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The BBC News website asked the independent Money Advice Service to deliver a calendar of month-by-month tips for those trying to keep their personal finances in order.
Nick Hill, from the service, says a simple transfer to a savings account helps to build up savings before day-to-day costs take over.
Video Journalist: Kevin Peachey | Workers should consider whether they are setting sufficient money aside to cover unexpected costs, an advice service suggests. | 35880513 |
He was sent back to Anfield after using 5,000 coins to pay a £50 fine for turning up late to training.
The 21-year-old has played nine games for Swindon after joining them on a season-long loan, with one clean sheet.
"Lawrence is going to come back. He is very humble and very apologetic," boss Mark Cooper told BBC Wiltshire.
Vigouroux attended Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Doncaster Rovers and could now come into contention for selection for Saturday's game at Blackpool.
And he also made a public apology on his social media account on Wednesday, saying: "I would now like to put this business behind me and express my gratitude for being given another chance"
"He knows the way he behaved was wrong and he has been in the changing room after the game and apologised to the players," Cooper said.
"He asked them if they wanted him back and they all said yes. Lawrence is an exceptional young goalkeeper and it's important he learns from this little mishap and it will benefit his career going forward."
Asked about the nature of the issue, Cooper confirmed: "It did happen and I thought it was brilliant banter, but in the context it was the wrong way to go about it.
"We are giving him a second chance and I'm sure he will be grateful." | Liverpool goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux has resumed his loan spell with Swindon after apologising for paying a fine with one penny pieces. | 34400657 |
Mark Keary said pupils cannot access Twitter or Facebook on Bethnal Green Academy computers.
"Police have advised us there is no evidence radicalisation took place at the academy," he said.
Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, flew from London to Turkey on Tuesday.
UK police officers have gone to Turkey but their role has not been confirmed.
The girls were all studying for their GCSEs at the east London school, which reopened on Monday after half term.
The head teacher said the school was "shocked and saddened" by the girls' disappearance.
"This situation follows the earlier disappearance of a student in December of last year," he said.
"The police spoke to the student's friends at that time and, further to this, they indicated there was no evidence the girls were at risk of being radicalised or absconding."
Mr Keary said it was business as usual for the 1,200 pupils and staff, although "a full programme of briefing sessions" with police and counter-radicalisation groups was available.
"The priority for all of us is the safe return of the girls," he added.
The girls boarded a Turkish Airlines flight from Gatwick, and would have needed a visa for Turkey and a passport.
It has emerged that Shamima used the passport of her 17-year-old sister Aklima to travel.
Security services have been criticised after it emerged that, before leaving the UK, Shamima sent a Twitter message to Aqsa Mahmood, who left Glasgow for Syria in 2013 to marry an Islamic State fighter.
According to a lawyer for Ms Mahmood's family, her Twitter account has been "monitored" by police since she left Britain.
He said authorities should have seen Shamima's message and taken action before she and her two friends followed.
Their families have made appeals for them to come home.
Another of Shamima's sisters, Renu Begum, said she hoped her sister had gone to Syria to bring back the girl who had gone there from Bethnal Green Academy in December.
Ms Begum said Shamima and her friends were "young" and "vulnerable" and if anyone had tried to persuade them to go to Syria it was a "cruel and evil" thing to do.
Amira's father, Abase Hussen, said: "The message we have for Amira is to get back home.
"We miss you. We cannot stop crying. Please think twice. Don't go to Syria."
In an appeal to Kadiza, her sister, Halima Khanom, said: "Find the courage in your heart to contact us and let us know that you are safe and you are OK.
"That is all we ask of you." | There is no evidence that three girls, thought to be heading to Syria to join Islamic State, were radicalised at school, their principal has said. | 31589762 |
Customs officials became suspicious when they saw that Jamil Akhter had travelled abroad 13 times this year.
The $1.5m (£1.15m) haul is the largest this year as Bangladesh has emerged as a hub for smuggling gold into India.
Higher import duties on gold in India, the world's biggest gold consumer, have led to a surge in trafficking.
Earlier on Sunday officials also found 6kg of gold taped inside the toilet of a plane flown from Singapore, airport customs spokesman Ahsanul Kabir told AFP news agency.
A record 1.5 tonnes of gold has been seized at Bangladeshi airports over the past three years, most coming from Gulf countries.
More than 100 people, mostly Bangladeshi migrants working in the Gulf, have been arrested since 2014 for attempting to smuggle gold through Bangladeshi airports.
Trafficking networks include air hostesses, ground staff and corrupt security personnel, officials said. | A man pretending to be a wheelchair user who had taped 25kg (55lb) of gold to his thighs has been arrested at Bangladesh's main airport. | 40843871 |
Prince William flew in to the playing field after transporting doctors from a nearby hospital for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
While there he spoke to pupils in the school canteen.
Head teacher Mr Matthew said the visit was "completely unexpected".
"It was really quite bizarre. We have the air ambulance use the school site quite regularly and whenever they land the staff go out, we clear the field of children and offer the crew refreshments," he said.
"We didn't realise who was on the helicopter at the time. And then Prince William jumped off and came into the school.
"He was great. He queued up with the children, he got himself some lunch and sat down. Then he was surrounded by a group of Year 11 boys who had a chat with him - it was really lovely."
Mr Matthew said the duke, who has been a pilot for the charity since last summer, ate roast chicken, cauliflower cheese and vegetables, but did not have dessert. | The Duke of Cambridge made a surprise stop at a school in Hertfordshire for a chicken dinner as he took a break from a helicopter flying mission. | 35310559 |
1914 - Outbreak of World War I delays implementation of new home rule legislation which would have restored the Dublin parliament following centuries of unrest over British dominion in Ireland.
1916 - Nationalists stage Easter Rising, seizing the General Post Office in Dublin and proclaiming an independent Irish republic. The rising is crushed by the British who execute its leaders, including all seven signatories of the declaration of the republic. Irish public opinion is outraged.
1919 - Led by Eamonn De Valera, the nationalist movement Sinn Fein ('We Ourselves') sets up a Dublin assembly, the Dail Eireann, which again proclaims Irish independence. A guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army, or IRA, against British forces begins with heavy casualties on both sides.
1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes the Free State, an independent dominion of the British crown with full internal self-government rights, partitioned from Northern Ireland which remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
'Long fellow' Eamon de Valera pressed for a republic
BBC History: Easter Rising
1922 - The Dublin parliament ratifies the treaty despite the opposition of De Valera and others. Civil war breaks out and hundreds are killed.
1932 - De Valera becomes head of government after previous administration fails to deal with economic difficulties.
1937 - New elections. The voters return De Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.
1939 - Outbreak of World War II. Eire remains neutral, but many Irish citizens join the Allied forces.
Literary pioneer James Joyce's works were revolutionary
Fans descend on Joyce's Dublin
1948 - De Valera loses election amid economic difficulties. John Costello becomes prime minister of broad coalition excluding Fianna Fail.
1949 - Eire becomes Republic of Ireland and leaves British Commonwealth.
1959 - Sean Lemass becomes Fianna Fail leader and prime minister, launches economic modernisation that sees Ireland move from mainly agricultural base and eventually join European Economic Community.
1969-1998 - Conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles, which occasionally spilled over into Repubic of Ireland.
1973 - Ireland joins the European Economic Community. Violence in Northern Ireland intensifies. Relations between Ireland and Britain are strained.
Early 1980s - Ireland faces severe economic problems, with rising debt and unemployment. Three elections are held in the space of less than two years.
1983 - Amendment to constitution enshrines right to life of unborn child. The eighth amendment is seen as laying the foundation for Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws.
1985 - Anglo-Irish Agreement gives Republic consultative role in government of Northern Ireland.
1991 - Ireland signs the Treaty on European Union at Maastricht and receives a guarantee that its strict anti-abortion law will not be affected.
1992 - Irish voters approve loosening of the abortion law. Access to information guaranteed, travel abroad for abortion permitted.
1993 - Downing Street Declaration offers talks on future peace in Northern Ireland to all parties if violence is renounced.
1997 - Divorce becomes legal under certain circumstances.
1998 - Good Friday Agreement approved by voters in Republic and Northern Ireland, establishing cross-community power-sharing assembly in North and ending Troubles.
2001 June - Voters reject Nice Treaty, blocking expansion of European Union into eastern Europe.
2002 January - Euro replaces punt as national currency.
2002 March - Small majority of voters rejects government attempt to tighten already strict anti-abortion laws in constitutional referendum.
2002 May - Voters re-elect Fianna Fail's Bertie Ahern as prime minister in a continuing coalition with the Progressive Democrats. Fine Gael, the main opposition party, loses over a third of its seats in parliament.
Many emigrants returned during the "Celtic Tiger" years
2002 October - Voters endorse Nice Treaty by comfortable margin in second referendum.
2006 December - Government launches a 20-year strategy to create a bilingual, Irish- and English-speaking society.
2007 June - Bertie Ahern forms a coalition with the Progressive Democrats, several independents and the Greens, who enter government for the first time. Mr Ahern becomes the first taoiseach (prime minister) to win a third term in office since Eamon De Valera.
2008 May - Bertie Ahern steps down as taoiseach following controversy over his financial affairs. Succeeded by deputy, Brian Cowen.
2008 June - Voters reject EU's Lisbon Treaty in a referendum.
2008 September - As the global financial crisis gathers pace, the Irish government introduces a guarantee covering the debts of the country's banks. This move ultimately sinks the economy, as Ireland does not have sufficient reserves to cover its banks' debts.
2009 February - Unemployment rate reaches 11% - highest since 1996. Some 100,000 people take to Dublin streets to protest at government's handling of economic crisis.
2009 March - Ireland loses its AAA debt rating as public finances deteriorate amid a deep recession.
2009 October - Ireland votes in favour of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in new referendum.
2009 November - A damning report criticises the Irish Catholic Church hierarchy for its handling of allegations of child abuse against 46 priests.
2010 September - The cost of bailing out Ireland's stricken banking system rises to 45bn euro (£39bn), pushing the country's budget deficit up to around a third of GDP.
2010 November - Government agrees 85bn euro rescue package with EU and IMF, in bid to tackle huge hole in public finances. Government drafts austerity programme entailing four years of tax rises and spending cuts.
2011 February - Taoiseach Cowen calls early election. Opposition Fine Gael wins most seats, leader Enda Kenny takes office on pledge to renegotiate terms of EU/IMF bailout.
2011 May - Queen Elizabeth pays official visit to Ireland, first by British monarch since independence. Dymbolises the new relationship since 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
2011 July - Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Ireland's debt rating to junk status.
Vatican recalls its ambassador to Ireland amid tension over the issue of child abuse by priests.
2011 October - Michael D Higgins of Labour Party elected president.
2011 December - Taoiseach Enda Kenny unveils budget to begin cutting deficit to no more than 3% of GDP by 2015.
2012 June - Voters approve European Union fiscal treaty by 60% at referendum, endorsing government's commitment to EU-backed austerity programme.
2013 February - The European Central Bank approves a deal to liquidate the former Anglo Irish Bank, which was nationalised in January 2009. The deal allows Ireland to defer by decades the bill for its most controversial bank bailout.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny formally apologises for the Irish state's role in the Magdalene laundries - harsh institutions in which "troubled women" were forcibly detained and made to work without pay between 1922 to 1996.
2013 June - New government figures show Ireland is back in recession for the first time since 2009.
2013 July - Parliament passes legislation that for first time allows abortion in limited circumstances.
2013 December - Ireland officially exits EU/IMF bailout programme having fulfilled its conditions - the first bailed-out eurozone country to do so.
2014 April - President Michael D Higgins makes official visit to Britain, the first ever by an Irish head of state.
2014 June - Government says it will hold an inquiry into mother and baby homes operated last century by religious organisations, after claims that 800 children died at one home between 1925 and 1961.
2014 October - The first post-bailout budget introduces tax cuts, and - following criticism from the US and EU - ends a loophole that allowed foreign multinationals to pay very low tax in other countries.
2015 May - Referendum approves same-sex marriage by large margin.
2016 February - Election results see Fine Gael/Labour coalition lose its majority, although Fine Gael remains largest party.
2016 May - Months of political deadlock are finally broken after Fine Gael reaches an accommodation with Fianna Fail, allowing Enda Kenny to form a minority government. Parliament re-elects him as Taoiseach.
2016 August - European Commission orders Ireland to recover up to 13bn euros (£11bn) from the technology giant Apple in back taxes, after ruling that the firm was granted undue benefits amounting to illegal state aid.
The government says it will appeal against the ruling, on the grounds that it implies that Ireland is a tax haven and will harm job creation and investment. | A chronology of key events: | 17480250 |
Rachel Slater, 24, and Tim Newton, 27, from Bradford, failed to return from an outing on the mountain last Sunday.
Hazardous weather has hampered efforts to find them.
Police Scotland said members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team were making searches where it was considered safe to do so.
The force has also renewed an appeal to hillwalkers and climbers for details of where they were on Ben Nevis last Sunday, or on the days after.
A spokesman said the appeal was not only for potential sightings of the couple, but also to help build up a picture of places where they were not seen to help focus the search effort.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said the forecast this week was looking better and they would try to have search parties out most days.
The searches will concentrate in the area of Coire na Ciste.
Rescuers also appealed to anyone planning to climb on the UK's highest peak this week to post their routes on the Lochaber MRT's Facebook page to help them eliminate parts of the mountain.
A post on the page on Sunday evening said: "The weather next week is looking a little bit better than last. The winds look like they will be moderating a bit as temperatures drop. Snow is forecast every day with periods of heavy snow adding to the existing snow pack.
"The team will try and get parties on the hill most days."
Ms Slater and Mr Newton were thought to have been camping near the Charles Inglis Clark memorial hut on the north side of Ben Nevis.
The alarm was raised a week ago when they failed to return.
Searches on Saturday, involving more than 20 people and a rescue dog, had to be halted due to "increasingly hazardous weather", including high winds, falling snow and limited visibility.
Meanwhile, over the weekend rescue teams found two male climbers who got into difficulty on Ben Nevis on Saturday.
Brothers Rory and Leon Probert from Wales were located in the summit shelter, cold and wet, but otherwise unharmed. | Small groups of mountain rescuers have been making fresh searches for two climbers who have been missing on Ben Nevis for more than a week. | 35627186 |
The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the results reflected "stronger customer demand... than we anticipated".
The firm said it expected sales to fall again in the fourth quarter to between $45.5bn (£34bn; €41.4bn) and $47.5bn.
Demand for Apple's flagship product has been slowing since the second quarter when the firm reported the first drop in iPhone sales since their 2007 launch.
The iPhone makes up for around two-thirds of Apple's sales and accounts for even more of its profits.
The slowdown in iPhone sales sent profit down 27% to $7.8bn in the three months to 25 June, while revenues fell 14.6% to $42.4bn.
Apple's sales in Greater China - defined by the company as China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - plunged 33%.
The firm blamed economic uncertainty and people not upgrading their phones as often for the drop.
China accounts for almost a quarter of Apple's sales, more than all of Europe combined.
"It is very clear that there are some signs of economic slowdown in China, and we will have to work through them.
"We understand China well and we remain very, very optimistic about the future there," said Apple chief financial officer Luca Maestri.
Results were also hit by the impact of a stronger dollar.
Nonetheless, shares, which have fallen almost 20% over the past year, rose over 7% in after-hours trading because the firm's overall performance was not as bad as analysts had expected.
Mr Maestri said comparisons to the second quarter last year, when iPhone 6 sales surged 35%, made its performance seem worse than it was.
He also pointed to its services business, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, iCloud and other services, as a bright spot.
The division made nearly $6bn in revenue, up 18.9% from the same time last year, and is now the firm's second-largest sales generator after the iPhone.
The shift is good news for the firm because it allows it to make more money from its existing users. | Apple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared. | 36900134 |
The men, aged 28, 56 and 61, were detained at the airport on Sunday night by officers from the Garda (Irish police) Immigration Bureau.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ said the arrests were connected to an "international illegal immigrant smuggling network".
It reported that the alleged scam has been traced to a travel agency in Rome.
RTÉ said detectives believed illegal immigrants have been taken off flights in Dublin and escorted to waiting vehicles, without going through immigration controls.
Aer Lingus has confirmed that two of its employees are being questioned.
In a statement, a company spokesman said: "Aer Lingus is co-operating fully with an Garda Siochana in their investigation.
"As this is an on-going criminal investigation we have no further comment to make."
The three men are being interviewed by detectives at Ballymun and Coolock Garda stations in County Dublin. | Three men, including two Aer Lingus staff, have been arrested as part of an investigation into assisting illegal immigration through Dublin Airport. | 38719475 |
Dougie Imrie's looping header proved the difference between the teams.
The result moves Accies six points clear of their opponents and continues a long unbeaten home run, now stretching to nine games.
Motherwell's lack of goalscoring threat once again proved to be their downfall as they fall to 10th.
Only bottom side Partick Thistle have scored fewer than Ian Baraclough's side, with the two set to meet at Fir Park next weekend.
In truth, this was a game of few chances at either end, but crucially Imrie took one of those created by Accies.
Antons Kurakins swung in a deep cross from the left and the winger climbed above Joe Chalmers to head past Motherwell goalkeeper Connor Ripley.
The visitors had survived two big scares in the first period, which was otherwise low on thrills.
Lucas Tagliapietra thought he had given Accies an early lead as he headed Ali Crawford's free kick into the net, but referee Craig Thomson awarded a foul for an infringement on Ripley.
And then, late in the half, Crawford hammered a left-foot shot off Ripley's bar from just outside the box.
Following Imrie's strike, Ripley did well to push away Greg Docherty's fierce shot, to keep Motherwell in the game.
But save for a late penalty shout for handball by Tagliapietra, they scarcely looked like salvaging anything from the match and on current form could be heading for another battle at the bottom end of the table.
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Motherwell 0.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Motherwell 0.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Christian Nade.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Jesus Garcia Tena.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Christian Nade.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Grant Gillespie.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Marvin Johnson (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott McDonald (Motherwell).
Attempt blocked. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jesus Garcia Tena (Hamilton Academical).
Jake Taylor (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Louis Longridge replaces Greg Docherty.
Lucas (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
Substitution, Motherwell. Dom Thomas replaces Lionel Ainsworth.
Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Grimshaw (Motherwell).
Attempt missed. Gramoz Kurtaj (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Motherwell. Scott McDonald replaces Keith Lasley.
Attempt missed. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Jesus Garcia Tena replaces Darren Lyon.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Liam Grimshaw.
Attempt saved. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Darren Lyon (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Stephen McManus (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Stephen McManus (Motherwell).
Goal! Hamilton Academical 1, Motherwell 0. Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Antons Kurakins.
Substitution, Motherwell. Marvin Johnson replaces Theo Robinson.
Foul by Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical).
Jake Taylor (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Theo Robinson.
Attempt saved. Kieran Kennedy (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Michael McGovern.
Attempt saved. Theo Robinson (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical). | Hamilton Accies retained their recent upper hand on their Lanarkshire rivals Motherwell, securing victory in a closely contested encounter. | 34230298 |
Visitors to the US shopping site were greeted with a message saying: "Oops! We're very sorry," alongside a "500 Service Unavailable Error" report.
The site returned online about half an hour after the problem was first flagged by users of the news site Reddit.
Amazon could not be reached for comment at this time.
The firm's UK site was not affected by the issue; however, its Canadian home page also showed an error message.
The support section of Intel's website and some pages which are only accessible to the computer chip-maker's staff also became unavailable for a period on Monday. A spokeswoman said this was due to an "internal issue" and it was a coincidence that it had occurred shortly after Amazon's problem.
It follows Google's two-minute downtime on Friday. That affected the firm's main search page as well as its Gmail email service, YouTube video site and Drive storage product.
Analytics firm GoSquared reported the fault caused a 40% dip in worldwide internet traffic. Google has not explained the cause.
Microsoft's Outlook.com and the New York Times website have also faced problems
Microsoft blamed a three-day-long disruption to its email product on a failure in its "caching" temporary storage service. It said this "resulted in a flood of traffic that our services did not handle properly".
The New York Times has said that an "internal issue" with its servers meant that the newspaper became unavailable for two hours on Wednesday.
"It's very unusual to see such a number of high-profile websites all suffering peak-time outages within the course of a few days of each other," said Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the Davies Murphy Group consultancy.
"People are going to be very interested to know exactly what the reasons were for the incidents that are still unexplained because the implications are huge: we've seen everything from users being unable to see their email to visitors and third-party retailers who use Amazon's marketplace being unable to buy and sell goods - all happening seemingly with no warning." | Amazon.com has become the latest high-profile website to go offline in recent days. | 23762526 |
The featherweight has not fought since his loss to Leo Santa Cruz in their WBA title fight in Las Vegas.
Frampton, 30, had promised his next bout would be in Belfast during the summer with Windsor Park or the SSE Arena the most likely venues.
The opponent has yet to be named but Frampton has already ruled out a fight against IBF champion Lee Selby.
Frampton has previously said that Windsor Park would be his preferred venue but the Irish FA has confirmed that it is still in negotiations with the boxer over the use of the stadium.
"Cyclone Promotions have held discussions with the IFA but nothing has been agreed," an IFA spokesperson told BBC Sport.
Confirmation of the venue is expected next week with the SSE Arena thought to be an alternative location.
Former two-weight world champion Frampton lost his WBA featherweight title to Santa Cruz in January. He was initially expected to fight the Mexican for a third time this summer but that bout failed to materialise.
A showdown against Selby had also been mooted but Frampton has confirmed that the Welsh fighter is unavailable as he is set to defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Jonathan Victor Barros later this month. | Carl Frampton has confirmed he will return to the ring for a fight in his hometown Belfast on 29 July. | 40185070 |
Ollie Devoto and Thomas Waldrom tries put the Chiefs 14-8 ahead at the break, with Scott Lawson's try and Mike Delany's penalty in reply.
Gareth Steenson then added three Chiefs penalties, while James Short and Will Chudley scored to seal the extra point.
Alex Tait's try and Delany's two more penalties were not enough for Falcons to cling on to their own losing bonus.
Newcastle's 'Big Night Oot' promotion was well received on the terraces despite a chilly north-east evening, although Exeter looked to spoil the party early on when the pacy Devoto outstripped the home cover to cross.
Lawson's bludgeoning effort and a Delany kick nudged the hosts in front before Waldrom rumbled across to re-establish the visitors control.
Steenson and Delany traded penalties as the game remained close, while Tait's try had the Falcons dreaming of leapfrogging their opponents in the table.
However the Chiefs rallied, and Short and Chudley tries settled the contest, and in turn propelled them into the top four.
Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards told BBC Newcastle:
"If you give them a seven-point head-start and concede too many dull penalties you get what you deserve.
"We have to look at ourselves rather than them, if we had discipline and patience at times then it might have been different but we gave them too much.
"We had to take control of the situation and we didn't do that."
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:
"It's a long old trip, to be fair they're a resilient team, particularly at home where no one has had five points against them at home this season and that was pleasing.
"We started to get back to the intensity that we need to have, you can see where we need to improve, defensively we were a bit hit and miss at times but we're fighting, our maul looks strong and we were prepared to work hard.
"That helped us late on in the game when space opened up on the outside and we made some inroads, that comes from the early work and sticking to our guns."
Newcastle: Tait; Watson, Waldouck, Socino, Sinoti; Delany, Young; Lockwood, Lawson, Welsh, Green, Witty, Wilson, Welch (capt), Hogg
Replacements: Nelson, Vickers, Wilson, Young, Fonua, Egerton, Hodgson, Goneva
Exeter: Dollman; Woodburn, Devoto, Whitten, Short; Steenson (capt), Chudley; Moon, Yeandle, Williams, Lees, Hill, Dennis, Horstmann, Waldrom
Replacements: Malton, Rimmer, Holmes, Parling, White, Maunder, Simmonds, Turner
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Exeter recorded a four-try bonus-point victory at Newcastle Falcons, ending a run of three Premiership defeats. | 37990389 |
The 36-year-old has made 628 Premier League appearances in 21 seasons with Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton. He needs five more to break Ryan Giggs' all-time record of 632.
Barry, who had four years at Goodison, has signed an initial one-year deal.
"I think his attitude is gauged by the fact Everton offered him a two-year deal," said West Brom boss Tony Pulis.
"He's a fantastic player, really wants to play and I'm really looking forward to working with him."
Barry, who won 53 England caps, is West Brom's fourth signing, after Jay Rodriguez, Zhang Yuning and Ahmed Hegazi.
And Pulis sees him as a replacement for Darren Fletcher, who joined Stoke earlier in the summer.
"I want to come and help the team. That's always been the same for me wherever I have played," Barry said. "I want to help the team improve, work hard and hopefully add quality."
The Baggies won their opening match of the Premier League season, beating Bournemouth 1-0.
But Pulis warned on Monday that without additions to his squad, "it could be a long season".
