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Until a few years ago, Nanuchka was just a conventional Georgian pub serving traditional food like khachapuri, a cheesy bread, and khinkali, a meat-stuffed dumpling.
But then Nana Shrier, the flamboyant owner of the venue, where the walls are adorned with erotic art, became a strict vegan - in what is said to be the most vegan country in the world per capita.
She decided to convert her entire restaurant to a meatless and dairy-free establishment despite being advised against it by friends and business colleagues.
Israelis are flocking to it - and business is more successful than ever.
For vegans, everything derived from animals is off-limits. Similar to - but stricter than - vegetarians, vegans do not eat eggs and cheese, or drink milk, and in some cases even avoid honey. Leather, wool and silk are forbidden.
Sitting at Nanuchka, eating a meal of vegan tsatsivi (where cauliflower is substituted for chicken), Nana says that consuming animals is both inhumane and unhealthy.
"I don't like it," she explains, scrunching her nose in disgust. "I feel the body of the animals in the steak, I feel the animal in the fillet, and the blood. I don't like it so much."
Nana argues there is another benefit to veganism as well.
She says that sometimes, after eating a large steak, or a cheeseburger, for example, she feels tired and lethargic.
"When you eat vegan food, you have a lot of energy to do very good and nice things," she says with a coy smile.
When asked if she is implying that vegans have a better sex life than their meat-eating counterparts, she laughs heartily and says, "of course!"
Veganism has become so prominent in Israel that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has started catering to followers in its ranks by offering vegan-friendly ration packs, non-leather boots and wool-less berets.
From an army base in southern Israel, Cpl Daniella Yoeli says the food is not exactly worth writing home about but she is happy to have the option of eating couscous and lentils over schnitzel and schwarma.
She has always loved animals, she explains, and became a vegetarian as a child, converting to veganism only recently.
Her diet is so important to her that had the army not been able to provide conditions that had harmed no living creatures, she might not have enlisted in a combat unit where she would not have been able to provide her own food.
While a vegan combat soldier might seem contradictory, Yoeli politely disagrees.
"In Israel, in the army, what we do in our service is defend the citizens, so I don't think it's a paradox, " she says, M-16 rifle slung over her shoulder.
"Like I want to defend animals, I want to defend people, so this is why I'm in combat and this is why I'm in the army."
According to Omri Paz, the head of the Israeli organisation Vegan Friendly, 5% of Israelis are vegan and the number is growing. Israel boasts some 400 vegan-friendly restaurants, including the world's first vegan Domino's Pizza.
Mr Paz attributes the rise of veganism here to a YouTube video by US animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky, which garnered millions of hits worldwide, and more than a million in Israel alone, a lot for a country of only some eight million people.
Mr Yourofsky lectures about the cruelty of the meat industry and, controversially, compares the treatment of animals to the Nazi Holocaust.
Omri Paz says he watched the video and did not leave his room for a week. He says this is the civil rights issue of our century.
"Just like 300 years ago, blacks weren't equal to whites and that changed with time, and then 100 years ago with the women's revolution, so I think now, the 21st Century, is the animal species revolution," he says.
"Treating them not as humans, but not as slaves." | On a typical evening at Nanuchka, a popular Georgian restaurant in the middle of Israel's bustling Tel Aviv, music fills the air and alcohol flows freely. | 35400314 |
The problem is known as "error 53" and has appeared in Apple products before.
The Guardian reports that users' phones were disabled after the Touch ID home button was repaired by a non-Apple engineer.
Apple has confirmed that the error message is a "security measure" taken to prevent fraudulent transactions.
"We take customer security very seriously and error 53 is the result of security checks designed to protect our customers. iOS checks that the Touch ID sensor in your iPhone or iPad correctly matches your device's other components," it said in a statement.
"If iOS finds a mismatch, the check fails and Touch ID, including for Apple Pay use, is disabled. This security measure is necessary to protect your device and prevent a fraudulent Touch ID sensor from being used.
"If a customer encounters error 53, we encourage them to contact Apple Support."
In its report, the Guardian cites the experiences of a freelance photographer, Antonio Olmos, who says the problem occurred on his phone after he upgraded its software.
"When Olmos, who says he has spent thousands of pounds on Apple products over the years, took it to an Apple store in London, staff told him there was nothing they could do, and that his phone was now junk," the paper reported.
Many iPhone 6 customers have been discussing error 53 online.
At Apple's discussion forums, one user named wallihall wrote: "With this update I'm unable to use the phone, and still have to pay for the phone itself.
"I did get the front screen replaced, and I understand that it's now considered "tampered with", but at least let me use my iPhone on the old IOS system... I can't retrieve old photos or important documents I once had."
Apple told the paper that iPhone software checks whether any repairs were authorised by Apple.
A spokeswoman said: "When an iPhone is serviced by an unauthorised repair provider, faulty screens or other invalid components that affect the touch ID sensor could cause the check to fail if the pairing cannot be validated." | The latest software update for iPhone 6 handsets is rendering the devices useless if it detects repairs not carried out by Apple. | 35502030 |
For now, that means it will continue to form an integral part of the UK - but for Scottish devolution, the process of granting powers from Westminster to the Scottish parliament, it's far from business as usual.
The focus will now be on how the UK government delivers its promise of more powers for the Scottish parliament, based at Holyrood, Edinburgh.
Here's what's likely to happen next.
The three biggest UK-wide political parties - The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats - agree that further devolution of powers to Holyrood must take place. During the referendum campaign, the parties signed a pledge to devolve more powers to Scotland, if Scots rejected independence.
A timetable to deliver change was set out by former prime minister - and Scottish MP - Gordon Brown. It was quickly endorsed by the UK-wide parties.
Immediately after the result became clear, Prime Minister David Cameron aimed to show the UK government was grabbing the initiative by announcing Lord Smith of Kelvin, a former BBC governor, to oversee the implementation of more devolution on tax, spending and welfare.
He said draft legislation would be ready by January, as per the timetable laid out by Brown.
Under the former PM's proposals, a "command paper" would be published by the present UK government setting out all the proposals by the end of October.
A white paper would be drawn up by the end of November, after a period of consultation, setting out the proposed powers.
A draft new "Scotland Act" law would be published by Burns Night (25 January) 2015 ready for the House of Commons to vote on.
However, with a UK general election due in May 2015, the legislation would not be passed until the new parliament began.
The Scottish Parliament is currently funded through a block grant and the amount it gets is defined by the Barnett Formula - an arrangement for adjusting funds to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to spend on devolved policy areas, on the basis of population . All three parties are committed to preserving the essence of this mechanism in some form.
And in proposals set out by the parties earlier this year, each offered Holyrood considerably more income tax-raising powers than the Scottish parliament has at present. However, there were significant differences between the parties in the proposed extent of those changes.
Labour wants to give Holyrood the power to vary income tax by 15p in the pound - but not the power to cut the top tax rate on its own.
The Conservatives propose to give Scotland total control over income tax rates and bands. Holyrood would also be accountable for 40% of the money it spent.
The Liberal Democrats propose giving Scotland power over income tax, inheritance and capital gains tax. The party has also touted scrapping the Act of Union between Scotland and England and replacing it with a declaration of federalism.
None of this will suffice for the Scottish National Party, but just as the Edinburgh Agreement, committed Prime Minister David Cameron to honouring the referendum result, the same is true for the Scottish first minister.
The Scottish government is expected to fight for a "devo max" - essentially far-reaching devolution - package of powers, likely to include total control over income tax, corporation tax, and air passenger duty, and extensive control over welfare.
UK political parties will have to work through their differences, and come up with a single proposal. But others will also be involved.
In the lead up to the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the UK government laid out its devolved responsibilities in a White Paper in July 1997, before they were backed by voters and put into legislation.
Credit for paving the road towards Scottish devolution was given to the Scottish Constitutional Convention, an association of Scottish political parties, churches and other civic groups set up in 1989.
Lord Smith's new body on finalising Holyrood's new powers could in some ways be seen as a modern-day version of the organisation.
So what now for the SNP?
In the immediate future, it's back to government - the job to which the SNP was elected by a landslide at the last Scottish Parliament election.
But, following the "No" vote, Mr Salmond announced he would step down as SNP leader and first minister at the SNP's annual conference in November.
There will now be an SNP leadership contest - these are known for being interesting - with Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon the clear frontrunner.
But might we see former leadership challengers Mike Russell, Alex Neil and Roseanna Cunningham - all now members of the Scottish government - also throw their hats in the ring?
John Swinney though, Scotland's finance secretary, has ruled out a return to the leadership, a job he held between 2000 and 2004.
And, for a party which hasn't always had the most harmonious existence, the SNP's shown a remarkable level of discipline since winning office in 2007 - but could that now be in jeopardy?
However, given the scale of the SNP's last election victory, it is quite possible the party will win the next Scottish parliament election, especially if voters feel Labour has not done enough to win back their trust as a party of government.
With increased devolution of powers to Holyrood, many will want to address the so-called West Lothian question: is it fair that English MPs have no say on devolved issues in Scotland, but Scottish MPs at Westminster can still vote on the same issues as they affect England?
A recent poll by YouGov for the Herald suggested 62% of English people believe Scottish MPs should be banned from voting on England-only laws.
Many in Wales and Northern Ireland will also ask whether they should be getting more powers too.
The other issue for Wales is the continuation of the Barnett funding formula, which sees Scotland get more spending per head than the UK average.
Plaid Cymru says the arrangement would leave Wales £300m poorer each year, while Labour has promised to address the issue if it wins the 2015 UK election. | Scotland has voted "No" to independence in the historic referendum on the nation's future. | 29252899 |
The 11 countries also condemned the death of six people in anti-government marches this month.
The opposition is planning a mass protest for Wednesday.
The government has called on its supporters to hold rival marches.
Venezuela is deeply divided between those who support the government of the socialist President Nicolas Maduro and those who blame him for the country's economic crisis and want him gone from power.
There has been a series of anti-government protests in the capital, Caracas, and other major cities, as well as marches by government supporters.
In their joint statement, the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay rejected the violence, which led to the deaths of six people during the recent demonstrations.
They called on President Maduro "to prevent any violence against protesters" and also called on opposition groups "to exercise their right to demonstrate responsibly so that the day remains peaceful with people expressing themselves calmly".
The Latin American countries also called on the Venezuela government to quickly set dates for elections to be held "to solve the grave crisis which Venezuela is experiencing and which worries the region".
Regional elections originally due to be held in December 2016 were postponed by the electoral council to 2017, but a date has not yet been set.
Municipal elections are also due to be held in 2017.
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez labelled the communique as "rude interference".
She also wrote that "these governments misuse international law to back interventionism in Venezuela to attempt to govern the country from abroad".
She ended a series of tweets by saying that "there is no imperialist force in this world which can defeat the sovereign people of Venezuela". | Venezuela's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez has criticised as "rude meddling" a joint communique by 11 Latin American countries calling on Venezuela's government to "guarantee the right to peaceful protest". | 39629041 |
From Crossroads and Muffin the Mule, to Tiswas to Steptoe and Son, many people can recall the characters, the catchphrases and the jokes.
So it might shock viewers to learn that, instead of being archived on tape to be preserved for posterity, many recordings of these well-loved shows were simply wiped to save money.
Material was selected for preservation on the basis of its national importance or if it was deemed culturally significant.
The Beatles, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine and Lenny Henry are just some of the famous names that saw their work destroyed.
However, 25 years ago, a group of television enthusiasts from Dudley in the West Midlands decided to track down some of these "lost" shows.
The group of four students at King Edward VI college in Stourbridge founded what would become Kaleidoscope - a publishing and television archiving company.
"We were all very interested in the history of old TV," said Chris Perry, Kaleidoscope's managing director.
"We were all a bit geeky. It was the early 80s and, at that time, there were hardly any repeats on television.
"Then, after 1982, Equity relaxed its rules and it was the first time we got to see older versions of shows like Dad's Army."
Mr Perry wrote to the BBC and found some episodes had simply not been saved.
He and his friends set about tracking down these "lost" episodes.
"We started looking for lost footage at places like car boot sales and also things like trade fairs," he said.
"We had some success in the early days. We found the very first episode of the Likely Lads and a complete Muffin the Mule as well.
"But really there is so much footage out there that is still lost.
"You always hope you are going to find something really iconic. The best finds were things like Steptoe and Son and some of Pan's People's performances on Top of the Pops."
Kaleidoscope also managed to track down some early episodes of children's TV show Tiswas - albeit from an unlikely source.
"Not a lot of Tiswas was recorded when it first went out but that was around the time people were buying their own video recorders," said Lee Bannister, Kaleidoscope's studio director.
"One person who was recording Tiswas was the little boy who would dress up as a rabbit on the show and sing Bright Eyes from Watership Down.
"His name was Matthew Butler and around 10 years ago I met him and I discovered he recorded every single episode in which he appeared.
"What we've been able to do is take those tapes off him, digitise them, clean them up very carefully and resurrect the original programmes."
Today, Kaleidoscope holds 89,422 items of video tape or film and 14,312 paper records, including scripts and photographs, all stored at a warehouse in Dudley.
Of these, they believe 6,348 are unique to the company.
As Kaleidoscope's collection grew, it came to the attention of the big media organisations that had also developed an interest in trying to piece together their history.
In 1993, the company began working with the British Film Institute and later, the BBC and ITV.
As its reputation grew, it also became a trusted depository for celebrities.
In 2009, Bob Monkhouse's family gave the comedian's archive to the company.
"That led to other people, like the Jeremy Beadle estate, bringing their collections to us as well," said Mr Perry.
In 2014, Kaleidoscope won the licence to broadcast on a new local TV channel for the Birmingham and Black Country, which it named Big Centre TV.
The channel shows 10 hours of archive programming every week, including episodes of Crossroads and Ivor the Engine.
"We felt we needed a way to make use of this archive," said Mr Perry. "We always said if we had a way to show this material, we would do it, so people got to see some of these classics again.
"We wouldn't just leave them on a dusty shelf."
The story of Kaleidoscope is being broadcast on Inside Out on BBC One West Midlands at 19:30 on Monday 7 September and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer. | They are programmes many will remember growing up with. | 34075649 |
Margaret McGuckin, of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse, said the inquiry should not be "prolonged".
The first minister and deputy first minister are to recommend a one year extension to the NI Executive.
A decision is not expected until the autumn.
The extension request was made by Sir Anthony Hart, chairman of the HIA inquiry.
If the extension is granted, the HIA report may not be published until January 2017.
The extension will require an amendment to the terms of reference of the inquiry, which will be brought before the NI Assembly.
However, Ms McGuckin said victims could be compensated as soon as possible.
"I don't think there is any need for this extra year, but, if there is, and they want to change the terms of reference, then they can change the terms of reference to set up a board and levels of redress and compensation right now," she said.
"I have a brother and he is mentally ill because of what happened to him and in a care home at this time.
"He's not well., he's ill, he wants to get a life and he needs to be compensated for the years of sexual and physical abuse that were meted out to him.
"We cannot wait another two or three years."
She added: "We're sitting around here waiting and everybody else is getting well paid while they do a job. A good job at that.
"But the inquiry wasn't supposed to be prolonged and all these millions and millions are being paid out for the inquiry when it could be coming to the victims."
Sir Anthony Hart, chairman of the inquiry, said he made the extension request to Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness with "considerable reluctance".
He said: "However, on the basis of our experience to date, we are now in a position to calculate how many sitting days it will take to call all the witnesses who wish to give evidence from every institution, and each individual whom we will, or will probably, investigate.
"Should our request for an extension of one year be granted, we will of course continue to make every effort to complete our work in a shorter time should that be possible."
OFMDFM said the inquiry chairman made a "very persuasive and compelling case for a one year extension".
"We do not underestimate the complexities of dealing with institutional abuse.
"We must ensure that the inquiry provides every opportunity for those impacted by the allegations of institutional abuse to be heard in an open forum."
The HIA inquiry's public hearings began on 13 January in Banbridge, County Down.
It is the biggest child abuse public inquiry ever held in the UK, having been contacted by more than 400 people who said they were abused in childhood.
Its aim is to establish if there were "systemic failings by institutions or the state in their duties towards those children in their care".
It will also determine if victims should receive an apology and compensation.
The inquiry was established as a result of a campaign for justice, which gathered momentum in 2009 following the damning findings of a similar institutional abuse inquiry in the Republic of Ireland. | The founder of a campaign group has said victims "cannot wait" for compensation after a request was made to extend the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry. | 27913317 |
Neighbours were alerted to the incident at Moylena Grove by smoke alarms at about 04:55 BST. They knocked the door but were unable to contact the woman.
Police arrived and forced their way into the house. They tried to rescue the woman, who could be heard calling for help but were driven back by smoke.
Firefighters using breathing apparatus then entered the house and rescued her.
An ambulance was already at the scene and took the woman, who was seriously ill from smoke inhalation, to hospital.
Fire Service group commander David Heyburn said they had since been told she was in a stable condition. | A woman in her 70s is in hospital after being rescued from a house fire in Antrim in the early hours of Sunday. | 35909024 |
The chain started with a market stall in Wakefield set up by Christopher Edwards in 1974.
Construction is due to start in the summer on a 30-acre (12 ha) site at Normanton, near junction 31 of the M62.
It is part of a plan to create about 3,500 jobs with a nationwide expansion of 200 stores over the same period.
The firm, which is based at Normanton, currently has more than 280 outlets, as well as 50 Bargain Buys shops. It employs more than 6,000 people.
The new distribution centre should be completed in autumn 2016, the retailer said. | The discount retailer Poundworld is to open a new distribution centre in West Yorkshire creating more than 300 jobs in the next three years, it has said. | 33463515 |
The 29-year-old from Onchan joins Danny Webb and Italian Alessandro Polita in riding BMW S100RRs for the German team.
Kneen said: "They take their racing seriously, which is what it's all about for me. I'm confident that the bikes I'm racing will be very competitive."
All three riders will represent the team at the TT as well as other road races during the season.
Team boss Rico Penzkofer said: "We have been in talks with Dan Kneen for a couple of years now but it hasn't happened until now so we are really happy that he's joining us for 2017 season.
"Dan is as hungry for the next step as we are. He is a proper Manxman and will be prepared for the fortnight in the best possible way - he literally lives the track." | Isle of Man racer Dan Kneen has signed a deal with the Penz13.com BMW Racing Team to race at 2017 TT. | 38649423 |
Big backslaps and high fives to the guys charged with keeping the country's citizens safe.
But in Washington this week it has been anything but. The Senate intelligence committee report on the treatment of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has unleashed a ferocious war of words (yep - even by the quarrelsome standards of this disputatious city). But why so vicious?
Well the really big picture is legacy. In 50 years' time when the history books are written and children are sitting at their desks in Duluth, Des Moines or Detroit, and turning to the chapter marked "9/11", what are they going to read? Here are two versions.
On 11 September 2001, the United States came under attack from al-Qaeda terrorists, claiming the lives of 3,000 people when planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania - a war on terror was declared, and those responsible were hunted down and detained, and there were no further attacks on US soil.
Or:
On 11 September 2001, the United States came under attack from al-Qaeda terrorists, claiming the lives of 3,000 people when planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania - a war on terror was declared, but the torture tactics used to hunt down and detain those responsible brought condemnation and America lost its moral authority in the world.
Remember Winston Churchill's adage that "history is written by the victors"? This is a battle between Bush-era officials and the Obama administration over which narrative of these events should prevail.
A battle between most Democrats, who think that there are NO circumstances EVER when coercive interrogation techniques can be condoned; and most Republicans who say America was under attack, there was intelligence that there could be a second and third wave of attacks and we did whatever we could to prevent that.
But is there just a small whiff of hypocrisy here? What if it had been a Democrat in the White House when America came under attack on that dreadful September day. Would the response have been that different? Would different instructions have been given to the CIA? Would the White House have been more concerned about the treatment of detainees than the need to get intelligence from them?
I'm sure there were sadists, oddballs and bad people out there. But weren't the overwhelming majority of CIA operatives at that time just driven by one thing - a patriotic duty to keep America safe, by whatever means?
And this is where it gets uncomfortable. Of course I can sit here at my keyboard and pronounce that torture can never be justified. It is an absolute. I do totally believe that. But what if a child of mine had been kidnapped, and the police arrest the kidnapper, but say to me, "Well we've got the guy who took your kid, but despite us asking him really politely where he's being kept, he's not telling us... However there are these things called enhanced interrogation techniques - we could give them a go." Would I say no? I'm really not sure.
The other thing about this debate that has made me uncomfortable is the demand that the CIA must be publicly accountable for their actions. And few things could have been more public than the lacerating Democratic-led Senate intelligence committee report released on Tuesday.
In his press conference on Thursday, CIA director John Brennan stuck to his script - but I thought there was one telling moment when he said, "There's been more than enough transparency over the past couple of days. I think it's over the top." That was the one bit of frustration he allowed himself to show. And if you're him, you can understand why.
This is a spy agency, for goodness sake - when we say their agents must be subject to public scrutiny, forgive me, but isn't the nature of espionage that, err, it needs to be secret. Part of what you are doing as a foreign agent is to try to to persuade a citizen from another country to commit treason and hand over his or her nation's secrets. Is that ok? Should a Senate committee codify what can or can't be done?
This is not the highways department where the road maintenance programme is under debate. This is national security.
