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The 29-year-old driver stopped her Vauxhall Corsa on the A89, near the former Bangour Hospital, in Dechmont, at about 16:15 on Monday.
After rolling down her window to speak to the female pedestrian, she was hit in the face before a man tried to open the front passenger door.
The woman managed to drive off before contacting police.
The female suspect was described as white, about 5ft 3in tall with tied-back brown hair. She was wearing a blue, hooded top.
The male suspect was described as wearing a dark-coloured jacket.
Insp Scott Robertson, from Police Scotland, appealed for witnesses to come forward.
He said: "Fortunately, the woman was not injured during this incident and neither suspect was able to gain entry to her car.
"Nevertheless, she was left extremely shaken as a result and we are pursuing various lines of inquiry to trace both suspects." | A woman was attacked in her own car after being flagged down by a pedestrian in West Lothian. | 37354205 |
A group of doctors and researchers have criticised a reliance on "outdated" blood tests for diagnosis - saying these sometimes give false reassurance.
Their report in The Lancet says the UK has one of the worst death rates from liver disease in Europe.
GPs' leaders agree that family doctors need better access to diagnostic tools.
Liver disease cases are often related to alcohol consumption or obesity. The illness can also be caused by the hepatitis B and C viruses.
The report says liver disease is already the UK's third most common cause of premature death, with the number of fatal cases rising.
Most lives lost are among people of working age.
The report quotes NHS figures that say 600,000 people in England and Wales have some form of liver disease. About 10% of them have cirrhosis.
Liver disease was behind 57,682 hospital admissions and 10,948 deaths in 2012.
The report says picking up cases earlier leads to better outcomes for patients.
Prof Roger Williams, who led the research and is the director of the Institute of Hepatology in London, said: "The rising rates of mortality from liver disease over the past three decades are a terrible reflection on the UK.
"Deaths will continue to rise until there are radical improvements in treatment services.
"Hospital care for patients with advanced liver disease has been shown to be less than good in more than half of cases.
"And early detection of liver disease by GPs and primary care services is virtually non-existent.
"GPs know very little about it and don't particularly want to get involved.
"The ordinary test for liver function often shows as normal - even when someone has cirrhosis."
The report says GPs rely on blood tests that show inflammation to the liver, which can fluctuate, rather than having access to scanners, which give a more consistent picture of scarring.
Another member of the team, Dr Nick Sheron, who runs the liver unit at Southampton General Hospital, said: "GPs don't have access to the right technology.
"They are using blood tests which simply don't work. It's 19th Century technology for a 21st Century problem."
The experts also want politicians to set a minimum price for a unit of alcohol and to tax sugary drinks.
Their report also calls for drugs and vaccination against hepatitis viruses to be made available on the NHS.
Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, who co-founded the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: "Getting people to reduce their drinking works and is really cost-effective.
"But our politicians will not take this seriously.
"Alcohol dependency is treated as a lifestyle choice - like a designer brand of jeans - rather than as a disease."
Public Health England welcomed the report and said it would work with the doctors.
Its lead for liver disease, Prof Julia Verne, said: "These cases involve a marginalised group of people who are often hard to reach."
She added: "10% of people who die from liver disease have had no admissions to hospital in the last year of their life - showing they have not been picked up at all."
Dr Imran Rafi, chairman of the Royal College of GPs' Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, said: "It is clear that more needs to be done to identify this condition as early as possible in adults - and to tackle the negative effects that alcohol consumption and obesity can have across society.
"With the resources available to us, it is difficult for GPs to identify liver disease in its early stages.
"So it is welcome that the report recognises the need for GPs and practice teams to have better access to diagnostic and screening tools.
"Our influence is limited. It is politicians who need to act now and introduce measures to really make a difference." | Early detection of liver disease by GPs in the UK is "virtually non-existent", leading medical experts warn. | 30209147 |
25 November 2016 Last updated at 16:04 GMT
A report from Hong Kong investigative news agency Factwire found that apps CM Security, Sync.ME and Truecaller have built up databases with billions of people's phone numbers - including top politicians in Hong Kong and the UK.
The apps let users "reverse look-up" calls from numbers they do not recognise - but take much of their data from users' contact lists.
CM Security says it has temporarily halted its "reverse look-up" function to address privacy concerns, while Sync.ME and Truecaller say people can opt out from their databases via their websites.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38103895
Reporting by the BBC's Helier Cheung in Hong Kong | Three mobile phone apps that help users block spam calls have been building up searchable databases of people's names and phone numbers - sometimes without their permission. | 38103896 |
Reported cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) - thought to cause about 80% of cervical cancers - have fallen sharply since girls were given the vaccine.
But the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) found little evidence to justify treating boys too.
Critics said vaccinating boys could help reduce the risk still further.
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Across the UK, all girls aged 12-13 are offered HPV vaccination as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.
Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said: "Evidence from around the world suggests that the risk of HPV infection in males is dramatically reduced by achieving high uptake of the HPV vaccine among girls.
"While there are some additional benefits to vaccinating both males and females, the current models indicate that extending the programme to boys in the UK, where the uptake in adolescent girls is consistently high (over 85%), would not represent a good use of NHS resources."
This initial recommendation by JCVI will now be subject to a public consultation and a final decision will be made in October.
The British Dental Association said it would urge the committee to reconsider the evidence.
The chair of the BDA, Mick Armstrong, said: "HPV has emerged as the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers, so JCVI's unwillingness to expand the vaccination programme to boys is frankly indefensible."
Shirley Cramer of the Royal Society for Public Health said: "We are deeply disappointed by the JCVI's decision today, which suggests that fundamental priorities are focused more on saving money than on saving lives.
"Such a simple vaccination programme has the potential to make such a big impact on the public's health on a national scale.
"We hope that the government's advisory committee reconsider this decision as soon as possible and put the public's health and wellbeing before cost-saving."
The argument for vaccinating boys HPV
Source: HPV Action | A decision not to vaccinate boys against a cancer-causing sexually transmitted infection has attracted fierce criticism. | 40658791 |
In a speech on Thursday, Mr Carney said rates were set to rise over the next three years.
The pound, which had hit its highest rate against the euro since 2007 on Thursday, rose again on Friday, pushing through the €1.44 level.
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 index closed down 0.3% at 6,775.08.
Shares in Marks and Spencer fell 1.2% after it said the head of its clothing business was quitting.
John Dixon is leaving after 26 years at the retailer having been given a chance to become a chief executive elsewhere.
Mr Dixon led the general merchandise division, covering clothing and homewares, which M&S has been struggling to turn around.
The biggest faller on the FTSE 100 was Royal Mail, which dropped 3.5% after regulator Ofcom issued a discussion document regarding the company's efficiency.
Shares in gambling firm 888 Holdings rose 8.6% after it announced it had agreed to buy rival Bwin.party in a deal valued at £898m.
Restaurant Group, the company which owns brands such as Frankie & Benny's, Chiquito and Garfunkel's, saw its shares drop 3.3% after Nomura cut its rating on the company to "neutral" from "buy".
Nomura cited the impact of the new living wage announced last week in the Budget, saying it would affect margins for the next five years. | (Close): The pound has remained strong against the euro after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said UK rates could rise "at the turn of this year". | 33563515 |
Waseem Raja Azram, 29, admitted violent disorder following the death of Zakir Nawaz, 22, who was found injured in Washwood Heath on 10 September.
Azram, of Ward End Close, Ward End, was jailed for two years. The prosecution at Birmingham Crown Court offered no evidence on a murder charge.
West Midlands Police said they were still looking for Mr Nawaz's killer. | A man has been jailed after a fatal stabbing in a Birmingham street following a traffic accident. | 39290941 |
The words of Jimmy Buchan - skipper of Peterhead's Amity II who featured in the BBC's Trawlermen series.
He has worked at sea since leaving school in 1976.
The 55-year-old's feelings on the forthcoming referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU are clear - leave in a bid to secure a future for fishermen.
The Aberdeenshire town of Peterhead is Europe's largest white fish port, so the topic could hardly be more crucial.
The Scottish government believes that EU membership is in the "best interests" of Scotland's fishing industry.
How the UK is affected by the Common Agricultural Policy and EU fishing policies.
In 2014, Scotland exported £449m of fish and seafood to Europe - 68% of the total value of Scottish food exports into that market.
Worldwide, seafood exports are the second largest food and drink export behind whisky, and the industry supports thousands of jobs.
Peterhead alone handles tens of millions of pounds worth of fish annually.
Much stays in the UK to be processed, including for the country's fish and chip shops and supermarkets, but the European market is also hungry for the quality, fresh product, especially the likes of Spain.
Before the processors can export, the fish has to be landed. And European regulations governing catches have long been a bone of contention for those fishermen out at sea.
The technical measures for fishermen can roughly fall into three groups;
One main aim is limiting the catch of unwanted - notably juvenile - fish.
In 2013, major reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) was approved.
The reform package included measures to protect endangered stocks, bring in more regional management and have more long-term planning.
Incidents of throwing dead fish back into the sea had increased due to restrictions on which fish could be landed.
Gradually eliminating discards of unwanted catches started in January last year.
Mr Buchan believes it is now time to leave European control behind.
He told the BBC Scotland news website: "Decades of failures have left us with little or no alternative but to vote for Brexit [British exit].
"All about the EU is not bad but on balance our industry has been badly treated by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats who are pressured by lobbyists in Brussels.
"It's too far removed, one glove does not fit all."
He explained: "I left school in 1976 to begin fishing, I have always been under the union.
"It was a common market, but over the years it got worse and worse and worse, some businesses are being strangled by regulations.
"Landing obligations cannot work unless quotas rise - it will be the final nail in the coffin.
"Processors have had to suffer hardship too, but some will think their market is out there in Europe - so they have a commercial decision to make.
"When I go to the ballot box, it's time to take that leap in the dark. I am prepared, we have everything to gain and nothing to lose."
He continued: "This is a lifetime, generational change.
"We have weathered a decline in stocks and things are on the up thanks to sustainability and responsibility - we are much wiser than we were 40 years ago.
"We need to see investment in young people now - never more so with the collapse of the oil and gas sector.
"New boats are on order, so people can see an element of a future. Will it be a future free from Europe?
"Let's try something different and allow our communities to thrive, creating work and business growth."
The Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) was formed in 1973, with the aim of protecting the collective interests of those out catching fish.
Its chief executive, Bertie Armstrong, said it was a complicated debate.
Mr Armstrong said: "Europe - and our place in it - is never far away from the forefront of politics and passionate debate. Being part of the EU affects all walks of life, but most especially fishing.
"Indeed, the very term Common Fisheries Policy stokes the strongest emotions within the industry."
He explained his organisation would not tell members which way to vote but it could highlight issues at the forefront of the debate.
Mr Armstrong explained: "For the individual voters involved, the fundamental question is whether there is scope to beneficially develop the CFP inside the EU, or, should the referendum so decide, would leaving the EU be the best option?
"Sovereignty and jurisdiction - beyond each member state's slim strip of territorial waters - is pooled and the EU uses the Common Fisheries Policy to govern every aspect of the industry. That fundamental change - the trading of sovereignty for collective control - took place when we joined.
"Collaboration is vital under any governance regime, but non-EU coastal states such as Norway and Iceland retain jurisdiction and negotiate on their own behalf."
Mr Armstrong continued: "If the UK were to leave the EU, then the UK's long-lost control over the greater part of the northern European fishing grounds would be restored.
"This is a statement of fact rather than a killer argument for withdrawal because, of course, there are other factors to consider in the balance."
He said that the UK rules would need to be in accordance with fish-stock science and be negotiated with other coastal states, including those still in the EU.
Mr Armstrong added: "Despite this, from the fishing industry point of view, leaving the CFP still instinctively sounds like a good thing - more so if the balance between that gain and the other effects of leaving the EU turned out to be positive - and of course, presuming that the UK and Scottish home nation governments could do a better fisheries management job than the EU does at the moment.
"But the whole debate is much more complicated than this, and the balance of benefits brought through membership of the EU also needs to be carefully considered - not least those provided by an open market place for our seafood products, and no doubt for many other reasons too."
He said that the free movement of labour within the Eurozone was a contentious issue, but it "undeniably" benefited the fishing and seafood processing sector.
Mr Armstrong told the BBC: "We could spend all day listing the faults of the CFP, but the major underlying one is the persistent micro-management from Brussels and lack of regional control of fisheries.
"Much better instead to manage fisheries regionally and adopt regional management for regional issues, and the recently reformed CFP did go some way towards achieving this - management has moved closer to the practitioners, but that change now needs to be developed further.
"From those politicians arguing for us to stay within the EU, we would like to see a pledge on that."
European Parliament fisheries committee vice chairman Jaroslaw Walesa believed the CFP was one of the "pillars of the EU and its greatest achievement".
He said it was designed to manage common resources and give all European fishing fleets equal access to EU fishing grounds in order to compete fairly.
"It would be pity if the Scottish fishing industry had to be out of it," insisted Mr Walesa.
He added: "Brexit means that Scottish fishermen will be cut off from the traditional fishing grounds.
"Also, if this happens, the Scottish fishing industry will not be able to benefit from EMFF - the fund for the EU's maritime and fisheries policies for 2014-2020.
"It helps fishermen in the transition to sustainable fishing, supports coastal communities, finances projects that create new jobs and improve quality of life along European coasts. So the money for, for example, gear development and innovations in new technologies will be lost for Scottish fishermen.
"Also CFP supports more sustainable stocks. Coastal states such as Iceland or Faroes are currently taking unsustainable amounts of fish, would Scottish fisherman like to join them?
"The CFP now states that we will have more regionalised policy, so Scotland will gain greater control over certain policy areas whilst still feeling the benefits of being in the Union."
A Scottish government spokesman said it believed that EU membership was in the best interests of Scotland's fishermen and farmers.
He added: "EU membership provides a range of significant benefits to our seafood sector and farming communities, including direct access to financial assistance, free access to a common food export market of over 500 million consumers, and the protections and opportunities offered by being part of a major global trading bloc.
"It is now more important than ever that those who support Scotland's continued EU membership make the case as strongly as possible.
"The Scottish government will be at the forefront of making that argument, and we will continue to support reform of the EU from within it."
The referendum will be held on 23 June. There could yet be some stormy waters on the debate horizon for the Scottish fishing industry in the final days left before the vote. | "I have not met a local fisherman yet who would not pack his bags and leave the EU." | 35639733 |
The 120 documents were found at Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough and had been sent to Mary Pennyman, whose family then owned the property.
She wrote back to the women, offering words of comfort and advice.
Teesside University has received a grant of £9,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help make the letters available online to the public.
"Researching the lives of the women who wrote [the letters] is a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon the cost of war and to build a picture of the challenges faced at the time and the strength it took to survive.
"Many commemorative projects focus on the dead but this one will focus on those who had to live on," said Dr Roisin Higgins, senior history lecturer at Teesside University, who is leading the project.
One letter sent to Mrs Pennyman was sent by Bessie Walker, whose husband was killed six weeks after they got married.
"I try to be a comfort to his poor old dad and mother.
"Sometimes wish I could be old with them, as life feels rather empty at times," she wrote in the letter.
Ivor Crowther, head of Heritage Lottery Fund North East, said: "The Pennyman letters are an extraordinary discovery and provide an incredibly personal insight into the ultimate cost of the First World War."
The letters are being stored in Teesside Archives and the project to digitise and put the letters online for the public to see is expected to take three years. | Letters sent from women whose loved ones died in World War One have been rediscovered and will be digitised. | 34677725 |
The search for Ben, who went missing on the Greek island of Kos 25 years ago, is in its 17th day.
Police searches have entered a third week and a second site after it emerged Ben may have been accidentally killed by a digger driver.
The toddler from Sheffield was 21 months old when he disappeared on 24 July 1991.
Det Insp Jon Cousins, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "The calculation is that we've lifted and sifted 800 tonnes of material.
"That's 800 hours of volunteer work - the volunteers have been turning up each and every day, one of them every single day, to help us [officers]."
"Police still seem confident they are doing the right thing."
Tom Ingall, BBC reporter in Kos said: "The search is already longer than expected and looks like it will now go through to this coming weekend too."
On Monday, Ben's mother Kerry Needham said she now believed her son is likely to be found dead.
The search has been extended to a second site 750m away from where he was last seen.
About 60 items found in the search are being sent back to the UK for analysis. | Police investigating the disappearance of Ben Needham say they have now dug up more than 800 tonnes of soil. | 37632436 |
The Columba Declaration paves the way for future joint working between the two churches.
It came after the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland addressed the synod.
It is believed to be the first time a serving moderator has been invited to speak at the Church's governing body.
The Right Rev Dr Angus Morrison told the gathering in London: "The strengthening of the bonds which already exist between us can only serve the 'advance of the Gospel' which is our united desire and aim."
The declaration sets out how members and clergy will be allowed to worship and exercise ministry in each other's churches.
It will also offer opportunities for congregational partnership, formal and informal, where there are churches close to each other.
Members voted 243 votes to 50 to approve the document at the synod.
The Bishop of Chester, the Right Reverend Dr Peter Foster, who co-chaired a study group which prepared the agreement, said: "As our country has become more secular, we find ourselves drawn together as we face common problems, and opportunities.
"For all the ways in which our recognition and calling as national churches has had very different histories and legal structures, we have found that we have more in common, in our common tasks in mission, than we might have been led to suppose."
The report will now go to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in May for approval. | The Church of England's general synod has backed a report proposing a historic agreement with the Church of Scotland. | 35581273 |
For much of this 78-day campaign season, the three parties - the incumbent Conservatives and the left-centre Liberals and New Democratic Party - have effectively been tied in the polls, all at around 30%.
If the Nanos Research tracking poll is any indication, however, that could be changing. Starting on 26 September, the NDP - the often-overlooked left-leaning party that saw a surge in popularity in the past year culminating in a surprising provincial victory in traditionally conservative Alberta - began a precipitous decline, from 30.3% to its current 23%.
At first the Conservatives were the beneficiaries, but October has been kind to the Liberals, and they now stand atop the polls with 34.3%, ahead of the Conservatives' 32.1%.
Also encouraging for the Liberals is that 49.7% of poll respondents would consider voting for their party. Only 41.6% said they would consider voting for the Conservatives, while 40.3% would entertain supporting the NDP. The ceiling, it seems, is higher for the Liberals.
Other surveys have the Conservatives edging the Liberals out - and still likely to win a plurality of seats in parliament - but there is undeniable evidence that the NDP is slipping.
"I want to see more of a consensus of pollsters but the Nanos numbers sure look like the start of something big," tweets Calgary-based political strategist Corey Hogan.
So what's behind this latest development?
A 30-30-30 balance all the way to the end was always bound to be unlikely, given that it requires a clear majority of voters opposed to Prime Minster Stephen Harper to stay evenly split between the NDP and Liberals. As the 19 October election day draws closer, left-leaning Canadians may become more disposed to strategic voting - that is, picking the party they view as more likely to unseat the Conservatives
Of the two left-of-centre candidates, Liberal Justin Trudeau is considered to have emerged from the series of five English and French national debates in better shape than NDP's Thomas Mulcair.
Given that the Conservatives have attempted to brand Mr Trudeau as inexperienced and lacking the mettle to be prime minister, he had a manageable bar to clear for success.
Canadian voters "were conditioned to expect a bumbling idiot", writes Adam Radwanski of the Toronto Globe and Mail. "By being pretty decent at what he does, he has fashioned a comeback story."
Meanwhile, the goal for Mr Mulcair was more nebulous - to sell the nationally untested NDP as a legitimate governing party on the left and a realistic alternative to the established Liberal brand. The recent decline may be evidence that his efforts have been unsuccessful.
On Sunday, speaking at a hockey arena before a crowd of around 15,000 in a Toronto suburb, Mr Trudeau sounded like a candidate with the political wind at his back. He cast himself as the candidate for change and lambasted Mr Harper for being out of touch with Canadian voters on issues like the need to address income inequality and increase infrastructure spending.
He also condemned the prime minister for running what he says has been a divisive campaign playing on fears of outsiders and threats to national security. High on that list, according to Liberal critics, is Mr Harper's decision to limit the number of Syrian refugees admitted into the country, to support revoking citizenship of those convicted of terrorist offences and to challenge a recent court order allowing women to wear a face-covering niqab while taking a citizenship oath.
"In 10 years, Stephen Harper has never missed an opportunity to divide Canadians," Mr Trudeau said. "East against west. Urban against rural. French against English. So-called 'old stock' Canadians vs newcomers."
• Canadian election day is 19 October. Its formal campaign season lasts 78 days.
• The Canadian Parliament is comprised of 338 constituencies, called ridings.
• Members of parliament are elected in a "first past the post" system where the candidate with the most votes wins.
• Canada's prime minister is chosen by a majority vote in Parliament, either by one party or through a coalition.
"His first instinct is to appeal to the worst instincts," he continued. "He and his party have brought unprecedented nastiness to our country's public life. Their way of doing politics is mean and small and negative. It doesn't have to be that way, my friends."
He only took one swipe at Mr Mulcair, in French - likely targeting voters in Quebec, a former NDP stronghold that could be fertile ground for Liberal candidates.
With slightly under two weeks remaining until Canadian voters head to the polls, there could still be a few twists and turns in the campaign before it's all over, of course.
