the family at the house for five hours while they were questioned. The family told the BBC they were asked not to enter the room, which had been blocked with a bookcase, because it was undergoing renovations. The sound of water rushing through pipes raised their suspicions, but they did not try to enter the room. Jacquie Young and her partner Dieter Winkler were expecting extended family to arrive at the house when eight plain-clothed officers carrying guns and crowbars arrived at the front door. "I think we'll be able to laugh about it soon, but at the moment I'm still a bit annoyed because we were so looking forward to the holiday," Ms Young said. Officers told Ms Young and Mr Winkler that the wiring in the room was "dodgy" and could have caused a fire at any moment. "A week late I'm still absolutely gobsmacked that people can be so aware of what they're doing and so selfish ... but putting people's live at risk is a really despicable act," she said. "My middle son was really shell shocked, he just wanted to come home. It was quite frightening." A 40-year-old woman is expected to face court in February. Airbnb confirmed the family was refunded A$1800 ($1261; £860) and offered reimbursement for their alternative accommodation. "While incidents like this are incredibly rare, we take them very seriously... There is absolutely no place for this sort of activity on Airbnb and this property has been banned," a spokesperson for the lodging website said in a statement. Mekki, 25, played 59 times for Rovers across two seasons, scoring four goals. Former Crystal Palace youngster Gregory, 22, joined Cambridge last summer but made just two appearances as he deputised for Will Norris. Meanwhile, winger Louis Dennis, 24, has penned a new Bromley deal after scoring seven in 25 games this term. The 33-year-old aggravated a recurring foot injury during a pre-season training session on Friday. He will miss the first four to six weeks of the 2017 campaign. "I'm looking forward to getting back onto the playing field as soon as possible and contributing to a successful team," Azharullah said.

A dentist whose alleged poor hygiene sparked the "biggest recall in NHS history" has volunteered to stop working in the UK. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An Australian family was caught in a police sting after unwittingly renting a drug house through Airbnb. [NEXT_CONCEPT] National League side Bromley have signed ex-Tranmere winger Adam Mekki and goalkeeper David Gregory after his release by Cambridge United. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Northamptonshire pace bowler Muhammad Azharullah has been ruled out of the start of the County Championship Division Two season.

In recent years, airlines looking for cost savings have reduced the sizes of seats and cut the amount of passenger legroom, among other changes. Passengers have often complained about the increasingly cramped quarters. Some flights have been disrupted after disputes broke out among passengers because of seating arrangements. "It costs you an arm and a leg just to have room for your arms and legs," said Senator Chuck Schumer, who sponsored the amendment, which was attached to a broader aviation bill. Many airlines now charge passengers if they want more legroom. Under the legislation, airlines would have been barred from further reducing the "size, width, padding and pitch" of seats. It also addressed legroom and the width of the aisles. Airline companies opposed the bill saying the measure was attempting to "re-regulate" the industry. The amendment failed 42-54 with all but one Republican voting against the legislation. Stores will close in Arizona, Kansas, New York, Utah, and Missouri. Macy's operates 840 stores in 45 US states under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's names and has approximately 175,000 employees. The retailer also said holiday sales rose 4.3% compared to the same period last year. But it lowered its forecast for 2014 sales growth to around 2.8%. Macy's said the job cuts and store closures will save $100m per year and it forecast a profit for this year which was well above analysts forecast. Macy's boss Terry Lundgren said in a statement: "We have identified some specific areas where we can improve our efficiency without compromising our effectiveness in serving the evolving needs of our customers". Shares rose more than 5% in after hours trading after the announcement. Overall, US retailers posted their lowest holiday sales growth in four years, according to ShopperTrak, a research firm. Many retailers, including Wal-Mart and Target, were forced to slash prices to lure shoppers through their doors. Retail sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas rose 2.7% compared to 3% last year, according to ShopperTrak and the total number of US consumers walking into stores declined 14.6% amid growing online sales. Macy's rival JC Penney said it was "pleased" with its holiday sales, but did not provide any details, which disappointed investors and shares tumbled 10%. But the Argyle boss, who has led his club to next Monday's League Two play-off final, says any move to a structure that has five divisions made up of 20 teams must be looked at carefully. "There's no doubt from a coaching point of view having 38 games rather than 46 is beneficial to a manager," he said. "But it's not beneficial to the revenue of a football club." He added to BBC Sport: "They're going to miss out on four home games, so to speak, so that's where it becomes a wee bit difficult." Under the proposals, which were unveiled by the Football League last week, an additional division would be created if 90% of the organisation's 72 clubs agree to the plans at the 2017 annual meeting. If they go ahead there would be no relegation from the current League Two in the 2018-19 season and eight teams would join from the National League.

Legislation that would have set minimum standards for passenger space aboard commercial aeroplanes has failed to pass in the US Senate. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Retailer Macy's said it will cut 2,500 jobs and shut five stores as part of a reorganisation plan. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams says plans to expand the Football League will be beneficial for managers.

The duo will lead their respective Ireland and England line-ups which fight it out for the Sean Kyle Cup in the team competition in Dublin. McCormack's fellow Irish Olympian Kerry O'Flaherty will also be in action. Irish duo Mick Clohisey and Mark Christie will hope to ward off the English challenge in the men's event. McCormack and O'Flaherty are joined in the Irish women's team by Laura O'Shaughnessy and Catherine Whoriskey and Claire McCarthy while Steel's England team-mates include 2016 Great Bristol Half Marathon winner Jenny Spink. Over 8,000 runners will race in the meeting which includes a Great Ireland 5K event in addition to the two main 10K races, which will double as the Irish National Championships for the distance. Last year Great Ireland Run event director, former Irish international athlete Gareth Turnbull came up with the idea of incorporating a team match into the event to pay tribute to the renowned coach Kyle, who formed a remarkable partnership with his wife, the three-time Olympian Maeve Kyle at the Ballymena & Antrim club. The team component saw an Ireland line-up which included McCormack, lifting the inaugural Sean Kyle Cup, as they defeated a Commonwealth select. The mixing of the sport's grassroots and elite athletes is something that would have delighted Ballymena athletics doyen Kyle, who died after a long illness in November 2015. Clohisey represented Ireland at the marathon in last year's Olympics but Christie's personal best for the distance of 29 minutes and 20 seconds suggests he could be the leading men's home hopeful, although his team-mate Kevin Dooney has clocked 29:10.13 for 10,000m on the track. Sergiu Ciobanu, in some eyes a controversial omission from last year's Irish Olympic marathon team, is also down to race in the Phoenix Park. This year's English Cross County silver medallist Alex Teuten is in an England squad which also includes sub-30 minutes 10K men Graham Rush, John Beattie and Daniel Cliffe. Sunday's event will again honour the memory of late Ballymena & Antrim athletics club great Sean Kyle. Cork and fellow midfielder Ki Sung-yueng believe there was an improvement despite their 2-0 FA Cup exit at Hull. Cork said: "He [Clement] has given us a bit of confidence. You could see we played some good stuff at times and it's looks like we're trying to go in the right direction." "I think the players have the confidence back," Ki added. Cork contends that even in Clement's first game in charge after succeeding American Bob Bradley and replacing caretaker Alan Curtis, Swansea looked a better team. Abel Hernandez opened Hull's scoring and Josh Tymon struck late on to send Hull into the fourth round. "We were comfortable really and just unfortunate that we conceded a late goal that finished the game off for us," said Cork. "We're trying to impress the new manager, we're really trying to impress the fans, trying to make up for the first half of the season. "Everything felt a lot more organised. Everyone knew their position to be in. We'd been working on it all week." Ki highlighted Clement's background, where he has worked alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, before taking over at Liberty Stadium. "He knows football very, very well and has experience in a big club so he knows how to improve ourselves as a team and as individuals," said Ki. "As we go through the season I think we'll get much better than you saw at Hull. "And then hopefully we will go back to the philosophy we used to play, the passing and moving and maybe there is more to come."

Fionnuala McCormack is likely to battle for the women's win at Sunday's Great Ireland Run with another ex-European cross country Champion Gemma Steel. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Swansea City's Jack Cork says new head coach Paul Clement has boosted the Premier League strugglers' confidence.

On Monday morning zookeepers found one Humboldt penguin lying dead in its cage and two others missing, police spokesman Marco Mueller said. It is the latest in a string of mysterious incidents at Dortmund Zoo. Last month a sea lion was found dead with a smashed skull. In August three pygmy marmosets were stolen. Mr Mueller says it is not clear whether the incidents are linked. Police are trying to determine whether the penguins were targeted by thieves. A post-mortem examination is being carried out on the dead bird, the zoo said. Security at the zoo has been stepped up. Called Megavirus chilensis, it is 10 to 20 times wider than the average virus. It just beats the previous record holder, Mimivirus, which was found in a water cooling tower in the UK in 1992. Scientists tell the journal PNAS that Megavirus probably infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that are floating free in the sea. The particle measures about 0.7 micrometres (thousandths of a millimetre) in diameter. "It is bigger than some bacteria," explained Prof Jean-Michel Claverie, from Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. "You don't need an electron microscope to see it; you can see it with an ordinary light microscope," he told BBC News. Viruses cannot copy themselves; they need to invade a host cell if they want to replicate. Like Mimivirus, Megavirus has hair-like structures, or fibrils, on the exterior of its shell, or capsid, that probably attract unsuspecting amoebas looking to prey on bacteria displaying similar features. A study of the giant virus's DNA shows it to have more than a thousand genes, the biochemical instructions it uses to build the systems it requires to replicate once inside its host. In the lab experiments conducted by Professor Claverie and colleagues, in which they infected fresh-water amoebas, Megavirus was seen to construct large trojan organelles - the "cells within cells" that would produce new viruses to infect other amoebas. "Everything is initiated from a single particle, and then grows and grows to become this virion factory," explained Prof Claverie. "That's why it needs all these genes." Megavirus was found off the coast of Las Cruces, central Chile. It was recovered as part of a general trawl in the ocean for biology of interest. "This is a new way of doing virology," said Prof Claverie. "Previously, we only discovered viruses because they caused disease in humans, or animals and plants. But now we are initiating what might be called environmental virology and we are looking for viruses everywhere. "You just go to lakes, seas and oceans and pick up the water, and then you filter it, and try to rescue the virus by co-cultivating it with some potential host." More generally, there is interest in ocean viruses because they have a major influence on populations of plankton, the microscopic organisms that form the base of many marine food chains. And when they kill plankton, viruses are also helping to regulate the planet's geochemical cycles as the dead organisms sink into the deep, locking away their carbon for aeons. Prof Claverie said the megavirus would not be hazardous to humans. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk

Police in the German city of Dortmund are investigating the death of one penguin and the disappearance of two others from the local zoo. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The largest virus yet discovered has been isolated from ocean water pulled up off the coast of Chile.

Selsey Academy in West Sussex suffered "extensive structural damage" and much of its contents were destroyed. The school said it hoped to announce alternative arrangements for its 453 pupils on Thursday afternoon. Head teacher Tom Garfield said he was dedicated to keeping schooling in Selsey "in the short and long term". The Academy is the only secondary school on the Manhood peninsular and the nearest similar school is understood to be eight miles away in Chichester. Mr Garfield told BBC Sussex he did not know how much of the building would be useable. He said electronic pupil records were being restored from a cloud-based storage system but it was "difficult to tell what remains of written records". He was consulting its sponsor, the Kemnal Academies Trust, the school's insurers, the Department for Education and West Sussex County Council. West Sussex Fire and Rescue said the first 999 call came from a roofer to say a partition on the roof was alight. Strong winds blew embers on to adjacent buildings as the fire took hold. Deputy chief fire officer Gavin Watts said: "There was little that could be done to stop it spreading so quickly and it is a sad sight to see such a local asset so badly damaged. "We were able to prevent it spreading to all parts of the school, however, and I'm particularly pleased there were no injuries reported. "I'm also glad we were able to protect the neighbouring properties including the thatched houses that are part of Selsey's appeal." The party's leader confirmed talks were underway about how to respond to criticism he made of Plaid's general election campaign. He said Plaid spent too much time talking about Scotland and failed to convince voters to switch from Labour. Ms Wood said Plaid needed a "united front" if it was going to be successful at next year's assembly elections. She told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme: "I would expect, and all of those candidates would expect, none of our number would undermined that collective work. "So there's discussions on going about this, but certainly if we are to be successful in presenting ourselves as a successful government in waiting ahead of next year's election then we need to present ourselves as a united front." Asked whether he would be de-selected, she added: "I am not judge and juror and executioner. I'm the party leader and these matters are for the party." It was "no secret" that she and Lord Elis-Thomas had disagreed, but Plaid members had "plenty of opportunity" to debate the party's policies and strategy, she said. Lord Elis-Thomas - the AM for Dwyfor Meirionnydd and former leader - is understood to have angered some in his party with his comments.

A blaze that engulfed a secondary school was "most likely" an accident caused by a workman maintaining its roof, the fire service believes. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Leanne Wood has said dropping Dafydd Elis-Thomas as a Plaid Cymru candidate is a decision for the party, not her.

Staff at Wingham Wildlife Park stepped in after the baby bird's mother had to leave the egg because the father refused to help her incubate it. The two male Humboldt penguins, Jumbs and Kermit, were given the egg, which hatched a month ago. Park owner Tony Binskin said: "These two have so far proven to be two of the best penguin parents we have had yet." Jumbs and Kermit were first seen pairing up in 2012, leaving two females without mates. "Whilst it was nice to see two of our birds pair up, it actually meant that we were left with not two but four birds unable to reproduce within our collection," Mr Binskin said. The species is thought to be declining in number, and the park brought in two new males for breeding. But each time female Isobel lays an egg, her partner Hurricane refuses to sit on it. Mr Binskin's wife Jackie said Hurricane was a "very inconsiderate partner who is happy to get Isobel pregnant", then "seems to think that his job is done". An egg from the pair was given to Jumbs and Kermit last year, but failed to hatch. Isobel laid another egg in March, but was again forced to leave it to find food. It was given to Jumbs and Kermit, and hatched on 12 April. There have been previous reports of exclusive male-to-male pairings among penguins, and some have reared chicks. Mr Binskin said: "Whilst pair bonding often results in no result other than eliminating those two animals from the breeding population of that species, in captivity it can have greatly positive effects. "We are still very much starting our breeding efforts with this species, and this is only our second year of breeding, but having such good surrogate parents available should we need them is a huge bonus for us." Fifa says the Football Association will breach its rules if England sport red poppies on their shirts as Fifa regards it is a political emblem. The Royal British Legion has urged Fifa to think again and says the red poppy is a symbol of hope and remembrance. England play Scotland at Wembley on 11 November in a World Cup 2018 qualifier. Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain, Paul Parker, who lives in Saffron Walden, said: "Some Quakers will be wearing red poppies and some will be wearing the white poppy, for peace, some will wear no poppy and some will be wearing both. "It is something we very much feel is an individual's choice. "We have to be careful not to let the red poppy become a symbol of national pride. It is the symbol of remembrance, it is about the horror of war and we should make sure it stays that way. He said he would "love it" if one of the players wore a white poppy. "The important thing is that they themselves have the choice about whether or not the red poppy is a symbol they want to wear." Fifa, world football's governing body, prohibits political, religious or commercial messages on shirts. English FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn said players from both sides would wear black armbands carrying the poppy symbol - traditionally used to remember those who died during World War One - "as a point of principle".

A same-sex penguin couple are rearing a chick after it was abandoned by its parents at a zoo in Kent. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The head of Britain's Quakers says the England football team should decide for themselves whether to wear a poppy in the World Cup qualifier with Scotland.

The centre, which was proposed by former rugby player and coach Ben Harvey, will allow elite athletes to train in sports from rugby to surfing. Planners recommended it be rejected because of concerns about its community value and the loss of green space. But the Planning Committee approved it on the condition it was made available long-term for everyone in the island. Only 40% of the centre is earmarked for schools and sports groups to use while the rest will be a private members-only gym. However, Mr Harvey said it was aimed "primarily at the children of the island", with schools getting free access to the facility and to staff. It will be built next to the rugby club in St Peter. The 39-year-old left-armer played 22 Tests for England, also winning the ICC World Twenty20 title with them in 2010. He also won five County Championship titles, three with his native Yorkshire and two with Nottinghamshire. "There's a tear in my eye whenever I think about not playing professional cricket again - a game that's given me so much over the years," he said. Sidebottom, whose father Arnie also played for Yorkshire and won one Test cap in 1985, has taken 1,028 wickets in all competitions, including 737 in first-class cricket. Born in Huddersfield, he began and will end his career at Yorkshire, either side of a spell at Nottinghamshire between 2004 and 2010. "I've always tried to play with a smile on my face and give 110% because I absolutely love this sport," he continued. "It's been an honour to represent my home county, Yorkshire, play for my country and help make history at Nottinghamshire. "I couldn't have asked for better team-mates and they've helped me become the cricketer I am today." After making a wicketless Test debut against Pakistan at Lord's in 2001, Sidebottom had to wait six years for a second chance. His most successful series came in New Zealand in 2008, when his left-arm swing bowling captured 24 wickets at an average of 17.08 - including a hat-trick in the first Test at Hamilton - in a 2-1 England victory. He never played against Australia during his Test career, but took 2-26 against them in the 2010 World T20 final as Paul Collingwood's side became the first - and so far only - England team to win a global International Cricket Council limited-overs tournament. He retired from international cricket later that year. Meanwhile, Yorkshire pair Liam Plunkett and Alex Lees have been added to the MCC team for the champion county match against Middlesex, starting in Abu Dhabi on 26 March. Plunkett replaces injured team-mate Matt Fisher, while Lees comes in for England opener Haseeb Hameed, who has withdrawn from the squad to undergo sinus surgery.

Plans for a multimillion-pound sporting academy have been approved in Jersey, against planning advice. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Yorkshire seamer Ryan Sidebottom has announced he will retire at the end of the forthcoming county season.

Karen Davis is accused of disorderly behaviour and will appear at Port Pirie Magistrates Court at a later date. In a statement, police said: "The woman's actions were the same as someone flashing their genitals and the expectation is that we take action. "It isn't appropriate for anyone to expose themselves... Our community should be able to expect decency." Davis was quoted in a local newspaper on Monday saying she looked at Google Maps "a lot" and wanted to feature on Street View. "I got to tick something else off my bucket list. I met Sam Newman and now I am on Google Maps," she told the Adelaide Advertiser. "There was no child harmed in the making, my children don't have to go to therapy because of it, I didn't give any old man a heart attack — that I'm aware of. "I spoke to my 19-year old son before and he thinks it's funny as, my children don't have a problem with it at all. "I'm going to try and go to court with a straight face and try not to laugh - I think it is a bit hilarious because it is so low scale in the criminal world." Google has now pixelated the whole of Karen Davis' body in Street View. The photos were taken two months ago. Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Davis said people in her local community have been calling her a "bad mother" and "pure filth". "They are narrow-minded people who are not happy with their own bodies," she said. She also said that she has a friend in the UK and she thought it would brighten up his day if he saw the image online. "If he looks on there he will smile," she said. Davis says she plans to do a topless skydive for her 40th birthday next year. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube The militant Hezbollah movement said it had detonated a large explosive device beside armoured vehicles patrolling the disputed Shebaa Farms area. Lebanese media said the retaliatory shellfire hit the village of Wazzani. Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah were heightened by the killing of a prominent militant in Syria last month. Hezbollah vowed to hold Israel to account for the killing of Samir Qantar in a missile strike in the capital Damascus. Israel's government welcomed news of his death, but did not confirm it was responsible. An Israeli military spokesman said two armoured vehicles, one of them a bulldozer, were targeted in Monday's attack on a road in the western Mount Dov or Shebaa Farms area, a tract of land between the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria. No soldiers were killed in the attack but that there were injuries, a military source told the BBC. Lebanese media reported that shells fired by Israeli artillery in response hit Wazzani and nearby areas, and that there were reports of injuries. Hezbollah subsequently declared that a cell named after Qantar was behind the bombing. "The martyr leader Samir Qantar group detonated a large explosive device on an Israeli patrol in the Shebaa Farms... which destroyed an Israeli vehicle... and injured those inside it," a statement said. Following Qantar's death, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah said it reserved "the right to respond to this assassination at the time and place of our choosing". Qantar, a Lebanese Druze, spent almost 30 years in prison in Israel for a notorious attack in which four people were killed, but was released in 2008 in an exchange with Hezbollah. He later joined the Shia Islamist movement and at the time of his death was involved in "resistance" against Israel's occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights. Ruth Elizabeth Cocker, from Birdwell, was taken to hospital where she later died. The crash happened at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday on Sheffield Road at Hoyland Common. Three other people in the car, an 82-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

A woman from South Australia has been reported after she was photographed flashing a Google Street View car. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A bomb attack on an Israeli army vehicle close to the Lebanon border has drawn a response from Israel, which shelled Lebanese territory. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An 85-year-old woman who died after the car she was in crashed into a wall in Barnsley has been named by police.

Mr Choudary, 48, from Ilford, east London, was bailed last Friday when he appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh Prison. A judge said Mr Choudary had found someone to stand surety of £15,000. At an earlier hearing he indicated he would plead not guilty to the charges. Another man, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, is also accused of inviting support for so-called Islamic State (IS). He remains on remand but has been granted bail in principle on the same conditions, should a suitable individual be identified to offer surety. Both men have already spent months on police bail following their arrest last September. They were remanded in custody after being charged in August. The charges against Mr Rahman, from Whitechapel, also in east London, and Mr Choudary relate to social media activity between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015. Mr Rahman has also indicated he denies the charge. Mr Choudary and Mr Rahman are due back in court for a plea and case management hearing on 11 December, with a provisional trial date set for 11 January 2016. The trial is scheduled to be heard by a High Court judge and is expected to last three to four weeks. The child, who apparently could not swim, was paddling in The Lagoon on the Western Esplanade in Southend just before 18:00 BST on Wednesday. He wandered into a 2m-deep section and struggled to keep afloat before disappearing under the water. Essex Police has appealed for his rescuer, who jumped in fully clothed to pull him to safety, to come forward. Sgt Ian Hughes said: "There is no doubt that he saved the boy from drowning and deserves to be recognised for his quick-thinking and bravery. "Unfortunately he left the scene soon after the rescue because his own son wanted to go on a ride at Adventure Island. His clothes were soaking wet but he wanted to make sure his son had that ride." The boy, from Peckham in south London, was checked by paramedics and was found to have made a full recovery.

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary, who is awaiting trial for allegedly encouraging support for the Islamic State group, has left prison after being granted bail. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A six-year-old boy was saved from drowning in a seafront lagoon by a stranger, police have said.

In May it was revealed 26 former residents of the Beechwood home in Mapperley, Nottingham, had been awarded a total of £250,000 in compensation. The city council said the claims were settled without an admission of liability but confirmed there were a "significant number" of other claims. Now it has emerged these relate to 12 other care homes and secure units. In 2010 Nottinghamshire Police launched Operation Daybreak, an investigation into allegations of abuse at Beechwood from the 1960s to 2000. By last year this had widened to include four other homes in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Now Nottingham City Council has confirmed compensation claims have been received in relation to 13 centres. Nottinghamshire Police said it was actively investigating five homes with another four facing no further action. The disclosures follow a BBC Freedom of Information request. Officers also confirmed 10 men had been arrested with seven released with no further action; two on bail and still being investigated on suspicion of rape and that one man had since died during its investigation over rape allegations. (Key: *Compensation claims, +Under police investigation) Former resident Mickey Summers is at the centre of a campaign to reveal what went on. He has already been told his records were destroyed in the late 1970s. He said: "I feel disgusted and let down. I believe the police weren't interested. It's the same old thing, they think a little boy crying wolf and associate kids in children's homes with attention seeking. "I feel like they've abused me for the last 10 years. I want someone made accountable. I don't care if individuals are deceased. Make someone corporately accountable. It's about justice and getting final closure." Mr Summers complained to Nottinghamshire Police more than a decade ago but claims he was not taken seriously - a decision which will be reviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. A city council spokesman said they were trying to help Mr Summers get to the truth and had conducted an extensive search for his records and their destruction was due to the lack of rules on keeping files at the time. But they said they had apologised and were still trying to help him piece together what happened. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) records showed there were 17.4 million overseas visitors to London in 2014, up 3.5% on the previous year. The boom has continued since the city hosted the Olympics in 2012 with restaurants, hotels and attractions benefiting most. Last year visitors pumped £11.8bn into the economy compared to £11.5bn 2013. The diverse range of exhibitions and events on offer in London from Henri Matisse: The Cut Outs at the Tate Modern to Sherlock Holmes at the Museum of London were huge crowd-pullers. Events to mark the 100th anniversary of World War One had a major impact on visitor numbers both from home and abroad. The number visiting military exhibitions rose by 22% to 3.6 million. More than five million visited The Tower of London's Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, and HMS Belfast also had three million more visits. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "These terrific new figures confirm that record numbers of tourists are spending record amounts of dosh in our amazing city. "Our status as the number one destination in the world is surely beyond any doubt and with incredible attractions like the Rugby World Cup heading our way, we look forward to welcoming many thousands more visitors to London." Gordon Innes, chief executive of London & Partners, which runs www.VisitLondon.com, said: "Royal occasions, like the arrival of Princess Charlotte, combined with London's heritage attractions, are expected to attract many more millions from the UK and abroad."

An investigation into abuse at a children's care home has been widened to include other establishments. [NEXT_CONCEPT] More tourists visited London last year than ever before according to the latest official figures.

Much of that North American revenue was down to the Walt Disney studio, which released such blockbusters as Finding Dory and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Captain America: Civil War, another Disney release, is ranked third in the list of 2016's highest US earners. According to Variety, the record was broken due to "more expensive tickets". It predicted that attendance figures, when calculated, would be "essentially flat". Captain America: Civil War was the year's highest grossing release globally, having made $1.15 billion (£936 million). That put it ahead on Box Office Mojo's list of 2016's overall highest worldwide grossers. Finding Dory was the first animated film to top the list of US and Canada top grossers since Toy Story 3, another Pixar sequel, topped the chart in 2010. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. It carried out observations at 60 sites in five areas of England and 30 locations in Scotland last October. Overall, the DfT found 1.1% of drivers holding a mobile in their hand compared with 0.5% with a phone to their ear. Van drivers used their phones the most, with 2.7% falling foul of the law. Legislation was introduced in 2003 making it illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving or riding a motorcycle. Drivers may be issued with a fixed penalty notice, resulting in three penalty points on the driving licence and a fine of £100. If a case goes to court, they face disqualification and a fine of up to £1,000. The use of hands-free phones is permitted but a driver can still be stopped if police believe they are distracted. The DfT says the purpose of its surveys in South East England, Manchester, Newcastle, Durham, Norfolk and Scotland was to "assess compliance". Observations were made of drivers of cars, vans, taxis, lorries, buses, minibuses and coaches between 07:30-12:00 and 13:30-18:00 on weekdays. Some locations were surveyed again at weekends. The DfT said: "A distinction was made between drivers holding the phone to their ear (indicating that the driver was receiving or making a call) or holding it in their hand (indicating that the driver may have been receiving or making a call, texting or reading a text, or using it for some other interactive function)." It acknowledged that "it was not possible for observers to determine what the mobile phone was being used for". However, it said the finding "suggests that most mobile phone usage whilst driving was for the purposes of sending or receiving a text or using social media rather than making a call". Among car drivers, 1.4% were found to be using a mobile. Although 2.7% of van drivers were using a phone, most (1.9%) were holding it to their ear rather than in their hand. Only 1.2% of goods vehicles and lorry drivers were on a phone, with bus, coach and minibus drivers having the lowest usage rate at 0.4%. Officials spotted 1.7% of male drivers using a hand-held mobile phone, compared to 1.3% of females. The DfT said the proportion of car drivers in England observed using a mobile was about the same as in 2009, when a previous survey was carried out. Transport minister Robert Goodwill said: "No phone-call is worth risking an accident. This research shows that the problem isn't just drivers making phone calls, it is their use of phones to text or use the internet. "While this only provides a snapshot, it is an interesting insight that will help inform future policy. We will keep further deterrent measures under consideration." A survey commissioned by ministers in Northern Ireland last year suggested 1% of drivers were using a mobile. There has been no similar research in Wales.

Box office takings in the US and Canada topped $11.4 billion (£9.28 billion) in 2016, smashing the $11.1 billion (£9.03 billion) record set the previous year. [NEXT_CONCEPT] People who use their mobile phones illegally while driving are more likely to be sending texts or using social media than making a phone call, the Department for Transport says.

The former England youth internationals have both previously worked under manager Lee Clark at Blackpool. They have have signed for the Ayrshire club, who currently sit second bottom of the table, until the summer. Both were free agents, with Henshall, 22, last with Ipswich Town, and Addison, 27, with Peterborough United. Addison, who can play in defence or midfield, spent six years with Derby County before three years with Bournemouth. He also has turned out for Barnsley, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United and Blackpool on loan. Having joined Peterborough in November, Addison scored on his debut against Barnsley, but he made only two more appearances for the League One outfit, his last being on 2 January against Sheffield United. Henshall joined Manchester City in 2010 after starting his career at Swindon Town as a youth, During his four-year spell with City, he went out on loan to Chesterfield, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich Town before joining the Portman Road club on a permanent deal in 2010. However, he made only five appearances for the Tractor Boys and last played a first-team game in January 2015, when he suffered a knee injury that cut short a loan spell with Blackpool. Donegal manager Rory Gallagher has confirmed that the Kilcar man is training on his own and did not confirm any return date for the 2012 All Star. "At present he is not in the squad," Gallagher told Donegal Sport Hub. "He is working on his own individual strength and conditioning programme under our supervision," said Gallagher. McHugh was included as part of Gallagher's squad for the McKenna Cup campaign but did not play against Down on Sunday. It is not known whether he will play any part in the county's Football League Division One campaign, which begins on Saturday 30 January. McHugh was part of Donegal's 2012 All-Ireland winning team but opted out of the panel following the 2014 League campaign, heading to America for the summer. His last game for the county was last summer's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat by Mayo. Donegal will face St Mary's at Letterkenny on Sunday in their next McKenna Cup game.

Kilmarnock have signed defender Miles Addison and winger Alex Henshall to assist their efforts to retain their Scottish Premiership status. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Mark McHugh's involvement with the Donegal squad for this season appears in doubt after it emerged that he is not training with the county panel.

The bonds will pay a fixed gross rate of interest of 6.50% a year until 2022. Interest will be paid semi-annually. The minimum initial investment is £2,000, and the bonds can be bought and sold in multiples of £100 after that. Wasps plays in the Aviva Premiership at the 32,600-seater Ricoh Arena in Coventry, after moving there from Adams Park, High Wycombe, in December 2014. Wasps owns and operates the Arena, which - as well as the sports stadium - also includes a concert venue of 40,500 capacity which hosts major acts. The stadium complex also includes a 6,000 sq m indoor facility that can host up to 12,000 people, as well as a casino, two restaurants, a 121-room hotel and more than 20 retail, food and beverage outlets on site. It bought Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), the owner of the Ricoh Arena, last autumn and in the four months since December has seen attendances triple to an average of 18,569 per match. There has been a parallel growth in hospitality sales, as well as healthy conference and exhibition sales, while a number of high-profile sponsorships have also been signed. The club's group chief executive David Armstrong said the bond would be tradable on the London Stock Exchange's Order Book for Retail Bonds. He added: "The move to the Ricoh Arena was transformational for Wasps and our new home provides us with multiple income streams and the opportunity to create one of the UK's premier sport, business and entertainment complexes, while offering sponsors and partners the exciting opportunity to get involved with the new second home of English rugby. "This is another step in achieving our aim of creating a long-term sustainable business model." Wasps Finance plc is a special purpose vehicle that has been set up for the purposes of issuing the bonds. The Bonds will be guaranteed by the two key operating companies, Wasps Holdings and Arena Coventry Ltd, including the Ricoh Arena. Interest will be paid on 13 November and 13 May in each year with the investment due to be paid back in full on 13 May 2022. Trading in the bonds is earmarked to start on 14 May 2015. More than 60 people were wounded in the blasts, mostly civilians, police said. The blasts happened in Aino Mina, an elite housing development on the outskirts of the city. It is thought families were dining nearby. No group has so far said it carried out the attacks. Earlier this month a roadside bomb in Kandahar province killed at least 10 civilians. The attack comes a day after a suicide attack in the capital, Kabul, killed 15 people including two US soldiers. Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor, told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the bombings appeared to have targeted a police vehicle in the Aino Mena area, catching some officers but mostly civilians. "There were two vehicle IEDs [improvised explosive devices]," he told the AFP news agency. The Kandahar provincial media centre said the attack happened at 19:30 (15:00 GMT) and that many children were among the severely injured. Correspondents say the Aino Mina development was conceived in 2002 and built by investors including President Hamid Karzai's businessman brother Mahmoud Karzai. Most international troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and Afghan forces are due to take responsibility for the security of the whole country in the next few months, for the first time since 1992.

Leading English rugby union club Wasps is launching a seven-year bond as it looks to raise between £25m and £35m. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two car bombs have killed at least nine people in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

Chaplin, famous for his comic roles in black and white silent films, would book into the Newton Hotel in Nairn with his family later in his life. The hotel has been put on the market with an asking price of about £4.5m plus VAT. The former baronial mansion has 63 bedrooms and 21 acres (8ha) of grounds. Borko Ilincic, 33, is accused of being involved in the spectacular 11m euros ($15m; £9m) robbery of a jewellery store in Dubai in 2007. Spanish police said he was arrested as he tried to leave a hotel in a Madrid suburb in a rental car. He was carrying a false Bosnian passport, though police said his real nationality is Serbian. The Pink Panthers are an international band of jewel thieves, many of whom hail from the Balkans, who are known for their daring robberies and burglaries. Interpol says the gang has stolen over 330m euros ($450m; £270m) of jewellery since 1999, and is linked to 340 robberies in 35 countries. Many of the robberies took place in the French Riviera, but the gang has also struck as far away as Dubai, Tokyo, and London. The Pink Panthers were given their name when police in London made an arrest in 2003, and found a diamond ring hidden in a jar of face cream - a ploy used in the original Pink Panther comedies starring Peter Sellers.