Of course there has to be scrutiny - in a democratic nation, those people who work for the government, whether in the highways department or in the most secret corners of the state, must be held to account. But surely there must be a mechanism, a way of doing that so that public servants don't become part of the crude partisan political battle.
I just wonder whether in 10 years' time, when my successor is sitting at this desk, whether he or she will be writing a blog on the just-released Republican-led intelligence committee report laying into the drone programme from when President Barack Obama was in the White House. | America has not come under serious attack since 9/11 on its home soil - so you would think that would be a source of celebration. | 30455969 |
It is 10 years since the fictional Edinburgh detective John Rebus last appeared on television.
But now independent producer Eleventh Hour Films has announced that it has acquired the television rights to Ian Rankin's best selling crime novels.
The deal coincides with the 30th anniversary of the publication of the first Rebus novel, Knots and Crosses.
Award-winning writer Gregory Burke has been tasked with adapting the novels for TV, according to the production company.
The Scottish playwright won plaudits for his play Black Watch and for his screenplay for the critically-acclaimed film '71.
Eleventh Hour Films said he will work up a "bold and visionary take for a contemporary international TV audience".
Mr Burke's attachment to the project has been warmly welcomed by Rebus' creator, Ian Rankin.
He said: "I'm so thrilled and honoured that Gregory Burke is bringing his outstanding storytelling talent to Rebus.
"As far as I'm concerned it's the perfect match, allowing the character of John Rebus to emerge in all his complex three-dimensional glory."
Mr Burke added: "It is an honour and a privilege to have the opportunity to work on adapting an iconic character like John Rebus for television.
"As someone who has grown up and lives in south east Scotland, Ian Rankin's best-selling books provide the perfect material to make a thrilling series about crime in the modern world."
In a series of tweets to fans, Mr Rankin also said that he had his "fingers crossed" that actor Ken Stott would reprise his role as the gruff detective.
Stott took on the lead role in an earlier TV incarnation of Rebus, an STV production for ITV which ran from 2000 until 2007, replacing John Hannah.
The author also suggested that more time would be given to each story, with longer episodes. | One of Scotland's most famous detectives looks set to make a return to the small screen. | 39871199 |
Ahead of new powers to raise cash in 2018, the UK government is allowing Welsh ministers to borrow £500m for the proposed relief road.
But Jenny Rathbone said the benefits of the metro project to upgrade public transport in south Wales were greater.
The Welsh Government said it will deliver both schemes.
A Labour colleague of Ms Rathbone, John Griffiths, also called for the cash to be spent on the metro, saying it had more political support in the assembly than the M4 relief road.
Recent assessments have put the cost of the M4 upgrade at £1.1bn, excluding VAT and inflation. One estimate of the overall cost of the Metro, which could see the use of trams, has been put at £2bn.
Some £764m has been allocated for the Metro as part of the 20-year Cardiff Capital Region deal and EU funding could also be used.
Ms Rathbone, who has expressed her opposition to the road scheme before, told BBC Wales: "We don't have the money to do both."
She said the metro project "needs more money to do it properly" to ensure main valleys communities are linked.
"I'm not aware of any other pot of money that we could use to generate this amount of money. It does not exist," the backbench AM added.
"We can't get EU money for the M4. We have some EU money for the metro and but not all the money that is needed."
The Cardiff Central AM said she believed pressing ahead with the metro "would resolve the congestion problems we have got on the M4", which she said arise from the "100,000 commuters that come into Cardiff and Newport every day".
The Welsh Government will be able to borrow up to £500m from 2018, but ahead of those powers coming into force the UK government has allowed for that money to be borrowed early for the M4 project.
Ms Rathbone said it should be "up to the National Assembly to decide how to use that early borrowing facility".
A spokeswoman for the Welsh Government said: "Both the M4 relief road and the metro are hugely important to our vision for a fully integrated transport system for Wales.
"This Welsh Government was elected on a mandate to deliver both of these ambitious projects and that is what we will do.
"Our spending plans for future years will reflect our priorities for this administration." | Money allocated for the M4 relief road should be spent on the metro for south Wales as money is not there for both, a Labour AM has warned. | 36445657 |
The loan comes amid heightened military and political tension between Ukraine and neighbouring Russia.
The loan is dependent on strict economic reforms, including raising taxes and energy prices.
The money will be released over two years, with the first instalment of $3.2bn available immediately.
The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, said the IMF would check regularly to ensure the Ukrainian government followed through on its commitments.
In March Ukraine put up gas prices by 50% in an effort to secure the bailout.
The government has also agreed to freeze the minimum wage.
The bailout had to be approved by the IMF's 24-member board, which includes a Russian representative.
The IMF loan will also unlock further funds worth $15bn from other donors, including the World Bank, EU, Canada and Japan.
In December last year, Ukraine agreed a $15bn bailout from Russia, but this was cancelled after protests forced out pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.
On Wednesday, the IMF warned that Russia was "experiencing recession" because of damage caused by the Ukraine crisis.
The fund said $100bn (£59bn) would leave Russia this year, partly caused by US and EU and sanctions.
The sanctions were imposed after Russia annexed the Crimea region from Ukraine last month.
Pro-Russian activists have taken over scores of government buildings in cities and towns across eastern Ukraine, though the Kremlin denies its forces are involved.
The activists have also taken hostages including international monitors.
Tens of thousands of Russian troops are stationed close to the Ukrainian border, and Moscow has warned that its soldiers will act if Russian interests in eastern Ukraine - where a majority of the population are Russian-speaking - are threatened.
The US and EU have accused Russia of failing to implement the terms of a deal agreed in Geneva aimed at defusing the crisis by disarming illegal militias.
They have both stepped up sanctions against Russia this week, naming more individuals and companies facing travel bans and asset freezes.
Moscow blames Kiev for the unrest and has condemned the sanctions
The IMF bailout will also make available $1bn in loan guarantees from the US, which was recently approved by Congress.
"Today's final approval for the $17bn IMF programme marks a crucial milestone for Ukraine," said US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in a statement.
He added that the bailout will "enable Ukraine to build on the progress already achieved to overcome deep-seated economic challenges and help the country return to a path of economic stability and growth".
Earlier on Wednesday, an international conference in London ended with a commitment to help Ukraine recover tens of billions of dollars worth of assets which were allegedly stolen by the ousted President Yanukovych and his allies. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $17.1bn (£10.1bn) bailout for Ukraine to help the country's beleaguered economy. | 27233152 |
For those who like a good underdog story, this appears to be one. That said, most sides facing Newtonmore might feel a tad up against it.
They are unquestionably the dominant force in shinty right now, winning six straight Premiership titles.
A seventh is far from beyond them but they did lose last year's MacTavish final to Glenurquhart.
That alone demonstrates in cup finals, there's always hope. Lochaber need that. They don't really win trophies and they've never won this one.
Their solitary final appearance in this competition came in 2012 and, wouldn't you know it, it was a 5-1 defeat against Saturday's opponents.
Both camps expect a closer contest this time though with Lochaber optimistic that they can upset the odds.
"It's a huge day, a great opportunity to show what we can do," said captain Brian MacDonald.
"The occasion maybe got the better of us [in 2012] but we've got a completely different squad.
"If the park is playing as quick as it looks then we'll be in with a good chance.
"Newtonmore are a very strong team but it's 12 against 12. I've seen lots of things happen in this game and there's no reason why we can't go out and make a game of it.
"We're oozing confidence now. We've recently come on to a very good game scoring nine goals in our last two games against two decent sides in Kingussie and Lovat."
Lochaber admit to a slow start to the season but those two wins are notable form and exactly the kind of preparation required for such a contest.
Newtonmore's last MacTavish Cup win - their 40th - came in that 2012 final. They've not enjoyed much success over recent years in this competition with 2009 and 2002 the only other wins going all the way back to the late 1980s.
They will be keen to address that and remain heavy favourites but that's not something Newtonmore's Rory Kennedy enjoys.
"[It's] not a tag we like but we know we have to be at our very best every week, but especially this Saturday," he said.
"I don't think we've quite hit our peak form yet but we've not been conceding many goals. The guys are obviously putting the ball in the back of the net in the forward line as well.
"If we can win it, it'll put a marker down for the rest for the year for us." | The first silverware of the shinty season is the prize with Newtonmore tackling Lochaber in Inverness for the prestigious MacTavish Cup. | 36480309 |
The epicentre of the earthquake was in India's mountainous Sikkim state, where at least 18 people were killed.
Rain and landslides are hindering search and rescue operations there and officials in Sikkim fear that the toll could rise further.
Several earthquakes hit the region this year, but none caused major damage.
At least five people were killed in Nepal, police there say, and at least seven died in Tibet, China's official Xinhua news agency reported. At least six other people were killed in other Indian states.
Officials in all regions say the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers reach the remote mountainous areas struck by the quake.
The quake struck the mountainous north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim at 18:10 (12:40 GMT) on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey, and was followed by two strong aftershocks.
Telephone lines were knocked out across the state, while power cuts plunged Gangtok, the capital, into darkness just seconds after the quake hit.
Hundreds of people there spent the night on the streets after buildings developed cracks, reports say.
Tremors were felt in the north-eastern Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura. They were also felt in regions of India: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. Bangladesh and Bhutan also felt the quake.
One person was killed during a stampede as people panicked in a town in the eastern state of Bihar, and other deaths were reported near Darjeeling, in West Bengal.
Landslides have blocked the two main highways linking Sikkim with the rest of the country making it difficult for the rescue workers to reach the area, reports say.
Just over the border in Tibet's Yadong County, just 40km (miles) from Sikkim, the earthquake caused hundreds of landslides disrupting traffic, telecommunications, power and water supplies.
Chinese authorities said relief supplies were on the way to the area.
In Kathmandu, 270km (170 miles) west of the quake's epicentre, buildings were evacuated and traffic came to a standstill.
Three people died when a wall of the British Embassy collapsed. Those dead included a motorcyclist and his eight-year-old child who were struck as they rode past, police said.
Two others died in Dharan in Sunsari district, including a five-year-old child, according to the the Himalayan Times newspaper.
Lawmakers in parliament hurried out of the building shouting when the quake struck in the middle of a debate on the budget, witnesses said. | Dozens of people have been killed and many more injured after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook north-eastern India, Nepal and Tibet. | 14965598 |
Pullman offered the right to name a character in his new book as a lot in the Authors For Grenfell Tower auction, which raised money for victims.
Teacher James Clements had originally bid £1,500 to name the character after his ex-pupil Nur Huda El-Wahab, 15.
Organisers say 448 people eventually added bids to his to secure the lot.
Mr Clements said he used to teach Nur Huda, who lived on the 21st floor of the west London tower block, where 79 people are feared to have died in the fire on 14 June.
Reacting to the news, Mr Clements said he had made a "speculative bid" to win the lot and that "what has happened since has been truly amazing".
"A huge thanks to everyone who has championed, shared or contributed to our team total," he tweeted.
He also praised Pullman for "offering such a wonderful prize and being such a gentleman throughout".
Pullman - best known for his fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials - said it was "great news", adding: "I look forward to writing about Nur."
He said her character would feature in the second novel of Pullman's Book of Dust series to be published next year.
The first part in the series, La Belle Sauvage, is published in October.
Pullman said he could not guarantee whether the character would be "good, bad, beautiful or otherwise", but it would be "a speaking role with a part to play in the plot".
One of the organisers of the auction, Molly Ker Hawn, praised bidders who won the name for Nur Huda, saying: "I love every one of you."
Organisers said more than £150,000 had been pledged in total in the auction when bidding closed.
More than 700 lots featured on the charity site, including signed books from authors Malorie Blackman and Caitlin Moran, and afternoon tea and a book reading with TV personality and children's author David Walliams at Claridges.
Money from the Authors For Grenfell Tower site will go to the British Red Cross London Fire Relief Fund. | A character in a new Philip Pullman book is to be named after a teenager feared dead in the Grenfell Tower fire, following an auction bid of £32,400. | 40422039 |
They say Ford, aged 74, was instructed to land on a runway at John Wayne airport in Orange Country on Monday.
But instead he mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over a waiting American Airlines plane with 110 passengers and crew on board.
That plane safely departed minutes later. Ford has not commented on the reported incident.
Just before the landing, the Indiana Jones star is quoted as asking air traffic controllers: "Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?"
The Federal Aviation Authority confirmed that the pilot of the single-engine Aviat Husky plane had been cleared to land on the runway.
But it declined to confirm that the pilot was in fact Harrison Ford.
The incident was first reported by NBC and the TMZ website.
The actor, who is a certified pilot, has been involved in several air accidents.
In 2015, he was injured when his vintage plane crashed on a golf course in Los Angeles.
In 1999, Ford crash-landed his helicopter during a training flight in Los Angeles but both he and the instructor were unhurt.
He has been in accidents out of the cockpit too, breaking his leg in 2014 while filming a scene involving a door on the Millennium Falcon spaceship.
Ford took up flying when he was in his 50s and owns several aircraft. | US actor Harrison Ford has been involved in a near-miss while flying his plane in California, US media say. | 38976965 |
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) will be offered from 2018.
The decision by the Welsh Government follows moves in England to do the same.
Public Health Minister Rebecca Evans said ministers wanted to ensure every expectant mother in Wales receives the information and support they need.
The new blood test - while not offering a complete diagnosis - aims to better inform women of the risks of having a child with the genetic disorder.
It is more accurate than current antenatal screening, which estimates the chance that pregnant women have of having a baby with Down's syndrome.
If the risk is deemed high, women are offered an invasive test called amniocentesis - where a needle is used to extract amniotic fluid and which carries a risk of miscarriage.
It is expected one to two babies per year in Wales will be saved from miscarriage as a result of the introduction of NIPT, which will be offered as an additional option for women found to have a higher risk of having a child with Down's syndrome.
Only the invasive test can give a confirmed diagnosis, however. Women who are given a positive NIPT test would not be able to opt for a termination based on that result alone.
Public Health Minister, Rebecca Evans said a negative NIPT result will offer pregnant women reassurance without the need for a further invasive diagnostic test - "reducing the unnecessary harm from miscarriage that can be caused through the use of these tests".
"We want to ensure every expectant mother in Wales receives the information, advice and support they need throughout their pregnancy." she said.
Julian Hallett, of the Down's Syndrome Association in Wales, said it was essential midwives, screening co-ordinators and other health professionals were trained about the genetic condition before the new screening is rolled out.
"Those women who receive NIPT results will be placed in a position which may lead some to make a decision on whether they continue with their pregnancy. It's a life-changing decision," he said.
He said many parents of children with Down's syndrome reported the information they get from health professionals as "too negative".
"We want to be able to ensure they balance that by giving positive information about the condition and explain the increased opportunities for children and adults with Down's syndrome today," he added.
The roll-out of the test will be evaluated after three years in line with recommendations from the UK and Wales screening committees, Welsh Government said. | A safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome is to be introduced for pregnant mothers in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced. | 40999307 |
The 24-year-old will only be sold to the Spanish giants as part of a swap deal, with defender Sergio Ramos, 29, joining United.
The club see Real as acting "like bullies" and, with their own revenue soaring, are intent on "slugging it out" with Real for the best players.
De Gea is Real's main summer target.
The Spaniard has one year left on his contract and wants to return to his homeland.
But the Old Trafford club, irritated at the idea Real can cherry-pick their best players, struck first, making two bids for Ramos - the most recent for £28.6m - which have both been turned down.
And speaking on the Spanish club's pre-season tour in Australia, Real Madrid's new coach Rafael Benitez said Ramos, the only Real player United are interested in, was going nowhere.
But while United and manager Louis van Gaal know there is no chance of persuading De Gea to remain at Old Trafford beyond 2016, they are adamant they will not part with their two-time player of the year other than on their terms.
The loss of a potential transfer fee is offset by the knowledge that De Gea can be the difference between winning trophies and not, while in turning down a contract offer from United believed to be around £180,000 a week, the keeper remains on the same £60,000 salary he agreed when he left Atletico Madrid in 2011.
There is also a wider issue. Since the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo for £80m in 2009, United have seen Real sign up a succession of big names, including, in the case of Gareth Bale - who signed from Spurs for a world record £85.3m - players they would like to have signed themselves. The club's hierarchy are eager to see this situation change.
Given Real's more cautious spending policy this summer, there is a belief at Old Trafford that the Spanish club's revenue is increasingly constrained.
The reason for that is a combination of the new method of negotiating TV deals in Spain - Real and domestic rivals Barcelona will no longer be free to negotiate their own contracts and will instead become part of a central pool - the fact most of their major sponsorship deals are already in place, and the fact they have agreed a series of expensive, long-term contracts with their star players.
Meanwhile, Van Gaal has revealed reserve goalkeeper Victor Valdes refused to play for United's under-21 team and is to be sold.
But the 33-year-old could remain at the club for a while, given statements from his agent that Valdes does not want to leave and the fact that - given his strong Barcelona connection - it may be difficult for him to play for another club in Spain. | Manchester United are prepared to lose more than £25m and let goalkeeper David De Gea leave for free next summer rather than give in to Real Madrid. | 33568804 |
Patricia Mountbatten married celebrated film producer Lord Brabourne in 1946, and the pair had seven children.
The couple were among a seven-strong boat party blown up by the IRA at County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, in 1979.
Their son Nicholas, 14, was killed in the attack, as was Lord Brabourne's mother, Dowager Lady Brabourne, and her father Lord Mountbatten.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, was badly injured but her husband survived as did Nicholas's twin, Timothy.
Paul Maxwell, a 15-year-old local boy, was also killed.
For more than 30 years she used her experience of her loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
A spokeswoman for the family said the countess died peacefully on Tuesday at her home in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children.
Lord Brabourne passed away 12 years ago.
She was godmother to the Prince of Wales who paid tribute to her in a statement. It reads: "I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
"She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully."
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences."
When the Countess married in 1946 the then Princess Elizabeth, her third cousin, was one of her bridesmaids.
The family lived at Broadlands in Romsey, Hampshire, near Southampton, which has a hospice named after Countess Mountbatten.
The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham, are to be announced at a later date. | Prince Philip's cousin, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, has died aged 93. | 40279925 |
The five-metre mound has been built at the Whitesands, which is regularly inundated by the River Nith.
Officials behind the £15m river defence and regeneration programme hope it will demonstrate the scale of their plans.
Critics of the flood prevention scheme claim there are cheaper and less intrusive alternatives.
They have raised fears that it will result in a loss of car parking spaces but Dumfries and Galloway Council has pledged to create more on-street parking.
Colin Smith, who chairs the council's economy, environment and infrastructure committee, said the blueprint had been drawn up after careful consideration.
The model is part of a wider public exhibition at the former Baker's Oven in High Street, Dumfries. | A life-size model of an embankment planned to protect part of Dumfries from flooding has gone on display. | 30984625 |
A bicycle bomb in 1939 left five people dead and about 70 injured but was overshadowed by the destruction inflicted on the city in World War Two.
An article by the BBC prompted a campaign by the victims' families to campaign for a memorial.
The tribute will be unveiled on 14 October, the council said.
The plaque will list the victims' names on a stone on Unity Lawn at Coventry Cathedral.
Coventry City Council, which is organising the event and funding the memorial, said it was important the victims were "never forgotten". | A date has been confirmed for a memorial in Coventry dedicated to five victims of a "forgotten" IRA attack on the city. | 33471108 |
The bill aimed to force local law enforcement to obey requests from immigration officers to hold illegal immigrants for deportation.
Sanctuary cities came under fire from Donald Trump in an executive order during his first week as president.
The Texan law was due to come into effect on Friday.
But on Wednesday, a federal judge ruled it was unlikely to withstand constitutional tests, and prevented implementation of key parts of the bill, called SB4.
In a 94-page decision, US District Judge Orlando Garcia commented: "There is overwhelming evidence by local officials, including local law enforcement, that SB4 will erode public trust and make many communities and neighborhoods less safe."
"There is also ample evidence that localities will suffer adverse economic consequences which, in turn, harm the State of Texas."
He said the court could not "second guess the legislature" but the state could not violate the constitution.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the decision made "Texas' communities less safe".
He said he would immediately appeal the decision and was confident the law would eventually be upheld.
Mr Trump's executive order in January covered a range of immigration issues but specifically targeted the 400 or so jurisdictions with policies protecting undocumented immigrants - nicknamed "sanctuary cities".
The presidential order authorised the federal government to withhold funding from cities with such polices.
The Texan bill, passed by the state legislature earlier this year, was set to be one of the first laws of its kind since Mr Trump's order. | A US federal judge has halted a new Texan immigration law on "sanctuary cities" just two days before it is scheduled to go into effect. | 41105121 |
The crash at junction 1 Bonnybridge happened at about 09:00 and involved an Asda lorry.
Pictures from Traffic Scotland's live cameras showed food strewn across the west-bound carriageway.
The lorry was removed but the road remained closed for several hours while debris was cleared. Diversions were in place. | Drivers on the M876 near Falkik have faced disruption after a supermarket delivery lorry overturned. | 40619761 |
Led by 20-year-old Sima Azimi, the Shaolin Wushu club practises on a snow-covered mountaintop to the west of Kabul.
Developed from ancient Chinese martial arts, the sport of wushu sees these young women moving fluidly, slicing the air with silver swords.