"We're desperate to bring players in. We've got a squad of 17 and it's a top-age squad as well," said Pulis.
Barry is currently four games short of equalling Ryan Giggs' record for the most Premier League appearances, but the veteran midfielder now looks set to surpass that.
Giggs had played in every Premier League season before his retirement in May 2014, winning 13 league titles with Manchester United and racking up 632 appearances in the process.
Barry, meanwhile, made his debut at the end of the 1997-98 season and has played more than 30 games in all but one season since.
Of players still currently playing in the Premier League United's former Tottenham and West Ham midfielder Michael Carrick is the next closest on 479.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | West Brom have signed former England midfielder Gareth Barry from Everton for an undisclosed fee. | 40937324 |
Cailean O'Boyle palmed into the net right at the start of the second half to give Derry the lead.
Cavan fought back and, buoyed by a goal by Michael Argue, edged into a 1-9 to 1-8 lead through a Ciam Mackey point.
Three points by Mark Lynch and one from Shane Heavron proved enough to see Derry achieve the narrow victory.
Derry, having beaten Fermanagh on the opening weekend are top of Division Two with the maximum four points, while for Cavan it was a second defeat of the campaign.
Cavan held a slender 0-6 to 0-5 interval advantage although Derry would have been in front if Ryan Bell had been able to convert a penalty instead of shooting weakly at keeper Raymond Galligan.
Eugene Keating and Gearoid McKernan landed two points each for Cavan whose other scores in the first half came from Dara McVeety, Paul O'Connor and Tomas Corr.
Glen clubman Ciaran McFaul scored twice for Derry and their other points before the break were provided by corner half-back Mark Craig, a James Kielt free and Emmett Bradley.
Having trailed at the interval, O'Boyle's goal and another score by Kielt quickly had the Oak Leafers three points up.
Cavan, desperate to get off the mark in the league on their own ground, fought back and levelled with substitute Argue hammered the ball into the net.
It was nip and tuck right up to the end, with Derry blocking a string of Cavan attempts in stoppage time. | Derry defended superbly in the last few minutes to secure a one-point win over Cavan in Saturday night's Division Two clash at Breffni Park. | 35514013 |
Claudia Martins, 33, gave birth alone in the bath at her sister's flat in Knowle, Bristol, having allegedly kept the pregnancy a secret.
At Bristol Crown Court, Ms Martins denied a single charge of murder on 12 September 2014.
Police found the baby's body in a suitcase after Ms Martins had initially denied she had been pregnant.
Paramedics were initially called after family and friends found Ms Martins in the bath with "a lot of blood".
She was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary where she repeatedly told medical staff she had not given birth or been pregnant.
Two days later, police were called to the flat and found the body of a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase.
Ms Martins, a Portuguese national who is described as having an extremely low IQ, was arrested and admitted that she had given birth, but said the baby was stillborn.
A post-mortem examination found a wad of toilet paper inside the girl's mouth, which experts claim was "deliberately inserted".
Prosecuting, Adam Vaitilingam QC, said two police officers were called to the flat Ms Martins shared with her sister, Vilma Marshall, on 15 September last year.
They were shown to the bathroom of the flat, where they saw and opened a suitcase.
"Inside, wrapped in towels and in a black plastic bag, they found the body of a newborn baby girl," he said.
"The baby had been born three days earlier to the defendant, Claudia Martins.
"It is the prosecution's case that she killed the baby as soon as it was born and that she hid the body in the suitcase.
"It is the defence case that she never knew she was pregnant and when she gave birth it was stillborn and that she hid it in the suitcase out of a mixture of shock and panic."
The jury heard Ms Martins is originally from Mozambique but moved to Portugal before settling in Bristol in 2011.
The case continues. | A mother murdered her newborn girl by filling her mouth with toilet paper before hiding the body, a court heard. | 32085592 |
The 27-year-old Welshman, who arrived in late March, scored 32 points in the last four Pro 12 games.
Tovey said: "Having the opportunity to come up to Edinburgh and play some rugby was definitely the right move for me and I'm loving it here.
"I couldn't have asked for more from the boys over the last six weeks."
After a winning debut against Zebre, Tovey was unable to prevent Edinburgh slipping to defeat in their final three matches against Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues to finish ninth, one place lower than the last two seasons.
Head coach Alan Solomons has instilled a structured style of rugby in the capital, spearheaded by a fearsome pack, a robust set-piece and a strong defence but without a great deal of attacking flair.
Edinburgh only managed to claim a try bonus-point - for scoring four or more in a game - twice this season, crossing the whitewash on a total of 41 occasions.
"That's something we've got to look to bring into our game and start scoring a lot more tries," Tovey said.
"I think the last couple of weeks of the season we tried to change a bit, tried to play a different brand of rugby.
"But there's certain times where we've got to go back to that style and use our big heavy pack and I'm sure pre-season will come and we'll try and mix it up a bit more.
"That comes down to nine and 10 - they're the ones controlling it."
Tovey will compete for the number 10 jersey with Scotland fly-half Duncan Weir, who is joining from Glasgow Warriors.
Weir could be absent for chunks of the season on international duty and there is likely to be a preference in the Scotland camp for the native man to start.
However, Tovey says he's comfortable playing at full-back if required but will face competition there from impressive youngster Blair Kinghorn and Glenn Bryce, another new signing from Glasgow.
"He's a Scottish international, so it's always nice to have two 10s," Tovey said of Weir. "Hopefully both playing well at the same time, creating competition and getting the best out of each other.
"I'm not too sure about playing 12. I started off my career at full-back, so there'd be no dramas there, but Blair Kinghorn this season's been great and we've got Glenn Bryce coming in as well - two quality full-backs." | Fly-half Jason Tovey has signed a two-year contract with Edinburgh until May 2018 after a loan spell from Newport Gwent Dragons. | 36304654 |
Fans of the Chapecoense team walked from the city centre to the stadium where they prayed and sang. A service was also held in the city's cathedral.
The team were flying to Colombia for the biggest match in their history when their plane went down shortly before landing in Medellin, late on Monday.
Six of the 77 people on board survived.
Listen: 'Fairytale club' Chapecoense face difficult task to rebuild
It is not clear what brought down the chartered aircraft, but some unconfirmed reports have suggested there was an electrical fault, while others say the plane was low on fuel. Both flight recorders have been recovered.
Crew member Ximena Suarez, who survived the flight, said "the lights went out and I don't remember anything after that".
Some 10,000 people - including family members of the players - gathered in Chapeco's Arena Conda stadium on Tuesday evening, still stunned by the extent of their loss.
Fans wearing the club's green and white colours sang the names of the players and shouted "champions". Families of the players hugged each other on the pitch.
"It is really hard to speak. We always come to the games. We'd come to the stadium and sit right in the same spot," said fan Daniel Marline.
"And we came here today, we sat here, but we know that this weekend, next week, our fighting team won't be here any more in this stadium. It's tough. It's really tough."
Media mourn Colombia plane crash victims
Brazil has begun three days of official mourning, while minute silences have been held at football grounds around the world.
Brazilians doctors have already flown to Colombia in order to identify the bodies, and arrange for them to be brought home. This could happen in the coming days, as the lack of a fire at the crash site has made retrieving and identifying the bodies of the 71 victims relatively easy, emergency workers say.
The team were due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana against the Colombian team Atletico Nacional later on Wednesday.
Atletico Nacional has asked fans instead to come to the stadium dressed in white for a candelit vigil. They have also offered to concede the game to ensure Chapecoense are declared the champions.
In other tributes, Brazilian first division football teams have offered to lend players to Chapecoense free of charge for the 2017 season, and asked the league to protect the club from relegation for the next three years.
Leading footballers, from Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Neymar, to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, have also paid tribute to the players.
Alongside the football team, there were also 21 journalists on board the doomed flight - including well-known Brazilian commentator and ex-footballer Mario Sergio Pontes de Paiva.
Three of the six survivors are footballers:
As well as Ms Suarez, flight technician Erwin Tumiri and journalist Rafael Henzel also survived.
Mr Tumiri said he had "followed the safety guidelines".
"Many stood up and started shouting. I put the suitcases between my legs and assumed the brace position".
Chapeco's mayor and the manager's son were among four people who had been on the passenger manifest but did not make the flight. "Only God knows why I ended up staying behind," Mayor Luciano Buligon told Brazil's TV Globo.
Hailing from a small city of less than 200,000 inhabitants, Chapecoense football club had become an unlikely success stories in recent years, reaching Brazil's Serie A in 2014 and beating more established teams.
Last week, it became the first Brazilian team in three years to make it to the final of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's second most important club competition, after beating Argentine side San Lorenzo.
Shortly before boarding the flight in Sao Paulo, Chapecoense manager Cadu Gaucho, 36, appeared in a video posted on the team's Facebook site [in Portuguese] describing the trip to Medellin as "the club's most important to date".
One of the founders of the club, Alvadir Pelisser, told BBC Brasil the tragedy had put an "end to everyone's dream". "We were a family, I'm shocked," he added. | Thousands of people in Chapeco in Brazil have held a vigil for the victims of a plane crash, who included most of the city's football team. | 38155008 |
"Today I lost those who for 24 years I called...my family," said Enes Kanter of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames Mr Gulen for inciting a failed coup last month and is seeking the cleric's extradition to Turkey.
Mr Gulen, who has a large following, denies being involved in the coup.
Kanter's father, Mehmet, disowned his son in a letter published on Monday by Sabah, a pro-government newspaper.
Mehmet Kanter wrote his son had been "hypnotised" by the Gulen movement.
"With a feeling of shame I apologise to our president and the Turkish people for having such a son," the letter said.
Q&A on the Gulen movement
Mr Gulen is regarded by followers as a spiritual leader and sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man.
Enes Kanter has been a vocal supporter of Mr Gulen on Twitter.
The movement - known in Turkey as Hizmet, or service - runs schools all over Turkey and around the world, including in Turkic former Soviet republics, Muslim countries such as Pakistan and Western nations including Romania and the US, where it runs more than 100 schools.
In May 2016, the Turkish government formally declared the Gulen movement a terrorist organisation.
After the failed coup, suspected Gulen supporters in Turkey were purged in a wave of arrests.
Western nations have been critical of the government's response to the coup. US officials have said they will extradite Mr Gulen only if Turkey provides evidence. | An American basketball player has cut ties with his Turkish family over his support for Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. | 37024429 |
Research suggested a charge of 50p per unit would save nearly £900m over 20 years by cutting crime and illness, with 50 fewer deaths a year.
Ministers said they were committed to using their powers to "improve and protect" the health of people in Wales.
But a drinks industry spokesman said the plans would "ramp up" prices while "doing nothing" to tackle alcohol harm.
Similar plans in Scotland face a legal challenge from whisky producers, who claim they breach European law.
Wales' Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the new Welsh law would "save lives, reduce rates of crime, help ensure valuable NHS resources are used wisely and help businesses by reducing absence from the workplace".
"Minimum unit pricing will affect those drinks sold at an unacceptably low prices relative to their alcohol content," he said.
"This is a particularly well-targeted measure as it will only have a small impact on moderate drinkers and have the biggest impact on high-risk drinkers."
But Wine and Spirit Trade Association chief executive Miles Beale said such changes would "unfairly ramp up the cost of over half of the drinks on supermarket shelves" while "doing nothing to tackle alcohol harm".
"It is entirely wrong that responsible consumers in Wales should be punished for the actions of an irresponsible few," he said.
Mr Beale also warned Welsh businesses could be hit by people shopping across the border in England and said there were serious legal questions, including whether fixing drinks prices is contrary to UK competition law.
Shadow health minister Darren Millar said the Conservatives backed the Welsh government's aims in principle but "it will be important to resolve questions which remain over whether the proposals fall within the devolution settlement".
South Wales Police Deputy Crime Commissioner Sophie Howe said minimum pricing could help efforts to tackle violent crime.
"Good progress is being made but there is still much more to be done," she said.
The Royal College of Physicians said it welcomed the use of legislation where there is evidence to support its use.
The Welsh government held a previous consultation on minimum alcohol pricing as part of a wider Public Health Bill.
Alcohol pricing will now be covered by a separate bill, to avoid the risk of any EU judgement against it delaying other public health measures, such as restrictions on e-cigarettes and the registration of tattoo parlours.
The consultation will run until December 2015. | Plans for a new law setting a minimum price for alcohol in Wales have been published by the Welsh government. | 33522647 |
Carwyn Jones said it was "hugely important" an equivalent system to the EU's Protected Food Name (PFN) was developed.
Fourteen food products from Wales have been granted the status, with more currently being assessed.
A meeting takes place in Leicestershire on Tuesday to discuss the matter.
Anglesey sea salt, Welsh lamb and coracle-caught salmon are amongst the products from Wales which are part of the PFN scheme, designed to promote heritage foods and prevent cheaper imitations.
Other examples from across the EU include champagne and Parma ham.
Mr Jones said there was a "big question mark" about how food designations would work once the UK leaves the EU.
He said: "We need to have an equivalent status that operates across the whole of the UK and that is actually recognised by other markets such as the EU.
"It will require a mutual trade agreement where each side would recognise the other side's protections."
So far this year, six new Welsh products have been awarded protection by the EU Commission, including Carmarthen Ham, laverbread, Welsh cider and perry.
Caerphilly cheese and Cardigan Bay prawns hope to secure the same status soon.
Welsh lamb and beef have enjoyed Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) since 2002 and 2003 respectively.
Rhys Llywelyn from Meat Promotion Wales said: "It is essential to sustain the status that we already have.
"It shows consumers that our lamb and beef is reared in a traditional manner and it enables us to achieve a premium for our product."
Mr Llywelyn said he was hopeful the designations could be preserved after Brexit.
"There is some precedent here - coffee from Columbia has PGI status awarded by the EU.
"What we need is an equivalent system in the UK where we can register and note the traditions and processes behind the way we produce our food."
The UK PFN Association, which represents industries including Cornish pasties and Scottish salmon, are due to meet officials from the UK Government at Melton Mowbray - home of the famed pork pies.
Owen Roberts, representing Meat Promotion Wales, said: "Our last meeting... explored the options for a seamless transition, to ensure continuity in marketing efforts in Britain, Europe and beyond."
The Welsh Conservatives said a post-Brexit scheme to protect iconic food products was "achievable" if both governments worked together "constructively".
Paul Davies AM, the party's spokesman on agriculture, said: "Ultimately, we all want the same thing, which is to ensure a seamless transition to a new set of arrangements which lock in the premium that products like Welsh lamb, Anglesey Sea Salt and Caerphilly cheese have."
He added it was "not beyond the wit of man to design a similar scheme which recognises the unique quality and origins of Welsh food and drink products". | The protected status of Wales' most iconic food and drink must be maintained after Brexit, the first minister has said. | 40722525 |
The 19-year-old has signed a five-year deal at Villa Park.
"He's dynamic, very quick and a maverick-type player - you never know what he's going to do next and I mean that as a compliment," Villa manager Tim Sherwood told BBC WM 95.6.
"He's a huge asset for this club. He can hurt the opposition and I'm delighted to bring him here."
Traore made four senior appearances for Barca but the majority of his football has been with the Spanish giants' B team, scoring eight times in 63 Segunda Division games. He has represented Spain at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.
"He comes from a very good academy with Barcelona and I've known him a long time," said Sherwood.
"He makes his mind up when he gets the ball and those players are rare - there aren't many players in the Premier League that can do that.
"We're getting him at the midway part of his development. He's not the finished article by a long way but he can certainly help us out in the short-term and in the future."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Aston Villa have completed the signing of Barcelona winger Adama Traore for a fee reported to be around £7m. | 33914082 |
As US security personnel flood Nairobi's hotels, the president will step into a country where security and politics are closely entwined.
His trip has provoked divergent assessments of the security threat across Kenya and beyond.
Nairobi governor Evans Kidero sees the visit as the ultimate confirmation of Kenya's security - hailing Obama's stay as a testament to the country's stability.
The US State Department, on the other hand, has issued a travel alert for the visit.
It has warned of the potential terrorist threat to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at which Obama will speak.
The presidential visit comes days after the reopening of Nairobi's Westgate mall.
Almost two years ago, 67 people were killed in its halls in a four-day siege for which Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility.
Its reopening has been heralded by many as a triumph of national resilience, growing security and, in the words of Kidero, the "indomitable Kenyan spirit".
For others, the reopening of its doors conjures haunting memories, amplified by al-Shabab's continuing attacks - of which its killing of 147 at Garissa University in April is its deadliest to date.
Al-Shabab poses the major terrorist threat in the region and is adapting its tactics as pressure mounts on home soil in neighbouring Somalia.
Here, the group has been weakened by concerted military efforts by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and US covert action.
Most recently, 30 militants - including key leaders - were killed in a US drone strike in southern Gedo region last Thursday.
The loss of strategic territory and personnel has seen al-Shabab expand its operations into Kenya and beyond.
This has complicated the landscape of violent extremism in East Africa. The group has long threatened to repay Kenya for military operations in Somalia - and since 2011 has gruesomely followed through.
Yet this shift is more thoroughgoing and strategic in nature.
Long a territorially focused group with quasi-governmental ambitions to impose Sharia law at home, al-Shabab is now becoming a more mobile, networked regional presence.
This has brought it a number of benefits. Al-Shabab's growing reach along the African coast is providing valuable new sources of funding and recruits.
This is a logical adaptation: enhanced global counter-terror finance efforts have strangled funding from the Somali diaspora, amongst other international sources.
In terms of recruitment, as foreign fighters have been drawn to Syria, the group has been overshadowed on the global stage.
Yet al-Shabab has stepped up its Swahili-language propaganda - which plays on deep-seated social, economic and political grievances in East African states.
In Kenya, an expanding al-Shabab presence has combined potently with growing radicalisation among Muslim youth and separatist tension along the coast.
In Tanzania, there are fears that growing disaffection and domestic extremism could potentially intersect with a greater al-Shabab presence.
Meanwhile, enhanced collaboration with organised criminal groups - themselves a growing security concern - is allowing al-Shabab to diversify its income.
The incentives for this engagement have only expanded as East Africa has grown as a hub for illicit trafficking - from South Asian heroin to Yemeni arms to Tanzanian ivory.
The direction in which this more mobile terrorist model of financing and recruitment develops will have long-term implications for East African security.
Its evolution will depend on two sets of factors in particular.
The first relates to tensions within al-Shabab's leadership over the group's strategic direction.
Traditionalists favour a focus on strengthening the group in Somalia.
Internationalists - including former leader Godane, killed last year in a US drone strike - see al-Shabab as a transnational jihadist organisation.
With the rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, tensions also persist over global allegiances.
An affiliate of al-Qaeda since 2012, al-Shabab is now courted by IS, which has received pledges from groups across North and West Africa.
Rumours have abounded that al-Shabab could soon follow suit.
Yet, in an Eid message on Friday, current leader Abu Ubaidah hinted that no such pledge would be forthcoming.
Al-Shabab means The Youth in Arabic.
It emerged as the radical youth wing of Somalia's now-defunct Union of Islamic Courts, which controlled Mogadishu in 2006, before being forced out by Ethiopian forces.
There are numerous reports of foreign jihadists going to Somalia to help al-Shabab, from neighbouring countries, as well as the US and Europe.
It is banned as a terrorist group by both the US and the UK and is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters.
Who are Somalia's al-Shabab?
The second set of factors affecting the group's evolution remain extraneous to the organisation.
These relate instead to the ability of regional governments to curb al-Shabab and affiliates' power to act as "the voice of the marginalised" on their soil.
This poses new challenges - requiring governments to look inward at the deep-rooted grievances held by citizens.
The tendency, instead, has been to depend on polarising hard-security crackdowns on terrorist suspects.
As al-Shabab continues to recruit heavily amongst marginalised Kenyan Muslim communities, much will depend on the Kenyan government's ability to engage with underlying drivers of radicalisation.
Its approach to addressing them, and its ability to offer citizens better governance and prospects, will be key to improving security in this volatile region.
Cathy Haenlein is a research analyst on national security and resilience studies at RUSI and deputy editor of RUSI Newsbrief. | Final preparations are under way for US President Barack Obama to touch down in the Kenyan capital this week - his first visit to the country of his father's birth as head of state. | 33535404 |
Djokovic believes this "shock therapy" will help him achieve better results.
The world number two says he will be on the tour alone until he finds the right person to take over as head coach.
Boris Becker, a six-time Grand Slam winner, left in December after three years as the 29-year-old's coach.
The Serb next competes at the Madrid Open, with the men's first-round draw to take place on Friday.
A statement on Djokovic's website said he and coach Vajda, fitness coach Gebhard Phil Gritsch and physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic had "mutually agreed" to "end their successful and long-term partnership".
Djokovic said he would be "forever grateful" for their "friendship, professionalism and commitment to my career goals".
"Without their support I couldn't have achieved these professional heights, but we all felt that we need a change," he added.
"My career was always on the upward path and this time I'm experiencing how it is when the path takes you in a different direction.
"I want to find a way to come back to the top stronger and more resilient. I am a hunter and my biggest goal is to find the winning spark on the court again."
Djokovic lost his world number one spot to Britain's Andy Murray in November last year, after 122 weeks at the top of the rankings.
He beat Murray in the final of January's Qatar Open, but was knocked out in round two of the Australian Open later that month by Denis Istomin, then the world number 117.
In his five events since he has failed to advance beyond the last eight, most recently losing to Belgium's David Goffin in the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals.
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent
There was no great surprise when three very successful years with Boris Becker came to an end in December - head coaches tend to come and go - but this will have been a more agonising decision for the 12-time Grand Slam champion.
Marian Vajda, in particular, is woven into the fabric of Djokovic's career - "shock therapy" is an excellent way to put it.
Vajda says he is "convinced" the world number two will remain at the top for many years. Becker said something similar late last year, and both may prove to be right.
For now, though, the sport is waiting to see whether Djokovic still has the hunger required after such a phenomenal and sustained spell of success. | Twelve-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic has parted company with his entire coaching team, including Marian Vajda, who has been with him through almost all of his career. | 39819049 |
Just 80 asylum applications will be accepted each day at Austria's southern border, after which it will shut.
The European migration commissioner has described the measure as "plainly incompatible" with European Union law.
EU leaders have announced they will hold a summit in early March with Turkey to attempt to seek fresh solutions to the crisis.
"The EU-Turkey action plan is our priority," European Council President Donald Tusk said at an EU gathering in Brussels.
EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing refugees on its territory.
More than a million people arrived in the EU in 2015, creating Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
The majority of migrants and refugees have headed for Germany via Austria, which saw 90,000 asylum claims last year, equivalent to 1% of its population.
There are concerns that the new daily limits on asylum seekers here at Austria's southern border will lead to backlogs of migrants in Slovenia.
But police here have told me they will close the border if more than 80 people claim asylum here in a day, or if more than 3,200 want to transit through to neighbouring countries.
However, they also say that since the establishment of the new border control centre at Spielfeld, those numbers have not yet been reached.
Austria's leaders fear that is just a matter of time, unless an EU-wide solution can be agreed. Many locals, concerned about the increasing number of new arrivals, agree.
Others say wealthy Austria is more than able to deal with the refugees. And they are concerned that the hard-won freedom of movement between Austria and Slovenia is being eroded.
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Europe's migrant crisis
Vienna says the daily limit is needed because the EU plan for Turkey to restrict the number of migrants leaving for Europe is not yet working.
Last year, 476,000 people applied for asylum in Germany, although the final figure is likely to be far higher. The highest number in the EU according to population size was in Sweden, where some 163,000 people sought asylum.
Sweden has now imposed border controls to reduce the influx and said on Thursday it was planning to house some asylum seekers on a cruise ship because of a lack of facilities.
The EU's migration commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos, has written to Austria's interior minister, saying the cap is plainly incompatible with Austria's obligations under EU and international law.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker criticised the Austrian move, remarking that "solo national approaches were not recommended".
On Thursday, about 900 migrants were rescued near the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU border agency Frontex said. More than 83,000 people have reached the Greek islands since the start of 2016, according to the UN.
The spokesman for the United Nations Refugee agency in Geneva, William Spindler, said he understood why countries were acting independently but that it would not solve the problem.
"We are very sympathetic to the situation of Austria but the fact is that the system in Europe at the moment is dysfunctional and as a result some countries have started to take unilateral decisions," he told Newsday on the BBC World Service.
"And this is not going to address the problems faced but only shift them to other countries because the responsibility for protecting refugees cannot be borne only by a few countries."
Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees, most of them from Syria.
Many of them pay smugglers thousands of dollars to make the crossing to Greece. They then head north, trying to reach Germany and Scandinavia.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | Austria's daily cap on the number of migrants and refugees allowed into the country has come into force. | 35609823 |
Best was found guilty of telling jockey Paul John not to let two horses run as fast as possible.
But the BHA admitted to a "fairness" issue in its disciplinary process.