One possible wildcard is the recently concluded negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership - which includes Canada, the US, Japan and nine other Pacific nations. It may provide a boost for the Conservative Party that inked the deal or Mr Mulcair, who has roundly condemned the agreement.
Mr Trudeau has only said that the agreement deserves "a fulsome and responsible discussion" in Parliament and that his party is "resolutely and consistently pro-trade".
"Because the election is only 13 days away, the TPP agreement could hardly have been more splendidly timed for the Conservatives," writes Lawrence Martin in the Globe and Mail. "Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has been gaining momentum, breaking far in front of the NDP and passing the Conservatives in some polls. He is basing much of his campaign on the economy but now finds himself essentially agreeing with Stephen Harper on a major economic initiative."
Part of the NDP's previous rise can be attributed to its firm stand against the government surveillance law C-51, in contrast to the tepid support the Liberals gave the Conservative-backed measure.
Could TPP end up a reprise of this dynamic?
At this point it may be the NDP's last chance and - given the Conservative Party's reliance on divided opposition on the left for its most optimistic electoral scenario - Mr Harper's best hope. | Is the Canadian general election approaching a tipping point? | 34431009 |
Lee, 20, went on loan to the National League side last January, scoring one goal in 10 appearances.
"It's great to have Jordan back. He finished the season as one of our best players," Torquay player-manager Kevin Nicholson told the club website.
Lee is yet to make a Premier League appearance for Bournemouth, although he has played in two FA Cup fixtures.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Torquay United have signed defender Jordan Lee on loan for a second time from Bournemouth until January. | 40706532 |
West Bromwich Albion striker Salomon Rondon tapped in the only goal as Venezuela reached the quarter-finals.
The defeat was the second in as many group games for Uruguay, with Mexico's 2-0 victory over Jamaica in Pasadena confirming their exit.
"We didn't play like a team that needed to get a good result," said Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez.
Striker Luis Suarez, who injured a hamstring in Barcelona's Copa del Rey final win over Sevilla last month, did not feature for the second successive game for Uruguay, who top their World Cup qualifying group and are the most successful team in Copa America history.
"The player is not fit to play," said Tabarez. "I will not select a player who is not 100%. Was he angry? I am not aware. He told me nothing."
Venezuela, meanwhile, secured successive wins in the tournament for the first time.
Rondon became the first Venezuela player to score in three Copa Americas as he rolled home the 36th-minute winner when a long-range shot from Alejandro Guerra came back off the crossbar.
Mexico's victory was their 10th in succession since Juan Carlos Osorio took over as coach last year, with former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez heading their opening goal.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Fifteen-time champions Uruguay were knocked out of the Copa America as they lost 1-0 to Venezuela in Philadelphia. | 36496735 |
It takes place every two years in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, with the stated aim of promoting African cinema.
The event is loosely modelled on the Cannes Film festival. Like Cannes, it:
This year's edition has been going on since last Saturday and is wrapping up this weekend. Here, are six things you need to know about the festival.
Fespaco received almost 1,000 submissions for 2017, far more than previous years.
The festival used to be very select with regard to which type of production is acceptable and who could compete.
Films shot on budget-intensive celluloid were the standard and the official selection was open only to continental African directors.
The restriction was lifted a year ago. So now, digital films and films from directors from the African diaspora qualify for consideration in all categories.
The large number of entries meant submissions were put through a sift, and ultimately 150 films were retained by the organisers.
But many directors are in Ouagadougou to promote work which does not feature in the official strands - so a total of 200 films are being screened during the festival.
No picture at Fespaco 2017 seems to be making as much a splash on the festival enthusiasts as The African Storm, a film by Beninese director Sylvestre Amoussou.
It features among the 20 films which are up for the top award - the Golden Stallion of Yennega, a trophy with a cash prize of 20,000,000 CFA francs ($32,000; £26,000).
The film tells the story of an African president who nationalises businesses run by racist, cynical Western executives.
"It's not an anti-European film, but a film against the governments of states that exploit us," Amoussou told the AFP news agency.
The subject matter of The African Storm is rarely tackled by African productions which are usually funded by Western donors under criteria that favour themes on a "miserable Africa", Amoussou says.
With the unusually provocative message it conveys, the movie seems to connect so well with its Fespaco audience.
Its screening on Wednesday was punctuated by applause and shouts of approval.
When Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Guerima won the Golden Stallion of Yennega, Fespaco's top award, in 2009, he did not show up to collect the trophy in person.
Guerima had vowed he would not set foot in Burkina Faso for as long as President Blaise Compaore was in power.
Guerima's boycott was because he believed Mr Compaore killed Thomas Sankara in 1987 to grab power. Mr Compaore, who was ousted in 2014 by a popular uprising, denies the allegation.
Now Guerima might have more than one reason to set foot back in Burkina Faso for Fespaco. Not only is Mr Compaore no longer in power; but also a prize has now been created in honour of Thomas Sankara.
Praised by supporters for his integrity and selflessness, the military captain and anti-imperialist revolutionary, often nicknamed Africa's Che Guevara, led Burkina Faso for four years from 1983.
Be it through the red beret worn by firebrand South African politician Julius Malema, or the household brooms being wielded at street demonstrations in Burkina Faso, there are signs that Sankara's legacy is enjoying a revival.
The prize in his name has been created to promote that legacy.
Contenders to the award are not required to tackle a "revolutionary" theme - the winning production is picked for its artistic merit.
'Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy
Discover more about Burkina Faso
Security has always been stepped up in Ouagadougou during Fespaco, but none of the previous festivals has ever taken place under such heavy security.
Armed soldiers have been positioned at screening venues and crowded places to prevent the festival coming under assault.
Burkina Faso has been rocked by a series of attacks by Islamist militants over the last two years, with the deadliest so far killing 30 people in January 2016.
And as the festival was getting underway earlier this week, two police posts came under attack.
The attack prompted organisers to reassure the public over security.
"I call on all festival-goers to remain calm because security forces are doing their best to assure maximum security,'' said Marcel Pare, head of security for Fespaco 2017.
Every year, an African country is designated as "guest of honour" - this year, it is Burkina Faso's neighbour Ivory Coast.
Political tensions have been running high between Ouagadougou and Abidjan since former President Compaore fled into exile in Ivory Coast after he was ousted in 2014.
Honouring Ivory Coast through Fespaco is seen as one of many ways for officials in Burkina to reduce the tensions.
Ivory Coast responded in style, with two Ivorian productions featuring in the festival's main competition.
But that is not all: Ivory Coast provided its mega reggae star - Alpha Blondy - as the lead act for the lavish performances which marked the opening ceremony of Fespaco 2017 last Saturday.
Next to Fespaco's main building is an enormous structure which should have been the festival's major hub this year.
If the plan had been on-course, most films at the Fespaco would have been screened from purpose-built rooms within the structure.
Visitors could have gone to an African cinema museum inside the same building - in short, a lot was expected from it.
But there is a problem with "La Salle Polyvalente" - Fespaco's long awaited and delayed multi-function complex.
After it took many years to complete with delays blamed on mysterious accidents happening on the construction site, it later caught fire and work to restore it was not completed in time for this year's edition.
That started a rumour which has it that the building is haunted.
La Salle Polyvalente was reportedly built on a sacred plot of land and the unhappy local residents would not let any use be made of the building.
Officially, that explanation is rubbished.
"A myth has been created," Baba Hama the longest serving director of Fespaco told AFP.
"Haunted? And how could I still be alive? Traditional authorities granted permission. Ceremonies of exorcism took place.
"The sacred wood had been spared through a careful delimitation. Plus in Africa, there is always an antidote for calming the spirits."
No matter how much officials try to put the rumours to rest, there is always a tale in Ouagadougou about some angry ancestors frowning upon the defiling art of the cinema and who would not let La Salle Polyvalente be put to its intended use. | From a timid start in 1969, the Pan-African film and television festival (Fespaco) has today grown into the leading cultural event in Africa. | 39133258 |
One woman jumped from a first floor window to escape the blaze on Friday and five others had to be rescued.
A further 10 people managed to escape the fire at the property on Highfield Road, Hemsworth by themselves.
Craig Yates, who lives locally, was remanded in custody by magistrates in Wakefield. He is due before Leeds Crown Court on 27 April. | A 32-year-old man has appeared in court charged with arson following a fire at a block of flats in West Yorkshire. | 32284560 |
"I love watching it so much I almost didn't want to spoil the pleasure by being on it," she told Radio Times.
The 48-year-old said it was tricky for a woman her age to be on the show.
"You're not the comedy old bag yet, which would be the joy of going on Strictly," she said.
"If I did it, I'd want to be Ann Widdecombe. I'd want to be out there getting the laughs, being dragged around."
The presenter may not have strutted her stuff in a ball gown, but she can still be seen on a prime time Saturday night show - fronting BBC One's talent search Let It Shine.
The gig comes after Giedroyc stepped down as co-host of the Great British Bake Off, along with Sue Perkins, when it was announced the hit show was moving to Channel 4.
Giedroyc said the furore surrounding the move was "a pretty weird time".
"The press were camped out on my doorstep. My eldest daughter actually saw a few of them off, which I was very, very proud of," she said.
"I'm not the kind of person who would court that sort of attention. I have a very private existence and I had to slightly clench my buttocks during that."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Former Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc has revealed she was once offered the chance to appear as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing - but turned it down. | 38718281 |
Work to repair what has been described as "extensive damage" at Taynuilt has been scheduled to be completed by Monday.
ScotRail said a bus shuttle service will operate from Oban to Dalmally, calling at stations along the route.
The operator said the bus replacement service would run "as close to train time as possible". | No rail services will operate on the Glasgow to Oban line over the weekend, after a lorry collided with a bridge. | 38689871 |
Stephen and Breege Quinn met Kathryn Stone in Belfast on Thursday.
Paul Quinn was 21 when he was murdered. No-one has been charged.
His family said he had been involved in a dispute with individual IRA members. His mother said the family were being kept up-to-date with the investigation.
She said the commissioner had been very sympathetic towards them.
"She could not believe when she read up on him, the lies that were told about Paul," his mother said.
"She said she will be there to help us. There will be no end till we get justice.
"Every day there's something new comes in and the gardaà are very, very good.
"They will keep going and we'll keep fighting."
Mr Quinn's family claimed he had been "ordered to leave the country" but refused to do so.
Sinn Féin has denied republican involvement.
After the meeting, Ms Stone said it was a privilege to meet the Quinns and to "witness their strength and tenacity in the pursuit of justice".
"The commission fully supports their search for justice," she said.
"It is my role to advocate for all victims and survivors, and I hope that this meeting with the Quinn family and representatives of the Quinn Support Group, will go some way in reassuring them that they are not being ignored and that the commission is here to help them in any way it can."
Nearly three weeks ago, the Police Service of Northern Ireland released a man in his 20s and Irish police released three other men who were all being questioned about the killing. | The parents of Paul Quinn, who was beaten to death in County Monaghan almost six years ago, have met the Northern Ireland commissioner for victims and survivors. | 23717916 |
Those sides are touring Australasia, while England are in Argentina.
England coach Eddie Jones said call-ups to the New Zealand tour should be on "merit" not "geographical proximity".
Gatland said he could "see some people's point", but added: "My job is to win a Test series and I will do whatever it takes to do that."
The Lions beat the Maori All Blacks 32-10 on Saturday and face the Chiefs on Tuesday before the first Test against New Zealand in Auckland on 24 June, and Gatland wanted extra players to ensure none of the Test squad have to play twice in a week.
Welsh quartet Kristian Dacey, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill and Gareth Davies were called up after featuring in Wales' 24-6 victory over Tonga in Auckland on Friday.
Scotland prop Allan Dell and fly-half Finn Russell were then added to the Lions squad following Scotland's 24-19 defeat of Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
A number of former Lions have criticised Gatland's move, with three-time tourist Donal Lenihan telling BBC Radio 5 live it "impacts on the ethos of being a Lion".
In terms of travel and logistics, Jones had also said Argentina is only a "13-hour trip" from New Zealand.
"I'll let Eddie do his own talking, he can do plenty of it," Gatland said after Saturday's win in Rotorua. "I just understand how difficult it is to do that travel from Argentina.
"In terms of devaluing the shirt, I can see some people's point on that - but we're here to win a Test series and it's those guys covering from Auckland, not travelling halfway around the world.
"Bringing in these players from an identical time zone - who can hit the ground running and step straight in rather than having to adjust following long-haul travel - will help us manage players before the first Test, give us quality training numbers to prepare properly, as well as offering us options for selection for the Chiefs match.
"These guys will be with us for a week and they are for bench cover. They understand that's the way it is."
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This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | Lions coach Warren Gatland has defended calling up six Wales and Scotland players for logistical reasons - but accepts it could devalue the shirt. | 40314292 |
Williams was a first-team coach at Forest but replaced Dougie Freedman as boss when the Scot was sacked in March.
The 45-year-old was out of contract this summer and BBC Radio Nottingham understands he has failed to agree terms on a return to a coaching job.
Williams, who won two of his 10 games said: "Although we struggled with results, performances were strong."
The Reds finished 16th in the table, 19 points adrift of the play-off places and 15 points clear of the relegation zone.
"The lads gave me everything they had," Williams added.
"They, along with the staff, are a good honest group and I will always appreciate the commitment and desire shown during my time here.
"This club has so much potential and, when you see the backing the club receives from the supporters both home and away, I truly hope they are rewarded for their loyalty with success on the pitch." | Nottingham Forest temporary manager Paul Williams has left the Championship club. | 36279823 |
Steven Kirkwood, 44, denies murdering Mr O'Hanlon, 45, at HK Autotek, Stevenston, Ayrshire, on 25 July 2016.
He has been giving evidence at his trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Describing a meeting with the bodybuilder on the day he died, he said: "I wanted to talk to Michael O'Hanlon and I didn't want any hassle."
Mr Kirkwood has lodged a special defence of self-defence.
He told the court Mr O'Hanlan asked to meet him at HK Autotek at midday on 25 July last year.
The accused said he wanted to talk about Facebook and text messages that had been exchanged between him and his ex-partner Eileen, who was due to marry Mr O'Hanlon the following month.
Mr Kirkwood told the jurors that after he walked into the garage office Forbes Cowan, a former competitor in the World's Strongest Man competition, came in and "just started shouting."
He went on: "Out of the corner of my eye I could see Mr Cowan throw a punch and grab the back of my jacket."
Mr Kirkwood told the court he was down on his right knee when Mr O'Hanlon came into the office and both men started punching him.
He added: "I felt a jagging sensation on the left side of my back coming round to the front."
Defence QC Derek Ogg asked: "Was there any way for you to escape?" and Mr Kirkwood replied: "No."
The QC then said: "What were you thinking?" and the accused stated: "I thought they were going to kill me. I thought they were trying to stab me.
"At one point I pushed back and I saw a knife on the floor behind my left foot. I grabbed for it and swung it round behind me."
He was asked by Mr Ogg how many times he did this swinging gesture and replied: "I don't know maybe about half a dozen."
Mr Kirkwood told the court that he was swinging the knife in the direction of Mr O'Hanlon.
Mr Ogg asked: "Do you accept that all his injuries were caused by the knife you held in your hand?" and Mr Kirkwood said: "Yes."
The accused was then asked if he knew he had stabbed the bodybuilder and he replied: "No."
He said: "Forbes Cowan backed away from me. I ended up on my feet and Michael backed away towards the door. I edged out and that's when I saw Forbes Cowan handing Michael a pick axe shaft."
Mr Kirkwood claimed that he was hit on the hand and arm by the shaft as he tried to protect himself.
He said that Mr O'Hanlon then went to sit down and Mr Cowan went over to him and added: "I actually thought he was having a heart attack. The pick axe handle was by his side."
The jury heard that Mr Kirkwood got in his car and drove to his stepson's shop in Paisley. He later handed himself into the police.
He denied ever having a knife or any other weapon with him that day.
Charges of having a knife in a public place and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of it have been withdrawn by the Crown.
The trial before judge Lady Rae continues. | A man accused of murdering former Mr Scotland bodybuilding champion Michael O'Hanlon has wept as he told jurors he thought he was going to be killed. | 39935641 |
The prime minister has said the UK is "perfectly entitled" to demand change.
But leaders including Virgin's Sir Richard Branson and BT's Sir Michael Rake say calls for "wholesale" revision could mean "damaging uncertainty".
Billions of pounds in taxes could be lost, they told the Financial Times.
Mr Cameron is due to make a long-awaited speech on the UK's future role in the EU later this month, with some Conservative MPs calling for a referendum on whether to stay in or leave.
Many others are demanding a fundamental renegotiation of the relationship, given the further integration of economies within the eurozone, of which the UK is not a part.
Appearing on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Mr Cameron said: "What that means is they are changing the nature of the organisation to which we belong. And so we are perfectly entitled, and not just entitled but actually enabled, because they need changes, to ask for changes ourselves."
A number of Conservative MPs, and the UK Independence Party, want a referendum on whether or not the UK should stay in EU.
But Mr Cameron, who is due to set out his plans in more detail in a speech later this month, said it would not be "right" to leave the EU, as its members accounted for half the UK's trade.
Mr Cameron said any referendum, if one was needed, would take place within the next five years, and promised Conservative supporters a "real choice" over Europe at the next general election.
But, in their letter to the FT, the business leaders argue that, if the UK left the EU, it could spend 10 years trying to renegotiate the type of trade deals achieved by the 27-member organisation, which could "seriously damage our world-leading exports" of legal and financial services.
They concede that the European Working Time Directive - which limits hours - and the EU budget need reform, adding: "But equally, we must be very careful not to call for a wholesale renegotiation of our EU membership, which would almost certainly be rejected.
"To call for such a move in these circumstances would be to put our membership of the EU at risk and create damaging uncertainty for British business, which are the last things the prime minister would want to do. We need a strong reformed EU with Britain at the heart of it."
The leaders include Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising giant WPP, which recently moved its headquarters back to London from Dublin, reversing a move it made for tax reasons in 2008.
They warn that £25bn of annual UK tax revenue is estimated to be "vulnerable" if the country secedes from the EU, as it comes from businesses with "mobile activity easily moved out of the UK".
They describe the EU as the "most powerful trading bloc in the world", adding that the US is "keen to see a strong UK in a strong Europe, fearing a weaker Britain on the sidelines of a more protectionist EU".
As part of a series of EU reforms partially aimed at protecting the euro, the European Central Bank will be directly supervising around 200 of the largest European banks from 2014 - but will have the right to intervene if smaller lenders are in trouble.
The UK government is reviewing the repatriation of some powers from the EU.
The other signatories to the letter to the FT are:
Roland Rudd, chairman of Business for New Europe
Sir Roger Carr, president of the CBI
Lord Davies of Abersoch, chairman of Corsair Capital
Chris Gibson-Smith, chairman of the London Stock Exchange
Gerry Grimstone, chairman of TheCityUK
Jan du Plessis, chairman of Rio Tinto
Malcolm Sweeting, a senior partner at Clifford Chance | Ten of the UK's leading business figures have warned David Cameron not to put membership of the European Union "at risk" in negotiations over the country's relationship with Brussels. | 20956130 |
Five councils do not have them, but 13 pray before the formal start so it is not classed as an agenda item.
The National Secular Society (NSS) said councils "shouldn't be clubs for Christians" but the Church in Wales said prayer or reflection "could be hugely beneficial".
Campaigners have already called for the practice to be abolished.
Despite this, no council has changed its position in 18 months and none have plans to do so.
Denbighshire is the only council to have a formal prayer at the start of full council meetings; 13 others say them before full council meetings commence, so atheists or those of other faiths do not have to attend.
Vale of Glamorgan re-introduced Christian prayers at the request of new mayor Janice Charles after her predecessor, Stuart Egan, had humanist blessings.
Cardiff said it had "representatives from different faiths" to lead prayers.
Five councils do not have prayers, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire allow the chairman to make the call and Wrexham said it was at the mayor's discretion.
Blaenau Gwent said it was the personal choice of the mayor, but it was "most often the case" a chaplain was appointed to lead prayers before full council meetings.
The Church in Wales said councillors could benefit from prayer or reflection before making "decisions which will affect many people".
A spokeswoman added: "Those of us with a faith may give thanks for the opportunity to make a difference and ask for God's guidance on our decisions. Those without a faith may appreciate a moment of quiet to reflect on the task ahead and remind us of our common purpose."
An act covering England says council meetings "may include time for prayers or other religious observance, or observance connected with a religious or philosophical belief".
There is no equivalent act in Wales and the Welsh Local Government Association said individual councils were not issued guidance on the matter and could use their own discretion.
NSS campaigns director Stephen Evans said scrapping prayers or removing them from meetings "allows councillors and members of staff who do not wish to participate to avoid them without having to excuse themselves".
He added: "Local councils shouldn't be clubs for Christians and unless acts of worship are properly separated from official business, the religious freedom of non-Christians will not be adequately respected." | Christian prayers are still held before meetings at half of Welsh councils, despite efforts to scrap them. | 40654893 |
Artists including Manic Street Preachers and Stereophonics have contributed songs to 30-track album Reach Out with proceeds going to Refugee Action.