After learning the sport in Iran, Sima won medals in competition and says: "My ambition is to see my students take part in international matches and win medals for their country."
Despite the popularity of martial arts in Afghanistan, women's sport is severely restricted.
All of the women in the club are Hazara, a Dari-speaking, mainly Shia group. They have generally more liberal social traditions that allow them to practise sports outside the home.
In addition to the regular dangers of life in Kabul, these women face intimidation and abuse. One member, Shakila Muradi, says: "There are many people harassing us, but we ignore them and follow our goals."
Sima has been teaching in Kabul for about a year, training at the club's gym with her father.
This gym has a large poster of stuntman Hussain Sadiqi, a Hazara martial arts champion who fled to Australia to work in film.
Her father declares his pride in his daughter. "I am really happy that I helped, encouraged and supported Sima," he says. | All photographs by Mohammad Ismail | 38880353 |
Lawrence Morgan, 19, fought with police officers, headbutting one of them, after he was apprehended outside a bookmakers in February this year.
Police searched him and found a loaded handgun inside his bag, along with cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.
Morgan has been jailed for five years and eight months at Birmingham Crown Court after admitting possessing a firearm, ammunition and drugs.
Firearms officers examined the weapon and said it was loaded with four rounds of live ammunition.
He was stopped by police during a routine operation at Newtown Shopping Centre on 16 February, West Midlands Police said.
Morgan had initially tried to cycle away from the scene before he was challenged by plain-clothed officers approaching from the opposite direction.
Morgan, of Crompton Close, Nechells, was restrained after a struggle but tried to escape for a second time and headbutted a sergeant.
In a police interview, he denied the assault and claimed he was acting in self defence after the police used excessive force against him.
A charge of assaulting a police officer will remain on file after he admitted the other more serious offences, the court ruled.
Sgt Martin Kelly, said: "The penalties for carrying a loaded gun are severe and rightly so. Anyone who is caught walking around with such a weapon faces a lengthy spell behind bars, as Lawrence Morgan has now found out." | A teenager who was found with a loaded gun in Birmingham has been jailed. | 36114363 |
The decision means e-Voke, produced by British American Tobacco, could be prescribed on the NHS.
Public Health England says e-cigarettes are far less harmful than tobacco and help smokers quit.
But some experts, including the British Medical Association, say the benefits and harms are not yet known since e-cigarettes are still relatively new.
The Royal College of GPs said doctors would be reluctant to hand them out to patients without clear merits.
Around 10m adults - one in five - in the UK smoke cigarettes.
Many of these would like to or are actively trying to kick the habit and an increasing number are turning to e-cigarettes, the NHS says.
In the year up to April 2015, two out of three people who used e-cigarettes in combination with the NHS stop smoking service managed to successfully quit.
Prof Kevin Fenton, National Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England, says e-cigarettes have become the most popular quitting aid in England.
And he thinks more people should benefit.
"Public Health England wants to see a choice of safe and effective replacements for smoking that smokers themselves want to use," he said.
But Dr Tim Ballard of the Royal College of GPs said it would be unreasonable for the NHS to be asked to fund lifestyle choices for people.
"Potentially, there may be a place for the prescription of e-Voke as part of a smoking cessation programme, but GPs would be very wary of prescribing them until there was clear evidence of their safety and of their efficacy in helping people to quit," he said.
"At the moment there isn't the evidence and the guidance hasn't been written to help GPs make those decisions."
1. On some e-cigarettes, inhalation activates the battery-powered atomiser. Other types are manually switched on
2. A heating coil inside the atomiser heats liquid nicotine contained in a cartridge
3. The mixture becomes vapour and is inhaled. Many e-cigarettes have an LED light as a cosmetic feature to simulate traditional cigarette glow.
Different brands of e-cigarettes contain different chemical concentrations.
Deborah Arnott of Action on Smoking and Heath (ASH) said: "Electronic cigarettes are a much safer alternative source of nicotine for smokers than cigarettes, but that doesn't mean they are risk-free and we would discourage anyone who's not a smoker from using them.
"It is good news that an electronic cigarette has received a licence from the medicines regulator, as we know that they have been effective in helping smokers quit, and the cost, as part of a quit attempt, will be far lower than treating the diseases caused by smoking."
Another type of nicotine inhaler which closely resembles a cigarette, called Voke, was licensed in 2014 to be marketed as an aid to help people stop smoking. | The UK medicines regulator has approved a brand of e-cigarette to be marketed as an aid to help people stop smoking. | 35221292 |
Johansen was released without charge on Thursday, having spent the previous night in custody in Freetown.
"Events over the past 48 hours (have) left me shocked and mortified," Johansen said in a statement.
"My innocence in any allegations involving corruption or related offences is undisputed."
"My fourteen-year career in football administration nationally and globally has from the onset been centred around bringing integrity and good governance into football," she added.
Johansen, the only female football president in Africa, was detained after failing to attend a hearing set up by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the morning of 7 September, following which she was arrested.
She had recently returned from Ivory Coast where Sierra Leone had drawn their final 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on 3 September.
Two fellow Sierra Leone FA (SLFA) officials were also detained on Wednesday: Vice-President Brima Mazola Kamara and secretary general Christopher Kamara.
Like Johansen, Brima Kamara - a former Sierra Leone international - secured his release on bail and, late on Friday, he left the Criminal Investigations Department's headquarters in Freetown.
All three denied wrongdoing during their questioning by the ACC.
Earlier, armed police and ACC officials had raided the SLFA secretariat and taken away documents of interest to help their ongoing investigations.
Fifa says it is monitoring the situation, with the world governing body disapproving of governmental interference in the running of football.
The ACC picked up the leading SLFA officials after an FA Cup match on Wednesday.
Wednesday's detentions came shortly after the ACC started Operation Thunderbolt, which is aimed at intensifying the fight against corruption.
ACC official Patrick Sandy explained that they made the arrests due to a of lack of cooperation from the SLFA.
"We are investigating funds the SLFA received from Fifa, the Confederation of African Football and the government of Sierra Leone as we have the mandate to do so," Sandy added.
"We have invited them in writing and through other means to report to our headquarters but they disregarded our invitations.
"We wrote a letter to the SLFA scribe to submit documents relating to SLFA finances but they refused to cooperate.
"Instead they wrote back stating that they are not accountable to us and it could be considered as political interference, as they are only answerable to Fifa.
"The ACC is not a political institution, we are independent."
In the past, the SLFA has insisted it is only accountable to Fifa. | Sierra Leone FA President Isha Johansen says she has been left 'shocked and mortified' by her detention at the hands of Anti-Corruption officials. | 37305110 |
Third secretary Mohammad Zaki died of his injuries shortly after the attack, a spokesman for the consulate said.
The private security officer, who is an Afghan, is in custody. Police say he was the diplomat's personal bodyguard.
Officials say he opened fire following a dispute between the two men. What prompted the argument remains unclear.
"We were working at our office when we heard gunshots," consulate spokesman Haris Khan said, Associated Press reports. "Everybody was running in panic when I got out."
Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal confirmed the shooting.
"It seems to be a personal dispute related criminal act," he wrote on his official Facebook account.
Police and paramilitary forces were deployed to the Clifton district area around the consulate after the shooting broke out.
Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and commercial capital, has a history of political, sectarian and militant violence - and there have been a number of attacks on foreign missions based there. | An Afghan diplomat has been shot dead by a security guard at the country's consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. | 38879559 |
Ricky Shakes nodded the hosts in front on 17 minutes, but Morgan Ferrier did the spadework, beating Scott Doe on the left and whipping in a great cross.
Benson came into his own either side of the interval. First, he squared up matters for John Still's men when he prodded in Corey Whitely's cross, despite having his initial effort saved by Grant Smith.
The forward was equally clinical with his head from a Joe Widdowson centre, early in the second half.
Whitely headed in a Curtley Williams cross to rubber-stamp the victory.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 3.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 3.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jason Williams replaces Dan Woodards.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Elliott Romain replaces Corey Whitely.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Frankie Raymond replaces Paul Benson.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 3. Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Luke Howell replaces Luke Guttridge.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jai Reason replaces Angelo Balanta.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Paul Benson (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Paul Benson (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Ricky Shakes (Boreham Wood).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Dagenham & Redbridge closed in on a National League play-off spot thanks in part to Paul Benson's double in a 3-1 win at Boreham Wood. | 39523544 |
Sadler was released by Rotherham after featuring just once for the Championship club since signing from Crawley at the start of the season.
The 30-year-old made 53 appearances for Shrewsbury during a loan spell at the club from Watford during the 2010/11 campaign.
"It's really good to be back," he told the club's website.
"I want a promotion with Shrewsbury and what better place to do it than from League One up to the Championship.
"I've played a lot of games in this league and that is definitely one of the remits for the manager this summer - to bring in a few lads who have got experience of the division.
"Knowing the division as I do, I'm sure that we have nothing to fear at all." | Promoted Shrewsbury Town have signed defender Mat Sadler on a two-year contract. | 32745239 |
The lesser octopus is more often found around the Scottish coast and west coast of England, according to experts.
They were found metres from the water's edge at neighbouring beaches along Heacham, near Hunstanton, on Tuesday.
"We can only speculate on why they were on the beach. It really is a mystery," said rescuer Kieran Copeland, of Hunstanton's Sea Life Sanctuary.
Updates
The creatures, which can live in water up to 1,000m (3,280ft) deep, unlike common octopuses, are now being cared for by sanctuary staff.
50cm
The average length of an octopus mantle (body)
Eats small crabs and shellfish
Normally found in the Mediterranean Sea and off North Africa
Sightings in Great Britain usually around the Scottish and west coast
Can live at depths of up to 1,000m
Sanctuary supervisor Mr Copeland said: "It is very rare to come across a single stranded octopus, let alone two.
"They have a short lifespan of around three years.
"It may be that these are elderly octopuses which have crawled ashore to die, but we hope not."
He was at the beach after being called to the first octopus, when the centre was alerted to a further discovery on the next beach along.
The first creature was found by Sue Bailey, 62, of Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, who was visiting the beach.
"I've found all sorts down there in the past and even rang the sanctuary six months ago about a seal pup I came across, but this was the first octopus," said Ms Bailey.
Both creatures have been put in quarantine tanks out of public view, but it is hoped they may go on display once they have proved fit and healthy. | Two octopuses have been rescued after "mystery" strandings on beaches in Norfolk. | 35113006 |
Lord Jim Prior was secretary of state in 1981 at the time of the hunger strikes when 10 republicans died in prison.
Mrs Thatcher said the men were criminals and refused to grant concessions.
But Lord Prior told a BBC documentary that she never really understood what the problem was.
"Violence probably does work, it may not work quickly and may not be seen to work quickly, but in the long run, one has to look back and say it did work," he told documentary maker Peter Taylor in a programme to be broadcast on Monday.
Lord Prior said the IRA had tried to kill him. It targeted the Tory cabinet during their party conference in Brighton in 1984, and the bomb killed five people including the Conservative MP, Sir Anthony Berry.
But Lord Prior said there was "a deeper side to it as well as a terrorist side".
"I know we did not win it but I am not certain the other side won," he said.
"As time went on it became possible for both sides to get into a position where it was easier to make peace than make war."
From 1979 until 1981, Lord Prior was Mrs Thatcher's employment secretary.
In 1981, after a series of disputes with her over economic policies, she moved him to the Northern Ireland Office.
He left the Cabinet in 1984 and stepped down from the Commons in 1987.
He is best remembered in Northern Ireland for introducing "rolling devolution" in 1982 to elect an assembly with gradually increasing powers. The nationalist SDLP decided not to take up seats and the body was dissolved in 1986.
Fellow Conservative peer and former party chairman Lord Norman Tebbit, whose wife was paralysed in the Brighton bombing, told Peter Taylor: "I have no sympathy for those who declared the war but having said all that, one way or another, a ceasefire was achieved and to that extent it was a price that was worth paying.
"I don't think this was a war that was won, it was a war which ended in a truce."
The documentary Who Won The War will be broadcast on BBC One NI on Monday 29 September at 21:00 BST. | A former Northern Ireland secretary who served under Margaret Thatcher has said the IRA's violence worked. | 29364986 |
Oscar-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as coke-snorting hedonist who faces death on his 40th birthday.
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy's reworking of the 15th-century morality play is described in one review as "a seductive spectacle".
Another, however, found it a "dumbed-down jumble".
Norris's production features an impressive arsenal of stage effects including a giant video screen, suspended silver statues and a wind machine - along with energetic choreography by Javier de Frutos.
Kate Duchene plays God as a cleaning lady who opens the play sweeping the floor. The character of Death is played by Dermot Crowley as a dry-humoured Irishman.
Throughout the 100-minute drama, Ejiofor's character Ev meets an array of allegorical characters as he assesses his past life.
After Wednesday's opening night at the Olivier Theatre, Reuters entertainment editor Michael Roddy described Everyman as "a strong debut for Rufus Norris".
"Ejiofor is convincing as the smooth operator who belatedly sees the light, but the entire cast is terrific," he said.
In his four-star review, Whatsonstage.com's Michael Coveney wrote: "Ejiofor is a commanding, sympathetic presence in the middle of this energetic and seductive spectacle."
In the Telegraph, Dominic Cavendish struck a note of caution. "It sounds a little worthy, a touch dull. Is it? Well no. But if anything it swings so far in the direction of looking and sounding with-it and hip that it commits the sin of appearing at once theatrically lavish and dramatically threadbare."
"Foul-mouthed, moralistic, atheistic, theatrical; the first big production from the new regime at the Royal National Theatre grabs your attention but it is also a dumbed-down jumble," said the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts.
"Dame Carol, weak with rhyme, strains for topicality. She gives us references to footballers, pop stars, even to a colostomy bag worn by 'Sir Cliff'. She may say this is in the spirit of medieval jauntiness. It felt to me more like desperation."
But The Arts Desk's Marianka Swain felt Everyman was a clear signal of intent from Norris: "an overt state-of-the-nation play" for the National Theatre.
"Magnetic Ejiofor provides a much-needed focus for the episodic structure. His sonorous delivery of Duffy's lyrical passages is exquisite, offset by powerful physicality," she said.
"Offbeat but traditional, theatrical but heartfelt, it's a triumphant night," concluded Libby Purves on her theatreCat.com blog.
Everyman runs at the National Theatre until 30 August and will broadcast in UK cinemas on 16 July | Everyman, the first play to be directed at the National Theatre by Rufus Norris since he took charge, has largely impressed the critics. | 32530596 |
The Tories have indicated they would protect schools funding in England after the general election.
But the Lib Dems say other aspects of education spending would be vulnerable under a Conservative government, which would have an impact on Welsh funding.
The Tories said the attack from their coalition partners was "desperate".
Meanwhile, Labour has defended its record on education in Wales after it came under attack from the Welsh secretary.
On Sunday, Tory Education Secretary Nicky Morgan appeared to suggest her party would ring-fence the schools budget for pupils in England aged five to 16.
Nick Clegg has said the Lib Dems would extend that protection on spending to cover the ages of two to 19, costing an extra £10bn a year.
Decisions about how much to spend on education in England have an impact on the Welsh government's budget because of the way changes to it are calculated through the Barnett formula.
Lib Dem MP for Cardiff Central Jenny Willott said: "The Liberal Democrats are the only party who have said we're committed to protecting cradle to college spending because we believe that best way to build a stronger economy and fairer society is to give every child the best possible start in life."
A Welsh Conservative spokesman said: "This is desperate stuff from a Liberal Democrat party that has seen its lowest poll rating over the weekend.
"It may have escaped Jenny Willot's attention that education in Wales is devolved.
"Welsh Conservatives want to put excellence back in our school system and cut red tape - ensuring more money goes to the frontline and teachers and parents decide what's best for pupils."
Welsh Education Minister Huw Lewis said that Conservative plans for education in England's schools were "a poxy programme for reform" and a "a desperately lame response to the challenges of the future economy". | Plans for education spending in England by the Conservatives could mean bigger cuts for the Welsh government, the Liberal Democrats have claimed. | 31085004 |
The coroner said Bennington apparently hanged himself. His body was found at a private home in the county at 09:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Thursday.
Bennington was said to be close to Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, who took his own life in May.
Formed in 1996, Linkin Park have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
The band had a string of hits including Faint, In The End and Crawling, and collaborated with the rapper Jay-Z.
The album Meteora topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2003 and is regarded as one of the biggest indie rock records of all time.
The band had been due to begin a tour next week.
For a generation growing up in the early 2000s, it would have been hard not to find someone who didn't own a copy of the band's debut album Hybrid Theory.
It's sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and remains one of the biggest selling albums released since the start of the millennium.
Linkin Park's successful trick was to fuse elements of metal and rock with rap and hip-hop to shape the nu-metal genre on songs such as Crawling, In The End and Numb.
Arguably their biggest asset was Chester's powerhouse voice. He had a huge, raspy vocal which suited their stadium-filling, singalong anthems.
Whilst his vocal persona could be described as angry and harsh, in person he was warm, articulate and funny.
The band's most recent album, One More Light, saw a different direction as they worked with prolific pop songwriters Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter - and collaborated with UK grime artist Stormzy.
He leaves a wife, and six children from two marriages.
The singer is said to have struggled for years with alcohol and drug abuse, and has talked in the past about contemplating suicide as a result of being a victim of abuse as a child.
Bennington wrote an open letter to Chris Cornell on the latter's death, saying: "You have inspired me in ways you could never have known... I can't imagine a world without you in it."
Cornell would have celebrated his 53rd birthday on Thursday. He hanged himself after a concert in Detroit on 17 May.
Band member Mike Shinoda confirmed the news of Bennington's death on Twitter: "Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one."
Tributes to Bennington flooded in soon after news of his death.
The band Imagine Dragons tweeted: "no words, so heartbroken. RIP Chester Bennington."
Grime artist Stormzy, who collaborated with Linkin Park earlier this year, tweeted: "Bruv I can't lie I'm so upset serious."
If you are affected by the topics in this article, the Samaritans can be contacted free on 116 123 (in the UK) or by email on jo@samaritans.org. If you are in the US, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255. | Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has died aged 41, LA County Coroner says. | 40676530 |
The company, which owns the rights to the 2013 movie, is seeking compensation from people who pirated the movie.
But the Federal Court of Australia said the company had to pay a large bond before it could access their data.
Many Australians regularly illegally download digital content, such as movies.
Dallas Buyers Club LLC (DBC) said it had identified 4,726 unique IP addresses from which the film was shared online using BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing network.
But the Federal Court of Australia said DBC would have to pay A$600,000 ($442,000; £283,000) to obtain customer details.
In a judgement published on Friday, the court also limited any damages DBC could seek from alleged copyright infringers.
The ruling will prevent the company from so-called speculative invoicing.
This is where account holders accused of piracy are threatened with court cases that could result in large damages unless smaller settlement fees are paid.
In April, the court had ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to give DBC details of customers accused of illegally downloading the movie.
But in May, that order was put on hold, as the court told DBC to show it a copy of the letters it wanted to send to customers.
Friday's judgement said that even after the court had seen the proposed letters, as well as the scripts DBC staff would follow in phone conversations with alleged infringers, it was unclear how much money the company would ask customers to pay.
The judgement said DBC wanted to pursue alleged infringers for:
Justice Nye Perram said the second and third requests were "untenable".
Having seen what DBC proposed to demand under the clauses, and the "potential revenue it might make if it breached its undertaking to the Court not to demand such sums, it seems to me that I should set the bond at a level which will ensure that it will not be profitable for it to do so," he said. | An Australian court has blocked a US company from accessing details of customers who illegally downloaded the US movie Dallas Buyers Club. | 33923482 |
Bailey Gwynne, 16, died after being stabbed at Cults Academy in October last year.
A witness told the court the accused had pulled a knife or some kind of sharp object from a pocket and thrust it towards Bailey.
The 16-year-old accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murder.
On the first day of the trial, the jury at the High Court in Aberdeen was told in a joint minute it had been agreed that the accused became engaged in a fight with Bailey and the victim was struck with a knife and suffered a "penetrating stab wound to the heart".
The witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was asked how the argument between the accused and Bailey had begun.
He told the court that Bailey had some biscuits and another boy wanted one, then Bailey and the accused began name-calling and punching each other.
He said he did not remember who started it, and defence counsel Ian Duguid QC produced a statement which the witness gave to police after the incident.
A passage read to court said: "[The accused] said something like your mum's fat, then Bailey lashed out at him.
"Bailey grabbed hold of [the accused] and pushed him about. [The accused] started to defend himself and they've started grappling."
Asked by Mr Duguid: "Is this the way it was?", the witness said: "I think so."
Computing teacher Alasdair Sharp, 28, said he saw the two engaged in "what looked to be a scuffle".
He said: "I asked them what was going on. One of them said 'he called my mother fat'."
The teacher led the two along a communal area known as "the street" towards an office.
Mr Sharp said: "As I got to towards the end of the street I turned around and I saw Bailey staggering towards the wall.
"[The accused] was a wee bit behind him, was moving towards him looking like he was going to help him."
The teacher said Bailey made it to the wall and he noticed he was very pale.
He told the court: "At this point I noticed the trail of blood going along the street, where we'd come from."
Mr Sharp added: "To begin with he seemed fairly coherent but as events unfolded he began to lose consciousness."