A hotel where Charlie Chaplin stayed during holidays in the Highlands has been put up for sale. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A suspected member of the notorious Pink Panther jewel thief network has been arrested in Spain.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said it was "exploring the feasibility" of a £7.50 daily charge for cars in zones in Manchester, Bolton and Bury. It said it was looking at a "wide range of possible options and scenarios". Mayor Andy Burnham said he has "no plans for a congestion charge" or to "punish" drivers of diesel vehicles. The £20m scheme also proposed charging £20 for vans and £100 for lorries exceeding set emission targets to travel in the clean air zones. Mr Burnham told the BBC: "I have no intention of introducing charges on the ordinary motorist. "We need to improve the air quality in Greater Manchester but I have no plans for a congestion charge and no intention at all of punishing drivers of diesel [vehicles]." He said the draft report was a "document that was about starting the debate - about the options". TfGM said the draft report was "early-stage exploratory work". It was considering the "possible impact" of any future proposals and "exploring the feasibility" of clean air zones. The government published its draft UK Air Quality Plan on Friday aimed at improving air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels. The UK has struggled to keep within EU limits on some pollutants, particularly NO2, which is produced by diesel engines and is linked to a range of respiratory diseases, including asthma. Only six of the 43 regions of the UK are within NO2 limits. The 52-year-old former Cheltenham Town, Stoke City, Burnley, Notts County, Portsmouth, Nottingham Forest and Bristol City boss came in with Redknapp for the last three games of the season. But, despite playing a part in Blues avoiding relegation, he is to move on. "It was a very difficult decision. The club made me a good offer," Cotterill told the Championship club's website. While Redknapp has opted to make his interim deal more permanent by signing a one-year deal, Cotterill wants the chance to be the boss again at another club. "My decision was solely based on being a number two, whereas really I have been a manager for a long time in my own right," he continued. "Harry Redknapp asked me to come in and help for three weeks and I believe that's what I firmly did." Cotterill, who had previously worked with Redknapp at QPR, was brought in alongside another experienced former player and manager, Paul Groves. Ex-West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town midfielder Groves previously worked under Redknapp in his second stint at Portsmouth.

Proposals for a congestion charge in Greater Manchester to meet the government's clean air targets have been rejected by the region's mayor. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Steve Cotterill has rejected Birmingham City's offer to remain as assistant manager to boss Harry Redknapp.

They have pointed to Carers UK figures suggesting that one in eight adults in the UK has unpaid caring responsibilities, which would be 6.5 million people. The Census in 2011 put the figure for England and Wales at about 6 million. At first glance, allocating £150m to help 6.5 million people is not very much - it's about £23 each. But the party's release on the subject was very clear that it wanted to help all of them. The top line was: "A £150m package for Britain's 6.5 million carers was announced by the Liberal Democrats today as part of their Disability Manifesto." So what are they actually offering? Eventually, they hope to give a bonus of £250 to carers looking after a family member who needs at least 35 hours of care a week for a year. It will be introduced in 2017-18, at which point it will be £125 per carer. The Liberal Democrats say that in that first year it will cost £130m, which will be funded by most of the £150m they plan to raise from a levy on tobacco firms. We have an idea of how many people will qualify for this. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that in 2013-14 there were 645,000 claimants of Carer's Allowance, which you can only claim if you spend at least 35 hours a week caring for somebody. The £130m would easily provide £125 for 645,000 people, with money left over to cover rising numbers and some people who are full-time carers but do not qualify for Carer's Allowance. And what of the other £20m? That will go towards the £50m they say it will cost them to increase the amount carers are allowed to earn per week, without losing their Carer's Allowance, from £110 to £150. They haven't said when that will start though, so it's hard to be clear on the costing. They also hope to give carers an extra five days of paid leave a year as well as a "passport" from the NHS, giving them privileges that may include more flexible visiting hours and free hospital parking and also offers such as free cinema tickets, free restaurant meals and free gym sessions. All of which seems entirely laudable. But if they are only going to spend £150m it suggests a high proportion of those 6.5 million carers will not receive much from this package of support. What's the truth behind the politicians' claims on the campaign trail? Our experts investigate the facts, and wider stories, behind the soundbites. Read latest updates or follow us on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck Media playback is unsupported on your device 1 May 2015 Last updated at 07:07 BST Faith Thomason, from Lymm, Warrington, was among the first Britons to fly back to the UK. Meanwhile, some Nepalese families living in the North West are mourning relatives lost in the tragedy. The Canaries, relegated from the Premier League last term, were top on 15 October but have slipped to fourth after two defeats in three games. "It was my worst defeat as a manager, a humiliating defeat," said the 35-year-old former Hamilton boss. "The players need to try and play better it's as simple as that." Against one of the teams expected to be their rivals for promotion, Norwich produced just two shots on target in a lacklustre display. Neil took over at Carrow Road in January 2015 and helped the club to a top flight return in his first season. Asked how he will respond to the loss, the Scot added: "I will be changing it now. Certain players have let themselves down and have not performed at anywhere near what they're capable of. I apologise to the fans. "Now it is about getting into work and working as hard as you can. After the game, the players said more to each other than normal which is not a bad thing."

The Liberal Democrats are launching a £150m package of support for carers as part of their disability manifesto. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A Cheshire backpacker has described how the earth "turned to liquid" as she ran to escape the earthquake in Nepal. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Norwich City boss Alex Neil apologised to fans after their 5-0 thrashing at Brighton - the heaviest loss during his time at the Championship club.

Cook's 34 from 42 balls neither silenced the doubters nor soothed the supporters. He may have been the second violinist to another virtuoso performance from Moeen Ali, but he played a decent melody. There were two crisp drives off Angelo Mathews and two deft late cuts in the opening five overs, at which point he was scoring at almost a run a ball. If there was a criticism, it was his inability to push quick singles. There was composure and control but no real urgency. Crucially, he does not impose himself on a bowling attack. You know he will put away the bad ball, but he is not intimidating to bowl at. Openers who are - such as Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Moeen come to that - bristle with intent. They pounce on any tiny lapse in line and length. They loom large in the bowler's mind, forcing them into error. A batsman like Dilshan or Moeen can have a debilitating effect on a bowler's optimism. Cook tends to be controllable. Bowlers don't fear him. That said, Cook and Moeen's opening partnership of 84 was the ideal platform for this short run chase. Moeen's batting was again exhilarating and after his early surge, Cook largely gave him the strike. Frustratingly, he lapsed into a bad old habit - poking at a slightly wide full delivery and nicking to the keeper. The jury is still out and, regarding Cook and one-day cricket, it will probably never return. But if another of the objectives of this short series was to expose the less experienced members of the batting order to pressure situations, it was a useful exercise. After some wanton wastage of wickets - Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan the most culpable - 50 were required off five overs. Jos Buttler had the bat speed to slice and pull Ajantha Mendis for two fours, and 40 runs were needed off four. Joe Root, who had stabilised the innings, then produced an amazing six with the first ball of the 32nd over. When Root was then caught at extra cover off the next delivery, it seemed as if England would again sacrifice themselves on the altar of over-ambition. But the fractional overstepping by the bowler, Prasad, preserved Root's wicket. It was the slice of fortune England craved, if hardly deserved. Buttler carved five fours through the offside afterwards, rattling up a 34-ball fifty, and the job was as good as done. Root calmly finished it off. But it was a small step up a very steep hill. Conservative MP Rebecca Pow asked Commons Leader Chris Grayling for a "little pot of money", during business questions. The tower was built to mark the battle, but since 2005 it has been fenced off because of falling stone debris. Mr Grayling said there would be a chance to lobby colleagues for cash. The 175ft (53m) high tower was built in 1817 to mark the Battle of Waterloo which took place on 18 June 1815. Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle are due to take place in Wellington. Ms Pow called for a debate to be held to "celebrate and discuss this wonderful anniversary". "Perhaps he [Chris Grayling] might find a little pot of money to restore the wonderful Wellington Monument which is in so need of an upgrade," she said. In response Mr Grayling said he did not have the budget to pay for the work but "there will be many opportunities to lobby those of my colleagues who do have such a budget".

In spite of England's nervy victory and their willingness to be flexible in the third one-day international, the debate about their future prospects, and Alastair Cook's place in England's one-day side, will rage on. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Taunton Deane's MP has asked for government funding to help restore the Wellington Monument, ahead of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Britain's donations of more than £100m in the summer of 2014 helped to set up nearly 3,000 hospital beds. This vital provision, researchers estimate, prevented 56,000 Ebola cases. But a further 12,500 cases could have been averted if the beds been available even a month earlier, they calculate. The UK government insists that it did act swiftly and says the international community as a whole could have done more. It's not the first time the government's response to Ebola has come under scrutiny. In February, the Public Accounts Committee said funds had not been released quickly enough to deal with the crisis. In the months following the Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization was also heavily criticised for being slow to act. The work from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, published in the journal PNAS, details how much of an impact a delay in international aid may have had. Researchers used a mathematical model to estimate how many cases of Ebola were averted thanks to foreign aid efforts that set up treatment centres where patients with the infectious virus could be quarantined and cared for. From September 2014 onwards, more than 2,700 treatment beds were introduced in Ebola holding centres, community care centres and treatment units to support the overwhelmed health system in Sierra Leone. The researchers calculate that these beds prevented some 56,600 cases of Ebola. Had they been installed a month earlier, tens of thousands more would have been avoided. With Ebola killing more than half of those it infects, thousands more lives would also have been saved. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world's deadliest to date. 11,312 Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected (Includes one in the US and six in Mali) 4,808 Liberia 3,955 Sierra Leone 2,534 Guinea 8 Nigeria The three West African countries at the heart of the Ebola epidemic have recorded their first week with no new cases since the outbreak began in March 2014. But experts agree there is no room for complacency - experience shows that the disease could easily break out again. To date, the UK has committed £427m to defeating Ebola. A spokeswoman for the Department for International Development said: "Britain has been at the forefront of the international response to Ebola in Sierra Leone. "By deploying NHS medics and military personnel and building treatment centres across the country, our swift action helped save countless lives and contain the spread of the disease." In an interview with the Daily Mirror, she said wolf-whistlers were saying: "Cor, you look all right darlin'." Ms Lumley added: "What's wrong with that?" The 70-year-old - an actor, presenter, campaigner, and former model - claimed people had become "sensitive flowers" who were "very offended by everything". In July, Nottinghamshire Police said wolf-whistling could be a hate crime. In the interview, Ms Lumley said people had been "tougher" in the 1960s. "When I was modelling, photographers were much ruder," she said. "They'd say: 'You look frightful, what's the matter with you?', 'You look podgy, you look fat as a pig.' "It was good-natured banter. You kind of got on with it, it didn't upset you." Last month, Nottinghamshire Police said they had recorded 11 misogynistic hate crimes since April, which covers offences including harassment, kidnapping, possession of weapons and causing public fear, alarm or distress. There were also 19 misogynistic "hate incidents", which cover behaviour less serious than a criminal act such as name calling and offensive jokes. In Worcester in April, a 23-year-old woman reported wolf-whistling builders to the police. The police said it was a matter for the men's employers. A builder involved called the wolf-whistling "a bit of banter". Ms Lumley was unavailable for comment when contacted by the BBC on Wednesday.

The global response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone helped avert 40,000 deaths but if aid had been offered sooner, thousands more lives there might have been saved, say researchers. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Women should regard wolf-whistling as a compliment, Joanna Lumley has said.

A device exploded while officers were on patrol on Tuesday night, police said. Parts of the town have been cordoned off as a result of the security alert, and there is no access to the town via Liskey Road. The explosion reportedly happened at about 20:30 GMT. "We are incredibly lucky that the lives of officers and other members of the community were not lost last night," said Supt Gordon McCalmont. "We appreciate the understanding and patience of local residents while we carry out our enquiries and would appeal for anyone with information about suspicious activity in the area to contact us." SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan condemned the attack and said the device has been described as "substantial". "Such attacks on the PSNI have no place in a modern progressive society," he said. "Strabane has come a long way over recent years and the people want no return of the past." Earlier, Sinn Féin councillor Karina Carlin said she heard a bang when the device exploded. "I went to the scene after the noise but I didn't see anything," she said. "The police were trying to get residents out of their homes last night, but I urged them not to because there wasn't going to be any meaningful searching until this morning." Jodie Broughton scored a fine solo effort before Justin Horo pounced to add a second to help give Catalans a 10-0 half-time lead Matt Whitley crossed for Widnes before Yaha grabbed Dragons' third try. Yaha then completed his treble, with Patrick Ah Van scoring a late consolation effort for the Vikings. Defeat leaves Widnes 10 points adrift of the top four with just six games left in the Super 8s. Victory, which moves Dragons back to within two points of fourth-placed St Helens, came at a cost with scrum-half Thomas Bosc leaving the field with a knee injury. Widnes also suffered, with Rhys Hanbury and Chris Dean forced off following head knocks. It took brilliance from Broughton to get Catalans started, the winger collecting a loose Widnes pass to race away and score the game's opening try in the right-hand corner, doing just enough to bounce over the line as Joe Mellor made a desperate attempt at a try-saving tackle. Horo touched down unimpeded for Catalans' second score, punishing Corey Thompson who failed to claim what seemed an innocuous high ball from Bosc. Widnes, searching for their first win Perpignan, went close to responding though Aaron Heremaia before the break, only for Whitley to come up with the visitors' first points in the second half after racing on to meet a fine cross-field kick from Kevin Brown. Moments after Lloyd White landed the conversion to reduce the arrears further, Thompson spilled the resulting kick-off, allowing Catalans to quickly build and send Yaha over for the first of two tries in the left-hand corner. A flick pass out from Vincent Duport sent the 19-year-old over for his third score, with a fourth effort going begging at the end as he knocked on over the line. Catalans Dragons: Gigot; Broughton, Garcia, Duport, Yaha; Carney, Bosc; Taylor, Pelissier, Casty, Stewart, Horo, Baitieri. Replacements: Anderson, Aiton, Bousquet, Mounis. Widnes Vikings: Hanbury; Thompson, Runciman, Marsh, Ah Van; Brown, Mellor; Burke, White, Buchanan, Dean, Houston, Cahill. Replacements: Manuokafoa, Leuluai, Whitley, Heremaia. Referee: Robert Hicks (RFL)

A device that exploded in Strabane, County Tyrone, was an attempt to kill police officers, the PSNI has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Teenager Fouad Yaha scored a hat-trick against Widnes as Catalans won 26-10 to end their five-game Super League losing run and boost their play-off hopes.

The incident took place early on Monday when soldiers patrolling the area came under fire from suspected gang members, prosecutors said. Criminal organisations are known to operate in the area, in the southern part of Mexico state. This is one of the most violent clashes with drug cartels since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in 2012. Monday's shootout took place in the municipality of Tlatlaya. Mexican authorities said that the 22 victims were probably members of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. The criminal gang is active in neighbouring Michoacan and Guerrero states. No soldier is reported to have been injured in the incident. When Mr Pena Nieto was sworn in 19 months ago he promised to review the war on drugs policy of his predecessor, Felipe Calderon. Critics say Mr Calderon's decision to deploy the armed forces to combat the powerful drug cartels in December 2006 led to a sharp increase in violence. At least 60,000 people are estimated to have been killed in drug-related violence during his six-year term. Despite the criticism, Mr Pena Nieto's government has continued to fight the gangs. In February it managed to arrest Mexico's most wanted drug lord - Joaquin Shorty Guzman - who had evaded justice for more than a decade. Reigning champion Hamilton, 31, holds a nine-point lead over his German rival after Rosberg, also 31, was victorious in Belgium on Sunday. That ended a run of four straight wins for the British driver, who had trailed by 43 points after four races. Formula 1 heads to Italy this weekend, with eight races remaining. "I'm really enjoying the battle out there right now," said Rosberg, who is attempting to emulate his father, Keke, who won the title in 1982. "We've got several cars in the mix now which is exciting for us and the fans. I'm taking every race like a cup final." Although Rosberg equalled Hamilton's six wins for the season in Spa, the Briton had an encouraging weekend, finishing third despite starting on the back row because of a 60-place penalty. "Spa was about as good as damage limitation can get," said Hamilton. "It's game on for me now with the penalties out of the way and fresh engines ready to use. I can't wait to get back out there." The battle for the title is as tight as it has been since Hamilton and Rosberg were paired at Mercedes in 2013, with the former looking for a hat-trick of world titles. Team head Toto Wolff believes it will remain impossible to predict a winner until the end of the season. "My gut feeling is we will go long into the season before we see who comes out on top," he said.

At least 22 alleged gang members were killed in a shootout with security forces in the southwest of the country. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Lewis Hamilton says it is "game on" in the world championship battle, while Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg is treating every race "like a cup final".

Stevie Eskinazi (66) and Dawid Malan (60) put on 124 for the third wicket and Paul Stirling (77) hit five sixes to help Middlesex recover from 2-2. But Simon Harmer (5-77) was the catalyst as the visitors slipped from 219-5 to 246 all out inside 60 overs. Essex closed on 106-0, trailing by 140 runs, as Cook (64 not out) passed 500 Championship runs for the season. Cook, who is set to play for England in the first Test against South Africa next week for the first time since relinquishing the captaincy, led the opening partnership, with fellow opener Nick Browne ending the day unbeaten on 40. Essex, who are yet to lose in the four-day game this season, were in control for much of the first day of the first day-night Championship encounter to be held at the County Ground. The visitors lost Nick Gubbins for a nine-ball duck to debutant Mohammad Amir (2-53) and Nick Compton for two to Jamie Porter (2-58) inside the first three overs. Malan, who scored 78 on his England debut in Sunday's T20 19-run victory over South Africa in Cardiff, led the Middlesex recovery and the visitors briefly looked in a good position on 126-2. But Malan's dismissal saw three wickets fall for the addition of 32 runs and the visitors were grateful to Stirling's 50-ball 77 to see them past 200. South African Harmer's third five-for in successive innings, following his 14-wicket haul against Warwickshire, helped Middlesex to within four runs of a second batting bonus point. Essex spinner Simon Harmer told BBC Radio Essex: "The seam is a little bit different. It didn't spin or turn as consistently as I thought it would, which may be played to my advantage. "There was a lot of bounce with the pink ball and it comes off the bat a lot better. All the bowlers felt there was extra bounce with it. We could have done better with the new ball, but it's going to take time to adjust. "If I hadn't dropped Stirling, Mohammad Amir would have cleaned up the tail pretty quickly. He was in a nice rhythm. Five wickets went into my column that probably should have been his. Middlesx's Paul Stirling told BBC Radio London: "We expected it to swing for a lot longer than it did and, from what we've practised with, and what the lads have experienced in the Abu Dhabi pink ball games. "We thought it would have done a lot more towards the end of the day as well, but it's done less than we thought. Harmer has been bowling well so he was going to be tricky on a pretty dry pitch. "Combating him was going to be one of the tougher asks to do and we didn't quite get it right. He was getting a lot of bounce especially from the River End. When he gets a few revs on the ball you feel it can turn. " A lorry and seven cars were involved in the accident on the A34 at Hinksey Hill, Oxford, at about 19:30 BST on Thursday. The child and a 31-year-old woman were taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where they were described as being in a "critical" condition. Police have now said the girl died on Saturday. The woman remains in hospital where she is receiving treatment. They were travelling northbound in one of the cars when the accident happened, and the carriageway was closed for almost 10 hours. A 58-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

England opener Alastair Cook scored a half-century as Division One leaders Essex dominated Middlesex on day one. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A three-year-old girl has died in hospital following an eight-vehicle crash on a dual carriageway.

Maj Taj Sareen was killed when his jet came down at Temple Farm in Redmere, Cambridgeshire, on 21 October. A Marine Corps spokesman said a celebration of life ceremony was being planned in commemoration of Maj Sareen, but no date has been set for it as yet. He said the crash inquiry at the site near RAF Lakenheath "is still ongoing". A memorial page in honour of Maj Sareen, set up by his friend Capt Annie Driscoll - who served at RAF Lakenheath between 2011 and 2014, has so far raised more than $65,000 (£43,000) for his 14-month-old daughter Jade. Last week Peter Sizer said he was working in his shed with his son when the pilot crashed, just missing the building. He phoned the emergency services when he heard the explosion. "I heard a bang and saw this fireball, it was a huge shock. It was only 200m from our shed," he said. "I would say that he is a hero. He saved our lives by swerving around the shed to miss us. It makes us both feel lucky to be alive." Maj Sareen, from Hillsborough, California, was returning home from a six-month tour against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria when the accident happened. His plane is reported to have encountered issues with refuelling before he took off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. However, the cause of the crash will not be known until an investigation by the Marine Corps finishes in around two to three months. Mr Sizer said there has been a lot of activity on his farm, with US officials joining UK police to search the area for clues. Bill May, 36, and Christina Jones, 27, scored 88.5108 to beat favourites Russia in the 'duet technical' final, with Italy third. It was the first time male synchro swimmers had been allowed to compete at World level. "I can't believe that this moment has finally happened," May told BBC Sport. "This is the future of synchronised swimming because we've seen such strong calibre male athletes here and I really think it's going to help the sport grow." The pair are full-time Cirque du Soleil performers in the USA with May having retired over a decade ago after becoming frustrated by the lack of international competitions available for male synchronised swimmers. He and Jones only returned to the sport late last year following the decision by Fina - swimming's governing body - to allow men into the competition for the first time. Jones told the BBC earlier this month that reaching the final would be the best day of his life. "It's an event people can relate to like ballroom dancing," said Jones. "I think that the strength and power of a man is the perfect balance to a woman's qualities." The event is not yet part of the Olympic programme, but the International Olympic Committee are keen on more competitions featuring men and women meaning there is potential for inclusions come the 2020 Tokyo Games. "We want to be there, it's our dream and we want in," added May. Elsewhere, on the second day of the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, China claimed gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform final. Mexico secured silver ahead of Russia, whilst Britain's young pair James Denny and Matty Lee were ninth in their first-ever World final together.

The body of a US Marine Corps pilot who died when his jet crashed in a field in Cambridgeshire has been repatriated to the United States. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Synchronised swimming events featuring men and women are the "future" of the sport say the winners of the first-ever World Championship gold in the event.

Sir Tony played dim-witted sidekick Baldrick in the show and cast Byrne in his Maid Marion and Her Merry Men series. He told BBC Radio 5 Live she had been like a mother to "her boys" on the Blackadder set. "Patsy was just a real confident centre of all the scenes," he said. "She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," he added. "I was so fond of her as a person and so in awe of her capabilities that when I decided I wanted to introduce a mother to Maid Marion, my first choice was Patsy. "I was thrilled that she took it. Even though she has done such grand work she came down to Minehead and rolled her sleeves up and was just one of the lads, as she always was, and did a great performance." Broadcaster and actor Stephen Fry, who played Lord Melchett alongside Byrne, tweeted: "Oh lord no! I've just heard that Patsy Byrne, darling Nursie has died. Hope St Bernard has welcomed her to eternal rest. Adorable woman." Blackadder producer John Lloyd also paid tribute to Byrne, saying she and Miranda Richardson, who played Queen Elizabeth I, were a "fantastic double act". Byrne played Nursie - the kind but dim-witted nursemaid to Elizabeth I - in the second series of BBC comedy Blackadder in 1986. "It's ironic that she will be remembered for that lovable, slightly idiotic person with that ludicrous drawl, but she was a proper actress. With the RSC, she played Chekhov opposite Rex Harrison, was incredibly well spoken, but she would put up with our little ways," he told 5 Live. "The rehearsals on Blackadder were interminable, with us changing our minds all the time and she was always on top of it and she never complained. We had famous actors walk out of rehearsals because it was such a nightmare and shambles. But with Patsy there was never a peep of complaint." Byrne died on Tuesday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors, in Hillingdon, north-west London. The Kent-born actress joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after drama school and took on TV and theatre roles. Her other roles included the ITV sitcom Watching and the classic police series Z Cars. She also made appearances in Holby City and I, Claudius, and played Mrs Nubbles in the BBC's 1979 adaption of The Old Curiosity Shop. Byrne's death came just over a week after Rik Mayall, who shared screen time with her as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder, died suddenly at his home in London. Blackadder ran for four series between 1983 and 1989 - with writing credits shared between Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton. The comedy followed the exploits of Atkinson's Blackadder character through various historical periods. Media playback is not supported on this device Phillips was set to become the third Welshmen to fight in UFC but has been denied permission to fight in the USA. Phillips must now wait for a 'subject access report' which can take up to 40 days to be completed. Phillips, who had previously explained his excitement at signing with UFC, was not available for comment. The UFC also declined to comment.

Sir Tony Robinson has led tributes to British actress Patsy Byrne, best known for playing Nursie in Blackadder, who has died aged 80. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Welshman John Phillips' UFC debut in Denver is on hold after visa issues.

Police were made aware of alleged racial abuse at around 07:40 BST on a tram travelling towards the city centre after a video was posted online. Two men, aged 20 and 18 and a 16-year-old boy, were detained on suspicion of affray, Greater Manchester Police said. The video shows a man on a tram at Shudehill being called "an immigrant" and told "get back to Africa". Footage indicates that the man targeted then retorted with: "How old are you? Are you 18, 19? You are extremely ignorant and not very intelligent. Do you know that?" One of the men continued to shout "get off the tram now", as he spoke. One of the group, who were holding beer bottles, then apparently approaches the man and flicks alcohol at him, as a passenger shouted: "There's a baby there - there's absolutely no need for that". As the youths got off, the victim said to himself: "Seven years in the military," as other commuters told the three, "You are an absolute disgrace. A disgrace to England". Police said the suspects were being held in custody for questioning. It tells the story of the game between the two counties on 1 September 1939 - the day Germany invaded Poland. "I have always been fascinated by cricket and history," said playwright Colin Philpott. "It must have been very surreal to have been there that day." No first-class cricket was played on English soil during World War Two. The play centres on cricketer Hedley Verity, who played for Yorkshire from 1930 until 1939 and appeared in 40 Test matches for England. He joined the Green Howards regiment and died in 1943 from wounds sustained during the Allied invasion of Sicily. "Despite the fact that other county games elsewhere were called off, the cricketers of Sussex and Yorkshire decided to carry on - mainly because it was the benefit match of one of the Sussex players," said documentary maker Mr Philpott. "It turned out to be a fairly remarkable day of cricket as well. "Hedley Verity turned in some astonishing figures of seven [wickets] for nine [runs], Sussex were bowled out for 33 and Yorkshire won." The play, which has been funded by the Arts Council England, is being performed at Newhaven Fort in East Sussex. On Saturday it will be at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove, and on 1 September at Yorkshire's ground at Headingley. "The main reason we are doing it at Newhaven Fort is that there is a Romney hut there which looks quite 1930s, so that seemed a really great venue to do it," said Mr Philpott. "But, of course, the county ground is the iconic venue that is relevant to this story so we are looking forward to doing it there." The Welsh Retail Consortium said footfall grew by 4.5% in April compared to the same month last year. But there was also an increase in empty stores - rising to 12.9%, up from 12.5% in January. The UK average was 9.3%. The consortium said the results were "a mixed bag for Welsh retailers". Numbers visiting the High Street in April were above the three-month average of 3.3% and the 12-month average of 1.3%. Sara Jones, the consortium's head of policy and external affairs, said: "With shopper numbers rising across all destinations - high street, retail park and shopping centre - confidence will be growing amongst retailers. "The Easter period will no doubt have had a positive impact, with shoppers making the most of the holiday period to visit Welsh stores." She added that the "challenge" was ensuring footfall growth was "sustained and improved upon".

Two men and a teenager have been arrested over a suspected "hate" crime on a tram in Manchester city centre. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A play commemorating the last first-class game of cricket to be played before the outbreak of World War Two is touring Yorkshire and Sussex. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The number of people visiting shops in Wales rose faster than anywhere else in the UK last month, according to new figures.

Authorities will now consider whether Johnny Small, 43, should face a second trial in the 1988 murder of Pam Dreher. Judge W Douglas Parsons ruled that there was not enough evidence to convict Small. He also found that during the 1989 trial witnesses lied and police withheld key evidence. On his first night in nearly 30 years outside of prison, Small slept on a cousin's sofa. After years of sleeping in cell, he preferred sleeping in the open living room, rather than a smaller private bedroom. "There's a lot I've got to adapt to," said Small who was first jailed when he was 16 years old. "I don't know how to function. I mean, when I came into it (prison) I was still a kid and in a way I still got a kid's state of mind." Small will be under electronic house arrest until prosecutors either press for a new trial, or drop the charges. Judge Parsons' decision came after a friend of Small recanted the testimony he gave against him during the 1989 murder trial. David Bollinger claimed that he has been pressured by a homicide investigator and family member to lie about driving Small to the scene of the murder. Dreher was found dead in her tropical fish store. Police had said that Small shot and killed Dreher during a robbery. Small has always maintained his innocence. Another witness account was also proven inaccurate. Nina Raiford claimed to have been walking past Dreher's shop and witnessed Small leaving the store. However her work timecards showed she was elsewhere. She also had not come forward with her claim until after a cash reward had been offered, and she learned about the crime through news reports. Robert Jones was jailed for life when the real killer had already been convicted. Read his story - TAP HERE. Media playback is not supported on this device The sport received £5.5m in the build-up to Rio 2016, where GB's Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge won bronze. However, UK Sport felt GB players - who claimed four European medals last week - were not "credible" Tokyo 2020 medal prospects and cut all support. "A little public support could make a big difference," said Rajiv Ouseph. UK Sport's funding cut - announced in late 2016 - came into effect on 1 April. The crowdfunding campaign has been launched by Badminton England - from which the majority of the British squad are drawn. The cut resulted in half of the 24-strong England Badminton player squad leaving, while 13 staff members - including physiotherapists and doctors - lost their jobs. "Personally, there aren't as many players around for me to play with now and most of the support staff we've had in place have left, so any help would be massive," European singles champion Ouseph told BBC Sport. The team's performance director Jon Austin admits delivering the news to the squad was one of the most difficult moments of his career. "It was a decision which could potentially end people's dreams and careers and I broke down in front of the players and staff having to do that," he said. "I still feel the decision [by UK Sport] was unjust, but we are trying to move forwards and the crowdfunding is designed to best support those that remain in the programme going forwards." Commonwealth champions Chris and Gabby Adcock - who claimed a maiden European gold medal last week - believe the British results at the event in Denmark prove the potential in the squad. "It's been a tough time for the team, no-one is denying that, but everyone has been really resilient and stuck together throughout," Gabby Adcock told BBC Sport. "Being an athlete is a rollercoaster and UK Sport is just another bump in the road so we won't let it distract from our goals and the big things that we want to achieve." Chris Adcock added: "Everyone is fighting and we will find a way to succeed."

A North Carolina man who spent 28 years in prison on murder charges has been released after a judge ruled his trial was unfair. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Britain's leading badminton players hope a crowdfunding campaign will help support their Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid after UK Sport's funding cut.

The 42-year-old was appointed on 30 October with the club bottom of the Championship table, where they stayed for the rest of the season. The ex-Newcastle midfielder won three of the 33 games during his tenure. In a statement, the club wished Clark well for the future and said they are in the process of compiling a shortlist as they search for a replacement. The Seasiders' relegation was confirmed on 6 April and their last game of the season was abandoned following a pitch invasion by disgruntled fans. Clark said: "After a great deal of thought I have come to the decision that it is not in the best interests of either myself or Blackpool that I continue as manager. "I have therefore tendered my resignation to the chairman, which he has accepted." Blackpool have had a miserable season, collecting just 25 points from their 45 games before their final match of the campaign. They had only eight professionals under contract two weeks before their first game of the campaign, and sacked manager Jose Riga after just four months in charge. Clark replaced the Belgian, but the former Birmingham and Huddersfield boss could not lift them off the bottom of the league. Off the pitch, supporters engaged in several protests about the way the club is run by the Oyston family. They culminated in a 2,000-strong demonstration outside Bloomfield Road, followed by a pitch invasion, at the final game of the season against Huddersfield. Three men reportedly approached a barrier at the entrance to the temple complex on Wednesday morning. When confronted by police, one of the attackers detonated an explosive belt he was wearing. A second was shot dead and a third severely wounded. Two civilians and two policemen were injured but no tourists were hurt. The number of foreign tourists visiting Egypt has been increasing over the past 18 months, after slumps following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and the overthrow by the military of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Source: British Museum There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but jihadist militants have killed hundreds of security force and government personnel since Mr Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was ousted. After Wednesday's incident, Egypt's antiquities minister issued orders to increase security at tourist sites across the country, the official Mena news agency reported. Last week, two members of Egypt's tourism and antiquities police force were shot dead on a road near the pyramids at Giza. In 1997, jihadist militants killed more than 60 people after attacking a group of foreign tourists visiting the Temple of Hatshepsut, across the River Nile from the city of Luxor near the Valley of the Kings.

Lee Clark has resigned as Blackpool manager following their relegation to League One. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Police in Egypt say they have foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, one of the country's most popular tourist sites.