Super Furry Animals and Cerys Matthews have also contributed tracks.
Journalist David Owens launched the project after a photograph of a young drowned refugee sparked an outcry.
He said: "I was one of those who shed tears at the harrowing images.
"As a father it broke my heart. I wanted to do something but like many of us felt utterly powerless."
He added: "I can only thank all the artists who agreed to donate tracks." | Some of Wales' best known musicians have released an album together to raise funds for a refugee charity. | 34219636 |
The Swedish furniture retailer has stopped selling the drawers in the US and Canada after they toppled over and crushed the children.
Initially, Ikea warned customers to use wall mounts with them, but a third death in February prompted the recall.
The recall does not apply to the UK and Ireland.
The units being withdrawn are children's chests of drawers higher than 23.5 inches (60 cm) and adult chests of drawers and dressers above 29.5 inches.
In addition to the three deaths since 2014, Ikea had received reports of 41 tip-over incidents involving the Malm chests and dressers, resulting in 17 injuries to children between the ages of 19 months and 10 years old, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said.
Ikea said that anyone who owns one of the pieces of furniture, and has not attached it to a wall, should take it out of the reach of children.
Consumers can choose between a refund or a free wall-anchoring repair kit.
The deaths caused by the toppling furniture prompted the CPSC to launch an education campaign to promote awareness of the problem across the industry.
Ikea said that it would help to promote the campaign in the US and around the world.
"With the Secure it! campaign, launched globally in stores and on Ikea's website, Ikea urges customers to inspect their chests of drawers and dressers to ensure that they are securely anchored to the wall according to assembly instructions," Ikea said in a statement.
The chairman of the CPSC Elliot Kaye added: "Today's announcement is not the end of our work on this hazard, nor should it be for the furniture industry.
"Ikea has several promising ideas to prevent injuries." | Ikea is recalling 29 million Malm chests of drawers in North America after the deaths of three children in the US. | 36648589 |
Neeraj Kumar said the players under scrutiny were all Indians from one team but declined to name them.
Three cricketers, including Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, were arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing.
Sreesanth and the families of the other two have denied the charge.
The arrested players - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - all belong to the Rajasthan Royals team. On Tuesday, a court extended their custody for five more days.
The players have also been suspended by India's cricket board and the Rajasthan Royals.
Spot-fixing involves illegally rigging parts of a match, for example by timing the delivery of a deliberate wide or no-ball, to benefit bookmakers or those betting on matches.
"The contours of our probe are likely to widen soon and we are hoping to crack a fresh syndicate of bookies," the Delhi police chief told The Indian Express newspaper.
"We are looking at other teams and other players as well, and specifically at three Indian players from one team," the paper quoted Mr Kumar as saying.
The police chief declined to name the players saying it will "affect our investigation".
Police say players use codes like "rotating their watches", "putting towels in their pants", "taking out lockets from their shirts", or "making signs with their clothes" to communicate with the bookmakers.
The arrests of Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan have shocked Indians who are fanatic about cricket.
More than a dozen bookmakers have also been arrested in connection with the spot-fixing inquiry.
On Tuesday, Mumbai police arrested actor Vindoo Randhawa, the first Bollywood personality to be arrested in connection with the scandal. Mr Randhawa, who won series three of Bigg Boss - India's version of the television show Big Brother - has made no public comment yet.
The sixth season of the IPL, which is considered to be the world's showcase for Twenty20 cricket, is currently under way in India.
Top Indian and international players are taking part, contributing to what is the world's richest cricket tournament. | The Delhi police chief has said they are watching at least three more cricketers for their role in alleged spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), media reports say. | 22634695 |
Bwriad yr archfarchnad yw ffurfio un canolfan yn Dundee, gan greu 250 o swyddi.
Dywedodd Tesco bod yn rhaid iddyn nhw sicrhau bod y busnes yn "gynaliadwy ac yn gost-effeithiol".
Ond dywedodd AS Gogledd Caerdydd, Anna McMorrin ei bod yn bwriadu ysgrifennu at Ysgrifennydd Busnes y DU mewn ymgais i gadw'r ganolfan.
"Fe fydda i'n ceisio cael Tesco i ailystyried," meddai.
Yn y cyfamser, dywedodd Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, Alun Cairns, ei fod wedi "herio" prif weithredwr yr archfarchnad, Matt Davies, dros y penderfyniad.
"Rwy'n bwriadu cwrdd â'r gweithwyr a thrafod â'r undebau sy'n eu cynrychioli i weld pa opsiynau eraill allwn ni gyflwyno," meddai Mr Cairns.
"Mae e [Matt Davies] wedi cytuno i wrando ar y dadleuon y byddwn yn rhoi 'mlaen.
"Rydw i hefyd eisiau gwybod sut becyn cymorth allai fod ar gael, mewn cysylltiad â symud rhai swyddi i Dundee.
"Rydw i eisiau gwneud yn siŵr nad ydyn ni'n cael ein tanseilio gan Lywodraeth Yr Alban o ran hynny."
Mae Tesco yn bwriadu cau'r ganolfan alwadau yn ardal Y Mynydd Bychan ym mis Chwefror 2018. | Mae Tesco wedi wynebu galwadau i roi'r gorau i'w cynlluniau i gau canolfan alwadau yng Nghaerdydd, gyda 1,100 o swyddi'n cael eu colli. | 40360688 |
The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equality, said many young women were relying on their partner for financial security in retirement.
It said many women in this age group were taking on the full cost of childcare.
The government said free childcare was being doubled.
The Fawcett Society said that student debt, childcare costs, and a break from work were preventing women from saving for later life.
Sam Smethers, chief executive, said: "The gender pay gap becomes a pensions gap in retirement. In particular, women are taking a big hit on their pensions when they have children, but are not aware of the impact this will have on them in the long-term.
"Women are putting everyone else's needs before their own, especially when it comes to who pays for childcare. Their baby becomes her childcare bill."
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said: "We want all women to have a financially secure retirement, which is why we introduced wide ranging reforms to make pension saving easier and clearer, including through the introduction of the new state pension and automatic enrolment.
"We are also committed to supporting mothers by making childcare more affordable and more accessible, and we are doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents of three and four-year-olds from 15 to 30 hours."
The Pensions Policy Institute recently warned that the new state pension, introduced this month, will leave more than 11 million workers now aged their 20s and 30s worse off than they would have been under the previous system.
A BBC News investigation in 2010 revealed how pensions had fallen down the priority list for many young women. | Women aged in their 20s and 30s are risking poverty in retirement by cutting contributions as they pay for childcare, a think tank says. | 36090345 |
Speaking to Barron's, he said he had "always been an investment guy" and the "hiring, paying people, planning and so on" became a problem for him.
Mr Gross told the financial magazine that "managing money is in my blood".
The co-founder of Pimco left abruptly last week to join rival Janus Capital.
It has been reported that he was at odds with the executive committee of Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, which is owned by the German insurer Allianz.
In his interview, Mr Gross says he's grateful to Janus's chief executive for "putting this [job opportunity] together so quickly, in a matter of 24 to 48 hours at most, and I don't intend to disappoint".
While at Pimco, Mr Gross was seen as a key figure, and since his departure investors have withdrawn record amounts of money.
The Total Return bond fund, which was managed by Mr Gross, lost more than 10% of its assets in September.
"I like to get up at 5:30 in the morning and make money for clients and compete against other money managers. That's something that doesn't go away.
"I am obsessed with delivering value to investors and winning the game from a personal standpoint. Retiring at this point in my career just doesn't suit me," he states in the Barron's interview.
He has been given control of a much smaller fund at Janus, worth $13 million (£8m), in which he says it will be easier to implement ideas than in the $200bn (£125bn) portfolio he used to run.
"The bond paparazzi will be less interested in Janus than they were in Total Return," he says.
Asked where he sees bond investment opportunities at the moment, he points to Mexico, saying it is "a pretty safe emerging market," with half the debt level of the US and interest rates around 6%. | In his first interview since leaving the bond fund Pimco, former boss Bill Gross has said he is 'uniquely exuberant' at leaving management responsibilities behind in his new job. | 29495997 |
He split the £50,000 cash award for his winning book, A Horse Walks Into a Bar, with translator Jessica Cohen.
Chosen from 126 titles, it tells of a stand-up comedian living in a small Israeli town who falls apart on stage in front of an audience.
The Colchester-born author, 63, who was given the award at a ceremony in London, and said he would "cherish" it.
Nick Barley, chair of the judging panel, said Grossman had "attempted an ambitious high-wire act of a novel" and "pulled it off spectacularly".
"A Horse Walks Into A Bar shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality," he added. "The central character is challenging and flawed, but completely compelling."
Grossman has been writing since the late 1970s and has won awards in Israel and around the world, with his books being translated into more than 30 languages.
To be considered for the prize, books had to be translated into English and published in the UK between 1 May 2016 and 30 April 2017.
Six were shortlisted for this year's award. Grossman was up against fellow Israeli author Amos Oz for Judas, Compass by Mathias Enard, The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors and Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin.
Each shortlisted author and translator automatically receives £1,000.
This is only the second year that the prize has been awarded to a single book. Before 2016, the Man Booker International was awarded every second year to an author for their entire body of work.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | David Grossman has become the first Israeli author to win the Man Booker International Prize. | 40286540 |
Perpetual Loyal finished the 628 nautical miles (1,163km) in one day, 13 hours, 31 minutes and 20 seconds - almost five hours faster than the previous course record.
The Australian yacht took first place after eight-time winner Wild Oats XI retired with keel damage.
Eighty-eight yachts began the race, which has been going since 1945, on Monday.
The occasion has since become one of the greatest spectacles in Australian sport.
Perpetual Loyal's closest rivals were all more than an hour slower than the 100ft yacht, which had failed to finish the last two races.
After they crossed the finish line, the team's official Twitter account said: "Mission accomplished!"
"This is one for the true believers," owner and skipper Anthony Bell told reporters at Hobart's Constitution Dock.
New Zealand's Volvo 70 Giacomo - which hopes to be crowned overall winner, the handicap honours for the vessel that performs best according to size - finished second with a time of one day, 15 hours, 27 minutes and five seconds.
"It was a bit of a downwind race, so it suited us," said owner and skipper Jim Delegat.
"Still, we're pretty surprised, it's not often that a 70-footer can do this, get second over the line."
Hong Kong businessman Seng Huang Lee's supermaxi Scallywag crossed the finish line about two minutes later, also easily beating the old record.
Five yachts have so far withdrawn from this year's race, including Wild Oats XI, which set the former record of one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds in 2012.
Perpetual Loyal had benefited from favourable winds that saw the race leaders tear down Australia's east coast after departing Sydney Harbour on Monday.
The yacht was first into the open ocean followed by Scallywag and Wild Oats.
Wild Oats edged into the lead amid freshening northerly winds and looked well set to break its own record for the race, but in a bitter blow, its hydraulic keel control mechanism failed when it was in the middle of the Bass Strait.
Citing crew safety, skipper Mark Richards made the call to retire from the race on Tuesday morning, with the yacht arriving at the town of Eden some 480km south of Sydney early on Wednesday.
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia commodore John Markos said this year's favourable conditions "will make it a pretty hard record to break".
Storms are usually a regular hazard in the Sydney to Hobart, one of the world's most challenging races. Six men died, five boats sank and 55 sailors were rescued in 1998 when a deep depression hit the Tasman Sea. | The gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been won in record time. | 38445733 |
The group - chaired by anti-Brexit Labour MP Chuka Umunna - warns in a report that anti-immigrant rhetoric is making it harder for new arrivals.
It calls for government action to encourage "meaningful social mixing".
Leave Means Leave said there was nothing poisonous about wanting to take back control of Britain's borders.
In its report, the cross-party group on social integration, says migrants should be treated as Britons-in-waiting who can eventually gain citizenship instead of being viewed as security threats.
Mr Umunna said: "The demonisation of immigrants, exacerbated by the poisonous tone of the debate during the EU referendum campaign and after, shames us all and is a huge obstacle to creating a socially integrated nation.
"We must act now to safeguard our diverse communities from the pedlars of hatred and division while addressing valid concerns about the impact of immigration on public services, some of which can contribute to local tensions."
The group calls for local authorities to be given a legal duty to promote integration and for new arrivals to be put on the path to citizenship straight away.
It also proposes that businesses employing large numbers of immigrants should pay a levy that could be used to help ease the strains of migration on communities.
And the group repeats a call it made last year to allow different parts of the UK to set their own immigration policy, an idea rejected by the Home Office.
Critics have accused the group of trying to keep EU freedom of movement through the back door.
Richard Tice, co-chairman of pro-Brexit campaign Leave Means Leave, said: "This is typical of Chuka Umunna - a member of the metropolitan liberal elite who is completely oblivious to the concerns of millions of hard-working British families across the country.
"There is nothing 'poisonous' about wanting to take back control over Britain's borders, in fact he should be ashamed to suggest there is."
He claimed Mr Umunna was "in complete denial about the referendum result and is trying to retain a form of freedom of movement which is completely against the democratic will of the British people".
The cross-party group visited areas of high immigration in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Dagenham and found migrants are increasingly leading separate lives to the rest of the community.
Under a regional system, local leaders would be able to assess the impact of immigration on public services and community cohesion and create a certain number of visas to meet local economic needs, according to the report.
The majority of MPs and peers in the group are Labour members, but it also includes Conservative, Lib Dem and SNP MPs.
It has previously called for compulsory English lessons for people moving to the UK who cannot speak the language. | The poisonous tone of last year's Brexit campaign has led to the demonisation of immigrants, the head of a group of MPs has said. | 41041946 |
Bu farw Ashley Talbot, 15, yn dilyn gwrthdrawiad gyda bws mini oedd yn cael ei yrru gan athro ar safle Ysgol Maesteg yn Rhagfyr 2014.
Digwyddodd y gwrthdrawiad ar ddiwedd diwrnod ysgol pan oedd hyd at 1,000 o ddisgyblion yn gadael yr ysgol ar droed ac ar fysiau.
Dywedodd un ferch wrth y rheithgor yn Aberdâr ei bod wedi gweld pum achos ble roedd "gwrthdrawiadau bron wedi digwydd" yn y gorffennol.
Disgrifiodd un ferch ei bod wedi gweld Ashley a ffrind arall yn rhedeg rhwng dau fws cyn i'r gwrthdrawiad ddigwydd.
Roedd anafiadau Ashley mor ddifrifol iddo farw yn y fan ar lle.
Cafodd yr athro addysg gorfforol, Chris Brooks ei holi gan yr heddlu ond ni wynebodd unrhyw gyhuddiadau.
Dywedodd merch arall fod gan Ashley un clustffon ymlaen.
Fe glywodd hi dri sŵn chorn cyn gweld Ashley yn rhedeg rhwng dau fws cyn taro yn erbyn y bws mini.
Cafodd ei daflu dros fonet y cerbyd cyn i'r olwyn fynd drosto.
Cyn i Ashley redeg tuag at y bws mini dywedodd un disgybl ei fod wedi ei rybuddio gan ddweud: "Paid â bod yn wirion, wyt ti'n gwybod faint o weithiau dwi bron a chael fy nharo drosodd ar y ffordd yma?"
Mae nifer o blant eraill wedi dweud mewn datganiadau eu bod bron a bod yng nghanol gwrthdrawiadau. Doedd y plant heb adrodd am y digwyddiadau gan nad oedden nhw'n credu bod yr achosion ddigon difrifol.
Dywedodd un plentyn "bron yn ddyddiol yn yr ysgol" y gallai weld achosion lle allai damwain fod wedi digwydd.
Mae tystion eraill wedi dweud bod gyrrwr y bws mini, Mr Brooks yn gyrru ar gyflymder o thua 10mya ac fe redodd allan o'r bws i chwilio am help yn syth cyn ymuno yn yr ymdrechion i adfywio Ashley.
Mae ffrind Ashley oedd hefyd wedi rhedeg gydag ef wedi dweud mai Ashley a fo oedd ar fai.
Er i'r ffrind gael man anafiadau, dywedodd na ddylai'r ddau fod wedi bod yn rhedeg ac fe ychwanegodd eu bod wedi cael eu dysgu i "oedi, edrych a gwrando" cyn croesi'r ffordd.
Dywedodd disgyblion eraill nad oedden nhw wedi gweld achosion o wrthdrawiadau agos ac eu bod wedi derbyn cyngor ynglŷn â diogelwch ar y ffordd ar ôl iddyn nhw ymuno â'r ysgol.
Mae'r cwest yn parhau. | Mae cwest i farwolaeth bachgen a fu farw ar ôl bod mewn gwrthdrawiad gyda bws mini ysgol wedi clywed tystiolaeth gan ddisgyblion ei fod yn "rhedeg" cyn y gwrthdrawiad. | 38963770 |
The 24-year-old five-time Paralympic champion set new bests in her T34 category over 100m, 400m and 800m.
Cockroft began the streak of impressive times by lowering her record in the 100m to 17.28 seconds before taking the 400m in 57.86 seconds on Thursday.
She then led from gun to win the 800m on Sunday, knocking one second off her previous best to 1:55.73.
There was also a world record in the women's T53 200m for Britain's Samantha Kinghorn with a new time of 28.91 seconds earlier on the same day.
The six-lane track in Arbon is known to wheelchair athletes as the fastest in the world and the series of Swiss events, which ran from 25-28 May, saw a total of 20 world records broken with 29 competing nations.
Cockroft will join her British team-mates next week in Nottwil, also in Switzerland, for the IPC Grand Prix between 2-5 June. | Britain's Hannah Cockroft has broken three world records at a race series in Arbon, Switzerland. | 40079180 |
The 24-year-old was placed on report by the referee after a tackle on Greg Bird in Friday's 46-10 win over Catalans Dragons at Headingley.
Bird required seven stitches in a wound at the back of his head.
Singleton will not be available for the Rhinos until the game against Huddersfield Giants on 27 April.
In other disciplinary hearings, Hull FC's Jansin Turgut was suspended for two matches and fined £300 after pleading guilty to striking with an elbow or forearm in the match against St Helens.
Salford prop Lama Tasi has been given a one-game ban after submitting an early guilty plea for a dangerous throw on Wakefield's Anthony England.
Leigh Centurions' Gareth Hock pleaded guilty and was fined £300 for a grade A punching offence.
St Helens' Alex Walmsley, Widnes' Danny Craven and Huddersfield's Sebastine Ikahihifo have all escaped suspension after they submitted early guilty pleas. | Leeds Rhinos forward Brad Singleton has been banned for six matches and fined £300 after pleading guilty to striking an opponent with his elbow. | 39272869 |
The Rams are at home to QPR on Friday night and could close the gap to six points prior to Saturday's fixtures.
Rowett said: "You shouldn't be in that dressing room if you didn't think there is at least a chance.
"But you do not look at the end goal. We'll break it down into small chunks."
Meanwhile, Rowett said he expected striker Chris Martin, who is on loan at Fulham, to return to the club for next season.
"I see Chris Martin as nothing other than a Derby player next season," Rowett said. | Manager Gary Rowett says Derby County are still not out of the Championship play-off picture despite being nine points adrift of the top six with eight games remaining. | 39421938 |
Ali al-Naimi said commodity price fluctuations were to be expected and said he was hopeful for the future.
He added it was "difficult, or even impossible, for Saudi Arabia or Opec to undertake any measure that would lead to a reduction in [their] share of the market and an increase in of others".
The price of oil has halved since June.
On Thursday, the price of Brent crude was just below $63 a barrel, while US crude was near $58.
Oil prices, which were well above $100 a barrel in the summer, have slipped because of slowing economic growth in developing nations, particularly China, and an increase in fuel supplies, partly thanks to advances in shale gas extraction.
Oil consuming nations are enjoying lower fuel and food prices, while exporting nations, including Russia and members of the Opec oil producers' cartel, are suffering big drops in income.
The lower oil price has contributed to Russia's recent currency collapse as its economy is heavily dependent on oil for revenue.
Opec member Nigeria is also reliant on oil for income. On Wednesday, it restated its budget to take into account the new, lower oil price.
Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry is beginning to cut back on investment and jobs.
Smaller members of Opec had hoped to see a reduction in output, since a production cut generally lifts the oil price.
However, the last Opec meeting in November concluded without a vote for lower production.
Opec produces about a third of the world's crude oil, about 30 million barrels a day, of which Saudi Arabia pumps 9.6 million. | Recent falls in the price of oil are likely to be temporary, says the oil minister for Saudi Arabia, Opec's biggest producing nation | 30531829 |
In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Robinson called on the parties to take care the positions they are adopting do not close off sensible options.
He advised the politicians to "step back, take a breath".
He said they should ensure there is space for an agreement "in the calmer times that follow the hustings".
Mr Robinson wrote that he had been determined not to provide a running commentary on political events since he stepped down.
However, he said his concern for the existence of the Stormont institutions has overridden his desire for a quiet retirement.
The former DUP leader acknowledged that mistakes were made over the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
But he argued that the executive's proper role should have been to put in place cost control measures and initiate a thorough inquiry.
Mr Robinson said the argument that it was "time for the people to have their say" was bogus.
He added that he could not help feeling that if Martin McGuinness had been in good health, the breakdown would have been avoided.