Head teacher Anna Muirhead, 57, told the court that a staff member had come to her office during lunch break and told her there had been a fight and an ambulance had been called.
Ms Muirhead said she left her office and saw Bailey lying on the ground by the reception area, with staff members around him.
She said: "I knew immediately it was very, very serious."
A first responder started working on Bailey and he was then taken to hospital by ambulance.
Mrs Muirhead, 57, described seeing the accused sitting nearby, distraught, and that he had indicated what had happened was his fault.
Jason Parker, a police scene examiner, said a knife was found in a bin in the school after the incident.
The murder charge against the 16 year-old claims he did "engage in fighting" with Bailey and struck him on the body with a knife.
In addition, the accused is also alleged to have had knives or "bladed instruments" as well as two knuckledusters at school "without reasonable excuse or lawful authority" on various occasions between 1 August 2013 and the day of the alleged murder.
The trial, before judge Lady Stacey, is expected to last several days.
The law on media identification of children in criminal court cases changed in September last year.
The age at which the media are prohibited from identifying children who are involved in court proceedings, whether as a victim, witness or accused, was raised to apply to anyone under 18. | A teenager at an Aberdeen school was fatally stabbed after a row broke out over a biscuit, a murder trial has heard. | 35686449 |
He sat in the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005, representing West Lothian and Linlithgow for Labour.
Mr Dalyell became known for his formulation of the "West Lothian Question" about the role of Scottish MPs after the establishment of the Scottish parliament.
His family said in a tribute that he had made an enormous contribution and "devoted his life" to public service.
They said: "The family of Tam Dalyell are sorry to announce his death earlier today at the age of 84, after a short illness.
"Tam Dalyell devoted his life to public service in Scotland, in the UK, and beyond. He made an enormous contribution in many spheres.
"He will be much missed both publicly, and more importantly personally, by his family and many friends."
Mr Dalyell persistently questioned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
He challenged her over the sinking of the warship during the conflict between Britain and Argentina - with the loss of more than 300 lives - and whether it had been necessary.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Dalyell had been a "good friend and comrade".
"Tam was a titan of parliamentary scrutiny, fearless in pursuit of the truth. From Iraq to the miners' strike, he doggedly fought to expose official wrongdoing and cover-ups," he said.
"The title of his autobiography summed Tam up to a tee: 'The Importance of Being Awkward.'
"But he was much more than that: Tam was an outstanding parliamentarian, a socialist and internationalist, and a champion of the underdog, here and abroad."
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "For four decades, Tam Dalyell was one of the truly great characters of Scottish political life.
"He was widely respected and admired for his insight, his integrity and his eloquence.
"My thoughts are with his family."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said: "The Labour movement has lost a giant. Tam Dalyell was one of the most influential MPs, writers and thinkers of his generation.
"Tam served the people of West Lothian tirelessly for decades through periods of great change. He truly was their champion. As Father of the House his wisdom was passed on to countless MPs, serving as a parliamentarian while Britain had eight Prime Ministers.
She added: "A man of peace and a man of principle, his legacy will live on in the Commons for decades to come.
"Our thoughts are with his family and many friends at this time."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson added: "Tam Dalyell will be remembered as one of this country's greatest ever campaigning MPs.
"Throughout his long career, he championed a countless array of causes, giving voice to people who otherwise would not have been heard.
"He was unique - thoughtful, gracious, decent and utterly tenacious. All political parties today will mourn his loss while celebrating a great political life."
MSP Fiona Hyslop, who represents Linlighgow for the SNP, said: "I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Tam Dalyell - a remarkable political force whose sharp intellect and tenacity commanded respect both nationally and in his former West Lothian constituency.
"While his politics were anti-establishment, he was truly an institution in Scottish politics.
"Visiting him at the House of the Binns in recent years, I enjoyed our stimulating historical and political discussions.
She added: "Tam Dalyell will be sorely missed by all who knew him and my thoughts are with Kathleen and his family at this sad time." | The former MP Tam Dalyell has died at the age of 84 after a short illness. | 38764220 |
McNulty, 23, has made 43 appearances for the Blades since joining from Livingston in 2014, and could be recalled by his parent club in January.
Vuckic, 24, has played seven league games for Newcastle since signing from Slovenian side Domzale in 2009.
He scored two goals in 15 League One matches on loan at Wigan last season.
"I am excited to join a big club like Bradford. I had a few options but I always wanted to come here once I knew of their interest," McNulty said.
"With the size of the club, the manager and the fan base, it was a no-brainer."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Bradford have signed striker Marc McNulty from Sheffield United on a season-long loan and Newcastle forward Haris Vuckic until January. | 37231107 |
Gray, 22, and fly-half Finn Russell, 23, were being monitored following last Saturday's 29-18 win over France.
A scan showed Gray had partially torn a pectoral muscle while Denton, 26, sustained a groin injury before last month's 36-20 defeat of Italy.
Russell was withdrawn early against France after suffering a concussion.
He is undergoing the graduated return-to-play protocol. | Scotland lock Jonny Gray and back-row forward David Denton have been ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin. | 35814593 |
The 32-year-old striker has not played for Pools since January as the club initially attempted to deal with the problem with a series of injections.
He was Hartlepool's top scorer with 15 goals last season and had netted four times this campaign.
Head physio Ian Gallagher told the club website that Paynter is expected to be back for pre-season training. | Hartlepool captain Billy Paynter will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on an Achilles injury. | 39294720 |
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue still has about 25 firefighters at Drummonds Mill in Manningham, Bradford.
Ian Bitcon, of West Yorkshire Fire Service, said he had never seen firefighters "work as hard as they did to try to knock this fire back".
Nearby homes had to be evacuated after the basement of the building caught fire on Thursday morning.
The flames spread to the roof and part of the four-storey property in Lumb Lane collapsed.
Crews are expected to remain at the site throughout the weekend
More than 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height and crews had to withdraw from inside the building due to the intense heat and safety concerns.
People removed from about 100 homes in Lumb Lane, Manningham Lane and Grosvenor Road were taken to the Richard Dunn Sports Centre.
The cause of the fire is being investigated. | Demolition of the remains of a former mill severely damaged by fire is under way. | 35450752 |
Reeves scored 10 goals in 42 games for Milton Keynes last season, but rejected a new contract at the club.
The 25-year-old Northern Ireland international played under Addicks boss Karl Robinson at Stadium MK between July 2013 and October 2016.
"He is someone that has won a Player of the Year and a promotion with me, so I know him very well," Robinson said.
"I want to thank the board. This was a deal they really wanted to do as well, and it was one that was really backed by the club."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Charlton Athletic have signed former MK Dons midfielder Ben Reeves on a two-year contract. | 40819961 |
Breivik, whose attacks shocked Norway, harboured radical right-wing views and had railed against what he saw as a Marxist Islamic takeover of Europe.
While Breivik openly expressed his views online, there was little to indicate that the young man - described by friends as quiet, friendly and ordinary - would go on to kill dozens of people, many in cold blood.
The turning point seems to have come in his late 20s, when his paranoia grew about the "Islamisation of western Europe". After his arrest, he made no apology for the attacks, which he has described as "atrocious, but necessary" to defeat immigration.
There has been much speculation as to whether he was insane at the time of the killings. Two psychiatric analyses reached contradicting conclusions.
An initial court-ordered assessment concluded he was a paranoid schizophrenic, but a second report in early April ruled that he was not psychotic.
The issue will be at the centre of his trial, due to start on 16 April, and will determine whether he should be sent to a psychiatric ward or jail.
Manifesto details attacks
It is perhaps Breivik's diary - part of his dense, wordy manifesto - that gives the most insight into his thought processes.
In it, he describes how in early May 2011, he had prepared and stored his equipment for the attack. He talks of his paranoia at the number of police vehicles he sees near his home, wondering where he would hide, were they to pay him a visit.
"It's one of the scariest documents I've ever read," forensic clinical psychologist Ian Stephen told the BBC.
"It's written by a man who is absolutely meticulous in his development of his philosophy and he has researched everything, obviously shut away for a long period of time reading, researching, digging into the internet, reading books," said the psychologist.
"[He] formulated this absolute policy of hatred of anything that is non-Nordic in a sense, and looking at planning how to take over the world [in a] rather insane, over-complicated deluded manner."
A 12-minute anti-Muslim video called Knights Templar 2083, in which images of Breivik appear, was also discovered online.
He appears to have created entries on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, though the accounts were set up on 17 July, only five days before the attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utoeya, where a summer youth camp of the governing Labour Party was taking place.
On the Facebook page attributed to him, he described himself as a Christian and a conservative. The Facebook page is no longer available but it also listed interests such as bodybuilding and freemasonry.
A Twitter account attributed to the suspect also emerged but it had only one post - a quote from philosopher John Stuart Mill: "One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests."
Breivik was also a member of a Swedish neo-Nazi internet forum called Nordisk, according to Expo, a Swedish group monitoring far-right activity.
According to court officials, he said he had been trying to "save Norway and western Europe from cultural Marxism and a Muslim takeover."
"The accused explained that the Labour Party has failed the country and the people and the price of their treason is what they had to pay," said the judge in the case, Kim Heger.
He has admitted to carrying out the twin attacks, but has not pleaded guilty to charges of terrorism.
His 1,500-page manifesto - authored by "Andrew Berwick", the Anglicised version of his name - gives a detailed account of the author's "preparation phases", apparently for an "armed struggle" which he says seems "futile at this point but... is the only way forward".
The manifesto, called 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, minutely elaborates the author's belief that a process of "Islamisation" is under way.
During this preparation, the author details how he sets up front companies to allow the purchase of fertiliser, which can be used in bomb-making, and the steps he takes to obtain powerful guns - including joining a firearms club in 2005 to increase his chances to obtain a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol six years later.
He also claims to have bought three bottles of 1979 vintage French wine, and decides to open one with his family at Christmas as his "martyrdom operation draws ever closer".
Breivik was previously a member of the right-wing Progress Party (FrP), the second largest party in Norway's parliament. He was also a member of the FrP youth wing from 1997 to 2006/2007. He deleted his membership in 2007.
Breivik was born on 13 February 1979 in London, where his father, a diplomat, had been stationed at the time. Jens Breivik - long estranged from his son - has expressed shock at the crime.
"I view this atrocity with absolute horror," he was quoted as saying by London's Daily Telegraph newspaper from his home in south-west France.
He divorced Anders' mother, a nurse, when their child was one year old, moved to Paris and married again. From then on, he had limited contact with the boy.
Their relationship broke down when Anders was a teenager, and the father and son have not spoken since then.
Breivik said on his Facebook page that he was a student at Oslo Handelsgymnasium, a high school that specialises in business studies, Norwegian media reported. He also claimed to have educated himself beyond that, but not through any formal educational establishment.
A school friend told Norwegian TV he did not recognise him as the boy he knew.
"One of his good work-out buddies was from the Middle East, and it seems as though they were good friends all through junior high school, and hung out a lot together," Michael Tomala said.
"It seems as though he has taken a completely different direction than what we knew of him from junior high school." | Anders Behring Breivik, the 33-year-old who has confessed to murdering 77 people in two attacks in Norway, has been charged with committing acts of terror. | 14259989 |
The so-called Swash Channel Wreck was discovered in a sand and shingle bank outside Poole Harbour.
Experts believe it to be a Dutch merchant vessel named The Fame which foundered in a storm in March 1631.
The name was revealed at an event to mark its rudder - raised from the seabed in 2013 - going on public display at Poole Museum.
The 8.4m (28ft) rudder, with a moustachioed face carved into it, was lifted on to Poole Quay by Bournemouth University marine archaeologists in 2013 after almost a decade of investigation and excavation work.
The wreck had been initially discovered in the 1990s although its name remained a mystery.
Following the raising of the rudder, historians were able to study historical records and analyse the timbers to confirm the ship as being The Fame.
Bournemouth University marine archaeologist Dave Parham said finding the name added a "human story" to the wreck.
"It's the right name at the right date with the right age of the timbers. Everything fits, although you can never be sure."
"This is a ship most likely going from the Netherlands to the Americas using Poole as a stopping-off point. It is a lens through which we can view the history of Poole."
Historian Dr Ian Friel who carried out much of the research said the wreck was a "remarkable find".
Despite there being no central record of shipwrecks at the time, he unearthed contemporary accounts of the Dutch vessel being regarded as a danger to shipping after it dragged its anchor and broke up on a sandbank.
He also concluded it could have been sailing without any cargo.
Source: Dr Ian Friel, Lost property: Identifying the 17th Century Swash Channel Wreck.
The raised rudder was dried and preserved during a three-year conservation effort by York Archaeological Trust.
It has gone on show at Poole Museum with other recovered artefacts.
The remains of the wreck have now been covered in sand to protect it from the seawater. | The identity of a 17th Century ship wrecked off the Dorset coast has been revealed. | 39353551 |
Mr Blessing has been in charge since May 2008 and had been asked by the bank to extend his current contract, which runs out in October of 2016.
He said it had not been an easy decision but felt that now was a good time for a "new chapter" in his career.
Mr Blessing helped the bank recover following the financial crisis.
In 2008 and 2009, the government invested around €16.4bn (£11.7bn; $18.1bn) in Commerzbank as it struggled to integrate the distressed Dresdner Bank into the group.
"We have overcome the major challenges of the financial crisis or will do so in the coming months. We are also clearly on track to reclaiming our position as a sustainably successful bank," Mr Blessing said in a statement.
It is not clear yet who will take over from Mr Blessing.
Commerzbank reports third quarter results on Monday. | Martin Blessing, chief executive of Germany's second biggest lender, Commerzbank, is to step down next October. | 34694931 |
Frenchman Bosse, 25, took an unexpected gold at the World Championships in London earlier this month.
But on Wednesday he posted on social media that he was attacked by three individuals on Saturday, adding that an investigation is now under way.
"I suffered unspeakable psychological damage," he added.
"For all these reasons, my season ends from today."
No further details have been released at this stage.
Bosse was due to compete in the annual DecaNation in Angers on 9 September.
Media playback is not supported on this device | World 800m champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse says he has sustained "multiple facial fractures" in a "violent assault" which has ended his season. | 41102313 |
French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn project in Somerset, approved the funding at a board meeting on Thursday.
The government then said it was "only right" to review the project and would make a decision by the autumn.
Contracts were supposed to have been signed on Friday.
The BBC's political correspondent Eleanor Garnier said because of the change of government and the significance of the project, Number 10 felt it was perfectly reasonable to re-visit the deal.
"As I understand it, the PM's team believe it was not for them to say in advance of the EDF board meeting what their thinking was.
"The company might have wanted the UK government to make its position clear first but Mrs May was not going to be bounced into it.
"I'm being told we should not over interpret the review - there's a sense of reassurance rather than policy being ripped up to start all over again," our correspondent added.
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Jean-Bernard Levy, EDF Group chief executive said he remained confident the project would go ahead.
"I have no doubt about the support of the British government led by Mrs May."
But Justin Bowden, the GMB union's national secretary for energy described Mrs May decision as "bewildering and bonkers."
"After years of procrastination, what is required is decisive action not dithering and more delay.
"This unnecessary hesitation is putting finance for the project in doubt and 25,000 new jobs at risk immediately after Brexit".
Labour's shadow energy secretary, Barry Gardiner, said there was a role for nuclear power as part of a low carbon future, but the government's handling of the situation had been "absolute chaos".
"At a day's notice they have cancelled the final signing of the agreement that they told the press and everyone they were going to do.
"I'm hoping what they will do is take two to three months to seriously review it," Mr Gardiner added.
EDF's decision yesterday to back Hinkley Point was expected to be swiftly followed on Friday by the government and the French firm signing the key contracts that underpin the deal.
Instead government sources say with a new leadership in the country it is right to consider this huge infrastructure project.
They add that a timetable has been agreed with the stakeholders in the project.
But EDF and the government had briefed journalists in recent days that these key contracts would be signed today.
Sources have told me that Chinese officials - here to sign up to their stakeholding in Hinkley - will now be returning home.
There's no suggestion that the new government is going cold on this long delayed project.
But the events of the last 24 hours will send mixed signals about Britain being open for business in the wake of the referendum vote.
One third of the £18bn cost is being provided by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) which has reiterated its support for the project.
But a source close to CGN has told the BBC that everyone in the company was "bemused" by the sudden nature of the government's announcement and had been given no real insight into the reason for the delay other than being informed it was something the prime minister wanted.
It was also frustrated that the government had allowed speculation about national security concerns to continue.
Nick Timothy, who is a close adviser to Mrs May, has previously raised serious concerns about Chinese investment in areas that could threaten Britain's security.
Last year, the chancellor at the time, George Osborne, said investment in Hinkley Point could lead to the Chinese designing and constructing a new nuclear reactor at Bradwell in Essex.
At the time Mr Timothy wrote on the Conservativehome website that if that happened experts feared China could "build weaknesses into computer systems which will allow them to shut down Britain's energy production at will".
Ian Liddell-Grainger, the Conservative MP whose constituency includes Hinkley Point, said Mrs May was doing exactly the right thing.
"We're talking about three countries, we're talking about an enormous deal for the United Kingdom, for France and for China. She (Theresa May) wants to make sure it's the right job and that's what she's doing."
Critics of the plan have warned of environmental damage and potential escalating costs.
Britain has committed to pay a price more than twice the current market levels for the power generated by the plant over 35 years.
Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said: "Theresa May now has a chance to stop this radioactive white elephant in its tracks.
"She should look at the evidence and see that this deal would be a monumental disaster for taxpayers and bill payers.
"The UK needs to invest in safe, reliable renewable power."
But Malcolm Grimston, a senior research fellow at Imperial College London, said the case for Hinkley Point C had not changed and the arguments for it remained strong.
"My own view is gas prices cannot stay at artificially low levels forever on the back of the oil price collapse, as it is at the moment.
"We need to invest in something more rapidly because so many of our power stations are reaching the end of their lives."
5,600
workers on site at peak
4,000km electrical cabling
230,000 tonnes of steel
5.6m cubic metres of earth to be moved
Tom Greatrex, the chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, urged the government to make a decision as soon as possible.
"We need to get on and do this and that's why I'm hoping the government make their decision very soon because if it goes on for a lengthy period of time we are going to run the risk of having real problems in terms of our energy supplies," he said.
"Then what happens is that we end up paying a lot more and we end up paying for much more dirty power which we can't afford to do if we are to meet our climate commitments."
Hinkley Point C is expected to provide 7% of the UK's total electricity requirement.
During morning trading on the Paris stock exchange, EDF's share price rose 8%.
Shareholders appear to have been buoyed by EDF's continuing confidence in the deal.
Jan 2006 - Government proposes nuclear as part of future energy mix
Mar 2013 - Construction of Hinkley Point approved
Oct 2013 - UK government agrees £92.50 per megawatt-hour will be paid for electricity produced at the Somerset site - around double the current market rate at the time
Oct 2015 - EDF signs investment agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN)
July 2016 - EDF board approves final investment decision, but the UK Government postpones a final decision on the project until autumn. | The government's surprise announcement to delay a final decision on Hinkley Point has been described as "bonkers" by the GMB union and "chaos" by Labour. | 36921785 |
The First Daughter was taking part in a panel discussion about female entrepreneurs alongside German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and IMF chief Christine Lagarde.
But the audience bristled at her praise for the US president.
The event is part of the G20 women's summit.
Ivanka Trump: America's first daughter?
An audible groan went up as she told the room her father was a "tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive".
Mr Trump has been criticised over his attitude to women, especially after a tape of him making obscene remarks was released during the presidential campaign.
But Ms Trump said that although she had "heard the criticism from the media and that has been perpetuated", she did not recognise her father in the description and nor would the "thousands" of women he had employed over the years.
"He encouraged me and enabled me to thrive. I grew up in a house where there were no barriers to what I could accomplish," she added.
As she posed for photographs with the world's most powerful women, the first daughter rubbed shoulders with a chancellor, a queen and a leading banker. But it was the absent figure of a president that overshadowed Ivanka Trump's first official overseas engagement.
Ignoring the boos, hisses and disapproval of a room full of female delegates, Donald Trump's special adviser persisted in her defence of a father who, she said, had enabled and encouraged her.
Ostensibly today's visit - at the direct invitation of Angela Merkel - was about empowering women. But it's been widely interpreted here as an attempt to forge another line of communication to the US president, and may mark a profound shift in the way in which Berlin - and Europe - does business with Washington.
Thus far the charm offensive seems to be working. Despite their significantly different politics, Mr Trump has said that he shares an unbelievable chemistry with the German chancellor.
The relationship Mrs Merkel forges with his daughter will be closely scrutinised on both sides of the Atlantic. Because there is an acknowledgement in Berlin that, in the age of Trump, family comes first.
Mr Trump tends to blame the media for negative portrayals of his character or presidency.
It remains unclear what exactly Ms Trump's role is within her father's White House.
In March, it was announced that Ms Trump - who joined her father's business a year after graduating from university - would be an unpaid assistant to the president.
She and her husband Jared Kushner are seen as increasingly influential, however, and German newspaper Berliner Zeitung said officials hoped "the president's daughter will convey a positive image of Germany to her father as a result of her short visit".
Mrs Merkel invited Ms Trump during her trip to Washington last month.
Ms Trump has spoken repeatedly about the need to empower women professionally, including in an opinion piece for the Financial Times ahead of her visit to Berlin.