The bronze statue - a tribute to Danish storywriter Hans Christian Andersen - is perched on a rock in the harbour and attracts millions of visitors. During the festivities, boy guards sang birthday songs at a children's concert and a parade was held. One-hundred women swam around the statue in the harbour. They later formed a big "100" in the water. Body-painted "mermaids" also posed in front of other world-famous landmarks, from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the Sydney Opera House. The Little Mermaid draws more than a million visitors a year and has been repeatedly vandalised. It has been beheaded twice, lost an arm and been daubed with paint at least seven times. In 2010, it was exhibited at the Shanghai World Expo. The Little Mermaid is based on a fairytale character created in 1837 by Andersen. In the story, a sea king's daughter falls in love with a prince, but has to wait 300 years to turn from mermaid into human. The statue was created by sculptor Edward Eriksen and presented to the city of Copenhagen in 1913. The 41-year-old victim was attacked by a group in Castlebay Street, in the Milton area, at about 19:30 on Tuesday. Police said the attackers then made off in three cars which were seen being driven erratically from the scene. Detectives have appealed for information over the attack which they described as "completely unprovoked". They have not ruled out that the victim was targeted for some reason. Det Con Geraldine Josey said: "It may well be that this man was targeted for some reason, however, it does seem to have been a completely unprovoked attack. "I am keen to hear from anyone who may have been in Castlebay Street around this time and who can help us trace those involved in this attack." It is not known how many people were involved in the attack. The Bears wasted a chance to clinch a quarter-final place in their 74-run defeat by Northamptonshire on Tuesday. "It wasn't a great effort," 34-year-old Bell told BBC WM. "When we're good, we're very good and when we're bad, we're very bad. We have some class players, it's just not quite happening at the minute." After ending a three-game losing run against Leicestershire on Sunday, the Bears knew another win at Wantage Road would seal their spot in the last eight of the competition, which they won in 2014.. But Bell felt his side did not do enough to get themselves in the game. "We weren't aggressive enough," he said. "We eased our way in and you need to hunt for wickets and I didn't feel we did that. I thought 200 was gettable." Their pursuit of 201 for victory never got going despite Bell's 63 and they subsided from 60 for no wicket to 126 all out. It was the second major collapse in three games after the Bears lost nine for 35 in a five-wicket defeat by Worcestershire. "It's a major concern, towards the back end we're just not getting those partnerships," Bell added. "But I have full belief in the group - we are a very good side and have proven that. I think we can beat any team in the county but our consistency is not quite there." The Bears still have two chances to qualify for the quarter-finals by winning either of their last two group games - against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston on Friday, or away at Lancashire a week later. The owners of 18-year-old George, who lives in Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley, were searching for him for more than a month before he turned up on a doorstep in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Gemma Davison-Lemalle said she thinks her pet must have sneaked into a nearby caravan site before being driven off. "It's bonkers to think he travelled so far," she said.

Celebrations have taken place in Denmark's capital Copenhagen to mark the 100th anniversary of the famous fairy tale statue - the Little Mermaid. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man has been seriously injured after being stabbed in a Glasgow street. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Captain Ian Bell says Birmingham Bears are not being aggressive enough in the T20 Blast and their recent batting collapses are "a major concern." [NEXT_CONCEPT] A runaway cat missing for five weeks has turned up 128 miles away after hitching a ride in a caravan.

The tracks were left by two dinosaurs more than 110 million years ago. Seventy years ago, the whole trackway was removed from the river bed and divided into blocks, which were moved to different locations for study. Some of these blocks have been lost, but the team managed to use old photographs to reconstruct the site. The research is published in the journal Plos One. Lead researcher Peter Falkingham, from the Royal Veterinary College, said he and his colleagues had used just 17 photographs taken by American palaeontologist Roland T Bird, who first excavated the site in 1940. The tracks are from two dinosaurs, a large, herbivorous sauropod, and a carnivorous theropod - the group of top predators to which Tyrannosaurus rex belonged. "In some places the theropod tracks are in the sauropod tracks," said Dr Falkingham. "[This means] the theropod came after. So Bird interpreted this as a theropod chasing a sauropod." Bird also drew maps of the whole site in the Paluxy River in Texas. But since then, some of the blocks the trackway was divided into have been lost. This study allowed the entire 45m (147ft) "chase scene" to be seen as a whole once again for the first time since it was removed from the site. The team used a technique known as photogrammetry - scanning and combining the photographs to build a digital model of the site. "We now have the whole trackway in context in a single piece," said Dr Falkingham. The method, he said, was already commonly used to make such models. But this advance took the technique a step further, in a way that could prove very useful to palaeontologists. Dr Falkingham said: "Here we're showing that you can do this to lost or damaged specimens or even entire sites if you have photographs taken at the time. "And that means we can reconstruct digitally, and 3D print, objects that no longer exist." Dr Paul Barrett, a dinosaur expert from London's Natural History Museum, said this was a "neat study". "It has allowed the [team] to recover important data previously thought to be irrevocably lost," he told BBC News. "These dinosaur track sites are of major historical importance, and being able to retrieve this level of information 70 years after they were broken up and dispersed is a nice outcome." The City of Lincoln Council has published details of its planned development, known as the Western Growth Corridor. The proposals also include new road connections and retail units. The new stadium would seat about 2,000 extra football fans compared to the current Sincil Bank ground. An application for outline planning permission, which scopes out the broad layout, is to be submitted in October after a period of consultation.

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the scene of a dinosaur chase - preserved in the mud of an ancient river bed in Texas. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Plans for a 12,000-seater stadium for Lincoln City Football Club and thousands of new homes have been unveiled.

He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." His warning came in response to a question about a revamp of the technology he uses to communicate, which involves a basic form of AI. But others are less gloomy about AI's prospects. The theoretical physicist, who has the motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is using a new system developed by Intel to speak. Machine learning experts from the British company Swiftkey were also involved in its creation. Their technology, already employed as a smartphone keyboard app, learns how the professor thinks and suggests the words he might want to use next. Prof Hawking says the primitive forms of artificial intelligence developed so far have already proved very useful, but he fears the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass humans. "It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate," he said. "Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded." But others are less pessimistic. "I believe we will remain in charge of the technology for a decently long time and the potential of it to solve many of the world problems will be realised," said Rollo Carpenter, creator of Cleverbot. Cleverbot's software learns from its past conversations, and has gained high scores in the Turing test, fooling a high proportion of people into believing they are talking to a human. Mr Carpenter says we are a long way from having the computing power or developing the algorithms needed to achieve full artificial intelligence, but believes it will come in the next few decades. "We cannot quite know what will happen if a machine exceeds our own intelligence, so we can't know if we'll be infinitely helped by it, or ignored by it and sidelined, or conceivably destroyed by it," he says. But he is betting that AI is going to be a positive force. Prof Hawking is not alone in fearing for the future. In the short term, there are concerns that clever machines capable of undertaking tasks done by humans until now will swiftly destroy millions of jobs. In the longer term, the technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has warned that AI is "our biggest existential threat". In his BBC interview, Prof Hawking also talks of the benefits and dangers of the internet. He quotes the director of GCHQ's warning about the net becoming the command centre for terrorists: "More must be done by the internet companies to counter the threat, but the difficulty is to do this without sacrificing freedom and privacy." He has, however, been an enthusiastic early adopter of all kinds of communication technologies and is looking forward to being able to write much faster with his new system. But one aspect of his own tech - his computer generated voice - has not changed in the latest update. Prof Hawking concedes that it's slightly robotic, but insists he didn't want a more natural voice. "It has become my trademark, and I wouldn't change it for a more natural voice with a British accent," he said. "I'm told that children who need a computer voice, want one like mine." Gary Whyte's property in Cowdenbeath was searched after wildlife officers were told of tiger claws being put up for sale on an online auction site. The 50-year-old was convicted under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulation, and has been ordered to carry out 250 hours unpaid work. He was sentenced at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. PC Lindsay Kerr, of Police Scotland, said: "Whyte stood to make a significant profit from the sale of these tiger claws, the sale of which is a contravention of endangered species legislation. "As soon as Police Scotland became aware of the items being illegally offered for purchase online, a robust investigation was launched, which resulted in Whyte being convicted in October. "The sale of endangered animal parts will not be tolerated and anyone involved in such activities can expect to be dealt with by police."

Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man who tried to sell tiger body parts from his home in Fife has been given a community payback order.

The left-back will move to Pittodrie in a three-year deal when the transfer window opens in June. The 23-year old opted to join his home-town club despite offers from English Championship clubs. Shinnie has been at Caley Thistle since 2009 and has made more than 160 appearances, and has been capped twice for Scotland Under-21s. Aberdeen may have preferred Shinnie to join them in the current transfer window. Their left-back Clark Robertson is injured, and Andrew Considine, who had been playing in that position, has been moved to central defence because of injuries to Ash Taylor and Russell Anderson, with winger Jonny Hayes moving back to cover. Philip Nell, a fund director at Hermes, said there had been "a massive over-reaction to what's been going on over the last two weeks". Mr Nell used to run the Aviva property fund that closed its doors along with five other funds this week. Henderson, Canada Life and Threadneedle became the latest on Wednesday. Other experts said it was "too early to call Armageddon" in the housing market. "Fundamentally I think there's a fear factor and a liquidity concern: How quickly can I liquidate assets if I need to?" said Mr Nell. On Wednesday, the Bank of England acted to calm the markets by giving banks more freedom to lend money, including to mortgage customers. But that has not been sufficient to assuage concerns about property prices. Mr Nell said he believed commercial property prices would fall, but was not able to say by how much. "I think there is a reason for them to fall. I think the pressure on rent will probably drop. I think tenant demand will fall off, broadly, for office space in London." As far as the residential market is concerned, the Bank of England has voiced particular concern about buy-to-let investors, who represent 17% of borrowers. But Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), played down such worries for the moment. Speaking at a Rics conference, he said, "The concern at the Bank of England is that investors might all rush for the door at the same time. We might think differently in this room." The latest Rics survey- taken before the EU referendum vote - suggested that prices were expected to fall anyway over the next three months, with house price inflation dropping to the low single digits by the end of the year. "A period of slow house price inflation is no bad thing," said Mr Rubinsohn. "But my bigger concern is that we are seeing a slow-down in activity." He also said he was concerned about the attitude of High Street banks, which have become increasingly reliant on mortgage lending. "Will mortgage lenders want to lend, given they have so much lending already on their books?" He is also worried about whether developers will slow down building projects, as a result of falls in their share prices. Shares in Persimmon, for example, have fallen 38% since the referendum. Most experts agree that the uncertainty about the UK economy will have a negative impact on house prices in the months ahead. But Lucian Cook, head of UK residential research at Savills, believes cheap borrowing costs will support prices. "It's far too early to be calling Armageddon," he said. "The fundamental is that we remain in a low interest rate environment." Some economists are expecting the Bank of England to cut rates in both July and August. However, mortgage rates - with the exception of tracker mortgages - may not necessarily get any cheaper. In the short term, Mr Cook expects prices to ebb and flow along with the news about the UK's negotiations with the EU. "Buyer sentiment will be fragile," he said. "The question is, how long will that sentiment last?" Meanwhile, Philip Nell is adamant that falls in commercial property prices will not affect house prices. "I don't expect there to be a significant sell-off of housing. I think house price growth will tail off, but I don't expect it to go negative."

Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Graeme Shinnie has signed a pre-contract agreement with Aberdeen. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The fear factor is causing investors to withdraw money from commercial property funds, according to one of the City's senior fund managers.

Janet Warin, 67, from Pickering, North Yorkshire, is honoured for her work with a project which educates young people about driving safely. She is also honoured for her community volunteer work. Also honoured in North Yorkshire is Hillsborough campaigner Trevor Hicks, from Giggleswick near Settle, who becomes a CBE. Mr Hicks' daughters Sarah, 19, and Victoria, 15, were among the 96 people who died at the FA Cup semi-final in April 1989. Mrs Warin said working with the Drive Alive campaign, run by North Yorkshire County Council, helped honour her son Daniel's memory. "We decided to make something good out of an awful tragedy. We are part of a whole day of events and we've spoken to around 32,000 students since we started all those years ago," she said. "We just wanted to do something useful that would help us as well as others and we have never regretted it." Mrs Warin, who also volunteers with Compassionate Friends which supports bereaved families, said she had found it hard not to tell people about the honour. "I don't keep secrets very well at all and going to work every day and seeming normal was very difficult." Others made MBE include Caroline Gardner. Mrs Gardner, 74, from Leyburn, served as a magistrate for 17 years and founded the Wise Owl group, an organisation for retired magistrates. Her charity work also includes establishing the Clervaux Trust, which supports young people with a range of difficulties. That's the view of some current and former shareholders who tell me that not only would Barclays suffer if the US boss was pushed out during his so-far successful turnaround of the 360-year-old bank but also, weakening the UK's last major investment bank would be bad for the entire UK financial landscape. Jes Staley is under investigation by authorities for twice trying to identify the author of a letter raising questions about Staley's decision to recruit an old colleague from his JP Morgan days who had been through personal issues that had led to "erratic behaviour". You can read more about the circumstances surrounding that episode here. The Staley case is seen as an early and important test of new rules governing the conduct of senior managers designed to improve behaviour, accountability and culture. Those new rules are clear that whistleblowers should be protected as they are a valuable source of information on potential wrongdoing. Barclays was the poster child for failings in these areas under another US boss, Bob Diamond, who was ousted after losing the support of the Bank of England after a series of scandals - including the rigging of key financial benchmarks. One City source told me - "replacing Jes Staley with another FCA-approved (the regulator) apparatchik would be a disaster". That's a reference to "Saint" Antony Jenkins - a mild mannered man from the quiet world of retail banking - who was brought in after Bob Diamond as an antidote to the buccaneering, risk-taking and rule bending of the Diamond era. He had the blessing of the Bank of England but he was subsequently sacked for failing to improve the bank's financial performance fast enough. The board - and in particular, the chairman, John McFarlane - would like to keep Staley. Without an investment banker at the helm, the UK's last surviving big investment bank would lose the momentum it has started to regain according to some shareholders. The Financial Conduct and Prudential Regulation authorities will examine the case and their findings will ultimately determine whether Staley can stay. But as things stand, I'm told the board of Barclays looks unlikely to make Staley jump before it is pushed.

A road safety campaigner, whose son died in a car accident, has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Getting rid of Barclays chief executive Jes Staley would be bad for Barclays and bad for UK banking.

The Labour manifesto included a pledge to raise the minimum wage to the level of the Living Wage - now paid to those aged 25 or over - for 18-24 year olds. But questioned about whether 16-year-olds should get it, Mr Corbyn said it "should apply to all workers". "I don't think young people eat less than old people," he added. The National Living Wage was introduced by the Conservative then-chancellor George Osborne in his July 2015 Budget. As of April this year, it is paid at a rate of £7.50 an hour for workers aged 25 and over, with the aim of increasing it to £9 an hour by 2020. Labour's general election manifesto pledged to raise it to at least £10 an hour by 2020 for workers aged 18 or over. But when Mr Corbyn was asked whether 16-year-olds should get it as well, he replied: "You're absolutely right. "Yes, the £10 an hour living wage, real living wage, is correct and also should apply to all workers, because I don't think young people eat less than old people - that's my experience anyway." Currently workers aged 21-24 get a minimum wage of £7.05 an hour, while those aged 18-20 get £5.60 and under 18s get £4.05 an hour. If you are an apprentice. it can be as low as £3.50 an hour. Mr Corbyn also used his address to the conference to link the Grenfell Tower fire, which is thought to have killed at least 79 people, to "austerity economics". "Make no mistake about it - this is the brutal reality of austerity economics that has failed in its own terms, and leading to falling living standards, rising inequality and disasters," he said. He added that Labour was "ready for another election at any time, to finish the job of beating the failed, clapped-out Tories and form a government that works for all". The announcement came at the first US-Africa Leaders' Summit, attended by over 40 African heads of state. The summit is an effort to strengthen US ties with Africa as China increases its African investments. Mr Obama also hosted a dinner for African leaders at the White House. The deals announced on Tuesday included a $5bn partnership between private-equity firm Blackstone and Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest businessman, for energy infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as more investments in Mr Obama's Power Africa initiative. According to the White House, Power Africa received an additional $12bn in pledges towards its effort to develop energy supplies on Africa through a mix of investment and state involvement. The World Bank announced a $5bn investment in Power Africa and General Electric said it had committed $2bn to help boost infrastructure and access to energy. "We gave it to the Europeans first and to the Chinese later, but today it's wide open for us," said General Electric chief executive Jeff Immelt. Mr Obama also said that the US would offer an additional $7bn of financing through the Doing Business in Africa (DBIA) Campaign, bringing the total new US commitments to investment in Africa announced on Tuesday to $33bn. "Up to tens of thousands of American jobs are supported every time we expand trade with Africa", said Mr Obama. "As critical as all these investments are, the key to unlocking the next era of African growth is not going to be here in the US, it is going to be in Africa, " he added. The three-day summit ends on Wednesday.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that 16-year-old workers should be paid at least £10 an hour, as he addressed the Unison conference in Brighton. [NEXT_CONCEPT] US companies have pledged $14bn (£8.3bn) of investment in Africa in areas such as energy and infrastructure, US President Barack Obama has said.

The man was flying between Bodmin and Roche in Cornwall when he made the emergency landing at a country club near Polzeath on Wednesday. The club was evacuated during the landing. The pilot later had a glass of water there, said witnesses. The propeller landed 10ft (3m) away from a builder in Polzeath who said he was "lucky to be alive". The pilot, Nick Chitterdon, said the aircraft is a vintage 1936 plane. "When the propeller went there was a loud bang and it disappeared to the left. "I switched the fuel off and started looking for field to land in. I then remembered a private airstrip at a nearby golf course and it took sometime to glide down." The propeller landed in a building site near Polzeath only feet away from delivery driver Paul Stembridge. He said: "I was working away and I heard a big crash behind me. I turned around and there was a big propeller about 10ft behind me. "It was a matter of milliseconds - if it had gone a bit further that would probably have been my lot." Eva Davies, one of the directors at The Point at Polzeath Club, where the aircraft landed, said: "We had a phone call from the fire service who told us to evacuate the building, which included the restaurant, golf club, health club, gym, changing rooms and swimming pool. "The aircraft was spotted by a few golfers as it came in. He was gliding down straight on to our airfield. "Although he landed safely, within five minutes we had six fire engines, three police cars and ambulance here. They didn't know if he was injured. "The pilot then came in and had a glass water." A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "Thankfully, he was obviously a very skilled pilot. "The pilot has recovered the plane, and the propeller which landed in New Polzeath has been recovered by the police." A spokesman from Bodmin Airfield said pilots were trained to glide in aircraft before "going solo" to prepare them for such incidents. The plane was an Aeronca. The incident has been reported to The Air Accidents Investigation Branch. They were part of a group of four men who were descending Slieve Bearnagh at about 16:30 BST. One of the men had fallen near granite slabs on the mountain and suffered head and back injuries, and a second man was hurt while he tried to help. A Coastguard helicopter took the men to Belfast for hospital treatment. The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team (MMRT) had responded to the group's call for help, and 18 volunteers assisted with the rescue. The HM Coastguard helicopter from Holyhead in Wales was called for the first faller "due to the severity the casualties injuries", the MMRT said. An Irish Coast Guard helicopter then flew to the Mournes from Dublin for the second man when his condition deteriorated as he was being taken from the mountain. Neville Watson, who co-ordinated the rescue for the MMRT, said the first man had become disorientated and had then "fallen some distance". "The young guy who took the initial fall had stumbled - on that kind of steep ground once a fall starts it's very difficult to control it," he said. "The second guy had taken a tumble when he went down to see if his friend was OK. "He was suffering from pain in his hip area and leg area and we were concerned that there may have been additional internal injuries along with that." Mr Watson said the part of the mountain where the men, believed to be in their 20s, fell was a "fairly steep, rocky area", which is popular with rock-climbers. "Unfortunately they found themselves on difficult ground and they really weren't up for that kind of terrain. "There's also an element of bad luck."

A pilot managed to glide his single-engine aeroplane to safety after the propeller fell off at 2,000ft (610m). [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two hikers have been taken to hospital after they were rescued by a Coastguard helicopter from the Mourne mountains in County Down on Saturday night.

The visitors declared on 453-9, after Chris Wood was caught off Ryan Sidebottom and Fidel Edwards was unable to bat having been injured warming up. With a lead of 140 runs, Yorkshire were reduced to 43-4 as James Tomlinson and Ryan McLaren took two wickets each. Andrew Gale (46) and Liam Plunkett (27no) saw the hosts to 183-8 declared as the sides settled for a draw. Edwards, who was hurt while playing football before play on day four, extended Hampshire's injury list to eight players. The county have only 18 full-time professionals. Despite being without one of their premier bowlers, the visitors ran through Yorkshire's top order for a second time in the match, with Tomlinson trapping Alex Lees lbw before having Gary Ballance caught at cover. McLaren then had Adam Lyth caught behind and dismissed England batsman Jonny Bairstow, who scored a career-best 246 to rescue Yorkshire in the first innings, for just five as the visitors pressed for an unlikely victory. Captain Gale steadied the innings before edging behind off the bowling of Wood, as the White Rose batted out the rest of the final day before shaking hands on a draw with 18 overs remaining. Hampshire had looked unlikely to earn a draw when they were reduced to 128-5 in their first innings, trailing by more than 450 runs, but gritty centuries from James Vince and Sean Ervine ensured they left Headingley with an impressive 10 points. Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale: "It's not panic stations - it's the first game of the season. "If this game has taught us anything, it's that you can't afford to slack off for a couple of sessions against any team in this division - so we'll have to make sure we're really on it. "I didn't feel we slacked off on the third day; I just felt we weren't at our best. "Today, I thought we were just a bit sloppy and a bit soft. That's not a sign of the cricket we'd like to play. We've flagged it up, and it won't happen again." The former policeman, named as Rodney Dias dos Santos, is the alleged mastermind of last month's attack. Supporters of the Corinthians club were preparing banners ahead of a match when gunmen burst in, police said. Police say the killings at the Pavilhao Nove supporters' group were likely to be drug related. The attackers ordered seven fans to lie down before shooting them. The eighth man was hit as he tried to flee. Rodney Dias dos Santos and the other man, who has not been named, were arrested on Thursday morning and taken into police custody, according to O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper. Witnesses say three gunmen stormed into the makeshift club in a working-class suburb of Sao Paulo on Saturday, 18 April. Sao Paulo police suggested the Pavilhao Nove group may have had links to criminal gangs, saying the killings were probably more to do with a dispute over drugs trafficking than with football. Violence in Brazilian football is a growing problem both directly and indirectly, with supporters of teams in several major cities using their club allegiances to organise criminal activity outside the stadiums, the BBC's Wyre Davies reports from Rio de Janeiro. The victims were having a barbecue as they prepared for a Corinthians' match against their fiercest local rivals, Palmeiras, the following day. Corinthians are one of the Brazil's most popular clubs, followed by millions of supporters across the country. Rivelino, Socrates and, more recently, Carlos Tevez and Ronaldo, are among the big names who have played for the club.

Hampshire gave Yorkshire a scare before securing a draw against the Division One champions at Headingley. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A policeman and a former policeman have been arrested in Brazil in connection with the murder of eight men at a football fan club in Sao Paulo.

Councillor Rob Nolan, who voted against the plans, said the Truro development would cause traffic chaos and "deal a major blow" to traders locally. The move has been welcomed by sports fans and other supporters. On Thursday, councillors voted 11-8 for the plans which include a supermarket funding a 6,000-seater stadium. Liberal Democrat Mr Nolan, chairman of Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee, said: "It's despairing. Truro is a vibrant and successful shopping centre. On a dream we've perhaps dealt it a major blow." He described the decision as a "great day for sport, bad day for traders." Truro business leader Simon Hendra shares that opinion. He said the vote left him "bemused" that councillors went against planning officers' advice to refuse the plans, and that "the retail reports say it'll do a lot of damage." However, independent councillor Mark Kaczmarek - who voted for the plans - said this had come after many years of efforts to build a stadium. "There's no other scheme on the table and as planners we have to take that balance. We came up with the right decision," he said. The Cornish Pirates rugby club, Inox Group, Truro and Penwith College and Henry Boot Developments were behind the plans for the multi-use stadium. It is expected to cost £10m with £2m promised by Truro and Penwith College and the other £8m from a deal still to be done with a supermarket and other retailers. Among conflicting views on BBC Radio Cornwall's Facebook page, Christian Ford said: "Sort your lives out Cornwall!! Come on, I'm Cornish. Move with the times. Cornwall needs a stadium, more interest, jobs, events, future music venue etc.. Wake up!" Bill Spears commented: "Truro will become a place to avoid like the plague. The traffic is an absolute nightmare." Natalia Martínez, 37, had faced -20C (-4F) temperatures and winds of up to 140km/h (85mph) on Mt Logan. The rescue operation lasted three hours. "Natalia is back with us safe and sound," the expedition website said. Martínez had been in touch with her partner Camilo Rada, describing "crazy" intense winds and heavy snow. Mountain pilot Tom Bradley, who dropped her off last month to begin the ascent, had earlier told the BBC the ordeal had been "a real rollercoaster for her". The strong winds had made it impossible for her to light her stove to cook food or melt snow to drink, said Mr Bradley, Chief Pilot at Icefield Discovery Tours. "She was getting pretty weak over the last couple of days," he said. She had been "feeling a little down on it" on Thursday morning, but had been able to make a hot meal later in the day, which had helped her recover some strength and boosted her spirits, he said. Mr Rada, also an experienced mountaineer, had been in contact by satellite phone and text. According to earlier reports from her team, she had become increasingly tired, after having to leave her tent every few hours to shovel snow piled around her camp. "The rescue team (sic) was launched around 7:30pm local time, heading for a successful operation that ended at 22:30 pm, with Natalia showing again her beautiful smile at the Icefield Discovery base in Kluane Lake!!! Well done Nati!!!! YOU MADE IT!!!!," the update on the expedition website said. Ms Martínez started a solo ascent of the 5,959m (19,551 ft) peak last month. The magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the western Yukon territory early on Monday. A few hours later, another tremor, of magnitude 6.3, hit. For Ms Martinez, it felt as if "the mountain was falling apart," Mr Rada was quoted by CBC News as saying. "She felt that all the ground under her camp subsided and moved a lot, and of course she was very scared," he said. She then moved her camp to a safer area, Mr Rada said. The Argentine was described as an experienced climber, who had been on Mt Logan before and faced extreme conditions in Patagonia. An average of 25 climbers try to reach the summit of Mt Logan every year.

The approval of plans for a retail development which will pay for a sports stadium in Cornwall has caused "despair", a planning chairman said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A lone Argentine mountaineer has been rescued, four days after she was trapped on Canada's highest peak after avalanches triggered by an earthquake.

It follows the success of the red squirrel population in Anglesey which has increased from around 40 squirrels in 1998 to more than 700. Conservationists are encouraging populations at Ogwen Valley, five miles from Bangor. The site was chosen as mountains help shield them from grey squirrels which carry a disease deadly to the reds. Ten squirrels bred by the East Anglian Red Squirrel Group in Norfolk are among those destined for Wales in special squirrel boxes. Chrissie Kelley, head of species management at Pensthorpe Conservation Trust north Norfolk, is overseeing the resettlement. She said: "Our colleagues in Wales know we breed good squirrels and ours will be joined by breeding stock from other places around the country to ensure the widest genetic mix as possible." Native red squirrels have been almost wiped out by rival grey squirrels which arrived from America in the 19th Century, save for a few strongholds in Scotland and the border counties. Ofsted ranked the island's child protection services "inadequate" in November, while the Department for Education (DfE) also raised concerns about its schools. The government subsequently directed Isle of Wight Council to establish a strategic partnership with Hampshire. The deal is expected to be agreed by the island's council on Wednesday. Isle of Wight Council will remain financially accountable and will fund the costs of the arrangement. The island's children's services councillor, Richard Priest, said the partnership aimed to drive up educational standards and improve children's services, in particular safeguarding standards for vulnerable children. He said: "At a time of increasing pressures on children's services and budgets, we believe this collaborative partnership can become an example for other authorities illustrating how they, too, can effectively share their expertise and resources to benefit their local communities." Hampshire's children's services councillor, Keith Mans, said: "I am confident that we can now move forward in supporting the Isle of Wight Council without compromising our responsibilities and services for children and young people in Hampshire, and without any impact on the county council's budgets." According to a Hampshire report, in November 2012 an Ofsted inspection found the island's children's social services to be "inadequate across all of the domains of the inspection". The report also said the DfE had expressed concern that the island had a "disproportionate number of secondary schools which require significant improvement or require special measures" and that absence rates at secondary schools were "the worst in the country". Ofsted inspectors returned to the island this week after their last report ranked four of the island's six secondary schools "inadequate" - the lowest grade. Another was ranked as "requiring improvement", while the sixth was rated "good". A new Isle of Wight Council administration was formed following last month's election by a group of 20 independent councillors, inheriting a previously Conservative-led council.

A wild colony of red squirrels is set to be established by conservationists in Gwynedd in a bid to boost numbers. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Hampshire County Council is to take over the running of the Isle of Wight's children's services for five years.

The play is a loose adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century tragi-comedy Don Juan that transports the legendary womaniser to contemporary London. The production, which Marber will direct, will run at the Wyndham's Theatre from 17 March to 10 June. The original 2006 production starred Rhys Ifans in the title role and was directed by Michael Grandage. The play drew a good review from the Telegraph's Charles Spencer, who described it as "savagely funny, disturbingly dark and disgracefully sexy". Tennant previously performed at the Wyndham's in 2011, playing Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. He recently played Richard II with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican, moving to New York with the production earlier this year. The former Doctor Who actor played another famous womaniser, Casanova, in a 2005 BBC TV series. Further Don Juan in Soho casting will be announced at a later date. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. Jordan Watson's body was found in the graveyard in Carlisle early on Tuesday morning; Cumbria Police initially said a man had been killed. A post-mortem examination revealed he died from multiple wounds to the head and neck caused by a sharp implement. Detectives said they were shocked by the murder and said for a child to die in such circumstances was "appalling". The body was found in Upperby Cemetery, next to St John The Baptist Church in Manor Road, at about 07:45 BST on Tuesday. Police patrols have been increased across the Carlisle area while the investigation continues into the death of Jordan, who lived in Ridley Road in the city. Det Supt Andrew Slattery said: "Jordan has lost his life as a result of a savage and brutal attack which has shocked the officers working on the case. "For a child to die in these circumstances in Carlisle is appalling. "The offender or offenders must be apprehended and I appeal to any members of the public with information to come forward. "If anybody heard or saw anything unusual in the area of the cemetery on Manor Road overnight, I would urge them to report it to our incident room." The Reverend Jim Hyslop, vicar of St John The Baptist Church, said the first he knew of Jordan's death was when he saw police vehicles outside his house opposite the cemetery. He said: "Nothing like this has ever happened in the 20 years I have been at the church. "Jordan's body was found in the older part of the cemetery, which has been here since the church was founded in 1840. "We haven't been told too much and I've not spoken to many people about what has happened. My thoughts are with his family at this time." Carlisle's mayor, Steven Layden, said the entire city had been left "shocked and appalled" by the murder. He said: "This is outside the normal life of people in Carlisle. It's absolutely shocking and the savagery and brutality of this murder makes it doubly appalling. "It is utterly, utterly shocking that a 14-year-old can die in such a way."

David Tennant is to return to the West End next year to play the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A 14-year-old boy found dead in a cemetery was the victim of a "savage and brutal attack", police have said.

Ewers found the top corner with a powerful 77th-minute shot after a fine pull-back by substitute Ellie Brazil. But the hosts had goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to thank for keeping them level. She made superb first-half saves from Kim Little, Danielle Carter and Danielle van de Donk. Katie McCabe and Jordan Nobbs were both off target in the second period as Arsenal continued to have the better of things before Ewers struck. The draw for the semi-finals will take place live on BBC Radio 5 Live at 14:45 BST on Monday, 27 March. During the visit to "Le Terrible" submarine off Brittany coast, Mr Macron reportedly took part in a simulated missile launch. France will be the sole EU nation with nuclear arms after 2019, when the UK is expected to leave the 28-member bloc. Meanwhile, the new French government easily won its first confidence vote. The cabinet led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was backed by 370 MPs in the lower house, with only 67 voting against. Mr Philippe set out proposals for public spending cuts and labour reforms - a move condemned by the trade unions, who have threatened protest strikes in the autumn. Macron's meteoric rise What's next on president's agenda? On Tuesday, President Macron was taken by helicopter to "Le Terrible" submarine in the Atlantic, about 300km (186 miles) off France's coast. Mr Macron's office later published a photo, showing the president being lowered down aboard the submersible. Mr Macron stressed the importance of France's nuclear deterrence, describing it as the "keystone of security". The reported missile launch simulation was part of the president's daylong visit to nuclear weapons facilities at the Ile Longue base, near Brest. It is home to the country's four nuclear-powered, ballistic missile-carrying submarines. France maintains a fleet of nuclear-armed submarines and strike planes, and has about 300 operational nuclear warheads. Support for the deterrent is deeply rooted in French society and history, ever since it became a nuclear power in the 1960s, correspondents say. France's enduring nuclear deterrent

Women's FA Cup holders Arsenal Ladies were knocked out of this season's competition in the quarter-finals as a Marisa Ewers goal was enough to earn victory for Birmingham City Ladies. [NEXT_CONCEPT] President Emmanuel Macron has spent several hours underwater aboard a nuclear submarine to signal commitment to France's nuclear deterrent.

Paul Edward Burns, of no fixed abode, is accused of threatening to kill Edward Gibson, and of disorderly behaviour, during an incident at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Mr Gibson, 28, was shot in his stomach and thigh in an alleyway beside Divis Tower on Friday. He died in hospital. Carwyn Jones will unveil a blueprint for an overhaul of relations between the governments of the four nations after the UK leaves the European Union. A new UK Council of Ministers would settle post-Brexit power disputes. Mr Jones will call on the UK nations to work together "through discussion, not diktat, to map our collective future". The first minister has already written to Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to rethink plans for a hard Brexit, saying she had "no mandate" for it after the Conservatives lost their majority in the snap election she called hoping to strengthen her position. Speaking in Cardiff on Thursday, Mr Jones will re-state his preference for securing "full and unfettered access" to the EU single market after Brexit, and stress the need for co-operation to find a way forward. He will describe leaving the European Union as "the biggest challenge facing the United Kingdom, a challenge thrown into even sharper relief by the outcome of the general election". It will influence "our ability to trade, travel, attract investment, determine policies, legislate, support our countryside, invest in our regions", Mr Jones will add. He will warn the "fallout" from Brexit has "the potential to destabilise the United Kingdom as we know it - or, if we work together, we can use this as an opportunity to reinvent and strengthen our union". The proposed UK Council of Ministers would take over from the current Joint Ministerial Council, through which the UK government has heard the Brexit priorities of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A new white paper from Mr Jones will also call for a convention looking at the wider questions about the future of the UK once it leaves the EU. "The opportunities presented by EU exit must be about the future, not the past - and that is what our paper is about," he will add. "It represents an important step forward in the work which we must undertake together with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland - through discussion, not diktat - to map our collective future."