Instead, he argued, "more belligerent elements" in Sinn Féin had "seized their opportunity".
The former first minister said he believes a major negotiation of the kind Sinn Féin is seeking cannot be completed in the time legally available before a fresh election should be triggered.
"Almost inevitably, the assembly will be suspended and Northern Ireland will be back to direct rule," he said.
Mr Robinson said the election had "constitutional importance" and he called for a high unionist turnout. | Former first minister Peter Robinson has said that "while the election is unstoppable the headlong rush into destruction is not". | 39130210 |
Small Heath School was inspected by Ofsted following claims it was involved in a take over by hard line Muslims but was found to be "outstanding".
It has since been put into special measures.
Unions say there are plans to convert it to an academy but the council said it was not aware of such a proposal.
Three teaching unions - the National Union of Teachers, the NASUWT and the ATL - are involved in the strike at the secondary school.
The unions said the strike was taking place with "a great deal of regret" after the school's board "failed to give assurances academisation would not take place before the end of autumn term 2015".
David Room, the general secretary of the NUT in Birmingham, said: "We have been forced into this position because we have seen a letter from a senior figure in the local authority saying this school will become an academy."
Ofsted ranked the school "outstanding" in April 2014 under its previous long-serving head teacher, Peter Slough but said it lacked "vision" in inspections in January, following his retirement.
Birmingham City Council said they were "extremely disappointed" by the strike.
It said: "The reason for the strike has been given as potential academisation of the school.
"The Department for Education (DfE) has not approached the city council or the school so far about this."
"If they do, the [board] will ensure that there is immediate consultation with teachers and parents."
The DfE said: "Making sure every child has the chance to get an excellent education and the best start in life is a key priority.
"Ofsted's report on Small Heath School clearly shows that is not happening at the moment." | Staff at a Birmingham school investigated over the Trojan Horse allegations, are striking over fears it could be turned into an academy. | 32717935 |
26 April 2016 Last updated at 15:29 BST
The crowding turned into a crush and 96 people died, with hundreds more injured.
It was the biggest tragedy in British sporting history.
Families of the people who died have campaigned for many years to find out what happened on the day of the disaster.
Now the results of a special investigation, called an inquest, have been announced.
It says that the police, ambulance service and other organisations made mistakes that led to the disaster. It also says that the fans were not to blame.
Newsround spoke to students in Merseyside about what this news means to them. Watch this video to see what they had to say. | In April 1989, at an FA Cup semi-final, Liverpool supporters gathered on the terraces of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. | 36141064 |
More than 100 18-24 year olds took on five politicians in the debate organised by BBC's Newsbeat.
Trust was the main issue but tuition fees, gender equality and the voting age also dominated.
Voters were joined by politicians from five major parties at Leeds City Museum on Tuesday evening.
Sam Gyimah, from the Conservatives, Sadiq Khan of Labour, Sal Brinton from the Liberal Democrats, Mhairi Black of the SNP and Rhun ap Iorwerth, from Plaid Cymru were all in the line of fire.
BBC Wales followed six Welsh audience members to hear their views on the debate.
Guto Gwilym, 21, Lampeter
"It was brilliant to have that one hour that was purely focused on young people and the issues we have. It was very much a night where politicians heard what we have to say and I very much hope that they've been taking notes.
"For me - one thing we do need to tackle urgently now is diversity among MPs."
Aled Illtud, 20, Aberystwyth
"It was nice to see a different kind of debate - it was much more energetic.
"I did feel like there were more questions than there were answers but that maybe reflects how passionate the audience members were.
"We seemed to have a battalion of questions thrown at the politicians. It was beautiful to see but I would have liked more answers from the politicians."
Peter Gillibrand, 18, Carmarthen
"I think the debate concentrated too much on tuition fees. I would have liked to hear more about what politicians would do for disabled people like my brother. He's severely autistic but the funding for lots of the services he uses has been cut.
"I'm a Plaid Cymru voter but I think the real people who won this debate were the SNP and Lib Dems.
"The SNP lady was really inspirational and the lady from the Lib Dems came across well too. She said 'look we made a mistake on tuition fees' but you felt she did really care about young people."
Robyn Holley, 21, Cwmbran
"It was everything I expected it to be - people shouting, lots of opinions whirling around and politicians just being politicians. I wasn't impressed by what they had to say - it was just a lot of hot air.
"I have considered not voting but I think I will probably turn out if only to try and change things."
Gwion Dafydd, 20, Pembrokeshire
"I think a couple of politicians said the right things. I liked that Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems all supported lowering the voting age for 16 and 17 year olds. It shows they care about what young people have to say.
"I have more respect for some of the parties now."
Rhys Taylor, 21, Bangor
"I stood up and made a comment during the discussion on tuition fees. I think it's important that politicians admit when they've made a mistake and apologise if they can't carry through with their promises.
"It's not often that we hear politicians apologising but the more we can get them to own up to their mistakes the more we will be able to trust them." | Six young voters from Wales who took part in an election debate geared around young people have described it as "brilliant" to "a lot of hot air". | 32214898 |
He told supporters that it was shameful that some top officials were earning $18,000 (£13,000) a month, while others were paid as little as $140.
Officials not ready to accept the new $7,000 monthly wage limit should "start looking for alternative jobs", he said.
Mr Magufuli has promised to cut wasteful public expenditure in office.
The changes would come into effect in time for the start of the next financial year, which starts on 1 July, the president said.
He likened the gulf in wages to a few "angels residing in heaven", while the majority "languished as if they were in hell", Tanzania's The Citizen newspaper quotes him as saying.
Junior civil servants would see their salaries increase as part of the new policy, Mr Magufuli added.
The president was speaking from his home town of Chato in north-western Tanzania in his first visit since taking office last October.
He also used his speech to announce a drop in the current income tax rate from 11% to 9%.
"It's true we want to collect tax, but we must also understand what the working class takes home," he said.
On Tuesday, a US government aid agency withdrew $472m (£331m) of funding for a Tanzanian electricity project after criticising the government's handling of elections in Zanzibar.
The president appeared to react to the move in his speech by criticising over-reliance on foreign aid:
"We need to stand on our own. Work hard so that Tanzanians can get rid of donor dependence."
Nicknamed the bulldozer, Mr Magufulil has announced a range of cost-cutting measures since coming to power including cancelling official celebrations for independence day. | Tanzanian President John Magufuli has promised to slash the salaries of senior civil servants, cutting the top wage threshold by almost two-thirds. | 35925477 |
The inquiry will "examine the role of both the police and council... and address any wrongdoings or failings," Chief Constable David Crompton said.
A report last week said more than 1,400 children were abused from 1997 to 2013.
Meanwhile, Labour has suspended four members in the town, three of them councillors.
Revelations of child abuse on a massive scale in the Jay Report prompted calls for resignation among those in power at the time.
Mr Crompton said it made for "painful reading" and laid bare the failings of the force over a number of years.
On Tuesday, he said: "The investigation will properly and independently examine the role of both the police and council during the period identified and address any wrongdoings or failings, which will allow the appropriate action to be taken.
"We must give victims the confidence to come forward in the knowledge that all agencies will listen, will act, provide appropriate support, and relentlessly pursue those who offend against our young people."
The inquiry will be led by another police force.
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's shadow home secretary, had called for South Yorkshire Police to refer themselves to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over failings in Rotherham.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party has announced it has suspended four members, including Rotherham councillors and former councillors, in the wake of the scathing report into child sexual abuse in the town.
The party suspended councillors Gwendoline Russell and Shaukat Ali, as well as the council's former leader Roger Stone and ex-deputy leader Jahangir Akhtar, pending an investigation.
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) has taken control of a new "rigorous" procedure for selection of candidates to the local council in the South Yorkshire town.
And the NEC's approval will be required for any application to rejoin the party by Shaun Wright, who quit Labour following the publication of the Jay Report, but has refused to step down as police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, as well as former councillor Maurice Kirk.
The four who were suspended held positions of responsibility in Rotherham during the years when children were abused.
Labour said it had instructed the party group on Rotherham Borough Council to set up a scrutiny committee on child protection, including independent advisers, to help rebuild public confidence in the council.
It added: "Further action against others in positions of responsibility at the time may follow. Those responsible must be, and will be, held to account."
Labour MP and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt told BBC Radio Sheffield: "This is not just taking place in Rotherham, it is taking place across cities and communities, in children's centres, in home environments across the country.
"If people aren't stepping up to the plate and accepting responsibility then we've had to intervene as a party at a national level to say this is not the kind of leadership we expect from elected officials."
The Jay Report was critical of the failure of responsible authorities to respond to warnings that children - many of them teenage girls in local authority care - were being preyed upon by gangs of older men. | South Yorkshire Police has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of the Rotherham child abuse scandal. | 29027733 |
Almost immediately he took part in an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session on the site to discuss Reddit's future with its 164m monthly users, known as Redditors, after a tumultous few months.
Reddit had been led by Ellen Pao, herself a controversial figure in Silicon Valley following a high profile gender discrimination case against a former employer, which she lost.
On Ms Pao's watch a popular member of staff, AMA coordinator Victoria Taylor, was sacked, resulting in moderators bringing popular parts of the site to a standstill in protest.
Ellen Pao also oversaw the closure of five forums, known as subreddits, on the grounds of harrassment (one was called "fatpeoplehate", which had 150,000 subscribers, while others encouraged homophobic or racist criticism) and faced accusations of censorship as a result.
Mr Huffman promised more transparent moderation of the website but ruled out reversing Ellen Pao's decisions.
In keeping with the nature of the community, the online response to the site's announcement was mixed.
Some were delighted: "Welcome back Steve!" wrote EMC_trooper.
Some were wary: "If there's a new CEO, but nothing's different...then what? What changed?" asked IRushPeople.
Others were cynical: "Present new CEO as the solution everybody wants while probably keeping all the same people making actual decisions," wrote RetardedSquirrel.
While some had helpful advice for the new boss to help him fit in: "every other Saturday, we all post pictures of ourselves in penguin costumes. It's a thing now," wrote Lolzergrush (it probably isn't).
She was appointed in 2013 but Ms Pao was only actually in the post for eight months.
In that time she oversaw some very unpopular changes at the site. Could she possibly have been the architect of it all in such a short space of time?
"It's hard to imagine she was, but responsibility flows up," said Mr Huffman in his AMA.
He didn't express any sympathy for his predecessor, however, despite her being subjected to a level of online abuse from some Redditors that board member Sam Altman branded "sickening".
"I'm sure there will be times I've got to take it on the chin as well," said Mr Huffman.
"Part of the gig."
Unlikely, said Mr Huffman.
He went on to say that creating a "clear content policy" detailing exactly what would be considered unacceptable across the site was one of his biggest priorities.
He also outlined three definitive no-go subject areas:
"In my opinion, FPH [the subreddit fatpeoplehate] crossed a line in that it was specifically hostile towards other Redditors." he said.
"Harassment and bullying affect people dramatically in the real world, and we want Reddit to be a place where our users feel safe, or at least don't feel threatened."
Censorship is perhaps a strong term. What Mr Huffman has committed to is a more transparent mode of operation, in which the site's users might be able to see what has been removed, or why.
"[The moderators] can ban what they want, but I'd like to make it transparent what was actually banned. Some sort of 'garbage can' or something," he wrote.
He added that he didn't like seeing a "deleted" sign in place of a comment.
"I don't care if it was deleted, I want to read it anyway," he said.
Some users complained they had been caught up in the site's practice of "shadowbanning" - an attempt to get rid of spammers by banning accounts without warning.
Mr Huffman said it "sucks" but that moderators need better tools - and users need to behave themselves.
"Sometimes people do need to be banned, but it shouldn't be a secret, and there should be an appeals process to undo it," he said.
No.
"I know she was well-loved by many moderators, and I'm very sorry at how everything played out," said Mr Huffman.
"It could have been handled much better. However, she was let go for specific reasons, which I obviously will not share, and we will stand by that decision."
Ms Taylor herself took to the site to thank Redditors for their support.
"You can take the woman out of Reddit, but you can't take the Reddit out of the woman," she wrote defiantly.
No question, said Mr Huffman, in response to a query on the theme of an old internet meme.
"1000 duck-sized horses. Since they can't climb stairs, you can easily get away from them long enough to figure out how to drown them." | The new chief executive of enormous community news and chat site Reddit will be a familiar name to its veteran users - Steve Huffman, aka Spez, co-founded it in 2005. | 33506861 |
The Australian finished 0.606 seconds quicker than Lewis Hamilton, who earlier set the pace in first practice.
Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg was third, a further 0.293secs adrift.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth, ahead of the Toro Rossos of Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz.
Saturday's qualifying and Sunday's race are live on the BBC sport website and radio 5 live.
The fastest Ferrari was only seventh, in Kimi Raikkonen's hands, ahead of the Force India of Sergio Perez.
Sebastian Vettel was only 14th when he spun at Mirabeau corner, hitting the barrier and damaging the rear wing of his Ferrari.
He later jumped up to ninth only to slide into the barrier at Ste Devote on his very next lap, although he got away without any damage.
Manor's Rio Haryanto was the only other man to crash in a session punctuated by drivers locking wheels and running wide at the first corner and chicane.
The Indonesian, whose long-term future at the team is in doubt over sponsorship concerns, lost control over the crest after the tunnel, spinning into the outside barrier, rebounding into the inside barrier and coming to rest in the escape road. He was unhurt.
Red Bull had been expected to feature close to the front in Monaco, especially as Ricciardo is using one of only two existing versions of an upgraded Renault engine which have been rushed forward to an early debut for this race.
But the size of his margin to Mercedes was surprising - and the engine did not account for anything like the 0.964secs gap between Ricciardo and Verstappen, who won the last race in Spain.
The new engine is said to be worth up to 0.5secs a lap on a more normal circuit, but only 0.2secs around Monaco, where power has less of an effect on lap time than anywhere else.
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Red Bull's pace appeared genuine - Ricciardo was also the quickest driver on the race-simulation runs during the second part of the session, by a little over 0.1secs a lap on average from Rosberg.
But Mercedes always find extra pace on Saturdays and still must be considered strong favourites for the weekend.
Meanwhile, the McLarens' pace was disappointing after they came into the weekend predicting both drivers would be in contention for the top 10 on the grid and behind only Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.
Jenson Button was 10th, 1.718secs off the pace, and team-mate Fernando Alonso 0.4secs adrift in 11th place after not setting a representative lap on the fastest 'ultra-soft' tyre.
Practice results
Monaco Grand Prix coverage details | Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo sprung a surprise by comfortably heading the Mercedes drivers in second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. | 36390221 |
He urged China to act in order to reduce tensions, the White House said.
The US has in the past accused China of being involved in hacking government and commercial computer systems.
Earlier this month, the Chinese were blamed for a security breach involving the records of four million past and present US federal employees.
Speaking in Washington at the end of the talks, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the two countries would now work together to come up with a code of cyber conduct.
"There was an honest discussion, without accusations, without any finger-pointing, about the problem of cyber theft and whether or not it was sanctioned by government or whether it was hackers and individuals that the government has the ability to prosecute."
The US made it "crystal clear" that this was not acceptable, Mr Kerry added.
"We need to work through how all countries are going to behave, but particularly how we're going to work this out in terms of the bilateral relationship."
China has denied being behind the huge security breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) three weeks ago.
State Councillor Yang Jiechi said in Washington the US must "respect the facts".
He added that China was cracking down on hacking and was ready to co-operate with the US on cybersecurity issues.
Earlier in the year, China also denied accusations it was behind an attack that stole data from US health insurer Anthem.
The White House said President Obama also expressed concerns about the growing Chinese presence in the South China Sea.
But the two sides were keen to emphasise areas of agreement, including on ocean preservation, illegal fishing and climate change. | President Barack Obama has raised continuing US concerns over China's cyber activities, as two days of talks between the two nations came to an end. | 33264216 |
It posted a net income of $3.4bn (£2.3bn) for the first quarter, compared to a loss a year ago, when it was hit by litigation costs.
A 55% increase in mortgage loans and a rise in profit at its global banking division helped drive the increase.
Chief executive Brian Moynihan said the bank saw "continued encouraging signs in customer and client activity".
"This should bode well for the near-term economic outlook," he added.
However, some of the bank's divisions saw revenues fall, with income from its loan portfolio lower than the same period last year due to low interest rates.
Profits at its consumer bank, its biggest division, were flat which the bank blamed on lower returns from credit cards. | Bank of America has reported a return to profit for the first three months of the year. | 32315209 |
He joins the Premier League club after becoming a free agent when his contract with the Ligue 2 outfit expired.
Sanogo, who scored 11 goals in 24 appearances for Auxerre, is currently with France at the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Turkey.
He scored twice in the group stages to help his side through to the last 16, where they face the host nation.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "Sanogo is a good young signing for us.
"He has shown he has potential with his recent performances for Auxerre and also for the France Under-20 side.
"We are looking forward to Yaya joining us and continuing his promising development."
Sanogo joined Auxerre as a 14-year-old. The Gunners have not revealed the length of his contract. | Arsenal have signed 20-year-old French youth international striker Yaya Sanogo from Auxerre. | 23139745 |
Caroline Gardner said there was a risk the authority would need a government bailout, despite receiving more than £24.3m from ministers since 2012.
She also cited problems around a new IT system for financial issues at NHS 24.
Ms Gardner said failure to launch the system successfully meant costs were now running 73% over budget.
In her report, the auditor general said NHS Tayside had received more than £5m from the Scottish government this year to alleviate pressure arising from staffing and prescription costs and hitting performance targets.
But she added: "As well as the need to repay this support, the board has set an unprecedented savings target of £58.4m for 2016/17.
"At the same time it is forecasting a potential deficit of £11.6m and does not currently have plans in place that fully address this gap.
"Based on its financial performance to date, there is a significant risk it will require financial aid again in order to break even."
In regard to the out-of-hours service NHS 24, she said they had "invested significantly" to implement a new IT system over the past six years.
However, the crisis-hit project, which is now expected to cost £131.2m, will not be fully rolled out across Scotland until the end of next year.
Ms Gardner said the delays created risks that the service would not meet future financial targets, which would largely depend on efficiency savings.
She said: "Each of these health boards is experiencing prolonged and considerable challenges which continue to have an impact on the way they operate and deliver services.
"While action is under way to try and address these issues, there's no quick fix available and recovery will take time.
"It's important that the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish government closely monitor progress to ensure circumstances do not worsen, to the detriment of staff and service users."
In response to the report, NHS Tayside chief executive Lesley McLay said that while the financial challenges faced by the board were "extremely important", there were "other key issues" which needed to be addressed.
She added: "These include caring for a population where people are living longer and with more medical conditions and care needs, increasing demands on all our services year on year, rising prescribing costs, a large and ageing estate here in Tayside and recruitment issues."
She said that NHS Tayside was building a "five-year transformative programme" to drive change in the health authority and that the local community should be assured that "delivering person-centred and safe health services is our priority".
The auditor general is due to report on the overall financial health and performance of the NHS in Scotland later this month.
The Scottish Conservatives said NHS Tayside and NHS 24 were suffering from the SNP doing a "dreadful job".
Donald Cameron, the party's health spokesman, said: "This report details tens of millions of pounds that have been poured down the drain.
"That's cash which could have been spent on staff, repairing crumbling hospitals, or funding vital drugs."
Scottish Labour called it a "brutal" report for the Scottish government, saying the Health Minister Shona Robinson would now need to address the "huge cuts" to come at NHS Tayside.
The Scottish Greens and Scottish Liberal Democrats have also criticised the government over the report.
Ms Robison said the Scottish government took the report "very seriously".
"Patient safety is our top priority and at no point has this been compromised," she said.
"We have been working closely with NHS 24 to bring the Future Programme back on track. NHS 24 has fully acknowledged there were weaknesses in the past and has worked hard to strengthen the programme's governance arrangements.
"I am pleased that this positive progress is noted by the auditor general, who acknowledges that reasonable steps are being taken to mitigate the risk of further delay."
The minister added: "I acknowledge the issues that the auditor general raises in her report with regard to NHS Tayside and I welcome the fact that the board is putting in place a long-term plan to return to sustainable financial balance.
"The Scottish government will continue to work closely with the board to monitor their progress as they work to strengthen their financial position." | NHS Tayside faces a budget deficit of more than £11.6m this year and has no plan in place to address it, according to Scotland's spending watchdog. | 37577297 |
O'Sullivan, a five-time world champion, narrowly beat Liang 5-4 in a repeat of the 2009 final.
The 40-year-old had not played a World Tour match since losing to Barry Hawkins in April's World Championship.
Defending champion Kyren Wilson is out after a 5-2 defeat by Michael Holt, who faces O'Sullivan in the second round.
Follow all of the first round results from the Shanghai Masters here. | Ronnie O'Sullivan came back from 4-1 down to beat China's Liang Wenbo in the Shanghai Masters first round - his first match for five months. | 37421959 |
Anthony Perrett, from Newport, south Wales, said it was a "great relief" to have the case against him dropped.
He was in the group of 28 activists and two freelance journalists arrested in September as they staged a protest at a Russian offshore oil rig.
They were all charged with hooliganism - but have all been freed on bail.
They are being granted amnesty under a new Russian law, signed ahead of the Olympic Winter Games in Russia in February, which has seen several high-profile releases in recent days.