Ms Trump was on the stage thanks to her background as a businesswoman and her position as the US president's daughter. But who were the other women?
Angela Merkel: The German chancellor is arguably Europe's most powerful leader and has been active in politics since the late 1980s, when she completed her doctorate in quantum chemistry. She has been in power since 2005 and is seeking re-election later this year.
Christine Lagarde: The head of the IMF is the first woman in the role and previously served as France's finance minister for four years. Before that she spent more than two decades working in law. She also has a number of masters degrees.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands: The Argentinean-born royal worked for some of the world's top banks before meeting and marrying King Willem-Alexander. She is also a UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development.
Chrystia Freeland: Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs studied Russian history and literature at Harvard and has a master's in Slavonic studies from Oxford. The author of two books, she turned to politics after a successful career as a journalist.
Juliana Rotich: Kenyan-born Rotich used to be executive director for Ushahidi, an election mapping platform which was used to track possible voter intimidation in the US election. She now describes herself as a strategic advisor and entrepreneur.
Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller: President and chairwoman of technology company Trumpt, she holds a doctorate in philology.
Anne Finucane: Ms Finucane is vice-president at Bank of America, and was named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful woman in the world last year. | Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was met with groans as she defended her father's attitude towards women at the G20 women's summit in Berlin. | 39704840 |
David Cameron said ministers had been asked to draw up plans to curb claims, including by restricting "no win, no fee" arrangements.
Lawyers said no-one was above the law, and many abuse cases had been proven.
About 280 UK veterans are currently being investigated by the Iraq Historic Allegations Team over alleged abuse.
IHAT, as it is known, was set up to investigate allegations of murder, abuse and torture of Iraqi civilians by UK military personnel between 2003 and 2009.
It has considered at least 1,514 possible victims - of whom 280 are alleged to have been unlawfully killed - and completed fewer than 60 investigations. Lawyers are continuing to refer cases.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has criticised what he called "ambulance-chasing British law firms" and argued there is "a strong case" for suspending the European human rights law when sending forces into action overseas.
In a statement issued on Friday, Mr Cameron said there was now "an industry trying to profit from spurious claims" against UK military personnel.
"Our armed forces are rightly held to the highest standards - but I want our troops to know that when they get home from action overseas this government will protect them from being hounded by lawyers over claims that are totally without foundation."
The National Security Council - a cabinet committee set up by David Cameron which meets weekly to discuss security and defence strategy - has been ordered to produce "a comprehensive plan to stamp out this industry", he said.
Plans to be considered by the National Security Council include:
A spokesman for law firm Leigh Day said Mr Cameron should not challenge the principle that "no-one is above the law, not us, not the British army and not the government".
Many cases of abuse had come to light and been accepted by the government, with payouts for over 300 cases relating to abuse and unlawful detention of Iraqis, he said.
He added: "The vast majority of serving army soldiers do a first-class job in protecting this country but the evidence shows that this is by no means the case for all."
Lord Dannatt, former chief of the general staff, said Mr Cameron was right "to draw a line in the sand" and protect the military's "freedom" to operate.
Lawyers "absolutely enjoy" contested cases, because it meant their fees became "excruciatingly high", he said.
"That is the sort of thing the prime minister is trying to bear down on. No-one is saying the military is above the law."
But Nicholas Mercer, the Army's chief legal adviser in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, said it was wrong "simply to polarise it as money-grabbing lawyers".
"There are plenty of us who have raised our concerns without any financial motive at all, if indeed the other lawyers have got a financial motive," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The government have paid out £20m for 326 cases to date. Anyone who has fought the MoD knows that they don't pay out for nothing."
The Legal Aid Agency - the Ministry of Justice department which provides legal aid and advice in England and Wales - has also been asked to consider whether legal aid arrangements should be temporarily restricted for any firm being investigated for misconduct.
Leigh Day has been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over allegations it failed to disclose a key document during the £31m Al-Sweady inquiry, which found that allegations that UK troops had murdered and mutilated Iraqi detainees were "deliberate lies".
The firm has strongly denied allegations of wrongdoing and said it would "vigorously" defend itself.
In 2011, another inquiry into claims of abuse highlighted the death of hotel worker Baha Mousa with 93 injuries in British military custody, and blamed "corporate failure" at the Ministry of Defence for the use of banned interrogation methods in Iraq. | The prime minister has said he wants to "stamp out" what he called "spurious" legal claims against British troops returning from war. | 35378985 |
Exova, which is based in Edinburgh, bought Insight NDT Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Insight has been providing NDT and radiographic inspection services to manufacturers of specialised castings and forgings since 1997.
It also offers testing for the nuclear, medical, rail and oil and gas sectors.
The business has a team of 20 specialists and achieved revenues of about £2m in 2015.
Paul Barry, Exova group managing director for industries, said: "This acquisition significantly enhances our technical expertise and service offering within the NDT market and provides a complementary extension to our specialist testing facilities in the Midlands.
"The addition of Insight to our portfolio is a clear demonstration of our commitment to continuing to diversify our Oil and Gas and Industrials business and to develop our capabilities in new markets."
Exova provides laboratory-based testing, calibration and related services for sectors such as pharmaceuticals, aerospace, engineering and construction.
It runs 138 laboratories and offices in 33 countries and employs more than 4,300 people throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia/Asia Pacific and Africa.
It reported revenue last year of £296.5m.
Exova has made several acquisitions in the past year.
In July it bought Jones Environmental Forensics Ltd, a North Wales-based independent environmental laboratory business.
Prior to that, it acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based Admaterials Technologies Pte Ltd, which provides testing in the construction sector, as well as chemical, environmental and mechanical testing and certification services. | Scottish testing services company Exova has boosted its presence in the non-destructive testing (NDT) market after buying a South Yorkshire-based firm. | 38224150 |
Zygi Kamasa, who runs Lionsgate UK, said Britain's EU exit could have a "big impact" on independent filmmakers.
The sector is "under a lot of pressure", he told the BBC.
"We have a lot of European co-production money that comes into our movies; we have a lot of movies that are shot across Europe."
That meant there were a lot of staff moving across Europe and the UK to work on British films. "There's a concern about how that will impact films," he said.
Changing viewing habits were also hitting production companies, as more on-demand television services show a greater number of films, he said.
"The government, the BFI have to look at ways of keeping that sector alive."
Lionsgate made the phenomenally successful movie, La La Land. Its UK arm is currently making several films, including a new version of Robin Hood, shot in both the UK and Hungary.
The most recent Star Wars film, Rogue One, made by Disney, was shot in the UK.
One-quarter of the production costs of UK-made films is essentially borne by taxpayers, as movie production gets a 25% tax credit.
Zygi Kamasa says such public support is vital for smaller, independent producers, but needs reform.
"That's applicable to Star Wars that shoots in the UK, and that's applicable to low budget movies that shoot in the UK. That's a one-size-fits-all tax credit. I'm not actually sure that's the best system."
"Culturally, it's very important British independent reforms are supported perhaps in a greater way," he said.
In 2015, government support for the UK film industry through tax relief was £251m.
"A lot of workers work on big Hollywood movies, but they are not ostensibly British movies. Things that have British stories, British directors, British filmmakers, British writers, are the films that need to be greater supported." | The UK movie business must get more support from the government if the sector is to survive after Brexit, a senior figure in the industry has said. | 39379279 |
The body has published a discussion paper to generate debate on how to improve publicly-funded legal services.
It said the current system was no longer fit for purpose.
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) said any changes should be made alongside wider reforms of the justice system so as not to jeopardise access to justice for those who need it.
Last year, the Scottish Parliament passed new legislation which means some accused people have to pay towards their defence costs, with lawyers responsible for collecting the money.
The Law Society said the legal aid system has not kept pace with reforms to the wider justice system.
The discussion paper has suggested a number of possible change - although it conceded not all of them will attract "universal support from the profession".
It suggested reducing the eligibility levels for civil legal aid "to ensure that public funds are focused on those most in need", along with introducing "affordable legal assistance loans", which would be provided through the SLAB to help people with legal expenses.
The Law Society suggested that savings made should be reinvested into the legal aid system, while the block fee system for criminal legal aid should be streamlined.
It also proposed that changes to the system should be used to encourage the early resolution of cases.
The paper also said the "legal aid landscape has changed substantially" since being established in 1986 with the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act.
"The existing system lacks clarity, is inefficient and is administratively burdensome. It leads to unnecessary time and resources being spent by SLAB and solicitors at every stage of the process," it said.
Alistair Morris, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: "The current legal aid system is almost 30 years old. In that time there has been extensive change which has resulted in a system that is hugely complex, with even highly-experienced solicitors reporting that they find it difficult to navigate.
"We don't believe that the current system is fit for purpose and, with the ongoing reforms to modernise the wider court and justice system, the time is right for root and branch change.
"We need to rethink legal aid as a whole and look at where efficiencies can be made and how savings can be reinvested to ensure that people can obtain legal advice when they need it most, regardless of their status or wealth."
Ian Moir, convener of the Law Society's criminal legal aid committee, said: "We are becoming increasingly concerned about the real term decline in expenditure on legal assistance which has been ongoing for years.
"We believe that re-investment of efficiency savings into legal assistance can deliver savings to the justice budget, to public services, the wider economy, and add value to both clients and communities."
The Law Society published the discussion paper days after SLAB chairman Iain Robertson warned savings would need to be made to the legal aid bill - which was just over £150m in 2013-14.
Responding to the paper, a SLAB spokesman said: "As we said at the publication of our annual report last week, there is scope for simplifying and reforming aspects of legal aid.
"However, changes to legal aid must be made in the context of the wider reforms of the justice system and should not jeopardise access to justice for those who need it.
"With the Scottish government, we will engage with the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates, other justice partners and the advice sector to look at delivering savings and maintaining access to justice for those that can't afford it."
James Wolff QC, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said meaningful access to justice depended on the availability of "effective and skilled legal assistance".
He added: "We should be proud of the way that Scotland's publicly funded legal aid system has helped to secure access to justice for people with legal problems of every sort, and any reform of the system should seek to improve access to justice for all who need it." | A call for "root and branch change" to the legal aid system has been made by the Law Society of Scotland. | 29904372 |
The 29-year-old Briton had already made history with back-to-back Grands Prix successes in Geneva and Aachen.
He added to those by claiming the Calgary Grand Prix in Canada on Sunday riding Hello Sanctos.
"Words can't describe it. It is the best feeling I've ever had," said Scottish-born Brash.
Brash was the only competitor to ride the second round cleanly and inside the time limit as he claimed victory and the Rolex Grand Slam.
"I didn't think it could be done. It means everything," he said.
Brash has been ranked world number one since November 2013 and the West Sussex-based rider won team gold at the London Olympics in 2012.
"What can I say about Sanctos, he is the horse of a lifetime," he added.
"He was unbelievable in the second round and he tried his heart out." | Scott Brash won showjumping's biggest individual prize of 1m Euros (£735,000) by becoming the first rider to win the sport's grand slam. | 34239608 |
The overwhelming majority of the searches came from Northern Ireland.
The search giant also reported more searches for "what happens if we leave the EU" around midnight on 23 June and for other phrases such as "British independence day" and "Norway EU" .
One expert cautioned that the data does not reveal actual volumes of searches.
On the financial implications, Google Trends said it had recorded the highest-ever search interest in sterling.
During the early hours of the morning, the pound fell by more than 10% - to a level not seen since 1985 - before slightly rebounding.
And there was a spike in searches for "Move to Gibraltar" - from London users - after the EU referendum polls closed.
Tobias Preis, at Warwick Business School, cautioned that search data should be interpreted with special care as only relative figures are known, so spikes in some specific activity could be caused by a small number of people.
Prof Preis added that the phrase "David Cameron" vastly outperformed searches relating to Irish passports and "what happens if we leave the EU" between the hours of 04:00 and 06:00 BST.
"It could be the case, for example, that people supporting or opposing the idea of leaving the EU are trying to understand the position of the other party," he also told the BBC.
"It's pretty unlikely that all those people who are searching for answers will up sticks and move," added Jonathan Freeman, director of digital consumer insights firm i2 Media Research.
"Certainly a lot of people were pretty shocked, it was very close - people would have just been wanting to find as much information as they could," Mr Freeman - who is also a psychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London - told the BBC.
Although it might not immediately be obvious, Google Trends graphs do not track the absolute volume of searches over time.
Instead, they give an indication of relative search popularity.
"To do this, each data point is divided by the total searches of the geography and time range it represents, to compare relative popularity," explains Google on the Trends website.
"The resulting numbers are then scaled to a range of 0 to 100."
For example, the firm adds, users in Fiji and Canada could have the same value for a given search term if they're equally likely to look for it during the same period - regardless of the actual number of searches made. | Google has said there was a dramatic spike in searches for Irish passport applications as news of the UK's decision to leave the EU broke. | 36619223 |
The Mercedes drivers, with Rosberg 23 points ahead in their championship battle, were 0.323 seconds quicker than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to third.
Jenson Button struggled for McLaren, in 16th, eight places and 0.413secs behind team-mate Fernando Alonso.
How Friday practice unfolded
The 2009 world champion was complaining that the car lacked balance and felt no different from the morning session, when he was unhappy with its feel.
Hamilton has five races left to try to claw back his deficit to Rosberg. He had hoped to start this weekend in the same fashion he conducted the last race in Malaysia, when he was demonstrably faster than Rosberg and was on his way to a comfortable victory until his engine failed late in the race.
Instead, Rosberg was fastest in both sessions, albeit by a small margin in the afternoon as clouds came over Suzuka.
"It's been a really good day with no problems on the car which is great," said Hamilton. "But there's still some work to be done overnight in order to find more pace.
"Hopefully we'll be going into Sunday in good shape."
Rain had been expected overnight and for qualifying but the forecasts are now less confident of that and the weather is uncertain, as it so often is on this eastern coast of Honshu, between mountains and Pacific Ocean.
Rain would enhance the chances of Red Bull mixing it with Mercedes in qualifying but the race-simulation runs later in the second session suggested that they could keep the world champions honest in the race as well.
Verstappen and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo matched Hamilton's lap-time average on the soft tyres that will be used in at least the first stint of the race.
Ricciardo, winner in Malaysia on Sunday, was only 12th as he did not complete a lap on his qualifying simulation run because it was interrupted for a virtual safety car period after Esteban Gutierrez's Haas stopped on track.
Ferrari's race pace was hard to judge because of off-set tyre choices. Raikkonen's headline lap time, set with a new front wing the team have brought to Japan, suggests they could be in the mix, although the Finn was complaining of a lack of front grip on his race run.
Force India looked to be comfortably the fourth quickest team, while Alonso's pace in eighth suggests McLaren should again be able to get at least one car into the top 10.
It was a relatively incident-free session, with no crashes, although Renault's Kevin Magnussen, Williams' Felipe Massa and Sauber's Felipe Nasr all ran wide before rejoining.
Japanese Grand Prix second practice results
Japanese Grand Prix coverage details | Nico Rosberg edged title rival Lewis Hamilton by just 0.072 seconds to set the pace in second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. | 37582708 |
The High Court in Glasgow was shown an email, sent by Mr Whyte two months before he took over the club, in which he said much of the deal would be paid for from a third party fund.
Mr Whyte denies a charge of acquiring Rangers by fraud in May 2011.
He also denies a second charge under the Companies Act.
The court also heard that the ticket firm said to have helped fund Mr Whyte's Rangers takeover wanted their involvement to be kept secret.
Ticketus had concerns it may "embarrass" then Ibrox owner Sir David Murray as well as upset supporters.
The claims emerged as Ross Bryan - a fund manager for Ticketus - gave evidence for a second day.
The 38 year-old was quizzed by Mr Whyte's QC Donald Findlay about the company's involvement in the buy out.
Prosecutors state Whyte took out a loan from Ticketus against three years season tickets to help fund the takeover.
Mr Bryan said the firm was not "publicity hungry".
Mr Findlay went on to suggest Ticketus "wanted their involvement kept secret".
The witness agreed and added there was a potential "embarrassment" for Sir David if it became known.
It was also claimed fans may "boycott" buying season tickets if they "objected".
But Mr Findlay went on to state Ticketus were "only interested in securing" their transaction whether it "upset" anyone or not.
The QC: "You wanted this deal to go through?"
Mr Bryan: "Once we got to a certain stage, we expected it to close."
Mr Findlay then suggested it was "celebratory" for Ticketus.
The QC said: "All you were interested in was getting this deal done?"
Mr Bryan: "Only in the context of selling the tickets - that's the trade of Ticketus."
The trial also heard that the firm had previously been involved with other major clubs including Manchester United.
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues. | Craig Whyte claimed he told Sir David Murray that he would not be buying Rangers solely from his own funds, a court has heard. | 39946703 |
The organisation that represents train operators and Network Rail said there were 1.7 billion journeys made by rail in the UK between 4 January 2015 and 9 January 2016.
That was 62 million more than in the previous year.
The RDG said that cheaper tickets sold in advance and off-peak tickets had grown particularly strongly.
But even so, sales in cash terms rose by 6% to £9.4bn.
Regulated train fares were allowed to rise by 2.5% in 2015.
You might have heard people say we have the most expensive train fares in the Europe - and it's true. But the UK also has some of the cheapest, if you can book in advance and travel at quieter times.
These cheap deals are one reason why our trains are more popular than ever.
But attracting millions of extra passengers has a downside. Our Victorian network is squealing under the strain, with reliability, overcrowding and punctuality getting worse.
And they simply cannot upgrade the network quickly enough, because the lines are in near-constant use. Engineers only have a three to four-hour gap in the middle of the night to carry out work. There's only so much you can do, safely, in that time.
The only other option is to blitz the work by shutting whole lines for weeks on end, but passengers simply won't stand for that.
So more passengers means more fare money coming in. But so far, improvements haven't kept pace with this rapid growth.
Sales of super off-peak tickets and anytime fares were both up 10%, while off-peak and advance tickets rose by 5%.
No figures were available for which ticket types suffered a slide in sales.
The biggest growth in sales came in London and the South East, where 4.3% more tickets were sold, while there was a 3.6% rise for seats on long-distance routes. | The number of UK train journeys made last year rose 3.8%, according to the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). | 35528234 |
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The app gathers images from across the internet that are associated with the word "tiger".
It then asks the player for information about the photo, to determine if there is a real tiger in the picture, and what the big cat is doing.
It's hoped this will help researchers keep track of tigers and what they are up to.
Aaron Mason, who helped develop the project, told the BBC: "The app pulls in photos from the internet which have the word tiger associated with them."
"That brings up all manner of images - from baseball teams, to cuddly toys, to furry cats and pets. We want to get rid of that noise," he explained.
Once the photos have been analysed by the public, the team hopes to use facial recognition technology to build up a profile of individual tigers.
The researchers are hopeful that anyone who plays the game will make a useful contribution to monitoring the number of tigers in the wild.
The project has emerged from research at the University of Surrey, where a team of computer scientists has a particular passion for wildlife conservation. | A new app is asking users to "tag" tigers, to help researchers count and track the animals. | 31938139 |
It fell from 195th best-ranked university in the world in 2016/17 to 202nd in the QS World University Rankings for 2017/18.
Ulster University was ranked in a band of institutions from 601-650 in 2017/18, similar to last year.
The QS rankings are regarded as one of the most authoritative rankings of universities across the globe.
Just published, they assess around 4,300 institutions and rank almost 1,000.
The ratings are based on a number of factors, including evaluating each university's strengths in research, teaching, academic reputation, staff to student ratio and the number of international staff and students.
The QS World University Rankings show the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) once again rated as the world's best.
Stanford and Harvard in the USA are ranked second and third in the world respectively.
Cambridge, Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London are all in the top 10, but there has been an overall downward trend for UK universities.
There are 76 UK universities in the international rankings, but the compilers say 51 of them are in a lower place than last year. | Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has fallen out of the top 200 places in the latest global university rankings. | 40206478 |
The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, now in its 37th year, takes place at Ashton Court with more than 500,000 visitors expected.
Organiser Clive Bailey said Bristol was "the world capital for ballooning" and hosted Europe's "biggest free event".
The four-day festival starts on 6 August, with more than 100 hot air balloons expected to take part. | Dozens of hot-air balloons have taken to the skies over Bristol ahead of Europe's largest ballooning event. | 33731309 |
Local businessmen Ian Battersby and Ian Currie were reported to have made an investment proposal through their company, Seneca Partners.
In March, the club's latest financial results revealed debts of £104.2m.
"We, the owners of the club, have no intention of selling or diluting our stake," Venky's said in a statement.
"We are totally and absolutely committed to supporting the club and endeavour for its advancement in all aspects."
Blackburn finished 15th in the Championship, and are without a manager after former boss Paul Lambert opted to leave the club at the end of the season. | Blackburn Rovers owners Venky's have denied receiving a joint-ownership proposal and say they will not reduce their stake in the Championship club. | 36371030 |
At 09:35 BST, the chimps at Twycross Zoo escaped into an area they were not meant to be, leading to safety concerns.
A police spokesperson later said "everything was now in order".
Twycross Zoo, which reopened two hours later, said the animals were encouraged back into their enclosure with ice cream and fizzy drinks.
A zoo spokeswoman said: "At no time were the public at risk, and no people or chimps were harmed during the incident, however it is part of our safety procedures that we close the zoo whilst such events are resolved.