The authority used solicitor Matthew Lohn as chairman of its disciplinary panel when he was being paid by the regulator to advise on other matters.
A BHA spokesman said it takes "full responsibility" and apologised for "the fact that the non-disclosure of Mr Lohn's other paid work created an appearance of bias which led to the need for a rehearing".
"While there was no suggestion of any actual bias in this case, the BHA now accepts that it was an error not to disclose details of Mr Lohn's other paid work," the spokesman added.
Best has denied any wrongdoing.
Chief Executive Nick Rust said the authority would make a full statement once proceedings are concluded.
"While the BHA's disciplinary panels do not constitute judicial proceedings - we appoint members to disciplinary panels and we pay them to carry out their duties - our processes must not only be fair, but, particularly relevant in this case, be seen to be fair," he said. | Trainer Jim Best, who was given a four-year ban, will have his case reheard after the British Horseracing Authority issued an apology. | 36370663 |
The Four Corners programme showed footage of teenage offenders stripped naked, assaulted and tear gassed.
One of the boys was hooded and cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair wearing a "spit hood".
The Northern Territory's Attorney General John Elferink has been stripped of his corrections portfolio.
The report raised questions about an institutionalised culture of abuse at corrections centres in the Northern Territory, an administrative district that covers a large part of Australia's north.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the treatment of youths by the Northern Territory corrections system needed a thorough inquiry.
"Like all Australians, I have been deeply shocked, shocked and appalled, by the images of mistreatment at the Don Dale centre," Mr Turnbull said.
"We will be establishing a royal commission into these events, into this centre; we intend to do so jointly with the Northern Territory government.
"We will get to the bottom of what happened here ... we want to know why there were inquiries into this centre which did not turn up the evidence and the information that we saw on Four Corners last night."
What the programme showed
The Northern Territory's chief minister, Adam Giles, has now taken on responsibility for corrections facilities.
He said the footage left him "shocked and disgusted" and reiterated the call for a royal commission, a high-level independent inquiry.
"A community is judged by the way it treats its children and serious questions were raised by the ABC tonight," Mr Giles said.
He also reiterated his support for the staff working in the Northern Territory's correctional institutions.
"They have a challenging and difficult job, one that not many people wish to do," he said.
"To those officers I want to say, you have my full support for the work that you do in upholding our laws."
Barrister John Lawrence compared the treatment of the children to Guantanamo Bay.
"We're talking about kids that are being shackled with handcuffs on their ankles, their wrists, their waist areas. They're being shackled to chairs," he told Four Corners.
"This is actually happening in Australia in 2016."
The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, praised the decision to investigate mistreatment at the juvenile detention centres.
"I think for the prime minister to respond so quickly with the idea of a royal commission, and possibly an interim report, is exactly what we need," Prof Triggs said.
"If one of us were to have been found to have treated our children in this way we would probably be charged with a criminal offence and the children taken away from us." | Australia's prime minister has called a royal commission after a TV investigation showed prison guards assaulting boys in juvenile detention. | 36880860 |
A survey by Manx National Heritage (MNH) estimates a 22% rise in nesting birds since last year.
MNH spokeswoman Kate Hawkins said the number of occupied burrows has grown from 342 in 2013 to 424.
"Several more years of survey are needed to confirm that the shearwater population is recovering," she added.
MNH, which owns the Calf of Man, announced plans to eradicate the islet of rats in 2012, to help provide a safe environment for nesting seabirds.
The project cost about £48,000 and involved laying an intricate grid of traps for the rats- natural predators of nesting birds and eggs.
It was supported by the Manx Wildlife Trust, the RSPB, the Manx government and a number of volunteers from the Isle of Man.
"It will be some time yet before rat-free status can be announced," continued Ms Hawkins.
"We ask everyone who visits the Calf, particularly boat owners, to be extra vigilant for signs of rats and to make sure that cargo and fishing equipment is checked for stowaways before setting out for the island."
In September, conservationists reported the first Manx Shearwaters chicks being born on the Isles of Scilly in living memory following a similar cull of the rat population on St Agnes. | A rat cull on an islet near the Isle of Man is thought to have led to a significant rise in the number of Manx Shearwaters. | 30316234 |
The short-track speed skater was disqualified from each of her three events at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
And the Scot, 27, who in March became the first British woman to win a world speed skating title, is out to put that behind her in South Korea.
"Part of me does need it, with what happened in Sochi and to get redemption for the mistakes I made," she said.
"I definitely want it more than anything else.
"I still have a few things I need to work on to perfect things going into the Games, but it mainly is just about the Olympics.
"I don't want to give everything I've got at the qualifiers. I want to save something so they can't analyse my performance and they don't know exactly how strong I am right now.
"I want to get a really good ranking of course, but for me it's about a really good performance at the Games, and to give them something they've not seen before."
Christie became triple world champion at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam earlier this year.
But she revealed winning the overall European Championship short-track speed skating title in the same venue as her Sochi disappointment was the initial hurdle to get over.
"The first thing was being European Champion in Sochi [in January 2016], which tackled it head on," Christie added. "And to have that little bit of success at the new Olympic venue [at the ISU World Cup event at Gangneung, South Korea] was a total restart for me.
"I was against the favourite, Choi Min-jeong - the previous world champion - and I managed to beat her in her home ground.
"I've got the upper hand in a way, it felt really good. I'm just so excited to get back out there." | Triple world champion Elise Christie says she wants to make amends at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. | 40980896 |
Dean Doherty came off his bike on Sunday at a dirt track in Magilligan. He was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Doctors have told the family that he suffered serious spinal injuries.
His brother, Erol, said they are praying for a full recovery.
"He went in for surgery today (Monday) and they somehow secured his spine in place," he said.
"The doctors said he has a chance of walking, they said might walk, they didn't say for definite."
Erol said the family were remaining hopeful and that there were some good signs.
"The spinal cord is intact which is a good thing," he said.
"He has a little bit of feeling in his legs. We're hoping through physiotherapy that things will get better but the doctors reminded us that it's an uphill struggle."
Erol first became aware of the accident after a phone call from his mother.
"My mum was ringing me up and crying and saying he had been in some kind of motorbike accident," said Erol
"It was on his scrambler at a circuit he was on, the bike had somehow left him and, whatever way it had fallen, he had fallen on his pelvis and that had pushed up into the back of his spine.
"It just goes to show you the danger of bikes."
The family have said they are receiving lots of messages of support and said they were grateful for all the well wishes and prayers. | The family of a 26-year-old man from Limavady, County Londonderry, fear he might never walk again after an accident involving a scrambler motorbike. | 35752391 |
Cardinal Vincent Nichols told the BBC: "There is no way IS is going to walk away without being forced to do so".
The cardinal has just returned from Iraq's Kurdish capital Erbil, where he visited some of the Christians who have fled from the threat of IS.
He said: "IS threat has got to be pushed back territorially."
Last August, 125,000 Christian refugees from Iraq's Nineveh Plains flooded into Erbil in one night alone.
The influx of refugees from 13 Christian towns and villages has "changed the face" of Erbil, the cardinal said.
With the population of the region ballooning by 30%, a financial crisis has been brewing for several months following a budget dispute with Baghdad.
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen says the delicate mosaic of different faiths in the area has been shattered since the US-led invasion of 2003.
The population of Iraqi Christians has fallen by half and a very diverse, deeply rooted Christian tradition has suffered grievous blows, our correspondent says.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Cardinal Nichols said he went to Erbil to "express solidarity" with the people who have been traumatised.
Returning home "full of admiration" for the local churches, he said the tens of thousands of people sleeping in parks last year had now all received "solid accommodation" in caravans or houses but this was just the first step.
"They want their villages back - the IS threat has got to be pushed back territorially," the cardinal said.
Yet even if IS do leave, the cardinal pointed out that "specialist help" would be needed to make the villages safe to live in.
He said: "We know IS - they are just destroyers - they would leave villages not only wrecked but booby trapped".
The fabric of the society "really depends on the presence of Christians", the cardinal added. | The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has said removing Islamic State (IS) by force "has to be achieved" for peace in Iraq. | 32297506 |
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The Northern Irishman had a one-under-par 71 in his second round on Friday but was five over par overall after a disastrous 78 in the first round.
The four-times major winner ended four shots off the cut mark at Erin Hills, as did compatriot Graeme McDowell, who added an imoroved 73 to his opening 76.
McIlroy was playing just his seventh tournament of 2017 due to a rib injury.
He won the US Open with a record 16-under-par total in 2011, but missed the cut at Oakmont last year following rounds of 77 and 71.
The 28-year-old needed to make a fast start on Friday to avoid another early exit, but missed from five feet for birdie on the 10th - his opening hole - and 12 feet on the 11th, before a poor chip from the back of the 12th green led to a bogey.
McIlroy bounced back with a birdie from 12 feet on the 13th, but carded a hat-trick of bogeys from the first to slump to nine over par.
McIlroy rallied with four birdies in his six closing holes but it was not enough to keep him in the tournament.
"I shot myself in the foot yesterday and gave myself too much to do," he said afterwards.
McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, carded birdies at the first and second holes but his card was marred by three bogeys.
Irishman Shane Lowry did make the cut and is tied for 55th place on one over after a second round of 74 on Friday.
Paul Dunne failed to make the weekend however as he finished four over after rounds of 75 and 73.
English pair Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood head the field on seven under, along with Americans Brian Harman and Brooks Koepka.
Rickie Fowler, Jamie Lovemark and JB Holmes lie one shot behind the leading quartet. | World number two Rory McIlroy has missed the cut at the US Open for the second year running. | 40309856 |
In a speech in London, the Scottish Conservative leader said recent polls suggested the majority of people in Scotland did not back independence.
And she said the prospect of a second referendum had now been "parked in a lay-by" by the SNP.
The Scottish government said the Conservatives were "utterly clueless"
Speaking immediately after the result of the EU referendum was announced, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said another vote on independence was "highly likely" and instructed civil servants to start drawing up plans for a referendum.
But addressing an audience of foreign diplomats, Ms Davidson - who backed Remain ahead of the EU referendum - said the "shock" of the Brexit vote had now started to subside.
She said the SNP's strategy had always been to make independence feel inevitable, but insisted that this assumption was "wrong" and that Scotland was now suffering from "referendum fatigue" after two votes in three years.
She added: "In unsettled times that pose deep and existential questions, nationalism seeks to give easy answers wrapped in a flag.
"It thrives on chaos, and it is fair to describe that week after the (EU) vote as chaotic.
"In the immediate aftermath of the result there was a modest swing in favour of independence, but more recent polls have made it clear that this swing has not been maintained. In other words, we are back to where we were".
She argued that this had been partially recognised by the SNP, with Ms Sturgeon opting to leave her draft referendum bill "on a low shelf" when she published her programme for government last week.
Ms Davidson said: "The unstoppable bandwagon of late June now appears to have been parked in a lay-by.
"We have had five years of uncertainty and rancour over our constitutional status, now added to by the EU referendum result.
"As a result, most people in Scotland now do not want to add to that any more - yes they remain troubled by the EU result, but that is not translated into support for further constitutional upheaval in the form of yet another referendum on independence."
She said there was a risk that Scotland would enter a damaging constitutional "limbo period", with the SNP leadership "caught between the demands of their core support and the political realities of the majority of Scots".
She added: "The first minister tried to use the vote to create a bow wave surge for independence. It hasn't worked, but I don't think the SNP will stop trying.
"And sadly, in our judgement, the push for separation will continue to be the main priority for the SNP government as we head into Brexit discussions - and not the best interests of Scotland and the United Kingdom."
Ms Davidson said her party's new expert group would assess the risks and opportunities of Brexit for Scotland.
The group includes MSPs Adam Tomkins and Alexander Stewart, MEP Ian Duncan, former Scottish Whisky Association head Gavin Hewitt and former CBI Scotland director Sir Iain McMillan.
She added: "I will ask them to report to me on how best they believe Brexit can deliver for Scotland, and crucially for the entire United Kingdom too".
The Scottish government has already set up a similar group to examine how best to protect Scotland's place in Europe.
A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon said evidence was mounting of the "potentially huge damage Brexit threatens to jobs, investment and Scotland's economy".
He added: "It is Ruth Davidson and her Tory colleagues who have created the problem but who also appear utterly clueless about how to fix it.
"As a start, perhaps Ms Davidson can answer the simple question that her boss, the prime minister, was unable to answer last week: does she believe the UK should continue in the single market - yes or no?"
A Scottish Labour spokesman said: "The Brexit gamble made by the Tories has given the Nationalists an excuse to campaign for independence again when what we really need is a renewed focus on jobs, the economy and public services like our schools and NHS.
"Both the SNP and the Tories' plans would be economically damaging for Scotland - parties should be explaining what their plans are beyond the constitution." | Ruth Davidson has said that Scottish independence is not inevitable as she unveiled an expert group to examine the impact of Brexit on Scotland. | 37337467 |
Now the insurance industry is calling on carmakers to provide more data showing who was at fault in accidents involving driverless vehicles. The insurers say drivers need to be able to prove that they're not at fault if the technology goes wrong.
The Association of British Insurers wants cars to collect a basic set of core data which would be made available after an accident. The data would cover a period 30 seconds before and 15 seconds after any incident. It would include the exact location of the vehicle, whether it was in autonomous mode or under the control of the driver, and whether the motorist was in the driver's seat and had a seatbelt on.
The ABI's Director General Huw Evans says this data "would offer public reassurance by protecting motorists from being incorrectly blamed if something fails with their car, helping police investigations and supporting prompt insurance payouts."
The UN body which agrees international regulations on vehicle safety is due to bring in new rules on data collection in 2019 and the insurers are hoping to influence that process.
In the long term, fully autonomous vehicles could make the roads so safe that there would be little need for motor insurance. But for the next few years, as more cars get autonomous driving features, there could be a period of dangerous confusion for motorists.
That certainly struck me after spending a morning on a test track owned by the insurance industry's Thatcham Research Centre. I sat in a Tesla being driven by Thatcham's Matthew Avery - and reflected that in a few years' time I might be sitting in a passenger seat with nobody at the wheel.
Matthew took his hands off the wheel after switching on the Tesla's Autopilot self-driving mode and explained that on a public road this would not be allowed. He says the rules will change - but gradually: "In 2019 you will be able to buy a car with an autopilot system where you can take your hands off the wheel for up to three minutes. But that will only work on a motorway."
But as cars become more automated he admits that drivers will struggle to understand what is, and is not, allowed.
"When the customer can buy a car like this it's going to be confusing to him to understand what is allowed. Do I have to be in control or can I get in the back of the car and have a sleep?" The answer, he says, is no - we will have to wait until the mid 2020s for a vehicle that can be left to get on with the job in all circumstances.
Up until then we are going to be stuck in the messy middle ground - allowing the car to take some of the strain of driving, while keeping our hands hovering over the wheel and our eyes on the road. If that is the case, just how attractive autonomous driving technology will be to motorists - and whether they will pay more for it - must be open to question. | Driverless car technology seems to be advancing at breakneck speed - but the changes this will mean for the rules of the road are proceeding at a slower pace. | 38058600 |
West Berkshire Council has announced a public consultation on the idea of shutting the majority of libraries and two mobile library services.
The council plans to save £730,000 from the libraries budget, amid £17.5m of savings across council services.
If the plan was implemented, Newbury Library would be the only one kept.
The proposals come after the BBC received leaked information earlier this month that the council was considering closing the majority of its libraries.
The public consultation will end on 7 March and council spokesman Roger Croft said: "It's really important that people take the time to consider our proposals and have their say."
Hungerford community magazine editor David Piper said the potential closures would be "unimaginable, unthinkable and unworkable".
He added: "Everyone in the whole of West Berkshire will have to go to Newbury for the library.
"It's going to be incredibly tough."
The council said its revenue support grant from central government was being reduced by 44%, which could mean cuts to substance misuse services and The West Berkshire Museum, as well as the potential library closures. | Proposals to close eight out of nine libraries in West Berkshire would be "unimaginable, unthinkable and unworkable", according to a campaigner. | 35579154 |
The 2012 Tour de France winner, who already has four Olympic titles, said: "I'm going to continue to the next Olympics and try for a fifth."
I don't mind admitting that Chris is probably a better Grand Tour rider than me
Wiggins, 33, also told The Times: "It would be nice to finish the career with another Olympic gold."
He was unable to defend his Tour de France crown in 2013 because of injury but wants to ride it one more time.
Wiggins acknowledged that making a return to the Team GB track line-up would not be easy.
"Having lost weight and muscle the last few years I wouldn't be able to walk back into the team pursuit squad, so I'm not taking anything for granted, but I am working towards that."
Having previously indicated he may never compete in the Tour again, he said he would like to take part in 2014 if selected by Team Sky.
He also suggested he was willing to support this year's winner Chris Froome.
"I don't mind admitting that Chris is probably a better Grand Tour rider than me," Wiggins said.
"He is a much better climber, he can time-trial well. [At 28] he has age on his side, he has no kids, that's fine. If Chris wants to, he could potentially win five Tours now.
"So if I want to win another Tour, I'd probably have to leave the team.
"I love this team. This is my home, I'm not going to go, 'I want to be the leader still, so I'm off'."
Wiggins won six Olympic track medals, including three golds, before switching to the road after the 2008 Games.
Froome reportedly said recently that Wiggins had not congratulated him on his Tour victory.
Wiggins said there was a simple reason for that: "For a start, this is a pathetic excuse - and it's not an excuse - but I don't have his phone number.
"Rather than me send him some naff little text message, I would rather wait till I see him, genuinely put my hand out and say 'you know what, that was a good ride'.
"That is more genuine than one text message that might get lost in hundreds of others.
"Obviously once the press got hold of it, it got chewed up a bit and then it would have been really naff to have sent one.
"But I will see him at the World Championships where I will be riding to support him. So this was not me saying, 'I'll never ride for him again'." | Britain's Bradley Wiggins says he will quit road racing at the end of next season in order to return to the track. | 23754381 |
It suggests new EU regulations will make it much harder for beaches to attain the top "excellent" rating.
More than 99% of English beaches passed last year's tests, but this is forecast to drop by 6%, with the water of 25 beaches possibly classed as "poor".
Among those at risk are ones in Margate, Ilfracombe and Blackpool.
Others at risk are in Lancing, Lyme Regis and Fleetwood.
1: Allonby, Cumbria
2: Blackpool Central
3: Blackpool North
4: Budleigh Salterton, Devon
5: Burnham Jetty North, Somerset
6: Clacton (Groyne 41), Essex
7: Cleveleys, Lancashire
8: Fleetwood, Lancashire
9: Hastings, Sussex
10: Haverigg, Cumbria
11: Henleaze Lake, Bristol
12: Ilfracombe Wildersmouth, Devon
13: Instow, Devon
14: Lancing, Beach Green, West Sussex
15: Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach, West Dorset
16: Morecambe South, Lancashire
17: Mothecombe, Devon
18: Porth, Cornwall
19: Porthluney, Cornwall
20: Seaton, Cornwall
21: Silloth, Cumbria
22: Spittal, Northumberland
23: Staithes, North Yorkshire
24: Teignmouth Town, Devon
25: Walpole Bay, Margate, Kent
Each week until the end of September, Environment Agency (EA) officials will wade in to the sea and in to lakes to take water samples at 400 locations across England.
The samples will be analysed within 24 hours at a laboratory near Exeter.
The agency's results will be available on a new website.
At the end of the summer, sites will have to display signs at all bathing areas showing if the standards have been passed and whether or not people should swim.
The measurements upon which ratings are based assess the levels of certain bacteria, including E. coli and intestinal enterococci, per 100ml of water.
Under the new EU regulations, in order to attain the "excellent" rating, the concentration level of bacteria can be only half of what used to be allowed.
It will also be harder to avoid the bottom "poor rating" under the regulations, introduced in January.
According to the EA, the two most significant sources of pollution that reduce water quality are sewage from water company infrastructure and pollution from agriculture.
The weather can also have a significant impact, with heavy rainfall washing pollution into the sea.
The hot, dry summer of 2013 saw lots of beaches getting an excellent rating, while the downpours of the second wettest summer on record, in 2012, reduced water quality.
This is on top of local issues such as mess created by dogs and seagulls, misconnected drains, or fats being poured down the drains.
However, the condition of the waters of the English coastline has dramatically improved.
In 1988 only 65% of beaches were declared fit for bathers.
Water companies have invested heavily, pouring £2bn into direct improvements to bathing water quality since 1990.
They have also pledged to spend £350bn over the next 15 years.
Ed Mitchell, executive director of environment and business at the EA, said: "Good bathing water is essential for people's health, local tourism and economic growth, and these new higher standards for bathing water will further protect the public."
Dr Stephen Bird, chief operating officer of South West Water, said that last year only one beach in the region failed the standards. With the new tests, this could now be nine.
He said: "We have already invested a huge amount in the bathing waters if you look in to our previous investment of £2bn.
"We are talking about another £20m to achieve these tighter standards, so in terms of additional investment, there's virtually no significant impact on the bill at all for these extra standards."
Follow Claire on Twitter. | A record number of England's beaches are at risk of failing to meet EU water quality standards this year, the Environment Agency has warned. | 32739655 |
The Welsh striker scored for the second game running and was also involved in the other two goals before Darnell Furlong replied late on.
Evans had been denied in the fourth minute when he met a Dan Gardner cross only for Lawrence Vigouroux to push the ball against a post and grab the rebound.
Vigouroux made another superb save to push an Evans free-kick against the bar and then bravely blocked Sam Hird's follow-up but Gary Liddle headed the rebound in from six yards.
The 22-year-old rescued Swindon again when he turned a Jay O'Shea drive behind and then blocked a Gardner shot in the 33rd minute.
But he was beaten in first-half stoppage time when Nathan Thompson's shoulder charge on Evans was judged a foul and O'Shea fired the penalty into the bottom-right corner.
Swindon improved in the second half but conceded a third in the 64th minute when Gboly Ariyibi crossed low from the right and Evans got in front of the defence to turn the ball in.
Furlong scored with a rising drive in the 88th minute but it was too little, too late for Swindon.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Chesterfield 3, Swindon Town 1.
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 3, Swindon Town 1.
Attempt missed. Jamie Sendles-White (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Kristian Dennis replaces Ched Evans.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Dion Donohue.
Foul by Paul McGinn (Chesterfield).
Michael Doughty (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Dion Donohue.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Daniel Jones.
Goal! Chesterfield 3, Swindon Town 1. Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Michael Doughty.
Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield).
Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jamie Sendles-White (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Sendles-White (Swindon Town).
Attempt missed. Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Reece Mitchell replaces Jay O'Shea.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jamie Sendles-White.
Attempt missed. Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Attempt blocked. Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Stewart (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Daniel Jones replaces Dan Gardner.
Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town).
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town).
Hand ball by Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town).
Goal! Chesterfield 3, Swindon Town 0. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gboly Ariyibi with a cross.
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Sam Hird.
Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon Town).
Substitution, Swindon Town. Jordan Stewart replaces Jordan Young. | Ched Evans marked his Chesterfield home debut with a match-winning performance in a 3-1 victory over Swindon Town at the Proact Stadium. | 36994128 |
Rebecca Lipscombe and Evelyn Miles joined West Midlands Police in April 1917, the first women to do so.
By 1919 the force had 11 female officers, though no more were recruited until 1931.
Three of the officers in an archived picture of the unit remain unidentified and now the force is asking for help from the public.
West Midlands Police said files on four officers - Elsie Chapman, Mary Dwelly, Lizzie May Peers and Malenda Shawe - have not survived.
Corinne Brazier, who has worked with Insp Steve Rice on a book to mark the centenary of the force's first female officers, said they have been "unable to match names with faces" and would "love to complete the picture".
"These women paved the way for the many female officers we see in the force today," she said.
"I'd love to hear from anyone who believes they may be descendants of our pioneering WPCs or anyone who has old photographs or information on our early police women." | A police force is appealing for information on some of the first female police officers it recruited. | 38788837 |
Charlie Caston had been on an agreed visit with his birth mother, Alexandra Konstacka, but was not returned.
Ms Konstacka lives in the Warddykes area of Arbroath. She may be driving a grey Seat Leon car, with the registration number SP04 WRX.
Charlie is described as having short light brown hair and brown eyes. | Police have appealed for information on a five-year-old boy who has been reported missing by a family member. | 38200908 |
David Raven, an early replacement for Carl Tremarco, volleyed in a terrific opener, before Lonsana Doumbouya clipped home Caley Thistle's second.
Hearts' Bjorn Johnsen netted before half-time, before a speculative Faycal Rherras cross was allowed to bounce into the home net untouched to level.
Aaron Doran fired Inverness ahead again, but the visitors equalised once more through Arnaud Djoum.
Caley Thistle remain in sixth place, with Hearts overtaking Aberdeen in third.
This was a truly brilliant, end-to-end game of football.