Greenpeace confirmed on Tuesday that one man from the "Arctic 30" group had been told his case was now closed, and that others were expected to receive notice soon.
An earlier report saying that three people had been notified for release was later corrected.
Mr Perrett, 32, later told BBC Wales that despite his ordeal, he was still proud of his actions.
"It's a great relief to have the criminal proceedings finally dropped," he said.
"From our point of view, we are entirely innocent. The only crimes being committed in the Arctic are those of the oil industry. So, we're relieved but we're not happy. Crimes are still being committed in the Arctic and that is of great concern to us all."
Mr Perrett has been told that he can collect his exit visa on Boxing Day.
Twenty-six of the group are foreigners - six of them Britons - and Greenpeace said they would be free to leave Russia once they had the right stamps in their passports.
"We know that getting those stamps would be the best Christmas present for the Arctic 30 and we hope it can happen quickly, but until such time as they do, we still cannot say when they will leave," it said in a statement.
The detainees, from 16 different countries, had sailed to an oil rig operated by Russia's state-run energy company Gazprom in September.
They were intercepted by Russian coastguards, who fired warning shots as some activists tried to climb on board the rig. Their ship, the Arctic Sunrise, was seized.
The group was initially charged with piracy but the charges were later reduced to hooliganism. They denied the charges, saying their protest had been peaceful and legal.
On Tuesday, Greenpeace spokesman Ben Stewart refused to rule out a similar protest in the future.
"I think it is probably too early to say whether or not we would do this again," he told the BBC.
"Our friends aren't even home yet and they've spent two months in jail. I would say, however, that for the last few years Greenpeace has been going up to the Arctic and taking peaceful direct action against Arctic oil drilling."
The Russian amnesty law was passed last week by the State Duma and could see the release of some 20,000 people.
It was approved as part of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Russian constitution.
On Monday Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot jailed for staging an anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, were freed.
The women said the amnesty had been a PR stunt by the government ahead of the Sochi Games. Tolokonnikova called on countries to boycott the Games.
In an earlier move unrelated to the amnesty, former Russian tycoon and prominent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky was pardoned and released after more than 10 years in prison for theft and tax evasion. | Russian authorities have dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic. | 25504016 |
The Brandalism campaign said it was behind the unauthorised artworks.
It said in a statement the aim was to "highlight the links between advertising, consumerism, fossil fuel dependency and climate change".
The action comes as demonstrations take place around the world to demand action to stop climate change.
Prominent corporate sponsors of the talks have been targeted by the posters, which say that they are "part of the problem".
Several others feature world leaders, nearly 150 of whom are due to attend the Paris talks. | More than 600 artworks critiquing corporate sponsors of the UN summit on climate change have been installed in advertising spaces across Paris. | 34958282 |
The 55-year-old member of Bollington Parascenders was hurt while undertaking a parascending launch at City Airport in Barton, Salford at 08:00 on Sunday.
Greater Manchester Police said the man had been taken to hospital with "life-threatening injuries".
A spokesman added the cause of the crash was "unclear" and asked anyone who witnessed it to get in touch.
Bollington Parascenders said members regularly fly parascending flights from City Airport in summer.
The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association said it would offer the police support if required to help with the investigation. | A paraglider has been critically injured in a crash at an airport, police have said. | 40003604 |
One pupil from Tredegar Comprehensive School was on the phone to her mother when police shot an armed man as he tried to enter the US Capitol Building visitor centre in Washington.
Lisa Reardon told BBC Radio Wales how her daughter, Chelsea, began screaming down the phone, "he's got a gun".
Police called the shooting an "isolated" incident.
Ms Reardon paid tribute to the way teachers dealt with children, including her 16-year-old daughter.
"The next minute she is screaming down the phone to me saying, 'he's got a gun, he's got a gun'," she said.
"The first thing that goes through my head is what the hell is going on.
"Even though I'm panicking, I'm trying to calm her down as well, saying, you have to listen to the teacher.
"Everything was going through my mind. I felt more useless than anything."
A female bystander suffered minor injuries when police fired at the suspect.
Ms Reardon said: "The teachers were amazing for looking after them and reassuring them. They are carrying on with their trip. It is not going to stop them.
"I can't wait for her to come home on Thursday."
The school posted a message on Twitter to say all children were fine and shared photos on their Facebook page saying "all are safe and well". | School children from Blaenau Gwent were caught up in a dramatic armed incident while on a trip in the United States. | 35914944 |
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his government would "start over from zero".
The original design, by British architect Zaha Hadid, had come under criticism as estimated building costs almost doubled, reaching $2bn (£1.3bn)
Mr Abe says the new stadium will still be completed in time for the games.
However, the delay means that the stadium will no longer be ready in time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which Japan is also hosting.
World Rugby said it was "extremely disappointed" and was "urgently seeking further detailed clarification".
Japanese officials say the contract with Zaha Hadid's architecture firm will be cancelled, and a new design chosen within six months.
Zaha Hadid Architects said that the stadium the firm had designed could be built cost-effectively.
"It is not the case that the recently reported cost increases are due to the design," the firm said in a statement.
The real challenges were "increases in construction costs in Tokyo and a fixed deadline", it said, adding that building costs in Tokyo were higher than many other places as the risk of earthquakes meant that strict safety standards were needed.
Under the original plans, Tokyo's stadium would have been bigger and more expensive than any of its recent predecessors.
It drew increasing criticism as estimated costs spiralled from $1bn to $2bn.
The futuristic design of the stadium also drew attention, with architects likening it to a turtle or a bicycle helmet.
Announcing the cancellation on Friday, Mr Abe said: "I have been listening to the voices of the people and the athletes for about a month now, thinking about the possibility of a review."
"We must go back to the drawing board," he added. "The cost has just ballooned too much."
He said that he had made the decision after being assured that it was still possible to complete construction of a new design in time for the Olympics.
Dame Zaha Hadid has won several architectural awards, including the 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize and the 2010 and 2011 Stirling Prizes.
She designed the London Aquatics Centre for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, as well as Qatar's Al-Wakrah stadium for the 2022 football World Cup.
Commentators have described her projects as exuberant, extravagant and striking.
However, it is not the first time one of her designs exceeded the initial budget - the London Aquatics Centre's budget more than tripled from its initial budget of $116m (£75m). | The Japanese government has decided to scrap its controversial design for the stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. | 33563243 |
The Scot, 30, begins his title defence against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the first round at 13:00 BST.
Murray, who is fit following a hip injury, hopes to match fellow Briton Fred Perry as a three-time champion.
British number one Johanna Konta is also in action on day one, along with Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal.
Defending women's champion Serena Williams is absent as she awaits the birth of her first child.
The weather forecast for the early days of the tournament suggests little or no rain but play is guaranteed on Centre Court thanks to the roof, which has been in place since 2009.
Court One will be even more open to the elements than usual this year as work has begun on installing a roof there in time for the 2019 Championships.
The earliest places in the famous queue for tickets were taken 48 hours before play starts by those prepared to camp out.
Approaching half a million spectators will pass through the gates of the All England Club across the 13 days of play - and they will consume 28,000kg of strawberries and 10,000 litres of cream along the way.
And after 647 matches, the two singles champions will walk away with record prize money of £2.2m - double the winners' cheques of just six years ago - while first-round losers will take home £35,000.
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Much of the focus will again fall on Murray, who hopes at add to his victories of 2013 and 2016, having overcome the worst of a hip injury he suffered in the build-up.
He will carry the burden of knowing his number one ranking is under threat from Nadal, Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic, as well as trying to retain his title.
"I don't feel like I'm coming in trying to defend something," said Murray.
"I'm going out there trying to win Wimbledon again. I want to try to win the competition.
"Maybe it adds a little bit of extra pressure. Maybe a few more nerves, especially at this Slam with the way the scheduling is, that you're the first one out there on Centre Court.
"You feel like you're opening up the tournament a little bit, and that adds a few more nerves.
"But I feel OK. I've felt fairly calm the last few days, considering how I've been feeling."
Konta, 26, has her highest ever seeding at a Grand Slam at sixth, but she too is on the mend after injuring her spine in a heavy fall at Eastbourne on Thursday.
"It's much better," she said. "Definitely it was medically the right decision to not continue playing in Eastbourne, to give my body that chance to recover.
"It was a bit of a traumatic fall on the body."
While both Murray and Konta have serious ambitions for the next two weeks, Switzerland's seven-time champion Roger Federer and Czech players Karolina Pliskova and Petra Kvitova are the favourites for the men's and women's titles.
Federer, 35, is trying to win a record eighth Wimbledon title and his first since 2012, and has enjoyed a superb 2017 that began with victory at the Australian Open - his 18th Grand Slam title.
He skipped the entire clay-court season, taking a 10-week break that leaves him fresh for the challenge of Wimbledon.
"That was the decision for me - no compromise really," said Federer, who would surpass Pete Sampras with an eighth title.
"To give myself the best chance for the grass, so I would never look back and have regrets once I came here."
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Kvitova, 27, is playing only the third tournament back since suffering a career-threatening injury to her hand during a knife attack at her home in December.
She will follow Murray onto Centre Court when she takes on Sweden's Johanna Larsson, with Swiss fifth seed Stan Wawrinka then up against Russia's Daniil Medvedev.
Five-time champion Venus Williams opens play on Court One against Belgian Elise Mertens.
Nadal is fully fit and looks like a title contender once again, having last won Wimbledon in 2010, and the Spaniard follows Williams in his match against Australian John Millman.
Konta completes the line-up on Wimbledon's second show court when she plays Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan.
Britain has 12 players involved in the singles draws - four through their ranking, seven offered wildcards and one, world number 855 Alex Ward, having come through qualifying.
Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares are seeded third for the men's doubles, while Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett and Jordanne Whiley defend their wheelchair titles.
Seven Britons are in singles action on day one: Murray, Konta, Heather Watson, Naomi Broady, Laura Robson, Aljaz Bedene and Cameron Norrie.
Alex Ward and compatriot Kyle Edmund are sure to carry plenty of support when they meet on Tuesday. | Britain's Andy Murray will open Centre Court play on Monday as he attempts to make history once again at the 131st Wimbledon Championships. | 40474488 |
Korir won the men's race in one hour 54 seconds, taking almost a minute off the previous best in the Welsh capital.
Compatriot Jepchumba, who ran most of the women's race alone at the front, clocked 1:08:14.
Welshman Dewi Griffiths was eighth in the men's race, setting a personal best of 1:03:26 in the process.
Ebbw Vale's Richie Powell won the men's wheelchair race in 1:02:44, with Gintare Gaigaliene winning the women's equivalent in 1:39:58.
The Kenyans dominated both elite races, though, with Korir followed home by countrymen Cyprian Kotut and Charles Mneria.
Jepchumba, meanwhile, beat compatriots Flomena Daniel and Lenah Jerotich.
Many runners tackled the course in fancy dress, and organisers said 51% were running the distance for the first time.
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Catch up with the action and stories from the Cardiff Half Marathon from our live text commentary and see some images from the race below. | Kenya's Shadrack Kibet Korir and Violah Jepchumba set new course records to win their respective races at the Cardiff Half Marathon. | 37533875 |
The medieval cloisters, the driveway and the exterior of Lacock Abbey will be transformed with colour and light.
Former owner of the abbey, William Henry Fox Talbot, developed his "art of photogenic drawing" 175 years ago.
He shared the image of one of the Wiltshire abbey's windows in 1839.
The lights are part of the second Illuminating Lacock Abbey light festival by the National Trust and marks a year celebrating Fox Talbot's achievements.
Kristine Heuser, from the National Trust, said: "This year our focus is on Lacock as the birthplace of photography."
She said the theme of the display was "The Window" to celebrate the window at Lacock Abbey depicted in Fox Talbot's photographic negative.
"The illuminations add a whole new layer to the experience, so we're encouraging visitors from last year to come back too," Ms Heuser said.
Illuminating Lacock Abbey runs from 16:00 to 19:00 GMT every evening until 9 February. | A key event in the birth of photography is being celebrated with illuminations at the place depicted in one of the first photographic negatives. | 25895074 |
In the six months after the levy was brought in last October, 640 million plastic bags were used in seven major supermarkets in England, it says.
In 2014, the waste reduction charity Wrap estimated the same shops had used 7.64 billion bags over the full year.
If that trend were to continue over the year this would be a drop of 83%.
It follows the pattern seen in the rest of the UK since the introduction of charges for bags.
Wales introduced a levy in 2011, followed by Northern Ireland in 2013 and Scotland in 2014. They saw reductions in bag use of 76%, 71% and 80%, respectively, in the first year after the fee was established.
The charge means all retailers with more than 250 full-time employees are required to charge a minimum of 5p to customers for single-use, plastic carrier bags, but paper bags are exempt.
Over the six months since the charge was introduced, the government said:
Environment Minister Therese Coffey said the reduction in the number of bags being used was "fantastic news".
"It will mean our precious marine life is safer, our communities are cleaner and future generations won't be saddled with mountains of plastic taking hundreds of years to break down in landfill sites."
This reduction in plastic could benefit the environment, especially the oceans.
A report published in the journal Science in 2015 estimated that about eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in global waters each year.
Dr Sue Kinsey, from the UK's Marine Conservation Society, said: "Every year we survey our beaches, and last year we found over 5,000 bags over one weekend."
She said that birds and marine mammals ate plastic, and bags were also breaking down into smaller pieces and being consumed by tiny marine organisms.
However she said that England could do more to further reduce plastic pollution.
She said she wanted to see the exemption for small businesses on charging the levy removed.
"There's no exemption in Scotland and Wales, for instance," she told BBC News.
"If that exemption was removed, we'd see even more plastic bags removed from the environment, which has only got to be good news."
But extending the 5p charge would be too much of an administrative burden for smaller businesses, the government has previously said.
Meanwhile, Andrew Pendleton from climate change action group Friends of the Earth said plastic bags were only part of the problem.
He said that attention should now turn to the "millions of non-recyclable coffee cups that go to landfill, and to oversized boxes and excess packaging as a by-product of online shopping". | Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government has said. | 36917174 |
He said there was a "clear implication" from their remarks that Leave had created a "bad atmosphere."
The PM has faced criticism for sharing a link to Mrs Cox's last article, in which she said the UK could better deal with immigration from inside the EU.
He said his comments were intended purely as a tribute to Mrs Cox.
Mrs Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire on Thursday, shortly before holding a constituency surgery.
MPs and peers returned to Parliament on Monday to pay tribute to the Batley and Spen MP, who leaves behind a husband and two children.
Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Farage said: "I think there are Remain camp supporters out there who are using this to try to give the impression that this isolated horrific incident is somehow linked to arguments that have been made by myself or Michael Gove or anybody else in this campaign, and frankly that is wrong."
Asked by an LBC listener how he felt about the killing being linked with Brexit, Mr Farage said it was "despicable...but that's what is happening".
He added: "We have a prime minister and a chancellor and other big political leaders in Britain who are scared witless.
"They thought they would win this referendum by a country mile.
"They know it's neck and neck, they know it's down to who turns out on the day to vote, and there is no level of denigration or false association that they will not stoop to, but I think people are intelligent enough to see through this sort of thing."
UKIP donor Arron Banks, meanwhile, told LBC his Leave.EU campaign group had undertaken polling on the impact Mrs Cox's death on public opinion.
Asked if he thought the polling was "tasteless", he said: "I don't think so."
Mr Cameron, during a campaign visit to Cowley, Oxfordshire, was asked whether he was using the MP's death for political advantage.
He said: "What I have been talking about in respect of Jo is what a wonderful human being and great politician and great campaigner she was."
The PM added: "What everyone has been saying, and what I say again, is paying tribute not only to her but the values she lived by and epitomised in public life of tolerance, of service, of community.
"That's what we are saying about her."
Speaking earlier to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Farage said the EU project was "doomed" regardless of the outcome of Thursday's referendum - but he predicted Leave would win.
The UKIP leader said the EU was a "failing club" that had "divided" northern Europe over the migrant crisis, and "ruined" the south with the euro.
"Why would we wish to be a member of a union where, in the north, [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel's policy is leading to political dislocation... and, in the south, where the eurozone crisis will come back in July, with Greece looking for a third bailout?" he said.
Mr Farage - who is not part of the official Leave campaign - argued that the referendum was a question of "confidence".
"Do we believe we're good enough to run our own country, and make our own laws? I do. We've got to vote Leave to take back control of our lives," he said.
Asked what would happen if Remain won, Mr Farage replied: "If this proposition gets rejected, then we will not be the first country to leave the European Union.
"The Danes, or the Swedes or the Dutch will beat us to it. Believe me, this project is doomed."
But he added: "I think we're going to win because I think those that want to leave have made their minds up and believe in it."
Mr Farage also defended his party's much-criticised "Breaking Point" anti-EU poster, which showed a long queue of migrants.
On Sunday, Leave campaigner Michael Gove, the justice secretary, joined a number of politicians in attacking the poster, with Chancellor George Osborne saying it had "echoes" of 1930s' literature.
And former Conservative chairman Baroness Warsi said the poster was influential in her decision to switch sides to Remain.
Mr Farage told Today: "I didn't invent that picture. The picture was real, the picture was on the front pages of all our national press last year."
But he said it was "unfortunate timing" that within a couple of hours of its release the "terrible, tragic" killing of Labour MP Jo Cox took place.
On the economy, Mr Farage said he accepted it was about "even-stevens" whether the UK was in or out of the EU, but he said there were other issues which made Leave the right choice.
"I do think there is an issue here called the quality of life," he said.
"If you can't get a GP appointment or your kids can't get a house or you can't get your five-year-old into a local primary school, those are real issues."
Pressed on his post-Brexit trade vision, Mr Farage argued that the UK could continue trading with the EU on a tariff-free basis.
"If they cut off their nose to spite their faces... no deal is better than the deal we currently have," he said of the EU, and criticised the single market as an "outdated customs union, dominated by big businesses to the extent that it's virtually a cartel".
Speaking ahead of a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday morning, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said an EU exit would be "an irreversible decision".
"If Britain decides to leave, there will be no going back.
"Britain could never rejoin the European Union at a later date, except on terms that would be unacceptable to it: membership of the euro, membership of Schengen and so on.
"So this is a very, very important decision, and we are very clear that it's in Britain's best interest to remain a member of the European Union," he said. | UKIP leader Nigel Farage has suggested that David Cameron and George Osborne have tried to link the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox to the Leave campaign. | 36574254 |
The firm said it was looking into them.
Outlook users, including those with Hotmail addresses, are reporting issues on social media and sites including Down Detector - with some saying their services are now returning.
On the Xbox Live platform there is a message saying that Microsoft is aware of sign-in issues and is "working to resolve" them.
Microsoft Outlook has tweeted on its official account that the issue has now been fixed.
"Great news! An update has been rolled out. Our servers are now up and running," it said in response to a customer at around 1545 GMT.
It suggests trying to log in again. | There are numerous reports from around the world that various Microsoft services are suffering faults. | 39191061 |
The planet, which is called a super-Earth, orbits a red dwarf star 40 light years away.
A red dwarf star is much smaller and cooler than our Sun
Nasa explains: "Super-Earths are exotic planets unlike any in our solar system. They are more massive than Earth yet lighter than gas giants like Neptune, and they can be made of gas, rock or a combination of both."
The European Southern Observatory has said that the planet called LHS 1140b is the "best candidate" they've discovered for signs of life.
This is because the planet is located at a particular distance from the star which means that liquid water could exist on the planet, which is needed for life to exist. This is called the Goldilocks zone, because the conditions are just right.
The experts think that the planet might have had a magma ocean, which could have fed steam into the atmosphere. This may have resulted in water on LHS 1140b.
"This is the most exciting exoplanet I've seen in the past decade," said space expert Jason Dittmann. "We could hardly hope for a better target to perform one of the biggest quests in science - searching for evidence of life beyond Earth." | Space scientists are getting extremely excited about a planet they've just discovered, as they think it it could be a real game-changer as they search for signs of life in outer space. | 39654165 |
It was a first win for new Os boss Alberto Cavasin while defeat leaves Hartlepool without a victory in seven games at home this season.
Orient had the best openings in the first half but trailed at the break.
A deep free-kick saw Ollie Palmer head against the crossbar, but Pools took the lead in first-half injury time.
A corner from Lewis Alessandra was nodded back at goal by Lewis Hawkins for Josh Laurent to knock in his first professional goal.
Hawkins was denied a second by a fine, one-handed save from Alex Cisak and three minutes later the Os levelled.
Sandro Semedo was picked out on the right side of the area and his low shot beat keeper Trevor Carson at the near post in the 55th minute.
Palmer got his first goal seven minutes later, curling his finish low around Carson.
The striker doubled his tally in the 71st minute when he was fed by Gavin Massey and made no mistake.
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Match ends, Hartlepool United 1, Leyton Orient 3.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 1, Leyton Orient 3.
Ulrich N'Nomo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United).
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Ulrich N'Nomo (Leyton Orient).
Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Nicky Deverdics.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Trevor Carson.
Attempt saved. Ulrich N'Nomo (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Nicky Deverdics replaces Jordan Richards.
Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Attempt missed. Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Zan Benedicic (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zan Benedicic (Leyton Orient).