A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with making threats to kill a man who was murdered in west Belfast at the weekend. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Brexit provides an opportunity to "reinvent and strengthen" the United Kingdom, Wales' first minister will say in a speech on Thursday.

The air force said some staff had texted answers to the routine tests to others, while others had known about the cheating but failed to report it. The ranks involved range from 2nd lieutenants to captains. The allegations emerged during investigations into alleged drug use by personnel at other bases. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the cheating had involved officers based at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, and related to a monthly test all nuclear missile staff must take. "Some officers did it," she said of the cheating. "Others apparently knew about it, and it appears that they did nothing, or at least not enough, to stop it or to report it." Ms James said it was "absolutely unacceptable behaviour" but that the security of the nuclear programme was not in doubt. "This was a failure of some of our airmen. It was not a failure of the nuclear mission," she said. The 34 officers have had their security clearance revoked and the entire team in charge of overseeing missile launches will be re-tested. A further three officers have been suspended for allegedly possessing recreational drugs. It is the latest scandal to hit the air force and nuclear missile force. In August, a nuclear missile unit at Malmstrom failed a safety and security inspection, leading to a senior security officer being relieved of duty. And in May, it was reported that 17 officers in charge of maintaining nuclear missiles were sidelined over safety violations at Minot Air Force base in North Dakota. In October, the general in charge of America's long-range nuclear missiles, Maj Gen Michael Carey, was sacked, with officials citing a "loss of trust and confidence". It later emerged he had engaged in conduct "unbecoming of a gentleman" during a work trip to Russia in July. Gen Carey's removal came days after the Navy sacked Vice-Adm Tim Giardina, second-in-command of the US Strategic Command, over illegal gambling. Strategic Command oversees everything from America's land-based nuclear missiles to space operations governing military satellites. The dates and venues for the games have been confirmed with the preliminary round match between Monaghan and Fermanagh on Saturday, 20 May. There will also be two games on the opening weekend with the Donegal v Antrim quarter-final a day later. This reduces the championship from 10 to nine weeks with the decider to be played on Sunday, 16 July. Tyrone are defending champions and Mickey Harte's side will take on derby rivals Derry at Celtic Park on Sunday, 28 May. About 17,000 properties in Tameside and Saddleworth had been affected since Sunday by a "technical fault" on equipment and untreated water entering the local pipe network. United Utilities lifted the boil water notice at about 21:00 on Tuesday. The firm said the problem had been fixed and testing of the water had been completed. Thousands of bottles of water were distributed to schools and nursing homes. United Utilities released a statement to customers on its website which said: "We're very sorry for the time it has taken to get your water back to normal and we appreciate the frustration and inconvenience this will have caused." Compensation of £20 would automatically be sent out to those affected, it added.

Thirty-four US Air Force officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles have been suspended over accusations that they cheated in proficiency tests. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The Ulster Senior Football Championship will begin on a Saturday for the first time next year. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Water services in Greater Manchester have "returned to normal" after a fault at a treatment works.

Forecasters first issued the alert on Wednesday for the Western Isles. It has now been extended to also cover Wester Ross, Sutherland, Argyll, Lochaber and parts of Tayside and central Scotland. Play at the Open golf championship at St Andrews was suspended on Friday morning due to rain. Forecasters said winds could gust to speeds of 50mph, while heavy rain has also been forecast for Saturday. The warning covers from 01:00 on Friday until 21:00 on Saturday. Argyll and Lochaber could see the heaviest rain. The Met Office said: "A rather vigorous area of low pressure for the time of year, will bring a combination of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Scotland. "The worst of this arrives in two separate episodes - a six to nine-hour period of heavy, thundery rain overnight into Friday, and then slightly less intense but more persistent rain setting in later Friday and lasting well through Saturday. "Total rainfall will typically be 25 to 50mm but with some areas, particularly over high ground, receiving more than 80mm over the two days." Sheffield-based Iman FM's licence had already been suspended by Ofcom for playing the lectures by radical American Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. An Ofcom spokesperson said: "We take robust action when broadcasters break the rules." Iman FM previously told Ofcom it was not aware of Awlaki's background. Live updates and more stories from Yorkshire The station has not yet responded to a BBC request for a comment. "We have strict rules prohibiting harmful content in programmes likely to incite crime," the Ofcom spokesperson added. Ofcom said revoking the Broadcasting Act licence was in "the public interest" and Iman Media UK Limited was "unfit to hold a licence". The station was awarded a licence in October 2014 and broadcasted over a three-mile (5km) radius in Sheffield but it was suspended on 4 July. It followed "extremely serious breaches of the Broadcasting Code, after it aired material likely to incite or encourage the commission of crime or to lead to disorder", said Ofcom. During an investigation, prompted by a complaint from a member of the public, the station gave written and oral evidence. The radio station's service has been off-air since 4 July and will not be reinstated. In 2011 the United Nations Security Council described Awlaki as a "leader, recruiter and trainer for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula". His sermons are thought to have inspired terrorist attacks including the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in 2015 in which 12 people died and the 2009 Fort Hood shootings, in which 13 US soldiers were killed. Awlaki was killed in a US drone strike in 2011. The station previously said it had not listened to all of the lectures because of time constraints, it being a small radio station and the broadcasts happening during Ramadan. Iman FM broadcast a show on 23 June that condemned the lectures and apologised to listeners.

A Met Office yellow "be aware" warning for heavy rain on Friday has been updated to include a larger area of Scotland. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A community radio station has had its licence revoked for broadcasting more than 25 hours of lectures by an alleged al-Qaeda leader.

Health inspectors found the fast food restaurant in the Bullring had evidence of "mouse activity throughout the premises", including food preparation areas. Parent company, Caspian Food Services also had to pay £1,389 in court costs. The branch has since been re-inspected and given a top hygiene rating. Caspian Food Services pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to four offences under the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulation after being prosecuted by the city council. Inspectors found mouse droppings in the food preparation and storage areas, as well as evidence of inadequate cleaning and food exposed to risk of contamination. The premises was closed on 2 February 2015 as there was deemed to be "an imminent risk to public health" and reopened two days later. A further unannounced inspection was carried out in June by environmental health officers, after which Burger King was given a Food Hygiene Rating of five - the maximum score. The index ended the day up 224.81 points, or 1.1%, at 20,133.90. Chinese stocks continued their recent bull run, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index up 0.3% and the Shanghai Composite rallying 2.4% to a fresh, seven-year high. Meanwhile South Korea saw the Kospi index close flat at 2,143.89 points. In Japan, stocks rallied as the country logged a trade surplus in March after the weaker yen boosted exports and cheaper oil prices lowered its import bill. The trade balance came in at 229.3bn yen ($1.9bn; £1.3bn) in March, beating market expectations for a surplus of 44.6bn yen. Exports rose by 8.5% from a year earlier, while imports fell by 14.5%. Australia's share market was dragged lower by BHP Billiton and other miners because of concerns over falling commodity prices. The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed 0.6% lower at 5,837.50, with added pressure from new data showing soft consumer prices. Shares of BHP Billiton declined by as much as 1.9%, the biggest fall in a year, after the firm said it would delay the expansion of its iron ore operations in Western Australia. The mining giant said production of iron ore increased 16% from a year earlier in the nine months to March. However, spot iron ore prices have fallen by 60% over the past year due to oversupply in the market and slowing demand from China, its biggest consumer. The slump has affected both large and small miners in Australia, with iron ore the country's biggest commodity export.

Burger King has been fined £12,000 after mouse droppings were found at a Birmingham branch during a planned inspection. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Japan's Nikkei 225 index has closed above 20,000 points for the first time in 15 years after the country recorded its first trade surplus in three years.

Mr Smith and Ms Eagle have both launched leadership bids but Mr Smith has said only one of them should stand against Mr Corbyn in the final vote. He has indicated that he would withdraw from the contest if Ms Eagle won more support among Labour MPs. The contest was prompted after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence. Speaking afterwards, Ms Eagle said the debate had gone "very well". One of her supporters told BBC political correspondent Iain Watson she had shown "more substance" while an MP backing Mr Smith said only he could unite the Labour Party. Nominations for the leadership contest open later on Monday, with an initial list of which MPs are backing whom to be published on Tuesday evening. As challengers, Mr Smith and Ms Eagle need nominations from 51 MPs and MEPs to get on the ballot paper while, as the incumbent leader, Mr Corbyn is automatically entitled to stand. During his leadership launch on Sunday, Mr Smith said the contender with the most backing should become the unity candidate to take on Mr Corbyn - a view shared by senior colleagues. Mr Corbyn has vowed to fight the challengers, but in the latest in a string of rows over the vote he has said he thinks rules which exclude recently signed-up Labour members from voting in the contest are "not very fair". He told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that he wants the party's National Executive Committee to change the restrictions, adding that he believes the £25 fee for registered supporters to vote in the contest is too high. Rose, 24, has made 38 Premier League appearances for Spurs since joining from Leeds in 2007 and was part of the GB squad at the London 2012 Olympics. He will compete with Ben Davies - a new signing from Swansea - for the left-back spot at White Hart Lane. Rose, who has played on loan for Watford, Peterborough, Bristol City and Sunderland, scored a stunning volley against Arsenal on his debut in 2010. Christopher Metcalfe, 70, from Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, was found not guilty of raping a teenage girl. At Derby Crown Court he was also cleared of indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl at a school and another young girl on his farm. The jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on two other indecent assault charges involving those girls. Mr Metcalfe, who taught rural studies at a residential home near Mansfield, had denied all five charges he was facing. The case has been adjourned until 27 April.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his two challengers, Angela Eagle and Owen Smith, have taken part in a hustings in front of Labour MPs. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Tottenham defender Danny Rose has signed a new five-year contract. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A retired teacher has been cleared of sexually assaulting three girls in the 1970s and '80s.

Cornwall Council's 3.97% increase is the maximum allowed without triggering a local referendum under government rules. It is made of a 1.97% rise in council tax and a 2% increase to specifically fund adult social care. At County Hall in Truro, 67 councillors voted in favour of the rise, 13 were against and there were 21 abstentions. It means the council tax bill of the average band D property will increase by £50 a year, the authority said. In November, the government announced it would allow local authorities in England to increase council tax by 2% to cover a funding shortfall in adult social care. In 2014, the council approved a four-year budget strategy aimed at cutting spending by nearly £200m. It is understood the man was Gerard Mulligan, from Lisburn, County Antrim, and that he took his own life at the high security jail on Saturday evening. Mr Mulligan had been on remand charged with murdering his father, Gerald Mulligan, at his home in Limehurst Way, Lisburn, in September. The PSNI, coroner and Prisoner Ombudsman have launched investigations into the prisoner's death. The Northern Ireland Prison Service has not confirmed the inmate's identity or released any details about how he died, but said the man's next of kin have been informed. Acting Prison Service director general Phil Wragg said: "I would like to extend my sympathy and that of the Northern Ireland Prison Service to the family of the prisoner who has died in Maghaberry. "My thoughts are with them at this difficult time." The prisoner's father was found dead in the boot of a car near his home on 26 September and he was arrested shortly afterwards.

A council tax rise of almost 4% has been approved by councillors in Cornwall. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A 44-year-old man has died in custody at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim.

Maina Sunuwar, 15, was tortured and killed in an army base in 2004 in a case that came to symbolise the horror of wartime abuse. It is the first time troops have been convicted over the 1995-2006 conflict. The three men were not present in court and rights groups fear they may not serve their sentences. "I'm glad the court has understood our plight. But our fight is not over. I'm worried the decision might be limited to paper. The state must implement the court's decision," Maina's mother Devi Sunuwar told AFP news agency. The three soldiers - Amit Pun, Sunil Adhikari and Boby Khatri - had been convicted by a court martial in 2005 which jailed them for six months and issued them with fines for negligence and not disposing of Maina's body correctly. Pun and Adhikari resigned from the army after the court martial and Khatri, their commander at the time, retired after missing out on promotion in 2009. The court in Kavre acquitted a fourth soldier of higher rank, Niranjan Basnet, saying he had only been involved in Maina's arrest and not her killing. "We're happy at the conviction. But we don't want to see any institution protecting criminals. They are now convicted criminals. The army should respect the decision of the court and hand them over to the courts as per the law," Mandira Sharma from the Advocacy Forum, an NGO that brought the case before the court, told the BBC. Maina was arrested at her home in Kharelthok village in central Nepal and then interrogated for suspected links to Maoist rebels by soldiers who were looking for her mother. She was subjected to water torture and electrocution before being killed. The Nepali army has not commented on the verdicts, which can be challenged in higher courts. More than 17,000 people were killed during the civil war, which ended with a peace deal between the Maoist insurgents and government forces. Both sides are accused of human rights abuses but rights groups say little has been done to hold perpetrators to account and many of those accused continue to hold high-ranking government and military positions. This is only the second conviction ever for crimes during the civil war. In 2014, five former Maoist rebels were jailed for two years for torturing and killing a journalist, a sentence that was criticised for being too lenient. Police have not yet carried out a Supreme Court order to arrest a Maoist leader for a conflict-era murder. The army and the former rebels say conflict-era cases should be investigated by a truth and reconciliation commission formed in 2015 instead of being settled through the regular courts. The commission has collected more than 58,000 complaints from conflict victims. But BBC Nepali's Phanindra Dahal says feuding between members, a lack of political support and the absence of clear legal provisions mean it has made little headway. The hoard, which is valued at £3.2m, was found in a farmer's field near Burntwood, Staffordshire in July 2009. With 4,000 objects, it is the largest cache of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever discovered. The Institute for Conservation has shortlisted Birmingham Museum's work for the Keck prize. The institute, a charity that promotes the preservation of historical and artistic works, gives out the award every two years. It is meant to be given to "the individual or group who has contributed most towards promoting public understanding and appreciation of the accomplishments of the conservation profession". The hoard is displayed across four sites, at the Potteries Museum, Lichfield Cathedral, Tamworth Castle and Birmingham Museum. The artefacts have been dated to the 7th and 8th Centuries. The institute praised the fact the hoard was on display throughout conservation and research work. Previous winners of the Keck prize include the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

A Nepal court has sentenced three former soldiers to 20 years in jail for killing a teenage girl during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Programme has been shortlisted for an international award.

It has entered into an initial 15-year partnership with Community Windpower at its nine-turbine Sanquhar site. The company said it was a "proud moment" and "another key milestone" in its efforts to become a sustainable business. The development in Dumfries and Galloway is scheduled to open early next year. Nestle said it already took all of its grid supplied electricity in the UK and Ireland from renewable sources. However, chief executive Dame Fiona Kendrick said the new deal took things "a huge step further". "This is a newly commissioned wind farm, generating new energy, creating capacity that didn't previously exist and capable of providing half of our electricity needs," she said. Community Windpower said it was "delighted" to be working with Nestle while climate group RE100 said it showed that business demand for renewables was rising. Media playback is not supported on this device Fifa has confirmed it is investigating whether Russian players benefited from the state-sponsored doping programme outlined by the McLaren report in 2016. Football's world governing body has refused to say whether the members of Russia's 2014 World Cup squad are among the 1,000 athletes implicated by the report - though the Mail on Sunday has said they are. Fifa did say all players tested at the tournament, including the full Russian squad, returned negative samples. Sorokin, who chairs the local organising committee for next year's World Cup in Russia, said that meant it was "very bizarre" for media reports to "focus on things from the past". "Despite the allegations there are clear-cut test results," he added. "That is the most important thing. "We don't consider this to be a serious matter and it's very strange that it's in the papers." However, the World Anti-Doping Agency, which commissioned the McLaren report, has acknowledged physical evidence of Russia's doping required to punish those responsible - such as positive samples - may be difficult to find. That is partly because the system Russia developed included a "disappearing positive" method that involved swapping samples known to be positive with clean ones. The McLaren report said this system was used across at least 30 sports, including football, and that more than 1,000 athletes potentially benefited between 2011 and 2015. It said the system was used to "corrupt the London 2012 Olympics on an unprecedented scale", while further techniques, including positive samples being secretly removed from anti-doping labs through "mouse holes" drilled by spies, were perfected at the Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi in 2014. The report's findings were based on forensic evidence and witness testimony, including that of a doctor who used to work within that system, Grigory Rodchenkov. Sorokin described its conclusions as "speculation that has appeared on the basis of an incredible witness". He added: "If there are facts, let's discuss facts. If there are no facts, let's discuss football."

Food giant Nestle has signed a deal to meet half of its UK and Ireland energy needs from a Scottish wind farm. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Russian football does not have a doping problem, and claims that suggest otherwise are "made-up news", says 2018 World Cup chief Alexey Sorokin.

Firefighters had to a rescue one of the occupants from the top floor of the flats in Nevill Avenue on Monday. Residents have been unable to return home while the police investigation continues and the British Red Cross is providing emergency housing. The communal entrance to the property was damage, but no one was injured. Police said it was believed the fire was an isolated incident. Lettings agent network Your Move said average rents north of the border were 2.2% higher last month than a year ago. Its Buy-to-Let Index found rents in England and Wales rose by just 1.5% over the same period. The average monthly rent in Scotland now stands at £537, back in line with a survey record set in August this year. Rents climbed by a moderate 0.3% in the month to October, recovering from a dip during September. Average rents in Edinburgh and the Lothians set a new peak of £615, following monthly growth of 0.6%. The only area to experience a price fall on a monthly basis was Glasgow and Clyde, where rent dropped by 0.7%, to £565. Christine Campbell, regional managing director of Your Move, said: "Average rents in Scotland have bounced back to peak level in October, and annually the pace of rent growth is exceeding that experienced across England and Wales. "Snags in supply and concerns over potential rent caps are setting the stride in Scotland, but in the longer term, the march of private sector rents is easing back on an annual basis. "After years of consistency and incremental adjustments, rent rises quickened rapidly after the changes to lettings legislation made tenancy fees illegal. "Instead of facing a one-off payment, tenants saw their monthly rents rise at a much accelerated pace. "This market is only just starting to self-correct and steady." In May 2016, police reports of hate incidents in schools were up 89% on the same month in 2015, the figures show. The Times Educational Supplement obtained the data from 30 police forces under Freedom of Information law. Robert Posner of the Anne Frank Trust UK said racist language had become more accepted since last June's referendum. Mr Posner, chief executive of the charity, which runs a national programme tackling prejudice-related behaviours among young people, told the TES that the charity had heard more "disparaging" comments in school workshops since the vote. "Language that we might consider to be either racist or prejudiced has become more normal and more accepted recently," said Mr Posner. The TES sent freedom of information requests to all 39 of England's police forces. Of the 32 forces to respond, 30 provided comparable data. The figures revealed that compared with the same periods in 2015: There were warnings of increases in bigoted behaviour among pupils at both the National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers annual conferences last month. A small survey of 345 ATL members published during their conference showed that more than a fifth of teachers had noticed hate crime or hate speech incidents in their schools during this academic year, and 17% believed it was a growing trend among pupils. At the time, the union's general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said schools needed to educate children "to build a culture of tolerance and respect" as part of their anti-bullying policies. "We hope that schools can support staff to educate young people in recognising and challenging hate crimes and hate speech wherever they occur," said Dr Bousted. At the end of July last year the government announced a review of the ways in which police in England and Wales handle hate crimes and bullying against pupils and staff from minority groups after a sharp rise in the month after the EU referendum.

A fire which badly damaged a block of flats in Hove is believed to have been started deliberately, Sussex Police have said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Property rents have risen faster in Scotland than in England and Wales over the past year, according to a new report. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Hate crimes and related incidents rose sharply in classrooms across England during last year's Brexit campaign, new police figures suggest.

19 January 2016 Last updated at 14:23 GMT But did it ever go away? As far back as April 1980, Bristol's environmental health officers were using noise monitoring equipment to try to track down the source. More than 100 complaints had been made - one inspector told BBC Points West, in this archive footage from April 1980. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan started working as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff on Tuesday. Her commitment to transgender rights reflects "the values of this administration," a senior White House official said. It is President Barack Obama's latest move in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. "Raffi Freedman-Gurspan demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to the president. Ms Freedman-Gurspan previously worked as a policy adviser for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NTCE). Her appointment to the White House has been hailed as an important step by key members of the LGBT community. "Our government works best when it reflects the reality of who we are as Americans," said Aisha Moodie-Mills, the head of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute. The Department of Defense is reviewing its ban on transgender men and women from serving in the military, and the White House has said it welcomes that move. Stranraer took the lead early in the second half, McGuigan drilling home after goalkeeper Grant Adam had parried Willie Gibson's effort. Craig Malcolm, Paul Cairney, Andy Stirling, Steven Bell and Jamie Longworth all went close for Stranraer. Greig Spence and Declan McDaid threatened for the visitors. Stranraer will face Championship second-bottom side Livingston in their semi-final while Cowdenbeath will battle to preserve their League One status, initially against Queen's Park of League Two.

The Bristol Hum - a mysterious low-level noise that only some in the city can hear - is back in the headlines. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The White House has hired its first openly transgender full-time member of staff, officials have confirmed. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Mark McGuigan's solitary strike was enough to seal Stranraer a promotion play-off place and consign Cowdenbeath to a relegation play-off.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is holding a week-long session to discuss how Hong Kong picks its leader. Beijing says Hong Kong residents can elect their leader in 2017, but critics expect Beijing to screen candidates via a nominating committee. Pro-democracy activists have pledged large-scale civil disobedience if an acceptable agreement is not reached. The Standing Committee is meeting from 25-31 August, a statement said last week. Lawmakers would deliberate on a report from Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung on whether to revise election methods for the territory's top job, state-run Xinhua news agency said. Mr Leung was selected by a 1,200-member committee in 2012, but in 2017 Hong Kong residents will be allowed to vote for their leader. At the heart of the row, however, is whether Beijing will require candidates for the position of chief executive to obtain support from more than 50% of a nominating committee in order to get his or her name on the ballot. Most expect that committee to be made up of pro-Beijing businessmen and individuals, thereby giving mainland authorities an effective veto over candidates. But activists want no restrictions on the nomination of candidates. A decision is expected at the end of the month. The pro-democracy Occupy Central movement has pledged to hold a sit-in of 10,000 protesters in the territory's business district if it views the ruling from Beijing as inadequate. Hong Kong's political future will be decided, in large part, at this week's parliamentary meeting in Beijing. Benny Tai, founder of the Occupy Central movement, told a gathering of pro-democracy activists at the weekend that an overly strict framework for electoral reform is likely to trigger protests and, ultimately, occupation of the main business district in Hong Kong. Chinese lawmakers are expected to announce their decision on Sunday. An analysis piece in the overseas edition of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, suggests the Chinese government will not budge from its bottom line. Officials have previously stated that the next chief executive must be a patriot and must not oppose the central government. Pro-democracy activists have said these requirements are not consistent with accepted international standards of universal suffrage. The issue is the subject of huge debate in Hong Kong, a former British colony now governed by China under the principle of "one country, two systems". In June, almost 800,000 people cast ballots in an informal referendum organised by Occupy Central on how the chief executive should be chosen. This was followed in July by a major pro-democracy march that saw tens of thousands take to the streets. Earlier this month, meanwhile, large crowds turned out for a pro-Beijing rally in Hong Kong. The same issue is rumbling in Macau, where over the weekend activists began a similar informal referendum on democracy. Currently a group of 400 people elect Macau's leader. The referendum - taking place online after activists trying to staff a polling station were detained - is due to run until 31 August. The suspects, both 16, are accused of the murder of Duran Junior Kaijama, who died following an incident in Dagenham on 12 November. They are also charged with attempted murder in relation to another 16-year-old who was taken to hospital with stab injuries. Duran, found with a stab wound in Wyhill Walk, later died in hospital. Police said the charged teenagers will both appear at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on Saturday. Another 16-year-old boy appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Friday, also charged with Duran's murder and attempted murder. He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey at a date to be set.

China's top leaders meet this week for talks on Hong Kong's political future. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two teenagers have been charged with murder following the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in east London.

Netzpolitik.org reported on plans to expand the country's domestic surveillance of online communications earlier in the year. The site says it has received a letter from prosecutors announcing the probe against two of its journalists as well as an unidentified source. The stories were published in February and April. The February article alleged Germany's domestic intelligence agency wanted additional funds to increase its online surveillance programmes. The April follow-up was about the spy agency's efforts to set up a special unit to monitor social networking websites. An earlier report suggested the pair of journalists had already been charged with treason, but it has since emerged that they are in fact being investigated. In Germany the maximum punishment for treason is 15 years in prison unless a judge decides to override that with a harsher sentence. The analysis of more than 50,000 people showed favourable mutations in people's DNA-enhanced lung function and masked the deadly impact of smoking. The Medical Research Council scientists say the findings could lead to new drugs to improve lung function. But not smoking will always be the best option, they say. Many, but not all, smokers will develop lung disease. But so too will some who have never touched a cigarette in their lives. The researchers analysed the huge amount amount of health and genetic data from volunteers to the UK's Biobank project. They looked at Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which leads to breathlessness, coughing and repeat chest infections. The condition is thought to affect three million people in the UK and includes diseases such as bronchitis and emphysema. By comparing smokers and non-smokers as well as those with the disease and without they discovered sections of our DNA that reduce the risk of COPD. So smokers with "good genes" had a lower risk of COPD than those with "bad genes". Prof Martin Tobin, one of the researchers at the University of Leicester, said the genes seemed to affect the way the lungs grow and respond to injury. But he told the BBC News website: "There doesn't appear to be any kind of magic bullet that would give anyone guaranteed protection against tobacco smoke - they would still have lungs that were unhealthier than they would be had they been a non-smoker. "The strongest thing that people can do to affect their future health in terms of COPD and also smoking-related disease like cancer and heart disease is to stop smoking." The habit also increases the risk of heart disease and cancers, which are not considered in this study. The scientists also uncovered parts of the genetic code which were more common in smokers than non-smokers. They seem to alter the brain's function and how easily someone can become addicted to nicotine, although that still needs to be confirmed. Prof Tobin said the findings offered "fantastic new clues about how the body works that we really had little idea about before and it's those things that are likely to lead to some really exciting breakthroughs for drug development." Their findings were presented at a meeting of the European Respiratory Society and published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. Ian Jarrold, the head of research at the British Lung Foundation, said: "These findings represent a significant step forward in helping us achieve a clearer picture about the fascinating and intricate reality of lung health. "Understanding genetic predisposition is essential in not only helping us develop new treatments for people with lung disease but also in teaching otherwise healthy people how to better take care of their lungs."

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The research by accountants and business advisors BDO pointed to a rise in output levels as evidence of a "summer of success" for Scottish businesses. A separate survey by the Bank of Scotland also suggested economic output had increased. But both reports suggested there had been a fall in employment levels. Martin Gill, head of BDO LLP in Scotland, said: "Political certainty has bolstered short-term business confidence. The result is a thriving economy, despite global economic unrest. "However, as business success continues to exceed other markets, the strong pound will make it harder for our exporters - particularly manufacturers - to find customers. We can't let confidence tip over into complacency; keeping us competitive should be a government priority." Donald MacRae, chief economist at Bank of Scotland, said its PMI figure for July - which is based on survey data from approximately 600 companies - was the highest so far this year. "Activity grew in the services sector while manufacturing output showed a welcome return to growth after the contraction of the last three months," he said. "New orders rose in all sectors while the pace of decline in new export orders slowed. Although employment fell the Scottish economy continued the recovery from the slowdown in the first quarter of the year. Moderate growth is expected for the rest of 2015." The Bank of Scotland PMI report for July found private firms "reported further growth of output and new orders". In the service sector the amount of new business placed with companies grew for the fifth month in a row, while the manufacturing sector reported a rise in output in July, reversing the trend for the past three months. Manufacturing firms also saw a growth in new orders last month, following a decline in June. But the report said: "Scottish private sector firms reported the first decline in staffing levels since October 2011 during July, largely a result of job shedding in the service sector." While it said that some companies "linked job cuts to internal restructuring efforts" it added that the "rate at which workforce numbers were reduced was modest". BDO's research also indicated a growth in output but a fall in employment levels, with the output index up to 104.4 in July - an increase on the previous month's total of 104.1 and higher than the 103.7 recorded 12 months ago. The latest employment index was recorded at 108.4, compared to 109.1 in June and 109.6 in July 2014. Reacting to the Bank of Scotland PMI report, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: "This survey is further welcome evidence of the strengthening of Scotland's economy, with the strongest PMI output reading of 2015 so far and an improvement reported in new orders across both manufacturing and services. "While the data points to a slight dip in staffing levels in the services industry, it is encouraging to see manufacturers increasing their hiring activity and falling cost pressures across all sectors. "This survey is in addition to latest official figures which also show Scotland's economy growing and unemployment falling." An, 28, won three gold medals for South Korea in Turin in 2006 before being given Russian citizenship in 2011. This has been the best experience of my sporting career and I will never forget Sochi. He won Russia's first ever short track speed skating gold medal in the 1,000m before winning the 500m and the relay. Only Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Bjorn Daehlie have won more gold medals at a Winter Olympics, with eight. Having won a bronze in the 500m in 2006 and the 1,500m in Sochi, An's eight medals move him level with American Apolo Anton Ohno with the most medals in short track history. He beat China's Wu Dajing into second with a time of 41.312 seconds in the 500m. After helping beat the United States with a record time of six minutes 42.1 secs in the relay win, An said: "I'm very happy we were able to win a medal as a team. I wanted one thing, which was for all of us to be smiling together. "This has been the best experience of my sporting career and I will never forget Sochi. Before the competition started, I just wanted to concentrate on doing my best and show what I could be on the Olympic stage." An is also the first person to win gold in all four short track events in Winter Olympics history.

Scotland's economy is thriving despite global economic unrest, according to a business survey. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Russia's Victor An won his sixth career gold medal and became the most successful short track skater ever as the hosts won the 5,000m relay.

This recording and others have been played at an inquest into the death of seven-year-old Shanay Walker. Police found them on her paternal aunt's mobile phone. The aunt, Kay-Ann Morris, has been cleared of murder but she and Shanay's grandmother Juanila Smikle have both been jailed for child cruelty. In the recordings, Morris can be heard shouting and swearing at Shanay and telling her: "You look like a pig's arse. Right now you look ugly as ... like a pig's arse. "And why is that? Because of your stinking behaviour." Shanay was placed in her aunt's care after her mother, Leanne Walker, suffered post-natal depression. The mobile phone was found when police searched Morris's home in Nottingham after Shanay's death in July 2014. A post-mortem examination showed Shanay died of a brain injury and had more than 50 injuries to her body. The phone contained several hundred recordings, which Morris had made covertly during meetings with Shanay's teachers, social workers and health professionals. The phone continued recording after one of the meetings at Shanay's school in September 2013, which was when the "pig's arse" comments were picked up. Shanay can also be heard scolding her niece during the meeting itself, saying: "You did wrong and you should be ashamed of yourself. "Let's see if this is going to be the last time because you've apologised several times before. Let's see if it's going to be the last time, right?" The inquest heard that Shanay's school, Southglade Primary, had raised concerns about bruising on her. However, Morris claimed her niece was attempting to self-harm and the bruising was also from being pushed around at school. During Morris and Smikle's trial, the prosecution alleged Morris subjected her niece to a "sustained, vicious and brutal beating" that resulted in her death. Morris elected not to give evidence at the trial but previously told police officers Shanay had accidently fallen down the stairs. Sentencing her in June 2015, Mr Justice Macduff said it was clear jurors could not be sure if Morris had caused the injury that killed her. "Maybe you were not responsible for the fatal head injury. But whatever its cause, I am wholly satisfied that you beat Shanay over and over, shortly before she died," the judge said. The inquest continues. He earned $80m (£51m) thanks to blockbusters like Avengers: Age of Ultron, according to the list. For the first time, the list also includes actors who work outside the US movie industry, meaning the top 10 includes three Bollywood stars. Daniel Craig was the only British actor to feature, at number 15 jointly with Australian actor Chris Hemsworth. They each earned $27m (£17m) according to Forbes. In compiling the list, the number crunchers measure earnings before subtracting management fees and taxes over the past year. Forbes described it as "the first truly global earnings tally of leading men", adding that the 34 stars on the full list "earned a combined $941m (£603m) before taxes and fees between June 2014 and June 2015". Jackie Chan came in at number two with $50m (£32m), thanks to being the biggest movie star in China. 1. Robert Downey Jr - $80m 2. Jackie Chan - $50m 3. Vin Diesel - $47m 4. Bradley Cooper - $41.5m 5. Adam Sandler - $41m 6. Tom Cruise - $40m 7. Amitabh Bachchan - $33.5m 8. Salman Khan - $33.5m 9. Akshay Kumar - $32.5m 10. Mark Wahlberg - $32m

A girl who died after being treated cruelly by her aunt and grandmother was chastised and called "ugly as a pig" in a recording made by the aunt. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid actors for the third year running

Students have also protested in the capital, Nairobi, ahead of a candle-lit vigil demanding more protection from the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants. The assault on Garissa University on Thursday killed 148 people. Five Kenyans have appeared in court for suspected links with the attackers. The court in Nairobi agreed to the prosecution's request to detain them for another 30 days, while police investigate whether they supplied weapons to the attackers, Kenya's Capital FM reports. A sixth suspect, a Tanzanian, is being held in the north-eastern town of Garissa, which is about 150km (90 miles) from the border with Somalia. Last Thursday's attack was the deadliest in Kenya by al-Shabab, which was formed in neighbouring Somalia about eight years ago. The militants have promised a "long, gruesome war" against Kenya after Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight them. The BBC's Bashkash Jugsooda'ay in Garissa says both Muslims and Christians took part in the march and promised to co-operate with the security forces to flush out militants who may be hiding in their community. However, protesters were also critical of the security forces, saying they were slow in their response to the assault, he says. They pointed out that both the army and police had bases in Garissa. Yet, four gunmen managed to storm the campus, taking students hostage in dormitories and killing them in a day-long attack. Analysis: Anne Soy, BBC Africa, Nairobi There is a hashtag trending on Twitter - #147notjustanumber in memory of the people killed in the Garissa attacks last week. Kenyans are angry. They feel the government has not done enough to ensure security, especially as there had been material circulating on social media warning about attacks. Unfortunately it looks like this is leading to profiling of Kenyans of Somali ethnicity - and there are many of them. Latest updates from Kenya The government says the security forces responded swiftly, and saved the lives of about 500 other students. The security forces also came under heavy criticism at the protest in Nairobi by several hundred university students. Protesters said they were no longer prepared to be "at the mercy of al-Shabab" and demanded that the government tighten security at universities and schools across Kenya. Demonstrators also mourned the dead, holding placards which read "You remain in our hearts!". There are emotional scenes at a mortuary in Nairobi, as relatives continue to identify the dead. Garissa university campus 1. Militants enter the university grounds, two guards are shot dead 2. Shooting begins within the campus 3. Students attacked in their classrooms while preparing for exams 4. Gunmen believed isolated in the female dormitories 5. Some students make an escape through the fence Kenya's stoic survivors defy al-Shabab Survivors 'were too scared to scream' Why is al-Shabab targeting Kenya? Police said the 23-year-old was accused of running on to the pitch during Sunday's fixture at Pittodrie and faced a breach of the peace charge. He is expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court next month. Aberdeen won the match 2-1 thanks to a late free-kick scored by James Maddison, in the team's first meeting since January 2012.