Inverness manager Richie Foran pointed to the strength of his squad pre-match and was forced to make unexpected changes.
Cammy Mackay replaced Owain Fon Williams in goal, who was listed to start, and Foran soon had to replace Tremarco with Raven, who slotted in at left back.
The change produced an unexpected benefit when Raven superbly volleyed home after a fantastic nod down from Ross Draper.
Doumbouya had already directed a header onto the top of the crossbar before he extended the lead with a fine finish after Liam Polworth centred.
Credit to Hearts though who took advantage of poor defending through Johnsen who finished brilliantly.
They pushed on from that although the equaliser was laced with fortune.
Rherras hoisted in a cross which evaded everyone, with goalkeeper MacKay unable to divert the bouncing ball wide.
Inverness might have crumbled with Hearts looking strong at that stage but Doran showed his value to nip possession from Don Cowie and neatly finish to put the home side ahead once more.
Hearts piled forward in response and the introduction of Tony Watt sparked a number of chances.
One counted when he teed-up Djoum to hit a sweet low shot across MacKay into the corner.
It's hard to be critical of either side after such a thrilling contest but better defending from either might have secured three points.
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson dropped Watt and Connor Sammon in favour of Johnsen and Jamie Walker to address a lack of punch up-front.
It was slackness at the back that cost them the win.
Raven was allowed too much space for the opener, Doumbouya even more so for the second and Cowie ought to have dealt with it before Doran pounced for Inverness' third.
Offensively, Hearts were increasingly effective and that will encourage Neilson.
For the second game running, though, Hearts had the possibility to finish the day in second place. Once again, it was an opportunity they failed to take.
The home side had to be resolute at the back as the game wore on and did well to hold out at times.
But when comfortable at 2-0 the defence seemed to switch off, allowing Johnsen to get Hearts back into it - perhaps Josh Meekings slipped, allowing the striker space. Either way, had they held firm for longer it may have been a more comfortable route to victory.
Hearts' second was unfortunate with MacKay caught between a rock and a hard place as the ball came in.
The hosts did hold firm with Hearts pushing on for long periods in the second half before Djoum netted.
In the end, both sides merited something given their intent to go forward and deserve enormous credit for delivering a fabulously entertaining 90 minutes.
Match ends, Inverness CT 3, Heart of Midlothian 3.
Second Half ends, Inverness CT 3, Heart of Midlothian 3.
Foul by Lewis Horner (Inverness CT).
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Inverness CT. Lewis Horner replaces Iain Vigurs because of an injury.
Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian).
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by David Raven.
Foul by Gary Warren (Inverness CT).
(Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lonsana Doumbouya (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt saved. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT).
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Brad McKay (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Brad McKay (Inverness CT).
Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Lonsana Doumbouya (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian).
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Lonsana Doumbouya.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Josh Meekings (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Inverness CT. Jake Mulraney replaces Aaron Doran.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt saved. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Josh Meekings (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Meekings (Inverness CT).
Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jack Hamilton.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Conor Sammon replaces Bjorn Johnsen.
Goal! Inverness CT 3, Heart of Midlothian 3. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Walker. | Inverness CT and Hearts contested a thrilling 3-3 draw in the highlands. | 37737489 |
Tilly Anderson, 10, was at the beach in Colwyn Bay when she was stung - sending her into anaphylactic shock.
Her father, Tim, tried to peel the trailing tentacles from her leg as her mother, Michelle, phoned an ambulance.
Paramedics gave the girl drugs after her leg began to swell before taking her to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan.
Mrs Anderson, 30, said: "When he pulled her out there was a jellyfish with loads of tentacles wrapped around the top of her legs.
"It was horrible. Tilly was screaming out in pain as Tim peeled the main part of the jellyfish off and tried to unravel the tentacles."
She added: "My daughter's legs were swelling up before my eyes and she was going into shock. She was blistering and shaking from the pain.
"They were wrapped around her so tightly that we had to put her back in the water to peel them off.
"It was terrible, it looked like her legs had been burnt."
Tilly was playing with her seven siblings and parents on the beach at Colwyn Bay on Saturday, 8 August when she was stung.
Mrs Anderson said: "If the tentacles had been around her for much longer she would have been scarred for life.
"That night, she was at home in agony and barely slept. She's a lot better now, but she's adamant she won't be going into the sea again because she's terrified."
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We'd like to send our very best wishes to this brave little girl, and hope she makes a speedy recovery." | A girl from Conwy county was left "terrified" after a jellyfish wrapped 30 tentacles around her and stung her leg. | 33908880 |
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has taken steps which, if approved by the Scottish Parliament, would mean a new limit being introduced on 5 December.
Under the plans, Scotland's blood alcohol limit would be cut from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood.
It would mean the legal limit in Scotland would be lower than in England - where the limit is 80mg in blood.
The UK Department of Transport said there were no plans to alter the drink drive limit south of the border.
In practice the change in Scotland could mean a glass of wine or a pint of beer would put a driver over the legal limit.
Draft legislation has been laid before parliament, and will bring Scotland's legal alcohol limits in line with much of Europe.
A public awareness campaign will warn drivers not to drink at all.
Mr MacAskill said drinking and driving shattered families and communities, and that it was time to take action to reduce the risk on the country's roads.
He told BBC Scotland the plans to change the drink-drive limit had "broad support".
The justice secretary said: "The support comes not just from the police and law enforcement. It comes from those involved in road safety."
Asked why the government didn't simply apply a zero tolerance approach, Mr MacAskill said: "There are reasons why individuals may have alcohol in their system. It is also quite clear at the 50 (mg) limit, that is when impairment begins to kick in."
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) welcomed the move, and called for the rest of the UK to follow suit.
The drink-drive limit in the UK is currently 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
However - like Scotland - the limit in Northern Ireland could be reduced from 80mg in blood to 50mg as part of proposals included in the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill.
The bill is currently being considered by the Northern Ireland Assembly and could become law by early next year.
A 50mg limit would mean an average man would be limited to just under a pint of beer or a large glass of wine and women to half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine.
Sandy Allan, Rospa's Road Safety Manager in Scotland, said he believed the move would save lives and prevent injuries on Scotland's roads.
He added: "There is a considerable body of research which shows that reducing drink drive limits is effective in reducing drink-drive deaths and injuries. We would like to see the rest of the UK follow Scotland's example."
When asked about why a joint approach with the Westminster government on the issue was not agreed, Mr MacAskill said: "We did seek that, but it was the United Kingdom government that decided not to lower the limit despite, I think, a great deal of public support for it being lowered down there."
The latest estimates are that approximately one in 10 deaths on Scottish roads involve drivers who are over the legal limit.
Research has suggested that just one alcoholic drink before driving can make you three times as likely to be involved in a fatal car crash.
However, speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, George Goldie from the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said he did not believe the change would improve road safety and he questioned the motivation behind it saying it would "increase income" gathered from fines.
He added: "We have very few statistics, if any, to show how many accidents are caused by people who are marginally over the limit. Most of the accidents are caused by people who are blatantly blitzed.
"I'm much more concerned about improving driving, as opposed to improving the one in 10. I am much, much more interested in improving the nine in 10."
According to UK-wide figures from the Department of Transport, there were an estimated 6,680 road accidents involving illegal alcohol levels in 2012, making drink driving a factor in 4% of all accidents.
In 2012, an estimated 230 people were killed in drink drive accidents in the UK - accounting for 13% of all reported road fatalities. These are the most up-to-date figures available.
UK Road Safety Minister Robert Goodwill said tackling drink driving was a priority for the government at Westminster.
He said ministers were "strengthening enforcement" by removing the automatic right for drivers who failed a breathalyser test to demand a blood test and by introducing mobile evidential breath testing equipment next year.
However, he added: "We have no plans to alter the drink drive limit."
The Scottish government previously announced its intention to reduce the limit following a consultation which found that almost three quarters of those who responded backed the move. | The Scottish government has announced plans to reduce the country's drink-drive limit in time for Christmas. | 29750001 |
Time Team presenter Sir Tony Robinson has backed the protest.
The Chartered Institute of Archaeology says there is already a shortage of archaeologists, needed to work alongside major building projects.
The AQA exam board says there will be no more new entrants for the subject.
But students who have started the A-level this year will be able to continue and complete the course.
Teachers who are campaigning against the loss of the subject, taken by about 1,500 students, say the decision came "out of the blue".
Daniel Boatright, who teaches the subject at Worcester Sixth Form College, says that pupils benefit from such specialist subjects, which might find skills that would otherwise "have been left undiscovered".
Dr Boatright says it is "extremely naive" to narrow student choices to a curriculum of "major subjects" - and he has launched an online petition which has gathered more than 5,000 signatures.
At the top of the petition is a quote from Roman philosopher Cicero: "To be ignorant of what went before you were born is to remain always a child."
A student taking the A-level at the school, Jamie Williams, said he was now applying to take the subject at university, but only realised he wanted to take a degree in archaeology because he had been able to study it at A-level.
Sir Tony Robinson, who presents TV archaeology shows, sent his support to the campaign, saying: "I'm certainly with you."
Mike Heyworth, director of the Council for British Archaeology, said: "This is disastrous news for archaeology. Another vital route into the study of the subject is being removed."
The exam board, explaining the decision, said that its "number one priority is making sure every student gets the result they deserve".
But it says that for archaeology - along with classical civilisation and history of art - "the complex and specialist nature of the exams creates too many risks on that front".
"Our decisions have nothing to do with the importance of these subjects, and it won't stop students going on to do a degree in them as we're not aware of any universities that require an A-level in these subjects."
But the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Archaeology, Pete Hinton, said: "The A-level in archaeology is an important route into the archaeological profession.
"This should be seen as a serious affront to those who believe that the study of past cultures can bring both positive benefits in terms of cultural understanding, as well as practical transferable skills for students." | A campaign is calling for the reversal of a decision to scrap A-level archaeology - saying it would cause "irrevocable harm" to the development of future archaeologists. | 37632700 |
He and Northern Powerhouse Minister James Wharton met business leaders in Conwy, Flintshire and Cheshire to outline the prospects.
Mr Cairns said north east Wales was "perfectly positioned" to benefit.
The Welsh government claimed the plan was only offering "trickle-down benefits" from growth in England.
The ministerial tour on Tuesday included visits to the Toyota engine plant and an Oriental food factory on Deeside, and a former church in Llandudno converted into a hub for hi-tech firms.
"It's clear that we are seeing a sustained strengthening of the economy across Wales - last week's record employment figures illustrate that," said Mr Cairns.
Paying tribute to major exporting companies in the region, he said he wanted to "urge business leaders in the north of the country to come together and see how we can benefit from the opportunities of closer links".
However, Welsh Labour's Deputy Economy Minister Ken Skates dismissed the plan as a "lowly aspiration", saying the area "should be an economic powerhouse in its own right".
"The UK government should be helping and enabling north east Wales to realise Welsh Labour's ambitious vision for the region, not simply offering trickle-down benefits from economic growth in England's major cities," he said. | North Wales is set to benefit from an economic boost to the "northern powerhouse" region of England, Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns has said. | 33965730 |
He shouted that the process was "a farce", as he was waiting for proceedings to begin.
The trial in Senegal's capital, Dakar, marks the first time one African country has prosecuted the former leader of another.
Mr Habre denies being responsible for hundreds of deaths during his rule from 1982 to 1990.
The trial follows a 25-year campaign to bring him to justice.
Many of Mr Habre's alleged victims have been calling for it since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
Parallels were later drawn with the attempts to get the former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet extradited and put on trial for crimes against humanity in Spain in 1998.
Mr Habre does not recognise the court and was brought there by prison guards.
Waiting for the trial to open, the former Chadian leader shouted: "Down with imperialists. [The trial] is a farce by rotten Senegalese politicians. African traitors. Valet of America".
Mr Habre was taken out of the courtroom and the trial began without him.
He then refused to come in after the break that followed the opening statements, and the trial has been suspended until Tuesday when the judges ordered that Mr Habre would be forced to attend.
Victims of Hissene Habre's regime have waited 25 years to have this day in court.
Many doubted that Mr Habre would even show up, as up to now he had refused to cooperate with the court, but he did appear, albeit briefly, surrounded by a dozen security guards.
Despite the scuffle that took place inside the court-room as he was removed, the trial started on time and the first 100 witnesses are in Dakar waiting to give evidence.
The African Union requested that Senegal establish this court so that Mr Habre would be tried "on behalf of Africa".
As many see the International Criminal Court as unfairly pursuing African leaders, this trial is a step towards creating grounds for credible international justice in Africa.
This is a huge opportunity to show that Africa can hold its leaders to account.
Battle to bring Habre to court
Profile: Hissene Habre
At the end of his opening statement, prosecutor Mbacke Fall said that Mr Habre's "silence will not be seen as a defence strategy" and will not affect a fair trial.
Also addressing the court, victims' lawyer Jacqueline Moudeina said that the trial "is in the name of humanity, a humanity which Hissene Habre never allowed his victims".
Many of his alleged victims have been calling for the trial since his overthrow and exile in Senegal in 1990.
A Chadian truth commission found in 1992 that the Habre regime was responsible for 40,000 deaths and disappearances.
In 2005 a court in Belgium issued a warrant for his arrest, claiming universal jurisdiction but, after Senegal referred the issue to the African Union, the AU asked Senegal to try Mr Habre "on behalf of Africa".
Progress has been slow, as Senegal's previous President Abdoulaye Wade appeared to be reluctant to put him on trial.
He first said the country lacked funding and then, apparently fed up with the process, suggested that Mr Habre should be sent back to Chad where he had already been sentenced to death.
President Macky Sall, elected in 2012, agreed to a trial in a special tribunal set up within the Senegalese court system, and in 2013 the African Extraordinary Chambers was established with AU backing.
The court was set up to deal with crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990.
Mr Habre was indicted in 2013 but he refused to cooperate with the special court. | Chad's former President Hissene Habre has been removed from the courtroom at his trial for crimes against humanity. | 33592142 |
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In a breathtaking tie of 54 chances, the League One side won 14-13 after 32 penalties had been taken.
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Miguel Llera missed his first spot-kick before firing in the winner when City's Wayne Thomas saw his penalty saved.
Paddy Madden's header had put Scunthorpe ahead but Sean Geddes coolly steered in a second-half equaliser.
Carl Heeley's Worcester side, who play in the Conference North - the sixth tier of English football - can still feel proud of their efforts in this seven-match cup run, which included a 2-1 win at 1987 winners Coventry in the last round.
In a game that saw 28 chances for Worcester and 26 for Scunthorpe, the visitors nearly took the lead in the opening minute, but home left-back Tyler Weir somehow managed to block the attempt.
The visitors also went close when Lyle Taylor forced City keeper Nathan Vaughan to save with his legs.
But, roared on by their noisy fans crammed into the home end, the rest of the first half belonged to City. Winger Jordan Murphy caused problems and from one of his mazy runs the home side created their best opening when Mike Symons shot over.
However, the mood at Aggborough was shattered when City failed to keep out Madden's near-post header from Gary McSheffrey's corner in first-half stoppage time.
But it was not long before Geddes - hero of the first-round win with two goals against Coventry - rounded off an excellent team move by slotting home from eight yards.
That was enough to take the tie into extra time, during which Vaughan did well to parry a fiercely struck shot from Madden, before visiting defender Alex Davey placed a header just wide.
Then it was all down to the drama of penalties.
City's second penalty, from Nick Wright, was saved by Sam Slocombe, only for Vaughan to keep the home side in it when he saved Scunny's fifth crucial spot-kick from Llera.
When Danny Jackman then fired over the bar in sudden death, Vaughan again came to the rescue by saving from Matt Sparrow.
But, after a run of 16 successful penalties, visiting keeper Slocombe dived to the left to save from Thomas - and this time Llera kept his cool to earn his side a January meeting with either MK Dons or Chesterfield.
Those two teams have to replay their second-round tie after Chesterfield fielded an ineligible player in the opening tie, which they won 1-0. | Non-league Worcester City's FA Cup heroics ended after the longest penalty shootout in the competition's history saw Scunthorpe reach the third round. | 30407763 |
The supermarket boss took home £4.15m, down from £4.63m the year before, after he earned only 75.6% of his potential short-term bonus.
The fall, disclosed in the annual report, came despite Tesco seeing a jump in profits and achieving its first annual sales growth in seven years.
Mr Lewis' base salary remained at £1.25m and will stay flat this year.
The chief executive has been guiding Tesco through a major turnaround since its 2014 accounting scandal, in which profits were overstated by £326m. In March, Tesco was fined £129m for the affair.
The retailer has also been trying to re-adjust to a price war brought on by the rise of German discounters Aldi and Lidl.
Green shoots of growth started to show after the grocery giant reported full year revenues had risen 3.7% to £59.8bn and full year operating profit up 30% to £1.28bn.
The head of the supermarket's remuneration committee, Deanna Oppenheimer, said: ''Tesco has had a strong year of progress, delivering against the three turnaround priorities of improving competitiveness in the UK, a more secure balance sheet and rebuilding trust, which were set in 2014.
Tesco's annual report for the 2016-2017 financial year also showed that chief financial officer Alan Stewart's total pay package was £2.24m, down 14% on the year before. | Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis saw his total pay packet cut by more than 10% last year. | 39899441 |
The girl's remains were found in Manor Park, Church Hill, in Aldershot on Friday afternoon.
Detectives believe "Baby M" may have been delivered under a nearby oak tree and are still searching for her mother.
People are being asked to check footage and look for someone "in a distressed state".
More on this and other stories from across the South of England.
Officers believe Baby M may have been left in the park sometime between 16:00 BST on 14 May and 16 May.
They are urging anyone who may have been driving on High Street during that period to check footage for someone "walking uncomfortably, squatting or leaning against the trees" opposite Kwik Fit.
Making a renewed appeal to the mother, Ch Insp Debbie Brooks said: "We are really worried for your wellbeing and we want you to get the medical care that we know you need.
"Call us on 101 or go to a hospital."
A post-mortem examination has taken place, but no details of how Baby M died have been released.
A memorial service for the child was held in the park on Sunday. | Officers investigating the discovery of a newborn baby's body in a park are asking motorists to check dashcam footage. | 40042613 |
Net profit for the three months to December rose to $1.56bn (£1.09bn), up from $701m.
The company also said that 80% of its advertising revenue in that period came from mobile advertising, up from 69% a year earlier.
Shares jumped 8.7% in after-hours trading in New York on the better than expected results.
Revenue for the full year jumped 44% to $17.9bn, with net profit rising about $800m to $3.7bn.
The results mean that Facebook has now beaten analysts' expectations for ten consecutive quarters.
Rob Sanderson, an analyst at MKM Partners, described the growth as phenomenal.
Ken Sena, an analyst at Evercore ISI, said the advertising growth was much better than expected.
"It signifies the importance of what they're providing to advertisers," he said.
"They're providing a very efficient method of distribution for them, they're making big investments and evidenced by their quarterly performance it seems to be working."
The number of monthly active users rose 14% to 1.59 billion in the fourth quarter compared with the same period in 2014, with 1.44 billion accessing Facebook on mobile devices - a 21% increase.
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that 2015 was a "great year for Facebook. Our community continued to grow and our business is thriving."
He returned to work on Monday after taking two months of paternity leave following the birth of his first child late last year. | Social media giant Facebook said that profits more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2015. | 35425669 |
Durban House, which explored the writer's life, was closed by Broxtowe Borough Council to save £80,000 a year.
The authority said the service had not stopped and would merge with Lawrence's birthplace museum in the same town.
Malcolm Gray, chairman of the DH Lawrence Society, said it was a "frustrating" decision.
Alex Khan, cultural services manager at the Conservative-led council, said: "I actually find it quite exciting - it puts the focus of the DH Lawrence Heritage service back somewhere it has a very strong link.
"Lawrence was born there, we've got artefacts that relate to his life and his family and Victorian life - it's a great place to learn about British history as well as about literature and the Lawrence family."
Mr Khan denied the closure was "a slap in the face" following Nottingham's status as a Unesco City of Literature, awarded in December.
However, Mr Gray, who described the writer of Lady Chatterley's Lover as the "greatest author in the English language", said the closure was "disappointing".
"More could have been done in the past to promote the centre, opportunities have been missed," he said.
He said Lawrence's birthplace was too small and had little room to accommodate a school group.
Mr Gray added that the society would "keep fighting" the decision.
The campaign to keep Durban House open was led by Labour MP Gloria De Piero, and supported by screenwriter William Ivory, double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson and actor Robert Lindsay. | The closure of the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre in Eastwood has been described as "tragic" by a society that promotes the author's work. | 35933620 |
But the battle for second place seems to be hotting up, with opinion polls suggesting that Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives are currently neck and neck.
Here, John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University and the chief commentator at whatscotlandthinks.org.uk, looks at what the polls have been saying, and what we should be reading into them.
One of the first rules in the reporting of opinion polls is that those that purport to show a change in who is ahead and who is behind secure much more publicity than do those that suggest that little, if anything has changed. The exceptional is more interesting than the mundane.
However, the exceptional may be just that - unrepresentative of the real picture, a "rogue" poll that misleads rather than informs.
So what should we make of the poll from YouGov in Thursday's edition of the Times that has been widely reported as showing that the Conservatives have, for the first time since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, overtaken Labour in voting intentions for this coming May's Holyrood election?
Such an outcome would constitute an earthquake in Scottish politics. Not since 1959 have the Tories managed to outpoll Labour in a national election north of the border.
Well, first of all, the YouGov poll does not constitute clear evidence that the Tories have overtaken Labour.
True, with 20% of the vote to Labour's 19%, the party is put slightly ahead in the battle for constituency votes.
But given the random variation to which all polls are subject, this statistically is simply a dead heat. We just cannot be sure which of the two parties is ahead.
Meanwhile on the second of the two votes that voters will be invited to cast in May, that is, for a regional list, the poll did actually put the two parties neck and neck in 20% each.
At the same time, no other poll has suggested the two parties are even equal with each other. Perhaps then it is but no more than a "rogue".
That said, YouGov is not alone in one respect. In recent weeks every single poll has identified a modest but noticeable increase in Conservative support.
Since the beginning of the year four companies have conducted polls of vote intentions for May's election. On average they have put the Conservatives on 17.5% (on both ballots).
But when those same four companies polled back at the beginning of September they credited the Conservatives on average with just over 14%.
While the result of one poll might be dismissed as an aberration, when four polls all point in the same direction we can be pretty sure that something really has happened.
Meanwhile, Labour's support, already much diminished, has ebbed away yet further over the same period.
Back in September Labour was averaging between 21% and 22%. Now the party stands between 19% and 20%. The party has apparently slipped by another couple of points.
Between them the three point increase in Conservative support and a two point drop in Labour is enough to ensure that all the polls agree that the Conservatives are now breathing down Labour's neck, even if they may not necessarily as yet caught them up.
But there are of course still three months to go to polling day. Perhaps the slow Tory advance will continue, in which case maybe they will be able to edge past Labour.
But equally, of course, Labour might recover - and avert the threat that Ruth Davidson's party currently apparently poses.
Read more analysis from John Curtice at What Scotland Thinks. | Voters are to go to the polls in the Scottish Parliament election on 5 May - with the SNP apparently on course to win a second successive majority. | 35507842 |
Tania Farah said the Delta Airlines official "yelled" at the four-time Olympic gold medallist and refused to believe he had a business class ticket.
However, other reports say the Farahs arrived late for first-class boarding.
A Delta Airlines spokesman said it was investigating and "will be working directly with the Farah family".
The incident is alleged to have happened on 22 August as the couple and their four children were returning from the Rio Olympics, where Farah retained his 5,000m and 10,000m titles.
Farah and his family were on the final leg of their journey from Atlanta to their home in Portland, Oregon.
"I just knew she had a problem with him," Tania Farah said in the Sunday Telegraph, referring to the Delta Airlines official.
"This woman basically humiliated him until people came forward and said: 'That's Mo Farah, the Olympic champion'," his wife said.
"She was mortified afterwards, but had basically yelled at him.
"He was the only black person and hadn't done anything to warrant it."
Farah, 33, is aiming to become the first man to win three consecutive Great North Run titles when he races in Newcastle on Sunday. | Mo Farah was humiliated and sent to the back of the queue by an airline attendant before a flight in the United States, his wife has said. | 37331870 |
Andy Haldane compared financial forecasts to the famously inaccurate forecast by the BBC weatherman, ahead of the UK's great storm of 1987.
He said the profession was "to some degree in crisis" following the 2008-09 crash and the Brexit vote.
The Bank denies claims it gave gloomy forecasts to support the Remain side.
Mr Haldane was speaking to an audience at the Institute for Government in London on Thursday, when he made the comparison between economists and weather forecasters.
He said economic models had been "rather narrow and rather fragile" which were "fine as long as the going was good" but when the world was "tipped upside down" by the 2008-09 crisis, they had failed to cope.
"Turns out, that was a massive oversight," he said.