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Zan Benedicic replaces Robbie Weir.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Ulrich N'Nomo replaces Sandro Semedo because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Trevor Carson (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Michael Woods replaces Lewis Hawkins.
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United).
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Alan Dunne replaces Jordan Bowery because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jordan Bowery (Leyton Orient) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United).
Goal! Hartlepool United 1, Leyton Orient 3. Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Semedo.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Billy Paynter replaces Padraig Amond.
Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Sandro Semedo. | Leyton Orient recorded their first win in seven games with a competent 3-1 victory at Hartlepool. | 37663735 |
The show, based on Michael Morpurgo's novel, tells the story of Joey, a horse who serves in World War I.
Murpurgo said it was "a show like no other, with puppets at its heart" and that it had "moved millions in London and all over the world".
The last performance at the New London Theatre is scheduled for 12 March.
War Horse, which also won five Tony Awards on Broadway and has been seen in 10 countries, is the most successful play in the National Theatre's history. It was also adapted into an Oscar-nominated film by Steven Spielberg.
When it closes, the London production will have played over 3,000 performances and been seen by over 2.7 million people. A UK tour will begin in autumn 2017.
The National Theatre's artistic director, Rufus Norris, announced the show's closure as he unveiled details of the NT's new season in 2016.
"We could keep it going for longer, we could put a new cast in and drag it out, but our subsidy is to make work here and to reach out to audiences around the country." Norris told The Guardian.
"We always knew it would come to an end and nobody expected it to last as long as it has."
Directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse received its world premiere on 9 October 2007 at the National Theatre, where it played for two seasons before opening at the New London Theatre in March 2009.
Producer Chris Harper said: 'War Horse has wowed audiences around the world, and we are incredibly proud of what the show has achieved over the last eight extraordinary years."
The National Theatre's 2016 productions include: | The West End production of War Horse, a galloping success for the National Theatre, is to close in 2016 after a seven-year run. | 34288690 |
The Royal College of GPs said the pressure of more consultations, complex cases and increased bureaucracy was causing fatigue and burnout.
The RCGP said such difficulties would not be allowed to happen with pilots or train drivers.
It also called for a new system of distress signals so practices under extreme pressure could raise the alarm.
That would be similar to the red and black alerts hospitals use when they have surges of patients.
The alerts act as a warning to the rest of the system to relieve pressure where possible by taking on their patients or not referring new cases to them.
In extreme cases hospitals can even close their doors to new patients - although the RCGP is not suggesting this happens in general practice.
The college also said mandatory breaks should be introduced to minimise the risk of mistakes.
To make the case, the RCGP has produced a consultation paper highlighting the pressures GPs are under.
Consultations have risen by nearly a fifth in the past five years, to more than 360 million a year, far outstripping the rise in GP numbers that has been seen.
It means there are now fewer GPs per person than there were in 2009, with the RCGP saying another 3,300 GPs are needed.
While many of the figures in the report relate to England, the RCGP said it was a UK-wide problem.
Dr Maureen Baker, who chairs the RCGP, said the problem needed addressing urgently, with waiting times getting worse and GPs having to work 11- and 12-hour days, which increased the risk of mistakes, such as medication errors.
"Few of us would voluntarily board a plane flown by a visibly tired pilot or get on a train where we knew the driver had spent too much time at the controls - yet there are no methods or systems for addressing doctor and staff fatigue in general practice," she said.
"Our intention is not to panic patients but to send out a pre-emptive strike to ensure that we take steps now to protect patients from the risks arising from doctor and staff fatigue."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt set out plans last month to invest in general practice.
He promised extra investment, including the recruitment of 5,000 new GP and another 5,000 support staff, including practice nurses, during the Parliament.
The idea of creating financial incentives for those willing to work in the most deprived areas was also put forward.
But, crucially, he linked it to the profession embracing seven-day working, to the anger of the British Medical Association.
A spokesman from the Department of Health said: "GPs do a fantastic job and we know they are under pressure as our population ages and more people live with long-term conditions. That's why we have committed to make 10,000 more staff available for general practice." | Patient safety is at risk because of increasing GP workloads in the UK, doctors' leaders are warning. | 33680993 |
The National Secular Society (NSS) says some groups are holding assemblies and bible clubs in schools in England.
The NSS has written to the Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for national guidance on external visitors, particularly from religious groups.
The government said it had not seen any evidence to support the claims and had not received any complaints.
The report says there has been "a marked increase in the number of parents contacting the National Secular Society with concerns about external visitors to schools exposing their children to unwelcome and wholly inappropriate religious evangelism and proselytisation".
It added: "We have investigated this and found an abundance of material showing that the parents' concerns were not isolated instances."
The report says that in many cases, evangelical Christian organisations offer to provide religious education and school worship.
It claims that the legal obligation on schools to provide religious education and a daily act of worship has provided "a foot in the door" to some organisations with evangelistic intentions.
The report suggests that shortfalls in religious education provision, recently highlighted in a report from Ofsted, are leading head teachers to accept help from external religious groups and adds that some heads are "insufficiently discerning about the external groups they are allowing into their schools".
The letter also asks the Department for Education to ensure that guidance to schools on visits from religious groups "makes clear that schools must not offer opportunities to groups seeking to evangelise".
The NSS says its investigation was prompted after it was contacted by parents, some of whom had themselves written to the schools and to the Department for Education about their concerns.
One parent said he had become aware "quite by chance" of regular visits by an evangelical group to his child's non-religious primary school in Sheffield.
He complains that the group "adheres to a profoundly conservative and avowedly missionary agenda".
Another complained that his child had been told the creation story from Genesis was "factual" during visits to a primary school in the West Midlands from a local minister.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "Religious education must be clearly delineated as such.
"A line is crossed when religious positions such as creationism are taught as scientific theories for example. Neither are schools places for proselytisation without the explicit and informed consent of parents."
A spokeswoman for the DfE said if parents had concerns about visitors to their child's school they should make a formal complaint to the school.
"State schools cannot teach creationism as scientific fact," added the spokeswoman.
"They must offer a broad and balanced curriculum and meet their obligations under equalities legislation. Schools have a responsibility under law to ensure children are insulated from political activity and campaigning.
"Schools are required to safeguard the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
"Ofsted inspections include a focus on this to enable them to identify any inappropriate practice."
Paul Bate of the Association of Christian Teachers and a former head of a faith school said: "Some schools, including faith schools, have a clear statement in their articles prohibiting staff from proselytising within the school.
"Indeed, the faith school where I was head had such a statement within their articles and the RE curriculum was based around the teaching of philosophy, ethics, and giving the students an understanding of all faiths - which included secularism." | Evangelical Christian groups intent on converting pupils are being allowed into state schools claims a report. | 24491511 |
Dr Kevin Moore, the director of the National Football Museum, will lead a working group to look into potential location and funding opportunities.
The heritage exhibition does not have a permanent home, with the archive stored at Heritage Quay in Huddersfield.
"It is clear that there is a game-wide passion for heritage," Moore said.
"A national museum will bring to life the characters and events that have helped shaped this great sport over the last 120 years and before.
"We are looking at developing a high-quality museum that eclipses all other sports museums in the world, a facility that is immersive, interactive and educational and which contributes to the strategic objectives of the game."
A location for the museum could be announced in 2016, with funding, design and construction processes to follow.
Previously, former Great Britain, Dewsbury and Penrith Panthers hooker Mike Stephenson had established a museum at the birthplace of Northern Union, the George Hotel in Huddersfield.
However, the closure of the venue in 2013 brought an end to the permanent display. | Rugby league charity RL Cares has revealed plans to establish a National Rugby League Museum by 2020 and has commissioned a feasibility study. | 35774425 |
AXA Private Equity and China's Fosun are behind the bid, which Club Med's management described as "friendly".
Club Med shares jumped 23% on Monday in response to the offer.
Club Med pioneered the all-inclusive holiday resort in the 1950s and 1960s, but has recently struggled amid the economic downturn in Europe.
Analysts suggest the bid will see the company accelerate its shift towards faster-growing markets, particularly in Asia, as well as continuing efforts to move more up-market.
Club Med operates about 70 resorts worldwide.
In a statement, its management board said it "took note of the friendly character of this offer" and would meet again to give its opinion, following a report on the bid by independent analysts.
AXA Private Equity and Fosun are two of Club Med's biggest shareholders. They said that the current management, including chairman and chief executive Henri Giscard d'Estaing, would remain in place if the bid was successful. | French holiday firm Club Med looks set to be taken over by two of its shareholders in a deal that values the company at 541m euros (£463m; $700m). | 22678970 |
Police say concrete was poured on Tuesday as building commenced of a control centre at the Brenner crossing on the border with Italy in the Alps.
It is the latest in a series of hardline steps taken by Austria to clamp down on migration.
But the EU, Germany and Italy, as well as refugee agencies, have criticised the measures.
Aid groups say the steps effectively mean decisions on asylum will be made within minutes or hours at border centres.
They say that means asylum seekers could then be refused entry to the country - breaching both European law and the Austrian constitution, and encouraging migrants to turn to human traffickers.
Austria has become known for its strict stance on migration, including introducing border fences and controls and tough asylum rules including a cap on numbers claiming asylum.
Last year, it became a major transit country for migrants seeking to claim asylum in Germany and correspondents say the influx has contributed to the popularity of the far right, raising tensions within the governing coalition.
That approach, pledged incoming Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka on Sunday, "will be continued".
"This is probably the most fundamental change in recent decades," Michael Landau, head of the Catholic non-governmental organisation Caritas, told reporters on Monday.
"A change which means Austria virtually takes leave of the right to asylum."
Austria says it is worried that the closure of the Balkan migration route from Greece to Austria and further north will intensify pressure on the route from Libya into Italy and then further north.
Brenner is one of the main crossings, with a reported 5,500 lorries passing through on a daily basis.
The construction of the control centre there - consisting of a registration hall and barriers in a lay-by off the northbound carriageway - is due to be completed by the end of May.
But plans to introduce stricter border controls are deeply controversial - and protests at the crossing more than a week ago ended in clashes.
On Tuesday, the European Commission said it was "very concerned" about the new centre.
Sandro Gozzi, Italy's state secretary for European affairs, said late on Monday that the construction of the centre "violates European rules".
However, Austria's outgoing Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner argued during a visit to Rome on Friday that steps had to be taken.
"Amongst other things the Italian government has to ensure that all migrants are registered in hotspots and housed nearby," she said.
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 says it has begun work to tighten immigration controls at a key north-south European crossing point. | 36022914 |
Huws, 23, spent the final four months of last season on loan at Portman Road, scoring three goals in 13 appearances.
"He was outstanding when he came last season, one of the best players from January onwards," said McCarthy.
Celina, 20, spent last season on loan at Dutch club FC Twente.
The Kosovo international, who has featured four times for City's first team, scored five times in 27 appearances for the top-flight side.
McCarthy told BBC Radio Suffolk: "We've been looking for a replacement for Tom Lawrence - no pressure on him there, player of the year in every department.
"He's a similar type, right-footed left winger and can play in behind the striker."
Wales international Huws joined Cardiff in August 2016 on a three-year deal but struggled to break into the Bluebirds first team, and Warnock revealed that the player dipped into his own pocket to ensure he could go on loan to Ipswich to play regularly.
"Right on the [transfer] deadline day I said: 'I want you to stay, but if Ipswich don't come up with the wages you're going to have to stay'," Warnock told BBC Wales Sport.
"He ended up paying some of the wages himself, which I found incredible and I can't take my hat off to him enough.
"It's paid off for him, because he's going to get himself a club and a contract where he'll be happy playing."
Huws made his senior debut for Wales in a friendly against Iceland in March 2014 and has won 11 caps, scoring one goal.
Cardiff manager Warnock has also confirmed he wants to sign a further three players ahead of the new season.
Last week Cardiff signed striker Danny Ward from Rotherham United and the Bluebirds have also recruited goalkeepers Lee Camp and Neil Etheridge this summer on free transfers, as well as Scotland defender Callum Paterson and winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Ipswich Town have had a bid accepted for Cardiff City midfielder Emyr Huws and hope to conclude the loan signing Manchester City midfielder Bersant Celina, says boss Mick McCarthy. | 40405467 |
Their study suggests there's now a one in three chance of monthly rainfall records being broken in England and Wales in winter.
The estimate reflects natural variability plus changes in the UK climate as a result of global warming.
But a supercomputer was needed to understand the scale of increased risk.
Across the winter of 2013-14, a series of storms hit the UK leading to extensive flooding in many parts. The amount of rain that fell in much of southern England and the Midlands was the heaviest in 100 years. Cleaning up from the resulting floods took time and money - the bill for the Thames valley alone was over £1bn.
Met Office researchers say that there was nothing in the observational record to indicate that such an unprecedented amount of rainfall was possible.
However, by using a climate model that takes the current climate period from 1981-2015 as its base, and running it hundreds of times on the Met Office supercomputer, researchers were able to find many modelled months with similar or greater rainfall to January 2014.
Their analysis also showed a high risk of record-breaking rainfall in England and Wales in the coming decade.
"We found many unprecedented events in the model data and this comes out as a 7% risk of a monthly record extreme in a given winter in the next few years, that's just over Southeast England," Dr Vikki Thompson, the study's lead author told BBC News.
"Looking at all the regions of England and Wales we found a 34% chance of an extreme event happening in at least one of those regions each year."
Not only is there a greater risk, but the researchers were also able to estimate that these events could break existing records by up to 30%.
"That is an enormous number, to have a monthly value that's 30% larger, it's a bit like what we had in 2014, and as much again," said Prof Adam Scaife from the Met Office.
Key to developing this new understanding of the risk of record rainfall has been adding the power of a supercomputer to create hundreds of realistic UK winter scenarios in addition to the observational record. Other experts believe that the new work will be very important to policy makers.
"Although this year has been particularly dry, generally our winters are getting wetter and the rainfall heavier, so we are seeing more flooding and records broken," said Prof Piers Forster from the University of Leeds who was not involved with the study.
"We expect the odds to shorten on future rainfall extremes but the first stage to predict this is knowing the current odds - and this is what this new paper gives us."
One of the key questions though is how much of a role does climate change play in increasing the risk of these large scale downpours?
"There's a good chance of a record and there's a good chance that it would be much bigger than the current record," said Prof Scaife.
"We are not attributing this directly to climate change, what we are saying is that if you take in everything that's in the climate system today then that is the risk. Climate change is already happening and we've already got some and that is folded in here."
The new research approach has been dubbed the UNSEEN method, to emphasise that this work anticipates events that have not yet been seen. It was also used as part of the UK government's National Flood Resilience Review (NFRR) when the Met Office were asked to estimate the potential and severity of record breaking rainfall over the next decade.
That review led the government to adopt new stress tests to assess the risk of flooding from the rivers and seas.
However there were concerns that the NFRR didn't consider surface water flooding which can affect more homes and businesses. Some critics believe that in light of this new research, the review should be re-visited.
"It should be an urgent priority for the Environment Secretary to re-open the National Flood Resilience Review with the aim of improving the UK's preparedness against surface water flooding caused by heavy rainfall, the risks of which are clearly spelled out in this paper," said Bob Ward, from the the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
The Met Office study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook | There is an increased risk of "unprecedented" winter downpours such as those that caused extensive flooding in 2014, the UK Met Office says. | 40683302 |
Local media say as many as 29 people were killed in the attack by suspected herdsmen from the Fulani ethnic group and police were caught in an ambush.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the herdsmen were acting in revenge.
The BBC's Ishaq Khalid says there is an ongoing conflict between herdsmen and farmers over land and grazing rights.
This particular feud was over the destruction of farm crops, police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP news agency.
Mr Abubakar said the gunmen had looted food supplies and set fire to homes before fleeing on Sunday morning.
The police chief of Girei town, in Adamawa State, was killed when police had been ambushed on the way to the site of the attack, he added
One suspect has been arrested. | At least 20 people, including a police chief, were killed in early morning attacks on four villages in northern Nigeria, police say. | 35400537 |
On Wednesday, a court in Mumbai sentenced Khan to five years in prison for killing Noor Ullah Khan by driving over him as he slept on the pavement.
The Bombay High Court gave him interim bail for two days after his lawyers filed an appeal against his sentence.
Noor Ullah Khan, 38, was one of five people run over in the incident.
Three others were seriously injured and another person received minor injuries when Khan's Toyota Land Cruiser hit the American Express bakery in the Bandra area of Mumbai late on 28 September 2002.
Khan had always said his driver was behind the wheel, but the judge said the actor was driving and was under the influence of alcohol.
Following his interim bail Khan - who had faced a possible 10-year jail term - went to his home, where a number of Bollywood stars met him.
Reports say that Khan is not needed to be present in the court on Friday when his bail plea comes up.
The case has gripped Bollywood and India for years.
Judge DW Deshpande, who found him guilty on the charge of culpable homicide, said in his 240-page ruling that the actor "didn't visit hospital to meet injured, provide aid".
He said Khan "could have visited cops immediately if he did no wrong". | A court in India is due to hear a plea for bail by Salman Khan, who has been convicted of culpable homicide in a 2002 Mumbai hit-and-run case. | 32642855 |
Paul Corkery from the organisation said a points system, intended to favour fans who have attended the most games, had left fans "confused" and "annoyed".
He said in some instances fans with fewer points had been given tickets when people with more points than them had missed out.
Successful applicants have been informed by email.
Mr Corkery told BBC Radio Wales' Good Evening Wales: "A majority of people who've been to most games seem to have got tickets okay."
But he added: "[After a] certain amount of points have been taken into consideration - it seems to be a bit of a lottery.
"It's a bit confusing then for people who are a bit annoyed about that."
Playing at smaller venues meant Wales had a lower ticket allocation than most of the 24 teams in Euro 2016.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) received more than three times as many applications for Euro 2016 group matches as it had tickets.
The FAW said: "While we are pleased to see many celebrating that they shall be watching our country in Bordeaux, Lens and Toulouse this summer, we are also sympathetic towards those fans who have been unsuccessful.
"When the ticket application window closed, UEFA shared the list of members who had applied for tickets with the FAW.
"The FAW implemented its loyalty system and prioritised the lead applicants before sending the data back to UEFA." | Ticket allocation for the Euro 2016 finals was a "lottery", the Football Supporters' Federation has said. | 35535519 |
The two MLAs left the Ulster Unionist Party over a decision to field a joint by-election candidate with the DUP.
The new party is to be officially launched on Thursday when the new name is to be unveiled.
But the BBC has discovered that Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has already registered the name as a website.
Documents seen by the BBC show that Lagan Valley MLA Mr McCrea registered the name ni21.org. When you go to that internet address, it states that a new party website is launching soon.
BBC NI Political Reporter Stephen Walker said: "The name is presumably a reference to new politics in Northern Ireland in the 21st century.
"Other research by the BBC shows that one of Mr McCrea's supporters tried to get in contact with the Taiwanese owner of a Twitter account with the same name."
Mr McCrea would neither confirm nor deny the name and said such talk was speculation.
The name and logo of the new party will be unveiled on Thursday. | The new political party formed by former Ulster Unionists Basil McCrea and John McCallister is to be called NI21, the BBC understands. | 22773322 |
Investors are concerned that the setback casts doubt on whether he can push through other business-friendly tax and spending changes.
The Dow Jones slipped by 4.72 points to 20,656.53 points, while the wider S&P 500 shed 2.5 points to 2,345.96.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index dropped 3.95 points to 5,817.69.
Shares in Ford slipped 0.9% after the carmaker said that it expected its pre-tax profits would be lower this year due to higher costs. | US shares closed little changed on Thursday, as a key debate over the healthcare bill in Congress was postponed. | 39369000 |
Patrick Harvie rejected the view that the richest in Scotland would move their tax affairs if the rate went up.
He told the BBC that HMRC was working to reduce the risk of people looking for a more favourable tax set up.
The Scottish Greens want to see a new 60p income tax introduced for those earning more than £150,000 a year.
The party has also set out plans - ahead of the Holyrood election on 5 May - for a new 43p rate, starting at £43,000.
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Harvie said: "A great many of the people who are in that highest tax band in Scotland I believe would remain in Scotland.
"I am very confident that it [new 60p rate] would raise additional revenue, but for safety sake we have not build in an assumption about the additional revenue that would come in from that highest tax bracket.
"The most important thing about our tax proposals though is that most people would be better off."
Currently, basic income tax is charged at 20p in the pound; higher rate earners are charged 40p in the pound and additional rate earners pay 45p in the pound.
The SNP said the time was not right to increase the additional rate because of worries the 17,000 people who pay it in Scotland might move their tax affairs elsewhere.
Scottish Labour wants to see the 45p rate raised to 50p; the Scottish Conservatives are proposing no change and the Scottish Liberal Democrats want a penny on all bands including the 45p going to 46p.
The Scottish Greens estimate that under their plan, tax payers would only start to pay more once they were earning about £27,000 a year.
Mr Harvie argues that those people who benefit from the Greens' plan on income tax would "also benefit from our proposals on replacing the council tax".
He told presenter Gary Robertson: "Most houses would be of a higher value in absolute terms but under our proposals most households would be paying less in their local tax.