BBC Nature: Chimpanzees
"All of the chimps are fine, if not a little excited about having ice cream for breakfast. They are all on view to the public as normal."
Sharon Redrobe, the zoo's director, told BBC Radio Leicester: "Eight adventurous chimps got into the service corridors, but still within the main building, so it was still reasonably safe.
"They had a fun time running up and down, opening and closing cupboards. It took about an hour to get them into their day place.
"We apologise for closing but it was for a very good reason."
An internal investigation will now take place to discover how the animals escaped.
Leicestershire Police said the problem occurred during the moving of eight chimps and officers were called as a precaution. | A Leicestershire zoo had to close when eight chimpanzees found their way into service corridors in their enclosure. | 23533133 |
Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a New South Wales beach in 1970.
A 63-year-old man, originally from Britain, was arrested in Melbourne on Wednesday. Detectives said he would be charged with abduction and murder.
Despite the breakthrough, police doubt Cheryl's body will ever be found.
Cheryl disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, a city south of Sydney, on the afternoon of 12 January 1970.
She was there with her mother, Carole, and her brothers Ricki, seven, Stephen, five, and Paul, four.
The family had only recently emigrated to Melbourne from Bristol, in south-west England.
When the weather worsened, Mrs Grimmer sent the children to shower at the public block about 100m (328ft) away.
Moments later, Ricki ran back and reported Cheryl would not emerge from the girls' change room. She was never seen again.
"She was gone in just a minute or two," Ricki Grimmer said last year.
"It's something I still live with every day."
Cheryl's parents have since died, never knowing what happened.
Cheryl's disappearance sparked a massive search at the time, but it failed to provide a breakthrough.
Last year, detectives re-examined the case and revealed they had a new clue. Three witnesses had said they saw a teenager "loitering" near the scene.
On Wednesday, detectives held a man in custody after he went to a police station in Frankston, in outer Melbourne, for questioning.
Originally from the UK, the man would have been 16 in 1970.
Det Insp Brad Ainsworth, from Wollongong police, confirmed the man "was a person of interest" in the initial investigation almost 50 years ago.
The detective said he doubted Cheryl's body would ever be found.
"I'm not going to get into the specifics, of the actual details of the offences but I can say that they are quite horrific," he said.
The man in custody is expected to appear in a Wollongong court on Friday. | A man has been arrested over one of Australia's longest-running mysteries - the suspected murder of a UK-born toddler nearly 50 years ago. | 39361147 |
They say they are holding two men, after earlier detaining several others for questioning.
The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country.
Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old woman was raped.
The images, from the Convent of Jesus and Mary, were released by police who offered a reward of 100,000 rupees ($1,500; £1,000) for any information.
Police in Kolkata (Calcutta), the capital of West Bengal, said one of the men they are holding was arrested in Mumbai and had been brought to Kolkata.
Senior police official Rajeev Kumar named him as Mohammad Salim Sheikh.
"On the basis of information provided by Sheikh, we arrested a second man, Gopal Sarkar," he told BBC Hindi.
Mr Kumar refused to say whether the men were among those caught on camera.
The attackers ransacked the convent school in Ranaghat town on 14 March and stole money before raping the nun in the convent itself.
The men also stole money from the school, vandalised the chapel, broke open the tabernacle and took away the ciborium, the sacred vessel used during Mass.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed "deep concern" over the attack and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee promised swift and strong action against those involved.
In recent months, there have been several attacks in India on churches and Christian institutions, leading to insecurity among the community.
But it is not clear whether the assault on the convent was sectarian. | Police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal have made their first arrests, more than 12 days after the crime. | 32062692 |
It is unclear what type of missile it was, but it follows three failed tests of the medium-range "Musudan" missile in April.
The North is banned by the UN from using any ballistic missile technology.
Tensions have run high in the region after Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in January and numerous missile tests.
Also on Tuesday, the newly promoted vice-chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, Ri Su-yong, arrived in China for what South Korean media said was an unannounced official visit.
China is North Korea's closest ally and trading partner, but ties have been strained by the nuclear test and weapons activity.
It is the first visit since the Worker's Party congress earlier this month in North Korea, the first in 36 years.
Mr Ri, who was travelling with a large entourage, would likely be briefing China on other major developments at the congress, in an attempt to rebuild the relationship, said Yonhap.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the attempted launch happened at 05:20 local time (20:50 GMT Monday) off the North's east coast, near the city of Wonson.
A report in the Yonhap news agency quoted sources saying this fourth failed test may also have been of a Musudan missile.
A Musudan missile, in theory, has the range to reach Japan and the US territory of Guam, however the North has never successfully tested one.
During the party congress, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un extended an offer of military dialogue to the South. But Seoul dismissed the proposal as insincere.
At the same meeting, Mr Kim also vowed to continue with the nuclear weapons programme.
Pyongyang has claimed a series of technical breakthroughs in recent months, including miniaturising a nuclear warhead to fit on a missile, that experts have treated with scepticism. | North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials say. | 36414914 |
The government will underwrite the cost of the privately-financed £40m scheme at Cheltenham's Pittville campus.
It will include 570 new rooms, the refurbishment of existing rooms and media centre with a bar, refectory, gym, shop, café and games area.
Chancellor George Osborne said the village would give students the "first-class facilities they deserve".
It will be delivered under the Treasury's £40bn UK Guarantee Scheme.
The University of Gloucestershire's Stephen Marston said: "The university is delighted that financial close has been achieved on the scheme. This means we can now move ahead with the building work.
"The new student village at Pittville will give our future students a great place to live, with well-designed and well-managed accommodation and good facilities in a wonderful location."
Work is expected to be completed in time for undergraduates for the 2017/18 academic year. | A former teaching campus of the University of Gloucestershire is to be turned into a student village. | 35496672 |
Edinburgh Airport said nearly 1,142,000 people passed through its doors last month, an increase of 13% on the figure for last year.
Glasgow recorded an 8.9% increase on April 2016, with more than 786,000 passengers.
Both airports attributed their strong performances to a sharp rise in international passenger numbers.
Aberdeen International Airport also reported an increase in its figures.
Edinburgh said international traffic was up 20.4%, following the launch of 27 new international services over the last year.
Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: "Our expansion of routes and destinations is good news for travellers and it also creates new jobs, opportunities and offers greater international links for people in this city and for all of Scotland."
An 18% increase in international traffic helped Glasgow Airport record its 50th consecutive month of growth.
The airport attributed the rise in part to strong demand for its growing list of European destinations, including Ryanair's new services to Valencia, Lisbon and the Lithuanian city of Palanga.
Airport managing director Amanda McMillan said: "In addition to growing our European network we have been working hard to consolidate our long-haul offering.
"Both American Airlines and WestJet will return later this month and we also welcome Delta Air Lines to Glasgow for the first time when its inaugural service to New York-JFK takes off on 26 May."
Meanwhile, Aberdeen International Airport's recent improvement in passenger numbers continued last month.
It reported an increase in both domestic and international traffic, after almost 252,000 people travelled through its doors.
Domestic and international traffic were up 2% and 0.5% respectively, which the airport said was due in part to the introduction of a number of new routes, namely Ryanair's direct flights to Malaga and Alicante and Flybe's new Heathrow service.
However, helicopter traffic was down 17.4%.
Airport managing director Carol Benzie said: "It is extremely encouraging to see our international and domestic traffic perform well.
"We have added nine new routes over the course of the past year and this has contributed to us seeing a slow but steady increase in fixed-wing passengers." | Scotland's two busiest airports have reported record passenger numbers for the month of April. | 39882612 |
It said the result of last month's referendum, in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, will lead to a slowdown in the UK economy.
The firm has also forecast a gradual recovery later in 2017 as immediate post-referendum shock starts to fade.
PwC's Esmond Birnie said the main reason for the slowdown is projected to be a decline in business investment.
Mr Birnie, who is the firm's chief economist in Northern Ireland, said investment from overseas would be particularly affected.
He added that it is not certain that a recession will be avoided.
PwC said that UK growth had already eased from about 3% in 2014 to about 2% before the EU referendum, due primarily to slower global growth.
However, it added that the vote to leave the EU is likely to lead to a "significant further slowdown" with UK GDP growth forecast to decelerate to about 1.6% in 2016 and 0.6% in 2017.
For Northern Ireland, that means forecast growth of about 1% 2016, falling to 0.2% in 2017, making it the poorest-performing of the 12 UK regions.
PwC Northern Ireland chairman, Paul Terrington said that action by the Bank of England should help confidence.
He added that the post-referendum economic downturn should not be anything like as severe as that following the global financial crisis of 2008-9.
"Our main scenario projections suggests that the UK should narrowly avoid a recession over the next year, although we recognise that risks are weighted somewhat to the downside at present.
"It that forecast proves accurate, Northern Ireland should also avoid recession, although that may be a close call," Mr Terrington said. | The Northern Ireland economy will grow by just 0.2% in 2017, the consultancy PwC has forecast. | 36829588 |
The first verdict came in July, but in a bombshell announcement on 28 October, the FBI said it had found new emails that "appeared to be pertinent" to its investigation.
The revelation angered the Clinton campaign, and Mr Comey came under fire from some Democrats for allegedly interfering in the election.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, seized on the news to accuse Mrs Clinton of grand corruption.
Mr Comey now says that after reviewing the newly discovered emails, the FBI has not changed its position that Mrs Clinton's should not face criminal charges.
He has not provided many details but here's what we know about the FBI probe:
The emails, including some from top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, are believed to have been found on a laptop belonging to her estranged husband, former congressman Anthony Weiner.
In a letter to Congress, Mr Comey said the FBI had discovered the emails "in connection with an unrelated case". He used similar language in the latest letter.
The unrelated case is said to be an inquiry into Mr Wiener, with FBI officials investigating whether he sent sexually explicit emails to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
Devices belonging to Ms Abedin and Mr Weiner were seized as part of the investigation.
Anthony Weiner: Behind the scenes of a political marriage
There are said to be about 650,000 emails in total on the laptop and the FBI is said to have used special software to comb through them.
The aim? To see if any contained classified information.
At the end of the original investigation into Mrs Clinton, Mr Comey said her handling of sensitive material during her tenure as secretary of state was "extremely careless" but not criminal.
FBI investigators had been "working around the clock to process and review" all of the new emails "that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state", Mr Comey said.
He did not give any further details.
But US media reports say that investigators established the newly found emails were either personal, or were duplicates of correspondence they had previously reviewed.
The review of emails linked to Mrs Clinton's server is understood to now be complete. according to the New York Times.
But Mr Comey's letter to Congress was very short on detail and it's unclear whether further emails found on the laptop are still being examined.
While the announcement will come as a relief to the Clinton campaign, it does not mean the email scandal will go away.
After all, the FBI's original verdict in July did not stop many Trump supporters from demanding that she be "locked up".
Before becoming secretary of state in 2009, Mrs Clinton set up an email server at her home in Chappaqua, New York, that she used for all work and personal emails during her four years in office.
She did not use, or even activate, a state.gov email account, which would have been hosted on servers owned and managed by the US government.
She said it was for convenience but critics said it gave her control over what information entered the public domain.
What is the email scandal all about?
When news of the new emails first emerged, Mrs Clinton said she was "confident" they would not change the outcome of the FBI's previous investigation.
She was right.
"We're glad this matter is resolved," her campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri said.
The candidate herself has not addressed Mr Comey's new letter directly on the campaign trail.
Donald Trump says Mrs Clinton is "being protected by a rigged system". The Republican candidate says he believes investigations into his rival will continue.
"The rank-and-file special agents at the FBI won't let her get away with her terrible crimes," he said after the latest news broke.
"You can't review 650,000 new emails in eight days."
Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter, writes:
When determining the political fallout of this latest development, it's worth remembering that the race between Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton was already tightening in the days leading up to the first Comey letter.
Surveys taken after the revelation indicated that few Americans considered the story grounds for changing their vote. The divide between the two candidates is simply too great to allow much ticket-switching at this point.
What the story did do was knock Mr Trump out of the headlines for over a week, giving him space to bring disaffected Republicans back into the fold. It also prevented Mrs Clinton from ending the campaign on a positive message and increased negative perceptions of her, which will make it harder for her to govern if she is elected.
Once this election is in the rear-view mirror, there will have to be a lot of soul-searching within the FBI and the media about how this story has played out and been covered. Following Mr Comey's original letter, the nation's top law-enforcement became a constant source of leaks, as internal factions and disputes spilled into public view.
You can read Anthony's analysis in full here.
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Last updated November 8, 2016 | After a review of hundreds of thousands of emails, the FBI has once again cleared Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. | 37811529 |
People have been urged to help contain the spread of the virus at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings by not visiting friends or relatives in hospital if they have symptoms of the vomiting bug.
Tina Lloyd, assistant director of infection prevention and control, said stringent measures had been brought in.
The affected wards are Newington, Baird and MacDonald.
Ms Lloyd said East Sussex Healthcare NHS trust would prefer that people did not visit the affected wards, but she said if their visit was essential they should restrict the time of the visit and wash hands before and afterwards.
She urged people to follow good hygiene measures. | Three wards at a Sussex hospital have been closed to new admissions following an outbreak of norovirus. | 26840589 |
The former EastEnders actor and her sons were found buried in the garden of their family home in Erith, south-east London, on 5 January.
Simpson-Kent's arrest four days later came after locals in the backpacker resort of Busua recognised him as the person they had partied with on New Year's Eve.
Seeing his pictures on social media, they tipped off police - while fishermen had also spotted the 48-year-old swimming in the gentle waves among wooden fishing boats.
Nearly a month earlier, Simpson-Kent had made the 3,165-mile journey from London to the Ghana's capital, Accra, after he had been questioned by police.
His journey to West Africa began when Ms Blake and the couple's children Zachary and Amon - who reportedly adored his father - were reported missing on 16 December.
The police questioned the hairdresser on the same day.
Simpson-Kent told officers his 43-year-old partner and the children, aged eight and four, had gone to visit a friend in Cambridge.
That same day, the actor's sister received a text from Ms Blake's telephone saying she and her children needed to get away for a while - detectives believe Simpson-Kent had already murdered his family at this point and sent the text himself.
A successful actor, in addition to EastEnders Ms Blake also had roles in The Bill, Doctors and Skins.
The last time she and her two children were seen was on 13 December, when they visited her family in Leyton.
And the last time anyone heard from her was the afternoon of 14 December, when she spoke to an acquaintance on the phone.
Her body was found next her two sons three weeks later after an extensive police search.
Half way around the world, after landing in Accra, Simpson-Kent headed west along a long coastal road lined with stalls and single-storey houses towards Takoradi, a coastal city.
He apparently visited his grandmother in Cape Coast, a fishing town, along the way.
As the police hunt for Simpson-Kent unfolded, and Ms Blake's family made tearful pleas at home in London for him to return, the killer partied in Busua with the locals.
Roger Camden met Ms Blake's killer in a cafe.
"We met and had a coffee, he said he was going to relocate here. I just didn't put it all together, even though I had seen his photograph," he said.
After identifying him, the owner of a different local cafe in Busua told the local assembly men, who called the police chief.
The cafe owner told BBC News "he was carrying a knife, just a knife".
Heavily-armed Ghanaian police were led down a small, shaded path through coconut palms to the murderer.
Simpson-Kent was reportedly asked to put his hands up and kneel down. He put down the knife he was wielding and a bag he was carrying as police arrested him.
Back at home, in the couple's neighbourhood
Ms Blake's sister Ava has said Ms Blake had been wanting to end her relationship with Simpson-Kent but that she "hadn't quite made that break or that decision to leave Arthur".
She said: "I'm not going to see them grow up. I loved her and I was proud of her as an actress and I just wanted the best for her, and my nephews.
"Our brothers, our cousins are angry. They are angry about Sian, but the boys have devastated us.
"We have lost a generation. We can never replace them." | Arthur Simpson-Kent was drinking out of a coconut on the rocky shore of a palm-lined cove in Ghana when he was arrested for the murder of his partner Sian Blake and their two young boys. | 36498441 |
The consumer goods firm said its underlying first-quarter sales were up 2.8% and that full-year sales growth would be between 2% and 4%.
Brewer SABMiller also performed well, adding 1.8%, although its sales volume was up only slightly.
But overall, the FTSE 100 dipped, down 36.33 points or 0.51% to 7,060.45.
Two of the top five biggest fallers lost ground as a result of going ex-dividend.
Pearson was the worst performer, dropping just under 4% following troubles with one of its educational technology projects.
Drinks group Diageo saw a 3.6% decline after reporting a 0.7% fall in sales over the three months to the end of March.
Other falling shares included BAE Systems, which ended the day down 3.1%, while Intu Properties dropped 2.9%.
The pound rose 0.53% against the dollar to $1.4906 and 0.06% against the euro to €1.3897. | (Close): Unilever was the top gainer on the FTSE 100 on Thursday, rising 2.6% after reporting better-than-expected sales. | 32331739 |
"It just never stopped. It was going really fast, and the terminal was basically the brake for the train," passenger Nancy Bido said.
Officials have not yet said how fast the train was moving when it collided with the station.
"It simply did not stop," radio host John Minko, who witnessed the crash, told local media. "It went right through the barriers and into the reception area."
"It was a mass scramble to get away from the scene," Mr Minko added.
Linda Albelli, 62, said she was seated in one of the rear cars when the train approached the station. "I noticed, 'he's not slowing up, we're going too fast,' and with that there was this tremendous crash," she told ABC News.
Rich Scardaville said the train approached the station normally, but it suddenly "lurched forward at the last minute.'' Then, he said, there was an "ungodly loud bang, like an explosion" before the lights went off and "everyone went flying".
Jamie Weatherhead-Saul said the train was "extremely packed, more packed than it has been in weeks. There were people whose faces were sliced open, eyes swollen, gashes to their face".
"My biggest fear was that someone was dead," she continued. "In that moment, that was life or death. There was no indication whether the train was actually going to stop."
Passenger Bhagyesh Shah, who boarded in nearby Secaucus, said that the first two cars of the train were particularly crowded because that makes for an easy exit upon arrival at the Hoboken station.
Passengers in the second car broke the emergency windows to get out, he said.
"The next thing I know, we are ploughing through the platform," Mr Shah told NBC New York. "It was for a couple seconds, but it felt like an eternity."
"I saw a woman pinned under concrete," Shah added. "A lot of people were bleeding. One guy was crying." | Witnesses aboard the New Jersey commuter train that crashed into the Hoboken station have said that the train didn't slow, and that the terminal "was the brake". | 37502791 |
Some of the captives said they had been kidnapped some 30 years ago. The defence ministry said 26 of them were children, some of whom were born in captivity.
The victims said they were also forced to work in fields.
Some 120 Peruvian soldiers took part in the operation. Four army helicopters airlifted the captives into safety.
The military says soldiers were led to the farm by a former captive, who lived there for many years and escaped about a month ago.
"We've been here, like this, for 30 years," one of the rescued women told La Republica newspaper.
Some of the rescued children said they were scared of the army, after being told by the rebels that the soldiers had come to kill them.
"The aim of this operation was to rescue the people who were hostages of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) in what is called a production camp," said Vice-Defence Minister Ivan Vega Loncharich.
Production camps are farms where "the children are gathered to work in agriculture and the women are expected to procreate and give birth to new rebels," he said.
La Republica said some of the children had been kidnapped from rural communities, where parents do not report abductions for fear of reprisals.
The Maoist-inspired left-wing group was largely defeated in the 1990s after waging a bloody insurgency in one of South America's poorest nations.
Almost 70,000 people died or disappeared in more than a decade of internal conflict.
But the Shining Path remains active in the main cocaine producing region of the country, where it is lead by the brothers Victor and Jorge Quispe Palomino.
They have been indicted in the US for drug trafficking offences, along with Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, alias Comrade Artemio, who was arrested in 2012. | The Peruvian army says it has rescued 39 people from a farm where the Shining Path rebel group kept them as slaves. | 33697753 |
The Great British Bake Off judge, 81, is leaving the show when it moves to Channel 4 from the BBC next year.
Fiona Lindsay, Berry's agent for 25 years, said: "It has been reported that Mary only intends to work another year - that's simply wrong.
"She has lots of exciting projects coming up, including TV with the BBC."
It has already been announced that Berry will be a guest on James Martin's Christmas With Friends on the Food Network on 14 and 21 November.
She will also appear in the two Bake Off Christmas specials - which have already been recorded - when they air on the BBC later this year.
Berry quit The Great British Bake Off last week out of loyalty to the BBC, a few days after presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins also decided not to make the move to Channel 4.
Paul Hollywood is the only Bake Off star to have agreed to switch channels and stick with the show.
Channel 4 will begin airing the programme in 2017, starting with a celebrity special in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
The channel signed a three-year deal earlier this month with Love Productions, which makes the programme.
The Great British Bake Off began life on BBC Two in 2010, where it became a firm favourite with viewers before moving to BBC One in 2014.
Last year's final was the UK's most watched television programme of the year, with 13.4 million viewers tuning in to see Nadiya Hussain win the competition.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Mary Berry has "absolutely no plans to retire", her agent has said, after some reports suggested she only intends to work for one more year. | 37472642 |
The main route through the island's capital reopened on Wednesday after six and a half weeks of work to change the road layout.
Colin Le Page said: "It shouldn't have a huge impact... studies show it won't be huge delays.