"Could we find a way out of the trap? Of course we could. Let's go back to a different crisis, which is the crisis, not in economic forecasting but in weather forecasting, that resulted from the 1987 storm.
"Remember that? Michael Fish getting up: 'There's no hurricane coming but it will be very windy in Spain.' Very similar to the sort of reports central banks - naming no names - issued pre-crisis, 'There is no hurricane coming but it might be very windy in the sub-prime sector.'
"Look at how weather forecasting has changed itself in the period since. Actually there has been a dramatic improvement in our capacity to forecast the weather... a revolution in weather forecasting.
"Much more data is being thrown at the problem and that has brought about a transformation. And some of the self same could be true if we move from weather forecasting to economic."
On being asked whether there had been the economic "hurricane" forecast after the Brexit vote, he quipped: "It's been very windy in Spain."
But he told the audience at the Institute for Government: "It's true, again, fair cop. We had foreseen a sharper slowdown in the economy than has happened, in common with almost every other mainstream macro-forecaster."
He said that had been a "thoroughly good thing" and was largely down to the British consumer and British housing market - saying it was "almost as though the referendum had not taken place" and people's spending power had not been "materially dented" in 2016.
But he added there were "reasonable grounds" for thinking 2017 might be a "somewhat more difficult year" for the consumer as the fall in the exchange rate began to affect prices. But he said there was "nothing inevitable" about that - it was just a "best guess".
In 2012, on the 25th anniversary of his infamous broadcast, Mr Fish recalled: "The computer is the thing that did the forecast but... it was unfortunate that the computer lacked a huge amount of data from the area the storm was developing - but of course we didn't have the mega-computers that we have now." | The failure to predict the financial crisis was a "Michael Fish" moment for economists, the Bank of England's chief economist has said. | 38525924 |
1908 - King Carlos and eldest son assassinated in Lisbon. Second son Manuel becomes king.
1910 - King Manuel II abdicates amid revolution; Portugal proclaimed a republic.
1911 - New constitution separates church from state. Manuel Jose de Arriaga elected first president of republic.
1916-18 - Portugal fights World War I on Allied side.
1926 - Military coup. General Antonio de Fragoso Carmona becomes president.
1928 - Carmona appoints Antonio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance.
1932 - Salazar becomes prime minister.
1933 - "New State" ("Estado Novo") constitution.
1936 - Salazar backs General Franco's nationalists in Spanish Civil War.
1939-45 - Portugal maintains official neutrality during World War II, but allows UK to use air bases in Azores.
1947 - Government crushes attempted revolt, deports labour leaders and army officers to Cape Verde Islands.
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar: PM for 36 years
1949 - Portugal becomes founding member of Nato.
1955 - Portugal joins United Nations.
1955 - Indian opposition to Portuguese territory leads to severed diplomatic ties.
1958 - Admiral Americo Tomas appointed president.
1961 - India annexes Portuguese Goa. Rebellion breaks out in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique.
1968 - Salazar succeeded by Marcello Caetano.
1970 - Salazar dies.
1974 - Caetano government overthrown by group of army officers. General Antonio Ribeiro de Spinola becomes president, succeeded by General Francisco da Costa Gomes.
1974-75 - Independence for Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Cape Verde Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, and Angola.
After more than 450 years in power, Portugal withdraws from Portuguese Timor - now East Timor - which is then occupied by Indonesia.
Huge influx of expatriates from former colonies.
Revolution of the Carnations in 1974 ended Europe's longest dictatorship
1974: Rebels seize control of Portugal
1976 - Parliamentary elections. Mario Soares becomes prime minister. General Antonio Ramalho Eanes wins presidency.
1979 - Centre-right alliance wins elections.
1982 - Military Council of the Revolution abolished, civilian government formally restored.
1983 - Soares returns as prime minister.
1985 - Cavaco Silva becomes prime minister.
1986 January - Portugal becomes member of EEC (later EU).
Mario Soares elected president.
1987 - Cavaco Silva wins absolute majority in parliament.
1991 - Soares re-elected president.
1995 - Antonio Guterres becomes prime minister.
1996 - Jorge Sampaio elected president.
1999 - Last overseas territory, Macau, handed over to Chinese administration.
2001 - Jorge Sampaio elected for a second presidential term.
2001 December - Alqueva project on the Guadiana River nears completion as Europe's largest artificial lake, condemned by environmentalists as destructive, grandiose and unnecessary.
2001 December - Prime Minister Guterres resigns after his Socialist Party suffers unexpectedly heavy losses in local elections. Parliament is dissolved, early general election set for March 2002.
2002 January - Euro replaces the escudo.
2002 March - Social Democrat leader Jose Manuel Durao Barroso forms centre-right coalition after general election in which Socialists are defeated.
2003 August - Government declares a national calamity as forest fires sweep across vast areas of woodland. Officials say an area the size of Luxembourg has been lost to the fires. At least 18 people are killed; damage is estimated at one billion euros.
2004 July - Mr Barroso resigns as prime minister to become president of the European Commission. Pedro Santana Lopes, his successor as leader of Social Democratic Party, forms government.
2004 December - Four months into Prime Minister Lopes' government, President Sampaio calls early elections.
2005 February - Socialists sweep to victory in general elections. They usher in economic and social reforms which provoke a series of protest strikes among public sector workers.
2005 August - Portugal calls for outside help as deadly wildfires, exacerbated by drought and said to be the worst in recent times, rage across the country.
2006 January - Anibal Cavaco Silva, centre-right prime minister of 1985-1995, elected president.
2007 March - Mass demonstrations - the largest in recent years - against government's economic reforms.
2007 April - President endorses new law permitting abortion in first ten weeks of pregnancy, aligning Portugal with most other EU countries.
2007 July - Portugal takes over EU presidency.
2008 April - Portuguese parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying EU's new treaty. European leaders had signed the treaty at a special summit in Lisbon in December 2007.
2008 May - Parliament votes to bring spelling of Portuguese language more in line with Brazilian practice. Opponents of the move say it is a capitulation to Brazilian influence.
2009 September - Governing Socialist Party wins re-election but loses its overall majority.
2009 October - Socialist Party leader Jose Socrates forms minority government.
2010 March - Tens of thousands of civil servants hold one-day strike in protest against plans to freeze public sector workers' pay.
Government announces package of austerity measures, including cuts in public spending and tax increases, to reduce Portugal's budget deficit.
2010 March-July - As eurozone debt crisis mounts, several leading credit rating agencies downgrade Portugal's government debt, further undermining confidence in the Portuguese economy.
2010 October - Portugal wins non-permanent seat on UN Security Council. Two-year term will begin on 1 January 2011.
2010 November - Parliament passes austerity budget aimed at bringing down high public debt levels.
2011 March - Government resigns after parliament rejects new austerity package. Jose Socrates continues as PM in caretaker capacity.
2011 April - Portugal becomes the third European Union country after Greece and Ireland to apply for EU financial assistance to help it cope with its budget deficit.
2011 May - The European Union and International Monetary Fund agree a 78bn-euro bailout for Portugal, on condition of sweeping spending cuts.
2011 June - Parliamentary elections. Ruling Socialist Party ousted. Winning Social Democratic Party forms governing coalition with the Popular Party.
2011 July - Credit ratings agency Moody's downgrades Portugal's public debt to junk status.
2011 August - The government announces the country's biggest spending cuts in 50 years, seeking to reduce public expenditure from 44.2% of GDP to 43.5% by 2015.
2011 October - The government submits another package of spending cuts and tax increases to parliament in an effort to meet the terms of the country's 78bn-euro bailout.
2011 November - Hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike a week before parliament is due to vote on the government's programme of spending cuts and tax rises.
Credit ratings agency Fitch downgrades Portugal's public debt to junk status.
2012 January - Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgrades Portugal's rating to junk status.
The two largest unions, the CGTP and the UGT, split over a labour law reform proposed as part of Portugal's bailout, with the more moderate UGT reaching an agreement with the government.
2012 March - Public sector workers hold a 24-hour general strike in protest against the labour law reform and austerity measures.
2012 August - Figures show that Portugal's GDP shrank 1.2% in the second quarter.
2012 September - The EU, IMF and European Central Bank give Portugal another year to reduce its deficit below the EU target of 3% of GDP, after noting progress in rebalancing the economy.
2013 July - Several senior ministers resign over the handling of the economic crisis, but the government survives.
2013 November - The government approves more spending cuts, mainly affecting public-sector employees' wages, conditions and pensions, in order to avoid a second international bailout.
2014 May - Portugal exits international bailout without seeking back-up credit from its lenders.
2014 August - The government bails out the stricken lender Banco Espirito Santo - Portugal's largest private bank - to the tune of 3.9bn euros in order to avert a possible wider economic collapse.
2014 November - Interior Minister Miguel Macedo resigns in wake of corruption inquiry linked to allocation of fast-track residence permits, many of which have gone to foreigners willing to invest large sums in Portuguese property.
Former Socialist premier Jose Socrates is remanded in custody on suspicion of corruption, tax fraud and money laundering.
2015 January - The government approves rules allowing descendants of Jews who were expelled from the country centuries ago to claim Portuguese citizenship.
2015 March - The head of the tax collection authority resigns amid claims that he tried to shield the files of influential figures from scrutiny.
2015 November - Following inconclusive parliamentary elections, Socialist leader Antonio Costa forms centre-left government committed to relaxing some austerity measures.
2016 October - Former prime minister Antonio Guterres is appointed UN Secretary General.
2017 February - Portugal drops complaint to the EU over Spain's plan to build a nuclear waste storage facility which environmentalists fear could affect the River Tagus, which flows into Portugal. In return Spain agrees to share environmental information and organise consultations over the facility. | A chronology of key events: | 17761153 |
Welsh Reserve soldiers fired the guns outside City Hall on Saturday as the Duke of Edinburgh turns 96.
The event was organised by 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales, of Brecon, and hosted by 104 Regiment Royal Artillery, from Newport.
Another gun salute will be held in Cardiff Bay, outside the Pierhead building, to celebrate the Queen's official birthday next Saturday. | A gun salute has been fired in Cardiff to mark Prince Philip's birthday. | 40234731 |
The 36-year-old, who won both of Monday's races, completed his treble in the Supersport class with a commanding 17.5 second win over Michael Dunlop.
The Yorkshire racer led from start to finish and said: "It is astonishing - the bike is a proper bullet."
Dean Harrison completed the podium positions, 16.5 seconds down on Dunlop.
Hutchinson has now won four consecutive Supersport TT races representing Prodigy frontman Keith Flint's Team Traction Control.
His 14th win means he is now the joint third most successful solo rider in the event's history behind John McGuinness (23) and Joey Dunlop (26).
In 2010, Hutchinson became the first man to win five solo TT races in a year. But just a few months later his career looked to be over after he almost lost a leg following a crash at Silverstone.
Last year, though, he returned to the Isle of Man and won three races..
He added: "To be mentioned alongside names like Mike Hailwood is incredible. He was a legend."
Hailwood, also known as "Mike The Bike", was renowned for his stylish riding and his last win came in the 1979 Senior race.
The 600cc race was put back two hours because of mist on various parts of the course. Hutchinson, riding a Came Yamaha, led Dunlop by four seconds at the end of the first circuit thanks to an opening lap of 127.45mph.
He extended his lead after lap two to seven seconds with an improved lap speed of 127.736 - the fastest of the race - and went on to secure a comfortable victory.
James Hillier, Bruce Anstey and Lee Johnston completed the top six, with Manxman Conor Cummins seventh. | Ian Hutchinson has claimed a hat-trick of TT wins for a second consecutive year to join Mike Hailwood on 14 victories at the Isle of Man event. | 36477785 |
Police were called to the Parkway Sports and Social Club in Plymouth on Sunday after about 15 people were reported to be fighting in a bar.
"A number of people suffered minor injuries following the brawl," police said.
Two men, aged 23 and 29, and 24-year-old woman were arrested for affray and have been bailed to 23 May.
Club managing director Chris Carwithen said the fracas started in the bar after the event.
"There was an altercation that escalated out of control," he said.
"We are holding our own investigation and anyone involved will be banned for life. We don't tolerate that kind of behaviour."
Police said the fight broke out at 19:55 BST at the club in Ernesettle Lane. They are appealing for witnesses. | Two men and a woman have been arrested after a mass brawl broke out following a baby-naming ceremony. | 36191273 |
The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act was fast-tracked through Parliament in three days last July.
It allows Britain's intelligence agencies to gather people's phone and internet communications data.
But former Conservative minister David Davis and Labour's Tom Watson will argue that the legislation is incompatible with human rights.
Individuals or organisations have the power to seek a judicial review of any decision by a public body that they believe has been made unlawfully.
The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act was rushed through Parliament in July 2014, after a ruling by the European Union's Court of Justice rendered existing powers illegal.
A bill's passage through the Commons usually takes a matter of weeks or months but there are well-established procedures for fast-tracking legislation when MPs believe it is necessary to do so.
The government said at the time that without the new law the UK's ability to fight crime and protect the country against terrorism would be seriously impeded.
Ministers said the act would simply maintain existing powers, which required communications companies to retain data for 12 months for possible investigation.
They said it would not allow police or security agencies to access the content of calls or emails without a warrant.
The plans were supported by the three main parties, but opposed by civil liberties campaigners.
However, Mr Watson and Mr Davis say the legislation was rushed and lacked adequate safeguards, and needs to be re-thought.
They argue that the legislation is incompatible with the right to a private and family life, and data protection, under both the Human Rights Act and the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The MPs aim is to get the legislation sent back to Parliament for further consideration, under the terms of the Human Rights Act, or struck down under the terms of the European charter.
The legislation relates to the harvesting and retention of data only - the power to access stored data is governed by separate laws.
Mr Watson said in a statement: "The government's decision to use emergency powers to enable it to spy on citizens shows the rights of the individual need to be strengthened to ensure the state can't act with impunity.
"Even MPs are powerless to prevent such powers being enacted.
"The Human Rights Act allows us to challenge those powers in the courts but the Tory government is intent on tearing up the Act and doing away with the limited legal protection it affords.
"It is vital that we fight for it to be retained."
Mr Davis, who has also criticised the government's intention to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights, said: "This Act of Parliament was driven through the House of Commons with ridiculous and unnecessary haste to meet a completely artificial emergency."
Emma Norton, a legal officer for campaign group Liberty, which is bringing the case on behalf of the two MPs, said: "People need to understand just how personal this information is that will be taken and retained and what an intimate portrait of their lives it will create.
"And there was very little evidence to suggest that by giving police even greater banks of information about people who they don't even suspect of committing crimes it is going to make their jobs easier - it isn't."
The Home Office said it does not comment on on-going legal proceedings. The High Court hearing is expected to last two days but the verdict is not expected for some months.
The MPs' legal challenge comes as Home Secretary Theresa May draws up proposals to give police and spies new powers to monitor internet and phone use.
Downing Street said the measures, announced in last month's Queen's Speech, would "address gaps" in intelligence gathering and access to communications data that are putting "lives at risk".
However, civil liberties campaigners claim they will pave the way for mass surveillance of UK citizens.
Mrs May's efforts to introduce a similar bill in 2012, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, were blocked by their coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats. | The High Court is hearing a legal challenge to the government's emergency surveillance law, brought by two MPs. | 33000160 |
The nine-year-old won his first four starts over fences, including a three-length victory over Cue Card in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day.
"The vet scanned him this morning and it's a slight tendon tear," said trainer Colin Tizzard.
"We've seen it at every yard and it happens every year."
Native River, the Hennessy Gold Cup and Welsh Grand National winner and Thistlecrack's stable-mate at Tizzard's yard, is now favourite for the Festival showpiece on 17 March.
Cue Card, another Tizzard-trained prospect, and 2015 Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam are also challengers.
Thistlecrack has won eight times in 11 starts over hurdles, but came second to Many Clouds in the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham at the end of January.
Many Clouds subsequently collapsed and died after the winning post.
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
What a blow for his owners, the Tizzard Team, Tom Scudamore and the horse's fans - but also for jump racing.
Thistlecrack really was the new star turn, and we had come to hang our coat on him in terms of generating interest.
He is also the latest big-name for the sport's Cheltenham Festival in March to fall by the wayside - after Annie Power, Faugheen, Sprinter Sacre, Don Cossack and Coneygree - and none of the winners of the main races from 2016 will be back this time.
As for Thistlecrack, there's no reason he will not return, although the big question is when. A defence of the King George in December looks touch and go, so maybe in time for the 2018 Gold Cup. | Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Thistlecrack has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a slight tendon tear. | 39042339 |
The game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Roberto Firmino's spot-kick cancelling out Keidi Bare's first-half opener for the La Liga side.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson saw his penalty saved by Miguel Angel Moya in the resulting shootout.
And Filipe Luis stepped up to net the decisive spot-kick.
Jurgen Klopp's side reached the final of the four-team competition after beating hosts Bayern Munich 3-0 on Tuesday, while Atletico progressed with a 2-1 win over Napoli.
Liverpool, who won the Asia Cup last month, will now prepare to face Athletic Bilbao in Dublin in their final friendly match before their league campaign begins at Watford on 12 August.
Meanwhile, Atletico will now travel to England to face Premier League newcomers Brighton in a friendly at the Amex Stadium on 6 August. | Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the pre-season campaign after losing 5-4 on penalties in the Audi Cup final against Atletico Madrid in Munich. | 40809596 |
University of Edinburgh scientists found the painkiller interrupted the production of testosterone when given for seven days.
The hormone is key to the development of male reproductive organs.
NHS guidelines say paracetamol should be taken only if necessary in pregnancy and for the shortest possible time.
And anyone needing long-term treatment must seek medical advice.
The UK watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, says paracetamol is one of the few painkillers generally considered safe if expectant mothers absolutely need to take it.
It can also be important in treating fevers that could otherwise lead to harm
But previous studies have hinted that paracetamol could kick-start reproductive problems in the womb.
For example, Danish research found women who took painkillers were more likely to have boys born with undescended testes - this can sometimes lead to future reproductive troubles.
To find out what might be behind this link, scientists engineered a system to mimic the conditions of human pregnancy as closely as possible.
Mice were implanted with human foetal tissue and given paracetamol for seven days.
They had much lower levels of testosterone in their blood than those given a dummy drug.
But when given doses for just one day, it appeared to have no effect.
Dr Rod Mitchell, the lead researcher, said: "This study adds to existing evidence that prolonged use of paracetamol in pregnancy may increase the risk of reproductive disorders in male babies.
"We would advise that pregnant women should follow current guidance that the painkiller be taken at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time."
Researchers caution it is still too early to tell to what extent their findings apply to humans, but point out that a study on pregnant women would not be possible for ethical reasons.
However, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says paracetamol is an important treatment that should not be avoided altogether.
Dr Martin Ward-Platt, spokesman for the organisation, added: "The study specifically relates to paracetamol use over at least several days.
"There are times where one or two doses is needed to treat one-off episodes of fever, for example.
"Fever during pregnancy can be harmful to the developing embryo, with links to a significant increase in the rates of spina bifida and heart malformations, so small doses of paracetamol are sometimes necessary."
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which monitors the safety of drugs used in the UK, said it would be "carefully evaluating" the findings.
Meanwhile, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists warns the study has to be treated with caution.
Dr Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, of the college's scientific advisory committee, said: "This is a robust piece of research.
"However, it is important to note that the study was carried out in animal models and it is not possible to translate the findings into a recommendation regarding what would be safe or unsafe in pregnant women.
"Additionally, the mice were not pregnant but in a 'pregnancy state' which was induced by a hormone and human foetal testicular tissue which was grafted on to them.
"Further research needs to be conducted into how paracetamol may affect testosterone levels as well as examining the long-term developmental effects on testosterone production."
The study is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. | Pregnant women should be careful when taking paracetamol as long-term use could affect the reproductive health of their sons, a study in mice suggests. | 32808969 |
Isabel Martinez, 33, has been charged with five counts of malice murder, five counts of murder and six counts of aggravated assault.
Police found the bodies after responding to a 911 call in Loganville, located outside of Atlanta.
Another child inside the home was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Gwinnett County police Cpl Michele Pihera said: "Right now we believe we have everybody involved in this crime.
"What her motivations are for committing this horrendous crime, we still don't know."
The suspect called police from the property at 04:47 local time (08:47 GMT) to report a stabbing.
Cpl Pihera said the mother spoke Spanish in the 911 call, which initially made it difficult for operators to communicate with her.
The county sheriff's office said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement were getting involved in the case, but did not specify further details.
In Chicago, relatives of the family said Ms Martinez had been "a little down and depressed" because her father died in Mexico one day after Father's Day.
Police said the children were all under the age of 10 and the man in his mid-30s.
A knife appeared to be used in the attack, but a medical examiner will determine how each of the victims died, Cpl Pihera added.
A neighbour told WSB-TV that the woman may have been home with her deceased family members for hours before police arrived.
"It's reasonable to believe they were in the home all night," Gwinnett police Corporal Deon Washington told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. | A Georgia mother is in custody after her four young children and their father were found dead in an apparent stabbing at their home, police said. | 40521686 |
The Nikkei 225 was down 0.96% at 19,115.48 in early trade, while the dollar weakened against the yen.
A stronger yen hurts Japan's big exporters as it makes their products more expensive to buy overseas.
Australian stocks were down in early trade despite positive job numbers.
The country's jobless rate came in at 5.8% in November, down from 5.9% the month before - the lowest reading since early last year.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics also said 71,400 new jobs were created for the month, against forecasts for a fall of 10,000. The Australian dollar rose more than 1% against the US dollar on the news.
Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 was down 1.64% however at 4,998.10 points, with the country's big lenders dragging on the benchmark index.
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank were both down close to 2.5%, ANZ was down 2.35%, while National Australia Bank was the biggest loser, down more than 3%.
In China, investor sentiment was mixed, with the Shanghai Composite index up 0.41% at 3,486.91 , while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was flat, up just 0.05% at 21,813.12.
Korea's benchmark Kospi index was flat, down 0.07% at 1,946.28. | Japan's benchmark Nikkei index was one of several stock markets to fall across Asia on Thursday, as the country's big exporters were hurt by a stronger yen. | 35058118 |
The 30-year-old former Colchester man has made 151 appearances for the Shrimpers, having become Phil Brown's first signing as manager in 2013.
White, who had been out of contract, captained the side that won promotion via the League Two play-offs in 2015.
"I know the ambition of the club, the manager and the players here," White added.
"With how close we got last season, it was a no-brainer that we're going to be looking to do a bit better from the start of the season this time to give ourselves the best chance of getting promotion." | Southend United defender John White has signed a one-year contract with the League One side. | 40178695 |
Campaigners had argued St Luke's at the Leicester Royal Infirmary was an important part of the city's heritage.
But the city council's planning committee voted in favour of demolition on Wednesday.
Consultant Dr Mark Ardron said he was "pleased" the £48m plans for the hospital had moved forward but "a bit sad" at the loss of the chapel.
A new chapel will feature "as many artefacts and fittings" from the original building as possible, he said.
"We are very pleased and relieved and just a bit sad that the historic building's got to go."
He added: "But we are very pleased we can go ahead and expand our A&E department and provide better facilities and healthcare for the people of Leicestershire."
He said the work on the new A&E department should be complete in two years.
St Luke's was built in 1887, designed by local architect William Beaumont Smith, and contains memorials to the work of doctors and nursing staff.
City councillor Adam Clarke, who stepped down from the planning department over conservation issues, said not enough thought had gone into the plans and saving the chapel.
"It was built 60 years before the NHS was founded. Nurses, patients and hospital staff have gone there to grieve, to mourn, to pray and to hope," he said. | A Victorian hospital chapel will be demolished to make way for an expanded A&E department. | 29357876 |
Alas poor Hermann, but he wasn't the only one to disappear without trace at Troon's storied par three.
Twenty-seven years before Hermann, Gene Sarazen's chances went south when he took five and lost the Claret Jug by one to Arthur Havers. And 74 years after Sarazen, a young superstar was going nicely in the final round of the Open when he fetched-up at the famous par three.
Six shots later, Tiger Woods' challenge was done.
Designed by Willie Fernie, the Open champion of 1883, given its name by Willie Park Jnr, the Open champion of 1887 and 1889 and refined by James Braid, five-time Open champion between 1901 and 1910, the Postage Stamp is in the pantheon of great par threes.
History? It's all around you out there on the patch of land that is about to host the 145th Open. The tee-box at the top of a dune, a long and narrow green carved out of sand hills. Standing guard, like malevolent sentries, five cavernous bunkers that spell trouble, at best, and death, at worst.
Hit it high and the wind might kill it. Hit it low and it's tough to stop it. Hit it short or right or left and you're not quite in Hermann country but you're in a bad place, a circle of hell for some.
Talk to a few of golf's best thinkers and many of them smile when the Postage Stamp is mentioned. To them, it's not just a golf hole, it's more than that. It's the way golf should be.