"Yes, we would be talking about an increase for those that are of extremely high value properties and if you are sitting on a property which has gone up dramatically in value, the economy as a whole, our community as a whole, has increased the value of the asset you are sitting on.
"It is reasonable that some of that increased value comes back to the public purse." | The Scottish Green Party's co-convenor has said he was confident charging the highest earners 60% income tax would generate revenue. | 35966984 |
The ex-West Yorkshire Police officer was accused of contacting Surrey police before they questioned Savile in 2009 over alleged sexual offences.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said on Saturday that the officer had "no case to answer".
After his death, it became clear Savile was one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators.
West Yorkshire Police was ordered by the IPCC in 2013 to refer the conduct of the officer.
On Saturday, an IPCC spokesman said: "An IPCC investigation has concluded that a former West Yorkshire Police officer has no case to answer over allegations that he "acted on behalf" of Jimmy Savile by inappropriately contacting Surrey Police ahead of a police interview in 2009."
West Yorkshire Police said it had no comment.
Savile was one of Britain's biggest stars, best known for TV favourites like Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It as well as stints on BBC Radio 1.
He exploited hundreds of people - assaulting and raping some his victims in television dressing rooms, hospitals, schools, children's homes and his caravan. | A former inspector has been cleared by the police watchdog over claims he "acted on behalf" of Jimmy Savile. | 33949724 |
Construction at the Pascua-Lama mine, on the border with Argentina, has been suspended until a system to contain contaminated water is put in place.
The news led to share trading in the Canadian-owned company being halted in New York and Toronto after a sell-off.
But activists complained that the fine was only 0.1% of the total operation.
"The resolution is convenient to the offender, a derisive fine for a company such as Barrick Gold," Greenpeace said on a statement.
Despite criticism, the government said the fine was the highest possible under Chilean law.
The environmental authorities said the mining company committed four "serious" and one "very serious" offences.
The latter was a commitment made by Barrick Gold to put in place water treatment systems to contain contaminated waste water and to prevent rainwater contamination.
The company itself reported its shortcomings to the environmental authorities, which led to an investigation.
Barrick Gold Corp acknowledged the failures and promised to work on solutions.
The fines are related to building and regulatory shortcomings, a company executive said.
"We have not been charged with any environmental damage," the president of Barrick South America, Eduardo Flores Zelaya, told Chilean news website La Tercera.
But the investigation found further problems.
"We found that the acts described weren't correct, truthful or provable. And there were other failures of Pascua-Lama's environmental licence as well," Juan Carlos Monckeberg, Chile's Environment superintendent, told AP news agency.
Among the violations, there was an "unjustified discharge coming from the acid treatment plant to the Estecho river", according to the authorities.
Until all of the government requirements have been fulfilled, the mine will not be allowed to operate, they say.
Barrick's shares have reportedly lost more than half their value in the last year, mostly because of Pascua-Lama's problems. | Chilean authorities have fined the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than $16m for environmental offences. | 22663432 |
Storm finished 100 Euros short of the prize money needed to guarantee his spot for next year.
However, he kept his card after world number eight Patrick Reed's points were deducted because he did not play the minimum five tournaments required.
"I'm relieved. It's been a topsy-turvy time," 38-year-old Storm told BBC Tees
"The rules are the rules - if you don't play your numbers then you know you'll come out of the order of merit and lose your membership.
"[In 2017] I just want a fast start, the last couple of years I've set goals and targets, but not achieved them.
"Now I want to play golf and enjoy it, not push too hard and give myself a headache trying to reach goals."
You can hear more from Graeme Storm on BBC Tees from 18:00 GMT on Monday, 7 November or on the Radio Player. | Hartlepool's Graeme Storm plans to focus on simply enjoying his golf next year after receiving a European Tour reprieve for 2017. | 37900566 |
The Condor Liberation struck the quayside at St Peter Port, Guernsey, while attempting to dock on 28 March. No-one was injured.
A report by Condor Ferries said the ship "landed heavily on a cylindrical single steel vertical piling".
The company said it would now work with harbour authorities to improve berth fendering.
The report stated: "The fendering on some of the berths in the Channel Islands, UK and French ports served by Condor is inappropriate for high speed craft."
Strong winds - with gusts of up to 32 knots - made it difficult to berth and the report noted "all pre-service port trials conducted in Guernsey and Jersey had only been conducted in moderate conditions".
The investigation also concluded using manual rather than auto settings on the ship "may have been more effective in completing the berthing manoeuvre".
However the report stated the master's use of auto "was reasonable given his previous experiences" and said the decision to attempt to berth "was reasonable".
The 102m (335ft) long vessel was built by Austal shipbuilders in Australia and can carry up to 880 passengers and 245 vehicles.
The Condor Liberation is the only fast ferry operating between Guernsey, Jersey and the UK.
Capt Fran Collins, executive director of operations at Condor Ferries, said the report showed the ship was "at all times operating within safe limits".
She said: "We will work with the ports to improve fendering and the continual assessment of the ship's manoeuvring system to identify and implement fine tuning to optimise manoeuvrability." | The crew of a £50m ferry has been cleared of being at fault for an accident in high winds. | 32893859 |
Members of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade had to be lowered down the cliffs at Tynemouth Priory to reach the 17-year-old in the early hours.
They helped transfer him to a rescue helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
When it was over, it was found that two cars parked nearby and belonging to brigade members had been scratched.
The brigade described the actions as "extremely disappointing".
The Cullercoasts RNLI inshore lifeboat was also involved in the operation, with two crew members swimming to the rocks and administering first aid.
He was suffering from what is thought to be hypothermia and was airlifted to hospital where his condition is said to be poorly but stable. | Volunteers rescuing a teenager found unconscious on rocks on the North Tyneside coast had their cars damaged by vandals. | 13774219 |
South Sudan, in north-eastern Africa, became the world's newest country in 2011 when it gained independence from Sudan after a long-running civil war.
However, there is ongoing fighting there between the government and rebel forces, which has killed thousands and displaced millions from their homes.
Up to 300 UK troops are to be sent.
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The small military team, which is the first wave of troops from Britain, will join more than 12,000 UN troops from more than 50 nations currently stationed in the country.
The UK personnel will be split into two engineer squadrons to provide "vital engineering work to strengthen infrastructure as well as further advisory support", the MoD said.
There will be further deployments throughout the rest of 2016, it added.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: "The arrival of British personnel clearly demonstrates our commitment to supporting UN efforts to improve conditions in some of the world's most destabilising conflicts."
Britain has long been a large financial contributor to UN peacekeeping missions and is the fifth highest provider of funds.
But its troop commitment has been relatively small - focused mainly on 250 soldiers based in Cyprus who wear the distinctive blue berets of the UN.
Prime Minister David Cameron announced last year the UK would double its contribution to active peacekeeping in 2016, with the deployment of British troops to South Sudan, as well as a team of 70 UK personnel to Somalia.
The first British troops arrived in Somalia last month.
It was in the UK's interests to "step up" in supporting both missions because it would lead to "less terrorism, less migration, less piracy", Mr Cameron said.
British troops would not be involved in combat roles, he added.
After decades of fighting in the region that is now South Sudan, both sides signed a peace deal last August.
Opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in as the country's vice president in April as part of a new unity government with his rival, President Salva Kiir.
However, fighting has continued, and an estimated 1.7 million people are displaced from their homes, according to the UN's latest figures.
Since the UN's South Sudan mission started in 2011, 17 peacekeeping troops have been killed. | British troops have arrived in South Sudan where they will be part of a UN peacekeeping mission, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. | 36456804 |
The index, the UK's leading measure of share prices, has been rising steadily since the middle December.
It marks the eighth successive record high. The latest boost came from a 1% drop for the pound against the dollar.
A weaker pound boosts the profits of the many multinational companies listed on the FTSE 100 when their foreign earnings are converted into pounds.
The pound's sharp fall was provoked by comments on Brexit made on Sunday by the Prime Minister, Theresa May.
She rejected the idea that the UK could "keep bits of membership" of the EU, raising the prospect of a so-called "hard Brexit".
That sent the pound down against a broad range of currencies.
The pound fell more than a cent, or 1%, against the dollar to $1.2170, and also dropped nearly 2% against the euro to €1.15.
"The pound has dipped to its lowest level since October on Monday after Prime Minister May said on Sunday that we couldn't keep bits of the EU, fuelling fears of hard Brexit," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index.
"On Monday she said that she doesn't accept the terms 'hard' and 'soft' Brexit, and declined that her comments yesterday were a change of stance. This back-pedalling has done nothing to reverse the decline in the pound," she said.
The biggest risers were Glencore, Randgold, BAT, Imperial Brands and Sage group.
Bovis Homes shares were up 1.4% after the firm announced that its chief executive, David Ritchie, was to step down.
Last month, the company warned that building delays in the run-up to Christmas would hit profits.
Among individual shares, William Hill shares fell 1.6% after it warned profits would be at the low end of expectations.
It said a run of "customer-friendly" results at the back end of last year in football and horse racing had cut profits by about £20m.
As a result, operating profits for 2016 were about £260m, compared with previous guidance of £260m-£280m. | Share prices in London rose to a new record high point, with the FTSE 100 index closing 28 points up at 7,238. | 38553048 |
Each sport has different physical demands and so has its own set of classifications.
Archery is open to athletes with a physical disability and classification is broken up into two classes:
W1: Wheelchair users with impairment in all four limbs with either a clear loss of muscle strength, co-ordination or range of movement.
Open: This class is eligible for wheelchair users where their arms show normal function but the trunk and legs are strongly affected. Some athletes in this class may choose to compete standing but require some support because the impairment they have affects their balance.
All impairment groups can compete in athletics but a system of letters and numbers is used to distinguish each class.
A letter F is for field athletes, T represents those who compete on the track, and the number shown refers to their impairment.
11-13: Track and field athletes who are visually impaired. Blind athletes compete in class 11, wear compulsory blindfolds and run with a guide runner. Athletes in class 12 are visually impaired but running with a guide is optional.
20: Track and field athletes who are intellectually impaired. Athletes in this class have difficulty with reaction time and memory recognition during an event. There are three events for men and women in the Rio programme - 1,500m, long jump and shot put- these particular events have been medically proven to have an impact on performance for T/F20 competitors.
31-38: Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy or other neurological conditions that affect muscle co-ordination and control. Athletes in classes 31-34 compete in a seated position (using a racing or throwing chair), while athletes in classes 35-38 compete standing.
40: Track and field athletes with short stature (also known medically as dwarfism).
42-47: Track and field amputees. In classes 42-44 the legs are affected and in class 45-47 the arms are affected. Athletes in these classes compete standing and do not use a wheelchair.
T51-54: Wheelchair track athletes. Athletes in class 51-52 are affected in both lower and upper limbs. T53 athletes have fully functioning arms but have no trunk function at all, while T54 athletes have partial trunk and leg functions.
F51-58: Wheelchair field athletes. Athletes in F51-54 classes have limited shoulder, arm and hand functions and no trunk or leg function, while F54 athletes have normal function in their arms and hands. In the F55-58 classes the trunk and leg function increases.
Boccia (a bowling game) is open to athletes with cerebral palsy and other severe physical disabilities (eg muscular dystrophy) who compete from a wheelchair, with classification split into four classes.
BC1: Players with cerebral palsy who are able to use their hands or feet to consistently propel a ball into play. BC1 athletes may have an aide on court to pass them their ball before each shot but do not use assistive devices.
BC2: Players with cerebral palsy who are able to use their hands to consistently propel a ball into play and have greater functional ability than a BC1 athlete.
BC3: Players with cerebral palsy or other impairments in all four limbs who are unable to throw or kick a ball into play. The athletes are permitted to use an assistive device such as a ramp to propel the ball into play and are supported by an assistant who adjusts the ramp on the instructions of the player.
BC4: Players who do not have cerebral palsy but have another impairment in all four limbs and have similar functional ability to BC2 athletes. Conditions such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and tetraplegia will fall under this classification.
All athletes with physical impairments are eligible to compete in canoeing using a kayak with a double blade paddle. They are grouped into three sport classes.
KL1: Athletes in this sports class have no or very limited trunk and no leg function.
KL2: Athletes in this sports class have partial trunk and leg function; they are able to sit upright in the kayak. Along with this, they will have limited leg movement during paddling.
KL3: Athletes in this sports class have trunk and partial leg function and are usually able to use at least one prosthetic
Cycling is open to amputees, "les autres" (athletes whose impairment does not fall under one of the other categories), athletes with cerebral palsy and visually impaired athletes, competing in individual road race and track events.
Athletes with physical impairments either compete on bicycles (road and track), handcycles or tricycles (road only).
B1-2 classes: Visually impaired athletes compete on tandem bikes with a sighted guide.
Handcycle sport classes H1-5: Cyclists in H1-4 compete in a reclined position. H1 athletes have no trunk or leg function and limited arm function while H3 athletes have no leg function but good trunk and arm function. H5 athletes sit on their knees and use their arms and trunk.
Tricycle T1-2: Races for athletes who are unable to ride a bicycle because of a condition affecting their balance and co-ordination. Athletes in the T1 class have more serious co-ordination problems then T2 athletes.
Bicycle C1-5: Cyclists may have a condition like cerebral palsy or have a leg or arm amputation. C1 athletes have the most severe limitation while C5 athletes meet the minimum impairment criteria. For example, an athlete with a double leg amputation would compete in the C3 class, while an athlete with a single leg amputation would compete a class higher in C4.
All impairment groups can take part in equestrian sport with Para-dressage the only event on the Paralympic programme.
Riders are divided into five grades.
Grade Ia: Severely disabled riders with impairments of all limbs and poor trunk control who usually use a wheelchair in daily life.
Grade Ib: Riders with either severely reduced trunk control and minimal upper limb conditions or moderate upper and lower limb and trunk conditions. Most use a wheelchair in daily life.
Grade II: Riders have a very limited ability in both lower limbs and a good trunk balance, or milder limitations in upper and lower limbs with reduced trunk control. Some use a wheelchair in daily life.
Grade III: Ambulant riders (those able to walk independently) who have impairments in both arms or have no arms, or moderate impairments of all four limbs. This category also includes blind riders and those with conditions such as dwarfism.
Grade IV: Ambulant athletes with either impaired vision or reduced motion or muscle strength or impaired arm or leg function.
Five-a-side football is played by those with a visual impairment.
All players in the five-a-side game must wear eyeshades except the goalkeeper, who is sighted but cannot leave the area. There are no offside rules.
The football contains ball bearings to produce a noise when it moves.
Seven-a-side football is played by athletes with cerebral palsy or a subsequent brain injury.
Players are classified into one of the following groups; the C5, C6, C7 or C8 divisions, decided by the player's level of limb control and co-ordination problems when running.
All classes are comprised of ambulant athletes. Those in class five are least physically able; those in class eight are minimally affected.
At least one C5 or C6 class athlete must be on the field at all times and a team is not allowed to have more than two C8 players on the field.
Goalball is played by visually impaired athletes and a special rule means there is no need for classification.
Participants wear black-out masks to ensure everyone, whether blind or visually impaired, competes equally. The masks are checked during the game.
The ball has bells inside it to help to orientate the players and, as a result, the game is played in total silence.
Judo is contested by visually impaired athletes only. There is no categorisation as competitors are divided by weight in the same way as able-bodied athletes.
The main difference is that athletes begin the bout "gripped up" (holding each other) rather than apart.
Powerlifting is open to all athletes with a physical disability and is classified by weight alone.
Powerlifters competing at the Paralympics have disabilities in their lower limbs or hips, including paralysis, cerebral palsy and lower limb amputation.
Both male and female competitors take part in 10 separate weight classes.
Rowing is divided into four classes made up of letters to identify which body parts athletes are able to use when rowing.
AS (arms and shoulders): Athletes have full movement in their arms and shoulders with limited or no leg function e.g. spinal cord injuries.
TA (trunk and arms): Athletes with a good level of trunk and arm movement. These athletes are not able to utilise a sliding seat when rowing.
LTA (legs, trunk and arms): Open to athletes with an impairment but who have movement in the legs, trunk and arms. This class can also include the visually impaired.
Sailing is a multi-impairment sport where athletes from the amputee, cerebral palsy, visually impaired, wheelchair and les autres groups can compete together.
There are three sailing classes: the Sonar, which is a mixed three-person crew, the Skud-18, a mixed two-person class, and the 2.4mR event, which is operated by a single person.
Competitors are ranked according to a points system from one to seven, where low points are given to severe conditions and high points for the moderately able competitors.
Each crew of three is allowed a maximum of 14 points between them.
In the Skud-18 category, one sailor has a more severe level of impairment (equivalent to a class one or two) while the other must have a minimum level of impairment that prevents them competing on equal terms with able-bodied sailors.
Single-handed sailors must have that same minimum level of impairment.
Shooters are divided into wheelchair and standing groups.
These divisions are split into six sub-classes, each of which determines the type of mobility equipment the competitor is allowed to use.
SH1: For pistol and rifle competitors who do not require a shooting stand. Athletes in this class usually have an impairment in one limb. Athletes can choose to compete sitting or standing.
SH2: For rifle competitors who have an impairment in their arms and therefore require a shooting stand. Most competitors in this class compete in a wheelchair.
Sitting volleyball is contested by athletes with a physical impairment with the majority being amputees.
There are two classes called Minimally Disabled (MD) and Disabled (D) and a team may only have one MD player on the court while the other five players have to be classed as D.
Examples of a Minimally Disabled player include anterior cruciate ligament injuries and missing fingers.
Swimming is the only sport that combines the conditions of limb loss, cerebral palsy (co-ordination and movement restrictions), spinal cord injury (weakness or paralysis involving any combination of the limbs) and other disabilities (such as dwarfism and major joint restriction conditions) across classes.
1-10: Allocated to swimmers with a physical impairment. The lower the number, the more severe the impairment.
11-13: Allocated to swimmers with a visual impairment.
14: Allocated to swimmers with an intellectual impairment.
The prefix S denotes the class for freestyle, backstroke and butterfly. SB denotes the class for breaststroke, and SM denotes the class for individual medley.
The prefix and class number provide a range of classifications, from swimmers with severe disability (S1, SB1, SM1) to those with minimal disability (S10, SB9, SM10).
In any one class, swimmers may start with a dive or already in the water. This is taken into account when classifying an athlete.
Swimmers may have a classification that varies according to their event - for example, it may change between breaststroke and backstroke, according to the effect of their movements on the event in question.
Table tennis is played by athletes with a physical or intellectual disability divided into 11 classes.
1-5: Athletes competing from a wheelchair, with class one the most severely impaired and class five the least impaired.
6-10: Ambulant athletes, with class six the most severely impaired and class 10 the least.
11: Athletes with an intellectual impairment.
Triathlon was accepted onto the Paralympic programme for the 2016 Games in Rio and it consists of a 750m swim, a 20km cycle and a 5km race to the finish line.
The sport is divided into five classes for both men and women.
PT1: This class is for wheelchair users. They swim, cycle using a hand-bike and complete the 5km run in a racing wheelchair.
PT2-4: These classes are for ambulant athletes whose impairments include loss of muscle strength, range of movement and loss of limbs. They can cycle using approved adaptations and run with or without the use of prosthetics.
PT5: This class is for visually impaired athletes who have the option to ride a tandem cycle and run with a guide.
Basketball is open to wheelchair athletes, whose impairments may include paraplegia, lower limb amputation, cerebral palsy and polio.
Athletes are classified according to their physical ability to complete all tasks related to a basketball game.
All players are given a points rating between 1.0 and 4.5 - a 1.0 point player equates to the most severe impairment, 4.5 to the least.
Each team fields five players but the rating of each player must not exceed a total of 14 points at any time on court.
Fencing is open to wheelchair athletes, whose impairments may include spinal cord injuries, lower limb amputation and cerebral palsy and whose conditions prohibit them from competing against standing, able-bodied fencers.
Athletes competing in this event are split into two classes.
Category A: Athletes with good balance and recovery, and full trunk movement with a fully functioning fencing arm. Not all athletes in this class use a wheelchair in daily life.
Category B: Athletes with poor balance and recovery, but full use of one or both upper limbs. The fencing arm they use may be affected and usually support themselves with their non-fencing arm while in action.
Wheelchair rugby athletes are classified using a points system, with the most severely impaired athletes being graded at 0.5 points, rising to 3.5 points for the more able.
Each team is comprised of four players and is allowed a maximum of eight points on court at any one time.
Tennis is played from a wheelchair with two classes - open and quad (players in this class have impairments in three or more limbs).
In wheelchair tennis competitions, players are allowed two bounces of the ball, the first bounce being within the bounds of the court.
Players in the quad class have a severe impairment in their legs with some level of impairment in their playing arm. Most players in this class usually attach the racket to their hand using a strap.
The open class is for all other physically impaired athletes that use a wheelchair but some athletes in this class do not use a wheelchair in daily life. | The 2016 Paralympics in Rio involves 22 sports but not all disability categories can compete in each event. | 18934366 |
The Northern Irishman, 52, led the Perth side to a second straight fourth-placed finish in season 2015-16.
Saints have finished in the top half of the table in each of Wright's three seasons in charge.
"I was delighted to hear I'd won it," Wright said of his award on the St Johnstone website.