"But there's a huge improvement for pedestrian safety."
The increased pavements size, signage and barriers follow a move to disembark cruise ship passengers from the Albert Pier, rather than the inter-island quay.
Some parking spaces at Albert Pier and the bus terminus will be unavailable on days when cruise ship passengers are visiting the island.
The aim is to ensure pedestrian safety and make space for coaches to pick up passengers for tours.
Mr Le Page said the "temporary" changes would be monitored for a year before a long-term decision was made.
The States estimate the total economic value of the cruise liner industry to the island is £6m a year and expects it to rise with more passengers due to come ashore this season. | "Small delays" will be caused by the merging of two lanes of traffic in St Peter Port, admits Guernsey's principle traffic officer. | 32159275 |
Citizens UK said the employers of five million workers in the UK were being "subsidised" by the taxpayer.
The minimum wage is £6.50 an hour for people over 21, while the living wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation is £7.85 (£9.15 in London).
The British Retail Consortium said most supermarkets paid above minimum wage.
When all extra earnings were considered, hourly pay was around £8.40, it added.
According to Citizens UK, which organises community campaigns, most of those earning less than the living wage are employed in the retail sector.
The charity said this meant most supermarket staff needed in-work benefits - which it argued meant taxpayers were "subsidising private companies by almost £11bn per annum". | Supermarket workers paid the national minimum wage are forced to claim state benefits totalling £11bn a year, according to a charity. | 32272817 |
It followed an incident in the College Street area of Aberdeen on Thursday.
Leanne Kane, 32, Wayne Duncan, 41, and Andrew Wallace, 42, made no plea at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and were remanded in custody.
The Crown Office said a 35-year-old man reported to the procurator fiscal was freed pending further inquiries and did not appear in court. | Three people have appeared in court in Aberdeen charged with assault with intent to rob. | 37609964 |
A motion has been tabled for discussion at a council meeting later this month.
Labour's transport spokesman Ross Grant claimed operators had reneged on running services to some communities.
However First, which operates many city services, said councils and operators had to work together to unlock potential.
Mr Grant said the council could learn from colleagues in Edinburgh, where the authority part-owns its own bus fleet.
However, Aberdeen's SNP group leader Stephen Flynn said it could cost millions of pounds each and every year. | The Labour group on Aberdeen City Council is calling for all options to be explored to allow the local authority to run its own bus company. | 39140840 |
In a letter obtained by the BBC, Houthi representatives pledge to adhere to a seven-point peace plan brokered by the UN during talks in Muscat, Oman.
The letter follows a verbal commitment to the resolutions issued last month.
The UN estimates nearly 4,900 people, including 2,355 civilians, have been killed in the conflict in Yemen.
Addressed to Ban Ki Moon, the letter commits to the seven Muscat principles, which include a ceasefire, the removal of armed militias from the cities and the return of the government to the capital, Sanaa.
Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has insisted Houthi fighters pull back from territory seized over the past year before an agreement can be reached.
In the letter, the Houthi representatives, known officially as Ansar Allah, call the peace plan an "important and fundamental ... step towards the resumption of the political process".
"We, from our side along with other parties, commit to these seven points as one unified bundle," it says, adding: "We welcome the UN call for all sides to return to the table of dialogue."
The letter criticises the government, alleging it has "not shown any positive reciprocity" with the UN peace process.
There are many reasons to be sceptical of any moves, by any side, in Yemen's tortuous conflict. But this written commitment by the Houthis could be a significant step.
Yemen's embattled negotiating process, which draws in the UN, EU, as well as Western and regional players, is a new challenge for what was a movement rooted in the tribes of northern Yemen.
One source told me this letter addressed to the UN secretary general was "a signal to the rest of the world". Even the decision to send a copy to the BBC represents rare outreach to a Western audience.
The real test now is to implement the Muscat plan: which armed groups will withdraw from the cities, which government members will return? But if, at the very least, a ceasefire is reached that will be a major step for Yemenis enduring what the UN calls "terrifying violence and extreme hunger".
The conflict, and peace process, is complicated by the involvement of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are fighting alongside government forces.
Separately on Tuesday, attacks in Aden on a hotel used by Yemen's prime minister and two military installations killed 15 Saudi-led coalition troops and pro-government fighters, Emirati state media say.
80% of the population need aid
13m people face food shortages
1.4m forced from their homes
2,000 civilians killed
Explosions rocked the Qasr hotel, the headquarters of the UAE's forces in the city and a camp early on Tuesday. Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and members of his government escaped unharmed.
The UAE blamed rocket-fire from Houthi rebels, but Islamic State (IS) said suicide bombers were responsible.
Jihadist militants have reportedly been seen on the streets of Aden since southern militiamen backed by coalition forces drove the Houthis out of the city in July.
As well as those killed, nearly 1.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict, according to UN estimates, with about 13 million people facing food shortages and 80% of the population need some form of aid.
The war the world forgot?
Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe
Who is fighting whom?
Meeting the Houthis and their enemies | Yemen's Houthi rebels have confirmed in writing to the UN secretary general their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country's conflict. | 34459909 |
In her speech to the London gathering she insisted that nationalism was wrongly confused with patriotism.
Quoting the writer George Orwell she said: "Nationalism is power-hunger, tempered by self-deception."
However, both the Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour hit back at her views.
The SNP's Deidre Brock said Ms Davidson's "own political message could not be more tribal".
And Labour's James Kelly said the Scottish Tory had put the "narrow British nationalism" of the Conservatives ahead of what was best "for the people of this country".
Ms Davidson told her audience: "Nationalism is about power, and its obsessive pursuit, and the dichotomisation of a population into the authentic and the inauthentic.
"Here in the second decade of the 20th century, despite his [George Orwell] efforts, nationalism is still confused with patriotism.
"That is because, too often, there are political movements that deliberately ensure that is the case."
The politician was speaking as parties campaign for seats at the General Election on 8 June.
Ms Davidson claimed that in Scotland issues of identity and nationalism have dominated the agenda "not just for my time in politics, but actually for pretty much my entire adult life".
As the first Conservative to address the organisation, she added: "The truth is that the nationalist politics identified by Orwell - the attempt to classify and label human beings into groups marked 'good' and 'bad' - has become a key part of our political practice in Scotland.
"And it has to be said that this has been pursued quite deliberately, so that many people who do not subscribe to the loudly advanced, so-called 'good' side of the argument feel voiceless and helpless.
"Because in Scotland, political nationalism has introduced the idea that only one side of the constitutional divide can be the authentic voice of 'the people of Scotland'.
"That only it has the right to be heard. That other voices are, by their nature, illegitimate and phoney."
She went on to say she could understand voters feeling "bullied and hectored" into backing the SNP.
But Ms Davidson said that after 10 years of the SNP government at Holyrood, there "is an undoubted sense that people have rather had enough".
Opposition parties criticised Ms Davidson's stance.
The SNP's Ms Brock said of the speech: "This is a lesson in double-think from Ruth Davidson, whose own political message could not be more 'tribal' - it is Orwellian to lecture others on nationalism when she's the one who drapes herself in a flag and drives around in a tank.
"Her claim to the moral high ground is totally undermined given that the SNP's vision of an independent Scotland is inclusive, outward-looking and internationalist, while Ms Davidson supports a Brexit Britain turning its back on its nearest neighbours and trying to make enemies of our European allies."
Scottish Labour's Mr Kelly called the Ms Davidson "an embarrassment".
He added: "This is the leader who turned our political debate into a shouting match about flags rather than the issues people care about. At every turn Ruth Davidson has put the narrow British nationalism of the Tories ahead of what's best for the people of this country.
"Davidson and Nicola Sturgeon are both blinded by flags and it is working families who lose out. There is an alternative to the extreme nationalism of the Tories and the independence obsession of the SNP.
"It's a Labour government fighting for better wages jobs and public services, not fighting for a economically catastrophic hard Brexit or a second independence referendum Scotland doesn't want." | Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has used an address to the Orwell Foundation to criticise what she sees as "obsessive" nationalism. | 39928846 |
Following claims that three women were held for 30 years, Theresa May said figures show the numbers of victims in the UK was up by 25% in the past year.
She told the Sunday Telegraph she had made tackling "this abhorrent crime" a "personal priority".
She outlined plans to strengthen anti-slavery laws and appoint a commissioner to hold relevant agencies to account.
Her comments come after three women were rescued last month from a house in south London having allegedly been held as slaves for at least 30 years.
One of the women, a 30-year-old, is thought to have never lived independently.
Two people arrested over the case are both aged 67 and thought to be married. They had been held on suspicion of immigration offences and have been released on police bail until January.
The couple are said to have migrated from India and Tanzania in the 1960s.
Two of the three rescued women had met the man arrested through a "shared political ideology" via a collective.
The case and the media attention around it had "raised awareness" of the issue, the home secretary said.
But she said modern slavery was "all around us, hidden in plain sight... supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind curtains in an ordinary street".
Ms May said the government would:
But she also called on businesses to avoid working with suppliers "involved in trafficking and exploitation".
And she said charities, police forces and other public sector bodies must "work together" to encourage victims to come forward.
Andrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly told the BBC: "We've had too many cases where somebody's declared 'I've been trafficked' or 'I've been enslaved' and they haven't been believed by the authorities."
On Saturday veteran Labour MP Frank Field, who has been asked to chair a review of the evidence ahead of any new anti-slavery legislation said on Saturday recent cases could be the "tip of the iceberg".
Labour backed the government's plans when they were outlined by the home secretary in summer.
Ms May told the Telegraph: "I will be joining with voices from across the political spectrum, the public and private sector, law enforcement and charities, local and international organisations." | Slavery in the UK is widespread but new laws will help to eradicate it, the home secretary has said. | 25076211 |
The thoroughbred mare had to be hauled out by firefighters and an equine vet after getting into trouble at Kidwelly Quay on Monday.
Inspector Nic de Celis said: "She was so exhausted she couldn't stand and just sunk back in the mud."
He said the mare had been stranded by the tide and had fallen into a gully.
"We used all the equipment and manpower we had to free her.
"We used a groundsheet as a sledge and it took around a dozen people to slide her out of the gully.
"There were some touch-and-go moments, as she collapsed and we were fearful she might not make it."
The mare was treated at the scene and has been taking to a boarding stable where she is being monitored.
Anyone with information about the horse should contact the RSPCA inspectorate appeal line on 0300 123 8018. | The RSPCA is trying to track down the owner of a horse it rescued after it became trapped in mud in Carmarthenshire. | 36251723 |
Ond cafodd ddechrau go sigledig pan yn fabi, pan gafodd dysplasia datblygiadol y glun neu DDH (developmental dysplasia of the hip). Mae Delyth Wyn Jones, ei mam, yn rhannu ei stori gyda Cymru Fyw.
"Pan gafodd Lleucu ei geni roeddwn ni wrth reswm wedi gwirioni ac mor falch bod ein babi cyntaf ni'n holliach ac yn berffaith. Ond pan oedd hi ychydig o fisoedd oed fe wnes i sylwi ar ambell beth," meddai.
"Doedd y crychau yn ei choesau ddim yn gymesur, ac roedd un goes yn hirach na'r llall. A phan ro'n i'n newid clwt neu'n ei golchi hi, doedd dim modd rhoi un goes yn fflat i'r ochr."
Roedd ganddi hi ychydig o symptomau eraill hefyd, meddai, ac mae'n cyfaddef ei bod hi wedi gwneud beth mae nifer o rieni yn ei wneud, sef troi at Google.
"Y canlyniad? DDH, sef term swyddogol am clicky hips," meddai Delyth Wyn Jones. Cafodd y diagnosis hwnnw ei gadarnhau gan arbenigwyr yn ysbyty Alder Hey yn Lerpwl.
"Roedd y meddygon yn gweld fod amser yn brin a bod angen llawdriniaeth yn eithaf sydyn.
"Dyma pryd y cawsom ni wybod fod y flwyddyn nesaf yn mynd i fod tipyn gwahanol i be' ro'n ni wedi ei ddisgwyl a'i obeithio efo'n babi cyntaf."
Gyda DDH, dydy'r glun ddim fel y dylai fod a mae yna abnormaledd yn siâp pen asgwrn y ffemwr neu yn siâp yr asetabwlwm (y soced).
Er i Lleucu gael ei harchwilio'n syth ar ôl ei geni, ac eto gan y meddyg teulu pan oedd hi'n chwe wythnos oed, wnaeth neb sylwi ar y cyflwr, meddai.
"Pan fydd diagnosis a thriniaeth gynnar yn digwydd gyda DDH mewn babi bach, mae'r canlyniad fel arfer yn dda iawn," meddai. "Ers talwm roedd posib ei wirio drwy wisgo dau glwt yn ôl y sôn - y double nappy.
"Erbyn heddiw, o'i ddal yn gynnar, mae posib ei wella wrth wisgo harnais."
Ond os bydd oedi'n digwydd yn y driniaeth, mae'n mynd yn fwy cymhleth, ac mae angen llawdriniaeth fel arfer heb sicrwydd o fod yn llwyddiannus.
"Gan fod Lleucu yn bum mis oed ar y pryd a bod ei chlun yn complete dislocation roedd rhaid iddi gael llawdriniaeth a bod mewn cast am wyth mis."
Er bod pum mis yn swnio yn ifanc mae o reit hen i gael diagnosis, meddai.
Mae rhai plant yn dipyn hŷn na hynny yn cael diagnosis hefyd - fel arfer gan nad oes symptomau tan iddyn nhw drio dysgu cerdded.
"Yn y llawdriniaeth, roedden nhw'n symud y glun nôl mewn i lle roedd hi fod ond gan nad oedd hi erioed wedi bod yn y lle cywir doedd dim soced wedi ei greu - felly roedd angen i'r glun gael ei dal mewn lle am wyth mis mewn cast er mwyn creu soced i'r belen," meddai.
"Ond nid dim ond un goes oedd mewn plaster - ond y ddwy goes o'i fferau i fyny at bron o dan ei cheseiliau.
"Am y tri mis olaf fe gafodd hi gast ychydig yn llai - am y ddwy goes yn unig gyda bar ar draws yn dal y ddwy yn sownd."
Er bod hyn yn angenrheidiol, roedd gweld ei merch mewn cast yn torri ei chalon, meddai.
"Y ffaith fod ganddom ni fabi bach newydd oedd ar fin dechrau ei chyfnod pwysicaf o allu dechrau eistedd fyny, rowlio, cropian a cherdded - ond yn hytrach roedd hi fel bricsen.
"Yn drwm, methu plygu, methu symud. Doedd hi chwaith ddim yn gallu cael bath am wyth mis, roedd rhaid addasu pethau fel y pram, y set car, dod o hyd i gadair uchel addas lle'r oedd hi'n gallu eistedd yn hanner gorwedd ac oedd ddigon llydan ar gyfer y cast siâp broga.
"Doedd hi ddim yn gallu gwisgo'r holl ddillad del i fabis oedd ar gael ac roedd newid clwt yn job a hanner ac roedd rhaid bod mor wyliadwrus nad oedd yn unrhyw beth yn gollwng tu fewn i'r cast neu mi fysa fo wedi bod yn afiach iawn gan fod o ganddi am fisoedd.
"Ond y prif rwystr oedd methu gafael yn iawn ynddi hi, swatio efo hi, ei chario yn dyner a'i hanwesu - y pethau bach ond pwysig hynny mae rhywun yn gallu ei gymryd mor ganiataol."
Ar ôl y driniaeth yn y cast roedd popeth yn mynd yn dda, meddai, gyda Lleucu wedi dal fyny gyda gweddill y plant o'r un oed a hi.
Ond pan oedd hi'n bump oed, cawson nhw wybod bod gan Lleucu gyflwr arall, a oedd wedi effeithio ar yr un glun, sef Perthes disease.
"Cyflwr sy'n effeithio ar blant ydi hyn hefyd - lle mae'r gwaed am ryw reswm yn peidio mynd i asgwrn y glun ac mae'r asgwrn yn marw, cyn ail dyfu eto ond gall achosi pob math o broblemau.
"Fe gafodd lawdriniaeth fawr arall cyn treulio mwy o amser mewn cast eto a chyfnod mewn cadair olwyn. Yn ôl yr arbenigwyr does 'na ddim cysylltiad - ond pwy a ŵyr!
"Mae hi'n bendant ar y trywydd iawn ac yn gallu cymryd rhan yn y rhan fwyaf o weithgareddau erbyn hyn.
"'Da ni'n byw bob dydd fel y daw, ac yn croesi ein bysedd cyn pob apwyntiad ac x-ray yn Alder Hey."
Mae wirioneddol angen mwy o godi ymwybyddiaeth o DDH, meddai Delyth Wyn Jones.
"Mae'n gwneud gymaint o wahaniaeth cael diagnosis cynnar. Os ydyn nhw'n rhy hen mae'n bosib na fydd modd ei wella o gwbl, mae rhai plant wedi gorfod cael clun newydd yn ifanc iawn ac mae'n gallu achosi problemau fel osteoathritis pan yn oedolion ifanc.
"Dydi Lleucu ddim yn gweld dim byd fel rhwystr. Mae hi mor benderfynol, yn fodlon rhoi cynnig ar unrhyw beth, ac yn ofni dim byd.
"Mae hi hefyd yn deall ei bod wedi cael dechrau ychydig yn wahanol ond yn gweld hynny fel rhywbeth i'w gofleidio ac yn gwerthfawrogi a byw bywyd i'r eithaf."
Stori: Llinos Dafydd | Mae Lleucu Elfyn Jones, naw oed, o Aberdaron bellach yn ferch hapus ei byd, yn mwynhau nofio, beicio a rhedeg o gwmpas fel unrhyw blentyn arall. | 39490972 |
Bidhya Sagar Das, 33, was charged after the children were found with critical injuries at a flat near Finsbury Park, north London, on Saturday night.
The boy died in the early hours of Sunday and the girl remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Das, from Hackney, was remanded in custody by Thames magistrates.
He will next appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
A post-mortem examination in relation to the boy is due to begin later. Formal identification has yet to take place.
The Metropolitan Police said detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command continue to investigate. | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a one-year-old boy and the attempted murder of a girl, also aged one. | 39335499 |
In a rare interview, she told the Business of Fashion website she would be launching the business this month.
Ms Moss left Storm, the agency that discovered her at the age of 14, earlier this year.
She told the website: "I don't really want pretty people... I want to create stars."
"I want to focus more on managing people's careers than just [running] a model agency... I want people that want to sing and dance and act."
The launch coincides with London Fashion Week,
Ms Moss's new business website is up and running and is so fresh off the screen that, as of Monday morning there was only one picture on it.
She has also added a new Instagram account, which again, in its infancy, had gathered 1,000 followers by middy Monday.
Kate Moss has one of the longest-running and most successful modelling careers in the business.
She was first spotted at the age of 14 in 1988 at JFK airport in New York by Sarah Doukas, Storm's founder, and since then has appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine more times than any other model.
As her career took off, her look, waif-like and unpretentious, chimed with the early 1990s rave scene.
In the following years, her ability to straddle all styles, from grunge, through high-street fashion to the most upmarket of brands, ensured she stayed perennially in demand and popular with the public, even as she attempted to keep details of her private life and thoughts to herself.
Despite that, her fame ensured any slips became well-known.
In 2005, she was photographed snorting what appeared to be cocaine by the Daily Mirror newspaper, the subsequent outcry saw her dropped by image conscious clients including Burberry and Chanel.
She took a year off.
Once back fully on the scene, her career carried on at the top of the industry with clients including Dior and took a new turn when she linked up with Top Shop to launch a range of clothes of the type favoured by herself for everyday wear.
She was awarded Model of the Year in 2006 at the British Fashion Awards.
Her fortune is estimated by Forbes magazine at around £100m.
Lucy Baxter, who worked as Ms Moss' booker at Storm, is also joining the new agency.
Imran Amed, editor of the Business of Fashion website, who conducted the interview, said the timing of the launch was good: "It's a really exciting time to launch an agency. The modelling world has traditionally been run by long time agencies and there have been some other boutique agencies in recent years that can offer a more bespoke service to young people."
Modelling agencies are currently managing the transition towards a system where models are increasingly hired for the size of their social media following, and are expected to publicise an advertising campaign during the process of creating and shooting it.
"Modelling is so much about social media, the constant demand for content. Models aren't just walking the runways and appearing in campaigns. They are also managing a constant feed of content through social media and online," says Mr Amed.
Ms Moss' high profile and contacts will be an advantage in establishing the new business, he adds.
As well as the new agency, Ms Moss will be expanding her new lifestyle brand.
Earlier this year she launched a clothing collection with French clothing brand Equipment. | Legendary supermodel Kate Moss is launching her own model agency after almost 30 years in the fashion business. | 37405323 |
The air force said some staff had texted answers to the routine tests to others, while others had known about the cheating but failed to report it.
The ranks involved range from 2nd lieutenants to captains.
The allegations emerged during investigations into alleged drug use by personnel at other bases.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the cheating had involved officers based at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, and related to a monthly test all nuclear missile staff must take.
"Some officers did it," she said of the cheating. "Others apparently knew about it, and it appears that they did nothing, or at least not enough, to stop it or to report it."
Ms James said it was "absolutely unacceptable behaviour" but that the security of the nuclear programme was not in doubt.