We now live in an age where major championship par threes can push on for 300 yards long, and where the game's only answer to technology is to make courses ever longer, ever more brutal. "We're losing that skill element in golf," says Paul McGinley. "The Postage Stamp is great architecture. It's not about distance, it's about course management, it's about shaping a shot, it's about touch and feel."
Thomas Bjorn is of a like mind. "It shows that this game doesn't have to be controlled by the equipment," he said. "It's not about what's long, it's about what's really well designed."
In 2014, BBC Scotland asked 20 top players - who'd won a combined 11 Claret Jugs and almost 400 tournaments worldwide - to name their favourite Open championship hole. It came down to two - the Postage Stamp at Troon and the Road Hole at St Andrews were locked together on six votes each.
Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Nicolas Colsaerts, Louis Oosthuizen, Sam Torrance and Stephen Gallacher went with the Road Hole. Ernie Els, Luke Donald, Paul Casey, Paul McGinley, David Howell and Darren Clarke went with the Postage Stamp.
The casting vote went to Phil Mickelson. The American went for the par three. "Challenging a player for his precision as opposed to solely length is a lost art," said Mickelson at Castle Stuart earlier in the week. "The Postage Stamp is a perfect example of how you can challenge the best players in the world. I would love to see that implemented more."
The Postage Stage demands accuracy over length, brain over brawn. It's a tease, a siren with a touch of the devil. In dead calm, it's a birdie hole. In the wind - different story.
"It was a little dinky eight-iron for me when I played it last week," says Henrik Stenson. "Most of the good par 3s in golf are probably ranging between 123 to maybe 180. I'm not a big fan of the new four-iron or three-iron par threes.
"Of these little ones, the 17th at Sawgrass, the Postage Stamp - you hit a good shot, you make two, you hit a bad one you can walk away with a five. You can have a three-shot swing on a pitching wedge. If you're the kind of fan that wants to see carnage I can highly recommend going out to that eighth hole and sitting in that grandstand on a difficult day."
"There's going to be carnage," says Graeme McDowell. "If the wind blows in the direction I was playing it in last week you're going to have all kinds of numbers. The bunker pin-high right is unplayable. I hit six-iron. The next day I hit eight. It's a very changeable golf hole."
Colin Montgomerie spoke about the outward seven holes at Troon and the feeling he gets when he plays them. All relatively downwind, all fairly straightforward. "I think, 'OK, I can do this, I can plot my way around here'," says Montgomerie. "And then you get to the eighth hole and it's the first one that turns into the wind.
"Even in a practice round you stand up there and it's a potential card-wrecker. Always was and always will be. It does bring to mind the great par threes in the world of golf - Pebble Beach's seventh, the 12th at Augusta, and the eighth at Royal Troon and they're all short holes.
"It's amazing how one can design a course back in the 1870s and it still stands the test of time today. Fantastic. Nearly 150 years old and it can still generate excitement and drama."
McGinley uses the Postage Stamp as an example of not just what a great golf hole should be but as an illustration of how far golf is getting away from artistry. "It's just brilliant and it shows that if you get clever green designs and just a bit of thought then you don't need massive length to challenge players.
"The wind at the Postage Stamp is a big factor, you have a very small target and the margin for error is tiny. You don't have to be far off line for it to be trouble. You have seven or eight yards of width to hit it into.
"I like watching the ball as it hits the green because that tells you what shape you've put on the shot. Normally it plays a little bit into the wind, in off the right. You need to hold the shot in there, which is a difficult skill with a loft on the club. With loft, it's easier to hook the ball but a lot harder to hold it. That's what creates the skill level.
"We're losing that skill from the game, absolutely. Firm and fast fairways and greens call for course management and short par threes do the same. We're not seeing course management much any more.
"The Postage Stamp is all about course management and ball control. It's about who can hold it in that wind, who can play it the right way and create the right spin on the ball so that when it hits the green, it stops. If you get it right, great. If you get it wrong, watch out."
There is another way of playing it, of course. Sarazen was 71 years old when he arrived at Troon for the 1973 Open, the 50th time he'd competed for the Claret Jug.
In his opening round, he punched a five-iron on to the green at the Postage Stamp and it rolled all the way into the hole for an ace. The day after, the great man found sand off the tee, then promptly holed his bunker shot for a birdie.
Sarazen's heroics add to the legend of the hole. Its majesty and danger have long since been written into the folklore of the game. | It is 138 years old and 123 yards long, the shortest hole in Open championship golf and yet one of the most beloved unless you happen to the hapless German amateur, Hermann Tissies, who took five to get out of a greenside bunker on his way to a 15 here in the Open of 1950. | 36750353 |
The body of Adim Baba, 49, was found in a wheelie bin in Essex Close, Luton, on 17 October 2016.
His death was linked to that of Tabussum Winning, 34, found dead at her home in the same road on 10 October.
A man arrested and bailed in connection with the deaths will "face no further action", a police spokesman said.
"Officers are not looking for anyone else in relation to the deaths," he added.
Mr Baba's body was discovered in a bin outside the entrance to the flats. It had been wrapped in cling film and a purple duvet cover.
Bedfordshire Police also confirmed that "the matter has now been passed to the coroner".
An inquest into both deaths has been opened and adjourned. A date for the full inquest has not yet been set. | Police are no longer looking for anybody in what was initially a double murder investigation, where one body was found in a bin. | 38598826 |
Secret filming by the BBC's Panorama programme this month showed vulnerable residents being pinned down, slapped, doused in water and taunted.
An e-mail from the hospital manager last November said "five Safeguarding concerns" appeared to have arisen.
It is thought this may refer to concerns raised with the council's Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults panel.
The e-mail, sent by the manager to support workers and nurses and seen by the BBC, said patients had complained of ill treatment.
It said they had allegedly been teased, forced to swallow medication, threatened, restrained when it was not warranted, and called nicknames which other patients then used.
The e-mail read: "My worry is that these may be happening and some of you do not feel comfortable to challenge what you see.
"I have always said (you have it now again in black and white) I do not condone ANY practice that is less than bespoke for this type of service."
"Safeguarding concerns" would normally refer to matters referred to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults panel at the local authority - South Gloucestershire Council.
The leader of the council's Labour group, Councillor Andy Perkins, told the BBC he was really surprised he had not been told about any concerns when he presided over the social services committee last November.
The private home, which is taxpayer-funded, is to be investigated by the Care Quality Commission.
On Wednesday, Labour health spokeswoman Baroness Thornton added her voice to calls for a public inquiry into the alleged abuse.
Speaking in the House of Lords during an urgent question on the subject, she told peers she wanted a wide-ranging, independent review to "shine a light" on events and allow lessons to be learned.
Police this week arrested two women, aged 22 and 21, and three men, aged 58, 40 and 28. Last week, a woman and three men were arrested and all nine have been released on police bail.
Hospital owner Castlebeck has apologised and suspended 13 employees - including the manager who wrote the e-mail.
The patients filmed by Panorama have been moved to safety. | Council staff may have been been told five times in two months about fears of abuse at Winterbourne View hospital. | 13700532 |
Poole Town boss Tom Killick used the window of groundsman Chris Kelly's home overlooking the club's Tatnam ground.
Killick saw his side beat Cambridge City 3-2 on Saturday to stay top of the Southern League Premier Division.
"In some ways it's a better view because I'm looking at things from above," Killick told BBC Radio Solent.
"Sometimes it's better to see the match from that perspective, but the big thing is the lack of communication with the players. That is what I'm finding difficult."
Killick was serving the fifth match of a six-game suspension for comments made to a referee during a defeat by Redditch on 17 January. | A banished non-league manager came up with an original way to get round his stadium ban - by watching the game through a skylight. | 32123192 |
Controllers on Monday emptied the satellite's fuel tanks and commanded the observatory to sever all communications.
The "passivated" spacecraft is now in a slow drift around the Sun, about 2.14 million km from Earth.
With its 3.5m mirror and three state-of-the-art instruments, Herschel was the most powerful observatory of its kind ever put in space.
In its four years of operations, it gathered pictures and other data at far-infrared wavelengths that have transformed our understanding of star formation and galaxy evolution.
The final command to turn off the communications transponder was sent from the European Space Operations Centre (Esoc) in Darmstadt, Germany, at 12:25 GMT.
The great distance to Herschel meant it took six seconds for the radio message to reach the observatory and a further six seconds for ground stations on Earth to confirm the loss of signal.
"It really was a beautiful spacecraft," said Micha Schmidt, the European Space Agency's (Esa) Herschel spacecraft operations manager.
"It never gave us too much trouble. And that allowed us to streamline things; to learn a lot about pointing the spacecraft, for example. This meant we could maximise the science," he told BBC News.
Decommissioning became necessary when Herschel used up the last of its superfluid helium coolant.
This had maintained the efficient working of the instruments and their detectors, which needed to be kept just fractions of a degree above absolute zero.
When the helium ran dry, Herschel was effectively blind to the objects it wanted to see on the sky.
End-of-life actions involved moving the satellite from its observation station, a gravitational "sweetspot" about 1.5 million km on the "nightside" of the Earth known as the second Lagrangian point (L2).
This will keep the 7m-long spacecraft well clear of other astronomy missions that want to use L2's very stable temperature and light conditions.
Controllers also emptied Herschel's hydrazine propellant tanks to reduce the risk of future explosion.
This involved commanding the satellite to fire its thrusters to exhaustion.
As Herschel drifts, probably in a slow tumble, it will continue to charge its batteries and provide power to the onboard computer.
"In normal circumstances, there is an automatic recovery function whereby Herschel would try to switch on the transponder, but we have overridden this," said Mr Schmidt.
"It will never contact Earth again. We could re-command it. This mode is hardwired and we can't overcome this. But we have no intention of doing that."
Although the spacecraft operation phase may be over, the huge amount of data acquired by Herschel means that the science phase is only now getting into its stride.
Astronomers will continue to scrutinise Herschel's pictures and make discoveries long into the future.
Many of its observations will also be followed up by other telescopes that are able to see some of the same wavelengths of lights. Among them is the giant new Alma radio network in Chile.
"Herschel has been so impressive and its scientific discoveries will continue for a decade at least, if not longer. When you have a cryogenic telescope like this, you almost have to rush because you know it will operate only for a finite time - you have to get all your observations done as fast as you can. But then you go through the data and we will be doing that for a very long time to come," said Prof Alvaro Gimenez, Esa's science director.
"Herschel has taught us so much about stars and planets in our own galaxy. It has shown us how many stars form along great filaments [of gas and dust]. That's something we simply didn't know before," he told BBC News here at the Paris Air Show.
Herschel was launched in 2009 with the Planck Surveyor, which was also stationed at L2.
This telescope, which has been studying the "oldest light" in the Universe, is expected to end its mission around October and will be passivated in the same way as its sibling.
Esa's next mission to the Lagrangian point will be Gaia. Scheduled to launch in September, this space telescope will make the most precise map yet of the stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The billion-euro Herschel space telescope has been switched off. | 22914076 |
The Northern Irishman, 27, said he was verbally abused when he was walking to the eighth tee, stopping to point the offender out to officials at Hazeltine.
"Someone said a few derogatory things I thought were over the line," said McIlroy after winning a third point.
"That particular guy, who is in a small minority, just took it a bit too far."
It is unclear if the man was escorted off the course and McIlroy said he was "unsure if the man had been removed".
Europe, who trail the United States 9½-6½ after the opening two days, need 7½ points from Sunday's 12 singles matches to retain the trophy.
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McIlroy and rookie Pieters were the only winners for Europe in the afternoon fourball session as the home side, spurred on by a partisan crowd in Minnesota, won the final three matches.
"It's a tough environment but we expect that," said McIlroy.
"There have been some boundaries crossed. I let it get to me a couple of times which I probably shouldn't have.
"You have to keep your concentration out there and it's been a long day and sometimes emotions run high.
"It fuelled me a lot. The more they shouted, the better we played, so I hope they shout at us all day on Sunday."
Europe team-mate Sergio Garcia, who is playing in his eighth Ryder Cup, said that the atmosphere had "been quite poor". One fan was heard to shout "Sergio, you suck" during the fourballs, leading Tom Lehman, one of the US vice-captains, to tell people to calm down.
The Spaniard, who, alongside German Martin Kaymer, was beaten two and one by Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar in the fourballs, told BBC Radio 5 live: "85% of people are great.
"I love playing in America and my girlfriend is American, but the 15% that are really bad makes them look bad, and I feel ashamed for my girlfriend."
Ian Poulter, one of Europe's vice-captains after injury prevented him qualifying, tweeted: "Irrespective of the score the US players are policing the fans as they are embarrassed of their behaviour. Shame some spoiling this."
Captain Darren Clarke tried to play down the issue, saying "people are exuberant and enjoying themselves," before adding, "people just seemed to enjoy themselves a little bit too much at times".
US player Jordan Spieth tried to quieten spectators during the foursomes match involving Garcia, and said: "There were times it would quiet down and you would get a fan or two that would just yell and single people out.
"We wanted to hush them down so they were able to hit under the same conditions we were. I think that's fair.
"We wanted to beat them at their best and we thought it would be fair to make sure we did our part in giving them the opportunity we had when we were hitting shots."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Europe's Rory McIlroy asked for a foul-mouthed American fan to be thrown out of the Ryder Cup during his fourball win with Thomas Pieters on Saturday. | 37532689 |
The Swiss, 35, is the bookmakers' favourite to regain the title he last won in 2012.
Defending champion Murray is struggling to recover from a hip injury.
"If he's anything close to 100% physically, I consider him one of the big favourites," said Federer.
"It's that simple. It's the same for Novak and the same for Rafa."
Djokovic, a three-time champion, won only his second title of the year in Eastbourne on Saturday after a poor 12 months by his standards.
Nadal returns to Wimbledon for the first time since 2015, after missing last year through injury.
Murray heads into the tournament without a win on grass this year after losing in the first round at Queen's Club, and was hobbling during practice sessions at the All England Club on Friday and Saturday.
"I think it's very even when we put it all out on the line," said seven-time champion Federer.
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"Everybody has their own little story right now.
"For me, everything that happened sort of before - Queen's for Andy, whatever - doesn't matter so much.
"I feel like Andy's one of the best players in the first week at Wimbledon, so I don't worry too much for him there. He can play himself into shape hopefully for week two.
"Novak is just coming back from winning Eastbourne now. Rafa is coming in red hot from the clay.
"So I see it positive for them rather than negative in some shape, which I'm sure people will try to see that way."
Nadal, 31, has not been past the fourth round at Wimbledon since 2011 and won the last of his two titles in 2010, but arrives fully fit and having just clinched a record 10th French Open.
"I am excited to be playing here again, in a tournament that I really love, I really enjoy playing," said the Spaniard, who plays Australian John Millman on Monday.
"At the same time, I tell you, it's a tournament that you can go out of very early.
"But if I am able to go through at the beginning, I think I am with confidence. I am playing well since the beginning of the season, so let's see."
Angelique Kerber has replaced Serena Williams as the world number one since reaching last year's final, but her form has slumped in 2017 and she is in danger of losing top spot after Wimbledon.
The German, 29, plays Irina Falconi of the US in her opening match.
"I'm starting from zero here," said Kerber. "My mind is just day by day here, like last year.
"I will not put the pressure too high. I'm already so long the number one, I will try, of course, to keep it.
"But at the end, I am here to play round by round and focusing only on my matches, not about the numbers or the rankings, the points I have to defend, or whatever."
Two-time champion Petra Kvitova will be the centre of much attention as she continues her remarkable comeback following a knife attack in December.
The Czech, 27, suffered lacerations to her playing hand and it was feared she might never play again.
On the contrary, Kvitova returned ahead of schedule at the French Open, and then won only the second tournament she played since her comeback, on the Birmingham grass last week.
"I'm not sure if it is the result of what happened, but maybe I feel a bit fearless because of what happened," said Kvitova, who opens against Johanna Larsson of Sweden.
"I find out what's important and what is not. Sometimes I'm thinking on the court that I already won the biggest fight, and if I fight in the match, it doesn't matter if I win the last point or lost. I will still be happy to play." | Roger Federer says 'Big Four' rivals Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will still pose a major threat to his Wimbledon hopes, despite questions around each of them. | 40470432 |
The Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire forces have asked G4S to carry out a feasibility study to see what it might be able to offer.
But Unison, the union for civilian staff, says it is "very concerned" about the move.
One current police employee said it was "disgusting to try to turn a profit out of policing".
Leicestershire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Phil Kay said: "The approach has been made to allow the three forces to gain information about what G4S might be able to offer in terms of service delivery, in areas such as contact management [999 and 101 call handling]."
He stressed that "no commitment" has been made at this stage.
Lincolnshire Police was the first force to outsource staff to G4S, in April 2012.
John Shaw, of G4S, said: "The improvements we've made at the control room in Lincolnshire have reduced response times and increased caller satisfaction, meaning Lincolnshire Police now has one of the top performing control rooms in the country.
"We're looking at how Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire may be able to achieve the same improvements."
However, Unison's Dave Ratchford said: "Putting policing in the hands of multinationals like G4S is a step towards a very worrying future."
"Justice is not and never, ever should be for sale," he added.
One police employee, who did not want to be named, told the BBC he was "very concerned".
"Privatisation is false economics and should never be applied to front-line public services. It is disgusting that we should have businesses trying to turn a profit out of policing," he said. | Three police forces are considering outsourcing their control rooms to private security firm G4S. | 34707762 |
The orchestra was on the brink of closure two years ago because of funding cuts.
However, it received a last-minute deal from Stormont and Belfast City Council.
Sir George, who is stepping down as chair later this week, said the orchestra's financial situation has greatly improved.
"Two years ago, to use an accounting term, we weren't sure we we were going to be able to say it was a going concern - that is that you could look ahead 12 months and say you were going to be solvent," he said.
"This year, already, we know that we're going to be getting funding from government sources that will make our future secure."
The orchestra is the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland.
It plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and the Waterfront Hall. | The outgoing chair of the Ulster Orchestra, Sir George Bain, says the organisation's future is more secure than it has been for a very long time. | 38283478 |
The bank plans to close investment banking operations in several Asia Pacific countries,
The changes are the first big move by Barclays' new chief executive, James "Jes" Staley, to cut costs.
The move is part of Barclays' strategy to focus more narrowly on geographical areas where it sees the most growth, in particular the US and the UK.
Investment banking operations in Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand will all be closed down, according to the latest decision, although it will offer services from other locations.
It will also cut its operation in Brazil and deal with those clients from New York and London, although banking services will still be provided locally.
Barclays is pulling out of Russia completely and clients there will be handled from London.
The shake-up means Barclays will get out of cash equity sales in some countries in Asia Pacific and elsewhere.
It is also looking at getting out of precious metals trading, in line with a strategic review announced in 2014.
At that time, the bank announced it would shed 19,000 jobs, 7,000 of them in investment banking. That process has now been been completed.
In its statement issued on Thursday, Barclays said it would continue to focus on its two home markets in the UK and US.
It said that in Asia, it would continue to act for clients from offices in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and India.
"With these actions, we are accelerating the Investment Bank strategy outlined in 2014, focusing on its core strengths and running the business for returns," said Mr Staley.
"We continue to build on the business's dual home markets in the UK and US and remain committed to a strong presence in Asia and EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa], consistent with operating a leading global investment bank within the Barclays group." | Barclays is to cut about 1,200 jobs, most of them in its investment banking business in Asia. | 35369821 |
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Monfils, the 15th seed, won 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round - and leave Britain with four players in the last 32 of the singles.
Andy Murray, Johanna Konta, Aljaz Bedene and Heather Watson will all play third-round matches on Friday.
Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares beat Roman Jebavy and Jiri Vesely 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 6-4 in the doubles.
Monfils, 30, goes on to face compatriot Adrian Mannarino, who beat Japan's Yuichi Sugita in five sets.
With 15,000 spectators on Centre Court and the temperature approaching 40C, it was the more experienced Monfils who rose to the occasion.
"Kyle has won a round at Wimbledon and been out on Centre Court, but I think he can improve," said former British number one Tim Henman.
"He's 50 in the world but I think with the weapons he's got, he needs to be more comfortable coming forward, improve his defensive skills and mentally have more belief in himself."
Edmund's first-round win over Alex Ward was his first at Wimbledon, at the fifth time of asking, but the 22-year-old could not pull off a shock on the biggest stage of all.
The world number 50 ended the match with 14 unforced errors off his forehand, a huge shot that is the bedrock of his game.
Edmund, currently without a coach, had his chances against Monfils but could not capitalise on three break points in the ninth game, and then played a poor tie-break.
The fragile Monfils, who has a long history of injury problems, fell heavily as Edmund recovered a break midway through the second set but again the Briton failed to build momentum.
Monfils reeled off three straight games to take the second set, and recovered from 3-0 down in the third as Edmund's challenge faded away after two hours and 12 minutes.
"It was a great match to learn from," said Edmund.
"I got my game out on court, which is something I wanted to do, and just lack a bit of maturity at this stage.
"A few shots in certain points or match situations I just needed to be better on. I'm only 22 years old, I don't know all the answers. That's why it's a great thing to learn from."
Tim Henman, six-time Wimbledon semi-finalist
I just want more from Kyle, and that's because I think he's a very, very good player. I don't think he should be ranked 50, I think he should be knocking on the door of the top 30 and then the top 20.
But there are still areas he can add to his game. He's got such a big forehand, but if he can look to move forward and finish the point occasionally at the net it will give him an extra dimension and put a little bit more doubt into his opponent's mind.
Mentally, his character on the court, he needs to express himself a little bit better. That will help him with his overall belief because he is a very, very good player and I would like to see him back here at the championships next year definitely seeded, and definitely in the second week. For me, he's still scratching the surface. | France's Gael Monfils ended the hopes of British number two Kyle Edmund with a straight-set win on Centre Court. | 40521909 |
Forward Ajose, 24, is Swindon's top scorer with 22 goals in 36 league games this season, having arrived following his release by Leeds in September.
Iraq midfielder Kasim, 24, has also been linked with a move to other clubs.
Asked if he was planning for life without Ajose and Kasim, Williams admitted: "Yes, I think that's a sensible way to think."
He added: "Nick has scored so many goals, I think any club would be interested in a man who can put the ball in the back of the net that many times.
"It's beyond me that Yaser is still playing League One football. I can't find the reason. I'm struggling to find (flaws) in his game.
"It's highly likely that Yaser will play either Premier League football or Championship football next season.
"All the boys are ambitious and they should want to play at the next step. To try too hard to try to persuade them to stay is probably the wrong way to do things.
"I don't like to try to stand in the way of a player's progression, once a player has got that in their mind that they're desperate to go and play elsewhere."
Swindon's survival in the third tier was secured on Saturday as they beat Chesterfield, and they now face Rochdale and Shrewsbury in their final two games of the season.
"We've got a chance to look at some players who we're maybe not 100% sure what level they're at, but we can allow them to show us," Williams told BBC Wiltshire.
"We will try to work on a few different things in training and see if there could be an interesting angle for us to experiment with next season.
"There are very few occasions in football when you have the luxury to try something."
Meanwhile, midfielder Jake Evans, 18, has signed a professional contract with the club. | Swindon Town are planning for life without star duo Nicky Ajose and Yaser Kasim, says head coach Luke Williams. | 36160868 |
Anne Lakey, 55, struck up inappropriate relationships with the pair over a three-year period in the late 1980s, Teesside Crown Court was told.
Caroline Goodwin, prosecuting, said she had committed a "gross breach of trust".
Ms Lakey, from Stanley, County Durham, denies 13 counts of indecent assault.
She is accused of repeatedly having sex with one boy when he was 13 or 14, and another who was 15.
The younger of the boys would go round to Ms Lakey's house while her husband was out, the court heard.
Miss Goodwin said the defendant was a "skilled manipulator" who exploited the boy's "vulnerability and immaturity" and his "natural curiosity" about sex.
"It was their secret. [He] became in a way submissive to her sexual demands. She used him for her own sexual gratification," she said.
"He was a young, impressionable teenager being groomed."
The court heard the boy would visit Ms Lakey when he played truant, and the pair formed a friendship described by the prosecution as "plainly wrong".
Their first sexual encounter happened during a game of dare, which escalated to the boy losing his virginity, Ms Goodwin said.
On one occasion, Ms Lakey rang the boy's school and posed as his mother to explain he was off sick, the jury heard.
They had sex once or twice a week, the prosecution said, until they were nearly caught by the defendant's husband, after which the boy ended the relationship.
He contacted Ms Lakey's school In December 2012, after seeing a blog where she wrote her "raison d'etre was to give young people the best start in life", the court was told.
His e-mail said the teacher was a "disgusting sexual monster" who should not be allowed anywhere near young people, jurors heard.
Ms Lakey dismissed the allegations as "just a fantasy" when confronted by police.