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The 26-year-old 6ft 4in summer arrival from Blackburn scored his 20th header in two years to help Villa beat Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday. "I don't think our centre-backs are too happy defending against him every day in training," said Sherwood. "He is very accurate with his heading and his hold-up play is very good. He gives us another dimension." Media playback is not supported on this device Gestede, a second-half substitute, scored 33 goals in 66 league games for Blackburn and is renowned for his physical style. Sherwood has already described the £6m fee for the Frenchman as a bargain. "He attacks the ball for his life and throws everything at it. He flies in, he hurts people if they get in his way, but he seems to get up himself," said the Villa manager. "He terrorises defenders - he doesn't give them a minute - but he is more than just a battering ram. "Everyone worked hard to get Rudy in - we tracked him for a long time - well I certainly have, and I mentioned him to the scouting department." Six homes were flooded with damage caused to properties in Orchardhead Loan in Liberton. Some parts of the city lost water supplies following the burst which happened at about 23:30 on Thursday. However, a spokesman for Scottish Water said engineers had introduced backfeeds to the area while they continued to work on the burst main. The areas affected included the city centre, the Old Town, Canongate, Liberton, Prestonfield, Little France and The Inch. Edinburgh City Council ‏said St Leonards Nursery School and Hope Cottage Nursery School were closed as they had no water supply. Scottish Water said its priority was to continue working on the repair which was "progressing well". Stephen Jenkinson, 40, said the source of the flood was from a burst water pipe under his garden in Liberton Brae. He told the BBC Scotland news website: "At 11.30pm last night I heard a rush of water and a rumble and the house started to shake so I looked out of the window and water was pouring across the garden and running down the side of the house in a torrent. "My cellar is 4.5ft high with water and I have been up all night with my neighbours trying to find out what to do. "The water was cascading down the street and it moved a car into my neighbour's garden. "I had to carry my children while wading through the water at 1am and the hole, the water created, goes down about 15ft." He added: "We have been told we cannot live in the house just now so we will be staying with my parents. "We are very upset and my wife is devastated. We have lived in the house for 10 years and now we are being told our garden will have to be dismantled using JCBs to reach the pipes." He said a similar incident happened 14 months ago at a nearby house. Mr Mark McEwen, Scottish Water's customer service general manager, earlier said: "This burst is linked to a valve on our network which manages water pressure throughout the city. A problem appears to have occurred with the valve overnight and this has led to the burst water main in Liberton and potentially one other burst. "We apologise for any disruption to customers in terms of the water supply and, of course, to customers affected by flooding where the burst occurred. "We will do everything we can to restore normal water supplies to affected customers as quickly as possible and we have staff on site now to help customers affected by flooding." Customers were warned that they may experience discoloured water as the pressure begins to build and should run their cold kitchen taps at half pressure. Anyone experiencing an airlock should contact Scottish Water on 0800 0778 778.

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Members of the volleyball, handball, boxing, synchronised swimming and table tennis teams were seen off at Sheremetyevo Airport. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) wanted Russia banned from the Games. But the International Olympic Committee left it up to individual sports federations to decide. The IOC's decision not to act on Wada's recommendation was strongly criticised, with Wada chief Olivier Niggli saying the move would mean "lesser protection for clean athletes". Journalist Katja Kuznetsova filmed some of the Russian team as they arrived at the airport. Russia had hoped to send 387 competitors to Rio and more than 100 have so far been banned from going. Among those excluded are 67 out of 68 from the athletics team; long-jumper Darya Klishina will compete as a neutral. Some international federations have banned Russians from competing altogether, some have issued a partial ban, while others have cleared all Russians to take part. Others still are yet to decide. Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, said there was a "deliberate campaign targeting" Russian athletes. He said medals won in Rio would be devalued by the absence of Russian competitors, telling the Russian team "the other sportsmen understand that the quality of their medals will be different". In April the Supreme Court ruled an immediate plan was needed after the UK breached EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The government said it was committed to cleaning the air and had delivered its plans accordingly. But environmental law firm ClientEarth, which took the original case, said the plans still do not protect health. ClientEarth says the government can and must do better, and it believes the courts will back it again unless the government improves its current policies. The firm has given ministers 10 days to respond. Around 40,000 people are estimated to die prematurely every year in the UK because of bad air quality. Nitrogen pollution from diesel vehicles is creating much of the problem - and this has been exacerbated by the scandal over testing which has made cars appear cleaner than they really are. Ministers have responded by creating special anti-pollution zones in Leeds, Southampton, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby and London. They say they have also committed £2bn from 2011 to improving standards of buses, dustbin lorries and fire engines. But they still do not envisage that the air will meet EU health standards around the UK until 2020 - and 2025 in London because of the delay in getting older dirtier vehicles off the roads altogether. Alan Andrews from ClientEarth told the BBC the government had itself to blame for failing to act sooner against diesel cars. "Throughout our five-year legal battle the government have claimed they couldn't achieve legal limits because of the problems with the EU standards for diesel vehicles not delivering pollution reductions under normal driving conditions - but they failed to investigate why. "Then they lobbied the EU to water down new regulations which will require new diesel cars to meet emissions limits on the road. As a consequence, new diesel cars will be able to emit double the emission limit until 2021." The involvement of diesel cars has caused discomfort for the government, which has long incentivised drivers to buy diesel vehicles because they produce less of the CO2 emissions that cause climate change. Client Earth says if the government declines to propose new measures it will ask the High Court to compel ministers to submit improved plans. It says the ministerial code obliges ministers to abide by court rules. The European Commission has the powers to fine the UK - among many other nations in breach of the air quality rules - but it is waiting to see the British legal process exhausted before it considers intervention. A government spokesman said: "Our plans clearly set out how we will improve the UK's air quality through a new programme of Clean Air Zones, which alongside national action and continued investment in clean technologies will create cleaner, healthier air for all." Responding to the claim that the government lobbied the EU to "water down" new regulations on diesel cars, a Department for Transport spokesman said Britain had been "at the forefront of calls for action at European level to introduce stringent Real Driving Emissions (RDE) testing". He added: "The UK is fully committed to improving air quality and we welcomed the European Parliament's decision in early February to support proposals to introduce RDE testing for all new cars in Europe." Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin

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Emergency services were called to a site near the Stonebyres Power Station at New Lanark at about 20:00 on Tuesday. A fire service rope rescue team pulled the woman from the water. She was taken to Wishaw Hospital and was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the incident. An Anbar provincial council member told the BBC that hundreds were held as government forces fought Islamic State militants in the suburb of Saqlawiya. Those released showed signs of severe torture, Sheikh Raja al-Issawi said. Four people died as a result of their injuries and others were in a critical condition in hospital, he added. Shia militias have been accused of committing serious abuses against Sunni civilians while helping the Iraqi government regain territory it lost to so-called Islamic State (IS) in 2014. The militias have denied the accusations, but the government has said they will be held back from the final assault on Falluja, a predominantly Sunni city, amid fears of sectarian reprisals. Falluja: Embattled city of mosques Final push for Falluja some way off Islamic State: The full story Security forces and members of the Popular Mobilisation, a paramilitary force that is dominated by Shia militias, advanced into Saqlawiya over the weekend. The town, about 7km (four miles) north-west of Falluja, was an IS stronghold and military sources said resistance was fierce. Sheikh Issawi said that 605 people detained during the fighting had been taken to the al-Mazraa army base, east of Falluja, on Sunday night. Those subsequently freed said they had been tortured by members of the Popular Mobilisation during interrogation to ensure they were not IS militants, he added. Video footage purportedly of the released detainees showed a number of men receiving treatment from medics for injuries to their heads and upper bodies. "They've intended to kill us. They accused us of being Daesh. I have nothing to do with Daesh," one of the men in the video said, using an Arabic acronym based on the previous name of IS. Another man said: "I swear to God they beat me with a shovel and a baton on my head. They threatened to kill anyone who asked for water." Sheikh Issawi and other members of the provincial council called on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to open an urgent investigation into the alleged abuses. On Sunday, a spokesman for Mr Abadi said a human rights committee would examine "any violation to the instructions on the protection of civilians". Saad al-Hadithi noted that the prime minister had issued "strict orders" that those responsible for any abuses be held accountable. The Sunni speaker of parliament, Salim al-Jubouri, has also expressed concern at reports of "violations" by members of the police and Popular Mobilisation, without providing any details. The mayor of Saqlawiya also confirmed on Monday that security forces had discovered a mass grave containing the remains of about 400 people summarily killed by IS militants when they took control of the town in January 2014. Jassim al-Mohammedi said most of the victims were believed to be pro-government Sunni tribal fighters, and security personnel and civilians from Saqlawiya. The Norwegian Refugee Council meanwhile reported that IS militants had been shooting at civilians as they tried to flee Falluja by crossing the River Euphrates.

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The Hove side suffered the drop from the top tier of the County Championship following their 100-run defeat by Yorkshire on Friday. "It is not the end of the world and that is the key," he told BBC Sussex. "In the winter we will be looking how every single one of us can come back bigger and better." He added: "We are all emotional because we are passionate and care for our supporters and players. Media playback is not supported on this device "But we need to make sure we give ourselves space so all the decisions we make are for the good of Sussex so we can rebuild and come back stronger." Hampshire's victory over Notts earlier on Friday meant Sussex had to avoid defeat against the champions at Headingley to remain in the top flight. They were set a target of 309 to win but were reduced to 61-5 and were eventually bowled out for 208, a defeat which ended their five-year stay in Division One. "We have to congratulate Yorkshire and take our hat off to Hampshire, with a great rearguard action and three wins from the last five games," Robinson added. "We keep it in perspective. We are a good club, we are a proud club and have got some good people." Sussex won three of their first five Championship matches in 2015, but picked up only one more victory during the remainder of the season. Robinson says injuries to their seam bowling department - specifically James Anyon, Chris Jordan and Ajmal Shahzad - have taken their toll. "It was pretty awful in the middle of the season," he said. "There were times where we only had three seamers to pick from. That exposed us and we weren't really able to cope. "There are a couple of things which we need to deal with and address. It is a time to take stock, rebuild and to go again." The city council plans to house people who have been living at unauthorised or unsuitable locations at a new site on Hartridge Farm Road. Newport was identified as the area with the highest number of illegal camps in Wales and in 2009, 28 out of 30 caravans there were illegally parked. Its planning committee will consider the proposal at a future date. All councils in Wales are legally required to provide accommodation for Gypsy and traveller communities. McGee, 32, was in the starting team for Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat by Dublin while forward McFadden, 33, was a late substitute. McFadden played a record 170 games in a Donegal career which reaped an All-Ireland win and All Star award in 2012. McGee was also in that All-Ireland winning side and made 154 appearances for the Ulster county. St Michael's club player McAadden told the Irish Times: "I don't know was it 14 or 15 years? The game is changing all the time, and there is plenty of fine talent coming through, so it is time for them to take up the baton. "The future is bright for Donegal football." There are bound to be questions about the inter-county futures of other experienced Donegal stars. Midfielder Rory Kavanagh, who retired at the end of the 2014 campaign and is 34 next week, came back this year but failed to produce his best form. Neil Gallagher, another midfielder, missed this year because of injury while half-forward Christy Toye, a sub against Dublin on Saturday, could have played his last match. Media playback is not supported on this device

Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson is "bitterly disappointed" by their relegation from Division One but adamant they can return stronger. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Gypsy and traveller families from around Newport could be given a new home at a residential site. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Defender Eamon McGee has joined Donegal team-mate Colm McFadden in announcing his inter-county retirement.

In 2011 a tsunami hit the nuclear plant and damaged four reactors, causing dangerous radiation to leak. Exposure to radiation can cause a variety of illnesses and cancers. But the report shows the cancer risk only increased for people living close to the plant and emergency workers involved in the clean-up. It says there is no increased risk for people living in the rest of Japan and experts said the overall risk of getting cancer remained small. It was originally feared that over a hundred thousand people could be harmed by the radiation. But the World Health Organisation says the increased risk of cancer for most people is just 1 percent - so low it will probably be impossible to measure. The juvenile bird had flown 220 miles - almost double the distance previously recorded on the island of Ireland. It was found dead on the Limavady Road in Derry by a volunteer worker with the Ulster Wildlife Trust. It had been ringed as a chick at a nest site in Kerry the previous summer. After their first winter, juvenile barn owls disperse to establish their own hunting and breeding grounds, but the average distance they travel is usually about 20 miles. The young birds are vulnerable during this process and more than 30% of them are killed on the roads. Ulster Wildlife's barn owl officer Catherine Fegan said: "It is very sad that this juvenile travelled so far to end up as road victim. "However, this new information shows how important ringing chicks is to further understanding barn owl behaviour in Ireland." There are between 30 and 50 breeding pairs of barn owls in Northern Ireland. The trust said that if juvenile birds can survive their first year after relocating, it could help boost the numbers in Northern Ireland. The barn owl is a red-listed species in Northern Ireland, meaning it has the highest conservation status. It is silent in flight but often referred to as the screech owl due to its ear-splitting call. The Ulster Wildlife Trust is involved in a three-year project to help halt the decline of the barn owl. It includes working with farmers to improve habitat and provide nest sites and mapping breeding sites. Private Cheryl James, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was 18 when she was found with a bullet wound to her head in 1995. Last year her parents won the right to a new inquest after an open verdict had been recorded. Surrey Police has been asked to comment. In February, police lawyers asked the coroner to consider whether the hearing should be held at the same time as any other future Deepcut inquests, which led to an adjournment in the case. Her father Des James said: "It's insensitive that they're delaying it. It's been really tough for us getting to this point. "I made the mistake of relaxing and thinking I could leave it to the legal process." Surrey Police has previously denied the move is a delaying tactic and has been asked for a comment on Mr James' latest claims. Previously, Surrey Police said it supported a "thorough inquest" into Pte James's death. She was one of four soldiers found dead at Deepcut, in Camberley, between 1995 and 2002. A Surrey Police investigation was launched into their deaths in 2002, after pressure from families who rejected suggestions the soldiers had committed suicide. Darren Price, 45, from Llanrug, was bailed for a pre-sentence report at Caernarfon Crown Court. The case followed a probe into Padarn Buses at Llanberis which closed in May 2014 with the loss of 84 jobs. Fraud and false accounting charges denied by Anne Price, 29, from Llanberis, are to lie on file. Prosecutor Jayne La Grua told the hearing: "The issue would have been the extent of her knowledge."

People living near the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan are more likely to develop some types of cancer, the World Health Organization says. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A young barn owl set a distance record by flying from Kerry in the Republic of Ireland to Londonderry in Northern Ireland, only to be killed by a car on arrival. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The family of a soldier found dead at Surrey's Deepcut army barracks has accused police of trying to stall a fresh inquest into her death. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A former bus company employee has admitted false accounting involving claim forms, causing Gwynedd council to suffer a loss.

The Commission says citizenship rules are a national prerogative, but it has raised concerns, as have many MEPs. Last week EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said "you cannot put a price tag on EU citizenship". Foreigners will be able to buy Maltese passports for 1.15m euros (£944,000), without having to live in Malta. A spokeswoman for Ms Reding said "we are in talks, but it does not mean launching infringement proceedings [against Malta]". "It is always the case that we give a member state a chance to outline, clarify its position and respond to Commission concerns." The spokeswoman said Ms Reding's primary concern was that an applicant for citizenship should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay. "We are not prescribing - we are open to clarifications from the Maltese authorities," she told the BBC. Malta, like most of the EU's 28 countries, is in the Schengen zone, where citizens can mostly travel without passport checks. The EU single market has made it much easier for citizens to settle in another member state. Owning an EU member state's passport entitles the holder to EU citizenship, with all the rights guaranteed under EU law. Under the new scheme, called the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), Malta will initially issue passports to 1,800 people. Family members will also be able to get passports, for a lower fee. The scheme is being managed by a Jersey-based company, Henley and Partners. On its website the company says applicants will be subject to strict vetting and "only highly respectable clients will be admitted". The scheme is aimed at "ultra-high net worth individuals and families worldwide". The original price tag for Maltese citizenship, set last November, was 650,000 euros. But the government later raised it to 1.15m euros, amid criticism of the scheme by opposition MPs. In a strongly-worded resolution last week, the European Parliament also criticised the Maltese scheme, saying "EU citizenship should never become a tradable commodity". The MEPs urged Malta to "bring its current citizenship scheme in line with the EU's values" and called on the Commission to "issue recommendations in order to prevent such schemes from undermining the values that the EU has been built upon". The MEPs also questioned whether Malta was complying with Article 4.3 of the Treaty on European Union, which enshrines "the principle of sincere co-operation" between member states, who are obliged to assist each other and avoid any measure that jeopardises the EU's goals. Several EU states, including Austria, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria and Hungary, offer fast-track residence to foreigners able to invest large sums in property and/or government bonds. A permanent residence permit can often lead to citizenship. People aged between nine and 18 were asked to capture animals on camera for the Young Photographer Awards. Lily Edwards, 16, photographed the moment a piglet snoozed with its siblings, which she called "Nap Time", earning her a runner-up place. She said it looked "so peaceful and happy". "I took this photo at a local farm. As I was taking a photo of the piglets sleeping, one opened its eyes," she said. Springwatch presenter Chris Packham who judged the entries said: "These young people are going out and experiencing the environment around them and in their local area. It is just fantastic."

The European Commission is in talks with the Maltese government about its controversial sale of EU citizenship to rich foreigners under a new scheme. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A close-up photograph of snoozing piglets taken by a teenager from Bangor is among the winning shots in an RSPCA award.

Bethany Fisher died because of the incident on Saturday in Victoria Terrace, Bedlington, Northumberland. Jordan O'Donnell, 20, of Waverley Court in the town, will appear at South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court. He is also charged with a number of other offences including causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Additionally, he is accused of failing to stop at the scene of a collision and failing to report a collision. Police said two other men arrested have been released and will face no further action. One other female remains in hospital in a stable condition with serious injuries. It is believed the two women and three men were all in the same car. Airport spokesman Reese McCranie said the threats were received against Delta and Southwest flights coming from Portland and Milwaukee respectively. He said both planes had landed safely and had been evacuated. Two US fighter jets escorted the planes into the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The airport later said no bombs were found. In a tweet, airport officials wrote: "All clear for both aircraft & normal airport operations have resumed. Thank you for your patience. Safety & security are our top priorities." The bomb threats were made online - reportedly on Twitter. A bomb squad and sniffer dogs were involved in the police search after the planes landed. Southwest said in a statement: "Our top priority is the safety of our customers and employees. We cannot comment on the nature of the security situation.'' Reuters quoted the company as saying that 86 passengers were on board the flight, and that they were being re-screened. There was no immediate comment from Delta officials. The busy Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is home to Delta, serving nearly 100 million passengers. This is not the first airport bomb scare in the US this week. On Monday, New York's JFK was at the centre of another threat, involving at least one aircraft. No bomb was found. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. Some Islamic teachings ban 'Qaza' hairstyles, where only part of the head is shaved. Individual match referees judge whether players' haircuts are appropriate. Some match officials in the United Arab Emirates enforce the rules because they are concerned about children copying the styles. Similar guidelines have been enforced in neighbouring countries. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut his "un-Islamic" hair by the referee before playing for his club side Al Shabab. The UAEFA sends a player's club a warning letter in the first instance, with punishments escalating to a fine and then a suspension if he does not comply. Gyan is one of 46 players at the warning letter stage. According to Middle Eastern football website Ahdaaf, Al Wahda's Suhail Al-Mansoori (pictured below) was told to cut his hair while UAE international and 2016 Asian footballer of the year Omar Abdulrahman, who sports a similar style and also plays in the Arabian Gulf League, was let off. This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a 19-year-old woman was killed when a car crashed into parked vehicles. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Police have searched two airliners at Atlanta's airport after "credible" bomb threats, US officials say. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have "unethical hair" under United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) guidelines.

Aid has bought HMV's six shops in Hong Kong, two shops in Singapore and branding rights in China, Macau and Taiwan, the administrators said. No details have been given of how much Aid has paid for the business, which generates annual sales of more than 300m Hong Kong dollars ($39m; £25m). Aid Partners is a Hong Kong-based firm that specialises in investing in China. "We are delighted to have completed the sale of HMV's Asian business and wish Aid Partners and the HMV Asia team every success for the future in developing this iconic brand further," said joint administrator Rob Harding. HMV went into administration on 15 January. It has so far announced the closure of 103 of its 219 shops in the UK. The administrators say they are hoping to keep a smaller, restructured group operating as a going concern. The 36-year-old right-hander spent his entire career at Kent and captained the county in two spells. The opener played 15 Tests for England, including a double century against West Indies at Lord's in 2004, and scored 19,419 first-class runs. "The club and I have come to an agreement after a long and enjoyable career to call it a day," Key said. "It's time for the younger players to have their chance," he added. "It doesn't feel right for me to stand in their way any more. "It's been a great honour to represent Kent. I don't know what the future holds, but I look forward to what the next chapter has in store." Key made his first-class debut 1998 and hit a career-best 270 not out against Glamorgan in 2009. Capped by England at under-19 level, he helped his country win the under-19 World Cup in 1998 alongside players such as Graeme Swann and Owais Shah. He made his Test debut in 2002 against India at Trent Bridge and, after a spell out of the side, returned in 2004 to hit 221 in the first Test against West Indies as England completed a series whitewash. His two-term tenure as Kent captain was the longest at the county since Colin Cowdrey's 15-year spell from 1957 to 1971. "Rob has been an outstanding servant of Kent and England throughout his career," chairman George Kennedy said. "The current crop of exciting talent has learned much from his time at the helm. "A Kent side without Rob at the top of the order will look very odd and everyone wishes him all the best for the future." Sadie Jenkins, 28, of Newport, attacked them while in a drug-induced trance after prolonged amphetamine abuse. She was cleared of two counts of attempted murder on the grounds of insanity. At Cardiff Crown Court on Friday, Miss Jenkins was handed the order, which requires drug testing at least once a week. Her trial heard Miss Jenkins was psychotic and out of touch with reality when she attacked the children with a 6in (15cm) kitchen knife on 7 May 2014. After wounding the children, she used the knife on herself and later told doctors: "The voices told me to do it". In the hours before the attack, she was convinced she been sent a "secret message" via US TV show CSI. The court heard the children were attacked with a steak knife while Miss Jenkins was "in the grip of a psychosis, induced by your past illegal drug taking". Mrs Justice Carr described the case as a "tragedy" and said Miss Jenkins would take amphetamines on a daily basis and there was "no excuse" for her drug abuse. She added: "They [the children] will be physically and emotionally scarred forever. "Because of your psychosis, you did not know what you were doing was wrong." The court was told that medical experts said she did not require treatment in hospital and that Miss Jenkins has fully recovered from her psychosis. "Providing you remain drug-free and mentally stable, you present a low risk of re-offending," said Mrs Justice Carr. Miss Jenkins has taken several drug tests since her arrest and has tested negative every time.

The administrators of HMV, Deloitte, have sold its business in Asia to private equity firm Aid Partners. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Kent and former England batsman Rob Key has confirmed his retirement after a first-class career spanning 17 years. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A woman who slit the throats of two children has been given a two-year supervision order.

Residents of the New Lodge and local politicians came out to support contractors who are building new homes in the area. Kate Clarke of the group New Lodge Safer Streets said people in the area were "sick and tired of this happening". "It just seems like they're opportunists," she said. "Once they see a brick or something coming into the area, they're there looking protection money - it's absolutely disgraceful and we can't condemn it enough." SDLP North Belfast assembly member Alban Maginness said community representatives were "united in solidarity" against threats and intimidation. "We are not going to allow these criminals to interfere with the development," he said. Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee said the community had been "campaigning since the 1990s for the redevelopment of the New Lodge Long Streets, which were some of the worst Victorian housing conditions in Belfast". "The message from the people of the New Lodge is loud and clear to the criminal gangs and it's a message of defiance in the face of threats, and solidarity with the workers building much-needed homes," he said. The result also guarantees that a British player will feature on Sunday's Super Series singles finals day. There are six Super Series events throughout the year, of which the British Open is one. They attract some of the best players in the world and are the level just below the Grand Slams. Reid came through a tough three-set match against France's Nicolas Peifer, winning 7-5 1-6 6-2. He said: "It wasn't the prettiest match ever and the conditions were even more difficult than in the quarter-finals but it was good to get through it and I played some good tennis towards the end." Hewett, meanwhile, came from 5-2 and two set points down at 5-4 in the second set to defeat Belgium's Joachim Gerard 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3). He said: "It was a really good match in really difficult conditions today with the rain. "I don't really know at the moment why or how I was 5-2 down but I was happy to come back from it. "It's great for everyone here that there's going to be a Brit in the men's singles final and I'm focusing on what I need to do to make sure it's me there." They are not the only British players to be getting a taste of success at this year's tournament. Andy Lapthorne and compatriot Antony Cotterill beat Heath Davidson and Lucas Sithole in straight sets and tough conditions 6-4 6-2 in their doubles semi-final. They will face American duo David Wagner and Bryan Barten in Saturday's doubles final. Adding to his doubles success, world number two Lapthorne has also booked his place in the quad singles final after defeating Sithole 6-0 6-3.

Hundreds of people have protested against alleged extortion attempts on builders in north Belfast. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid created British Open history by setting up the first all-British men's singles semi-final at the event in Nottingham.

The role-playing game picked up ultimate game of the year as well as top gaming moment for its Throat of the World scene and best RPG. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim beat the likes of Modern Warfare 3, Diablo 3 and Mass Effect 3 to the top prize. The winners are all voted for by gamers with the event celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. "The awards have been bigger and better than ever, a fitting tribute to a games industry in rude health," said James Kick from the Golden Joysticks. "This year voting doubled on our previous world record, smashing four million votes from international gamers keen to make their voice heard. "Today's winners represent the best of the best. Here's to 30 more years of the Joysticks." Other winners included Batman Arkham City (Action/adventure), Battlefield 3 (shooter), Angry Birds Space (mobile/tablet) and Forza 4 (racing). Grand Theft Auto 5, which is due to be released soon, won in the "one to watch" category. EA Sports' Fifa won the outstanding contribution award. The awards, which took place in central London, were hosted by comedian and gamer Ed Byrne. A robot controlled by Stephen Fry presented the best hand-held game award to Sony Computer Entertainment for Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Footage from two forthcoming games, from the Hitman and Metro series, was also shown. The hundreds of fighters recently surrendered an enclave on Syria's border with Lebanon. They agreed with Hezbollah and the Syrian government that they would leave with their families and head eastwards. But the coalition says it and Iraq were not part of the deal and on Wednesday bombed the road ahead of the convoy. The buses are now stranded in an area of desert under Syrian government control between the towns of Humayma and al-Sukhnah. "The coalition will not condone Isis [IS] fighters moving further east to the Iraqi border," the coalition said in a statement. "Relocating terrorists from one place to another, for someone else to deal with, is not a lasting solution," it added. There are some 300 IS militants on board the convoy, described by the coalition as "experienced fighters". However the coalition says it has not bombed them because women and children are present. It says it has provided food and water to the convoy and has also - via Russia - offered suggestions to Syria on possible ways of rescuing the women and children. A tank, armed vehicles and other vehicles facilitating the relocation have, however, been targeted by coalition air strikes. Lebanese, Syrian and Hezbollah forces agreed ceasefires with IS militants last week days after attacking the jihadists' final foothold in the Lebanon-Syria border area. More than 300 militants and their families were allowed to leave for Albu Kamal, a town in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zour that is 6km (4 miles) from the Iraqi border. After the deal was announced Lebanon's army chief, Gen Joseph Aoun, said he had wanted to recover the bodies of Lebanese soldiers captured in 2014 and not risk any more lives. But Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi criticised it. "We fight the terrorists in Iraq. We do not send them to Syria," he said. Meanwhile the US envoy to the coalition, Brett McGurk, said IS militants "should be killed on the battlefield, not bussed across Syria to the Iraqi border without Iraq's consent". Iraqi forces backed by US-led coalition air strikes have been battling to oust IS fighters from the towns they control in northern Iraq.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has won three prizes at this year's Golden Joystick Awards. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition on Tuesday. At the annual festival held in January, thousands of men chase the bulls to grab prizes tied to their horns. The Supreme Court imposed the ban in 2014 following objections from animal rights activists. In its order, the Supreme Court had said that use of bulls in the sport "severely harmed" the animals and was an offence under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, but last Friday the government issued an order lifting the ban. The sport is due to resume this month, after no events were held last year. But on Monday, the Animal Welfare Board of India, animal rights groups and activists filed six petitions in the court, challenging the "cruel sport". "We have petitioned the Supreme Court to immediately quash the government order," one of the petitioners, Gauri Maulekhi of People for Animals, told the BBC. "The government order is against every law and ethic, it is a politically-motivated, people-pleasing exercise," she said. In Jallikattu, bulls are released from pens, with bullfighters supposed to hold on to the animals hump for about 15-20 metres or three jumps of the bull to win the prize. The ban had been criticised by political parties and cultural organisations in the state who had argued that Jallikattu was a part of their cultural tradition. Jallikattu is more than 2,000 years old and considered to be one of the oldest sports still practised in the modern era. Over the years, scores of people have been gored or trampled to death in the contests. Hundreds, including spectators, have been mauled or injured. The Real Madrid forward beat team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann in the voting. Ronaldo, 31, scored the winning penalty for Real in the Champions League final against Atletico and captained Portugal to Euro 2016 glory in July. Lyon and Norway striker Ada Hegerberg won the women's award. She beat France's Amandine Henry and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan, after winning the Women's Champions League and a French league and cup double with Lyon.

Animal rights activists in India have challenged a government order lifting a ban on Jallikattu, a form of bull fighting which has been popular for centuries in the state of Tamil Nadu. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Uefa's Best Player in Europe for the second time after winning the Champions League and Euro 2016 last season.

The Cards had suffered back-to-back away defeats since opening their campaign with a home victory over Gateshead, but they made it two wins from two at the Laithwaite Community Stadium after coming out on top in an eventful encounter. The hosts rode their luck in the first half, though, with Eastleigh hitting the woodwork through Ben Williamson and Callum Howe while inspired home goalkeeper Nathan Baxter denied Chris Zebroski on several occasions. Baxter's efforts were rewarded as Woking scored twice either side of the half-time break to take control, striker Inih Effiong opening the scoring before turning provider when his ball across the box was turned into his own net by Gavin Hoyte. Eastleigh spurned a great chance to get back into the match soon after when the in-form Williamson saw his penalty well saved by Baxter, but the visitors were awarded another spot-kick seconds later and this time Ayo Obileye slotted home. Eastleigh could not find an equaliser, however, and had to play out the final 13 minutes with a man less after losing Hoyte to injury having already used all their substitutes. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Woking 2, Eastleigh 1. Second Half ends, Woking 2, Eastleigh 1. Substitution, Woking. Matt Young replaces Louis Ramsay. Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Jamie Philpot. Goal! Woking 2, Eastleigh 1. Ayo Obileye (Eastleigh) converts the penalty with a. Mark Yeates (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card. Josh Staunton (Woking) is shown the yellow card. Nathan Baxter (Woking) is shown the yellow card. Chez Isaac (Woking) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Eastleigh. Ayo Obileye replaces Danny Hollands. Substitution, Eastleigh. Craig McAllister replaces Chris Zebroski. Own Goal by Gavin Hoyte, Eastleigh. Woking 2, Eastleigh 0. Substitution, Eastleigh. Sam Matthews replaces Sam Wood. Second Half begins Woking 1, Eastleigh 0. First Half ends, Woking 1, Eastleigh 0. Goal! Woking 1, Eastleigh 0. Inih Effiong (Woking). Danny Hollands (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up. The Republican nominee's supporters were accused of tweeting #repealthe19th - a reference to the US constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage less than 100 years ago. The hashtag went viral after polls suggested Mr Trump would win election if only men cast ballots. Mr Trump has struggled to win over female voters, especially since a recent tape emerged of his sexually aggressive boasts. The hashtag began trending after FiveThirtyEight, a political number-crunching blog, tweeted two polls which showed what the outcome of the presidential election would be if only women voted, and if only men voted. He found that if the election only counted the female vote, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would win the presidency with 458 electoral votes and Mr Trump a meagre 80. If only men voted in the presidential election, Mr Trump would win the election with 350 electoral votes and Mrs Clinton only 188. A candidate must win 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. FiveThirtyEight: Women are defeating Donald Trump Some of the tweets calling for a woman's right to vote to be repealed seemed in earnest. The backlash was quick and unforgiving, with many blaming it on Trump supporters, labelling them ignorant and predictable. But a few Trump supporters pointed out most of the tweets seemed to express outrage at, rather than support for, the hashtag. Others, however, seemed to be in despair at what they see as the sorry state of America. How does the US election work? A-Z guide to political jargon Key issues - where candidates stand Why this election will make history Who is ahead in the polls? 48% Hillary Clinton 44% Donald Trump Last updated November 8, 2016

Woking enjoyed the comforts of home again to claim a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Eastleigh. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Calls for women to be denied their right to vote have trended on Twitter as polls suggested Donald Trump would win if only men could cast ballots in next month's White House election.