"But even though it's me that receives the award, it's also recognition for the great work carried out by Callum [Davidson], Alec [Cleland], Paul Smith and all my staff for what we've achieved together over the season.
"The players have been terrific this season and it's their performances that have led to this award. So, I would like to thank them for all their help this season.
"It's nice to get that sort of recognition from people outwith the football club. The chairman and the board are supportive of me, as are the supporters, so to get the backing of an outside party shows that the football club is progressing.
"We've achieved a lot in getting a fourth place finish in what I feel was a tougher league this season.
"Planning for next season is well underway and has been for a few months." | St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright has been named Scottish Premiership manager of the season by the league's sponsor, Ladbrokes. | 36408063 |
It comes exactly a week after the incident which happened at the junction of Croft Street and Greenbank Street at midday on 10 September.
The woman suffered serious injuries when the man pushed her to the ground and stole her bag before running off.
Police are keen to trace the victim's bag and have been stopping and speaking to passers-by at the scene.
They have asked members of the public to check their gardens and communal areas.
The bag is unbranded, light beige in colour and has a wide shoulder strap.
It contained a brown umbrella, a Radley branded black purse with a small dog on the front and a small quantity of medication.
Det Sgt James Welsh, of Police Scotland, said: "We know the man, who was wearing a dark grey hooded top with the hood up, ran off along Greenbank Street towards the Croft Street flats.
"Extensive searches have been carried out here but the bag has not yet been found, so I would urge everyone in the area that stretches from the Gala Water Retail Park up to Abbotsford Road to please check their gardens, communal areas, bins, anywhere where this bag or its contents might have been discarded."
Scottish Borders local area commander, Ch Insp Andy McLean, said: "Such a violent incident is extremely rare in Gala and the Borders as a whole, and the local community has been extremely shocked that something like this has happened."
He said they were determined to bring the person responsible to justice.
"Local community officers have been assisting the team of detectives investigating this crime, and will be taking part in the checks today," he said.
"Please do come and speak to my team if you have any concerns or any information about what happened last weekend." | Police have returned to the scene of a robbery in a bid to trace the attacker of an 85-year-old woman in Galashiels. | 37389095 |
Project Daedalus aimed to help selected inmates at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution get a job or go back to school after they were released.
A preliminary report into the project, to be released on Thursday, found that only half of inmates did this.
Boris Johnson insisted it had made progress.
He said it looked like there had been a "substantial reduction in reoffending".
But the report found that only half of inmates went into education, training or employment after release, and just one in six stayed in such an occupation for six months.
Project Daedalus cost nearly £2.5m, which mainly came from a European fund.
But when that money ends, so will the programme.
Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt revealed the scheme will not continue after May and said the mayor now wants to set up a new initiative.
That will be focused on London as a whole and also targeted at younger boys on remand, as well as some convicted of crimes.
Tottenham MP David Lammy, who has visited the Feltham unit and supported the project, is angry it has not delivered what was hoped.
He said: "We're being told that the money has dried up, it's been cancelled and it hasn't been evaluated. That's unacceptable.
"A few years ago this was the flagship - you can't just discard it quietly, you've got to explain why you've decided to destroy it."
Central to the project were resettlement brokers, charity workers who helped inmates adjust to the outside.
Many prisoners said they made a "positive contribution" but there have been too few spread too thinly across London.
And critics said the payment-by-results model meant not enough money was paid upfront to improve this.
Roger Graef, a criminologist, said: "If we don't spend money early on in trying to prevent crime or to avoid people going back to crime, they will go back to crime.
"The money needs to be there right from the beginning and all the way through if they're going to get the kind of support that will change their lives."
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "It's looking like there has been a substantial reduction in reoffending.
"Even if its not as much as we initially hoped for it's good progress.
"I think people will say if you can spend some money turning people around, stopping them reoffending, that's a good way forward."
The official reoffending rate for inmates involved in the programme will not be known until summer. | The mayor of London's key programme to tackle teenage crime will not be continued when the money runs out after the election, it has been confirmed. | 17214332 |
The party wants more funding found to ensure more teachers and assistants can use the language in the classroom.
Shadow Education Secretary Llyr Gruffydd claimed the number of children being taught in Welsh was "flatlining".
Plaid Cymru has used a Senedd debate on Wednesday to stress the role of education in promoting the language.
First Minister Carwyn Jones announced the target of one million Welsh speakers at the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny in August.
His minister for the Welsh language, Alun Davies, described it as "deliberately ambitious".
In its assembly election manifesto, Plaid Cymru said the aim should ultimately be Welsh-medium education for all.
"Over the past four years we've seen the number of pupils receiving Welsh medium education flatlining," Mr Gruffydd told BBC Wales ahead of the debate.
"I think there's been a small increase of 0.01%.
"If we want to see a situation where all children in Wales receive their education through the medium of Welsh, it will take 800 years to achieve at this current rate."
In the motion for debate, Plaid called for a "clear timetable" for a new GCSE to replace the one for Welsh as a second language.
It said a new Welsh course for all pupils should be introduced by 2018, pointing out it was three years since the idea was recommended in a report by Prof Sioned Davies of Cardiff University for the Welsh Government.
Mr Davies told AMs that education in Wales was being reformed, saying that from 2021 the new curriculum would remove the distinction between Welsh and Welsh as a second language.
Suzy Davies, Welsh Conservative spokeswoman on the Welsh language, said there should be more focus on Welsh "outside the classroom", saying: "This is where the language really lives.
"By including small bits of Welsh into everyday life, we can help grow the language from a grassroots level so that our pupils walk out of the school gates and into communities where they can use both their languages," she added.
Meanwhile the Welsh language commissioner has said ministers should intervene to ensure local councils respond to demand for Welsh-medium education in their areas.
Meri Huws told BBC Radio Cymru she welcomed recent developments in Cardiff, Newport and Pembrokeshire, but urged Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to look at the picture across Wales and ask if it was good enough.
Plaid Cymru's call that all pupils follow one Welsh GCSE qualification by 2018 would need a far greater emphasis on the subject in English-medium secondary schools.
The party says Welsh should be a core subject in all schools, not just Welsh-medium schools, as is the case now. That would mean more time on the curriculum for Welsh at the expense of other subjects such as English, maths and science.
A Welsh Government commissioned report into the teaching of Welsh as a second language raised concerns about the number and quality of teachers able to teach the subject.
Plaid Cymru wants to "invest substantially, and seriously plan, through a series of innovative initiatives, in order to quickly increase the number of education practitioners who teach through the medium of Welsh".
However, if they want a new GCSE qualification to be taught in two years' time it will be difficult to recruit and train the additional teachers needed to deliver the course. | The teaching of Welsh needs to be boosted to help reach the government's target of one million Welsh speakers by 2050, Plaid Cymru has said. | 37429306 |
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Alex D'Acol scored the crucial goal that lifted Accies above Inverness CT.
But the main talking point came at the end of the first half.
Swanson and Foster were involved in a furious on-field altercation after the whistle and both were shown red cards at half time as a result.
The sides were evenly matched in the first half with the hosts marginally shading possession.
Saints, however, coped well with the numerical disadvantage and looked like taking an unlikely point until D'Acol scored from close range.
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Despite the defeat, St Johnstone have confirmed their place in the top six due to results elsewhere.
The football became an afterthought after the incredible altercation between Foster and Swanson.
There appeared to be a verbal exchange between the players, Foster then aimed a punch at Swanson and he retaliated by appearing to kick Foster in the face.
Other players then intervened and before long it seemed as if every player - plus backroom staff - were involved.
At half-time news emerged that referee Don Robertson had sent-off both Swanson and Foster, and brandished yellow cards to Ali Crawford and Paul Paton.
Hamilton assistant manager Guillaume Beuzelin was sent to the stands.
It was the second major brawl in a matter of days in Scottish football following the fracas involving Hibernian and Morton.
The half-time brawl took away almost every memory of a lacklustre opening 45 minutes.
Hamilton had had the better of things, with Greg Docherty impressing in midfield.
His shot in the fourth minute was fiercely struck and forced St Johnstone keeper Alan Mannus into a fine save.
A fluffed volley by Dougie Imrie should have yielded more for the home side, before Georgios Sarris' header was deflected wide.
Then came a glorious chance for Rakish Bingham. The striker had an age to get his volley away but he blazed the effort high into the stands as the groans rang out around the stadium.
With a two-man advantage, Hamilton put the pressure on Saints but again they struggled to create any clear cut chances.
Credit is due to the Saints players left on the pitch as they dug in to try to salvage a point.
A great chance fell to Crawford who flashed in a first-time shot from the edge of the area but St Johnstone keeper Mannus produced a fantastic reaction save to keep the score at 0-0.
But just as it looked like it would finish goalless, the ball fell to D'Acol who fired home from close range in the 90th minute to grab a hugely valuable three points for the home side.
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 1, St. Johnstone 0.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 1, St. Johnstone 0.
Goal! Hamilton Academical 1, St. Johnstone 0. Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott McMann.
Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Chris Millar replaces Liam Craig.
Attempt missed. Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Alan Mannus.
Attempt saved. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical).
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Scott McMann (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Blair Adams (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Daniel Redmond replaces Rakish Bingham.
Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone).
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical).
Clive Smith (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Paul Paton.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Brian Easton.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Alan Mannus.
Attempt saved. Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Eamonn Brophy replaces Greg Docherty.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Alan Mannus.
Foul by Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical).
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Liam Craig.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Graham Cummins.
Foul by Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical).
Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical).
Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | St Johnstone duo Danny Swanson and Richard Foster were sent off for fighting with each other as Hamilton struck late to move off the foot of the Premiership table. | 39389868 |
The Oscar winner will play a brand new character in the as-yet untitled film, set several decades after the original story, Alcon Entertainment said.
Harrison Ford, who played police officer Rick Deckard in the 1982 cult movie, will be reprising the role.
Ryan Gosling also stars in the sequel which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, whose films include Sicario and Prisoners.
Villeneuve has described the new film - released in October 2017 - as an "extension" of the original.
Leto was seen recently in cinemas in Suicide Squad, in which he played The Joker.
Details of his Blade Runner character are yet to be revealed.
The cast also includes Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad Abdi and Dave Bautista.
Ridley Scott's original - set in 2019 - saw Deckard hunting lifelike robots, known as replicants, in a futuristic Los Angeles.
It was based on Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Jared Leto has joined the cast of the sequel to Blade Runner. | 37129089 |
Ed Davey said the government had no right to sell the properties because they did not belong to the state.
And he claimed the "shameful" policy would hit those in housing need.
A Lib Dem source said that was "not language we would choose to use but we are concerned about the implications of losing housing association homes".
In an impassioned speech at a Lib Dem conference fringe meeting, Mr Davey accused the Conservatives of being untrustworthy and of not taking poverty reduction seriously.
The former MP, who lost his seat in May, called for more social housing to be built so the government could stop "subsidising" the poor through housing benefit.
"The Tory policy of selling housing associations is Mugabe," he told activists to applause.
"That's not acceptable, it's shameful," he added, arguing that keeping social housing was a "way of helping people with housing costs".
In a wide-ranging attack on his former coalition partners, Mr Davey also claimed he had stopped the Conservatives from scrapping flame-resistant clothing regulations.
"They wanted me to get rid of a regulation that made furniture non-flammable, and ladies and girls' night dresses non-flammable. That's how ideological and right wing some of those Tory people are."
Britain has tougher regulations than the rest of the EU but the coalition was considering relaxing the rules as part of its war on red tape before Mr Davey, then a junior business minister, stepped in.
He also revealed that he had held Conservative ministerial colleagues to ransom by threatening not to sign licences for oil and gas exploration which "they really wanted for their shale gas mates" so he could get a pet policy through.
The policy required "private landlords to bring their properties up to a minimum energy efficiency standard before before they could rent it out...Mr Pickles didn't like that, Mr Letwin didn't like that, Mr Osborne didn't like that".
He claimed to have told Tory ministers "I am not signing it until you give me my private sector rented legislation. I got them".
He also spoke about a year long battle with the then Conservative environment secretary Owen Paterson to get contract cleaners, cooks and security guards in his department of energy and climate change paid the Living Wage.
"I was told it was too difficult to divide those contracts up because Owen Paterson wasn't interested in the living wage. So I said 'I don't care. Divvy up the contracts. I am not prepared to work in a department where the cleaner is paid at not the Living Wage and we got it through."
He urged activists and campaigners to win the argument on tackling poverty so "maybe we can move Osborne and his ilk from an opportunist, politically motivated scoundrel to someone who really does care about people in poverty." | David Cameron's flagship policy to sell off housing association properties has been compared to a Robert Mugabe-style land grab by a former Lib Dem minister. | 34325552 |
The image was shown in the background of a segment on refugee quotas in the channel's Report from Berlin programme.
The programme has received heavy criticism from viewers, some of whom said the image resembled those used by anti-Islam movement Pegida.
ARD said that the graphic was "designed to capture people's attention".
"We welcome the many criticisms of the graphic in yesterday's Report from Berlin and we are sorry some disagreed with our portrayal of the chancellor or even misunderstood," the programme said in a statement published on Facebook.
The statement said the graphic was intended as satire and reflected "the achievements of our Western society - freedom of expression, press freedom and equality".
But viewers took to Facebook to accuse the channel of anti-Islamic propaganda, calling the report "manipulative" and "appalling". "This is not constructive journalism," wrote another.
Some defended the report, saying the programme was entitled to freedom of expression and had asked "very reasonable questions".
Many viewers compared the image to placards used by the Germany anti-immigrant protest group Pegida - which stands for Patriotic Europeans against the Islamification of the West.
The group attracted tens of thousands to protest marches in cities around Germany earlier this year, with some waving placards displaying Ms Merkel, the German chancellor, wearing a headscarf.
Pegida's protests have seen a resurgence in numbers recently after infighting led to cancellations and a dip in attendance. On Sunday, several thousand people attended protests in two towns - Plauen and Sebnitz - after a call to action by the group.
Writing on Facebook, German journalist and author Jakob Augstein compared the ARD report to the tactics of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).
"Don't the colleagues know the anti-Islamic propaganda of the NPD? I don't like the word but I consider it to be a scandal," he said.
The ARD controversy comes at a time of heightened tension over immigration in Germany, which has said it is expecting 800,000 refugees and migrants to enter the country this year.
But a report leaked to German media suggests officials have put the figure far higher - at about 1.5 million.
Ms Merkel has come under growing pressure within the country to clarify official estimates and defend her open-door policy towards refugees. | German TV channel ARD has denied broadcasting "anti-Islamic propaganda" after it aired a mocked-up image of Angela Merkel wearing Islamic dress. | 34457224 |
According to initial reports, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a hotel near the police district in Lahore's Qila Gujjar Singh area.
Several vehicles parked near the site of the blast caught fire and gunshots could be heard from within the police district.
A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban said it carried out the attack.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar [The Party of Freedom Fighters], which split from the Pakistani Taliban in August, is a territorial group of militants from Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region headed by Omar Khalid Khorasani, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed the attack was in response to the recent executions of some of the group's members by the Pakistani government.
The group is understood to have carried out several previous attacks on Pakistani targets, including the beheading of 23 paramilitary soldiers in February 2014.
Lahore city police chief Captain Mohammad Ameen Wains said Tuesday's attack appeared to have been caused by a suicide bomber who had intended to blow himself up inside Lahore's police headquarters but had "blasted himself prematurely".
He said several other people had been injured and five or six vehicles damaged.
The shots heard nearby were fired by security personnel following the blast, the Dawn website reported.
Lahore is one of Pakistan's most liberal cities and has seen relatively few attacks in recent years.
Pakistan has suffered two major militant attacks in the last month.
At least 60 people were killed in an attack on a Shia mosque on 30 January in the southern province of Sindh, and a Taliban attack on a Shia mosque in the city of Peshawar on last Friday killed 20. | At least four people have been killed in an explosion in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. | 31500803 |
They are a 317-unit development in the Athletic Stores building on Queen Street and an 11-storey, 380-unit development on Little Patrick Street.
The Athletic Stores scheme will involve retaining the building's facade and demolishing and rebuilding behind it.
The Ulster Architectural and Heritage Society had objected to the scheme.
It said a facade retention approach should only be used as a "last resort".
However, the planners said that "on balance" the approach was appropriate and would not cause harm to the area's overall character or appearance.
The council planning committee concurred with the planners' recommendation.
A series of major student schemes, mainly close to Ulster University's Belfast campus, have been given planning consent in recent months.
The Athletic Stores scheme will be developed by the same companies which have almost completed a student scheme in the former Belfast Tech building on College Avenue.
The council also approved a number of office schemes including outline permission for a four storey building at the Weavers Court business park. | Belfast City Council has given planning permission to a further two student housing schemes in the city. | 36316854 |
The vehicle drove into the front of the The Co-op store on Winter Road in Southsea at about 14:20 BST.
The road had to be closed in both directions while Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service removed the car from the building.
A female passenger was also treated at the scene by paramedics. The road has since reopened. | A woman has been treated for shock after her car crashed into a supermarket in Hampshire. | 36561954 |
The 29-year-old is yet to be capped by the Wallabies and is returning to his homeland to further his chances of an international call-up.
He made 89 appearances in three seasons at Bath, having won the Super 15 title with the Reds in 2011.
"This has been an incredibly difficult decision for me - I have loved every minute of playing for Bath," he said.
"Getting the opportunity to represent my country has always been an ambition of mine, and getting the chance to realise that is the only reason that I would even consider leaving Bath."
The Somerset side are still looking for a new head coach after parting company with Mike Ford earlier this month. | Number eight Leroy Houston will leave Bath this summer to rejoin Australian Super Rugby side Queensland Reds. | 36387452 |
The London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist finished third in Sunday's 10m individual platform, with China's Aisen Chen and Qiu Bo first and second.
Daley, 21, and Dan Goodfellow, 19, took silver in Saturday's 10m synchronised behind China's Lin Yue and Chen Aisen.
Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson won their third medal of 2016 with bronze in the women's 10m synchronised. | Great Britain's Tom Daley collected silver and bronze medals at the Diving World Series event in Windsor, Canada. | 36069136 |
Leon Briggs, 39, died in hospital in November 2013 after being detained at the Marsh Road police station in Luton.
Bedfordshire Police said its security concerns about the memorial - which had grown much larger than it had initially been - involved the risk of something untoward being hidden there.
The Justice 4 Leon campaign warned of a backlash if it were removed.
Liberty Louise, from the campaign, said: "There will be some sort of community backlash.
"If this is the message they want to give out to the community, that 'we are not going to listen to you', it is up to them to deal with the aftermath."
Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable Colette Paul said she had listened to the concerns raised by the family about the memorial, which has been at the station for more than a year.
The memorial, which includes flowers, candles and messages, has repeatedly been the focus of vigils in memory of Mr Briggs.
"It is regretful if we have caused any upset to Leon Briggs' family who have been informed about the recommendations in the security report," she said.
"It is correct that the report contains a recommendation to remove the memorial and the risk is being assessed as part of our overall review of estate security.
"We will be liaising with Leon Briggs' family to be as sensitive as we can about removing the security risk but at the same time providing a safer option for a focus of vigil for the family and friends of Mr Briggs as well as meeting the security requirements."
The case is still being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). | A floral memorial to a man who died in police custody will be removed after it was deemed a "security risk". | 31601328 |
Leonardus Bijlsma, 55, denies being in a £1.6bn scheme to smuggle drugs.
He said he acted as a back-up driver for his boss and was not allowed in the back of the ambulance, where drugs were found in concealed compartments.
Co-defendant Dennis Vogelaar also denies conspiracy to supply drugs.
Prosecutors at Birmingham Crown Court accused father-of-four Mr Bijlsma of being the "right-hand man" in an operation to bring in a "staggering" amount of drugs to the UK.
The defendant told the jury he was paid 250 euros (£176) per journey by ambulance company owner Olof Schoon to be his "co-driver" and handyman on 16 trips across the Channel.
He said as part of his maintenance work he fixed the vehicle's heater at an industrial lock-up in Colchester - where prosecutors claim packets of drugs were unloaded or loaded - and also repaired a light on a separate occasion when the ambulance turned up outside a hotel he was staying in.
As Mr Schoon had "sleep apnoea", Mr Bijlsma said he was on board as a back-up driver, adding he was not allowed in the back part of the ambulance.
"Nobody was allowed to come into the patient's side of the ambulance because it's sterilised," he said.
He told the court he did not question why he was sent on repeated trips to buy large bags of rivets and was only involved in changing the oil and windscreen washer fluid.
He said: "As you work long in this world, you learn that you don't ask anything."
Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) discovered colour-coded parcels of 193kg of cocaine worth £30m, 74kg heroin worth £8m in individual deals, and ecstasy tablets and crystal worth £60,000 concealed behind metal rivet panels when they stripped the ambulance in a raid in Smethwick in June.
Mr Bijlsma and Mr Vogelaar, from Amsterdam, were arrested along with Schoon, 38, and 51-year-old Richard Engelsbel.
The jury has already been told that Schoon and Engelsbel have admitted conspiracy to supply drugs.
The trial continues. | A man alleged to be part of a group bringing in £38m of cocaine and heroin to the UK in a fake ambulance told a court he was involved as a handyman. | 34915856 |
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