The second alleged victim was 15 when he began to have regular sex with Ms Lakey, the court heard.
This continued for some time, Ms Goodwin said, until "he saw her with someone else and realised he was no longer needed."
The pair recommenced their relationship lawfully when the boy was 17, the court heard.
Ms Lakey told police they had a casual sexual relationship when the boy was 18.
The trial continues. | A head teacher accused of having sex with two underage boys was a sexual predator who exploited her situation, a jury has heard. | 33061184 |
Tigers debutant Jy Hitchcox scored their first try after only 90 seconds, and Solomona added another before Jordan Thompson replied for Hull.
Hitchcox crossed again, but Stephen Michaels and Jamie Shaul tied it at 18-18 before Solomona put Cas ahead again.
Shaul then gave the hosts the lead for the first time but Luke Gale's penalty and drop goal, along with Solomona's hat-trick try, won it for Castleford.
Victory for Castleford moves them to second place, a point behind new leaders Wigan who beat Salford 20-16 in Thursday's other Super League game.
The visitors went ahead after only 90 seconds with Hitchcox going over following good work from Lee Jewitt and Ben Crooks on the right-hand side.
Luke Gale added the extras and did the same minutes later after he started the move which ended with Luke Dorn releasing Solomona to run free on the left.
Thompson burst through the middle of the Castleford defence to close the gap and Marc Sneyd added the conversation.
Dorn's cross-field kick saw Crooks palm the ball to Hitchcox to run in for his second try and Gale's successful conversion saw Cas take a healthy advantage.
But two quick tries for the hosts changed everything as first Michaels crossed in the corner, while Danny Washbrook drew two tacklers to release Shaul, and Sneyd's two conversations ensured the game was level at the break.
Jake Webster's great offload saw Solomona squeeze over for his second try as Castleford started the second half strong.
But Hull went ahead for the first time when Sneyd's conversion gave them a two-point lead after Shaul dived under the posts after a brilliant run.
Gale kicked a penalty and drop goal in quick succession to edge the visitors a point ahead, before Solomona intercepted Carlos Tuimavave's pass to complete his treble.
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Hull coach Lee Radford:
"I'm bitterly disappointed with result but we didn't deserve the two points, so I have no qualms about the result.
"Our work after contact was really poor and we lost the ground battle. They were tighter and tidier around the ruck, which allowed them to have quick play-the-balls.
"I was disappointed with the way we chased the game and panicked. It's still early in the season but there was no composure at the end."
Castleford coach Daryl Powell:
"To win the game in the way we did showed great resilience. It's always tough to come here and win. This is a big win for us.
"The battle in the middle ebbed and flowed both ways. We started well, then we tired and they got back in the game.
"But Luke Gale's drop goal was huge. He told me he's rubbish at drop goals so this should give him some belief."
Hull: Shaul, Michaels, Logan, Tuimavave, Talanoa, Pryce, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Thompson.
Replacements: Ellis, Bowden, Pritchard, Washbrook.
Castleford: Dorn, Monaghan, Crooks, Webster, Solomona, Roberts, Gale, Lynch, McShane, Millington, Holmes, McMeeken, Jewitt.
Replacements: Milner, Massey, Cook, Moors.
Referee: Robert Hicks (RFL). | Denny Solomona scored a hat-trick as Castleford won a thriller at Hull FC. | 35642627 |
Pte Cheryl James, 18, was found shot dead at Deepcut Barracks in 1995 - amid claims of bullying and abuse.
The army said the bullet wound to her head was self-inflicted, but in 1995 a coroner recorded an open verdict.
A fresh inquest is taking place after Surrey Police were forced to disclose new evidence.
Alison Foster QC, representing the James family, said a Surrey Police officer questioned the suicide theory because of the way the body of Pte James, from Denbighshire, was found.
But a childhood friend of Pte James told the hearing she hated the Army and had not wanted to return after her last visit home.
"She just wanted to go Awol," Lydia Baksh told the inquest.
Ms Foster read a statement to the court, made in 2002 by the police officer who reviewed Pte James's death.
She said: "There was no exit wound, the apparent lack of blood on the ground, the way in which the hood of [her] waterproof jacket was covering the face... any one of these indicators would not cause suspicion... but taken together, they ask questions about the way and the manner of Private James's death."
Des James, the soldier's father, told the inquest this evidence confirmed suspicions he and his wife had at the time.
"We were never informed about this and given all the complaints and challenges we made, Surrey Police had many opportunities," he said.
The coroner was also told there was concern about the "thoroughness of the inquiries" made by Surrey Police about an "unknown male" who was seen around the time of Pte James's death.
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
"Surrey Police came to my home to review the case. They told me about what [the private] said, that she was going off into the woods and she said she was going to be fine," he said.
"You can't just be laughing and joking one minute, then go into the woods and [commit suicide]."
Mr James said he felt his daughter had been involved in an argument before she died.
The court was told there were three potential suspects around the time Pte James died, including two "unknown males".
Ms Baksh said her school friend was happy and bubbly, but revealed she had come to hate life in the Army.
"All I can recall is that she was reprimanded a lot," she said.
"The last time she came home she was quite tearful. She just hated the Army, she didn't want to go back in."
Ms Baksh said Pte James had said she had been raped aged 13 or 14 after meeting boys at a party.
"She didn't speak about it much, but after that it really affected her," Ms Baksh told the coroner's court in Woking.
She was also asked about an incident of self-harming by Pte James.
Ms Baksh said: "I can't remember what she did on her arm. It was nothing serious... I guess she was just trying to deal with what she's trying to go through, in a way.
"It was definitely after the rape occurred but it wasn't with the intent to kill herself."
John Beggs QC, representing Surrey Police, asked her about a statement she made when she found out about Pte James's death.
"I was extremely upset, but not in the least bit surprised," Miss Baksh said.
She told the hearing at the time of her friend's death she thought she had killed herself.
"However, now, I wouldn't say I felt certain," she said. | Questions about whether a soldier killed herself at an army base were raised by police as far back as 2002, an inquest has heard. | 35532626 |
Breathing apparatus used by the trust's hazardous response team was not properly checked and a defibrillator had not been charged.
The Care Quality Commission report also said the trust was not meeting response times for the most serious 999 calls.
The trust said concerns about equipment were addressed immediately.
The report found that less than 71% of emergency call-outs were responded to within eight minutes between last April to September. The government target is 75%.
The service has previously been criticised for not reaching national response times for the most serious of calls.
During January and February, inspectors visited 14 ambulance stations including ones in York, Huddersfield, Leeds Central and west Hull.
It found infection control practices were not always followed by staff and procedures for the disposal of clinical waste was concerning.
A large number of ambulances were found to be dirty on the outside and the general cleanliness inside was highlighted as a problem.
Inspectors flagged up areas of outstanding practice at the trust, including a campaign which gave life saving first aid training to more than 12,000 pupils.
Its emergency operations call centre was also praised as was the work of mental health nurses in giving support to patients.
The trust has now been told it must make improvements.
Rod Barnes, chief executive of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said it accepted the report raised issues which needed tackling.
He added: "We have continued to make progress in all areas over recent months and have a clear plan of action to maintain this improvement." | Life-saving equipment used by Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics for major disasters was out of date when it was inspected by the health watchdog. | 34007486 |
DUP leader Peter Robinson warned that it could happen within 24 hours.
However, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said he had been assured by David Cameron that he would not suspend the assembly.
Doing so, said Mr McGuinness, would be "a grave mistake".
A political crisis has been sparked in Northern Ireland following the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr. Police have said they believe IRA members were involved in the shooting.
Sinn Féin has denied this and maintains the Provisional IRA no longer exists.
The PSNI chief constable also said there was no evidence that the killing was sanctioned by the organisation.
On Wednesday, well-known republican and northern chairman of Sinn Féin Bobby Storey was one of three men arrested over the murder.
Speaking at a press conference later that day, Mr Robinson said: "If we can't stop the assembly by way of adjournment or suspension then we will take the step that will cause it to be brought to an abrupt halt."
He said his party had sought a recall of the Northern Ireland Assembly's business committee on Thursday.
If the DUP could not secure an adjournment of the assembly at that meeting or if the Northern Ireland Secretary would not suspend the assembly, then DUP ministers would stand down, he said.
The business committee at Stormont has 10 members drawn from the five main parties, is chaired by the speaker and includes party whips.
It generally meets once a week in private while the assembly is sitting.
Its main function is to consider what business is to be scheduled for assembly plenary sessions, held on Monday and Tuesday.
The current speaker is Sinn Féin's MLA Mitchel McLaughlin and it is the speaker who has the power to allow a recall of the committee.
Unlike important votes in the assembly, votes on the business committee do not require cross-community support, but straight majorities.
Committee members cast their votes in proportion to their parties' strengths in the assembly. For example, DUP members wield 38 votes representing the number of MLAs in the assembly group.
Last week, the DUP's request for an adjournment of the assembly was rejected because it only won support from the Alliance Party and was therefore outvoted by the combined votes of the SDLP, Sinn Féin and the UUP.
Mr McGuinness said he had spoken to both Mr Cameron and to Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny. Both were against any suspension.
His party, he said, had taken a strong stance against "violence, criminality and those who would attempt to drag us back to past".
"We're not going to jump to the tune of the inter-party rivalry that's being played out between both unionist parties at this time," he said.
"I think it would be a grave mistake from the British government to suspend these institutions. I think it would send a very negative message.
"Not only do all the politicians have a duty to provide strong, positive and decisive leadership, that must also be provided by the British and Irish governments."
Meanwhile, BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg said a source close to the talks called the situation at Stormont "very precarious".
"It's thought 'highly unlikely' the DUP will be granted the adjournment of the assembly they seek, leaving the British government with a choice to suspend the assembly or continue with a situation described as a 'farce', if DUP ministers quit as they have threatened to do," she said.
The source suggested the adjournment the DUP is asking for is merely a "gesture" but that if they follow through on their threat to walk out if it is not granted, the UK government would have little choice but to suspend the assembly "if it goes into paralysis".
Political talks to try to resolve the crisis are taking place without the Ulster Unionists, who said they would not take part unless the status of the Provisional IRA is resolved.
The UUP said it would not return to the talks unless the IRA issue was top of the agenda.
Speaking after the DUP statement on Wednesday, UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said it was up to Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to admit that the IRA existed.
"Gerry Adams has to admit that the IRA exists with a structure, without that, it is all bluster," he said.
"Nothing is going to work unless Gerry Adams is honest about the IRA in 2015. It is now over to Sinn Féin."
Alliance party leader David Ford has called on other parties to "stop and think" before jeopardising the power-sharing institutions permanently.
Mr Ford said: "Alliance is exploring a number of options regarding the future of the Assembly in order to allow parties to take a step back and participate in talks in a calm manner."
A delegation representing business, churches, unions and the voluntary sector were also at Stormont to call on political leaders to settle the crisis.
Reverend Harold Good, who witnessed IRA decommissioning during the peace process, said: "We are demanding of our politicians that they work at this until they get it sorted because we cannot afford to have our institutions collapse.
"We could be back to square one." | The DUP has said if the Northern Ireland Assembly is not adjourned or suspended their ministers will quit, amid an IRA row. | 34202545 |
The Scot, 23, was in third place and on the tail of the leaders with 200m to go but faded to finish well behind Kenya's Faith Kipyegon, who took the gold.
"I gave it absolutely everything and on the day my legs just weren't in it," Muir told BBC Scotland.
"Sometimes that happens, unfortunately it happened in an Olympic final."
After breaking Dame Kelly Holmes' 12-year-old British record in the 1500m at the London Anniversary Games last month, many felt Muir could come away from Rio with an Olympic medal.
"People look at times and think 'yeah she can get a medal', but there's a lot more to it than that," Muir said.
"My first Olympics, got to the final fine and [finished] seventh. I'm really proud of how I ran, I did everything right. It just wasn't quite in the legs.
"I ran as best I could. There's nothing more I could have given. It didn't happen to be the result that I wanted, but I'm really proud of how I ran."
Muir's compatriot Eilidh Doyle, 29, finished as a fastest loser in the 400m hurdles semi-final to qualify for Friday's final, and says by doing so she has fulfilled a lifetime ambition.
"As a little girl I always wanted to be part of the Olympics because I love the sport - playing it, watching it," Doyle explained.
"As I got older I realised that these things don't happen very easily, you've got to work really hard for them.
"I knew although I'm ranked six in the world that means nothing when it comes to the Olympics and racing.
"Just to be in that final and go and contend with the best in the world, I'm just over the moon. It's a dream come true."
Doyle is refusing to set herself a medal target for the final, instead preferring to focus on producing her best performance on the biggest stage.
"I don't want to think about medals," said Doyle, who won 400m hurdles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
"I just want to go out there and just give a good account of myself. I want to be able to come off the track knowing I'd given it absolutely everything and that was the best I could do on that day. If I do that I'll be delighted if I come eighth in that final or get on the podium.
"If I can step off the track with my head held high, I'll be delighted." | Laura Muir is proud of the way she ran in the 1500m Olympic final despite slipping out of medal contention on the final lap to finish seventh in Rio. | 37105439 |
He was speaking at a ceremony to mark 70 years since his country surrendered.
PM Shinzo Abe said Japanese service personnel who died had "sacrificed their futures", but China and South Korea have accused him of failing to properly atone for Japan's aggression.
A service was also held at the US naval base of Pearl Harbor, where the conflict began in the Pacific.
More than 2,000 people were killed in the surprise Japanese attack in 1941, which drew the US into the war.
Members of the US Navy and dignitaries from the US and Japan laid wreaths and unveiled a new plaque at the scene.
UK and Commonwealth veterans attended a memorial event at Horse Guards Parade in London.
Demonstrations were held in North and South Korea.
North Korea staged marches and rallies in the Demilitarized Zone with South Korea, while in the southern capital Seoul protesters burned pictures of Mr Abe outside the Japanese embassy.
At the memorial service in Tokyo on Saturday, Mr Abe and Emperor Akihito observed a minute's silence.
Emperor Akihito struck a more apologetic tone than Mr Abe, with an expression of remorse for the nation's wartime aggression.
"I attend this memorial ceremony with a deep and renewed sense of sorrow... I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never be repeated," he added.
The prime minister said the country would "always reflect the past and hate the horror of the war".
But in a statement on Friday he stopped short of issuing a fresh apology to the victims of Japanese aggression, angering South Korea and China.
He said that future generations should not be "predestined to apologise" for their country's wartime actions.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said the Japanese premier's remarks "left much to be desired".
Speaking on Saturday at a ceremony in Seoul, Ms Park called on Mr Abe to reiterate Japan's apologies for abuses during its wartime occupations of neighbouring countries.
"History can never be covered up. History remains alive through its witnesses' vivid testimony," she said.
This day is always controversial and still divides Japan, even 70 years after the war.
Many people have different views over what happened during WW2 and about Japan's defeat.
At the Yasukuni shrine, where Japan commemorates its war dead, thousands of people have been coming to pray.
But also enshrined here are the souls of 12 Class A war criminals; essentially the men who led Japan during the war.
This place is therefore deeply controversial. We have seen nationalists, right wing and paramilitary groups marching in, bowing and praying - not just for the war dead about for the war criminals who they consider to be martyrs.
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Japan's surrender to the allies on 15 August 1945 freed the then-unified Korea from 35 years of occupation, leading Koreans to celebrate the date as Liberation Day.
Ms Park also called on Japan to resolve, "at the earliest possible date", the issue of so-called "comfort women" - Asian women forced to work as sex slaves for the military in Japanese wartime brothels.
A spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Saturday that Japan should have made a "sincere apology to the people of victim countries ... rather than being evasive on this major issue of principle".
Mr Abe did not visit Japan's controversial Yasukuni war shrine this year, as he has in previous years, although there were commemorations at the site.
The shrine has been criticised by China and South Korea because along with Japan's war dead it honours leaders who were later convicted of war crimes.
They include General Hideki Tojo, who authorised the attack on Pearl Harbor and drew the US in to the war.
In North Korea, clocks were set back 30 minutes on Saturday to so-called Pyongyang time to remove the country from a shared timezone established under Japanese colonial rule.
In 1995, then-Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama issued a landmark apology for Japan's "colonial rule and aggression".
His sentiments were repeated 10 years later by then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
A commentary by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said that Mr Abe's statement was a "huge step backwards" in comparison with the statements of the predecessors.
A report by North Korean state-run news agency KCNA quoted an unnamed foreign ministry spokesperson as saying that "with no word of apology or remorse", Japan is "not yet liquidating its heinous crimes" and that was "an unbearable mockery of the Korean people".
Chinese news agency Xinhua said Mr Abe's statement was a "crippled start" to building trust among neighbours. | Japanese Emperor Akihito has for the first time expressed "deep remorse" over Japan's role in World War Two. | 33943736 |
The 20-year-old scored 314.25 from her five dives at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre to finish 11th in the semi-finals and claim one of 12 places in Sunday's final (20:00 BST).
However, team-mate Rebecca Gallantree is out after finishing 20th.
"I haven't even thought about what I can do in the final," said Reid. "The main goal again is to enjoy it."
Meanwhile, Rio's main Olympic pool will be drained as part of major work to prepare for Sunday's synchronised swimming.
The larger pool in the arena turned green on Wednesday, a day after the diving pool had also changed colour. | Great Britain's Grace Reid is through to the final of the Olympic women's 3m springboard event in Rio. | 37074744 |
According to the Mirror, there were 1,569 recorded cases of shoplifting in the city over a 12 month period up to June 2015.
The figures equate to one crime for every 61 residents.
Lincolnshire Police said the data does not account for the large number of people visiting the city.
Ch Insp Stuart Brinn said: "Any shoplifting is a problem - but Lincoln is not a hotbed of shoplifting crime.
"The number of offences in Lincoln is fairly low - what they have looked at is the resident population," he said.
"You divide one by the other and you come up with a relatively high figure."
He added the figures were skewed because groups such as outside workers, students and tourists were not included.
Police said the number of thefts from shops in Lincoln had fallen by 20% since 2013.
Westminster came second in the Mirror's report - with the equivalent of one in every 62 people committing the crime.
Other "shoplifting hotspots" identified in the report include Middlesbrough, Hull, North East Lincolnshire and Nottingham.
South Cambridgeshire had the lowest level of shoplifting crime - according to the report - with just one in every 1,207 people shoplifting over the same period.
Across England and Wales there were 327,925 cases of shoplifting, the Mirror said. A rate of one crime for every 176 residents. | Police have dismissed claims made by a national newspaper that Lincoln is the shoplifting capital of England and Wales. | 35250439 |
Both clubs will aim to join Burnley in the top tier after they secured a top-two finish by beating QPR on Monday.
James Wilson netted a scrappy 95th-minute equaliser for Brighton, who also had Lewis Dunk sent off after Andreas Weimann had put Derby in front.
Brighton are third, level on points with Boro, ahead of their trip to the Riverside on the season's final day.
A defeat by play-off-bound Derby would not have altered Brighton's promotion prospects too much, given they have an inferior goal difference to Middlesbrough.
Chris Hughton's side will go to Teesside without suspended centre-back Dunk, who was sent off with seven minutes remaining for two yellow cards - the second of them coming after a reckless lunge on Craig Bryson.
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Anthony Knockaert came closest to opening the scoring for Brighton against the Rams, his first-half free-kick being headed off the line by Jason Shackell.
But Derby looked the more likely of the two sides to find the net, particularly after half-time, and substitute Weimann fired in at the second attempt after David Stockdale had saved his initial shot.
However, Manchester United loanee Wilson turned in the equaliser after a goalmouth scramble from a corner to extend Brighton's unbeaten run to 13 games.
A point for the visitors means they cannot be caught by sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday, and Darren Wassall's Rams now know they will face Hull City in the play-offs.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "We will be going to the Riverside with a winning mentality and we need to show enough quality.
"There's no doubt Middlesbrough will be the favourites and they'll be pleased with our result, but we've given ourselves every chance.
"We have been good away from home for the majority of the season and we haven't lost today. It is a big task but not one that is impossible.
"You don't have it all your own way over the course of the season... you have to take some blows and you get used to bouncing back."
Derby head coach Darren Wassall: "Brighton are having a magnificent season but our performance spoke volumes.
"We came and put on a fantastic display. We handled the occasion magnificently and I'm proud of the team.
"We want to keep momentum going into the play-offs and, credit to the squad, we have continuity building."
On their upcoming play-off clash with Hull: "Why not get promotion via the play-offs? We have as good a chance as anyone.
"We have beaten Hull twice already this season but Steve Bruce is a wily old fox. We are ready and we can't worry about anyone else." | Brighton's draw with Derby means they must beat Middlesbrough on Saturday to be promoted to the Premier League. | 36126841 |
Millions of her customers could have had their data - including bank details - stolen in what the company has described as a "concerted cyber-attack".
I am told that TalkTalk first started experiencing "latency" problems with its internet servers during the day on Wednesday.
That means information that should have been transferred easily between different parts of the business started slowing down.
TalkTalk shut down its website overnight as what is called a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack took hold.
I am told that attack "punched a lot of holes" in TalkTalk's systems and allowed the attackers to gain access to the customer data.
TalkTalk will have to reveal pretty quickly whether all that data was encrypted.
TalkTalk had earlier called in the police and its cyber-security provider - a major global company which I have been asked not to name.
It does not appear that TalkTalk knows whether the attack came from within Britain or abroad.
And of course in all situations like this, companies are dealing with groups that operate in the shadows and across national borders.
One thing it is worth noting at this early stage is that there have been a number of recent reports about groups attacking companies and subsequently demanded ransoms in Bitcoins.
One group is named DD4BC, which has been accused of emailing companies with demands to be paid.
It is as yet unclear whether TalkTalk has been the target of a similar attack, but I am told it is already a strong line of inquiry.
Following my earlier blog, I have been contacted by a number of companies which say there was a significant upsurge in Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Wednesday, the day TalkTalk was infiltrated.
Some appear to be connected with extortion, with ransoms demanded in Bitcoins.
This appears to be a far wider problem.
Even if it is part of a wider attack, it is still very bad news for TalkTalk, which has been dealing with high levels of customer complaints already about its service.
And it had two more minor data breaches earlier this year.
With Sky and BT much bigger providers, TalkTalk knows that this major infiltration by cyber-criminals is very serious.
Investors seem to agree. TalkTalk's share price is down nearly 10% this morning. | Dido Harding, the chief executive of TalkTalk, has a firestorm on her hands. | 34613137 |
Labour's Neil Coyle said MPs had been "warned of copycat attacks" while Ben Bradshaw said they had been told to hold appointment-only surgeries.
Separately a man has been charged under the Malicious Communications Act over a phone call made to Mr Bradshaw.
Mrs Cox was shot dead outside a library where she was due to hold a surgery in her West Yorkshire constituency.
A 52-year-old man has been arrested.
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The MP's surgery, which had been advertised on her website, was to be at the public library in Birstall, a small market town.
The Times reported police had been due to put extra security in place at these events, after she had been harassed in a stream of messages over the past three months - but there is no known link between the messages and Thursday's attack.
MPs in Parliament are protected by layers of security and armed police - but in their constituencies, many meet voters face-to-face on a weekly basis.
Like many MPs, Mrs Cox said on her website: "No appointment is necessary, please just come along."
A National Police Chiefs' Council spokeswoman said police forces across the country had been asked to reiterate advice to MPs about personal safety and "consider any new security concerns they may have".
She added: "Officers will offer further guidance and advice where an MP requests it on a case-by-case basis depending on any specific threat or risk."
Bermondsey MP Mr Coyle said: "We've all been warned of copycat attacks."
"Police have been in touch with many MPs to offer additional security for those of us who are having surgeries today."
And former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw told the BBC on Friday: "Advice has been given to all of us to have appointment-only surgeries."
It has emerged Devon and Cornwall Police have charged a 37-year-old man with sending "communication of an offensive nature" following an abusive telephone call made to his Parliamentary office.
Emails from the whips' offices have been sent to MPs advising them to talk to local police forces about security measures.
By any standard, today's MPs are both more independent and more active than previous generations.
But there's a side of an MP's life that they don't talk about very much; fear.
One MP for a leafy south-eastern constituency told me yesterday that he always felt a surge of relief when he passed through the armed police cordon that protects Westminster.
Every MP has a tale or two about agitated constituents ranting threats and kicking furniture, and every time, they wonder how far it will go.
Is that vaguely threatening comment on Twitter or Facebook the start of something more sinister?
Has that threatening visitor to the surgery got the anger out of their system, or will they come back, perhaps with a knife?
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Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "I think what we have done is put procedures in place to support MPs, but not just MPs, it's staff and family as well. My problem is persuading my colleagues to take up what we've got in security measures."
He added: "Each MP will have to decide what they feel they need because it's not one-size-fits-all."
Labour MP Caroline Flint told the BBC that she had spoken to counterparts in the US and across the world who were "quite astonished at the up close and personal relationship we have with our constituents".