His tentative steps were captured on Sunday as princes William and Harry lined up on opposing sides in the Jerudong Trophy at Cirencester Park Polo Club. It is believed to be the first time the baby prince has been seen taking to two feet in public. George - who is third in line to the throne - will turn one next month. He was also seen playing football on the sidelines of the charity polo match. It was an "impromptu family day out", Clarence House said. The activists, who are demonstrating in sub-zero temperatures, have been ordered to leave the area by Monday. It is unclear if they will obey. The pipeline, which runs close to the Standing Rock Sioux Native American Indian reservation, is nearly complete except for a section running underneath a nearby river. President-elect Donald Trump has said he supports the completion of the pipeline. He has stocks in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the project's builder, and Phillips 66, which owns one-quarter of the pipeline. His spokesman says his stance is not related to his investments, but rather is based on his policies. Mr Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said she believed he had sold his Energy Transfer Partners stock. The Sioux and other Native Americans began protesting against the pipeline in April. They say it will run over sacred burial sites and contaminate Standing Rock's water source. The Dakota Pipeline stand-off explained Environmental activists and military veterans have since joined the protests. The veterans' group is led by Michael Wood Jr, a former US Marine and Baltimore police officer. Police deployed at the protests have been accused of beating peaceful protesters. In a video statement, Mr Wood Jr said: "If the cops there want to be state-sanctioned agents to brutally beat non-violent veterans, that have served their country honourably - if they're going to beat us - then that should be the signal to the rest of the world of what our country's doing." The veterans' group has set up a Facebook page and a crowdfunding campaign to cover food, transport and supplies for new volunteers. The campaign has so far raised more than $870,000 (£680,000). A post on the Veterans for Standing Rock event page claimed that an additional 2,000 people will protest alongside existing activists. The organisers urged anyone attending to protest peacefully. They said: "This event (and this event page) will not tolerate hate, violence or divisive behaviour of any kind. We're doing this to support our country so lets do it with honour, working together." The page also urges volunteers to come prepared: "Bring body armour, gas masks, earplugs AND shooting mufflers (we may be facing a sound cannon) but no drugs, alcohol or weapons." Activists have been demonstrating in the bitter cold, with temperatures set to drop in the coming week. Average temperatures in the area last December were -5C (22F). North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple said on Wednesday it was "probably not feasible" to reroute the pipeline. Mr Dalrymple said he would instead work on rebuilding relations with Sioux leaders. He and the federal government have ordered mandatory evacuations from the protest site. The local police department said they hope the harsh weather conditions will force people to vacate the camp but there are no plans to remove them by force.

Prince George has been photographed walking with the help of his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Hundreds of US military veterans have joined activists in North Dakota protesting against the installation of a multi-billion dollar oil pipeline.

QPR defenders Clint Hill and Grant Hall both had efforts cleared off the line during a goalless first period, while Lee Tomlin hit the crossbar for City. Midfielder Henry put the hosts ahead after the break with a curling shot from the edge of the area. Sebastian Polter struck the woodwork as the home side pressed for a second goal in the closing stages. The result means QPR achieve a top-half finish in their first season back in the Championship with the victory taking them a point above Leeds United into 12th place. Bristol City end the season in 18th place, 12 points off the relegation places, ensuring another campaign in the second tier. QPR head coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: "Obviously there is more work to be done. We all know we are in transition. "We've got some good characters here at the club and we have a base. We now want to work from that base. "There are going to be some changes at this club, but we also have to understand that it's not going to be about only throwing money at it." Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson: "I've got to take stock of the bigger picture and congratulate everybody on their contribution. "I thought we had enough chances and had the better play, but we've been done by a fantastic strike - in fairness you've got to give credit for that goal." The seven-time Formula 1 world champion suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013. He left hospital in September 2014 to continue his recovery at home after coming out of a medically induced coma. Schumacher, 47, continues to receive treatment at his home in Switzerland following the accident in France. Speaking at the opening of an exhibition of Schumacher's career in Marburg, Germany, Sabine Kehm said: "He is the most successful driver in history and sometimes, on days like this, it is good to be reminded of it. "Of course, Michael is not here and of course we miss him. We know what has happened and cannot change it. "We must accept it and hope with everything we have that, with continued support and patience, he will one day be back with us." In November, FIA president Jean Todt said Schumacher was "still fighting". Earlier this month his former boss at Ferrari Luca di Montezemolo said the latest news about Schumacher's health was "not good". The dual carriageway is shut in both directions and congestion is stretching back from junction 23a for Abergele to junction 28 for Rhuallt. North Wales Police said it is dealing with an "ongoing incident" and told motorists to stay in their cars. Drivers are being advised to avoid the area.

Karl Henry's second-half goal ensured Queens Park Rangers ended their season with victory over Bristol City. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The manager of motor racing legend Michael Schumacher says she hopes "that with continued support and patience he will one day be back with us". [NEXT_CONCEPT] There are long delays on the A55 after police closed the road at Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.

English Heritage says that moth numbers have doubled in the past five years, most likely because of warmer weather. A new species has been found feeding happily on the ancient wool carpets and tapestries under their care. The charity is seeking the public's help to track the spread of the fluttering, destructive creatures. With many historic houses and sites opening up to the public this week, conservation experts at English Heritage are concerned about the potential damage that clothes moths can wreak. Many of the 2,400 species of moths found in the UK pose a threat to clothing, upholstery, furs and even stuffed animals. The insects only fly when it is warm and tend to shun light, hiding in dark recesses where they lay eggs on wool, feathers or skins. When these eggs hatch out, it is the larvae that do the real damage, spinning silk webbing into tunnel shapes across the carpet or fabric. They also eat the fibres, resulting in holes in clothes and the loss of pile in carpets. English Heritage has been monitoring the the spread of clothes moths since 1997 and is now checking for the creatures at 40 sites, with the aim of preventing damage to around 500,000 artefacts. As well as a doubling of the numbers in the past five years, it has also found a new species turning up in its traps, the Pale-backed Clothes Moth. "Many people already know the exasperation of finding a much-loved jumper or coat destroyed by clothes moths," said Amber Xavier-Rowe, English Heritage's Head of Collections Conservation. "They can eat through centuries-old carpets, tapestries and clothes in a matter of months. Clothes moths are a conservator's worst nightmare and it's an ongoing battle to keep them under control." English Heritage is seeking the help of the public to track and monitor the moths. Visitors to its sites will be able to collect a free clothes moth trap to place in their home, to help monitor the presence and type of moths. The collected data will be used to help the charity to decide how moths are spreading and how best to focus their conservation efforts. "We want to know why numbers are rising so that we can continue to keep them under control," said Ms Xavier-Rowe. "We need the public's help to get a better picture of the clothes moth threat. Come to our sites, pick up a free trap, take it home and leave it for a couple of months, and then share your findings with us on our website." Among its tips for dealing with clothes moth infestations, English Heritage recommends avoiding old mothball formulations and instead encourages the use of safe alternatives such as bunches or sachets of lavender. The best way of killing the adults, eggs and larvae of moths in clothing and small textiles is to deep freeze items for at least two weeks. Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook. Former world champion Gourlay had defeated world number one and present world title holder Nicky Brett 7-8 9-8 2-0 in the semi-finals. The Scot, seeded six, went on to beat Brett's fellow Englishman 11-9 10-6. Unseeded Chestney had defeated Scotland's six-time world champion, Alex Marshall, 10-4 8-9 2-0.

Rare furnishings and fabrics in England's historic houses are under growing threat from an epidemic of clothes moths, say experts. [NEXT_CONCEPT] David Gourlay won the WBT Co-operative Funeralcare International Open after beating surprise finalist Jamie Chestney in Blackpool.

Home Secretary Douglas Hurd told police to investigate the problem of the "rural rioter", noting similarities with the "football hooligan". In a memorandum from June 1988, Mr Hurd said police saw violent offences in rural areas as an "increasing burden". The files were released by the National Archives at Kew, west London, In the memorandum, Mr Hurd noted there had been 83,000 violent offences in county and rural areas the year before - half as many again as in 1980 - and he said he was "concerned that the problem is getting worse". "Many of the 16 to 25-year-olds involved in these disturbances have a latent capacity for violence," he said. "Toughness is a proof of manhood. Drink removes their inhibitions and pushes them over the edge." Mr Hurd dismissed the idea of having a "rural riot squad" to react to spontaneous disorder, saying: "They would spend their time chasing from one end of the county to another." Instead he proposed tougher licensing laws, quick prosecutions and exemplary sentences, and improved policing procedures. The newly-released documents also show that Margaret Thatcher's advisers urged the prime minister to force a showdown with her Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine, telling him to accept her authority or quit, over the Westland affair in 1986. Mr Heseltine was backing a European consortium in its battle with the US aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky to take over British aircraft manufacturer Westland, even though the government was supposed to be neutral. Other documents show Mrs Thatcher refused to bail out the 1986 Commonwealth Games despite being asked to contribute £1m by media tycoon Robert Maxwell. And Mrs Thatcher was warned repeatedly by ministers that introducing the Poll Tax - a flat rate "community charge" to replace domestic rates based on property values - would be a political disaster. Welsh Secretary Peter Walker was among those to speak out, warning that a proposal to exempt rough sleepers could lead to people sleeping on the streets to avoid the charge. "While I appreciate that in practice it is highly unlikely that local authorities would be able either to track down people who sleep rough or to get any payment of the charge from them, a specific exemption could be seen as encouraging them to sleep on the street rather than in a hostel," he said. Widespread protests against the new tax in 1989 were seen as one of the reasons why Mrs Thatcher was forced out of Number 10 the following year. The victim was waiting for a bus on Thursday on St Clements Street, Oxford, when a car pulled up next to him. He was approached by the front-seat passenger before running on to Rectory Road where he was followed and attacked, police said. There were up to six offenders thought to be aged between 18 and 20. The boy is currently in hospital and officers are appealing for witnesses to what they have described as "an isolated incident". The front-seat passenger of the dark people carrier - possibly a Volkswagen Touran - is described as Asian, about 6ft 3ins, of a slim build and with short black hair. He was wearing a grey tracksuit with elasticised ankles and a grey tracksuit top which had darker grey arms. The Czech suffered damage to tendons and nerves in her left hand after she was stabbed by an intruder at her home in Prostejov in December. The 27-year-old was initially expected to be out for at least six months. But on Monday the two-time Wimbledon champion announced that she has submitted her entry for Roland Garros. In a post on her Instagram page, she said: "My name will appear on the entry list for Roland Garros tomorrow because, as the entry deadline approached, I had made good progress in my recovery process and I want to give myself every last opportunity to be able to compete at one of my favourite events. "This unfortunately does not mean necessarily that I will be ready to play in Paris, but that I'm doing everything possible to give myself the chance and keep a positive mindset." The French Open begins on 28 May.

Research into "drunken mob violence" in the "shires" was ordered by the Thatcher government, previously unseen Cabinet Office files have revealed. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A 16-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked by a group of men, including one wielding a hammer. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Petra Kvitova says she has a "chance" of making a shock return from a career-threatening hand injury at the French Open next month.

More than 100 passengers were due to fly at 11:00 BST on Monday, but were told their flight was going to be late due to a "technical fault". The flight, operated by Lithuanian airline Small Planet, was delayed several more times and eventually left at about 02:00 on Wednesday. Small Planet apologised on Facebook for "all the inconveniences". Paul Kenny, who booked the flight through tour operator Olympic Holidays, is among passengers who have now arrived at Corfu. He said: "At first it was just the usual delay, we had been called to the departure gate. It was saying 'wait a couple more hours' - then two more hours before any more information. "I think what people got angry about was there was never any detail. There was contradictory information on Twitter," Mr Kenny said. "We stood around very patiently for long periods of time [on Tuesday] and there were raised voices at times, particularly yesterday morning. Bearing in mind we had been going 20 hours by then." Mr Kenny said he and his family were determined to "make the most" of the remaining time left of their holiday. "People just want to be sitting by the pool with a cold beer in their hands," he added. "Most families on this flight are only here for a week and this is the morning of our third day." In a statement Small Planet apologised for passengers' inconvenience and stress and said this was "one of the most difficult technical situations we've experienced in some time". The hydraulic system needed immediate repair, it said, adding: "flight safety is an absolute and foremost priority". The firm "actively" looked for a replacement aircraft but no options were available until Wednesday, it said. The statement added: "We made every effort to take care of [passengers] by organising welfare as well as hotels with meals and transportation so that they could wait for their flights as comfortably as possible." Passengers can apply for compensation, according to EU261 rules, on the Small Planet website, a spokesperson added. On arrival in Corfu, the delayed passengers were handed leaflets explaining how they could claim compensation, Mr Kenny said. He added: "We have lost almost a third of our holiday, so a big chunk of it. We'll make the most of the holiday we have left and then I'll pick up the paperwork and the arguments when we get back." Manchester Airport confirmed the delay was the longest passengers have had to endure there. Joyce top-scored with an unbeaten 33 as Ireland made a relatively modest 108-5 in their innings. Scotland looked on course for victory as Rachel Scholes and Fiona Urquhart put on 30 for the opening wicket but the Scots then collapsed to 33-6. Scotland finished on 81-8, with Irish captain Joyce taking two wickets. Veteran Ireland leg-spinner Ciara Metcalfe started the rot by dismissing both openers in her first over. Teenagers Robyn Lewis and Lucy O'Reilly also both took two wickets while player-coach Kari Anderson (14 no) and Sam Haggo (10) were the only other Scotland players to join Scholes (20) in reaching double figures. The Scottish total was helped by the concession of 13 wides by the Irish. Joyce's twin sister Cecelia contributed 21 in the Ireland innings. The Joyce twins are sisters of Ireland and Sussex star Ed Joyce. Ireland are back in action on Thursday when they take on Thailand in Bangkok before they start the tournament proper on Saturday against the Netherlands. The top two teams in the eight-strong qualifying tournament will progress to next year's World T20 in India.

Holidaymakers delayed for more than 39 hours at Manchester Airport have finally arrived in Corfu. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Skipper Isobel Joyce starred as Ireland defeated Scotland by 27 runs in a warm-up game for the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament in Bangkok.

The figure is the value of claims for those affected by Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank for damage to homes, businesses and vehicles. The ABI said that around £24m in emergency payments had already been paid to families and businesses. More than 3,000 families are now in alternative accommodation. Homes and business have made almost 15,000 claims as a consequence of the three storms, according to the ABI. Huw Evans, the ABI's director general, said the £1.3bn was "our estimate of the total cost, but clearly these numbers could change as future claims are made but this is broadly what we expect the cost to be for the damage caused by the storms of the last month". When asked on the BBC's Today programme if it would mean increased premiums, he said it was a "very significant event" and "clearly would have some further impact down the line, but it was too early to say what that will be". The storms caused widespread flooding and damage across the UK in December, with Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria in England and central and north-east Scotland among the worst affected. The government has said 16,000 homes were flooded. The ABI's figures are based on data collected from its members, which are the majority of major insurance companies, covering 3 December 2015 to 3 January 2016. The average insurance claim for damage is £50,000, well above the average of £31,000 for the storms of winter 2013-14. The overall bill, however, is well below the £3bn total for the storm damage caused in 2007. The Association of British Insurers said that anyone with flood-damaged possessions should: Customers have made nearly 15,000 claims for damaged property, and 5,600 claims for damage to vehicles. James Dalton, director of general insurance policy at the ABI, said: "The impact of flooding will be felt for many months to come in affected areas. "Cleaning, drying out and repairing flood-damaged properties is a major undertaking. "Insurers and their expert teams will be there for the long haul to help communities rebuild and repair." However, Paul Hendy of the Scottish Flood Forum said despite assurances from the industry, many people felt "abandoned and frustrated" by their insurance company. Homeowners reported difficulties getting through to their insurer to register a claim, and often waited weeks for a visit from a loss adjuster, meaning delays before dehumidifiers were installed and further damage, he said. "Our concern is that despite the storms being widely publicised throughout the UK, the insurance industry could perhaps have been a little bit more prepared in their response," he said. Durham, which took on about 60 officers in October last year, said the new positions are mostly to replace officers who have left. Applicants had a fortnight to apply with the next phase to be held in January. The Police Federation said it shows people are still excited by the opportunities the police force offers. Kevin Wilson, branch board secretary for the Durham Police Federation said: "It's one of the only jobs in the world where you go in to start your shift but have no idea what you will end up doing. "It doesn't surprise me that so many applied, a lot of forces aren't recruiting so I imagine people from all over the country will have applied." Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg said: "The high number of applicants wanting to join our police service is a reflection of the commitment and standards of our officers and staff." Durham Police were criticised by Home Secretary Theresa May in October for apparently not having any black officers, although the force's figures show they have "at least" 19 officers classed as black or ethnic minority including one who is British Black Caribbean. Mr Wilson said efforts are always being made to recruit people from a variety of backgrounds. The man barged in after the victim, who is in her 60s, opened the door of her house in East Didsbury, on 20 May. She reported the attack on Wednesday. Greater Manchester Police said it was thought that the man regularly visits the area. He was described as black, in his 40s, and about 5ft 10ins (1.8m) tall with a broad build and short black hair. He had "dark pigmentation near his side burns and a distorted knuckle on the fourth finger of his right hand, which pushes the knuckle towards his little finger", police said. Police have appealed for anyone with any information to come contact them.

Insurance claims for damage caused by floods so far this winter will reach £1.3bn, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Six hundred people have applied for 50 police constable jobs at Durham Constabulary, the force has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A woman was raped in her own home after answering the door to a stranger, police have said.

The accident happened at an unmanned level crossing near the town of Bijnor. The wagon was carrying people returning from a ceremony at a Hindu temple. There are nearly 15,000 unmanned crossings on Indian railways and hundreds of people are killed on these crossings every year. The chief of Bijnor police HN Singh told BBC Hindi that 30 people were travelling in the wagon when the passenger train hit it early on Wednesday. Safety standards on India's massive state-run railway network, which operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries some 23 million passengers every day, has been an ongoing concern amid a spate of accidents. Last July at least 18 children were killed along with their driver when a school bus was hit by a train in the state of Telangana. And in December five children were killed and 13 others injured when a school bus was hit by a train in Uttar Pradesh. Gunmen entered and killed 89 people, critically injuring more than 100. Mr Wino says that before the attack, the theatre was full of smiles that should not be forgotten. As a result, he decided to share pictures of the Eagles of Death Metal on his Facebook page. Wino was among seven or eight photographers taking pictures of the concert. In an interview with France's Les Inrocks (in French) magazine, Wino said he had come down from the first floor to the theatre bar to join friends, adjacent to the emergency exit. He said he had heard screams, followed by a stampede of people running for the exits. "People were screaming for us to leave, to run away," he said. "Then I heard the shots. Twenty, thirty, fifty - I do not know." He said he thought it was a shooting, but not a terrorist act. "I thought it was the act of a madman," he told the magazine. Wino said he had made a quick escape, without seeing the attackers. Eagles of Death Metal band members were unhurt, but Nick Alexander (not pictured), a Briton selling merchandise at the gig, was among those killed. With a camera memory card full of pictures, Mr Wino said that initially he had wanted nothing more to do with it. But slowly the shock wore off and after talking with friends, he said he felt it would be important to remember the positive aspects of that night. "I wanted to remember the smiles and the rock and roll, and that we were all there to party," he said. He decided to publish the photographs on his Facebook account, for all to see and use. The photos are of a happy crowd, arms in the air, smiles on their faces. Mr Wino said he had received hundreds of messages within hours. "People thanked me because they had seen someone close to them on the photos, looking like they were having fun."

At least nine people have been killed and 18 others injured when a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people was hit by a train in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Music photographer Emmanuel Wino has shared his pictures of the Eagles of Death Metal concert which came under attack at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on 13 November.

Welshman Bale, 25, scored in Saturday's 3-0 win over Espanyol, but was jeered for shooting wide instead of passing to Ronaldo for an easy tap-in. The Portugal forward looked angry at the time, but later said: "The people will be nice with him and they should be nice. Things with Gaz are normal. "They [fans] know that Gaz is a very important player for us, a key player." Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d'Or for the second successive time on Monday, added: "What happened on Saturday is in the past, sometimes I make mistakes too so it's part of the business, part of football. "Madrid fans are always the same, they are very intense, they show what they feel, they aren't liars." Bale became the world's most expensive footballer when Real paid Tottenham Hotspur £85m for his transfer in September 2013. He scored a goal in their Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid, and their Spanish cup final victory over Barcelona in his first season in Spain. His comments accompanied the announcement of the top 10 shortlist for this year's Global Teacher Prize. "We will all face setbacks and challenges," said Prince Harry, but teachers could help to prepare people for the "ups and downs" of later life. The top 10 includes Raymond Chambers, who teaches computing in Corby. "In addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, the very best teachers go beyond the pages of textbooks to teach young people about determination, aspiration, resilience and of course compassion," said Prince Harry. He commended the achievements of the finalists of the Global Teacher Prize, run by the Varkey Foundation education charity. His brother, Prince William, and Pope Francis sent video messages to last year's awards ceremony, where the prize was given to a Palestinian teacher, Hanan Al Hroub. The prize, with an award of $1m (£810,000), is intended to raise the status of teaching and to recognise the impact of teachers on individual lives. "We will all face setbacks and challenges in our lives, and our teachers play a vital role in preparing us for these ups and downs," said Prince Harry. He said that teachers were there to help young people "often through turbulent times in their lives". And he said: "I can certainly pinpoint those who had an impact on my life." Mr Chambers, a computer science teacher from Brooke Weston Academy, Corby, Northamptonshire, is the only UK finalist in the top 10. He is a previous winner of the UK's annual teaching "Oscars", in the category of outstanding use of technology. He has won an "expert educator" award from Microsoft and runs a YouTube computer science channel, which has had 250,000 views. He will be up against rivals from countries including China, Brazil, Kenya and Australia. Sunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation, said he wanted the award to "shine a powerful spotlight on the incredible work teachers do all over the UK and throughout the world every day". The 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2017 are: Wales was named as assistant to Robin McBryde for June's Tests against Samoa and Tonga, along with Matt Sherratt (Blues) and Stephen Jones (Scarlets). The decision follows the news that Blues general manager Billy Millard will leave at the end of the season. "It would have been great to have Danny on tour, but we fully appreciate and understand his position," said McBryde. "It was a tough decision for him to make, but we'd like to thank him for doing so at an early enough juncture for it not to hinder our preparation for the tour. "I look forward to working with Danny again in the near future." Wilson will oversee a number of changes in a minor restructuring of the rugby department at the Blues. "With Billy leaving, some adjustments to the rugby department and an increased workload, all of my focus and attention is needed at Cardiff Blues," he said. "I want to remain in Cardiff to ensure we are best prepared for pre-season, the 2017-18 season itself and beyond. "I am very grateful to the Welsh Rugby Union for the opportunity, and their understanding of my decision, and wish Robin and his team all the very best for what will be a tough tour." Wales name their squad for the summer tour at midday on Tuesday 9th May.

World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Real Madrid fans to go easy on "key player" Gareth Bale. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Prince Harry says the best teachers should go beyond academic lessons and teach about "resilience and compassion". [NEXT_CONCEPT] Cardiff Blues coach Danny Wilson has withdrawn from Wales' summer tour due to increasing regional commitments.

The 52-year-old said he wanted to "focus on a different phase" in his life not involving "front-line politics, in any shape or form - whatsoever". Mr Burns became Labour group leader in 2008 and has headed the city's Labour SNP coalition since 2012. He will stay in office up until the elections next May. Mr Burns, who has been a councillor for almost 18 years, said: "Nothing I've done in my life beforehand, and I'm sure nothing that I'll do with my life in the future; will match the hugely enriching local experiences I've had over those two decades. "But today, I'm confirming that I won't be putting my name forward for a fifth consecutive occasion, and thus will not be standing for potential re-election in 2017. "I want to now move on; to focus on a different phase in my life. A phase that once again will not involve front-line politics, in any shape or form - whatsoever." Tom Connolly, Unison Edinburgh lead negotiator, said: "Andrew has always made himself available to Unison and the other trade unions and has engaged with us on regular basis throughout his time as leader. "He has always done this in a respectful, positive and constructive manner." But this one is in a different league. It is by far the most critical ever published. A prison described by the government's chief inspector of prisons as the most dangerous he has ever set foot in. Unsafe, unstable, and in a state of crisis. That is a brutal assessment. Those who carried out the inspection were horrified by much of what they found. Northern Ireland's Prison Service and Department of Justice were shocked by their findings and the extent of their criticism. That sense of shock was deepened by the fact that Maghaberry was supposed to be on the road to recovery. Six years ago, an inspection report delivered another damning indictment, describing the prison as the most expensive and one of the worst performing in the UK. Three years later inspectors spoke of significant progress. They referred to "green shoots of recovery". But those green shoots have been decimated. On Thursday, inspectors said the situation within Maghaberry is worse than it has ever been. The person in ultimate control of Maghaberry is the director general of the Prison Service, Sue McAllister. She came out of retirement to take up the challenge in May 2012. She was the first woman to hold the most senior position within a prison service anywhere in the UK. At the time of her appointment she said: "I do not underestimate the scale of the reform programme that will be delivered over the next few years, one of the most challenging undertaken by the public sector anywhere in the United Kingdom." The size of that challenge has just become much, much bigger. John Gose, 56, was arrested after lab equipment used to make meth was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop. His plea has drawn comparisons to the TV show Breaking Bad, which tells the fictional story of a science teacher who produces meth after falling ill. Gose faces up to 20 years in prison, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports. A search of his apartment uncovered enough ingredients to produce about 1lb (0.5kg) of the stimulant, which has a street value of over $40,000 (£31,000). "Thanks to the hard work of the Las Cruces Police Department, the New Mexico State Police and the prosecutors in this office, we are able to close the books on this case of life imitating art," District Attorney Mark D'Antonio said in a statement. Gose had worked for over eight years at a high school in El Paso, Texas, and more recently had taught eighth-grade science for Las Cruces Public Schools. In Breaking Bad, the fictional character Walter White teaches high school chemistry in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city.

City of Edinburgh Council leader Andrew Burns is to stand down at next year's local elections. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Reports criticising conditions within prisons in Northern Ireland are nothing new. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A former science teacher in the US state of New Mexico has pleaded guilty to manufacturing the illegal drug methamphetamine, prosecutors say.

The union Unite said the action was suspended after port owners Forth Ports agreed to hold talks. Arrangements are being made with the conciliation service Acas, with talks expected to begin early next week. Unite said picket lines would be lifted and about 80 port workers would make "a full return to work" by Monday. Crane drivers and loaders began a two-week strike on Tuesday, with Unite claiming that new rotas being introduced by Forth Ports amounted to a "de facto pay cut". On Friday, Unite claimed that fuel supplies to forecourts in Scotland and the north of England could be hit by the strike. Forth Ports said only its container quayside operations had been affected by the action. Announcing the suspension of the strike, Unite regional officer Sandy Smart said: "We are pleased that Forth Port's management have lifted their imposition on our members' shift rotas and agreed to enter into conciliation. "Our strike action will now be suspended with immediate effect and picket lines will be lifted, enabling full operations at the port to get under way again. "This is an important first step on the path to resolving this dispute. "If Forth Port's management approach the conciliation with the same spirit in which they accepted our offer then we will be able to negotiate a mutually agreeable outcome." The Port of Grangemouth handles more than 150,000 containers annually, with daily sailings to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe and Hamburg. Exchange firms said travellers were stockpiling currencies as a protection from sudden movements in rates. Last week the Post Office saw a 57% uplift in sales worth more than £500, and a surge of 215% over the weekend. Foreign currency firm Travelex, said the catalyst was a rally in the value of the pound on financial markets. "We did notice a 30% uplift for traffic to our UK website on the day that the pound regained its strength last week," said Travelex's head of pricing, David Swann. "We also saw an increase in the average transaction value." David Cameron and the Chancellor, George Osborne, have referred repeatedly to a Treasury forecast that the pound would fall sharply if the UK votes to leave the EU. The Vote Leave campaign accused them of talking down the economy and pointed out that the pound had been stable in recent months. A specialist currency firm, Caxton FX, said its business was currently 20% up on last year. Its chief executive, Rupert Lee-Browne, said he saw "increasing concern that the pound will fall, from customers who are travelling in the summer."

A strike by dockers at the Port of Grangemouth has been suspended following a breakthrough in a dispute over shift patterns. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Holidaymakers have been rushing to buy travel money, in case the pound falls in value after the EU referendum, according to currency experts.

Dembele, 20, injured his hamstring in Sunday's semi-final defeat of Rangers and was expected to miss the 27 May meeting with Aberdeen. Rodgers' Celtic have already won the Premiership and League Cup and are bidding for the domestic treble. "He was on a bike today and moving the hamstring so we'll see," said Rodgers. "He will be out for the foreseeable future. He had his scan on his hamstring. We'll just monitor that over the course of time and see how it is. "It wouldn't be fair to say that [he's out for the season], no. We just have to assess it over time, see how he reacts. "There is a period of time with individuals in terms of hamstrings but it's never to say that you can't be back within that. "It is a hamstring tear, not overly serious, but we will assess it over the next two-to-three weeks." Leigh Griffiths replaced Dembele at Hampden in the 2-0 win over Rangers and trained indoors on Thursday but Rodgers said of the 26-year-old: "He should be fine for the squad." The 25th series of the show - due to air in spring 2018 - will see LeBlanc return to host alongside Rory Reid and Chris Harris. "I think we've tried to broaden the demographic of the show," the presenter said. "Try to make it not lose the petrolhead nature of it but maybe open it up to people who aren't so petrolheady. "Expand the comedy, try to have bigger, broader films, but it will be more of the same in the sense it starts with the car." LeBlanc will return to the UK in the coming weeks to shoot footage for the show - so far he's been filming in Norway, France, Italy and California. "It will be closer to what it was last year versus the season before," he added. The most recent series was more popular with critics than the one before it - which saw Chris Evans on hosting duties. Evans hadn't been popular with viewers and he left the show after fronting one series. But LeBlanc declined to discuss viewing figures, which have generally been lower since the departure of previous hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. The trio moved to Amazon Prime to start the Grand Tour after Clarkson punched a producer. He later apologised after settling a £100,000 racial discrimination and injury claim. BBC Two controller Patrick Holland has previously said Top Gear's last series drew a "much healthier" audience and it should not be compared to the Clarkson era, which was a "completely different" show. The BBC has also said that younger audiences rated the most recent series "far higher" than they did previous ones. LeBlanc was speaking from Los Angeles as he promoted the last series of Episodes, the comedy he stars in alongside Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. The 50-year-old said it will be hard to leave behind the show, which has been a "inspiring, magic, special journey". Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk

Brendan Rodgers is not ruling Celtic's Moussa Dembele out for the season, hinting the striker could recover in time for the Scottish Cup final. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Matt LeBlanc has given viewers a taster of what they can expect from the next series of Top Gear.

Ledecky won her heat in three minutes 58.71 seconds, just outside her world record time of 3:58.37. Carlin's time of 4:02.83 was a personal best, as she reached the final, which takes place at 03:01 BST on Monday. GB's Georgia Davies, James Guy, Chloe Tutton and Chris Walker-Hebborn progressed in their respective events. Ledecky, who is bidding for the women's 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle titles in Rio, beat the previous Olympic record by almost three seconds. "That one felt pretty easy," said the 19-year-old. "That's the easiest it's felt going under four minutes." The US swimmer could become the first to complete the 200m, 400m and 800m treble since compatriot Debbie Meyer at the 1968 Mexico City Games. On Saturday, Ledecky anchored the US women's 4x100m relay team to a silver medal at Rio's Olympic Aquatic Centre. Carlin was the only British swimmer competing for a place in an Olympic final in the morning session, but a number of Britons reached the semi-finals of their events on Sunday. Find out how to get into swimming with our special guide. James Guy - who was sixth in the 400m freestyle final on Saturday - comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the 200m freestyle (02:11 BST, Monday). Guy finished second in his heat, but team-mate Cameron Kurle was 35th overall and missed out. Georgia Davies was third in her heat of the 100m backstroke to advance to the evening's semi-finals (03:36 BST) as the seventh-fastest qualifier, while Chloe Tutton was 12th fastest in reaching the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke (02:29 BST). In the same event, Molly Renshaw was second in her heat but only 23rd overall. Chris Walker-Hebborn reached the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke (03:12 BST) as the 10th-fastest qualifier. Russia's Yulia Efimova, cleared to compete at the last moment after a positive meldonium test in March, was booed by sections of the Rio crowd as she won her 100m breaststroke heat in 1:05.79. Efimova was second-fastest behind the 1:05.78 of American Lilly King, and ahead of 19-year-old London 2012 gold medallist Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania, who trains in Plymouth. Elsewhere, Katinka Hosszu, who set a new 400m individual medley world record on Saturday, returned to book her spot in the 100m backstroke semi-finals with the equal fourth-fastest time. In the men's backstroke, France's Camille Lacourt topped qualifying in 52.96sec, with the top four swimmers all touching within a tenth of a second. China's Xu Jiayu was second quickest ahead of Australia's world champion Mitch Larkin. She was thrown out in March after allegations a member of her staff tried to arrange a false receipt for a meal. The South East MEP was also replaced as the general election candidate for Folkestone and Hythe after the claims were published in The Sun newspaper. A spokesman for Ms Atkinson confirmed she lodged an appeal over the weekend. Ms Atkinson and her assistant, Christine Hewitt, who was also expelled from the party following a disciplinary hearing, were given 14 days to appeal. In March, The Sun published a secret recording appearing to show Ms Hewitt asking the manager of a restaurant in Margate, Kent, for an invoice for a much higher sum than the bill she had received. The BBC has not been able to contact Ms Hewitt for a comment.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky set a new Olympic record in the heats of the women's 400m freestyle - as Britain's Jazz Carlin qualified second fastest. [NEXT_CONCEPT] MEP Janice Atkinson has lodged an appeal against the decision to expel her from UKIP for "bringing the party into disrepute".