"This was a failure of some of our airmen. It was not a failure of the nuclear mission," she said.
The 34 officers have had their security clearance revoked and the entire team in charge of overseeing missile launches will be re-tested.
A further three officers have been suspended for allegedly possessing recreational drugs.
It is the latest scandal to hit the air force and nuclear missile force.
In August, a nuclear missile unit at Malmstrom failed a safety and security inspection, leading to a senior security officer being relieved of duty.
And in May, it was reported that 17 officers in charge of maintaining nuclear missiles were sidelined over safety violations at Minot Air Force base in North Dakota.
In October, the general in charge of America's long-range nuclear missiles, Maj Gen Michael Carey, was sacked, with officials citing a "loss of trust and confidence".
It later emerged he had engaged in conduct "unbecoming of a gentleman" during a work trip to Russia in July.
Gen Carey's removal came days after the Navy sacked Vice-Adm Tim Giardina, second-in-command of the US Strategic Command, over illegal gambling.
Strategic Command oversees everything from America's land-based nuclear missiles to space operations governing military satellites. | Thirty-four US Air Force officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles have been suspended over accusations that they cheated in proficiency tests. | 25753040 |
The man, Leiver Padilla Mendoza, is suspected by Venezuela of masterminding Mr Serra's death.
Mr Padilla has dual Colombian and Venezuelan nationality.
Robert Serra, 27, was found stabbed to death at his home in October alongside his partner, Maria Herrera.
He was the youngest member of the National Assembly and was seen as a rising star in the governing United Socialist Party (PSUV).
Three days of national mourning were declared after his death.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Mr Serra's death was political and carried out by Colombian paramilitaries.
He said Mr Serra's bodyguard had confessed to conspiring with a Colombian gang to kill him.
Delays in the extradition of Leiver Padilla Mendoza had caused tensions between Colombia and Venezuela.
The Colombian Supreme Court had sought assurances Mr Padilla would be fairly treated.
In another development, Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez announced on social media that eight Venezuelan military officers had been convicted of attempting to initiate a foiled coup attempt against Mr Maduro's government.
President Maduro announced in February that a retired air force general had been arrested and more than 10 other people implicated in a plot to attack the presidential palace and other buildings.
Venezuelan government officials said at the time the officers had been conspiring with the United States - an accusation the US state department called "ludicrous". | The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, has authorised the extradition of a man wanted in Venezuela over the murder of a Caracas politician, Robert Serra, last October. | 32619793 |
Three unrelated shootings since Christmas Eve included a man being injured in Shipley, a car damaged in Huddersfield and a police vehicle being shot on Christmas Day in Bradford.
West Yorkshire Police said the incidents were being taken "very seriously".
No one was seriously injured.
The first incident happened in Market Square, Shipley, at about 04:00 GMT on Saturday.
One man is thought to have been shot but not seriously injured after a collision between a vehicle and pedestrian.
In the second incident, a car was damaged in Bradley Mills, Huddersfield, at 15:10 on Saturday.
A car, thought to be a black Mercedes, drove down Harpe Inge carrying people wearing masks. One person got out and a firearm was discharged, police said.
Another car, thought to be a grey Mercedes, was shot. No one was injured.
In the early hours of Christmas Day, a police vehicle windscreen was shot on Sackville Street in Bradford.
Officers had been called to reports of an assault and at about 04:40, while speaking to the victim, a shot was fired at the windscreen.
No one was injured by the firearms discharge but one person was injured as a result of the assault and a 19-year-old man has been arrested.
While the firearms incidents are not linked, they are being taken "very seriously" and witnesses should contact West Yorkshire Police.
Assistant Chief Constable Russ Foster said: "Despite this recent spate of gun-related crime, the chances of becoming a victim of such an incident in West Yorkshire are very low."
Last January, 80 illegally-held guns were taken in West Yorkshire in a weapons surrender which is due to be repeated in the new year. | Police in West Yorkshire are "very concerned" by an "unprecedented" level of firearms incidents over Christmas. | 38436807 |
Officers are understood to be examining whether the British comedian committed a criminal offence under the Defamation Act when he appeared on RTE in 2015.
Fry had asked why he should "respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world.... full of injustice".
He later said he was not "offensive towards any particular religion".
According to a report in the Irish Independent newspaper, no publicised cases of blasphemy have been brought before the courts since the law was introduced in 2009 and a source said it was "highly unlikely" that a prosecution against Fry would take place.
Appearing on The Meaning of Life, hosted by Gay Byrne, in February 2015, Fry had been asked what he might say to God at the gates of heaven.
Fry said: "How dare you create a world in which there is such misery? It's not our fault? It's not right. It's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?"
He went on to say that Greek gods "didn't present themselves as being all seeing, all wise, all beneficent", adding "the god who created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish".
The Irish Independent reported a member of the public made a complaint to police in Ennis in the same month the programme was broadcast. He was recently contacted by a detective to say they were looking into his complaint.
The viewer was not said to be offended himself but believed Fry's comments qualified as blasphemy under the law, which carries a maximum penalty of a fine of 25,000 euros (£22,000).
The law prohibits people from publishing or uttering "matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion".
The government said at the time it was needed because the republic's 1937 constitution only gives Christians legal protection of their beliefs.
Fry's representatives have been contacted for a comment.
Speaking to the BBC in 2015, Fry said he had been "absolutely astonished" by some of the reaction on social media to what he had said on the show.
He said: "I don't think I mentioned once any particular religion and I certainly didn't intend, and in fact I know I didn't say anything offensive towards any particular religion."
A police spokeswoman told the BBC: "We are not commenting on an ongoing investigation." | Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation after a viewer claimed comments made by Stephen Fry on a TV show were blasphemous. | 39830447 |
A 12-year-old girl was also injured and was airlifted to hospital in Oban.
Emergency services were called to the scene near the village of Benderloch, north of Oban, at about 14:40 BST on Sunday.
Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing but the incident was not being treated as suspicious. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Health and Safety Executive has been informed about the incident.
The 12-year-old was taken to Lorn and Islands Hospital.
The area where the incident happened is part of the Barcaldine Forest, where there has been logging activity recently.
Margaret Adams, convenor of the local community council, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the tragedy would have a "massive" impact on the community.
"Even if people don't know the child they will know the family, in a small community," she said.
"It really will have quite an affect on the locals."
Ms Adams said logging had been going on in the area for several months, with signs up warning of the dangers.
She added: "The signs make it very clear that they don't want people to go up because there will be heavy machinery and logs stacked."
Local resident Elaine Walton told BBC Scotland there had been plenty of warnings about forestry operations but it was possible to access the area by avoiding the fenced-off tracks.
"The Forestry (Commission) sent every household in the area a letter telling us the plans for the works, that the place would be sealed off and that there were other walks down at Sutherland's Grove," she said.
"But if you live in the area you know that there are little ways to get up on the hill if you want to and young people explore and find these ways."
A spokesman for Forest Enterprise Scotland said: "Our thoughts are with the family and their friends at this very difficult time and we offer them our deepest condolences.
"We will now focus on working with the site contractor, Tilhill Forestry, and the Health and Safety Executive as investigations into this tragic incident continue." | An eight-year-old girl has died after being trapped by falling logs in a forest in Argyll. | 40699919 |
The Scottish government said the milestone was reached after 120 new refugees arrived in Scotland in the past week.
A refugee charity thanked all of those involved in the "phenomenal response" to the new arrivals.
But it said the number taken in was "tiny compared with the people in desperate need".
Last September's summit was attended by representatives of all Holyrood's political parties as well as dozens of interested organisations.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said at the time that Scotland should accept 1,000 refugees "as a starting point for a meaningful discussion".
She also established a taskforce with a £1m budget to co-ordinate Scotland's practical response to the crisis, which has seen tens of thousands of people apply for asylum in the UK.
The UK as a whole is committed to resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees through its Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) scheme over the next five years, with more than 2,800 people having been given refuge so far.
Equalities Secretary Angela Constance marked the 1,000 refugee milestone by meeting refugees and support workers at an educational project in Edinburgh.
She said the Scottish government remained committed to accepting a "fair and proportionate" share of the refugees coming to the UK, and urged the UK government to accept more refugees.
Ms Constance added: "It's been fantastic to see people extend the warm hands of friendship to their new neighbours.
"However, integration is a long-term process, and local authorities have been working in partnership with third sector and community organisations to ensure that the right support is in place."
David Bradwell, of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees, said: "A thousand people is worth marking - but it is still a tiny number compared with the people in desperate need."
He added: "The response from local communities across Scotland has been phenomenal.
"Yesterday I was in Aberdeen hearing about how volunteers are working with Syrian families to support their settling into life, with everything from offering lifts, babysitting, to supporting kids with their school homework."
The UK government, which hosted a Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London in February this year, has said it is at the forefront of the response to the Syrian humanitarian crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced by the long-running conflict in the Middle Eastern country.
Commitments made at the London conference aim to create an estimated 1.1 million jobs for refugees and host country citizens in the region by 2018.
They also aim to ensure that, by the end of the 2016/17 school year, 1.7 million children - all refugee children and vulnerable children in host communities - will be in quality education with equal access for girls and boys.
A spokeswoman for the Home Office said the UK had pledged more than £2.3bn - its largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.
She added: "There has been a tremendous amount of goodwill from local authorities and the private, non-governmental and voluntary sectors as well as from individuals across the UK.
"We are very grateful for all the local authorities who have offered their support and will continue to work with them to identify further opportunities to resettle Syrian families." | Scotland has taken in 1,000 Syrian refugees since a summit last year aimed at easing the international crisis. | 37234429 |
From the diameter of the Death Star, to Darth Vader's personal destroyer, here at Newsround HQ we've put together a quiz even C-3PO might struggle with.
You might think you're the Yoda of Star Wars fans, but can you answer these questions?
May the force be with you...
CHEWBACCA LEVEL: QUITE EASY
R2-D2 LEVEL: PRETTY TESTING
YODA LEVEL: MORE DIFFICULT THAN DARTH VADER
The Answers:
Chewbacca Level: 1) Tatooine, 2) The Phantom Menace, 3) Green, 4) Astromech, 5) Darth Sidious
R2-D2 Level: 1) Princess Leia, 2) For being clumsy, 3) The All Terrain Scout Transport, 4) The Devastator, 5) A Wookiee
Yoda Level: 1)Tython, 2) Darth Bane, 3) C-3PO, 4) 120km, 5) 'There's good in him. I know... I know there's still...' | It's almost time to don your Jedi robes, grab a lightsaber and test out your mind tricks, because Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits the big screen this week. | 35083138 |
Team GB's women squad, including two Scots and no players from Wales and Northern Ireland, reached the quarter-finals at London 2012.
The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish associations refused to keep the combined team going for Rio 2016.
But Clarke wants "a partnership of equals" to reform a joint women's team.
He added: "The home nations are discussing how we can achieve that for the women's game.
"We've got a follow-up meeting to look at the practicalities of making it happen.
"I'm hopeful that the four of us together (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) will create a partnership of equals that will allow our women to compete in the Olympics going forward."
Clarke did not address any possibility of a men's GB team also being rekindled after appearing at the 2012 Games and not doing so four years later.
Football Association of Wales (FAW) chief executive Jonathan Ford confirmed in September 2016 that the home nations had met informally to discuss Team GB teams at future Olympics.
Ford also stated at that time there had been no change to the FAW's stance over men's and women's teams on the issue.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are thought to fear such a move could affect their independent status within Fifa and at international tournaments such as the World Cup. | Football Association chairman Greg Clarke remains hopeful a women's team will represent Great Britain at future Olympic Games. | 39186563 |
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The 28-year-old was a target for Tianjin Quanjian but any potential move was scuppered by new rules in the Chinese Super League, according to the club's owner.
Costa did not play in Chelsea's win at Leicester on Saturday with boss Antonio Conte saying he had a back problem.
He trained on his own on Monday but this was to aid his recovery.
BBC Sport understands Chelsea are determined to keep Costa, who is the joint top scorer in the Premier League with 14 goals.
Costa's return to training means he could be in contention for the visit of Hull on Saturday as Chelsea look to extend their seven-point lead at the top of the table. | Chelsea striker Diego Costa trained with the first team on Tuesday after being linked with a move to China. | 38655103 |
The charity has called on the new Welsh Government to learn from the outcomes of its nine projects across Wales.
Building Livelihoods tackles the nearly one in four households in poverty.
But instead of targeting poorer geographical areas, it looks to provide tailor-made support to individuals and build on their skills and needs.
Official figures show that 23% of households in Wales are living in poverty - counted as having less than 60% median income.
Despite three ministers and one deputy minister tasked with reducing poverty in Wales, the proportion of households living below the threshold remains similar to 1999.
Up until now, Welsh Government policy has focused its attention on the 10% of most deprived communities in Wales.
But Building Livelihoods has targeted the individual rather than a particular area.
Oxfam Cymru claims its nine pilots have saved £4.43 from health and social services budgets for each £1 spent.
Since 2012, the charity has worked with more than 1,000 people in different parts of Wales.
These range from refugees in Swansea, people with disabilities in Wrexham to young families in Duffryn in Newport.
90
jobs created
93% received intensive support
57% reported new skills and confidence
185% More involved in community
53% Measurably improved their livelihood
Rather than going into a neighbourhood classed as deprived, this approach concentrates on what individuals can achieve and builds on that.
Each person is offered one-on-one help, training and courses.
Some also became mentors to others joining the project.
In all, 90 people involved across the pilots found full-time work and more than 600 said they felt they had more skills and confidence afterwards.
The programme, supported by the Big Lottery and Unilever, has been independently evaluated by economic consultants Arad.
It concluded Oxfam Cymru's approach increased individuals' confidence and well being and made them much more likely to be able to get out of poverty.
It recommends that the approach should be taken on by other service providers.
CASE STUDY- BANWEN, NEATH PORT TALBOT
Banwen is a village in the Dulais valley, bordering the old coalfield and the Brecon Beacons.
There are still some jobs at the Onllwyn washery but the pits have gone and now the area is trying to attract tourism with walks and mountain bike trails.
A third of people in the area are classed as economically inactive - with three times the proportion of people long term sick or disabled than the Wales and England average.
More than a quarter do not have qualifications.
The Dove workshop in this Neath Port Talbot village works with long-term unemployed people.
"This area is one of the forgotten parts of Wales, it's very isolated from other areas," said Oxfam Cymru campaign manager Matthew Hemsley.
"Our approach is very individually focused.
"People's experiences of poverty are all very different and unique. We work with people to give them the individual and intensive support they need. As the challenges are all different, the responses have to be different and work for them."
Oxfam said it is not just looking at what people do not have but what they have - from community and family to education and qualifications so they can "tailor an approach".
Although only 12 jobs have been created by the Dove project so far, Mr Hemsley said they faced tackling issues of long term unemployment, sometimes with poor health or basic education issues in the background.
He said the projects were a step towards transforming people.
"It helps restore people's confidence," he said.
"If you're constantly concentrating on their negatives, people can get stuck in those ruts, so we believe this can make a difference and help people with how they see themselves as individuals."
Tim Ashill is studying English, maths and IT at the Dove.
He now helps out two days a week at a woodworking project making products by up cycling wood - from benches to puppets for schools and nursing homes.
"It's to give me confidence; it's helped with depression, especially the woodwork - it's nice to work with wood, it's peaceful doing it, it's therapeutic. The courses are also there for future employment when the time's right.
"I'd like to do something with the community and whatever work I get I'd like to be doing some kind of community work because by doing this project I've met so many people I wouldn't have met otherwise." | A new approach to combating poverty which has been piloted across Wales is effective and saves money from the public purse, Oxfam Cymru has said. | 36193513 |
Matthew Bryce, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, was found 13 miles off the Argyll coast on Monday night after going surfing on Sunday morning.
From his hospital bed in Belfast, he said he watched the sun set, believing he would not survive another night.
His parents John and Isabella described their anguish as they waited for news.
The 23-year-old told BBC Scotland's Jackie Bird how it had started as "just a normal day".
He said he had driven to Westport car park in the Kintyre peninsula on Sunday morning, waxed his surfboard then gone into the sea about 11:00 to catch some waves.
The day soon turned into a nightmare and he began to panic as tides and winds carried him out to sea.
"The wind and water was just relentless," he said.
At one point he got back to within about a mile of land, only for the tide to change direction.
"It got to the point where my paddling was ineffective, but I was doing it to keep myself warm."
If he had been surfing he said he might have stayed in the water for about four hours, but now the sun was setting and he was carried further out to sea.
Mr Bryce said his hopes were raised when he saw fishing boats, but his shouts went unheard and they sailed off.
He described how deep fear set in when night fell.
"It was incredibly lonely and quiet because there was just nothing - just waves," he said.
"I hadn't seen any helicopters.
"I was thinking I was going to die - I was almost convinced.
"I didn't think I would see sunrise."
Mr Bryce said he then saw ships, and since he was well out of the coastguard search area, he decided to try and get into a shipping lane in the hope someone might see him.
He continued to paddle towards the ships through the night.
By daylight he was starting to pass out and fall off his board.
He continued to drift through the day and as night approached again he said he was resigned for death.
"I knew I wasn't going to make another night, so I was watching the sunset," he said.
"Then a helicopter flew over me."
Terrified that he wouldn't be spotted he jumped off his board and held it above him and started waving it.
After thinking they had missed him, he described the moment his luck changed.
"But then they turned round and when I saw them turn it was indescribable," he said.
"I can't describe it at all.
"These guys were the most beautiful sight I had ever seen.
"I owe them my life."
He was winched from the North Channel by the search and rescue helicopter at about 19:30 on Monday.
Police Scotland and the coastguard had launched a large-scale search earlier that day, including rescue teams from Campbeltown, Southend, Gigha, Tarbert and Port Ellen.
During the day of the coastguard search, his parents John and Isabella, who are both nurses, were with their eldest son at their caravan near Campbeltown.
Mrs Bryce said she spent the day looking at the water praying her son would be found alive.
Mr Bryce said while he had tried not to give up hope, he had started discussing with his brother-in-law, the process of who would go to identify his son's body when it was found.
He said: "We tried to keep strong, but it was just getting harder and harder."
Describing the moment his phone rang, he said: "I walked outside the caravan because I think it's the worst news possible.
"It was the police inspector and all he said was 'he was found alive'.
"I was outside crying my eyes out and obviously Isabella and my son thought we'd received the worst possible news.
"So I had to run in and tell them 'he's alive, he's talking to the coastguard'."
About half an hour later they were able to speak to their son on the phone.
Matthew said he owed his life to the coastguard, RNLI, the police and the staff at Ulster Hospital.
"They are all heroes," he said.
He added that he would not be surfing again. | A rescued surfer told his family he had "made himself at peace" with not surviving after 32 hours adrift at sea. | 39802553 |
Sevastova needed heavy strapping on her right ankle after falling awkwardly in the second game, and Wozniacki raced to a 6-0 6-2 win.
The Dane, 26, is unseeded in New York after slipping to 74th in the world, having been seeded fourth last year.
She will play German second seed Angelique Kerber in the semi-final.
Kerber, 29, defeated Italy's Roberta Vinci, the 2015 finalist, 7-5 6-0.
In the men's draw, France's Gael Monfils outplayed compatriot Lucas Pouille in a 6-4 6-3 6-3 win.
Monfils, seeded 10th, will play fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or top seed Novak Djokovic in the last four.
The decisive moment of the second women's quarter-final came as early as the second point of game two, when Sevastova moved to her right and tumbled over while trying to make a service return.
She had threatened to break serve in the opening game but once the ankle was strapped up by the trainer after game three, Sevastova was unable to pose any challenge to Wozniacki.
The two-time finalist simply had to keep the ball in play and her opponent on the move, with the first set wrapped up after 31 minutes and an early break following in the second.
By the time the trainer returned at 6-0 3-0, Sevastova had won just 15 points, and it took 52 minutes for her to finally get on the scoreboard - prompting a relieved smile.
Wozniacki finished the job on serve after little more than an hour, and said: "This year I was out for three months with a sprained ankle - I feel real sorry for her, it happened early in the match.
"I always believe in myself, no matter what my ranking. I've beaten pretty much everyone in the draw before."
Sevastova said: "It was tough, but what can I do? I tried my best. I don't like to retire, but Caroline played great tennis. Even if I had no injury it would be tough to beat her."
Kerber remains in with a chance of overtaking Serena Williams as world number one at the end of the tournament, and she is also on course for a third Grand Slam final in 2016.
Williams, who plays Simona Halep later on Tuesday, must reach the final again in New York to have a chance of staying world number one and if she plays Kerber, the American would have to win.
"When I was a kid I was always dreaming to being the number one," said Kerber.
"Let's see. I mean, there are still matches to go. Also, Serena has to play as well very good."
Vinci caused one of the greatest upsets in tennis history when she ended Williams' calendar Grand Slam hopes in last year's semi-final, but a foot fault on set point all but ended her challenge against Kerber.
The Italian, 33, broke Kerber's serve three times in the first set but each time was broken back - and Vinci was then called for a foot fault facing set point with a second serve.
She sarcastically applauded the line judge, before Kerber raced through the second set in 24 minutes. | Caroline Wozniacki made it through to a fifth US Open semi-final after Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova was hampered by an ankle injury in their quarter-final. | 37290546 |
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