She said surgeries were a "good and very positive" part of British democracy but MPs had to be "mindful" about their safety and that of their staff in the face of "sometimes abusive" constituents.
The Labour MP for Barnsley Central, Dan Jarvis, said: "I know MPs are scared. We'll be reviewing our security, but I'll walk through Barnsley today like every Friday."
Fellow Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds was going ahead with his constituency surgery but with "security present."
Gavin Barwell, the Conservative MP for Croydon Central, said he had made security changes at his office after a man threatened to kill him earlier this month.
He said: "We used to have a door that was unlocked. People could just walk in and talk to my staff.
"We're keeping the door locked at the moment and admitting people when they have an appointment or if we know them, or are relaxed about who they are."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "Politicians all over the country will hold Friday surgeries today. We'll do so with heavy hearts. But it's what we do. May it never change."
But Rachel Reeves, whose Leeds West seat is close to Mrs Cox's Batley and Spen constituency, told the BBC: "The work of an MP in our surgeries, our work in the community must continue but I think it's right today that as well as ceasing the campaigning in the referendum that we close our office."
Labour's Stephen Timms, who survived being stabbed twice in the stomach by a constituent in 2010, said police had then asked if he wanted a metal detecting arch at his East Ham constituency surgeries, but he had been reluctant to have one installed.
"The problem with that would be that it would make going to see your MP a pretty unpleasant experience and none of us want that to happen."
Dr David James, of the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC), a Home Office unit which deals with security risks to public figures, said nobody wanted "fortified constituency surgeries" but things could be done to persuade MPs more generally to report disturbing behaviour.
He said: "One of the problems is that MPs, some MPs, tend to see this sort of aggressive behaviour as something that goes with the job. It isn't and it shouldn't be." | Police have urged MPs to review security at constituency surgeries after the fatal attack on Jo Cox. | 36558603 |
South East Labour MEP Anneliese Dodds called for an investigation in an amendment to the European Parliament's annual competition report earlier this month, which passed by 467 votes to 156, with 86 abstentions.
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, has written to Dodds to say the matter will not be taken any further.
Vestager said: "The transaction was notified to national competition authorities in several member states, namely Austria, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, all which approved it last year."
Dodds says smaller teams are "unfairly punished" because of the way F1 is run.
As well as the sport's takeover by Liberty Media, Dodds also expressed concerns over its UK tax arrangements.
Dodds pointed to the recent collapse of the Manor team as an example of how the sport is failing some teams.
"Smaller teams are unfairly punished by an uncompetitive allocation of prize money that will always give the biggest teams more money, even if they finish last in every race," she said.
In 2015, two of F1's smaller teams, Force India and Sauber, asked the EU's Competition Commission to investigate the sport due to perceived unfairness over the way revenues were divided and rules decided.
The Commission has not yet ruled out an investigation into this issue. | The European Commission has rejected a call from hundreds of Euro MPs to investigate the takeover of Formula 1 by Liberty Media. | 39108841 |
Andy Flower's successor will be responsible for all formats of the game, charged with rebuilding the team's shattered confidence and moulding a side capable of competing for the World Cup and Ashes in 2015.
England limited-overs coach Ashley Giles is the clear favourite for the role, but England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke has committed himself to a "proper process" to identify the best candidate.
Will the ECB plump for a foreign coach with a proven international record, or would it prefer an Englishman with first-hand knowledge of the young players emerging through the county game?
BBC Sport assesses some of the main contenders for the biggest job in English cricket.
Age: 40
Teams coached: Warwickshire, England
Best odds: 4-5
Pros: Giles led Warwickshire to the County Championship title in 2012 and took England to the final of the Champions Trophy on home soil last summer. Popular among the England players, the 2005 Ashes winner has a close relationship with captain Alastair Cook and batsman Kevin Pietersen, whom he recently described as a "million-pound asset". Described by Clarke as a "strong candidate", Giles said he is "very interested" in the post.
Cons: Giles may be tarnished by his association with England's disastrous Ashes tour. He helped select the Test squad and oversaw the woeful showings in the one-day and Twenty20 series. If the ECB is looking for a fresh approach, then Giles is not the man.
Coaching style: "The fact he had to work hard for everything he achieved as a player helps Ashley as a coach," said former England captain Michael Vaughan. "He had to graft for every wicket and run. He had to go to his room at night and think about his game, and analyse opponents. I have not known a player get on better with KP as well. He knows how to communicate to Kevin."
Age: 48
Teams coached: Nottinghamshire, England Lions
Best odds: 4-1
Pros: Newell is county cricket's longest-serving coach and has led Nottinghamshire to two Championship titles since 2002, as well as overseeing the development of players such as all-rounder Stuart Broad, spinner Graeme Swann and batsman James Taylor. He coached England Lions on their West Indies tour in 2011 and has already put his name forward to succeed Flower.
Cons: The Lions tour aside, Newell has no international experience. He was Nottinghamshire coach during Pietersen's ill-fated spell with the county and had a difficult relationship with the South Africa-born batsman. "Pietersen wasn't great for our team environment, so we had to cut him a lot of slack," Newell said in November. "The evidence is not much has changed."
Coaching style: "My style is management as much as coaching, and that seems to be the way England have run things in recent years," said Newell last week.
Former Nottinghamshire and New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said: "Mick is a very good manager. He is great behind the scenes with the players, making sure everything is in place."
Age: 46
Teams coached: India, South Africa, Delhi Daredevils
Best odds: 6-1
Pros: An obdurate but immensely effective left-handed opener in his playing days, Kirsten has gone on to become an outstanding coach. He guided India to the top of the Test rankings and won the 2011 World Cup before taking on the head coach role with his home country. Kirsten established South Africa as the number one team in Test cricket, plotting series wins in England and Australia in 2012.
Cons: Kirsten ended his tenures in charge of India and South Africa in order to devote more time to his family and was quoted last week as saying he wants to spend 70% of his time at home in South Africa, with his wife and three young children.
Coaching style: "Gary Kirsten allows the natural instincts of players to flourish," said former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar. "A lot has got to do with what's going on in a player's mind and Gary has played a huge role there."
South Africa captain Graeme Smith said: "More than anything, of all the coaches I have been under, Gary brings a much more relaxed, mature approach to the way he runs the team."
Age: 48
Teams coached: Worcestershire, Sri Lanka, Western Australia, Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Best odds: 10-1
Pros: Moody knows the English game well after long spells as a player and coach at Worcestershire. On the international scene, he coached Sri Lanka to the World Cup final in 2007 and was heavily tipped to succeed Duncan Fletcher as England coach before losing out to Peter Moores.
Cons: It is one thing to appoint an Australian as your bowling coach, but quite another to put one in charge of the England team across all three formats. Moody has been out of full-time coaching since 2010, splitting his time between commentating and short-term Twenty20 assignments.
Coaching style: "Tom can not only create a winning culture in the dressing room and groom players but also act as a father figure to them," said former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who worked under Moody at Worcestershire. "That is how players are developed and made into world-class performers under pressure."
Age: 53
Teams coached: Natal, South Africa, Kent, Sri Lanka, Surrey
Best odds: 10-1
Pros: If anyone can coax Kevin Pietersen back to his best, it is Ford. The South African has been a mentor to England's most talented, but difficult, batsman since his early days at Natal and was credited with helping him get back to form following a lean spell in 2010. The veteran coach has international experience with South Africa and Sri Lanka and knows the county scene after spending several years with Kent.
Cons: Ford is about to embark on a three-year contract with English county side Surrey. He was fired by South Africa in 2002 after losing home and away series to Australia.
Coaching style: "Graham Ford was brilliant for my confidence. He knows how to get the best out of me," said Pietersen. "I did some amazing work with him and absolutely loved it. I rekindled some shots out of my old style of play."
Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart said: "Graham has a tremendous reputation for improving people's games regardless of their age. Surrey should feel very, very lucky that we have got someone of his calibre."
Best odds correct at 18:30 GMT on Sunday, February 2. | Thrashed in all three series down under, the England cricket team is at one of its lowest ebbs as it begins the search for a new head coach. | 26005207 |
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The world breaststroke champion and world record holder tells Get Inspired how, as a small child, he would try and climb out of the bath his fear of the water was so bad.
But it all turned round when he went to his first swimming lesson.
"I started my first swimming lesson and absolutely loved it," he says. "My swimming teacher made it into a fun kind of thing and it was through that I learned to love it."
If you want to have a go at swimming why not have a look at our swimming guide? | Adam Peaty scared of water? | 34043261 |
Some paint her as a tough negotiator in the mould of Margaret Thatcher, while others point to her greater concern for social cohesion.
Most writers focus on her forthcoming negotiations with the European Union, but the parallel leadership struggle in the Labour Party also attracts mostly bewildered attention from observers abroad.
Much of the European press sees Mrs May as a "moderate pro-European" facing the paradoxical task of negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union.
The London correspondent of France's Le Monde, Philippe Bernard, says she is "austere, determined and politically astute", and will be a "formidable negotiator" in talks with Brussels.
He draws parallels between her "irresistible rise" and that of another cleric's daughter, German Chancellor Angela Merkel:
"Neither have time for trivialities... both are liberal conservatives of a pragmatic rather than ideological bent," he says.
He expects her to "remake the British political landscape" by addressing the "social despair that underpinned the Brexit vote", especially given her "good fortune" in facing an opposition Labour Party "on the verge of collapse".
Enrico Franceschini, the London correspondent of Italy's La Repubblica, thinks she might find the appeal of an early election "irresistible... given that the Labour Party is even more divided than the Conservatives".
Germany's popular Bild tabloid also sees similarities with Mrs Merkel, dubbing them the "Brexit duo who have to save what can be saved" from the European relationship.
On the other hand, Der Spiegel says Mrs May could find the chancellor less of a partner, reporting "Merkel's chilly message" that Britain should "not expect concessions".
France's Le Figaro sees Europe "pressing Theresa May" to begin talks before crucial French and German elections in 2017, but warns that "Margaret Thatcher's heir doesn't look like she's going to be rushed into anything".
But Spain's ABC daily fears that Mrs May's caution could simply be a case of "not having a clear plan to heal the European wound".
France's leftwing Liberation pays more attention to the woes of the opposition.
British affairs analyst Olivier Esteves says Labour is partly to blame for the Brexit vote, because its failure in government either to control or explain EU migration "abandoned" the white working class to the Eurosceptic right.
"The Labour elite are winners in a silent class war of globalisation that had violent social consequences. They were unable to explain immigration to their traditional voters, because they live on another planet," he concludes.
Nor does Ralf Sotscheck, the British affairs commentator of the left-wing Berlin paper Tageszeitung, have many words of comfort for Labour.
He says the Tories have stolen a march on them by getting Mrs May into position so quickly, leaving the "Blairite wing to ruin Labour".
Spain's El Pais agrees that the government is radiating consensus while "Labour continues to dig its own grave".
France's Tribune financial weekly sees Mrs May's most pressing task as being one of "reconciliation", to ensure that the threats of recession and Brexit do not lead to stronger separatist moves in pro-Remain Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Rafael Ramos, the London correspondent of Barcelona's La Vanguardia, agrees that the post-Brexit turmoil in the two major parties could lead to a "great British revolution of the 21st Century".
Most press profiles inevitably mention Mrs May's striking taste in footwear, prompting Friederike Zoe Grasshoff of Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung to complain that such coverage is "as sexist as it is eccentric".
"She is about to take over as prime minister, and the big question is - wearing which shoes," Ms Grasshoff complains, although she does acknowledge that Mrs May might be able to cheer herself up during those all-night Brexit talks with the reflection that "at least I got the shoes right".
Further afield, Russian commentators are full of praise for Theresa May, although one tells the official Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper that she is likely only to be an "interim" prime minister without Mrs Thatcher's impact.
Pakistan's The Nation also sees the danger of Scottish secession, adding that "Britain should be thankful that they have a prospective prime minister who is willing to roll up her sleeves and get to work immediately".
India's Hindustan Times says the "cricket-loving" Mrs May is expected to "continue Cameron's focus on India, particularly given that the Brexit camp privileged trade ties with India, China and the Commonwealth after leaving the European Union".
Sebastian Mallaby writes in the Washington Post that Theresa May is a "true conservative, although of a refreshing kind", and sees her socially-concerned approach and hostility to banking excesses as likely to make "Britain the place for pro-market progressives everywhere to watch".
But Helen Lewis, the deputy editor of Britain's New Statesman magazine, tells the New York Times that Mrs May's pragmatism is unlikely to "mollify her ardently Eurosceptic colleagues" in the Conservative Party.
"If Brexit does not mean Brexit, their long knives will be sharpened," she warns.
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Jones believes his side "will only get better" after they beat France to win a first Grand Slam title in 13 years.
The Australian, 56, replaced former boss Stuart Lancaster in November after England failed to reach the knockout stages of their home World Cup.
He told BBC Sport: "The average age of this squad is 24, generally in trophy-winning teams it's 28 in Test rugby."
A 31-21 win over France in Paris on Saturday saw England win the Grand Slam for the first time since 2003.
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"It's a great achievement and I always had confidence in them," said Jones.
"I'm very proud of the boys. We were not at our best but we battled throughout and deserved the victory."
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Jones brought in Dylan Hartley to replace Chris Robshaw as England captain and praised the efforts of both players, as well as other experienced members of his squad.
"Dylan Hartley has been fantastic," said Jones. "Billy Vunipola, Mike Brown and Owen Farrell have done very well assisting him, along with James Haskell and Chris Robshaw. That nucleus has been very strong."
Sir Clive Woodward, who coached England to victory in the 2003 World Cup final against Jones' Australia and was in charge for England's last Grand Slam success, tweeted his congratulations.
He posted: "Massive night England & congrats to Eddie and his team, totally deserved and all down to Eddie, just the start for England."
However, Jones insists his contribution accounted for "less than 10%" of England's 2016 triumph.
"The players have done a lot by themselves, all I've tried to do is create a good environment for them," he added on Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.
"When we lose, I get 100% of the blame and that's right. When we win, the credit should go to the players and that's 100% right.
"They worked things out on the field really well by themselves."
Jones' side will visit Australia in June, facing the Wallabies in Brisbane (11 June), Melbourne (18 June) and Sydney (25 June).
It is the first time the countries will meet in a three-match Test series.
The former Japan boss says England must improve if they are to win all three Tests, but is confident his side have a chance
"It's going to be like bodyline cricket, we've got to get out there and get stuck into them. If we do that we give ourselves a chance."
When asked how England would fare if they had to play Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Jones replied: "I reckon at this stage we could definitely win two of them, and that's not good enough. We need to be able to win three of them."
Inside centre Farrell told BBC One: "It's brilliant. We set ourselves a goal to be the most dominant team in Europe and we've achieved that.
"This squad has been brilliant since we met up at the start of the Six Nations. I'm just chuffed for the boys, we have a few that have been through a lot."
Saracens' Vunipola said that the failure at the World Cup was still on the players' minds, but added he was delighted with England's Grand Slam.
"This means a great deal," said the number eight. "It's such a great bunch of guys and we've had a great eight weeks.
"No-one can forget the World Cup but this is a great achievement and I'm so happy at the moment." | England are "three or four years" from hitting their peak, says Six Nations Grand Slam-winning coach Eddie Jones. | 35854595 |
The woman repeatedly reported Craig Hutsby, of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, for threatening behaviour and breach of bail conditions in July 2014. The following month Hutsby raped her.
The IPCC report revealed the attack could have been prevented had arrest forms been filled out immediately.
Det Supt Rachel Walker said officers had attended misconduct meetings.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) concluded that PC Sofi Essex has a case to answer for misconduct for not creating an "arrest package" - paperwork completed before arrest attempts can begin - when asked.
"Although eventually completed, the delay resulted in no action being taken to locate and arrest Craig Hutsby prior to the rape being committed," it said.
PC Joseph Lovelock has a case answer for misconduct for failing to properly complete a form for the victim, the IPCC concluded.
"This meant she was not identified as being at high risk of harm and appropriate measures to manage that risk could not be made," it said.
Action taken by Derbyshire Constabulary
The investigation also highlighted unsatisfactory performance by two police call handlers, who did not properly communicate Hutsby's bail conditions to officers investigating the woman's reports.
IPCC Commissioner, Derrick Campbell, said: "This investigation has highlighted failings by Derbyshire Constabulary to protect a vulnerable woman who went on tragically to become a victim of rape."
Det Supt Walker, said: "We agree with the IPCC that the level of service given by the officers and call handlers was not of the standard we expect.
"We have already taken action to improve the service we provide."
Hutsby was convicted of rape in February 2015 and sentenced to nine years and five months.
He was also served with a Protection from Harassment Order and will be on the Sexual Offender Register for life. | A man raped a woman before being arrested due to "failings" by Derbyshire Police, a report has found. | 35633172 |
That's the dramatic headline in today's Belfast Telegraph.
Days after the UK's terror-threat level was raised to critical, the paper has sent a reporter to test the defences at various visitor attractions in Belfast.
The paper says it found "worrying security lapses" as a result of its experiment, which involved the journalist carrying a large rucksack similar to that used by Salman Abedi to carry explosives to the exit of the Ariana Grande concert.
Allan Preston writes: "Yesterday afternoon, this paper visited Titanic Belfast, the grounds of City Hall, the Odyssey pavilion and Victoria Square shopping centre.
"A black backpack was carried through the main entrances unchallenged and then left alone for around five minutes.
"On just one occasion, the bag was searched, by staff at City Hall."
He goes on to say that security guards were patrolling the Odyssey as the bag lay unattended.
Assistant Chief Constable Barbara Gary said: "The community in Northern Ireland should feel reassured that the police are deploying all available resources to deal with this threat, the threat of dissident republicans, and to continue to deliver a policing service to keep all communities safe."
A spokesperson for the Odyssey said: "We take the security of our customers extremely seriously," and a spokesperson from Titanic Belfast said they prioritised the security of its building, staff and guests.
Victoria Square were contacted but the Belfast Telegraph says they made no comment.
Also in the Belfast Telegraph is the claim that social workers were "warned repeatedly" about a teenager who died in a suspected drugs incident last weekend.
Caitlin White, 15, was found unconscious in a wooded area near Portadown.
A spokesperson for the Southern Health Trust said they had "no comment at all" to make.
On the front of the Irish News is a photograph of wooden pallets stacked in the back gardens of a row of houses.
The paper reports that the materials were being collected for bonfires, but it says that last night the supplies were due to be moved over concerns about safety.
That's after a row of terraced houses caught fire close to a large bonfire in the lower Shankill area last year.
On page three there's the news that Northern Ireland's Attorney General might feature in a landmark ruling on humanist wedding ceremonies.
Belfast model Laura Lacole is challenging a refusal to officially authorise the ceremony at her wedding to Republic of Ireland footballer Eunan O'Kane next month.
John Larkin is now confirmed to have entered an appearance under a notice of devolution.
This means he could now make submissions when the hearing gets under way today.
The News Letter carries the same story on the humanist wedding debate - but leads with a different marriage story.
'Scotland church edges towards gay marriage' is the headline on the front page.
The story looks at a debate in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland about whether there may be a way that same-sex marriage could be allowed in church.
The proposal was outlined in a report by the Theological Forum of the Church of Scotland, the News Letter reports.
The report also called for the church to apologise for its "history of discrimination against gay people".
In response to the debate, a spokesperson for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland told the paper: "Many people in the Presbyterian Church will be deeply saddened at today's development in Scotland, which, we believe, is at variance with the traditional biblical understanding of marriage." | 'Just how safe are we really?' | 40056052 |
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Even though we know that our health would benefit from being more active, the idea of gym fees and exercise equipment can easily put us off, let alone trying to find time for it in our busy lives!
We're not going to scare you with numbers and statistics or tell you how much exercise a day will keep the doctor away. You've read all of that already. Instead, we're going to give you some food for thought.
We've done some research to find you some ways to get started that are free and, best of all, that you can do from home or anywhere else that fits your schedule.
Cardio (or Cardiovascular) exercise is movement that gets your heart rate up and increase blood circulation throughout the body. Whether you are looking to improve the condition of your heart (remember it's a muscle), lose weight, clear your mind or just generally improve your health, cardio exercise will help you. The NHS has a 10 minute home cardio workout to get you started until you are ready to move for longer.
Walking is a great way to get more active and you can literally do it anywhere, and in any way that suits you. If you are ready to take on the next step, the Couch to 5K programme can take you from walking to running or jogging 30mins confidently within 9 weeks. If you are looking for people to run with, there is a parkrun near you who run 5K every Saturday morning. Take a look at our Running guide for more ways and reasons to get into running. There are other ways to get your heart pumping around the home - grab that old dusty skipping rope or put on some music and dance! Bopping around for 15 minutes to your favourite tunes will not only work your heart, it will put a smile on your face as well. Or shut the curtains and try this belly dance routine.
Strength and resistance exercises can help strengthen your muscles (don't worry, you won't look like Arnie unless you really want to!) and improve mobility. They are generally done on the spot and may not leave you panting like cardio exercise but they definitely work the body to increase fitness, improving health. Some of these types of exercise use tools like weights or resistance bands but that shouldn't stop you. Just take a look in your cupboard and put your tins of baked beans or bags of rice to good use!
The NHS have put together a 10 minute home toning workout for general all over fitness, and also have workouts focusing on Legs,bums and tums and one specifically for bingo wings! The NHS also have a range of exercise routine videos in their Fitness Studio to work various parts of your body. Just click on the Strength and resistance tab to choose your workout.
No matter what your age, to help prevent injury and reduce joint pain, add some strength and flexibility exercise to your routine. These kinds of workouts help with balance, reducing the risk of falls, and strengthen muscles for mobility. Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi are examples of flexibility exercises, but you can easily incorporate some simple exercises into your routine without taking a class. The NHS has developed a Strength and Flexibility podcast with instructional videos that will help you increase your fitness levels in 5 weeks. For people who are less mobile, there is also a selection of gentler exercises that will keep you active without overdoing it.
Interested in flex workouts but don't want to take a class just yet? Take a look at the routines on the Pilates and yoga tab in the NHS fitness studio, or take a look at this collection of free yoga videos on the web.
1. There is a lot of information and apps online for workout ideas, but NHS Choices is a good place to start. Remember to see your doctor first if you haven't exercised in a while or you have any pre-existing conditions.
2. If you are ready to take it outside of your home, go to our Activity Finder to find taster sessions and ways to get active near you.
3. Share your story and inspire others.
Are you inspired to try a workout at home? Or maybe you are a keen enthusiast already? Get in touch and tell us your experience by tweeting us on @bbcgetinspired, visiting us on Facebook or email us on getinspired@bbc.co.uk.
See our full list of activity guides for more inspiration on activities to try. | If somewhere between being a kid and growing up, moving started to look more like hard work than fun and games, the chances are that you could use a bit more activity in your life. | 32416767 |
Dasun Shanaka, 91 overnight, reached his century off 122 balls before he was caught off Tom Wells as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 367.
The hosts began brightly with captain Angus Robson and Lewis Hill sharing a 71-run opening stand before both fell to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.
Solid contributions from all of the Foxes batsmen saw them close on 304-5.
Wicketkeeper Burgess, who has played only six first-class matches, missed out on a maiden hundred when he was caught and bowled by Milinda Siriwardana.
He hit 13 fours as he surpassed his previous highest score of 51.
Sri Lanka begin their two-Test series against England at Headingley on Thursday. | Michael Burgess hit a career-best 98 as Sri Lanka's bowlers struggled on day two against Leicestershire. | 36294894 |
Burgess, who scored a try in Wigan's Super League Grand Final loss to Leeds, will join Sydney Roosters next season.
The 20-year-old told BBC Sport: "100% it is an unfinished chapter at Wigan.
"Obviously it is a new chapter going to the Sydney Roosters but I will come back and win everything with Wigan."
Since his first-grade debut in 2013, Burgess has scored 57 tries in 61 games.
But despite first breaking into the Warriors senior side in their double-winning season of 2013, he did not feature in either the Challenge Cup or Super League Grand Final wins that year.
The uncapped winger, who has been named in Steve McNamara's England squad to face New Zealand and France in their upcoming international series, has scored in both of Wigan's successive Grand Final losses.
"As a Wigan fan, to go so close with all my mates and go out like that is devastating," Burgess said after Saturday's defeat at Old Trafford.
"This result will kill me for a while yet."
Reflecting on his brief senior Wigan career and meteoric rise from academy product to Warriors' leading try-scorer in 2015, Burgess said he played as a fan living his dream every game.
"I'm just proud of every moment I got to play for Wigan," he added.
"Four or five years ago I was on the coach going to Leeds as a fan and then I've had my chance to play every week - I'm so grateful for it.
"It was so surreal every time I played for them." | Australia-bound winger Joe Burgess says he will return to Wigan Warriors before the end of his career with the aim of collecting every trophy in British rugby league. | 34518126 |
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