Lee has not played for the region since April, having been injured on Wales' summer tour of New Zealand. Scott Williams will make his 100th appearance for the region while DTH van der Merwe's return on the wing means Liam Williams moves to full-back. Scarlets beat Connacht in their last outing, while Treviso were 27-11 winners against Newport Gwent Dragons. Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac had the trip to Treviso marked down as a tough assignment even before the Italian team's impressive win against Newport Gwent Dragons last week. "We've won all our games in Italy in the past we haven't won them comfortably," he said. "They really focus on their home games. There's a lot of travel involved and different conditions - it's warmer and humid, things we don't normal run into. They are a definite threat. "They've got a new coach and they are moving a lot more ball and they have a big kicking game. We have to be clever." Form guide: Scarlets registered their first points of the season thanks to 17-8 win over Connacht last Saturday while Treviso bounced back from their hammering by Ospreys to beat Newport Gwent Dragons 27-11. Historically, Scarlets lead the series against Treviso 8-4, but the Italian team have won their last three meetings with Welsh regions. Benetton Treviso: Jayden Hayward, Angelo Esposito, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi (C ), Luke McLean; Tommaso Allan, Giorgio Bronzini; Alberto De Marchi, Ornel Gega, Simone Ferrari, Marco Fuser, Filo Paulo, Francesco Minto, Dean Budd, Abraham Steyn. Replacements: Luca Bigi, Matteo Zanusso, Cherif Traore, Filippo Gerosa, Marco Lazzaroni, Tito Tebaldi, Ian McKinley, Andrea Buondonno. Scarlets: Liam Williams, DTH van der Merwe, Hadleigh Parkes, Scott Williams, Steff Evans; Rhys Patchell, Gareth Davies; Wyn Jones, Ken Owens [c], Samson Lee, Lewis Rawlins, David Bulbring, Aaron Shingler, 7 James Davies, John Barclay. Replacements: Ryan Elias, Luke Garrett, Werner Kruger, Rynier Bernardo, Morgan Allen, Aled Davies, Aled Thomas, Steff Hughes Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU, 23rd competition game) Assistant Referees: Nigel Correll (IRFU), Simone Boaretto (FIR) Citing Commissioner: Francesco Grillo (FIR) Betts joined in 2010, coaching a season in the Championship before Widnes returned to Super League in 2012. "We have a different quality of player. Our driving force over the next few years is to keep getting better," he told BBC Radio Merseyside. "We want to be in the top half of the table and we don't want to sit in the bottom half." After narrowly missing out on participating in the inaugural Super 8s last season, Betts says now his squad has improved they can aim higher this season. "Every year the squad's got a little bit better and I can say with my hand on heart this is the best squad I've had in the five years I've been involved in Super League," he added. "It's not top eight, it's top six, possibly top four, they are the things we are reaching for." After winning their opening 2016 Super League fixture against Wakefield 24-16, Betts warned of the difficulty they face in their next fixture against reigning champions Leeds Rhinos. "We're going to play the first or second best side in the world. We know that we've got to challenge that and we need to be more accurate and show more composure. "They're not massive on shape and finding points in the field, they just keep stressing you with offloads and the ability they've got in individuals."

Wales tight-head Samson Lee will make his first appearance of the season in Scarlets' Pro12 trip to Treviso. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Widnes head coach Denis Betts says his current side is the best Vikings team he has ever coached in Super League.

It will last four days, with the decision expected in the new year. Theresa May has said she is "clear" she expects to start talks on leaving the EU as planned by the end of March. Campaigners say MPs and peers have to scrutinise the government's plans beforehand, but ministers say they can decide without this happening. The High Court ruled last Thursday that Parliament should have a say before the UK invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - which triggers up to two years of formal EU withdrawal talks. Labour has said it will not attempt to delay or scupper this process if a vote goes ahead but pressure is mounting on the government from the devolved legislatures. The Scottish government is pressing for the Holyrood Parliament to be given a binding vote on Article 50 and will seek to oppose the UK government as it makes the case for its own involvement in the decision. The Welsh government has also said it intends to intervene in the appeal process to clarify the implications of the judgement for the future of devolution in Wales and the respective powers of the UK executive and the Welsh Assembly. And Northern Ireland's top lawyer has said a separate legal challenge to Brexit should "leapfrog" the usual legal process and go directly to the Supreme Court. The government said it was going to appeal almost as soon as the ruling came out and the Supreme Court has now granted permission - pushing through the process at a far faster pace than usual because of the importance of the case. After Lord Toulson's retirement this summer, the appeal will be heard by all 11 remaining Supreme Court justices, led by their President Lord Neuberger. At the completion of legal submissions, the justices will reserve their decision to a date "probably in the new year", a spokesman for the court said. He added: "The Supreme Court will sit in its largest courtroom and make available a live video feed in the other two courtrooms in the building to enable as many members of the public as possible to observe proceedings. "It should be added that, as with all Supreme Court proceedings, this appeal will be live streamed on our website, so it is not necessary for people to attend the building in person to watch the hearing." On Monday, Mrs May said: "We believe the government has got strong legal arguments. We'll be putting those arguments to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court will make its judgement." The lead claimant in the case against the government, investment fund manager Gina Miller, has said it is vital that the UK's negotiating position is voted upon by MPs. She added that for this not to happen would mean ministers were acting like a "tin-pot" dictatorship. There is some debate about whether a vote at Westminster on invoking Article 50 would require a full Act of Parliament, or whether it could happen much more speedily by MPs and peers agreeing to a resolution - a written motion - instead. But Brexit Secretary David Davis has suggested a full Act of Parliament is more likely should the government lose its case. In June's UK-wide referendum, voters opted by 51.9% to 48.1% in favour of leaving the EU. It follows three years of wrangling over the plans and a legal battle with a rival scheme. The proposals for the facility in Northop were initially rejected by councillors, but approved following a planning inquiry. It will now be sited on land between Kelsterton and Oakenholt Lanes in the village. "We are currently finalising our remaining pre-commencement conditions with the hope of starting on site in July," said Jamieson Hodgson, from the Oxfordshire-based firm, Memoria. "This means that we will aim to be open by mid-2018 so we can finally provide this much-needed public service facility to the people of Flintshire."

The government's appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must vote on triggering Brexit will be heard in the Supreme Court from 5 December. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A £5m project to build a crematorium in Flintshire will get under way in July, developers have said.

Gray prevailed 6-0 in the knockout final, with Goubert taking silver. Hosts Jersey took top honours in the archery compound event, with Great Britain international Lucy O'Sullivan winning gold, while Guernsey's Gen Witham claimed silver. In the men's recurve head-to-head, Jersey's Mark Renouf took gold, his first ever Island Games medal. Jersey's Rhys Hidrio battled back after his chain came off to win a silver medal in the mountain bike criterium. Hidrio, who was fifth in the cross country after suffering a puncture, could not catch the Isle of Man's Nick Corlett who took gold. Hidrio helped Howard Greenside, Ollie Lowthorpe, James Patterson and Richard Payne to win team silver. Guernsey's James Roe took the bronze medal while he and his teammates Andrew Colver, Geoffrey Gibson, Michael Serafin and Danny Shaw won team bronze. Guernsey's 16-year-old rider Megan Downton won her first-ever Island Games medal taking bronze in the women's criterium. She finished behind Western Isles' Kerry and Kirsty Macphee, who had already won gold and silver in the cross-country. Jersey's team of Jemima Leach, Catherine Liron and Helene Monpetit won team silver while Downton and Heather Despres teamed up to win bronze. Jersey schoolgirl Natasha Forrest produced the best performance of her short career to make the semi-finals of the tennis singles at the Island Games. The 14-year-old, who is the youngest player in the tournament, knocked out the Isle of Man's number two seed Laura Feely 7-6 3-6 10-8 on Wednesday. Her place in the semi-final guarantees her a bronze medal to add to the team silver she won on Monday. "I'm feeling amazing, I really didn't expect it," Forrest told BBC Jersey. Meanwhile, Jersey's men's number one seed Scott Clayton overcame Guernsey's Dom McLuskey 7-6 6-2 to book his place in the last four of the singles. Guernsey's Pat Ogier beat Jersey's James Connelly in straight sets, 6-3 6-1, in another of the all-Channel Islands quarter-final clashes. The East Midlands Trains service was travelling from Leicester to York when it hit part of a conveyor wagon at Barrow upon Soar earlier this month. A man working on the lorry was taken to hospital but the train did not derail and no passengers were hurt. The Office of Road and Rail said it is also investigating. The train had been travelling at 102mph (163 km/h) when it hit the boom of a conveyor wagon, which was sticking out over the line at Mountsorrel sidings, at 10:27 on 14 February. The maximum speed for that section is 110mph (176 km/h), the RAIB said. The driver applied the emergency brake and no-one on board the train was injured but the driver was described as being "badly shaken" by the incident. The train was then taken at low speed to Loughborough where passengers were put on different trains to continue their journeys. Both the RAIB and the Office of Road and Rail have confirmed they are investigating. The Prince of Wales laid a wreath in the cemetery where some of the 144 victims of the tragedy on 21 October 1966 are buried. The message had gone by Sunday. David Davies, chairman of trustees at the Aberfan Memorial Charity, said it was "sad" it had been taken. South Wales Police said it was aware of the incident and was investigating. Wales observed a minute's silence at 09:15 BST on Friday, 50 years after a mountain of coal waste from tip seven of Merthyr Vale Colliery slid down onto Aberfan and destroyed Pantglas Junior School and nearby homes. Prince Charles spent much of Friday afternoon with families of those who died in the disaster and attended a reception before signing a book of remembrance. He also read out a message from the Queen which said the spirit of the community proved "even the greatest loss cannot triumph over love".

Guernsey archer Lisa Gray beat team-mate Chantelle Goubert in the recurve head-to-head to take Island Games gold. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A worker was seriously injured when a passenger train hit a conveyor belt hanging over the line, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A message from the wreath placed by Prince Charles on the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster has been taken.

A hole measuring 3m sq (9 sq ft) and 1.3m (4ft) deep appeared in Ironbridge Road, last Boxing Day. It was caused by workings in the underlying clay mines, weakening surrounding soils. The road, rebuilt on top of a concrete slab held in place by 70 metal poles sunk into the ground, has been opened to traffic. Geoff Beattie, based at the University of Manchester, has published research showing how people's green opinions can be contradicted by their gestures. People "may care a good deal less" than the views they express, he says. While words can be controlled, he says "gestures are difficult, if not impossible, to edit". This research, by the psychologist who advises the Big Brother television show, will confirm the suspicions of those doubting the sincerity of the green credentials of some individuals and businesses. Do hotel chains really want to save the planet - or do they want to save money by washing fewer towels? Professor Beattie has been examining the gap between the public support for green values - and the different way people behave in practice. Researchers, at the university's Sustainable Consumption Institute, made video recordings of people talking about issues such as global warming - looking at how their words matched their body language, such as hand gestures and expressions. The study found that while people could control their speech to express green opinions, their unconscious gestures suggested their "true thoughts and feelings" lay elsewhere. This could help to explain the difference between what people said and how they made personal decisions, such as what they bought in the supermarket. "This research shows there are 'green fakers' out there, who say one thing but believe another," says Professor Beattie. "This material shows for the first time a behaviour clash between what people espouse openly and explicitly on green attitudes and what they hold unconsciously and implicitly. "Explicitly, people may want to save the planet and appear green, but implicitly they may care a good deal less. "Given it is these implicit attitudes that direct and control much of our behaviour in supermarkets and elsewhere, these are the attitudes that we have to pursue and understand and change." The research is to be published as a book called Why Aren't We Saving The Planet? A Psychologist's Perspective. Bomb-making materials were found in the flat where the man, named as Xu, lived, and the words "die" and "death" had been scrawled on the walls. The blast happened just as parents in Fengxian in the eastern province of Jiangsu were picking up their children at the end of the day. It is being treated as a criminal act. Xu had suffered from health problems and had dropped out of school but was employed, police said. More than 60 people were injured in the explosion, including eight who are in a serious condition, the authorities say. A survivor told Chinese state TV that the kindergarten gate had just opened for children to leave but none had come out when the blast happened. Fengxian officials said none of the children or teachers at the kindergarten were among the casualties. The Fengxian blast is the second tragedy to strike a Chinese kindergarten in recent weeks. Last month, 11 children died when a bus packed with kindergarten pupils burst into flames inside a tunnel in eastern Shandong province. It later emerged that the fire had been started deliberately by the driver, who also died. There have also been knife attacks at schools in recent years. In January a man with a kitchen knife wounded 11 children at a kindergarten in southern China's Guangxi province. Last February a knifeman stabbed 10 children outside a primary school in the island of Hainan in southern China before killing himself. Such attacks have generally been attributed to people with personal grudges or suffering from mental health problems. However Chinese leaders have in the past also acknowledged that underlying social tensions have contributed to the crimes.

Work to repair a collapsed road in Jackfield, Shropshire, has been completed two weeks early. [NEXT_CONCEPT] There are many "green fakers" who only pretend to be eco-friendly, claims a psychologist who has been studying what is revealed by body language. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An explosion at the gates of a Chinese kindergarten that killed eight people was caused by a 22-year-old man who died in the blast, police say.

Members will also be working to rule and adhering to a 37.5 hour week between 13 October and 9 November. Earlier this week, the Unison union said its members would go on strike on the 13th between 07.00 and 11.00. Unions are angry with the government over its 1% pay rise offer for NHS health workers. This does not apply to those who get automatic, on-the-job pay increases, which are given to about half of staff and are worth 3% a year on average. The decision by ministers went against the recommendation of the independent pay review board, which called for an across-the-board rise. Unite members in Northern Ireland will be striking between 11.00 and 15.00 on 13 October. During the Bridgend raid, a businessman, 58, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering. Cash is suspected of being generated from overseas organised crime. A City of London Police investigation was launched in March after it received intelligence a UK bank account was being used. Police believe that cash was generated through overseas organised crime - including Ponzi schemes - and on foreign exchange markets, before it was laundered through the man's company bank account. The business is listed as being involved in test drilling and boring with an annual turnover of £250,000. But in November 2015, £13.2m ($19m) was transferred into its account, converted to Euros, with most sent on to Georgia. Then in February 2016, a further £29.1m (€37m) was transferred into the account, with the arrested man claiming it was for the purchase of a Sri Lankan tea company. In a statement, City of London Police said it believed the £30m of bankers' drafts was the "the biggest ever money seizure made by UK law enforcement". "We believe this man's business account was being used by a global network of organised crime operators to launder tens of millions of pounds of stolen funds through the UK and then out into bank accounts around the world," said Det Insp Craig Mullish, from the City of London Police's money laundering unit.

Unite members working in the health service in England will join a four-hour strike on 13 October, the union has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Bankers' drafts worth £30m have been found in what is believed to be the biggest ever money seizure made by UK police.

Sarah McManus, 29, is said to be among those hurt on the "tower jump" at the Flip Out Park in Chester. The personal assistant, from Oswestry, Shropshire, said she fractured her spine jumping into a foam pit from a 13ft (4m) high platform in January. A spokesman for Cheshire trampoline park said the tower jump has been replaced by another attraction. Miss McManus, who is taking legal action against the park, said: "I followed the instructions on the sign and landed in the seated position as suggested, but when I hit the foam I heard a crack in my back and felt like I'd been winded. "I was barely able to breathe and couldn't shout for help, so I had to throw some of the foam sponges in the air to get attention." She added: "I was eventually fitted with a back brace that I wear daily and only remove to shower and sleep." Following her injury, three other people all reportedly suffered back injuries on the same attraction. One was student George Magraw, 21, from Ellesmere Port, who fractured his spine at the park in February. Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched an investigation into the park. The council said two other people were injured on the same day as Mr Magraw. A spokesman for Flip Out Chester said: "Since opening in December, more than 200,000 people have visited Flip Out Chester and we have an excellent safety record. "Safety is our number one priority and we strive to ensure that everyone who visits can enjoy all of the activities in a safe environment. "We are investigating these claims to establish exactly what happened." It is almost three times the figure for October, when the government launched a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State. The number of civilians killed in November was 926, while 930 others were injured. The UN special representative for Iraq, Jan Kubis, said the casualty figures were "staggering". "In its desperate attempt to cling on to territory it controls in Mosul and Nineveh areas, [IS] has been employing the most vicious tactics, using civilians' homes as firing positions as well as abducting and forcibly moving civilians, effectively using them as human shields," he added. Mr Kubis noted that the Iraqi security forces had declared that they were making utmost efforts during the six-week-old Mosul offensive to avoid putting civilians in harm's way, often taking additional casualties as a result. Baghdad province, where IS militants carried out a series of bombings last month, was the worst affected for civilian casualties, with 152 killed and 581 injured. In Nineveh province, where Mosul is located, 332 were killed and 114 injured. No regional breakdown was provided for casualties among security forces personnel, who include members of the army, police officers engaged in combat, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, interior ministry troops, and militiamen. The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) meanwhile warned that the offensive to retake Mosul could take months, prompting more and more of the up to 1.5 million civilians believed to be living there to try to flee their homes. Some 77,000 people have been displaced so far, with many staying in their homes as the government suggested. On Wednesday, the UN warned that as many as half a million people in Mosul - including almost half of all the children in the city - had reportedly been cut off from access to clean water after a major water pipeline was damaged in the fighting. The break in the pipeline is located in an area still held by IS, making it impossible to repair quickly. The Iraqi authorities are currently bringing water into recaptured eastern districts by lorry, but the supply is not enough to meet the needs of residents. Unless running water is restored in the next few days, the UN says, civilians will be forced to resort to unsafe water sources, exposing children to the risk of waterborne diseases such as severe diarrhoea and the threat of malnutrition.

A trampoline park is investigating claims four people were "seriously injured" on an attraction in one month. [NEXT_CONCEPT] At least 1,959 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed across the country in November, the UN says.

The discharges are in breach of approvals but are said to be well within the overall site safety limit. According to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), the gaseous tritium is from an authorised outlet but is greater than it should be. The Chapelcross site ceased power generation in 2004. Sepa staff have been to the facility a number of times to discuss the issue with the operators. They say that while a sub-limit for gaseous disposals has been exceeded, it is a small fraction of the authorised disposal limit for the whole site. On that basis, Sepa says it is confident there is no risk to the public or the environment, although investigations are continuing to find the reason for the increase. Tritium - a radioactive isotope of hydrogen - was a by-product of the nuclear operations at Chapelcross and was used in the weapons industry. Gaseous tritium is sometimes used for its radio-luminescence by makers of self-illuminating watches or signposts. GE said it no longer posed "any conceivable threat to US financial stability". US regulators labelled GE Capital a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) in 2013. SIFIs fall under stricter regulations to protect the financial system. The label is given by a group of US regulators - known as the Financial Stability Oversight Council- which includes the US Treasury Department and Federal Reserve. Most SIFIs are banks such as JP Morgan and Citigroup, but the FSOC has labelled a number of institutions in this category, including insurance firms and non-bank lenders. A spokesperson from the US Treasury Department said in a statement, "The council's authority to designate nonbank financial companies is a critical tool to address potential threats to financial stability." The spokesperson said there was a "clear process for de-designation" but gave no timeline for addressing GE's application. The SIFI designation was developed as part of the 2010 Wall Street reforms, after the US public was forced to bailout Wall Street banks and insurer AIG. The label is given to institutions whose collapse could have a significant impact on the financial system and the economy. It requires them to hold excess funds to protect against a collapse. The government argued that because insurance firms and non-bank lenders have ties to many other financial institutions and hold large amounts of financial obligations, their collapse could be detrimental to the US economy. GE announced in April 2015 that it would be reducing the size of GE Capital and focusing on industrial and manufacturing financing. "Our plan to change our business model, shrink the company and reduce our risk profile has been successful," said GE Capital chief executive, Keith Sherin. "We believe GE Capital no longer meets the criteria to be designated as a SIFI and we look forward to working co-operatively and constructively with the FSOC through the rescission process," he said. On Wednesday, US insurance firm MetLife won a court battle to remove its "too big to fail" label. MetLife filed a lawsuit in 2015 arguing the regulators had violated their own rules when it placed the insurer in the same category as large banks. "From the beginning, MetLife has said that its business model does not pose a threat to the financial stability of the United States. This decision is a win for MetLife's customers, employees and shareholders," Steven Kandarian, MetLife's chief executive said in a statement. The decision was a blow to regulators and could mean more non-bank SIFIs appeal against the "too big to fail" tag in court, rather than reducing their size like GE. The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that it "strongly disagreed" with the judges decision. "We are confident that FSOC's determination was lawful and will continue to defend the Council's designations process vigorously," a spokesperson said. Data was provided by the Electoral Commission and may be subject to change. Follow the results on our live blog and on the local results page here. S4C is showing a live results programme from 22:00 BST, which is also being broadcast on Radio Cymru and can be watched on iPlayer, while there will be updates from BBC Wales on the UK overnight programme on BBC One. BBC Radio Wales will have a special programme on air from 06:00.

Environmental inspectors have been called in after an increase in tritium gas discharges from the former Chapelcross nuclear plant, near Annan. [NEXT_CONCEPT] General Electric's financing arm - GE Capital- has asked regulators to remove it from the list of institutions deemed "too big to fail" after having shrunk the size of its business. [NEXT_CONCEPT] These are estimated results times for EU referendum results in Wales for Friday morning.

Elmbridge council said the area was placed under 24-hour police guard for five days from when it received the alert to when the hazardous material was safely removed. The 28 rusting drums were found in a suburban garage in the north of Elmbridge borough, the council said. They contained a sodium cyanide mixture that can become explosive when wet. The council, which has just revealed details of the operation, has not said how the drums were discovered or where they were. The alert came on 22 October, with the drums removed last Sunday and Monday. Councillor Glenn Dearlove said the removal of the drums, which contained 1.5 tonnes of chemicals, was "a significant task" because of the number of the containers, the nature of the waste and the age of the drums. He said there was no threat to residents nearby because the chemicals were in a stable environment, but he said it was imperative they were removed quickly and safely. The landowner was responsible for the removal and disposal of waste and would meet the cost of the operation, he added. The Aberdeen-born former Manchester United star helped take down the first of hundreds of the signs from public areas. He said: "You need to get young people out playing - the streets were where we learned our trade." Aberdeen's plans to become the first city in Scotland to remove all such signs were revealed in August. A report said the signs were not legally enforceable and were a deterrent to outdoor play. The footballing great told BBC Scotland: "I think a lot of parents would be quite happy for the kids to be out playing football or whatever they wanted to play. "A few people might not be too happy but it will be nice for the kids. "Computer games are not what you require." He said of his childhood days: "One post was a lamppost, the other was a drainpipe or a jacket. "There were no signs up to say no ball games. "It's nice to have this come round, taking the signs down." Asked if he ever got in trouble, he admitted: "Probably". The campaign to take down the iconic signs was assisted by local charity Aberdeen Greenspace. It is hoped the move will help to improve the health, and skills, of the city's children. To mark the removal of the signs, hundreds of sports balls will be given to underprivileged children. The council is trying to claw back a £10.25m loan to Northampton Town, made to help the club develop its Sixfields Stadium. In a statement the council said it had applied to prevent the sale of Christina Cardoza's house. She is the wife of David Cardoza, a former club chairman and director. The council said in a statement: "We have taken this action against the Cardozas as part of our pursuit of the £10.25m loan made by Northampton Borough Council to Northampton Town Football Club. "The borough council took on the right to pursue the debt from the football club under the memorandum of understanding signed with the club's new owners and we have made it clear that we do intend to take the action needed both to find out what happened and to recover the public money that has not been repaid." A meeting earlier at the District Registry of the High Court in Birmingham adjourned the case until a hearing on 20 May. Mr Cardoza has yet to comment. A woman had complained to police that she was sexually assaulted by a man in his 50s in Westminster last May. The Metropolitan Police said the former Rochdale MP was informed the matter had been dropped on Wednesday. Mr Danczuk, 50, who is standing for re-election in the town as an independent, said he believed the claim was "politically motivated". He said the allegation was made to police the day he collected nomination papers from Rochdale Council entitling him to stand in the 8 June election. He added the first he knew of the "totally false" allegation was when he was asked for a comment by a journalist on 8 May. The allegation later appeared in newspaper headlines. Mr Danczuk said the claim was "a desperate attempt to smear and undermine my general election campaign in Rochdale". The former MP was suspended by the Parliamentary Labour Party in December 2015 amid allegations concerning his conduct. He later resigned from the party after he was barred from standing for Labour in Rochdale, a seat he had held since winning it from the Liberal Democrats in 2010.

Cyanide drums stored illegally in a garage in Surrey have been removed in an operation lasting two days. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Scottish football legend Denis Law has kicked off the process of removing 'No ball games' signs in his home city. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Northampton Borough Council is seeking an interim injunction to stop the sale of a house owned by the wife of the ex-chairman of the town's football club. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk will face no further action following a rape allegation, police have confirmed.

The baby, named Gito by the team from International Animal Rescue, was so lifeless when found they thought he was dead. He was being kept as a pet in the village of Merawa, about 100 miles from the charity's centre in Ketapang. The team said Gito's mother had almost certainly been killed before he was stolen and sold for less than £20. Kept in a urine-soaked cardboard box and fed entirely on condensed milk, he was severely dehydrated and malnourished. He was suffering from a lack of hair and grey flaking skin due to sarcoptic mange, a highly contagious skin disease. The charity's Alan Knight said forest fires devastating Indonesia were leaving wild orangutans without food or shelter. "Those that escape being burnt alive are left exposed, under threat of starving or being killed or captured by humans. "It's hard to stomach the shocking state Gito was in. He is in safe hands now but tragically there are many more like him in desperate need of our help," he said. In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, Maj-Gen Yoav Mordechai accused members of Hamas's military wing of training IS fighters and treating those wounded in clashes with the Egyptian military. The interview came shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of IS "terrorism knocking at our borders". Yisrael Hayom provides its usual strong support for Mr Netanyahu, and reports the immediate tightening of security in southern Israel as part of "raising preparedness" for any eventuality. It is joined by Alex Fishman in Yediot Aharonot, where he writes that Israel cannot allow Sinai to become a "logistics rear for Hamas in Gaza, the fruit of this co-operation with Islamic State". He adds that it would be "naive" to imagine that IS fighters are not already present in Israel's southern Negev desert, and recruiting among Israel's Arab population. Other papers like the Jerusalem Post leave to one side the question of Hamas involvement, but have no doubt that Israel, Egypt and Gulf Arab states face a common threat in Islamic State. "It is time to confront this ideology throughout the region, beginning in Sinai," it says in an editorial. The liberal broadsheet Haaretz questions both Mr Netanyahu's political agenda and the government's intentions in going on the record over its accusations against Hamas. Commentator Amos Harel says Gen Mordechai's interview could only have come on "explicit orders from the highest levels of the government". He thinks Israel's aim is to get Egypt to "take direct action" against Hamas - a "highly unusual move" that risks sending out mixed signals, given Israel's own restrained response to recent rocket attacks by possible Islamic State sympathisers in Gaza. Haaretz's editorial concedes that there may be co-operation with IS, but cautions against using this as a pretext to "settle scores" with Hamas given the "regional chaos". Whatever the truth of tactical co-operation in Sinai, IS has a history of denouncing Hamas and other Muslim Brotherhood groups as "apostates" over their willingness to contest elections and tolerate non-Sunni Muslims. IS recently released a video threatening to overthrow Hamas, with Palestinian fighters in Syria condemning the movement's crackdown on Salafist groups in Gaza and its approach to enforcing Islamic law. Some prominent commentators on jihadist sites even speculate that Islamic State is in fact planning to attack Hamas via Sinai as part of the current campaign, or by activating fighters in Gaza itself. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. He was refused bail at Camberwell Magistrates Court and will appear before a judge again next month. He is accused of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article. The two victims, both 15, are being treated in hospital. One remains in a critical condition. The attack happened at Kingsdale Foundation School in south London on Thursday shortly before 15.30 GMT, and pupils were kept inside buildings as emergency services dealt with the situation. The school reopened on Friday.

A UK charity has released pictures of a baby orangutan it rescued in West Borneo and nursed back to health. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An Israeli general's assertion that he has intelligence linking the militant Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which dominates Gaza, with Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt's Sinai peninsula is a major talking point in the Israeli media. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A 15-year-old boy has been remanded in youth detention after being charged over the stabbing of two pupils at a school in Dulwich.

St Mary's Parish Church, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, raised £30,000 to carry out repairs to eight 105-year-old bells. Work included refurbishing the frame and fitting and rehanging the bells. Dave Bamford, from Taylor's Bell Foundry in Leicestershire, who helped restore and reinstall them, said help from local offenders on community service was "absolutely incredible". The original bells, from 1732, were recast and added to the church in 1910. Mr Bamford said the offenders carried out much of the heavy-lifting and the "lightest is over half a tonne". "You've got to get the bells out of the mechanisms and get the mechanisms down all the steps to the bottom," he said. "Without them [the offenders] we would probably still be working on it to this day." Erewash Borough Council and the community donated money towards the restoration work. Councillor Chris Corbett, leader of the authority, said: "This council values the history and heritage of our borough and is committed to protecting it - so keeping the church bells ringing, an age-old tradition in this country, is very important to us." These "facilitating" subjects are: mathematics and further mathematics, English (literature), physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages (classical and modern). Schools are ranked on the percentage of A-level pupils achieving this and then on the percentage of students completing sixth form studies. Schools marked IND are independent, those marked SEL select their pupils on the basis of academic activity. Schools marked AC are academies. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils are not included. The 22-year-old has made 56 appearances for Hibs since his debut in February 2012, all but three of them starts. He has played just once this season, in the Scottish League Cup in July, having been hampered by a hamstring injury. Having come up through Celtic's youth academy, Forster has also had loan spells at Berwick Rangers and East Fife, but never played in England. He could be eligible for Tuesday's game with Northampton Town in League Two if Argyle receive international clearance in time. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. Seam bowler Hepburn was one of three 19-year-olds in the home side. They had Leicestershire 98-8 before Clint McKay (42 not out) and 18-year-old Zak Chappell (31) put on 74. They were eventually all out for 172 and Worcestershire eased to 176-2, with Tom Fell (60no) and Joe Clarke (51no) sharing an unbroken stand of 98. It was a dismal batting performance by Leicestershire's top order before McKay and debutant Chappell came together in the 29th over, with spinner Saeed Ajmal (3-33) providing the main support for Hepburn. The result was never in doubt after Tom Kohler-Cadmore (31) and Daryl Mitchell (22) launched the reply with a stand of 56, and Fell sealed the win with a boundary off Rob Sayer with 18 overs to spare. Leicestershire have only one group game left, against Somerset on Tuesday, to register their first win of the competition, while Worcestershire, who had lost their five previous matches, complete their involvement away at Derbyshire.

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Its stock jumped by 70%, boosting its market value from £13bn to £19.6bn. Shares surpassed a near-35% rise in August 1989 when the Japanese company launched Dragon Quest, a fantasy role-playing game, in the US. Pokemon Go, a virtual reality treasure hunt where players hunt monsters that appear on their smartphones, leads the free-to-download app chart. It was made available in the UK this week following its launch in the US, Australia and New Zealand. It was developed by the Pokemon Company, which is 32% owned by Nintendo, and Niantic, which was spun out of Google last year when the search engine giant announced it was setting up Alphabet as its new parent company. Since then, the Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo have invested up to $30m in Niantic to develop Pokemon Go. However, the success of Pokemon Go has not been without controversy. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington asked people not to play Pokemon Go on their phones during their visit, branding it "extremely inappropriate". The nearby Arlington National Cemetery also warned off Pokemon players. A spokesman said they had not experienced any problems yet, but wanted to pre-empt any issues. "Playing games such as Pokemon Go on these hallowed grounds would not be deemed appropriate," cemetery officials said in a statement. Both locations feature in the new smartphone game. Gareth Browning, 33, was on foot in Whitley on Saturday evening, when he was hit by a black Mazda Aerosport. He remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. His colleague was unharmed. Luke Haywood, of Chagford Road, Whitley, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm, dangerous driving and vehicle theft. He appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court earlier and was remanded in custody to appear at Reading Crown Court on 16 December. A 31-year-old woman has been bailed until January. Earlier on Tuesday police carried out a reconstruction of the incident at Lower Earley Way as part of their investigations. Andrew Maling, 47, from Sigglesthorne, near Hull, was jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of Amy Gough in June. Miss Gough, 34, from Sandiacre, Derbyshire, died several days after suffering stomach injuries inflicted by Maling in March 2015. The Appeal Court said his history of domestic violence should be reflected. More on this story and other news in Derbyshire Maling, who watched the court hearing via video-link from prison, had inflicted serious injuries to Miss Gough "over a period of several years". Last year, Miss Gough suffered serious abdominal injuries, which had been caused by "blunt force trauma". Her heart failed and she died in hospital on 29 March 2015, several days after the attack. At trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Maling had denied guilt, insisting Miss Gough's injuries resulted from an "accidental drunken fall". Lawyers for the Attorney General argued there was "no mitigation whatever" for his crime. Lady Justice Hallett, sitting with Mr Justice King and Mr Justice Dove, said she had no doubt the original 10-year sentence was "too short". "If a killing results from a campaign of domestic violence, that is a serious aggravating factor which must be properly reflected in the sentence imposed," Justice Hallett said. The impact of Miss Gough's death had been devastating for her family, the court heard. Her mother, Christine, had spoken of the void left by her daughter's loss - describing her as a "caring, beautiful and warm person". Speaking after the hearing, the Attorney General said: "This was a one of many violent attacks the offender inflicted on the deceased over a number of years, and this attack lasted several days. "I hope this increased sentence gives some comfort to the Ms Gough's family at this difficult time."

Nintendo has enjoyed its biggest weekly share price gain in more than 30 years following the launch of Pokemon Go. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man has been charged in connection with a crash in Reading that left a police officer critically injured. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A violent boyfriend whose abuse caused the death of his girlfriend has had his "unduly lenient" prison sentence extended by a third to 15 years.

Yorkshire's Ballance scored 24 runs in four innings as England drew last month's Test series in Bangladesh 1-1. The 26-year-old scored 590 runs in his first 10 Test innings but averages 18 in his last eight. Vaughan said: "He's not looking like anything the player he was when he first came into international cricket." Zimbabwe-born Ballance replaced Jonathan Trott in England's batting order after the Warwickshire right-hander retired from international cricket. New Zealand and Australia exposed the Yorkshire batsman's technique last year and he was dropped for the third Ashes Test. Vaughan, who captained England in 51 of his 82 Tests between 1999 and 2008, told BBC Radio 5 live that Kent's Sam Billings should replace Ballance for the first of five Tests against India, which starts on 9 November. "He looks shot for gameplan," added Vaughan. "He's had his technique questioned. As soon as the ball swings or spins his technique doesn't look like it's going to give him any whereabouts of how to survive long enough. Media playback is not supported on this device "That's my real concern in this England side - they've only got Jos Buttler to replace Gary Ballance in the middle of the innings. "If I was England, I'd be getting another right hander sent out to India as soon as possible. I'd go for Sam Billings. "If you speak to former England batsman Graham Thorpe, he says Sam Billings is the best player of spin. "I don't think it's being negative, it's just being sensible. You realise you need more right-handers, you need more competition in that middle of the innings. "They've left themselves short of options in that middle order." Vaughan said the only way England could compete with India, the world's top-ranked side, was to "park the bus". "They haven't got enough expertise or wow factor with the ball to be able to blow India away. They have to try and stay in the game," he said. "If they try and play this expansive way India will just laugh and have them on toast and it will be a 5-0 whitewash. No question about it. "If you want to call it negative cricket, play negative cricket. The only way they can compete is to try and frustrate them and try to force the error." England head coach Trevor Bayliss said England had no plans to schedule any warm-up matches between now and the end of the series with India. Following the five Tests, England play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches, with the final one on 1 February. "We don't want to get to the third or fourth Test in India and everyone's shot mentally and physically," he said. "I think if the players take the right messages and learn the right things from these two matches, that will stand us in good stead heading forward, which we know is going to be an even more difficult assignment in India." The former England and Sunderland star admitted grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15 and was convicted of a charge of sexual touching. Following the trial at Bradford Crown Court the 28-year-old was released on bail to set his affairs in order. The judge warned him he faced jail and said "say goodbye to your daughter". Johnson met up with the girl on 30 January 2015 after agreeing to sign football shirts for her, the court heard. The player admitted kissing the teenager but told the jury the encounter in his Range Rover "went no further". The jury found Johnson, who also played for Middlesbrough and Manchester City, guilty last week of sexual touching but cleared him of a charge relating to another sexual act. He had already been sacked by Sunderland after admitting on the first day of his trial that he had kissed the girl.

England cannot pick "shot for confidence" Gary Ballance for the forthcoming Tests against India, says former England captain Michael Vaughan. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Sex case footballer Adam Johnson, who was warned by a judge to expect a "significant jail term", is set to be sentenced on 24 March.

The council is to cut £42m from adult services and £16m from children's services under its budget proposals. A "significant number" of day centres and children's centres would close, as well as at least two leisure centres and up to half the libraries. Funding for school crossing patrols will also be cut under the plans. The council's chief executive Ged Fitzgerald said he was hoping community groups and other organisations would run some services affected by the cuts. The authority said it was going to "work with schools" to see if they could fund lollipop patrols when funding is withdrawn. Investments at some pelican crossings will also be pulled if the plans are approved. Park Road Leisure Centre in Dingle and Everton Park Leisure Centre are earmarked for closure within the next three years as part of £4m cuts to the council's Lifestyles Centres budget. By Claire HamiltonPolitical Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside This latest round of cuts will affect the lives of the very old and the very young in Liverpool and plenty in between. Two leisure centres (including Park Road in Dingle where Olympian Beth Tweddle trains) will definitely close. Some adult day care centres will shut. Sure Start centres - which were reorganised a couple of years ago - will be under the spotlight again and many of those could close. Half the city's libraries (again, heavily used by the elderly and the pre-schoolers) will close unless community groups come forward to run them. Perhaps a few will - but in reality it is a mammoth task to run a library, and neighbouring authorities are struggling to find qualified volunteers to operate theirs. Mayor Anderson is certain the city council will still exist in five years time, but based on these forecasts, its role will be very different. The council will cut a further £500,000 from its annual spending on library services, in addition to a £1m annual saving agreed last year. This could result in the closure of up to half the city's 19 libraries. Mayor of Liverpool and city council leader Joe Anderson said the council had to make "some really tough decisions". "Many of the proposals will result in some significant changes to services that people hold dear, but we need to start making those decisions now as the money simply isn't there to fund them in the future," he said. "Every service will be impacted in some way by these savings and several hundred people employed by the council will face the prospect of losing their jobs." He said the plans "protect the most vulnerable adults and children in our communities". The latest budget cuts follows central government funding cuts of £173m over the last three years. Cafodd hysbyseb ei chyhoeddi yn gwahodd pobl i fod yn rhan o Gyngor Partneriaeth y Gymraeg yr wythnos diwethaf. Ond dywedodd AC Arfon, Siân Gwenllïan, bod yr hysbyseb yn "annerbyniol", gan ddweud bod angen i'r "mwyafrif" o aelodau'r panel fod yn gallu siarad Cymraeg. Mewn llythyr at yr AC Plaid Cymru, fe wnaeth Gweinidog y Gymraeg, Alun Davies ymddiheuro am y camgymeriad. Dywedodd nad "y bwriad" oedd bod un siaradwr Cymraeg ar y panel, ac ychwanegodd y byddai medru'r Gymraeg yn sgil hanfodol i saith aelod o'r panel, ac yn ddymunol i'r aelod arall. Mae'r hysbyseb yn cael ei hail ysgrifennu.

More than 300 jobs are to go at Liverpool City Council as it seeks to make £156m of savings over the next three years, it has announced. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi dweud mai camgymeriad oedd cyhoeddi hysbyseb yn datgan mai dim ond un o wyth aelod o banel cynghori ar y Gymraeg ddylai orfod siarad yr iaith.

Dennehy, 33, from Peterborough, is serving life for the murders of three men in 2013. A report highlights "deficiencies" by the probation service, but says there is "no evidence that these contributed directly" to the deaths. Christina Lee, widow of victim Kevin Lee, criticised the failings. "We have been left numb by the failings identified... and it has left us wondering whether my husband would still be alive today had they done their job properly," she said. Joanne Dennehy: The woman with a 'sadistic lust for blood' Dennehy had been given a community order of 12 months for assault and being in control of a dangerous dog. She was supervised by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Probation service, but she missed appointments with probation officers after going to Lincolnshire. The restricted report, seen by the BBC, says a "more experienced offender manager" should have been appointed to deal with the "complexities" of the case. It says there was no contact with Dennehy when she was in prison which was a "missed opportunity". The probation service risk appraisal of Dennehy was that she had the "potential to cause serious harm" but was unlikely to do so "unless there was a significant change in circumstances". The report said the probation service should have looked into this further. It recommends the probation services undertake greater "risk of harm" analysis of cases and that there is additional training for probation officers. Dennehy murdered Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in March 2013 before dumping their bodies. She went on the run and subsequently stabbed dog walkers Robin Bereza, 64, and 56-year-old John Rogers in Hereford. The Probation Service has yet to comment. The hatchlings ate meat with their teeth, then used beaks to peck at plants as adults, say scientists. The discovery is a surprise and has not been seen in any other reptile. Limusaurus inextricabilis lived in China around 150 million years ago. The first fossilised remains of the animal were discovered about a decade ago. "Initially, we believed that we found two different ceratosaurian dinosaurs from the Wucaiwan area, one toothed and the other toothless, and we even started to describe them separately," said Shuo Wang of Capital Normal University in Beijing, China, who led the research. The palaeontologists then realised that the dinosaurs looked remarkably similar, except for the presence of teeth. They found that the dinosaur lost its teeth over time, making it the first known reptile to do this. Dr Stephen Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh, who was not part of the research team, said it was a stunning discovery. "Up until now, who would have thought that there were dinosaurs that had teeth as babies, started to lose them as they grew up and then ended up as toothless adults with beaks?" he told BBC News. "Nothing like this is seen in any other fossil vertebrate and the platypus is the only modern land-living vertebrate that does anything similar." The dinosaurs were switching from one sort of feeding type that required teeth to one in which teeth were a disadvantage, and a beak was better, said Dr Stig Walsh of National Museums Scotland. "Other theropod dinosaurs in the group to which Limusaurus belongs are carnivores and I can't help wondering whether the driver for such a life cycle change was to allow Limusaurus to capitalise on a more abundant food source as they became larger," he added. Limusaurus (mud lizard) was a fairly old and primitive theropod dinosaur. It belongs to the same group as well-known carnivores like T. rex and Velociraptor. The researchers think the toothed juveniles were probably omnivorous meat-eaters. The adults, which had beaks, moved on to a plant-based diet. The discovery will help explain how the beak, which is so important in the bird kingdom, evolved. Tooth loss is more common in modern animals. Some fish and amphibians lose teeth as they grow, as do platypuses. The research is published in the journal Current Biology. Follow Helen on Twitter.

Triple killer Joanne Dennehy was under the supervision of probation workers when she murdered three men, the BBC can reveal. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Some dinosaurs lost their teeth as they grew up, according to fossil evidence.

The Baggies turned down four bids from Tottenham for the 22-year-old striker, including two on 1 September. He went on Twitter to indicate he would never play for Albion again but he came on against Southampton on Saturday. "The lads have given him some stick. Sometimes it's the best way because it takes away the tension," Fletcher said. "When somebody comes in and there is a little bit of banter, I'm sure he feels like one of the lads again." Scotland midfielder Fletcher, who is not on Twitter, said: "It's about emotions really. "You can do silly things and when you're on Twitter it allows you to voice your opinions. If he had sat quietly for 48 hours he wouldn't have done it." Ann Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death by Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, in April 2014. A High Court judge has ruled against the call for a judicial review of the coroner's decision. Her widower Don said the family were "disappointed, not surprised". He added: "We've been pulled backwards and forwards through the proverbial hedge quite a few times in the last few years. "We're still hopeful that somebody will examine the full circumstances surrounding the brutal and tragic murder of Ann and that proper lessons will be learned." More on this and other Leeds stories The inquest is scheduled to begin at Wakefield Coroners' Court in November. Dismissing the claim for a judicial review, judge Mr Justice Holroyde said: "I have much sympathy for the claimants, and I fully understand their reasons for wishing to pursue this line of inquiry. "However, I am unable to accept the submission that the assistant coroner reached a decision which was so seriously flawed as to be unreasonable." The request for a judicial review was opposed by others, including the sisters of Mrs Maguire. One of them, Sheila Connor, also a teacher, said she was worried about students being questioned as to their actions, or lack of action, before the killing, and the possibility of attaching blame to them. Her views were echoed by Dominic Kelly, the vice-principal of Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds, who said in 2016 that some of its pupils had expressed "concern that they could have prevented the tragedy" and "guilt that they had failed to protect their teacher". In additional report in May, he added: "The risk of formally and publicly asking the students involved questions that they have been asking themselves for three years is far greater than any perceived benefit that could be gained." The Maguire family had wished the coroner to call former pupils, especially those interviewed by the police. Many of them heard Cornick make threats and claim to have knives in his bag on the day of the murder. Most did not take his comments seriously but he threatened a fellow student who said he would report him. Mr Justice Holroyde said those recorded police interviews should be sufficient for the assistant coroner to consider. He said: "The assistant coroner was entitled to conclude that there was a clear risk of harm to former pupils in calling them to give evidence, but that there was little prospect of their oral evidence assisting materially in ascertaining the circumstances of Mrs Maguire's death or in learning lessons for the future." Cornick, who was 15 at the time, was given a life sentence in 2014 after he admitted murdering Mrs Maguire, who had taught Spanish at Corpus Christi for more than 40 years. In November 2016, a report by Leeds Safeguarding Children Board said no-one could have predicted or prevented Mrs Maguire's murder.

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Marissa Birch was also found to be heavily intoxicated and unable to care for the girl just months later. She was not at work at the time of the incidents in 2014 but was an employee of a nursery in Kilwinning, Ayrshire. The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) said Ms Birch had also failed to inform them about her criminal history. She was convicted and charged with two counts of breach of the peace in 2012 and 2014, and with racially aggravated harassment in 2015. Two of these incidents took place after she had been suspended while an investigation was being carried out. The SSSC said it had been unacceptable for Ms Birch to hit the child, and she had been convicted of a number of serious allegations. The watchdog said: "The sub-committee could not be satisfied that the behaviour would not be repeated. "Whilst none of the behaviour took place at work, given your chaotic lifestyle, the sub-committee could not be satisfied that the behaviour will not be repeated during the course of your employment. "You placed the victims of your crimes in a state of fear and alarm. "The behaviour falls well below the standard expected of a registered worker." In its findings, the council noted that Ms Birch had no previous record with the SSSC and she had "expressed some regret". The council ruled that a removal order was "the only appropriate sanction which would safeguard the interests of service users, the public and the reputation of the social services profession". "A very nice letter from Vladimir Putin; his thoughts are so correct," Mr Trump said about the note, which is dated 15 December 2016. On Thursday the two leaders called for their respective nations to boost their nuclear arsenals. Earlier, Mr Trump seemed to welcome the notion of a nuclear arms race. "Let it be an arms race because we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all," MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski says the President-elect told her in a statement over the phone, in response to a question about his tweet from the day earlier. On Thursday Mr Trump tweeted that the US "must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability", only after hours after President Putin had called for his own military to "strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces". In the letter released by the Trump transition team, Mr Putin says he hopes that "we will be able - by acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner - to take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration to the international scene to a qualitatively new level". Experts believe that Mr Putin hopes that the next US president will remove economic sanctions by the US Department of Treasury which have been placed on Russian officials following the invasion and annexation of Crimea. At an annual media briefing on Friday in Moscow, the Russian president said he saw nothing remarkable in Mr Trump's tweet, making it clear that he does not view the US as a potential aggressor. Donald Trump has been seen as close to Mr Putin and the Russian government, and drew condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats when he announced his selection of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, the top US diplomat. The CEO of ExxonMobil has worked closely with Russian state oil company Rosneft, spoken out against international sanctions imposed on Moscow, and in 2013 was awarded an Order of Friendship by the Kremlin. In response to the note from Mr Putin, the Republican president-elect praised the Russian president's words, calling them "so correct". "I hope both sides are able to live up to these thoughts, and we do not have to travel an alternate path," the New York billionaire concluded.

A nursery worker who punched a six year old in the face and leg has been struck off. [NEXT_CONCEPT] US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team have released a letter that they say was sent to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

She also congratulated Kezia Dugdale and Alex Rowley on their election as Scottish leadership team. Ms Murray said many of her friends in the party would "strongly disagree" with her support for Mr Corbyn. But in a Facebook post, she said that like him she wanted to see a "kinder, more inclusive politics". "He is criticised for breaking the whip - if he is leader he will have to respect and listen to others who don't agree with him," she added. "He will need to forge consensus within and outside the Labour Party. "The macho, confrontational style of British politics alienates so many people who care about the issues but hate the rhetoric." She also welcomed the appointments of Ms Dugdale and Mr Rowley. "They are brave to put themselves forward at a difficult time for Scottish Labour. They deserve our support and should not shoulder the blame if we don't form the next Scottish government," she said. "Being a constructive and effective opposition is probably a much more achievable aim." The 29-year-old Finland international was tested after CSKA's 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on 14 September. He scored the Russian club's equaliser. His ban runs until 6 October 2018. A Uefa statement said: "The analysis of the A sample revealed the presence of cocaine and its metabolites." Valentin Stocker opened the scoring for Hertha six minutes after the break. Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a penalty saved for the hosts, but then converted Ousmane Dembele's cutback 10 minutes from time to earn a point. Emre Mor was sent off for Dortmund after a push on Sebastian Langkamp, with goalscorer Stocker also dismissed. The Swiss forward was sent off for a dangerous tackle in the final seconds. The draw was a club-record 25th successive unbeaten home game for Dortmund, but the second game in a row they have failed to win after defeat by Bayer Leverkusen last time out. Thomas Tuchel's side are third behind Hertha and leaders Bayern Munich, who play Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

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20 November 2015 Last updated at 02:06 GMT They'll be joined by the leaders of the US, China and India. One of the key topics for discussion is the ASEAN Economic Community, or AEC, which aims for regional economic integration by the end of the year. So just how close is the AEC in reality? Jonathan Head reports. Nathalie Evans was initially a business rival of Molly Badham, both running pet shops in Sutton Coldfield in the 1940s. After the pair joined forces, they opened a zoo near Tamworth, Staffordshire, before moving to the current site in south Leicestershire. Twycross said Ms Evans was at the "forefront of modernising the way zoological gardens were run". Ms Evans, who died earlier this month, and Ms Badham, who died in 2007, gained fame in the 1950s when they allowed their chimpanzees to appear in television adverts for PG Tips tea. The training of the apes, the last of which died in April, was down to Ms Badham while Ms Evans concentrated on the business side of the operation. Conservation projects were funded from money from the ads and it also enabled the creation of ape studbooks, used for safe breeding of gibbons and chimps. She and Ms Badham became "specialists" in the field and their work was acknowledged across the world. Twycross Zoo is now recognised as the World Primate Centre and has all four types of great ape in its collection. Ms Evans opened her pet shop with money made from dog breeding. In the 1940s, she saw her first monkey in the window of her rival Ms Badham's shop and the two began working and living together. They took in unwanted animals, including a circus lion, at their bungalow in Hints, near Tamworth. Their collection grew and they established Twycross Zoo in 1963, where Ms Evans worked until she retired at 86. The zoo said: "[Nathalie Evans] leaves behind a legacy and financial platform from which a new generation of conservationists continue a remarkable woman's lifetime's work. "Nathalie will be sadly missed throughout the zoo world." This year's event is on Tuesday, 27 December but three of the last six races were run in January after weather postponements. "The weather forecast this year is very much on our side," said racecourse executive director Phil Bell. "The weather figures outside are plus-five and plus-10; not much rain at all so we're 99.9% certain to race." A record 102 original entries have been made for the race with trainers and owners attracted by a £30,000 rise in prize money, which now stands at £150,000 for the race. Among the prospective runners this year are Native River, winner of the Hennessey Gold Cup at Newbury, Grand National runner-up Last Samurai and former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere. The 2015 race was run in January, 2016 and won for the second time by Mountainous. Bell says past postponements have has caused financial problems with smaller crowds attending on rescheduled dates. "We get crowds in excess of 10,000 and if we do have to re-run it in January, that crowd drops by about a third. "We are looking at every single weather website. We have our own forecasting service who we speak to daily." If the weather takes a turn for the worse, Bell says plans are in place to use covers costing £30,000 to beat the effects of frost or rain. "We'll do everything we can. We'll put every precaution into place that we can," said Bell. "Money will be no object. It's incredibly expensive to cover the racecourse, but we will do that to give the race every chance of going ahead." Saturday: More than one way to get into Number 10, as many PMs have discovered Sunday: The trials of being on the campaign trail Monday: The effect of the campaign on politicians' eating habits Tuesday: David Cameron & Ed Miliband weren't born when the Queen acceded to the throne Wednesday: Where will #GE2015 be won and lost? Thursday: The last tie in a constituency vote was recorded 129 years ago Friday: Size doesn't always matter for #GE2015 constituencies. How does yours measure up? Find #BBCGoFigure on Twitter and on Facebook

Hot on the heels of the APEC conference in Manila, regional and global heads of government are now heading to Malaysia for a summit of the ten member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The co-founder of Twycross Zoo - which was once home to the PG Tips chimps - has died aged 98. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Organisers of the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow are "99.9% certain" the 2016 race will go ahead on schedule. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Look back at the week of election campaigning in numbers with our Go Figure images, which are posted daily on social media.

Sharapova, 30, withdraw before her second-round match against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko. The Russian will also miss next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto. She beat Jennifer Brady on Monday, having been out since May with a thigh problem. Muguruza thrashed Kayla Day 6-2 6-0. It was the world number four's return to action in California following her second major triumph at Wimbledon three weeks ago. "[Wimbledon] is just another tournament," said the Spaniard. "I know it might sound weird - because of course winning it gives me confidence - but it doesn't mean that I'm going to come here and because I just won Wimbledon I think it's going to be easier to win matches. It's not at all. "I'm just working on trying to forget what happened and just starting Stanford. Stanford is my goal, and that's it." Sharapova is ranked 171st after returning to tennis in April following a 15-month doping ban. The five-time Grand Slam champion played eight matches on clay before injury forced her out of the grass-court season. She was given a wildcard to play in the US for the first time since March 2015 at Stanford, and will require another wildcard to make the main draw at the US Open, which starts on 28 August. "Toward the end of the Monday night's match, I felt pain in my left forearm," said Sharapova. "After yesterday's scan, the doctor has recommended I don't risk further injury." Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC leases Tulloch Caledonian Stadium from Tulloch Homes, which built the ground at a cost of more than £6m. The stadium was constructed in stages in 2001, 2004 and 2005. Tulloch Homes has offered to give the stadium to Inverness. The club's board is due to meet to discuss the offer. When ICTFC was promoted to the top flight in Scottish football the club first played its matches at Aberdeen FC's Pittodrie Stadium because its own ground did not meet required criteria. Inverness Caley Thistle chairman Kenny Cameron said the construction of the second and third stands to comply with rules "utterly transformed the club's fortunes". He said: "I will be discussing this incredibly generous offer with my fellow board members over the next few days and fully anticipate a speedy completion." George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes and a former chairman of Inverness, said: "Inverness Caley Thistle is a true community club and at Tulloch Homes, as the largest local housebuilder, we consider ourselves an important member of the Inverness community. "As every Inverness Caley Thistle fan knows, Tulloch Construction built the north and south stands in just 47 days, bringing the current capacity to 7,500. "That was over a decade ago and when we completed the work we always hoped to one day be in a position where we could offer the stands to the club, enabling them to assume ownership and to safeguard the club's future."

Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Stanford Bank of the West Classic with an arm injury, while Garbine Muguruza impressed in her first match since winning Wimbledon last month. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A construction company has offered to hand over control of a football stadium to the Scottish Premiership club that calls it home.

The Financial Times reports the deal is worth $250m (£174m). SwiftKey is known for its predictive keyboard, which can be found installed on millions of smartphone devices. The company said it was a "milestone" in its history. "Our mission is to enhance interaction between people and technology. We think these are a perfect match, and we believe joining Microsoft is the right next stage in our journey," said SwiftKey's founders Jon Reynolds and Ben Medlock in a blog post. The company, started by the Cambridge University graduates in 2008, is the latest UK artificial intelligence (AI) firm to be bought up by a US tech giant. DeepMind was bought by Google in 2014, for £400m. Another firm, VocalIQ, was bought recently by Apple. As well as the popular smartphone app, SwiftKey is known for being behind the computer software on Prof Stephen Hawking's wheelchair. The deal furthers Microsoft's new mobile strategy, spearheaded by chief executive Satya Nadella. Instead of focusing on hardware - where the company has a tiny share of the market with its Windows Phone range - the firm is now looking to build up a range of productivity software to be used on any kind of device. Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC and on Facebook Erwyd le Fol (also known as Russell Erwood), 34, took part in a naming ceremony in the towns' square. The occasion was marked with a birds of prey demonstration, medieval games and a parade. Paid for by the town's chamber of trade, he will attend functions wearing a hat with donkey ears. Speaking after the ceremony Mr le Fol said: "It's amazing. It's phenomenal. To be the first jester of a town in 700 years feels unreal." Kristopher Jane, 31, from Bristol, assaulted the child while being filmed by a 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons. The teenager, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was sentenced alongside Jane at Cambridge Crown Court to four years' detention. Judge David Farrell branded Jane a "dangerous and sickening paedophile". The pair had admitted a string of sex charges at an earlier hearing at Peterborough Crown Court. Footage of the assault, found on Jane's phone by police, was called "appalling and depraved" by the judge. The video showed the toddler crying and trying to push Jane's hand away. Jane admitted 12 offences, including sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The 17-year-old co-defendant admitted six offences. Judge Farrell told her: "You knew full well what you were doing was wrong, and very wrong." The pair were both handed sexual harm prevention orders.

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The 36-year-old from Eastbourne uploaded two sexually explicit pictures of his ex-partner and non-sexual images of three women with offensive captions. He was arrested and cautioned in April after the victims contacted Sussex Police. The force decided to review the case following criticism but has concluded the decision to caution was "correct". Supt Nick May said: "These incidents have generated a lot of public interest as to whether or not the police made the correct decision. "I fully understand the concern and upset it has caused, and apologise for this, especially to the young women involved. "We understand that such offences make victims feel very vulnerable so making a decision like this isn't easy." He said he had personally spoken to the victims and reassured them that their concerns were taken seriously. He added: "We have gone back and painstakingly reviewed the evidence available... and taking everything into account that we knew at the time, our decision to caution for the offences disclosed was a correct decision in the circumstances." He said decisions to caution are "often complex" and the final decision is a subjective one but he said lessons had been learnt from the case. Revenge porn became an offence in April 2015 and refers to the act of a partner or ex-partner purposefully distributing sexual images or videos without the other person's consent. Police said the man, who has not been named, has "made full admissions and expressed remorse". But a victim's mother, Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell and Polly Neate, boss of charity Woman's Aid criticised the force for issuing a caution. Peng Chang-kuei succumbed to pneumonia in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. Mr Peng's demise comes in the same week as that of Michael "Jim" Delligatti, father of the McDonald's Big Mac, who was also 98. He leaves the world his sweet-but-spicy chicken recipe - named after a 19th Century military leader from China's Hunan province. Mr Peng began his food training aged 13, and rose to become the banquet chef for China's Nationalist government. In 1949, he fled to Taiwan when the Nationalist forces were defeated in the Chinese Civil War. According to legend, General Tso's Chicken was named in 1952, when Mr Peng was cooking for a visiting US Navy Admiral, Arthur Radford. Low on inspiration, he fried some chunks of chicken and added sauces and seasoning in a bid to create something new. The admiral loved the result. When he asked the name of the dish, Mr Peng christened it on the spot: "General Tso's Chicken". The real-life figure behind the name is Gen Zuo Zongtang - a revered 19th Century military man from Hunan. Big Mac creator dies at 98 Burger tribute for Russia protest artist Australian man patents the Hamdog Mr Peng moved to New York in 1973, and opened a Chinese restaurant. His fan base quickly grew, and reportedly included one Henry Kissinger, then US Secretary of State. While General Tso's is best known as American Chinese food, its fame has seen some Hunanese chefs embrace the recipe. Mr Peng ultimately returned to Taiwan, where he founded the successful chain eatery Peng's Garden Hunan Restaurant. 56 year old Dussuyer has signed a two-year deal with the option to extend the contract. He was on a final shortlist of two names along with compatriot Frederic Antonetti, after a third shortlisted candidate - Poland's Henry Kasperczak - withdrew to take over the vacant Tunisia coaching position. Dussuyer replaces Herve Renard who won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast in Equatorial Guinea in February. Renard resigned as coach of The Elephants to become a club coach with French side Lille. Dussuyer has considerable experience of coaching in Africa. He had three stints as coach of Guinea, and most recently took the Syli Nationale to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Nations Cup, where they eventually lost to runners-up Ghana. He also coached Benin between 2008 and 2010 and before that, he worked as an assistant to Henri Michel with Ivory Coast. His first competitive match in charge of Ivory Coast will be their 2017 Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in September.

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Varnish, recently dropped from the GB team after missing out on the 2016 Olympics, said in the Daily Mail that British Cycling chief Shane Sutton told her to "go have a baby". Sutton, 58, has denied any wrongdoing. British Cycling said it wanted to give Varnish, 25, the chance to discuss her concerns in full. "We are fully committed to the principles and active promotion of equality of opportunity," read a statement from the governing body. "As such, we treat any such allegations with the utmost seriousness." Australian Sutton added: "I wholeheartedly deny that I said or did anything other than act with complete professionalism in my dealings with Jess." Varnish claimed in the Daily Mail interview that when she questioned the decision to drop her she was told that she was "too old". She also alleges that she had to listen to a "long list" of comments about her figure. "I was told that 'with an ass like mine I couldn't change position within the team sprint'," Varnish said. Media playback is not supported on this device Varnish, a world, European and Commonwealth Games medal-winner, missed out on a place in Rio after she and Katy Marchant finished fifth at last month's World Championships. Afterwards she appeared to criticise decisions made by British Cycling, telling BBC Sport the team "had been playing catch-up for two years after decisions that were [made] above us". Sutton said the decision not to renew her contract "was based on a projection of medal competitiveness at Olympic level". Bertrand Traore scored for Ajax in their 2-1 win at nine-man Panathinaikos in a game that saw three red cards. Baba Rahman grabbed the only goal in Schalke's victory at Nice, for whom ex-Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli failed to add to his two debut goals. Frank de Boer's Inter Milan - in Southampton's Group K - lost 2-0 at home to Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Inter, who have won the European Cup and Uefa Cup three times each, have picked up four points from their opening three games in Serie A since De Boer replaced Roberto Mancini. Hapoel Be'er Sheva were knocked out of the Champions League by Celtic at the play-off stage earlier this season. Zenit St Petersburg pulled off one of the Europa League's great comebacks when they came back from 3-0 down at Maccabi Tel-Aviv to win 4-3, with three of their goals coming in the last six minutes. They are in Group D with Dundalk. Jan Sykora scored the fastest goal in Europa League history - after 10.69 seconds - for Slovan Liberec at Qarabag. They ended up drawing 2-2, with Milan Baros, who played for Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth, scoring their other goal. In Manchester United's Group A, Simon Kjaer scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time for the visitors as Fenerbahce drew 1-1 at Zorya Luhansk. Alexandre Pato, who had a loan spell at Chelsea last season, scored in Villarreal's 2-1 win over FC Zurich. Facundo Ferreyra, who never played a single minute for Newcastle in a disastrous 2014-15 loan spell, scored Shakhtar Donetsk's goal in a 1-0 win at Konyaspor. Former Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi netted for Celta Vigo in their 1-1 draw at Standard Liege. Italian minnows Sassuolo, in their first European campaign, thrashed Athletic Bilbao 3-0, while Roma drew 1-1 at Viktoria Plzen.

British Cycling will contact Jess Varnish about claims by the sprinter that she was the subject of sexist comments by the technical director. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two Chelsea loanees were among the scorers in the opening fixtures of the Europa League group stage.

Pte Shaun Cole, 22, from Edinburgh, was attending the Ultra Music festival in Miami with two friends. Local media has reported that he died as a result of a head injury and his body was found on a pavement. He was serving with the Royal Scots Borderers. Pte Cole's family described him as "an extremely popular young man" with "a flair for life". They said his life has been "taken from him too soon". In a statement, released by the Army, his family said: "It comes with such regret that we have had to say goodbye to an amazing son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend. "An extremely popular young man, he had a flair for life and was always the life and soul of everyone he was around. He was an incredible young man who had his life taken from him too soon. We ask everyone to respect our privacy to grieve. " Police in America said the former Tynecastle High School pupil had a blunt force trauma to the head, and they were still trying to establish whether his death was an accident or murder. Pte Cole had recently returned from serving in Sierra Leone, where he was helping with the fight against Ebola. Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Matt Munro said Pte Cole would be "missed terribly". He said: "The men and women of 1 SCOTS are shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the death of Private Shaun Cole." "Only recently back from helping to battle the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and a veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, Shaun achieved an extraordinary amount in a military career that was full of promise but was tragically cut short. We will miss him terribly. "Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with Shaun's family at this desperately difficult time." Tom Rae, head teacher at Tynecastle High School, said: "Shaun is remembered fondly as a helpful, pleasant and hard-working student. "He had a good sense of humour and was popular with his peers, the staff and was a real team player." Jamie Lothian, who is understood to have been on the music festival trip with Mr Cole, wrote on Facebook from Fort Lauderdale: "It is killing me inside to write this but I still can't get my head around any of it. "I've not only lost one of my best friends but a brother and there is not a moment for the rest of my life that I'll never stop thinking about you bro! Thanks everyone for the support." David Edmonds has stepped down two days after London Mayor Sadiq Khan ordered a "detailed investigation" into the cost of West Ham's new home. The outlay to modify the stadium has risen from £272m to £323m. Edmonds was appointed chairman of the LLDC in September 2015. He has been a board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company and its successor, the LLDC, since 2010. Edmonds chaired the investment committee, and was the first chair of E20 LLP, the joint venture between LLDC and the London Borough of Newham, owners of the Olympic Stadium. "David has made an enormous contribution to the legacy of the London 2012 Games and he has helped to steer the organisation through some extremely challenging issues," said David Goldstone, chief executive of the LLDC. Campaigners have welcomed the investigation into the £50m rise in costs. Part of the reason for the increase is a rise in the cost of installing and operating the retractable seating, which can be removed for concerts and athletics events. The cost of £8m a year is up from an estimated £300,000 because the company originally contracted for the job had gone bust, reports BBC sports editor Dan Roan. Stadium operators LLDC and the London taxpayer will need to pick up the additional costs. Premier League club West Ham contribute £2.5m-a-year rent, plus the one-off £15m for the conversion. West Ham won the bid to occupy the Olympic Stadium in March 2013, and played their first game there in August 2016, after 112 years at Upton Park. However, their move has been marred by fan violence, leading the club to issue a five-point security plan to prevent further disorder. In addition, police will be helping stewards to segregate fans inside the ground at West Ham's match against Stoke City this weekend - the first time this has been done at the stadium.

A Scottish soldier has died while on holiday in Florida. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The chairman of Olympic Stadium operators the London Legacy Development Corporation has resigned amid the row over the escalating cost of converting the venue into a football ground.